WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:16.650 --> 00:00:24.230 >>> GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2000 AND. IT IS NOT:30 1 AM . THIS IS 00:00:24.230 --> 00:00:27.760 OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE GENDER EQUITY, SAFE COMMUNITIES, NEW AMERICANS, AND 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:35.980 EDUCATION COMMITTEE . I AM COUNCILMEMBER LORENA GONALEZ AND JOIN ME AT THE TABLE IS ROB JOHNSON, 00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:42.629 MEMBER. THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE 00:00:42.629 --> 00:00:48.140 DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND THEIR RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:53.770 INTENT REGARDING THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA RETENTION AND HIRING STRATEGIES THAT 00:00:53.770 --> 00:01:03.560 THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED OR ADOPTED IN THE FALL OF TWO THOUSAND 18. DURING OUR LAST BUDGET 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:12.790 PROCESS. WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER TERESA MOSQUEDA . WE WANT TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT 00:01:12.790 --> 00:01:21.510 WILL HELP HIGHER POLICE OFFICERS AS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR. WE WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE ON CB 00:01:21.510 --> 00:01:31.560 119461. THIS IS AN INITIAL STATION TO HEAR FROM THE EXECUTIVE CAUGHT THE RATIONALE FOR 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.920 THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND TO ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:41.760 HIGHLIGHT PARTICULAR AMENDMENTS THAT THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT CENTRAL STAFF CAN 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:47.090 BEGIN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SECOND HEARING WHERE WE WILL HEAR AMENDMENTS 00:01:47.090 --> 00:01:53.640 AND HAVE A POTENTIAL VOTE ON THE BILL. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE ALWAYS START 00:01:53.640 --> 00:02:00.560 WITH PUBLIC TESTIMONY. NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SO IS 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:04.820 THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO SIGN UP BUT DID NOT HAVE AN 00:02:04.820 --> 00:02:11.850 OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN THAT THE AUDIENCE IS FULL OF REPORTERS AND CITY STAFF I EXPECT THE ANSWER 00:02:11.850 --> 00:02:21.480 IS NO. [LAUGHTER] WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK 00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:29.090 ROXANA TO READ. CAN YOU ACTUALLY READ BOTH AGENDA ITEMS INTO THE RECORD IN THE EVENT 00:02:29.090 --> 00:02:32.350 WE WANT TO GO BACK AND FORTH? THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. RESPONSE TO SLI 38-6-A-2: AND THEN 00:02:32.350 --> 00:02:35.590 IF YOU ARE HERE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT ON THESE ISSUES STAFFING I WOULD 00:02:35.590 --> 00:02:47.239 INVITE YOU TO DATA AND RETENTION & HIRING JOIN US AT 00:02:47.239 --> 00:02:48.239 THE TABLE. 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:53.641 STRATEGIES. AGENDA ITEM 1, AGENDA ITEM 2, CB 119462: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE SEATTLE 00:02:53.641 --> 00:03:01.690 POLICE DEPARTMENT; CREATING AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR HIRING LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS; AND REPEALING 00:03:01.690 --> 00:03:15.599 OBSOLETE SECTIONS 4.20.530, 4.20.540, 4.20.550 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. >> THANK YOU. 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:22.450 SO WE WILL , LET ME JUST GIVE A PREVIEW ABOUT WHAT THE RUN OF SHOW WILL BE HERE. I WILL 00:03:22.450 --> 00:03:28.739 ASK EACH OF YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD SO WE HAVE YOUR NAME READY AND 00:03:28.739 --> 00:03:34.640 READILY AVAILABLE TO US. I WILL MAKE A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND THEN GREG ARE 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:39.610 YOU GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH A FRAMING OF THE SLIDE ? THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DIG IN. 00:03:39.610 --> 00:03:44.010 HOW DOES THAT SOUND? GREAT. OKAY, INTRODUCTIONS. 00:03:44.010 --> 00:04:02.560 GREG DAWSON , MIKE FIELDS, CARRIE McNALLY. 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:07.739 THIS ISSUE AROUND HIRING, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION AT THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 00:04:07.739 --> 00:04:13.889 IS SOMETHING I KNOW I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AS A COUNCILMEMBER SINCE I STARTED ON THE 00:04:13.889 --> 00:04:21.959 CITY COUNCIL I GUESS 3 YEARS AGO NOW. TIME HAS FLOWN. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:27.400 FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES TAKE THIS ISSUE VERY SERIOUSLY. IT IS SOMETHING CONSTANT 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:33.360 I HAVE BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN BUDGET RELATED ACTIONS IN 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:39.180 ORDER TO FACILITATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO RECRUIT, HIRE, AND RETAIN ADDITIONAL 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:46.599 OFFICERS . THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT BODY OF WORK AND A CONTINUATION OF OUR COMMITMENT 00:04:46.599 --> 00:04:53.259 AS A CITY COUNCIL TO FULFILL WHAT I THINK WE UNDERSTAND TO BE OUR DUTY AND OBLIGATION 00:04:53.259 --> 00:04:57.830 TO DELIVER PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SEATTLE, WHO WORKED IN SEATTLE 00:04:57.830 --> 00:05:04.110 AND WHO VISIT THIS GREAT CITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S COLLECTIVE EFFORT IN THAT REGARD 00:05:04.110 --> 00:05:10.330 IN WORKING WITH MY OFFICE AND WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO SET UP A COLLABORATIVE TRANSPARENT 00:05:10.330 --> 00:05:17.009 PROCESS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EFFECTIVELY CONSIDER AND DISCUSS SOME EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES 00:05:17.009 --> 00:05:23.370 THAT COULD REALLY CREATE SOME POSITIVE CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE TRENDS WE ARE SEEING WITH 00:05:23.370 --> 00:05:28.770 HIRING AND ATTRITION AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH I KNOW IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE SEATTLE 00:05:28.770 --> 00:05:33.939 POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS SPACE BY MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE 00:05:33.939 --> 00:05:39.889 COUNTRY. IT IS A NATIONAL TREND AND A LOT OF POLICE AGENCIES LIKE THE SEATTLE POLICE 00:05:39.889 --> 00:05:45.419 DEPARTMENT ARE TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT THEY CAN BE 00:05:45.419 --> 00:05:53.440 USING IN ORDER TO ATTRACT NEW RECRUITS AND ALSO LATERAL HIRES. SO OF COURSE WE ARE HAVING 00:05:53.440 --> 00:05:58.030 THIS CONVERSATION IN THE CONTEXT OF OTHER PEOPLE ALSO TRYING TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE 00:05:58.030 --> 00:06:04.789 SAME TOOLS WE ARE USING. SO I AM EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE CONVERSATION TODAY AS A FIRST STEP 00:06:04.789 --> 00:06:12.150 TOWARDS SETTING THE TABLE FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION AROUND HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT 00:06:12.150 --> 00:06:19.789 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EFFORTS IN RECRUITING AND RETENTION IN THIS PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT 00:06:19.789 --> 00:06:26.830 THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO GREG WHO, IF YOU WOULD 00:06:26.830 --> 00:06:30.920 KINDLY DO SO, SET UP THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND THEN WE 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.780 WILL GO AHEAD AND HANDED OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE TO PROVIDE US THE REPORT. 00:06:33.780 --> 00:06:43.030 AS YOU POINT OUT, COUNSEL HAS HAD AN INTEREST IN POLICE HIRING AND RETENTION AND AS THE 00:06:43.030 --> 00:06:48.360 CITY BECAME AWARE LAST SUMMER COUPLES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNCIL THAT SEPARATIONS 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:53.530 WERE HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND RECRUITING WAS DOWN, THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION 00:06:53.530 --> 00:07:00.110 AND THE EXECUTIVE PROVIDED IT. WE REALLY GOT A LOOK AT THE DATA FOR THE FIRST TIME AND 00:07:00.110 --> 00:07:07.409 THE COUNCIL THEN PASSED SLI 38-6-A- 2 WHICH ASKED TO BE REGULARLY INFORMED ABOUT THE DATA, 00:07:07.409 --> 00:07:13.909 PARTICULARLY DATA THAT SHOWS BOTH SEPARATIONS AND HIRES THROUGH THE LAST MONTH OR MOST IMPORTANTLY 00:07:13.909 --> 00:07:19.729 PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS GOING FORWARD. THEN THAT DATA IS TO COME ON A MONTHLY BASIS 00:07:19.729 --> 00:07:25.389 AND WE RECEIVE THAT DATA TO-3 WEEKS AGO I BELIEVE . AND QUARTERLY THE DEPARTMENT WILL 00:07:25.389 --> 00:07:30.979 BE PROVIDING UPDATES LIKE THIS ONE HERE TODAY ON THE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED 00:07:30.979 --> 00:07:35.870 OVER THE PRIOR QUARTER CAUGHT THE PLANNED RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES AND THEN THE REASONS 00:07:35.870 --> 00:07:40.979 FOR SEPARATION AS OFFICERS ARE SEPARATING AND TALKING ABOUT THE REASONS THEY ARE LEAVING, 00:07:40.979 --> 00:07:47.939 THEY ARE RECORDED BY THE APARTMENT. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT TODAY. THAT IS A T UP. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:56.699 IT IS AN ONGOING EFFORT. THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE EVER, WORK GROUP THAT IS GETTING TOGETHER 00:07:56.699 --> 00:08:02.030 THAT DOES INCLUDE COUNSEL STAFF THAT IS LOOKING AT ISSUE AND I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE DEPARTMENT 00:08:02.030 --> 00:08:03.570 TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT. 00:08:03.570 --> 00:08:10.810 THANK YOU GREG. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS TERESA MOSQUEDA, VICE- CHAIR , DEBORA 00:08:10.810 --> 00:08:19.810 JUAREZ, ALTERNATE , COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , AND COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN. I REALLY APPRECIATED 00:08:19.810 --> 00:08:27.499 THEIR SUPPORT OF MY EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH AVAILABLE DATA AS WE CAN TO 00:08:27.499 --> 00:08:36.060 REALLY BE ABLE TO EVALUATE, ANALYZE, AND CONSIDER PROPOSALS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT SOME 00:08:36.060 --> 00:08:40.220 OF THE TRENDS ARE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING MY COSPONSORS. 00:08:40.220 --> 00:08:43.080 IT WAS OUR PLEASURE, MADAM CHAIR. 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:53.560 I DID GIVE YOU A CHOICE. JUST KIDDING. SO LET'S HEAD OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE AND WHOEVER 00:08:53.560 --> 00:08:54.990 WANTS TO KICK US OFF. 00:08:54.990 --> 00:09:02.410 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MIKE FIELDS, HR DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE PLACE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE 00:09:02.410 --> 00:09:09.290 THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE HAD SO FAR AND LOOKED TO MOVING INTO 2019 ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. 00:09:09.290 --> 00:09:17.090 I WILL BE WORKING OFF OF THE SLIDES. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2019 SWORN RECRUITMENT 00:09:17.090 --> 00:09:22.690 STRATEGY. WILL START WITH A THREE-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ON APPLICANTS. THE HIRES THAT RESULTED FROM 00:09:22.690 --> 00:09:29.770 THOSE APPLICANTS AND THE DIVERSITY OF THOSE HIRES. SO LOOKING AT THE FIRST SLIDE, THIS 00:09:29.770 --> 00:09:36.950 REALLY PAINTS THE PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE FROM 2016 THROUGH 2018, JUST THE AGGREGATE NUMBER 00:09:36.950 --> 00:09:52.080 OF FOLKS WHO SAT FOR OUR ENTRY LEVEL TEST IS OFF 30%. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A SIMILAR TREND 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:59.200 ALTHOUGH A LITTLE MORE DRASTIC WITH US TAKING OUR LATERAL TEST. WE ARE OFF 48% DURING THAT 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:05.760 SAME TIMEFRAME WITH LATERALS SITTING FOR OUR TEST. JUST NOTE THAT THESE DECLINES FROM 2016 00:10:05.760 --> 00:10:15.880 TO 2018 ART DESPITE INCREASING IN PERSON OUTREACH AND ADVERTISING OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. 00:10:15.880 --> 00:10:21.810 THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE RESULTING TREND IN HIRES. WE HAVE THREE VERY STRONG YEARS HISTORICALLY 00:10:21.810 --> 00:10:28.540 FOR US IN 2015, 2016, AND 2017. THEN AS YOU CAN SEE WE SAW AND SIGNIFICANT DOWNTURN LAST 00:10:28.540 --> 00:10:34.820 YEAR. IT MIRRORED THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS DECREASING AS WELL . OF NOTE IS THAT OUR CONVERSION 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:40.020 RATE OR THE RATIO OF FOLKS HIRED TO THOSE WHO APPLIED HAS REMAINED ROUGHLY CONSTANT 00:10:40.020 --> 00:10:48.280 OVER THIS SAME TIME PERIOD. THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I 00:10:48.280 --> 00:10:53.600 THOUGHT I WOULD ASK DETECTIVE McNALLY TO SPEAK TO THAT. 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:59.650 ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE RECOGNIZED IS THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH YIELDS US MANY MORE CANDIDATES 00:10:59.650 --> 00:11:06.240 THAN DO TRADITIONAL JOB FAIRS >> THE BETTER THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.500 THE MORE WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HISTORICALLY 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:15.840 ARE AT 25-30 COMMUNITY AND THAT'S PER YEAR. SET UP RECRUITING BOOTHS AT THOSE EVENTS AND 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:21.640 WEEPING OFFICERS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT TO STAFF THOSE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE PRESENTED 00:11:21.640 --> 00:11:30.421 OF PATROL CAR SPECIALTY UNITS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE ASKED REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT 00:11:30.421 --> 00:11:33.821 FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HELP WITH RECRUITING EFFORTS AND WE BRING IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE A 00:11:33.821 --> 00:11:38.000 GENUINE INTEREST EITHER THEY HAVE GROWN UP IN THE AREA AND WANT TO WORK WITH NUMBERS 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:41.700 OF THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE RECRUITING EFFORTS, SO WE BRING THEM ALONGSIDE 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:47.130 A STARK THERE ARE 2 OF US TO FALL 2 OF US FULL-TIME THAT WE HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENT MEMBERS 00:11:47.130 --> 00:11:50.550 WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH THAT PROCESS WHICH GIVES US A GREATER REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY 00:11:50.550 --> 00:11:59.250 I BELIEVE. THESE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXAMPLES THAT YOU GAVE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE CAUGHT 00:11:59.250 --> 00:12:04.300 THE POLICE EXPLORERS SUMMER YOUTH IMPLEMENT AND LATE-NIGHT PROGRAMS, IT SEEMS LIKE THESE 00:12:04.300 --> 00:12:09.800 ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON NEW RECRUITS AS OPPOSED TO LATERALS, IS THAT CORRECT? 00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:16.070 THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS A WAY, THE POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM IS FOR AGES 13- 21. IT GIVES 00:12:16.070 --> 00:12:20.870 US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOUTH IN PARTICULAR THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE SHOP AND GIVE 00:12:20.870 --> 00:12:25.440 THEM THE JOB SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO GET USED TO WHAT THE DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE. IT 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:29.750 ALSO GOES TO THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TOO BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE HAVING BEEN AT SEVERAL 00:12:29.750 --> 00:12:34.050 CONFERENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN GO FIND PEOPLE RIGHT 00:12:34.050 --> 00:12:38.940 NOW OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE HARD WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PIPELINE OF PEOPLE 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:46.520 COMING IN 10-15 YEARS FROM NOW. SO USE ENGAGEMENTS IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US AS A DEPARTMENT 00:12:46.520 --> 00:12:50.880 AND ALSO FROM THE RECRUITING PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. WE TRY TO OUTREACH AT A YOUNGER AGE 00:12:50.880 --> 00:12:56.450 TO GET THEM READY AND PREPARED TO GET HIRED WHEN THEY ARE AT AGE, THAT OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY 00:12:56.450 --> 00:13:00.430 EVENTS, WE ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING A POLICE OFFICER. 00:13:00.430 --> 00:13:04.450 THEY HAS HAD AN ENTIRE CAREER SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEN THEY SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY THEY MAY 00:13:04.450 --> 00:13:09.921 HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE. I THINK OUR RECRUITS ACROSS BOTH BOUNDERS. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME 00:13:09.921 --> 00:13:14.860 ON AT 21 AND WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING ON AT 50 BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:19.130 TO DO AND NOW THEY HAVE CAUGHT THEY ARE READY FOR IT. WE CAN GET THEM THE HELP THEY NEED 00:13:19.130 --> 00:13:22.740 TO GET ON THE DEPARTMENT. 00:13:22.740 --> 00:13:26.710 I AM INTERESTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY EVENT YOU'RE TALKING 00:13:26.710 --> 00:13:31.070 ABOUT. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE EVENTS THAT YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN? WHAT TYPE OF EVENTS 00:13:31.070 --> 00:13:32.440 ARE THERE? 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:41.480 WE GO TO EVERY COMMUNITY THAT'S ALL. WE ARE ENGAGED IN THE PARADES AT TORCHLIGHT, WE ARE 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:46.690 GOING TO THE WOMEN'S SHOW , ONTO THE WOMEN'S SHOW THE LAST 20 YEARS. SO WE ARE HONESTLY 00:13:46.690 --> 00:13:51.430 WILLING TO GO TO ANY EVENT WE GET INVITED TO. THAT GOES TO OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 00:13:51.430 --> 00:13:59.850 COMMUNITY. ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE PRESENT. RECON IN NOT IN FULL 00:13:59.850 --> 00:14:04.990 UNIFORM, WE'LL COME IN A POLO SHIRT TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE. WE BRING ALONG UNIFORMS FOR PEOPLE 00:14:04.990 --> 00:14:13.430 TO TRY ON. WE GO TO DRAGON FEST EVERY YEAR AND WE END UP ENGAGING WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 00:14:13.430 --> 00:14:18.190 THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WEEPING ALONG GEAR AND THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR KIDS 00:14:18.190 --> 00:14:24.720 INVEST AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT US ENGAGING WITH THEM AND GETTING TO KNOW US. WE WILL 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:31.890 BE ATTENDING I BELIEVE IT'S AN EVENT ON MARCH 17 HERE WITH THE IRANIAN COMMUNITY. WE ARE 00:14:31.890 --> 00:14:37.820 ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND ANY INVITATION WE GET ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE MAKE SURE WE 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:41.230 HAVE SOMEONE THERE. EVEN IF ONE OF THE 2 OF US CAN BE THERE, WE WILL FIND SOME OF OUR 00:14:41.230 --> 00:14:46.820 RECRUITING SUPPORT TEAM THAT CAN GO AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE SAY YES TO EVERYTHING. 00:14:46.820 --> 00:14:52.089 YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE EVENTS WE GO TO BARK OVER 100 EVENTS PER YEAR BECAUSE WE DO NOT 00:14:52.089 --> 00:14:55.880 SAY NO. IF SOMEONE CALLED US AND SAYS THEY HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP, WE WILL MAKE SURE 00:14:55.880 --> 00:14:59.310 TO HAVE NEVER TO BE THERE. 00:14:59.310 --> 00:15:02.520 IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF MATERIALS YOU ARE BRINGING KAI SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A DIVERSE 00:15:02.520 --> 00:15:06.890 AUDIENCE YOU ARE REACHING OUT TO. HOW ARE WE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A RACIAL 00:15:06.890 --> 00:15:11.080 JUSTICE LENS APPLY TO THE MATERIAL WHO IS DEVELOPING THAT? ARE WE GETTING COMMUNITY 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:17.810 FEEDBACK? ARE WE APPLYING THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE LENS TO THE EVENTS WE ARE GOING TO. IF WE 00:15:17.810 --> 00:15:27.241 SAW A MAP AND OVERLAID IT WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, SPEAKING MULTIPLE LANGUAGE, HOW 00:15:27.241 --> 00:15:30.990 ARE WE USING THAT RACIAL JUSTICE TOOL IN OUR MATERIALS? 00:15:30.990 --> 00:15:36.120 I CAME TO THE UNIT IN 2015. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAD DONE, I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:42.180 THE REFUGEE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE SO WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND BEVERAGE 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:43.250 IF THEY ARE 00:15:43.250 --> 00:15:47.100 WE LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE MEDIA LENS AS WE ASKED HIM TO GIVE US ALL OF THE DIVERSE MEDIA 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:54.200 EFFORTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE MAKE SURE WE ARE UTILIZING OUR RECRUITING MATERIALS 00:15:54.200 --> 00:16:00.100 INTO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. WE DON'T DO STOCK PICTURES. WE DON'T STAND BY AND TAKE A PICTURE 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:04.050 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYBODY REPRESENTED. WE USE PHOTOS FROM EVENTS THAT WE ACTUALLY 00:16:04.050 --> 00:16:08.640 ATTENDED IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT IS THE GENUINE RESPONSE 00:16:08.640 --> 00:16:13.710 THE WAY THAT WE DO ADVERTISING. ME HAVING COME TO THE UNIT, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS 00:16:13.710 --> 00:16:18.820 ASKED WAS ABOUT WOMEN, HOW DO WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WOMEN THAT COME INTO THE DEPARTMENT. 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:23.860 I STARTED OUR FIRST EVER WOMAN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER FAIR WITH THAT LENS. WE REACH OUT TO 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:29.600 OTHER AGENCIES. THE FIRST EVENT WE DID WE HAD MANY AGENCIES THERE. MOST OF THE RECRUITERS 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:34.420 WERE WOMEN. WE HAVE TRIED TO EMPLOY DIFFERENT TACTICS WITH DIFFERENT IMMUNITIES. WE LISTEN 00:16:34.420 --> 00:16:38.830 TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY ASKS US FOR. AND IT GOES BACK TO THE RECRUITING SUPPORT TEAM. 00:16:38.830 --> 00:16:44.020 WITH THAT 50-60 DID OFFICERS WE HAVE, WE ASKED THEM WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND WAS. WHAT BROUGHT 00:16:44.020 --> 00:16:48.640 YOU INTO THIS JOB. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THEM IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES BASED ON THEIR 00:16:48.640 --> 00:16:52.280 INTERESTS AND WORKING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. THAT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT ASSET FOR US TOO 00:16:52.280 --> 00:16:58.520 AS WE LISTEN TO OUR OFFICERS WE ASK EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT TO SEND US IDEAS FOR EVENTS 00:16:58.520 --> 00:17:03.850 THAT ARE COMING UP. SO WHETHER IT THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THEY CAN BRING US ALONG OR 00:17:03.850 --> 00:17:08.640 WE CAN CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP, ALL OF OUR EFFORTS WE HAVE A DIVERSITY STATEMENT 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:13.620 AND ALL OF OUR LITERATURE, OUR WEBSITE. THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING 00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:17.160 AT IN BRINGING SOME OUTSIDE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT MISSING 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:23.699 THAT LENS. THEN WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE REFLECTIVE OF OUR AGENCY WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY 00:17:23.699 --> 00:17:27.210 DIVERSE AGENCY. THAT IS WHAT WE HIGHLIGHT . 00:17:27.210 --> 00:17:33.470 I KNOW THAT THE NEXT SLIDE WILL HIT ON THE DIVERSITY NUMBERS AND WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE 00:17:33.470 --> 00:17:34.470 BEEN DOING. 00:17:34.470 --> 00:17:39.980 IF I COULD JUST ADD CAUSED SOME OF THE BEST IDEAS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THIS ARENA HAVE 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:45.230 COME FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEMSELVES. OUR RECRUITERS HAVE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF TOUCH 00:17:45.230 --> 00:17:49.390 POINTS WITH PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS AND WE GET TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE MY. WHY 00:17:49.390 --> 00:17:55.940 SEATTLE VERSUS SOMEWHERE ELSE? WIFE POLICING VERSUS SOME OTHER CAREER. ONE OF THE THINGS 00:17:55.940 --> 00:18:02.590 WE HEARD THAT WAS ALSO ECHOED IN THE HIRING REPORT WAS THAT FOLKS WANT TO SEE PEOPLE THAT 00:18:02.590 --> 00:18:09.860 LOOK LIKE THEM AT EVENTS IN MATERIALS. WE REALLY WORKS ON THAT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:15.060 YOU CAN SATURATE A COMMUNITY WITH ADVERTISING BUT IF IT'S JUST FOR HISTORICAL REASONS DID 00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:22.330 NOT OCCUR 12 COMMUNITY TO LOOK TO A CAREER IN LAW DISBURSEMENT , IT IS FALLING ON DEAF 00:18:22.330 --> 00:18:29.840 EARS. THE RECRUITING HAS BEEN A INTERESTING AND SUCCESSFUL PART OF OUR OVERALL STRATEGY. 00:18:29.840 --> 00:18:39.350 BIDDING TO OUR NEXT SLIDE , THE EFFORTS THAT WE JUST DETAILS HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE. YOU 00:18:39.350 --> 00:18:46.400 CAN SEE THE TREND IN THE HIRING OF PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM 2013 THROUGH LAST YEAR. TO THE 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:51.970 POINT WHERE LAST YEAR AT 42% OF OUR INCOMING RECRUITS BEING PEOPLE OF COLOR WAS MORE DIVERSE 00:18:51.970 --> 00:18:58.090 THAN THE CITY OR COUNTY AS A WHOLE. THAT NUMBER IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THOUGH CERTAIN 00:18:58.090 --> 00:18:59.310 SOMETHING THAT WILL REMAIN. 00:18:59.310 --> 00:19:08.590 IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THE 42%, HOW MANY ARE NEW HIRES VERSUS 00:19:08.590 --> 00:19:09.930 LATERALS? 00:19:09.930 --> 00:19:14.000 WE DO. AS I AM SITTING HERE I DON'T THAT WE CERTAINLY TRACK THAT DATA AND WE CAN PROVIDE 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.000 THAT. 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:20.461 THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS TEED UP IN RELATIONS TO A COUNSEL 00:19:20.461 --> 00:19:28.340 BILL AROUND OUR ORDINANCES IS WHETHER THE HIRING BONUS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR NEW 00:19:28.340 --> 00:19:36.090 HIRES AND I THINK THERE IS A LEGITIMATE POLICY COMPOSITION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AROUND THAT 00:19:36.090 --> 00:19:42.250 PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE IF WHAT WE ARE SEEING REGARDING THE PROGRESS AROUND RACIAL DIVERSITY 00:19:42.250 --> 00:19:49.580 IS MORE IN THE NEW HIRE SPACE, THEN I WOULDN'T WANT TO COMPROMISE THE DEPARTMENTS SUCCESS 00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:54.920 AND TRENDS IN THIS SPACE BY QUEUING SKEWING TOO MUCH TO THE LATERAL. THAT COULD CREATE 00:19:54.920 --> 00:20:00.810 THE UNATTENDED CONFERENCE OF IMPACTING SOME OF THE POSITIVE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS 00:20:00.810 --> 00:20:03.440 DONE TO INCREASE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:06.070 SHOULD. WE WILL PROVIDE THAT. 00:20:06.070 --> 00:20:08.310 THANK YOU. 00:20:08.310 --> 00:20:13.790 I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE DEMOGRAPHIC DOWN BEHIND THE SCENES. IF YOU CAN HAND THAT 00:20:13.790 --> 00:20:17.390 OVER FOUR US. THEN WHEN A QUESTION, I KNOW YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING AND I DID NOT QUITE 00:20:17.390 --> 00:20:24.360 CATCH IT. WHAT IS THE Y-AXIS HERE? IS THIS AN INCREASE IN DIVERSITY OR TOTAL POPULATION 00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:27.320 OF FOLKS WORKING AT SPD? 00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:33.870 IT IS THE TOTAL OF THOSE INCOMING IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. IT'S NOT THOSE WORKING AS A TOTAL POPULATION 00:20:33.870 --> 00:20:41.540 OF THE PERMIT THAT TOTAL INCOMING. IN 2010, 42% OF THOSE COMING IN WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR, 00:20:41.540 --> 00:20:44.890 NOT A PERCENTAGE INCREASE NUMBER. 00:20:44.890 --> 00:20:52.150 SO 42% THEN = -- 00:20:52.150 --> 00:21:08.480 THE TOTAL IS 68 TOTAL HIRES. >> IT'S UNCLEAR THE DEMOCRATIC DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN, I WILL 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:15.130 CLARIFY THAT. IN TERMS OF FACTORS THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR HIRING PACE, THESE INCLUDE THE 00:21:15.130 --> 00:21:21.870 NATIONAL MARKET BEING TIGHT FOR POLICE RECRUITS AND INCENTIVES BEING OFFERED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 00:21:21.870 --> 00:21:28.550 HOUSING AND COMMUTE ISSUES THAT SEATTLE DEALS WITH CAUGHT GENERALLY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, NEGATIVE 00:21:28.550 --> 00:21:35.550 PERCEPTIONS OF POLICING NATIONWIDE, AND THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF THESE CONTRACTS. WE ARE 00:21:35.550 --> 00:21:37.550 STILL SETTLING SOME OF THOSE RESIDUAL EFFECTS. 00:21:37.550 --> 00:21:42.810 I NOTICE YOU DID NOT HAVE A BULLET POINT FOR SNOWPOCALYPSE. 00:21:42.810 --> 00:21:53.400 I 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:59.620 WONDERED IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THIS PIECE AS PART OF THE DISCOURSE HERE. 00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:11.480 ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME I WILL ADVANCE ONE FLIGHT WHILE I TALK ABOUT IT. A COUPLE 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:20.570 OF THINGS. ONE IS, WE TALKED TO OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS IS ALMOST JOB ONE 00:22:20.570 --> 00:22:33.640 AT THIS POINT. JUST MAINTAINING STAFFING AND FIELDING 911 CALLS. 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.910 80% OF -- 00:22:36.910 --> 00:22:45.280 80% OF LARGE AGENCIES HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VACANCIES. YOU ALWAYS HAVE A FEW AS PEOPLE 00:22:45.280 --> 00:22:50.750 COME IN AND OUT BUT WHEN YOU START MOVING TWO DOZEN OR SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF VACANCIES 00:22:50.750 --> 00:22:57.190 EVEN IN DEPARTMENTS OF A SIMILAR TIES TO US, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE. THERE'S A FAIR BIT OF 00:22:57.190 --> 00:23:03.410 RESEARCH IN LITERATURE ON THIS, IT'S INTERESTING, ONE PIECE IS AS YOU LOOK AT FOLKS WHO ARE 00:23:03.410 --> 00:23:11.059 25- 35, THIS WAS DONE IN ONE STUDY, JUST THE OVERALL INTEREST OF THAT GROUP GOING INTO 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:14.970 A LAW- ENFORCEMENT CAREER VERSUS 10 OR 20 YEARS AGO IS JUST DIFFERENT. THERE IS LOST 00:23:14.970 --> 00:23:23.340 OF SOCIETAL REASONS FOR THAT. IN EFFECT WE ARE ARE COMPETING FOR A VERY SMALL NUMBER 00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:30.060 OF FOLKS. AS WE TRAVEL NATIONALLY AND CERTAINLY SEE IT REGIONALLY , THE HIGH NUMBER OF VACANCIES 00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:36.990 , INCENTIVES, BENEFITS OTHER THAN PAY THAT JURISDICTIONS ARE ABLE TO OFFER MAKES IT A 00:23:36.990 --> 00:23:38.360 TIGHT LABOR MARKET. 00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:45.309 MIKE, I WANT TO ASK YOU REALLY POINTED QUESTION BECAUSE THERE IS A NARRATIVE THAT IS FLOATING 00:23:45.309 --> 00:23:52.140 OUT THERE THAT SOMEHOW REQUIRING OFFICERS TO ENGAGE IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING IS THE 00:23:52.140 --> 00:24:00.160 ROOT CAUSE FOR THE HIRING ISSUES AND RETENTION ISSUES BOTH AT THE DEPARTMENT AND ACROSS THE 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:07.120 COUNTRY. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AN OPPORTUNITY 00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:14.590 TO RESPOND TO THAT PARTICULAR POINT . I OF COURSE HAVE MY OWN OPINION BUT I WOULD LIKE 00:24:14.590 --> 00:24:20.970 TO REALLY PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT 00:24:20.970 --> 00:24:23.010 THAT PARTICULAR ASSERTION. 00:24:23.010 --> 00:24:31.460 LET ME START BY SAYING IT WILL LIKELY BE HELPFUL FOR THIS BODY AT SOME POINT TO SEE EITHER 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:36.730 THE ACTUAL EXIT INTERVIEWS OF OUR OFFICERS OR A SUMMARY OF HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE 00:24:36.730 --> 00:24:44.640 IT AND HEAR FROM OFFICERS IN THEIR OWN WORDS THE REASONS THEY ARE LEAVING . CONSTITUTIONAL 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:51.630 POLICING IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS CITED FOR FOLKS LEAVING TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING 00:24:51.630 --> 00:24:57.690 OUT OF THE PROFESSION. SO I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING 00:24:57.690 --> 00:25:05.100 PIECE IS NOT A DRIVER ON THIS TREND . I THINK WE ALMOST HAVE A PERFECT STORM OF HISTORICALLY 00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:10.480 LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, A DEMOGRAPHIC BUBBLE BOTH IN SEATTLE AND NATIONWIDE WHERE A BUNCH OF 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:18.660 FOLKS WERE HIRED IN 80s. NOW HERE SEEING THEM LEAVE SO THE ATTRITION NUMBER IS THERE. AS 00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:23.330 A RESULT WE HAVE JURISDICTIONS EVERYWHERE ADDING FOLKS AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. SO I 00:25:23.330 --> 00:25:26.990 THINK THAT IS REALLY THE DRIVER. THE MACRO DRIVER. 00:25:26.990 --> 00:25:33.690 I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING US THAT CLARITY . I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE 00:25:33.690 --> 00:25:40.600 A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND OUR EFFORTS 00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:45.059 TO REFORM THE DEPARTMENT IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS UNDER 00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:51.720 THE CONSTITUTION AND TO RESPECT PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WORK HAS BEEN 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:56.040 IN LARGE PART ABLE TO BE A COMPASS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF MANY OF THE OFFICERS THAT 00:25:56.040 --> 00:26:06.690 WERE ASKING TO OPERATE IN THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT FACT THAT WE HAVE A VAST 00:26:06.690 --> 00:26:13.080 MAJORITY OF OFFICERS WHO ARE READY AND WILLING AND ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ADDITIONAL 00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:19.850 TRAININGS THEY GET THEM THE TOOLS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE POLICING 00:26:19.850 --> 00:26:24.770 TO THE BEST STANDARDS OF PRACTICE IS IN THIS PARTICULAR SPACE. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 00:26:24.770 --> 00:26:31.700 FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE REAL ROOT CAUSES AND DRIVERS OF THESE 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:38.350 ISSUES AS OPPOSED TO POINTING THE FINGER AT LEGITIMATE CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS THAT I BELIEVE 00:26:38.350 --> 00:26:42.790 ARE SHARED NOT JUST IN THE COMMUNITY BUT ON THE CITY COUNCIL , IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, 00:26:42.790 --> 00:26:49.210 AND ALSO BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT . I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY IN TERMS OF HELPING US UNDERSTAND 00:26:49.210 --> 00:26:50.740 WHAT THEIR REAL DRIVERS ARE HERE. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:57.120 AS YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF IS COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING HIRING FOLKS 00:26:57.120 --> 00:27:01.419 WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT CAUGHT RETAINING FOLKS WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT SOULFUL AGREEMENT. 00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:09.390 >> IF I MIGHT ALSO EDITORIALIZE FOR A MOMENT. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT SHOULD 00:27:09.390 --> 00:27:14.690 BE SAID HERE IS THAT IF WE DID NOT HAVE FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY 00:27:14.690 --> 00:27:20.250 WORKING, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY ASKING FOR MORE OFFICERS TO BE BROUGHT ONTO 00:27:20.250 --> 00:27:27.320 THE FORCE AND PUTTING RESOURCES INTO THE BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR TO ALLOW US TO TRY TO NOT JUST 00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:32.830 HIRE THOSE THAT HAVE HIGH REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED ALSO HIGHER NEW OFFICERS 00:27:32.830 --> 00:27:39.440 IN ADDITION TO THAT. AND, WE ALSO PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAD A ADDITIONAL APPROACH TO THE 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:44.300 POLICING CONTRACT AND ISSUES RAISED BY THAT POLICING CONTRACTOR THERE'S ALSO A COUNTER 00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:48.960 NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT SUGGESTS THAT IN SOME WAY PLACE OR FORM THAT THIS COUNSEL DOES 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:53.900 NOT BELIEVE IN THE GOOD WORK THAT THE AUTHORS DO ON THE GROUND. I THINK OUR ACTIONS PARTICULARLY 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:58.490 IN THE BUDGET SPACE TELL A VERY DIFFERENT STORY THERE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US 00:27:58.490 --> 00:28:01.330 TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL. 00:28:01.330 --> 00:28:02.940 THANK YOU. 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:07.790 THE GOOD CHAIR WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE REAL DRIVING FORCES AND I THINK AGAIN, NOT 00:28:07.790 --> 00:28:11.760 NEW UNIQUE TO SEATTLE WE SEE THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT WE HAVE STAGGERING STATISTICS 00:28:11.760 --> 00:28:17.120 THAT SHOW OUR HOUSING COSTS, OUR CHILDCARE COSTS ARE REALLY CREATING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT 00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:23.010 ON WORKING FAMILIES ABILITY TO STAY IN THIS CITY. WE HEAR ANECDOTALLY ABOUT OFFICERS WHO 00:28:23.010 --> 00:28:27.299 ARE NOW HAVING TO COMMUTE IN OR WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHED FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY AND THERE 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:31.920 COMMUTE TIME IS LONGER. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE STATISTICS 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:36.890 ON HOW THE FOLKS ARE HAVING TO COMMUTE IN AND THE COST OF HOUSING BEING A DRIVING FACTOR? 00:28:36.890 --> 00:28:41.620 I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE HEARD ANECDOTALLY OR IF THERE ARE ANY 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:45.070 STUDIES OR STATISTICS OUT THERE AS YOU ARE TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE 00:28:45.070 --> 00:28:51.049 LACK OF ACCESS TO CHILDCARE IS A RECRUITMENT BARRIER. WE HAVE VERY LIMITED RESOURCES OBVIOUSLY 00:28:51.049 --> 00:28:55.760 IN THE CITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. AS WE TRY TO ABOUT MARY PUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 00:28:55.760 --> 00:29:01.350 TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FULLY STAFFED FORCE, ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF OUR RESOURCES 00:29:01.350 --> 00:29:06.860 ARE GOOD INVESTMENTS IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING STOCK FOR AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE FOR 00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:09.610 THE MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES. 00:29:09.610 --> 00:29:17.179 ABSOLUTELY. WE HEAR REGULARLY AND CARRY CAN ELABORATE BUT WE HEAR REGULARLY FROM FOLKS 00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:23.350 WHO RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE ENVIABLE POSITION OF BEING ABLE TO PICK WHICH JURISDICTION THEY 00:29:23.350 --> 00:29:30.010 WANT TO WORK IN. EVERYONE IS HIRING IN THIS REGION. YOU CAN WORK NORTH, SOUTH, CENTRAL, 00:29:30.010 --> 00:29:36.850 SO CERTAINLY IT IS A FACTOR AS STARTING THEIR CAREER WOULD BE THAT SEATTLE MEDIAN HOME PRICE 00:29:36.850 --> 00:29:42.220 VERSUS NORTH OF SEATTLE MEDIAN HOME PRICE. WE HEAR ABOUT THAT. IF SOMEONE DOES CHOOSE 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:50.480 TO LIVE NORTH OR SOUTH, AS WE ALL KNOW YOU'RE DRIVING A FAIR BIT OF TIME TO GET TO WORK. 00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:59.080 ANECDOTALLY, THAT ISSUE COMES UP ALL THE TIME. WITH THE RECENT SPA CONTRACT WE ARE THE HIGHEST 00:29:59.080 --> 00:30:05.470 PAID AGENCY IN THE STATE. IS NOT BY THAT MUCH. I WILL JUST SAY THAT. BUT OF COURSE THAT WAS 00:30:05.470 --> 00:30:10.481 REALLY HELPFUL AND APPRECIATED. BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE MAKING THEIR CALCULUS OF WHERE THEY WANT 00:30:10.481 --> 00:30:19.640 TO WORK, OTHER FACTORS ARE COMING INTO PLAY. HOUSING AND COMMUTE IS CERTAINLY A PIECE OF 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:30.480 THAT. CHILDCARE, WE DO HEAR ABOUT CHALLENGES WITH CHILDCARE . REALLY, WORK LIFE BALANCE. 