>>> thank you so much for
joining the budget select
committee. Today is October 16,
2023. THE TIME IS 10:04 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUP IS ALL MEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT? COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ IS
EXCUSED THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU. SIX PRESENT.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANKS FOR JOINING US HER
TODAY. WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST
GROUP OF STAKE HOLDERS HERE TO
PRESENT SOME OF THE EXCITING
TAKEAWAYS AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
2024 BUDGET IN FRONT OF US. WE
HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION
THIS YEAR AND OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS ABOUT HOW DO WE SHOW THE
INVESTMENT THE PUBLIC DOLLAR IS
MAKING INTO THE PUBLIC. WE ARE
THRILLED WE HAVE THREE PANELS
THAT WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE
INITIAL INVESTMENTS FROM JUMP
START PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX A
AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE PUBLIC
DOLLARS ARE BEING PUT TO USE AN
HOW WE ARE VISIBLY AND TANGIBLY
SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT IN
INDIVIDUAL LIVES. WHETHER IT IS
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE
ARE SERVING, THE WORKERS
PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES TO
THOSE VULNERABLE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND THE INVESTMENTS WE
ARE MAKING. THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING US.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH
US TODAY. THE FIRST PANEL WILL
INCLUDE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS
WHO WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WAGE
STABILITY. THIS WILL INCLUDE
LAUREN FAY, LINDSEY GRAHAM GRAD
NAOMI MORRIS AND JOHN RIOS.
PANEL TWO WILL INCLUDE THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AN COMMUNITY
DELIVER DRIVEN SOLUTION
PRESENTERS INCLUDING PATIENCE
MALABA AND MIGUEL MAESTAS FROM
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA. WE WILL
HAVE A PANEL ON GREEN NEW DEAL
AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE'S IMPACT. THAT WILL
INCLUDE ABDIRAHMAN YUSSUF AND
MATT REMLE FROM MAZASKA TALKS.
WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AS
WELL. COLLEAGUES, YOU DO SEE AS
LEAST ONE ATTACHMENT ON THE
AGENDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
OUR COMMUNITY PRESENTERS FOR
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION THEY
WOULD LIKE TO VISIBLY SHARE WIT
YOU. SO ADDITIONAL MATERIAL WIL
BE SENT BY MY TEAM TO THE FLOOR
INCLUDING FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND YOUR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANTS
WE WILL ALSO MAKE THAT AVAILABL
FOR THE MEETING. SO THOSE WILL
BE CIRCULATED HERE SOON. HEARIN
NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA WOULD B
ADOPTED. HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED . WE
OFFER WANT TO OFFER ADDITIONAL
TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE OR
TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES ASKED TO
ADD ADDITIONAL COMMENT. WE HAVE
ADDED PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. I
WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE SUR
WE GET THROUGH EVERYBODY WHO IS
HERE. AND AS A REMINDER FOLKS
WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO PROVID
PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL
TRANSITION TO OUR PANELISTS. I
WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK WITH
OUR CLERKS IN THE ROOM. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING THERE.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE ROOM?
>> WE HAVE TWO IN PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENTATORS.
>> OKAY, GREAT. WE WILL TAKE TH
FIRST THREE PEOPLE ONLINE AND G
TO THE TWO IN THE ROOM AND THEN
WE WILL ROUND IT OUT WITH THE
REST OF THE FOLKS ON THE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT SHEET HERE. THAT
WILL BE ABOUT TEN PEOPLE. WITH
THAT WE WILL FIRST GO TO PETER
FOLLOWED BY ALICE. GOOD MORNING
PETER.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA. THIS IS PETER IN
DISTRICT SIX. TODAY YOU ALL WIL
BE HEARING ABOUT THE OUTCOMES O
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTED BY JUMP START FUNDING
I BELIEVE THAT WAGE STABILITY,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE AND GREE
NEW DEAL INITIATIVES ARE A KEY
TO A HEALTHY SEATTLE. IT IS
INEQUITABLE THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S -- SINCE 2015 ONE
IN EVERY TEN PEOPLE KILLED IN
SEATTLE IS HAS BEEN KILLED BY
SPD. THE VALUE OF A HUMAN LIFE
IS INCALCULABLE. I'M DISGUSTED
DESPITE THE DEADLY OUTCOME OF
POLICING, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS
STILL LOVE THE SPD AND ARE
TRYING TO EXPAND IT'S POWER
THROUGH A REBRANDED SHOT SPOTTE
CALLED SOUND THINKING. ANDREW
AND MARY HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVES
ON POLICING THAT ARE WORTH
KEEPING IN MIND. ALEXANDER
GOODWIN SAYS POLICE ARE THE
MUSCLE OF RACIAL CAPITALISM.
NICOLE SAYS POLICE ARE THE
REALIZATION OF STATE VIOLENCE I
HUMAN FORM. RORY SAYS POLICING
IS THE VIOLENT ENFORCEMENT OF
THE EMPOWERED STATUS QUO. ALEX
SAYS POLICING IS COERCIVE FORCE
THAT GOVERNMENTS USE TO ENABLE
SYSTEMS OF EXPLOITATION. ROBIN
SAYS POLICING IS ITSELF THE
OPPOSITE OF SAFETY. MARE SOL
SAYS POLICING IS THE STATE
SANCTIONED ATTEMPT TO FIELD THE
FUTURE FROM THE OPPRESSED. LEAN
SAYS STATE GOVERNANCE REQUIRES
POLICING IN ALL IT'S FORMS TO
MAINTAIN EXPANSIVE
DISPOSSESSION. MAX MAX REMINDS
US THAT PROCEDURAL REFORM
EXPANDS POLICE POWER. AND I WIL
END BY SAYING MYSELF WE NEED
LESS POLICING IN THE CITY,
DEFUND SPD TO PAY FOR MORE
OUTCOMES LIKE THE ONES YOU WILL
HEAR ABOUT TODAY. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALICE, YO
ARE UP NEXT. GOOD MORNING.
FOLLOWED BY COLLEEN.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I'M ALICE. I WAS HERE
THIS MORNING HOPING TO DISCUSS
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF JUMP
START FUNDS. UM, WE ARE
CONCERNED PARTICULARLY ABOUT TH
FAIRLY BUREAUCRATIC INVESTMENTS
IN THE DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS IN
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. UM, THOSE
INVESTMENTS PER THE PRESENTATIO
LAST WEEK ARE SORT OF
INCIDENTALLY INVESTED SOMEWHAT
IN -- THE MINORITIES BUT NOT SO
EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOU
NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT
APPROPRIATE TARGETS TO JUMP
STARTS. WE REALLY SHOULD GO TO
UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES, NOT
DOWNTOWN, NOT LARGE BUSINESSES
AND NOT FUNCTIONS. WE URGE YOU
TO WORK TO ENSURE THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE PROPERLY
TARGETED OR CUT. UM, IN THE
REMAINDER OF MY TIME I ECHO MY
FRIEND PETER IN BEINGS REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF
OUR POLICING SPENDING INCLUDING
IN PARKS. TODAY THE -- THE BLAC
LIVES MEMORIAL GARDEN IS BEING
SWEPT WHICH BY PARKS PERSONNEL
AND WE FEAR DESTROYED AND THAT
IS JUST A HUGE ILLUSTRATION OF
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE INVEST IN
POLICE RATHER THAN COMMUNITY.
UM, WE URGE YOU ALL TO CENTER
EQUITY AND, UM, WHERE IT IS MOS
NEATED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL G
TO COOL CLEAN AND GO TO THE
FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND COME BACK
TO THE LAST THREE ONLINE. GOOD
MORNING, COLLEEN.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.
SPEAK FIRST IN FAVOR OF WAGE
INCREASE. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS
SUMMER'S RESOLUTION. PLEASE
FULLY FUND THE WAGE ADJUSTMENT
NEEDED TO MEET THE DOWN IS ALL'
STATED GOAL OF INCREASING WAGES
7% IN TWO YEARS FOR HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS THIS LINE WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S
WAGE STUDY. UNITED WAY IS
WORKING WITH THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICE COALITION FUNDER'S GROU
AND HAS SIGNED THE STATEWIDE
FURNDER'S COLLABORATIVE PLEDGE.
WE AND OTHERS WILL CONTINUE
PLANNING FOR INCREASED FUNDING
FOR WAGES IN OUR GRANT MAKING.
LOW WAGES PERPETUATE STRUCTURED
-- SECOND PARTNERS WITH THE CIT
AND COUNTY AND FUNDING A LARGE
HOME VISITING PROGRAM MAY
ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE AL
HUMAN SERVICE CONTRACTS IN
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT BUDGETING.
ONLY TYING HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERED
CONTRACTS TO CPI LEAVES MANY IN
OTHER DEPARTMENTS BEHIND.
FINALLY UNITED WAY WAS
DISAPPOINTED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
LEFT THE CITY'S LONG STANDING
FUNDING FOR THE FREE TAX
CAMPAIGN OUT OF HIS BUDGET. WE
WERE GRATEFUL LAST YEAR FOR
RESTORING THIS GRANT AND ASK YO
TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.
WITHOUT OUR OUTREACH AND
SERVICES MUCH OF THIS WOULD HAV
GONE UNCLAIMED. OUR CAMPAIGN
VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE A RETURN OF
83 TIMES CITY INVESTMENTS.
FAMILIES WHO CLAIM THESE CREDIT
TYPICALLY SPEND THEIR REFUNDS O
ITEMS THAT STIMULATE THE LOCAL
ECONOMY AND CITY SALES TAX
RECEIPTS. PLEASE RESTORE THIS
IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP AND THANK
YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON
THE FWUJ IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL
GO TO THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM.
MADAM CLERK.
>> YES, JOHN GRANT WILL BE OUR
FIRST IN PERSON SPEAKER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. I HAVE THREE
ITEMS SO I WILL TRY TO SPEAK
QUICKLY. FIRST LEHIGH HAS
OPERATED 11 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
IN THE CITY OF SEAT THAT WILL
HAVE SERVED THOUSANDS OF
HOMELESS FOLKS AND GOTTEN FOLKS
INTO HOUSING VERY QUICKLY. WE
HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE
BUDGET ADDITION OF THERE WERE
2.5 MILLION WAS NOT I INCLUDED
IN THIS YEAR'S MAYOR'S BUDGET.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL TO REINSTATE THOSE
FUNDS. THIS MONEY GOES TOWARDS
CRITICAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS. WE PARTNERED WITH
THERAPEUTIC HEALTH SERVICES.
THEY HAVE A TEAM THAT WILL HAVE
TO BE DISMANTLED AT THE END OF
THE YEAR. THIS DOES NOT MAKE
SENSE. OUR CLIENTS ARE SUFFERIN
FROM MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. WE AS
YOU TO PLEASE REINSTATE THAT
FUNDING. SECONDLY LEHIGH IS A
MEMBER OF THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT. WHAT IS NEEDED IS
AN OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO
MAKE SURE OUR LOW-INCOME
RESIDENTS CAN HAVE HOUSING
STABILITY. THIRDLY, YOU MAY HAV
READ IN THE TIMES ON THE FRONT
PAGE THAT THERE IS AN ASYLUM
SEEKER CRISIS EMERGING IN TUK.
NOT EMERGING BUT HAPPENING RIGH
NOW. THESE FOLKS ARE NOT FROM
TUK. THEY ARE FROM AFRICA, THEY
ARE FROM SOUTH AMERICA. THEY
OFTEN WIND UP ON SEATTLE
STREETS. IT IS SEATTLE EMPLOYEE
AND SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THAT IS REFERRING FOLKS TO THE
CHURCH DOWN THE TUKWILA. THERE
IS A GROWING NEED FOR A RESPONS
TO THE MIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING
TO OUR CITY AND ARE SLEEPING ON
OUR STREETS. WE ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE
OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS TO FIND A SOLUTION AND
WORK WITH COMMUNITIES SO THAT
FOLKS HAVE A PLACE TO STAY AND
CAN GET A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. OUR LAST IN PERSO
SPEAKER IS W.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME. I WAS IN HERE ONCE
LAST WEEK BUT I HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC.
UM, A LITTLE HISTORY OF MY
FAMILY, WE CAN BE TRACED BACK T
BANE BRIDGE ISLAND IN THE EARLY
1900S. MY FAMILY WAS SOME OF TH
FIRST PEOPLE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PUT IN CAMS AND IT I
APT TO TODAY'S MY TOPIC BECAUSE
MY FAMILY WAS IN THE SAME CAMPS
AS YOUR MAYOR. ANYTIME THERE AR
ARMED PEOPLE IN A POSITION OF
LEADERSHIP WHERE A LOT OF PEOPL
HAVE CONGREGATED OR PUT TOGETHE
IS A VERY BIG CONCERN TO ME AND
MY FAMILY. I AM REFERRING TO TH
SAME TOPIC AS LAST WEEK OF ARME
STAFF IN THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
TO SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL IF
THEY WOULD HAVE SOME TIME FOR
ME. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY
MUCH. I HAVE TALKED TO SOME
DIFFERENT LAWYERS THAT I KNOW.
UNFORTUNATELY I PERSONALLY DON'
HAVE A LARGE BUDGET FOR THAT
RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER WHO I'M GETTING HER
READY FOR COLLEGE ALREADY. BUT,
IF ANYONE COULD COMMIT TO
ACTUALLY SITTING DOWN WITH ME
POSSIBLY HERE IN CITY HALL AND
CHATTING ABOUT ARMED STAFF
MEMBERS IN TINY HOUSE VILLAGES,
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH
THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR TESTIFYIN
TODAY. WE WILL GO BACK TO THE
FOLKS LISTED ON THE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT. B.J. WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY TAYLOR AND MATT. IF
AMY IS LISTENING, YOU ARE LISTE
TO TESTIFY AS OUR LAST PERSON
BUT NOT PRESENT. YOU HAVE TIME
TO DIAL IN. B.J., GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS B.J
I SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
JUMP START HAS BEEN A
TRANSFORMATIVE IT FOAM SEATTLE
ALLOWING THE CITY INVESTMENTS
WHICH KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. SPD
ISN'T ASKED TO REPORT ON IT'S
OUTCOMES TO JUSTIFY IT'S
FUNDING. WHEN IT COMES TO SPD,
OUTCOMES GET THROWN OUT. 80% OF
THE CALLS SPD RESPONDS TO ARE
NOT CRIMINAL. 49% OF CALLS CAN
BE TRANSFERRED TO COMMUNITY
RESPONSE WITHOUT ANY SPD
INVOLVEMENT. THE NUMBER OF
POLICE HAVE NO IMPACT ON CRIME.
OTHERS ALSO POINTED OUT SOME OF
THE ISSUES OF SHOT SPOTTER AND
CAMERAS AND WHY THE CITY SHOULD
REJECT THEM. THAT IS NOT EVEN
THE QUESTION FOR COUNCIL RIGHT
NOW. THE QUESTION FOR COUNCIL I
WHETHER OR NOT THE SET ASIDE
$1.8 MILLION OF FUNDING IN CASE
SPD EVER DECIDES TO DO A
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS AND
MANAGES TO GET IT APPROVED.
THERE IS NO REASON TO THINK SPD
-- ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SPD HAS NOT TAKEN ANY ACTION TO
START A SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT. IF THIS WAS A SERIOUS
REQUEST, SPD WOULD HAVE
SUBMITTED A REPORT MONTHS AGO.
THEY WOULD BE REQUESTING MONEY
FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD GO INT
EFFECT, NOT SOMETHING MAYBE IN
THE FUTURE IF THEY EVER DECIDE
TO GET AROUND TO IT. IT IS HARD
TO IMAGINE ANYONE ON COUNCIL'S
TOP PRIORITY IS TO PUT IT ON TH
SHELF IN CASE SPD EVER DECIDES
TO DO A SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT AND GETS IT APPROVED.
INSTEAD OF USING THAT FUNDING
FOR -- OR CUTS TO MAKING IT
SAFER FOR KIDS TO WALK AND BIKE
TO SCHOOL OR CUTS TO FREE TAX
PREPARATION OR ANY OF THE OVER
ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED
LAST WEEK OR OTHER COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO WERE BROUGHT UP AS
PRIORITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I
WANT TO CALL ON THE NEXT PERSON
TAYLOR RILEY FOLLOWED BY MATT.
GOOD MORNING, TAYLOR.
