>>> GOOD MORNING, THE
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 MEETING WILL
COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:30 A.M.
I AM DAN STRAUSS.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE IS
EXCUSED.
[ROLL CALL ]
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE QUORUM AND WE
HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
TODAY.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM
THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AND
NATIVE SECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
CITY
OF GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF THE
TRIBAL RELATIONS SUMMIT LATER
THIS MONTH.
SECONDLY, WE HAVE AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY'S EFFORTS
TO EXPEDITIOUSLY DELIVER THE
TRANSIT THREE PROGRAM,
THE PERMIT REVIEW AND
OTHER OVERSIGHT TO CREATE
POSITIONS
TO GET THE JOB DONE.
AND THIRD, WE HAVE AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC
WORKS CONTRACTS AMENDING
PROVISIONS OF
THE SMALL WORKS ROSTER AND
CONTRACT BOND PROCESSES TO
ALIGN WITH STATE LAW.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
WE WILL ONLY BE VOTING ON
THE THIRD ITEM TODAY.
THE FIRST IS
SIMPLY INFORMATIONAL AHEAD OF
THE TRIBAL RELATIONS SUMMIT.
THE SECOND IS A BRIEFING FOR
A VOTE AT
THE NEXT COMMITTEE. I SEE THAT
WE HAVE NO IN-
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS,
CHECKING OUR
ONLINE SIGNUP.
I.T., CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT
WE HAVE NO ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANTS? I SEE WE HAVE --
>> CONFIRMED THERE ARE NONE.
>> I JUST SAW DAVID HAYNES
SIGN UP AT 9:31.
>> DAVID HAYNES JUST CLICKED IN.
HOLD ON.
>> WE'LL GIVE IT JUST A
SECOND TO PROMOTE DAVID HAYNES.
DAVID, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
TO CALL IN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE
ARE ABOUT TO CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE 30
SECONDS TO A MINUTE.
UNLESS THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE
IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DAVID, IF YOU'RE
LISTENING, YOU'VE GOT TO CALL IN
RIGHT NOW.
I'M STILL NOT SEEING ANYTHING.
I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM UNTIL THE
CHAMBER CLOCK SAYS 9:33.
9:33.
I DO NOT SEE DAVID HAYNES
PRESENT.
ONE LAST CONFIRMATION FROM I.T.
HE IS NOT PRESENT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
DAVID, PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO
SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC .
SEEING AS THERE ARE NO
PUBLIC COMMENTERS VIRTUALLY OR
IN
PERSON, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE FIRST ITEM
OF BUSINESS INTO THE
RECORD.
>> TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
NATIVE
COMMUNITIES UPDATE. THIS ITEM IS
FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE -- OFFICE
OF
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND LEAH
-- OF DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> GOOD MORNING FRANCESCA
AND
LYDIA. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
INTRODUCE
YOURSELF. WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO
BRING
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ BACK TO
THE COUNCIL, WE STILL CAN'T
GET HER TO THE COMMITTEE.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER
AFTERWARDS.
IF YOU WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TAKE THE
-- JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THE
PRESENTATION, COLLEAGUES,
ASK QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.
WE HAVE, AS YOU HEARD, THREE
ITEMS. THERE ARE TWO -- THE
SECOND
ITEM IS PRETTY MEATY.
THE THIRD ITEM WE'VE GONE
OVER, AND PRESLEY AND MARK HAVE
DONE
A FANTASTIC JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE PLEASED TO BE
RETURNING TO YOU TODAY TO SHARE
SOME UPDATES ON THE CITY'S WORK
SINCE OUR LAST TRAVEL SUMMIT IN
2023.
MY NAME IS FRANCESCA -- I'M
A CITIZEN OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
AND OF THE CHEROKEE NATION.
AND I HAVE WORKED IN THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS NOW.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH OUR
SCREEN, TECH ISSUES.
>> THAT WAS A
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY ON MY END.
MEGAN, THEY'RE ALL SET TO GO.
>>
OKAY.
>> SORRY ABOUT
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN
OUR DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS SUPPORTING THE
CITIZEN'S INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL.
SO, IT'S NICE TO BE BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
>> MY NAME IS LYDIA -- I AM THE
CITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER HERE
IN DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
WORKING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF DIRECTOR CHOW FOR THE LAST
TWO
YEARS. SO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US
TODAY.
>> WE LAST
BRIEFED THIS COMMITTEE IN
SEPTEMBER
OF 2024 WHEN WE RELEASED A ONE-
YEAR PROGRESS UPDATE FOLLOWING
THE
INAUGURAL TRIBAL NATIONS
SUMMIT THAT WAS HELD IN MAY
OF 2023. THE ITEMS FEATURED IN
THAT REPORT ARE AVAILABLE ON
THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS WEB
PAGE, AND
THEY'RE LARGELY REFLECTIVE OF
THE
ENGAGEMENTS WITH FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES -- ALASKA
NATIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND
ADVISORY BODIES. THIS REFLECTS
THE SCOPE
AND STRUCTURE OF THE SUMMIT AS
THE EXERCISE OF POLITICAL STATUS
OF
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
TRIBAL
BENEFICIARIES. WE RETURN TO YOU
TODAY
WITH ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON OUR
PROGRESS. FROM THE BEGINNING OF
THIS
WORK, IT HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR
THE
CITY TO BE ACCOUNTABLE
TO MEANINGFUL FORWARD
ACTION THROUGH TRIBAL RELATIONS
AND URBAN NATIVE ENGAGEMENT.
WHILE WE KNOW SIGNIFICANT WORK
IS AHEAD, WE'RE TAKING TIME
TO REFLECT ON OUR EFFORTS IN
PREPARATIONS FOR ENGAGEMENTS
WITH TRIBAL LEADERSHIP
THIS
FALL. AS A QUICK REFRESHER, THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS HOSTED THE SUMMIT IN
2023 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
CITY'S
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND 17 CITY
DEPARTMENTS. THIS WAS AN
EXERCISE THAT
THE GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE
CITY AND FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
TRIBES
THROUGHOUT OUR
REGION. IT IS MODELLED AFTER
BEST PRACTICES FROM FEDERAL AND
STATE
GOVERNMENTS. AND THESE PRACTICES
INCLUDE
THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT AS WELL AS
THE WASHINGTON STATE
CENTENNIAL ACCORD MEETINGS THAT
OCCUR EACH
YEAR.
THE CITY SUMMIT HAS TWO CORE
GOALS.
ONE, TO IDENTIFY ACTION
ITEMS THAT UPHOLD THE
SOVEREIGNTY
AND TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES, TO BUILD
PARTNERSHIPS, STRENGTHEN
COLLABORATIONS, AND ENHANCE
DIPLOMACY, AND TWO, TO --
GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH
TRIBAL
NATIONS AS WELL AS
IMPROVE OUTCOMES AMONG THE URBAN
NATIVE
COMMUNITY. THIS WAS THE
BEGINNING OF
OUR JOURNEY TO BETTER HONOR AND
RESPECT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
WE ARE CONTINUING THESE
EFFORTS TO HOLD OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE
TO THESE
CONVERSATIONS AND COMMITMENTS BY
PROVIDING
SOME FOLLOW-UP TO YOU TODAY.
THE SUMMIT RESULTED IN 23
COMMITMENTS IN FOUR CORE
AREAS. WE'LL SHARE A FEW
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR PROGRESS
OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS.
SOME OF THIS IS BUILDING
OFF WHAT YOU READ IN THE ONE-
YEAR PROGRESS REPORT AND SOME IS
NEW
EFFORTS WE'VE ADDED.
AND AT THE TRIBAL SUMMIT,
WE'LL BE SHARING ADDITIONAL
UPDATES.
BUT YOU'LL GET AN EARLY
PREVIEW TODAY OF THINGS WE'VE
BEEN
DOING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR
OUR
PARTNERSHIPS IN COLLABORATION
WITH TRIBAL RELATIONS. BEFORE WE
DIVE INTO SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES, WE'D LIKE TOE SHARE
A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS LOOKING
BACK ON THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WE ARE SEEING
A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT
TO REFLECTING INDIGENOUS VALUES,
CULTURES, AND PRIORITIES IN
CITY PROJECTS AND POLICIES.
INCREASINGLY, WE ARE SEEING CITY
STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT
TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT MUST OPERATE
IN
A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
FRAMEWORK. AND THERE ARE
INTERNAL EFFORTS
TO DEVELOP A MORE
SYSTEMIZED PROTOCOL FOR --
IN THE AREA OF INTERNAL
CAPACITY BUILDING AND
COORDINATION, WE
HAVE MARKED A FOUNDATIONAL
AND CRITICAL STEP TO MORE
EFFECTIVE
COORDINATION OF TRAVEL
RELATIONS BY FORMING A CITY
TRIBAL
WORK GROUP AND AN INTERNAL TOOL
TO HELP US TRACK TRIBAL
ENGAGEMENT
ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS.
MORE CITY STAFF NOW HAVE
ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF TRIBAL
HISTORIES, OF TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS AND PRIORITIES
ACROSS THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
AND WE ARE ALSO AWARE
THAT BUILDING STAFF CAPACITY
AND SKILLS TO HAVE EFFECTIVE
TRIBAL RELATIONS IS AN EFFORT
THAT MUST BE PLANNED FOR,
BUDGETED, AND
RESOURCED.
WE ARE SEEING MORE REQUESTS
FOR TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT ACROSS
A VARIETY OF PROJECTS IN OUR
CITY,
AND WE ARE SEEING MORE
COLLABORATIVE AND
PROACTIVE APPROACHES IN SEVERAL
AREAS OF
CULTURAL RESOURCE
STEWARDSHIP AS WELL AS A
STRENGTHENED
INVESTMENT FOR
RESPONSIVE SERVICES TO NATIVE
PEOPLE
THAT RESIDE IN THE CITY.
THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES
WILL FEATURE JUST A FEW
HIGHLIGHTS
OF OUR WORK IN
THESE FOUR COMMITMENT AREAS.
TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE LEADERS
HAVE EXPRESSED THE LEAD
FOR CLEAR COMMUNICATION WITH
CITY
LEADERS
AND STAFF. TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE
SHARED
THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY AND
OFTEN
ENGAGEMENT, CONSULTATION,
AND COLLABORATION ON ANYTHING
THAT MAY IMPACT TRIBAL INTEREST.
THEREFORE, THE CITY HAS
INCREASED THE FREQUENCY
AND CONSISTENCY OF THESE
REQUESTS WITH AT LEAST TEN
TRIBAL NATIONS.
THE MOST COMMON
CONSULTATION TOPICS INCLUDE
CULTURAL
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, TRIBAL
TREATY
RIGHTS,
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP,
HYDROELECTRIC
PROJECTS, MASS TIMBER, URBAN
PLANNING, ART, PLACE MAKING, AS
WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE CITY'S INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL HAS BRIEFED THE
COUNCIL SIX TIMES TO SHARE
THEIR VISION OF A CULTURALLY
GROUNDED PUBLIC
COMMISSION, AND
THEY'VE ENGAGED WITH DOZENS OF
CITY DEPARTMENTS
ON OVER 17 PROJECTS, PLANS,
AND POLICIES.
WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED
TO CONNECT CITY LEADERS WITH
TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE LEADERS
FOR
ONE-ON-
ONE MEETINGS. RECENTLY SEATTLE
POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF BARNES
MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
AND THE CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF
OF
POLICE FOR THE SQUAMISH TRIBE --
ACROSS
OUR REGION. THESE ENGAGEMENTS
ARE IMPORTANT
AND CRITICAL STEPS TO BUILD
TRUST, RAPPORT,
AND ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG OUR
CITY LEADERSHIP, SUSTAIN
ENGAGEMENT
AND COLLABORATIVE WORK IS
NEEDED TO CONTINUE IN THIS PATH.
>> NEXT WEEK, ORI
IS COORDINATING OPPORTUNITY FOR
50
CITY STAFF TO
ACCESS GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
TRAINING FROM
WASHINGTON WASHINGTON STATE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND INDIAN
AFFAIRS.
HELP CITY STAFF TO
ENGAGE ELECTED TRIBAL LEADERS
AND
URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION
LEADERS,
AND TWO, PROVIDE
PRACTICAL INFORMATION AND
RESOURCES
TO SUPPORT CITY STAFF THAT
ENGAGE
GOVERNANCE THROUGH THEIR WORK.
THE SEVEN- HOUR COURSE
TEACHES ATTENDEES ABOUT THE
TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL
FRAMEWORK OF
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, EXPLORES THE
LEGAL AND POLITICAL STATUS THAT
DEFINES THE TRIBAL NATIONS
AND TRIBAL BENEFICIARIES,
AND DISCUSSES BEST PRACTICES
FOR SUPPORTING TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY AND WORKING WITH
TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS.
IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT FOR
CITY STAFF TO RECEIVING
TRAINING,
ORI SECURED A GRANT TO DEVELOP
E- LEARNINGS ON TRIBAL AND
URBAN INDIAN ENGAGEMENT THAT
WOULD
BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE
CITY'S CORNERSTONE SITE.
THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES AND
MORE, CITY STAFF
INCREASINGLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES
TO GROW
OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TRIBAL
HISTORIES, GOVERNMENTS, AND
PRIORITIES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
>> TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE
LONG EXPRESSED THE DESIRE THAT
--
VALUES, CULTURES, AND HISTORIES
BE VISIBLE AND CREATE A SENSE OF
BELONGING, CONNECTION,
AMONG NATIVE PEOPLE IN THE
NATURAL
AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF SEATTLE
T.
WATERFRONT PARK'S GRAND OPENING
CELEBRATION WILL BE THIS
WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 6th, AND
THE -- TRIBE ARE SPEAKING
AND PERFORMING TO MARK THIS KEY
MILESTONE. AND THEY HAVE LONG
BEEN
PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
DOWNTOWN.
FOR OVER 15 YEARS, THE CITY
HAS WORKED WITH SEVERAL
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO BRING
FORWARD
THE INDIGENOUS HISTORY AND
ONGOING
PRESENCE OF COMMUNITIES TO THE
ARTS, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, WAY
FINDING, AND DESIGN
ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
WATERFRONT.
INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE INCLUDES A
NUMBER OF SIGNS
THAT FEATURE CONTENT ABOUT
INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND HISTORY.
CONSULTED WITH MEMBERS OF
THE SQUA MISH TRIBE -- TRIBAL
FISHING RIGHTS AND
NATIVE PLANTINGS.
THE OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT
HAS ALSO COORDINATING A
WORKING ADVISORY GROUP,
INCLUDING MEMBERS OF BOTH
TRIBES AS WELL AS OTHER TRIBAL
REPRESENTATIVES.
MEMBERS FROM THE TRIBES
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE
SELECTION FOR SEVERAL ARTISTS'
ARTWORKS THROUGHOUT THE
WATERFRONT, DEMONSTRATING OUR
COMMITMENT
OF RECOGNIZING THE SOVEREIGNTY
OF TRIBAL NATIONS TO TELL THEIR
OWN
STORIES.
>> THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURES WORKS CLOSELY
WITH FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, SEATTLE
LIGHT, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITY, SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION,
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND OFFICE OF
THE WATERFRONT AND
CIVIC PROJECTS TO
COORDINATE PUBLIC ART THROUGH
THE 1%
ARTS PROGRAM OF THE CULTURAL
PLACE MAKING PROJECTS.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 18
PUBLIC ART OR CULTURAL PLACE
MAKING PROJECTS THAT FEATURES
TRIBAL
OR URBAN NATIVE ARTISTS.
EACH OPPORTUNITY IS TAILORED
TO THE GEOGRAPHIC AND SITE-
SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF THE PROJECT.
CURRENT PROJECTS RANGE FROM
MURAL ARTISTS TO TINY
HOME VILLAGES TO PARTNERSHIP
WITH TRIBAL -- EASTERN
WASHINGTON
TO
INTERTRIBAL COORDINATION OF
PUBLIC ART AND INTERPRETIVE
SIGNAGE AT A CULTURALLY
SIGNIFICANT SITE IN SEATTLE
AND MUCH MORE.
OUTREACH ON AT LEAST THREE
MORE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS IN THE
NEXT 12 MONTHS.
>> TRIBAL LEADERS
HAVE CONTINUOUSLY NOTED FOR THE
CITY THAT NATURAL RESOURCES ARE
CULTURAL RESOURCES.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT
CITY POLICY SERVICES AND
UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE FAR-
REACHING IMPACTS TO TRIBAL
NATIONS
AND THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE, WORK,
PLAY, AND EXERCISE TREATY
AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AND ACROSS OUR
REGION.
WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO
MOVING FORWARD TO A MORE
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO
CULTURAL RESEARCH
STEWARDSHIP. IN SEATTLE THERE
ARE 65 MILES
OF CREEK AND 21 CREEK MILES ARE
IN PIPES.
WHEN A PIPE CARRIES A
CREEK UNDER A ROADWAY OR OTHER
LAND
AREA, WE CALL IT A
CREEK CULVERT.
SEATTLE PUBLIC -- IS
EXPANDING TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT TO
ADDRESSADDRESS PASSAGE BARRIERS
IN URBAN
WATERSHEDS.
THE CITY IS PROACTIVELY
SEEKING EARLY CONSULTATION
AND ENGAGEMENT WITH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO HELP
PRIORITIZE
CREEK CULVERT CAPITAL PROJECT
IMPROVEMENTS AND
RELATED PROPERTY ACQUISITION
NEEDS
THAT ACCOUNT FOR FISH PASSAGE,
WHILE STRIVING TO EQUITABLY
DELIVER
HIGH- VALUE SERVICE TO THE
UTILITIES' CUSTOMERS, CITY
RESIDENTS, AND WATERSHEDS.
-- INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE
AND HABITAT RESTORATION
PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE
SEATTLE GREEN
PARTNERSHIP WORK WITH
SEVERAL URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS, AND
EDUCATORS FROM TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES, TO LEAD LAND
AND HABITAT RESTORATION IN MANY
OF OUR PARKS
AND OPEN SPACES. THE LATEST
ADDITION TO
THIS PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES AN
INTERTRIBAL AND WOMEN LED
NON- PROFIT DEDICATED TO --
AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION OF
TRIBAL NATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL
SETTINGS.
>> FRANCESCA, WHICH ORGANIZATION
IS THAT?
>> CAT TAIL RISING IS THE
NAME OF THE NON- PROFIT
ORGANIZATION.
AND THEY WORK WITH TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES FROM ACROSS THE
REGION.
>> AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S ALWAYS SO LOVELY TO
SEE YOU, AND THANKS FOR THE WORK
THAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
ON THE PARKS
PARTNERSHIP, CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW PARKS PARTNERS WITH
THE TRIBES AS THEY'RE DOING THE
WORK
IN THE PARKS?
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF RESTORATION OF WETLAND, SO
I'M THINKING THAT HAPPENED A
FEW
YEARS AGO AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE.
SO, HOW DID THEY
PARTNER THROUGHOUT THE
CITY, THE CITY PARKS.
>> GREAT QUESTION, YES.
WE'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT IN
THE NEXT SLIDE, TOO, FOLLOWING
THE
PARK'S TRIBAL NATIONS
GATHERING.
THEY DEVELOPED AN INTERNAL
WORKING GROUP TO HELP DEVELOP
BETTER PROTOCOLS AND PROCESS
FOR LEADING THAT ENGAGEMENT.
WHEN IS CONSULTATION REQUIRED
UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE
LAW BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING
SOURCE, AND WHEN IS TRIBAL
ENGAGEMENT SOMETHING WE'RE
ENGAGING IN PRAK
TIFFLY TO ENSURE HISTORIES
AND CULTURES ARE REPRESENTED IN
PUBLIC SPACES.
TRIBES ARE OFTEN INVITED
TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECTS.
AND IF THERE'S INTEREST,
THE DEPARTMENT WILL ORGANIZE
THOSE ENGAGEMENT AND INTEGRATE
THAT
FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT
THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
SO, THEY'RE WORKING ON
GETTING FURTHER UPSTREAM.
WHEN WE KNOW A PROJECT IS
COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE, HOW
DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
REACHING
OUT PROACTIVELY TO IDENTIFY
WHAT THOSE INTERESTS AND
PRIORITIES ARE AND APPROPRIATELY
INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE
WORK.
>> TERRIFIC.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN JANUARY, SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION WAS THE FIRST
CITY
TO PARTNER -- TRIBAL
NATIONS GATHERING TO DIG DEEPER
INTO ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN
TO TRIBAL NATIONS AND CITY.
THE GATHERING ENGAGED TRIBAL
LEADERS AND STAFF
IN RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
AND DIALOGUE WITH CITY LEADERS
AND
STAFF ON ISSUES OF CULTURAL
RESOURCES, HABITAT RESTORATION,
AND MANAGEMENT,
PARK DEVELOPMENT
AND PROGRAMMING. THE GATHERING
RESULTED IN SIX COMMITMENTS TO
IMPROVE
TRIBAL RELATIONS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT THAT ARE ADDRESSING
COORDINATION
WITH AN INTERNAL WORK GROUP.
A PROGRESS REPORT WAS
SHARED WITH TRIBAL PARTNERS IN
THE
IAC IN FEBRUARY
OF 2025. THE OFFICE OF SAFE
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADS
ONGOING COORDINATION OF $5
MILLION INVESTMENT IN
INDIGENOUS-
LED CLIMATE INITIATIVE FUND
UNDER THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THIS EFFORT IS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE
FOUNDATION AND ALSO
INCLUDES COORDINATION WITH TWO
CITY COMMISSIONS
WITH REPRESENTATION FROM
NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
THE FUNDS WILL SOON BE
AVAILABLE TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
IN
URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS
LEADING SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS.
ANTICIPATED FOCUS AREAS IS
CLEAN ENERGY, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
AND/OR CULTURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT,
BUILDING -- FOR ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND CLIMATE
MITIGATION AND EDUCATION
AND TRAINING RESOURCES TO
ADVANCE
TRADITIONAL, ECOLOGICAL
KNOWLEDGE.
>> MANY TRIBAL LEADERS
HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CRITICAL
ROLE THAT URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS PLAY IN ADDRESSING
THE SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF
THEIR CITIZENS HERE IN SEATTLE
AND THE
DIVERSE RANGE OF NATIVE
PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN SEATTLE
TODAY.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
HAS WORKED WITH THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY --
TO SUPPORT 93 UNITS OF
CULTURALLY
ATTUNED SHELTER. THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING HAS
SUPPORTED CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB THROUGH A HOUSING PROJECT
THAT ADDED 120 UNITS OF
CULTURALLY ATTUNED PERMANENT
HOUSING TO THE
LOCAL HOUSING
STOCK. AND IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS,
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
HAS PARTNERED WITH -- TO
MAKE TWO VACANT PROPERTIES
AVAILABLE FOR
URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS TO
CONSTRUCT TINY HOME VILLAGES.
THE ONGOING OPERATIONAL
FUNDING FOR THESE VILLAGES AND
CLIENT SERVICES IS PROVIDED BY
THE CITY
THROUGH OUR CONTRACTS WITH
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
IN 2024, THE CITY RESUMED
ADMINISTRATION OF HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAMS
ADMINISTERED BY FOUR URBAN
INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SUPPORT
HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK
OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IN 2025, THESE
ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL
INVESTMENT OF
$2 MILLION TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
UTILITY
ASSISTANCE, AND HOUSING
CASE MANAGEMENT.
THE CITY PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY
6.9 MILLION THROUGH THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO
INVESTMENTS
AND URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS
THROUGH DOWNSTREAM SERVICES
WHICH INCLUDE
DIVERSION, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING,
AND
DAY CENTERS.
>> MAYOR'S OFFICE ON
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT
UNIT PROVIDES FUNDING TO THREE
URBAN
INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS.
BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024,
THE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICAN
INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE CLIENTS
RECEIVING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
SERVICES
INCREASED FROM 4%
TO 8%. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE
MOBILE
AND FLEXIBLE ADVOCACY, SHELTER
AND HOUSING, THERAPEUTIC
SERVICES, AND CIVIL LEGAL AID.
IN 2023 THE CITY STARTED A
SPECIFIC FUND FOCUSED
ON SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR
MARGINALIZED -- SPECIFIC
SERVICES THROUGH URBAN
INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PROGRAM
PROVIDES TWO
SPARE ADVOCACY AND SERVICES,
CULTURAL WORKSHOPS AND HEALING
ACTIVITIES
IN CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
SETTINGS.
IN 2024, 93 SURVIVORS OF GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE PARTICIPATED
IN QUARTERLY CULTURAL WORKSHOPS.
IN TOTAL, 108 SURVIVORS WERE
SERVED THROUGH THIS SPECIALIZED
INVESTMENT.
>> THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF
OUR FEATURED UPDATES FOR TODAY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
ENGAGING WITH MANY OF YOU IN
THIS
WORK IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS
AHEAD.
SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
INTEREST AND SUPPORT OF
TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE
ENGAGEMENT ACROSS OUR CITY.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS?
PLEASE.
>> CHAIR, NOT A QUESTION, BUT
JUST REALLY I WANT TO,
AGAIN, HIGHLIGHT FRANCESCA AND
LYDIA FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
WE HAVE TWO REALLY GREAT FOLKS
AT THE CITY HERE WHO
ARE PARTNERING AND ARE HELPING
US
COORDINATE WITH THE TRIBES. AND
I JUST WANTED TO LIFT
THAT UP AND UNDERSCORE THAT
BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO
HAVE BOTH OF YOU DOING
THIS WORK. SO, REALLY JUST
WANTED
TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
WE DON'T OFTEN
ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK
THAT GOES AND THAT
OUR STAFF DOES BEHIND THE
SCENES IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS
EXTERNALLY.
SO, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR
HARD WORK AND JUST SHOWING
GRATITUDE.
SO, WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH
THE TWO OF YOU, AND I AM SO
GRATEFUL
BECAUSE, AS I SAID
EARLIER, THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH
THE TRIBES ARE SO IMPORTANT AND
SO CRITICAL TO OUR CITY.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?
IF YOU WANT TO HEAD BACK
TO SLIDE 4, COMMITMENT AREAS.
JUST UNDERSTANDING -- THANK YOU
FOR THIS
BRIEF UPDATE. WE DON'T WANT TO
STEAL
THE SHOW FROM LATER THIS MONTH
WITH THE
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT.
IT WAS IMPORTANT IN THE
LAST SUMMIT FOR ME AS A
PARTICIPANT TO SEE IT BROKEN OUT
INTO AREAS AND TO GIVE SPECIFIC
ACTION
ITEMS.
IT WAS ALSO VERY CLEAR --
THERE WAS DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW,
TO DO IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND REALIZING THAT THAT
WOULD BE TOO MUCH TALKING AND
NOT ENOUGH
DOING.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
VERY CLEAR TO ME.
I'M EXCITED TO COME TO THE NEXT
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT.
I'M EXCITED TO BE VERY
FOCUSED IN FOLLOWING UP ON
THOSE
OUTCOMES. I KNOW SOME OF THE
SUBJECT AREAS
LAGGED
A LITTLE BIT. AND IT'S GOOD TO
HEAR THE
UPDATES THAT THOSE MEETINGS
HAVE OCCURRED AND THAT PROGRESS
IS
MOVING FORWARD ON ALL OF
THESE 23
COMMITMENT AREAS. COLLEAGUES, AS
WE MOVE
AFTER BUDGET IN THIS COMMITTEE,
I'LL LIKELY BE USING THE
OUTCOMES
AND THE PRODUCTS CREATED IN
THE TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT AS A
WAY TO DESIGN THIS COMMITTEE'S
WORK.
YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM BEFORE
RECESS, I MET WITH THE --
TRIBAL COUNCIL, AND THERE WILL
BE AN
INVITATION FOR THEM TO
ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING.
HOWEVER, IT IS RIGHT AFTER
THE TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT.
I DON'T KNOW. THAT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE
BIT TOO MUCH ASKING OF THEIR
TIME. AND WE ARE STILL WORKING
TO
GET THE MEETING WITH THE --
TRIBAL COUNCIL
RESCHEDULED. THEY'LL LIKELY
ALSO HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE
AND MEET WITH
US. IF YOU WANT TO TICK ON TO
SLIDE
6, ONE OF THE PRODUCTS OF
THESE MEETINGS AND THESE
CONVERSATIONS HAS -- I GUESS THE
OUTCOME
HERE IS THE INCREASED FREQUENCY
AND
CONSISTENCY OF ENGAGEMENT.
I CAN SAY THAT SINCE THAT FIRST
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT, I'VE
BEEN
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
IN GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS WITH FOUR TRIBES.
I WOULD CALL IT
ENGAGEMENT WITH A FIFTH -- I
DON'T WANT TO -- WE
DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SPECIFIC
--
IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
MYSELF AND OTHERS.
THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE AND
A COUPLE OF SLIDES, IT WAS
CLEAR THAT IT WAS STILL DURING
THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE EVERYONE
WAS SPACED OUT.
FROM THESE REGULAR
MEETINGS, ANOTHER OUTCOME WE
HAVE FOUND
IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
MOUs, MEMORANDUMS OF
UNDERSTANDING, WITH TRIBES FROM
DIFFERENT MAYORS ACROSS THE
YEARS.
ONE OF THE PLACES THAT THIS
COMMITTEE WILL DIG INTO IS
REVIEWING THOSE MOUs TO SEE
IF THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED
OR IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY
TO SYSTEMATIZE THEM INTO OUR
BUREAUCRACY.
FRANCESCA
AND LYDIA, YOU'VE BEEN IN THESE
MEETINGS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIG INTO
ABOUT
THE EFFECTIVE TRIBAL
RELATIONS, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE
DOING PARTICULARLY WELL OR THAT
WE NEED TO IMPROVE?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT.
WE KNOW THAT EACH TRIBE
IS
UNIQUE. SO, TAKING THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR ELECTED
LEADERS TO
MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH EACH
TRIBAL NATION TO UNDERSTAND
THEIR
PRIORITIES AND INTERESTS HAS
BEEN CRITICAL TO HELPING
US UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
DO THAT WITH ALL CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND MORE SO WITH THE
MAYOR, TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAS
CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES TO
ENGAGE WITH OUR
TRIBAL LEADERSHIP FROM ACROSS
THE
NATION. I THINK SOMETHING WE
HAVE LEARNED WITH THIS WORK IS
THE
CITY'S IMPACT IS VERY FAR
REACHING, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR
UTILITIES, KNOWING THAT WE DAMS
ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE WITH
THE SKAGIT RIVER AND THE
TOLT, THE ACTIONS OF
THE CITY ARE FAR REACHING.
THAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT
IN GROUNDING THE FUTURE OF
THIS
WORK.
>>
FANTASTIC. IF YOU WANT TO TICK
ON TO SLIDE
7, DIGGING IN MORE TO THE
GOVERNMENT-TO- GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
TRAINING, THIS IS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE DENSEST SLIDE DECKS
I'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE EACH OF
THESE BULLET POINTS WE COULD
TALK ABOUT FOR HOURS.
YOU TICKED THROUGH THIS ALL
IN ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
IT FELT LIKE, OH, YOU
KNOW, HERE'S ALL THIS WORK.
BUT LET'S DIG INTO THIS.
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS TRAINING THAT'S HAPPENING
NEXT
WEEK, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT,
WHY IT'S SPECIAL, AND HOW IS
THAT A GOOD THING FOR OUR CITY?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER
THE
GOVERNMENT-TO-
GOVERNMENT TRAINING TO 50 CITY
STAFF,
AND WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM ABOUT 15 CITY
DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL ATTEND
THOSE SESSIONS.
SO, DIVERSE RANGE OF EXPERIENCES
EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE SETS
AROUND
WORKING WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
THIS
TRAINING IS DESIGNED AND
ADMINISTERED BY THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, WHICH
IS A STATE LEVEL AGENCY THAT
HELPS IMPLEMENT THE STATE'S
FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS
THAT AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING
IN RECOGNITION OF
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AS A STATE
GOVERNMENT.
AND OUR FORMER TRIBAL RELATIONS
IS NOW THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS.
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT
PARTNERSHIP TO WORK WITH
HIS STAFF WHO DESIGNED
AND ADMINISTERED THIS TRAINING.
IT IS OFFERED ON ROUTINE
BASIS IN OLYMPIA, AND WE'RE
CONTRACTED
DIRECTLY TO PROVIDE THE
SERVICE HERE AT CITY HALL FOR
STAFF.
AND IT WILL COME RIGHT
BEFORE OUR NEXT TRIBAL NATIONS
SUMMIT,
WHICH IS ANOTHER
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
THIS INFORMATION FRESH WITH
OUR STAFF.
AND THE SECOND PHASE OF
THAT WORK IS USING THE
GRANT RESOURCES WE RECEIVED TO
DEVELOP
E- LEARNINGS THAT STAFF IN
THE FUTURE COULD THEN
REFERENCE AND HAVE ACCESS TO
MORE INFORMATION
AND
KNOWLEDGE.
>> I'M GOING TO GO ONE WAY OR
DEEPER.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL ACCORD
AND HOW THAT SET UP THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS AND
HOW THAT THEN ROLLS INTO US?
>>
YES, YEAH. IN WASHINGTON STATE,
WE'RE
MAYBE ONE OF TWO STATES IN THE
COUNTRY
THAT HAVE CLEARLY
ARTICULATED OUR GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP WITH
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
THE 29 TRIBES IN WASHINGTON ARE
SIGNATORY TO THE
CENTENNIAL ACCORD TO THE STATE
GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS A FEW
TRIBES THAT
ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED TODAY
OUTSIDE THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
BUT
DO HAVE INTEREST HERE IN
THE STATE. AND CENTENNIAL
ACCORD, YOU
KNOW, WE REALLY DESCRIBE IT AS
THE FRAMEWORK BY WHICH
THAT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP OCCURS.
SO, THERE ARE STATE
REVISED CODES THAT HELP
DIRECT DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES
WITHIN THE STATE GOVERNMENT ON
HOW
TO IMPLEMENT CENTENNIAL ACCORD
AS
A THEORY, AS A CONCEPT.
AND THAT OFTEN
INVOLVES INCLUDING TRIBAL
LIAISONS WITHIN
AGENCIES THAT HELP
COORDINATE ENGAGEMENT WITH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND STAFF
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, THOSE
ARE SOME KEY FEATURES AS WELL AS
OUTLINING A
VARIETY OF PRINCIPLES THAT
UNDERPIN
HOW GOVERNMENTS ENGAGE THROUGH
THESE INTERJURISDICTIONAL
QUESTIONS AND HOW WE BETTER
HONOR
TREATY RIGHTS AND SOVEREIGNTY AS
STATE GOVERNMENT.
IT HELPS GUIDE OUR CITY'S
FRAMEWORK AS WELL,
THINKING WE'RE MUNICIPALITY
WITHIN
A STATE THAT ARTICULATES
AND RECOGNIZES THIS
WORK.
>> I'M GOING THE REPEAT
BACK WHAT I THINK I HEARD JUST
TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT CORRECT.
SO, WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IS
THE CENTENNIAL ACCORD REALLY IS
A
GOVERNMENT-TO-
GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
29
TRIBES, A FEW OTHERS OUT OF
STATE,
AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
FROM THERE, THAT INFLUENCES
WORK AT STATE AGENCIES, STATE
DEPARTMENTS, HOW THE
LEGISLATURE WORKS, ALL OF THAT.
AND WHAT WAS THAT, 198 --
>> 1989.
>> WHAT A GOOD YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN GOING ON
FOR SOME TIME.
I JUST MAKE THAT
CONNECTION BECAUSE HERE IN THE
CITY OF
SEATTLE, WE HAVE THE
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT THAT WE'VE
ONLY
HAD ONE OF.
IT IS NOT TECHNICALLY A FULL
GOVERNMENT-TO-
GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT WITH TRIBES
IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT COULD BE HEADING THAT
DIRECTION.
WE'LL SEE HOW THE NEXT ONE
GOES.
BUT I JUST -- I TEASE THIS
OUT BECAUSE THE JOB THAT TIM
HAS IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS IS ONE THAT
HAS HABIT AND ROUTINE FOR NEARLY
40 YEARS.
>> YEAH,
YEP.
>> FOR US TO HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT'S
ONLY
OFFERED IN OLYMPIA FOR US
TO CONTRACT IT UP HERE TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, IT'S A REALLY
BIG
DEAL. SORRY IT TOOK ME A LONG
TIME
TO GET TO THAT POINT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COLOR TO
ADD TO THAT OR DID I GET
ANYTHING
WRONG?
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
>>
ALL RIGHT. LET ME TICK ON TO MY
NEXT
QUESTION.
AND ON 8 -- I DON'T KNOW THAT I
HAVE A QUESTION FOR
YOU HERE. I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT
ON THIS SLIDE THAT THE TRIBES
WERE REALLY GIVEN A SEAT AT THE
TABLE OF DECISION MAKING.
AND THAT'S MAYBE BEEN DIFFERENT
THAN HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE
DONE IT OR HOW OUR CITY HAS DONE
IT
IN
THE PAST. IT'S REALLY -- I
MIGHT ACTUALLY
CALL ANGELA.
ANGELA, COULD YOU STEP UP
FOR JUST A MOMENT IF THAT'S ALL
RIGHT?
>> WE WERE GLAD TO HEAR
DIRECTOR BRADY WOULD BE JOINING
COMMITTEE TODAY.
I THINK SHE WILL SPEAK TO
THIS EVEN MORE SO.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING
I'LL HIGHLIGHT FROM
THIS
PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT
GETTING
THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER HAS
TAKEN A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE YOU
ARE COORDINATING
BETWEEN 39 DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS.
YOU HAVE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS, SUCH AS ANGELA.
YOU'VE
GOT 39 OF THEM ACROSS -- YOU
KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 50 OF
THESE FOLKS COMING TO THE
TRAINING THE NEXT WEEK, AND
IT'S YOUR JOB
TO COORDINATE DEPARTMENTS
THAT DON'T REPORT TO YOU.
THE HARDEST JOB IN
THE WORLD. BUT ANGELA, IF YOU
COULD JUST
SPEAK, JUST A GREEN BUTTON
ON ANY MIC, SPEAK TO HOW
HAVING TRIBAL COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND TRIBAL MEMBERS AT THE
DECISION-MAKING TABLE
INFLUENCED, IMPACTED,
CHANGED WATERFRONT.
AND MAYBE IF YOU COULD GIVE US A
LITTLE SPIEL ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING SATURDAY.
>> OH, THAT'S A GREAT --
THAT'S
A GREAT SEGUE.
YEAH.
I THINK
WE'RE REALLY PROUD AS A CITY
AND AS AN OFFICE TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH THE --
SPECIFICALLY SO CLOSELY OVER
THE LAST 15 YEARS.
WE HAVE TRIED TO GO ABOVE
AND BEYOND THE
GOVERNMENT-TO-
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP AND
REALLY BRING
THEM IN UNDER THE TENT TO HELP
US MAKE -- CREATE SOME
REALLY SPECIAL, MEANINGFUL
SPACES
ON THE WATERFRONT THAT HONOR
THEIR HISTORY.
AND I THINK I FEEL LIKE
WE'VE DONE THAT.
AND WE'VE HEARD SOME
REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE
TRIBES AS WELL ON THAT.
WE HAVE A REALLY BIG
DAY HAPPENING ON SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 6th.
WE HAVE A GRAND
OPENING CELEBRATION FOR THE
WATERFRONT
PROGRAM. IT STARTS -- WE'RE
DOING
A RIBBON CUTTING THAT STARTS
AT 10:00 A.M. AND A WHOLE SERIES
OF ALL- DAY CELEBRATIONS THAT
START AT 11:00 A.M.
ON SATURDAY. SO, REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD
TO CELEBRATING ALL OF THE WORK
WE
HAVE DONE, GOSH, ACROSS ALL
CITY DEPARTMENTS, WORKING WITH
THE
TRIBES, WORKING WITH
CIVIC
LEADERS. IT'S TAKEN A LOT TO
GET HERE.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
TO CELEBRATE IT WITH YOU
ALL.
>> THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GREAT
WORK.
AND THE ART PIECE THAT WE SEE
THERE, IT FEELS ALMOST --
IF ANYONE AT THE TABLE WANTS TO
EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT
DEEPER FROM A LAYPERSON
STANDPOINT, WALKING DOWN THE
WATERFRONT,
IT FEELS LIKE THE BONES OF A
LONG HOUSE.
>> YEAH.
>> AND IF I LOOK AT IT, I --
IT MAKES ME REALIZE AND
REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE
COUNTLESS --
MAYBE 30 OR 40 -- LONG
HOUSES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
THAT WERE
ALL BURNED DOWN. AND LARGER --
THIS
WOULD HAVE BEEN A SMALL ONE, IF
THAT'S
CORRECT.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO TELL US
A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
>> YEAH. YOU'RE SEEING ON THE
TOP PICTURE
HERE A WORK BY OSCAR --
AND IT IS A THREE-BLOCK ARTWORK
PROJECT THAT -- YOU'RE RIGHT --
REPRESENTS THE LONG HOUSE FORM.
AND WE WORK TOGETHER WITH
BOTH THE MUCKAL SHOOT AND THE
SQUA MISH TRIBES --
>> HANG ON JUST A SECOND.
I'M SEEING SOME SHARED --
NEVER MIND.
KEEP GOING.
>> IT'S STILL THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY. YOU'RE SEEING UP THERE
-- IN
THE PICTURE, YOU'RE SEEING
THE CARVING PROVIDED BY THE --
TRIBE, WHICH EXISTS AT
THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS
SPECIFIC
PIECE. AND THERE'S ANOTHER
BEAUTIFUL CARVING AT THE
NORTHERN
END THAT IS PROVIDED BY RANDY
CURSER
FROM THE -- TRIBE.
AND THE ARTIST, HIS IDEA AND
NOTION IS THAT OVER TIME
THIS PIECE WILL EVOLVE BY
ADDING TRADITIONAL CARVINGS FROM
OTHER
TRIBES, OTHER LOCAL TRIBES OVER
TIME, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL --
IT REFLECTS AN EVOLUTION OF A
BEAUTIFUL ART PROJECT ON THE
WATERFRONT.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THATTHAT
NOTE.
IF THE LONG HOUSES HADN'T
BEEN BURNED DOWN, THEY WOULD
PROBABLY STILL BE STANDING
TODAY.
SOME OF THEM -- CAN YOU
REMIND ME FROM OUR TRIP TO THE
--
OLD MAN
HOUSE WAS --
>> HUNDREDS
OF FEET.
>> YEAH.
300 FEET LONG BY --
>> THE
LONGEST IN THE REGION.
>> THE LARGEST ENCLOSED
STRUCTURE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
IT BURNED DOWN.
WITH THAT, MOVINGMOVING TO --
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE --
THANK YOU, ANGELA, FOR COMING UP
HERE.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING ME
OUT
HERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL HAVE YOU
BACK FOR THE NEXT
PRESENTATION.
ON SLIDE 9, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
TRIBAL PARTNERSHIPS AT BOUNDARY
DAM, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
HOW
FAR OUR CITY'S RESOURCES --
OR HOW FAR OUR CITY IMPACT
REACHES.
DO YOU HAVE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR
HEAD WHICH TRIBES WE'RE
PARTNERING WITH?
>> THE -- TRIBE OF INDIANS IS
LOCATED LOCATED CLOSEST TO THE
DAM.
AND ONE -- IS A METAL WORKING
STUDIO. -- GATES AT THE DAM.
>> WONDERFUL. THAT'S AMAZING.
AND LAST ONE, ON SLIDE 10,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU
BROUGHT UP NECESSARILY.
BUT JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR CITY AND
OUR
STATE FACES REGARDING
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO TRIBAL
NATIONS.
FOR INSTANCE, ANY TIME A
NEW BUILDING IS BUILT, SMALL
OR LARGE, OFTEN TIMES SEPA AS TO
BE COMPLETED, STATE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
IT IS A LONG AND ARDUOUS
PROCESS, CREATING UNNECESSARY
DELAY.
HOWEVER, IT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT
TRIBAL NATIONS ARE ABLE
TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION
THAT CONSTRUCTION OR EARTH WORK
WILL
OCCUR AT ALL.
AND THE TRIBAL NATIONS HOLD
THE REGISTRIES OF WHERE THE
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS ARE.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A NEW
FOR THIS. TRIBAL NATIONS MUST BE
ABLE
TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON MORE
PROJECTS THAN ARE
CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY SEPA AND
ENSURE SEPA
IS NOT CREATING UNNECESSARY
DELAYS.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE
CAN DIG INTO
MORE.
>> THANK YOU FOR NAMING THAT
CHALLENGE.
>> COLLEAGUES, THOSE ARE ALL
OF MY QUESTIONS,
STATEMENTS, COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
STATEMENTS, OR COMMENTS FROM --
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
THE
LAST WORD.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HOSTING YOU ALL SOON.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS AND COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF
YOUR
GOOD WORK. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO
SEE
THINGS MOVING FORWARD AND JUST
BRING
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE SHORT TITLE OF
THE SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS INTO
THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM NUMBER TWO, AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
127516 WHICH
ADOPTED THE 2025 BUDGET,
INCLUDING THE 2025 THROUGH
2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM, CHANGING -- BUDGET
CONTROL LEVELS FROM THE VARIOUS
FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT
CITY'S EFFORTS TO PEDITIOUSLY
--
PERMIT REVIEW AND OTHER
OVERSIGHT CREATING EXEMPT AND
NON-EXEMPT POSITIONS
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN
PRIOR ACTS ALL BY A VOTE OF
3/4 OF THE
CITY COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS FOR
BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION. PRESENTERS INCLUDE
ANGELA BRADY,
DIRECTOR AND KYLE BUTLER OF
THE OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT --
>> WONDERFUL. WELCOME.
GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.
ANGELA, GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> -- SET IT ASIDE IN THE BUDGET
PREVIOUSLY AND NOW WE ARE BEING
SPECIFIC WITH HOW WE
ARE ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS.
OVER TO YOU DIRECTOR BRADY OR
SARA, KYLE, KELVIN, WHOEVER
WANTS TO START.
>> WE ALREADY GOT
INTRODUCTIONS SO WE CAN PROBABLY
SKIP THAT
PART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR HAVING US
HERE
TODAY. DO WE HAVE OUR SLIDE DECK
UP?
I'M JUST NOT SEEING IT.
OKAY.
SO, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO
TALK ABOUT NECESSARY
STAFFING ENHANCEMENTS TO GET THE
CITY READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF
THE
ST-3 PROGRAMS DESIGN AND
PROJECT
DELIVERY. THIS WILL POSITION THE
CITY TO
DO OUR PART TO PEDITE
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINK
EXTENSIONS THROUGH THE HEART
OF DOWNTOWN AND INTO BALLARD
WITH
CITY STAFF AND
CONSULTANTS THAT WILL DO
PLANNING,
ENGINEERING, AND POLICY WORK
ALONG WITH
PROCESSING OF PLAN REVIEW
WORK NECESSARY TO REVIEW
THIS TRENDS AND PROJECTS.
THIS LEGISLATION -- LAST
WEEK REGARDING SIGNIFICANT
COST INCREASE CONCERNS ACROSS
THETHE
PROGRAM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON FOR JOINING THE
MAJOR AND OTHER ELECTIVE
AND COMMUNITY LEADERS YESTERDAY
AT
A COMMUNITY -- CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE
SEATTLE PROJECTS FORWARD WHILE
ALSO DELIVERING THE REGIONAL
TRANSIT CONNECTIONS FROM TACOMA
TO EVERETT.
DELAYING ADVANCEMENT OF THESE
IMPORTANT CAPITAL PROJECTS
WOULD ONLY CAUSE TAXPAYERS MORE
MONEY.
THAT SAID, WE UNDERSTAND THE
COST CHALLENGES AHEAD,
AND WE ARE CERTAINLY READY TO
PARTNER WITH SOUND TRANSIT IN
EFFORTS TO
FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO SAVE BOTH
TIME AND MONEY ON THESE
CRITICAL PROJECTS AND THE
INVESTMENTS
IN OUR CITY.
WE'LL HAVE SOME
DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE AS
PART OF
EVALUATING COST- SAVING
STRATEGIES FOR OUR PROJECTS, AND
WE NEED A STRONG TEAM TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE EDUCATED
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW US
TO STAFF UP THE TALENT
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
EFFECTIVELY
DO THIS WORK.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN 2016, OVER 70% OF
SEATTLE VOTERS SAID YES TO ST-3.
ST-3 IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE'S
HISTORY, AND THE SEATTLE
PROJECTS EXPAND
LIGHT RAIL TO BOTH WEST SEATTLE
AND BALLARD.
AS A REMINDER, THE PROGRAM ADDS
4.1 MILES OF LIGHT RAIL
SERVICE FROM DOWNTOWN TO WEST
SEATTLE'S
ALASKA JUNCTION NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT INCLUDES FOUR NEW
STATIONS BETWEEN SOTO AND THE
ALASKA
JUNCTION.
THE BALLARD LINK EXTENSION ADDS
7.7 MILES OF LIGHT RAIL
SERVICE AND INCLUDES NINE NEW
STATIONS BETWEEN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
MARKET STREET.
OUR OFFICE INCLUDES A
TALENTED STAFF FROM ACROSS THE
CITY.
WE ARE AN INTER-
DEPARTMENTAL ONE SEATTLE EFFORT
THAT PARTNERS
WITH SOUND TRANSIT TO
HELP DELIVER THESE IMPORTANT
TRANSIT INVESTMENTS TO SEATTLE
COMMUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE. SO, THIS LEGISLATION
SUPPORTS
THE EXPANSION OF THE ONE SEATTLE
TEAM TO MEET OUR GROWING WORK
LOAD, ESPECIALLY AS
LINK EXTENSION WORK RAMPS UP AS
WE HEAD INTO THE DESIGN
PHASE FOR THAT PROJECT.
OUR GOAL IS TO ENHANCE
AND CREATE A TALENTED CITY TEAM
WHO WILL WORK TO
ADVANCE SOUND PROJECTS THROUGH
DESIGN
MORE EFFICIENTLY TO PAVE THE WAY
FOR
THESE PROJECTS
TO GET DELIVERED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE FOR
OUR CITY.
WE WILL DO THIS WITH STAFF
WHO BRING EXPERTISE ACROSS
DESIGN,
ENGINEERING, PERMITTING, POLICY,
AND FIELD CONSTRUCTION WORK.
ALL OF THESE DISCIPLINES
ARE REPRESENTED WITH
TODAY'S LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL.
SPECIFICALLY, THIS
LEGISLATION MOVES FINANCE
GENERAL
RESERVE FOR ST3 TO OUR OPERATING
BUDGET, AND IT IS SIZED TO
THE EXPECTED SPENDING FOR
QUARTER FOUR OF
2025.
IT ADDS 50 FULL- TIME EMPLOYEE
HIRING POCKETS ACROSS SIX CITY
DEPARTMENTS, AND WE WILL PROVIDE
A BIT MORE DETAIL ON THESE
NECESSARY POSITIONS A LITTLE BIT
LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO NOTE HERE THAT
OUT OF THE TOTAL 50 FTEs THAT
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO
AUTHORIZE WITH THIS LEGISLATION,
41 1/2 OF
THOSE WILL BE FUNDED
MOSTLY
THROUGH÷÷ PARTNERSHIP OR PERMIT
FUNDING FROM
SOUND TRANSIT. AND THE REMAINDER
WILL BE FUNDED
WITH CITY DOLLARS TO
MATCH. AND HAVING THESE
POCKETS APPROVED NOW WILL GIVE
US THE
ABILITY TO START HIRING AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE TO HELP
STREAMLINE OUR NEGOTIATIONS FOR
REIMBURSEMENT PACKAGES
WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAND THINGS OFF
TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S
ROLES ON THE ST3
PROGRAM.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WANT TO JUST GIVE A
QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE THINK
OF
AS THE CONSTELLATION OF ROLES
THAT THE CITY STAFF, CITY
DEPARTMENT
LEADERSHIP, AND CITY
ELECTED LEADERSHIP PLAY IN
REGARDS TO
SOUND TRANSIT PROGRAMS AND
SOUND TRANSIT INVESTMENTS IN OUR
CITY.
WE HAVE GOVERNING
ROLES, SPECIFICALLY BOARD
MEMBER STRAUSS AND BOARD MEMBER
MAYOR HARRELL WHO PROVIDE
LEADERSHIP AT THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD LEVEL.
