>>> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU
FOR JOINING THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE. TODAY IS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2023.
9:30 3 AM. I AM CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> FIVE PRESENT.
>> CAN I GET A WELCOME TO OUR
IN PERSON CLERK FOR THE
UPCOMING MEETINGS HERE AND
THANKS AGAIN TO OUR CLERK FROM
AFAR RUNNING THINGS
ELECTRONICALLY AND AS ALWAYS,
AMELIA WHO IS HELPING US
COORDINATE IS THE OFFICIAL
CLERK FOR THE CITY
PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU FOR
GETTING US UP AND RUNNING AS
WELL. COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US. WE DO HAVE OUR
EFFORTS WILL BE REMOTE AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE. I APPRECIATE
COLLEAGUES FOR CONTINUING TO
DIAL-IN REMOTELY AND FOR FOLKS
WHO WANT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT, FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL
APPROACH TO DECIDING WHETHER OR
NOT TO COME IN. WE APPRECIATE
THOSE DIALING IN REMOTELY. WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
FROM FOLKS BOTH IN PERSON AND
REMOTELY. I DO ENCOURAGE FOLKS
TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN VIGILANT
ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
IN FRONT OF US. NPR REPORTED
YESTERDAY WHILE WE CONTINUE TO
HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC BEING OVER, EXCUSE
ME?
>> I'M SORRY.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY? WE
ARE GOOD? OKAY. AS WE CONTINUE
TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS OF THE PANDEMIC, I WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE REMIND
OURSELVES IT'S NOT OVER. IT IS
JUST EVOLVING. AS NPR NOTED IN
THEIR COVERAGE THIS WEEK THERE
IS STILL 500 PEOPLE ACROSS THE
NATION DYING EVERY DAY FROM
COVID. AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
COMPOUNDING EFFECTS OF COVID ,
THE FLU, OTHER COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES AND AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND I TALK ABOUT
OFTEN, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS OF THE SHADOW PANDEMIC
AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF
DEPRESSION AND ISOLATION, WE
WANT FOLKS TO MAKE SURE TO TAKE
CARE OF THEIR HEALTH. THAT IS
WHY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE HYBRID
MEETINGS. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC,
TO HEAR FROM FOLKS BOTH IN
PERSON AND REMOTELY. THE TWO
ITEMS WE HAVE IN OUR AGENDA
INCLUDE THE 2023 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS QUARTERLY
MONITORING WATCHLIST. AND THE
SUGARY SWEETENED BEVERAGE
ADVISORY BOARD UPDATE WHERE WE
WILL HEAR HOW THEY ARE SPENDING
TAX DOLLARS FROM THE TAX AND
DEPLOYING THOSE FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH USE. I DO HAVE ONE
MODIFICATION FOR COLLEAGUES TO
CONSIDER. NO ADDITIONS TO THE
AGENDA, I JUST LIKE TO CHANGE
THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA TO
ALLOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE
SUGARY SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT FIRST. WE
WILL HEAR THAT FIRST AND THEN
WE WILL DO THE 2023 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS WATCHLIST. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED AND
REORDERED. HEARING NO OBJECTION
TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED AND
REORDERED. LET'S GO INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT. MADAME CLERK, LET ME
KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE
ROOM OR REMOTELY SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> WE DO NOT.
>> JUST CONFIRMING, THERE IS
NO ONE SIGNED UP ELECTRONICALLY
EITHER?
>> CORRECT.
>> THERE ARE NO REGISTERED
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.
WONDERFUL, IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND
THOSE TO US AND THE FULL
COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE THOSE IN
REAL-TIME. WITH THAT, THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS BEEN
OPENED AND SEEING NO ONE SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC
COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. MADAME
CLERK, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEMS
ON OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE FIRST
WITH US THE REORDERED AGENDA
WOULD INCLUDE THE SUGARY
BEVERAGE TAX UPDATE. PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER TWO TO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO,
SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX UPDATE FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE
WITH US OUR FRIENDS FROM THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. I
WANT TO WELCOME TO THE DAIS
HERE JEN MOSS. TO SEE YOU.
COCHAIR OF THE SUGARY BEVERAGE
ADVISORY BOARD. TANIKA
THOMPSON-BIRD, ALSO COCHAIR OF
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
ADVISORY BOARD. AND BRIDGET
IGOE, OUR FRIEND AT MY
NEIGHBOR WHO WORKS HERE AT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. DID I MISS ANYBODY
WHO'S JOINING US TO PRESENT
TODAY?
>> THAT IS IT.
>> WONDERFUL. I HEAR BRIDGET
NAC JEN AND I HEAR TANIKA. I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT IS
BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH
YOU AS WE CRAFTED THE 2023 AND
2024 BY ANNUAL BUDGET COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD ALWAYS SENDS A
LIST OF THEIR PRIORITIES EARLY.
THEY SEND IT TO THE FULL
COUNCIL OF THE MAYOR AS WELL.
WAS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH
YOU TO MAKE SURE WE WILL
CONTINUE THE COMMITMENTS WE
HAVE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY TO
ENSURE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WAS
PARAMOUNT IN THESE TIMES. AND
WHILE THE SUGARY SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX REVENUES WERE DOWN
WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT SOME
OF THE INCREASED NEED AND THE
ADDITIONAL REVENUE NECESSARY
WITH THE HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM
JUMPSTART'S PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL
TAX FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT
RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE NEED IN
THESE MOMENTS WHERE FOLKS ARE
STILL DEALING WITH ECONOMIC
INSECURITY, HAS INSECURITY AND
FOOD INSECURITY. BUT WE ALSO AT
THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZE THAT
THE SUGARY SWEETENED BEVERAGE
TAX WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE, IT
WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO
TRY TO GET FOLKS TO CONSUME
LESS SUGARY SWEETENED BEVERAGE
IS. LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING
ABOUT THE INVESTMENT WE ARE
MAKING AND ALSO ABOUT HOW WE
CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN INVESTMENTS
IN THESE CORE PUBLIC HEALTH
PROGRAMS WILL WE HOPEFULLY SEE
FEWER PEOPLE CONSUMING SUGARY
SWEETENED BEVERAGE IS SO THEY
CAN IMPROVE THEIR INITIAL
HEALTH AS WELL AS THE
POPULATION HEALTH THROUGH
GREATER PROGRAM INVESTMENT AND
RESOURCES. WITH THAT I WILL
TURN IT TO YOU, WELCOME, AND I
WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY
THANK YOU TOUR STAFF WHO IS
BEEN STAFFING US ON ALL THINGS
HEALTH AND FOOD SECURITY FOR
THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND FOR
HER WORK ON THE BUDGET AND
CONNECTION AS WELL. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. I WILL TURN IT TO YOU.
>> THINK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD
MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CAN
EVERYONE HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU AND YOU ARE
OKAY TO DO JUST AUDIO, I
WANTED TO KNOW YOUR VIDEO IS
OFF.
>> MY CAMERA IS NOT WORKING.
>> NO PROBLEM. WE SEE YOUR
LOGO. THAT IS GREAT. AND THE
BEAUTIFUL SLIDES.
>> OKAY. ON CUE,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, FOR THE
INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY AND
FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING
CHAMPION OF COMMUNITY
PRIORITIES. MY NAME IS TANIKA
THOMPSON-BIRD, MA COCHAIR OF
THE THE ADVISORY BOARD. I AM
A FOOD ACCESS ORGANIZER AND I
SERVE IN A COUNCIL APPOINTED
COMMUNITY SEAT . WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION TODAY. SO WE CAN
BRIEF YOU ON PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS AND RAISE SOME
IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUES. JEN
AND I PREPARED A SLIDE DECK
THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT 25 MINUTES
TO GO THROUGH. AND THEN WE WILL
OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. JEN, I
WILL TURN IT TO YOU TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GET THE
PRESENTATION STARTED.
>> THANKS, TANIKA. AND THANK
YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR
HAVING US JOIN YOUR COMMUNITY
MEETING. MY NAME IS JEN MOSS,
AND I AM COCHAIR OF CAB . I
SERVE IN A MAYOR APPOINTED
SEATS. NEXT SLIDE. THE LAST
TIME THE CAB PRESENTED TO A
COUNCIL COMMITTEE WAS IN 2018
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF
IMPLEMENTATION AND THE FIRST
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. SINCE
HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS WE WANTED
TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT ON THE FOLLOWING
TOPICS. QUICK BACKGROUND, ROLE
OF THE CAB, HIGHLIGHTS OF
PROGRAMS, AND SOME IMPORTANT
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE SBT
FUND. WE WELCOME YOUR
QUESTIONS AT THE END AND
BRIDGET IS HERE TO HELP US
FIELD QUESTIONS AND ALL THINGS
THAT SHE HELPS US WITH. A
QUICK NOTE ON THE TOPIC WE WILL
ADDRESS TODAY AND THAT IS SBT
EVALUATION WHICH IS ASSESSING
THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF THE TAX ITSELF.
AND, THE FIVE YEAR EVALUATION
IS MANAGED BY THE CITY AUDITOR
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH, DEPARTMENT IN U-DUB,
WE ARE WHERE THERE IS A REPORT
COMING SOON. IN THE MEANTIME
WE DIRECT YOU TO THE CAB
WEBPAGE WHICH HAS DETAILS AND
INFORMATION. FIRST, SOME
BACKGROUND ON THE TAX. IT
STARTED IN 2018 MAKING THIS
THE FIFTH YEAR. IT WAS DESIGNED
TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS BY REDUCING
SALES AND CONSUMPTION OF SUGARY
DRINKS. SUGARY DRINKS ARE THE
LARGEST SOURCE OF SUGAR IN THE
AMERICAN DIET AND A MAJOR
CONTRIBUTOR TO POOR HEALTH
OUTCOMES. THE TAXES LEVIED ON
DISTRIBUTORS OF SUGARY
BEVERAGES WITHIN SEATTLE CITY
LIMITS. THE SBT IS NOT A SALES
TAX AND THAT IS BY DESIGN.
