>>> WELCOME EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS NOVEMBER 25, 2019.
THIS IS THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
I AM COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW . I
WANT TO STATE THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUES.
THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE OUR GOOD BUDDY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA JOIN US
AT 2 PM BUT WE HAVE SOME FINAL
THINGS TO DO TODAY . THIS IS
ACTUALLY OUR FINAL SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I KNOW YOU ARE ALL GOING TO
MISS GETTING TOGETHER ON A
REGULAR BASIS.
SO I AM GOING TO MOVE TO
APPROVE THE AGENDA AND I'M
GOING TO MOVE IT AS IN FRONT OF
YOU AND THEN I HAVE A
SUBSTITUTE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
AMENDMENT.
DO HAVE A SECOND?
NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND
THE AGENDA AND THIS WILL ADD CJ
962 C1 AND THIS IS ABOUT YOUTH
DIVERSION FOR CONSIDERATION
AFTER OUR SECOND ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT WE WILL ADD AN ITEM TO OUR
AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THIS AMENDMENT VOTE AYES AND
RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MOTION CARRIES. THE AGENDA
IS AMENDED.
>> FIRST OF ALL, YES, THANK YOU
SO MUCH AND I REALLY AM
DELIGHTED WE ARE COSPONSORING
THIS AMENDMENT TOGETHER.
AND I WANTED TO JUST VERY
BRIEFLY, I WILL HAVE MORE
EXPANSIVE POINTS LATER ON FOR
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BUT
VERY QUICKLY I WANTED TO
CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE
PUSHED FORWARD THE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAM.
I ALSO WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW
THAT IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO
THIS, YOU SHOULD STILL COME AS
PLANNED FOR THE 2 PM MEETING
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL THE VOICES ARE HEARD
REGARDLESS OF THIS AMENDMENT.
AND THAT WE MAKE YOUR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY PART OF THE DISCOURSE
FOR THE FINAL VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT
THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.
SECOND AGAIN.
THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE AYE.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.
NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR US TO KEEP
OUR COMMENTS TO ONE MINUTE
BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY
OF YOU, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD
IDEA OF THE ISSUES AND WE WILL
BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE ABOUT 12 SPEAKERS. I'M
GOING TO ASK FOR THE FAIR SHARE
COALITION, IF YOU WILL START,
WALTER ELLIS AND THEN TIFFANY
McCOY IN THAT ORDER.
SO THE FAIR SHARE COALITION
PLEASE COME UP. IF YOU HAVE A
LOT OF YOU, THEN WE WILL GIVE
YOU THREE MINUTES.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK, THREE
MINUTES.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND BUDGET CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FROM 60 ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE
PART OF OUR COALITION FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS PLAN.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY AS A
CITY TO HAVE YOUR LEADERSHIP
THAT RECOGNIZES THE
INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF HOUSING
WHERE IT OCCURS AS TRANSIT
ISSUES TIED TOGETHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY
HOURS OF DISCUSSION AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO OTHER PIECES OF
LEGISLATION BEING IMPLEMENTED
IN 2020.
>> I'M CHARLIE WITH THE KING
COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL.
WE REPRESENT 150 UNIONS.
MANY OF WHOM HAVE SIGNED ON TO
THE FAIR SHARE PLAN.
THE REASON THEY HAVE IS BECAUSE
THIS PLAN RECOGNIZES SO MANY OF
WHAT WORKING PEOPLE IN SEATTLE
NEED TODAY.
THEY NEED HOUSING.
THEY NEED HOUSING YOUR
TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THEY
NEED TO GET TO WORK.
AND THEY NEED GOOD JOBS.
AND THIS PLAN CHECKS ALL THOSE
BOXES.
IT REALIZES THAT ALL THESE
ISSUES ARE INTERCONNECTED, BUT
YOU CAN'T GIVE PEOPLE GOOD JOBS
UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM A WAY TO
GET TO WORK.
YOU CAN'T SOLVE OUR GRIDLOCK
PROBLEMS UNLESS YOU BUILD
HOUSING NEAR OUR TRANSPORTATION
HUBS.
YOU CAN'T GIVE PEOPLE HOUSING
UNLESS YOU HAVE THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TO GET
AROUND THE CITY.
SO THIS PLAN CHECKS ALL THOSE
BOXES.
I REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT
LEADERSHIP ON MAKING SURE WE
CAN GET THIS DONE.
>> I WORK AT TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES COALITION.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT
CHARLIE AND PATIENTS WERE
SAYING ABOUT THE STRONG
COALITION COMING TOGETHER THE
THREE ESSENTIAL THINGS SEATTLE
NEEDS WHICH IS WORKERS RIGHTS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRANSIT
AND INCREASE TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS.
AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW
PEOPLE REALLY NEED MORE
AFFORDABLE CHOICES, WHETHER
IT'S INCREASED TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS OR THE ABILITY TO AFFORD
A HOME NEAR TRANSIT.
DRIVERS, THE PEOPLE WHO GET US
WHERE WE NEED TO GO, AS A
CRITICAL PART OF THE SYSTEM
DESERVE SECURITY AND DIGNITY IN
THEIR JOBS.
IF WE ARE A CITY WHO
PRIORITIZES THE HEALTH AND WELL-
BEING OF OUR PEOPLE AND PLANET
WE NEED TO INVEST IN THESE
INTERCONNECTED ISSUES.
THE FAIR SHARE PLAN HELPS US DO
THIS.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN MAKING OUR CITY
MORE LIVABLE AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING
NEXT YEAR IMPLEMENTED THE PLAN
AND ENSURE DRIVERS EARN GOOD
WAGES AFTER EXPENSES.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM WALTER, I WAS PART OF
THE DRIVERS, THE OTHER GROUP TO
SPEAK BEFORE US.
THE DRIVERS HAVE THE TIME?
YES.
THE DRIVERS WOULD FIRST LIKE TO
THANK --
>> ARE YOU SIGNED UP?
>> I GOT IT.
A SECOND ON THE LIST.
>> WALTER A MINUTE.
>> WE HAD A COALITION OF
DRIVERS.
>> GIVE THEM THREE MINUTES.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
>> THE RIDESHARE DRIVERS WANT
TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THINK THE MAYOR AND TAKE A
MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE
PROGRESS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
MAKE HERE TOGETHER.
WE ARE ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT THE
FIRST IN THE NATION PROTECTIONS
FOR DRIVERS AGAINST THE UNFAIR
DEACTIVATION'S.
AND WE ARE ESTABLISHING
PROTECTIONS FOR THE EFFORTS OF
HER HARD-WORKING DRIVERS, SOME
OF US WHO ARE TEETERING ON THE
EDGE AT BEST.
AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT WE DID
NOT ACHIEVE THIS IN A VACUUM.
WE DID THIS BECAUSE OF ALL OF
US TOGETHER HAVING THE INSIGHT,
WISDOM AND COURAGE TO MAKE THIS
CHANGE.
WE HAD THE INSIGHT TO SEE THAT
WE HAVE AN UNJUST AND
UNSUSTAINABLE STATUS QUO THAT
IS NOT WORKING FOR MANY OF US.
WE SAW THAT WHILE THE TIDE OF
PROSPERITY WAS RISING, MANY OF
OUR SHIPS WERE NOT GOING UP
WITH IT.
WE HAD THE WISDOM TO LISTEN TO
THE ADVOCATES WHOSE BOATS WERE
NOT RISING.
WE LISTENED TO DRIVERS, WE
LISTENED TO HOUSING ADVOCATES,
WE LISTEN TO TRANSPORTATION
ADVOCATES AND WE REALIZED THAT
BY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN
BENEFIT THE WELL-BEING OF ALL
OF US TOGETHER.
AND WE HAD THE COURAGE TO TAKE
THE STEP WE ARE TAKING TODAY
AND NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY FOLKS
WHO PROFIT OFF THE BACKS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LEAVING
SUSTAINABLE FUTURES.
AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
STEPPING UP AND TAKING THE LEAD
BECAUSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER, OTHERS WILL FOLLOW
US.
AND WE WILL RISE THE BOATS OF
MANY OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF
THE ACTIONS WE ARE DOING TODAY.
>> I JUST REALIZED THIS WILL BE
THE LAST TIME WE SPEAK TO THIS
INCARNATION OF THE EXCELLENT
CITY COUNCIL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU NOT JUST
FOR THE FAIR SHARE BUT FOR
LISTENING TO US THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
IN PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, YOU BEEN WITH US IN
THE STRUGGLE FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE
ARE GOING TO MISS YOU.
>> AGAIN MY NAME IS PETER, I
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE
LAST FIVE YEARS.
I DO APPRECIATE MY TEAM AND I
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THEM, THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, YOU'RE
DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WILL BE A
HOPEFUL YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR LISTENING TO US AND WE
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
THIS GIVES US A GUARANTEE OF A
JOB.
I KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO JUST
LOSE A JOB FOR AN UNFAIR
REASON.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU EVERYONE
OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS.
TIFFANY McCOY.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> TIFFANY McCOY, SEAN SMITH,
AND THEN ANOTHER GROUP FROM A
FELLOW VILLAGE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM THE ORGANIZER WITH REAL
CHANGE IN THIS IS EVELYN OUR
NEW ORGANIZER.
SHE IS WORKING WITH ME IN MY
DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE HERE TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR FUNDING FIVE PITSTOPS IN
THE CITY BUDGET.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
BEING THE SPONSORS AND EVERYONE
VOTING UNANIMOUSLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EVERYONE
THE BOOK, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT ADDING THIS TO YOUR
CHILD'S COLLECTION.
IF SOMEONE WOULD KINDLY GIVE
ONE TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A STEP
FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THE DIRE
CIRCUMSTANCE OF NOT HAVING
PUBLIC RESTROOMS OUTSIDE AND
ALSO NEEDLE DISPOSAL AND PET
WASTE.
AND IMPORTANTLY TO
DECRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS.
BECAUSE YOU CAN GET A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE IF YOU ARE FOUND
URINATING OR GOING TO THE
RESTAURANT OUTSIDE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE ARE HAVING A CELEBRATION
TOMORROW AT THE REAL CHANGE
OFFICE FROM 2-2:30 PM.
WE WILL HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE IN
HONOR OF WHO.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE
COME FOR 30 MINUTES TO HAVE
CHOCOLATE CAKE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
CHEERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REALLY
ADVOCATING FOR THIS.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> TIFFANY, PLEASE LET YOUR
FOLKS AT REAL CHANGE KNOW HOW
MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT, THEIR
ADVOCACY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
SEAN SMITH AND THEN THE A
FELLOW GROUP AND THEN LYLE
ANDERSON.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL, MY
NAME IS SEAN SMITH.
I'M A PROUD RESIDENT AT
NORTHLAKE VILLAGE.
FOR SOME OF YOU THIS IS YOUR
FINAL BUDGET.
AND A BUDGET IS A REFLECTION OF
YOUR LEGACY IN THE YEARS TO
COME.
PRESENTLY NICKELSVILLE
NORTHLAKE IS UNDER THREAT OF
CLOSURE.
WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. WE
HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YOUR HELP
FOR MONTHS.
PRESENTLY WHAT WE NEED IS
$15,000 OR A WAIVER FOR THE
FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR
AT NORTHLAKE.
TO WAIVE THE CITY LIGHT UTILITY
FEE OF $5000 PER MONTH.
PLEASE, IT IS USELESS TO CLOSE
A VILLAGE IN THE MIDST OF THIS
CRISIS.
DO THE RIGHT THING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SEAN.
LYLE?
WE HAVE A GROUP FROM A FELLOW
VILLAGE AND THEN WE HAVE LYLE
ANDERSON AND ALEX.
GIVE THEM TWO MINUTES.
>> GOOD MORNING SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
SUPPORTING US.
I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH A LITTLE
BIT ON HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE THE
HAVE COME TOGETHER AND WORKED
SO HARD ON THIS BUDGET.
IT IS IMPERATIVE, FOR A RECENT
IF IT THE IS MYSELF I WAS
PLACED ON THE STREETS WITH
NOWHERE TO TURN.
I WAS VICIOUSLY OPENED INTO
LOVING WARM ARMS AT A FELLOW
VILLAGE.
AND THEY PROVIDED AN ABSOLUTELY
SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ME TO BE
IN.
AS SOON AS I WALKED IN I KNEW
THE PEOPLE THERE REALLY CARED
FOR ME.
THE HAVE A GREAT INCIDENT
REPORTING SYSTEM ALONGSIDE OF
THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT WITH MY RESEARCH
I WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A
BUDGET FOR BUILDING MORE NEW
TINY HOMES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO COMMUNITY MY NAME IS
LYLE ANDERSON.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT
TINY HOMES ARE A GREAT ADDITION
TO ANY COMMUNITY.
THE TIME I SPENT IN MY TINY
HOME HELPED ME TO LOOK FOR
WORK, GET IN TOUCH WITH THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, AND
HELPED TO SAVE MY LIFE IN A
SNOWY WINTER.
CASE MANAGEMENT HELPS TO GET
YOU TO YOUR FEET, HOUSING, AND
NUMBERS OF OTHER TASKS.
I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THE TINY
HOME COMMUNITIES TURN
INDIVIDUALS FROM ON THEIR WAY
TO THE GRAVE TO BEING
OUTSTANDING PILLARS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
AND TO TEACH PEOPLE TO HAVE
RESPONSIBILITIES, TEACHING
PEOPLE TO BE ON TIME WITH ON-
SITE SECURITY AND JANITORIAL
TRAINING.
AND TO JUST HELP THE HOMELESS
TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL, STABLE
PEOPLE AGAIN.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY,
PLEASE GIVE NORTHGATE ANOTHER
CHANCE. BECAUSE ALL TINY HOMES
REALLY DO HELP THE COMMUNITY'S.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU LYLE.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> SO WE HAVE ALEX FINCH, THEN
BRUCE AND PEGGY.
AND I THINK DON DUMONT.
HEY ALEX.
>> OKAY.
MY NAME IS ALEX FINCH, AS I'VE
SAID MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS.
LIKE I SAID LAST WEEK, AND THE
ELECTED ARBITRATOR NOW.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, THE STRESS
OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS HAS
CAUSED ME TO LOSE SLEEP A LOT.
LIKE LAST NIGHT AND WE HAD 2.5
HOURS WHICH IS INTERESTING
BECAUSE I WOKE UP AWAKE.
SPEAKING OF STRESS, ALL OF MY
FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN
HOUSING HAVE TOLD ME TO JUST
GIVE IN, LET IT HAPPEN, GO WITH
THE FLOW.
BUT IF I DO THAT, THE STATUS
QUO STAYS THE SAME.
NOTHING CHANGES.
SO, I CHOOSE TO FIGHT FOR BAY
VILLAGE AND KEEP IT OPEN.
WE ARE STAYING OPEN PAST
DECEMBER 9. AND I INVITE YOU TO
COME ON DECEMBER 9 TWO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> THANK YOU ALEX.
BRUCE, PEGGY AND DON.
>> GOOD MORNING, UP COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM A NICKELODEON.
SEVERAL DAYS AGO DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSLEY MET WITH PASTOR TO
DISCUSS ECHOLS WILL NORTHLAKE.
HE BROUGHT ALONG THE ONE AND
ONLY JASON JOHNSON.
APPARENTLY THERE ARE THREE
REASONS WHY THEY THINK
NORTHLAKE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE.
EVERYONE, LEHI NEEDS THE HOUSES
OF THE FELLOW VILLAGE.
JUST LEAVING THAT NIGHTMARE
RECENTLY I KNOW FOR A FACT
EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY, I KNOW
FOR A FACT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO LITERALLY
STACK THE HOUSES ON TOP OF EACH
OTHER IN ORDER TO PUT MORE
HOUSES IN AT A FELLOW.
WITH THEY SHOULD DO IS TAKE THE
FOUR HOUSES THAT NICKELSVILLE
OWED TO OTHELLO, MOVE THEM OVER
TO NORTHLAKE.
THAT IS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.
I HAVE 35 YEARS CONSTRUCTION
EXPERIENCE, I COULD BUILD THE
REST OF THE TINY HOUSES WE NEED
FOR NORTHLAKE.
OVER TO REASON THAT THEY SAID
THEY SHOULD CLOSE, IS BECAUSE,
I THINK TOTALLY CRASHED, IS
BECAUSE THE BUDGET DOESN'T JIVE.
THE BUDGET FOR SELF-MANAGEMENT
DOESN'T JIVE WITH THE LEHI
BUDGET.
OF COURSE IT WON'T.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
HAVE A MONOPOLY TO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND
INFLATED EXPENSES.
THE REASON THEY SAID THEY CAN'T
, NORTHLAKE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE
IS BECAUSE OUR BUDGET WOULDN'T
WORK.
>> THANK YOU BRUCE.
>> THANK YOU.
PEGGY. DON.
>> GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD
WORK IN THE BUDGET.
I NAME IS PEGGY, AT LAST WEEK'S
MEETING THE RESIDENTS
DEMOCRATIC AFFIRMED THAT THE
VILLAGE WILL NOT BE CLOSING
DECEMBER 9. IT WAS AGREED THAT
KEEPING NORTHLAKE OPEN WAS
IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF SEATTLE.
SWEEPING RESIDENTS OUT OF
SHELTER IN THE DEAD OF WINTER
IS NOT AN ACTION OF A CITY
HELPING TO END HOMELESSNESS.
PLEASE HELP THE CITY GET MONEY
FOR USING THE LAND OR JUST
WAIVE THE RENTAL COST.
PLEASE ADD A PROVISO TO KEEP
HST FROM USING MONEY NEXT YEAR,
2020, TO CLOSE NORTHLAKE.
THANK YOU.
>> DON.
>> DO WE HAVE DON?
AND THEN ELIANA AND ED.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS DOUG.
MY BROTHER IS GONE.
HE WAS ALSO IN THE MOTION
PICTURE.
MY NAME IS DOUG DUMONT, I AM A
MEMBER OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 174,
THEATRICAL TRADES DIVISION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE
THIS YEAR ON THIS BUDGET.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF HARD
POSITIONS YOU HAD TO MAKE.
AND I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE
THE RIGHT ONES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS
ALL WE HAVE EVER BEEN ABOUT.
WE'VE NEVER ASKED FOR MONEY,
WE'VE NOT ASKED FOR NEW
PROGRAMS.
ALL WE HAVE EVER ASKED FOR IS A
SEAT AT THE TABLE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
CHAMPIONING THIS ISSUE FOR US.
AND HELPING US GET SOME VOICE
IN AN ADMINISTRATION THAT SEEMS
TO BE TONE DEAF TO WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO SAY.
AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU DOUG.
ELIANA AND THEN ED.
>> HELLO I AM ELIANA.
I HAVE FOUR BRIEF ASKS.
ALL ABOUT LISTENING TO THE
VOICES OF COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY'S MOST HARMFULLY
IMPACTED BY OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM HAVE ASKED YOU
TO FUND A CLEAR PLAN VITALLY
NEEDED PROGRAMS.
PLEASE FULLY MEET THE NEEDS
IDENTIFIED IN THE MANNER
REQUESTED.
YOU HAVE HEARD MOVING TESTIMONY
ABOUT THE LIFE-CHANGING IMPACTS
OF THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE MODEL
WITH ITS OFFER OF PRIVACY,
DIGNITY AND COMMUNITY.
AND ABOUT THE DESPERATE NEED
FOR A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
THE PROPOSED INCREASE FALLS
FULL SHORT BUT WILL BE A
LIFELINE FOR MANY.
PLEASE REALIZE SHELTERS CANNOT
SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS.
NORTHLAKE VILLAGE RESIDENTS
HAVE COME REPEATEDLY TO PLEAD
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY
AS THEY ARE THREATENED WITH
EVICTION.
PLEASE TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION
TO SHOW THEM YOUR SUPPORT AND
HELP ENSURE THEY ARE NOT BEING
EVICTED IN THE MIDDLE OF
DECEMBER.
FAILING THAT, AS JOIN US
DECEMBER 9. AND FINALLY, YOU
GOING TO BE TIRED OF ME SAYING
THIS, IT'S TIME TO STOP ASKING
THE MAYOR FOR THEORIES OF
CHANGE ABOUT THE NAVIGATION
TEAM AND FOR YOU TO WORK WITH
IMPACTED UNITIES TO HAVE YOUR
OWN THEORY OF CHANGE.
AND THE MODELS AND BODY IT.
THANK YOU.
>> ED.
>> ED, A HOMEOWNER IN
WALLINGFORD.
I AM A NEIGHBOR OF NORTHLAKE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
I AM HERE AGAIN TO BIG YOU TO
TAKE STEPS TO AVOID IT BEING
SWEPT.
I WOULD LIKE IT TO CONTINUE IN
MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU ALLOW
THE LEHI SWEEP TO BE CARRIED
OUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
ARREST FOLKS INCLUDING SOME
NEIGHBORS. I PERSONALLY HAVE A
STAKE IN AVOIDING THE OUTCOME.
I BEG YOU TO TAKE THE VIABLE
OPTION WITH GIFT OF GRACE
CHURCH RELIGIOUS SPONSORSHIP
AND A TINY BUDGET AMENDMENT TO
AFFECT THAT HAPPENING.
I REMIND YOU THAT IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE TINY HOUSES.
IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT
IS FORMED UNDER THE
NICKELSVILLE MODEL.
PEOPLE EXERCISING THE SKILLS OF
TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER.
TOWARD RECOVERY, TOWARD HEALTH,
TOWARD REENTERING HOUSING.
THAT IS NOT REPLACED BY FINING
THEM OTHER PLACES TO SLEEP.
EVEN THAT EXTRA THREE MONTHS,
TO THE END OF MARCH, TO THE END
úOF THE ORIGINAL PERMIT AS
BUDGETED WILL GIVE A GREATER
CHANCE FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO
MAKE A COLLECTIVE DECISION
TOGETHER TO MOVE TO THE NEXT
STEP.
PLEASE HELP THAT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE IT, ED.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF
HER PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH ITEM NUMBER 1. TO EITHER
ONE OF YOU WANT TO READ THIS
IN?
>> COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, ITEM
NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA IS 850
99 THREE SEE.
THIS WOULD RESEND IT JUST THE 99
C2 AND REPLACE IT WITH CBA HST
90 9C3.
THIS BUDGET ACTION AT $3.5
MILLION OF GENERAL FUND IN 2022
HST TO CONTRACT WITH THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANT DIVERSION
úPROGRAM AND ADDS A ASSISTANT
CITY PROSECUTOR AND IMPOSES
THREE PROVISOS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
ACTION AND THE ACTION THAT WAS
ACTED ON IT LAST WEEK'S BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING IS THAT IT
CHANGES THE POSITION TYPE FOR
THE LAW DEPARTMENT FROM CITY
ATTORNEY TO CITY PROSECUTOR.
THAT IS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
AND MODIFIES PROVISO SLIGHTLY
TO INCLUDE A HALFTIME PARALEGAL
POSITION WORKING ON TO LEAD.
>> I WORK TO RESCIND AND APPROVE
HST 99-SEE-3. IS THERE A SECOND?
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE?
>> I JUMPED AHEAD.
BUT IT WAS GREAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING THEM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE MOTION VOTE AYES AND RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
>> DID YOU GET THE COUNT?
DO YOU NEED THE COUNT?
>> MOTION CARRIES.
HSD 99 -- TWO IS RESCINDED AND
-- THREE IS APPROVED.
>> ITEM NUMBER 2, HLM 2D 1. IT
WOULD RESEND IT TO HIM 2 C 1.
THIS AS $115,000 INCLUDING
$142,000 GENERAL FUND TO HSD TO
OPEN A TINY HOME VILLAGE.
>> VERY GOOD.
IS THERE A SECOND TO RESCIND
AND APPROVE?
>> I WILL SECOND IF YOU MOVED.
>> YOU WANT TO GIVE US ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
ACTION AND THE ACTION TAKEN AT
THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING IS
AT ADD LANGUAGE TO THE PROVISO,
IT CONTINUES TO SAY RESERVE
THIS MONEY ONLY TO ESTABLISH
AND OPERATE A TINY HOME VILLAGE
OR SHELTER AND PRIORITIZES
ACCOMMODATING REFERRALS FROM
THE NAVIGATION TEAM, LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THE DIVERSION
PROGRAM AND SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
AS LONG AS THE REFERRAL IS
APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PROGRAM IT
MAY BE SPENT FOR NO OTHER
PURPOSE.
THAT IS JUST TO CLARIFY AND
MAKE CERTAIN REFERRALS ARE
APPROPRIATE.
FOR EXAMPLE IF IT'S A SOBER
TINY HOME VILLAGE AND THE
PERSON WHO IS BEING REFERRED IS
NOT SOBER, THAT WOULDN'T BE
APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY JUST CLARIFYING
INTENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK TO ON THIS?
>> WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION
LAST WEEK ON THIS.
THERE WAS A COUPLE SENTENCES
THAT WERE CLEAR.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE REACHED
AGREEMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE
HAS WORKED WITH ADVOCATES . MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS
CONSENSUS.
>> I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS AND
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
HAS GONE FORWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> SEE NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE MOTION VOTE AYE AND RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
CBA HLM 2-ONE IS APPROVED.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT THAT
WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD.
TO HAVE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND AT
THIS POINT?
I LIKE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
COUNCIL RULE LEADING TO
RECONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT'S
THAT DO NOT PASS THE COMMITTEE
MEETING AND THAT WAS THAT HER
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING IT DID
NOT PASS, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RULE
BEING SUSPENDED RAISE YOUR HAND?
ANY OPPOSED?
SEEING THEN, THE MOTION IS
GOING TO CARRY IN THE RULE IS
SUSPENDED.
>> SO I WILL NOW MOVE TO APPROVE
IS OUR SECOND?
CENTRAL STAFF, WOULD YOU PLEASE
WALK US THROUGH WHAT IS THE
ACTION BEFORE US?
>> CJ 962 C1 AND $220,600 TO
HSD FOR YOUTH DIVERSION
EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THIS CUTS
THE 222,000 FROM SPD'S BUDGET
FOR OVERTIME OR OTHER PROGRAM
AREAS.
>> VERY GOOD.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL I KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE
NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AS
WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DO YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE?
>> I WILL MAKE COMMENTS LATER.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING THEN THOSE IN FAVOR
RAISE YOUR HAND.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OF THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
CJ 962 IS APPROVED.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS
WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 500+
THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WILL BE
GOING INTO YOUTH DIVERSION AND
EDUCATION AND THAT IS IN
ADDITION TO THE $1 MILLION THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HER BOLD HAVE
PROPOSED LAST YEAR AND THERE
WILL BE THE RFP PROCESS GOING
FORWARD.
>> FOR THE RECORD, THAT WAS
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET ACTION
SPONSORED BY O'BRIEN.
WAS A COSPONSOR BUT IT WAS
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIENS, HE WAS
THE CHAMPION FOR THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK OF
THE ADDITIONAL $300,000 PUT
INTO YOUR FIRST VERSION OF THE
BALANCED BUDGET FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
UP TO 1.5
>> A LITTLE MORE.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN, I
DIDN'T MEAN TO SLIGHT YOU ON
THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
CBA CJ NINE SIX TWO -- ONE.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
4.
>> ITEM NUMBER 4 IS CBA BLG-6-A-
1. CITY COUNCIL CHANGES TO THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE
2020 PROPOSED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
>> GOOD.
I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS CBA
BLG-6-A-1 WHICH WOULD APPROVE
AND FILE CLERK 314438 AS A
SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING NO COMMENTS CBA BLG-6-A-
1 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
I DON'T SEE ANY OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES AND CBA BLG-6-A-
1 IS APPROVED.
VERY GOOD.
NUMBER 5 IS THE BIG ONE WHERE
WE ACTUALLY ADOPT THIS BUDGET.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED?
>> ITEM CBA BLG-5-A-1 AMEND
AND PASS AS AMENDED COUNCIL
BILL 119689, THE 2020 BUDGET
ORDINANCE.
>> DO WE NEED TO GO BACK FOR CJ?
>> WE ARE GOOD.
BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT,
BECAUSE OF THE COMMITTEE'S
ACTION TO ADOPT AND TO CORRECT
A TECHNICAL ERROR, YOU HAVE A
SUBSTITUTE VERSION OF THIS ITEM
BEFORE YOU.
THAT WAS JUST A NOTE THAT THIS
IS WHY YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE.
>> VERY GOOD.
OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH YOU JUST
MENTIONED, CBA BLG-5-A-1,
WOULD AMEND AND PASS AS AMENDED
COUNCIL BILL 119689 TWO ADOPT
OUR 2020 BUDGET INCLUDING THE
APPROPRIATIONS SO PROVISO
REVENUE ESTIMATE MODIFICATIONS
AND 2020-2025 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO, TELL ME ABOUT AMENDMENTS.
YOU JUST MOVE FORWARD?
>> YES, I THINK WE YOU FIRST
WANT TO DO IS MOVE THE ITEM ON
THE AGENDA, CBA BLG-5-A-1, AND
THEN ASKED FOR A SECOND AND
THEN FOLLOWING THAT YOU WILL
MOVE A SUBSTITUTE VERSION WHICH
REFLECTS THE CHANGES TO
APPROPRIATIONS THAT WERE JUST
MADE IN CJ 962 C 1. IT ADOPTS
AND PROVIDES ATTACHMENT LETTER
A AND ATTACHMENT B.
>> THERE ARE THREE STEPS.
YOU WILL MOVE THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION, YOU HAVE A MOTION
TO SUBSTITUTE.
IF THAT PASSES THEN YOU VOTE ON
THE ITEM YOU SUBSTITUTED.
>> VERY GOOD.
WE WILL SEE HOW WE DO.
I MOVE TO APPROVE CBA BLG-5-A-1
WHICH WOULD ADOPT COUNCIL BILL
119689.
IS THERE A SECOND?
OKAY.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE CONFUSED
ON THE SUBSTITUTE, BUT JUST FOR
THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN
THE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, THE
PREVIOUS ITEM WE VOTED ON, CBA
BLG-6-A-1, WAS APPROVED THE
CLERK FILE CONTAINING THE
BUDGET AMENDMENTS PASSED BY THE
COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET
DISCUSSIONS OF THE COUNCIL TO
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND I VOTED YES ON THAT BECAUSE
I 100% SUPPORT ALL THE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUDGET.
BUT THIS ITEM WHICH IS CBA BLG-
5-A-1 , AND THEN WHETHER IT'S A
SUBSTITUTE OR NOT IS A
DIFFERENT QUESTION, I DON'T MY
POINT TO BE SUBSUMED, I JUST
WANT TO SAY THAT AS I MENTIONED
WHEN VOTING ON THE BUDGET IN
ALL THE PREVIOUS YEARS I HAVE
SUPPORTED ALL THE PROGRESSIVE
CHANGES TO THE CITY BUDGET THAT
THE MAYOR PROPOSED THAT WE AS A
COUNCIL DO.
BUT, THE CHANGES UNFORTUNATELY
EVERY YEAR INCLUDING THIS YEAR
ARE ON THE MARGINS OF THE BUDGET
AND DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE
KIND OF IMPACT THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE IN
PROPORTION WITH THE SOCIAL
PROBLEMS THE MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY FACE. THE
BULK OF THE CITY BUDGET
UNFORTUNATELY IS STILL DESIGNED
TO SUPPORT THE STATUS QUO AND
NOT MEET THE HUMAN NEED AS WE
SEE IT.
IT STILL FAILS TO END OR
SUBSTANTIALLY ADDRESS THE
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING CRISIS
FOR WORKERS IN A CITY THAT HAS
NOW BECOME PROFITABLE ONE OF
THE MOST, SOME OF THE MOST,
SOME OF THE BIGGEST
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN
THE WORLD.
SO I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THE
BUDGET AS A WHOLE, BUT I WANT
TO CLARIFY, AS I ALWAYS DO
EVERY YEAR FOR THE BUDGET, I
HAVE VOTED YES ON ALL THE
PROGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS THAT WE
AS A COUNCIL MADE TO THE
BUDGET.
IN TERMS OF THE PROCEDURE,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN
VOTE NO ON THE FINAL BUDGET BUT
NOT ON THE PROCEDURE QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO
SUBSTITUTE.
I MOVED TO SUBSTITUTE CBA BLG
FOR THIS ITEM.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO SUBSTITUTE 25.
>> I WANTED TO ADDRESS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
QUESTION.
THIS IS A PROCEDURAL VOTE ON
THE MOTION JUST SUBSTITUTED.
YOU COULD VOTE NO ON THIS, YOU
COULD VOTE NO OR YES, THIS IS
NOT A VOTE ON THE ENTIRE
BUDGET.
JUST SUBSTITUTING.
IN THE NEXT VOTE IS THE VOTE TO
MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE
ORDINANCE ITSELF.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE VOTE AYE AND RAISE
YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I COULDN'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S HAND.
MOTION CARRIES.
AND CBA BLG-5-B-1 IS NOW BEFORE
US.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING THEM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM VOTE AYE
AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANY OPPOSED?
SO THE MOTION CARRIES.
AND CBA BLG-5-B-1 IS APPROVED.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE ORDER
TODAY?
>> YOU HAVE A MOTION, YOU HAVE
TWO MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE
COUNCIL RULES.
>> OKAY.
SINCE IT WAS NOT UNANIMOUS, I
MOVED TO SUSPEND COUNCIL RULE
RELATING TO RECONSIDERATION OF
AMENDMENTS THAT DO NOT PASS
THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE - PARTICPANT
TOO FAR FROM MIC ]
>> SO WE ARE FORAGING THE
LEGISLATION TO CITY COUNCIL
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A 7-1 VOTE.
SO I THINK THAT IS WHERE I WAS
GOING.
YEAH, NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WAS STARTING TO THINK I HAD
SKIPPED THE STEP.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RULE
BEING SUSPENDED, AND THIS WILL
ALLOW WHAT WE JUST DID TO MOVE
FORWARD TO OUR 2 PM MEETING, I
HAVE MOVED THAT.
IS THERE A SECOND?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RULE
BEING SUSPENDED VOTE AYE AND
RAISE YOUR HAND.
IS THEIR OPPOSITION?
SO THE MOTION CARRIES
UNANIMOUSLY. AND THE RULE IS
NOW SUSPENDED.
WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
CONCURRENT THE COUNCIL RULES
WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW THIS
ITEM TO BE FORWARDED TO TODAY'S
2 PM CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IT DID NOT HAVE UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT BUT WAS A 7-1 VOTE.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL HAS SUSPENDED THE
LEGISLATION WILL BE FORWARDED
TO 2 PM CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN I THINK WE JUST NEED
TO GO THROUGHTHE NEXT
APPROVAL.
AGAIN, WITH THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENTS APPROVAL, AND IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW LEGISLATION ACTED ON
AT TODAY'S MEETING TO BE
FORWARDED TO THE 2 PM CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
AND HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULE IS SUSPENDED,
LEGISLATION WILL BE FORWARDED
TO TODAY'S 2 PM CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING.
TODAY AT 2 PM CITY COUNCIL WILL
MEET TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION
OF WHAT WE JUST DID.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S
RECOMMENDATION FOR FINAL ACTION.
WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING WRITTEN
COMMENTS. IF ANYONE HAS
SOMETHING THEY WANT TO ADD.
AND OF COURSE THE BUDGET WILL
BE AVAILABLE COPIES OF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, MEETINGS,
SCHEDULES AND PROPOSED AGENDA
ARE ON THE CITY COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ONCE
AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP.
CENTRAL STAFF, FOR ALL THE WORK
THIS MORNING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF JUGGLING
BETWEEN 7:30 AM AND NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL NOW
BE ADJOURNED FOR THE DAY.