I'M THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE
AROUND HOUSING COMMITTEE. WE
WILL GET THE MEETING STARTED
WITH ROLL CALL. MADAM CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC IS ON
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I CAN HEAR HER WELL, BUT YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. WE'LL
ANNOUNCE HER WHEN SHE ARRIVES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MADAM CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS FOUR
PRESENT AND ONE ABSENT.
>> OKAY. WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK
YOU ALL AGAIN FOR JOINING US, A
WE SEE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
JOIN, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO WEL
THEM TO THE DAIS. THANKS SO MUC
FOR BEING THERE IN PERSON. WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE HYBRID
MEETINGS TO ENCOURAGE STRONG
PUBLIC HEALTH ADHERENCE. I DON'
KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT THERE I
SOME SUMMER BUGS GOING AROUND,
SO PLEASE DO STAY HOME IF YOU
ARE FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER A
WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO CONTINUE
TO PRACTICE GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH
PROTOCOLS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
OR NOT IT'S COVID. WITH THAT, I
WANT TO WELCOME OUR SAFETY
PUBLIC CHAIR AND LONGTIME PUBLI
ADVOCATE, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOL
IS HERE AS WELL. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. WE HAVE
A FULL ATTENDANCE THEN HERE
TODAY. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. I DID SEND
AROUND A QUICK NOTE THIS MORNIN
INDICATING THAT WE HAVE THREE
ITEMS. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
GOING TO TO BE ABLE TO GO
THROUGH THEM ALL IN ORDER. AND
WE'LL STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
FOR DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 3
THE FIRST ITEM IS A BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND HEARING ON THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 2023
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ORDINANCE
REGARDING HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. THE SECOND
ITEM IS A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON
THE FISCAL NOTE ENHANCEMENT AND
BUDGET TRANSPARENCY DISCUSSION
THAT WE TEED UP AT THE LAST
MEETING, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT SORT OF SHOWCASING SOME O
THE GREAT WORK THAT TOM MIXEL
AND ALY HAS DONE ON CENTRAL
STAFF. THIS IS A BRIEF
DISCUSSION FOR FUTURE WORK TO
COME ON THIS CONCEPT. FINALLY
THE BIGGER ITEM ON OUR AGENDA
WHICH WILL PROBABLY TAKE THE
LAST HOUR OF OUR MEETING
INCLUDES A BRIEFING DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE FOR THE 2023
MID-YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE. WE WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK
THROUGH ALL THE AMENDMENTS, HEA
FROM THE SPONSORS AND VOTE
IDEALLY TODAY ON THOSE
AMENDMENTS. MY GOAL IS TO GET U
OUT IN TIME. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOV
ON INTO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OUR
PRESENTERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR WAITING. WE DO HAVE 11
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, SIX REMOTE AND FIVE IN
PERSON AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE
CLERK. SO WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH THE THREE ON -- THREE
ONLINE, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO
THREE IN PERSON, AND WE'LL
ALTERNATE THAT WAY. EVERYBODY
WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO PROVID
YOUR COMMENTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T
DIALED IN BEFORE, DO LISTEN FOR
YOUR LINE TO SAY YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED. THAT'S YOUR INDICATION
THAT YOU NEED TO HIT STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE. BOTH IN PERSON AND
REMOTE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, YOU'LL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
WRAP IT UP SO THAT YOUR
MICROPHONE DOES NOT GET
ELIMINATED. OKAY. LET'S GO AHEA
AND START WITH THE FOLKS ONLINE
AND WE'LL HAVE -- WE'LL GO TO
THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM. GOOD
MORNING, JESS. THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
>>
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
AND STAFF. I'M JESS WALLACE, AN
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. I'D LIKE TO
ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER THREE,
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, AND THE
SPECIFIC BUDGET PROVIDES IN [
INAUDIBLE ] SEATTLE IS KNOWN
FOR BEING A GREEN CITY. OUR
TOURISM INDUSTRY IS ANYTHING
BUT. HOTELS ARE AMONG THE TOP
POLLUTING BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE
AND TOURISM OVERALL IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY -- [
INAUDIBLE. ] LOCAL HOTELS TO BE
BUILT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE STANDARDS. AS A
RESULT HOTELS HAVE -- [
INAUDIBLE ] AND CONSIDERING
EQUITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
VOTING WITH HEALTH POLICY IS
CHAMPIONED BY A COALITION AS
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION [
INAUDIBLE ] WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE WORK BASED AND
ARE TAKING OTHER IMPORTANT STEP
TOWARDS SEATTLE'S NEW GREEN DEA
WITH THIS IMPORTANT POLICY.
POLICE INCLUDE IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. PETER
FOLLOWED BY B.J. LAST.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
MY NAME IS PETER, AND I'M A
CO-CHAIR OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD. HERE TODAY TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
REGARDING THE BUDGET PROVISO IN
SUPPORT OF THE LIVING HOTEL
ORDINANCE. IN THE LAST DECADE,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS SET
AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS
TARGETING NET-ZERO CARBON
EMISSIONS BY 2050 AND AGGRESSIV
CARBON REDUCTIONS BY 2030.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE SIMPLY NO
ON TRACK TO MEET THESE GOALS. W
MUST ENACT POLICIES IMMEDIATELY
TO HAVE A REAL CHANCE TO MEET
OUR TARGETS, ESPECIALLY IN THE
CATEGORIES OF [ INAUDIBLE ]
HOTELS CRITICAL POLICY PIECE
WITH SEATTLE TO ENSURE HOTELS D
THEIR FAIR SHARE IN MEETING OUR
CLIMATE GOALS. THANK YOU FOR --
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, PETER.
AND B.J. LAST, AND THEN WE'LL G
TO THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM. GOOD
MORNING, B.J.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS B.J
LAST. I SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET'S PRIORITY WITH THE
MID-YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
COUNCIL SHOULD BE SUPPORTING TH
HOTELS. AS THE PRIOR SPEAKER
NOTED, SEATTLE HAS NEVER COME
CLOSE TO HITTING ITS EMISSION
TARGETS IN THE DECADE THE CITY
HAS SET THEM AND AS ALSO ALREAD
NOTED, HOTEL AMOUNTS A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS
BOTH IN SEATTLE AND WORLDWIDE.
ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY
MET INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO
ALLOW HOTELS TO GREEN WASH BY
MAKING UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS
ABOUT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT. COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO
IMPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN'S AMENDMENT,
REDIRECTING FUNDING FROM ANOTHE
STREETCAR STUDY TO VISION ZERO
INVESTMENTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE
THAT AMENDMENT CALLS OUT
INVESTMENTS IN DISTRICT 2 WHICH
RECEIVES A DISPROPORTIONATELY
HIGH AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN -- [
INAUDIBLE ] I'M ALSO
DISAPPOINTED COUNCIL IS
ABDICATING ITS FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITIES. COUNCIL SHOUL
ABRO GATE THE UNFILLED CIVILIAN
POSITIONS THAT SPD IS PLANNING
TO HOLD VACANT FOR THE BIENIUM
IN ORDER TO FUND THE SIX NEW
POSITIONS. IT ISN'T RADICAL,
IT'S LITERALLY JUST BASIC
BUDGETING PRACTICE THAT ENSURES
DEPARTMENTS AREN'T INFLATING
THEIR BUDGETS BY STOCKPILING
UNNEEDED POSITIONS, NOT ABRO
GATING THESE WHILE ADDING SIX
NEW POSITIONS ISN'T BUDGET
NEUTRAL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR
FORM. INSTEAD, IT ACTUALLY
INCREASES BUDGET BY OVER
$800,000 IN THE NEXT BIENIUM.
ADDITIONALLY, COUNCIL SHOULD NO
ALLOW SPD TO KEEP ITS SALARY
SAVINGS. DOING SO AWARDS SPD FO
ELIMINATING STAFFING PLANS FOR
TO ELIMINATE
SO THANK YOU. YIELD MY TIME.
>> OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WE'LL COME BACK TO THE
LAST THREE SPEAKERS REMOTELY IN
JUST A MINUTE. I UNDERSTAND THA
THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM.
COULD YOU PLEASE -- MADAM CLERK
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST
THREE SPEAKERS UP TO THE
MICROPHONE, AND WE WILL GO IN
PERSON?
>> FIRST WE HAVE JIM MARGARD,
THEN WE HAVE TOM MARA AND THE
THIRD PERSON IS CAT OGDEN.
>> WONDERFUL. THANKS SO MUCH. I
FOLKS WANT TO LINE UP
ALTERNATING AT THE MICROPHONES,
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. CAN YOU HEAR ME
MY COMMENTARY IS ON THE
STREETCAR CONNECTOR FEASIBILITY
STUDY FUNDING AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S AMENDMENT TO THE
PROPOSAL. VERY SIMPLY PUT, THE
CONNECTOR STREETCAR WOULD BE
UNACCEPTABLY DANGEROUS TO THE
SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS,
UNACCEPTABLY DANGEROUS. ON THE
MORNING OF MARCH 2nd, 2017 IN
THE FIRST HILL LINE, A STREETCA
SUFFERED AN ELECTRO MECHANICAL
FAILURE WHICH CAUSED IT TO VEER
AND PLUNGE OUT OF CONTROL, IN
EFFECT A RUNAWAY TRAIN MOVING
DOWN BROADWAY. VERY FORTUNATELY
IT WAS AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING.
NOBODY WAS OUT. IT WAS A
GRADUALLY SLOPE, AND IT WAS ONL
2 1/2 BLOCKS BEFORE IT HIT A
CURVE. IT WAS DERAILED AT THAT
POINT. THE ENTIRE LINE CAME OFF
FOR 18 DAYS. NOW, THIS WAS IN
THE SAME GENERAL AREA WHERE A
WOMAN DIED IN THE PRIOR YEAR
FROM HER BICYCLE GETTING STUCK.
NOW, IMAGINE THAT ON FIRST
AVENUE. FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE
LOOKING AT 90,000-SPOUND
STREETCARS, 70 FEET LONG, MUCH
STEEPER SLOPE OVER FIVE BLOCKS
INSTEAD OF TWO BLOCKS. THE MOST
DENSE PEDESTRIAN AREA IN THE
CITY. A NARROWER STREET. SO
LET'S SAY THE CAR -- WE HAD THE
SAME EXACT THING HAPPEN, ELECTR
MECHANICAL FAILURE UP TOWARD TH
MARKET OR THEREABOUTS, IT
CAREENS, GAINS RAPID SPEED GOIN
DOWN FIRST AVENUE SOUTHWARD
BOUND. IF IT DOESN'T HIT A CAR
AT ONE OF THE BUSY
INTERSECTIONS, IT WILL
INEVITABLY DERAIL AT MARION
STREET AND WILL FLY INTO -- TWO
MINUTES GOES FAST. IT'S A REAL
SAFETY ISSUE THAT YOUR PRIMARY
ONE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, YES,
PLEASE DO SEND THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS INTO US. YOU CAN SEND
THOSE TO EVERYBODY, AT THE SAME
TIME AT COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. SO
THANKS FOR COMING TODAY. LET'S
GO TO THE NEXT PERSON, MADAM
CLERK.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. GOO
TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. MY NAME IS
TOM MARA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL. THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR
SPONSORING THE AMENDMENT THIS
MORNING WHICH WOULD ALLOW
$950,000 TOWARD THE FUTURE OF
SINNERA.M.A AND THE DOWNTOWN'S
VIBRANCY. THIS FUNDING WOULD
ALLOW US TO ACHIEVE TWO MAJOR
GOALS. NUMBER ONE, IT ENABLES U
TO EXECUTE THE PLAN TO REOPEN
THE SINNERA.M.A AND PRESERVE
HER. NUMBER TWO, IT ALSO ENABLE
US TO CHAMPION OUR CITY IN
SEVERAL WAYS THROUGH A PUBLIC
BENEFIT AGREEMENT WHICH WOULD D
THREE THINGS, PROVIDE YOU CIVIC
LEADERSHIP AND CHAMPIONING THE
D.A.P., THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION
PLAN AND ITS SEVEN GOALS. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE FUNDS WOULD ALLOW
TO CREATE A NEW POSITION, A
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR TO
BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH DOWNTOW
BUSINESSES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS
AND BARS AND HOTELS, ALL TO SPU
DOWNTOWN VISITS, RETURN-TO-WORK
EFFORTS AND ALSO INCREASE
SAFETY. NUMBER TWO, PROVIDE NEW
JOBS IN WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT
IN THE FILM ECOSYSTEM. FOR
EXAMPLE, A SUPER INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM WHICH WOULD BE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
FILM COMMISSION THANKS TO YOU,
NELSON, FOR ITS COUNCILMEMBER
FORMATION WHICH WOULD GIVE THE
CAREER PATH EXPERIENCES AT
S.I.F., AT THE SAME TIME ALONG
WITH EXPERIENCES IN OUR FILM
INDUSTRY BUSINESSES SUCH AS
PRODUCTION HOUSES, FILM
PRODUCERS AND MOVIE STUDIOS. TH
FUNDS WOULD ALSO HELP US
ESTABLISH PAID APPRENTICESHIPS
IN CINEMA PROJECTION IN A HOST
OF NEW JOBS. AND THIRDLY, ACCES
TO THE ARTS, PROVIDE WEEKLY
COST-FREE ACCESS TO STUDENTS AN
SCHOOLS AND ALSO SOCIAL AGENCIE
AND THEIR CLIENTS. IN SOME, THE
FUNDING ENABLES US TO PROVIDE
OPEN AND BRING THE CINERAMA BAC
IN OUR LIVES, TWO, CREATE WORK
FORCE JOBS AND, PROVIDING
ENRICHNESS AND ACCESS TO OUR
SCHOOLS AND SON-IN-LAW AGENCIES
AND ON BEHALF A VERY EXCITED
COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LET'S
GO TO THE NEXT PERSON.
>> NEXT WE HAVE CAT OGDEN.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY
NAME IS CAT OGDEN, AND I'M A
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE FILM
COMMISSION. I SIT IN POSITION
NUMBER SEVEN REPRESENTING FILM
PRODUCTION CREW WHICH IS FILM
PRODUCTION CREW INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO PROPS, SETS,
WARDROBE, MAKEUP, HAIR, CAMERA
AND ELECTRIC. SETS CAN HAVE
QUITE A FEW PEOPLE. I'M HERE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE VOTE TO
FUND THE CINERAMA. I'M COMING T
YOU EXHAUSTED AFTER A 14-HOUR
DAY AND A LONG DOCUMENTARY SHOO
THAT SPANNED FROM LATE JUNE TO
THIS WEEK. AND THIS PROJECT IS
HELD BY A SEATTLE-BASED
FILMMAKER AND DIRECTOR LED BY A
SEATTLE-BASED PRODUCTION COMPAN
AND STAFFED BY SEATTLE-BASED
CREW THAT WAS PREDOMINANTLY
FEMALE AND FEMALE IDENTIFYING.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE -- THE
FILMMAKERS ARE PEOPLE THAT I ME
THROUGH S.I.F. AND THROUGH
S.I.F. EVENT, INCLUDING AT THE
CINERAMA. AND ONE OF THE FIRST
OUTINGS WE PLANNED AFTER WRAP
WAS TO SEE A FILM TOGETHER. ONE
OF THE WAYS WE POWER THROUGH
LONG DAYS ON SET, ESPECIALLY ON
GRASSROOTS HOMEGROWN PROJECT
SUCH AS THE ONE I JUST COMPLETE
IS BY IMAGINING THE MOMENT WE
GET TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT
IN THE THEATER. THIS TAKES THE
DAILY TASKS THAT WE ARE CALLED
TO DO WHICH ARE OFTEN PHYSICALL
AND EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING AND
PLACE THEM IN A LARGER CONTEXT.
WE MAY TELL STORIES TO BUILD
COMMUNITY TO BRING US TOGETHER,
AND THAT INCLUDES, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, COMMERCE. A HEALTHY
CITY, IN MY OPINION, HAS A
HEALTHY COMMUNITY WITH VENUES
THAT ARE UNIQUE AND
INTRINSICALLY IDENTIFIABLE AS
LANDMARKS. THE CINERAMA IS SUCH
A PLACE. THE REVITALIZATION IS
AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO TH
LANDSCAPE OF THE CREATIVE
ECONOMY IN SEATTLE. IT SUPPORTS
THE FILM SUPER SHIP WHICH AS TO
MENTIONED WOULD BE IN PART OF
THE SEATTLE FILM COMI IT ENGAGE
COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY-BASED
GROUPS SUCH AS BELLTOWN
COMMUNITY GROUPS, FILM GOERS,
FILMMAKER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
NIFTY, THE FILM FESTIVAL, AND I
ALSO SUPPORTS THE
DIVERSIFICATION OF THE VENUE
DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT
IDENTIFYING SEATTLE AS A PREMIE
FILM DESTINATION. PHIL IS A
UNIQUE ART FORM. WE LIVE BOTH I
LIVING ROOMS AND PEOPLE'S HOMES
AND IN COMMUNITY GATHERING
PLACES SUCH AS THE CINERAMA. AN
JUST A PLACE TO SEE FILMS, BUT
IT'S A PLACE TO GATHER AS A
COMMUNITY, TO NETWORK, TO BUILD
OUR FUTURE PROJECTS AND TO BRIN
WORK TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE
HERE WHO PRACTICE THE ART OF
FILMMAKERRING. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> IS THAT THREE? SHALL WE
SHIFT. I SAID SIFT. SHALL WE GO
BACK TO THE ONLINE FOLKS?
>> WE HAVE THREE MORE ONLINE.
>> OKAY. GREAT. WE'LL COME BACK
TO THE OTHERS IN THE ROOM IN
JUST A MINUTE. STEFFEN, FOLLOWE
BY BOB AND I REFINERY. GOOD
MORNING, STEFFEN.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
I AM STEFFEN WITH UNITE YOUR --
HOSPITALITY WORKERS UNION. I AM
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE
LIVING HOTEL'S BUDGET PROVISO.
THINK THIS -- DEVELOPING THIS
POLICY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
SEATTLE TO LEAD ON CLIMATE AND
TO MEET ITS OWN GOALS. OTHERS
HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
TOURISM AND THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
ON THE ENVIRONMENT, SO I'M GOIN
TO SKIP THAT. WHAT I WANT TO
EMPHASIS IS THAT WORKING ON THI
POLICY IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY T
GIVE TRAVELERS WHAT THEY WANT.
ACCORDING TO SURVEYS, 83% OF
GLOBAL TRAVELERS PLAN TO
PRIORITIZE SUSTAINABILITY IN
THEIR CHOICES, AND 69% EXPECT
MORE SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS FOR
THEIR TRAVEL. IMAGINE SEATTLE
BEING THE ABSOLUTE LEADER IN
SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL WHILE WE ALS
IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
WELL-DESIGNED, LOW-IMPACT
BUILDINGS. SO THE IDEA OF THIS
POLICY IS THAT WE WOULD TAKE TH
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE THAT
THE CITY ALREADY HAS A PILOT
PROGRAM ON AND SET THAT AS OUR
STANDARDS, CREATE TOOLS ON HOW
TO, YOU KNOW, MEET THAT STANDAR
OR GET CLOSE TO THAT STANDARD
AND IMPROVE OUR INDUSTRY AND OU
STANDING IN THE INDUSTRY GOING
FORWARD. THE BUDGET ITEM BEFORE
YOU IS, YOU KNOW, A STARTING
POINT TO ASSESS THE WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS POLICY
AND TO START WORKING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO MOVE THIS
CONVERSATION FORWARD. THE
COALITION THAT HAS COME TOGETHE
TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS GOES FROM
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SIERRA
CLUB AND 360 SEATTLE TO LABOR
AND SEATTLE BUILDING FAITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TH
ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLAND COALITION
GREEN PEACE, CLIMATE SOLUTIONS,
OUR UNITE LOCAL 8 AND OTHERS. S
I THINK I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOU
ACROSS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. SO I URGE YOUR
SUPPORT AND, AGAIN, I URGE YOU
TO ENGAGE WITH US IN THIS
CONVERSATION IN THE COMING
MONTHS. THANK YOU. THANKS SO
MUCH. AND LET'S GO TO THE NEXT
PERSON WHO IS SIGNED UP.
>> BOB MESSINA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES. YES, WE CAN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME
IS BOB MESSINA, AND I AM HERE T
SPEAK OUT AGAINST DIVERTING $1.
MILLION AWAY FROM OTHER CITY
INVESTMENTS TO TRANSFER TO THE
SDOT CITY CONNECTOR STREETCAR.
TAKING AWAY TWO TRAVEL LANES ON
FIRST AVENUE FROM PINIER SQUARE
TO STEWART STREET ONLY SERVES T
FURTHER CONGEST AND BOTTLENECK
THE MOVEMENT OF NOT ONLY GENERA
TRAFFIC TRAVEL BUT DELIVERY
VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT OF
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET AT ALL
TIMES OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. THE
STREETCAR DESIGN SEVERELY LIMIT
DELIVERY TIMES, AS WELL AS
PLACES FOR TURNING INTO THE
MARKET. WHEN PEOPLE PARALLEL
PARK IN RIDE SHARE VEHICLES,
PICKUP AND DROPOFF, IT WILL
FURTHER BACK UP THE 10-FOOT WID
SINGLE TRAVEL LANES. THIS IS NO
A DESIRABLE ROADWAY TO PUT A
STREETCAR LANE WHICH WOULD BE
PART OF AN ALREADY
UNDERPERFORMING COUPLE OF
STREETCAR LINES. I USE MY ORCA
CARD TO EASILY TAKE THE TUNNEL,
LINK LIGHT RAIL TO PIONEER
SQUARE OR INTERNATIONAL DISTRIC
AND ALSO DO THE SAME USING MANY
BUS OPTIONS ON THIRD AVENUE.
FIRST AVENUE FROM PIKE STREET T
PINIER SQUARE IS A WALKING
DISTANCE CULTURAL PATHWAY.
FUTURE ELECTRIC BUS OPERATIONS
IN THIS CORRIDOR WOULD ADD TO
THE FUN AND CONVENIENCE WITHOUT
DOING AN OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE
EXCAVATION ON FIRST AVENUE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LASTLY WE HAVE IRENE WALL.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT
BUSINESS YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FO
IS THE WISE USE OF THE PUBLIC'S
MONEY. SPENDING ANOTHER MILLION
PLUS ON THE ZOMBIE FIRST AVENUE
STREETCAR PROJECT IS THE
OPPOSITE OF RESPONSIBLE
BUDGETING. THE PROJECT IS DEAD.
LET IT REST IN PEACE AND USE TH
MONEY SAVED TO ADDRESS REAL
PROBLEMS LIKE THE LACK OF BASIC
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN
MANY NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS
SO-CALLED CONNECTOR WILL NOT
BRING WORKERS BACK TO DOWNTOWN
OR ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS. IT
WILL MAKE TRAVEL TO AND WITHIN
DOWNTOWN MORE DIFFICULT, AND IT
WILL HARM MANY BUSINESSES,
INCLUDING THOSE IN THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET HISTORIC DISTRICT
AND THOSE JUST OUTSIDE THE
DISTRICT LIKE THE SHOW BOX. THE
RESULTS OF ANY FURTHER STUDY AR
SADLY PREDICTABLE. IT WILL COST
MORE, TAKE LONGER TO BUILD,
RETURN LESS REVENUE AND BE
ANOTHER SINKHOLE FOR TRANSIT
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
DOLLARS. SUPPORT AMENDMENT 8 AN
DON'T THROW GOOD MONEY AT THIS
BAD PROJECT. ALSO ON THE MATTER
OF THE LIVING HOTELS, HOW ABOUT
THIS? IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON TH
CONSTRUCTION OF ANY NEW HOTELS
UNTIL EITHER OSC OR SDCI FIGURE
OUT WHAT A LIVING HOTEL IS. THI
WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF
CHASING AFTER A PROBLEM WITH A
SOLUTION WHEN IT'S TOO LATE. GE
AHEAD OF THE PROBLEM, DON'T
BUILD ANY MORE HOTELS UNTIL WE
CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO T
MAKE THEM INTO A LIVING HOTEL.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU ALL. AN
LET'S GO BACK TO THE REMAINING
SPEAKERS IN PERSON.
>> NICK SETTLE. AND FOLLOWED BY
JOHNNY HAWN AND HEATHER PHIL.
