>>> YOU CAN BEGIN NOW.
>> THANK YOU, SEPTEMBER 15 OF
2022 AND THIS MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:31 P.M.
I'M ANDREW LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF
THE BOARD.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLE.
>> BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ.
BOARD MEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
BOARD MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESIDENT.
BOARD MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
BOARD PRESIDENT LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
IF NO OBJECTIONS THE AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT BOARD
MEMBER JUAREZ NOTIFIED ME SHE
COULD NOT ATTEND THE MEETING
IMMEDIATELY, MAY ATTEND LATER.
SHE IS EXCUSED FROM THE
MEETING.
I WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE
RECORD.
SO, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 7,
2022 PARK DISTRICT BOARD HAS
BEEN REVIEWED.
NO OBJECTION THOSE MINUTES WILL
BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THOSE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN THE REMOTE
AND IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT
SESSION.
I WILL LET THE CLERK PRESIDE
OVER THE SESSION AND WILL GIVE
SPEAKERS TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MIX OF IN
PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS
PRESENT TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO ALL OF THE
IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST
FOLLOWED BY THE REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
THE CITY OF FLOWERS AND
GOODWILL BUILT ON TRADITIONAL
LAND.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND IS EAGER TO HEAR FROM
RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY REGISTER
TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING
VIA THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEEDINGS.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE COUNCIL WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN
THEY REGISTERED ONLINE AND USE
THE MEETING ID AND PASS CODE
THAT WAS E-MAILED UPON
CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN E-
MAIL CONFIRMATION, CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS.
A REMINDER, THE SPEAKER MEETING
ID IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
GENERALIZE SEVEN LINE MEETING
ID PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS
CALLED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMOOTED AND
A PROMPT WILL SAY THE HOST
WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNMUTE YOUR
MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE THAT IT'S YOUR
TURN TO SPEAK.
AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST PRESS
STAR 6. YOU WILL THEN HEAR A
PROMPT OF YOU ARE UNMUTED.
BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNMUTED
ON YOUR END SO THAT YOU WILL BE
HEARD.
AS A SPEAKER, YOU SHOULD BEGIN
BY STATING YOUR NAME AND ITEM
THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
A CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
AS A GENTLE REMINDER TO WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED
TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED AND THE NEXT SPEAKER
REGISTERED WILL BE CALLED.
ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE COMPLETED
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT,
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US
BY FOLLOWING THE MEETING VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL BROADCAST OR
THROUGH THE LISTENING LINE
OPTION LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR THE
PROCESS IMPEDES THE COUNCIL'S
ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS ON
BEHALF OF RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY.
ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE TO THESE PROCEEDINGS
OR NOT FOCUSED ON AN
APPROPRIATE TOPIC AS SPECIFIED
IN COUNCIL RULES MAY LEAD TO
THE SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6 AFTER
YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
OKAY.
MY NAME IS TIM MODER.
I AM A LONG-TERM RESIDENT.
I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE
FOLLOWING.
FIRST REASONS TO CONSIDER THE
33-CENT SOLUTION.
ONE THE AUGUST TO THE CITY
PROPERTY TAX BASE PROVIDES VERY
STRONG ARGUMENT FOR THE USE OF
CONSISTENT TAX RATE AS A MEANS
OF GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE
NEXT CYCLE.
THE USE OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS
RATHER THAN A TAX RATE,
ESPECIALLY IF THE TAX BASE IS
INCREASING IS THE MAIN REASON
THE TAX RATE DECREASED AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN ADDITIONAL
NEEDED REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT
WAS LOST.
INCLUSION OF A NEW LINE ITEM
FOR REPLACING AGING PARK
FACILITIES PROVIDES A MUCH
NEEDED SOLUTION FOR HAVING A
PERMANENT AND ICD FOR PARK
PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE A PAY AS
YOU GO APPROACH TO FUNDING THE
IMPROVEMENTS.
THE 33-CENT SOLUTION HAS LOWER
TAX RATE THAN THE MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDATION AND AVOID
CONTINUED INCREASING IN
PROPERTY TAXES IN ORDER TO FUND
DEBT SERVICING.
AND IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR
PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT
BOARD MEMBERS IDENTIFIED AS
HIGH PRIORITY.
TWO CONCERNS.
THE PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE
FINANCING ONLY PAYS FOR THREE
BUILDINGS AND REQUIRES 20 YEARS
TO BE PAID OFF.
THE RESULT IS OVER 270 PARK
FACILITIES.
THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO DO
A 20 YEAR DEBT SERVICE PACKAGE
FOR EACH CYCLE RESULTING IN
ADDITIONAL COMPOUNDING PROPERTY
TAXES.
TWO, PART OF THE FUNDING
PROBLEM WITH HAVING SAFE, CLEAN
AND OPERATING PARKS AS WELL AS
STAFFING OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS
HAS TO DO WITH HOW PARK FUNDS
ARE BEING SPENT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE EXTENSIVE
EVALUATION OF HOW FUNDS ARE
BEING USED FOR THE GENERAL FUND
PARK OPERATIONS, THE FIRST
CYCLE PROGRAM EXPENDITURES AND
HOW THE $20 MILLION IN FUNDS
TRANSFERRED FROM PROJECTS TO
PROGRAMS IN THE FIRST CYCLE
WERE USED.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THE MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDED $28 MILLION FOR THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE LAKE CITY
COMMUNITY CENTER IN ADDITION TO
THE CURRENT 11.5 MEDICAL I
DON'T KNOW FUNDING IN THE
CURRENT CIP, IF NOT, THERE WILL
BE A LOT OF UNHAPPY PEOPLE IN
LAKE CITY.
I WANT TO THANK THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD FOR CONSIDERING
THE 33-CENT SOLUTION AND
ADDRESSING MY ISSUES AND
HOPEFULLY ANSWERING MY
QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCH
GAY READ RASH AD -- MARGARITE.
>> YES.
TODAY IS A SAD DAY FOR ME
BECAUSE HONORABLE MICHAEL D.
FULLER PASSED AWAY.
I MUST GO ON AND I MUST ENDURE
WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE LORD
HAS PLACED BEFORE ME.
BUT THE MONEY FOR THE PARK --
THE PARKS, I DON'T THINK THAT
THIS MONEY SHOULD BE DIVIDED UP
EXCEPT TO GO TO THE PEOPLE.
THERE IS TOO MUCH
DESTRUCTIVENESS GOING ON ON THE
STREETS RIGHT NOW.
WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE GOOD
FOR HELPING THOSE PEOPLE,
HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT, I REMEMBER
THERE WAS A SERIES ABOUT
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK BECAUSE
PARKS ARE IMPORTANT.
WE NEED THEM.
BUT WE SEE A LOT OF THINGS GO
ILLEGALLY ON IN THE PARKS.
SO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FUNDING
ASPECT, I KEEP SAYING IT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL WE GET OUR
REPARATIONS, IT WILL BE A SAD
DAY PROBABLY EVERY TIME I COME
DOWN HERE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND.
THEY ARE NOT BEING RESPECTED
FOR JUST BEING HUMAN BEINGS.
HUMAN BEINGS GO TO THE PARK.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT DOGS DO
TOO AND MAYBE CATS WONDER, TOO.
BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS FOR THE PEOPLE, WE THE
PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE MONEY IN
THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE
LOOKED UPON BECAUSE I COULD SEE
A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS GOING --
OH, YEAH THAT PARK OVER THERE
BY THE KING COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
YEAH, THAT WAS A HOT MESS.
NOW THERE IS NOTHING IN IT
BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IF IT SHOULD BE A
KING COUNTY PARK OR CITY PARK.
YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST DON'T HAVE ALL THE
ANSWERS BUT I WAS GLAD THAT I
GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK TODAY.
BYE.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> THANK YOU.
MY LOVELY EMERALD FLOWER NAZI
PSYCHO PATH.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
PARKS.
I LOVE PARKS.
I SEE MANY PARKS IN MY LIFE.
IN AMERICA, I LOVE PARK.
I COME TO PARK AND I SEE DOG
CAN IN PARK.
CAT WITH IN PARK.
WHY PEOPLE CAN'T IN PARK.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.
WE ARE ALL ANIMAL.
RIGHT NOW MY QUESTION IS
SIMPLE.
WHEN EVERYBODY CAN IN THE PARK,
WHY DO YOU SPEND 100 MILLION A
YEAR.
PROBABLY 50 -- I SAID WHY ARE
YOU [ INAUDIBLE ] 100 MILLION A
YEAR CAN GO TO POOR PEOPLE,
DISABLED PEOPLE.
FIX THE CITY PROBLEMS.
WE HAVE TOO MANY PROBLEMS.
WHY DOES THE PARK SPEND SO MUCH
MONEY.
WHY.
ARE YOU FREAKING A ZOMBIE, A
PSYCHO PATH, WHY WE SPEND SOME
MONEY.
PARK CAN STAY FOR ONE YEAR OR
TWO YEARS WITHOUT MONEY?
EXACTLY IT CAN EXIST.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD.
RIGHT NOW EVERY PENNY GOES FOR
PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MANY
PROBLEM.
GAS, FOOD, EVERYTHING.
APARTMENT DOUBLE.
SO, PLEASE, STOP ACTING LIKE A
FASCIST, LIKE A CAPITALIST WITH
IDIOTIC PHASE.
STOP THE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS.
GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE.
IT'S PEOPLE'S MONEY.
GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE.
STOP THE PARK MONEY.
STOP.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIRIAM
HAIL.
>> HELLO.
IS THIS ALL RIGHT?
MY NAME IS MIRIAM.
I AM A GRAD STUDENT AND
RESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICT 3. I NOTICED ON THE
NEWS THAT AMERICA HAD THE
HOTTEST SUMMER EVER ON RECORD.
LIKE MOST AMERICANS I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE NEED TO START MOVING WITH
URGENCY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THE PARK'S LEVY IS AN
OPPORTUNITY ON BOTH FRONTS.
WE NEED TO LEVERAGE THE FULL
FUNDING CAPACITY OF THE LEVY TO
TRANSFORM CITY COMMUNITY
CENTERS IN TO CLIMATE HUBS TO
PROVIDE HVAC SYSTEMS, HEAT
PUMPS FOR HEATING AND COOLING
ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOT
SUMMERS AHEAD OF US AND ROOFTOP
MICRO GRIDS TO SUPPORT CLEAN
ENERGY IN THE EVENT OF NORMAL
-- AND IN THE EVENT THE GRID
GOES DOWN.
I HOPE THAT IF YOU CONSIDER
RAISING THE PARK'S LEVY TO 41
CENTS PER THOUSAND OF A
DECEMBERED PROPERTY VALUE IN
ORDER TO FUND THE PROJECTS, THE
PARK LEVY FUND.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY CENTERS
ARE IMPORTANT NOT JUST BECAUSE
THEY ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GO
FOR RECREATION AND AFTER SCHOOL
ACTIVITIES BUT BECAUSE THESE
CAN BE LIFE SAVING RESOURCES
FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE
THAT DON'T HAVE AIR-
CONDITIONING BECAUSE HEAT
KILLS, SMOKE KILLS AND I THINK
WE NEED THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS
MORE AND MORE GOING FORWARD.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS PROGRESSING,
NOT SLOWING DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> OUR LAST IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS DAVID RUBENSTEIN.
>>
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M DAVID RUBENSTEIN.
I AM A RESIDENT OF WEST SEATTLE
DISTRICT 1. I AM JOINING YOU
TODAY TO EXPRESS DISPLEASURE OR
DISCOURAGEMENT, DISAPPOINTMENT
THAT THE PROPOSALS FOR THE
PARKS DISTRICT PROJECT DOESN'T
INCLUDE SPECIFIC ALLOCATION FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFF LEASH
AREAS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE THIRD OF
PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED SOME
ALLOCATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF OFF LEASH AREAS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF OFF
LEASH AREAS, DISTRICT ONE IS A
BIT OF A DESERT AND LARGE
CHUNKS OF THE CITY THAT ARE
MISSING THESE.
I SAW A STATISTIC THERE ARE
MORE DOGS THAN CHILDREN IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, LIKE 40% OF
HOUSEHOLDS HAVE DOGS.
BUT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY TO
ACCOMMODATE OUR FURRY FRIENDS.
THERE IS, HOWEVER, IN THE
PROPOSAL THAT I HAVE SEEN AN
ALLOCATION FOR ANIMAL CONTROL
OFFICERS TO ENFORCE LEASH AND
SCOOP LAWS WHICH I STRONGLY
SUPPORT BUT BOARD PRESIDENT
ANDREW LEWIS SAID IN A RECENT
MEETING, THIS RINGS QUITE TRUE,
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH
A POUND OF CURE.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP MORE
OFF LEASH AREAS THERE WILL BE
LESS NEED OF THE LEASH AND
SCOOP LAWS.
I WOULD -- I KNOW WE ARE LATE
IN THE CYCLE BUT I WOULD
ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO
REALLOCATE SO WE DON'T MISS
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
NEXT SIX YEARS TO DEVELOP MORE
OFF LEASH AREAS.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> WE WILL MOVE INTO THE REMOTE
PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND REMEMBER
AFTER YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND
YOU HEAR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMIGHT, YOU NEED TO PRESS STAR
6. OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
KATE RUBEN.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS KATE
RUBEN.
I'M THE ORGANIZING DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE AND RENTER IN DISTRICT
TWO THAT USES PARKS FOR
RECREATION, SOCIALIZING AND
EXERCISE.
I AM CALLING TO URGE TO YOU
VOTE NO ON ANY VERSION OF THE
PARK LEVY WITH THE EXTENSION OF
PARK RANGERS AND THE ABILITY TO
ISSUE TRESPASS ORDERS.
IT WOULD FURTHER CRIMINALIZE
PEOPLE WITH HOMELESSNESS AND
POVERTY AND CREATE PERMANENT [
INAUDIBLE ] WE NEED TO INVEST
IN ENSURING THAT THE PARKS ARE
MORE ACCESSIBLE AND NOT
THREATENING TO ALL RESIDENTS.
THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD WASTE
OUR PRECIOUS PARK FUNDING ON
MORE POLICE FUNDING AS WE FACE
CLIMATE AND HOUSING CRISES IS
APPALLING.
UPGRADING THE COMMUNITY CENTERS
TO BE CLIMATE RESILIENT HUBS
SHOULD BE THE UTMOST PRIORITY.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS TRAM LARSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TRAM LARSON.
I AM A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 2.
I AM CALLING TO URGE THIS BOARD
TO VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSAL TO
ADD NEW PARK RANGERS OR
PERMANENT POSITIONS TO CLEAN
AREAS AROUND THE ENCAMPMENT.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN SWEEPING THE
ENCAMPMENTS AND VIOLENTLY
DISPLACING THEM FROM THE ONLY
HOME THEY HAVE.
FOR EVERY $100 RENT INCREASE
THERE IS A 9% INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS.
ENCAMPMENTS ARE A CITY THAT
FAILS TO PROTECT THE TENANTS.
WE HAVE LACK MUCH HOUSING,
SKYROCKETING RENTS,
OVERPLEASING OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA,
POOR TREATMENT OF WORKERS AND
OVERALL LACK OF EMPATHY FOR
FELLOW HUMANS IN CRISIS.
WE SHOULDN'T PRIORITIZE THE
COMFORT OF HOMEOWNERS AND
BUSINESS OWNERS OVER THE
LIVELIHOOD OF THE MOST
MARGINALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD OF FUNNELING INTO
MAKING HOMELESSNESS MORE
INVISIBLE WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM MORE
COMMUNITY ECCENTRIC.
[ INAUDIBLE ] WE SPEND MILLIONS
DISPLACING OUR OWN RESIDENTS.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
PLEASE VOTE NO.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EILEEN
FORT GAIN.
>> HI, MY NAME IS ANYONE LIEN
AND I AM WITH HUMANE VOTERS OF
WASHINGTON.
REMEMBER THE DARE PROGRAM OF
THE 1980s AND '90s WHERE POLICE
WOULD GO INTO SCHOOLS TO
EDUCATE KIDS ON WHY THEY
SHOULDN'T USE DRUGS.
IT WAS ESTIMATED TO ABOUT A
BILLION DOLLARS WOULD COME INTO
THE PROGRAM.
BUT FINALLY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT RESEARCH FOUND THAT
THE PROGRAM HAD LITTLE TO KNOW
IMPACT ON DRUG USE AND IN SOME
CASES MADE KIDS MORE LIKELY TO
USE DRUGS.
FUNDING WAS PULLED.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD
HAPPEN WITH THE ZOO.
THERE IS NO PEER REVIEW
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR UNBIASED
METRICS TO YOU BE INSTANTIATE
THE CAPTIVITY INDUSTRY CLAIM
THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT LEARNING
OR CONSERVATION TAKES PLACE AT
A ZOO OR AQUARIUM.
IN FACT, THE CAPTIVITY
INDUSTRY'S OWN RESEARCH DONE BY
THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF YOUTHS
AND AQUARIUM FOUND THAT PEOPLE
THAT CARE ABOUT WILD ANIMALS
AND HABITATS DECREASED AFTER
VISITING A ZOO.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE
THIS RESEARCH TO ANYONE THAT IS
INTERESTED.