>> HI. MY NAME IS TAYLOR. I'M A
DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT. I'M CALLIN
IN SUPPORT OF THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET. I ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED FOR FUNDS
FOR SHOT SPOTTER THREE TIMES AN
ALL HAVE FAILED. THIS YEAR'S
REQUEST FOR SHOT SPOTTER AND
CCTV CAMERAS IN PUBLIC SPACES
WILL ONE COST A LOT OF MONEY,
TWO NOT MAKE ANYONE SAFER AND
THREE EXACERBATE RAINL AND
ECONOMIC DISPARITIES. A 2018
STUDY FOUND USE OF AUDITORY GUN
DETECTION TECHNOLOGY LIKE SHOT
SPOTTER IN COMBINATION WITH CCT
DOESN'T INCREASE THE ACCURACY
BUT DRAINS POLICE RESOURCES
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE FALSE
ALARMS. THIS IS ALONGSIDE PILES
OF RESEARCH SHOWING SHOT SPOTTE
HAS NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON GU
VIE WHETHER HE KNOWS. WE ALSO
KNOW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SHOT
SPOTTER INCREASES THE NUMBER OF
STOPS AND SEARCHES IN
COMMUNITIES OVERALL AND
INCREASES THE RACIAL DISPARITIE
IN THESE UNNECESSARY CONTACTS
BETWEEN LIS AND INDIVIDUALS.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT --
THIS IS RACIST AND HARMFUL FOR
INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
AND SAFETY. AND IT IS UPSETTING
WE ARE EVEN HAVING TO HAVE THES
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE KNOW
THERE ARE BETTER SOLUTIONS TO
MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.
THESE ARE INVESTING IN ECONOMIC
SECURITY LIKE WITH GUARANTEED
BASIC INCOME, SAFE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EDUCATION,
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS,
HEALTH CARE. THESE ARE THE
SOLUTIONS WE SHOULD BE TALKING
ABOUT AND FUNDING IN THE BUDGET
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
THOSE TODAY AND HOPE TO NOT HAV
ANYMORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND TH
COST DRAINING INEFFECTIVE
TECHNOLOGY. THANKS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, ARE
YOU READY FOR YOUR LAST REMOTE
SPEAKER?
>> SORRY. I WAS ON MUTE. YES.
MATT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI THERE. THANK YOU. HI
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MATT. I'M A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. I AM
ALSO A VISUAL ARTIST WHO WORKS
IN DISTRICT 1. I AM CALLING
TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET DEMANDS AND THE NINE
GUARANTEES AND ASK YOU SUPPORT
THEM AS WELL. SINCE WE HAVE A
TWO MINUTE COMMENT PERIOD IF I
COULD JUST READ OFF THE
GUARANTEES. I'M SURE YOU HAVE
HEARD THEM ALL BEFORE. WE ARE
CALLING FOR AN INCOME GUARANTEE
HOUSING GUARANTEE, HEALTH
GUARANTEE, TRANSPORTATION
GUARANTEE, CLIMATE ACTION AND
RESILIENCE GUARANTEE, CARE
GUARANTEE, LIVING WAGE
GUARANTEE, COMMUNICATION
GUARANTEE AND FOOD GUARANTEE. I
LIVE AND WORK IN SEAT FALL CLOS
TO 20 YEARS NOW AND I HAVE
WATCHED AS OUR CITY HAS BECOME
PLACE WHERE IT IS INCREASINGLY
LESS POSSIBLE TO BE AN ARTIST O
MUSICIAN OR ANY SORT OF ARTS
WORKER. LARGE PORTIONS OF MY
ARTIST COMMUNITY HAVE LEFT IN
THE PAST FIVE YEARS. OF COURSE
THIS EXPERIENCE IS PART OF A
MUCH LARGER PICTURE IN OUR
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WORKING
SERVICE JOBS OF ALL KINDS. ALL
THE JOBS THAT SERVE PEOPLE AND
COMMUNITY AND CREATE A CITY THA
IS WORTH LIVING IN. AT THE SAME
TIME AS THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING
I'VE BEEN WATCHING AS OUR CITY'
POLICIES AND ACTIONS HAVE BECOM
INCREASINGLY CAL US AND CRUEL T
OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
SWEEPING RATHER THAN OFFERING
VALUABLE SHELTER, CRIMINAL IEGZ
RATHER THAN OFFERING TREATMENT
AND CARE. THESE ARE THE REASONS
WHY I SUPPORT THE BUDGET AND I
URGE YOU TO AS WELL TO INVEST I
THE THINGS WE KNOW KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE. I KNOW THAT WE ARE FACING
A BUDGET IT CRUNCH AND THERE IS
A QUESTION OF WHERE MONEY WILL
COME FROM. THERE IS A LOT OF
THINGS IN THE SPD BUDGET AND
WITH THE SHOT SPOTTER THAT CAN
BE EASILY LOW HANGING --
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANKS FOR YOUR PUBLIC TESTIMON
TODAY. IF FOLKS DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THEIR
COMMENTS, PLEASE SEND THOSE IN
TO COUNCIL. FEEL FREE TO LET US
KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK
TO ANY SPECIFIC ITEM IN THE
BUDGET. THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK AS WE PLAN
TO TRY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS
IN THE PACKAGE AS WE ROLL OUT
THE CHAIRS BALANCING PACKAGE AT
LEAST BY FRIDAY. I ALSO WANT TO
NOTE THAT THE MATERIALS HAVE
BEEN CIRCULATED AGAIN. THANKS T
OUR PANELISTS FOR SENDING IN
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. IT IS VERY
HELPFUL. THANKS TO PATTY FOR
RECIRCULATING SOME OF THOSE
MATERIALS. I ALSO WANT TO DOUBL
CHECK DENNIS FOR OUR I.T. IF HE
COULD BE ADDED, I BELIEVE HE MA
BE IN THE WAITING ROOM. WITH
THAT I WANT TO THANK COLLEAGUES
TO JOINING TODAY. THIS IS ALL
ABOUT MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. I
WANT TO WELCOME OUR PANELIST I
NOTED AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA
TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
TANGIBLE OUTCOMES. WE ARE
FEATURING JUMP START. THE THREE
PANELS WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
WILL TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS THE
JUMP START HAS HAD IN THE SHORT
TWO YEAR PERIOD OF INVESTMENTS
WE HAVE HAD. THESE ARE TWO YEAR
INVESTMENTS WE CAN ALREADY LOOK
BACK AT BUT THESE WILL BE LONG
TERM INVESTMENTS IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND IMPACT ON OUR BOT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE
POPULATION OF SEATTLE LIFE WILL
BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME. TODA
IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR MORE
DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKERS, THE
UNION AND BEZ BUZZES ON THE
FRONT LINES SERVING OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HELPING TO COMBAT DISPLACEMENT
AND WHO ARE WORKING TO FIGHT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
ARE CENTERED AND THE POLICIES W
ARE ADVANCING ARE ROOTED IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEE
LEFT OUT. I AM THRILLED WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOM
OF THE INVESTMENTS HERE TODAY.
ALSO AM THANKFUL THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAS BEEN FEATURING SOME
OF THE INVESTMENTS DIRECTLY
FUNDED BY JUMP START OVER THE
LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AND
WE OBTAINED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HELP I TENT GUY WHERE SOME OF
THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS DO INCLUDE
FUNDING FROM JUMP START
INCLUDING LARGE INVESTMENTS IN
HOUSING AND CLIMATE INVESTMENTS
AND RESILIENCE AND SUPPORTING
WORKERS FOR STABILIZATION. I AM
EXCITED WE ARE HAVING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FEATURE WHAT
IMPACTS THESE DOLLARS HAVE HAD
IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT MAKES SENS
TO HIGHLIGHT THESE CONVERSATION
AS WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
INVESTMENTS IN THE UPCOMING
BUDGET BUT ALSO TO REALLY TRY T
CENTER FUTURE 308 SI INVESTMENT
AND BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AROUND
LOOKING AT TANGIBLE OUT PUT.
ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT
WHAT CREATES PUBLIC SAFETY AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH. MANY OF THE
PANELISTS TODAY WILL TALK ABOUT
THE WAYS THEY HAVE INVESTED
DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY. IN
DOING SO HELP PROMOTE GREATER
ECONOMIC STABILITY, SELF
RELIANCE AND RESILIENCE AND THU
OPPORTUNITY WHICH YIELDS MORE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND BROADER
POPULATION HEALTH. I AM GOING T
SHARE MY SCREEN TO THE BEST OF
MY ABILITY HERE AND WE WILL TUR
IT OVER TO OUR PANELISTS TO WAL
US THROUGH TODAY'S AGENDA. LET
ME TRY TO DO THAT. . HOW IS
THAT?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY. GREAT.
>> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
PANELISTS HERE TODAY TO WALK US
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TO
DAY IS ABOUT THE QUANTIFIABLE
IMPACTS OF JUMP START AND IN OU
PRESENTATION FROM CENTRAL STAFF
EARLIER THIS YEAR WE KNOW THAT
THIS IS JUST ONE FUND SOURCE
AMONG A HANDFUL THAT ARE HELPIN
OUR INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNIT
AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND A MORE
CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTUR
AND ENSURING WE ARE INVESTING I
OUR MOST VULNERABLE. WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DIE TO HIGHLIGHT
SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS THAT JUMP
START HAVE HAD SO FAR. I WANT T
CENTER US ON THE PRESENTATION W
RECEIVED FROM CENTRAL STAFF JUS
LAST WEEK THAT IDENTIFIES THE
FUNDING THAT WE ENDORSED IN THE
2024 ENDORSED BUDGET IN OUR
DELIBERATIONS LAST YEAR. WE SEE
THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS FROM JUMP START THI
YEAR AND SOME MINOR CHANGES
THOUGH THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED
HERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF CENTRA
STAFF'S PRESENTATION BEFORE.
THAT IS NOT THE FOCUS
NECESSARILY OF TODAY'S
CONVERSATION. JUST TO REALLY PU
INTO CONTEXT AND SET THE STAGE
FOR THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS WE
WERE HAVING FOR 2024, WE WANTED
TO RECIRCULATE THIS. HERE IS
WHERE WE GET TO TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE IMPACTS. IT HAS BEEN
PHENOMENAL TO BE ABLE TO SEE
JUMP START PROGRESS PAYROLL TAX
BE FUTURED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS
THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND COUNCIL AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC CELEBRATE
INVESTMENTS INTO OUR COMMUNITY
AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE
POSSIBLE -- WHERE THERE WAS
FUNDING ALLOCATED FROM JUMP
START. SO VERY EXCITED AS WE
CONSIDER THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS THIS YEAR WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH
FUNDING FOR OUR COMMUNITY ARE
PROVIDING DIRECT INVESTMENTS FO
OUR MOST VULNERABLE. MANY OF US
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO GO TO WORK WITHOUT A
ACCESSIBLE AFFORDABLE CHILD
CARE. WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE A
CHILD OR NOT, OUR LOCAL ECONOMY
IS RELIANT ON MAKING SURE
WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, ARTISTS
CAN HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
CHILD CARE. THIS IS ONE GREAT
EFFORT WE WANTED TO. ANOTHER ON
IS COMING IN THE FORM OF ACCESS
TO PUBLIC SPACE. THERE HAS BEEN
JOINT INTEREST . THEY ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN REOPENING CITY
PARKS. WE ALLOWED FOR THE
TEMPORARY USE OF JUMP START TO
HELP OPEN ACCESS TO CITY HALL
PARKS. MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE
VISITED THE REOPENED PARK JUST
SOUTH OF OUR CITY HALL. IT IS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
FEATURE THE NEXT WITH US JUMP
START AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE.
IT IS IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT. IT IS REALLY ABOUT
HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE OUT
THE DOORS? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THERE IS GREATER COMMUNITY
COHESION? REALLY TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE PUBLIC SPACE W
HAVE AS THE ON GOING PANDEMIC
HAS LED TO GREATER ISOLATION AN
DEPRESSION. SOME OF THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE ALLOWING FOR
GREATER COHESION, ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES AND REALLY THAT
INVEST IN OUR HEALTH. WE ARE
REALLY THRILLED WE ARE ABLE TO
BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORTS TO
SUPPORT FAMILIES, DIRECT FAMILY
INVESTMENTS. IT IS SOMETHING
THAT JUMP START HAS BEEN ABLE T
PROVIDE DUH RECOLLECT ASSISTANC
IN. BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023 THERE
WERE NEARLY 20 PROJECTS THAT
WERE FUNDED BY JUMP START. THES
INVESTMENTS CREATED OR PRESERVE
NEARLY 2,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES I
OUR COMMUNITY. THAT INCLUDES
FAMILY SIZED HOUSING, PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HOUSING FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM
HOMELESSNESS AND COMMUNITY
DRIVEN HOUSING TO FIGHT
DISPLACEMENT. AMAZINGLY THESE
COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT ARE
BEING OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH HOUSING REALLY PAIRS SOCIA
SERVICES, SMALL BUDGET SUPPORT
WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT I
THE GOLD STAR. THAT IS WHAT WE
WANT TO BE WORKING TOWARDS. SOM
OF THOSE EXAMPLES WILL BE
FEATURED HERE TODAY. WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE
INVESTMENTS TO SEATTLE CLUB
SACRED, MEDICINE HOUSE. THESE
ARE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE
TWO, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS
PAIRED WITH SERVICES LIKE CHILD
CARE COMMUNITY SPACE AND MORE.
THERE ARE 35 COMMUNITY PROJECTS
THAT HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING
THROUGH JUMP START EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE DOLLARS
WHICH WE WILL BE FEATURING HERE
TODAY. THAT IS AGAIN A WAY FOR
US TO FIGHT DISPLACEMENT BOTH
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT AND CREAT
GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY TO
FIGHT HOUSING DISPLACEMENT. I'M
EXCITED WE HAD ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE MOVING PROJECTS FORWAR
THAT ARE CREATING GREATER
COHESION AND LIFTING UP
COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT TO
FIGHT DISPLACEMENT AND CREATE
GREATER SHARE OF PROSPERITY. AN
DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN WORKERS.
WORKERS FOR STABILIZATION
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE HAVING
SIGNIFICANT -- ALREADY HAVING A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
ABILITY TO ENSURE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, PARTNERING
HOUSING WITH WORKERS FOR
STABILITY IS SOMETHING I'M
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. A GREAT
EXAMPLE COMES FROM THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITY CENTER THAT HAS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS
ABOVE CHILD CARE AND RESTORATIV
EDUCATION PROGRAM HELPING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING
WORKERS FOR STABILITY AND
WORKERS FOR DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS THAT
WERE FORMALLY INCARCERATED. AND
AS WE ARE HERE TODAY AND THIS I
A SEGWAY INTO OUR UPCOMING
PRESENTATION IT IS NOT POSSIBLE
TO JUST PAT OURSELVES ON THE
BACK FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING. IF WE
DON'T INVEST IN THE WORKERS AND
THE WORKERS FOR THAT MAKE SURE
WE ARE CARING FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE AS WE PLACE MORE
PEOPLE INTO EMERGENCY HOUSING A
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PEOPLE ARE
MORE LIKELY TO CYCLE BACK OUT
INTO INSTABILITY AND
HOMELESSNESS. THEY ARE ALREADY
REPORTING THAT A 48% WAGE
INCREASE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
2022 IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS ON THEIR ABILITY TO
HIRE AND RETAIN WORKERS AND HAS
ALLOWED FOR NEARLY 40% DROP IN
JOB VACANCY RATES AND OVER 70%
DROP IN STAFF TURNOVER RATES
SINCE 2022. VERY THRILLED ABOUT
SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS. WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS
DIRECTLY IN WORKERS, HOUSING.
HERE WE HAVE AN INVESTMENT IN
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIV
EFFORTS. 80% OF THESE FUNDS WER
SUPPORTED BY JUMP START AND
DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN FOOD
SECURITY AND OUR HEALTH. AGAIN,
THESE ARE REALLY EXCITING
FEATURES THAT WERE RELIEVED BY
THE ADMINISTRATION BY THE CITY
THAT SHOWED JOINT PARTNERSHIP
WITH JUMP START INVESTMENTS AND
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE PAIRED
OFTEN WITH GENERAL FUND FUNDS O
ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS. IN
THIS CASE SUPPORTING EFFORTS
WHERE WE HAVE SEEN FOOD EQUITY
AND FOOD SECURITY EFFORTS HAVE
MORE UNSTABLE FUNDING AS WE SIG
REVENUES FROM THE IMPACTS
DECREASE WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY
THE GOAL. I THINK I'VE
HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE EFFORTS
HERE FROM THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVER SIGHT BOARD BUT LATER TODA
THIS OUR LAST PRESENTATION WE
WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEA
FROM MAT T. MANY WAYS IN WHICH
JUMP START IS HELPING TO JUMP
START OUR INVESTMENTS IN GREEN
NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS AND
CREATING LOWER CARBON OXYGEN.
THIS BEING ONE OF THEM TO
INCENTIVIZE HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS
ELECTRIFY CASE $2 MILLION FUNDE
BY JUMP START. I THINK LAST THI
WILL HELP US FRAME UP THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND THE WORKERS INSIDE
REALLY THRILLED THAT OUR CITY
CONTINUES TO SEE THE TANGIBLE
RESULTS OF JUMP START FUNDING
GOING DIRECTLY INTO BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AS I NOTED
BEFORE IN AREAS WITH THE HIGHES
RATES AND RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
BUT ALSO NOT JUST BUILDING
HOUSING, IT IS COMPANY HOUSING
DRIVEN BY WHAT A COMMUNITY WOUL
LIKE TO SEE. WITH THAT I WANT T
SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS
WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADD ONE MORE PERSON TO THE PANE
HERE FROM PLYMOUTH. DENNIS WILL
BE ADDED TO OUR SECOND PANEL
THERE BUT RIGHT NOW I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO LAUREN FROM DOWNTOWN
EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTER,
LINDSEY, NAOMI AND JOHN WHO ARE
ALL MEMBERS OF SEIU. WE WILL
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM NAOMI AND
JOHN WHO ARE HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS. I WILL SEND MY SCREE
HERE AND SAY THANKS TO OUR
PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE WITH U
TODAY AS WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF
CONSIDERING THE MAYOR'S PROPOSE
BUDGET AND WANTING TO SHOW TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE WAYS
IN WHICH THOSE PUBLIC DOLLARS
HAVE BEEN PUT TO USE. THANK YOU
LINDSEY, FOR COORDINATING THIS
FIRST PAN AND HE WILL REALLY --
WANTING TO SHOWCASE THE DATA YO
PROVIDED WHEN WE MET WITH
MEMBERS AND SHOWED THE RESULT O
DECREASED TURNOVER AND IMPROVED
WORKER STABILITY AND THE
CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE HAD WITH
CLIENTS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ABLE
TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR
LIFE. THANKS FOR BEING OUR FIRS
PANELIST OUT THE GATE. I
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU AND
THE MEMBERS DO.
>> THANK YOU. I'M LINDSEY. I'M
THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR. WE
REPRESENT OVER 30,000 HEALTH
CARE WORKERS ACROSS WASHINGTON
INCLUDING FRONT LINE STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY. I'M JOINED BY A FEW
COLLEAGUES. I WILL HAVE THEM
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES IN A
MOMENT. I WANT TO SAY THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME I THINK WE HAVE
EVER BEEN TO PRESENT TO A BUDGE
COMMITTEE ABOUT THE PREVIOUS
YEARS INVESTMENT AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE CONTINUITY OF
REFLECTING BACK ON WHERE WE HAV
BEEN SO WE CAN BE BETTER
ORIENTED AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS
YEAR'S COMING BUDGET. THANK YOU
FOR THAT. I WILL WORK ON PULLIN
UP MY SCREEN AND WHILE I DO IF
COULD INVITE NAOMI AND THEN JOH
AND THEN LAWYER TONE COME OFF
AND BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF
INCLUDING WHAT YOU DO AT DESC.
>> HI. MY NAME IS NAOMI MORRIS.
I AM A NURSE FOR DESC
>> GOOD MORNING. I WORK FOR THE
HOST PROGRAM FOR DESC AS A FRON
LINE STAFF MENTAL HEALTH CASE
MANAGER AND I WILL PASS IT
ALONG.
>> THANKS. MY NAME IS LAUREN
FAY. I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT DES
FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. STARTED
DOING DIRECT SERVICE AND NOW I
AM OUR SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER
WHERE I GET TO FOCUS ON OUR
POLICY AND STRATEGY INITIATIVES
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH
YOU ALL AS WORKERS FOR IS KEY,
KEY PRIORITY FOR US AS DESC TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO FULFIL
OUR MISSION. LINDSEY, I SEE THE
SLIDES HERE. ALMOST IN PRESENTE
MODE. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU ARE
READY FOR ME.
>> LAUREN, I THINK IT IS YOU
TAKING THIS FIRST SLIDE ON.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
COULD BE IS ALL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
AND EVERYONE PRESS TENT TO DAY
FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WE HAVE BEE
SEEING. FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT
HERE DESC BEGAN IN 1979 AS AN A
INITIATIVE OUT OF THE SEATTLE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN COLLABORATION
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO AT
THE TIME WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE RATES OF HOMELESSNESS AMONG
PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY WITH
SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH
CHALLENGES. DESC HAS FOR A LONG
TIME HELD THIS ROLE IN THE
COMMUNITY OF REALLY FOCUSSING I
ON SERVING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
WHO ALSO LIVE PRETTY SIGNIFICAN
CHALLENGES RELATED TO MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER. SINCE DESC OPENED WE
HAVE ALWAYS CHALLENGED OURSELVE
TO BE AN ESSENTIAL PARTNER WITH
THE CITY REALLY WANTING TO BE
THERE TO HELP OUR CITY'S MOST
VUNLABLE ADULTS WHO ARE LIVING
HOMELESS. CURRENTLY WE OWN AND
OPERATE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER
1,300 UNITS. WE ALSO OPERATE 35
SHELTER BEDS NIGHTLY. A LOT OF
THOSE ARE EMERGENCY SHELTER BED
AND SOME ARE IN HOTEL AND MOTEL
TYPES SITUATIONS. IN ADDITION T
THAT, WE ARE ALSO A LICENSED
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
AND PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES
LIKE JOHN MENTIONED MEDICAL
CARE, NURSING SERVICES LIKE
NAOMI MENTIONED FOR OUR CRISIS
RESPONSE TIME. WE SERVE ALL OF
KING COUNTY AND CRISIS SERVICES
AND A LOT OF THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. I
WILL PAUSE THERE. THAT IS JUST
SOME HISZ I ARE ABOUT WHERE WE
HAVE -- WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE
DO HERE IN THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE WERE
YEAR AGO. WE VISITED ALL OF YOU
OFFICES LAST YEAR DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE CHANGES DESC WAS
FACING. WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT APPROACH IN 2022. WE
REALLY BROUGHT YOU THE REALITY
THAT 74% OF THE FRONT LINE
WORKERS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
COULD NOT THEN AFFORD A STUDIO
APARTMENT WITHOUT BEING RENT
BURDENS. THESE ARE FOLKS SERVIN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN WHAT IS
WIDELY UNDERSTOOD AND
ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE TOP
PRIORITY OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HOUSING AN HOMELESSNESS WHO
THEMSELVES ARE AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS OR AT MINIMUM COST
BURDENED AND ARE NOT ABLE TO
LIVE IN THE CITY THEY SERVE.
THESE LOW WAGES WERE
CONTRIBUTING TO A GREATER THAN
ONE IN FOUR POSITIONS BEING
VACANT AT THAT TIME WHICH OF
COURSE HAS THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT
OF MAKING THE CONTRACTS OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS ASKING DESC
TO FULFILL LESS EFFECTIVE FOR
LACK OF THAT MORE THAN 25%
WORKERS FOR. TO ADDRESS THIS AT
THE TIME DESC WOULD HAVE NEEDED
AN ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY $30
MILLION ANNUALLY TO GET ALL
FRONT LINE WORKERS UP TO THE
PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD NO LONGE
BE COST BURDEN IN AFFORDING A
STUDIO APARTMENT IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. THAT WAS THE REALITY
FROM A NUMBERS PERSPECTIVE WE
BROUGHT YOU ALL LAST BUDGET AND
I WILL ASK NAOMI AND JOHN TO
JUMP IN HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHA
THOSE IMPACTS WERE BEYOND THE
NUMBERS. .
>> HI. THIS IS JOHN. I WILL GO
FIRST. WHERE WE WERE DURING THI
TIME IS WE WERE DEALING WITH A
PANDEMIC TO A RISE. THAT MEANS
LESS PEOPLE GETTING THE VITAL
SERVICES THEY NEED. STAFF WERE
OVER WORKED WITH INFLATED CASE
LOADS. THIS LED TO MORE VISIBLE
HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE NOT
GETTING THE CARE THEY DESERVE
WHICH OVERALL SETS US BACK AS W
LOOK AT THE OVERALL COST FOR
PROVIDING CARE TO VUNLABLE
POPULATIONS. BEFORE THE
INCREASES WE SAW PEOPLE LEAVING
FROM THE FIELD FOR MORE
LUCRATIVE POSITIONS. IN SOME
CASES THEY ARE LEAVING THE AREA
OR STATE ENTIRELY AND PEOPLE IN
THIS LINE OF WORK CANNOT AFFORD
TO LIVE IN THE CITY AND DO THE
WORK AT THAT TIME. THE THING IS
PEOPLE ARE REALLY PASSIONATE
ABOUT THIS WORK. IT IS
HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THEM GET T
A POINT WHERE THEY FEEL THAT IS
NO LONGER A POSSIBILITY TO DO
THE WORK THAT THEY CARE SO MUCH
ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. NAOMI! HI.
THANKS, LINDSEY. I CAN SPEAK
FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT OF
WORKING FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE
HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC AS THE
ONLY NURSE ON MY TEAM AND DOING
THE JOB OF THREE PEOPLE WHICH
BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET ANYONE
INTO THE POSITIONS. THAT LED TO
MY OWN STATE OF BURN OUT AND MY
OWN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. I ALS
-- MY COWORKERS AND OTHERS WERE
ALSO EXPERIENCING A LOT OF THE
SAME THINGS I WAS. IT WASN'T
JUST A NURSING THING. IT WAS
AGENCY WIDE.
>> THANK YOU, NAOMI. SO WE
BROUGHT YOU THIS CHALLENGE LAST
YEAR AND THE VERY POSITIVE NEWS
IS THAT YOU ALL DID TAKE ACTION
ON THIS. WHAT YOU ALL WERE ABLE
TO DO WAS INCLUDE ABOUT $10.5
MILLION. THAT COVERED ALL
CONTRACTS THAT ORIGINATE WITH
THE CITY. MANY OF THOSE ARE
ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
BUT THEY ARE ALL WORK THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE BROUGHT INTO
BEING AND THAT HAPPENS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. AND THEY WERE
AS WE ARE HERE TODAY TALKING
ABOUT FUNDED THROUGH JUMP START
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE
HAD SEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TAKE A STEP THAT LARGE AND TO
COVER ALL CONTRACTS. SO WHAT
DOES THIS MEAN? LAUREN, YOU WAN
TO JUMP IN?
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHAT THIS HAS
MEANT FOR US AT DESC IS THAT
LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO AS
MANAGEMENT OF OUR ORGANIZATION
COME TO SCIU AND SAY ALL OF THI
WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING TOGETHE
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED IS
COMING TO FRUITION, LET'S
BARGAIN SOME NEW WAGES. WE WERE
ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON A
NEW WAGE FLOOR AT DESC OF 56,50
A YEAR. THAT IS A WAGE FLOOR OF
$29 AN HOUR. THAT IS FOR ENTRY
LEVEL PHYSICIANS AT THE
ORGANIZATION. SO THOSE POSITION
ARE ENTRY LEVEL FRONT LINE
POSITIONS HAVE SEEN A 48%
INCREASE IN THEIR BASE WAGE
SINCE JANUARY OF 2022 WHICH HAS
BEEN JUST SO SIGNIFICANTLY
HELPFUL TO US. AND YOU CAN SEE
THAT IN SOME OF THE RESULTS THA
WE HAVE HERE TO SHARE. SO WHAT
YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE ARE TWO
GRAPHS. THE FIRST GRAPH ON THE
LEFT IS DESC'S TURNOVER RATE AS
WELL AS OUR -- OUR OVERALL
VACANCY RATE OF OPENED POSITION
AT THE ORGANIZATION. YOU WILL
NOTICE STEEP DROP BETWEEN 2022
AND OUR PROGRESS TO DATE AS OF
THE MIDDLE OF THIS SUMMER. WE
ARE DOWN TO ABOUT A 10% TURNOVE
RATE AND COMPARED TO 36% LAST
YEAR AND 16.2% OVERALL VACANCY
RATE COMPARED TO 27 WHICH IS
WHEN WE WERE SEEING THE MORE
THAN 1 IN 4 POSITIONS VACANT
ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS. SINCE IT I
THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR NOTING W
ARE ON TRACK TO SEE A TURNOVER
RATE OF AROUND 23% WHICH IS AN
ENORMOUS IMPROVEMENT FROM THE
36% LAST YEAR. THEN THE GRAPH
OVER ON YOUR RIGHT I THINK
REALLY SHOWS THE CHALLENGE THAT
WE FELT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
YEARS SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE
YEARS 2019, 2020, 2021 WE
MAINTAINED A STEADY LEVEL OF
EMPLOYEES AT DESC THROUGHOUT
THAT TIME AROUND 600-650 OR SO
BLOWS. DURING THAT TIME WE WERE
NOT GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY AS AN
ORGANIZATION. YOU CAN SEE THERE
IS A GAP THERE. WE HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO DO MORE WORK THAN WE
CAN RECRUIT FOR OR RETAIN FOR.
YOU WILL REALLY SEE THAT JUMP I
2022 HEIGHT OVER PANDEMIC
CHALLENGES COMING OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC WHEN WE WERE STUCK AT
THIS PLACE WHERE WE COULD HIRE
LESS THAN 75% OF THE WORKERS FO
THAT WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE
JOB THAT WE SO MUCH WANT TO BE
ABLE TO PERFORM FOR THE CITY. S
YOU CAN SEE THAT SINCE WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED THESE CHANGES WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN A
WHOLE NEW GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO FEEL THEY CAN AFFORD TO WOR
IN HUMAN SERVICES OR WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO BRING FOLKS BACK I
WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY HAD TO LEAV
DUE TO INEQUITIES IN THE AMOUNT
WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE WOR
WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO.
>> THANK YOU, LAUREN. THESE
CHARTS TELL A REALLY, REALLY
IMPORTANT STORY BUT I WANT TO
ASK NAOMI AND JOHN TO JUMP IN
HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS
THAT THEY ARE FEELING WITH THE
CLIENTS THEY WORK WITH, THE
OUTCOMES THOSE CLIENTS ARE
SEEING AND THE COWORKERS.
>> OKAY. WELL, IN RELATION TO
THOSE GRAPHS AND STUFF LIKE THA
THAT WE ARE BEING SHOWN, I THIS
THINK DANIEL PUT IT IN A GOOD
WAY. HE MENTIONED HE FEELS WE
EXHAUSTED THE STAFF AND THE
WAGES. WE DID SEE A LOT OF
DISPARITY BETWEEN WHAT WE HAD
AVAILABLE AND WHAT WE COULD
BRING IN. WAGES HAVE COME IN, I
HAS BEEN A LOT DIFFERENT STORY.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE A LOT
MORE STAFF AND RETAIN FOLKS. WE
HAVE SEEN A LOT LESS PEOPLE
HAVING -- FEELING LIKE THEY ARE
HAVING TO LEAVE AND WHAT THIS
TURNS INTO IS BETTER OUTCOMES
FOR OUR CLIENTS. WE SEE MORE
PEOPLE GETTING INTO HOUSING,
MORE STAFF THAT ARE ABLE TO
ADDRESS THE CHANGES THAT OUR
CLIENTS ARE FACING THAT ARE ABL
TO GET THEM INTO THE SERVICES,
TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO
DIFFERENT BENEFITS AND REALLY D
THE HARD WORK THAT DESC HAS BEE
KNOWN FOR. SO I WILL PASS IT
OVER TO NAOMI.
>> I SEE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING
CONTINUATION OR CONTINUITY FOR
OUR CLIENTS WHICH THEY SO MUCH
THEY SERF NOT HAVING TO HAVE A
DIFFERENT CASE MANAGER EVE OTHE
MONTH BECAUSE THEIR CASE MANAGE
HAD TO LEAVE DUE TO NOT BEING
ABLE TO AFFORD TO NCAA THEIR
JOB. I HAD A COWORKER COME UP T
ME AFTER THE WAGES CHANGED
CRYING AND SAYING YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAS CHANGED
MY LIFE AS A SINGLE PARENT WITH
A KID IN COLLEGE I CAN FINALLY
BE A MOM AND HELP MY KID OUT.
WHICH THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO
DO BEFORE. THEY COULD BARELY
MAKE THEIR RENT. SO I SEE MANY,
MANY POSITIVE CHANGES COME
BECAUSE OF THESE WAGE INCREASE.
>> THANK YOU, NAOMI. SO WE ARE
VERY PRACTICAL AND NAOMI AND
JOHN TOLD US ABOUT THE POSITIVE
IMPACTS OF THE ACTION THAT THE
CITY TOOK LAST YEAR IN IT'S
BUDGET AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO
HAVE BEEN APART OF THAT GROWTH.
AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE NOT
DONE. LAST YEAR WHEN WE CAME TO
YOU IT WAS A ROUGHLY $30 MILLIO
DOLLAR GAP BETWEEN WHERE DESC
WAS AT AND WHERE THEY WOULD NEE
BE IN ORDER FOR ALL FRONT LINE
WORKERS TO NOT BE RENT BURDENED
UNFORTUNATELY AS WE ALL KNOW
INFLATION AND COST OF LIVING HA
CONTINUED TO INCREASE. WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU HERE
TODAY THAT THE SIGNIFICANT STEP
FORWARD PRODUCED THE EXACT
RESULTS THAT WE HAD HOPED IT
WOULD AND THAT YOU ALL HAD
BELIEVED IN WHEN YOU TOOK THIS
ACTION. WE STILL HAVE MORE TO D
HERE. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW IS A REALITY THAT
DESPITE THAT 48% INCREASE IF YO
LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT HAND HERE
THERE IS STILL A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT AND UNFORTUNATELY
INCREASING GAP BETWEEN WHAT IT
WOULD TAKE TO NOT BE A RENT
BURDEN OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WHICH IS ABOUT $82,000 A YEAR.
WANT TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO YO
BRIEFLY TO TALK ABOUT AS MUCH
IMPROVEMENT AS YOU HAVE SEEN TH
GAPS YOU CAN STILL IDENTIFY IN
YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR
COLLEAGUE'S ECONOMIC SECURITY.
>> SO ONE OF MY BIGGEST
CONCERNS, I LOOK AT ALL OF THIS
AND JUST THIS WAS A HUGE VICTOR
FOR US TO -- FAILED TO SEE SOME
OF THESE INCREASES. I FEEL LIKE
IT IS BEING FELT ALL AROUND. WE
RUN CREDIBLY CONCERNED THAT IF
WE DON'T ACT LIKE CONTINUE TO
ACT ON THIS THAT WE WILL BE
WHERE WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO IN
ANOTHER YEAR. AND SO WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO LIKE KEEP THINGS
STEADY SO WE DON'T FALL BACK
BEHIND SO WE DON'T GET TO THOSE
LEVELS OF NUTRITION AGAIN.
AGAIN, THE WORK WE DO, THIS IS
STUFF THE CITY ASKSTOUS DO AS W
LOOK AT TRYING TO ADDRESS THE
CHANGES WE ARE ALL FACING IN
THIS COMMUNITY AND DEALING WITH
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND STUF
LIKE THAT. AND ABLE TO DO THIS
WORK, WE NEED TO FULFILL THOSE
GOALS THAT THE CITY AND ALL OF
US HAVE KIND OF STATED AND TO
CONTINUE THAT WORK WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO HIRE A
NEW STAFF TO RETAIN THE STAFF W
HAVE, TO ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO DO
THIS WORK THAT IS SO VITAL TO
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. NAOMI.
>> I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A DES
EMPLOYEE AS WELL. LOVES THEIR
JOB BUT AGAIN CAN'T AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THE CITY AND RAISE THEI
CHILD ON THEIR OWN AND IS
STRUGGLING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
STILL BECAUSE THEY ARE A SINGLE
PARENT AND THOUGH THEIR WAGES
ARE GREATLY INCREASED AND THAT
HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL, THEY ARE
STILL STRUGGLING. I CAN'T LIVE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE EITHER S
THERE ARE A LOT OF MY CO-WORKER
ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS
AND DRIVING INTO FIGHTING THAT
TRAFFIC EVERYDAY RAISING OUR GA
BILLS TO COME IN AND DO THIS
WORK THAT WE ALL HAVE APP
EXTREME PASSION FOR TO SERVE
THESE PEOPLE THAT DESERVE SO
MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE ABLE
TO GIVE THEM. BUT, THAT IS
REALLY IT.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD A POINT T
THAT. IT IS OUR POSITION AS
SCIU1199 AND I HAVE HEARD MANY
IN GOVERNMENT SHARE THIS
POSITION THAT WE WANT OTHER
COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION TO
STEP UP AND BE DOING MORE ON
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND WE
ARE SEEING SOME OF THEM DO THAT
I WOULD CAUTION TO YOU ALL THAT
AS CITIES DO THAT, THE REALITY
IS THAT A BUNCH OF YOUR SEATTLE
WORKERS FOR IS LIVING IN OTHER
COMMUNITIES IN THIS REGION AND
SO AS YOU SEE THOSE OTHER
GOVERNMENTS STEP UP AND OPEN UP
SHELTERS AND HOUSING PROGRAMS,
YOU RAT RISK OF YOUR OWN CITY
WORKERS FOR REALIZING THEY HAVE
A JOB THAT IS WITH TWO HOURS
LESS COMMUTE A DAY DOWN THE
ROAD. SO, WE ALL WANT TO SEE
OTHER CITIES STEP UP AND DO MOR
INVESTMENT AND ALSO SEATTLE WIL
HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS TAKING
CARE OF IT'S WORKERS FOR AND NO
SUBJECTING IT TO A MULTI-HOUR
COMMUTE IN ORDER TO SERVE THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY. THIS IS JUS
MORE OF THE SAME SO WE CAN JUMP
AHEAD. AARON WILL, I THINK IT I
YOU, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS
INFORMATION AS TO HOW WE GOT TO
THOSE NUMBERS.
>> ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR DESC THE
PAST YEAR OR SO HAS BEEN
REDEFINING WHAT OUR WAGE GOALS
ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION FOR OUR
WORKERS FOR. FOR YEARS THE GOAL
HAD BEEN TO GET TO MARKET MEDIA
FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS
THROUGHOUT THE FIELD. WE STARTE
THIS WORK IN 2016 AND 2022 WE
ACHIEVED THAT GOAL OF BEING AT
MARKET MEDIAN AVERAGE WAGES FOR
THE SECTOR. WHEN YOU LOOKED AT
HA THOSE AVERAGE WAGES WERE,
THEY WERE PRODUCING THE RESULTS
THAT WE SAW PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE
HAD MASSIVE VACANCY RATES,
MASSIVE TURNOVER, A LOT OF
DISSATISFACTION AND JUST A LOT
OF LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE
WORKERS WHO WERE DOING THE JOB.
SO, WE SET OUR NEW WAGE GOAL
ONCE WE ACHIEVED OUR ORIGINAL
WAGE GOAL. OUR NEW GOAL IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WORKERS CAN
AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THEY
ARE WORKING IN. OUR DEFINITION
IS NOT FANCY. NO LUXURIES
INVOLVED HERE. WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS BEING ABLE TO
AFFORD A STUDIO APARTMENT AT
FAIR MARKET RENT. AND WHAT THAT
MEANS, THAT IS A HUD, A FEDERAL
DEFINED THING AND THERE ARE
YEARLY NUMBERS ON WHAT THAT IS
FOR DIFFERENT METROPOLITAN
AREAS. SO FOR THE SEATTLE #3WE8
BELL VIEW AREA FOR THIS YEAR A
STUDIO APARTMENT IS CONSIDERED
AT FAIR MARKET RENT IF IT IS
UNDER $2,042 A MONTH. TO NOT BE
RENT-BURDENED THAT MEANS NOT
PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF YOUR
INCOME TOWARDS HOUSING YOU WOUL
NEED TO EARN A SALARY OF $81,68
A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THA
STUDIO APARTMENT. SO AGAIN, WE
HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
BY GETTING TO THAT 57, THAT
BENCHMARK, OUR FLOOR OUR NEW
WAGE FLOOR $56,000,500. THAT
PUTS US BACK AT 2019'S FAIR
MARKET RENT. IF WE WERE BACK
THEN THAT WOULD BAY AMAZING. WE
WOULD BE SO HAPPY AND PLEASED
WITH OURSELVES BUT THAT IS NOT
THE REALITY OF OUR SITUATION
UNFORTUNATELY. WE ARE STILL
SEVERAL YEARS BEHIND. WE ARE SO
INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS
TOWARDS THIS GOAL AND DON'T FAL
BACKWARDS AS WE SEE INFLATION
RISE YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR.
>> AND ON THAT NOTE TO YOU WANT
TO CLOSE US OUT HERE?
>> SHUSHGS THANK YOU. ON THAT
NOTE WE SEE SOME KEY STRATEGIES
THAT YOU ALL CAN HELP US ACHIEV
AND HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO HELP U
ACHIEVE ALREADY. ALL OF OUR
CONTRACTS, CURRENTLY THERE ARE
STILL SOME CONTRACT IN THE CITY
BUDGET. THERE ARE ALSO STILL
SOME CONTRACTS THAT DESC
RESOOEFS THROUGH THE KING COUNT
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
WHERE THEY ARE NOT GETTING
INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS THROUGH
THE CITY AS THEY PREVIOUSLY
WOULD HAVE. THIS IS THE FIRST
YEAR THEY WOULDS ON THE WE
REALLY WANTED TO FLAG THAT AND
MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS, THAT
THAT COVERS A LOT OF THE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVITY HOUSING
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER
THAT WE OPERATE AND SO WE ARE
LOOKING TO SEE CONTRACT
INCREASES ON THOSE GETTING
DIRECTED TO THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
IN ADDITION TO THAT WE TOTALLY
SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S ADDITIONAL
2% ON TOP OF THE ORDINANCE LEVE
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT TO ADDRESS
HISTORIC WAGE SUPPRESSION AND
WANTING TO BE REALLY CLEAR TO
NOT INFLATE THOSE TWO THINGS.
THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT
THINGS TO US. THE INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS, MAKE SURE WE DON'T
FALL BEHIND YEAR OVER YEAR. THE
WAGE -- THE WAGE ADJUSTMENTS AN
WAGE INCREASES REALLY HELP TO
ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC SUPPRESSIO
OF WAGES THAT OUR FIELD HAS FEL
FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
SO, WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
AT MINIMUM 2% THERE IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AND LASTLY JUS
REALLY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THA
THE HOUSING LEVY PASSES AND WHE
WE GET TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSING
LEVY THAT THE WORKERS FOR
STABILIZATION PLANS ARE THOUGHT
THROUGH AND DON'T MAKE PROGRESS
TOWARDS THESE GOALS OF BOTH
RAISING BASE WAGES FOR THIS
FIELD AND ALSO ENSURING THAT
COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS DON'
HAPPEN YEAR OVER YEAR FOR OUR
WORKERS FOR. ANYTHING ELSE,
LINDSEY?
>> THAT BRINGS US TO THE END.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND SEND THIS
PRESENTATION IN SO YOU CAN ALL
RECEIVE IT. AS ALWAYS WE JUST
WANT TO CONTINUE BEING PARTNERS
WITH YOU IN ADDRESSING HOUSING
AN HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY AND
WE KNOW DO THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP
THOSE CHARTS WITH THE VACANCY
AND STATE YOUR NAME OVER DATA
GOING DOWNWARD SO WE CAN DON'T
RECRUIT AND RETAIN AN EXCELLENT
WORKERS FOR TO DO THIS AND WITH
THAT WE WILL SFOOND STAND FOR
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES ON
BEING ON THE FRONT LINE. AARON
WILL, -- LAUREN, I WANT TO THAN
YOU. FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW YOU ARE
A REPRESENTATIVE OF DESC'S
MANAGEMENT. IT IS REALLY
EXCITING TO SEE THE SHARED
MESSAGE AND THE SHARED NARRATIV
THAT IS BEING DISPLAYED HERE
TODAY BOTH FROM FRONT LINE
WORKERS AND THE FOLKS WITHIN
MANAGEMENT AND DESC ALONG WITH
SEIU1199. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
PROVIDING THE ARRAY OF
INFORMATION THAT SHOWS WHEN WE
INVEST IT CREATES GREATER
STABILITY. IT ALLOWS FOR A
GREATER DELIVERY AND CONTINUITY
OF SERVICES. ULTIMATELY WE WANT
PEOPLE TO GET STABLY HOUSED, TO
GETTING ACCESS TO THE HEALTH
SERVICES AND COUNSELING THEY
NEED AND SO AN ARRAY OF
INFORMATION AND THE MULTIPLE ON
THE IMPORTANCE HERE IS
IMPORTANT. AND I'M THANKFUL OUR
COLLEAGUES HAVE A HANDFUL OF
QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, HAVING WORKED ON WAGE
STABILITY S THERE ANY ADDITIONA
CONTEXT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD O
QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM
INTERESTED IN QUESTIONS ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY THE VERY
PRELIMINARY RESPONSE WE HAVE
RECEIVED FROM THE HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT ON A SURVEY. YOU MAY
RECALL THAT THE -- WHEN
LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE CPI
BASED INCREASES WAS PASSED,
THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
PROVIDE A REPORT AND THE REPORT
WAS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE
IMPACTS OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS O
CONTRACTED PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS, FINANCIAL
STABILITY, EMPLOYEE WAGES,
EMPLOYEE RETENTION SERVICES
PROVIDED IN THE CITY BUDGET
SPECIFICALLY THE LEADING TO ANY
DISCUSSION OR EVALUATION OF
CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS. THAT
SURVEY WAS DELAYED. WE DO HAVE
VERY SORT OF EARLY SNAPSHOT. IT
WENT OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
MAYBE ONLY A WEEK AGO. WE HAVE
GOT ABOUT 5% OF AGENCIES
RESPONDING THUS FAR. AGENCIES
STILL HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF
WEEKS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK IN
AND APPRECIATE ANY FOLKS WHO AR
WORKING AT OR WITH AGENCIES AS
ADVOCATES HELP US. DATA IS VERY
HELPFUL. THE QUESTIONS DEINSIDE
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES COALITIO
WAS BROKEN UP INTO RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION RELATED IMPACTS,
INFLATION IMPACTS, INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS AND THERE IS ONE AN
I THINK THIS IS A PARTICULAR
PANEL IS A GOOD PANEL TO HELP M
UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE ONE OF TH
RESPONSES TO THE SORT OF THE
OPEN ENDED QUESTION. THE
RESPONSE WE RECEIVED FROM THE
AGENCIES THAT DID RESPOND, ONE
OF THEM INCLUDED THE STATEMENT
THAT WAGE ADJUSTMENTS ARE
CHALLENGING IN THE UNION
ENVIRONMENT. WE GIVE A
CONTRACTED 3% ANNUAL INCREASE
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT NON-SALARY
INCREASES OUR BUSINESS INCRESTS
HAVE JUMPED 18% YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO WE ARE ARE STILL TAKING ON
THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE REFERENC
TO THE OTHER INFLATIONARY COSTS
THAT AGENCIES ARE FACED WITH. I
IS NOT ONLY INFLATIONARY IMPACT
ARE NOT ONLY ON WAGES BUT THEY
ARE ON OTHER COSTS TO OPERATE A
AGENCY. I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW WITHIN
UNION ENVIRONMENT WE ARE
RECONCILING THE CITY'S MANDATE
FOR INFLATIONARY INCREASES AND
SOON WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
PASSAGE HOPEFULLY WITH ALSO THE
WAGE EQUITY INCREASES THAT ARE
MAN DATEDED BY LAW HOW YOU ARE
HANDLING THAT IN A BARGAINING
CONTEXT.
>> THANK YOU. I CAN SPEAK
SOMEWHAT FROM DESC'S
PERSPECTIVE, NOT AS MUCH FROM
OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATION. I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HA
HELPED DESC APPROACH THIS TOPIC
AND IT'S A VERY REAL THING YOU
SPEAK OF, THIS CHALLENGE BETWEE
INCREASING WAGES AND ALSO PAYIN
ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT OUR
BILLS ARE ALSO GOING UP FOR
EVERYTHING. FOR OUR RENT, FOR
UTILITIES, FOR LITERALLY
EVERYTHING, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE TRIED TO DO THESE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS IS REALLY TALK
ABOUT THIS OPENLY WITH OUR
UNION. SO WE HAVE REALLY -- I
FEEL LIKE ANYWAY REALLY FRANK
CONVERSATIONS WITH NAOMI AND
JOHN AND OTHERS ON THE
BARGAINING TEAM ABOUT WHAT OUR
COSTS ARE LOOKING LIKE. SO THAT
THEY ARE BROUGHT ALONG THIS
PROCESS WITH US AND
UNDERSTANDING WE ARE NOT --
HIDING BEHIND NUMBERS SAYING WE
CAN'T GIVE YOU THESE INCREASES.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYTHING LOOKS
LIKE AND YOU KNOW -- WE CAN'T
EXIST IF WE PAY THE RENT AND
HAVE OFFICE SPACE FOR PEOPLE AN
ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. JUST
THAT OPENED COMMUNICATION REALL
SEEMS TO HELP A LOT. ON THE
MANAGEMENT SIDE I THINK ANOTHER
THING THAT IS REALLY HELPED FOR
US IS RECENTERING WHAT OUR GOAL
IS. WHEN WE ARE APPROACHING EAC
BUDGET SEASON NOW GOING IN WITH
THIS MENTALITY OF WE WILL NOT
LOSE GROUND ON OUR WAGES AND WE
CANNOT LOSE GROUND ON INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS. SO STARTING FROM A
PLACE WHERE THAT IS THE
ASSUMPTION OF HOW WE NEED TO
BALANCE OUR BUDGET AS WE HEAD
INTO 2024 FOR EXAMPLE THAT IS
OUR KEY CORE PRINCIPLE IS MAKIN
SURE AT BARE MINIMUM WE WILL
MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR
WORKERS SEE INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS THEY NEED TO SEE SO
THEY ARE NOT LOSING ANY GROUND
FINANCIALLY AND OF COURSE WE
WANT TO ALSO THEN FROM THERE
BUILD ON THAT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE INCREASING THOSE BASE WAGES
SO I DON'T -- I DON'T AT ALL
WANT TO IMPLY THAT OTHER PLACES
AREN'T ALSO DOING THAT BUT IT
REALLY WAS THIS THING THAT HAD
TO BE A REALLY MINDFUL SHIFT FO
THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND
LEADERSHIP TEAM TO REALLY COMMI
TO THIS BEING THE GOAL. LIKE WE
KNOW WE CANNOT EXIST UNLESS OUR
EMPLOYEES ARE MADE WHOLE. WE
KNOW WE CANNOT SEARCH THV
COMMUNITY UNLESS WE HAVE THE
TALENTED WORKERS THAT WE DO AND
THAT WE NEED TO RETAIN TO HELP
THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WE ARE
SERVING EVERYDAY. SO, I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT HELPS AT ALL.
>> I WAS GOING TO ADD THAT I
DOUBT THAT THAT WAS DESC'S
RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY. KNOWING
WHAT I KNOW, BUT I WOULD SAY
THAT WHAT IS THE CORE ISSUE HER
IS HISTORIC UNDER FUNDING AND
CONTRACTS THAT ARE NOT
APPROPRIATELY CAPTURING ALL
RESPONSES AND APPROPRIATELY
WORKERS FOR IS ALWAYS GOING TO
BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IF NOT TH
LARGEST EXPENSE BECAUSE WE NEED
PEOPLE TO HELP PEOPLE. THAT
BALANCING ACT THAT LAUREN
MENTIONED AND I THINK IS
EMBEDDED IN THAT SURVEY RESPONS
THAT EXISTS WHETHER IT IS A
NON-UNION OR A UNION PROVIDER I
THAT SPACE. THEY STILL HAVE
BILLS TO PAY AND NOT ENOUGH
RESOURCES COMING IN THE DOOR TO
GET THE JOB PROPERLY. WHEN THER
IS A UNION IN THE WORKPLACE LIK
THERE IS AT DESC, IT MAKES SURE
THAT THERE IS A BALANCED
APPROACH BETWEEN LABOR AND
MANAGEMENT ABOUT HOW TO DEAL
WITH THAT CHALLENGE. MOST DAYS
WE FEEL LIKE WE DO A GOOD JOB A
THAT. IT ALLOWS US TO BE HERE
TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL TALKING
ABOUT THOSE CHALLENGES AND WHAT
THE PRIORITIES ARE. I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT
OUT THERE FOR THE RECORD.
>> THANK YOU. I DO NEED TO MOVE
TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> JUST A COMMENT. I DID WANT T
LIFT UP BECAUSE OF THE
OBSERVATION WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
THE RACE -- RESPONSIBILITY OF
EVERYONE, I JUST WANT TO FLAG
THAT ONE -- ONE RESPONDENT
REFERENCED THE -- THE FUNDING
MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE FOR PARTICIPATING IN
MORE FUNDING TO BOTH HIGHLIGHT
AND ADDRESS THE NEED TO MAKE
THIS CORRECTION AS IT RELATED T
INCREASED COSTS RELATED WITH
INFLATION AND ONE RESPONDENT
REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT
PHILANTHROPY IS A HUGE
CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EFFORT OF
THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION TO
ADDRESS STAFF WAGE INCREASE. SO
THEY REFERRED TO THE ACCESS OF
ORGANIZATIONAL RESERVES FROM
PHILANTHROPY BEING USED TO
ASSIST WITH STAFF WAGE INCREASE
SO JUST WANTING TO LIFT THOSE
COMMENTS, A COUPLE OF PROVIDERS
UP AS EVIDENCE OF HOW OTHER
FUNDERS ARE WORKING IN THIS
SPACE AND DOING SO IN A WAY THA
IMPACTS BOTH THE WAGES OF FRONT
LINE STAFF AS WELL AS THE
ABILITY TO PROVIDE DESPERATELY
NEEDED SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON, THANKS FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND
APOLOGIES AS WELL FOR NOT
CIRCULATING THIS UPDATED POWER
POINT. PATTY, I THINK WILL
RECIRCULATE THAT. OKAY.
QUESTIONS ON THIS PAN AND HE
WILL THEN WE WILL GO TO THE NEX
TWO PANELS.
>> YEAH. I REALLY APPRECIATE
HAVING THE RETENTION RATES KWUN
IF IED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING
FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME. THAT
REPORT IS A YEAR AND A HALF I
BELIEVE. SO HAVING THIS
INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING ABOUT
THE PERCENTAGE OF DESC'S
OPERATING BUDGET THAT IS
SUPPORTED BY OTHER JURISDICTION
SO ARE WE CARRYING THE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY OF ENSURING YOUR
WORKERS ARE GETTING THE PAY THE
NEED. 48% -- I ASSUME THE 48%
WAGE INCREASE WAS ENABLED BY OU
-- BY SEATTLE'S INCREASES OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I JUS
AM INTERESTED IN MORE DETAIL
ABOUT THAT LATER. AND ALSO WE
REALLY HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOU
THE OUTCOMES THAT RETENTION IS
ENABLING. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOU
THE PEOPLE THAT THIS CONTRACT I
REALLY SERVING AND YOU DID
MENTION THAT THE OUTCOMES ARE
IMPROVING ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES
I AM INTERESTED IN MORE DETAIL.
ARE THERE MORE PEOPLE SERVED?
HAVE YOU BEEN -- HAS YOUR CASE
LOAD BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE MORE
VULNERABLE PEOPLE? IN THE
TREATMENT SPACE I AM INTERESTED
IN KNOWING AND PERHAPS THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU CAN ANSWER HERE.
I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN
TREATMENT. WHAT KINDS OF
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT ARE
YOU ABLE TO OFFER? AND HAS THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
RECEIVED IT GONE UP AS A RESULT
OF RETENTION? THANK
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS. I CAN TOUCH BRIEFLY
TO SAY THAT THE CITY IS A KEY
PARTNER IN FUNDING BUT CERTAINL
NOT OUR ONLY FUNDER. WE RECEIVE
A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE STATE
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
CONTRACTS THAT ACOUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD JUST MENTIONED. WE ARE
-- WE HAVE A VERY SKILLED CFO
WHO HAS HELPED US REALLY LOOK A
EVERY POSSIBLE RESOURCE THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PULLING
DOWN AND UTILIZING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE. SO THAT INCLUDES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. IT
INCLUDES MEDICAID DOLLARS. IT
INCLUDES JUMP START. WEAVING AL
OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER HAS
BEEN WHAT HAS LED TO THIS 48%
INCREASE BUT THAT WOULD HAVE
NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THA
MONEY THAT JUMP START KICKED IN
BECAUSE DESC IS SUCH A LARGE
ORGANIZATION WITH SO MANY
DIFFERENT DISCREET BODIES OF
WORK WE DO CRISIS SERVICES. WE
DO MENTAL HEALTHCARE. WE TO
SUBSTANCE USE CARE. WE HAVE
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF CONTRACTS
THAT DO NOT ALL RECEIVE
INCREASES AT THE SAME TIME AND
SO HAVING THESE KIND OF KEY
INVESTMENTS FROM THE CITY OR
FROM THE COUNTY OR FROM THE
STATE HAPPENED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH ONE ANOTHER IS REALLY WHAT
HAS LED TO THIS MOMENT IN TIME
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAIS
THE WAGES FOR EVERYONE. I THINK
I WILL PAUSE THERE WITH THAT. I
JUST REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT, LIKE, IT IS CRUCIAL AND
ALSO IT TAKES -- IT TAKES
EVERYONE CONTRIBUTING TO MAKE
THIS POSSIBLE. THEN FOR THE
SECOND PART AROUND CLIENT
OUTCOMES. SO GIVEN THAT WE ARE
SIX MONTHS -- WE ARE TEN MONTHS
NOW INTO THE YEAR, WE REALLY
LOOKINGER TO WARD TO START
TRACKING COME 2024 AND ON WARD
RATES AROUND CASE LOAD SIZES,
RETENTION WITH HOW FOLKS -- HOW
LONG FOLKS ARE STAYING CONNECTE
WITH THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT,
PERSONAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR OU
CLIENTS. WE TRACK ALL OF THAT
DATA NOW. WHAT WE ARE -- WE
THINK THAT WE NEED A LITTLE MOR
TIME TO SHOW CORRELATION
DIRECTLY IN TERMS OF THE DATA.
WE HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE RIGHT
NOW OF FOLKS JUST REPORTING
POSITIVE THINGS TO US. WELL RAY
WANT TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE
DATA ON OUR CLIENT INCOMES AS
WELL. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING
TO YOU ALL MORE IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL QUARTERS AS THIS WORK
CONTINUES TO REPORT ON THAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IN
RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION THAT
OUR UNION ABSOLUTELY PULLS ON
EVERY THREAD THAT IS APPROPRIAT
WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING THESE
IMPORTANT SERVICES. THAT IS
INCLUSIVE OF THE STATE AND THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY. AND JUST T
BE REALLY SPECIFIC, THE -- WHAT
WE WERE REPORTING ON TODAY IS
THINGS JUST HAPPENING IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. DESC DOES DO
SOME WORK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY O
SEATTLE. WE WERE NOT ASKING THE
CITY OF SEATTLE TO SUBSIDIZE
WORK HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. IT IS AN
APPROPRIATE TIE TO THE CITY
BOUNDARY THERE.
>> THANKS.
>> WE ARE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP.
>> OKAY. YES?
>> WE -- WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO I
RECENT -- INCREASE OUR TREATMEN
OPTIONS FOR FOLKS PARTICULARLY
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MEDICATIO
FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER. WE DO
HAVE SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT
COUNSELORS EMBEDDED WITHIN ALL
OF OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING LOCATIONS. I THINK
BECAUSE OF THE JUMP START FUNDS
WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT SUPPORT
DIRECTLY INTO THE BUILDINGS FOR
PEOPLE WHERE WE CAN MEET THEM
LITERALLY AT THEIR DOOR AND
OFFER THOSE KINDS OF SUPPORTS
WHETHER IT BE THROUGH CONNECTIO
TO FORMAL TREATMENT IF THAT IS
WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN,
GROUP THERAPY, INDIVIDUALIZED
CASE MANAGEMENT CARE. ANYTHING
LIKE THAT BUT WE HAVE -- WE HAV
REALLY BEEN -- OUR EFFORTS HAVE
BEEN FOCUSED THIS YEAR ON
OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND OVERDOS
RESPONSE IN PARTICULAR AS THAT
HAS JUST BEEN VERY UNFORTUNATEL
RAVAGING THE COMMUNITY BUT IN
PARTICULAR OUR TENANTS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HAPPY FOR FOLLOW UP AFTER TH
MEETING.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS ROBUST
PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THAT
YOU DO. NAOMI AND JOHN, THANK
YOU SO MUCH. LAUREN, THANK YOU
FOR PROVIDING YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
LINDSEY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
COORDINATED PRESENTATION SO WE
CAN SEE THE FULL AWE RAY OF
SERVICES AND IMPACTS YOU HAVE
HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY USING JUMP
START DOLLARS AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE FROM
YOU. THANKS FOR SHARING TODAY.
THIS IS GOING INTO OUR SECOND
PANEL. I WANT TO THANK THE
MEMBERS HERE TO PRESENT WITH US
IT IS A GOOD SEGWAY. THERE IS N
FINE LINE BETWEEN SOME OF THESE
SERVICES GIVEN WE KNOW WE NEED
ACCESS TO HOUSING IN ORDER TO
IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH. WE
NEED ACCESS TO HOUSING TO MAKE
SURE THAT MORE WORKERS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO WORK WITHIN THE CITY
AND HAVE ACCESS TO BE AVAILABLE
TO ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS
OWNERS AROUND OUR REGION AND WE
NEED ACCESS TO HOUSING TO
PREVENT DWIS PLACEMENT BOTH
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT AND
HOUSING DISPLACEMENT. JUST FOR
BRIEF BACKGROUND IN 2023 THE
JUMP START AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DOLLARS ALLOCATED $20 MILLION.
SO TO CONTINUE WITH THE SEGWAY
OF HOW WE BOTH INVEST DIRECTLY
IN THE BUILDING, WE THEN
PROVIDED DIRECT INVESTMENTS INT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS IN
TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE
OUTSIDE. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU
THAT FULL NUMBER IN JUST A
SECOND. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
NUMBERS IS $10.6 MILLION GOING
INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FIRST
TIME HOME OWNERSHIP. VERY
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
SEE HOW BRICK AND MORTAR
INVESTMENTS GOED IN AN GLOVE
WITH THE WORKERS FOR INVESTMENT
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. SO FAR
BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023 THERE ARE
-- THERE WAS 18 RENTAL PROJECTS
AND TWO LARGE PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THA
HAVE RECEIVED DIRECT FUNDING
FROM JUMP START INVESTMENTS AND
THAT IS AROUND 2,000 NEW AND
REINVESTED AFFORDABLE HOMES.
THAT WAS ALL BEFORE THE 2023
AWARDS. WE ARE VERY THRILLED
THAT THIS IS A SNIPPET OF THE
LARGER PICTURE OF HOW WE ENSURE
THAT THERE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSIN
AND STABLE HOUSING, FAMILY
HOUSING, INNER GENERATIONAL
HOUSING ACROSS OUR CITY. THIS I
A PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS YOU
HEARD THE PREVIOUS PANEL TALK
ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP OF
INVESTMENTS THAT CORRESPONDING
WITH THE HOUSING LEVY WILL ALLO
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MORE
HOUSING ACROSS OUR CITY. WE ARE
NOT JUST PATTING OURSELVES ON
THE BACK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JUM
START DOING THAT. WE SAW IT IN
THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD A
WE PASSED THE HOUSING LEVY AND
THANK YOU TO THIS PAN TOLE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THAT AS WELL.
HOUSING LEVY DOLLARS PAIRED WIT
JUMP START DOLLARS ALLOWED FOR
US TO SEE MORE UNITS CREATED,
MORE PEOPLE SERVING DIRECTLY
WITHIN THOSE UNITS AND MORE TWO
AND THREE FOUR BEDROOM UNITS
ALONG WITH FIRST TIME HOME
OWNERSHIP OPTIONS. IT IS THE
ARRAY OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ASKING FOR. I WILL FIRST TURN I
OVER TO PATIENCE. PATIENCE, IF
YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH YOUR
PRESENTATION AND THEN MIGUEL IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO WALK THROUGH
YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN
DENNIS. WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS
FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE END
OF THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRIO
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL O
THE QUESTIONS IN BEFORE GOING T
OUR LAST PANEL. GOOD MORNING,
PATIENCE. THANKS AGAIN FOR BEIN
HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US IN THIS BUDGET
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION JUST
REITERATING THE APPRECIATION IN
HIGHLIGHTING THE TRANSFORMATIVE
EFFORT OF JUMP START AS FUNDING
THAT REALLY CAME AT A KEY MOMEN
IN TIME. AS INTRODUCED I AM
PATIENCE. I SERVE AS THE
EXECUTIVE I CAN RECTOR OF THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
AS I BRING UP MY SLIDES HERE I
WILL INVITE MIGUEL AND DENNIS
JUST TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND THEN I WILL RUN
THROUGH MY SLIDES QUICKLY AND
HAND OVER TO YOU BOTH TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR PROJECTS IN THE AND
THE IMPACTS WE HAVE SEEN.
>> THANK YOU, PATIENCE. COUNCIL
MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TODAY. I'M
MIGUEL. I'M THE ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR. .
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE AND
PATIENCE. I AM THE DAY TREKKER
TO OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT
PLYMOUTH HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU BOTH. JUST IN
STARTING WITH THE OVER VIEW OF
THE IMPACT OF JUMP START ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, I WANT TO GO BACK
TO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH JUMP
START WAS PASSED. THE CRISIS OF
COVID 19 HAD LAID THE ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY AND HOUSING
INSTABILITY THAT WE HAD ALREADY
SEEN PRIOR TO COVID-19. WE KNEW
THEN THE CRISISES HAD AN OUT
SIZED IMPACT ON BLACK INDIGENOU
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES
WE ALSO KNEW BACK THEN A THE
PATH TO RECOVERY IF AT ALL
RECOVERY IS VISIBLE NEEDED TO B
ROBUST AND IN COLLABORATION WIT
THE COMMUNITY. THINGS WERE CLEA
THEN AND DON'T BE CLEAR WHICH I
OUR COMMUNITY WAS HURTING. TWO,
OUR ECONOMY WAS TANKING. THEY
WERE PROJECTIONS OF A FAR WORSE
ECONOMY CONDITION THAN WE WERE
ABLE TO SEE AT THE TIME. WE ALS
KNEW WE COULDN'T WAIT. WE HAD
FEDERAL RELIEF THAT WAS GREAT
BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH. WE
WEREN'TED TO WORK TOWARDS AS
COALITION ALL OF US TOGETHER
AVOIDING MEASURES AND I MUST SA
KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU IN YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND TAKING ACTION
PROACTIVELY TO PREVENT THAT IN
SIGNIFICANT WAYS. AS IT STANDS
TODAY, YOU HEARD FROM DOWN --
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA EARLIER
WE HAVE OVER 77 ,000 LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE CROSS
BURDENED IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
THEY REALLY ARE FEELING THE PAI
OF THIS CHALLENGE. WE KNOW THE
BOTTOM LINE IS WE DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH HOUSING. THE PROJECTIONS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SHOW WE 112,000 HOMES OVER THE
NEXT TWO DECADES. 44,000 OF
THOSE HOMES NEED TO BE
AFFORDABLE TO FOLKS AT THE 0 TO
30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. WHICH I
WHY TIN VESTMENTS REMAIN SO
CRITICAL FOR THE CITY. THAT
REQUIRES THAT ALL THE TOLLS THA
THE CITY HAS WORK TOGETHER TO
INVEST CRITICALLY IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY. I'M
GLAD TO HEAR THE REFERENCE TO
THE HOUSING LEVY. WE KNOW WE AR
WORKING TOWARDS MARCHING OVER
THE FINISH LINE TO GET THAT
RENEWED. WE WANT TO LOOK A
LITTLE BIT AT THE SOURCES OF
FUNDING THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING HAS HAD TO WORK WITH. I
YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART YOU WILL
REALIZE THAT JUMP START HAS
BECOME THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURC
OF FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. MORE THAN $70 MILLION
INVESTED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ANNUALLY COMING DIRECTLY FROM
JUMP START. THAT IS A
TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENT AT TH
MOST CRITICAL TIME THAT WE HAVE
NEEDED IT AS A CITY. NOW WE WAN
TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
PROJECTS THAT WE WERE REFERENCE
EARLIER. THIS INVESTMENT IN REA
AFFORDABLE HOMES $18 BUILDINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED
ALREADY. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN
INVESTMENTS IN PRESERVATION OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT IS
REINVESTING IN EXISTING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THAT
PRODUCES ABOUT 2,000 AFFORDABLE
HOMES. IT DOES INCLUDE
INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORT OF
HOUSING REALLY HELPING PEOPLE
EXIT HOMELESSNESS ON A PATH OF
STABILITY. AND THAT IS BOTH IN
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS YOU WILL
HEAR A LOT MORE FROM DENNIS AND
HIS TEAM AND THEN YOU HEARD
ABOUT THE STABILIZATION THAT HA
ALREADY WITHIN THE PAST FEW --
WITHIN THE PAST YEAR CONTRIBUTE
TO A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN TERM
OF THE TRENDS. WE ALSO KNOW THA
JUMP START HAS INVESTED IN
COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENTS
WHICH MIGUEL WILL EMPHASIZE AND
HIGHLIGHT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN. AND BEYOND ALL OF
THIS JUMP START IS INVESTING IN
LOW WAGE WORKERS FOR HOUSING
ACROSS THE CITY WHICH WE ARE
TRULY GRATEFUL FOR. WITH THAT I
WILL HAND OVER TO MIGUEL WHO
WILL SPEAK A LOT MORE ABOUT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK. I
HAVE TO EMPHASIZE HOW
TRANSFORMATIVE THIS TOOL HAS
BEEN GIVEN THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE
SEEN IN TERMS OF WORKERS FOR
STABILIZATION. WITH THAT MIGUEL
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL DO
MY BEST HERE TO SHARE MY SCREEN
I HAVE A FEW IMAGES TO HELP
SHARE. FIRST OF ALL I WANTED TO
START OUT BY SAYING THE
BACKGROUND THAT PATIENCE HAS ON
HER SCREEN THERE IS OF THE FIRS
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF EL
CENTRO DE LA RAZA. IT IS A MODE
IN WHICH WE ARE NOT ONLY WORKIN
TO BUILD AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY BUT
REALLY TO BUILD COMMUNITY ITSEL
AND TO BUILD COMMUNITY INSPIRED
MIXED USE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENTS THAT INCORPORATE
THE ELEMENTS OF NOT ONLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT COMMUNIT
AND CULTURAL SPACE, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND
SOMETHING THE ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY SEE AS AN
ASSET AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
FOR THE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THE JUMP
START PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
SOURCES IS SO IMPORTANT FRONT
OUR PER PERSPECTIVE AS AN
ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE TO BE
ABLE TO BUILD ASSETS AND BUILD
COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE TYPES O
DEVELOPMENTS AND THE JUMP START
FUNDING HAS SUPPORTED OUR NEXT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
WHICH IS THE FOUR AMIGOS BELOVE
COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT
IN THE COLUMBIA CITY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN SEATTLE. SO
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN THIS YEAR ON
APRIL 10TH AND WE HAVE AN
ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE OF
DECEMBER 2024 AND THERE WILL BE
87 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND OVER
HALF OF THE UNITS WILL BE TWO
AND THREE BEDROOMS APARTMENTS
AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN HAV
ENOUGH SPACE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE
IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS, TO BE
ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
AMENITIES AND LIVE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE COLUMBIA CITY
AND SO THIS IS THE LARGEST
DEVELOPMENT THAT WE KNOW OF IN
COLUMBIA CITY THAT IS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO SERVE THAT NUMBER OF
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THEN IT
WILL HAVE FOUR CLASSROOMS IN OU
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
THAT IS BEING BUILT THERE. THER
WILL BE GO PRESCHOOL AND TWO
TODDLER CLASSROOMS THAT WILL
SERVED TOTAL OF 68 CHILDREN. IT
IS NAMED AFTER OUR FOUR AMIGOS
THAT WERE AN EXAMPLE OF BUILDIN
COMMUNITY. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO
BE ABLE TO NAME IT AFTER THE
FOUR AMIGOS. SO THE CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CENTER WILL SERVE
FAMILIES THERE BUT ALSO SERVE
FAMILIES IN THE -- THROUGHOUT
THE COLUMBIA CITY NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO IT
IS A RESOURCE NOT ONLY FOR FOLK
WHO LIVE THERE BUT FOR THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND CITY. IT
WILL ALSO HOUSE OFFICE SPACE. I
IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHURC
OF HOPE WHICH WAS ON THAT SITE
FOR MANY YEARS AND WILL HAVE A
NEW WORSHIP SPACE SO THOSE ARE
THE ENTITIES THAT WILL MAKE UP
THE DEVELOPMENT. AND I WILL SAY
THAT THE ART WORK THERE, IF YOU
ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ART
WORK AT PLAZA ROBERTO, WE WILL
ALSO INCORPORATE A WONDERFUL
DISPLAY OF ART WORK THAT REALLY
IS REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSITY
OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY WHICH
WILL INCLOUD ART THAT REFLECTS
THE AFTER ROW LATINO INDIGENOUS
CULTURES AND DIVERSITY OF THE
LATINO COMMUNITY. THESE ARE SOM
OTHER IMAGES OF THE ART AND THE
BUILDINGS. AND SO I WILL ALSO
SHOW THESE ARE SOME CONSTRUCTIO
PHOTOS TAKEN AND THAT IT IS
ACTUALLY -- IT HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED. WE ARE INCREDIBLY
EXCITED THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ON
SCHEDULE TO BEING COMPLETED THI
DECEMBER OF 2024 AND ON BUDGET
AS WELL. SO WHEN THE JUMP START
REVENUE WAS -- THIS IS THE
VISION THAT WE HAVE TO DIRECTLY
SUPPORT COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE EL CENTRO DE
LA RAZA TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP
COMMUNITY WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSE
AGZ THE CORNER STONE. WE ARE
HOPEFUL AND EXCITED FOR THE
FUTURE AND WHAT THE JUMP START
FUNDING WILL PROVIDE TO OUR CIT
AND COMMUNITIES AND BUILD
CAPACITY OR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THESE
ASSETS ARE TRULY LONG TERM
ASSETS THAT WILL SERVE TO
STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. I WILL CLOSE BY
SAYING WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON
ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT ON BEACON
HILL ADJACENT TO EL CENTRO DE L
RAZA WHICH WILL HAVE ABOUT 84
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIGHT RAIL ON
BEACON HILL. WE ARE HOPEFUL THA
JUMP START FUNDING WILL BE
AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT
PROJECT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU S
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIAT
THAT DENNIS YOU ARE UP NEXT. IF
FOLTINGS DIDN'T SEE SHE HAD TO
JUMP TO ANOTHER MEETING AT
11:30. WE ARE ALSO CIRCULATING
HER POWER POINT PRESENTATION.
APOLOGIES FOR THAT. DENNIS, SO
GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR GOING PART OF THI
PRESENTATION. I WILL IS YOUR
HONOR IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND DOWN
IS ALL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS TENT T
DAY. WE PROVIDE HOUSING TO MORE
THAN 1,200 RESIDENTS AND HAVE
MORE THAN 350 STAFF IN AND ARE
GROWING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OU
CITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19
BUILDINGS AND ARE GROWING. TODA
I AM GOING TO SHARE HOW JUMP
START HAS HELPED US PARTNER WIT
THE CITY TO ELIMINATE
HOMELESSNESS AND ADDRESS IT'S
CAUSES. THANK YOU FOR INVESTING
IN THIS IMPORTANT RESOURCE IN
HOUSING. I WILL TALK ABOUT
CAPITAL AND ALSO ABOUT THE
WORKERS FOR STABILIZATION WHICH
WAS COVERED EARLIER BY DSC WHIC
WE ECHO. I WILL GO THROUGH THAT
SECTION A LITTLE BIT MORE
QUICKLY. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS PROPOSED HOUSING
INVESTMENT. THERE IS A RECORD
LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET OF $334 MILLION
WHAT MOST PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW I
EVEN IF THE INCREASED LEVY WERE
TO PASS, $142 MILLION IS THE
AMOUNT FROM JUMP START WHICH IS
THE LARGEST SINGLE FURNDING
SOURCE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING. SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFU
FOR THAT. THERE IS ALSO $26
MILLION FOR THE HOUSING WORKERS
FOR STABILIZATION FUND THAT
SUPPORTS HOUSING WORKERS AND
WAGES. I WILL SHARE SOME OF THA
SHORTLY. JUMP START -- PLYMOUTH
SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF JUMP
START IN 2020. WE SUPPORTED AT
LEAST 62% OF THE REVENUE GOING
TOWARDS HOUSING. WE SIMPLY COUL
NOT ASK FOR HOUSING MEANS AND
STAFF WITHOUT JUMP START. THERE
IS A COMBINATION OF THE CAPITAL
SIDE AND THE SERVICES SIDE. WE
NEEDED SUPPORT WITH BOTH IN
ORDER TO DELIVER WHAT WE DO. SO
THE OPENING ON FIRST HILL THIS
YEAR WHICH IS THE FIRST
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HIGH-RISE BY
A NONPROOF NIT 50 YEARS WOULD
NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT JUMP
START. THEY DO NOT HAVE VOUCHER
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS THAT
ARE SUPPORTED BY JUMP START. WE
ARE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE PSH
OPERATING MAINTENANCE AND
SERVICES WORKERS FOR
STABILIZATION FUND THAT ALLOWED
US -- ENABLED US TO MOVE TOWARD
LIVING WAGES FOR FRONT LINE
STAFF. I CAN GO OVER THAT A
LITTLE BIT LATER. WE ARE ABLE T
USE THAT FUNDING FOR WORKERS FO
IN 13 OF OUR PSH BUILDINGS. SO
THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST
PROJECTS THIS YEAR. IT IS BUILT
ON LAND DONATED BY SOUND
TRANSIT. IT IS THE FIRST
AFFORDABLE HOW RISE. IT IS A
TRUE FART NEAR SHIP AND GROUP
EFFORT TO DELIVER THIS FOR
MULTIPLE LEVELS. IT IS NAMED IN
MEMORY OF LOCAL HOUSING ADVOCAT
BLAKE NORDSTROM. IT INCLUDES 11
STUDIO PARTNERS. THE UPPER
LEVELS ARE OPERATED IN JOINT
DEVELOPMENT WITH HOUSING. THEY
OPERATE 250 UNITS FOR LOWER
INCOME WORKING INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES. WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING
ON SITE HEALTH CARE FOR THIS
PARTICULAR BUILDING THROUGH
PARTNERSHIP WITH SWEDISH. SO I
ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
WORKERS FOR STABILIZATION FUND
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO THE CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS MADE. WE OPENED 300
NEW BUILDINGS. WE HAVE OPENED
SIX NEW BUILDINGS FOR MORE THAN
60 UNITS. WITHOUT THE CAPITAL W
WOULD -- WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
OPEN UP THOSE BUILDINGS. ALSO W
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STAFF THE
BUILDINGS WITHOUT THE INVESTMEN
IN OUR FRONT LINE WORKERS. WE
APPRECIATE THE CITY RECOGNIZES
THAT PSH IS PROVEN TO BE AN
EFFECTIVE MODEL AND TO ADDRESS
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON'S QUESTIO
EARLIER ABOUT SUCCESS RATES AND
OUTCOMES, PLYMOUTH HAS A 95%
SUCCESS RATE. SO WE THINK THIS
IS A VERY PRUDENT INVESTMENT. W
ALSO SUPPORT INCREASING PSH
WORKER'S WAGES AND THIS FUND
SUPPORTS THAT BUT ALSO SUPPORTS
OPERATING MAINTENANCE INCLUDING
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. SO JUST T
PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT
WHY THIS IS SO -- THE UNIVERSIT
OF WASHINGTON 2023 WAGE EQUITY
STUDY SHOWED THAT NON-PROFIT
HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS ARE PAID
37% LESS THAN SOME OF THE
WORKERS IN FOR PROFIT NON-CARE
INDUSTRIES. WE ALSO KNOW FROM
THAT REPORT THAT THE SELF
SUFFICIENCY INCOME FOR A SINGLE
ADULT WE HAVE A CHILD -- IS
69,215. THAT IS IN 2020. AND IF
UDALL CUE LATE THE INFLATION
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IT IS
PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT NOW. SO
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SNAPSHO
AT WHAT THIS FUND HAS ALLOWED
PLYMOUTH TO DO. SO WE -- THESE
ARE THREE DIFFERENT FRONT LINE
WORKERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE
LOOKED AT A FRONT DESK WORKER,
HOUSING MANAGER AND IN EACH CAS
WE ARE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASE THEIR ANNUAL SALARY. I
YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE, MAN
OF THEM WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO
THE 44 PLUS PERCENTAGE OF AMI
WHICH IN YOU LOOK AT THE ANNUAL
WAGE AFTER THIS INVESTMENT YOU
CAN SEE THAT WE ARE EDGING VERY
CLOSE TO THAT SELF SUSTAINABLE
RATE FOR A SINGLE ADULT AND
CHILD. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO
ADD TO THIS SLIDE, UM, ONE, WE
-- THERE WERE 150 EMPLOYEES WHO
WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED. THEN
THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 278 PEOPLE
INDIRECTLY AFFECTED WHICH MEANS
WE STEPPED UP WITH PHILANTHROPY
AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO
EXPAND SALARIES TO PREVENT WAGE
OPPRESSION. WE WERE ABLE TO HIR
NEARLY 100 NEW STAFF AND CUT OU
VACANCY RATE BY 42%. THAT IS 42
WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN FULLY
STAFF ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. NEW
STAFF HAS HELPED REDUCE CASE
MANAGER LOADS BY 25%. THAT MEAN
OUR RATIO IS NOW 20 RESIDENTS T
A CASE MANAGER. WE HAVE ADDED
COMMUNITY SPECIALISTS IN EVERY
SINGLE BUILDING. IN CLOSING WE
WANT TO THANK YOU. WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL FOR THIS JUMP START OF
SUPPORT. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
URGE YOU TO IMPLEMENT THE JUMP
START SPEND PLAN AND DIRECT THE
MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING TOWARD
HOUSING. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR
THIS PSH OPERATING MAINTENANCE
SERVICES AND WORKERS FOR
STABILIZATION FUNDING AND WE
HOPE THAT WE WILL DON'T AT LEAS
FIVE YEARS AND HOPEFULLY BEYOND
THAT. WE ALSO HOPE THAT IN THE
FUTURE WE CAN DISCONTINUE USING
JUMP START TO SUPPORT THE
GENERAL FUND. I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU AND I WILL SHOP
SHARING MY SCREEN AND WELCOME I
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU BOTH AND THANKS TO PATIENCE
WHO WAS HERE. THAT WAS A REALLY
HELPFUL OVERVIEW. I LOVED THAT
EACH EXAMPLE SHOWED HOUSING
COUPLED WITH CHILD CARE, COUPLE
WITH HEALTH SERVICES AND THE
EXAMPLE OF COUPLING HOUSING WIT
PLACES OF WORSHIP TO REALLY
CREATE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND
PLACE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING TH
EXAMPLE. ALSO I HEARD THE CALL
TO MAINTAIN INVESTMENTS FROM
JUMP START INTO THE CATEGORY AS
DEFINED THE 2020 SPENDS PLAN.
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT
DIRECTLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND 62% MEANS 62% TO HAVE
OVERALL FUND COMING IN NOT A
REDUCED AND AMOUNT AND THEN
TAKING 62% OF THAT. I HEARD THA
MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. ONCE IT
EXPIRES NEXT YEAR TO RETAIN ALL
OF THE INVESTMENTS GOING INTO
JUMP START CATEGORIES AS
DEFINED. WE DID TALK A LITTLE
BIT LAST YEAR ABOUT THE
PERCENTAGES AND THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS AND WANTED TO MAKING TH
SURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC THAT THE INTENT
IS TO PROTECT THOSE INVESTMENTS
AND NOT JUST THE PERCENTAGES BU
ENSURE THE FULL AMOUNTS AS
CODIFIED. MORE CONVERSATIONS TO
COME ABOUT THAT I'M SURE. REALL
APPRECIATE YOUR CALL TO ACTION
AND IT IS NOT JUST DEFENSE. WE
ARE NOT JUST SAYING DON'T TOUCH
BUT HERE IS THE REASON WHY THES
TARGETED FUNDS ARE STILL
IMPORTANT MAKING INVESTMENTS. I
WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES MIGHT HAVE ON THIS
HOUSING STABILITY PAN AND HE
WILL AGAIN WE WILL CIRCULATE TH
PRESENTATION FROM THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM AS SOON
AS WE GET A COPY OF THAT TO OUR
COLLEAGUES AS WELL. WE PLAN TO
CIRCULATE SOMETHING ON OUR
TUESDAY ALERT TOMORROW SO ALL O
THE PRESENTATIONS ARE IN ONE
PLACE. COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES I SEE YOU POP
ONLINE. I KNOW SOME OF THE
CONVERSATION IN YOUR DISTRICT A
WELL.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAV
ANY QUESTIONS. I DO JUST WANT T
THANK THE PANELISTS FOR BEING
HERE. SO MUCH OF THIS WORK IS I
MY DISTRICT BECAUSE A HISTORIC
INVESTMENT. I THINK THIS IS A
REALLY EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS IS A
IMPORTANT FUNDING SOURCE AND WH
IT IS SO CRITICAL. ONE OF THE
REASONS I WORKED WITH HER TO
MAKE SURE THIS REVENUE WENT SPE
EFFICLY TO THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE WAS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A
PERMANENT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR
THAT AS WELL. SO MANY OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REALLY
TRYING TO PROMOTE IMPLEMENT
COMMUNITY DRIVEN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY LED
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSIN
IS HAPPENING THROUGH THE E DISH
PROGRAM AND THROUGH THIS WORK.
SO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING TO
ENSURE OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE A
PLACE TO LIVE. ALSO HAVING
ACCESS TO THE SERVICES AND THE
GROUND FLOOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT
YOU ARE PROVIDING. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
>> WELL SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND FROM BEING PART OF THE
SHOVEL TURNING TO THE RIBBON
CUTTING IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL T
SEE MANY OF THESE PROJECTS COME
TO FRUITION SO FAST. I'M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT HOW FAST YOUR
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
MOVE. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE HOW
EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT THE
MULTI-STORY IRON BILL AFFORDABL
HOUSING THAT IS UTILIZING AIR
SPACE AND AIR SPACE MORE
EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OUR CITY. I
KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
OF IT'S KIND AND WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING MORE OF THOSE
HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENTS BE
COUPLED WITH SERVICES THAT WAS
SHOWCASED IN THE CITY AND THEN
TO ALL OF THE EXCELLENTS MADE
ABOUT ECONOMIC STABILITY AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCY, THAT IS A
GREAT SEGWAY TO OUR NEXT PANEL.
WE WILL LOVE TO CONTINUE THE
THREAD OF HOW HOUSING WHEN DONE
RIGHT, DEVELOPMENTS DONE RIGHT
EQUALS MORE OPPORTUNITY AND NOT
JUST A PLACE TO CALL HOME BUT A
PLACE TO CALL YOUR COMMUNITY. S
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
THREAD, THAT CONTINUITY WE ARE
SEEING BETWEEN PANELS. COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON, WE WILL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU.
>> THANKS. I THINK THIS WOULD
APPLY TO ALL THE PANELS. I'M
JUST -- IS JUMP START THE ONLY
FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS WORK WE
ARE DISCUSSING? DOES IT GET ANY
GENERAL FUND?
>> HAPPY TO TURN TO OUR
COLLEAGUES. I WOULD ALSO NOTE
SOME OF THE PANELISTS HAVE
DISCUSSED THE ABILITY TO BRAID
FUNDING AND LEVERAGE FUNDING
BEING A AN IMPORTANT TOOL. I
WILL LET YOU COMMENT ON THOSE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION. SO CHAIR
MOSQUEDA IS CORRECT. WE NEED TO
BRAID TOGETHER MULTIPLE
RESOURCES FOR EACH PROJECT. EAC
PROJECT IS DIFFERENT. WE WOULD
BE HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH AN
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. OFTEN THER
IS AN INVESTMENT FROM THE
STATEHOUSING TRUST FUND. THERE
IS OFTEN THE -- THERE IS
SOMETIMES INVESTMENT FROM THE
HOUSING LEVY AND THE GENERAL
FUND AS WELL AS JUMP START
DEPENDING ON THE BUILDING
ITSELF. WE ALSO WILL APPLY FOR
THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX
CREDIT. THERE IS A COMBINATION
OF FUNDING ON THE CAPITAL SIDE
THAT GOES INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT
THAT IS FAIRLY COMPLEX. HAPPY T
WALK YOU THROUGH ANY INDIVIDUAL
PROJECTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
WITH OUR REAL ESTATE TEAM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DIDN'
MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I
DON'T SEE CENTRAL STAFF ON HERE
SO I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE BREAK
DOWN BETWEEN GENERAL FUND AND
JUMP START FUNDING FOR ALL OF
THE GOOD WORK THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY. SO, I WILL
JUST GET AN ANSWER ON THAT.
>> I WILL ADD ONE OTHER THING
WHICH IS A LOT OF OUR -- ON THE
SERVICES SIDE AN OPERATION SIDE
A LOT OF OUR FUNDING DOES COME
FROM A FEW BUILDINGS COMES FROM
CITY OMS OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE FUNDING FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING. THOSE
CONTRACTS WHICH WERE REFERENCED
EARLIER BY TEXT SC ARE NOT
CONTRACTS THAT ARE MADE RECEIVE
THE ADJUSTMENT THAT THE HSD
CONTRACTS DID. WE WOULD ENCOURT
TANL CITY TO MAKE THAT
INVESTMENT WITH ALL CONTRACTS,
NOT JUST HSD. WE DO RECEIVE SOM
FUNDING FOR THAT PURPOSE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OU
PANELIST. SECOND PORTION HERE.
IT IS A GREAT TIE IN AS COUNCIL
MEMBER MORE LEFS JUST TEED UP T
TALK ABOUT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMEN
INITIATIVES AND GREEN NEW DEAL.
I WILL WELCOME OUR THIRD PANEL
AND SAY THANK TO YOU OUR SECOND
PANEL. HERE WE HAVE WITH US FRO
POOUJ PUGET SOUND STAGE AND MAT
REMLE FROM MAZASKA TALKS WHO
WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS WE HAVE SEEN FROM
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES EFFORTS AND GREEN
NEW DEAL PRIORITIES. I WOULD
ALSO NOTE THAT JUMP START DOES
MAKE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE. IT HAS OVE
SIGHT OVER THE DEPARTMENT THAT
HAS PUT TOGETHER THE BLUE POINT
FROM SPENDING. MANY OF THOSE
DOLLARS HAVE BEEN ONE TIME FUND
AS WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT
HAS WORKED WITH COMMUNITY TO
FINALIZE THE PLAN TO USE OF
THOSE JUMP START FUNDS. WE DON'
HAVE A SPECIFIC PANELIST TO TAL
ABOUT THE DIRECT IN VESTMENT IN
ECONOMIC I ARE SELL YENS WORKER
FOR DEVELOPMENT, CHILD CARE
SUPPORT, ALL OF THOSE GREAT
THINGS. DO KNOW THAT IS A HUGE
COMPONENT OF JUMP START AS WELL
REALLY KNOW THE LONG TERM
INVESTMENTS AS PROPOSE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY
IS GOING TO BE FORWARD LOOKING
IN 2024 AND BEYOND. MUCH MORE
CONVERSATION TO COME ABOUT
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE IN THE USE
OF JUMP START FUNDS FOR 2024 AN
APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT'S GOO
WORK ON THAT. TODAY WE ARE
FOCUSED ON EQUITABLE DEVELOPMEN
INITIATIVE AND GREEN NEW DEAL T
ROUND OUT OUR PRESENTATION HERE
TODAY. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
ABDIRAHMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US. LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. THEN WE
WILL GO TO MATT AS HE TALKS
ABOUT GREEN NEW DEAL UPDATES.
THEN I WILL TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER
COMMENTS. I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE
A FEW. GOOD MORNING. IT IS
ALMOST MORNING STILL. IT IS
NOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
ABDIRAHMAN YUSSUF. I AM A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND ALSO A
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE ADI. I
WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THA
THROUGH SEATTLE'S EDI JUMP STAR
IS ENABLING THE -- AS WE HAVE
SEEN FROM THE PREVIOUS PANELIST
EXPERIMENTED IN COMMUNITY DRIVE
COMMUNITY GOVERN PARLIAMENT,
THERE IS NOTHING LEAK IT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. AND THE CITY
CONSULT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FO
IT. WITHOUT THE JUMP START THEY
WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN B TO THIS
SCALE. I WILL TALK MORE IN A BI
ABOUT SOME GREAT EXAMPLES. THE
SUCCESS OF EDI PROGRAM AND OTHE
JUMP START INITIATIVES ALSO SHO
THAT THE CITY GOVERNMENT CAN BE
SMART ABOUT CONNECT REVENUES TO
USE. WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS
BECAUSE SEATTLE ABSORBED TOO
MANY HIGH BID WORKERS TOO FAST
OVER THE LAST DECADE. MANY LONG
TIME SEATTLE JANUARYS HAVE BEEN
OUT BID FOR LAND AND HOUSING BY
NEW PEOPLE WORKING FOR GIANT
TECH FIRMS. JUMP START
REPRESENTS THE RIGHT COMPANIES
BEING FOR MITIGATION TO THE
RIGHT PEOPLE. UM, I SHOULD ALSO
NOTE THAT E DISH, GOT FIVE
APPLICATIONS LAST YEAR. THIS
REFLECTS BOTH THE SUCCESS OF TH
PROGRAM AND THE NEED. WHILE EAC
OF THESE REPRESENT FOR
APPLICANTS, IT ALSO SHOWS THAT
WE NEED MORE LAND AND MORE
RESOURCES TO STABILIZE OUR
NEIGHBOR HOODS AND ENSURE A
PLACE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES IN TH
LONG RUN. UM, FOR THOSE AND MAN
OTHER REASONS THEY CALL ON THE
MAYOR TO -- THAN THE FIRST
ADOPTED. EARLIER I SAID WOULD
TALK IN A BIT ABOUT SOME GREAT
EXAMS. THERE ARE GREAT EXAMS. I
COULD USE MCC MUD CULTURAL
COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH ACQUIRED
SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND
STABILIZING OF 45 SMALL
BUSINESS. I COULD TALK ABOUT --
SEATTLE CLUB, WHICH BUILT UNITS
LOCAL. HOUSING FOR SENIORS. I
WILL USE THE EXAMPLE IS THE
COALITION AND THE FOOD NETWORK
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. THEY
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED A
SPACE THANKS TO THE EDI FOR FOO
DISTRIBUTION CENTER THROUGH
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ALG
AGRICULTURE. THEY ARE PROVIDING
NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY AND ARE ADDRESSING A
CRITICAL NEED THAT THE COMMUNIT
HAS IDENTIFIED. AS YOU ALL ARE
AWARE, THEY HAVE FACED HIGH
UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE AND SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS T
EMPLOYMENT. WE ARE ACTIVELY
WORKING ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTIO
FIRMS AND HIRING CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ARE SOURCING DATA FROM THE
FARMERS. WHILE EDI AND JUMP
START PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN
ACQUIRING THIS SPACE IT IS
ESSENTIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT -
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAR REACHING
IMPACTS IT IS HAVING IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. THE RIPPLE
EFFECTS ARE -- CANNOT BE
UNDERESTIMATED. THE FOOD
INEFFICIENT CENTER OF MAKING TH
CITY A SAFER AND STRONGER CITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. I
WILL TURN IT TO MATT TO GIVE US
AN OVER VIEW OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL INVESTMENT AND THE WORK OF
THE OVER SIGHT BOARD. THEN WE
CAN TAKE SOME QUESTIONS FROM
DOWN IS ALL MEMBERS ON BOTH
BOARDS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MATT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD TO SEE
EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR PROVIDING
THIS PLATFORM FOR US TO SHARE O
ALL OF THE GOOD INVESTMENTS
COMING OUT OF JUMP START AND MY
NAME IS MATT REMLE. I AM ON THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVER SIGHT BOARD
I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE STAR
OF IT. HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY T
SHARE OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHERE THE INVESTMENTS FROM JUMP
START HAVE GONE TO ACHIEVE THE
GOALS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
SHARE A SCREEN HERE. I AM COMIN
AT THE TAIL END OF A LONG DAY.