WE HAVE DISCREET,
REGULATORY, AND PARTNERING ROLES
THAT ARE
DEFINED BY STATUTE AND LOCAL
CODE AS WELL AS
PARTNERING AGREEMENT WE SIGNED
WITH
SOUND TRANSIT IN 2018 FOR THE
ST3 INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE FUNDING
ROLES. THERE ARE PLACES WHERE
THE BOARD
HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE
ARE ELEMENTS OF THE
PROJECT THAT COULD TRIGGER
THE NEED FOR A THIRD PARTY OR
OUTSIDE
FUNDING, THAT THE CITY MAY
CHOOSE
TO ENGAGE IN.
WE HAVE DELIVERY ROLES.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF
THE SURROUNDING STATION
AREA, ACCESS PROJECTS, FOR
EXAMPLE, THAT THE CITY IS GOING
TO
UNDERTAKE. AND WE WILL HAVE
STAFF WORKING
HAND IN HAND WITHWITH
TRANSIT IN DELIVERING THOSE
PROJECTS.
FINALLY THERE ARE ADVOCACY
ROLES WE HAVE AS WELL TO ENSURE
THAT CITY POLICIES AND THE
INTERESTS
OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
SUCH AS THROUGH OUR RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT, ARE CARRIED OUT
THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT A COUPLE OF THESE ROLES IN
PARTICULAR, THEY FLUCTUATE
OVER TIME DEPENDING ON WHERE THE
INVESTMENTS ARE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE
APPROACHING A JUNCTURE WHERE WE
ARE ABOUT
TO REALLY MOVE THIS WEST
SEATTLE EXTENSION PROJECT INTO
THE PERMITTING PHASE.
AND THESE REGULATORY ROLES
AND
PARTNERING ROLES ARE REALLY
GOING TO BE TAKING CENTER STAGE.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO FULFILL
THOSE ROLES BY
STATUTE. AND MUCH OF OUR
LEGISLATION TODAY IS FOCUSED ON
POSITIONS
THAT WILL HELP US CARRY
OUT THOSE ROLES.
OUR ST3 CITY TEAM, AS WE CALL
OURSELVES, IS AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT THAT'S
REALLY BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2019.
IT HAS FOCUSED ON KEY
DISCIPLINES ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING
ENGAGEMENT,
PERMITTING, REAL PROPERTY AND
RIGHT-OF- WAY,
PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING
AND
FINANCE, AND EQUITY. AND THESE
HAVE BEEN STANDING
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAMS
WE'VE HAD IN PLACE THE LAST SIX
YEARS THAT HAVE CARRY OUT
BODIES OF WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH COMMUNITY AND SOUND TRANSIT
TO
MOVE THE PLANNING OF
THE PROJECTS FORWARD.
WE HAVE
A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT
IS CENTRALIZED
UNDER THE OFFICE OF
THE WATERFRONT CIVIC PROJECTS
AND SOUND
TRANSIT THAT SERVES AS BOTH AN
UMBRELLA AND A SAFETY NET FOR
ALL
OF THOSE WORKING GROUPS.
IN SOME CASES, THE OFFICE ALSO
HAS THE LEADERSHIP FOR
THOSE WORKING GROUPS IN
THAT CENTRALIZED TEAM.
MANAGES WORK THAT SPANS
THOSE MULTIPLE GROUPS,
COORDINATES ISSUE ELEVATION AND
POLICY DIRECTION AND RESOLUTION
UP
THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENTS AND TO
OUR CITY LEADERSHIP AND
ISSUES THAT DO NOT FALL
SQUARELY INTO ONE OF THE
EXISTING
WORKING GROUPS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
A COUPLE OF THESE WORK
GROUPS SIMILARLY TO THAT LAST
SLIDE WHERE THERE WERE DIFFERENT
ROLES WE PLAY AT DIFFERENT
PHASES OF
THE PROJECT, AS WE ARE
ENTERING THE PLANNING, FINAL
DESIGN,
PERMITTING, AND CONSTRUCTION
PHASES OF PROJECTS,
THE PERMITTING GROUP, THE REAL
PROPERTY, AND RIGHT-OF- WAY,
THE ENGINEERING GROUP, ARE
GOING TO BE PLAYING KEY ROLES IN
MUCH
OF OUR LEGISLATION TODAY FOCUSES
ON THOSE POSITIONS.
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT.
I WANT TO JUST
EMPHASIZE UP FRONT THAT THIS IS
A
SNAPSHOT JUST OF THE NEXT COUPLE
OF
YEARS, A SLIDE THAT WE HAVE
FROM SOUND TRANSIT THAT DEPICTS
THE ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE AND KEY
DELIVERABLES ASSOCIATED WITH
WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION.
MOST IMPORTANT THING TO CALL OUT
HERE IS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW LINE AT THE TOP THAT THE
WEST SEATTLE LINK
EXTENSION PROJECT RECEIVED ITS
FTA
RECORD OF DECISION EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
THIS MEANS THAT THE PROJECT
IS ALMOST SHOVEL READY.
WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF
MOVING INTO FINAL
DESIGN PERMITTING AND THEN
CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT.
STATION PLANNING HAS BEEN
GOING ON
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
THROUGHOUT TO SUPPORT ALL OF
THOSE EFFORTS. A COUPLE THINGS
ABOUT THIS
SLIDE TO CALL OUT IS THAT
IT'SIT'S
SHOWING JUST THE NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS AND SOME OF
THE ANTICIPATED WORK FLOWS, AND
IT'S REALLY SHOWING THAT MUCH
OF THE
WORK IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AND PLANNING PHASE IS
BEHIND US. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING
INTO FINAL
DESIGN, PERMITTING,
AND CONSTRUCTION.
I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A
MOMENT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT IT'S ONLY SHOWING THE
NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS. WEST SEATTLE LINK
EXTENSION
ON ITS CURRENT SCHEDULE
IS ANTICIPATED TO START SERVICE
IN 2032.
AND BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION, WHICH IS TWICE THE
SIZE AND
TWICE THE LENGTH, TWICE
THE NUMBER OF STATIONS, AND
JUST EXTREMELY COMPLEX PROJECT,
IS
NOT REFLECTED ON THIS SLIDE
AT ALL.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE ANTICIPATED SCHEDULES FOR
BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS,
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A 15,
16- YEAR
HORIZON ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT
REVIEW
SCHEDULES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE AS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE
POSITIONS LATER ON IN THIS
PRESENTATION, THERE ARE -- WE
ARE TRYING
TO GET READY AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE FOR THE VOLUME OF
PERMIT ACTIVITY THAT IS AHEAD.
BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT MUCH
OF THAT ACTIVITY IS GOING
TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 5, 10,
15 YEARS SHOULD THE
PROJECTS CONTINUE ON THIS
SCHEDULE.
SO, AS YOU NOTE IN THE
LEGISLATION, THE POSITIONS
THAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD DO
NOT CURRENTLY HAVE SUNSET
PROVISIONS IN THEM.
HOWEVER, WE WILL BE
ADDING SUNSET PROVISIONS AS
APPROPRIATE ONCE WE HAVE FUNDING
AGREEMENTS WITH SOUND TRANSIT
AND A REAL
CLEAR AND COMMITTED
UNDERSTANDING TO THE SCHEDULES.
THIS SLIDE IS WHAT WE CALL
THE MOUNTAIN OF PERMITS.
THIS IS A SLIDE FROM
SOUND TRANSIT
AS WELL. IT DEPICTS THE DESIGN
PACKAGES THAT ARE EXPECTED FOR
WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION IN
THE COMING YEARS.
WHAT IT SHOWS ON THE BOTTOM, YOU
SEE THOSE COLORED LINES.
THOSE EACH REPRESENT FOR
THE FOUR SEGMENTS OF THE
WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION
PROJECT, SOTO -- AVALON AND
ALASKA SECTIONS.
EACH ONE IS GOING TO
HAVE ANYWHERE FROM A COUPLE TO
DOZENS OF DESIGN PACKAGES.
AND EACH DESIGN PACKAGE
IS FOCUSED ON A
SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY WITHIN THAT
SEGMENT.
AND EACH ONE WILL HAVE
ANYWHERE FROM A HANDFUL TO MAYBE
A DOZEN
OR A COUPLE DOZEN PERMITS WITHIN
THEM.
THOSE PERMITS ARE GOING TO
RANGE IN COMPLEXITY DEPENDING ON
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE
PROJECT AT THAT POINT, WHAT TYPE
OF
IMPACTS IT HAS, WHAT TYPE OF
PROPERTY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, IT
IS
IMPACTING, AND THAT
WILL DETERMINE THE COMPLEXITY OF
THAT
DESIGN PACKAGE. THE BACKGROUND,
THAT
MOUNTAIN, THAT IS ABOUT TO
ACCELERATE
INTO 2026 IS SHOWING THE
CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF THE VOLUME
OF
WORK THAT'S ANTICIPATED WITH
ALL OF
THOSE DESIGN PACKAGES THAT ARE
HITTING STAFF AT THE CITY AT THE
SAME TIME. A COUPLE THINGS TO
NOTE ABOUT
THIS IS THAT WE ARE, AS YOU CAN
SEE FROM THAT ACCELERATION FROM
Q4 TO Q1 OF 2026, WE'RE
ANTICIPATING THIS HUGE VOLUME
OF PERMIT ACTIVITY FOR WEST
SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION IN THE
NEXT COUPLE QUARTERS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS TO NOTE, THOUGH, ABOUT
THIS GRAPH IS THAT THIS IS ONLY
SHOWING WEST SEATTLE LINK
EXTENSION.
BALLARD
LINK EXTENSION, YOU SEE THERE'S
A LINE THERE AT Q1
OF 2027.
THAT'S WHEN SOUND TRANSIT IS
ANTICIPATING ON THE
CURRENT SCHEDULE TO START
SUBMITTING
PERMITS FOR BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION, WHICH IS, AGAIN,
TWICE THE LENGTH,
TWICE THE NUMBER OF STATIONS,
AND
MUCH MORE COMPLEX IN MANY WAYS
THAN WEST SEATTLE LINK
EXTENSION.
SO, THAT PERMIT VOLUME IS NOT
REFLECTED ON THIS GRAPH AT ALL.
SO, ONE THING TO TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS IS JUST THAT WE
ARE, KIND OF, BUCKLING OURSELVES
UP FOR
JUST A HECK OF A LOT OF
WORK COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT
YEAR.
>> AND SARA, BEFORE YOU MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD HAS ALREADY
APPROVED
PUTTING FORWARD MANY PERMITS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE
FULL AMOUNT -- I KNOW THAT THERE
ARE MORE FOR THE BOARD TO
APPROVE.
SO, SOUND TRANSIT HAS NOT
SLOWED DOWN IN THAT SENSE.
THIS GRAPH CLEARLY DESCRIBES
A PHRASE THAT I OFTEN
USE, WHICH IS BOW WAKE.
FOR THOSE THAT SPEND
A LOT OF TIME ON THE SEA, YOU
KNOW
THAT THE FIRST REAL BIG WAKE OFF
OF
THE BOW OF YOUR SHIP OR YOUR
VESSEL, YOUR BOAT, IS ONE OF
THE BIGGER ONES.
THIS CLEARLY DESCRIBES THAT.
AND I THINK THIS
GRAPH DEMONSTRATES VISUALLY FOR
US
THE IMPORTANCE OF HIRING UP THE
STAFF. IN MY REMARKS IN JUST A
MINUTE, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE
REORG,
THE LEGISLATION WE PASSED
EARLIER
THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTEE TO
STREAMLINE -- IT DOESN'T
MATTER.
WE'VE HAD SO MUCH OF THE SOUND
TRANSIT LEGISLATION, IT'S
MAKING US HAPPY.
AND SO BEYOND JUST THAT
STREAMLINING OF THE PERMITTING
NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO
DO THAT WORK.
IS THERE ANYTHING -- THIS IS
NOT EVEN INCLUSIVE OF BALLARD.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE EXPECT?
SHOULD WE EXPECT ANOTHER
BOW WAKE IN THE
FUTURE? SHOULD EVERYTHING STAY
ON TRACK?
>> ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR
BALLARD
IS A HIGHER VOLUME OF
DESIGN PACK PACKAGES, A HIGHER
VOLUME
OF PERMIT ACTIVITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CLARIFY THAT OR MENTION OR
ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOARD
ACTION, THAT THE BOARD -- THE
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD HAS MOVED
FORWARD
INTO FINAL DESIGN FOR WEST
SEATTLE. SO, WHILE THERE ARE
GOING TO
BE SOME FUTURE BOARD
ACTIONS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION,
THE FINAL DESIGN, WHICH INCLUDES
THESE PERMIT PACKAGES, IS
MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO WE ARE
PREPARING OURSELVES FOR ALL OF
THAT WORK.
>> WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE -- YOU KNOW, WHAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEK AT THE
BOARD
MEETING. DON'T WANT TO
DISTRACT FROM HERE.
JUST TO SAY THAT WORK THAT SOUND
TRANSIT IS DOING FOR WEST
SEATTLE IS THE WORK THAT
IS EXPLORING AND FINDING THESE
EFFICIENCIES. RIGHT NOW, JUST AS
ONE EXAMPLE -- THEN WE CAN KEEP
MOVING, I GUESS TWO -- IS
THAT THE FOOTINGS FOR THE
COLUMNS
ARE OFTEN TIMES, IN
THE PAST, THEY POSSIBLY HAVE
BEEN OVER-
BUILT, MAKING THEM BUILT
STRUCTURALLY SOUND WITH LESS
CONCRETE SAVES
A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE CONCRETE
IS ONE OF THE FASTEST- DRIVING
COSTS IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
A SECOND EXAMPLE HERE IS
THE ABILITY TO PRECAST THE
GUIDEWAYS RATHER THAN SETTING UP
ALL OF THE SCAFFOLDING, ALL OF
THE
WOOD, AND THEN POURING
THE CONCRETE AND THEN TAKING IT
ALL
DOWN. THOSE ARE JUST TWO
EXAMPLES OF THE WORK THAT'S
GOING ON FOR
THE WEST SEATTLE PROJECT AND WHY
WE NEED THE STAFF HERE AT THE
CITY
TO EVALUATE, TO ENSURE
THAT THINGS ARE DONE WELL, AND
THAT THE COST ESTIMATES ARE
CORRECT.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD THERE, SARA OR ANGELA OR
KYLE?
>> I'M GOING TO HAND THINGS
OVER
TO KYLE IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE
THAT STATEMENT AND THAT
INTENT TO BE READY FOR THIS
VOLUME, TO BE READY FOR THAT
REVIEW
THAT'S ABOUT TO -- THAT IS UPON
US.
THERE IS ALWAYS AN AMOUNT
OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GET
THE POSITION AUTHORITY, TO
MOVE THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS,
TO RECRUIT POSITIONS, TO GET
PEOPLE ON BOARDED AND INTO THOSE
POSITIONS. AND BY MOVING FORWARD
THIS LEGISLATION TODAY AND
ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THE
FUNDING AGREEMENTS WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AND GETTING
THESE POSITIONS RECRUITED AND
FILLED
ENSURES THAT WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE ADDING ANY
DELAY, UNNECESSARY
DELAY, TO THAT PERMITTING
PROCESS.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE
MORE THING JUST TO BRING IT
TO HIGHLIGHTING THAT THE
8 1/2 POSITIONS THAT ARE
AUTHORIZED, SORT OF, OUTRIGHT AS
OPPOSED
TO THE OTHER 41 THAT ARE MORE
CONTINGENT, I MEAN, THIS IS VERY
MUCH IN THE PLACE THAT WE HAVE
TO HAVE PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROJECT IS
EVOLVING,
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REALLY
REPRESENT THE CITY'S
INTERESTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF
THE
SOUND TRANSIT DESIGN.
SO, THAT IS IMMEDIATE.
THAT IS THE FOURTH QUARTER WORK.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S ALSO
BUDGET AUTHORITY THAT'S
NECESSARY
TO SCORE THOSE POSITIONS BUT
ALSO
CONSULTANTS AND OTHER
PROGRAM
EXPENSES JUST THIS YEAR TO HELP
MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT
IS MOVING FORWARD.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY
FOCUS ON THE POSITIONS THAT ARE
STRAIGHT
AUTHORIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND I'M GOING TO HAND
THINGS OVER TO KYLE.
>> THANKS, SARA.
SO, SPEAKING OF THE BULK OF
THE WORK HERE WITH 41 1/2 OF
THESE
POSITIONS, THEY'RE RELATED TO
REIMBURSABLE EFFORTS, PERMIT
EFFORTS, THAT REFLECT WORKING
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUND
TRANSIT
ON DESIGN, ENGINEERING PLAN
REVIEWS, PERMITTING, FIELD
WORK WITH THE UTILITIES IN
PARTICULAR, AND ALSO EFFORTS
FOR COST SAVINGS AND VALIDATION,
AS
WE LOOK TO THE NEWS THAT SOUND
TRANSIT HAD LAST WEEK FOR RISING
COSTS.
SO, OVER 80% OF THE POSITIONS IN
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD BE --
EFFECTIVELY CONTINGENT UPON US
REACHING AGREEMENTS WITH SOUND
TRANSIT, LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE
NOW WITH OUR CURRENT
STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON THE
SMALLER VOLUME THAT WE HAD SO
FAR.
BUT ADDING WORK ORDERS, WORK
AUTHORIZATIONS, TASK ORDER
IS THE TERM WE'RE USING.
SO, TASK ORDERS WITH
SOUND TRANSIT EXPANDING
THE TEAM. AND HISTORICALLY
THEY'VE
BEEN REIMBURSING US ON THOSE
TYPES OF AVERAGE OF ABOUT
70% OF THE COST OF THAT STAFF.
