>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE
OCTOBER 16, 2023 MEETING OF
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD WIL
COME TO ORDER. IT IS 5:30 3 PM
I AM ANDREW LEWIS PRESIDENT OF
THE BOARD. WILL THE COLOR PLEAS
CALL ROLLCALL?
>> BOARD NUMBER HERBOLD? HERE.
BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ ? HERE.
BOARD MEMBER MORALES? BOARD
MEMBER MOSQUEDA? BOARD MEMBER
NELSON? PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER
PEDERSON? PRESENT. BOARD
MEMBER SAWANT? BOARD MEMBER
STRAUSS ? BOARD PRESIDENT
LEWIS? PRESENT.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
BEEN EXCUSED , OR BOARD MEMBER
STRAUSS HAS BEEN EXCUSED FROM
TODAY'S MEETING AND WE WILL
ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL BOARD
MEMBERS AS THEY JOIN THE
MEETING. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES, IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION THE MINUTES OF THE
JUNE 26, 2023 SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT MEETING ARE APPROVED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIVE, THE
MINUTES ARE APPROVED. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE MINUTES? MOVING ON TO
OUR AGENDA TODAY. AS A BRIEF
OVERVIEW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE PARKS
PANEL WHO IS ONLINE AND READY T
GO. WE WILL THEN HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING FOLLOWING THE
PRESENTATION. MEMBERS OF THE
VIEWING PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE FO
THE HEARING NOTE THAT WILL BE
ITEM 2. ONCE THE PRESENTATIO
IS FINISHED AND QUESTIONS HAVE
BEEN ANSWERED, WE WILL PROCEED
TO THAT PUBLIC HEARING PORTION
OF THE AGENDA. AT THAT POINT WE
WILL ADJOURN SO I DO NOT EXPEC
THIS TO BE A LONG MEETING THIS
EVENING BUT WE DEFINITELY INTEN
TO GET TO THE DETAILS WITH
PARTNERS FROM PARKS. WITH THAT
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, THE SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT OPPOSED 2024
BUDGET FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY OUR
SUPERINTENDENT, A.P. DIAZ, AND
MICHELE FINNEGAN FROM PARKS AN
RECREATION. WE ALSO HAVE OUR
OWN TRACY RATZLIFF FROM COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF ONLINE TO ASSIST
WITH THE PRESENTATION. WHAT W
GO AHEAD AND ALLOW PARKS TO DO
THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I AM
HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO BOARD
MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS AND WE
WILL THEN PROCEED TO THE PUBLI
HEARING TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC. WEALTH -- WITH THAT
I WILL HANDED OVER TO YOU,
SUPERINTENDENT DIAZ. THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT
LEWIS AND GOOD EVENING BOARD
MEMBERS. IT IS A PLEASURE TO B
WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND I AM
PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT MICHELE FINNEGAN
SO TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO
REVIEW AND DISCUSS WITH YOU TH
RELEASE PROPOSAL FOR THE 2023 -
2024 MID-BIENNIAL BUDGET
RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 26 AS
WELL AS THE ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH
INCLUDES HOW THE CITY PLANS TO
UTILIZE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT
RESOURCES TO INVEST IN CREATIN
SELF ¿ SORRY, SAFE, HEALTHY,
AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES FOR
2024, SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE
ARE ALL COMMITTED TO. TONIGHT W
WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF HOW
THE PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET ALIGN
TO THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT 6
YEAR CYCLE PLAN WHICH YOU ALL
ADOPTED AROUND THIS TIME OF YEA
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR AND WE WIL
POINT OUT A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL
CHANGES. WE WILL THEN PROVIDE A
QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW RAMP UP I
GOING BUT WILL PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL UPDATES AT THE
NOVEMBER MEETING. FOR THIS
EVENING, I AM GOING TO BE
PASSING OVER THE PRESENTATION,
THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATIO
TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
FINNIGAN TO PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW'S OF THE PROPOSED PARK
DISTRICT AND TO SPECIFICALLY
HIGHLIGHT THE ONE TIME
TECHNICAL CHANGE RELATED TO THE
GENERAL FUND AND PARK DISTRICT
FUNDING. SHE WILL THEN WALK
THROUGH A SUMMARY OF THE PARK
DISTRICT BUDGET, LEGISLATION
WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING AND
FOR YOUR NOVEMBER 21 UPCOMING
BOARD MEETING. AND THEN WE WIL
ALSO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES TO OUR SIX YEAR
DISTRICT CYCLE PLAN AND PROVID
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AGAIN,
THAT WILL BE COMING. AND I
WANTED TO ALSO THANK TRACY
RATZLIFF FOR HER ASSISTANCE, AS
ALWAYS FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF AND WITH THAT, I WILL TUR
IT OVER .
