COUNCILMEMBER NELSON EXCUSED,
QUICKLY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL .
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS ?
>> HERE.
>> WE HAVE THREE PRESENT AND TWO
EXCUSED.
>> WONDERFUL, ON THE AGENDA
TODAY , A CENTRAL STAFF SIX YEAR
REVIEW OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
BUDGET, THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED,
HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
IS PRESENT. BEFORE WE GET INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL SAY THAT
WE HAD THE SECOND EVER TRIBAL
NATIONS SUMMIT YESTERDAY, IT WAS
FULL OF ENERGY, THERE WAS GOOD
FOLLOW-UP ON THE PREVIOUS ACTION
ITEMS AND THERE WERE NEW
COMMITMENTS MADE. IT WAS MAYBE
THE SECOND TIME SINCE
COUNCILMEMBER STEPHENSON OF
MUCKLESHOOT SHARED WITH ME,
WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE SECOND
TIME SINCE THE TREATIES WERE
SIGNED, SINCE SO MANY TRIBAL
LEADERS AND THE GOVERNMENT MET
HERE, IT WAS A POWERFUL DAY.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING STARTED
AND CONTINUING IT. WE WILL OPEN
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I'M
NOT SEEING ANY PUBLIC COMMENTERS
ONLINE, DO WE HAVE ANY IN
PERSON?
>> NO.
>> AND I.T., CAN YOU CONFIRM
THERE ARE NO REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS?
>> CONFIRMED, NO REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING AS WE HAVE
NOBODY SIGNED UP, WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE SHORT TITLE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM ONE, COUNSEL BILL
121068, AN ORDINANCE 127156
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2025 BUDGET
WHICH INCLUDED THE 2025-2030
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CIP,
CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET
CONTROL LEVELS AND FROM VARIOUS
FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT
THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO
EXPEDITIOUSLY DELIVER THE SOUND
TRANSIT 3 PROGRAM PERMIT REVIEW
AND OTHER OVERSIGHT, CREATING
EXEMPT AND NONEXEMPT POSITIONS,
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. THE
PRESENTERS ARE ANGELA BRADY, AND
KYLE BUTLER.
>> WONDERFUL, THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME WE HAVE HAD THIS ITEM IN
THE COMMITTEE AND WE ARE EXCITED
TO MOVE FORWARD, DO YOU HAVE A
SHORT PRESENTATION YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE TO BRING US BACK
UP TO SPEED?
>> WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US
HERE TODAY. I'M GOING TO HAND
THIS OFF TO KYLE TO COVER
EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THE
LEGISLATION AND WE WILL GO FROM
THERE, THANKS.
>> JUST TO RECAP FROM TWO WEEKS
AGO, THIS LETTER LEGISLATION
WOULD AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL 50
POCKETS ACROSS SIX DEPARTMENTS
AND IT WOULD MOVE BUDGET FROM
THE FINANCE GENERAL ST 3
RESERVE, 23 MILLION OF THAT INTO
OPERATIONS BUDGET, FOR THE CIVIC
PROJECTS AND SOUND TRANSIT AND
ALSO ADDITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS,
ESTIMATES OF REIMBURSEMENT,
FUNDING FROM SOUND TRANSIT, THE
INTENT HERE IS TWOFOLD, WE WOULD
HAVE 8.5 POSITIONS BEING ADDED
RIGHT AWAY FOR CITY FUNDING,
THAT WOULD SUPPORT OUR STRATEGIC
CITY INTEREST AS WE NEGOTIATE
WITH SOUND TRANSIT AND THEN THE
SECOND PART WOULD BE 41.5
POSITIONS, MOST OF THOSE IN THE
UTILITIES, 25 IN THE UTILITIES
TO DO FIELDWORK AND OTHER
ENGINEERING WORK, DESIGN REVIEW,
PLAN REVIEW AND THAT WOULD BE
THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
WITH SOUND TRANSIT. SO WE WOULD
NOT HIRE THOSE POSITIONS UNTIL
WE HAVE THOSE IN PLACE. HAVING
THE POCKETS APPROVED AHEAD OF
TIME WILL FACILITATE THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS, AND HAVE THOSE
GOES SMOOTHLY AS WE LOOK TOWARD
AN INCREASE IN WEST SEATTLE
PERMITS AND PLAN REVIEW COMING
OUR WAY IN EARLY 26. WE WILL
START GETTING THEM LATE THIS
YEAR AND IT REALLY RAMPS UP
EARLY NEXT YEAR. HERE ARE THE
SPECIFICS ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS
FOR THE SOURCES AND USES, SO THE
REVENUE SOURCES AND
EXPENDITURES, MOVING THAT
FUNDING, COUNSEL SET ASIDE IN
FINANCE GENERAL 2.3 MILLION THAT
AND THE REMAINDER HERE BEING
THROUGH REIMBURSABLES FROM
POTENTIAL UTILITY WORK IF WE ARE
GOING TO DO ANY BETTERMENTS FOR
ANY WATERLINES OR SEWER LINES,
AND ALSO SOUND TRANSIT PERMITS
AND PARTNERSHIPS, ANOTHER 2.3
MILLION ASSUMED HERE AND IN THE
26 BUDGET WE ALSO HAVE COMPANION
ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU WILL SEE
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO COUNSEL
AND THE OTHER THING TO
HIGHLIGHT, WE WILL HAVE SOME
FUNDING WITH THIS TO START WITH
CONSECUTIVE WORK AS WE RAMP UP
THAT CAN HELP FILL THE GAP AS WE
GO THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS.