SO, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ASSUMED
IN
THE BUDGET THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND WE FELT IT WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO COME ASK YOU
EARLIER ON.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE OFF
CYCLE, NOT DURING THE REGULAR
BUDGET PROCESS TO GET
EVERYTHING STARTED SO WE CAN
NEGOTIATE
WITH SOUND TRANSIT, SHOW THAT
THE
CITY HAS AUTHORIZED
THE POSITIONS ONCE WE CAN REACH
THOSE DEALS ON THE TASK
QUARTERS, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
IN HIRING.
THE BALANCE OF THE
POSITION, 8
1/2 OF THESE POSITIONS, WE'LL
TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
BUT THEY ARE ORIENTED TOWARD
GETTING THE CITY'S DUCKS IN A
ROW, MAKING SURE WE
ARE ORGANIZED ON OUR
ENGINEERING,
ON OUR REVIEW POLICY, JUST
GETTING PREPARED FOR ALL OF THE
BIG CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GOING
TO
COME ALONG WITH HAVING SOME
RESOURCES HELP AS WE
RAMP UP.
THAT BOW WAKE IS COMING
VERY SOON.
AND AS YOU KNOW WITH CITY
HIRING, IT DOES TAKE A
FEW MONTHS TO GET PEOPLE ON
BOARD, GET THEM ORIENTED, ALL OF
THAT
ON TOP OF THE NEGOTIATIONS
THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SOUND
TRANSIT.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, THE STAFF AND
RESOURCE PLAN -- WE PUT A CALL
OUT ACROSS
THE WHOLE CITY ON
WHAT DEPARTMENTS THOUGHT THEY
MIGHT NEED WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO
FAR OF THE SOUND TRANSIT PLAN
AND
WORK
SCOPE. WE GOT BACK REQUESTS
ADDING
UP TO OVER 100 DIFFERENT ROLES
THATTHAT
THOUGHT THESE MIGHT
BE USEFUL.
AND A LOT OF THEM WERE.
BUT WE DID TAKE -- SHARPEN
OUR PENCILS ON THAT AND BRING IT
DOWN TO THE 50 THAT YOU
SEE
HERE. AND HALF OF THOSE ARE
UTILITY --
DIRECTLY RELATED TO
UTILITIES FOR ENGINEERING AND
FIELD
WORK. SO, THE REQUEST YOU SEE
TODAY
IS FOR Q4 2025.
THERE'S ALSO A BUDGET
REQUEST IN THE '26 BUDGET AS
WELL
THAT'S VERY SIMILAR.
THIS IS SCALED TO JUST
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
WE ARE
REQUESTING THAT A PORTION OF THE
RESERVES THAT HAD
BEEN SET ASIDE IN THE '25 BUDGET
FROM
THE SALES TAX MONEY BE
MOVED INTO OUR OFFICE FOR THESE
ROLES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT REIMBURSABLE
REVENUES AND
PARTNERSHIP
REVENUES, PARTICULARLY FROM
THOSE
SOUND TRANSIT AGREEMENTS THAT
WE'LL NEED TO NEGOTIATE AFTER
WE'VE HAD THE POSITIONS, IF YOU
SHOULD CHOOSE TO APPROVE THEM.
ONCE THOSE
ARE READY. SO, WE HAVE TO PUT AN
ASSUMPTION
INTO THE BUDGET, AS WE DO THE
REQUEST, AND GET MOVING QUICKLY.
BUT WE HAVE THAT
PROTECTION LAYERED IN TO SAY WE
DO
NEED TO GET THE DEALS IN PLACE
FOR THE
TASK ORDERS BEFORE WE
HIRE THEM. THE CONSULTANT WORK
THAT
IS IN THE BUDGET HERE IS
MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE SHORT-
TERM
RAMP-UP NEEDS. SO, THIS IS
SCHEDULED,
MAKING SURE THE CITY HAS OUR
OWN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR
SCHEDULING WE NEED TO DO TO MEET
WHAT'S COMING FROM
SOUND TRANSIT, ALSO
UNDERSTANDING THE SOUND TRANSIT
WORK, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES,
TRANSPORTATION AND ENGAGEMENT
STUDIES, THIRD PARTY
FUNDING STRATEGIES -- BIG HOT
TOPIC --
AND NON- MOTORIZED ACCESS
PROJECTS, RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS, AND SHORT- TERM STAFF
AUGMENTATION.
NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.
SO, WE DESCRIBED HERE
THE VARIOUS ROLES, THOSE CITY-
FUNDED
POSITIONS THAT ARE SET TO
START RIGHT AWAY.
WE COULD POST IF THIS IS
APPROVED WOULD BE ADDING UP TO
8
1/2 POSITIONS. THEY'RE FOCUSED
ON
ENGINEERING, PLANNING, POLICY,
AND
MANAGEMENT ROLES THAT WILL HELP
PREPARE US
FOR ADVOCACY, AS WE
CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH
SOUND
TRANSIT.
AND YEAH.
WE'VE HIT ON THE OTHER 41
ROLES YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE --
THE
MAJORITY OF THEM IN SCL,
SPU, AND SDOT, AND OUR OFFICE,
OFFICE OF WATERFRONT, CITY
PROJECTS
AND SOUND TRANSIT, FOCUSED ON
ENGINEERING, PLAN
REVIEW, CAPITAL COORDINATION,
FIELD WORK, POTENTIALLY UTILITY
RELOCATIONS.
AND YOU'LL SEE FIELD CREWS
ARE IN THE DETAILS IN THE
LEGISLATION.
AND THEN SOME SMALLER ITEMS FROM
STCI BRINGING ON A DEDICATED
REVIEW MANAGER.
AND THEY WOULD BE UTILIZING
SOME OF THEIR EXISTING
CONTINGENT
POSITIONS AS THEY GET
PERMITS COMING IN.
SO, THEY ANTICIPATE ABOUT
SEVEN CONTINGENT POSITIONS UNDER
THEIR EXISTING AUTHORITY WOULD
BE
USED.
AND THEN D.O.N. LOOKING
AT HISTORIC RESERVATION
REVIEW, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN.
YEAH. I THINK THAT'S
IT. THANK YOU.
SO, NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, OF
COURSE, FOR US TO COME BACK
IN TWO WEEKS.
AND IF THE COMMITTEE DECIDES
TO ADVANCE THAT TO FULL COUNCIL
AND
IT PASSES, WE WOULD GET
GOING WITH NEGOTIATIONS ON TASK
ORDERS WITH SOUND TRANSIT IN
ADVANCE OF THOSE RAPID NEED OF
RECRUITING POSITIONS BY LATE
2025, TRYING
TO ALIGN WITH THAT BOW WAKE.
AND, YEAH, WE'RE READY FOR
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
KELVIN FROM CENTRAL
STAFF, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE
TO
ADD OR ANYTHING WE SHOULD
BE THINKING ABOUT HERE?
>> NO.
I THINK I RAISED MOST OF MY
PIECE AND WOULD BE HAPPY
TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> FANTASTIC.
AND JUST ON THE SLIDE, THIS
LAST SLIDE OF YOUR PRESENTATION,
ALSO RECOGNIZING KRIS GREGOR.
SHE WAS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
HELLO, KRIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
I'LL MAKE ONE
OVERARCHING COMMENT AND I'LL
OPEN UP TO
MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS
AND COMMENTS AND GET BACK TO
MY QUESTIONS AT THE END.
THIS LAST SLIDE
DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE LAST STEP WE
TOOK, WHICH IS
REORGANIZING WHERE OUR SOUND
TRANSIT -- YOU
CALL IT THE ST3 TEAM.
I JUST CALL IT THE SOUND
TRANSIT TEAM.
WE'RE RE- ORGING TO HAVE A
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING. ANGELA
GRADY IS A PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEER, SOMEBODY THAT IS
ABLE TO FACT CHECK WHAT WE ARE
RECEIVING, IS ABLE TO SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE, IS ABLE TO --
AND ANGELA HAS ALREADY WORKED ON
THE
WATERFRONT, WHICH WAS A
MEGA-PROJECT WITH THE BORING
MACHINE AND THE
REBUILDING OF THE÷÷ SURFACE.
SO, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THAT
INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF HOW
TO WORK WITH
AN AGENCY LARGER THAN SOUND
TRANSIT, THE STATE,
THE STATE D.O.T. AND --
FROM THERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE
PERMITTING AND TODAY'S STEP
OF REALLY HIRING THE
STAFF TO GET THE JOB DONE.
THIS LAST SLIDE REALLY
HELPED SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE
OF THAT
RE-ORGANIZATION. AND AT MARSHAL
FOSTER, THE
LAST DIRECTOR OF THE
WATERFRONT, WHO IS NOW AT
SEATTLE CENTER,
THAT ROLE, OBVIOUSLY THE
WATERFRONT,
PUNCHED ABOVE ITS BELT, PUNCHED
ABOVE ITS WEIGHT,
RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE YOUR TEAM,
ANGELA, YOU INCLUDED WERE ABLE
TO
GET INTO THE NITTY- GRITTY
DETAILS WITH THE STATE, WITH
THOSE
ENGINEERS, WHO WERE AT THE
TIME OPERATING THE LARGEST
TUNNEL
BORING HEAD IN THE WORLD.
ANY HEAD LARGER MAKES
THE PRESSURE ON THE
BEARING EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER.
SO, TO HAVE THE LARGEST
TUNNEL BOARING MACHINE IN THE
WORLD.
-- I'M REALLY
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HEAR
BRINGING THAT TO
THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
COLLEAGUES, I'LL OPEN IT UP
FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND
THEN I'VE GOT A COUPLE
OTHER STATEMENTS AT THE END.
AND I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
I REALIZE I DID NOT GIVE YOU
THE UPDATE FROM SOUND TRANSIT
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
MONDAY
BRIEFING. I'VE GOT THAT IN JUST
A
SECOND, AT MONDAY BRIEFING AS
WELL.
OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND I'LL SAY THANK YOU ALL
FOR JOINING US TODAY, SHARING
YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
PROPOSED PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE
SOUND TRANSIT 3 LIGHT RAIL
EXTENSION EXPANSION IS ONE OF
THE MOST
CONSEQUENTIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN
THE
CITY'S
HISTORY. AND IT CONNECTS
COMMUNITIES, REDUCES CARBON
EMISSIONS,
AND ULTIMATELY DELIVERING
ON THE VISION VOTERS
OVERWHELMINGLY
SUPPORTED. AS CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IN OUR
CITY,
I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THE WEST
SEATTLE AND
BALLARD LINK EXTENSIONS,
WHICH WILL BRING
LASTING DURABLE BENEFITS TO OUR
CITY AND OUR
REGION, ESPECIALLY FOR
WORKING FAMILIES AND TRANSIT-
DEPENDENT
RESIDENTS.
I THINK WE'VE MADE REAL
PROGRESS AS A CITY AND AGAIN AS
A REGION.
AS A CITY, THANKS
TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS
COUNCIL,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH SOME
BITS, SOME LAND USE BITS PASSED
HELP STREAMLINE THE
BROADER
EFFORT IN THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE.
THERE WERE SOME TRANSIT
COMMITMENTS THAT CAME
THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE RIGHT HERE, CITY
EFFORT,
CITY
EFFORT. SO, THANKS TO THE
LEADERSHIP
OF THIS COUNCIL -- WE
STREAMLINED PERMITTING
TIMELINES,
ADDING CRITICAL STAFFING
CAPACITY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF
THE WATERFRONT AND
PASSED LEGISLATION TO KEEP
PROJECTS ON
TRACK WHILE MAINTAINING
COMMUNITY INPUT
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. STILL
CHALLENGES REMAIN.
INDEED WE FACE NEW CHALLENGES.
RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, UP
TO 25% OVER INITIAL PROJECTIONS.
REQUIRES URGENT, IMMEDIATE
ACTION.
IT'S WHY I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
MAYOR'S CALL FOR COST CONTROL,
VALUE
ENGINEERING, AND INDEPENDENT
REVIEW TO ENSURE WE
DELIVER THESE
PROJECTS
RESPONSIBLY. BUT DELIVER THEM,
WE MUST.
LET'S BE CLEAR, DELAYING
TRANSIT
FURTHER, KICKING THE CAN DOWN
THE ROAD EVEN FURTHER, IS
NOT AN OPTION.
SO, RELIABLE LIGHT RAIL IS
TRULY A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR
EQUITY, MOBILITY, AND
CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
SO,
I'M PROUD OF THE BOLD STEPS
SEATTLE IS TAKING SO FAR TO
MEET THIS
MOMENT. AND I REMAIN PERSONALLY
COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
YOUR REGIONAL PARTNERS TO
ENSURE THE SOUND TRANSIT LIGHT
RAIL EXTENSION PROJECTS ARE
DELIVERED EFFICIENTLY,
EQUITABLY, AND
WITH URGENCY THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES
DESERVE -- NOT DESERVE.
THEY'RE DEMANDING.
TODAY THIS COUNCIL
IS CONSIDERING LEGISLATION
TO FURTHER RESOURCE OUR EFFORTS
TO
DOUBLE DOWN AND TRANSFORM
OUR WORDS INTO ACTIONS AND
TO ULTIMATELY DELIVER THE
ST3 EXPANSION EFFICIENTLY
AND EQUITABLY.
THIS BILL WOULD
AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL BUDGET AND
STAFFING ACROSS CITY
DEPARTMENTS,
RATIFY PRIOR ACTIONS, ET CETERA,
THE
LIKE. BUT ULTIMATELY THIS
PROPOSAL REFLECTS OUR SHARED
COMMITMENT
TO DELIVER THIS
TRANSFORMATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
WITH THE
URGENCY AND ATTENTION IT
DESERVES. AS CHAIR OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I'M
PROUD TO BACK
THIS LEGISLATION AND
CONTINUE WORKING WITH PARTNERS
ACROSS THE
REGION TO ENSURE ST3 IS BUILT
SMARTER, FASTER, AND WITH
GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY.
I'M HEARTENED TO LEARN THAT
PART
OF THE PACKAGE, THE
PERMITTING PACKAGE FOR WEST
SEATTLE,
INCLUDES, STILL
CONTEMPLATES THOSE THREE STOPS
AT AVALON,
DELRIDGE, AND ALASKA JUNCTION.
DON'T PARE THOSE BACK.
DON'T CUT CORNERS TO PARE
THOSE BACK.
LOOK AT THOSE OTHER
THINGS, ENGINEERING
EFFICIENCIES.
THIS IS TO THE SOUND TRANS P IT
BOARD.
WE NEED ALL THREE OF THOSE
STOPS, EVERY LAST ONE.
DON'T -- DON'T PARE THOSE
BACK.
FIND OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS THE
NEED.
BUT IF YOU ONLY HAVE THREE OF
SOMETHING AND YOU TAKE ONE AWAY,
IT COMPLETELY GUTS THE
VALUE PROPOSITION OF THE
ORIGINAL
THING.
WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO
TAKE TRANSIT.
TAKING ONE OF THREE AWAY IS
NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE.
AND I
WOULD SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH
BALLARD HAS THAT -- AS
I UNDERSTAND IT -- I'M LESS
FAMILIAR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
BALLARD. I DON'T SIT ON THE
BOARD.
BUT WE JUST HEARD THAT IT HAS
TWICE THE NUMBER OF STOPS AND
TWICE AS COMPLEX IN MANY
MATERIAL RESPECTS.
SAME THING WOULD APPLY --
SAME PRINCIPLES WOULD APPLY
THERE.
BUT IT WOULD BE -- THE CHALLENGE
WOULD BE EVEN MORE
GLARING FOR WEST SEATTLE.
SO, DON'T PARE THAT BACK.
DON'T PARE THAT SCOPE BACK
IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF
STATIONS.
I WISH I WOULD
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JOIN THE
PRESSER YESTERDAY,
BUT IT HAPPENED DURING A
LONG- PLANNED REGULARLY
SCHEDULED TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE THAT
I
CHAIR. WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH
THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE OFF LINE
ABOUT OUR CONTINUED
COLLABORATION.
WOULD HAVE LOVED
TO BE THERE. BUT THIS IS MORE
ALONG THE
LINES OF THE COMMENTS I WOULD
HAVE MADE HAD I BEEN GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE.
BUT I'M GLAD -- I'M GLAD IT
WAS
DONE. I SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S
CALL
FOR THIS.
THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD IS --
WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD, THE MAYOR
AND ONE OTHER MEMBER.
SO, WE HAVE TWO CAPABLE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY'S
PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK THIS IS A TIME NOW MORE
THAN EVER, GIVEN THAT THE
NEXT MAJOR EXPANSIONS OF THE
BROADER
REGIONAL SOUND TRANSIT PROJECT
ARE COMING THROUGH ONE CITY.
I THINK IT'S TIME -- CITIES
HAVE
POTENTIALLY -- AND UNIQUE
CASES LIKE THIS HAVE
THREE MEMBERS,
THREE REPRESENTATIONS -- THREE
MEMBERS
TO HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE
COMMITTEE OR
ON THE BOARD.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, THAT'S ALL.
DON'T PARE -- TO ANYONE WHO'S
LISTENING, DON'T PARE BACK THE
WEST SEATTLE ESPECIALLY OR
ANY OF THEM IN SEATTLE.
LET'S FIND OTHER WAYS.
WE'RE DOING OUR PARTS HERE IN
SEATTLE, AS EVIDENCED BY
THIS
LEGISLATION. THERE'S MORE TO
COME.
BUT PROUD TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
>> WELL, I'M NOW SERVING AS
VICE
CHAIR, SO I WON'T CALL
ON
MYSELF. I'LL CALL ON YOU AND
THEN
I'LL GO AFTER YOU, IF THAT'S
OKAY.
>> SO, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE
YESTERDAY. AND I WAS PROUD TO
STAND WITH
THE MAYOR, CITY STAFF, OTHER
ELECTED LABOR AS WELL.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT I
DID VOLUNTEER FOR MASS TRANSIT
NOW.