>> THANK YOU AP AND BOARD
MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIM
TONIGHT. JUST GOING TO WORK ON
MY TECHNOLOGY HERE REAL QUICK.
AS YOU KNOW THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE IS WORKING TO TRANSITION
OUR CITY BUDGET PROCESS IS TO
BE MORE IN LINE WITH BIENNIAL
BUDGETING WHICH MEANS MORE LIKE
A TECHNICAL REVIEW DURING THE
MID-BIENNIUM YEAR , WHICH WE AR
IN. THAT MESSAGING ALONG WITH
CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT
POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH GENERAL
FUND UNCERTAINTIES AS WE COME
OUT OF THE PANDEMIC MEANS THAT
WE HAVE A PRETTY SIMPLE
MID-BIENNIAL BUDGET TO WALK
THROUGH WITH YOU TODAY
ESPECIALLY AS YOU'VE JUST
ADOPTED THE SIX-YEAR PLAN LAST
FALL. WE REALLY WANT IT TO
ALIGN WITH THE DIRECTION YOU
PROVIDED TO US AND THEN. HOWEVE
I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW
TECHNICAL CHANGES INCLUDING THE
ONE THAT AP MENTIONED A MINUTE
AGO ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT. BUT BEFORE WE GET
INTO THAT, TO SET A LITTLE BIT
OF CONTEXT, THIS IS THE PROPOSE
2024 BUDGET WITH ALL OF OUR
FUNDS REFERENCED THAT WE ARE
HIGHLIGHTING IN YELLOW HERE .
YOU CAN SEE THAT TOTAL
OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR
2024 AS PROPOSED IS A LITTLE
OVER $320 MILLION ACROSS ALL
FUNDS WITH THE GENERAL FUND AND
-- MAKING UP 75% OF THE TOTAL
BUDGET. MOVING TO THE BLUE PIE
CHART ON THE TOP RIGHT, SHOWIN
OUR OPERATING BUDGET WHICH IS
ABOUT $228 MILLION OR 70% OF
THAT TOTAL. 30% OF OPERATING
BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY THE PARK
DISTRICT ALONG WITH GENERAL FUN
AND A LITTLE OVER HALF. AT THE
PARK FUND DID ABOUT 18% WHICH
IS WHERE EARNED REVENUES GO TO
SUPPORT A LIKE AMOUNT OF
PERCENTAGES. THE GREEN TABLE IS
THE PROPOSED CAPITAL BUDGET
WHICH IS ABOUT $93 MILLION
SUPPORTED MOSTLY BY THE PARK
DISTRICT AND RATE. YOU WILL SE
THAT FOR NEXT YEAR THE
WATERFRONT HAS QUITE AN
INVESTMENT BECAUSE OF THE TIMIN
OF THE PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION
IT HAS A BIG INVESTMENT AS WE
PLAN TO OPEN IT IN 2025. AS YO
KNOW, THOSE ARE MANAGED BY THE
OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT. THE
WATERFRONT , THIS WILL NOT
EXACTLY MATCH THE SIX-YEAR PLA
NUMBERS WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THAT IS
JUST BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THE
SEATTLE CENTER DOES OPERATIONS
FOR THE WATERFRONT SO THAT IS
NOT SHOWN HERE. IT IS JUST AN
SPR VIEW OF 2024 PROPOSED. AS
AP MENTIONED, OUR PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR 2024 DOES ASSUME A
ONE-TIME CHANGE TO THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TH
CITY AND THE PARK DISTRICT
INCLUDES A SECTION TO MAKE SURE
THE CITY'S CONTINUED STRONG
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT OF THE
PARK SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY
MAINTAINING A MINIMUM LEVEL OF
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT. THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT CALL IT THE GENERAL
FUND FLOOR. IT WAS ESTABLISHED
WHEN THE PARK DISTRICT STARTED
AND HAS ESCALATED EVERY YEAR B
THE ANNUAL GROWTH OF CPI. UNDER
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INSTEAD OF
THE FLOOR INFLATING BY THE SAME
RATE FOR 2024 ONLY, IT WOULD
INFLATE BY 3%. IN 2025 IT WOUL
REVERT BACK TO INCREASING BY TH
CPI USING THE NEW NUMBERS AS
THE BASE. THIS CHANGE WAS
PROPOSED TO BRING THE NPD MORE
IN LINE WITH INFLATION RATES OF
OTHER LEVEES ACROSS THE CITY TO
ENSURE THAT OUR FLOOR IS
SUSTAINABLE AS THE CITY PLANS
FOR A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL
SITUATION AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. JUST TO JUMP IN
HERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS
ONE OF THE CONCEPTS WE WANT TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS AND
EXPLAIN IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND TRACY YOU SHOULD JUMP IN
ON THIS AS WELL TO PROVIDE SOME
CLARIFICATION, THAT THE CITY I
UNDERGOING SIMILAR ADJUSTMENTS
GIVEN THE UNIQUELY HIGH
INFLATION WE ARE EXPERIENCING
RIGHT NOW IN SOME OF OUR OTHER
LEVEES. IF THERE COULD BE A
LITTLE MORE CONTEXT AS TO
SPECIFICALLY HOW OTHER FUNDING
SOURCES THAT ARE SIMILARLY
SITUATED ARE BEING ADJUSTED TO
DIRECT THIS, WOULD BE HELPFUL
FOR THE BOARD . AND THE SECOND
THING I WANT TO SAY BRIEFLY IS
BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS JOINE
THE MEETING SO I WOULD LIKE THE
RECORD TO REFLECT THAT BUT
BEYOND THAT MICHELLE I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO RESPOND
TO THAT AND THEN IF THERE IS
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD
AFTERWARD IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL.