THE ZOO HAS GOT JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING IT WANTED.
LESS OVERSIGHT BY THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
LESS OVERSIGHT OVER ANIMAL
WELFARE AND MORE AND MORE AND
MORE TAXPAYER MONEY.
ENOUGH OF THE ENDLESS TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FLOWING TO
THE ZOO FROM THE GENERAL FUND
AND THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT.
WITHOUT PROOF OF THEIR TIME
WARN CLAIMS OF EDUCATION AND
CONSERVATION.
PLEASE END THE SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT FUNDING OF WOODLAND
PARK ZOO AND USE THE LIMITED
TAX DOLLARS FOR THE CHERISHED
FREE AND PUBLIC PARKS.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAKOTA
RASH.
>> HELLO.
I'M DAKOTA RASH.
I SUPPORT THE HEALTHY SMOKE
CAMPAIGN.
LAST WEEKEND THE AIR QUALITY IN
SEATTLE WAS AMONG THE WORST IN
THE WORLD.
THE FIRE THAT CAUSED THIS
PARTICULAR ON SET OF SMOKE IS
REPORTED TO BE THE BIGGEST THIS
REGION EXPERIENCED IN OVER A
CENTURY.
YET AGAIN DRY CONDITIONS WHICH
ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON IN
THIS REGION DUE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE REMIND US THAT FIRES ARE
GOING TO HAPPEN.
SMOKE WILL HAPPEN.
THAT IS THE NEW REALITY.
AGAIN, I CLOSED MY WINDOWS.
SHUT MYSELF INSIDE.
AS I SAW ASH FALLING FROM THE
SKY I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF
THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THE
OPTION, OUT THERE BREATHING IN
HAZARDOUS AIR BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T AFFORD TO FIND SHELTER
AND BECAUSE THE WORLD IS
QUICKLY BECOMING A MORE
DANGEROUS PLACE.
A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE
THE LEAST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CATASTROPHIC CHALLENGE FACING
OUR SPECIES ARE THE FIRST TO
SUFFER AND THE WORST TO RECEIVE
THE HARM OF OF THIS CRISIS.
THIS IS OUR NEW REALITY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE
FUTURE.
WE CAN CREATE A FUTURE THAT IS
COMPASSIONATE, SAFE AND
RESILIENT, TURNING EVERY
COMMUNITY CENTER INTO A CLIMATE
HUB IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF
THAT WE CAN SECURE A MUCH
BETTER FUTURE PREPARING FOR THE
KNOWN THREAT GIVING YOURSELVES
FLEXIBILITY AND GRAZE DOWN THE
ROAD PUTTING IN THE HARD WORK
NOW.
IT HAS TO BE NOW AND ALL IN.
YOUTH SHE TELLING ME THEY FEEL
IGNORED, DISRESPECTED AND
TRAMPLED ON BY DECISION MAKERS
MOVING TOO SLOWLY AND ADULTS
THAT MADE DECISIONS FOR THEM
AND NOT GIVING THEM A VOICE.
TAKE ACTION AND TAKE BIG
ACTION.
IF IT FEELS LIKE NOTHING YOU
HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE, THAT IS
GOOD.
TAKE PRIDE IN THAT LEADERSHIP.
THAT MOVING DOWN THE PATH
TOWARD BEING ENOUGH.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICE
LOCKHEART.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON PARKS BOARD.
I'M ALICE LOCKHART.
I VOLUNTEER WITH 353 SEATTLE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL INCLUDES MONEY FOR
RESILIENCE HUBS BUT THE MONEY
SHOULD COME UNDER THE PARK
BUDGET.
I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO LIFT
THE LEVY TO THE MAXIMUM TO FUND
AND LEAVE JUNK START MONEY FOR
THE OTHER PURPOSES LISTED IN
THE GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION.
THE MAYOR PROPOSES THIS WEIRD
SHANNIGANS IN WHICH 5.3 MILLION
OF GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT
FORMERLY WENT TO PARKS IS GIVEN
INSTEAD TO CLEAN CITIES,
EFFECTIVELY CUTTING PARK
FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND
AND PICKING UP THE TAB FOR
UTILITY FUNDING.
THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE AND WE
SHOULD RAISE THE LEVY LID FOR
BETTER PURPOSES SUCH AS FOR
RESILIENCE HUBS.
THE MAYOR PROPOSES 26 PARK
RANGERS WITH POLICE FUNCTION
LIKE WRITING CITATIONS AND
EXCLUSION ORDERS AND
PARTICIPATING IN HARMFUL SWEEPS
LIKE THE ONE THAT HAPPENED IN
MY PARK THIS WEEK.
YOU CAN HEAR ME STARTING TO CRY
FOR THAT ONE.
THE MONEY, THIS MONEY, COULD BE
PUT TO REAL COMMUNITY SAFETY IN
THE FORM OF RESILIENCE HUBS AND
FINALLY SPEAKING OF STARTING TO
CRY, I FELT LIKE CRYING FOR THE
LAST SPEAKER, WE SHOULD LISTEN
TO THE YOUTH.
WE OWE IT TO THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RENE
BALOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS RENE BALOU AND I AM
A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 6. I
ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO DIVERT
WHATEVER MONEY IS PROPOSED TO
BE SPENT ON HIRING NEW STAFF TO
MAINTAIN THE PARKS.
I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE DIVERTED
TO RESOURCES FOR UNHOUSED FOLKS
IN THE CITY.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE APPEARS
MORE CONCERNED WITH SHELVES
FOLKS AROUND TO MAINTAIN THE
AESTHETIC OF THE CITY RATHER
THAN SOLVING THE ISSUE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
PEOPLE NEED STABILITY.
FAMILIES NEED STABILITY.
CREATE A LOT OF INSTABILITY FOR
UNHOUSED FOLKS AND FAIL TO
SOLVE THE ISSUE THAT PEOPLE
CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE
CITY ANY LONGER.
WHEN YOU ARE BORN INTO POVERTY
AND YOU CONSTANTLY ARE ONE
PAYCHECK AWAY FROM LOSING YOUR
HOME, YOU ARE IN A CONSTANT
STATE OF SURVIVAL MODE.
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT TO KEEP YOUR
HEAD ABOVE WATER.
AND COMPARED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE BORN INTO THE UPPER OR
MIDDLE CLASS AND GIVEN EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH.
WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR
THIS.
SO, AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO
FOCUS LESS ON THE
BEAUTIFICATION OF THE PARKS AND
MORE ON SOLVING THE REAL ISSUE
WHICH IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY
INDIVIDUAL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LIVE IN A STABLE AND
DIGNIFIED LIFE.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HANNAH
THOMPSON GARNER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS HANNAH THOMPSON
GARNER.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE
NORTHWEST ANIMAL RIGHTS
NETWORK.
IF I TOLD YOU THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL HAD $20 MILLION TO
IMPROVE OUR CITY.
WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST
OPPORTUNE PROJECT.
TO MAKE IT EASIER, PUT
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON
WHERE CITY COUNCIL CAN GET THE
20 MILLION AND HOW THEY CAN
SPEND IT.
THAT WAY WE KNOW THE MONEY GOES
TO CORE PROBLEM AREAS.
SOUNDS GOOD SO FAR, RIGHT.
NOW THAT 20 MILLION MUST COME
OUT OF THE REAL ESTATE EXIT TAX
OR REAP TAX.
THIS IS TO CONTRIBUTED TO BY
TAXPAYERS AND FUND
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE AND BENEFIT
ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY.
MUCH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY
HAVE MEALED THOUGHT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YES,
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS MAY BE
USING FOR THE HOUSE LESS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS
USED IN MAKING PUBLIC PARKS
MORE ACCESSIBLE, FIXING BRIDGES
AND GREEN SPACES MOST AFFECTED
BY RISING TEMPERATURES AS A
RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU
WOULD NOT BE IMMEDIATELY
THINKING OF THAT.
RECENTLY 20 MILLION IN TAXPAYER
MONEY EARMARK FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WAS
GIVEN TO THE AQUARIUM.
CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO
REPRESENT THE CONSTITUENTS BUT
WE DON'T FEEL REPRESENTED AT
ALL.
YOU CHOSE TO SPEND OUR TAX
MONEY ON A PROJECT THAT
CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO
CLIMATE CHANGE AND DOES NOTHING
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE CITY
PARKS.
REGARDING THE SEATTLE PARKS
BUDGET IT'S NOT FORTHCOMING HOW
MUCH FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR
THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM.
WE CAN SEE BY LOOKING AT THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED ITEM THAT 9
MILLION MORE THAN THE PROPOSED
BY THE MAYOR IN THIS PARK
BUDGET PROPOSAL.
THE COVID RESERVE IS 10 MILLION
LESS THAN THE REAP FUNDS BY THE
EPRC AND 17 MILLION LESS THAN
THE MAYOR PROPOSED.
HOW MUCH DOES -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
FUNDING OVER PROJECTS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO SEATTLE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOAL.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BEN
AUSTERLAND.
>> HI, EVERYONE.
I AM A CROWN HILL RESIDENT IN
DISTRICT 6 VOTER AND A MEMBER
OF THE HEALTHY THROUGH HEAT AND
SMOKE CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN AND LEVY REVIEW
SESSION AND SERIES HAS
CONTINUED, I HAVE GREEN MORE
AND MORE FERVENT IN THIS PARKS
LEVY OPPORTUNITY.
THAT COMES FROM MY OWN
EXPERIENCE.
LAST SUMMER BEING IN THE HEAT
DOME ALMOST FAINTING BECAUSE OF
THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND
THE LACK OF AC IN MY HOUSING
UNIT.
IT'S INFORMED BY THE MANY HOURS
I SPENT CANVASSING THROUGHOUT
THE CITY TALKING TO PEOPLE OF
ALL DIFFERENT AGES AND
BACKGROUNDS HEARING THAT THEY
WANT TO SEE PLACES IN THE CITY
THAT THEY CAN GO IN THE CASE OF
A HEAT EMERGENCY OR WILDFIRE
SMOKE.
FINALLY, I HAVE BEEN REMINDED
AS WE ALL WERE IN THE LAST DAYS
BY THE AIR QUALITY.
MY AS MAY STARTED TO FLARE-UP.
I WAS FINE BUT OTHERS WEREN'T
SO LUCKY.
WE NEED PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN
FEEL SAFE.
THAT IS WHY I ENCOURAGE THE
FULL ADOPTION, NOT PIECEMEAL,
BUT THE FULL ADOPTION OF THE
HEALTHY THROUGH HEAT AND SMOKE
CAMPAIGN DEMANDS.
THOSE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE TRANSITIONED OUR COMMUNITY
CENTERS TO BE CLIMATE RESILIENT
HUBS, HAVING HVAC, AIR
FILTRATION, 13 STANDARD MICRO
GRID ROOF SOLAR.
SECOND DEMAND BEING THAT WE
SPEND THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR FIGURE
PERMISSIBLE.
41 CENTS PER ONE THOUSAND OF
ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE.
I AM NO ECONOMIST BUT THAT IS
THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THESE DEMANDS
GET DONE.
THE THIRD IS MAKING SURE THAT
NO PARKS LEVY MONEY IS PUT
TOWARD SWEEPS OF EVEN CAMEMENT
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS IS
DONE WITH GOOD EQUITABLE UNION
JOBS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE BRAVERY,
FORWARD THINKING AND RESPONSIVE
NECESSARY TO THE CONSTITUENTS
OF THE COUNCIL.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS RENAISSANCE
REV.
>> I AM WITH ARTS STREETS.
[ INAUDIBLE ] HEAT AND SMOKE
CAMPAIGN.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE ARE
[ INAUDIBLE ] MICRO GRADE
ROOFTOP [ INAUDIBLE ] COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
WE WANT THE PACKAGE TO BE THE
MAXIMUM DOLLAR FIGURE POSSIBLE
IN THE PARKS LEVY 41 CENTS PER
THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ASSESS
PROPERTY VALUE.
THIS IS VITAL TO ACCOMPLISH THE
TASK BEFORE US.
WE DON'T WANT TO FUND [
INAUDIBLE ] ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL
OR ANYTHING THAT LEADS TO THE
CRIMINALIZATION OF PARKS USERS.
GOOD GREEN EQUITABLE UNION JOBS
THAT HAVE FOCUSED LOCAL HIRES
TO BUILD, RETROFIT AND STAFF
OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
PARKS.
HEALTHY THROUGH HEAT AND SMOKE
IS AN INITIATIVE TO ACHIEVE THE
PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEED TODAY
AND WILL PROVIDE VALUE FOR
FUTURE GENERATION AS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS WORSENS AND
IMPACTS FELT MORE BROADLY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL
DEFONZO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS PAUL DEFONZO
PRESIDENT OF THE WEST SEATTLE
DOG PARK COALITION.
I WANTED TO BRING THE PARK
BOARD'S ATTENTION TO THE
ABSENCE OF ANY FUNDING FOR OFF
LEASH DOG AREAS IN SEATTLE AND
MORE SPECIFICALLY IN WEST
SEATTLE.
AS I THINK THE BOARD IS ALREADY
AWARE, WEST SEATTLE IS GROSSLY
UNDER REPRESENTED FOR OFF LEASH
DOG AREAS.
WE HAVE ONE OFF LEASH DOG PARK
HERE IN WEST CREST WHICH IS OFF
IN A FAR OFF CORNER OF THE
BOROUGH, NOT ACCESSIBLE TO MANY
WEST SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
THE COALITION HAS BEEN
PROACTIVE IN IDENTIFYING
PROSPECTIVE OFF LEASH DOG AREA
SITES IN WEST SEATTLE,
CONDUCTING ON SITE REVIEWS OF
UP TO 20 SUCH SITES.
WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO FIVE
PROSPECTIVE SITES WHICH WE HAVE
FORWARDED TO PARKS AND
RECREATION.
FOUR OF THOSE SITES ARE IN FACT
OWNED BY PARKS AND RECREATION
WHICH MEANS THAT IF THEY WERE
TO BE CONVERTED INTO OFF LEARN
DOG SITE AREAS, PARKS WOULD NOT
HAVE TO BUY THE PROPERTY.
THEY ALREADY OWN THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE TO BE
FUNDED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE,
THINGS LIKE FENCING,
LANDSCAPING, WATER, BENCHES, ET
CETERA.
WITHOUT ANY ITEM IN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET FOR THAT, IT'S HARD TO
SEE THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN WEST
SEATTLE IN TRYING TO GIVE MY 85-
POUND DOG JUPITER SOME OFF
LEASH RUNNING TIME HAS BEEN
NEGATIVE.
AS I SAID, WEST CREST IS FAR
AWAY.
WHEN WE HAVE TRIED TO GATHER IN
AREAS THAT ARE NOT DESIGNATED
FOR OFF LEASH DOG ACTIVITY, WE
HAVE BEEN CHASED BY
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS FROM TWO
SITES.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR LAST SPEAKER TODAY IS
NICOLE GRANT.
>> NICOLE GRANT.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
350 SEATTLE, A CLIMATE ACTIVIST
ORGANIZATION.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
THUS FAR.
IT LOOKS LIKE A FIRST LEVY
PROPOSAL IS BEGINNING TO COME
TOGETHER.
WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
CLIMATE RESILIENCE HUBS FOR
MONTHS NOW AS PART OF THE HEEL
YOU THIS THROUGH HEAT AND SMOKE
CAMPAIGN.
AND SOME OF THE PROPOSED
CLIMATE HUB LOCATIONS THAT I AM
EXCITED ABOUT.
THAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE
HAPPEN.
DEFINITELY RAIN NEAR.
THE RAINIER COMMUNITY CERTAIN
IS WHERE I PLAY BASKETBALL.
SUCH A COMMUNITY ASSET THAT IT
IS UNSAFE HOT DURING HEAT WAVES
AND SMOKE EVENTS.
SO, TO HAVE RAINIER CONVERTED
TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE HUB ALONG
WITH GARFIELD, SOUTH PARK,
QUEEN ANNE, GREEN LAKE, LOYAL
HEIGHTS, LAKE CITY, BEN AND
HIGH POINT, TRULY INSPIRATIONAL
TO THINK THAT IN SIX YEARS WE
COULD HAVE CLIMATE RESILIENT
HUBS, STAY SAFE AND RECREATE
DURING HEAT WAVES AND SMOKE
EVENTS ALL THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
I WANT THE TAX TO BE -- THE 41
CENTS.
IT'S UNIVERSE YALE TO MY MIND
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO
GO TO THE VOTERS.
I THINK IT'S WORTH THE
INVESTMENT.
WE DON'T INVEST IN CLIMATE
CHANGE.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO
SAY IS [ INAUDIBLE ] LET'S FUND
JOBS THAT ARE GREAT IN
CONSTRUCTION AND PARK
OPERATIONS BUT NOT SUITES.
THANKS.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
SPEAKERS TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CLERK AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY,
FOR CALLING IN AND ENGAGING IN
THE PROCESS OF THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT.
SO, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE
DISCUSSION OF MAYOR HARRELL'S
PROPOSAL AS WELL AS PROPOSED
PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES FOR THE INVESTMENT
THERE IN.
WE HAVE JOINING US AS
PRESENTERS, MICHELE FINNEGAN
AND HAZEL BHANG-BARNETT FROM
THE SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION AND JUSTIN HELLIER
FROM THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND
TRACY RATZLIFF FROM OUR COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
WITH THAT, WHY DON'T I HAND IT
OVER TO THE PARK TEAM.
IS SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS
JOINING US TODAY.
>> YES, I AM.
>> THE SECOND I SAID THAT,
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS GOES ON
CAMERA.
SO, PERFECT.
WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS, WHO
SHOULD I HAND IT OVER TO.
TO YOU SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS
TO WALK US THROUGH THIS?
MAYBE I WILL START BY BRIEFING
GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE
WILL BE DOING HERE TODAY.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO
HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AT THE
CONCLUSION OF LAST WEEK TO GO
THROUGH THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK.
IT WAS A THOROUGH PROPOSAL WITH
A LOT OF INFORMATION.
TALKING TO CENTRAL STAFF AND
BASED ON COMMENTS FROM BOARD
MEMBERS, WE DECIDED TO DELAY
THAT PRESENTATION TO GIVE MORE
TIME FOR CENTRAL STAFF TO
DIGEST AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS
TO REVIEW THOSE MATERIALS TO
COME PLEA PAIRED WITH QUESTIONS
THEN WE EXTENDED THE FINAL
PROPOSED DEADLINE FOR A VOTE ON
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, A
WEEK FROM TOMORROW.
I WANTED TO PUT THIS IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE BROADER
TIMELINE.
SO BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT
CONFUSED, I HAVE BEEN MAKING
THE ROUNDS AND TALKING TO
INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT
POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT I MIGHT
BE CONSIDERING TO THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, SO PEOPLE
DON'T GET CONFUSED, WHAT WE ARE
HEARING ABOUT TODAY IS THE
BASELINE PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED BY MAYOR HARRELL.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE CONCEPTS
OR IDEAS THAT I MIGHT
INCORPORATE IN A PRESIDENT
BALANCING PACKAGE THAT I INTEND
TO PUT FORWARD NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS A DEEP DIVE INTO THE
CHANGES THAT MAYOR HARRELL MADE
TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT'S THE MATERIAL SUBMITTED
TO US LAST TUESDAY.
SO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF
THERE IS NOT THINGS IN THIS
PRESENTATION THAT I MAY HAVE
INDICATED IN INDIVIDUAL
MEETINGS WITH BOARD MEMBERS,
IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, NOT SOME OF
THE THINGS I MIGHT BE
CONSIDERING AS I PUT A
BALANCING PACKAGE TOGETHER.
WITH THAT, JUST EXPECTATION
SETTING AND CONTEXT, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET
THAT OUT, SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAMS.
>> YOU BET. I
THINK TRACY RATZLIFF IS GOING
FIRST.
>> I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORDER, COUNCILWOMAN MOSQUEDA
IS HERE.
JOINED AFTER ROLE CALL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAM.
OF THE CENTRAL STAFF JOINED BY
MY COLLEAGUE --
>> THAT'S ME, ERIC McCONAGHY.
>> WE ARE PLANNING THE FIRST TO
WALK THROUGH THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED PARK DISTRICT PLAN
INCLUDING COMPARING HIS PLAN TO
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
BOARDS PARK AND RECREATION
COMMISSION WHICH WE TALKED
ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES LAST SUMMER
IN LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY.
WE WILL DESCRIBE THE NEW
PROPOSALS THAT THE MAYOR
INCLUDED IN HIS FUNDING PLAN
AND ALSO THE IMPACTS OF THE
PROPOSED PLAN ON THE MEDIAN
HOMEOWNER.
FINALLY, WE WILL MOVE TO THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT PERFORMANCE
METRICS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS TABLE IS A SUMMARY OF THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED FUNDING PLANS
COMPARED TO THE BPRC
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE
VARIOUS ELEMENTS THEN HOW WE
SEE THAT THEY ARE THE SAME OR
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE MAYOR
PROPOSED.
THE FIRST IS CONTINUING SICKLE
1. WE WILL GET INTO MORE
DETAILS WHAT THEY ARE.
A PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE THE
INITIATIVES STARTED IN SICKLE
ONE.
THE BPRC RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE
WOULD CONTINUE AT APPROXIMATE
COST OF $58.2 MILLION AND THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, OF A FIRMS
THAT.
MOVING TO THE CYCLE TWO NEW
INVESTMENTS THE BOARD OF PARKS
AND RECS MADE 30 MILLION WORTH,
ABOUT 38 NEW INVESTMENTS AND
THE MAYOR IS RECOMMENDING $29
MILLION OF INVESTMENTS AND 34
OF THOSE INVESTMENT PROPOSALS
SUSTAINED.
THE MAYOR DOES INCLUDE $11
MILLION OF NEW PROPOSALS AND WE
WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE.
RELATING TO THE PRECOMMITMENT
PROJECTS IN TERMS OF THE
CAPITOL, 10 MILLION IN CASH AND
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS ABOUT
12 MILLION IN CASH.
RELATING TO DEBT SERVICE, BPRC
BECAUSE WE WILL BE DEBT FILING
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
10 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE AND
THE MAYOR IS VIRTUALLY THE SAME
WITH A LOW OF $4 MILLION AS THE
BOND PROCEEDS MEASURING DEBT
SERVICE BEGIN IN THE FIRST YEAR
THEN RISING TO AN AVERAGE OF 11
MERCHANDISING FORWARD
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COST
RELATED TO THE PRECOMMITMENT
PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE ARE
SEVERAL OF THOSE FACILITIES
THAT WILL NEED -- LIKE THE
COMMUNITY CENTER AND 8th AND
MERCER COMMUNITY CERTAIN, IT
WAS RECOMMENDED APPROXIMATELY 2
MILLION TO 2.5.
MAYOR 2.3 AT THE LOW UP TO 2.5.
THE DEBT SERVICE AND OPERATING
AND MAINTENANCE DON'T START
IMMEDIATELY.
THOSE HAPPEN MID CYCLE BECAUSE
OF WHEN THEY PLAN TO ISSUE DEBT
AND OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
DOESN'T START UNTIL THEY GET
BUILT LATER IN THE CYCLE.
COVID RESERVE, BPRC RECOMMENDED
10 EMPTIES TO BACKFILL THE
GENERAL FUND.
PARK FUND, THE FUND THAT
RECEIVES RECEIPTS, REVENUES
FROM FROM PARK RELATED
ACTIVITIES OR TO FUND REIT, THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL SAYS 3.1 WOULD
BE RECOMMENDED IN THE VERY
FIRST YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE TO
HELP WITH THE PARK FUND FROM
THE PANDEMIC AND LOOKING FOR A
RETURN TO FULL USE BY THE
PUBLIC OF THE VARIOUS PARK
FACILITIES WHICH, OF COURSE,
GENERATES THE REVENUES THAT GO
INTO THE PARK FUND.
THERE IS A NEW PROPOSAL
INCLUDED NOT PART OF THE BPRC
AND THAT IS TO START WITH A
PARK FUND STABILIZATION.
THE CONCEPT AROUND THIS IS TO
INCLUDE IN THE PARK DISTRICT
FUND MONEY EVERY YEAR THAT
WOULD ESSENTIALLY OFFSET THE
ANNUAL INFLATIONARY COST THAT
IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARK
FUND.
THE PARK FUND KICKS IN REVENUES
BUT COVERS EXPENDITURES FROM
THE DEPARTMENT.
THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE PEOPLE
AND COST THAT INCREASE EVERY
YEAR.
IN ORDER TO TRY TO REDUCE THE
NEED TO INCREASE PARK FEES,
WHICH HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY TWO
YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT WAS
RECOMMENDING, MAYOR
RECOMMENDING A RESERVE
STABILIZATION FUND THAT WOULD
PERHAPS MODERATE THE LEVEL OF
INCREASES THAT MIGHT NEED TO
COVER THE ANNUAL INFLATIONARY
COST THEN A ONE TIME REVENUE
BACKFILL OF 2.6 FOR THE SMITH
COVE PARK PHASE ONE PROJECT
THAT HAD APPROPRIATION PROVIDED
BY REVENUE REDIRECTED DURING
THE PANDEMIC TO COVER OTHER
COSTS, NEEDED TO BE COVERED BY
THE PANDEMIC.
WE WILL GO THROUGH MORE DETAILS
ABOUT THE PROPOSALS.
>> SO, THIS SLIDE SHOWS
GRAPHICALLY THE PARK LEVY IN
'21 AND '22.
THERE ARE TWO LINES THAT RUN
PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER.
THE ORANGE LINE IS THE LINE
THAT SHOWS THE PARK DISTRICT
LEVY.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS
GATHERED IN.
THE BLUE LINE SHOWS THE IMPACT
TO THE HOMEOWNER, THE MEASURE
FOR THIS IS THE MEDIAN ASSESSED
VALUE.
SO, YOU CAN THINK THESE THE
RESIDENT THAT SITS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ASSESSED VALUES
OF ALL THE PROPERTY IN TOWN.
SO, FOR 2023, THAT MEDIAN
ASSESSED VALUE IS $875,000.
THAT IS THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF
THE IMPACT.
UNDER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL,
$330 -- NEARLY $331 ANNUALLY.
>> SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE
FUNDING ELEMENTS, AGAIN THE
MAYOR IS PROPOSING THE BPRC
RECOMMENDED, CONTINUE FUNDING
OF THE CYCLE ONE INITIATIVES.
AGAIN IN FIRST YEAR WOULD TOTAL
ABOUT $50.2 MILLION.
ONE MODIFICATION MADE BY THE
MAYOR IS TO SWAP THE FUNDING
PART OF THE WATERFRONT
DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL TO THE
WATERFRONT PARK OPERATIONS
BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PROJECT
NEEDS WHICH IS PROPERTY DOLLARS
AND NOT CAPITAL IN 2023.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE CYCLE 2
INVESTMENT PROPOSALS
RECOMMENDED BY THE BPRC AND
MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.
LET ME TELL YOU IT WAS APPROVED
38 FUNDING PROPOSALS AND THE
MAYOR IS PROPOSING TO SUPPORT
34 OF THE 38.
YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THOSE THAT
HE CHOOSES NOT TO FUND IN HIS
PROPOSAL AND MODIFIES SIX.
STARTING AT THE TOP THE PARK
SAFETY INVESTMENT, BPRC
RECOMMENDED $850,000.
THE MAYOR REDUCED BY $400,000.
EVENING AND SECOND SHIFT IS
CLEANING PARK BATHROOMS.
BPRC 794000.
THE MAYOR ADDS 400,000 TO GET
TO 1.1 MILLION-DOLLAR TOTAL.
THE IDEA HERE IS THAT BY THE
END OF THE 2028 CYCLE, THEY
HOPE TO HAVE ALL 1279 BATHROOMS
OPEN YEAR-ROUND.
IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THEM TO
GET ALL THE BATHROOMS OPEN IN
PART BECAUSE SOME OF THEM NEED
TO BE WINTERIZED IN ORDER TO
FACILITATE THEM OPENING DURING
THE WINTER.
THE MAYOR ADDS MONEY WHERE THE
BPRC RECOMMENDED 174,000, GOES
THE MAYOR ADDED ANOTHER 405 TO
GET TO ABOUT A HALF MILLION TO
DO THE WINTRYZATION OF THE
BATHROOM TO ALLOW THEM OPEN.
HE DID NOT SUPPORT THE BPRC TO
PROVIDE $269,000 FOR THE PARK
BEAUTY FIX PROGRAM NOR THE
FUNDING OF $352,000 FOR THE
VIEWPOINT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
OR $700,000 OF URBAN FOOD
SYSTEMS PROPOSAL.
HE DOES REDUCE THE TEEN
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING BY
$165,000 FROM THE RECOMMENDED
$520,000 PROPOSAL BUT ADDS TO
THE YOUTH MENTORSHIP AND
EMPLOYMENT $405,000 WHICH IS
THE NEXT LINE BRINGING THAT
TOTAL TO $805,000.
THEN HE ADDS THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL, $96,000 TO THE
$650,000 PARK CONCIERGE PROGRAM
FOR A TOTAL OF $746,000.
HE DID NOT POSE TO FUND THE
ACQUISITION PROGRAM AT
$350,000.
DEFUNNELEDED THAT PROPOSAL.
IN TERMS OF NEW INVESTMENTS,
$840,000 TO SUPPORT THE
ESSENTIALLY THE BACK OFFICE
COST TO DEAL WITH THE
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF FUNDING
THAT WILL COME TO THE
DEPARTMENT AS A RESULT OF THIS
NEW SPENDING PLAN.
THE MAYOR PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH
A NEW OUTOPPORTUNITY FUND,
$800,000.
THE MAYOR PROPOSES TO PROVIDE
FUNDING TO EXPAND THE PARK
RANGERS PROGRAM BY 3 MILLION-
DOLLARS AND 29 FTE INCLUDING 26
NEW PARK RANGERS AND A MANAGER,
ADMIN AND ANOTHER POSITION TO
SUPPORT THAT WORK.
HE PROPOSES 970,000 TO THE
GREEN SEAT PARTNERSHIP.
EXISTING PROGRAM THAT THE CITY
HAS.
IN 2020 THERE WAS A
REALLOCATION OF FUNDING TO THE
MAINTENANCE OF TREES WITH THE
IDEA THAT PERHAPS THERE WASN'T
A NEED GIVEN HOW WE WERE
ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF PLANTING
TREES BUT THAT HAS SINCE BEEN
UNDERSTOOD TO NOT BE SUFFICIENT
FUNDING.
THEY ARE PROVIDING ' 0,000 TO
REPLACE THE FUNDING THAT WAS
REPROGRAMMED FOR MAINTENANCE OF
THE TREES ALREADY PAINTED.
HE IS PROPOSING TO PROVIDE $5.3
MILLION FOR UTILITY FUNDING FOR
A TOTAL OF $11 MILLION.
>> THE NEXT SLIDE,
PRECOMMITMENT PROJECTS THAT
INCLUDE THE LAND BAKE SITES
GREEN LAKE AND THEN THE 8th AND
MERCER COMMUNITY FACILITY.
BPRC $25 MILLION PROVIDED.
THE MAYOR PROVIDED AN
ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION OF CASH
BRINGING IT TO $27 MILLION THEN
THE DEBT FINANCING, BPRC
RECOMMENDED 110 IN BOND
FINANCING.
THE MAYOR ADDED $36 MILLION FOR
A TOTAL OF $146 MILLION AND THE
PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IN THE STEP
FINANCING LINE REALLY HAS TO DO
WITH TWO THINGS.
ONE THE MAYOR ADDED $15 MILLION
CONTINGENCY FUND AND THAT IS IN
THE EVENT THAT ANY OF THE
PROJECTS ARE DEBT FINANCED HAVE
COST RECOVER RUNS COVERED BY
THE CONTINGENCY AND RECOGNIZING
WHEN THE ESTIMATES WERE DONE
INITIALLY FOR THE VARIOUS
COMMUNITY CENTERS, THEY WERE IN
$2,022 BUT THE BONDS WILL BE
ISSUED IN 2025 SO IT SEEMED
REASONABLE AN APPROPRIATE TO
INFLATE THE COSTS TO 2022 TO
WHEN THE DEBT WOULD BE ISSUED
IN 2025 AND YOU WILL SEE THIS
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC
AMOUNTS FOR EACH OF THE
FACILITIES.
AND THEN FINALLY THE PROPOSED
OPERATING AN MAINTENANCE COSTS
AS I SAID BEFORE ARE VIRTUALLY
UNCHANGED FROM WHAT THE B PRC
RECOMMENDED.
PRECOMMITMENT PROJECTS, THE
LANDMARK DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
TENNIS RENOVATION, $10 MILLION.
RECREATION CENTER $750,000 IN
CASH.
THAT WOULD BE USED FOR PLANNING
AND FINAL DESIGN AND PERMITTING
FOR THE LAKE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, 29 MILLION IN
DEPUTY.
GREEN LAKE SUBSTANTIAL
ALTERATIONS, 66 MILLION IN DEBT
AND 3.5 IN CASH.
THAT CASH WILL BE USED TO DO
FURTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND PLANNING AND DESIGN AND
PERMITTING WORK.
8th AND MERCER 17 MILLION OF
DEBT AND THE FINAL LINE IS THE
$15 MILLION IN THE CAPITOL
CONTINGENCY FUND.
MOVING TO THE RECOVERY RESERVE,
WHAT WE AGAIN HAVE TALKED ABOUT
PREVIOUSLY IS THAT THE BOARD OF
MARKS AND WRECK RECOMMENDED $10
MILLION FOR POTENTIAL BACKFILL
OF REIT AND WHAT WE SEE IS THAT
THE MAYOR DID NOT CONCUR AND
REDUCED $6.8 MILLION AND TO
PROVIDE FUNDING REALLY ONLY TO
BACKFILL THE PARKS FUND FOR THE
FIRST THREE YEARS AT $3.1
MILLION IN 2023, $1.8 MILLION
IN 2024 AND 900,000 IN 2025 AND
ZEROS OUT AFTER THAT.