SO, I HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER
OF SOUND TRANSIT 3 FOR
A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND I UNDERSTAND -- I
UNDERSTOOD BACK THEN THAT IT WAS
-- THAT
THE WEST SEATTLE AND THE BALLARD
SEGMENTS WERE
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR
GENERATING
THE VOTES AND THEN LATER THE
DOLLARS FOR THE -- FOR NOT JUST
THOSE SEGMENTS BUT ALSO
CONTINUED
WORK ON THE SPOT SO, IT SOUNDED
LIKE WHAT I WAS HEARING WAS
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THIS IS --
THAT THE CONVERSATIONS AT THE
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD
MEETINGS, WHICH I WAS NOT
LISTENING
TO WHEN THEY WERE HAPPENING,
BUT I'VE HEARD ABOUT SINCE THEN
--
IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE
ARE THINKING THAT THAT SOUNDS
LIKE
A LITTLE BIT OF A BAIT AND
SWITCH TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL
OF NOT
FUNDING THOSE -- OF PUTTING
OFF THOSE SEATTLE PROJECTS IN
FAVOR OF
THIS FIND. SO, ANYWAY, I JUST
WANTED TO
PUT
THAT ON THE TABLE. ALL OF THAT
SAID, I DO
NOT BELIEVE THERE'S ANY
POSSIBLE
WAY TO HIRE 15
FTEs ACROSS SIX DEPARTMENTS
WITHIN THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
SO, I STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND
WHY THIS PROCESS ISN'T -- WHY
THIS
POSITION, THIS POCKET AUTHORITY,
ISN'T BEING -- ISN'T BEING
APPROVED DURING OUR
REGULAR BUDGET SESSION, WHICH
STARTS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR
THREE
WEEKS.
AND ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY TO --
FOR ME TO MITIGATE RISK, WHY
AREN'T WE NEGOTIATING THE REBIM
URSMENT AGREEMENTS AND
THE DELIVERABLE TARGETS FIRST
BEFORE GOING FORWARD WITH
PUTTING ANYTHING -- BEFORE
INKING ANY
OF THESE POSITIONS AND
BEING POSITIONED TO MOVE THE
MONEY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MONEY
IS
THERE. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
WE'RE -- WE -- IT SEEMS LIKE
WE'RE
ACCELERATING CERTAIN PROCESSES
OVER OTHERS.
>> I'LL START AND THEN I'LL
LET
THESE TWO FILL IN.
SO, I THINK YOU MENTIONED 15
POSITIONS. WE WOULD BE HIRING 8.
5
POSITIONS, JUST TO BE HERE,
IN 2025.
SO, THAT IT IS AMOUNT OF FUNDING
THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR
THIS
YEAR. YES?
>> WELL, I WAS JUST
LOOKING AT THE BUDGET.
THE POCKET AUTHORITY -- BECAUSE
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, USUALLY --
>> MAYBE I CAN --
>> OKAY.
>> SO, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU
KNOW, THE MOST IMMEDIATE IS
THE 8 1/2 POSITIONS AND
THE ADDITIONAL CONSULTANT WORK
AND
PROGRAM SUPPORT TO ENGAGE
WITH SOUND TRANSIT AS THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH THE ENTERPRISE
PROJECT,
AS THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
I THINK THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO TAKE ALONG
THE
REST OF THE POSITIONS THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO NEGOTIATE WITH
SOUND TRANSIT THE BACKSTOP THAT
WE
DON'T INTEND TO HIRE THESE
POSITIONS UNTIL WE HAVE THOSE
ASSURANCES IN HAND THAT THERE IS
AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE TO FUND
THEM.
I THINK IT IS A CHOICE TO
THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE NOT TO DO
THAT NOW, TO HAVE IT COME UP.
IT COULD BE DEFERRED TO THE
BUDGET. IN SOME WAYS AT THIS
POINT
WHERE WE ARE IN SEPTEMBER, I'M
NOT
SURE THAT MAKES THAT MUCH OF A
DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT
POSITION, I DON'T KNOW THAT
THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU
IS GOING TO CHANGE VERY MUCH.
IT'S STILL A NEGOTIATION THAT
HAS TO HAPPEN WITH SOUND
TRANSIT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
MONTHS.
I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE
ANY NEW INFORMATION WHEN THE
BUDGET
DROPS. SO, IN TERMS OF TIMING,
IT WOULD
BE BETWEEN TIMING, AND THAT IS
A
CHOICE THAT YOU HAVE. BUT
I'M NOT SURE YOU HAVE MUCH MORE
INFORMATION TO MAKE
THAT DECISION THEN.
SO, I THINK A LARGE PART
WHAT THE STAFF HERE ARE ASKING
IS
PLEASE GIVE THEM
THE POSITION AUTHORITY SO THEY
CAN
DEMONSTRATE TO SOUND
TRANSIT THAT THEY ARE A GOOD
PARTNER, THAT THE CITY IS A GOOD
PARTNER, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO
ENTER INTO THESE AGREEMENTS,
AND THEN IT CAN BECOME MORE OF
AN ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE THACHLT
DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO
COUNCIL TO GET THAT AUTHORITY
AT A LATER DATE, CAN
HOPEFULLY SPEED UP THE HIRING
PROCESS TO
MEET DEADLINES, AND IT
DOESN'T END UP BECOMING, YOU
KNOW,
AN ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE STEP
THERE.
THAT IS THE PROPOSAL.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS YOUR CHOICE TO
DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO
PULL SOME OF THAT
OUT.
>> OKAY.
>> YEAH, IT'S ABOUT US
SHOWING THE CITY'S SENSE OF
URGENCY ON
THE ISSUE AND PRE-AUTHORIZING.
THERE IS SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATION
SAYING WE WON'T
FILL THOSE.
THEY'VE BEEN MARKED -- WE
WON'T
FILL THEM UNTIL THE
AGREEMENTS ARE
IN PLACE.
IT'S A CHOICE. IT'S A CHICKEN
OR EGG KIND OF A
THING.
SO, WHICH DO WE WANT TO DO
FIRST?
DO WE WANT TO NEGOTIATE AND
SAY WE STILL NEED TO GO TO
COUNCIL AND ASK FOR THESE
POSITIONS?
WE FEEL IT IS A STRONGER
POSITION
TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE COME AND
ASKED FOR
THE AUTHORIZATION AND NOW
WE'RE READY ON THE
ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL WITH
DIRECTOR BRADY
HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO SIGN AND
START
HIRING. IT JUST PUTS US IN A
POSITION
TO SHOW OUR SERIOUSNESS ON
THE ISSUE AND OUR URGENCY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION. I WILL -- I WILL
ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THESE ARE IMPORTANT
DETAILS THAT I HAVE NOT HAD TIME
TO DIGEST BECAUSE THIS IS BRAND-
NEW
LEGISLATION THE SECOND DAY BACK
FROM
RECESS. AND I DROPPED EVERYTHING
TO GO
TO THE PRESS
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU'RE OPERATING UNDER A SENSE
OF URGENCY.
SO, THANK YOU.
I WAS VERY INTRIGUED BY SOME
DISCUSSION. I THINK CHAIR
STRAUSS
DID MENTION THAT THERE HAD
BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL
OF LOWERING THE COSTS
OF CONCERN -- DOES THERE
HAVE TO BE TWO TUNNELS OR CAN
THERE
BE ONE? WHAT WOULD THAT COST?
ET CETERA.
THAT BROUGHT TO MIND
THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE DRIVERS
OF
COST, ONE OF THE LARGEST DRIVERS
OF
COST, IS CONSULTANTS.
AND LARGELY RELATED TO
THE MASSIVE DRAFT AND
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY
STATE AND
FEDERAL LAW.
SO, RECENTLY THE
SUPREME COURT MADE THE NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT,
NEPA, REQUIREMENT SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS ONEROUS LIKE SOME LARGE
TRANSIT SYSTEM EXPANSION IS USED
TO.
SO, YOU CAN GET ME THIS ANSWER
OFF LINE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
BUT HAS SOUND TRANSIT EVER
CONSIDERED ASKING THE STATE
TO EXEMPT MASS TRANSIT
PROJECTS FROM THE STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT,
WHICH
CONTINUED TO DRIVE THESE HIGH
COSTS AND
DELAYS BECAUSE WE ARE VERY
MUCH INTERESTED IN MITIGATING
RISK, WHICH IS -- WHICH MAKES
SENSE?
>> WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE YOUR --
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE YOU
UP ON YOUR OFFER TO GET BACK TO
YOU WITH ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECAUSE THE QUESTION
IS
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SOUND
TRANSIT
HAS APPROACHED THE STATE ABOUT
THAT
CHANGE.
SO, WE'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW
UP UP THAT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, THROUGH OUR
PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE
CAN CONTROL AT THE CITY LEVEL
THROUGH THE LAND USE CODE
AMENDMENTS THAT WE PUT IN
PLACE, THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT REALLY
HELPED US
STREAMLINE EVERYTHING THAT
THE CITY HAS, WHICH INCLUDES
OUR PERMIT AUTHORITY, WHICH OF
COURSE TOUCHES THE CITY'S
SEPA
REQUIREMENTS. SO, WE DID TAKE A
GOOD
LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS WE CAN
DO TO
SPEED THINGS UP AND FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE
BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT
ANTICIPATE A 50% REDUCTION IN
OUR PERMITPERMIT
TIME.
>> THERE'S NO ONE FROM
SOUND TRANSIT HERE, SO I THINK
WE HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO
SPEAK FOR THE ORGANIZATION
THAT'S ACTUALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING
THIS
PROJECT. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH
SOME TOUGH
CHOICES. WE ALL SAW THE BOARD
MEETING LAST WEEK.
WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO CONTAIN COSTS OR
FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPE OF SCOPE
CHANGES.
THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE
RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT
THE STATIONS IN WEST SEATTLE AND
THE
OTHER IDEAS' COSTS, THERE IS A
HUGE VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS.
IT'S NOT JUST OUR PROJECT.
IT'S ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS
THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
IT'S THEIR OPERATIONAL SIDE
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOUND
TRANSIT FIRST STARTED,
THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS TO
BUILD 21 MILES.
THEY COULDN'T DO IT.
THEY HAD TO PARE IT BACK IN
TO 14 AND BUILD IT
IN PHASES. THEY'RE ADDRESSING
THE
SAME SYSTEM NOW BUT THEY ARE
ALSO OPERATING THE SYSTEM THEY
HAVE HAD FOR 15 YEARS NOW OR
WHOUFR
LONG IT IS. IT'S A LOT OF
MOVING PARTS, AND
I THINK -- I JUST WANT TO
BRING IT BACK TO AT ITS HEART
WHAT
THE STAFF HERE ARE ASKING FOR
IS CAPACITY TO HELP MAKE SURE
THE
CITY'S INTERESTS ARE ENGAGED
IN THAT DISCUSSION.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS
OTHER STUFF IS -- WE'RE ALL
WAITING TO
SEE WHERE SOUND TRANSIT GOES
AND WHETHER DECISIONS GET
MADE AT THE BOARD LEVEL SO WE
CAN
RESPOND. I
THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL PIECE HERE
THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURESURE
WE DO NEED STAFF TO HELP
MAKE SURE THAT THE
CITY'S INTERESTS ARE
REPRESENTED AND
ADDRESSED IN THIS DISCUSSION.
>> I GET WHAT YOU'RE --
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND BASICALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE
WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THE
PLANE WHILE WE'RE FLYING IT IN
A
WAY, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR INTERESTS AND THE CITY
OF
SEATTLE'S INTERESTS
ARE PROTECTED.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I KNOW YOU
SKIPPED YOURSELF.
DO YOU WANT TO GO NOW?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR,
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE.
I'M GOING TO --
CALVIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
IT BACK TO WHAT
WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR TODAY.
AND I'M GOING TO
SAY THAT THE QUESTIONS ARE
LEGITIMATE AND
PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE THERE
COULD BE A SOUND TRANSIT
REPRESENTATIVE AT THE TABLE
CHAIR TO ANSWER SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE
IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE BEING
ASKED TO MAKE
DECISIONS. AND THESE QUESTIONS
THAT WE HAVE
ARE IMPORTANT TO GET ANSWERED.
WHILE WE AGREE THIS IS ABOUT
THE 8.5 POSITIONS, ALL OF
THESE CONCERNS ARE PART OF THE
WHOLE
AND THE ENTIRE
CONVERSATION. AND WE DON'T HAVE
MANY
OPPORTUNITIES UP HERE, NOT
WITHSTANDING -- THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THE
BOARD AND THE MAYOR'S
PARTICIPATION
ON
THE BOARD. THE REST OF US DON'T
HAVE A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK
THESE QUESTIONS OF SOUND
TRANSIT.
AND YOU ALL ARE
OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE
CITY WHO ARE ENGAGING WITH SOUND
TRANSIT.
SO, I THINK THESE QUESTIONS ARE
MORE THAN APPROPRIATE, AND
I APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK
TO SOUND TRANSIT AND GETTING
ANSWERS. THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE ON
SOMETHING THAT I AM
NOT COMPLETELY BRIEFEDBRIEFED
AND THAT I KNOW ALL THE PIECES
THAT ARE
PART OF THIS PROJECT.
WHETHER WE'RE THE
ONES DELIVERING IT OR NOT.
SO, I WILL SAY THAT.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTION --
AND THEN I WANT TO SAY, ALSO,
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I VERY MUCH
CARE ABOUT THE SOUND TRANSIT 3
AND
THE CONNECTIONS.
I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, HAVING USED
IT MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I'VE SAID THIS ONLY
ABOUTABOUT A TIMES, BUT I DID
NOT
HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE UNTIL I
WAS 30
YEARS OLD. SO,
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN A
REALLY CRITICAL PIECE
IN MY LIFE.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE A ROBUST
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN
SEATTLE.
SO, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SAY THAT BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES
WHEN
WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
SOUND TRANSIT PROJECTS, SOMEHOW
IT GETS RELAYED TO CONSTITUENTS
AS
SOMEHOW WE'RE
BEING OBSTRUCTIONISTS OR WE
DON'T CARE.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT
VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC THAT I
DO
CARE, THAT DO SUPPORT IT,
AND I HAVE TO DO MY DUE
DILIGENCE AS AS
WHO IS REPRESENTING
THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT,
THAT I NEED TO DO MY DUE
DILIGENCE AND I'M NOT A RUBBER
STAMPER.
I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES.
SO, I'M GOING TO ASK
SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DO
THINK MY
FIRST QUESTION IS
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WHY WE PUT
MONEY IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET, WE
RESERVED FUNDING FOR THIS VERY
PURPOSE,
BUT IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE STARING BUDGET IN
THE
FACE. AND ONLY NOW ARE WE BEING
ASKED
TO GIVE BUDGET AUTHORITY
FOR THESE NOT ONLY 8. 5 FTE
POCKETS
THAT WE ACTUALLY RESERVED MONEY
FOR, BUT THEN THE
41.5 THAT WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE
GOING TO GET
FUNDING FROM SOUND TRANSIT TO
FUND. AND I DO FEEL LIKE IN
TERMS OF
DELAYS, I DON'T -- EVERY TIME
I FEEL LIKE SOUND TRANSIT HAS
COME UP HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT DELAYS.
AND SOMEHOW THERE'S BEEN THIS
IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE THE ONES
CREATING THE DELAYS.
IF WE DON'T DO THIS NOW
THAT WE'RE GOING TO DELAY.
THERE'S THAT WORD KEEPS
GETTING THROWN AROUND A LOT.
BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONES DELAYING
ANYTHING HERE BECAUSE
SOUND TRANSIT IS NOT THESE
PROJECTS, LIGHT RAIL, THAT'S
NOT
OUR
PROJECT. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO
GIVE
THE PERMITTING AND WE'RE GOING
TO DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
BUT AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
SAID, WE'RE JUST GETTING THIS
TODAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST BRIEFING
ABOUT THIS TODAY.
AND WE NOW ALMOST A YEAR
AGO RESERVED MONEY FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
SO, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY
IT TOOK THIS LONG.
DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU.
IF I COULD
FOR JUST A QUICK MOMENT GO BACK
TO THE
MOUNTAIN OF PERMIT SLIDE.
A YEAR AGO, WHEN WE WERE FIRST
PUTTING TOGETHER THE STAFF AND
RESOURCE PLAN AND REACHING OUT
TO DEPARTMENTS ABOUT
WHAT RESOURCES THEY
ANTICIPATED NEEDING IN 2025
ANDAND
THAT FUNDING RESERVE IN THE 2025
BUDGET, THIS MOUNTAIN OF PERMITS
WAS PUSHED UP ABOUT SIX TO NINE
MONTHS. WE WERE ANTICIPATING
THAT VOLUME
TO HIT AT THE END OF Q1 IN
2025 AND APRIL REALLY OF 2025.
AND IT IS DELAYS TO THE
RECORD OF DECISION AND
DELAYS THAT HAPPENED ON THE
SOUND TRANSIT
SIDE THAT HAS PUSHED THIS OUT
FURTHER.
SO, WE ARE STILL, AS
YOU NOTED
THIS IS NOT OUR PROJECT. SO, WE
ARE CONSTANTLY
CHASING SOUND TRANSIT'S
SCHEDULE AND
SUBJECT TO
THEIR SCHEDULE TO
SUPPORT IT. BUT THAT IS
THE SINGLE LARGEST REASON WHY WE
DIDN'T
COME EARLIER TO ASK FOR THE
POSITION BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT
THAT
WORK WAS MOVING FURTHER BACK
INTO
THE
YEAR. WE WEREN'T GOING TO NEED
THE
POSITIONS.