>> NOT BEING AN EXPERT ON ALL
THE OTHER CITY LEVEES MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DO SET A
FLAT INFLATION RATE RATHER THAN
TYING IT TO CPI SO SDOT IS 3%
AND THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS TO
MATCH THAT STANDARD ACROSS THE
CITY, OTHERWISE AS YOU KNOW IT
HAS BEEN A CRAZY YEAR INFLATION
WISE SO THE CPI WOULD BE
INFLATING BY 7 1/2% WITHOUT
THAT ONE TIME ADJUSTMENT.
INTERESTINGLY THE GENERAL FUND
IS BEYOND THE PROPOSED FLOOR
ANYWAY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE
SO IT IS JUST SETTING A NEW
BASE FOR FUTURE INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS TO BE BUILT UPON.
TRACY OR AP , DO YOU WANT TO AD
ANYTHING?
>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. THE
CALCULATION WAS SET AT 3% BUT
THE BUDGET REFLECTS A 4.6%
INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND. THIS
IS $2 MILLION MORE THAN THE 202
ENDORSED. AS I UNDERSTAND WE
ARE NOT DONE YET WITH THE
GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION. THE
BUDGET CONTRIBUTES WHEN LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMPLETED SO
THERE IS THE EXPECTATION THAT
THERE WILL BE MORE GENERAL FUND
THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO PARKS
ONCE THOSE LABOR CONTRACTS ARE
COMPLETED AND THEY FIGURE OUT
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE GENERAL
FUND BUDGET NEEDS TO HELP COVE
THAT. SO AT 4.6 RIGHT NOW BUT
GOING TO BE HIGHER ONCE LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMPLETED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
CLARIFICATIONS. IT IS GOOD TO
IDENTIFY THAT THIS EARLY IN TH
PROCESS. WE ARE NOT HERE TO MAK
ANY HARD AND FAST DECISIONS THI
EVENING. BUT IN TERMS OF REALL
DIGGING INTO THIS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR
FIDELITY TO HAVING THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT BE
AN ADDITIVE RESOURCE, AND
MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMPONENT
OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS
ADHERED TO IS AN IMPORTANT
POLICY DIRECTION FOR THIS BOARD
AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS
POLICY IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT,
WHICH , IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS
FROM THE REPRESENTATIONS WE ARE
MAKING IN THIS PRESENTATION, I
SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT
CONTEXT FOR US, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TRACY FOR THAT
ADDED ITEM. OKAY.-- SORRY,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> SORRY, ARE WE GOING TO
RETURN TO THAT ISSUE LATER ON
AND GET INTO MORE DETAIL OR
SHOULD I ASK A QUESTION NOW?
>> YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION NOW.
THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
>> WELL LAST YEAR I SPOKE OF MY
CONCERN ABOUT SHIFTING THE
BURDEN OF A CHARTER
DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO
PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE THAT
RAISES THE COST OF HOUSING AND
WAS CONCERNED THAT THE SAME
THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE
LIBRARY'S WOULD HAPPEN TO PARKS
OVER TIME, THE PERCENTAGE OF
OPERATING FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES
PAID BY THE GENERAL FUND HAS
DECREASED IN RELATION TO THE
LEVEE DOLLARS. THIS DID CATCH
MY ATTENTION AND IT SAYS 3%
BUT TRACY SAYS 4.6%, SO CAN YO
PLEASE REPEAT WHAT YOU MEANT B
, WHY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHAT IS WRITTEN DOWN AN
WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE
CASE?
>> I AM HAPPY TO TAKE A SHOT AT
THAT. YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'
WRONG AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT THEY CHOSE 3% BECAUSE THEY
WANTED IT TO MIRROR WHAT OTHER
LEVEES HAD DONE IN TERMS OF A
CALCULATION. MOST PARTICULAR
TRANSPORTATION LEVEES SHOW 3%
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER
LEVEES HAD DONE ON FOR THIS
ONE-TIME EVENT THEY WANTED TO
USE THAT AS KIND OF THE
BENCHMARK.
>> OKAY BUT WE ARE NOT TAKING
ACTION ON THE TRANSPORTATION
LEVEE, SO IT IS CONSISTENT WIT
ALL OF THE OTHERS BUT YOU SAID
THAT IT ACTUALLY WILL GO UP TO
4.6? ONCE LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
ARE COMPLETE?
>> NO, IT IS AT 4.6 RIGHT NOW,
COUNCILMEMBER, AND WILL GO
HIGHER ONCE NEGOTIATIONS ARE
COMPLETE AND I UNDERSTAND IT.
THE GENERAL FUND WILL MAKE
FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION.
>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ARTICULATE, SORRY COUNCILMEMBER
IS THAT THE FLOOR OF FUTURE
YEARS WOULD BE COMPARED TO , IS
BEING ESTABLISHED WITH A 3%
INFLATION. THE WAY THE MAYOR
PROPOSED BUDGET IS CURRENTLY
SET AND A WY ON TOP OF THAT
WOULD BE EVEN BEYOND BUT THE
FLOOR WOULD INFLATE SO FUTURE
FLOOR ESCALATIONS WHERE YOU PU
CPI ON THEM WOULD BE WHERE YOU
PUT THIS NEW BASELINE FLOOR. W
CAN SEND SOME CHARTS TO YOU
AFTERWARD IF YOU WANTED TO SEE
WHERE THE FLOOR IS VERSUS ACTUA
IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ARTICULATE .
>> BUT WE ARE ARTIFICIALLY
CHANGING THE FLOOR TO BE 3% SO
FUTURE BUDGETS ARE GOING TO BE
BASED ON A LOWER AMOUNT. RIGHT?
>> YES, WOULD BE COMPARED TO A
LOWER AMOUNT. THEY ARE NOT
NECESSARILY GOING TO BE A LOWER
AMOUNT BUT THEY WOULD BE
COMPARED TO A LOWER AMOUNT.
>> WE ARE CHANGING THE BASELINE
FOREVER. OKAY, THANK YOU. I AM
GOING TO ADD THIS IN. THE
GENERAL FUND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REC
OVER THE LIFE OF THE PARK
DISTRICT, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN
WHAT WAS REQUIRED IN TERMS OF
THE GENERAL FUND REQUIREMENT, S
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT
THE GENERAL FUND HAS KEPT UP
WITH ITS SIDE OF THE BARGAIN.
NOT EVERY YEAR, DURING THE
PANDEMIC WAS ONE IN THIS WAS
ANOTHER WHERE THEY DID NOT DO
CPI ADJUSTMENT BUT FOR THE OTHE
YEARS, I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT WE HAVE EXCEEDED WHAT IS
REQUIRED IN TERMS OF THE GENERA
FUND CONTRIBUTION. TO ADD THAT
AS CONTRACT -- CONTEXT, I THINK
THAT IS THE COMMENT ABOUT THE
FLOOR BUT THAT IS NOT
NECESSARILY IN THE FUTURE WHERE
WE WILL END UP, WHAT THE FLOOR
REQUIRES AND WHAT THE GENERAL
FUND ENDS UP CONTRIBUTING DEAL
WITH WHERE WE SIT IN TERMS OF
THE REVENUE PICTURE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. I MEAN I
JUST VOTED FOR SOMETHING LAST
YEAR BASED ON A SET OF
ASSUMPTIONS AND THOSE
ASSUMPTIONS ARE CHANGING BUT I
UNDERSTAND THE REASONING. THANK
YOU.
>> GREAT QUESTION, THANK YOU.
SO THIS CRAZY PICTURE IS TRYIN
TO WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF
TECHNICAL CHANGES. I DO WANT T
POINT OUT AT THE VERY TOP OF
THE SLIDE BOTH THE 2024 PROPOSE
AND THE 2024 REVISED ASSUME
THE SAME LEVEL OF PROPERTY
TAXES, SO WE ARE NOT CHANGING
THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAX, I'M
GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH ABOUT
FOUR CHANGES RELATED TO WHAT WE
CALL DETAILED LINES OF BUSINESS
TO POINT OUT SOME TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE
PROPOSED TO MAKE. SO THE FIRS
ITEM HERE IS RELATED TO THE
WATERFRONT AND WE HAVE SOME
PRIOR YEAR UNDER SPEND WHICH
WE ARE PROPOSING TO
RE-APPROPRIATE INTO THE
OPERATING BUDGET NEXT YEAR IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE
CENTER AS THEY TAKE ON THE
WATERFRONT ALL AND AM AND
THINGS CONTINUE TO RAMP UP.
