GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY.
THE JULY 19 MEETING OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY, CITY LIGHT,
ARTS AND CULTURE WILL COME TO
ORDER. IT IS NOW 9:30 4 AM.
I'M TANYA WOO, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE
CLICK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER TRAVIS --
STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR WOO?
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR MOORE WILL BE
JOINING SHORTLY. THEY WERE
CURRENTLY THREE MEMBERS
PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
HAS BEEN EXCUSED TODAY AND WHEN
MOORE JOINS US, I WILL ANNOUNCE
IT . IF THERE WAS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. YOU WILL NOW
OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD
RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA AND WITHIN THE PURVIEW
OF THIS COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW
MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ZERO
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP
AND ZERO REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU. AS A REMINDER,
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
ENCOURAGED TO EITHER SUBMIT
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
SIGN-UP CARDS AVAILABLE ON THE
PODIUM OR EMAIL THE COUNCIL.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE FIRST
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, ARTS AND
CULTURE ROUNDTABLE FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE
ROUNDTABLE PRESENTERS PLEASE
COME TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE?
ONCE AGAIN, WHEN READY, PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. WHILE WE
WAIT, I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL
THANK YOU TO KING COUNCIL --
KING COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER
CLAUDIA BALDUCCI. THANK YOU FOR
ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE TO HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION WITH US.
>> I HAVE A LITTLE SCRATCHY
THROAT.
>> GOOD MORNING!
>> LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES. I
AM THRILLED TO BE HERE WITH ALL
OF YOU TODAY. I AM MANNY
CAWALING, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR INSPIRE
WASHINGTON. WE ARE YOUR
CULTURAL ADVOCATES FOR
INNOVATION. WE BELIEVE IN THE
UPLIFTING POWER OF SCIENCE,
HERITAGE, AND THE ARTS. TODAY,
I AM EXCITED TO BRIEF YOU ON
SOMETHING THAT IS SO CLOSE TO
MY HEART, THE DOORS OPEN
PROGRAM OF KING COUNTY. BEFORE
WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO GIVE
YOU CONTEXT OF HOW THIS CAME TO
BE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF
YOU AS AUTHORIZER'S TO
UNDERSTAND THE LONG HISTORY
THAT PRECEDED THE PASSAGE LAST
DECEMBER SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE INTENT WAS. DID THIS HAPPEN
AND, UNDERSTAND, THERE IS A
LONG ROAD WITH A LOT OF
IMPRESSIONS AND CHAMPIONS AND
PEOPLE IN VISION -- AND VISION.
LET'S GO BACK TO 2003. IN
2003, SEATTLE WAS A VERY
DIFFERENT PLACE. AS WE ALL LOOK
FAVORABLY BACK TO THAT TIME IN
SEATTLE, WE WERE BOOMING.
McCALL HALL WAS JUST BUILT. WE
HAD REALLY LEANED INTO CULTURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. OF COURSE,
EVERYWHERE YOU WENT, IT WAS
VIBRANT. I THINK WE THROW THAT
WORD AROUND A LOT BUT WHAT
VIBRANCY REALLY MEANS IS
PEOPLE, OUT AND ABOUT,
CONNECTING, LAUGHING, ENJOYING
THINGS, EXPERIENCING THINGS
TOGETHER. I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE
HOW AUTHORIZER'S, ELECTED
OFFICIALS LIKE YOU WANTED TO
DRIVE MORE OF THAT IN SEATTLE
AND THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY.
WHERE WAS I AT THE TIME? I WAS
FINISHING UP A RESIDENCY AT THE
OLD RAYNOR HOUSING COMMUNITY.
FOR FIVE YEARS, I WORKED WITH
CAMBODIAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
BECAUSE THEIR REFUGEE PARENTS
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE
CHILDREN UNDERSTOOD THE
EXPERIENCES AND HOW THEY CAME
TO AMERICA. WE EXPLORE THAT
THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE. THAT
IS MY WAY OF SAYING ALL ACROSS
THE CITY, THEY WERE PASSIONATE
ARTS PEOPLE LEANING INTO THE
COMMUNITY BUT THERE WAS MORE
THAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
THEREFORE, THE PUGET SOUND
REGIONAL COUNCIL DID A TOUR AND
ACTUALLY, CLAUDIA WAS ON THAT
TOUR , TO COLORADO. THEY WANTED
TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT WERE DRIVING POSTERITY IN
OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEY
SAW IN DENVER, COLORADO WAS A
TAXING AUTHORITY WHICH WAS
DRIVING AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
SUPPORT TO CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF DRIVING THAT TYPE OF
VIBRANCY, THAT CONNECTION, THAT
JOY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND, SO BEGAN A LONG ROAD OF US
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW DO WE
BRING THAT TO SEATTLE? HOW DO
WE REALLY REACH OUT AND SERVE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT
EXPERIENCING THE JOY OF
SCIENCE, HERITAGE, AND THE ARTS
BECAUSE OF THE COST OR ISSUES
AROUND TRANSPORTATION OR THE
LACK OF OUTREACH. JUST THE LACK
OF RESOURCES. SO, EVENTUALLY,
THAT IDEA PLAYED ITSELF OUT
WITHIN STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE
STATE LEGISLATURE CREATED THE
CULTURAL ACCESS PROGRAM IN
2015. WE HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT
TO AUTHORIZE IT AND ADOPT IT .
IN 2017, WE WERE ON THE BALLOT,
ACCESS FOR ALL. WE LOST BY A
MERE BUT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH
4500 VOTES AND WE NEVER LOST
SIGHT OF WANTING TO DO THIS
RIGHT AND REALLY CREATE THE
PROGRAM THAT WOULD SERVE THE
VIBRANCY IN SEATTLE, THAT WOULD
CONNECT ARTS AND CULTURE AND TO
RECOGNIZE THAT IN BLACK
DIAMOND, IN MAPLE VALLEY, IN
BELLEVUE, IN REDMAN AND ON AND
ON. THERE WERE COMMUNITIES THAT
DID NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF
ACCESS. WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT
DOORS OPEN WITH LAST YEAR ON
DECEMBER 5 WITH UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT AS KING COUNTY COUNCIL.
THIS IS NOW THE THIRD CULTURAL
ACCESS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN
TACOMA AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN
OLYMPIA. TODAY, WE WILL TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHY THIS
WAS CREATED AND ALSO, WHAT WE
IMAGINED THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS
WILL BE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IN
REGARDS TO JOBS, IN REGARDS TO
QUALITY OF THE JOB. AGAIN, THAT
VIBRANCY THAT I THINK WE ARE
ALL CRAVING MORE AND MORE IN
SEATTLE AND THROUGHOUT KING
COUNTY.
>> LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE
FIRST SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU, MANNY. GOOD
MORNING, CHAIR WOO, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. MY JOB IN THIS
PRESENTATION IS TO SET UP THE
CONVERSATION. RATHER THAN A
MONOLOGUE FOR ME, WHAT I WILL
DO IS GO THROUGH SLIDES AND
INVITE COLOR COMMON TREAT FROM
THE EXPERTS AT THE TABLE SO WE
CAN HAVE MORE OF A DIALOGUE AND
LESS OF A MONOLOGUE. AS YOU
BEAR WITH ME, I WILL BE THE
OPERATOR OF THE SLIDES. NOTHING
IS HAPPENING.
>> OKAY. SLIDE NUMBER ONE. WE
ARE JUST GOING TO READ OUT THE
CONTENT AND INVITE ANY
COMMENTS. THE LEGISLATION AND
FUNDING DISTRIBUTION MODEL FOR
DOORS OPEN. THIS IS JUST A
GENERAL OVERVIEW IN DECEMBER
2003. KING COUNTY COUNCIL
ADOPTED THE CULTURAL
LEGISLATION WITH UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT. THE DOORS OPEN
ORDINANCE CREATES FUNDING TO
THAT ACCOUNT IS UP HERITAGE
SCIENCE AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION, NONPROFIT THROUGH
A .1% SALES TAX. THE
ORGANIZATION THAT IS DESIGNATED
TO DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS IS
FOR CULTURE AND A PDA IN THE
COUNTY. WHEN IT IS ESTABLISHED,
IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE
APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION A
YEAR WILL BE AVAILABLE. THERE
IS A CAVEAT. IT IS CURRENTLY
ESTABLISHED. WE CAN HEAR MORE
ABOUT THIS. ANOTHER EFFECT THAT
I THINK YOU WILL FIND
INTERESTING -- I MENTIONED THIS
AT THE LAST TABLE. A MINIMUM OF
25% OF ALL DOORS OPEN FUNDING
WILL GO TO ORGANIZATIONS
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND I INVITE YOU BOTH TO TELL
US WHY. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED
TO BE A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM SO
THEY HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED,
CONSCIOUSLY UNDERSTANDING THAT
SEATTLE HAS RESOURCES. OTHER
KINDS OF THE COUNTY DO NOT.
HAVING SAID THAT, WHO WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE IT OVER?
>> SURE.
>> DO I HAVE TO TURN THIS ON OR
DOES IT JUST WORK?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY
LIGHTS. I AM FEELING FOR ALL OF
THE PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE WITH
THE MICROPHONES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO
SPEAK TO DAY. I HAVE FOUR
POINTS I WANT TO TOUCH ON
REALLY BRIEFLY. WE DO WALK OVER
THE VOTE AS UNANIMOUS WITHOUT
SOMETIMES PAUSING TO POINT OUT
THAT WE WENT MANY YEARS TO GET
WITH UNANIMOUS VOTER. THE FIRST
TIME WE DID THIS, IT WAS VERY
-- I WANT TO CALL OUT MY FORMER
COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, WHO
HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONS OF THIS
WORK ALL ALONG. I HAVE ALSO
BEEN FIGHTING FOR IT , NOT
QUITE SINCE THE DENVER TRIP
ALMOST 2 DECADES AGO BUT FOR A
VERY LONG TIME AND IT TOOK A
LOT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE.
PART OF THAT WAS DUE TO WHAT IS
REFERRED TO AS DESIGNED TO BE A
COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM SERVING
HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS.
THE INITIAL STATE STATUTE. THEY
GAVE VERY DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW THE MONEY SHOULD BE
DISTRIBUTED AND USED AND THERE
WAS A STRONG FEELING AMONG SOME
OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IT
WAS TOO INEQUITABLE. IT TOOK
REALLY GREAT CARE AND DID NOT
GO IN SMALLER, NEWER CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS FROM HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED AREAS. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE WENT
TO OLYMPIA AND LOBBIED VERY
HARD. THAT ALLOWED US TO BUILD
OUR OWN PROGRAM WHICH YOU WILL
HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT TODAY. I
WANTED TO HIT ON THOSE TWO
ENDPOINTS. SCIENCE IS NEW. THIS
PROGRAM WILL BE 10 TIMES THE
SIZE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN
THE PAST BUT SOMEWAYS, NOT THAT
DIFFERENT. THERE IS A WHOLE LOT
MORE OF IT. SCIENCE IS
COMPLETELY BRAND-NEW AND THERE
WILL BE A NEW AREA IN
INVESTMENT. THEN, FINALLY,
ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE COUNCIL
AT KING COUNTY, THE ONE WHO PUT
IN THAT 25%. THE PURPOSE OF
THAT WAS -- WE HAVE LONG HAD
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, HOW DO WE
LIFT UP NEW AND EMERGING
CULTURAL CENTERS? IF YOU ARE IN
AUBURN, YOU WANT TO HAVE
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND
CULTURAL CENTERS IN YOUR
DOWNTOWN THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD TO GROW .
PLACES FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO
COME AND HAVE A NIGHT OUT AND
ENJOY CULTURE IN THEIR CITY BUT
ALSO, PEOPLE TO COME INTO
OFFICE. THE IDEA OF THE PROGRAM
-- ONE THING THAT THE COUNCIL
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
CONCENTRATED ON IS HELPING TO
SUPPORT AREAS THAT NEED TO PASS
IT TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ACCESS
TO CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. I
REPRESENT THE EASTERN COUNTY
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT
BELLEVUE HAS HAD A VISION OF
BEING A SUB REGIONAL HUB OF
ARTS AND CULTURE FOR A VERY
LONG TIME AND REALLY STRUGGLED
TO LAUNCH. THAT CITY, UNLIKE
SEATTLE, HAS NOT PUT A TON OF
MONEY INTO THE ARTS AND THIS
WILL HOPEFULLY LEVERAGE THIS
25% INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTY.
OUR HOPES AND DREAMS IS THAT IT
WILL LEVERAGE LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO ALSO INTRODUCE
SO THAT TOGETHER, WE LIFT THOSE
SUB REGIONAL AREAS AS WELL. I
HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION.
>> YES, THANK YOU. THIS CAME UP
IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION WHICH
IS, AS WE ARE FOCUSING ON
ACTIVATING DOWNTOWN, OTHERS ARE
FOCUSING ON ACTIVATING DOWNTOWN
THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE. THERE
IS SOMETHING -- WE CAN TALK
ABOUT THAT LATER BUT IT IS
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
INTERESTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
>> OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. WE LOOKED
AT ELIGIBILITY. WHO IS
ELIGIBILITY -- ELIGIBLE FOR
THESE RESOURCES? AS I
MENTIONED, 501(C)(3)
ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE AND
WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, VISUAL
ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS,
INCLUDING ZOOLOGY, BOTANY,
ANTHROPOLOGY, HERITAGE, OR
NATURAL HISTORY. THAT IS THE
BIG SCOPE. ALSO, FISCALLY
SPONSORED NONDESIGNATED
501(C)(3) GROUPS. THESE CAN GO
TO FISCAL SPONSORS SO THAT THEY
CAN GET ACCESS TO THESE
RESOURCES. POTENTIALLY WE HAVE
A BIG COURT. DOES ANYBODY WANT
TO ADD TO THIS?
>> SURE. I WOULD LOVE TO. I
LOOK AT THIS LEGISLATION ALL
THE TIME AND, OF COURSE, IT IS
SPECIFIC TO ME. WHEN I LOOK AT
THIS LIST, I KNOW WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE PACIFIC
SCIENCE CENTER. WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL
MUSEUMS LIKE THE HENRY ART
GALLERY. THE BROAD ARRAY OF
PERFORMING ARTS THAT, YES, IT
IS SIGNIFICANT TO DOWNTOWN BUT
IT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT TO ALL
OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU
REPRESENT. IT IS WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE THEATER OFF JACKSON. IT
IS WHAT HAPPENS IN ARTS WEST
AND WEST SEATTLE, JUST TO NAME
A FEW. OF COURSE, IT IS THE
SCIENCE THAT PEOPLE USUALLY
HAVE -- DO THOSE QUESTIONS
MATTER TO OUR SEATTLE
COMMUNITY? ABSOLUTELY THEY DO.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE VISIT THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO EVERY YEAR.
IN THIS JOB, I HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR OUR
BEAUTIFUL GARDEN, THE JAPANESE
GARDEN IN THE ARBORETUM. THE
ARBORETUM ITSELF -- DID YOU
KNOW THAT THE SEATTLE PARK
ARBORETUM HAS ONE OF THE MOST
DIVERSE AUDIENCES BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, THE SPECIMEN COLLECTION
THAT COMES FROM ACROSS THE
WORLD BRINGS PEOPLE INTO THE
GARDEN TO CONNECT WITH
SOMETHING THAT IS FAMILIAR TO
THEM. OF COURSE, THIS IS A LIST
BUT THE COLOR IN DETAIL IN
THIS, ALL OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS BRING VIBRANCY
AND CONNECTION AND, OF COURSE,
IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND YOU TAKE
YOUR NEPHEWS AND NIECES TO THE
ZOO, IT IS ALWAYS HAMBURGERS
AND FRIES. IT IS USUALLY THE
BUS. IT IS A LOT OF THINGS. I
AM SURPRISED TO HAVE ANY MONEY
LEFT. IT IS VIBRANCY AND
CONNECTION AND A JOYFUL
AFTERNOON THAT WE WILL REMEMBER
FOREVER.
