THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS SPECIAL FULL
COUNCIL MEETING. THE DECEMBER 19, 2018, SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO
ORDER AT 12:03:00 P.M. I'M BRUCE HARRELL, PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNCIL. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL UP THE
ROLE. >>? MIKE O'BRIEN?
HERE. BAGSHAW?
HERE. HER BOLD? JOHNSON?
HERE.
JUAREZ?
HERE.
MOSQUEDA?
HERE.
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
HERE.
SIX PRESENT.
VERY GOOD. A FEW OPENING REMARKS. THE COUNCIL RULES
ARE SILENT ON PROVIDING COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OPTION
THE OPTION TO VOTE VIA ELECTRONIC. JUAREZ AND
GONZLEZ ARE NOT ABLE TO BE PRESENT TODAY, BUT BOTH
WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BY PHONE. SO
TO ALLOW THEM AND VOTE AT TODAY'S MEETINGS I WILL
MAKE A MEDICATION FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOU TO
CONSIDER. AND THIS MOTION GOES AS FOLLOWS. I MOVE TO
ALLOW COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND GONZLEZ TO
PARTICIPATE AND VOTE AT TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
SECOND.
THERE IS A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THOSE IN
FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE VOTE AYE.
AYE.
CAN THEY VOTE?
YES.
AFTER THIS VOTE THEY CAN.
SO THEY CAN'T VOTE SINCE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
PARTICIPATE QUITE YET, BUT WE DO HAVE FIVE HERE, AND
I THINK ALL FIVE PEOPLE VOTE, FIVE PERSONS VOTED
YES. THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO. THE MOTION CARRIES,
AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND GONZLEZ WILL
NOW PARTICIPATE AND ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE AT TODAY'S
MEETING. MADAM CLERK, IS THERE SOMETHING CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT I JUST DID? OKAY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO
READ YOUR BODY LANGUAGE. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO
OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THE REPORT OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
REPORT.
THE REPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. COUNSEL BILL
119425. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING IN 2018,
ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FROM NON-CITY SOURCES
AUTHORIZING THE HEADS OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, LAW DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS, SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT, AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO ACCEPT
SPECIFIED GRANTS, PRIVATE FUNDING AND SUBSIDIZED
LOANS AND TO EXECUTE, DELIVER, AND PERFORM
CORRESPONDING AGREEMENTS, AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
VERY GOOD. SO JUST TO DO A TECHNOLOGY CHECK,
COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND GONZLEZ, ARE BOTH OF YOU
ON THE LINE?
YES.
VERY GOOD. AT OUR LAST MEETING WITHOUT OBJECTION
I MOVE THAT COUNCIL BILL 119425 BE RECONSIDERED
BECAUSE THE CHARTER REQUIRE THAT'S SUCH A
MOTION BE VOTED ON AT THE NEXT MEETING. IT IS NOW
APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO CALL FOR A VOTE. AND THIS IS
JUST TO RECONSIDER THE LEGISLATION, IT IS NOT A
SUBSTITUTE VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION ITSELF. SO ALL
OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECONSIDERATION VOTE,
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, VOTE NO. I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON THE RECONSIDERATION. I BELIEVE
WE HAVE A POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTION AND/OR
AMENDMENT OR IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
SO COUNCILMEMBER BAG BAGSHAW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
WALK US THROUGH YES?
YES. I WOULD WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN THIS ON THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS
PAST MONDAY WE DISCUSSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
ALLOW US TO ACCEPT 45 GRANTS TOTALLING
APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES TO
SUPPORT A RANGE OF PURPOSES AS WELL AS A $25
MILLION LOAN FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES SHIP
CANAL WATER QUALITY PROJECT. AS WE DISCUSSED
ON MONDAY IN MY ROLE AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE AND
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE, I RECOMMENDED THAT WE ACCEPT
THIS $12 MILLION GRANT, THE RANGE OF GRANTS
BECAUSE WE NEEDED THEM TO PAY FOR THE BILLS THAT WE
HAD JUST SAID WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR WHEN WE
PASSED THE $85 MILLION FOURTH QUARTER OPERATING
BUDGET APPROPRIATION ON MONDAY WHICH WE DID PASS.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
ONE ITEM. IT WAS ITEM NUMBER 1.37, WHICH DEALT
WITH $90,000. 90,085 TO BE EXACT WHICH IS A GRANT
THAT RELATED TO HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS.
MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES RAISE SOMEDAY CONCERNS
ABOUT ACCEPTING THIS MONEY EVEN THOUGH THE SERVICES
HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED AND IT WOULD BE A
REIMBURSEMENT. BUT THAT SAID, I'M WILLING TO
COMPROMISE AND REMOVE THAT 90 90,085 LINE ITEM
RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS TO
ALLOW THE REST OF THE PACKAGE TO BE PASSED. SO
WITH THAT SAID, I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 119425
BY SUBSTITUTING VERSION 3 FOR VERSION 2.
SECOND.
IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO SUBSTITUTE VERSION 3
FOR VERSION 2. YOU CAN LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HER BOLD HAS JOINED US TO
VOTE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, PLEASE VOTE AYE.
AYE.
I HEARD ONE AYE.
AYE.
HOW DO WE KNOW WHO IS VOTING THIS WAY? [
LAUGHTER ] NO, JUST KIDDING. OKAY, WE GOT TWO
AYEs FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE SAME PERSON
DID NOT SAY AYE TWICE, I ASSUME. THOSE IN FAVOR
HAVE VOTED. THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO. THE AMENDMENT
DOES PASS. SO WE HAVE AMENDMENT 119425. ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I TAKE THE FULL VOTE?
NO.
SO I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 119425 AS AMENDED.
SECOND.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 119425 AS AMENDED.
O'BRIEN? .
AYE.
BAGSHAW?
AYE.
GONZLEZ?
AYE.
HERBOLD?
AYE.
JOHNSON?
AYE.
JUAREZ.
AYE.
MOSQUEDA?
AYE.
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
AYE.
8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THE BILL PASSES, AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. THERE
BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS WE'D LIKE
TO SAY? COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
YES. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK BOTH
COUNCILMEMBER GONZLEZ, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR
BEING ON THE LINE, AND ALSO TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON MONDAY. I KNOW,
WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE UNDERGONE MAJOR SURGERY
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THERE WAS A REMARK
IN A RECENT BLOG PUBLICATION THAT I THINK
CONCERNED YOU THAT IT SOUNDED AS IF YOU WERE
SCURRYING AWAY FROM THE VOTE. I WANT TO JUST
EXPRESS MY CONCERN THAT YOU ARE DULY RECOGNIZED
FOR THE FACT THAT YOU WERE WITH US. I APPRECIATE YOU
BEING WITH US AGAIN TODAY AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR
THE RECORD THAT THAT IS KNOWN TO ALL OF US, AND WE
HAD YOUR PERMISSION TO JUST EXPRESS THAT YOUR
HEALTH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. AND I ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DID RECEIVE YOUR LETTER THIS
MORNING AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW. AND
I WANTED TO ECHO MY THANKS FOR BOTH COUNCILMEMBER
GONZLEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR BEING AVAILABLE
TODAY BECAUSE THIS WAS UNPLANNED. BUT A SPECIAL
SHOUTOUT TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AGAIN. THIS WAS NOT
JUST A COLD AND A SNIFFLE. THANK GOD SHE'S ON THE
POSITIVE SIDE OF HER CHALLENGE. BUT FOR HER TO
EVEN BE AVAILABLE FOR EVEN TO TAKE CALLS, FOR HER TO
BE ON THE CONFERENCE CALL FOR THE OTHER MATTER WHERE
WE NEEDED COUNCILMEMBERS, SHE IS SHOWING A HERCULEAN
EFFORT IN TRYING TO ASSIST AS A COUNCIL. AND ANY
NEGATIVE REMARKS ABOUT THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, ARE
OFFENSIVE, GIVEN WHAT SHE IS DEALING WITH. SO WE
THANK BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
BEING HERE. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ?
NO. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
OKAY. WELL, WE'RE ALL READY TO GO. SO THERE
BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK
YOU. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU.