>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN
CITY HALL.
JANUARY 28 CITY COUNCIL WILL
NOW COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:00 PN, PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>> JOHNSON, FLOREZ, O'BRIEN,
SHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL, SIX
PRESENT.
>> NO OBJECTION TO TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION, THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION CALENDAR
IS ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 14
2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED AND IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION IT WILL BE SIGNED,
HEARING NO OBJECTION BEING
SIGNED.
>> PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM COUNCILMEMBER
AISHA JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.
SHE IS IN FACT HERE AND
SECONDLY I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO
TALK TO US ABOUT NATIONAL WEAR
RED DAY SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF
THINGS AND I WILL INVITE YOU
UP.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO SPEND
30 SECONDS ADDRESSING THE
AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO IS HERE,
THIS COMING FRIDAY WE ARE ALL
ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER TO WHERE
RED AND RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION EFFORTS,
PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON WOMEN'S
HEART HEALTH, CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASES ARE THE NUMBER ONE
KILLER OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED
STATES AND A FRIGHTENING
STATISTIC IS THAT ONE WOMAN
DIES EVERY 80 SECONDS IN THE
UNITED STATES FROM THIS KIND OF
DISEASE.
80 PERCENT OF THE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CAN BE
PREVENTED WHICH IS WHY WE ARE
BRINGING ATTENTION TO IT.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
LAST WEEK, THIS IS WHAT OUR
MOMS AND GRANDMOTHERS HAVE TOLD
US, DON'T SMOKE, EXERCISE, DO
THE RIGHT THINGS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL ALL BE
HEALTHIER AND I APPRECIATE THE
GOOD WORK AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION IS DOING.
THIS WEEK, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO SHOW
RESPECT FOR WOMEN BY
COMMEMORATING THIS FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 1 BY WEARING RED.
WE CAN SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES
EACH YEAR.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO
PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION IF I
MAY WHICH IS THE NATIONAL WEAR
RED DAY ON THIS FRIDAY.
>> WITH NO OBJECTION THE RULES
ARE SUSPENDED, PLEASE PROCEED.>>
BOTH, GREAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
TODAY, I AM A HEART DEFECT
SURVIVOR AND NEVER MAY 30 YEARS
I HAVE DIRECTED 19 HEART
OPERATIONS AND THROUGH THE WORK
OF THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION, THE RESEARCH AND
MEDICAL ADVANCES AND
FUNDRAISING HAS GOTTEN ME TO
WHERE I AM TODAY.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT PREVENTABLE
IN MY CASE, IT IS PREVENTABLE
AND 80 PERCENT OF CASES AND
LINDSAY HAS SOME TIPS FOR
EVERYONE.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR REMINDING US TO EAT
HEALTHY, MOVE MORE, GET OUR
NUMBERS CHECKED AND JUST
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WEAR RED
ON FRIDAY AND REMEMBER THERE IS
SO MUCH WE CAN DO TO STAY
HEALTHY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OUR
PLEASURE TO HAVE THOSE GUESTS.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER PRESENTATION
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION
THAT WE HAVE MANY THINGS TO
TALK ABOUT.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> I HAVE THE HONOR OF
PRESENTING A VERY SPECIAL
PROCLAMATION YET AND I THINK IT
MIGHT BE A SURPRISE.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION HONORING
PATRICIA LEE, PATRICIA LEE HAS
BEEN WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND
STAFF FOR 20 YEARS.
HER LAST DAY IS THURSDAY
JANUARY 31, 2019, THIS
PROCLAMATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO
READ CAME FROM INPUT FROM THE
LEGISLATION DEPARTMENT, THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES, AND THE CITY CLERK
AS WELL.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK
THAT WE TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE A LIFE AND CAREER
THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE AND I HAVE HAD
THE PLEASURE AND THE HONOR OF
WORKING WITH PATRICIA ON MANY
ISSUES THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR
TO MY HEART, SPECIFICALLY LABOR
ISSUES RELATED TO PRIORITIES
HIGHER. PATRICIA WAS ONE OF THE
VERY FIRST WOMEN OF COLOR TO
SERVE ON THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF AND I THINK WE CAN ALL
AGREE SHE HAS HELPED US ALL IN
COUNTLESS WAYS OVER THE YEARS.
IF I CAN BE INDULGED, MAY I?
ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
WHEREAS PATRICIA LEE STARTED HER
DISTINGUISHED CAREER SUPPORTING
THE TRI-TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AS A SPECIAL REVIEW
DISTRICT COURT NADER AND SHE
SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
AFFAIRS AND A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
IN 1998, PATRICIA JOINED CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AS AN
ANALYST SUPPORTING THE COUNCIL
REVIEW OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS.
PATRICIA HAVE NOT PROVIDED
INVALUABLE GUIDANCE ON A WIDE
RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING 4
EDUCATION LEVIES, OVER 100 LAWS,
COUNTLESS RESOLUTIONS AND A
RATIFICATION OF OVER 100
CONTRACTS WITH CITY LABOR
UNIONS.
IN HER WORK FOR THE COUNCIL,
PATRICIA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
THE CREATION OF THE $15 MINIMUM
WAGE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
BENEFIT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS HIRED FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PAID SICK
AND SAFE TIME, A DOMESTIC
WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE
OFTEN OF EMPLOYEE COUNSEL.
SHE HAS COUNSELED MANY EMPLOYEES
OVER HER TERM OF COUNSEL.
SHE IS INVOLVED IN ISSUES
RELATING TO WORKERS RIGHTS AND
CITY CONTRACTS WHERE AS THE
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT BE THE
SAME WITHOUT A HONEY BADGER
SUPPORTING AN ASYMMETRICAL
HAIRCUT AT COUNSEL FOREVER AND
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT JANUARY
28 2019 IS PATRICIA LEE DAY.
>> I AM SURPRISED AND HONORED
HAVING WRITTEN MANY OF THESE
PROCLAMATIONS, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND IT
HAS TRULY BEEN MY PRIVILEGE AND
HONOR TO WORK ON ISSUES THAT
WILL HOPEFULLY CHANGE PEOPLE'S
LIVES FOR THE BETTER AND MAKE
THIS A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD AND
CITY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
SHARED THESE 26 YEARS IN THE
CITY, MOST OF MY ADULT WORKING
LIFE I HONOR ALL OF YOUR
COMMITMENT AND COMPASSION AND
HARD WORK AND THOUGHTFULNESS
AND DEDICATION TO THE STRUGGLES
THAT YOU COME TO EVERY DAY.
SAID THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I TRIED TO SIGNAL TO THE
CHAIR THAT BEFORE THAT WE WOULD
TRY AND SQUEEZE IN A FEW WORDS
HAT WOULD ANY OF MY COL
LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS?
>> I WILL BE VERY QUICK.
YOU HAVE REALLY EARNED THIS
TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE PUTTING UP
WITH AS MANY COUNCILMEMBERS AS
YOU HAVE BUT I PERSONALLY WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE WHETHER IT IS
LABOR ISSUES OR EDUCATION, THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE YOU HAVE
BEEN A GREAT ALLY AND I WANT TO
GIVE YOU MANY THANKS.
>> PATRICIA, I KNOW I HAVE ONLY
WORKED WITH YOU FOR THREE YEARS
BUT I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS
YOUR NERDY MEMOS.
YOUR ABILITY TO TAKE ANALYSIS
AND DISTILL IT DOWN, YOUR QUICK
WIT, BUT I'M SERIOUS ABOUT YOUR
MEMOS.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS
AND I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS
YOU BRIEFING US AND KEEPING US
UP-TO-DATE ON EVERYTHING BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY I'M GOING TO
MISS THAT YOU WERE JUST A KIND
PERSON AND I REALLY HAVE
ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU, GOOD
LUCK.
>> O'BRIEN?
>> PATRICIA, YOU HAVE AN
AMAZING GROUP OF COLLEAGUES,
MANY STANDING AROUND YOU HERE
TODAY.
DESPITE THAT, I HONESTLY DON'T
KNOW HOW WE WILL SURVIVE
WITHOUT YOU.
YOU HAVE DONE SUCH AMAZING WORK
FOR ME AND FOR THE CITY.
IT'S NOT REPLACEABLE AND WE
WILL DO OUR BEST WITHOUT YOU
BUT YOU WILL BE MISSED.
>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND
AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL IT WAS MY
INCREDIBLE HONOR TO WORK WITH
YOU ALL THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR,
ESPECIALLY AS WE PASSED THE
BILL OF RIGHTS AND YOUR
CREATIVE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE
CAN BE THE FIRST CITY IN THE
COUNTRY LIVES ON.
WE WILL START APPOINTING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS VERY SOON BUT THAT
WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU
MADE IT POSSIBLE.
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WE GET
CALLS ALMOST EVERY WEEK AND
YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER
THOSE.
THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WORKERS
HERE, BUT YOUR WORK CONTINUES
ACROSS THE NATION, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEST WISHES FOR EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE UNDERTAKEN.
I DO NOT FOR A SECOND BELIEVE
YOU HAVE A CHOIR RETIREMENT
BECAUSE LUCKILY FOR US YOU HAD
MANY YEARS LEFT IN YOU.
YOU CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED IN
EVERYTHING FROM WORKERS RIGHTS
TO WINTERS RIGHTS AND I SHOULD
ALSO SAY ON BEHALF OF MY STAFF,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I KNOW
HE WAS REALLY SORRY HE COULDN'T
BE HERE HE WAS IN A BIKE CRASH
BUT HE HAS ASKED ME TO SEND YOU
HIS BEST WISHES AS WELL.
>> JOHNSON?
>> PATRICIA WE HAVEN'T WORKED
TOGETHER WHICH MAKES IT A
RARITY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SAY
IT WILL BE SAD FOR ME TO MISS
YOU AS A FRIEND BECAUSE WE HAVE
MENTIONED ALL THE DIFFERENT
MENTORS.
YOU CAME TO WORK EVERY DAY WITH
SUCH CONFESSIONAL BUT ALSO SUCH
A WONDERFUL WELCOMING WAY ABOUT
YOU AND THAT IS SOMETHING I
HAVE TRIED REALLY HARD TO
EMULATE AND WHILE MANY OF THESE
PEOPLE HAVE HAD WONDERFUL
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOUR WORK,
I JUST WANT TO LEAVE EVERYONE
WITH WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON
YOU ARE AND I HOPE YOU DON'T
DISAPPEAR FROM OUR LIVES FOREVER
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL BETTER FOR
HAVING YOU.
>> PATRICIA, KNOWING YOUR STYLE
OVER THE YEARS THAT HAS TO BE
PURE TORTURE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
THIS KIND OF ATTENTION AND THAT
IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO
SAY IS IT'S BEEN MY IMPRESSION
WORKING FOR YOU AND WITH YOU
THAT YOU JUST GENUINELY CARE
ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
I'M GOING TO DATE MYSELF A
LITTLE WITH THE LINE AND
DRAGNET JUST GIVE ME THE FACTS
AND WE SAW ALWAYS ASK YOU FOR
THE FACT AND THE LAW AND NOT
THE EMOTIONAL PIECE BUT I THINK
YOU HAVE REACHED THAT PERFECT
BALANCE OF WHEN YOU GENUINELY
CARE FOR SOMETHING AND YOU ARE
STILL ABLE TO DO THAT HARD-CORE
ANALYSIS.
WHAT A MODEL. PARTICULARLY WHEN
WE WORKED ON THE FAIR CHOICE
LEGISLATION ALL THE CRITICAL
ISSUES THAT YOU SORT OF
GRAVITATED TOWARD AND GENUINELY
CARED YOU ARE STILL ONE OF MY
CONSTITUENTS SO I LOOK FORWARD
TO GETTING YOUR EMAILS BUT
THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT HAS BEEN
AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND BEAR
WITH ME, I HAVE TO READ A SCRIPT
AND SAY A FEW WORDS BECAUSE WE
HAVE A NOVEL SITUATION SO WE
WILL TAKE OUR INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR IF THINGS GO
WELL, WE WILL SEE HOW THAT
PLAYS OUT WITHOUT A COMMENT.
THERE HAS BEEN A FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE CHALLENGE TO SEVEN OF
THE NINE COUNCILMEMBERS WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF HERB AND MYSELF
AND SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL
REQUEST CENTRAL STAFF JOIN US
AT THE TABLE TO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
PUBLICLY RESPOND TO THIS
CHALLENGE AND SO AGAIN, WE HAVE
CRITICAL POST THIS AFTERNOON
AND BECAUSE OF THIS CHALLENGE
WE WOULD LIKE SOME PUBLIC
EXPLANATION OF HOW WE SHOULD
PROCEED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
OUR COUNSEL TO ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE.
THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND WE
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON
THE ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN
RAISED.>> SURE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS MORNING WE
RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM TED
CHALLENGING SEVERAL
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR VIOLATING
THE DOCTRINE BY RECEIVING
BRIEFINGS AT THE WATERFRONT AND
THIS RELATES TO THE LEGISLATION.
I WILL READ HIS EMAIL TO YOU
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW IT
APPLIES HERE AND WHAT CURES ARE
AVAILABLE.
