PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE MINUTES OF MAY 18, 2020
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
THE
PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RELATED
FOR OPERATIONS TO REPORT TODAY.
I DO, COLLEAGUES,
WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT AT
THE TOP OF THE TIME
TOGETHER THIS MORNING TO NOTE A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS A REMINDER IS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WILL
NOT BE JOINING US.
SECONDLY, I RECEIVED A NOTE
OVER
THE WEEKEND THAT WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER
NOT WITH US SO WE WILL MAKE
SURE HER ABSENCE IS
EXCUSED AT 2:00 P.M.
BUT SHE WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE
I LET FOLKS KNOW THAT SHE
WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
AND LASTLY, FOLKS, I JUST WAN
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
OVER THE WEEKEND, THERE WERE
SOME PRETTY DISTURBING
NEWS REPORTS ABOUT SOME
POTENTIAL HATE CRIMES ARE
ACTUAL HATE CRIMES AGAINST
MEMBERS OF THE ASIAN
COMMUNITY.
A FEW OUT IN BALLARD.
AND WE CONTINUE
TO HEAR ABOUT OTHER INCIDENTS
ALSO AND ONE AT THE
SODO PARKING LOT OF HOME DEPOT.
THERE IS THIS
POIGNANT BEHAVIOR TO TARGET
PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR
ETHNICITY IN RESPONSE TO THE
RUN A VIRUS.
WE HAVE
AN OBLIGATION TO SPEAK LOUDLY
AGAINST THOSE TYPES OF
BEHAVIORS AND THAT TYPE OF
RACISM.
AND IT WILL NOT
BE TOLERATED.
THIS VIRUS IMPACTS ALL OF US
THE.
NO
ONE IS TO BLAME FOR IT.
ON WE ARE NOT GOING TO
ALLOW HATE TO DRIVE OUR
RESPONSE IN THE CITY.
AND I
AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND IS A
RESIDENT OF THE CITY
CALL UPON ALL OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS TO EXERCISE
VIGILANCE AND PROTECTING EACH
OTHER AND PROTECTING
OUR NEIGHBORS AND IN SPEAKING
OUT AGAINST THESE
TYPES OF RACIST ATTACKS ON OUR
NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THESE
REALLY DISTURBING
INCIDENTS HAPPENING ACROSS THE
CITY.
I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE THOSE CASES AND
COOL AND FOLKS WHO MAY
HAVE RELATION OR ANY
INFORMATION ON THIS TO
COLLABORATE AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THOSE
FOLKS ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
AND MY MOST SINCERE THOUGHTS
AND
CONCERNS CONTINUE TO GO OUT TO
THOSE WHO WERE
IMPACTED BY THESE ATROCIOUS
ACTS AND TO ALL MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND FOR
THEM TO KNOW THAT WE STAND WITH
THEM AND WE ARE
READY TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE
FACE OF THESE EXTREMELY
HORRIFIC ACTS THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WILL END MY REMARKS THERE AND
PROVIDE FOLKS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PROVIDE
REMARKS IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN PROVIDING
REACTION OR COMMENTS.
TO
THAT POINT, JUST RAISE YOUR
HAND AND LET ME KNOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO
MAKE COMMENTS RIGHT NOW.
LET'S MOVE INTO THE
PRESENTATION ON COUNSEL BILL
119799 RELATED TO
PREMIUM PAY FOR GIG WORKERS.
WE HAVE KARINA BULL
WHO IS PREPARED TO MAKE THE
PRESENTATION.
BOTH THE
BILL AND THE PRESENTATION ARE
ON THE PUBLISHED
AGENDA FOR COUNSEL BRIEFING.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND THEN
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
HEAR FROM KARINA BULL.
>> THANK YOU COUNSEL.
AND I WANT TO GIVE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A FEW
REMARKS AS WELL BEFORE WE HEAR
FROM KARINA BULL.
AND I WANT TO THANK KARINA BULL
FOR HER DILIGENCE
AND ASSISTANCE WITH THIS.
BUT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS OF
REALLY HEAVY WORK AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO DISCUSSING
THE FINAL PRODUCT.
AS EVERYONE IS AWARE, ABOUT A
MONTH AGO, WE RATIFIED THE
HISTORIC EXECUTIVE ORDER
CAPPING RESTAURANT FEES FOR A
LOT OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SMALL BUSINESS
RESTAURANTS WHO HAVE
BEEN FACING EXUBERANT FEES
BEING PASSED ON TO THEM
IN THIS CLIMATE AND WHERE TAKE-
OUT IS THERE ONLY
OPTION.
PART OF THE DISCUSSION HAD BEEN
A LOT OF
THE ECONOMY WORKERS.
AND I CALL IT THE ECONOMY
RATHER THAN THE GIG ECONOMY.
BECAUSE WITH COVID-19,
WHAT WE REFER TO IS A MASSIVE
SHARE OF HOW ALL OF US
ARE GETTING GOODS AND HOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE BEING
EMPLOYED TO DO IT.
AND REALLY LEARNING ABOUT THE
BARRIERS FROM CONTINUING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AFTER
THAT AND WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE
WHO ARE DOING THE WORK
THAT IN A LOT OF CASES, SINCE
THEY ARE
MISCHARACTERIZED AS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS, THEY
NEED TO BUY CLEANING SUPPLIES
AND TAKE UNCOMPENSATED
TIME BETWEEN DELIVERIES TO
CLEAN VEHICLES CAN THESE
ARE ALL THINGS THEY ARE NOT
COMPENSATED FOR AND IT
HAS BEEN A BURDEN TO THE BOTTOM
LINE IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
AND INCREASINGLY, WHILE THERE
ARE A
LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS FOR OTHER
FOLKS WORKING IN
THIS ECONOMY, NO JURISDICTIONS
YET HAVE REALLY TAKEN
ON SOME KIND OF CONSIDERATION
IN THE FORM OF PAY,
THAT THESE UNIQUELY SITUATED
WORKERS WERE NOT HOURLY
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED
CONTRACT HOLDERS.
AND THIS LEGISLATION WILL TAKE
A
LARGE STEP TOWARDS HAVING A
MORE EQUITABLE TREATMENT
FOR THESE ESSENTIAL FRONT-LINE
WORKERS AND I'M PROUD
TO SPONSOR THIS TODAY AND BE
WORKING WITH KARINA
BULL AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WHO HELPED PUT THIS
TOGETHER.
WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL HAND
OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO KARINA
BULL'S PRESENTATION.
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK
YOU FOR THE
OVERVIEW.
IT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE
CONTEXT OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND THE
FACT THAT THESE
WORKERS ARE NOT HOURLY WORKERS
WHEREAS MANY WORKERS
WHO ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL
WORKERS ARE HOURLY
WORKERS.
SOME OF THEM ARE RECEIVING
PREMIUM PAY.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE GET
PAID FOR THEIR TIME
AND THE MATERIALS THEY USE
PRACTICING BEST PRACTICES
AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
I ALSO WANT TO
THANK ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
THUS FAR. BOTH ON THE LABOR
SIDE.
WE HAVE HAD
STRONG PARTICIPATION FROM
WASHINGTON, THE TEAMSTERS.
WE ALSO HAVE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS TALKING WITH
INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS
AND HAVE HAD PROBABLY ABOUT SIX
INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS
WITH THE IMPACTED INDUSTRY TO
TALK THROUGH THEIR
CONCERNS AROUND THE BILL.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
THAT FOLKS MIGHT
HAVE AFTER KARINA'S
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
HERBOLD AND LEWIS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE KARINA
GO THROUGH HER
PRESENTATION.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HERE FOR
ABOUT
30 MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMEMBERS
TO HOLD
THEIR QUESTIONS UNTIL KARINA
HAS GONE ALL THE WAY
THROUGH HER PRESENTATION AND
THEN IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, I WILL CALL FOR THEM
AT THE END.
YOU
ALSO CAN SEND ME A QUICK TEXT
MESSAGE OR USE THE
CHAT FUNCTION TO LET ME KNOW
THAT YOU WILL HAVE
QUESTIONS AND I WILL MAKE SURE
TO START THE Q. SO
KARINA, OFF TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M KARINA
BULL.
I'M SUPPORTING THE DRAFTING OF
THIS BILL.
TO
BEGIN, AS COUNCILMEMBERS
HERBOLD AND LEWIS ALREADY
TEED UP FOR LISTENERS AND
WATCHERS, THE LEGISLATION
WOULD ESSENTIALLY REQUIRE
DELIVERY NETWORK COMPANIES
AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES TO PROVIDE GIG
WORKERS WHO ARE PROVIDING
SERVICES FOR THEIR
BUSINESSES WITH PREMIUM PAY FOR
WORK THAT IS
PERFORMED AND SEATTLE.
AND THE LEGISLATION WOULD
DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WHICH
MEANS IT WOULD HAVE AN
IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE DATE.
HERE IS THE ROADMAP FOR
THE SHORT PRESENTATION THIS
MORNING.
WE WILL BEGIN
WITH COVERAGE. THIS WILL BE
FAMILIAR TO FOLKS WHO
HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PAID
GIG WORKERS
LEGISLATION.
THE COVERING HIRING ENTITIES
AND GIG
WORKERS ARE THE SAME.
AND SO THE ENTITIES COVERED
ARE THE FOOD DELIVERY NETWORK
COMPANIES WITH 250 OR
MORE GIG WORKERS WORLDWIDE AND
THE GIG WORKERS
ACCEPTING OFFERS AND PROVIDING
DELIVERY AND
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
THE DEFINITIONS OF THESE
ENTITIES AGAIN ARE THE SAME AS
FOR THE TIME
LEGISLATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DEFINITIONS
ON THE
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
THE FOOD DELIVERY NETWORK
COMPANY, IT IS AN ONLINE
ENABLED APPLICATION OR
PLATFORM TO CONNECT CUSTOMERS
WITH WORKERS FOR
DELIVERY FROM ONE OR MORE OF
THE FOLLOWING
INSTITUTIONS.
EATING AND DRINKING
ESTABLISHMENT,
FOOD PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENT,
GROCERY STORE OR ANY
FACILITY, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
THAT IS INTENDED TO FULFILL
CUSTOMER ORDERS FROM A
BUSINESS THAT IS DELIVERING
GROCERIES OR PREPARED
FOOD AND BEVERAGES.
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY.
THAT IS THE SAME DEFINITION
ALSO IN THE TEA AND SEE
DEACTIVATION RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
THAT WOULD BE UBER,
LYFT, A NONEXHAUSTIVE LIFT.
UBER EADES, GRILL,
DOORDASH, INSTACART, POST MATES
AND OTHERS.
THE
WORKERS ARE PROVIDING THE
SERVICES AND THIS IS THE
HEART OF THE BILL.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE $5 PAYMENT
FOR EACH ONLINE ORDER WITH A
WORK-RELATED STOP IN
SEATTLE THAT THEY GET A WORKER
PERFORMS.
THIS STOP
IN SEATTLE WOULD MEAN ANY KIND
OF COMMERCIAL STOP
AND SEATTLE TO DEFINE IT IN THE
NEGATIVE WOULD NOT
INCLUDE PERSONAL ERRANDS OR
REFUELING OR DRIVING
THROUGH SEATTLE FROM A
BEGINNING POINT AND END POINT
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.
IF THERE IS ANY ONLINE ORDER
THAT HAS ASSOCIATED SERVICES
WITH IT THAT INVOLVES
STOPPING IN SEATTLE, IT WOULD
BE COVERED AND IT
WOULD REQUIRE $5 PAYMENT TO THE
WORKER.
IT IS IN
ADDITION TO WHAT THEY ARE
ALREADY BEING PAID FOR
PROVIDING THE SERVICES,
BONUSES, COMMISSION AND ALSO
SEPARATE FROM ANY TIPS THEY
MIGHT EARN FROM A
CUSTOMER.
SO AN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE THAT A
DELIVERY
DRIVER HAS AN ONLINE ORDER FOR
DELIVERY IN EVERETT
AND THEY ARE SHOPPING AT A
GROCERY STORE IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
THAT WOULD INCUR THE $5 PREMIUM
PAY.
EVEN
THOUGH THE DELIVERY POINT IS IN
EVERETT, THE
SHOPPING IS ACTUALLY TAKING
PLACE IN SEATTLE.
IF
THERE WAS AN ONLINE ORDER THAT
INVOLVES SHOPPING AT
A STORE IN SEATTLE OR ANYWHERE
THAT HAD ONE OR MORE
DELIVERY POINTS, THERE WOULD BE
$5 FOR THE FIRST
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAPPENED IN
SEATTLE AND THEN AN
ADDITIONAL $5 FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL JUMPOFF POINT IN
SEATTLE.
SO IF SOMEONE IS SHOPPING IN
SEATTLE, THE
FOUR DELIVERY POINTS AND
SEATTLE, THAT WOULD BE $20
AND PREMIUM PAY.
IF ONE OF THE DROP OFF POINTS
WAS
SOUTH OF SEATTLE, THE
ADDITIONAL DROP OFF POINT
WOULD NOT INCUR THE CHARGE
BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.
THERE ALSO ARE TRANSPARENCY
REQUIREMENTS WITH THIS
LEGISLATION.
WHEN I GIG
WORKER IS BEING PAID, THE
PREMIUM PAY, THE HIRING
ENTITY MUST INCLUDE
NOTIFICATION OF WHICH ONLINE
ORDERS QUALIFY FOR THE PREMIUM
PAY AND THEN ITEMIZE
THE PREMIUM PAY SEPARATE FROM
OTHER COMPENSATION.
THIS WOULD ALLOW THE GIG
WORKERS TO KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE EARNED IT AND THEY HAVE
BEEN PAYING FOR IT AS
WELL.
>> THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN
THE LEGISLATION ARE
TYPICAL FOR SEATTLE LABOR
STANDARDS.
A NOTICE OF
RIGHTS THAT MUST BE PROVIDED TO
EACH GIG WORKER.
RECORD-KEEPING BY THE HIRING
ENTITIES FOR THREE
YEARS.
RETALIATION IS COHABITED.
AND ENFORCEMENT
STANDARD FOR SEATTLE.
LABOR STANDARDS AND THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS WOULD
BE AUTHORIZED TO
CONDUCT OUTREACH AND DEVELOP
RULES.
THERE WOULD BE
A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.
THE REMEDIES WOULD
INCLUDE ANY UNPAID COMPENSATION
WHICH MEANS ANY
PREMIUM PAY OWED PICK UP TO
THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT
DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF
THE VIOLATION.
PENALTIES PAYABLE TO THE CITY,
THE GIG WORKER. THE
DURATION OF THE LEGISLATION HAS
TWO COMPONENTS.
THE
FIRST COMPONENT IS THE PREMIUM
PAY OWED FOR THE
DURATION OF THE MAYOR'S
EMERGENCY ORDER.
IF THE
CITY WERE TO PASS A MINIMUM
COMPENSATION FOR GIG
WORKERS, THEN THE COUNCIL, AS
THE LEGISLATION
STATES, WOULD CONSIDER
ELIMINATING THE PREMIUM PAY
REQUIREMENT PERHAPS BEFORE THE
DETERMINATION OF THE
MAYOR'S EMERGENCY ORDER.
THE REST OF THE
LEGISLATION THAT RELATES TO THE
RECORD-KEEPING,
ENFORCEMENT AND THE NOTICE OF
RIGHTS AND ANTI-
RETALIATION, WOULD STAY IN
EFFECT AFTER THE PREMIUM
PAY REQUIREMENT ENDS.
AND IT WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY
REPEALED THREE YEARS AFTER THE
END OF THE CIVIL
EMERGENCY IS TERMINATED.
THE REASON FOR THE
EXTENDED TIME FOR THE REST OF
THE LAW IS THAT SO OLS
CAN IN THE STATE ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS AND KEEPING THE
RECORDS FOR THAT PERIOD OF
TIME.
AND THEN THE
REQUEST FOR ANY PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS BY THURSDAY AT
NOON TO MAKE SURE THOSE CAN BE
DRAFTED AND REMOVED.
JUNE 1st, THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A FULL
COUNCIL VOTE.
AND THAT IS THE PRESENTATION.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KARINA FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
COLLEAGUES, NOW IS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS
REGARDING THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING
COLLEAGUES.
I HAVE
A QUESTION.
IF YOU CAN TALK MORE ABOUT HOW
YOU
ARRIVED AT THE $5 AND WHERE
THAT NUMBER CAME FROM.
I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD
QUESTION FOR THE
SPONSORS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD OR LEWIS,
WOULD YOU
LIKE TO TAKE THAT QUESTION?
>> Guest: I CAN JUMP IN.
>> I SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED
THAT IN MY OPENING
REMARKS.
I'M GLAD YOU ARE GIVING ME THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS IT NOW.
NUMBER IS BASED ON
THE FORMULA FOR THE PARTNERS IN
THE LABOR COMMUNITY
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH
THIS.
BASED ON THAT
LEVEL OF PREMIUM PAY, THIS
WOULD ADD UP ON AVERAGE
OVER ONE HOUR FOR AN AVERAGE
NUMBER OF DELIVERIES TO
SOMETHING THAT APPROXIMATES A
$15 MINIMUM WAGE.
THE
DESIGN OF THIS WAS PEGGED TO
GET THE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR WORKERS UP TO A POINT
WHERE THEY ARE
MAKING WHAT IS SIMILARLY
SITUATED HOURLY EMPLOYEE
WOULD BE MAKING SOMEWHERE ELSE
IN THE ECONOMY DURING
THIS COVID-19 TIME IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS WHERE
THAT COMES FROM.
WE DEFINITELY WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT THAT FORMULA MORE AS WE
START TALKING ABOUT
THIS LEGISLATION MORE.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION MORE BROADLY WITH
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL HAS WE HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION AS A COUNSEL
AND I WILL DEFINITELY SEND THAT
YOUR WAY,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> I THINK CONCEPTUALLY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ABOUT
THE PREMIUM PAY AND IT IS A
CONCEPT THAT COMBINES
BOTH HAZARD PAY TO PAY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE RISK
INDIVIDUALS ARE TAKING TO DO
ESSENTIAL WORK AS WELL
AS PAY FOR PEOPLE'S TIME AND
THE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH SUPPLIES.
AT A RECENT PUBLIC HEARING --
LAST
WEEK'S MEETING, WE HEARD A
TESTIFY OR SPEAK TO THE
FACT THAT THEY WERE OUT LAYING
SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS
$100 A WEEK WITH CLEANING
SUPPLIES.
WHEN I SAY
CONCEPTUALLY, THINK OF THIS AS
A COMBINATION BOTH OF
PAY TO COMPENSATE PEOPLE FOR
THE RISK THEY ARE
PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY
TO DO THIS ESSENTIAL
WORK AND THE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TIME AND
SUPPLIES NECESSARY TO DO THIS
IMPORTANT WORK THAT
MAKES THE PROVISIONS OF
ESSENTIAL WORK COMPLIANT
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH BEST
PRACTICES.
THE REASON IT IS
IMPORTANT TO THINK OF THOSE
THINGS TOGETHER IS,
REMEMBER MANY OF OUR HOURLY
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE GETTING
PART OF THAT.
THE
HAZARD PAY PART.
THEY ARE ALREADY BEING PAID THE
HOURLY WAGE AND THEY ARE
ALREADY BEING PAID FOR THE
PROVISION OF THE PRODUCTS.
AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS
ARE GETTING $2 JUST FOR THE
HAZARD PAY PART.
JUST
FOR THE PART RELATED TO PUTTING
YOURSELF IN HARM'S
WAY.
THEY ARE BEING PAID BECAUSE
THEY ARE HOURLY
WORKERS WORKING FOR A COMPANY
THAT PAYS FOR THE
GOODS AND PRODUCTS NECESSARY TO
KEEP THE WORKSTATION
CLEAN.
HEARING COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
TALK ABOUT THE
FORMULA, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KEEP IN MIND THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE THREE MAJOR
COMPONENTS.
THANK
YOU.
>> I HAVE ONE LAST THING TO
THROW IN THERE. ONE
PIECE OF CONTEXT WE SHOULD BEAR
IN MIND -- AND I
WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING
THAT THINGS DO DIFFER
SOMEWHAT ACROSS PLATFORMS AND
ACROSS DIFFERENT
SECTORS OF THIS GIG ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENT, BUT
TYPICALLY FOR FOOD DELIVERY
FOLKS AT LEAST, THE
INFORMATION WE HAVE FROM THE
LABOR PARTNERS IS, PER
JOB, THEY ARE NETTING AS LOW AS
TWO, $2.05 PER JOB
THAT A DELIVERY CAN TAKE ON
AVERAGE 30 MINUTES.
IN
SOME CASES, FOLKS ARE ONLY
NOTING IN ONE HOUR
DELIVERY TIME SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
FOUR OR $5 TOTAL.
SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING
TO REMEMBER.
IT IS
JUST A REALLY PRECARIOUS PLACE
FOR A LOT OF THESE
FOLKS WHO ARE DOING IS REALLY
CRITICAL WORK.
ESPECIALLY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT
OF ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THERE
WERE NOT EXPECTING AND
SIMILARLY SITUATED HOURLY
EMPLOYEES DO NOT NEED TO
ASSUME IN THE JOBS THEY ARE
DOING SO I JUST WANTED
TO THROW IN THAT PIECE OF
CONTENT.
>> GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, ANY
FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT OR
COMMENTS?
>> NO THINK YOU.
>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF OR
SPONSORS OF THE BILL? A
VERY QUIET GROUP THIS MORNING.
I'M SO IMPRESSED OF
THIS MORNING YOU GUYS.
WAS SOMEBODY TRYING TO
SPEAK?
>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION.
>> WONDERFUL.
LOOKING AT SLIDE SIX,
NOTIFICATION
OF QUALIFYING ORDERS AND
PREMIUM PAY, ARE WE
ASSUMING THE PREMIUM PAY WILL
BE PASSED ON TO THE
CONSUMER IN ANY WAY BASED ON
YOUR CONVERSATIONS?
>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT,
KARINA?
OR SHOULD I?
>> IS THE LEGISLATION NOW OR
IN A FORTHCOMING
BILL, WITH LANGUAGE STATING
THAT THE CHARGES SHOULD
NOT BE PASSED ON TO THE
CUSTOMERS.
>> THAT IS ALL IT WAS GOING TO
ADD.
I BELIEVE IN
THE RETALIATION SECTION, WE HAD
TALKED ABOUT ADDING
LANGUAGE PROHIBITING THE COST
BEING PASSED ON TO
CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS
PROHIBITING THE DIALING DOWN OF
THE COMPENSATION FOR DRIVERS.
AND SOME OF THE
RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS
WILL HELP WITH
ENFORCEMENT OF THAT.