>> HELLO, I'M NICK. HI. I'M
GOING TO READ A LETTER THAT I
SENT IN THE OTHER DAY TO YOU
ALL. I WAS WANTING TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
AMENDMENT 8 AND DIVERT THE FUND
AWAY FROM THE STREETCAR AND
TOWARDS VISION ZERO. NOT ONLY
HAS THE STREETCAR PROJECT -- I'
JUST GOING TO SAY A BUNCH OF
THINGS YOU ALREADY KNOW. ONLY
HAS IT NOT BALLOONED COMPETITOR
BENTLEY IN PRICE, THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THAT HIGH
PRICE TAG. THERE ARE MUCH MORE
PRESSING USES FOR THAT FUNDS,
THOSE FUNDS. ALONG FIRST AVENUE
AS PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE SAID,
THERE ARE -- THERE'S AMPLE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MASS TRANSIT
BUSES, ELECTRIC TROLY CABLES
LEFT OVER FROM THE EARLIER
TROLIES, THESE WOULD BE
EFFICIENT, THESE WOULD BE LESS
EXPENSIVE, AND THEY WOULD DO TH
TRICK THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET
DONE. THIS TEARING UP FIRST
AVENUE AND MAKING -- AND TURNIN
IT INTO A FOUR-YEAR DEAD ZONE
AND THEN DRASTICALLY REDUCING
ACCESS ALONG THE STREET WOULD
COMPOUND -- THAT COMPOUNDED WIT
THE SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECT OF
THE PROPOSED STREETCAR WOULD
HAVE A WILDLY ADVERSE EFFECT ON
MANY OF THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
BUSINESS OWNERS AND MORE THAN
500 LOW INCOME SENIOR RESIDENTS
WHO RELY ON FIRST AVENUE, THE
CORNER OF FIRST AND PINE TO MAK
DELIVERIES, TO GET PICKUPS AND
TO LIVE. WHAT'S AT RISK HERE
ISN'T THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE
MARKET FOR TOURISTS BUT FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND OWN
BUSINESSES IN THIS DELICATE
MARKET OF OURS. THE PLANNED
THREE TO FOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION
ON FIRST AVENUE, LIKE I SAID,
WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC TO
BUSINESS OWNERS AT THE MARKET A
WELL WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING
FROM THE COSTLY BURDEN OF LOST
BUSINESS FROM THE COVID PANDEMI
AND WHO HAVE BRAVELY PUT UP WIT
10 YEARS OF BEING HEMMED IN BY
CONSTRUCTION ON ALL SIDES,
BETWEEN HOTELS, BETWEEN THE
WATERFRONT, BETWEEN ITS VERY OW
MARKET FRONT PROJECT. I REPEAT,
IT'S NOT A WAY TO BRING BODIES
INTO THE MARKET BUT A WAY TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
UNFETTERED ACCESS TO PIKE PLACE
FOR THE HUNDREDS OF SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS, FARMERS AND
MOBILITY-CHALLENGED SENIOR
RESIDENTS WHO INHBIT THE PLACE
EVERYDAY. THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS JOHNNY HAWN, AND
I'VE BEEN A STREET PERFORMER IN
THE MARKET FOR 37 YEARS. ECHOIN
NICK AND OTHERS, I STRONGLY URG
THIS COMMITTEE AND THE FULL CIT
COUNCIL TO DEFINITIVELY ABANDON
THE PLAN FOR THE FIRST AVENUE
STREETCAR CONNECTOR. THE PROJEC
IS WRONG FOR MANY REASONS. IT
WOULD TAKE A PERFECTLY VIABLE
AND ESSENTIAL ARTERIAL IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND TURN IT
INTO AN UTTERLY UNNECESSARY,
ALMOST DISNEYLAND-LIKE
CONVEYANCE FOR ACCOMMODATING TH
TOURIST INDUSTRY. KING COUNTY
METRO HAS EXCELLENTLY
FUNCTIONING VEHICLES CALLED
BUSES THAT CURRENTLY FULFILL TH
PURPOSE OF MOVING PEOPLE AROUND
THE CITY. NOT THAT LONG AGO,
BUSES RAN ON FIRST AVENUE. WHY
IS IT THAT CITY PLANNERS DON'T
BELIEVE THEY COULD CONTINUE TO
DO SO IN THE FUTURE? FOR THOSE
OF US WHO LIVE AND/OR WORK IN
THE MARKET, THE STREETCAR LINE
WOULD BE A MONUMENTALLY
HEAD-SPINNING AND BORDERLINE
INSANE THING TO CONSTRUCT.
ELIMINATING CURB LANE PARKING,
CURTAIL AND/OR ELIMINATING
LOADING AND UNLOADING OF
SUPPLIES AND PEOPLE GREATLY
INCONVENIENCING MARKET RESIDENC
WHO REQUIRE DOOR-TO-DOOR
TRANSPORT AND GENERALLY TURNING
FIRST AVENUE AND THE VICINITY
INTO A COMPLETE AND TOTAL
TRAFFIC HELLSCAPE. I AM
MYSTIFIED THAT THE CITY
OFFICIALS PUSHING THIS PROJECT
DON'T REALIZE THIS. I'M ALSO
MYSTIFIED THAT THIS IDEA HAS
GAINED ENOUGH TRACTION TO GET T
THE POINT THAT IT'S EVEN UP FOR
CONSIDERATION, BUT, REMARKLY BL
IT HAS. HAVING SAID THAT,
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SAY NO T
THE FIRST AVENUE STREET LINE.
THANK YOU. STREETCAR LINE.
>> OKAY. WE GOT HEATHER FOLLOWE
BY HOWARD ANDERSON.
>> HI. I'M HEATHER PEEL. I'M A
LIFELONG SEATTLE RESIDENT, AND
I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND
ORGANIZING FOR DECADES. I WANTE
TO START OFF MY COMMENTS TO TAL
ABOUT THIRD AVENUE AND THE TIE
BETWEEN THIS PROJECT AND THIRD
AVENUE AND THE PROBLEMS THAT AR
ON IT. I USED TO LEAD A CITIZEN
PATROL IN AURORA BETWEEN THE
NORTH END OF THE AURORA BRIDGE
TO NORTH 46th STREET, AND UNLIK
FAR NORTH ON AURORA, THAT
STRETCH OF AURORA DOES NOT HAVE
A LOT OF BUSINESSES OPEN AT
NIGHT. IN FACT, JUST THERE WERE
MOTELS. IT WAS LIKE LIVING NEXT
TO A BIG ALLEY. AND WHY IS THAT
BECAUSE IT'S A DIVIDED HIGHWAY
WITH A LOT OF VEHICLES GOING BY
A HUGE AMOUNT OF NOISE AND AIR
POLLUTION. THIRD AVENUE HAS
REPLICATED THOSE CONDITIONS. AL
THE BUSES ARE ON THERE, AND
THERE'S TREMENDOUS NOISE. THERE
ARE THE BEEPS FROM THE RAMPS
GOING OUT, THE HORNS, LOTS AND
LOTS OF AMBIENT NOISE. AND THE
BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED. I BELIEV
THE SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM IN
PART IS TO BRING THE TROLY BUSE
BACK ON TO FIRST AVENUE. AS A
RESIDENT OF UPTOWN, I CAN'T GET
TO THE MARKET EXCEPT GO TO THIR
AND COME OVER FROM EITHER THIRD
AND VIRGINIA OR THIRD AND PIKE.
SECOND OF ALL, I WANTED TO
ADDRESS THE IMPACTS TO PIKE
PLACE MARKET. THE MARKET DOESN'
NEED MORE TOURISTS. THE MARKET
NEEDS PEOPLE TO COME BACK FROM
SEATTLE AND SHOP THERE AND SO -
AND INCLUDING TROLLEYS THAT
DON'T REALLY CONNECT UP TO WHER
PEOPLE NEED TO GO EFFICIENTLY I
NOT THE SOLUTION. I ALSO WANT T
TALK TO THE DANGER OF THESE
TROLLEYS. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE'S
A STUDY UNDER WAY OF THE SAFETY
AND PERFORMANCE OF THE EXISTING
TROLLEY LINES. I PUT IN A PUBLI
DISCLOSURE REQUEST TO SDOT IN
MAY, AND I'VE LEARNED THAT SINC
2007, 11 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLE
BY THOSE STREETCARS, NINE OF
THEM ON THE FIRST HILL LINE. I'
LIKE TO SHARE THOSE STATISTICS
WITH YOU. THANK YOU.
>> LASTLY WE HAVE HOWARD
ANDERSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
HOWARD ANDERSON, BEEN IN
DOWNTOWN FOR A LONG TIME,
DEVELOPED PROPERTIES ON FIRST
AVENUE AND THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET, HAD OTHER PROPERTIES,
MOSTLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
RECOGNIZE WHAT WE HAVE. YOU HAV
FIRST AVENUE, AND YOU HAVE
STEWART, AND YOU HAVE JACKSON.
THESE ARE MAJOR GATEWAY AVENUES
AND STREETS IN THIS TOWN. EVERY
ONE OF THEM HAS A SIGNIFICANT
CONNECTION, BELLTOWN ON FIRST
AVENUE, PIKE PLACE MARKET,
HARVARD -- THE HARVARD STEPS --
HARVARD STEPS AND THE -- YOU
KNOW, THE ENTRY TO THE NEW
WATERFRONT, THEY'RE ALL THERE,
IT'S A FUNCTIONAL STREET, IT'S
THE ONLY STREET THAT WE HAVEN'T
TINKERED WITH WITH ALL THE
ADDITIONAL ADD-ONS THAT CAUSED
LOT OF CONFUSION. IT'S SERVICES
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET IN A MAJO
WAY. SMALL BUSINESSES THERE,
THEY NEED TO GET THEIR REGULAR
DELIVERIES, AND IT HAS TO BE OR
THEY CAN'T FUNCTION. AND THE BI
CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T KNEE A
MONORAIL TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.
WE NEED MORE TRANSPORTATION ON
FIRST AVENUE. IT WAS TAKEN AWAY
PUT ON, AND THEN BRING IT BACK
IMMEDIATELY, AND LET'S PLAN A
SUFFICIENT ENERGY-FREE, CLEAN
SHUTTLE THAT WILL CONNECT THE
TWO MONORAILS RIGHT NOW, BRING
THEM TOGETHER, AND THAT IS WHAT
WE NEED. BUT IMMEDIATELY WE NEE
TO GET TRANSPORTATION BACK
BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM PIONEER
SQUARE CAN'T GET UP COMFORTABLY
AND I THINK IF WE CAN MOVE AHEA
AND DO THAT, THERE'S NO STUDY
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE JUST
NEED TO GET WITH KING COUNTY AN
GET THIS STARTED AND DO THE
FURTHER STUDY. THANK YOU.
>> AND THAT'S ALL OF THE
IN-PERSON SIGNUPS FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AN
CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU
ALL FOR PROVIDING YOUR MISSAGES
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. IF
YOU'D LIKE TO DOUBLE DOWN AND
SUBMIT THAT HAS A WRITTEN
STATEMENT, PLEASE SEND IT TO
SEATTLE.GOV. THANKS, EVERYBODY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER ON
ON OUR AGENDA. MADAM CLERK,
COULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM ONE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120630, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
FUNDING AND HOUSING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WONDERFUL. I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OUR
SPEAKERS TODAY. WE WILL DO A
PRESENTATION ON THE LEGISLATION
IN FRONT OF US, AND THEN WE WIL
HAVE THE OPPOTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
HEARING. I HOPE THAT IF THAT IS
OUT OF ORDER, OUR CLERK OR
CENTRAL STAFF WILL LET ME KNOW.
BUT SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS BEING PRESENTED ON FIRST,
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT WANT TO
PROVIDE COMMENT ON THIS AS WELL
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT OPENED U
AT 7:30 THIS MORNING, AND WE
HAVE OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM
SEPARATELY. WITH THAT, I WOULD
LIKE TO INVITE OUR PRESENTERS T
GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES AS WE TALK ABOUT
COUNCIL BILL 120630. THIS IS TH
HSD2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
ORDINANCE AND HUD FUNDING. GOOD
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ON THIS
ITEM. IT'S CRITICAL TO MAKING
SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
FUNDS FOR THE FEDERAL GRANTS
MANAGED BY TIM HUDSON. MY NAME
IS DEBRA RHINEHART, FOR THE
FEDERAL BRANCH MANAGEMENT UNIT
IN HSD. AGAIN, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT BOTH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE
HAVE ALLOWED US TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD THE PUBLIC
HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF THE
FINAL 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
THIS WILL ASSIST US TO COMPLETE
THE PLAN SO THAT WE MAY SUBMIT
THE PLAN TO HUD BY THE DEADLINE
OF AUGUST 16th, 2023. LITTLE BI
OF BACKGROUND. THE PUBLIC SAFET
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
REVIEWED THE DRAFT 2023 ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN ON DECEMBER 13th OF
2022, INCLUDING A PUBLIC HEARIN
AT THAT TIME AND WAS BRIEFED
THAT THE ALLOCATION AMOUNTS
INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT WERE
PLACEHOLDERS UNTIL HUD PROVIDED
US WITH FINAL ALLOCATION
AMENDMENTS. HUD ANNOUNCED THOSE
GRANTEE AWARDS FEBRUARY 27th OF
THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN
WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE SINCE THEN TO FINALIZE
OUR PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS FOR
THIS PROGRAM YEAR. THE 2023
ANNUAL PLAN REPRESENTS THE SIXT
AND FINAL YEAR OF OUR CURRENT
2018 AND THROUGH 2023
CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THAT IS A
HIGHER LOCAL PLAN THAT LAYS OUT
THE CITY SCHOOLS THE USE FOR TH
FOUR GRANTS GOVERNED BY THE
PLAN. AND THOSE GRANTS ARE THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOC
GRANT, THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIE
FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AND
AIDS, THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS
GRANTS AND THE HOMEOWNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO BRIEF COUNCIL
THE WORK IS ALREADY UNDER WAY
BECAUSE WE ARE LAUNCHING INTO
THE 2024, 2028 CONSOLIDATED PLA
FOR OUR NEW PERFORMANCE. THE
2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN INCLUDE
$19.5 MILLION IN ALLOCATIONS TO
PROJECTS THAT WILL RECEIVE
FUNDING THIS YEAR. THE
ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM SERVICES
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE RENTA
HOUSING, JOB TRAINING FOR
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS AND
MAKING PARKS MORE ACCESSIBLE FO
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME
COMMUNITIES AND FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES AS JUST AN EXAMPLE
IN THIS YEAR, WE BASICALLY ARE
FUNDING ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE
HISTORICALLY FUNDED. THERE ARE
NOT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THOS
PROGRAMS. THE ONLY HIGHLIGHTS I
WOULD LIFT UP WOULD BE THE FACT
THAT THE CITY HAS ALSO RECEIVED
SINCE 2019, $41.1 MILLION IN
C.A.R.E.S. ACT FUNDING, AND WE
ARE RAPIDLY WORKING THROUGH THE
WINDING DOWN PERIOD FOR THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED WITH
C.A.R.E.S. ACT FUNDS PER HUD'S
DEADLINES FOR EXPENDITURES OF
THAT MONEY. THE ONLY OTHER
HIGHLIGHT I WOULD NOTE IS THAT
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPANDING THEIR
TENANT-BASED REHAB FOR
BUSINESSES AND COMMERCIAL
PROPERTIES, FINDING THAT THEY'R
SEEING A HIGH DEMAND FOR THAT
KIND OF WORK TO SUSTAIN JOBS IN
A DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIME. SO I
WILL STOP THERE AND ENTERTAIN
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I
DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYBODY
FROM CENTRAL STAFF HERE WITH US
AS WELL TO DESCRIBE THIS ITEM.
IF WE DO, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND
JUMP ON IN, CENTRAL STAFF. I
WILL JUST ADD TO THAT,
COLLEGUES, AS YOU JUST HEARD,
THE LEGISLATION ADOPTS THE 2023
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AS REQUIRED
EACH YEAR TO ACCEPT GRANT
ORDINANCE FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT. THE PLAN DESCRIBES
HOW THE CITY WILL SPEND FOUR
FEDERAL GRANTS, CDBG, ESG AND
THE HOLE FUND HOME FUNDS, THIS
PROBABLY TRIGGERING A LOT OF
THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE SPENT ALL
OF THOSE FUNDS IN 2020 AND 2021
ALL OF THOSE ACRONYMS ARE VERY
FAMILIAR TO US. AS A REMINDER,
THE CITY FIT ESTIMATED, THE 202
GRANTS FUNDS FROM THE PROGRAMS
AND AMOUNTS WERE INCLUDED IN TH
2023 BUDGET. THIS YEAR THE CITY
RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE FED --
THE FINAL GRANT FUNDS AMOUNT
RECEIVED NOTICE OF WHAT THOSE
ACTUAL FINAL GRANT FUND AMOUNTS
WERE, AND THEREFORE THIS
LEGISLATION UPDATES THE AAP AND
THE 2023 ADOPTIVE BUDGET WITH
THOSE CORRECT NUMBERS. I DO SEE
JENNIFER FROM CENTRAL STAFF WIT
US HERE. AND, OF COURSE, PLEASE
JUMP IN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE.
>> I AM HERE, BUT I DO NOT HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD. I THINK DEBRA
DID A GREAT SUMMER.
>> GREAT. OUR CHAIRPERSON OF
HUMAN SERVICES, DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YOU
HAND IS UP. PERFECT TIMING.
MADAM, VICE CHAIR, I CANNOT HEA
YOU. IF WE COULD TURN ON THE
MICS. OH, THERE WE GO. MAD A
A.M. VICE CHAIR, YOU CAN START
OVER, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO JUST
RECOGNIZING THAT THE PLAN
CONFIRMS THAT THE HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A LITTLE
LESS THAN $1.4 MILLION FOR
CAPITAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES
IMPROVEMENTS INVESTMENTS FOR
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN 2023
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CENTRAL
STAFF HAS QUESTIONS INTO HSD
ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR ACCESSING
THOSE FUNDS AND ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS, AND JUST WANTED T
UPLIFT THAT -- THAT THAT WAS AN
INQUIRY PUT IN ON MY BEHALF, AN
I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, VICE CHAIR. WITH THAT, WE
ARE GOING TO GO INTO OUR
REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS
TIME. AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I A
NOW OPENING UP THE PUBLIC
HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 120630
RELATED TO AN ORDINANCE FOR
FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS,
ADOPTING THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S
2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
REGARDING 2018 TO 2023. THE
ONLINE REGISTRATION, AS I NOTED
OPENED UP AT 7:30 THIS MORNING.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM,
EITHER IN PERSON OR REMOTELY,
MADAM CLERK?
>> I DO NOT.
>> WE DO NOT, OKAY. GOING ONCE,
GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS POINT,
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING, AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MS. RHINEHART FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION. AND IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD
BEFORE WE CONSIDER THIS
LEGISLATION?
>> THANKS FOR COUNCIL'S
CONTINUED REPORT OVER THE YEARS
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE
THIS FUNDING.
>> OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT
FROM OUR COLLEGUES? OKAY. AT
THIS POINT, I MOVE THE COMMITTE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120630. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND
NO HANDS RAISED, MADAM CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL O
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120630?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>>
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNC
>> CHAIRMAN LEWIS?
>> YES.
>>
>> THAT'S FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES. THIS WILL BE
SENT TO THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCI
MEETING FOR A VOTE. THANKS FOR
BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR THE
OVERVIEW OF THIS IMPORTANT ITEM
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE
RECORD. FISCAL NOTE ENHANCEMENT
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WITH
US HERE TODAY, WE HAVE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCCI AND
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TOM
MIKESELL WHO IS WITH US EVERY
BUDGET YEAR AND WORKS VERY
CLOSELY WITH US ON FISCAL
TRANSPARENCY MATTERS. AS YOU SA
ON OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM --
EXCUSE ME, ON OUR LAST
COMMITTEE, WE HAD AN AGENDA ITE
THAT RELATED TO THE FISCAL NOTE
ENHANCEMENT AND BUDGET
TRANSPARENCY BILLS THAT I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO TEEING UP
WITH MY COLLEGUES HERE ON THE
FISCAL COMMITTEE. I HAVE ASKED
CENTRAL STAFF TO PREPARE TWO
PIECES OF LEGISLATION FOR THIS
COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION LATER
THIS SUMMER AND FALL AND WILL
HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR MORE ABOU
THOSE AS WE GET THE PRESENTATIO
FROM CENTRAL STAFF. VERY
INTERESTED, AS YOU HEARD FROM M
IN THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING,
IN A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE AND
REFLECT OUR CURRENT PRACTICES
FOR THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION
BUDGET PRACTICE AND MID-YEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGES AND TO
CREATE NEW TRANSPARENCY
OPPORTUNITIES VIA A FISCAL
TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM IN THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO CODIF
CERTAIN FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND
PROCESSES. THE INTENT OF THIS
LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE IS TO REALL
MEMORIALIZE AND POLICY SPECIFIC
PROCESSES AND PRACTICES THAT
WILL ENHANCE THE FISCAL
TRANSPARENCY OF THE COUNCIL, OF
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXECUTIVE
AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH,
INCLUDING CITY BUDGET'S OFFICE.
I WANT TO ALSO REMIND US THAT W
GOT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CBO
AND CENTRAL STAFF WORK THAT THE
COLLECTIVELY DID, THANKS TO OUR
BUDGET AMENDMENT LAST YEAR THAT
ASKS CBO AND CENTRAL STAFF TO
WORK ON A FISCAL POLICY AND
TRANSPARENCY WORK GROUP TO
PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US.
THE CENTRAL STAFF HAVE PREPARED
A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HELP US
MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AT MY
DIRECTION AT THE LAST COMMITTEE
I RECOMMENDED THAT WE MOVE
FORWARD ON RECOMMENDATION NUMBE
ONE REGARDING THE BIANNUAL
BUDGET DIRECTION, INCLUDING THE
APPROACH BY MID-YEAR BIANNUAL
REVIEW. RECOMMENDATIONS NUMBER
TWO AND THREE FROM THAT REPORT
WHICH SET THE CADENCE FOR
MID-YEAR BUDGET CHANGES AND
RECOMMEND NUMBER EIGHT WHICH
DEFINE THE STEPS FOR PLANNING
RESERVES, INCLUDING CREATING AN
APPROPRIATE RISK RESERVE THAT I
OPERATIONALIZED IN THE 2025 AND
2026 BUDGET PROCESS. SO
CONTINUING THIS THEME AND GIVIN
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR TOM
MIKESELL TO DO THE PRESENTATION
THAT HE AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR
ALY HAD PLANNED FOR LAST
MEETING, WE'VE OFFERED TIME ON
THIS AGENDA TO ENSURE THAT WE
CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH
CENTRAL STAFF, THAT FURTHER
ANALYZES THE CENTRAL STAFF AND
CBO RECOMMENDATIONS AND GIVES U
A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE
PROCESSES THAT MIGHT GO INTO
PLACE IN SETTING UP LEGISLATION
AND RESOLUTION TO CODIFY THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I SUGGESTE
AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEA
AND TURN IT ON OVER TO OUR
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE HAD THI
ITEM CARRIED OVER FROM LAST
AGENDA. DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI, AND TOM MIKESELL,
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I'M
GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO TOM
TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION, AND I'LL JUST ECH
WHAT CHAIR MOSQUEDA HIGHLIGHTED
WHICH THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS
TO REALLY IMPROVE THE FISCAL
ANALYSIS THAT IS PART OF YOUR
DECISION MAKING PROCESS ON
LEGISLATION SO TO IMPROVE THE
INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY AS
YOU ARE CONSIDERING BOTH THE
SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF
ANY LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU. AND
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO TOM.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
PENNUCCI. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS
OF THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE. I'M TOM MIKESELL WIT
CENTRAL STAFF. THIS MORNING, AS
HAS BEEN NOTED, WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING THE RESEARCH THAT WE
HAVE DONE WITH REGARDS TO
ENHANCING OUR FISCAL NOTE WHICH
ARE THE TOOL THAT COUNCIL NEEDE
AND THE PUBLIC TO EVALUATE THE
SUMMARY OF WHAT A BILL DOES AND
HOW MUCH IT COSTS IN VERY SIMPL
TERMS. I WILL NOTE THAT AS THE
CHAIR NOTED THIS WAS ORIGINALLY
AGENDAIZED FOR THE LAST FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE WHICH HAD
QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION AND
HENCE THIS WOULD MOVE TO THE
COMMITTEE. AND GIVEN THE CHAIR'
INDICATION THAT THERE WOULD BE
CODIFIED ELEMENTS OF THIS
RESEARCH, I HAVE REORGANIZED TH
PRESENTATION REFLECTING THAT
EARLY DIRECTION TO -- THAT YOU
WILL SEE -- IT'S A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT VERSION. [ INAUDIBLE
] AND ITEMS THAT WOULD BE
HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY. AND I
WE COULD JUST JUMP IN, I'LL GO
THROUGH SOME OF THESE ITEMS
FAIRLY BRIEF. I'LL JUST TALK
ABOUT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
RESEARCH THAT WAS PERFORMED AND
WHO WE TALKED WITH, THEN WE'LL
DIVE INTO THE BEST PRACTICES
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND THOSE
ITEMS THAT WOULD BE MOST
APPROPRIATE FOR FUTURE
LEGISLATION, TALK ABOUT THE
ITEMS THAT WERE UNEARTHED IN TH
MORE FORMAL OBSERVATION OF
DISCUSSION WITH CBO AND STAFF,
AND THAT COULD BE HANDLED KIND
OF AT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL,
TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND THEN
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS A
THE END. SO WITH REGARDS --
THESE WILL NOT BE UNFAMILIAR TO
ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE,
HAVING SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THEM
OVER THE YEARS. BUT THE --
AGAIN, THEY ESSENTIALLY ARE THE
WAY BY WHICH THE COMMUNICATION
IS MADE FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE DOES, WHAT A BILL
DOES AND HOW IT'S CALLED AND A
VARIETY OF OTHER ELEMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN ADDED THROUGH THE
YEARS, INCLUDING RACE AND SOCIA
JUSTICE IMPACT, CLIMATE IMPACT
AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO
IT'S INTENDED TO BE A
TRANSPARENCY TOOL TO COMMUNICAT
WHAT A BILL DOES FOR DECISION
MAKERS WHEN THEY'RE DELIBERATIN
ON LEGISLATION. AND THERE ARE
REALLY ONLY THREE PLACES IN
MUNICIPAL CODE AND SEATTLE LAW
THAT DICTATE [ INAUDIBLE ] ON
IS COUNCIL RULES WHICH ARE
ADOPTED EVERY TWO YEARS, MOST
RECENTLY [ INAUDIBLE ] THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF REVOLUTIONS THA
HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER THE LAST
DECADE OR SO. EARLIER IN 201020
WHICH REQUIRES AN ENHANCED LEVE
OF FISCAL NOTE FOR CAPITAL
PROJECT THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT. I
BELIEVE THE THRESHOLD IS $10
MILLION OR HIGHER AND THEY HAVE
A PUBLIC/PRIVATE COMPONENT, SO
MEANING WE ARE PARTNERING WITH
PRIVATE ENTITY ON SUBSTANTIAL
PROJECT AND ENHANCED RISK
ANALYSIS TO ENSURE -- THE DUE
DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THE
PRIVATE PARTNER IS CAPABLE OF
LIVING UP TO THEIR SIDE OF THE
AGREEMENT. AND THEN THE NEXT
MORE REASONABLY IN 2020, COUNCI
PASSED -- OR COUNCIL ADOPTED
RESOLUTION 31923 WHICH ADDED
SPECIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE
QUESTION. SO THE CURRENT
PRACTICE IS WE BUILD OUR -- PUT
FORTH BY THE EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, AND THOSE
BRANCHES ARE THE ONES WHO FILL
OUT THE FISCAL NOTE WHICH WE
HAVE A TEMPLATE THAT WE USE FOR
THAT DURING THE QUESTIONS AND
PROVIDES THAT ARE FILLED OUT AN
THAT'S SUBMITTED WITH THE BILL.
AND THAT'S IT. THE CHANGES MADE
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO THOSE
TEMPLATES ARE MOSTLY HANDLE
THRUD AN INFORMAL PROCESS. AND
THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH CBO AN
COUNCILMEMBERS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED PARTIES, THERE'S BEE
SOME INTEREST IN ENHANCING THE
TRANSPARENCY AROUND FISCAL NOTE
THAT WE'LL COVER KIND OF THE --
WHERE WE'RE STRONGER AND WHERE
WE COULD, YOU KNOW, STAND TO DO
SOME WORK IN THE NEXT STEP WHIC
IS A REVIEW OF THE BEST PRACTIC
AND OTHER [ INAUDIBLE ] SO
JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT
SPECIFIC PIECE, I DID -- THERE
ARE TWO BASIC APPROACHES. ONE
WAS INTERNET RESEARCH. I FOUND
STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED BY THE
CENTER FOR BUDGET AND POLICY
PRIORITIES WHICH DID A --
ESSENTIALLY A REVIEW OF THE
50-STATE GOVERNMENT, ALL OF
WHICH HAVE SOME LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS THAT -- WHERE THEY'VE
HAD LEGISLATION AND THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY CALL AN
WHAT THEY DO. AND THEY REVIEWED
ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS STATE
PROCESSES AND FIGURED WHAT WERE
DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST
PRACTICES AMONGST THAT GROUP. S
THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW IS
THIS DATA ANALYSIS RELEVANT FOR
A CITY? AND MY BELIEF IS THAT
STATE GOVERNMENT WITH AN
EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND A
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AT ARM'S
LENGTH IS MORE SIMILAR TO THE
SEATTLE FORM THAN, SAY, WHAT
MANY HAVE THAN A COUNCIL MEMBER
WHICH THERE IS THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH AND THEN A PROFESSIONAL
MANAGER. SO THERE'S NO, AGAIN,
PUSH/PULL OF THE DIVIDED
GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE NATION
REALLY. A REVIEW OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT APPROACH SEEMED
RELEVANT FOR THIS WORK. A PIECE
OF THE RESEARCH WAS TALKING TO
PEOPLE AND APPLYING OBSERVATION
OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCED OVER THE YEARS. MOR
INFORMAL, ADMITTEDLY, BUT IT
ALSO HIGHLIGHTS SOME INTERESTIN
WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THE
PROCESS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEX
SLIDE, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHER
I HAVE SHUFFLED THINGS FROM THE
PRIOR PRESENTATION. ALL OF THIS
IS COVERED IN DETAIL IN THE MEM
THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA
BUT I HAVE PLACED THINGS IN
THOSE ITEMS THAT SEEMED BEST FI
FOR INCLUDING IN A POTENTIAL
LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, AND THOSE
ITEMS THAT PERHAPS CAN BE
CONTINUED TO BE HANDLED THROUGH
AN ADMINISTRATIVE FASHION WITHI
CITY BUDGET OFFICE. AND MANY OF
THESE THINGS I THINK THAT WE
ACTUALLY ALREADY DO WHICH WOULD
BE TO CODIFYING OUR GOOD
PRACTICE. SO ONE THING NOTICED
IN THE BEST PRACTICE REVIEW WAS
THAT -- GOOD PRACTICE OR BEST
PRACTICE TO PRODUCE FOR ALL
PIECES OF LEGISLATION. SO AS I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, OUR
CURRENT COUNCIL RULES, ACTUALLY
THAT IS THE SINGLE REQUIREMENT.
SO WE MEET THAT STANDARD. THAT'
BEEN A REVOLUTION. THAT IS IN
THE COUNCIL RULES BUT NOT YET A
PART OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
IT CAN CHANGE EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO THE -- IT WOULD BE TO CODIFY
THAT GOOD PRACTICE THAT WE
ALREADY HAVE. NEXT, SIMILARLY,
IS [ INAUDIBLE ] WHICH IS
SOMETHING WE ALSO DO. ALL OUR
FISCAL NOTES ARE PUT ON WITH TH
LEGISLATIVE RECORD ALONG WITH
THE LEGISLATION THAT'S COMMITTE
AND POTENTIALLY ADOPTED BY
COUNCIL. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE
THINGS THAT WE DO NOT DO AS A
STANDARD PRACTICE BUT ARE
DISCUSSED AS BEST PRACTICES FOR
-- LARGELY FOR TRANSPARENCY
REASONS. AND ONE IS TO PROJECT
LONGER-TERM IMPACT. AND THIS IS
PERHAPS MOST ACUTELY INTERESTIN
AND GIVEN THAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH A BUDGET CHALLENGE COMING
IN 2025, AND WHEN COUNCIL IS
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT ITEMS
THAT MAY HAVE A CAUSE, THERE IS
A UTILITY IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT
THOSE COSTS ARE IN THE FUTURE,
PARTICULARLY WITH ITEMS THAT MA
HAVE LOW COST IN THE NEAR TERM
BUT THEN THE COST TO BE GREATER
IN THE FUTURE. SO THE PROPOSAL
WOULD BE TO REQUIRE THAT ALL
PIECES OF LEGISLATION WOULD HAV
SOME ESTIMATE IN THE FISCAL NOT
AND HAVE A MULTI-YEAR COMPONENT
PERHAPS AS MANY YEARS THAT THE
FINANCIAL PLAN WHICH YOU HAVE
ALL SEEN THROUGH PRIOR PAST
PRESENTATIONS. AND THEN A FINAL
BEST PRACTICE ELEMENT WOULD BE
TO REVISE ESTIMATE. SO THE
FISCAL NOTES ARE COMPILED
INITIALLY BASED ON THE ORIGINAL
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, BUT THEY
ARE NOT IN ALL CASES UPDATED
BASED ON AMENDMENTS THAT GET
MADE, AND SO WHAT THIS WOULD
ESSENTIALLY ENTAIL, IT WOULD BE
TO STIPULATE THE FISCAL NOTE,
THE FINAL FISCAL NOTE FOR ALL
LEGISLATION THAT IS ULTIMATELY
ADOPTED INTO LAW WOULD BE
UPDATED TO ATHE AS-ADOPTED
VERSION. THIS WOULD BE AN
ADDITIONAL EFFORT TO MAKE SURE
THE RECORD IS KEPT UP TO DATE,
BUT IT WOULD THEN GUARANTEE WHE
STAFF OR THE PUBLIC ARE LOOKING
IN THE FUTURE TO UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS FOR
LEGISLATION THAT WERE DECIDED A
THE TIME, LIKE WHAT THE PLANS
WERE, WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO
CALL THEM IN THE FUTURE AND
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ON
TRACK OR NOT. THERE ARE TWO
OTHER ITEMS WHICH WE DISCUSSED
THAT ARE OUR CURRENT FRAMEWORK.
AND I SEE A QUESTION. I'M NOT
SURE, MADAM CHAIR, IF --
>> I THINK I MIGHT ASK FOLKS TO
HOLD QUESTIONS FOR THE END, JUS
SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT ALL. SUPE
QUICK. GO AHEAD.
>> THE REVISED ESTIMATES THAT'S
NEEDED, DOES THAT MEAN, LIKE,
AFTER THE LEGISLATION IS PASSED
THAT THERE WOULD BE GOING BACK
AND UPDATING THE FISCAL NOTE, I
THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING?
>> VICE CHAIR, THAT IS EXACTLY.
>> OKAY. THAT WOULD BE NEW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST MIGHT ADD,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THE GOAL
THERE WOULD BE TO PRIMARILY
UPDATE IT BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE
ACTIONS AND THE FULL COUNCIL
BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THE
CHANGES HAPPEN IN COMMITTEE IF
THE PROCESS IS WORKING AS
INTENDED. AND SO OUR GOAL WOULD
BE -- CENTRAL STAFF WILL
ENDEAVOR TO SORT OF UPDATE, SO
THE SUMMARY ACTUALLY DESCRIBES
WHAT THE BILL IS AS RECOMMENDED
BY THE COMMITTEE AND ANY FISCAL
IMPACTS TO IT, SO SIMILAR TO
LIKE THE BILL REPORTS YOU SEE A
THE STATE, IDEALLY WHEN YOU GO
BACK IN THE FUTURE AND LOOK AT
THE RECORD, YOU COULD READ THE
FISCAL NOTE AND SUMMARY, AND IT
WOULD GIVE YOU A GENERAL SENSE
OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT THE
EFFECT OF THE LEGISLATION IS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO THE ITEMS THAT I MENTIONE
IN THE PRIOR COUPLE SLIDES I
HAD, THE VARIOUS REVOLUTIONS
THAT WE DO HAVE -- ACTUALLY, IF
WE COULD GO BACK. THAT WE DO
HAVE IN PLACE, THE PROPOSAL HER
WOULD BE TO SIMPLY MAKE
REFERENCE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE
TO REFER BACK TO INCLUDE THOSE
REQUIREMENTS AS INDICATED IN TH
RESOLUTION. AND I WANT TO MAKE
PARTICULAR, A SPECIFIC POINT
ABOUT THE PRIVATE/PARTNER
PROJECTABLE SIS BECAUSE THIS IS
WHAT'S COVERED IN MORE DETAIL I
-- AND THE PRIOR LEGISLATION
THAT I PLANNED TWO WEEKS AGO.
THIS IS WITH REGARD TO OTHER
OBSERVATIONS. LAST FALL THERE
WAS -- MEMBERS MAY RECALL, THER
WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT A NEED T
PUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE
SCWAIRM OVERLOOK PROJECT.
THERE'S A PUBLIC COMPONENT AND
THEN THERE'S A PRIVATE PIECE.
BUT THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PLAC
ASH INITIAL $20 MILLION INTO A
PROJECT THAT FALLS SQUARELY IN
THE FACE OF PRIVATE PARTNER
PROJECT. AND I DID RESEARCH BAC
GIVEN THAT THERE WAS INDICATION
OF FINANCIAL PREP THAT WERE
REQUIRING ACTION AT THAT TIME.
LOOKED BACK AT THE RECORDS TO
SEE IF THE ENHANCED BIG RIGS
ANALYSIS METRICS WERE GATHERED
AND PRESENTED FOR WHEN THE
DECISION WAS MADE TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT, AND
COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING IN THE
RECORD. SO THE PRIOR MEMO AND
THE PRESENTATION ESSENTIALLY
RECOMMENDED THAT A WAY TO ENSUR
THAT THAT INFORMATION IS
INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE
TO SPECIFICALLY ASK THE QUESTIO
IN THE FORM IN SOME MANNER TO
SAY HAS THIS INFORMATION BEEN
GATHERED AND ATTACH IT
ACCORDINGLY, JUST KIND OF AS AN
ADDITIONAL PROMPT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE GETTING ALL THE
INFORMATION BEFORE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHEN THEY'RE
MAKING THESE DECISIONS: GIVEN
THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE
CODIFIED APPROACH TO THIS, WE
WOULD SIMPLY INCLUDE IN THE
ORDINANCE INDICATION TO INCLUDE
THAT, INCLUDE THE INFORMATION A
REQUESTED IN THE RESOLUTION. ,
SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT
WOULD BE PART OF THE BILL. IF W
COULD LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE,
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE FEEL CA
BE ADDRESSED JUST THROUGH AN
INFORMAL PROCESS, WORKING WITH
CBO, CENTRAL STAFF, OTHER
MEMBERS OF CENTRAL STAFF AND
DEPARTMENT. ONE IS CAPITAL
PROJECT REFERENCE. THE CURRENT
TEMPLATE ADDS A SPACE TO INCLUD
A CAPITAL PROJECT REFERENCE, BU
SOMETIMES IT'S UNCLEAR WHICH --
WHAT IS MEANT BY THAT. AND I SA
THAT BECAUSE IN THE FINANCIAL
SYSTEM, THERE ARE MAJOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS WHICH ARE THOSE WITH
WHICH YOU WILL BE MOST FAMILIAR
THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ADOPTED IN
THE FIXED YEAR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO KIND OF
RECOGNITION PROJECTS, BUT THEN
THERE ARE ALSO SMALLER MINOR
PROJECTS THAT ARE CREATED AT TH
DEPARTMENT LEVEL. AND SIMPLY
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS INCLUDE A
PROMPT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
CAPITAL PROJECT AND INFORMATION
THAT'S PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND
THE PUBLIC THAT WE TALK ABOUT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL, SO BASICALLY
-- WHATEVER THE PROJECT BE
CHANGED THAT RELATES TO A
CAPITAL PROJECT [ INAUDIBLE ]
THAT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY EASY
THING TO MODIFY, SHOULD BE MUCH
FRICTION WITH THAT. THE NEXT
ELEMENT IS ABSORB COSTS, AND
THIS IS A CASE WHERE YOU WILL
SEE A PROPOSAL THAT WILL STAY.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT
IS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT
WITHIN THEIR BUDGET. SO THAT
STATEMENT ON ITS FACE SEEMS
FINE. HOWEVER, IT SORT OF LEAVE
OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL ACTUALLY
COSTS. AND THE KIND OF CONCERN
HERE IS THAT THERE IS THE DE
FACTO DECISION BEING MADE ABOUT
THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT
ARE BEING USED TO ABSORB THE
COST, ESSENTIALLY IF THERE IS
EXCESS SLACK IN THE DEPARTMENT
TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP A NEW
RESPONSIBILITY AND COUNCIL
DETERMINES THAT THEY DO NOT WAN
TO PROCEED WITH THE ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY, ARE THOSE SLACK
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO BE
REPURPOSED ELSEWHERE. SO THIS
IS, ADMITTEDLY, A MORE BIGGER
LIFT, TAKES SOME ADDITIONAL WOR
BECAUSE AT TIMES IT'S EASIER TO
MAKE THE STATEMENT OF ABSORBED
COSTS AS IT IS TO CALCULATE WHA
THEY ARE. BUT WE'VE HAD THE
INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH CBO, AN
THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT. S
I THINK ADMINISTRATIVE FURTHER
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR
PARTNERS, WE CAN IMPROVE THIS
SPACE AND TRY AND PROVIDE
ENHANCED INFORMATION ABOUT COST
THAT ARE BEING ABSORBED. NEXT,
AND THIS IS DOWN THE LINE, LESS
SIGNIFICANT, BUT IMPORTANT YET
STILL IS THAT SOMETIMES THE
TEMPLATE WILL ACT SIMPLE BINARY
QUESTIONS SUCH AS ARE THERE
OTHER COSTS OF DOING THIS
LEGISLATION, WHERE YOU COULD SA
NO, WELL, THAT DOESN'T REALLY
TELL MUCH OTHER THAN JUST THAT
KIND OF BINARY ANSWER. SO WE'RE
DEVELOPING A WAY TO ASK MORE
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS TO KIND OF
EXPLAIN WHY THIS DOESN'T HAVE
ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS OR, YOU
KNOW, KIND OF EXPLAIN YOUR
ANSWER ON THE UP FRONT AS
OPPOSED TO OFFERING -- [
INAUDIBLE ] AND, AGAIN, SIMILA
TO ABSORB COSTS, THIS WOULD BE
WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS. BUT
IT WOULD IMPROVE -- THAT WOULD
BE TO APPROVE THE DEPTH OF THE
INFORMATION THAT IS GATHERED IN
THE FORM. AND THEN FINALLY,
THERE ARE SPACES WHERE THERE AR
-- IN THE CURRENT TEMPLATE WHER
INFORMATION IS REQUESTED WHETHE
OR NOT ADDITIONAL WORK HAD BEEN
DONE BUT IT IS NOT MADE CLEAR
THAT THAT ACTUALLY HAVING THOSE
ADDITIONAL REPORTS INFORMED THE
RESPONSE WOULD BE ALSO USEABLE,
AND SO THINGS LIKE ENVIRONMENTA
IMPACT STATEMENTS OR RSJ TOOLKI
ARE REFERENCED IN THE TEMPLATE,
ESSENTIALLY DID YOU DO IT -- [
INAUDIBLE ] BUT IT DOESN'T
ACTUALLY ASK FOR THAT
INFORMATION TO BE ATTACHED. SO
THE SUGGESTION IS FOR THAT TO B
ATTACHED TO THE TEMPLATE AS
WELL, JUST TO KIND OF FLESH OUT
THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD. AND SO
THESE THINGS ON THIS SLIDE WOUL
BE MORE HANDLED THROUGH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. THE
PRIOR ITEMS WOULD BE POTENTIALL
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATION. BUT ON
THING I WOULD OFFER, AND THIS I
KIND OF COMING OUT OF THE
DISCUSSIONS WITH CBO, THERE'S
NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO ACTUALL
CODIFY A SPECIFIC FORM THAT IT'
MORE -- IT'S EASIER THAT IF WE
HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
ESTABLISHED FOR WHAT MINIMAL
REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND THEN WE
CAN WORK TOGETHER ACROSS
BRANCHES OF HOW TO BUILD A FORM
OR TO MODIFY THE FORM TO MEET
THOSE STANDARDS. THAT'S PROBABL
THE BEST APPROACH BECAUSE IF WE
CODIFY A FORM, THEN EVERY TIME
WE WANT TO CHANGE IT, WE NEED T
CHANGE, AND THAT COULD BE
POTENTIALLY CUMBERSOME FOR
EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO THAT WAS
KIND OF -- THOSE ARE THE MAIN
OUTCOMES OF THE RESEARCH. AS TH
CHAIR INDICATED, WE ARE IN
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING
LEGISLATION THAT INCLUDES ITEMS
FROM NETWORK AS WELL AS THE WOR
WITH CBO AND CENTRAL STAFF ON
OTHER FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
ENHANCEMENTS, THE CHANGES WOULD
ALL BE IN EFFECT AFTER JANUARY
1st IS THE CURRENT PLAN TO GIVE
TIME TO -- FOR THE DEPARTMENTS
AND US TO ALL GET ON THE SAME
PAGE OF HOW THE PROCESS WILL
WORK GOING FORWARD. AND THEN TH
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ELEMENTS
WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THE
DISCUSSION AT OUR -- ALWAYS
ONGOING WITH THE CBO AND THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. SORRY.
>> JUST TO CLOSE, I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> EXCELLENT. LET'S KEEP THE
POWERPOINT UP JUST TO SEE IF
ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION ABOUT A
SPECIFIC PAGE NUMBER. BUT I WAN
TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU'VE DONE. I KNOW THIS HAS
BEEN MANY YEARS IN CONCEPT IN
DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN WITH THE
WORK GROUP THAT CBO AND CENTRAL
STAFF PARTICIPATED IN, A LOT
CLEARER, I THINK, ROAD MAP FOR
HOW TO CONQUER TIES SOME OF THE
STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS OR THAT WE'
LIKE TO REPLICATE FROM THE STAT
PROCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR GREATER
TRANSPARENCY REGARDLESS OF WHO
IS SITTING IN THESE SEATS AS TH
COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE WORK
ON CREATING ADDITIONAL
TRANSPARENCY AND STABILITY FOR
OUR BUDGETING PROCESS I THINK
THESE ARE REALLY SMART BUDGETIN
PRACTICES THAT HOPEFULLY WILL
LIVE ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS. JUST ONE OTHER
QUESTION. THE CENTRAL STAFF MEM
NOTES THAT TO IMPLEMENT THESE
ENHANCEMENTS THERE'S A NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT
CENTRAL STAFF DOING SO. HAVE WE
BEGUN THE ANALYSIS ON THAT PIEC
OR IS THAT ON OUR TO-DO LIST?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> IF I'M -- YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'
READ THROUGH THE MEMO AS EARLY
AS TODAY, BUT I DO RECALL
THERE'S A PART OF THE MEMO ABOU
NON-PARTISAN ESTIMATE WHICH WAS
ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS. AND RIGHT
NOW OUR PROCESS IS NOT
NON-PARTISAN. THE MOST FISCAL
NOTES ARE PRODUCED ACTUALLY BY
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR
EXECUTIVE LEGISLATION AND
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF IN MOST
CASES FISCAL NOTES FOR
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT CAN
COME FROM THE COUNCIL WHICH WE
ARE NON-PARTISAN STAFF, SO ONE
COULD VIEW CENTRAL STAFF AS, YO
KNOW, FAVORING THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH. SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE
A NON-PARTISAN OPTION OTHER THA
TO BEEF UP CENTRAL STAFF WHICH
IS NOT PART OF THIS
RECOMMENDATION, IT'S NOT PART O
THIS --
>> SO THE RECOMMENDATION DR IT
WASN'T A RECOMMENDATION, IT WAS
JUST A FINDING THAT CENTRAL
STAFF DOES IN THE HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO PREPARE THE FISCAL
NOTES ITSELF BUT THAT IS NOT A
RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF
THIS WORK AT THIS POINT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. AND WHAT WE
HAVE OFFERED TO BRIDGE IS TO
ENHANCE OUR SCRUTINY FROM THE
FISCAL POLICY TEAM PARTICULARLY
IN TERMS OF THOSE ITEMS THAT AR
OF THE HIGHEST PERCEIVED IMPACT
TO ENSURE THAT THE STANDARDS AR
BEING -- THEY'RE ALL COMPLIED
WITH.
>> SO NOT A RESOURCE ISSUE FOR
THE ENHANCEMENTS.
>> YEAH. IF I COULD JUST KNOW,
THINK WHAT WE ENDEAVORED TO DO
WAS IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS THAT
WE CAN DO -- THAT WE THINK WE
CAN TAKE ON WITHIN OUR EXISTING
LEAN AND MEAN TEAM OF CENTRAL
STAFF AND IMPROVE THE
INFORMATION COMING TO COUNCIL
WITHOUT NEEDING TO REQUEST
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. THERE'S
ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY IN THE
FUTURE, BUT GIVEN ALL THE
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RIGHT NOW,
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT NEEDING --
WITHIN OUR EXISTING CAPACITY.
>> THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU. YEAH. I APPRECIAT
YOU TEASING THAT OUT, AND ALSO
NOT PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THIS PROCESS, I THINK
VISIONARY THINKING, THOUGH, IF
FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
OFFICE OF FISCAL MANAGEMENT AT
THE STATE LEVEL, O FM, HAS ITS
OWN SET OF STAFF THAT DO
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS. YOU KNOW,
VISIONARY THINKING ONE DAY IF W
CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT TYPE OF
STRUCTURE AND HAVE THE
RESOURCES, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ON
OF THE BEST PRACTICES, AS TOM
NOTED. BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE
IMMEDIATE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE
FOR US TODAY.
>> KOUSMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I IN
GENERAL ALWAYS ERR ON THE SIDE
OF MORE INFORMATION IS BETTER,
THE EARLIER -- AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE. AND SO I LIKE THIS
CONVERSATION, BUT I AM -- I DO
HAVE -- AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE WILL BE PROBABLY
LEGISLATION COMING FORWARD, AND
SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT'
JUST STARTING. I -- THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO CAME WITH A WHOLE
BUNCH OF EXAMPLES OF OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT USE
FISCAL NOTES AND EXAMPLES OF
THOSE FISCAL NOTES, SO THAT'S
GREAT TO CHOOSE FROM. I DO HAVE
A QUESTION ABOUT THE EMPHASIS O
THE NONPARTISAN PRACTICES HERE
BECAUSE THAT I BELIEVE IS --
WELL, YOU SAID YOURSELF, TOM,
THAT THIS IS REFERRING TO STATE
PRACTICES, AND, IN FACT, THE
STATE DOES, YOU KNOW, HAVE TWO
PARTIES USUALLY THAT ARE AT PLA
HERE. AND SO HOW DOES THIS
NONPARTISAN LENS FIT WITHIN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE? BECAUSE BOTH
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES ARE HERE
NONPARTISAN. SO WHAT IS THE
PROBLEM THAT IS -- THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO BE FIXED IS THIS IS
THE -- IS THE BASIC MESSAGE THA
WHEN WE GET LEGISLATION FROM TH
EXECUTIVES THAT THEIR FISCAL
NOTES ARE SOMEHOW BIASED AND
OURS AREN'T? THOSE ARE SOME OF
THE THINGS I'M JUST WONDERING.
SO I DON'T -- OBVIOUSLY MAYBE
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS. BUT THOSE ARE
WHAT I AM GOING TO BE BRINGING
FORWARD, OR YOU CAN RESPOND NOW
IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
SO NONPARTISAN IS [ INAUDIBLE
] IT'S REFERRING TO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO BE
OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
BRANCHES. AND I, IN FACT, WORKE
AT ONE OF THOSE IN A NONPARTISA
FISCAL AGENCY WHERE YOU WEREN'T
GOVERNED BY EITHER PARTY, YOU
WERE BASICALLY SERVING THE
PROCESS. THERE -- RIGHT NOW THE
-- IN SEATTLE, AS I INDICATED,
FISCAL NOTES THAT ARE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH LEGISLATION ARE IN FACT
DETERMINED ARE MADE BY THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH, AND WE DO THE
MOST FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
NOT MAKING ANY SPECIFIC
DECLARATIONS THAT THEY ARE
BIASED IN ANY WAY, THOUGH
THERE'S THE PERCEPTION OF BIAS
WHEN SOMEBODY IS BASICALLY
PUTTING A COST ON THEIR OWN
INFORMATION. AND THIS, IF
NOTHING ELSE, IS A WAY TO
ALLEVIATE THE PERCEPTION OF NO
BIAS BY HAVING A NON-AFFILIATED
ORGANIZATION BASICALLY PROVIDIN
THE ESTIMATE OF THE IMPACT. BUT
AGAIN, NOT PART OF THE
REGISTRATION, IT'S JUST
SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF THE
BEST PRACTICE IN TERMS OF REVIE
OF THE DIFFERENT STATE PROCESSE
BECAUSE IN SOME STATES, FOR
EXAMPLE, WASHINGTON I BELIEVE I
DONE BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, O
FM. AND SO AND THE CBP WORK IS
VIEWED AS [ INAUDIBLE ] SO
ACTUALLY HAVING AN ORGANIZATION
TO BE ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE THE
PROCESS WOULD BE DETERMINED TO
BE THE BEST PRACTICE.
>> WELL, MY STAFF HAD WORKED IN
OLYMPIA, AND THEY WERE
EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT HOW IT
WORKS THERE. AND FISCAL NOTES
ARE PRODUCED BY AN ORGANIZATION
YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE AFFILIATED
WITH THE EXECUTIVE BUT THAT ARE
NOT -- ARE DECIDEDLY NOT
AFFILIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE
DEMOCRATIC OR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY. SO ANYWAY.
>> THANKS FOR A PREVIEW OF SOME
OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND GOOD
QUESTION, AGAIN, GREAT EXAMPLE,
AS YOU NOTED, FROM YOUR STAFF A
WELL, OFFICE OF FISCAL FINANCIA
MANAGEMENT, OFM PREPARING THE
FISCAL NOTES IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
AS YOU SAID, SORT OF ADJACENT T
AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUT NOT
PARTISAN AT ALL IN TERMS OF WHO
IS APPOINTING FOLKS OR WHERE TH
ANALYSIS COMES FROM. THAT SAID,
THIS IS ALL, I THINK, REALLY
JUST DRIVEN AS TOM NOTED FROM
BEST PRACTICES, DEEP ANALYSIS
OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT
ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST SIX
MONTHS OR SO WITH CBO ON THE
STRATEGIES FOR HOW WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD WITH SOME INITIAL
ENHANCEMENTS WITH MUCH BIGGER
VISIONARY GOALS IN THE FUTURE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THA
DISCUSSION. WE WILL AGAIN HAVE
THIS -- OH, GOSH, ALY AND TOM,
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHEN WE HAVE
THE SCHEDULE? IS IT IN
SEPTEMBER?
>> SEPTEMBER, THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SO, COLLEGUES, WE HAVE TWO
MORE MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND
SEPTEMBER. WE ARE GOING TO WORK
ON OTHER ITEMS BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN, BUT WE DID WANT TO TEE
THIS UP FOR YOU, AND, OF COURSE
CENTRAL STAFF, AT YOUR DISPOSAL
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL FOLLOWUP
QUESTIONS, I AM ALSO HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON SORT OF
THE INTENT AND DESIRE HERE. BUT
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALLOCATE
TIME TO DISCUSS THIS. SO IS
THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS
ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ALL
RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
MORE QUESTIONS AND MORE IN
SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU FOR WALKIN
US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. I
WANT TO THANK IN THE
TRANSPARENCY WORK GROUP THAT YO
COMPLETED. OKAY. THANK YOU.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOU
INTO THE RECORD?
>> IDENTIFY NUMBER 3, COUNCIL
BILL 120617, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO ACCEPTANCE OF
FUNDINGS FROM NON-CITY SOURCES
AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
COUNCIL BILL 120618, AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126765 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2023
BUDGET FOR BRIEF DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> OKAY, GREAT. SO WE HAVE
BASICALLY THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET FOR US TO CONSIDER FOR
THE REMAINING PART OF 2023. WE
ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ACCEPT GRANT ORDINANCES THAT AR
BEING SHARED WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, THE PRIVATE FUNDS,
SUBSIDIZED LOANS, OTHER
CORRESPONDING AGREEMENTS. WE'RE
GOING TO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE
FIRST. MADAM CLERK ALREADY READ
THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD. WE DO
HAVE ONE AMENDMENT THAT I'M
AWARE OF FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. MORALES, I DON'T SEE
PRESENT HERE WITH US. SO IN LIE
OF HER BEING HERE AS A GUEST ON
OUR COMMITTEE, I WILL SUMMARIZE
THE AMENDMENT FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION. MY GOAL IS TO
WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE TWO
ITEMS, AND THEN WE WILL DRK
SORRY. I SAW A HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I'LL COME
RIGHT BACK TO YOU. OH, OKAY.
GREAT. WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE
FIRST. ANY AMENDMENTS WE WILL
CONSIDER, AND WE WILL VOTE ON
ACCEPTANCE. THEN WE WILL GO
THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENTAL, WE'LL
WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE
AMENDMENTS, WE'LL IDEALLY VOTE
ON EACH OF AMENDMENTS THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER TODAY
AND IF WE HAVE TIME AND THE WIL
AND THE ABILITY, WE WILL VOTE
THIS OUT TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE
LOT OF OTHER ITEMS COMING UP IN
AUGUST HERE FOR US, BUT WE ALSO
KNOW THAT THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
DEPARTMENTS ARE EAGER TO HAVE
FINAL ANSWERS ON SUPPLEMENTAL
ALLOTMENTS FOR 2023. SO THAT IS
THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTE
OR SO. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
ALY. THANK YOU, WELCOME BACK,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PENNUCCI.
>> AS YOU DESCRIBED, MS.
MOSQUEDA, THERE ARE TWO BILLS
BEFORE YOU. I THINK PROCEDURALL
IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE GRAN
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE FIRST, YOU
WILL WANT TO MOVE THAT BILL SO
IT'S BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, AND
THEN CAN DESCRIBE THE ONE
AMENDMENT TO IT, AND THEN YOU
CAN CONSIDER IF YOU WANT TO VOT
ON THAT AMENDMENT AND GET THAT
BILL OUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
THE SECOND BILL.
>> GREAT ADVICE. I RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BELL 120617,
THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THE
GRAN AND SECOND ORDINANCE IS
NOW IN FRONT OF US. I'LL TURN I
OVER TO EDEN TO WALK US THROUGH
AN OVERVIEW, JUST REMINDING US
OF THE ACCEPTANCE, AND THEN WE
WILL GO INTO PRESENTATION ON TH
AMENDMENT.
>> SOUNDS GREAT. I'M ED SISIC
WITH COUNCIL STAFF, AND THIS IS
THE SECOND DISCUSSION OF COUNCI
BILL 120617, THE MID-YEAR GRANT
AND ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE. AS A
BRIEF REMINDER, THE GRANT BILL
WOULD PROVIDE AUTHORITY FOR CIT
DEPARTMENTS TO ACCEPT AN
APPROPRIATE THE EXPENDITURE OF
GRANT REVENUES FROM NON-CITY
SOURCES, AND WE PROVIDED AN
OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSED THIS BIL
ON JULY 19th. SO THE FOCUS FOR
THE COMMITTEE TODAY, AS WE
MENTIONED, IS TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS. THERE IS ONE GRANT
ORDINANCE-RELATED AMENDMENT. SO
I'LL START AND STOP WITH THE
LONE AMENDMENT FOR COUNCIL BILL
120617. THIS IS -- THANKS, ALY
SO AUTHORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE A
$180,000 GRANT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR
SOCIAL HOUSING PUBLIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
NON-STARTUP COSTS AS REQUIRED B
INITIATIVE MEASURE 135,
ACCEPTING THIS GRANT NOW WOULD
ALLOW F.A.S. TO MOVE QUICKER
WITH CONTRACTING WITH THE PDA A
SOON AS THE CITY RECEIVES THE
AWARD.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, WE EXTENDED THIS
INVITATION AS WELL TO ANY
COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS NOT PART O
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE'VE
ASKED IF ANYBODY HAD AMENDMENTS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES DID. SHE'
NOT A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE,
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THI
ON HER BEHALF. I MOVE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 AS
DESCRIBED BY CENTRAL STAFF AND
AS PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER 1. AS
YOU HEARD FROM CENTRAL STAFF,
THIS IS ABOUT ACCEPTING FUNDING
FROM THE STATE AND JUST FREEING
US UP TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING
LATER BASED ON THEIR APPROVAL
PROCESS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY
CONCERNS AS THE CHAIR WITH THIS
AMENDMENT AND APPRECIATE THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS IN SUPPORTING THIS
INITIATIVE THAT WAS PASSED BY A
VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, FREEING UP
THE ABILITY FOR US TO RECEIVE
THESE FUNDS, SEEMS CONSISTENT
WITH OUR DIRECTIVE. IS THERE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 1?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> NELSON. YE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION
CARRIES AND AMENDMENT NUMBER 1
IS ADOPTED. I JUST WANT TO
CONFIRM WITH YOU THAT WE ARE NO
AWARE OF ANY ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS TO THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE AT THIS
TIME?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY. SO WE WILL OPEN IT UP
FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE
FINAL PASSAGE OF THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
REALIZE IT'S USUALLY GOOD NEWS
FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO
RECEIVE GRANTS FROM OTHER LEVEL
OF GOVERNMENT. SO I DO PLAN TO
VOTE YES ON THIS BILL TO ACCEPT
GRANTS. FOR MANY OF MY EASTLAKE
CONSTITUENTS, HOWEVER, I DO WAN
TO REGISTER CONCERNS WITH ITEM
1.12 ON ATTACHMENT A OF THIS
PROPOSED COUNCIL BILL 120617,
ITEM 1.12 WOULD ACCEPT $65
MILLION OF TAX DOLLARS FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THIS
PROJECT DRIVEN BY OUR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT WOULD TEAR
UP ALL TWO MILES OF EASTLAKE
AVENUE, DISRUPTING THE FINANCIA
VIABILITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES
STILL STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE
AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND A RISE I
PROPERTY CRIMES IN THAT AREA. I
ADDITION TO POTENTIALLY HARMING
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OPPOSE
THIS DISRUPTIVE PROJECT AND THE
REMOVAL OF TWO MILES OF STREET
PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
STREET, THIS PROJECT WOULD
ACTUALLY REMOVE BUS STOPS. IT
WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BUS
STOPS ALONG THAT ROUTE AND THEN
RECONFIGURE THE ENTIRE AVENUE
PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF
CYCLISTS WHO HAVE THE TIME AND
ABILITY TO COMMUTE FROM BIKE --
OR BY BIKE FROM NORTH SEATTLE T
SOUTHLAKE UNION AND DOWNTOWN,
RATHER THAN TAKING IN THE NUMBE
70 BUS OR OTHER BUSES SERVING
THAT AREA FROM KING COUNTY
METRO. AND RATHER THAN TAKING
THE NEW LIGHT RAIL STATIONS IN
ROOSEVELT AND THE U DISTRICT,
FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE HOW OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CAN
JUSTIFY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION SPENDING THESE
TAX DOLLARS WHEN VIEWING THIS
PROJECT THROUGH A LENS OF EQUIT
WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY NEEDS FO
KING COUNTY METRO BUSES IN LOWE
INCOME AREAS OF SOUTH SEATTLE
AND SOUTH KING COUNTY. I'VE
RAISED THESE CONCERNS AND ASKED
THESE QUESTIONS OF SDOT FOR THE
PAST FOUR YEARS. BUT SDOT
REMAINS DETERMINED TO PLOW AHEA
WITH THIS PROJECT. TO BE FAIR,
THIS ROUTE WAS ON A LINE ON THE
MAP OF THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
OF 2014 AND MENTIONED AS PART O
THE MOVE SEATTLE IN 2015. I
REALIZE THAT AUTHORIZING SDOT T
ACCEPT THESE FEDERAL FUNDS IS
DIFFERENT FROM ACTUALLY BUILDIN
THE PROJECT. SO WHETHER AND HOW
BEST TO ADDRESS THIS PROJECT
WILL ULTIMATELY BE BETWEEN THE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS
OF EASTLAKE, THE NEW
COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTING THAT
AREA WHICH IT'S ACTUALLY NOW
MOVED INTO DISTRICT 3, AND THE
HARRELL ADMINISTRATION. SO IF
THE ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO G
AHEAD WITH THIS PROJECT, I HOPE
AT THE VERY LEAST THEY WILL
DEPLOY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO ASSIST THOSE
BUSINESSES IN ADVANCE OF THE
CONSTRUCTION DISRUPTION AND THE
AFTERMATH OF THE PROJECT. BUT I
WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU. LIKEWISE, I JUST
WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE
GRANTS IN PARTICULAR THAT
OVERLAPS WITH D1 NEEDS, AND THA
IS THE FEMA FUNDS OF $500,000
FOR THE HIAWATHA COMMUNITY
CENTER SEISMIC UPGRADES. THIS I
VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS. THIS AWAR
DECISION HAD BEEN STALLED FOR I
THINK A YEAR, AND THAT DECISION
DELAY HELD UP ADDITIONAL
RENOVATION WORK AT HIAWATHA AND
REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT WORK IN
ADVOCACY FROM BOTH THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT, MY OFFICE AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN
THE WORK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTE
AT HIAWATHA. AND IT'S BEEN
CLOSED SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMI
AND IS VERY, VERY MISSED BY THE
COMMUNITY. SO NEIGHBORS WHO HAV
BEEN CLOSELY TRACKING THE
PROGRESS OF THIS PROJECT WILL B
THRILLED TO KNOW THAT THE
FUNDING HAS BEEN RECEIVED. IN
ADDITION, JUST FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING
FROM D1, THERE'S ALSO $1.8
MILLION ALSO TO PARKS FOR
CULLMAN POOL RENOVATIONS AND
$90,000 FROM OUR COUNTY FLOOD
CONTROL DISTRICT FOR FISH ACCES
STUDY AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AT
HERRING'S HOUSE PARK ACROSS FRO
THE LONG HOUSE, ALL GOOD NEWS
FOR DISTRICT 1. THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO DO,
LIFT UP GOOD NEWS WHEN WE ARE
DELIVERING FOR CONSTITUENTS,
ESPECIALLY ON LONG-AWAITED
PROJECTS. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT FOLKS
WOULD LIKE TO ADD? SEEING NONE,
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION O
THE -- ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
BILL AS AMENDED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MR. PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. YES.
>> CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA. AYE.
>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED,
120617 WILL BE SENT TO THE
AUGUST 8th SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR A FINAL VOTE.
THANKS, ALL. OKAY. THE ONE LAST
BIG ITEM IN FRONT OF US, AND I
WILL ASK FOR A TIME CHECK,
DITHINK THIS MIGHT TAKE ABOUT 4
MINUTES TO GET THROUGH. IF FOLK
DO HAVE A HARD STOP AT 11:30,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE
ABLE TO STAY TO NOON, THAT WOUL
BE FANTASTIC. BUT FEEL FREE TO
LET ME KNOW AS WE GO THROUGH.
MAYBE WE'LL GO THROUGH FASTER
THAN I ANTICIPATE. COUNCILMEMBE
PEDERSEN, JUST WANT TO CONFIRM
THAT'S AN OLD HAND, CORRECT?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT. OKAY. GREAT. AS W
MOVE INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL BILL
I HAVE SOME OPENING COMMENTS. I
WOULD LIKE TO GET THE BILL IN
FRONT OF US, AND THEN I'LL MAKE
SOME OF THOSE OPENING COMMENTS,
OKAY? SO COLLEGUES, I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THE COUNCIL BILL 120618, THE
ORDINANCE THAT ADOPTS THE 2023
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND
2023-2028 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SENDED. THE
ORDINANCE IS NOW IN FRONT OF US
FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. AN
THIS GIVES US A CHANCE TO HAVE
DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ABOUT THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE BASE BILL AND
THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU HAVE
TEED UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL STAFF
AND IN SOME CASES OUR OFFICE TO
MOVE THESE AMENDMENTS FORWARD
HERE TODAY. I WANT TO OFFER JUS
A LITTLE BIT OF FRAMING AS WE
HEAD INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET DISCUSSION. AGAIN, THE
2023-2024 CALENDAR YEAR BUDGETS
WERE INTENDED TO BE PACKAGED
TOGETHER AS A BIANNUAL BUDGET.
SO THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL FOR
THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE
FIRST YEAR OF WHAT WAS INTENDED
TO BE A BIANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS
THIS YEAR. IT'S NOT A TRUE
BIANNUAL, BUT IT IS OUR BEST
ATTEMPT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE LOOKING OUT AT LEAST TWO
YEARS TO DEVELOP A BIANNUAL
BUDGET FRAMEWORK. AS WE HEAD
INTO DISCUSSING THE LAST FIVE
MONTHS OF 2023 AND HOW
SUPPLEMENTS -- SUPPLEMENTAL
CHANGES WOULD BE CONSIDERED, I'
LIKE TO OFFER SOME OBSERVATIONS
AS WE MOVE INTO THE IMPLICATION
OF SOME OF THE SUGGESTED CHANGE
IN THE BASE BILL AND OFFER A
FRAMEWORK. THE IMPLICATIONS OF
USING SOME SMALL AMOUNTS OF
GENERAL FUND BALANCE OR UNDER
SPENT TO SUPPORT LIMITED
ONE-TIME BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE
PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THIS BILL.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET THAT WE
RECEIVED HAD ALLOCATIONS OF
UNDERSPEND OR BALANCES THAT WER
SUPPORTING ONE-TIME AMENDMENTS
TO OUR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. AND
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CALL THIS OUT AND HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE
THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS
THIS, ESPECIALLY GIVE THAT WE'V
HEARD FROM MULTIPLE
PRESENTATIONS FROM CENTRAL STAF
AND OUR CITY BUDGET'S OFFICE. W
KNOW THAT THERE IS AN IMPENDING
GENERAL FUND GAP BETWEEN REVENU
AND EXPENSES OF OVER $200
MILLION PROJECTED BEGINNING IN
2025. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEALIN
WITH THIS GAP IN REVENUE AND
EXPENSES THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEA
HAD WE NOT OFFERED SOME
FLEXIBILITY FOR USING
HIGHER-THAN-ANTICIPATED JUMP
START REVENUE, MEANING MONEY
THAT HAD COME IN FROM JUMP STAR
THAT WAS ABOVE THE EXPENSES
DICTATED AND PRESCRIBED IN OUR
2020 SPEND PLAN BECAUSE MORE
FUNDING WAS COMING IN THAN
ANTICIPATED, WE WERE ABLE TO US
SOME OF THAT FUNDING FROM JUMP
START TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS
NOT THIS GAP IN EXPENSES AND
REVENUE AND REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE PREVENTING AGAINST
DEEP CUTS, LAYOFFS AND PROGRAM
REDUCTIONS IN THIS 2023 AND 24
BUDGET. SO, AGAIN, THE $14
MILLION GAP EXPECTED IN MAY OF
2025. WE ALSO HEARD IN THE
PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMITTEE
THAT EVEN AFTER THAT THE CITY
BUDGET WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND AFTER REDUCIN
THE
>>> THERE IS STILL ABOUT A $1.
NEED FOR ONE-TIME GENERAL TO
SUPPORT MIDYEAR COUNSEL BUDGE
ACTIONS. 30 MILLION AND AND
OBLIGED ONE-TIME FUNDING RATES.
STAFF IDENTIFIED 1.2 MILLION
ONE-TIME TO SUPPORT BUDGET
ACTIONS. THESE FUNDS CAN BE USE
NOW. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM OUR
CONVERSATION, I AM GOING TO SEE
-- GOING TO BE SUPPORTING A
NUMBER OF REQUEST FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES. I HAVE ONE SMALL
ITEM AS WELL. I'M GOING TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF MANY OF THESE
EFFORTS TODAY. MAYBE NOT ALL OF
THEM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
IDENTIFY WE ARE USING THESE
FUNDS NOW FOR EMERGING NEEDS
IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNCIL, AND
THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA AN
BURDEN FOR THE COUNCIL TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ACTING O
WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE NEEDS IN
THE COMMUNITY. IF WE DON'T HAVE
A -- IF WE DON'T ACT ON THIS ,
FOR PRIORITIES THE
ADMINISTRATION IDENTIFIES, IT
WOULD BE A INCREASE OVER
BASELINE COST. I THINK IF WE
WERE JUST PURELY LOOKING AT
THIS FROM A BUDGET NEED, PERHAP
WE WOULD BE IDENTIFYING HOW WE
CAN IDENTIFY EVERY SINGLE
DOLLAR OF THE 31 PLUS MILLION
DOLLAR AMOUNT AND PUTTING IT
INTO RESERVES TO PREPARE
OURSELVES FOR 2024. I JUST
DON'T THINK WE HAVE REACHED
CONSENSUS THAT THAT IS GOING T
BE THE APPROACH FOR THE UPCOMIN
FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR 2024.
GIVEN THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
HAVE IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES YOU
WANT TO SEE THOSE FUNDS USED
FOR I WILL BE SUPPORTING THOSE
EFFORTS HERE TODAY. THESE ARE
ONE-TIME FUNDS, THOUGH. THESE
ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS THAT CENTRAL
STAFF HAS FLAGGED . BOTH THE
30,000,001.25 MILLION. THESE DO
NOT HELP US SOLVE OUR ONGOING
BUDGET DEFICIT. EVEN THOUGH I
WILL BE SUPPORTING SOME OF THES
EFFORTS TODAY, I WANT TO RAISE
THERE'S A GREATER RISK WHEN WE
PUT FUNDING IN FOR SUPPLEMENTA
NEEDS NOW , IF WE ARE NOT TRULY
INTENDING FOR THESE TO BE
ONE-TIME IN NATURE. THERE ARE
NUMBER OF ITEMS IN THE PROPOSED
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET THAT WE
RECEIVED THAT INCLUDE ONGOING
BUDGET ADS, WHICH WILL INCREASE
ONGOING COSTS FROM THE BASE
BUDGET , WHICH WILL ONLY
INCREASE OUR PROJECTED DEFICIT
GOING FORWARD. I JUST WANT US T
BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AS
PROPOSED. WE ARE GOING TO BE
ADDING THINGS TODAY. MANY OF
WHICH ARE ONE-TIME, THANK YOU S
MUCH. IF THEY ARE NOT ONE-TIME
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S
GOING TO BE AN ONGOING INFLATIO
OF THAT DEFICIT THAT IS ALREADY
PROJECTED. AS I NOTED IN THE
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, THERE
ARE EXAMPLES BEFORE US, WHERE
THE EXECUTIVE IS ADDING NEW
POSITIONS. THOSE ARE TEMPORARY
SALARY SAVINGS. IF WE INCLUDE
THOSE , IT WOULD ADD TO THE
DEFICIT IF WE EVER WANT TO FILL
THOSE VACANT POSITIONS IN THE
FUTURE. NOT THAT THAT'S BEING
PROPOSED IN THE INTERIM, BUT I
THE FUTURE AND THOSE POSITIONS
REMAIN, WE RUN THE RISK OF
HAVING AN EXPANDED DEFICIT AS
WELL. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE,
USING IDENTIFIED ONE-TIME FUND
TO SUPPORT ONE-TIME EMERGING
NEEDS SEEMS TO BE EXACTLY WHAT
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IS
SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR. THAT'S
WHY I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SOM
OF THESE EFFORTS HERE TODAY. I
THINK THAT'S MORE PRUDENT THAN
ADDING ONGOING PUT -- POSITION
WITH THIS ONGOING UNCERTAIN
FUTURE. THIS ONE-TIME FUNDING
SOURCE CENTRAL STAFF HAS HELPE
IDENTIFIED FOR THESE LIMITED
ADS AS A SUSTAINABLE OPTION FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE 2023
BUDGET. I JUST WANTED TO BE
TRANSPARENT WITH FOLKS. I KNOW
CENTRAL STAFF UNDERSCORES THIS
FOR US. EVERY TIME WE USE
ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR ME THAT IS
ONGOING IT ONLY INFLATES THE
GAP BETWEEN EXPENSES AND REVENU
IN THE FUTURE. FROM A
TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE I
WANTED TO SHOW THAT. IF WE GET
INTO THE AMENDMENTS, COLLEAGUES
I WILL TURN IT TO THE SPONSORS
OF THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE THE
MOTION TO CONSIDER IT , AND THE
WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
IT. WE WILL VOTE ON EACH ONE AS
WE GO FORWARD. BEFORE WE DO
THAT, CENTRAL STAFF, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO TEE UP AN OVERVIEW OF
THE SUPPLEMENTAL?
