>> GOOD MORNING THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE FOR OUR REGULAR
BRIEFING.
I ANTICIPATE COUNCILMEMBERS
WILL BE GETTING OUT HERE IN A
HURRY.
LET'S GO TO THE FULL COUNCIL
ACTIONS FIRST AND THEN THE
STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES SINCE
YOU WILL HAVE MORE THAN TWO
PEOPLE LISTENING TO YOU.
FOR THE FULL COUNCIL ON THE
GOVERNANCE SIDE WE HAVE TWO
ITEMS THAT WILL BE UP.
ONE IS A RESOLUTION THAT WILL
ENDORSE OUR WORK PROGRAM IN
THAT CAPACITY WE WORKED OUT THE
ISSUES WHERE THERE ARE OVERLAPS
AND MAJOR PROJECTS ACROSS
COMPETENCIES DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES.
WE WILL ENDORSE THAT AND THE
SECOND ONE IS A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING ALL OF THE SLIDES FOR
THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN 2019 AND
THE ENDORSED BUDGET FOR 2020.
APPROXIMATELY 32 SLIDES FOR THE
VIEWING AUDIENCE I WILL
DESCRIBE MORE WHAT THAT IS WHEN
WE HOPEFULLY ENDORSE THE
RESOLUTION.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON .
>> GOOD MORNING I WANT TO START
BY SAYING A BIG THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUE OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT
, COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ FOR
CHAIRING WHAT MY STAFF TELLS
ME IS THE LONGEST PUBLIC
HEARING EVER.
NEARLY 4.5 HOURS.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS FOUR
HOURS AND 22 MINUTES.
CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ . A BIG THANK YOU.
I WAS NOT WATCHING LIVE, I DID
WATCH AFTER THE FACT AND AM
VERY GRATEFUL TO SEVERAL OF YOU
FOR BEING THERE AND IN MY
ABSENCE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A NECESSARILY LONG
BRIEFING DISCUSSION THIS MORNING
FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
THIS AFTERNOON AT FULL COUNCIL
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING --
>> I'M GOING TO DO A TIMEOUT.
BECAUSE THE TEAM HAS TO GET ON
THE ROAD WE MAY TAKE IT BACK IN
THE NATURAL ORDER AND IF WE ARE
JOINED BY COLLEAGUES LATE, I
MIGHT ADD, LET'S REVERSE THE
ORDER TIMEWISE.
>> I'M SORRY, FOR WE DO THAT I
HAVE TO LEAVE AT 9:45 AM.
>> I GOT THAT NOTE.
>> WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
PERHAPS GIVING ME A LITTLE ROOM
TO DO MY COMMITTEE REPORT, I AM
IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH YOUR
SUGGESTION.
>> LET'S DO THIS.
THE BRIEFING HAD THE STATE TEAM
UP FIRST AND THEN THE PREVIEW
BUT I KNOW YOU HAD A CONFLICT.
LET'S DO YOURS FIRST, GO TO THE
STATE UPDATE AND THEN WE WILL
COME BACK.
IS THAT OKAY COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON ? COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
IT WORKS OUT GREAT.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE A CONFLICT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES
FOR HAVING TO LEAVE EARLY TODAY
BUT I HAD A LAST-MINUTE
AMENDMENT COME UP THAT I THINK
IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE AT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE A
LITTLE EARLY.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> WEEKLY, NOTHING ON THIS
AFTER THIS FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
ON INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR YOU WILL NOTICE A
REINTRODUCED COUNCIL BILL
REGARDING THE SEATTLE PLEASE
DEPARTMENT HIRING BONUS
ORDINANCE.
WHICH LEADS ME TO WHAT
COMMITTEE WILL BE HEARING THIS
WEDNESDAY, SO ON WEDNESDAY I
COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING AT ITS
REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME AS
THEY FEBRUARY 27 AT 9:30 AM.
THERE WILL BE THREE ITEMS ON
OUR COMMITTEE AGENDA, THE FIRST
ITEM WILL BE A SECOND
DISCUSSION ON THE HIRING BONUS
ORDINANCE COUNCIL BILL 119468,
AND THIS NEWLY INTRODUCED
VERSION OF THE BILL I JUST
REFERENCED AT THE TOP OF MY
REMARKS WILL ALLOW FOR
CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS I
INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD ON
WEDNESDAY.
SO WE HAVE MODIFIED THE TITLE
OF THE BILL TO ALLOW FOR MORE
FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF SOME OF
THE POLICY ISSUES I HIGHLIGHTED
FOR YOU ALL LAST WEEK DURING
COUNCIL BRIEFING AND THAT WE
DISCUSSED DURING MY PREVIOUS
COMMITTEE HEARING.
WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO
úHAVE A DISCUSSION ON THOSE IN
MONTH AND THEN PROVIDE THE FULL
COUNCIL A RECOMMENDATION ON
THE COUNCIL BILL . THERE WILL
BE A FEW REVISIONS I WILL
ADVANCE.
ALL SORT OF RELATED TO
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT INCLUDE
EXPANDING THE INCENTIVE HIRING
BONUS TO NEW RECRUITS IN
ADDITION TO LATERAL POLICE
HIRES.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A VARIETY
OF DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR
REPORTING AND MEASURING TO
ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY
HAVING ITS INTENDED OUTCOME AND
IT'S NOT CUTTING AGAINST SOME
OF THE OTHER PROGRESS THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE IN
TERMS OF HIRING FROM DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THOSE
PARTICULAR ISSUES ON WEDNESDAY
AND SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE WILL
BE PUBLISHED LATER ON THIS
AFTERNOON BY THE CITY CLERK.
I AM HAPPY TO HAVE CONSULT
CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS AROUND
THOSE ISSUES.
OTHER ITEMS WE WILL HERE IS A
REPORT FROM THE IMMIGRANT
REFUGEE COMMISSION ON THE WORK
PLAN.
LASTLY WE WILL CONSIDER AND
VOTE ON THE REAPPOINTMENT OF A
COMMISSIONER TO THE IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMISSION AS WELL.
NEXT, WEEKLY, I WANTED TO GIVE
FOLKS A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME
ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT
ARE RELATED TO MY COMMITTEE AND
WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE
COLLECTIVE RADAR.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE PREVENTION COUNCIL
HERE IN MY ROLE AS A CITY
COUNCILMEMBER AND ONE OF THE
THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
IN THAT ROOM IS AROUND PROPOSED
CHANGES TO REGULATIONS TO TITLE
IX, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
TITLE IX IS EFFECTIVELY A BODY
OF LAW THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF
GENDER EQUITY PROTECTIONS AND
ANTIDISCRIMINATION RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR WOMEN AND
FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR. AND, WE
JUST HEARD LAST WEEK THAT THE
PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION HAS
ISSUED A REGULATION THAT IS NOT
GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO MANY
PEOPLE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING HOW THIS
RULE IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE DID PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT OBJECTING TO THE
PROPOSED REGULATION.
WE NOW KNOW WHAT THE PUBLISHED
REGULATION WILL BE AND NEEDLESS
TO SAY IT IS VERY BAD.
EFFECTIVELY IT WOULD UNDERMINE
DECADES OLD PUBLIC HEALTH
PROGRAMS FOR AFFORDABLE BIRTH
CONTROL, AND HIGH-QUALITY
FAMILY-PLANNING AS WELL AS
SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN.
THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY PUT
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS IN THE CITY AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT RISK OF
NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS
CONTRACEPTION, CANCER AND STD
SCREENING ANOTHER FAMILY-
PLANNING CARE AND WE OBVIOUSLY
NOTE THAT IS GOING TO LEAD TO
END THIS AMOUNTS OF NEGATIVE
PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES IF FOLKS
AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH THEY NEED
TO ACCESS IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN
APPROPRIATE FAMILY-PLANNING AND
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
RELATED TO THOSE ISSUES AS WELL.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO STAND WITH
MEMBERS IN THE COMMITTEE
FIGHTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE
JUSTICE AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE
TO RUN OFF AND DO AT 10 AM IS
TO JOIN FOLKS AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AND THE NATIONAL
FAMILY PLANNING HEALTH
ASSOCIATION TO SPEAK OUT
AGAINST THIS HORRIBLE OUTCOME
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
SECONDLY, AND SOMEWHAT RELATED
IS MY WORK PLAN INCLUDES, WHICH
WILL BE CONSIDERING THIS
AFTERNOON, I RESPECTIVE WORK
PLANS, MINE INCLUDES A
COMPONENT AROUND ADDRESSING THE
AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE CRISIS IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHICH WE
KNOW IS TRUE FOR THE ENTIRE
STATE AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS SAW
THE RECENT REPORT THAT WAS JUST
PUBLISHED BY KING COUNTY'S
WOMEN'S COMMISSION. THEY HAVE
ISSUED A REPORT WITH FIVE
DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS
INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM THE
CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHICH THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CURRENTLY HAS, EXPANDING THAT
COUNTYWIDE, TO ALLOWING
GOVERNMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
WORKERS TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN
FROM A SPECIFIC AGE TO WORK IF
THEY CHOOSE TO TO ALSO INCLUDE
POTENTIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
FOR EMPLOYERS TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THEIR WORKERS ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE BOTH IN
THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY AS A
WHOLE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
DIGGING FURTHER INTO THAT
REPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS
HOPING TO BE ABLE TO KEY UP A
CONVERSATION BY INVITING THOSE
MEMBERS TO MY COMMITTEE
SOMETIME SOON TO BE ABLE TO
HEAR FROM THEM, THEIR THOUGHTS
AROUND OTHER TYPES OF SOLUTIONS
AND WAYS THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CAN BE HELPFUL.
I KNOW THE STATE LEGISLATIVE
úAGENDA WE PASSED LAST YEAR
INCLUDES PRIORITIZATION AROUND
AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE PROGRAMS.
I NOTICED IN THE REPORT WE ARE
ABOUT TO RECEIVE TODAY THERE
ONLY TWO BILLS THAT ARE
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE
REPORT.
I HOPE SOMEONE IN MY STEAD WILL
ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF OUR
LOBBYING TEAM AROUND WHAT OTHER
BILLS AND LEGISLATIVE PACKAGES
ARE CONSIDERED AT THE STATE TO
ADDRESS THIS AND REALLY THE
REPORT FROM KING COUNTY,
HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT IS WHAT WE
NEED IS ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT
NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED IN THE
NEXT MONTH BY OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE IN ORDER TO REALLY
FIND MANY OF THE SUBSIDIZATION
PROGRAMS MANY OF OUR MIDDLE AND
LOW INCOME FAMILIES NEED IN
ORDER TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE
CHILDCARE.
I'M PUTTING A PLUG-IN FOR MY
COLLEAGUES TO PICK UP THE
MANTLE ON THAT. I HAVE TO
EXCUSE MYSELF FOR THIS MORNING
AND I KNOW THESE FINE LADIES
ARE LISTENING TO ME AND I KNOW
IT'S SOMETHING THEY CARE ABOUT
AS WELL.
I TRUST THAT YOU ALL WILL
DIVIDE US SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND AGAIN I WATCH
THE VIDEO EAGERLY AND WILL
CONNECT YOU OFF-LINE TO GET
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THOSE
PIECES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW .
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THAT.
I WANT TO INVITE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND I TO SIT DOWN WITH
YOU , OF COURSE YOU KNOW WE PUT
SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET LAST
YEAR, $100,000, TO HELP FIND
CHILDCARE FACILITIES EITHER IN
THIS BUILDING OR NEAR THIS
BUILDING FOR OUR OWN AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
COORDINATING WITH YOU.
THANKS FOR THE GOOD WORK.
>> THAT WORK FALLS INTO MY
COMMITTEE THROUGH THE FAMILIES
AND EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND
PROMISED LEVY WILL BE RECEIVING
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
HOPEFULLY SOON.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON A FEW
ISSUES WITH THE EXECUTIVE AND
IN ORDER TO HAVE A SMOOTH
REFERRAL OF THAT PARTICULAR
PLAN.
THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS
THAT TOUCH ON THIS ISSUE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY AND THE
STANDING OF A CHILDCARE
FACILITY IN CITY HALL OR
SOMEWHERE NEAR CITY HALL IS A
COMPONENT OF WHAT I THINK NEEDS
TO BE A BROADER STRATEGY AROUND
DRESSING ADDRESSING THIS
CRISIS.
THE REPORT IN PARTICULAR TALKS
ABOUT NOT JUST THE LACK OF
AFFORDABILITY BUT THE REALITIES
AROUND HOW THE CHILDCARE
WORKFORCE IS CARRYING THE BURDEN
IN THE PIPELINE IS VERY SMALL
AND THROUGH THE FAMILIES AND
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL PROMISE, WE
WERE ABLE TO PASS SOME
COMPONENTS IN THAT LEVY THAT
WILL HELP US BEGIN TO ADDRESS
THE REALITIES OF NOT HAVING
ENOUGH CHILDCARE WORKERS IN THE
PIPELINE TO PROVIDE THESE
REALLY IMPORTANT SERVICES.
THAT WILL ALL BE PART AND
PARCEL OF THE CONVERSATION AS
WE RECEIVE AND CONSIDER THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
LOTS MORE TO COME ON THAT.
EXCITED TO WORK WITH FOLKS.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY
ON THIS COUNCIL TO TACKLE THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR OUR
WORKING FAMILIES IN THE CITY.
LASTLY I WILL END BY SAYING I
WILL BE OUT OF THE OFFICE ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
I WILL BE HEADING TO LOS
ANGELES TO JOIN SEVERAL
COUNCILMEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY TO KICK OFF WHAT
IS GOING TO BE THE FAIR
WORKWEEK CAMPAIGN.
THERE WILL BE -- ON THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2019 I'M GOING TO
JOIN THE LOS ANGELES CITY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND A
COUNCILMEMBER ALONG WITH MEMBERS
OF THE CENTER FOR POPULAR
DEMOCRACY AND THE LOS ANGELES
ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY TO
KICKOFF THEIR LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS THAT IS SIMILAR TO OUR
OWN SECURE SCHEDULING LAW.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE
EFFORTS OF THIS COALITION AND
HAD TO LOS ANGELES IF THEY
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR FAIR
SCHEDULES AND MORE PREDICABLE
SCHEDULES FOR HOURLY WORKERS.
I AM REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO HERE ON THE
CITY COUNCIL WITH THOSE
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE
DEALING WITH A LOT OF THE SAME
ISSUES THAT WE WERE DEALING
WITH HERE.
WE HAD A HUGE SUCCESSFUL
OPPORTUNITY IN PHILADELPHIA TO
SHARE LESSONS THERE ABOUT OUR
SECURE SCHEDULING LAW AND THEY
PASSED THEIR LAW IN DECEMBER.
THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE BOTH MY WORK
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD 'S
WORK ON THIS ORDINANCE.
EXCITED TO JOIN THEM FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS IS THE ENDEAVOR
TO PASS IT.
WE WILL SHARE WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INDULGING
MY ABILITY TO GIVE MY REPORT
NW.
>> THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING
AS IT TWO VERY CRITICAL EVENTS.
THE PLAN WILL BE WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE STATE TEAM AND THEN GO
AROUND THE TABLE AFTER THAT.
COME FORWARD.
WHEN WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
AND LEADERS TO YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING LILY WILSON-
CODEGA
>> CHERYL SWAB.
>> CARON CARGILL.
>> CHRISTINA POSTLEWAIT STATE
LOBBYIST .
>> WE HAVE PASSED THE FIRST
HURDLE OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION
WITH POLICY COMMITTEE CUT OFF
LAST FRIDAY.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN
MONITORING AND WE HAVE BEEN
REPORTING ON A SIGNIFICANT
VOLUME OF LEGISLATION, WE ARE
HOPING TO SIPHON THROUGH THAT
AT THIS POINT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT VERY
QUICKLY, WE PROMISED JENNIFER
WE WOULD KEEP IT SHORT GIVEN
SOME OF THE ISSUES ON THE
AGENDA.
WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME
OF THE TOP ISSUES YOU
HIGHLIGHTED FOR US.
THE FIRST THING WE WANTED TO
TALK THROUGH, SOME LOGISTICS
AROUND THE UPCOMING COUNCIL
LOBBY DAY.
WITHOUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO CARON CARGILL WAS BACK
FROM MATERNITY LEAVE.
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
COUNCIL LOBBY DAY, WE SENT OUT
A SURVEY LAST NIGHT, MARCH 19
AND 21st IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
AT.
I KNOW IF YOU CAN HAVE YOUR
STAFF RESPOND TO THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO FIND A DATE THAT WILL
WORK FOR AS MANY COUNCILMEMBERS
AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE A LITTLE RESTRICTED ON
TIME.
WE TYPICALLY DON'T SCHEDULE
COUNCIL LOBBY DAYS ON SOME OF
THE MORE COMPACT -- DURING
FISCAL TIME, IT'S HARD TO GET
SECURED MEETINGS.
WE HAVE A TWO WEEK PERIOD AND
SOME DAYS ARE ON THE FLOOR.
LET US KNOW IF THERE IS A DAY
THAT WORKS FOR YOU AND WE WILL
PICK THE ONE THAT WORKS BEST
FOR EVERYONE.
IS ONLY MENTIONED, WE PASSED
THE POLICY CUT OFF THAT MEANS
ANY BILLS THAT HAVE NOT MOVED
OUT OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE
HOUSE ORIGIN ARE MOSTLY
CONSIDERED DEAD.
THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS.
ESPECIALLY BILLS TO LAMENT THE
BUDGET.
THIS COMING FRIDAY WILL BE THE
FISCAL CUT OFF.
BILLS HAVE NOT MOVED OUT OF THE
HOUSE ORIGIN COMMITTEE UNLESS
NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE
BUDGET.
DEEMED DEAD.
THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS WE WILL
SEE A LOT OF FLOOR ACTION.
A LOT OF BILLS ARE MOVING
FORWARD THIS YEAR.
IN THE PREVIOUS BRIEFING THEY
MENTIONED THERE HAD BEEN
SEVERAL THOUSAND BILLS
INTRODUCED AND WE SAW ABOUT
2000 DIE LAST WEEK.
I KNOW THE REPORT DOESN'T SEEM
VERY SHORT.
HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE
PARED DOWN LITTLE MORE WE CAN
STAY FOCUSED WITH EVERYTHING.
ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT WAS BUDGET AND
REVENUE.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT
BUDGET CAST FORECAST TO COME
OUT.
AFTER THAT WE WILL SEE THE
FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL COME OUT
THIS YEAR.
THE HOUSE IS SLATED FIRST AND
THEN THE SENATE.
IS THE PROPOSALS ARE INTRODUCED
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ABOUT
WHAT'S BUILT-IN WITH THAT.
>> WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION
AROUND NEW REVENUES?
>> STILL ONGOING.
CAPITAL GAINS HAS BEEN
SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN A COUPLE
OF PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY ARE
LOOKING AT HAVING 50 MILLION IN
REVENUE AS COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET ABOUT 46 MILLION.
THERE IS A BUMP IN THE REVENUE
OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
BUT I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING TO
SEE WITH THAT FINAL NUMBER WILL
BE.
AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
BIG EXPENSES COMING UP WITH
TRUE BLOOD AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ISSUES THEY ARE LOOKING
TO TALK MENTAL HEALTH,
POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL ISSUES
WITH EDUCATION, CULVERTS, SOME
BIG ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO
NEED FUNDING.
I THINK IT STILL IN
CONVERSATION BUT WE PROBABLY
WON'T HAVE A GOOD INDICATION
UNTIL WE GET CLOSER TO THE
BUDGET PERIOD.
>> IS THE FURTHER CONVERSATION
ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WAS THE
BIG DEAL.
WEATHER WAS ROADS AND BRIDGES,
WATER AND SEWER PIPELINES,
EVERY CITY IS FACING THIS.
THERE WAS QUITE AN ARTICLE IN
THE NEW YORK TIMES YESTERDAY
ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAD PROMISED THEY
WERE GOING TO DO IT AND THEY
HAVEN'T.
BUT IT LEAVES IT BACK TO US, IF
THE CALORIE IS NOT COMING WHAT
IS THE STATE GOING TO DO?
WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT
THINGS AROUND HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH,
I AGREE, BUT I JUST WONDER
WHETHER OR NOT THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS
ESSENTIALLY DEAD THIS YEAR?
>> I KNOW THERE IS A
CONVERSATION ON THE
TRANSPORTATION SIDE.
A DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING A
SMALL REVENUE PACKAGE.
WE CAN PROVIDE DETAILS WHERE
THINGS ARE AT.
I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT THE
COMPONENTS ARE AND SOME
SPECIFIC PROJECTS THEY ARE
POTENTIALLY LOOKING TO FUND
THROUGH THAT.
I KNOW THE CAPITAL BUDGET WAS
STRETCHED PRETTY THIN.
BUT WE CAN CHECK IN ON THAT AS
WELL.
>> THE BIG THING I'M LOOKING AT
IS A NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, THE
FREIGHT CORNER, MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE, BALLARD BRIDGE, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON AND HAVEN'T HEARD A
PEEP. I JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE
THAT IS.
>> I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THAT.
I'M JUST GOING TO DIVE IN AND
START WITH EDUCATION.
I WOULD RECATEGORIZE THIS TO BE
OF THE MEDICAL -- ALPHABETICAL.
A CATEGORY AND THEN IT
NUMERICALLY BY BILL NUMBER.
LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT
COLLEGE PROMISED IN THOSE TYPES
OF PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
BILL OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP,
HOUSE BUILT IN 1927.
THAT IS ON PAGE 2. THAT WOULD
ALLOW FOR ANY MUNICIPAL DOLLARS
BE MATCHED WITH STATE FUNDS
THROUGH THE WASHINGTON
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
WHICH IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT
WE ARE PUTTING A LOT OF WEIGHT
BEHIND.
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A
REOCCURRING ISSUE, I KNOW WE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT McCLEARY AND
POST-MCCLEARY AFTER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING FOR
EXPANDED LEVEE AUTHORITY, AS
YOU RECALL THEY HAD TO CAP WITH
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD BE
ABLE TO COLLECT AND AS YOU SAW
WHEN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN
THE PASSAGE OF THEIR LOCAL
LEVEL THIS LEVY THAT THEY WOULD
NEED ADDITIONAL LEVEE AUTHORITY
IN ORDER TO COLLECT THIS AMOUNT.
THAT IS SOMETHING BEING WORKED
ON RIGHT NOW.
OF DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ARE
BEING PASSED AROUND.'S 20% OF
STATE AND FEDERAL IS ONE OF THE
POINTS BEING CONSIDERED.
POTENTIALLY 3500 $3000 PER
STUDENT CAP. AS A REMINDER
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEVEE
AUTHORITY HAD BEEN 37%.
WE ARE STILL SEEING A
DISCREPANCY THERE.
REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES ON
EDUCATION, I KNOW THERE WAS A
BILL, AND JUST TO SPEAK TO
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ 'S
POINT ABOUT CHILDCARE, THERE
HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATION
ABOUT FOUR STUDENTS, I DON'T
HAVE A BILL PREPARED VIEW ON
CHILD CARE, I KNOW THERE IS A
LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT,
CHILDREN STAY WHICH WAS ON
PRESIDENTS' DAY LAST WEEK.
WE WILL GET A LIST OF BILLS
BEING CONSIDERED AND KEEP YOU
UPDATED.
MOVING TO ENVIRONMENT, THAT
STARTS ON PAGE 3. 100% CLEAN
ENERGY IS A REALLY BIG TOPIC
THIS YEAR WITH THE BILL THAT
CAME UP LAST YEAR.
A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH.
A COUPLE BIG PROPOSALS, THE
HOUSE AND SENATE BILL
INTRODUCES COMPANIONS THAT ARE
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
ESSENTIALLY PUSHING UTILITIES
TO BE 100% CLEAN BY 2045.
A BIG STICKING POINT IS THE USE
OF NATURAL GAS AND WHETHER OR
NOT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
THEY COULD USE IN ORDER TO HELP
WITH BROWNOUTS AND TO AVOID
INTERRUPTIONS WITH ENERGY AND
ELECTRICITY PROVIDING.
THE BIG TOPIC THIS YEAR,
ADVANCING AT THIS POINT IN WE
ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT
CLOSELY.
ON PAGE 4 TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION, I KNOW I
TALKED TO THIS THE LAST TWO
YEARS, THIS WOULD ALLOW CITY
LIGHT, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND
IT'S BEEN EXPANDED TO PRIVATE
UTILITIES, TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO
USE RATE PAIRED DOLLARS TO GO
TOWARDS ELECTRIFICATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
CHARGING STATIONS.
THE BILL WE ARE MOST SUPPORTIVE
OF IS THE GREENHOUSE RULES.
WE ARE STILL PUSHING FORWARD.
THERE IS A LOT OF NEW
ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT
OF THINGS PROGRESS.
IF THERE ANY PARTICULAR BILLS
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PLEASE
LET ME KNOW AND I CAN PROVIDE
YOU INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAD A HEARING IN MY
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK WITH OUR
FRIENDS AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS HOW
MUCH MONEY AND ENERGY THE
ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING
STATIONS WILL ACTUALLY COST US
IN THE LONG RUN.
WE NEED TO DO THE BACK OF THE
ENVELOPE MATH.
I HAD A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS.
YES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR
RATE FAIR DOLLARS WILL BE
INVESTED INTO CLEANER ENERGY
OPTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY ELECTRICAL VEHICLES
IS ONE.
DOES THIS BILL ALLOW FOR US TO
USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR
INVESTMENTS IN BIKE LANES,
COMPLETING THE NETWORK ALLOWING
FOR TRANSPORTATION MODELS LIKE
SCOOTERS AND BIKES, DOESN'T
ALLOW FOR THAT TYPE OF LUCK'S
ABILITY AND HOW THOSE WILL BE
USED OR DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY
CALL OUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
>> IT SPECIFIC TO INCENTIVIZING
OTHER ENTITIES AND PRIVATE
PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THAT INFO
STRUCTURE.
IT TAKES A LITTLE BURDEN OFF
THE CITY TO PAY FOR IT AND
INCENTIVIZES.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU ARE
GOING TO PUT IN OR PURCHASING
AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT WE
COULD INCENTIVIZE THAT PURCHASE
BY GIVING A SMALL REBATE FOR
THE CHARGING STATION.
DOES NOT SPEAK TO ANYTHING
BEYOND THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
ELECTRIFICATION IN THIS
úPARTICULAR BILL.
I KNOW OTHER BILLS HAVE SPOKEN
TO THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO PULL SOME OF
THOSE.
>> MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF THE
DOLLARS ARE SPECIFICALLY
EARMARKED FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE
CHARGING STATIONS OR REBATES TO
CUSTOMERS.
THAT SEEMS A LITTLE ELITIST IN
TERMS OF WHO COULD ACCESS THAT
TYPE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
MODEL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, IF
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
EXPANDING IT SO WE CAN DO MORE
INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT ARE
LOWER COST SO THE MAJORITY OF
THE POPULATION, LIKE EXPANDING
ACCESS TO BIKE LANES, ELECTRIC
BIKES AND SCOOTERS, THAT TYPE
OF THING.
I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T SEEN IT
BEFORE.
I'M TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB
OF TRACKING LEGISLATION WITH
YOU ALL.
I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
I WANT TO PUT A FLAG AND THAT.
I DON'T THINK THOSE DOLLARS
SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY
EARMARKED FOR ELECTRICAL
VEHICLES IT WOULD BE NICE TO
SEE IT AS ONE OPTION AMONG
MANY.
>> LET'S CONNECT OFF-LINE ABOUT
THIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
HAVE MANY TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE
ON THIS ISSUE.
>> JUST REAL QUICKLY.
ON THE ELECTRIFICATION PIECE,
WHEN WE SAY ELECTRIFICATION OF
VEHICLES I WANT TO BE CLEAR WE
DON'T ONLY MEAN CARS.
THIS IS TO SUPPORT
ELECTRIFICATION AT AIRPORTS.
>> AND BUSES AS WELL.
IT'S ANOTHER BIG TOPIC, AS KING
COUNTY LOOKS TO ELECTRIFY THEIR
BUS FLEET THIS WOULD BE A TOOL
THAT WOULD HELP PROMOTE THAT
EFFORT.
>> I DEFTLY WANT TO SUPPORT OUR
ONLY NATURALLY OCCURRING
DEEPWATER PORT IN OUR BACKYARD
AND ELECTRIFY THAT ALONG WITH
OUR METRO FLEET.
BUT THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT TO
ME THAN REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS
OR CHARGING STATIONS FOR
INDIVIDUALS.
THAT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE
APPREHENSIVE PUBLIC POLICY
SOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF
MOVING THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY
AROUND STEWARDSHIP.
YOU WILL SEE PLASTIC STRAWS.
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE IF
THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN PLEASE LET ME
KNOW.
WE HAVE HAD SPU INVOLVED IN THE
CONVERSATION AND THEY ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF THE MAJORITY OF
THE EFFORTS.
>> I JUST LIKE TO HAVE A SENSE,
IS THIS MOVING?
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE WOULD
GET TO THIS POINT IT WOULD ALL
GO AWAY.
>> ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES.
LAST YEAR THE GOVERNOR WAS
REALLY OUT THERE WORKING AND
THEN IT ALL KIND OF --
>> WE ARE HOPEFUL, I THINK
THERE IS A VERY PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATION ON ALL OF THESE
HAPPENING.
EVERYTHING THAT WRAPPED UP IN
THE CARBON PRICING CONVERSATION
, THERE WAS A LOT WRAPPED UP IN
HUNDRED PERCENT AND A LOT OF
THOSE BATTLED EACH OTHER.
AND EVERYTHING CAME TO THE LAST
MINUTE AND EVERYTHING
UNFORTUNATELY WENT DOWN AS PART
OF THAT.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
AWARENESS AND A LOT OF WANTING
TO PRESERVE A LOT OF THESE
SINCE SO LITTLE MOVED FORWARD
LAST YEAR.
FINGERS CROSSED WE ARE STAYING
INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATIONS.
MOVING ONTO GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT STARTS ON PAGE 5. A COUPLE
PROPOSALS ABOUT THE CAPITAL
GAINS TAX.
WHAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED WITH
THAT.
ON PAGE 6 SENATE BILL 6951 AND
ON PAGE 5 ANOTHER ONE HOUSE BILL
1153.
WE'RE WATCHING THEY ARE PRETTY
TIED UP WITH THE BUDGET
CONVERSATION.
EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE
MOVING, IF ANYTHING WAS IN
ACTED WOULD BE NECESSARY TO
IMPLEMENT THE BUDGET.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
HAD SHOWN INTEREST IN SOME OF
THE WRONGFUL DEATH LEGISLATION
THAT IS CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS
YEAR AND WE ARE WATCHING THAT
CLOSELY.
I WANT TO BRING THOSE TO YOUR
ATTENTION.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW , I
WANTED TO BRING TO ATTENTION ON
PAGE 6 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BUILT
1796 THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
CLEAN ENERGY BILL.
THESE ARE SOME LOAN PROGRAMS
BEING DISCUSSED THAT WOULD BE
ABLE TO GO TO SOME OF THE YOU
RM'S.
I'M HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH YOU.
SENDING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM
OSC AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS
BILL THIS YEAR.
I'M GOING TO PASS THIS ON TO
CHRISTINA POSTLEWAIT FOR
HEALTHCARE.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE
PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL
PROVIDE YOU ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
THANK YOU.
SHE IS ADORABLE.
>> SHE IS.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M GOING TO
BRIEF YOU ON A COUPLE OF BIG
HEALTHCARE ISSUES.
I HAVE TO SAY THEY ARE VERY
EXCITING.
IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE HOW MANY
CLEARED THE POLICY CUT OFF.
THE OPIOID BILLS, THERE ARE
QUITE A VARIETY OF BILLS
RELATED TO OPIOIDS AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THEY ALL
CLEARED POLICY COMMITTEE.
THEY ARE IN THE FISCAL SIDE OF
THINGS.
I WANTED TO ALSO FINALLY BE
ABLE TO ALERT YOU ABOUT T 21
WHICH WE HAVE WORKED ON FOR
MANY YEARS AND THINK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW AND
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON ON THIS
ONE.
IT PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UNDER THIS BILL, SELLING THESE
PRODUCTS, TOBACCO AND VAPE
PRODUCTS TO PEOPLE UNDER 21
WOULD RESULT IN A GROSS
MISDEMEANOR.
NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE AND
SHOULD IT PASS THE SENATE
WASHINGTON WILL BECOME THE 25th
STATE TO RAISE THE SMOKING AGE
TO 21.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT.
I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR
YOU ISSUES AROUND VACCINATION
HAVE BEEN QUITE THE TALKER IN
OLYMPIA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING
TO CAMPUS TO VOICE THEIR
CONCERN ABOUT REMOVING THE
PHILOSOPHICAL OR PERSONAL
EXEMPTION AWAY FROM FAMILIES.
BUT WITH THE OUTBREAK IN CLARK
COUNTY HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF
RAPID MOVEMENT AROUND THIS.
THE VACCINATION, THE PERSONAL
OBJECTION, IT WOULD'VE REPEALED
THE PERSONAL BELIEF EXEMPTION
FOR ALL VACCINES REQUIRED FOR
SCHOOL ENTRY AND CHILDCARE
ENROLLMENT.
THIS PAST OUT OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE, THIS WOULD BE AROUND
MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA.
IT IS IN RULES RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
MOVEMENT OF THAT.
IT IS BEEN A BIG ISSUE AND
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
OUTSPOKEN FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE ISSUE DOWN IN OLYMPIA.
ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS,
UNLESS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, THE
LOCAL OPTION BOND BILL WHICH WE
ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT AND
CONTINUES SUPPORT WITH ALL OF
OUR BEING HERE, IT IS MOVING
ALONG REALLY WELL.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WOULD
ALLOW CITIES AND COUNTIES TO
BOND AGAINST THE STATE SALES
TAX TO AFFORD HOUSING AND OTHER
PROGRAMS.
IS MOVING WELL.
IT IS GOING TO BE TODAY, THE
25th, IT IS BEING EXACT TODAY,
LIKELY THAT VOTE HAPPENED IT 8
AM.
WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE
OUTCOME. I DON'T EXPECT ISSUES.
ON THE 27th, THE 26th, IT WILL
BE AT 8 AM THERE IS A LOT OF
ENTHUSIASM AROUND THIS.
IT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES TO
RECEIVE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS.
JUST A REMINDER, WE MADE SURE TO
MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE WOULD
ALLOW CITIES AND COUNTIES TO
SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCESS THE
FUNDS.
NOT JUST COUNTIES AS LISTED
LAST YEAR.
>> THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT
BILLS RELATED TO PROPERTY TAXES
AND SENIORS.
CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREE OF
THEM?
>> I KNOW ONE OF THE
DIFFERENCES INCLUDES VETERANS
AS WELL.
I THINK THERE ARE VARIOUS
GROUPS BEHIND THIS ON ALL OF
THESE.
THEY ARE ALSO ALL IN THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I THINK WHAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN
IS WE WILL SEE SOME SHAPING UP
OF THESE BILLS AS THEY MOVE
FORWARD.
I DON'T IMAGINE WE WILL SEE ALL
THREE MOVE OUT OF THE FISCAL
COMMITTEES.
BUT WE WILL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU
POSTED.
>> I THINK IMITATION DATE IS A
BIG PART AND THE CUT THRESHOLD.
>> I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE
INCOME THRESHOLD, MOVING IT UP
FROM THE $45,000 WHICH IS NOT
WORKABLE FOR SEATTLE.
>> HAPPY TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GROUPS
WORKING ON IT OVER THE INTERIM
AND I THINK THEY WERE TRAINED
TO FIGURE OUT AT WHAT STAGE,
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, IS IT
AVERAGING IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND A BIG POISE PIECE IS AT
WHAT POINT.
--
>> WE HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THE
FOLKS AT THE AARP WHO BEEN
LEADING ON THE ISSUE.
AN EMAIL WE HAVEN'T READ YET.
>> CONTEXT ON THAT, IS A
HISTORICAL PRACTICE TO HAVE A
THRESHOLD CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT
ALL JURISDICTIONS OR DOES IT
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HOME
PRICES?
>> IT CURRENTLY IS A STATEWIDE.
OUR POINT IS, $45,000 IN
SEATTLE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN
$45,000 IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE AND WHY WE THINK IT WOULD
BE AN OFFICIAL TO REFLECT THE
COST OF LIVING IN THIS AREA.
>> CONTINUING IN HOUSING, I
WANTED TO ALERT YOU TO A BIG
WIN WE EXPERIENCED.
THIS IS AROUND THE SEPA
EXEMPTIONS FOR CITY SHELTERS
AND ENCAMPMENTS.
IT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER
HEARINGS I HAVE SEEN.
WE HAD HUGE TURNOUT AND HUGE
THANKS TO CAMPUS SECOND CHANCE
WHO CAME DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS AND HOW
MANY OPTIONS IT WOULD PRODUCE
PEOPLE EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS.
IT WAS HEARD ON MONDAY AT 1:30
PM.
WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT FRIDAY 6
PM PRIOR.
AND MONDAY WAS A HOLIDAY.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO
MOBILIZE ON THIS ISSUE WE HAD A
HUGE TURNOUT AND IT PASSED
EASILY OUT OF COMMITTEE.
CURRENTLY IT SITS IN RULES.
WE ARE HAPPY WITH HOW THAT
TURNED OUT AND WE ARE THANKFUL
TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS AND
CAMPUS SECOND CHANCE
ESPECIALLY.
>> MOVING ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M GOING TO REVIEW SOME OF OUR
PRIORITIES GETTING A PAGE 14.
THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT
MOVEMENT THIS SESSION ON A
PACKAGE OF FIREARM
RESPONSIBILITY BILLS INCLUDING
THE HISTORIC COMPROMISE BETWEEN
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY
GROUPS, THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE
GOVERNOR ON FEBRUARY 4. I KNOW
A LOT OF FOLKS PUT WORK INTO
THAT AND WERE PAYING CLOSE
ATTENTION AS NEGOTIATIONS MOVED
FORWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS.
LEGISLATION TO BAN HIGH-CAPACITY
MAGAZINES.
HOUSE BILL 1068 PAST HOUSE
JUDICIARY ON FEBRUARY 1. ON THE
BOTTOM OF PAGE 14, SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1225, SPONSORED BY
REPRESENTATIVE JENKINS WOULD
REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURE
FIREARMS WHEN RESPONDING TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS.
THAT PAST HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS ON
FEBRUARY 1 AND IS ON THE SECOND
READING CALENDAR.
BIPARTISAN BILL NOTABLY
SPONSORED BY REPUBLICAN DAN
GRIFFEY SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
1231 ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 13
WOULD ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS FOROR SEXUAL ABUSE
OF A CHILD.
IT ALSO EXPANDS THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS FOR IN THE FIRST,
SECOND AND 3rd DEGREES AND
REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT THE
LACK OF CONSENT BE CLEARLY
EXPRESSED BY THE VICTIM.
THAT PASSED THE SENATE
UNANIMOUSLY AND HAS BEEN
REFERRED TO HOUSE.
IMPRESSIVE.
REPRESENTATIVE HAS INTRODUCED
SEVERAL PROPOSALS TO PROTECT
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
INCLUDING HOUSE BILL 1382 WHICH
WOULD EXTEND IMMUNITY FROM
PROSECUTION FROM PROSTITUTION
FOR THOSE SEEKING EMERGENCY
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
AND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1383
WHICH WOULD MODIFY THE CRIME OF
PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE FOR ME
MISDEMEANOR TO A GROSS
MISDEMEANOR.
FINALLY IN THE GUN
RESPONSIBILITY CATEGORY A BAN
ON THREE PRINTED GUNS IN THE
MIDDLE OF PAGE 15 AND IT'S ALSO
ON THE SECOND READING CALENDAR.
UNDER CIVIL RIGHTS AND SAFETY
NET, LEGISLATION MANY OF YOU
WORKED VERY HARD ON TO
ELIMINATE THE DEATH PENALTY AND
STATUTES SPONSORED BY SENATOR
CARLISLE.
SENATE BILL 5339 ON THE TOP OF
PAGE 17 --
>> I HAD ONE QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BEFORE WE MOVE OFF OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, PERHAPS I'M LOOKING IN
THE WRONG SECTION HERE, I'M
INTERESTED IN 1772 AND 5751
RELATED TO MOTORIZED SCOOTERS.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE
ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HOW WE CAN -- YOU'RE
GOING TO SPEAK TO IT?
GREAT.
THIS DOES SEEM TO ME LIKE A
GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY BILL.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN SAFETY
BUT I WILL SAVE MY QUESTIONS.
>> CHERYL IS OUR EXPERT THERE.
HER LONG HISTORY OF S-TYPE AND
EXPERIENCE WITH THE ISSUE, WE
WILL TRY TO COVER THAT YOU AS
WELL AND MONITOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO CIVIL
RIGHTS AND SAFETY NET.
ON THE TOP OF PAGE 17 --
ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE TO THE
TOP OF PAGE 19, SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1783 WOULD ESTABLISH
THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO PROMOTE
OPPORTUNITIES AND REDUCE
DISPARITIES ACROSS ALL SECTORS
OF GOVERNMENT.
THAT MADE POLICY CUT OFF AND IS
CURRENTLY IN HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS.
AN ISSUE I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ HAS BEEN WATCHING
CLOSELY, KEEP WASHINGTON
WORKING ACT, THE TOP OF PAGE
19, WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OF
STATE RESOURCES AND DATA
SHARING WITH AUDI JUDICIAL
WARRANT AND LIMIT IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO EMPLOYEES
IN THE WORKPLACE.
THAT IS IN HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS.
THE LAST BILL I WILL TOUCH ON
BEFORE MOVING TO TRANSPORTATION
AND ESTABLISH AN ISSUE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BROUGHT
TO US AS AN INTEREST FOR HER,
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE LGBTQ
COMMISSION.
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5356 ON
THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 19.
THAT PAST SENATE STATE
GOVERNMENT TRIBAL RELATIONS AND
ELECTIONS ON THE 15th.
>> TWO QUICK CIRCLE BACKS.
ONE ON PAGE 12, ACCESSORY
WILLING UNITS, 80 YOU THAT WE
HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON
SENATE BILL 5339 THE DEATH
PENALTY ELIMINATION, IT PASSED
THE SENATE ON MY BIRTHDAY.
>> FEBRUARY 15, DAY AFTER
VALENTINES.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
>> THANK YOU.
EDU, I KNOW THERE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
SOME OF THE LANGUAGE SOME OF
THE CITY COALITION THE CITY HAS
WORKED ON TO MOVE THE BILL
FORWARD WOULD'VE ILLUMINATED
SOME OF THE POLICY OBJECTIVES I
THINK WERE PORTING TO YOU ALL.
THOSE CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED.
WE ENDED UP WEIGHING IN AS IT
WAS ONLY RELATED TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WE ARE CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVE
FITZGIBBON IS VEHICLES ARE
STILL MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF
HIS MINIMUM DENSITY PROPOSALS
TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO
EXPAND ACCESS TO CREATIVE WAYS
TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
>> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVE
PAULETTE AND HE WAS MENTIONING
CONCERNS HE HAD ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR BILL.
BASICALLY THAT IT WOULD RESULT
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GIVING UP
ITS ABILITY TO USE REGULATORY
REVIEW OF 80 YOU -- ADU
PERMITS.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
LIMITATIONS HE FELT CAME AT
THIS BILL.
OR LACK OF LOCAL CONTROL
>> FOR THOSE VERY REASONS, THE
CONSERVANCY HIGHLIGHTED, HE HAD
SAID, THERE NEEDED TO BE WORK
ON THE LANGUAGE BEFORE ANYTHING
MOVED FORWARD.
HE CHAIRS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE.
WHILE WE WEREN'T SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT PROPOSAL WE DEFTLY
UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT IN
LOOKING AT THOSE CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS AS THEY RELATE TO ADU
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP
YOU UPDATED AS THEY MOVE
FORWARD.
I KNOW REPRESENTATIVE
FITZGIBBON WAS EAGER TO TAKE
THE POSITION UP.
>> I WAS GOING TO START WITH
AUTOMATED SAFETY CAMERAS.
SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON FOR MANY YEARS.
WE ARE EXCITED IT SEEMS LIKE
THIS HAS MORE TRACTION THAN ITS
HEAD IN THE PAST.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
SUPPORT.
GOOD HELP FROM OUR DEPARTMENT
AND SDOT COMING TO TALK ABOUT
IT.
AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS THEY ARE
LOOKING AT, ONE IS TO MAKE THE
FIRST OFFENSE, YOU WOULD WAIVE
THE FEE FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE
AND AT THE MOMENT IT'S LOOKING
LIKE IT WILL BE SEATTLE ONLY
WHICH OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE IT.
WE HAVE THE GREATEST CONGESTION
PROBLEMS, THERE ARE OTHER
CITIES INTERESTED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO LET
THEM HAVE ACCESS AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE THINK IT WOULD BE
BENEFICIAL NOT JUST TO US BUT
TO OTHERS.
THAT IS LOOKING MORE POSITIVE
THAN IN THE PAST.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY
CAMERAS?
>> 1793.
SAFETY CAMERAS.
I WILL GO TO SCOOTERS.
MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, MORE
CONTROVERSIAL THAN ONE MIGHT
IMAGINE.
THERE CERTAINLY ARE SAFETY
CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED
ABOUT THE SCOOTER BILL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH
SOME OF THE PREEMPTION LANGUAGE
IN THE ORIGINAL BILL.
WE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH
S.AND AWC AND OTHER GROUPS AND
IT LOOKS LIKE THE HAS BEEN
REMOVED.
THAT WAS I WANT TO SAY SECTIONS
3-5. I CAN HAVE IT WRITTEN --
>> HOUSE BUILT 1772.
>> AND SENATE BILL --
>> THEY ARE BOTH COMPANION.
>> SO, WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT
THE PARTS WE WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHICH WE FELT WERE GOING
TO LIMIT OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY
AND REGULATION HAVE BEEN
REMOVED.
AT THE MOMENT THE WAY IT'S
WRITTEN IS FAIRLY PERMISSIVE.
CITIES CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE THEM
OR NOT PERMIT THEM.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BILL MORE
CAREFULLY, WE HAVE HEARD
CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
WE HAVE MISSED ANYTHING IN
TERMS OF WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE IN
THERE THAT COULD BE OF CONCERN
TO THE CITY.
AT THE MOMENT THAT IS WHERE WE
ARE ON THE SCOOTER BILL.
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE WE GET THE QUESTIONS
CAN I GET A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW
OF WHAT IS IN THE BILL?
>> HONESTLY, WE FOCUSED SO MUCH
ON THE PARTS WE WERE WORRIED
ABOUT I CAN'T TELL YOU MUCH
ABOUT WHAT'S IN IT.
I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS CITIES CAN
PREVENT THEM IF THEY CHOSE TO
OR NOT.
HONESTLY, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
THAT IS A QUESTION THE MEARES.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR THE STATE,
TACOMA DOES THAT, SPOKANE.
>> AS CHERYL NOTED FOR
COMMERCIAL USE, THERE'S A LOT
OF INTEREST IN DEFINITIONS
AROUND INCREASING THE WHEEL
SIZE, DEFINING WHAT COMMERCIAL
USE WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEM TO
OPERATE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
THINGS LIKE HELMET USE ARE
BEING EXPLORED.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING
PIECES GIVEN THAT THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF THE
COMMERCIAL SPACE.
>> QUESTIONING WHAT THE STATE
IS DOING.
>> THE ORIGINAL BILL HAD ISSUES
ABOUT INDEMNIFICATION,
LIABILITY, DATA, ALL KINDS OF
CONCERNS.
WE WEIGHED IN HEAVILY ABOUT
THOSE CONCERNS.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO CORRECT
THE RECORD.
THE WAY I READ THIS BILL IT
DOESN'T ACTUALLY WAY IN HEAVILY
ON PREEMPTION.
IT DOESN'T WAY IN HEAVILY ON
DIRECTING CITY MUNICIPALITIES
WHICH IS PRECISELY MY CONCERN.
IN FACT WE'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY
FROM FRIENDS IN THE CITY THAT
WE NEED BETTER REGULATIONS TO
MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND HOW
FAST MOTORIZED SCOOTERS CAN GO.
WITH THE AGE LIMIT SHOULD BE.
WEATHER IS GOING TO BE PARKING
REQUIREMENTS.
EVERYTHING AND THIS BILL HELPS
CREATE THAT LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
SO WE ARE CREATING THE ABILITY
FOR KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 16
NOT ABLE TO WRITE THIS.
WE ARE SAYING WHERE THEY CAN
DRIVE.
THE CAN DRIVE ON OUR BIKE LANES.
IT SAYS THEY SHOULD BE PARKED
IN THE SAME PLACE WE PARKED OUR
ELECTRIC BIKES.
IT TALKS ABOUT SPEED AND
LIMITING SPEED.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE ABILITY TO
MAKE SURE THERE IS LEGAL
PROTECTIONS.
IT TALKS ABOUT DESIGNATING
PARKING AREAS AND LOCKING
MECHANISMS.
I'M GOING TO BE GLASS HALF-FULL
HERE AND SAY THAT I THINK THIS
IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A
SOLID FOUNDATION FOR REGULATING
A NEW TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND A
NEW TRANSPORTATION SO WE HAVE
STANDARDS ACROSS THE STATE.
LET'S BE REAL.
THAT IS WHAT THE STATE IS
SUPPOSED TO DO.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CREATE A
BAR THAT ENSURES SAFETY OR
PROTECTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD
AND THEN IT'S UP TO LOCAL
MUNICIPALITIES ON WHETHER WE
WANT TO RAISE THE BAR.
THINK MINIMUM WAGE.
IT'S UP TO MUNICIPALITIES IF
THEY WANT TO RAISE IT ABOVE.
THIS HELPS US ANSWER THE
QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE
MOTORIZED SCOOTERS A SAFE MODE
OF TRANSPORTATION, AN
ALTERNATIVE TO CARS WHICH WE
KNOW ARE NOT SAFE AND CREATE
MORE INJURIES AND DEATHS.
THAN BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS.
IF YOU'RE TELLING ME WE HAVE
NOW FOUND LANGUAGE WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD AND WE FEEL LIKE THERE
IS NOT AN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE PREEMPTION, WHICH I
NEVER THOUGHT WAS THE INTENT OF
THIS LEGISLATION FROM THE
BEGINNING, I DISAGREE WAS
TRAINED TO PREEMPT US OR LIMIT
US, AND I THINK INSTEAD IT WAS
UNINTENTIONALLY INTERPRETED
THAT WAY AND IF WE FOUND A PATH
FORWARD I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT
IS GOOD NEWS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>>
>> YES.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE IS
YOUR COUNCIL, WHO I THINK
SHOULD HAVE EQUAL WEIGH IN ON
LEGISLATION PROS AND CONS OF
THE VARIOUS LEGISLATION THAT
YOU CAN RELY ON US TO BAT
AROUND IDEAS AND THINK ABOUT
WHAT OUR POSITION IN THE CITY
CAN BE.
IT IS VERY HARD IS FOLKS IN
OLYMPIA KNOW TO UNRING THE BELL.
IT'S WE HAVE WEIGHED IN ON
OPPOSITION OR SIGNED A CONCERN,
IT'S HARD TO UNRING THAT BELL.
IT HAPPENS AND PEOPLE FIND GOOD
PATHWYS FORWARD, I KNOW YOU
HAVE SOME OF THE BEST TEAM
MEMBERS AVAILABLE DOWN THERE.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE MOVING
FORWARD.
I WANT TO SORT OF CORRECT THE
RECORD.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS YOU
SAYING IT, I THINK THIS IS
MAYBE AN INTERPRETATION OF THE
BILL.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A PUBLIC
SAFETY BILL TO HELP US SET UP
THE STANDARDS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE WE FOUND
LANGUAGE THAT HELPS CLARIFY
THIS.
IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A
PREEMPTION.
>> CAN WE HOLD UP FOR A SECOND?
THE SENATE BILL IS DESCRIBED IN
MORE DETAIL ON PAGE 23.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA BROUGHT
UP ISSUES ABOUT THE AGENTS BE.
I'M GOING TO ASK WE SPEED UP
BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO VERY
LENGTHY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
RAPID UP.
>> THAT IS THE END OF THE
REPORT.
GOOD TIMING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA DID
YOU WANT TO SAY ANY CLOSING
WORDS?
>> I LIKE THE USED SPEED AND
THAT.
SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN.
ONE MORE THING ON CHILDCARE,
THE BIGGEST CHILDCARE BILL I
HAVE BEEN TRACKING IS HOUSE
BILL 1344.
I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SEEN WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS A COMPANION
BILL.
I BELIEVE IT HAS A HEARING
TODAY.
I DON'T THINK I SEE 1344 ON THE
EDUCATION LIST.
IF YOU CAN ADD THAT THIS IS
CRITICAL TO OUR FRIENDS AT SEIU
925 WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
CLOSELY WITH CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS OVER DECADES.
I'D LOVE TO SEE SUPPORT ON
THAT.
SPOKE QUICKLY, I SEE TWO FOLKS
IN Q. WHAT IS GOING TO BE
CRITICAL IS TO WORK OFF-LINE
WITH THESE FOLKS AND GET OUR
SCHEDULES READY FOR MARCH 19
THROUGH THE 21st.
>> 19th OR 21st.
>> WE HAVE TO GET THAT LOCKED
DOWN.
LET'S KEEP THIS SCOOTER MOVING.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT
THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS RELATED
TO SOUND TRANSIT STILL UP FOR
CONSIDERATION. MOST OF THEM
WOULD BE VERY DAMAGING TO THE
ABILITY FOR SOUND TRANSIT TO
COLLECT REVENUE WHICH OF COURSE
HAS A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
OUR ABILITY TO BUILD OUT THE
ST3 PLAN.
AND FULFILL REQUIREMENTS THE
VOTERS ASKED OF US WHEN THEY
ADOPTED THE PLAN.
IN 2016.
THERE'S A LOT OF OXYGEN WE CAN
EXPAND ON THAT TOPIC, BUT I
WANTED IT TO NOT GO BY WITHOUT
BEING MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL OF
THOSE BILLS ARE STILL ALIVE AND
ONE OF THEM WOULD ROLL BACK A
LOT OF FUNDING TO THE TUNE OF
$6 BILLION-$7 BILLION FOR THAT
CAPACITY FOR SOUND TRANSIT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING
ON THAT BUT I DON'T WANT THIS
SESSION TO BY WITHOUT US
MENTIONING THE POTENTIAL
NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE
EXPANSION OF OUR LIGHT RAIL
SYSTEM.
>> JUST A REQUEST THAT NEXT
TIME YOU COME BACK OR ONE OF
THE FUTURE TIMES YOU COULD
SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF FOCUS ON
THE MANY DIFFERENT TENANTS
RATES BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
I THINK IT'S EXCITING.
AND POTENTIALLY REALLY GAME
CHANGING FOR US HERE IN SEATTLE
AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS
WITH HOUSING ABOUT DOING A
JOINT PRESENTATION BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PIECES
AND POLICY BILLS AT THIS POINT
AS WELL AS BUDGET ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> BEFORE WE GO AROUND THE ROOM,
I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
GOING TO GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON FIRST, WE HAVE TWO
VERY LENGTHY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
I PERSONALLY HAVE A MEETING AT
11:30 AM AND 12 PM.
I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AT
LEAST THE SECOND EXECUTIVE
SESSION BEGINNING.
IF WE COULD DISPENSE OF SOME OF
THE USUAL, EVERYWHERE YOU HAVE
BEEN, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
YOU'VE GOT IT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL DO MY BEST.
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR HAS SEVERAL ITEMS FOR
DISCUSSION TODAY WHICH I KNOW
ONE OF WHOM, ONE OF THOSE ITEMS,
I NOTE COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
DOES COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WANTED TO TOUCH ON.
THAT IS COUNCIL BILL 119469
THAT SHE WILL DISCUSS.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL
QUASIJUDICIAL MATTER.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LAW
DEPARTMENT.
FILE IT COUNCIL LAND-USE ACTION
TO APPROVE THE EXPANSION OF
THE NORTH SEATTLE PRECINCT
LOCATED AT 1049 COLLEGE WAY
NORTH.
A TYPE V LAND-USE DECISION THAT
WOULD ALLOW FOR PORTABLES TO BE
ADDED TO THE POLICE PRECINCT.
IT IS PENDING BUT DOES NOT PLAN
TO COME IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL
ANYTIME SOON.
I ANTICIPATE ME READING THIS
ALOUD WILL GENERATE SOME.
QUIRK FILE 314-4316 IS AN
APPLICATION TO REZONE A 6200
SQUARE FOOT SITE AT 10 501
MIDVALE AVENUE NORTH FROM
COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD
DESIGNATION. THIS APPLICATION
IS PENDING FOR THE PURPOSES OF
COUNCILS QUASIJUDICIAL RULES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD AVOID
MERITS COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE
REZONE OR OTHER APPLICATIONS
WITH OPPONENTS OF THE PROJECT
AS USUAL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
PLEASE SEE OUR CENTRAL STAFF.
ON OUR FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
TODAY THERE IS ONE ITEM I AM
CARRYING FORWARD ON BEHALF OF
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
THE CONFIRMATION OF S.DIRECTOR.
ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO BE AWARE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
OFFICE IS IN THE PROCESS OF
DRAFTING AND EXPECTATIONS
LETTER.
IF WE CAN GET IT COMPLETED IT
WILL NEED TO DO SOME OF THE
USUAL POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF
THE RULES ETC.
IN ORDER TO ATTACH THAT TO THE
CLERK FILE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CONSERVATION CONFIRMATION
LETTER.
FOLLOWING THE FULL COUNCIL
MEETING EITHER AT 2:30 PM OR
IMMEDIATELY AFTER FULL COUNCIL
WE WILL HAVE ARE SLICKED KITTY
COMMITTEE ON MHA.
WE HAVE THREE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION WE WILL CONSIDER.
ONE IS THE PROGRAM ITSELF, THE
SECOND IS AMENDMENTS TO THE
COMPRESSIVE PLAN.
THE THIRD IMPLEMENTS MHA IN THE
NORTHGATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE MAJORITY OF NEW AMENDMENTS
WILL BE ABOUT THE FIRST BILL,
THE COUNCIL BILL TO IMPLEMENT
MHA.
WE HAVE ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT
AMENDMENTS IN CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE GROUPED THOSE INTO FOUR
DIFFERENT GROUPS.
GROUP 1 ARE AMENDMENTS RELATED
TO THE CONSENT PACKAGE.
WILL HAVE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
WALK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE
AMENDMENTS AS PART OF GROUP 1.
AFTER THE DESCRIPTION I WILL
ASK IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IS
INTERESTED IN PULLING THE
AMENDMENTS FOR DISCUSSION.
AT THE CONCLUSION, I WILL ASK
IF ANY MEMBER ONCE TO GO BACK
AND AGAIN RECONSIDER ANY OF THE
OPTIONS. MY INTENTION IS AT THE
CONCLUSION WE WILL DO A VOTE ON
THE GROUP 1 AMENDMENTS AND THEN
INTO VISUAL COMMITMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN PULLED.
NUMBER TWO WILL BE AMENDMENTS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT
PACKAGE WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY
PULLED OUT.
MANY OF THOSE ARE MAP
AMENDMENTS.
THERE ARE A FEW SMALL TEXT
AMENDMENT AS WELL.
GROUP 3 WILL BE AMENDMENTS
RELATED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN BILL.
THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THOSE BUT
THE SAME PROCESS WILL BE
VETTED.
CONTROL COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO
PULL THOSE.
GROUP NUMBER FOUR OF THE
INDIVIDUAL IMPRINTS OF PLANS
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ASKED THE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS TO BE VOTED
ON.
THERE ARE NO COUNCIL MINUTES
FOR THE NORTHGATE TOD MHA BILL.
WE DON'T EXPECT ANY TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAST BILL.
A MEMO HAS BEEN CIRCULATED BY
CENTRAL STAFF.
ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS
OF THEM BETWEEN NOW AND 2:30 PM
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS.
AND MY OFFICE IS AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS
BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING TO TAKE
A VOTE ON THIS BILL AT SELECT
COMMITTEE TODAY.
WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT A
PRINT.
WE EXPECT A ROBUST TURNOUT AS
THERE WAS LAST THURSDAY.
I WOULD BUCKLE UP FOR AT LEAST
ONE HOUR OR MORE OF PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
AND THEN THE DELIBERATIONS WILL
CONCLUDE -- WILL BEGIN AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
WE ANTICIPATE VOTING THE BILL
AS COMMITTEE TODAY.
IF THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN
DOING SO THAT WOULD PUT THESE
THREE BILLS IN FRONT OF OUR
FULL COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 18.
I WILL STOP THERE AND ASK IF
THERE ANY PROCESS RELATED
QUESTIONS.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
YOU DESCRIBED AS GROUPS ONE
THROUGH FOUR.
ARE YOU SAYING WE ARE GOING TO
BE -- THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO
BE DOING ALL THE TEXT
AMENDMENTS AND MAP AMENDMENTS
TOGETHER BUT THAT WE ARE GOING
TO BREAK THEM UP ACCORDING TO
THE FIRST CUT, WE ARE GOING TO
BE DOING THE CONSENT PACKAGE
FOR POST THE TEXT AMENDMENTS
AND MAP AMENDMENTS TOGETHER AND
THE NONCONSENT PACKAGE INSTEAD
OF DOING ALL THE CONSENT
PACKAGE ONES FOR THE MAP AND
THEN THE TEXT INDIVIDUALLY?
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
CONFUSION.
>> I DON'T THINK I EVEN ASKED
MY QUESTION CLEARLY.
>> I THINK YOU ASKED A VERY
CLEARLY.
THE CONSENT PACKAGE IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS GROUP 1
AMENDMENTS.
THAT INCLUDES BOTH TEXT AND MAP
AMENDMENTS.
THE TOTALITY OF AMENDMENT'S WE
DISCUSSED AT OUR PREVIOUS
COMMITTEE MEETING, WHETHER THEY
WERE TEXT OR MAP AMENDMENTS,
THEY ARE LUMPED TOGETHER INTO
ONE CONSENT PACKAGE.
FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL DISCUSS
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS AND WE
WILL KEEP THEM IN THAT ORDER.
TEXT AMENDMENTS OWING FIRST,
MAP AMENDMENTS GOING SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
IN ADVANCE.
>> I HAD A NOTE TO TRY TO
SPEEDED UP AGAIN BECAUSE THE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WENT
FURTHER.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> WE ARE SCOOTING ALONG.
I HAD TO.
>> YES TRYING TO SCOOT ALONG.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT
TOO LONG.
I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERY
ONE WHO TURNED OUT FRIDAY.
THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLE TURNOUT
AT THE CENTRAL CINEMA THEATER
AS WE DID A SHOWING OF THE
MOVIE ROMA AND CONGRESSWOMAN
JOINED US AND INDIVIDUAL
EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVE FROM
HAND-IN-HAND WAS ON STAGE.
THE AUDIENCE WAS FILLED WITH
PEOPLE WHO WOULD HELP US CRAFT
THE FIRST CITY LEVEL NATIONAL
DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE
NATIONWIDE DOMESTIC WORKERS
BILL OF RIGHTS.
WE WISH THEM ALL THE LUCK AND
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT MOVE
FORWARD.
THE SECOND ITEM AS
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
MENTIONED, I WAS HOPING TO GO
TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB
FERGUSON'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY
AND STAND UP AND DEFEND TITLE X.
I THINK TITLE IX WAS SAID
EARLIER.
UNFORTUNATELY WE WANT TO SEND
THEM OUR LOVE FROM AFAR.
THERE ARE THREE THINGS I THINK
ARE IMPORTANT TO MENTION,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
MENTIONED SOME.
ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL IS AN
ECONOMIC STIMULUS.
AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUE FOR
WOMEN.
ACCESS TO ABORTION THAT IS
LEGAL AND SAFE IS PREVENTING
PEOPLE FROM DYING.
AND ACCESS TO ACCURATE
INFORMATION FOR WOMEN REGARDING
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IS THE
SAME LEVEL OF ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE THAT EVERY PERSON
SHOULD WRISTS -- DESERVE.
THESE THREE THINGS ARE AT RISK
WITH THE GAG RULE.
THANKS TO BOB FERGUSON STANDING
UP FOR WASHINGTONIANS.
I WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE COUNCIL BILL 119462
, THIS AUTHORIZES THE SALE OF
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT'S PROPERTY
TO BE SOLD TO THE NORTH PASSAGE
LLC.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT
SOMETHING.
THIS IS SEATTLE CITY LIGHT'S
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION
CORRIDOR.
THE ELECTRIC LINES THAT
CORRESPOND WITH THIS PARCEL OF
LAND, WE CANNOT BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS
LAND.
EVERYONE KNOWS WE PASSED THE
DISPOSITION POLICY LAST YEAR
THAT SAID EVERY PARCEL OF LAND
SHOULD BE HELD SO WE CAN CREATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IF WE
CAN'T WE SHOULD CREATE -- THIS
IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS
30 FEET WIDE.
WE ARE NOT MISSING ANY
OPPORTUNITIES.
THANKS TO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT TO
GO THROUGH THAT RUBRIC WITH US
AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO
SELL THE PARCEL AND WE
APPRECIATE THEM ENGAGING WITH
US TO MAKE SURE THE ANALYSIS
AS BEEN COMPLETED.
OUR NEXT HOUSING HEALTH AND
ENERGY WORKERS COMMITTEE WILL
BE MARCH 7 AT 9:30 AM.
ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK,
TOMORROW I'M GOING TO BE AT THE
WEST SEATTLE BLOCK WATCH
NETWORK MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , IN
YOUR DISTRICT.
ON THURSDAY I WILL BE IN YOUR
DISTRICT COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR
THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WATCH AS
WELL.
I APPRECIATE OUR NEIGHBORS
REACHING OUT AND ENCOURAGING US
TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY
PROTECTIONS BEING ADHERED TO.
THINK AND CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW
WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB
COMMUNICATING AFTER THERE HAS
BEEN A PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.
FOR EXAMPLE SHOOTINGS AND HOW
WE CAN STREAMLINE COMMUNICATION
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
FRIDAY I WILL BE IN DISTRICT
TWO BECAUSE OF OUR CANCELED
TOUR OF THE BEACON HILL AREA
AND OFFICE HOURS DUE TO THE
SNOW WE WILL BE BACK ON THE
FIRST.
IT WILL BE AT 9:30 AM TO NOON
AT FRESH FLOWERS.
CASE FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN
OFFICE HOURS.
I WILL BE SPEAKING ON A PANEL
ON DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS VOTING
RIGHTS IN THE AFTERNOON AT
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW
SCHEDULE TWICE EVERY MONTH
CORRESPONDING TO THE DISTRICT
NUMBER.
IN D3 FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH
OF MARCH WE WILL BE IN DISTRICT
3 AND SO ON.
WE SHOULD PUBLISH THAT TOMORROW.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP
SCOOTING.
WE HAVE TWO LONG EXECUTIVE
SESSIONS.
>> I GUESS WE ALL GET THAT TEXT
FOR MR. FERGUSON TO ATTEND.
I SAID NO.
NOT THAT I DON'T CARE BUT I'VE
GOT STUFF TO DO HERE.
WE'VE GOT NOTHING.
CITY DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE GOT
NOTHING TODAY.
I COULD GO ON AND ON, I CARE
ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE'S TIME.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
SETTING UP THE FIVE LAST WEEK
WITH THE MAYOR.
IT WAS AN EXCELLENT
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
HE IS NOT HERE TO HEAR HOW
QUICKLY I'M GOING TO BE.
WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK, THREE
ITEMS FROM THE FINANCE
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE.
ROD STREATER SUBSTATION,
HISTORICPRESERVATION.
BIG REPORT ON HEALTHY FOOD
AVAILABILITY IN THE FOOD BANK
NETWORK SEATTLE.
UW RESEARCHERS COUNCIL NUMBER
OR AS WAS RIGHT, IN DISTRICT 5
SHE HAS THE FEWEST NUMBERS OF
FACILITIES, THE LEAST NUMBER OF
DOLLARS EVEN WITH WHAT WE PUT
IN LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET SHE
IS STILL ON THE VERY LOWEST
AND.
AND DISTRICT 3 CAME OUT HAVING
THE MOST FACILITIES, FOOD BANKS
AVAILABLE.
THE REPORT IS REALLY GREAT.
THEY WILL BE HERE SO WE CAN ASK
QUESTIONS, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE A COPY OF IT BEFORE HAND.
IT REALLY IS EXACTLY WHAT WE
WERE ASKING FOR IN OUR SLIDE AT
THE END OF BUDGET LAST YEAR.
COME BACK AND TALK TO US ABOUT
WHAT FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE.
IN THE LAST WATCHLIST OF
DISCRETE CAPITAL PROJECTS
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR PUSHING THIS THROUGH.
GREAT.
DONE.
>> NOTHING ON THE FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA TODAY.
TOMORROW I HAVE A CIVIL RIGHTS
UTILITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING.
TWO REAPPOINTMENTS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY AND ONE BY THE
GOVERNING COUNCIL AND ONE BY
THE SEATTLE ORGANIZATION --
MUSEUM.
ART MUSEUM.
THERE WILL BE TWO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITY BILLS ONE ON THE
DATE AND POINT.
A PUBLIC HEARING LAST MONTH AND
MY COMMITTEE.
A DATA POINT IS A REFERENCE
POINT.
A SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION TO
PROVIDE A KNOWN LOCATION FOR
MEASURING THE LOCATION OR
HEIGHT OF AN OBJECT IN RELATION
TO THE DATA POINT.
LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS IN
2003 AND THE LEGISLATION WOULD
ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR FUTURE
CODE UPDATES EACH TIME THERE IS
A NATIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE
DATE OF.
I WILL ALSO BE VOTING ON A
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES.
WASTE MANAGEMENT IS THE CURRENT
PROVIDER AND WAS SELECTED TO
CONTINUE AFTER AN RDP.
THE CONTRACT IS SIX TO 12 YEARS
AND WILL BEGIN APRIL 2019 IF
APPROVED.
WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS IN
COMMITTEE.
THE CITY AUDITOR'S REVIEW OF
THE NAVIGATION TEAMS 2018 2nd
QUARTER REPORT.
LOTS OF GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS IN
THEIR FOR THE CITY AUDITOR.
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE
IS A POSSIBILITY OF BATHROOM
AND HYGIENE FACILITIES.
ALSO NOTING DEFICIENCIES IN
PARTICULAR DISTRICTS INCLUDING
DISTRICT 5. ALSO GOING TO BE
HEARING A REPORT FROM HST,
THEIR DATA REPORT ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
NUMBERS OF INTERACTIONS THEY
HAVE WITH PEOPLE AND THE
OUTCOMES FROM THOSE
INTERACTIONS.
I HAVE A WATERSHED RESOURCE
INVENTORY AREA NINE COMMITTEE
ON THURSDAY.
AND WEDNESDAY EVENING SOUND
TRANSIT WILL HOLD THEIR WEST
SEATTLE OPEN HOUSE AS PART OF
THE EIS SCOPING PROCESS. AND
THEN FRIDAY EVENING ONE OF MY
FAVORITE ORGANIZATIONS, DN DA
DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IS
HAVING THEIR ANNUAL EVENT,
DESTINATION DELRIDGE.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
MENTIONED THE FINANCE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND
THE FACT THAT THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS WATCHLIST THE FIRST
WATCHLIST SINCE WE CREATED A
NEW PROCESS FOR OVERSIGHT OF
CAPITAL PROJECTS WILL BE COMING
FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
TALKING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE
REVIEWING THOSE PROJECTS MOVING
FORWARD.
>> I WAS SO FAST, I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU ONE MORE SECOND ON
THIS.
AROUND THE NAVCO TEAM, I'VE
SPOKEN WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED DURING THE EMERGENCY
AND THEY SAID TIME AND AGAIN
PEOPLE WILL COME IN 24/7, THEY
ARE NOT INTERESTED IN COMING IN
AND THEN GETTING THROWN OUT
AGAIN AT 6:30 AM.
WE KNOW THAT IS WHERE THE
ANSWERS.
GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
úTHE CITY AUDITOR IS BRINGING U
OVER AND OVER.
>> ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO MOVE
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I MENTIONED BEFORE WHEN THE
MEETING STARTED ON TIME WHAT I
HAD TODAY SO NOT GOING TO
REPEAT THAT.
I AM ANNOUNCING THE COUNCIL
WILL NOW CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
THE PURPOSE IS TO DISCUSS
PENDING POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL
LITIGATION.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ARE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS WITH CITY ATTORNEYS AS
AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
I EXPECT THIS SESSION TO LAST
75 MINUTES.
THAT WILL BE 11:55 AM.
IF IT IS TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND
THAT TIME I WILL ANNOUNCE THE
EXTENSION AND EXPECTED DURATION.
PLEASE SECURE THE ROOM AND WE
WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION.