>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
AUGUST 5, 2019.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
SO, A FEW THINGS.
I'M TALKING AND NO ONE IS
LISTENING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE ARE LISTENING NOW.
>> ON A SERIOUS NOTE I WANT TO
BEGIN OUR MEETING ACKNOWLEDGING
HAPPENED IN EL PASO IN THE
WORLD AND CERTAINLY OUR COUNTRY
IS SHAKEN UP.
THE DEATH TOLL IS AT 21.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE
CONFIRMED IT WAS AN ANTI-
IMMIGRANT KIND OF EFFORT GIVEN
THEM FACT THAT THE MANIFESTO
WAS WRITTEN BY THE SUSPECT.
JUST MY HEART GOES OUT AND I AM
HOPING OUR FLAG FLIES AT HALF
MAST TODAY. IF NOT, PERHAPS
THOSE THAT MAKE THOSE DECISIONS
WOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER THAT
TODAY OR THIS WEEK.
IF ANYONE ELSE WANTED TO SHARE
THOUGHTS OR OBSERVATIONS.
>> THE TRAGEDY JUST KEEPS GOING
ON.
AND THE CONCERN IS WE ALSO HAD
THE MASS SHOOTING IN OHIO.
LAST WEEK THE GARLIC FESTIVAL.
IT KEEPS GOING ON.
AT WHAT POINT ARE WE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO STEP UP AND DO
SOMETHING?
IT'S REALLY GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE?
I KNOW WE ARE NIBBLING AROUND
THE EDGES IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON IT WOULD SURELY BE
GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A BIG
MOVE IN THAT WILL REQUIRE OR
THAN JUST CITY AND STATE-BY-
STATE.
>> THERE HAS BEEN LESS THAN 24
HOURS AFTER THAT ANOTHER MASS
SHOOTING, LESS PEOPLE IN DAYTON
OHIO, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN
AROUND 32 OR SO THIS YEAR.
IT'S A BAD THING.
THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY.
UNPRECEDENTED AT THIS LEVEL.
ANYWAY, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO
SHARE THOUGHTS I WILL GIVE YOU
THE OPPORTUNITY.
OTHERWISE I WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE DAILY ROUTINE.
PRETTY GOOD?
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> I WOULD SAY ANYTIME THERE IS
A SHOOTING OF ANY KIND, WHETHER
IT'S MASS OR ONE OFF AS A
RESULT OF GUNS THAT SHOULD
PROBABLY NOT BE IN THE HANDS
THEY WERE IN, IT IS AN
INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY.
AND WHEN WE EXPERIENCE AND
NATIONAL EVENT LIKE WHAT JUST
OCCURRED IN EL PASO, I THINK
IT'S A PORT AND FOR US TO
CALLOUT WITH THE MOTIVATION WAS
THERE.
IT WASN'T JUST ANTI-IMMIGRANT,
IT WAS ANTI-LATINO, REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER PEOPLE WERE BORN IN
THIS COUNTRY OR BORN IN A LATIN
AMERICAN COUNTRY.
IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY LIMITED BY
WHITE SUPREMACY AND RACISM THAT
IS BEING FANNED AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL INCLUDING HIGH PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE
WEEKEND REFLECTING ON WHAT IT
MEANS TO ME AS SOMEONE FROM THE
MEXICAN COMMUNITY AND SOMEONE
FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO
FIND MYSELF IN A SITUATION NOW
WHERE IT IS DANGEROUS TO LEAVE
YOUR HOME AND WALK IN A SPACE
AS A RESULT OF THIS DEEP HATRED
THAT HAS BEEN FANNED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND HAS BEEN SANCTIONED BY THIS
PRESIDENT.
AND IT IS A SAD MOMENT, A DARK
MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY.
BUT I BELIEVE WE CAN ALL COME
TOGETHER AND THAT THERE WILL BE
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL.
AND I KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP
EARLIER TODAY OR YESTERDAY AND
SHOULD WE NEED TO SPEAK UP WITH
ONE VOICE AGAINST RACISM AND
WHITE SUPREMACY AND HATRED.
AND I HOPE WE CAN SPEAK UP WITH
ONE VOICE IN NOVEMBER 2020 TWO
RESOUNDING SAY NO TO A MAN WHO
IS CERTAINLY DOUBLE DOWN ON THE
TRIPLE DOWN AND HAS REALLY
ENDORSED AND ENABLED MUCH OF
THE HATRED WE ARE SEEING COME
TO OUR COUNTRY.
YOU CANNOT SUGGEST THAT FOR
WOMEN OF COLOR WHO ARE
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS BE SENT
BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY, WHEREVER
HE THINKS THAT MIGHT BE, AND
THEN NOT EXPECT THERE TO BE
REPERCUSSIONS IN OUR COUNTRY AS
IT RELATES TO HATRED.
AND IN THE EL PASO INCIDENT IT
IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS YOUNG
MAN WAS MOTIVATED BY HATE AND
RACISM SPECIFICALLY TOWARD THE
MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
IT IS A TOUGH MOMENT.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE
POPULATION OF MEXICANS AND
MEXICAN AMERICANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY HERE IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION AS ELECTED OFFICIALS
TO STATE SAY PUBLICLY WE WILL
STAND WITH THOSE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND WILL DO EVERYTHING
WE CANNED TO PROTECT THEM AND
DISAVOW ACTS OF HATRED LIKE WE
SAW OVER THE WEEKEND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ . COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ .
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU SHARED THOSE
THOUGHTS.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I KNOW WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THOSE
OF US WHO ARE OLDER, THEY OPEN
SEASON ON MEXICAN AMERICANS AND
AMERICANS THAT IS RACE-BASED,
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT, AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS
MORNING, ABOUT VIDEOGAMES IN
THE DARK RECESSES OF THE
INTERNET OR MENTAL HEALTH.
THIS IS PURE HATRED THAT IS
COMING FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
AND AS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A
THOUGHT, A THOUGHT TURNS INTO
ACTION AND SOMETIMES THAT
ACTION TURNS INTO VIOLENCE.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW.
I THINK WHAT SCARES ME NOW THAT
I AM OLDER IS THAT THIS FEELS
LIKE WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHERE
IT WAS OPEN SEASON ON ANYONE OF
COLOR.
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT ALLY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO
SAY I HAVE WHITE PRIVILEGE AND
I ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR I HAVE HAD
THINGS THAT OTHER CULTURES HAVE
NOT HAD OR HAVE BEEN DENIED.
THIS IS A TIME FOR OTHER PEOPLE
AS WELL, BESIDES OUR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, TO STEP
UP AND SAY SOMETHING AND DO
SOMETHING.
AND I AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE THE
CHANTED IN OHIO, THIS MORNING,
AGAINST I BELIEVE IT WAS I
DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE
GOVERNOR OR MAYOR, DO SOMETHING.
AND I AM HOPING WE DO SOMETHING.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ , AND
ECHO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL
FEEL THIS WAY, AND WE FELT THIS
WAY AFTER OTHER SHOOTINGS AS
WELL, THIS IS PARTICULARLY
HATEFUL AND PARTICULARLY
PAINFUL BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT
IS RACE-BASED.
AT LEAST HAPPENED IN EL PASO.
SO, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AREN'T
ENOUGH.
I AM HOPING PEOPLE ARE
LISTENING AND THEY ARE GOING TO
DO SOMETHING.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ . COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
ON AIR EVERY OTHER WEEK BLOG WE
WILL RIGHT AND I AM PULLING
FROM AN ARTICLE AN ESSAY THAT
WAS WRITTEN TWO YEARS AGO
OUTLINING THEN THE CONSEQUENCES
OF GUN VIOLENCE.
AS A REMINDER FOR FOLKS WE KNOW
THE CONSEQUENCE OF MASS
SHOOTINGS LIKE THIS, THEY GET
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MEDIA.
BUT THE REALITY IS MASS
SHOOTING IS USUALLY DEFINED AS
FOUR OR MORE PERSONS SHOT OR
KILLED AT ONE TIME.
THE REALITY IS MASS SHOOTINGS
HAPPEN ON ALMOST A DAILY BASIS.
LITERALLY ON A DAILY BASIS IN
THE U.S. AND WILL EACH ONE OF
THESE FOUR PEOPLE OR MORE
SHOOTINGS MAY NOT MAKE THE
HEADLINE LIKE THE THREE
INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OVER THIS
BASICALLY WEEKEND, WE KNOW
THERE ARE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING ON A DAILY
BASIS DUE TO GUNS, DUE TO GUN
VIOLENCE, AND ESPECIALLY IN
SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC PLACES LIKE
AIR MARKETS, LIKE ARE GATHERING
PLACES, CREATING FEAR AND THEY
ARE FOLDING INTO THE RACIST AND
XENOPHOBIC AND I WOULD EVEN SAY
AN EXTENSION OF AN ASSAULT ON
WOMEN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECENT ONE
THAT OCCURRED IN OHIO, THAT
INDIVIDUAL HAD TARGETED WOMEN
IN THE PAST.
AND IN SHOOTINGS HAD KILLED HIS
OWN SISTER.
THAT ALSO OCCURRED IN A HEAVILY
POPULATED AREA WITH AFRICAN-
AMERICANS.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ TALKED
WITH THE SHOOTING BEFORE THAT
IN EL PASO BEING TARGETED AT
LATINOS.
PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE
SEE HOW RACISM AND THE PRESENCE
OF GUNS AND THE UNREGULATED
NATURE OF GUNS IN THIS COUNTRY
IS CAUSING MASS SHOOTINGS THAT
ARE NOT GETTING COVERED ON A
DAILY BASIS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF
THE PREVALENCE OF GUNS.
THERE IS AN IMPORTANT BOOK
CALLED LOADED, THE DISARMING
HISTORY -- A DISARMING HISTORY
OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT WOULD
OUT IN 2018.
IN THE BOOK THE AUTHOR TALKS
ABOUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT
ITSELF BEING VERY SHORT AND
PRECISE AND EASY TO MEMORIZE.
A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BEING
NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A
FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE
PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
HOWEVER IT'S THE NRA AND THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THAT
SHORT, SHORT OUT OF OUR
CONSTITUTION AND TURNED IT INTO
SOMETHING ELSE AND WEAPONIZE
THAT.
LITERALLY WEAPONIZE THAT TO
INFLICT HARM ON OUR
COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO
LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL WORDING OF
THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND TO
KNOW THAT HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED
IN ANY STATE BUT ALTERED IN ITS
MEANING AND USED BY THE NRA AND
NOW BY RACIST XENOPHOBIC
INDIVIDUALS AND WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THIS WAS
NEVER THE INTENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION, THIS WAS NEVER
THE INTENT TO PUT ARMS IN THE
HANDS OF REGULAR EVERYDAY FOLKS
WERE CARRYING OUT MESSAGES OF
HATE THAT ARE BEING PERPETUATED
BY OUR TRUMP PRESIDENT, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
AND ALSO TO NEVER FALL FOR THIS
BEING A MENTAL HEALTH RELATED
BASIS.
OF COURSE WE NEED TO ACCESS
MORE MENTAL HEALTH IN THE
COUNTRY AND OUR STATE HAS LED
THE WAY WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR
RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING GUNS
OUT OF THE HANDS OF FOLKS WHO
COULD POTENTIALLY BE HARM TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
AT THIS IS AN INTENTIONAL USE OF
THE WORDS OF THE PRESIDENT AND
THE INTENTIONAL STRATEGY OF THE
NRA TO PUT GUNS INTO OUR
COMMUNITY IN THE PREVALENCE
LIKE WE HAVE NOT SEEN OTHER
PLACES.
LET'S NOT ALSO FALL FOR THE
EXCUSE OF THIS BEING RELATED TO
VIDEO GAMES.
WE HAVE SEEN STATISTICS TIME
AFTER TIME, THIS IS NOT RELATED
TO VIDEO GAMES AND THE MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, IT IS BECAUSE WE
HAVE TOO MANY GUNS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I APPLIED OUR STATE AND OUR
CITY FOR STANDING UP BUT WE
WILL NOT BE FOOLED BY THE
LANGUAGE EITHER IN HOW PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN LITIGATED ITS USE IN
THE CONSTANT -- AND BELATED ITS
USE IN THE CONSTITUTION OR
STANDING AGAINST EIGHT AND
RACISM WHEN WE CAN STAND UP.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE
COMMENTS.
VERY IMPACTFUL.
LET'S GO AROUND OUR AGENDA FOR
TODAY OR THIS WEEK.
NOTHING FOR THE TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE, LET ME BEGIN BY
SAYING THAT COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ , BIGSHOT,
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW AND
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN ARE
PRESENT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES OF JULY 29, 2019 WILL
BE APPROVED.
THOSE MINUTES ARE BEING
APPROVED.
AS I WAS SAYING, THE GOVERNANCE
EQUITY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
WILL MEET TUESDAY, TOMORROW AT
9:30 AM.
THERE ARE THREE MATTERS UP FOR
VOTE.
ONE WOULD BE THE CONSIDERATION
OF A POSITION THE CITY ADVISORY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR A WHILE.
THIS IS COMING FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR
CENTRAL STAFF.
LOOKING AT THIS POSITION WHICH
IS FOUNDED IN STATE LAW AND
STATE LAW GIVES US AUTHORITY
AND FLEXIBILITY TO DO THIS.
WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS
AMOUNT OF DISCREPANCIES AND
RETROACTIVE CORRECTIONS
NECESSARY AND TWO LEGAL
ASSISTANT OR PARALEGAL TYPES OF
POSITIONS IN THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, YOU WANT TO
BE ABLE TO PLACE AN ATTORNEY IN
THAT POSITION, WE THINK THAT
WILL MAKE THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS RUN MUCH MORE
EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
THE SECOND ISSUE IS A BILL THAT
AUTHORIZES THE FAS TO A 15 YEAR
LEASE WITH CASCADE MEDIA AND
THAT IS THE ALLOWANCE OF OUR
SYSTEM TO ALLOW US TO OPERATE
THE RADIO AND ANTENNA SYSTEM ON
THE CAPITOL HILL TOWER.
THE THIRD ONE IS OUR TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING FUND WHERE WE
DISTRIBUTE APPROXIMATELY
$320,000 OF CITY FUNDING TO
SUPPORT 11 NEW PROJECTS IN
COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS.
IT IS MATCHED BY A $302,000
FROM WARD -- AWARD RECIPIENTS
MANY OF WHOM ARE GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
LEGISLATION AS WELL.
I WANT TO ALERT YOU THAT WE DID
RECEIVE, I THINK FRIDAY, A
LETTER FROM THE MAYOR INDICATING
THE EXECUTIVES INTENTION OR NOW
ACTION ON VETOING THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX BILL WE ALL PAST,
OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED. WE
RECEIVED IT FRIDAY. I AM OPEN
TO SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO HANDLE
THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
MY INTENT AT THIS POINT IS TO
LET IT -- TO PUT ON VOTE BOARD
NEXT MONDAY SUCH THAT WE CAN
DEAL WITH THIS EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
BUT I AM ALL EARS FOR ANY
FEEDBACK. I THINK IT IS QUITE
CANDIDLY A COMPLETE WASTE OF
TIME TO DO THIS.
I AM NOT SURE THE REASONS FOR
DOING IT OTHER THAN MAKING US
REVOTE A VOTE THAT WAS NOT EVEN
A NARROW VOTE.
I THOUGHT WE ESTABLISHED A
PRETTY CLEAR RECORD ON OUR
RATIONALE.
THIS WILL GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE THE
FALSE NARRATIVE THAT IS OUT
THERE ABOUT US MAKING DECISIONS
THAT ARE HURTING SOME OF OUR
MOST VULNERABLE, OR HOUSING
NEEDS, I THINK THAT IS A FALSE
NARRATIVE.
AGAIN WE CAN CLARIFY THAT ON A
REVOTE.
IT IS MY PLAN IS TO PUT IT UP
FOR A REVOTE NEXT MONDAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEM NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS ON
THIS COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL .
I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR 10
YEARS.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE
BEEN THROUGH A VETO AND IT'S
BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE THE LAST
ONE.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
FROM THE VETO WE HAVE 30 DAYS
TO TAKE ACTION.
AND WE HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST
FIVE DAYS FROM PROVIDING A
CERTAIN PUBLIC NOTICE AROUND
IT.
I BELIEVE THAT LEAVES THE ONLY
ONE FULL COUNCIL MEETING ON
THE CALENDAR FOR US TO DO THAT.
SHORT SCHEDULING A SPECIAL
MEETING I THINK MONDAY IT MAKES
SENSE. I SEE NO REASON TO WAIT
ANY LONGER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ANYBODY?
>> ANYBODY ELSE?
>> I AM HAPPY TO WEIGH IN.
I ALSO APPRECIATE,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL , YOUR
COMMENTS, I HAVE BEEN FRANKLY
DISTURBED BY SOME RHETORIC I
HAVE HEARD COMING OUT OF THE
EXECUTIVE INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
ALSO HER AGENCIES, THAT HAVE
REALLY DONE A DISSERVICE I
THINK TO WHAT OUR ROLE IS AS A
CITY COUNCIL WHICH IS TO TO BE
THE BUDGET PREPARATION
AUTHORITY, TO MAKE TOUGH
DECISIONS ABOUT BUDGET ISSUES.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY, THE
VETO IS REALLY MORE ABOUT A
STATEMENT AGAINST THIS MAYOR
WANTED TO SEE HER EXECUTIVE
POWER CURBED AS OPPOSED TO THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUES.
BECAUSE I THINK ON THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUES WE
PREVAIL.
IT IS CLEAR THE SUGARY BEVERAGE
TAX HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTENDED
AND IT WAS OUR INITIAL OVERSIGHT
INITIALLY TO NOT BE CLEAR IN
THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE
TO ENSURE THAT THESE DOLLARS
WERE GOING TO BE SPENT IN
EXACTLY THE MANNER WE HAVE NOW
INDICATED THEY SHOULD BE SPENT.
AND, WE ALL CAN APPRECIATE THAT
REVENUE IS A RARE SOURCE FOR US
AT THE CITY AND AT THE STATE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD
TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE INTENT
OF THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.
AND SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
MOVING FORWARD AND I WOULD NOTE
FOR YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT
I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY
NEXT MONDAY ON AUGUST 12.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THOSE PORTIONS OF THE COUNCIL
RULES THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO
CALL IN FOR THIS WILL.
IF THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU.
>> THAT IS CERTAINLY OKAY WITH
ME.
AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE LOGISTICS OF
THAT.
CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT.
WE WILL START WORKING ON THAT
IMMEDIATELY ONCE WE TALK TO THE
I.T.
FOLKS.
>> THAT IS MY REPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> MORNING AGAIN.
SO LAST WEEK -- THANK YOU.
LAST WEEK THE CIVIL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC ASSETS AND COMMUNITIES
CONSIDERED FOUR ITEMS.
BEFORE I GET THERE I WANT TO DO
A QUICK UPDATE AND A HEADS-UP
FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY
CLOSELY ON THE MISSING MURDER
INDIGENOUS WOMEN RESOLUTION AND
LEGISLATION TO FOLLOW.
WITH THE HEALTH BOARD AND
SPECIFICALLY -- AND ABIGAIL FOR
THE DRAFT.
WE ARE GOING TO START
IMPLEMENTING WHAT THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD LOOK LIKE AND
TO HAVE A RESPONSE TO THIS
SYSTEMATIC RESPONSE TO THIS
CRISIS WE ARE SEEING IN OUR
CITIES. AND AS YOU KNOW SEATTLE
HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
MISSING MURDER INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE AND
READY WITH ANY COMMENTS OR
CONCERNS BEFORE THE END OF THE
WEEK.
WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND KING
COUNTY AND CHIEF BEST AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE BEEN VERY
SUPPORTIVE AND HOPEFULLY WE
WILL BE WORKING WITH THE BUDGET
CHAIR.
WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE FUTURE.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND
HAVE THIS PARTICULAR LIAISON
WHOSE JOB IT IS TO WORK WITHIN
THE CITY AND ALL THESE NATIVE
AMERICAN URBAN ORGANIZATIONS AS
WELL AS INDIAN COUNTRY, IN
RESPONDING TO THIS WOULD BE THE
FIRST CITY HOPEFULLY TO DO
THIS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
ISSUE FOR WELL OVER A DECADE.
OKAY, SO LET ME QUICKLY GO
THROUGH WHAT OUR COMMITTEE DID
LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE SEEN A PRESENTATION
FROM THE OUTDOORS FOUNDATION
WHICH IS A NONPROFIT DEDICATED
TO PROVIDING OUTDOOR RECREATION
ACCESS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS WITH
DISABILITIES.
A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
THERE REACHES STATEWIDE.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU WENT OUT AND
MET WITH THOSE FOLKS.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S A GREAT
PROGRAM AND I ENCOURAGE MY
PEERS TO WATCH THE PROMOTIONAL
VIDEO TO LEARN MORE.
IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE LINK IN
THE AGENDA WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER
4 POSTED ONLINE.
THERE WILL BE THREE ORDINANCES
THE PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE ON
A FINAL VOTE THIS AFTERNOON.
ONE IN DISTRICT 1. AND ORDINANCE
FOR ACQUISITION FOR OPEN-SPACE
PURPOSES.
EXPANDING MORE PARKLAND.
NUMBER 2, AND ORDINANCE
REGARDING PARKS ACCEPTING OUR
DONATION TO BE PLACED IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT CHRISTIE
PARK.
-- DISTRICT FOR IS GOING TO
RECEIVE MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE
THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR
PARKS AND ACTIVATING THEM.
PARKS AND REC WILL BE HOSTING
THEIR BIG DAY OF PLAY ON AUGUST
17.
A WONDERFUL EVENT FREE FOR
COMMITTEES AND FAMILIES TO
ENJOY FOOD TRUCKS, RECREATION
AND ACTIVITIES.
IT WILL BE LOCATED RANIER
PLAYFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER IN
SOUTH SEATTLE.
I HAVE ATTENDED BEFORE AND THEY
ARE PRETTY COOL.
WE HAD A COUPLE UP IN DE 5. FOR
MORE INFORMATION VISIT
PARKWAYS.SEATTLE.GOV.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL -- I
WILL GET TO THAT.
LET ME DO THIS FIRST.
SORRY I GOT THEM IN REVERSE.
ON SATURDAY I WENT TO THE
ANNUAL LAKE CITY SEAFARER
FESTIVAL WHERE THE MAYOR, THE
KING COUNTY CONSTANTINE AND I
HONORED HEROES IN THE AFTERMATH
OF THE LAKE CITY SHOOTING THIS
PAST MARCH. ERIC WAS HIT IN THE
CHEST BY A BULLET YET MANAGED
TO PULL HIS PASSENGERS OUT OF
HARMS WAY AND PARK THE BUS.
AND DEBBIE IS A BELOVED SECOND-
GRADE SCHOOLTEACHER WHOSE FIRST
CONCERN AFTER ARRIVING AT THE
HOSPITAL WITH A BLOOD INJURY
WAS FOR HER STUDENTS.
I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY ON MORE
THAN ONE OCCASION TO MEET ERIC
AND DEBRA AND THEY ARE AMAZING
PEOPLE AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO
HONOR THEM INTO A PROCLAMATION
AND A PRAYER AND IT WAS A
COMMUNITY EVENT THAT IT WAS
PACKED AND EVERYONE WAS
GRATEFUL.
SO, SECOND OF ALL, IT WILL BE
OUR FOURTH ANNUAL LIVE IN D 5
EVENT.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 1-4 PM.
I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN
ME.
WE WILL HAVE LIVE MUSIC
FEATURING THREE LOCAL BANDS AS
WELL AS A LOCAL DJ.
THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE A
PETTING ZOO FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
GREAT FOOD.
LAST YEAR SALMON AND FRY BREAD
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE A NATIVE
AMERICAN FOOD TRUCK COMING DOWN.
AND A BEER GARDEN.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR
YOUR BEER.
IT IS NOT FREE.
BUT ADMISSION IS FREE.
THERE WILL BE TABLES FEATURING
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND KEY CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
SO PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT CAN
ACCESS WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.
LAST YEAR WE HAD WELL OVER 50
COMMUNITY BOOTHS AND CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND WELL OVER 300
PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP.
I'M HOPING MIKE COLLEAGUES SHOW.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA SHOWED
UP AND WAS ON THE STAGE
INTRODUCING THE BANDS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW HAS
SHOWN UP IN THE PAST.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, LET US
KNOW AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT
YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
ON THE STAGE AND INTRODUCE A
GROUP.
ALSO THIS YEAR WE ARE EXCITED
BECAUSE COUNCIL PRSIDENT
HARRELL AND I WILL DO A DUET
TOGETHER.
[LAUGHTER].
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU HAVEN'T PICKED THE SONG
BUT YOU WILL GET BACK TO ME.
YOU DID DO THE DUNK TANK WITH
ME.
YOU BACKED OUT OF THAT.
ANYWAY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE
POSTERS.
THEY ARE PLASTERED EVERYWHERE.
WHICH I AM PLEASED.
IT FEATURES THE ARTWORK -- I
DID NOT PUT THIS IN MY NOTES.
I'M SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
I SHOULD'VE READ THIS AHEAD OF
TIME.
ARTWORK BY MY HUSBAND.
GLASS ARTIST.
MICHAEL DID THE T-SHIRTS AND
THE ARTWORK.
WHICH IS BASICALLY BLACKFEET
FEATHER.
YOU WILL SEE THE BEADS WITH THE
COLORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
THE FOURTH ANNUAL, LOCATED AT
HUBBARD HOMESTEAD PARK WHICH IS
LOCATED BEHIND NORTHGATE BEHIND
THE TARGET STORE AND I HOPE TO
SEE YOU ALL THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW .
>> WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON A
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE, THIS IS AN
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD RAISE THE
WAGES OF THE HYDRO MAINTENANCE
WORKERS.
THESE ARE THE FORKS TO WORK AT
BOUNDARY DAM IN NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON.
HAPPY TO MOVE THIS THROUGH.
TOTAL ANNUAL EXPECTED
EXPENDITURE IS $77,000.
IT IS NOT ONE OF THE BIGGER
ONES WE ARE GOING TO BE
TOUCHING.
WE ALSO, THIS PAST THURSDAY WE
HAD A SPECIAL MEETING, AND
THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO FOR JOINING ME ON THAT,
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FIVE
ORDINANCES THAT WILL COME
FORWARD TO YET ANOTHER SPECIAL
MEETING THIS FRIDAY AUGUST 9.
MY INTENTION IS TO VOTE ON THEM.
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME
THEY WILL BE IN FRONT OF US.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAME UP
AT THE END OF THE YEAR
INCLUDING AIR CIP RETIREMENT
GRANT AND ACCEPTING
SUPPLEMENTALS.
SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ORDINANCE
INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT US TO
GET IN, YOU HAVE TO GET IT TO
US THIS WEEK.
ONE EXAMPLE I BROUGHT UP LAST
WEEK WAS A NURSE PRACTITIONER
WHO WANT TO HAVE ON SITE AT DE
SC.
WE HAVE FOUND MONEY TO PAY FOR
THAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
YEAR.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING
SUPPLEMENTAL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE
TO FIND THE MONEY AND HELP US
DO THAT.
THIS WILL BE IN MY COMMITTEE ON
FRIDAY.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS TO VOTE
ON.
I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE IT
WILL BE SLOWED DOWN.
AND I HAVE ASKED THE CLERK FOR
US TO BE -- TO PUT THIS ON OUR
FULL AGENDA ONE WEEK FROM TODAY
SO WE CAN VOTE THIS OUT AND BE
DONE BEFORE BRIEFING ON THESE
BUDGET ITEMS THAT PERTAIN TO
2019.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I AM CIRCULATING A
PROCLAMATION FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF THE ART
WORKERS UNION WHO ARE AT FRYE
ART MUSEUM.
AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE TALKED IN
THE COUNCIL BRIEFINGS BEFORE
ABOUT THE WORKERS OF THE FRYE
ART MUSEUM.
THEY ARE CRAFT PEOPLE WHO
THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE BROUGHT
FORWARD SUPPORT FOR LABOR AND
OTHER PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS.
AND THEY THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN
LONG STRUGGLING WITH LOW WAGES,
WORKING CONDITIONS AND TO GET A
VOICE ON THE JOB.
THE RECENTLY FORMED A UNION.
ON JUNE 10 THEY SUCCEEDED IN
FORMING THEIR UNION CALLED THE
ARTS WORKERS UNION.
IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT WE ARE
CELEBRATING THIS YEAR HONORING
LABOR WHICH WE STARTED WITH THE
100 YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE
SEATTLE STRIKE AND SOME OF OUR
MEMBER TO HAVE COMMENTS AND
INFORMATION ON THE PTO FOR
EXAMPLE, THIS IS A GREAT WAY
FOR US TO CONTINUE CELEBRATING
LABOR IN THE CITY AND WE WANT
TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR
CONTRACT, THE FORMATION OF THE
UNION AND THE WORK THEY ARE
DOING TO RAISE THE VOICE.
ESPECIALLY FOR ART WORKERS IN
THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING
SIGNING AND THANK YOU FOR THE
MAYOR FOR SIGNING ONTO THAT AS
WELL.
THERE ARE NO HOUSING ITEMS ON
TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE
THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK AUGUST
15.
WE WILL BRING A COMMITTEE START
TIME TO 9 AM AGAIN. IF FOLKS
ARE ABLE TO JOIN US I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
FOR GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO
COME AT 9 AM.
WE'RE DOING THIS IS AN EFFORT
TO GET AS MUCH TIME ON THE
AGENDA SO THE SECOND PART WE
CAN FOCUS ON HOTEL WORKER
LEGISLATION.
IT HAS BEEN ROBUST.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR BEING AT ALL OF
THOSE MEETINGS IN THE LATTER
PART OF THE MEETINGS.
FOR FOLKS TO KNOW, FROM 9 AM TO
10:15 AM WE WILL HAVE
CONVERSATION AND PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA WHICH RELATE TO SORT OF
AN ELEMENT OF A GREEN NEW DEAL
LIKE BILL, OR TWO BILLS, ONE IS
PUSHING FORWARD A NEW SOLAR
PROGRAM AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
SO WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF
INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS FOR
SOME OF OUR MIDSIZE COMPANIES
THREAT THE CITY.
THE SECOND ONE IS HELPING TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE CREATING AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SEATTLE TO JOIN
THE WESTERN ENERGY I GUESS
MARKET.
THIS ALLOWS FOR US TO BRING
MORE OF OUR CLEANER ENERGY ONTO
THE WESTERN MARKET. AND I THINK
THESE TWO ITEMS ARE REALLY
GREAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD A VOTE ON THOSE TWO IN
A COMMITTEE THAT MORNING.
AND THEN WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
ON THE HOTEL LEGISLATION, WE
WILL HAVE A BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON
AMENDMENT.
YOU WILL SEE THE LAST 1.5 HOURS
IF NOT TWO HOURS TOTALLY
DEVOTED TO THE HOTEL WORKER
LEGISLATION.
AGAIN, IF YOU DO HAVE
AMENDMENTS, THE REQUEST HAS
BEEN SENT OUT LAST WEEK, WE
WILL SEND A REMINDER THIS WEEK,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ AND I
HAVE ASKED FOR THOSE
AMENDMENT'S DUE BACK TO CENTRAL
STAFF BY THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 AT
NOON.
AND WE WILL SEND A REMINDER
FROM OUR OFFICE LATER THIS
WEEK.
