>>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE FOR OUR COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT, PACHECO, AND NO
OBJECTION TO THE MINUTES OF THE
MEETING JUNE 17, 2019 MEETING
WILL BE APPROVED.
SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING APPROVED.
WE HAVE A FEW SPECIAL MEETINGS
TODAY JUST FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC AT 10:30, WE'LL HAVE THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
AND OF COURSE THAT WILL FOLLOW
THE BRIEFING.
WE MAY HAVE A SHORT
INTERMISSION.
AND THEN AFTER OUR FULL COUNCIL
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, WE'LL
HAVE A PARKS DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEETING.
ABOUT 2:30 OR AFTER THE 2:00
MEETING.
THE FULL COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY
FROM THE -- FROM THE EQUITY
AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, WE
HAVE THREE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS,
RENEE PETERS, JUNIOR MADISON,
AND STEVEN MOSHUARY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND I'LL GO AROUND THE TABLE
NOW AND GO OVER OUR FULL
COUNCIL ACTIONS, SO COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA FROM THE
HUMAN SERVICES EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND RENTERS
COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED
FOR ITS REGULAR TIME TOMORROW,
JUNE 25, AT 2:00 P.M., WHERE WE
WILL DISCUSS WITH RENTERS WHO
LIVE JUST SOUTH OF SEATTLE WHO
ARE FACING A NO CAUSE EVICTION.
AS FAR AS WE UNDERSTAND
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW IF THEY HAD
LIVED IN SEATTLE, THIS WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN LEGAL BECAUSE THE
JUST CAUSE EVICTION ORDINANCE.
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE
IMPORTANCE OF EXTENDING THAT
BEYOND SEATTLE, AND WE WILL
ALSO BE URGING THEIR LANDLORD
TO RENEW THEIR LEASE.
LATER IN THE MEETING WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING WITH REPRESENTATIVES
FROM ALL OVER WHO WILL PRESENT
THEIR RESULTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
ON THIS FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
TODAY, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION
HONORING THE SEATTLE PANEL FOR
WINNING FIVE REGIONAL EMMYS AND
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE TO
GIVE TO THEM.
IF WE CAN GET IT SIGNED, THAT'D
BE FANTASTIC.
AND THEN AS FAR AS MY COMMITTEE
MEETING, WHICH MEETS TOMORROW,
THE CIVIL RIGHTS UTILITIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARTS
COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW
MORNING AT 9:30.
WE HAVE A PRETTY SMALL AGENDA,
WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT TO
THE LGBT COMMITMENT.
AND ALSO A NAVIGATION TEAM
SECOND QUARTER ADVISORY REPORT,
THIS IS THE COUNCIL PLACED ON
THE FUNDS AND IS REQUIRING
REGULAR REPORTING ON DATA
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAVIGATION
TEAM AND ALSO INCLUDES SOME
REPORTING REQUIRED UNDER THE
CITY AUDITOR'S CHECK POINTS.
SO I HOPE FOLKS, IF THEY CAN'T
JOIN US, I HOPE FOLKS CAN
FOLLOW ALONG.
WE HAVE NO REGIONAL COMMITTEE
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
I AM IN OFFICE HOURS THIS
FRIDAY BETWEEN 2:00 AND 7:00 AT
THE SENIOR CENTER WEST SEATTLE.
OFFICE HOURS ARE DROP IF OR IF
PEOPLE PREFER THEY CAN MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT, EITHER IS
ACCEPTABLE.
AS FAR AS MAJOR EVENTS COMING
UP, WELL LAST WEEK AND COMING
UP.
LAST WEEK I SPOKE ON A PANEL AT
WOMEN'S CENTER.
AILEEN MORRIS NEW LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE, ALONG WITH CINDY
DOMINGO AND SHARON TOPEKO-
SANTOS.
SO REALLY, REALLY GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOUNG
WOMEN WHO ARE CONSIDERING
CAREERS IN PUBLIC POLICY.
COMING UP THIS WEEK COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA I'M SURE WILL
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
LABOR MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP
RETREAT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
THE DALRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IS
HAVING THEIR ANNUAL ARTS AND
NATURE FESTIVAL OUT AT CAMP
LONG.
IT'S REALLY NEAT INTERACTIVE
EVENT BOTH ARTS IN NATURE,
REALLY A WAY OF ENJOYING ART.
THERE'S ALSO LIVE MUSIC.
AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO MAKE A
QUICK PLUG.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED LAST
THURSDAY MYSELF AND MOMMY
HARRA, THE DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES WENT OUT TO
ECOLOGY AND TOOK A LITTLE SPIN
ON THE ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCK.
IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS NATION
CLASS 8 ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCK.
IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER SUAREZ.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW'S
LATE.
>> IT'LL JUST BE A MINUTE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
>> I KNOW.
SO I'M GLAD TO BE BACK.
I LOVE YOU PEOPLE, BUT A WEEK
WAS NOT ENOUGH, SO I'M JUST
GOING TO SAY THAT.
THIS IS THE FIRST VACATION I'VE
HAD SINCE LAST AUGUST, SO YEAH,
IT WAS GOOD, THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO LAST WEEK COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW CHAIRED THE CITY
ASSETS AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES
FOR ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I UNDERSTOOD IT WENT REALLY
WELL.
I WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE.
I LOVE HOW MY STAFF LET THEM
KNOW I WAS ON OREGON'S BEACH
ENJOYING SOME TIME ALONE, THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR CHAIRING THE
MEETING, I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK.
THE COMMITTEE HELD 2018 REPORTS
ON THE INITIAL JUSTICE, ONE
FROM THE REC CENTER.
I SAW THE POWER POINTS, THEY
LOOKED GREAT.
NEXT MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, JULY
17 AT 2:00 P.M.
AND IF REGARDS TO DISTRICT 5 ON
MAY 29, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR A LONG TIME.
ON MAY 29, 2019, SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION FINALIZED THE
ACQUISITION OF LAKE WASHINGTON
WATERFRONT PROPERTY, IF YOU ALL
REMEMBER CALLED SAVE THE BEACH.
IT STARTED BACK IN 2013 AND
FINALLY SETTLED.
THIS IS IN NORTH SEATTLE ON
LAKE WASHINGTON.
THE SITE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC
SMALL STREET AND BEACH
PROPERTIES BY THE COMMUNITY AS
A PUBLIC PARK AND ACCESS POINT
TO LAKE WASHINGTON SINCE THE
EARLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE
1900s, BUT OKAY.
IN 2013 IT BECAME CLEAR THE
LAND WAS NOT IN FACT PUBLICLY
OWNED.
HOWEVER AFTER STRONG ADVOCACY
FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND LEADERSHIP FROM OUR
CITY ATTORNEY AND PARKS OFFICE,
WE REACHED A SETTLEMENT AND
FINALIZED THE PURCHASE OF THIS
PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY TOTALS ABOUT
13,000 SQUARE FEET, MOSTLY
WATER WITH A SMALL SHORELINE.
THIS ACQUISITION WILL PRODUCE
MANY BENEFITS FOR THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND
EVERY RESIDENT, ALL OF SEATTLE
WHO ENJOY RECREATIONAL IN LAKE
WASHINGTON.
THE BEACH ACCESSIBLE BY FOOT OR
BIKE AND MOST EASILY REACH BY
ON THE TRAIL.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE UP IN
DISTRICT FIVE, WE KNOW JESSIE
USED TO WORK AT VALUE VILLAGE
AND WE KNOW HIS MOM BECAUSE
THEY WORK AT THE STARBUCKS ON
LAKE CITY WAY.
BUT ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22, THERE
WAS A MEMORIAL WALK FOR JESSIE.
THE LIFELONG LAKE CITY
RESIDENT, HONORING AND
CELEBRATING THEIR LIFE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS HIT BY
THE CAR ON LAKE CITY WAY ON
MARCH 29.
THE DRIVER LATER CALLED UP
POLICE AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED,
BUT THE CASE IS STILL UNCLEAR
AND UNDER INVESTIGATION.
I SHOULD POINT OUT HE WAS IN
THE CROSSWALK AND HE WAS NOT
WALKING AGAINST THE LIGHT.
WE ALL KNOW WHO JESSE IS
BECAUSE WE SEE HIM AROUND LAKE
CITY AND WE KNOW HIS MOM.
SO WITH THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
IS SERIOUS AND SO ARE SPEED
LIMIT SIGNS.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REMAINS VITAL
NOT ONLY TO THOSE WHO BUILD OUR
STREETS AND FOR THOSE WHO USE
THEM.
AND SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO
KEEPING SAFETY, THE PRIORITY,
NOT ONLY LAKE CITY WAY, AURORA,
OR SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE FOR OUR
WHOLE CITY.
JESSE, I WENT TO THE MEMORIAL
AND HIS FAMILY HAS DESCRIBED
HIM AS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL AMONG
THE MANY POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES.
IT'S KIND OF SAD THEY'VE HAD A
MEMORIAL UP FOR HIM FOR OVER A
MONTH OR SINCE MARCH.
AND WITH HIS PICTURE.
I WAS REALLY PROUD OF OUR
COMMUNITY THAT CAME TOGETHER
AND PUT TOGETHER THE MEMORIAL.
AND JUST ON A LIGHTER NOTE I
WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR EATING A
TACO AT THE LAKE CITY LIBRARY,
WHICH I UNDERSTOOD YOU COULD
EAT A TACO THERE.
IT WAS RENOVATED.
YEAH.
OKAY, I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS.
THE LAKE CITY LIBRARY WAS NEWLY
RENOVATED.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED
BESIDES GETTING THE ADA AND THE
BATHROOMS REDONE AND THE NEW
CONFERENCE ROOMS.
>> YES.
>> WE HAD -- THERE'S A FLOOR
SPACE WITH TABLES, SO PEOPLE
COULD SIT THERE WITH THEIR
CHILDREN AND HAVE A SNACK THAT
ISN'T CARPETED, SO IT'S SAFE TO
EAT THERE AND THEN PLUG IN YOUR
PHONE.
AND SO I, AT THE MARKET, WENT
IN THERE AND ATE A TACO AND
APPARENTLY THAT HAS CAUSED
ANOTHER UPROAR.
>> I'M SO SORRY.
>> YES.
JUST LIKE WHEN I MADE THE JOKE
ABOUT THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING
ME FOR MY LIBRARY FEES, IT WAS
A JOKE.
>> DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
>> OH YEAH, RIGHT.
I SAY THAT EVERYWHERE I GO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AMAZING.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
>> WELL WELCOME BACK.
I'LL TELL YOU, YOU ARE MISSED
WHEN YOU ARE GONE.
>> THANK YOU, AND WE HAVE OUR
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT PARK
DISTRICT COUNCIL AT 3:00.
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
NOTHING ON THE FINANCE AND
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE FOR THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT WE'VE GOT A
COUPLE OF MAJOR IMPORTANT
THINGS HAPPENING TODAY.
FIRST IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR
COUNCIL BRIEFING AND AFTER THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAVE THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
THAT'S THE COMMITTEE THAT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HERALD
CREATED A YEAR AGO.
THE BRIEFING WILL BE BY TESS
COLBY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
UPDATING US ON THE HOMELESS
GOVERNANCE WORK.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL OF
YOU SITTING HERE, WE NEED A
QUORUM OF FIVE MEMBERS.
SO AS SOON AS THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION IS OVER, YOU KNOW, THE
FIVE-MINUTE BREAK, BUT ASK THAT
PEOPLE GET BACK, SO WE COULD
GET GOING ON THAT.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN
UPDATE ON THE YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULT HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS.
MALINDA FROM YOUTHCARE WILL BE
HERE AND ALSO DISCUSSIONS FROM
ALL HOME AND OUR HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
I ASK THAT OUR DEPARTMENT COME
FORWARD AND GIVE US SOME WINS
BECAUSE WE ARE CRITICIZED SO
MUCH ABOUT SPENDING MONEY, AND
THAT NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
I CANNOT SAY HOW MANY TIMES
PEOPLE SAY WELL IF YOU ONLY
JUST DID -- BUT OF COURSE WE'RE
DOING THAT.
SO I'M HOPEFUL TODAY THAT WE
CAN BEGIN TO HAVE THESE
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN
SAY WHAT IS GOING RIGHT IN THE
COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO DO MORE.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED A WHOLE LOT
MORE HOUSING.
WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR MENTAL
HEALTH AND DRUG ADDICTION
PURPOSES, BUT THIS IS MOVING
FORWARD.
I AM HOPEFUL YOU WILL ALL BE
THERE.
WE WILL GO IMMEDIATELY AFTER
EXECUTIVE SESSION, FIVE-MINUTE
BREAK AND THEN WE'LL GET
STARTED.
ALSO TONIGHT I'M LEAVING TO GO
TO SPOKANE.
WE HAVE THE ASSOCIATION OF
WASHINGTON CITY MEETING.
I CONTINUE TO BE THE LARGE CITY
REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT BOARD
AND WILL BE AT LEAST THROUGH
THIS MEETING AND POSSIBLY
THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.
WE WILL SEE WHERE THAT GOES,
BUT I'M ALSO SUPPORTING THE
WOMAN FROM SPOKANE AND OUR
FRIEND FROM TACOMA IF EITHER
ONE OF THEM WANT TO STEP UP FOR
THAT.
SO THIS COMING WEDNESDAY IS OUR
NEXT FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE AND A REAL FULL
COMMITTEE.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
IS BACK BY THEN, BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
WE'VE GOT THE YESLER ON OUR
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
VOTE, WHICH WE HAVE TO RAISE,
SO WE CAN BEGIN TO SPEND THE
MONEY ON CITY HALL PARK AND
YESLER CRESCENT.
WE'LL HAVE THE VOTE, CONTINUE
DISCUSSION OF VOTE ON BOBBY
HUMES, OUR NEW HUMAN RESOURCES
DIRECTOR.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ON THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX, CREATING THE
DEDICATED FUND FOR REVENUE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ, I IS HAVE BEEN
STEADFASTLY WORKING TO MAKE
SURE, NOT ONLY ARE WE SPENDING
MONEY ON THINGS WE SAID WE
WOULD, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR FOCUS ON FOOD BANKS HAS
BEEN AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN
THIS.
WE HAVE INVITED NOT ONLY THE
MEMBERS OF THE CAB AND GOT
GREEN, BUT ALSO THE NORTH HELP
LINE.
AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO
KELLY BROWN TO INVITE HER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU
KNEW THAT.
AND THE SECOND ITEM, OF COURSE,
AS WE ARE CREATING THE
DEDICATED FUND FOR REVENUE ON
OUR RETAIL AND SHORT-TERM
RENTAL TAX.
AND THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF
FOLKS WHO WERE THE AWARDEES
FROM LAST YEAR.
COLLEEN ECKELHOFF WILL BE HERE.
WE WILL HAVE THE AFRICAN
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION HERE AS
WELL.
IT IS THIS WEDNESDAY.
A COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS AS I SAID
AND THE LANDMARK FOR THE OLD
SPAGHETTI HOUSE.
>> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD, THANK
YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THERE IS ONE ITEM FROM THE
HOUSING HEALTH ENERGY AND
WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE ON
THE FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF POLICY
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE
LAST YEAR ON PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING HOW
THE CITY USES ITS FUNDS FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND
FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING DOLLARS MADE
AVAILABLE IN 2019 AND 2020.
I LIKE TO REFER TO THIS AS THE
MORAL COMPASS DOCUMENT FOR THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING IN TERMS OF
HOW THEY SPEND LEVY FUNDS AND
ZONING PAYMENTS, MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PAYMENTS,
AS WELL AS OTHER FUNDING
SOURCES THAT THE CITY
ADMINISTERS FOR THE CREATION OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW
ELEMENTS HERE, MR. PRESIDENT,
BEFORE WE GET OUT ON FULL
COUNCIL TODAY, JUST SO FOLKS
KNOW.
FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
FOR YOUR WORK WITH US AS WE
TRY TO ELEVATE OUR PRIORITIES
IN THE BUILDING OF NEW
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO
ARE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ARE NOT ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THE
SAME HOUSING THAT THEY'RE
BUILDING.
WE KNOW THE CITY HAS DONE QUITE
A BIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT
WE WANTED TO EXPLICITLY INCLUDE
LANGUAGE IN THE AMF PLAN TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING
HOLISTICALLYON HOW WE INCLUDE
HIGHER LABOR STANDARDS WITHIN
OUR POLICIES AND FUNDING THOSE
PROJECTS.
SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
FUTURE WORK THAT WILL COME FROM
THIS HARMONIZATION EFFORT AND
WANT TO THANK YOU.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
WE'VE ALSO BEEN MEETING WITH
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY FROM THIS ROUND TABLE
THAT WE'VE BEEN CONVENING WHO
ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ASSIST
THOSE WITH GETTING INTO
HOUSING, INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED
HOUSING THEMSELVES, FOLKS WHO
DO THE BUILDING OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
ARE NEW TO THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT WORLD WHO WORK
DIRECTLY WITH THOSE WHO ARE AT
THE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AND
MAKING SURE THAT NEW
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE WORKING
WITH