AGAIN, IT IS NOT NEW MONEY, IT
IS REAPPROPRIATION OF EXISTING
OPERATING FUNDS. THE SECOND
ITEM WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN
LIGHT GREEN, IS RELATED TO TH
PARK RANGER PROGRAM. AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS YOU WERE O
THE LADYBIRD COMMITTEE AND WE
HAD MADE ADJUSTMENTS WITH
SUPPORT TO THE RANGER PAY AND
IN ORDER TO FUND THAT WE HAD A
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT IN THE
PROPOSED SWITCHING WHICH LINE
OF BUSINESS EXPENSES ARE
ADHERING TO WEAR SOME FUNDING
WAS MOVED FOR OUT OF GROUNDS
MAINTENANCE IN ORDER TO MAKE
THAT ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT HAVING
TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF
ARRANGERS OR THE INVESTMENT IN
THAT PROGRAM SO AGAIN IT IS A
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT NOT
IMPACTING SERVICE LEVELS IN ANY
OF OUR LINES OF BUSINESS. THE
THIRD TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT THAT
I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS
RELATED TO AQUATICS AND THE
COMMUNITY CENTER OPERATIONS
SIMILAR IN A WAY TO THE RANGER
PROGRAM ALTHOUGH THIS WAS KNOWN
LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE DOING
PART DISTRICT PLANNING. WE HAV
RECLASSIFIED SOME CASHIER
POSITIONS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE
REPRESENTATIVES AND WE NEEDED
TO MOVE THE FUNDING OUT TO THE
APPROPRIATE PROJECT AND WHERE
THOSE STAFF ARE LOCATED. WE
HAD PUT THE ENTIRE PLACE HOLD
IN COMMUNITY CENTER OPERATIONS
DETAILED LINES OF BUSINESS SO
IT IS JUST MOVING MONEY TO THE
APPROPRIATE PLACE BASED ON
POSITION LOCATION AND SIMILARLY
YOU WILL SEE TEAM PROGRAMMING
THERE ARE A FEW POSITIONS IN TH
DETAILED LINE OF BUSINESS AS
WELL. AND THEN THE VERY DARK
GREEN IS A COUPLE OF SHIFTS
RELATED TO THE GREEN SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP AND THE NATURAL
RESOURCES DETAILED LINE OF
BUSINESS . PART OF THIS WAS
SIMPLY A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO
MAP A PROJECT TO THE INCORRECT
DETAILED LINE OF BUSINESS SO W
ARE JUST SWAPPING THAT TO MAKE
IT RIGHT. IT'S NOT CHANGING
ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR A MAPPING
ERROR AND THEN THE SECOND THIN
IT IS DOING IS MOVING A LITTLE
BIT OF MONEY ACROSS THE DETAILE
LINES OF THIS MISS RELATED TO A
PROPOSED POSITION THAT WE HAVE
ON THE CITY SIDE RELATED TO
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
WHICH IS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
WITH A HABITAT ISSUE OR PAST
ISSUE. THAT COULD BE ANYTHING
FROM HERON HABITAT OR BEAVERS
OR DEALING WITH GOOSE POOP OR
VARIOUS NOXIOUS WEEDS OR THAT
SORT OF THING. WE FEEL LIKE WE
NEED A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO
HELP US DO THAT IN THE FUTURE S
WE HAVE A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT
RELATED TO THAT. WE WANTED TO
BE VERY CLEAR WHEN WE WERE
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS THOSE
. THANK YOU TRACY FOR HELPING
SUMMARIZE IT. CLEARLY A VERY
BUSY SLIDE. MOVING ON TO OUR
NEXT SLIDE . WE ARE IN THE MIDS
OF THE 2020 THROUGH RAMP UP AND
TWO WEEKS AGO WE CLOSED OUT Q3
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK
UP DATE FROM A FINANCIAL LENS ,
WHICH WE DO HAVE FINANCIALS
THROUGH Q3 AND THE NEXT SLIDE
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR TEAMS T
ASSESS PREP -- PROGRAMMATIC RAM
UP SO WE WILL BE BACK IN
NOVEMBER WITH MORE. WE WANT TO
POINT OUT THAT WE ARE MAKING
QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS AS WE G
THROUGH THE RAMP UP PROGRAM ON
THE OPERATING SIDE. THE SECOND
BULLET WE ARE ON TRACK
SPENDING ALTHOUGH WE WILL HAVE
ABOUT 8% AT THIS POINT, WE
EXPECT TO PROPOSE 8% OF
OPERATING FUNDS CARRY FORWARD
TO NEXT YEAR WHICH WILL BE A
FUTURE LEGISLATIVE DECISION FOR
YOU. BUT THAT IS IN PART, BASE
ON NO ONE RAMP UP ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS ORDERING VEHICLES FOR
MAINTENANCE TEAMS THAT THEY
TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A
YEAR TO COME IN SO THOSE ACTUAL
EXPENSES WILL HIT NEXT YEAR ,
AND SOME OTHER KNOWN EXPENSES
RELATED TO LABOR, THE ZOO
CONTRACT, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THE NEXT THING WE WANTED TO
POINT OUT WAS RELATED TO CAP IT
ALL RAMP-UP AND WE ARE MAKING
GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT. THESE
CHARTS ON THE RIGHT ARE LOOKING
AT ALL FUNDING BECAUSE MOST
PROJECTS ARE FUNDED BY MULTIPLE
FUNDS BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE
PROJECT AS WELL AS CUMULATIVE
SPEND, WE ARE DEFINITELY RAMPIN
UP AS THESE FIGURES ARE
COMPARING FULL YEARS THE LAST
TWO YEARS TO FULL QUARTERS OF
2023 SO LOTS OF GOOD THINGS TO
REPORT AND WE WILL HAVE MORE
DETAILS AT OUR NOVEMBER MEETIN
AND OF COURSE AFTER THE YEAR
CONCLUDES AS WE MEET NEXT YEAR.
ON THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE WE
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW
THINGS. WE HAVE HAD GOOD
PROGRESS THIS SUMMER WITH
EMPLOYING YOUTH AND ACTUALLY
EXCEEDED OUR GOAL OF 80 YOUTH
EMPLOYED. WE ARE ALSO ON
TARGET, ON TIME FOR EXPANDING
COMMUNITY CENTER HOURS, TEEN
CENTER HOURS AS THE SCHOOL YEAR
LAUNCHED. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
GREAT WORK ON THE TREEPLANTING
CREW AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT
VISUALS THAT WE WILL BRING BACK
TO YOU THAT WE WERE JUST BRIEFE
ON. WHILE MOST OF THE
TREEPLANTING WILL HAPPEN IN Q4
BECAUSE THIS IS GREAT WEATHER
TO PLANT, THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
DOING WORK ALL YEAR LONG TO GET
PREPARED FOR THIS MOMENT AND
PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE ALL FALL
DOING THAT PLANTING SO THEY AR
ACTUALLY ON TARGET TO EXCEED
THAT GOAL. SIMILARLY AS YOU AL
KNOW BECAUSE IT JUST HAPPENED I
SEPTEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THE EXPANDED DSA AGREEMENT PAST
WHICH INCLUDES ADDING BELL
STREET AND PIONEER PARK . AND
EARLIER WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND
OUR EVENING AND PARK MAINTENANC
BEFORE PEAK SEASON WHICH IS NOW
A YEAR-ROUND EXPANDED SERVICE
SO WE WILL NOT SEE THE KIND OF
TRADITIONAL REDUCTION IN THE
WINTER WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITE
ABOUT . WE ALSO WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE
UNDERWAY. WE ARE STILL WORKING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ALIG
OUR PROPOSED YOUTH OPPORTUNITY
FUND AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AN
WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO
LAUNCH THAT VERY SOON. WE BEEN
DOING SOME PREPARATORY WORK WIT
ENGAGING YOUTH BUT THE FIRST
KICKOFF OF THE OPPORTUNITY FUND
IS PENDING AND YOU WILL PROBABL
SEE SOME PROPOSED CARRYFORWARD
RELATED TO THAT NEXT YEAR. I
MENTIONED THE VEHICLES ARE
ORDERED ALREADY AND WE HAVE ALS
MADE GREAT STRIDES GETTING READ
FOR THE EQUITY FUND FRAMEWORK
THAT HAS BEEN REBRANDED AS THE
PARKS COMMUNITY FUND AND THEY
ARE WORKING WITH, STAFF IS
WORKING WITH THE PARK BOARD TO
ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR THE 2024
FUNDING AND AS YOU KNOW, 2023
WAS FULLY ALLOCATED IN
RESOLUTION 51 SO WE FEEL WE ARE
ON TARGET. AND THEN WE HAVE TH
PARK RANGERS, PHASE I GROUP WAS
FULLY OPERATIONAL AS PLANNED A
THE END OF Q2 AND WE ARE NOW
MAKING PLANS FOR PHASE 2
HIRING. FINALLY SINCE WE KNOW
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RESTROOM
WINTERIZATION EFFORTS, WE ARE
ON PLAN TO GET 10 OF THE 60
THAT NEED TO BE WINTERIZED IN
ADVANCE OF THIS WINTER SO THAT
THOSE WILL NOT HAVE TO BE
CLOSED. I FEEL WE ARE MAKING
GOOD PROGRESS ON THOSE. AND
THEN --
>> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> YES, COULD YOU PLEASE GO BAC
TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? I WAS
INTERESTED IN THE EXPANDED
COMMUNITY CENTER HOURS. HAS
EVERYBODY BEEN HIRED SO THAT
THOSE HOURS ARE ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS? I GUESS I DON'T
UNDERSTAND , DOES RAMPING UP
MEAN WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO
GETTING FULL?