>> AND OUR LAST SUBSTANTIVE
SLIDE, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A
COUPLE UPDATES SINCE OUR TIME
WITH YOU ON THE THIRD, WE HAVE
CONTINUED OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH
SOUND TRANSIT ON THOSE FUNDING
AGREEMENTS, JUST TO EMPHASIZE
AGAIN, 41.5 FTE OF THESE
POSITIONS WOULD BE RESTRICTED,
WE WILL NOT START RECRUITMENT
UNTIL WE HAVE FUNDING OVER
HUMANS IN PLACE -- AGREEMENTS IN
PLACE. WE HAVE FUNDING FOR A LOT
OF THE PRE-PERMITTING WORK THAT
WE DO SO THE EARLY DESIGN WORK
AS WELL AS THE FIRST PHASE OF
PERMITTING WHICH THAT INCLUDES
THE FIELDWORK IN SOTO AND SOME
OF THAT UTILITY WORK THAT KYLE
MENTIONED. ALONG WITH THAT IS
DEVELOPING AN UPDATED PERMIT
SUBMITTAL TIMELINE AND LOOKING
FOR WAYS FOR SOUND TRANSIT TO
COMMIT TO THOSE TIMELINES SO WE
CAN FUND THESE POSITIONS. IN
ADDITION AT THE MEETING ON THE
THIRD, THERE WAS A LOT OF
INTEREST IN THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS, A LOT HAPPENING
AT THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD ABOUT
THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES FOR THE
CAPITAL PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR.
AND SINCE THAT COMMITTEE MEETING
ON THE THIRD, THE SOUND TRANSIT
ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE HAD
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS,
NOTABLY AT THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE AND SYSTEM EXPANSION
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, THEY ARE
CONTINUING DISCUSSION OF COST
SAVING STRATEGIES AND FINANCIAL
REVENUE TOOLS, THAT HAS INCLUDED
SCOPE REDUCTIONS AS WELL AS
CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCIES AND
PROJECT PHASING OVERTIME. THERE
HAVE NOT BEEN ANY BOARD ACTIONS
REGARDING THESE BUT THAT
CONVERSATION HAS CONTINUED . WE
ARE PARTNERING WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AND ARE EAGER TO BE AT
THE TABLE TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD
AND UNDERSTAND THESE NEW COST
ESTIMATES THAT HAVE COME OUT AND
THE CONSULTANT RESOURCES AND
SOME OF THE INITIAL STAFF THAT
WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE AT
THIS LEGISLATION WILL REALLY
HELP US BE STAFFED UP TO HAVE
THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A NUMBER OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE MEETING
ON THE THIRD EXPRESSED A LOT OF
INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE AND
WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP
COORDINATE WHATEVER APPROPRIATE
BRIEFINGS WITH SOUND TRANSIT
THAT WE CAN BRING TO THIS BODY.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE LAST
SLIDE. NEXT UP, OF COURSE THE
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION, HOPEFULLY
COMMITTEE WILL VOTE TODAY, WE
ARE CONTINUING TO NEGOTIATE
THOSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS,
WE HOPE TO HAVE THOSE IN PLACE
BY OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND THAT
WILL PUT US IN POSITION TO START
RECRUITMENT FOR THESE POSITIONS
IN LATE 25, THERE MIGHT BE A GAP
BETWEEN WHEN THE WORK STARTS AND
THOSE POSITIONS ARE IN PLACE AND
THAT IS WHERE THOSE CONSULTANT
RESOURCES WILL HELP SUPPORT THE
TEAM. THIS TIMELINE DOES
COINCIDE WITH WHAT WE EXPECT TO
STILL BE THE PERMIT TIMELINE FOR
WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION AND
AIMS TO PREVENT ANY DELAYS IN
THAT REVIEW OF THAT PERMIT
ACTIVITY. ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CALVIN
CHOW OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE
THAT SOUND TRANSIT IS, THE
ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE IS GOING
TO BE A VERY TOUGH DISCUSSION
FOR THEM FOR THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD TO MAKE AND THIS STAFFING
IS NECESSARY TO HELP US BE
PREPARED AND TO PROVIDE THIS
SERVICE, INDEPENDENT FROM SOUND
TRANSIT TO HELP OUR BOARD
MEMBERS ENGAGE AND OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS FOLLOW WHAT IS GOING
ON WITH THEM, IT ALSO IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND
IF THE PROJECT IS MOVING ON THE
ACCELERATED SCHEDULE, THEN WE
CAN RESPOND TO THAT AS WELL. SO
IT IS A BIT OF A BALANCE FOR
BOTH WAYS.
>> AND JUST TO REPEAT FOR
QUESTIONS, THIS LEGISLATION
ALLOWS US TO CREATE POCKETS IN
WHICH YOU CAN HIRE FOR BUT WILL
NOT HIRE UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE
THAT THE PERMITS ARE COMING DOWN
THE LINE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> FOR 41 1/2 POSITIONS, FOR 8
1/2, WE WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO GET STARTED RIGHT NOW OR S&S
THE LEGISLATION PASSES WHICH WE
DESPERATELY NEED, AS OUR MEETING
IS ONGOING THAT WE ARE SETTING
UP DIRECTLY WITH SOUND TRANSIT
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND
THAT ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE. WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER
SO WE CAN HELP FORM SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY
MOVING FORWARD.
>> AND THOSE EIGHT POSITIONS ARE
BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY RECEIVING
APPLICATIONS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WE ARE RECEIVING COST-SAVING
STRATEGIES AND INFORMATION THAT
NEEDS TO BE PROCESSED AND WE
HAVE SERVER -- SEVERAL
APPLICATIONS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
>> COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU TO DIRECTORS BRADY
AND SARA MAXANA FOR COMING, MR.
BUTLER AND OF COURSE CALVIN CHOW
, THIS IS ABOUT DUE DILIGENCE
AND GOOD GOVERNANCE SO I
APPRECIATE THE WORK IN TERMS OF
SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR
SUCCESS, THE ONLY THING I WANT
TO SAY IS, AS THEY SAY AT THE
30,000 FOOT LEVEL, AND I SAY
THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THE
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL AND
WE ARE GETTING SOME PRESSURES
RELATED TO THE COMPETENCE OF
PLAN WHICH IS PUTTING
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS AT STAKE
IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE AND IT
IS A REMINDER THAT REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT ON ONE HAND IS SAYING
WE NEED TO HAVE A REGIONAL
CENTER IN BALLARD, THEN WE HAVE
REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, ST3, WHO
IS DOING THE TRANSPORTATION
PIECE AND THERE'S THESE
QUESTIONS, SO TO BE BLUNT, FOR
GOVERNMENT AT THE HIGHER LEVEL
TO SAY HEY, YOU NEED TO DENSIFY
AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT A
REGIONAL CENTER, NOT A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, BUT A
REGIONAL CENTER IN BALLARD THAT
HAS ALL THE CONNECTIONS THROUGH
MY DISTRICT BUT WE PUT THAT AT
RISK BY NOT HAVING THE
TRANSPORTATION LINK BECAUSE
LAND-USE AND TRANSPORTATION HAVE
TO BE IN SYNC AND WE ARE AT RISK
OF NOT BEING IN SYNC SO I HOPE
THE ST3 FOLKS ALSO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
COPPERHEADS OF PLAN, PUGET SOUND
REGIONAL COUNCIL, ALL OF THE
ABOVE, NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE NOT IN SYNC,
AS USUAL, IT'S THE CITY
COUNCIL, IT'S THE CITY THAT'S
FACING THE PEOPLE, THE COUNTY,
REGIONAL, THE STATE, EVERYBODY.
AND WE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO
WORK THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES,
ON THE GROUND CHALLENGES SO WE
CAN'T HAVE DISCORD BETWEEN
LAND-USE AND TRANSPORTATION. SO
IF WE ARE PRESSING FORWARD, AND
WE WILL ON THE REGIONAL CENTER
FOR BALLARD, THEN THE LIGHT
EXTENSION FROM ST3 NEEDS TO BE
THERE. PRETTY SIMPLE.
>> I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT
BETTER MYSELF.
>> THANK YOU, I REALIZE THAT IS
A COMMENT AND NOT A QUESTION BUT
I THINK I GET MY POINT ACROSS.
>> AND IT DOES BRING UP THE
IMPORTANT FACT THAT COLLEAGUES,
WE WILL BEGIN OUR ADVOCACY
QUARTER FOUR OF THIS YEAR AND
QUARTER ONE OF NEXT YEAR AND IS
HARDER CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING
TO HAPPEN IN QUARTER TWO OF NEXT
YEAR BECAUSE SOUND TRANSIT IS
FIRST LOOKING AT COST SAVINGS
FOR TAKING FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THIS
LEGISLATION IS HERE TO REVIEW
THE EXPEDITED PERMITS AND PART
OF WHAT WILL MAKE THE SEATTLE
PORTIONS MORE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE
WE ARE SAVING MONEY BY SAVING
TIME, WE ARE CUTTING RED TAPE SO
WE CAN BUILD THIS NEEDED
INFRASTRUCTURE FASTER.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ON THE UNDERLYING BILL? I KNOW
YOU HAD THE AMENDMENT, JUST
WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE
UNDERLYING BILL FIRST. SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT
TO THE BILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
MOVE AT THIS TIME?
>> DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THE
UNDERLYING BILL FIRST?
>> THAT IS CORRECT, WE JUST READ
IT INTO THE RECORD, SO I MOVE
COUNCIL BILL 121068, SECOND? THE
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED, THIS IS A GOOD
DEMONSTRATION, IF YOU DON'T
HAVE TO MOVE THE BILL TO HAVE
THE DISCUSSION. WITH THAT, OVER
TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR STRAUSS, I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND
BILL, COUNCIL BILL 121068 AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT ONE.