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:37.440 WE WORK THREE WATCHES AROUND THE CLOCK. CERTAINLY INITIALLY THERE IS LIMITED IF ANY ABILITY 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:46.500 TO CHOOSE WHERE, WHEN YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED PATROL . THAT IS DIFFICULT. SO THE WORKLIFE 00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:51.549 BALANCE, CHILDCARE BEING A PIECE OF THAT, AND CARRY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CARE TO ELABORATE 00:30:51.549 --> 00:30:53.560 ON THAT PIECE? 00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:57.590 JUST AS MICHAEL THINK OF THAT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING PEOPLE CONSIDER ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE TRYING 00:30:57.590 --> 00:31:06.090 TO BECOME OKAY RELOCATE FROM ANOTHER LOCATION. I THINK PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY MORE INTERESTED 00:31:06.090 --> 00:31:10.100 IN WORKLIFE BALANCE AND WHEN YOU ARE COMMUTING TWO HOURS PER DAY, THAT IS TIME AWAY FROM 00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:15.111 YOUR FAMILY, OTHER AGENCIES AROUND OUR AREA COPPER SO I HAVE BEEN HERE 29 YEARS. I WOULD 00:31:15.111 --> 00:31:19.400 NEVER CHOOSE DIFFERENT AGENCY. THAT THERE ARE FANTASTIC ONE- PERSON AGENCIES ALL AROUND 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:26.299 OUR AREA. ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES. MANY OTHER AGENCIES HAVE TAKEN CARS. THEY ALSO 00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:30.620 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COMMUTE IN AND OUT OF SEATTLE. SO IT DOES MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE. 00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:36.360 ON TOP OF THAT THE INCENTIVE THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED BY MANY OTHER AGENCIES, IT IS ATTRACTIVE, 00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:40.250 ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A PATROL OFFICER GOING TO ANOTHER AGENCY WHERE YOU WILL BE WORKING 00:31:40.250 --> 00:31:46.070 PATROL CAR NOT HAVING TO COMMUTE, HAVING A TAKE-HOME CAR, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DR. INTO 00:31:46.070 --> 00:31:50.190 THE REASONS THEY ARE LEAVING THE AGENCY AND FOR NEW CANDIDATES, THAT IS A GENUINE CONCERN 00:31:50.190 --> 00:31:55.179 AS WELL. WHERE WILL I LIVE AND RAISE MY FAMILY? WE DO HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF OUTREACH ACROSS 00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:59.330 THE COUNTRY SO FILING A LOT OF EFFORTS LOCALLY, WE DO IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL. THAT'S 00:31:59.330 --> 00:32:05.770 A BIG ASKED TO RELOCATE YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY TO AN AREA YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH WITH THE 00:32:05.770 --> 00:32:11.740 HOUSING PRICES THAT WE HAVE . AND THEN WHERE YOU CAN YOU AND THEY FOR YOUR FAMILY . SO 00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:15.800 ENTRY-LEVEL AND CERTAINLY LATERALS, IT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR EVERYBODY. I THINK IT 00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:19.350 DOES FACTOR INTO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOOSING TO GO TO OTHER AGENCIES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE 00:32:19.350 --> 00:32:25.200 THAT COMMUTE PERHAPS. AND THE ALREADY LIVE IN THOSE AREAS AND COMMUTE IN. SO I THINK 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:32.710 IT IS AFFECTING OUR ATTRITION AND ENTRY-LEVEL FOR SURE. OF COURSE IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES 00:32:32.710 --> 00:32:45.740 TO APPROVE THE INCENTIVE HIRING BONUS, THOSE ARE UNRESTRICTED AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY IN 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:53.090 CITY BUDGET TALK WHICH MEANS THAT THE NEW HIRES ARE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE DOLLARS ANY 00:32:53.090 --> 00:32:58.960 WAY THAT THEY WISH INCLUDING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES THAT YOU ALL HAVE 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.860 JUST HIGHLIGHTED. 00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:16.820 MIKE, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER TAKING ENTRY-LEVEL 00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:27.549 TESTS AND THE NUMBER TAKING LATERAL TESTS? THESE TWO SLIDES ARE SPECIFIC TO SEATTLE AND 00:33:27.549 --> 00:33:35.020 WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THIS IS A NATIONAL TREND . DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING 00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:41.179 OF WHETHER THESE TRENDS ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING NATIONALLY ? OR IF THESE 00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:44.740 NUMBERS ARE OUTLIERS? 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:51.140 CERTAINLY WHEN YOU TALK TO OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND READ THE LITERATURE, 00:33:51.140 --> 00:34:00.040 A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN BOTH APPLICANTS AND HIRES HAS BEEN SEEN NATIONWIDE. AND WITHIN 00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:03.840 THE REGION. THAT IS GENERATING THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES WE ARE SEEING. 00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:09.810 SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DATA THAT INDICATES THAT THESE NUMBERS EXCEED WHAT THE NATIONAL 00:34:09.810 --> 00:34:11.349 TREND IS? 00:34:11.349 --> 00:34:19.309 NO. IN FACT, THERE ARE MANY JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AS WE ARE WHO 00:34:19.309 --> 00:34:24.480 ARE CARRYING AGENCIES IN THE HUNDREDS AS OPPOSED TO THE DOZENS THAT WE ARE CARRYING CURRENTLY. 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:30.210 SUCKS SO IN SOME INSTANCES, WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING A SMALLER DEGREE OF VACANCIES? WE SAW 00:34:30.210 --> 00:34:36.129 VACANCIES THAT ARE NOT IN THE HUNDREDS OF VACANCIES AS COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILARLY SIZED 00:34:36.129 --> 00:34:57.720 LEASE APARTMENTS. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE BEEN TALKING 00:34:57.720 --> 00:35:01.999 ABOUT, WE ARE PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH. THE FIRST IS PARTICIPATION IN WORK GROUP WHICH 00:35:01.999 --> 00:35:06.630 WE WILL TALK ABOUT MORE HERE INTIMATE. THE SECOND IS A SERIES OF IMMEDIATE STEPS THAT 00:35:06.630 --> 00:35:12.779 WE ARE TAKING TO TRY TO JUMPSTART OUR NUMBERS. FOR THAT WORK GROUP PIECE I WILL HAND IT OVER 00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.940 TO LEAH . 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:20.680 I AM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE. WE ARE A TEAM THAT PARTNERS WITH 00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:26.430 CITY DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING. PART OF OUR TEAM INCLUDES 00:35:26.430 --> 00:35:34.400 SPECIALIZED SUCH AS DATA ANALYTICS AND HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:41.739 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP I WILL GO TO THE POSITION APPROACH 00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:48.810 AND SOME COMPONENT OF THE WORK PRODUCT. THANK YOU. SO IN TERMS OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE 00:35:48.810 --> 00:35:55.039 WORK GROUP WE ARE BRINGING TOGETHER OUR TEAM, ALONG WITH OF COURSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 00:35:55.039 --> 00:36:00.460 THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, CITY BUDGET OFFICE, AND THE COUNCIL. WE ARE 00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:06.249 LOOKING TO PERFORM A DEEP DIVE INTO THE CHALLENGES SPD IS CURRENTLY FACING AROUND RECRUITMENT 00:36:06.249 --> 00:36:12.609 AD POTENTIALLY RETENTION. ONE OF THE WAYS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS IS THINKING THROUGH 00:36:12.609 --> 00:36:17.690 WHAT ARE THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AS MIKE HAS MENTIONED THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY THE CITY 00:36:17.690 --> 00:36:24.890 FACING THESE CHALLENGES . SO LOOKING TO OTHER PARTNERS SUCH AS LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, NEW 00:36:24.890 --> 00:36:29.380 YORK, AND OTHERS, TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES AS WELL 00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:35.779 AS REALLY IMPORTANT. WILL BE LOOKING AT SPD'S PERFORMANCE USING INTERNAL AND PUBLIC DATA 00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:45.609 AND THEN DEVELOPING LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO PART 00:36:45.609 --> 00:36:51.349 OF THIS APPROACH IS LOOKING AT QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND 00:36:51.349 --> 00:36:57.190 THE DRIVERS . LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DEFINE AND BEAR THIS PROBLEM THE CITY SEEKS TO SELL. 00:36:57.190 --> 00:37:02.190 THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM SPACE. THE THINKING THROUGH, WHAT PIECE OF THIS PROBLEM THE WORK 00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:07.500 GROUP REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS IS IMPORTANT. BEEN LOOKING THROUGH HOW WE CAN ASSESS THE 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:14.039 OPTIONS FOR EATING SPD'S WORKFORCE NEEDS AND PROJECTING THE IMPACTS WE EXPECT TO SEE AS 00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:18.790 WE GO FORWARD IN SOME OF THESE SPACES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WILL MAKE THIS 00:37:18.790 --> 00:37:23.329 WORK GROUP A LITTLE MORE UNIQUE AS WE ARE LOOKING TO TO TYPE SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS 00:37:23.329 --> 00:37:29.470 PIXEL BUILDING ON THE CURRENT BASE OF KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CPC HAS PUT TOGETHER AND OTHER PARTNERS 00:37:29.470 --> 00:37:34.920 HAVE PUT TOGETHER, AND THINKING HOW KINDLY PROTOTYPE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:44.180 ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO CREATE AS AN IMPACT IS IMPORTANT. AND CULMINATING IN A REPORT. 00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:54.910 SO LASTLY, IN TERMS OF OUR FINAL WORK PRODUCT, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO CREATE SOME NEW RESEARCH 00:37:54.910 --> 00:38:01.819 SO WE HAVE TWO PHASES OF RESEARCH. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS AND PROJECTED IMPACTS, 00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:09.420 LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER RECOMMENDATIONS IN A FINAL REPORT IN SEPTEMBER. 00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:18.029 I KNOW THAT CENTRAL STAFF, GREG YOU'RE SITTING ON THIS WORK GROUP AND THEN CODY FROM MY OFFICE 00:38:18.029 --> 00:38:23.740 IS ALSO SITTING IN ON THE WORK GROUP ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS AS WE ARE 00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:28.499 SETTING UP THE GOAL OF HAVING A FINAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2019, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE 00:38:28.499 --> 00:38:34.690 CONCRETE DEADLINES RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE FOR RESEARCH PHASE 1, RESEARCH 00:38:34.690 --> 00:38:41.089 PHASE 2, AND HIS OTHER COMPONENTS JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TRACK. 00:38:41.089 --> 00:38:47.950 I FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF THAT FINAL REPORT IN 00:38:47.950 --> 00:38:55.200 SEPTEMBER AND IN TIME FOR OUR BUDGET PROCESS. >> WE SHARE THE SENSE OF URGENCY AND WE CAN 00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:59.329 IDENTIFY SOME USEFUL CHECK INS. THAT IS GREAT. 00:38:59.329 --> 00:39:06.619 AS WE KNOW PUTTING DEADLINES UPON OURSELVES MAKES IT A LOT MORE LIKELY THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY 00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:11.170 FULFILL THE STATED INTENT AND COMMITMENT SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 00:39:11.170 --> 00:39:12.579 IT HELPS TO FOCUS THE MIND. 00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.579 YES. 00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:20.989 ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER IN DISCUSSION WAS THE FACT THAT SOME OF OUR 00:39:20.989 --> 00:39:27.400 PEER JURISDICTIONS LOCALLY OFFER OFFICERS THE CHANCE TO DRIVE THEIR PATROL CAR HOME 00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:33.640 . I WOULD ASSUME THAT FOR A FLEET OF OUR SIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLETIONS ASSOCIATED 00:39:33.640 --> 00:39:38.150 WITH THAT. BUT I WONDER AS PART OF THE PEER RESEARCH IF ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF SIMILAR 00:39:38.150 --> 00:39:46.770 SIZE ALLOW FOR THAT BENEFIT? THAT MAY ALLOW SOME OF US AN EASIER WAY TO HELP PROVIDE AN 00:39:46.770 --> 00:39:54.761 ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THAT THOSE WHO ARE CHOOSING TO WORK ON MERCER ISLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT 00:39:54.761 --> 00:40:00.470 OR THE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AS OPPOSED TO SPD, WHAT WE MAY BE OLD TO OFFER THEM THAT 00:40:00.470 --> 00:40:05.700 KIND OF BENEFIT WITHOUT HAVING TO SCRUB WITHIN THE BUDGET PROCESS ITSELF. NOT SAY THAT WOULD 00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:10.529 NOT HAVE BUDGETARY IMPACTS BUT IT MAY BE A SMALLER BUDGETARY IMPACT ON OTHERS. AS YOU 00:40:10.529 --> 00:40:15.069 CONDUCT THE RESEARCH I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW IF OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF OUR SITE 00:40:15.069 --> 00:40:20.069 HAVE OFFER THAT AS A BENEFIT. AND WHAT THE PROS AND CONS WOULD BE. 00:40:20.069 --> 00:40:25.630 I HAVE SOME LITTLE SPARK OF A MEMORY SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF MY BRAIN THAT IS REMINDING 00:40:25.630 --> 00:40:32.460 ME THAT AT SOME POINT, THE DEPARTMENT DID HAVE THIS AS AN INCENTIVE. TO THE EXTENT THAT 00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:36.380 THAT IS TRUE, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT AND ANY RATIONALE AS TO WHY IT IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. 00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:43.250 THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT HAVE TAKE ON VEHICLES THAT ARE ON CALL STATUS. BUT THE 00:40:43.250 --> 00:40:49.579 FLEET IS DRIVEN 24/7 , THAT'S PRETTY HARD. SO WE DON'T HAVE A HOTEL FOR EVERY OFFICER. 00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:54.970 WE HAVE ENOUGH VEHICLES TO MEET THE PATROL AT ANY GIVEN TIME OVER THE THREE WATCHES. 00:40:54.970 --> 00:41:03.589 SO I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHETHER THIS IS A BENEFIT THAT IS SEEN IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS, 00:41:03.589 --> 00:41:09.489 LARGE CITIES, AND I THINK THE BUDGETARY IMPACT MAY BE SIGNIFICANT. I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND 00:41:09.489 --> 00:41:14.400 IT BECAUSE TO BE CLEAR, WE NEED TO TURN OVER EVERY ROCK. WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:19.309 AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THERE'S NOTHING OFF THE TABLE AT LEAST HERE INITIALLY. 00:41:19.309 --> 00:41:25.880 OF COURSE WE ARE NOT PROPOSING IT AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE ARE JUST HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:30.769 THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE TABLE ALREADY AND SORT OF A BENEFIT AVAILABLE 00:41:30.769 --> 00:41:36.759 ELSEWHERE BUT NOT HERE. THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN WE WILL TAKE THE BAIT ON OFFERING THOSE 00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:42.569 BENEFITS AS WELL BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF TURNING OVER EVERY ROCK, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL EXERCISE 00:41:42.569 --> 00:41:48.670 TO AT LEAST EVALUATE LEGITIMATELY EVALUATE SOME OF THESE OPTIONS AND MAKE A DETERMINATION 00:41:48.670 --> 00:41:49.670 WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL PURSUE IT. 00:41:49.670 --> 00:41:55.079 IT WOULD TOTALLY STRANGE TO ME IF THE TRANSIT GOT IS SUGGESTING WE BUY MORE CITY CARS . 00:41:55.079 --> 00:42:02.099 INDEED. THE CLIMATE CHANGE BRANDS ARE CRINGING RIGHT NOW. 00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:05.150 BUT IF THERE IS AVAILABILITY IN THE FLEET AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE 00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:08.579 OR BREAK THE DIFFERENCE BUT BETWEEN A DOZEN AUTHORS, WE COULD CERTAINLY USE THOSE DOZEN 00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:12.150 OFFICERS. 00:42:12.150 --> 00:42:16.009 JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE OF THE 2007 EACH OF THE THREE WATCHES GOT THAT IS ONE REASON 00:42:16.009 --> 00:42:24.109 TRANSIT IS LIABLE FOR ALL OFFICERS AT ALL TIMES. LOCATIONS OF THE PRECINCT ARE SERVED 00:42:24.109 --> 00:42:32.670 WELL . THERE IS A LEGITIMATE INTEREST THERE FOR TRANSIT BEING INVOLVED WITH THE PRECINCTS. 00:42:32.670 --> 00:42:36.769 QUICK QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED, YOU REFERENCED PULLING FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS AND WORK OF 00:42:36.769 --> 00:42:42.599 THE CPC. CAN YOU BE MORE EXQUISITE? HOW IS THE CPC GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE WORK OF 00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:45.109 THE WORK GROUP? 00:42:45.109 --> 00:42:52.059 WE HAVE JUST INITIATED MEETINGS WITH THE CPC AND I.T. TO TALK WITH THEM AND DEVELOP A MORE 00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:53.380 COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. 00:42:53.380 --> 00:43:02.259 SO MORE TO COME. THEN I ASSUME SIMILAR TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT RECRUITMENT 00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:09.509 AND OUTREACH, THE RCI ELEMENT OF THE TYPE OF WORK YOU ARE DOING, THERE WOULD BE AN ELEMENT 00:43:09.509 --> 00:43:12.749 OF THAT ANALYSIS AS WELL. 00:43:12.749 --> 00:43:21.890 WE ARE LOOKING AT DEMOCRATIC DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SO WE WILL HAVE IT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. 00:43:21.890 --> 00:43:29.499 OKAY. SO AS I MENTIONED IN ADDITION TO THE WORK GROUP THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, I THINK 00:43:29.499 --> 00:43:35.799 WE ALL HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY TO TAKE SOME IMMEDIATE ACTION BASED ON BEST PRACTICES, 00:43:35.799 --> 00:43:41.890 THE THOUSANDS OF INTERACTIONS WE HAVE WITH PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS AND A REVIEW OF THE 00:43:41.890 --> 00:43:46.930 LITERATURE. I WOULD ADD THAT ALL THE STEPS WE WILL DESCRIBE HERE IN A MOMENT WILL BE 00:43:46.930 --> 00:43:56.910 REVIEWED REGULARLY WITH THE IN TO 2019. WE CAN MAKE COURSE CORRECTIONS AS NECESSARY. 00:43:56.910 --> 00:44:01.839 SO THE STRATEGIES THEMSELVES SEPARATED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES THE FIRST RELATED TO BRANDING 00:44:01.839 --> 00:44:07.569 AND SOCIAL MEDIA. HERE WE HAVE PERTAINING OUTSIDE HELP TO HELP US ARTICULATE A CONCISE 00:44:07.569 --> 00:44:13.799 VALUE PROPOSITION OF BEING AN SPD OFFICER. AND AN OVERHAUL OF OUR RECRUITING WEBSITE, 00:44:13.799 --> 00:44:19.349 IMPROVEMENT IN OUR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS ARE 00:44:19.349 --> 00:44:27.809 OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE AND USE OF ANALYTICS. TO REFINE OUR ADVERTISING. AGAIN, ALL OF THESE 00:44:27.809 --> 00:44:34.150 EFFORTS ARE REALLY TO GENERATE A CONSISTENT, CONCISE MESSAGE ABOUT WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT 00:44:34.150 --> 00:44:37.940 TO WORK FOR SPD. WHY WE ARE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM OTHER 00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:46.940 JURISDICTIONS. SUCK ON THAT LAST STRATEGY NUMBER FIVE, SO THIS IS USING THE SCO FUNCTION, 00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:51.960 THE SEARCH ENGINE? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE OH STANDS FOR. OPTIMIZATION OR SOMETHING LIKE 00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:53.319 THAT. IS THAT ACCURATE? 00:44:53.319 --> 00:45:02.579 KNOW. WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT ANY SEARCH OPTIMIZATION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:10.849 PEOPLE ARE DRIVEN TO OUR RECRUITING WEBSITE. WHAT ADVERTISING IS BENEFICIAL IN OTHER WORDS. 00:45:10.849 --> 00:45:15.880 IT'S NOT OPTIMIZATION, IT'S MORE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE FIND US SO WE CAN MAKE SURE 00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:21.349 WE ARE BEING WISE IN HOW WE ALLOCATE OUR ADVERTISING FUNDS. SUCK THAT IS HELPFUL. IF IT WAS SCO 00:45:21.349 --> 00:45:29.019 I WAS GOING TO THROW UP A FLAG OF CAUTION AND CONCERN ABOUT WHERE OUR ADS COULD END 00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:36.289 UP WITHOUT OUR KNOWING THEY ARE ENDING UP IN PERHAPS WEBSITES THAT WE ARE NOT INTERESTED 00:45:36.289 --> 00:45:38.349 IN ATTRACTING PEOPLE. 00:45:38.349 --> 00:45:43.950 THANK YOU FOR THAT, AGREED. THIS WILL BE MORE ANALYZING HOW FOLKS FOUND US AS OPPOSED TO 00:45:43.950 --> 00:45:46.950 PUSHING OUT ADS ON GOOGLE OR OTHERWISE. 00:45:46.950 --> 00:45:50.539 HELPFUL. THANK YOU. 00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:56.229 THE NEXT SLIDE DEALS WITH LATERAL RECRUITMENT FIRST. OR OUT-OF-STATE LATERAL TEST WHICH 00:45:56.229 --> 00:46:01.450 WERE PLANNED LAST FALL TO ENCOMPASS FOUR CITIES. GENERAL INDIANAPOLIS, HONOLULU , HOUSTON, 00:46:01.450 --> 00:46:08.380 WE ARE TAKING OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO THE CITIES. WE ARE LOOKING FOR LARGE POPULATION 00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:16.109 CENTERS, LOCATIONS WITH LARGE AGENCIES AND PLACES THAT OUR WAGES WOULD BE COMPETITIVE 00:46:16.109 --> 00:46:21.469 . SO ALL THESE TESTS WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF MARCH AND WE WILL EVALUATE THEIR 00:46:21.469 --> 00:46:27.019 SUCCESS AT THAT TIME. SECOND IS THE LATERAL HIRING INCENTIVE WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS AS 00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:34.670 PART OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THE NEXT IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 00:46:34.670 --> 00:46:40.029 A PART-TIME OFFICER PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES 3 YEARS OF SERVICE BEFORE ONE WOULD BECOME 00:46:40.029 --> 00:46:46.799 ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE. WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT AND MAKE ENTRY-LEVEL OFFICERS 00:46:46.799 --> 00:46:57.319 ELIGIBLE . AGAIN, WORKLIFE BALANCE , INCREASES THE FINAL IN FOLKS WHO ARE APPLYING TO THE 00:46:57.319 --> 00:46:58.319 DEPARTMENT. 00:46:58.319 --> 00:47:04.210 MYKAWA THAT IS WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF MANAGEMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS POLICY CHANGE? IN 00:47:04.210 --> 00:47:10.280 OTHER WORDS IT DOES NOT REQUIRE LEGISLATION OR ANY OTHER TRIGGER? >> WE ALREADY HAVE A 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:15.220 PART-TIME PROGRAM. IT WOULD JUST BE CHANGE IN OUR BUSINESS RULES AS TO HOW WE APPLY THE. 00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:27.259 IT WOULD BE A TOUCHDOWN, MORE OF A HEADS UP. IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO DO IT WITHOUT LEGISLATION. 00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:28.979 CAN YOU LET ME KNOW IF THAT CHANGES PLEASE? 00:47:28.979 --> 00:47:29.979 ABSOLUTELY. 00:47:29.979 --> 00:47:38.239 I AM A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS ASSUMPTION HERE THAT WE WOULD THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD 00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:42.930 WANT TO HAVE MORE FULL-TIME WORK. WHAT DID YOU HEARD FROM FOLKS ABOUT THE DESIRE TO HAVE 00:47:42.930 --> 00:47:47.579 PART- TIME WORK? ARE THEY WORKING OTHER JOBS? MAYBE IN RENTON OR KENT OR WHEREVER THEY ARE 00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:52.749 LIVING? THIS WOULD BE A NICE WAY TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OTHER IMPLEMENT? OR ARE THEY TRULY JUST 00:47:52.749 --> 00:47:54.789 WORKING PART-TIME? 00:47:54.789 --> 00:48:00.049 THE FOLKS WHO CURRENTLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PART-TIME PROGRAM ARE JUST WORKING FOR 00:48:00.049 --> 00:48:07.349 SPD. IT IS TYPICALLY FOLKS WHO JUST HAD A CHILD AND WANT TO DO THIS FOR 3 YEARS FOR 00:48:07.349 --> 00:48:13.359 EXAMPLE. THE INTEREST WE HAVE RECEIVED ANECDOTALLY FROM PERSPECTIVE APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN MORE 00:48:13.359 --> 00:48:17.680 ALONG THAT LINE. LIKE THEY WANT TO FINISH THEIR COLLEGE DEGREE, START THEIR FAMILY. 00:48:17.680 --> 00:48:27.819 THEY ALSO SEE THIS AS I WILL TRY IT AND SEE IF THIS IS PRODUCTIVE AND IF IT'S NOT COOL 00:48:27.819 --> 00:48:39.549 -- IF IT'S NOT THEN THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE. CURRENTLY TALKS OF IT BEING CANCELABLE 00:48:39.549 --> 00:48:44.979 WITH SOME NOTICE, SO SOMEBODY DOES NOT GET HIRED AND LOCKED IN FOREVER TO A PART- TIME 00:48:44.979 --> 00:48:47.930 POSITION, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO RETAIN THAT ELECTABILITY. 00:48:47.930 --> 00:48:52.509 PHYSICALLY WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS THAT WE ALLOW SOMETHING THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE 00:48:52.509 --> 00:48:54.940 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PART-TIME OPPORTUNITY. 00:48:54.940 --> 00:49:04.690 AND SEE, AND TURNOVER EVERY OPPORTUNITY. PERHAPS WE WON'T GET MUCH INTEREST IN THIS BUT MAYBE 00:49:04.690 --> 00:49:09.489 WE WILL. WE WILL THROW IT OUT THERE AND AGAIN WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS RULES AROUND 00:49:09.489 --> 00:49:14.779 THIS, MAYBE CONTAINING IT TO THE FIRST 20 PEOPLE WHO SHOWED INTEREST IN CASE WE HAD 00:49:14.779 --> 00:49:20.869 AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE. BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THIS OPENED UP ANOTHER 00:49:20.869 --> 00:49:29.230 CATEGORY OF GET THAT OTHERWISE FELT LIKE THEY JUST CANNOT DO THIS WORK. THE NEXT LIGHT TALKS 00:49:29.230 --> 00:49:33.001 ABOUT DIRECT OUTREACH EFFORTS WHERE WE BUILD ON WHAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE TALKED A LITTLE 00:49:33.001 --> 00:49:39.170 BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER. THAT IS A RECRUITING VIDEO VIGNETTE THAT WE HAVE PRODUCED THAT 00:49:39.170 --> 00:49:44.969 GET PLUGGED INTO VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THAT ARE INTENDED TO PERSONALIZE OUR OFFICERS 00:49:44.969 --> 00:49:51.349 AND GIVE FOLKS A SENSE OF WHY PEOPLE CAME TO SPD, WHAT THE JOB IS REALLY LIKE, IT IS 00:49:51.349 --> 00:49:57.910 A HELPING PROFESSION. AN ATTEMPT TO PERSONALIZE OUR OFFICERS THAT WAY. THEN WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING 00:49:57.910 --> 00:50:06.589 LOOKING AT A PHYSICAL APTITUDE TESTING BOOT CAMP TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS EITHER ARE PREPARED 00:50:06.589 --> 00:50:13.329 FOR THE PHYSICAL TEST WHEN THAT COMES OR TO DEMYSTIFY IT. IT CAN BE INTIMIDATING IN CONCEPT 00:50:13.329 --> 00:50:17.489 THAT WHEN YOU GET IN THERE AND SEE WHAT ACTUALLY IS, IT MIGHT NOT BE AS BAD AS FOLKS NOT. WE 00:50:17.489 --> 00:50:21.740 WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL. 00:50:21.740 --> 00:50:28.569 YOU WILL TELL US HOW MUCH ALL OF THIS WILL COST? 00:50:28.569 --> 00:50:32.219 YES . WHEN THAT IS FLUSHED OUT. 00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:34.589 THANK YOU. 00:50:34.589 --> 00:50:41.849 LASTLY IS THE STAFFING SUMMARY TABLE. I WOULD TAKE THAT OVER TO ANGELA TO SPEAK ABOUT BRIEFLY. 00:50:41.849 --> 00:50:49.029 SO WE HAVE HISTORICALLY REPORTED TO COUNSEL AND WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO DO OUR BEST 00:50:49.029 --> 00:50:57.539 TO MODEL OUT STAFFING , LOOKING BACK AT HISTORICAL TRENDS AND ALSO PROJECTING OUT 2-3 YEARS AT 00:50:57.539 --> 00:51:03.839 A TIME, PRIMARILY FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES . BUT IT IS ALSO COME A USEFUL TOOL AND EXERCISE 00:51:03.839 --> 00:51:11.900 SUCH AS THIS AS WE ARE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WILL HOLD . SO 00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:18.119 THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION AROUND THIS. WE HAVE TRACKED OUR STOPPING THIS WAY AS FAR 00:51:18.119 --> 00:51:30.720 BACK AS 1998 . OUR STAFFING IS CYCLICAL. MIKE TOUCHED ON THE EARLIER. WE HAVE SEEN IN EACH 00:51:30.720 --> 00:51:39.359 DECADE , BIG HIRING SPIKES AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. SO WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW, THE DEMOGRAPHIC 00:51:39.359 --> 00:51:46.160 BUBBLE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, GENERATED FROM A BIG HIRING PUSH AND 80s AND SO LOOKING BACK 00:51:46.160 --> 00:51:51.190 HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS AT THE END OF THE RECESSION WE WERE RETAINING A LOT MORE 00:51:51.190 --> 00:51:56.390 PEOPLE WHEN THE ECONOMY , WHEN PEOPLE WERE STRUGGLING THEIR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS WEREN'T 00:51:56.390 --> 00:52:01.960 AS HEALTHY AS THEY WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE. SO TYPICALLY WE WOULD SEE A DIP DOWN IN OUR 00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:09.849 ATTRITION THEN FOLLOWED BY AN UPTICK AS THOSE PEOPLE ARE WITHIN RETIREMENT AGE , AS THEIR 00:52:09.849 --> 00:52:16.760 RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS ARE BUILT UP, THEY THEN START TO DEPART SOMETIMES DELAYED. WE SAW 00:52:16.760 --> 00:52:24.050 THAT AT THE END OF THE TECH BUBBLE . WE HAD A SIMILAR DEPARTURE THAT WAS DELAYED WHERE 00:52:24.050 --> 00:52:27.920 WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT BUT CHOSE TO STAY ON A LITTLE BIT 00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:37.039 LONGER TO THEN DEPART IN THE EARLY 2000'S. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER BIG HIRING PUSH 00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:44.789 IN 2006, 2008. THE CITY MADE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN INCREASING OUR FORCE AT THAT 00:52:44.789 --> 00:52:51.690 TIME. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE TABLE OR THE MATERIALS 00:52:51.690 --> 00:52:55.440 THAT WERE PROVIDED WITH THE SLIDE RESPONSE. 00:52:55.440 --> 00:53:00.890 I THINK GREG WE WILL GET INTO THAT MORE AS WE CUE UP THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE ACTUAL 00:53:00.890 --> 00:53:06.789 ORDINANCE. I THINK WE WILL HOLD ON SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR NOW AND GIVE GREG AN OPPORTUNITY 00:53:06.789 --> 00:53:11.859 TO SORT OF WALK US THROUGH HIS MEMO AND ISSUES UNLESS YOU ALL WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE 00:53:11.859 --> 00:53:13.759 TEXTURE BEFORE WE DO THAT? 00:53:13.759 --> 00:53:23.579 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF DATA WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ON A CONTINUAL BASIS. RETIREMENT 00:53:23.579 --> 00:53:28.280 OR LATERAL EXITS, WHERE WE ARE ON THE RECRUITMENT SIDE WHEN EVERYTHING GETS HERE. 00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:34.680 ONCE YOU START WATCHING THE TRENDS , OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR YOU GET A FEEL FOR 00:53:34.680 --> 00:53:42.289 IT. >> OF COURSE THE SLIDE RESPONSE, THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THE SLIDE RESPONSE HAS A LOT MORE 00:53:42.289 --> 00:53:51.509 GRANULAR DETAIL IN TERMS OF THAT NITTY-GRITTY AROUND HIRES , THE NEW HIRES VERSUS LATERALS, 00:53:51.509 --> 00:53:58.510 AND IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY PRECINCT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL GRANULAR DETAIL AROUND THOSE 00:53:58.510 --> 00:54:00.279 PARTICULAR ISSUES. 00:54:00.279 --> 00:54:07.459 CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT SEPARATION ASSESSMENTS? WE HAVE BEEN THE LAST FIVE OR 00:54:07.459 --> 00:54:14.049 6 YEARS IN THE 50-60 RANGE AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN WE HAD THE BIG BOOM IN 2018 WHERE WE 00:54:14.049 --> 00:54:20.329 HAD ALMOST TWICE AS MANY SEPARATIONS AS WE HAD NEW HIRES. OUR PROTECTIONS FOR 19 AND 00:54:20.329 --> 00:54:28.099 20 ARE BASED OFF OF RETIREMENT AGE AND WE CAN ANTICIPATE OR ARE THAT BASED ON ANOTHER 00:54:28.099 --> 00:54:36.470 SET OF HR RELATED CONVERSATIONS? TALK TO ME ABOUT THE PROJECTIONS FOR 2019 AND 2020 SEPARATIONS. 00:54:36.470 --> 00:54:42.259 WE LOOK AT SEPARATIONS FROM THE RECRUIT LEVEL CONSTANT OFFICER LEVEL, AND FULLY TRAINED 00:54:42.259 --> 00:54:53.359 OFFICERS. FOR 2014-2017 WE SAW -5% OF OUR FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS A TRAIT AND USE THAT 00:54:53.359 --> 00:55:02.549 AS OUR METRIC TO FORECAST THE SEPARATIONS. IN 2018 WE SAW A SPIKE IN THOSE NUMBERS WHERE 00:55:02.549 --> 00:55:09.299 WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS FEW YEARS . THE STUDENT OFFICERS AND RECRUITS, THOSE FLUCTUATE AS 00:55:09.299 --> 00:55:14.829 WE HAVE HAD THESE BIG HIRING PUSHES. IT IS HARD TO ANTICIPATE HOW MANY PEOPLE AREN'T 00:55:14.829 --> 00:55:21.259 GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BUT WE TYPICALLY BASE THAT ON HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 00:55:21.259 --> 00:55:27.969 . THE FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS THOUGH, WE TYPICALLY SEE CONSISTENCY IN THAT CATEGORY SO WITH THE 00:55:27.969 --> 00:55:35.019 BIG SPIKE IN 2018 FOR A LOT OF THE REASONS MIKE HAS ALREADY TOUCHED ON, WE LOOK AT THAT 00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:42.460 SEPARATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS AS THAT NUMBER INCREASES 00:55:42.460 --> 00:55:49.369 WE WILL OBVIOUSLY SEE MORE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT. SO THAT NUMBER DOES NATURALLY 00:55:49.369 --> 00:55:57.989 INCREASE OVER TIME BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY . 2018 WAS AN ANOMALY. BUT WE DID FOR 2019 AND 2020 00:55:57.989 --> 00:56:05.130 WAS INCREASE THE FULLY TRAINED SEPARATION NUMBER REJECTION SLIGHTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT 00:56:05.130 --> 00:56:11.369 WE SAW IN 2018. BUT STUCK WITH THE SAME METHOD FOR THE OTHER TWO. 00:56:11.369 --> 00:56:15.449 IS IT FAIR TO SAY THEN THAT THIS IS A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 00:56:15.449 --> 00:56:22.180 OFFICERS THAT WE MAY LOSE IN 2019 AND 2020 DUE TO SEPARATION AS WELL AS A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE 00:56:22.180 --> 00:56:25.890 ESTIMATE OF OFFICERS WE MAY HIRE IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD? 00:56:25.890 --> 00:56:30.680 I WOULD SAY IT IS A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE FORECAST JUST BECAUSE WE USES PRIMARILY AS A BUDGETING 00:56:30.680 --> 00:56:38.400 TOOL. WE ARE OPEN TO , OUR GOAL NOW IS TO BRING ON MORE OFFICERS. BUT HISTORICALLY WHAT 00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:42.749 WE HAVE USES FOR IS TO BUDGET AND MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT OVERFILLING OUR POSITIONS ARE HIRING 00:56:42.749 --> 00:56:47.309 MORE PEOPLE THAN WE ACTUALLY HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ANTICIPATE ATTRITION AND HIGHER 00:56:47.309 --> 00:56:52.890 SOMEBODY, START THE PROCESS FOR HIRING SOMEBODY OR REPLACING 7018 MONTHS IN ADVANCE . SO WE 00:56:52.890 --> 00:56:57.509 DO OUR BEST TO PROJECT OR ANTICIPATE THAT ATTRITION BECAUSE WE HAVE MISSED OUR MARK 00:56:57.509 --> 00:57:05.460 LAST YEAR WE ARE NOW JUST A BIG PUSH TO TRY TO FILL AS MANY POSITIONS AS WE CAN. THAT 00:57:05.460 --> 00:57:10.199 90-91 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE METHODS WE HAVE USED PREVIOUSLY. 00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:20.680 I JUST WANT TO ADD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERING YOU HERE THAT, ALTHOUGH I MAY AGREE THAT FOR PURPOSES 00:57:20.680 --> 00:57:26.969 OF CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS THIS MIGHT BE FROM THE DEPARTMENTS PERSPECTIVE A CONSERVATIVE 00:57:26.969 --> 00:57:34.559 ESTIMATE , HOWEVER I THINK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF JUST SETTING THE REALISTIC GOAL OF HIRING 00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:39.589 TARGETS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS SPACE FROM THE POLICE ARRIVED, 00:57:39.589 --> 00:57:47.059 I THINK THESE ARE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF THE FORECAST NEW HIRES FOR 2019 00:57:47.059 --> 00:57:51.910 AND 2020. WHAT THIS IS TELLING ME IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SAYING THAT IT WILL 00:57:51.910 --> 00:58:04.640 GO FROM 68 NEW HIRES IN 2018 TO 104. EVEN AT BEST TIMES IN 2016 AND 2017, IT IS VERY 00:58:04.640 --> 00:58:12.900 RARE FOR US TO HIT THAT MARK ABOUT 100. SO I HAVE ONGOING CONCERNS THAT I EXPRESSED LAST 00:58:12.900 --> 00:58:23.880 YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT NOT , ABOUT NOT SIGNALING TO COMMITTEE A PARTICULAR GOAL 00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:32.949 THAT WE THEN ARE UNABLE TO REALISTICALLY MEET BASED ON EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL DATA. I 00:58:32.949 --> 00:58:37.950 DON'T HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF COMPETENCE IN THIS FORECAST NUMBER FOUR 2019 AND 2020. I APPRECIATE 00:58:37.950 --> 00:58:43.519 THAT YOU ALL ARE AMBITIOUS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. I DON'T WANT TO END DETOUR YOUR AMBITION. 00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:51.410 BUT WE NEED TO BE HONEST BROKERS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED US TO TAKE THE SITUATION OF 00:58:51.410 --> 00:58:57.049 RECRUITMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS SERIOUSLY. AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THAT IS TO PUT 00:58:57.049 --> 00:59:04.789 A SERIOUS HIRING TARGET. I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS AROUND 104 BEING UNREALISTIC. SUCK 00:59:04.789 --> 00:59:09.599 MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS WERE WITH REGARDS TO THE SEPARATIONS ONLY. 00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:15.260 YOU'RE NOT WRONG THAT OUR HIRING TARGETS ARE AGGRESSIVE. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE UP FOR 00:59:15.260 --> 00:59:18.059 LOST GROUND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 00:59:18.059 --> 00:59:25.109 I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT . I JUST DO NOT WANT NUMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WALK AWAY WITH THE IMPRESSION 00:59:25.109 --> 00:59:33.530 THAT 104 IS NOT REALISTIC HIRING TARGET. I KNOW WE HAVE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION ABOUT 00:59:33.530 --> 00:59:38.880 THE POTENTIAL NEED TO MODIFY THAT HIRING TARGET TO BE A MORE REASONABLE NUMBER THAT IS ALIGNED 00:59:38.880 --> 00:59:43.970 WITH THE HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN THIS SPACE. 00:59:43.970 --> 00:59:49.449 CONCERN IS UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED. IT IS A BALANCE BETWEEN SETTING A TARGET AND 00:59:49.449 --> 00:59:53.369 AS YOU BARELY POINTED OUT COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC THAT IF NOTHING ELSE THIS DIALOGUE 00:59:53.369 --> 01:00:00.369 IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY HERE WITH A NET CHANGE IN THE POLICE FORCE. 01:00:00.369 --> 01:00:04.910 WE ARE TRYING TO PROJECT THE SEPARATIONS WHICH ARE UNCERTAIN AND WHERE WE ARE GETTING ON 01:00:04.910 --> 01:00:12.819 HIRING. I THINK WE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ANTICIPATING THE ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT AND RETURNING 01:00:12.819 --> 01:00:20.420 ARE SOMETHING THAT IS COMPETITIVE . WHAT WE HAVE RUN INTO IS THIS NATIONAL SPACE WHERE 01:00:20.420 --> 01:00:24.979 IT'S REALLY HARD TO RECRUIT IN GENERAL. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER FORCES AT WORK 01:00:24.979 --> 01:00:31.489 AT LEAST THOSE TWO ARE SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES THAT ARE DRIVING US. AS HE MOVED THROUGH 01:00:31.489 --> 01:00:36.990 THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND WE START LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FOR 2020 JUST FROM MY WORLD 01:00:36.990 --> 01:00:42.130 , THERE IS FINANCIAL INDICATIONS FOR ALL OF THIS. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY REVIEWING BOTH SIDES 01:00:42.130 --> 01:00:47.249 OF THESE PROJECTIONS AND PROGRESS OF RECRUITS THROUGH THE ACADEMY AND THE TRADING PROCESS 01:00:47.249 --> 01:00:52.410 AS WELL. THAT IS YET ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS LEVEL THAT CREATES UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST 01:00:52.410 --> 01:01:01.059 OF THE NET ADDITION. >> ONE AREA I AM INTERESTED IN THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD A TON ABOUT IS THE 01:01:01.059 --> 01:01:06.930 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS. WE KNOW WE ARE SCALING UP THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE 10 FIASCOES 01:01:06.930 --> 01:01:11.890 AND TWO SUPERVISORS FOR 2019. WE ARE SUSTAINING THAT INVESTMENT IN 2020. WE ALSO KNOW THAT 01:01:11.890 --> 01:01:17.519 CSO'S ARE INTENDED TO HELP US TO OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE AREAS WE HEARD 01:01:17.519 --> 01:01:24.029 FROM SLIDE SEVEN IS THAT THERE IS A NATIVE PERCEPTION OF POLICING. WITH THE CSO'S NOW 01:01:24.029 --> 01:01:31.670 RAMPING UP, IS THIS NUMBER OF CSO'S FACTORED INTO THIS AT ANY POINT? IS THERE A DESIRE 01:01:31.670 --> 01:01:37.210 TO DO THAT? THE FACT THAT CSO'S WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP UP ON THE GROUND LEVEL, ARE WE SEEING 01:01:37.210 --> 01:01:41.760 THAT AS A POSITIVE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT NEW HIRES? 01:01:41.760 --> 01:01:47.509 HOW DID THE CSO SPECTER INTO YOUR PROJECTIONS AND OUR OVERALL TOTAL LEASING NUMBERS SO WE 01:01:47.509 --> 01:01:51.099 HAVE A MORE ROBUST PICTURE OF THAT? 01:01:51.099 --> 01:02:01.709 I WOULD JUST SAY THAT CERTAINLY THERE IS A PROSPECT FOR CSO'S AS THEY COME ONLINE. HANDLING 01:02:01.709 --> 01:02:08.390 ISSUES THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT BE HANDLED THROUGH PATROL AND FREEING UP RESOURCES. AT THIS POINT 01:02:08.390 --> 01:02:12.229 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PREMATURE FOR US TO BUILD THAT INTO THE STAFFING MODEL JUST WITH WHERE 01:02:12.229 --> 01:02:22.079 THE CSO PROGRAM IS. BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR THAT DOWN THE ROAD. >> COMMUNITY 01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:27.670 SERVICE OFFICERS , MAYBE DESPITE THEIR NAME, ARE NOT FULLY COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICERS. 01:02:27.670 --> 01:02:33.029 THEY ARE NOT ENGAGED DIRECTLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THAT LIMITED CONTEXTS OR NOT SO LIMITED 01:02:33.029 --> 01:02:39.779 CONTEXTS. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHAT WE ARE TRACKING HERE IS COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICERS. 01:02:39.779 --> 01:02:44.479 THE CSO'S ARE DESIGNED TO BE MORE IN SUPPORT OF THOSE OFFICERS AND IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK 01:02:44.479 --> 01:02:48.989 OF REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY AND OTHERS COULD SAY MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT AS A TECHNICAL POINT 01:02:48.989 --> 01:02:55.309 I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. SUCK SO THE STAFFING MODELS I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM UNDERSTANDING. 01:02:55.309 --> 01:03:00.249 THE STAFFING MODELS WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY AND THE DATA THAT MODEL HAS PRODUCED IS ONLY 01:03:00.249 --> 01:03:03.289 TRACKING FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS. 01:03:03.289 --> 01:03:10.829 THIS STAFFING MODEL COVERS SWORN POLICE OFFICER'S AND ALSO THAT RECRUITS WHO ARE IN THE PUBLIC 01:03:10.829 --> 01:03:15.880 TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS. THERE ARE ENOUGH CIVILIAN POSITIONS REFLECTED IN THE STAFFING 01:03:15.880 --> 01:03:16.880 MODEL. 01:03:16.880 --> 01:03:20.900 THE CSO'S ARE OTHER POSITIONS. 01:03:20.900 --> 01:03:27.480 THEY WOULD BE ON A DIFFERENT TRAINING PROGRAM. THE POLICE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM IS MUCH 01:03:27.480 --> 01:03:33.390 LONGER . THEY GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY THEN THEY GO THROUGH POST ACADEMY TRAINING WITH 01:03:33.390 --> 01:03:39.189 FPD AND THEN THEY ARE IN FIELD TRAINING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE CSO'S MAY 01:03:39.189 --> 01:03:43.109 HAVE A SIMILAR TRAINING PROGRAM BUT IT WON'T BE EXACTLY THE SAME SO THE PURPOSE OF CHECKING 01:03:43.109 --> 01:03:47.229 THEM MONTH TO MONTH, IT WOULDN'T REALLY FIT INTO THE MODEL. 01:03:47.229 --> 01:03:53.769 AND A LIMITATION OF THE CSO PROGRAM IS PART OF MY WORK PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE WILL 01:03:53.769 --> 01:04:00.910 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 01:04:00.910 --> 01:04:10.299 THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 01:04:10.299 --> 01:04:18.529 THAT WAS OUR LAST SLIDE ON THE FIRST TOPIC. WE CAN MOVE INTO THE LATERAL PIECE IF I CAN 01:04:18.529 --> 01:04:38.069 FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE. >> THE STAFFING TABLE ? 01:04:38.069 --> 01:04:56.220 SURE. >> GREG DAWSON HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND ITEM WHICH IS CB 119461 . IT WOULD 01:04:56.220 --> 01:05:02.660 OFF AUTHORIZE THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT . 01:05:02.660 --> 01:05:08.670 IT IS THE SHORTEST BILL EVER EXCEPT FOR SOME CLEANUP. IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT THE SEATTLE POLICE 01:05:08.670 --> 01:05:16.440 DEPARTMENT MAY PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR BEGINNING APPOINTMENT WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE WITH 01:05:16.440 --> 01:05:27.640 LATERAL HIRES. I SHOULD NOTE THAT THE LEGISLATION USES WAY LANGUAGE . YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER 01:05:27.640 --> 01:05:32.689 OR NOT YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS. I THINK WE HAD A GOOD INDICATION THAT THEY WOULD. 01:05:32.689 --> 01:05:38.939 AT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO EXTEND THIS TO RECRUITS WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN ISSUE IN THE 01:05:38.939 --> 01:05:44.269 PAPER THAT I WROTE, THE TITLE OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD PROHIBIT IT SO 01:05:44.269 --> 01:05:49.229 THERE WOULD BE A NEW PIECE OF LEGISLATION. I WILL CALL YOU OUT RIGHT NOW. THAT IS A TECHNICAL 01:05:49.229 --> 01:05:56.029 MATTER THAT STAFF CAN DEAL WITH. SO BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT TO TALK 01:05:56.029 --> 01:06:00.829 ABOUT THE LATERAL HIGHER INCIDENT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THESE NUMBERS HERE 01:06:00.829 --> 01:06:06.539 AND HOW THAT MIGHT RELATE TO THE LATERAL HIGHER INCENTIVE. THE FIRST THING I WILL TALK ABOUT 01:06:06.539 --> 01:06:15.699 IS THE PROJECTION OF NEW HIRES. IN 2019, AS TIGHT END NOTED, THIS IS AN AMBITIOUS TARGET 01:06:15.699 --> 01:06:24.650 GIVEN HISTORY OF THE APARTMENT. BUT TO BREAK DOWN THAT 104, IT WOULD CONSIST OF 84 RECRUITS 01:06:24.650 --> 01:06:32.670 THAT WOULD BE HIRED AND IT WOULD CONSIST OF 20 LATERALS THAT WOULD BE HIRED. SO WHAT YOU 01:06:32.670 --> 01:06:39.499 ARE LOOKING AT THERE IS ROUGHLY 25 MORE RECRUITS I WOULD HAVE TO COME IN THE DOOR TO REACH 01:06:39.499 --> 01:06:46.359 THAT 104 AND THEN 11 MORE LATERALS THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME IN THE DOOR TO REACH THAT GOAL. 01:06:46.359 --> 01:06:51.989 THE DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THERE INVOLVED IN THE LATERAL HIRING TRIPS. I SHOULD ALSO 01:06:51.989 --> 01:06:59.970 NOTE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO HOLDING RECRUITING NEW RECRUIT TEST AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING 01:06:59.970 --> 01:07:06.009 NEW RECRUITING AT THOSE LOCATIONS AS WELL. BUT AS YOU NOTED, IT IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT 01:07:06.009 --> 01:07:13.589 BUMP, ABOUT 42% MORE RECRUITS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN. IT IS OVER 100% LATERALS 01:07:13.589 --> 01:07:21.490 BUT THE NUMBERS ARE SMALLER. 25 RECRUITS VERSES 11 LATERALS. SO THE NEXT NUMBERS, I WILL TALK 01:07:21.490 --> 01:07:31.229 ABOUT, ARE THE FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS . THAT IS THE THIRD COLUMN FROM THE AND . WHAT THAT 01:07:31.229 --> 01:07:39.069 NUMBER REPRESENTS IS THE OFFICERS WHO ARE SWORN AND WHO ARE ON THE FORESTS , I'M NOT 01:07:39.069 --> 01:07:45.660 GOING TO SAY, THEY ARE SWORN OFFICERS ON THE FORCE. AS A RECRUIT COME THROUGH THE PROCESS 01:07:45.660 --> 01:07:51.689 THEY GO TO THE ACADEMY AND THE SECOND THING AFTER THE ACADEMY THEY DO IS A FIELD TRAINING 01:07:51.689 --> 01:07:57.390 WHERE THEY ARE DEPLOYED WITH OFFICERS THAT SERVE AS COACHES . THEY GO OUT AND ANSWER 01:07:57.390 --> 01:08:03.499 THOSE CALLS IN TANDEM. THE POINT THAT THE OFFICER OR THE RECRUITER IS READY TO GO OUT 01:08:03.499 --> 01:08:10.180 ON THEIR OWN , THEY ARE COUNTED AS A FULLY TRAINED OFFICER AS ANGELA'S FLIGHT HERE COPLEY 01:08:10.180 --> 01:08:16.890 TRAINED OFFICERS ARE SWORN PERSONNEL WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED FIELD TRAINING . THOSE 01:08:16.890 --> 01:08:25.339 ARE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THE FORCE THAT ARE A COUNT OF POWERFULLY TRADE OFFICE. THAT NUMBER 01:08:25.339 --> 01:08:34.670 DIPPED A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN 2017 AND 2018. IT WENT FROM 1359 TWO 1344. THAT IS LIKELY 01:08:34.670 --> 01:08:42.440 A RESULT OF THE SEPARATIONS RATHER THAN THE LACK OF OR THE CHALLENGES AROUND HIRING. SO 01:08:42.440 --> 01:08:47.870 THERE WAS A LARGE DEGREE OF SEPARATION WITH HUNDRED NINE AND THAT WOULD IMPACT IMMEDIATELY 01:08:47.870 --> 01:08:55.819 THE FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS. WHAT IS REALLY POSITIVE IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE 01:08:55.819 --> 01:09:01.829 TO MAINTAIN THE NUMBER OF 911 RESPONDERS AND ACTUALLY THE NUMBER OF 911 RESPONDERS WENT 01:09:01.829 --> 01:09:09.929 UP A BIT. WHEN WE WERE IN COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION WE WERE LOOKING AT MANY NINE RUN RESPONDERS 01:09:09.929 --> 01:09:20.119 AND WE NOW HAVE 601 RESPONDERS. THAT IS REALLY AN EFFECT OF RECRUITS THAT ARE COMING OUT 01:09:20.119 --> 01:09:27.299 OF THE PIPELINE THAT HAVE COME IN IN 2017 AND THEY ARE STILL COMING IN. THEY'RE STILL 01:09:27.299 --> 01:09:34.000 COMING INTO PATROL . THE NUMBERS IN PATROL ARE GOING TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS THAT PIPELINE 01:09:34.000 --> 01:09:39.089 IS REFRESHED AND AS LONG AS RECRUITS KEEP COMING THROUGH. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT 01:09:39.089 --> 01:09:44.109 IN THE PAST THAT THE PRIVATE HAS HELD A PRINCIPAL OPEN THAT HAD SITUATIONS LIKE THIS TO MAINTAIN 01:09:44.109 --> 01:09:50.059 911 RESPONDERS STAFFING . IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS PLACED A PRIORITY 01:09:50.059 --> 01:09:55.870 ON THAT AND IS MAKING SURE RESPONDERS ARE AVAILABLE. SO I BRING THESE NUMBERS UP BECAUSE 01:09:55.870 --> 01:10:01.769 THEY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR THE PLAN THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO HIRE LATERALS 01:10:01.769 --> 01:10:09.130 . THE LAST PAGE OF MY STAFF REPORT WHICH I APOLOGIZE IS NOT ONLINE , COSTS OUT SOME OF 01:10:09.130 --> 01:10:18.900 THE DEPARTMENTS EFFORTS OR PROPOSALS . IF YOU WERE TO OFFER ALL OF THE LATERAL HIRES 01:10:18.900 --> 01:10:25.659 AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE 20 UNDER THIS PARTICULAR PLAN , $15,000, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 01:10:25.659 --> 01:10:34.730 $300,000 OF COST . IF YOU WERE TO EXTEND A BONUS TO RECRUITS AT A LESSER LEVEL MAYBE 01:10:34.730 --> 01:10:40.900 HALF THE AMOUNT , $7500 AND YOU DID SO WITH 84 RECRUITS YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL 01:10:40.900 --> 01:10:49.530 $630,000. SO OF COURSE IF YOU WANTED TO DO BOTH OPTIONS THAN THE COST WOULD BE A LITTLE 01:10:49.530 --> 01:10:52.790 BIT MORE OR A LOT MORE ACTUALLY . $720,000. SORRY, BAD. 01:10:52.790 --> 01:11:01.650 FEEL FREE TO JOIN THE TEAM. [LAUGHTER]. 01:11:01.650 --> 01:11:07.110 BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, I WANTED THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEN HAD MENTIONED THE COSTS 01:11:07.110 --> 01:11:13.710 THAT ARE ASSOCIATED. THEY ARE QUITE HIGH. I WANTED TO BREAK THOSE DOWN FOR YOU BITE 01:11:13.710 --> 01:11:19.750 RECRUITS AND LATERALS AND ALSO HAD THE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO TYPES OF 01:11:19.750 --> 01:11:25.181 HIRES AND THAT 104 NUMBER. SO JUST WITH THAT AS A HIGH- LEVEL OVERVIEW I WILL ASK IF YOU 01:11:25.181 --> 01:11:28.620 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 01:11:28.620 --> 01:11:34.420 JUST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CLARITY BECAUSE YOU ARE USING THE TERM 911 RESPONDERS , AND 01:11:34.420 --> 01:11:40.989 IN YOUR MEMO YOU ACTUALLY LAID OUT WHO THE 911 RESPONDERS ARE WHICH ARE EFFECTIVELY PATROL 01:11:40.989 --> 01:11:46.330 OFFICERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS AND OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH THE 01:11:46.330 --> 01:11:52.140 PUBLIC. SO THIS IS SORT OF A CONTRAST AS TO OFFICERS WHO MIGHT BE ASSIGNED TO PARTICULAR 01:11:52.140 --> 01:11:58.900 UNITS AND ENGAGE IN MUCH MORE INVESTIGATION WORK AS OPPOSED TO RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS 01:11:58.900 --> 01:12:01.280 WE GET ON A DAILY BASIS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 01:12:01.280 --> 01:12:08.000 THAT IS TRUE. I MIGHT CLARIFY THAT THE NUMBERS I THROUGHOUT WERE SPECIFICALLY 91 RESPONDERS 01:12:08.000 --> 01:12:13.560 THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PATROL, WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES IS IT'S A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT 01:12:13.560 --> 01:12:20.559 WOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY POLICE TEAMS, THE OTHER SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT ARE AGAIN 01:12:20.559 --> 01:12:24.880 DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC AS YOU MENTIONED. BUT THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS I CALLED OUT OUR 01:12:24.880 --> 01:12:27.309 ACTUAL 911 RESPONDERS LOGGED IN. 01:12:27.309 --> 01:12:35.300 I APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE 01:12:35.300 --> 01:12:41.619 WE MOVE INTO THE BILL THAT IS A TOTAL OF 2 PAGES CONTRAST MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE RECITALS? 01:12:41.619 --> 01:12:49.309 NO? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND LAUNCH THE SECOND PRESENTATION THAT WILL WALK US 01:12:49.309 --> 01:12:56.590 THROUGH IN FIVE SHORT SLIDES, THE PROPOSED LATERAL HIRING INCENTIVE. 01:12:56.590 --> 01:13:01.050 THANK YOU. THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED LATERAL HIRING INCENTIVE THAT WOULD ALLOW 01:13:01.050 --> 01:13:08.489 THE DRIVER TO PAY UP TO $50,000 AND AN INCENTIVE FOR QUALIFIED LATERAL. , SO WE ARE USING THE 01:13:08.489 --> 01:13:14.150 SAME THING WHICH GOT THE QUALIFIED LATERAL IS SOMEONE WHO HAS 24 MONTHS OR MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT 01:13:14.150 --> 01:13:15.150 EXPERIENCE. 01:13:15.150 --> 01:13:22.840 LET ME JUST NOTICE THAT THE TELEPROMPTER SAID 50,000. BUT THAT NUMBER IS $15,000. JUST WANT 01:13:22.840 --> 01:13:27.150 TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT CONFUSION WITH THAT. 01:13:27.150 --> 01:13:33.130 IN TERMS OF THE CLOSE CAPTIONING. 01:13:33.130 --> 01:13:40.980 LET THE RECORD REFLECT . I WAS JUST LOOKING AT AND THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. 01:13:40.980 --> 01:13:45.099 WE HAVE SEEN THIS SIDE BEFORE. THIS IS SHOWING WHERE OUR LATERAL APPLICANTS HAVE GONE OVER 01:13:45.099 --> 01:13:50.930 THE LAST 3 YEARS BASED ON FACTORS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES IN THE LATERAL MARKET 01:13:50.930 --> 01:13:57.949 IS DRIVEN BY COMPETITION BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS MANY OF WHOM ARE CARING INCENTIVE THEMSELVES. 01:13:57.949 --> 01:14:03.090 ALSO DRIVEN BY SOME OF THE BENEFITS WE TALKED ABOUT BEING OFFERED BY OTHER AGENCIES SUCH 01:14:03.090 --> 01:14:12.380 AS POST RETIREMENT AND MEDICAL. MANY JURISDICTIONS LOCALLY ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING LATERAL INCENTIVES 01:14:12.380 --> 01:14:17.420 INCLUDING THOSE SHOWN RANGING BY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO $16,000. KING COUNTY OFFERS SOME 01:14:17.420 --> 01:14:27.420 LEAD TIME AND PAYS FOR FOLKS TO TRAVEL FROM OUT OF STATE TO TEST. IN TERMS OF THE BENEFITS 01:14:27.420 --> 01:14:33.480 OF HIRING A LATERAL , IN SHORT, LATERALS, TO BE A FIELD DEPLOYABLE RESOURCE MUCH MORE 01:14:33.480 --> 01:14:37.760 QUICKLY THAN ENTRY-LEVEL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TWO WEEK LATERAL ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY ACADEMY 01:14:37.760 --> 01:14:46.980 VERSUS A FIVE MONTH ACADEMY TRAINING. THERE IS ALSO SAVINGS IN THAT LATERAL, FOLKS ATTEND 01:14:46.980 --> 01:14:55.370 A FREE ACADEMY WHEREAS ENTRY-LEVEL IT COSTS $3600 PER PARTICIPANT. SO THERE IS SOME COST 01:14:55.370 --> 01:15:03.040 SAVINGS THERE. THE CONCEPT IS TO BRING US UP TO TO SORT OF THE REGIONAL MARKET GIVEN 01:15:03.040 --> 01:15:09.470 THE CHALLENGES THAT EVERYONE IS FACING IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA AND TO HOPEFULLY STIMULATE 01:15:09.470 --> 01:15:15.840 ADDITIONAL LATERAL HIRES. 01:15:15.840 --> 01:15:18.389 ANYTHING ELSE? 01:15:18.389 --> 01:15:22.489 ONE POINT I WOULD MAKE IS THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WE ARE STILL WORKING 01:15:22.489 --> 01:15:31.030 THROUGH WHAT HOUR SPENT ON SALARIES WOULD BE. BUT 01:15:31.030 --> 01:15:37.690 GIVEN WHERE WE STAND ON OFFICER COUNT EXPECTATION, IT WILL BE A SALARY SAVINGS TO COVER THIS 01:15:37.690 --> 01:15:41.540 ADDITIONAL AMOUNT. THAT IS GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS IF YOU WILL. BUT THIS IS A REQUEST FOR 01:15:41.540 --> 01:15:47.760 THE AUTHORITY TO PAY FOR THIS LATERAL INCENTIVE . 01:15:47.760 --> 01:15:55.280 THERE ARE EXISTING RESOURCES THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS TO BE IMPLEMENT IT. 01:15:55.280 --> 01:15:57.199 CORRECT. 01:15:57.199 --> 01:16:05.159 ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT TO , DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE COVERED WELL ENOUGH THE DIFFERENT 01:16:05.159 --> 01:16:11.989 OPTIONS THAT ARE UP FOR CONSIDERATION GREG ? 01:16:11.989 --> 01:16:21.369 THERE WERE A FEW OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NOTED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. THERE 01:16:21.369 --> 01:16:27.512 IS OF COURSE THE ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO HIRE AND PROVIDE A SIGNING BUSES SIGNING 01:16:27.512 --> 01:16:38.420 BONUS FOR LATERALS. YOU HAD ALSO BROUGHT UP SOME INTEREST IN DEFINING A LITTLE BETTER 01:16:38.420 --> 01:16:45.640 THE LEGISLATION AUTHORIZATION SUCH THAT THERE MIGHT BE RENEWAL LANGUAGE OR A SUNSET DATE. 01:16:45.640 --> 01:16:50.610 SPECIFIC FORM PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHERE TARGETS ARE NOT BEING HIT AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING 01:16:50.610 --> 01:16:58.130 THAT THE COUNCIL COULD LOOK AT DOING AN AMENDMENT WITH. FINALLY I THINK WE ALSO TALKED A LITTLE 01:16:58.130 --> 01:17:04.110 BIT, YOU AND I, ABOUT RETENTION AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE MIGHT BE AN INTEREST IN DOING, 01:17:04.110 --> 01:17:10.179 IN MAKING SURE THAT OFFICERS THAT TAKE THE LATERAL HIRING BONUS ARE MAKING A LONGER-TERM 01:17:10.179 --> 01:17:15.429 COMMITMENT TO SPD. THEY'RE NOT TAKING THE $15,000 AND THEN TURNING AROUND AND TAKING 01:17:15.429 --> 01:17:22.880 SOMEBODY ELSE'S $15,000. I HAVE ALREADY TALKED A BIT ABOUT EXPANDING IT TO RECRUITS. I THINK 01:17:22.880 --> 01:17:27.820 THAT IS THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT 01:17:27.820 --> 01:17:28.820 HAVE INTEREST IN. 01:17:28.820 --> 01:17:36.860 GREAT, THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW BEEN IF YOU HAVE HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE POLICE 01:17:36.860 --> 01:17:41.239 DEPARTMENT ABOUT SOME OF THESE VARIOUS ISSUES. I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET 01:17:41.239 --> 01:17:47.219 LATE LAST WEEK WHERE I GAVE YOU ALL THE PREVIEW OF THESE CONCEPTS AND JUST WONDERING IF YOU 01:17:47.219 --> 01:17:50.429 HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. 01:17:50.429 --> 01:17:56.969 WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE NEW RECRUIT INCENTIVE BUT THAT IS WORK 01:17:56.969 --> 01:18:04.929 UNDERWAY. WE COULD HANDLE THAT WITH THE EXISTING RESOURCES AND WHETHER WE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 01:18:04.929 --> 01:18:11.280 I THINK MIKE CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE , WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUE THAT GREG HAS RAISED 01:18:11.280 --> 01:18:16.170 ABOUT MAKING SURE IF WE WILL PAY THIS LATERAL INCENTIVE THAT IS DONE IN A WAY THAT CREATES 01:18:16.170 --> 01:18:20.949 THE RIGHT INCENTIVES FOR SOMEBODY TO STAY WITH THE FORCE. WE HAVE NOT SETTLED ON A SPECIFIC 01:18:20.949 --> 01:18:24.550 STRUCTURE BE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. 