>> GOING BACK TO OUR
CONVERSATION LAST WEEK, MANNY,
WE TALKED ABOUT RESIDUAL
SPENDING AND HOW NONPROFITS
TRIGGER RESIDUAL SPENDING. IF
WE REMEMBER BACK TO THAT
MAPPING OF WHAT NONPROFITS
WERE, THIS IS THE CENTER OF
THAT. THE PEOPLE THAT PRODUCE
ART. OBVIOUSLY WE ALSO HAVE
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ZOOLOGY
AND MUCH MORE. THAT IS THE
CULTURE PART . I THINK THAT IS
GOOD. I THINK IT IS REALLY
POSITIVE THAT WE HAVE FURTHER
INVESTMENTS IN THIS SECTOR
BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING POST-PANDEMIC.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I MOVE ON?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO ASK, WITH
OFFICE OF ARTS, HOW IS THAT
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS OR
ARTISTS THAT IS FISCALLY
RESPONSIBLE?
>> IT IS ABOUT ACCESS TO
RESOURCES. SOME GROUPS THAT ARE
VERY NEW HAVE NOT FORMALLY
ORGANIZED . OUR OFFICE DOES NOT
JUST WORK WITH NONPROFITS, WE
WORK WITH FOLKS THAT ARE FOR
PROFIT BUT OTHER FOLKS DON'T
HAVE ANY ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
AND THEREFORE, BEING FISCALLY
SPONSORED ALLOWS THEM TO TAP
INTO RESOURCES INTO PROJECTS
WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE LEGAL
PROCESS OF ORGANIZING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
>> FOR CULTURE, THEY START TO
PLAN OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS NEW RESOURCE. IT HAS
REALLY SERVED THE LANDSCAPE
AROUND WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE
OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE DONE
ESTIMATES ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS THEY THINK WILL
APPLY AND IT IS OVER 120
INHERITED AND PRESERVATION, 500
AND ARTS AND CULTURE AND ABOUT
80 IN THE SCIENCES. THIS IS A
BROAD-BASED PROGRAM THAT WILL
SUPPORT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ONTO THE
NEXT SLIDE, LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE. IT IS GOOD
FOR US TO KNOW THIS. I AM JUST
GOING TO READ OFF HERE.
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. THEY CAN
WORK THROUGH 501(C)(3) BUT
THEY, THEMSELVES, CANNOT
DIRECTLY APPLY. INDEPENDENT
SCIENCE WORKERS, CULTURAL
WORKERS AND HERITAGE
PROFESSIONALS, THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE WORKING IN THESE
INSTITUTIONS CANNOT APPLY.
AGENCIES OF THE STATE OR ANY OF
ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS,
MUNICIPALITIES, ORGANIZATIONS
THAT RAISE MONEY FOR
REDISTRIBUTION TO MULTIPLE
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, RADIO
OR TELEVISION BROADCASTING
NETWORK OR STATION , CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, INTERNET
BASED COMMUNICATIONS VENTURE OR
SERVICE, NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE.
ANY GROUPS WITH ANY CERTAINTY
SHOULD KEEP ELIGIBILITY, WHO
WANT TO APPLY, SHOULD GO
THROUGH FOR CULTURE TO CONFIRM.
ANYTHING ANYONE WANTS TO ADD TO
THIS PARTICULAR ELIGIBILITY
SLIDE?
>> AGAIN, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION AND
THIS IS THE ASPECT OF THE
PROGRAM THAT CREATES THE MOST
HEARTBURN FOR ME. WHY? THERE IS
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
IMPORTANT WORK THAT HAPPENS
WITHIN SOME OF THESE
DEFINITIONS. FOR EXAMPLE,
INTERNET-BASED SERVICES, THERE
IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION
THAT TELLS THE STORY AND
DOCUMENT THE STORIES OF
JAPANESE AMERICANS AND THEY
HAVE DONE ORAL HISTORY
INTERVIEWS AND THEY PUT THEM
ONLINE. IT MAKES IT THE MOST
ACCESSIBLE WAY FOR COMMUNITIES
TO HEAR THESE STORIES. WE HAVE
HISTORY LINKS. MY DAD IS SUCH A
SEATTLE HISTORY BUFF. HE IS
ALWAYS SENDING ME LINKS TO SHOW
ME WHAT A BUILDING LOOKED LIKE
WHEN HE WAS A KID. THESE ARE
IMPORTANT. THESE ARE CULTURAL.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE PROBABLY
DID NOT HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF THE FULL
BREATH OF CREATIVITY AND
CULTURAL PROGRAMS ARE AND I
KNOW THAT 4CULTURE , WITH THEIR
ADMISSION -- I'M SORRY, WITH
THEIR LODGING TAX, WILL DO
THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE -- THIS
IS THE WAY TO MAKE SURE SEATTLE
SUPPORTS, FOR THESE TYPES OF
THINGS, ARE ALSO REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE SUPPORT
IS NECESSARY.
>> WE DO SUPPORT HISTORY LINKS
AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION AND THE EXAMPLES.
WE PUT ON A PHYSICAL EXHIBIT
FROM THE WORK THAT IS BASED ON
THE INTERNET AND TRAVEL TO
EITHER SCHOOLS OR HAVING IT IN
A FIXED LOCATION WHETHER IT IS
AUBURN, BELLEVUE OR BALLARD.
WOULD THEY THEN BE ABLE TO
QUALIFY? THEY ARE NOT JUST
INTERNET-BASED.
>> THAT IS A DETAIL -- I AM NOT
THE PERSON WHO WILL BE GIVING
UP THE MONEY. IT IS THE
DETAILED TO WORK OUT POSSIBLY.
I KNOW WE HAVE THESE QUESTIONS
WHEN WE WERE ON THE BALLOT IN
2017, THE SAME THING ABOUT K
XP. THEY ARE A RADIO STATION.
THEY DO CONCERTS AS WELL. THERE
IS A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF BAD. I
THINK THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT
BUT THE POINT IS, MULTIPLE POTS
OF MONEY, MULTIPLE INVESTORS
THAT CARE ABOUT THE SAME THING
AND CREATE THE FLEXIBILITY TO
ENSURE THAT EACH VALUABLE
PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED AND
THEREFORE, THE COMMUNITIES THAT
THEY SERVE ARE NOT LEFT OUT.
>> TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT HAVE
THOSE RESTRICTIONS. WE DO FUND
K XP, HISTORY LINKS. WE DON'T
HAVE THE BARRIER OF VIRTUAL
VERSUS IN-PERSON. WE, AS WELL
AS WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS FOR
PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE A
BROADER SCOPE THAN THIS
PARTICULAR LIST.
>> I AM SO GLAD.
>> I THINK WE COMPLIMENT THE
FUNDING THAT WAY.
>> BRIEFLY , THERE ARE OBVIOUS
WAYS THAT A PARTNERSHIP CAN
COME TOGETHER AROUND A
PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR PROJECT
WITH POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE
MEMBERS AND INELIGIBLE MEMBERS
AND FIND A WAY TO PROVIDE
FUNDING TO DOORS OPEN. I WOULD
SAY , A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AN
ARTIST CREATED A WITH ART ON IT
WITH PICTURES OF JAPANESE
AMERICANS, FARMING FAMILY
MEMBERS FROM BELLEVUE AND AS
PART OF THAT, THERE WAS AN AR
COMPONENT WHERE YOU COULD POINT
YOUR PHONE AT IT AND THEY WOULD
START TALKING AND TELLING THEIR
OWN STORIES IN THEIR OWN
VOICES. IT WAS INCREDIBLY
MOVING. I WILL SEND YOU DETAILS
WHEN IT GETS UP AND RUNNING
AGAIN. THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP
OF INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. IF YOU
WERE TO PULL TOGETHER A
PARTNERSHIP LIKE THAT IN THE
FUTURE, THEY COULD APPLY FOR,
IN MY VIEW, THEY COULD APPLY
FOR FUNDING. I THINK WE CAN GET
CREATIVE, AS WE ALWAYS DO.
>> I AM SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP
THAT EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY. THAT ARTIST WAS
REALLY WONDERFUL. IT DID
ORIGINATE IN BELLEVUE AND THEN
IT WAS INSTALLED FOR QUITE A
BIT OF TIME. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ARTS AND
CREATIVITY THAT MOVES
THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO ENSURE
THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO
GREAT WORK.
>> MOVING ALONG, IT IS MORE
CONTEXT FOR YOU, AS MENTIONED
BY COUNCILMEMBER CLAUDIA
BALDUCCI. THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 700 ORGANIZATIONS
WITH COMBINED ANNUAL BUDGETS OF
OVER $1 BILLION. SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT. HERE ARE CURRENTLY
THE SIX PROGRAMS AND
INITIATIVES. NO CHANGE BUT
THERE IS STILL A CONVERSATION
AT THE COUNCIL. WE COULD HAVE
YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT. I WILL JUST GO THROUGH
THEM. SUSTAINED SUPPORT. THIS
IS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
THIS IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF
MOST OPERATIONS. FACILITIES,
INVESTMENTS AND CAPITAL, PUBLIC
SCHOOL, CULTURAL ACCESS. THAT
ACCESS PIECE IS REPRESENTED
THROUGH CULTURAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMMING, OTHER COUNTYWIDE
INITIATIVES SUCH AS
INVESTMENTS, ADDRESSING THE
COMMUNITY. THERE IS A LARGE
PROGRAM. THIS IS STARTUP
FUNDING FOR NEW AND EMERGING
ORGANIZATIONS. IN A WAY, IT
WILL STIMULATE MORE
ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY AND THEN
PUBLIC FREE ACCESS TO REDUCE
AND FREE TICKETS. WHO WANTS TO
GO NEXT?
>> YOU MENTIONED THE PROCESS
FOR ADOPTING THE PLAN. I WILL
JUST INSERT THAT HERE. WE
ADOPTED THIS FUNDING SOURCE IN
DECEMBER 2023 AND WE AGREED --
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WE
BROUGHT FORWARD INTO YEAR ONE
FUNDING AND YEAR TWO THROUGH
THE END OF THE SIX YEAR LEVEE .
YEAR ONE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE
ABOUT $48 MILLION IN ONE-TIME
CAPITAL AND OPERATING FUNDS.
THE GRANT APPLICATION TIMEFRAME
IS SUPPOSED TO OPEN IN EARLY
AUGUST AND RUN THROUGH
SEPTEMBER AND THE GRANTS WILL
BE ANNOUNCED BY THE END OF THE
YEAR FOR AWARDS TO BE
DISTRIBUTED IN EARLY 2025.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE ADOPTED
THE TAX, WE ARE NOT COLLECTING
A FULL YEAR WORTH OF REVENUE IN
2024 SO IT IS A LITTLE LOWER
AND WE WANTED TO GET THE
PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING AND
START MOVING.
>> WE ARE NOW WORKING ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL
MUCH MORE SPECIFICALLY DEFINE
HOW THE ANNUAL FUNDS FROM 2025
ON OUR DISTRIBUTED. AND,
4CULTURE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING
THAT PLAN WITH THE BOARD. A
NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD AND WE
HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT
PROCESS CLOSELY. THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE WILL TAKE THAT PLAN
AND TRANSMIT IT TO THE COUNCIL,
LIKELY IN EARLY AUGUST. THEN ,
IT HAS TO GO THROUGH TWO
COMMITTEES AT THE COUNTY. IT
GOES THROUGH MY COMMITTEE AND
THEN THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE WHERE YOU ARE VERY
ABLY REPRESENTED BY CHAIR WOO
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE WITH
ALTERNATES COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND NELSON. THE
REGIONAL POLICY WILL HAVE TO
STAY. AS A REMINDER, WHAT THAT
GIVES UP, THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS
REQUIRED TO EITHER ADOPT IT
WITHOUT FURTHER CHANGE OR, IF
WE MAKE ANY CHANGES, WE HAVE TO
GO BACK TO THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
SIT THERE AND BE REPRESENTED.
OUR FINAL ACTION IS SCHEDULED
FOR LATER IN THE YEAR,
HOPEFULLY TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE
TAKE EFFECT BY JANUARY 1, 25
AND THEN GOVERN WHAT HAPPENS
THROUGHOUT . THE PROGRAM ITSELF
IS LIKELY TO LOOK VERY SIMILAR
TO WHAT IS ON-SCREEN. THERE ARE
SOME BIG DISCUSSIONS TO BE HAD,
INCLUDING THINGS LIKE , WHAT
ARE THE POSSIBLE MAXIMUM SIZES
OF THE GRANT? THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT BIG
PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE MAJOR
INSTITUTION MEANS CAPITAL
INVESTMENT. DOORS OPEN A BIG
SIDE OF SUPPORTING THAT. SHOULD
THIS BE AN EVERY YEAR THING? DO
WE WANT TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL
ORGANIZATIONS APPLY EVERY YEAR?
COULD IT BE LONGER SO THAT
THERE IS MORE RELIABLE FUNDING?
THAT IS JUST A SAMPLING. I
THINK IT WILL BE A REALLY
ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. I WILL SAY
TO YOU, MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN
DOORS OPEN, IT WILL CREATE
REAL, NOT JUST CULTURAL BUT
ALSO ECONOMIC IMPACT. YOU ALL,
I KNOW, SPEAK A LOT ABOUT
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND ARE
FOCUSED ON REVITALIZATION.
OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE THE
SAME INTEREST OR GROWTH. THAT
IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE. I WANT
TO SEE HOW EACH OF THESE
INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS ADDS UP TO
MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT AS
OPPOSED TO A LOT OF LITTLE
GRANTS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE
WANT TO HELP EVERYBODY. WE WANT
TO MAKE A BIG CHANGE BECAUSE
YOU KNOW, BRINGING PEOPLE OUT
INTO THE STREETS AND BRINGING
PEOPLE OUT AT NIGHT TO SEE
THINGS, TO HAVE VIBRANT
INTERACTION WITH EACH OTHER
WITH ENGAGEMENT, ARTS IS A HUGE
PART OF THAT. WE ARE HOPING
THAT WILL SOMEHOW SHOW UP IN
THE PROGRAMMING AS WE ADOPT THE
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU. I REALLY JUST
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE HAS ONE OF THE DENSEST
PLACES OF ARTS AND CULTURE
INSTITUTION IN THE NATION. IT
IS REALLY A LUCKY THING THAT WE
HAVE. IT CREATES A LOT OF
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. WE STILL
HAVE MORE WORK TO DO DOWNTOWN
AND IT IS ONE OF OUR
CORNERSTONES. THERE IS REALLY
NOWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY TO
DO IT. WE ARE THE MOST
GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED CITY OF
OUR SIZE IN THE NATION AND WE
HAVE SUCH A RICH SET OF
INSTITUTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER
CLAUDIA BALDUCCI, I WILL SWITCH
HATS WITH YOU . BUILDING NORTH
AND SOUTH AND EAST, WHEN THE
DOORS OPEN, IT IS GIVING US THE
POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THE
DENSEST REGION OF ARTS AND
CULTURE INSTITUTIONS. WHETHER
YOU ARE GETTING TOURISTS COMING
IN FOR A CRUISE, THEY SOON WILL
BE ABLE TO TAKE LIGHT RAIL TO
SEE ONE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS.
HOPEFULLY SOON DOWN TO FEDERAL
WAY AND UP TO WYNNEWOOD. I
GUESS THAT IS OUT OF OUR COUNTY
BUT CLOSE ENOUGH. I HIGHLIGHT
THAT BECAUSE AS WE ALL WORK
TOGETHER, WE ARE ABLE TO
HIGHLIGHT EACH COMMUNITY'S
CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CULTURE ,
CULTURAL COMMUNITY. IT IS JUST
A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST SEATTLE
THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THIS RICH
VIBRANCY, WE WANT THE WHOLE
REGION.
>> I WANT TO ADD THAT WE WERE
CURIOUS ABOUT, OUT OF THAT 700,
HOW MANY WERE IN SEATTLE? WE
DID AN INFORMAL COUNT OF WHO
APPLIES TO OUR PROGRAM ?
NONPROFIT ARTS AND CULTURE AND
WE FOUND 546 ORGANIZATIONS. WE
KNEW THAT WAS AN UNDERCOUNT. WE
KNEW SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT
DON'T APPLY TO US. THAT IS
JUST SOME CONTEXT TO BEAR IN
MIND THAT QUITE A FEW
ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE HERE.
>> THE ONE THING THAT WE WANT
TO SET OUR SIGHTS ON HIS THIS
OPPORTUNITY. IT IS
SUPERPERSONAL. WHEN I DID WORK
AT THE NORTHWEST STATION
AMERICAN THEATER, UNFORTUNATELY
OUR 10% DEFICIT THAT WE CARRY
YEAR AFTER YEAR LED TO THE
CLOSURE OF THAT ORGANIZATION IN
FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. IT WILL
EAT AWAY AT THE WORK. THEY
ASKED IF THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
THE COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY IN
SEATTLE, THEY DON'T KNOW IF
THAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO
CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. ONE OF
THE THINGS, WHEN I WORKED AT UC
NORTHWEST, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
CULTURAL ACCESS -- WE WILL
NEVER FORGET THE PHONE CALL
THAT WE GOT. THEY DID NOT HAVE
MONEY FOR THE DRAMA TEACHER AND
THEY WANTED SOMEBODY TO COME UP
AND DIRECT A SHOW FOR THE KIDS
WHO WANTED TO BE IN THE SHOW.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR
IT, FOR THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR.
SHE DROVE UP AT 3:00 EVERY DAY
TO NORTH BEND TO MAKE SURE THE
KIDS COULD PERFORM THE MUSICAL.
WE HAD TO PUT OUR MONEY INTO
THAT. IT WAS IMPORTANT KNOWING
THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES --
THERE ARE STUDENTS TO
EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF CREATIVE
PROGRAMMING. LAUNCH PROGRAM, I
WAS ON THE BOARD OF CULTURAL
ACCESS WASHINGTON. WE PUT
ACCESS FOR ALL ON THE BALLOT IN
2017. ONE OF MY OUTREACH AREAS
WAS BLACK DIAMOND. I WENT UP
THERE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE
WEEKEND TO TALK ABOUT WHY THE
PROGRAM WAS IMPORTANT AND IT
WAS DEVASTATING FOR ME AT THE
END OF THE DAY THAT THAT WAS
THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD THE
LOWEST AMOUNT OF SUPPORT. WHEN
I HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WHY
WE ONLY GARNERED 18%, THE
ANSWER WAS SIMPLE. WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH CULTURAL PROGRAMS.
I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT
MONEY WILL COME IN. THAT IS WHY
THE LAUNCH PROGRAM PROVIDES
OPPORTUNITIES IN BALLARD, IN
WEST SEATTLE, IN DOWNTOWN AND
IN SHORELINE FOR CREATIVE
PEOPLE TO HAVE AN IDEA AND TO
CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL
SERVE THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE,
PUBLIC FREE ACCESS. SO MANY
PEOPLE WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT
IT IS EXPENSIVE TO DO THINGS
AND ORGANIZATIONS DO AS MUCH AS
THEY CAN TO CREATE ACCESS BUT
THERE IS STILL A BOTTOM LINE AT
THE END OF THE DAY. ALL OF THIS
IS GOING TO LIFT UP OUR
COMMUNITIES. IT WILL CREATE
THAT VIBRANCY THAT WE ALWAYS
TALK ABOUT. OF COURSE,
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL COME
ALONG. JOBS, LOCAL ECONOMY,
TREMENDOUS IMPACTS FOR EVERY
CITY IN KING COUNTY.
>> MOVING ON, I THINK THIS IS
AN INTERESTING ASPECT OF THE
PROGRAM BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND. I LOOK TO YOU BOTH
TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. THERE
IS A LEGISLATIVE MANDATE THAT
IS A NON-PLANTATION CLAUSE. THE
COUNTY FUNDING THAT ANY FUNDING
USUALLY AND CUSTOMARILY
PROVIDED TO CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS SIMILAR TO
FUNDING THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE
TO SOME ORGANIZATIONS UNDER
THIS CHAPTER MAY NOT BE
REPLACED OR MATERIAL DIMINISHED
AS A RESULT OF FUNDING BECOMING
AVAILABLE UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, PLEASE.
>> IN PLAIN LANGUAGE -- I AM
TALKING FROM THE VIEW OF THE
LEGISLATURE OF 2015, THEY
RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF THESE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT. THERE IS NO DIRECT
REVENUE STREAM THAT CAME FROM
PUBLIC GOVERNMENT BUT THEY ALSO
UNDERSTOOD THAT ALL ACROSS THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, THERE WERE
EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS. THE
POINT WAS IT WAS NOT TO REPLACE
IT. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THAT
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH
INVESTING CURRENT MONEY, THE
PROBLEM WAS THE EXISTING MONEY
WAS NOT DOING ENOUGH.
THEREFORE, BY NOT SUPPLANTING
IT , BY ADDING THIS NEW LEVEL
OF REVENUE TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO
SCIENCE, HERITAGE, AND THE
ARTS, THE LEGISLATURE THOUGHT
THIS IS IT. THIS IS HOW WE
SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
COMING INTO THE MUSEUM. THEY
THOUGHT THAT IF YOU SUPPLANT
IT, THEN THERE IS NO
ADVANCEMENT. THERE IS NO
GREATER OUTREACH THAT IS
HAPPENING. WHEN I TALK ABOUT
THE STORY ABOUT CULTURAL
ACCESS, I AM ALWAYS TALKING
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE
DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
PURSUE AND THAT VERY MUCH IS A
STORY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN KING
COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE BECAUSE IT IS THE
MOST -- I JUST FINISHED UP A 30
CITY STATE TOUR. NO PLACE IS AS
EXPENSIVE TO DO CULTURAL
PROGRAMS. THE GAPS ARE BIGGER
RIGHT HERE IN SEATTLE.
>> ONE THING TO ADD IS THAT THE
NONPROFIT CREATIVE SECTOR IS
STILL STRUGGLING POST-PANDEMIC.
I THINK THAT THEY COULD USE
EVERY SINGLE PENNY THEY COULD
GET IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN,
SUSTAIN, AND GROW. I WILL ADD
THAT AS WE ADOPTED OUR
ORDINANCE AS THE COUNCIL, WE
ADDED A STATEMENT THAT AFFIRMED
THAT WE NOT REPLACE MATERIAL
FUNDING AVAILABLE UNDER THIS
CHAPTER. FOR US, THAT IS
LARGELY THE LODGING TAX. OUR
CURRENT CULTURAL ARTS HERITAGE
PROGRAM IS FUNDED PRIMARILY BY
A LODGING CUT. LODGING TAX CAN
BE USED FOR AT LEAST THREE
DIFFERENT THINGS. CAN BE USED
FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. WE MADE THE COMMITMENT
THAT WE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUR
CURRENT FUNDING PIE, IF YOU
WILL, THE WEDGES OF THE PIE, IN
ORDER TO DO THIS. WE WILL ADD
THE DOORS OPEN FUNDING ON TOP
OF THAT AND THEN CREATE A
PROGRAM THAT ATTRIBUTES ALL OF
THAT. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT IT
IS OUR HOPES AND OUR DREAMS TO
TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE
WANT THIS TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE
FUNDING. WHEN YOU HAVE THIS
KIND OF A BRAND-NEW -- YOU WANT
TO SEE TRANSFORMATIONAL THINGS
HAPPEN. THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE
CAN LEVERAGE OTHER INVESTMENTS
AS OPPOSED TO SHRINKING. THAT
IS OUR DREAM AND OUR HOPE. WE
WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT.
THAT IS WHERE WE HOPE TO LOOK
BACK A FEW YEARS FROM NOW WHEN
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT ROUND TWO
OF THE DOORS OPEN. WE SAY LOOK
AT WHAT WE DID HERE. IT MADE A
BIG DIFFERENCE TO WORKERS.
>> THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE.
OTHER FEATURES, WHAT IS NEXT.
PROGRAMS WILL BE AWARDED IN
2024. WE HAVE A FUNDING
DISTRIBUTION MODEL STARTING IN
2025 AND PROGRAM STARTING IN
2025 WILL STILL BE APPROVED BY
COUNCIL. I THINK WE HAVE
ALREADY TALKED QUITE A BIT
ABOUT THAT. THIS IS OUR LAST
SLIDE. WE ARE OPEN TO ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE HOPE THAT
THIS IS MORE OF A DIALOGUE.
>> YES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS. I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I
LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE
ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE GOOD
PARTNERS ON THE DOORS OPEN
PROGRAM. I THANK YOU ALL FOR
ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A
QUICK COMMENT. FIRST OFF, THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER CLAUDIA
BALDUCCI, DIRECTOR GOLDEN AND
MANNY. I APPRECIATE THIS
PRESENTATION AND OVERVIEW. IT
HELPED EMPOWER ME, PERSONALLY.
ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT BODY
OF WORK, REGIONAL BODY OF WORK
AS WELL. ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER
CLAUDIA BALDUCCI, IT IS GREAT
-- I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE AND
HONOR OF APPEARING BEFORE YOU
IN VARIOUS KING COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETINGS AS VOLUNTEER BOARD
COMMISSION MEMBER IN VARIOUS
CAPACITIES. IT IS NICE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE YOU APPEAR BEFORE
ME IN THIS CAPACITY AND TO BE
ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ON
REGIONAL BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS. BY THE WAY,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, IN YOUR
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES, THOSE
PASSENGERS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE
SOUND TRANSIT TO THE EAST SIDE
AND SOON THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
TAKE SOUND TRANSIT TO WEST
SEATTLE. WE NEED TO BUILD THAT
AND GET IT GOING. BUT, I WANTED
TO TALK JUST A MOMENT ABOUT THE
WHOLE S.T.E.A.M. VERSUS
S.T.E.M. DISTINCTION. I HAPPEN
TO HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ON
THAT. IT IS INFORMED BY THE
FACT THAT, THE LAST 10 YEARS OF
MY LIFE, I SPENT IN TECH.
MICROSOFT, META, REPRESENTING
STARTUP TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES,
FORTUNE 500, EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN. FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW, I
AM ALSO SOMEONE WHO OVERCAME
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. I AM
SOMEONE WHO WENT TO 13
DIFFERENT K-12 SCHOOLS, ALL OF
THEM TITLE I, FOR KIDS LIKE
MYSELF AT THE TIME THAT WERE
FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. NEVER
MET A PUBLIC SCHOOL I DID NOT
LIKE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH LAW
SCHOOL. I HAD NOT ONE, BUT TWO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEGREES AND I
ANSWERED -- ENTERED THESE
REALLY COOL SPACES
PROFESSIONALLY, IN TECH, WHERE
NOT MANY PEOPLE SHARED A
BACKGROUND SIMILAR TO MINE FROM
A RACE AND SOCIOECONOMIC
STANDPOINT. I HAD A LOT OF
IMPOSTER SYNDROME BUT I THOUGHT
LIKE HECK TO OPEN UP THE DOORS
AND DO WHAT I CAN, ADVOCACY
-WISE, TO MAKE SURE MORE PEOPLE
FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS
AND COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL IN
LIFE AND THRIVE AND IDEALLY, IN
TECH AND REPRESENTED
NONPROFITS, PRO BONO THAT WERE
ON THE PRIVATE NONPROFIT SIDE
TO HELP THAT HAD MISSIONS
EXACTLY TO DO THAT . I WAS VERY
INVOLVED, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP
ROLES ON VARIOUS AFFINITY
GROUPS WITHIN THESE
ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT IS
VETERANS OR BLACK EMPLOYEES,
WHATEVER IT IS TO HELP CHAMPION
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND
INCLUSION, NOT JUST DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION. I HAVE STRONG
FEELINGS ABOUT THIS. FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THIS'LL
DIABY -- S.T.E.A.M. VERSUS
S.T.E.M.. S.T.E.A.M. IS AN A
ADDED ONTO THAT. THE NOTION IS
YOU ARE BEING INCLUSIVE OF THE
ARTS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
CLASSIC DEBATES. SHOULD IT BE
S.T.E.A.M. OR SHOULD IT BE
S.T.E.M.? I WILL JUST SHARE,
PERSONALLY, I HAPPEN TO BE A
FAN OF S.T.E.M. AND S.T.E.M.
ONLY. THE REASON WHY IS, WHEN
-- S.T.E.M. AND THEN TREATING
ARTS SEPARATELY. THE REASON WHY
IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU START
INTRODUCING ARTS INTO S.T.E.M.,
IT RISKS SCOPE, RISKS THE
POSSIBILITY OF BOILING THE
OCEAN AND MAKES POTENTIALLY
RESULTING IN SITUATIONS WHERE
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND
IMPACT ARE UNCLEAR. HOWEVER
WELL INTENDED WHEN YOU S█TART
CHAINING ON ONE WELL INTENDED
CONTRACT OR IDEA INTO
POTENTIALLY RESULT IN CREATING
THIS FRANKENSTEIN COOL LOOKING
THING THAT IS SOMEWHAT
CONFUSING AND CLUNKY AS WELL .
THAT IS WHY I AM PERSONALLY A
FAN, AT LEAST FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, GOVERNMENT
PERSPECTIVE, I AM PERSONALLY A
FAN OF TREATING THOSE TWO
REALLY IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTS.
HAVING THEM BE COEQUAL AND
INDEPENDENT AND FOR THE REASONS
I MENTIONED. I JUST WANT TO
SHARE ALL OF THAT AND, AS MY
VIEW WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, THE DOOR IS OPEN .
GREAT PROGRAM. WAS NOT AT ALL
INVOLVED IN THAT BUT I COULD
SEE WHY IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
REGIONALLY TO ADD TECHNOLOGY
AND SCIENCE INTO THE MODEL
THERE. AGAIN, FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE
SEPARATE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO
QUESTIONS. WE GET A LOT OF
QUESTIONS REGARDING DOORS OPEN,
WHICH IS WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT
THIS ROUNDTABLE. A LOT OF
ORGANIZATIONS ARE VERY
KNOWLEDGEABLE BUT HOW WOULD YOU
HAVE THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO
REACH SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS?
THEY ARE FOCUSED AWAY FROM THE
COUNTY OR THE CITY.