>> CAN WE STOP ON THAT SLIDE
FOR A MOMENT FOR CLARIFYING
QUESTION COULD YOU GO BACK TO
THAT ONE -- OKAY HERE.
THOSE NEW TOTALS THAT ARE
INDICATED ALL THE WAY AT THE
END, IS THAT THE MONEY FOR
UTILITIES OR WHAT IS THAT GOING
TO.
>> GENERAL FUND.
>> THAT IS NOT GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS PARK DISTRICT FUNDS
THAT ARE GOING TO -- WHAT THE
PARK FUND IS ANTICIPATED TO
HAVE FUNDED BUT PROBABLY NOT
CAPABLE OF FUNDING FULLY.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE WITH
THE EXECUTIVE THAT IF BY SOME
CHANCE THE PARK FUND RECOVERS
MORE QUICKLY LIKE THE FEES COME
IN BEYOND WHAT THEY EXPECT THEN
THOSE FUNDS WON'T BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
WHAT IT IS, MPD MONEY THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY GO -- I THINK
IT'S SCHEDULED TO GO IN THE
AQUATICS AREA BECAUSE THAT IS A
BIG PLACE WHERE FEES ARE
GENERATED AND CONCERN ABOUT THE
FEES RECOVERING QUICKLY.
SO, RIGHT NOW IT'S SCHEDULED TO
GO INTO THE A QUA PARTICULAR
LINE OF BUSINESS.
BUT IT IS MPD FUND, ANTICIPATED
SHORTFALLS IN FEES THAT WOULD
COME FROM THE AQUATIC PROGRAM.
>> I WANTED TO PUT A POINT ON
THAT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE
GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION AS WE
HEARD AND THE MATERIAL
SUBMITTED ON TUESDAY WILL BE
THE FULL GENERAL FUND ALOE CASE
AS ENVISIONED IN THE 24
AGREEMENT BETWEEN MPD AND
PARKS.
THIS WAS AN EARLIER PART OF
FOCUS MAKING SURE THAT THE
BOARD MADE SURE THERE WAS NOT A
SHORT CHANGING OF PARKS AND
EXCHANGE OF FUNDS THAT WOULD
SHORT CHANGE THE PROMISED
GENERAL FUND FLOOR AND WE DID
RECEIVE AN INDICATION THAT THAT
WOULD BE MET.
I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THIS
NUMBER.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
>> AND WHEN WE GET THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, WE WILL
CONFIRM THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT THE EXECUTIVE
WOULD NOT BE TELLING US THE
TRUTH.
>> OKAY.
>> THEN THIS IDEA OF HAVING A
PARK FUND STABILIZATION RESERVE
TO TRY TO REDUCE
WOULD BE USED TO TRY TO A WAY T
WAGE INCREASES THAT WOULD NEED
TO BE COVERED BY FEES OTHERWISE.
THAT AMOUNT STARTS AT $735,000
IN 2023.
IT RISES TO $1.5 MILLION IN
2024.
$2.3 MILLION IN 2025.
$2.3 MILLION IN 2026.
4.2 MILLION IN 2027.
$5.2 MILLION IN 2028.
THEN, THE FINAL SLIDE IS JUST
AGAIN THE ONE TIME REVENUE BACK
BILL OF $2.6 MILLION FOR THE
SMITH COVE PARK.
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE.
>> THIS INFORMATION THAT I HAVE
JUST PROVIDD IS ALSO IN THE
SPREADSHEET, THE TABLE, THAT
WAS SENT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBERS
LATE YESTERDAY EVENING SHOWING
WHAT THE BPRC RECOMMENDED AND
WHAT THE MAYOR HAD PROPOSED AS
WELL SO YOU CAN ALL SEE CLEARLY
THOSE CHANGES.
THIS WAS A SHORTHAND SUMMARY OF
ALL THAT INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER
STRAUSS HAS A QUESTION OR
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND TRACY,
IF YOU COULD SLIDE BACK TO THE
SLIDE ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR
LETTING ME JOIN YOU FROM MY
DISTRICT 6 DISTRICT OFFICE.
IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU
VIRTUALLY.
TRACY, CAN YOU GIVE ME THE
HISTORY OF THESE PROJECTS? HOW
WILL THEY INCLUDE IN THIS
PROPOSAL?
WERE THEY CYCLE ONE PROGRAMS?
WERE THEY PRE-COMMITMENTS?
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT LINE
ITEMS HERE?
>> YOU MEAN THE COMMUNITY
CENTERS?
>> YEAH.
YOU HAVE THE SIX LAND-BASED
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS IF YOU COULD
GIVE ME A SENSE.
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
THE SIX LAND-BASED PARKS WERE
INCLUDED IN CYCLE ONE.
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE
REALLOCATED THOSE FUNDING
THINGS TO SUPPORT SERVICES AND
OTHER PRIORITY PROJECTS DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
THE TENNIS CENTER WAS A PROJECT
THAT HAD BEGUN ANALYSIS AND
POTENTIAL FUNDING FROM THE
CHALLENGE FUND.
BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT FACTORS, AND MICHELLE
CAN AGAIN PROBABLY GIVE THE
GORY DETAILS ABOUT THIS.
THE COST OF THOSE RENOVATIONS
BECAME MORE THAN WHAT WAS
FUNDED BY THE CHALLENGE FUND.
THERE WAS A COMMITMENT TO MAKE
RENOVATIONS, SO THEY BELIEVED
THIS WAS A PRECOMMITMENT OF
SORTS AND INCLUDED IT IN THE
BUDGET.
THE LOYOLA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY
CENTER WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A STABILIZATION
PROJECT IN CYCLE ONE.
AT THE PLANNING AND DESIGN AND
ANALYSIS WORK WENT FORWARD.
THEY DETERMINED THAT THE COST,
OF THE SEISMIC UPGRADES, WAS
BEYOND WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IN
TERMS OF STABILIZATION.
THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER PROJECT
THAT WAS FUNDED IN PART BY
CYCLE ONE, BUT IT TURNED OUT
THE PROJECT COSTS BECAME WHAT
WAS AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF
RESOURCES.
THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER
PROJECT IS A PROJECT THAT HAS
BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY
YEARS AS A CANDIDATE FOR CYCLE
TWO.
GREENLAKE COMMUNITY CENTER,
SIMILAR THING.
THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR
A NUMBER OF YEARS.
A BUDGET THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED
IN CYCLE TWO.
TENANT IMPROVEMENTS AT NEW AVON
BURSAR COMMITTEE CENTER.
THIS IS A COMMITMENT THAT THE
EXECUTIVE OF THE COUNCIL MADE
WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THE SALE
OF THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK
PROJECT.
OR NOT PROJECT, BUT BLOCK, LAND.
WHERE WE, IN EXCHANGE FOR PART
OF THAT TRANSACTION, WERE GIVEN
THE SPACE, IN ONE OF THOSE
BUILDINGS.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE
TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FOR
THAT SPACE.
I THINK THAT COVERED ALL OF
THEM.
YEAH.
>> AND IN THE CAPITAL
CONTINGENCY.
IT IS JUST IN CASE ANY OF THESE
PROJECTS RUN OVER.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHEN YOU SAY LAKE CITY AND
GREEN LAKE WERE IDENTIFIED AT
AN EARLIER TIME, MY
RECOLLECTION IS 2016 AS THE
OFFICIAL RECOGNITION.
I KNOW WITH LAKE CITY COMMUNITY
CENTER, THAT ONE GOES ALL THE
WAY BACK TO 2014.
>> I THINK SO.
I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER ON THE
GREEN LAKE.
I CAN VERIFY THAT, UNLESS YOU
FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT OF THAT.
I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, LAKE
CITY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A LONGER-
TERM CONVERSATION.
>> YEAH, I'VE GOT A PIECE OF
PAPER RIGHT HERE. STRATEGIC
PLAN FROM 2016 CALLED OUT
GREENLAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I ASSUME THAT IT HAS BEEN THERE
SINCE BEFORE THAT.
I JUST -- I JUST WANT TO SHARE
THE HISTORY WITH THIS.
THEN, FOR THE LAND BANKS, PARK
DEVELOPMENTS, AMY YEE, IS THERE
A REASON THAT THEY NEED TO BE
DONE WITH CASH?
I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THINGS WITH
CASH BETTER THAN THAT, BUT IS
THERE A REASON THEY ARE NOT
DEBT?
>> BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALL
ENOUGH AMOUNTS THAT IT MADE
SENSE TO DO CASH.
THERE IS ALSO SOME SENSITIVITY
ABOUT HOW MUCH THE CITY GOES
OUT AND BORROWS IN THE WAY OF
DEBT FINANCING.
BECAUSE WE DON'T GO OUT, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT FROM OUR DEBT
MANAGER, WE DON'T GO OUT AND DO
A LOT OF ISSUING OF DEBT.
WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CREDIT
RATING SO THERE'S SOME
SENSITIVITY ABOUT JUST HOW MUCH
YOU GO OUT TO GET DEBT FINANCED
PROJECTS AND WHEN YOU GO OUT.
I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT
PART OF THE CONSIDERATION AS
WELL.
>> AMEN.
I MEAN, I AGREE COMPLETELY.
THE GREEN LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER
WE ARE LOOKING AT, IT WAS
BILLED OUT AT $120 MILLION.
FRANKLY THAT'S TOO MUCH MONEY
FOR ME, EVEN MY ENTIRE PERSONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE.
THE NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED OPENLY IN THE PUBLIC
HAS BEEN $100 MILLION.
CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM FOR ME, I
SEE TWO LINE ITEMS IN THE GREEN
LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.
$56 MILLION AND THEN $3.5
MILLION.
THE $3.5 MILLION CASH IS A PART
OF THE OVERALL $56 MILLION, IS
THAT CORRECT?
>> NO, IT'S IN ADDITION.
$59.5 MILLION WILL BE YOUR
TOTAL.
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSER
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT
FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREEN LAKE
COMMUNITY CENTER, RENOVATIONS
HAVE BEEN DONE.
THE BOILERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED,
AND IT IS STILL NOT MEETING
EXPECTATIONS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS
THAT IF WE RENOVATE THE
BUILDING, WE ARE GOING TO BE
SPENDING MORE MONEY IN THE LONG
RUN THAN IF WE MAKE A
REPLACEMENT NOW.
I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIND
A WORK WITH YOU PRESIDENT LEWIS
TO FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN CLOSE
THAT DELTA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TRACY.
THIS HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
>> ONE PIECE OF CONTEXT I WOULD
ADD, AND TRACY CAN CONFIRM
THIS.
I DO APPRECIATE THE BACK AND
FORTH ON GREEN LAKE.
OF COURSE WE HEARD A LOT OF
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND
TESTIMONY ABOUT THE DESIRED
OUTCOMES FOR THE GREEN LAKE
PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE MONEY THAT IS INDICATED IN
THE MPD IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
TOTAL CEILING FOR ANY OF THESE
GIVEN PROJECTS.
IT IS JUST THE MPD
CONTRIBUTION.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF WE WORK
WITH PARKS ON WHAT THE SCOPE
AND SCALE OF THAT PROJECT IS,
THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY CAN BE
IDENTIFIED EITHER IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE
GENERAL BUDGET, OR WORKING WITH
FEDERAL PARTNERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY COMING
OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
RIGHT NOW FOR THINGS LIKE
COMMUNITY CENTER REBUILDING AND
REHABILITATIONS.
SO, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS 59
MILLION DOLLARS, AND TRACY CAN
CONFIRM THIS, IT'S NOT LIKE
THAT IS THE ONLY MONEY THAT
WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS
PROJECT.
THIS IS JUST WHAT THE BPRC HAS
PUT FORWARD, AND NOW THE MAYOR
HAS RATIFIED IN HIS
RECOMMENDATION.
AS THE MPD CONTRIBUTION TO THE
BROADER PROJECT.
TRACY, AM I KIND OF LISTING
THAT OFF CORRECTLY?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, PRESIDENT
LEWIS.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK
THE CONVERSATION, THE
METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT
FUNDING, THAT GREEN LAKE HAS
BEEN MOVING TOWARDS SINCE 2016
AND EARLIER, THAT IF WE ARE
GOING TO SEEK OTHER SOURCES OF
FUNDING, THEY CAN SUBTRACT FROM
THE TOTAL THAT WE PUT IN SO
THAT WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS
IN OTHER PLACES.
I KNOW THIS HAPPENED WITH SMITH
COVID A NUMBER OF TIMES.
IF WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE
WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE
PROJECT, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW -- WHAT
OUR FUNDING MECHANISM -- IF WE
HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF CERTAINTY
ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO
GET THESE THAT DOLLARS OR NOT,
IT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN THE
PROJECT AND DO VALUE
ENGINEERING AT A TIME THAT WE
REALLY JUST NEED TO MAKE A
REPLACEMENT.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE HEAVIEST
USED PARK IN THE CITY.
ALSO THE REGION, AND POSSIBLY
THE STATE.
IT IS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND A
SPACE FOR ALL NORTH SEATTLE,
NOT JUST DISTRICT 6, AS IT IS
THE CENTER OF THE NORTH END.
SO, I'LL GET OFF MY PODIUM.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK,
PRESIDENT LEWIS.
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, TRACY.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
>> TRACY, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM
THAT TOO ON KIND OF THE BROADER
WORK WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE
COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS,
THAT WE CAN MIX AND MATCH ON
THESE?
I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME
INDICATION IN THE MATERIALS
TRANSMITTED LAST WEEK THAT THE
MAYOR -- THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE
MAYOR ABOUT THE BEST PROPOSED
BUDGET THAT ALSO ARE RELEVANT
TO SOME ITEMS LIKE THIS.
LET ME TURN IT BACK OVER TO
YOU.
>> I THINK YOU'RE REFERENCING
THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE
COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION AND
REHAB CAPITAL PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE THE MAYOR HAS
INDICATED ABOUT $4 MILLION IN
2023 AND MAYBE $2.7 MILLION IN
2024.
EXECUTIVE CAN CORRECT ME ON
THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE MONIES
WOULD BE AVAILABLE, AND FRANKLY
AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT GREEN
LAKE PROJECT, THAT'S A NUMBER
OF YEARS OUT.
IN TERMS OF WHEN IT WAS GOING
TO NEED CASH.
THOSE PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO
BE THE DOLLARS YOU WOULD LOOK
FOR MOST IMMEDIATELY.
PROBABLY A FEW YEARS OUT HERE
IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING AND
WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD
ACTUALLY BEGIN.
WE DO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN
FUNDING PROVIDED IN THE PAST
FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER
RENOVATION, REHAB PROGRAM.
CLEARLY THERE IS SOME IN THE 23
AND 24 PERIOD AS WELL.
>> GREAT.
SO, WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON TO
BOARD MEMBER HEARD OLD.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST WANT TO ADDRESS TWO ISSUES
AT THIS TIME.
I WANT TO JUST GIVE MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC COMMENT IN
FAVOR OF NEW OFF LEASH AREAS
THROUGHOUT THIS CYCLE TWO
PROCESS.
WE HEARD FOLKS TODAY, AND AS
WAS MENTIONED, WE KNOW HOW MUCH
PUBLIC COMMENT THE PARKS
COMMISSIONER HAS RECEIVED IN
FAVOR OF NEW OFF LEASH AREAS.
IT'S TRUE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT EXCEEDED
THAT OF ANY OTHER TOPIC,
INCLUDING PICKLEBALL EXPANSION.
SO, REALLY APPRECIATE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONSISTENTLY
SHOWN UP TO CHAMPION NEW OFF
LEASH AREAS FOR SEATTLE'S MANY
FURRY FRIENDS.
ON THE TREES ISSUE, I HAVE BEEN
IN COMMUNICATION WITH FOLKS
FROM TREES FOR SEATTLE PARKS.
THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR AN
ALLOCATION OF $1 MILLION
ANNUALLY FROM THE CITY, FROM
ALL FUNDS SOURCES, TO BE
MATCHED BY THE SAME AMOUNT FROM
PRIVATE DONORS.
THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO ADD
600 TREES ANNUALLY TO SEATTLE'
IS DEVELOPED PARKS.
WHICH WOULD MEET THEIR GOAL OF
NO NET TREE LOSS ESTIMATED AT
500 TREES A YEAR.
PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 100 TREES ON
TOP OF THAT TO BUILD OUR GREEN
CANOPY AGAIN IN DEVELOPED PARKS
AND AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
LACKING TREE CANOPY.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION
ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT IS BEING
REQUESTED.
APPARENTLY BECAUSE SOME FUNDING
PROPOSED TO THE PARKS DISTRICT
DOES NOT SEPARATE OUT THE AMOUNT
INTENDED FOR PLANTING TREES.
IN DEVELOPED PARKS, VERSUS
GREENWAYS, AND BECAUSE THERE IS
SOME QUESTION OF WHETHER FUNDING
FOR THIS PURPOSE WILL BE
PROPOSED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET,
WHICH OF COURSE THE COUNCIL
HAVEN'T SEEN.
I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP A FEW
QUESTIONS TO HELP SORT THIS
OUT.
FIRST, HOW MUCH IS THE ANNUAL
AND TOTAL FUNDING, INCLUDED IN
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED CYCLE TWO
BUDGET FOR PLANTING TREES,
SPECIFICALLY IN DEVELOPED PARKS?
HOW MANY TREES DO WE ESTIMATE
WILL BE PLANTED IN DEVELOPED
PARKS WITH THOSE FUNDS OVER THE
COURSE OF CYCLE TWO?
THEN, FINALLY, WE DID GET A
PREVIEW OF PARTS RELATED
INVESTMENTS THAT WE EXPECT TO
BE INCLUDED IN THE 2023/24
PROPOSED BUDGET.
BUT WE DID NOT SEE MENTION OF
FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE IN THAT
DOCUMENT.
JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S
ANYTHING AT ALL WE COULD GET AS
A PREVIEW, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
WE EXPECT TO HAVE TREEPLANTING
FUNDS FOR DEVELOPED PARKS IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> SO, I'M GOING TO START AND I
MIGHT HAVE MY FRIENDS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE FILL IN THE BLANKS
HERE.
MY UNDERSTANDING, THE BPRC HAD
RECOMMENDED $400,000 PER YEAR
FOR RESTORING AND INCREASING
URBAN CANOPY.
IN THE WRITEUP THAT WE
RECEIVED, I BELIEVE THAT THAT
ORIENTATION FOR THAT ACTIVITY
IS GOING TO NOW BE PRIMARILY,
OR PREDOMINANTLY, AND DEVELOPED
PARKS.
THAT WOULD IN FACT PROVIDE ABOUT
100 TREES INTENDED EVERY YEAR.
I DO NOT KNOW THAT THERE IS
MORE MONEY SPECIFICALLY RELATED
TO PLANTING OF TREES, AND
DEVELOP PARKS.
MAYBE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE CAN FILL IN THE
BLANKS ON THAT, OR CORRECT
ANYTHING THAT I'VE SAID THAT
MIGHT BE INACCURATE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE
HEAD, TRACY.
I THINK YOU NAILED IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE NO FOLLOW UP ON THAT
ONE.
>> PLEASE, BOARD MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> I SAID I HAVE NO FOLLOW UP.
>> I HAVE CONFIRMED WHAT IS IN
-- THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AND I
THINK WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT TO
GET A PREVIEW ON THE 2023
BUDGET.
I THOUGHT I WAS BEING SNEAKY
THERE, BUT NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> OKAY.
WHAT, IF THAT'S THE CASE, AND I
DON'T SEE ANY OUTSTANDING --
BOARD MEMBER PEDERSEN.
THAT HAND WENT UP RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF MY NO MORE QUESTIONS.
SO, GOOD TIMING.
BOARD MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LEWIS.
I HAVE A -- I GUESS I JUST
WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
BIG PICTURE NUMBERS HERE, AND
THEN I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
SO EVERYBODY LOVES PARKS, AND
THERE ARE MANY GREAT THINGS IN
THESE PACKAGES FOR PARTS.
I KNOW WE ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER
THE FISCAL LANDS, AND SO AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, THE TOTAL BUDGET
FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR
THIS YEAR, 2022, IS ABOUT $262
MILLION.
WHICH INCLUDES $56 MILLION FROM
THE PARKS DISTRICT.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE
PROPOSAL BEFORE US TODAY WILL
ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE THE PARKS
DISTRICT PORTION OF THE
PROPERTY TAX TO GENERATE $115
MILLION FROM JUST THE PARKS
DISTRICT PORTION.
SO, THAT'S ABOUT $200 MILLION
OR MORE BASELINE, AND THEN WE
ARE ADDING $150 MILLION.
SO, PUT ANOTHER WAY, I GUESS
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL BUDGET
FOR PARKS IS COMING OUTSIDE OF
THE PARKS DISTRICT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING MORE
OF THAT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
THE MAYOR PROPOSES TO SPEND
THAT OTHER BIG PORTION WHEN WE
GET HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, THIS
ISN'T THE ONLY THING WE ARE
SPENDING ON PARKS.
THIS IS A PORTION OF IT.
SO, WE HAVEN'T HEARD -- IN THE
PRESENTATION TODAY WE DIDN'T
SEEM TO INCLUDE THE COST TO THE
RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE.
SO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE
MEDIAN HOMEOWNER CURRENTLY PAYS
PROPERTY TAXES ON THIS OF
APPROXIMATELY $165 PER YEAR FOR
THE PARKS DISTRICT PORTION.
OF COURSE WE KNOW PROPERTY
TAXES IMPACT RENTERS TOO,
BECAUSE OF THE LANDOWNERS, THE
LANDLORDS CAN PASS IT ON.
SO IF WE WERE TO INCREASE THE
CURRENT SPENDING FROM THE 56,
$58 MILLION TODAY TO $115
MILLION, PER YEAR, COULD YOU
REMIND US HOW MUCH THAT WOULD
BE FOR THE MEDIAN HOMEOWNER?
>> THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE
LOOKED AT EARLIER TODAY.
THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT FOR 2023
FOR THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, OF
ABOUT $115 MILLION FOR THE
PARKS LEVY, WOULD IMPACT THAT
MEDIAN ASSESSED VALUE AT ABOUT
$331. OF FROM ABOUT $165.
>> OKAY, SO THAT SLIDE IS
NUMBER TWO.
>> YES.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
OKAY, WELL I'M JUST, WANT TO
REITERATE MY CONCERN FOR THE
DOUBLING OF THIS PROPERTY TAX.
I REALLY DO SUPPORT SO MUCH IN
THIS PACKAGE.
THE BASELINE FUNDING OF THE $56
MILLION.
I SUPPORT THIS PRECOMMITMENT
BONDING FOR GREEN LAKE, LAKE
CITY, I SUPPORT THE PARK
RANGERS, THE COOLING CENTERS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
IN HERE, I JUST CONTINUE TO
HEAR MORE AND MORE FROM
CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAXES.
I KNOW WE WANT TO SUPPORT
ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS, EDUCATION
INVESTMENTS, SO THIS IS WHAT
I'M WEIGHING AS WE MOVE FORWARD
HERE.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE INTO MY
CONCERNS.
I AM REALLY STRUGGLING WITH
THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH
THE MAYOR TOOK THE $108 MILLION
THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE
BPRC, WHICH IS ADVISORY ONLY,
AND THEN ADDED $17 MILLION.
WHICH MORE THAN DOUBLES THE
REVENUE THAT IS BEING GENERATED
NOW.
I DID THE MATH, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, THE INCREASE TO THE
AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IN 2023 WOULD
BE 175 DOLLARS.
BRINGING THE TOTAL TO $330.
SO, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS
HAPPENING WITH OTHER PROPERTY
TAXES AS WELL.
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION FROM THE PARKS
DISTRICT FROM 20% TO 30% OF THE
WHOLE PARKS BUDGET.
THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING
WITH LIBRARIES, AND AS
MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING TO BE
HAVING RENEWALS OF OTHER
PROPERTY LEVEES -- PROPERTY TAX
LEVIES NEXT YEAR.
SO, I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE DOING TO THE COST
OF HOUSING.
NOT JUST FOR OWNERS, BUT TO
RENTERS ALIKE.
SO -- ONE THING I AM THINKING
ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT PROPERTY
TAXES ARE PAID TWICE A YEAR.
AT THE END OF MARCH AND THE END
OF OCTOBER.
SO, IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, HALF
OF THE COST, OR THE PORTION OF
REVENUE THAT IS ALLOCATED TO
ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE GOING TO
BE PAID IN FULL.
SO, YEAR ONE, WE ARE NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO SPEND, I DON'T
BELIEVE, WHAT IS ALLOCATED IN
YEAR ONE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE
THE FTE'S BY JANUARY 1st OR THE
END OF MARCH.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
PAY THE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE SPENDING THE MONEY
FOR PLANNING FOR THE CAPITAL
PROJECT.
SO, AS I LOOK AT AREAS WHERE WE
MIGHT MAKE CUTS TO THIS PACKAGE,
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN SHIFT
SOME OF THE -- IF WE CAN LOWER
THE -- IF WE CAN LOWER THE COST
OF THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS TO BE
MORE REALISTIC TO WHAT WE WILL
BE ABLE TO SPENDING FOR SOME OF
THESE ITEMS.
PERHAPS THAT, BY SHIFTING TO
LATER YEARS, COULD THAT REDUCE
THE COST OF THE OVERALL PACKAGE?
MORE REALISTICALLY, REFLECTING
WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY -- HOW WE
CAN ACTUALLY SPEND.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
CARRYOVERS EVERY SINGLE YEAR,
AND I DID LOOK AT THOSE
RESOLUTIONS GOING BACK TO THE
BEGINNING OF THE PARKS DISTRICT
FORMATION.
BUT CAN WE DO THAT IN ADVANCE
INSTEAD OF JUST CARRYING IT
OVER IS WHAT I'M -- IS ONE OF
THE WAYS THAT I'M THINKING
ABOUT PERHAPS ADDRESSING THIS
ISSUE I'M RAISING, WHICH IS I
THINK AN UNTENABLE DOUBLING OF
WHAT WE ARE ASKING OUR
RESIDENTS TO PAY.
AND ONE MORE THING, I DO HAVE
TO NOTE THAT I TALKED TO THE
KING COUNTY ASSESSOR AND
PROPERTY, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
OWNERS ALSO PAY THIS TAX.
WE ARE SEEING A SOFTENING OF
VALUES IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
STICKERS.
SO THAT MEANS THERE IS A SHIFT
TO PROPERTY OWNERS OUTSIDE OF
DOWNTOWN.
SO, I THINK THAT THAT DOES PLAY
INTO MY THINKING AS WELL.
SO, BUT, I'M JUST WONDERING IF
CENTRAL STAFF CAN ADDRESS THAT
QUESTION OF SHIFTING SOME FUNDS
FROM THE EARLY YEARS TO LATER
YEARS WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY BE
IN A PLACE WITH THE FTEs ON
BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SPEND IT.
>> SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE
GOTTEN FROM THE EXECUTIVE DOES
FLOW A NUMBER OF THESE
INITIATIVES.
ACCOUNT FOR A SLOWER RAMP-UP
FOR EXACTLY I THINK THE REASONS
THAT YOU WERE SAYING, AND I'M
GOING TO ASK THEM TO CHIME IN
IF THEY HAVE MORE TO ADD.
FOR A NUMBER OF THESE
INITIATIVES, THEY HAVE NOT
FULLY FUNDED THE AMOUNT IN THAT
FIRST YEAR.
IT'S NOT TRUE OF ALL
INITIATIVES.
A NUMBER OF THESE INITIATIVES
BEING PROPOSED FOR FUNDING, FOR
EXAMPLE THE CONTINUATION OF THE
CYCLE ONE, THOSE ARE ALL
EXISTING PROGRAMS WITH EXISTING
STAFF.
IT REALLY IS THAT SECOND HALF,
WHICH FOR MANY, IN MANY
RESPECTS ARE AGAIN EXISTING
PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE JUST
EXPANDING.
SO, I THINK THEY HAVE TRIED TO
DO SOME ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT
THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
HIRE PEOPLE RIGHT AT JANUARY 1.
THEY HAVE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT
IN THEIR BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT
THEY HAVE SUBMITTED TO US.
I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THE
QUESTION ABOUT DELAYING.
IT'S REALLY A POLICY CALL IF
YOU WANTED TO DELAY ENTIRELY
FUNDING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS
FOR HALF A YEAR OR A FOUR-YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE A POLICY CALL ON
YOUR PART.
I DO KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY
ACCOUNTED FOR WHAT THEY EXPECT
TO BE SOME KIND OF RAMPING UP
OF SOME OF THE EXPANDED
PROGRAMMING THAT IS INCLUDED,
IN PARTICULAR IN THE CYCLE TWO
INVESTMENTS.
>> OKAY, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT
THIS MORE CAREFULLY, BUT I'M
LOOKING AT JUST THE OPERATING
BUDGET, AND ALSO ANYWAY.
THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT HOW
MUCH VOTERS INTENDED THIS PARKS
DISTRICT TO PAY FOR OPERATING
VERSUS CAPITAL.
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT ANYWAY
THAT'S A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE LINE-ITEM, I
CAN AS THE EXECUTIVE BUSINESS
AS WELL.
IT'S THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD,
$800,000.
SAME THING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL
CAPACITY.
SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE THE
SAME AND A LOT OF THESE LINE
ITEMS.
SO, THAT'S FOR CONTINUED
ANALYSIS I SUPPOSE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER
NELSON.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM BOARD
MEMBERS.
SO, TRACY, IS AT THE CONCLUSION
OF THE CENTRAL STAFF
PRESENTATION, AND CAN WE PUT IT
TO PARKS?
>> YES WE CAN.
>> OKAY.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND
START THE PRESENTATION FROM OUR
EXECUTIVE AND PARKS PANEL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN
LETTING US GET THROUGH ALL OF
THAT, FOLKS.
HANDING IT OVER TO
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ORR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
OR PARK BOARD PRESIDENT LEWIS.
MEMBERS OF THE PARK DISTRICT
BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY.
WE REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE
HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE PUT INTO
JUST WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.
EVALUATING THE INVESTMENT FROM
CYCLE TO.
SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK
AS WELL.
SO FOR TODAY'S BRIEFING, WE
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE
BACKGROUND AND THEN FOCUS MORE
TIME ON THE WORK WE HAVE DONE
TO DATE RELATED TO THE PARK
DISTRICT.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT PARK
DISTRICT REPORTING,
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND
TRANSPARENCY.
WHICH WE ARE REALLY SORT OF
HAVING AS THE CORNERSTONES BACK
IN 2013/14 WHEN THIS WHOLE IDEA
WAS BEING DISCUSSED IN THE
COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE REALLY WANTED TO SEE
THAT THE SORT OF THE PILLARS OF
THE PARK DISTRICT.
WE ALSO DESCRIBED OUR
INVESTMENTS IN FURTHERING
ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT.
INCLUDING CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE EFFORTS.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE
HAVE DEEPENED OUR COMMITMENT TO
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
I THINK YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED
BY SOME OF THE PRESENTATION
POINTS YOU HEAR FROM HAZEL ON
OUR TEAM TODAY.
ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO FOSTER
INCREASED PUBLIC TRUST THROUGH
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
>> SLIDE HERE.
OKAY, SO THE CONVERSATIONS
REGARDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PERFORMANCE ARE NOT NEW TO US.
IN FACT, THE INTERRUPT
AGREEMENT WAS DEVELOPED IN PART
TWO BEST THESE TOPICS.
SOME OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PROVISIONS CALL FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OVERSIGHT
AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARGED
TO ENSURE THAT THE PARK DISTRICT
IS ADMINISTERED IN AN EQUITABLE
AND TRANSPARENT MANNER.
AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD OF PARK
AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS
PLAYS THAT ROLE.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SIX-YEAR
PLANNING CYCLE TO ENSURE THE
PUBLIC IS ENGAGED IN
IDENTIFYING THE PROJECTS, AND
PROGRAMS, SPECIFIED IN THIS SIX
YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A STRATEGIC PLAN EVERY SIX
YEARS AS WELL.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING ANNUAL
REPORTS, MIDCYCLE REPORTS, AND
END OF CYCLE REPORTS.
FOR THE LAST SIX YEAR PLAN WE
PUBLISHED AN ANNUAL REPORT, A
MIDCYCLE REPORT, AND A CYCLE
END REPORT THAT OUTLINED OUR
SPENDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
LESSONS LEARNED, AND RESULTS.
THOSE REPORTS CAN BE FOUND ON
THE WEBSITE.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO WELCOME
HAZEL TO SHARE HOW WE ARE
PUTTING OUR VALUES OF
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
TO WORK ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL OUT THAT
THIS IS -- THAT THIS WORK
LITERALLY IS A FULL-TIME JOB
FOR HAZEL, JUST COORDINATING
AND ORGANIZING THIS WORK, BUT
REALLY IT'S PART OF THE CULTURE
OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
LEANING INTO FOR THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
SO, HAZEL?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HAZEL.
I'M THE SPR ORGANIZATIONAL
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC ADVISER.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE, AND
THE PRIVILEGE, TO WORK IN THIS
CAPACITY SINCE 2017.
SO THIS SLIDE WE WANTED TO
BRIEFLY TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME
OF THE KEY TECHNOLOGICAL
INVESTMENTS. SYSTEMS INVESTMENTS
THAT WE HAVE MADE OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE THE RIGHT SYSTEMS IN PLACE
TO EFFICIENTLY COLLECT AND
CHECK DATA.
WITH THE CYCLE ONE PARK
DISTRICT SUPPORT, WE INVESTED
IN A NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGICAL
SYSTEMS AND UPGRADES TO HELP US
WITH OUR OPERATIONS AND
PROGRAMS.
AND TO LEVERAGE THESE SYSTEMS,
WE WANT TO TRACK DATA, THAT CAN
BE USED TO ANALYZE OUR
PERFORMANCE.
WHETHER THEY BE QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF 2016
WHERE WE PURCHASED A PLATFORM
CALLED ASSET MANAGEMENT WORK
ORDER SYSTEM.
THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT OUR
MAINTENANCE TEAMS AND CREWS USE
TO TRACK THEIR LABOR HOURS.
FOR BOTH PLANNED AND EMERGENCY
TYPE MAINTENANCE WORK.
WE ALSO USE THE SYSTEM TO KEEP
TIME SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS
PAYROLL FOR THESE TEAMS.
IN 2019, WE PURCHASED AND
REPLACED THE OLD REGISTRATION
SYSTEM.
WE USED TO HAVE A SYSTEM CALLED
CLASS, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW.
THAT WAS REPLACED BY OUR ACTIVE
NET.
THIS IS A PORTAL WHERE CUSTOMERS
AND RESIDENTS CAN GO TO
REGISTER FOR CLASSES OR BOOK
FACILITY RENTALS.
THIS ALSO HELPED US SUPPORT OUR
CASH HANDLING AND ALLOW US TO
TRACK REGISTRATIONS,
ENROLLMENTS, ATHLETIC FIELD USE
AND MANY MORE.
THEN, JUST RECENTLY, IN 2020,
WE HAVE REPLACED OUR CAPITAL
PROJECT MONITORING SOFTWARE
WITH A MORE USER-FRIENDLY
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BUILT IN
MILESTONES WHERE WE CAN CHECK IN
FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THESE
TECHNICAL -- TECHNOLOGICAL
INVESTMENTS WILL BE CONTINUE TO
BE PAID IN PART BY THE PARK
DISTRICT FUNDS IN CYCLE TWO.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE
SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE US WITH DATA
AND INFORMATION THAT WE FRANKLY
DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
THESE DATA, IN MANY WAYS, HELP
US BECOME MORE EFFICIENT,
EFFECTIVE, AND EQUITABLE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NUMBER FIVE.
SO THEN WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT
SYSTEM INVESTMENTS.
WE WANTED TO TALK YOU ALSO
ABOUT INVESTMENT IN OUR PEOPLE.
SO, NOT JUST THESE SYSTEMS, BUT
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
BRING OUR COMMUNITY OF
EMPLOYEES ALONG FOR ACTUALLY
DOING THE HARD WORK IN THE
FRONT LINE.
IN THE SMOKE, HOT WEATHER.
MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENGAGED IN
THIS WORK SO THAT THE DATA THAT
WE COLLECT AND TRACK CAN BE
USEFUL TO THEM.
SO, WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN
TRAINING AND IN OUR CULTURAL
CHANGE OR SHIFT.
SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,
WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY
WORKING TO CHANGE OUR
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE FROM
WHAT WE CALLED DATA AGNOSTIC.
SO WHERE WE DIDN'T REALLY CARE
ABOUT DATA.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD DATA.
THEN, TO BE DATAWARE, SO THAT
WE KNOW WE HAVE DATA, BUT
SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO
LEVERAGE THEM, USE THEM,
ANALYZE THEM, TO REALLY IMPROVE
OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
THEN, TO A POINT WHERE WE WANT
TO BECOME MUCH MORE DATA
INFORMED, AND IN SOME CASES,
DATA-DRIVEN.
THEN, COLLABORATIVE BECAUSE A
LOT OF OUR WORK UNITS OVERLAP
IN TERMS OF THIS ENERGY AND THE
WORK THAT WE DO.
SO, TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND
THEN ALSO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE
THAT WE ARE A CONTINUAL LEARNING
A█ND IMPROVING ORGANIZATION.
SO BACK IN 2015, WE ACTUALLY
CREATED A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL
TEAM CALLED RESULTS TEAM.
WE ALSO TRAINED ALL OUR STAFF
ON WHAT PERFORMANCE MEASURES
ARE, AND THEN HOW WE CAN
DEVELOP THEM FOR THEIR TEAMS.
UNDER A VERY RESULTS BASED
FRAMEWORK.
SO, WE OFFERED THAT TRAINING
BACK IN 2015.
THEN, IN 2016, IN ADDITION TO
REPORTING, STARTING TO REPORT
ON PARK DISTRICT SPECIFIC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES,
WE ALSO TRACKED FIVE KIND OF
HIGH-LEVEL PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
ON THE MAYOR'S PERFORMANCE
SEATTLE DASHBOARD.
SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL -- I
THINK MAYOR MURRAY HAD A PUBLIC
FACING DASHBOARD CALLED
PERFORMANCE SEATTLE.
THEN, BY 2017 WE ARE PUBLISHING
OUR VERY FIRST SPR IMPACT REPORT
. AND INFOGRAPHIC REPORT OF 25
PERFORMANCE MEASURES UNDER OUR
THREE OUTCOMES.
HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT, AND STRONG
COMMUNITY.
QUICKLY ON TO 19 AND 20, WE --
SO BASED ON A LOT OF THE
LESSONS LEARNED DURING OUR
MIDCYCLE ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW
OF OUR PARK DISTRICT
INVESTMENTS, WE BEGAN TO WORK
ON A VERY HOLISTIC APPROACH.
A WHOLE SYSTEM APPROACH, AND A
FRAMEWORK WHERE WE ARE
INCLUDING ALL FUNDS SOURCES,
NOT JUST THE PARK DISTRICT
FUNDS.
AS YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY PARK
DISTRICT MADE UP OF ROUGHLY 20%
OF OUR BUDGET.
SO WE HAVE OTHER REVENUE STREAMS
THAT SUPPORT OUR WHOLE SYSTEM.
SO AGAIN, THIS NOTION IS TO
TAKE A WHOLE SYSTEM APPROACH,
AND LOOKING AT THE WHOLE
ECOSYSTEM, THE WHOLE CONTEXT.
THEN, WE BEGAN TALKING AND
WORKING ON VARIOUS METRICS
RELATED TO ALL THE DIFFERENT
LINES OF WORK THAT WE HAD NOT
JUST THOSE THAT ARE FUNDED BY
PARK DISTRICT FUNDS, BUT ALL
FUNDS.
SO AGAIN, DURING THIS TIME WE
ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND OUR STAFF STAKEHOLDERS IN
DEVELOPING OUR STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN.
SO THIS ONE, THERE'S A COVER
HERE.
IT COVERS OUR GOALS,
PRIORITIES, AND STRATEGIES, FOR
THE NEXT DECADE.
THEN, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE
ENDED UP PAUSING OUR PLANNING
FOR THE CYCLE TWO, AS YOU ARE
AWARE.
BUT, WE DIDN'T STOP.
SO DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC IN AUGUST OF 2020, WE
LAUNCHED WHAT WE CALL SPR STATS.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE VIGNETTE
DOWN HERE, A SCREENSHOT.
SO WHAT THIS IS IS SPR
STATISTICS, THAT'S FOR SURE.
IT'S A MONTHLY DEDICATED
COLLABORATIVE SPACE WHERE WE
USE DATA TO DISCUSS LESSONS
LEARNED, TEST OUR HYPOTHESES,
AND TALK ABOUT PROCESS
IMPROVEMENTS, INNOVATIONS.
USING DATA.
SO FAR WE'VE HAD ANYWHERE FROM
30 UP TO 50 EMPLOYEES
PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING
IN THOSE MONTHLY STATS SESSIONS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR
DATA LITERACY.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF US
COME TO WORK BECAUSE WE LOVE TO
WORK WITH PEOPLE.
WE LOVE TO WORK WITH NATURE.
PLANTS, GRASS, BIRDS, TREES.
NOT SO MUCH WITH OTHER THINGS.
THIS IS A WAY TO INTRODUCE THIS
CULTURE OF USING DATA.
NOT AS A END IN ITSELF, BUT
MEANS TO END TO IMPROVE OUR
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND
OPERATIONS.
THEN, BACK IN 2021, WE STARTED
TO REENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY
LOOKING AT SOME KEY SHORT-TERM
PRIORITIES AND ACTION GOALS.
IN THE CONTEXT OF COMING OUT OF
THE PANDEMIC, LOOKING AT THE
RATIO OF RECKONING, AND CLIMATE
CHANGE, ALL THIS CONFLUENCE OF
DIFFERENT EXTERNAL FACTORS.
SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR KEY
STAKEHOLDERS AND DEVELOP THIS
SHORT-TERM ACTION PLAN AS YOU
CAN SEE ON OUR COVER.
THEN, I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE
WONKY LITTLE SHOT OF OUR POWER
DASHBOARD.
SO, EARLY THIS YEAR WE WORKED
CLOSELY WITH SEATTLE I.T.
TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH OUR
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.
IT'S PUBLIC FACING, AND AGAIN,
OUR INTENT OR GOAL IS TO
INCLUDE ALL FUNDS SOURCES, AND
ALL LINES OF BUSINESS, AS WELL
AS SOME, NOT ALL, PERFORMANCE
METRICS ON THESE DASHBOARDS.
AGAIN, THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO, GOING FORWARD, WE'LL
CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS
FOUNDATION OF WORK, AND WE HOPE
TO, AND PLAN TO EXPAND
GATHERING MORE QUANTITATIVE,
AND THEN ESPECIALLY QUALITATIVE
PERFORMANCE METRICS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A KIND OF A WORK
IN PROGRESS AGAIN, WE ARE
WORKING TOWARDS INCREASING THE
UBIQUITY AND LITERACY OF DATA
AMONG OUR COMMUNITY OF
EMPLOYEES HERE.
NEXT SLIDE.
NOT TO GET TOO -- OD ON YOU ON
THIS ONE.
WE LIKE TO USE THIS PYRAMID.
WE CALL IT KIND OF THE
CASCADING FRAMEWORK.
LOOKING TO ALIGN OUR INDIVIDUAL
WORK TOWARDS THE GOAL AND
VALUES, AND ULTIMATELY OUR
MISSION.
HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ADAPTING OUR CULTURE TO BECOME
MORE DATA INFORMED,
COLLABORATIVE, AND CONTINUOUS
LEARNING.
SO THIS PYRAMID IS TALKING, OR
DENOTING A KIND OF A CASCADING
FRAMEWORK.
ACTUALLY THIS PYRAMID CAN ALSO
BE INVERTED.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOP-DOWN.
IT COULD BE BOTTOM-UP AS WELL.
HERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
PUT OUR MISSION FRONT AND CENTER
WITH OUR OUTCOMES.
SO HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT, STRONG COMMUNITY.
THOSE IN FORM AND DRIVE A LOT
OF OUR STRATEGIES, GOALS,
PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND
WHETHER THEY BE OUTPUTS OR
OUTCOMES, OR MORE QUALITATIVE
OR LESS QUANTITATIVE.
THEN OBVIOUSLY FOUNDATION OF
INVESTMENTS.
RESOURCES, HUMAN CAPITAL,
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, AS WELL AS
A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
SOME OF THOSE THAT I ALREADY
MENTIONED.
THEN, IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT
ALIGNING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ALIGN OUR WORK, SO LIKE
INDIVIDUAL WORK PLANS.
UNDER THE HEALTHY PEOPLE,
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, AND STRONG
COMMUNITY OUTCOMES. WE ARE
ACTUALLY AUGMENTED BY OUR
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO WORK
IN THE SPACE OF OUR STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN OUTLINING THOSE
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS,
AS WELL AS SOME OF THE
STRATEGIES TO GET THERE.
THEN, MEASURING SOME OF THE KEY
ITEMS FOR SUCCESS AND
COMPLETION.
THEN, AGAIN, JUST THE
CONCENTRIC CIRCLE, NOT TO GET
TOO PHILOSOPHICAL ON YOU AFTER
4:00.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REALLY THE
POWER OF OUR EMPLOYEE AT THE
CENTER.
HAVING THIS CONCENTRIC CIRCLE
OF IMPACT.
THE PUBLIC GOOD.
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT EACH
ONE OF US HAVE THE POWER AND
THE AGENCY TO CREATE.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF
MAKING THIS LEVEL OF AGENCY AT
THE INDIVIDUAL, AND AS A SMALL,
OR BIG TEAMS AND CRUISE.
THEN, HERE I JUST WANT TO TALK
TO YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE FACT
THAT OF COURSE THE DATA PERSON,
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE DATA.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE LOTS AND
LOTS OF QUALITATIVE DATA THAT
ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE TO
COLLECT.
SO THERE ARE FOUR. I'M VERY
MNDFUL THAT MOST OF FOLKS IN
OUR DEPARTMENT COME TO WORK
BECAUSE THEY LOVE WORKING WITH
PEOPLE.
THEY LOVE PROVIDING PUBLIC
SERVICE.
AND NOT MOST OF US ARE THAT
KEEN ON COLLECTING OR USING, OR
WANTING TO TRACK DATA.
SO AGAIN, I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT
SOME OF THE CULTURAL SHIFTS.
I THINK THE ADOPTION AMONG OUR
EMPLOYEE COMMUNITY IS INCREASED.
IS THAT 100%, NO, BUT IT'S BEEN
A WORK IN PROCESS.
I'M ALWAYS MINDFUL OF THE FACT
THAT THE COST, THE REAL COST,
AND THE OPPORTUNITY COST, OF
ASKING FOLKS LIKE SAY IN OUR
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CREW TO
COLLECT AND REPORT DATA INSTEAD
OF MOWING THE LAWN OR PICKING
UP THE GARBAGE SO THERE'S
DEFINITELY BALANCING ACT.
MULTITUDE OF FACTORS WANTING TO
COLLECT DATA.
ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THE REAL
AND THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS
ASSOCIATED.
NEXT SLIDE.
I KNOW IT IS 11 AFTER 4:00.
I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY.
SHALL WE DO A TIME CHECK?
>> HAZEL, THANK YOU.
JUST GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR
PRESENTATION.
TAKE YOUR TIME.
THEN, WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, OKAY, SO THE NEXT
SLIDE IS A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES
THAT WE CREATED FOR DISCUSSION
IS HOW WE ARE USING PERFORMANCE
DATA TO GO BEYOND IN TERMS OF
INFORMING HOW WE IMPROVE AND
EVOLVE OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR
FACILITIES.
SO ON THE LEFT SIDE, IS A
PROGRAM CALLED GET MOVING.
THIS IS A MOBILE RECREATION
PROGRAM WHERE WE TAKE PROGRAMS
AND PROGRAMMING TO THE PEOPLE.
SO WE LIKE LITERALLY PUT STUFF
IN A VAN.
WE DRIVE OUT TO A PARK AND THEN
WE ARE PROVIDING YOGA,
MEDITATION, ART ACTIVITY
WHATNOT.
HERE WE ARE NOT ONLY COLLECTING
THE QUANTITATIVE DATA OF NUMBER
OF PARTICIPANTS, NUMBER OF
PROGRAM HOURS WE OFFER, BUT WE,
FOR THE LAST YEAR FROM LIKE
APRIL AND OCTOBER, WE
ADMINISTERED THIS SURVEY ON A
MOBILE -- I THINK IT WAS iPADS.
MOBILE DEVICES WHERE OUR
PARTICIPANTS CAN SPEND LIKE
THREE MINUTES AND GIVE US SOME
QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK.
SO HERE AGAIN, NOT ALL 7000
DECIDED TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
IT'S JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF
ROUGHLY 340 PEOPLE.
FOR INSTANCE, SELF-REPORTED,
THAT THEY NOT ONLY ENJOY
THEMSELVES, DURING THIS
ACTIVITY, OR THIS RECREATION
OPPORTUNITY, BUT THEY ALSO
RATED THEIR PHYSICAL INTENSITY
OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON AVERAGE
3.6 OUT OF FIVE.
SO THIS IS ONE OF MANY DATA
POINTS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO
GATHER TO GET THE BACK FROM OUR
PARTICIPANTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN
IMPROVE.
WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
THEY WOULD PREFER.
WHY THEY WERE COMING TO
PARTICIPATE.
WHETHER THEY WERE HAVING FOR
HEALTH REASONS OR SOCIAL OR
STRESS MANAGEMENT.
WE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF
QUESTIONS ON THAT SURVEY TO
REALLY GLEAN WHAT OUR
PARTICIPANTS WANTED TO TELL US
SO THEN WE CAN AGAIN EVOLVE AND
CHANGE THAT PROGRAM.
THE EXAMPLE ON THE RIGHT HAND
SIDE IS THE PARK INSPECTION
PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE PRESIDENT LEWIS, YOU
RECEIVED A RECENT BRIEFING ON
THIS PROGRAM I BELIEVE.
HERE JUST VERY BRIEFLY, IT'S A
PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO
COLLECT PUBLIC ASSESSMENT,
PUBLIC PERCEPTION, PUBLIC
PERSPECTIVE, ON OUR PERFORMANCE
BY INVITING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
TO GO OUT AND RATE AND INSPECT
OUR PARKS.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE EVALUATION
CRITERIA.
ALL THAT RATING GETS US A NUMBER
OF A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE GOALS
MET.
SO, SINCE 2017, EVEN WITH THE
PANDEMIC DISRUPTION, WE HAVE
COMPLETED ROUGHLY 235
INSPECTIONS.
WE WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE AND
AFTER THE PANDEMIC, AND BY AND
LARGE, THE PERCENTAGE OF GOALS
THAT WERE MET, THAT WERE
REPORTED THROUGH THESE
INSPECTIONS, WERE AT 81%.
