>>> GOOD MORNING, HOW'S
EVERYBODY DOING TODAY?
ALL RIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF JANUARY 21, 2020,
THIS IS LISA HERBOLD, COUNCIL
PRO TEM, IT IS NOW 9:33 AM, 20
ME ARE SAWANT, JUAREZ, LEWIS
AND STRAUSS.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, THE
MINUTES OF JANUARY 8 JANUARY 13,
2020 ARE ADOPTED.
I DON'T HAVE A PRESENCE REPORT
TO SHARE TODAY, OTHER THAN JUST
A? PREVIEW OF THE FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA TODAY, WE ARE OF COURSE
MEETING ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK
INSTEAD OF THE REGULAR MONDAY
MEETING BECAUSE OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY
YESTERDAY, AND ITEMS ON THE
FULL COUNCIL AGENDA, WE HAVE
THE RESOLUTION 31927, IT
APPEARS ON TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA, AND I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER TREND 20 WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>>> IN ADDITION, THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA THE ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 31927, AND OTHER
THAN THAT WE HAVE NO OTHER
BUSINESS ON THE FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
TO THE RETORTS OF MY COLLEAGUES
HERE AT THE TABLE.
>> THANK YOU PRO TEM LISA
HERBOLD, THERE ARE NO UPDATES
FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SUSTAINABILITY MELTING MEETING,
THIS THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A
MEETING, AS I MENTIONED LAST
WEEK, THERE WILL BE A MEETING
DISCUSSING AND BRING TO A VOTE
HOPEFULLY LEGISLATION FOR MY
OFFICE BANNING WINTER EVICTIONS
OF RENTERS, AND WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THE MEETING IS
ACCESSIBLE TO WORKING-CLASS
RENTERS, THE LEGISLATION WOULD
PREVENT, IF PASSED, PEOPLE
BEING TURNED UP FROM THEIR
APARTMENTS DURING THE COLD
WINTER MONTHS, AND LAST MONTH
WE SAW HOW PUNISHING IT CAN BE,
IT DOES NOT STOP ALL EVICTIONS,
BUT IT DOES PREVENT PEOPLE WHO
ARE BEHIND ON THE RENT TO BE
FORCED ON THE STREETS DURING
THE COLDEST AND WHAT IS PART OF
THE YEAR.
COUNCIL CENTER STAFF IS
PREPARING A MEMO WITH SOME OF
THE AMENDMENTS, ALONG THE
LINES OF THE EMAIL SHE SENT TO
ALL OF YOUR OFFICES ON JANUARY
10, SHE WILL SEND THAT OUT
TODAY OR EARLY TOMORROW, AND AS
YOU ALSO KNOW, THE CITY'S
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, REVIEWED IT,
ROGER THERE, WE APPRECIATE HIS
HELP, ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT
HAVE QUESTIONS, I URGE YOU TO
REACH OUT TO HIM, I'M SURE HE'S
HAPPY TO HAVE A MEETING WITH
YOU TO SPLINTER THINGS RELATED
TO THAT.
>>> ON WEDNESDAY, THE BILL I
INTRODUCED LAST YEAR TO EXPAND
OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES IN LARGER PARTS
OF THE CITY, AND MAKE THE LAND-
USE CODE MORE AVAILABLE FOR
THAT PURPOSE WILL COME BEFORE
THE HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, I
LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BRING THAT TO VOTE AS SOON
AS WE CAN THIS WINTER, TO
SUMMARIZE THE BILL, SEATTLE HAS
RESTRICTIVE LAWS WHERE TINY
HOUSES CAN BE BUILT, ONLY
CERTAIN ZONES, AND EVEN WHEN
THEY HAVE A PERFECT LOCATION,
THEY CAN ONLY RENEW THEIR ONE-
YEAR PERMIT ONCE, THEY HAVE
BECOME ONE OF SEATTLE'S MOST
SUCCESSFUL WAYS OF REDUCING THE
HARM TO HOPELESSNESS
HOMELESSNESS, HOPING TO FIND
PERMANENT HOUSING, AND A
>>> RECORD FOR DECENT
CONDITIONS FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE
IN THE INTERIM.