>> SECOND. I SEE YOU HAVE
ALREADY GOT THIS AMENDMENT ON
THE SCREEN. I WILL SAY IF YOU
CAN DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT AND
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> IT WOULD CLARIFY THAT THE
POSITIONS AUTHORIZED WOULD BE
SUNSET IT WHEN THE SOUND TRANSIT
PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, IT PUTS
THE REQUIREMENT ON THE POSITIONS
IDENTIFIED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO THIS IS
AMENDMENT I'M OFFERING, IT GOES
TOWARD GOOD GOVERNANCE AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE VERY
CLEAR . MY INTEREST IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHEN WE HIRE STAFF FOR
THIS, THEY ARE CLEAR AS TO WHAT
, HOW LONG THESE POSITIONS, THE
JOB WILL BE. I THINK IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE
TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR WITH STAFF
BECAUSE I HATE TO BRING SOMEONE
ON THAT THINKS THIS IS A JOB
THEY CAN HAVE FOREVER, WHEN THE
INTENT, AND I CONFIRMED THIS
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WAS TO
HAVE THESE POSITIONS WORK ON
THIS PROJECT. WE KNOW THIS
PROJECT COULD TAKE 12 YEARS AND
THAT IS A LONG TIME, AT THE SAME
TIME, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE THE PROJECT GETS
COMPLETED AND THOSE FOLKS THINK
THEY HAVE A CONTINUAL JOB
BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING HIRED FOR
THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY SO I
DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT
SITUATION, IT DOESN'T FEEL
GOOD. I THINK LAST YEAR
COLLEAGUES, YOU SIGNED IN THE
BUDGET, THERE WERE SOME
POSITIONS THAT WE HAD TO SUNSET,
AND IT PUTS A LOT OF STRAIN ON
FOLKS, SO I THINK THE MOST, THE
MORE TRANSPARENT YOU CAN BE WHEN
YOU ARE HIRING PEOPLE AND YOU
ARE CLEAR TO THEM WHAT THE JOB
IS, THE BETTER THEY CAN PREPARE
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFAIR
TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHEN WE ARE
HIRING THEM THAT THIS CAN BE A
FOREVER JOB IF YOU WILL, SO
REALLY IT'S JUST TO CLARIFY
THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PROJECT
MANAGER WHICH I HAVE DONE IN MY
PAST AND I APPRECIATE KNOWING
THAT HAD AN AND DATE SO I COULD
PREPARE. LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE
LONG-TERM WHICH IS GREAT BUT AT
THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS ARE BEING TOLD
THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE NOT TO
DO SO I THINK IS NOT TRANSPARENT
ENOUGH AND NOT FAIR TO THE
EMPLOYEES SO I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND HOPE
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET INCLUDED
IN THE LEGISLATION. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA .
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY,
I THINK IT IS A MATTER OF GOOD
GOVERNANCE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
IT IS A MATTER OF CLARIFYING THE
INTENT, AS EXPRESSED ON MULTIPLE
OCCASIONS BY THE EXECUTIVE, THAT
IS THE EXECUTIVE'S ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL, THESE ARE NOT INTENDED
TO BE LONG-TERM DURABLE,
POTENTIALLY INDEFINITE
POSITIONS, THEY ARE INSTEAD
INTENDED TO BE FINITE AND A
SPECIFIC TIME AND IN TERMS OF
THE PROJECT COMPLETION, AND I
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
THAT YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO
OPERATIONALIZE THIS CERTAIN
HIRING INITIATIVES AND ENOUGH TO
HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS
WITH COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE
YOUR FIRSTHAND DIRECT
FAMILIARITY WITH THIS. SO,
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
THIS TODAY, TO BRING US MORE IN
LINE WITH THE EXECUTIVES INTENT
AND SPIRIT OF THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? I WILL JUST ASK, HOW
WILL THIS BE IDENTIFIED, ON THE
JOB DESCRIPTION AS WE POST IT,
OR WILL IT BE COMMUNICATED WHEN
YOU ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE APPLICANTS?
>> I THINK WE CAN WORK THROUGH
WITH HR EXACTLY HOW WE SHOULD
INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE IN OUR JOB
DESCRIPTIONS POTENTIALLY.
>> THANK YOU BECAUSE IT IS A
TERM LIMITED POSITION AND IT IS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE
IT COULD BE VERY LONG-TERM. AND
I KNOW IN GOVERNMENT, MANY
PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR POSITION AND
STAY THERE FOR THEIR CAREER,
DESPITE SOCIETY HAVING A
DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH WHAT
IT USED TO BE, YOU WORK FOR A
SINGLE COMPANY YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN TODAY'S
SOCIETY, IT IS THE CASE FOR MANY
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN GOVERNMENT,
SO 10 YEARS, SOME PEOPLE WILL
TRANSFER THROUGH BUT IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW WHAT IT
ENTAILS. ANY FINAL WORDS?
>> YES, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT
WORKING WITH HR, YOU KNOW
GOVERNANCE ARE BIG AGENCIES AND
SOMETIMES THE RIGHT HAND
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND
IS DOING SO HR ARE GREAT
PARTNERS AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS
KNOW BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
NECESSARILY IN THE DEPARTMENTS,
SO WHEN THEY GO, WHEN THEY
SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS IN HIRING.
THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS CLEAR ABOUT
THESE THINGS SO IT ALSO HELPS HR
KNOW WHAT THE INTENT IS SO WHEN
THEY ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT
APPLICANTS, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT
THIS IS. AND THEY ARE GREAT
PARTNERS AND I KNOW THEY CAN
HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST
DO THIS BUT I JUST KNOW, LIKE I
SAID EARLIER, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE CLEAR
BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
PEOPLE, TO KNOW IF AT THE END OF
THIS PROJECT THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO HAVE A JOB ANYMORE, THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, VICE CHAIR
RIVERA , CHAIR STRAUSS? FOUR IN
FAVOR AND FOUR OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION IS
APPROVED, THE AMENDMENT IS
ADOPTED TO COUNSEL BILL 121068,
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
SEEING NONE, IF THE CLERK COULD
CALL THE ROLL ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, VICE CHAIR
RIVERA, CHAIR STRAUSS, FOUR IN
FAVOR AND FOUR OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION PASSES
AND THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS
COUNSEL BILL 121068 PASS AS
AMENDED. THANK YOU ALL FOR
COMING AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK
TO DELIVER LIGHT RAIL FASTER AND
HAVE ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE,
GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND
ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO THE
RECORD?
>> THIS ITEM IS FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION, PRESENTERS WILL
INCLUDE BEN NOBLE , DIRECTOR OF
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, I WILL GIVE
GENERAL COMMENT ON THE ITEM
BEFORE US, THIS IS AN
INFORMATIONAL ITEM AND THE
INTENTION IS TO ATTACH IT TO THE
RECORD SO WE CAN REFERENCE IT
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUDGET
PROCESS WE ARE ABOUT TO START
NEXT TUESDAY. WE HOPED WE COULD
HAVE GONE OVER THIS IN JUNE OF
THIS YEAR LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE IT
TODAY. WITH THAT, THE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF AS YOU ALL KNOW IS
BUSY WORKING ON THE PROJECTS
THAT NEED TO BE CONCLUDED BEFORE
NEXT TUESDAY AND TODAY'S
PRESENTATION IS AN OVERVIEW OF
HOW THIS WORKS. WE ARE NOT GOING
TO GET INTO THE DETAILS, THIS IS
THE DOCUMENT I WILL BE USING
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS AND I THINK THE
BIGGEST BENEFIT HERE IS EVERY
YEAR, THIS IS A PART OF THE
BUDGET REFORM WE PUT IN PLACE
LAST YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE. IN
THE PAST, OUR BUDGETS HAVE BEEN
LOOKED AT YEAR-OVER-YEAR
INCREMENTALLY, THIS DOCUMENT
THAT CENTRAL STAFF CREATED LAST
YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THIS
YEAR FOR THE SECOND TIME HELPS
US HAVE AN EXTENDED VIEW OF
DEPARTMENT PROJECTS. WITH THAT,
WE HAVE DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE AND
CALVIN CHOW , OVER TO YOU.
>> AS YOU DESCRIBED, THIS
DOCUMENT REALLY BUILDS ON THE
WORK THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR
WHICH WAS TO TAKE A FIVE-YEAR
LOOK BACK AT THE BUDGET, TO
REALLY GET A SENSE OF HOW THE
CITY'S EXPENDITURES HAVE
EVOLVED OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS
AND TO GIVE A HISTORICAL VIEW IF
YOU WILL OF THE CITY'S BUDGET
AND EXPENDITURES. THE WAY WE DID
THIS WAS TO GO DOWN TO THE
DEPARTMENT LEVEL AND TO LOOK AT
THE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED
FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, I WILL TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO. THE
FIVE-YEAR LOOK BACK WAS DONE
ENTIRELY BY COINCIDENCE, NOT
JUST BY NUMBER IF YOU WILL, THE
CITY CONVERTED THE SYSTEM AND
DOING COMPARISONS BEFORE THAT
ARE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THE
RECORDS ARE VERY DIFFERENT AND
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAD
OPPORTUNITIES TO REORGANIZE SOME
OF THE BUDGET SUMMARY LEVELS.
AGAIN I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN
A MOMENT. 2019 MADE SENSE AS A
BASE YEAR AND THAT GAVE US A
NICE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW TO LAST
YEAR. AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY
WHEN WE HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION
OF THIS, THAT MIGHT HAVE MADE
SENSE TO TAKE A ROLLING
FIVE-YEAR WINDOW AND SHIFTED
INTO 2025 TO 2020 COMPARISON,
AND THE CITY'S FINANCES WERE
JUST VERY DIFFERENT FOR THAT
YEAR AND REALLY INTO 21 AND
REALLY EVEN 22. AS YOU GO
FORWARD, I THINK IT IS PROBABLY
GOING TO BE TWO OR THREE YEARS
BEFORE THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE A NICE HISTORIC
VIEW. AGAIN, THE IDEA HERE AS
THE CHAIR HAS DESCRIBED,
THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS, ONCE
THE BUDGET ARRIVES, IT IS ON THE
PREVIOUS YEAR AND MAYBE THE YEAR
BEFORE THAT BUT NOT A BROADER
PERSPECTIVE. AND THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BUDGET IN
PARTICULAR AND THE LONGER-TERM
TRENDS, THIS LONG REVIEW IS
HELPFUL. WHAT WE HAVE DONE,
ESSENTIALLY TO UPDATE THAT TO
2025, I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS
2025 ADOPTED BUDGET, AND AS YOU
WILL HEAR FROM THE DIRECTOR,
WHEN HE PRESENTS THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET COMING UP, THE EXECUTIVE
IS PURPOSEFULLY UNDER SPENDING
THE 2025 BUDGET IN TERMS OF THE
REVENUE FORECAST. WE HAVE DONE
IT AGAINST THE APPROPRIATIONS
YOU APPROVED, ACTUAL
EXPENDITURES ARE LIKELY TO BE
SOMEWHAT LOWER. SO WITH THAT
INTRODUCTION, OUR ANALYSIS HAS
FOCUSED ON ESSENTIALLY THREE
POTS OF MONEY IF YOU WILL, THE
GENERAL FUND, THE JUMPSTART FUND
BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP TO
GENERAL FUND AND JUMPSTART HAS
BECOME SO CRITICAL IN
UNDERSTANDING THE SUSTAINABILITY
OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES. AND WE HAVE LOOPED
ALL OTHER FUNDS INTO A THIRD
BROAD CATEGORY AND YOU WILL SEE,
I WILL GIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE
REPORT LOOKS LIKE. THAT OFTEN IS
A COMBINATION OF GRANTS, OF
EARNED REVENUES FROM FEES OR
FROM FINES AND THE LIKE. AND TO
SAY MORE BROADLY, IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO DIVE DEEPER AND GET
DEEPER INTO THE BUDGETS, THAT IS
INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE AS
WELL AND YOU CAN SPEND SOME
TIME. WE HAD TO STRIKE A BALANCE
BETWEEN DIGGING INTO THE
OVERVIEW. THIS IS AN OVERALL
CITYWIDE VIEW JUST TO GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF HOW THE TOTAL BUDGET
HAS CHANGED OVER THE SIX YEARS.
THEN WE SHIFT TO GO DEPARTMENT
BY DEPARTMENT. I WOULD NOTE AS
YOU READ IT, YOU WILL ENCOUNTER
A COUPLE SECTIONS THAT ARE NOT
WHAT YOU GENERALLY THINK OF AS
DEPARTMENTS SO THERE IS A THING
CALLED FINANCE GENERAL, IN SOME
SENSE IS A CHECKING ACCOUNT THAT
WE USE, THE CITY USES TO
ALLOCATE MONEY THAT IS
INDIRECTLY EXTENDED THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OR THAT WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT
ONCE THE PROJECT IS READY TO
MOVE BUT THERE IS NO DIRECT
FINANCE GENERAL IF YOU WILL. AND
I LOVE THESE ONCE, THIS IS
SHORTHAND FOR THE POLICE PENSION
AND FIRE PENSION, THOSE ARE
SEPARATE FUNDS. THE CITY
ACTUALLY MANAGES PENSION
OBLIGATIONS FOR FOLKS WHO WERE
HIRED BEFORE 1977 SO THESE ARE
LONG-TERM RETIREES AND WE ARE
CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THEIR
BENEFITS DIRECTLY, SINCE THAT
TIME, THE CITY AND THE STATE
SHIFTED TO A STATE-FUNDED SYSTEM
OR EXCUSE ME, STATE RUN SYSTEM
THAT THE CITY HELPS FUND, BUT
AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE AS WELL.
THEN FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, WE
COMPARE EXPENDITURES AT WHAT IS
CALLED THE BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL,
SO DEPARTMENTS, OFTEN THE
ORGANIZATION IS DIVIDED INTO
DIVISIONS OR CATEGORIES THAT ARE
CALLED -- AND THE LEGAL
EXPENDITURES ARE RELATED, THAT
IS THE BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL.
WITHIN THE BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL,
THERE ARE DIFFERENT, POTENTIALLY
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
AGAIN, THE WAY WE LOOKED AT
THOSE, THE GENERAL FUND
JUMPSTART AND OTHERS PRAY THIS
IS BETTER TO SEE WITH AN EXAMPLE
WHICH WE WILL GET TO. AGAIN, WE
KEPT 2019 AS THE BASE. SO
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. THE BEST WAY
TO VIEW THIS IN TERMS OF THIS
EXAMPLE, AND I PICKED AN EXAMPLE
THAT IS A VERY SIMPLE
DEPARTMENT, I PICKED THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE
PERHAPS IT IS ONE YOU ALL KNOW.
IT HAS TWO BSL'S, AND YOU CAN
COMPARE THOSE AND EACH OF THE
BCL'S , YOU CAN SEE IT IN
DOLLAR TERMS AND PERCENTAGE
TERMS. IN THIS CASE, THE CHART
IS NOT VERY INTERESTING, IT CAN
POTENTIALLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
DETAIL OVER THE TABLE, THAT
WOULD BE WHAT SOURCES OF MONEY
SUPPORT EACH OF THOSE AND IN
THIS CASE, THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT IS ENTIRELY SUPPORTED
BY THE GENERAL FUND SO YOU END
UP WITH A VERY SIMPLE CHART. I
JUST WANT YOU TO GET A SENSE OF
HOW THESE WORK, AND IT WILL
START TO MAKE MORE SENSE IN SOME
SITUATIONS AND LESS THAN OTHERS.
ALSO JUST BEFORE I TALK ABOUT
THAT COMPLICATED ONE, THERE IS
AN ADDITIONAL TABLE AND
INFORMATION ABOUT STAFFING
LEVELS AS WELL. AS YOU GET INTO
THE REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THAT.
FOR MORE COMPLICATED
DEPARTMENTS, THE TABLE AND CHART
IS MORE INTERESTING, THIS IS
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, YOU
CAN SEE THEY HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT
BSL'S , BECAUSE ON THIS TABLE
YOU CAN TRACK HOW MUCH SPENDING
HAS CHANGED IN EACH OF THOSE
BOTH IN DOLLAR TERMS AND
PERCENTAGE TERMS. AND IT IS
SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED ITSELF BUT
IT TAKES EACH OF THOSE BSL'S
AND RECORDS THE TOTAL AMOUNT, SO
THE HEIGHT OF EACH OF THESE
COLUMNS IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
SPENDING. BUT THEN IT SHOWS YOU
WHAT SOURCES OF MONEY ARE
SUPPORTING THAT SPENDING. SO
WHAT COLORS ARE BEING SPENT IN
THE HST DEPARTMENT. AND YOU CAN
SEE IT IS A COMBINATION OF
GENERAL FUND, JUMPSTART, AND YOU
CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHERE
JUMPSTART IS ALLOCATED IN
PARTICULAR TO HOMELESSNESS
CATEGORY IN 2025 AND ALSO IN
SUPPORTING SAFE COMMUNITIES AND
AGAIN IN 2025. YOU CAN ALSO SEE
OTHER SOURCES WHICH AGAIN FOR
HST, OFTEN GRANTS AND IN
PARTICULAR IF YOU LOOK AT
HEALTHY AGING, THAT IS A
CATEGORY THAT IS RELATED TO OUR
ROLE IN AAA, THE FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR AGING RESIDENTS, SO A LOT OF
FEDERAL MONEY IN THAT POCKET. SO
THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW
THAT CHART WORKS FOR A MORE COMP
LOCATED DEPARTMENT. AND THAT IS
REALLY THE SHOW. WE HAVE
INFORMATION FOR EVERY
DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, GIVING YOU A
SIX-YEAR COMPARISON. MY
EXPECTATION IS IF YOU LOOK AT
THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AND YOU WANT A
BIGGER HISTORICAL VIEW, YOU CAN
JUST TAKE A LOOK AND GET SOME
SENSE ABOUT WHAT HAS DRIVEN
CHANGES OVER TIME. YOU MAY FIND
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN
LAST YEAR'S REPORT AS WELL SO
YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT BOTH AND
THAT WILL BE HELPFUL AS WELL. IT
TAKES A FAIR AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO
PUT THIS TOGETHER SO THIS IS A
SLIGHTLY MORE STREAMLINED
APPROACH THIS TIME SO WE CAN DO
THIS IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY
GOING FORWARD BUT I THINK THERE
IS SOME GOOD INFORMATION THERE
IN TERMS OF THE BIG PICTURE. AND
AGAIN, STAFF ARE ALWAYS
AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO DIG
FURTHER, IT IS ALWAYS A
TRADE-OFF BETWEEN HOW MUCH TO
PRESENT AND HOW MUCH TO ROLLBACK
ON SOME LEVEL. I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS POINT THANK
YOU, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD?
>> JUST WHENEVER WE START TO
LOOK AT LONG-TERM TERMS, JUST A
REMINDER THAT INFLATION IS A
FACTOR SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER WHEN YOU ARE COMPARING
THE NUMBERS.
>> WE NEED TO ADD A LINE THAT
SAYS THE INFLATION CHANGE
BETWEEN POINT A AND POINT B.
>> WITH INFLATION RUNNING 3% TO
4%, THAT EXPLAINS MORE THAN HALF
OF THAT UNTO ITSELF AS AN
EXAMPLE, SO THANK YOU.
>> AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO ALL CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST, I
SEE ALMOST EVERYONE'S NAME HERE
AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO TRACY
AND PATTY FOR COMBINING ALL OF
THIS INTO A READABLE FORMAT. I
HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO DIG IN AND IT
IS ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED , THE
THINGS I WANT TO DIG INTO
DEEPER. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVE
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I
JUST ASK THAT YOU MEET WITH THE
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST TO DECIDE.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE, THANK YOU TO
YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER . I FOUND THE
FIVE-YEAR LAST YEAR HELPFUL SO
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND I
APPRECIATE THAT , AS THE BUDGET
PROCESS IS VERY FAST AND VERY
SHORT WINDOW AND HAVING THIS
KIND OF A TOOL IS VERY HELPFUL.
I WILL ADVOCATE MOVING FORWARD
BECAUSE I DID NOTE THERE WAS
LESS INFORMATION HERE, I WOULD
ADVOCATE IF POSSIBLE IN THE
FUTURE TO INCLUDE THE SAME KIND
OF INFORMATION BECAUSE IT IS
HARD TO TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO WE
WERE ALSO READING THE WHOLE
BUDGET SO I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR
THAT. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE
HAVING THIS AT HAND BECAUSE IT
IS A TOOL THAT I USE. AND I KNOW
THAT ALSO IN THE MIDST OF ALL
THE WORK YOU DO AROUND HERE, I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF
THESE THINGS ESSENTIAL STAFF
PREPARE TO HELP US IN OUR WORK
DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND I
WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT, BUT I
ALSO THINK IT GOES TOWARD GOOD
GOVERNANCE SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
TEAM AND THEM WORKING TOGETHER
TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AS A TOOL
FOR US DURING THIS BUDGET
PROCESS. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME? I'M SEEING NONE, JOB
WELL DONE, THANK YOU FOR THIS
AND ALSO DOCUMENT THAT IT IS
ALSO ATTACHED TO THE BUDGET IN
REGISTER . THIS DOES CONCLUDE
THE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE
COMMITTEE WILL NOT MEET AGAIN
UNTIL DECEMBER AS WE SUSPEND
NORMAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING
THE NORMAL BUDGET SEASON. ALSO
THE LAST MOMENT OF APPRECIATION
AND GRATITUDE TO FRANCESCA, OUR
TRAVEL RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR
DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB YESTERDAY
WITH THE TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT.
ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE WE ADJOURN?