>> GREAT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.
I KNOW THERE ARE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL
COMING OUT OF THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER OR EARLY
FALL, ASSOCIATED WITH MINIMUM
COMPENSATION OF
DRIVERS.
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE
DO HAVE
LANGUAGE IN THIS BILL THAT
EXPRESSES THE COUNSEL'S
INTENT TO ENSURE THAT THIS
COMPENSATION WE ARE
CONSIDERING NOW IS NOT LAYERED
ON TOP OF THE MINIMUM
COMPENSATION LEGISLATION.
WHEREAS WE HAVE A SUNSET
DATE THAT THE BILL WILL SUNSET
AFTER THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE IN
THERE THAT SAYS IF THE MINIMUM
COMPENSATION LANGUAGE
LAW IS PUT INTO PLACE BEFORE
THAT, THAT WE INTEND TO
ROLL THIS REQUIREMENT BACK.
OBVIOUSLY INTENDED TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND MANY
OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WE MET
WITH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR THAT.
THAT
WAS ON THE LIST OF ONE OF MY
QUESTIONS.
THERE WAS A
POINT TALKING ABOUT HOW IF THE
CITY PASSES THE
MINIMUM COMPENSATION STANDARD
FOR TMZ DRIVERS, THEN
THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A
DIFFERENT LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR ORDINANCE OR THE
ORDINANCE WILL SUNSET
SOONER.
I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING A NOTE
OF THAT.
AND KARINA, IN TERMS OF YOUR
WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR
LEGISLATION, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE
OF WHERE THESE
DRIVERS RANK IN TERMS OF VOLUME
OF WORK THAT THEY
ARE SEEING RELATIVE TO OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY?
>> THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC
REDUCTION IN WORK.
I
THINK THERE IS 80% DROP IN
VOLUME OF FOR HIRE RIDES
IN SEATTLE.
THE FOOD DELIVERY WORKERS HAVE
SEEN A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THEIR
WORK.
I THINK THAT IS
PROBABLY TRUE THROUGHOUT THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY.
I
DON'T HAVE ANY DATA TO SUPPORT
THAT IS HAPPENING
AROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
BUT I THINK COMMON
SENSE SHOWS THAT IS INDEED
HAPPENING.
THERE ARE A
LOT OF DELIVERIES IN SEATTLE
AND AROUND THE COUNTRY
TODAY.
>> SO NO CONCRETE DATA THAT
WOULD TELL US EXACTLY
WHERE THE DELTA IS RELATIVE TO
THE TYPE OF DRIVER?
>> IN TERMS OF HOW MANY
DELIVERIES OR PASSENGER
TRIPS THEY ARE DOING PER HOUR?
>> YES.
>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> CLARIFYING ON THE LAST
QUESTION I ASKED, DOES
THAT MEAN THERE WILL BE A
SUBSTITUTE ON HOW THE $5
DOES NOT GET PAST ON?
I WAS NOT QUITE CLEAR WITH
THE LANGUAGE AND THEN THE
INTENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD TALKED ABOUT.
IS THERE STILL WORK BEING
DONE ON THAT ASPECT TO PREVENT
THAT FROM BEING
PASSED ON AND PROHIBITING
LEGISLATION OR JUST
DISCOURAGING?
>> THERE OR TWO PIECES.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A
SUBSTITUTE BILL SO I WOULD HAVE
TO LOOK TO SEE IF IT
WAS IN THE BILL UPLOADED
FRIDAY.
THERE IS INTENDED
TO BE OR THERE ALREADY IS
LANGUAGE IN THE SECTION
THAT PROHIBITS PASSING ON THE
CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER
AND IT IS ALSO IN THE RECITALS
AS WELL.
IT IS A
PROHIBITION ON MODIFYING
SERVICE TO DIFFERENT AREAS
OF THE CITY WHICH IS ALSO
REQUESTED IN THE MAYOR'S
EMERGENCY ORDER, CAPPING
DELIVERY COMMISSION FEES
AND THEN THERE IS THE
PROHIBITION ON REDUCING THE
COMPENSATION PAID AS A RESULT
OF THE LEGISLATION AND
ADDING CHARGES OR PASSING ON
CHARGES TO CUSTOMERS.
SO WHAT THE PROVISIONS ARE
SEEKING TO DO IS HAVE
CURRENT COMPENSATION AND
CURRENT CHARGES TO
CUSTOMERS REMAINING THE SAME
AND HAVE THE PREMIUM
PAY LAYERED ON TOP OF THAT AS
THE COMPANY WOULD PAY
FOR THE GIG WORKERS.
>> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> PLEASE.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH
RULEMAKING IS LEFT
TO THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
AND WHAT THE
PROCESS OR TIMELINE IS
ANTICIPATED TO BE GIVEN THE
NATURE OF THIS?
>> THIS LEGISLATION HAS
INCORPORATED A NUMBER OF
DRAFTING TECHNIQUES AND
DRAFTING LANGUAGE IN ORDER
TO MAKE THE RULEMAKING WORK BY
OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS LIGHTER AND FASTER
THAN TYPICAL LABOR
STANDARDS.
SO DIRECTOR RULES ARE ABLE TO
BE ISSUED
THEIR GUIDANCE VIA THE QUESTION
AND ANSWER DOCUMENT.
AND THERE ALSO IS -- ANY TIME
THERE IS REFERENCE
TO DIRECTOR RULES INSTEAD OF
CONDITIONING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
LEGISLATION ON RULES, THE
RULES ARE DISCRETIONARY.
SO OLS HAS THE AUTHORITY
TO ISSUE RULES BUT IS NOT
REQUIRED TO ISSUE RULES.
AND THERE IS A PROVISION THAT
SAYS THAT IF OLS OR AN
INVESTIGATION DOES NOT GET
SUFFICIENT RECORDS FROM A
RESPONDENT OR MAYBE GETS SO
MANY RECORDS THAT ARE
NOT ORGANIZED WELL ENOUGH TO
QUICKLY GO THROUGH
THEM, THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
QUICKLY DETERMINE
HOW MUCH IS OWED TO THE WORKER
OR IF THERE WAS A
VIOLATION TO BEGIN WITH AND
THEY CAN DESIGNATE A
DAILY AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION
WHICH WOULD BE AN
AUTOMATIC AMOUNT OF
COMPENSATION IN LEIU OF
DETERMINING A PRECISE AMOUNT.
AND SO THOSE MEASURES
ARE INTENDED TO MAKE
ENFORCEMENT EASIER COME ALONG
WITH THAT NOTIFICATION AND
TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT
THAT THE HIRING ENTITIES MUST
ITEMIZE EACH TIME A
WORKER IS PAID AND WHICH
WORKERS QUALIFY FOR THE
PREMIUM PAY. ALL OF THOSE
THINGS ARE INTENDED TO
HELP WORKERS. THIS IS INTENDED
TO BE VOTED ON NEXT
WEEK, NEXT MONDAY AND IT WOULD
GO INTO EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY.
DOES REQUIRE A 3/4 VOTE OF
COUNSEL.
>> LAST QUESTION.
I DID SOME GROCERY SHOPPING
THIS WEEKEND AND I WAS ASKED
THREE TIMES AT THE
STORE IF I WAS INSTACART.
FINALLY I ASKED THE THIRD
PERSON, WHAT IS THE REASONING
FOLKS ARE ASKING THAT?
THEY SAID, BECAUSE YOU ARE
BUYING A LOT OF
GROCERIES.
I GUESS I'M WONDERING HOW OFTEN
FOLKS
ARE DOING LARGE PICKUPS AND
MULTIPLE STOPS.
YOU
HAVE ANY SENSE.
YOU MENTIONED THE FOUR STOPS IN
SEATTLE. DO WE KNOW HOW OFTEN
THE ORDERS CONTAIN
MULTIPLE PICKUP POINTS OR
MULTIPLE DROP OFF POINTS?
>> IT IS NOT INFORMATION THAT
I HAVE BUT PERHAPS
IT IS SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD OR LOUIS KNOW
MORE ABOUT.
>> I DON'T HAVE AN
INFORMATION.
AND OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH INSTACART
AND POST MATES, A LOT
OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD, WE
RECEIVED A RESPONSE THAT
THE INFORMATION WAS
PROPRIETARY.
I DO GET AN
OPENNESS TO ANSWER SOME
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED
TO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
SO I'M
HAPPY TO SHARE THAT QUESTION ON
YOUR BEHALF,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WITH
THOSE TWO STAKEHOLDERS.
>> I WILL ADD THAT THE
LEGISLATION WAS DRAFTED IN
SUCH A WAY TO COVER THE FULL
RANGE OF SITUATIONS
THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. SO THAT
STUCK ORDER WAS
CONTEMPLATED IN THE DRAFT.
ALSO THE LANGUAGE AT
LEAST IN THE FORTHCOMING
SUBSTITUTE BILL, TALKS
ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL STOPS THAT
MAY RESULT FROM THE
ONLINE ORDER.
SO PERHAPS IF THERE ARE TWO
RIOTERS
IN A VEHICLE WHERE ONE PERSON
IS PAYING THE BILL BUT
THEN THEY ASK FOR A SEPARATE
DROP OFF POINT OR
SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT RESULTS
IN A SEPARATE DROP OF
ORDER, LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN
IN SUCH A WAY TO INCUR
THE CHARGE EVEN IF IT WASN'T
INITIALLY IN THE ONLINE
ORDER.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NONE.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A
REMINDER THAT THE SPONSOR
TIMELINE IS TO PROVIDE ANY
INFORMATION RELATED TO
AMENDMENTS ON MAY 28th BY
NOON.
SO THAT IS AND A COUPLE OF DAYS
HERE.
AND WE
INTEND TO, IF ALL GOES WELL, TO
ALLOW FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL ON
JUNE 1st OF 2020 AT
THE 2 P.M.
FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
OBVIOUSLY KARINA
IS AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
ARE INTERESTED IN
MAKING AMENDMENTS OR WANT TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION AND THE SPONSORS
I'M SURE ARE ALSO
EQUALLY HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH
EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY
ABOUT ANY ONGOING QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE OR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED.
SO THANK YOU, KARINA, FOR BEING
WITH US THIS MORNING
AND FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
WE WERE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG IN THE
AGENDA.
THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM IS BEGINNING THE
DISCUSSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
ACTION.
COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES
AND ANY
OTHER INFORMATION COUNCIL
MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE.
WE WILL AGAIN GO IN THE
ROLLCALL ORDER.
AND
THE ROLLCALL ORDER TODAY IS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
MORALES, MOSQUEDA, PEDERSEN,
STRAUSS, LEWIS AND THEN
I WILL CONCLUDE THAT SECTION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND
GET STARTED.
FIRST IS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
PLACE
TO.
>> THANK YOU MADAM, PRESIDENT.
NOT A LOT TO COVER
THIS MORNING.
A LOT OF THE UPDATE WAS WORKED
INTO
THE PRESENTATION JUST NOW ON
THE PREMIUM PAY
LEGISLATION.
AND I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS
MADE
BY A COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS WELL
AS KARINA AND OTHERS
THAT FOLKS CAN REACH OUT TO ME
IF THEY HAVE ANYMORE
QUESTIONS OR WANT TO TALK ABOUT
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE AN
OPEN
PROCESS AND WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU TO MAKE A STRONG
AND LASTING ORDINANCE.
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO
REACH OUT.
ON WEDNESDAY THE 27th THIS
WEEK, THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND INVESTMENTS
WILL MEET AND DISCUSS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES COUNSEL
BILL 119716 RELATED TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
AND
JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, IT IS
THE COMMITTEE AS A
WHOLE.
IF FOLKS CAN MAKE SURE THAT
THEY PLAN ON
ATTENDING THAT AND MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A QUORUM, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION.
I'M
WORKING WITH JACOB THORNE ON MY
STAFF TO MAKE SURE
WE PUT TOGETHER GOOD AND
DISCUSS THIS WITH MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOLKS THAT
WILL BE COMING DOWN
FROM THE EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE TO
TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S
HOMELESS RESPONSE MORE BROADLY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT
EXCHANGE AND HAVE A
DISCUSSION, NOT JUST ABOUT
119796 BUT ALSO HOW WE
CAN GET MORE NEIGHBORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OFF
THE STREET AND INSIDE AND IN A
SAFE PLACE TO
PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
BE PART OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH RESPONSE HERE IN THE
CITY.
ON THURSDAY
MAY 28th, THE QUEEN AND
FARMER'S MARKET IS GOING
TO BE OPENING AGAIN FOR ANOTHER
SEASON.
REALLY,
PROUD OF THE WORK MY OFFICE DID
WORKING WITH QUEEN
AND FARMER'S MARKET TO MAINTAIN
THE CRITICAL SENSE
OF CONTINUITY DURING THESE
REALLY DIFFICULT TIMES
WHERE SO MANY OF OUR FESTIVALS,
TRADITIONS AND
FARMERS MARKETS ARE BEING
POSTPONED AND DELAYED AND
IN SOME CASES MIGHT NOT BE
COMING BACK.
I THINK IT
WILL BE REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE
FARMER'S MARKET,
WHICH IS THE PREMIER
INDEPENDENT FARMER'S MARKET IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, COMING
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS.
I ENCOURAGE FOLKS WATCHING AT
HOME TO HEAD OVER TO THE
FARMER'S MARKET AND GET
SOME VEGETABLES AND CHEESE.
I WILL BE THERE FOR THE
OPENING AND WEARING A MASK.
AND HOPING YOU WILL BE
THERE AS WELL.
THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO KNOW
THAT
THAT IS OPENING UP AGAIN AND
JOINING SO MANY OF THE
OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD FARMERS THAT
ARE OPEN AND DOING
THEIR BEST TO ADAPT TO THE
DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAD ANOTHER REALLY GOOD
ROUND OF OFFICE HOURS
LAST WEEK MEETING WITH A
VARIETY OF CONSTITUENTS
ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
I WANT TO PLUG IN THE OFFICE
HOURS ONE MORE TIME.
AND I STILL ON A WEEKLY BASIS
HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET.
I BELIEVE MAKING
THAT KNOWN PUBLICLY HAS BOOSTED
IT.
THE LAST TWO
WEEKS, THEY HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY FULL.
I ENCOURAGE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT ON
MY WEBSITE AND SIGN UP FOR
THOSE SLOTS AND MAKE YOUR
CONCERNS KNOWN SO THAT I CAN BE
A BETTER ADVOCATE
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT
SEVEN HERE ON THE
CITY COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, MADAM, PRESIDENT, I
DON'T
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, THANK
YOU AGAIN.
LOOKING
FORWARD TO YOUR COMMUNITY
MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.
I
WILL JUST NOTE THAT AGAIN, I
WILL READ OR RIGHT
REITERATE FOR THAT MEETING TO
OCCUR.
THAT MEANS
FIVE OF US NEED TO BE PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
AND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING TO
PREPARE FOR WEDNESDAY,
IF YOU END OF HAVING DIFFICULTY
ESTABLISHING QUORUM,
LET MY OFFICE KNOW AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE AND WE
WILL TRY TO HELP OUT WHERE WE
CAN.
HELP YOU SO
MUCH.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
I HOPE EVERYBODY GOT TO
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF REST OVER
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
TOMORROW, WE HAVE NOTHING ON
THE CALENDAR THIS
AFTERNOON BUT WE DO HAVE TWO
HEARINGS TOMORROW OR
MEETINGS TOMORROW.
IN MY COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE WILL
HAVE A HEARING. AND
THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
WE WILL BE TAKING
COMMENTS FROM FOLKS AND HEARING
FROM COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF AND WE HAVE SEVERAL
AMENDMENTS BEING
CONSIDERED THERE.
ADDITIONALLY, WHEREAS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS MENTIONED,
WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE
ON HOMELESSNESS, INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES, WHERE WE
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE BILL
THAT OUR OFFICE HAS
PROPOSED TO LIMIT ENCAMPMENT
REMOVALS DURING THE
COVID-19 EPIDEMIC.
I WILL SAY THAT I WENT LAST
WEEK
TO THE END HIM AND REMOVAL ON
KING STREET LAST
WEDNESDAY WHERE WE HAD SEVERAL
CONVERSATIONS WITH
PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN MOVED.
AND IT WAS A HARD
MORNING TO BE TALKING WITH
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
TRAUMATIZED AND MOVED
REPEATEDLY AS THEY TRY TO FIND
SOME SORT OF STABILITY.
ONE PERSON I SPOKE WITH HAD
BEEN REMOVED SEVERAL TIMES.
AND REALLY, WAS NOT
INTERESTED IN GOING INTO A
CONGREGANT SHELTER.
HE
WAS AFRAID OF DOING THAT.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF
COVID-19 AND WAS EAGER FOR THE
CHANCE TO GET INTO A
STABLE SITUATION. WHEN I ASKED
WHAT HE HAD BEEN
OFFERED, HE SAID NOTHING.
AND THAT THE REACHED
WORKERS HAD COME BY AND HAD
TAKEN HIS INFORMATION.
BUT THEY DO THAT EVERY TIME HE
IS MOVED AND HE HAS
BEEN ASKING TO GO INTO A TINY
HOME VILLAGE FOR TWO
YEARS BUT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
GET IN. AND HE WOULD
BE EAGER TO GET INTO A HOTEL
ROOM OR SOME INDIVIDUAL
UNIT THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO BE
SAFE DURING THIS
EPIDEMIC.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
FOLKS WHO
REALLY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
BEING MOVED FROM
NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T
WANT PEOPLE MOVED, ESPECIALLY
IF THEY ARE AT RISK OF
INFECTION. I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE CONVERSATION
TOMORROW AND TO THE DISCUSSION
WE WILL BE HAVING.
I
WILL SAY ALSO THAT IN THE LAST
WEEK, WE HAVE HAD I
THINK FOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS FROM THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
FOLKS ARE
FRUSTRATED AND THAT IS
UNDERSTANDABLE.
WE ALSO HAVE
BEEN LISTENING TO SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO HEAR ABOUT
THEIR WORK AND REALLY WANT TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION
TOMORROW THAT ALLOWS US TO
UNDERSTAND THE REALITY OF
WHAT OUR SHELTER SITUATION IS
AND WHAT THE
AVAILABILITY IS AND WHAT
OPTIONS WE HAVE TO BE
PROTECTING PEOPLE DURING THIS
PANDEMIC.
PROTECTING
THE COMMUNITIES AND PROTECTING
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
THE MOST VULNERABLE.
THE FOLKS LIVING ON THE
STREETS RIGHT NOW.
I'M EAGER FOR THAT CONVERSATION
AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO JOIN US
AND MOVE THAT CONVERSATION
FORWARD.
WE DID NOT HAVE
OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK.
THIS WEEK, WE WILL BE
TALKING WITH FOLKS AGAIN FRIDAY
AND THAT IS REALLY
ALL I HAVE FOR THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON THAT REPORT?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
AND LEWIS WERE LIKE A RACE.
>> THANK YOU.
I GET TO GO FIRST I GUESS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
I
FORGOT TO MENTION THAT LAST
WEEK I DID PARTICIPATE
ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
HERBOLD AND MOSQUEDA.
IT
FEELS LIKE A MONTH AGO.
COVE IT WEEKS ARE LIKE DOG
YEARS WITH COVID-19.
AND FOCUSING ON THE ULTIMATE
GOAL OF SCALING UP HOUSING
PLACEMENTS WITH 6500
PLACEMENTS OVER FIVE YEARS OR
SOME KIND OF REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS
AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
WE ALL HOPE TO SHARE AND KNOW
THE GOAL.
I
JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO
HIGHLIGHT AND PUT INTO
MY DIRECTOR TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, WAS THAT I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE
GENTLEMAN YOU TALKED
TO WHO INDICATED HE WANTS TO
GET INTO A TINY HOME
VILLAGE.
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WHAT WE
HAVE SCENE IS EVEN THOUGH THE
TINY HOME VILLAGES
ARE, TO AN EXTENT, BECAUSE I
CONGREGATE, LEHI HAS
DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AT
MAINTAINING REALLY SOUND
PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE VILLAGES.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A
CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASE IN A
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
I
BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I KNOW
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
ARE VERY AFFORDABLE.
AND THEY CAN ALSO BE SCALED UP
QUICKLY.
AND WHILE I CONTINUE TO BE A
BIG FAN OF
HOW TELLING AS MANY OF US ON
THE COUNCIL ARE, ONE
THING I THINK WE COULD EXPLORE
MORE AS A COUNSEL --
AND I WANT TO FLAG THIS BECAUSE
I KNOW WE HAVE
SEVERAL FOLKS THAT WAS INTO THE
BRIEFINGS TOO.
INCREASINGLY, I THINK TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES COULD BE
PART OF THE RESPONSE.
I KNOW EARLY GOING INTO
LOCKDOWN, THE EXECUTIVE DID
SCALE UP QUICKLY AND THE
INVESTMENTS THE COUNCIL MADE IN
THE FALL FOR A NEW
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN NORTH
SEATTLE AND THEN THERE
IS A NEW ONE AT CHERRY HILL.
EXTENSION OF SOUTH
LAKE UNION.
IF WE CAN BUILD ON THAT AND
FIND MORE
RESOURCES TO EXPAND, I THINK
THAT COULD BE A
CRITICAL PART OF THE RESPONSE,
JUST GIVEN THAT THEY
HAVE PROVEN IN THIS COVID-19
AREA TO BE VERY
EFFECTIVE AND WE KNOW THEY ARE
VERY DESIRABLE.
MANY
DOING THEIR BEST TO GET OFF THE
STREET AND WORK WITH
US HALFWAY.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE GOOD
PLACEMENT THAT
IS AGREEABLE TO THEM AND TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES I THINK
ARE A GOOD STRATEGY TO EXPLORE
THAT.
I JUST WANTED
TO FLAG THAT AND APPRECIATE YOU
RAISING THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> CANNOT RESPOND?
>> OF COURSE IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
WE JUST PASSED
EARLIER IN THE YEAR,
LEGISLATION TO ALLOW FOR MORE
VILLAGES.
I DO THINK THAT THAT IS ONE
OPTION THAT
WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
AND KNOWING WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT SUPPORTING FOLKS THAT ARE
CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS, BY DEFINITION, THAT
MEANS PEOPLE WITH HIGH
BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OR WHO ARE THE
HARDEST TO SERVE
FROM SOCIAL SERVICE AND SOCIAL
PROVISION PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE.
SO I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US
TO KEEP THAT COMPONENT OF THIS
IN MIND TOO.
