THE MARCH 12th MEETING OF
THE GOVERNANCE AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:37 A.M.
I AM JOY HOLLINGSWORTH
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE
ROLL? [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THREE PRESENT.
CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE
COUNCIL
MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA
AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ ARE
EXCUSED FOR
THE MEETING TODAY. WE WILL
CONSIDER THE AGENDA,
AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDAL
BE ADOPTED AND WE WILL OPEN
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE
TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. CLERK, HOW MANY
PEOPLE
DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP?
>> CURRENTLY, WE HAVE
ZERO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND
ZERO REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> EXCELLENT.
WELL, THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.
THAT WAS THE FASTEST PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WE ARE NOW GOING TO START WITH
THE AGENDA.
ITEM WITH A PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNCIL BILL 121166.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 121166 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
DECLARING KING
COUNTY PARCEL 1623049405 TO
BE SURPLUSED TO THE CITY'S
NEEDS FOR POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> AWESOME.
AS PRESIDING OFFICER I AM NOW
OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
PARCEL 121166. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS.
I'LL WAIT. MY APOLOGIES.
I KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING BACK
AND
FORTH. DO WE HAVE
ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING?
>> CHAIR, WE HAVE ZERO
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE
PUBLIC
HEARING.
>> THAT IS THE SECOND
FASTEST PUBLIC HEARING THAT
WE'VE
EVER DONE.
SO THERE ARE NO MEMBERS FOR
THE PUBLIC PRESENT, FOR
PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL
BILL 121166. THE PUBLIC HEARING
IS NOW
CLOSED. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC MAY CONTINUE TO SUBMIT
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT, EMAILS
TO
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE ARE READY TO
JUMP IN TO THE PRESENTATION.
OH, SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE ON
COUNCIL BILL 121166 AND OUR
PRESENTER, YOU HAVE MADE
IT TO THE TABLE.
THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND
YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT ON IN.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
COUNCIL CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH,
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS JERRY CARUSO, AND
I AM THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES
REAL PROPERTY MANAGER, AND I AM
HERE TO PRESENT AN ORDINANCE
REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION
TO SELL A PARCEL OF LAND
OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS TO THE
KING COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT 125 WHICH IS A
LONG- TERM WHOLESALE CUSTOMER OF
SPUS.
WITH ME IS BRYAN
SOLEMSAAS, TERRI GREGG,
REPRESENTING THE
WATER LINE BUSINESS AND KAREN
GRUEN WITH FAS, AND BRIAN
GOODNIGHT WITH CITY
CENTRAL
STAFF. I JUST WANT TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT THE SPU AND FAS
FOLLOWED
THE CITY PROCESS FOR THE
SET FORTH -- THE 1998 COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 29799 FOR THE SALE,
DISPOSAL AND REUSE OF
CITY PROPERTY FIRST DECLARING
AN EXCESS TO THE CITY DEPARTMENT
SPU AND THEN SURPLUS
TO ALL OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, I
WILL HAND IT OFF TO BRYAN WHO
WILL TAKE US
THROUGH THE POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION.
>>
AWESOME.
>>
GOOD MORNING. SO THIS --
>> YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK INTO
THE MIKE, BRYAN.
JUST PULL IT
CLOSE. IT SHOULD BE ON.
IS THE GREEN LIGHT ON?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> AWESOME.
PERFECT.
WE CAN HEAR
YOU.
>> SO THIS LEGISLATION
IS FOR THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES
PROPERTY SALE.
>> DON'T WORRY.
WE HAVE OUR
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOLKS IN
THE AUDIENCE
WHO CAN HELP, TOO.
OH, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.
[
[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY.
OKAY.
PERFECT.
OKAY.
>> SO THE PURPOSE OF
THE LEGISLATION IS TO DECLARE
AS SURPLUS AND AUTHORIZE THE
SALE OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES GLACIER WELL PROPERTY
LOCATED IN
SEATAC, WASHINGTON.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF
THE PROPERTY IN RELATION TO
SEATTLE. THE PROPERTY IS
LOCATED, LIKE
I MENTIONED IN SEATAC AND IT
IS 28,900 SQUARE FEET.
SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES PURCHASED THE GLACIER
WELL
PROPER PROPERTY
IN 1986. TESTS REVEALED WATER
QUALITY CONCERNS RELATED TO THE
PRESENCE
OF MAGNESE AND HYDROGEN
SULFIDE, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF
CON
TAM NATION.
IN 2022 SPU ABANDONED PLANS TO
DEVELOP THE WELL AND BEGAN
THE WATER TRANSFER PROCESS
THROUGH THE SEATTLE WELL FIELD.
IN 2023 THE DEPARTMENT
OF ECOLOGY GRANTS THE
APPROVAL OF THE WATER RIGHT
TRANSFER.
S SPU IS HOPING TO SELL
THE PROPERTY TO KING COUNTY
DISTRICT
125. WATER DISTRICT 125 HAS A
60-
YEAR CONTRACT FOR
WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLY TO
SEATAC, BERRIAN AND
TEQUILA.
IN 2020, THEY REACHED OUT TO SPU
TO REQUEST THE NEW WATER SERVICE
CONNECTION FOR
ADDITIONAL DOMESTIC AND FIRE
SERVICE PROTECTION FOR
GROWING COMMUNITY AND FUTURE
PUMP STATION. IN 2021 SPU AND
WATER
DISTRICT 125 AGREED TO EXPLORE A
LEASE/OPTION TO PURCHASE FOR
THE PROPERTY.
AT THIS TIME SPU ORDERED AN
APPRAISAL FOR THE
LEASE EXPLORATION AND THE
WATER DISTRICT DETERMINED
THAT THE LEASE PORTION OF IT WAS
A LITTLE
BIT OUTSIDE OF THEIR COMFORT
LEVEL, AND IN 2023 THEY
ASKED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
IF THEY COULD PURCHASE THE
PROPERTY
OUTRIGHT. AT THAT TIME SPU
ORDERED
AN APPRAISAL FOR THE
PROPERTY AND THE WATER DISTRICT
AND SPU
CAME TO AN AGREEMENT ON
THAT PURCHASE -- TO PURCHASE THE
PROPERTY IN FEE.
AS PART OF THE
PURCHASE, THERE IS CITY
PROCEDURES TO
FOLLOW FOR THE DISPOSING OF
SURPLUS PROPERTY AND IN THE END
OF 2024 AND EARLY 2025 SPU AND
FAS
COMPLETED THIS PROCESS.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE GLACIER WELL
PROPERTY IN RELATION TO
SPU'S 48- INCH TRANSMISSION
MAIN
ALONG 24th AVENUE
SOUTH. IT ALSO SHOWS WHERE
WATER DISTRICT 125 HOPES TO
INSTALL A
FUTURE 12- INCH WATER SERVICE
AND
WATER MAIN AND AS I
MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE BEFORE,
ON
THE PROPERTY IS WHERE
THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT THEIR
PUMP STATION.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE
PROPERTY IN RELATION TO GLACIER
MIDDLE
SCHOOL. GLACIER MIDDLE SCHOOL
IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE
HIGH
LINE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY'VE BEEN
CONTACTED THROUGHOUT THE
DISPOSITION PROCESS AND THEY
DETERMINED THAT
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTEREST
IN
THE PROPERTY. GLACIER MIDDLE
SCHOOL DOES
HAVE A PERMIT WITH SPU AROUND
THE
SOUTHERNMOST OF THE PROPERTY
AND IT GRANTS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
THE
RIGHT TO OPERATE OR CONSTRUCT
IMPROVEMENT FOR SCHOOL YARD
PURPOSES.
THE AGREED- UPON PURCHASE
PRICE FROM THE WATER DISTRICT IN
SPU IS $280,200.
WITH THIS, THE FEE OWNED
RIGHTS WILL BE SOLD TO KING
COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT 125.
THE CURRENT EASEMENT WILL
TRANSFER TO KING COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT 125 AND THAT
EASEMENT ALLOWS FOR ACCESS TO
THE PROPERTY ALONG OR VIA SOUTH
138th STREET.
SPU DOES HAVE A CURRENT PERMIT
WITH THE HIGH LINE
SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS I MENTIONED
AND THE
WATER DISTRICT, AS PART OF
THE AGREEMENT, WATER DISTRICT
125 HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH
A NEW PERMIT SO THAT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S CURRENT USE
OF IT WILL CONTINUE.
THE BENEFITS OF THIS LEGISLATION
IS IT ALLOWS SPU THE DISPOSITION
OF PROPERTY THAT IT NO LONGER
NEEDS. THE SALE WILL HELP THE
DISTRICT SUPPLY ADDITIONAL WATER
TO
THE GROWING AREA WITH THE NEW
PUMP STATION AND THE
WATER SERVICE. THIS TRANSACTION
WILL NOT
HAVE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE
COMMUNITY NOR THE CHOOL
DISTRICT, AND THAT CONCLUDES
THE
PRESENTATION.
>> AWESOME.
IS THERE ANYTHING --
NO?
OKAY.
AWESOME. MR. BRIAN GOODNIGHT,
ANYTHING FROM CENTRAL
STAFF?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
JUST ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE.
THE PURCHASE AND
SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY
ALSO REQUIRES
THE WATER DISTRICT TO
DECOMMISSION THE WELL WITHIN
ONE
YEAR. MOSTLY -- SO THERE'S NO
WATER RIGHTS AS HE MENTIONED.
THEY'VE BEEN TRANSFERRED
AWAY FROM THAT
SITE, AND THIS WILL REDUCE ANY
POSSIBLE LIABILITY FOR THE
FUTURE FOR THE CITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO
PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU. I'LL PAUSE TO SEE IF
ANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK
YOU, CHAIR. I THINK THIS IS
PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. OUT OF
CURIOSITY, THE COOL
DISTRICT EXPRESSED NO INTEREST
BECAUSE THEY GET TO USE
IT WITHOUT THE PERMIT SO THERE
IS
REALLY NO NEED.
THERE'S A SAYING THAT I
WON'T SAY HERE, WHY BUY
SOMETHING.
THAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE
SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE
COVERED.
THE SCHOOL IS COVERED IN
TERMS OF THE PERMIT AND
EVERYTHING
ELSE.
>> THE GLACIER MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS
JUST BUILT IN 2019.
IT'S FAIRLY -- IT'S A VERY
NEW
SCHOOL. SO -- YEAH.
AND THEY USE THAT RIGHT NEXT TO
THEIR TRACK FOR BLEACHERS,
I BELIEVE IT IS.
FOR BLEACHERS TO WATCH THE TRACK
EVENTS.
>> THAT'S ALL, CHAIR.
OUT OF
CURIOSITY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR
AND APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING
IN CHAMBERS.
I HAVE TO BE IN TWO MEETINGS IN
ONCE AT ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE
TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS TOGETHER.
CAN THE SPU TEAM PLEASE REMIND
US OF THE FUTURE UTILITY
USE THAT WILL BE OPERATING ON
THIS
PIECE OF PROPERTY?
>> YES.
THE WATER DISTRICT 125 PLANS TO
BUILD A NEW PUMP STATION.
THAT PUMP STATION WILL BE
USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW
INTERTIE TO SUPPLY ADDITIONAL
WATER TO THE CITY OF SEATAC
FOR THEIR GROWING AREA DOWN
OFF OF -- I THINK IT'S STILL
CALLED
PACKWOOD HIGHWAY.
AS YOU KNOW, WATER DISTRICT
125 IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF
SEATAC AIRPORT.
>> AND SO WE ARE DISPOSSESSING
OF UTILITY LAND AND SELLING IT
TO ANOTHER UTILITY FOR
CONTINUED UTILITY PURPOSE, IS
THAT
MY CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYONE'S WORK.
CHAIR, THIS BILL COMING
BEFORE US AND THIS DISPOSSESSION
OF
THIS LAND DOES REMIND ME THAT WE
HAVE TO UPDATE OUR
PROPERTY DISPOSITION PROPERTIES
SO WE CAN HAVE GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT CONVERSATION WITH THE
TRIBES IN
THE AREA. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK
AND I
APPRECIATE THIS IS A UTILITY
TO UTILITY FUNCTION.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS. I DON'T HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I KNOW I RECEIVED A
BRIEFING OVER THIS.
I'M VERY COMFORTABLE VOTING
ON
THIS TODAY. GLACIER MIDDLE
SCHOOL IS
A REALLY NICE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DON'T GET IT CONFUSED WITH
GLACIER PEAK WHICH IS UP NORTH.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE -- WE WERE
PLAYING BASKETBALL AND WE WERE
MEETING AT GLACIER PEAK
MIDDLE
SCHOOL. NO, NO, NO.
IT'S WAY FAR UP NORTH.
THANK YOU.
SO BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HELD
A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY
THE COMMITTEE WILL NEED TO
SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW US TO
VOTE ON THE BILL, AND IF
THERE'S
NO OBJECTION THE COUNCIL RULES
WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON THE
SAME ITEM AS
A PUBLIC
HEARING WAS HELD. IS THERE ANY
OBJECTION?
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND WE'LL
NOW PROCEED ON A VOTE.
SO I'M GOING TO
RECOMMEND THAT THE COMMITTEE
HAVE THE
PASSAGE OF 121166.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND THE
PASSAGE OF
THE
BILL. ARE THERE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> THREE IN
FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND ZERO
ABSTAINS. THE
BILL PASSES AND IT WILL BE
SENT TO THE 2026 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND WE WILL JUMP
INTO
AGENDA ITEM 2 WHICH IS NOW A
PUBLIC
HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 121163
AND THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, PUBLIC
UTILITIES. LOVE YOU ALL.
AND YES, SHOUT OUT TO BOB
HENNESSY, AS WELL AND THAT
IS DIRECTLY FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS OR SORRY --
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
MY BAD.
STRAUSS, TOO.
OKAY. WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
PUBLIC
HEARING INTO
THE RECORD?
CLERK?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, COUNCIL BILL
121163, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE CABLE TELEVISION TO
AMEND THE CABLE TELEVISION
FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH COMCAST
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
LLC FOR PUBLIC HEARING,
BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> AS PRESIDING OFFICER I
AM OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
121163.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKES RS
ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
THERE ARE ZERO AND THE PUBLIC
HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND
WE'LL JUMP INTO THE
PRESENTATION.
WELCOME, I.T. LOOKING FORWARD.
YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING,
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC.
ROB LLOYD, CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THE SEA
AND I'M JON
MORRISON, AND I MANAGE THE
OFFICE OF CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS AT SEATTLE I.T.
>> AND TRAYCE CANTRELL,
ASSISTANT CTO AND BRIAN
NIGHT WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> NEXT SLIDE, BY WAY
OF HISTORY.
WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE HISTORY
OF THIS ITEM.
IF APPROVED THIS ITEM WILL GO
TOTO ILFOR FULL VOTE AND PENDING
THAT ACTION WOULD THEN GO
TO MAYOR FOR SIGNATURE AND CTO
FOR SIGNATURE AFTER THAT.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PRETTY
QUICKLY TO THIS TO GET TO THE
CONTENT BASED ON THE
FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL LAST ITEM,
BUT
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD
ACCOUNTING FOR THE STEPS AND
THE
ACTIONS. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
AMEND
THE CABLE FRANCHISE CURRENTLY ON
THE BOOKS AND EXTENDED BETWEEN
THE CITY AND COMCAST TO EXTEND
FOR SEVEN YEARS THROUGH JANUARY
OF
2033, IF MY VISION IS GOOD
THERE, AND AS PART OF THE
CITY'S
NEGOTIATION WITH COMCAST IT
DOES FOLLOW A FEDERAL PROCESS.
WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL
OR COMMITTEE HERE IS A FOLLOWING
OF THAT PROCESS AND
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT IS BEFORE
COUNCIL IS EITHER
ACCEPTANCE OR DENIAL OF
THAT NEGOTIATION AND JON'S
GOING TO GO THROUGH WHAT IS
PRESCRIBED UNDER THAT AND WHAT
THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE YIELDED
IN ADDITION TO PAST FRANCHISES
AND ALSO THE QUESTIONS AND INPUT
THAT COUNCIL GAVE US AT LAST
PRESENTATION, AND WITH THAT,
JON'S GOING TO GO THROUGH
THAT AND ALSO, BRIAN IS GOING TO
ALSO ADD COMMENTARY AT THE END.
SO, JON?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROB.
SO THIS PRESENTATION IS VERY
BRIEF, AND IT'S JUST A
REMINDER OF WHAT CAME OUT OF
THE ASCERTAINMENT PROCESS THAT
WE CONDUCTED FOR THIS FRANCHISE.
WE ENTERED INTO THE
FRANCHISE RENEWAL
PROCESS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO,
AND THEN
IDENTIFIED THROUGH SEVERAL
INPUTS,
WE IDENTIFIED CITY AND
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES INCLUDING
MAINTAINING ALL OF THE BENEFITS
THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY
NEGOTIATED,
PREVIOUS FRANCHISE RENEWALS.
WE DID CONDUCT THE CITY
AUDITOR'S OFFICE CONDUCTED
AN AUDIT OF COMCAST
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CABLE
CUSTOMER BILL
OF RIGHTS AND WE DID A TECHNICAL
REVIEW OF COMCAST
COMPLIANCE WITH ELECTRICAL CODES
ANDAND
WE IDENTIFIED A PRIORITY TO
ADDRESS FINDINGS FROM THOSE
REVIEWS.
THERE WAS STRONG COMMUNITY
SUPPORT WHEN WE WENT OUT
IN COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING --
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT
INTERNET FOR ALL AND THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL,
AS WELL.
PART OF THAT IS MAINTAINING OUR
ACCESS FOR ALL PROGRAM
THAT PROVIDES FREE INTERNET FOR
NON-PROFITS AND WHAT
UNDERGIRDS ALL OF THIS AND WE
HEARD STRONGLY IN COMMUNITY AND
IN
OUR CONVERSATIONS ACROSS
THE CITY WAS PROMOTING EQUITY
AND
AFFORDABILITY WITH THIS AS
WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND
THE
EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE.
LAST TIME I PRESENTED THERE WAS
A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE
COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES AND SO
WE WENT AHEAD AND DID AN
ANALYSIS OF
OUR FRANCHISE, OUR CURRENT
FRANCHISE, THE PROPOSED CHANGES
AND UPDATES WITH THE PROPOSED
REYOU INIAL AND THIS
PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND HOW
THAT COMPARES TO OTHER CITIES.
SO THIS IS A COMPARISON --
THIS IS A SUMMARY SLIDE THAT
SORT
OF GOES OVER SOME THINGS IN
DETAIL.
I MAY JUMP BACK AND
FORTH A LITTLE BIT TO THIS SLIDE
THAT
HAS JUST THE SAME INFORMATION
WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL AND THE FORMAT OFOF
TABLE,
BUT THE HIGH LEVEL THAT I'D
LIKE TO RUN THROUGH IN TERMS OF
THE CRITERIA THAT WE LOOKED AT,
WE COMPARED FRANCHISE FEE
RATES AND PEG AGAIN IS PUBLIC
EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENTAL
INFORMATION AND
THAT SUPPORTS THE PEG NEEDS
OF PEG OPERATORS.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED ACROSS
COMPARISON CITIES WE LOOKED
TACOMA AND KING COUNTY,
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE AND OTHER
CITIES.
WE LOOKED AT PHILADELPHIA'S
FRANCHISE, PHILADELPHIA, AND
SAN
FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. THE
FRANCHISE FEE RATES AND
THE CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED IS
TO
MOVE
SEATTLE'S CURRENT FRANCHISE FEE
RIGHT OF 4. 4% WITH 5%
AND THAT ALIGN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WITH MOST OF THE OTHER
CITIES IN THE COMPARISON ARE AT.
SO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT LIMITS AND FEDERAL
LAW LIMITS FRANCHISE
FEES TO 5% OF GROSS REVENUES
AND MOST OTHER JURISDICTIONS
HAVE RAISED THEIR FEES OR HAVE
FEES THAT ARE AT THAT 5% LEVEL
AND SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO
ALIGN WITH THAT AND RAISING OUR
FEE RATE
TO 5%.
THE PEG
FEE RATE, WE DID FIND THAT OUR
CURRENT RATE OF . 4%
FOR PEG FEES WAS A LITTLE BIT
LOWER THAN MANY
OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND SO BY
PROPOSING TO
MOVE FROM . 4% TO .6% WE ARE
MORE
IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE
OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE AT.
THERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES THAT
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS USE TO
CALCULATE
A PEG FEE.
SO SOME JURISDICTIONS
DO CONTINUE TO APPLY A PEG FEE
BASED ON AN AMOUNT PER CUSTOMER
PER MONTH.
