>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR
OUR DECEMBER 9 COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
WE ARE JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
BAGSHAW, JUAREZ, MOSQUEDA, AND
SAWANT . HEARING NO OBJECTIONS,
THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.
LET ME GO AROUND THE TABLE AND
LOOK AT TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL
ACTIONS, AND SEE WHAT'S GOING
ON.
LET ME SAY A FEW THINGS.
WE WILL HAVE RESOLUTION 31920,
WHICH IS A COUNCIL RULES UPDATE
RESOLUTION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
UPDATE ON THAT.
THERE IS ONE AMENDMENT I WILL
ADVANCE COMING FROM THE CLERK.
IT IS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE RELATING
TO THE EXTERNAL COMMITTEES WHEN
THERE IS A COUNCIL VACANCY.
AND FOR STANDING COMMITTEES FOR
WE WOULD HAVE THE INCOMING
COUNCILMEMBER ASSUMED THE
DUTIES TO THE EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES, AS WELL.
WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE AFTER THE
FACT, BUT WITHOUT ACTIONABLE
DEFAULT TO THE EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES, AT THE OUTGOING,
THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER HAD
ASSUMED IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
CLERK FILE 314442 IS UP FOR
VOTE THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH IS
AN EXTENSION OF THE COMPLETION
FOR THE REMAINING SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORT, KNOWN AS THE SIR
FROM MARCH 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER
1. WE DID GET THROUGH TO OF
THEM.
THEY ARE STILL CLOSE TO A HIGH
NUMBER OF 20, TYPES OF
TECHNOLOGY THAT STILL NEED A
REVIEW FROM A SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT STANDPOINT, FROM A
PROTECTION OF PRIVACY RIGHTS
STANDPOINT.
WE WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT, DO
IT THOROUGHLY.
THE REQUEST FOR MORE TIME, I
THINK, IS REASONABLE.
THERE IS A LOT OF PROCESS THAT
GOES INTO THAT KIND OF APPROVAL
PROCESS.
THE NEXT PIECE IS COUNCIL BILL
119707, WHICH IS ON THE CITY
LIGHTS SIDE OF THINGS.
FILLING IN FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, A EASEMENT GRANT
GIVEN TO THE COUNTY IN 1958,
BUT IS NO LONGER NEEDED, SO WE
SIMPLY RELIEVED PART OF THE
EASEMENT FOR KING COUNTY TO
MOVE FORWARD.
THE LAST ONE IS 31919 THAT CAME
OUT OF COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING FUNDS.
THAT ONE, WE WERE LOOKING AT
HOW WE APPROVE TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING GRANTS.
SUCH A RICH PROGRAM GETTING
THOSE OUT TO UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES.
THE PROCESS BY WHICH, WE
APPROVED THE BUDGET AND IT GETS
INTO THE HANDS OF THE SOMETIMES
NOT SMALL, BUT THE NONPROFITS
FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE THINK IT'S TAKING TOO LONG.
SO WE WANTED TO REQUIRE THE
DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH
IDEAS TO SORT OF ACCELERATE
THAT PROCESS.
YOU MAY RECALL MANY OF THESE
GRANTS, $5000, UP TO $15,000.
THEN OUR $50,000.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
AN EFFICIENT PROCESS.
THIS MORNING, WE WILL HEAR FROM
OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE TEAM.
WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION THIS
MORNING.
I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM ON
WORKING FEVERISHLY TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE A DOCUMENT TO REFLECT
OUR PRIORITIES AND INTERESTS.
WE WILL VOTE ON THAT NOT TODAY,
BUT NEXT MONDAY.
WE WILL STILL HAVE A LITTLE
MORE TIME TO PROCESS.
I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB
OF MAKING SURE YOUR NEEDS ARE
MET.
I AM GOING TO PASS OUT ANOTHER
SUBJECT.
A PROCLAMATION FOR CELEBRATING
OUR 150 YEARS.
AT 11:00 TODAY, I AM GOING TO
PRESENT THIS TO RECEPTION.
I AM GOING TO READ THIS 150th
ANNIVERSARY PROCLAMATION.
I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO SIGN
IT.
THIS WEDNESDAY, ON DECEMBER 11,
I WAS JUST NOT DOING HARD
SEGUES INTO THE SUBJECT.
I'M GETTING IT ALL OFF MY
CHEST.
BEAR WITH ME.
THIS WEDNESDAY, WE MAY LIKELY
HAVE A REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE.
ONCE AGAIN, 3:00 IS WHEN WE ARE
SCHEDULED, DEPENDING ON HOW THE
SESSION GOES.
THURSDAY AT 9:30, WE ONCE AGAIN
HAVE OUR SPECIAL MEETING,
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
THAT'S THURSDAY AT 5:30.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS
THURSDAY AT 4:00, WE HAVE A
FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR A FEW
FOLKS, LIKE MYSELF.
WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO THAT.
JOSEPHINE HAROLD IS A SINGER
HERE IN TOWN.
IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENING
STARTING AT 4:00.
LET ME MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS
ANYTHING.
NOPE.
OKAY.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF THE LEGISLATION,
ACCEPTING GRANDSON ALLOWING
CERTAIN AGENCIES TO ACCEPT
GRANTS DIRECTLY, I JUST WANTED
TO CONFIRM THAT THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
WAS ULTIMATELY INCLUDED IN THE
RESOLUTION WE ARE CONSIDERING
TODAY.
>> VERY GOOD.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YES.
I CERTAINLY RECEIVED THAT, AS
DID THE PRESENTERS OF THE
LEGISLATION.
WE ENDED UP NOT ADOPTING ANY OF
THE LEGISLATION.
WE DIDN'T VOTE ON IT.
THE REASON BEING, JUST TO GIVE
YOU SOME CONTEXT, AS WE WERE
PRESENTED SOME LEGISLATION THAT
ORIGINATED OUT OF THE LAW
DEPARTMENT.
IT A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND
HOW THE CITY ALLOWS RECEIVING
PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS.
IT COULD BE $100, $50,000.
THER IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A
CITY CATALOG.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES.
THERE IS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW
BASICALLY DEPARTMENTS TO
RECEIVE MONEY DIRECTLY.
IT CAN GO INTO THEIR COFFERS.
A LEGISLATION DIDN'T HAVE ANY
OVERSIGHTS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
DISCUSSED IT OVER COUNCIL
MEETING. WHAT WE WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT AS WE UNDERSTAND COUNCIL
MAY NOT HAVE TO HAVE OVERSIGHT
ON ALL OF THE FUNDS.
A $100 GIFT, AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER
NUMBER ONE THERE HAD BEEN AN
ANALYSIS ON HOW IT COULD PLAY
OUT.
IF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND A FEW
PHILANTHROPIC FOLKS JUST GAVE A
LOT OF MONEY AND AGGREGATED
THEIR FUNDS TO A CERTAIN AREA,
AND OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN
WERE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT
SAME KIND OF RECEIPTS, WHETHER
WE NEEDED TO PUT SOME KIND OF
SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO SEE IF
WE COULD HAVE MORE PARADAY.
WHETHER THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE
SOME OVERSIGHT, SOME CHECKLIST,
SAFEGUARD IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE INVESTMENTS ARE NOT IN
FACT JUST DELEGATED TO THE
DEPARTMENTS.
PUT IT IN A DAYLIGHT KIND OF
FORMAT.
SINCE WE HAD NO TIME TO HAVE A
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, WE JUST
PUNTED IT DOWN THE ROAD FOR
NEXT YEAR.
WE ASKED CENTRAL STAFF TO BRING
IT UP NEXT YEAR.
BUT YOUR SUGGESTION, YOUR
AMENDMENT WAS WELL-RECEIVED.
>> OKAY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
A QUESTION, GET A LONG ANSWER.
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE SOME
CONTEXT.
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT A
LEGISLATION.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A MEANS
BY WHICH WE COULD RECEIVE MORE
FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC.
I THINK IT'S THE CODE REGISTER
PERSON, THE POSITION WE CREATED
IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT, TO FIND
THESE KINDS OF DEFICIENCIES
WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE SOME OF
THE THINGS WE ARE DOING.
THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FIRST
DISCOVERIES.
I THINK IT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL.
WE JUST THOUGHT IT NEEDED FINE-
TUNING.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION QUICKLY
THAT I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS BRINGING AN
ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE
MORATORIUM WE ESTABLISHED LAST
YEAR ON THE FILING ACCEPTANCE,
PROCESSING, OR APPROVAL OF ANY
APPLICATION FOR MOBILE HOME
PARKS, AND THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING WILL REMEMBER THAT THE
RESIDENTS OF THE MOBILE HOME
PARK THEMSELVES WERE AIDED BY
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, AND WERE
ABLE TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO THE
CITY COUNCIL.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE
PROTECTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE
FACING VERY URGENT THREATS ON
WHAT IS, FOR THEM, THE ONLY
OPTION FOR AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OF ANY KIND.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I
DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT.
THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO
REPORT, WHICH MANY OF YOU MIGHT
HAVE HEARD IS CONTRARY TO WHAT
MAYOR DURKAN WAS PLANNING,
WHICH IS TO EVICT THE NORTHLAKE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE, WHICH WAS
GOING TO BE A BAD DECISION
OVERALL FROM ALL STANDPOINTS,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT IT WAS AS
WE HEAD INTO A COLD WINTER.
I AM REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT
THAT IN ADDITION TO THE
ACTIVISM OF MANY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE
RESIDENTS OF NORTHLAKE, BUT
ALSO MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND HOMELESS ACTIVISTS, IN
ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, MY
OFFICE WAS ABLE TO INITIATE A
PUBLIC PETITION URGING THE
MAYOR TO BACK DOWN FROM
EVICTING THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
AND GIVING THEM UNTIL THE END
OF MARCH TO FIGURE OUT THE
PROCESS OF FAITH LEADERS WHO
ARE WILLING TO HOST THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE, BUT THEY WILL
NEED TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THE SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 2000
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND IN FACT,
MORE THAN ALL OF THEM SIGNED
OUR PETITION WITHIN A 30-HOUR
PERIOD.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SHOW OF
SUPPORT.
I AM EXTREMELY HEARTENED BY
THAT ON TOP OF THE RESULT,
WHICH ARE AN INJURED EDITION OF
RIGHT-WING IDEAS ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS AND CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE
SHOULD DO TO SOLVE
HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS A
REJECTION OF INHUMANE IDEAS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
VICTORY FOR THE MOVEMENT AND
LAST NIGHT, NICKELSVILLE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE HELD A
CELEBRATION THAT HAD ABOUT 50
PEOPLE THERE.
MY OFFICE STAFF OR THERE.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENERGIZED TO
CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR HOMELESS
SERVICES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
TALKING ABOUT EVICTIONS IN THE
WINTER, I AM SURE
COUNCILMEMBERS SAW THE LETTER
THAT WE HAD FROM THE RENTER'S
COMMISSION IN WHICH THEY URGED
THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION
IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S
HOMELESSNESS STATE OF EMERGENCY
BY PAUSING ALL EVICTIONS
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AND TO
CONTINUE A MORATORIUM ON
EVICTIONS UNTIL THE END OF
WINTER.
THEY SENT THIS LETTER AT THE
END OF NOVEMBER.
I WAS PLANNING TO BRING A DRAFT
LEGISLATION FORWARD ON THIS,
BUT WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE BUDGET.
AS SOON AS THE BUDGET WAS OVER,
I ASKED CENTRAL STAFF TO WORK
ON IT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN KIND
ENOUGH TO IMMEDIATELY WORK ON
IT RIGHT AFTER THE THANKSGIVING
BREAK, WHICH I AM REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR.
AND TODAY, IN CITY COUNCIL
MEETING, I WANT TO PUT THAT
LEGISLATION ON THE INTRODUCTION
OF THE FORMAL CALENDAR.
JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS.
AS A RENTER'S COMMISSION SAID
IN THEIR LETTER, DURING WINTER
IN SEATTLE, TEMPERATURES RARELY
REGULARLY FALL INTO THE 30s
OVERNIGHT.
ACCORDING TO KING COUNTY, THE
REPORTS ARE IN FOR THE 2019
YEAR.
4100 HOMELESS NEIGHBORS SLEEP
OUTSIDE WITH 19% SLEEPING IN
VEHICLES.
NEITHER OF THESE SITUATIONS
PROVIDE MUCH PROTECTION FROM
THE ELEMENTS AND BOTH CAN BE
DEADLY.
ACCORDING TO THE KING COUNTY
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, 191
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS DIED LAST
YEAR.
57% DIED OUTDOORS IN A VEHICLE
OR IN AN ENCAMPMENT.
EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS CANNOT
BE BLAMED FOR EVERY ONE OF
THESE DEATHS BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN
SCIENTIFICALLY HARD TO NARROW
DOWN THE CAUSE OF DEATH, BUT
IT'S A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR
BECAUSE EXPOSURE TO HARSH
WEATHER ONLY EXACERBATES MANY
MEDICAL RELATED ISSUES, AND IN
ADDITION TO THIS, ACCORDING TO
THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR
HOMELESSNESS, 700 PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DIE
ANNUALLY FROM THE EFFECTS OF
HYPOTHERMIA.
WE BELIEVE THAT DURING A
SEASON, AND I'M NOT QUOTING
ANYMORE, I AM JUST RELATING
SOME STATISTICS, I THINK DURING
A SEASON, REQUIRING HIGHER HOME
HEATING COSTS IS ESPECIALLY
INHUMANE TO EVICT RENTERS
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
WE ALREADY KNOW THERE IS AN
ONGOING EPIDEMIC OF EVICTIONS
IN THE CITY, WHICH
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS
WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE'VE SEEN THIS THROUGH
STUDIES.
THE KING COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
AND SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
REPORTED NEARLY 9 OUT OF 10
TENANTS WHO WERE EVICTED LAST
YEAR ENDED UP HOMELESS.
SO I THINK GIVEN ALL OF THIS
BACKGROUND, I THINK INTEREST OF
COMMISSION MAKE A VERY STRONG
CASE FOR WHY THERE SHOULD BE
LAWS LIMITING EVICT BETWEEN
NOVEMBER 1 THROUGH MARCH 31.
NOT EVERY SINGLE ASPECT THAT
MIGHT COME UP IN RELATION TO
THIS LAW HAS BEEN FIGURED OUT
SO I WOULD URGE COUNCILMEMBERS
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE
SEND THEM TO MY OFFICE.
EITHER JUST HAVE YOUR STAFF
STOP BY, AND WITHOUT HIM, OR
JONATHAN IN MY OFFICE KNOW, OR
SEND BY EMAIL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE
QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
BACKGROUND.
THERE IS NO SUCH LAW ANYWHERE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN FACT, FRANCE, FROM THE BASIS
OF HOUSING BEING A HUMAN RIGHT,
FRANCE HAS A LAW LIKE THIS, AND
THEY'VE HAD THIS LAW ON THE
BOOKS, I THINK, FOR 70 YEARS,
AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, AND
IT'S BEEN WORKING.
IT'S NOT A PANACEA FOR ALL
EVICTIONS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A
REPLACEMENT FOR CITYWIDE
POLICIES TO ADDRESS THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS LIKE
RENT CONTROL, BUT IT DOES
PROVIDE PROTECTION DURING THE
HARSHEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
AND SO, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT I ALSO
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE QUESTIONS
ARE ANSWERED, SO PLEASE, LET ME
KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE,
AND IN CLOSING, I WANTED TO
SHARE A REALLY INTERESTING
ARTICLE ABOUT THIS FROM CITY
LAB, I THINK FROM TWO YEARS
AGO, ABOUT WHETHER CITIES IN
THE UNITED STATES SHOULD DO
THIS, AND WHAT THE MOTIVATION
FOR IT IS.
AS I SAID, I WILL BE BRINGING
THIS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
FORMAL CALENDAR.
THE IDEA WOULD BE TO HAVE IT
VOTED ON NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER
16, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL
OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED,
AND IF NOT, EARLY JANUARY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND IF THE
OUTGOING COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING
THIS, PLEASE, LET ME KNOW.
LET'S DO IT ON MONDAY.
>> CAN I JUST ASK YOU, WHAT
DOES OUR LAW DEPARTMENT SAY
ABOUT THIS?
YOU ARE ON A VERY GOOD TRACK.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T HAVE ANOTHER LAWSUIT.
>> WE ARE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I AM
HAPPY TO HAVE SITDOWN MEETINGS
BETWEEN MY STAFF, CENTRAL
STAFF, AND YOUR STAFF, BUT
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.
I DID MEAN TO MENTION IT.
WE MADE SURE CENTRAL STAFF AND
THE LAW DEPARTMENT FROM STEP
ONE, SO THEY ARE VERY WELL
AWARE OF THE WHOLE PROCESS OF
DRAFTING.
IT HAS GONE THROUGH OVERSIGHT,
AND SO, THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY
GIVEN US A WELL-ROUNDED SORT OF
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE ARE UP
AGAINST.
THEY SENT A MEMO.
MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THAT, AND
LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE
FURTHER QUESTIONS BASED ON
THAT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT DO.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE ALSO URGED
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE, SO I
WON'T SPEAK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT
I CAN ASSURE YOU THE LAW
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED
SINCE DAY ONE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE GOING TO
CONSULT THEM NOW.
>> ARE YOU FINISHED?
WHAT I WILL DO, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ IS I WILL GO BACK TO
THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
I DID WANT TO SAY ON THE
PROPOSED MORATORIUM -- NO, I
PASSED IT TO YOU, AND WE WERE
GOING TO COME BACK.
WE WILL CONTINUE THERE.
I THINK ALY PENNUCCI, CENTRAL
STAFF, IS WORKING ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH THE LAW
DEPARTMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR
LEGISLATION.
IT STRUCK ME ON THE SURFACE OF
BEING SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC.
I AM GOING TO TRY TO SPEAK WITH
THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND ALY
PENNUCCI TO DETERMINE WHETHER
THERE IS A NEED TO GO INTO
SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW.
SOME OF THE POLY POLICY
QUESTIONS I HAVE BEING AROUND
THE BLOCK A FEW TIMES, EVEN IF
IT PASSES NEXT MONDAY, THERE
MAY BE SOME LAWSUIT INITIATED,
EVEN IF WE THINK WE ARE ON
SOLID FOOTINGS.
MY QUESTION IS, AND I THINK
IT'S A GREAT POLICY.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE EVICTED
DURING THE COLD MONTHS.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THERE.
WHAT KIND OF FUNDS DOES THE
CITY OR ORGANIZATIONS MAKE
AVAILABLE OR ORGANIZATIONS WITH
HELP FROM THE CITY, IF THERE ARE
EVICTIONS.
ANOTHER APPROACH COULD BE TO
MAKE SURE THERE IS AMPLE MONEY
IN THEIR.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE IT'S
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IT'S PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE
WHO MAY SUFFER EVICTION DURING
THOSE THREE MONTHS.
TRYING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
DOLLAR AMOUNT MIGHT BE
NECESSARY TO FUND PEOPLE SUCH
THAT THEY ARE NOT EVICTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT
OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
WE CAN AT LEAST THINK ALONG
THOSE LINES.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A
DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION,
BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS
I DID HAVE CENTRAL STAFF ASK
THE LAW DEPARTMENT WHETHER WE
SHOULD DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION,
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY DIDN'T
FEEL THERE WAS A COMPELLING
NEED, BUT I'M SURE THEY WOULD
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
úINDIVIDUALLY, OR IF OUR STAFF
WANTED TO SIT TOGETHER, AND
FIGURE THAT OUT, I WOULD
HAPPILY DO THAT.
I WOULD URGE YOU TO LET MY
STAFF KNOW, SO WE ARE ON THE
SAME PAGE.
AS FAR AS YOUR OTHER POINT, I
THINK THE STARTING POINT WOULD
NOT BE IF EVICTIONS HAPPEN,
WHAT CAN THE CITY DO?
I THINK THE STARTING POINT
WOULD BE, WHAT ARE THE
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH
LANDLORDS WOULD STILL BE ABLE
TO EVICT, IF ANY.
DESPITE IF THIS LAW WENT INTO
EFFECT.
SO, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS
THE FRENCH LAW.
IT DOES HAVE A CLAUSE FOR
EXTREME HARDSHIP.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU DETAILS AT
THIS MOMENT, BUT WHAT THAT
CONSTITUTES, AND I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT WOULD BE A CARBON COPY
FOR OUR CITY OR NOT, BUT THAT
IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.
DO WE WANT TO PUT EXTREME
HARDSHIP IN?
IT'S NOT THE TENANT.
IT'S FOR THE LANDLORD TO HAVE
EXTREME HARDSHIP, IN WHICH CASE
THEY NEED TO EVICT THE TENANT,
WHICH IS SORT OF A STRANGE
THING BECAUSE THE TENANT IS
ALSO IN EXTREME HARDSHIP IF
IT'S COMING TO THAT, BUT I
WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
THESE ARE THINGS WE ARE TRYING
TO CLARIFY AND WHAT I'M LOOKING
AT IS A DRAFT FAQ THAT WE HAVE
PREPARED IN OUR OFFICE, BUT I
HAVEN'T HANDLED IT OUT BECAUSE
IT IS ABOUT HALF READY.
BUT SOMETHING WE WANT TO SHARE
ONCE WE HAVE MORE ANSWERS TO
OUR QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO URGED THE RENT REST OF
COMMISSION TO PROVIDE ANSWERS
BECAUSE THEY INITIATED THE
SINKING.
WE HAVE SHARED THIS DRAFT FAQ
WITH THEM HOPING THEY WILL ALSO
FILL IN THE BLANKS FOR US.
I AM HOPING WE CAN HAVE MORE
ANSWERS IN THE COMING DAYS.
>> OKAY, LET'S BRING OUR TEAM
UP.
WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA,
WHICH IS BAKED.
>> HOPEFULLY, THE FINAL DRAFT.
WILLIE WILSON, OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
>> ROBIN KAFKA OFFICE OF INTERIM
GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
>> A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS SINCE WE
LAST BRIEFED YOU.
BOTH CHRISTINA AND KAREN HAVE
MOVED ON TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
I WANT TO THANK THEM BOTH FOR
BOTH OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK IN
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO
MOVE INTO THEIR NEW
OPPORTUNITIES.
ALSO, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO
SDOT AND THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
FOR SUPPORTING US BUILDING A
TEAM FOR THIS INTERIM SESSION.
QUINN IS HELPING US, GIVEN HIS
TRANSPORTATION EXPERTISE ON
PULLING FORWARD WITH SOME OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AT
THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL
AROUND THE PASSAGE OF I976.
ROBIN WILL BE HELPING WITH THE
HOUSING PORTFOLIO AND MANY
OTHER ISSUES.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM
BOTH ON BOARD TODAY.
WITH THAT, WE WILL BRIEF YOU ON
A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2020.
WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO
INCORPORATE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
EDITS.
IF WE HAVE MISSED ANYTHING,
THERE IS STILL A LITTLE TIME AS
I UNDERSTAND YOU WILL WORK
TOWARDS PASSAGE NEXT WEEK.
I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR SOME
REQUESTS FROM REPRESENTATIVE
BULLET THAT CAME IN LAST NIGHT.
>> LET ME ASK YOU SOME
ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS.
I AM AWARE OF QUINN AND ROBIN
THROUGH CITY WORK.
I AM UNCLEAR ON YOUR TEAM.
THEY ARE ON LOAN DURING THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION?
HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN ON LOAN?
I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS.
HOW IS THIS GOING TO PLAY OUT?
ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS OF
LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WHILE
THEY ARE ON LOAN?
>> YEAH, THEY ARE JUST JOINING
US FOR THIS CURRENT INTERIM
SESSION, SO QUINN SPECIFICALLY
WILL BE FOCUSING ON
TRANSPORTATION, BUT IS STILL AT
SDOT, AND ROBIN IS STILL DOING
WORK AT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
BUT TAKING ON THE ROLE OF STATE
DIRECTOR.
THESE ARE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
>> OKAY.
HOW DO YOU USE YOUR RECRUITING
EFFORTS?
DO YOU GENERALLY LOOKS FOR THE
CITY OR DO OUTREACH?
WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS?
>> WE ACTUALLY HAD INITIATED A
HIRING PROCESS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH HR, AND THEN FOR OUR STATE
LOBBYIST POSITION, THERE WERE
SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO OUR
STATE TEAM.
I THINK, AS EXCITED AS WE ARE
TO SEE THE DEPARTURE OF SOME OF
OUR TEAM WHEN OPPORTUNITIES
COME UP, JUST GIVEN THE
TIMELINE, AND MOVING INTO THIS
SHORT SESSION, WE ARE GRATEFUL
TO HAVE FOLKS THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO POACH FROM OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
>> HR DOES THE SEARCH?
THERE IS DIFFERENT COMPANIES
THAT DO OUTREACH FOR EXTERNAL
CANDIDATES.
THEY DO IT TO TRY TO ACHIEVE A
CERTAIN LEVEL OF DIVERSITY.
DOES HR RUN THE SEARCH?
OR DO YOU?
>> HR WAS INITIALLY RUNNING FOR
STATE LOBBYIST, AND THE
STRUCTURE OF OUR STATE TEAM
CHANGED, BUT WE HAVE DELEGATED
THAT OUT TO THEM.
THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THEIR
PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE
CONSIDERATIONS WERE INCLUDED.
THE PROCESS DID NOT MOVE
FORWARD DURING THE INTERIM,
JUST GIVING THE ADDITIONAL
CHANGES, BUT WE WILL LIKELY GO
THROUGH THAT IN THE FUTURE.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
IN TERMS OF THE DRAFT THAT WE
HAVE BEFORE US, WILLIE.
YOU MENTIONED REALLY QUICKLY
THAT YOU GOT SOME INFORMATION
FROM REPRESENTATIVE PAULETTE.
ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE
PARTICULAR POINTS AT THE TABLE
TODAY?
>> I WILL.
>> HAVE THOSE CHANGES BEEN
INCORPORATED WITHIN THIS DRAFT?
>> THEY HAVE NOT.
>> OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN, OR WHO
INTENDS TO ADDRESS IT, BUT IF
YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU CLEARLY
FLAG THAT, SO WE CAN TAKE THAT
INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE HAVE
THE DISCUSSION, I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WILL START THERE BEFORE I
DIVE INTO THE BRIEFING.
TO ADD ON, BUT PAULETTE HAS NT
ASKED US TO PRIORITIZE
FLEXIBILITY FOR REVENUE,
SPECIFICALLY ELIMINATING THE 1%
TAX ON REVENUE, AND TITLE TO
POPULATION GROWTH AND
INFLATION, WHICH WOULD BE MORE
REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S A PROPOSAL HE'S PUTTING
FORWARD THIS COMING SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING.
