>>> GOOD MORNING, THE SPECIAL
MEETING COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:30 AND I AM TAMMY
MORALES.
WILL THEY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> DEBORA JUAREZ, ANDREW LEWIS?
ALEX PEDERSEN?
KSHAMA SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> TAMMY MORALES?
? HERE.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
IT WILL BE ADOPTED?
I AM HEARING NO OBJECTIONS AND
TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
BEFORE WE START, I WANT TO SAY
GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE WILL BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS
AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO SEVERAL
COMMISSIONS AND WILL BE VOTING
TO APPOINT THE FIRST GROUP OF
MEMBERS OF THE NEW EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.
I AM EXCITED TO HEAR FROM A
COUPLE DIRECTORS AS WELL AS
FROM MONISHA HARRELL, WHO HAS
BEEN HELPING TO BRING THIS
BOARD TO FRUITION AND WE WILL
BE HEARING THE FINAL
PRESENTATION OF THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT.
TO CANCEL STATED GOAL WAS TO
IDENTIFY SOME KEY ISSUES IN
OVERALL COMMUNITY SAFETY
CONCERNS SCALE BUDGET PROCESS
THAT WE WANT TO BEGIN AND WE
ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE THAT IS
A REALLY A DEMOCRATIC WAY OF
ALLOCATING PUBLIC DOLLARS AND
THE RESEARCH PROJECT IDENTIFIED
WHAT COMMUNITY NEEDS IN ORDER
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
HELPS ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR
AN EQUITABLE PROCESS, BUDGET
PROCESS, AND INCLUDES SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIORITY
INVESTMENT AREAS.
THEY CAN BE USED BY THE COUNCIL
AND BY CITY STAFF IN DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS AND BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.
FOR EXAMPLE, DIGITAL EQUITY IS
A CLEAR NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY
TO ENSURE EQUITABLE
PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS,
SO THE REPORT INCLUDES SEVERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THE
CITY COULD BE DOING TO CLOSE
THAT DEFIED.
WE KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND WE
WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THE
PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH
THE RESEARCH AND BE HEARING
ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS TO BEGIN
IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS
ITSELF.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD
TO HEAR FROM THE RESEARCH TEAM
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN IT
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE
ROOM UP AND I AM ASKING
EVERYONE TO PLEASE BE PATIENT
AS WE OPERATE THIS ONLINE
SYSTEM.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
IMPROVE. IT DOES REMAIN THE
STRONG INTENT OF THE COUNCIL TO
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IRREGULARLY
ON OUR MEETING AGENDAS BUT THE
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
MODIFY THE SYSTEM IF WE FEEL IT
IS BEING ABUSED OR IS
UNSUITABLE.
WE WILL START LIKE THIS.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL
BE FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES, THE
SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 90
SECONDS TO SPEAK AND I WILL
CALL ON TWO SPEAKERS AT A TIME
WITH THE ORDER REGISTERED ON
THE COUNCIL WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED BUT
WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF THE COMMENT
PERIOD BY GOING TO THE WEBSITE
AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS
ALSO INCLUDED IN TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKERS NAME,
THEY WILL UNMUTE TO THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND THE
PROMPT OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED
AND THAT WILL BE THE SPEAKERS
QUEUE IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK
AND THEY MUST PRESSáSIX TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING AND PUBLIC
COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO AN
ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT AND AFTER YOU
HEAR THE CHIME, WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTS AND WE ASK AT THE END
OF YOUR COMMENTS, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO LISTEN IN, YOU CAN DO
SO ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, SO
PLEASE HANG UP SO WE CAN MOVE
ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL
START WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON
THE LIST, AND THAT IS -- AND
THEY ARE RIGHT HERE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS AKIRA.
I AM A NON-BARRY NERI PERSON
AND I AM PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE
TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE
BUDGETING AND MY OWN INNOVATION
FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS BEING
A PART OF THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT WHICH WAS ABLE
TO LOOK AT THE BUDGETING AND WE
HAVE REACHED SO MANY PEOPLE AND
GETTING RESOURCES OUT THERE.
I DO NOT THINK I HAVE BEEN A
PART OF SOMETHING SO MASSIVELY
IMPACTFUL IN A VERY LONG TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
COUNTLESS PARTNERSHIPS AND GET
-- WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW THE
COMMUNITY WANTS TO MOVE INSTEAD
OF HOW WE THINK THEY SHOULD
MOVE AND WE WANT TO FOLLOW
THEIR ROADMAP BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT TO SEE THEIR VOICES
REPRESENTED IN LAWS AND FUNDING
AND SERVICES PROVIDED.
I HOPE WE TAKE THEM INTO
CONSIDERATION.
I AM SO EXCITED AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT ALL OF
THE NEXT STEPS.
THANK YOU, ALL.
>> THANK YOU, BEFORE WE MOVE, I
WANT TO NOTE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS JOINED US.
GOOD MORNING.
OKAY, WE HAVE --
>> GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
NOW YOU ARE MUTED.
I CAN SEE YOU ARE MUTED.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, I WAS TO COLLECT DATA.
THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS THAT
HAMPERED THOSE EFFORTS BUT WE
EMPLOYED AS MANY METHODS AS WE
COULD IN SEATTLE.
I TAKE PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY
AND THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
PARTICIPATING.
WE WANT TO BE EQUITABLE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT UP WE HAVE
JAKE AND THEN TRIVANA IS ON THE
LIST, BUT IS NOT PRESENT.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM JAKE.
I WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET MEETING.
I AND IN DISTRICT 2. WE LOVE
YOU.
I AM A LONG-TERM VOLUNTEER OF
THE CENTER AND A QUICK REMINDER
TO EVERYONE LISTENING, YOU CAN
CHECK OUT THE TRIB WEBSITE.
I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE TRIBE
BUT I CAN AND I WOULD LOVE TO
SAY THANK YOU TO THE
COUNCILMEMBER FOR ALL THEIR
SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY SECURING
FUNDING FOR THE SIDEWALK
PROJECT ON MARGINAL WAY.
THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET COALITION OF
196 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE CALLED ON SEATTLE TO
NOT ONLY FUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUT TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITY LED PUBLIC SAFETY,
ESPECIALLY WITHIN SEATTLE'S
HISTORICAL COMMUNITY.
A HUGE THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT
TO OLIVER FOR LEAVING US
FORWARD AND ADVOCATING FOR THE
TRIBES TO BE INCLUDED IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY.
I DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING REALLY
WAS BUT MY FIRST CONCERN
STARTED TO CLICK AND I COULD
SEE HOW THE SCOPE AND SCALE
WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM OUR
CITY BY ENCOURAGING CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT AND ENSURING AN
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
PUBLIC RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU, JAKE.
SO I SEE THAT TRIVANA IS STILL
NOT PRESENT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
OKAY.
IN THAT CASE, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE ON -- I AM LOOKING.
THERE ARE TOO MANY BUTTONS.
WE HAVE SAM.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO
GIVE MY COMMENTS ON THIS
MATTER.
I AM A 35-YEAR-OLD MALE OF
MIXED GREASE ORIGIN AND A CHILD
OF AN IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT AND A
LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEATTLE.
I HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR
THE BUDGETING.
I HAVE WORKED WITH THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT TO
BRIDGE GAPS.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT DIFFICULT
TO REACH COMMUNITIES AROUND HOW
TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
EQUITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY WITH
INCREASED FUNDING.
THEY SHINED A LIGHT ON THE
ABILITY TO MAKE POSITIVE
CHANGES LOCALLY WITH INDIVIDUAL
PARTICIPATION AND EFFORT.
I ENJOY HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH MANY WHO FELT THEY HAD NO
PERSONAL EFFECT IN MATTERS
RELATING TO FUNDING OR HOW
TAXES ARE UTILIZED.
WE WON SEVERAL OPINIONS BY
PROVING THE OLD ADAGE OF A
CLOSED MOUTH DOES NOT GET FAT.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
SUCCESS OF GETTING COMMENTS
FROM PREVIOUSLY MARGINALIZED
POPULATIONS AND AFTER-HOURS
SUCCESS, GETTING INPUT.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF OTHERS ARE
ALSO EXCITED TO HAVE THEIR
VOICES HEARD THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE
DAVIS.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
POLLY DAVIS AND MY PRONOUNS ARE
SHE/HER/HERS.
I AM PART OF COMMUNITY GROUPS
TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HARMED.
I HAVE BEEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT
SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND I AM
IMPRESSED BY THE BROAD,
IMPARTIAL REACH THEY HAVE HAD
IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IT HAS INVOLVED ORGANIZATIONS
AND PEOPLE IN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE --
IT HAS TAKEN INNOVATIVE,
DIVERSE, AND NONTRADITIONAL
APPROACHES IN REACHING OUT TO
COMMUNITIES AND GIVING THEM
VOICES AND SPACES IN WAYS THAT
WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LEARN FROM THEM BEFORE.
WE HAVE WATCHED THE
PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE BEEN PART
OF THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT BECOME MORE
COGNIZANT ABOUT WHAT THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN AND HOW
THEY SEE THEIR SPACE AND
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO KING COUNTY NOW.
I APPRECIATE SEATTLE HAS BEEN
ABLE TO FUND IMPORTANT WORK AND
PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD
ACCESS TO SUCH VENUES BEFORE TO
BE PART OF AN ENCOURAGING
PROJECT IN THESE VERY
DISCOURAGING TIMES.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE ROADMAP
THAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD
AT THE MEETING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, POLY.
NEXT, I HAVE CHRISTOPHER
THOMAS, IF HE IS LISTENING.
ARE YOU HERE?
I DO NOT THINK HE IS.
WE WILL MOVE TO PENNY O'GRADY.
>> GOOD MORNING, ARE YOU
HEARING ME
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS PENNY O'GRADY AND
I WANT TO STATE MY SUPPORT FOR
THE BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT AND THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING CYCLE WHICH WILL GO
TO ENHANCE THE SIGNIFICANT WORK
OF THIS RESEARCH.
I AM A WHITE WOMAN IN MY 60s IN
SEATTLE I HAVE BEEN
VOLUNTEERING WITH THE PROJECT,
WHICH HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.
THE EXPERTISE, ENTHUSIASM,
INNOVATION, COMMITMENT, AND
RESULTS HAS BEEN TRULY
ENERGIZING AND I FEEL PROUD
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS
WORKED WITH THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT ON
BEHALF OF GREATER EQUITY AND
JUSTICE IN SEATTLE -- I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS OF
BUDGETING. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN PAST PROJECTS FOR CITIPARKS
AND PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN
RECOMMENDED WHILE MAKING THE
FURTHER WEAPONIZATION EFFORTS
LIKE -- I CONCUR. SEATTLE IS
KNOWN FOR ITS CITIZEN
INVOLVEMENT AND INITIATIVES.
THERE IS HUGE MOMENTUM FOR
BUILDING SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
TOWARD A COMMON GOOD OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND INCLUDING EVERYONE
IN THE PROCESS.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
BUILD ON THAT AND FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THE RECOMMENDED
ROADMAP.
IT IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR
CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU, PENNY.
NEXT, WE HAVE ANTHONY POWERS,
ALTHOUGH HE IS LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
ANTHONY IS NOT HERE?
OKAY, SO WE HAVE PETER AND EMMA.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
PETER AND I USE THE PRONOUNS HE
AND HIS.
I HAVE BEEN HELPING TO
COORDINATE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS
WITH THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT AND I HAVE
HEARD FROM MY FRIENDS ALREADY.
I HAVE MET AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER
OF TALENTED INDIVIDUALS THIS
IS AN INCREDIBLE TEAM, AND THE
RESEARCHERS AND VOLUNTEERS HAD
ENRICHED MY LIFE IN THIS TIME
AND SHOW ME NOT ONLY THERE IS
ANOTHER ROAD POSSIBLE BUT ALSO
THAT I CAN BE A PART OF CO-
CREATING IT.
WE HAVE THINGS TO OFFER.
I AM A 34-YEAR-OLD WHITE MAN
AND AM EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE
OF SEATTLE AND WORKING TO
CREATE IT THROUGH THE
PRIORITIES THAT THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT HAS
LAID OUT. WE CAN DEFUND THE
POLICE AND LIVE IN PEACE AND WE
HAVE SO MUCH WEALTH IN THE
CITY.
THIS ALLOWS US TO FUND THE
PEOPLE, THE STRUCTURES AND THE
SERVICES THAT MAKE OUR
COMMUNITY HEALTHY AND ALLOWS
FOR OUR BLACK AND BROWN
NEIGHBORS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF
RESOURCES AS THEY CONTINUE TO
BE SYSTEMATICALLY EXCLUDED BY A
RACIST PRESENT-DAY ZONING LAWS
THAT ARE BULLDOZERS OF
REDLINING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
PLEASE TAKE AS MUCH MONEY AWAY
FROM THE SPD AS POSSIBLE.
THEY ARE VIOLENCE.
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
THE $5.6 MILLION OF OVERTIME
FROM LAST YEAR SHOULD BE PUT
INTO PRACTICE 40 BUDGETING.
DEFINE THEM PERMANENTLY, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PETER WE HAVE
EMMA FOLLOWED BY GERALD
BRADFORD.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO LISTEN TO SEATTLE.
MY NAME IS EMMA AND I AND HERE
FOR THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
I AM A WHITE WOMAN BORN AND
LIVED IN SEATTLE.
I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE AND SOMEONE WHO HAS
VOLUNTEERED WITH THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT.
IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE IS --
I THINK THE SYSTEM IS FAILING
US.
THE CRUCIAL QUESTION IS HOW DO
WE GET THERE?
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING HAPPENS
THROUGH ORGANIZING AND THERE
ARE MANY THAT HAVE BEEN HARMED
BY THE WIDENING INEQUITIES.
THEY NEED ONE ON ONE
CONVERSATIONS AND THEY NEED TO
ORGANIZE SUPPORT FOR THE
PROCESS.
I SUPPORT PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING BECAUSE IT IS MORE
INCLUSIVE FOR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN CITIES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT'S IN
2011 IN NEW YORK AND HAVE BEEN
SPENDING $35 MILLION.
THIS HAS AN IMPACT AND IS
FUNDED THROUGH SCIENCE PROJECTS
AND PARK RENOVATION AND OTHER
PROJECTS.
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WORKS
THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
AND INCREASES VOTING BY 7% AND
WILL --
>> THANK YOU, EMMA.
NEXT WE HAVE GERALD BRADFORD
FOLLOWED BY JAVIER MILLER.
GERALD, ARE YOU HERE?
>> WE ALSO HAVE CHRIS AND
TRIVANA ON THE LINE.
>> I HAVE YOU LISTED AS
PRESENT.
IF YOU ARE SPEAKING, YOU NEED
TO PRESSING STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
I HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT
PROJECT.
MY NAME IS GERALD BRADFORD AND
I HAVE HE AND HIM PRONOUNS.
I AM A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND
COMMUNITY MEMBER.
I WEAR MULTIPLE HATS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I GO TO TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND I
AM A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE
INITIATIVE -- THE DATA THAT THE
BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT HAS GATHERED A SUPER
IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WITH HOLISTIC NEEDS
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERTED
EFFORT TO TRY TO HEAR THE
WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH
A SURVEY AND DATA COLLECTION .
I HAVE WORKED WITH
UNDEREDUCATED AND UNDEREMPLOYED
PERSONS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TRUE
SYSTEM TO DELIVER SERVICES AND
RESOURCES DIRECTLY TO THE
COMMUNITY.
STARKLY, BLACK AND BROWN
RESIDENTS HAVE FELT POWERLESS
WHEN IT COMES TO THE DECISIONS
THAT HAVE IMPACTED THEIR
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A SEAT AT THE
TABLE WITH THE REAL EQUITABLE
VOICE.
THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THE
COMMUNITY HAS A VOICE IN HOW
PROCESSES AND FUNDS ARE
ALLOCATED.
I BELIEVE THE PROJECT WILL MEET
ALL THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WITH
WORKING AGREEMENTS IN ORDER TO
MAKE SURE THERE IS A SOLID
FOUNDATION SO THAT THE
COMMUNITY IS NOT --
>> THANK YOU, GERALD.
WE HAVE MILLER FOLLOWED BY
TENA.
AFTER THAT, I WILL GO BACK TO
CHRISTOPHER AND TRIVANA.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
MILLER AND I AM A 31-YEAR-OLD
RAISED IN SEATTLE -- I AM ALSO
IN MY COMMUNITY AND I AM
SHOWING UP TODAY AS A BLACK
MOTHER OF TWO BLACK BOYS AND IN
SUPPORT OF THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT AND I AM ALSO
A RESEARCHER . I WANT TO
EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE
SUPPORT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE
COUNCIL AND FOR EVERYONE
SHOWING UP ON THE CALL TODAY
AND I URGE CITY COUNCIL TO
FOLLOW THE PARTICIPATORY
ROADMAP THAT HAS BEEN CREATED
BY OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY
RESEARCH AND TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT IS
TRULY LETTING THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC
RACISM -- I HAVE BEEN
OVERWHELMED WITH THE REALITY
THAT THIS IS A SOLUTION TO NOT
ONLY THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE IN
THE CITY BUT ALSO A BLUEPRINT
FOR THE REST OF OUR NATION.
THIS IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL,
THAT WE ARE LEADING THE WAY AND
I URGE COUNSEL TO SUPPORT THIS
PROGRAM THAT IS ADDRESSING THE
CONOMIC CRISIS THAT WE FACE AS
BLACK PEOPLE AND BROWN PEOPLE
IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NADIA.
WE HAVE TENA FOLLOWED BY
OLIVER.
I SHOW YOU AS PRESENT.
YOU NEED TO PRESSING STAR SIX
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> HELLO.
YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW?
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU, EVERY ONE I HAVE
92nd SO I HAVE TO BE QUICK.
I AM UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT ON
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE VOTED
ON.
I WANT TO SAY IT HAS BEEN FOUR
YEARS AND IT HAS BEEN FABULOUS.
I KNOW, OF COURSE, I AM -- I
WANT TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR THE
BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT AND I AM GLAD THERE HAS
BEEN INTEREST IN RIGHTING THE
WRONGS OF THE PAST . THEY NEED
CHANGE OPPOSED TO MILITARIZING
THE POLICE.
THERE IS SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT
HAS BEEN EXPOSED AND THERE
SEEMS TO BE AN INTRA-STRATEGY
úIN A REALLOCATING THINGS AND -
PREPARATIONS IT TAKES MORE THAN
MONEY.
EDUCATION AND HOUSING IS
LACKING.
WE NEED RELIABLE HEALTHCARE WE
CAN TRUST.
WE HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT.
SEATTLE IS -- IT IS THE SIXTH
WHITST CITY AND IT IS SUPPOSED
TO BE PROGRESSIVE AND I
CHALLENGE THIS CITY TO -- I
CHALLENGE YOU TO DIG DEEPER
INTO -- YOU MAY NOT HEAR FROM
OUR MOST HARD WORKERS BECAUSE
--
>> THANK YOU.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD MORE TO
SAY.
PLEASE EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO
US.
WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE THE REST
OF YOUR COMMENTS.
SEE, NEXT WE HAVE ALL OF HER
FOLLOWED BY THOMPSON.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL.
I AM EXCITED TO BE SPEAKING
WITH YOU ALL THIS MORNING ABOUT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND
THE BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT AND THE INNOVATIVE
STEPS THEY ARE TAKING.
I KNOW WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO
DO SPEAKING ABOUT DISTRICT 2.
I AM 35 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AS WE
STEP FORWARD.
I LIKE THAT THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT IS
GIVING THE BLACK AND QUEER-LED
ORGANIZATIONS THE CHANCE TO
TRANSFORM OUR LIVES.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE DEFINE
MOVEMENT, WE WANT TO CONTINUE
DEFUNDING POLICE BUT HOW DO WE
GO TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ASSISTANCE THAT HELPS THOSE
THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED, BLACK
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND THIS
IS A CHANCE FOR US TO SET THOSE
PRIORITIES AND SHOW THAT MONEY,
RESOURCES, SUPPORT, AND POLICY
GOES TO WHERE WE NEED TO SEE
IT.
I WANT TO URGE THE CITY AND THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO STUDY
THE ROADMAP FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS CREATED THROUGH THIS
RESEARCH.
I CANNOT THINK OF ANOTHER
RESEARCH PROJECT THAT HAS --
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET A
STANDARD FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
TO SET A PAT FORDE AND TO
REMEMBER THAT WE DO HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON REPAIR AND
REPRESENTATIVE THE NATIONS
BECAUSE THEY DESERVE MORE.
>> WE HAVE THOMPSON OR RILEY
FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER THOMAS.
>> MY NAME IS THOMPSON RILEY
AND I AM A 29-YEAR-OLD BLACK
WOMAN FROM SEATTLE.
I AM SUPPORTING THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE PROJECT AND THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING . I AM
PROUD OF THE RESEARCH FROM THE
BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOLUTIONS TO
DRIVE UP INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS
IS LED BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY
AND THIS IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND HOW
THIS CAN HELP CHANGE,
ESPECIALLY EQUITY, BECAUSE THE
COMMUNITY WILL DECIDE HOW TO
SPEND $30 MILLION.
I URGE THE CITY, BOTH THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, TO
FOLLOW THE ROADMAP CREATED BY
MY COMMUNITY.
LET THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE LEAD THE
WAY.
I URGE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED
BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO
REALLY PROMOTE CHANGE.
IF YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT THE
BLACK COMMUNITY AND ABOUT THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, YOU WILL
PUT THE MONEY TO WHERE THE
RESOURCES NEED TO GO TO THE
MOST.
THE PANDEMIC HAS EXTREMELY
IMPACTED BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES AND WE NEEDED MORE
THAN EVER.
THEY ARE DONE WAITING FOR WHAT
IT IS THAT IS ALREADY OWED TO
THEM AND I AM ALSO HERE BECAUSE
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
THAT HAVE BEEN HARMED BY THE
SYSTEM ACTUALLY GET THE FUNDING
AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY
NEED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST SPEAKER I SHALL
PRESENT IS CHRISTOPHER THOMAS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN PRESSáSIX TO AENEID
YOURSELF.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
>> I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR
EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AND IN
SUPPORT OF THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT AND I BELIEVE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, OF
THE BLACK COMMUNITY SHOULD BE
ABLE TO SHOW WHERE THE MUMMY
GETS ALLOCATED AND NOT PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK FINDING THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT IS
THE BEST OPTION TO AND NOW I
YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.
I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS
PRESENT.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR CALLING
IN.
I UNDERSTAND IT IS CHALLENGING
TO GET UP AT 7:30 IN THE
MORNING TO GET YOURSELF
REGISTERED, SO I APPRECIATE YOU
DOING THAT AND BEING HERE.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR
FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WITH --
PLEASE READ ITEMS ONE AND TWO
INTO THE RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT 1797 AND 1758,
AND THE APPOINTMENT OF KRISTINA
M. SAWYCKYJ AND JESSICA
WILLIAMS-HALL FOR THOSE WITH
DISABILITIES AND THEIR UP FOR
DISCUSSION
>> THANK YOU, WE ARE HAVING A
LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE HEARING
YOU BUT THANK YOU FOR READING
THAT INTO THE RECORD.
I WILL PASS THIS TO MOLLY
BREWER TO PRESENT THE
APPOINTEES AND JUST LET MY
COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE
QUITE A FEW REAPPOINTMENTS, SO
I DO NOT BELIEVE THE FOLKS WERE
GETTING REAPPOINTED ARE ON THE
LINE.
WE HAVE SOME NEW APPOINTMENTS
AND THE FOLKS ARE HERE BUT I
WANT TO GIVE OUR PRESENTERS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO
THE FOLKS WHOSE REAPPOINTMENTS
WE WILL BE VOTING ON TODAY.
SO, MOLLY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WILL BE REALLY BRIEF.
CHRISTINA IS SEEKING
REAPPOINTMENT FOR THE
DISABILITY COMMISSION.
SHE IS A SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
SENIOR WORKING ON A STUDIES
DEGREE WITH HOPES ON GOING INTO
LAW SCHOOL AND SHE IS A
DISABLED VETERAN AND IS ACTIVE
ON MANY ISSUES INCLUDING
HOMELESSNESS, FOOD INSECURITY,
AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING.
SHE HAS BEEN SERVING ON THE
SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION
SINCE 2018 AND SHE WANTS TO DO
CONTINUED WORK.
I CAN MOVE TO JESSICA WILLIAMS-
HALL, ALSO SEEKING
REAPPOINTMENT ON THE DISABILITY
COMMISSION AND SHE HAS ATTENDED
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER
BACHELORS DEGREE IN FAMILY
STUDIES.
SHE HAS WORKED FOR WESTERN
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING
HER SERVICE ON THE DISABILITY
COMMISSION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS FOR
MOLLY?
I DO NOT SEE ANY.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND THE
CONFIRMATION OF 1797 AND 1798.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> I SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES?
WILL THEY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> ANDREW LEWIS?
ANDREW LEWIS?
>> I THINK WE ARE HAVING A HARD
TIME HEARING YOU.
>> HANG ON ONE SECRETARY .
>> DEBORA JUAREZ?
>> YES?
>> HELLO?
>> DID YOU LOSE ME?
>> WE HAVE IT FOR YOU, THANK
YOU.
>> DEBORA JUAREZ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR TAMMY MORALES?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE
CONFIRMED AND WILL BE SENT TO
THE MARCH 8 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT
ONE INTO THE RECORD?
JODY, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
STEP IN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE HER PHONE IS NOT
WORKING.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
THIS IS APPOINTMENT 1799, THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF ANNABELLE
BLACKMAN, AS A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION FOR A
TERM OF APRIL 30, 2022 FOR
POSSIBLE THOSE AND BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, MOLLY, DO YOU
WANT TO PRESENT ANNABELLE?
>> YES, SHE IS SEEKING
REAPPOINTMENT ON THE SEATTLE
LGBTQ COMMISSION AND SHE
EDUCATES THOSE WITH RELATIVE
PRIVILEGE ON THE IMPACT WITH
DECISIONS ON POLICIES AND HOW
THEY CAN HAVE WITH THOSE
WITHOUT PRIVILEGE.
SHE HAS SKILLS FOR THE DISTRICT
DEMOCRATS WHERE SHE IS THE
CHAIR OF A TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE.
SHE IS THE COCHAIR OF THE
COMMISSION AND OPERATIONS
COMMITTEE ON THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION SINCE 2019 AND LOOKS
FORWARD TO HER CONTINUED WORK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
I MOVE THEM TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
1799.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECONDED.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES?
OKAY, WILL THEY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR TAMMY MORALES?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED WILL
BE SENT TO THE MARCH 8 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS FOUR THROUGH SIX INTO THE
RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENT 1800, 1801, AND
1802.
>> SORRY, I THINK I MESSED UP
ON THE SCRIPT.
THANK YOU, SO MARTA IDOWU YOU
ARE PRESENTING FOR JACKIE AND
LIZ?
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, SO THEY ARE APPOINTED
-- TANA YASU IS ONE OF THE
COCHAIRS WITH THE COMMISSION
AND IS INTERESTED IN CONTINUING
TO DO THE WORK NECESSARY FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.
SHE HAS A HISTORY OF SERVING ON
BOARDS AND HAS BEEN PASSIONATE
WITH PREVIOUS BOARDS AND
úCOMMISSIONS.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH A
PERSONAL STAKE IN THE CURRENT
AND FUTURE VITALITY OF OUR CITY
AND SHE HOPES TO BE REAPPOINTED
úSO SHE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WORK
ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN
SEATTLE AND LOOKING AT THE
CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
HOLDING OUR CITY OFFICIALS
ACCOUNTABLE IN HER ADVISORY
ROLE.
SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING
HER WORK ON THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION.
JACKIE TURNER IS ONE OF THE
COCHAIRS OF THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSIONS AND IS ALSO
TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK NTED
NECESSARY TO CALL ATTENTION TO
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND SHE
WOULD APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
BRING HER EXPERIENCE AS A
TRANSPLANT TO SEATTLE AND A
CONSTITUENT AND A BUSINESS
OWNER AND AS A PARENT TO GET
FAIRNESS TO EVERYONE.
SHE HOPES TO CONTINUE HER WORK
WITH CONCERNS AND TO ADVISE
CITY OFFICIALS IN A POSITIVE
AND MEANINGFUL WAY.
>> THANK YOU, MARTA IDOWU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARTA IDOWU?
OKAY, I MOVE THAT THEY MOVE
FORWARD.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
I DO NOT SEE ANY QUESTIONS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> AND CHAIR TAMMY MORALES?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND IT
WILL BE SENT TO THE MARCH 8
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAVE FRED 1802 INTO THE
RECORD.
CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO TANA
YASU?
>> YES, SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN SEATTLE AND SHE HAS AN
ACTIVE MEMBER ON THE COMMISSION
AND SHE IS ATTENDING MEETINGS
AND PARTICIPATING ON COMMITTEES
AND HAS RECENTLY BECOME A NEW
COCHAIR AND ALREADY GETTING THE
BALL ROLLING WITH HER
ENTHUSIASM AND PASSION ABOUT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES AND
GIVING VOICE TO THE VOICELESS
AND COLLABORATING WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AROUND THESE
ISSUES.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE FOR HER
TO VOLUNTEER ON THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION AND SHE FEELS
HONORED TO BE ON THE COMMISSION
AND LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUE
TO DO THE WORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY EXPECTS OF HER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARTA.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
1802.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO CONFIRM HERE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
I AM SEEING NOT FOR THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> DEBORA JUAREZ?
ANDREW LEWIS?
ALEX PEDERSEN?
KSHAMA SAWANT?
TAMMY MORALES ? THERE ARE ALL
IN FAVOR AND NONE ARE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND IT
WILL BE SENT TO THE LARGE EIGHT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE.
LET'S MOVE ON.
WILL THEY PLEASE READ ITEMS
SEVEN THROUGH NINE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENTS 1803 THROUGH
1805 THE REAPPOINTMENT OF
QUINTON MORRIS AND THE
APPOINTMENT OF VANESSA
VILLALOBOS AS MEMBERS OF THE
SADDLE ARTS COMMISSION
RETURNED TO DECEMBER 31, 2022
AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THEM AS
A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE ART
COMMISSION FOR RETURN TO
DECEMBER 31, 2021 UP FOR
BREATHING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CALANDRA CHILDERS WILL TALK
ABOUT THESE APPOINTEES.
>> WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOMMEND
DOCTOR QUINTON MORRIS FOR
REAPPOINTMENT.
HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS
COCHAIR OF THE ART COMMISSION
AND HE IS A PROFESSOR AT
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND AN
ORGANIZATION THAT CONNECTS
UNDERSERVED YOUTH WITH
CLASSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT HIM
FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
>> VERY NICE, THANK YOU.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ALL THREE
OF THESE THEN.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE VANESSA
VILLALOBOS HERE . YOU PROBABLY
DO NOT REMEMBER ME BUT WE MET
AT THE CHICANO MUSEUM WHEN THEY
WERE HOSTING AN EVENT.
FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION.
>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS
VANESSA VILLALOBOS.
AND GIVING THANKS TO MY SPANISH
COMMUNITY, THAT MIGHT BE
LISTENING IN AND CANNOT SEE THE
VIDEO.
I AM SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO ADD TO THE WONDERFUL WORK OF
THE ARTS COMMISSION AND
SPECIFICALLY REPRESENTING
LATINO AND LaTINA AND LATINX
VOICES THAT IS MUCH NEEDED IN
OUR COMMUNITY AND I AM SUPER
EXCITED TO ALIGN WITH ALL THE
WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN
THE CITY, THINKING ABOUT THIS
POST-COVID WORLD.
WE NEED ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY'S
TO COME TOGETHER, SO I AM SUPER
EXCITED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AFFIRMING
THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF HER
ABILITY TO PRESENT WORKING
ARTISTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTS
ADMINISTRATORS BUT IT IS
WONDERFUL TO HAVE WORKING
ARTISTS AND TO HAVE THEIR
VOICES OFFERED UP.
>> THANK YOU, THAT IS TERRIFIC.
DO WE HAVE VIVIAN HUAN??
SHE IS ON BUT WE NEED TO
UPGRADE HER OVER TO A
PANELIST.
>> I SEE.
>> SHE IS RIGHT HERE.
>> CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN?
>> I CAN ADD SHE IS ACTING AS
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
NORTHWEST -- HAS WORKED
EXTENSIVELY WITH OUR CREATIVE
ECONOMY WORKED OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
I SEE HER ON NOW.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
WELCOME, VIVIAN.
I DID JUST WATCH SEARCHING
SKIES, YOUR SHORT DOCUMENTARY
THAT IS ON YOUR WEBSITE, SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CREATING
ART THAT REMINDS US TO RESPECT
HUMANITY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, EVEN
IF WE THINK WE DISAGREE WITH
THEM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHY YOU WANT TO SERVE
IN THIS POSITION.
>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING MY
WORK.
THAT IS HIGHLY FLATTERING.
I AM A WRITER AND DIRECTOR AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND I AM
PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING
ACCESS FOR OTHER ARTISTS.
YOU MIGHT KNOW ABOUT MY -- WE
ARE A FILM CENTER IN A HUB THAT
HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE OF AN
INTERVAL MARY SPACE RATHER THAN
SERVING ONLY FILMMAKERS, SO AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS BUILT THE ARTS,
I GET TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
SEEING THE WORKINGS OF A LOT OF
DIFFERENT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONS
ON A NUMBER OF LEVELS AND I
THINK THAT IS A PRIVILEGE THE
ARTS COMMISSION ALLOWS ME TO BE
ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THAT
PERSPECTIVE AND MAKE MEANINGFUL
CHANGE, WHICH I THINK IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
AND, YEAH, I THINK PEOPLE WHO
CAN CONNECT THE LEVELS BETWEEN
THE HIGHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
AND THE GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES
ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND
PERHAPS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OF
US IN THAT POSITION WHO CAN DO
THAT WORK, SO I AM VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND ABOUT
SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN GENERAL THAT
BUILDS BRIDGES.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
AND HAVE A NICE DAY.
>> THANK YOU, VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
ANY FOR OUR GUESTS?
OKAY, IN THAT CASE, I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS 1803 THROUGH 1805.
IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO A FIRM CONFIRMATION.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> ANDREW LEWIS?
DEBORA JUAREZ?
ALEX PEDERSEN?
KSHAMA SAWANT?
TAMMY MORALES?
FIVE IN FAVOR AND NOT OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED WILL
BE SENT TO THE MARCH 8th
COUNCIL MEETING.
BEFORE ALL OF YOU LEAVE, WE --
YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF
THE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
SERVING ON THESE COMMISSIONS.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING
AND, YOU KNOW, AS
COMMISSIONERS, YOU ARE THE
LIAISON BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND
COMMUNITY, SO THE WORK YOU DO
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HOLDING
US ACCOUNTABLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
IN THE CITY, SO I WANT TO THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO PUT IN VOLUNTEER TIME AND TO
SERVE IN THESE POSITIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOUR
APPOINTMENTS WILL BE FINALIZED
ON MARCH 8. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, WE HAVE -- DID SOMEBODY
SAY SOMETHING?
I DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
>> SORRY, I DO HAVE A RAISED
HAND FEATURE.
>> I DO NOT -- IT IS ANOTHER
SCREEN.
I KNOW.
I HAVE TWO SCREENS GOING INTO
THE TABLET.
JUST BRIEFLY, I WAS LOOKING AT
ALL THE APPOINTMENTS AND I KNOW
WE HAVE THIS BIG ONE COMING UP
WITH THE EQUITABLE INITIATIVE
ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN I
NOTICE ON EACH ONE OF THE LAST
PAGES THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, IF
THE RESIDENTIAL COUNCIL
DISTRICT OR WHAT DISTRICT FOLKS
HAIL FROM COULD BE FILLED IN
BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT
TRYING TO DO MORE INDIGENOUS
AND PERFORMING ARTS AND STOP IN
THE NORTH, WITH DISTRICTS FOUR,
FIVE, AND SIX.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE PACKAGES, I
AM NOT SEEING WHERE THEY ARE
FROM IN THE CITY, SO I WANT TO
KNOW THE GEOGRAPHICAL, TO SEE
IT EVERYWHERE SINCE WE HAVE
OPENED UP A COUPLE PERFORMING
PLACES UP NORTH FOR OUR KIDS,
LOW INCOME, BY POK, AND I AM
ASKING IF IT AT SOME POINT, WE
CAN GET IT UPDATED WITH THE
DISTRICTS IN THEIR.
>> SURE.
>> I KNOW THAT THERE ARE 13
MEMBERS AND YOU WILL FILL EIGHT
OF THOSE SEATS AND THEY WILL
HAVE TO FILL THE REMAINING.
IF WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN THAT
WAY AND GETTING YOU SOME
CANDIDATES, AND LOOKING AT
WHERE THE FOLKS HAIL FROM, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, YES, WE ARE MOVING INTO
THE LAST SET UP APPOINTMENTS
FOR THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE ADVISORY BOARD.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS 10 THROUGH 17 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENTS 1806 THROUGH
1813, APPOINTMENTS OF WILLARD
BROWN, GREGORY DAVIS, REGINA
MAE DOVE, QUYNH PHAM, MARIA-
JOSE SOERENS, YORDANOS TEFERI,
AND ABDIRAHMAN YUSUF.
>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE THIS A
REALITY AND I DO WANT TO GIVE
EACH PERSON A FEW MINUTES TO
SHARE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT BUT
FIRST I WILL -- IS DIRECTOR
SAM ASSEFA HERE?
>> I AM SORRY.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS -- I AM THE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
INDIVIDUAL MANAGER AND THOSE OF
YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT EDI
IS, IT EMBRACES TWO BROAD GOALS
WITH THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING
DISPLACEMENT AND INCREASING
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY WHILE
BUILDING ON THE LOCAL CULTURAL
ASSETS ON THE MOST MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES AND WE BELIEVE TO
ACHIEVE RACIAL EQUITY, WE NEED
STRONG COMMUNITIES AND STRONG
PEOPLE AND THIS ALSO MEANS
COMMUNITIES WITH RESILIENCE.
WE NEED EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR
ALL AND THE EDI ADVISORY BOARD
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017 AS
ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES FOR THE
EDI AND OPCD AND AN ADVISORY
BOARD AND HAS DONE
EXTRAORDINARY WORK TO HELP
UNDERSTAND THE EDI PROGRAM, AND
THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED US FOR
LEGISLATION TO CREATE A
PERMANENT STRUCTURE AND
SIGNIFICANT WORK WENT INTO
DESIGNING AN APPOINTMENT
PROCESS THAT ALLOWED FOR MORE
COMMUNITY CONTROL OF APPOINTEES
AND WE WANT TO GET A SHOUT OUT
TO MY COLLEAGUE, PATRICE
THOMAS, AND MICHAEL ROBSON,
AND WE INVITED MEMBERS OF
SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE VARYING APPLICATIONS AS WE
ARE BREAKING DOWN LAWS AND
SUPPORTING COLLABORATIONS
WITHIN THE CITY AND THE
APPOINTMENTS TO THE PERMANENT
ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAVE
CONTINUED TO MOVE AND CHAMPION
THE VALUE OF THE EDI PROGRAM
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
HAROLD, WHO HAS BEEN IN THE
CHANGES AS WE HAVE BEEN
BUILDING THE PROGRAM, WITH THE
EDI ADVISORY BOARD TO INTRODUCE
THE APPOINTEES TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK
YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS MONISHA HARRELL WITH
SHE/HER PRONOUNS AND I HAVE
BEEN A FACILITATOR FOR THE
INTERIM EQUITABLE ELEMENT
ADVISORY BOARD FOR SEVERAL
YEARS.
I COULD NOT BE PROUDER TODAY TO
ACTUALLY BE A PART OF
INTRODUCING OUR PERMANENT
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS.
WHEN WE ACT MANY OF THESE
MEMBERS TO JOIN US IN THIS
EFFORT TO MOVE FROM AN ADVISORY
BOARD TO A PERMANENT BOARD, WE
ANTICIPATED THIS PROCESS WOULD
LAST ABOUT A YEAR AND IT HAS
LASTED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND
THEY HAVE STAYED WITH US THIS
ENTIRE TIME.
I WANT TO SAY IT HAS BEEN AN
HONOR TO BE IN THE SPACE WITH
THE EDI ADVISORY TEAM, MUCH OF
THE PROGRESS AND PRIDE OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS BECAUSE OF
THE WORK OF THIS GROUP.
WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WHO TALK
ABOUT WHAT MAKES THE CITY WHAT
IT IS, ESPECIALLY THE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A CITY
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, I CAN
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD AND
I CAN SEE THEIR WORK AND THEIR
FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT AND IT
IS TRULY THE PRIDE OF THE CITY
WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE
TALKING ABOUT WHETHER IT IS THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OR THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WERE THINGS
THAT GIVE THEM THE MOST HEART,
COMES FROM THE WORK AND THE
SWEAT AND EQUITY OF THE PEOPLE,
SOME OF THEM I WILL INTRODUCE
YOU TO TODAY. THIS IS A GROUP
THAT IS LED BY THEIR VALUES AND
WE ARE CONSTANTLY ENGAGING IN
REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO
BUILD AND SUPPORT IN THIS CITY
THAT THEY LOVE AND I BELIEVE WE
WANT TO TELL YOU THEY LOVE THE
CITY AND THEY WOULD NOT GIVE SO
MUCH OF THEMSELVES IF THEY DO
NOT LOVE THE CITY AND LOVE THE
PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
THE DEPTH, THE BREATH, THE
COMMITMENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO
STEP FORWARD IS REMARKABLE.
THEY HAVE DONE IT ALL FOR THE
LITTLE SANDWICH OR SOUP I COULD
GET THEM OVER THE COURSE OF
MANY YEARS AND EVEN THE LAST
YEAR, I WAS NOT ABLE TO DELIVER
THEM A LITTLE BIT OF
NOURISHMENT AND THEY STAYED
WITH US.
THEY STAYED AT THE TABLE AND
THEY STAY COMMITTED TO THE CITY
IN A WAY THAT MAKES ME FEEL
BETTER ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE
ALL DO.
EVERY RESOURCE, THIS IS MY
PERSONAL PLEA TO OUR COUNCIL
MEMBERS, EVERY RESOURCE THAT
YOU PROVIDE THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE , IT IS
AN INVESTMENT DIRECTLY INTO THE
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I HAVE SEEN THEM TAKE A DOLLAR
AND SPREAD THAT DOLLAR
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY
MULTIPLE TIMES TO ENSURE THAT
THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE
FROM THE CITY ARE ACTUALLY
OCCURRING.
IF THEY DISCUSS HOW THAT DOLLAR
IS SPENT SO INTENSELY AND THEY
CARE FOR EVERY SINGLE
INVESTMENT THEY MAKE, NOT JUST
THE RESOURCES THAT THE PEOPLE
AND FOR THAT, I STRONGLY URGE
YOU TO SUPPORT THE CANDIDATE
THAT WE ARE BRINGING BEFORE YOU
TODAY AND TO COUNT THE MEMBER
WARRANTS, WE ARE BRINGING THE
CANDIDATES FROM THE NORTH AND
THERE ARE SOME OPEN SPOTS AND
THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON AND
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOU. WE
KNOW SEATTLE IS PART OF THIS
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION,
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT
AND I ASSURE YOU THAT THE
EDI WILL BE WORTH IT FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MONISHA
HARRELL.
PATRICE THOMAS ARE YOU
INTRODUCING THEM?
>> WE WILL GO DOWN THE LINE AND
INTRODUCE ALL THE APPOINTEES
THAT WE HAVE WITH US.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MONISHA
HARRELL FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH MR.
WILLARD BROWN.
WE SHARED SOME ABOUT WHY WE
WANT YOU TO SERVE.
>> THANK YOU, PATRICE.
MY NAME IS WILLARD BROWN AND MY
PRONOUNS ARE KEY/HIM.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE
AND I LIVE IN THE BEAUTIFUL
PART OF -- I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR
20 YEARS AND I REPRESENT THE
INTEREST AND THE GOALS AND THE
STRUGGLES OF THE PEOPLE OF
DISTRICT ONE.
I CAME TO THE INTERIM BOARD
THREE YEARS AGO AS A
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION FROM
WHICH I RETIRED THEREAFTER, BUT
HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK -- THERE
ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE OF
CONCERN TO THIS COMMUNITY, A
LACK OF INVESTMENT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, SOME WATER
ISSUES AND A LACK OF STONE
WATER CONTROL, HOUSING
DISCREPANCIES, AND A LACK OF
INVESTMENT IN OTHER
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS PART OF
THE CITY.
SO, AS I SIT ON THE INTERIM
BOARD, WE LOOK TO THOSE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE
RECOMMENDING PROJECTS TO SERVE
THE COMMUNITY AND TO SERVE IT
WELL.
I HAVE FOUGHT STRONGLY FOR
PROJECTS FOR DISTRICT ONE AND
THEY HAVE NOT ALL BEEN FUNDED,
SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE LEARNED TO
SAY, OKAY, MAYBE NEXT TIME AND
TO KEEP ENCOURAGING GROUPS AND
OTHERS TO PUT THEIR BEST FOOT
FORWARD.
MY PARTICIPATION ON THE BOARD
HAS ENABLED ME TO LEARN THESE
THINGS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING
ACROSS ALL COMMUNITIES AND
úTHERE ARE SOME SHARED
EXPERIENCES THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED EVERYWHERE WHERE
DISPLACEMENT IS A HUGE ISSUE.
INVESTMENT AND THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WEALTH GROWTH
IN THESE COMMUNITIES IS WHAT
DRIVES ME TO DO THIS, AND WITH
THAT, I WILL STOP THAT I WILL
SAY THIS.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER
30 YEARS.
I AM PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT
TEAM.
WE HAVE WORKED ON HIDE POINT AS
PROJECTS OUT NORTH, AND THE
LAST PROJECT I WORKED ON BEFORE
RETIRING IN 2010 FROM THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS FIGURING
OUT HOW TO RETAIN SOME KIND OF
RESIDENT STRUCTURE AND PRESENCE
IN THE REDEVELOPMENT.
I COME TO YOU WITH A WEALTH OF
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
HAVE WORKED TO GIVE VOICE TO I
THOSE COMMITTEES FOR A VERY
LONG TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THAT WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. BROWN.
THEN WE WILL CALL JEFFREY.
YOU ARE STILL MUTED.
>> THANK YOU, APOLOGIES.
I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME
GETTING OFF MUTE.
GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
YORDANOS TEFERI AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY
COMMISSION AND OUR ORGANIZATION
IS A CROSS-CULTURAL PARTNERSHIP
AND AMONG BLACK IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AND OUR
MISSION IS TO BUILD POWER AND
COMBAT DISPLACEMENT.
I WAS INTRODUCED TO THIS
THROUGH THE ARO-TRAN COMMUNITY
CENTER, ONE OF THE PARTNERS OF
NCC.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING PART OF A
CULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTER,
HAVING THAT COMMUNITY CENTER TO
BELONG TO, TO SERVE MY FAMILY,
MANY FAMILIES, THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO CALL TOM, TO JUST FIND THOSE
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS, AND SO
THAT WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION
TO NCC, AND AS I SAID, I GOT
MORE INVOLVED AND I AM SERVING
AS THE ED AND NCC IS A PROJECT
ORIGINATOR OF AN EQUITABLE
TRANSIT COMMUNITY PROJECT
LOCATED -- EXCUSE ME, LOCATED
AT FELLOW SQUARE.
úWE HAVE WORKED ON THAT PROJECT
FOR A GREATER PART OF THE
DECADE.
IT IS ONE OF THE FIVE EDI
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND THEY
HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF
THE RACE AND SOCIAL EQUITY TASK
FORCE SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
IT IS THROUGH THOSE
AFFILIATIONS THAT I FIRST
LEARNED OF THE EDI ADVISORY
BOARD, WHICH I JOINED IN 2019,
AND I EXPERIENCED SURVEYING ON
THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD,
WHICH HAS BEEN MEANINGFUL AND
QUITE ENRICHING.
THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DEEP
COLLABORATION THAT TOOK PLACE
ON THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD.
I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE SHARED
THAT SPACE WITH SUCH ESTEEMED
COLLEAGUES, WHO ARE VERY
COMMITTED TO FURTHERING
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU HEARD FROM
ALICIA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
JOINING AND SERVING ON THE
PERMANENT BOARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE WILL CALL TO THE TABLE
THIS GENTLEMAN.
THIS GENTLEWOMAN.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS REGINA MAE DOVE.
I USE SHE/THEY PRONOUNS.
I AM IN DISTRICT 3. I AM IN THE
-- WE HAVE THAT LITTLE TINY
SLOT BETWEEN RANIER AVENUE.
IT IS A BUSY PLACE.
SO, I AM A MEMBER OF THE PUGET
SOUND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE,
WHICH IS WHERE I LEARNED ABOUT
THE EDI ADVISORY BOARD. I
WANTED TO COME ON BOARD AS SOON
AS I LEARNED ABOUT IT.
I'M PART OF THE GOVERNANCE TEAM
AND THROUGH THE COALITION, I AM
ALSO A MANAGER FOR EQUITABLE
STREETS, WHICH IS THE YOUTH LED
COHORT OF YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR
DEDICATED TO LEARNING ABOUT
MOBILITY JUSTICE ISSUES IN
SOUTH KING COUNTY.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
I GREW UP IN KENT BUT THE
SEATTLE CENTRAL DISTRICT IS
WHAT I HAVE CALLED HOME FOR THE
LAST 15 YEARS.
IT IS ALSO WHERE A LOT OF MY
COMMUNITY RESIDES/RESIDED
BEFORE THEY WERE ALL DISPLACED
AS A RESULT OF GENTRIFICATION.
THE ONLY REASON I'M ABLE TO
STAY AND REMAIN IN DISTRICT 3
TODAY IS BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO
SECURE MORE PERMANENT HOUSING
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY HOMESTEAD
LAND TRUST BEFORE IT WAS
PERMANENTLY DISPLACED AS A
RESULT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
AFFORD RENTS.
I AM SURVEYING ON THE EDI
BECAUSE WHILE HE WAS ABLE TO
SECURE MORE AFFORDABLE LONG-
TERM HOUSING, MANY OF MY OTHER
FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE NOT.
WE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND TO
SHARE IN COOWNERSHIP AND
STEWARDSHIP OF THIS LAND, AND
TO THRIVE IN PLACE.
I BELIEVE IN THE INITIATIVES TO
ADVANCE ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLACK AND
BROWN RESIDENCES, WHICH IS WHY
I AM EXCITED TO SERVE ON THIS
ADVISORY BOARD.
THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE
YOU AT THE TABLE, REGINA.
NEXT, WE WILL CALL ABOUT WHY
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO CONTINUE TO
SERVE. THIS IS QUYNH PHAM.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LITTLE
SAIGON.
I GO BY THIS PRONOUNS.
THIS IS THE 10 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS ALSO THE
SAME AMOUNT OF TIME I HAVE
WORKED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
WHICH IS CRAZY.
I STARTED AS AN INTERIM AND I
AM NOW ED, WHICH TELLS THE
JOURNEY AND MY COMMITMENT TO
THIS WORK AND THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
LITTLE SAIGON IS AN
ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND TO SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT THAT IS THE -- CHART
OF THIS WORK IS JUST TO BRING
SMALL BUSINESSES TO THE TABLES,
SPECIFICALLY THOSE IN THE
REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS.
I MYSELF COME FROM A SMALL
BUSINESS FAMILY, SO I KNOW THE
DEEP STRUGGLES OF OPENING AND
MAINTAINING AND GROWING YOUR
BUSINESS, AND DURING CORONA,
THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
EXASPERATED OVER THE YEARS.
THEY HAVE SUPPORTED, CONTINUED
TO SUPPORT THAT WORK, AND MY
PASSION CONTINUES TO GROW IN
THIS AREA, SO I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE ON
THE ADVISORY BOARD AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO NEW NUMBERS JOINING
THE TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, QUYNH PHAM.
NOW WE HAVE -- I AM FROM
DISTRICT ONE.
IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR OF MY LIFE
TO SERVE ON THE INTERIM
ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE EDI
SINCE 2017.
I LIVE IN SOUTHPARK.
MY CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM CURRENTLY HERE BECAUSE --
WE ARE WORKING FOR A MORE
EQUITABLE FUTURE AND FOR
NEIGHBORS AROUND EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST URGENT
THINGS FOR THE CITY TO PREVENT
-- ON BEHALF OF -- WE WANT TO
LOOK AT THE INNOVATION AND
VALUES OF SOMETHING THAT YOU
DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO.
WE WANT AND ACCESS TO A PLACE
AND OWNERSHIP.
I FEEL LIKE THEY DO AN
INCREDIBLE JOB AT HIGHLIGHTING
ACCESS TO SPACE AND ACCESS FOR
THE CREATING OF ANY COMMUNITY.
I AM GREATLY HONORED TO BE ABLE
TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE
ADVISORY BOARD AND ALSO FOR OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, TO BE AWARE AND
TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WHO IS PART
OF THE MOVEMENT WITH IT
LOCALLY, AND IT HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLE TO LEARN THE
CONNECTIONS AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THE CITY AND IT HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE THREE APPOINTMENTS THAT
WE DO NOT HAVE JOINING US
TODAY.
MONISHA, I WILL DO YOU A SOLID
AND LET YOU GO IN THEIR STEAD.
WE WILL START WITH MR. GREGORY
DAVIS.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO TETHER
BETWEEN.
GREGORY MANAGES STRATEGY FOR
THE ACTION COALITION. THEY ARE
FOCUSED ON NEIGHBORHOOD
ENGAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT AND
EMPOWERMENT.
THEY OPERATE IN INITIATIVES
FOCUSED ON FOOD JUSTICE AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE
USE OF POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO
CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF HOW
PEOPLE SEE AND SPEAK OF RANIER
BEACH.
THEY FOCUS THEIR WORK ON YOUNG
ADULTS AND RESIDENTS OF RANIER
BEACH.
THEY ARE LOOKING@CONSULTING,
ADVISING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT,
AND HE DECLARES IMPROVING THE
LIVES OF SOCIETY'S MOST
VULNERABLE ARE A DRIVING FORCE
FOR HIM PERSONALLY AND
PROFESSIONALLY.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS INCLUDE
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, CITY OF
SEATTLE'S EFFORTS THAT ARE
BEING PUT FORWARD TO
ACHIEVEMENT, AND MAKING IT A
BEAUTIFUL SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE INTERIM
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE -- HE WAS ON THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I WILL STOP THERE.
THAT IS MR. GREGORY DAVIS.
SECOND, WE HAVE ABDIRAHMAN
YUSUF.
HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING
AS AN ADVOCATE AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND HE IS
AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND
WOULD LOVE THE CHANCE TO GIVE
BACK HIGHLIGHTING HIS ADVISORY
SKILLS TO THE BOARD AND THE
WORK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
HE IS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED IN
COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AS STATED,
SPECIFICALLY IN THE REALM OF
EDUCATION AND LOW INCOME
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC SECTOR
OVER ALL.
HE ENJOYS SUPPORTING
COMMUNITIES IN CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ADVOCACY AND LAND USE POLICY IN
ADDITION TO COMMUNITY-BASED
PROHIBITORY PLANNING, RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES AS WELL.
THAT IS ABDIRAHMAN YUSUF.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE MISS
LINDSAY GOES.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE URBAN
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN
SEATTLE, COMPRISE ALL OF 300
ADDITIONAL NATIONS AND SHE
BRINGS FORWARD THE TRADITIONAL
TEACHINGS AND VALUES IN
ADDITION TO HER PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE TO THE WORK GOING ON
RIGHT HERE WITH REGARD TO
INEQUITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY
AND RAPID COMMODIFICATION AND
GENTRIFICATION OF HOUSING AND
LAND AXIS, WHICH LEAVES OUT THE
LGBTQ LOW INCOME AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND -- SHE
DESIRES TO SERVE ON THE EDI
ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE SHE
WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE
STRATEGIC VISION, WISDOM, AND
CREATIVITY THAT IS FOUNDED WITH
ACCESSES OF RESOURCES THAT ARE
VITAL TO THE SYSTEMIC SUPPORT
OF LAND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH
SEEKS TO BUILD AND CONTAIN
WEALTH WITHIN A SMALL SECTOR OF
THE POPULATION.
THAT IS MISS LINDSAY GOES
BEHIND.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE COVERED ALL
EIGHT OF OUR RECOMMENDED
APPOINTMENTS.
>> VERY NICE, THANK YOU,
PATRICE.
YOUR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS MADE
ME CRY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR TO
BE APPOINTEES FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
MY COLLEAGUES, DO WE HAVE ANY
APPOINTEES OR COMMENTS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED.
OKAY, DID YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING ELSE?
OKAY.
SO, I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG
TIME COMING AND YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO STICK IT OUT SO
YOU CAN LIFT UP THE VOICES OF
YOUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
TOO OFTEN, THESE ARE THE VOICES
THAT ARE LEFT OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD CHANGE AND
GROW.
WE KNOW THAT EDI IS ALL ABOUT
ENSURING WHAT INVESTMENT COMES
INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY
ARE ALREADY HERE.
THEY ARE ALREADY LIVING IN
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY
GET TO BENEFIT FROM THE
PROSPERITY THAT IS COMING
RATHER THAN GET PUSHED OUT.
SO I KNOW YOU HAVE GOT
IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD OF YOU BUT
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU MY
PERSONAL COMMITMENT, THE POWER
OF MY OFFICE TO HELP ELEVATE
YOUR WORK AND TO ENSURE EQUITY
IS A PART OF EVERY CONVERSATION
IN OUR DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS.
SO, WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO
MORE QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
AS I MOVE THE COMMITTEE TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS 1806 THROUGH 1813,
IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION AND
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
COUNCIL MEMBER WALRUS?
>> AYE.
>> ANDREW LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> KSHAMA SAWANT, ALEX
PEDERSEN, TAMMY MORALES?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR
THE APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED
WILL BE SENT TO THE MARCH 8th
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU . WE WANT TO FINISH GETTING
THE BOARD SEATED AND TO DO THE
WORK YOU ARE DOING.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
18 INTO THE RECORD?
>> BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT PRESENTATION AND
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL
PRESENTERS HERE.
I DO WANT TO SAY BEFORE THEY
GET STARTED, WE HAVE SPENT THE
LAST SIX MONTHS DISCUSSING THE
NEED FOR GREATER EQUITY AND HOW
THE CITY WE ALLOCATE RESOURCES,
WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
THESE KINDS OF ISSUES IN
RELATION TO EVERYTHING FROM
HOMELESS SERVICES THAT HAVE
IMPACTS ON OUR INDIGENOUS AND
BLACK NEIGHBORS AND WE TALKED
ABOUT EQUITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE
INVEST IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO COVID
VACCINES, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT IT IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOW MUCH WE
SHOULD BE INVESTING IN
COMMUNITIES WHO SUFFER
DISPROPORTIONATELY FROM
COMMUNITY SAFETY ISSUES.
AND ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS,
COMMUNITY IS TELLING US THE
SAME THING.
THAT IS LET COMMUNITIES
IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN STRATEGIES.
RECENTLY, WE HEARD FROM DOCTOR
BEN DANIELSON AT A RECENT
MEETING THAT SAID THE CITY MUST
BE CLEAR THAT WHAT POWER WE ARE
TRANSFERRING TO THE COMMUNITY,
WE MUST BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE
ARE TRANSFERRING IT, MOSTLY
BECAUSE FOLKS ARE SICK OF BEING
AT TABLES FOR DECISIONS THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
AS DOCTOR DANIELSON SAID TO
SOMMA THIS IS ABOUT NAMING THE
PROCESS ITSELF AND THE CITY
NAMING THE POWER THEY ARE
WILLING TO SHIFT.
SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO LISTEN
TO WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING
FOR, NAMELY A SHIFT IN HOW THEY
ACCESS RESOURCES AND DECISION-
MAKING POWER.
SO I WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW
THINGS.
THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING SINCE
2015.
THIS IS NOT A NEW THING THAT
WE ARE EMBARKING ON.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONLINE TOOLS
FOR SUBMITTING IDEAS AND
FOREBODING.
CITY STAFF ALREADY HAVE SOME
EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS
THROUGH THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
PHASE AND WE ALREADY HAVE A
SYSTEM FOR PAPER BALLOTS AND
ONLINE VOTING, SO WE CAN
CERTAINLY LEARN SOME THINGS
FROM HOW WE HAVE DONE THIS IN
THE PAST AND IT IS TIME TO
SCALE UP ALL OF THAT WORK AND
TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT
OUT OF OUR DECISION-MAKING
PROCESSES.
I AM EXCITED TO HEAR FROM OUR
PRESENTERS . I KNOW WE WILL
HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM BUT WE
WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE NOW
TO SHAUN GLAZE AND LETANIA
SEVERE.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO IS
LISTENING.
I ALSO AM JUST INCREDIBLY MOVED
TO BE PRESENTING THIS RESEARCH
BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS
ENTRUSTED US WITH THIS PROCESS
AND WITH SHARING STORIES WITH
US.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO THE EDI TEAM.
THEY DO GREAT WORK.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
COMMUNITY HOW CRUCIAL THEY ARE
AND HOW TRUSTED THEY ARE TO BE
ABLE TO REALLY GET WHY LOOKING
AT MAKING SURE THE FOLKS WHO
SHOULD BE MAKING THE DECISIONS
ARE FRONT AND CENTER.
I WANT TO SAY THAT.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF
WITH -- WE ARE ON THE ANCESTRAL
AND CURRENT LANDS OF -- I AM
HERE.
I AM EXCITED TO REPRESENT THIS
TRIBE AND TO BRING THEM INTO
THIS PHASE TO SAY THANK YOU,
APPRECIATION, AND GRATITUDE.
I WANT TO DO THINGS -- THIS IS
IMPORTANT BUT ALSO BECAUSE
NATIVE SOVEREIGNTY AND BLACK
LIBERATION ARE INTERTWINED AND
AS WE PRESENT ON THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT, AS
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM COMMUNITIES AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHITE FOLKS,
EVERYONE, I WANT TO SAY FIRST
AND FOREMOST HOW WE HAVE BEEN
IN THIS STRUGGLE TOGETHER AND
NOW WE ARE ABLE TO PRESENT WHAT
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN NEXT.
SO THAT SAID, I KNOW IT IS
RAINING, I WANT TO WALK WITH
YOU ALL AND TALK WITH YOU ALL.
HELLO, WELCOME TO FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 26th.
THESE ARE THE FINDINGS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS RESEARCH DID
NOT COME OUT OF NOWHERE.
IT CAME OUT OF DECADES OF
STRUGGLE BY BLACK AND BROWN
FOLKS, SAYING, HEY, WILL YOU
STOP KILLING US AND INVEST WHAT
WE KNOW KEEPS A SAFER,
HEALTHIER, AND WHAT WE NEED TO
THRIVE?
THIS ALL CAME TO A HEAD IN PART
DUE TO THE POLICE MURDERERS OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND SEVERAL OTHER
BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND IT
IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FACE HARMED
BY POLICE, INCLUDING BY POLICE
IN SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
HAPPENED, PROTESTS, TENS OF
THOUSANDS IN THE STREET,
MARCHING EVERY DAY AND WITHOUT
THEM WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS
RESEARCH BECAUSE ENOUGH
PRESSURE WAS PUT INTO PLACE
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE A
BLUEPRINT, TO COME UP WITH A
PLAN AND THE PLAN SAID LET'S DO
RESEARCH AND THEN ASK THE
COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY
AND ASK WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER
TO BE SAFER AND TO BE HEALTHIER
AND TO THRIVE AND TO TURN THAT
INFORMATION INTO A PLAN.
WE ARE NOT JUST DOING RESEARCH
FOR RESEARCHERS SAY QUIT DOING
IT REALLY DEVELOP A PLAN AND
NOT JUST ANY PLAN BUT A PLAN
THAT IS ROOTED ON THE
EXPERIENCE OF BLACK AND BROWN
FOLKS WHO ARE MOST HARMED BY
POLICING VIOLENCE AND BY OUR
SYSTEMIC AND CURRENT INVESTMENT
IN -- AS WE TRY TO BUILD A
ROADMAP FOR WHAT TO DO INSTEAD.
SO, SPOILERS, WHAT WE ARE DOING
INSTEAD IS PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
THAT, AS YOU SAID COME WE HAVE
DONE SINCE 2015.
IT IS A DEMOCRATIC WAY OF
SHARING RESOURCES. I THOUGHT I
WAS SHARING MY SCREEN.
>> AWESOME.
WE WILL GO TO SLIDE NUMBER
FOUR.
SO THE COMMUNITY IS EAGER TO
BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
MOST ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
CONTINUING TO INVEST IN
POLICING.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING
HOW TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE
WITHOUT POLICE, COERCION, OR
THE THREAT OF SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE
OR OPPRESSION.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING, A LIST OF THEM ARE ON
THE LIST.
INVEST IN LIVED EXPERIENCES.
THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM
ARE BEST SUITED TO FIND A
SOLUTION AND THEY ARE THE
EXPERTS IN THIS WORK.
WE WANT TO ADJUST THE ROOT
CAUSES OF HARM AND CREATE
HEALING, CONNECTION,
NOURISHMENT, SAFETY AND SUPPORT
TO PREVENT HARM AND TO INVEST
IN PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE
SOLUTIONS.
STOP PUNISHING INDIVIDUALS FOR
SYSTEM: FAILURES.
WE NEED TO TRANSFORM FAILING
SYSTEMS LIKE HOUSING AND
COMMUNICATION AND WE -- WE NEED
TO EMBRACE A NEW NORMAL, TO
LISTEN AND FOLLOW AND NORMALIZE
LEADERSHIP FROM THOSE CLOSEST
TO THE ISSUE AND FOSTER
SOLIDARITY ACROSS OPPRESSION
THAT TYPICALLY DIVIDE
COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS ANTIBLACK
RACISM, TRANS PHOBIA, ABLEISM,
AGEISM, AND SEXISM.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
LET'S GO UP ONE GO BACK ONE
THANK YOU.
SO THROUGHOUT THE RESEARCH,
THESE ARE THE TAKEAWAYS THAT
CAME UP REPEATEDLY.
AND I WILL START WITH THE QUOTE
HERE.
BLACK WOMEN SHARE, WHEN THEY
GET RESOURCES, EVERYONE GETS
FED.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HEARD A
LOT.
SHE IS FROM AGED 35 TO 45,
LIVING IN SEATTLE.
WE HEARD THIS A LOT AND THAT IS
WHY HAVING THIS RESEARCH, IT
MEANS EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND -- SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS
STOP CAUSING HARM.
FAVORED CRIMINAL, LEGAL, AND
OTHER INVESTMENTS.
ELIMINATE WORKERS AND WORK THAT
CAUSES HARM.
CUT COURT, CORRECTIONS, POLICE,
AND PROBATION FUNDING AND
REINVEST THAT INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GREAT INCLUSIVE
POLICIES.
THIS LOOKS LIKE PRIORITIZING
WORKERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES
AND STUPEFYING CONTRACTING.
LIKE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN GET
FUNDING TO GET THE WORK THEY
DO.
FOLLOW BLACK LEADERSHIP.
PARTNER WITH BLACK LIFE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SPECIALIZE IN THE WORK AND STOP
PUTTING BLACK LEADERS AGAINST
ONE ANOTHER AND COMMUNITIES.
PAY FOR COMMUNITY EXPERTISE.
FUND BLACK COMMUNITY EXPERTISE.
THE CITY INVESTED $3.9 MILLION
INTO THIS PROJECT TO SET
PRIORITIES FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING AND TO CREATE A
ROADMAP FOR AN INCLUSIVE
EQUITABLE PROCESS IN SEATTLE.
AS YOU HEARD, MANY TIMES, IT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE
CITY, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR
FOLLOWED A ROADMAP THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS CREATED.
WE MUST END THE PRACTICE OF
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ASKING FOR COMMUNITY
INPUT AND IGNORING IT AND DOING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
LASTLY, WE NEED TO INVEST IN
THRIVING SOLUTIONS AND MAKING
IT EASIER TO FIND EFFECTIVE
RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING AND
INVEST IN AND IDENTIFICATION
AND PERMANENT HARVESTING.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT
CAME OUT OF THE RESEARCH TO SET
THE BUCKETS FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING?
THESE ARE THE FIVE FOCUS AREAS
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE
PRIORITIES THAT WILL BE GUIDING
THE 2021 TRANSFER PROCESS.
FIRST WE HAVE HOUSING AND
PHYSICAL SPACE.
IT IS NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE
LIVING IN SEATTLE, THAT HOUSING
AND PHYSICAL SPACE IS NUMBER
ONE NUMBER TWO, MENTAL HEALTH
WAS CLOSE TO HOUSING.
I THINK PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC,
IT WAS AN ISSUE.
I THINK IT IS EXACERBATED OVER
THE LAST YEAR AS WE HAVE
CHANGED THE WAY WE LIVE AND
RESOURCES ARE HARD TO ACCESS
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT DO
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET.
IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
INEQUALITY AROUND GETTING CARE
AND VACCINES AND HOUSING AND
MENTAL HEALTH ARE AT THE TOP OF
THE LIST, FOLLOWED BY YOUTH AND
CHILDREN, OBVIOUSLY, FOLKS ARE
WORKING FROM HOME.
I KNOW THAT SEAN HAS A KID,
TRYING TO DO WORK WHILE IN THE
HOUSE AND NOT HAVING ACCESS TO
CHILDCARE AND IT CAN BE
DIFFICULT.
FOR THOSE WORKING, THAT ARE
SOCIAL WORKERS, CHILD CARE IS A
BIG ISSUE.
AGAIN, MENTAL HEALTH IS
EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO
NOT A SURPRISE, ESPECIALLY IN
SEATTLE.
THEY NEED RELIEF TO ADDRESS THE
TRIPLE CRISES WE ARE IN.
WE ARE IN A RECESSION AND THERE
IS SYSTEMIC RACISM.
THERE IS THIS COOPERATIVE
SOLUTION THAT CAN CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES -- THAT IS WHAT
FOLKS ARE SAYING.
LASTLY, WE HAVE A CRISIS WITH
WELLNESS.
WE NEED ALTERNATIVES TO THE
HARMFUL 911 AND CRISIS RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
THIS SHOULD BE STAFFED BY
TRAINED AND SKILLED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
I WILL PASS IT TO YOU.
>> GREAT, THAT IS WONDERFUL.
OKAY, THANK YOU, TECHNOLOGY.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT SOME
OF THE KEY FINDINGS FISH HAS
BEEN PRESENTED ON A WEEKLY,
EVERY MONDAY, WITH THE TEACH
INS AND WITH EMAIL UPDATES AND
WE HAVE BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
WITH OFFICE OUR.
NONE OF THAT SHOULD TELL MIKE A
SURPRISE.
ALSO, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL NOT
SELL MAKE MUCH OF A SURPRISE
BUT HERE WE ARE WITH THE MAIN
EVENT, PB, OR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
WE HEARD SOMEONE CALL IT PB
AND J, AND ALL IT IS IS ABOUT
CREATING OR HAVING AN ANNUAL
PROCESS WHERE WE THE PEOPLE GET
TO DECIDE HOW PUBLIC MONEY IS
PENT.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT SEATTLE
SINCE 2015 AND SMALLER SCALE
FOCUSED ON PARKS AND STREETS
AND OTHER INVESTMENTS LIKE
SIDEWALKS, AND THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AND NOW INSTEAD OF
RELYING STRICTLY ON PARKS AND
STREETS AND THOSE KIND OF
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, WE SAID,
HEY, YOU TOLD US THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE TRUE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HEALTH,
AND YOU SAID IT IS HOUSING AND
PHYSICAL SPACES, MENTAL HEALTH
AND YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CRISES
AND WELLNESS.
NOW IT IS TIME TO DESIGN IT
OUT.
HERE, I HAVE FOR YOU ALL THIS
SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT
STEPS AND WE ARE IN THE DESIGN
PHASE, AND THAT IS WHEN THAT
COMMUNITY TALKS AND SAYS THIS
IS WHAT WE WANTED TO LOOK LIKE,
HENCE THE RESEARCH.
IS WHERE THE OUTREACH STARTS,
WHICH HAS ALREADY KICKED OFF.
PEOPLE ARE DOING TEACH INS AND
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.
THAT IS ALSO THE STAGE OF WHERE
THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
SELECTED.
AFTER THE DESIGN, AFTER WE GET
TOGETHER AND SAY HERE IS A
ROADMAP ANGER 1200, 1300 PAGE
REMARKED THAT WILL LOOK AT THOSE
-- IT EXPLAINS SOME IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATIONS WITH BARRIERS
AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THE
IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING DEEPLY
IN DIGITAL EQUITY.
>> NEXT.
THE FUN PART OF COMING UP WITH
IDEAS RELATED TO THOSE BUCKETS,
THOSE INVESTMENT AREAS.
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
COMMUNITY IS GOING TO
BRAINSTORM LIKE WE HAVE BEEN
DOING FOR YEARS.
WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS WE
RECOMMEND.
AND THEN WE TURN THOSE INTO
THINGS PEOPLE CAN VOTE ON.
WE TALL THEM PROPOSALS.
AND TURN THEM INTO ISSUES ON
THE BALLOT THAT PEOPLE CAN SAY
YES.
OR NAH TO.
SO THE WINNING PROJECTS ARE THE
ONES THAT GET FUNDED.
SO THE MOST VOTES WINS.
AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS,
WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY
SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HOW
SOMETIMES WHEN WE SAY A PROCESS
IS DEMOCRATIC, WE DON'T REALLY
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WE DON'T
HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
FOR JUST ABOUT ANY SYSTEM THAT
YOU CAN THINK OF.
THE PLAYING FIELD IS NOT LEVEL.
SO BEING ABLE TO ASK ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC WAYS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
LOCKED OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS.
AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS
TOGETHER, NOT JUST WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BUT ALSO, CITY WORKERS WHO ARE
ABLE TO GIVE US INSIGHTS IN
TERMS OF HOW LIKE INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM HAS FUNCTIONED, IN TERMS
OF HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE
CHANGE OR STOP THAT FROM MOVING
FORWARD.
HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PART OF
THIS RESEARCH PROCESS.
>> YOU ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE STEERING COMMITTEE?
BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU, WE HAVE
LOOKED AT THE FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS.
AND THE STEERIN COMMITTEE AND
HOW THEY'RE SELECT SIDE NUMBER
1. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LAUNCH
INTO THAT.
AND THE DESIGN PHASE IS WHEN
THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS
PICKED.
WHO IS THE STEERING COMMITTEE?
THESTEERING COMMITTEE IS A
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE
RULES FOR P.D., WHICH IS
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY IS THAT USUALLY, WHEN
THERE'S SOME TYPE OF JOB THAT
IS IMPORTANT LIKE THIS, THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE EVALUATING THE
JOBS DON'T OFTEN HAVE THE
EXPERTISE AND THE EXPERIENCE TO
KNOW LIKE WHO IS GOOD FOR THIS
ROLE OR WHO IS NOT.
SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH, WHEN
WE TALKED TO COMMUNITY IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING
A PROCESS WHERE THE JOB
DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE STEERING
COMMITTEE ARE POSTED WIDELY.
AND THEN FROM THE MOST OF
REQUESTED GROUP OF PEOPLE,
WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT LIKE
YOUR CANDIDATE POOL.
LIKE YOUR TOP NOTCH CANDIDATE
POOL.
SOME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WILL BE
SELECTED.
10 PEOPLE, WILL BE SELECTED
FROM THOSE MOST QUALIFIED
TORANDOMLY BE ON A JURY.
JUST LIKE YOU GET JURY DUTY IN
THE MAIL.
YOU WOULD GET JURY DUTY TO HELP
SERVE THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, COULD
STEERING COMMITTEE, BASED ON
THE CRITERIA, ARE ALSO THE ONES
WHO ARE EVALUATING WHO MAKES A
GOOD FIT FOR THE STEERING
COMMITTEE.
SO JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
CANDIDATE POOL, A SMALL NUMBER
OF THEM BECOME THE JURY.
AND THEY REVIEW IT TO THE OTHER
HIGH SCORES.
THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN AM I SUPPOSED TO PASS
THIS YOU?
MY BAD.
>> YES.
I'M UP.
THANK YOU.
WHAT ARE THESE CRITERIA SEAN IS
TALKING ABOUT?
HERE THEY ARE.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM
OUT.
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE CRISES
TERRIAUX MUST INCLUDE PEOPLE
WITH THE FOLLOWING LIVED
EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOLLOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF
LIVED EXPERIENCES.
AND HERE ARE THE EXPERIENCES
THAT PEOPLE TOLD US TIME AND
TIME AGAIN, NEEDED THE VERY
INTEGRAL TO THE LEADERSHIP ROLE
WITHIN PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
NUMBER 1, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED.
NUMBER 2, PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL
CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
NUMBER 3. PEOPLE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS.
NUMBER 4, PEOPLE WITH
DIABILITIES.
NUMBER 5, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANS,
NONBINARY, OR GENDER-
NONCONFORMING.
NUMBER 6, BLACK WOMEN.
7, OLDER ADULTS.
8, YOUTH.
YOU MAY ASK WHY TWO?
WHEN YOU GET YOUNG PEOPLE, A
LOT OF TIMES THEIR VOICE GETS
DROWN OUT.
AT LEAST GIVE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER
AND AMPLIFY THEIR VOICE A
LITTLE MORE IN A GROUP OF OTHER
ADULTS.
PEOPLE FROM THE AFRICAN
DIASPORA.
10, A PERSON APPOINTED BY
DUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES, AT
LEAST ONE PERSON.
AND NUMBER 11, PEOPLE FROM
COMMUNITIES OVERREPRESENTED IN
NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES.
BACK TO YOU, SHAWN.
>> I HAD TO CHASE MY KID.
THERE WE GO.
HERE WE ARE.
SO YOUR STEERING COMMITTEE IS
SEVEN PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, 7 PEOPLE BECAUSE
THAT'S A NUMBER PEOPLE SAID WAS
SMALL ENOUGH TO MAKE DECISIONS,
LIKE NIMBLY ENOUGH IN ORDER TO
BE SUCCESSFUL.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST
SEVEN PEOPLE YOU ARE WORKING
ALONG P.B.
IN P.B., EVERYONE CAN BE PART.
STEERING COMMITTEE IS PAID.
JURY IS PAID.
THENNEE HAVE THESE OTHER
COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO ARE
SERVING ALMOST LIKE A CABINET.
SO SEVERAL PEOPLE SERVING
TOGETHER TO MAKE P.B.
HAPPEN.
AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE
HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME
TO HELP MOVE THIS EFFORT ALONG
AS WELL.
SEE SO HERE ARE YOUR P.B.
WORK JUPES.
HAVE YOU YOUR STEERING
COMMITTEE WHICH WE TALKED
ABOUT.
YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR
ACCOUNTABILITY WORKGROUP.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON
HOW THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
IS GOING.
HELPING TO DEVELOP OUT THE
COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS OR COV
NANTS, SOME PEOPLE USE THAT
LANGUAGE.
GROUNDING PRINCIPALS.
IN PART OF THE RESEARCH
THEMSELVES.
WHICH HAS SOME INFORMATION ON
THAT AND IN PART BASED ON THEIR
EXPERTISE.
THAT'S WHY THEY WERE HIRED INTO
THIS POSITION.
THEY'RE ALSO THE WORK GROUP
THAT IS GOING TO BE BRINGING
APPROPRIATE PARTIES TOGETHER TO
RESOLVE ISSUES, BECAUSE WE ARE
HUMANS AND WE HAVE CONFLICT.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE EXPECT CONFLICT.
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING
TO BE HANDLED.
ACCOUNTABILITY WORK GROUP IS
THAT WORK GROUP.
WE ALSO HAVE YOUR OUTREACH WORK
GROUP.
IF YOU ARE AN EXTROVERTED
PERSON AND YOU LOVE TALKING TO
COMMUNITY AND YOU MAKE SURE NO
ONE IS LEFT OUT.
OUTREACH WORK GROUP IS PROBABLY
YOUR JAM.
YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT
SPREADING THE WORD AND MAKING
SURE PEOPLE ARE INCLUDED.
SIMILARLY HAVE BUDGET DELEGATES
AND PROCESS FACILITATORS.
SO IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO
REALLY LOVED OFFICE SUPPLIES
AND ORGANIZING THINGS AND
GETTING FILES AND FILING
CABINETS.
YOU PROBABLY WOULD SEE YOURSELF
HERE.
BUDGET DELEGATES AND
PROCESSFACILITATORS, TAKE THE
INFORMATION AND MAKE IT EASIER
TO UNDERSTAND.
THEY TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS
LIKE THIS IS THE SAME IDEA,
SEVEN TIMES.
AND THEY MAKE IT INTO LIKE ONE
THING.
SO WE'RE NOT ALL SIFTING
THROUGH AS MUCH INFORMATION.
AND THEY ALSO HELP MAKE SURE
THAT THE PROCESS IS ON TRACK.
WE'LL TALK -- WE CAN TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT WORK GROUP OR ANY OF
THESE WORK GROUPS IN Q&A.
>> THE RESTORATIVE AND SAFETY
GROUP IS ALSO CRUCIAL.
THEY MAKE SURE P.B.
IS ON TRACK.
WE STARTED ALL OF THIS.
BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE NEEDED TO
BE LESS INVESTMENTS IN THE
THINGS THAT HURT US AND MORE
INVESTMENT IN THE THINGS THAT
PROMOTE LIKE HEALTH AND
HEALING.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS A WORK GROUP THAT IS HYPER
FOCUSED ON WHAT AND KNOWS
CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE LAST WORK GROUP I WANT
TO EXPLAIN HERE IS THE LIVERED
EXPERIENCE WORK GROUP.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT
PEOPLE SAID WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
ADD THEIR VOICE, EXPERTISE TO
THE P.B.
PROCESS.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR
LIVED EXPERIENCE WORK GROUP IS
WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES
THERE.
ALL OF THESE WORK GROUPS,
WORKING TOGETHER, FROM
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT THEY SHOULD
BE PAID.
WELL COMPENSATED FOR THEIR
ROLES, SIMILAR TO THE CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ABLE TO DO
WORK LIKE THIS AS PART OF THE
CITY.
THERE'S SO MANY TIMES WE HEARD
STORY AFTER STORY OF PEOPLE
BEING PAID WITH LIKE PIZZA.
EARLIER, WE HEARD SOUP, RIGHT?
MAYBE YOU GET LIKE A $25 GIFT
CARD OR GAS CARD.
MEANWHILE, THE OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE ROOM WHO ARE STILL
LISTENING TO YOUR FEEDBACK.
ARE MAKING SOMETIMES 40, $50 AN
HOUR OR MORE.
AND WE WANT TO SEE COMMUNITY
PAYS STRONG EQUITY.
AND THAT COMMUNITY WANTS TO
SEE, COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THEMSELVES, BEING THE LEADERS,
THE ARCHITECTS, THE DRIVERS OF
THIS PROCESS.
AND THAT CITY EMPLOYEES CAN
PLAY AN IMPORTANT SUPPORTIVE
ROLE, DO THINGS LIKE WRITING
CHECKS.
DOING THINGS LIKE CONNECTING
THESE WORK GROUP MEMBERS
WITHPEOPLE WHO CAN ADVISE THEM
ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC.
AND ALSO, OFFERING REQUESTED
ANSWERS, RELATED TO LIKE A CITY
PROCESS.
SO IN EVERY ONE OF THESE WORK
GROUPS, YOU ALL, WE ARE
EXPECTING THAT THOSE WHO ARE
MOST LIKELY TO BE HARMED OR
KILLED BY SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
VIOLENCE ARE CENTERED.
THIS HELPS ENSURE THEY HONOR
EQUITY.
AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MOST PARMED ARE FRONT AND
CENTER, REALLY LEADING THIS
WORK.
WITH THAT SAID, I THINK I PASS
IT BACK TO WEI.
>> YOU DO.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
WHEN ARE WE DOING THIS?
WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
SO YEAH.
THIS PROCESS WAS ALREADY
STARTED.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THE DESIGN
PHASE NOW.
WE'RE ALSO IN THE OUTREACH
PHASE.
THERE HAVE BEEN TEACHINGS
HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY.
FOLKS HAVE TAKEN P.B.
TOOLKIT THAT WAS CREATED OUT OF
THIS RESEARCH.
AND THEY'VE GONE OUT.
AND THEY ARE SPREADING THE WORD
TO THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
NETWORKS.
AND YOU, TOO, CAN DO THAT.
I WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION
WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SPREAD
THE WORD OFF PB2 OFF ANY AND
EVERYONE.
SO THEY CAN BE INVOLVED.
SO OUR GOAL HERE IS TO GET
STARTED REAL SOON.
SO TODAY IS FEBRUARY 26th.
AND YOU SEE MARCH 7th ON THEIR
IDEA COLLECTION.
WE WOULD LOVE TO GET STARTED ON
IDEA COLLECTION REAL SOON.
AND LET THAT GO THROUGH APRIL.
LATE APRIL.
SO FOLKS CAN HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO START PUTTING IN
THEIR IDEAS ABOUT -- THAT FALL
WITHIN THOSE FIVE BUCKETS.
AND THE THINGS THEY WANT TO SEE
TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND
BRING SAFETY IS HEALTH AND
THRIVING TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO THEN AFTER THAT, IT WOULD BE
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IS WHERE
IDEAS BECOME ACTUAL CONCRETE
PROPOSALS.
THAT WOULD BE WITH THE HELP OF
FOLKS WHO UNDERSTAND SCOPING
AND ARE BUDGET DELEGATES.
AND PROCESS FACILITATORS.
WILL ASSIST WITH THAT.
THAT WILL BE APRIL THROUGH JULY
12th.
AND THEN INTO VOTING.
SO VOTING COULD BE ONLINE AND
OFF LINE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE
THIS PROCESS AS ACCESSIBLE AS
POSSIBLE.
WE'VE EVEN PUT IN INFORMATION
INTO THE REPORT.
ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH
FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY INCARCERATED WITH
INDIVIDUALS TO GIVE THEM THE
IDEA FOR A PORTION OF THIS
PROCESS, AS WELL AS IN THE
VOTING PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE A FEW IDEAS OF HOW
OFFLINE VOTING CAN WORK IN THE
REPORT.
AND THEN AFTER VOTING HAPPENS,
FUNDING, AND IMPLEMENTATION.
HOPEFULLY LATE 2021.
SO LATER THIS YEAR.
AND THIS SHOULDN'T BE A ONE-
TIME PROCESS.
I KNOW WE GOT ONE-TIME FUNDING.
BUT THAT'S JUST A TECHNICALITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CITY
OPENING UP NEW FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THIS THE
WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY SHOULD
ALWAYS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO
DECIDE HOW COMMUNITY FUNDS,
CITY FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT.
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW,
SHAWN MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE
TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
COMMUNITY.
BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY AND
DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEY HAVE MONEY THAT THEY
WOULD LOVE TO PUT THROUGH PB.
I THINK IT JUST HAS TO BECOME
THE CULTURE OF THE CITY.
THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
SHOULD PERCENTAGE OR SOME
AMOUNT OF THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET
THROUGH A P.B.
PROCESS.
IT PROMOTES A DEMOCRATIC AND
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND DEMOCRATIC WAY OF SPENDING
MONEY.
AND INVESTING IN COMMUNITY.
AND SO, WE LOOK FOR THE NEXT
PROCESS TO START LATE THIS
YEAR.
WE HAVE KIND OF -- WHAT DO YOU
CALL IT?
YOU CALL IT A SESSION PLANNING,
THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE ALLOWING P.B.
TO PASS THAT KNOWLEDGE ONTO THE
NEXT FOLKS WHO ARE RUNNING IT
DURING THAT LATE 2021, THROUGH
FEBRUARY '22 PROCESS.
SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS WHOLE
THING GOING, AGAIN IN 2022.
AND WITH THAT, QUESTIONS?
AND WE GOT ANSWERS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> MAYBE.
>> I DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY JUST A TON OF
WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH OF
YOU SUMMARIZING IT SO
SUCCINCTLY FOR US.
I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WILL
HAVE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
THAT I WOULD LOVE TO JUST GET
US STARTED WITH.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE'S
OFFICE AND WITH CBO TO TRY TO
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MIGHT LOOK
LIKE.
I WONDER IF YOU ALL COULD JUST
GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ABOUT HOW
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING.
THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE THINK
THIS IS GOING TO LAND IN.
SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.
>> SURE.
ICAN CERTAINLY CHIME IN.
I WILL ANSWER IN REVERSE ORDER.
IN TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENTS
THAT COMMUNITY SAYS TRUST LIVES
HAVE NOT CHANGED, EVEN AS WE
CONTINUED TO COLLECT DATA, ASK
PEOPLE.
THAT IS O.P.D.'S SPECIFICALLY
THE E.D.I.
TEAM.
WHO WERE PRESENTING EARLIER, A
LITTLE INFORMATION.
I'M JUST LIKE YES.
I CAN SEE WHYUX ABSOLUTELY.
-- WHY, ABSOLUTELY.
THINKING ABOUT LONG-TERM
PLANNING.
RACIAL EQUITY.
MAKING LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS.
BUT ALSO SEEING HOW TO
VISUALIZE, HOW TO UNDERSTAND,
HOW TO FEEL, HOW TO TASTE, HOW
TO TOUCH, EQUITY, WHEN IT COMES
TO CITY INVESTMENTS.
SO THAT'S HANDS-DOWN, FAVORITE
TEAM.
AND THEN WE ALSO HEARD PEOPLE
VOICE STRONG SUPPORT FOR O.C.R.
AND OFFICE OF REFUGEE AND
IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT HASN'T
CHANGED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THESE DECISIONS ARE
STILL BEING MADE.
ULTIMATELY, IT'S GOING TO BE
THE MAYOR'S CALL, ON HOW THIS
GETS IMPLEMENTED.
MY HOPE IS THAT IT WILL LOOK
SOMETHING LIKE WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING, WHICH IS THAT THERE
WILL BE A PROCESS, WHERE THERE
WILL BE COLEADS, WHO ARE
HELPING TO MANAGE ON THE CITY
SIDE SOME OF THIS.
THAT LOOKS A LOT LIKE WHAT THE
CITY WORKERS MIGHT CALL AN
INNER DEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
YOU ALL HAVE DIFFERENT WORDS
FOR IT.
BUT IF THERE'S A GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO WILL COME TOGETHER
FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, AND
THERE WILL BE AT REST TWO
COLEADS WHO HOPE COMMUNITY IS
HELPING.
FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS,
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
POLITICAL REALITY IS THAT
SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL UNDER
PRESSURE TO DO SOMETHING THAT
MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT
THAT MIGHT NOT FEEL THE SAME
PRESSURE.
SO BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE
PRESSURE, BECAUSE IT IS GOING
TO BE A VERY VISIBLE PROCESS,
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT COMMUNITY
WANTS THERE TO BE LIKE THREE
SUBCOMMITTEES AS PART OF THAT.
ONE THAT'S JUST IN CHARGE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY.
MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY SIDE
PEACE, WHEN WE'RE EXPECTING TO
BE FAIRLY SMALL.
BECAUSE MOST OF THE THINGS THE
CITY HAS DONE BEFORE ARE ALL
THINGS THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED
TO RUN.
OUT REACH.
EXCITED TO RUN DEALING WITH
CONFLICTS THAT COME UP.
EXCITED TO RUN, CREATING THE
RULES AND THE PROCESS, AND
GETTING THE VOTES AND ALL OF
THOSE THINGS ARE COMMUNITYSIDE
PIECES.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING THAT.
AND IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, THE
BUDGET MORE SPECIFICALLY HOW
THE CITY WANTS TO IMPLEMENT IT.
WE DID PRESENT A SPENDING PLAN
THIS WEEK.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING A
LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY,
ACTUALLY, TO NAIL DOWN SOME
DETAILS.
I CAN TELL YOU, THROUGH OUR
CONVERSATIONS, AGAIN, WITH CITY
WORKERS.
AND WITH OUR SUPERVISORS, FROM
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, EVEN MORE
DEPARTMENTS THAN THE ONES
I'LISTING HERE.
PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US THAT
GENERALLY, THEY'RE NOT
EXPECTING MORE STAFF TO NEED
THIS WORK.
GENERALLY, EXPECTING 1 THAT
ADDING A STAFF MEMBER ACTUALLY
MEANS YOU HAVE TO TRAIN THEM UP
AND IT'S KIND OF A WASH.
BUT TWO, THE THINGS WE'RE
LOOKING FOR.
THINGS LIKE WRITING CHECKS, WHO
TO CONNECT WITH, THOSE PEOPLE
WON'T BE A HEAVY LIFT.
AND THE REPORT ITSELF, CAN YOU
SEE THE KINDS OF ROLES THAT
WE'RE IMAGINING.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMUNITY IS
EXPECTING FEWER THAN FIVE
F.T.E.s TO BE ADDED.
TWO OF THEM SPECIFICALLY ON
DIGITAL EQUITY.
BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT IS EXPEDITED, SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE
ROBUSTLY.
AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, THE
OTHER THREE F.T.E.s, I IMAGINE
WOULD BE A CONVERSATION
NEGOTIATION, WE MEET WITH THE
BUDGET FOLKS LATER TODAY.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO
THAT?
>> I JUST ADD THAT I KNOW LIKE
I THINK THIS PROCESS IS A BIT
DIFFERENT FOR THE CITY.
AND THERE WILL BE GROWINGPAINS.
AND I THINK THE POWER THAT THE
CITY HAD IN THE PAST.
WE RECOGNIZE, THIS IS VERY
DIFFERENT.
IT'S PUTTING TRUST IN
COMMUNITY.
AND PUTTING POWER
INTOCOMMUNITY'S HANDS, AND
ALLOWING THEM TO -- ALL OF US
TO BE ABLE TO STEER THIS
PROCESS ALONG.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST CHALLENGE
THE CITY, CITY GOVERNMENT.
ALL, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN
COUNCIL AS WELL AS MAYOR'S
OFFICE, AND EVEN WITHIN
DEPARTMENTS, TO JUST KIND OF
STEP OUTSIDE THAT ROLE AND JUST
FOLLOW COMMUNITY'S LEAD.
BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
AT LEAST LAST YEAR, IT SOUNDED
LIKE FOLKS WERE VERY EXCITED
ABOUT DOING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
AT LEAST FROM THE CITY SIDE.
AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT GIVE
IT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAPPEN
THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS
PROCESS WHAT COMMUNITY BELIEVES
IT SHOULD BE.
>> OKAY.
SO I KNOW IT'S IN THE REPORT.
BUT I DO -- WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IF YOU COULD JUST SORT OF
SUMMARIZE THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE ROLE OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE ROLE
OF THE CITY, THE KIND OF
SUPPORT OR, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU
SEE THE RELATIONSHIP WORKING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LET ME SEE ABOUT THIS SLIDE AND
THE Q&A FOR THAT.
>> I WAS THINKING THE SAME
THING.
THE YELLOW ONE?
>> I KNOW, THE YELLOW ONE IS
LIKE THE WINNER.
>> IT'S NOT IN HERE.
>> YEAH.
IT'S IN THE OTHER ONE HERE.
I CAN -- DO YOU WANT TO PULL IT
UP?
>> YEAH, I'LL PULL IT UP.
YOU TALK.
>> EXCELLENT.
THAT'S THE PART I'M A LITTLE
BETTER AT.
SO WE HAVE A PARTICULAR PAGE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING
AND REFINING OVER TIME.
CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY,
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO
WORK IN THE CITY.
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO
WORK AS PART OF THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROJECT, WHICH HELPS TO SUPPORT
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE P.B.
PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES.
WORKS WITH PBP.
THEY'RE FANTASTIC.
THEY CAN TELL YOU THINGS LIKE
OH, YEAH.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN
ALBUQUERQUE.
AND THIS HAPPENED IN NEW YORK.
AND OH, YEAH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
LOOK OUT FOR THIS IN THIS OTHER
LOCATION.
SO WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IS
THIS ONE-PAGER THAT HAS ON THE
LEFT SIDE, ALL THE DIFFERENT --
THE THREE KEY ROLES WE'RE
LOOKING FOR.
WHAT THOSE TASKS ARE.
AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ONCE
YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR
SCREEN, WILL HAVE LIKE THE
SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES AND TASKS
AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, BECAUSE
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS
SUPER CLEAR, IS THE SORT OF
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT
THE CITY WORKERS WOULD HAVE, IN
ORDER TO HELP SEE THIS FORWARD.
SO IT'S LIKE A VERY PACKED
SLIDE.
IT'S NOT AS PRETTY AS THE OTHER
SLIDES.
TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION,
THOUGH.
THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR ARE SHARING DATA
SETS SO THAT WE CAN BUILD OUT
THE VISUALIZATIONS FOR RACIAL
EQUITY.
SHARING, OF COURSE.
WRITING THE CHECKS BECAUSE
THERE WILL BE ABOUT 35 FOLKS
WHO THE CITY WILL CONTRACT WITH
AS PART OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE OR SOME OF THESE
OTHER WORK GROUPS.
IT WILL BE, BEING AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN SOMEBODY
IS LIKE, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO
WAS THE CITY PLANNER IN 2019
FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE?
SO THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY LIFT
WILL BE ON THE -- THANK YOU.
COMMUNITY SIDE.
SO IF WE CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE.
BECAUSE MY EYES CAN'T DO THIS.
>> FOCUSING.
>> ZOOM IN.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
I CAN JUST READ OFF WHAT I CAN
READ.
SO WE SEE AT THE TOP.
WE HAVE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
THREE SORTS OF POSITIONS.
MOST OF THESE, AGAIN, ARE LIKE
EXISTING POSITIONS.
SO WE PUT THAT -- OR EXISTING,
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY CITY
WORKERS.
BUT LIKE THE DIFFERENT LEVELS
WITHIN.
SO YOUR DIVISION MANAGER, FOR
EXAMPLE, WHO MIGHT BE SOMEONE
LIKE UBA, FROM THE E.D.I.
TEAM, WOULD BASICALLY HELP SEAM
HER STAFF MEMBERS.
SHE MIGHT BE THE ONE WHO IS
TALKING TO OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS ON OCCASION.
AND THEN JUST MAKING SURE THAT
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD AND
IS TRANSPARENT.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU MIGHT
HAVE OTHER MEMBER OF, SAY,
UBA'S TEAM, WHO WOULD BE TAKING
POINT ON SUPPORTING THE
STEERING COMMITTEE.
SO THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAS A
QUESTION ABOUT A DATA SET THAT
O.P.C.D.
HAS.
THAT COORDINATOR PERSON WOULD
BE.
I WILL FIND THAT INFORMATION OR
DATA SET AND GET BACK TO YOU.
IT'S THAT LEVEL OF CONTACT.
THEY MIGHT ALSO BE DOING THINGS
LIKE MAKE SURING THAT THERE ARE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH P.B.
GROUPS.
SO THAT THE OTHER P.B.
GROUPS KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
VERY LIGHT LIFT.
IN TERMS OF THE KEY SUPPORTS
THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
HIGHLIGHT.
AGAIN, IT IS REALLY LIKE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PARTICULARLY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
COMPLIANCE KIND OF ROLE.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
ONE GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE
STEERING COMMITTEE MIGHT SAY,
HEY, I'D LOVE TO TALK TO WHO
SERVED ON THE STEERING
COMMITTEE LAST TIME AND ASK
THOU THEY PRESERVED THIS
PARTICULAR CONFLICT.
THE CITY LEADERS ARE LIKELY TO
HAVE A RECORD THAT SAYS, WHO
SERVED AND WHAT THEIR CONTACT
IS.
VERSUS COMMUNITY HAVING TO PUT
IDENTITY A MASS CALL OR ASK
AROUND.
>> AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT BEFORE ABOUT THE
TWO CITY PROJECT MANAGERS.
WHAT WE ARE IMAGINE SUGGEST
THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP THINGS.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE USED TO
DOING THINGS A PARTICULAR WAY,
AND THIS IS NOT JUST GOVERNMENT
LIFE, IT IS FAMILY LIFE AND
EVERYTHING.
WHEN WE'RE USED TO DOING THINGS
A PARTICULAR WAY, IT'S HARD TO
DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
SO THESE TWO PEOPLE WOULD MAKE
IT COULD BE AND STAY COMMUNITY-
LED.
IDEALLY, THEY WOULD BE
RECOGNIZED IN COMMUNITY.
BUT IN PRACTICE, WE'LL SEE WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
WE DO THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE
WHO ARE COLEADING IN THIS CITY,
REALLY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
FOR LIKE TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO
COMMUNITY.
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
JUST SAYING THEY'RE SKILLED AT
ADDRESSING INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM.
BUT HAVE HAD SUCCESS THERE.
AND WHEN WE'VE INTERVIEWED
PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS
LOOKS LIKE, HONESTLY, WHAT IT
USUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
AND YOU CITY WORKERS CAN LAUGH
ALONG WITH THIS.
IT LOOKS LIKE STOPPING BAD
IDEAS.
LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE
WANTED TO DO A THING.
AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, NOPE.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS
WORK THAT YOU'RE CELEBRATED
FOR.
IT'S OFTEN UNCOMFORTABLE WORK.
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE COLLEAGUES
THAT ARE GIVING YOU THE SIDE
EYE.
BUT IF IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY
BENEFITS THAT IS KEY.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE
THOSE WORKERS.
WE IMAGINE AGAIN, THAT THE
I.D.T.
THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING
WITH, THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM, WOULD IDENTIFY A CORE
TEAMMATE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE SHOWING UP, GOING, WHAT
DO I DO?
BUT A CORE TEAM THAT WOULD
FOCUS ON THOSE MATTERS.
EDUCATION, SUBJECT MATTER,
EXPERTISE.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
THEY PROVIDE QUESTIONS FOR THE
TEAMS.
IMPLEMENTATION TEAM.
THEY MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
AND THEN ACCOUNTABILITY TEAM.
MAKING SURE THINGS GET RESOLVED
AND NOT JUST LEFT HANGING.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED TO
SEVERAL PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED
AS WELL, ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD
LOOK LIKE.
PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN DISTRICT
ATTORNEY GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES
AND HAVE SEEN SEVERAL
ADMINISTRATIONS AND SEVERAL
CHANGING CITY COUNCIL.
AND REALLY REFINED LIKE WHAT
THIS COULD REALLY MEAN, IN
ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND I THINK THAT MY SENSE IS
THAT I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY
THE FACT THAT THE CITY SEEMS TO
BE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF
ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE
COMMUNITY'S LEAD.
AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
AND REALLY WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, SHAUN.
I AM GOING TO SEE IF I HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED IN
THE CHAT.
WE WANT TO HAVE -- YES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MORALES.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT
THE OPENING REMARKS OF SHAUN
GLAZE AND HER TEAM.
AND GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS
NEEDS TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB
AT ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING
THOSE IMPACTED BY HOW WE
ALLOCATE TAX DOLLARS AND MAKE
POLICY DECISIONS.
AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY
THOSE GOVERNMENT DECISIONS
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND THE HISTORICAL HARMS HAVE
TO BE CORRECTED.