01:18:24.550 --> 01:18:28.409 I WOULD JUST ADD THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUSINESS RULES THAT WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM 01:18:28.409 --> 01:18:32.949 . WE ARE TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN HAVING IT BE A MEANINGFUL INCENTIVE ON ONE 01:18:32.949 --> 01:18:37.639 HAND AND HAVING FOLKS STAY WITH US IF WE ARE WILLING TO OFFER THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THAT 01:18:37.639 --> 01:18:42.050 IS STILL A DISCUSSION POINT TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS EFFECTIVE OR WHETHER IT WAS 01:18:42.050 --> 01:18:45.679 IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND WE WILL REPORT BACK ON THAT. 01:18:45.679 --> 01:18:54.410 SO WE ARE NOT TALKING , WE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING COSTS BE A CHALLENGE HERE. IF WE CAN MANY 01:18:54.410 --> 01:18:59.829 UPFRONT, THAT MIGHT HELP ON THAT AND AND THEN HAVE THE CASH AND A MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE 01:18:59.829 --> 01:19:05.179 ON. IF WE DIDN'T AWARD THEM THE CASH AND THE COMPLETED 2-3 YEARS, THAT IS A WAY TO ANCHOR 01:19:05.179 --> 01:19:10.320 THEM BUT IT DOES NOT PERHAPS PROVIDE THE REAL INCENTIVE THAT WE WANT. THAT IS THE BALANCE 01:19:10.320 --> 01:19:15.300 WE ARE WORKING ON AND PERHAPS A STAGED PAYMENT OVER SOME PERIOD OF TIME AS AN EXAMPLE. WE 01:19:15.300 --> 01:19:19.949 WANT TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING. WE ARE WORKING ON A LOT OF FRONTS AT THE SAME 01:19:19.949 --> 01:19:23.989 TIME. BUT THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE WORK THAT IS UNDERWAY. 01:19:23.989 --> 01:19:30.820 AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 01:19:30.820 --> 01:19:37.340 FOR THE LATERAL INCENTIVE BECAUSE OF SALARY SAVINGS? DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THE QUANTITY 01:19:37.340 --> 01:19:39.400 A SALARY SAVINGS? 01:19:39.400 --> 01:19:45.469 THAT IS THE NUMBER WE ARE WORKING ON AND WILL HELP INFORM A RESPONSE ON THE QUESTION OF 01:19:45.469 --> 01:19:53.230 POTENTIAL SMALLER INCENTIVE FOR THE NEW RECRUITS AS WELL. WE ARE EARLY IN THE YEAR SO WE WILL 01:19:53.230 --> 01:20:00.389 SEE HOW WE FINISH OUT THE YEAR AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY 01:20:00.389 --> 01:20:09.139 HOW CONSERVATIVE ARE WE ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT CALCULUS. SO AT THIS POINT WE WILL BE 01:20:09.139 --> 01:20:14.010 MAKING DECISIONS ON SOME LEVEL, I, HIGHLIGHTED THAT EARLIER. THIS IS A DIFFICULT GAME IF 01:20:14.010 --> 01:20:18.781 YOU WILL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WILL END UP. BUT I THINK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE 01:20:18.781 --> 01:20:21.880 WILL BE IN A POSITION TO DO THAT. 01:20:21.880 --> 01:20:33.340 I THINK THE LAST THING THAT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO GREG'S MEMO IS JUST REALLY ENSURING THAT 01:20:33.340 --> 01:20:46.239 THE LATERAL HIGHER INCENTIVE PROGRAM , IF WE DECIDE TO PURSUE A NEW HIRE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, 01:20:46.239 --> 01:20:53.030 THAT WE ARE LAYERING ON TOP OF THAT THE DEPARTMENTS COMMITMENT TO RECRUITING FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES 01:20:53.030 --> 01:21:02.900 THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH HIGHER PRACTICES AND ALSO CONSISTENT WITH LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE 01:21:02.900 --> 01:21:09.530 THAT PRIORITIZES THE NEED TO HIRE FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 01:21:09.530 --> 01:21:17.309 LOOKS LIKE THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. 01:21:17.309 --> 01:21:22.559 I AM JUST WANTING TO BACK UP FOR A SECOND. WHAT CONSTITUTES A TREND? IF I LOOK AT THE 01:21:22.559 --> 01:21:28.889 DATA ESPECIALLY THE DATA OUTLINED IN THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO AND THE CHART YOU SHOWED US AS 01:21:28.889 --> 01:21:33.239 WELL, IT DOES SEEM LIKE LAST YEAR WAS AN ANOMALY. YOU MENTIONED A NUMBER OF REASONS OF WHY THAT 01:21:33.239 --> 01:21:38.000 COULD BE CALLED THOUGH AND IMPLEMENT RATES, THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WE ARE HAVING ABOUT 01:21:38.000 --> 01:21:43.250 THE CONTRACT, WHAT MAKES US THINK THAT THIS IS NOT JUST AN ANOMALY THAT AND THAT IT WILL 01:21:43.250 --> 01:21:49.250 CONTINUE TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE STATUS QUO? AND FACTORING IN THAT WE NOW HAVE BETTER RATES 01:21:49.250 --> 01:21:52.861 FOR OUR AUTHORS THAT MORE ACCURATELY WITHOUT THE COST OF LIVING HERE, YOU DID MENTION IT 01:21:52.861 --> 01:21:57.460 WAS THE HIGHEST RATE FOR WASHINGTON STATE. WE WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT IT IS THE MEDIAN 01:21:57.460 --> 01:22:04.429 AMOUNT FOR SIMILAR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERT OF THE LAST 01:22:04.429 --> 01:22:10.969 2 YEARS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THAT WILL HAVE A DRAMATIC AND IMMEDIATE IMPACT BUT WHEN I 01:22:10.969 --> 01:22:15.620 LOOK AT THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED , I AM WONDERING, WHAT CONSTITUTES A TREND AND 01:22:15.620 --> 01:22:20.750 IF THERE IS ANY INDICATION THAT THIS COULD BE A BLIP OR AN ANOMALY. YOU ALSO MENTIONED 01:22:20.750 --> 01:22:26.789 THERE IS A NUMBER OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE SEEING VACANCY RATES 01:22:26.789 --> 01:22:34.110 IN THE HUNDREDS VERSUS THE DOZENS. WHEN DID THEY INDICATE THAT THEY HAD A TREND OF DECLINING 01:22:34.110 --> 01:22:41.730 RECRUITMENT OR LATERAL MOVES AND HOW ARE WE COMPARING IN TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME WE 01:22:41.730 --> 01:22:44.360 ARE GETTING OURSELVES TO LOOK AT THIS DATA? 01:22:44.360 --> 01:22:51.650 TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE APPLICANT TREND REALLY. YOU ARE RIGHT, 01:22:51.650 --> 01:22:57.199 THE HIRES DID NOT MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF TOPPING OFF UNTIL LAST YEAR. BUT WITH THE 01:22:57.199 --> 01:23:06.440 LAG FROM TESTS TO HIRE, I THINK WE ARE SEEING NOW SOME OF THE, EVEN 2017, DECREASES IN APPLICANT 01:23:06.440 --> 01:23:13.400 MANIFESTING IN REDUCED HIRES IN 2018. SO I DO SEE A CONSISTENT DOWNWARD TREND BOTH WITH 01:23:13.400 --> 01:23:22.630 ENTRY- LEVEL AND LATERALS FROM 2016 THROUGH 2017 AND NOW TWO 2018 IN TERMS OF APPLICANTS. 01:23:22.630 --> 01:23:31.539 AGAIN WITH THE LAG FROM TIME FROM TEST TO HIRE, THAT VERY WELL MAY MANIFEST ITSELF IN 01:23:31.539 --> 01:23:36.389 HIRING NUMBERS REDUCED IN 2019 UNTIL WE CAN GET THESE HIRING NUMBERS BACK UP HERE! COMPARED 01:23:36.389 --> 01:23:38.670 TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS? 01:23:38.670 --> 01:23:44.040 IN TERMS OF WHEN, I WILL HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THE LITERATURE WE WERE LOOKING AT AND I 01:23:44.040 --> 01:23:48.130 WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU IN THE TIMEFRAME WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT. 01:23:48.130 --> 01:23:57.239 I ALSO REALLY LIKED YOUR SUGGESTIONS AROUND DELIVERABLES, THE TIMELINES , THE TARGETS, 01:23:57.239 --> 01:24:04.760 THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS REALLY ON THE CAP. IF WE FOR EXAMPLE ALLOCATED $50,000 AND 01:24:04.760 --> 01:24:12.719 THAT APPLY TO 20 LATERAL MOVES, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT $300,000 PER YEAR , IS THAT A TAP 01:24:12.719 --> 01:24:21.409 ? I KNOW IT SAYS IT MAY BE DIFFERENT . ARE WE LOOKING AT A CAMP OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING 01:24:21.409 --> 01:24:26.300 THAT WE WOULD SEE YEAR-TO-YEAR? 01:24:26.300 --> 01:24:31.820 THE LEGISLATION SIMPLY AUTHORIZES IT. SO IF THAT COMMITTEE WAS INTERESTED IN PUTTING ANY 01:24:31.820 --> 01:24:36.590 PARTICULAR STANDARDS AROUND MEASUREMENT OF RECRUITS AND LATERALS COMING IN THROUGHOUT 01:24:36.590 --> 01:24:42.570 THE YEAR AND CAPS AROUND FINDING , THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN SEPARATE 01:24:42.570 --> 01:24:46.210 AND APART FROM THIS EFFORT. 01:24:46.210 --> 01:24:51.739 WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, THE NUMBER OF RECRUITS BEING AMBITIOUS. I THINK AGGRESSIVELY 01:24:51.739 --> 01:24:59.710 AGGRESSIVE AND OPTIMISTIC . SO AT 104 TOTAL WE ARE ANTICIPATING 20 AT THOSE NEW FOLKS 01:24:59.710 --> 01:25:04.489 COMING IN WOULD BE LATERAL HIRE'S. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PAST DATA ESPECIALLY FOR 2015 01:25:04.489 --> 01:25:10.650 THROUGH 2017, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE ARE BEING, UNDERESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WOULD 01:25:10.650 --> 01:25:16.730 BE LATERALLY TRANSITIONING WITH THE EXISTING PAY STRUCTURE IN PLACE. ARE WE UNDERESTIMATING 01:25:16.730 --> 01:25:22.989 HOW MANY FOLKS ARE GOING TO LATERALLY MOVE OVER WITH EXISTING PAY AND THEN WOULD HE BE 01:25:22.989 --> 01:25:26.880 UNDERESTIMATING IF THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE FOR LATERAL MOVE? 01:25:26.880 --> 01:25:32.202 I WILL LET THE DEPARTMENT STAFFING FOLKS TAKE A SHOT AT THAT ANSWER. I JUST WANT TO POINT 01:25:32.202 --> 01:25:40.570 OUT THAT OF THE LAST 3 YEARS, 20 LATERALS, 22 LATERALS 25 LATERALS AND THEN DOWN TO 9 01:25:40.570 --> 01:25:44.739 LAST YEAR. I WILL LET THE DEPARTMENT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 01:25:44.739 --> 01:25:53.719 AS GREG POINTED OUT, WE WERE HOVERING RIGHT AROUND THE 20-25 MARK IN TERMS OF LATERALS. 01:25:53.719 --> 01:25:58.199 I THINK AS WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES WE 01:25:58.199 --> 01:26:04.360 FACE LAST YEAR IN SECURING LATERAL HIRE'S , WE DID NOT WANT TO BE OVERLY AMBITIOUS WITH 01:26:04.360 --> 01:26:11.510 THAT NUMBER. SO IN WORKING WITH MIKE AND COMING UP WITH THE TARGET WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE 01:26:11.510 --> 01:26:16.960 ABLE TO ATTEND, WE WENT WITH THE 20. THAT'S NOT TO SAY IF WE COULDN'T HIRE MORE THAN THAT 01:26:16.960 --> 01:26:24.539 WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO BRING ON BOARD ADDITIONAL LATERALS ABOUT THE 20 MARK. BUT 01:26:24.539 --> 01:26:30.070 GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW FROM LAST YEAR WE DID NOT WANT TO OVERSHOOT THAT. WE DO HAVE AND MIKE 01:26:30.070 --> 01:26:37.920 CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE MORE, I BELIEVE IT'S A , DO WE STILL HAVE A 30 LATERAL ? 01:26:37.920 --> 01:26:46.039 WE HAD A 30 LATERAL CAP IN THE RECENT SPA CONTRACT THAT WAS REMOVED. WE MAY REPLACE 01:26:46.039 --> 01:26:47.039 IT. 01:26:47.039 --> 01:26:53.159 THANK YOU. THAT IS HELPFUL. IS ANY OF THIS BARGAINABLE? 01:26:53.159 --> 01:26:57.659 I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD OCCUR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO THE EXTENT YOU 01:26:57.659 --> 01:27:00.880 WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE THAT. 01:27:00.880 --> 01:27:03.280 OKAY. 01:27:03.280 --> 01:27:08.790 I THINK WE BELIEVE THAT HIRING OFFICERS IS FUNDAMENTALLY A MANAGEMENT RIGHT. 01:27:08.790 --> 01:27:16.270 THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATION, PUBLIC SESSION THERE'S NOTHING HIDDEN ABOUT THIS . BUT THIS 01:27:16.270 --> 01:27:23.150 IS ABOUT ENSURING POLICY. 01:27:23.150 --> 01:27:32.329 OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON AND IN THE FIRST 01:27:32.329 --> 01:27:40.640 PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE FIVE INDICATED THAT A MECHANISM BY WHICH DOCTORS AFFECTING HIRING 01:27:40.640 --> 01:27:46.739 PACE, ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS AND I THINK IT IS IN SLIDE 7, WITH OFFICER WHICH IS REMAINING 01:27:46.739 --> 01:27:55.250 FLAT AND THEN IT STATES THAT THE NEW SPOT CONTRACT WILL IMPACT PRESUMABLY POSITIVELY 01:27:55.250 --> 01:28:13.330 THAT TREND , AND SO I STILL AM LEFT WONDERING HOW THIS ASSUMED POSITIVE IMPACT WILL BE MEASURED 01:28:13.330 --> 01:28:20.360 . HOW IS THE DEPARTMENT THINKING ABOUT HOW TO EVALUATE AND ANALYZE AND MEASURE THE IMPACT 01:28:20.360 --> 01:28:26.340 OF THE APPROVAL OF THE NEW SPA CONTRACT AND THE INCREASE IN WAGES? 01:28:26.340 --> 01:28:32.210 YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT . FRANKLY IT'S A CHALLENGE TO DISAGGREGATE THE VARIOUS FACTORS 01:28:32.210 --> 01:28:38.570 THAT CAUSE ONE TO APPLY FOR A JOB. PAY IS A FACTOR. THE COMMUTE TIME, HOUSING COSTS, 01:28:38.570 --> 01:28:45.289 OTHER JURISDICTIONS HIRING OR NOT ARE A FACTOR. WE TRY TO GET AT THIS BY ASKING FOLKS WHEN 01:28:45.289 --> 01:28:51.190 THEY ARE BEING ORIENTED, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE US? WHAT WERE YOUR FACTORS? HOW DID YOU LEARN 01:28:51.190 --> 01:28:57.719 ABOUT US? WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND AS PART OF THE WORK WITH THE INNOVATION A 01:28:57.719 --> 01:29:04.199 PERFORMANCE TEAM CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MORE QUANTITATIVELY MEASURE THIS . BUT 01:29:04.199 --> 01:29:07.789 I JUST WANTED TO GET ON THE TABLE THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HUMAN DYNAMIC OF 01:29:07.789 --> 01:29:14.310 APPLYING FOR JOB, IN AN ECONOMY THAT IS FLUCTUATING, IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OTHER JURISDICTIONS 01:29:14.310 --> 01:29:20.960 ARE EITHER HIRING ROBUSTLY OR STOPPING HIRING, WHEN OUR OWN WAGES ARE CHANGING, IT'S HARD 01:29:20.960 --> 01:29:25.670 TO DISAGGREGATE ONE FACTOR AS BEING CAUSAL. 01:29:25.670 --> 01:29:32.929 I THINK IT IS INTUITIVE TO THINK THAT IF YOU PAY MORE, MORE PEOPLE WILL COME . BUT I THINK 01:29:32.929 --> 01:29:38.659 RIGHT NOW, IT IS JUST INTUITION AND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE AGAIN 01:29:38.659 --> 01:29:43.780 THAT WE ARE ROOTING THIS CONVERSATION AND HOW WE WILL EVALUATE WHETHER THERE IS ANY 01:29:43.780 --> 01:29:50.310 SORT OF CAUSATION BETWEEN THE INCREASE IN WAGES AND THE TRENDS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE 01:29:50.310 --> 01:29:56.869 TO ATTRACT NEW HIRES OR LATERALS TO JOIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 01:29:56.869 --> 01:30:03.869 THAT WE ARE ROOTING ON GOING CONVERSATIONS AND THAT LEVEL OF DATA DRIVEN ANALYSIS SO 01:30:03.869 --> 01:30:07.420 THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE ACTUAL CONNECTION IS THERE. 01:30:07.420 --> 01:30:17.230 THAT IS AMONG THE REASON WE BROUGHT ON THE INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE TEAM. SO WE CAN, 01:30:17.230 --> 01:30:24.551 AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF CONFOUNDING FACTORS HERE. DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF DATA WE CAN 01:30:24.551 --> 01:30:30.700 GET FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS NEARBY OR WE CAN FLESH OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. WE ARE 01:30:30.700 --> 01:30:36.099 NOW THINKING ABOUT BOTH INCREASED BASE PAY, BUT ALSO AN INCENTIVE, A HIRING INCENTIVE 01:30:36.099 --> 01:30:41.559 ON TOP OF THAT. WHICH OF THOSE THINGS IS A DRIVER WILL BE DIFFICULT AGAIN, SINCE THEY 01:30:41.559 --> 01:30:50.039 WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE SAME TIME, DIFFICULT TO DISCERN. BUT ONE OF THESE THINGS WE NEED 01:30:50.039 --> 01:30:55.190 TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT. ABUSE WITH FOLKS INVOLVED, BOTH THOSE 01:30:55.190 --> 01:31:03.369 WHO HAVE JOINT AND PERHAPS THOSE WHO JOINED NOW AS WELL FOR WHAT DROVE THEM TO THE PROFESSION 01:31:03.369 --> 01:31:09.719 AT ALL CALL THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT ENSOR 01:31:09.719 --> 01:31:10.719 THROUGH . 01:31:10.719 --> 01:31:22.280 HELPFUL, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO WE WILL WORK WITH GREG FROM CENTRAL 01:31:22.280 --> 01:31:28.800 STAFF AND THE EXECUTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATE EVALUATION ANALYSIS 01:31:28.800 --> 01:31:36.219 WITH SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED AND GREG'S MEMO WITH THE ADDITION COMIC ENSURE 01:31:36.219 --> 01:31:44.760 WE ARE ANCHORING SOME OF THIS WORK IN OUR COMMITMENT TO RECRUIT FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES 01:31:44.760 --> 01:31:50.389 AND THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BRING FORTH FOR CONSIDERATION SOME POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS 01:31:50.389 --> 01:31:58.522 FOR THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER. ALL RIGHT? THAT IS OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM FOR TODAY. SO 01:31:58.522 --> 01:31:59.522 WE ARE ADJOURNED. 01:31:59.522 --> 01:32:00.522 [MEETING ADJOURNED] 01:32:00.522 --> 01:32:01.522 GOOD MORNING, NICE. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. I KNOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY STRETCH OF 01:32:01.522 --> 01:32:02.522 TIME FOR PEOPLE IN SEATTLE. IT IS OFFICIALLY THE SNOWIEST MONTH IN 50 YEARS. WE HAVE HAD 01:32:02.522 --> 01:32:03.522 20 INCHES OF SNOW OFFICIALLY AND WE ARE ONLY 13 DAYS INTO FEBRUARY. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE 01:32:03.522 --> 01:32:04.522 CHALLENGES. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE GOT TO CLEAR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS FROM ICE , SLUSH, AND 01:32:04.522 --> 01:32:05.522 SNOW. YOU WILL HERE TODAY FROM HOW WE ARE DOING ON OUR ROADS AND COOPERATION WITH THE 01:32:05.522 --> 01:32:06.522 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CITY LIGHT, TRASH PICKUP AND OTHER SOLID WASTE PICKUP AND HOW 01:32:06.522 --> 01:32:07.522 THE UTILITIES ARE DOING, PARKS AND RECREATION YOU WILL HAVE THE RANGE. I KNOW THAT THERE 01:32:07.522 --> 01:32:08.522 ARE MANY PARENTS AND EVEN SOME KIDS WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DID 01:32:08.522 --> 01:32:09.522 NOT HOLD CLASSES TODAY. ALMOST ALL OF THE MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE REGION DID DECIDE 01:32:09.522 --> 01:32:10.522 TO CANCEL SCHOOL 01:32:10.522 --> 01:32:11.522 WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STAND READY TO DO WHATEVER WE 01:32:11.522 --> 01:32:12.522 CAN DO TO HELP THEM OPEN THE SCHOOLS. OBVIOUSLY THE CITY DOES NOT MAKE THE DECISION ON WHETHER 01:32:12.522 --> 01:32:13.522 TO OPEN SCHOOLS OR NOT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WAY 01:32:13.522 --> 01:32:14.522 A NUMBER OF FACTORS . BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CAREFULLY AND CLOSELY WITH THEM THROUGHOUT 01:32:14.522 --> 01:32:15.522 THIS EVENT AND PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE 01:32:15.522 --> 01:32:16.522 PLAN IS TO OPEN SCHOOLS AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT. SAMPLE TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE 01:32:16.522 --> 01:32:17.522 ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH METRO AS WELL ON 01:32:17.522 --> 01:32:18.522 WHAT ROUTES THEY CAN USE AND THEY WILL BE GOING TO MORE BUS SERVICE TOMORROW. THAT IS 01:32:18.522 --> 01:32:19.522 GOOD NEWS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MANY SCHOOL KIDS 01:32:19.522 --> 01:32:20.522 GET TO SCHOOL BY METRO AND THEY HAD THEIR ORCA PASSES. THE FREE ORCA WILL HELP THOSE 01:32:20.522 --> 01:32:21.522 FAMILIES AND OKAY THOSE KIDS GET TO SCHOOL. WE'RE HAPPY FOR THAT. METRO WILL GIVE YOU 01:32:21.522 --> 01:32:22.522 MORE INFORMATION BUT WE ARE GLAD THERE'LL BE MORE BUS SERVICE. WE ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE 01:32:22.522 --> 01:32:23.522 WITH PEOPLE EVERY DAY ON ALL OF THE CHANNELS. WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS THROUGH 01:32:23.522 --> 01:32:24.522 OUR CALL CENTER APOLOGIZING UP FRONT THAT WE HAD A BIG RUSH OF PEOPLE. SOME LINES WERE 01:32:24.522 --> 01:32:25.522 LONGER THEY HAVE BEEN. WE WILL TRY TO REDUCE THAT. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE 01:32:25.522 --> 01:32:26.522 STAFF COULD NOT GET IN. WE BROUGHT THE NUMBER DOWN SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO SPOT RESPOND 01:32:26.522 --> 01:32:27.522 AS WE CAN . NOT JUST YOU ALL THE THINGS THINGS ANYWAY BUT TO INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS AND ISSUES 01:32:27.522 --> 01:32:28.522 THAT PEOPLE HAVE. WE ARE GETTING , WE ARE STILL HAVING OUR ROAD CREWS OUT TO CLEAR NOT 01:32:28.522 --> 01:32:29.522 JUST OUR MATE ARTERIALS BUT THE BOBCATS TO START WORKING ON SIDE ROADS AND ALL OF THE 01:32:29.522 --> 01:32:30.522 SIDEWALKS AROUND THE PUBLIC PLACES. BAD NEWS IS , THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO FREEZE HARD TONIGHT 01:32:30.522 --> 01:32:31.522 . SO AS WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE 01:32:31.522 --> 01:32:32.522 HOME WITH THE KIDS AND THE KIDS ARE OLD ENOUGH, I GET THEM OUT WITH YOU SHOVELING THE SIDEWALKS 01:32:32.522 --> 01:32:33.522 . IT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IF YOU ARE HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 01:32:33.522 --> 01:32:34.522 TO GET TOGETHER CAN'T GET THOSE SHOVELS AND GET THEM CLEARED BECAUSE AFTER THE HARD FREEZE 01:32:34.522 --> 01:32:35.522 TONIGHT, IT WILL BE MUCH HARDER TO CLEAR THOSE SIDEWALKS AND THE FREEZING ICE WILL BE MUCH 01:32:35.522 --> 01:32:36.522 MORE DIFFICULT CONDITION. SO WE WILL GIVE YOU A FULL REPORT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH 01:32:36.522 --> 01:32:37.522 THE SCHOOLS. I REALLY WANT TO SAY , KIND OF A CLARION CALL TO THE PUBLIC, IF YOUR HOME 01:32:37.522 --> 01:32:38.522 AND IF YOU ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL AND YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH, HOW ABOUT AROUND NOON TODAY, EVERYBODY 01:32:38.522 --> 01:32:39.522 GET OUT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE SHOVELS THEY HAVE, OR BORROWED THE SHOVELS FROM THE 01:32:39.522 --> 01:32:40.522 NEIGHBORHOOD AND LET'S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CLEAR THE SIDEWALKS IN AL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 01:32:40.522 --> 01:32:41.522 AND COMMUNITIES. THAT WILL HELP US NOT JUST TODAY AND HELP THE KIDS GET BACK TO SCHOOL, 01:32:41.522 --> 01:32:42.522 IT WILL REALLY MAKE IT SAFER FOR TOMORROW WHEN WE GET ANOTHER HARD FREEZE TONIGHT. OUR 01:32:42.522 --> 01:32:43.522 GOAL IN THE CITY REMAINS THE SAME. SAFETY. SAFETY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR OUR EMPLOYEES 01:32:43.522 --> 01:32:44.522 , BUT ALSO FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS REALLY AS 01:32:44.522 --> 01:32:45.522 SAFE AS POSSIBLE ON ALL OF OUR ARTERIALS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRE AND POLICE 01:32:45.522 --> 01:32:46.522 TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GET. OUR ROAD CREWS ARE CONTINUING TO DO 12 HOUR SHIFTS. 01:32:46.522 --> 01:32:47.522 CITY LIGHT IS WORKING HARD AROUND THE CLOCK. A COUPLE OF CAUTIONS. WE HAVE SEEN GROUPS 01:32:47.522 --> 01:32:48.522 WITH THE MELTING SNOW THAT A NUMBER OF ROOFS ARE SAILING AROUND THE REGION NOT JUST IN 01:32:48.522 --> 01:32:49.522 SEATTLE. PARTICULARLY CARPORTS AND THE LIKE. MAKE SURE, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT GET 01:32:49.522 --> 01:32:50.522 UP ON THAT LADDER AND TRY TO CLEAR THE SNOW OFF THE ROOF. CHANCES ARE THAT WILL LEAD TO 01:32:50.522 --> 01:32:51.522 INJURY AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PREVENT THE WEIGHT. THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO KEEP 01:32:51.522 --> 01:32:52.522 THOSE DRAINS CLEAN SO AS THE SNOW MELTS IT CAN ACTUALLY GET OFF THE ROOF. I HAVE HAD 01:32:52.522 --> 01:32:53.522 MY FIRE CHIEF HERE TELL ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN NOT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET ON THAT IS. 01:32:53.522 --> 01:32:54.522 I AM FOLLOWING HIS DIRECTION. WE HAVE DURING THIS SERIES OF STORMS, WE HAVE OPENED UP 550 01:32:54.522 --> 01:32:55.522 EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS. THE NAVIGATION TEAM HAS BROUGHT IN OVER 150 PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE, 01:32:55.522 --> 01:32:56.522 INSIDE. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER A FEW DAYS AGO AND THIS MORNING I WENT 01:32:56.522 --> 01:32:57.522 TO BITTER LAKE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CHANGE FOR THOSE PEOPLE . THEY 01:32:57.522 --> 01:32:58.522 ARE ABLE TO GET HOT MEALS, CLEAN CLOTHES , SHOWERS , AND EVEN TODAY YOU HAD A PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEE 01:32:58.522 --> 01:32:59.522 THAT WAS GETTING HAIRCUTS. PEOPLE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF 01:32:59.522 --> 01:33:00.522 THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AND VOLUNTEERED IN SMALL WAYS AND BIG WAYS. 01:33:00.522 --> 01:33:01.522 WHEN I WAS AT BITTER LAKE TODAY, THERE WAS A TEACHER FROM THE AREA WHO WHEN SCHOOL WAS 01:33:01.522 --> 01:33:02.522 CANCELED, SHE WALKED TO THE INTERLINKED COMMUNITY CENTER SO SHE COULD VOLUNTEER TO HELP. IS 01:33:02.522 --> 01:33:03.522 THAT KIND OF THING THAT HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE SAID YESTERDAY, STARBUCKS, 01:33:03.522 --> 01:33:04.522 AMAZON, NORSTROM, COSCO, THEY PROVIDED CLEAN CLOTHES, SOCKS AND THE LIKE. LAST NIGHT TOM 01:33:04.522 --> 01:33:05.522 DOUGLAS IN TOM DOUGLAS MEADOWS PREPARED 250 MEALS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE EMERGENCY 01:33:05.522 --> 01:33:06.522 SHELTER AT THE SEATTLE CENTER. THE KINDNESS AND COMMITMENT AND THE GENEROSITY THAT THE 01:33:06.522 --> 01:33:07.522 PEOPLE OF SEATTLE HAD BEEN SHOWING THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME, I THINK SHOWS THE BEST 01:33:07.522 --> 01:33:08.522 OF SEATTLE AND SHOWS WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER TO 01:33:08.522 --> 01:33:09.522 GET THROUGH THESE HARD THINGS. I KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT. WE ARE NOT THROUGH IT 100% YET. 01:33:09.522 --> 01:33:10.522 FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CLEAR, YOU WONDER WHY THE MIRRORS 01:33:10.522 --> 01:33:11.522 UP HERE TALKING, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE NOT CAUGHT YOU KNOW 01:33:11.522 --> 01:33:12.522 WHY SHE IS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS WHAT THEY NEED FROM 01:33:12.522 --> 01:33:13.522 THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT AND WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING FOR THE NEXT PHASES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 01:33:13.522 --> 01:33:14.522 WEATHER EVENTS WILL BE BUT WE KNOW WHAT THAT CONTINUED SNOW FREEZING THAW AND PLOWS DUE 01:33:14.522 --> 01:33:15.522 TO OUR ROADS. YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT WEEKS THERE WILL BE POTHOLES THAT OPENED UP OR APPEAR 01:33:15.522 --> 01:33:16.522 AGAIN. THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP FOR OUR ROAD CREWS TO PROVIDE THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT 01:33:16.522 --> 01:33:17.522 RIGHT NOW YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE LOOKING AT WHAT WE ARE DOING ACROSS THE CITY TO GET 01:33:17.522 --> 01:33:18.522 THROUGH THESE EVENTS. AGAIN, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME AS MAYOR, I HAVE TO 01:33:18.522 --> 01:33:19.522 JUST SAY, I HAVE ENORMOUS GRATITUDE TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND 01:33:19.522 --> 01:33:20.522 THE CLOCK AT THEIR JOBS. MANY OF THEM EVEN AFTER THEIR JOBS VOLUNTEERING TO HELP PEOPLE 01:33:20.522 --> 01:33:21.522 AS WELL AS TO THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY WHO HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS, TO 01:33:21.522 --> 01:33:22.522 HELP THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND TO HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME. 01:33:22.522 --> 01:33:23.522 THANK YOU MAYOR. MY M THAT 01:33:23.522 --> 01:33:24.522 GUEST:. I WANT TO TALK YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT OPERATION SHARED SHALL. THE MARSHALL PLAN TO GET ALL 01:33:24.522 --> 01:33:25.522 OF OUR KIDS LIKE MY 14-YEAR-OLD BACK TO SCHOOL. AT THE REQUEST OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 01:33:25.522 --> 01:33:26.522 SPS, WE ARE LIMITED AND UNPRECEDENTED THREE- PRONGED APPROACH TO HELP THE SCHOOLS OPEN 01:33:26.522 --> 01:33:27.522 TOMORROW ON THURSDAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS USE MULTIPLE 01:33:27.522 --> 01:33:28.522 CRITERIA WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER TO OPEN THEIR SLITS WHETHER IT IS ACCESS TO METRO, 01:33:28.522 --> 01:33:29.522 SCHOOL STAFFING, ETC. THE WAY THE CITY OF SEATTLE WANTED TO DO THEIR PART TO MAKE SURE 01:33:29.522 --> 01:33:30.522 THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO SUCCESSFULLY AND SAFELY OPEN TOMORROW. THIS UNPRECEDENTED 01:33:30.522 --> 01:33:31.522 COLLABORATIVE CROSS JURISDICTIONAL OPERATION WILL BE ABOUT MAKING ROUTES TO SCHOOL SAFE 01:33:31.522 --> 01:33:32.522 . THE FIRST PART OF THIS THREE-PRONGED APPROACH IS THAT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WORKING 01:33:32.522 --> 01:33:33.522 TO SHOVEL THE SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR. SECOND, 01:33:33.522 --> 01:33:34.522 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS AND KIDS AND NONPROFITS, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND BLOCK 01:33:34.522 --> 01:33:35.522 WATCH GROUPS, EMERGENCY HAVE ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, TO COME 01:33:35.522 --> 01:33:36.522 TOGETHER. WE ARE ASKING THAT THE MAYOR SAID AT NOON TODAY, THAT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY 01:33:36.522 --> 01:33:37.522 OF SEATTLE JOIN US IN SHOVELING THE SIDEWALKS AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. THE HASHTAG 01:33:37.522 --> 01:33:38.522 IS SHARED SHOVEL. TODAY IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. BURN SOME OF THAT EXTRA ENERGY OFF. COME OUT, 01:33:38.522 --> 01:33:39.522 SAFE , CLEAR THE DRAINS WHILE YOU'RE AT IT. IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUR KIDS TO WORK 01:33:39.522 --> 01:33:40.522 AND GET OUR COMMUNITY BACK MOVING AGAIN. THIRD, AS YOU WILL HEAR SHORTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT 01:33:40.522 --> 01:33:41.522 OF TRANSPORTATION, AND STOP CREWS WILL BE ADDRESSING NINE PRIORITY ON THE TWO SCHOOLS 01:33:41.522 --> 01:33:42.522 AS REQUESTED BY SEATTLE SCHOOLS TO ACCESS ROADS FROM OUR EMERALD AND GOLD ROUTES TO 01:33:42.522 --> 01:33:43.522 THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND ADDITIONALLY, SDOT HAND CREWS SUPPORTED BY TEAMS FROM PUBLIC 01:33:43.522 --> 01:33:44.522 UTILITIES, FAS AND PARKS AND RECREATION WILL BE SUPPLEMENTING THOSE HAND CREWS AS WELL. 01:33:44.522 --> 01:33:45.522 I WANT TO REITERATE THAT MAYORS POINT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND MARSHALL PLAN IF YOU 01:33:45.522 --> 01:33:46.522 WILL TO GET OUR SCHOOLS BACK OPEN AGAIN. WE WILL DO OUR SMALL PART OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE 01:33:46.522 --> 01:33:47.522 BY MOBILIZING OUR RESOURCES TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. >> I AM WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT 01:33:47.522 --> 01:33:48.522 OF TRANSPORTATION. AS CALVIN JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE DEPLOYING SOME OF OUR HAND CREWS TO 01:33:48.522 --> 01:33:49.522 HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS GOING OUT FROM SCHOOLS INTO NEIGHBORHOODS. THE MORE THE COMMUNITIES 01:33:49.522 --> 01:33:50.522 CAN HELP US BY SHOVELING THEIR OWN SIDEWALKS, THE MORE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP AS WELL. 01:33:50.522 --> 01:33:51.522 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WITH THE COMING FREAK ON THE WEATHER HAS COOPERATED A LITTLE BIT 01:33:51.522 --> 01:33:52.522 MORE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. IT HELPED US STAY AHEAD OF THINGS. THE COMING FREEZE 01:33:52.522 --> 01:33:53.522 MEANS WE WILL STILL BE OUT APPLYING SALT TO THE ARTERIAL STREETS IF THEY ARE NOT IN A 01:33:53.522 --> 01:33:54.522 BEAR AND DRY CONDITIONS SO WE DON'T GET ANOTHER FREEZE AND CREATE PROBLEMS TOMORROW. WE ARE 01:33:54.522 --> 01:33:55.522 WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT METRO CAN OPERATE AT FULL CAPACITY AS THEY ARE ABLE TO AS WELL 01:33:55.522 --> 01:33:56.522 AS SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE. THE 01:33:56.522 --> 01:33:57.522 VARIABLE CONDITIONS, WE KNOW THAT WHILE THE ARTERIALS ARE PRETTY GOOD, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL 01:33:57.522 --> 01:33:58.522 STREETS ARE STILL IN VERY VARIABLE CONDITION. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF 01:33:58.522 --> 01:33:59.522 CONDITIONS OUT THERE. WE ARE WORKING TO REOPEN THE CLOSED STREETS AND INSPECT THOSE AND TRY 01:33:59.522 --> 01:34:00.522 TO GET A SENSE OF CONDITIONS AND KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS AS MANY HAZARDOUS 01:34:00.522 --> 01:34:01.522 LOCATIONS AS POSSIBLE AT THOSE PLACES THAT ARE ON STEEP SLOPES ARE WHERE THERE WAS HEAVIER 01:34:01.522 --> 01:34:02.522 SNOWFALL THAN OTHER PLACES. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THOSE SIDES HERSELF. THAT US REMOVE 01:34:02.522 --> 01:34:03.522 THEM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOVEL SIDEWALKS AND BE CAREFUL ABOUT DOWNED TREES. WE HAVE 01:34:03.522 --> 01:34:04.522 BEEN RESPONDING TO A NUMBER OF MORE DOWNED TREES RESPONSES AS WELL OF THE LAST COUPLE 01:34:04.522 --> 01:34:05.522 OF DAYS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. I AM DEBORAH SMITH 01:34:05.522 --> 01:34:06.522 WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN TODAY. MUCH BETTER DAY FOR 01:34:06.522 --> 01:34:07.522 US THIS MORNING THAN YESTERDAY. I WILL NOTE BY STARTING THAT OUR MAP IS RUNNING A LITTLE 01:34:07.522 --> 01:34:08.522 BIT SLOW. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR ON THAT PARTICULAR LOOKING ONLINE YOU'RE ACTUALLY 01:34:08.522 --> 01:34:09.522 SEEING A HIGHER NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER THEN WE CURRENTLY HAVE WHICH IS ACTUALLY 01:34:09.522 --> 01:34:10.522 ONLY 25 PEOPLE. WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING BACK JUST ABOUT EVERYONE. THOSE FOLKS 01:34:10.522 --> 01:34:11.522 THAT ARE STILL OUT SHOULD BE RESTORED BY THE END OF TODAY. WE DO HAVE A BOWEL 300 JOBS 01:34:11.522 --> 01:34:12.522 THAT ARE OPEN. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE ARE WIRES THAT ARE EITHER SAGGING OR DOWN. 01:34:12.522 --> 01:34:13.522 THEY ARE USUALLY COMMUNICATION WIRES AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE ARE PRETTY CLEAR ON WHERE 01:34:13.522 --> 01:34:14.522 WE HAVE HAD POWER OUTAGES. OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL AND ASSUME THAT THOSE WIRES 01:34:14.522 --> 01:34:15.522 ARE LIGHT AND ENERGIZED AND DANGEROUS. IN THIS CASE WE ACTUALLY SEND SOMEONE OUT TO 01:34:15.522 --> 01:34:16.522 PATROL EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEN THE SS THE DAMAGE AND THE PRIORITY FOR RESTORATION. 01:34:16.522 --> 01:34:17.522 THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR 01:34:17.522 --> 01:34:18.522 CUSTOMERS 1st OF ALL. WE KIND OF CAME, THE BIG OUTAGE CAME AT THE END OF THIS EVENT WHERE 01:34:18.522 --> 01:34:19.522 CUSTOMERS IN MANY CASES, THEIR NERVES WERE ALREADY FRAYED AND THEY WERE SUPER PATIENT, 01:34:19.522 --> 01:34:20.522 SUPER GRACIOUS WITH US AND OUR CREWS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THE CONTACT CENTER AND THEY 01:34:20.522 --> 01:34:21.522 MAYOR MENTIONED THAT, THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT TAKE YOUR CALLS WHEN THERE IS AN OUTAGE. THEY 01:34:21.522 --> 01:34:22.522 HAD BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD. THEY TAKE THE SAME CALLS FOR TRASH, WATER, ELECTRICITY 01:34:22.522 --> 01:34:23.522 . SO THOSE FOLKS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND 28 COUNTRIES 01:34:23.522 --> 01:34:24.522 HAVE THE KNOW THAT SANDAL HAS ONLY BEEN HERE, THIS IS HIS SECOND WEEK. HE HAS DONE AN AMAZING 01:34:24.522 --> 01:34:25.522 JOB AND WITHOUT HIS HARD WORK AND HARD WORK OF SDOT, CITY LIGHT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO 01:34:25.522 --> 01:34:26.522 THERE 01:34:26.522 --> 01:34:27.522 SO MANY THANKS THERE. LASTLY, MY CREWS ARE AWESOME. THE SUPPORT STAFF WHO ALLOW THEM 01:34:27.522 --> 01:34:28.522 TO DO WORK AND THE CUSTOMER BASE, MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE. I APPRECIATE BEING PART OF 01:34:28.522 --> 01:34:29.522 THIS TEAM. THANK YOU MAYOR. 01:34:29.522 --> 01:34:30.522 GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TIFFANY WASHINGTON. I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOMELESSNESS IN 01:34:30.522 --> 01:34:31.522 THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THIS MORNING AND LAST NIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE EVENT, 01:34:31.522 --> 01:34:32.522 OUR PRIORITY REMAINS GETTING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INDOORS AND HELPING THEM WITH 01:34:32.522 --> 01:34:33.522 MEDICAL AND SERVICE NEEDS. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE OPEN MORE THAN 550 BEDS FOR 01:34:33.522 --> 01:34:34.522 EMERGENCY SHELTER. WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND AGENCIES THAT WE WANT 01:34:34.522 --> 01:34:35.522 TO THINK. WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DID NOTHING. THAT INCLUDES THE SALVATION ARMY, WE WANT 01:34:35.522 --> 01:34:36.522 TO THINK TOM DOUGLAS WHO DONATED THE 250 HOT MEALS , UNION GOSPEL MISSION FOR TRANSFERRING 01:34:36.522 --> 01:34:37.522 PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE TO THE VARIOUS SHELTERS, MARY'S PLACE, THE HIGH, URBAN LEAGUE , SEATTLE 01:34:37.522 --> 01:34:38.522 PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND KING COUNTY. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OTHER MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE 01:34:38.522 --> 01:34:39.522 STEPPED UP TO HELP DURING THIS TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PROUD OF IS THAT WE 01:34:39.522 --> 01:34:40.522 BROUGHT IN AT THE MAYOR SAID, OVER 150 PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE, INSIDE. WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW 01:34:40.522 --> 01:34:41.522 THAT WE HAVE BOTH INSIDE SHELTER IS WE ARE ASSESSING THEM FOR SHOULDER. FOR SERVICES 01:34:41.522 --> 01:34:42.522 BEYOND SHELTER. SO FAR THREE PEOPLE HAVE RECONNECTED WITH FAMILY AND HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO STAY 01:34:42.522 --> 01:34:43.522 TONIGHT AND MOVING FORWARD. THERE WILL BE TEAMS OF OUTREACH WORKERS AND STAFF IN THE 01:34:43.522 --> 01:34:44.522 SEVERE WEATHER SHELTERS ASSESSING PEOPLE , TRYING TO PROVIDE DIVERSION, ANYTHING THEY CAN TO 01:34:44.522 --> 01:34:45.522 ENSURE THAT FOLKS WHO MANY HAVE NOT COME INSIDE FOR A LONG TIME, I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK OUTSIDE. 01:34:45.522 --> 01:34:46.522 ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE MORE THAN 30 HOMELESS SERVICE WRITERS WHO TAKE CALLS EVERY MORNING 01:34:46.522 --> 01:34:47.522 TO DISPATCH RESOURCES TO PEOPLE IN THE EMERGENCY SHELTERS. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THERE ARE 01:34:47.522 --> 01:34:48.522 ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE IN KING COUNTY WHO THE DEPARTMENT CHORDATES CARE FOR EACH MONTH. 01:34:48.522 --> 01:34:49.522 THEY ARE AGE OR DISABILITIES . THEY HAVE BEEN CALLING AND TAKING ON MORE THAN 700 CRITICAL 01:34:49.522 --> 01:34:50.522 CARE PATIENTS WHO RELY ON THIS DAILY AID FOR THEIR FOOD, VACATION, OXYGEN AND DAILY LIFE 01:34:50.522 --> 01:34:51.522 SUPPORT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND 01:34:51.522 --> 01:34:52.522 HOPEFULLY THE KIDS WILL BE IN SCHOOL TOMORROW. I HAVE A 13-YEAR-OLD AND A 9- YEAR-OLD AND 01:34:52.522 --> 01:34:53.522 I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE GONE FOR 8 HOURS. [LAUGHTER] 01:34:53.522 --> 01:34:54.522 GOOD MORNING , SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. THE MELTING SNOW AND ICE IS A DUTIFUL SITE FOR 01:34:54.522 --> 01:34:55.522 OUR UTILITY BECAUSE CONDITIONS ARE FINALLY ALLOWING OUR CREWS TO GET TO MOST OF OUR MONDAY 01:34:55.522 --> 01:34:56.522 AND TUESDAY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS TODAY . OUR CONTRACTORS WILL FOCUS ON COLLECTING DELAYED 01:34:56.522 --> 01:34:57.522 GARBAGE A STRESS ON THE WORD GARBAGE, MONDAY AND TUESDAY HOUSEHOLDS TO DATE WITH SIGNIFICANT 01:34:57.522 --> 01:34:58.522 SLUSH REMAINING ON MANY RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND STEEP HILLS, TRUCKS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH 01:34:58.522 --> 01:34:59.522 CHAINS AND CARRY ADDITIONAL STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE MIX CONDITIONS, HOWEVER, SOME HILLY 01:34:59.522 --> 01:35:00.522 STREETS MAYBE TWO ICY FOR THE DRIVERS TO NAVIGATE. SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH ALL OF OUR 01:35:00.522 --> 01:35:01.522 MONDAY AND TUESDAY CUSTOMERS AND WE THINK THEM FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT SAFETY REMAINS 01:35:01.522 --> 01:35:02.522 A TOP PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE. CONTRACTORS TODAY WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO COLLECT SOME OF THE DELAYS 01:35:02.522 --> 01:35:03.522 MY DATE RECYCLING FROM BALLARD ORE CITY, AND WEST SEATTLE AREAS. MONDAY RECYCLING FROM 01:35:03.522 --> 01:35:04.522 MAGNOLIA AND UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, LAURELHURST WILL BE ELECTED NEXT MONDAY. ALL RECYCLING 01:35:04.522 --> 01:35:05.522 FROM TUESDAY AREAS AND ALL YARD AND FOOD WASTE FROM MONDAY AND TUESDAY AREAS WILL BE DELAYED 01:35:05.522 --> 01:35:06.522 UNTIL NEXT WEEK AS CONTRACTORS FOCUS ON COLLECTING GARBAGE TODAY . I APOLOGIZE FOR THE COMPLEXITY 01:35:06.522 --> 01:35:07.522 OF THIS SCHEDULE. WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. WE ASK CUSTOMERS 01:35:07.522 --> 01:35:08.522 TO HELP MAKE THEIR GARBAGE ACCESSIBLE FOR CREWS BY CLEARING SNOW AND ICE OFF OF THEIR 01:35:08.522 --> 01:35:09.522 CARTS AND BY MOVING THEM TO THE CURB. IF CONDITIONS REMAIN SAY, CONTRACTORS WILL COLLECT ALL GARBAGE, 01:35:09.522 --> 01:35:10.522 RECYCLING, AND FOOD AND YARD WASTE FROM WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY AREAS ON A ONE-DAY DELAY. 01:35:10.522 --> 01:35:11.522 STARTING NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD BE BACK TO A REGULAR SCHEDULE. CONTRACTORS WERE ABLE TO 01:35:11.522 --> 01:35:12.522 COLLECT MANY COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY SERVICES THE LAST TWO DAYS DESPITE VERY CHALLENGING 01:35:12.522 --> 01:35:13.522 CONDITIONS. TODAY THEY WILL EXPAND RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS. ADDITIONALLY, 01:35:13.522 --> 01:35:14.522 THE CITY IS PROVIDING FREE VISITS TO TRANSFER STATIONS STARTING TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY FEBRUARY 01:35:14.522 --> 01:35:15.522 16 FOR CUSTOMERS WHO SERVICES WERE INTERRUPTED FOR MORE THAN ONE WEEK. STATIONS WILL BE OPEN 01:35:15.522 --> 01:35:16.522 FROM 8 AM UNTIL 5:30 PM TODAY AND 8 AM UNTIL 7:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WE WILL 01:35:16.522 --> 01:35:17.522 HAVE SOME EXTENDED HOURS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AND THEY CAN GET THEIR ADDITIONAL 01:35:17.522 --> 01:35:18.522 GARBAGE, RECYCLING, AND FOOD AND YARD WASTE INTO THE TRANSFER STATIONS. SAL CUSTOMERS 01:35:18.522 --> 01:35:19.522 WHO CAN SAFELY BRING THEIR WASTE TO OUR NORTH AND SOUTH TRANSFER STATIONS ARE ASKED TO SEPARATE 01:35:19.522 --> 01:35:20.522 THE MATERIALS AND COVER THE LOAD. THERE'S A LIMIT OF ONE TRUCK OR CAR LOAD PER HOUSEHOLD 01:35:20.522 --> 01:35:21.522 UP TO 420 POUNDS OF COMBINED GARBAGE RECYCLING AND COMPOST. THAT IS A LOT. BUT WE ARE HOPING 01:35:21.522 --> 01:35:22.522 YOU DON'T BRING THAT MUCH. WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP CUSTOMERS APPRISED OF SERVICE CHARGES 01:35:22.522 --> 01:35:23.522 AND STATION ACCESS THROUGH ALERT SEATTLE, TWITTER, AND ON OUR WEBSITE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE 01:35:23.522 --> 01:35:24.522 IT HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU ARE RECYCLING AND DUDE AND GODLESS AND ESPECIALLY 01:35:24.522 --> 01:35:25.522 YOUR GARBAGE IS NOT PICKED UP. WE REALLY APPRECIATE SEATTLE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING 01:35:25.522 --> 01:35:26.522 AS WE HAVE WAITED FOR A SAFE COLLECTION WINDOW. WE ARE EAGER TO GET TO WORK ON COLLECTING 01:35:26.522 --> 01:35:27.522 ALL OF YOUR WASTE . THIS IS ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC, AS SNOW AND ICE SLOWLY MELTS FLOODING 01:35:27.522 --> 01:35:28.522 BECOMES A CONCERN AS I SAID OVER STORM DRAINS PREVENT MELTED SNOW AND RAIN FROM ENTERING 01:35:28.522 --> 01:35:29.522 THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DRAINS IN OUR CITY AND WE ARE ASKING FOLKS 01:35:29.522 --> 01:35:30.522 IF YOU ARE ABLE, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SAFELY DO A COMPETENT LOCALIZED FLOODING IN YOUR 01:35:30.522 --> 01:35:31.522 NEIGHBORHOOD BY CLEARING THE DRAIN NEAR YOUR HOME WITH A SNOW SHOVEL. IF YOU DON'T HAVE 01:35:31.522 --> 01:35:32.522 SNOW SHOVEL, A REGULAR GARDEN SHOVEL, EVEN A DUSTBIN WILL WORK OR DUSTPAN. PLEASE REMEMBER 01:35:32.522 --> 01:35:33.522 TO WORK FROM THE SIDEWALK OR PARKING STRIP AND STAY OUT OF THE STREET WHEN CLEARING THE 01:35:33.522 --> 01:35:34.522 DRAINS. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF AND ALL OF OUR LINES OF BUSINESS INCLUDING 01:35:34.522 --> 01:35:35.522 OUR CONTACT CENTER . THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR FAMILIES 01:35:35.522 --> 01:35:36.522 SUPPORT AS THEY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS HARD TIME. >> I AM CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, SEATTLE 01:35:36.522 --> 01:35:37.522 PARKS AND RECREATION. I WANT TO GET ANOTHER SHOUT TO THE MAYOR. SHE MENTIONED EARLIER 01:35:37.522 --> 01:35:38.522 THAT SHE HAD RUN OUT AND VISIT STAFF AT GARFIELD AND BITTER LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE WE 01:35:38.522 --> 01:35:39.522 ARE OPERATING SHELTERS. WE HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING 12 HOUR SHIFTS SINCE 01:35:39.522 --> 01:35:40.522 LAST FRIDAY. IT IS SUCH A MORE OUTLET TO SEE A LEADER COME BY AND EXPRESSED HER APPRECIATION 01:35:40.522 --> 01:35:41.522 SO THANK YOU MAYOR. WE HAVE 26 OF 27 COMMUNITY CENTERS OPERATING ACROSS THE CITY. WE HAD 01:35:41.522 --> 01:35:42.522 SIX OUT OF NINE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AVAILABLE AGAIN, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO RELIEVE 01:35:42.522 --> 01:35:43.522 CABIN FEVER . 01:35:43.522 --> 01:35:44.522 AFTER THEY SHOVEL . 01:35:44.522 --> 01:35:45.522 A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARKING LOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHOVELED SO I HOPE THAT 01:35:45.522 --> 01:35:46.522 MAKES IT EASIER. OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT ACROSS THE CITY WE ARE 01:35:46.522 --> 01:35:47.522 COMMITTED TO WORKING ACROSS DEPARTMENT LINES WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS AND DOING AD HOC DELIVERIES 01:35:47.522 --> 01:35:48.522 OR PICKING UP SUPPLIES. JUST REINFORCED THE CITY'S EFFORT TO DEAL WITH THIS EMERGENCY. 01:35:48.522 --> 01:35:49.522 WEEK CONTINUE TO CLEAN STORM DRAINS AT ALL OF THE PARKS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. THIS 01:35:49.522 --> 01:35:50.522 WILL BE IMPERATIVE AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO MELT. WE ARE RESUPPLYING SHELTERS WITH FOOD AND 01:35:50.522 --> 01:35:51.522 ALL THE CRITICAL SUPPLIES THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE SAFE AND WARM. INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS 01:35:51.522 --> 01:35:52.522 FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE DROPPED OFF EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHING TO FOOD AND SUPPLIES AND WE 01:35:52.522 --> 01:35:53.522 GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 30-40 EMPLOYEES ON STANDBY. MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES. 01:35:53.522 --> 01:35:54.522 THEY SHOWED UP TO WORK ON STANDBY WHO CAN HELP ASSIST CLEANING UP ADJACENT AREAS THROUGH 01:35:54.522 --> 01:35:55.522 VARIOUS SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY. WE ARE YOUR LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE 01:35:55.522 --> 01:35:56.522 WANT TO THANK OUR EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. 01:35:56.522 --> 01:35:57.522 HELLO . I AM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 1st OF ALL I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS 01:35:57.522 --> 01:35:58.522 AND NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES FOR CHIPPING IN, SHARING A SHUTTLE CLEARING THEIR SIDEWALK, 01:35:58.522 --> 01:35:59.522 CLEARING THEIR NEIGHBORS. I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO CHECK IN ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS, THOSE THAT 01:35:59.522 --> 01:36:00.522 MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL HELP AND JUST TO REDECORATE THE OPERATION SHARED SHUTTLE CALLING ON ALL 01:36:00.522 --> 01:36:01.522 PARENT GROUPS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, WE WILL ACTIVATE OUR OVER 90 COORDINATORS 01:36:01.522 --> 01:36:02.522 TO HELP START CLEARING THE SIDEWALKS IN A COLLECTIVE SEATTLE EFFORT TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 01:36:02.522 --> 01:36:03.522 MORE SUCCESSFUL AND SAFER. THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND CHIPPING IN 01:36:03.522 --> 01:36:04.522 AND TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS. >> YOU ARE THE CLOSER. 01:36:04.522 --> 01:36:05.522 JUST A COUPLE OF REMINDERS. THE REASON WHY OUR CALL VOLUMES HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL IS 01:36:05.522 --> 01:36:06.522 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS LISTENED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE MESSAGES 01:36:06.522 --> 01:36:07.522 THAT YOU HEARD TODAY. HELP US CLEAR THE ROADS, THE SIDEWALKS, THE STREETS, JUST TO MAKE IT 01:36:07.522 --> 01:36:08.522 SAFER. AND TO TOUCH ON THE POINT THAT THE MAYOR SPOKE TO EARLIER , A LOT OF SNOW IS 01:36:08.522 --> 01:36:09.522 STARTING TO MELT OFF THOSE ROOF LINES. AND MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S REALLY EASY TO JUST GO 01:36:09.522 --> 01:36:10.522 UP THERE AND KNOCK IT DOWN. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT. JUST LET IT MELT AND LET IT FALL. 01:36:10.522 --> 01:36:11.522 WE DO NOT WANT TO BE RESPONDING TO THOSE TYPES OF INJURIES WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO. SO THANK 01:36:11.522 --> 01:36:12.522 YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION AS I SAID YESTERDAY, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, THAT IS WHAT THIS IS 01:36:12.522 --> 01:36:13.522 REALLY ALL ABOUT. LET'S JUST MAINTAIN THAT FOR SAFETY. IN QUEUE. 01:36:13.522 --> 01:36:14.522 TAKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO NOTE IS AGAIN, THROUGH 01:36:14.522 --> 01:36:15.522 THIS DIFFICULT TIME, I THINK PEOPLE CAN BE PROUD THAT AS A COMMUNITY HOW MUCH PEOPLE 01:36:15.522 --> 01:36:16.522 HAVE STEPPED UP FROM LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO TOM DOUG IS PROVIDING HUNDREDS OF MEALS TO 01:36:16.522 --> 01:36:17.522 THE TEACHER WHO WALKS TO BITTER LAKE, AND THERE WAS ONE IMMEDIATE STORY FOR EXAMPLE 01:36:17.522 --> 01:36:18.522 ABOUT A COUPLE WHO HAD COME TO THE SHELTER DOWN AT GARFIELD AND BECAUSE OF THE STORY 01:36:18.522 --> 01:36:19.522 AND BECAUSE OF THEM FINALLY COME INSIDE, THEY HAD BEEN REUNITED WITH FAMILY. SO I THINK 01:36:19.522 --> 01:36:20.522 THAT THROUGH THESE TOUGH TIMES WE SEE GREAT MEMORIES OF HOPE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS 01:36:20.522 --> 01:36:21.522 A CITY THAT WE CAPITALIZE ON THAT HOPE AND KEEP THOSE THINGS GOING. JUST LIKE WE SAW 01:36:21.522 --> 01:36:22.522 PEOPLE DURING THAT VIADUCT CLOSURE TAKING ALTERNATE MEANS OF TRAVEL, WE WANT TO KEEP 01:36:22.522 --> 01:36:23.522 PEOPLE ON TRANSIT CAN'T KEEP PEOPLE BIKING AND WALKING. THOSE GOOD HABITS. WE HAVE NOW 01:36:23.522 --> 01:36:24.522 BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE INSIDE WHO HAD NOT BEEN INSIDE BEFORE. HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 01:36:24.522 --> 01:36:25.522 IS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CONNECT THOSE PEOPLE WITH SERVICES, WITH PROVIDERS, TO EVALUATE 01:36:25.522 --> 01:36:26.522 THEM SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED. I TALKED TO ONE GENTLEMAN THIS MORNING WHO 01:36:26.522 --> 01:36:27.522 SAID IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAD FELT HE HAD BEEN WARM AND FED IN ALMOST 3 YEARS 01:36:27.522 --> 01:36:28.522 BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN LIVING OUTSIDE. UCHITEL FORE HAND THAT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO CONTINUE 01:36:28.522 --> 01:36:29.522 THIS, HE WOULD . SO WE AS A CITY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO DO THAT 01:36:29.522 --> 01:36:30.522 AND LITTLE THINGS, WE HAVE MONDAY PICK UP. GARBAGE HAS NOW MAN MISSED TWO WEEKS IN A 01:36:30.522 --> 01:36:31.522 ROW, IT WILL BE PICKED UP. ONE TIP FROM DRIVING AROUND FOR PARTS OF THE CITY AND BEING OUT 01:36:31.522 --> 01:36:32.522 AND ABOUT, WHEN YOU PUT YOUR EXTRA GARBAGE OUT, IT IS FREE, YOU CAN, BUT PLEASE BAG IT 01:36:32.522 --> 01:36:33.522 UP WELL. THE SCAVENGERS HAS BEEN WINTERING TOO. BUT THEY ARE BACK AND THEY ARE HUNGRY. 01:36:33.522 --> 01:36:34.522 SO WE ARE SEEING CROWS, RODENTS, THEY WILL BE TRYING TO GET THAT GARBAGE AND WE WANT 01:36:34.522 --> 01:36:35.522 TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BACKED BECAUSE IT WILL KEEP COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER AND 01:36:35.522 --> 01:36:36.522 BETTER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? 01:36:36.522 --> 01:36:37.522 MAYOR YOU ALLUDED TO THE EFFORT TO CLEAR THE SIDEWALKS FOR THAT SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 01:36:37.522 --> 01:36:38.522 I REALIZE THAT AGAIN THEY ARE NOT HERE. WITHOUT THE REASON WHY THEY CANCELED SCHOOL TODAY 01:36:38.522 --> 01:36:39.522 IS BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS WERE SO FILLED WITH SLUSH AND ICE? 01:36:39.522 --> 01:36:40.522 I THINK THE DECISION ON WHETHER TO CANCEL SCHOOL IS A NUMBER OF COMPLEX FACTORS THAT 01:36:40.522 --> 01:36:41.522 THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WAY. I THINK THAT THE CONDITIONS AROUND A SCHOOL 01:36:41.522 --> 01:36:42.522 OR JUST ONE OF THEM . TO BE CLEAR, THE SIDEWALKS AROUND SCHOOL SINCE THEY ARE ADJACENT PROPERTY 01:36:42.522 --> 01:36:43.522 OWNERS, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE AND ARE UNDERTAKING THEMSELVES TO DO THAT. WE ARE MAKING SURE 01:36:43.522 --> 01:36:44.522 THEY GAVE US A LIST OF THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS THEMSELVES WHERE THEY WANTED US TO CLEAR IN 01:36:44.522 --> 01:36:45.522 83 BLOCK RADIUS NOW. WE ARE DOING THAT AROUND THE SCHOOLS AND CONTINUING TO TALK WITH THEM 01:36:45.522 --> 01:36:46.522 TO BE SURE THAT IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL HELP, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN 01:36:46.522 --> 01:36:47.522 WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK THAT WE WILL DOUBLE DOWN AND OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 01:36:47.522 --> 01:36:48.522 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THEIR PART IN THAT PARTNERSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE CREWS FROM 01:36:48.522 --> 01:36:49.522 THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS THAT WILL HAVE OUR HANDS CREWS AT THEIR TO MAKE SURE 01:36:49.522 --> 01:36:50.522 THAT WE CAN ASSIST THEM. THEY MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THEIR PROPERTY THEMSELVES, THEY WILL 01:36:50.522 --> 01:36:51.522 TAKE CARE OF. THEY TOLD US WHERE THEY HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES. THEY ALSO HAVE TO DISCUSS 01:36:51.522 --> 01:36:52.522 WITH THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION BUS PROVIDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THE ROUTES THAT 01:36:52.522 --> 01:36:53.522 ARE OPEN AND SAFE AS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE KEY ROUTES OPEN 01:36:53.522 --> 01:36:54.522 FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO GET PEOPLE SAFELY TO THOSE ROUTES WE 01:36:54.522 --> 01:36:55.522 CAN GET PEOPLE TO SCHOOL. SHORT ANSWER IS, WE DID NOT MAKE THE DECISION BUT WE WANT TO 01:36:55.522 --> 01:36:56.522 DO EVERYTHING THE CITY CAN DO AS A PARTNER WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF 01:36:56.522 --> 01:36:57.522 THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WANT TO SEE THEIR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. 01:36:57.522 --> 01:36:58.522 THEIR KIDS ARE GOING CRAZY AT HOME, THEY WANT THEIR KIDS GONE , YOUR MESSAGE TO PARENTS 01:36:58.522 --> 01:36:59.522 WHO ARE AND HAVE LITTLE BIT OF CABIN FEVER. 01:36:59.522 --> 01:37:00.522 EVERY PARENT THAT HAS A KID HOME HAS KEVIN YOUR. IS NOT JUST IN SEATTLE. I HAVE BEEN 01:37:00.522 --> 01:37:01.522 FORTUNATE MOST OF MY STAFF HAS COME IN BUT THEY ARE BRINGING THEIR KIDS WITH THEM. YESTERDAY 01:37:01.522 --> 01:37:02.522 I HAD THREE KIDS IN MY OFFICE PLAYING WITH TOYS. SO WE KNOW IT IS TOUGH. ESPECIALLY SINCE 01:37:02.522 --> 01:37:03.522 THEY HAVE BEEN COOPED UP, THE SNOW IS OLD NOW AND WE ARE DONE WITH IT. SO BE PATIENT. 01:37:03.522 --> 01:37:04.522 BE SMART. IF YOU HAVE OLDER KIDS AT HOME AND YOU LIVE NEAR THE SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE A GREAT 01:37:04.522 --> 01:37:05.522 THING FOR THEM TO DO TO GO OUT AND HELP GET THEIR OWN SCHOOL READY. WE WANT TO DO OUR 01:37:05.522 --> 01:37:06.522 PART TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN OPEN TOMORROW. 01:37:06.522 --> 01:37:07.522 I THE QUESTION, YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED TO WORK ON SOME OF THE INSIDE STREETS AND BOBCATS 01:37:07.522 --> 01:37:08.522 WILL BE PUT TO PLAY AS WELL. YESTERDAY YOU SAID YOU WILL EVALUATE HIGH PRIORITY RESIDENTIAL 01:37:08.522 --> 01:37:09.522 STREETS. HOUSE THAT DETERMINED? CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT? >> YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE 01:37:09.522 --> 01:37:10.522 DID WITH SCHOOLS? 01:37:10.522 --> 01:37:11.522 THE PRIORITY HAS CONTINUED TO BEAT MAKING SURE WE MOVE AS MANY PEOPLE AND GOODS AS POSSIBLE 01:37:11.522 --> 01:37:12.522 TO GET THE CITY RUNNING AGAIN. FIRST WITH LOOKED AT PLACES WHERE METRO TRANSIT NEEDS 01:37:12.522 --> 01:37:13.522 TO PROVIDE TURNAROUND SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO END UP ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. WE ARE ALSO 01:37:13.522 --> 01:37:14.522 GOING OUT TO THOSE CLOSE RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT MIGHT HAVE STEEP SLOPES OR OTHER HAZARDOUS 01:37:14.522 --> 01:37:15.522 CONDITIONS, TRYING TO ASSESS THOSE. THEN THE 90 SCHOOL LOCATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, 01:37:15.522 --> 01:37:16.522 TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ACCESS FROM THE ARTERIAL STREETS TO THOSE SCHOOLS . CLEARING 01:37:16.522 --> 01:37:17.522 RESIDENTIAL STREET IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE SO BOTH THE EQUIPMENT FITTING DOWN THE STREETS 01:37:17.522 --> 01:37:18.522 CAUGHT THE RISK AND CHALLENGE OF PLOWING INTO CARS AND MAKING IT EVEN HARDER FOR SOME FOLKS 01:37:18.522 --> 01:37:19.522 TO GET OUT, AND JUST THE RISK OF OUR OWN EQUIPMENT GETTING STUCK IN SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. 01:37:19.522 --> 01:37:20.522 THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ASSESS PLACES THAT ARE MORE IMPASSABLE AND BE ABLE TO HELP OUT AS 01:37:20.522 --> 01:37:21.522 MUCH AS WE CAN. WERE NOT GOING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS AND TRYING TO CLEAR 01:37:21.522 --> 01:37:22.522 EVERY STREET BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE. 01:37:22.522 --> 01:37:23.522 ONE THING WE KNOW FROM PREVIOUS REPORTING IS THAT MOST OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 01:37:23.522 --> 01:37:24.522 WALKING DISTANCE OF TRANSIT. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD THING DURING THESE SNOW EVENTS. EVEN 01:37:24.522 --> 01:37:25.522 IF YOU ARE USED TO USING YOUR CAR, THIS IS A TIME TO WALK TO OUR LOCAL TRANSIT WEATHER 01:37:25.522 --> 01:37:26.522 THAT IS LIGHT RAIL OR BUS AND REALLY USE THOSE SERVICES. THOSE THAT AREN'T, I WOULD GO BACK 01:37:26.522 --> 01:37:27.522 TO THE PARENTS. EXERCISE PATIENCE. WE KNOW PEOPLE WANT THEIR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. AGAIN, 01:37:27.522 --> 01:37:28.522 WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE. IF THE WEATHER FORECASTERS ARE CORRECT AND WE GET THE HARD 01:37:28.522 --> 01:37:29.522 FREEZE TONIGHT , THOSE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED WILL TURN TO ICE 01:37:29.522 --> 01:37:30.522 AND PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN FOR THAT. SO GET THEM CLEARED NOW. I WILL GET ONE LAST SHOT OUT 01:37:30.522 --> 01:37:31.522 AND THAT IS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THE WEATHER 01:37:31.522 --> 01:37:32.522 FORECAST COULD BE 50-50. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND HAVE BEEN GETTING 01:37:32.522 --> 01:37:33.522 US THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION THEY CAN GET. IT HAS BEEN SO RELIABLE. WE HAVE PLANNED 01:37:33.522 --> 01:37:34.522 AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE. MARKET THAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING INCOMPLETE 01:37:34.522 --> 01:37:35.522 CONTACT WITH US. I REALLY WANT TO THINK THAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAM HERE MANY OF 01:37:35.522 --> 01:37:36.522 WHICH WHO HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL DISTANCES TO GET TO THEIR WORK. LESSON, IF YOU ARE OUT 01:37:36.522 --> 01:37:37.522 AND HOME TODAY, NOT ONLY SHOVEL BUT WALKED TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES . PARTICULARLY YOUR 01:37:37.522 --> 01:37:38.522 SMALL BUSINESSES. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY HARD TIME FOR THEM . I HAVE BEEN IN TALKING TO 01:37:38.522 --> 01:37:39.522 SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AND THEY HAVE NOW OPENED UP AND THOSE DAYS THAT THEY HAVE MISSED IS 01:37:39.522 --> 01:37:40.522 THERE LIVELIHOOD. IT IS A LIGHT FOR THEM AND THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. IF YOU'RE 01:37:40.522 --> 01:37:41.522 OUT, IF YOU CAN WALK TO THAT LOCAL BUSINESS, GO OUT THERE. IS ANOTHER WAY TO BREAK UP THE 01:37:41.522 --> 01:37:41.527 DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.