>> THANK YOU, I ALSO WANT TO ADD
A NOTE ABOUT THE TRIBAL NATION
SUMMIT YESTERDAY, IT WAS REALLY
GREAT, I GOT TO PARTICIPATE ON
THE ROUNDTABLE AND LISTEN, AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE TRIBAL
NATION PARTNERS THAT CAME TO
SPEAK WITH US AND SHARE THEIR
PRIORITIES. IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR. SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT THIS
YEAR AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO EVERYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN
PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THERE
WERE A LOT OF FOLKS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, OF COURSE FRANCESCA, I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND THE
MAYOR AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT
HEADS THAT WERE THERE, EVERYONE
IS REALLY COMMITTED AND WANTING
TO BE GOOD PARTNERS. SO REALLY
APPRECIATE IT, THAT WAS
IMPORTANT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
NEXT YEAR. I KNOW THE OED
DIRECTOR TALKED ABOUT THE SUMMIT
FOR NEXT YEAR SO I LOOK FORWARD
TO THAT, SO THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU TO ALL INVOLVED, INCLUDING
YOURSELF, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS
JUST THERE FOR THE BEGINNING SO
I SAW THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE
SONGS AND MID DAY I FLOATED
THROUGH AS WELL. I DID MAKE SURE
WE HAD QUORUM FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SO WE
DID HAVE THESE CHALLENGES, BUT I
DO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT AND I
RECOGNIZE LOOKING FORWARD TO
DOING IT AGAIN, BUT TO GET
READOUTS, THE DEBRIEFS OF THE
ROUNDTABLE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT
WOULD BE VALUABLE TO HAVE IN THE
FUTURE. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE
CONFERENCE OF PLANNED BUDGET,
MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT MAYBE
JUST TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON WHAT
CAME OUT OF THE SUMMIT AND JUST
TO GIVE IT THAT EXTRA VISIBILITY
AND UNDERSTANDING. SO ANYWAYS,
THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL, WE WILL HAVE THEM
BACK TO PRESENT HOW THEY ARE
DOING IN EACH OF THEIR
COMMITMENT AREAS. ONE THING I
FOUND TO BE A CHALLENGE BETWEEN
THE LAST TRIBAL SUMMIT AND THIS
IS THAT WE ALL KNOW, IF SOMEBODY
IS ASKING YOU FROM A DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENT WHO IS NOT YOUR
DIRECTOR, IT MIGHT HAVE LESS
URGENCY THAN A REQUEST THAT IS
COMING FROM YOUR DIRECTIVE. SO
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE I WILL
LIKELY ASK EACH OF YOU TO HELP
URGE DEPARTMENTS TO MEET THE
COMMITMENTS IF THERE IS NOT --
IF SOMETHING IS SLOWING DOWN.
EVERYONE DID A GOOD JOB AND WE
CAN ALWAYS DO MORE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, I WANTED TO LEND
MY SUPPORT TO THE TRIBAL SUMMIT
YESTERDAY AND EXPRESSED MY
GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR
ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED, OR
TRIBAL PARTNERS ACROSS THE
REGION AND YOU AS WELL, CHAIR,
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GETTING
THAT GOING, CONTINUING THAT
EFFORT AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, HER RETURN TO COUNCIL
COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A MORE
OPPORTUNE AND BENEFICIAL TIME
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE, IN
TERMS OF HELPING TO LEAD THIS
AND SERVING AS A POWERFUL VOICE
FOR THIS TRIBAL SUMMIT. SO,
SADLY I WAS UNABLE TO JOIN FOR
MOST OF IT BECAUSE I WAS
OBVIOUSLY CHAIRING MY
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MEETING, THAT WAS PREPLANNED BUT
I WAS ABLE TO POP BY AFTER WE
CONFIRMED THERE WERE NO QUORUM
ISSUES. IMMEDIATELY AFTER MY
COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
POPPED DOWN AND I LEARNED I HAD
TO WAIT UNTIL HE LEAVES. SO
ANYWAYS, I WENT DOWN AND WAS
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH A LOT OF
OUR PARTNERS AND TRIBES WITHIN
OUR GOVERNMENT HERE AS WELL. SO
IMPRESSIVE, SO MOVED, I ALSO
WANT TO PLUS ONE THE REQUEST OF
THE DOCUMENTED RECAP OF THAT
SUMMIT. ONE, FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT
NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE OR ATTEND THE WHOLE
THING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO
ALLOW US TO BETTER TRACK AND
MONITOR PROGRESS AGAINST
SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS THAT WERE
MADE, IF WE DON'T MEMORIALIZE
THOSE IN WRITING AND LITERALLY
P.M. THOSE ON THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT SIDE, IT WOULD JUST
BE MORE EMPTY WORDS AND
PROMISES, SO IN ANY EVENT, PLUS
ONE ON THAT AND HAPPY TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT
IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN, ALSO MAY
BE ONE OF THE NEXT ONES, LET'S
CONSIDER A TRANSPORTATION
DIMENSION FOR A FORTHCOMING
TRIBAL SUMMIT BECAUSE THE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
CONNECTS US ALL AND WE ALL RELY
ON IT. ANYWAYS, KUDOS TO
EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> I WANTED TO LEND MY VOICE OF
GRATITUDE TO YOU AS WELL, AND
EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY, MAKING TIME
ON THIS COMMITTEE TO HAVE OUR
TRIBAL PARTNERS, AND PRESENT,
YOU KNOW, HAVE A POINT OF
COMMUNICATION WITH US AND THAT
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND WE
HAVE ALL LAST YEAR AND THIS
YEAR, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I DID VERY LITTLE, I SHOWED
UP, I LISTENED, I WROTE DOWN ALL
THE COMMITMENTS AND ON THE
PREPARATION DOES SOME GOOD, MY
GRATITUDE TO JESSICA AND THE
ENTIRE TEAM. ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE?
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