MANY JURISDICTIONS HAVE
MOVED AWAY FROM THIS MODEL DUE
TO
THE CONCERN AS PEOPLE CUT THE
CORD THOSE PEG FEES
WILL DECREASE AND THAT HAS BEEN
BORN OUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IS THAT PEG FEES HAVE
DECREASED AND SO
MORE JURISDICTIONS HAVE MOVED
TO A RATE THAT IS BASED ON
A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS REVENUES
AS WE DID IN OUR LAST
COMCAST RENEWAL BACK IN 2016,
AND SO WE
ARE MORE IN LINE WITH
WHERE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE
AT.
BASED ON MY CALCULATION, IF WE
WERE TO USE THAT PER
CUSTOMER PER MONTH METHODOLOGY,
OUR PROPOSED FRANCHISE -- PEG
FEE OF . 6% COMES OUT TO ABOUT
80 CENTS PER CUSTOMER PER MONTH
AND
THAT . 6% IS BASED ON WHEN WE
WERE DOING THE ASCERTAINMENT
AND GATHERING OUR INPUTS
AND BASED ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET
OF
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
WE DID LOOK AT A NUMBER OF
PEG CHANNELS AND HOW MANY OF
THOSE PEG CHANNELS ARE IN HD,
AND
SO NOTHING TOO NOTABLE HERE
EXCEPT
I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS
PART OF THE NEGOTIATION AND IT
WAS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION FOR
US AND IT IS SOMETHING
THAT COMMONLY COMES UP IN
THESE NEGOTIATIONS IS HOW MANY
OF THOSE PEG CHANNELS WILL
BE OFFERED IN HIGH DEFINITION,
AND SO WITH THIS BEING --
THE PROPOSAL BEING AN EXTENSION
OF
THE CURRENT FRANCHISE RATHER
THAN A FULL RENEWAL WHAT WE
ASKED FOR IS THE PEG CHANNELS,
AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SIDE NOTE
WTV WHICH
IS AN EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL HAS
CEASED OPERATIONS AND THEY WERE
AN
HD CHANNEL AND SO WE ASKED
COMCAST TO SORT OF ALLOW THE
OTHER EDUCATIONAL CHANNELS THAT
OUR
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
SEATTLE COLLEGES TO BE IN HD,
AS WELL.
SO THEY DID AGREE TO
THAT, SO THE NUMBER OF PAID
CHANNELS IS
MAINTAINED AT FOUR.
IN TERMS OF
COMPLIMENTARY SERVICES OR
COMPLIMENTARY CABLE
AND THE CITY BUILDINGS AND
SCHOOLS, MOST OTHER
FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS DO INCLUDE
THIS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
CITY
OF TACOMA ACTUALLY WHEN THEY
RECENTLY RENEWED THEIR
FRANCHISE IN 2023, THEY DID NOT
INCLUDE COMPLIMENTARY SERVICE
AND THAT
HAS TO DO WITH A CHANGE AT THE
FEDERAL FEDERAL THAT ALLOWS
THE CABLE OPERATOR TO COUNT
THOSE FEES -- TO COUNT THOSE
SERVICES
AGAINST FRANCHISE FEES.
THEY MOVED AWAY FROM THAT
MODEL, BUT MOST
JURISDICTIONS CONTINUED TO ASK
FOR THAT AS PART OF THEIR
NEGOTIATIONS AS WE DID AND
EVEN MORE RECENT RENEWALS,
MOST OF THE CITIES DO INCLUDE
THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH
OTHER CITIES. THE ACCESS FOR ALL
PROGRAM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S
WHERE
OUR FRANCHISE STANDS OUT.
THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT
PROVIDES FREE INTERNET
CONNECTIONS FOR
NONPROFITS IN THE CITIES.
WHEN I ASKED
OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND STAFF OF
OTHER JURISDICTIONS
IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING SIMILAR
TO THAT, I WAS NOT ABLE TO
IDENTIFY A SIMILAR PROGRAM.
SO WE REALLY DO STAND
OUT IN THAT REGARD, AND IT'S
AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM AS
PART OF THE DIGITAL EQUITY
EFFORTS.
THERE IS A ROLL HERE FOR
COMCAST GRANTS FOR INTERNET FOR
ALL
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT
WE NEGOTIATED FOR IN 2015.
WHAT COMCAST TOLD US IS
THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT
ANYMORE AND IT WAS GOOD TO
CONFIRM
THAT INFORMATION AND THAT IS,
ACTUALLY, WHAT WE
SAW. THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF JURISDICTIONS LISTED HERE
THAT GOT SIMILAR GRANTS
WHEN THEY LAST RENEWED THEIR
FRANCHISES
AND THAT WAS KING COUNTY IN
2016 AND THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA
IN 2015.
THE JURISDICTIONS THAT
HAVE RENEWED THEIR FRANCHISE
MORE RECENTLY HAVE NOT GOTTEN
ANY ADDITIONAL GRANTS OVER AND
ABOVE WHAT COMCAST IS PAYING IN
PEG
FEES.
SO THAT SORT OF CONFIRMED
WHAT THEY TOLD US THERE.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST
THE FRANCHISE TERM.
THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD AT
ABOUT TEN YEARS AND THAT'S
TYPICALLY WHEN WE RENEW A
FRANCHISE, WE HAVE IN THE PAST
RENEWED FOR TEN
YEARS.
THIS PROPOSAL IS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT IT
ADDS
AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN YEARS TO
THE CURRENT FRANCHISE, BUT
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE
FRANCHISE TERMS
RANGE BETWEEN FIVE YEARS AND
15 YEARS SO WE'RE WITHIN
THAT
RANGE. SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT I
HAD IN
TERMS OF COMPARISON TO
OTHER CITIES AND WITH
THAT, I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO
BRIAN.
>> MR. GOODNIGHT,
ANYTHING FROM CENTRAL STAFF?
?
>> YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
JUST TWO
QUICK COMMENTS. THE
AUTHORIZATION IN THE
COUNCIL BILL ITSELF AND THE
MECHANICS OF
THE BILL. SO IN ADDITION IT
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE TO
EXECUTE THE
FRANCHISE AMENDMENT, THE
BILL ALSO AUTHORIZES THE CITY'S
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER TO
ENTER
INTO OTHER AGREEMENTS THAT
ARE NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTING
OR ADMINISTERING THE
FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT. SO ONE EXAMPLE OF
WHAT THIS
TYPE OF OTHER AGREEMENT WOULD BE
IS ATTACHED TO THE SUMMARY
FISCALFISCAL AS ATTACHMENT A AND
IT'S
A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
WITH COMCAST.
IT WOULD
HAVE THE CITY AND COMCAST TO
DEVELOP AN AUDIT
PROGRAM AT MULTI- FAMILY
BUILDINGS. IT ALSO COMMITS THE
CITY
TO PURSUE CODE
AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE CABLE
CUSTOMER BILL
OF RIGHTS, RELATED TO BILLING
CYCLES AND THEN IT ALSO
RECOMMITS COMCAST TO MANY OF
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT THEY
SPECIFIED BACK IN 2015.
SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF
ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF
ADMINISTRATION
AGREEMENTS, AND THEN TWO OF THE
CHANGES THAT JON DISCUSSED
ARE DONE VIA A CODE
AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY TO
SECTION
21.60.050 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ONE OF
THOSE IS THE FRANCHISE FEE.
SO THE INCREASE FROM 4. 4% TO
5%.
SO THAT'S DONE IN CODE AND
WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOT ONLY DOES
IT
AFFECT COMCAST, BUT IT AFFECTS
THE CITY'S OTHER
FRANCHISEE WHICH IS
THE BROADBAND. THE ESTIMATES ARE
THAT THIS
CHANGE WILL BRING IN $400,000 IN
ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THAT, ABOUT
97% COMES WITH THE COMCAST
FRANCHISE, AND THEN THE
OTHER CODE AMENDMENT IS
INCREASING
THE MAXIMUM TERM OF CABLE
FRANCHISES
FROM 15 TO 17 YEARS AND
AGAIN, THIS SYNCS UP WITH THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND ADDING
SEVEN
YEARS TO THE TEN OF THE
COMCAST CURRENT AGREEMENT AND IT
WOULD INCREASE THAT MAXIMUM TO
17 YEARS.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, BRIAN AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR DETAILED
ANALYSIS AND ALSO ALL OF YOUR
GREAT MEMOS AND
EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROVIDE US
WITH.
I ALWAYS FEEL -- EXCUSE ME,
VERY WELL PREPARED TO TAKE VOTES
ON THESE AND A GREAT PRESS KNOW
PRESENTATION, AND I
BELIEVE THAT WAS MY QUESTION AND
IT WAS
REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE
COMPARISON, NOT JUST THE
SUMMARY SIDE, BUT THE SIDE BY
SIDE
COMPARISON WITH OTHER
CITIES, I'M COMPETITIVE.
I WANT US TO GET THE BEST
AS
ALWAYS. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE HOW
WE'RE MATCHING UP.
COLLEAGUES, I WILL PAUSE
HERE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS
REGARDING OUR RENEWAL
PROCESS OR THE RENEWAL CONTRACT,
EXCUSE ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK -- I DO
APPRECIATE THIS SLIDE, THE
COMPARISON SLIDE, AND THE WAY
I LOOK AT IT IN TERMS
OF COMPARISON -- BY THE WAY,
THIS
IS ACROSS THE BOARD OF CITY
GOVERNMENT.
ON ONE LEVEL, SAN FRANCISCO,
DENVER, PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER
B.C. , OBVIOUSLY, A DIFFERENT
COUNTRY. THIS DOESN'T REALLY
APPLY,
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE
COUNTY, AND THEN I REALLY
APPRECIATE
TACOMA, BELLEVUE AND EVERETT.
THIS IS COMING UP IN SO
MANY WAYS.
IT'S COMING UP IN TAX
POLICY
NOW. SO IT'S HELPFUL TO SEE
THIS
AND SEE WHERE THE COMMON
PRACTICE
IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU SAY TO
YOURSELF, WELL, OBVIOUSLY
PORTLAND HAS TAKEN
A DIFFERENT ROUTE REGARDING THE
FRANCHISE FEE AND THE PEG FEE
RATE.
YOU KNOW, IS THAT TO THEIR
BENEFIT OR NOT?
AND JUST TO SEE THESE PIECES
IS INTERESTING -- AND LIKE
CHAIR, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO
BEAT
PORTLAND IN A FUN, COMPETITIVE
WAY, NOT SERIOUSLY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE PIECES.
THE OTHER THING, TOO, HERE
IS KEEPING AN EYE ON WHERE
TECHNOLOGY IS GOINGGOING
WHERE WE ARE AND SO I CAN SEE
BEING
MINDFUL OF THESE CHANGES AND HOW
IT IMPACTS US BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
CUTTING THE CORD AND SO FORTH.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
THINK OF THE PANDEMIC.
I THINK OF THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK OF THE KIDS WHO WEREN'T
GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE SOME
DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS, EITHER
HARDWARE, TABLETS OR WHATEVER
AND/OR THE
BROADBAND ACCESS. BROADBAND, IN
SO MANY WAYS IS
A UTILITY JUST LIKE ANYTHING
ELSE
AND SO WE HAVE TO ENSURE
PARTICULARLY IN THOSE
SCENARIOS THAT WE HAVE THAT
ABILITY
TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE
THAT CONNECTION BECAUSE IT PLAYS
OUT IN SO MANY WAYS AND
OBVIOUSLY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS
A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM US, BUT
STILL, THAT'S A CLASSIC.
I USE IT ALL OF THE TIME IN
TALKING IN TERMS OF APPROACH TO
ISSUES AND I WON'T GO INTO
THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT THAT
IS AN AREA WHERE HAVING THE
ABILITY
FOR THOSE KIDS TO DO REMOTE
WAS SO IMPORTANT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> AWESOME.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, KETTLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> WE DO SHARE THIS
INFORMATION WITH OUR PEERS AND
OUR COLLEAGUES IN
BELLEVUE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
RENEW
THEIR FRANCHISE IN TEN -- GOING
ON
15
YEARS. SO THIS INFORMATION WILL
BE HELPFUL FOR THEM AND JUST
TO REITERATE WHAT JON POINTED
OUT
WHERE SEATTLE'S VALUES ARE, WE
EMPHASIZE
THAT INTERNET FOR ALL. OTHER
CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE
MAXIMIZING THEIR TAKE AND
YOU SEE THAT IN THAT CHART.
THEY'RE REALLY AFTER
THE
REVENUE. OUR NEGOTIATION
EMPHASIZED MAKING SURE THAT THAT
EQUITY
PIECE IS STILL BUILT INTO
OUR
AGREEMENT. THAT GRID THAT YOU
ASKED US
TO PUT TOGETHER REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS THAT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER,
AND THAT GOES TO THE POINT I
WAS MAKING AT THE END RELATED TO
THE SCHOOL AND THE PANDEMIC.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS SKIPPING OVER.
YOU CAN'T
ANSWER THAT. MY APOLOGIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR,
AND THANK YOU TO OUR I.T.
DEPARTMENT TEAM FOR WORKING ON
THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO FLAG
COLLEAGUES, THESE
DECLINING REVENUES IN CABLE
FRANCHISE FUNDING BECAUSE OF
PEOPLE CUTTING THE CABLE IS ONE
OF THE
REASONS WHY WE HAD TO KE A
REALLY HARD LOOK AT
SEATTLE CHANNEL.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT OUT OF
THE WOODS WITH SEATTLE CHANNEL
AND
WE WILL CONTINUE THE NEED
TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO
BRAVE THEIR FUNDING BECAUSE I
KNOW IT WAS INTENDED TO BE PART
OF
THE LIBRARY LEVY CONVERSATION,
AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW
THAT'S
ALL LANDING RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST USE THAT MOMENT
TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE
ARE GOING TO NEED TO FIND A
MORE STABLE AND DEDICATED
REVENUE SOURCE FOR SEATTLE
CHANNEL BECAUSE OF THE DECLINING
USE
OF CABLE TV.
WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THANK
YOU TO EVERYONE FOR WORKING ON
THIS AND GETTING
THIS AGREEMENT UPDATED.
THANKS.
>>
AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT
FOR
A LONG TIME AND HAD A GREAT
PRESENTATION.
SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON
THIS, AND I AM JUST
LOOKING AT MY COLLEAGUES, AS
WELL.
I
THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD. SO I'M
GOING TO, BECAUSE
THE COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC
HEARING, THE COMMITTEE WILL
NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO
ALLOW US
TO VOTE ON THE BILL, AND
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, THE
COUNCIL
RULES WILL
BE SUSPENDED.
AWESOME. SO HEARING NO
OBJECTIONS, THE
RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND WE
WILL NOW PROCEED TO A VOTE, AND
I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121163.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
I GOT SCARED THERE FOR
A SECOND.
[ LAUGHTER ] IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND THE
PASSAGE OF THE
BILL. ARE THERE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
AWESOME.
WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>>
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
THREE IN FAVOR, ZERO
OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES AND
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THE
BILL'S PASSAGE WILL BE SENT TO
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026,
CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
>> CHAIR, IT HAS TO GO TO
MARCH 24th'S FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MARCH 24th, AWESOME.
SO WE'LL GO BACK.
IT WILL BE TUESDAY, MARCH 24,
2026, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CATCH, MR.
GOODNIGHT, AND NOW WE
ARE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 3, MY
FAVORITE.
CLERK, WILL YOU READ THE ITEM
INTO AGENDA.
>> INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
AND WORK
PLAN FOR BRIEFING
AND
DISCUSSION.
>> AWESOME.
WE GET THE WORK PLAN.
WE KNOW IT'S
GOING TO BE GOOD. OF COURSE.
I.T.
DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT UP YOUR
OWN PRESENTATION?
HOLD ON.
I'M MESSING WITH YOU.
>> WE'LL GET KICKED OFF.
>> I'M MESSING WITH YOU.
>> A FAIR MESS.
ALL RIGHT. SO COMMITTEE CHAIR,
VICE
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, AND SEEING
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I
AM ROB LLOYD CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER FOR THE CITY AND
HERE WITH TRAYCE KAPT CANTRELL,
CTO
WHILE WE BRING UP THE
PRESENTATION.
ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM MEMBERS
OF SEATTLE I.T. AND WE'RE
GOING TO GIVE YOU THE GREATEST
I.T.
PRESENTATION ON STRATEGY
AND WORK PLANS THAT HOPEFULLY
YOU'VE EVER HEARD.
SO -- AND WE BRING GREAT TIDINGS
ON I.T. OVERVIEW AND
HOPEFULLY THE COMMITTEE'S
CONSIDERATION AND INPUT AND --
NEXT SLIDE.
I BOUGHT JUST ENOUGH TIME.
BY BACKGROUND, SEATTLE I.T.
IS THE CENTRAL I.T.
PROVIDER FOR THE CITY.
BY CITY CODE AND ORDINANCE WE
PROVIDE THE INTERNET
TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY
WITH THE
CARVEOUT FOR
OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY WHERE
THERE ARE
PLANTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, UTILITIES
AND TRANSPORTATION.
WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY FOR CITY
SUPPORTS ALL
OPERATIONS AND NEEDS.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT AND
MEANINGFUL WORK, AND I.T. IS HOW
WE CONNECT, COLLABORATE AND WORK
ACROSS THE CITY, AND THERE IS
A MORE DIGITAL WORKFORCE AND
MORE DIGITAL PUBLIC AND WE
BRIDGE ACROSS SIX GENERATIONS AS
A
CITY, AND HEARING OUR PEERS
IN PUBLIC, WE HAVE TO LEAD
WITH
MISSION. SO STARTING WITH THAT
MISSION, WHEN WE DID OUR I.T.
STRATEGIC
PLAN PROCESS AT THE END OF
2024 THAT IS WHEN WE HEARD AND
WE CREATED A MISSION THAT IS
LESS
ABOUT DOING TECHNOLOGY WELL,
ABOUT A PARAGRAPH OF --
OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED LANGUAGE,
AND WE SAID JUST SIMPLY, WE ARE
HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
UNLEASH
THE BRILLIANCE OF OUR PEOPLE
AND SERVICE TO COMMUNITY THROUGH
TECHNOLOGY,
AND THAT'S IT. SO NEXT SLIDE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE WORKING
WITH
AND HOW WE'RE MAKING A FLATTER
ORGANIZATION.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE
GIVE CLEAR SIGNALS FROM -- AND
WE
HEARD CLEARLY FROM OUR CITY
EMPLOYEES, LEADERS, HEARD
FROM YOU, PUBLIC -- THE PUBLIC
AND
PARTNERS, AND WE ARE REBUILDING
I.T. TO MEET THE CALL THAT
YOU GAVE US.
IT'S A FLATTER ORGANIZATION
THAT ENABLES OUR PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO BE MORE RELIABLE
AND WE HAVE TO DELIVER PROJECTS
THAT ARE FASTER WITHOUT BEING SO
COSTLY.
YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT
YOUR INVESTMENTS WILL PAY OFF,
THAT
WE ARE STRATEGIC IN
OUR TECHNOLOGY DIRECTION AND
NOT HAPHAZARD AND THAT EACH
REQUEST IS TAKEN AS A ONE OFF
AND
THAT ULTIMATELY, THAT WE
SHOW THAT WE CARE AND SHOW
RESULTS.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE IS THAT
OUR PREVIOUS I.T. ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE 300 PEOPLE, BUT
THE STRUCTURE WAS REALLY ABOUT
WHAT CAME UP -- WHAT WE WERE
KIND OF
GOOD AT AND WHAT WE HAD
EVOLVED INTO OVER MANY YEARS.
WE REDRAFTED HOW WE
WERE STRUCTURED TO SAY
STRATEGICALLY, WHAT HAS THE
COUNCIL AND WHAT
HAVE THE DEPARTMENTS TOLD
US THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS, THROUGH THE TRENDS THAT
WE
SEE, THROUGH AUDITS SO THAT
WE'RE BUILDING FOR WHAT WE SEE
NOW
AND INTO THE FUTURE, AND
THROUGH MEETINGS WITH OVER 400
PEOPLE FROM DEPARTMENTS WITH
COUNCIL, WITH COMMUNITY
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD AND
PUBLIC
PARTNERS, WE SAID THIS IS
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AND WE
CREATED A SET OF PILLARS, AND IN
A CROSSROADS SHOW FOR INPUT
WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY DISSENSION
FROM
THAT DIRECTION. SO THIS
DIRECTION IS WHERE
WE NEED TO BE STRUCTURALLY TO
MEET THE CALL THAT WE HEARD, AND
THAT THIRD PARTY REVIEW THAT WE
SET
SAID THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN
AFFIRMATION OF A
STRATEGIC APPROACH THAT IS CITY
BASED ON
PRIORITY, AND THAT
WORK STRUCTURE SHOULD NOT BE
BASED
ON WHAT JUST COMES UP,
BUT SHOULD BE BASED ON WHAT WE
NEED
TO ACCOMPLISH AS A COMMUNITY AND
AS A CITY ORGANIZATION.
NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO
GO THROUGH SOME OF THE
NUMBERS, AND IT ISN'T JUST
SAYING WE DO A
LOT, BUT IT SHOULD BE WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH SOME QUICK
BASELINES, WHAT'S IMPORTANT
HERE
IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE
SAYING IS WHAT SHOULD WE
ACCOMPLISH?
WHAT ARE
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS AND WHAT
ARE THE NUMBERS
AND TRENDS THAT MATTER?
WE HAVE 2900 PRODUCTS.
THAT'S A LOT.
YOUR AVERAGE CITY HAS LESS
THAN
900. YOUR AVERAGE STATE HAS
1900.
WE'VE WANDERED OUR WAY INTO
2900
BECAUSE WE
HAVE THE OLD, WE HAVE THE
CURRENT, AND WE ARE
ACQUIRING THE NEW, AND WE
HAVE SOME DIRECTION TO SET WITH
OUR WORK PLAN TO SAY HOW DO WE
DEBLOAT AND RATIONALIZE WHAT
WE HAVE SO THAT'S LESS
EXPENSIVE?
THE
LACK OF VISIBILITY IN
METRICS AND SAYING YES TO
EVERYONE AND TRYING TO PLEASE
EVERYTHING IS A VERY EXPENSIVE
APPROACH. SO WE'RE TAKING A
VERY INTENTIONAL DIRECTION WITH
TECHNOLOGY HEADING
FORWARD BASED ON THE PRIORITIES
THAT
THE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND
DEPARTMENTS
SET AND THAT DIRECTION IS
GOING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL
HEADING FORWARD AND SOME OF
THESE
NUMBERS ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE
FOCUSING ON, WHERE SHOULD THEY
BE?
THE NEXT
SLIDE SHOWS YOU HOW THAT WILL BE
MUCH
MORE
INTENTIONAL. SO OUTCOMES AND
IMPACT
MATTER MORE THAN WIDGETS
AND ACTIVITY. SO CUSTOMER
SATISFACTION,
WE IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY IN
THE CITY
FOR I.T.
WE ALSO SAID HOW ARE
OUR PROJECTS DOING ON MEASURES
OF
SCHEDULE, COST AND
SCOPE DELIVERY AS WELL AS DO
THE DEPARTMENTS SAY WE'RE
ACTUALLY DELIVERING THE VALUE
THEY NEED
TO DO THE JOB THAT COUNCIL AND
MAYOR SAY THEY NEED TO,A
ACCOMPLISH FOR THE COMMUNITY?
ARE OUR SERVICES STAYING UP
AND AVAILABLE BECAUSE THAT'S A
CORE TRUST MEASURE, AND THEN
ULTIMATELY, OUR
EMPLOYEES STAYING AND SAYING
THEY CAN DO A
PHENOMENAL JOB FOR US.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR
CORE MEASURES AND THESE ARE ALL
NEW,
BUT WE WANT INDICATORS
BECAUSE CAN YOU REALLY SERVE
WELL IF YOU
CAN'T LISTEN
WELL? AND THESE ARE ALL FACTORED
INTO
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND
WE'LL TRACK THESE ALONG THE
THREE
YEARS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE
WE DID
IN THE
FIRST YEAR. SO CUSTOMER
SATISFACTION
OF OUR FIRST SURVEY WAS 69%.
THAT WAS A FOUR- POINT SCALE.
THE SECOND TIME WE DID IT WAS
ACTUALLY A FIVE- POINT SCALE
WHERE WE ADDED A NEUTRAL OPTION.
THE NEUTRAL OPTION TOOK
17% OF THE SCORES AND YET WE'VE
STILL GOT
67%. SO IF WE HAD STUCK TO THE
SAME SCALE IN THEORY, WE
COULD HAVE DONE BETTER AND THAT
WAS WITH A
$21 MILLION OPERATIONAL
BUDGET DECREASE AND REDUCING 61
STAFF.
SO ALTOGETHER, WE KEPT
OUR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH
MAJOR REDUCTIONS.
IF WE HADN'T CHANGED OUR
SCORING SCALE WE PROBABLY DID
BETTER ON
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION EVEN
WITH THOSE BUDGET REDUCTIONS
AND
STAFF REDUCTIONS. ON PROJECT
SUCCESS, WE WENT TO
A 78% PROJECT SUCCESS RATE FROM
A ROUGHLY 10% PROJECT SUCCESS
RATE BY IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF
GOOD, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
AND WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, AND
THEN ON SERVICE RELIABILITY --
I'LL GIVE YOU A CORE SUB
MEASURE
ON THIS ONE.
WE HAD 241 PRIORITY ONE
OUTAGES IN THE FIRST YEAR.
THAT WAS DOWN 41% BY SOME
FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENTS.
98% MEANS WE HAVE
SIGNIFICANT OUTAGES WHERE PEOPLE
CAN'T DO THEIR JOB GETTING TO
99%
AND IN THE FUTURE 99. 8 AND 99.
9, AND
I KEEP ON HEADING IN THAT
TREND MEANS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO
THEIR JOB AND NOT SUFFER THE
DISRUPTIONS IN THE DAY TO
DAY
WORK. SO CORE MEASURES, FOCUS ON
THEM AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY MEASURED
THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR STAFF.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW STORY,
BUT THERE'S OPINIONS AND THEN
THERE'S A TREND OF TRUTH, AND
SO IN OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
SURVEY, WE ACTUALLY HAD 64%
AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE
BELIEVE THEY CAN STAY, AND THEY
CAN DO A GOOD
JOB AND THE TREND LINE IS
64% OF THE PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY
ARE
GOOD TO EXCELLENT OR HAPPY WITH
THE ABILITY TO DO THEIR JOBS
IN SEATTLE I.T.
MOVING ON.
SO WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR
SUCCESSES BECAUSE THAT MATTERS,
TOO.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017 WE
TOOK TOP FOUR PLACE IN
DIGITAL
CITIES AWARDS. THAT'S THE
SEMINAL AWARDS
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
THEY EVALUATE WITH PROOF DO
YOU PERFORM IN A WAY THAT
ENGAGES YOUR PUBLIC AND YOUR
STAFF, SHOWS OPERATIONAL STAFF
AND
INNOVATES -- BLESS YOU, AND
TOOK TOP THREE, TOP FOUR,
BEATING OUT
THE NEW YORKS, THE
HOUSTONS AND THE PHOENIX AND WE
ARE PUNCHING
OUT OF OUR WEIGHT CLASS AND
WE WANT THAT THIRD-
PARTY
VALIDATION. TO PERFORM, AND IT
TOOK THE TIME
MAGAZINE BEST INVENTIONS
OF
2025. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO OWN
THAT
SUCCESS. SEATTLE CHANNEL, IT'S
THE
FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN A PUBLIC
CHANNEL
WIN THE REGIONAL EMMY AWARD.
USUALLY THAT'S MEDIA
CHANNELS, THE BIG COMPANIES WIN
THAT,
BUT WE WON IT, AND WE WANT
TO CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESS, AS
WELL AND THAT BOTTOM PICTURE
IS PEOPLE IN TUXEDOS AND NICE
CLOTHING HOLDING UP
EMMY AWARDS AND THAT'S COVERAGE
OF THE
COMMUNITY, ITS HISTORY, ITS
MESSAGING AND CONVERSATION WITH
ITSELF, AND THAT'S TO
BE CELEBRATED AND ALSO
DIGITAL EQUITY LEADER.
YOU HEARD HOW WE CARRY OURSELVES
AND OUR VALUES IN
THE DECISIONS AND PROGRAMS WE
CREATE FROM THE
TECHNOLOGY MATCHING FUND TO
THE CABLE FRANCHISES WE HAVE AND
THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE,
THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO
CELEBRATE
AND WE'VE GOT THE VISIONARY
DIGITAL INCLUSION TRAILBLAZER
AWARD FOR MANY YEARS, 2025, WE
WERE AT
THE TOP OF THAT, AS WELL, BUT
JUST
SOME OF THE MANY AWARDS THAT
OUR TEAM WINS AND WE CELEBRATE
AND THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ALL
DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS
PARTNERS
IN THE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN WE ALSO PUT OUT A
REPORT. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK
SLIDE
IN LINK.
SO WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM AND
ONE OF THE THINGS IS ANYONE
CAN PUT OUT A LIST OF MAYBE
FIVE GOALS PER DIVISION, WHERE
ARE
WE FOCUSING ON?
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED
WITH WHAT COMES UP, BUT WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAP OUT A
PROCESS BY WHICH I.T. CAN
PERFORM
AND ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT
MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND
DEPARTMENTS NEED
ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, AND
SO FIRST UP, WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO LISTEN AND HEAR WHAT MAYOR
AND
COUNCIL TELL US IS
IMPORTANT, AND YOU TELL US THAT
IN
THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND YOU TELL
US
THAT FROM THE DEUS, AND
UNFORTUNATELY, I.T. IS TOO OFTEN
IN THE PAST HAS SAID HEY,
WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM?
IT'S A SURPRISE, AND WE
HAVE TO HAVE THE STRUCTURES AND
MECHANISMS TO LISTEN TO YOU.
WHAT WE DID WAS IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS, WE SAID WE'RE
GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE
BUDGET AND
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS THERE
AND WE ACCOUNT FOR IT ND
TOUCH BASE AND NO MORE
SURPRISES THROUGH THE YEAR.
YOU TOLD US, AND WHEN YOU HAVE A
GOOD STRATEGY, YOU KNOW WHERE
WE NEED TO GO IN THE ONE TO
THREE- YEAR TIMEFRAME.
THAT NEEDS TO MATCH WITH AN I.T.
WORK PLAN THAT WE KNOW IN
THE ONE YEAR TO ONE AND A HALF
YEAR
TIMEFRAME, WHEN WE'LL DO AND
HOW
WE'LL EXECUTE IT AND WE NEED
A STRUCTURE INSIDE I.T. THAT
EVERY SINGLE PERSON KNOWS WHAT
WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHY AND
HOW IT
ALL CONNECTS.