YOU SHOULD'VE RECEIVED ONE ON
FRIDAY OR THURSDAY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL
THE IDEAS IN AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> BEFORE YOU GO ON, ON THE
AMENDMENTS, TO BE CLEAR, IT'S
JUST ON PARTS NUMBER 1 AND
NUMBER 3. CORRECT?
>> YES SO BY WAY OF REMINDER TO
FOLKS, THIS IS RELATED TO THE
SAFETY ELEMENTS PROTECTING
WORKERS FROM HARASSMENT,
ASSAULT, ETC.
AND ON THE HEALTHCARE ELEMENT.
YOU CAN SEE PARTS NUMBER 1 AND
NUMBER 3 IN THE FULL BINDER WE
SENT OUT WITH AN UPDATED
TIMELINE.
>> HAVE AN AMENDMENT ALREADY
THAT ALIGNS WITH THE REQUEST
FROM ACLU IN OUR JUNE 25 LETTER
JUST TO REMOVE THE BAND.
>> WE DO HAVE AMENDMENT
LANGUAG WE ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
CENTRAL STAFF LATE LAST WEEK
ALONG WITH COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
AND GIVE A BROAD OVERVIEW TO
FOLKS IN EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
WILL TALK TO -- AS WELL THIS
WEEK.
THE CONCERNS THE ACLU HAVE
RAISED HAVE BEEN HEARD AND
THERE IS AN AMENDMENT IN WORKS.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT TO
CIRCULATE TO HER COLLEAGUES FOR
THE END OF THE WEEK.
AND THANK YOU TO KARINA AND DAN
BOTH COLLECTIVELY HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS AND THINK THROUGH A
PROCESS THAT I THINK WILL
RECEIVE WELL BY MANY COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
AND WILL GET A CHANCE TO TALK
VERY SOON.
I WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN TO
THE PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES FOR
RETIREMENT ACTION AND SOCIAL
SECURITY WORKS ALONG WITH -- WE
HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK THIS
WEEKEND IN CELEBRATION OF THE
54th ANNIVERSARY OF MEDICAID
AND MEDICARE AND THE 84th
ANNIVERSARY OF SOCIAL SECURITY.
WITH THE GREAT TURNOUT Q 13
COVERED IT AND NOT JUST CALL
FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THOSE
PROGRAMS AND THE PROTECTION,
BUT THE EXPANSION OF MEDICARE
FOR ALL WHICH WAS WELL HEARD AT
THE RALLY AND SENDING A MESSAGE
TO D.C. IN SUPPORT OF THOSE
CHANGES AS WELL.
THIS THURSDAY I WILL SPEAK AT
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ON THE
VEHICLE RESIDENCY COMMUNITY
FORM.
I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER FOLKS ARE
GOING TO BE THERE BUT I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
DISCUSSION.
HOW WE GET OUR MOST VULNERABLE
FOLKS IN SAFE PLACES AND MAKE
SURE THERE OUT OF HARMS WAY AND
HAVE ACCESS TO CASE MANAGEMENT
AS WE KNOW IS CRITICAL TO HELP
STABILIZE.
THAT IS IT FOR ME.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> GOOD MORNING.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS.
RESOLUTION 31896 PRINCE OF PLAN.
INCENTIVES FOR OPEN SPACE IN
SOUTH LAKE UNION FOR THE OLD
SEATTLE TIMES BUILDING AND ONE
19 600 WHICH UPDATES ARE CITIES
POLICIES TO ALIGN WITH STATE
CHANGES.
THERE IS ONE RELATED ITEM 119471
WHICH CLARIFIES DEFINITION OF A
VESSEL.
THIS WAS PASSED IN JUNE BEHELD
UNTIL NOW AND REQUIRED ECOLOGY
REVIEW.
THE NEXT MEETING IS WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 7. THERE WILL BE THREE
ITEMS.
THE DISCUSSION OF THE -- A
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF THE
-- NEIGHBORHOODS WILL REPORT.
AND WE HAVE, WE ARE
RESCHEDULING THE LUNCH AND
LEARN WITH COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW UNTIL AFTER THE RECESS
. MY OFFICE WILL BE DOING NIGHT
OWL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE
DISTRICT.
WE HAVE ON THURSDAY, THE THIRD,
ANNUAL FOOD TRUCK TASTE OFF AT
HANGAR 30.
AND I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN
THE DISTRICT VEHICLE RESIDENCY
PANEL ON THURSDAY THE 12th.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ?
>> GOOD MORNING.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS FROM THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA.
THE FIRST ONE IS AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE CITIES CRIMINAL
CODE.
THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL
WOULD ALIGN THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE WITH SOME CHANGES
THAT OCCURRED DURING THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2019 TO
ALLOW THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
CONTINUE TO BOTH COLLECT DNA
SAMPLES AND TO UPLOAD THEM TO
WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE
NOTICE DATABASE.
IT WOULD ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR SOME OLD CASES TO PERHAPS
NOT BE SO COLD AND TO FIND SOME
RESOLUTION.
THIS IS REALLY A FOLLOW-UP ON
REPRESENTATIVE ORWELL'S WORK IN
MULTIPLE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS
WERE SHE HAS BEEN ADVOCATING
TOGETHER WITH SURVIVORS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT, PRIMARILY ON
THE TESTING AND DEALING WITH
THE EXTRAORDINARY BACKLOG OF
PRIMARILY KITS THAT HAVE BEEN
COLLECTED NOT JUST AT THE STATE
LEVEL BUT AT THE CITY LEVEL.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE THAT TRAJECTORY OF WORK
AND TO ALLOW FOR OUR CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE
TO COLLECT SOME OF THOSE DNA
SAMPLES AFTER CONVICTION HAS
BEEN SECURED FOR PURPOSES OF
CONTINUING ON IN EFFORTS
RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND
MAKING SURE IF THERE ARE OTHER
CASES IN WHICH THE SAME DNA
MATCHES UP, THOSE VICTIMS MIGHT
BE ABLE TO SEE JUSTICE WITHIN
OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS
WELL.
AND THE OTHER TWO REMAINING
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS ARE SIMPLY
CLERK FILES.
ONE IS FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
CHIEF.
THIS IS A CLERK FILE WITH HER
ANNUAL REPORT CONCERNING
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE
INTELLIGENCE ORDINANCE. IT WILL
BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
FILE THAT BUBBLY AS REQUIRED BY
ORDINANCE.
THE LAST IS ALSO A CLERK FILE.
CHIEF OF POLICE AUDIT REPORT OF
THE SAME THING, INFORMATION
RELATED TO INTELLIGENCE THE
MIGHT OF BEEN GATHERED AND
REALIZED IN THE COURSE OF
ORDINARY POLICE WORK CONSISTENT
WITH THAT ORDINANCE.
IN BOTH EVENTS OUR OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTED TO US
THAT IT APPEARS COMPLIANCE HAS
BEEN HAD WITH THOSE UNDERLYING
ORDINANCES, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE
QUESTIONS BUT THE NEED TO
UPDATE OUR INTELLIGENCE
ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT WAS
WRITTEN AND IS NOT BEEN CHANGED
SINCE I BELIEVE 1972.
AS WE ALL KNOW INTELLIGENCE IN
THE WAY WE GATHER INTELLIGENCE
IS RADICALLY TRANSFORMED AND
CHANGED.
SO THAT IS WORK THAT HAS BEEN
RECOMMENDED.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
EXECUTIVE WILL BE WORKING ON
THAT BODY OF WORK SOMETIME IN
2020.
THOSE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE
ACTIONS ON THIS AFTERNOONS
COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR MY
COMMITTEE.
SECONDLY, I WILL NOT BE HAVING
MY REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
-- I WILL NOT BE HAVING A
COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK.
I WILL ACTUALLY BE IN DENMARK
FROM AUGUST 9 THROUGH AUGUST 18
ATTENDING THE URBAN LIVABILITY
MASTER CLASS SPONSORED BY THE
CAPITOL HILL ECO-DISTRICT WITH
FISCAL SUPPORT FROM THE DESIGN
FOUNDATION.
THE MASTER CLASS IS AN
IMMERSION PROGRAM THAT BRINGS
TOGETHER GOVERNMENT AND
NONPROFIT LEADERS AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES RELATED
TO CAPITOL HILL FOR A WEEK OF
FIELDWORK, TOURS, LECTURES,
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS TO
STUDY PUBLIC SPACES AND PUBLIC
LIFE IN COPENHAGEN AND IN
SWEDEN TO HOPEFULLY TAKE SOME
LESSONS AWAY AND STRATEGIES
THAT COULD APPLY TO CAPITOL HILL
, IN THIS CASE IN PARTICULAR.
AND SO, MANY OF YOU KNOW THERE
IS A CAPITOL HILL ECO-DISTRICT
AND THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON
THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD-
BASED EFFORT TRULY FOCUSES ON
SUSTAINABILITY TO SERVE THIS
DENSELY POPULATED URBAN
VILLAGE.
AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND AS
WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND AND
APPRECIATE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS BOTH OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC SPACE AND
PUBLIC LIFE AS IT RELATES TO
TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXAMPLE, THIS
WILL BE A REALLY OPPORTUNITY TO
JOIN TOGETHER WITH OTHER
CAPITOL HILL STAKEHOLDERS AND
OTHER REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT LEADERS
TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW COPENHAGEN
IN SWEDEN HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD
JOB IN SUSTAINABILITY AND
CREATING SAFER PUBLIC LIFE AND
PUBLIC SPACES THAT ARE
PRIMARILY ON PEDESTRIANS. OCUS
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
REPRESENTING THE CITY COUNCIL
AT THAT PARTICULAR CONVENING
AND WE WILL BE GONE FOR THAT
WEEK IN ORDER TO ATTEND THAT
MASTER CLASS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD LUCK ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TRIP
FOR ALL OF OUR BENEFITS.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU.
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HAS
THREE ITEMS ON THIS AFTERNOONS
AGENDA.
A PASS ON THE GROUND I'M NOT
TALKING TO YOU IMMEDIATELY BUT
YOU WILL GET IT IN A SECOND.
THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED
TO THE STREET VACATION AND
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
THAT WE BEGAN NEARLY A DECADE
AGO I THINK.
ONE OF THOSE ORDINANCES, IT
WILL BE ACCEPTING AN EASEMENT
FOR THE CONNECTION, LIKE A SPUR
CONNECTION FROM THE TRAIL TO THE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
THIS CONNECTION HAS BEEN IN
PLACE FOR NUMBER OF YEARS BUT
FINALLY WILL HAVE THE FINAL
PROPER LEGAL STUFF IN PLACE SO
THE PARKS PARTMAN CAN TAKE OVER
OPERATIONS OF THAT FACILITY.
AND ONCE THAT IS VOTED ON, THAT
IS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE
STREET VACATION ORDINANCE OF
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS PACKAGE
THAT SEATTLE CHILDREN'S IS
SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE FOR THE
STREET VACATIONS FOR THEIR
EXPANSION YEARS AGO.
AND SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE ORDINANCE TO FINALLY
GRANT THAT STREET VACATION WE
GAVE CAN SEXUAL -- CONCEPTUAL
APPROVAL TO YEARS AGO.
THOSE WILL BE THE LAST TWO ITEMS
TO WRAP UP NEARLY A DECADE'S
WORTH OF WORK.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT
WILL UPDATE THE PRODUCTION
PROGRAM.
THAT IS A PROGRAM, A STATE
PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OPTS INTO
THAT WORKS WITH EMPLOYERS
LARGELY LARGE EMPLOYERS, 100
EMPLOYEES OR MORE, DOWNTOWN,
NEARLY 200,000 EMPLOYEES ARE
COVERED IN THAT.
300 EMPLOYERS.
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THAT
PROGRAM. AN EXAMPLE OF WHY THE
UPDATE DNC DIDN'T EXIST THE
LAST TIME WE PASSED AN
ORDINANCE.
HOW THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE
FUTURE PRODUCTION PROGRAM.
I WILL JUST SAY THE FOLKS AT
SDOT AND COMMUTE SEATTLE DO AN
AMAZING JOB.
ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO COMMUTE TO
AND FROM DOWNTOWN SEATTLE FOR
THE WORK DAY, IT IS SEEN AS ONE
OF THE BEST PROGRAMS IN THE
COUNTRY FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING.
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING OUR
TRANSIT SYSTEM IS YOUNGER THAN
THOSE ON THE EAST COAST BUT WE
STILL DO AMAZING WORK HERE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF ARE
GOING TO MAKE A RADICAL SHIFT
IN HOW WE GET AROUND OUR CITY,
ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO
CLIMATE CHANGE, WE ARE GOING TO
NEED TO KEEP DOING BETTER WORK.
THAT IS IT FOR THIS AFTERNOONS
AGENDA.
YOU MAY ASK A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND
MR. PRESIDENT.
I'M ETOWAY IN EARLIER.
ONE OF THE STATEMENTS OF JUSTLY
THE INTENT WE PAST YEAR WAS TO
TRY TO LOOK AT THE ABILITY AND
THE COST TO PROVIDE FREE
CAPACITY TOWARD HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS, ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING
ABOUT THE NEED TO FACILITATE
THE ABILITY FOR THESE FOLKS TO
BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN
THE CITY, WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR
WAGES AND THE CONTRACTS.
ONE OTHER AREA OF THE FOLKS HAD
RAISED IS A DESIRE TO SEE HUMAN
SERVICE CONTRACTS GET A WORKER
PASS.
DID THAT COME UP UNDER
DISCUSSION?
I KNOW YOU JUST RECEIVED THAT
INFORMATION ABOUT A MONTH AGO
OR SO IN RESPONSE, BUT IS THERE
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO
INCORPORATE THAT CONCEPT INTO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR IS THAT
A DIFFERENT VEHICLE?
>> I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A
DIFFERENT VEHICLE.
IT'S CLEARLY RELATED, BUT THIS
IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE
STATE LAW AROUND PRODUCTION
WHICH DEFINES THE TYPES OF
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES
REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A
PROGRAM.
IT MAY INVOLVE SOME OF THE SAME
PARTIES.
I THINK IF COMMUTE SEATTLE
WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US ON
SOMETHING LIKE HUMAN SERVICES,
I KNOW THERE ARE MORE EFFORTS
ON HOW TO GET THE PASSES IN
PEOPLE'S HANDS, AND I WOULD
LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
AND THEIR NEED BE SOME
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMING
WEEKS OR MONTHS TO DO
SOMETHING.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, OUR REGULAR
TUESDAY MEETING TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, WE ALSO HAVE A
SPECIAL MEETING RIGHT AFTERNOON.
WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING
NEXT FRIDAY MORNING.
AND SO I PASSED AROUND A SHEET
THAT LIST THE ITEMS WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING.
I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO WALK
THROUGH THIS IF YOU WILL GRANT
ME THAT.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ITEMS WE
ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE THROUGH
WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
AND IN THE COMING MONTHS.
AND COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO,
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.
LAST TUESDAY WHEN 3.5 HOURS.
I SUSPECT THESE MEETINGS WILL
PUSH THREE HOURS TO GET ALL THE
ITEMS COMING TO US.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
IN THE SUMMER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE
AWARE OF THIS.
THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT WILL
BE BACK BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL
AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK. SOME ARE
FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
AND I KNOW WITH A LOT GOING ON
IT'S HARD.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS
CONTRACT THIS.
I WILL GO THROUGH THE ITEMS
THAT WILL BE ON THIS TUESDAY'S
AGENDA IN THIS FRIDAY'S AGENDA
AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ONES
THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON NEXT
FRIDAY'S AGENDA.
AND THEN I WANT TO SPEAK A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
WILL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE
NEW SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
PLANNING TO DISCUSS AND PERHAPS
VOTE ON A RESOLUTION RELATED TO
A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
I WILL SPEAK TO THAT AGAIN IN A
MOMENT.
ON THE SHE HANDED AROUND IT
TALKS ABOUT A GREEN NEW DEAL
ORDINANCE.
THAT WILL NOT BE IN COMMITTEE
ON TUESDAY BUT ON FRIDAY.
I AM WALKING THAT LEGISLATION
ONTO THE CALENDAR THIS
AFTERNOON.
AND WILL PASS AROUND THAT
LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL ORDINANCE
FOLLOWS UP ON THE RESOLUTION
WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY PASS ON
TUESDAY WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH A
GREEN NEW DEAL FUND AND A GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TO
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
CITY RELATED TO THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
WE WILL HAVE AND INFORMATIONAL
ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND EQUITY
PROGRAM FROM SDOT.
STREETCAR ORDINANCE, WE HAD A
DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT LAST
WEEK.
AND THAT IS PLANNING TO VOTE ON
THAT ON TUESDAY.
TOMORROW.
SO THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE
ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION FOR
CONTINUED DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING WORK ON THE CENTRE
CITY CONNECTOR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY BELIEVE
$9 MILLION WOULD BE ABLE TO GET
THE INFORMATION. THAT WILL BE
ENOUGH TO GET THE REST OF THE
DESIGN WORK SO THEY HAVE TOTAL
COST ESTIMATES IF THEY CHOOSE
TO GO FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THE MAYOR'S INTENT AT
THE MOMENT IS TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH FULLY FUNDING THE CENTRE
CITY STREETCARS.
I WILL LET HER SPEAK FOR
HERSELF.
MY UNDERSTANDING A COMMITTEE IS
THAT IS $9 MILLION IS NECESSARY
TO UNDERSTAND THE COST
IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT THE NEXT
STEP WOULD BE.
NOT QUITE 100% COMMITTED UNTIL
SHE UNDERSTANDS WAS IN THERE,
BUT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THEY
ARE GOING.
SO WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE
AS A COUNCIL.
IF WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH
THAT.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON WILL BE WHEN
WE MAKE THAT DECISION.
IF FOLKS HAVE STRONG FEELINGS
AND CAN'T MAKE IT COMMITTEE I
WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING THOSE.
ABI WILL PAUSE NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW .
>> I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS
EFFORT OF MOVING FORWARD TO
CONTINUE LOOKING AT DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING WORK.
BUT I WANTED TO SIGNAL RIGHT
NOW THAT I AM CONCERNED ON
THREE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT I
DON'T THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED.
ONE IS THE OPERATIONAL COST.
YOU KNOW WE WILL BE TAKING THAT
OVER.
FROM SOUND TRANSIT METRO, WE
HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS JUST FOR
THE BROADWAY LINK.
I DON'T THINK WE FIGURED OUT
YET THAT THE LINES THAT ARE NOT
ON DEDICATED LANES ARE GOING TO
CAUSE DELAY. I REALLY WANT US
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE GOING TO
BE BEFORE WE SIGN UP AND SAY
GUESS TO WHATEVER THE PROJECT
IS.
ALSO, ALONG CAPITAL MONEY, WE
HAVE SOME FEDERAL MONEY BUT
THERE IS STILL A BIG GAP.
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT
DOWN THE ROAD FIVE OR 10 YEARS.
AND LASTLY, THIS IS SOMETHING I
FEEL STRONGLY ENOUGH THAT I'M
GOING TO WANT TO ASK FOR A
PROVISO AT SOME POINT, AND THIS
MAY NOT BE FOR THE $9 MILLION,
WE NEED THOSE DESIGNS, WE
DON'T HAVE YET, IN A WAY THAT
LOOKS AT THE SYSTEM FOR FREE
MOBILITY AND DELIVERIES
DOWNTOWN, THAT IS SOMETHING I
HAVE BEEN ASKING AND WORKING ON
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM, NINE BLOCKS FROM THE
WATER TUBE I-5, FROM DENNY TO
JACKSON AND BEYOND.
MORE AND MORE PACKAGES BEING
DELIVERED DOWNTOWN.
THEY ARE HERE, THE TRUCKS ARE
IN THE WAY, THEY DON'T HAVE
PLACES TO STOP.
THEY ARE CIRCLING THE BLOCK.
I HAVE ASKED SDOT FOR LITERALLY
A BLOCK BY BLOCK, WHERE YOU
DROP PACKAGES.
WHAT TIME YOU COMING IN?
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AT 5 PM,
WHICH THEY DO, IF THEY GET
DELAYED, IT JUST MAKES DOWNTOWN
THAT MUCH MORE CONGESTED.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME,
IT'S ABOUT THE 100 TIME I HAVE
SIGNALED TO SDOT THAT WE NEED
TO HAVE THIS.
SO BEFORE WE START DIGGING UP
FIRST AVENUE, WE REALLY HAVE TO
HAVE A DESIGN THAT IS COMPLETED
WITH TRUCKS, TIME, LOCATION,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE BUILDING
BY BUILDING, WHERE ARE YOU
GOING TO DROP IT OFF?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW , AND
WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU.
I THINK I HEARD A MIX OF THINGS
IN THERE.
PERHAPS INCLUDING SOME LANGUAGE
IN LEGISLATION GIVING SOME
CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHAT OUR
EXPECTATIONS ARE AROUND THE
STREETCAR TO MOVE FORWARD.
COLLEAGUES, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS HOPING WE WOULD PASS FINAL
APPROVAL OF THIS FULL COUNCIL
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY WHICH IS
OUR LAST SCHEDULED MEETING
PRIOR TO OUR RECESS.
SO PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CHOOSE WHETHER
WE MEET THAT TIMELINE OR NOT.
MY INTENT AT THE MOMENT WOULD
BE TO TRY TO MEET THAT
TIMELINE.
IF FOLKS HAVE LANGUAGE THEY
WANT TO INCORPORATE, THEY CAN
GET THAT ANYTIME.
IF THE GENERAL SENSE AT THIS
TABLE AND FOR THE FOLKS NOT
HERE AT THE MOMENT, IS THAT WE
ARE NOT READY TO DO THAT, AND
WE NEED TO WAIT ANOTHER THREE
WEEKS TO DO THAT IN SEPTEMBER,
THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE
WORLD.
IT'S JUST A PROJECT THERE IS
EMERGENCY AROUND.
>> I WILL SUPPORT YOU MOVING
FORWARD NEXT WEEK.
I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR,
I DON'T THINK WE'VE ANSWERED
THESE QUESTIONS ON WHERE WE
GETTING THE OPERATING MONEY,
WHERE THE CAPITAL DOLLARS
COMING FROM, AND FREIGHT IN THE
DOWNTOWN SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN
FULLY ADDRESSED AND I WANT,
FIRST OF ALL SIGNALING TODAY
THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUE FOR DOWNTOWN AND WE CAN
FIGURE IT OUT.
WE JUST HAVE TO DEDICATE
RESOURCES TO DOING IT.
>> ANOTHER THING WE WILL HAVE
IN COMMITTEE, I HAVE ASKED
CENTRAL STAFF TO HELP LAYOUT
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ALL THE
FINANCES ON THIS PROJECT.
IT HAS BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF
ITERATIONS, FEDERAL MONEY, SO
WE HAVE SPENT A BUNCH OF MONEY
ON IT, IF WE DON'T GO FORWARD,
THEY ARE SUNK COSTS.
YOU WANT TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE
HAS BEEN.
YOU WANT TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT
WE THINK IT WOULD COST TO
COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.
WE WANT TO GET A SENSE OF THE
REMAINING ANY TO BE SPENT, HOW
MUCH OF THAT IS ALREADY
ALLOCATED CITY MONEY IN THE
BUDGET.
BUT, IF WE CHOSE NOT TO GO
FORWARD COULD WE REALLOCATE?
HO MUCH IS MONEY, WE KNOW
THERE ARE TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL MONEY WE
DON'T HAVE, THE MAYOR HASN'T
IDENTIFIED A SOURCE FOR.
THERE'S ALSO PARTNER MONEY
INCLUDING FEDERAL MONEY AND
OTHER AGENCIES, THAT IF WE DO
GO FORWARD WE HAVE TO GO BACK
AND AROUND THE FEDERAL MONEY I
THINK THERE'S A BE?.
WE HAVE AWARDED A I BELIEVE $50
MILLION AND $75 MILLION GRANT
AND THERE IS SOME QUESTION
WHETHER WE WILL GET THE FINAL
$25 MILLION IN THE STATUS OF
THE INITIAL $50 MILLION BECAUSE
I THINK WE HAVE TO RESUBMIT.
CALVIN WILL LAY A LOT OUT.
LEFT THE OPERATING COSTS ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THE
EXISTING STREETCAR LINES AND
WHAT THIS WOULD ADD TO THAT.
THERE IS A LOT OF, IF NOT
TERRIBLY COMPLEX, BUT A LOT OF
NUMBERS GOING ON THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO AN
AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO
MAKE POLICY DECISIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
ON THE ISSUE RELATED TO
STREETCAR, ONE OF THE ISSUES I
REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT
BEFORE WAS HOW MUCH IS THE
DELAY PROCESS.
IS THIS CENTRAL STAFF PROVIDING
MMO WITH THE TOTAL COST OF THE
DELAY SO WE HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING, AND MILLION
DOLLARS PLUS X, BUT THEN THE
COST OF WAITING?
IS THAT EMBEDDED IN CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO SO FAR?
>> I BELIEVE WE WILL SEE IS A
COMPARISON TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL
COST ESTIMATES WERE.
WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE,
REASONABLE MINDS WILL DISAGREE
PERHAPS WHY THE COST
ESCALATION, HOW MUCH WAS DELAY,
HOW MUCH WAS THE DECISION TO
BUY LARGER CARS BECAUSE OF
COUNCIL REDESIGN, I MEAN,
THERE'S A LOT, HOW MUCH IS
UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE FEDERAL
GRANT PROCESS?
CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT TO.
I DON'T KNOW CENTRAL STAFF IS
GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE TRYING
TO SAY -- THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE
AND WE CAN MAKE HER CASE FOR
HOW WE WOULD ALLOCATE THAT.
MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET THEM
TO BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE ON
THE STUFF WHERE THERE IS NOT
AGREEMENT.
AND THE AREAS WHERE WE
CHARACTERIZE THINGS OR WE THINK
THE LIKELIHOOD OF FEDERAL
GRANTS IS OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE
TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE OF
OPINIONS WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
IN THE DECISION MOVING FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT, THAT IS MOST OF WHAT
WE ARE DOING THIS TUESDAY.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A
BRIEFING ON TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEES.
WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF
BRIEFINGS ON TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEES.
I'M COMMITTED TO MOVING
LEGISLATION FORWARD ASSUMING WE
GET SUPPORT RULING FROM THE
HEARING EXAMINER.
JUST A REMINDER TO FOLKS, WE
WERE PROPOSING IN LAST
DECEMBER'S UPDATE TO THE
CONFERENCE OF PLAN TO ADD A
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT LIST
WHICH WAS THE FIRST STEP, A
NECESSARY STEP TO CREATING
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE
SYSTEM FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE GOT CHALLENGED TO THE
HEARING EXAMINER AROUND THE
ADEQUACY OF OUR ANALYSIS TO THE
TRANSPORTATION LIST WAS GOING
TO GO INTO THE COMP PLAN.
WE ARE EXPECTING A RULING THIS
WEEK OR NEXT WEEK ON THAT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN.
ONE, THE HEARING EXAMINER COULD
SAY NO NO, IT WAS INADEQUATE IN
WHICH WE COULD MOVE FORWARD
WITH TRANSPORTATION IMPACT
FEES.
SO I AM CHARTING A PATH WILL
ASSUME THAT.
WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING TOMORROW
, THE OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE
TODAY AND WHERE ANALYSIS HAS
BEEN DONE.
WE HAD AN EXPECTATION WE WOULD
DO MORE POLICY WORK IN SEPTEMBER
AND TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES
IF WE GET THE GREEN LIGHT.
AND WE MIGHT TAKE FINAL ACTION
IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE SOME CHANGES TO THE
CAPITAL PROGRAM WITH A
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT
REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL COMP
PLAN.
THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL
DISCUSSION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEES HOPING WE GET A
GOOD RULING SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
>> A QUICK QUESTION.
ON THIS.
AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS IS AT
LEAST THE THIRD TIME IN THE
LAST 10 YEARS WE HAVE DISCUSSED
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES.
>> MORE THAN THAT.
>> ARE WE BUILDING ON THE WORK
THE COUNCIL MEMBER RASMUSSEN DID
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO?
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
RESEARCH WE HAD OUTSIDE
EXPERTS, WE COMPARED OURSELVES
WITH BELLEVUE AND RENTON AND
REDMOND.
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN TRACKING IT
CLOSELY, THE CONVERSATION
TOMORROW WILL SOUND FAMILIAR.
IT'S LARGELY GOING TO BE A
REITERATION WITH A FEW UPDATES.
WHEN COUNCIL RASMUSSEN WAS
CHIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED A BUDGET, I DON'T
REMEMBER, A FEW HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH THE MAYOR
TO DO THE NECESSARY ANALYSIS,
MAYOR MURRAY, TO DO THE
NECESSARY ANALYSIS. THERE'S A
LOT OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT
GOES IN.
STATE LAW IS CLEAR ON HOW YOU
CAN AND CAN'T DO THE PROGRAMS.
THAT WORK STARTED AND STALLED
OUT.
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THE CITY
COUNCIL, IT BECAME CLEAR THE
PREVIOUS MAYOR WAS NOT TERRIBLY
INTERESTED OR PRIORITIZING IT.
SO THE COUNCIL IN HIS BUDGET
ACTION TWO YEARS AGO THAT
UNSPENT MONEY OUT OF THE
EXECUTIVE SIDE AND PUT IT INTO
THE COUNCILS BUDGET.
AND THEN WE PICKED UP THE
CONSULTING CONTRACT WITH THE
SAME CONTRACTOR THEY HAD LEFT
OFF.
WE HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD
úWITH THAT.
WE ARE READY TO TAKE ACTION AT
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING IN THE
COMP PLAN IN DECEMBER THAT
FAILED BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL
CHALLENGE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SAME
CONSULTANTS AND IT IS BASIN
THAT WORK AND A LOT OF WHAT YOU
WILL HEAR IN THE BRIEFING WILL
BE SIMILAR.
THAT IS TUESDAY.
IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO COME I
WOULD URGE YOU TO BUDGET THREE
HOURS FOR THAT MEETING AS
OPPOSED TO TWO AND I APOLOGIZE.
FRIDAY WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING.
2 PM.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
MASS COALITION, THAT IS AN
ACRONYM FOR MOVE ALL SEATTLE
SUSTAINABLY.
COALITION OF TRANSPORTATION AND
ADVOCATES LOOKING FOR BETTER
TRANSPORTATION ACCESS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING, I'M
SURE YOU RECEIVED EMAILS AND
NOTICED, THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVE
HERE COUNCIL FOR THE LAST FEW
MONTHS, ASKING FOR
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.
WE WILL CONSIDER A SAFETY
ORDINANCE, BIKE SAFETY
ORDINANCE, THE INTENT IS TO PUT
SOME MORE LAWS IN PLACE,
SIMILAR TO COMPLETE STREETS,
BUT WITH PERHAPS MORE STRICTER
REQUIREMENTS.
AS WE ARE REDOING
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, REALLY
MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THEY NEED
TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR
PEDESTRIAN, BIKE, FREIGHT AND
MEDS IT -- MASTER TRANSPLANTS.
IF DEPARTMENT WANTED DEVIATE
FROM THE PLAN THEY NEED TO
CHECK BACK INTO COUNCIL WE
DON'T END UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE
ON 35th AVENUE WHERE IT FELT
LIKE A DECISION WAS BEING MADE
AND THE COUNCIL WAS LET IN ON
THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
RESOLUTION ABOUT THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
A BIKE PARKING RESOLUTION ABOUT
EXPANDING ON STREET BIKE
PARKING.
THIS IS ALSO PERHAPS IN SUPPORT
OF OTHER MODES LIKE SCOOTERS TO
OF PLACES WHERE WE CAN STORE
THESE VEHICLES, OR THESE
TRANSPORTATION MODES.
AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO
DISCUSS RED LAKE CAMERA REVENUE.
THIS CAME UP IN THE BUDGET LAST
YEAR.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAD A POLICY WERE
20% OF RED LIGHT CAMERA WENT TO
SCHOOL SAFETY PROJECTS.
WE SUSPENDED THAT FOR TWO
YEARS.
AND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WHICH IS
MOSTLY DONE AND NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET WHICH IS ENDORSED I
BELIEVE, ASSUMED THAT REVENUE
WILL BE GOING TO THE GENERAL
FUND.
I AM INTERESTED IN A BE
RECONSIDERING THAT FOR NEXT
YEAR.
SO WE WILL DISCUSS OPTIONS THE
COMMITTEE BUT WILL NOT TAKE A
VOTE IN COMMITTEE.
I WANTED TO SET IT UP FOR A
BUDGET DISCUSSION ABOUT PERHAPS
RE-DEDICATING THE RED LIGHT
CAMERA TO SCHOOL SAFETY OR
VISION ZERO INVESTMENTS IN THE
2020 BUDGET.
WE WILL DISCUSS THAT.
THE NEXT FRIDAY, FOR A HEADS
UP, THAT MEETING IS AT 10 AM.
WILL HAVE UP BRIEFING ON THE
MERCER MEGA BLOCK.
THIS IS A BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY
THAT SDOT OWNS.
ACTUALLY IT'S LIKE SIX PARCELS
OF PROPERTY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
TWO SEPARATE BLOCKS ON THE
NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST CORNER
OF DEXTER AND MERCER.
THERE HAS BEEN A PROCESS BY
WHICH THE CITY HAS BEEN
SOLICITING BIDS. THEY'VE DONE A
LOT OF WORK IN THE EXECUTIVE IS
READY TO SHARE WITH US AND THE
PUBLIC ON THEIR PROPOSAL TO
MAKE A DEAL TO SELL THOSE TWO
PARCELS AND TALK THROUGH WHAT
IS IN THAT PACKAGE OF BENEFITS.
THEY ARE A LITTLE UNDER YOUR GO,
THEY TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND REC
FACILITIES.
A SERIES OF THINGS.
AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING, I'VE
HAD A CHANCE TO SEE A LITTLE OF
IT, AND IT LOOKS PROMISING.
THAT WILL BE COMMITTEE NEXT
FRIDAY.
THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE
ANOTHER COMMITTEE DISCUSSION ON
THAT IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
MAYOR TO APPROVE THE SALE OF
THAT WHICH WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN
IN LATE 2019 OR EARLY 2020.
>> OR THE ISSUES BEFORE THE
HEARING EXAMINER?
>> ON THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK?
I DON'T THINK THERE WERE
HEARING ISSUES ON THAT ONE.
AND THE NEXT ONE -- WE WILL
HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON
TRANSPORTATION FRIDAY WITH THE
ASSUMPTION WE WILL HEAR ABOUT
THE HEARING EXAMINER BY NEXT
FRIDAY.
IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED WE WILL
MAKE A DECISION.
FINALLY, SORRY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I'M DIPPING INTO MY
CREDULITY OVER THE LAST FEW
MONTHS, I HAVE A FEW MORE
THINGS.
>> YOU HAVE SOME GOODWILL.
>> VERY QUICKLY, THANK YOU MR.
CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION, ON THE
MERCER MEGA BLOCK BRIEFING I
WILL HIM TO BE THERE AT YOUR
AUGUST 15 MEETING IF I CAN FOR
A PORTION AND DEFTLY IN
SEPTEMBER.
I WANT TO SIGNAL MY APPRECIATION
FOR THE FOLKS FROM PARKS AND
REC WHO HAVE BEEN HEARING MY
STRONG DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT
IN ADDITION TO THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY
ELEMENT PIECES WE INCLUDED LAST
YEAR THAT WE HAVE TAKEN EVERY
OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO BUILD
CHILDCARE ON-SITE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT
THE PART OF THE REPORT BACK TO
COMMITTEE AND REALLY APPRECIATE
OUR INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO
ADDRESS THE CHILDCARE DESERTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IN THAT REGION THERE ONLY ABOUT
FOUR CHILDCARE CIVILITIES IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHILE WE THINK OF IT BEING HIGH
OPPORTUNITY ABER HOOD, WE THINK
OF IT IN AN OPPORTUNITY AREA
WHERE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK IN
THAT REGION SIMPLY HAVE HIGHER
WAGES, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
FACT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM
HAS ACCESS TO CHILDCARE IN THAT
AREA.
AS WELL AS PEOPLE COMING INTO
HER FOOD AND CLEAN BUILDINGS.
AND TO WORK IN THE GENERAL
AREA.
THEY ALSO NEED CHILDCARE.
AND ALSO FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT
HAVE TO COMMUTE IN, WE DON'T
WANT TO HAVE THEM TO HAVE TO
RUSH HOME IF THEY ARE RUSHING
OUT TO THE OUTER ELEMENTS OF
THE CITY, CHILDCARE NEAR A
PLACE OF WORK IS A GREAT WAY TO
REDUCE STRESS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
PRESENTATION AND APPRECIATE
THEIR INTEREST IN WORKING WITH
US AND THE POTENTIAL PURCHASER
AS WE THINK ABOUT AMENITIES
THAT COULD HELP THE ENTIRE
CITY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I
APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
DEDICATION, YOU'RE NOT THE
ONLY ONE OF COURSE, WORKING
DILIGENTLY TO CREATE MORE
CHILDCARE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
CITY.
I HAVE HEARD THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND PARKS DEPARTMENT ARE HAVING
GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU.
BUT THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN ME
SEEING YOU AT THE TABLE TALKING
ABOUT IT IN THE PUBLIC FORM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT ONE MAKE
SURE YOU MAKE IT ONE.
>>
>> I JUST PASSED AROUND A
RESOLUTION WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING AND HOPEFULLY VOTING
ON TOMORROW FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
IT IS A LONG RESOLUTION.
THIS WAS DEVELOPED WITH --
LARGELY DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ENGAGED IN THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH ME.
THE SAME GROUPS WHO ASKED US TO
SIGN ON TO A LETTER SUPPORTING
THE SEATTLE GREEN NEW DEAL IN
JUNE.
CAME IN NOVEMBER THAT LETTER TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN JUNE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
THIS BUILDS ON THE GREEN NEW
DEAL THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED
AND LED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BY
SOME AMAZING LEADERS ON CLIMATE
AND EQUITY.
THERE DOING GREAT WORK DESPITE
TOUGH TIMES IN WASHINGTON DC.
WE KNOW THE CURRENT POLITICAL
MAKEUP, THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR
A GREEN NEW DEAL PASSING THERE
BUT WE HOPE IN THE COMING YEARS
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE URGENCY AROUND THIS
MEANS THAT ONCE AGAIN CITIES
LIKE SEATTLE ARE GOING TO NEED
TO LEAD ON THIS AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL LIKELY FOLLOW.
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD OFF THE
FRAMEWORK THEY SET UP.
INTERPRETATION OF THAT
FRAMEWORK IS, WE NEED TO
SIMULTANEOUSLY SOLVE THE
CLIMATE CRISIS WHICH IS
BARRELING DOWN ON US, AND THE
BROKEN ECONOMIC SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO CONCENTRATE WEALTH
IN THE HANDS OF A HANDFUL OF
PEOPLE AT THE EXPENSE OF
FRANKLY EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES,
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMITTEES
WERE CONTINUALLY LEFT BEHIND.
WE NEED TO SOLVE BOTH CRISIS IS
SIMULTANEOUSLY BY FOLLOWING THE
ADVICE AND LEADERSHIP OF THOSE
WERE MOST IMPACTED BY BOTH OF
THOSE CRISIS WHO ARE LIVING THE
RESULTS OF FAILED SYSTEMS.
AND ALSO HAVE THE SOLUTION.
SO LIFTING UP THE VOICES OF THE
FOLKS ON THE FRONTLINE, ACTING
UP VOICES OF THE TREATIES OF
COLOR AND IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES, AND REALLY CENTER
THEIR VOICES IN THIS WORK.
THERE IS AN URGENCY AROUND THIS
BECAUSE WE KNOW FROM A CLIMATE
PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE ABOUT A
DECADE RIGHT OF THE -- TO
RADICALLY TRANSFORM OUR ECONOMY
IN CITIES.
AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO
MOVE CAUTIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO BE EASY TO DO MORE
HARM TO THOSE VERY COMMUNITIES
IF WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE TIME
AND CAPACITY TO DEVELOP IT.
IN THE TENSION BETWEEN THE
URGENCY AND THE DESIRE TO MOVE
THOUGHTFULLY IS A REAL TENSION
WE ARE BALANCING.
AND THOSE COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT
AND THEY ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY
TO MOVE AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE
BUT ALSO TO MOVE AS SMARTLY AS
POSSIBLE.
RESOLUTION I AM HOPING WE WILL
PASS THE COMMITTEE TOMORROW HAS
A NUMBER OF POINTS I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT.
THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT
POLICY DECISIONS.
AGAIN, IT'S A RESOLUTION SO
IT'S LAYING OUT THE VISION.
IT IS NOT BINDING IN THE SAME
WAY AN ORDINANCE WOULD BE THAT
IT IS SETTING US UP TO TAKE
SOME ACTION.
THE CALL FOR US IS TO HAVE
SEATTLE BE CLIMATE POLLUTION
FREE BY 2030.
BACK IN 2011 THIS COUNCIL
PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO BE
CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050.
WE NOW REALIZE IS 2050 IS NOT
SOON ENOUGH.
THIS MEANS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
VERY HARD DOING GREAT WORK
TOWARD THE 20/50 TOOL.
WE ARE NOT EVEN ON TRACK TO HIT
THE 2050.
IN FACT WE'VE BEEN LOSING
GROUND.
NOW WE ARE SAYING WE NEED TO DO
THAT SAME THING BUT IN 10 YEARS.
I'M GOING TO BE REALLY CLEAR
WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT MEANS IN
THE NEXT 10 YEARS OUR BUILDINGS
CANNOT BE HEATED BY FOSSIL
FUELS.
THAT MEANS OUR TRANSPORTATION
NEEDS TO BE 100% ELECTRIFIED.
IT MEANS PURCHASING DECISIONS
THAT WE AS INDIVIDUALS AND
POLICIES PUT IN PLACE, WE ARE
NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO
ILLUMINATE ALL NATURAL GAS AND
HEATING OIL AND ALL FOSSIL
FUELS IN OUR CARS TODAY.
BUT IT DOES MEAN THE NEXT
VEHICLE YOU BUY, THINK
SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
THE NEXT APPLIANCE, HOW ARE WE
GOING TO USE ENERGY THROUGHOUT
OUR SYSTEM?
THE URGENCY AROUND THAT IS
GOING TO REQUIRE WE TAKE BOLD
ACTIONS AND BE TRUE TO THOSE
COMMITMENTS RELATIVELY SOON.
SOME OTHER THINGS THIS
RESOLUTION WILL HIGHLIGHT,
STRATEGY SUCH AS GREEN ZONES
WHICH IS A STRATEGY TO
PRIORITIZE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN
UNDERSERVED AND
DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENED BY
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND OTHER
INJUSTICES.
EXPLORE THE CREATION OF
INFORMED CONSENT POLICIES WITH
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBAL
PARTNERS.
CREATE A FUND AND ESTABLISH
DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCES FOR
ACHIEVING THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
DON'T HAVE CLARITY ON WHERE THE
MONEY WOULD GO BUT WE WOULD
LIKE TO SET UP A FUND IN THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
ALSO WORKERS.
MAKING SURE WE HAVE A STABLE
WELL-PAYING JOBS IN THE PROCESS
TO SUPPORT LIVING WAGE GREEN
JOBS.
WE TALKED ABOUT ENERGY.
WE WILL HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY
ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUELS IN OUR
ECONOMY IN THE NEXT DECADE.
WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE, EVEN IN SEATTLE, WHOSE
JOBS AND BUSINESSES DEPEND ON
FOSSIL FUEL.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
TAKE SERIOUSLY.
WE NEED TO WORK WITH THOSE
FOLKS HAVE A JUST AND
REASONABLE TRANSITION.
IF WE GIVE IT ONLY TWO YEARS TO
MAKE THAT TRANSITION IS GOING
TO BE HARD.
WE HAVE ALREADY PUT IT OFF SO
LONG.
WE ONLY HAVE 10 YEARS TO DO IT.
WE CAN DO IT IN A THOUGHTFUL
WAY BUT WE NEED TO ACT
MEDIALLY.
THEIR COMPONENTS ABOUT ACCESS
TO FOOD AND HEALTH.
IS COMMUNITIES WILL NEED FOOD
AND HEALTH ACCESS.
THE RESOLUTION ALSO TALKS ABOUT
DISPLACEMENT WORK, BUILDING
ANOTHER WORK WE HAVE DONE AND
WASTE MANAGEMENT, ESSENTIALLY
WE KNOW OUR WASTE STREAM IS A
SOURCE OF WASTE, AND IS A
SOURCE OF POLLUTION.
REDUCING WASTE IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
THAT IS A BIG RESOLUTION BUT
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE PASSING
OUT AT COMMITTEE TOMORROW.
AND HOPEFULLY AT FULL COUNCIL
FOR A VOTE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY.
AND SO COLLEAGUES, I KNOW A LOT
OF YOU PROBABLY WILL NOT BE UP
TO MAKE MY MEETING TOMORROW,
BUT IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS OR
INPUT I WOULD LOVE IT.
>> DO HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE
ABOUT --
>> I DON'T BELIEVE TREES ARE
LISTED IN THERE.
LET'S CHAT ABOUT THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, THANK
YOU.
YOUR RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY
LONGER THAN THE ORIGINAL HR 106.
AND MORE CONFERENCES.
WELL DONE.
I PARTICULARLY LIKE, AND I READ
ABOUT THIS EARLIER, ON THE
GREEN ZONES.
AND ALSO THE OTHER INFORMATION
THAT IS IN HERE, FOR SOME WONKY
REASON I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS GREEN NEW DEAL STUFF,
CRITICALLY ON THE TRAVEL SIDE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AND I WILL DEFTLY POUR
OVER IT AND THEY WILL COME TO
PUSH, I CAN'T SIT FOR THE WHOLE
THING.
THERE ARE TWO MAIN THINGS I AM
INTERESTED IN.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE LANGUAGE
AROUND LABOR STANDARDS IN THIS
TEXT AND ALSO ANYTHING RELATED
TO ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS,
THE BIG POLICY WE ARE LOOKING
AT COMING FROM NEW YORK.
THOSE TWO ISSUES.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS PRETTY
HIGH LEVEL ON BOTH OF THOSE.
IT DEFINITELY CALLS OUT, IF WE
SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS BUT
CONTINUE DOWN THE FAILED
ECONOMIC PATH WE WILL
COMPLETELY FAIL.
WE NEED TO DO BOTH HAND-IN-HAND.
WE CAN, IN FACT WE MUST.
THAT IS HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
IT DOES SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT
THE JOBS THAT ARE CREATED, THE
OPPORTUNITIES CREATED IN THIS
WORK NEEDS TO BE HEAVILY
FOCUSED ON COMMUNITIES. AND
UNION JOBS ARE IMPORTANT PIECE
OF THAT.
IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, AND THIS
IS THE ORDINANCE AROUND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL WHICH WILL BE
DISCUSSED ON FRIDAY, ON THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
IT WILL ULTIMATELY BE 16
MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD AS
ENVISIONED AT THE MOMENT AND
TWO WOULD BE LABOR
REPRESENTATIVES ON THE HEAVILY
WEIGHTED TOWARD FRONT-LINE
COMMUNITIES AND FOLKS DOING
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORK ON
THE COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE TWO AREAS WHERE IT
SHOWS UP.
YOU ASKED ANOTHER QUESTION.
I FORGOT.
>> ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING.
>> IT TALKS CLEARLY ABOUT HOW
WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE FOSSIL
FUEL USE FOR RUNNING OUR
BUILDINGS.
AND I BELIEVE THERE IS LANGUAGE
THAT TALKS ABOUT THE COMPONENTS
OF THAT.
WE SAID THIS NUMEROUS OTHER
TIMES.
WE NEED TO MAKE OUR BUILDINGS
AS ENERGY EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE
SO THEY USE LITTLE ENERGY AND
THE ENERGY THEY USE NEEDS TO BE
100% RENEWABLE CLEAN ENERGY.
CELL IS WELL-POSITIONED FOR
THAT BECAUSE OUR ELECTRIC
UTILITY IS AMAZING AND ONE OF
THE LARGEST FIRST 100% CARBON
NEUTRAL ELECTRIC UTILITY IN THE
NATION.
WHICH MEANS THAT UNLIKE OTHER
JURISDICTIONS EVERY TIME WE
CONVERT SOMEONE FROM FOSSIL
FUEL TO ELECTRICITY WE HAVE
ELIMINATED 100% CARBON
EMISSIONS.
THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS WORK
TO DO BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC GRID
IS DIRTY, INCLUDING PEOPLE IN
THE SURROUNDING CITY BUT
SEATTLE IS WELL-POSITIONED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, ARE
YOU GOING TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO
YOUR RESOLUTION, THE SAVING
THE ORCA'S RESOLUTION?
>> YES.
THAT I MISSED OUT ON THE FULL
COUNCIL?
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT.
HAVE AN ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOONS
COUNCIL AGENDA WHICH IS AN
ORDINANCE, AND THIS I WANT TO
GIVE CREDIT TO THE MAYOR
BECAUSE HER TEAM HAS DONE A LOT
OF WORK ON THIS, IT'S AN
ORDINANCE, SORRY, IT'S A
RESOLUTION CALLING OUT THE
NAVY'S PLAN FOR INCREASED
EXERCISES IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. THOSE INCLUDE
INCREASED SONAR TESTING AND
ALSO EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCES THAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUPPLEMENT WILL DRAFT AN
PARENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT IS
CLEAR, THIS WILL HARM MARINE
MAMMALS.
AND THE SCIENCE IS PRETTY CLEAR
ON THIS.
YOU KNOW IT'S DAMAGING.
AND THE RESOLUTION CALLS ON THE
NAVY TO RECONSIDER THEIR
ACTIONS AND MITIGATE THE IMPACTS
ON ALL MARINE MAMMALS BUT IN
PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE ORCA'S
WHICH WE KNOW ARE JUST ON THE
CUSP OF SURVIVAL IN THE PUGET
SOUND AT THE MOMENT.
AND THE DEATH ONE OR TWO ORCA'S
COULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE
LONG-TERM EPILATION AS A WHOLE.
I'VE BEEN ASKED ON THAT ONE,
WHAT IS LIKELY -- LIKELIHOOD
THAT THE NAVY IS GOING TO
LISTEN TO US, ON THE ONE HAND I
BELIEVE OUR NAVY CARES ABOUT
MARINE MAMMALS AND I THINK
THERE'S A PATH WHERE THEY CAN
DO BOTH, THIS FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T GIVE ME
A LOT OF HOPE.
BUT I THINK THE NAVY IS MUCH
BIGGER THAN THE FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE FORMALLY SHOW THIS WITH OUR
FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE
THEY DO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR
THE NAVY AND WE THINK THEY CAN
GET THEIR ATTENTION AND WE CAN
ELEVATE THE VOICE OF CITIZENS.
>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I MET, DURING FLEET WEEK,
THAT WITH THE LOCAL CAPTAIN
THAT WAS HERE AND THEY BROUGHT
THIS UP.
THEY DO CARE.
WITH THE SAYING THAT CAME FROM
THE RIGHT STUFF, NO BUCK
ROGERS.
IT'S SIMILAR.
THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT WE THINK
ABOUT THEM.
IS WORTHY AND I WILL SUPPORT
YOU ON THIS.
ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THANK
YOU, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND
EVER SMITH MET WITH SDOT AFTER
WE HAD THE THOMAS STREET A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WAS SO
IMPRESSED WITH DEBRA SMITH'S
WILLINGNESS TO SAY, ALL RIGHT,
WE'VE GOT A PLAN, WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT WE
CAN DO TO INCREASE THE ART,
WIDEN THE SIDEWALKS, WORKING
WITH SDOT.
IT WAS REFRESHING, YES WE CAN
GET THERE AND WE CAN DO AT THIS
SUMMER.
NO NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
ANOTHER THREE YEARS OF
PLANNING.
WE CAN MOVE.
I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE --
THAT'S GREAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN FOR SHARING , THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS CHANCE -- JAMPACKED.
WE SHOULD HAVE ALL NINE OF US
AT 2 PM TODAY, A FULL HOUSE.
AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
OUR FLAG HAS NOW BEEN LOWERED
TO HALF MAST AS WE HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SEE EVERYONE AT 2 PM.
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT REST OF
THE DAY.
UNTIL 2 PM.