>> I THINK THAT -- I WANT YOU
TO IMAGINE THE TIME WE HAVE
BEEN THROUGH. THERE HAS BEEN A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTREACH
FOR ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE THE SUPPORT
WAS SO CRITICAL. FROM OUR CITY
ARTS COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE
CITY ARTS COMMISSION FOR
CULTURE AS WELL AS FOR THE
STATE. THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TUNED IN RIGHT NOW. I
HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WE
HAVE THE HEART AND THE DRIVE TO
DO ALL OF THAT IMPORTANT
OUTREACH AND THERE IS GREAT
PARTNERS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO INSPIRE WASHINGTON AS WELL ,
THAT EVERYONE THAT IS ELIGIBLE
IS APPLYING. INFORMATION IS
POWER. THAT IS WHY WE DO 30
CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS
WASHINGTON EVERY DAY, EVERY
YEAR. ABSOLUTELY THAT WILL BE
THE INTENTION OF THE PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE A SEVEN YEAR
AUTHORIZATION PERIOD. MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE WILL GET ON BOARD
AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE. THERE IS
IMAGINATION THAT WILL TAKE
PLACE THROUGH THIS. THERE IS
IMAGINATION WITH THOSE ARTISTS
LIVE IN THE SNOQUALMIE VALLEY,
IMAGINING THAT THEY COULD
CREATE A POETRY CENTER AND THEY
COULD APPLY FOR A LAUNCH
PROGRAM. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
INFORMATION, IT IS ABOUT
FEEDING FOLKS AND THEIR
CULTURAL IMAGINATION.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT
4CULTURE, IN BUILDING BOTH THE
PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WE
UNDERSTAND IT -- THAT WE ENDED
UP IMPLEMENTING AND ADOPTING
OVER THE YEARS, AND THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN HAVE
CONDUCTED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS
ALL OVER THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE
MADE AN EXPLICIT EFFORT TO TRY
TO REACH THE FOLKS THAT DON'T
ALREADY KNOW THAT 4CULTURE
EXISTS. THEY HAVE DONE IN
PERSON AND ONLINE, TRYING TO BE
ACCESSIBLE ON EITHER WAY. WE
WILL MAKE SURE WE GET MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION ON WHAT
THE OUTREACH HAS BEEN.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SAY A QUICK
MEMBER OF COMMENT TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THANK YOU
FOR SHARING THAT VERY CLEAR
INTEREST IN YOUR BACKGROUND AND
PERSONAL STORY. I WANT TO BE
SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR THAT THE
SCIENCE ASPECT OF WHAT HAD BEEN
IN ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE
PROGRAM WAS ADDED BY THE STATE
STATUTE. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE
TO WORK WITH. AS WE IMPLEMENTED
-- IT MIGHT NOT BE CLEAR .
THERE WILL BE FOUR DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS, ARTS AND CULTURE,
HERITAGE, PRESERVATION AND
SCIENCES AND THEY WILL BE
DIFFERENT TEAMS WITH DIFFERENT
GRANT PROGRAMS. THESE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF THINGS, PUBLIC SCHOOL
ACCESS WILL APPLY IN EACH OF
THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
BUT THEY WILL BE SEPARATE.
THERE IS A TEAM. WE CAN'T
WHOLLY SAY THAT WILL BE OVER IN
A DIFFERENT PLACE AND WE WILL
NOT FUND IT WITH THIS MONEY BUT
WE WILL KEEP THE CHOCOLATE AND
THE PEANUT BUTTER KIND OF
SEPARATE IN THAT WAY.
>> I AM REALLY DELIGHTED ABOUT
THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
SCIENCE SECTOR BECAUSE WE HAVE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE JUST
BRAND NEW THAT WE HAVE NOT EVEN
HEARD OF YET. THE SEATTLE
SCIENCE MUSEUM IS WORKING TO
LAUNCH MOBILE PROGRAMMING AND
THEY ARE LOOKING TO LAUNCH A
NEW PLACE SAFE CENTER FOR
CHILDREN IN THE S.T.E.M.
EDUCATION IN SOUTH SEATTLE. I
THINK THERE IS SO MUCH
OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE HOW WE
CAN CONNECT S.T.E.M. AS WELL AS
THE WORD OF YOUR CHOICE.
>> I LOVE THIS KIND OF
CONVERSATION. IT HAPPENS IN MY
WORK ALL THE TIME. I WOULD LOVE
TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS. I
THINK THAT S.T.E.M. AND
S.T.E.A.M. IS STRUCTURED AROUND
SKILL BUILDING AND WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE ARCH AND
CULTURAL SECTOR IS THE
EXPERIENCES. IT IS ABOUT
PROMOTING CREATIVITY AND
CRITICAL THINKING. I BELIEVE IN
THE FULL , UNLIMITED
POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN BEINGS. I
THINK THAT WE CAN BE CREATIVE
AND WE CAN USE OUR CRITICAL
THINKING SKILLS. HERE IS MY
EXPERIENCE. I KNOW THAT MY
ENGAGEMENT IN THE ARTS HAS MADE
ME A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE I AM
A BETTER SON AND BROTHER AND
SIBLING CAUSE I HAVE VERY
DEVELOPED EMOTIONAL SKILLS.
RIGHT? I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT
-- I WORK AT NORTHWEST. MANY OF
OUR STUDENTS WENT ON TO WORK IN
THE TECH FIELD. IN FACT, THEIR
PARENTS WERE TECH PEOPLE. THEY
PUT THEIR KIDS IN NORTHWEST
BECAUSE THEY KNEW MANY OF THEM,
THAT THEIR KIDS WERE SMART
ENOUGH FOR THE TECHNICAL SIDE
BUT THEY FEARED THAT THEY WOULD
GET LOST IN THE PEOPLE CULTURE
OF TECH ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS
NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. I THINK
ALL OF THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I KNOW FROM
THE KIDS THAT WE MEN TOWARD --
I JUST RAN INTO ONE WHEN I WAS
COMING BACK FROM SPOKANE ON THE
LIGHT RAIL. HE RECOGNIZED ME
AND HE WAS LIKE, I AM RUNNING A
RESTAURANT RIGHT NOW AND I
WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO IT. I
HAD 50 PEOPLE ALL COMING AT ME.
IT IS A LOT TO JUGGLE. THERE
WAS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS
THAT MAKE HIM A GREAT LEADER. I
THINK IT IS ALL OF THAT BUT I
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT. I COULD NOT
AGREE MORE. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER CLAUDIA BALDUCCI.
IT IS NOT ONE OR THE OTHER AND
ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN COEXIST
HARMONIOUSLY. IT IS JUST, MY
COMMENTS DO STAND FROM THE
SEATTLE CITY GOVERNMENT
PROSPECTIVE. PROGRAMMATICALLY,
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE TREATED
SEPARATELY AND NOT WITH ANY
STATE LIMITATIONS IN CERTAIN
INSTANCES AND OTHERWISE. WHEN
YOU START CHAINING THEM
ALTOGETHER, IT DILUTES THE
POTENTIAL VOICE AND IMPACT AND
THEY CAN COEXIST SEPARATELY.
THANK YOU.
>> HERITAGE AS WELL AS
PRESERVATION IS A PART OF DOORS
OPEN. I HAVE WORKED WITH
CULTURE, APPLIED FOR GRANTS IN
THE ORGANIZATION. I HAD AN
AMAZING TIME. I HAVE GREAT
GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
PROCESS. I HAD COME BACK WITH A
COUPLE OF COMMITTEES , TO
CHOOSE GRANTS OR WHO TO GRANT
MONEY TO AND THE ORGANIZATION
IS AMAZING. I AM VERY GLAD TO
HEAR THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
EXPAND THEIR PROGRAMMING AND
THEIR REACH AND WE WOULD LOVE
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. HOW
CAN THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
SUCH AS OURSELVES -- THIS ALSO
APPLIES TO YOUR WORK, MANNY,
AND TO GULGUN KAYIM, WHAT CAN
WE DO TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
HELP THIS PROGRAM IN THE
COUNTY?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT. I THINK WE CAN FIGURE
THIS OUT TOGETHER. PRIOR TO THE
PROGRAM, OUR PILLARS HERE IN
THIS REGION WERE, AS FAR AS
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, WHERE THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S ADMISSION
TAX AND KING COUNTY'S
INVESTMENT THROUGH A LOGGING
TAX. WHEN WE GOT DOORS OPEN
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, IT WAS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE
WITH TANGIBLE RESOURCES THAT WE
WOULD GROW CULTURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, COUNTYWIDE.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE 25%
PROVISION FOR A MINIMUM OF 25%
FUNDING GOING UP BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. A LOT OF THAT WAS
ENVISIONED BY BALANCING WITH
THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
TO PAY REAL ATTENTION ON THE
PUBLIC POLICY LEVEL. THERE WAS
A TIME WHERE I DROPPED ON
CAPITOL HILL. PEOPLE DON'T LIVE
THERE IN THE NUMBERS AS THEY
USED TO LIVE BEFORE. THEY LIVE
IN RENTON, THEY LIVE OUT OF THE
COUNTY. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
AFFORDABLE PLACES TO LIVE. MANY
OF THEM STILL TRAVELING TO
SEATTLE FOR WORK BUT YOU CAN
IMAGINE HOW EXHAUSTING IT WILL
BE WITH ALL OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE TO GET DONE IN THE DAY. I
KNOW THAT THE INTENTION WITH
THE 25% WAS TO GROW CULTURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSIDE OF KING
COUNTY BUT NOT AT ALL TO
THREATEN THE VERY IMPORTANT
CULTURAL HUB HERE IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. THERE IS SOME PLAY
BETWEEN THOSE. A REALLY GREAT
CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE FOR
THIS ROUNDTABLE AS WELL AS THE
BROADER COMMUNITY IS, WHY IS --
WHAT IS THAT RELATIONSHIP TO
EACH OTHER? WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT?
>> ME I HAD SOMETHING TO YOUR
QUESTION? THERE IS ALSO ONE
OTHER QUESTION TO THINK ABOUT
FOR THE NONPROFITS WHERE WE ARE
INVITING TO COLLABORATE ON
REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN. WITH THE
RESOURCES THAT THEY CURRENTLY
HAVE, THEY ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING TO GET BACK TO
PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. I
MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, WITH THE
FEDERAL SOLID GOING AWAY AND
THEY ARE FACING A FISCAL CLIFF,
THIS TYPE -- THESE TYPES OF
RESOURCES ARE EXACTLY THE KIND
OF THING AS MENTIONED BY
COUNCILMEMBER BALDUCCI. WE ARE
LOOKING TO NOT JUST STABILIZE
BUT PUSH THE ENGINE FORWARD SO
WE CAN MAKE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION
A REALITY. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY
HAVE, WE SHOULD KEEP IN PLACE.
SHOULD NOT BE A SITUATION OF
EITHER/OR.
>> PLEASE DO GIVE US YOUR
SINCERE INPUT INTO THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE WANT THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
FUNDING TO HAVE THE GREATEST
IMPACT AND THAT REQUIRES THE
KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE OF YOUR CITY
AND OTHERS HAVE OF THEIR CITY
SO IT IS NOT JUST CITY COUNCIL
MAKING THAT DECISION. PLEASE DO
ENGAGE IN THAT. BE IN TOUCH
WITH US, WITH YOUR
COUNCILMEMBERS. I WANT TO
SECOND MANNY AND COUNCILMEMBER
1027 INTERWEAVING THE ISSUES.
SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO, IT ALL
WORKS TOGETHER TO BUILD A
VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY.
WE DO HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE IN
THE CREATIVE SECTOR WHO HAVE
JOBS AND IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE
WHO STAND ON THE STAGE. IT IS
PEOPLE WHO WORK THE LIGHTS.
PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE WITH THE
PUBLIC FOR TICKETS. SO MANY
JOBS IN A VERY LARGE SECTOR AND
A PERCENTAGE OF SEATTLE'S
ECONOMY. TO YOUR POINT, SEATTLE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOVE ITS
WEIGHT IN TERMS OF ARTS AND
CULTURE AND THAT IS A LOT OF
JOBS, BUT THOSE PEOPLE CAN
HARDLY AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR
COUNTY, LET ALONE CENTER CITY.
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE
INTERLOCKING ISSUES WILL BE SO
IMPORTANT FOR US ALL. FINALLY I
REALLY WANT TO THANK AND
COMMEND THE CITY AND THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR BEING SUCH LEADERS
SUPPORTING ARTS AND CULTURE AND
SEEING THE VALUE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE AND SCIENCE AND
PRESERVATION. I WANT TO SEE ALL
OF THE CITIES OF KING COUNTY TO
FOLLOW AND JOIN THAT BECAUSE
TOGETHER WE HAVE SUCH STRENGTH
AND LEVERAGING THAT STRENGTH
MEANS IT IS AN INCREDIBLE PIVOT
POINT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR
REGION, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR THAT
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT DOORS
OPEN SUNDAY. THAT WE HAVE TO
PRESERVE OUR CURRENT FUNDING
AND NOT ALLOW THIS TO REPLACE
THAT OR IN LIEU OF AND BE ABLE
TO PRESERVE THE SERVICES AND
GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES. I AM
ALSO HEARING, YOU KNOW, WE
ALWAYS TALK ABOUT FIFA SOCCER
AND HOW IT WILL BRING SIX SUPER
BOWLS WORTH OF PEOPLE IN OUR
REGION PER MONTH. BUT WE WERE
MADE AWARE THAT THE ARTS
COMMUNITY DOES THE SAME THING
EVERY SEASON. THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE, THEY BRING INTO
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE FROM THE ARTS
COMMUNITY, CONCERTS, IS THE
SAME. WHILE WE ARE FOCUSING ON
FIFA, WE SHOULD ALSO FOCUS ON
THE EVERY DAY OF WHAT THE ARTS
AND CULTURE COMMUNITY DOES FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SO, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK
ON THIS AND I BELIEVE IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE RESOURCES OUT THERE AND THE
IMPACTS IT HAS ON THE ECONOMY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
BALDUCCI, MANNY, AND DIRECTOR
KAYIM FREE WORDS TODAY. DO YOU
HAVE ANY WORDS TO PART US WITH?
>> I WANT TO SHARE A POINT OF
VIEW FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND.
INSPIRE WASHINGTON WORKS WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS IN
EVERY STATE. THIS PAST WEEKEND
ONE OF MY COUNTERPARTS WAS IN
WASHINGTON STATE AND SHE HAD A
FAMILY REUNION ON WHIDBEY
ISLAND AND I HAD A FULL DAY
WHERE I TOOK HER ALL OVER
SEATTLE. WE WENT TO THE MARKET,
WE WENT TO THE SCULPTURE PARK.
WE WENT TO THE SEATTLE ART
MUSEUMS. SHE SAW ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL PIECES OF PUBLIC ART
IN THE NATION. WE RAN INTO SO
MANY FESTIVALS. SHE KEPT
SAYING, MY GOSH, THERE ARE
FESTIVALS EVERYWHERE.
ABSOLUTELY. WHAT SHE SAW JUST
REALLY REINFORCE THAT WE ARE A
VIBRANT CITY WITH PEOPLE
ENGAGED AND HAPPY. THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE SITTING ON THE HILL
WAS OVERWHELMING TO HER. SHE
WAS LIKE IT IS 9:30, RIGHT? WE
HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL
HERE AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN BE
MORE AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WE
CAN BE MORE FOR EVERYONE WHO IS
NOT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPERIENCE THAT. I ALSO KNOW
THAT EVERYTHING WE SAW HAS A
FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC SUPPORT
AND THAT IS REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT, SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE CITY
OF SEATTLE HAS DONE TO MAKE
SURE WE BUILT UP THIS
INCREDIBLE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM
IN KING COUNTY, BUT NOW WE WILL
HAVE MORE OF THAT FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT DESERVE IT SO I AM
SO HONORED TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU TO MAKE THIS A CULTURAL
CAPITAL OF THE WORLD THAT I
KNOW WE CAN BE.