WILL TRY TO NOT TAKE TOO LONG O
HERE. THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER FOR
US. WE WORKED WITH OFFICE OF US
SUSTAIN ABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
THEY PROVIDED THESE SLIDES A
COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK. I WILL G
THROUGH THIS HERE. BACK IN JUNE
OF 2022 WE ON THE BOARD SHARED
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOTH TH
OPPORTUNITY FUND AS WELL AS THE
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE SEATTLE
GREEN NEW DEAL. THE BUDGET
INCLUDED $20 MILLION FOR THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND ENDORSED
$20.3 MILLION FOR 2024. THIS
THIS LAST JUNE WE SHARED OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR THE 2024 BUDGET. SO
JUST SHARING THAT BECAUSE THE
SLIDES YOU WILL SEE WILL HAVE
BOTH WHAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE
2023 BUDGET AS WELL AS THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS NEXT -
FOR 2024. JUMP DOWN TO HERE. AS
YOU ALL KNOW THE GREEN NEW DEAL
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I WORK AT A
SCHOOL. YOU WILL PROBABLY BE
HEARING A BELL IN THE
BACKGROUND. YOU KNOW, IT IS
MULTI-FACETED. THERE IS MANY
MOVING PART AND COMPONENTS. WE
ALSO ARE LOOPING AT JOBS AND
FRONT LINE COMMUNITIES, THOSE
WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. SO
START HERE WITH -- CAN EVERYBOD
SEE THAT?
>> YEAH, THAT LOOKS GREAT. WE
SEE ADJUSTMENTS DEPARTMENT
ADOPTED AND 23 PROPOSED.
>> PERFECT. THAT SERVE THING. I
WON'T NECESSARILY READ THROUGH
EVERYTHING CAUSE THIS WILL BE
MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY
AFTERWARDS. JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF WHERE THE
FUNDS WERE DIRECTED AND CAN SEE
IN THE FAR RIGHT, THE 2023
DOLLARS AND THEN THE PROPOSING
CORE 2024. THESE FUNDS ARE
GEARED TOWARDS WORKERS. WE
REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT
TRANSITION AND MOVING WORKERS
INTO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY AND
SO FUNDS ARE DIRECTED FOR YOUTH
CAPACITY BUILDING LIKE FOR THE
VALLEY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP
PARTICIPATION IN WORKERS FOR
DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING THAT NEXT
GENERATION OF WORKERS IN THE
CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY TO VARIOUS
APPRENTICESHIPS AND
SCHOLARSHIPS. AND THEN PROVIDIN
IT TARGETING BI-POP COMMUNITIES
NEXT AREA WAS FOCUSED ON JUST
TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL
FUELS AND BUILDINGS SO YOU CAN
SEE WHERE AGAIN SOME OF OUR
PROPOSALS AND THE MONEY THAT WA
ALLOCATED TO GO TOWARDS THINGS
LIKE LOW-INCOME OIL TO HEAT, OI
HEAT TO HEAT PUMP CONVERSIONS
WHICH IS INVESTMENT TO FULLY
FUND CONVERSION FROM HEATING OI
TO ELECTRIC KEY PUMPS IN
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THIS IS
WHERE OUR EMPHASIS ON TARGETING
COMMUNITIES. I LIVE IN SOUTH
BEACON HILL SO WE KNOW THAT WE
WANTED MORE IMPACTED BY
POLLUTION AND FUEL THE IMPACTS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER
PARTS OF SEATTLE. SO, SOME OF
THESE PRIORITIZE NEIGHBORHOODS
LIKE OURS OIL HEAT TO HEAT PULL
CONVERSIONS AS A MIDDLE INCOME
REBATES. SO THAT PARTICULAR ONE
WAS TARGETED TO REACH 400 HOMES
WITH A REBATE OF $2,000 PER HOM
TO CONVERT TO ELECTRIC. AND THE
ONE OF THE BIG AREAS WE KNOW
BUILDINGS ARE ONE OF THE BIGGES
CONTRIBUTORS TO GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. SO WE WANTED TO
ACCELERATE PERFORMANCE STANDARD
ON GOING CONNECT BANDING
INVESTMENTS AND TECHNICAL
SUPPORT INCENTIVES AND NEW
POLICIES MANDATES TO TRANSITION
EXISTING LARGER COMMERCIAL AND
WEALTHY FAMILY BUILDINGS OFF OF
FOSSIL FUELS BY 2045 WITH A
FOCUS ON SUPPORTING UNDER
RESOURCED BUILDINGS, OWNERS,
SLASH TENANTS. CREATING JOBS AN
MITIGATING THE BURDEN ON
PRIORITY COMMUNITIES. UM, YOU
WILL SEE WHERE -- ASKED FOR A
SIGNIFICANCE INCREASE IN THAT
AREA SO WE HOPE COUNCIL WILL
TAKE NOTE OF THAT NUMBER. NEXT
AREA IS ON TRANSITION AWAY FROM
FOSSIL FUELS AND AREA OF
TRANSPORTATION. SO SOME AREAS
THERE WERE CHARGING STATIONS FO
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. SO TO
RENEW AND MAKE ON GOING CITY
FUNDED INCENTIVES FOR ELECTRIC
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES SUCH AS
SCHOOL BUSES AND OTHER
INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL FLEETS.
AND NEXT PRIORITY AREAS FOR
HEALTHY AND RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES. SO WE HAVE A GREEN
ENERGY FOCUS AREA, FUNDING
SUPPORT CONTRACTS AND COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS FOR OUTREAC
ENGAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION O
TREE PLANTING ON PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE LANDS WITH AN EMPHASIS
ON SOUTH PARK AND GEORGETOWN.
YOU SEE SOME FUNDING FOR OTHER
AREAS OF TREE PLANTING, TREE
CANOPY. LAST YEAR WE PUT ALSO
DIRECTED SOME FUNDS TOWARDS THE
EJ FUND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF FUNDS THEY HAD TO FOR THE
REGRANTING WORK THEY DO. LET'S
SEE THE REST OF THOSE.
CONTINUING ON WITH HEALTHY,
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO
HAVE THE RESILIENCY HUBS. THAT
WAS A ONE TIME FUNDING FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY BASE
MANAGE RESILIENCE HUB STRATEGY
BASED TON FINDINGS OF OSC'S
RESILIENT HUB STUDY UNDERWAY.
THERE WAS A FUNDING FOR ENDINGL
NEWS LED SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT
AND FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY
FOCUSED WORK LED BY TRIBES AND
INDIGENOUS LED GROUPS OH AND
ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE WORKING
WITH BOTH LOCAL TRIBES AS WELL
AS THE JOINTLY WITH THE ADVISOR
COUNCIL ON HOW TO REVIEW THE
PARTICULAR PROJECTS. 20 IS
FUNDING FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY
HUB ON SOUTH BEACON HILL. I
ACTUALLY LIVE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD OF NEW HOLLY. THAT
IS WHERE THAT PARTICULAR
RESILIENCY HUB WOULD BE BUILT.
THEN YEAH I THINK -- AGAIN I
KNOW I DIDN'T NECESSARILY TALK
ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE BUT
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF
THEM ON THERE AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT TO REACH THE GOALS OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND THE
FUNDING. I WAS HAPPY TO WORK
ALONGSIDE DOWN IS ALL MEMBER
O'BRIEN AND OTHERS AT THE TIME
CRAFTING OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RESTITUTION AS WELL AS THE
ORDINANCE BUT TO ACHIEF THE
GOALS OUTLINED IN THAT
RESOLUTION THERE NEEDS TO BE
FUNDING. VERY GRATEFUL WE HAVE
THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO DIRECT FUNDS AND
RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY AND
ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS AND
ENSURING THAT WE WILL HOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO
FULFILLING THE PROMISE BOTH OF
JUMP START FUNDING AND THE
ORIGINAL RESOLUTION AND THE
ORIGINAL INSENSE OF THE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE AND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL MENTIONED COULD
ONLY BE PO POSSIBLE WITH YOUR
SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING
US ACCOUNTABLE AND TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON HOW THE DOLLARS
HAVE GONE UP THE DOOR. WHEN WE
ARE ABLE TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF
PUB LIB INVESTMENTS I THINK WE
CAN MAINTAIN AND GROW THE
PUBLIC'S TRUST AND ALSO HELP
PUSH BACK ON FALSE NARRATIVES
THAT MONEY IS NOT BEING USED
WISELY OR JUST BEING SQUIRRELLE
AWAY. THIS IS MONEY THAT IS
DIRECTLY GOING OUT INTO
COMMUNITY AND MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS BOTH IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN COMMUNITY
HEALTH AND WELL BEING. THANK YO
FOR SHARING THAT. I SEE COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES ON THE SCREEN
HERE WHO HAS HER VIEW OVER
INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMITTEE AN
ALSO PUBLICLY GENERAL INTEREST.
ANY COMMENTS FROM YOU?
>> I WILL JUST SAY AGAIN THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU
BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE
SEEING YOU AND I THINK BOTH OF
THESE EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE WHY I
IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO
INCREASE RESOURCES FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDER
RESOURCED BECAUSE IF WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT EQUITY THEN WE
HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EQUITABLE
FINANCING OF THE WORK THAT NEED
TO BE DONE SO THAT ALL OF OUR
NEIGHBORS CAN SHARE IN THE
CITY'S PROSPERITY AND THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. GLAD TO
SEE YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR
ALL YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATIO
ON THIS LAST PANEL?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IF EITHER BOARD
HAS THEM ON WHERE THE PROPOSED
FUNDING FOR 2024 MIGHT NOT ALIG
WITH WHAT YOU WERE ANTICIPATING
OR IF THERE IS AS YOU SHOWED
GAPS BETWEEN WHAT WAS PROPOSED
IN 23 VERSUS WHAT THE PROPOSED
24 INVESTMENTS ARE. IF THOSE AR
OF CONCERN TO YOU, LET US KNOW.
AS ALL THE PANELS HAVE NOTED WE
ARE DEALING WITH DECLINES
STARTING IN 2025 AND BEYOND.
BOTH PROTECTING THE INVESTMENTS
FOR THIS TARGETED OUTCOME WE AR
ALL HOPING FOR IN JUMP START IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FULL
FUNDING THAT IS BEING PROMISED
IN 24 COMES TO FRUITION AND THA
WE CAN USE THAT AS A BUILDING
BLOCK BEYOND. IF YOU HAVE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT REGARD,
OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
THAT. NOW OF COURSE FEEL FREE T
SHARE SINCE YOU HAVE A
MICROPHONE BUT FEEL FREE TO SEN
ANYTHING IN AFTER THIS AS WELL.
ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON
ANYTHING? UM -- GO AHEAD, MATT.
>> I BELIEVE I ACTUALLY SHARED
THAT ALREADY WITH AARON. WE WIL
MAKE SURE TOO GET OUT TO THOSE
TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. UH, ANY CLOSING COMMENTS
OR ANY LAST ITEMS HERE FROM YOU
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH. GO
AHEAD, MATT.
>> I INVITE YOU ALL ALONG WITH
YOUR AIDES TONIGHT IS OUR GREEN
NEW DEAL OVER SIGHT BOARD IS
MEETING. FEEL FREE TO HOP ON AN
HEAR FROM THE DIRECTLY -- WE
HAVE AN AWESOME BOARD. VERY
DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
ANYWHERE FROM LABOR TO LOCAL
TRIBES AND YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO
MEET THESE -- MEET THE -- THIS
CRISIS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO I
THE CITY. SO IT IS AT 5:00
TONIGHT.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT
INVITE. WE WILL SHARE
INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS
WELL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING SOM
OF THE PRESENTATION. YOU TALK
ABOUT SPECIFIC DIRECT
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION BOTH THE GREEN NEW
DEAL INVESTMENT AND EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE THOSE MAPS SO WE CA
SHOW OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THE
INVESTMENTS GOING DIRECTLY INTO
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU
FOR THAT. I WILL READ OFF THE 3
COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS THAT
HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING ALREADY
AND AS A REMINDER JUMP START
COMPLIMENTS SOME FUNDING THAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN SET ASIDE FOR
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES. WE ARE BASICALLY
FILLING OUT AND FURTHERING THE
GOALS OF EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE PROJECTS THROUGH JUM
START. SO TO CLOSE THIS OUT
TODAY I WILL READ OFF SOME OF
THE 34 ORGANIZATIONS THAT
RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE RECORD
SO THAT PEOPLE HEAR THE
ORGANIZATIONS, SEE THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY AT WORK
AND THAT WE GET TO CONTINUE TO
APPLAUD THEIR WORK. UM, SO HERE
ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT
RECEIVE FUNDING. LEMS, URBAN
FAMILY. HEALTH BOARD, EL CENTRA
DELARAZA, MIDTOWN PLAZA, GIFTS
OF PDA, CULTURAL SERVICES,
SEATTLE HEALTH SERVICES, FRIEND
OF LITTLE SAIGON, COALITION,
VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST COMMUNITY,
CENTRAL DISTRICT COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY. EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITY SERVICES. FAME EQUITY
ALLIANCE OF SEATTLE. URBAN
BLACK, ADE, FAU, CULTURAL
EDUCATION WORKSHOPS. IT IS GREE
ALONG WITH SOME COMMUNITY
SEATTLE KING COUNTY. JUST A FEW
ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY
CELEBRATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FO
BEING PART OF THIS PRESENTATION
AND MUCH MORE TO COME,
COLLEAGUES, AS WE TALK AT HOW O
GOING JUMP START FUNDING BRAID
TOGETHER WITH IMPORTANT OTHER
FUNDING STREAM SOCIAL SECURITY
REALLY MAKING A MONUMENTAL
IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO
REALLY NEEDS TO BE DIRECTED AND
TARGETED TO THESE INVESTMENTS
WHICH HAVE OFTEN THEN ON THE
BACK BURNER IN TERMS OF PRIORIT
INVESTMENTS. EXCITING TO SEE
SOME OF THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS
BEING PUT TO USE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.
COLLEAGUES F THERE IS NOTHING
ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER
WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE THE
REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL UPDATE
REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL MEETS
QUARTERLY. THIS WILL PROVIDE US
WITH AN UPDATE ON THE MOST
RECENT REVENUE STREAMS INCLUDIN
UPDATES ON JUMP START REVENUE
STREAMS AND GENERAL FUND REVENU
STREAMS. THIS WILL HELP INFORM
OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS OVER
THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS. WE ALSO
HAVE THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTE
MEETING ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER --
LET JUST DOUBLE CHECK THE DATE
THERE. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18TH
AND IN THAT MEET WE WILL BE HAV
A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD STARTIN
AT 5:00 P.M. YOU CAN SIGN UP FO
PUBLIC COMMENT AT 3:00 P.M. I
WILL BE THERE IN FOREIGN HELP
MANAGE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO
ENCOURAGE REMOTE PARTICIPATION
BOTH FROM MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY AND COLLEAGUES IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO DIAL IN REMOTELY,
THAT IS NO PROBLEM. SO, AGAIN,
5:00 P.M. IS WHEN THE PUBLIC
HEARING STARTS. WE WILL MAKE
SURE TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY WHO
DIALS IN. INFORMATION ABOUT
SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT I
GOING TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC -- THERE IS
NO COMMITTEE HEARING TON 18TH.
WE HAVE FREED UP YOUR DAY. WE
WILL JUST BE HAVING PUBLIC
HEARING THAT DAY. OKAY. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US ALL TODAY.
WE WILL SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY AT
5:00 P.M. FOR THE PUBLIC
HEARING. THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED. TAKE CARE EVERYBODY.