IF WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT
PARTICULAR POPULATION, IT IS
BOTH A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WE
ARE DEALING WITH IN
TERMS OF THE LOCAL PANDEMIC AND
THE FACT THAT THESE
FOLKS ALREADY ARE IN DIRE NEED
OF INTENSIVE SOCIAL
SERVICES, MANY OF THEM.
AND SO THERE IS A LOT AND
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT WHAT THE BEST APPROACH IS
FOR US GOING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO JUST FLAG THAT I
HAD A CONVERSATION
OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SENIOR
DEPUTY MAYOR ABOUT MY
INTEREST IN AN ONGOING
CONTINUOUS REFORM IN THE AREA
OF ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS IN SUCH
A WAY THAT WE CAN
ENSURE THAT THE REMOVALS ARE
USED IN RARE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN HEALTH AND
SAFETY IS AT RISK.
AND MY INTEREST IN MOVING
TOWARD A PLACE WHERE WE
ARE WORKING WITH ENCAMPMENTS TO
MITIGATE CONCERNS
INSTEAD OF ALWAYS RESPONDING
WITH THE BLUNT TOOL OF
REMOVING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
IN THAT
CONVERSATION, I FLAGGED TWO --
TO THE DEPUTY
MAYOR, SPECIFIC INTEREST
RELATED TO THE COVID-19
CRISIS AND THE COUNCIL'S
CONCERNS THAT THE CITY HAS
NOT BEEN ACTING IN CONCERT WITH
THE CDC
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS.
IN
PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ABOUT THIS
ISSUE, THE EXECUTIVE HAS
INDICATED FOR INSTANCE THE
REMOVAL.
THERE WAS A SEATTLE TIMES
ARTICLE THAT
SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY DID NOT
CONSULT WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH ON THE REMOVAL,
NONETHELESS THE EXECUTIVE SET
THAT PUBLIC HEALTH AGREED WITH
THE CITY ASSESSMENT
ABOUT THE ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS.
I ALSO HEARD
MURMURINGS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH
WAS CONSULTED ON THE
REMOVALS LAST WEEK.
I INDICATED THAT MY INTEREST
OVER THE WEEKEND THAT IN THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, WHERE
THEY DO AN ASSESSMENT,
THEY CONFIRM FOR THE CITY AND
THE NAVIGATION TEAM
THAT A REMOVAL IS CONSISTENT
WITH COVID-19 RELATED
BEST PRACTICES AND WE FORMALIZE
THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND
THAT THAT SHOULD BE
SOMETHING WE CONSIDER DOING
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR
NOT THE LEGISLATION IS ENACTED.
I THINK THERE WAS
AN OPENNESS TO TALKING ABOUT
THAT PATHWAY FORWARD.
I ALSO SIGNALED MY INTEREST IN
ADDRESSING ONE OF THE
ISSUES RAISED IN THE DEPUTY'S
LETTER TO COUNSEL LAST
WEEK RELATED AND ASKED FOR SOME
LANGUAGE FOR THE
LEGISLATION TO MOVE FORWARD TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS
AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CONCERNS THAT IF THE
LEGISLATION MOVES FORWARD, THEY
WILL NOT HAVE THE
ABILITY TO DO REMOVALS THAT ARE
SPARKED BY SERIOUS
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, EITHER
RELATED TO CORONA
ACTIVITY HAPPENING INSIDE THE
ENCAMPMENT OR FIRE
HAZARDS.
I MADE A REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE I
CAN OFFER
AS AN AMENDMENT THERE AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO
FLAG THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, FOR GIVING US
THAT PREVIEW OF WHAT I SUSPECT
WILL BE FURTHER
DISCUSSED DURING WEDNESDAY'S
SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
HOMELESS AND INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES.
ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES AS HE GOES
THROUGH THE REST OF THE REPORT?
HEARING NONE,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I NOTICED
IN YOUR REMARKS THAT
YOU WERE TALKING TO THE
EXECUTIVE SIDE ABOUT BEING
AVAILABLE FOR PRESENTATION
DURING THE COMMUNITY
MEETING.
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT WHERE
YOU ARE IN
TERMS OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE EXECUTIVE?
I
DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
THEM TO BE AVAILABLE TO
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS AND IT
WOULD BE MY STRONG PREFERENCE
FOR SOMEBODY TO BE
THERE FOR MY QUESTIONS LIVE
ABOUT THE LEGISLATION
AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY
STATED THAT THEY HAD.
THAT IS ONE QUESTION.
SECONDLY, WITH REGARD TO THE
PRESENTERS AS WELL, HAVE YOU
HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS
WITH ANYONE FROM SEATTLE KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
IN TERMS OF THEIR WILLINGNESS
TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR
COMMITTEE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER.
I
NEED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH MY
COMMUNITY COORDINATOR
JACOB THORPE.
WITH HAVING HAD THE LONG
WEEKEND AND
THE FINALIZING PANELISTS DAY.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE
DEFINITELY THE DEPUTY MAYOR
PRESENT. AND IT IS
POSSIBLE HE WILL HAVE CHIEF
SCOGGINS WANTING TO COME
TO THE HEARING AS WELL.
I CONTINUE TO WANT TO HAVE
SOMEBODY FROM KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH.
I THINK WE
ARE WORKING ON WHO EXACTLY THAT
WILL BE AT THIS
CURRENT TIME.
TODAY, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE
FINALIZING THE EXECUTIVE SIDE
PANELISTS AND WE WILL
LET EVERYBODY KNOW AS SOON AS
EVERYTHING IS
CONFIRMED, WHO THEY WILL BE SO
FOLKS CAN PREPARE
QUESTIONING ADEQUATELY.
>> GREAT.
AS SOON AS YOU CAN GIVE US AN
UPDATE ON
WHO WE CAN EXPECT TO BE AT THE
TABLE PRESENTATIONS,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
HOURS SLATED TO BE TOGETHER.
I WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IF WE END OF GOING
MORE THAN TWO HOURS.
I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
KNOWING EXACTLY WHO WILL BE AT
THE TABLE SO I CAN
CURATE MY QUESTIONS AND LINES
OF INQUIRY
ACCORDINGLY.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK WITH
THAT.
AND IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW,
THAT WOULD BE PREFERABLE
LATER TODAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON
THIS SUBJECT MATTER?
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON
THROUGH THE REPORT.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU MADAM, PRESIDENT.
I FIRST HAVE A
REPORT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ IS NOT WITH US TODAY BUT
SHE PROVIDED THE
FOLLOWING UPDATES.
FIRST SHE WANTED TO SEND HER
THANKS TO HER COLLEAGUES FOR
SIGNING ON TO THE
LETTER WHICH ASKED THE GOVERNOR
TO DEMAND SECURITY
CHECKPOINTS USED TO MITIGATE
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS BE TAKEN DOWN
DUE TO THE POTENTIAL
INTERRUPTIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY SHE CALLED FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HELP HER
TAKE THE INFECTION
PREVENTION MEASURE DOWN.
THE GOVERNOR'S DECISIONS
CONSISTENTLY MOVE TOWARD
PUTTING THOUSANDS OF LIVES
AT RISK AND ARE MORE VULNERABLE
TO PUT MORE PEOPLE
VULNERABLE TO THE DISEASE.
THAT IS WHY THE LETTER
WAS SO IMPORTANT.
THIS IS A SERIOUS MESSAGE THAT
SHOWS HOW WE MUST RESPECT AND
RECOGNIZE TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY.
THE COUNCILMEMBER ALSO WANTED
TO RELAY
THAT THE SIOUX TRIBAL MESSAGE
GRATITUDE FOR SENDING
THIS MESSAGE IN SOLIDARITY
PUBLICLY.
SO THANKING US
PUBLICLY FOR SENDING THE
LETTER.
THE
COUNCILMEMBER'S' OFFICE AN E-
MAIL LAST FRIDAY
INCLUDING THE THANK YOU LETTER
PROVIDED BY THE
CHEYENNE RIVER STUDENT TRAVEL
COUNSEL AS WELL.
AS
FAR AS PANC LEGISLATION, THERE
ARE NO ITEMS THIS
AFTERNOON ON THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA.
IN TERMS OF
PARKS WEEKLY TO REPORT,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ OFFICE
WILL HAVE UPDATES WHEN THEY ARE
AVAILABLE AFTER THE
LONG MEMORIAL WEEKEND.
AND SHE WANTED TO PROVIDE
THE UPDATE FROM LAST WEEK'S
REPORT.
LAST WEEK
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TAPED AN
EPISODE.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TOOK A
TOUR OF THE ARENA
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT THE
SEATTLE CENTER.
A BIG
THANK YOU TOO WILL BE G FOR
PROVIDING A SAFETY
GUIDED TOUR TO SHOW HOW THE
PROJECT IS PROGRESSING
AND HOW THE ENGINEERS AND
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
ADJUSTED WORK PLANS DUE TO
COVID-19 WITHOUT SERIOUS
DELAYS.
THAT IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> MOVING O TO MY REPORT,
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING OR THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE ON
THE STATE COUNCIL AGENDA.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU.
I PARTICIPATED IN LAST WEEK'S
PRESS CONFERENCE
ON THE THIRD DOOR ANNOUNCEMENT.
I GREATLY
APPRECIATE THAT HOMELESS
ADVOCATES FOR COMING
TOGETHER AND ASKING FOR THIS
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
TO OUTLINING THE PROBLEM WHICH
IS HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF HOUSING UNITS WE
NEED TO BRING ONLINE.
SPECIFICALLY 6500 PERMITS IN
THE VERY NEAR TERM.
ALSO OUTLINING THE FUNDING
CRISIS THIS DEMANDS.
AND
AT THE SAME TIME, THE
GOVERNMENT ALONE CANNOT DO
THIS.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF A
PARTNERSHIP WHICH MEANS BOTH
BUSINESS ACADEMICS AND
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM
GETTING THE NEXT STEPS AND
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS
STILL A CALL FOR US.
TO RESPOND IN KIND WITH
ADDITIONAL LOCAL REVENUE AS WE
SEE THE CRISIS
CONTINUE TO GROW.
LAST WEEK I ALSO HELD THE
ECONOMIC FORUM ON TUESDAY LAST
WEEK.
THE FUTURE
NATIONAL AND LOCAL EXPERTS.
THE FORM HIGHLIGHTED
THE NEED FOR SPENDING AND
SUPPORTING PUBLIC SERVICES
AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
SHOW HOW WE CAN RECOVER
STRONGER AND QUICKER DUE TO
THE CRISIS.
AS WE THINK ABOUT RECOVERING,
TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT JUST RECOVERING
AND GETTING BACK TO
NORMAL BUT THAT IT IS CREATING
A NEW SENSE OF NORMAL
AND IT CREATES A MORE INCLUSIVE
COMMODITY.
THAT
WILL BE AT 9:00 A.M.
THURSDAY.
WILL PUSH OUT
INFORMATION ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS FOR FOLKS
WHO DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO
VIEW THE CONTENT YET.
IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE
EXPERTS.
I WANT TO
THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS SAWANT
AND MORALES FOR
JOINING IN ON THE PLATFORM AND
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
WE HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT IT.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO MAKE A
QUICK COMMENT ABOUT
THE FORM ALSO COMING UP FOR
TOMORROW FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR
COORDINATING AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE
BILL COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
INTRODUCED.
TO HAVE A
POSSIBLE AMENDMENT, ONE OR TWO
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE SENT LAST NIGHT.
THERE WAS A MEMO THAT
WAS SHARED THAT WHEN AROUND TO
ALL OF THE COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES FEATURING THE
CONTENT OF THE TWO POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE TO BETTER
MIRROR THE CDC GUIDANCE.
MY HOPE IS TO ENSURE THAT
WE ARE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE CDC GUIDANCE
TO BE APPLIED BEFORE ANY
POSTING OF THE REMOVAL. WE
KNOW THAT ONCE THOSE GO UP,
PEOPLE DISPERSE INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIME OF
COVID-19,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PREVENTING FOLKS FROM
DISPERSING INTO THE COMMUNITY
IF THEY HAVE SIGNS OR
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 OR WHICH
COULD PUT THEM AT
GREATER RISK FROM SPREADING OR
MOVING INTO OTHER
PARTS OF THE CITY IF THERE ARE
OTHER AREAS OF
COVID-19 THAT THEY MOVED TO.
AS A REMINDER, THERE
IS A LINK ON THE MEMO ON PAGE 3
TO THE INTERIM
GUIDANCE FROM THE UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 LIST
OF MEASURES THAT
HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE
ASKED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FROM
THE CDC.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MENTIONED
THIS IN HER
COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK
SUMMARY.
THE
CDC HAS ADVISED THAT THE RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH
SLEEPING OUTDOORS OR IN AN
ENCAMPMENT SETTING ARE
DIFFERENT FROM THE RISKS OF
STAYING INDOORS IN A
CONGREGANT SETTING BECAUSE
OUTDOOR SETTINGS MAY
BETTER ACCOMMODATE INCREASED
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
SO THAT IS REALLY THE REASON
THAT I THINK FOLKS ARE
RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT
POTENTIAL DISMANTLING OF
ENCAMPMENTS OUTSIDE TO BE
MOVING FOLKS AND TO
CONQUER GET SHELTERS.
I UNDERSTAND NOT ALL THE BEDS
THAT WERE OFFERED IN THE LAST
TWO OR THREE REMOVALS
WERE CONGER GET SHELTERS.
SOME WERE TINY HOMES.
BUT THE CDC GUIDANCE
ACKNOWLEDGES THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERNS ARE BEING IN A SHELTER
ARE DEFINITELY GOING
TO THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE AND
WE NEED TO BALANCE THE
RISK NEEDED TO BE CONSIDERED
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
THE COVID-19 SPREAD OF THE
TRANSMISSION.
IN ORDER
TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF
COVID-19 THROUGHOUT
THE GENERAL PUBLISHING AND
AVOID INCREASING RISK,
THE CDC GUIDELINES SUGGEST FOR
PEOPLE LIVING IN
ENCAMPMENTS THAT THE FOLLOWING
GUIDANCE SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED FIRST.
IF INDIVIDUAL HOUSING OPTIONS
ARE
NOT AVAILABLE, THEN ALLOW
PEOPLE LIVING IN SHELTERS
OR IN ENCAMPMENTS TO REMAIN
WHERE THEY ARE.
THIS IS
FROM THE CDC.
IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT
ENCAMPMENTS
BEING CLEARED CAN CAUSE PEOPLE
TO DISPERSE INTO THE
COMMUNITY AND BREAK CONNECTIONS
WITH SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
THIS INCREASES THE POTENTIAL
FOR
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPREAD.
THAT IS FROM THE CDC.
IT THEN GOES ON TO SAY THAT IF
FOLKS ARE BEING
ALLOWED TO STAY OUTSIDE, WE
MUST ENCOURAGE THOSE
ENCAMPMENTS TO SET UP THE
SLEEPING QUARTERS WITHIN A
12-FOOT SPACE PER INDIVIDUAL.
AND TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE REMAINING
WHERE THEY ARE, THAT
THEY HAVE A LINK TO SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND THOSE AT
RISK FOR SEVERE ILLNESS GET
INDIVIDUAL ROOMS OR SAFE
SHELTERS.
SO IT IS IN THAT CONTEXT THAT I
WANT TO
DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MEMO
THAT WAS SENT
YESTERDAY THAT HAS THE TWO
AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD
POTENTIALLY DISCUSS TOMORROW
WITH THE CHAIR'S
BLESSING.
AND IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE
SURE THAT I
WAS CLEAR ON WHAT I THOUGHT THE
LEGISLATIVE INTENT
WAS, WHICH WOULD BE TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT
PREVENTING OUTRIGHT ANY
REMOVALS PERIOD BUT THAT IT
CLARIFIES THAT IF THE REASON
FOR THE END KIMMITT
REMOVAL IS THE PRESENCE OF A
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
INCLUDING COVID-19 AND CERTAIN
ACTIONS HAVE BEEN
TAKEN, THEN THE RELOCATION CAN
GO FORWARD.
BUT THE
PRIOR ACTIONS WOULD NEED TO BE,
AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD TALKED ABOUT,
COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH AND GETTING FOLKS INTO
INDIVIDUAL ROOMS AND
OTHER STRATEGIES BEING
DEPLOYED.
IF THERE IS AN
EFFORT TO DO THIS
ADMINISTRATIVELY, THAT IS
GREAT.
IF THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT
MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IT
IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE
CLARIFICATION THAT THESE
PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES HAVE
BEEN DEPLOYED.
AND
THEN WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE
INDIVIDUAL ROOMS.
AND WE
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FOLLOW
CDC GUIDANCE WHICH IS
TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE A 12 BY
12 SPACE AND WE ARE
ABLE TO MOVE FOLKS OFF OF THE
ADA ACCESSIBLE
WALKWAYS AND WE ARE DOING WHAT
WE CAN TO MAKE A SAFE
PLACE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY SOME
OF THE COMMENTS
PROVIDED TO THE SEATTLE TIMES
THAT WERE INACCURATE.
THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE
BILL THAT RESTRICTS THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
IN THE CURRENT FORM OF THE BILL
AND THIS IS THE MEMO.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BILL
THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE
NAVIGATION TEAM FROM
RESPONDING TO CRIMINAL, SAFETY,
HAZARDS OR
OBSTRUCTION.
IT SAYS COUNCIL MEMBER BILL
117916
DOES NOT RESTRICT HOUSING OR
OTHER SERVICES DURING
COVID-19 AND IT DOES NOT
PROHIBIT OUTRIGHT REMOVALS
FROM PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS
UNDER THE DEFINITION OF
IMMEDIATE HAZARD, A SAFETY
SITUATION THAT CREATES A
RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH
TO OTHERS WOULD BE
ALLOWABLE FOR A CAUSE FOR
RELOCATION OR REMOVAL.
I
THINK TOMORROW WILL BE VERY
HELPFUL AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS THE CHAIR IS SETTING UP
THE PANELS.
I THINK
IT WILL OFFER US A CHANCE TO
TALK ABOUT THE INTENT
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER
STRATEGIES BEING USED TO
ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH STRATEGIES TO
BE DEPLOYED.
I KNOW THAT I AM ALL EARS.
I DO THINK
IT WILL ALSO BE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY WHAT
THE ORIGINAL BILL DID AND DID
NOT DO BECAUSE SOME OF
THE MESSAGING IS COUNTER TO
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM
THE CENTRAL STUFF MEMO THAT WAS
SENT YESTERDAY AND I
THINK THAT CLARIFICATION IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
ALL
OF US ARE INTERESTED IN THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY INCLUDING
NEIGHBORS IS SURROUNDING
ENCAMPMENTS AND THOSE LIVING IN
ENCAMPMENTS.
AND
WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
TOMORROW'S
PRESENTATION.
.
>>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I THINK WE
HEARD MOST OF WHAT YOU SAID.
YOU ARE BREAKING UP
QUITE A BIT TOWARD THE END.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT, THAT WE
ARE USING OUR TIME
HERE THIS MORNING TO HAVE SOME
HIGH-LEVEL
CONVERSATIONS.
I DON'T WANT TO TURN THE
COUNCIL
BRIEFING INTO A COMMITTEE
HEARING.
I KNOW THAT THIS
IS A SUBJECT OF HIGH IMPORTANCE
AND WE WILL ALL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
DETAILED CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE COUNCIL BILL OR ANY
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TOMORROW
DURING THE COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESS INVESTMENTS AND
STRATEGY.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE
GETTING COURTESY
FLAGS FROM ALL OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN
ALREADY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
ISSUES COMING UP DURING
COMMITTEE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE DON'T SLIP TOO
MUCH INTO DETAIL HERE AT
COUNCIL BRIEFING AND
EFFECTIVELY HAVE A WORKING
SESSION ON A SINGULAR BILL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT I
USUALLY DO WHICH IS CALL
FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BASED ON REPORTS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I WANT TO THINK
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR THE
AMENDMENT SHE BROUGHT FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I THINK WE WILL HAVE A
DEEPER
DIVE CONVERSATION TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
NEXT AS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
NO ITEMS FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON THE
CRISIS AT THE SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
DISTRICT 4, LAST WEEK, I
CONNECTED WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANTS IN
BRYANT TO DISCUSS
CHALLENGES AS THEY LOOK FORWARD
TO REOPENING WHEN
THE GOVERNOR CLEARS KING COUNTY
FOR THE REOPENING.
THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE LAYING
OUT THE TABLES AND
GETTING READY FOR APPROPRIATE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
ARE EAGER TO SEE THE DISTRICT
FOUR CUSTOMERS AGAIN.
INTERNET FOR ALL.
LAST WEEK, I ANNOUNCED MY
PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO CHART A
COURSE FOR UNIVERSAL
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND
RELIABLE INTERNET. I'M
CALLING IT INTERNET FOR ALL.
THIS IS OFFICIALLY NOT
COBIT RELATED LEGISLATION.
THE RECENT COVID-19
PANDEMIC HAS SHINED A LIGHT ON
THE INEQUITIES OF THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE.
SINCE THE RESOLUTION IS NOT
ROUTINE
OR REQUIRED FOR COVID-19
RESPONSE, I WILL WAIT
UNOFFICIALLY INTRODUCE THE
LATER WHEN WE CAN HAVE
THE REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE INTERNET FOR ALL
PROPOSAL IS ON MY CITY
COUNCIL BLOG WHICH WE CAN GET
TO ALL THE COUNCIL
PAGES ON SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THE BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREA FOR THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT WHICH
IS IN DISTRICT 4, I WANT TO
THANK THE CHAIR,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR THE
EXCELLENT MEETING WE
HAD LAST WEEK AND A PUBLIC
HEARING THIS WEDNESDAY AT
9:30 IN THE MORNING.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU CAN GET
INSTRUCTIONS ON PUBLIC COMMENT
ON SEATTLE.GOV
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THERE IS ALSO A SPECIAL E-MAIL
ADDRESS.
UDISTRICT@SEATTLE.GOV.
SO THE CENTRAL
STUFF IS CIRCULATING AT LEAST
THREE AMENDMENTS TO
THE EXECUTIVE BILL.
THE PURPOSE OF MY AMENDMENTS IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACHIEVE
THE GOAL OF GIVING
SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES A
GREATER VOICE AND
MAKING SURE THERE IS A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR
AWARDING WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A
$1 MILLION CONTRACT
AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AND MY ADMINISTRATIVE
AIDE WILL BE
CONTACTING YOU ABOUT THIS.
OFFICE HOURS BY
TELEPHONE. I CONTINUE TO HOLD
MY WEEKLY DISTRICT
OFFICE HOURS BY SKYPE AND
TELEPHONE.
DISTRICT 4
CONSTITUENTS, PLEASE SIGN UP ON
MY WEBSITE.
YOU CAN
GET TO THAT BY GOING TO
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR THAT
REPORT.
QUICKLY, FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS IN
PARTICULAR,
HAVE THOSE AMENDMENTS BEEN
PUBLISHED ALREADY OR HAS
THAT YET TO OCCUR?
>> I THINK IT IS JUST TO BE A
MEMO FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE ACTUALLY
ON THE
WEBSITE FOR THE COMMITTEE YET.
>> OKAY.
AND WILL YOUR AMENDMENTS BE
SUBJECT TO
AN ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING
OF COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES? OR ARE THEY
AMENDMENTS INTENDED TO BE
TAKEN UP DURING FULL COUNSEL?
>> WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC
HEARING THIS WEDNESDAY
AND A MEETING SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.
I BELIEVE WE ARE
ALSO HAVING ANOTHER COMMITTEE
MEETING JUNE 3rd.
>> SO THOSE AMENDMENTS WILL BE
CONSIDERED THROUGH
THE AMENDMENT COMMITTEE
PROCESS.
AND THERE WILL BE
COMMITTEE ACTION JUNE 3rd.
AND THEN THE FULL
COUNSEL ACTION SOMETIME
THEREAFTER.
>> CORRECT.
>> IS MY UNDERSTANDING
ACCURATE?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ON HIS
REPORT?
HEARING ON,
WE WILL MOVE ALONG.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE NO
ITEMS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR OR ON
TODAY'S COMMITTEE
AGENDA.
THE LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE
CURRENTLY PLANS TO HOST A
MEETING ON JUNE 24th
ONLY HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS
SCHEDULED FOR LAND USE ON
THE BILL WHICH MAKES TECHNICAL
CHANGES TO THE LAND
USE CODE AND FOR THE CHILD CARE
PACKAGE WHICH
REMOVES BARRIERS TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDCARE AND
MORE SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS ALL FOR
GUIDANCE FOR THE OPEN PUBLIC
MEETINGS ACT
PROCLAMATION TO MAKE SURE WE
FIT IN THE BILL.
LAST
WEEK, I CONTINUED TO MEET WITH
CONSTITUENTS.
WE
SENT OUR REGULAR CONSTITUENT
NEWSLETTER.
AND I
VISITED OAKVIEW GROUP AND THE
WORK OCCURRING AT THE
SEATTLE CENTER I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE WORK BECAUSE IT IS
PRIVATELY FINANCED WHICH
ALLOWS IT TO CONTINUE WITHOUT
ANY HICCUPS AND IT IS
AN INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC
SPACE.
SO BIG THANK YOU
FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING
THERE.
I ALSO WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT MEMORIAL DAY.
IT IS A HOLIDAY
DEDICATED TO HONOR THE MILITARY
FALLEN.
I JUST
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT.
TYPICALLY ON MEMORIAL DAY,
WE SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
AND WITH
COVID-19 OCCURRING THIS YEAR,
THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE
AS YEARS PAST.
SORRY WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO
HONOR THE MILITARY SERVICE
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU.
I
ALSO OVERLOOKED IMPORTANT
NOTES.
LAST WEEK, THERE
WAS SO MUCH TO DISCUSS . SO I
WANTED TO SHARE SOME
OF THOSE WITH YOU NOW.
I CONTINUE TO FOCUS MY WORK.
THE HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT
CONTINUES TO DO
IMPORTANT WORK ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS THE
COUNTYWIDE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR AGING AND DISABILITY
SERVICES.
THE CASE
MANAGERS IN SEATTLE AND RENTON
AND CORE PARTNER
AGENCIES COMPLETE WELLNESS
CHECKS, CALLS AND WITH
ALMOST 12,000 CLIENTS TO
DETERMINE WHO WAS AT THE
GREATEST RISK TO TRIAGE AND
HOME CARE.
JUST AN
EXAMPLE OF THE DIFFERENCE GOOD
CASE MANAGEMENT CAN
MAKE, A CLIENT TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THE COVID-19 AND
HAD BEEN ISOLATED IN THEIR
APARTMENT FOR MORE THAN A
WEEK WITH INSUFFICIENT ACCESS
TO FOOD.
ADS WAS ABLE
TO ASSIST THE CLIENT AND IN
ADDITION, THE CLIENT DID
NOT RECEIVE MEDICATION ADVICE
FROM THE HOSPITAL THAT
PERFORMED THE TEST.
THE CASE MANAGER ENCOURAGED THE
INDIVIDUAL TO REMAIN IN
ISOLATION AND CONTACT THE
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AND
IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE
CLIENT WITH FOOD SO THEY COULD
REMAIN IN THEIR HOME
AND IN ISOLATION.
>> THE APARTMENT DEPARTMENT
WILL EXPAND $5 MILLION
IN EXCESS FOR FOOD AND MEAL
PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS
LIVING WITH DISABILITIES.
THIS IS RANGING FROM
CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAMS AND IN-
HOME DELIVERY.
AT
THIS TIME, THESE PROGRAMS ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT THERE
HAS BEEN AN EXPANSION OF THE
MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM
AND THE LIFELONG BID ARE
HELPING.
ALSO HST HAS
SHIFTED STAFF TO AUGMENT THE
FOOD DELIVERY MEAL
PROGRAM.
AGENCIES EMPLOYING COMMUNITY
CHOICE GUIDES
AND HOUSING SPECIALISTS THAT
SERVE. MEDICAID LONG
TERM CARE CLIENTS HAVE ALSO
BEEN ABLE TO RESEND
STAFF TO HELP DELIVER FOOD FROM
CONGREGATE MEAL
SITES TO IN-HOME CARE.
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT, AS
OLDER ADULTS IN OUR
COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE
SAME COMMUNITY
RESOURCES THAT MANY OF US DO,
THIS TYPE OF WORK IS
SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS A
POPULATION OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE AT RISK TO COVID-19.
SO I JUST WANTED TO
THANK THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, THE AGENT
DISABILITIES SERVICES AND
ANYONE THAT WORKS ON ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES.
WORKING WITH THE CITY AND
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
I CONTINUE TO PUT POLICY
THROUGH ALL AGES AND ABILITIES
TO FRAMEWORK SO THAT
CITY COUNCIL, WE KNOW IT AT
WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
LOOKING AT THIS COMING WEEK, I
WILL BE ATTENDING THE
ASSOCIATION OF THE WASHINGTON
FEDERAL POLICY COMMITTEE.
LAST WEEK WE HAD MANY
MEETINGS WITH CONSTITUENTS OVER
THE PHONE.
MANY MORE MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
I REALLY ENJOY
SPEAKING TO EVERYONE ESPECIALLY
AS I MISS SEEING
PEOPLE IN PERSON.
THAT IS MY REPORT AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE
WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT
INDIVIDUAL WHICH IS ON MY LIST
OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> MY MOUTH IS MOVING BUT NO
WORDS.
ON THE
COUNCIL AGENDA, I HAVE ONE
ITEM.
THE ITEM IS THE
APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA SHIELDS
AS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION.
AND SHE HAS SERVED IN AN
INTERIM
CAPACITY SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST
YEAR.
SHE WAS
FORMALLY APPOINTED BY THE TWO
COMMISSIONS IN A JOINT
COMMITTEE MEETING ON JANUARY
22nd.
AGAIN, IT IS A
JOINT POSITION. THE AUTHORITY
LIES WITH THE TWO
COMMISSIONS THEMSELVES.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSIONS CONDUCTED A
RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND
UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED FOR THE
LETTER OF APPOINTMENT.
IT STATES THE COMBINATION OF
KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE HAVE PREPARED HER TO
LEAVE THE IMPORTANT
WORK OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMISSIONS. THROUGH HER
SERVICE AS AN ART
DIRECTOR, ANDREW HAS
DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT FOR
EQUITY AND SERVE AS A
COLLABORATIVE PARTNER AND
PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL AND
AUTHORITATIVE COUNCIL.
BOTH
COMMISSIONS ARE IMPARTIAL.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAKES
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR
APPROVAL AND MANAGES THE
MEETINGS AND OVERSIGHT FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY EXAM
PROCESS.
AS INTERIM DIRECTOR, SHE HAS
MANAGED
COVID-19 REGARDING TESTING.
LAST WEEK, THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
RESOLVED AN ISSUE
REGARDING VETERAN PREFERENCE
POINTS FOR FIREFIGHTER
PROMOTIONS.
HER BACKGROUND INCLUDES
EXPERIENCE AS
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES, DIRECTING AN
INVESTIGATION AND ASSISTANT
CITY ATTORNEY AND ADVICE
TO HUMAN RESOURCE TEAMS.
INCLUDING LITIGATION
REGARDING OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEEDINGS.
MY
OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED THE
APPOINTMENT AS OTHER
COMMISSION -RELATED
APPOINTMENTS AS THE STANDARD OF
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER 2028.
JUST AS A BIT OF
BACKGROUND ON BOTH COMMISSIONS,
THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HEARS
APPEALS OF EMPLOYEES
REGARDING DISCIPLINE OR ACTION,
EXAMINATION AND
TESTING AND ALLEGED VIOLATIONS
OF THE CITY CHARTER
PERSONNEL RULES AND PERSONAL
ORDINANCE.
THE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION HEARS
SIMILAR APPEALS FOR NON-
PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL AND CAN
SUBMIT
RECOMMENDATION AS TO THE MAYOR
AND THE COUNCIL
RELATED TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL
SYSTEM AND OTHER
DUTIES.
BOTH COMMISSIONS HAVE THREE
MEMBERS WITH
THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL BOTH
APPOINTING MEMBERS
AND THE EMPLOYEES ELECTING THE
THIRD.
THIS
APPOINTMENT IS THROUGH JANUARY
21st, 2023. AND
JUST AS A POINT OF INFORMATION,
SOME FOLKS MIGHT
RECALL RESOLUTION 31868
REGARDING DEPARTMENT HEAD
APPOINTMENT PROCESSES AND THIS
LEGISLATION
IDENTIFIES RECRUITMENT AND
SELECTION PROCESS FOR
DEPARTMENT HEADS.
THIS WAS LEGISLATION SPONSORED
BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO.
THIS
LEGISLATION DOES NOT APPLY TO
CASES LIKE THIS ONE.
LEGISLATION APPLIES IN CASES
WHERE THE MAYOR
APPOINTS AND THE COUNCIL
CONFIRMS AND THAT IS NOT
THE SITUATION HERE.
THIS IS A POSITION, WHETHER THE
APPOINTING AUTHORITY LIES IN
THE TWO COMMISSIONS
ITSELF.
SO PROVIDING THAT AS A POINT OF
INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION
ADDRESSES
DEPARTMENT HEADS AND IS NOT
CONSIDERED A DEPARTMENT
HEAD IN THAT SAME WAY.
OTHER ITEMS COMING UP, THERE
IS OF COURSE NO PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE MEETING THIS
WEEK.
I AM HOLDING OFFICE HOURS THIS
FRIDAY BETWEEN
3:00 P.M.
AND 6:00 P.M.
LAST WEEK, I JOINED THE
LAUNCH OF THE THIRD DOOR
COALITION AS WE HAVE HEARD
OTHERS SPEAK OF TODAY.
THE THIRD DOOR COALITION IS
AN EFFORT AMONG SELF-DESCRIBED
UNLIKELY ALLIES TO
TACKLE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN
THE REGION.
THEY ARE
A COALITION OF BUSINESS
STAKEHOLDERS AND SOCIAL
SERVICE AND HOMELESS ADVOCATES.