WE WERE STILL WORKING WITH
SOUND TRANSIT TO UNDERSTAND
WHICH
DESIGN PACKAGES WERE COMING WHEN
AND REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE PUTTING IN PLACE
A REQUEST TO YOU THAT
REFLECTED OUR BEST KNOWLEDGE OF
THE
WORK THAT WAS COMING.
>> THE OTHER FACTOR, THE
MAYOR'S TEAM -- NOW EXPANDED
INCLUDING SOUND TRANSIT, WHICH
HAPPENED
IN FEBRUARY.
SO,
WE GOT UP TO SPEED AND DUG INTO
ALL OF THE REQUESTS AND
THE POSITIONS AND
SORTING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE AND
GETTING
THE PACKAGE TOGETHER FOR YOU
TODAY.
SO, THAT DID TAKE SOME TIME,
AND IT ALSO HAPPENED TO
ALIGN WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS
HAPPENING
WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.
AND JUST IT STILL STANDS
THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED WHAT
SEEMS
TO ME AT THE 11th HOUR FOR
SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER, WHICH ACTUALLY
STARTS A MONTH FROM NOW.
SO, I JUST -- I WANT THAT
STATED FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE WE
OFTEN GET ASKED TO DO THINGS
AND PEOPLE WANT IT DONE RIGHT
AWAY.
AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR
DUE DILIGENCE AS WE
ARE APPROVING THESE THINGS.
SO, JUST WANTED TO NOTE
THAT FOR THE RECORD.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION
ALSOALSO CONTINUING THESE
POSITIONS, THE 41.5, WHAT DOES
--
IT'S
MATCH FUNDED. SO, DOES THAT MEAN
-- AND
I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE 41.5 WE
WON'T HIRE UNTIL THE
NEGOTIATION
IS COMPLETED.
THEN WE HAVE THESE
PARTNERSHIPS, A PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT IN
PLACE. BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT
MAYBE
IT MIGHT RESULT IN LESS THAN 41.
5 FTEs IF THE NEGOTIATION
COMES OUT A DIFFERENT WAY?
ARE WE EXPECTED TO PAY
SOME OF THIS 41. 5 FTE
POSITIONS?
ARE THEY FULLY COVERED BY SOUND
TRANSIT?
WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS?
>> THAT PLAN, IT DOES VARY
BY DEPARTMENT AND POSITION.
BUT THE PLAN ASSUMES ROUGHLY
1/3 OF THE CITY MATCH COVERED OF
THOSE COSTS, ABOUT 25% TO 1/3.
AND YEAH, IT DOES DEPEND
ON WHERE WE ARRIVE WITH THE
NEGOTIATIONS OF SOUND TRANSIT
ON THEIR MATCH PERCENT AND ON
THOSE
ROLES.
AND WE WOULD
PROBABLY WORK OUT JUST WHATEVER
OUR BEST PROPOSAL
IS FOR WHAT WE CAN AFFORD
WITHIN WHAT WE'VE REQUESTED
HERE TO FILL AS MANY OF THE
POSITIONS
AS WE CAN
WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK AND
ASK FOR MORE
BUDGET AUTHORIZATION.
BUT THE TARGET THAT WE PUT
OUT THERE IS ABOUT 2/3 TO 70% OF
SOUND TRANSIT PROVIDING FUNDING.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO
THE UTILITY- TYPE ROLES, THAT'S
ON THE HIGHER END OF THAT,
WITH COSTS BEING MOSTLY PASSED
ON TO
SOUND TRANSIT,
THINGS LIKE RELOCATIONS OF WATER
MAINS AND
ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> WILL THERE BE AN
UPCOMING BRIEFING OR SLIDE DECK
OR
COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE
GET -- I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S
PAYING FOR THESE VARIOUS PIECES.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING
INFORMATION PIECEMEAL, LIKE
YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT WATER
MAINS AND WHO'S GOING TO PAY
FOR
RELOCATION OF THOSE.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S GOING
TOTO FOR RELOCATION OF THOSE.
SO, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN
WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS
INFORMATION.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER --
I THINK WHAT KYLE'S TRYING TO
SAY IS WE'RE HIRING
POSITIONS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE
FIELD WORK ON
THOSE RELOCATIONS.
WHO PAYS FOR THOSE RELOCATIONS?
THAT'S SOUND TRANSIT.
I MEAN, THE -- THERE'S
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
>>
OKAY.
>> BUT THE CITY --
IT'S THE CITY'S JOB, AS THE
ASSET OWNERS,
TO SUPPORT SOUND TRANSIT
IN THAT FIELD WORK.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> SORRY.
THE WAY IT WAS POSED, I WAS
UNCLEAR,
SO THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING THAT CLARITY. AND THEN
FOR THE THIRD THAT
WE'RE GOING TO PAY OR 25%
FOR THOSE 41.5 POSITIONS, IS
THAT
COMING -- IS THE MAYOR
ADDING THOSE TO THE BUDGET FOR
THIS
FALL?
IS THAT --
>> IN 2026?
YES.
>> FOR THE -- RIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET
PROCESS HERE COMING UP IN
A COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
>> THAT'S
RIGHT.
>> AND THEN, SO THANK YOU
FOR CLARIFYING THAT WE'RE
EXPECTED TO PAY A THIRD, 25%, OR
A
THIRD OF THOSE 41. 5 POSITIONS.
THEY'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE
PAID FOR MY SOUND TRANSIT.
>> YEAH. THAT'S BASED ON OUR
EXPERIENCE
WITH THE EXISTING STAFF
QUARTERS RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE CERTAIN TASK --
TO SPEAK TO WHERE THESE ROLES
PERFORM THAT ARE MORE FOCUSED ON
LOOKING OUT FOR ONE OF THE
CITY'S INTERESTS.
IN TERMS OF STATIONARY ACCESS
OR THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES THAT
ARE OUTSIDE THE ENVELOPE BUT
WITHIN THE AREA OF THE
STATION THAT MIGHT BE PROPOSED.
>> I COULD SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT MORE TO THAT.
WE DO HAVE -- AS KYLE
MENTIONED, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF
ADMINISTRATIVE TASK
ORDERS, NEGOTIATING
ADMINISTRATIVE TASK
ORDERS. WE HAVE FIVE THAT HAVE
BEEN IN
PLACE, AND WE'RE NEGOTIATING
SIX AND SEVEN RIGHT NOW WITH
SOUND
TRANSIT. AND THAT COVERS
SPECIFIC
SCOPES OF
WORK. THAT INCLUDES STAFF.
THERE'S A FOCUS ON
PERMITTING ACTIVITY AND
ENGINEERING ACTIVITY THAT ARE
REALLY SUPPORTING THE DESIGN
AND GETTING THE PROJECT PERMIT
READY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
NEGOTIATE USUALLY ONCE A YEAR,
EVERY
MAYBE YEAR AND A HALF, FOR
THOSE
POSITIONS. AS KYLE MENTIONED,
SOME OF
THE POSITIONS ARE FUNDED
NEARLY 100%.
SOME MIGHT ONLY BE FUNDED
FOR CERTAIN TASKS.
SO, IT MIGHT BE CITY
STAFF THAT'S OTHERWISE DOING
OTHER
ACTIVITIES, CITY WORK, BUT
THEN THERE'S A PORTION OF THEIR
TIME COVERED BY
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASK ORDER.
BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO
ANTICIPATING IS GOING TO
INCREASE IN 2026 IS THAT MANY OF
THESE POSITIONS
OR PORTIONS OF THESE
POSITIONS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH
PERMIT FEES.
SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE A
NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT'S
GOING TO BE COMING INTO THE CITY
AS
WE MOVE INTO PERMITTING.
AND THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO
TO FUND THE PERMITTING
STAFF, WHICH ARE MANY OF THE
POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT
IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> SO, SARA, WHAT I'M HEARING
IS SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, IT
WILL DEPEND WHAT THE WORK IS ON
WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING.
>> YEAH.
>> TBD THAT
WAY.
>> AND THEN MY LAST POINT, IF I
MAY, CHAIR, IS I NOTICED
THE LEGISLATION DOESN'T --
THESE
ARE ALL TECHNICALLY TEMPORARY
POSITIONS. THEY'RE LONG- TERM,
SO THEY CAN'T
BE HIRED AS TEMPS THE WAY WE
DO AT THE CITY BECAUSE AT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IF YOU'RE GOING
TO HIRE A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE,
YOU CAN'T USE THEM FOR MORE
THAN
TWO
YEARS. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A
LONGER
PROJECT. THESE 50 POSITIONS ARE
INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT
AND AT THE END OF THE
PROJECT, THESE POSITIONS WILL
SUNSET.
MY CONCERN IS THAT IS
NOT INCLUDED IN THIS
LEGISLATION NOW.
WHILE
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT THE
INTENT IS, IN THE ABSENCE OF
BEING INCLUDED IN THE
LEGISLATION, ONCE YOU HIRE
THESE POSITIONS -- AND I SPEAK
FROM EXPERIENCE HERE.
ONCE YOU HIRE THESE
POSITIONS, FOLKS WHO ARE HIRED
FOR THESE
POSITIONS MAY NOT -- WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY'RE GETTING HIRED
IN LONG-TERM TEMP POSITIONS. THE
COMPLETION OF THE
PROJECT, WHENEVER THAT IS, WE NO
LONGER WILL BE EXTENDING THEIR
EMPLOYMENT, THAT THEY'RE CLEAR
WHEN THEY GET HIRED THAT
THAT'S THE CASE.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, I THINK IT
IS -- IT'S WRONG TO HIRE
SOMEONE AND NOT TELL THEM,
RIGHT?
AND THEN WE WILL BE FACED WITH
WHATEVER, EIGHT YEARS FROM
NOW, TEN -- WHATEVER IT TURNS
OUT TO
BE, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO
THE POSITIONS AND THE FOLKS FEEL
LIKE, NOBODY TOLD ME I'M
GOING TO LOSE THE JOB.
THAT IS REALLY A CRITICAL
PIECE OF THIS.
AND SOME OF US MAY NOT
BE HERE TEN YEARS FROM NOW.
SO, TO REMEMBER THAT THESE
WERE TO BE SUNSET WHENEVER
THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
SO, THIS LEGISLATION NEEDS
TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR.
AND WHEN THESE FOLKS GET
HIRED, THEY NEED TO BE VERY
CLEAR
THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE TEMP
POSITIONS, THOUGH THEY ARE
LONG TERM.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT IN
THE LEGISLATION HERE.
AND THAT
IS CRITICAL. AND I KNOW YOU
MENTIONED IT,
SARA, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME
AS US DISCUSSING IT HERE AND
IT BEING IN THE LEGISLATION FOR
FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WHO WILL
COME AFTER US TO KNOW WHAT THE
INTENT WAS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FUNDING
FOR. AND SO THAT'S A CRITICAL
PIECE
OF THIS.
BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN
EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY GET HIRED
NOT BE CLEAR, AND THEN THE
EXPECTATION
WAS THAT THE POSITION WOULD
CONTINUE AND THEN WE RUN INTO A
HUGE PROBLEM.
AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE
FOLKS WHO WILL GET HIRED, RIGHT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I
THINK BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
THE PROJECT DURATION, WE CAN'T
PUT IT INTO THE THE HARD LINE
ORDINANCE, BUT THAT'S
CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD
REFERENCE IN THE RECITALS TO
MAKE CLEAR
THE EXPECTATIONS THESE
PEOPLE ARE BEING HIRED TO HELP
WITH
THIS PROJECT AND SOME POINT THIS
PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE
COMPLETED. SO, THERE IS A
NATURAL --
SO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK
WITH
YOUR OFFICE ON SOME LANGUAGE
THAT
EXPLAINS THIS AND MAKE SURE
IT'S DOCUMENTED IN THE
LEGISLATION.
>> AND CALVIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO
PUT A DATE, BUT WE CAN PUT IT
AS, THESE POSITIONS WILL
SUNSET AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS
PROJECT.
AND THEY -- AND THAT CAN
BE IN THE LANGUAGE --
>> I'M HAPPY TO ENGAGE WITH
LAW TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COME UP
WITH
SOME LANGUAGE THAT PASSES THE
CERTAINTY OF INTERPRETATION.
>> YES. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE -- I
FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN
EMPLOYEES WHO THIS HAS REALLY
COME BACK
TO NOT BE GOOD FOR THE EMPLOYEE
OR
FOR THE CITY.
WE'RE IN A SITUATION THEN
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A
POSITION, CONTINUED WORK FOR
THESE EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT'S NOT, LIKE I
SAID, FAIR.
>> IF I COULD ADD, THAT'S A
REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT
UP, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
I THINK ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL --
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PART OF THE
REQUEST THAT WE HAVE IN HERE FOR
YOU TODAY TO CONSIDER
INCLUDES CONSULTANT SUPPORT IN
ADDITION TO CITY STAFF.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE
MANAGED STAFFING OVER THE 15
YEARS THAT I'VE WORKED ON THE
WATERFRONT IS THAT WE HAVE THESE
EBBS AND FLOWS, RIGHT?
YOU HAVE TIMES WHERE
YOU'RE REALLY RAMPING UP IN
WORK, AND
THEN YOU HAVE TIMES YOU
GET A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN WORK.
AND THE WAY WE'VE MANAGED
OUR WAY THROUGH THAT IS TO HAVE
A
RELATIVELY SMALL TIGHT KNIT
CITY TEAM AND UTILIZE
CONSULTANTS
WHEN THE WORK LOAD GETS REALLY,
REALLY BIG AND WE CAN'T
HIRE QUITE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO
GET THERE.
AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU
CAN ACTUALLY SHRINK YOUR TEAM
A LITTLE BIT
OVER TIME. IT GIVES YOU
MORE FLEXIBILITY TO MANAGE
YOUR TEAM OVER TIME. SO, PART OF
THE REQUEST
YOU'RE SEEING HERE DOES INCLUDE
DOLLARS FOR CONSULTANT COSTS.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO BE
VERY CAREFUL ABOUT OUR HIRING
AND
THE TIMING OF OUR HIRE.
I KNOW SOUND TRANSIT CARES
ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF
DELAY THIS YEAR WITH THE RECORD
OF DECISION FOR
WEST SEATTLE. WE ANTICIPATE THEY
WILL HAVE
SOME FURTHER DELAYS IN
THE FUTURE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
ASKING FOR THE AUTHORITY TO HIRE
THIS MANY POSITIONS, BUT WE'LL
REALLY -- IT WILL REALLY
DEPEND ON THE SCHEDULES THAT WE
GET FROM SOUND TRANSIT SO WE
HAVE
THAT FLEXIBILITY BUILT IN.
>> THANK YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT
DIRECTOR BRADY.
AND ALSO THIS IS NOT
PARTICULAR TO THE WATERFRONT OR
TO THE
TEAM SITTING AT THE TABLE.
THIS IS JUST I'VE SEEN THIS
ACROSS THE CITY IN OUR VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS, AND IT HAS BEEN AN
ISSUE IN THE PAST.
SO, THAT'S WHY I RAISE IT.
IT'S NOT PARTICULAR TO WHAT
YOU ALL ARE
DOING. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
POCKET
AUTHORITY DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE
A FUNDING FOR IT AND THAT YOU
BE EVEN -- THAT YOU WILL HIRE
FOR
IT.
IF YOU FOUND SOME FUNDING, IT
JUST GIVES YOU THE
FLEXIBILITY OF NOT HAVING TO
COME BACK TO US
AND ASKING FOR THAT BUDGET
AUTHORITY.
I ALSO HAVE SEEN WHEN
STD CHARTER IS HELPING ON THE
HIRING
SIDE, THEY DON'T
NECESSARILY TELL THE EMPLOYEES.
SOMETIMES THE RIGHT HAND/LEFT
HAND IS TRICKY AND NO ONE SHARES
THESE ARE TEMP POSITIONS, LONG
TERM, BUT TEMP, AND WE SET UP
A FALSE EXPECTATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE SEEN AT
THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHY I'M
A BELIEVER IN THE POINT, IF
YOU
WILL. BUT THANK YOU FOR SAYING
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>>
THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, IS THAT
A NEW HAND OR OLD HAND?
WE HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT
IN COMMITTEE.
IS IT POSSIBLE -- OVER TO YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM,
AND I HAVEN'T PROVIDED REMARKS
YET.
>> I JUST -- I WANT TO --
I THINK WHAT I HEAR COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA SAYING, AND I
AGREE,
THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE PUT IN
THE POSITION OF BEING BLAMED FOR
DELAY WHEN THERE ARE A LOT
OF THINGS THAT ARE SLOWING
THINGS DOWN ALREADY.
PAGE 7 DAYS -- OF YOUR
SLIDE DECK -- THAT THE MOUNTAIN
OF
PERMITS SAYS NOTE THAT BALLARD
PERMIT TABLE TOTALS ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE CHART
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT YET KNOWN
TO
BE THE EARLY STAGE OF DESIGN.
SO, HERE WE ARE, AGAIN,
TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATION TO
APPROVE THESE POCKET -- TO
APPROVE THESE
POCKETS AND MOVE THE
ALREADY EXISTING BUDGET
AUTHORITY
FORWARD, ET CETERA, WHEN
KYLE, YOU MENTIONED -- AND
CHRIS DANIELS WAS GETTING AT
THIS YESTERDAY A LITTLE BIT --
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DEMONSTRATE URGENCY.
SO, AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO,
FOR ME, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION
TO
THE DETAILS.
AND THIS SHOULD BE MORE THAN AN
EXERCISE OF CONVINCING THE WHOLE
SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD OF WHAT SEATTLE IS
REALLY INTERESTED
IN SEEING, WHICH OF COURSE
I'VE ALREADY STATED MY
COMMITMENT TO.
SO, THAT'S WHAT I
WILL NOTE. AND ANGELA, YOU TWO
HAVE REALLY
HARD JOBS. YOU'RE OPENING A
WATERFRONT
AND NOW DOING ALL OF THIS.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL
BE BRIEF IN MY REMARKS JUST TO
STATE -- AND I'LL GIVE A
DEEPER UPDATE ON MONDAY MORNING
BRIEFING. THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE
ARE THAT
SOUND TRANSIT DOES HAVE
THE FUNDING TO DELIVER ALL
THE PROGRAMS IN THE SHORT TERM.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS ENOUGH CASH
ON HAND TO CONTINUE ITS WORK.
IT IS THAT IN THE OUT
YEARS, WE -- THERE IS A FUNDING
DELTA.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE
HAVE STARTED CALCULATING THE
COSTS IN
THE YEAR OF EXPENDITURE
RATHER THAN 2025 DOLLARS.
WHAT THIS SHOWS IS TIME COSTS
MONEY, INFLATION, ET CETERA.
WITHOUT CHANGES TO
OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL DELIVERY,
COSTS
WILL OVERRUN BY THE TIME WE
REACH THE
BALLARD SEGMENT. SOUND TRANSIT
IS NOW WORKING
TO ACHIEVE COST SAVINGS.
THEY'VE ALREADY HIRED NATIONAL
EXPERTS. THEY'VE BEGUN
IMPROVING
CAPITAL AND SERVICE DELIVERY BY
REFINING AND UPDATING PRACTICES
AND PROCESSES.
BUT SAVINGS AND
EFFICIENCIES CANNOT SAVE $30
BILLION.
THAT'S A REALLY FUNDAMENTAL
FACT
OF THIS.
WE AS THE CITY
TODAY, WHILE WE'RE NOT VOTING,
WE'RE TAKING
A BRIEFING, WE ARE
TAKING THAT NEXT STEP TO REDUCE
COST
AND SPEED DELIVERY OF LIGHT
RAIL WITHIN OUR CITY BOUNDARIES.
PLEASE DO PUT A NOTE SOMEWHERE
ON OUR BUDGET WORKSHEETS THAT
THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIRD
PARTY FUNDING.
WHENEVER WE GET TO THAT
DISCUSSION, WE NEED TO
BE TALLYING UP ALL OF
THE DOLLARS WE HAVE ALREADY
SPENT FOR
SOUND TRANSIT.
AND JUST REALLY NOTING THE
FACT THAT IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE
COMPLETE THIS FIND.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING
COSTS IN THE CITY, THE AVERAGE
COST IS
$500 IN CHICAGO AND $2,000 HERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE CHICAGO
IS CONNECTED BY A TRAIN NETWORK
SO THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ALL
ACROSS THAT METROPOLITAN,
WHETHER THEY'RE RISING IN COST
OR LOWERING IN COST, PEOPLE
STAY CONNECTED TO THEIR FRIENDS,
FAMILY, AND WORK.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE
OF CONNECTING TO EVERETT.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE
OF CONNECTING TO TACOMA, SO THAT
WE
EVEN OUT OUR ENTIRE REGIONAL
MARKET. TO DELIVERING
THE ENTIRE SOUND TRANSIT PLAN.
AND AS DELAYS HAVE
ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE PHASING
PROJECTS -- AS DELAYS HAVE
ALREADY OCCURRED --
WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT,
THE
2021 ALIGNMENT, AND PHASING
PROJECTS ARE NOW UNDER
CONSIDERATION, WE
MUST PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO
YOUR SECOND SLIDE, A DECADE
AGO GETTING TO 15th AND MARKET
-- THIS ONE.
GETTING TO BALLARD, WHICH IS
15th AND MARKET, THIS
WAS VISIONARY A DECADE AGO.
AND TODAY IT'S AN UNMET
NEED. IF WE WERE TO BUILD THE
MINIMUM OPERABLE SEGMENTS, IT
WOULD
BE DELRIDGE AND SMITH COVE.
IT WOULD BE SUCH AN
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE TO SEND
EVERY SINGLE
PERSON FROM THE WEST
SEATTLE PENINSULA INTO DELRIDGE.
IT'S ALREADY HARD TO ACCESS.
YOU KNOW, THE DAD THE FROM
DELRIDGE KNOWS HOW TO GET IN
AND OUT EASILY, BUT FOR EVERYONE
ELSE -- AND TO ASCEND
THE PENINSULA THERE IS
UNACCEPTABLE. SAME WITH STOPPING
AT
SMITH COVE.
THERE'S NO CRUISE SHIP
PASSENGER
THAT WILL TOTE THEIR
LUGGAGE THAT MILE AND A HALF TO
TWO
MILES FROM THE LIGHT RAIL TO
THE CRUISE SHIP.
BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY IN DELAY,
IF WE BEGIN THAT PHASING
CONVERSATION,
IN 2001, SOUND TRANSIT WAS
FACING SIMILAR
OVERRUNS, AS CAL MENTIONED.
THEY STARTED PHASING
THE PROJECTS.
AND THAT BROUGHT THE
STADIUM STATION IN AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE
AND UNDER BUDGET.
THAT SAME THING CAN BE TRUE
HERE.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO START
PHASING, WE HAVE TO
START LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
THAT BALLARD LINE SHOULD ALSO
RECONNECT BACK UP TO NORTH
GATE OR 145th OR THE -- STATION
AT
130th. AND THAT ALASKA JUNCTION
STATION
STATION GO DOWN TO WHITE CENTER
AND CONNECT TO THE AIRPORT
SO THAT THE JUNCTION CAN EITHER
GO DOWNTOWN OR TO THE AIRPORT.
AND BALLARD, YOU COULD EITHER GO
TO NORTH GATE OR DOWNTOWN.
WE ARE MAKING THIS INVESTMENT
TO ENSURE SOUND TRANSIT IS ABLE
AND DELIVERS LIGHT RAIL IN OUR
CITY AS FAST AND AS COST
EFFECTIVELY
POSSIBLE. AND WE COULDN'T DO
ANY OF THIS
WORK WITHOUT THE WORKERS
BUILDING AND OPERATING
OUR
SYSTEM. WITH THAT, WE HAVE 11
MINUTES LEFT IN COMMITTEE, AND
WE
STILL HAVE ANOTHER ITEM AHEAD OF
US.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS,
CONCERNS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL
HAVE
THIS ITEM BACK IN COMMITTEE
NEXT TIME.
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE HAVE --
TAKE BRIEFINGS TO DIG DEEPER.
THANK YOU, TEAM.
>> SIR, JUST PLEASE LET ME
KNOW IF YOU WANT TO INVOLVE --
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR
OFFICES ABOUT POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS OR
IDEAS THAT WE DISCUSSED
IN
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND PLEASE JOIN EVERYONE ON
THE WATERFRONT THIS SATURDAY
AT 10:00 A.M.
WITH THAT, PRESLEY AND
MARK, COME ON UP.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE SHORT
TITLE, INTO
THE RECORD.
>> ITEM NUMBER THREE,
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS AMENDING
PROVISIONS OF THE --
CONTRACTOR BOND PROCESSES TO
ALIGN A
STATE LAW AND AMEND SECTION
20.40. 02
AND 20.48.010. THIS ITEM IS FOR
BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE PRESLEY --
MARK, AND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK.
PRESLEY AND MARK, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
FAS IS THE BACKBONE OF
THIS CITY.
YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR KMIE BEFORE.
YOU'VE PRESENTED THIS PIECE
OF LEGISLATION THAT ALIGNS US
WITH STATE CODE THAT HAS CHANGED
SINCE WE INITIALLY ADOPTED THIS
LEGISLATION.
LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION
FROM LAST TIME, REALLY IF YOU
WANTED
TO JUST TELL US ABOUT SLIDE FOUR
AND FIVE AGAIN TO GIVE US A
BRIEF REMINDER, I FEEL VERY
COMFORTABLE
IN VOTING. JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE IN
CASE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES NEED A
REFRESH.
I THINK WE'RE STILL STUCK ON
THE LAST ONE --
>> WE'RE GETTING THE SLIDE
GOING.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO
SWITCH
SEATS, PRESLEY.
>> -- PURCHASING CONTRACTOR WITH
FAS.
AND WITH ME I
HAVE --
>> MARK -- I'M DEPUTY DIVISION
DIRECTOR AND I PRIMARILY
OVERSEE THE PRIVATE WORKS
CONTRACTING FOR
THE CITY.
>> AS WE GET THE SLIDES SET
UP, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US HERE AGAIN.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE
DONE.
I'M GOING TO START WITH
SLIDE 4, YOU SAID?
>> SLIDE 4 AND 5, YEAH.
REALLY JUST GETS TO THE MEAT
OF IT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
MORE COMPLICATED IF IT WERE NOT
BRINGING US IN ALIGNMENT WITH
STATE CODE.
>>
NO WORRIES. AND I THINK THE
SLIDES MAY
NOT EVEN BE THE ONES I ADJUSTED.
SO, THAT'S OKAY.
ON SLIDE FOUR, WHERE WE'RE AT
ON THE SCREEN HERE, WE'RE
JUST GOING INTO THE BENEFITS.
BEFORE WE GO WITH THAT, I
WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY WHAT
A --
I THINK YOU
MAY KNOW. IT'S SIMPLY A ROSTER,
A LIST OF
PRECAL IDENTIFIED FIRMS WITH
VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT WE CAN
EXCLUSIVELY INVITE TO BE ON OUR
PROJECTS UNDER $350,000.
SO, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT IS.
AND IT KIND OF GIVES US THAT
ABILITY TO DO THIS WITHOUT
A BROAD ADVERTISEMENT
AND IT, KIND OF, GIVES US THAT
THING TO BE
MORE INTENTIONAL WITH HOW
WE PICK THESE FIRMS
WITHIN THE GROUP OF THE ROSTER.
THAT'S REALLY
WHAT THE ROSTER IS, AND WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED
TO MOVE THAT DIRECTION.
SLIDE 4 HERE IS
BASICALLY SHOWING THE BENEFITS
OF A SMALL
ROSTER.
WITHIN THOSE BENEFITS YOU
CAN SEE THE PRIME
CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES, WHICH KIND OF
ALIGNS WITH WHAT THE
MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER DID TO
SAY HOW DO WE GET PRIME
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SMALL BUSINESS, HOW DO WE
GET THEM TO BE THE PRIMES?
WE DO HAVE THAT TO
PIGGYBACK WITH OUR JOB PROGRAM,
OUR JOB
OR THE CONTRACT PROGRAM, WHICH
IS THERE ARE
SUBCONTRACTORS
UNDERNEATH THAT. THIS REALLY --
THAT'S ONE OF THE
GREAT BENEFITS OF THIS.
WE SEE THAT AS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY.
ANOTHER THING THAT A SMALL
WORKS ROSTER DOES, IT HAS UP
TO $150,000 THRESHOLD THAT
ALLOWS
US TO GO AND DIRECT SELECT THE
VENDOR. SO, THERE'S A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE
HOPING TO FIND IN THAT AREA
WHERE WE
CAN JUST GO AND
GET SOMEONE WITHIN THAT ROSTER
TO DO A
JOBJOB UNDER $150,000.
IT WOULD BE REALLY
INTENTIONAL ON HOW WE DO THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT IT DOES IS
IT'S GOING TO GIVE US -- THE
ROSTER IS GOING TO BE THE
STATE
ROSTER WHICH WE'LL GO OFF OF.
SO, WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US
TO DO IS NOT HAVE TO BUILD OUR
OWN ROSTER BUT GO ON THE STATE
ROSTER, WHICH IS USED BY
OVER 650 STATE AGENCIES.
SO, NOW IT'S GOING TO BRING
CONSISTENCY FOR US, FOR OUR
CONTRACTORS, TO BE ABLE TO
DO WORK WITH THE CITY THAT'S
NOT
GOING CONFUSING.
IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN
SOME DOORS FOR THEM TO BE
ABLE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, COME IN
AND
WORK AS IF THEY'RE WORKING
WITH ANOTHER AGENCY WITHIN THE
REGION WITHOUT HAVING THOSE
OBSTACLES THAT USUALLY GET IN
THE WAY WITH
THAT.
>> PRESLEY, I THINK I'M LOOKING
AT A DIFFERENT SLIDE
DECK. WHEN I SAID SLIDE 4 --
>> THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WENT
TOO.
I HAVE -- ONE UP ON THE SCREEN
HERE.
>> IF YOU WANT TO BRING UP
TECHNICAL LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
AND THE TECHNICAL UPDATES TO THE
SMC.
I BELIEVE IT'S IN YOUR SLIDE
DECK THERE.
>> THAT RIGHT THERE?
>> AND THE ONE PREVIOUS TO THAT.
NO, JUST THAT -- AND I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> PERFECT.
THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS REALLY
WHERE OUR ASK COMES FROM FOR
YOU ALL, TO SUPPORT US IN
THESE TECHNICAL -- BASICALLY OUR
MINOR TECHNICAL UPDATES THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE MADE TO THE
SEATTLESEATTLE
CODE. AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO
IS WE
HAVE -- STATE LAW CHANGED IN
2023, AND WITH THAT CHANGE,
WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO MATCH
THAT
CHANGE. AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING HERE IS SOME OF THE
CHANGES THAT HAPPENED HERE --
AND I DON'T THEY'RE SHOWING ON
THIS SLIDE HERE.
BUT THE THRESHOLDS WERE PUT
INTO PLACE, THE $350,000
THRESHOLD
WHERE WE CAN -- UNDER $350,000,
WE CAN GO AND ONLY COMPETE WITH
THE ROSTER.
WE HAVE THE $150,000 WHICH
I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHICH
UNDER $350,000 WILL EVEN
DIRECT
SELECT. IT DOES GIVE US THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE STATE-
WIDE
ROSTER, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, WE DON'T HAVE TO CREATE
OUR OWN PROGRAM.
SO, THIS WILL ALL BE MANAGED
BY THE STATE ON THAT.
IT DOES PUT OBLIGATIONS ON US
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADHERE
TO
EVERYTHING. WE ROTATE FOLKS
THROUGH
THAT
PROCESS. SO, THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT
THING. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT
OUR
ASK IS FOR YOU.
WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH LAW
TO KIND OF COME UP WITH
THE LANGUAGE ON WHAT WE NEED TO
DO
HERE.
BUT OUR
ASK IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
CHANGE SO THAT WE
CAN MOVE
FORWARD AND PUT OUR PROGRAM IN
PLACE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE
AT.
>> CURRENT SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE REFERS TO AN RCW
THAT
DOESN'T EXIST.
SO, THE SMALL WORKS ROSTER HAS
A
NEW RCW. SO, COMING ONLINE WITH
THIS
PIECE AS WELL.
THIS WOULD COMPLETELY GIVE
US AUTHORIZATION TO DO SO.
>> WONDERFUL.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR QUESTIONS
FROM THE COLLEAGUES.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU DO HAVE
QUESTIONS, WE'LL NEED TO
SPEND SOME TIME AFTER
11:30 IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A --
I'LL LEAVE
IT UP TO YOU
TO DECIDE. I'M READY TO GO.
VICE CHAIR RIVERA, I
SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ARE
BRINGING OURSELVES IN ALIGNMENT
WITH THE
STATE, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A
CHOICE ON.
WE'RE
TOLD TO DO THINGS BY THE STATE
EVERY SO OFTEN,
AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT
VERY CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO TODAY.
>> YEAH.
WE'RE BRINGING OURSELVES IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE. AND IF
WE WERE NOT IN
ALIGNMENT, WE -- IN 2012, WE HAD
A SMALL
WORKS ROSTER.
OF COURSE IT HAD THE -- IT
REFERRED TO A DIFFERENT RCW,
BUT WE HAD THAT.
WE COULD DO THAT, BUT THAT
WOULD REQUIRE US TO BUILD OUR
OWN ROSTER AND DO THIS STUFF
INTERNALLY. SO, THERE'S A LOT
THINGS WE
NEED TO DO TO BRING OURSELVES IN
LINE WITH THIS.
>> SAID ANOTHER WAY, WE DON'T
HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT IT WOULD
BE A LOT MORE WORK ON OUR OWN
BACKS.
WE CAN JUST TAP INTO THE
STATE PROGRAM AND USE THEIR
RESOURCES TO DO OUR WORK.
>> YEAH.
>> IT ALSO PROVIDES A LOT
OF ADVANTAGES TO SMALL
BUSINESSES ALSO BECAUSE THEN
THEY ONLY
HAVE TO REGISTER ONCE AND THEY
COULD
HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL -- ACCESS
TO ALL PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS,
MUNICIPALITIES, AND SUCH.
>> CORRECTION ON THAT ON MY
PART, BUT IT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN DO TO STREAMLINE OUR
PROCESS IS JUST TO
TAP INTO THE STATES.
>> WE HAVE AN OFFER TO ENGAGE
IN A STATE- WIDE CONSORTIUM, BUT
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO
IT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THANKS FOR CLARIFYING.
THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
WELL, WITH THAT, LAST
QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS
BILL?
MY FINAL COMMENT IS MARK AND
PRESLEY, YOU WERE
THE FIRST ONES
IN CHAMBERS THIS MORNING. YOU
SAT WITH US THROUGH
THIS ENTIRE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
GOOD WORK.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, I
MOVE TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL
BILL 121046. IS HERE A SECOND?
>>
SECOND.
>> ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
[ROLE CALL ]
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COUNCIL
BILL 121046 PASS AND IT WILL
BE SEND TO THE SEPTEMBER
9th COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS DOES INCLUDE THE
WEDNESDAY, ACCEPT 3rd, NATIVE
COMMITTEES --
THIS COMMITTEE MEETING WILL
MEET NEXT ON WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 17th.
IT IS 11:29 A.M..
THANK YOU FOR GETTING US
UNDER THE BUZZER.
ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS? HEARING
AND SEEING NONE, WE ARE
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.