THIS WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
THEN, AFTER THE PANDEMIC, SINCE
JULY 2021, R RATING IS RIGHT
NOW AROUND 73.
CHRISTOPHER HAS SET A GOAL FOR
US AT 85.
SO, WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
SO AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE
PERFORMANCE DATA CAN HELP US
CHANGE AND IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMS
AND OPERATIONS AND SERVICES.
THANK YOU.
NEXT.
I THINK MICHELLE IS NUDGING ME
TO GO FASTER.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY, SO METRICS.
PERFORMANCE METRICS.
WE WANT TO ALSO TALK YOU ABOUT
SOME OF THE NEW, OR IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE METRICS UNDER CYCLE
TWO.
SO WE PICKED A COUPLE EXAMPLES
UNDER OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
HERE YOU HAVE A COLUMN FOR
CYCLE ONE AND CYCLE TWO.
SO A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES HERE
BEING ALSO, WE COLLECT NUMBER
OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
FUNDED BY THIS PROGRAM, AND
NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED.
THEN, TOTAL GRANT DOLLARS THAT
WERE REWARDED TO COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, IN ADDITION TO THOSE
PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UNDER
CYCLE TWO, WE WILL BE ALSO
TRACKING THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT HOURS THAT WE WILL
HAVE OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS
DO.
THEN, EVEN THEN GOING BEYOND
THAT, WE WILL BE COLLECTING
PARTICIPANT, OR COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK, THROUGH THESE
ENGAGEMENTS.
SO AGAIN WE ARE GOING BEYOND
QUANTITATIVE TO QUALITATIVE
FEEDBACK.
ANOTHER GOOD ONE MIGHT BE THE
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE.
SO THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE A VERY
HIGH LEVEL.
WE WERE LOOKING TO DOUBLE
COMFORT STATION CLEANING DURING
OUR PEAK SEASON AT 41 LOCATIONS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE OKAY,
THAT'S OKAY.
UNDER CYCLE TWO, WE ARE NOT
ONLY LOOKING AT THE CAPACITY
MEASURE OF GOING FROM FIVE TO
SEVEN DAYS OF THE CONVERSATIONS
BEING OPEN, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN
PROPOSED TO BE ALL YEAR-ROUND.
SO WE WILL BE TRACKING
READINESS OF THESE COMFORT
STATIONS TO BE, AND TO DISCUSS
EARLIER, THEY NEED TO BE
WINTERIZED.
SOME OF THE REPAIRS NEED TO BE
MADE, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO
HANDLE 24/7, 365 TYPE CAPACITY.
SO WE'LL BE MEASURING THE
PROGRESS OF ALL THESE
CONVERSATIONS COMING ONLINE.
THEN, SUBSEQUENTLY WILL ALSO BE
MEASURING PUBLIC ACCESS HOURS
AT THESE LOCATIONS.
AS WE KNOW THAT THESE
FACILITIES COULD BE CLOSED FOR
VANDALISM OR FOR REPAIRS.
AS SUCH, SO AGAIN, THOSE WILL
BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ADD
IN ADDITION TO THE METRICS THAT
WE HAVE UNDER CYCLE ONE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> HAZEL, CAN WE LINGER ON THAT
SLIDE FOR JUST ONE MOMENT?
>> OF COURSE, YES.
>> I'M PROBABLY GOING TO WANT
TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THE
NEXT SLIDE SINCE IT TALKS MORE
ABOUT CYCLE TWO.
I WANT TO GET JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE CONTEXT FOR THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AMBASSADOR HOURS
FROM 3000 TO 6000.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF
CONTEXT FOR WHAT THE PEAK
DESIRABLE NUMBER OF HOURS WOULD
BE.
THE LANGUAGE MAKES SENSE TO ME,
BUT I WONDER, LIKE WHAT WOULD
BE THE DESIRABLE TOTAL
UNIVERSAL NUMBER OF ANNUAL
ENGAGEMENT AMBASSADOR HOURS?
AND HOW CLOSE TO 6000 GET US TO
WHAT THAT IS?
>> GOSH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THE
ANSWER.
I MEAN -- CHRISTOPHER?
OR MICHELLE?
I MEAN, I DON'T NECESSARILY
THINK WE WANT TO -- WE ARE
COMING FROM THE IDEAL NUMBER OF
HOURS.
I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
CAPACITY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE,
AND THEN THIS IS PROPOSING TO
DOUBLE THE CAPACITY.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION.
RIGHT?
>> THE INDICATION.
THE THING I WOULD BE INTERESTED
TO KNOW IN WORKING BACKWARDS IS
WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF CAPACITY
NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY PERFORM
THE SERVICE?
DOES DOUBLING THE SERVICE GET
US CLOSER TO THAT, OR IS THERE
STILL -- THAT'S GOING TO BE A
STANDING QUESTION THAT I'LL
HAVE.
I WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE
CONTEXT WHEN I SEE BIG NUMBERS
GOING FROM SOMETHING TO
SOMETHING IN TERMS OF IN THE
CONTEXT OF WHAT THE DEMAND OF
THE SERVICE IS.
WHAT IS THE CONSUMER IMPACT SO
TO SPEAK IN TERMS OF THE
CONSTITUENTS USING PARKS THAT
THEY WILL EXPERIENCE FROM THAT
INCREASE IN SERVICE TO
DETERMINE IF THAT'S A GOOD MPD
INVESTMENT OR NOT.
>> MAYBE I CAN JUMP IN.
ON THIS, WE THINK WE DO A GOOD
JOB ENGAGING THE PUBLIC RIGHT
NOW.
RIGHT?
HOWEVER THIS IS AN AREA WHERE
WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO REACH MORE
PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
I THINK ONE OF THE CONSTANT
THINGS WE HAVE IS AROUND
ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.
I THINK WHAT THIS ATTEMPTS TO
DO IS SHORE UP THAT CAPABILITY
SO THAT WE REALLY CAN DOUBLE
DOWN ON TALKING TO PEOPLE, NO
MATTER WHERE YOU ARE FROM OR
WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK WE KIND
OF FILE THAT, AND WE CAN NEVER
DO ENOUGH ENGAGEMENT, AND
ENOUGH COMMUNICATION WITH THE
PUBLIC.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HAPPY TO TALK MORE OFF-LINE,
BUT APPRECIATE THOSE ANSWERS.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> OKAY.
SO AGAIN, A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES
FOR THE CAPITAL SIDE OF OUR
HOUSE.
LOOKING AT THIS IS ACTUALLY A
WAY TO REALLY IMPROVE OUR CYCLE
ONE METRICS. SO, HERE'S AN
EXAMPLE OF PARK FEATURES AND
POOLS AND AQUATICS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A PRETTY HIGH
LEVEL PERFORMANCE METRICS IN
TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS
AND USE.
BUT FOR CYCLE TWO, UNDER CYCLE
TWO INVESTMENT, WE ARE GOING TO
GO TO A DETAILED LEVEL.
WHAT I CALL GRANULAR LEVEL OF
PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THEY ARE TIED TO ASSET TYPES,
SO HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES
WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
PLAY AREA RENOVATION.
PLAY AREA AS AN ASSET.
WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
NOT ONLY THE NUMBER OF THOSE
AREAS, PLAY AREAS, THAT WERE
RENOVATED, BUT WE ARE ALSO
GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE
GIVEN LIFECYCLE OF THESE ACCESS.
HOW QUICKLY AND AND IN THIS
CASE, HOW ACCELERATED RATE OF
IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION WE
WILL BE DOING WITH PLAY AREAS.
SAME THING FOR THE POOLS.
LOOKING AT, WITH THE INCREMENTAL
AND ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT UNDER
CYCLE TWO, HOW MANY MORE OF
THESE RENOVATIONS COULD BE
FUNDED AND THEREFORE BE
COMPLETED.
SO AGAIN, I MEAN, THIS IS --
THIS IS -- I MEAN AGAIN,
LOOKING AT KIND OF THE BIG
PICTURE UNDER CYCLE ONE, BUT
AGAIN THAT'S GOING TO -- THAT
MEASURE IS GOING TO GET JUST
AGGREGATED BY TYPES OF ASSETS
SUCH AS PLAYGROUNDS.
I THINK WE HAVE ATHLETIC
FIELDS.
SO WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF
ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
LIFECYCLE PROGRAMS.
SO, WE PROPOSE TO TRACK AND
MEASURE THE PROGRESS AT THE
ASSET LEVEL UNDER -- IN CYCLE
TWO.
>> SO HAZEL, JUST TO STICK ON
THIS SLIDE FOR A SECOND.
I THINK SIMILARLY, TO THE
CONTEXT OF MY QUESTIONS ON THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE, I FRANKLY THINK
FOR THE BOARD, THE MORE HELPFUL
METRIC IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF
ANNUAL RENOVATIONS THAT WE'LL
BE ABLE TO SEE FOR POOLS OR
PLAY AREAS.
WHAT I -- THE METRIC I'M MORE
INTERESTED IN TRACKING OVER
TIME IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR
ENTIRE SYSTEM OF PLAY AREAS,
WHATEVER THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
SEATTLE PLAY AREAS ARE, WHAT IS
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS
COMPARED TO WHAT THE NATIONAL
BEST PRACTICES FOR THE
RENOVATION AND REMEDIATION OF A
PLAY AREA?
THAT'S THE METRIC THAT I WOULD
BE INTERESTED IN TRACKING AND
DRIVING TOWARDS.
AND DESIGNING.
>> YES.
WE WHOLLY AGREE WITH YOU.
WE ACTUALLY DID THE MATH.
151 PLAYGROUNDS IN OUR
INVENTORY.
THE INDUSTRY-STANDARD FOR THIS
PARTICULAR ASSET, THE LIFECYCLE
IS ABOUT 25 YEARS.
SO, AT THE RATE OF OUR
INVESTMENT, INCLUDING THE BASE
AND PLUS THE CYCLE TWO, WE ARE
LOOKING TO RENOVATE, ON
AVERAGE, SIX PLAYGROUNDS PER
YEAR.
SO, IF YOU DO DIVIDE -- MATH --
WE WOULD BE CLOSE TO THAT
INDUSTRY-STANDARD.
WE ARE LOOKING AT 26 YEARS
VERSUS 25 YEARS, AND YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT WE WILL
BE TRACKING AS THE WHOLE
INVENTORY OF THIS ASSET.
AGAINST THE LIFECYCLE LOOKING AT
HOW MANY WE CAN RENOVATE OVER
THE NEXT SIX YEARS AGAINST THE
INDUSTRY-STANDARD AS SUCH.
>> AND THE INDUSTRY-STANDARD IS
TO RENOVATE A PLAY AREA EVERY
25 YEARS?
>> THAT'S THE LIFE -- THAT'S
THE LIFESPAN OF THAT ASSET.
YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'M SORRY TO -- WHAT IS THE
DEVIATION BETWEEN THAT STANDARD
AND OUR CURRENT PRACTICE?
>>, I THINK OUR -- MICHELLE CAN
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I
BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT NOW 30
YEARS.
>> OKAY, SO WE ARE -- WE ARE
FIVE -- SORRY.
SO WE ARE FIVE YEARS OFF
CURRENTLY.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT, PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT UNDER
CYCLE TWO, WE WOULD BE LOOKING
AT YES.
REDUCING THAT TIMELINE.
>> TO 26 IF THIS PACKAGE
PASSED?
>> CORRECT.
>> A YEAR OFF FROM THE NATIONAL
BEST PRACTICE.
>> WELL, YES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO I GUESS -- IT BEGS THE
QUESTION SINCE WE ARE TALK
ABOUT METRICS.
THAT'S THE REASON I THINK
THAT'S A MORE APPROPRIATE WAY
TO BRING THIS.
BECAUSE JUST SAYING WE WILL DO
A 20% INCREASE IN RENOVATIONS,
IT DOESN'T TELL ME THE BROADER
CONTEXT OF WHAT OUR GOAL SHOULD
BE.
SO WE ARE DOING SEVEN
ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION'S?
IN THE CYCLE?
WOULD THAT GET US TO 25?
HOW CAN WE GET TO THAT DELTA?
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
QUESTIONS, JUST TO GIVE
FEEDBACK TO THE DEPARTMENT.
AND HOW, LIKE IN THE FUTURE,
WHEN YOU ARE PRESENTING, THE
METRICS TO THE MPD, AS WE
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS, LIKE
THAT'S PROBABLY AN ONGOING LINE
OF QUESTIONING YOU'LL HEAR FROM
ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO WORRIES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOUR ANSWERS ARE GREAT, WE
HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
IN THE FUTURE, LET'S
INCORPORATE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO JUMP INTO IT
WITH POOLS.
WE CAN CONNECT OFF-LINE.
I THINK I MADE MY POINT WITH
THE PLAY AREAS GIVING THE
ADVANCED HOUR.
I WANT TO DO A SIMILAR ANALYSIS
OBVIOUSLY WITH ALL THESE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> OKAY, I BELIEVE CHRISTOPHER
WILL --
>> YES, THANK YOU, HAZEL FOR
THAT PRESENTATION.
SO, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS TO
PROVIDE A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW
OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
ASSUMING YOU ADOPT THE SIX YEAR
SPENDING PLAN.
WHICH WE HAVE NO DOUBT YOU'LL
ADOPT SOMETHING HERE.
WE WANT TO ALIGN THAT PLAN WITH
UPCOMING DECISIONS IN THE
BIANNUAL BUDGET AND THE SIX
YEAR CIP.
WILL ALSO GO BACK AND WORK
INTERNALLY TO DEVELOP AN ACTION
PLAN.
CONSISTENT WITH THE DECISIONS
THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE
PLAN YOU ADOPT.
THAT PLAN WILL INFORM OUR WORK
PLAN PRIORITIES OVER THE NEXT
SIX YEARS.
WE WILL ALSO WORK TO ENGAGE
PARK AND RECREATION STAFF TO
ESTABLISH TIMELINES AND
PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR NEXT
YEAR.
KEEPING IN MIND A LOT OF THE
FEEDBACK WE HEARD HERE TODAY,
THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE
ESTABLISHING HIRING PRIORITIES
AND OTHER LOGISTICAL PLANNING
EFFORTS.
IN FACT, THE PROPOSAL, AS
SUBMITTED BY THE MAYOR,
INCLUDES HIRING 141 NEW STAFF.
SO, WE ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE WOULD
RAMP UP TO THAT LEVEL OF EFFORT.
AS OUR OVERSIGHT BOARD, THE
BOARD OF PARK AND RECREATION,
COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE GOING TO
BE UPDATING THE MONTHLY ON OUR
PROGRESS.
OF COURSE, WE WANT TO REPORT
BACK TO YOU ON SOME REGULAR
CYCLE REGARDING OUR
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND OTHER
EFFORTS ALONG THE WAY.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME
TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK
AND LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING
WHAT YOU ADOPT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST SAY AS
WE ARE STILL ON PERFORMANCE
METRICS, THE RESOLUTION THAT
I'LL PUT FORWARD, ALONG WITH
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICTS
MAN PLAN WILL INCLUDE SOME
ENUMERATED AREAS OF WHAT WE AS
A BOARD ARE GOING TO WANT TO
TRACK IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE
METRICS THAT ARE ALONG THE
LINES OF THE QUESTIONING THAT I
PUT IN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION, AND WE WILL BE IN
TOUCH ON THAT.
I CERTAINLY WANT TO CONSULT
WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS WE BUILD
WITH THAT MIND GOING TO OPEN IT
UP FOR QUESTIONS OF THE
EXECUTIVE PANEL.
I SEE BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
TO YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING
ABOUT WHAT METRICS WE SHOULD BE
USING, MY THINKING WAS WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN
USE THE ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY
HAVE.
SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
RENOVATING PLAY AREAS AND
STUFF, I'M WONDERING IF THAT --
CAN WE JUST REPAIR THINGS AS
THEY COME UP INSTEAD OF -- AND
IS THAT SORT OF THINKING ABOUT
MAINTENANCE OF OUR FACILITIES
INCLUDED AND HOW WE ARE GOING
ABOUT SPENDING OF THE MONEY
THAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING
APPROVING?
BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
DATA, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE,
YOU DID HAVE A SURVEY THAT WENT
OUT AND IT MENTIONED IMPROVING
SAFETY.
IMPROVING MAINTENANCE AND
CLEANLINESS.
AND IMPROVING EXISTING PARTS
AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
THOSE ARE ALL MY PARITY.
I REALLY SUPPORT THE INCREASED
FUNDING TO KEEP BATHROOMS OPEN
AND CLEAN.
SO -- YOU ASKED FOR -- YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING
TO BE MEASURING YOUR
PERFORMANCE GOING FORWARD, AND
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THESE LITTLE THINGS.
THESE KIND OF CONTINUAL
MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES ARE
ACCOUNTED FOR AND THAT YOU DO
HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY THAT.
I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD
SOME REAL SERIOUS CHALLENGES
KEEPING UP WITH MAINTENANCE IN
THE PAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE
OF THE IMPACTS TO PARKS.
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB
TRYING TO MEET THE PUBLIC'S
EXPECTATIONS.
ON THAT FRONT.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL JUST RESPOND TO THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> REGULAR, ROUTINE, DAY-TO-DAY
MAINTENANCE, REPAIRING, FIXING
ASSETS, REPAIRING BENCH BOARDS.
IT'S REALLY THE LION'S SHARE OF
OUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK.
WE WANT THESE ASSETS TO STAY
USABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL THEY
GET REPLACED.
SO, A LOT OF ENERGY, AND A LOT
OF STAFF EFFORT GOES INTO THAT.
WE WILL CONTINUE.
>> BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE ANOTHER FIRST A QUESTION
ABOUT ONE OF THE INVESTMENT
AREAS.
THEN, WELL, A QUESTION ABOUT
ANOTHER ONE OF THE OTHER
INVESTMENT AREAS.
[ LAUGHTER ] WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF HISTORY ON THE SECOND PIECE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST
IN DEKE URBANIZING COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
AS WELL AS RESILIENCY FUNDS AND
I THINK WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT
OF MIXING USE OF OUR TERMS.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE
DEVELOPMENT RESILIENCY HUBS IS
REALLY BEING LED BY THE OFFICES
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
GREEN NEW DEAL BOARD.
WHEREAS THE FOCUS ON
DECARBONIZATION OF COMMUNITY
CENTERS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO TACKLE
WITHIN THE MPD WORK.
BUT, GIVEN THAT, I'M STRUGGLING
TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY
COMMUNITY CENTERS WE ARE
PROPOSING TO DECARBONIZE UNDER
THE MPD PROPOSAL.
AND WHETHER OR NOT OSC IN THE
FUTURE WILL BE TRYING TO DO
SOME OF THAT WORK AS WELL.
A RESILIENCY HUB IS A D
CARBONIZED GATHERING PLACE, BUT
IT ALSO HAS OTHER ATTRIBUTES.
WE RECENTLY FUNDED THE
CARBONIZED, WITH OSD FUNDS, A
COUPLE LIBRARIES.
SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE IS
A PUBLIC DEMAND TO DO ALL 26
CENTERS, WITHIN THIS MPD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE
A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO
DECARBONIZE ALL CITY BUILDINGS.
BY I THINK 2035.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE
GREAT TO AIM FOR AT LEAST HALF
OF THOSE WITHIN THE CYCLE.
SO, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT,
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT WITH THESE
MPD INVESTMENTS AS PROPOSED BY
THE MAYOR, AS WELL AS AND I
KNOW THAT -- I SHOULD NOT BE
ASKING PARKS FOR WHAT OSD IS
PLANNING TO BE.
BUT THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF
DOING THIS IMPORTANT CLIMATE
WORK IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE DOING
IT, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO
CREATE SILOS SO WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHEN
THEY ARE RIGHTFULLY AND
PERSISTENTLY ADVOCATING.
>> RIGHT.
GUESS, SO, THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION.
THE NUMBER IS SIX.
IN TERMS OF RECREATION
FACILITIES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
DECARBONIZATION, WE ARE REALLY
TALKING ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION,
RIGHT?
HOW DO WE GET THESE FACILITIES
OFF OF -- OFF OF -- OIL-BASED,
PETROLEUM-BASED FUELS.
SO, OR NUMBER RIGHT NOW IS SIX.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLY
BIG NUMBER TO CONTEMPLATE 26
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
IT'S EVEN DAUNTING TO
CONTEMPLATE 50% OF THAT NUMBER.
SO, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
>> AND PROBABLY SHOULD DIRECT
OUR QUESTIONS TO OSC ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THEY SEPARATELY
ARE LOOKING AT INVESTING FUNDS
IN COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR THE
SAME PURPOSE.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
THEN, MY SECOND LITTLE BIT OF A
WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.
JUST BECAUSE WE HEARD SO MUCH
FROM THE PUBLIC BOTH IN WRITTEN
TESTIMONY AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC
HEARINGS THAT BOARD PRESIDENT
LEWIS HAS SPONSORED AND
SCHEDULED FOR US, ABOUT THE
WORK OF THE PARKS RANGERS.
SO, I WANT TO -- I JUST -- I
WANT TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE
BIT HERE.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND ON SOME OF THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE, AND I WANT
TO THANK CHRISTINA IN MY OFFICE
FOR RESEARCHING WHAT OUR
DECADES-OLD DETAILS OF WHAT
MYSELF AND ADVOCATES ONLY
VAGUELY REMEMBERED.
BACK IN 2012, THE SPR WORKED
WITH EACH SPD, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION
AND RACIAL DISPARITY PROJECT.
TO WORK TO LIMIT THE HARM THAT
HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE PARKS
EXCLUSION ORDINANCE FOR MANY
YEARS.
THIS MEANT THAT A PERSON COULD
PERMANENTLY LOSE ACCESS TO THE
PARK, EVEN IF THEY WERE ACTING
LAWFULLY AND FOLLOWING THE CODE
OF CONDUCT ON A SUBSEQUENT
VISIT.
AT THE TIME, PROFESSORS
CATHERINE BECKETT AND STEVE
HERBERT CITED OUR EXCLUSION AND
TRESPASS ADMONISHMENT SYSTEMS,
AND CONCLUDED THAT BANISHMENT
WORKS PRIMARILY TO EXPAND THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND TO
DIMINISH BOTH THE LIFE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND RIGHTS
BEARING CAPACITY OF THOSE WHO
ARE TARGETED.
SOME TESTED FIRES THIS WEEK
HAVE, AND PUBLIC COMMENT
POINTED TO MY OWN QUOTE IN THE
1999 SEATTLE TIMES.
THAT THIS POLICY HAD -- HAS HAD
A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON PEOPLE
OF LITTLE MEANS.
BUT THERE'S NO DATA THAT THE
POWERS OF THE PARK RANGERS
TODAY HAVE THAT DEVASTATING
IMPACT.
THAT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF
THIS WORK DONE IN 2012.
WHEN LEGAL ADVOCATES, FIGHTING
FOR THEIR CLIENTS, BOTH IN
COURT, AND TO MAKE POLICY
CHANGES, ACCOMPLISHED WHAT MANY
OF US COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH WITH
THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IN 1999.
SO AS A RESULT OF THESE
NEGOTIATIONS, AND SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAMS, I KNOW YOU WERE
INVOLVED, THE PARKS TRESPASS
WARNING PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED
AS A MEANS OF REDUCING THE HARM
OF THE PARKS EXCLUSION
ORDINANCE.
ALLOWING ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE
ACTING -- ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO
WERE ACTING WITHIN THE CODE OF
CONDUCT AND LAWS TO USE THE
PARK, AND ONLY TAKING THE
ACTION OF EXCLUDING SOMEONE
BASED ON THEIR IMMEDIATE
BEHAVIOR.
>> RIGHT.
>> THE TRESPASS WARNING PROGRAM
IS AVAILABLE TO PARK RANGERS
AND OTHER DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES,
OR SPD.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, AGAIN,
THIS PROGRAM WAS MEMORIALIZED
AS A PRIVATE IN 2012.
IT WAS IMPROVED WITH THE
ADDITION OF AN APPEAL PROCESS
IN 2014.
AND MADE PERMANENT IN 2016 UNDER
THEN SUPERINTENDENT GARRETT.
THERE ARE FILINGS WITH THE CITY
CLERK DEMONSTRATING THE
EVOLUTION OF THIS NOTABLE POLICY
TO NOT USE ALL THE TOOLS
PROVIDED UNDER THE PARKS
EXCLUSION ORDINANCE.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,
THIS POLICY STILL IS IN EFFECT.
I'M ENCOURAGED TO THINK THAT IT
IS.
JUST AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION,
I'M -- I'VE READ TESTIMONY FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT SAYS
ONCE A PERSON HAS RECEIVED A
TRESPASS WARNING FROM A RANGER,
AND I'M COURTING, THEY WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE ARREST IF
THEY ENTER THAT PARK AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A
MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICY.
PEOPLE ARE SUBJECT TO ARREST IF
THEY AGAIN VIOLATE PARKS RULES
AFTER BEING WARNED, BUT AGAIN,
ONLY AFTER THEY AGAIN VIOLATE
PARKS RULES.
THE GOAL OF THE ADVOCATES IN
2012, AT THE DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION, AND THE RACIAL
DISPARITY PROJECT, WAS TO
ENSURE THE FOCUS WAS ON
PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR RATHER
THAN LABELING PEOPLE AS
PROBLEMATIC PEOPLE.
SO THAT WE CAN MEANINGFULLY
ADDRESS PARKS CODE, CONDUCT
VIOLATIONS, AND NOT RESULT IN A
PERMANENT EXCLUSION OF
INDIVIDUALS FROM PARKS WITHOUT
REQUIRING SPD TO PARTICIPATE.
SUMMING UP, AS I UNDERSTAND THE
POLICY, IF THE RANGERS CONTINUE
TO BE LIMITED AS DESCRIBED IN
THE CURRENT 2016 FILING, THEY
ARE LIMITED TO ISSUING PARKS
TRESPASS WARNING, AND THEY CAN
ONLY EXCLUDE PARKS -- FOLKS IN
TWO WAYS.
ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT
DAY FOR CONDUCT THAT IS ONLY A
THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND
AGAIN, ONLY FOR THAT DAY.
AND THEN, UP TO A YEAR IN THOSE
INSTANCES WHERE THE VIOLATE --
THE SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION IS A
WEAPONS VIOLATION OR FELONY
CRIME.
SO, I JUST, YOU KNOW AGAIN, I
WANT TO REALLY HONOR THE FACT
THAT FOLKS WORKED SO HARD WITH
OUR DEPARTMENT TO GET THESE
IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, I JUST -- I -- I THINK
THAT OUR ADVOCACY SHOULD BE
GROUNDED IN THE EFFORTS OF
ADVOCATES TO MAKE THESE
IMPROVEMENTS AND MAKE POSITIVE
CHANGES IN PEOPLE'S DAY-TO-DAY
LIVES.
SO, JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM
YOU SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, OF
WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE STILL
IN PLACE.
>> SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY HOW
MUCH HOMEWORK YOU DO ON A TOPIC.
[ LAUGHTER ] SO, I THINK THE
FIRST THING I WOULD LEAD WITH
IS PARK RANGERS DO A MAJORITY
OF ENFORCEMENT THROUGH
VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, VERBAL
WARNINGS, AND 99% OF THE PEOPLE
THEY ENCOUNTER COMPLIED.
I MEAN, THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.
PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE WE
HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND
PERSONNEL TO DO THAT WORK.
I THINK SOME OF THE CONFUSION IS
THE LANGUAGE AND THE PARK CODE
OF CONDUCT HASN'T CAUGHT UP TO
WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING IN
THE SNP.
IN THE PAST 365 DAYS, PARK
RANGERS PROVIDED 388 VERBAL
WARNINGS.
THEY PROVIDED ONE WRITTEN
WARNING.
THEY PROVIDED ONE CITATION AND
TWO EXCLUSIONS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THESE EXCLUSIONS ACTUALLY
WERE WRITTEN BY SPD AFTER A
SHOOTING INCIDENT IN DISCOVERY
PARK.
SO IN EFFECT, PARK RANGERS
THEMSELVES HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY
EXCLUSIONS.
OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
AND TO HIRE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS JOB IN A WAY THAT
GAINS WILLFUL COMPLIANCE THANK
YOU FOR RAISING THESE QUESTIONS.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION. I
GUESS I WOULD SUGGEST IF
THERE'S ANY -- CONCERN ABOUT
THE PARK RANGER PROPOSAL,WE
WOULD LOVE TO SCHEDULE SOME
REGULAR BRIEFINGS TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS' COMMITTEE
TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON PARK
RANGERS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
JUST TO ENSURE THAT THIS
PROGRAM IS BEING IMPLEMENTED
AND PLAYED OUT I THINK TO
EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT.
>> SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO VERY BRIEFLY SAY
IN LIGHT OF THE LATE HOUR, I
REALLY, I MEAN SIMILARLY,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE ASSET TO
THIS COUNCIL THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS, AND
HAVING THAT INSTITUTIONAL
MEMORY AND THAT REALLY DETAILED
SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF A LOT
OF THE LAWS AND PRACTICES UNDER
THE RANGER PROGRAM AND HOW THAT
ROLE HAS EVOLVED FROM SOMETHING
THAT DID HAVE INCREDIBLY
CONCERNING IMPACTS.
IN THE LATE 90s AND EARLY
2000'S, TO SOMETHING THAT PARKS
HAS REALLY MADE TO SERVE A
DIFFERENT ROLE.
I SIMILARLY WENT THROUGH A
PROCESS OF LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE RANGER PROGRAM OVER THE
SUMMER AND DID A RIDE ALONG
WITH SANDY, ONE OF THE RANGERS.
I WAS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED BY
GOING TO THE PARK AND SEEING
THE RAPPORT THAT SANDY HAD WITH
PARK PATRONS.
THAT SHE WAS DELIVERING WELFARE
CHECKS.
SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAS THE
TRAINING AND ABILITY TO
ADMINISTER NARCAN IN THE EVENT
OF AN OVERDOSE AND HAS DONE
THAT ON OCCASION.
SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE.
OR PREVENTING EXTREME INJURY.
SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE INTO THIS
AND CONFIRM THOSE POLICIES THAT
WERE NEGOTIATED IN 2012 STILL
STAND.
I DO WANT TO JUST ASK YOU AND
CONFIRM AN OPEN SESSION,
BECAUSE I'M GIVEN THE WANTED
PUBLIC SCRUTINY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE REALLY ARE INVESTING IN
A PROGRAM THAT CENTERS
DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE, WELLNESS,
AND A CIVILIAN ALTERNATIVE TO
TRADITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF ARMED
GUN AND BAD LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HEARD
FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT PARK
RANGERS' CREDIBILITY COULD BE
UNDERMINED IF THEY WERE
ENGAGING IN THE PRACTICE OF
REMOVALS OR RESOLUTIONS OF
ENCAMPMENT SITES.
FROM WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THE PART DEPARTMENT,
I KNOW THAT IS NOT THE INTENT
OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS THE
SUPERINTENDENT JUST TESTIFIED
TO.
WE DO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT
I'M HAPPY TO DAYLIGHT NOW THAT
WE WILL INCLUDE IN THE FORMERLY
WRITTEN IN THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT MATERIALS, THAT
INDICATES NEITHER THE NEW OR
EXISTING PARK RANGERS WILL
PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK OF
REMOVING ENCAMPMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON
THE RECORD AND GIVE THE
SUPERINTENDENT AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CONFIRM THAT THAT IS A
POLICY WE CAN PUT IN WRITING
JOINTLY AS A MAYOR AND A
COUNCIL, GIVEN THAT THAT IS NOT
THE PURPOSE OF THE RANGER
PROGRAM.
WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE
SOMETHING THAT UNDERMINES THEIR
ABILITY TO BE TRUSTED AND
CREDIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY
THAT THEY ARE SERVING.
SUPERINTENDENT?
>> SURE, SO PARK RANGERS ARE
NOT PART OF THE UNIFIED CARE
TEAM.
NOR HAVE THEY BEEN CALLED OUT IN
THE MULTIDEPARTMENTAL RULES
REGULATING HOW THE CITY DOES
ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS.
THAT SAID, YEAH, SO, I THINK WE
WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT. I
THINK THE ONE POINT I WOULD
CALL OUT IS THAT EVERY PARK
EMPLOYEE HAS A DELEGATED
AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE
CALL OBSTRUCTIONS.
THAT IS SOMEONE SLEEPING ON A
BENCH.
RIGHT?
WE CAN -- SO, I THINK THE
PRECISION IN THAT LANGUAGE
PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE A WAY THAT
DOESN'T CREATE AN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE, AND WHAT YOU WANT
THE RANGERS TO BE ABLE TO DO
LATER.
BUT I THINK WE WOULD GENERALLY
SUPPORT THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL CONTINUE THAT
CONVERSATION, SUPERINTENDENT,
AS WE DELIBERATE ON THIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE WE
CAN ADJOURN?
GIVEN THAT IT IS 4:47?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND JUST VERY
BRIEFLY STATE THAT ON MONDAY I
AM GOING TO BE RELEASING.
MY METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT
BALANCING PLAN THAT
INCORPORATES FEEDBACK FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO A QUICK
ROUND OF PHONE CALLS WITH
INDIVIDUAL COLLEAGUES OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS JUST TO KIND OF
BRIEF ON SOME CHANGES FROM THE
LAST TIME WE TALKED.
CHANGES FROM EARLIER IN THE
WEEK WHEN I HAD SOME
CONVERSATIONS ONE-ON-ONE ABOUT
DISTRICT SPECIFIC PRIORITIES
AND WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO INFORM COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT
THAT BEFORE IT IS PUBLICLY
RELEASED.
I STILL PLAN ON HAVING THIS
FINAL VOTE FOR THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT ON FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23rd.
IN ORDER TO FINISH THIS BEFORE
WE MOVE ON TO THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OF THESE
FINAL DISCUSSIONS AND CHEWING
UP OUR PRIORITIES OVER THE
COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND SAY IT IS 4:49 P.M.
THIS MEETING IS HEREBY
ADJOURNED.