>> WE ACTUALLY FULLY IMPLEMENTE
THEM IN SEPTEMBER. THERE ARE
STILL STAFF BEING HIRED BUT THE
ACTUAL HOURS ARE CURRENTLY
STAFFED.
>> GREAT. AND THEN, FOR NEXT
SUMMER, HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR
ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE
LIFEGUARDS CAN BE THERE?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND
WE ARE DOING A TON OF WORK ON
THAT. AP, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'VE HAD RECENT CONVERSATIONS
AND IF NOT WE CAN GET YOU SOME
UPDATES ON THAT AND HIGHLIGHTED
AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING IF THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO
SPEND MORE TIME ON THE BOARD--
WITH THE BOARD ON THIS ISSUE
AND IT IS SOMETHING ON OUR MIND
AND WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT
ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES SO WE
DON'T CONTINUALLY FIND OURSELVE
IN THIS. SO AGAIN, I AM HAPPY
TO PRESENT SOME OF OUR
APPROACHES AND IDEAS FOR THAT I
NOVEMBER. WE ARE STILL
ASSESSING A FEW THINGS AND HAV
JUST RETURNED FROM A NATIONAL
CONFERENCE WHERE UNFORTUNATELY
THIS IS A PHENOMENON THAT IS
AFFECTING A LOT OF URBAN CITIES
AND WE ARE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHY, BUT VERY MUCH
SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE PREPARE
FOR SO WE DON'T HAVE THE BEACH
CLOSURE ISSUES AND LAKE
SWIMMING AND ALL THE OTHER
THINGS THAT WE LOVE SO MUCH IN
SEATTLE. MORE TO COME ON THAT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> SO THEN THE FINAL SLIDE
BEFORE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING IS
TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE ACTUAL
BUDGET RESOLUTIONS. THEY WILL
BE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT AND OF
COURSE YOU WILL TAKE UP AT YOUR
NOVEMBER MEETING . RESOLUTION 5
IS RELATED TO THE WATERFRONT
CARRYFORWARD ITEM THAT I
OUTLINED EARLIER, SO THAT IS A
VERY SPECIFIC RESOLUTION
CARRYING FORWARD TO 2024 , AND
THEN IT GOES INTO THE SEATTLE
CENTER'S BUDGET AT THAT POINT.
YOU WILL PROBABLY NOTICE THERE
IS A GAP HERE. THERE WAS GOING
TO BE A RESOLUTION 60 THAT WE
WERE WORKING THROUGH RELATED TO
SOMETHING HAPPENING ON THE THIR
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL SIDE ON TH
CITY SIDE AND WE RECENTLY
LEARNED THAT THAT WAS NOT
NECESSARY TO DO ON THE PARK
DISTRICT SIDE SO WE HAVE SKIP
THAT NUMBER. RESOLUTION 61 ,
THE CONVERSATION WE HAD EARLIER
ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND FLOOR ,
RESOLUTION 62 IS THE BUDGET
RESOLUTION THAT ADOPTS THE MPD
BUDGET BY A BUDGET CONTROL
LEVEL AND HAS AN UP DATED SIX
YEAR PLAN ATTACHED INCLUDING
TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT WE WALKE
THROUGH TONIGHT. RESOLUTION 63
IS THE STANDARD SHORT PRETTY
TAX RESOLUTION THAT REFERENCES
THE INCREASE OF TAX COLLECTION
OVER LAST YEAR WHICH IS ABOUT
3.4% AND THEN RESOLUTION 64 IS
THE STANDARD LONG PROPERTY TAX
RESOLUTION THAT SETS THE AMOUNT
TO BE COLLECTED ABOUT $122
MILLION AND REFERENCES THAT
WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY A
$.41 PER $1000 ASSESSED VALUE.
AND THEN RESOLUTION 65 SETS
YOUR BOARD MEETING DATES FOR
NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU MICHELLE. IS THAT
THE CONCLUSION OF THE
PRESENTATION?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE SUMMARY.
SUPERINTENDENT DIAZ DO YOU HAVE
ANY FINAL COMMENTS TO ADD? AND
THEN TRACY I WOULD LIKE TO TURN
IT OVER TO YOU IF YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE IN ADVANCE OF
BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS.
>> WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING AND
THE PROGRAMMATIC AS WELL AS TH
CAPITAL AREAS WHICH I AM
EXCITED TO SHARE MORE IN DEPTH
WITH YOU WHICH WILL BE THE PROO
OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND THE
OBJECTIVES YOU HAVE OUTLINED
FOR THE CITY. JUST THAT WE ARE
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND BUDGET
IMPACTS , OR ALIGNMENTS WILL
CONTINUE IN SOME OF THE ACTIONS
TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
WILL HELP US CONTINUE ON THAT
PROGRESS BUT WE ARE VERY PLEASE
WITH THE PROGRESS AND YOU HOPE
-- WE HOPE YOU WILL BE AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT
PRESENTATION IN THE ENTIRE
BUDGET TEAM WHO IS LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU. TRACY, ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD?
>> AS YOU SAW HERE, THE CHANGE
TO THE SPENDING PLAN ARE VERY
MINIMAL SO I REALLY, AND I HAV
HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AND
MADE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS
GOING ON, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD IN TERMS OF ISSUES AND
CONCERNS FOR WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
WILL OPEN IT UP TO BOARD MEMBER
QUESTIONS. TWO BOARD MEMBERS
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON THE
PRESENTATION? GREAT , GUYS.
SEEING NONE , I THINK THAT WE
ARE GOOD FOR THIS INITIAL
PRESENTATION. AS I'VE SAID AT
THE BEGINNING, THIS IS JUST THE
START OF OUR DISCUSSIONS AROUN
THE INTERSECTIONS OF PARK AND
DISTRICT BOARD WITH OUR BUDGET
PROCESS. WE HAVE QUEUED UP SOME
AREA IDENTIFICATIONS FROM SOME
OF THESE QUESTIONS. AQUATICS,
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
INFLATION FLOOR, SO THESE ARE
GOOD THINGS FOR CENTRAL STAFF O
PARKS TO BE PREPARED FOR AS WE
GO INTO THE NEXT HEARING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
THIS INITIAL OVERVIEW AND THE
CHART SUMMARIZING THE
LEGISLATION THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED. BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> WAS THE INCREASE FROM A TAX
RATE OF 37 CHANGED TO 41
ANTICIPATED?
>> IT WAS ANTICIPATED BECAUSE A
YOU KNOW THE AV HAS GONE DOWN A
LITTLE BIT THAT IT WAS NOT WHAT
WE EXPECTED WHEN WE WERE DOING
THE SIX-YEAR PLAN LAST YEAR. A
YOU CAN SEE -- SORRY I DID NOT
TOUCH ON THIS EARLIER. THE
PLANNED AMOUNT THAT WE ASSUMED
WAS GOING TO BE 37 AS WE WENT
INTO THE SIX-YEAR PLAN. WHEN
THE VERY SMART PEOPLE IN THE
REVENUE FORECASTING TEAM HELPED
US CALCULATE THE LONG AND SHOR
PROPERTY TAX THEY ESTIMATED IT
WOULD END UP BEING ABOUT $.41
PER , BUT BECAUSE OF, ALSO THE
CHANGE TO THE MEDIAN HOME
PRICE, IT IS ONLY ABOUT A NINE
DOLLARS ESTIMATED DIFFERENCE
ANNUALLY.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH
THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PANEL
AND MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM
WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 2 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 2 IS THE PUBLIC
HEARING. CURRENTLY WE HAVE NO
REMOTE OR IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO OPEN AND
CLOSE IT OFFICIALLY.
>> GIVEN THAT WE HAVE NO
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING, AND MY WILL , I
WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLI
HEARING. SEEING AS HOW THERE
ARE NO SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED
UP. MADAM CLERK IS THAT
SUFFICIENT ?
>> THAT WORKS. WE OPENED AT
6:08 AND CLOSED AT 6:08.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT
BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE CONCLUDE
TODAY'S MEETING OF THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD. THANK YOU ALL
FOR BEING HERE AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP ON THES
TOPICS AT THE NEXT HEARING.
>> ARE WE ADJOURNED?
>> YES SORRY, THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT BOARD IS
ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.