2018/2019 Housing, Health, Energy, & Workers’ Rights Committee

Agenda: Public Comment; Reappointment; CB 119635: Loyal Heights and Phinney Substation; CB 119633: relating to the rates, terms, and conditions for use of electricity; CB 119659: relating to emergency assistance; CB 119631: relating to the City Light Department; CB 119632: relating to the City Light Department.

Agenda: Public Comment; Appointments; CB 119615: Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program; Office of Housing Race and Social Justice Initiative Presentation; CB 119654: relating to hotel employees' health and safety.

Agenda: Public Comment (I of II); CB 119555: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119556: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119557: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119554: relating to employment in Seattle; Public Comment (II of II); CB 119615: relating to the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program.

Agenda: Public Comment (I of II); Seattle City Light Report on 2018 Financial Audit;  Public Comment (II of II); CB 119556: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119554: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119557: relating to employment in Seattle.

Agenda: Welcome and Opening Remarks by Councilmember Mosqueda; Panel Discussion with National Academic Experts and Gig Economy Workers; Public Comment.

Agenda: Public Comment (I of II); CB 119516: relating to the City Light Department - solar program; CB 119571: relating to the City Light Department - Western Energy Imbalance Market; Public Comment (II of II); CB 119555 - relating to employment in Seattle - healthcare expenditures; CB 119557: relating to employment in Seattle - worker protections.

NOTE: Electrical work at City Hall impacted the recording of this meeting. This video is the best quality available and some parts of the meeting are unavailable.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment (I of II); Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program; CB 119590: relating to taxation - imposing a local sales and use tax to fund investments in affordable and supportive housing; Res 31893: relating to taxation -  stating an intent to adopt legislation imposing a local sales and use tax; Public Comment (II of II); CB 119557: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119554: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119555: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119556: relating to employment in Seattle.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Office of Labor Standards Race and Social Justice Initiative Report; CB 119537: relating to the sale of low-income housing; CB 119554: relating to employment in Seattle; CB 119556: relating to employment in Seattle.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Appointment to the Domestic Workers Standards Board; CB 119537: relating to the sale of low-income housing; CB 119542: relating to contracting by the Human Services Department; Office of Labor Standards Race and Social Justice Initiative Report.

Agenda: Public Comment; CB 119554: relating to employment in Seattle and room cleaning workloads; CB 119555: relating to employment in Seattle and healthcare expenditures; CB 119556: adding a new Chapter and amending Sections of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC); CB 119557: relating to employment in Seattle and actions to prevent, protect, and respond to violent or harassing conduct by guests.

Agenda: Public Comment; CB 119554, CB 119555, CB 119556, CB 119557: relating to employment in Seattle.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; CB 119542: relating to contracting by the Human Services Department; CB 119531: relating to housing for low-income households; CB 119537: relating to the sale of low-income housing.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Appointments to the City Light Review Panel, Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program Governing Council; CB 119507: establishing a one-year prohibition on use of rental housing bidding platforms; Res 31887: adopting and approving an application for surplus federal property at Fort Lawton; CB 119510: rezone property at the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center; CB 119535: Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan Application; CB 119537: relating to the sale of low-income housing; CB 119531: relating to housing for low-income households.

Agenda: Public Comment; Stabilizing Human Service Contracts.

First Panel: Mark Okazaki, Executive Director, Neighborhood House; Debbie Thiele, Managing Director, Corporation for Supportive Housing; Jim Wigfall, Chief Executive Officer, Sound Generations

Second Panel: Triston Spears, YouthCare; Tonette Barquet, Graduate of Catholic Community Services ASSET Employment Training Program; Susana Estrella, Neighborhood House client

Third Panel: Evelyn Correa, Human Resources Officer, YouthCare; Paul Rosenthal, Program Manager, Plymouth Housing; Clentonia Vann, SEIU 1199 NW; Teresita Batayola, Chief Executive Officer, International Community Health Services

Agenda: Public hearing on Council Bill 119510, relating to a proposed rezone associated with the Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan, and Resolution 31887, relating to the application for surplus federal property at Fort Lawton. 

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Appointment to the Labor Standards Advisory Commission; Appointment to the Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program Governing Council; Appointments to the Housing Levy Oversight Committee; CB 119510: rezone property at the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center; Res 31887: relating to Fort Lawton; Seattle Housing Levy Administrative and Financial Plan for Years 2019-2020. 

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Appointment to the Labor Standards Advisory Commission; Appointment of Amarah Khan as Director, Office of the Employee Ombud; Hotel Workers and Industry Standards; Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Annual Housing Levy and Housing Investments Report; Home Repair Loan Program; Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan; CB 119499: relating to paid sick and safe time; Res 31879: supporting a safe and responsive workplace in the Legislative Department.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Hotel Employee Issues; Paid Sick Leave and Time Off for Seattle School District Employees.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Appointments; Background and Status of Initiative 124 Relating to Protections of Hotel Workers; Res 31872: Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission Budget.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Medicaid Demonstration Transformation; Seattle Housing Authority Update.

Agenda: Public Comment; CB 119462: ordinance relating to the City Light Department - property sale; Seattle City Light Rate Design.

Agenda: Public Comment; Appointments to the Domestic Workers Standards Board; Labor History; Res 31863: relating to misclassifications of workers as independent contractors.

Agenda: Public Comment; Seattle City Light General Update; CB 119353: property rights surplus and authorizing the sale of an easement; CB 119354: accepting statutory warranty deeds; 2018 Office of Housing Investments.

Agenda: Chair's Report; Public Comment; Appointments and Reappointments; CB 119374: relating to Office of the Employee Ombud; CB 119359: relating to Bothell Trench Agreement.