SO GOOD STRATEGY, GOOD
PLANNING, GOOD EXECUTION
PROCESS,
AND TODAY, EVERYONE IN I.T.
KNOWS, UNLESS THEY CHOOSE NOT TO
WHAT
THEY'RE WORKING ON, WHY
IT'S IMPORTANT AND HOW
IT CONNECTS AND WHAT'S FUNDED
AND WHY IT
IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY
AND THERE'S A LINK SO EVERYONE
SEES
THE DASHBOARD.
WE SEE HOW IT PERFORMED ANDAND
WE SEE, WHAT WE MISSED
AND WE ARE ALL CONNECTED TO
THE GOALS AND WE SEE THE VISION.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE WHAT WE'LL
SEE IS ONE TAKE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THIS, BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES
ARE AND
THE PROCESS IS AS MUCH A MORAL
AND A CHARACTER- BASED PROCESS.
IT SHOWS HOW A CITY
OPERATES, ITS VOICES AND WHERE
IT PUTS
ITS RESOURCES AND YOU
SEE SOME THEMES THAT COME OUT OF
THAT
AND THOSE INITIATIVES AND WE
HAVE
TO MATCH THAT IN THE I.T.
VERNACULAR AND HOW WE
EXECUTE PROJECTS AND WHAT WE
MAINTAIN
AND SO WE CAN SEE FROM HERE
HOW WE GO FROM CITY PRIORITIES
TO
I.T. PILLARS BECAUSE
WE'RE MAKING SURE EVERY I.T.
KNOWS
WHAT
AND WHY. AND WE HAVE PROCESSES
IN THE
HOW, BUT THIS IS A MAP OF
THE
TWO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIVE TOO
DEEP,
BUT IT'S JUST A MAPPING BETWEEN
THE TWO BECAUSE WHAT YOU
SAY MATTERS AND THAT
CONNECTS DEPARTMENTS AND THERE
IS
AN EXECUTION PIECE OF THIS
THAT WE HAVE TO SAY WE ARE
SHOWING YOU THAT YOUR
INVESTMENTS THEN
ARE DELIVERED TO IMPACT TO THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS
A REALITY THAT EVERY DAY YOU
HEAR
THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF
THE WAY THE WORLD SHOULD BE.
THINGS SHOULD BE EASIER.
THINGS SHOULD BE FASTER.
WE SHOULD BE KINDER.
WE SHOULD BE MORE
RESPONSIVE, AND STAFF LIVE IN
THIS
WORLD AS IT IS, RIGHT?
I HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.
I ONLY HAVE SO MANY STAFF.
I HAVE THIS MANY THINGS ON MY
DESK, AND WE HAVE TO
BRING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER,
AND WE DO
THAT BY GOOD MANAGEMENT.
SO THIS IS THE STRUCTURE WE'VE
SET UP.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS ONE VIEW
OF
THAT WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE
ENTIRE BUDGET AND AS MAYOR AND
COUNCIL HAVE NEW PRIORITIES,
WE PUT THOSE UP THERE AND WE SAY
WHAT'S
FUNDED?
WHAT'S NOT? WHAT GAPS DO WE
NEED TO CLOSE?
WHAT'S SHIFTED?
WHAT'S CHANGED AND PROVISED,
AND NO SURPRISE, WE KNOW HOW
TO MANAGE THIS AND WE HAVE
GOOD MANAGEMENT AND THEN WE CAN
DELIVER AND IF THERE ARE ANY
GAPS AND ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN
BRING THOSE TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OR COUNCIL AND SAY CAN WE
HAVE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY?
THIS IS WHERE THE GAP IS.
THERE ARE SOME CONFLICTS
HERE, BUT THIS IS HOW WE'RE
GOING
TO MAKE SURE WE DELIVER FOR YOU.
AND WITH THAT, TRAYCE WILL TAKE
US INTO THE DASHBOARDS AND
EXECUTION, BUT ALL TO SAY,
ONCE WE GET TO THE END, YOU'LL
BE
ABLE TO TRUST THREE THINGS.
ONE, WE CARE.
ONE, WE SHOW RESULTS AND
THREE, THAT IN THE END, THE
INVESTMENTS YOU MAKE IN I.T.
SHOW THE THINGS
THAT YOU NEED TO SHOW TO THE
COMMUNITY.
>> SO I GET THE HONOR
OF LISTENING TO ROB AND
WORKING WITH ROB AND LOOKING AT
HOW WE
LISTENED. WE LOOKED AT THE
BUDGET.
WE LOOK AT STRATEGY, AND SO NOW
IT'S TIME TO IMPLEMENT, AND
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A
DASHBOARD AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE
ORGANIZING THE WORK WITHIN
SEATTLE I.T.
SO WE CAN EXECUTE ON THE
VISION THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY
AND A
DEPARTMENT.
SO THE MECHANICS OF
THIS
HAPPENING. WE DO HAVE A
DASHBOARD.
WE ENABLE ALL OF OUR
EMPLOYEES TO SEE THIS.
WE HAVE WORK
ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE LOGGED AND
PEOPLE ARE
ASSIGNED, DUE DATES ARE THERE
AND THOSE ARE THE MECHANICS
OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
I DO LOVE THAT IT HELPS OUR
EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THE
BIG VISION AND THEIR PIECE OF
HOW THEY FIT INTO THE OVERALL
PICTURE.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD
CULTURE
WITHIN THE STAFF.
OUR STAFF LOVE TO BE PART
OF THINGS AND THIS
DASHBOARD AND THE WORK PLAN
HELPS THEM FEEL
CONNECTED. THEY ARE PART OF
MAKING
CHANGE HAPPEN AT THE CITY THAT
ALIGNS WITH THE MAYOR AND
THE COUNCIL'S VISION.
THE OTHER PIECE HERE,
TALKING ABOUT TAKING ONE STEP
DOWN INTO THE DETAIL IS YOU LOOK
AT I.T.
'S STRATEGIC PILLARS AND
AGAIN, THIS REITERATES SOME OF
THE POINTS THAT ROB MADE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE PROVIDE CONSISTENT
SERVICES, RESPONSIVE AND SECURE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO INNOVATE.
WE WANT TO HAVE EQUITY.
WE NEED TO BE EXCELLENT AT THE
ESSENTIALS.
SO MUCH OF OUR STAFF AND
OUR CITY RELY ON THE SIMPLE CAN
I
CHECK
MY EMAIL? EXCELLENT AT THE
ESSENTIALS.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS
A CULTURE OF OUR PEOPLE.
HOW DO WE HELP EVERYBODY
MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN A
VERY COLLABORATIVE MANNER?
THERE ARE PIECES HERE
THAT MASTERFUL PARTNERSHIP AND
AGAIN THAT LISTENING ELEMENT,
AND
HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH
OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE
VENDOR COMMUNITY AND THE
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY AND THOSE
ARE
ALL ELEMENTS OF MOVING OUR WORK
PLAN
FORWARD. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW
THE DASHBOARD IS ORGANIZED, WE
HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
AND ONE IS MAINTAINEDMAINTAINED
I LIKE TO
SAY THAT'S THE
MAGIC THAT HAPPENS.
THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT
NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE THAT YOU
RELY ON EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THEN THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE
DELIVERING PERHAPS
NEW FUNCTIONALITY AND EXPLORING
NEW WAYS TO DO THINGS AND THEN
THEY ASSESS AND PLAN AND HOW DO
WE BE
STRATEGIC ABOUT MOVE AHEAD
AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE
MEASURING? THERE'S A LITTLE
MORE
DETAIL HERE ON THE WORK PLAN
KEY METRICS.
PART OF THIS IS, OKAY, WE'VE
GOT A WORK PLAN THAT'S LISTED.
HOW ARE WE DOING WHEN
WE'RE
MEASURING? SO A BIG PIECE OF
THIS
IS MEASURING APPROPRIATELY
AND FINE-TUNING OUR RESPONSE OR
IMPROVING. SO RESPONSIVE AND
SECURE,
THAT UP TIME THAT ROB MENTIONED,
THAT SURVEY THAT WE DID, YES, WE
WANT
YOUR SYSTEMS TO BE AVAILABLE.
I.T. SERVICES, WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE A CENTRAL PART OF
BUSINESSES CONDUCTING THEIR
OPERATIONS.
LITTLE THINGS LIKE HOW LONG
YOU NEED TO RESPOND OR RECEIVE
SERVICES FROM I.T. ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THAT CUSTOMER
SATISFACTION, AGAIN, WE WANT TO
LISTEN.
WE WANT TO SERVE.
OTHER AREAS.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING
PRIVACY AND SECURITY WORK, FOR
EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW.
USING OUR SYSTEMS AND BEING
SAFE
AND SECURE. THESE ARE ALL
ELEMENTS OF I.T.
, AND WE ARE MEASURING THOSE
WITH
THE WORK PLAN.
I.T. PROJECTS, HOW WE DELIVER
BECAUSE ENABLES DEPARTMENTS
TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS
OPERATIONS
WITH YOU.
>> APPLICATIONS,
NEW
FUNCTIONALITY. WE WANT TO HELP
DRIVE CHANGE
IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY FOR THE
CITY, AND OF COURSE,
THOSE BASICS LIKE CYBERSECURITY
TRAINING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE
ALL HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN
MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY AND
EMPLOYEES KNOW HOW TO USE TOOLS
APPROPRIATELY AND SAFELY, AND
THEM, OF COURSE, INNOVATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE
EVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE
AI, BUT
THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS
TO INNOVATION THAT WE WANT TO
MOVE
FORWARD WITH.
NOW SOME OF THIS IS ANOTHER
LAYER OF LOOKING AT THOSE I.T.
INNOVATIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO
READ ALL THE
ELEMENTS OF THE SLIDE, BUT
YOU'LL GET THE THEME.
WE WANT TO SERVE.
WE WANT TO HAVE
CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY MOVING
AHEAD.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
SAY YES AND NOT TELL OUR
CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE
CAN'T
DO SOMETHING.
WE WANT TO
BE INNOVATIVE. THE ABILITY TO
HELP
DEPARTMENTS GROW IS PART OF
OUR MISSION. THAT BRILLIANCE OF
COMING TO
LIFE, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANT IS
HOW DO WE LEFT OUR CULTURE.
THIS IS WITHIN THE SEATTLE I.T.