>> YEP. THIS IS THE SECOND
DISCUSSION ON COUNSEL 120618,
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL . AS
REMINDER, IT WILL AMEND THE
BUDGET. WE PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW
AND DISCUSSED THIS BILL ON JUL
19. THE FOCUS TODAY IS TO
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS. THERE ARE
10 SUPPLEMENTAL AMENDMENTS FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION. I WILL
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE EACH ONE . AS
YOU MENTIONED , IT WILL GET
OVER TO THE SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT. LET'S GET STARTED.
>> LET'S DO THAT. WE CAN TEE U
EACH ONE ON THE SCREEN. THANKS
AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
WITH A CENTRAL STAFF AND
DRAFTING THESE AMENDMENTS. IS
MEMBER LEWIS, YOU'RE UP FIRST
WITH AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. WOUL
YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT
>> YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR ,
MOSQUEDA. I MOVE AMENDMENT ONE
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
-- EXCUSE ME, GOING TO TURN
INTO CENTRAL STAFF FIRST AND
THEN I WILL HAVE THE SPONSOR AD
TO THAT POINT CENTRAL STUFF,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUMMARIZE THI
AMENDMENT FOR US?
>> AMENDMENT ONE IS SPONSORED B
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. IT WOULD
ADD MY -- $950,000 FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FOLTZ
FESTIVAL FOR A BUILDING
PURCHASE. THIS IS A ONE-TIME
REQUEST SUPPORTED BY MISSION
TAX REVENUE, WHICH CAME IN
HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, AND A
PUBLIC AND IF IT PACKAGE
DEVELOPED FROM THE SEATTLE FIL
COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE
NEGOTIATED FOR ANY GRANT
AGREEMENT BEFORE IT'S EXECUTED.
>> AND KISMET. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS PUT -- PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY
PROUD TO BE BRINGING THIS
FORWARD TODAY IN COLLABORATION
WITH SEATTLE NATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL. OUR COMMUNITY AND
DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE. AND THE
LEADER OF THE FILM COMMISSION
JOINING US IN CHAMBERS. AS
CENTRAL STAFF DISCUSSED DURING
THIS UP, THE SOURCE OF REVENUE
TO SUPPORT THIS ONE-TIME GRANT
COMES FROM A LARGER THAN
ANTICIPATED COLLECTION IN 2022
OF ADMISSIONS TAX, WHICH AS WE
KNOW IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORT
ARTS PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. THIS IS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY . WE HAVE BEEN
WITHOUT THE -- FOR ALMOST FOUR
YEARS NOW. WHEN IT CLOSED DOWN
AND WAS PUT INTO UNCERTAINTY
DUE TO THE PROCESSING OF THE
ESTATE OF THE LATE PAUL ALLEN.
I REALLY WANT TO LIFT UP AND
APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP AND
WORKING WITH SEATTLE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TO
MAKE SURE THIS CULTURAL ICON OF
THE CITY , INDEED AN ICON IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY IS
GOING TO BE IN NONPROFIT
PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD. THI
OPENS UP A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES
FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC THEIRS.
THIS IS NOT A FOR-PROFIT
THEATER. THIS IS GOING TO BE A
UNIQUE PUBLIC CENTER OF FILM
AND CINEMA. THE CELEBRATION OF
IT, AS WELL AS ADVANCING THE OR
-- ART FORM AND THAT IS
ESSENTIAL TO THE INDUSTRY. THE
PROPOSAL IS NOT MERELY TO
SUPPORT THIS ACQUISITION AND
OPERATION TO GET THIS OPEN.
THIS FALL INSTEAD OF LINGERING
ENTER 2024, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT
A PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT
COMPLEMENTS OUR EFFORTS RIGHT
NOW TO REACTIVATE THE DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO REINVIGORAT
THE FILM ART SECTOR WHICH HAS
SUFFERED SO MUCH DURING THE
COVID PANDEMIC. WE HEARD IN
CHAMBERS TODAY, TESTIMONY FROM
TOM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , ON TH
VARIOUS POTENTIAL PUBLIC
BENEFITS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED
INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION, ACADEMIC
AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING THAT
COULD BE HOSTED AT THE CINERAMA
SITE. WE HAVE ALSO HAD
INTEREST FROM A MEETING WITH
LEADERSHIP OF THE ARTS
COMMISSION ON THEIR INTERES IN
COLLABORATING ON SHAPING THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE, WHICH
WILL OCCUR POST PASSAGE OF THI
AMENDMENT IN CONVERSATION WITH
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
DEFINITELY AS INDICATED EARLIER
APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY OF TH
LEADERSHIP OF THE FILM
COMMISSION TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS IMPORTANT AMENDMENT. WITH
THAT, I WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
COLLEAGUES. I REALLY APPRECIAT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SAVED
THE CINERAMA FROM A POTENTIAL
FATE IF I COULD HAVE LED TO ITS
DEMOLITION OR INDEED REPURPOSE
INTO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE
LEGACY FILM HERITAGE OF THIS
IMPORTANT SEATTLE ICON . I'M
REALLY EXCITED TO SUPPORT ITS
NEXT STEP IN LIFE AS A VENUE
AND A FORUM FOR THE PUBLIC
ENJOYMENT OF FILM IN A WAY IT
NEVER HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
MORE THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE
PAST. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>>. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT
EFFORT. WE HAVE THREE HANDS UP
I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR 'S
PROACTIVELY THAT THEY ARE GOOD
TO STAY ON UNTIL NOON . AS WE
DO, WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THEN WE
WILL GO HERBOLD AND NELSON.
>> I CAN STAY UNTIL NOON. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THI
FORWARD. I HAVE SPOKEN TO
LEADERSHIP ABOUT THIS. ABOUT
THE IMPORTANT NEED OF THIS
FUNDING THIS YEAR AND WHAT
REOPENING OF THE CINERAMA WILL
MEAN FOR THE FUME -- FILM
COMMUNITY AND DOWNTOWN. I
SHOULD NOTE THAT BARRETT IS
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FILM
COMMISSION , AND WE HEARD FROM
KAT OGDEN EARLIER TODAY. THANK
YOU FOR COMING DOWN. IT'S CLEAR
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR FILM
IN GENERAL. THE CINERAMA IS AN
ICONIC SYMBOL IN SEATTLE
ITSELF. REOPENING IS ANOTHER
MOTHER STONE UPBRINGING FILM
BACK TO SEATTLE ON THE INCREASE
INCENTIVES FROM THE STATES. THE
OPENING OF HARBOR ISLAND STUDIO
AND THE CREATION OF THE FILM
COMMISSION. THIS IS A CRITICAL
STEP WE ARE TAKING . THE
CINERAMA IS GROUND ZERO FOR
FILM AND ALSO IS SUPER IMPORTAN
FOR DOWNTOWN RECOVERY. INCREASE
FOOT TRAFFIC ALONG THAT WHOLE
CORE DOOR. IN ANY CASE, THIS
MONEY WILL BE SPENT THIS YEAR T
ACCELERATE CINERAMA IN OPENING
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. WHILE
THERE ARE STILL BUGS OUT THERE,
AS THE CHAIR NOTED AT THE TOP
OF THE MEETING, THE FUTURE OF
OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS DEPENDS ON GETTING
AUDIENCES BACK INTO THEATERS.
THIS IS THE THEATER FOR FILM
HERE. I AM GOING TO BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT TODAY
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THER
ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN
SEATTLE'S FILM AND CREATIVE
ECONOMY THAT COULD USE THIS
MONEY. WE HAVE RECEIVED A EMAI
FROM THE NORTHWEST FILM FOR
MAKING THAT CASE. IF WE ARE
SERIOUS ABOUT FUNDING CREATIVE
NONPROFITS AND ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS, LET'S CONTINUE
THAT MOMENTUM IN THE FUTURE.
BUDGETS TO ALLOW FOR THE
POSSIBILITY THAT MANY
ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE CAN
RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THEIR
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. THAT'S
GOING TO BE AN ONGOING
DISCUSSION. I HAVE BEEN
IMMERSED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY
CONVERSATION AND BECAME AWARE
OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT WORK IS,
AND HOW GREAT THE NEEDS ARE.
LET'S PASS THIS TODAY AND
CONTINUED THIS DISCUSSION FOR
HOW WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR
FILM INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE. THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. VICE
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT
TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE ISSUE
I HAD ORIGINALLY HAD WITH THIS
PROPOSAL , AND THANKED THE CHAI
FOR RESOLVING THEM FOR ME. IN
PART IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO M
THAT WE HEAR FROM THE SEATTLE
ARTS COMMISSION TO GET THEIR
FEEDBACK. ADMISSIONS TAX
COMPRISES THE MAJORITY OF THE
ARTS OFFICE BUDGET. THIS WAS
REALLY CRITICAL STAKEHOLDER AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS DID IN
SPEAKING TO THE ARTS COMMISSION
, HAVING A SMALL PART OF
ASSISTING A FORMER CITY
COUNCILMEMBER IN THE
LEGISLATION THAT ENSURES THE
MAJORITY OF AD TAX GOES TO THE
ARTS OFFICE, AND UNDERSTANDING
HOW MUCH THE ARTS OFFICE HAS
SUFFERED DURING THE COVID
PANDEMIC , NOT RECEIVING ALL OF
THAT AD TAX FOR THREE YEARS. I
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT WE HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTS
COMMISSION . I UNDERSTAND THE
COMMISSION IS SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS USE. THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED
TO BE INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATING
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS , AS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS MENTIONED.
I'M GLAD TO UNDERSTAND THE
LEWIS OFFICE WILL BE PUTTING
THEM IN TOUCH DIRECTLY WITH
THEM FOR THAT PURPOSE. IN
PARTICULAR, THE COMMISSION
REQUESTED THAT SHOULD ADD TAX
REVENUE COME IN OVER BUDGET THI
YEAR , OR ANY YEAR IN THE
FUTURE, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO
BE PROACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
DETERMINING HOW THAT ADDITIONA
REVENUE IS SPENT. I HOPE THAT
REQUEST WILL BE ACCOMMODATED.
DO THINK IT IS IN THE SPIRIT OF
THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE,
EXPANDING TAX ODD REVENUE FOR
THE ARTS OFFICE. THE COMMISSION
DID NOT OBJECT TO THIS USE FO
HIGHER ANTICIPATED REVENUE. I
WILL NOT OBJECT EITHER. THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS PACKAGE, AC THI
IS QUEUED UP AS PART OF THE
AMENDMENT . I JUST WANT TO FLAG
WINDOW DISTRIBUTING FREE
TICKETS CAN BE IMPORTANT AS
PART OF A PUBLIC BENEFITS
PACKAGE, BUT WE DO HAVE A
LINGERING QUESTION ABOUT THE
REDEMPTION OF THOSE FREE TICKET
. SOME OF THE OTHER CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE FREE
TICKETS AVAILABLE HAVE BEGUN
TRACKING THE REDEMPTION . IT'S
RELATIVELY LOW. THAT MEANS THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT THE CITY IS
GIVING -- ACTUALLY GETTING
ISN'T AS MUCH AS IT IS PROPOSIN
TO GET. WE HEARD ABOUT SOME
EARLY SUCCESSES , FOR INSTANCE
BUMBERSHOOT IN THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT IS
PRETTY INSPIRATIONAL AROUND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
APPRENTICESHIPS. I THINK THAT
WOULD BE A GOOD AREA TO CONSIDE
MOVING SOME OF THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS WORK TOWARDS , AND
AGAIN, AND THE SEATTLE ARTS
COMMISSION HAS A LOT OF GOOD
IDEAS ABOUT THAT. IN SHORT I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE
WHO WROTE TO CITY COUNCIL , AND
THE FOLKS THAT SUPPORTED TODAY
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS.
COMPLIMENTS TO HOW WELL
ORGANIZED THE -- THEY HAVE
BEEN. I SUPPORT SIFF. I WANT
THE CINEMA TO THRIVE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS CENTRALLY
LOCATED DOWNTOWN FOR EVERYONE
IN THE CITY CAN ENJOY THEM, TOO
I ALSO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBE
HERBOLD'S COMMENTS, THE %
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND DUE
DILIGENCE. CONSULTING THE
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION. I DO
HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WE
JUST HAD A ROBUST PRESENTATION
FROM A CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF ON HOW WE CAN GET MORE
INFORMATION ON PROJECTS THAT
WERE AWARDING MONEY . I WANT TO
BE SURE ASK A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND THIS
BETTER. PAUL ALLEN WAS A
WELL-KNOWN TECHNOLOGY
BILLIONAIRE DEDICATED FAN OF
FILM. I ALSO KNOW HE MADE A LOT
OF GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIC
CONTRIBUTIONS. I'M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHY PAUL ALLEN'S
ESTATE WOULD NOT SIMPLY GIVE
THE CINERAMA , OR $1 MILLION TO
THE BEST OPERATOR, WHICH COULD
CERTAINLY BE SIFF. DO WE KNOW
WHY THEY ARE NOT JUST GIVING TH
MONEY? IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD
HAVE IT.
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
CENTRAL STAFF HAS A CHANCE TO
ANSWER THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I
HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS JASMINE WORKE
ON THIS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
ALLIE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I DON'T HAVE DETAILS ON THE
FINANCIALS OF THE CINERAMA
BECAUSE THIS IS A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT REQUEST THEN THE
AQUARIUM EXAMPLE DISCUSSED
PREVIOUSLY. WE WERE NOT GIVEN
THOSE INFORMATION'S. I DO
UNDERSTAND THE PURCHASE PRICE
WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DISCOUNTED. I
CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THE ESTATE
DID AND PROVIDE IT FOR FREE OR
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO
HELP MAKE SURE WE COULD NOT JUS
PURCHASE THE BUILDING OR OBTAI
OWNERSHIP OF IT, BUT ALSO
OPERATE THEIR PROGRAMS OUT OF
IT. PERHAPS THE SPONSOR HAS MOR
INFORMATION.
>> MANAGER, I AM HAPPY TO
ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S QUESTION.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
OBVIOUSLY THE REAL ESTATE
TRANSACTION IS COMPLICATED AND
I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ABSOLUT
DETAILS OF MY FINGERTIP , IN
INTRICATE DETAIL, THOUGH I'M
SURE SIFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO
MAKE ITSELF AVAILABLE FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THE STATE HAS A FIDUCIARY
OBLIGATION TO THE STATE TO
GUARANTEE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
CAPTURING THE FULL VALUE OF THE
ASSETS THAT ARE PART OF THAT
ESTATE IN THE PROCESS OF
LIQUIDATING IT, INCLUDING
CULTURAL ASSETS LIKE THE
CINERAMA. MY UNDERSTANDING , AN
THERE HAS BEEN SOME MEDIA ABOUT
THIS, SO I DON'T THINK I AM
BETRAYING ANY CONFIDENCES BY
SAYING THIS, IS THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT NEGOTIATION BETWEEN
SIFF AND ALLEN ESTATE THAT DID
RESULT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR
INDICATED , IN A SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED PRICE . THE STATE DID
EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO
HONOR ITS OBLIGATIONS, FIDUCIAR
OBLIGATIONS WHILE ALSO
CONVEYING IT IN A WAY THAT PAUL
ALLEN WOULD HAVE WANTED, TO A
CARETAKER TO TAKE ON THE LEGAC
OF THE VALUE HE PLACED ON THE
INSTITUTION AND THE RULE IN
SEATTLE 'S ARTWORLD FABRIC.
THAT SAID, SIFF IS A NONPROFIT.
IT IS A MEDIUM -SIZED
NONPROFIT. NONETHELESS, IT'S NO
A LARGE FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL
ACQUISITION FOR A NONPROFIT OF
ANY SIZE. IT IS VERY AMBITIOUS
OF SIFF AND WE APPRECIATE THE
AMBITION TO ACQUIRE THIS ASSET.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH KING
COUNTY, WHICH HAS PUT UP A MATC
FOR THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION.
ON OUR END, WITH OUR FIDUCIARY
OBLIGATION, LEVERAGING OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT TO STRETC
OUR VALUE TO SECURE PUBLIC
BENEFIT AND GET THE INSTITUTION
OPEN. IN ADDITION TO THE
CAPITAL SUPPORT , MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ARE ARE
-- ALSO CONSTRAINTS IN GETTING
THE NEW THEATER UP AND RUNNING
NOT THAT THIS GRANT IS DESIGNE
TO SUPPORT. I GUESS WHAT I WOUL
SAY IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION
IS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE ALLEN ESTATE
AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE
ACQUISITION COST RELATIVE TO
WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR A
PURELY PROFIT DRIVEN PARTY , OR
A DEVELOPER THAT WOULD HAVE TH
DESIRE OF LIQUIDATING THE
PARCEL AND BUILDING SOMETHING O
IT. THIS WAS AN ARRANGEMENT ON
THE PART OF THE ALLEN ESTATE TO
FIND UNACHIEVABLE PRICE POINT
THAT STILL MAINTAIN THE
FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION TO THE
ESTATE. GIVEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT NONPROFITS, IT DOES STIL
WARRANT, AS A VERY COMMON IN OU
PRACTICE, SOME LEVEL OF PUBLIC
SUPPORT TO GET SOME OF THESE
ENTERPRISES OVER THE FINISH
LINE. THIS IS A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE
ONE. IT'S A ONE TIME ONGOING
INVESTMENT. IT WILL SECURING
UNIQUE BENEFITS FOR THE PUBLIC
THAT ARE ENUMERATED IN THE
AMENDMENT HAS POSSIBILITIES AN
WE WILL WORK ON THE DEPARTMENT
IN QUESTION.
>> COUNSEL PEDERSEN DID YOU HAV
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> YES, THANK YOU. IT WOULD
STILL BE NICE IF PAUL ALLEN'S
FAMILY ESTATE WOULD SIMPLY GIVE
THE CINERAMA TO THE BEST
OPERATOR , WHICH IS LIKELY
SIFF, OR $1 MILLION TO THEM,
RATHER THAN THESE TAX DOLLARS.
REALIZE THEY ARE DEDICATED TO
THIS TYPE OF USE. WHEN WE ARE
ALLOCATING TAX DOLLARS TO
NONPROFITS , TYPICALLY WE DO A
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS . THIS
WOULD BE MAKING A DIRECT REWARD
TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR THAT
SINGLE LOCATION. ARE WE NOT
DOING AN RFP BECAUSE SIFF HAS
ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
PAUL ALLEN ESTATE ON THIS
TRANSACTION? I WILL ASK MY
THIRD QUESTION, TOO. HAS KING
COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE
MILLION DOLLARS YET, OR IS IT
JUST COMMITMENT FROM THEIR
EXECUTIVE AT THIS POINT?
>> I DON'T SEE DO SO, GO AHEAD
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I DO NEED TO DOUBLE TRACK.
DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION PAS
THE PROPOSAL OR NOT. I WILL
FOLLOW-UP AFTER COMMITTEE. IN
TERMS OF THE RFP QUESTION, THIS
IS REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE
AWARD AND WORK WITH SIFF ON TH
PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE. THERE
WILL BE FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION
STEPS THAT WILL NEED TO BE
FOLLOWED IF THEY DETERMINED A
DIFFERENT PATH AND MAY NEED TO
COME BACK TO COUNSEL TO ASK FO
DIFFERENT AUTHORITY.
>> MADAM CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER
>> OKAY PORK
>> POINT OF INFORMATION,
ESSENTIALLY. I THINK WHAT I AM
INQUIRING ABOUT. GIVEN THIS IS
COMMITTEE , AND SOME OF THESE
QUESTIONS MIGHT BE BEST
RESPONDED TO BY THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SIFF, MIGHT BE
APPROPRIATE TO SUSPEND THE RULE
TO ALLOW DIRECTOR TO ADDRESS
SOME OF COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S QUESTIONS WHERE HE
MAY HAVE MORE UPDATED
INFORMATION THAN I DO.
>> NO, I DON'T THINK WE ARE
GOING TO DO THAT TODAY. I THINK
WE SHOULD GET ALL THE QUESTIONS
OUT THERE, AND THEN WOULD
ENCOURAGE THE PARTIES TO SEND
FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION TO THE
COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COMMITTE
. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL T
THE FULL COUNCIL AS WELL. THANK
YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION. FOR THE
DIRECTOR, PLEASE DO FEEL FREE T
SEND UP -- AS FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD
HERE. THANKS FOR ASKING THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, DID YO
HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> TAKE YOU FOR MAKING TIME AN
SPACE FOR MY QUESTIONS. I JUST
DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO
GET TO A YES ON THIS. I WILL BE
ABSTAINING ON THIS ONE. THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY, THANKS SO MUCH. I
APPRECIATE WERE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS IS COMING FROM, AND ALL
THE GOOD FOLKS IT SOUNDS LIKE
ARE STILL THERE AND READY TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION. I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION. I AM JUST CONSCIOU
OF TIME HERE. I WILL NOTE THAT
IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET HER
ALL THE AMENDMENTS BY NOON , I
COULD TRY TO KICK THIS OVER TO
OUR AUGUST 10th MEETING, BUT
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH
AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. PERHAPS WE
WILL ALL SURPRISE EACH OTHER AN
GETTING THROUGH THE REST OF
THESE. ALL RIGHT. I HEAR SOME
CHUCKLES. I WILL ALSO NOTE THE
APPRECIATION FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION TO COME. I AM SORRY
WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY T
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME AT THE
TABLE, IF YOU WILL, FOR THAT
KIND OF DISCUSSION HERE TODAY.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POLICY
QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN TEED UP
FROM OUR COLLEAGUE HERE. I
APPRECIATE THERE'S SOME
INFORMATION PROVIDED. BUT I ALS
HAVE A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS AS
WELL. BEFORE I GET INTO MY
QUESTIONS I WANT TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
MY COLLEAGUES. OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU
FOR FIELDING SOME OF THOSE
QUESTIONS AS WELL. FOR ME, I
THINK THERE ARE NUMBER OF THING
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE REGARDING
THIS AMENDMENT. NUMBER ONE, I
WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR
THE INTEREST IN HELPING ACQUIR
THE THEATER. I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE THIS IS BEING PUT
INTO NONPROFIT HANDS. NOT SOLD
ON THE PRIVATE MARKET.
PRESERVING WHAT IS COMMUNITY
ASSET. I LOVE GOING TO THE
CINERAMA MYSELF . MY FAMILY GOE
OUT THERE OFTEN. THE BABY MORE
SO THAN NOW. HAVE TO BE
CONSCIOUS OF SIMILAR QUESTIONS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WAS
ASKING ABOUT , GIVING THE LARGE
TALKS OF REVENUE BEING
ALLOCATED WITHOUT HAVING A
CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS MORE IN
DEPTH WITH THE OR COMMISSION AN
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, SPECIFICALL
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN INCLUDIN
MEMBERS OF THE LABOR COMMUNITY.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN ENSURIN
A PUBLIC BENEFIT AGREEMENT IS
-- WITH THE WATERFRONT OR, I
THINK ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE WAS
THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAD WITH
MEMORIAL STADIUM. THE SPONSOR I
VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. IS THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I WOUL
BE INTERESTED IN REPLICATING
LANGUAGE FROM THE DISCUSSION W
HAD TO ENSURE WE HAVE OUR LABO
PARTNERS, WHO ARE PART OF THE
COHORT -- I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND NELSO
SPOKE TO COMMUNITY WITHIN ART
AND CULTURE, HAVING A DIRECT
BENEFIT FROM THIS. THE LANGUAGE
IS A LITTLE BIT OPEN TO WHAT
COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLI
BENEFITS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO JOBS CREATE
AND MAINTAINED. I WOULD LIKE
THERE TO BE A DIRECTIVE AROUND
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE
WITH INVESTMENTS IN NONPROFITS
OR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORT
TO MAKE SURE SIFF HAS THE
SUPPORT NECESSARY TO MOVE
FORWARD. SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO
WHY NOW AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT W
ARE TALKING ABOUT. HAPPY TO
HAVE THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
SHARED WITH US AFTERWARDS.
UNLESS THERE IS A RESPONSE TO
SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY
INCLUDING LABOR HARMONY IN A
MORE DIRECT WAY IN THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT LANGUAGE, I AM GOING TO
BE A NO ON THIS ITEM TODAY,
WITH THE DESIRE AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT I WOULD LIKE FOR
THIS TO GET TO A PLACE THAT
INCLUDES LABOR HARMONY BEFORE
FINAL PASSAGE. GIVEN THAT IS
PROBABLY LESS OF A QUESTION FO
CENTRAL STAFF AND MORE FOR THE
SPONSOR. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, D
YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR
INTEREST IN PARTNERING TOGETHER
TO INCLUDE LABOR HARMONY
LANGUAGE IN THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
DIRECTIVE BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE.
>> I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO
ADDING LABOR HARMONY LANGUAGE.
IF MADAM CHAIR HAS LANGUAGE
HANDY, I WOULD ACCEPT IT AS A
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, GIVEN WE
HAVE THREE CALLINGS IN FAVOR
AND ONE ABSTAINING IN FRONT OF
US. I WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE THI
BUSINESS AT TODAY'S MEETING.
LABOR HARMONY SHOULD FOLLOW
PUBLIC MONEY. THAT'S A
PRINCIPAL I'VE BELIEVE VERY
STRONGLY IN. MADAM CHAIR, IF
YOU HAVE THAT LANGUAGE, I DON'
HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDIN
IT. I ALSO DON'T HAVE AN
OBJECTION TO INCLUDING AS A
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT WHEN WE
CONSIDER THIS BILL AT FULL
COUNCIL.
>> GREAT. I WANT TO OFFER
SOMETHING FOR CENTRAL STAFF,
RECOGNIZING I'M NOT A CENTRAL
STAFF MEMBER, AND I WOULD LIKE
TO HONOR WHAT THE SPONSOR HAS
NOTED HERE TODAY. MY SUGGESTION
, IF THERE IS AGREEMENT FROM TH
CHAIR, IS THAT INSTEAD OF SAYIN
THE PUBLIC AN AFFAIR PACKAGE
COULD INCLUDE , IT SHOULD SAY
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO. IT SHOULD SAY UNDER A , A
LABOR HARMONY AGREEMENT, AND
JOBS CREATED . IF YOU ARE
OBLIGED TO WORK WITH ME HERE,
AS THEY DO THIS VERBALLY, I
WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER I MAY NEED YOU
TO SAY THAT AGAIN. I ALSO WANT
TO NOTE WE NEED TO WORK THIS OU
WITH -- WE NEED TO HAVE THIS
REVIEWED BY LAW TO ENSURE ALL O
THAT LANGUAGE WORKS . I THINK
PART OF IT IS THIS PUBLIC
BENEFITS PACKAGE NEEDS TO -- I
WOULD BE IN THE GRANT AGREEMENT
WHEN THE CITY IS ACTUALLY
ISSUING THE FUNDS. I DON'T KNO
IT'S INTENTIONALLY COULD
INCLUDE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT
FOR A $902,000 INVESTMENT THAT
NECESSARILY ALL OF THESE THINGS
HOW IT DEPENDS ON THE DETAILS
AND HOW IT'S DEVELOPING . IF YO
LIKE TO MAKE THAT ORAL
AMENDMENT, WE CAN TRY TO DO IT
ON THE FLY. BEFORE COUNSEL TAKE
NO ACTION WE WOULD NEED TO
ENSURE THE LANGUAGE IS REVIEWED
BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> YES , COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> JUST A QUESTION. THE MOST
RECENT EXAMPLE WE HAVE OF A
SIMILAR CONVERSATION LIKE THIS
IS WITH FRIENDS OF THE
WATERFRONT OVER SOME OF THE
WATERFRONT LEGISLATION WE
CONSIDERED EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
THAT WAS MORE OF AN EXERCISE I
US PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE NONPROFIT
WHILE THEY SOUGHT A LABOR
HARMONY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PARTIES. I DON'T THINK OUR
LEGISLATION NECESSARILY -- NOW
THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING IT
WITH CENTRAL STAFF -- I DO KNOW
OUR LEGISLATION NECESSARILY
EXPLICIT ENUMERATED A LABOR
HARMONY AGREEMENT, GIVEN THAT
THE NONPROFIT AND
META-DEPARTMENT WAS THE -- BUT
CAN YOU REMIND ME? IS IT IN
ANALOGOUS SITUATION, DO YOU
THINK, OR IS A SOMEHOW A LITTLE
DIFFERENT?
>> I CANNOT SAY I AM SUPER
FAMILIAR WITH THE LEGISLATION
YOU ARE REFERRING TO OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD. I WAS PROBABLY
TRYING TO DO TOO MANY THINGS AT
ONE TIME. IT MAY BE SIMILAR. I
WILL SAY THERE ARE OTHER
INSTANCES WHERE COUNSEL HAS
INCLUDED LANGUAGE RELATED TO
LABOR HARMONY AGREEMENTS WHEN
CONTRACTING WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE HOUSING
SPACE. I BELIEVE ALSO IN THE
FAMILIES EDUCATION AND EARLY
LEARNING -- PRESCHOOL AND
PROMISE LEVY . THERE'S LABOR AN
HARMONY REFERENCE WHEN
CONTRACTING FOR SERVICE. I JUST
DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME RIGH
NOW. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU IT'S
EXACTLY APPLES TO APPLES. THER
ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE
COUNSEL HAVING INCLUDED THIS
TYPE OF LANGUAGE RELATED TO
CONTRACTING NONPROFITS.
>> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO EA
UP YOU ARE WANTING TO SHARE WIT
US TO ACCOMPLISH THE STATED
GOALS HERE? OKAY, COUNCILMEMBE
LEWIS DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING
YOU WANTED TO SHARE?
>> I'M SORRY? ARE YOU TRYING TO
GET IN ON THE CONVERSATION HERE
SUITE NO, ALLIE IS DRIVING. I
THINK SHE'S TRYING TO ADD THE
LANGUAGE THE CHAIR WAS ASKING
FOR . RIGHT?
>> IF YOU CAPTURED IT ALREADY
AND HAVE A DOCUMENT, I CAN GIVE
YOU --
>> I DO NOT HAVE THE DOCUMENTS.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO STOP
SHARING FOR A MINUTE TO PULL UP
THE WORD DOCUMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING YOU WERE TRYING
TO SAY?
>> I THINK GIVEN THE AGENDA IN
FRONT OF US AND A LOT OF OTHER
MATTERS TO DISCUSS, MY STATED
PREFERENCE WE VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT AS IT STANDS WITH THE
INTENT OF HAVING A SUPPLEMENTAR
AMENDMENT RELATED TO LABOR
HARMONY WE CAN THAT WITH THE
LAW DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK
THERE'S DISAGREEMENT FROM
STAKEHOLDERS ON WANTING TO COME
UP WITH THE APPROPRIATE
LANGUAGE. I DON'T WANT US TO
ACCIDENTALLY PUT SOME LANGUAGE
IN ON THE FLY THAT DOESN'T
RECONCILE WITH WHAT IT SHOULD
BE. I THINK THE CLEANEST FOR
THE AGENDA WOULD BE TO CALL TH
QUESTION ON THIS AMENDMENT , AN
THE MY OFFICE WILL WORK WITH
YOUR OFFICE AND CENTRAL STAFF
AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT, AND
SIFF , TO COME UP WITH THE
APPROPRIATE LABOR HARMONY
LANGUAGE FOR FULL COUNCIL OR
SUBSEQUENT COMMITTEE MEETING.
THAT WOULD BE MY STATED
PREFERENCE ON PROCEEDING . I
JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR OPENNESS TO DO THAT .
THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED. W
WILL GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER THIS
WRAPPED UP UNLESS THERE'S ANY
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION ON
AGENDA ITEM -- AMENDMENT NUMBE
ONE. AGAIN, I WILL BE SIGNALIN
A NO VOTE TODAY, JUST WANTING T
MAKE SURE THAT LABOR HARMONY
LANGUAGE GETS INCLUDED. I ALSO
WANT TO ENSURE WE HAVE REALLY
THOUGHT THROUGH THE OTHER
IMPLICATIONS OF THE -- DOING
THIS NOW VERSUS IN THE FALL
BUDGET. COUNCILMEMBER NOTED
THERE WAS AN URGENCY TO DO SO.
LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE.
THINK THE FOLLOW-UP LANGUAGE
WILL BE SENT AROUND BASED ON TH
QUESTIONS ASKED. I APPRECIATE
THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND COME UP WITH
AN AMENDMENT HERE TODAY . WE
WILL KICK THAT OVER TO A
FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE PARTNERS
INVOLVED. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, CA
YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE? [ ROLL
BEING CALLED ]
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO,
PLEASE GO AHEAD, CENTRAL STAFF.
EXCUSE ME, I BEHOOVE AMENDMENT
TO BE ADOPT DID. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECONDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND ADOPTED. CENTRAL
STAFF WILL YOU SPEAK TO THE SID
AND.
>> AMENDMENT TO HIS SPONSORED B
CHAIR MOSQUEDA. IT WOULD REDUC
THE GENERAL FUND BY $34
MILLION. 2023 2024 FUNDS
FLEXIBILITY ORDINANCE PROVIDES
FOR TEMPORARY SUPPORT FROM
JUMPSTART TO THE GENERAL FUND T
BALANCE THE GENERAL FUND DUE TO
CONTINUING REVENUE SHORTFALLS.
THE 2022 AND GENERAL FUND
BALANCE CAME IN AT $34 MILLION.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE TH
2023 TRANSFER BY THAT AMOUNT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO DESCRIBE
THIS VERY BRIEFLY. DUE TO THE
CONTINUING SHORTFALLS CALLS -
CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC, IT
RELIES ON THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT
OF THE JUMPSTART TO HELP BALANC
THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT I
DETAIL . ORDINANCE 126719, WHIC
PROVIDES FOR THE TEMPORARY
BACKFILL IN THE 2023 BUDGET
REQUIRES THE TRANSFER BE
REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF ANY
2022 GENERAL FUND ENDING
BALANCES. IS AUTHORIZED BY
ORDINANCE AND STATE LAWS. THA
IS MORE THAN THE LATEST REVISE
ESTIMATE OF THE UNRESERVED
ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR 2022.
BASED ON 2022 YEAR END
ACTIVITY, THE EXCESS GENERAL
FUND BALANCE AMOUNT IS
$33,996,509. THIS AMENDMENT
REDUCES THE 2023 TRANSFER FROM
JUMPSTART FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND BY THAT SPECIFIC AMOUNT.
I'VE ASKED GENERAL STAFF TO
DRAFT LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S CLARITY MOVING FORWARD
AT A MINIMUM, THE 2020 ESTIMATE
FROM THE JUMPSTART CATEGORY THA
WERE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED AND
INFLATED ANNUALLY IS UNDERSTOOD
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE
THESE ADJUSTMENTS GOING FORWARD
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WOUL
YOU ADD ANYTHING TO THAT?
>> I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT IN
THE APRIL REVENUE FORECAST THE
CITY RECEIVED AND WAS APPROVED
BY THE FORECAST COUNSEL, THE
ESTIMATED REVENUES WERE LOWER
THAN ASSUMED AND HIGHER THAN
ASSUMED FOR GENERAL FUND. THIS
REFLECTS BOTH COMBINED WITH
FLEXIBILITY ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S
ALSO WHAT IS THE CURRENT
ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE OF HOW TO KEEP THE
JUMPSTART FUND IN BALANCE FOR
2023. IT IS IN MANY WAYS,
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO REFLECT
CURRENT LAW AND OPERATING
ASSUMPTIONS TO KEEP 2023 AND
BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AN
BALANCE.
>> YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> SEEING THEM, MADAM CLERK, W
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON TH
ADOPTION OF NUMBER TWO. [ ROLL
BEING CALLED ]
>> MADAM CHAIR THAT IS FIVE IN
FAVOR.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS
AMENDED AND PASSED. AMENDMENT
NUMBER THREE , PLEASE. THIS IS
AN AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT?
>> I MOVED AMENDMENT NUMBER
THREE.
>> I WILL SECOND IT. I'M GOING
TO TURN TO CENTRAL STUFF AND
THEN I WILL TURN IT TO YOU.
>> SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, IT WOULD ADD $1 MILLIO
OF GENERAL FUND AND THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT
MEDICATION FOR OPIOID TO USE
DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE
FUNDING WOULD BE USED TO
CONTRACT THE EVERGREEN
TREATMENT SERVICES TO HELP
EXPAND THE PROGRAM. FINDING
FOR THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THE
2022 CONTRACT AND EXPENDITURES.
AND ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AT
BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL. THE
FUNDING IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE
ORIGINALLY INTENDED PURPOSE. I
WOULD JUST LIKE WE -- YOU TO
KNOW THAT WE CORRECTED THE
TITLE SINCE IT WAS DISTRIBUTED
YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT
AS HE EXPLAINED, THIS
AMENDMENT USES $1 MILLION IN
UNDER SPEND FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. TREATMENT
IN MOTION IS A LICENSED DISPOSA
-- DISPENSER UNIT. THE
MEDICATION INCLUDES METHADONE,
BEEF AND OFFERING, AND THE
LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE . THE
STAFF PROVIDES FIELD INTAKES,
MEDICAL EVALUATIONS, DOSE
EVALUATIONS, COUNSELING ,
COMMUNITY AND PATIENT OUTREACH.
THEY LAUNCHED IN MAY WITH GRANT
FUNDING FROM PUBLIC HEALTH PDA
AND A RETROFITTED BAN FROM
KING COUNTY. THEY ARE CURRENTL
SERVING TO -- 30 TO 40 PEOPLE
EACH DAY. WITH THE CAPACITY TO
SERVE APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 120
PEOPLE EACH DAY. THE EXECUTIVE
REQUEST INCLUDES TREATMENT IN
MOTION ADD A SECOND SEATTLE
SITE IN PIONEER SQUARE WITH THE
SAME 100% CAPACITY. PIONEER
SQUARE SITE WOULD ALLOW
EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES TO
EXPAND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
RECEIVING SERVICES FROM THE
TREATMENT IN MOTION VAN , AND
LOWER BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO
ACCESS MEDICAL CARE IN PIONEER
SQUARE. EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES IS VERY INTERESTED IN
SERVING PIONEER SQUARE. AGAIN,
TREATMENT IN MOTION IS CURRENTL
OPERATING AT A DEFICIT FOR
WHICH IT IS SEEKING ADDITIONAL
GRANT FUNDING, AND ALSO PURSUIN
AN INCREASE IN MEDICAID
REIMBURSEMENT RATE FROM THE
HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY TO COVER
FULL COST OF ADMINISTRATING THE
MODEL. HE BELIEVES THE EFFORTS
TO DO SO ARE PROMISING, BUT NOT
IMMEDIATE. THE CITY OFFERING
THIS ONE-TIME FUNDING WOULD HEL
COVER THEIR CURRENT OPERATING
GAP OF THIS FUNDING. 250,000
IS TO DO SO . THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THE FUNDS ARE ONE TIME FUNDS
FOR ONE-TIME PURPOSES. WE HAVE
EXPLAINED TO ETS THAT COVERING
THE OPERATING GAP DOES NOT MEAN
-- BECAUSE WE ARE USING ONE
TIME FUNDS DOES NOT MEAN THE
CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. ET
CAN GUARANTEE TREATMENT IN
MOTION SERVICES WOULD REMAIN IN
SEATTLE WITH TODAY'S VOTE,
INCLUDING ADDING THE NEW PIONEE
SQUARE SITE. AGAIN, SERVING 10
TO 120 SEATTLE RESIDENTS A DAY
WITHOUT THE BRIDGE FUNDING FROM
SEATTLE . THEY WOULD LIKELY SEE
FUNDING FROM A DIFFERENT
JURISDICTION WITH THE RESULT
BEING FEWER SERVICE DAYS PER
WEEK WITHIN THE CITY, AND NO
PIONEER SQUARE SERVICE SITES.
THE PROPOSAL TO THE CITY ALSO
INCLUDES A PURCHASE OF A USED
A.D.A. TRANSPORT VAN AND HIRIN
A DRIVER WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE
TO CIRCULATE TO HOTSPOTS AND
PICK UP PATIENTS TO DELIVER
THEM. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT TH
CAPACITY FOR SERVICE IS
MAXIMIZED EACH DAY. AND FURTHE
LOWER BARRIERS TO TREATMENT.
FINALLY, EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE
A SECOND WHICH WOULD DOUBLE TH
CAPACITY , AND ALLOW THEM TO
SERVE AN ADDITIONAL ESTIMATED
200 TO 240 PATIENTS DAILY , AND
EXPAND TO TWO ADDITIONAL
LOCATIONS. WITH THE PURCHASE OF
THIS SECOND MMU, THE TOTAL
CAPACITY WOULD INCREASE TO SERV
FOUR TOTAL LOCATIONS , AND 300
TO 360 PATIENTS DAILY. AGAIN,
THE SERVICES ARE PARTIALLY
REIMBURSABLE BY MEDICAID. AND
ASSUME A CONSERVATIVE AMOUNT OF
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT . MOBILE
MEDICATION UNITS ARE A NEW
MODEL IN THE GUIDELINES FOR THE
SERVICES AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED
. AS WITH MOST NEW PROGRAMS,
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS MODEL I
CURRENTLY INSUFFICIENT. THIS
PROBLEM WITH REIMBURSEMENT HAS
BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE STATE
HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY, WHICH
RECENTLY MADE AWARDS TO STAND U
TO IT AND INCLUDED IN THE WARD
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
OPERATING SUPPORT FUNDING FOR
THE FIRST TWO YEARS. AGAIN, WE
ARE CONFIDENT THE GUIDELINES
FOR MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS ARE
GOING TO BE IMPROVED. ETS IS
IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS, OPERATING ABOUT
THE STRUCTURAL RATE GAP WE
MENTIONED . TOGETHER THEY ARE
GOING TO BE BRINGING THEIR
CONCERNS TO THE HEALTHCARE
AUTHORITY THIS FALL. THEY ARE
OPTIMISTIC. I THINK THEY ARE
OPTIMISTIC WITH GOOD REASON
THAT THE NEW RATES WILL BE IN
PLACE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
YEAR. FINALLY, ETS WILL HAVE A
OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A THIRD
YEAR OF FUNDING FROM THE PUBLIC
HEALTH PDA TO HELP WITH
OPERATING EXPENSES NEXT YEAR.
THEY ARE LOOKING ACTIVELY FOR
ADDITIONAL GRANT SOURCES. THIS
IS ALL TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS
FOLKS HAVE WITH AN ONGOING
OPERATING GAP. ETS HAS ASSURED
MY OFFICE THEY CAN SCALE THEIR
PLANS TO THE $1 MILLION IN
ONE-TIME FUNDING , AVAILABLE VI
THIS AMENDMENT. THEY INTEND TO
USE IT FOR KEEPING THE MOBILE
MEDICATION UNIT SERVICES WITHIN
THE CITY , SERVING THREE MORE
LOCATIONS. PIONEER SQUARE, TWO
OTHERS TO BE DETERMINED. AND
MAXIMIZING THE SERVICE POTENTIA
, THE END THE ABILITY TO SERVE
UP TO 300 TO 360 PATIENTS
DAILY. BY ADDING A SECOND AND
THEN YOU AND A.D.A. TRANSPORT
VAN. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THAN
YOU.
>> THAT IS A GREAT SUMMER.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. GO AHEAD.
>> HERE'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM
ON A LOT OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
BASICALLY I DON'T APPROPRIATING
MONEY FOR THINGS WE DON'T HAVE
POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT. THAT'
BECAUSE, TO MY MOUTH --
KNOWLEDGE, AND I'M NO, THAT'S
NOT WHAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGE
IS FOR. WHAT IS IT FOR? ON PAGE
TWO, OF THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO,
FOOTNOTE ONE SAYS THE RCW
ALLOWS APPROPRIATING FROM THE
EMERGENCY FUND OR OTHER
DESIGNATED FUNDS, AN AMOUNT
SUFFICIENT TO MAKE THE
NECESSARY EXPENDITURES FOR WHIC
THE CITY OF -- DUE TO CAUSES
THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
FORESEEN AT THE TIME OF THE
MAKING OF THE BUDGET. IF
APPROPRIATIONS DON'T MEET THAT,
THEY SHOULD, I BELIEVE, THEY
BELONG AT THE END OF THE YEAR
BUDGET . AFTER A PUBLIC
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE UNDERLYIN
POLICY CAN BE HAD , AND THE PRO
AND CONS CAN BE DISCUSSED.
APPROPRIATIONS DO BELONG IN TH
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL IF THEY
WOULD BE SPENT THIS YEAR , AND
IF THIS APPROPRIATION DOES MEET
THE STANDARD, AND/OR IN A
SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE THE
MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT'S
ALREADY BEEN PUBLICLY VETTED,
AND WILL GO AWAY IF WE DON'T
APPROPRIATE AND SPEND IT THIS
YEAR. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM,
THIS AMENDMENT IS CONCERNED A
POLICY AREA I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
. SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER
TREATMENT. IT'S NOT CLEAR THE
AMENDMENT MEETS THOSE STANDARDS
I WILL BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I
HAVE TOO MANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF WHICH IS THAT I WAS
READING THIS AMENDMENT IN THE
MEMO, AND WE GOT AN EMAIL AT
EIGHT : 54 SAYING IT WILL FUND
SOMETHING ELSE. SOME OF MY
QUESTIONS INCLUDE WHY DOES THI
HAVE TO BE IN THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL? THIS SEEMS LIKE A
CAPITAL PROJECT SO IT WILL
LIKELY NOT BE SPENT THIS YEAR,
HOWEVER THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD JUST
SAID. IF IT IS SELF BALANCING
BECAUSE IT'S JUST MOVING MONEY
FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, THAT CAN
BE DONE IN THE FALL. HOW DOES
THIS RELATE TO THE $27 MILLION
INVESTMENT TOWARD INNOVATIVE
FACILITIES AND TREATMENT
PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS WHAT THE
MAYOR ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY. IF
THE MAYOR SUPPORTS IT, WHY
WASN'T IT INCLUDED IN THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL HE
PROPOSED? FINALLY, AND VERY
IMPORTANTLY, HIS IS GOING TO
CREATE AN ONGOING NEED IN TERM
OF FUNDING OPERATIONS AND WHAT
IS THE PLAN TO MEET THAT NEED
GIVING IN OUR BUDGET SHORTFALL?
I HEARD YOU SAY, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, THE VAST MAJORITY OF
FUNDS WILL BE SPENT ON ONE-TIM
COSTS . WHAT ABOUT THE REST? I
WILL BE VOTING NO. I KNOW WE AR
IN A TIME CRUNCH. 11:52. I
DON'T EXPECT THESE QUESTIONS TO
BE ANSWERED.
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD,
VERY BRIEFLY ADDRESS THEM.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO BURKE I
JUST WANT TO ASK FOLKS, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION, I AM AVAILABLE
UNTIL OUR GOOD CHAIR HAS A
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. I'M GOO
TO STAY UNTIL 12:30 AND IF
OTHER FOLKS ARE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS NEED
IS A NEED THAT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THE EXECUTIVE. I
IS A NEED THAT WILL BE
REFERENCED IN THE A COMING
EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE
EXECUTIVE. WE ARE IN A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED WIT
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER.
THESE FUNDS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
PURCHASE THE VAN IMMEDIATELY .
IT DOES TAKE FIVE MONTHS TO
OUTFIT AND ACCEPT DELIVERY OF
THE VAN. THAT IS THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATE
WITH THIS AMENDMENT , THE
ONE-TIME COSTS . 750,000.
ONE-TIME COSTS. I DID ADDRESS
THE ISSUE REGARDING THE ONGOIN
COSTS. 250,000 ARE ONGOING
COSTS. I DID ADDRESS THAT ISSU
IN DESCRIBING THE MEDICAID
REIMBURSEMENT RATES , THE
GROUNDS THAT ARE BEING APPLIED
FORWARD, AND SHARING WITH THE
TREE SERVICES THAT WE ARE NOT
COMMITTING TO FURTHER -- THIS
IS ONE TIME FUNDS. WE ARE NOT,
IN ANY WAY, INDICATING A
COMMITMENT TO FURTHER PAY FOR
ONGOING OPERATING COSTS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL A
QUESTION HERE. I APPRECIATE THE
COUNCILMEMBER HAD THE
EXPLANATION HERE. I APPRECIAE
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO
IDENTIFY FUNDING AND THE
ONE-TIME NATURE OF THIS POINT I
WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE RULE ON THE ADOPTION O
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES. [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
MADAM CHAIR, ONE IN FAVOR, --
FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE ABSTAINED.
>> THE MOTION IS ADOPTED. CAN I
GET A GENERAL SENSE IF THERE I
WILLINGNESS TO STAY UNTIL 12:30
I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR
TIME. VERITY ASKED YOU TO
EXTENDED TUNING. WE CAN PUSH TH
REST OF THE DISCUSSION OFF TO
NEXT THURSDAY IF YOU PREFER . I
THERE IS ANOTHER -- ABILITY T
STAY ANOTHER 35 MINUTES I WOUL
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I HAVE A CONFLICT OF STAY.
>> I AM ABLE TO STAY.
>> I WOULD PREFER NOT TO, BUT I
CAN STAY.
>> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
WERE USING SOMETHING ELSE?
>> I NEED TO DO SOME CHECKING
THEIR.
>> LET'S LET YOU DO THE
CHECKING. YES, FIVE MINUTES. I
LOVE THAT. LET'S GO TO AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER FOUR. WE WILL LET
YOU DO THE CHECKING, AND I WIL
CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANKS FO
DOING THAT. ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE
ME, AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE THIS AMENDMENT?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT FOR.
>> RATES. IT HAS BEEN MOVED . I
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CENTRAL
STAFF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK T
THIS?
>> NUMBER FOUR, SPONSORED BY
COUNSEL LEWIS. THIS WOULD ADD
200,000 FOR CONTRACTING WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT SUPPORT THE DIVERSION
WHILE REDUCING GENERAL RESERVE
FOR THE FEDERAL MONITOR BY THE
SAME AMOUNT. THAT MONITOR
RESERVES -- EXPECTED
EXPENDITURE FOR 2023. CENTRAL
STOP DETERMINED THERE
SUFFICIENT BALANCE TO ABSORB TH
200,000 IN THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. THIS AMENDMENT DOES
COME ON THE HEELS OF A VERY
PRODUCTIVE POLICY DISCUSSION TH
COUNCIL HAD IN THE COMMITTEE.
BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO NOW.
THIS DISCUSSION AROUND THE
EXPANSION OF THE SEATTLE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF PREFILED
DIVERSION TO PROVIDE PROVIDER
CATERING TO A POPULATION OF
OVER 25 YEARS OF AGE, WHICH HA
BEEN A LONG-STANDING COUNSEL
OBJECTIVE IN THIS AREA. CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INDICATED IN
THAT MEETING THIS WORK IS A
CURATOR -- ITERATIVE AND THEY
WORKING TO BUILD AND EXPAND
CAPACITY IN THIS AREA TO TAKE O
A LARGER NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO
PREFILED DIVERSION AND EXPAND
THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR
DIVERSION PARTNERS THEY WORK
WITH THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE
DID GET A BRIEFING ON THE
OFFERINGS OF SEVERAL OF THOSE
NEW PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING OF
OTHERS. THIS INVESTMENT WOULD
ROUGHLY EQUATE TO AN ADDITIONAL
200 DIVERSION SLOTS IN A GIVEN
YEAR. GIVEN THE PIVOTING OF
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
TOWARD WANTING TO RESOLVE A
HIGHER VOLUME OF CASES THROUGH
PREFILED DIVERSION THEN THROUG
THE UMASS -- MUNICIPAL COURT.
THIS PRUDENT INVESTMENT TO
CONTINUE THAT WORK AND KEEP IN
MIND THE ECONOMY OF THE COURT A
WE WORK TO DEVELOP SSX OR
THERAPEUTIC COURT AND REDUCE
THE CASELOAD OF WHAT ULTIMATELY
GETS TO THE COURT AND TRY TO
RESOLVE MORE OF THESE
INTERVENTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY
THE POLICY CONVERSATION WAS
ENCOURAGING IN THE CONTRACTS,
AND THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE WITH SOME TRUSTED
AND VERY WELL RESPECTED
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT AR
DOING GREAT WORK FOR PEOPLE TO
SEEK JUSTICE IN DIFFERENT WAYS
THAN THE TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM. FOR MY
COUNSEL AND CENTRAL STAFF, AND
THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER
AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT FIVE BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THAT
LOOKS AT THE MONITOR READER
UNDER SPENT. MY UNDERSTANDING I
THAT IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED
THIS COST CAN BE ABSORBED AND
WE CAN STILL HONOR OUR
COMMITMENT TO THE MONITORING
TEAM. I WOULD JUST PUT ON THE
RECORD NOW, AND I CAN'T SPEAK
FOR COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ON
HER AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, BUT
TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, I WOULD
CONSIDER THIS TO BE A
PROVISIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET THAT I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
REVISITING IF THERE WERE
EMERGENT OR NEW NEEDS FOR THE
MONITORING TEAM. I DO WANT TO
PUT THAT ON THE RECORD THAT IF
IT DOES TURN OUT, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT THERE IS SUBSEQUENT
MONITORING WORK THAT IS BEING
REQUESTED, AND THIS $200,000
WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THAT
PURPOSE. I WOULD BE WILLING TO
REVISIT THAT IN THE FALL PROCES
IF THAT SHOULD BE A NEED. I
JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AN
PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. AS IT
STANDS RIGHT NOW, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DO NOT
ANTICIPATE A NEED LIKE THAT, AN
THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE UNDER
SPEND, AND COULD BE MOVED TO
MORE NEEDS LIKE PROVIDING
INTERVENTIONS FOR FOLKS CYCLING
THROUGH THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT IS FOCUSED ON. WITH
THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS , MADAM
CHAIR. I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER
TO YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THAT WAS AN OLD HAND.
>> OH, GREAT. I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY , I AM
PLEASED THAT YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS , ARE BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. THE QUESTION OF
EXPANDING ACCESS AND RESOURCES
FOR PREFILING DIVERSION WAS
EXACTLY THE PURPOSE OF THE
BRIEFING IN MY COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK. I REALLY WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT BOTH THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS
ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO SERV
WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTS,
WHICH WAS 300 , AND THE AGENCIE
THAT WERE DOING THE SERVICE
PROVISION , SO THAT WE COULD
HAVE A CONVERSATION OF WHETHER
OR NOT THERE WAS A NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL SLOTS . ALSO THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE
SLOTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DIFFERENT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
, WHETHER OR NOT THAT REALLY
CORRESPONDED WITH THE NEEDS O
PEOPLE BEING OFFERED PRETRIAL
DIVERSION SERVICES. I DID SEE
THAT ONLY ONE OF THE AGENCIES
THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT WAS
REALLY ALIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE
IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER
CASES , AND JUST REALLY HOPE
THAT THIS PARTICULAR EXPANSION
WOULD MAYBE AUGMENT THOSE
PARTICULAR NEEDS, BUT RECOGNIZE
THE DESIRE AND INTEREST FOR
FLEXIBILITY AT THIS TIME. I'M
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, THANK
YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES
DEFINITELY SUPPORT INCREASING
FUNDS. I'M UNABLE TO SUPPORT
THIS AMENDMENT TODAY BECAUSE I
SEEMS PREMATURE TO BE
REALLOCATING FUNDS AWAY FROM TH
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY MONITOR
BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL
YEAR BEFORE THE JUDGE MAKES HIS
FINAL DETERMINATION. I WOULD
THINK THE COURT MONITOR WOULD
BE SHARING THIS AS WELL.
>> EXCELLENT. I WILL ALSO BE
SUPPORTING THIS HERE TODAY. I
THINK THE EVIDENCE SHOWS
PREARREST DIVERSION IS THE GOLD
STANDARD PREVENTION FOR
PREVENTING HARM. IT ENABLES
PEOPLE TO AVOID FURTHER INTAKE
IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
WITHOUT A CASE EVER BEING
INITIATED, WHICH WE KNOW THAT
INITIATION ALONE CAN BE SOMEWHA
HARD FOR FOLKS GETTING INTO TH
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. I'M GOIN
TO BE SUPPORTING THIS. I WOULD
LOVE TO KNOW MORE , AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AS THE
SPONSOR OF THIS, IF YOU COULD
FOLLOW-UP TO LET US KNOW IF
YORTY HAVE THESE DETAILS . JUST
INTERESTED IN WHICH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
MIGHT RECEIVE THE FUNDING. TO
THE FUNDING. IF THERE IS ENOUG
FOR FUTURE FUNDING. THANK YOU
FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE ON
THE BROADER CONCEPT AROUND THIS
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT THE EXECUTIVES ' FOCUS AS
WELL ON PREARREST -- AND
POSSESSION ORDINANCE, WHICH I
WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO. AN
YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS
TODAY. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THI
AMENDMENT. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> NO. I AM HAPPY TO VOTE.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
PLEASE CALL THE RULE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] MADAM
CHAIR, THREE IN FAVOR, ONE
OPPOSED, ONE ABSTAINED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE
MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT NUMBE
FOUR IS ADOPTED. I HAVE RECEIVE
NOTIFICATION FROM OUR COLLEAGUE
HERE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
THAT YOU HAVE FREEDOM THE NEXT
HALF HOUR. LET'S GO THROUGH THE
REST OF THESE. I THINK WE ONLY
HAVE ABOUT FIVE MORE LEFT.
LET'S ENDEAVOR TO KEEP OUR
COMMENTS RELATIVELY SHORT , AND
WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS
TODAY. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC
FOR COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE NUMBER
FIVE?
>> I DO. I MOVED AMENDMENT
NUMBER FIVE.
>> WONDERFUL, IS THERE A SECOND
I WILL SECOND IT'S. IT HAS BEE
MOVED AND SECONDED. AFTER
CENTRAL STAFF SPEAKS, YOU'RE
WELCOME TO.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE,
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. 49,000 GENERAL FUND AN
HALFTIME COMMUNICATIONS AND
ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITION
IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSUMPTION
CURRENTLY CONDUCTED BY THE
FEDERAL MONITOR. THE POSITION
WOULD ALLOW THE OFFICER OF
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO
COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS IN THE
AREAS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND DISPARITIES AND
COMMUNICATIONS. SAME AS THE
PRIOR AMENDMENT IT WOULD BE
FUNDED WITH EXCESS RESERVES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN THIS
INSTANCE, THOUGH THIS IS ALSO
REPURPOSE THING OVERSPEND OR
UNDER SPEND FROM THE MONITORING
PROJECT, THIS WORK IS ALIGNED
WITH THE CONSENT TO CREATE
BECAUSE OIG'S TRANSITION TO
TAKE ON WORK THAT HAS PREVIOUSL
BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE CONSENT
TO PRE-MONITOR. SOME OF THAT
EVOLVES -- INVOLVES POLICY WORK
IN SHORT, GIVEN THE BREADTH OF
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK, WHICH
OIG IS CHARGE, AND THE NEW
EDITION OF THE NEW BODY OF
MONITORING WORK, UNDER THE
CONSENT TO AGREE, THERE REMAINS
STAFFING DEFICIENCIES AND
POTENTIAL RESORTS NEEDS. MOST
CONCERNING IS OIG IN ABILITY TO
WORK COMPLY WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS IN COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENTS, AND COMMUNICATIONS
IN SUPPORT OF THE OF ASSUMPTIO
OF DUTIES CURRENTLY CONDUCTED B
THE FEDERAL MONITOR. $49,000
WILL ASSIST WITH THE ADDITION
OF HALFTIME FTE COMMUNICATIONS
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
POSITION. AS WE KNOW,
COMMUNICATING THE WORK IS VERY
IMPERATIVE TO TRANSPARENCY.
BUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST AND
LEGITIMACY. THIS INCLUDES
EMPLOYING RACIAL EQUITY
EXPERTISE TO GUIDE THE OIG
MANAGEMENT IN THE SCOPING OF
PORK PROJECTS, AS WELL AS
HELPING OIG EFFECTIVELY REPORT
PROGRESS , AND STATUS OF THE
MANDATED WORK , AND TO INTERFAC
WITH COMMUNITY IN A MANNER THAT
SETS ASIDE INSTITUTIONAL
ASSUMPTIONS AND HAVE LEGITIMATE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. OIG
CLOSELY EXAMINED ITS 2023 BUDGE
AND REDUCED THE POTENTIAL
AMOUNT OF THIS OUT. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. I URGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M NOT
SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS. I
TOO WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT. MADA
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] MADAM
CHAIR, THREE IN FAVOR, TWO
ABSTAINED.
>> THANK YOU, COLLIES. THE
MOTION PASSES. THE AMENDMENT
WILL BE ADOPTED. OKAY WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER 6A
AND 6B. I WILL TURN IT TO --
EXCUSE ME, LET ME MOVE 6A FIRST
I MOVED THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 6A. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I WILL
TURN TO CENTRAL STAFF AND THEN
SPEAK DEEPLY TO THIS.
>> AMENDMENT SIX HAS THREE
OPTIONS . ALL ALL RELATED TO TH
FUNDING. AMENDMENT SIX OPTION
A, SPONSORED BY THE CHAIR, WOUL
REDIRECT THE GENERAL FUND FROM
OFFICES OF STABILITY TO SEATTL
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTIONS . TO SUPPORT COST
RELATED TO -- AMENDMENT SIX ,
OPTION B, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WOULD
REDUCE THAT FROM OSC, WHICH WA
INCLUDED AS AN INTERCHANGE TO
SUPPLEMENTAL, AND IS A MUTUALL
EXCLUSIVE AMENDMENT. LASTLY,
6B, VERSION 2, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WOULD
REDUCE $50,000 FROM IT. THIS
WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED IF 6A
IS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL
SPEAK DEEPLY TO THIS, AND THEN
WILL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON WHO HAS THE OTHER TWO
AMENDMENTS. COLLEAGUES, VERY
BRIEFLY, NOT TO GO INTO ALL THE
DETAILS, BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT
OF TIME IN THE LAST COMMITTEE.
WILL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO THANK
THE OFFICES OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR THE PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD OVER TH
LAST TWO WEEKS ON HOW TO MAKE
THIS PROPOSAL ALIGNED MORE WIT
THE PROCESS AND ANALYSIS THEY
ARE BEGINNING TO EMBARK ON, AND
WHAT THEY THINK MIGHT BE
POSSIBLE. BASED ON THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH TH
MAYOR'S OFFICE, OSD, AND
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTION, I AM NOW PROPOSING
TO DIRECT THE $50,000 INCLUDED
IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL TO SDCI, IN
-- INSTEAD OF OSC. BECAUSE OF
THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD THEY
ARE ALREADY DID THE REVIEW. IF
CONFIRMED THEY HAVE THE
TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO CONDUCT
ANY WORK NEEDED. THAT DEPARTMEN
IS REALLY THE RIGHT FIT FOR TH
FUNDING. THINGS TO MY
COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WHO HAS
RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PLACEMENT OF THIS. RECOGNIZING
THIS WORK WILL BE DONE IN CLOSE
CONSULTATION GIVEN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND OTHER
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING OUR
UTILITIES. WE WANT TO ENSURE TH
FUNDING STILL FOLLOWED THOSE
DEPARTMENTS. MY INTENT IS TO
ENSURE THEY HAVE THE FUNDING
NECESSARY TO DO STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT. AND TO WORK WITH A
WIDE VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS A
THEY FURTHER CONSIDER THIS
ASSESSMENT . AGAIN THIS IS
FUNDING TO SUPPORT OF ANALYSIS
OF THE REVIEW FOR ANY FUTURE
WORK AND NOT DIRECTING ANY
POLICY VIA THE BUDGET. THANK
YOU FOR THE LETTER THAT WAS
SENT. YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A
COPY OF THAT LETTER ON THE
CONCEPT OF A LIVING HOTEL
CONCEPT IN YOUR INBOX AS OF THI
MORNING. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> YEAH. I HAVE QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS ABOUT THE BASE
EXPENDITURE. BUT I DO WANT TO
REGISTER MY DISAGREEMENT THAT
THIS IS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH
MY AMENDMENT. YOURS IS TALKING
ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
MINE TALKS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
WE SHOULD SPEND IT. I WOULD LIK
TO ALLIE TO ADDRESS THE
MECHANICS OF THIS
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS RIGHT
NOW.
>> DEPUTY DIRECTOR , PLEASE FEE
FREE TO DESCRIBE THAT POINT I
THINK THAT IF AMENDMENT 6A WER
TO HANG, THEN IT IS -- 6B,
VERSION 2, WHICH WOULD THEN
CIRCLE FUNDING. THOSE TWO I
DON'T SEE AS MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE. I SEE THEM SEQUENCED
>> THANK YOU PER COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. I LABELED 6A AND 6B
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE . ONE WOULD
REDIRECT THE FUNDS IN ONE WEEK
AT THE FENCE. REDIRECTED TO
SEATTLE. I WOULD NO LONGER HAV
ANYTHING IN THE BILL
APPROPRIATING THE 50,000. AS
ORIGINALLY DRAFTED, AND BEFORE
YOU HAD ALL THE AMENDMENTS IN
FRONT OF YOU, SIX A AND B
VERSION 1R MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S WH
WE OFFERED VERSION 2 OF YOUR
AMENDMENT. IF 6A PASSES YOU CA
MOVE 6B VERSION 2, WHICH IS NO
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OPTION AS
THE CHAIR DESCRIBED.
>> THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
>> I WILL JUST SAY IT DOES MAKE
MORE SENSE TO GO TO S -- IF
THEY ADMINISTER THE LIVING
BUILDING PILOT INCENTIVE PROGRA
RIGHT NOW. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS A PROGRAM I SUPPORT
FULLY. I STAFFED THE TEXT
AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWED IT. A
LIVING BUILDING WHERE IT IS
RIGHT NOW. THIS DOES MAKE MORE
SENSE. IF THIS PASSES , IT'S M
UNDERSTANDING WE WILL STILL HEA
MY AMENDMENT, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. IF THIS PASSES, 6A,
WE WOULD CONSIDER 6B VERSION 2
>> OKAY.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> GREAT EXAMPLE, THANK YOU FOR
CALLING OUT THE STORE IN THAT
BUILDING THERE. I WOULD LIKE T
ATTACH TO THE MATERIALS THE
LETTERS I SUBMITTED AS WELL. WE
WILL MAKE THAT PART OF THE
MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC AS
WELL. IF I WAS THERE IN PERSON
WOULD BE HOLDING IT UP. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> I WILL SPEAK ABOUT --
>> OH, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I DO HAVE A COMMENT ON WHAT
YOU SAID IN YOUR INTRODUCTORY.
YOU MENTIONED CONVERSATIONS WIT
THE EXECUTIVE. IT'S NOT CLEAR T
ME THAT THE MAYOR SUPPORTS THIS
PROGRAM. CAN YOU CLARIFY? MY
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE ORIGINAL
AMENDMENT WAS THAT THERE WAS
NOT A COMMITMENT OSC WOULD TAKE
ON THIS WORK. DOES THE MARRIAG
SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND SDCI
DOING THAT?
>> I CANNOT SPEAK ON THE
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
MAYOR. I KNOW THERE'S ONGOING
CONVERSATION. I KNOW FROM OUR
DISCUSSIONS FROM THE DEPARTMEN
OF DISCUSSION AND THE
REPRESENTATIVES, THEY WERE VER
PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THE ALIGNMENT WITH EXISTING
ANALYSIS OF THE LIVING BUILDIN
PILOT PROGRAM, AS YOU MENTIONED
IT CURRENTLY IS HOUSED AT SC I
THERE IS REVIEW AND PLANS. THE
ARE CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF THE
PILOT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
TECHNICAL CAPACITY ON WHETHER O
NOT THEY COULD DO THIS IS
BETTER SUITED AT SDCI. DOING
SHOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE NOT
HISTORICALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN
THIS SOMETHING WE ARE
INTERESTED IN SUPPORTED IN
FUNDING. UNDERSTANDING IS THERE
ARE CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK
DIRECTLY WITH THE MAYOR. I
DON'T WANT TO PRESUPPOSE A
PREDETERMINED WITH THE OUTCOMES
WILL BE. VERY PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT
AS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH THIS
IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO INDICATE
OUR DIRECTIVE AND INTENTION TO
WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND
FURTHER POLICY PRIORITIES. I
WILL CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND A YE
VOTE ON THIS AND SUPPORT THE
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN PRODUCTIVE THUS FAR. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? OKAY.
SEEING THEM. MADAM CLERK, CAN
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 6A.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] MADAM
CHAIR , THAT IS THREE IN FAVOR,
TWO OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. AMENDMENT
6A WILL BE INCLUDED. THAT
BRINGS US TO AMENDMENT 6B,
VERSION 1, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE
AMENDMENT?
>> I MOVE THE AMENDMENT, 6B
VERSION 1.
>> A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I
THINK YOU NEED TO MOVE 6B
VERSION 2. SIX A IS OFF THE
TABLE. THE MONEY IS NOW IN
SDCI. YOU WILL WANT TO MOVE
VERSION 2.
>> I DID SAY THE WRONG THING.
APOLOGIES. 6B, VERSION 2 .
>> I MOVE THAT.
>> SECOND.
>> AMENDMENT 6B VERSION 2 IS IN
FRONT OF US. CENTRAL STUFF TO
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTENT YOU
LIKE TO SHARE WITH US?
>> NO ADDITIONAL CONTENT.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS
>> YEAH, AS I MENTIONED IN THE
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION LAST TIME,
THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC
DISCUSSION OF THE LIVING HOTEL'
POLICY IDEA. IT IS BEEN SPOKEN
UP TO THE LIVING BUILDINGS
PROGRAM. THAT'S AN INCENTIVE
PROGRAM. IT'S ALSO BEEN
MENTIONED IN RELATION TO THE
BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
LEGISLATION. THAT IS FOR
EXISTING BUILDINGS. THIS IS
BEING PROMOTED BY A COALITION,
BEING LED BY HERE. THERE IS
STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN VETTED IN EITHER
THE RELEVANT POLICY COMMITTEES
THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINABILITY AN
RENTERS RIGHTS, OR LAND-USE. I
REALLY SEEMS AS THOUGH WE ARE
BEING ASKED TO SPEND MONEY ON
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR
SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT IT IS. THAT IS NOT GOOD
PRACTICE. OUR CONSTITUENTS
EXPECT THIS TO BE GOOD
SHEPHERDS OF MONEY. WE ARE
PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE
HORSE ON THE PROGRAM THAT AGAI
WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED. I AM NOT
SIGNALING I OPPOSE LIVING
HOTELS, I AM SAYING WE STILL
NEED TO DISCUSS THIS IN
COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE
THE EXECUTIVES ARE OUT ON THIS.
THIS IS $50,000 TO GO
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. YOU JUST
MENTIONED SDCI HAS THE
RESOURCES TO DO THIS. I HAVE
QUESTION ABOUT OKAY, WILL THIS
BE FOR CONSULTING TO DO THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND
SUBCONTRACT GOODBYE SDCI? THIS
IS A POLICY DISCUSSION THAT HA
YET TO BE HAD. I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD BE SPENDING MONEY ON
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ON
SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT IT IS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL
SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY. I WILL LOOK
FOR ADDITIONAL HANDS. I WANT TO
CLARIFY, THE WORD I USED WAS
TECHNICAL CAPACITY. THEY HAVE
MORE OF THE KNOWLEDGE, THE
SKILLS, THE EXPERTISE INSIDE
FOR THIS TYPE OF REVIEW.
FUNDING THE ABILITY TO DO AN
ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT AN
EXTENSION OR APPLICATION OF A
SIMILAR PROJECT TO THE HOTELS
FROM A LIVING HOTELS POLICY THA
MAY BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE,
WHATEVER COMES TO FRUITION, THI
IS THE INITIAL POLICY CONCEPT
WE WOULD BE SUPPORTING THROUGH
THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE AN
INITIAL CONVERSATION THAT WILL
ULTIMATELY COME TO COUNSELING
COLDS -- COUNSEL HAVE A DECISIO
WHETHER OR NOT TO ADVANCE
POLICY.
>> IF WE ALREADY HAVE THE LIVIN
BUILDING PROGRAM, WHY -- THE
QUESTION HAVE THAT WE DON'T
HAVE TIME TO ANSWER , THIS IS
NEEDED WHY? ANYWAY. GO ON.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
THINK THE LETTER AND SOME OF TH
COMMENTS SPEAK TO THE INTEREST
OF HAVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT OF NEW BUILDINGS ,
HOTELS, SPECIFICALLY HIGH
ENERGY USING BUILDINGS BE
ASSESSED. THERE'S A NEW
STANDARD. IF YOU WANT TO CALL I
SOMETHING LIKE SEATTLE. HEALTH
BUILDING, HEALTHY HOTEL
BUILDINGS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT
IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS A VERY
INITIAL ANALYSIS. MUCH MORE WOR
TO BE DONE WITH THE
STAKEHOLDERS. THIS WOULD BE
FUNDING THE DEPARTMENTS TO WORK
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT
ASSESSMENT , AND POLICY WOULD G
FORWARD WITHOUT COMING BACK TO
COUNSEL. I AM SUPPORT OF KEEPIN
THE FUNDING THERE. I JUST WANT
TO REDUCE THE RISK THE -- THE
DEPARTMENT HAS. I APPRECIATE TH
TECHNICAL TO CITY IS THERE. TO
GIVE US THE COUNCIL OF FULLER
PICTURE OF WHAT POLICY OPTIONS
WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER. ADAM
CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENTS 6B VERSION 2.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] MADAM
CHAIR, TWO FAVOR, THREE NO.
>> THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT PASS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT
NUMBER SEVEN. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN IS THE SPONSOR. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE THIS AMENDMENT
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. YES,
COLLEAGUES I MOVE AMENDMENT
NUMBER SEVEN TO THE COUNCIL
BILL.
>> GREAT, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> CENTRAL STUFF, CAN YOU
PLEASE DESCRIBE IT
>> AMENDMENT SEVEN, SPONSORED
BY COUNSEL PEDERSEN WILL
TRANSFER $500,000 OF SCHOOLS
SAFETY TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY FUND FROM SPD TO SDOT
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONA
SCREWS OWN CAMERAS. THE 2023
ADOPTED BUDGET ADDED $1 MILLION
IN THE PROGRAM TO DOUBLE THE
NUMBER OF CAMERAS. THIS TRANSFE
WOULD ALLOW SDOT TO EVALUATE
POTENTIAL CAMERA LOCATIONS AND
DESIGN ISSUES.
>> EXCELLENT. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> COLLEAGUES, THIS AMENDMENT
WILL BETTER SEQUENCE THE
FUNDING TO ACHIEVE THE COUNCIL'
DIRECTION GIVEN TO THE EXECUTIV
LAST FALL TO DOUBLE THE SCHOOL
ZONE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM . AS WE
KNOW, CURRENTLY, ONLY ABOUT 20%
OF SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAFFIC SAFET
PROGRAM. THAT ENDS UP PAYING FO
ITSELF ONCE IT'S IN PLACE. TO
ACHIEVE OUR GOAL TO DOUBLE THE
IMPORTANT SAFETY PROGRAM. LAST
FALL COUNSEL ALLOCATED TO THE
EXECUTIVE $1 MILLION IN 2023.
THAT IS A BUDGET AUTHORITY. TH
SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY PROGRAM IS
OPERATED BY TWO DEPARTMENTS.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THE
FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR IN 2023
WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN THE
SCHOOL SAFETY TRAFFIC
IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH IS
MANAGED THROUGH OUR SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, WE
NOW KNOW THE SEQUENCING , SDOT
NEEDS ABOUT 400 TO 500,000 OF
THOSE FUNDS. WERE UP FRONT
ENGINEERING INSTALLATION COSTS.
WE ARE SIMPLY , TO ACHIEVE THE
SAME GOAL, WE ARE MOVING PART O
THE FUNDING TO THE DEPARTMENT
THE NEEDS OF THE MOST NOW. THA
IS SDOT. WE ARE MOVING THAT
BUDGET AUTHORITY FROM SPD TO
SDOT. THANK YOU.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THIS IS FROM VOTER IMPROVED
MONEY HERE?
>> NO. THIS IS A COUNCIL
APPROVED PROGRAM . THE OLD
SCHOOL ZONE PROGRAM THAT HAS
BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE.
>> OKAY. I WILL SPEAK TO THIS.
I RETURNED TO MY MISSED TEST I
MENTIONED AT THE TOP HERE.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PUBLIC CAS
MADE FOR WHY THIS HAS TO BE TH
ORIGINAL $1 MILLION THAT HAS TO
BE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
AND NOT IN THE 2024 BUDGET.
IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT MONEY WILL
BE SPENT THIS YEAR. I COMPLETEL
AGREE THAT THE ORIGINAL USE OF
THAT FUNDING WAS TO GO TO HOW
MUCH THE STREETCAR PROJECT
WOULD COST , BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
KNOW THAT. THINGS HAVE CHANGED
SINCE THIS WAS A LIFE ISSUE
WHEN IT CAME BEFORE THE PUBLIC
ORIGINALLY. NAMELY WE HAVE A
PROJECTED DEFICIT IN 2025. THE
IMPACTS OF COVID ON DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES. THE LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS. THE WEST SEATTLE
BALLARD LINE IS HOT RIGHT NOW.
ALSO THE FACT WE'VE GOT A NEW
MAYOR AND LIKELY MORE
COUNCILMEMBERS COMING THAT COUL
HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT
THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD WHEN
WE WILL --
>> MADAM CHAIR, I THINK WE MIGH
BE REFERRING TO IT DIFFERENT
ITEM.
>> THAT AMENDMENT EIGHT I
BELIEVE.
>> NEVERMIND.
>> IS OKAY. THANK YOU FOR TEEIN
THAT UP. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST
WANTED TO SPEAK TO MY STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THIS. I WAS ACTUALL
PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THE
URGENCY I THOUGHT COUNCILMEMBE
NELSON WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. WE DID
GET A FANTASTIC BRIEFING AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNCIL
FUNDING FOR EXPANSION OF
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. WE LEARNE
THAT BECAUSE OF THE SEQUENCING
OF THE INVESTMENTS NECESSARY T
BRING THIS UP TO IMPLEMENT THE
COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES, WE ARE
LOOKING AT PROBABLY FALL OF
NEXT YEAR BEFORE THESE CAMERAS
ARE ACTIVATED. THE FUNDING THA
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IS
PROPOSING , I THINK WILL HELP
WITH THAT TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT
BY PAYING FOR THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE PAID IN A STEP IN THE
SEQUENCE FIRST BEFORE OTHER
ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
HELD UP. I THINK IT MAKES GOOD
SMART SENSE FROM AN
IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. I WIL
SPEAK TO THIS POINT I TOO WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU
FOR REFERENCING THE REPORT WE
RECEIVED YESTERDAY. I'M NOT ON
THE COMMITTEE. I DID HAVE A
CHANCE TO HEAR ABOUT SDOT
PRIORITIZING OTHER MEASURES,
ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF DISADVANTAGE UNDER THE
EQUITY INDEX. I APPRECIATE THAT
ANALYSIS BEING APPLIED. THE
STREETS ARE SAFER FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. I
THINK THIS IS GREAT . AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SUPPORT
PROCESS THAT MANDATES WANTING
FOR FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS , AND
THEN ALSO PROTECTS OUR PRIVACY,
THAT INCLUDES PRIVACY
RESTRICTIONS ON DATA GATHERED ,
AND STATE LAW . THANK YOU SO
MUCH. CLEARLY I WILL SUPPORT
THIS EFFORT. I THINK IT'S A
BETTER WAY FOR US TO GET A
PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OTHER
STRATEGIES. WITH THAT, I WILL B
VOTING YES. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS? OKAY. MADAM CLERK,
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT SEVEN
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THAT
IS FIVE IN FAVOR.
>> UNANIMOUS VOTES. OKAY, THE
MOTION CARRIES. THE AMENDMENT I
ADOPTED. I AM STILL GOOD TO TRY
TO GET THROUGH THESE LAST TWO.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, IF WE
CAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT
>> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR, WILL
GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT. I AM GOIN
TO SIMPLIFY THIS AMENDMENT
NUMBER EIGHT WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . THIS MOTION WILL BE
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS
ON THE AGENDA. IT IS THE SAME
CONCEPT TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE
EXECUTIVE IS PROPOSING. SIMPLY
COLLEAGUES, I MOVED TO STRIKE
ITEM 7.6 OF COUNCIL BILL 12061
BY BRIEFLY STRIKING 7.6 WE
WOULD KEEP THE MONEY WERE
COUNSEL ORIGINALLY PUT IN THE
GENERAL FUND . AND NOT FOR THE
DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR STUDY. CAN
GET A SECOND FOR STRIKING ITEM
7.6 OF COUNCIL BILL ?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. I THINK I SAID BAD
EXAMPLE OF DOING VERBAL
AMENDMENTS EARLIER TODAY. I
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
IS SUPPORT FOR, TO MAKE SURE
CENTRAL STAFF HAS THE LANGUAGE
YOU ARE SUGGESTING ALREADY IN
FRONT OF THEM. DEPUTY DIRECTOR
>> JUST A PROCEDURAL
CLARIFICATION. IT MIGHT NOT
MATTER BUT DEPUTY CITY CLERK,
YOU NEED TO MOVE THE ORIGINAL
AMENDMENT AS FOLLOWS. ASSUMING
THAT WAS THE INTENT. I JUST
NEED TO CLARIFY . WHICH PART AR
WE STRIKING? I THINK KALLE IS
ON THE LINE AND CAN INSTRUCT ME
WHAT I'M CHANGING THAT IS IN
FRONT OF ME.
>> CENTRAL STAFF, HAVE YOU
RECEIVED THE SUGGESTION FROM TH
SPONSORS?
>> YES. I SPOKE TO CAL.
>> OKAY, GO AHEAD, CAL.
>> THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO -
ITEM 7.6 IN THIS COLUMN HERE .
THIS TABLE HERE. WE WOULD BE
DELETING THE ENTIRE ITEM. WE
WOULD STRIKE THROUGH ALL OF
THOSE ELEMENTS.
>> I THINK I'M REFLECTING IT NO
ON THE SCREEN, NOT THE PROPER
FORMAT. WE WILL GET IT READY.
ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE
ELIMINATING ITEM 7.6 FROM THE
BILL, AND REMEMBERING
SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS AS
NECESSARY.
>> THAT MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. KALLE, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT?
>> YEAH, DO NOT READ NUMBERS,
JUST TO KEEP EVERYTHING
SIMPLIFIED SO THE REFERENCES
ARE OKAY.
>> COULD YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE TH
IMPACT OF THAT AMENDMENT , AS
DESCRIBED BY THE SPONSOR?
>> DESCRIBED BY THE SPONSOR,
THIS WOULD NOT ALLOW SPENDING O
THIS. THIS WOULD ALLOW -- THIS
WOULD BASICALLY LEAVE FUNDING I
THE FUND BALANCE IN THIS CASE.
THERE IS A SEPARATE ITEM, ITEM
ONE 14 , I BELIEVE, THAT FREE
UP THE GENERAL FUND FROM
SDOT'S MOBILITY OPERATIONS .
WITH JUST STRIKING 7.6, THIS
WOULD LEAD 200,000 IN FUND
BALANCE -- GENERAL FUND
BALANCE, AND 805,000 IN THE
OTHER FUND BALANCE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS
AMENDMENT YOU MADE?
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. TAKE
A, CHIPPER COLLEAGUES I SUPPORT
NEARLY ALL THE ELEMENTS IN THE
DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN.
HOWEVER, THE PROPOSAL TO SPEND
$1 MILLION FOR THE STUDY OF A
PROPOSED FIRST AVENUE STREETCAR
HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS . IN MY
VIEW, THE CENTRAL CITY CONNECTO
IS EXPENSIVE, REDUNDANT, AND
LESS IMPORTANT THAN MANY OTHER
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WE HAVE
WORKED ESPECIALLY
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROJECTS.
RATHER THAN RESTATE WHAT I
STATED LAST COMMITTEE, I KNOW W
ARE TIGHT ON TIME , BASICALLY
THIS AMENDMENT SAYS WE ARE NOT
GOING TO DO THAT NOW . IT IS
SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS IN THE
FALL. LET'S JUST KEEP THE MONEY
WERE COUNSEL ORIGINALLY HAD IT,
WHICH WAS IN THE GENERAL FUND
AND TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. I
ASSUME YOU ARE COSPONSOR OF
THIS AMENDMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SPEAK TO?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST
THINK CONSISTENT TO THE
DISCUSSION AROUND THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL, I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT IN FUNDS THA
WE ADD OR SUBTRACT WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL. I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN
ON HOLD . I THINK A DISCUSSION
AROUND MOVING FORWARD IS A
DISCUSSION WE SHOULD HAVE , BUT
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE IT -- WE
SHOULD NOT JUST ASSUME IT'S
MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT THE
DISCUSSION IS WHAT I'M TRYING T
SAY HERE. THIS FUNDING IN THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL WOULD DO
JUST THAT. IT WOULD MOVE FORWAR
A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN HELD
IN THE MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
BEFORE WE'VE HAD THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT IT SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD
THERE IS NO PLAN FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREETCAR .
UNTIL AND UNLESS A PLAN IS
IDENTIFIED, IT DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE TO DIRECT FUNDS TOWARDS
IT. THE ONLY VIABLE POTENTIAL
FUNDING SOURCE FOR CONSTRUCTION
WOULD BE DIPPING INTO THE MOVE
LOVING RENEWAL NEXT YEAR, WHICH
I BELIEVE WILL HINDER THE
ABILITY TO FUND SAFETY
PROJECTS. PERHAPS IT WOULD
THREATEN VOTER APPROVAL. IN
ADDITION TO THE $93 MILLION
FUNDING GAP, WHICH I'M STILL NO
CERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THAT
ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE GAP
ASSUMES THE ARRIVAL OF FEDERAL
FUNDS, OR IF ABSENT THE FEDERA
FUNDS, THE FUNDING GAP WOULD BE
LARGER. THERE IS NO FUNDING
PLAN FOR OPERATIONS EITHER,
WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SEVERAL
MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR.
AGAIN, BY PUTTING THE FUNDING
FOR THE PLANNING IN THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL, IT IS ACTUALLY
CHANGING THE POLICY OF THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH
WAS TO PUT THE PROJECT ON HOLD.
I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT SOMETHIN
WE HEARD FROM A CONSTITUENT. ON
CONSTITUENT WROTE TO US THE 3
TO 4 YEAR PLAN CONSTRUCTION ON
FIRST AVENUE WOULD BE
CATASTROPHIC TO BUSINESS OWNERS
AT THE PIKE PLACE MARKET, WHO
ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE
COSTLY BURDEN OF LOSS OF
BUSINESS FROM THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC, AND WHO HAVE BRAVELY
PUT UP WITH THE PAST 10 YEARS O
BEING HEMMED IN BY MAJOR HOTEL
CONSTRUCTION, WATERFRONT
PROJECT, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE
VIADUCT. THE CONSTITUENT GOES O
TO SAY TO GIVE THE BUSINESSES
BREATHER. I DID SUPPORT THE IDE
OF REDIRECTING THE FUNDS TO
OTHER USES, BUT UNDERSTAND
AGAIN, THE INTEREST IN
SIMPLIFYING THE AMENDMENT BY
KEEPING THE FUNDS IN THE PLACE
OF -- WHERE THEY RESIDE NOW
UNTIL WE HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH THE EXECUTIVE ABOUT THE
PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY. WE ARE SLIGHTLY OVER
TIME. I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING.
SEE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S HAND
UP NEXT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL O
CENTRAL STAFF. DID YOU HAVE
SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER?
>> I JUST WANT TO VERY QUICKLY
STATE THE CAR HAS NOT HAD ANY
UPDATES SINCE 2019 ESSENTIALLY.
THE $90 MILLION SHORTFALL WE
SEE IN THE CURRENT CIP IS BASED
ON NUMBERS WE DON'T KNOW THAT
ARE CORRECT. IT DOES ASSUME WE
GET THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE
PROJECT. THAT NUMBER COULD
CHANGE. AS I UNDERSTAND, THE
PROPOSAL IN THE MAJOR
SUPPLEMENTAL, IT IS TO
ESSENTIALLY REVISIT ALL THESE
NUMBERS TO HELP IDENTIFY
WHETHER THERE IS A PATH FORWARD
FOR THIS PROJECT OR NOT. THAT
IS THE PROPOSAL. WITH THIS
PROPOSAL , WITH THIS AMENDMENT,
WE WOULD NOT BE FUNDING THAT
EFFORT.
>> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ,
YOU BEGAN SPEAKING TO THIS I
BELIEVE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M
SORRY FOR THAT BEFORE. I WAS
BASICALLY JUST SAYING THAT THI
IS A -- I WAS GETTING TO THE
POINT THAT THIS SOUNDS MORE LIK
A POLICY DISCUSSION. THE WORDS
IS THIS PROJECT ON HOLD OR NOT,
WE DO NEED TO FIND OUT HOW MUC
THIS WILL COST. BUT WE ALSO NEE
TO HAVE THE POLICY DISCUSSION
ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND ITSELF.
HEARD REALLY STRONG COMMENTS I
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. VERY
STRONG CONCERNS. UNDERSTAND
THERE ARE VERY STRONG ADVOCATES
AS WELL. THE SUPPLEMENTAL, THE
COST OF $1 MILLION, I THINK IT
COULD BE ALLOCATED IN THE YEAR
IN THE FALL, AND WE COULD HAVE
MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT
THIS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL BE RATHER
BRIEF. IF I MAKE, AT THE
BEGINNING OF MY COMMENTS, MAYBE
JUST FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER,
MAYBE MENTIONED GIVEN WE ARE 10
MINUTES OVER, MAYBE THIS BE OUR
LAST AGENDA ITEM, GIVEN
OBLIGATION SOME OF US MAY HAVE
AND THAT THE OTHER TO BE PUT
OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING. JUST
FOR THE ADVISEMENT OF THE BODY.
TO GO INTO MY REMARKS ON THE
AMENDMENT, I DO UNDERSTAND
WHERE THE SPONSORS ARE COMING
FROM IN TERMS OF WANTING TO
CALL THE QUESTION ON THE OVERAL
MERITS OF THE PROJECT. I
ACTUALLY VIEW THE PROPOSED
ACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE AS
CONSISTENT WITH WANTING TO GET
MORE CLARITY AT CENTRAL STAFF
INDICATED A MOMENT AGO. THE
FEASIBILITY STUDY WHERE THERE
ARE STILL SOME OUTSTANDING
ASSUMPTIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO
BE CLARIFIED. I DON'T INTERPRET
THIS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET AS
NECESSARILY BEING A SIGNAL ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER ON WHETHER THE
PROJECT AS A WHOLE WILL BE
GRIMACED. I UNDERSTAND THERE AR
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN THE
COMMUNITY AROUND MITIGATION OR
THE MERITS OF THIS PROJECT. I'M
NOT HERE TO LITIGATE THOSE. I
WOULD ADD THAT WERE THIS MONEY
TO BE PULLED FROM THE BUDGET,
AS I SERVE REPRESENTING ON THE
COUNCIL, I DO UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE $7 MILLION SET ASIDE THAT
IS CONTINGENT ON MOVING FOR THI
PROJECT. CONTINGENT ON MOVING
FORWARD WITH TRUING UP OUR 201
FEASIBILITY STUDY . FOR THOSE
REASONS, I WILL NOT BE VOTING
FOR THE AMENDMENT, THE --
THOUGH I DO RESPECT THE
INTENTIONS OF THE SPONSORS AND
BRINGING IT FORWARD. I THINK TH
INFORMATION BE GLEANED FROM THE
FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND SET ASID
THOSE THAT ARE IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATION S.
>> OKAY, EXCELLENT. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? OKAY. I
TOO REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ARGUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
BY THE SPONSORS, ESPECIALLY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, VICE
CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THE CONCER
ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES YOU
RAISED. THANK YOU. I DO THINK,
THOUGH, AS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
NOTED AS WELL, THE LONG PROMIS
ED SEATTLE STREETCAR, IF IT'S
EVER GOING TO COME TO FRUITION
AND CONNECT OUR STREETCAR
SYSTEM. WE DO NEED THE
ANALYSIS. I APPRECIATE THE
CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED.
I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON
THIS TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, DID YOU HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL COMMENT BEFORE WE
VOTE?
>> I DID MENTION LAST TIME, ANY
STUDY SHOULD INCORPORATE --
SHOULD REALLY GET THE INPUT OF
THE SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG FIRS
AVENUE, ALBIES, AND THE MARKET
COMMUNITY. I FEEL STRONGLY ABOU
THAT BECAUSE I HAVE BECOME
AWARE OF HOW IMPACTFUL MAJOR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE .
WHENEVER THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
GETS DONE , I DO THINK IT
SHOULD INCLUDE THE COST OF
POTENTIAL MITIGATION FOR -- AN
I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT IN
WASHINGTON STATE, FOR IMPACTS T
BUSINESSES.
>> OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I
THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR
COMMENTS HERE. AGAIN, MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] MADAM
CHAIR, THREE IN FAVOR, TWO
OPPOSED.
>> OKAY. IS THAT CORRECT? THE
MOTION CARRIES. THE AMENDMENT
IS ADOPTED. CONFIRMING. OKAY.
AMENDMENT EIGHT IS ADOPTED. AL
RIGHT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THA
WE ONLY NEED A SIMPLE MAJORITY
TO PASS THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
I KNOW FOLKS HAVE OTHER
CONSTRAINTS. RARELY HAVE TWO
MORE AMENDMENTS. THESE ARE FROM
NON-COMMITTEE MEMBERS. IF THER
IS A NEED TO EXIT STAGE RIGHT,
UNDERSTAND. I THINK I'M JUST
GOING TO PLOW THROUGH THIS WITH
THE EXPECTATION BUT I OWE YOU
TIME AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
WILL UNDERSTAND IF ANYONE HAS T
STEP OUT. WITH, MADAM CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE -- EXCUSE ME,
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
INTRODUCE AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE
ON COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
CENTRAL STAFF, CAN YOU PLEASE
DESCRIBE AMENDMENT NINE.
>> AMENDMENT NINE WOULD ADD
$500,000 GENERAL FUND TO SDOT'S
URBAN PROGRAM. IN THE BALLARD
BRUTALLY DISTRICT. THIS
PROPOSAL IS FUNDED BY THE
GENERAL FUND BALANCE , THE
SUPPLEMENTAL OF 309,000. ANOTHE
109,000 BY REDUCING THE
PROPOSED $1.5 MILLION INCREASE
FOR HIGH INSURANCE RENEWAL
PREMIUMS. I WILL LEAVE IT AT
THAT POINT
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, HE HAS A NUMBER OF
COMMENTS I AM HAPPY TO SEND TO
THE COMMITTEE HERE. HE'S TRYING
TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN THE
DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER
PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET THOSE
HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED FOR THE
BALLARD AVENUE CAFE STREET. THI
FUNDING WILL ENSURE THE PILOT
THAT IS SITTING CITYWIDE POLICY
AND THE DISTRICT . THIS FUNDIN
WILL CONNECT THE DISTRICT AND
BALLARD AVENUE, FIVE BLOCKS FO
TRAVEL WITHOUT A CAR. WHILE
IMPLEMENTING THE IMMEDIATE NEED
FOR SAFETY ON STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTION
ON THIS? I APPRECIATE THIS WAS
A TEMPLATE FOR SAFE STREETS. I
INTEND TO VOTE YES ON THIS ITEM
DID I HEAR SOMETHING?
>> SORRY, CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. I'M HAVING TROUBLE.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS HAVING TROUBLE PULLING
UP MY ZOOM. THERE WE GO.
>> GOT IT NOW.
>> THE $500,000 FROM GENERAL
FUND , COULD CENTRAL STAFF SPEA
TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HAL
A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE
GENERAL FUND. I DIDN'T KNOW
THERE WAS A HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS TO SPEND FROM THE
GENERAL FUND. MAYBE I'M MISSING
SOMETHING.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> AS PROPOSED, THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL GAVE A NET
POSITIVE FUND BALANCE OF
$309,000. USING THAT
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL, THE POSITIV
FUND BALANCE, AND REDUCING A
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL ITEM FOR THE
INSURANCE PREMIUMS, WHICH CAME
IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT NO
BY THE EXECUTIVE, BY PRODUCING
$191,000 , WHICH IS ABOUT
$370,000 HIGHER THAN WHAT IS
NEEDED TO COVER THE 2023
INSURANCE COSTS. WHICH IS HOW
WE CAME TO THAT AMOUNT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
YOU'LL REMEMBER THE ESTIMATES
FOR THE INSURANCE WERE HIGHER
THAN WE ALL IT ORIGINALLY
ANTICIPATED. WE ALL ASKED
QUESTIONS. IT TURNS OUT THERE
WAS AN AMOUNT THAT WAS $370,00
MORE THAN THEY ACTUALLY NEEDED
FOR THE INCREASED INSURANCE
COSTS. THAT'S WHERE THE VAST
MAJORITY OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS PROPOSING. THAT'S
WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT
FUNDING IS COMING FROM BECAUSE
CENTRAL STAFF HELPED IDENTIFY
THERE WAS MORE THAN NEEDED
FUNDING IN THE CATEGORY IN THE
PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL. AND
SPOKE TO WHERE THE OTHER 130 O
SO THOUSAND CAME FROM. THAT WAS
AN INSURANCE PADDING THAT WAS
IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL . OKAY. I
AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND CALL THE RULE ON THE
PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT NUMBER NIN
FROM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] MADAM
CHAIR, THREE IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTAINED.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. WE WILL
GO ON TO THE FINAL AMENDMENT
HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. I MOVE AMENDMENT
NUMBER 10.
>> SECOND.
>> WONDERFUL, IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SENT SECONDED. CENTRAL
STUFF, CAN YOU PLEASE TO
DESCRIBE IT. CMAC THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE $200,00
UP TO $1.7 MILLION GENERAL FUND
PROPOSED TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR
ONE-TIME EXPANSION OF CLEANING
SERVICES AS PART OF THE DOWNTOW
PLAN. THAT PROVIDES AT LEAST
$200,000 OF THE ONE-TIME FUNDS
WOULD SERVE CHINATOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD . THE BOUNDARIES
OF IT INCLUDE THE DOWNTOWN
AREA, AND A SMALL PORTION OF
SODA, DO NOT EXTEND TO
CHINATOWN-INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH
ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, I WILL ADD ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ABBREVIATED. WORKED
WITH THE FRIENDS OF LITTLE SID
TO DROP THIS AMENDMENT, PUT
TIPPER FORWARD THIS THAT
INCLUDES CULTURALLY APPROPRIAT
SERVICES. SHE DID THIS IN 2021
WITH ENHANCED SERVICES . WE KNO
THAT THE MID-IS A GREAT SERVIC
PROVIDER. WE ALSO SAW THAT WIT
THE ONE-TIME SANITATION SURGE
IN LAST YEAR'S FUNDING, THERE
WAS THAT HAVING ANOTHER
CONTRACTOR ON TOP OF IT BECOMES
COMPLICATED. THE COORDINATION
IS IMPORTANT TO GET RIGHT. WE
WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE
CITY WORKING WITH OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN THAT AREA TO ENSUR
THAT THE CID IS SERVED AND THA
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT ALSO SEE THE BENEFIT
OF THE CLEANUP IMPROVEMENT
EFFORTS. THIS PROVIDES DIRECT
FUNDING TO SUPPORT FOR FUTURE
BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. I
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS O
QUESTIONS? OKAY. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS AND APPRECIATE
THERE'S BEEN BROAD WORK DONE O
THIS. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 10.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] --
EXCUSE ME. MADAM CHAIR, THAT I
THREE IN FAVOR .
>> WONDERFUL. THE AMENDMENT
PASSES. THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUES IN YOUR EXTENDED TIM
HERE TODAY. ON BEHALF OF THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE,
I THANK YOU FOR STICKING OUT
WITH ME TO THE BITTER END HERE
OF OUR EXTENDED TIME FRAME. WE
WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
MORE COMMENTS ON THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET . SOME
QUESTIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALL
BE ANSWERED BEFORE THE NEXT
BUDGET, INCLUDING AN AMENDMENT
TO AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. AT THI
POINT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL
OF OUR AMENDMENTS. ITEMS ONE
THROUGH 10. I WOULD LIKE TO MOV
FORWARD WITH THE PASSING OF TH
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE
WE CONSIDER FINAL PASSAGE?
SEEING THEM, I MOVE TO PASS
COUNSEL BILL 120618 AS AMENDED.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, CAN
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS AMENDED?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
OKAY, MADAM CHAIR, THREE IN
FAVOR .
>> WONDERFUL. NONE AGAINST. IT
HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
BY THE MAJORITY OF THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE, THAT THE SUPPLEMENTA
BILL BE ADVANCE. WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER CONVERSATION ON AUGUST
8th. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE MISSION CARRYING AND THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSES AS AMENDED TO THE AUGUST
8th MEETING. WE HAVE KEPT YOU
VERY LONG. I APPRECIATE IT. I
PROMISE TO NOT DO THAT AT OUR
NEXT MEETING. OUR NEXT MEETING
WILL INCLUDE AN UPDATE FROM THE
PROGRESSIVE -- EXCUSE ME, FROM
THE REVENUE SUSTAINABILITY
GROUP. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
A PORT OUT AT THE AUGUST 10th
MEETING. 9:30 A.M. WITH THAT ,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXTENDED TIM
TODAY AND YOUR AMENDMENTS TO TH
SUPPLEMENTAL. OUR MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.