MY LEGISLATION WOULD EXPAND
OPTIONS WERE BUILDING TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, REMOVING SOME
OF THE ARBITRARY RESTRICTIONS,
AND THIS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE
IT ALSO NEEDS A FUNDING
EXPANSION OF THE KIND THAT WE
CARRIED OUT IN THE BUDGET VOTE
LAST YEAR.
AND WE NEED TO KEEP INCREASING
THE FUNDING FOR THE VILLAGES SO
THAT SEATTLE CAN BUILD AN
ADDITIONAL 20 VILLAGES FOR
PEOPLE, ALSO NECESSARY THAT WE
GET PAST, THE GEORGETOWN AND
NORTH LAKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
WILL NEED TO RENEW THEIR
PERMITS IN MARCH, THERE ARE
SHORT-TERM PERMITS AVAILABLE,
BUT THE REALITY THAT USING THEM
IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND
LABOR-INTENSIVE.
>> THE MARCH DEADLINE THAT I
úHAVE HEARD REFERENCE TO, IS NO
IN REFERENCE TO THE SUNSETTING
OR EXPIRING OF EXISTING LAW?
IT IS THE PERMITS.
>> YES.
>> THAT THESE PARTICULAR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES HOLD, AND THERE
IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A
TEMPORARY USE PERMIT FOR THOSE,
BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT WOULD BE
BENEFICIAL FOR ALL IF WE ACTED
QUICKLY SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
TO DO THAT?>> EXACTLY.
YES, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
-- IT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE, A
SUMMARY OF THE ACTIONS WE'VE
HELD, THE LEGALLY REQUIRED
PUBLIC HEARING, THE LEGISLATION
HAS BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS,
DISCUSSING MY COMMITTEE OF
THESE TWICE LAST YEAR, I'M
HOPING THAT WE CAN GO TOWARDS A
COUNCIL VOTE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, AND IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, PLEASE TO MY OFFICE
DIRECTLY AND AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, WE ARE HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS
FURTHER.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER RESOLUTIONS
ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
TODAY, ONE OPPOSES TRUMPS
ESCALATION TO GO TO WAR WITH
IRAN, AND TARGETING PEOPLE OF
URANIAN ORIGIN IRANIAN ORIGIN.
AND I DON'T TO SEE MUCH ABOUT
THE IRAN RESOLUTION, EXCEPT TO
SPECIFICALLY MENTION THAT I
APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH ME
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE READ
SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH, AND I DID
WANT TO, WITH YOUR INDULGENCE,
SPEND A FEW MINUTES PRESENTING
THE EXPEDITION FOR THE
RESOLUTION RELATED TO INDIA,
BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS COURSE
PROVIDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA AND THESE RIGHT-WING
ELEMENTS ARE QUITE MISLEADING.
JUST VERY QUICKLY, THE RIGHT-
WING GOVERNMENT IN INDIA HAVE
ENACTED TWO POLICIES IN TANDEM
WITH EACH OTHER, THE NATIONAL
REGISTER OF CITIZENS, AND THE
CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT, TWO
SEPARATE THINGS BUT THEY'RE
REINFORCING EACH OTHER, AND
THERE ARE A BLATANT THREAT TO
THE CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS OF
INDIA'S 200 MILLION MONTH
MUSLIMS 200 MILLION MUSLIMS,
THE PRESCOTT WOMEN AND LGBTQ
PEOPLE, THE NATIONAL REGISTER
OF CITIZENS REQUIRES THAT EVERY
PERSON LIVING IN INDIA PRODUCED
CITIZENSHIP PROOF, BUT NO
PASSPORT WILL DO WERE NO
COMMONLY HELD DOCUMENTS WILL BE
ACCEPTED AS CITIZENSHIP PROOF.
A NEW OUT DEFINITION HAS BEEN
TESTED, A NORTHEASTERN STATE,
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT
DOCUMENTS WERE REQUIRED UNDER
THE REGISTER OF CITIZENSHIP, A,
319 71, SELF-IDENTITY PROOF, A
DOCUMENT ISSUED IF YOU'RE BORN
BEFORE 1971, OR THE
COMMENDATION OF TWO THINGS,
PARENTS IDENTITY PROOF, OR A
RELATIONSHIP DOCUMENT THAT
PROVES THAT YOU ARE THE
GRANDCHILD OR CHILD OF THE
PERSON WHO HAS A PRE-1971
IDENTITY PROOF.
EVERY PERSON, IN OTHER WORDS,
IF SOMEONE WAS LESS THAN FOUR
YEARS OLD, BORN AFTER 1971,
THEY WOULD SIMPLY NOT HAVE THIS
PROOF, MANY OF THEM WOULD NOT
HAVE PROOF FROM THE PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS.
SO JUST TO MAKE IT CRYSTAL
CLEAR, AND MORE MEDIA, BY THIS
DEFINITION, I PERSONALLY COULD
NOT PROVE THAT I WAS AN INDIAN
CTIZEN, I'M NOT EXAGGERATING,
I WAS BORN AFTER 1971, AND I
DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS FOR MY
PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS, BUT
WOULD I PERSONALLY BE IN
TROUBLE?
NO, BECAUSE I COME FROM ME INTO
FAMILY, AND THE ACT WOULD
PROTECT ME GOT SO THE NATIONAL
REGISTER OF CITIZENS SAYS THAT
ANYBODY SHOULD PROVIDE PROOF
THAT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS WOULD
NOT HAVE, AND THE CITIZENSHIP
AMENDMENT AXES IF YOU ARE
HINDU, YOU ARE OKAY, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PROVIDE PROOF, IF YOU
HAVE A HINDU NAME YOU WILL BE A
CITIZEN, THAT IS WHAT IS COMING
DOWN TO.
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN IF I WAS
MUSLIM?
IF I WAS MUSLIM, I WOULD HAVE
TO PRESENT THESE DOCUMENTS,
NONE OF WHICH I HAVE, SO MY
OPTIONS WOULD BE NEVER GO BACK
TO INDIA OR FACE DEPORTATION OR
JAIL.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS
SPECULATIVE, THAT'S WHY I
WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL,
NOT EXACTLY SAME BUT I WILL
EXPLAIN A SECOND, IN THAT
STATE, 2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN DEEMED STATELESS,
AND MANY OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN
DETENTION CENTERS, AND THERE
ARE GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS HAPPENING THERE.
JUST IMAGINE IF THIS WAS DONE
NATIONWIDE AND A 1 BILLION
PERSON POPULATION COUNTRY, THIS
IS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER.
SO PROTESTS ARE HAPPENING ON A
BIG SCALE THROUGHOUT THE
NATION, THEY STARTED SMALL ON
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES, NOW THEY
ARE NATIONWIDE, FACING DOWN
POLICE OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE,
AND WHAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU
IS ONE COUNTRY -- A REPORT
ABOUT THE POLICE OPPRESSION OF
PROTESTS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
HAS ALSO DOCUMENTED THIS, A 250
MILLION STRONG, A LARGE LABOR
STRIKE, THE LARGEST IN HISTORY,
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, IF WE
TAKE THE POSITION, IT WILL BE
IS TO WORK IN THE SENSE THAT IT
WILL BE THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE
BODY THAT HAVE TAKEN A POSITION
ON THIS IN THE WORLD, NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND, GIVEN THE ATTENTION
WE HAVE, WE WILL INSPIRE OTHER
LEGISLATIVE BODIES TO TAKE A
POSITION, AND I KNOW THERE'S A
CONGRESSIONAL BILL COMING TO
THE FLOOR WITH ELEMENTS OF WHAT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
>>> LASTLY IN HER STATEMENT OF
SUPPORT FOR MY RESOLUTION,
FAMOUS WRITER AND ACTIVIST,
ARUNDHATI ROY HAS SAID THE ADS,
COUPLED WITH THE NATIONAL
CITIZENSHIP REGISTER, RESEMBLE
THE NUREMBERG CITIZENSHIP LAWS
OF THE THIRD REICH, THEY COULD
GENERATE PANIC, AND CONTROL
CHAOS IN A POPULATION OF
STATELESS PEOPLE ON A
UNIMAGINABLE SCALE.
IN THAT STATE ALONE, THAT
NUMBER IS CLOSE TO 2 MILLION,
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE
PREVAILED UPON TO REPEAL THESE
LAWS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, I
SUPPORT THE SEATTLE SIS SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, AND I
HOPE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THE
EXAMPLE.
MORE LOCALLY AND IMPORTANTLY,
THE LGBTQ COMMISSION HAS VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION AND SENT A LETTER
THIS MORNING TO ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND WE HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF A PI, THE INDIAN
AMERICAN ISLAMIC COUNCIL, AND
HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
INCLUDING TECH WORKERS,
ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS,
STUDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?
I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE
ITEM ON THE FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION,
RESOLUTION 31927, ACTUALLY
AMENDS A RESOLUTION THAT THIS
COUNCIL VOTED ON A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO, SPECIFICALLY RELATED
TO OUR PARTICIPATION ON
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES ON IN 2020
AND 2021, THREE CHANGES,
UPDATING THE COUNCILMEMBER FOR
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
CONSISTENT WITH ORDINANCE
124796, WHICH WAS ADOPTED TO PUT
IT ON THE BALLOT SEVERAL YEARS
AGO, IT SPECIFIED THAT THE
CHAIR OF THE CITY'S
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SIT ON
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE
LEVY.
THE SECOND CHANGE, IT ADDS AN
ASSIGNMENT FOR THE KING COUNTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF
THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLANNING
COUNCIL, AND IT REMOVES AN
ASSIGNMENT TO THE TRAY DEVELOP
MENTAL LIONS, THAT BODY NO
LONGER MEETS.
DEVELOPMENTAL LINES.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, I
CHAIR THE PUBLIC ASSETS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE,
AND MY NEW MEMBERS, WHAT WE DO,
SOME OF WHAT WE DO, WE MANAGE
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO
PARKS, COMMITTEE CENTERS, THE
ZOO, OF THE GROUNDS, INCLUDING
TRIBES ON A GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT BASIS, MAJOR CIVIC
PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING AND
WE WORK ON, INCLUDING THE
SEATTLE CENTER, MEMORIAL
STADIUM, SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARIES IN THE WATERFRONT.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON THAT
AFTER THE VIADUCT CAME DOWN.
WHICH IS A NICE SEGUE INTO WHAT
IS HAPPENING NEXT.
IN 2019, WE PASSED LEGISLATION
REGARDING THE WATERFRONT AND
THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT,
AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER HEARING
COMING UP, SCHEDULED FOR
FEBRUARY 4 AND COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, AT THE SAME TIME AS
THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING, IN
THE PROCESS OF RESCHEDULING,
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2:00,
HERE IN CHAMBERS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I A SALON
SOUND TRANSIT, A TRI-COUNTY
BOARD WITH SNOHOMISH, PIERCE
AND KING COUNTY, REGARDING
LIGHT RAIL, I ATTENDED THE
EXPANSION COMMITTEE TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT MORE FROM SOUND
TRANSIT PLANNERS ABOUT OUR
FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATION ON
130th STREET LOCATED NORTH
SEATTLE.
SOUND TRANSIT IS A TRI-COUNTY
BOARD, AS A BOARD MEMBER I WORK
CLOSELY WITH OTHERS TO IMPROVE
IT ON A REGIONAL METAL, LEVEL,
WE HAVE A SPINE FROM SNOHOMISH
I'LL BE DONE THE PIERCE COUNTY.
INCLUDING IN THE PLAN IS THE
130th IN FIELD STATION,
CURRENTLY SET TO OPEN IN 2031,
HOWEVER WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS SINCE 2013-14, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE TIMELINE OF
THE 1/30 STREET STATION TO
CREATE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION TO
THE LYNNWOOD LINK STATION IN
2024.
BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE WORKING
ON IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE
1/30 STATION SHOULD OPEN THE
SAME TIME AS THE LYNNWOOD LINK
STATION IN 2024, SEVEN YEARS
EARLIER.
THE BOARD WILL BE VOTING IN
LATE FEBRUARY ON WHEN TO OPEN
THE 1/30 STREET STATION, OUR
POSITION IS THAT THE CHEAPER
AND MOST LOGICAL OPTION IS TO
OPEN THE STATION IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE LYNNWOOD LINK, I CAN
GO TO THE DETAIL, I KNOW YOU
DON'T TO HEAR THAT, BUT I DO
WANT TO STRESS THAT THE REASON
WHY THE NORTH FLOWS, DISTRICTS
4-6, I WANT TO THINK
COUNCILMEMBER FOR SHOWING UP TO
PROVIDE COMMON FOR WHY SHOULD BE
OPENED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
LYNNWOOD LINK, BESIDES THE
TRANSIT, WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE
DIRT TWICE AND WE DON'T WANT TO
HAVE TOO MANY DISRUPTIONS FOR
OUR TRANSIT RIDERS AND LABOR.
>>> WITH THAT, LET'S SEE, SDOT,
TWO WEEKS AGO, THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
HELD THREE DROP-IN SESSIONS TO
SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
NORTHGATE PEDESTRIAN LIGHT
BRIDGE, WE CALL THAT THE
THORNTON CREEK COMMUNITY
BRIDGE, THIS IS BEEN GOING ON
SINCE WELL INTO 2013, WHEN I
WAS STILL A CONSTITUENT, OVER
300 PEOPLE ATTENDED TO LEARN
ABOUT THE BRIDGE CONNECTING THE
NORTHGATE MALL AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE OF YOU KNOW
THAT IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR
YEARS WE'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY
TO GET THE NHL TRAIN CENTER AT
NORTHGATE MALL, A MAJOR
RENOVATION, THREE SHEETS OF
ICE, TWO HOTELS, AND 50 UNITS OF
HOUSING, AND THE CITY BOUGHT
THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET,
EIGHT ACRES, TO PROVIDE OVER
200 UNITS OF LOW INCOME
HOUSING, AMI, 1680, THE PEOPLE
LIVING THERE NOW WILL NOT BE
DISPLACED, THEY WILL MOVE OUT,
AND BUILD HOUSING, AND THAT WE
MOVE THEM BACK IN, WE ARE
EXCITED ABOUT THAT, WORKING
WITH THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY, WE JUST INTO THE DEAL
INKED THE DEAL TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE PARK-AND-RIDE BUILT FOR THE
DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
>>> OTHER THAN THAT, AS I TOLD
THE PRO TEM, COUNCIL HERBOLD,
I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE EXCUSED
EXCUSE MYSELF, I WILL BE IN
PORTLAND, GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT ISSUES WITH TRIBES,
MURDERS OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF NATIVE
AMERICAN HOMELESSNESS IN CITIES.
AND I WILL BE REQUESTING LEAVE
ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, AT THE
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS, WHICH GO TO EVERY YEAR,
THE LUNCH, AND ABIGAIL ECHO
HAWK WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR
MISSING AND MURDERED WOMEN AND
GIRLS, IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
70 YEARS, I USUALLY GO IN
FEBRUARY FOR THE WINTER
CONFERENCE, AND AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET WITH A LOBBYIST FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, AND WE MEET
WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION ON EVERYTHING FROM
TRANSPORTATION TO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMEN, TO ALL THE
NATIONAL ISSUES.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED, EVERY
YEAR WE HAVE SENATOR MORAN
CANTWELL, SENATOR WARREN, AND
THIS YEAR HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE
SENATOR HARRIS GIVING ABIGAIL
ECHO HAWK HER WORD, IT IS
EXCITING.
THINK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>>> GOOD MORNING, I DON'T HAVE
A LOT, THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT MEETS FOR THE FIRST
TIME THIS FRIDAY AT 2:00, WE
WOULD NORMALLY MEET ON
TUESDAYS, BUT WE ARE HAVING A
COUNCIL MEETING TODAY, AND WE
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT 2020
PRIORITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S
INTERNET COMMITTEE, THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, WHICH IS ONE PIECE
OF THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
CAN I TALK ABOUT BOARD OF
HEALTH?>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND I
ATTENDED THE FIRST BOARD OF
HEALTH MEETING LAST WEEK, AND
WE HELPED TO PASS A RESOLUTION
TO THE STATE LEGISLATRE AROUND
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ASKING
THAT THE SLATE STATE LEGISLATURE
INVEST IN AND SUPPORT THE
PROPER COLLECTION OF DATA ON
GUNS IN THE STATE, AND THE
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS FOR
GUN VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS
ENSURING THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING
COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES
FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE, AND
WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR MY DISTRICT,
WENT YESTERDAY TO TESTIFY AND
SUPPORT THOSE BILLS AS WELL.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING
SURE THAT INVESTMENT COMES, AND
PARTICULARLY IN MY DISTRICT, WE
ARE SUPPORTING THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
INVESTING IN REALLY TRYING TO
FIND ALTERNATIVES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHO ARE
ENGAGED IN GUN VIOLENCE AND
MAKE SURE THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE
WAYS FOR THEM TO FIND A
DIFFERENT PATH IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>>> THANK YOU, JUST A REMINDER
THAT TOMORROW THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGIES IS GOING TO MEET,
THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY BIG
UPDATE THAT I HAVE FOR
EVERYONE, AT BRIEFING THIS
MORNING, AS WAS DISCUSSED
EARLIER, WE WILL BE DISGUSTING
DISCUSSING THE ORDINANCE, AND
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF
PRESENTERS, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE
PRESENTERS AS WELL AS CENTRAL
STAFF, SHARON LEE FROM THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE WILL
BE THERE, AND JOSEPH PRECELLA,
WHO LIVED IN TINY HOUSE
SUPPORT, AND IS NOW IN
IMPERMANENT SUPPORT HOUSING,
AND THE SEATTLE COMMISSIONER,
WHO WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT
THE RELATIONSHIP THE PORT HAS
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN MY
DISTRICT, INTERBAY, WHICH IS AT
A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP, THE
LANDLORD AND OWNS A LOT OF
ADJOINING PROPERTIES TO THAT
PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
AND OF COURSE FRIEDMAN FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, WILL BE ABLE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING
THE ORDINANCE, THERE SHOULD BE
A ROBUST DISCUSSION.
AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY
THAT WE NEED FIVE COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR A QUORUM, FOR ANY
REASON, IF YOU THINK YOU WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE
COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW,
PLEASE SEND MYSELF OR MY STAFF
AN EMAIL SO WE CAN JUST MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM
PRESENT.
OF COUNCILMEMBERS, SO WE CAN
HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING.>>>
THE ONLY OTHER THING, I HAVE
NOTHING TO ADD TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES'S BOARD OF HEALTH
PRESENTATION, I DID ATTEND THE
M OKAY MARCH AT GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, IT WAS REALLY POWERFUL
TO SEE SEVEN THOUSANDS OF OUR
NEIGHBORS MARTIAN, AND SEATTLE
CITY OUR NEIGHBORS, AND IN
SEATTLE CITY, MARSHALL, IT WAS
GOOD TO BE THERE, AND OTHERWISE
I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT
AT THIS TIME, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE WEEK.
>>> HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. DAY YESTERDAY TO EVERYONE,
AND HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO GET
TO SERVE IN A COUNTY, NOW NAMED
AFTER OUR GREAT LEADER, AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
LIVE UP TO HIS DREAMS.
HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DAY TO EVERYONE, THERE WILL NOT
BE LAND-USE IN NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE TOMORROW, THE ITEMS
BEFORE US STILL NEED A LITTLE
BIT OF TIME, WHAT YOU'LL BE
SEEING NEXT MONTH IS THE
DIRECTOR'S REAPPOINTMENT, AND
SOME OF MY STAFF WILL BE COMING
TO SPEAK WITH YOUR STAFF ABOUT
QUESTIONS.
IF COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE NOT
RECEIVED THE QUASIJUDICIAL
BRIEFING FROM OUR STAFF, I
RECOMMENDED, YOU HAVE ISSUES
COMING BEFORE US NEXT MONTH AND
THE TREE ORDINANCE WILL HAPPEN
NEXT MONTH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
LATER THIS WEEK, DISTRICT
OFFICE HOURS, ON THURSDAYS,
THAT WILL BE STANDING FROM 3:30
PM-6:30 PM, NEXT WEEK I WILL BE
ATTENDING WITH THE DELEGATION
TO OLYMPIA, AS PART OF
ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON CITIES,
AND 2 OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS ON
THE BOARD OF HEALTH, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVOCACY
AROUND DATA, WE KNOW THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN SYSTEMIC AND
SYSTEMATIC WAYS OF PROHIBITING
DATA TO BE COLLECTED, AND WE
KNOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE
WITHOUT HAVING PROPER DATA.
SO THANK YOU ALL, LOOKING
FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE WEEK.>>>
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> I CELEBRATED THE LEGACY
YESTERDAY OF THEM OKAY, WITH
UNITED WAY, DAY OF SERVICE,
SEATTLE AUDUBON, AND THE
WEDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD,
ASSEMBLED ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION PACKETS FOR LOW
INCOME STUDENTS SO THEY CAN
EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS, THE
SPRING.
ON THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, NO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA FOR FULL COUNCIL.
LAST WEEK WE HELD OUR FIRST
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, WE HEARD BRIEFINGS
FROM SDOT AND CITY LIGHT AND
PUBLIC UTILITIES, WITH THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, THE THEME WAS
THE FACT THAT THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
IS EXPIRING THIS YEAR, A
PRIORITY TO LOOK AT WAYS TO
RENEW THAT.
ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF
INITIATIVE 976.
YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO ON
SEATTLE CHANNEL.
ON THE DISTRICT LAST WEEK, WE
HELD OUR WEEKLY OFFICE HOURS,
THE 30 CONFERENCE ROOM, EVERY
FRIDAY, 3 PM-6 PM, WE HAD SOME
FOLKS COME IN TO TALK ABOUT
UNAUTHORIZED HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS, AND I KNOW THE
CITY IS LOOKING AT, RIGHT NOW.
THIS WEEK I AM SCHEDULED TO
ATTEND THE MAPLE LEAF COMMUNITY
COUNCIL MEETING, AND TALKING
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT IS
CIRCULATED, VIA EMAIL THIS
MORNING, AND I WILL CIRCULATE
THE HARD COPY THIS MORNING.
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE 2
RESOLUTIONS, THIS AFTERNOON, I
HAVE CRAFTED A BROAD
RESOLUTION, I WOULD LIKE TO WALK
ONTO THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR TODAY, COUNCILMEMBERS,
OFTEN DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE
RHETORIC AND ACTIONS OF THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, IT SEEMS
EVERY DAY WE HEAR DISTURBING
NEWS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OUR
NATION'S BORDERS ABOUT
OPPRESSION, AND EVEN AS WE HAVE
OUR HANDS FULL DOING OUR JOBS
TO OVERSEE A $6.5 BILLION
BUDGET, AND 12,000 CITY
EMPLOYEES, 700,000 RESIDENTS,
WE WANT TO REMIND THE WORLD
THAT WE ARE A WELCOMING CITY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS HERE, INCLUDING
MYSELF, THIS RESOLUTION BUILDS
UPON THE HONORABLE WORK OF
PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS BY
REAFFIRMING SEATTLE AS A
WELCOMING CITY, AND BROADLY
CONDEMNING ALL FORMS OF
OPPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD.
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BROAD
RESOLUTION IS NOT LIKELY TO
TEMPER, I URGE INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES, PERIODICALLY, BUT I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS
HAVE THE BANDWIDTH AS A
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT TO MANAGE THE
GROWING CITY IN TRACK EVERY
INTERNATIONAL ISSUE, THE
WEBSITE OF HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH,
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, MANY
DISTURBING ISSUES GOING ON
TODAY, BROAD ENOUGH TO CAPTURE
INSTANCES OF OPPRESSION THAT WE
MIGHT BE MISSING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
AS WE POTENTIALLY DISCUSS IT
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU.
>>> I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT IN
WHICH THIS IS OFFERED, I DO
HAVE CONCERNS THOUGH THAT THE
APPROACH AND THE UNDERLYING
MESSAGE THAT THE APPROACH
SENTENCE IS THAT WE WON'T
CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS SPECIFIC
TO A SET OF PARTICULAR UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES, I AM CONCERNED
THAT THIS RESOLUTION THEN
BECOMES SOMETHING TO POINT TO,
TO SAY WE COVERED THAT IN THIS
SORT OF BROAD BRUSH STROKE
STATEMENT AGAINST OPPRESSION
EVERYWHERE.
AND I JUST THINK THAT WHEN WE
HAVE CONSTITUENTS IN OUR CITY
WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE EVENTS
THAT MAY NOT BE HAPPENING IN
THE CITY, BUT MIGHT BE
HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY, MIGHT
BE HAPPENING INTERNATIONAL, WE
NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT.
THAT WE DON'T NEED TO RESPOND
TO IT EACH AND EVERY TIME, BUT
WE ARE SEVEN RIGHT NOW, BUT
NINE THINKING INDIVIDUALS, AND
WE CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION OF
WHAT IT IS APPROPRIATE AND WHEN
IT IS NOT, AND AGAIN I AM
CONCERNED THAT A RESOLUTION
LIKE THIS WILL SERVE AS A CATCH
ALL, AS AN EXCUSE TO NOT ACT
WHEN WE CLEARLY ARE CALLED TO
ACT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THINK YOU PRO TEM HERBOLD,
I HAD A QUESTION FIRST AND THEN
A COMMON, CAN ASKED THE
QUESTION FIRST TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
ARE YOU INTENDING TO OFFICE ON
AS A ALTERNATIVE OR COUNTER
POSE IT WITH OTHER RESOLUTIONS?
>> NO, THIS WILL BE A YES AND
SITUATION, IT WOULD BE IN
ADDITION TO THE IT, NOT A
REPLACEMENT FOR ANYTHING.
>> I MUST ECHO THE CONCERNS
THAT SHE HAS STATED, THAT WE
CANNOT -- I WOULD BE VERY
CONCERNED, ON PAPER, THE WAY IT
HAS BEEN MOTIVATED, TO PROVE
PARAPHRASE WHAT YOU SAID, WE
DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO
WITH THESE THINGS, WE ARE NINE
THINKING INDIVIDUALS, AND WE
CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION OF
WHEN THE ROOT THE RESOLUTION IS
CALLED FOR.
SPECIFICALLY, TO ADD ONE MORE
POINT TO WHAT SHE SAID, THE
PURPOSE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS IS
NOT TO PRETEND THAT WE HAVE ANY
LEGAL AUTHORITY, FOR EXAMPLE,
IT DOESN'T GIVE US ANY LEGAL
AUTHORITY, THE PURPOSE OF THE
RESOLUTION IS TO RESPOND TO
HUNDREDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS
WHO ARE DEMANDING ACTION
THROUGHOUT THE ROAD AGAINST
THIS, IN THE SAME SPIRIT THAT
ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTS WERE HELD
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, PEOPLE
RUN THE ROAD HAVE SAID WHY
SHOULD WE CARE, THE FAR RIGHT
IS RISING EVERYWHERE, AN
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE, BUT THE
PURPOSE IS TO HELP BUILD THAT
KIND OF MOVEMENT ON THE GROUND,
NOT JUST TO PASS A PRO FORMA
LEGISLATION THAT SAYS THAT
SEATTLE CITY HAS TAKEN THIS
POSITION.
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BELIEVE TO
REALLY BE OUT FRONT, WHEN
ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE MARCHING
AGAINST THE RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW
HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS
RESOLUTION.
>> I HOPE PEOPLE GIVE IT
CONSIDERATION AND IT CAN BE A
YES AND SITUATION.
THANK YOU.>>> THERE ARE NO
OTHER COMMENTS OR FURTHER
BUSINESS?
THE COUNCIL BRIEFINGS MEETING
OF JANUARY 21 IS ADJOURNED, IT
IS 10:05 AM.
THANK YOU.