>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT
ENDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE AND THANK YOU AND WE
WILL HAVE ANOTHER ROUNDTABLE
NEXT MONTH AND ANNOUNCE
SHORTLY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MADAM CHAIR, POINT OF
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I JUST WANT
TO SAY, MANNY, THAT IS A REALLY
COOL SHIRT YOU ARE WEARING. I
REALLY LIKE IT. FROM A LEADER
IN OUR ARTS COMMUNITY I WOULD
EXPECT NOTHING LESS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TALK ABOUT IMPOSTER
SYNDROME. I FEEL LIKE EVERY
TIME YOU ARE AROUND -- ANYWAYS,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE
TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ OUR
THIRD ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT INDEPENDENT
FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT
OVERVIEW. BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WHEN
YOU ARE READY.
>> HI, I AM THE GENERAL
ACCOUNTING MANAGER.
>> NATALIE HAYASHI, CITY LIGHT
CONTROLLER. I WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO INTRODUCE AARON WORTHMAN,
THE BAKER TILLY PRINCIPAL IN
CHARGE OF THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT DAUGHTER -- AUDIT. HE HAS
SPENT HIS CAREER FOCUSED
EXCLUSIVELY ON UTILITY AND
ENERGY ORGANIZATIONS. HE ALSO
TEACHES UTILITY EDUCATION
COURSES FOR THE AMERICAN POWER
ASSOCIATION AND HE HAS AUTHORED
NATIONALLY AND REGIONALLY
PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON UTILITY
REGULATION AND ACCOUNTING
ISSUES, SO AARON WILL PRESENT
BAKER TILLY'S REPORT ON THE
FINANCIAL AUDIT.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY
NAME IS AARON WORTHMAN, THE
MAIN AUDIT PRINCIPAL AND I AM
PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FISCAL
YEAR 2023 FINANCIAL AUDIT. WHAT
I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO GO
THROUGH AN AUDIT OVERVIEW AND
WHAT EXACT THE IS IT THAT WE DO
AS PART OF THE AUDIT. TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT ACCOUNT
CONTROLS AND CONTROL
COMMUNICATION AND THEN I WANT
TO GO THROUGH OUR AUDITORS
COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE
CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE. THAT
IS A REQUIRED COMMUNICATION AND
LASTLY I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO IF
WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT
OUR AUDIT, OUR FIRM SPENDS
ABOUT 1200 HOURS AUDITING
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. I WILL SAY
ALTHOUGH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM
MAY NOT SPEND 1200 HOURS, IT IS
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. A
VERY HEAVY LIFT. IN ADDITION TO
THEIR DAY JOB THEY ARE
ANSWERING MANY, MANY QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE PUTTING FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS TOGETHER, SO THERE
IS A TON OF WORK INVOLVED. THEY
DID A GREAT JOB AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP IN
THAT. IF WE WERE TO COMPARE
THIS YEAR'S AUDIT TO PRIOR
YEARS, THIS YEAR WAS A PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD YEAR. THE ONE
BIG CHANGE THAT WE HAD THIS
YEAR WAS THERE IS NO ACCOUNTING
GUIDANCE RELATIVE TO
SUBSCRIPTION-BASED INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY. VERY SIMILAR TO THE
ACCOUNTING CHANGES WE HAD A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BASICALLY
CLOUD COMPUTING. I DO WANT TO
LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
THE TEAM SPENDS LOOKING AT
THAT. NOT SO MUCH ANALYZING
SUBSCRIPTIONS, BUT THE TEAM
DETERMINED, HOW DO YOU KNOW
THAT YOU HAVE THEM ALL? HOW DO
YOU KNOW YOU LOOKED AT THE
MALL? YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH AN
ENTITY OF THIS SIZE IT IS A
CONSIDERABLE UNDERTAKING, BUT
THAT IS THE BIGGEST CHANGE IF
YOU WILL THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.
TO GIVE YOU OTHER PERSPECTIVE
WE CALL IT FIELDWORK. WE SPENT
FOUR WEEKS OF FIELDWORK
CONDUCTING YOUR AUDIT. IT IS A
COMBINATION OF ON-SITE AND
REMOTE AUDITING. OUR LAST DAY
OF FIELDWORK WAS APRIL 5 AND
AFTER WE GET DONE WITH
FIELDWORK WE TAKE A LOOK AT
YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
REVIEW OUR WORK, THINGS LIKE
THAT. THE FIFTH THING TO NOTE
IS WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY
ADJUSTING JOURNAL ENTRIES AS
PART OF THIS YEAR'S AUDIT.
AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS TO
PREPAREDNESS AND ABILITIES OF
YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR AUDIT IS
PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING
STANDARDS. THOSE ARE THE
STANDARDS WE ARE REQUIRED TO
FOLLOW. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE
ALSO HAVE TO AUDIT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT
AUDITING STANDARDS. THOSE ARE
ADDITIONAL STANDARDS RELATIVE
TO OUR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION, THE SUPERVISION OF
THE AUDIT TEAM, QUALITY CONTROL
AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE
AUDIT TEAM. WITH THE OBJECTIVE
BEING REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT
YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE
FREE FROM MATERIAL
MISSTATEMENT. YOUR FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS RECEIVED AN
UNMODIFIED OPINION WHICH IS
ALSO KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION,
WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
ASSURANCE WE CAN PROVIDE AS
YOUR AUDIT FIRM. NEXT SLIDE. SO
IF WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE AUDIT, JUST TO GIVE YOU
SOME PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHAT DO
WE LOOK AT, WHAT DO WE DO? I
WOULD SAY ROUGHLY 30% OF WHAT
WE DO IS SPECIFIC TO INTERNAL
CONTROLS AND TESTING THOSE
INTERNAL CONTROLS. MOST OF
WHICH, NOT SURPRISINGLY, WOULD
BE IN THE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AREA. SO MUCH SO
THAT WE HAVE A CERTIFIED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITOR WHO
CONDUCTS THAT TESTING AND THEY
FUNCTION AS PART OF OUR AUDIT
TEAM. THAT IS ABOUT 30% OF WHAT
WE DO. 40% OF WHAT WE DO IS
SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE CALL
SUBSTANTIAL TESTING. THAT IS
THE NUTS AND BOLTS. THAT WOULD
BE TAKING A LOOK AT SOURCE
DOCUMENTS, WHETHER THEY BE
INVOICES, INDIVIDUAL BILLS.
RETIREMENTS. THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT IS ABOUT 40% OF WHAT WE DO
AND THEN THE LAST 30% IS
SPECIFIC TO TAKING A LOOK AT
YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE
PLANNING THAT GOES INTO OUR
AUDIT. WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IS
OUTLINED THE MAIN AREAS OF
AUDIT FOCUS. I THINK IF YOU
LOOKED AT YOUR FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS NONE OF THESE SHOULD
BE A SURPRISE. THE BIGGEST ITEM
ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET IS GOING
TO BE YOUR FIXED ASSETS. SO WE
DO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF TIME AUDITING FIXED ASSETS.
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
REPORT. THAT SETS THE BASE FOR
YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND MOST
OF YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-BASED.
REVENUES, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE,
BILLING. ENVIRONMENTAL
LIABILITIES. I MENTIONED LEASES
AND SUBSCRIPTION-BASED
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ARRANGEMENTS. OBVIOUSLY
EXPENDITURES AND ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE. PAYROLL AND FINANCIAL
REPORTING. THESE ARE THE MAIN
AREAS OF AUDIT FOCUS. SO I
MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE DO
PROVIDE AN OPINION ON YOUR
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND I
TALKED ABOUT INTERNAL CONTROLS,
BUT I DO WANT TO STRESS WE DO
NOT PROVIDE AN OPINION ON
INTERNAL CONTROLS. HOWEVER, AS
AUDITORS WE ARE REQUIRED TO
IDENTIFY TO YOU IF WE IDENTIFY
ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN
INTERNAL CONTROLS. AS PART OF
OUR AUDIT WE CATEGORIZE THE
SEVERITY OF INTERNAL CONTROL
BREAKDOWNS OR LACK OF INTERNAL
CONTROLS. THE MOST SEVERE WOULD
BE A MATERIAL WEAKNESS AND THAT
IS ANY BREAKDOWN IN CONTROLS
THAT WOULD LEAD TO MORE THAN
REASONABLE POSSIBILITY THAT
YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WOULD
BE MATERIALLY MISSTATED DUE TO
THE BREAKDOWN AND WE DID NOT
IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL
WEAKNESSES. THE NEXT CATEGORY
DOWN, LESS SEVERE THAN MATERIAL
WEAKNESS, BUT STRONG ENOUGH
THAT IT WARRANTS YOUR
ATTENTION. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT
DEFICIENCY AND AGAIN WE DID NOT
IDENTIFY ANY SIGNIFICANT
DEFICIENCIES IN THE INTERNAL
CONTROL STRUCTURE. I WILL SAY
THAT AS PART OF ANY AUDIT WE
WILL ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE MINOR
CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS OR
INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, THINGS
LIKE THAT, AND WE WILL
COMMUNICATE THOSE WITH
MANAGEMENT. HOWEVER, JUST A
NOTE THAT WE DID NOT IDENTIFY
ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD DEEM TO
BE MATERIAL. NEXT SLIDE. GOING
THROUGH THE REQUIRED
COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE HAVE
WITH YOU AS GOVERNANCE, ONE
THING TO NOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T
LOOKED AT THE STATEMENTS, ONE
THING I WOULD URGE YOU TO TAKE
A LOOK AT CLOSELY WOULD BE THE
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES. AGAIN, ACCOUNTING
POLICIES THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION
USES, AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH WOULD
BE YOUR CAPITALIZATION POLICY.
WE AS AUDITORS ARE REQUIRED TO
LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES AND TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE ENGAGED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY APPLY WITH
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLES AND NOT ONLY THAT
THEY COMPLY, BUT THAT YOU ARE
FOLLOWING THOSE. THAT IS IN
NOTE ONE. I OFTEN GET ASKED BY
GOVERNING BODIES WHEN LOOKING
AT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR WHEN
USERS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OR MAKING DECISIONS, WHAT AREAS
SHOULD THEY PAY SPECIFIC
ATTENTION TO? I WOULD SAY THOSE
AREAS ALMOST ALWAYS DEAL WITH
SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES. SO MUCH
SO THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO
COMMUNICATE IN THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS, WHAT ARE THE
SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES? YOU HAVE
QUITE A FEW. ONE WOULD BE YOUR
NET LIABILITY. IT IS A LARGE
NUMBER DETERMINED BY ACTUARIES.
YOUR SELF-INSURANCE CLAIMS.
YOUR ALLOWANCE ON YOUR BILLING.
YOUR NET OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS. UNBILLED REVENUES AND
THEN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
LIABILITIES. SO WHEN WE TAKE A
LOOK AT THESE ESTIMATES, FOR
INSTANCE I SIT HERE AND TELL
YOU THAT THE NUMBER WITHIN YOUR
FINANCIAL AID -- FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS IS 100% ACCURATE. I
CAN'T. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS
WITHIN THE STATEMENTS IT
PROVIDES A RANGE. IT TAKES A
LOOK AT YOUR DISCOUNT RATE. IT
SHOWS BASED ON AN ACTUARY
DISCOUNT RATE AND ONE PERSONAGE
MORE AND ONE PERCENTAGE LESS,
WHAT THE RANGE OF THAT ESTIMATE
WOULD BE. I CAN TELL YOU MORE
THAN LIKELY HER ACTUAL
LIABILITY PROBABLY FALLS
SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. I
WOULD ALSO SAY THAT NUMBER
FLUCTUATES SIGNIFICANTLY WITH
THE MARKET. IF THE MARKET GOES
UP, LIABILITY GOES DOWN. YOU
WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SWINGS.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO
ILLUSTRATE THE SENSITIVITY OF
SOME OF THESE LIABILITIES. NEXT
SLIDE. IF WE HAD ANY
SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES
ENCOUNTERED DURING THE AUDIT, I
WOULD DISCLOSE THOSE. JUST NOTE
IF WE DID, IF WE HAD ANY
SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS OR
SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS OR
DETECTION OF FRAUD, THIS WOULD
NOT BE THE FIRST TIME YOU WOULD
BE HEARING ABOUT IT. I WOULD
REACH OUT TO YOU SEPARATELY
BEFORE THE MEETING TO HAVE
THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT WE DID
NOT IDENTIFY ANY SIGNIFICANT
ITEMS DURING THIS AUDIT.
OFTENTIMES MANAGEMENT TEAMS
WILL IDENTIFY AND SAY
INSIGNIFICANT AUDIT
ADJUSTMENTS, NOT AUDIT
ADJUSTMENTS, BUT ADJUSTMENTS TO
YOUR BOOKS AND RECORDS.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT THEY ARE
INSIGNIFICANT THEY WILL NOT
OPEN THE PRIOR YEAR STATEMENTS
TO REPORT THOSE INSIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS. WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS
AN ACCOUNTING FIRM AND AUDIT
FIRM IS TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
THOSE ARE AND GET A LISTING OF
THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN
TOTALITY THEY DO NOT BECOME
MATERIAL. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
HAVE IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS IS
A LISTING OF THOSE WAIVED
INJURIES. THOSE ENTRIES WERE
CREATED BY YOUR MANAGEMENT
TEAM. THEY PROVIDED THOSE TO
OUR ATTENTION. WE LOOKED AT
THEM AND DETERMINED THOSE
ENTRIES WERE IMMATERIAL, BUT
JUST NOTE THAT YOU WILL SEE
THAT IN THE COMMUNICATION
LETTER AS IT IS A REQUIREMENT,
BUT WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY
ADJUSTMENTS AS PART OF THE
AUDIT. IF WE HAD ANY
DISAGREEMENTS WITH YOUR
MANAGEMENT TEAM ON AN
ACCOUNTING POLICY OR ANY MATTER
DURING THE AUDIT WE WOULD
COMMUNICATE THOSE AND WE DID
NOT. AND AGAIN WE DID NOT HAVE
ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS
OR ISSUES, SO AGAIN, A VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD, CLEAN AUDIT
YEAR. I MENTIONED BEFORE THE
BIGGEST THING GOVERNING BODIES
LOOK AT IS DUE THE AUDITORS
HAVE A LOT OF CORRECTED
ENTRIES? DO THEY FIND ERRORS?
WE DID NOT IDENTIFY JOURNAL
ENTRIES. IN THE LETTER I TALKED
ABOUT BEFORE IN THE REQUIRED
COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE A LETTER
CALLED MANAGEMENT
REPRESENTATIONS. WHAT IT DOES
IS IT OUTLINES MANAGEMENTS
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MAKE
AS PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS.
IT WOULD INCLUDE THEIR THOUGHTS
ON INTERNAL CONTROLS. THE
ACCOUNTING POLICIES WE TALK
ABOUT. FRAUD. THINGS TO THAT
EXTENT. AGAIN IF YOU CAN I NEED
YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO
SEE WHAT TYPES OF
REPRESENTATIONS YOUR TEAM IS
MAKING AS PART OF THE AUDIT
PROCESS IN FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS. IF YOUR TEAM HAD
ANY CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER
ACCOUNTANTS, FOR INSTANCE IF
THEY HAD QUESTIONS ON A
QUESTIONABLE ACCOUNTING
TRANSACTION OR SOMETHING OF
THAT EXTENT AND THEY REACHED
OUT TO A PEER AUDIT FIRM OF
OURS, THAT FIRM WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE TO US
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE
COMMUNICATIONS TOOK PLACE AND
WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF ANY
COMMUNICATIONS LIKE THAT. ONE
THING YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT IN THE
ACCOUNTING PROFESSION AND AUDIT
PROFESSION IS THE AUDITOR
INDEPENDENCE. ONE THING I NEED
TO DISCLOSES EVERY AUDITOR IS
INDEPENDENT IN FACT AND
APPEARANCE FROM SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT. AND LASTLY WE WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO
SERVE THIS ORGANIZATION. I
MENTIONED EARLIER, AGAIN, WE
THINK YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND
THEIR ENTIRE TEAM DID A GREAT
JOB. ONE THING IF YOU TALK TO
THOSE FOLKS, THEY DEFINITELY
WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU HEY,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT JUST BEING
AUDITED THE COUPLE OF WEEKS
THAT BAKER TILLY IS ON SITE. IT
TRULY IS A YEAR-ROUND AUDIT
EFFORT WHICH CAN BECOME
EXTREMELY TAXING FOR YOUR TEAM.
HOWEVER IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT
PROCESS THAT IT IS A SEAMLESS,
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AUDIT.
AS EVIDENCED BY NO AUDIT
ADJUSTMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF DURING THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR THEY DO HAVE QUESTIONS,
THEY REACH OUT AND WE HAVE
DISCUSSIONS ON A TIMELY BASIS,
SO AGAIN THAT IS PROBABLY THE
DRIVER OF WHY THIS AUDIT WENT
SO SMOOTHLY. AGAIN WE
APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS
IN THAT REGARD. SO WITH THAT I
WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY
QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
THANK YOU FOR THIS OVERVIEW OR
PRESENTATION OF THE AUDIT. I AM
A HUGE FAN OF AUDITS, BECAUSE
THEY HELP SHED A BRIGHT LIGHT
OF TRANSPARENCY AND HIGHLIGHT
WHAT IS WORKING WELL IN SOME
CASES AND WHAT IS NOT WORKING
SO WELL AND OPPORTUNITIES.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT
TO ITERATION AND IMPROVEMENT.
WHETHER IT IS A PROCESS,
PROGRAM, SERVICE, ANYTHING.
INDIVIDUALS INCLUDED. MYSELF
INCLUDED. JUST CURIOUS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU
MEANT. THIS IS TRUE
INDEPENDENT, NON-CITY AUDITORS
OFFICE, BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
IT IS INDEPENDENT IN FACT AND
APPEARANCE? IT SOUNDS LIKE A
TECHNICAL TERM SPECIFIC TO THE
INDUSTRY, BUT IT IS AN
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. I THINK
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WANT TO
TEASE IT OUT WITH YOU.
>> SO IN FACT, TO GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE IN FACT. IF WE CAME IN
AND DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED AN
INTERNAL CONTROL FOR SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT. LET'S SAY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. WE HELP
IMPLEMENT SOFTWARE. WE SET UP
THE CONTROLS AND WE ALSO CAME
IN, MY GROUP CAME IN AT BAKER
TILLY AND AUDITED THOSE
CONTROLS THAT WE SET UP, THAT
WOULD BE A VIOLATION BECAUSE WE
ARE NOT INDEPENDENT BECAUSE WE
WOULD BE AUDITING OUR OWN WORK.
WHAT WE LOOK AT HIS CONTROLS.
THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION IN
FACT. SO LET'S SAY THAT WE DID
A LOT OF WORK FOR THE CITY. DID
NOT AFFECT THE AUDIT. WE WERE
NOT TAKING PLACE OF MANAGEMENT.
WE WERE NOT MAKING MANAGEMENT
DECISIONS. WE WERE NOT TESTING
OUR OWN WORK, BUT WE WERE DOING
ENOUGH WORK AT THE CITY WHERE
SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE WOULD
SAY BAKER TILLY SPENT 1400
HOURS ON THE AUDIT, BUT THERE
FIRM WORKED FOR CITY LIGHT 3000
HOURS. EVEN THOUGH WHAT WE MAY
HAVE DONE, MINOR CONSULTING
THINGS THAT DID NOT VIOLATE
INDEPENDENCE RULES, SOMEONE
FROM THE OUTSIDE MAY LOOK AT IT
AND SAY HOW CAN THIS FIRM BE
INDEPENDENT WHEN THEY DO MORE
WORK FOR CITY LIGHT -- DID NOT
VIOLATE INDEPENDENCE AT ALL,
BUT FROM OUTSIDE APPEARANCE IT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE THERE IS AN
INDEPENDENCE ISSUE. ONE OF THE
THINGS WE NEED TO SAY IS IF WE
WERE TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT
WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY,
EVEN FROM AND APPEARANCE
STANDPOINT WE DO NOT VIOLATE
INDEPENDENCE.
>> WITH RESPECT TO INDEPENDENCE
AND APPEARANCE, PRESERVING
INDEPENDENCE AND APPEARANCE YOU
ARE SAYING THAT IF YOUR FIRM
HAPPENED TO HAVE CONTRACTED
WITH CITY LIGHT FOR UNRELATED
CONSULTING SERVICES, AND YOU
HAVE APPROPRIATE, NO DOUBT YOU
DO HAVE APPROPRIATE INTERNAL
FIREWALLS IN PLACE AND TEAMS
AND PEOPLE AND KNOWLEDGE,
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THAT NOT
WITHSTANDING THE CONSULTING
SERVICES, THAT IF YOU GO AND
PERFORM AN AUDIT THERE MIGHT
STILL BE AND APPEARANCE.
>> RIGHT AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THEY MAKE US DO, LET'S SAY YOU
ARE ENGAGED TO DO THIS SERVICE
AND SOMEONE IS LIKE THAT'S
FINE, IT DOES NOT VIOLATE
INDEPENDENCE. YOU COULD ADD ON
FOUR, FIVE, SIX MORE SERVICES.
INDIVIDUALLY THEY ARE FINE, BUT
IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN AGGREGATE
SOMEONE MIGHT SAY THE SCALE MAY
HAVE TIPPED. APPEARANCE WISE
YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT
INDEPENDENT. SO WE HAVE TO ON
AN ANNUAL BASIS. INDEPENDENCE
IS SUCH A BIG THING THAT
ANNUALLY WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN
AND ASSESS, LOOK THROUGH
BILLING RECORDS AND DO ALL OF
THESE THINGS TO MAKE SURE OUR
ENTIRE FIRM IN TOTALITY HAS NOT
DONE THAT. THE GOOD THING HERE
IS WE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER
SERVICES TO CITY LIGHT ASIDE
FROM THE AUDIT.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR
ENLIGHTENING ME WITH THAT.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
MADAM CHAIR.
>> GREAT. I AM GLAD TO HEAR,
COMING INTO WORK TODAY WE ARE
HEARING ABOUT THE WORLDWIDE
I.T. OUTAGE AND GLAD IT DOES
NOT AFFECT US. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR
FLYING UP HERE AND FOR ALL OF
YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS THE GOVERNING BODY
RECEIVES THIS REPORT EVERY
YEAR, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ OUR THIRD
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE,
RESOLUTION 32138, A RESOLUTION
RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT ACKNOWLEDGING AND
APPROVING THE 2024 INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN PROGRESS REPORT
AS CONFORMING WITH THE PUBLIC
POLICY OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AND THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND
APPROVING THE PROGRESS REPORT
FOR THE BIENNIUM SEPTEMBER 2024
THROUGH AUGUST 2026, FOUR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> SO AS PRESIDING OFFICER I AM
NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING
ON RESOLUTION 32138. CLERK, HOW
MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR
THIS PUBLIC HEARING?
>> CHAIR, WE HAVE NO REMOTE
SPEAKERS AND NO IN-PERSON IS NO
OF THE PUBLIC REGISTERED FOR
THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THIS
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT WILL BE
IMPORTANT TO SCHEDULE
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PUBLIC INPUT SO WE HAVE AMPLE
TIME TO GATHER MEANINGFUL
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. THIS
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN IS
CRITICAL TO HOW SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT ADDRESSES CHANGES FOR
POWER NEED, EXISTING
CONSUMPTION AND NEW ENERGY
REQUIREMENTS SO IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE TIME TO
DIGEST AND UNDERSTAND THIS
INFORMATION AS IT WILL IMPACT
THE UTILITY COST AND ULTIMATELY
HOW RATES ARE SET. SO WHEN
READY, PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND BEGIN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR
WOO. WE WILL INTRODUCE
OURSELVES AS WE GO ALONG IN OUR
PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE YOU
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR BEING HERE TODAY
AS WE PRESENT THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT 2024 INTEGRATED RESOURCE
PLAN UPDATE. CITY LIGHTS
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN OR IRP
IS A LONG-TERM STUDY OF OUR
EXPECTED BALANCE OF FUTURE
LOADS WITH THE AVAILABLE ENERGY
RESOURCES TO SERVE THOSE LOADS.
THE IRP ADDRESSES CHANGES IN
CUSTOMER'S POWER NEEDS,
EXISTING POWER SUPPLY AND NEW
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND COSTS
OVER THE 22 YEAR STUDY PERIOD,
WHICH FOR US IS FROM 2024
THROUGH 2045. IRP'S ARE
COMPLETED TO ENSURE WE CAN
RELIABLY, SUSTAINABLY AND
ECONOMICALLY MEET OUR FUTURE
LOADS. CITY LIGHT PRODUCES A
FULL IRP EVERY FOUR YEARS WITH
A PROGRESS REPORT COMPLETED AT
THE TWO-YEAR MARK AND THIS IS
ONE OF THOSE. THIS UPDATE
REFRESHES CRITICAL INPUT SUCH
AS THE LOAD FORECAST AND ENERGY
MARKET FORECAST, WHICH REFLECT
THE EVOLVING REGIONAL ENERGY
LANDSCAPE. JUST AS WITH THE
FULL IRP, WE ALSO ENGAGE WITH A
GROUP OF EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PROGRESS REPORT TO ENSURE
CUSTOMER, OWNER'S NEEDS AND
PRIORITIES ARE ADDRESSED
THROUGH THE IRP AND TO BE SURE
WE STAY APPRISED OF THE LATEST
INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENTS IN SEATTLE AND THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
CONSISTENT WITH THE 2022 IRP
AND RECENTLY COMPLETED 2024
MANAGEMENT POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT, THE 2024 IRP
PROGRESS REPORT SHOWS
INCREASING LEVELS OF LOAD
GROWTH. THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF
THE ANTICIPATED LOAD GROWTH ARE
TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDING
ELECTRIFICATION, IN ADDITION TO
ECONOMIC AND POPULATION GROWTH.
INCREASED LOAD HAS INCREASED
POWER NEEDS WHICH WILL REQUIRE
ADDING WIND, SOLAR, BATTERY,
AND CLEAN FIRM ENERGY RESOURCES
TO CITY LIGHT'S PORTFOLIO.
CITY LIGHT IS A MUNICIPALLY
DRIVEN NOT-FOR-PROFIT UTILITY
THAT WORKS TO ENSURE WE
RELIABLY PUT LIGHTS ON FOR
CUSTOMERS IN A WAY THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE, WHILE ALSO KEEPING
RATES LOW. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO
HAND IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS
TODAY. WITH ME IS SIOBHAN
DOHERTY, POWER SUPPLY OFFICER
ON THE END. PAUL DOCKERY,
SENIOR MANAGER OF ENERGY
RESOURCE STRATEGY AND PLANNING,
AND VERENE MARTIN, DATA
SCIENTIST, STRATEGIC ADVISOR
RESOURCE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. TODAY
WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT ON OUR
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
PROGRESS REPORT. AS MENTIONED
THIS IS BOTH A PLANNING TOOL AS
WELL AS A REGULATORY
REQUIREMENT. SO TODAY WE ARE
GOING TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE
RESOLUTION THAT ACKNOWLEDGES
AND APPROVES THE 2024 IRP
PROGRESS REPORT AND ALLOWS IT
TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BY
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024. TODAY WE
WILL WALK THROUGH THAT PROGRESS
REPORT AND WE ALSO INCLUDED THE
NARRATIVE IN YOUR MATERIALS. TO
START WE WANT TO LEVEL SET ON
THE PURPOSE OF THE INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN. A IRP IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR CUSTOMERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS TO SHARE THEIR
VISION. A IRP IS A STUDY OF
OPTIONS FOR MEETING ELECTRICITY
NEEDS FOR CUSTOMERS THAT FIND
SOLUTIONS THAT BALANCES A
VARIETY OF PRIORITIES. A IRP IS
NOT INTENDED TO BE A SHOPPING
LIST FOR SPECIFIC RESOURCE
ACQUISITIONS. ACQUIRING
RESOURCES IS A SEPARATE AND
RELATED UTILITY FUNCTION. ALSO
TODAY'S REQUEST IS NOT AN
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR
RESOURCES. WHEN WE DO ACQUIRE
RESOURCES WE WILL COME BACK TO
CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST THOSE
RESOURCES. WHAT IT IS IS A
PLAYBOOK THAT DESCRIBES THE
TYPES OF RESOURCES TO PURSUE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES OVER THE
NEXT 20 YEARS AND THE
DELIVERABLE IS THE PLAYBOOK OF
HOW WE MEET THOSE LOADS OVER
THAT STUDY PERIOD . AS
MENTIONED, THE INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR CUSTOMERS AND STAKEHOLDERS
TO SHARE THEIR VISION FOR
FUTURE POWER SUPPLY. WE ENGAGE
WITH AN ADVISORY PANEL. THE
ADVISORY PANEL IS A GROUP OF 11
ADVISORS WHO PROVIDE FEEDBACK
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
RESOURCE PLAN AND POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT AND IT IS COMPRISED
OF INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING
CUSTOMERS, ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, REGIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND ACADEMICS.
THE PANEL WAS CONVENED FOR
SEVEN MEETINGS AND INDUSTRY
EXPERTS CAN DEDICATE TIME
INVESTIGATING CONSUMPTIONS AND
RESOURCE INPUTS TO ENSURE THAT
WE HAVE INPUT FROM A DIVERSE
GROUP OF ADVISORS THAT
REPRESENT OUR CUSTOMER
INTERESTS. NOW I WILL HANDED
OFF TO PAUL TO GIVE MORE OF THE
DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU. SO AS SIOBHAN
MENTIONED IN INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN IS AN EVALUATION
OF POWER NEEDS AND POWER SUPPLY
RESOURCE NEEDS. TOWARD THAT END
EVERY TWO YEARS SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT PRODUCES A 20 YEAR PLAN
THAT IS APPROVED BY CITY
COUNCIL AND FILED WITH THE
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE BY SEPTEMBER 1. FOR
THE EVALUATION OF LOADS AND
RESOURCES IN THE INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN, WE USE 30 YEARS
OF WEATHER TRACES TO SIMULATE
VALUES FOR THE 20 YEAR STUDY
PERIOD. 20 YEARS OF SIMULATED
ANNUAL LOADS ARE COMPARED TO 20
YEARS OF FUTURE SIMULATED
GENERATION FROM THE RESOURCE
PORTFOLIO TO CHECK WHETHER CITY
LIGHT'S RESOURCE PORTFOLIO CAN
PRODUCE POWER GREATER THAN OR
EQUAL TO THE POWER NEEDED BY
CUSTOMERS. THE RESOURCE PLAN IS
A REQUIREMENT OF WASHINGTON LAW
WHICH REQUIRES ALL ELECTRIC
UTILITIES WITH MORE THAN 25,000
CUSTOMERS TO DEVELOP
COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE PLANS
EVERY TWO YEARS. STRATEGIES TO
MEET CUSTOMER ELECTRICITY NEEDS
IN THE SHORT-TERM AND THE
LONG-TERM . IT GETS APPROVED BY
THE GOVERNING BODY AND FILED
WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE BY SEPTEMBER 1.
CITY LIGHT IS REQUIRED TO FILE
A RESOURCE PLAN EVERY TWO YEARS
THAT IS EITHER A WHOLE,
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN OR A
PROGRESS REPORT. PROGRESS
REPORT REFLECTS CHANGING
CONDITIONS AND PROVIDES UPDATES
ON THE PROGRESS OF INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLANS. CITY LIGHT
PRODUCED ITS LAST FULL IRP IN
2022 AND WILL PRODUCE THE NEXT
ONE IN 2026. THE 2024 RESOURCE
PLAN IS A PROGRESS REPORT THAT
ADDRESSES CHANGES IN CUSTOMER
POWER NEEDS, CHANGES IN OUR
EXISTING POWER SUPPLY AND
CHANGING ASSUMPTIONS ON ENERGY
RESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES AND COST
OVER THE 20 YEARS FROM 2024 TO
2045. THE ANALYSIS FOR THE
PROGRESS REPORT STARTED WITH
THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGETS
FROM THE 2024 DEMAND-SIDE
ASSESSMENT APPROVED BY CITY
COUNCIL. THE 2022 IRP AND 2024
PROGRESS REPORT THAT WE ARE
PRESENTING ON TODAY USE THE
SAME TOOLS, THE SAME PROCESSES
AND SIMILAR ASSUMPTION WITH THE
MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM,
THE LOAD FORECASTS. THE LOAD
FORECAST USED IN THE 2024
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
REFLECTS NEW POLICIES FOR
BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION AND
TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION.
WHEN WE REFRESHED THIS IRP, AS
I MENTIONED THE BIGGEST AND
MOST CONSEQUENTIAL CHANGE COMES
FROM A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
THE LOAD FORECAST OVER THE 20
YEAR STUDY PERIOD. THIS
COMPARES LOAD FORECAST USED IN
THE LAST IRP TO THE LOAD
FORECASTS WE ARE USING FOR THIS
PROGRESS REPORT. THE PLOT SHOWS
MEGAWATTS ON THE Y AXIS AND
EARS ON THE X AXIS WITH LINES
FOR AVERAGE LOADS AND MEGAWATTS
AND HOURLY PEQUOT'S -- HOURLY
PEAK LOADS IN MEGAWATTS.
COMPARED ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN
SHADES OF YELLOW, BROWN, AND
RED. IN 2024, ONE OF THE LATEST
YEARS INCLUDED IN THE 2022 IRP
AND PROGRESS REPORT, CITY
LIGHT'S FORECAST ANNUAL
AVERAGE LOADS INCREASED BY 238
AVERAGE MEGAWATTS AND THE PEAK
INCREASED BY 580 MEGAWATTS
BETWEEN THE TWO REPORTS. THE
INCREASE IN PEAK LOADS IS
DRIVEN BY A DATED ASSUMPTIONS
OF BUILDING AND TRANSPORTATION
SECTORS. I WILL ACTUALLY HAND
IT TO VERENE MARTIN TO DISCUSS
HOW THIS LOAD FORECAST IS
CHANGING THE NEEDED POWER
SUPPLIES TO MEET THAT LOAD.
>> THANKS, PAUL. THE INCREASE
IN FORECAST ANNUAL AVERAGE
LOADS AND ESPECIALLY PEAK LOADS
ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF THE
LARGE INCREASE IN RESOURCE
NEEDS WE SEE IN THE 2024 IRP
PROGRESS REPORT COMPARED TO THE
2022 IRP. THIS TABLE SUMMARIZES
THE MAGNITUDE OF CITY LIGHT'S
NEEDED WHOLESALE RESOURCE
EDITIONS AND THE RECOMMENDED
MIX OF RESOURCES. WHAT WE MEAN
BY WHOLESALE RESOURCE IS
SUPPLY-SIDE POWER GENERATION
PROJECTS LIKE A LARGE WIND FARM
OR SOLAR PROJECT. ON THE LEFT
SIDE OF THE TABLE ARE THE
NEEDED RESOURCES IDENTIFIED AND
IN THE 2022 FULL IRP AND ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE RESOURCES
IDENTIFIED IN THE MILESTONES
FOR THE PROGRESS REPORT. THE
TIME FRAMES REFLECT REPORTING
PERIODS REQUIRED BY THE IRP.
THE FIRST REPORTING PERIOD FOR
THE 2022 FULL IRP WAS 2022
THROUGH 2031 AND THE FIRST 10
YEARS FOR THE REPORT WAS 2024
THROUGH 2033. WHERE THE 2022
REPORT SHOWED WE NEEDED 400
MEGAWATTS IN THE FIRST 10 YEARS
OF THE STUDY PERIOD, THE 2024
IRP ISSUING WE NEED 1845
MEGAWATTS IN THE FIRST 10 YEARS
OF THE STUDY PERIOD. THAT IS AN
INCREASE OF MORE THAN A FACTOR
OF FOUR IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AS A NOTE, THOUGH, AS PART OF
THE PROGRAM WE RECENTLY
EXECUTED CONTRACTS FOR 87
MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR, SO WE
ALREADY MADE A LITTLE PROGRESS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE
WHOLESALE RESOURCES NEEDED THAT
WERE SHOWN IN THE LAST SLIDE
ARE IN ADDITION TO THE
CONSERVATION RESOURCES
IDENTIFIED FOR THE 2022 AND
2024 DEMAND-SIDE ASSESSMENTS
WHICH WERE USED AS INPUTS TO
THE 2022 FULL IRP AND THE
PROGRESS REPORT, RESPECTIVELY.
CONSERVATION RESOURCES
ENCOMPASS ANY SOURCE OF POWER
FROM THE DEMAND-SIDE OR
CUSTOMER SIDE. NOTABLY GOING
FROM THE 2022 IRP TO THE 2024
IRP PROGRESS REPORT, CUSTOMER
SOLAR PROGRAMS INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY AND DEMAND
RESPONSE PROGRAMS DECREASED,
WHICH IS A RESULT OF A DEEPER
ANALYSIS OF THE AVAILABILITY
AND COST OF PROGRAMS DONE.
THROUGH THE DEMAND-SIDE
MANAGEMENT POTENTIAL
ASSESSMENT. THE SUBTOTAL FOR
CONSERVATION RESOURCES IS SHOWN
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE AND
THE GRAND TOTAL IS BROKEN OUT
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. THE
TOTAL NEEDED RESOURCE EDITIONS
WAS JUST UNDER 700 MEGAWATTS,
BUT NOW IN THE 2024 PROGRESS
REPORT WE ARE SHOWING A NEED
FOR MORE THAN 2500 MEGAWATTS
OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THAT IS
THE MAIN TAKE AWAY FROM THE
PROGRESS REPORT AND WHAT WE
WANT TO SHOW IN THIS
PRESENTATION. THE PROGRESS
REPORT IS SHOWING A NEED FOR
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESOURCES
THAN THE PREVIOUS, FULL IRP IN
2022. IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE CAN
RELIABLY MEET LOAD NOW THROUGH
THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THE NEXT OF
THE PRESENTATION IMPACTS WHAT
IS DRIVING THE RESOURCE NEED
AND THAT CAN BEST MEET THEIR
DEMONSTRATED RESOURCE NEEDS.
>> THANK YOU. IN THE 2024
PROGRESS REPORT THAT IS
INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO
THE LEGISLATION, WE ARE
UPDATING SOME GRAPHICS TO SHOW
LOADS AND RESOURCES WITH HOURLY
VALUES INSTEAD OF USING AVERAGE
VALUES. MONTH OUR GRAPHS ARE A
WAY TO SHOW HOW DAILY LOAD
SHAPES CHANGE ACROSS THE YEAR
AND ACROSS THE STUDY PERIOD.
THIS GRAPHICS KEY SHOWN ON THE
SLIDE IS AN INTRO TO MONTH OUR
GRAPHS WHICH WE USE IN THE
REPORT AND SLIDES IN THE
PRESENTATION. THE STYLIZED DARK
LINE IS THE LOAD SHAPE FOR A
SAMPLE DAY OF THE MONTH. IT HAS
ONE VALUE FOR EACH OF THE 24
HOURS IN A DAY. THE GRAPHICS
HAVE LABELS FOR 1:00 A.M.,
9:00, 5:00 AND A TICK MARK IS
PRESENT FOR EVERY HOUR OF THE
DAY. IT IS STYLIZED, THIS
EXAMPLE IS STYLIZED TO LOOK
LIKE A LOAD WITH A RAMP TO SHOW
LOADS RAMPING EARLY IN THE
MORNING FOR NIGHT AND EVENING.
A LOWELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
DAY WHILE PEOPLE ARE AT WORK
AND A RAMP UP OF LOADS IN THE
EVENING WHEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING
HOME FROM WORK. THE BAND AROUND
THE STYLIZED WINE IS A
SIMULATION BAND THAT REFLECTS
THE LOW AND HIGH VALUES FOR
THAT HOUR OF THE DAY AND MONTH.
MONTH-HOUR GRAPHICS IN THE
UPCOMING SLIDES STRINGING
TOGETHER 12 PANELS LIKE THIS,
WHICH IS 12 24 HOUR PERIODS TO
SHOW 288 TOTAL DATA POINTS
WHICH IS MEANT TO REPRESENT THE
LOAD SHAPES ACROSS THE YEAR.
THE MONTH-HOUR GRAPH SHOWS THE
SHAPE OF LOAD FOR A SINGLE DAY
FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR. WE
THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
CHANGES TO THE ENERGY SYSTEM
MEANS IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO
EVALUATE EVERY HOUR OF THE YEAR
TO FIGURE OUT PERIODS OF STRESS
AND UPDATING GRAPHS TO SHOW
HOURLY VALUES AS A WAY WE ARE
USING TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT SHIFT ANALYSIS.
>> AS PAUL DESCRIBED, THIS IS
THE MONTH-HOUR GRAPHIC WITH
DATA FOR 24 HOURS OF THE DAY
PLOTTED FOR EACH MONTH OF THE
YEAR ALONG THE X AXIS AND
MEGAWATTS ALONG THE Y AXIS. THE
DATA PLOTTED ON THIS GRAPHIC
SHOWS NEAR-TERM SIMULATED LOAD
FOR THE IRP UPDATE COMPARED
WITH ACTUAL EXTREME RECENT
EVENTS. THE BLACK LINE IS THE
MEDIAN SIMULATED LOAD FOR 2025
AND THE SHADED ORANGE BAND
SHOWS THE RANGE OF SIMULATED
LOAD VALUES FOR EACH MONTH OF
2025. WINTER MONTHS GENERALLY
HAVE THE HIGHEST OVERALL LOADS
OF THE YEAR DUE TO HEATING AND
LIGHTING DEMAND AND WE HAVE TWO
DAILY PEAKS AS PAUL DESCRIBED
IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. IN THE
SUMMARY YOU WILL NOTICE ONLY
ONE PEAK INSTEAD OF TWO. PEOPLE
TEND TO FOLLOW THE SAME
ROUTINES, BUT IN THE SUMMER THE
SUN IS UP EARLY AND ALSO UP
LATE, SO THERE IS LESS LIGHTING
AND HEATING DEMAND IN MORNINGS
AND EVENINGS. ADDITIONALLY,
SUMMER TEMPERATURES ARE WARM,
BUT GENERALLY RELATIVELY MILD,
SO OVERALL THERE IS LESS
COOLING DEMAND IN THE SUMMER
THAN HEATING DEMAND IN THE
WINTER, KEEPING SUMMER LOADS
LOWER THAN WINTER LOADS. THE
DARK ORANGE LINES IN JANUARY,
JUNE, AUGUST AND DECEMBER SHOW
THE ACTUAL LOAD TRACE FOR
SINGLE DAYS FROM THE LAST FEW
YEARS WHERE SEATTLE'S SYSTEM
WAS PARTICULARLY STRESSED. WE
HAVE A LOAD TRACE DURING THE
PEAK DAY OF THE HEAT DOME IN
JUNE, 2021. WE'VE GOT A DAY
FROM THE COLD SNAP FROM LATE
DECEMBER, 2022. WE ARE SHOWING
A LOAD TRACE IN AUGUST 2023
WHERE THE SYSTEM WAS STRESSED
BY THE FIRE AT THE SKAGIT THAT
SUMMER AND THEN THERE IS THE
COLD SNAP THIS PAST JANUARY.
WHAT WE CAN SEE IS THAT RECENT
ACTUAL STRESS CONDITIONS LINE
UP WELL WITH THE UPPER BOUNDS
OF THE 2025 SYSTEM LOADS. IT
SHOWS THAT THE NEAR FUTURE
SIMULATED PEAK LOADS ARE
APPROXIMATING RECENT PEAK LOADS
PRETTY WELL.
>> AS WE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT
SLIDE I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO
WATCH THE ORANGE LINES. WE ARE
USING THEM AS REFERENCES
BETWEEN THESE ASKS. AS WE
TRANSITION TO THE NEXT LINE
THOSE ORANGE LINES WILL REMAIN
ON THE NEXT GRAPHIC.
>> GREAT. THIS PLOT SHOWS THE
SIMULATED LOAD FOR 2035 FROM
THE IRP UPDATE. FURTHER IN THE
FUTURE THAN WE WERE LOOKING AT
IN THE PAST SLIDE. AND THE
SITUATION HAS CHANGED
SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE FORECAST
LOADS ARE INCREASING SO
QUICKLY. THE SHADED ORANGE BAND
IN THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE RANGE
OF SIMULATED HOURLY LOAD FOR
2035 ACROSS THE HOURS OF THE
DAY FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ORANGE
BAND SHOWING THE RANGE OF 2025
LOADS IN THE PREVIOUS GRAPH.
THIS GRAPH ADDS A BLUE BAND TO
SHOW THE RANGE OF SIMULATED
GENERATION FOR 2035 BASED ON
THE CAPABILITY FROM RESOURCES
IN THE CURRENT PORTFOLIO. WE
STILL HAVE THE DARK ORANGE
LINES SHOWING THE ACTUAL SYSTEM
LOAD FROM THE MOST STRESSED
DAYS FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS
AND WE ADDED THE ACTUAL
GENERATION FROM THOSE SAME DAYS
AS THE DARK BLUE LINES. THE
STRESS EVENTS AROUND THE LAST
FEW YEARS LAND IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE ORANGE BANDS, REPRESENTING
THE RANGE OF LOWS IN 2035, SO
OUR CURRENT MOST STRESSED
CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE WHAT
WE EXPECT FOR NORMAL DAYS IN
2035. IF WE WANT TO SERVE LOADS
WITH OUR OWN RESOURCE STACK,
CITY LIGHT WILL NEED TO ACQUIRE
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN THE
NEXT 10 YEARS.
>> THINK YOU AND I WILL PAUSE
BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. I DO THINK THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW OUR SYSTEM IS CHANGING AND
USING THAT REFERENCE FOR
EXTREME EVENTS WE RECENTLY
EXPERIENCED, COMPARED TO WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT IN THE STUDY
PERIOD FOR 2035. IF WE HAVE
EXTREME EVENTS IN 2035, WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BUILDING A
PORTFOLIO OF RESOURCES THAT CAN
RESPOND TO THIS ORANGE
SIMULATION BAND AND THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO IN
THE NEXT SLIDE, THE RESOURCE
PLANNING PLAYBOOK THAT THIS
STUDY IDENTIFIES THAT CAN HELP
US MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE
STRESS CONDITIONS. EARLIER IN
THE PRESENTATION WE SPOKE TO
THE TABLE WHICH SHOWED OUR
RESOURCE ADDITIONS OVER 10
YEARS AND THIS RESOURCE
PLANNING PLAYBOOK ZOOMS IN ON
THE INDIVIDUAL YEARS OF THAT
STUDY PERIOD, SHOWING THAT
TABLE EARLIER. THE X AXIS SHOWN
ON TOP IS THE YEAR OF THE
RESOURCE PLAN AND THE Y-AXIS ON
THE LEFT IS THE RESOURCE COST
IN DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT HOUR.
WHEN WE EVALUATE RESOURCES IN
THE STUDY PERIOD, ONE KEY INPUT
IS THE ASSUMED PRICE. THAT
PRICE IS SHOWN AS A DOT IN THE
CENTER OF THE RECTANGLES.
THAT.MAPS TO THE ACCESS, SO IT
MEANS THE RESOURCES MORE
EXPENSIVE. TO GET TO A SPECIFIC
PRICE YOU JUST TAKE THAT AND
WALK IT TO THE AXIS. THE
NAMEPLATE OF THE RESOURCES
REFLECTED IN THE HEIGHT OF THE
RECTANGLE AND THE LABEL AT THE
TOP OF THE RECTANGLE. THIS
HEIGHT OF THE RECTANGLE
PROVIDES A VISUAL
REPRESENTATION OF CAPACITY. THE
TYPE OF RESOURCES ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLOR KEY
ON THE RIGHT. A YELLOW BOX IS A
SOLAR RESOURCE. THE WIDTH OF
THE RECTANGLE IS THE
CONTRIBUTION OF THAT RESOURCE
TO US MEETING PERIODS OF SYSTEM
STRESS. THAT IS TYPICALLY
REFERRED TO AS RESOURCE
ADEQUACY, BUT IT IS HOW
EFFECTIVE THAT RESOURCE IS TO
MEETING NEED. THE WIDER THE
RECTANGLE, THE MORE THE
RESOURCE CONTRIBUTES TO MEETING
OUR CUSTOMERS DURING THOSE
CONDITIONS. SO TO KIND OF
SUMMARIZE THE GRAPHIC, BECAUSE
THIS IS ALSO A NEW GRAPHIC THAT
SHOWS UP IN OUR RESOURCE PLAN,
WE THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT WAY
TO PRESENT AS WE ARE ADDING
MORE RESOURCES HOW THOSE SHOW
UP AND HOW THEY COMPARE. WE ARE
COMMUNICATING FOR VECTORS FOR
RESOURCES. THE FIRST IS COST.
THE SECOND IS QUANTITY. THE
THIRD IS CONTRIBUTION DURING
STRESS CONDITIONS AND THE
FOURTH IS THE YEAR SELECTED.
THIS RESOURCE PLANNING PLAYBOOK
WE THINK IS USEFUL FOR
UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN
EFFECTIVELY MEET CUSTOMER POWER
NEEDS. THE KEY CONCLUSIONS OF
THE REPORT AND OF THIS GRAPHIC
IS IN THE NEAR-TERM NEED FOR
WIND, SOLAR, AND BATTERIES
WHICH IS THE YELLOW, ORANGE,
AND BLUE. ANOTHER CONCLUSION IS
THE SELECTION OF THE ENHANCED
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE AS A POWER
SUPPLY RESOURCE IN THE STUDY.
THAT IS SELECTED STARTING IN
2032. INTERESTINGLY, 2032 IS
THE FIRST YEAR IN THE STUDY
PERIOD THAT WE MADE ENHANCED
GEOTHERMAL AVAILABLE TO
OPTIMIZE RESOURCE ADDITIONS TO
MEET CUSTOMER POWER NEEDS AND
WE LIMITED IN THE STUDY THE
AMOUNT OF ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL
TO 400 MEGAWATTS, WHICH THE
PLANNING TOOLS EXHAUSTED BEFORE
RETURNING TO OTHER TYPES OF
RESOURCES. THIS IS THE FIRST
INSTANCE WHERE WE MODELED
ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL IN THE
RESOURCE PLAN. AND IT SELECTION
EVEN AT RELATIVELY HIGHER PRICE
LEADS US TO A CONCLUSION IN THE
REPORT THAT WE NEED TO
EVALUATE, DO ADDITIONAL
EVALUATION OF CLEAN RESOURCES.
FOR FUTURE STUDY PERIODS.
>> TO BRING US BACK TO THE
BEGINNING, THE 2024 IRP
PROGRESS REPORT IS A REFRESH OF
THE 2022 IRP USING THE SAME
TOOLS, SAME PROCESS AND SIMILAR
ASSUMPTIONS THAT RESULTED IN
DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT RESULTS
DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASING LOADS WE ARE SEEING.
CUSTOMER ELECTRICITY NEEDS
INCREASED AS THE RESULT OF THE
ELECTRIFICATION OF BUILDINGS
AND TRANSPORTATION. THE STUDY
PROVIDES A RESOURCE PLANNING
PLAYBOOK IN THE ADDITION OF
WIND, SOLAR, BATTERIES AND
CARBON FREE ENERGY RESOURCES TO
MEET THE GROWTH NEEDS. IN THE
2024 IRP PROGRESS REPORT WE
INCLUDED ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL AS
A REPRESENTATIVE CARBON FREE
RESOURCE. IN FUTURE STUDIES,
CITY LIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO
EVALUATE CARBON FREE FIRM
RESOURCE OPTIONS THAT CAN
RELIABLY RESPOND TO CHANGES IN
DEMAND, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL
HYDROPOWER, ENHANCED
GEOTHERMAL, REACTORS, HYDROGEN,
FUSION, AND OTHER EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES. AND FINALLY OUR
REQUESTED ACTION IS TO ADOPT A
RESOLUTION THAT APPROVES THE
2024 IRP PROGRESS REPORT WHICH
WILL ALLOW US TO SUBMIT IT TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. I HAVE A LIST OF
QUESTIONS ON THIS, BUT I WANT
TO BE MINDFUL OF TIME SINCE WE
WILL HAVE YOU BACK ON AUGUST 2.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> CHAIR, LIKE YOURSELF I HAVE
A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS. I
WILL SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE TIME I SPENT WITH YOU
EARLIER THIS WEEK. I WILL HOLD
MY QUESTIONS IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> I WON'T HOLD FOR THE
INTEREST OF TIME. THIS IS
IMPORTANT STUFF. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO
THE TEAM FOR THIS WONDERFUL
PRESENTATION CYCLE. EYE-OPENING
PRESENTATION. KIND OF TEED UP,
TEED UP AN OPPORTUNITY HERE IN
TERMS OF THE DEMAND, LOAD, AND
THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO MEET
THE ANTICIPATED AND WHO KNOWS,
IN SOME OF THE MODELING THAT
YOU MAPPED OUT IT COULD BE EVEN
WORSE. SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
HERE. WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, BUT
I WILL SAY, SO THIS, THE WHOLE
PRESENTATION, YOU TEED UP THE
OPPORTUNITY. I REALLY LOVE
THAT, WHAT I KIND OF YOU LIKE
THE PUNCHLINE SIDE, WHICH IS
SLIDE 13 AND THE KEY THERE TO
ADDRESS THE OPPORTUNITY. AND
YOU APTLY NOTED THAT WIND AND
SOLAR ARE INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT AND TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE AMONG OTHER THINGS
OF CLEAN RENEWABLES,
GEOTHERMAL. I WOULD JUST BE
CURIOUS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND A
COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OFF
WITH RESPECT TO GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY, HOW -- AS I UNDERSTAND
IT THAT IS SOMEWHAT OF A NATION
TO RESOURCE AND TECHNOLOGY. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER UTILITIES THAT
ARE CRUSHING IT IN TERMS OF
THEIR USE OF GEOTHERMAL? AND
WHAT BARRIERS DO WE FACE HERE
FROM A CITY LIGHT PERSPECTIVE
TO ADOPTING AND SCALING THAT
RESOURCE LOCALLY? THAT IS
QUESTION ONE.
>> I WILL START WITH THAT. SO,
THERE ARE UTILITIES THAT ARE
CRUSHING IT IN GEOTHERMAL.
>> A TECHNICAL TERM TWO BY THE
WAY.
>> IN HAWAII IS ONE. ICELAND
DOES GOOD WORK HERE AS WELL. I
HAVE GEOTHERMAL IN MY PORTFOLIO
AT LIGHT AND POWER. THAT SAID,
GEOTHERMAL IS IN THIS MODEL IN
SLIDE 12 THAT WE PRESENTED HERE
AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR CARBON
FREE RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT IS
FIRM. NOTABLY HE DID NOT
INTRODUCE THIS INTO THE MODEL
UNTIL 2032 AND IT WAS ALL USED
UP AT 2039. SO THE MODEL GRAFT
FIRM AHEAD OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
HAD WE INTRODUCED IT EARLIER
THE MODEL WOULD HAVE GRAPHED IT
THEN. BECAUSE TERM ENERGY,
AVAILABLE BY 24, OFFERS MUCH
MORE RELIABILITY TO OUR SYSTEM
AND ENSURES WE WILL BE ABLE TO
SUPPLY IT WITH LESS MARKET,
LESS HAVING TO GO TO THE MARKET
IN THE MIDST OF THE EVENT IF WE
GOT THAT AVAILABLE. SO THAT IS
AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE. SO
IT REALLY IS A PLACEHOLDER.
GEOTHERMAL, IF WE ARE ABLE TO
FIND IT AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO, THEN WE HAVE TO BUILD THE
TRANSMISSION FROM WHERE WE FIND
IT TO BRING IT HERE. THAT CAN
BE A SOMEWHAT EXPENSIVE AND
DAUNTING TASK TO DO, BUT I WILL
ASK THE TEAM, OTHER THOUGHTS.
>> I JUST HAD A COUPLE THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. ON THE NEW
TECHNOLOGY, THIS IS MODELING
ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL, WHICH IS
ONE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL, NEWER
TECHNOLOGIES AROUND GEOTHERMAL
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE KILLING IT
-- RECENTLY SIGNED A POWER
PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND
COORDINATION WITH SOME OTHER
OUTLETS FOR THIS TYPE OF
TECHNOLOGY OFF OF THIS TYPE OF
RESOURCE, BUT WE DO ADD IT
LATER IN THE PORTFOLIO TO GIVE
IT SOME TIME TO BECOME MORE
COMMERCIAL.
>> THANK YOU AND THAT ANSWERED
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, LIKE
GEOTHERMAL IT SOUNDS LIKE IS
DEFINITELY MUCH LESS WEATHER
DEPENDENT THAN WIND, FOR
EXAMPLE. AND MORE CONSISTENT,
RELIABLE SOURCE IF WE CAN FIND
IT. AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEGS
THE QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENS IF
WE DON'T OR ARE UNABLE TO FIND
IT, SO TO SPEAK, PROCURE IT,
LEVERAGE IT, HERE LOCALLY?
BECAUSE MY READING OF THIS
CHART IS THAT KEY ASSUMPTIONS
ARE BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE
ARE GOING TO FIND IT. SO IN ANY
EVENT THIS IS INTERESTING
STUFF. I WILL WANT TO DO A
DEEPER DIVE OFF-LINE WITH YOU
ALL ABOUT THESE VARIOUS
RESOURCES AND I THINK WE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO EXPLORE -- MADAM
CHAIR AND OUR COLLEAGUES -- THE
ASSUMPTIONS BAKED IN HERE AND
WHAT THAT PURPORTS FROM A CITY
POLICY AND PLANNING
PERSPECTIVE. AND THANK YOU. I
GEEK OUT ABOUT THIS STUFF.
>> WHERE PLENTY OF TIME. I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FURTHER
DISCUSSION IS NEEDED BEFORE
VOTING ON THIS, SO WE WILL NOT
VOTE ON IT TODAY AND WE WILL
CONSIDER IT FOR THE AUGUST
COMMITTEE MEETING. I, TOO, HAVE
QUESTIONS AND I WILL REACH OUT
TO YOU, AS WELL AS MAYBE HAVE
THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT
I'M HOPING TO CONNECT THE DOTS
FROM THIS IRP AND HOW IT
INFORMS SETTING RATES AND
PLANNING FOR FUTURE NEEDS, SO I
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A DETAILED
BREAKDOWN OF THE PROJECTED COST
YOU PROPOSE AND HOW THEY
COMPARE TO ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THE
METRICS AND BENCHMARKS USED TO
MEASURE THE ASSESSMENT. SO I
WILL SEND THESE OVER. THANK
YOU. LET'S MOVE ON QUICKLY TO
OUR NEXT ITEM. WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM FOR INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR, A
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A 2025 TO
2000 -- 2030 UPDATE FOR THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND
ENDORSING THE ASSOCIATED SIX
YEARS RATE PACK FOR DISCUSSION
AND BRIEFING.
>> THANK YOU, SO WE HEARD FROM
CITY LIGHT ON THE PLAN UPDATE
DURING SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON
MONDAY. I THINK WE WERE OVERLY
AMBITIOUS TODAY ON HOW MUCH WE
COULD DO AND COMING ACROSS
TIME. I AM SO SORRY TO HAVE TO
DO THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE CITY LIGHT BACK TO HAVE
MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION ON THE
STRATEGIC PLAN ON AUGUST 2. BUT
LOOKING AT THE TIME, I
APOLOGIZE, WE ARE RUNNING OUT
OF TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO A
VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ON
AUGUST 2. AS A COUNCILMEMBER WE
HAVE TO CONSIDER ANY RATE
INCREASES. SUCH AS THE ONE
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AS WELL AS
OTHER TAX INCREASES REQUESTED
BY THE CITY. SUCH AS THE RECENT
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THE 5.4
AVERAGE INCREASE LOOKS LIKE A
SIX DOLLARS JUMP FOR AN AVERAGE
RESIDENT, BUT IF THE RATES
CONTINUE TO INCREASE 5%
ANNUALLY UNTIL 2040 AS THE PLAN
STATES, THEN BY 2030 -- I AM
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT
ON RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE. SO
WHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS I WANT
TO BE MINDFUL OF TIME TODAY,
KNOWING WE HAVE MORE TIME
SCHEDULED ON AUGUST 2. SO IF IT
IS OKAY WE WILL SAVE OUR
QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 2 AND I
RECOMMEND BRIEFINGS BETWEEN ALL
OF US ON THE HEAD OF THAT DATE
AND BE ABLE TO ASK THAT BY THE
NEXT MEETING WE HAVE ALL THE
KEY ASSUMPTIONS DRIVING
INCREASED RATES. POSSIBLY BEING
ABLE TO COMPARE OTHER RATES
SCENARIOS MODELED AND A
BREAKDOWN OF EACH CUSTOMER
CATEGORY AND HOW THESE ARE
MADE. IN ADDITION TO THE
REQUEST FOR DETAILS FROM THE
LAST IRP PRESENTATION. AGAIN,
APOLOGIES. LET'S HOLD OUR
QUESTIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT
DISCUSSION AUGUST 2. I ALSO
ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE
COMMENT OR ATTEND THE SECOND
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN. SO IF
THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS, WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING
AGENDA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN?
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.