OUR DEPARTMENT'S CULTURE IS
A BIG PIECE AND TECHNOLOGY IS
WOVEN INTO EVERYTHING WE DO,
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE AI
PLAN WHICH IS THE BUZZ WORD
OF, I WOULD SAY THE YEAR, LAST
YEAR.
IT'S PART OF HOW DO WE LEVERAGE
THIS TECHNOLOGY IN A WAY THAT'S
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE?
THIS NEXT SLIDE -- I KNOW THAT
YOU WOULD LOVE TO LOOK ATAT
600-LINE PIECE OF THE WORK
PLAN, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE
IS
JUST HIGHLIGHTED A FEW THINGS
JUST
TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE THE TYPES
OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING
ON.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THE WORLD
CUP
GAMES COMING. SO THERE IS A LOT
OF WORK
WITHIN SEATTLE I.T. TO HELP
PREPARE FROM A TECHNOLOGY PIECE.
EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR ROLE
HERE, BUT THAT IS A BIG PIECE
OF OUR WORK PLAN.
LOOKING AT HOW WE DO THE
BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS TAX
IMPLEMENTATION, ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF TAKING AN ACTION THAT
IS
A CITY PRIORITY AND MAKING THE
APPLICATION TO ENABLE THAT
BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
POLICE AND FIRE TIME KEEPING
SYSTEMS AND ANOTHER
ILLUSTRATION OF DELIVERING
SERVICES IN A NEW
WAY FOR DEPARTMENTS THAT
NEED NEW FUNCTIONALITY.
I WON'T READ THE REST OF
THESE, BUT YOU'LL GET THE THEME
OF
HOW WE ARE DELIVERING
SERVICES IN THE
OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE
CITY?
FOR
I.T. THERE'S MORE.
HERE, WE LOOK AT -- WE
JUST SPOKE OF THE COMCAST
FRANCHISE WORK.
SO THAT'S AN ILLUSTRATION
OF WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AND
THE TECHNOLOGY MATCHING FUND,
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO
WITH OUR PARTNER, THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING
A TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
TALENT MODERNIZATION.
THERE IS A THEME OF INVESTING IN
OUR PEOPLE, THE FUTURE OF
SEATTLE I.T. OR THE
CHANNEL WAS ALSO MENTIONED
TODAY.
OTHER THINGS LISTED HERE
ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF INVESTING
IN OUR PEOPLE AND OUR
DEPARTMENTS, INTERNS, FELLOW
INSURANCE
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SCORE,
RESPONSIBLE AI AND REPORTS
TO THE COUNCIL FOR AI.
SO THESE JUST ILLUSTRATE
MANY OF THE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT
SEATTLE I.T. HAS UNDER WAY
LOOKING TO
SERVE THE CITY.
A FINAL PIECE HERE JUST
TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK.
YOU SEE EQUITY AS A
VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE WORK
THAT SEATTLE I.T. DOES AND
IT SHOWS UP IN MANY,
MANY PLACES. SO THIS IS JUST AN
EXAMPLE OF
THE WORKFORCE EQUITY ASPECTS.
AND I WENT THROUGH THAT
QUICKLY, BUT I THINK IT
ILLUSTRATES THE
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND
HOW PLEASED WE ARE TO BE
HERE TODAY.
>> AND WITH THAT, WE ARE HERE
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND YOU
WILL HEAR FROM THE AI
QUARTERLY REPORT AND WITH THAT
THIS
WILL BE MY FINAL REPORT TO YOU
AND
I LEAVE YOU WITH WONDERFUL
HANDS BECAUSE TRAYCE WILL BE THE
ACTING CTO ONCE I DEPART ON THE
27th.
>> YES.
THANK YOU, I WAS GOING
TO MENTION THAT, AS WELL AND
GIVE
YOU A CHANCE TO SAY
ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO, BUT
I
FIRST WANT TO ADDRESS THE
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY
GOOD, AND
YOU ALL MUST -- YOU ALL MUST
HAVE COORDINATED WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE BECAUSE A
LOT
OF THOSE DELIVERABLE IT IS
WERE PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVEN.
I'M JUST PLAYING.
I KNOW HE SAW THAT AND SAW CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
AND SAW POLICE AND FIRE, YOU
KNOW, LOOKS LIKE
THE BOB DELIVERABLES.
ANYWAYS, BUT I WILL PAUSE
HERE TO SEE IF ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT.
>> CLEARLY.
>> JUST JOKING.
NO, SERIOUS. I DO WANT TO THANK
LEVERAGING THAT POINT, I DO WANT
TO
FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY
PIECES BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
DO NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND
THIS
IS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T
REALLY UNDERSTAND NECESSARILY
IT'S
THE BACK OFFICE WORK THAT, YOU
KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND
I.T.
OFTEN RESIDES THERE,
BUT IT'S CRUCIAL IN TERMS OF
BEING
SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR THE
SUPPORT RELATED TO THE
TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMS, TO THE REALTIME CRIME
CENTER, ALL OF THE HELP RELATED
TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE VARIOUS ORDINANCES THAT EACH
OF US ELECTEDS HAVE TAKEN AN
OATH
TO THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE,
IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT, JUST
NOTE THAT, AND
IT'S PAYING DIVIDENDS.
SO YOUR WORK IN ORDER TO HAVE
THAT HAPPEN IS PAYING
DIVIDENDS IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY POSTURE AND FOR OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS TO BE ABLE TO
DO THEIR JOB AND SO, PLEASE,
GO BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE AND SAY
HEY, THERE'S A CERTAIN, YOU
KNOW,
APPRECIATION AND A, YOU KNOW, A
SESSION
SATISFACTION OF A JOB WELL DONE
WHEN YOU SAY HEY, THE
FIRST RESPONDERS CAN DO THEIR
JOB BETTER.
PLEASE PASS THAT ON.
THANK YOU.
ALSO NOT IN THE
PRESS, IF YOU WILL, BUT THE
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE AND THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT IS HUGE, AND
THIS
POPS UP EVERY NOW
AND AGAIN. IT'S ONE OF THESE
BACK
OFFICE THINGS THAT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY GET THE ATTENTION
THAT IT
SHOULD OR SOMETIMES ATTENTION IS
A BAD
THING, BUT THIS REALLY GOES
TO PILLAR TWO OF THE -- NOT
TURNING THE GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE, AND
THE PILLAR TWO OF THE STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK PLAN IS THE
FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND
SOMETIMES THIS IS
GETTING POSITIONS LIKE
MAGISTRATES OR
WHATEVER AND PROSECUTORS FOR
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE
DUIs BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING
REALLY
HARD ON THE OLYMPIA BILL THAT
SHOULD SOON BE SIGNED BY
THE GOVERNOR RELATED TO
TOXICOLOGY
LABS, BUT IF THE COURT AND
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE
NOT ABLE TO WORK AND PASS THESE
DATA SETS, THAT'S NOT A
FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
SO THE WORK THERE IS HUGELY
IMPORTANT. WE JUST HAD A VERY
INTERESTING MEETING IN PUBLIC
SAFETY
RELATED TO ALTERNATE RESPONSE
THAT GARNERED SOME ATTENTION IN
THE
PAPERS AND OTHER MEDIA AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT,
AGAIN, THE FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND
ALSO A FUNCTIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM
REQUIRES THE ABILITY IN THAT
SPACE OF
POLICE, FIRE AND
CARE BEING ABLE TO TALK TO EACH
OTHER AND THE
NONPROFITS AND OTHERS THAT WORK
WITH THEM AND YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS SO
THAT
JUST ADDS TO THE CHALLENGE
FOR THE I.T. SIDE OF
THINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT,
AND
ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
KEEPING.
THIS GOES TO POLICE AND FIRE.
THEY HAVE UNIQUE JOB SCHEDULES
AND THE PROGRAM PROBABLY WASN'T
DESIGNED FOR THEM AT THE
BASE, AND SO YOU KNOW, SQUARING
THAT
CIRCLE, AS I LIKE TO SAY IS
VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S
ANOTHERIER THAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN
THE LIVES OF THE FIRST
RESPONDERS AND IN THIS CASE,
POLICE
AND
FIRE. SEPARATELY, I APPRECIATE
THE POINTS ABOUT AI, AND I TAKE
IN
THERE TO AUGMENT DISPLAYS
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT SERVICE, YOU
KNOW, OFTEN YOU DON'T GET
PAID AS MUCH AS THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AND SOMETIMES THE OFFSET
IS STABILITY WHICH IN THE TECH
SECTOR DOESN'T REALLY HAVE IT
AND THE ABILITY TO ENSURE.
LIKE THE MISSION DOESN'T CHANGE.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE
THESE SERVICES AND SO HAVING AN
I.T.
WORKFORCE THAT IS COMMITTED
TO THAT AND PART OF THE
ABILITY TO DO THAT IS THAT
STABILITY.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING
IT OUT LOUD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
TO AUGMENT VERSUS DISPLACE.
AM I RIGHT IN SAYING THAT?
>> YEAH.
IT'S ACTUALLY CORE -- I'LL SAY
IT IN TWO WAYS.
THE AI PLAN SAYS TWO THINGS VERY
CLEARLY.
ONE FOR OUR AI, IT IS
AUGMENT, NOT DISPLACE AND WE'LL
FOCUS ON
THREE THINGS WITH OUR LABOR
PARTNERS AND OUR
EMPLOYEES WHICH IS WHERE CAN AI
HELP
UNBURDEN PEOPLE IN THEIR WORK,
MAKE
SMARTER DECISIONS FASTERFASTER
BE
RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY
AND EACH OTHER IN WAYS THAT WE
CAN'T
CURRENTLY? AND IF WE FOCUS ON
THAT
LAYER, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE
CAN AGREE
ON THAT AI DOESN'T GET
INTO RISKY OR DANGEROUS PLACES,
AND WITH OUR UNION
PARTNERS, THEY'RE PRETTY
RECEPTIVE TO THAT SPACE.
>> ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT
POINT TO THE PARTNERS.
QUESTION, WHEN YOU WERE AT THE
AWARDS CEREMONY FOR THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL, WAS THE PROGRAMMING
THAT CENTERED ON
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEING A GUEST
AND VARIOUS INSIDE OUT EDITIONS?
WAS THAT THE DRIVING FORCE FOR
THE WIN FOR THE SEATTLE CHANNEL?
>> I DON'T KNOW. I KAUNT
WASN'T COOL ENOUGH TO GET
INVITED.
WE CAN CHECK.
SHE'S REALLY POPULAR.
>> JUST DOUBLE- CHECKING
THAT, BUT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
-- YOU
KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
PIECE, AND IT HAS DIRECT AND
INDIRECT.
THE DIRECT NUMBER, IT'S NOT,
LIKE, HUGE, BUT THE
INDIRECT PIECE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FROM
VARIOUS PIECES OF THE
WORLD MEDIA LEVERAGING IT SO
THERE'S THAT PIECE BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE IS BEING, YOU
KNOW,
SHRUNK TO ALMOST NOTHING AND THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL ALLOWS
THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW,
LEVERAGING THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
GETS MORE OUT OF THE LOWER
NUMBERS OF,
YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE IN THE
NEWS MEDIA WORLD, BUT IT'S
ALSO HELPFUL IN THE NEW PLACES,
TOO, LIKE PODCASTS AND THE LIKE.
SO PEOPLE SHOULD BE
THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO
IT'S
THE LITTLE THINGS.
I HAD A DEVELOPER THAT I
MET YESTERDAY AND COMING THROUGH
THE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNCIL
OFFICES AND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
HAD
A STORY ABOUT PIONEER SQUARE AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SQUARE.
SO HERE WE ARE, I'M TALKING
TO THE DEVELOPER WHO HAS
PROPERTY
AND I'M SAYING, HEY, HERE WE
GO RIGHT HERE ON THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL WHICH LOOKED
VERY PROFESSIONAL AND WELL DONE
AND
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING, I'M
SURE, THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THEM
WINNING
THOSE AWARDS. SO THANK YOU TO
THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BUDGET
PIECES BECAUSE THAT'S ON
ON YOU PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR
MOUTH IS AND THAT'S WHERE THE
PIECES ARE AND THAT GOES BACK TO
PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THE LAST QUESTION THAT I
HAVE IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENTS
IS
CYBERSECURITY, MY FORMER LIFE,
REDUNDANCY IN THOSE PIECES, YOU
KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY FOREIGN
THROUGHOUT, BUT IN TERMS OF
SHAKEDOWNS AND THE
LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS
OF REALLIEN SURING THAT WE ARE
IN
A GOOD CYBERSECURITY POSTURE
TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T
HAVE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO A
LIBRARY OR TO
OF THESE OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY?
>> I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS
AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION MAYBE IN A CLOSED
SECTION BECAUSE CYBERSECURITY IS
LIKE FIGHT CLUB.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB
IN PUBLIC.
THIS IS A PERIOD WHERE WE
HAVE TO RE- ENGINEER HOW WE DO
OUR CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM WITH
CLAUDE AND OPEN CLAW, WE
CAN'T SEE THE RISKS LIKE WE
USED
TOTO AND OUR TOOLS DON'T WORK
AS
WELL AS THEY USED TO, EITHER.
SO WE'RE ENTERING IN A
VERY RISKY PERIOD, AND ALL
CITIES, ALL COMPANIES ARE -- AND
YOU'RE SEEING THAT EXPRESSED IN
THE
MARKET, AS WELL.
SO YOUR RISK --
YOUR SENSE OF RISK AND INTUITION
IS WELL
PLACED AND WE'LL BE
COMING TOGETHER WITH A PROGRAM
FOR
THATTHAT REEVALUATING HOW WE'RE
BUILT AND THE BEST ANSWER I
HAVE FOR YOU IS 2026 AND 2027 IS
A PERIOD
WHERE WE WILL REVAMP,
REFRESH AND REFACTOR THE
CYBERSECURITY
PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE TO
BE READY TO DO THAT MULTIPLE
TIMES OVER
THE NEXT YEAR AND TWO YEARS
BECAUSE THE GROUND IS
SHIFTING SO QUICKLY UNDERNEATH
OUR FEET,
BUT GLAD TO HAVE A PARTNER AND A
CHAMPION IN YOU.
>> I GET IT, AND IT'S ALSO
HIGHLIGHTING THAT I PROBABLY
SHOULD GET A BRIEFING OR A GROUP
OF US IN SOME TYPE OF PROPER
FORM, BUT MYSELF AT THE VERY
LEAST, SO THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>>
AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE.
I WILL SAY, NUMBER ONE, GREAT
PRESENTATION.
IT WAS AWESOME, OBVIOUSLY, TO
SEE WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE.
WHAT ARE CURRENT GOALS ARE FOR
THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN
WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT'S
ON THE
WORK PLAN AND THE DASHBOARD.
I LOVE ANYTHING DASHBOARD.
SERIOUSLY, ANYTHING -- I'M A
DASHBOARD FREAK AND A MAP.
LIKE, I LOVE MAP, JUST TO
SEE THAT TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
ALSO VISUALLY, AND JUST TO
TRACK PROGRESS IS HUGE BECAUSE
OFTENTIMES YOU MIGHT GET
SO CAUGHT UP IN THE WORK AND
YOU'RE FINISHING PROJECTIONS
AND YOU DON'T LOOK BACK AND SEE
OH,
I DID ALL THESE THINGS AND JUST
LOOK FORWARD TO PROGRESS.
I LOVE
SEEING THAT. I LOVE QUARTER
FOUR, THE
PERMITTING PIECE ON
THERE, FIGURING OUT JUST LOOKING
AT
PERMITS. I DON'T KNOW MANY
DETAILS INTO
THAT, BUT UNDERSTAND
THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN BE A BIG
PIECE INTO MAKING STUFF MORE
EFFICIENT AND MORE EASIER FOR
FOLKS.
SO I LOVE SEEING THOSE TWO
THING, AS WELL, AND THEN A
TIMELINE.
SO WE'RE PRIORITIZING STUFF
THAT
WE NEED TO GET DONE BEFORE THE
WORLD CUP AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, AS
I'VE TOLD -- BECAUSE A LOT
OF FOLKS IN SEATTLE THEY
LOVE HEARING ABOUT THE WORLD
CUP,
BUT THEY'RE, LIKE, WE'RE TIRED
OF HEARING ABOUT THE WORLD CUP.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
DO AFTER THE WORLD CUP?
LIFE AFTER THE WORLD CUP?
WE'LL SEE HOW WE'LL DO
LIFE AFTER THE WORLD CUP
AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SEATTLE TO
BE ON THE WORLD STAGE, BUT ALSO
LIFE AFTER WORLD CUP.
WE DON'T WANT THE MOMENTUM
AND PROGRESS TO DIE DOWN.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE
PUSHING FORWARD BECAUSE PEOPLE
STILL HAVE TO LIVE HERE, AND I
THINK THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT AS COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE WOULD SAY.
>> I ALSO WANT TO
NOTE SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS
DIRECTOR ROB LLOYD'S LAST
MEETING, AND WE ARE -- I
WILL TAKE A POINT AND
PRIVILEGE TO SAY A FEW KIND
WORDS AND
WE'LL -- ACTUALLY, DO
YOU WANT TO SAY WORDS BEFORE I
LAY IT ON?
>> JUST HOW GRATEFUL
I AM FOR THE ABILITY TO SERVE
SEATTLE.
COUNCIL,
PRESIDENT, YOU ARE PART OF MY
SELECTION GROUP SO
I REMEMBER YOU FROM THE PROCESS
AND THERE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL
GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE SO DEDICATED TO THE
COMMUNITY.
IT HAS BEEN A GIFT, AND I
AM GRATEFUL FOR IT.
>> AWESOME.
>> COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY
FAIR WINDS AND FLOWING SEAS
WHICH IS A NAVY
WAY TO SAY JOB WELL DONE
AND BRAVO ZULU, AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY?
YES, I WAS ON THE SELECTION
COMMITTEE, AND I WILL
SAY DIRECTOR LLOYD, IT HAS BEEN
A TRUE HONOR AND A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU AND
YOUR DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE
GREAT
PEOPLE AT ITD AND ALSO, TOO,
THE ONE THING THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATED FROM YOU FROM
THE START IS YOU WERE NEVER
COMFORTABLE WITH THE STATUS QUO.
YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO PUSH.
YOU ALWAYS WANTED INNOVATION.
THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN SAN
JOSE AND THE BAY AREA, I
KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT PERSON FOR
THIS JOB WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND
WE TALKED ABOUT HEY, WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S
GOALS, AND
I TOLD YOU HERE ARE
MY GOALS. BETTER INTERFACE WITH
THE PUBLIC.
MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THEY
WENT ONLINE THEY COULD HAVE
GREAT
SERVICE, THEY COULD CONNECT
AND FOLLOW ALONG TO GET CITY
BASICS
BETTER, THAT THEY COULD BE
ABLE TO HAVE -- THAT THEY
DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE GOVERNMENT WAS NKY,
RIGHT? THAT WE LIVE IN A CITY
THAT
HAS SOME OF THE BEST TECHNOLOGY
COMPANIES IN THE WORLD.
THIS IS THE BIRTHPLACE, WE
KNOW, OF A LOT OF THESE AMAZING
COMPANIES AND WHY SHOULD
SEATTLE NOT HAVE THE BEST?
AND TALKING ABOUT THAT
STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, AND I
TRULY BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EVERY
TIME THAT YOU PRESENTED TO
OUR OFFICE OR GAVE US
INFORMATION IT WAS THE BEST, AND
WE WERE
SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU FOR THE
TIME
THAT WE DID, AND WE ARE
TRULY GOING TO MISS YOU.
I KNOW YOU WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE
DIRECTOR AT THE CENTER
FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU,
AND I KNOW YOU WILL GO ON TO
AMAZING
THINGS AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
I DO BELIEVE WE ARE ON THE
RIGHT PATH WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING
SEATTLE AND THANK YOU FOR MOVING
YOUR FAMILY UP HERE, AS WELL,
AND
FOR THEM TRUSTING THE CITY, AND
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO
GREAT
THINGS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
FOLLOWING
YOUR CAREER. THANK YOU.
YES.
>> OKAY.
WELL, NOW YOU'VE GOT ME
SAD,
DIRECTOR. I'M JUST PLAYING.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
WELL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
FINAL COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE
FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER?
OKAY.
AWESOME. WELL, GUESS WHAT, TEAM?
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, COMMITTEE,
COLLEAGUES FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
WITH
THAT, THERE'S NO FURTHER ITEMS
ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. THIS CONCLUDES
OUR MARCH
12th MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE
AND
UTILITY COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT
MEETING AS WE ARE
ONCEONCE A MONTH ON THIS MEETING
IS
THURSDAY, APRIL 9th AT 9:30.
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS,
IT'S 10:50 PCHL M..