THIS IS FROM THE EMAIL FROM
THIS MORNING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN I RECENTLY REVIEWED
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT WHICH IS
VIOLATIONS TO THE PROJECT
LIMITATIONS AND HE HAS A LINK
TO THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT
THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
BASED ON THIS VIOLATION I
REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFY
THEMSELVES FROM DISCUSSIONS AND
VOTING.
THE 2 MEMBERS NOT MENTIONED ARE
HAROLD AND IRV, THEREFORE THEY
ARE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE.
OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT, BUT
NOT PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE WILL HAVE THESE 2 POINTS.
THIS DEAL IS THE WORST OF ALL
WORLDS, THEY GET 160 MILLION,
THEY LEGALLY OBLIGATE THE CITY
TO BUILD WHAT IS NOW ESTIMATED
TO BE AN ALMOST $1 BILLION PARK
. AND HANDCUFF THEMSELVES AS
THEY CANNOT SIGNIFICANTLY DJ TO
PUBLISH AN ASSESSMENT.
BY USING THIS THEY CAN
PRIORITIZE OR DOWNSIZE.
THEY ARE ON THE HOOK TO FINISH
ITS DESIGN REGARDLESS OF COST.
THERE ARE ALREADY A LOT OF
SOURCES AND BUDGETS HAVE NOT
BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. IT
WILL CRUSH FEATURE BUDGETS.
THE 116 MILLION FUNDS CAN/SHOULD
BE READY BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS.
NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE
WATERFRONT AND PARK SIMILAR TO
WHAT T-MOBILE HAS COMPLETED FOR
THE BASEBALL PARK LANDING FEES
FOR SHIPS, LONGTIME FEES FOR
NEW BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN
THE AREA, LONGTIME FEES FOR NEW
BUSINESSES STARTING IN THE
AREA, SUNDAY PARKING FEES,
SMALL, 2 1/2 PERCENT INCREASES
IN PARKING FEES ETC..
RESPECTFULLY TED TENACITY.
THAT WAS THE CHALLENGE THAT
CAME THIS MORNING JUST TO
REMIND COUNCILMEMBERS THE
BRIEFINGS FROM THE OPPOSITE
WATERFRONT ARE DISCLOSED AND
THERE IS A LINK TO THE AGENDA,
MAYBE I WILL TAKE A MINUTE TO
TALK ABOUT THE APPROVAL FOR
THOSE FOLKS AND TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT THE CREDENTIAL APPROACH
THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TO APPLY
THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE TO
DECISION-MAKING AND WALK-
THROUGH WHAT CURE IS AVAILABLE
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE
BEEN CHALLENGED.
>> THIS IS A COMMON-LAW
DOCTRINE THAT APPLIES TO THE
LEGISLATIVE BODY IS
ADJUDICATING AN INDIVIDUAL'S
RIGHTS AND LAND AND IT PREVENTS
UNDUE INFLUENCE.
THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A VERY
CREDENTIAL APPROACH TO DECISION-
MAKING AND HAS CHOSEN TO APPLY
THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE EARLIER
IN THE PROCESS AND THE COUNCIL
MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE DONE
ACCORDING TO THE JUDICIAL RULES
AND THE PENDING POINT FOR
APPLICATION OF THE FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE WAS WITH PASSAGE OF
THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY PASSED
THIS SUMMER.
THE CURE TO THE CHALLENGE HERE
IS FAIRLY SIMPLE, PURSUING THE
RULES COUNCILMEMBERS MUST
RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE IN ONE
OF TWO WAYS.
A COUNCILMEMBER CAN AGREE WITH
THE CHALLENGE AND DISQUALIFY
HIM OR HERSELF FROM THE VOTE
AND DELIBERATIONS,
ALTERNATIVELY A COUNCILMEMBER
CAN DISAGREE WITH A CHALLENGE
AND STATE ON THE RECORD WHAT A
COUNCILMEMBER WILL STAY THAT HE
OR SHE IS NOT HIGHEST.
BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCLOSURES
WE CAN DO THAT EITHER HERE OR
IN ADVANCE OF LEGISLATION
VOTES, I WILL REMIND
COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE FOR TAKING
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE
WATERFRONT.
THE CURE IS DISCLOSURE SO THE
MEMO ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA IS
THE CURE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED OPPOSITE
THE WATERFRONT.
THIS HAPPENS BETWEEN INDIRECT
COMMUNICATION THIS IS
COMMUNICATION ABOUT MERIT.
IF COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO
SUPPLEMENT THAT THEY CAN DO IT
PRIOR TO THE VOTE BUT IT DOES
NOT CURE THE CHALLENGE FOR BIAS,
IS NOT ACTUALLY CUTER CLEAR
FROM THE EMAIL THAT HE IS
CURING THE BIAS POTENTIAL AND
EACH COUNCILMEMBER WILL BE ASKED
TO RESPOND BY EITHER AGREEING
THAT HE OR SHE IS BIASED ABOUT
DECISIONS A BIAS MEMBER MUST
ACCUSE HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND
ALSO ON VOTES WITH INDIVIDUAL
ASSESSMENTS LATER.
IF A COUNCILMEMBER DISAGREES
THAT THEY ARE BIASED IN THE
DECISION YOU ARE MAKING THEN IT
STATES ON THE RECORD WHY HE OR
SHE BELIEVES THEY ARE NOT
BIASED.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
>> I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE
FINISHED WITH YOUR EXPLANATION
YET, ARE YOU FINISHED?
OKAY.
ERIC?
>> A SMALL CLARIFICATION THAT
THIS MATTER BEGAN ITS PENDING
STATUS AS OF JULY 13, THE FIRST
DAY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
úJUST A SMALL CLARIFICATION.>>
UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS
AT THIS POINT, I WILL RECOMMEND
THE POINT OF ACTION THAT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU
ADVISED.
WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO IS TAKEN
UP WHEN THE LEGISLATION IS IN
FRONT OF US AND EACH
COUNCILMEMBER CAN STATE THEIR
POSITION ON WHETHER THEY HAD A
CONFLICT OR NOT. I THINK YOU
ARE ASKING BUT WE COMPLY WITH
ONE OF TWO OPTIONS, WHETHER WE
HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION OR NOT.
WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR MY
COLLEAGUES AS I DON'T KNOW WHO
HAS THIS DOCUMENT, IT'S A JUNE 8
2015 DOCUMENT FROM MARTHA LESTER
THAT CITES THE FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE I DON'T THINK ANYONE
ELSE HAS IT.
I THINK I WILL HAVE COPIES OF
THESE MADE BECAUSE IT SORT OF
WALKS YOU THROUGH YOUR CHOICES.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU PROBABLY
HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PAGE
FROM THE JUDICIAL RULES.>>
WOULD THAT BE THE RIGHT
DOCUMENT?
EACH COUNCILMEMBER CAN STAY WHY
THEY BELIEVE THERE IS NO
VIOLATION OF THE FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE OR WHY THE
COUNCILMEMBER BELIEVES HE OR
SHE IS NOT BIASED OR PRESIDENT.
>> I THINK THIS MAY HELP THEM
WITH THEIR TESTIMONY ON THE
RECORD WHEN WE GET TO THE
LEGISLATION.>> THE CHALLENGE TO
ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS IS ALSO
COUNCILMEMBERS WANT A
DISCLOSURE IN THE MEMO
INDICATES THE COUNCILMEMBERS
MET WITH THE OPPOSITE
WATERFRONT IT MIGHT BE THE CASE
THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN STAFF AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> WE WILL CLEAR UP THE RECORD
AND WE WILL TAKE THIS UP AFTER
YOU INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AND
BEFORE WE DECIDE OUR POSITION
ON IT, OKAY?
DOES THAT WORK? OKAY, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
SORRY TO BORE EVERYONE WITH
THAT TECHNICALITY BUT WE WILL
MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.
AT THIS TIME I WILL READ YOUR
NAMES OUT IN ORDER OF WHICH YOU
HAVE SIGNED UP.
WE WILL START OFF WITH I WILL
READ THREE NAMES AND I WILL GET
BOTH MIKE'S AND PLAYED.
BOB HOLLY, LINDA BACK IN THE
MID-LEFT SO BOB WES AND LINDA.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
> I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO ADDRESS
THE 3 RETIRING COUNCIL PEOPLE.
SALLY, MIKE, ROB, AND BRUCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF
SERVICE AND NOW IS THE TIME TO
THINK ABOUT YOUR LEGACY.
HOW YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE CITY?
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIKE
O'BRIEN FOR SPONSORING THIS
LEGISLATION AND COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR HER PASSION EVEN THOUGH SHE
CANNOT GET A VOTE OUT OF OUR
DISTRICT.
YOU NEED TO BE ON THIS COUNSEL
AS A COUNTERBALANCE SAID THANK
YOU.
DEBORAH, YOU HAVE DONE SOME
GREAT THINGS AND YOU HAVE SHOWN
AN ABILITY TO GO UP AGAINST THE
STACK UP AND SUCCEED.
THE HOCKEY THING IS IN DISTRICT
5 BECAUSE YOU COULD GO UP
AGAINST INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS AND
BEAT IT AND I WANT TO SEE THE
SAME TENACITY COME FROM YOU AND
TODAY'S VOTE IS ONLY PART OF
THIS.
YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH ROB
JOHNSON'S COMMITTEE AND I WANT
THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO
POUND THIS THING THROUGH TO
PRESERVE AND I'LL OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN A SEA OF
JUSTIFICATION, THANK YOU.>>
THANK YOU BOB.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS WESLEY AND I HAVE
LIVED IN A MOBILE HOME PARK
SINCE 1999.
MY PARENTS HAVE LIVED THERE
SINCE THE 70s.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A
NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE YOU HAVE WITH
A LOT OF HOUSES AROUND AND
USUALLY DON'T EVEN MEET YOUR
NEIGHBOR UNLESS HE IS MOWING
HIS LAWN.
AT THE MOBIL PARK, WE HAVE LOTS
OF NEIGHBORS AND THEY LIVE ALL
OVER THE PARK.
WE GET TO KNOW THEM QUITE WELL.
WE LISTEN TO THEM, WE TAKE THEM
PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO GO AND
HELP THEM OUT IF THEY CAN'T GET
THERE.
WE HAVE SECURITY WITH THEM AND
ALSO A CHANGE OF WAYS TO LIKE
THEM UP WHEN THEY ARE OUT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
MY MENTALLY CHALLENGED
GRANDDAUGHTER IS SAFE IN THE
PARK.
THAT SHE CAN RELY ON OTHER
PEOPLE IN THE PARK AND THEY
TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF HER.
AC TO HER NEEDS.
SHE SEEMS TO ENJOY IT VERY MUCH
THERE.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SEE OUR
NEEDS AND KEEP US THERE THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
>> BEFORE YOU PROCEED, LET ME
READOUT 2 MORE NAMES.
SPELL DICKENS AND TILING PARKS
WILL FOLLOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI MY NAME IS LINDA AND I AM
A RESIDENT AT THE SENIOR
COMMUNITY CENTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TODAY
TO VOTE YES ON THE MOBILE HOME
AUDITORIUM BUT I ALSO WANT TO
ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP
OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND SEEING ARTICLES FULL OF
MISINFORMATION ABOUT US, THEY
ARE SAYING COUNCILMEMBER HAS
GOTTEN US WORKED UP AND IS
JOKING OUR FEARS.
WHEN WE WERE INFORMED BY PARK
MANAGERS THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS
UP FOR SALE, A COMMUNITY WE
WERE ALL PROMISED WOULD NEVER
BE SOLD, AND THEN TOLD AGAIN BY
MANAGEMENT THAT GREG HAD A
DEVELOPER THAT WAS INTERESTED
IN THE PROPERTY, THAT IS WHAT
STOPED OUR FEARS.
WE CONTACTED CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CAME TO
OUR AID.
SHE AND HER AGENTS HAVE CALMED
OUR FEARS AND HELP US TO SAVE
OUR HOMES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING TO
BAT FOR US WE ARE FOREVER IN
YOUR DEBT.
YES WE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE
MARKET FOR DEVELOPERS BUT THE
TRUSTEES CAN CHANGE THEIR MINDS
AT ANY TIME.
WE DESPERATELY NEED THIS TO PUT
OUR PLAN INTO ACTION, TO SAVE
OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITY.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES KEEPING
IN MIND WE ALL VOTE, OUR
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ALL VOTE
AND ALL OF THESE SUPPORTERS AND
THEIR EXTENDED NETWORKS VOTE,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS
SPELL DICKENS.
I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR OVER
32 YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER AND A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND AS A
LEGAL AID ATTORNEY AND AS A
DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL
MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION.
THE CITY COULD HAVE SOLVED THIS
ISSUE WHEN IT FIRST VOTED TO
LOOK ON THE ISSUE OF PRESERVING
COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE.
THERE WERE NINE OF THEM AT THE
TIME.
LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING FOR
THE HOMEOWNERS OF THE TWO
REMAINING MANUFACTURING
COMMUNITY BOTH IN NORTH SEATTLE.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR FULL SUPPORT
AND PLEASE LET YOUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS MOVE FORWARD A LONG-
TERM PRESERVATION THE CITY
WOULD LOSE ITS LAST STREAMING
OPPORTUNITY I HAVE WORKED WITH
ELECTED OFFICIALS AS THEY HAVE
ALL RESEARCHED AND ULTIMATELY
VOTED TO ENACT LOCAL ZONING
AGENCIES TO PRESERVE NEAR
JURISDICTIONS.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH
YOU ON A SIMILAR GUARANTEE OF
LONG-TERM SECURITY FOR
MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNERS IN
SEATTLE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT
AT ANY TIME, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT IT IS A
PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE.
I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
NATIONAL MANUFACTURED
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND AN
ORGANIZING CONSULTANT FOR THE
ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURED
HOMEOWNERS WHICH IS A
WASHINGTON STATE WIDE
ORGANIZATION.
AS YOU HEARD LAST WEEK, I HAVE
BEEN A VICTIM OF A DISPLACEMENT
OR THE SINKING OF A DISPLACEMENT
WHEN MY COMPANY WAS SOLD AND WE
WERE THE LUCKY ONES.
I NOW HAVE THE GREAT FORTUNE OF
WORKING WITH THESE WONDERFUL
PEOPLE AND HELPING THEM
ORGANIZE AND FORM AN
ASSOCIATION AND WORKING ON
THEIR IMPROVEMENT AND WELL-
BEING.
WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING NINE
COMMUNITIES AND UNFORTUNATELY
WE ARE ONLY PROTECTIN 2.
THERE'S NO REASON TO WAIT ON
ACTING THERE ARE 3 NONPROFITS I
HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THAT
ARE VERY INTERESTED IN TALKING
ABOUT PURCHASING THIS COMMUNITY
AS A NONPROFIT IN THAT WAY WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MY CONCERN IS THEY WILL SELL IT
MAYBE AS A MOBILE HOME PARK BUT
TO AN INVESTOR OWNER AND THEY
WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE THE
RENTS, FIRST THE LOW INCOME
PEOPLE OUT, PUT IN NICER HOMES
AND THAT YOU HAVE A SENIOR
COMMUNITY FOR THE HIGH INCOME.
THAT IS NOT WHAT SEATTLE NEEDS
RIGHT NOW, PLEASE INSTITUTE THIS
AUDITORIUM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE LINDA,
KAREN, AND ALEX.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT MONEY, WIN-WIN
SITUATIONS AND WHY WE NEED YOUR
HELP.
BLUE FERN HAS PULLED OUT AND IT
IS CLEAR OUR MOBILE HOME PARK
SITS ON LAND THAT DOES NOT LEND
ITSELF TO ANY KIND OF
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, WE STILL NEED THE ONE
YEAR AUDITORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT.
IT WILL PROVIDE A SAFETY NET
WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO BE
NERVOUS ABOUT POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH BLUE
FERN AND THE SITE IS NOT
DEVELOPABLE AND IT WILL PROTECT
OUR SISTER MOBILE HOME PARK
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO US.
OUR GOAL IN THE COMING MONTHS
IS TO ESTABLISH ZONING THAT
MAKES IT CLEAR THESE PROPERTIES
ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR
DEVELOPMENT.
WE NEED IS FOR SECURITY SO WE
DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS
PANIC AGAIN BUT THE REAL VALUE
OF THE PROPERTY IS CLEAR.
IT'S LIKELY THEY WILL BE SOLD
THEY WILL OPERATE AS A MOBILE
HOME PARK.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IS GOOD
UP TO A POINT BUT THE THREAT TO
US IS THIS.
THE PROBLEM OF INCREASING
MONTHLY RENT WILL FORCE MOST OF
US OUT OF THE PARK.
ALMOST ANY SALE INCREASES THE
COST OF OPERATION OF WHATEVER
BUSINESS ENDEAVOR WE STILL.
WE WILL HAVE CURRENT OPERATING
COSTS PLUS THE COST OF PAYING
OFF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR
MAKING A PROFIT OVER AND ABOVE.
THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING LOANS
AS FAR AS I KNOW.
IT IS CRITICAL FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS THAT OUR
MONTHLY RENTS ARE NOT PUSHED UP
BY A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.
THIS CAN HAPPEN BEST IF A CITY
COUNCIL PROTECTION AND A
LIMITED REZONING OF THESE
PROPERTIES HAS LIMITED USE OF
MANUFACTURED HOME PARTS.
>> CAN YOU WRAP UP?
>> LET ME GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN.>>
FIVE SECONDS.
>> THE ASSESSED VALUE IS 4
MILLION, IT HAS BEEN GOING TO
THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IF YOU
AVERAGE THEM OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS IT'S ABOUT 25,000
MAYBE A LITTLE LESS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
KAREN BEFORE YOU START, ALEX AND
PATTY OKAY.
KAREN ALEX AND PATTY.
>> I AM A RETIRED CONDO OWNER AT
THE NEW RATE FOR THE NEW
WATERFRONT PARK.
I WILL PAY MORE THAN THE VALLEY
OF A YEARS WORTH OF PROPERTY
TAXES AS MY SHARE.
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE HISTORY,
PARKS HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY
CITYWIDE TAXES IN THE CITYWIDE
PARK DISTRICT LEVY IS CURRENTLY
FUNDING ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF
NEW PARKS, RENOVATIONS, AND
IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
CITY.
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE JUST AS
LIKELY TO SEE THEIR VALUES RISE
BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING FORCED
TO PAY A LEVY.
I ASK EACH OF YOU TO CONSIDER
HOW THE VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT
WOULD FEEL IF THE REST OF THE
COUNCIL DECIDED TO TAX YOU AND
ONLY YOU FOR A PROJECT MEANT TO
BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY.
YOU HEARD OVERWHELMINGLY
NEGATIVE INPUT DURING YOUR
COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THIS.
THE HEARING EXAMINER WAS
EQUALLY AS OVERWHELMINGLY
NEGATIVE.
ONLY WHEN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
OWNERS THREATENED TO PROTEST
THE CITY SIT DOWN TO ADDRESS
LONG-TERM OPERATION SECURITY
AND CONDUCT ISSUES.
THE ISSUES OF AFFORDABILITY AND
UNFAIRNESS OF PENALIZING
RESIDENCE WERE NEVER ADDRESSED.
WHEN THINKING ABOUT YOUR NEXT
RESPONSE, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
THE LEGISLATION YOU ARE LOOKING
AT APPROVING TODAY WAS A DEAL
MADE WITH AS FEW AS 100 OF THE
LARGE DOWNTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS.
MAY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST.
THEY MAKE UP A MAJORITY OF THE
VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BUT ARE
LESS THAN TWO PERCENT OF THE
ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
BY MAKING THIS DEAL YOU HAVE
BLOCKED ALL OTHER PROPERTY
OWNERS INCLUDING 4600 CONDO
OWNERS FROM HAVING A VOICE IN
THE DECISION.
RENTERS AND BUSINESS TENANTS
WERE NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED IN
THE PROCESS.
THOSE OF YOU WHO PLAN TO RUN
FOR REELECTION NEED TO EXAMINE
YOUR MOTIVES.
ASK YOURSELF IF YOU WANT AN
AFFORDABLE LIVABLE CITY FOR ALL
OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS OR ARM YOU
ONLY INTERESTED IN WHAT A FEW
BUSINESS OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS
WANT?
THEIR SUCCESS IS IMPORTANT TO
THE CITY BUT NOT IF THE
COLLATERAL DAMAGE STRIVES EVERY
DAY PEOPLE INCLUDING FAMILIES
AND SENIORS FROM THEIR HOMES,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM NOT A SOCIAL DEMOCRAT,
MY NAME IS ALEX AND I STAY IN
LOW INCOME BUSINESS FOR 30
YEARS.
I PICKED UP 500 LOW-INCOME
SENIOR CITIZENS EIGHT YEARS
LATER.
I AM HERE FOR NEARLY 100 TIMES.
AND YOU GUYS, YOU MUST DEBATE
EVERYTHING.
RIGHT NOW, THIS BRINGS THE
PEOPLE HERE FOREVER BY A
SECTION 8 OF SIMILAR SITUATIONS.
THIS WILL BE PRIVATE PROPERTY
AND PEOPLE WILL BE MOVED OUT
TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
YOU NEVER RESPECT PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE, WHY?
I EXPLAINED TO YOU SIMPLE.
FOR FIVE-YEAR YOU NEVER SHOP AT
AMAZON.
NO ONE FROM YOU TALKING ABOUT
AMAZON.
AMAZON WILL GET YOU EVERYTHING.
IT GIVES YOU HIGHER THAN 10,000.
MANY PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED IT
IS GOOD FOR LOW INCOME AND 50
PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
SEATTLE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 1 MILLION
PEOPLE.
WHAT IS NEAR 250,000 HOUSES LOW
INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSES, YOU
NEVER DID THIS BECAUSE YOU BY
DEBT COMMISSION HAVE ONLY ONE
EXAMPLE.
A MULTIMILLIONAIRE IS NOT YOUR
PRINCIPAL.
STAND UP AMERICA IN SEATTLE,
>> FOLLOWING PATTY WILL BE
MARILYN ON THE MICROPHONE.
>> MY NAME IS PATTY, I AM 82, I
HAVE BEEN IN TREATMENT FOR
CANCER, I HAVE BEEN IN A MOBILE
PARK FOR 23 OR 24 YEARS NOW.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY LIVING IN
THIS PART, I AM VERY ACTIVE IN
MY CHURCH AND I HAVE A COUPLE
OTHER CAREGIVERS THROUGH
MEDICAID AND MEMBERS IN THE
MOBILE HOME PARK.
I REALLY WANT YOU TO SUPPORT US
HAVING AN AFFORDABLE HOME AND
GO THROUGH THE STEPS THAT ARE
ESSENTIAL FOR THAT. ONE THING
THAT COMES TO MIND IS WHEN I
WAS A KID, WE DID NOT HAVE A
NICE LIVING ROOM SO I COULD NOT
INVITE MY FRIENDS OVER.
THAT'S WHAT EVERY KID WANTS,
DON'T THEY?
NOW, I HAVE A WHOLE CLUBHOUSE.
I HAVE HAD FRIENDS COME, I AM
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
STORYTELLERS GUILD AND WE'VE
GIVEN AWARDS, IT'S WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
FOLLOWING MARILYN WILL BE RENCE
AND JOANN CROCKER.
>> MY NAME IS MARILYN REED, I
LIVE IN THE MOBILE HOME
COMMUNITY AND I HAVE IN THERE
FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS, THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
LISTENING TO OUR CAUSE AND A
SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
TO GET ORGANIZED AND TO CREATE
SOLIDARITY AMONGST MEMBERS AND
BEGIN TO DRAWN SUPPORT FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THAT ALL
THESE LETTERS HAVE COME IN AND
SUPPORT OUR CAUSE IS GETTING
LARGER AND LARGER EVERY DAY AS
WE SPEAK AND MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR
CASE AND REALLY WANTING US TO
HAVE A PLACE THAT IS SAFE,
COMFORTABLE, AND SECURE.
I AM JEALOUS GOING TO READ OFF
BRIEFLY THE GROUPS THAT HAVE
MAILED IN THEIR LETTERS OF
SUPPORT.
THE VIETNAMESE SENIOR
ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE, THE
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,
THE AEROSPACE MECHANICS
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT LOBS, 751
HOSPITALITY UNION OF THE
NORTHWEST LOCAL H, A HUGE SLEW
OF DIFFERENT LETTERS FROM
DIFFERENT UNIONS, MEMBERS, AND
LEADERS, THE CHURCH COUNCIL OF
GREATER SEATTLE, THE ASSOCIATE
MINISTER CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL
LIVING, AND THE OFFICE OF
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES
INTERNATIONAL UNION.
I THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO
ALLOW OUR SITUATION TO HAVE A
ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM SO WE CAN
LOOK INTO LEGAL PROTECTION AND
POSSIBLY GET OUR PLACE REZONED
AND BEGIN TO CREATE A PLACE
THAT HAS ALSO MAINTAINED YOUR
STABLE LIVING, OUR PARK HAS
BEEN NEGLECTED AND IS IN NEED
OF REPAIRS.
I CAN SEE THIS PLACE BECOMING
SPIFFED UP AND IT JUST BEING A
WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE,
THANK YOU.
>> RENCE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JOANNA AND ROBIN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM HERE TO
STAND WITH SOLIDARITY WITH THIS
HOUSE AND COMMUNITY.
ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE 55 AND
OVER, ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE
DISABLED, AND ALL OF THOSE THAT
ARE MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME.
SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW MANY
PEOPLE DIE OF A BROKEN HEART.
WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN SEATTLE
SINCE I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 32
YEARS AND I HAD TO CUT DOWN A
LOT OF MY DEMOCRATIC AND SOCIAL
INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE OF MY
HEALTH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I
HAD TO LET GO OF THE POSITION.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS COME
DOWN AND SETTLE HERE TO BE A
VOICE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A ROOF
OVER THEIR HEAD, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING HAS BEEN MISUSED.
TO CUT IT SHORT, PLEASE, PUT
THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM IN
THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN
MAKE THE LEGAL STANCES TO GET
THIS REZONED AND SO THAT THEY
CAN LIVE THERE FOREVER BECAUSE
THE SUPPLY AND THE DEMAND RIGHT
NOW THE SUPPLY AND THE DEMAND
OF THE PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING MET
THAT CANNOT AFFORD IT.
IT IS HEART MAKING THAT WE HAVE
TO KEEP BEING SO COLDHEARTED
AND IGNORING THE NEEDS OF
EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK AND
I HOPE THAT THIS CAN STAY
FOREVER NOT JUST A YEAR, BUT
FOREVER.
I WILL SAY, MY MOM IN VANCOUVER
WASHINGTON ALSO LIVED IN A
SOCIAL PASSENGER LIFE THAT SHE
WAS IN A COMMUNITY JUST LIKE
THIS.
IT'S SO WONDERFUL AND IT
REMINDED ME OF WHAT SEATTLE
USED TO BE WHEN WE HELPED EACH
OTHER YOU KNOW?
NOW WE CAN EVEN LOOK AT EACH
OTHER AND SAY HI ON THE STREET
ANYMORE.
I AM HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT
THEM AND I HOPE YOU DO, TOO.
YOU HAVE THE POWER, THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
I AM THAT THE INGLEWOOD SHORES
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK IN
KENMORE AND I AM RETIRED AS THE
MANAGER OF CHRIS BAILEY, FORMER
KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S FAMILY
OFFICE.
WHEN THE GROUND UNDER HOMES AND
A PARK SOLD FOR OTHER USE, THE
HOME UNDER SUFFER.
THEIR OWNERS INSTANTLY BECOME
WORTHLESS.
THEY LOSE ALL EQUITY AND ANY AND
ALL IMPROVEMENTS, THERE ARE NO
PLACES TO TAKE THESE HOMES
ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.
THEY MIGHT BE CHARGED UP TO
$12,000 OR EVEN MORE TO
DEMOLISH THEIR HOMES.
THERE ARE NO PLACES FOR THEM TO
GO AND WE RESTART THEIR LIVES.
TAXPAYING CITIZENS THEN BECOME
AN UNWANTED RELATIVE OR EVEN
HOMELESS AND HERE IS SOMETHING
I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY OF THESE
MEETINGS THAT EACH PERSON THAT
BECOMES HOMELESS, ESPECIALLY
THE SENIOR CITIZENS, THEY START
ON THIS NEGATIVE CASCADE OF
EFFECTS WHICH MIGHT COST THE
SYSTEM AS MUCH AS $35,000 A
MONTH FOR EACH OF THESE PEOPLE
WHO GET DISPLACED.
SO, IF IT CLOSES, THAT WILL
STAND AS JUST ANOTHER NAIL IN
THE COFFIN FOR THE SEATTLE
AREA'S MIDDLE-CLASS.
PLEASE D YOUR BEST TO HELP
RESOLVE THIS MESS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ROBIN?
>> ROBIN, THIS IS AN UNWANTED
LEVY OF INVOLUNTARY TAXES ON A
MINORITY OF CONDO OWNERS SUCH
AS MYSELF.
DIRECTLY AFTER YOU APPROVE THE
START, SALES HAVE GONE DOWNHILL
BY SMALL RETIREMENTS THREE
BLOCKS FROM THE FREEWAY, FAR
FROM THE WATERFRONT THAT I
BOUGHT MANY YEARS AGO TO AFFORD
SEATTLE AFTER 37 YEARS.
YOU ARE LED HAS FORCED ME TO
SEARCH FOR A LOWER COST IN A
MORE WELCOMING PLACE TO LIVE IN
NEVADA, TEXAS, EVEN OUTSIDE THE
USA OR EVEN CONSIDERING DOING
THE MOBILE CAMPER TENT
SITUATION.
I WILL BE FORCED TO MOVE OUT AND
EITHER CHARGE HIGH RENT
NECESSARY OR OTHERWISE SO MY
SMALL CONDO IN ORDER FOR YOU
GUYS TO UNFAIRLY LEVY TAXES
AGAINST A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF
CONDO OWNERS SUCH AS MYSELF.
PLEASE FINALLY LISTEN AND DO
NOT VOTE TO KICK US OUT OF
SEATTLE.
THAT IS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE
BASICALLY DOING IF YOU VOTE FOR
THE UNFAIR LEAD THAT IS LEVYING
THIS UNWANTED TAX ACROSS A WIDE
SWATH OF A SMALL NUMBER OF
DOWNTOWN CONDO OWNERS SUCH AS
MYSELF.>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE EXCEEDED BY 10
MINUTES LOTS OF TIME FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, UNLESS THERE ARE
OBJECTIONS I'M GOING TO TAKE
THE TIME DOWN TO ONE MINUTE FOR
THE NEXT 10 SPEAKERS.
WE DO HAVE 11 AGENDA ISLET ITEMS
AND A COUPLE COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE CONFLICTS THAT START SO I
NEED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AGENDA.
LET'S TAKE 10 MORE SPEAKERS,
GOING TO READ THE NAMES.
>> I THINK THAT THEY BREACH OF
CONTRACT AGAINST WE THE PEOPLE.
WE PAY YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO WARN YOU THAT
YOU ARE BEING DISRUPTIVE IF YOU
CONTINUE I WILL HAVE YOU
REMOVED.
GOING TO HAVE YOU HAVE A SEAT
OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU
FOR BEING DISRUPTIVE I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU TO HAVE A SEAT.
JUST CHILL FOR A MINUTE.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE YOU
REMOVED, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS,
IMOGENE WILLIAMS, SIEGFRIED,
AND ADMIRAL ADLER, THANK YOU.
PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK THE
MICROPHONE WE WANT THAT WHEN IN
USE AS WELL, THANK YOU.>> WE
ARE ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES,
THIS IS 85 PEOPLE THAT HAVE
WORKED ALL OUR LIVES THAT ARE
PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS, THEY DON'T
DESERVE TO BE EVICTED AND
THROWN OUT AND SOME OF THEM
WILL BE SHIVERING IN A TENT.
I WONDER HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE SHIVERING IN
TENTS HAVE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH
BEFORE? SEATTLE HAS BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY, SEATTLE HAS
MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES,
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
TELL ME WHY?
>> THANK YOU MS. WILLIAMS.
>> HI, SARAH SIEGFRIED I'M
SPEAKING TODAY FOR ADVOCATES
FOR RETIREMENT ACTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SUPPORTING US MEANWHILE, THE
INCOME SENIORS THAT LIVE HERE
WILL NOT FEEL SAFE UNTIL THEIR
HOMES ACTUALLY HAVE PERMANENT
APPROPRIATE MOBILE HOME PARK
ZONING SO I URGE YOU TO LOOK
AHEAD TO THAT.
THIS IS THE ONLY HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPTION THAT LOW INCOME SENIORS
AND WORKING PEOPLE IN SEATTLE
HAVE AND WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE
OF IT.
WE USED TO HAVE 4, WE LOST 2.
THOSE TOWNHOUSES ARE NOW
SELLING FOR 700, $800,000.
NOT AFFORDABLE TO ANYONE WHO
HAS WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE.
THINK ABOUT FINDING PLACES THAT
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT ARE
OTHERWISE NOT BUILDABLE, IT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE
USE OF ONE OF THE 4 GOLF CLUBS
SINCE GOLFING HAS GONE WAY DOWN
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
USE A LAND TRUST TO RETAIN THE
OWNERSHIPS YOU CAN GUARANTEE
THE USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES
FOREVER.
THINK CREATIVELY, THINK ABOUT
THE ZONING, ADD THE ZONING TO
THE MAPS, THE NHA AS WE HAVE IT
NOW HAS NO THREE-BEDROOM FAMILY
HOUSING, IT HAS NO PRESERVATION
PROVISIONS, IT LACKS AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND IT LACKS
SUSTAINABLE TREES, ALL OF THOSE
THINGS CAN BE PROVIDED BY
CREATIVE ZONING, THANK YOU.
>> MERLE ADLER, ELOISE, AND
CAROL MILLER.>> I WOULD LIKE TO
SUGGEST PERHAPS THAT WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE SEEING A ZONING
THAT MIGHT HELP OUT THESE
PEOPLE BUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE
DOING SOMETHING IN THE GREAT
RECESSION WHICH WAS TO TRY AND
PASS A DOMAIN PROCESS TO USE
THE CITY'S POWERS TO ADDRESS
THIS DISASTER IN ESSENCE BY WAY
OF ACQUIRING THESE PROPERTIES,
LOOKING AT THE SITUATION AS A
FORECLOSURE, ACQUIRING THESE
PROPERTIES SO THAT WE CAN GIVE
THEM BACK ESSENTIALLY TO THE
MANUFACTURED HOME OWNERS AT THE
PENNIES ON A DOLLAR THAT THESE
THINGS NORMALLY TURN IN A
DESPERATE ECONOMY TURNOVER TO
THE SERVERS.
THE SERVERS ONLY PERFORM A
FUNCTION OF COLLECTING AGAIN ON
THESE MORTGAGES AFTER A NEW
OWNER TAKES IT OVER AND WHAT
THIS WOULD DO IS ALLOW US TO
TAKE THAT PROPERTY AND HAVE IT
PUT INTO THE POSSESSION OF
PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THIS
PROPERTY AND THAT WAY THEY WILL
ADDRESS THE SITUATION AS OTHER
CITIES WERE THINKING OF DOING IN
RICHLAND CALIFORNIA AND NEW
YORK, NEW JERSEY TO AFFECT THIS
KIND OF A PRINCIPAL THAT YOU
WOULD USE THE CITY'S POWER TO
TURN THIS PROPERTY OVER FROM
WASHINGTON WHICH WE SEEM TO BE
HAVING TO TAKE THIS PROPERTY
FROM.>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM ELOISE AND I LIVE IN
THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY.
I AM SO THANKFUL YOU ARE
LISTENING TO US AGAIN TODAY.
I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS
TO MR. JOHNSON, WE KNOW YOU
WILL RECEIVE WHATEVER
CONDITIONS WE CREATE HERE
TODAY, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
TO THE COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WE THINK YOU
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO
HELP US TO RESTORE OUR FAITH
AND GIVE US HOPE.
HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE, NOT JUST
FOR US, BUT FOR SENIORS,
GRANDPARENTS THAT COME AFTER US,
BY SHOWING YOUR HUMANITY IN
YOUR VOTE TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> JUST ONE SECOND I WANT TO
READ A COUPLE MORE NAMES OUT.:,
AND KEENAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM A STAFF
MEMBER AT FAITH ACTION NETWORK
AS WELL AS TRINITY METHODIST
CHURCH.
WE ASK YOU APPROVE THIS ON THE
NEW DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING
MOBILE PARKS IN SEATTLE.
WHEN SO MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO
FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR
MAINTAIN THE HOUSING THEY HAVE,
IT SHOULD BE NO QUESTION
WHETHER OUR CITY TAKES MEASURES
TO RESERVE IT.
WE HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH TASK TO
PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO
OUR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
WE CANNOT CREATE FURTHER
DISPLACEMENT AVENUES BY PUTTING
THE RESIDENCE AT THE MERCY OF
MONEY HUNGRY DEVELOPERS.
THEY WOULD SLEEP THEIR HOMES
OUT FROM UNDER THEM.
LOOKOUT AMONG THE BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE WEARING GREEN TODAY, WE
ASK YOU TO STAND WITH THEM, TO
CHOOSE THEM OVER THE BIG
DEVELOPERS BY VOTING TO IMPROVE
THEM AUDITORIUM, THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS DEBORAH COHEN, I
AM A DOWNTOWN CONDOMINIUM OWNER
AND I READ FREQUENTLY IN THE
NEWSPAPER THAT THERE WILL BE A
NEW PASSENGER PEER DOWNTOWN.
AND THAT THERE WILL BE MANY
MORE CRUISES GOING FROM SEATTLE
TO ALASKA AND OTHER PLACES.
I AM ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER
SERIOUSLY TAXING CRUISE LINES
AND NOT UNFAIRLY SINGLING OUT
ONE GROUP OF CONDO OWNERS TO
OUR DETRIMENT, THANK YOU.
>> RICHARD WILL FOLLOW YOU AND
THEN DELVE IN, GO AHEAD, THANK
YOU.>> I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
SEATTLE.
I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WE NEED TO
MAINTAIN SOME AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
I HAVE 3 FRIENDS WHO ARE ON A
WAITING LIST FOR LOW INCOME
HOUSING AND THEIR ELDERS AND
THEY CAN'T GET ON.
PLEASE, TAKE A GOOD STANCE,
STANDS FOR THE PEOPLE AND
PLEASE IN THE FUTURE, CHANGES
LIKE THIS WE NEED NOTICE.
THEY DID NOT GET NOTIFIED UNTIL
JULY.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO FIGURE IT
OUT WHEN THEY THOUGHT IT WAS
TRUST AND IT WAS FAIR.
WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO
START HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES.
HELP THEM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS RICH, I AM
A PASTOR AT UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
I WAS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZER
WITH A COMMUNITY OF MOBILE HOME
PARK DWELLERS, WE APPEARED
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, WE
ASKED AND WERE GIVEN A
MORATORIUM, COUNCILMEMBERS WERE
VERY THOUGHTFUL IN GIVING US
THAT AND THEY RENEWED IT BUT
REALLY ALL WE GOT WAS TIME.
AT THE END OF THAT, WE DID NOT
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO IT.
I WOULD URGE YOU TO PASS THE
MORATORIUM THAT MOBILE HOME PARK
SAT AT 125th AND AURORA, RIGHT
NOW THERE IS A BIG BOX HARDWARE
STORE SITTING THERE
CONVENIENTLY LOCATED JUST A FEW
BLOCKS NORTH OF A BIG BOX
HARDWARE STORE.
I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.
30 YEARS AGO, THE NUMBER OF
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE CITY WAS
MUCH SMALLER AND WE CALLED IT A
CRISIS.
WE NEED TO DO BETTER, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS DEVON
SILVER NOW, I AM A MEMBER OF
THE RENTAL COMMISSION AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AN
ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH
HOMELESS PEOPLE AND RENTERS.
HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE
HOMEOWNERS, I'M HERE TO REMIND
YOU OUR CITY HAS BEEN TALKING A
LOT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
YEARS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
HERE IS A REALLY GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY
FOR SENIORS WHO WE KNOW THAT IF
THEY ARE FORCED OUT OF THEIR
HOMES THEY WILL BE PUT IN
REALLY PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE REALLY,
HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE EVER
HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEY
WILL BE LIVING NEXT?
HARVEY MILK SAID WITHOUT HOPE,
THE ESSENCE OF THE WORLD WILL
GIVE UP, THAT'S ALL OF US AND
LIKE ELOISE SAID, THEY NEED
HELP SO PLEASE GIVE THEM HOPE,
THANK YOU.
>> HI, MY NAME IS DAN I AM A
FOOD SERVICE WORKER AND I AM
HERE TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENCE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS WOULD
NOT EVEN BE ON THE AGENDA IF
THE SENIORS HAD NOT BANDED
TOGETHER AND FOUGHT BACK. WE
ARE ON THE VERGE OF WINNING
THIS AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY
SHOWS THAT WHEN ORDINARY PEOPLE
AND TOGETHER THERE IS POWER IN
THAT.
WE CAN REALLY MAKE CHANGE AND A
VICTORY FOR YOU GUYS IS A
VICTORY FOR EVERYONE IN SEATTLE
WHO STRUGGLES.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN AND ROB JOHNSON, IF
THIS PASSES IT WILL GO STRAIGHT
TO YOUR COMMITTEE WE WILL KEEP
AN EYE ON YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU
ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE THINGS WE
DESPERATELY NEED WILL BE,
THANKS.
>> WE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE EXTENDED
ONCE AGAIN SO WE HAD SOME
SPEAKERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT
AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE
WE RAN OUT OF TIME WE HAVE TO
GET ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
WE ARE PROCEEDING AND I'M SORRY
WE COULDN'T HEAR YOUR TESTIMONY.
IT'S NOT A CONSPIRACY SIR, IT'S
MY DISCRETIONARY CALL.
WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED, I'M
GOING TO HAVE YOU REMOVED.
OKAY, THANK YOU SIR.
ALL RIGHT BROTHER.
THE MORE WE WAIT THE MORE I
HAVE TO LISTEN.>> THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
I MOVED TO PASS CONSTABLE
119452.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE RULE ON THE
PASSING OF THE BILL.
SPEAK OF THE BILL PASSES,
PLEASE READ THE FIRST
DEVELOPMENT, WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT WAS THE WARM-UP ACT.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
ONE.
>> CONSTABLE 1194 51 FINALLY ON
THE ACCEPTANCE FOR PROCESSING
APPROVAL APPLICATIONS FOR
DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS CURRENTLY
USE OF MOBILE HOME PARKS
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
ESTABLISHING IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATES BY THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> I APOLOGIZE I WAS NOT CLEAR
ON MY ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
>> I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR NOT
KNOWING THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE
THIS IS PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
>> THANK YOU.
>> EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE CRISIS KNOWS
THAT I WANT TO SHARE 2 OR 3
QUICK STORIES FROM WHAT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND ONE OF THEM IS RENC HAGAN
WHO IS A RETIRED BARTENDER WHO
TOLD US ABOUT BEING HOMELESS
FOR YEARS, LIVING IN A SHED
WITH NO ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING
WATER BEFORE FINDING A HOME.
SHE NOW ATTENDS A GARDEN AND
GROWS VEGETABLES FOR HER
NEIGHBORS, SHE TOLD US SHE
WOULD LIKELY BE HOMELESS AGAIN
IF THE DEVELOPERS SUCCEEDED IN
EVICTING MOBILE HOMEOWNERS AND
SHE SAID FOR SEVEN YEARS SHE'S
HAD SECURITY WITHOUT WORRY AND
NOW THEY WILL TAKE IT AWAY.
ELOISE WITH WHOM YOU HEARD FROM
THREE MEMBERS OF THE MACHINIST
UNION IS A PAINTER AND
GRANDMOTHER WHO HAS LIVED HERE
FOR 16 YEARS.
THIS IS A CARING COMMUNITY, WE
LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
SHE IS RAISING A GRANDDAUGHTER
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
THIS FAMILY FEELS SAFETY AND
TRUST, HELP SAVE THE COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
WE KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENED AS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SAID WAS
THIS PROPERTY ON THE MARKET FOR
$22 MILLION?
CORPORATE DEVELOPERS FILED PRE-
APPLICATIONS, THE RESIDENTS
HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I
GOT LETTERS IN THE MAIL AND
THEY GOT ORGANIZED, THEY
CONTACTED MY OFFICE, AND THEY
HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING ON
FRIDAY JANUARY 18th WHERE THEY
HAVE ALL THESE TESTIMONIES AND
WE READ NOT ONLY THE RESIDENCE
BUT SO MANY OF THEIR
SUPPORTERS, SOME OF THEM
DEMANDED THE COUNCIL TAKE
ACTION.
AS IT WAS SAID EARLIER, THIS
DEMONSTRATES WHAT YOU CAN
ACCOMPLISH BY BUILDING A
MOVEMENT AND WHEN THAT MOVEMENT
HAS ITS OWN VOICE AND CITY HALL
YOU CAN ACTUALLY WIN VICTORIES.
LET ME JUST SAY IT IS NICE THEY
WILL ASK YOU TO SELL THE
PROPERTY TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS
TO RUN IT AS A MOBILE PARK FOR
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE FOUGHT NO
TALK IS CHEAP THE RESIDENCE OR
PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD BE SAFE
BUT THEN THEY SAID THE PARK WAS
BEING SOLD.
WE KNOW NOT TO TRUST EMPTY
WORDS, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE FIGHTING, RIGHT?
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT BECAUSE
OF OUR ACTIVISM, THAT DEVELOPER
HAS BACKED OFF FOR NOW.
WE KNOW BETTER THAN TO TAKE
PROMISES AND INTENTIONS AT FACE
VALUE WHEN A PROPERTY SALE IS
ON THE LINE.
IF YOU HAVE INTENDS TO KEEP
THIS THEN THEY WILL HAVE NO
PROBLEM PASSING LEGISLATION
FLOWING FROM THE AUDITORIUM TO
DESIGNATING THIS REGION IN
PROPERTY WITH MANUFACTURED HOME
PROPERTIES.
SEATTLE WILL NOT BE THE FIRST
CITY DOING THIS, THE CITY OF
PORTLAND HAS ARTIE DONE THAT,
THE PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED LAST SUMMER
TO HAVE A HOME PARK DESIGNATION
TO THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE
THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD DEMAND
FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE, LET'S
PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WANT TO DO, FIRST OF ALL, I
WANT TO FIRST OF ALL
CONGRATULATE THE RESIDENTS
THEMSELVES CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE
YOURSELF A BIG HAND.
AND LOOK AT THIS SEATTLE TIMES
PAGE.
THIS MY DEAR FRIENDS AND FELLOW
ACTIVISTS, THIS IS A TESTIMONIAL
TO THE KIND OF POWER YOU CAN
BUILD WHEN WE GET ORGANIZED
COLLECTIVELY AND THIS HAPPENS
BECAUSE WE CHAMPIONED YOUR CAUSE
BUT WE DO NEED YOUR OWN VOICES
AT CITY HALL.
IN THE ARTICLE THERE ARE 1
MILLION SITES WERE DEVELOPERS
CAN BUILD IN THE CITY.
THIS IS HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
LET'S PRESERVE IT.
AS DICKENS SAID IT WILL NOT
TAKE A CRISIS FOR YOU TO DO
SOMETHING, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE
TAKE PEOPLE WITH GRAY HAIR TO
CONTROL YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
FOR AGREEING TO CORRESPOND WITH
THE LEGISLATION.
THANKS.
THANK YOU FREEMAN WHO DID A LOT
OF THE WORK ON THIS AND ALSO
KIERSTEN AS USUAL SPECIAL
THANKS TO NICK JENS FROM MY
OFFICE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
WITH YOU ALL.
HE'S RIGHT THERE.
AND JONATHAN ROSENBLUM AND
SASHA SUMMER.
I WANTED TO JOIN THE OTHERS WHO
HAVE ALREADY SAID IN BANKING
YOUR LOCAL AID AND ADVOCATES
RETIREMENT ACTION.
THE VIETNAMESE SENIOR
ASSOCIATION, THE FAITH ACTION
NETWORK, THE UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST, SOMEBODY SPOKE IN
SUPPORT OF THE PRESERVATION OF
THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I REALLY THINK EVERYONE, I ALSO
WANT TO NOTE A MEMBER OF THE
LABOR MOVEMENT IS HERE.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE KEEP
FIGHTING.
I DO HAVE SOME CLOSING REMARKS
AT THE END BEFORE WE TAKE A
VOTE.
>> O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO THINK
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP BUT I REALLY WANT TO
GIVE SO MUCH CREDIT TO THE
RESIDENCE FOR YOUR WORK TO MAKE
THIS POSSIBLE.
IN ADDITION TO EVERY
COUNCILMEMBER SOMEONE SAID WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
PROTECT THE MOBILE HOME PALLETS
AND MANUFACTURED PARTS IN
SEATTLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO ENSURE WE HAVE ENOUGH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EVERYONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE REMINDED
US ALL AGAIN IN YOUR TESTIMONY
LAST WEEK WAS THIS IS NOT JUST
ABOUT HOUSING, THIS IS NOT JUST
ABOUT A ROOF AND WALL, IT'S
ABOUT COMMUNITY.
THE POWER OF YOUR COMMUNITY HAS
REALLY SHUT UP IN AMAZING WAYS
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD
MORE AND MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE CREATING SPACING OR
POWERFUL COMMUNITIES CAN FORM
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN
OUR CITY SO THANKS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
>> UNLESS THERE WERE OTHER
COMMENTS, I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON HAS AN
AMENDMENT AND WE CAN COME BACK
FOR COMMENTS AS WELL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DESCRIBE YOUR
AMENDMENT?
>> AS MY COLLEAGUE SAW WE HAVE
HEARD THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES
THE AMENDMENT THAT I'M BRINGING
FORWARD THIS AFTERNOON WOULD
MAKE A CHANGE TO THE FIFTH
SECTION OF THIS BILL AND IT
WOULD SERVE 2 KEY CONCEPTS.
THE FIRST IS A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE
DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING COMMITTEE AND
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS ABOUT
ONE SET OF LONG-TERM PROPOSALS
FOR SOMETHING BEYOND WHAT IS
PROPOSED TODAY.
SECONDLY THE LEGISLATION WILL BE
RETURNED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT
HAS JURISDICTION WHICH IS
CURRENTLY LATEST PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMITTEES.
THOSE ARE THE 2 CHANGES I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT I
KNOW OUR CLERK WOULD LIKE ME TO
READ THE OFFICIAL MOVEMENT IN
THE RECORDS AND THAT I WILL DO
NOW.
I AMEND THIS BILL BY
SUBSTITUTING 1.5 AS PRESENTED
ON THE BILL IN FRONT OF YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS JUST
ON THE AMENDMENT ONLY?
ANY CLOSING REMARKS?
>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK
THE STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS
VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO CITY
COUNCIL AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK JOHNSON FOR WORKING WITH
ME ON MAKING THIS AMENDMENT.
I'M PROUD TO COSPONSOR THIS
AMENDMENT AND I ALSO WANT TO
THINK RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO
SHOWED UP TODAY AND ON JANUARY
22 TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THE
CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN
THESE MANUFACTURED MOBILE
PARKS.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS I'M MAKING
NOW I MADE THIS MORNING AND WE
WANT YOU TO KNOW WE UNDERSTAND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS
CITY COUNCIL AND ANY
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO LOOK
AT DETECTING THE STOCK OF HOMES
AND MOBILE PARKS AND THAT WE
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT
WE PROTECT THE USE OF SUCH
PROPERTY.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN
THESE ISSUES BY THE LAW AND WE
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
THE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE
PROPERTY OVER 30 YEARS AGO.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK
AT THE LINWOOD PROPHET INTO SEE
HOW THEY UPHELD THE CITY'S
RIGHTS TO PROTECT THE USE OF
SUCH PROPERTY.
OUR GOALS HERE TODAY ARE TO
ADDRESS THE LACK OF HOUSING FOR
OUR ELDERS DISABLED AND
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, WE
BELIEVE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY
AND THINGS TODAY ARE NOT LIKE
THEY WERE 30 YEARS AGO
OBVIOUSLY.
THIS HAS NEVER BEEN US AGAINST
THEM, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT
WE CARE AND WE WANT TO KNOW THE
FACTS, WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW
THAT WE ARE ON SOLID GROUND TO
BE SURE IT IS NOT JUST A
MORATORIUM THAT WE ARE
PROTECTING THE LAND AND ITS USE.
I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING TODAY
SOMETHING I READ TO PEOPLE.
YOU MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS
BUT THIS IS NOT A HARD ONE FOR
ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES QUITE
FRANKLY BUT I WANT TO SHARE A
QUOTE.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LIKE ME,
YOU JUST HAVE TO REALIZE THAT
THE PERSON YOU'RE TALKING TO IS
A HUMAN BEING AND SOMETIMES WE
DON'T DO THAT.
THIS ISSUE TODAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN
ABOUT FEELING SUPPORTIVE OF OUR
ELDERS.
MY STAFF HAS BEEN OUT THERE,
YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEVER
BEEN LOST ON US INTO AGAIN I
WANT TO THINK COUNCILMEMBERS
AND STAFF, I WANT TO THINK THE
RESIDENCE I KNOW YOU GUYS
CHARTER BUSES TO COME DOWN HERE
I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF WHO
DID ALL THE RESEARCH AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND WE
WANT TO MAKE THEM TO MAKE SURE
WE MAKE A SOUND DECISION AND OF
COURSE I WANT TO THANK
COLLEAGUES TO ASK QUESTIONS
COUNCILMEMBER BACK CHAVEZ OUT
THERE ON SATURDAY I BELIEVE AND
YOU REALLY DO HAVE A COUNCIL
THAT CARES.
>> I WANT TO ADDRESS JUST THE
AMENDMENT AND IT HAS BEEN
SECONDED SO I'M GOING TO CALL
ON THAT NOTE.
>> I WANT TO OFFER AS PART OF
THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY WAS
MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE WILL BE
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON ME AND
MY COMMITTEE AND IT IS OUR
INTENTION STATED IN THIS
PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WE ASK
FOR A PRELIMINARY LIST OF
OPTIONS TO BE DELIVERED BY
APRIL SEVEN CASE PEOPLE ARE
CLEAR ENOUGH WE ARE EXPECTING
AT LEAST A DRAFT LIST OF
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF
ADOPTING SOMETHING FOR OUR
POLICY CALENDAR YEAR. THIS
ALLOWS FOR CURRENT PROPERTY
OWNERS TO TRANSFER THEIR
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO OTHER
PROPERTIES AND THERE HAVE AND
LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS FOR PEOPLE
TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE LAND
THEY SIT ON FOR WHAT WOULD BE A
HOMEOWNER OPPORTUNITY TYPE OF
SITUATION.
THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONS
AVAILABLE SO WE WILL DISCUSS
THIS MORE COMING IN APRIL.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT AS ARTICULATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON PLEASE
SAY I, AS OPPOSED SAY NO, THE
EYES HAVE IT SO WE ARE BACK TO
BASE LEGISLATION AS AMENDED
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHALL
LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
>> A QUICK THANK YOU, I DID GET
A CHANCE TO VISIT ON SATURDAY
AGAIN AND I JUST WANTED TO VERY
RESPECTFULLY SAY THANK YOU FOR
COMING AND PUTTING YOUR ARMS
AROUND EACH OTHER BECAUSE YOU
HAVE CREATED A CARING COMMUNITY
THAT REALLY IS A MODEL FOR
OTHERS AND I WILL BE HONORED TO
WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
TO FIND THE OPTIONS THAT WILL
REALLY PROTECT YOU LONG-TERM.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO
SORT OF GIVE A NOD TO YOUR
VIGILANCE AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO
BE AN ORGANIZER WITH THE UNION
AS DICKENS WAS ONCE AND I THINK
REVEREND RICH GAMBLE WAS A
FOUNDER VIGILANCE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AND SO MANY TIMES THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE IN THE
COMMUNITY IN THIS CASE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY AND APARTMENT
BUILDINGS REALLY KNOW MORE ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON THEN CITY
GOVERNMENT.
WE REALLY RELY ON YOU AND WHAT
YOU ARE HEARING ON THE GROUND
FROM YOUR PROPERTY MANAGERS
THIS ALLOWS US TO ACT.
THANK YOU.
I WILL SEE A COUPLE COMMENTS AS
WE CLOSE TODAY ON THE ISSUE, I
WILL SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU.
YOUR STORY HAS RESONATED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I THINK
THE ENTIRE CITY LOOKED AT WHAT
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH AND WHAT
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO
THROUGH.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL TAKE
PLACE BUT I ALSO HEARD THERE
WAS A PARK THAT HAS NOT BEEN
KEPT TO THE EXTENT IT SHOULD
HAVE SO DURING OUR BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS WE WILL ALSO LOOK
AT NOT JUST FIGHTING FOR A
STATUS QUO BUT WHAT WE CAN DO
TO BE BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
IN BRINGING THIS TO THE CITY'S
ATTENTION.
PLEASE CLOSE THE DEBATE.
>> MY TIMING IS ALWAYS OFF
THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO LIFT UP SOME OF
THE COMMENTS THE COUNCILMAN
MENTIONED AS WE WORK ON A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT MUST BE
COMPREHENSIVE FOR EVERY FAMILY
AND RETIREE AND ARTIST SO THAT
WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
FOR FUTURE FAMILIES WHO WE WANT
TO WELCOME HERE AS WELL.
I THINK THIS CONVERSATION TODAY
IS JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THAT
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
ONLY INVESTIGATING AND MORE
RENTAL UNITS BUT THAT WE ARE
CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTIONS FOR
EVERYONE INCLUDING MOBILE UNITS
AND THE ABILITY TO TURN IT INTO
HOMEBUYER OPTIONS AS WE CREATE
SOLUTIONS TO ADJUST THE
RESTRICTED ZONING THAT HAS
LIMITED OUR ABILITY.
I THINK THAT WE AT THE CITY
LEVEL HAVE BEEN PUSHING OUR
FRIENDS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO
GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN HAND
SO WE CAN BUILD QUICKLY AND
RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY TO THE
FACT WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING IN
THE CITY OR FOR LOWER INCOME
AND WORKING FAMILIES AND WE
DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
LOWER INCOME HOUSING OPTIONS.
THIS HAS RESULTED IN PEOPLE
GETTING PUSHED INTO THE STREETS
AND PEOPLE GETTING PUSHED OUT
OF OUR CITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU AS WE TALK ABOUT
SCALING UP THE TYPE OF HOUSING
WE CAN CREATE IN OUR CITY,
SCALING UP TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MORE INCLUSIVE IN CREATING MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT WE
LOOK AT THIS THROUGH A HOLISTIC
APPROACH TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
NOT RESPONDING PARCEL BY
PARCEL, BUT THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WORKING
FAMILIES OUGHT TO LIVE IN THE
CITY.
I WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH YOU
AS WE RESPOND TO WHY.
WHY ARE WE IN THIS SITUATION
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY
AND PART OF THE REASON WHY IS
BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD OUR HANDS
TIED FOR FAR TOO LONG WITH
RESPECT TO LAWSUITS, WE HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND TO
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND
THAT WILL GIVE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR EVERYONE.
IF THERE IS AN ISLAND OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE WANT TO
CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I'M
EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU
REGARDING TRANSFER RIGHTS.
I AM GOING TO BE INTRODUCING
LEGISLATION IN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS THAT WILL BE THE
OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WHEN
APARTMENTS LIKE MINE GET SOLD
WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME AND PURCHASE TOGETHER TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SAME PLACE SO WE
CAN AFFORD OUR HOME.
WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS FOR A
LONGER TERM ACROSS THE CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME
THIS FAR AND AS YOU YOURSELF
HAVE SAID THAT WILL NOT BE
ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THE
MANUFACTURE HOME ZONING WILL
HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT AND LET ME
TELL YOU I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
ROUTINE MANY TIMES WHEN IT
STARTS THE FIGHT FOR SOME SORT
OF JUSTICE WILL START WITH
ORDINARY PEOPLE DEMANDING 1 OR
2 COUNCILMEMBERS AND A LOT OF
PUSH BACK FROM POLITICIANS BUT
WHEN THEY RECOGNIZE THEY CANNOT,
IT IS HOW WE ALWAYS WANTED IT.
LET'S BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE
NOT GOING TO STOP FIGHTING THEY
ARE UP AGAINST A CITY HALL THAT
IS PRIMARILY STILL, LET'S BE
SOBER AND NOT COMPLACENT
PRIMARILY STILL DOMINATED BY
PATIENTS WHO ARE STILL SERVING
CORPORATE INTERESTS AND WHO ARE
OPPOSED TO DOING THE RIGHT THING
SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE KEEP
BUILDING OUR MOVEMENT TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.
I REALLY THINK THE ASSOCIATION.
NOT JUST IN THIS BATTLE, BUT
YOU ALREADY FOUGHT A LOT OF
BATTLES AND I URGE YOU ALL TO
CONTINUE YOUR WORK IN FORMING
YOUR OWN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
IT WILL BE A BRANCH OF THE
WORKING-CLASS HOMEOWNERS SIMILAR
TO THE RENTAL RIGHTS OF WORKING-
CLASS PEOPLE.
WE ALSO GOING TO THINK THE
TENANTS UNION WHICH REALLY
SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO UNITE
WORKING PEOPLE WHETHER THEY ARE
HOMEOWNERS OR RENTERS WE NEED
TO GET UNITED BECAUSE OUR ENEMY
IS NOT EACH OTHER, OUR ENEMY IS
A CORPORATE DEVELOPER DOMINATED
CITY AS IMAGING SAID AND ALSO
THE FACT IS A LOT OF
POLITICIANS WHO TALK ABOUT
HUMANITY WELL WHO IS HUMANITY
IN ALL OF THIS?
HUMANITY OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
GETS LOST BECAUSE WHEN WE LOSE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT IS OUR
HUMANITY THAT IS PUT TO THE
TEST AND THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD
CONTINUE FIGHTING.
LET'S WEAR IT LIKE A BADGE OF
HONOR.
>> I WAS GOING TO CLOSE THE
DEBATE THAT IMPLICIT IN YOUR
COMMENTS WERE BASIC INSULTS I
WILL LET YOU RESPOND OTHERWISE
I WILL JUST CALL FOR THE VOTE.
OKAY WE'RE GOING TO CALL FOR
THE PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE AMENDED BILL.
SPEAK OF THE BILL PASSED.
>> PLEASE READ THE NEXT SECTION
YOU CAN READ THE SHORT TITLE.
>> THE AGENDA ITEM IS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION JURISDICTION THE
PORTIONS OF PARK BOULEVARD THE
COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ?
SPEAK OF THIS BILL TRANSFERS TO
PARTS OF PARK BOULEVARD FROM
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION TO FACILITIES FOR
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR THE BILL
ALSO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF
ORDINANCE 118477 WHICH ADOPTED
INITIATIVE 42.
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ASSETS
AND COMMUNITIES MADE A
UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION ON
JANUARY 24 AT THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED THE CITY BILL.
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THIS WILL?
IF NOT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE ON THE BILL.>>
PURPLE?
JOHNSON, OR AS, O'BRIEN, MACK
SHAW PRESIDENT HAROLD NUNN
OPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ ITEMS THREE,
FOUR, AND FIVE.
YOU CAN READ THE SHORT TITLE
AND I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> THE IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFY
ESTABLISHING THE LOCAL DISTRICT
IN CARRYING OUT THE IMPROVEMENT
OF THE COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION
31812 COUNSEL BILL 119 LEADS TO
THE FUNDING OPERATIONS OF
MANAGEMENT FOR CENTRAL
WATERFRONTS FOR CONSTRUCTION
AND OPERATION MAINTAINING
AFETY AND SECURITY OF PUBLI
SPACESON THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT
RECOMMEND COUNSEL BILL 119
BETWEEN AND AMONG THE WATERFRONT
CONSERVANCY AND CERTAIN
PROPERTY OWNERS AFFECTED BY THE
PROPOSED WATERFRONT DISTRICT.
THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS IT
WILL PASS.
>> LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS
BEFORE WE INTRODUCE THE BASE
LEGISLATION.
AS WE ALL KNOW NOW THERE HAS
BEEN A DOCTRINE CHALLENGED TO 7
OF THE 9 COUNCILMEMBERS AND YOU
HAVE AT LEAST ONE DOCUMENT
MEMBER GIVING YOU IDEAS OF HOW
TO RESPOND AND WE HAVE BEEN
BRIEFED ON HOW TO RESPOND IF
NECESSARY I CAN BRING STAFF
BACK TO THE BRIEFING TABLE AND
WE CAN SUSPEND THE RULES FOR
FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
IF NOT WHAT I'M PLANNING ON
DOING IS GOING THROUGH THEM.
I WILL HAVE EACH COUNCILMEMBERS
SAY THEIR POSITION REGARDING
FAIRNESS AND AGAIN IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS I CAN SUSPEND THE
RULES AND WE CAN HAVE THAT BUT
IT'S NOT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND
TO THE PYRAMIDS OF FAIRNESS
CHALLENGE?>> THERE ARE 2 ISSUES
RELATED TO MYSELF,
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ENTERED
INTO THE ORDINANCE THIS IS A
SET OF READINGS I RECEIVED
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT IN THE LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THE FRAMEWORK ON THE OPERATIONS
AND OTHER ELEMENTS RELATING TO
THE LEGISLATION THE OFFICE OF
THE WATERFRONT GIVE ME
TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT I
FELT WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND I
WAS NOT STATING AN OPINION OF
FACT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN
OPPOSITION TO THE LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT BUT RATHER GIVING
IT TO US EARLIER IN ADDITION I
DISCLOSE THAT EARLIER ON THIS
YEAR IN A PRIVATE COMMUNICATION
FROM A PERSONAL FRIEND, THAT
PERSONAL FRIEND SENT ME A NOTE
IN THE MAIL HERE TO MY COUNCIL
OFFICES AND THAT NOTE EXPRESSED
CONDOLENCES THEY HAPPEN TO
MENTION THIS FRIENDS DESIRE TO
SEE THEM NOT MOVE FORWARD, THEY
ARE A GREAT PAIR DOWNTOWN AND
THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEE THE
ASSESSMENT PATH.
I NEVER ENGAGED IN ANY FOLLOW-UP
MUNICATION BUT I PASSIVELY
RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION BASED
ON INFORMATION FROM THE
COUNCILMAN WHICH I HAVE DONE SO
AS WELL.
BASED ON THESE ISSUES, I DON'T
BELIEVE I SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT
OF THESE DELIBERATIONS BUT I
WANTED TO CURE THESE MATTERS AS
WAS ADVISED BY CENTRAL STAFF
EARLIER TODAY.
>> AM I HEARING YOU STATE YOU
BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN NO
VIOLATIONS OF THE DOCTRINE OR
ANY ALTERNATIVE OR SHOULD I SAY
YOU ARE NOT BIASED?
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING?
>> YES SIR, I HAVE FALLEN INTO
THE FORMER AS OPPOSED TO THE
LATTER CATEGORY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ON WHAT
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON JUST SAID.
I HAVE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
BECAUSE I AM IN DISTRICT 7, I
AM IN THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT AND MY CONDOMINIUM IS
AT GROUND ZERO.
THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN, I HAVE
DONE MY BEST TO DISCLOSE IT IN
EVERY MEETING WE HAVE HAD, I
ALSO HAVE AND ADVISED BY OUR
ETHICS BOARD PRIOR TO JUNE 1 OF
THIS YEAR I WAS NOT ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS,
NOR COULD I VOTE BUT IT IS
EFFECTIVE 1 JUNE COUNSEL BILL
119254 CHANGED OUR RULES
ALLOWING THOSE OF US WHO ARE
LIKE DID BY DISTRICTS
PARTICULARLY IF WE HAD A
FINANCIAL INTEREST TO DISCLOSE
THAT FINANCIAL INTEREST BUT TO
MAKE SURE THAT IF I WERE TO BE
TAXED IT WOULD BE IN THE SAME
PROPORTION OR PERCENTAGE AS
EVERYONE ELSE WITHIN THE
DESIGNATED AREA AND THAT IS IN
THE CASE OF MY HUSBAND AND MY
PARTICIPATION IN THIS GOING
FORWARD.
I HAVE BEEN BRIEFED BY OUR CITY
STAFF AND AT NO TIME HAVE I
TALKED TO PROPONENTS AND I
TURNED THAT OVER.
FOR THOSE REASONS, I DO NOT
BELIEVE I AM PREJUDICED ON
THIS, I WILL BE TAXED LIKE
OTHERS SAID THIS PAST AND I DO
NOT HAVE ANY BIAS OR PREJUDICE
OR PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS COMING
FORWARD ON THIS.>> THANK YOU.
GO THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST POINT THAT
JOHNSON MADE, I DID TAKE
MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF, WE
DESCRIBE THE CONTENT OF THOSE
MEETINGS AND I DISAGREED WITH
THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT I AM NOT BIASED BECAUSE OF
THOSE MEETINGS AND I WAS
GATHERING INFORMATION AND
ASKING QUESTIONS.>> THANK YOU.>>
I DID NOT PERSONALLY HAVE
MEETINGS OF THIS NATURE, MY
STAFF HAD BEEN BUT THAT
INFORMATION WAS NOT
COMMUNICATED TO ME.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> I DISAGREE THAT I DON'T HAVE
A RIGHT TO VOTE IN THIS SO I
VERY MUCH WANT TO EXPLAIN THE
CONVERSATIONS I HAD OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A JUDICIAL
MATTER AND AS SUCH I HAVE ONLY
HAD CONVERSATIONS RELATING TO
THE MAINTENANCE LEGISLATION
WHICH IS ONE PIECE OF THE
LEGISLATION WILL BE DISCUSSING
TODAY.
I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS
RELATING TO ASPECTS OF MY
SUPPORT FOR THE LEGISLATION TO
INCLUDE LANGUAGE AROUND
INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION ACROSS
THE CITY ON THE BOARD, THE ROLE
THAT LABOR SHOULD HAVE, THE
ABILITY TO HAVE CHILD CARE
SUBSIDIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE
SERVING ON THE BOARD, NONE OF
THAT RELATES TO ANYTHING
RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENTS OR
JUDICIAL ASPECTS.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION I HAVE
HAD WITH MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE I AM A LABOR
ADVOCATE, AND I WILL CONTINUE
TO MAKE SURE THOSE VOICES HAVE
A ROLE IN SITTING ON ALL OF OUR
BOARDS AS A PRINCIPLE OF MYSELF
AS A COUNCILMEMBER SHOULD BUY
MANY OTHER COUNCILS APPEAR.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DIRECT
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
ASSESSMENT LEGISLATION OR ANY
OTHER ASP ACT BUT OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE I WANT TO SHARE THAT
WITH YOU TO BE TRANSPARENT.>>
THANK YOU.
>> I WAS JUST TAKING NOTES,
MENTAL NOTES I SHOULD SAY.
WE ARE SORTS OF LETTER A AND B
OPTIONS ON HOW WE ARE DEALING
WITH THIS AND DID YOU SAY YOU
BELIEVE YOU ARE NOT BIAS OR
PREJUDICE IS OF THE CONTENT?
>> LETTER A I WANT TO STATE
THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE HAS
BEEN A VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENTS
THAT THE APPEARANCE OF FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE.
YOU NEED ME TO RESTATE THAT FOR
THE RECORD?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DISAGREE WITH THE CHALLENGE
AND AS CHAIR OF THE WATERFRONT
I CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS
COUNCILMEMBER MYSELF I BELIEVE
THERE HAS BEEN NO VIOLATION
BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HAD ANY
JUDICIAL CONVERSATIONS
REGARDING THE ASSESSMENT WITH
ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER
COMMITTEES OR OFFENSE OF THE
WATERFRONT AND EXECUTIVES.
SPOKE WITH NO PROPONENTS OR
OPPONENTS, ALL DISCUSSIONS HAVE
BEEN ON THE RECORD IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN ACTS,
I HAVE MET WITH CITY STAFF
REGARDING JUST THE FACTS AND AS
YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN SHEPHERDING
THIS LEGISLATION IN MY
COMMITTEE FOR 3 YEARS AND I CAN
HONESTLY AND FAIRLY SAY ON THE
RECORD THERE HAS BEEN NO
VIOLATION IN THE FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE.
>> WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM SIX
OF THE SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS THEY
DISAGREED WITH THE CHALLENGE
AND THEY STATED THEIR REASONING
AND THEIR BASIS FOR DISAGREEING
WITH THE CHALLENGE AND FOR THAT
BASIS I'M CONCLUDING WE CAN
PROCEED WITH A VOTE BUT AS WAS
DESCRIBED, THE BASE LEGISLATION
I WOULD ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO
SIGNALED TO ME THAT I HAVE
MESSED SOMETHING UP AND I CAN
PIVOT IN A MINUTE.
UNLESS WE ARE COMFORTABLE
PROCEEDING, PLEASE INTRODUCE
THE LEGISLATION.
IT HAS BEEN READ INTO THE
RECORD.
>> IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER
THREE COUNSEL BILL 119447
FORMATION ORDINANCE NUMBER 66
FIVE I WILL TALK ABOUT ALL
THREE OF THEM AND I'M ASSUMING
WE WILL COME BACK AND VOTE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE
BILLS THAT COMPLETE THE
PROPOSED WATERFRONT PACKAGE.
THIS CREATES A WATERFRONT LID.
THE CITY HAS PROPOSED AT LEAST
6751 LIDS WHICH IS WHERE THAT
NUMBER COMES FROM.
THEY ARE COMMONLY USED FOR A
FUNDING TOOL GOVERNED BY
STRAIGHT STATE LAW THAT
DIRECTLY BENEFITS THEIR
PROPERTY.
THE WATERFRONT IS SEATTLE'S
JIM.
IF PASSED, THE CITY WILL NOT
ONLY BE ABLE TO SEE THE
WATERFRONT PARK, ALSO FULLY
ENJOY WHAT THE WATERS HAVE TO
OFFER TO OUR CITY.
THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE
WATERFRONT TO SERVE ALL OF
SEATTLE AND WILL INCLUDE 20
FEET OF PUBLIC SPACE AND AN
ELEVATED PATHWAY THAT CONNECTS
DOWNTOWN TO THE WATERFRONT.
THIS ORDINANCE CREATES THE CITY
TREASURY AND IT ALLOWS BONDS
FOR FINANCING.
THEY MADE A UNANIMOUS
RECOMMENDATION ON JANUARY 4
THAT CITY COUNCIL PASSED.
THIS ORDINANCE LAID OUT
STIPULATIONS TOTALING $712
MILLION. IT PROVIDED A HELPFUL
CHART SING WHICH STAKEHODER
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHICH AMOUNT
. IT ALSO INCLUDES A 2 YOUR
PILOT AGREEMENT TO OPERATE AND
MANAGE THIS PUBLIC SPACE.
THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDED CITY
COUNCIL PASSED THIS BILL.
COUNSEL BILL 119449 PROTEST
WAIVER AGREEMENT.
THIS PROVIDES A PROTEST WAIVER
AGREEMENT ALLOWING A 30 DAY
PROTEST PERIOD AND THE MAYOR
SIGNATURE OF THESE ITEMS ALSO
FOLLOWED BY A 30 DAY REFERRAL
PERIOD. I CAN NEVER SAY THIS
WORD, WATERFRONT CONSERVANCY IN
WASHINGTON NOT FOR PROFIT
CORPORATION FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
RIGHTS TO ENFORCE OBLIGATIONS
WHILE ALSO PROTECTING LEGAL
REPRESENTATION FOR THIS GROUP
SIMILAR TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE
WATERFRONT.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
THOROUGH AND BALANCED
AGREEMENTS FOR ALL PARTIES TO
MOVE FORWARD.
WANT TO THANKS CENTRAL STAFF IN
THE WATERFRONT FOR THE COMMITTEE
AND THERE IS A COUNSEL FOR A
THOROUGH EXAMINATION AND HOW IT
IMPACTS OUR CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
LEGISLATION SINCE I GOT A LIKE
THREE YEARS AGO, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR 15 YEARS.
MADE A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION
ON JANUARY 24 AT THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED.
THEY PASSED ALL 3 BILLS, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LETS US START OFF BY SAYING
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM
FOR THE PROCEDURAL SENSE THERE
HAS BEEN A LOT ON YOUR
SHOULDERS AS WE HAVE TAKEN MANY
OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO
WITH OUR CIVIL PROJECTS AND I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE
IN THE AUDIENCE.
IN THE FRONT STARTING THE
CENTRAL STAFF, THANK YOU FOR
THAT TORI AND ANGIE, I
APPRECIATE IT.
YOU HAVE ATTENDED PLENTY OF
MEETINGS THIS YEAR, THERE'S
PEOPLE HIDING BACK BEHIND IT.
MAKE YOU HEIDI AND JESSICA
MURPHY FOR NOT JUST THE SEAWALL
BUT ACTIVATING THE WATERFRONT.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE
HAVE DONE AND SEEN BUT I
APPRECIATE WHAT SHE HAS DONE
AROUND PHILANTHROPY AND
BRINGING THEM TOGETHER.
THE WAY BACK MACHINE AND THIS
REALLY GOES BACK TO WHEN I
STARTED WORKING IN THE SHARED
WATERFRONT, THEY TAUGHT ME
PHRASES LIKE WE PREFER GREEN
OVER GRAY AND THE IDEA THAT WE
ARE MAKING THIS FOR ALL AGES
AND ABILITIES AND WE ARE
LOOKING FOR A REVENUE PACKAGE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MY NEIGHBORS
LETTING IT BE KNOWN THAT THEY
ARE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE AND HAVE BEEN TURNED
OVER THAT THEY ARE UNHAPPY WITH
HAVING TO PAY ADDITIONAL TAXES
AND I UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE FEEL
WHAT I WILL SAY THE PROVISION
FOR THESE 20 BLOCKS ARE BOTH
IMPRESSIVE AND ACKNOWLEDGING
NATURAL RESOURCES ONCE THIS
COMES DOWN FIRST OF ALL WE KNOW
HOW MUCH QUIETER IT IS THE LAST
THREE WEEKS BUT BUILDING THIS
WATERFRONT IS SOMETHING THAT
FRANKLY I WILL LOOK BACK ON AND
THINK MY TIME IN THIS COUNSEL
WORKING WITH ALLIED ARTS IS ONE
OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MANY
OF THE ARCHITECTS THAT DID THIS
FOR FREE IN 2004 WHEN WE FIRST
DID OUR DESIGN AND ARE JUST
TAKING OUT A FEW AND STEPHANIE
BAUER WITH HER AMAZING
ILLUSTRATION PIN THESE PEOPLE
ARE DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND
ENERGY FOR FREE TO SHOW US WHAT
THIS COULD LOOK LIKE AND ONCE I
SAW THOSE ILLUSTRATIONS AND IT
IS A SOMETHING PEOPLE WOULD
WANT TO HAVE, THAT WORDS DON'T
CONVEY WHAT THE ILLUSTRATIONS
DID AND THAT MISSION.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE LIKE
BOB ON THE WATERFRONT.
THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY AND
I KNOW IT'S BEEN HARD AS WE
HAVE MOVED THE SEAWALL AND THE
ROADWAY FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER.
THEY CONNECT THE AQUARIUM TO
PIKE PLACE MARKET ALL THE WAY
UP TO MELROSE AND I CAN JUST
ENVISION WHAT OUR CITIES GOING
TO LOOK LIKE WHEN PEOPLE CAN BE
SEPARATED AND HAVE THAT GREEN
SPACE THAT WE WANT.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
WE TAXPAYERS ARE NOT THE ONLY
ONES WHO ARE PAYING FOR THIS.
THE STATE PUT BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN THE CITY HAS PUT IN
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS THE PORTS
IS ALSO INVOLVED, THE COUNTY
HAS STEPPED UP IN THIS LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS AT PEACE
AND I KNOW THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
PIECE AND TO THOSE OF US WHO
WILL BE LIVING DOWN THERE IN
THE BUSINESSES WHO WERE THERE,
WERE GOING TO HAVE A FRONT ROW
SEAT ON THIS REGIONAL ASSET SO
I THINK CONNECTING THE
WATERFRONT THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR
TO WEST EDGE IN CREATING THE
SCREEN PUBLIC SPACES AND
IMPROVING THE HABITAT IS WELL
úWORTH PAYING FOR.
WE ARE ALSO MAKING IT A SAFE
PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK
A LOT ABOUT AGE FRIENDLY SEATTLE
ABOUT MAKING THE CITY SOMEPLACE
SAFE FOR ALL AGES THIS IS AN
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
DO JUST EXACTLY THAT.
I DO WANT TO BE ONE WORD OF
WARNING, I CAN TELL YOU WE WILL
PROBABLY HEAR FROM DEVELOPERS
WHO WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN
TAKING SOME OF THE REMAINING
BLOCKS DOWN THERE AND GOING
HIGHER THAN 170 FEET I'M GOING
TO ARGUE STRENUOUSLY THAT IN
ORDER FOR US TO KEEP WATERFRONT
FOR ALL, WE CANNOT ALLOW
OURSELVES TO GET PSYCHED INTO
BUILDING BUILDINGS THAT ARE
HUNDREDS OF FEET HIGHER THAN
WHAT IS OWNED, EVEN FOR THE
BEST OF ALL CAUSES.
I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO KEEP
THIS FROM LOOKING LIKE MIAMI
BEACH.
WITH THAT SAID, THOSE OF US
PAYING THE TAX WILL BE GETTING
MORE AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK
ALL OF YOU.
>> I FORGOT TO SAY SOMETHING
BUT I THINK HE HAS HAD THIS
BEFORE ME.
>> I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO EXPAND
IN THE LATE 1940S WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED CONSTRUCTION IT IS
BAFFLING TO ME THAT WE WOULD
HAVE CHOSEN THE HIGHWAY ON THE
WATERFRONT CONNECTING PEOPLE TO
THAT WATERFRONT.
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY FINALLY HAVE
A WATERFRONT FOR PEOPLE TO
CONGREGATE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
TALK TO ONE ANOTHER.
PRESS CAN DRIVE VERY QUICKLY
THROUGH AND PAST AND I KNOW
THERE WILL BE A VIEW ON THE TOP
IN YOUR SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE
AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE ROAD
WHILE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON
THE VIEW, I MYSELF WILL BE GLAD
THAT SO MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL
BE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT ASSET I
THINK YOU WOULD AGREE WHEN I
SAY THIS NOT JUST BE A REGIONAL
ASSET BUT WE HAVE NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL AS A FINALLY TURN
OVER OUR WATERFRONT BACK TO THE
PEOPLE THAT IS VERY LOUD.
I'M EXCITED FOR THAT TO BEGIN I
WILL LOOK FORWARD TO FINALLY
COMPLETING THIS, WHAT A VISION
WE WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLARIFY
SOMETHING?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I
APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SHARING THIS
IN MY NOTES, WE KNOW THIS IS A
$712 MILLION PROJECT AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THERE IS A
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AT
THE STATE IS PUTTING IN 193
MILLION, THE CITY IS PUTTING IN
249 MILLION AND THE PHILANTHROPY
GROUP IS RAISING 110 MILLION.
WE ARE DOING SOMETHING
PHENOMENAL THAT WE HAVE NOT
ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO GROWING
20 ACRES OF IMPROVED PUBLIC
SPACE.
GETTING BACK TO THE SPACE NEEDLE
THIS IS A GYM AND AN ICON IT
WILL RECONNECT US ORIGINALLY
HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AND I
WILL HELP MY COLLEAGUES JOIN ME
IN VOTING YES.>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
WAR AS AND HER TEAM FOR BEING
INCREDIBLE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
YOUR WORK AND ESPECIALLY FOR
WORKING WITH US AS WE THOUGHT
OF A FEW ADDITIONAL ADDITIONS
TO LIFT UP THE VOICES OF
WORKERS TO ENSURE OUR CITY WAS
REPRESENTED IN FULL AT THE
TABLE WE ARE CREATING.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT AND
THE LABOR MEMBERS OF THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING COUNTY LABOR
COUNCIL WHO ARE WORKING TO
ENSURE UNION JOBS ARE CREATED
AND WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT JOBS AS WE CREATE THE NEW
FACILITY BUT AS WE CLEAN AND
MAINTAIN WE ALSO HAVE GOOD
LIVING ROOM WAGE JOBS.
I ALSO WANT TO THINK MY STAFF,
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME
TO THANK HIM ON HOUSING ISSUES
BUT THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
WHERE WE COULD QUICKLY WORK
WITH THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE
IT THOSE VALUES ARE PART OF THE
SOLUTION.
AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS NEW
ENTITY BEING PUBLIC PROPERTY,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP
THIS AND OUR EYES ON LONG-TERM
COSTS, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
LIVING WAGE COSTS, OFTEN WE
THINK ABOUT OUTSOURCING AS A
WAY TO SAVE MONEY BUT IN THE
END WE END UP UNDERPAYING
WORKERS AND COSTING OURSELVES
IN THE LONG TERM.
IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE OUR
PARTNERS WERE INTERESTED FOR
THE COMMUNITY DYNAMIC AND WE
CAN ENSURE THIS WAS REFLECTIVE
OF THOSE VALUES.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK PEOPLE FOR
ALL OF YOUR PARTICIPATION WE
KNOW IT IS NOT A VERY EXCITING
THING WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SIT
ON BUT THE 19 MEMBERS WHO WILL
BE SITTING THERE IF YOU DO HAVE
CHILDCARE NEEDS WE HAVE NOW
INCLUDED LANGUAGE TO TRY AND
FIGURE OUT PATHWAYS FORWARD SO
THAT POTENTIALLY CHILDCARE
COULD BE COMPENSATED.
WE KNOW FROM OTHER BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS THAT OFTEN
CHILDCARE COSTS ARE ONE OF THE
MAIN REASONS WE DON'T SEE A LOT
OF PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY
FROM UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES SO WE ARE EXCITED
TO HAVE THAT VOICE THEIR.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
FOR 15 YEARS PLAY OUT, HAVING
BEEN ABLE TO PLAY AND HAVING
THIS AS MY COMMUTE ALONG THE
WATERFRONT I CAN JUST ONLY
IMAGINE HOW GREAT IT WILL BE
WORKING TOGETHER.
I'M SURE WE WILL CREATE A HUGE
AMOUNT OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO
FILL THAT DIVISION YOU STARTED
15 YEARS AGO AND I'M EXCITED TO
BE VOTING YES IF YOU.
>> I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR
REMARKS AND WITH THAT WE WILL
TAKE EACH BILL SEPARATELY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF BILL 119447.
>> THE BILL PASSED, PLEASE READ
THE ROLE ON ONE 19448.
>> THE BILL PASSES, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
119449.
>> THE BILL PASSES, VERY GOOD.
LOTS OF BODIES OF WORK.
PLEASE READ ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8.
>> APPOINTMENTS AND MATTHEW
McBRIDE FOR A COMMITTEE MARCH
AND REAPPOINTMENT IS OFF PARKS
DISTRICT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR 2021.
>> WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL
WILL READ EACH ONE OR WOULD YOU
LIKE ME TO TALK ABOUT EACH ONE
AND THEN VOTE?>> YOU COULD READ
ALL THREE AND THEN WILL VOTE
OFF ON EACH ONE.>> WE ARE
EXCITED TO HAVE SEAN WATTS, HE
ATTENDED HI INTERVIEW ON
JANUARY 24, SANS EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND AND PASSION FOR
COMMUNITY BUILDING WILL SERVE
AS AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY,
HE HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO
AND BACKGROUND OF COLOR TO
BRING TO THE TABLE.
ITEM 7 CANCER MUSTON SEATTLE,
THEY WILL REPRESENT DISTRICT 1,
HE HAS A BRETZ OF MANAGEMENT
EXPERIENCE WITH THE SPECIALTY
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND I
WOULD LIKE TO DEFER IF YOU WANT
TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF
PUBLIC SERVICE AND VERY MUCH
WANTED TO SERVE ON THIS, SO
THANK YOU.>> WE WILL MOVE ALONG
TO ITEM 8, THIS IS A
REAPPOINTMENT, WE ARE SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND
THEY HAVE A HISTORY WITH THE
CITY IN A BREATH OF EXPERIENCE
AND KNOWLEDGE FROM THE CITY RUNS
INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND REC.
I SHOULD ADD ALL 3 APPOINTEES
RECEIVE UNANIMOUS VOTES TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE APPOINTED TO THE
BOARD AND WITH THAT I WOULD
DEFER IF YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING.>> I WOULD MOVE THAT
DOES COUNCIL ADOPT ALL THREE
APPOINTMENTS.
>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE VOTE AYE,
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NOW, THE
MOTION CARRIES.
>> APPOINTMENT 1246 OF DATED
THIS IS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
FOR 2021, THEY RECOMMEND THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING FOR
MANY YEARS, THIS IS A
REAPPOINTMENT, SHE IS A
RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE BAR
HERE IN SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON
DC.
SHE IS A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR
IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SHE IS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
2, AND CURRENTLY IS THAT HER
DIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN STUDIES
PROGRAM AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO
REAPPOINT HER TO BE APPROVED.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THIS.
IS IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING, VOTE
I. APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED,
CONTINUE ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AS WE
HEARD THERE IS AN EASE TO BUILD
LIGHT ON PROPERTY IN EXCHANGE
FOR PAYMENT OF MARKET VALUE, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS NOT
LARGE ENOUGH FOR HOUSING
PURPOSES AND AS SUCH IS NOT
BEING RETAINED UNDER
DISPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL
PASSED LAST YEAR WHICH WOULD
ALLOW THE CITY TO LOOK AT EVERY
PARCEL OF SURPLUS LAND
INDETERMINATE HOUSING CAN BE
BUILT.
IF IT CAN, WE WOULD RETAIN THAT
PROPERTY WITH THE GOAL OF
CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
THAT PROPERTY.
THIS PARCEL IS SO TINY SO WE
ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN
PASSING 119353.
>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
>> COUNTABLE 119 354 RELATING
TO THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT
COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THAT WILL
PASS.
THIS WILL ACCEPT A SERIES OF
DEEDS IN EXCHANGE FOR
PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
AND HABITAT PROTECTION.
THIS CONTINUES OUR COMMITMENT
ON THE ONGOING EFFORT TO
PRESERVE ENVIRONMENTALLY
CRITICAL LANDS ACROSS WASHINGTON
FOR PERMANENT PRESERVATION,
GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND
GOOD FOR OUR CITY.
>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> THE BILL PASSED, THAT CLEANS
OUR AGENDA, ANY FURTHER VISITS
FROM THE COUNCIL?
IF NOT WE STAND ADJOURNED AND
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT REST OF
THE DAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.