SALES TAXES ARE PAID BY
CONSUMERS AT THE REGISTER. THIS
TAX IS PAID BY DISTRIBUTORS OF
THE DRINKS. THE THINKING BEHIND
THIS TYPE OF TAX IS
DISTRIBUTORS WILL PASS THE COST
ON TO THE CONSUMERS IN THE FORM
OF HIGHER SHELF PRICES AND
THAT THAT STICKER SHOCK WILL
DETER PEOPLE FROM BUYING THE
PRODUCT. ALSO, IT RAISES
REVENUE FROM THESE PROGRAMS
THAT INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH
AND FOOD, AND SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND URBAN
LEARNING.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE NUTS AND %
BOLTS OF THE TAX, I WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND US ALL
OF THE ADVOCACY THAT SHAPED
THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF SBT. IN 2017 AND THE CITY
STARTED TO CONSIDER A NEW TAX
ON SUGARY BEVERAGES, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH
SEATTLE HELPED TURN WHAT COULD
OTHERWISE BE A REGRESSIVE TAX
INTO ONE THAT BENEFITS LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WE
FOUGHT HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT
IF SBT WAS PASSED, IT WOULD
INCLUDE SPENDING GUIDANCE SO
THAT REVENUE WOULD BE EQUITABLY
REINVESTED COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED BY THE TAX AND MOST
BURDENED BY FOOD AND NUTRITION
INSECURITY. AND DISPARITIES IN
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE
ALSO WORKED HARD TO ENSURE THAT
SBT SPENDING WAS USED TO
EXPAND FOOD SECURITY AND
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND
PROTECT THE REVENUE FROM BEING
SWAPPED FOR OTHER USES. THAT
WAS A PROMISE THAT I
PERSONALLY WENT OUT AND MADE
TO THE COMMUNITY WITH OTHER
PEOPLE FROM MY ORGANIZATION.
AND POLICYMAKERS AT THE TIME.
THIS LEGACY OF THE CAB
CONTINUES TO UPHOLD AND I AM
THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT WE
HAVE HAD FROM CURRENT CITY
COUNCIL, AND LEADERS LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE CAB.
FOR FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING,
THE CAB HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT
ROLE IN SBT IMPLEMENTATION.
OUR OFFICIAL ROLE , AS DEFINED
IN THE ORDINANCE THAT CREATED
THE SBT , IS TO ADVISE AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL ON THE
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SUPPORTED
BY THE SBT REVENUES. SINCE
2017, WE HAVE ISSUED 24 LETTERS
OF RECOMMENDATION ON SBT
SPENDING, SBT BUDGET
LEGISLATION, CITY GRANTMAKING
GUIDELINES, AND PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION. WE TAKE OUR
ROLE SERIOUSLY AND THROUGH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUR
OWN EXPERIENCES, WE AIM TO BE
A VOICE OF COMMUNITY
PRIORITIES. CENTERING ON THOSE
MOST IMPACTED BY HEALTH AND
EDUCATION INEQUITIES.
>> SO, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF
THE CURRENT CAB ROSTER. THE CAB
CONSISTS OF A LOT OF MEMBERS
WHO ALL CARE DEEPLY ABOUT RACE
AND JUSTICE. SOCIAL JUSTICE.
MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL, INTO
ONE OF FOUR POSITION TYPES.
FOOD ACCESS, CMMUNITY, PUBLIC
HEALTH AND EARLY LEARNING.
WHILE WE ARE APPOINTED TO
SPECIFIC AREAS, THE BEAUTY OF
THE CAB IS THAT WE ARE HIGHLY
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND
UNDERSTAND HOW FOOD SECURITY,
HEALTH AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
ARE INTERRELATED TOPICS AND
THAT THE DISPARITIES ARE ROOTED
IN RACISM, SOCIOECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES.
WHILE WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT IN
OUR EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE,
AS A CAB WE AIM TO SPEAK WITH
ONE VOICE. OUR PROCESS AND
APPROACH TO DEVELOPING
RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER IS
GROUNDED IN A SET OF SHARED
VALUES , DECISION-MAKING
CRITERIA, AND BUDGET
PRINCIPLES. THESE ARE ALL
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AT OUR
MONTHLY MEETINGS. WE
INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED THIS
TOOL TO AFFIRM OUR FOCUS OF
RACIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL EQUITY
AND COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED
PRIORITIES. WE ALSO MAINTAIN
EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
DEPARTMENT STAFF AND CITY
BUDGET OFFICE WHO REGULARLY
PROVIDE UPDATES, HELP US
NAVIGATE THE CITY BUDGET
PROCESS, AND ARE RESPONSIVE TO
OUR INFORMATION REQUESTS. AS
TANIKA SAID, WE TAKE OUR ROLE
SERIOUSLY AND WORK FROM A SOLID
FOUNDATION AND FRAMEWORK TO
ADVISE THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL. NEVER HAVE WE
TRANSMITTED RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT WORD CAREFULLY CONSIDERED
AGAINST OUR VALUABLE VALUES.
>> THE CABS SOLID FOUNDATION
HAS BEEN CRITICAL BECAUSE WE
HAVE DEFINITELY WEATHERED SOME
VOLATILE TIMES WITH SBT. LATER
IN THE PRESENTATION WE ARE
GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT SBT
REVENUE FORECAST. BUT FIRST,
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE
HISTORY OF ACTUAL REVENUES. IN
ITS FIRST YEAR, THE SBT
COLLECTED NEARLY $23 MILLION.
EVEN THOUGH THE CITY'S
ORIGINAL FORECAST WAS ABOUT
$15 MILLION. IN 2019,
REVENUES REMAINED LARGELY
STABLE, BUT WHEN 2020 SAW A
LARGE DIP IN REVENUES TO TO
BID, I'M SORRY, DATA
AVAILABLE ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT
SHOWED THAT DURING 2020
REPORTED OUNCES OF SYRUPS AND
CONCENTRATES FELL
APPROXIMATELY 52%. THIS IS
DEFINITELY LINKED TO COVID
RELATED LOCKDOWN MEASURES AND
BUSINESS CLOSURES. SYRUPS AND
CONCENTRATES ARE USED IN SODA
FOUNTAINS AND RESTAURANTS.
REVENUES ARE RECOVERING BUT
HAS BEEN GRADUAL. LIKELY DUE TO
DOWNTOWN BEING SLOW TO RETURN
TO PRE-PANDEMIC ACTIVITY. 2021
THE SBT COLLECTED JUST UNDER
$19 MILLION IN THE NOVEMBER
PROJECTION FOR 2022 WAS $20.4
MILLION. SBT COLLECTIONS FOR
2022 ARE NOT AVAILABLE YET. TAX
FILLERS -- TAX FILERS HAVE
UNTIL APRIL 30 TO REPORT THEIR
2022 TAXES. LET'S TALK ABOUT
SBT SPENDING PLAN. MEANWHILE,
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE
CURRENT SBT SPENDING PLAN.
THESE EXPECTED EXPENDITURES,
YOU GET ABOUT $21.8 MILLION IN
PLANNED SPENDING. MORE THAN THE
MOST RECENT REVENUE PROJECTION.
WE WILL ADDRESS THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS LATER IN
OUR PRESENTATION, BUT FIRST
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT EXACTLY SBT
IS PAYING FOR.
>> BY DESIGN, AND NOW
ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT, SB T REVENUE
MUST BE USED TO EXPAND FOOD
SECURITY AND CREATE PROGRAMS.
THESE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS. THERE'S A FAMOUS
QUOTE THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE,
THE TRUE MEASURE CAN BE FOUND
IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST
GLOBAL MEMBERS. THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. OUR
CITY'S INVESTMENT IN PROGRAMS
THAT SERVE SEATTLE LOW INCOME
BABIES, TODDLERS, FAMILIES WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, ELDERS AND MORE.
IT'S HARD TO OVERSTATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF FOOD SECURITY AND
CREATE PROGRAMS. FOOD SECURITY
IS ESSENTIAL FOR WELL-BEING.
WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
FOOD, THEY MUST CHOOSE
INEXPENSIVE FOODS THAT ARE NOT
NUTRITIOUS, THERE'S A HUGE
IMPACT ON HER PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH. INCLUDING
INCREASED RATES OF DEPRESSION,
DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE. FOR
CHILDREN, FOOD INSECURITY
AFFECTS THEIR BEHAVIOR, HEALTH
BEHAVIOR AND READINESS TO LEARN
IN SCHOOL. FAR TOO MANY
SEATTLE RESIDENTS EXPAND FOOD
INSECURITY AND HUNGER. EVEN
BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE
PANDEMIC ALMOST 11% OF SEATTLE
IN DOLTS EXPENSED FOOD
INSECURITY. AND ARE
DISPARITIES BY RACE, ETHNICITY,
INCOME AND HOUSEHOLD WITH
CHILDREN. DUE TO STRUCTURAL
RACISM, BIPOC HOUSEHOLDS IN
SEATTLE ARE MORE THAN FOUR
TIMES AS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
FOOD INSECURITY THAN WHITE AND
ASIAN HOUSEHOLDS. IT'S
IMPERATIVE THAT IS THE CITY'S
WEALTHIEST SEATTLE WE INVEST IN
A RANGE OF STRATEGIES THAT
PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES AND
MEET AN IMMEDIATE NEED BUT ALSO
POLICY, SYSTEM AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES THAT
ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY.
ON THE PRENATAL TO THREE SIDE,
THE FIRST YEAR OF A CHILD'S
LIFE ARE SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THEIR
COGNITIVE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
EARLY EXPERIENCES OCCURRING
WHEN A CHILD'S BRAIN BEHAVIOR,
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR ARE BEING
SHAPED AFFECT A CHILD'S
ABILITY TO LEARN, GET ALONG
WITH OTHERS, AND DEVELOP AN
OVERALL -- UNFORTUNATELY NOT
ALL CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME
OPPORTUNITIES WHICH CAN LEAD TO
DISPARITIES. SOCIAL, ECONOMIC
AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS HAVE
BEEN CLOSELY LINKED TO HEALTH
DISPARITIES AND SEATTLE'S
PRENATAL TO THREE PROGRAMS ARE
WORKING TO CHANGE THIS. THIS IS
A SNAPSHOT OF THE PROGRAM AND
SERVICES SUPPORTED BY SBT. THE
OUTCOMES FROM OUR 2021 ANNUAL
REPORT WHERE WE ENCOURAGE YOU
TO READ MORE ABOUT THESE
PROGRAMS. SBT SUPPORTS A
VARIETY OF INVESTMENTS MANAGED
BY DEAL, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
IS. GOING DOWN THIS LIST
INVESTMENTS INCLUDE A NEW
GRANTS PROGRAM DESIGNED BY THE
CAB THAT SUPPORTS SERVICES
DELIVERED TO GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS. CHILD CARE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. CRITICAL
LIFE-CHANGING SUPPORTS FOR
LOW-INCOME CHILDREN WITH
DISABILITIES AND DEVELOP MENTAL
DELAYS. EVIDENCE-BASED HOME
VISITING PROGRAMS,
HIGH-QUALITY COACHING FROM
BIRTH TO AGE PROVIDERS. AND
SUPPORTS FOR HOME-BASED
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS. THIS IS A
DIVERSE CONSTELLATION OF UNITY
PASTE ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER
PRENATAL TO THREE SERVICES TO
SEATTLE RESIDENCE. AGAIN THIS
IS BASED ON 2021 PROGRAMS. ARE
2022 REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE
LATER THIS YEAR.
>> THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE
FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES SUPPORTED BY SBT.
THESE OUTCOMES ARE ALSO FROM
2021. AS YOU CAN SEE, SBT
SUPPORTS A VARIETY OF FOOD
PROGRAMS. MANAGED BY A WAS CNH
IS THE. THESE INCLUDE THE
POPULAR FOOD EQUITY FUND,
CODESIGNED BY THE CAB, WHICH
INVESTS IN COMMUNITY LED WORK
THAT CONTRIBUTES TO AN
EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL
FOOD SYSTEM. FRESH BOX WHICH
PROVIDES $40 PER MONTH IN
ELECTRONIC BENEFITS THAT
HOUSEHOLDS CAN USE TO BUY
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR
FRESH BOX WAS A MAJOR POINT OF
ADVOCACY FOR THE COMMUNITY
COALITIONS AS SBT WAS BEING
PASSED. FOOD BANKS AND MEAL
PROGRAMS , HOLD ON ONE SECOND,
OKAY, FOOD BANKS AND MEAL
PROGRAMS WHICH SERVE SOME OF
OUR MOST FOOD INSECURE AND
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. FARM TO
PRESCHOOL , WHICH BRINGS
SUSTAINABILITY GROWN FOODS
FROM LOCAL FARMERS TO LOCAL
PRESCHOOLS. HEALTHY FOOD IN
SCHOOLS WHICH SUPPLEMENTS THE
SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM. THIS IS
INCREDIBLE LIST OF
COMMUNITY-BASED GOING TO
STATIONS THAT WERE SUPPORTED
BY SBT IN 2021 TO DELIVER
THESE FOOD PROGRAMS. I AM SO
GRATEFUL TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS
FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK TO
DELIVER THESE FOOD PROGRAMS.
THEY ARE TRULY AT THE CORE OF
EFFORTS TO REACH COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY FOOD
INSECURITY. I ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEPARTMENTS.
DEAL AND, HSC, COMMITMENT TO
WITH FRONT-LINE COMMUNITIES IN
THIS WORK. WE HAVE JUST A FEW
SLIDES LEFT AND WERE GOING TO
TRANSITION NOW TO SOME POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS. EARLIER IN THE
PRESENTATION I MENTIONED THAT
THE SBT FUND IS FACING A
DOWNTURN , NOW WE ARE GOING TO
GET REAL ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS
FOR ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL
PROGRAMS.
>> WE ALREADY MADE THE POINT
THAT FOOD SECURITY AND THE
PRENATAL TO THREE PROGRAM ARE
ESSENTIAL TO HEALTHY THRIVING
INEQUITABLE SEATTLE. OVER THE
YEARS THE CAB IS IDENTIFIED
NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
IMPRINT ENHANCE THE PROGRAMS.
FOR EXAMPLE WE KNOW HUNGER
RELIEF PROGRAMS ARE TRYING TO
OFFER CULTURAL FOODS. THE
DEVELOP MENTAL BRIDGE PROGRAM
WOULD BENEFIT FROM MORE
INCLUSIVE OUTREACH , THE FOOD
EQUITY FUND RECEIVES FUNDING
REQUESTS THAT ARE FOUR TO FIVE
TIMES MORE THAN THE ANNUAL
ALLOCATION. FRESH BOX HAS A
WAITLIST AND NEEDS WERE
CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT. AN
UPDATED FOOD ACTION PLAN COMING
OUT THIS YEAR HAS IDENTIFIED
NEW ACTIONS TO FOSTER A
RESILIENT LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, THE SBT FUND CANNOT
MEET THE CURRENT AND FUTURE
NEEDS ALONE. THIS IS A SLIDE
FROM THE NOVEMBER ECONOMIC AND
REVENUE UPDATE. NOTICE THE
THREE YEAR SHORTFALL IN THE
SBT FUND. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO
GENERALLY EXPECT A DOWNTURN
FROM 2022 TO 2026. THE REVENUE
DECLINES ARE LARGELY DRIVEN BY
REDUCTION IN SALES WHICH IS AN
INDICATION THAT RETURN TO WORK
AND RESTAURANTS HAVE NOT
BOUNCED BACK AS QUICKLY AS
POTENTIALLY EXPECTED.
>> THE LAST BUDGET PROCESS,
GIVEN THE SHORTFALL IN THE SBT
FUND, CUTS TO CRITICAL PRENATAL
TO THREE AND FOOD SECURITY
PROGRAMS ARE ON THE TABLE. WE
LOOK TOWARD DEPARTMENT TO
IDENTIFY STRATEGIC REDUCTIONS
THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT DIRECT
SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN NEED.
BUT, THIS MEANS THE CURRENT
SBT SPENDING PLAN IS AS
BARE-BONES AS POSSIBLE . IN
OTHER WORDS, THERE IS NOWHERE
ELSE TO CUT ACCEPT DIRECT
SERVICES. THANKFULLY WHEN CITY
COUNCIL RECEIVED THE DIRE
ECONOMIC AND REVENUE FORECAST
IN NOVEMBER, INSTEAD OF TAKING
MORE CUTS, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND COLLEAGUE
SPONSORED A ACTION AND
TRANSFERRED $1.2 MILLION
JUMPSTART FUNDS TO THE SBT
FUND . IN 2023, AND 2024.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT TO THE
CABIN COMMUNITY AND WE CONTINUE
TO BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VALUES
THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP. HERE'S
THE THING, IF WE FACE 2025
WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST, AND
THE SBT FUNDS PLANNING REVENUE
IS ZERO, AND THE $1.2 MILLION
JUMPSTART ALLOCATION ENDS,
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
SHORTFALL. SO, WE NEED TO PLAN
AHEAD. SPIKE WE HAVE ALREADY
EXPERIENCED THE REVENUE DOWN
DUE TO REDUCTION IN SYRUP SALES
AND SLUGGISH ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN.
BUT THERE ARE SOME STRUCTURAL
ISSUES WITH SBT AS WELL. FIRST,
IT DOES NOT ADJUST FOR
INFLATION. THIS IS AN ISSUE
DURING TIMES LIKE NOW WHEN
INFLATION IS HISTORICALLY HIGH.
IN 2022 GROCERY COSTS WORK
11.4% HIGHER THAN THE YEAR
BEFORE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND THE
FOOD PROGRAMS TRYING TO SERVE
THEM. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT
SBT, BY DESIGN COULD ONE DAY
BE A DECLINING REVENUE SOURCE.
THIS ISN'T A BAD THING WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ROLE, BUT IT'S PROBLEMATIC
THAT THE CITY'S HALLMARK
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS ARE
LARGELY FUNDED BY SBT.
FINALLY, THE SBT TAX RATE
CANNOT BE CHANGED IN THIS IS
DUE TO AN INDUSTRY BACKED
INITIATIVE THAT PASSED IN 2018.
THE NEW WASHINGTON LAW
PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
FROM ENACTING SUGARY BEVERAGES
AND PROHIBITS THE BEVERAGE
TAXES SORRY, ENDS PROHIBITS
CHANGES TO OUR LOCAL SBT RATES.
.
>> GIVEN ALL THIS, HERE ARE
TOPPLING RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE
PLEASE START IDENTIFY
ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES TO
FUND THE 2025 SBT SHORTFALL WE
ANTICIPATE. WE KNOW THIS IS
NOT EASY. AT LEAST THERE IS
SOME TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
FURTHER CUTS TO FOOD SECURITY
AND PRENATAL TO THREE SERVICES
SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION. TWO,
WE ARE AWARE OF THE CITY'S NEW
REVENUE STABILIZATION
WORKGROUP. WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE CONSIDER STRUCTURAL
ISSUES WITH SBT AS YOU LOOK
ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY REVENUE
SOURCES. AND THREE, FOOD
SECURITY AND PRENATAL TO THREE
PROGRAMS NEED DIVERSE AND
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE STREAMS.
TO MEET URGENT NEEDS IN
COMMUNITY'S. IF YOU'RE
CONSIDERING NEW REVENUE,
PLEASE CONSIDER FOOD AND THE
PRENATAL TO THREE PROGRAM IN
THE SPENDING PLANS.
>> IN CLOSING, WE WANTED TO
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE
CAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND
WILL BE WORKING ON IN 2023.
HERE'S A LIST OF OUR TOP
PRIORITIES FOR THIS YEAR. WE
WILL LIKELY DEVELOP A NEW
FRAMEWORK TO HELP GUIDE CAB
DURING TIMES OF BUDGET
VOLATILITY IS EXPENSE THIS
YEAR. WE WILL DEVELOP AND
TRANSMIT OUR ANNUAL BUDGET TO
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL .
AND RECOMMENDATIONS MAY INCLUDE
MORE ON THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES
OF THE WE HAVE RACE TODAY. AND
THEN WE WILL ALSO PRODUCE OUR
2022 SBT ANNUAL REPORT WORKING
TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENTS
AND OUR SUPPORT FROM OSE.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY
AND FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WE ARE
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
IF YOUR TIME ALLOWS. AND IF
THERE'S ANYTHING WE CANNOT
ADDRESS IN THIS MOMENT, RICHARD
IS HERE TO HELP US FOLLOW-UP.
>> THANK YOU, INC. YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE
REPORT BACK. I CAN'T BELIEVE
IT HAS BEEN A FULL FIVE YEARS
SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN IN THIS
COMMITTEE, I REMEMBER THAT
DISTINCTLY AND THAT MUST'VE
BEEN WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR I
WAS HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL
OF THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE,
ESPECIALLY DURING COVID , WHEN
WE SAW SO MANY FAMILIES
STRUGGLING WITH ECONOMIC
SECURITY AND MAKING SURE THAT
HOUSING AND FOOD SECURITY WERE
PARAMOUNT IN THOSE TIMES. IT
WAS REALLY CRITICAL, THAT
COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT
THE CAB LEADERSHIP. AND THE
WONDERFUL LIST ORGANIZATIONS
YOU PROVIDED ON THE SCREEN.
LAST TIME I CHATTED WITH THE
CAB COCHAIRS YOU MADE ME CRY
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO GENEROUS
WITH YOUR COMPLIMENTS AND THE
APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK WE
HAVE DONE AND I STARTED TO
TEAR UP AGAIN TODAY AND IT
PALES IN COMPARISON TO I KNOW
THE APPRECIATION THAT MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE FOR ALL
THE WORK YOU DO. SO THANKS
AGAIN FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK
AND DEDICATION TO THIS WORK. I
REALLY APPRECIATE AS WELL THAT
YOU NOT ONLY UNDERSCORE THE
FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE
SUGARY SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
RETURNS, THE PROJECTION, THE
CALL FOR GREATER REVENUE TO GO
INTO THESE SERVICES SO THAT
FOOD SECURITY , EARLY
INVESTMENTS IN CHILD
WELL-BEING, AND FAMILY FOOD
STABILIZATION, ALL THOSE ISSUES
SHOULD NOT BE ON THE CUTTING
BOARD, AS WELL AS WE SHOULD BE
WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
FINDING AND FILLING THE REVENUE
NEEDS FOR FOOD SECURITY ACROSS
OUR REGION. AND YOU REALLY
OUTLINED THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLE, I GUESS, WHICH IS TO
ERADICATE THE ROOT CAUSES OF
POVERTY . I THINK THAT IS SO
CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO
REMIND FOLKS HOW FOOD SECURITY
IS ONE ELEMENT OF HELPING
PEOPLE HAVE THE BASIC
NECESSITIES THEY NEED SO WE CAN
GET AWAY FROM GENERATIONAL
POVERTY AND CREATE GREATER
ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR ALL , AS
WE ALSO INVEST IN THEIR HEALTH
AND THE HEALTH OF ESPECIALLY
OUR YOUNGEST KIDS, ZERO TO
THREE. THANK YOU FOR THE
CONFERENCE OF OVERVIEW. I WILL
TURN IT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE
IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THEY DO.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
. GO AHEAD , COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH , THANK
YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I
SUPPORT THIS TAX IN THE
PROGRAMMING. I DO LOOK FORWARD
TO THE EVALUATION , THANK YOU
FOR STATING UP FRONT THAT IS
NOT IN HAND YET. ALSO I WOULD
BE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE
CONSIDER THIS GOING FORWARD,
WHAT TO DO WITH A DECLINING
REVENUE, SOME SORT OF BUILT IN
TO THE MODEL OF WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE, TO
WEAN THEM OFF OF THESE SUGARY
BEVERAGES, GETTING AN ANALYSIS
FROM SEVERAL STAFF IN TERMS OF
WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
WOULD BE BASED ON THE ORIGINAL
INTENT OF THE LAW , I AM SURE
THIS WAS ENVISIONED , SO IT WAS
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IN TERMS OF
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN, IF WE
SHOULD BACKFILL THESE, IF WE
SHOULD SHIFT MORE TOWARDS
ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES , OR WHAT
THE SORT OF OPTIONS MIGHT BE
FROM CENTRAL STAFF. THANK YOU.
>> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS ON THAT, TO THE
PRESENTERS, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO JUMP IN , ANY IMMEDIATE
THOUGHTS OR REACTION, WE CAN
TAKE THAT BACK TO CENTRAL
STAFF. I SEE BRIAN ON THE LINE
AND ALLIE, AS WELL AS ERIC. WE
CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT IF THERE
IS NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT COMES
TO MIND FOR ME IS THAT WE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE
DEPARTMENTS WE FUND TO BALANCE
BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO
BALANCE ONE-TIME INVESTMENTS
WITH ONGOING PROGRAMMING
BECAUSE WE KNOW ONGOING
PROGRAMMING TENDS TO HAVE MORE
IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. AND
SO, THAT IS A BALANCE. I WOULD
SAY, WE HEAR YOU AND WANT TO
CONTINUE TO BALANCE THOSE TWO
THINGS AND CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH CITY STAFF TO IDENTIFY
WHERE SOME OF THOSE CAN BE
PICKED UP AND INTEGRATED TO
MAYBE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE
ALREADY HAPPENING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BRIDGET, DID YOU HAVE
SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD?
>> I THINK JEN RESPONDED
EXACTLY HOW I WAS GOING TO AS
WELL. THE CAB THINKS VERY
INTENTIONALLY ABOUT ONE TIME
VERSUS ONGOING EXPENDITURES,
IT'S A GREAT POINT YOU RAISED
ABOUT THE LONG-TERM TRAJECTORY
OF THESE REVENUES. I THINK IT
WOULD BE GREAT TO GET AN
ANALYSIS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD
SO WE HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT
THIS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE
WORK THAT HAS GONE IN TO THE
REPORT FOR US HERE TODAY, BUT
ALSO ALL OF THE WORK IN
ESTABLISHING SUCH A THOROUGH
SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR ADDRESSING
FOOD NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
, ECHOING THE CHAIRS COMMENTS
OF HOW INSPIRING THIS LIST OF
ORGANIZATIONS IS , AND JUST
KNOWING THE CONSTITUENCIES
THAT EACH OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO SERVE AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A
VISUAL MANIFESTATION OF HOW
MANY PEOPLE YOU ARE REACHING,
IT'S REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THOSE
COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. JUST QUICKLY ON YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU REFERENCED
THE REVENUE STABILIZATION
WORKGROUP, AND THE NEED FOR
THEM TO CONSIDER THE
STRUCTURAL ISSUES OF THE
SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX, DO WE
KNOW AT THIS POINT WHETHER OR
NOT THAT IS FORMALLY PART OF
THE TASK FORCE MISSION, IS
THAT SOMETHING THEY ARE ALREADY
INTEGRATING INTO
DELIBERATIONS? OR IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT THERE SHOULD BE
AN ASK OF THAT GROUP . OF
COURSE AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR, IS
VERY ACTIVE WITH THE TASK
FORCE AND COULD PROBABLY
CARRY THAT MESSAGE IF SHE
HASN'T ALREADY, I'M JUST
WONDERING WHERE THAT IS RIGHT
NOW.
>> JEN, AND TANIKA I CAN FEEL
THAT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY ASKED
THIS QUESTION RECENTLY TO THE
CITY BUDGET ANALYST WHO WORKED
REALLY CLOSELY AND HELP THE
CAB. I ASKED IF IT'S POSSIBLE
FOR THE CAB TO GET A BRIEFING
ON WHERE THE WORK GROUP IS AT
AND IF THERE ARE WAYS FOR THE
CAB TO PUT THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS UP AS WELL. THE
RESPONSE I GOT WAS THAT
SOMEDAY, BUT IT'S STILL GETTING
WARMED . I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
IS THE CASE OR NOT, I DON'T
BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A
WORKPLAN IT YET. BUT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU MAY
BE ABLE TO COMMENT, I DON'T TO
SPEAK OUT OF TURN.
>> THAT'S GREAT. I WILL TURN
OVER TO ALLIE OUR DIRECTOR
FROM CENTRAL STAFF WAS ALSO
PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND
THEN I WILL CHIME IN WITH
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THEN
WE WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON IF THERE IS NO FOLLOW-UP
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD
I AM ALLIE, FROM CENTRAL STAFF,
I WANTED TO ADD THAT THE
DECLINING REVENUES IS PART OF
THE CONVERSATION IN THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION WORKGROUP, WE ARE
LOOKING AT WHERE WE FORESEE
REVENUE SOURCES DECLINING,
NOTHING SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX YET BUT
THAT IS ON THE LIST OF REVENUES
THAT ARE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION IN TERMS OF
SUPPORTING PROGRAMS, ABIE IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND ALSO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I
HEARD YOUR , I DON'T HAVE A
RESPONSE RIGHT NOW BUT YOU WILL
GET IT .
>> GREAT, THANKS, I WILL ADD,
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , AND
FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FROM BRIDGET AND ALLIE. IT IS
TRUE THE REVENUE STABILIZATION
TASK FORCE HAS BEGUN MEETING.
WE HAD ONE MEETING IN OCTOBER
AND ONE MEETING COMING UP NEXT
WEEK . THAT WILL INITIATE A
SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS OVER
THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO AS WE
THINK ABOUT THE VARIOUS STREAMS
OF REVENUE THAT ARE DECLINING.
THAT IS PART OF OUR TASK TO
LOOK AT DECLINING REVENUE. AND
ALSO NEED IN OUR CITY. THE
POPULATION GROWTH AND PROJECTED
GROWTH RECEIVER COMMUNITY
SERVICES AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES. THE CONVERSATIONS
ARE JUST GETTING UNDERWAY BUT I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
WHAT THE VICE CHAIR HAS
HIGHLIGHTED, ALSO VICE CHAIR
OF BUDGET AND HAS HIGHLIGHTED
WHICH IS THERE IS A NUMBER OF
DECLINING REVENUE STREAMS AND
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
TASK FORCE AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY
SOME OF THOSE ARE DECLINING. IN
THIS CASE IT'S A GOOD THING
THAT THERE IS REVENUE DECLINING
FROM CONSUMPTION OF SUGARY
SWEETENED BEVERAGES. THAT IS
THE GOAL. IT'S ONE OF THE
FIRST PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES I
WORKED ON AT THE WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, I
KNOW MR. COLEMAN CONTINUES TO
BE INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT
ACROSS THE NATION TO DECREASE
CONSUMPTION OF SUGARY SWEETENED
BEVERAGES IN SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITY. THIS IS A GOOD
THING. IF SUGARY SWEETENED
BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION CONTINUES
TO DECLINE THAT WILL BE A GOOD
THING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND YET, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM
TANIKA AND JEN IN THEIR
PRESENTATION, WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE STEPPING UP AND
CONTINUING TO EXPAND SERVICES
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEGUN SO WE
DON'T CREATE A CLIFF FOR
COMMUNITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND,
THAT WE EXPAND UPON THE GOAL OF
MAKING SURE PEOPLE GET A GOOD
START IN LIFE, MEANING THEY
NEVER GO INTO FORMING A HABIT
OF CONSUMING AS MUCH SUGARY
SWEETENED BEVERAGES. BOTH CAN
BE TRUE, WE WANT TO DECLINE AND
WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE FUNDING
AND STABILIZE THE FUNDING GOING
FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY I WILL BE
CONTINUING TO RAISE THAT ISSUE
THAT I'M GLAD TO SEE IT'S A
PRIORITY AMONGST THE COUNCIL AS
WELL AND , COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, GOOD POINT, GOING
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL,
HOW DO WE CREATE STABILITY
OVER THE LONG HAUL FROM THE
ORIGINS OF THE TAX PROPOSAL TO
BEGIN WITH, GOING BACK TO
BUILDING ON THAT. A LOT HAS
CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
AMPLIFYING INVESTMENTS IN EARLY
LEARNING AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS
GIVING ACCESS TO HEALTH
ACUITIES AND LIFELONG HEALTH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , WERE
THERE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS?
GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK . I
WAS BRIEFED BY YOUR VARIOUS
PROGRAMS BEFORE BUDGET AND WAS
GLAD FOR ALL YOU COULD GET
DONE IN COMMUNITY. TO ME IT
SEEMS THAT THE BIGGEST
STRUCTURAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE
TAX, BY DESIGN WAS INTENDED TO
REDUCE CONSUMPTION, WHICH THEN
REDUCES REVENUE. THAT IS
BASICALLY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA ACKNOWLEDGED. IS
THERE ANY THOUGHT ABOUT, WHEN
THE ALLOCATIONS WERE
CONCEIVED, WAS THERE THOUGHT
ABOUT OVERALL DECLINING
REVENUE , BECAUSE THE TAX IS
WORKING, QUITE APART FROM THE
OF ANY SHORTFALL WE WERE JUST
JOLTED FROM DURING BUDGET, THAT
IS ONE QUESTION. AND SOME OF
THESE PROGRAMS, THEY SEEM LIKE
THERE IS A NEXUS WITH HEALTH.
PERHAPS THERE ARE PROGRAMS
THAT SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE COUNTY,
CAN TAKE ON IN THE EVENT THAT
THE TAX CONTINUES TO REDUCE
FOR BOTH OF THOSE REASONS. JUST
BECAUSE OF OVERALL DECLINING
CONSUMPTION AND ALSO REVENUE
ISSUES THAT ARE HAVING TO DO
WITH OVERALL ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS. THOSE ARE A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS. WHEN IT COMES TO
THE AVOIDING A CLIFF, IS
THERE A CONSIDERATION OF
ALLOCATING JUMPSTART
PERMANENTLY TO BACKFILL THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE
SHORTFALLS? THANKS.
>> BRIDGET, I FEEL LIKE SOME OF
THOSE QUESTIONS ARE DEFINITELY
IN TERMS OF THE CONNECTION TO
THE CITY AND WHERE THAT'S
HAPPENING, WE CAN START WITH
YOU.
>> TANIKA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS
OF ALLOCATIONS AND SOME OF THE
WORK YOU LED?
>> ABSOLUTELY. ON THE
COMMUNITY ADVOCACY SIDE, I
THINK, HONESTLY, I WAS MORE
FOCUSED ON JUST MAKING SURE
THAT THE REVENUE WENT BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY MOST IMPACTED.
>> YOU WENT ON MUTE, TANIKA.
>> THANK YOU. SO, THAT WAS
WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME,
THAT WAS MY PRIORITY. MAKE SURE
THE REVENUE WENT BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY. AND, I WAS NOT ON
THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD IN
THE EARLY DAYS , I CAME ON
LATER. SO, I HAVE DEFINITELY
BEEN THINKING ABOUT , AS WE
REACH OUR GOAL OF LESS
CONSUMPTION , I MEAN, YEAH,
IT'S A BIG ISSUE, WHEREAS THE
FUNDING GOING TO COME FROM? A
LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE
REALLY HELPFUL TO THE
COMMUNITY. I KNOW I AM NOT
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION , YEAH,
WE JUST HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING.
I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THAT .
>> I WILL JUST ADD , IS SOMEONE
ELSE GOING TO GO?
>> I WILL AFTER YOU.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO
WHAT TANIKA SAID, AND TANIKA,
PLEASE CHIME IN IF I
MISREPRESENT ANYTHING, BUT BACK
IN 2017 WHEN SBT WAS BEING
LEGISLATED, IT WAS ALMOST A
FOREGONE CONCLUSION THIS WAS
GOING TO BE A NEW POLICY
INITIATIVE. SO SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY WORK THAT TANIKA AND
OTHER COMMUNITY COALITIONS LED
WERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS
POLICY INITIATIVE WERE GOING TO
BE PASSED, RECOGNIZING THAT
IT'S A REGRESSIVE POLICY AT ITS
CORE, THAT IT WOULD BE
COLLECTING A LOT OF REVENUE
AND THAT THAT REVENUE NEEDED TO
BE REINVESTED IN WAYS THAT
WOULD GO BACK INTO COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY THE TAX. I
WILL SAY THOUGH, SOME OF THE
FOOD PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY
SBT, ABSOLUTELY RAISE THIS
ALARM EARLY AND OFTEN. BECAUSE
THEY SAID, THE POINT OF THIS IS
TO CURB CONSUMPTION AND IT
COULD BE DECLINING REVENUE
SOURCE. SO, I THINK IT HAS
ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE , WHETHER
OR NOT THIS IS SOME OF THE
DIPS WE ARE SEEING IS
CONSUMPTION BASED OR COVID
IMPACT, I THINK IS STILL MIXED
RESULTS AND YOU WILL SEE THAT
IN THE EVALUATION COMING OUT.
WITH REGARD TO, IS THERE A
NEXUS WITH HEALTH EX
ABSOLUTELY THERE IS. WHETHER OR
NOT PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE CAN
COUNTY CAN BACKFILL ALL OF THIS
IS A QUESTION YOU CAN RAISE TO
THEM. AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO
WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC
HEALTH IS DEEPLY UNDERFUNDED.
AND OUR COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT LARGELY RELIES ON A
LOT OF CDC OR FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR THEIR WORK. AND, PUBLIC
HEALTH SEATTLE KING COUNTY IS
LOOKING AT NEEDS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE COUNTY. THERE WAS
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I AM NOT
CAPTURING .
>> JUMPSTART. THAT IS
GENERATING MORE THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUE AND I HAVE
VOICED CONCERN IN THE PAST
ABOUT PLANNING FOR -- PLANNING
FOR ONGOING EXPENSES BY
PAYING FOR THEM WITH A NEW TAX
BECAUSE OF THE INSTABILITY OF
OUR OVERALL ECONOMY.
>> CAN I ADD ONE OTHER THING
THAT COMES TO MIND, AS THE CAB
WAS VERY INTENTIONAL IN ITS
FORMATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE CRITERIA WE USED FOR BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE
COMPARISON , THE EQUITY THAT IS
PART OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE,
WE HAVE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HELP FORM SOME OF THESE
GRANT PROGRAMS AND THE WAY
THESE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE
DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE FOOD
EQUITY PLANS. INCLUDING LOW
BARRIER APPLICATION PROCESSES
AND REALLY TAKING THE COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION INTO
ACCOUNT. SO, IF THESE EFFORTS
ARE PICKED UP BY A DIFFERENT
FUND, I THINK IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT
SAME APPROACH OF BEING LOW
BARRIER TO THE COMMUNITY AND
REALLY GETTING THAT MONEY INTO
THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK.
SO, THAT IS ANOTHER PIECE OF
THE WORK THAT THE CAB HAS DONE
THAT I THINK IS BEEN REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> JEN, WHAT I THINK YOU MIGHT
BE GETTING AT, SINCE I
MENTIONED PUBLIC HEALTH GETS A
LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDING IS THAT
FEDERAL FUNDS GENERALLY ARE NOT
LOW BARRIER AND ARE MORE
DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE. WE
EXPERIENCE THAT DURING COVID
WHEN WE WERE REDEPLOYING A LOT
OF FEDERAL RELIEF THROUGH GRANT
PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
THOSE ANSWERS. I THINK WE WILL
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
REVENUE FOR SURE. WHAT IS
IMPORTANT AND WHAT YOU
HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR
PRESENTATION IS THAT IT NEEDS
TO BE A BOTH AND APPROACH. WE
CAN'T TAKE REVENUE FROM ONE
SOURCE TO BACKFILL ANOTHER
SOURCE GIVEN THE COMPOUNDING
EFFECT OF INSTABILITY WHETHER
IT'S HOUSING, FOOD, ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY. AND SO AS WE SEE
THE GROWING NEED FOR FOOD
SECURITY , WE NEED TO
IMMEDIATELY ENSURE THERE IS
REVENUE FLOWING INTO THOSE
SERVICES AS WE DID IN THIS
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. JUST AS
MUCH AS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE INVESTING IN
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC STABILITY
AND GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS, ALL OF WHICH
JUMPSTART SUPPORTS. ONE EXAMPLE
OF A REVENUE STREAM THAT MUST
BE BUILT UPON, SO THE
FOUNDATION CAN REMAIN STABLE SO
PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE
FOOD STABILITY, WE WERE MABEL
ABLE TO MAKE A ONE HALF $1
BILLION INVESTMENT IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE LAST
YEAR BUDGET THANKS TO JUMPSTART
IN LARGE PART FOR THE LARGEST
INVESTMENT TO THAT. THE HOUSING
STABILITY YIELDS GREATER
OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO
HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO SPEND
FUNDS ON HEALTHY FOOD . IF WE
THINK ABOUT IT HOLISTICALLY, WE
NEED TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT
THE BOTH/AND APPROACH AND THE
FACT THAT JUMPSTART'S SPENT
PLANNED IS CODIFIED IN STATUTE
WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING
TO ENSURE THE FOUNDATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND OUR
ECONOMY GOING FORWARD. SO, MORE
TO COME ON THE REVENUE
CONVERSATION. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR SHARING THIS
PRESENTATION WITH US TODAY. I
THINK THAT IS A GREAT
PRESENTATION TO COME BACK TO
FOR WHY WE DO PUBLIC SERVICE.
THIS IS THE FOUNDATION FOR
WHAT WE SHOULD BE CENTERING ALL
OF OUR POLICIES ON, DOES IT
MAKE PEOPLE HEALTHIER, DOES IT
GIVE KIDS A GOOD START IN LIFE,
DOES IT CREATE GREATER ECONOMIC
STABILITY FOR OUR REGION AND
FAMILIES? IN THE WORK TO YOU
AND THE COALITION HAVE DONE, IT
HELPS TO CREATE GREATER
STABILITY. BUT MUCH MORE IS
NEEDED. THANKS FOR THE WORK
YOU ARE DOING. I THINK THIS IS
A HUGE PUBLIC HEALTH
ACCOMPLISHMENT OUR NATION
CONTINUES TO LOOK AT HOW TO
CREATE A TAX ON SUGARY
SWEETENED BEVERAGES AND HOW THE
REVENUES CAN BE USED FOR
UPSTREAM INVESTMENT TO CREATE
BETTER CHOICES FOR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE. WE WILL TAKE YOU UP
ON EVALUATING THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH
SERIOUSNESS AS THE YEAR
PROGRESSES AND AS WE HEAD INTO
BUDGET AS WELL. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GET
YOUR DIRECTION EARLY, WHICH
YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDING OVER
THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BOTH TO
THE EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL EARLY
IN ADVANCE, THE HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR THAT
HARD WORK. PLEASE PASS ON OUR
PETITION APPRECIATION TO THE
WHOLE CAB AND YOUR BROAD
COALITION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SEE YOU SOON. MADAME CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE
INTO THE RECORD SINCE WE
REVERSED THE ORDER?
>> ITEM NUMBER ONE 2023
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
QUARTERLY MONITORING WATCHLIST
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAME
CLERK. TODAY WE HAVE WITH US
EDIN SISIC FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
HELLO, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE
USUALLY HAVE IN FRONT OF US
FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TO
CONSIDER THE ANNUAL PROJECT
WATCHLIST HAS NOT BEEN
INTRODUCED BUT WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THE COMMITTEE HAD A
CHANCE TO HEAR THE ANALYSIS OF
WHAT IS TO COME EARLY. TODAY WE
HAVE WITH US EDIN SISIC FROM
CENTRAL STAFF TO PRESENT ON THE
RESOLUTION AND CAPITAL PROJECTS
WATCHLIST. AS A REMINDER, THE
COUNCIL PASSED , AS VICE CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE HERE TODAY
AND ORIGINAL SPONSOR OF THAT
RESOLUTION, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , I WILL TURN IT TO
YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO SAY AFTER OPENING REMARKS.
IS FOLKS KNOW THIS REQUIRES A
SMALL LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS
TO REQUIRE ENHANCED SCRUTINY OR
OVERSIGHT QUARTERLY. SO WE CAN
GET AN UPDATE ROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON HOW SOME OF THESE
MAJOR EFFORTS ARE MOVING
FORWARD. AND TODAY WE ARE GOING
TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE
PROPOSED LIST FROM MAYOR HAROLD
AFTER THE COUNCIL PROVIDES ITS
ADDITION, WE WILL THEN PASS THE
RESOLUTION WHICH WILL BECOME
THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WATCHLIST
FOR 2023. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , I'M GOING TO TURN IT
TO YOU AND THEN INTRODUCE EDIN
SISIC AND THEN GO FORWARD.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION , THE EXECUTIVE
UNDER THE NEW MINISTRATION
CONTINUES TO WORK WITH COUNCIL
ON FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
AND OVERSIGHT OF THESE LARGE
CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO NOT ONLY HEARING
WHAT IS ON THE LIST FOR THIS
YEAR BUT ALSO ENGAGING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES ON PROJECTS THAT
MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE WORTHY OF
ADDING. AND ALSO, TALKING
INTERNALLY AMONG COUNCIL IN
CENTRAL STAFF ABOUT HOW WE CAN
SORT OF FACILITATE THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS PROCESS , WHICH IS
OUR OVERSIGHT OF PROJECTS
THAT WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY
FLAGGED FOR MORE ENHANCED
FINANCIAL REPORTING . WHAT
THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ORDINANCE IN 2018 AS WELL.
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION TO THIS
TOPIC, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE
AMEND LITTLE TO THE WATCH LIST
THAT WE WILL WALK THROUGH, KNOW
THAT CENTRAL STAFF WILL NEED TO
SEE THOSE BY FEBRUARY 6th. SEND
THOSE TO EDIN WHO IS HERE WITH
US TODAY. WE WILL TAKE A FINAL
VOTE ON THE WATCH LIST AND ANY
AMENDMENTS FEBRUARY 15th AT THE
COMMITTEE MEETING. BY WAY OF
REMINDER, THE ENHANCED
REPORTING IS A WORKLOAD
INCREASE FOR DEPARTMENTS AND
CITY BUDGETS. WE WANT TO KEEP
THE WATCH LIST BRAT CONDENSED
TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE WORK
LOADS THAT COLLEAGUES ALREADY
HAVE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE TARGETED IN WHAT WE HAVE
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT OR
SCRUTINY OVER. I KNOW THAT
COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH OVERSIGHT
THAT HAVE THE WATCH LIS ITEMS
IN THEIR PURVIEW MAY WANT TO
DIVE DEEPER IN THEIR
COMMITTEES. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE KNOW EACH OF YOU MIGHT
TAKE ON. I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR
PROJECT FOR THIS BROADER WATCH
LIST THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO
MAKE SURE IS INCLUDED UNDER THE
MACRO UMBRELLA TO MAINTAIN
COMPREHENSIVE OVERSIGHT AND
GREATER TRANSPARENCY OVER THESE
PROJECTS. I WANT TO FLAG IF ANY
NONCOMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE
WATCHING, HELLO, COLLEAGUES, WE
WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY
TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE
WATCH LIST AS WELL. SO, WE WILL
MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT
THE FEBRUARY 6th DEADLINE AND
WE WILL BE INVITING THEM TO THE
FEBRUARY 15th MEETING AS WELL
IN CASE THEY WANT TO SPONSOR
ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS. WE HOPE
PEOPLE ARE COGNIZANT OF THE
EXISTING WORKLOAD IN THOSE
DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU, EDIN
FOR BEING HERE. I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE 2023
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WATCH LIST.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M
HE HAD DIN SISIC WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. TODAY I WILL GO
OVER THE 2023 CAPITAL PROJECT
WATCH LIST WITH A QUICK
BACKGROUND, CAMERA REI THEN THE
LIST OF CURRENTLY PROPOSED
WATCHES, PROJECTS FOLLOWED BY A
QUICK NEXT STEPS REMINDER. SO,
WITH THAT, LET'S START WITH THE
QUICK SUMMARY AND RELATED
BACKGROUND. IN 2018 COUNCIL HAD
ENHANCED PROJECTS AND THE
PROCESS CALLS FOR THE EXECUTIVE
TO PROPOSE A LIST OF PROJECTS
FOR INCLUSION ON THE ANNUAL
WATCH LIST BY JANUARY 15th OF
EVERY YEAR AND THE COUNCIL
TYPICALLY ADOPTS THE WATCH LIST
VIA THE RESOLUTION. AS THE
CHAIR MOSQUEDA MENTIONED, IT
DOESN'T INCLUDE THE RESOLUTION
YET. THAT IS AN ISSUE OF
TIMING. IT HAS BEEN DRAFTED AND
WILL BE READY AT THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY
15th. THE DRAFTED RESOLUTION
INCLUDES THE EXECUTIVE'S
PROPOSED LIST ENHANCED
OVERSIGHT PROJECTS FOR 2023
WHICH IS A STARTING PLACE FOR
THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, ON
JANUARY 13th, THE EXECUTIVE DID
SUBMIT A PROPOSED 2023 LIST OF
PROJECTS FOR THE WATCH LIST. IT
CONTAINS 18 PROJECTS. THE
PROPOSED CHANGES FROM THE
ADOPTED 2022 WATCH LIST INCLUDE
THE REMOVAL OF THREE STOP
PROJECTS, DELL RIDGEWAY
SOUTHWEST. THE CITY COMPLETED
IT IS PORTION OF THE RAPID RIDE
AND WE ARE WAITING FOR KING
COUNTY METRO TO COMPLETE THEIR
PORTION. ROUTE 7 TRANSIT PLUS
MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PROJECT
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REACH
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BEFORE
THE END OF THIS MONTH AND WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY
COMPLETE AND NO ADDITIONAL
SCOPE SCHEDULE OR BUDGET
CHANGES PRIOR TO CLOSEOUT. SO,
UNLESS THERE IS QUESTIONS FOR
THIS PORTION, I WILL GO
STRAIGHT INTO THE LIST OF
PROPOSED PROJECTS AND I WILL
COVER THESE QUICKLY. STOP ME IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF
THESE. SO, FIRST WE HAVE FAS
AND THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS.
FIRE STATION 31 REPLACEMENT,
THE $54 MILLION FUNDS A NEW
FIRE STATION 31 TO REPLACE THE
EXIST FOG SILT AND THE OTHER
PROJECT IS THE HUMAN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE CURRENT
HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION
SYSTEM. IT HAS THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
PROJECT AND THAT IS INTENDED TO
REPLACE AN OUTDATED CASE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THEN
SEATTLE CITY LIGHTS THE
OVERHEAD EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS
WHICH INCLUDES THE ACCELERATED
FULL REPLACEMENT AND THERE IS
AN ASTERISK BECAUSE UNLIKE THE
OTHER PROJECTS ON THIS LIST,
THIS ISN'T A DISCREET PROJECT
WITHOUT A SPECIFIC BODY OF WORK
TO BE FINISHED BUT RATHER THIS
PROGRAM WILL EXTEND BEYOND
2028. THE $551 MILLION THAT YOU
SEE THERE INCLUDES ACTUALS
THROUGH 2022 AND 2023-28
ADOPTED BUDGET. THE NEXT, STOT
PROJECT WHICH REPRESENT ALMOST
HALF OF THE TOTAL PROJECTS ON
THE PROPOSED WATCH LIST -- I
WILL LIST THESE AS THEY ARE
PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN. WE
HAVE RAPID RIDE, J LINE, CENTER
CITY CONNECTOR, MADISON VRT, G
LINE, DRAINAGE PARTNERSHIP,
SOUTH PARK, LAST SCAN WAY MAIN
CORRIDOR, LUKE WALK AND
EAST-WEST CONNECTION PROJECT.
GEORGETOWN SOUTH PARK TRAIL AND
NORTH LAKE RETAINING WALL.
NOTICE THE NORTH LAKE RETAINING
WALL HAS A RANGE. THAT IS
BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS STILL IN
THE DECISION PHASE HENCE THE
RANGE. BUDGETS ARE TYPICALLY
STAB LEARNED ONCE THE PROJECT
REACHED A 30% DINE MILESTONE.
OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE PARKS AND
THAT'S SMITH CO PARK
DEVELOPMENT, PARK CENTRAL
WATERFRONT PIER REHAB, PROJECT
AND LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER
REDEVELOPMENT. LAST BUT NOT
LEAST SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
-- WELL, MORE LIKE MOST GIVEN
THE PROJECT COST OF THIS ONE IS
THE SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT AND SOUTH PARK STORM
WATER PROGRAM. AND FOR THE
FINAL SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO
QUICKLY RESTATE WHAT CHAIR
MOSQUEDA TOUCHED ON, IF YOU
HAVE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED
LIST, LET US KNOW NEXT WEEK BY
FEBRUARY 6th AND WE WILL HAVE A
RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU AT THE
NEXT MEETING FEBRUARY 15th
AGAIN FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE. SO,
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. SORRY. I
MISS PRO OWNS INNED YOUR NAME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US. COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ASK ABOUT THE LIST PROVIDED?
THAT. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD GO
AHEAD.
>> CAN WE QUICKLY GO OVER THE
CRITERIA THAT ARE USED FOR
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL PROJECTS
FOR THE WATCH LIST.
>> CERTAINLY. A GOOD CANDIDATE
FOR A WATCH LIST PROJECT WOULD
BE A PROJECT WITH A
SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE OR COMPLEX
SCOPE AND FINANCIAL IMPACT.
PROJECTS THAT ARE AT RISK OF
OVERSPENDING THEIR BUDGET OR
SCHEDULE MILESTONES OR PROJECTS
WHOSE DELIVERY IS PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL.
ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD, PLEASE FEEL FREE. THAT'S
SORT OF THE BROAD --
>> AS YOU WERE TALKING, I WAS
PULLING UP THE RESOLUTION WHICH
I THINK IDENTIFIES SORT OF THE
CRITERIA THAT WE ARE USING. I
THINK -- I THINK YOU PRETTY
MUCH CAPTURED IT. THANK YOU.
BECAUSE THIS -- THE NEED FOR
THE RESOLUTION AROSE BECAUSE OF
SOME PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL FELT
WEREN'T GETTING SUFFICIENT
OVERSIGHT, I'M WONDERING -- I
TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE DESIRE
TO KEEP THE LIST MANAGEABLE
BECAUSE THERE IS A REPORTING
REQUIREMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PROJECTS ON THE LIST BY DESIGN.
WE DON'T WANT THE LIST TO GO
TOO LARGE. BUT WHAT ARE WE
DOING, WE BEING THE COUNCIL
ASIDE FROM I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER OUR OWN
RECOMMENDATIONS AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS BUT ON THE SIDE OF
ANALYSIS FROM OUR WONDERFUL
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, WHAT ARE
WE DOING TO GO THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENTAL CIPs TO HELP US
FLAG PROJECTS THAT MAYBE SHOULD
BE ADDED? I JUST DON'T WANT
THIS TO BE LIKE A PASSIVE
EXERCISE WHERE WE JUST EXCEPT
WHAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OFFERS
FOR PROJECTS FOR THE WATCH LIST
AND AS THINGS GET TAKEN OFF,
WHICH ARE GREAT, WE LOVE IT
WHEN THINGS GET TAKEN OFF,
RAPID RIDE H, WHETHER OR NOT
THERE SHOULD BE OTHER PROJECTS
THAT ARE ADDED. JUST WANTING TO
DO MORE ON OUR SIDE OF THINGS
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS WE
MIGHT WANT TO BE LOOKING AT
ADDING, IF ANY.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AND I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT DESIRE
AS WELL, THAT COMMITMENT. SO,
DON'T HOLD BACK, COLLEAGUES, IF
THERE ARE ITEMS THAT YOU WANT
INCLUDED IN THE LIST. A GREAT
REMINDER THAT THIS IS ABOUT
CHECKS AND BALANCES, CO-EQUAL
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. IT'S
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE LIST IS COMPLETE AND
WE ARE PROVIDING OVERSIGHT AND
TRANSPARENCY. I WILL TURN IT TO
ALLEY WHO POPPED ON SCREEN TO
SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT OTHER
ANALYSIS, ADDITIONAL LA SIS
COULD BE APPLIED GIVEN THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY?
>> THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN
MOSQUEDA, THE CENTRAL ANALYST
THAT STAFF THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS THAT RUN OUR
CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE REVIEWED
THE LIST AND ARE TAKING ANOTHER
LOOK TO SEE IF THEY WOULD
RECOMMEND ANY ADDITIONAL
PROJECTS BE ADDED AND REACH OUT
TO THE RELEVANT COMMITTEE CHAIR
IF THERE IS LIKE A
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT OR
SOMETHING THAT THEY THINK -- WE
THINK SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE
LIST OR REMOVED FROM THE LIST.
I ALSO THINK THE OTHER PIECE
THAT COMES UP THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR IS THAT SOMETIMES THERE
ARE PROJECTS THAT MAY OR MAY
NOT BE ON THE LIST WHERE
SOMETHING IS ONGOING AND
WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE
CHAIR AND THE DEPARTMENTS TO
SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS
AND COMMITTEE. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN DID THAT LAST YEAR ON
THE SHIP CANAL PROJECT, I
THINK, I BELIEVE. ALSO LOOKING
FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN
GREATER OVERSIGHT ON PROJECTS
THAT MAYBE IN ADVANCE OF
GETTING UPDATES ON THE WATCH
LIST OR THIS LIST. WE ARE
TRYING TO DO BOTH. BUT WE WILL
HAVE THE ANALYSTS -- I WILL
DOUBLE CHECK WITH ALL OF THEM
THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONS AND IF THEY DO, THEY
WILL REACH OUT TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO OFFER IDEAS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
AHEAD.
>> ALY, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WILL
REVIEW THE WATCH LIST AND CHECK
WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ON WHETHER
OR NOT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
SHOULD BE ADDED. THAT IS
HELPFUL, I APPRECIATE THAT. I
DON'T THINK THAT THAT WILL --
WE DON'T LIKE -- EACH COMMITTEE
CHAIR DOESN'T KNOW EVERY
PROJECT THAT IS IN THE CIP THAT
CORRESPONDS TO THEIR COMMITTEE.
AND, SO, WE SOMETIMES DON'T
KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
LOOKING AT THE LIST AND THE
EXISTING LIST, TALKING TO US,
I'M JUST HOPING THAT THE
CENTRAL STAFF ACTUALLY GO TO
THE CIP.
>> SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN THEY
ARE REVIEWING WHAT THE
EXECUTIVE PROPOSED, THEY LOOK
AT WHAT THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSED,
THE CIP AND LAST YEAR CENTRAL
STAFF DID RECOMMEND A COUPLE OF
PROJECTS AND COUNCILMEMBER DID
ADD THE PROJECTS TO THE WATCH
LIST.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU
THAT -- I MENTIONED IT IN THE
OPENING REMARKS, PART OF THIS
PROCESS IS ALSO WHAT COUNCIL
DOES ON THE BACK END AFTER THE
WATCH LIST IS CREATED AND AFTER
THE REPORTS ARE DEVELOPED OR
BEFORE THE REPORTS OR DEVELOPED
BASED ON NEED IS THAT WE WORK
IN USING OUR COMMITTEE TIMES,
PARTICULARLY COUNCIL MEMBERS
WHO HAVE COMMITTEES WITH LARGE
CIPs IN THEM LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND WORK FOR THE
OVERSIGHT OF THESE PROJECTS
ONCE THE WATCH LIST IS CREATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. AND I WILL ALSO
UNDERSCORE THE APPRECIATION FOR
THIS ADMINISTRATION AS WELL
BEING COLLABORATIVE PARTNER
WITH US TO FULFILL THE INTENT
OF THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. I
UNDERSTAND THEY ARE OPEN TO
ADDING ADDITIONAL ITEMS HERE
AND I THINK WE APPRECIATE THAT
AND GET THE SENSE THAT WE MAY
WANT TO THINK THROUGH A LITTLE
MORE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND
CENTRAL STAFF HOW WE FOLLOW
THROUGH WITHIN EACH OF THE
COMMITTEES AS WELL WHAT THE
NEXT STEPS WOULD BE ONCE THE
PROJECT LIST IS FINALIZED. THAT
IS A THEME OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS. WE GET THE LIST BUT HOW
DO WE ENSURE -- YOU AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ARE
GREAT STEWARDS WATCHING THIS IN
YOUR COMMITTEES AS THE ITEMS
COME UP BUT MAYBE A MORE
FORMALIZED PROCESS WE CAN
RECOMMEND TO OUR COLLEAGUES
ABOUT EACH COMMITTEE HAVING A
NEXT STEP AFTER THE NEXT LIST
IS FORMALIZED. BRAINSTORMING
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. WE JUST PASSED
LAST SEPTEMBER A SPENDING PLAN
FOR THE NEXT SIX-YEAR SICKLE OF
PARKS PROJECTS THAT'S WHERE A
LOT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
LIVE. I PUT FORWARD AN
AMENDMENT THAT ADDED
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS GET
OUT THE DOOR. THERE IS ONE
PROJECT ON THIS LIST, LAKE
CITY, AND I'M -- JUST ASSUME
THAT THERE IS THE LEVEL OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT OF
THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT ON
THIS LIST. SO, GOES BECAUSE IT
SEEMS -- I DON'T WANT TO ADD
ALL OF THOSE PARKS PROJECTS TO
THE LIST BUT I'M WANTING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A
PARALLEL PROCESS OF -- WELL, AS
YOU SAID, CHECKS AND BALANCES
THERE?
>> GREAT. I SEE BRIAN GOOD
KNIGHT FROM CENTRAL STAFF POP
IN.
>> THANK YOU. TRACY RATCLIFF IS
ON VACATION SO I'M PINCH
HITTING FOR HER. I WILL SAY
THAT FOR THE PROJECTS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON PART OF
THE NPD PROCESS, OVERSITING AND
REPORTING STRUCTURE, THAT IS
HANDLED SEPARATELY FROM THE
CIP. I BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE
PARKS PROJECTS ON THE LIST. TWO
WERE FUNDED NPD, SMITH COVE AND
THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER
PROJECT. BUT, RIGHT, IF THEY
HAVE SEPARATE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS THEN THAT WOULD
OCCUR SEPARATELY FROM THE CIP
WATCH LIST. I THINK YOU ARE
CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT YOU
DON'T NEED TO ADD ALL OF THOSE
PROJECTS TO THE WATCH LIST TO
RECEIVE THAT REPORTING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. I SEE SOME WHEELS
TURNING. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
THAT'S A NO. OKAY. OKAY.
EXCELLENT. EDIN, ALY, BRIAN,
ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE
CONVERSATION? NOPE OKAY. FOR
FOLKS THAT CAN'T SEE THE FULL
ZOOM. THAT WAS UNANIMOUS NO
FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF AND A
LOT OF GOOD STEPS FOR NEXT STEP
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US AND
HOW TO CREATE MORE OF AN ACTION
LIST OR AN ACTIONABLE APPROACH
TO THE LIST THAT THEN GETS
FINALIZED AND AGREED UPON BY
THE EXECUTIVES. SO, WE WILL
FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AT THE
NEXT MEETING. A REMINDER THAT
AMENDMENTS WILL BE DUE TO THE
RESOLUTION WHICH IS NOT --
TECHNICALLY INTRODUCED BUT
LINKED ON OUR AGENDA, CORRECT?
I'M SEEING NODS. IF YOU WANT TO
SEE THE RESOLUTION, YOU CAN GO
TO OUR COMMITTEE AGENDA AND
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. WE WILL
SEND OUT A NOTE TO ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES THAT THEY NEED TO
PROVIDE US WITH ANY AMENDMENTS
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BY
FEBRUARY 6th NEXT MONDAY THEN
THE FULL COUNCIL IS INVITED TO
COME TO THE FEBRUARY 15th
MEETING IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT
TO ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR
AND THAT IS TRUE FOR THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, EDIN AND CENTRAL
STAFF TEAM AND I WILL TURN IT
TO BEFORE WE WRAP.
>> THANK YOU. SORRY FOR JUMPING
IN HERE. I WAS DOUBLE CHECKING
THE AGENDA. I'M NOT SURE WE
POSTED THE DRAFT AGENDA -- I'M
NOT CERTAIN THAT WE POSTED THE
DRAFT RESOLUTION. BUT WE CAN
SEND IT TO THE CLERK AND HAVE
IT ADDED AFTER THE FACT AS A
DRAFT. IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT WE WILL GET
THAT ADDED TO THE RECORD.
>> OKAY. APOLOGIES FOR THAT. WE
WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PART
OF THE COMMITTEE MATERIALS
AFTER THE FACT AND CIRCULATE TO
-- ALREADY CIRCULATED TO THE
COMMITTEE AND TO THE FULL
COUNCIL AS WELL. OKAY. WE WILL
DOUBLE CHECK ON THOSE THINGS.
AGAIN, THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR
ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE AND
ANY IDEAS FOR CONTINUING TO
MAKE THIS AN ACTIONABLE LIST
OVER THE NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THAT
BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR
AGENDA. COLLEAGUES WE DO HAVE
ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 15th AS I NOTICED.
THAT WILL BE AT 9:30 A.M. WE
ARE FINALIZING THE AGENDA. THIS
WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOW-UP FROM
THIS DISCUSSION AND THE FINAL
VOTE ON THE 2023 CAPITAL
PROJECTS WATCH LIST, QUARTERLY
MONITORING REPORT AND WE MAY
HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU AS WELL.
THERE WAS A PROVISO INCLUDED IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET REGARDING
THE JAIL NEGOTIATIONS AND THE
CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY. THAT
REPORT IS DUE BACK SOON. SO, WE
WILL POSSIBLY HAVE THAT ON OUR
AGENDA IF THERE IS TIME TO
ANALYZE IT AND PROVIDE AN
UPDATE TO THE COMMITTEE ON WHAT
IS INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT
BACK. WE WILL POSSIBLY HAVE A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT DEALS
WITH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. BE
STILL MY HEART, EXCITING. IF
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, WE
WILL SEND AN OVERVIEW AND
SUMMARY IN ADVANCE OF THAT
COMMITTEE MEETING SO YOU CAN
SEE THAT LEGISLATION. AND I
MENTIONED BEFORE AT THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE WERE
INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP ON
THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH
THE HOUSING CONNECTOR FOLKS IN
OUR JANUARY MEETING ABOUT HOW
TO BETTER FACILITATE PEOPLE
HAVING ACCESS TO HOUSING
OPTIONS, RENTING A HOUSE,
APARTMENT UNIT, WHAT HAVE YOU.
OFTEN LANDLORDS AND THOSE WHO
ARE RENTING WANT TO SEE
IDENTIFICATION. IT'S NOT A
REQUIREMENT THAT THERE BE A
GOVERNMENT FORM OF ISSUED
IDENTIFICATION. WE ARE WORKING
WITH FOLKS IN THE REGION
INCLUDING AT THE COUNTY WHO
HAVE THE HEALTH THROUGH HOUSING
POLICY TO [ INAUDIBLE ] HOUSING
UNITS, [ INAUDIBLE ] WE WILL
START THE DISCUSSION WITH THE
QUARTERLY CAPITAL PROJECT
IMPROVEMENT WATCH LIST VOTE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER? SEEING NONE, IT'S BEFORE
11:00 A.M. WE WILL GIVE YOU
BACK 40 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
MEETING. OUR MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.