>> 1% CAP, AND REPLACE IT WITH?
>> SOMETHING TIED TO POPULATION
GROWTH AND INFLATION.
WE CAN WORK ON INCORPORATING
BUT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.
>> I WOULD.
>> IS THAT IT?
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE?
>> I BELIEVE SO UNLESS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON HAS
ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
>> REPRESENTATIVES GERRY POLLET
SENT IN SOME REQUESTS.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE
ONE ABOUT THE 1%.
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE
MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION
PROGRAM SUGGESTING THAT BE
TIGHTENED TO FOCUS ON THE MOST
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME TENANTS.
HE TALKED ABOUT ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNIT LEGISLATION,
MAKING SURE THAT FURTHER
CHANGES DON'T PREEMPT LOCAL
CONTROL.
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BENEFIT
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO
MODERNIZE THE SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
FORMULA, SO SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS COULD POTENTIALLY GET
MORE FUNDING.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR THINGS IN
HIS EMAIL.
>> HE HAS MENTIONED SEVERAL
TIMES AS WE HAVE EXPLORED MFTE
MAKING SURE WE HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PROCESS.
WHEN ROBIN REVIEWS SOME HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY ISSUES, SHE WILL
TOUCH ON THAT, BUT WE ARE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED
WITH REPRESENTATIVE PAULETTE AS
WE MOVE TO ADVANCE A PROPOSAL
THIS SEASON.
>> WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE
PROPOSED DRAFT LANGUAGE SINCE
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON THIS
ON MONDAY?
>> WE WILL HOPEFULLY
INCORPORATE AT THIS MORNING AND
GET IT TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT NOT
INCORPORATING THESE
RECOGNITIONS, AS WELL.
THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS A REQUEST FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, SO
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT
DISCUSSION.
>> FIRST, IT'S THE MONDAY
BEFORE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO VOTE
ON THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE EXACT
CONTOURS OF THE PROPOSAL FROM A
POLICY PERSPECTIVE, AND BEFORE
WE START SIGNALING THAT WE ARE
ON BOARD WITH ANY FOUR OF
THESE, I AM JUST UNCLEAR WHERE
THE SPACE IS FOR US TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT TO INCLUDE THIS IN CONTRAST
TO THE MULTIPLE PAGES OF THE
LOBBY AND AGENDA THAT WE HAVE
BEFORE US, THAT WE HAVE
ACTUALLY HAD IN OUR POSSESSION
FOR UPWARDS OF FOUR WEEKS AT
THIS POINT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET A
úCLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THI
IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.
>> LET ME RESPOND TO THAT, AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
INC.
YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
WE MAY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AT THE
MOMENT IF WE WANT TO HAVE MORE
DIALOGUE ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS
AN AGENDA FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL.
WE WANT TO GET THIS ONE RIGHT.
I DON'T SEE HOW -- UNLESS WE
SCHEDULE, AND LESS ALL OF YOU
CAN MEET WITH AWAY ARE THIS
WEEK, AND WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER
BRIEFING BEFORE WE VOTE MONDAY,
I THINK MAYBE THAT.
I SHARE YOUR CONCERN THAT WE
ARE TRYING TO MOVE QUICKLY.
MY QUESTION LISTENING TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON'S
SUGGESTION WITH REPRESENTATIVE
PAULETTE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GOOD OR BAD.
I JUST WANTED TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND IT.
WHY DON'T WE MAKE SURE THERE IS
AMPLE DISCUSSION.
IF THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE THIS
ON THE BRIEFING SEPARATELY,
AGAIN NEXT MONDAY.
I NEED TO KNOW.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON DOING IT
NEXT MONDAY.
>> THIS MAY BE HELPFUL GIVEN
THE TIMELINE.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE LANGUAGE
WE'VE INCLUDED BECAUSE MUCH OF
IT IS BROAD, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE
SOME SPECIFIC BILLS THAT ARE
REFERENCED IN OUR AGENDA, MOST
O THE LANGUAGE WE INCLUDE IS
BROAD ENOUGH TO GIVE OUR TEAM
THE ABILITY TO WORK ON ISSUES
AS THEY COME UP IN VARIOUS
TOPIC AREAS, SO I AM CONFIDENT,
GIVEN THE FLEXIBILITY AROUND
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCES
THAT AS PROPOSALS COME FORWARD,
IF REPRESENTATIVE POLLET CAN
WORK TO ADVANCE, OR OPPOSE
THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE
AREA.
WE WILL HAPPILY BRIEF YOU AGAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT DID YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
>> NOT REALLY EXCEPT I SHARE
THE CONCERNS COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ JUST EXPRESSED.
IN ADDITION, IT'S ALSO AT A
TIME WHEN NOT ONLY THE ORIGINAL
DRAFT HAS BEEN THERE FOR WEEKS,
BUT ALSO, AS COUNCIL OFFICES
ARE RUNNING INTO THE HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE, AND MY OFFICE IS
IMPACTED BY THAT.
IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE A PERIOD
PRIOR I WAS HOPING TO TAKE A
BREAK FOR HEALTH REASONS, TO BE
ABLE TO RECUPERATE FROM THE
WHOLE YEAR, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY HOURS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
ME THINGS AS THEY COME UP.
I REALLY HOPE THAT EVERYBODY
KEEPS THAT INTO ACCOUNT, ANYWAY.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
WHY DON'T WE FOLLOW UP WITH
YOUR OFFICE SPECIFICALLY.
WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE
CURRENT LANGUAGE IN THIS DRAFT,
AND HOPEFULLY ENSURE THAT IT
MEETS THE NEEDS FOR OUR ABILITY
TO ADDRESS VARIOUS REVENUE
PROPOSALS AS THEY COME UP,
WHICH I'M CONFIDENT IT WILL.
>> AND YOU SHARED YOUR EMAILS
WITH ALL OF US?
>> NOT YET. I
SHARED IT WITH OIR BECAUSE IT
JUST CAME IN OVER THE WEEKEND.
FOR ME, IT'S JUST COMING INTO
THE PROCESS AT THIS TIME, WHEN
IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKED ON
BY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, AND
JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP, AND
SHARE INFORMATION, AND REACH
OUT TO FOLKS WHO MAY BE
INTERESTED IN IT, AND DO MY OWN
DUE DILIGENCE.
I DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT ANY
PARTICULAR PROPOSAL.
I AM JUST TRYING TO PASS ALONG
THE INFORMATION FROM A KEY
STAKEHOLDER, AND BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS FOR HOW
YOU GO ABOUT GETTING INPUT, HOW
OIR GETS INPUT FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS, SO I CAN BE
PROVIDING THAT INPUT.
WE'VE GOT THREE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS STARTING SOON,
TOO.
THIS IS THE 2020 LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA.
JUST UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS,
AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF
THE TIME EVERYONE ELSE HAS PUT
INTO IT.
IT'S NOT TO SCUTTLE ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST TO CATCH UP TO THE
PROCESS.
>> SO, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON,
TRANSMITTED IDEAS TO THE OIR
TEAM.
>> WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL SUNDAY
EVENING.
BUT THAT WAS NOT SHARED WITH
US?
>> I JUST FORWARDED IT TO OIR.
>> OKAY.
BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY HAD
IT.
I HAD NO IDEA.
>> OKAY.
WE CAN ALL DO OUR JOBS THE WAY
WE DO IT, BUT IN THE FUTURE IT
HELPS TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE VOTING ON IT, AND THEN
IT'S TRANSPARENT, AND EVEN OUR
EMAILS ARE SUBJECT TO THE
PUBLIC, SO WE CAN HAVE A
TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION.
>> LILY, YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT
THE 1% CAP ELIMINATION ON
PROPERTY TAXES, BUT I'M HEARING
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON LAYOUT
AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT
POTENTIAL BILLS THAT WE HAVEN'T
SEEN DRAFTS OF YET THAT COULD BE
PRIMARILY SPONSORED BY
REPRESENTATIVE POLLET.
AT LEAST THE WAY I'VE LOOKED AT
THE LOBBY ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR, THE LANGUAGE IS
GENERALLY DONE VERY BROADLY TO
AVOID THE NEED TO GO INTO THE
GRANULAR DETAILS OF REFERRING
TO SPECIFIC BILLS FROM SPECIFIC
PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT WORK COMES
LATER AS WE SEE THE ACTUAL
LANGUAGE OF THE BILLS AND CAN
ACTUALLY FORMULATE AN OPINION
AS TO THE LEGISLATION THAT IS
BEING PROPOSED BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
ARE WE DEVIATING FROM THE
NORMAL PROCEDURE AT THE
STRUCTURE OR NOT?
>> NO, AND WHILE WE KEEP A LOT
OF BROAD LANGUAGE, SOME OF YOU
HAVE ASKED FOR SPECIFIC
LEGISLATION TO BE REFERENCED,
WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TO
INCORPORATE.
GIVEN THE TIMELINE,
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE 1% TAX
ON PROPERTY, WE HAVE LANGUAGE
INCLUDED THAT WILL ALLOW US TO
HELP MOVE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS
AROUND SPECIFIC LEGISLATION.
I THINK AROUND THE MFTE PROGRAM,
HE HAS ASKED US TO WORK CLOSELY
WITH HIS OFFICE AS IT MOVES
FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THAT LANGUAGE IS ALSO
INCLUDED.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT IS INCLUDED
IN OUR AGENDA.
HE WAS CONCERNED AROUND
PREEMPTION ISSUES AS IT RELATES
TO THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
LEGISLATION.
THAT IS ALSO COVERED IN OUR
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
>> THESE ARE THE LITTLE DETAILS
I THINK ARE IMPORTANT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
CAN ACKNOWLEDGE, AND APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON'S DESIRE
TO CATCH UP AND WANT TO INCLUDE
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU IN THE AGENDA,
BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE NOT DEVIATING FROM THE PAST
PRACTICE IN TERMS OF KEEPING A
BROAD ENOUGH TO ALLOW ANALYSIS
TO OCCUR ONCE WE ACTUALLY SEE
LEGISLATIVE BILLS, YOU KNOW?
IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT,
SOMETIMES, THE INTENT IS
COMMUNICATED ORALLY IN A
CERTAIN WAY, BUT APPEARS VERY
DIFFERENTLY.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
SLIPPING AWAY FROM HOW WE
ORDINARILY FRAME SOME OF THESE
ISSUES.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
ALONG THOSE LINES, THE BROADLY
WHICH WE HAVE INCLUDED ARE
THINGS AROUND MFTE.
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE
THAN ONE PROPOSAL.
SOME YOU MAY SUPPORT, SOME YOU
MAY OPPOSE.
WE WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH
AMENDING LEGISLATION AS THAT
HAPPENS.
WE WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUR
OFFICES TO DO THAT ANALYSIS AS
WE MOVE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF
PREEMPTIVE AS A TERM WE WANT TO
BE CAREFUL ABOUT BECAUSE
ESSENTIALLY, ANY STATE LAW IS
PREEMPTIVE IN SOME WAY, AND
WHEN IT PREEMPTS US IN A WAY WE
DON'T LIKE, WE USE THE TERM
PREEMPTION, BUT WHEN IT
MANDATES SOMETHING WE WANT TO
SEE HAPPEN, THAT'S A GOOD
REQUIREMENT, SO WE HAVE PASSED
SOME BACK YARD COTTAGE
LEGISLATION, AT LEAST I THINK
IT IS GOOD LEGISLATION AT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, AND I THINK
THAT TYPE OF LEGISLATION SHOULD
BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN EFFORTS
TO DO THAT.
WHILE THAT MAY DICTATE WHAT
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS NEED TO DO
CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES, I
DON'T SEE THAT AS RESTRICTING
US, SO WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING
THE LEGISLATION VERY CLOSELY IN
THE PAST FEW SESSIONS.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN
CONVERSATION HAPPENING BLISSFUL
IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN, BUT I THINK THE TERM
PREEMPTION OFTEN CONNOTES
SOMETHING WITH A PREEMPTION OF
SORTS MANDATING WHAT WE MIGHT
HAVE TO DO.
IF IT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
ANYWAY.
I KNOW YOU ALL GET THE NUANCE
THERE.
>> I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
REMINDER THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
THERE WAS PREEMPTION IN SOME OF
THESE BILLS THAT WE WERE
WILLING TO TOLERATE BECAUSE IT
SET MINIMUM STANDARDS OF WHAT
WE EXPECT WITH HOUSING.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT WE GET A FULL
UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN
LEGISLATORS SAY PREEMPTION,
WHAT EXACTLY THEY MEAN, AND HOW
THAT IMPACTS LOCAL CONTROL.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BY
THEN, BEGINNING ON PAGES 133,
AND DO A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW
UNDER THE HEADING OF A SAFE
úCITY, WHERE RESIDENTS CAN LIVE
SAFELY AND SECURELY.
OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN
THIS AREA INCLUDE SUSTAINABLE
REVENUE, ACCESS TO EDUCATION,
JOB CREATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM, AND GUN RESPONSIBILITY
MEASURES.
THERE IS SPECIFIC LEGISLATION
TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS, LIFT
LOCAL JURISDICTION'S ABILITY TO
ENACT RENT REGULATION OR
ELIMINATE THE DEATH PENALTY IN
STATUTES.
IN THE AREA OF CIVIL RIGHTS,
VICTIM PROTECTION FROM SUPPORT
FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT RESTRICTING FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACCESS
TO THE WORKPLACE, DATA SHARING
WITH I.C.E., CONTINUED SUPPORT
FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE
STATEWIDE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND,
FUNDING FOR THE WASHINGTON
STATE CRIME LAB TO TEST SEXUAL
ASSAULT KITS, EFFORTS TO
DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK, CHANGE
THE CHARGE OF PATRONIZING A
PROSTITUTE FROM A MISDEMEANOR
TO GROSS MISDEMEANOR, AND
STRENGTHEN HOSPITALS FOR SEXUAL
ASSAULT KITS TESTING FOR SEXUAL
ASSAULT VICTIMS.
MOVING FORWARD.
ON THE BEGINNING OR EXCUSE ME,
ON THE TOP OF PAGE 4 UNDER A
VIBRANT CITY, ONE THAT SUPPORTS
INNOVATION, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, AND THE
ENVIRONMENT, THE CITY WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STUDENT
ACCESS, CLOSING THE OPPORTUNITY
GAP --
>> I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> IT'S FROM BEING IN KING
COUNTY.
I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF ABOUT
THE MICROPHONES.
BUT THEY'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR
A FEW YEARS.
>> BEFORE YOU LAUNCH IN, YOU
ARE GOING INTO VIBRANT CITY.
I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
STUFF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
I SEE THAT YOU PUT IT IN MORE
OF A TEXT FORMAT.
WHERE DID WE TALK ABOUT THE
LGBTQ AND PEOPLE USING THEIR
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DENY
THEM HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, AND
OTHER ISSUES BASED ON RELIGIOUS
PREFERENCES, WHICH WE KNOW IS A
LAW IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A PLANK
IN THIS ADMINISTRATION'S SOCIAL
JUSTICE, AND HOW THEY ARE USING
IT.
IS THAT IN HERE?
>> IT'S INCLUDE.
THERE'S A HEALTHCARE SECTION IN
AN AFFORDABLE CITY, TOWARDS THE
END.
WE WILL BE REVIEWING THAT
TOWARDS THE END.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ON THE TOP OF PAGE 4, THE CITY
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
STUDENT ACCESS.
I THINK WE REVIEWED SOME OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES, S.T.E.M.
ACCESS, HIGH DEMAND FIELDS, AS
WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY PROPOSALS.
SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THAT THE
CITY WILL WORK TO ADVANCE
INCLUDES SPECIAL EDUCATION
FUNDING, REPRESENTATIVE GOOD
MAN'S CHILD ACCESS CARE CAP
STUDY, CONTINUED FUNDING FOR
STUDENTS IN NEED THROUGH THE
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT, WHICH
CREATED THE WASHINGTON COLLEGE
GRANT THAT IS THE NEW STATE
MEET GRANT BACKFILL,
ESSENTIALLY, AND POTENTIALLY
EXPANDING ACCESS THROUGH
INCREASED FUNDING.
THE WASHINGTON STATE
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP,
ADOPTING A CLEAN FUEL STANDARD,
ELECTRIFICATION, AND
INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ENERGY,
BUILDING VEHICLE AND BLISSFUL
ELECTRIFICATION, INCLUDING
SHORE POWER, AND RESTRICTIONS
OF PLASTIC STRAWS AND BAGS AT
THE STATE LEVEL, AS WELL.
MOVING ON TO THE TOP OF PAGE 8,
I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
QUINN, WHO WILL SPEAK TO
TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES UNDER
THE HEADING OF AN INTERCONNECTED
CITY SUPPORTED BY A COHESIVE
AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK.
>> THANK YOU, LILY.
UNDER THE INTERCONNECTED CITY,
THE FIRST SECTION HAS TWO MAIN
COMPONENTS.
THE FIRST IS A BROAD STATEMENT
IN SUPPORT OF ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE
SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR MULTIMODAL
INVESTMENTS.
FOR ANY PROJECTS THAT HELP US
MEET OUR GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS, AND FOR OUR
MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER BACKLOG
NEEDS.
THE SECOND HALF OF THE FIRST
SECTION INCLUDES REQUESTS
EITHER TO SECURE OR MAINTAIN A
VARIETY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
THAT WE EITHER HAVE OR WANT TO
HAVE.
THIS INCLUDES AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT FOR BLOCK THE BOX
AND TRANSIT LANES, WHICH IS A
HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT, AND FOR OUR CITY.
THE ABILITY TO SET AND REGULATE
SPEED LIMITS AT A LOCAL LEVEL
TO A GREATER EXTENT, PERTAINING
OUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT A POTENTIAL PRICING
MODEL, RAISING THE BID LIMITS
FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTING,
AND SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY
AROUND THE COMMERCIAL PARKING
TAX.
WE ALSO SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE
OF FREIGHT MOBILITY AND RAIL
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND RAIL SAFETY.
THERE IS A SECTION, SECTION 4,
THAT DEALS WITH THE REGULATIONS
AROUND DISABILITY PARKING
PLACARDS, AND ONE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION WE ARE SPECIFICALLY
LOOKING AT IS TO CREATE A THAT
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO USE
WHEELCHAIRS, SO WE CAN PROVIDE
MORE SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE,
AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS.
THE FINAL SECTION DEALS WITH
SHARED AND NEW MOBILITY,
PRESERVING OUR ABILITY TO
REGULATE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES, AND GIG ECONOMY
WORKERS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE,
I THINK IN THIS CASE,
PREEMPTION WOULD BE THE RIGHT
USE OF THE WORD BY THE STATE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE, AS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
BECOME MORE PREVALENT, AND THE
REGULATIONS AROUND THOSE ARE
DEVELOPED, MAKING SURE THOSE
ARE DONE IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER
THAT INCLUDES INPUT FROM THE
CITY.
FINALLY, INCREASING THE SAFETY
STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT
OPERATE ON OUR STREETS.
>> THANK YOU, QUINN.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
ROBIN, WHO IS GOING TO
HIGHLIGHT GENERAL AREAS IN THE
HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY AREAS.
>> MANY OF YOU KNOW LAST YEAR,
THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION,
THERE WERE MANY PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT ADDRESSED
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AND THIS
COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR ALSO DID
WORK THE PAST YEAR INCLUDED IN
THE BUDGET, SOME WAYS TO USE
THESE NEW OPTIONS THAT THE
STATE LEGISLATURE GAVE US TO
INCREASE RESOURCES FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE WAS A LANDMARK INVESTMENT
IN THE TRUST FUND OF $175
MILLION.
HOUSE BILL 1406 ALLOWED US TO
RETAIN SALES TAX.
WE ARE USING THAT TO FUND THE
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS
THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SOME OF THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
WILL BE MADE AT 1:00 THIS
AFTERNOON, WHICH IS VERY GOOD
NEWS.
WE ARE ALSO UTILIZING THE
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE REAL
ESTATE EXCISE TAX FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WILL
BE INCLUDED IN OUR
ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON,
WHICH IS ALSO VERY EXCITING.
THERE WAS ALSO A PRETTY BIG
PIECE OF EVICTION REFORM
LEGISLATION THAT EXTENDED THE
NOTICE TO VACATE FROM THREE TO
15 DAYS, SO THE REASON THAT I
HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THOSE ISSUES
IS I THINK OUR DELEGATION HAS
BEEN TELLING US, AND TRYING TO
MANAGE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT
WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR IN A
SHORT LEGISLATIVE SESSION
THAT'S JUST 60 DAYS LONG.
I THINK OUR PARTNER ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO RIGHT SIZE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION TO WHAT THEY THINK
CAN REALLY GET DONE THIS YEAR.
TO THAT END, THE HOUSING TRUST
FUND ASK THIS YEAR IS RATHER
MODEST.
IT'S A $10 MILLION ASK FOCUSED
ON PRESERVATION.
THE CITY WILL CERTAINLY BE
SUPPORTING THAT.
IT'S ALSO PAIRED WITH A NICE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
CREATE AN EXEMPTION TO THE REAL
ESTATE EXCISE TAX IF A BUILDING
WERE BEING SOLD TO BE USED AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE SALES FOR
PRESERVATION.
DID SOMEONE HAVE A QUESTION?
THEN, WE WILL BE WORKING ON
MFTE LEGISLATION.
I THINK THERE IS GREAT CONCERN
AROUND WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING
WITH UNITS THAT ARE EXPIRING
WITH INTEREST IN PRESERVING
AFFORDABILITY AROUND THAT.
I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR
DELEGATION THAT THERE IS
CONCERN AROUND OPENING UP THAT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION PROBABLY,
BUT A SORT OF REALIZATION THAT
WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF
EXPIRING UNITS.
I ALSO THINK THERE IS AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT WITH THE EXEMPTION THAT
IS REALIZED BY THE DEVELOPERS,
SO THAT ANY LEGISLATION WOULD
HAVE SOMETHING INCLUDED IN AT
THAT WOULD LIMIT THE RENTS AND
MAKE SURE THEY WERE AFFORDABLE
IF THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE
EXTENSION OF THE ADDITIONAL 12
YEARS OF THE TAX EXEMPTION.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE STATE
LEGISLATION FOR MFTE IS VERY
BROAD AND HAS TO ADDRESS A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
NEEDS AROUND THE STATE.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHATEVER HAPPENS AT THE STATE
LEVEL, WE RIGHT SIZE, AND CAN
TAYLOR HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL,
SO I THINK ANYTHING THAT
HAPPENS AT THE STATE LEVEL WILL
BE BROADER THAN WHAT WE MIGHT
DO HERE IN SEATTLE LOCALLY.
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EVICTION
REFORM CLEANUP BILL.
I THINK THERE WERE SOME HOLES
NOTICED, AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU
WILL CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN
FOLLOWING THAT LEGISLATION.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF
SMALL TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE
DONE, THAT ARE BEING EXPLORED.
THERE WILL ALSO BE THE JUST
CAUSE EVICTION BILL, AGAIN
REVISITED FROM LAST SESSION.
THAT WILL BE TO DO SOMETHING
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN
SEATTLE STATEWIDE, BUT WILL
ALSO ALLOW US TO EXTEND TO
TENANTS AT THE END OF THEIR
LEASE, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
FINALLY, ANOTHER SMALL ISSUE.
THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED
PROGRAM IS JUST $179 PER MONTH
OF A STIPEND GIVEN TO PEOPLE IN
GREAT NEED.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A SHELTER
EXEMPTION THAT FURTHER LIMITS
THE $197-$120, SO THERE WILL BE
AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT
SHELTER EXEMPTION IS NOT
APPLIED, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO
IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM CAN
GET THE $197.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I JUST
WANTED TO ADDRESS IN THIS
SECTION, THE HEALTHCARE
DISCRIMINATION PIECE, THE THIRD
PARAGRAPH DOWN ON PAGE 9. THE
LAST SENTENCE READS, THE CITY
SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO GUARANTEE
HEALTHCARE AND PREVENT
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS A
COMMENT OR CONCERN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT
SUMMARY.
>> IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M ALWAYS DOING THIS.
BUT NOT THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM
HEARING YOU.
>> IT'S THE SIXTH YEAR AND I'M
STILL DOING THIS.
IN THE PARAGRAPH WHERE YOU SAY
WE SUPPORT INCREASING
FLEXIBILITY, RAISING REVENUE,
AND THE BONDABLE REVENUE
STREAM, I THINK WE NEED TO
SPECIFY THAT WE SUPPORT RAISING
NEW PROGRESSIVE STATE REVENUE
BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
THING.
AND THEN IN THE INCREASING
FLEXIBILITY FOR TOOLS, AND I AM
ASSUMING WE HAVE BROAD
AGREEMENT ON THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THIS, BUT JUST ADDING
SPECIFICALLY THERE THAT
INCREASING FLEXIBILITY FOR
LOCAL TOOLS, SUCH AS MUNICIPAL
PROGRESSIVE REVENUES, OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OUR TOOLS
ARE SO LIMITED.
>> LOCAL TOOLS FOR PROGRESSIVE
--
>> RAISING LOCAL TOOLS.
ONE OTHER POINT, AND MAYBE I'M
MISSING IT, AND IT'S ALREADY
THERE, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THE
CITY COUNCIL HAS NOW FOR THE
SECOND YEAR, WE DID IT FOR THE
UPCOMING YEAR, ALLOWING CITY
FUNDED ATTORNEYS FOR RENTERS
FACING EVICTION, BUT THERE ARE
STATES WHEN IT'S BY RIGHT, IF
YOU ARE A RENTER FACING
EVICTION, IF YOU NEED, THAT IS,
BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
MAKE IT AN ACT OF.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE A
GUARANTEED RIGHT.
WE SHOULD ADD A SENTENCE.
RENTERS FACING EVICTION HAVE
THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY,
TRAINED ATTORNEY OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
NOT WORKING 100% HERE.
ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ADD.
IN GENERAL, I THINK IF HOUSING
IS A HUMAN RIGHT, IT SHOULD BE
PART OF THE PROGRAM FROM THE
STATE, BUT THE IMPACT WE HAVE
SEEN FROM MINIMAL FUNDING FROM
THE CITY TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT
TO COUNCIL HAS A MONUMENTAL
IMPACT ON WHETHER PEOPLE GET AN
EVICTION ON THEIR RECORD OR
NOT.
THAT'S SUCH A DO OR DIE THING
FOR RENTERS.
IF YOU GET AN EVICTION, IT'S
SORT OF A DOWNWARD CYCLE.
>> WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
INCORPORATE THAT AND MAKE SURE
EVERYONE GETS THE UPDATED DRAFT
WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
>> ARE WE PRETTY MUCH THROUGH?
>> THAT WE ADD ANY FRIENDLY IN
HERE?
>> I WILL CHECK AND
INCORPORATE.
>> THAT'S PART OF THE VIBRANT
CITY.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS PETERSON.
BUT JUST PLAYING CATCH-UP.
DOING TRACK CHANGES FROM
EARLIER TO NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE
UNDER AN ACT OF PORTABLE CITY,
YOU ADDED WE SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
TOOLS AND FUNDING TO ADDRESS
THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, BUT
THEN YOU ADDED INCREASED
DENSITY.
IS THERE A WAY TO INCORPORATE
THE SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES
THAT I THINK WE ALL SHARE IN
TERMS OF INCREASED DENSITY NEAR
TRANSIT, OR TO FOSTER
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT VAGUE
ABOUT INCREASING DENSITY FOR
DENSITY'S SAKE CRACKS
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ WAS
ENGAGED LAST SESSION.
WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT IF YOU
WOULD LIKE.
>> WE WILL GET A BRIEFING AND
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK BUT 70% OF
ALL PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN 10
MINUTES OF FREQUENT TRANSIT.
YES, NEAR TRANSIT.
THAT'S MOST OF THE CITY NOW.
THAT WOULD BE MY ARGUMENT.
NOT JUST LIGHT RAIL.
>> I THINK IT'S ESPECIALLY THAT
WAY.
IT'S THE ONLY AREAS WE ARE
LEGALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE DENSITY
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE
HAVE OUR URBAN VILLAGE
STRATEGIES.
I DON'T HAVE AN OPPOSITION TO
GIVING A NOD TO ADDITIONAL
FREQUENT TRANSIT.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE JUST
GOING TO PLAY AROUND WITH THE
LANGUAGE OF INCREASED DENSITY,
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
NARROWING OUR POSSIBILITIES AND
OPPORTUNITIES AROUND
CONVERSATIONS OF DENSITY ISSUES.
IF IT'S GOING TO BE LANGUAGE
THAT RESTRICTS THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT, I WOULD OPPOSE
THAT, BUT IF IT'S A
CONVERSATION ABOUT GENERALLY
FRAMING A DESIRE TO SEE
INCREASED DENSITY THROUGHOUT
THE CITY IN TOOLS AT THE STATE
TO ALLOW US TO ADVANCE THOSE
STRATEGIES, I WOULD BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> OKAY.
STILL FINE-TUNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON BOARD.
>> I'M SORRY.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I HAVE A
QUESTION AROUND THE
TRANSPORTATION AREA.
ON THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT
PIECE FOR TRANSPORTATION, I
RECENTLY SAW ON THE ENTER WEBS
THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT
STRATEGY BEING USED IN NEW YORK
CITY AROUND BUS ONLY
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS ON BUSES AS
OPPOSED TO INSTALLING THEM ON
UTILITY POLES OR RED LIGHT
CAMERAS.
I JUST WANTED TO SIGNAL MY
INTEREST IN EXPLORING THAT AS A
POSSIBILITY WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY TALKED
ABOUT IT AS RED LIGHT CAMERAS
AND OTHER STATICALLY INSTALLED
CAMERAS FOR PURPOSES OF
ENFORCEMENT OF OUR BUS ONLY
LANES, BUT I AM INTRIGUED BY
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING
DEPLOYED NOW IN NEW YORK CITY,
AND A SPACE OF AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT, FOR THE CAMERA IS
INSTALLED ON THE BUS.
SETTING ASIDE THE QUESTION OF
WHO THE MOST FREQUENT OFFENDERS
ARE IN OUR CITY, I AM INTRIGUED
BY THAT TECHNOLOGY, AND WHEN TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE AMPLE SPACE
AND OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE
EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES AS A
CREATIVE WAY FOR US TO
PRIORITIZE THE CITY'S ONGOING
DESIRE TO SEE SOME MORE
EFFICIENT TIMES OF ENFORCEMENT
IN OUR BUS ONLY LANES.
>> THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE
HEARD OF THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT
FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY DIFFERENCE IN
THE TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF
PRIVACY RIGHTS OR ANYTHING
CRACKS IT STRIKES ME AS THE
SAME ARGUMENTS GOING FORWARD,
BUT I REALLY LIKE IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT
THE TECHNOLOGY.
MAYBE, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
AND OTHES THROUGH.
BUT MY RUDIMENTARY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNOLOGY
IS THAT IT'S INSTALLED ON THE
FRONT OF METRO BUSES, AND IF
THERE IS A NON-METRO BUS AND
THE BUS LANE IN FRONT OF SAID
BUS, IT CLICKS A PICTURE, SO
THEORETICALLY THE FIELD OF VIEW
WOULD BE RESTRICTED BEFORE THE
BUS AND THE BUS ONLY, TRANSIT
ONLY LANE.
SO IN THEORY, IT WOULD BE A
NARROWER FIELD OF VIEW, BUT
THIS IS WHY I'M SAYING I'M
INTRIGUED BY THE TECHNOLOGY,
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE
CONSISTENT WITH OUR
SURVEILLANCE AND THE PRIVACY
ORDINANCES.
>> VERY GOOD.
BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO QUINN
ON HIS EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA.
ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT.
DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON
HAS AN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO
US AS WE WERE TO ADVANCE THIS
LEGISLATION.
I WANTED TO SEE HOW FLEXIBLE WE
CAN BE ABOUT THIS POLICY.
I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE
GIVEN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE
HAVE WITH OUR FRIENDS AT
DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON,
IT'S REALLY CLINICAL WE KEEP
UPPING WHICH INTACT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
>> I'M CERTAINLY NOT SUGGESTING
IT'S EITHER/OR.
I THINK WE ARE HEARING BOTH
CROSSWALK BLOCKING ISSUES, BUT
WE ARE ALSO HEARING ABOUT
INAPPROPRIATE OR ILLEGAL USE OF
OUR BUS ONLY, TRANSIT ONLY
DEDICATED LANES.
I THINK IN THE SPACE OF
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT, I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ADVOCATING FOR A BROAD SET OF
SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS ALL OF
THOSE CONCERNS IN A WAY THAT
SUITS OUR NEEDS, SPECIFICALLY.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL HAVE A NICE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO APPROVE
NEXT MONDAY.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE HAVE
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLLOWING
THIS.
I HAVE AN ACTIVE 11:00.
I WILL HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE
EARLY.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF.
>> BRIEF IS A RELATIVE TERM IN
POLITICS.
>> NOT FOR ME, BUDDY.
OUR CIVIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
OCCURRED LAST WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 4. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS BAGSHAW AND
GONZALEZ FOR ATTENDING.
I WILL BE PRESENTING 12 ITEMS
AS YOU SEE LISTED IN THE
AGENDA.
THREE PARK APPOINTMENTS, 14
APPOINTMENTS TO THE NEWLY
FORMED CENTRAL WATERFRONT
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND TWO
ORDINANCES, ONE REGARDING THE
OCEAN PAVILION AND THE CITY
BUYING PITTSBURGH.
WE HEARD FROM THE CEO, MISTER
PETER ROGOFF REGARDING THE
INDEPENDENT SAFETY REVIEW OF
THE AMTRAK DERAILMENT THAT
OCCURRED ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO.
SOUND TRANSIT CONDUCTED AN
INDEPENDENT REVIEW BY A
CONSULTING FIRM BASED IN OREGON
THAT IDENTIFIED SEVERAL
PREVENTABLE ERRORS RELATED TO
THE INCIDENT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE
REPORT OR BRIEF INTERVIEW,
PLEASE CONTACT NIKKI IN MY
OFFICE.
ON THURSDAY MORNING, THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL POLICY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE VOTED TO AMEND THE
ORIGINAL HIGH AUTHORITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MIKE
PRESIDENT HARRELL FOR BEING
THERE AND ASSISTING ME.
ACTUALLY MAKING THE AMENDMENT,
AS WE LAID THEM OUT FOR THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL.
I AM NOT GOING TO GO TO ALL OF
THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES BECAUSE
SOME OF THEM WE HAVE ADDRESSED,
AND WE HAVE AGREED UPON THEM.
I WILL LET COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW ADDRESS THE CROSSWALK,
THE MEMO, AND THE ILA . THANK
YOU FOR ASSISTING AND BEING
OVER AT KING COUNTY WITH ME AND
THE CENTRAL STUFF.
JEFF AND TRACY, THANK YOU FOR
BEING IN THE FRONT ROW.
AND YOUR RELENTLESS COMMITMENT,
AND DETERMINATION TO GET THE
CHANGES WE GOT.
OF COURSE, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES A
REGIONAL RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS, AND WE WANT TO
GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE A
TENTATIVE MEETING SET UP AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUGGESTED ON
DECEMBER 11, WEDNESDAY, AT 3:00
WITH THE RPC.
THAT'S THE COUNTY.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BRING THESE
AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW JUST SPOKE TO ME ABOUT.
THEN ON THURSDAY, AS YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS FROM 9:30 TO
11:30, WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY
COME BACK WITH KING COUNTY'S
RESPONSE, AND HOPEFULLY GET
THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE CITY
IS COMMITTED AS IS THE COUNTY,
THE EXECUTIVE, AND THE MAYOR TO
A REGIONAL RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS.
I AM VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED
ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WERE
MADE AND CAN AGREE TO THOSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK, COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> DO YOU WANT TO PUT ME LAST?
>> OKAY.
THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S COMMENTS
FOR ATTENDING THAT AND
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW FOR
SHEPHERDING THIS FORWARD FOR
REGIONAL RESPONSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM
PLANNING AND SONYA'S COMMITTEE
TODAY HOWEVER THERE IS A LAND-
USE ITEM WITH WHICH
COUNCILEMBER SAWANT
REFERENCED, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ABOUT
MOBILE HOME PARKS.
THE NEXT COMMITTEE WILL BE
DECEMBER 19 HERE IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS AT 9:30.
I ATTENDED A FEW EVENTS IN
DISTRICT 4, WHICH I WOULD LIKE
TO HIGHLIGHT.
I SPOKE AT THE NORTH PRECINCT
ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH
DISCUSSES PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
EACH MONTH.
AS WE KNOW, THE NORTH PRECINCT
BY LAND AREA IS BY FAR THE
LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC PRECINCT FOR
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, SPANNING
THREE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS,
WITH JUST THE ONE OUT OF DATE
POLICE STATION THERE.
THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS,
REMINDING PEOPLE TO STOCK UP
WITH ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER TO
LAST SEVERAL DAYS IN THE CASE
OF A NATURAL DISASTER.
I VISITED FIRE STATION 17 IN
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ON 50th
STREET.
IT'S ONE OF THE BUSIEST FIRE
STATIONS IN SEATTLE.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON THE FRONT
LINES OF OUR HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS, AND WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT THAT, THE CHALLENGES
FIREFIGHTERS FACE.
I SPOKE AT THE LONGFORD
COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY, AND THEN WENT TO
VISIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE
NORTHLAKE TINY HOME VILLAGE,
WHICH COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
MENTIONED, AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
VILLAGE WAS WARMLY WELCOMED BY
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NEARLY 2
YEARS AGO.
I HAD ALSO SPOKEN TO THE
NONPROFIT LEHI, HUMAN SERVICES,
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT MENTIONED
ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, OUR
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCED IT CONTINUES TO DEAL
WITH THE CONTRACT DISPUTE.
THEY WILL ALLOW THEM TO STAY
UNTIL MARCH 30.
I WAS RELIEVED THAT HAD
HAPPENED.
ON A MUCH LIGHTER NOTE, I WILL
BE SPEAKING TOMORROW FOR THE
70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD-
FAMOUS CANDY CANE LANE HOLIDAY
EVENT.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COMMENT
LISTEN TO MY INCREDIBLE
COMMENTS.
>> INCREDIBLE.
>> IF YOU SAY SO YOURSELF.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AS A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE MENTIONED, ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY IS COUNCIL
BILL 1196 96.
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE
MORATORIUM AT THE MOBILE HOME
PARK.
THE CURRENT MORATORIUM EXPIRES
ON FEBRUARY 6. BECAUSE THE
FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF
2020 OCCURS ON JANUARY 6, IF
THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO EXTEND
THE MORATORIUM ACTION, THE BILL
MUST HAPPEN THE LAST COUNCIL
MEETING OF 2019 TO ALLOW THE
BILL TO BECOME EFFECTIVE PRIOR
TO THE INITIAL MORATORIUM
ENDING.
I'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS ISSUE,
AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE'S WORK
ON THIS ISSUE SINCE THE
PREVIOUS MORATORIUM.
WE ALL RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM
KETIL FREEMAN ON COUNCIL
CEMTRAL STAFF LAST FRIDAY.
OPC HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE
ISSUE, AS INDICATED BY SOME
BUDGET DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE
RECEIVED.
THEY HAVE NOT YET PUBLISHED A
CPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION.
CONTINUING THIS MORATORIUM WILL
ALLOW THAT WORK.
I THINK THE OTHER REALLY
EXCITING POINT CENTRAL STAFF'S
MEMO MAKES IS THAT, NOT ONLY
CAN POTENTIAL REGULATIONS OF
THE EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL MIGHT
CONSIDER WORKING ON OVER THE
NEXT SIX MONTHS, MAY NOT ONLY
BE WHAT WE WERE THINKING OF
EARLIER, WHICH IS A LAND-USE
DESIGNATION TO PROTECT A MOBILE
HOME PARK, BUT NOW BECAUSE OF
RECENT NEWS ON THE LEGAL FRONT,
WE COULD ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT A
REQUIREMENT THAT MOBILE HOME
PARKS PROVIDE TENANTS A RIGHT
OF FIRST REFUSAL.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
OPTIONS.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE
NEXT SIX MONTHS TO PURSUE THEM.
WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM
MICHELLE CHEN THIS MORNING WITH
THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY
INDICATING THE PROPERTY HAS
BEEN SOLD TO MHP LLC.
WHO INDICATED IN THE LETTER
THAT THEY INTENDED TO MAINTAIN
ITS OPERATION AS A MOBILE HOME
PARK.
TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL MEETING
WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC HEARING,
AND DEPENDING ON THE WILL OF
THE COUNCIL, IF THERE IS STRONG
SUPPORT, AND NOT A NEED FOR
CONTINUED DELIBERATIONS, AS A
RESULT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING,
WE COULD VOTE IF THE COUNCIL SO
WISHES WITH A WAVING OF THE
RULES.
OR ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE WE
DISCOVERED THEY WOULD NOT
REQUIRE A WAVING OF THE RULES
IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE IT IS
NOT A LAND-USE DECISION.
IN ANY EVENT, WE HAVE THAT
BEFORE US TODAY.
THAT'S AT 2:00.
AS FAR AS ITEMS THAT I HAVE
COMING UP ON MY COMMITTEE
AGENDA THIS WEEK, THIS IS THE
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE
WEEK.
AND I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
ON THAT AGENDA.
AN APPOINTMENT TO THE MUSEUM
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
FOUR APPOINTMENTS AND FIVE
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
ARTS COMMISSION.
ONE REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION.
ONE REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
FOUR APPOINTMENTS AND ONE
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE LGBT
COMMISSION.
THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION.
ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE SEATTLE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITY EASEMENTS.
ONE IS A PURCHASE.
ANOTHER IS A RELINQUISHMENT.
WE HAVE A BRIEFING FROM SPU ON
THEIR RISK AND RESILIENCY
ASSESSMENT AND FRAMEWORK.
AND THEIR AFFORDABILITY, AND
STRATEGIC PLAN.
FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE MOSS
ADAMS ANNUAL ENTRANCE AUDIT
PLAN.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT I
WILL BE OUT OF TOWN NEXT
MONDAY, SO I WILL LOOK TO ONE
OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO
REPORT OUT, TO SPEAK TO THESE
ITEMS AT FULL COUNCIL ON THE
16th.
>> THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> OKAY TOCI.
THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA FROM MY
COMMITTEE.
WE DO HAVE OUR REGULARLY
SCHEDULED MEETING THIS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 AT 9:30
A.M.
WE ARE CONSIDERING SOME
APPOINTMENTS TO THE IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMISSION.
WE WILL ALSO CONSIDER AN
APPOINTMENT TO THE FAMILIES,
EDUCATION, AND PRESCHOOL
PROMISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THEN WE WILL CONCLUDE THE
MEETING WITH A PANEL AND
PRESENTATION BRIEFING, AND
DISCUSSION ON THE CLEAN
CAMPAIGN FACT, WHICH IS THE
CAMPAIGN-FINANCE REFORM BILL
THAT IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH
MY COMMITTEE.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
WELCOMING SEVERAL AND NATIONAL
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON THE
PARTICULAR TOPIC, AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO A GOOD CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF
THAT BILL AND HOW TO ADVANCE IT
HERE IN THE CITY.
THE EVENING BEFORE, ON THE
EVENING OF DECEMBER 10, THAT
THE TUESDAY, I WILL BE JOINING
SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS OVER AT
THE SEATTLE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH ON CAPITOL HILL AT A
TOWN HALL HOSTED BY FIXED
DEMOCRACY FIRST.
IT WILL START AT SIX DARK 30
P.M.
AND CONCLUDE ABOUT A DARK 30
P.M.
THAT WILL BE A CONVERSATION ON
MONEY AND POLITICS, AND THE
CLAIM CAMPAIGNS ACT, AS WELL.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT
THAT COMMUNITY EVENT.
AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE AT
THE SEATTLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
AT 1111 HARVARD AVENUE IN THE
CAPITOL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
JOINING THEM.
ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, I
WILL BE ATTENDING THE
FIREFIGHTER'S PENSION BOARD
MEETING HERE AT CITY HALL.
I THINK THAT WILL LIKELY BE MY
LAST MEETING. IT WILL
DEFINITELY BE COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW'S LAST MEETING ON THE
PENSION BOARD.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
MEETING WITH THOSE GOOD FOLKS.
I WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS A QUICK
UPDATE ON LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK, WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD A SPECIAL
JOINT MEETING OF PUBLIC HEARING
OF MY COMMITTEE AND LABOR
RELATIONS POLICY FOR OUR PURSED
FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
IMPENDING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE OFFICER'S GUILD.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR JOINING ME AT THE COMMITTEE
HEARING.
WE WERE THERE FOR ABOUT TWO
HOURS, LISTENING TO PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AND SOME PRESENTATIONS
FROM THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ENTITIES.
I APPRECIATED YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO ATTEND. MORE TO COME ON THAT
IN THE NEW YEAR.
ALSO, JUST WANTED TO ALERT
PEOPLE AND REMIND FOLKS THAT
OUR STATEWIDE PAID FAMILY
MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM
IS ABOUT TO KICK OFF ON JANUARY
1 OF 2020.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AS
WELL.
THERE IS A STATEMENT WE WILL
PUSH OUT VIA OUR NEWSLETTER TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THEY CAN GO TO GET
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO APPLY,
AND HOW TO QUALIFY, AND WHO IS
ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT
PROGRAM.
IF THEY WORKED THE REQUISITE
NUMBER OF HOURS IN WASHINGTON
STATE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
QUALIFY FOR 12 TO 16 WEEKS OF
PAID FAMILY LEAVE, AND THERE IS
ALSO MILITARY LEAVES AFFORDED
THROUGH THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM.
VERY EXCITING TO SEE THIS LAW
FINALLY RECEIVED FUNDING AND BE
IMPLEMENTED, AND GET KICKED OFF.
REALLY EXCITED FOR ALL OF THE
BENEFITS SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO RECEIVE IN OUR CITY
AND ACROSS THE STATE, AND
REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE
COALITION IN 2016 THAT WAS
FIGHTING HARD TO MAKE THE CASE
FOR FUNDING, AND FINALLY MAKING
OUR FAMILY LEAVE MEDICAL
INSURANCE PROGRAM A PAID EMILY
MEDICAL INSURANCE LEAVE PROGRAM,
AND TO HAVE THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE VERSION OF THIS LAW
IN THE COUNTRY FEELS PRETTY
DARN GOOD.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS
KICKED OFF.
THAT'S IT.
>> EXCELLENT.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HAS
ONE ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
AGENDA.
WE HAVE A STREET VACATION FOR
HARBORVIEW.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VACATION.
I GUESS I WOULD CALL IT A
SKYBRIDGE EVEN THOUGH, IT'S
ACTUALLY LIKE OFFICE SPACE OR
MEDICAL SPACE UP THERE.
IT'S ALMOST A 20-YEAR PROCESS
GOING ON.
WE FINALLY CONCLUDED ALL THE
DETAILS.
THE CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL WAS
GRANTED BEFORE ANY OF US WERE
ON THE COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE FINAL APPROVAL NOW
THAT THEY'VE MET ALL OF THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS AND
HAVE WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE ACTUAL
RIGHT-OF-WAY, OF THE VACATION.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA.
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HAS
ONE FINAL COMMITTEE MEETING
THIS THURSDAY.
I WANT TO SAY AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA.
WE ARE GOING TO START AT 1:00
IN COMMITTEE, JUST BECAUSE OF
QUITE A FULL AGENDA.
FOR FOLKS PLANNING TO ATTEND, I
IMAGINE THERE WILL BE A FAIR
AMOUNT OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
ITEMS.
I AM GUESSING THE COMMITTEE
WILL GET TO THAT AROUND ONE
DARK 30 WITH THE ACTUAL AGENDA
ITEMS.
WE ARE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE
ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
PUSHING THE GREEN NEW DEAL AT
THE TABLE, TALKING ABOUT WHAT
HAS HAPPENED TO DATE, AND WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IN 2020.
WE WANT TO CONSIDER AN EXPANSION
OF THE COMMUTER BENEFITS
ORDINANCE.
THAT WAS THE ORDINANCE WE
PASSED A YEAR AGO THAT REQUIRES
ALL EMPLOYERS OVER A CERTAIN
SIZE TO OFFER PRETAX DEDUCTIONS
FOR TRANSIT EMPLOYEES IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
HE HAS A MULTIYEAR ROLL OUT OF
WHEN IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT.
WE ARE STILL IN THE TRANSITION
PHASE, BUT A LOT OF TRANSIT
ADVOCATES ARE INTERESTED IN
UING THAT FRAMEWORK TO EXPAND
BENEFITS TO EMPLOYEES.
THIS RESOLUTION WOULD LAY OUT
SOME THINGS TO BE RESEARCHING.
WE WILL HAVE THAT FOR
DISCUSSION AND HOPEFULLY A VOTE.
WE WILL HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS.
ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE MOVE
SEATTLE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
AN APPOINTMENT TO THE SUGARY
BEVERAGE TAX COMMITTEE.
WE WILL GET AN UPDATE ON THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEE
AND SALES TAX FUNDED WORK THAT
PROVIDES CLOSE TO ABOUT $50
MILLION, MOSTLY FOR TRANSIT
SERVICE, FOR METRO KING COUNTY.
70% IS WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN 10
MINUTES WALK TO TRANSIT.
NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 70%.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASER
FOR THE COMMITTEE.
WE WILL BE GETTING AN UPDATE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON THE
DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THEY ARE
MAKING, AND WHERE THEY ARE TO
DATE, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING NEARLY
HALF OF THAT FUND IS FUNDED
THROUGH VEHICLE LICENSE FEES,
WHICH IS TIED UP IN THE LEGAL
WORK AROUND 976.
THIS PRESENTATION IS LESS ABOUT
THE SPECIFICS AROUND 976, AND
MORE ABOUT HISTORICALLY WHAT
HAS HAPPENED, AND WHAT ARE THE
INVESTMENTS GOING FORWARD?
OBVIOUSLY, AROUND LEGAL
CHALLENGES.
IT'S NOT CRYSTAL-CLEAR, BUT WE
WILL SEE WHAT THE PLAN IS.
FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE A VISION
ON BRIEFING ZERO, AND THE
DIVISION MASTER PLAN.
THE WEEK BEFORE LAST, TRAGIC
COLLISIONS LED TO 12
PEDESTRIANS DYING IN AURORA.
IT'S BEEN A HORRIFIC YEAR FOR
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
WE WANT TO HEAR BACK ON OUR
PLANS.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED THIS YEAR
FROM THOSE COLLISIONS, AND WHAT
ARE THE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS WE
ARE LOOKING TO DO MOVING
FORWARD.
THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT NEXT
STEP IN HOW WE MAKE SURE 2020
DOESN'T REPEAT THE KIND OF
HORRIFIC NUMBERS WE HAVE SEEN
IN 2019.
BUT CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?
WE HAVE TONS OF MATERIAL STILL
TO GET THROUGH THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO QUICKLY ASK, LIKE YOU
WERE SAYING, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED
SO MUCH ON VISION ZERO, BUT
AURORA IS AN AMAZINGLY BAD
EXAMPLE OF HOW MANY TERRIBLE
THINGS HAPPEN.
IS THERE A PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL
BARRIERS, OR EXPANDED SIDEWALKS,
OR SOMETHING ON THOSE ROADS?
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC, AND
A LOT MORE APARTMENT BUILDINGS
GOING UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS WE WILL HEAR ABOUT.
SPEED IS A BIG FACTOR IN ALL OF
THIS.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT
NUMBERS, BUT SOMEONE TROUBLING
AT 40 MILES-PER-HOUR WITH A
PEDESTRIAN IN THE BIKE LANE,
THERE'S A 90% CHANCE IT'S GOING
TO BE SERIOUS INJURY OR
FATALITY.
THE SPEEDS REALLY MATTER.
WE DID PASS LEGISLATION A FEW
YEARS AGO THAT MADE THE DEFAULT
SPEEDS AND ARTERIALS 25 MILES-
PER-HOUR, AND ON NON-ARTERIAL
ROADS, 29 MILES-PER-HOUR, BUT
TO MAKE THE TRANSITION DOWN TO
25 REQUIRES SOME STUDY.
I THINK IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN
WE HAD HOPED, BUT THERE MAY BE
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXTEND THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, AURORA IS A STATE
HIGHWAY.
RAINIER AVENUE.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MOST
DEADLY PLACES IN OUR CITY
REQUIRE COORDINATION BETWEEN
WSDOT AND SDOT.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL HEAR A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE
COORDINATION LOOKS LIKE.
THERE IS A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER
THINGS WE CAN DO. IT'S ABOUT
ENFORCEMENT, ENGINEERING,
EDUCATION.
ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT
PIECES.
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT.
EVERYTHING GOOD?
ALL RIGHT.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S ME AGAINST ALL
OF YOU GUYS.
WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO
SALLY BAGSHAW.
>> TODAY, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF
ITEMS FROM THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S
VOTE.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION, SOME
SURPLUS PROPERTY TRANSFER, AND
A NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS.
THIS WEEK, I ALSO HAVE A
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
THIS WILL BE OUR LAST ONE.
AGAIN, A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE HST FEDERAL
ACTION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE OUR FOURTH QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL.
WE HAD A BRIEFING LAST WEEK.
THIS WILL POTENTIALLY BE A VOTE
COMING UP.
A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS
WEEK, BUT I NEED YOUR
ASSISTANCE IN DIVING IN.
THANK YOU.
I WISH MY TWO COLLEAGUES HERE
WERE BACK FOR THIS BECAUSE I'M
GOING TO NEED YOU ALL TO HELP
ME WAY IN.
FIRST, I'M GOING TO DISTRIBUTES
THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
WITHOUT THE REDLINES THAT YOU
WILL SEE, AND THERE ARE SOME
REDLINES IN HERE THAT ARE THE
RESULT OF AN EXCELLENT TOM
HOLLY MEETING I HAD HAD,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
GONZALEZ, AND PEDERSON JOINED
ME THIS WEEKEND.
IF YOU WILL PASS IT THAT
DIRECTION, AND I WILL KEEP ON
HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU WHAT
AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS.
I'M ALSO GOING TO DISTRIBUTE.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO BE AT THE
TABLE CRACKS TRACY, JEFF, AND
EMILY HAVE BEEN AMAZINGLY
HELPFUL IN PULLING THIS
TOGETHER.
THAT'S A COMPARISON CHART OF
WHAT THE ILA THAT PASSED OUT OF
RPC LAST THURSDAY SAID.
AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
WERE.
IN THE DOCUMENT I DISTRIBUTED,
WE DO HAVE THE REDLINES THAT WE
ADDED ON FRIDAY.
HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.
PRPC, THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE, MET LAST THURSDAY.
THEY PASSED OUT UNANIMOUSLY,
THIS IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT
WITHOUT THE REDLINES THAT YOU
SEE.
I THINK IT WAS QUITE A
CONTENTIOUS MEETING BASED UPON
WHAT I HEARD, AND AGAIN
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAROLD, THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING THE CITY'S POSITION.
ARE THERE 12 MEMBERS OF THE
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE?
AT ANY RATE, KING COUNTY A
COUNCIL, SAND CITY, AND CITY OF
SEATTLE.
THIS IS PASSED OUT WITHOUT OUR
REDLINES OUT OF THE RPC.
THAT WAS THE LAST RPC MEETING
THIS YEAR.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE
ANOTHER THIS COMING WEDNESDAY,
BUT IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY
CANCELED.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DECISIONS
TO MAKE.
>> THAT'S HOT OFF THE PRESS.
THE CHAIR DID SAY, AT THE
MEETING, THERE WAS A
PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT DATE.
>> CORRECT.
HOT OFF THE PRESS.
RPC ON WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN
OFFICIALLY CANCELED.
>> POWER PLAY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES.
YES, IT IS.
HERE ARE OUR OPTIONS.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
DRAFT THAT WE CAME UP WITH ON
FRIDAY.
THIS WAS THANKS TO
COUNCILMEMBERS AGAIN.
I AFFECTIONATELY CALLED THEM
THE WEST WING.
THE FOUR OF US WERE HERE.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE, I
THOUGHT, EXCELLENT BASED UPON
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES, SOME
LANGUAGE IN THERE, THAT JUST
MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE
INVESTMENTS FOR THE NEW
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE WOULD BE
BASED UPON STRATEGIES THAT ARE
EMERGING NATIONAL BEST
PRACTICES.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS TERRIFIC.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER ITEM IN
HERE WHICH I THINK IS THE LAST
REMAINING ISSUE WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH.
THAT IS THE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUAL VOTES THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED FROM MEMBERS OF THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
SHOULD THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE
PLAN, THE BUDGET, OR TO FIRE
THE CEO.
THAT'S A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT
WE ARE DEALING WITH.
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
BROUGHT UP IS THAT GROUP WILL
MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, WITH REGARD TO
THE VOTING, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE
ANYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO
FACE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO
A YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE THE
IMPLEMENTATION SETTING SET UP.
IF WE WERE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE
PASS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH LAST
FRIDAY, IT CHANGES THE VOTING
STRUCTURE THAT THE RPC HAD
RECOMMENDED.
PRPC RECOMMENDS A QUORUM OF NINE
AND THAT A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY
OF THAT MIND COULD POTENTIALLY
BE SIX.
THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IN
ORDER TO CHANGE THE BUDGET,
FIRE THE CEO, OR CHANGE THE
PLAN.
OUR RECOMMENDED DOCUMENT ON
FRIDAY SUGGESTED NINE MEMBERS
OUT OF THE 12 WOULD HAVE TO
VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY TO DO ANY
ONE OF THOSE THREE ACTIONS.
THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
INCORPORATED IN THE ILA BASED
UPON OUR WORK LAST FRIDAY, LAST
THURSDAY, BUT INCORPORATED
FRIDAY MORNING, THAT REDLINES
IN YOUR DOCUMENT ARE IMPORTANT,
YET THERE'S AN ARGUMENT THAT
THEY ARE ALREADY THERE.
AN EXAMPLE WAS ON PAGE 6 OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
WE ADDED A REDLINE THAT SAID
EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES, WHAT
WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE, BUT IT
ALSO SAYS THAT TWO PARAGRAPHS
DOWN.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION
OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT INCLUDING
EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES.
IT BOILS DOWN TO THE LAST REAL
CONTENTIOUS ITEM, THIS NUMBER
OF GOVERNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WHO WOULD HAVE TO VOTE FOR
THOSE THREE ITEMS WE TALKED
ABOUT.
ONCE AGAIN, FIRING THE CEO,
CHANGING THE BUDGET, OR
CHANGING THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS WE
CAN DO RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING
TODAY BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING
IN FRONT OF US, BUT I AM TRYING
TO MAKE THIS AS CLEAR AS
POSSIBLE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS
ARE.
SINCE THE RPC IS NOT MEETING
AGAIN, KING COUNTY COUNCIL
WILL, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, VOTE
FOR, AND ENDORSE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RPC THIS
COMING WEDNESDAY.
THAT IS THEIR LAST FULL COUNCIL
MEETING FOR THE YEAR.
IF WE WERE TO SAY GOING FORWARD
THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE ILA AS
IT WAS VOTED OUT, WE WOULD DO
SO THIS COMING THURSDAY AT OUR
SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS.
ONE OF THE VALUES OF DOING THIS,
WHICH WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE
ILA AS IT WAS VOTED AT THE
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE, WE
WOULD BE IN SYNC WITH COUNTY
COUNCIL , BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS
DONE IN 2018, THEN MOVE FORWARD
WITH SELECTING THE IMPLEMENTING
BOARD, BRING THE TEAMS TOGETHER
FROM KING COUNTY AND THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, AND GET THE WORK
DONE WHICH IS TO GET MORE
PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.
THAT IS OPTION A. OPTION B IS
TO PASS --
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
I HAVE A PERSONAL CONFLICT.
I HAVE TO DO PART OF A
PRESENTATION NOW.
WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK IS I'M
GOING TO SEE IF I CAN COME BACK
DOWN IF I MAY BECAUSE WE HAVE
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO
GIVE THE SCRIPT TO GO ON
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO WHOEVER
THE APPROPRIATE PERSON WOULD BE
TO READ IT, BUT I CAN'T
PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION
NOW BECAUSE OF PHONE HUNDRED
50th.
>> I THINK HALF OF US ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE.
>> YOU HAVE TO INTRODUCE IT?
LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO SOME
MAGIC.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I NEED TO GET A SENSE OF THE
GROUP, WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
THERE'S A VALLEY ARGUMENT TO
SAY WE ARE 95%, MAYBE 99% THERE
WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT THAT WAS VOTED OUT
FROM THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE.
BUT I THINK I AM MAKING MYSELF
CLEAR, AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE
SOME THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY.
THE OTHER OPTION IS OPTION B,
WHICH IS FOR US TO VOTE ON THE
AGREEMENT AS WE DISCUSSED IT ON
FRIDAY.
IF WE SHOULD DO THAT, IT
DEFINITELY ROLLS OVER INTO
JANUARY WITH YOU BEING ONE AND
COUNCILMEMBER ELECT STRAUSS
WHO IS CLEAR ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING HERE, BUT WE WILL HAVE
TWO COMPLETELY NEW PEOPLE ON
THE BOARD.
I TALKED WITH COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ THIS MORNING,
RECOGNIZING THAT I WANT TO HEAR
FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING
TO BE HERE BECAUSE IF I HAND
HIS BACK TO YOU, AND WE
DOWN TO ONE ISSUE, I BELIEVE,
ON THIS VOTE COUNT THAT'S
REALLY SIGNIFICANT, IF YOU WANT
TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN IN
JANUARY, AND IT REQUIRES GROUPS
TO GET BACK TOGETHER, IT WOULD
REQUIRE THE RPC OPENING IT UP
AGAIN, KING COUNTY COUNCIL
OPENING UP AGAIN FOR
CONVERSATION, AND I THINK
FRANKLY, THE QUESTION IS, DO
YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT THE ISSUE
THAT WE ARE REALLY GOING
FORWARD WITH TO SORT OUT?
OR CAN WE MAKE A DECISION THAT
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS
GOOD ENOUGH BUT WE WOULD HAVE
THE RESOLUTION ATTACHED TO IT
THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
SURE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED
LANGUAGE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE
WE PASSED ON FRIDAY IS GOING TO
BE PART OF WHAT WE ARE
EXPECTING GOING FORWARD.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET A SENSE
FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE,
HOW YOU ARE FEELING ABOUT IT.
JEFF AND TRACY, DO YOU WANT TO
BRING ANYTHING ELSE UP?
>> CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?
WANT TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT
THE DIFFERENCES ARE.
I DON'T NEED IT.
THE PREVIOUS ITERATION THAT WE
DISCUSSED IN THE SELECT
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, SAID THAT
THE FOLLOWING ACTION AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE SHALL
REQUIRE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF
A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY OF
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT
PROVIDING QUORUM REQUIREMENTS.
THAT VERSION HAD A QUORUM
REQUIREMENT.
I JUST WANT TO REFRESH MY
MEMORY THAT, IN PRACTICE, THAT
WOULD BE SIX MEMBERS, CORRECT?
>> IF ONLY NINE PEOPLE SHOW UP.
>> MINIMUM OF SIX.
OKAY.
WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE
WAS A VERSION THAT WOULD
REQUIRE A AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF
NINE MEMBERS.
>> CORRECT.
BUT NO QUORUM REQUIREMENT, BUT
IT REQUIRED ABSOLUTE NINE
MEMBERS.
THIS VERSION IS EIGHT.
>> CORRECT.
>> THE VERSION IN FRONT OF US
IS EIGHT.
>> CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP?
IS IT DIFFERENT FOR HOW YOU
DEAL WITH THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR VERSUS AMENDING THE
BUDGET?
I THOUGHT IT WAS A HIGHER
THRESHOLD, EVEN IN THE RPC
VERSION FOR THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.
>> YOU ARE CORRECT.
THE RPC VERSION HAS A HIGHER
THRESHOLD.
IT'S A MINIMUM OF NINE.
THE OTHER TWO ACTIONS WILL OR
TWO THIRDS OF HOW MANY ARE
PRESENT.
AS LOW AS SIX.
AS HIGH AS EIGHT.
THE DRAFT BEFORE YOU WOULD BE
ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS ARE
TREATED EQUALLY.
IT'S ALL EIGHT, REGARDLESS OF
QUORUM.
>> WE BELIEVE THERE IS SUPPORT
FOR THAT APPROACH.
FOR HAVING THE SAME THRESHOLD
FOR ALL OF THE ACTIONS AS
OPPOSED TO THERE BEING A
BIFURCATED THRESHOLD.
>> MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
IS, I BELIEVE THERE IS AN
APPETITE FOR THAT, BUT I CAN'T
DELIVER THAT TO YOU.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU NAMES.
I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SAID, YES,
THEY WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
EVEN THAT IS GOING TO TAKE
ANOTHER ACTION BY RPC.
SINCE THEY AREN'T MEETING
WEDNESDAY, IT HAS TO COME BACK
TO THEM IN JANUARY.
WE CAN PITCH EIGHT OR NINE, BUT
EITHER WAY, THEY ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO SAY YAY OR NAY.
IF THEY SAY NO, WE HAVE TO
DECIDE AT THAT POINT, HOW
SERIOUS AND DEEP WE WANT TO GO
ON THIS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND IN ORDER TO
MOVE THIS FORWARD THAT THIS
BODY CONSIDER A COMPROMISE ON
THAT VOTING PIECE.
>> WHO IS THE CHAIR THAT
CANCELED THE MEETING?
>> THERE'S A COCHAIR, AS WELL.
I THINK.
ONE OF THE SMALLER CITY
REPRESENTATIVES.
>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
CANCELLATION OF THE MEETING IS
THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG FOR
GOOD POLICY.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WOULD
JUST MEET.
>> IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE TO
HAVE A TELEPHONE SPECIAL
MEETING.
>> I BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE SAME
RULES. IF YOU ACT THIS WEEK, WE
WOULD NOT HAVE TO ACT AGAIN.
IT WOULD BE BACK TO COUNTY
COUNCIL THIS YEAR.
OR NEXT YEAR.
WE COULD SAY THIS IS OUR BEST
AND FINAL THAT WE CAN DO GIVEN
THAT WE HAVE A BODY JUST LIKE
YOU THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO
WEIGH IN ON THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN YOUR FIRST
OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE
HAD THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION.
YOU COULD ACT.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO CALL ANOTHER
MEETING, BUT THEY COULD DO THAT
IN 2019 OR 2020.
>> LET ME MAKE A POINT.
WHEN WE MOVED FROM A PDA MODEL
TRAGIC ILA MODEL, AS FAR AS THE
TEXT ITSELF, IT WASN'T MUCH OF
A CHANGE.
THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THE PDA WOULDN'T HAVE TAXING
AUTHORITY, WHICH IT WOULD NOT
IN ANY WAY.
THIS HAS SOME COMPROMISES WE
MADE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT WE DID.
THE PDA MODEL, WHICH MOVED TO
TRAGIC ILA MODEL.
THEY DON'T WANT TRAGIC
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THEY WANT A CEO.
I WOULD SAY, TO SOME DEGREE,
SOME OF IT WAS MOVING THE
CHAIRS ON THE DECK.
IT WASN'T OFFENSIVE LIKE THIS
WAS THE CORE AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS
SINCE AT LEAST JUNE.
I THINK THIS COUNCIL WAS
BRIEFED THREE TIMES, AND I WAS
BRIEFED THREE TIMES OVER THERE.
IT DIDN'T GET LOST ON US OR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL, THAT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WAS PUTTING
IN $73 MILLION, AND KING COUNTY
WAS PUTTING IN $53 MILLION, AND
THE SOUND CITIES WERE PUTTING
IN ZERO DOLLARS.
IT GOT CONTENTIOUS, BUT IT
SHOULD.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
BENSHOT.
SHE WORKED OVER THANKSGIVING
AND THIS WEEKEND.
EVEN THOUGH WE WERE HOLDING THE
LINE ON 80%, AND WHAT THAT
WOULD MEAN, THE BOTTOM LINE FOR
ME WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW THE BIGGER PICTURE IS,
ARE WE COMMITTED TO A REGIONAL
APPROACH, AND GETTING IT ACROSS
THE FINISH LINE?
I AM NOT GOING TO GET HUNG UP
ON 80%, 75%, EIGHT MEMBERS.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD OR
GONZALEZ WHO DID THE AMENDMENT
I LIKE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT WORK.
HAVING EIGHT MEMBERS PRESENT
FOUR TIMES A YEAR TO VOTE ON
THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES
IS A SUCCESS.
IT LOOKS LIKE SUCCESS TO ME.
I AM GOOD WITH THAT, BUT I WILL
OBVIOUSLY LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES
AND WHAT THEY WOULD DEEM
APPROPRIATE.
I THINK ALL IN ALL, I WOULD
SAY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I
THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 90% OF WHAT
WE WANTED.
YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING
YOU WANT, BUT IF THE BIGGER
PICTURE IS A REGIONAL APPROACH
TO WHERE THIS CITY HAS A MAJOR
ABOUT INVOICE ABOUT HOW WE
SHELTER THE UNSHELTERED, I
THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT.
>> I HAVE TO GO UPSTAIRS IN
FIVE MINUTES.
I'M GOOD.
ARE WE WAITING FOR DIRECTION?
>> I AM LOOKING TO MAKE
COMMENTS.
>> GO AHEAD.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
>> I WANT TO START OFF BY
REALLY MAKING CLEAR FOR THE
RECORD THAT THE QUESTIONS I
RAISED LAST WEEK DURING THE
COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD ON THE
FIRST AND ONLY COMMITTEE
HEARING ON THE DRAFT LANGUAGE
OF THE ILA, WHICH IS INTENDED
TO OPERATIONALIZE THIS REGIONAL
COOPERATION THEORY SHOULD NOT
BE RECEIVED OR PERCEIVED AS
BEING AGAINST A REGIONAL
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING A
REGIONAL ISSUE.
I WANT TO MAKE REALLY CLEAR
THAT I DO SUPPORT A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS THIS
REGIONAL ISSUE.
WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT, AT
THIS POINT, IS THE ILA BEFORE
US, AND I WANT TO MOVE PAST THE
PDA VERSUS ILA CONVERSATION
BECAUSE THAT SHIP HAS SAILED AS
A SAY.
I THINK WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN TERMS
OF A THEORY OF CHANGE IN THE
STRUCTURE OF THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THE PRIOR HEARINGS, AND THERE'S
BEEN A LOT OF REFERENCE ABOUT A
NUMBER OF TIMES WE'VE BEEN
BRIEFED.
THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE'VE BEEN
BRIEFED HAVE BEEN ON A PDA
MODEL.
SECOND OF ALL, HAVE ALL BEEN
BRIEFINGS ARE PRIMARILY
BRIEFINGS FROM MARKDOWNS, THE
CONSULTANT WE WERE PAYING
$500,000 TO GIVE US A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
STRUCTURE THIS REGIONAL WORK,
AND THEN ONE OF HIS PRIMARY
RECOMMENDATIONS BEHIND THIS
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE AUTHORITY
WAS, YOU HAVE TO INSULATE
FUNDING DECISIONS FIRST AND
FOREMOST, AND PRIMARILY FROM
POLITICAL INFLUENCE, UNDUE
POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
THAT MEANT A RECOMMENDATION
THAT FOCUSED ON SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
MEANS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, AND TO MAKE IT A
ONE TIME, A RARE EXPERIENCE.
I AM NOT THAT SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERT.
I AM A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY
WHO SUES GOVERNMENT BY TRADE.
THAT IS WHAT I DID.
I VALUE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT WE GOT FROM A CONSULTANT
THAT WE HIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR
THE PURPOSES OF GIVING US THAT
RECOMMENDATION.
FOR ME, THE POLICY QUESTION IS
NOT A PETTY ONE IN TERMS OF
THIS VOTE.
THE VOTE COUNTS FOR THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THE RECIPE IS
SUCH THAT A BODY MADE UP OF
ENTIRELY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THREE PEOPLE
WHO REPRESENT LIVED EXPERIENCES
OF THOSE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS, WHETHER OR NOT
THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE HAS
EFFECTIVELY USURPED THE ABILITY
TO VETO THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED ON
THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD, WHICH
TO ME, MEANS WE ARE AGREEING TO
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE TO
STATUS QUO OR STATUS QUO MODEL
THAT REASSERTS POLITICAL
INFLUENCE.
FOR ME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FROM
THAT PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT NUMBERS.
IS NOT A NUMBERS GAME.
IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH THE
COUNTY TRUST THE CITY, THE CITY
TRUSTS THE COUNTY, OR THE SOUND
ASSOCIATIONS TRUST ALL OF US.
IT'S ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE
HAVE SET THE DIAL AT A PLACE
WHERE WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT,
AS A PERIOD OF CHANGE, WE ARE
NOT MAKING IT SO EASY FOR AN
ENTITY THAT CONSISTS OF ALMOST
ENTIRELY ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO
EFFECTIVELY HAVE VETO POWER
OVER THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD
WHICH IS WHERE THE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTISE EXISTS.
I AM HUNG UP ON THAT NUMBER
BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT THE
NUMBER.
IT'S ABOUT THE UNDERLYING
PURPOSE OF WHAT IT REPRESENTS,
WHICH IS, AS I'VE ARTICULATED
ALREADY.
FRANKLY, I AM UPSET THAT THIS
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE WAS
CANCELED FOR THIS WEEK BECAUSE
I DO FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A BIT
OF A POWER PLANT WE ARE BEING
HELD OVER A BARREL OR THEY
THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE HELD
OVER A BARREL.
I THINK WE SHOULD ADVANCE OUR
POLICY GOALS.
IT WILL BE UP TO THE COUNTY
COUNCIL TO EITHER REJECT OR
ACCEPT THOSE BASED ON WHATEVER
THEIR PROCESS MIGHT BE.
INCOMING INDICATED THIS TO
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
ONCE WE HAVE TAKEN OUR ACTION,
I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE
TO TAKE ACTION AGAIN IN JANUARY.
IF WE BOTH AND SAY, THIS IS
WHERE WE ARE AT.
THEY CAN CHOOSE ON THEIR
REGIONAL POLICY PERSPECTIVE,
AND THEIR OWN KING COUNTY
PROCESSES TO GO IN THAT
RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY
TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL DELAY.
>> OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I CONCUR.
IF THE COUNCIL CAN GET TO
CONSENSUS ON THURSDAY, I THINK
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, YOU'VE
BEEN LEADING THIS.
TO REACH A DOCUMENT THAT I
THINK REFLECTS A LOT OF OUR
VALUES, AND ACKNOWLEDGES A LOT
OF THE VALUES THAT OTHER FOLKS
WANT TO SEE SOMETHING IN THEIR.
IT IS FORTUNATE THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH TIME TO DO ANOTHER
ITERATION OF THIS, BUT THAT
SAID, I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY
GOOD CLARITY OF WHERE WE WANT
TO GO.
I THINK WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF
MODIFICATIONS TO DATE TO
ACCOMMODATE A WHOLE HOST OF
OTHER PERSPECTIVES.
IF WE ARE IN CONSENSUS IN THE
COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY, ON WHERE
WE WANT TO BE, I THINK IT MAKES
SENSE TO PASS LEGISLATION.
WE CAN HAND IT BACK TO FOLKS,
AND LET THEM SEE WHAT THAT IS.
I DON'T NECESSARILY
CHARACTERIZE IT AS TAKE IT OR
LEAVE IT.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
THIS INTO 2020.
IT WILL JUST TAKE LONGER.
WHERE WE CAN GET ON THURSDAY IS
MAKING SOME REASONABLE
MODIFICATIONS TO THE DOCUMENT
THAT WAS PASSED OUT OF RPC, AND
PUT IT BACK IN THEIR LAP TO
ENTERTAIN THOSE, HOPEFULLY
ACCEPT THEM, AND IF NOT THERE
WILL BE FUTURE FOLKS TO GO
FORWARD.
IF WE DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS,
STRONG DIVISIONS, WE SHOULD
PROBABLY JUST WAIT AND WHAT
2020 COUNCILMEMBERS WORK ON
THAT FURTHER.
MY HOPE IS BASED ON THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE, THERE WILL BE
CONSENSUS ON THURSDAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE WILL SPEND MORE TIME IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
I WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO
MY RPC COLLEAGUES.
I WILL SEE IF THERE IS A SWEET
SPOT THERE.
ALL OF THE POLICY AND
PRINCIPLES THAT YOU ARTICULATE,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, I THINK
ARE ACCURATE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON
THURSDAY.
THE REASON TO HAVE THE
GOVERNING BODY NOT THE ELECTED
BODY, THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE
THEY ARE CALLED, NOT BE ABLE TO
METAL IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS
COMING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD, ARE TO PUT INTO FORCE,
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE
HEARD FROM MARKDOWNS AND
OTHERS.
I HEAR THAT LOUD AND CLEAR.
I AM LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE
CHANCES?
I HOPE THAT WE CAN WHITTLE IT
DOWN TO THIS ONE THING AND HAVE
FURTHER INPUT IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
THURSDAY, WE WILL HAVE
SOMETHING IN FRONT OF US TO
VOTE ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> I AM SPEAKING IN A BIG VOICE
ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I DON'T WANT
YOU TO TAKE THAT AS A SIGNAL OF
LACK OF APPRECIATION FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND
JUST FOR THE NUMBER OF HOURS
THAT YOU HAVE SPENT ON THIS
ISSUE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
SINCERE DESIRE TO STRIKE THE
RIGHT BALANCE.
I THINK I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT IN
COMMUNICATING TO YOU MY
INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT
THIS LAST REMAINING ISSUE,
WHICH I HOPE IS NOT GOING TO BE
PAYING UP, BUT I DO THINK IT'S
AN IMPORTANT POLICY QUESTION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
INSULATING THE IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD FROM UNDUE POLITICAL
INFLUENCE OF THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE IN THESE REALLY THREE
CRITICAL AREAS OF AMENDING THE
BUDGET, HIRING THE CEO, OR
AMENDING THE FIVE-YEAR
STRATEGIC PLAN.
THOSE ARE BIG ISSUES, AND
HOLDING THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS LARGELY
MADE UP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
A HIGHER STANDARD, I THINK IS
REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN
ORDER TO COMPLY WITH AND BE
INTELLECTUALLY HONEST WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SAW
COMING OUT OF MARKDOWNS AND HIS
GROUP.
I HOPE THERE IS SOME REASONABLE
SPACE TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT
CONSENSUS ACROSS THE STREET,
úAND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A
SINCERE COMMITMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAD TO REINTRODUCE THE
ORDINANCE, SO YOU WILL SEE ON
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL FEE
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE UP FOR
CONSIDERATION AS YOU HAVE IT IN
FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
IT REFLECTS THE NUMBER, BUT YOU
WILL HAVE THAT ON THURSDAY TO
HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE
YOU VOTE.
>> WE WILL CALL THIS IN AN
INTERMEDIATE PHASE BETWEEN NOW
AND THURSDAY.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO CALL EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
>> SHE'S GOT THAT GOLDENROD
SHEET.
>> I AM ANNOUNCING THAT THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW
COMING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR
THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION TO DISCUSS IMPENDING
POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ARE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS WITH CITY ATTORNEYS AS
AUTHORIZED BY LAW, A LEGAL
MONITOR FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS
PRESENT.
QUESTIONS OF POLICY ARE FOR
OPEN SESSIONS.
I EXPECT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
TO WIN BY END BY 11:35.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO
BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT TIME, I
WILL ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION,
AND THE EXPECTED DURATION.