TO ORDER. I AM ALEXIS MERCEDES
RINCK, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
IS EXCUSED. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> HERE.
>> PRESENT.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME
] CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WELCOME TO
THE SUSTAINABILITY , CITY LIGHT,
ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE
MEETING. WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS
FROM ALL THREE OF OUR DEPARTMENT
SO I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF
WITHIN OUR TODAY WE WILAP
MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WE
WILL HEAR FROM THE SEATTLE ARTS
COMMISSION, WILL PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW OF THEIR WORK AND GOALS
FOR 2025. WE WILL GET IT AN
UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY, THE FINDINGS OF
THE 2022 GREENHOUSE GAS
INVENTORY, AND TO CONCLUDE, CITY
LIGHT WILL PROVIDE TWO
PRESENTATION -- PRESENTATIONS
AND EASEMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL
DISTRIBUTION AND ROADS IN KING
COUNTY. BACK IN DECEMBER, I
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT PRESENT ON THE 2022
GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY,
BECAUSE I REMAIN INCREDIBLY
CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CHANGE IN
CLIMATE. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT
THE BIGGEST ROADBLOCKS ARE, TO
ENSURING THAT WE ARE MEETING OUR
REDUCTION GOALS BY 2030. I SENT
ON THIS DAIS BEFORE, IT BEARS
REPEATING, OUR EMISSIONS HAVE
NOT BEEN REDUCED TO PRE-PANDEMIC
LEVELS. TRANSPORTATION IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% OF CORE
EMISSIONS, WE MUST CONSIDER A
PERSPECTIVE IN REDUCING
SINGLE-OCCUPANCY VEHICLES AND
INCREASING SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE
MASS TRANSIT OPTIONS. TO PROVIDE
CLARITY AHEAD OF CITY LIGHT'S
PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE BRIEFED
ON ALL THREE, PARDON ME,
PROPOSED ORDINANCES, BUT WE WILL
ONLY BE VOTING ON ITEMS FIVE AND
SIX THIS MORNING THEM -- AND
ITEM 4 WILL BE VOTED ON IN
APRIL. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD
RELATE TO TODAY'S AGENDA OR
WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS
COMMITTEE. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO
WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE IN
PERSON SPEAKER AND THREE REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> WONDERFUL, WE WILL START WITH
IN SPEAKER -- IN-PERSON SPEAKER
FIRST.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER, IT IS UP TO 60
MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL
ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND
REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL THE
COMMENTS HAVE ENDED, YOU WILL
HEAR A CHIME, WHEN YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS OR LESS OF THEIR TIME,
THE MIKE'S WILL BE -- MIC WILL
BE MUTED IF YOU DO NOT FINISH,
WE WILL BEGIN WITH A FOUR
SPEAKER ON THE LIST, ROBIN
BRIGGS, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CINDY
IRVING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS,
MY NAME IS ROBIN BRIGGS, I LIVE
IN CAPITOL HILL, I AM EXCITED TO
BE HERE TO HEAR ABOUT THE
EMISSIONS INVENTORY, SHOUT OUT
TO ALL OF THE TEAMS. BUT, IN A
WAY, I DO FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN
HERE BEFORE, SINCE THE LAST
MEETING, IN 2021, WE WERE
REVIEWING RESULTS FROM 2018. AND
WE HEARD THAT EMISSIONS WERE
PRETTY MUCH FLAT AND THAT THE
CITY WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW
EMISSIONS -- REDUCE EMISSIONS AT
A RATE OF 17% GREATER THAN WE
WERE. THANKS TO THE WORK, THERE
ARE AREAS THAT ARE GOING WELL.
EMISSIONS ARE DOWN 12% FROM
WHERE THEY WERE IN 2008 BUT OUR
GOAL IN THE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR
A 37% REDUCTION. MORE OMINOUSLY,
THERE ARE STRONG INDICATIONS
THAT THESE MAY BE PRODUCTS OF
THE PANDEMIC AND EMISSIONS ARE
HEADING BACK UP. IT FEELS TO ME
LIKE WE ARE BACK WHERE WE ARE
STARTED -- STARTED , THE TRUTH
IS, WHAT WE ARE DOING DOES NOT
WORK, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS NOT
THAT COMPLICATED, WE NEED TO
MAKE SPACE FOR MORE NEIGHBORS,
WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE TRANSIT,
WALKING, BIKING, AND WE NEED TO
HELP PEOPLE ELECTRIFY THEIR
BUILDINGS. I KNOW THAT IS NOT
EASY, BUT ALL OF THIS WILL GROW
A STRONGER LOCAL ECONOMY. HERE
IS MY ASK. MORE TRANSPARENCY IN
THE EMISSIONS REPORTING SO WE
HAVE ACCESS TO THE LEADING
INDICATORS. MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
FROM YOU, OUR ELECTED LEADERS,
TO PUT A REAL PLAN BEHIND OUR
ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. MOST OF ALL,
WE NEED YOU TO TAKE CONCRETE
STEPS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND
BUILD RESILIENCY. PLEASE, LET'S
NOT BE BACK HERE TWO YEARS FROM
NOW WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, ROBIN. THE FIRST
REMOTE SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA IRVING
, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX , YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS
CYNTHIA IRVIN AND I LIVE IN THE
DISTRICT FOR IN THE BRYANT
NEIGHBORHOOD, I AM HERE ,
BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HEARING A
REPORT ON THE GREEN HOUSE GAS
INVENTORY. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU
HOW DEEPLY IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME
TO LEAVE BEHIND AS HEALTHY AND
LIVABLE WORLD AS POSSIBLE NOW,
THANK YOU, CHAIR RINCK , FOR
YOUR COMMENTS IN THE BEGINNING,
WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. I AM GRATEFUL , YET,
WE HAVE FAR TO GO. WHEN IT IS
COLD AND RAINY, IT IS HARD TO
REMEMBER THIS RELATIVELY NEW
PHENOMENON WE CALL HOOK SEASON.
THAT IS ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CITY.
AS YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GREENHOUSE
GAS INVENTORY, I AM ASKING THAT
YOU TAKE THE LEAD , EDUCATING
AND BRINGING THE COVER ALONG
ABOUT THE URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE.
PEOPLE RISE TO THE NEED, NOT
EVERYONE CAN GO TO A PUBLIC
MEETING. WE NEED MORE CREATIVE
OUTREACH. PLEASE, DON'T WAIT. WE
NEED YOUR FORWARD THINKING AND
LEADERSHIP IN REDUCING THE
BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS
EQUITABLY AND FAIRLY, NOW MORE
THAN EVER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE SECOND REMOTE SPEAKER IS
RICH BOGART, PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT.
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
>> MY NAME IS RICH , I LIVE IN
WALLINGFORD. IT IS TIME TO TAKE
A BROAD VIEW OF THE GREENHOUSE
GAS INVENTORY. NAMELY, HOW IT
HAS BEEN USED , IT IS A SLOW
PROCESS. WE ARE LATE IN USING
IT. WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING IS
, YOU GET THE DATA, YOU MAKE A
PLAN , HOW YOU ARE GOING TO
ADDRESS THE EMISSIONS , AND THEN
, WITH TIMELY DATA, YOU CAN
MODIFY THE PLAN, IF YOU HAVE
DATA THAT IS TWO YEARS OLD, YOU
ARE WAY BEHIND THE CURVE. NOW,
CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVEN BY
PHYSICS. UNFORTUNATELY , IT
SEEMS THE RESPONSE IS DRIVEN BY
POLITICAL WILL. AND CONCERNS
ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND THAT WILL
NOT GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
WE ARE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
WE NEED TO USE THE GREENHOUSE
GAS INVENTORY . IN A BETTER
MEANING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
DAVID HAYNES, PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX, WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT.
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES, IS
IT SUSTAINABLE TO CONTINUE
IGNORING THE TOXIC INDUSTRIAL
TRAINS THAT PASS THROUGH THE
WATERFRONT OF SEATTLE EVERY DAY,
CHOKING OFF THE FRESH AIR,
HAVING MORE OF A NEGATIVE IMPACT
THAN ANYTHING ELSE ON THE
COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHILE PEOPLE
FOCUS ON CLASS WAR BETWEEN A CAR
DRIVER AT A BUS RIDER? BLAMING
THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
CONTINUES TO CREATE INNER-CITY
MISINTERPRETATIONS OF 21st
CENTURY, FIRST WORLD-QUALITY
NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT IS ALL THEY
CONTINUE TO BUILD. WHAT ABOUT
THE LAW THAT X COUNCILMEMBER
ANDREW LEWIS WROTE, ANTIQUATED
BUSINESSES , FROM BEING
SCRUTINIZED ABOUT SPEWING TOXIC
GAS OUT OF THEIR BUILDING THAT
IMPACTS PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS HYPOCRITICAL
TO ONLY FOCUS ON BIG BUILDINGS,
WHILE SEATTLE HAS ONE OF THE
MOST PROLIFIC SLUM REAL ESTATE
IN ALL OF AMERICA, THAT
PROGRESSIVES THINK ARE ICONIC
ENOUGH TO HISTORICALLY PRESERVE
THAT CAUSE UNNECESSARY SUFFERING
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES , AND THE
WORKERS, AND THE CUSTOMERS COME
IN AND HAVE TO
THE DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE
MORTGAGES FOR THE SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THE RENTERS. WE
NEED ENERGY INDEPENDENT FROM THE
GRID. HAVING A MONOPOLY FROM
PUGET SOUND ENERGY THAT WANTS TO
BUY BACK EXTRA ENERGY THAT
SOMEONE MIGHT CREATE AND ONLY
WANTS TO PAY LIKE 1.45 CENTS PER
KILOWATT HOUR. I MEAN, WHY
CAN'T SOMEBODY PROVIDE THAT TO
SOMEBODY ELSE INSTEAD OF HAVING
TO BUILD THE UTILITY COMPANY
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST
ABUSIVE MONOPOLIES IN THE
COUNTRY. ANYWAY, IT IS NOT
SUSTAINABLE IN A COUNTRY THAT
PRIORITIZES DRUG PUSHERS,
EXACERBATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CRISIS THAT MAKES IT UNSAFE TO
GO OUT. IT IS ARTIFICIALLY
INFLATING PROPERTY VALUES THAT
DEVALUE THE WORKING-CLASS VALUE,
OPPRESSING THE MAINSTREAM
ECONOMY , AND THE RENEGOTIATION.
>> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE WILL NOW
PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS. OH, WE HAVE ONE FINAL
PUBLIC COMMENT OR FOR TODAY,
APOLOGIES. IRIS ?
>> MY NAME IS IRIS AND AND, AND
I AM HERE TO COMMENT ON THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
INVENTORY REPORT. I UNDERSTAND
WE HAVE HAD SOME REDUCTIONS, IN
PART DUE TO LESS TRAVEL DURING
THE PANDEMIC AND AN INCREASE IN
APARTMENT DWELLERS MOVING TO
SEATTLE WITH LOWER CARBON
FOOTPRINTS AND CITY PROGRAMS TO
HELP TRANSITION HOMES FROM
HEATING OIL TO ELECTRIC HEAT
POINTS, THE NEW DATA FROM THE
2022 REPORT SHOWS EMISSIONS HAVE
TRENDED UPWARD . MORE PEOPLE
HAVE RETURNED TO WORK,
INCREASING EMISSIONS, ADOPTING
THE BUILDING EMISSIONS
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WAS A GOOD
THING, BUT WE ARE WAY BEHIND AND
WE NEED MANY MORE POLICIES THAT
TARGET EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS.
WHAT OTHER MEASURES CAN THE CITY
TAKE TO DECREASE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS ? WHAT ABOUT A PROGRAM
TO HELP PEOPLE TRANSITION TO
ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS, LIKE THE
CITY DID WITH OIL TO HEAT PUMPS?
AND PRIORITIZING TRANSIT,
WALKING, BIKING, AND
ELECTRIFYING REMAINING TRIPS IN
OUR TRANSPORTATION SECTOR ? WE
DO NEED MORE INTERIM DATA TO
PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY IN
REPORTING SO THAT WE KNOW HOW WE
ARE TRENDING BEFORE ANOTHER TWO
YEARS GOES BY, WE NEED YOU TO BE
ACCOUNTABLE AND IMPLEMENT A
SOUND CLIMATE PLAN WITH CONCRETE
STEPS TO DECREASE EMISSIONS, IN
LINE WITH THE GOALS WE SET, 58%
BY 2030, AND 80% BY 2050. THANK
YOU , VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO HAVE PROVIDED
COMMENT, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS, WE WILL NOW
PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM
1. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO THE AGENDA? --
RECORD ?
>> APPOINTMENT 03079,
APPOINTMENT OF CAROL M. BINDER
AS MEMBER, MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL, FOR
THE TERM TO JULY 11th, 2027,
SEEKING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>> WE HAVE CINDY , IF YOU WANT
TO STATE YOUR NAME INTO THE
MICROPHONE, BEFORE YOU BEGIN
YOUR PRESENTATION?
>> YES, VERY HAPPY TO. GOOD
MORNING, MY NAME IS CINDY
BOLTON, I AM THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER OF THE SEATTLE ART
MUSEUM AND THE STAFF LIAISON. I
AM VERY HAPPY TO BE PRESENTING
TO YOU THIS MORNING, FOR CAROL
M. BINDER 'S APPOINTMENT TO THE
GOVERNING COUNCIL , BOB STRONG
IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO BE
WITH US THIS MORNING. AND IT
CAROL BINDER WAS PLANNING TO BE
HERE , BUT HE HAS A FAMILY
EMERGENCY THAT HAS KEPT HER
AWAY. YOU CAN SEE FROM HER
RESUME, IN YOUR PACKET, HER
LONGTIME CIVIC SERVICE TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE , AS BIKE PLACE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND SENIOR
ADVISER DURING THE RENOVATION
AND MOST RECENTLY WITH THE
FRIENDS OF THE SEATTLE
WATERFRONT. THE MDA COUNCIL IS
HONORED TO HAVE YEARS OF HER
GUIDANCE AS AN APPOINTED
COUNCILMEMBER AND WE THINK --
THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CINDY.
COLLEAGUES, DO WE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS
BEFORE US TODAY? ALL RIGHT. NOT
SEEING ANY, I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE CONFIRM CONFIRMATION
OF APPOINTMENT 03079.
>> SECOND .
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. TO APPROVE THE
CONFIRMATION -- APPOINTMENT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ?
>> AYE.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, ZE
>> IT WILL BE SENT TO THE NEXT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHENEVER
THAT HAPPENS. [ LAUGHTER ] THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CINDY.
>> MOVING TO ITEM TWO, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2.
>> SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION
OVERVIEW AND GOALS, BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL, OUR PRESENTERS
WILL BE JOINING US AT THE TABLE,
WHEN YOU GET SETTLED IN. BE SURE
TO STATE YOUR NAME INTO THE
MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD,
BEFORE YOU GIVE THE
PRESENTATION.
>> CHAIR, I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD THAT I AM PRESENT.
>> WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE
RECORD REFLECTS THAT, THANK YOU.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE US
AWAY?
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS,
MY NAME -- I AM THE DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE,
I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE ART
COMMISSION, THE ART COMMISSION
WORKS WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS
AND CULTURE AS AN ADVISORY BODY.
AND I AM DELIGHTED TO PRESENT
TODAY, COCHAIR KAYLA DEMONTE.
SHE IS PART OF A SEATTLE-BASED
NONPROFIT WORKING TO BUILD A
CULTURE OF POWERFUL, RESPONSIBLE
CITIZENSHIP ACROSS THE U.S.
ALONG WITH HER, PRESENTING, IS
COCHAIR HOLLY JACOBSON. HOLLY IS
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO
OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATION,
SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
THROUGH TRAUMA-INFORMED ART
PRACTICE, TRAINING, AND
ADVOCACY.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU , CHAIR
RINCK, AND COUNCIL , FOR
INVITING US TO CONNECT WITH YOU,
OUR AIM TODAY IS REALLY TO
REINTRODUCE OURSELVES AS THE
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION. AND
SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE
DO. HOW WE DO IT, WHY WE DO IT,
AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU MAY HAVE. WE ARE YOUR
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION AND WE
ARE APPOINTED BY YOU, THE MAYOR,
AND WE HAVE ONE SEAT OF OUR OWN,
AND WE ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH
INPUT ON THOSE APPOINTMENTS AS
WELL. WE REPRESENT A DIVERSITY
OF COMMUNITIES INCLUDING OUR
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE, ALONG
WITH SPENCER, A LONGTIME
ADVOCATE OF INDIGENOUS AND
NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS PROJECTS,
MOST RECENTLY FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AND AVERY
BARNES , THE DYNAMIC FOUNDER AND
CREATOR , AND ADDITIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
NATIONAL MUSEUM, FRIENDS OF THE
WATERFRONT , AS WELL AS
PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTISTS,
TEACHING ARTISTS, AND ARTS
JOURNALISTS. WE HAVE THREE
VACANT SEATS, TWO OF WHOM WILL
BE APPROVED BY YOU, AND ONE BY
THE MAYOR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR ATTENTION TO FILLING THE
SEATS AS SOON AS YOUR SCHEDULE
ALLOWS, WE WILL EXECUTE OUR
DUTIES AND BEST REPRESENT THE
DEPTH OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE - MUFFLED ]
>> OKAY , WELL, YOU HEARD FROM
THE OFFICE AND STAFF TO ENSURE
COMMUNITY REPRESENTED TATIAN FOR
IMPORTANT WORK SUCH AS PUBLIC
GRANT ALLOCATIONS, AS A
COMMISSIONING OF PUBLIC ARTS
PROJECTS, ACTIVATIONS,
EDUCATION, AND WORKFORCE
INITIATIVES, CONVERSELY, WE ALSO
CONNECT THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO
THOSE INITIATIVES TO ENSURE
GEOGRAPHIC AND REPRESENTATION
ACROSS OUR ARTS ECOSYSTEM, ONLY
VOLUNTEER COMMISSION FOCUS
SOLELY ON THE SECTOR, WE HAVE
OUR EARS TO THE GROUND, THAT
COULD IMPACT THE CITY AND
SECTOR, AND A VOICE FOR
LEADERSHIP TO CITY LEADERS LIKE
YOU AND DECISION-MAKERS ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
COMMUNITY.
>> HOLLY, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT, WE WORK IN
SEVERAL WAYS, THE FIRST , ONE OF
OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES IS
TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK
ABOUT THE ANNUAL CITY BUDGET,
BOTH TO CONTRADICT, AND THAT IS
A CRITICAL WAY FOR US, AS OUR
REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE SOUTH -- SECTOR TO VOICE
CONCERNS IN THE BUDGETING
PROCESS. SECONDLY, OUTSIDE OF
THE ANNUAL BUDGET LETTER, WE
SERVED AS ADVISERS THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR TO VARIOUS CITIES,
WHETHER THAT BE COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND OTHER LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY, ON HOW THE ARTS CAN
ENHANCE OUR CITY WELL-BEING AND
OUR ECONOMY, FINALLY, WE SPLIT
MUCH OF OUR HANDS-ON WORK
BETWEEN THREE COMMITTEES, WHICH
WORK DIRECTLY WITH ARTS AND
STAFF, THE AMAZING ART STAFF, TO
PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC ART,
PLACEMAKING, AND ARCTIC SPACE,
AND WE HAVE TWO OF OUR COMMITTEE
CHAIRS WITH US, I WOULD LIKE TO
TALK TO THEM TO SPEAK TO THE
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE, I WILL
FIRST INTRODUCE SPENCER, TO
SPEAK ABOUT THE ADVISORY MIDDIE.
>> I AM YOLANDA SPENCER, I SERVE
AS CHAIR FOR THE PUBLIC ARTS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE REVIEW
AND WE RECOMMEND PUBLIC ART
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, AND WE
ADVOCATE FOR 1%, FOR THE ARTS
PROJECT. IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS. AND WE ALSO HAVE
AVERY BARNES.
>> I AM JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE
WITH YOU TODAY. THE CULTURAL
INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE IS
COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO
PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON THE
OFFICES RENT PROCESSES ,
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, AND
ADVOCATES FOR INCLUSIVE CULTURAL
INVESTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, AVERY, OUR THIRD
COMMITTEE, WHICH IS CHAIRED BY
THE BUREAU PROJECT, THE
COMMITTEE THAT WORKS TO ADVISE
AROUND ISSUES OF CULTURAL SPACE
AND THE IMPACT ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
>> SO, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE
AWARE, BUT PROBABLY ARE, THE
COMMISSION HAS PLAYED A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN SUPPORTING
THE ARTS SECTOR, OFFICE WAS BORN
FROM THE COMMISSION. AND, SO,
ALSO, PART OF OUR JOB IS TO
STRENGTHEN THE CRITICAL, IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS, AND SOME OF THE
WAYS WE HAVE DONE THAT, IS TO
LAUNCH THE CITY INNOVATIVE
CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY, THE NEW
PDA , FIRST OF ITS KIND, REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
DESIGNED TO FACILITATE
CULTURALLY-FOCUSED COMMUNITY
SPACE AND SPURRING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREATED
ADVANTAGE PROGRAM. A PROGRAM FOR
STUDENT ART EDUCATION AND PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ALSO WORKED
LAST YEAR, WITH MANY OF YOU, AND
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE OF
YOU WHO SUPPORTED THE
MAINTENANCE OF THE SEATTLE
ADMISSIONS TAX, TO STAY WITH THE
OFFICE, IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN
THE OFFICE'S WORK AND SECTOR,
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
ON THAT, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY
CRITICAL THAT WE MAINTAIN SINGLE
FUNDING FOR OUR ARTS SECTOR
GRANTS , ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW, THROUGH
THE OFFICE'S HARD WORK. AS WE
CONTINUE TO WORK TO REVITALIZE
OUR CITY. AND, IN AN ONGOING
WAY, WE SUPPORT THE ARTS AT KING
STREET STATION AS A THRIVING
COMMUNITY HUB, AND THIS NEW
SPACE WAS DESIGNED AND
DEVELOPED, THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE
OFFICE IN.
>> GREAT . HERE IS AN OUTLINE OF
THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THROUGH LAST YEAR AND
INTO 2025, FIRST, WE REALLY WANT
TO SHOW AND SHARE OUR
APPRECIATION WITH YOU, THE
COUNCIL, FOR RETAINING THE
ADMISSIONS TAX AND SUPPORTING
THE PASSING OF THE BUDGET LAST
FALL, THIS IS HUGELY IN SUPPORT
OF THE SECTOR, BIG APPRECIATION
FOR THAT. WE ARE PROUD OF THE
WORK THAT WE DID TO ADVOCATE FOR
THAT. SECOND GOAL, TO NOTE THAT
WE ARE YOUR ALLIES. WE AIM TO
GROW CONNECTIONS WITH YOU, AND
WITH OTHER STEWARDS, OTHER
CRITICAL CITY NETWORKS, LIKE
OTHER COMMISSIONS. AND MOVING
TOWARDS SEATTLE CENTER, PARKS
AND THE ARTS CULTURAL DISTRICT.
WE AIM IN THE SECOND GOAL TO
STRENGTHEN THE NETWORK OF THOSE
WHO MAKE AND SUPPORT ARTS IN OUR
CITY. THIRDLY, WE WANT TO ENSURE
THAT THE VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT THE ARTS OFFICE PROVIDES
ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO A WIDE
VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES, TO
SUPPORT MORE WIDESPREAD OUTREACH
ABOUT THE PLANS AND PROGRAMS
THAT THEY OFFER. AND FINALLY,
ALL OF THE ABOVE UNDERSCORES WHY
IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE
AT FULL STRENGTH, WE ARE IN
REBUILDING MODE THIS YEAR. LAST
YEAR, WE WERE OPERATING WITH 50%
OF OUR COMMISSION CAPACITY , WE
ARE WORKING NOW TO GET BACK UP
TO FULL CAPACITY WITH OUR
MEMBERSHIP. AND SO, OUR FINAL
GOAL IS REALLY INTERNAL, WE ARE
WORKING TO REVITALIZE THE
COMMISSION TO BE STRONGLY
SUPPORTIVE AS A BODY, THAT CAN
BE IN SUPPORT OF THESE GOALS AND
OF OUR SECTOR, SO, AS WE CLOSE
TODAY, FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR WORK
AND WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO
US, THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY,
AND ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, AS YOU
ARE THINKING ABOUT SUPPORTING
THE THRIVING ARTS CREATED
SECTOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT QUESTIONS , IDEAS, WHAT YOU
HAVE, SO THAT WE CAN EMBED THOSE
INTO OUR WORK. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
FOR PRESENTING TODAY AND FOR
BEING HERE THIS MORNING. AND WE
CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY
QUESTIONS. I ALSO HEARD A
REQUEST FOR ANY PRIORITIES THAT
RELATE TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE
SECTOR, WITH THE ARTS
COMMISSION. COLLEAGUES WE ?
>> VICE CHAIR MOORE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU DO , WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST WANTED
TO SAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
NORTH SEATTLE, WE ARE SORT OF
STARVED FOR THIS KIND OF ARTS
CONNECTION. TO THE EXTENT THAT
WE CAN EXPAND UP THAT WAY, WE
WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH YOU
AND ALSO TO KNOW ABOUT EVENTS
GOING ON, I DO HAVE A LENGTHY
NEWSLETTER TO DISTRIBUTE THAT
INFORMATION, WE DO HAVE CLARITY
CENTRAL SPACE, WHICH IS GOING TO
BE TURNED INTO MAKER'S SPACE.
THERE IS MUCH OPPORTUNITY UP
THERE. AND I FEEL THAT THE
CONNECTION THAT THE ARTS PROVIDE
, A VITAL CONNECTION, IN A WAY
TO BUILD COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY
IN THESE TIMES. I JUST WANTED TO
SHOUT OUT HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK
YOU DO IS, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO
SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE
DISTRICT.
>> I WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO THE
FULL COMMISSION AT OUR NEXT
MEETING, A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM
NOW. AND WORK ON THAT. AND THAT
IS WHY WE ARE HERE, TO MAKE
THOSE CONNECTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ?
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> CHAIR RINCK, IF I CAN JUST
SAY ONE MORE LOG, I THINK THAT
VICE CHAIR MOORE WAS SPEAKING TO
THIS, THE ARTS HAVE OFTEN BEEN
SEEN AS BEING NICE TO HAVE
SOMETHING SEPARATE. AND WE KNOW,
JUST LOOKING BACK, IN HISTORY
THAT CIVILIZATIONS ARE JUDGED BY
THE DIRECTOR OF THEIR ARTS AND
THE PARTICIPATION OF THEIR ARTS,
AND THE ARTS LAY SUCH A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE, NOT JUST AN
ECONOMIC GROWTH, WHICH HAS BEEN
DEMONSTRATED , A LOT OF THE WORK
THAT I DO IS AROUND COMMUNITY
HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UTILIZING
THE ARTS , THERE IS A HUGE
MOVEMENT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW, I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT
AND UNDERSTANDING, IT IS
SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO
EVERYBODY AND REPRESENTS OUR
CITY. SO, THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, SORRY. WE
DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE MOMENTS. I
THINK THAT I PARTICULARLY WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW, WITH THESE GOALS,
SPECIFICALLY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BE ENGAGING WITH COUNCIL ,
MOVING FORWARD?
>> YES, I THINK, WELL, I SHOULD
TOSS IT TO MY TEAM. [
INDISCERNIBLE - OVERLAPPING
SPEAKERS ]
>> YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN
CONTACT WITH EACH OF YOUR
OFFICES, PARTICULARLY EACH OF
YOU COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS
COMMUNITY AND SIMILARLY, AS VICE
CHAIR MOORE SAID, THE NEEDS, THE
WAYS THAT YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING
AND SAYING HOW ARTS SUPPORTS AND
ALSO HOW WE CAN PLAY A VITAL
ROLE AS LIAISONS. BACK TO THE
OFFICE, AND SPREAD OPPORTUNITIES
THAT EXIST, THAT REALLY JUST
NEED TO BE MORE WIDELY
UNDERSTOOD, AND PROMOTED. TO
FOLKS. SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO
REACH OUT TO EACH OF YOUR
OFFICES TO SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP
ADHERE MORE DIRECTLY, AND BE IN
MORE REGULAR CONTACT THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR.
>> JUST THAT , I THINK, THAT,
AGAIN, IS WHY WE ARE HERE, AND
JUST TO WORK TOGETHER, AND , TO
INFORM YOU ALSO OF WHAT IS GOING
ON, NOT JUST TO HEAR WHAT YOUR
INTERESTS ARE, AND TO LET YOU
KNOW, AS VICE CHAIR MOORE
SUGGESTED, WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THIS SECTOR, WHAT THE CONCERNS
OF THE SECTOR ARE, WE HAVE OUR
HANDS IN DIFFERENT, COMMUNITIES,
AND, LIKE, I AM PART OF THE
SEATTLE CENTER, WE HAVE ANOTHER
COUNCIL MEMBER . AND THERE IS AN
ARTS COMMITTEE. WE ARE OUT THERE
AND WE CAN BRING THOSE CONCERNS
TO YOU, AS WELL.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
OKAY.
>> THERE ARE TWO VACANT ROLES ON
OUR COMMISSION. THE WORK WILL BE
INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL , IN THE
WORK THAT WE DO
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF WORK
HAPPENING AROUND FIFA
ACTIVATION, PREPARING FOR THE
WORLD CLUB. HAVE YOU BEEN
ENGAGED BY THE LOCAL ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT
OF DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION WORK? ARE
THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT
YOU INTO SOME OF THAT ACTIVATION
WORK?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, WE HAVE
STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT
INTERNALLY, BUT I THINK THAT
WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO MAKE
SURE THAT , AS WE HAVE SAID,
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BOTH SHARE
THE IDEAS, IN THE SECTOR, THEN
TAKE THAT BACK, SO, I THINK THAT
CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD
BE REALLY EXCITED TO GET MORE
ENGAGED ON, OVER THE COMING
YEARS.
>> I THINK, CHAIR RINCK, THAT
REFLECTS WHY WE WANT TO HAVE
INCREASED VISIBILITY NOW, AFTER
SEVERAL YEARS OF NOT BEING ABLE
TO OPERATE AT FULL SPEED, BEING
ABLE TO JUMP IN, SUPPORT, AND
CONNECT.
>> BEING REALLY PLUGGED INTO
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ARTS
COMMUNITY, WE COULD PROBABLY
HAVE A PRESENTATION TALKING
ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ARTS AND
CULTURE SECTOR. IF YOU WERE TO
IDENTIFY ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THREATS FACING OUR ARTS
COMMITTEE, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
YOUR PERSONAL TAKE ON WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE.
>> I THINK WE MIGHT ALL HAVE A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. BUT I
WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, FROM MOST
OF MY FELLOW ARTS ADMINISTRATORS
. WE ARE ALL VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT FUNDING, AND WE ARE REALLY
FACING AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN
A LOT OF WAYS. AND ALSO STAYING
TRUE TO OUR VALUES IS CRITICAL
RIGHT NOW. AND, AS WE, AS WE ARE
AT RISK OF LOSING FEDERAL
FUNDING AND FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE
ARE, THERE IS AN EXISTENTIAL
CRISIS GOING ON, WITH ARTS AND
CULTURE COMMUNITIES, EVEN
BEFORE.
>> THIS IS WHY WE ARE SO
APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR SUPPORT OF
THE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCES,
SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD
TO THAT QUESTION?
>> YEAH. MY WORK IS GEARED
AROUND THE NATIVE URBAN
COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE WORKED
WITH THE UNITED INDIANS, AND
THEY HAVE THE ARTS CULTURAL
CENTER. AND IT WOULD BE GREAT,
YOU KNOW, AFTER HEARING
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE TALK ABOUT
THE ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW?
OUTPUTTING OUR ACTIVITIES,
WITHIN DIFFERENT CULTURES. AND,
JUST KEEPING US INFORMED. AND,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF, BRINGING
TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE
SIDELOAD AT TIMES. AND MY WORK
ALSO INVOLVES RECENTLY RELEASED
INCARCERATED MEMBERS . AND SO,
WELCOMING OUR FAMILIES BACK INTO
SOCIETY IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO
CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY. AND ARTS
HAS BEEN WELCOMING TO CREATE
THAT SAFE PLACE. AND I THINK,
CREATING SAFE PLACES TO ATTEND
THESE PROJECTS GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT THE
ARTS ARE IMPORTANT IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> YOLANDA, THANK YOU, FOR
ADDRESSING THIS CONCERN . YOU
STATED IT BEAUTIFULLY.
MENTIONING, LIFTING -- STAYING
TRUE TO VALUES. THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT IN MY WORK,
INDEPENDENTLY IN MY I WAS SO
MOVED TO JOIN AS CHAIR, CENTERED
AROUND RACIAL EQUITY AND
ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION .
AND HAVING AN ART GALLERY IN THE
CENTER OF PIONEER SQUARE, RENT
PRESENTING -- REPRESENTING
ARTIST FROM ARTIST FROM SEATTLE
AS WE ADDRESS THE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND SUSTAINING AND SUPPORTING
THOSE OF , IN THIS TIME, IT IS
IMPORTANT, NOW MORE THAN EVER TO
JOIN. ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A
DIVERSE COMMITTEE. AS WELL. AND,
COMMISSION? AMAZING TO BE ABLE
TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE. THANK
YOU .
>> I WAS AT THE NORTHWEST
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM LAST
WEEK, AND SEEING SOME OF OUR
LOCAL BLACK ARTISTS AND THEIR
ART FEATURED, SO POIGNANT,
THINKING ABOUT, HOW,
HISTORICALLY THE ARTS SECTOR AND
INSTITUTIONS HAVE KEPT OUT MANY
ARTISTS OF COLOR AND THE AMAZING
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS ARTISTS
THAT WE HAVE IN SEATTLE HAS BEEN
SO AMAZING TO SEE. AND WE WILL
SUPPORT THOSE ARTISTS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE UNCERTAINTY
AHEAD OF US. MY FINAL QUESTION,
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
THE COMP PLAN. THE BIG FOCUS ON,
PLAN IS ON HOUSING, A CRITICAL
COMPONENT FOR ALL OF US. BUT
LATELY, I HAVE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT
THE MAKERS' SPACES AND ARTISTS
SPACES. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN TALK ABOUT WITH YOU ALL,
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE LAND
USE POLICY TO SUPPORT MORE ARTS
ACTIVATION.
>> IN PARTICULAR, I AM HAPPY TO
TALK ABOUT THAT, ACTUALLY IT IS
AN EXAMPLE OF CITY LAND BEING
UTILIZED, WE EXIST ON LAND OWNED
AND MANAGED BY THE SEATTLE
CENTER, 2nd AND MERCER, AND
ABOVE, 96 UNITS OF LOW-INCOME
HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND
SO, IT , IT IS A MODEL FOR WHAT
COULD BE. AND I WOULD INVITE YOU
ALL TO COME DOWN AND SEE THE
MAKING, THE ART MAKING.
ACTUALLY, TODAY, WE HAVE OPEN
STUDIO , AND PARTICIPANTS CAN
COME AND MAKE ART. ANYONE CAN
COME AND MAKE ART, WE HAVE A JAM
SESSION COMING ON, TWO VISUAL
ARTS STUDIOS, IT IS A WAY
ACTUALLY, FOR PEOPLE, NOT JUST
PEOPLE, BUT WE COULD OPEN UP
THAT SPACE ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE
PARTICIPANTS THAT COME FROM 60
SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS BUT FOR
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE
ARE FEELING THE STRESS OF THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE JUST
LEANING INTO THAT. I WOULD LOVE
TO SEE MORE SPACES, I WOULD LOVE
TO HELP ADVISE ON WHAT WORKS IN
THE CONSIDERATIONS TO BUILD THAT
SPACE.
>> I HEARD AN INVITATION IN
THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR. I HAD SOMETHING THAT CAME
TO MIND THAT I WANTED TO FOLLOW
UP WITH. I AM LOOKING AT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT IN THE ARTS . AND I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND MAYBE
WE CAN SCHEDULE SOMETHING, WHERE
YOU CAN COME INTO THE OFFICE AND
WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
WOULD LOOK LIKE. I AM THINKING
ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH,
IN THE ARTS, AS WELL AS ART
VINDICATION , MURALS, THROUGHOUT
THE DISTRICT. I REMEMBER ONE
MURAL THAT WAS PLACED ON A
SAFEWAY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO,
IT HAS YET TO BE TAGGED . IT WAS
DONE BY LOCAL FOLKS, IT HAS
STOOD FOR YEARS WITHOUT ANY KIND
OF VANDALISM. WHEREAS I SEE
OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
UP BY NONLOCAL ARTISTS, THAT
HAVE BEEN SLASHED. I AM
THINKING, IF WE CAN GET OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ARTS IN
COMMUNITY, TO BEAUTIFY THE
COMMUNITY, I DEFINITELY WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
AND THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION
I HEARD AS WELL AND ENGAGE WITH
YOU TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME
THINGS HAPPEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
IN D2.
>> WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD LOVE TO
TALK TO YOUR OFFICE MORE ABOUT
THAT AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU
SPOKE TO SPEAKS TO WHY SO MANY
ARE GIVING THEIR TIME AS CITIZEN
VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT YOUTH
DISSIPATION, TO SUPPORT A
VIBRANT CULTURE IN OUR CITY,
THROUGH PUBLIC ART, AND SO,
REALLY GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT
THIS SPEAK TO YOU. WE ARE
EXCITED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE
A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT GOING
FORWARD. LOOKING FORWARD TO
MEETING NEXT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MOVING US TO ITEM 3, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> 2022 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY
RATING AND DISCUSSION.
>> ALL RIGHT. OUR FRIENDS ARE
JOINING US AT THE TABLE , IN THE
FRONT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. ONCE YOU GET
SETTLED IN, TAKE A MOMENT AND
STATE YOUR NAME INTO THE
MICROPHONE AND THEN THE IN YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> MORNING, MY NAME IS MICHELLE
CAULFIELD, I AM THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL . MY
NAME IS LYLIANNA ALLALA, I AM
THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ANI
KRISHNAN, AND I USE HE SLASHED
HIM PRONOUNS.
>> WE HAVE A SLIDE DECK ON THE
SCREEN, I WANT TO START BY
SAYING, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
AND CHAIR RINCK FOR INVITING US.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE AND GREAT
TO MEET A FEW OF YOU IN PERSON
FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WELL.
TODAY, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
OUR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY.
AND I WANTED TO JUST REVIEW, WE
CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I
WILL REVIEW HOW WE WANT TO
REVIEW THAT. I WANT TO TELL YOU
A LITTLE ABOUT OSC , I WILL TALK
ABOUT OUR OFFICE AND THE WORK
THAT WE DO, AND THEN NEXT , ANI
KRISHNAN WILL TALK ABOUT THE
INVENTORY, THE CLIMATE GOALS,
AND THE TRENDS. AND WE WILL
WOUND UP WITH LYLIANNA ALLALA
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
WORK AHEAD OF US. SO, I WILL GET
US STARTED, JUST TALKING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MISSIONS
HERE, AS STATED ABOVE, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT OPERATES CITYWIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
POLICIES ACROSS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. WE DO THIS WORK IN
GREAT SUPPORT OF SEATTLE'S
LONG-STANDING RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVES, WE VERY
MUCH PRIORITIZE THOSE WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED HISTORIC HARM IN
TERMS OF RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. AND WE
KNOW THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SUSTAINABILITY WORK IS NOT THE
WORK OF ONE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE
WORK OF MANY DEPARTMENTS, THE
WORK OF MANY SECTORS, AND THE
WORK OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, SO
WE DO THIS WORK, IN DEEP
PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY CITY
PARTNERSHIPS, SOME OF WHICH ARE
REPRESENTED, WE HAVE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT IN GREAT FORCE, WHICH
IS AWESOME, WE WORK WITH OTHER
SECTORS, INCLUDING CORPORATIONS,
AND PROPERTY OWNERS,
INSTITUTIONS, ACADEMIC
ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS DEEP
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. AS WE
ARE IMPLEMENTING SEATTLE THIS
CLIMATE JUSTICE AGENDA, WE ARE
WORKING ON THIS TRANSITION AWAY
FROM FOSSIL FUELS, IN WAYS THAT
DELIVER EQUITABLE WAYS AND
SUPPORT HEALTHY, THRIVING
COMMUNITIES. THE LAST SLIDE I
WILL COVER IS JUST AN OVERVIEW
OF OUR CORE SERVICES AND I
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE WORK
THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF CLIMATE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THAT
WORK IS REALLY TO PRIORITIZE
GREATER REPRESENTATION OF THE
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND THE
WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE IS DEEP
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY
CAPACITY, TO BE PARTNERS. THAT
ALSO LOOKS LIKE EXPANDING
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN JOBS
AS WE DO THIS TRANSITION. IT IS
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED BY THE CLIMATE IMPACTS
THAT WE ARE ALREADY SEEING
TODAY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
RESILIENT STRATEGIES IN PLACE TO
PROTECT PEOPLE, AND ALSO WORK IN
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES, LIKE THE DUWAMISH
VALLEY , GEORGETOWN, AND OTHERS,
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD IS A VERY STRONG PARTNER
IN ALL OF THIS WORK THAT WE DO,
THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY,
NOT THE LAST THING, BUT I WANT
TO SAY STRONGLY THIS WORK, THIS
DEEP PARTNERSHIP WORK ON
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REALLY
INFLUENCES AND SHAPES ALL THE
WORK WE DO ACROSS OUR OFFICE.
SO, OUR EMISSIONS REDUCTION WORK
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR A LOT
ABOUT THAT, I WILL JUST
HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO VERY DEEP
WORK IN THE BUILDING SPACE, AND
SORT OF HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR
MANY YEARS AND OUR PERFORMANCE
STANDARD POLICY IS THE MOST
RECENT LEGISLATION THAT WE
PASSED TO DELIVER EMISSION
REDUCTIONS IN BUILDING. WE WORK
IN VERY DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF
REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM
TRANSPORTATION AND GETTING
PEOPLE OUT OF CARS BUT ALSO THE
ELECTRIFICATION PIECE OF THAT.
SEATTLE HAS HAD A VERY
LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO A
SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM, THE
FIRST FOOD ACTION PLAN WAS
PASSED IN THE EARLY 2010s, AND
SO, THAT WORK REALLY TRANSLATES
INTO PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS
TO HEALTHY, LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE
FOODS. AND WE DO THAT THROUGH
THE LONG-STANDING FRESH BOX
PROGRAM THAT HELPS COMMUNITIES
ACCESS FRESH FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES AT RETAIL
ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS THE CITY
AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO LOOK AT HOW WE
MAKE MEALS MORE HEALTHY AND
CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND THE
STRATEGIES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN
THE FOOD ACTION PLAN, JUST
RECENTLY UPDATED AND WE WORK
AGAIN IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH
MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS ON THAT
PLAN AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE
HAVE BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN
SEATTLE 'S URBAN FORESTRY GOALS
AS A CITY. WE WORKED WITH NINE
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND DEEP
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE A THRIVING URBAN FOREST AS
WE GROW OUR CITY AND WE OVERSEE
THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
AS WELL AS THE CANOPY COVER
MANAGEMENT TO COVER OUR CHANGE
OVER TIME AND I WILL END ON THE
OVERVIEW OF OSE AND WE WELCOME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND
TALK MORE, AT THIS POINT, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO ANI KRISHNAN,
WHO WILL KICK US OFF WITH THE
AGENDA.
>> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME
FOR US TODAY, I WANT TO THANK
OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS TODAY,
BECAUSE YOU CAPTURED THE ESSENCE
OF OUR PRESENTATION SO, THANK
YOU FOR THAT, IN THIS NEXT
SESSION, WE WILL DO SOME CONTEXT
SETTING AROUND OUR TARGETS AND
HOW WE MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARDS
THEM. SEATTLE'S OFFICIAL
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS TARGETS
COVER THE TRANSPORTATION ,
CALLING FOR A 50% REDUCTION IN
EMISSIONS BY 2030, OVER A 2008
BASELINE, AND BEING CARBON
NEUTRAL BY 2050. THESE TARGETS
WERE OFFICIALLY ADOPTED THROUGH
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION IN 2011.
AND WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH OUR
OWN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN 2013,
TO SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW
TO GET TO THOSE TARGETS. AND
SINCE THEN, THE PRIMARY WAY THAT
WE HAVE BEEN MEASURING OUR
PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE REDUCTION
TARGETS IS THROUGH GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY. WHAT IS
AN INVENTORY? THERE WE GO. VERY
SIMPLY, AN INVENTORY MEASURES
THE AMOUNT OF HEAT-TRAPPING
GASES REMAINED BY -- RELEASED BY
HUMAN SOURCES OVER THE COURSE OF
A YEAR AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS
IN WHICH TO MEASURE EMISSIONS
INVENTORIES, WE TAKE A LAYERED
APPROACH TO KIND OF DO THAT.
FIRST, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF
DEPARTMENTS LIKE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT,
THAT CONDUCT GREENHOUSE GAS
INVENTORIES, SPECIFICALLY TO
MEASURE THE EMISSIONS IMPACT OF
THEIR OWN OPERATIONS. NEXT, WE
HAVE THE GEOGRAPHIC INVENTORY.
AS WE MOVE ON TO , ADVANCE THE
SLIDES A LITTLE BIT, THIS ONE
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY,
THIS ONE PRIMARILY TRACKS
EMISSIONS OCCURRING WITHIN OUR
BORDERS AND ALSO CORRESPONDS TO
THOSE THREE SECTORS WE
MENTIONED, FOR WHICH WE HAVE
EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS AND
THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE THE
CONSUMPTION -BASED INVENTORY
THIS ONE TRACKS EMISSIONS
CREATED BY THE CONSUMPTION OF
GOODS AND SERVICES IN OUR CITY,
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THOSE
EMISSIONS ARE PRODUCED. JUST TO
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SCALE , HERE
IS ROUGHLY HOW MUCH EMISSIONS
GET REPORTED IN EACH OF THOSE
LAYERS, THE LARGEST ONE DOWN
BELOW IS THE 11 MILLION METRIC
TONS OF CO2 EQUIVALENT, THE
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS ARE MUCH
SMALLER, 17,000, AND THE
GEOGRAPHIC INVENTORY AGAIN, THE
ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY,
IS ABOUT 3 MILLION METRIC TONS,
THIS SLIDE IS FOR YOU ALL TO
HAVE WHERE WE SIT, THIS IS ONE
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, IN TERMS OF
HOW WE MEASURE EMISSIONS AND
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR US
THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY. SO, ONE OF THE BENEFITS
OF DOING GEOGRAPHIC INVENTORIES,
WE HAVE A GLOBAL PROTOCOL THAT
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE
GLOBAL PROTOCOL FOR CITIES AND
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE
THE REASON WE USE THIS ONE IS
BECAUSE IT IS WIDELY USED ACROSS
THE WORLD AND ENSURES THAT OUR
METHODOLOGIES ARE SIMILAR TO
WHAT OTHER CITIES USE AND WE CAN
DO MORE THAN APPLES-TO-APPLES,
COMPARING THEM WITH HOW WE ARE
DOING ON ADMISSIONS. THE
PROTOCOL HELPS US DEFINE WHAT WE
SHOULD BE TRACKING. IN THIS NEXT
SLIDE AND GRAPHIC, YOU WILL SEE
THAT, WE HAVE VARIOUS SOURCES OF
EMISSIONS , WE HAVE SCOPE ONE ON
THE LEFT, WHICH ARE THE
EMISSIONS OCCURRING WITHIN OUR
CITY BOUNDARIES, SCOPE TWO, DOWN
BELOW, WHICH IS THINGS LIKE
GRID-SUPPLIED ENERGY, SCOPE
FREE, AND MERRILY EMISSIONS THAT
OCCUR OUTSIDE OUR CITY
BOUNDARIES, AND IF WE IDENTIFY
ONE MORE, YOU WILL SEE, THAT WE
HAVE, SORRY. THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT, MY BAD , SO, THE ONES THAT
WE TRACK , IN THIS BOX RIGHT
HERE, THESE , AGAIN CORRESPOND
TO THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
TARGETS, THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND THE
CORE EMISSIONS THAT ACTUALLY
DRIVE EMISSIONS IN THE CITY,
THEY ARE BROKEN UP INTO THREE
CATEGORIES AGAIN, ROAD
TRANSPORTATION WE HEARD MAKES UP
THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF EMISSIONS
IN THE CITY, ABOUT 58%. THE
PRIMARY DRIVER FOR THAT, NO PUN
INTENDED, IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
DRIVING CARS, IN THE BUILDING
SECTOR, THAT MAKES UP ABOUT 40%
OF OUR EMISSIONS, THE PRIMARY
DRIVER IS BURNING FOSSIL GAS FOR
HEATING AND COOKING AND FINALLY
THE WASTE SECTOR, WHICH IS ABOUT
2%. THE PRIMARY DRIVER IS
LANDFILL WASTE THAT HAS ORGANIC
MATERIAL THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN THERE. AND YOU WILL SEE ,
WHEN WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH
OTHER CITIES, THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS
US PER CAPITA EMISSIONS ACROSS
NORTH AMERICAN CITIES. WE DO
FAIRLY WELL , WE ARE UNDER THE
AVERAGE HERE. AND YOU WILL SEE ,
THAT BUILDINGS MAKE UP ABOUT 40%
FOR US WITH TRANSPORTATION BEING
THE BIGGEST CHUNK, COMPARED TO A
LOT OF OTHER CITIES, BUILDINGS
ARE A BIGGER PORTION. THE REASON
THAT FOR US IT IS NOT AS HIGH,
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, WHICH HAS A
CARBON-NEUTRAL GRID , AND IT IS
GENERALLY LOWER THAN COMPARED TO
OTHER CITIES. AND THEN, YOU WILL
ALSO SEE, ON THE NEXT SLIDE
OVER. GO BACK
AMONG THESE ARE THE CITIES THAT
ARE GENERALLY , IN OUR BRACKET,
PORTLAND, SAN FRANCISCO,
VANCOUVER, AND EVEN COMPARED TO
THESE CITIES, WE ARE GENERALLY
DOING PRETTY WELL. AND MOVING
ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, IN SUMMARY,
HERE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS TO
KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT
INFORMATION FROM THE GEOGRAPHIC
INVENTORY, AS FAR AS THE
BENEFITS ARE CONCERNED, WE GET
CITYWIDE ESTIMATES FROM THESE
INVENTORIES WHICH HELP US TRACK
HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMS, WE HAVE TWO
TARGETS, IT ALLOWS US TO COMPARE
TO OTHER CITIES TO SEE HOW WE
ARE DOING IN TERMS OF EMISSIONS,
ON THE LIMITATIONS SIDE, AGAIN,
WE HEARD THIS AS WELL, THERE ARE
TWO YEARS WE DO NOT TRACK ALL OF
THE EMISSIONS SOURCES, AND THERE
IS A LAG IN THE DATA, AND THERE
IS ALSO UNCERTAINTY IN THESE
DATA SOURCES , OUR BUILDING
SECTOR DATA IS UTILITY DATA THAT
WE CAN REPORT ON, AND OUR
TRANSPORTATION DATA ON THE OTHER
HAND IS MODELED SO THERE IS A
LEVEL OF CERTAINTY, A DIFFERENCE
IN CERTAINTY, BETWEEN DATA
SOURCES. AND WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH DATA GRANULARITY TO
DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF THE
FACIAL -- SPATIAL REGULARITIES,
SO , WITH THAT, WE CAN START TO
LOOK AT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS AND
TRENDS OF OUR 2022 INVENTORY
NUMBERS , SO THE TOP LINE
TAKEAWAYS , IN 2022, ACROSS
THESE KEY SECTORS, EMISSIONS
STAYED ROUGHLY 4% AFTER THE
PANDEMIC -INDUCED IN 2020. THE
EMISSIONS HAVE NOT RETURNED TO
PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, 2022
EMISSIONS ARE ABOUT 12% LOWER
THAN OUR 2008 BASELINE . AND
THIS HAPPENED WITH THE
POPULATION INCREASING BY ABOUT
28% DURING THE SAME PERIOD. WE
NEED TO FIND A FURTHER 46% IN
REDUCTIONS IN THE NEXT EIGHT
YEARS, THOSE ARE FROM 2022, BY
THE WAY, NOT 2025, TO HIT OUR
TARGETS. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU
WILL SEE THIS INFORMATION ON A
GRAPH, THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING A
PERCENTAGE CHANGE OF CORE
EMISSIONS, GDP, AND POPULATION
FROM OUR 2008 BASELINE, WE HAVE
BEEN REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS OVER
THE BASELINE, IN THE FACE OF
UNPRECEDENTED POPULATION AND GDP
GROWTH . AND THAT CORE EMISSIONS
LINE, IF WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT OVER A
LONGER TREND LINE, WE SEE THAT
WITH EMISSIONS IN 2008, WE ARE
KIND OF STEADILY GOING ALONG AND
WE SEE THAT DROP OFF IN 2020,
WHICH IS PRIMARILY, YOU KNOW,
PANDEMIC INDUCED. AND IN 2022,
UP TO 2.9 METRIC TONS, WE HAVE A
LONG WAY TO GO, WE HAVE TO HIT A
TARGET OF 58% BY 2030, AND NET
CARBON NEUTRAL, THIS
NECESSITATES THAT WE NEED TO BE
MOVING ABOUT 10 TIMES FASTER
THAN OUR AVERAGE RATE SO FAR, TO
HIT THAT INTERIM TARGET BY 2030.
NOW, THIS SLIDE, THE NEXT THREE
SLIDES WE WILL SEE OUR
SECTOR-SPECIFIC OVERVIEWS, WE
ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME DATA,
EXCEPT AT THE SECTOR LEVEL, WE
WILL TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE CHANGE
FROM 2020 TO 2022, FOR
TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE THE
BASELINE IN 2008, AGAIN, THE BIG
DROP OFF, PEOPLE STAYED AT HOME,
WORK-FROM-HOME, DID NOT TRAVEL
IN 2020, AND THIS KICKBACK UP TO
1.7 MILLION IN 2022, AND IF WE
ADVANCE ONCE MORE, WE WILL SEE A
POP-UP , OF THE FACTORS THAT
AFFECTED THAT INCREASE, THE
PRIMARY FACTOR THAT CAUSED IT
WAS AN INCREASE IN WHAT WE CALL
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, MORE
PEOPLE GOT INTO THEIR CARS,
THERE WAS AN UPTAKE IN TOURIST
ACTIVITIES, THAT WAS A PRIMARY
DRIVER THAT CAUSED AN INCREASE
IN THE EMISSIONS AND THIS WAS
HAPPENING ALSO AT THE SAME TIME
AS NATIONAL FUEL STANDARDS WERE
GRADUALLY IMPROVING, SO WE ALSO
SAW EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
THERE. WE SAW AN INCREASE IN
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, THAT RISE IN
EMISSIONS. AND WE SAW AN
INCREASE IN BATTERY ELECTRIC AND
PLUG IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
REGISTRATIONS IN KING COUNTY AND
IN THE STATE, THAT CONTRIBUTED
TO DECREASING EMISSIONS, EVEN
THOUGH THERE WAS A NET INCREASE
OVERALL. SO, MOVING ONTO THE
NEXT SLIDE. THOSE WERE THE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THERE. AND
MOVING TO THE NEXT SECTOR HERE,
BUILDING ENERGY EMISSIONS, WE
STARTED OFF WITH 1.3 MILLION
METRIC TONS BASELINE IN 2008, WE
ARE AT ABOUT 1.2 MILLION IN
2022, AGAIN, A SLIGHT TICK
BACKUP, IF WE ADVANCE THE SLIDE
AGAIN, WE WILL SEE THE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT WERE
AT PLAY HERE. WE HAD MUCH MORE
EXTREME WEATHER IN 2022 THAN WE
DID IN 2022 -- 2020, THE WINTERS
WERE COLDER THE SUMMERS WERE
HOTTER, THAT WAS A FACTOR,
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS DEALT
WITH HOW TO, YOU KNOW, ADJUST TO
THE PANDEMIC. WE SAW HIGHER
VENTILATION RATES, AND THAT
DECREASED ENERGY USE. AT THE
SAME TIME, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG
ENERGY CODE THAT CONTINUED TO
MAKE OUR BUILDINGS MORE
EFFICIENT AND WE ALSO SAW A
SLOWDOWN IN CONSTRUCTION AND
COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCY RATES AND
ALL OF THESE FACTORS COULD HAVE
REDUCED THE EMISSIONS AND THEY
MIGHT HAVE BEEN MUCH LARGER,
HAVE THOSE NOT BEEN IN PLAY, AND
THEN, FINALLY, OUR WASTE SECTOR,
WE -- YOU WILL SEE, ON THIS
SLIDE, OUR NUMBERS, THE K STANDS
FOR THOUSANDS , WE ARE AT
101,000 AND 2008, 69,020 22,
THIS LINE IS MUCH BETTER TO LOOK
AT, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE ARE
ON TRACK AND POTENTIALLY GOING
TO HIT OUR GOAL, BECAUSE OF THE
WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
THEY HAVE WASTE DIVERGENCE IN
GENERAL, COMPOSTING, AND
RECYCLING. THE PICK BACK UP THAT
WE SEE, THE INCREASED RATES OF
RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS
BRINGING WASTE TO SELF-HALL
STATIONS, AND AGAIN BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY AND REDUCED
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, WE SAW A
DECREASE IN EMISSIONS FOR THAT
SECTOR AS WELL. SO, I THINK THAT
IS ALL I HAVE, AS FAR AS OUR
DATA AND I WILL HAND IT OVER NOW
TO LYLIANNA ALLALA TO TALK ABOUT
OUR PROGRAM STEPS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EARLIER,
WHEN WE BEGAN THE SLIDE, THERE
WAS A REFERENCE TO OUR COMMON
ACTION PLANS, THE COMMON ACTION
PLAN FIRST WAS DEVELOPED IN
2013, AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE
BEEN WATER -- WORKING TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, THE
WAY YOU JUST HEARD, AND MANY OF
THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO, AS WAS
SAID, OUR ENERGY CODE, OUR
BUILDING EMISSIONS STANDARDS,
OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION, TRANSPORTATION,
AND I COULD GO ON ABOUT ALL OF
THE GREAT WORK WE ARE DOING
ACROSS THE CITY. WE ARE AT A
POINT WHERE THE SOCIOECONOMIC
FACTORS ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN
2013. SO, IN THE STATE OF THE
CITY ADDRESS, THE MAYOR DID
SHARE THAT HE WILL BE ISSUING AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO UNDERGO AN UPDATE TO
OUR COMMON ACTION PLAN, WE ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS RIGHT
NOW, BUT, AS WE DEVELOP MORE
DETAILS, IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS
AND GET STARTED, WE ARE VERY
HAPPY TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL
AND SHARE THAT OVERVIEW, AND WE
ARE GLAD TO WORK IN
COLLABORATION WITH YOU IN THAT
PROCESS. THERE WE GO. MAKE SURE
THAT I HAVE MY NOTES THERE.
YEAH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE
ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS.
>> COLLEAGUES, WHAT QUESTIONS DO
YOU HAVE FOR OUR PRESENTERS FROM
OSE?
>> LOOKING AT THE TRANSPORTATION
SECTOR, IT OCCURS TO ME, WE
COULD ONLY HAVE AN
ADMINISTRATION ROLLING BACK ANY
EFFORTS TO ELECTRIFY OUR
TRANSPORTATION , SO, MY QUESTION
, HAS YOUR OFFICE THOUGHT ABOUT
HOW WE ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO
FEDE
STATIONS. IF WE ARE REALLY GOING
TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS FROM TRANSIT , IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT ELECTRIFYING
OUR FLEET IS ONE WAY TO DO THAT,
YET, WHEN THE FEDS ARE SAYING,
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE PAYING
FOR THIS, IT HAS YOUR OFFICE
THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO
THEM?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ,
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. WE ARE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR
LOCAL INVESTMENT IN
ELECTRIFICATION . I WILL ALSO
SAY, WE ARE WORKING IN THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER REGIONAL
AND STATE PARTNERS, LIKE THE
PORT OF SEATTLE, AND THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, TO REALLY THINK
ABOUT HOW WE LEVERAGE REGIONAL
DOLLARS AND STATE DOLLARS, TO
DEVELOP OUR REGIONAL GOALS. THE
PORT OF SEATTLE HAS SEVERAL
MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY ARE
INVESTIGATING TO ELECTRIFY
TRUCKS , AND WE ARE PARTNERING
WITH THEM ON THAT RIGHT NOW, THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON HAS MONEY
SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE CLIMATE
COMMITMENT ACT, WHICH IS GOING
TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER
INCREDIBLE FUNDING FOR OUR
STATE, OUR COMMUNITY, TO STAND
FIRM, IN CLIMATE ACTION AND SO
FAR, SINCE THE CLIMATE
COMMITMENT ACT HAS PASSED, THERE
HAS BEEN $3 BILLION I THINK THAT
HAS BEEN RAISED IN FEES ON
POLLUTERS, TO INVEST IN THE
CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, IN THE
AREAS OF BUILDING, IN THE AREAS
OF TRANSPORTATION, IN THE AREAS
OF WASTE. AND WE ARE ALSO IN
DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
REGIONAL PARTNERS, THROUGH
FEDERAL GRANTS THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN ADMINISTERED, LIKE THE
CLIMATE REDUCTION SOLUTION FUND
AND A LOT OF CLIMATE PLANNING
WORK THAT IS HAPPENING, FOCUSED
ON ELECTRIFICATION ACROSS OUR
REGION. SO, THERE ARE BIG ISSUES
WITH FEDERAL POLICY. I DO NOT
WANT TO, I DO NOT WANT TO
OVERLOOK THAT, LIKE, NOT HAVING
THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED,
ACTUALLY HAVING POLICIES THAT
ARE, LIKE, COUNTER TO WHAT WE
WANT, IS A CHALLENGE, BUT I FEEL
GOOD THAT WE ARE IN A REGION IN
A STATE COMMITTED TO CLIMATE
CHANGE. WE WILL KEEP WORKING ON
THAT.
>> I WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN TO
THE LOCAL LEVEL, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU KNOW,
AS A CITY GOVERNMENT, WE CAN DO
SOMETHING ABOUT, AND IT MAY HAVE
INVOLVED CONVERSATION WITH FAS ,
AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAINTAIN OUR
VEHICLES. AS IT STANDS RIGHT
NOW, VEHICLES ARE LEASED TO
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, AND I CAN
GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF A
VEHICLE ASSIGNED TO ME AT THE
SOUTH PRECINCT, WE WERE TOLD,
YOU MUST DRIVE THIS VEHICLE X
NUMBER OF MILES PER MONTH OR IT
WILL BE REPURPOSED TO SOME OTHER
USE. WELL, THE WAY THAT THEY ARE
JUDGING , HOW THE VEHICLE IS
USED AND HOW MANY MILES ARE ON
THAT VEHICLE, IS BY HOW OFTEN WE
GAS UP. YET. THESE ARE HYBRID
VEHICLES, AND IF WE WANT TO USE
THEM, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIFIED
PORTION OF THE VEHICLE, WE ARE
BASICALLY PUNISHING , WE ARE
BASICALLY PUNISHING THAT USE BY
SAYING, OH , WE ARE GOING TO
JUDGE HOW OFTEN THIS VEHICLE IS
DRIVEN OR HOW FAR THIS VEHICLE
IS DRIVEN BY HOW MUCH GAS YOU
PUT IN IT. THAT SEEMS TO BE
COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT OUR
GOALS ARE. AGAIN, MAYBE HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH OUR POLICE
PEOPLE, CAN YOU RETHINK THIS?
BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO BE WONKY.
JUST SAYING.
>> I WILL SAY, WE WILL FOLLOW UP
ON THAT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
THE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE HERE
HAS BEEN WORKING ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS , THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I WILL BRING BACK TO THE
TEAM.
>> I APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE.
LOOKING AT LEADERSHIP ,
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, WHEN IT O
DESIGNING OUR BUILDINGS, LIKE
THIS BUILDING, TO BE GREEN, SO
THEY EMIT LESS GREENHOUSE GASES,
PROBABLY NEED TO DIG IN TO SEE
IF THAT IS ALREADY THERE. HELP
ME OUT.
>> WE WORK WITH SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS, I BELIEVE THAT
HAPPENS. AND THAT INCLUDES
THINGS OTHERS . A NUMBER OF
THINGS THAT SUPPORT A HEALTHY
GREEN BUILDING. BUT WE DO HAVE
ENERGY CODES RIGHT NOW LOCALLY
THAT PRIORITIZE ELECTRIFIED
BUILDINGS. NEW CONSTRUCTION IS
ESSENTIALLY THE CARBON
EMISSIONS, THEY ARE BEING TAKEN
CARE OF IN THE NEW CODE. OUR
OFFICE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE
EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO
BE RETROFITTED. AS THE EQUIPMENT
FAILS, WHAT IS THE RIGHT MOMENT
FOR US TO ELECTRIFY THOSE
BUILDINGS, SO THAT WE ARE
MEETING THE CLIMATE GOALS ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. TIE YOU FOR
THIS INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A HUGELY IMPORTANT TOPIC
OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE FOR OUR
CITY AND OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE
DEEPLY CONCERNED. IT IS EVIDENT
IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT , IT INCLUDES
MY SEATTLE, SOUTH PARK AND IN
THAT, IS THE DUWAMISH VALLEY,
THE MOST HEAVILY POLLUTED
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN
THE CITY, AND A LOT OF REASONS
FOR THAT. I AM GLAD IT IS A
WIDE, SHARED CONCERNED --
CONCERN, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS AND NOW IT IS TIME TO DO
RIGHT AND ADDRESS THESE
UNDERLYING CONCERNS. I WILL TELL
YOU, AS WE KNOW, SOUTH PARK AND
GEORGETOWN RESIDENTS HAVE
HISTORICALLY BARED THE BRAND --
BRIAN OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
THAT HAS BEEN GAINED FROM THESE
POLLUTION DRIVERS. AND, WHILE,
AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE PROFITS
HAVE BEEN SHARED BY FEW , WHO DO
NOT LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND,
BY THE WAY, IN MY DISTRICT, DELL
RIDGE, NOT PARTICULARLY, YOU
KNOW, SAVE, OR NONHAZARDOUS,
RELATIVE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME, IN
MY DISTRICT, ON THE SLIDE, I
DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE SLIDE
NUMBERS BUT DURING THE DATA
PORTION, THE TOP LINE TAKEAWAYS
WE LEARN WELL, I GUESS -- WE
WILL LEARN THAT AS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE, WE LEARNED , ON THAT
LAST BULLET, WE NEED TO FIND A
FURTHER 46% OF REDUCTIONS IN THE
NEXT EIGHT YEARS TO HIT THE 2030
TARGETS. I THINK, I HAVE CALLED
OUT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
PERTAINING TO THAT, IN TERMS OF
THE LONGER-TERM GOALS. I WOULD
BE CURIOUS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND,
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
EXPERTISE WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENTS, JUST CURIOUS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE
DEPARTMENT IS THINKING ABOUT
SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THAT. AND ,
AT A HIGH LEVEL, HOW ARE YOU
THINKING ABOUT APPROACHING THAT
WERE, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO BETTER MEET OUR TARGETS, AND
DELIVER UPON EARLIER
COMMITMENTS. IS THAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, PART OF THE WORK,
PERTAINING TO THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLING FOR THE
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? AND HOW ARE
YOU THINKING ABOUT APPROACHING,
SOLUTIONS, OR ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MIGHT RISE
TO THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION
LEVEL?
>> I WILL KICK US OFF, PART OF
THE PROCESS TO UPDATE THE
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INCLUDES THE
OVERVIEW OF ACTIONS AND
STRATEGIES ENCOMPASSED IN THE
ORIGINAL ONE, AND DOING A BETTER
ANALYSIS, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
ACTIONS ARE PRESENTLY UNDERWAY,
AND WHAT IS LEFT TO BE DONE, AND
WHAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE NO
LONGER VIABLE, GIVEN WHERE WE
ARE AT NOW, SO THERE WILL BE
PART OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING,
AND THEN, MAYBE, IF YOU HAVE
SOME SPECIFICS?
>> I CAN COVER A COUPLE OF
SPECIFICS. ONE THING I WOULD
LIKE TO STATE, WE ARE SEEING IN
THE INVENTORY DATA FROM 2022, IT
DOES NOT CAPTURE REALLY
OUTSTANDING WORK THAT THIS CITY
HAS DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, WITH FEDERAL GRANTS THAT
HAVE COME IN, WITH STATE GRANTS
THAT HAVE COME IN, AND THE WORK
THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING A COUPLE
OF EXAMPLES, WE TALK ABOUT
BUILDING EMISSION PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS. THOSE BENEFITS HAVE
NOT BEEN UTILIZED YET BUT THEY
WILL BE REALIZED, WE HAVE A VERY
AGGRESSIVE, WE HEARD ABOUT THE
PLANE PROGRAM TO REMOVE OIL FROM
HOMES, WE HAVE DECREASED
OIL-HEATED HOMES BY 50% AND A
LOT OF THAT HAS ALSO HAPPENED IN
THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS THAT
MAY NOT SHOW UP IN THIS
INVENTORY. I AM NOT TRYING TO
SAY, WE HAVE THIS, WE ARE ON IT,
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT WE ARE
HOPING TO SEE, PARTICULARLY THE
METRICS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR
WEBSITE AND OUR DASHBOARD, WE
NEED TO CONTINUE WHAT WE ARE
DOING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
VERY CLOSELY WITH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT. AND HOW WE DO THAT, IN A
WAY THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE
WORKFORCE NEEDS, AROUND THAT,
CHANGE THE GRID NEEDS, THE
RELIABILITY NEEDS, AND MANAGE
COSTS FOR CUSTOMERS, WE FEEL
VERY SOWE ARE MOVING FORWARD ,
THERE IS ABOUT A 35% REDUCTION
IN EMISSIONS, JUST FROM THOSE
POLICIES ALONE THAT WE WILL
REALIZE. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT
SMALLER BUSINESSES, AND
RESIDENTIAL HOMES, AND LOOKING
AT THE GAS IN HOMES, WE ARE
REALLY HOPING FOR STATE FUNDING,
AS WELL AS CITY FUNDING TO SEE
HOW WE DO THAT TRANSITION, NOT
JUST AWAY FROM OIL BUT NATURAL
GAS AS WELL, IN TERMS OF
TRANSPORTATION, WE DO NOT WANT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, LOOKING AT
TRANSPORTATION, THERE HAS REALLY
BEEN OUTSTANDING WORK THAT HAS
HAPPENED, BETWEEN SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT AND THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO REALLY LOOK
AT, HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THE WAY
FROM THE MARKET CHANGES THAT ARE
HAPPENING WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES
AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT OUR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS, THE TRANSPORTATION
LEVIES ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FOCUS
ON CLIMATE, RESILIENCE, THROUGH
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND LOOKING AT
OTHER INVESTMENTS, WE ARE
SEEING, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE
SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE RECENTLY
SHOWING AN UPTICK IN PEOPLE
USING TRANSIT, WE ARE SEEING A
DOWNWARD TREND FROM THE PANDEMIC
. NOW WE ARE SEEING THAT
TURNAROUND, WE NEEDED TO DO WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING. THE WORK
THAT THE TEAM IS DOING TO WORK
WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS IS
COMING TOGETHER TO LOOK AT WHAT
ARE THOSE NEXT GENERATION
POLICIES WE NEED TO PUT IN
PLACE, WHILE WE ARE STILL
BUILDING THE CAPACITY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE TO DELIVER ON
WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE
TRANSPORTATION BILL THAT VOTERS
RECENTLY APPROVED, THIS
CONTRADICT CRAFTED IT CAREFULLY
AND PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT YEAH,
THERE IS A LOT OF NONTRIVIAL
EXCITING ELEMENTS, PERTAINING TO
CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCY
THAT WE BAKED INTO THAT THAT YOU
MENTIONED , INCLUDING THE EV
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. A LOT
OF, YOU KNOW, TREE -PLANTING
INITIATIVES, THE RIGHT OF WAYS ,
I FORGOT THE TOTAL, 26, 27%, THE
TOTAL OF VARIABLE -- AVAILABLE
AREA TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN TREES
IN TERMS OF OUR CITY'S OVERALL
LAND MASS , SO, WE DID A LOT .
AND THERE IS MORE TO DO, BUT
DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR CALLING
OUT THE NEXUS. AND THE NEXUS
BETWEEN THIS WORK, AND THE
EXECUTION OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE. FINAL QUESTION.
SO. YOU KNOW , THIS IS
PERTAINING TO THE DATA. THE
LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE IS FOR 2022. I HEARD
THE DIRECTOR , A MOMENT AGO,
SAYING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES
OF, WE HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS
SINCE 2022 AND I HOPE THAT IT
WOULD SHOW UP IN FUTURE DATA. NO
BIG AT YOU. I THINK , BY ALL
ACCOUNTS, YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT
ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND CLEARLY
THERE IS OPPORTUNITY REFLECTED
IN THE DATA. AT THE SAME TIME,
AS A CITY , HOPE IS NOT AN
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE
THE GOALS. WE HAVE A HUGE
DEPENDENCY ON THIS DATA. CAN YOU
HELP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY
THERE IS SUCH A LAG IN LATENCY,
IN THE DATA ? JUST FOR CLARITY,
WE ARE AT THE END OF Q1, 2025.
WE ARE LEVERAGING DATA FROM
2022. YEAH. WHAT IS THE LATENCY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THE REASON FOR THAT LATENCY,
PUTTING TOGETHER AN INVENTORY IS
A PRETTY INVOLVED PROCESS. IT
INVOLVES DATA SOURCES THAT ARE
DISPARATE, FROM DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS. SOMETIMES FROM
EXTERNAL PARTNERS, AND PUTTING
IT ALL TOGETHER IS AN INVOLVED
PROCESS THAT TAKES TIME. WE
RECOGNIZE THOSE LIMITATIONS,
WHICH IS WHY, OVER THE PAST TWO
OR THREE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
LEADING INDICATORS OF EMISSIONS
COULD BE. IN SERVICE OF THAT, WE
DID A LITTLE BIT OF A SOFT
LAUNCH , IF YOU WILL, FOR WHAT
WE CALL THE THE ONE SEATTLE
CLIMATE PORTAL, WE HAVE
INFORMATION, WHERE AVAILABLE, AT
THE QUARTERLY LEVEL, IN THE
BUILDING SECTOR, THAT DATA IS
MUCH EASIER FOR US TO PROCURE,
WE TALK TO OUR FRIENDS AT CITY
LIGHT, PUGET SOUND ENERGY, WE
GET THAT UTILITY DATA AGGREGATED
ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. YOU COULD
LOOK AT YOUR SPECIFIC
NEIGHBORHOODS , THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE
CONCERNING IN DISTRICT 1 AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT INFORMATION
LOOKS LIKE, WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION ON THE PORTAL, IT IS
MUCH HARDER TO GET IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, WE RELY
ON A TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL THAT
OUR REGIONAL COUNCIL PUTS
TOGETHER. AND THAT IS AN
INVOLVED PROCESS AS WELL, THEY
WOULD HAVE TO DO A TRAVEL DEMAND
SURVEY. IT TAKES MULTIPLE YEARS.
THEY ONLY UPDATE IT ONCE EVERY
FEW YEARS AND WE TAKE THAT
MODEL. BECAUSE IT IS A REGIONAL
MODEL, WE ESSENTIALLY SAY, HERE
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
REGION. WHAT PORTION OF THAT IS
SEATTLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ? SO,
OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ,
HAVE BEEN WORKING DIVINE
DIFFERENT SOURCES OF DATA SETS
THAT WE COULD BE USING, ONE OF
THOSE IS FROM A COMPANY CALLED
REPLICA, AND AGAIN, OUR AIM IS
TO GET MORE REGULAR, WE SHOULD
HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT
SOMETIME THIS YEAR WITH BETTER
DATA .
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AND I AGREE WITH THE
COMMENTS AND THE COMMENTS WE
HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT, ABOUT
HOW WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER DATA,
BETTER STORYTELLING, BETTER
NARRATIVE, ABOUT THE WORK THAT
WE ARE DOING. THAT IS SOMETHING
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IS A
UPDATE TO THE PRIVATE PLAN,
LOOKING AT TRANSPARENCY AND
REPORTING ON A MORE REGULAR
BASIS. SO, THERE IS MORE TO
COME. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AS A PRIORITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. THAT WILL CLOSE US OUT ON
THIS. I WANT TO REPEAT SOMETHING
I HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION AND
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY
STRUCK ME ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID,
WE NEED TO MOVE 10 TIMES FASTER
TO MEET THE GOAL. I WAS PLEASED
TO SEE THE UPDATE, AND I
SINCERELY HOPE THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AN UPDATE THAT
WILL SET AN AGGRESSIVE PATH
FORWARD AND MY OFFICE REALLY
WANTS TO BE PARTNERED IN MAKING
THAT POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE REALLY
WANT TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TAKE
THIS AS SERIOUSLY, AS MUCH AS
THIS DEMANDS IT AND IT REALLY
DOES BEG THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE
OUR BIGGEST ROADBLOCKS RIGHT
NOW, THAT ARE KEEPING THE CITY
FROM MAKING MORE PROGRESS?
>> I CAN START WITH SOME OF
THAT. WE HEARD ABOUT BUDGET.
FUNDING IS IMPORTANT, INVESTMENT
IS NEEDED, ACROSS THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND
THAT INVESTMENT NEEDS TO COME IN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT
GREATER ELECTRIFICATION. THAT
INVESTMENT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, IN
TERMS OF CHANGE, IN TERMS OF
ACTUAL PEOPLE AND COMPANIES AND
WORKERS, MAKING DIFFERENT
CHOICES ABOUT HOW THEY MOVE
AROUND OUR CITY HOW THEY HEAT
AND COOL THEIR HOMES. I WOULD
SAY, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, AND KIND
OF A FULL CULTURE SHIFT IS
SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN.
AND SO, I THINK, HOW WE DOUBLE
DOWN, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER WITH
REBATES, INCENTIVES,
PROGRAMMING, HELPING MAKE THAT
SHIFT, WHERE WE CAN, WE CANNOT
REQUIRE ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT
WE CAN REQUIRE SOME OF IT. AND I
THINK THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
SUPPORTS SOME OF WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS ESSENTIALLY AN
ECONOMIC TRANSITION OF OUR
ENERGY SYSTEM. IT CANNOT BE
ECHOED ENOUGH, HOW GREAT THAT
IS, THAT IS ABOUT WORKFORCE
TRANSITION, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
MOVES AND STORES ENERGY,
SUPPLIES ENERGY, AND THAT IS
ALSO ABOUT RETROFITTING
ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
WHETHER THAT BE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE UTILITY OR
THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PEOPLE
LIVE AND WORK IN, TAKING TIME TO
DO THAT, TO NOT UNDULY BURDEN
THE BOW. SO, I WOULD SAY, IT IS
A SYSTEM CHANGE AND IN ITSELF,
IT CAN BA BARRIER. I THINK
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, GETTING
OVER THAT, HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
MAKING SURE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
COMPONENTS OF THAT, HOW WE THINK
ABOUT WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE AND
HOW WE JOINTLY PLAN AND INVEST
IN WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE,
DEFINITELY BUDGET, WE WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE BUDGET AND POLICY
DIRECTION FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, BUT THE ACTUAL
INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES THAT ARE
HAPPENING, AS WE MAKE THOSE
ADJUSTMENTS OVER TIME, ARE A
CHALLENGE.
>> ANYTHING THAT LYLIANNA ALLALA
WANTS TO ADD ?
>> I WANT TO PUT A FINE POINT ON
WHAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY AND
REGIONALLY, TO HELP THAT
TRANSITION AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE ,
IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT
DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPAND SOME
OF THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE. AND IT IS A BURDEN IN A
CUMULATIVE WAY. IT IS A PROCESS
THAT WE ARE NAVIGATING AND
TRYING TO DO SO, QUITE
THOUGHTFULLY.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE, AS YOU ARE UPDATING
THE PLAN, WE WILL BE ASKING YOU
TO COME BACK AND SHARE UPDATES
ON THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE,
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING US ALONG,
WE WILL BE MOVING TO ITEM 4,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
4 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT,
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT TO
ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS FOR CUSTOMERS,
PARTICIPATING IN THE RENEWABLE
PLUS PROGRAM AND CHARGING A RATE
FOR THE DELIVERY OF DEDICATED
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS
ASSOCIATED RENEWABLE ENERGY
CREDITS SUPPLIED BY THE
DEPARTMENT UNDER THE RENEWABLE
PLUS PROGRAM, AND AMENDING
SECTION 21.4 9.089 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, BREEDING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> COLLEAGUES, IN THE INTEREST
OF TIME, WE WILL BE MOVING ITEMS
FIVE AND SIX TO A LATER MEETING
, THEY ARE NOT URGENT. ANYONE
FROM THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
TEAM, I PROMISE WE WILL GET TO
IT, BUT WE WANT TO TURN IT OVER
TO OUR PARTNERS WITH CITY LIGHT.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALEXIS
MERCEDES RINCK AND
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE ARE HERE TO
REQUEST AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH
PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY RULES
AND THE BILLING RATE FOR THE
RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM, RENEWED
BY CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER,
2021. CITY LIGHT ESTABLISHED
THIS PROGRAM FOR A UNIQUE SET OF
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, SEEKING
DELIVERY OF DEDICATED RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND THE ASSOCIATED
RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT. THESE
ARE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, WHO
HAVE SPECIFIC CORPORATE , CLEAN
ENERGY GOALS, THAT FITS RIGHT IN
WITH WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT, AND/OR FACILITIES
PURSUING CERTIFICATIONS THAT
REQUIRE THEM TO BE SERVED BY
DEDICATED, RENEWABLE RESOURCES
WITH THE ASSOCIATED RENEWABLE
ENERGY CREDIT. WE ARE WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THESE
CUSTOMERS . WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN
INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT MEETS
THEIR NEEDS, WHILE ALSO ENSURING
THAT THE CUSTOMERS PARTICIPATING
IN THE PROGRAM ARE PAYING FOR
THE FULL COST OF THE PROGRAM, AS
REQUIRED IN THE ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING THE PROGRAM. I WILL
NOW TURN IT OVER TO CRAIG SMITH.
I JUST THAT MAKE YES, CRAIG
SMITH, SORRY, I COULD NOT SEE
CRAIG. OUR CHIEF CUSTOMER
OFFICER, AND THE TALENTED, CITY
LIGHT PROFESSIONALS LEADING THIS
PROGRAM, TO BRIEF YOU ON THE
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM AND THE
ACTION REQUESTED BY CITY LIGHT.
>> WHY DON'T WE JUST GO THROUGH
AND INTRODUCE EVERYBODY AT THE
TABLE, WE WILL START WITH THE
FIRST, I AM CRAIG SMITH, CHIEF
OFFICER AT CITY LIGHT TO ME --
MY LEFT.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LORI
MOEN, I AM THE MANAGER OF THE
DEVELOPMENT TEAM AT CITY LIGHT.
STUDENT GOOD MORNING I AM
SIOBHAN DOHERTY.
>> CHRISTIE GRANGER, CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO, WE STAY ON THE
SLIDE FOR JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE,
TODAY, WE ARE INTRODUCING AN
ORDINANCE THAT ASKS FOR THREE
UPDATES TO AN EXISTING SEC, THE
FIRST UPDATE IS RELATIVE TO
ELIGIBILITY FOR CUSTOMERS
PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM ON
THE SECOND UPDATE IS TO SOME
MINOR LANGUAGE CHANGES, TO ADD
CLARITY, AND THE THIRD UPDATE IS
TO ADD A RATE COMPONENT, SO THAT
WE CAN BEGIN APPLICATION OF THE
PROGRAM. AND SO, OUR FIRST
SLIDE, IF YOU COULD GO BACK ONE
, PLEASE, THANK YOU. OUR FIRST
SLIDE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE
RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM, WE HAVE
A SUITE OF SIX OR SEVEN
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMS FOR
OUR CUSTOMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN,
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS,
AS DON SAID, I'M SORRY, COULD
YOU JUST PLEASE GO BACK? BACK
ONE MORE. WE ARE STILL ON THE
FIRST SLIDE. THANK YOU. THIS
PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS A REQUEST
OF OUR LARGER CUSTOMERS. THEY
HAD A NEED AND A GAP IN THE
PORTFOLIO. THE SOLUTION WE ARE
PROVIDING IS TO CONTRACT FOR A
BRAND-NEW POWER SUPPLY THAT IS A
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE, TO
INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT DISTRIBUTION, TO MEET
THE SUBSCRIBING CUSTOMER LOAD
WITH THAT RESOURCE, AND THEN, TO
RETIRE THE ATTRIBUTES OF THIS
RESOURCE WITH THE KILOWATT
ARTICLES THAT CUSTOMERS CONSUME
AND THAT IS REFERRED TO AS A
BUNDLED ENERGY RESOURCE ,
BECAUSE OF HOW THE RENEWABLE
ATTRIBUTES ARE COMBINED. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS PROGRAM HAS
BEEN UNDER DESIGN FOR A LONG
TIME, WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL IN
2011 TO SEEK AUTHORITY TO OFFER
THE PROGRAM. SORRY, 2021, THANK
YOU, CRAIG. OF INTEREST, THE
INFORMATION THAT WE ARE
PRESENTING HERE , IS THAT ,
SORRY. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT
THIS PROGRAM, THE CUSTOMER
COMMITMENT IS LONG-TERM . THAT
IS BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRACTING
FOR A POWER RESOURCE THAT IS A
LONG-TERM RESOURCE AND WE WANT
TO RECOVER THE COST OF THE
PROJECT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
WE HAVE ENERGY DEVELOPERS
BUILDING THIS PROJECT FOR US AND
WE HAVE CONTRACTED TO PURCHASE
THE POWER THROUGH OUR POWER
PURCHASING AGREEMENT. WE HAVE
CUSTOMERS WHO WILL SIGN A
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AND THEY
WILL DISSIPATE FOR A COMMITMENT
OF 15 YEARS. NEXT ONE, PLEASE.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THREE
CHANGES BEING PROPOSED IN THE
ORDINANCE, THE FIRST CHANGE IS
RELATIVE TO CUSTOMER
ELIGIBILITY. OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE
HEARD FROM CUSTOMERS VERY
INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM THAT
DO NOT MEET THE LARGE BASELINE
REQUIREMENTS IN ELIGIBILITY. WE
ARE TRYING TO BE AGILE, BECAUSE
OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE SPECIFIC
REQUESTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
PROGRAM, TO MEET CERTAIN
CERTIFICATION PROCESSES . THESE
ARE QUALIFICATIONS THAT PROVIDE
CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE
MET CERTAIN GOALS, IN
RELATIONSHIP TO APPLYING
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES. TWO
, ONE IS THE NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED PROGRAM , THE SECOND
IS THE LIVING BUILDING PILOT
PROGRAM, WE HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT
WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN BOTH OF
THESE PROGRAMS SO WE ARE TRYING
TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR
ELIGIBILITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE SECOND CHANGE THAT WE ARE
MAKING IS RELEVANT TO THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
CONTRACT FOR TWO PROJECTS TO
SUPPLY POWER FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THESE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED IN
CENTRAL OREGON, THEY -- THE
DEVELOPER HAS SECURED
TRANSMISSION FOR THAT POWER TO
COME INTO SEATTLE AND WE HAVE A
GUARANTEED OUTPUT OF 184,000
MEGAWATT HOURS AND TO PUT THAT
INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE AVERAGE
CUSTOMER IN THE CITY LIGHT
TERRITORY USES JUST OVER ONE
MEGABYTE PER HOUSEHOLD, SO THIS
REPRESENTS THE POWER OUTPUT OF
WHAT WOULD SUPPLY POWER TO ABOUT
184,000 HOUSEHOLDS. THESE
PROJECTS SHOULD BE ONLINE AND
DEVELOPING -- DELIVERING POWER
TO US, HAVING THESE RESOURCES
ACQUIRED, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE
INTO OUR RATE DESIGN AND
FINALIZE THAT. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. SO, THE METHODOLOGY OF
THE RATE DESIGN HAS THREE MAIN
PREMISES , THE FIRST IS THAT WE
ARE GOING TO AVOID COST SHIFTING
OF ANY COST IN THIS PROGRAM ,
THE STANDARD IS HOW WE APPROACH
THE PROGRAM DESIGN. THE CHARGE,
OR COST FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE
IN ADDITION TO THE CUSTOMERS ON
THE CURRENT BUILD CHARGES , IF
YOU GET A BILL FOR $20,000,
CURRENTLY, YOU WILL HAVE ONE NEW
LINE ITEM ON THAT BILL, FOR ALL
THE KILOWATT HOURS CONSUMED, WE
WILL HAVE A SPECIFIC CHARGE FOR
THE PROGRAM ON TOP OF THAT, AND
BECAUSE WE ARE COMING TO YOU FOR
AUTHORITY, AFTER THE REGULAR
RATE PASSAGE, WE ARE GOING TO
REQUEST THAT THE INITIAL TERM BE
FIXED FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN
ONCE WE COME BACK TO OUR
STANDARD TWO-YOUR WEIGHT-MAKING
-- RATE -MAKING PROCESS, WE WILL
REFRESH IT EVERY TWO YEARS
THEREAFTER. THAT IS THE BASIS.
THE INPUTS THAT GO INTO THAT
METHODOLOGY ARE PRIMARY VALUES.
THE FIRST , THE NUMBER OF
CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE
SUBSCRIBED TO THE PROGRAM. RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE SITTING WITH ABOUT
70% RESERVATIONS FOR THE AMOUNT
OF POWER THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
THAT FEELS REALLY GOOD FOR US,
THE SECOND IS, WE ARE RECOVERING
ALL OF THE PROGRAM DESIGN COSTS
AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE 15-YEAR
COURSE OF THE PROGRAM, THE THIRD
MAIN INPUT IS THE VALUE OF THE
RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS, WHICH
WILL BE CHANGING FROM YEAR TO
YEAR, BASED ON MARKET
CONDITIONS. SO, WE PUT ALL OF
THAT IN, WE TURN THE CRANK, AND
THE RATES WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY
1.47 CENTS, INCREMENTAL TO THE
CUSTOMER. SO, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE, THAT IS THE SUMMARY AND
THE WRAPUP OF THE THREE MAIN
ITEMS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN
THIS ORDINANCE, AGAIN, CHANGING
THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD FOR
AVAILABILITY, UPDATING AND
SETTING A PREMIUM AT 1.47 CENTS
PER HOUR, AND UPDATING OUR
LANGUAGE FOR CLARITY AND
FLEXIBILITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES ?
QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY LIGHT
REPRESENTATIVES? COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU ,
DAWN LINDELL, AND THE TEAM, VERY
INSIGHTFUL. FIRST OFF, I AM
CURIOUS, CAN YOU JUST RESTATE
YOUR REMIT AND, LIKE, YOUR
PORTFOLIO, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
THAT YOU OVERLOOK ?
>> THE CUSTOMER ENERGY SOLUTIONS
TEAM OVERSEAS ABOUT 30-PLUS
PROGRAMS ACROSS A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY IS ONE OF THOSE
FOCUS AREAS. WE ALSO OPERATE
PROGRAMS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY,
TRANSPORTATION WILL , AND MOVING
INTO DEMAND RESPONSE AND REQUEST
FOR LOADS.
>> AWESOME . YOU ARE SPEAKING MY
LANGUAGE NOW, BASED ON THE
ENTIRE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE
WITH ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND
ONE OF MY TOP CUSTOMERS IN THE
CITY. SO, ALL RIGHT, COOL. BUT
SOLUTIONS, MORE SPECIFICALLY,
CUSTOMER ENERGY SOLUTIONS TEAM.
I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT OUT.
AS, I THINK IT IS A FANTASTIC
BRANDING , THAT THE CITY LIGHT
TEAM HAS AND I AM SURE THERE ARE
MULTIPLE TEAMS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE SOLUTIONS,
AS PART OF THE NAMING, FRAMING,
AND THEIR MISSION HERE IT I
WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS TO ADOPT SIMILAR
SOLUTIONS. WHEN CUSTOMERS AND
CONSTITUENTS ENGAGED WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS, WE SHOULD BE IN THE
BUSINESS OF SHIPPING THE ORD
CHART. OR CONFUSING THEM, AT THE
END OF THE DAY, IT DOES NOT
MATTER WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OR
AGENCY IS, IT IS TO PROVIDE
SOLUTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO
CONFIRM THAT. THAT IS WHAT I
THOUGHT YOU SAID. AND SHARE THAT
AS A PRIORITY, BECAUSE BRANDING,
BRANDING MATTERS. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, ON THE SLIDE SIX? YOU TALK
ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY TO SET THE
RATE PAYMENT. ONE OF THE
CRITERIA YOU ARE USING, SEEMS
LIKE A GOOD ONE. AVOIDS
COST-SHIFTING TO
NONPARTICIPANTS. CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE NONMONETARY
IMPACTS OF THE PROGRAM? IF ANY.
ON NONPARTICIPANTS.
>> WELL, ONE THING THAT I MIGHT
ADD IS, WITH THIS COMMITMENT
THAT THESE CUSTOMERS HAVE TO
CLIMATE AND PROVIDING, YOU KNOW,
DOING THEIR BEST TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS AND MAKING THE
CLIMATE COMMITMENT, THAT
PROVIDES CLEANER AIR FOR ALL OF
US.
>> I WOULD ADD THAT THERE IS A
NET BENEFIT TO ALL CITY LIGHT
CUSTOMERS BY CITY LIGHT RINGING
THIS POWER INTO OUR SERVICE
TERRITORY, AND ENABLING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESOURCES IN THE REGION.
>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT.
I KNOW THIS WAS A NEW PROGRAM
FOR ME TO LEARN ABOUT, AND I
MEAN, IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO
SEE. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A
100% RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTION FOR
LARGE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BUSINESSES. IT TIES IN WITH THE
PRESENTATION WE WERE JUST IN.
AND I THINK JUST LOOKING, WITH
THESE CHANGES TO THE RENEWABLE
PLUS PROGRAM, HOW ARE WE
MEASURING OUR SUCCESS AND WHAT
ARE, KIND OF, THOSE INTERIM
OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE LOOKING
TOWARDS?
>> GREAT QUESTION. OUR FIRST
GOAL, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL IN
THE DESIGN PHASE AND WE WILL
START TO BUILD OUT THE PROGRAM
DELIVERY MECHANISMS IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS RATE IS
PIVOTAL TO MOVING INTO THAT
PROCESS. OUR GOAL FOR 2025 IS TO
REALLY FULLY SUBSCRIBE TO THE
PROGRAM. IDEALLY, WE WOULD
PERHAPS HAVE A SECOND . THE
PROGRAM TEAM, I JUST WANT TO
GIVE THEM A RECOGNITION. THIS
HAS BEEN A SLOW AND STEADY BURN
TO GET TO THIS POINT. AND WE ARE
JUST REALLY, REALLY EXCITED.
THEY HAVE DONE SOME AMAZING WORK
TO NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES, AND
ALL THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT GO
INTO DELIVERING THIS.
>> IT HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL
PROCESS WITH CUSTOMERS , SHAPING
THE DETAILS AROUND THE PROGRAM
DESIGN, SO, I AM REALLY
OPTIMISTIC THAT WE ARE GOING TO
GET TO THE 70% COMMITMENT RATE,
INCLUDING PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT FOR A LARGE PERCENTAGE
OF THE OUTPUT .
>> CERTAINLY, REALLY APPRECIATED
OF THE ENGAGEMENT YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING WITH CUSTOMERS. IT SEEMS
TO BE SHAPING WHAT THIS AMOUNT
OF CHANGE SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
COULD YOU JUST ILLUSTRATE A
LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THAT
ENGAGEMENT HAS LOOKED LIKE AND
GIVE US A SENSE OF WHO ARE THE
CUSTOMERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
WHO ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING,
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT?
AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS
OF DOING THE CHANGES COULD LOOK
LIKE.
>> YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. SO, AS
WE MENTIONED IN THE ORIGINAL
INTRO, THESE ARE THE INDUSTRIAL
AND LARGER COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
60, 65 OF OUR CUSTOMERS MEET
THIS QUALIFICATION AND THE
INITIAL ENGAGEMENT WAS
ONE-ON-ONE. WE WENT OUT AND WE
TALKED TO SPECIFIC CUSTOMERS,
GAUGING THEIR INTEREST , AND
STARTED OFF WITH A LETTER OF
INTENT TO PARTICIPATE. SO, AN
LOI. WE HAVE HAD CUSTOMERS COME
TO US RECENTLY, THEY ARE SORT OF
ON HOLD WAITING FOR THIS PROCESS
TO TAKE PLACE. BUT WE EXPECT
THAT WE WILL MAYBE HAVE AS MANY
AS FIVE TO 10 CUSTOMERS IN THIS
FIRST TRYING , AND PERHAPS EVEN
MORE THEREAFTER.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE
TALKING 5 TO 10 ADDITIONAL
CUSTOMERS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
FIVE TO 10 OPTING IN FOR THIS
ADDITIONAL TYPE ?
>> 5 TO 10, OUT OF THE 65, THIS
IS A UNIQUE PROGRAM, WE HAVE
MANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS
TO PARTICIPATE IN RENEWABLE
ENERGY, AND RENUMERATION FOR
THAT, THROUGH THEIR VEHICLES.
THEY CAN PURCHASE REX FOR THE
GREEN PROGRAM, AND WE WILL HAVE
A COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM COMING
UP IN THE NEXT YEAR. SO, WE ARE
TRYING TO MEET THE CUSTOMERS '
NEEDS, WHERE THEY ARE AT. WE
FEEL THIS MAY BECOME MORE AND
MORE OF INTEREST, TO CUSTOMERS,
ONCE WE GET IT UNDERWAY.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR
CLARIFYING THAT POINT. IT FEELS
LIKE THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
FOR MORE OWNED GENERATION, WHICH
HAS MORE LOCAL RESILIENCE. WE
ARE LEARNING, INCREASINGLY, IS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR US DURING
THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES. I DO NOT
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
BUT COLLEAGUES, DO WE HAVE ANY
FINAL QUESTIONS FOR THE
COLLEAGUES AT CITY LIGHT?
WONDERFUL. WELL, WITH THAT,
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, I THINK
THIS IS AN AMAZING STEP FOR OUR
GREEN ENERGY FUTURE BUT I LOOK
FORWARD TO UPDATES BUT I KNOW
THIS WAS A BRIEFING DISCUSSION,
WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK
FOR A VOTE BEFORE FULL COUNCIL.
WE WILL CERTAINLY BE FOLLOWING
UP AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE
HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR
AGENDA TODAY, IS THERE ANYTHING
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, FABULOUS, IN THAT
CASE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ,
FOREVER A PACKED AGENDA, HEARING
FROM THREE DEPARTMENTS AND
OFFICES. WITH THAT, I AM GOING
TO CONCLUDE OUR MEETING FOR
TODAY. WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF TODAY'S AGENDA. HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.