THEY ARE WORKING TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRUGGLED
FOR THE LONGEST TIME
AND SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
THEY HAVE A PLAN WITH 6500
UNITS OF PERMANENT
HOUSING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AS WE ALL KNOW,
HOUSING IS WELL ESTABLISHED AS
THE MOST EFFECTIVE
FOR PEOPLE AND COST EFFECTIVE
SOLUTIONS TO CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS. ABOUT 95% OF %
PEOPLE THAT GET INTO THE
HOUSING STATE AND IT REGARDLESS
OF UNDERLYING
CONDITION SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES R SUBSTANCE
ABUSE ISSUES.
AND ONE YEAR, THE HOUSING COST
THE
SAME AS THREE DAYS IN THE
HOSPITAL OR THREE MONTHS
AND JAIL.
THE THIRD DOOR COALITION
MEMBERS HAVE
IDENTIFIED A PLAN TO REDUCE THE
COST OF BUILDING
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RAISING
RESOURCES NECESSARY
TO SCALE ACROSS THE REGION.
THE WORK RECOGNIZES
THAT CITIES CANNOT DO THIS
ALONE AND THEY ARE
PROPOSING A PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO
INCREASE FUNDING TO MEET THIS
IMPORTANT GOAL.
I
ALSO WANT TO FLAG THAT I
ATTENDED THE ECONOMIC FORUM
FOR COUNSEL NUMBER MOSQUEDA
LAST WEEK.
I
APPRECIATED.
THE FOCUS OF NOT SLIPPING INTO
A
STURDY BUDGETING DESPITE THE
CITY'S REVENUE
SHORTFALLS MESSAGE.
THE MESSAGE WE HAVE LEARNED
FROM PREVIOUS RECESSIONS IS
THAT WHEN GOVERNMENTS
CUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS, THAT THEY
INVEST IN INDIVIDUALS AND IT
TAKES MUCH LONGER FOR
THE ECONOMY TO RECOVER. THE
UPCOMING BUDGET
DISCUSSIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT
BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN
MIND LESSONS FROM THE PAST AND
MAKE INVESTMENTS IN
PEOPLE AND IN THE ECONOMY TO
SPUR GROWTH.
AND WE
MUST LOOK FOR NEW REVENUE.
I'M HEARTENED THAT THE
PORTLAND AREA VOTERS LAST WEEK
OVERWHELMINGLY
APPROVED 2.5 BILLION IN NEW
TAXES OVER 10 YEARS TO
TACKLE THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
IT WAS A MEASURE
TAKEN TO THE BALLOT.
AND THE VOTERS OF PORTLAND.
AND JUST REALLY ALSO I WANT TO
FLAG THAT THE
MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY WAS BEHIND THIS
MEASURE. THE EXCEPTION I
THINK, AS FAR AS ORGANIZED
OPPOSITION IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY WAS THE
GROCER'S.
BUT THERE WAS A BROAD AND
STRONG
COALITION.
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE WITH THE
THIRD
DOOR COALITION ALIGNED TO
RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM.
AND IT WAS PASSED BY 57% OF THE
BALLOT AMONG VOTERS
IN THREE COUNTIES.
SO 1% INCOME TAX TO PEOPLE WHO
MAKE $125,000 ANNUALLY OR
COUPLES WHO EARN TO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
COMBINED.
AND 1% TAX ON
BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE $5
MILLION ANNUALLY.
SO
AGAIN, LOOKING TO LEARN FROM
OUR NEIGHBORING
JURISDICTIONS, AS WELL AS
LOOKING TO LEARN FROM
HISTORY ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT
POLICIES AND BUDGETS
THAT PULL US OUT OF -- PULL
US INTO ANY ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
I WANT TO ADD TO THE SHOW NOT
WE HEARD
FROM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
REFERENCED
INVESTMENTS AND NEEDS
ASSOCIATED WITH AGING
POPULATIONS.
FOLKS PROBABLY SAW LAST WEEK
THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED
SEVERAL MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS FOCUSED
ON FOOD DELIVERY AND
I REALLY AM PROUD OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND THE WORK THAT INDIVIDUAL
STAFFERS THERE HAVE
BEEN DOING TO REDEPLOY STAFF.
EVERYBODY FROM POLICY
ADVISORS TO PLANNERS TO GRANT
MONITORS.
REDEPLOYING
HST, THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT STAFFED AT THE
FRONT LINES FROM ALMOST THE
FIRST DAY OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY. THEY ARE
FILLING A CRITICAL GAP.
AND ALLOWING ESSENTIAL SERVICES
TO STAY HOME AS MANY
NONPROFITS ARE STRUGGLING WITH
SHORT STAFFING AND
FEWER VOLUNTEERS AND INCREASED
OPERATING COST.
BETWEEN MARCH 26th AND APRIL
25th, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF
COVERED 242 SHIFTS TWO
DIFFERENT HOMELESS SHELTERS,
CONTRIBUTING A TOTAL OF
723 HOURS OF SERVICE.
SINCE MAY 6th, AS OF THE
END OF APRIL, HST STAFF SHIFTED
FROM SHELTER SERVICE
TO FOOD SERVICE.
SINCE MAY 6, THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT STAFF COVERED 78
SHIFTS AT FOOD
DISTRIBUTION SITES CONTRIBUTE A
SUPPORT.
THIS IS PART OF THE HUMAN
RESOURCE DEPARTMENT TALENT
REDEPLOYMENT WHERE CITY WORKERS
CAN TAKE ON A FEW HOURS OF WORK
IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE
COMPENSATED JUST AS THEY ARE
COMPENSATED FOR THEIR YOU WORK.
AND IF FOLKS LISTENING IN AND
THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
REDEPLOYMENT HUB I URGE YOU TO
CHECK IT OUT AND FIND OUT HOW
YOU CAN PLUG IN AND HELP AS
WELL.
I'VE HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF
BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF BY
ATTENDING THE FOOD DELIVERY,
FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT THE
WEST SEATTLE FOOD BANK AND A
TAKING ON SHIFTS ON FRIDAYS AS
WELL AS THE SOUTH PARK SENIOR
CENTER LAST FRIDAY TO HELP PACK
FOOD FOR DELIVERY TO NEIGHBORS
ALONGSIDE OUR CITY STAFF.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
SHOW SUPPORT FOR CITY STAFFERS
DURING THIS WORK.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT AND I
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING
SOME WORK COMING FROM PORTLAND.
I FOLLOW THAT NEWS WITH GREAT
INTEREST.
I THINK YOUR POINT AROUND THE
COALITION MAKING THAT TYPE OF
ENDEAVOR COMING TO FRUITION TO
BE SUCCESSFUL CANNOT BE
UNDERSTATED.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING NOTICE
THIS ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU WERE
ONE OF THE MAIN SPONSORS ON OUR
OWN CITY'S INCOME TAX
LEGISLATION.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ON HER
REPORT ?
>> HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND AN THIS MEETING WITH
MY REPORT.
WE HAVE NO MEETING FOR THE
GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION IN
JUNE.
A DO HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA.
IT WILL BE CB11974 ALONG WITH
11975 AND BOTH ARE LABOR-RELATED
BILLS.
I AM BRINGING THESE FORWARD AS
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST BILL IS RELATED TO THE
SPEOG AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
THE BARGAINING UNIT.
IT IS A 3-YEAR CONTRACT FROM
JANUARY 1 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER
2021 AND WILL INCLUDE
APPROXIMATELY 105 REGULARLY AND
POINTED EMPLOYEES HOUSED WITHIN
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
DETAILS THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT
THE FINANCIAL TERMS, BUT ALL
THE TERMS OF THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH
APPROVED BY THE POLICY
COMMITTEE AND ARE WITHIN THE
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PARAMETERS.
COUNSEL BILL 119795 IS ALSO
RELATED OUR LABOR UNIONS.
THIS COUNSEL BILL AUTHORIZES THE
EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE CITY COALITIONS.
THE COALITION OF CITY UNIONS,
EXCUSE ME, REGARDING FLEX
ABILITY AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR
THE CITY WHERE FORCE DURING THE
COVID-19 CRISIS.
THIS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE MARCH
3, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1,
2020 OR UNTIL THE MAYOR'S
ACCLAMATION ENDS EARLIER.
A MEMORANDUM APPLIES ONLY TO
EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY THE
COLLISION.
HOWEVER, THE STATE WILL USE THE
SAME APPROACH AS PRESENTED FOR
NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.
THE MAIN PROVISIONS AND
DETAILED PROVISIONS OF THE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ARE
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MEMORANDUM
FROM KARINA BULL ATTACHED TO
THE AGENDA.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE
PROVIDING TELECOMMUTING AND
ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES AND
PROVIDING FOR NEW PROVISIONS
DICTATED BY THE FAMILIES FIRST
RESPONSE ACT.
THIS ALSO PUTS DIVISIONS TO
VACATION ACCRUAL CAPS AND
PROVIDES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF
MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES
ON UNPAID LEAVE.
IS MY UNDERSTANDING, ALSO,
BASED ON REPRESENTATIONS FROM
THE EXECUTIVE AND CITY BUDGET
OFFICE THAT ANY ADDITIONAL
COSTS INCURRED DUE BACK TO THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD BE PAID FOR BY
EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS. ONCE
AGAIN, A LABOR RELATIONS TEAM
REACHED OUT TO EACH OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE LABOR RELATIONS
POLICY COMMITTEE INCLUDING
MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, MOSQUEDA MORALES AND
LEWIS AND WE ARE MOVING THIS
LEGISLATION FORWARD AFTER THIS
OUTREACH.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOSE ARE
THE TWO BILLS WHICH WILL BE AT
THE END OF THE FULL COUNCIL
MEETING TODAY.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS OR HEAR COMMENTS
ABOUT THESE ITEMS NOW.
>> HEARING NONE, ON COUNSEL BILL
119795 REQUIRES SIGNATURES FROM
THE COALITION IN THE LABOR
RELATIONS TEAM.
I DON'T SEE ANY RED FLAGS IN
TERMS OF ANYTHING AND THAT IS
ALL I HAVE.
ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO QUICKLY
HIGHLIGHT LAST WEEK.
THANKS TO SOME OF YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING IN THE DAY OF
ACTION ON BEHALF OF OUR
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
I HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY
TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE ONE AMERICA AND OTHERS TO
HAVE A VIRTUAL DAY OF ACTION
WHERE WE CALLED UPON GOVERNOR
INSLEE TO ESTABLISH A WORKER
RELIEF FUND FOR UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE ARE HOME TO 250,000
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, MANY
OF WHOM ARE PAYING INTO OUR
SYSTEM FOR TWO OF PAYING TAXES
BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS
THE BENEFITS OF THE TAXES.
SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
SUPPORT IN PASSING THAT
RESOLUTION.
RELATED TO THAT, I APPRECIATE
ALL OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED IN
THIS MESSAGE AND STANDING IN
SOLIDARITY WITH OUR UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS HERE IN SEATTLE AND
ACROSS THE STATE AS WE WORK
WITH ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY
TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
NEED FOR SWIFT AND QUICK ACTION
IN THAT SPACE.
IS ALL I HAVE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> HEARING NONE, THAT IS THE
END OF THE AGENDA FOR THIS
MORNING'S COUNCIL BRIEFING.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
BUSINESS SO WE ARE ADJOURNED.
WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AT 2:00
P.M.
THIS AFTERNOON.
GOODBYE.