AND THERE'S WISDOM IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT LIVED
EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE SOLUTIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK
FROM YOUR TEAMS AND ALL THE
RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS, TOO.
AND FOR LAYING OUT THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
GOING FORWARD FOR US.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT
PARTICIPANTS ARE IDENTIFYING
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW GOVERNMENT
HAS ALREADY HAS SOME GOOD
PROGRAMS.
BUT THEY NEED TO BE EXPANDED,
BETTER TARGETED, NOT TONE-DEAF
TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND I HEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU AND
THE PARTICIPANTS CALLING FOR
LESS RELIANCE ON THOSE
TRADITIONAL AND HARMFUL,
INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE BECOME
SO DOMINANT IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
I THINK MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE
TOWARD, IT MIGHT BE CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF JUST FOR
PROCESS.
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WERE ASKED
TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS.
AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS,
A LOT OF QUESTIONS SUBMITTED
AND ANSWERS PROVIDED.
I'M WONDERING IF THOSE ARE
GOING TO BE PUT ONLINE
EVENTUALLY.
I HEARD THAT THEY MIGHT BE PUT
ONLINE.
FOR THE RECORD.
SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
THE Q&A.
POINTING US TO THE DOCUMENT,
WHERE TO LOOK.
AND I HAD SUBMITTED FOUR
QUESTIONS, THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR MORALES,
FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
I SUBMITTED THOSE ON TIME.
AND I DIDN'T SEE MY QUESTIONS
LISTED IN AN INTERNAL LIST.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY GET PUBLISHED FOR THE
RECORD.
HAPPY TO SUMMARIZE THEM NOW, IF
THAT'S HELPFUL?
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE WANT ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> I KNOW.
WE HAD A TABLE.
THERE? REN'T?
>> IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE TABLE,
GOOD.
LET'S GET THEM THERE.
>> LET'S ADD THEM.
>> WE USE EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS,
EVEN THE PUBLIC'S QUESTIONS, TO
DO TEACH-INS.
SO LITERALLY, CAN YOU ASK
ANYTHING.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT.
>> THANK YOU.
THESE DON'T ALL HAVE TO BE
ANSWERED IN REALTIME NOW.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE
FOLKS GET BACK TO US, OR BOTH,
WHATEVER IS EASIER.
ONE QUESTION WAS, WE TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT INTERACTING
WITH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND
CITY GOVERNMENT.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT HOW CAN WE
BE HELPFUL AS COUNCILMEMBERS TO
ENCOURAGE THE COLLABORATION
WITH THE MAYOR'S EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE?
HER TASK FORCE HAS 25 OR SO
EXPERIENCED CARING STAKEHOLDERS
IN THIS AREA.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE
THAT TO LEVERAGE THOSE
EXPERIENCES AS WELL.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON POLICE REFORM FOR DECADES.
AND YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATED WITH
THE PROGRESS BUT ALSO PROUD OF
SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS, TOO.
SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION
COORDINATING WITH THAT GROUP.
AND I REALIZE, IT TAKES TWO TO
TANGO.
SO JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN
BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
THE PARTICIPANTS.
I KNOW I STRUGGLED WITH THIS.
SO MY DISTRICT, EVERYBODY'S
DISTRICT HAS 100,000 OR SO
PEOPLE IN IT.
AND SO, AS WE TRY TO REPRESENT
THEM, I STRUGGLE WITH, YOU
KNOW, WHEN I SPEAK, WHAT DOES
MY DISTRICT WANT?
I'VE GOT SUCH A DIVERSE ARRAY
OF OPINIONS FOR MY
CONSTITUENTS?
AND SO IT'S HARD FOR ME
SOMETIMES TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
WHAT DOES MY DISTRICT
DEFINITELY WANT?
I HAVE TO SYNTHESIZE THESE
OPINIONS AND TRY TO DO MY BEST.
AND I HESITATE TO YOU KNOW,
SPEAK FOR COMMUNITY AND SO.
I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, YOUR
PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ACTIVELY
ENGAGED, YOU CAN GIVE US AN
IDEA.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW.
BUT SORT OF THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING TO SO
THAT WE SEE SORT OF WHAT IS THE
SAMPLE SIZE OF FOLKS YOU'RE
TALKING TO, TO SEE HOW
STATISTICALLY, IT MIGHT
REPRESENT A LARGER COMMUNITY
THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE
WITH.
SO JUST GETTING SOME OF THE
NUMBERS THERE.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS YOU OUTLINED, I THOUGHT
WAS VERY CREATIVE IN HOW YOU
WERE TRYING TO -- YOU KNOW, THE
JURY SELECTION.
AND THAT IN TERMS OF RANDOMLY
SELECTING PEOPLE TO LEAN INTO
IT AND GIVE MORE INFORMATION.
I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT -- THIS
ALL SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO
ME.
BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT --
HOW THAT'S -- DO ANY OF THESE,
OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE TRIED
THIS, TOO, I BELIEVE?
MAYBE NOT AT THIS LEVEL OR AS
CUTTING EDGE.
BUT JUST KNOWING WHAT ARE THOSE
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING?
ARE YOU SORT EVER MAKING USE OF
THOSE AS WELL?
>> UH-HUH.
>> AND THE LAST THING IS, YOU
KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
HOUSING MENTAL HEALTH.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
I KNOW WORST THINGS WE'RE EAGER
TO DO IS TO, AS WE SET UP A NEW
-- AS WE ENHANCE THE 911
SYSTEM.
AND START DISPATCHING.
NOT ALWAYS DISPATCHING OFFICERS
WITH GUNS.
BUT DISPATCHING MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS AND OTHERS IN MENTAL
SITUATIONS.
WILL THERE BE A DEEPER DIVE ON
THOSE TYPES OF SORT OF CRISIS
INTERVENTIONS, WHERE IT'S LIKE,
PEOPLE CALL 911 AND SOMEBODY
ELSE MIGHT SHOW UP.
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE MORE
UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS, WHICH WE
NEED, TO INVEST IN.
BUT JUST WONDERING IF THERE
WOULD BE ALSO THAT CRISIS
INTERVENTION OOVMENTS AS WELL
IN A 911-TYPE SITUATION.
SO THOSE ARE MY FOUR QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE IN
LETTING ME GET THOSE OUT THERE.
>> OH, NO.
IT'S NOT GRACE.
IT'S EXCITEMENT.
GIVEN YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE'RE RESEARCHERS.
WE LOVE YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> I CAN TAKE A STAB AT SOME OF
IT.
I'M GOING TO START WITH YOUR
LAST QUESTION.
SO WE DO HAVE A CRISIS AND
WELLNESS SECTION BUCKET.
AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY
EXISTING.
A LOT OF THEM JUST NEED SOME,
YOU KNOW, CAPACITY.
AND SO ONE OF THE INTERESTING
THINGS IS WE ALSO HAVE THE --
IT WAS $12 MILLION THAT WAS
GOING THROUGH H SD FOR CAPACITY
AROUND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE
SAFETY.
ALTERNATIVES TO EARLY COMMUNITY
SAFETY PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS
SCALING UP THINGS THAT HELP TO
ADDRESS THOSE UPSTREAM ISSUES
AS YOU MENTIONED BUT THAT'S
DEFINITELY THE CRISIS.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND
THE DEEPER DIVE ON WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE DIFFERENT
PEOPLE SHOWING UP FAR AS
BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT
WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT
WILL BE 911 OR A DIFFERENT
NUMBER WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THROUGH THE RESEARCH THAT
IT IS CLEAR.
THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
EXISTING.
AND IDEAS FOR NEW PROGRAMS THAT
ARE CLEAR.
THAT JUST NEED FUNDING.
AND SUPPORT.
DOES THAT ANSWER THAT
QUESTION?
> I CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER A
LITTLE MORE.
FOR THAT ONE, ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS WE DID SEE THAT CAME
THROUGH WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT
ABOUT CAHOOTS?
LIKE WHAT ABOUT CAHOOTS?
TELL ME ABOUT CAHOOTS?
DO PEOPLE WANT CAHOOTS?
AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT
WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT IS TO
PUT AS MANY OF OUR CRISIS AND
WELLNESS INVESTMENTS THAT WE
MAKE TOWARDS LIKE LITTLE
PROJECTS THAT AREN'T
NECESSARILY A CITY WORKER
RESPONSE TO IT.
THAT THAT COMMUNITY IS
RESPONDING TO IT.
PEOPLE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE
IDEA OF, THEY'VE CALL TODAY
DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT IT'S THIS IDEA OF ALMOST
LIKE 100 DIFFERENT PILOTS OF
HOW WE DO COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AND LIKE WHAT IS MY WIFE DOING
OVER THERE.
PHOTO BOMBING.
>> SHE WAS DANCING EARLIER.
>> OH.
SHE'S LIKE, YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS WE
HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WE TALK TO.
I ACTUALLY RUN LIKE A SECRET
HOTLINE.
OR I ACTUALLY DO RELATIONAL
HEALTH CLASSES.
OR I DO MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
CLASSES.
AND LIKE THIS IS THE THING I
DO.
NO ONE ELSE, LIKE OUTSIDE OF
MAYBE THAT VICINITY KNOWS ABOUT
IT.
BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT
ARE LIKE, I REALLY WISH THERE
WAS AN EASY WAY, LIKE AN APP OR
PHONE NUMBER FOR ME TO FIND
THESE ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO CALL THE POLICE.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE
WITH THE POLICE.
AND I FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW
WHAT MY ALTERNATIVES ARE.
ONE OF THE EXCITING WINS THAT
CAME OUT OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
CYCLE WAS THERE TO BE A
CREATION OF THIS APP, WHICH
COMMUNITIES ARE ALSO SAYING
SHOULD ALSO BE VFLTDED OR TIED
TO SOME TYPE OF HOTLINE.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT EXACTLY THEY MEAN BY
THAT.
MOST COMMON EXAMPLE PEOPLE HAVE
IS, YOU KNOW HAVE YOU TO 211 OR
411.
THEY ARE LIKE, WE SHOULD HAVE
111.
BUT YEAH, I HEAR YOU.
EASY NUMBER TIED TO THIS
APPLICATION.
WHERE YOU CAN SEE.
I HEAR MY NEIGHBOR ARGUING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
MY PHONE IS TELLING ME I HAVE
AN OPTION.
MAYBE WE HAVE A MARRIAGE
PERSON.
A MEDIA PERSON,SOMEONE KILL
SKILLED IN HEATED ARGUMENTS.
JUST KNOWING WHERE TO GO FOR
INFORMATION.
AND WE ALSO HEAR A LOT ABOUT
WHAT LATANYA SAID.
JUST THE IDEA FOR MANY SMALL
INVESTMENTS TO SCALE UP THE
EXISTING PROGRAMS SO WE CAN
REALLY SEE, JUST HAVE ARE IN
PEOPLE SKILLED AT PROVIDING
SAFETY AND HELP THEMSELVES, SO
WE DON'T HAVE TO, SAY, POUR AS
MANY RESOURCES INTO A PROGRAM
THAT PEOPLE STILL MIGHT NOT
TRUST.
BECAUSE IT WILL STILL BE LIKE A
CITY RESPONSE.
YOU KNOW.
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIKE, YOU
HAVE BEEN MESSING THIS UP FOR
DECADES.
WHY SHOULD I TRUST THAT SOMEHOW
YOU HAVE MANAGED TO UNDO ALL OF
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN A YEAR?
LIKE THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A
FAY THING TO EXPECT.
THAT'S THE THING.
AND WE DO SEE STRONG COMMUNITY
SUPPORT FOR THERE BEING
SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WE
CURRENTLY THERE V IN TERMS OF
THE CITY'S RESPONSE.
PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT
THERE WILL BE A NEW 911 SYSTEM.
THEY'RE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW
SOON WE CAN START TO INTEGRATE
THAT.
INTO ALL OF THESE LITTLE
ALTERNATIVES.
AND THEY'RE REALLY HOPING THAT
THAT'S THE DIRECTION.
THERE WERE OTHER THINGS YOU
HAD, THAT I FEEL LIKE WE DID
HAVE ANSWERED IN THE REPORT
THEMSELVES.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE TWO OF
THEM.
IF THAT'S OKAY.
YOU ASKED ABOUT JURY SELECTION
PROCESS.
AND HOW WE ARE ENGAGING WITH
THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES TASK
FORCE.
I WILL SAY THAT THROUGHOUT THIS
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE HAVE
BEEN MEETING FAIRLY REGULARLY
WITH THE PB NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION.
THEY WERE JUST ON A CALL WITH
US THIS WEEK, WITH DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON, DIRECTOR NOBLE, TO
TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS
PROCESS IS, HOW IT'S WORKED IN
OTHER COMMUNITIES, THE KINDS OF
PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED
IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO WE ARE REALLY ENGAGED WITH
-- AND I SAY "WE."
I SHOULD SAY, THE RESEARCHERS
HAVE BEEN REALLY ENGAGED AS
THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO SET
THIS UP.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN
OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO, AS THEY
MENTIONED THIS AFTERNOON, I
WON'T BE THERE.
MY STAFF WILL BE THERE.
MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE
AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
PROCESS IS THAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING WITH EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE.
AND HOW WE CAN ALIGN THESE TWO
PROCESSES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW IF IN THE END, WE WILL
HAVE ONE POT OF PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET MONEY.
OR HOW THESE PROCESSES WILL
INTERSECT.
BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY TALKING
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
REACHING TOWARDS THE SAME
GOALS, SO THAT WE'RE NOT
WORKING AT CROSS-PURPOSES.
AND NOT SORT OF DUPLICATING
EFFORT OR DUPLICATING WORK THAT
REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE
HAPPENING.
ON PARALLEL TRACKS.
DOES THAT NOT ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> ALSO, I WOULD LOVE TO ADD
THEIR POT TO THE P.B.
POT.
MAKE A BIGGER P.B.
POT.
AND I THINK COMMUNITY, TOO,
WOULD ALSO LOVE THAT AND
INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING.
>> SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
SO THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS,
YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
OF PEOPLE WORKING HARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THESE
PROCESSES IN MOTION.
THE NEXT STEP, AMY, I SEE YOU
ON THE LINE FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
YOU CAN CONFIRM IF I'M
MISSPEAKING HERE.
BUT THE NEXT STEP FOR US WILL
BE TO LIFT THE PROVISO FOR THIS
FUNDING.
MY NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS
MARCH 16th.
SO WE ARE WORKING NOW TO GET
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE
SPENDING PLAN FINALIZED SO THAT
WE CAN FINALIZE AND DRAFT THAT
AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
IS THAT ACCURATE, AMY?
SO YEAH.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO
INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
TO REALLY SHIFT SOME POWER FOR
DECISION-MAKING TO OUR
NEIGHBORS.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S AN IMPORTANT
STEP FOR US AS A CITY TO BEGIN
TO REPAIR THE HARM DONE TO
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP
MOVING THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING,
FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNITY AND SHARING ALL THAT
YOU'VE LEARNED.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS,
OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
THIS COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.
THANKS SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON!