SPENT THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
WILL THE COURT POLICE CALLED
THE ROLE.
>> MORALES, SPENT HERE.
>> ALEX PEDERSEN, STRAUSS?
GONZALES?
OR IS?
LEWIS?
TERESA MOSQUEDA ? H, PRESENT.
>> LISA IS HERE, TOO.
>> THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR JOINING THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR JULY 1,
2020.
WE DO HAVE A FULL AGENDA.
AS USUAL, SESSION 1 IN THE
MORNING, SESSION 2 IN THE
AFTERNOON BEGINNING AT 2:00
P.M..
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE TOP OF THE HOUR.
GIVEN THAT WE HAVE OVER THREE
HOURS ON WEDNESDAY, WE WILL AND
FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY RECOGNIZING THERE
IS OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT MONDAY MORNING AT 10:00
A.M., MONDAY AFTERNOON, 2:00
PMS, WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 10 AM
AND -- I AM SORRY, WEDNESDAY
MORNING AT 11 A CLOCK A.M..
WAS WILL START AT 11 A CLOCK
A.M., CORRECT?
OKAY.
SO THERE ARE THOSE THREE
OPPORTUNITIES TO TESTIFY AFTER
TODAY AND WE WILL AGAIN HAVE
ANOTHER MEETING ON MONDAY ON
AUGUST 10.
WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE
FOLKS A HEADS UP.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS
SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY AND WE ARE
GOING TO TRY TO GET AS MANY
VOTES IN AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL BE VOTING ON AMENDMENTS
THAT DO NOT AFFECT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL
BE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS THAT DO
RELATE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THIS AFTERNOON.
WE DO HAVE 23 NON-[
INDISCERNIBLE ] AMENDMENTS.
TO MANAGE OUR TIME EFFECTIVELY,
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE 20
MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
AND THEN ASK CENTRAL STAFF TO
GO THROUGH A CONSENT PACKAGE OF
AMENDMENTS MEANING IF THERE ARE
FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR MORE
WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO AN
AMENDMENT, WE ARE PUTTING THOSE
ALTOGETHER IN A CONSENT PACKAGE
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOU
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PULL OUT CERTAIN AMENDMENTS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE
DISCUSSION OF THOSE AMENDMENTS
AND WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE AS
PART OF THE PACKAGE, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO PULL THAT OUT BUT
THIS IS AN EFFORT FOR US TO BE
CONCISE AND EFFICIENT IN OUR
DISCUSSIONS AND FOR THOSE WHO
DO NOT HAVE FIVE OR MORE
COUNCIL MEMBERS SIGNED ON, WE
WILL DISCUSS THOSE
INDIVIDUALLY, AS WELL.
SO THAT IS OUR AGENDA TODAY.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO INTO A
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
AND I WILL ASK THAT EVERYONE BE
PATIENT AS WE LEARN TO OPERATE
THE SYSTEM IN REAL TIME.
WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING COVID
TOGETHER WHILE ALL RECOGNIZING
THERE IS ROBUST TIME FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
FOLKS HAVE A CHANCE TO SIGN UP
AT EIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
DOING SO.
WE WILL GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE TO
SPEAK FOR 45 SECONDS AND I WILL
CALL FOLKS IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY HAVE SIGNED UP WITH
PREFERENCE TO THOSE CALLING IN
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
GOING BACK TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IF TIME
PERMITS.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO
STATE YOUR NAME.
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED, THAT IS YOUR
CHANCE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
WHEN FINISHED SPEAKING, PLEASE
DO HANG UP AND LISTEN IN ON THE
WEBSITE OPTIONS PROVIDED OR ON
THE TV CHANNEL.
YOU WILL HEAR A 10 SECOND TIMER
WHEN YOUR TIME IS ABOUT TO RUN
OUT AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE
TIME TO FINISH UP YOUR COMMENTS
AND GET YOUR LAST THOUGHT IN.
IF YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO
SAY YOUR FULL COMMENTS, WE
WELCOME YOU TO COME BACK BUT DO
SEND YOUR COMMENTS INTO US AT
COUNCIL LEFT SEATTLE.GOV AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE TO RECEIVE
THOSE.
GOING FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH 10:00
10:30 THIS MORNING.
THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS THAT I
SEE PRESENT OUR ZACHARY GARDEN,
HANNAH LOVELOCK AND JONAH
BITTEN.
ZACHARY, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ZACHARY GARDNER, PRESIDENT
OF BELLTOWN DISTRICT CENTER.
I AM CALLING IN FULL SUPPORT OF
DEFUNDING AT TB BY AT LEAST 50%
IN 2020 AND 2021 AS WELL AS
MOVING FORWARD AND REINVESTING
THAT MONEY IN BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY
HEALTH, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
TODAY I WILL SPEAK MORE
BASICALLY BECAUSE I WAS OUT
THERE PROTESTING ON SATURDAY
AND AN OFFICER SHOT ME WITH A
RUBBER BULLET DIRECTLY AT MY
ABDOMEN FROM LESS THAN 10 FEET
AWAY SIMPLY BECAUSE I SAID I
THOUGHT THEY WERE BEING A
LITTLE TOO VIOLENT TOWARDS
EVERYONE ELSE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS PROOF ENOUGH
THAT THEY HAVE NO
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEY NEED TO
BE DEFUNDED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A
GREAT DAY.
>> THANK YOU AND AN EXCELLENT
EXAMPLE OF A 45 SECOND POWERFUL
TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU.
HANNAH LOVELOCK.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
THAT IS HORRIBLE.
I AM A RESIDENT OF QUEEN ANNE
AND I AM CALLING TO VOICE MY
VOICE FOR DEFUNDING AND
REINFORCING FOR BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
TODAY, [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THE
CITY HAS SO MUCH MONEY AND WE
NEED TO TAX AMAZON AND WE HAVE
MONEY TO SUPPORT COVID RELIEF
AND SEATTLE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
JUST LIKE MY COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE SO [
INDISCERNIBLE ] I WATCHED
PEOPLE BE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] OUT
AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE NOT EXPLAINED
TO THE POLICIES OF THIS CITY
THAT THEY ARE BEING CONTINUALLY
CRIMINALIZED.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] WE NEED TO
ACT.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH.
JOANNA, GOOD MORNING.
>> I AM CALLING TO EXPRESS
SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING THE
POLICE BY 50%, RELOCATING THOSE
FUNDS TO BLACK COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING LACK EDUCATION,
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOUSING.
WE NEED ALL $85 MILLION TO BE
INVESTED IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
NOT BE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] NOW
SUPPOSED PROPOSED.
YOU CAN SUPPORT [ INDISCERNIBLE
] ALEX, DEBORAH, I AM LOOKING
AT YOU.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY AND RECALL JENNY
DURKIN.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] [ TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES ]
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>>
>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU MAY BE ARE NEAR TO IF YOU
>> THINK YOU PUT THIS IS PETER.
TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF
CRIME AND VIOLENCE, WE MUST USE
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN
STRATEGIES THAT DO NOT INVOLVE
POLICE.
FIRST, A DESIRABLE PLACE TO
LIVE AND WORK FOR MORE THAN
JUST WHITE PEOPLE, WE MUST BE
ABLE AND WILLING TO [
INDISCERNIBLE ] TODAY.
OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS ARE HERE TO
SUPPORT YOU AS YOU MAKE THIS
TRANSITION TOGETHER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING
TO THIS PROCESS.
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS
EXPLICITLY DESIGNED TO [
INDISCERNIBLE ] WHILE PROVIDING
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> CATHERINE, GOOD MORNING.
HI, CATHERINE.
>> MY NAME IS CATHERINE DOBSON
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ALREADY
LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT
POLICING.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] AND
OFTEN HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-
QUALITY RESOURCES.
EDUCATION, PUBLIC HOUSING,
ADDICTION SUPPORT AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES.
WE NEED TO DEFINE POLICE TO
EXPAND EDUCATION [ TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES ] PARTICULARLY
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
POLICE DO NOT KEEP US SAFE AND
WE NEED TO DEMAND [ TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES ].
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS T.
>> GOOD MORNING.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
HELLO, I AM A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT TREE.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORTING THE
DEFUNDING OF [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
UNTIL THEY ARE ABOLISHED
ENTIRELY.
WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND THESE
FUNDS BE REINVESTED INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] TO CONTROL,
ABUSE AND TERRORIZE BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES.
I URGE CITY COUNCIL DEMAND FOR
MAYOR STOP [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
PLEASE REINVEST THESE COMMUNITY-
BASED SOLUTIONS BY ELIMINATING
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] FUNCTIONS.
THANK YOU AND THE POLICE.
>> THE NEXT [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> MY NAME IS JAMIE.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
SOLIDARITY WITH THE DEMANDS TO
URGE YOU TO DEFINE THE SPD BY
AT LEAST 50% IMMEDIATELY AND TO
REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS
SPECIFICALLY TO COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
I THINK IT IS A DEEPLY BROKEN
SYSTEM WHERE WE SPEND FAR TOO
MUCH MONEY ON POLICE [
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]
AGAINST EXERCISING FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS [ TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES ] I URGE YOU TO
HAVE THE COMPASSION AND
GRATUITY TO IMAGINE THE KIND OF
CITY WE COULD BUILD TOGETHER IF
WE REDIRECTED TO COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR THAT ARE STILL SUFFERING
UNDER [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
]
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS DEREK [
INDISCERNIBLE ], I AM THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF [
INDISCERNIBLE ] BOARD.
I AM ASKING YOU TO DEFUND THE
NAB TEAM AND REALLOCATE THOSE
SOURCES TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
BETTER SORTED.
IT IS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS THAT
HAVE LED TO THE HORRIBLE RACIAL
DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE, TODAY.
A BOTTLE OF WATER AND A FEW
HYGIENE SUPPLIES DO NOT WASH
AWAY THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FEELINGS OF MISTRUST.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]
THANK YOU.
>> KATE, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING!
MY NAME IS KATE RUBIN, I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE AND RESIDENT CITIZEN OF
DISTRICT #2.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]
ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION IN
2019, A MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
SEATTLE COUNTY CAN IDENTIFY AS
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
MY CONDITION IS PEOPLE [
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] THE
TEAM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
HARASSING AND CRIMINALIZING
PEOPLE OF HOMELESSNESS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] THIS NEEDS TO
BE SHIFTED TO TRUSTED
ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] RELATIONSHIPS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
AARON MANDEL, RILEY INGERSOLL
AND SARA BENDER.
ERIN, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS AARON MANDEL.
I AM A LIFELONG DISTRICT 6
RESIDENT AND I AM CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF DEFUNDING THE LEASE
BY AT LEAST 50% THIS SESSION
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY STOP THE
SWEEPS AND DISMANTLE THE
ORGANIZATION TEAM.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO AMPLIFY
ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT
CAN COUNTY [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
HAS DONE.
NOT ONLY OVER THE PAST TWO
MONTHS BUT YEARS AND YEARS OF
WORK THEY HAVE PUT IN.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
ORGANIZERS WHO HAPPEN SO MUCH
WORK INTO THAT AND I WANT TO
SAY DEFUND THE POLICE AND
DIRECTLY TO COUNCILMEMBERS, OR
AS AN ALEX PEDERSEN THAT YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN AND CHILDREN WILL
BE SUPER DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU
SHOW UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
HISTORY ARE NOT DEFUNDING THE
POLICE TO SHOW SUPPORT.
>> MY NAME IS RILEY AND I AM A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE.
I AM A BLACK SOLDIER [
INDISCERNIBLE ] THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS NOT KEEPING
COMMUNITIES SAFE AND HEALTHY.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND PATHWAYS
ARE WHAT DO THAT.
DEFINED AS PD BY AT LEAST 50%
AND REINVEST THAT MONEY INTO
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
úARE DOING THE WORK TO MAKE
SEATTLE A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL
OF US.
THANK YOU AND I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THERE ARE, GOOD MORNING.
I WANT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
ADDRESS INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
ACROSS ALL SYSTEMS HOWEVER
PREMATURELY CUTTING OUR POLICE
BUDGET WITHOUT A PLAN, WITHOUT
SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TODAY TO
TRANSFER GROUPS TO RESPONSIBLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SEAN TIME TO
MAKE SURE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IS
ACTUALLY ACHIEVED BY HAVING THE
OUTCOMES WE ALL WANT.
LET'S DO THIS RIGHT THE FIRST
TIME [ INDISCERNIBLE ] LOW-
BUDGET PROCESSES AND A
THOUGHTFUL DETAILED PLAN TO
TRULY TAKES SAFETY AND
COMMUNITY WELLNESS.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]
THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THEIR CALLS,
TEXTS AND EMAILS YESTERDAY
ENCOURAGING ME TO CALL IN.
>> THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE WILL
BE KATIE WILSON, AARON DANGER
AND KELSEY McGRATH.
KATIE, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS KATIE WILSON
REPRESENTED THE TRANSIT RIDERS
UNION.
WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCIL
MEMBER IS AMENDMENT TO DEFINE
THE NAVIGATIONS TEAM.
THE STATUS QUOTE ISN'T WORKING,
FORCING PEOPLE TO MOVE AS
THROWING AWAY THEIR POSITIONS
WITHOUT REAL OFFICES HOUSING
SERVICES DOESN'T WORK.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM HAS CAUSED
GREAT HARM [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
DIRECTLY COUNTERING CDC
GUIDELINES.
ELIMINATING THE NAVIGATION TEAM
WILL ALLOW YOU TO DIRECT A
MILLION DOLLARS TO SKILLED
OUTREACH BY TRUSTED COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] PLEASE ACT ON
THIS TODAY.
I AM ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF
NICHOLS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] TO
PROHIBIT THE USE OF CITY FUNDS
TO SWEEP THE TINY HOUSE
COMMITTEE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] IS KEEPING
PEOPLE SAFE DURING THIS
PANDEMIC.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]
>> ERIN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ERIN AND I AM A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6. I AM IN
SUPPORT OF DEFUNDING THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY
50% AND REINVESTING IN
COMMUNITY RESOLUTIONS.
THE CITY'S BUDGET IS FUNDING A
BROKEN SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO
REALLOCATE FUNDS FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HURT
AND IGNORED BY THE SYSTEM.
URGE COUNCILMEMBERS,
ESPECIALLY ALEX PEDERSEN AND
JUAREZ TO SUPPORT [
INDISCERNIBLE ] EQUITIES NOW
FOUR.
PLAN TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ], TO
SCALE UP INVESTING HOUSING FOR
ALL IN ADDITION TO FUNDING THE
AGREEMENT FOR OVERSIGHT
FORWARD.
PLEASE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
REINVEST IN COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU!
>> THE NEXT IS KELSEY.
>> I AM KELSEY McGRATH,
DISTRICT 3 AND I AM A TEACHER
PUT I CALL ON THE CITY COUNCIL
TO DEFUND BY 50% THIS YEAR AND
NEXT YEAR AND REALLOCATE THE
FUNDS TO HELP WITH COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
AND ELIMINATE THEY NAVIGATION
TEAM.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] REPORT BEING
PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED BY SPD, WHEN FOLKS
ARE MURDERED RUNNING AWAY FOR
HELP.
ASK POLICE TO STOP WHAT THEY
ARE DESIGNED TO DO.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] HOW
CAN WE RESPOND TO VIOLENCE IN
WAYS THAT DO NOT ADDRESS
VIOLENCE BUT ALSO HELP TO
TRANSFORM THE CONDITIONS THAT
ALLOW FOR IT TO HAPPEN?
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE RFE LONDON, THE
DANIEL THOMAS AND [
INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> MY NAME IS ABBY LONDON.
MY ASK IS TO HOLD OFF ON THE
BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE
FOLLOWING: TEST OUT A SERIES
SECTION OF THE TOWN WHERE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] CAN VOTE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND GIVE US A
REPORT ON WHAT EFFECTS 50%
BUDGET CUTS WOULD HAVE.
WITH A 90% INCREASE IN CYBER
TIPS OF CHILDREN EXPLODED DUE
TO COVID, IS THIS THE RIGHT
TIME TO DECREASE THE BUDGET?
WOULD WE NEED EVEN NEED
OFFICERS IF WE KEPT CRIMINALS
INSIDE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] [
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NATHANIEL, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS NATHANIEL THOMAS
AND I AM CALLING IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE EVERYDAY MARCH IN [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. CALLING FOR
DEFUNDING OF SPD 50% AND
REALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO
COMMUNITIES.
SEVEN OF YOU HAVE ALREADY
PROMISED TO MEET THAT DEMAND
AND YOU MUST KEEP THAT PROMISE.
HOW MUCH DO LIKE LIVES ACTUALLY
MATTER TO YOU.
OUR BLACK LIVES WORTH $85
MILLION?
ARE COUNTLESS FUTURE
GENERATIONS OF BLACK CHILDREN
WORTH $85 MILLION?
THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE A DEMAND
OF 50% AND YOU HAVE PROMISED TO
KEEP THAT.
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO, YOU ARE
CHOOSING A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
YOU ARE SAYING LIKE LIVES
MATTER.
YOU CANNOT PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT
ON BLACK LIVES.
YOU CAN'T!
>> INGRID, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS INGRID ARCHIBALD.
I AM CALLING TO SAY THAT WE
MUST DEFINED AS PD BY AT LEAST
50%.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] HAVE BEEN
BRUTALIZING AND TERRORIZING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR THE LAST [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. WE MUST
FINALLY AUTHENTICALLY LISTEN TO
THE COMMUNITIES AND [
INDISCERNIBLE ] TO MAKE UP FOR
CENTURIES OF SYSTEMATIC [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. THE FACT THAT
YOU HAVE DECISION-MAKING POWER.
THE POLICE THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT
NOW IS RE-ENVISION POLICING,
JUSTICE AND HOW WE USE OUR
CITIES FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE ACTIVELY DISMANTLING
OPPRESSION AND I REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO YOU ALL DISMANTLING
AS PD BY THIS COMING MONDAY.
>>
>> I AM ALINA FROM DISTRICT TO,
I AM A TEACHER CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF THE CRIMINALIZING
THE DLS SEATTLE'S PLAN TO
DEFUND THE POLICE AND REINVEST
IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
I SUPPORT DEFUNDING AND
ABOLISHING OF POLICE.
AS A TEACHER, I CAN TELL YOU
THAT UNITIVE JUSTICE DOES NOT
WORK IN THE CLASSROOM.
STUDENTS DO NOT BECOME LEARNERS
BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE
PRINCIPAL.
KIDS ARE ENGAGED WHEN THEY ARE
SEEN, VALUED AND HAVE A
PURPOSE.
TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TOWARD
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
IT IS HIGH TIME [ INDISCERNIBLE
] FOLLOWS OUR LEAD.
DEFUND THE POLICE.
>> MY NAME IS JACOB.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4.
I AM CALLING FOR ALEX PEDERSEN
TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY AND DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE TO IMMEDIATELY DEFUND
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BY 50%.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] RACIST AND
THE DISGRACE OF THIS
ORGANIZATION [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ANY BUDGET TO THE EXTENT OF 400
MILLION IS AN OUTRAGE.
THEY SWEEP HOMELESS GOVERNMENTS
BRUTALLY DESTROYING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] I HAVE
WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE BRUTAL
VIOLENCE SPD HAS [
INDISCERNIBLE ] TOWARD
PROTESTERS.
SPD IS AN ACTIVE THREAT TO OUR
COMMUNITIES AND WE MUST DEFINE
THEM IMMEDIATELY IN THE 2020
BUDGET.
>> ASHLEY, GOOD MORNING.
>> JUST CHECKING, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
OKAY, I AM GOING TO ANNOUNCE
THE NEXT.
OH, HI, ASHLEY.
I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> MY NAME IS ASHLEY AND I AM
FROM DISTRICT 7 AND I WANT TO
THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
THEIR CALLS AND TEXT AND
MESSAGES YESTERDAY FOR ME TO
CALL IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO SLOW DOWN ON
DEFUNDING THE SPD . I BELIEVE
MORE FUNDING NEEDS TO BE PUT
TOWARDS BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES BUT [ INDISCERNIBLE
] BEFORE RESEARCH IS DONE IS
RECKLESS [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME
TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
POSSIBLE FROM RESOURCES AS
POSSIBLE INCLUDING THE SPD AND
RELATED AGENCIES.
PLEASE, LET'S GET THIS RIGHT
THE FIRST TIME.
>> THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
GRETA, TRISH, SARA AND LAUREN.
GRETA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3
IN SEATTLE.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
NEVER AGAIN SEATTLE WHICH [
INDISCERNIBLE ] ROOTED IN THE
JEWISH TRADITION OF HISTORY AND
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] FASCISM.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT KING COUNTY
TO DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%,
AND BEST IN BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITY AND RELEASE ALL
PROTESTERS WITHOUT CHARGES.
NO ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE
WHEN WE LIVE UNDER TARGETS OF A
SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND PLEASE
LOOK TO THE LEADERSHIP OF
EVOLVING [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
POLICE.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS SARA AND I AM A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6. I AM
ALSO CALLING IN FULL SUPPORT OF
DEFUNDING THE POLICE BY 50% AND
REALLOCATING THAT MONEY TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
CRITICAL SERVICES.
I FEEL THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUR
MONEY TOWARD VIOLENCE,
DISCRIMINATION AND I DON'T
BELIEVE THAT REFLECTS OUR
VALUES AS A COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO REALLOCATE OUR FUNDS
TO THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THINGS THAT
ACTUALLY REFLECT OUR VALUES
LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY,
THE QUALITY, THE DIGNITY OF ALL
PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT TO LIVE
WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING
VICTIMIZED AND BRUTALIZED FOR
BEING BLACK [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
INDIGENOUS.
IT IS TIME TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AND START TO CREATE REAL
CHANGE.
>> LAUREN, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS LAUREN BUTLER, I
AM AND RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 3.
I AM A HEALTH CARE WORKER.
MY EXPERIENCE IN RESPONDING TO
COVID ON THE FRONT LINES WAS
UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE EVER
DONE BEFORE.
I FOUND MYSELF AMIDST A LARGE
HOSPITAL SYSTEM WITH A NEW
MANDATE TO CHANGE HOW WE ARE TO
USE TO DELIVERING SERVICES.
WE PLUNGED IN TO THE TEST
BECAUSE WE UPHOLD A SHARED
VALUE THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR
COMMUNITY DESERVES TO BE
PROTECTED.
WE LITERALLY REIMAGINED HEALTH
CARE AND WE DIDN'T DO THAT WITH
PROMISES [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
LIVES AT STAKE ARE LITERALLY IN
FRONT OF OUR FACES AND [
INDISCERNIBLE ] I URGE YOU TO
DEFUND THE SEATTLE POLICE AND
REINVEST THAT MONEY INTO MY
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE
JERRY WILSON, MATTHEW AND
SOPHIA.
AND WE WILL ASK FOLKS TO SEND
IN THE COMMENTS OR SIGN UP
AGAIN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN
AT 10:00 A.M.
ON MONDAY.
KERRY, GOOD MORNING.
>> CARRY RYERSON, I STAND WITH
THE EVERYDAY MARCH ON THE CALL
TO DEFUND SPD BY 50% AT LEAST
AND TO REINVEST THAT MONEY
INTO BLACK AMENITIES.
THIS MEETING IS ONLY ASKING FOR
A FRACTION OF WHAT THE
COMMUNITY IS OLD.
SPD MAKES ME FEEL UNSAFE.
WE MUST ACT NOW.
I AM TIRED OF DELAYS AND
EXCUSES.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] IS A CIVIL
SERVANT LIKE LIVES MATTER, YOU
SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN
WORKING TOWARD THIS MOMENT.
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE WAITED LONG
ENOUGH.
IF YOU BELIEVE LIKE LIVES
MATTER, YOUR VOTE TO DEFUND SPD
WILL PROVE IT.
PROVE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS MATTHEW AND I AM
THE LEAD ORGANIZER OF THE
TRANSIT UNION.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO MAKE SURE
CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWS THE
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY DEMANDS OF
DEFUNDING SPD BY 50% AND AFTER
THAT, AND WHILE YOU ARE DOING
IT, MAKING COMMUNITY
CONNECTIONS TO MAKE POLICY
WITH, NOT FOR COMMUNITIES FOR
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
ESPECIALLY FOCUSING IN ON
NETWORKS ALREADY DOING THE WORK
AND HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK
EVERY DAY NOT JUST SENT A
PROTEST STARTED BUT EVERY DAY
BECAUSE THERE COMMUNITIES ARE
IN CRISIS AND HAVE BEEN,
ALWAYS.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER TODAY IS
SOPHIA.
>> THANK YOU.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.
WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE
AN IMMEDIATE CUT TO SPD BUDGET
WITH REAL COMMUNITY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] STRATEGIES.
[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] NOW
IS THE TIME TO IMAGINE A CITY
WITHOUT A VIOLENT POLICE FORCE
THAT ACTUALLY PROTECTS OUR
COMMUNITY AND WE CAN DO IT BY
INVESTING IN THINGS THAT
ACTUALLY KEEP US SAFE LIKE
MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS
HOUSED AND THAT THEY HAVE WHAT
THEY NEED IN A CRISIS WITHOUT
FEAR.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] OUR
COMMUNITIES CANNOT WAIT UNTIL
NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER.
THE COMMUNITY MUST DEFUND SPD
IN THIS COMMUNITY CYCLE.
>> AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC
COMMENT ON MONDAY AND WE WILL
HAVE THE LINES OPEN AT 8:00
A.M..
CUT THE -- PUBLIC COMMENT WILL
START AFTER OUR CITY COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILL START IMMEDIATELY AFTER
OUR COUNCIL BRIEFING ON MONDAY
MORNING.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO COUNCIL
@CITY.GOV.
I APOLOGIES THAT WE WERE NOT
ABLE TO GET TO EVERYONE TODAY.
WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT IS
CLOSED FOR THIS MORNING AND FOR
TODAY'S MEETING, WE WILL BEGIN
WITH OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
COULD THE CLERK BRING IN ITEM
#1 TO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 1, COUNCIL 119825
WAITING TO VISIT HIS RESPONSE
TO THE 2020 19 CRISIS.
16000 WHICH ADOPTED THE BUDGET
CHANGING BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL
AND FROM VARIOUS COUNCILS OF
BUDGET AND PAUSING AT PROVISO
CONFIRMING [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
CITY COUNCIL FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS.
>> COLLEEN SAYS A REMINDER
TODAY, WE WILL BE VOTING ON
AMENDMENTS THAT DO NOT AFFECT
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND WE WILL BEGIN DISCUSSING
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATED TO
SPD.
WE DO HAVE 23 NON-SPD RELATED
AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENTS WE
DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST THREE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEES SO
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND
CENTRAL STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON
THOSE 23 AMENDMENTS.
THESE ARE AMENDMENTS TO THREE
DIFFERENT BILLS AND WE WILL GO
THROUGH EACH BILL.
ITEM #1 HAS BEEN READ INTO THE
RECORD.
WE HAVE ASKED CENTRAL STAFF TO
PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE AT LEAST
FIVE COSPONSORS INTO A CONSENT
PACKAGE.
AS I MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING, IF YOU HAVE ANY
ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK TO OR THAT NEEDS TO BE
PULLED OUT OF THAT CONSENT
PACKAGE TO OFFER ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION OR CLARIFICATION,
YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO AND WE
ASK FOLKS TO NOTIFY US AND I
WILL ALSO INDICATE IF ANYONE IN
YOUR EMAILS ME, WE WILL PULL
THAT OUT FOR DISCUSSION.
WE WILL THEN GO THROUGH THE
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS LISTED ON
THE AGENDA AND ANY OTHER
AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN PULLED
OUT OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE.
WE WILL START TO COUNCIL BILL
119825 WHICH IS THE 2020
BUDGET REVISITING COORDINATES.
AND THEN WE WILL DO COUNCIL
119824 WHICH IS THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUND ORDINANCE AND
FINALLY, COUNCIL 119188 IS THE
SECOND QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL OR
LET'S PUT WITH THAT, WE ALREADY
HAVE COUNCIL 119825 READ INTO
THE RECORD WHICH AGAIN IS THE
2020 BUDGET REVISIONS ORDINANCE
AND WITH DEATH, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR TO
MAYBE DESCRIBE ANY HIGH-LEVEL
ORIENTATION THAT WE HAVE HERE
OR WALK US THROUGH THE PROPOSED
PACKAGE IN FRONT OF US.
AND, ALLIE, IF YOU ARE STANDING
IN FOR THE DIRECTOR, THAT IS
GREAT, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS ALEX FROM YOUR CENTRAL
STAFF.
TODAY, WE WILL BE USING THE
SUMMARY CABLES INCLUDING THE
AGENDA PACKET TO GUIDE THE
DISCUSSION AND YOU CAN SEE THE
FIRST CURRENTLY POSTING TO THE
SCREEN.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
DETAILS ON ANY SPECIFIC
AMENDMENT, PLEASE LET US KNOW
AND WE WILL HAVE IT REMOVED TO
THE ITEM IN THE PACKET AND AS
CHAIR JUST STATED, DESCRIBED AS
WE ARE MOVING TO THE
AMENDMENTS, IF YOU WANT TO PULL
ONE FROM THE PACKAGE, YOU WILL
JUST NEED TO LET HER KNOW AND
THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP AT THE
END OF THE DISCUSSION FOR THAT
BILL.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE READY
TO MOVE INTO THE DISCUSSION OF
THE FIRST AMENDMENT UNLESS YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
CHAIRMAN.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT AND FOR
OUR COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE
INDICATED THERE ARE AMENDMENTS
THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULLED OUT
AS WE GET TO THOSE AMENDMENTS,
I WILL CALL ON YOU TO GO AHEAD
AND PULL THOSE OUT OR YOU CAN
RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET US KNOW
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PULL
THOSE OUT.
THANK YOU AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO
TURN IT DIRECTLY OVER TO YOU SO
THANK YOU FOR BEING QUEUED UP
AND READY TO GO.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU
AND THE CENTRAL STAFF HAVE PUT
TOGETHER AND A QUICK SHOUT OUT
AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING,
TODAY.
THANKS FOR WORKING ON THIS
ROBUST PACKAGE OF MATERIALS SO
THAT IT WAS EASY TO COMPREHEND.
STAFF THANK YOU.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL
BILL 119825 IS AMENDMENT A
THAT INCLUDES THE PROPOSED
ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTIONS.
THIS AMENDMENT CODIFIES THE
ADMINISTRATIVE SENDING
REDUCTIONS IN THE MYERS
REBALANCING MEASURES AND
PROVIDES A BASE BY WHICH THE
COUNSELOR CAN PROPOSE SPENDING
REDUCTIONS AND UPON WHICH THE
COUNCIL CAN EVALUATE FURTHER
BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE
YEAR.
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUE DIRECTOR WALK-
THROUGH AND THEN MET A IN
DETAIL IN OUR LAST MEETING AND
PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE MEMO,
AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE TO ADOPT
AMENDMENT A AT ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS GIVEN THE
PRESENTATION WE HAVE FROM LAST
WEEK?
I AM THINKING THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> DO YOU WANT GENERAL COMMENTS
AS WE ARE GETTING READY TO
VOTE?
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> SORRY, YES, IF YOU HAVE
GENERAL COMMENTS TO AMENDMENT
A, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AS CENTRAL STAFF AND CENTRAL
STAFF DIRECTOR EXPLAINED, THIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT IS IT IS
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT
SIMPLY PUTS INTO CITY COUNCILS
BY JUST BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT
THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED SHE
INTENDS TO DO ADMINISTRATIVELY.
HOWEVER, THIS MEANS THAT IN
VOTING ON THIS AMENDMENT,
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DECIDING
WHETHER OR NOT TO SUPPORT THE
MAYORS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND I
DO NOT SUPPORT POSTERITY.
WHEN THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS
VOTING ON THE AMAZON TAX A FEW
MINUTES AGO, MY OFFICE HAD
PROPOSED INCREASING THE AMAZON
TAX ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR
PROSPERITY AND ELIMINATING THE
IMPORTANT SOCIAL PROGRAMS IN
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAJORITY OF
THE COUNCIL DID NOT AGREE WITH
THAT AND THE BUDGET CUTS WE ARE
VOTING ON RIGHT NOW ARE ONE
SMALL CONSEQUENCE OF THAT BUT
YOU WILL HAVE OTHER
CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE OF REMOTE
CUTS DOWN THE PIKE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT ARGUE
THAT THIS IS LARGELY A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT BECAUSE THE
MAYOR HAS SAID SHE WOULD DO IT
WITHOUT OR WITH A COUNCIL VOTE
AND THE DECISION ABOUT OUR
AMENDMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN
MADE.
HOWEVER, THE REALITY IS THAT
THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL AGREED
WITH ME THAT THE AMAZON TAX
SHOULD BE INCREASED WHILE
ELIMINATING THE NEED TO BOW
DOWN THIS MEASURE AND WOULD
INSTEAD PASS A NEW BILL TO
INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX WHICH
CAN BE DONE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE
PARTS OF THIS AMENDMENT THAT I
SUPPORT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE $60 MILLION
THAT THE MAYOR PROMISED TO
DEFINE FROM THE POLICE BUDGET.
MY OFFICE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] TO
REALIZE THAT $16 MILLION
DEFINED SO THE MAJORITY OF THE
COUNCIL AGREED TO VOTE DOWN
THIS PACKAGE, WE COULD STILL
VOTE TO DEFINE THE SPD LATER
WHEN WE VOTE ON SPD AMENDMENTS
SO I SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE SPD
ABSOLUTELY AND ALONGSIDE THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET [ INDISCERNIBLE
] AND THE MARCH, $85 MILLION [
INDISCERNIBLE ] BUT AS A MEMBER
OF THE TEACHERS UNION, I DO NOT
SUPPORT BUDGET CUTS IN
IMPORTANT SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
I WILL BE VOTING NO.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
I WANTED TO TALK TO SOME
CLARIFICATION.
I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT
ANALYSIS.
I HAVE BEEN STAUNCHLY OPPOSED
TO PROSPERITY BUDGETS.
THAT'S WHY [ INDISCERNIBLE ],
BUILDING UP THE MOVEMENT AND
MOMENTUM THAT THE AMAZON TAX
CUTS HAVE BEEN DEMANDING IN THE
STREET, AS WELL.
WE PASSED $240 MILLION A YEAR
ALLOCATING $600 MILLION OVER
THE NEXT TWO YEARS PULLING
EMERGENCY RESERVE FUNDS THAT
WILL BE PULLED BACK BY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] REVENUE.
WE DID THIS TO SHOW THERE HAS
NEVER BEEN SUCH AN EMERGENCY.
THE CONSTANT HEADLINES EVERY
DAY SHOW THIS IS THE WORST
ECONOMIC CRISIS WE HAVE SEEN IN
GENERATIONS EVER AND I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT TO PUSH BACK.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO DO NOT
JUST IN THE COMING WEEKS BUT
FOR THE 2021 BUDGET, THE 2022
BUDGET.
FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS FOUGHT
AGAINST PROSPERITY, I WANT TO
OFFER MY TAKE ON AMENDMENT A
WITCHES WE ARE TRYING TO
PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT
THE MAYOR HAS SENT DOWN SO IT
IS PERFECTLY CLEAR WHERE SHE
HAS PROPOSED TO TAKE REDUCTIONS
OR TRANSFERS JUST SO WE HAVE A
BASE OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE
WILL BE HANDING BACK THE
SERVICES WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THAT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM
THE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS WE
HAVE MADE THROUGH OUR OWN 2020
BID RELIEF FUND.
AGAIN, THAT FILLED OR FUNDED.
THE EFFECT STATEMENTS REALLY
TALK ABOUT CLARIFYING THE REUSE
OF PHONES, MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE BEING EXPLICITLY CLEAR
ABOUT THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FUNDS
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
ACCURATELY SHOWING THE REBOUNDS
AND PACKAGES AS I BELIEVE THERE
WERE SOME DISCREPANCIES AS IT
WAS SENT DOWN SO I APPRECIATE
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FLAG AND
THE NEED FOR GREATER
TRANSPARENCY AND IS OUR EFFORT
TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS
POSSIBLE SO WE CAN BUILD ON
THEM.
>> I APPRECIATE THERE IS SHARED
INTEREST ON FIGHTING BACK
PROSPERITY BUDGETING.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT EIGHT.
>> MORALES?
H IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
AMENDMENT.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS
CONSIDERATION FOR PACKAGE.
THAT INCLUDES JULY 22, 23rd OR
THE 29th AND HAVE AT LEAST FOUR
COSPONSORS.
I WILL NOW BRIEFLY DESCRIBE
WHAT IS IN THE PACKAGE AND TURN
IT BACK TO SEE IF ANY OF YOUR
COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE
ANY OF THE ITEMS FROM THE
PACKAGE.
THE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE
AMENDMENT ONE SPONSORED BY
MIRELES.
$65,000 TO ARTS FOR THE
MEMORIAL PATHWAY PROJECT USING
SALARY CONTINGENCIES AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. AMENDMENT
THREE WORD IMPOSE A PROVISO ON
JAIL CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY
RESTRICTING SPENDING OF ANY
MONIES ON THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND THE KING COUNTY JAIL
CONTRACTS UNTIL THE PARTIES
AGREE TO READ RENEGOTIATE THE
CONTRACT.
AMENDMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
HERBOLD AND MIRELES , THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
FOR THE DIVERSION PROGRAM TO
REQUIRE THAT THE SERVICE
PROVIDER COMMITS IN WRITING TO
ACCEPT CLIENTS WITHOUT PROPER
PRIOR APPROVAL FROM LAW
HORSEMAN PERSONNEL.
AMENDMENT SEVEN TO PROHIBIT THE
REMOVAL OF THE TINY HOME
VILLAGE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] SINCE THE
LAST DISCUSSION THAT THE
REMOVAL COULD OCCUR IF THERE IS
AN AGREEMENT FROM A VARIETY,
FROM A MAJORITY OF THE
RESIDENTS OF THE TINY HOME
VILLAGE.
WHILE THE PROVISO WAS UPDATED,
INADVERTENTLY, STILL INCLUDES
THAT LANGUAGE AND SO I JUST
WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR THE
RECORD.
ALSO INCLUDED, AMENDMENT EIGHT
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD THAT ADDS $20,000 TO
CONDUCT A RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
AND CUTS $25,000 FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR
CHILL CONTRACT SERVICES.
AMENDMENT 12 SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS WOULD
IMPOSE A PROVISIONAL ON $50,000
IN THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUDGET TO
ENSURE WORK IS COMPLETED TO
TRANSFER INFORMATION ON
BUILDING, PERMITTING AND [
INDISCERNIBLE ] DWELLING
PERMITS AND AMENDMENT 15,
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALE IS CUTS $30,000 FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
BUDGET AND $10,000 FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUDGET
TO RESTORE FUNDING FOR THE
DeSOTO TRAIL CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
WE NOTE THAT THE MATERIALS
DISTRIBUTED LAST NIGHT IN THE
SUMMARY TABLE NOTED, THIS IS
AMENDMENT 16 BUT IN THE
AMENDMENT [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ON
PAGE 8 OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE,
IT IS QUICKLY LABELED AMENDMENT
15.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
>> THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS
INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT PACKAGE
FOR 119825.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THE
FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING AT
THEIR AGENDA AT HOME, THE
SUMMARY PACKAGE FOR THE FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA, TODAY,
COUNCIL 119825 CONSENT PACKAGE
INCLUDES AMENDMENT 113578 12
AND 15.
CORRECT?
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PETERSON, DID
YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER
A CONSENT SCHEDULE TO MAKE THE
MEETING MORE EFFICIENT I WANTED
TO FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, PULL
OUT AMENDMENT SEVEN REGARDING
THE TINY HOME VILLAGE, THE CITY
-LIKE PROPERTY.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING.
I APPRECIATE IT HAS BEEN
MODIFIED A LITTLE BIT.
I WANT TO PULL IT FOR MORE
DISCUSSION.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
PACKAGES AMENDMENTS COUNCILMAN
WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE
PACKAGE?
>> NO.
>> I WOULD WANT TO WITHDRAW
AMENDMENT THREE, THE GENERAL
SERVICES PROVISO.
THINGS ARE MOVING REALLY FAST
AROUND HERE AND WE JUST GOT
NOTICE THAT THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVES OFFICE HAS INITIATED
THE RENEGOTIATION PROCESS THAT
WE ARE CALLING FOR WITH THIS
PROGRAM IS OF PROVISO.
FOR NOW, CONDITIONS OF THE
PROVISO HAVE ALREADY BEEN MET.
>> THANK YOU PUT I WILL BE
SHARING CORRESPONDENCE THAT I
RECEIVED THIS MORNING FROM THE
SEATTLE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
RELATED TO AMENDMENT #3.
IT SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALE IS GOT THE SAME
COMMUNICATION BUT I THINK IT IS
PROMISING NEWS THAT THE KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVES OFFICE
REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO QUOTE INITIATE
CONVERSATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS
ABOUT HOW OUR CURRENT CONTRACT
CAN BE ADAPTED TO OUR MUTUAL
GOALS OF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
TENSION AND ENHANCING EVENTS
THAT PREEMPT THE NEED TO RELY
ON THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM TO
ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT ARE MORE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO HOUSING
SUPPORTS THAN THEY ARE TWO
CRIMES.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
DEVELOPMENT.
I ALSO THINK THAT FIGURING OUT
WHAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY
MECHANISM THERE COULD BE IN THE
FUTURE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT
THING FOR US TO DISCUSS.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
PERHAPS WE DON'T NEED THE
PROVISO ANYMORE BUT WE WILL BE
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING A
LITTLE BIT IT AND IN
COMBINATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALE IS, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE
WE MONITOR NETWORK TO ENSURE
THIS COMES TO FRUITION IN DUE
HASTE.
>> THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT
PULLING ITEMS OUT OF THIS FIRST
CONSENT PACKAGE?
SEEING NONE, THAT MEANS OUR
CONSENT PACKAGE INCLUDES
AMENDMENTS ONE, FIVE, EIGHT, 12
AND 15.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE WILL HAVE AMENDMENT SEVEN
FOR OUR CONSIDERATION LATER AND
WILL YOU PROMPT ME FOR WHEN WE
GET TO THAT?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD
ENTERTAIN ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENT ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN
THE CONSENT PACKAGE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY
ANYTHING, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF THESE [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. IF NOT -- I AM
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THESE FORWARD AND I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THE PIECE,
AS WELL.
WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING
FROM YOU BEFORE WE GO INTO A
VOTE ON THESE?
>> NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD.
THANK YOU.
>> I MOVED THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION OF THE
CONSENT PACKAGE AS AMENDED.
IS IT OKAY TO DO A VERBAL
AMENDMENT?
DO I NEED TO MAKE A FORMAL
MOTION TO WITHDRAW AMENDMENT
SEVEN OR THREE?
>> THIS IS AMELIA.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AS AMENDED
AND WE JUST RECEIVED WHICH
ITEMS ARE IN THE CONSENT
PACKAGE.
AS AMENDED IS EFFICIENT.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE OF THE
ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT PACKETS
AS AMENDED?
>> MIRELES?
>> YES.
>> PETERSON?
>> AYE
>> SWAN?
>> YES.
>>?
>> YES.
>> GONZALES?
>> AYE.
>> TORRES?
>> AYE .
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THE CONSENT PACKAGE AS AMENDED
IS ADOPTED.
MADAME CLERK?
A QUESTION FOR YOU AGAIN: DID I
ACCURATELY SAY THAT AMENDMENT
ONE WAS ADOPTED OR DO I NEED TO
SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD, AS
WELL?
AMENDMENT A, I AM SORRY.
>> IT WAS NOT STATED THAT WE
DID, AS YOU SAY, WE HAVE EIGHT
IN FAVOR WITH ONE OPPOSED.
>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE
MOTION TO CARRY ON AMENDMENT A
IS ADOPTED AND WE WILL NOW
CONTINUE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT WAS CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS AND IF I
AM NOT MISTAKEN, WE HAVE
AMENDMENTS TWO, SIX, SEVEN,
NINE, 10, 11 AND 14 AS PART OF
OUR INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS FOR
CONSIDERATION ON COUNCIL 11982
FIVE.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK
OVER TO ALLIE.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU.
AND SO IT IS CLEAR, AMENDMENT
SEVEN THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE
CONSENT PACKAGE WILL BE TAKEN
UP AFTER WE DISCUSSED AMENDMENT
14.
IT WILL BE, I DON'T WANT TO
CONFUSE ANYONE WITH AN OUT OF
ORDER NUMBER BUT I APPRECIATE
THAT.
I WAS WONDERING.
WE WILL HAVE AMENDMENT SEVEN
AFTER 14.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM, AMENDMENT TWO
TO COUNCIL BILL 119825
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SALON CAPPING ANNUAL SALARIES
FOR ALL NONREPRESENTATIVE CITY
STAFF AT $150,000.
THANK YOU, ALLIE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE
BUDGET WEDNESDAY, THIS IS AN
AMENDMENT THAT MY OFFICE AND
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET CAMPAIGN
HAS PROPOSED EVERY YEAR DURING
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
IT WILL CAP THE SALARIES OF THE
CITY SEATTLE EXECUTIVES AT NO
MORE THAN $150,000 A YEAR
WHICH, DESPITE THE COST OF
LIVING IN THE CITY IS A GOOD
SALARY, PEOPLE CAN LIVE
COMFORTABLY AND FAR MORE THAN
WORKERS MAKE AND AS MANY IN THE
PUBLIC ALREADY KNOW, ONLY THE
AVERAGE WORKER'S WAGE IS
$40,000 AND AFTER TAXES, DONATE
THE REST TO A SOLIDARITY FUND
FOR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND FOR
YOU AS YOU UNION STRIKE FUNDS.
I MAY ARGUE IT THE SPD DOES NOT
PAY ITS EXECUTIVES HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR,
AND THE CITY WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO ATTRACT THE BEST TALENT.
HOWEVER, IN REALITY, THE BEST
KIND OF LEADERSHIP COMES FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ASKING THAT
ANYBODY TAKE A VOW OF POVERTY.
WE WANT ALL OF THE CITY
EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID DECENTLY
AND TO HAVE A DECENT STANDARD
OF LIVING.
THE BEST SENIOR LEADERSHIP WE
HAVE OBSERVED COME FROM THOSE
MOTIVATED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC
AND NOT MOTIVE ON A ENRICHMENT.
I AGREE WITH THAT POINT AND
PARTICULARLY, AT THIS TIME WHEN
MAYOR DURKAN IS FREEZING HIRING
OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
THREATENING LAYOFFS, ESPECIALLY
THE HIRING FREEZES IN ESSENTIAL
DEPARTMENTS IS AFFECTING
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AT
MOST.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS AN
EXCUSE FOR CONTINUING TO
DEDICATE RESOURCES TO SOME
EMPLOYEES AND EXECUTIVES.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THIS?
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF A CEO PAY
RATIO AND THAT IS SOMETHING I
HAVE LOOKED AT BEFORE.
I THINK THIS IS ALONG THAT VEIN
AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET
EVEN AT $150,000 A YEAR AND
EVEN IF IT IS COUPLED WITH
ANOTHER SALARY, GIVEN THE COST
OF LIVING.
WE RECENTLY $150,000 FOR A
JUMPSTART FOR A CORPORATION, WE
HOPE THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE THAT
BACK INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE
WORK WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER SO I
AM GOING TO BE VOTING NO.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL
UNANSWERED.
WHAT ARE HR OBLIGATIONS?
WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND THE
UNIONS WE HAVE AND I THINK
THERE ARE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
THAT NEED TO BE ANALYZED ABOUT
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] THE CURRENT
RETENTION AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
OF OUR CITY.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT #2.
LET'S GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOUR
COMMENTS AND EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
IN PRINCIPLE FOR THIS
AMENDMENT.
I THINK ESPECIALLY IN PAST
CONVERSATIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL
HAS HAD WITH EXECUTIVES WHO ARE
BEING RECRUITED TO THE CITY.
THIS IS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR
FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT WHOSE
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES IN SOME
COMMUNITIES DO NOT EXCEED
$22,000 A YEAR.
AND IN PRINCIPLE, I REALLY
AGREE WITH OUR NEED TO
INVESTIGATE THIS.
MY ONLY UNCERTAINTY AT THIS
POINT IS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
TERESA MOSQUEDA RAISED WHICH
IS SOME OF THE BARGAINING
RESTRAINTS WE MIGHT HAVE BUT
WHAT I WANT TO
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT RIGHT
NOW I CAN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO WRAP
US UP.
>> YES, BUT ALSO TO CLARIFY
BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE
JUST MADE, THE AMENDMENT DOES
NOT INCLUDE UNION REPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE IT IS
EXECUTIVES.
THIS WHOLE THING OF WE NEED TO
LOOK INTO HR, AND UNION BARGAIN
RELATED QUESTIONS.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN ENTER INTO
THIS.
>> THIS IS NOT A NEW PROPOSAL.
THIS IS THE SAME PROPOSAL.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER , ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> MIRELES?
>> NO.
>> PETERSON?
>> NO.
>> SAWANT
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> BURBLED?
>> NO.
>> AURAS?
>> NO.
>> LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
>> ONE IN FAVOR, IT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAME
CLERK, THE AMENDMENT IS NOT
ADOPTED.
LET'S SEE, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ITEM.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT SIX TO COUNSEL BILL
119825 SPONSOR BIEHLE
COUNCILMEMBER BURBLED HAS
$120,000 AND ADDS THAT TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BUDGET TO EXPAND THE STAY
CONNECTED PILOT PROGRAM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER VERBOLD,
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK FOLKS WHO
COSPONSOR THIS FIRST TIME
AROUND.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS
COUNCILMEMBERS MORALE IS, AND
SAWANT AND STRAUS.
THIS WOULD AT ONE TIME FUNDS TO
THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
TO CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE TO EXTEND THEIR
CURRENT EXISTING STAY CONNECTED
PILOT.
THE STAY CONNECTED PILOT SERVES
FOUR SENIOR CENTERS THAT ARE
NEIGHBORHOOD BASED IN WEST
SEATTLE, PIKE PLACE MARKET,
GREENWOOD, NORTH SEATTLE, AND
ALSO AS A PARTICIPATING
ORGANIZATION IS JEN PRIDE, WHO
ARE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A STAY
CONNECTED PILOT PROGRAM AS WELL.
THE PILOT INVOLVES PHONE AND
VIDEOCONFERENCING SESSIONS WITH
CLIENTS TO PROVIDE HELP
RESOLVING URGENT PROBLEMS.
TO ASSESS HER STRESS, ANXIETY,
LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION.
AND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
INCLUDING SELF-MANAGEMENT TOOLS
FOR STRESS AND ANXIETY.
I HAVE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE
BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL AS
DURING THE JUMPSTART
DISCUSSIONS, MY CONCERN THAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING MORE TO
RECOGNIZE THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF
SENIORS DURING THIS CRISIS.
THEY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH,
STEMMING FROM ISOLATION IMPOSED
BY THE CORONAVIRUS.
THIS PILOT BUILDS ON
ESTABLISHED EVIDENCE-BASED SET
OF SERVICES FOR THIS KIND OF
APPROACH.
AND ADAPTED TO PROVIDE REMOTE
OUTREACH DURING THE COVID ERA,
WHEN SENIORS ARE EXPERIENCING
INCREASED LEVELS OF SOCIAL
ISOLATION.
AGAIN, THEY ARE DOING REGULAR
REMOTE WELFARE CHECK INS WITH
THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
THE STAY CONNECTED PILOT GOES
BEYOND WELFARE CHECK INS.
IT PROVIDES THE FOLKS WHO ARE
DOING THAT WORK TRAINING SO
THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY DO THE
CHECK INS, BUT ALSO IDENTIFY
SENIORS WHO ARE AT INCREASED
RISK OF DEPRESSION.
OR, ALREADY EXPERIENCING MILD
DEPRESSION.
AND IDENTIFYING SENIORS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING MORE SERIOUS
SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION.
HER MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER.
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD
EXPAND THE PILOT TO ASSESS AND
SERVE A LARGER NUMBER OF
SENIORS, WHILE PROVIDING
TRAINING AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO
THE SENIOR CENTERS.
AGAIN, GETS REALLY CRITICAL
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO
SENIORS WHO NEED THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.
DID YOU HAVE CLARIFICATION?
BE MY CHAIR MOSQUEDA, JUST
WANTED TO CLARIFY.
EXCUSE ME IF I MISSED IT.
YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE THE
AMENDMENT PRIOR TO HAVING THE
DISCUSSION.
>> MY MISTAKE.
I'LL ASK FOR THE PRIME SPONSOR
TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT EACH
TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER ON
THAT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THIS
AMENDMENT?
BE BACK I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE
AMENDMENT.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN SECOND-PERIOD
AND ALREADY DESCRIBED BY THE
SPONSOR.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MADAM
CHAIR, CAN I ASK FOR QUICK
CLARIFICATION?
THANK YOU.
THIS IS COUNSEL -- I HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
IS THIS THE STAY CONNECTED, THE
PROGRAMS FOR SENIOR ISOLATION?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE THAT ON PATTY'S SHEET AS
UNDER AGENDA ITEM 2 AS A NUMBER
FOUR.
THEN, I HAVE IT ON THE
AMENDMENT PACKET UNDER COUNSEL
BILL ENDING IN 825, AS
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.
BUT THEY ARE THE SAME.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, AS YOU ARE
SAYING, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WAS THE MAIN SPONSOR.
I ALSO COSPONSOR THAT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER WARRIORS.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, APOLOGIES
FOR THAT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN
THE CONSENT PACKAGE.
>> OKAY.
I THINK WE JUST HAD SOME
DISCONNECT ON THE CHART THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM PATTY.
WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT, WHAT WE
GOT FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
I UNDERSTAND IT NOW, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
WERE CLEAR ON THE RECORD THAT I
SUPPORTED COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
CLARIFYING THAT.
I KNOW ADDING COSPONSORS IS
ALWAYS A LITTLE CHALLENGING
WHEN WE ARE IN PERSON, AND EVEN
MORE SO ON THE PHONE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT
SUPPORT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THE STAY CONNECTED
PILOT AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO
COUNSEL BILL 119825?
OKAY, I JUST HAD A QUICK
QUESTION.
MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE SPONSOR,
OR FOR ALLIE.
CAN YOU CLARIFY AGAIN, IS THIS
A REDUCTION IN THE LEAD
DOLLARS?
>> NO.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, AND PLEASE
CHIME IN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
BUT THIS IS MONEY THAT WAS
APPROPRIATED FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO WORK
WITH LEAD TO DO A EVALUATION
STUDY.
THERE WAS ALSO FUNDING ON THE
EXECUTIVE SIDE TO DO A STUDY.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS
MONEY WAS NOT NEEDED AT THIS
TIME.
IT WAS BEING REDIRECTED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
YOU CLARIFIED LAST TIME THAT WE
INDICATED TO YOU THAT THEY
SUPPORT THIS, IS THAT CORRECT?
BE MY GUEST.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY TEXTING ME
WHILE I WAS PROPOSING THE
AMENDMENT.
SAYING THEY WERE GLAD TO SEE
THESE FUNDS WOULD BE
REPURPOSED.
>> OKAY.
THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION AND
CONCERN I HAD.
I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, SAYING NINE.
COUNSEL CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL RECORD ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
SIX?
>> MIRELES?
>> PETERSON?
>> SAWANT?
>> STRAUSS?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> HERBOLD?
>> JUAREZ?
>> LEWIS?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT SIX IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ON, AMENDMENT NUMBER
NINE.
THANK YOU, ALLIE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND BEFORE
I DESCRIBE AMENDMENT NINE I
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THERE ARE
ACTUALLY TWO AMENDMENTS RELATED
TO SUPPORTING SENIORS FOR
CONSIDERATION TODAY.
ONE IS AMENDMENT SIX TO COUNSEL
BILL 119825 THAT THE COMMITTEE
JUST VOTED ON.
THE OTHER IS AMENDMENT 4 TO
COUNSEL BILL 119824.
THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER IN
THE AGENDA.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE
AMENDMENTS, BUT THEY ARE
AMENDING DIFFERENT BILLS.
>> OH, I SEE IT NOW, ALLIE,
THANK YOU.
I WAS LOOKING AT AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO.
YOU'RE RIGHT, GOT IT NOW.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU.
>> MOVING TO AMENDMENT NINE TO
COUNSEL BILL 119825 SPONSOR THE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THIS WOULD IMPOSE A PROVISO ON
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO
PREVENT BENDING ANY FUNDS TO
PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS FOR ACCESS
TAKING DURING THE JUSTICE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THE WHOLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM AS WE KNOW, HAS BEEN AND
CONTINUES TO BE USED, TO ATTACK
THE PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS.
THE MOVEMENT.
AND TO ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE
PEOPLE INTO GIVING UP THEIR
FREE-SPEECH RIGHT TO PROTEST.
POLICE VIOLENCE, TEARGAS, FLASH
BANGS, MASS ARRESTS, INCLUDING
OF GENERALISTS, FEDERAL TROOPS
GRABBING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS
INTO UNMARKED VANS.
SURCHARGES THAT EVERYONE THAT
HAS EVER BEEN AT A PROTEST
KNOWS OUR TEXTBOOK IMAGINARY
CRIMES USED TO ARREST PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS LIKE POINTING A
LASER POINTER, ASSAULT ON A
POLICE OFFICER, AND FALSE
CHARGES OF ASSAULT ON A POLICE
OFFICER.
PEDESTRIAN INTERFERENCE.
REFUSING TO DISPERSE, AND
PROSECUTION.
FOR PROTESTERS FACING
PROSECUTION, SOME ARE BEING
PROSECUTED BY THE CITY, AND
SOME BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS
LIKE THE COUNTY.
AS I MENTIONED, BEFORE THESE
PROSECUTIONS HAVE HAD THE
EFFECT OF INTIMIDATING REGULAR
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO JOIN THE PROTEST, BUT
CANNOT AFFORD TO BE CAUGHT UP
IN THE END IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF
CARRYING OUT THESE
PROSECUTIONS.
TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM
COMING OUT FOR PROTEST.
THIS IS ONE OF A PAIR OF
PROVISOS THAT MY OFFICE IS
PROPOSING TO SAY THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM USING
ANY CITY FUNDS TO CORPORATE IN
ANY WAY BEYOND WHAT IS STRICTLY
REQUIRED BY LAW WITH ANY OF
THESE INVESTIGATIONS OR
PROSECUTIONS.
LATER TODAY WHEN WE GET TO THE
DISCUSSION OF BUDGET
ARRANGEMENTS, RELATED TO THE
SOLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE
WILL DISCUSS ARE RELATED
PROVISO.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
EVEN WHEN THE COUNTY IS THE
PROSECUTOR, THEIR PROSECUTORS
WOULD STILL DEPEND ON THE
TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE PROVIDED
BY SPD.
THIS AMENDMENT IS THE PORTION
THAT PLACES A PROVISO ON THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS
COUNSEL DISCUSSED, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS ALREADY
TAKEN MANY POSITIVE STEPS TO
REDUCE THE PROSECUTION.
WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HOWEVER,
THE ALSO ALSO DISCUSSED ON
WEDNESDAY, THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATION INTO PROTESTERS.
MANY COUNCILMEMBER STATED
OPPOSITION TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ATTEMPTING TO
FORCE LOCAL NEWS CHANNELS TO
TURN OVER THEIR VIDEO FOOTAGE
OF PROTESTS TO PROSECUTE US.
WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
POWER AND RESOURCES OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE
TURNED AGAINST THE PROTEST
MOVEMENT IN GENERAL.
THIS PROVISO WOULD PROHIBIT THE
CITY ATTORNEY FROM USING ANY
CITY OF SEATTLE FUNDS TO
SUPPORT THE PROSECUTION OF
PROTESTERS.
I HEARD OPPOSITION TO THIS
AMENDMENT WITH A CLAIMANT
UNFAIRLY APPLIES THE LAW.
THE REALITY IS THAT IT IS
ABSOLUTELY -- THE REALITY IS
ABSOLUTELY BACKWARDS.
THE REALITY IS, FOR MORE
ATTENTION AND CITY RESOURCES
HAVE BEEN USED TO ARREST AND
PROTEST CUTE PROTESTERS
COMPARED TO NON-PROTEST RELATED
SITUATION.
THIS PROVISO SIMPLY STARTS TO
REBALANCE THE TOTALLY
UNBALANCED LEGAL ASSAULT ON
PROTESTERS.
IT ALSO IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED,
AS WASHINGTON'S DATE THAT
LEGALIZING CANNABIS.
THE SOLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT
WAS INSTRUCTED TO STOP
RELEASING PEOPLE.
THEY WERE REFUSING TO PROSECUTE
THOSE CHARGES.
I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO URGENT
FOR THIS PROVISO ON THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
MOST IMPORTANT, I URGE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE
ACCOMPANYING PROVISO LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
I ALSO ADD, FOR THE ARGUMENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, MAY NOT HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO TELL THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CITY
ATTORNEY WHAT NOT TO
INVESTIGATE BECAUSE OF THE
DIVISION OF POWER.
OUR RESPONSE IS THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO SAY
WHAT ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE
FUNDED.
ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY OR
MAYOR'S OFFICE DID NOT BELIEVE
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE
ABILITY TO CONTAIN THEIR BUDGET
IN THIS WAY.
THEY SHOULD TAKE THE ISSUE TO
THE COURT AND MAKE THE ISSUE IN
FRONT OF THE PUBLIC WHY IT IS
SO ESSENTIAL FOR THEM TO
CONTINUE TO USE SEATTLE PUBLIC
RESOURCES.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
I STILL THINK I MISSED A STEP.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE
AMENDMENT?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT NINE TO
COUNSEL BILL 119825.
>> I WILL SECOND IT.
IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE
SPONSOR.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
FIRST, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY WITH THE
SPONSOR, AND POTENTIALLY THE
CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL.
IT IS ON THE WORDING OF ACTIONS
TAKEN DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE
SPONSOR THAT WE HAVE SEEN A
COLOSSAL AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE OF
POTENTIAL ARRESTS BASED ON
PEDESTRIAN INTERFERENCE, OR
FAILURE TO DISPERSE, OR
OBSTRUCTION.
OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CLEARLY
A VIOLATION OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
TO ASSEMBLE AND TO ENGAGE IN
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
I DO WANT TO GET AN OPINION
FROM CENTRAL STAFF RIGHT NOW,
GIVEN AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED
EARLIER THIS WEEK IN MY
DISTRICT, WHERE A NEIGHBOR OF
MINE WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A
BLUNT OBJECT.
IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT
WHAT THAT OBJECT WAS.
SERIOUSLY ENOUGH THAT HE HAD TO
GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
I DON'T WANT TO CAST A SPURGEON
SON WHO HIT HIM, NO SUSPECT HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED.
IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR HE WAS
HIT, AND DID SUFFER A HEAD
WOUND THAT RESULTED IN BLEEDING.
ASSAULT IS NOT A PROTECTED
FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITY.
THE THING THAT HAPPENED TO MY
NEIGHBOR IS COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
IT HAPPENED DURING A
DEMONSTRATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A
PROTESTER OR DEMONSTRATOR WHO
WAS DOING IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED IN ANY
WAY.
I WOULD WANT TO FIRST JUST
CLARIFY IF ACTIONS TAKEN IS
BROAD ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THINGS
THAT AREN'T FIRST AMENDMENT
RELATED ACTIVITIES, BUT SOME
KIND OF PHYSICAL HARM TO A
PERSON THAT HAPPENED DURING A
DEMONSTRATION.
I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE PROPERTY SO IS NOT
THAT BROAD.
THERE CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE
ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN A COMMUNITY
MEMBER IS HORRIBLY ASSAULTED
LIKE THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE EXTENDING THAT THIS
WOULDN'T COVER AN ACTIVITY LIKE
THAT.
THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION I
WANT TO POST TO THE SPONSOR AND
TO CENTRAL STAFF.
JUST TO MAKE SURE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CLARIFICATION ON THE DEFINITION.
ALLIE, I SEE YOU'RE OFF MUTE,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE
TO TAKE THAT QUESTION AS SHE
HAS BEEN STEPPING THIS SPECIFIC
AMENDMENT.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
CENTRAL STAFF.
I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE TO GET
AN INTERPRETATION FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SET OF
FACTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
PROVISO IS RELATIVELY BROAD,
AND MAY COVER THAT
CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO, I'D RECOMMEND THAT IF WE
WANT FURTHER ANALYSIS, THAT WE
SHOULD GET THAT TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HAVE THEM
GIVE US AN OPINION ON THAT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY?
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> I'M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
WHILE READING THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT,
CERTAINLY THE SPIRIT AND THE
PASSION, BUT I TOO BELIEVE IT
IS OVERBROAD.
WE HAVE HAD OTHER INCIDENCES ON
EVERY SIDE.
HOW WE PARSE OUT JUSTICE FROM
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, TO ME,
I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT
QUITE FRANKLY.
I THINK LEGAL SHOULD TELL HOW
WE CAN TAKE THIS WITH THIS
INTENT, AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT
MORE DETAILED.
THAT IT CAN BE UPHELD, AND THAT
WE CAN ACTUALLY EFFECTUATE AND
APPLY IT JUSTLY.
SO, FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD
NOT BE SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NINE
. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, MN
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> SORRY.
I WOULD SAY FIRST OF ALL, OF
COURSE, NEITHER INTENTIONALLY
NOR INADVERTENTLY, THE
INTENTION OF THIS PROVISO WOULD
BE TO PREVENT ARRESTS, OR
PROSECUTION FOR THE KIND OF
INSTANCES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS MENTIONED.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE IS REAL PUBLIC
SAFETY.
SO, IF THAT KIND OF ASSAULT
HAPPENS, ABSOLUTELY THE
PERPETRATOR SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
I WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHY THE
AMENDMENT IS WORDED IN THIS WAY.
THE PROVISO IS WORDED IN THIS
WAY.
ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M
HAPPY TO ACCEPT MODIFICATIONS
TO THE LANGUAGE IF
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE OTHER
WORDING.
HERE IS WHY IT IS WORDED THIS
WAY.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS
EXAMPLES, AND THIS IS NOT JUST
IN SEATTLE.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE LEGAL SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT IS
SET UP TO REPRESS PROTESTERS,
IT ALWAYS FINDS NON-FIRST
AMENDMENT RELATED, SORT OF MADE
UP REASONS TO PROSECUTE.
JUST COMPLETELY REASONABLE AND
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY
PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS
JUST A FRENCH SET UP INCIDENTS.
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
THE EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE EARLIER,
THE ASSAULT ON POLICE OFFICER.
THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF AN
ACTUAL ASSAULT ON POLICE
OFFICER.
THESE ARE CHARGES THAT ON PAPER,
LOOK, THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THESE ARE MADE UP CHARGES.
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO SEE
HOW, WITHOUT KEEPING A CERTAIN
BROADNESS OF LANGUAGE, IT IS
POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF PROTESTERS,
OF MEDIA, OF LEGAL OBSERVERS,
AND ALL THESE EXAMPLES WE HAVE
SEEN.
INCLUDING, THIS PAST SATURDAY.
JUST BRUTAL INJURIES ON SO ON
AND SO FORTH.
ARRESTS ON PEOPLE.
I WOULD SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS
IS SUPPOSED TO -- THIS IS BASED
ON A REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY
SHOULD DO BECAUSE I AM NOT
ABOUT TO, AND I REALLY DOUBT
ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBER IS
ABOUT TO, OBJECT TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY PROSECUTING AN ACTUAL
INCIDENT LIKE WAS MENTIONED AS
AN EXAMPLE.
THE INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT INJUSTICE IS
NOT HAPPENING AGAINST
PROTESTERS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALES?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I ALSO AGREE, VIEWING THE
PROVISO VERY BROADLY, TO COVER
ANY AND ALL ACTIONS THAT ARE
COMMITTED DURING THIS PERIOD OF
TIME.
WITHOUT ANY DISTINCTION BETWEEN
PROSECUTIONS RELATED TO THE
EXERCISE OF FIRST AMENDMENT,
AND NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR THAT
MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE
PROTEST, BUT UNRELATED TO THE
PROTEST.
SO, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BROADNESS OF THE LANGUAGE FOR
ACTIONS.
TAKEN WHILE PARTICIPATING.
IN THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS.
SECONDLY, I JUST WANT TO GET AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT -- THERE
APPEARS TO BE A TEMPORAL
CONNECTION HERE IN THIS
LANGUAGE.
IN ADDITION TO THE BROADNESS OF
THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO
PROSECUTION OF INDIVIDUALS FOR
ACTIONS, ANY ACTIONS, THERE IS
ALSO AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF
ACTIONS THAT ARE QUOTE, TAKEN
WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS.
IT GOES ON TO LIST TYPES OF
EVIDENCE,".
I GUESS I'M -- I DON'T SEE HOW
THE PROVISO IS DEFINING THAT
PERIOD OF TIME, AND I THINK
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION ABOUT WHETHER THAT IS
STILL HAPPENING, OR WHETHER
THERE IS SORT OF A CONCRETE
PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT THE SPONSOR HAS IN MIND OF
TERMS OF DATES CERTAIN OF WHEN
THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS WERE OCCURRING.
>> OKAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> MAYBE I SHOULD WAIT.
IF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO
WANT TO SPEAK.
>> OKAY, DID YOU WANT TO OFFER
CLARIFICATION ON THAT QUESTION?
SHOULD WE HAVE YOU ANSWER AT
THE END?
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING?
>> LET ME GO AHEAD AND RESPOND
TO THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE -- DEFINING MY
THAT PERIOD WAS DEFINED.
AGAIN, AS I SAID, FOR ALL THESE
QUESTIONS, MY OFFER STILL
STANDS.
IF COUNCILMEMBERS ARE IN
GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE
ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, ALONG
THESE LINES, BUT YOU ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, I AM HAPPY
TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN A
SECOND.
JUST ON THIS QUESTION OF THE
DEFINITION OF THE PERIOD.
CLEARLY THAT STANDS BECAUSE
THERE WAS A COLOSSAL NUMBER OF
ARRESTS INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, WHO JUST SAID, WHICH I
AGREE WITH.
THE NUMBER OF UNFAIR AND UNJUST
ARRESTS JUST SKYROCKETED DURING
THIS PERIOD.
ALL THE DEMANDS RELATED TO THE
RIGHTS OF PROTESTERS WHO WERE
ARRESTED IS A CENTRAL FOCUS OF
THE COMMUNITY ON THE STREETS
THAT IS FIGHTING IN THE DEFIANT
AND JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
MOVEMENT.
THAT IS THE SPIRIT BEHIND THIS
AMENDMENT.
AS I SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO
ACCEPT MODIFICATIONS FOR THIS
LANGUAGE, AND IF COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROVISO WITH
AMENDED LANGUAGE, MY OFFICE
WOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD THE
BOAT UNTIL I BELIEVE WEDNESDAY.
I'M NOT SURE.
I GUESS IT IS WEDNESDAY.
HOLD UNTIL THE NEXT COMMITTEE
TO WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBERS ON
REVISED LANGUAGE.
I ALSO WOULD SAY I BELIEVE I
MADE THIS OFFER ALSO AND IT WAS
DISCUSSED THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.
I'M WILLING TO HOLD IT, BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SERIOUS
ABOUT SUPPORTING IT WITH
AMENDED LANGUAGE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
THAT OUT THERE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT MAKING HER INTENT CLEAR
BEHIND THE LANGUAGE, AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S INTENT OF WHAT SHOULD
AND SHOULD NOT BE COVERED.
I AGREE WITH THE SCOPE THAT SHE
HAS PUT OUT THERE, AND THANK
YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
I THINK BASED ON THE COMMENTS
OF CENTRAL STAFF, THERE WOULD
PROBABLY NEED TO BE SOME NEW
LANGUAGE.
I FURTHER APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
INVITATION TO WORK UNDER
LANGUAGE, TO MAKE SURE THE
INSTANT OF THE SPONSOR IS
ACCURATELY REFLECTED.
IN THE PROVISO.
I GUESS THAT MY ISSUE, AND THE
REASON WHY I AM PERSONALLY NOT
INTERESTED IN ENGAGING IN A
PROJECT LIKE THAT, IS JUST THAT
I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY HAD A
PROBLEM WITH HOW THE CITY
ATTORNEY IS EXERCISING HIS
DISCRETION.
AS I DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, OUT
OF ABOUT 90 REFERRALS, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ONLY
PROSECUTING ONE INDIVIDUAL.
THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY
BRANDISHED WEAPONS, AT
DEMONSTRATORS.
I THINK EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE
CHARTER ISSUES, AND OTHER
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN FLED, IF
WE DID HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY
THAT WAS FILING ON LIKE ALL 90
OF THOSE CASES, AND WAS
PURSUING TRUMPED UP PROSECUTIONS
FOR LIKE OBSTRUCTION AND
PEDESTRIAN INTERFERENCE, I
WOULD TOTALLY BE WILLING TO TRY
TO FIND WORKAROUNDS TO DEVELOP
MORE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE TO
TIE THE HANDS OF THAT CITY
ATTORNEY IF THEY WERE OUT OF
LINE.
I JUST THINK THAT, FROM WHAT I
HAVE SEEN, THE CITY ATTORNEY
HAS BEEN VERY CAREFUL IN USING
HIS DISCRETION.
TO MAKE SURE HE IS RESPECTING
THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF
THE DEMONSTRATORS.
I JUST THINK, AND RESPECTING
HIS ROLE UNDER THE CHARTER, AND
IN JUST RESPECTING HIS
PROFESSIONAL DILIGENCE IN USING
HIS DISCRETION WELL, I DON'T
SEE A NEED FOR THE PROVISO.
I DON'T THINK THAT HAVING MORE
SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WOULD REALLY
BE ADDITIVE SINCE IT REALLY
DOESN'T SEEM THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY, AT THIS TIME, IS
BRINGING PROSECUTIONS THAT
WOULD PUNISH FIRST AMENDMENT
ACTIVITIES.
I AM PLANNING TO VOTE AGAINST
THAT THIS YEAR.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
ADMIN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT
COUNSEL, AND I AGREE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ABOUT
THE TEMPORAL NATURE OF THIS.
THE DANGER IS THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH QUITE FRANKLY, THROUGH
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE TRYING
TO CREATE AN AFFIRMATIVE
DEFENSE IN COURT, ON THE
JUDICIAL BRANCH, THE CITY
ATTORNEY.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE
CITY ATTORNEY ON SOME OF THE
ISSUES.
BUT I DO AGREE AND UNDERSTAND
THE DISCUSSION THAT HAS BEEN
EXERCISED.
A GOOD EXAMPLE, AND I WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR
BRINGING UP AN EXAMPLE.
ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS, I'M NOT
HIDING ANYTHING.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT PEOPLE THAT
COME TO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND
DEFACE, AND DESTROY PROPERTY,
PERSONAL PROPERTY, PRIVATE
PROPERTY, HARASS, POTENTIAL
HATE CRIMES, IN THE NAME OF
GEORGE FLOYD, PROTESTS, WOULD
BE PROSECUTED?
I PUT THAT OUT THERE, AND AGAIN
I DON'T -- I CAN IMAGINE THE
BACKLASH NOW.
MY POINT IS THAT WE IN THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, REACH OUT
TO ANOTHER AREA OF A BRANCH,
I.E.
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH, THIS IS
REALLY QUITE OUR JOB.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
YOU BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAVE
CONTROL OF THE PURSE, WE CAN
CONTROL THE POLICY.
AND SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR.
THIS GOES DIRECTLY TO TO
CREATING AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
IN A COURT OF LAW, WHICH WE
DON'T DO.
OUR CHARTER DOESN'T -- THAT IS
WHAT WE DO ON THE LEGISLATIVE
SIDE.
WE CAN INFLUENCE THAT.
WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BUDGET.
WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO MOVE
TOWARDS DEFUNDING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
REALLOCATING RESOURCES.
AS I SHARED AGAIN, IT'S HOW WE
GET THERE WITH THE PLAN.
AGAIN, IT ISN'T THAT THE INTENT
AND THE SPIRIT THAT I BELIEVE
PROBABLY ALL OF US AGREE WITH,
IT'S JUST HOW WE IMPLEMENT
THAT.
AND HOW WE DO THAT LEGALLY.
PEOPLE HAVE FOURTH AMENDMENT
RIGHTS, FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS,
AND SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THAT IS NOT IN THE LEGISLATIVE
SPHERE.
THAT IS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.
I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS AS
WRITTEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO TURN TO, IF I
CAN GET BACK TO IT, I WANT TO
TURN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY
STATEMENT.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
HE WRITES IN THE MIDDLE OF
JUNE, HE WRITES, AFTER TWO
WEEKS OF ANGUISH DEMONSTRATION
IN THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND THE KILLING OF OTHER
UNARMED BLACK MEN BY POLICE,
IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS SHOULD NOT BE
PROSECUTED, DESPITE HAVING BEEN
ARRESTED DURING ADVANCE THAT
HAVE SOME POINT DEVOLVED INTO
VIOLENT AND DESTRUCTIVE
CONFRONTATIONS WITH SEATTLE
POLICE AND SUPPORTING LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
IF YOU WERE MARCHING IN THE
STREET PEACEFULLY, SPEAK YOUR
VOICE, AND OUT AFTER THE NOW
COUNSEL CURFEW, I HAVE NO
INTEREST IN CHARGING YOU WITH A
CRIME.
OTHER MISDEMEANOR REPORTS HAVE
CROSSED MY DESK, AND HE GOES ON
TO SAY, THAT FOR THOSE OTHER
MISDEMEANOR REPORTS REGARDLESS
OF AGE, THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING
TO BE DIVERTED TO CHOOSE ONE
80.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THIS
COUNSEL IS SUPPORTING.
EXPANDING TO FOLKS THAT THIS
PROGRAM EXISTS CURRENTLY.
FOR 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS, THIS
COUNSEL SUPPORTS EXPANDING IT
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 24.
BEFORE COUNSEL TICKET SESSION,
THE CITY ATTORNEY WORKED WITH
SEAN GOOD, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF 180.
TO THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION
OF FOLKS.
FOLKS WITH MISDEMEANOR CHARGES
ASSOCIATED WITH PROTESTS.
THOSE FOLKS WILL BE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE DIVERTED
REGARDLESS OF AGE.
HE GOES ON TO SAY SEAN HAS
GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO ACCEPT ANY
PERSON WE HAVE REFERRED,
REGARDLESS OF AGE, HAS BEEN
ARRESTED IN A RECENT PROTEST.
AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE
MISDEMEANORS.
AFTER ENGAGING WITH THE TEAM TO
WORK THROUGH THEIR EXPENSE,
THEY'LL BE CONNECTED TO AN
ORGANIZATION THAT WILL HELP
THEM ADVANCE THE CAUSE THEY
WERE PASSIONATELY PROTESTING
FOR.
AFTER THEY ENGAGE, I WILL TOSS
A CRIMINAL REFERRAL IN THE
FIGURATIVE WASTEBASKET.
NO CRIMINAL CHARGE, NO CRIMINAL
RECORD, NO JAIL.
MY ATTORNEYS WILL TAKE A CLOSE
LOOK AT EACH POLICE REPORT,
INCLUDING BODY CAM VIDEO.
TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE
REFERRAL CANDIDATES AND WILL
LOOK AT CASES ALREADY FILED FOR
POTENTIAL REFERRAL.
NO ONE IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL FOR
EVENT STEMMING FROM CURRENT
DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE
MISDEMEANOR LEVEL.
THE MORE SERIOUS FELONY LEVEL
RESULTS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO
THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE.
INCLUDING THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT
ON POLICE OFFICER, LOOTING AND
BURGLARY, HATE CRIMES, AND SOME
RATHER ALARMING FIREARMS BASED
INCIDENTS.
SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
THIS IS HOW I EXPECT OUR CITY
PROSECUTOR TO HAVE THESE KINDS
OF CASES.
DISMISSING CASES WHERE PEOPLE
WERE ERRONEOUSLY CHARGED
BECAUSE OF THEIR POLITICAL
ACTIVITY.
EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE ENGAGED
PEACEFULLY, DIVERSION, FOR
MISDEMEANORS.
AND THE APPROPRIATE REFERRAL TO
THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE TO MAKE THAT SAME SET OF
DECISIONS ON THAT FELONY LEVEL
INCIDENT.
IF WE HAD A DIFFERENT CITY
ATTORNEY, AND WE HAVE DISAGREED
WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON
THINGS IN THE PAST, BUT AS IT
RELATES TO THE DECISION-MAKING
AROUND HOW TO PURSUE THESE
CHARGES, I FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY
AM I ALIGNED WITH THE DECISION-
MAKING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY
HAS MADE, BUT THAT I, AND I
THINK MANY OF US, ON THE
COUNCIL, HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN
LETTERS.
OR, SIGNED STATEMENTS
EXPRESSING OUR HOPES THAT HE
WOULD TAKE THE ACTIONS THAT HE
HAS COMMITTED TO TAKING.
BY PUTTING THE STATEMENT OUT
PUBLICLY, IT ALLOWS US, I
THINK, TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THE
CITY ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABLE FOR
DECISION-MAKING IN THE FUTURE.
SO, I AM NOT GOING TO BE
SUPPORTING THIS ACTION. AGAIN,
IF WE HAD A CIVIL -- SORRY, A
DIFFERENT CITY PROSECUTOR, I
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
WILLING TO TIP MY TOE OVER INTO
THE SIDE -- OVERSTEPPING OUR
CHARTER ROLES, BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT IS THE CASE HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TO WRAP US UP, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, FOLLOW UP ON THIS
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, IN RESPONSE TO
THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME UP,
I JUST QUICKLY WANT TO
REITERATE THAT THE MOST
IMPORTANT PROVISO IN MY VIEW IS
THE ONE, THE SIMILAR ONE, THAT
IS RELATED TO THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS COMING UP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
WHO'S EVIDENCE IS USED TO
SUPPORT COUNTY PROSECUTIONS.
HERE IS WHERE THE TRUMPED UP
CHARGES COME INTO PLAY.
THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR HAS MADE
NO SUCH STATEMENT ABOUT NOT
JUDGING PROTESTERS.
I BELIEVE THAT REGARDLESS OF
HOW COUNCILMEMBERS WILL VOTE,
REGARDLESS, I BELIEVE THAT
UPCOMING AMENDMENT IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE, JUST IN
CLOSING, THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS STILL
DOING THINGS LIKE SUBPOENAING
THE VIEW OF NEWS MEDIA.
I'LL ALSO REITERATE THAT
DROPPING THE CHARGES OF
PROTESTERS IS ONE OF THE CORE
DEMANDS OF THE MOVEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, I WILL BE SUPPORTING A
LATER PROVISO THIS AFTERNOON.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT.
MADAME CLERK, LET US CALL THE
ROLE.
>> MORALE IS?
>> NO.
>> PETERSON?
>> NO.
>> SAWANT ?
>> NO.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YOU MAY BE ON MUTE.
I'LL COME BACK.
>> LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> AND MY BACK?
>> YOU ARE BACK.
>> I KNOW I'M GOING TO CATCH IT
OR NOT -- I'M JUST GOING TO SAY
THIS SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND.
WHEN YOU CALL IN FOR MY PHONE
THE MUTE BUTTON DOESN'T ALWAYS
WORK, YOU HAVE TO HIT STAR SIX,
AND IT LITERALLY BECOMES AN
ALGEBRA TEST.
YES, I KNOW, I'M OLD.
I GET IT.
YEAH, NO.
>> YOU ARE A NO VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR, MOSQUEDA?
>> ONE IN FAVOR, EIGHT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
THE MOTION FAILS, ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER NINE IS NOT ADOPTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, WE'LL
RETURN THIS AFTERNOON.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 10, LET'S TURN
IT OVER TO CENTRAL STOP AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
AMENDMENT 10, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE US.
ABOUT $72,000 FOR AN OFFICE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS MEDIATOR POSITION,
AND CUT FROM ABOUT 72,000 FROM
SALARY SAVINGS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
I'LL NOTE THAT THIS VERSION
DIFFERS FROM WHAT WAS DISCUSSED
LAST WEEK BY ADDING A PROVISO
TO ENSURE THAT THESE FUNDS CAN
ONLY BE SPENT AS INTENDED.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, I WOULD
LIKE TO DO THIS OFFICIALLY.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE US, BEFORE
YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 10.
>> AMENDMENT 10 HAS BEEN MOVED
TO THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> I WILL SECOND
>> AWESOME, IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS WOULD
YOU LIKE TO DESCRIBE YOUR
AMENDMENT PLEASE QUESTION MARK
THE MEASURE, THANK YOU.
AS ELLIE MENTIONED, WE HAVE
MADE A CHANGE TO THE PROVISO,
TO THE AMENDMENT HERE.
THE CHANGE REFLECTS OUR
CONVERSATION LAST WEEK.
THE SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH OCR,
GIVES US A LITTLE MORE
ASSURANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT
THAT FUNDING WILL BE RETAINED
FOR THEIR AMENDMENT THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF ALLIE OR OTHERS
CAN SPEAK TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REPORT.
I DO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT
DURING THESE TIMES ESPECIALLY,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO RESPOND
TO THE DISPROPORTIONATE
EXPERIENCES OF THE RECESSION
AND THE PANDEMIC.
PARTICULARLY IN OUR BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
CIVIL RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED, AND
THAT JUSTICE IS MET.
MY STAFF HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT
WHAT THE MAYOR MIGHT PROPOSE
FOR THE 2021 BUDGET.
OUR OFFICE WANTS TO STAND FIRM
AND ENSURE THAT FUNDING FOR
THESE POSITIONS WILL REMAIN.
THIS YEAR AND NEXT.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE MOVING NOW.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF THIS AMENDMENT.
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
CONCERNS THAT I, AND OTHERS,
HAVE EXPRESSED IN THE PAST
ABOUT CASELOAD LEVELS FOR THE
INVESTIGATORS.
ALLOWING FOR THIS MEDIATION IT
ALLOWS THEM TO DETERMINE ALONG
WITH THE COMPLAINT.
THINGS DON'T GO TO MEDIATION AND
UNTIL THE COMPLAINTS AGREEMENT.
WHICH THINGS COULD BE REMOVED
FROM THE FULL INVESTIGATIONS
TRACK TO THE MEDIATION TRACK.
IN DOING SO, BECAUSE CURRENTLY
THERE IS ONLY A FULL
INVESTIGATION TRACK.
IN DOING SO, IT ALLOWS FOR THE
NUMBER OF CASES THAT INDIVIDUAL
INVESTIGATORS HAVE THEIR
CASELOADS TO GET SMALLER BY
OFFERING THIS OTHER OPPORTUNITY
FOR RESOLUTION.
FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS
CAME FORWARD AS A
RECOMMENDATION IS BECAUSE
SOMETIMES WHEN THE ONLY ROUTE
FOR AN INVESTIGATOR TO GO IS AN
INVESTIGATIVE ROUTE.
THE STANDARD TO MEET, TO FIND
THAT DISCRIMINATION HAS
OCCURRED IS HIGH.
THE RESULTS SOMETIMES IN A VERY
UNSATISFACTORY RESOLUTION AND
OUTCOMES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
RECOGNITION, CLOSURE,
DISCUSSION.
ABOUT A TREATMENT THAT HAS BEEN
UNSATISFACTORY AND UNFAIR.
THAT MIGHT HAVE AVERAGED THE OF
THE STANDARD TO PROVE
DISCRIMINATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
SEEING THEM, I WILL JUST STICK
TO MY SUPPORT FOR THIS.
I'LL BE VOTING YES AS WELL.
COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, LET'S GO
AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
COUNSEL CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE?
>> MORALE IS?
>> YES.
>> PETERSON?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES?
>> CROSS?
>> YES.
GONZALES?
BE MY GUEST.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> CHAIR?
>> YES.
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT 10 WAS ADOPTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT 11
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I WILL NOW DESCRIBE
AMENDMENT 11.
I UNLESS I SEE A IS SIGNAL FROM
THE CHAIR I WILL ALSO DESCRIBE
THE ALTERNATE VERSION THAT WAS
DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING TO
JUST PRESENT HOW THEY ARE
SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
ONE THING, I'M SORRY TO
INTERRUPT YOU.
ONE THING I THINK WOULD BE
HELPFUL IF WITH WE COULD GIVE
THIS UP FOR FUTURE AMENDMENTS.
TO THE FULL LIST OF COSPONSORS.
I KNOW THERE WERE ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS THAT GOT ADDED IN
ADDITION TO THE PRIME SPONSORS.
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL
BE DISCUSSING LATER THIS
MORNING, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S QUESTION
EARLIER TOO AS WELL.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
AMENDMENT 11 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS MORALES AND
SAWANT, WITH COSPONSORS
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WHAT AT
$75,000 TO THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS, AND CUT $75,000 FROM
FAS.
AND IMPOSES A PROVISO TO
RESTRICT SPENDING OF $194,000
TO FILL THREE VACANT SENIOR
INVESTIGATOR POSITIONS, AND ONE
VACANT POLICY ANALYSIS.
ANALYST POSITION.
THIS VERSION DIFFERS FROM THE
PREVIOUS VERSION DISCUSSED AT
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS LAST WEEK
BY ADDING A PROVISO ON THE
$75,000 THAT WOULD BE CUT FROM
FAS AND ADDED TO THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS AND ON A
PORTION OF THE EXISTING OLS
BUDGET TO FILL THOSE POSITION.
THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION OF THIS
AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT 11 A THAT
WAS DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING,
HAS THE SAME SPONSORS, BUT
WOULD SOLELY ENFORCE A PROVISO
TO RESTRICT SPENDING OF $194,000
IN THEIR EXISTING BUDGET TO
FILL THESE POSITIONS.
THE REASON FOR THE SUBSTITUTE
VERSION IS SENT THE PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THE SALARY SAVINGS ASSUMED IN
THE MAYOR'S REBALANCING
MEASURES WERE FOR THE FIRST
WERE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE
YEAR, SO THERE SHOULD BE FUNDS
REMAINING IN THE BUDGET TO FILL
THESE POSITIONS AND THE
PROVIDER WOULD ENSURE THAT
THOSE DOLLARS ARE ONLY USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED, AND DESCRIBED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN DESCRIBED.
REMIND ME WHERE WE ARE AT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT
TO MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE, AND THEN
I CAN TALK ABOUT IT?
>> ONE SECOND.
LET ME JUST CONFIRM THE CLERK I
HAVE APPROPRIATELY PUT IT IN
FRONT OF US.
AMELIA, HAVE WE APPROPRIATELY
MOVED AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 IN
FRONT OF US QUESTION MARK
>> AT THIS POINT, ALLIE HAS
ONLY PROVIDED THE DESCRIPTION,
AND IT HAS NOT BEEN MOVED.
>> LET'S MOVE THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT THEN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT?
>> WHAT I JUST EXPLAINED IS
WHAT I'LL DO IS MOVE THE
AMENDMENT AND IMMEDIATELY MOVE
TO SUBSTITUTE, AND THEN SPEAK
TO THE SUBSTITUTE.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
>> I MOVED TO MOVE AMENDMENT 11
TO COUNSEL BILL 119825.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> I MOVED TO AMEND SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT 11 A FOR AMENDMENT 11.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID
YOU WANT TO SECOND?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT ACHE FOR MAC
AMENDMENT 11.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR
SUBSTITUTE?
>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU TO
THE COSPONSORS TO THE ORIGINAL
VERSION OF THIS AMENDMENT.
THE HIRING FREEZE IN THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS IS TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE.
I'M SORRY THERE IS A VEHICLE
OUTSIDE MY HOUSE.
I THINK A GARBAGE OR RECYCLING
VEHICLE.
IT IS NOISY.
WORKING THEY SING OF THEIR PAID
SICK TIME ARE SOMETIMES WAITING
OVER A YEAR TO HAVE THE CITY
EVEN START LOOKING INTO THEIR
CASES.
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, THAT
WILL MEAN THAT WORKERS WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE THE TESTS OF
THEIR WAGES UNREMEDIED.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT RESTORES
THE FUNDING FOR THE
INVESTIGATOR POSITIONS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE FROZEN.
AMENDMENT 11 WAS THE AMENDMENT
WE DISCUSSED ON WEDNESDAY.
ALONGSIDE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, WE ORDERED IT TO BE [
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
SINCE THEN HOWEVER, AS ALLIE
INDICATED, STAFF HAS LEARNED
THAT THE HIRING FEES IN THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS WAS
TECHNICALLY ONLY BUDGETED FOR
SIX MONTHS, NOT THE FULL YEAR.
OLS SHOUD HAVE THE FUNDS FOR
THESE POSITIONS NOW.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT
RESTARTED THE HIRING PROCESS TO
FILL THEM THAT WAS HALTED WHEN
THE HIRING FREEZE WENT INTO
EFFECT.
AMENDMENT 11 A, THE SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT, WOULD PLACE A
PROVISO ON THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS FUND ALLOCATED TO
FILL THESE POSITIONS TO SAY
THAT THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE
USED TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS
UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF
THIS AMENDMENT, IT DOES NOT
TRANSFER ANY FUNDS FROM FAS
BECAUSE CENTER BUDGETING OFFICE
HAS SAID THAT THE NECESSARY
FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE OLS
BUDGET.
JUST TO QUICKLY READ OUT THE
REST OF THE PROVISO.
OF THE APPROPRIATION IN THE
2020 BUDGET, THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS, AND
NOTWITHSTANDING POWERS PROVIDED
TO THE MAYOR, THE $194,000 IS
APPROPRIATED SOLELY TO FILL UP
TO THREE VACANCIES IN THE
INVESTIGATOR POSITIONS, AND ONE
VACANT POLICY ANALYST POSITION.
THESE ARE TO BE SPENT FOR NO
OTHER PURPOSE.
I'LL JUST KNOW QUICKLY, THAT NO
BUDGET AMENDMENT OR PROVISO IN
MY EXPERIENCE CAN FORCE MAYOR
DURKAN TO SPEND THE FUNDS,
DESPITE COUNSEL DIRECTION.
THE COUNCILS BUDGET ONLY MAKE
FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BE SPENT AT
THE MAYOR HOPES TO -- HOPES NOT
STOOP ON THESE OLS
INVESTIGATORS IN 2021, THAN
WHAT IT PLAIN WHY THEY HAVE NOT
HIRED POLICE POSITIONS THIS
YEAR.
WHILE THE COUNCIL WAS ONLY
VOTING ON THE 2020 BUDGET RIGHT
NOW, NOT 2021, BYPASSING THE
PROVIDER WE WILL ALSO BE
SENDING A CLEAR STATEMENT TO
THE COUNCIL PRIORITIZES ENDING
THE HIRING SEASON OLS, AND
INTENDS TO FUND ONLY THESE
POSITIONS IN 2021, AND IN THE
FUTURE.
THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT
ASSURANCE FOR OLS TO HIRE
INVESTIGATOR TO FILL THIS
POSITION.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS QUESTION
MARK APPRECITE WORKING WITH
YOUR OFFICE ON THE SUBSTITUTE.
I'M HAPPY TO BE A COSPONSOR
WITH YOU.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER 11 A?
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> PETERSON?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> AYE.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK, THE
MOTION CARRIES ON SUBSTITUTE A
TO AMENDMENT 11 IS ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
AMENDMENT 14.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
AMENDMENT 14 WOULD ADD $1.7
MILLION TO HST FOR NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER.
CUTTING $1.7 MILLION FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR
POTENTIAL JAIL SERVICES SAVINGS.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS?
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
INTERRUPTION.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD AMELIA.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE
AMENDMENT, WE STILL HAVE
AMENDMENT 11 A AS AMENDED
BEFORE US.
IF WE COULD JUST ASK FOR ONE
MORE ROLLCALL VOTE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
AGAIN, THE LAST VOTE WAS ON
VOTING TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE
TO AMENDMENT 11.
NOW, WE NEED TO VOTE ON
AMENDMENT 11 AS ADOPTED.
CORRECT, MILLION?
>> CORRECT.
>> ALL RIGHT GUYS, LET'S DO
THIS AGAIN.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
SAY NONE, MADAME JERK WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT 11 AT ADOPTED?
>> MORALES QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> PETERSON?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ QUESTION MARK
>> 15.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> WAR IS QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> NINE IN FAVOR COMING UP ROSE
>> OKAY, NOW THE MOTION CARRIES.
NOW AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 AS
AMENDED IS ADOPTED.
WONDERFUL.
THANKS ALL.
APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
WE ARE ON AMENDMENT 14 WHICH
HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY CENTRAL
STAFF.
I'M GOING TRANS-COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> YES, THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 14.
>> I WILL SECOND IT.
THE MOVE HAS BEEN SECONDED.
THESE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, JUST TO ADD TO MY
COMMENTS THE OTHER DAY ON THIS.
I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
APPROPRIATE TO BE TAKING THIS
DEAL WAIVER MONEY.
I WOULD ASK FOR CLARIFICATION
AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY
COMMENTS, IF CENTRAL STAFF
COULD CONFIRM THAT THE WAIVER
HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
I BELIEVE I SAW THIS MORNING
SOMEONE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD
GOTTEN CONFIRMATION THAT
SAVINGS WILL BE REALIZED.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT HAVING
PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THE
MUNICIPAL COURT.
HAVING PREVIOUSLY SEEN THE
FOLKS THAT CYCLED THROUGH THE
MUNICIPAL COURT FOR A LOW LEVEL
MISDEMEANOR OF PENCIL.
WHICH IS THE JURISDICTION OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT IS AN ENORMOUSLY WASTEFUL
SYSTEM WHERE THE CORD NEEDS OF
PEOPLE ARE NOT MET.
THEY COME BACK OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN FOR COMMITTING
LOW-LEVEL SHOPPING OFFENSES.
GET BACK IN THE JAIL, GET BACK
OUT ON THE STREET, REPEAT THE
CYCLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
VERY APPROPRIATE IN TAKING THE
SAVINGS.
WE ARE REALIZING DURING COVID,
AND PUTTING IT INTO A RESOURCE
THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP SOLVE
THE UNDERLYING AIDS OF A LOT OF
THE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS.
WHO HAVE BEHAVIOR, MENTAL
HEALTH, AND CO-OCCURRING
CONDITIONS THAT ARE GETTING
WRAPPED UP INTO OUR CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
AND BEING ABLE TO GET THEM INTO
SOME KIND OF THE INTENSIFIED
SHELTER SPACE, MEET THEIR CORE
UNDERLYING NEEDS, AND LET THEM
LIVE IN DIGNITY AS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
I KNOW THERE IS CONCERNS, THAT
OF BEEN EXPRESSED ABOUT WHETHER
THIS LINE ITEM IS GOING TO BE
SPENT OR INVESTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE.
IF WE APPROVE IT.
I SHARE THOSE CONCERNS.
WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
WE WILL DEFINITELY ADVOCATE
VERY STRONGLY TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO GET
THESE RESOURCES OUT THE DOOR.
BUT, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A
CRITICAL INVESTMENT AT THIS
TIME IN THE CITY.
OUR FIRST DATE OF EMERGENCY
THIS YEAR, IN A YEAR THAT HAS
BEEN DEFINED BY STATES OF
EMERGENCY, WAS OUR ONGOING
STRUGGLE AND CHALLENGE TO GET
OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS A
DIGNIFIED PLACE TO LIVE.
THROUGHOUT OUR DELIBERATIONS IN
THIS BALANCING SESSION, WITH
ALL OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES
THAT HAVE COME UP, THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT I KNOW ANY OF US
HAVE LOST SIGHT OF.
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER STEP TO
MEET THE REALLY BIG NEED, AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE
ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE
THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE GETTING
PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, BUT THEY
ARE IN THE INTENSIFIED NON-
CONGREGANT SETTINGS WHERE THEY
ARE NOT AT INCREASED RISK FOR
CONTRACTING COVID.
WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST
ENCOURAGE THAT WE ADOPT THIS
AMENDMENT AND MAKE MORE
PROGRESS TOWARD OUR ONGOING
RESPONSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE IN INCREASING SHELTER
OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNSEL COLLEGE, AMENDMENT 14,
SPONSORED BY KAMAN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME.
I WAS THE PERSON WHO SHARED THE
NEWS FROM CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
COUNTY EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE
THAT THE WAIVER HAS BEEN
EXTENDED FOR NOW.
MY CONCERNS ARE RELATED TO THE
FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE SURETY
THAT THE EXECUTIVE IS GOING TO
SPEND THIS FUNDS.
MY BROADER SET OF CONCERNS, IS
IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEED.
RECOGNITION OF THE
APPROPRIATENESS OF USING THIS
APPROPRIATE FUND SURFACE OF
JAIL SERVICE SAVINGS FOR THIS
POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO MANY
FOLKS ARE EXPERIENCING CYCLING
IN AND OUT OF JAIL BECAUSE OF
LIVING IN POVERTY.
MY CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT WE
VOTED FOR THE 2020 SPENDING PLAN
, $10 MILLION FOR THIS PURPOSE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAD
ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT I
BELIEVE IS INCLUDED IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE.
CONSENT PACKAGE FOR UPWARDS OF
ANOTHER $1 MILLION FOR THIS
PURPOSE, AND THIS ADDS ANOTHER
$1.7 MILLION.
IT'S I THINK NEARLY $13 MILLION
TO SPEND IN 4 1/2 MONTHS.
FOR SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
WORTHY, AGAIN, I'M LESS
CONCERNED THAT THE EXECUTIVE
WON'T SPEND IT.
I'M MORE CONCERNED THAT THERE
ISN'T A WAY TO SPEND THIS
NUMBER OF DOLLARS IN THE NEXT 4
1/2 MONTHS.
I'VE EXPRESSED THESE CONCERNS
AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING
FURTHER FROM THE SPONSOR.
I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE TO FIND OUT
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOME
PLAN TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS
THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I REACHED OUT TO OUR FRIENDS TO
FIND -- TO ACCESS THAT SAME
QUESTION.
I ASKED THAT QUESTION OF THE
ELECTOR OF THE SEATTLE KING
COUNTY COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF
EARMARKING DOLLARS FOR A PURPOSE
THAT THIS COUNSEL FEELS VERY
STRONGLY ABOUT AS A WAY TO
INCENTIVIZE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
TO USE THOSE DOLLARS.
THINK EARMARKING NEARLY $13
MILLION FOR A PURPOSE THAT IT
MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DEPLETE
ALL THOSE DOLLARS, GIVEN THE
WAY OUR BUDGET WORKS, THOSE
DOLLARS IF NOT SPENT THIS YEAR,
ON THINGS THAT ARE URGENT NEEDS
THAT CAN BE SPENT THIS YEAR,
WILL JUST GO BACK INTO THE
MAYOR'S SORT OF -- HER PURVIEW
FROM PROPOSING A BUDGET FOR
2021.
WHICH WILL THEN PROHIBIT THE
COUNCIL FROM EXPRESSING ITS
PREFERENCE FOR HOW TO SPEND
THESE DOLLARS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DO YOU
MIND IF I MAKE A COMMENT?
OR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED
FIRST?
>> YOU ARE THE CHAIR.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE POWER
TO STOP
BUILT INTO HERE I WOULD TURN TO
OSHAWA OR ALLIE FOR
CLARIFICATION AS WELL.
I BELIEVE THERE IS STILL
FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO THE
OPTIONS WITH THE NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTER SETTINGS.
FROM THE DUMP JUMPSTART COVERED
RELIEF 2020 THAT NONE THOSE
DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SLATED GET
OUT OF THE DOOR BY THE
EXECUTIVE.
I THINK THERE IS A BIG CONCERN
ABOUT THAT JUST GENERALLY WITH
THE 86 MILLION WE ALLOCATED
THAT FOLKS NEED THOSE DOLLARS.
PART OF THAT IS NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTER SETTINGS.
I AM CONTINUING TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT,
REALLY AS AN EFFORT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE PUTTING EVERY
EFFORT FORWARD AS A COUNCIL TO
BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH KING
COUNTY COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE.
AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE KNOW
THEY ARE PROVIDING NON-
CONGREGANT SETTINGS, AND THEY
ARE DOING THAT MOSTLY FOR
ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE.
SO I CONTINUED INTEREST IN
ADVOCATING FOR AS MANY DOLLARS
AS POSSIBLE TO NON-CONGREGANT
SETTINGS OF ALL KINDS.
THAT MEANS WE CONTINUE TO PUT
THAT FUNDING FORWARD TO SHOW
THE VALUE, TO SHOW THE INTENT
AND PUSH TOWARDS GETTING FOLKS
INTO THOSE SETTINGS.
I WOULD FEEL POTENTIALLY
DIFFERENT IF WE HAD NOT YET, IF
WE HAD NOT CONTINUE TO HEAR
FROM FRONTLINE PROVIDERS THAT
THE SECOND THEY GET THOSE
DOLLARS, THEY CAN PUT PEOPLE
INTO NON-CONGREGANT SETTINGS.
FOR ME IT IS REALLY ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT EVERY TOOL IS
AVAILABLE AND CONTINUING TO
REQUEST, PUSH AND ADVOCATE FOR
THE EXECUTIVE TO GET THESE
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE WE
HAVE THE CRISIS, NOT ONLY OF
COVID THE SUMMER, BUT POTENTIAL
WORSENING THIS FALL, AND ON TOP
OF THAT, THE COMPOUNDING NATURE
OF THE FLU AND PEOPLES
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
SO I THINK THERE'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE EVEN MORE OF A
NEED FOR THESE DOLLARS, EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVE A SHORT
TIMEFRAME IN 2020.
THAT IS MY SHORT ANSWER.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> ALSO, JUST TO SAY TOO, I AM
VERY SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUES
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
RAISED.
I THINK PART OF THE RESPONSE
INTERACTING THE PROVISO TO MAKE
IT AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE IN
TERMS OF THE TYPE OF
INVESTMENTS THAT COULD BE
APPLIED.
THIS IS PARTIALLY TO THE
RESPONSE TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS
COLLEAGUES REMEMBER, THERE WAS
SOME DISPUTE OVER EARMARKING A
FAIRLY LARGE AMOUNT OF THE
PREVIOUS 10 MILLION FOR THE
INTENSIFICATION, SPECIFICALLY
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE WORDING OF THIS PROVISO IS
BROADER, SO WHILE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY
FOR THIS FUND, SO COULD SHELTER
PLACEMENTS, SO COULD HOTEL ROOMS
FOR PROVIDERS THAT ARE DOING A
LOT OF HOTEL TYPE OF
INTERVENTIONS OR DSC.
SO I THINK THAT THERE IS
CERTAINLY, FOR MY CONVERSATIONS
WITH ADVISORS, I MEAN WITH
PROVIDERS, ON THE ONGOING NEED
FOR MONEY TO SUPPORT THE
INTENSIFICATION, I HAVE NO
DOUBT THERE WILL BE DEMAND AND
APPLICATION FROM A CONSIDERABLE
NUMBER OF PROVIDERS IN 2020 TO
GET THESE RESOURCES, BUT FOR ME
THE BIGGER CONSIDERATION IS
WHETHER HSD WILL BE ABLE TO
TURN AROUND AND MAKE THEM
AVAILABLE.
BUT IN TERMS OF DEMAND, I MEAN,
I THINK THE SERVICE PROVIDER
CERTAINLY COULD USE AN
ADDITIONAL ONE .7 MILLION TO
GET MORE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET
AND INSIDE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO BE AS CLEAR AS I CAN.
I AM NOT DISPUTING THAT THERE
IS A NEED FOR FUNDS FOR NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER AND THAT IF
FUNDS WERE MADE AVAILABLE, FOR
2020, THAT THERE WOULD BE
APPLICATONS FROM OUR PROVIDER
COMMUNITY.
I AM ASKING, HAVE WE RECEIVED
ANY INDICATION THAT OUR
PROVIDER COMMUNITY COULD SPEND
$13 MILLION IN THE NEXT 4 1/2
MONTHS IF THOSE DOLLARS WERE
ALL MADE AVAILABLE?
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA, I CAN JUST
SAY THIS.
I MEAN, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES
BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO
EVERY PROVIDER IN KING COUNTY,
BUT FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
A SERIES OF DIFFERENT -- WITH
FOLKS FROM LEHIGH AND FROM
OTHER PROVIDERS, THEY HAVE ANY
NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT THEY
COULD APPLY FOR THIS FUNDING
AND SPEND IN 2020 THAT WOULD
RESULT IN PEOPLE ACTUALLY
GETTING INTO NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I AM SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND ASKED THE CLERK, DID HAVE
ONE MORE THING?
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASKED
THE CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 14.
>> MORALE US?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> YES.
>> 9 IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES ON
AMENDMENT 14 ADOPTED.
THERE IS ONE LAST AMENDMENT IN
HERE.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH
IS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> AS YOU NOTED, WE WILL NOW
MOVE TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT PACKAGE
FOR THE RECORD I WILL JUST
RESTATE THAT AMENDMENT THREE TO
CANCEL BILL 119825 WAS
ORIGINALLY IN THE KANSAI
PACKAGE AND WAS WITHDRAWN FOR
CONSIDERATION.
THE REMAINING ITEM IS AMENDMENT
7 TO CANCEL BILL 119 85
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT THAT WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO TO PREVENT REMOVING THE
NORTH LAKE TAHOE VILLAGE.
AS I NOTED PREVIOUSLY, THE
PROVISO IS UPDATED TO REMOVE
THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE
REQUIREMENT THAT REMOVAL CAN
ONLY OCCUR IF THERE IS AN
AGREEMENT PROVIDED IN WRITING
FROM A MAJORITY OF THE
RESIDENTS.
OF THE TINY HOME VILLAGE.
THAT IS STILL INCLUDED IN THE
AFFECT STATEMENT.
IT WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT IN
THE PROVISO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN
EXPANSILE BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT COSPONSORED BY HERBOLD,
MORALE US, MOSQEDA AND STRAUSS.
I WILL TURN IT TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
DO I NEED TO MOVE IT FIRST?
>> PLEASE DO.
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 7 TO CANCEL
BILL 19825.
>> THANK YOU.
SECOND.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THIS?
>> THANK YOU.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, AS I
SAID BEFORE, WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO TO SAY THAT NO FUNDS
MAY BE USED TO REMOVE THE
NORTHLAKE COUNT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE UNDER THREAT OF BEING
SWEPT BY THE MAYORS OFFICE FOR
PERHAPS THE FOURTH TIME THIS
YEAR.
AFTER MASSIVE PUBLIC SUPPORT
FOR THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE AND
DESPITE THE DANGERS AND
ABSURDITY OF ELIMINATING A TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE DURING THE COVID
AND HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCIES,
MAYOR DURKIN CONTINUES TO ONLY
GIVE THEM EXTENSIONS OF A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AT A TIME.
IMAGINE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO
WERE HOUSED, AND MENDING AMOUNT
OF BENDING YEARS BEING TOLD YOU
WILL BE EVICTED IN A MONTH OR
TWO EVERY FEW MONTHS.
THE LATEST EVICTION DATE WAS
AUGUST 1, AND WE FEEL THIS IS
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
AFTER WE PROPOSED THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT, THE MAYORS
UNCONFIRMED ACTING DIRECTOR OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SENT A LETTER SAYING THAT THE
NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
WILL NOT BE SWEPT ON AUGUST 1,
BUT THEY ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO
STAY AT THAT LOCATION, SO HE
DOES NOT WANT TO BE PROHIBITED
FROM SWEEPING THEM IN THE LAST
FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WHICH
IS ABSURD.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
PROHIBIT ANY FUNDS BEING USED
TO REMOVE THE VILLAGE -- SORRY,
THIS WAS REBUTTING THE OLD
LANGUAGE, I WILL STOP THERE.
I WON'T REPEAT THE POINTS.
THIS TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IS PART
OF NICHOLS BILL, WHICH MEANS
THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, THEY
DEMOCRATICALLY DECIDE ON THE
POLICIES AND ORGANIZING OF THE
VILLAGE AND DEMOCRATIC SELF-
MANAGEMENT FOR THINGS THAT HAVE
MADE THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES SO
SUCCESSFUL.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY MODEL.
WE HAVE SUPPORTED OTHER MODELS
AS WELL.
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES OF A WHOLE
HAVE BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL AND
SUCCESSFUL VIRTUALLY, LIKE VERY
FEW OTHER STRATEGIES.
WE HAVE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
TODAY IN PART BECAUSE OF
NICHOLS BILL ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE
SPENT YEARS GOING BACK TO 2007
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF
ENCAMPMENTS.
AT FIRST THEY WERE NOTHING MORE
THAN TENSE, AND OUT WITH THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE, HYGIENE AND
OTHER SERVICES.
THE ENCAMPMENTS WERE INITIALLY
NAMED AFTER FORMER MAYOR
NICHOLS, NOT AS AN HONOR, BUT
INSTEAD TO DRAW ATTENTION TO
HIS ADMINISTRATION FAILURE TO
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH CAMPING
PROMISES TO ADDRESS PROMISES.
I WOULD SAY REGARDLESS OF THE
ROLE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND
SUPPORTERS OF NICHOLS BILL
PLAYED, WHICH I THINK IS A
LAUDABLE ROLE, REGARDLESS, IT
WOULD STILL BE FOOLISH AND
CRUEL TO SWEEP THE VILLAGE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A TRIPLE
EMERGENCY OF UNAFFORDABLE
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, AND
COVID.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.
JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS SO WE
CAN HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.
THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE IS IN
DISTRICT 4. IT IS ON SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT PROPERTY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR
VILLAGE.
THE WALLINGFORD NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS WELCOMED THIS VILLAGE WARMLY
THE LAST TWO YEARS AND MORE. WE
ARE HAPPY THEY ARE THERE AND
HAPPY THEY CAN STAY.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROCESS
NOW WHERE A NEW LOCATION IS
TRYING TO BE FOUND. I JUST
WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE
LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND
WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE.
I THANK YOU FOR LEERING UP
CENTRAL STAFF, THAT THERE IS
SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS CHANGED
IN THE EFFECT STATEMENTS NOT
RELEVANT.
THAT HELPS A LOT.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTS
ARE CURRENTLY RESIDING THERE?
>> I AM GOING TO ASK MY
COLLEAGUE TO WEIGH-IN IF WE
HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT HAND.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT
NUMBER OF RESIDENTS.
PERHAPS THAT WAS MENTIONED IN
ADJACENT COUNCILS, BUT I DON'T
HAVE IT AT HAND.
>> OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
LANGUAGE, WHICH IS YOU CANNOT
USE FUNDS TO RELOCATE OR REMOVE
RESIDENTS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IF WE DO FIND A NEW LOCATION
AND THEY ARE RELOCATED OFF THE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT PROPERTY
WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE
LAST 2 PLUS YEARS, WHETHER THIS
WOULD PROHIBIT US USING
RESOURCES TO RELOCATE IT TO A
NEW LOCATION THAT IS SECURED
FOR THEM.
I GUESS THAT IS FOR CENTRAL
STAFF?
>> YES COUNCILMEMBER, THE WAY
THIS WAS DRAFTED WAS TO
PROHIBIT THE REMOVAL OR
RELOCATION OF ANY RESIDENTS OF
TINY HOMES.
NO FUNDS WILL BE ABLE TO BE
EXPENDED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND
THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
>> WHAT IF, THE WHOLE GOAL IS
TO GET PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
IF A COUPLE OF THE RESIDENTS,
IT HOW THEY WERE FOUND FOR SOME
OF THEM AND THEY WANTED TO MOVE
INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, WOULD
WE NOT BE ABLE TO USE RESOURCES
TO HELP GET THEM INTO THE
PERMANENT HOUSING WITH THIS
LANGUAGE?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS
CORRECT.
RELOCATING A TINY HOME VILLAGE
IS NOT WHAT WE CALL ACCEPTING
SOMEONE INTO A HOUSING PROGRAM.
TYPICALLY IF YOU WERE TO
RECEIVE RAPID REHOUSING, THAT
MIGHT INCLUDE ASSISTANCE TO
MOVE INTO YOUR APARTMENT LIKE A
SECURITY DEPOSIT OR SOMETHING
ALONG THOSE LINES.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WOULD
AFFECT THAT.
>> OKAY.
GOOD.
IF THE INDIVIDUALS WANT TO
RELOCATE, AND THERE IS HOUSING
AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THIS
BILL WILL NOT PROHIBIT US FROM
USING CITY RESOURCES TO HELP
THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
>> THAT WANT TO RELOCATE.
>> WANTED TO RELOCATE INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING OR OTHER
PROGRAMS.
>> I THINK I MAY NEED TO BE
MORE PRECISE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITUATION
WHERE SOMEONE IT WAS ACCEPTED
INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROGRAM OR SOMETHING ALONG
THOSE LINES.
THEY WOULD HAVE THE VOLITION TO
DO THAT.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW IN EVERY
SITUATION YOU MIGHT HAVE A
PERSON BEING ASSISTED IN THAT
ROLE, BUT THIS PROVISO IS
PROHIBITING US FROM RELOCATING
THE VILLAGE ITSELF AND THE
RESIDENCE TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU
ARE LOOKING AT WOULD PROHIBIT
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO
HOUSING.
>> OKAY.
GOOD.
IF A NEW LOCATION, IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT A NEW
LOCATION IS ACTIVELY BEING
SOUGHT, AND SO, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, THE ANSWER MAY BE NO,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF
THERE COULD BE LANGUAGE SAYING,
YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST SESSION
LET'S A NEW LOCATION IS SECURED
, OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD STILL
ENABLE IF A NEW LOCATION IS
FOUND IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER,
COULD WE USE RESOURCES TO MOVE
THE TINY HOME VILLAGE TO THAT
NEW LOCATION?
>> I WILL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT SPEAK TO THE INTENT.
I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK
WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
I BELIEVE WHAT I UNDERSTOOD
FROM WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT IF
THAT'S THERE IS NOTHING THAT
WOULD PROHIBIT THESE DOLLARS
ARE BEING USED TO HELP FOLKS
RELOCATE, BUT THAT THE INTENT
IS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT
FORCED TO MOVE, ESPECIALLY
WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL SPACE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES.
CAN I JUST QUICKLY RESPOND AND
ANSWER THE EARLIER QUESTION?
I AM NOT -- I BELIEVE THERE ARE
14 TINY HOUSES THERE.
>> 14.
>> JUST ONE SECOND.
>> THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> AND IT IS ON CITY LIGHT
PROPERTY, YES, BUT IT HAS BEEN
FOR TWO YEARS AT LEAST AS FAR
AS I KNOW.
YOU KNOW, AT FIRST THE CITY PAID
CITY LIGHT RENT.
MAYBE THAT IS STILL GOING ON, I
DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS MY FRANK OPINION BASED
ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE
MAYOR AND THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT UNDER JASON JOHNSON.
THIS HAS BEEN THE EXPERIENCE
THAT, ANY IDEA THAT SOMEHOW
THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR
ANYONE IS, IN MY VIEW, A RED
HERRING ARGUMENT BASED ON ALL
EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE.
NORTHLAKE HAS CONTINUED WITHOUT
A PROBLEM FOR A YEAR, ACTUALLY
SINCE THE HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT STARTED DEMANDING
THEY LEAVE BECAUSE WHAT IS
PROPOSED, OTHER MAKE IT ON YOU
CITY SITES THEY COULD MOVE TO.
BECAUSE BILL THEMSELVES HAVE
DONE THAT.
BUT THE MAYORS OFFICE, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE
MAYORS OFFICE, HAS REJECTED ALL
OF THEM.
I APPRECIATE JEFF RATIFYING
THAT THEY'D INTENT IS NOT TO
PREVENT ANY RESIDENTS ARE BEING
MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT
THE INTENT.
THEY MANAGED TO KEEP THE
NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T HAVE
HOUSING AND UNABLE TO FIND
HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, THEY
SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE SHOULD THEY
DESIRE.
THAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF
THIS PROVISO.
ESPECIALLY NOT WANTING TO
DISMANTLE THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE DURING A PANDEMIC GIVEN
THAT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL HAVE CLEARLY STATED
THAT ACTIONS OF THAT KIND WOULD
ACTUALLY ENDANGER THOSE
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS THEMSELVES
AND ALSO EXACERBATE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS.
IS OBSERVED THAT THE MERIT WANT
TO DO THIS.
INTENTION WAS TO BE THOROUGH.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
CAME TO NOT LIKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE AND SAID THEY WOULD
EXTEND A NEW PERMIT TO THE
VILLAGE IT IN A SPECIFIED
RELOCATION, AND THEY WERE
WILLING TO MOVE THE VILLAGE. I
HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE
NICHOLASVILLE RESIDENTS WOULD
AGREE.
IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THAT
PARTICULAR LOCATION, BUT NOT
HAVING -- OF THE INSECURITY OF
HAVING THE THREAT OF EVICTION
OVER THEIR HEADS EVERY TWO
MONTHS.
THAT IS THE POINT.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THAT
HAS BEEN THE REQUEST OF NORTH
LIKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE,
HOWEVER, THE WHOLE SCENARIO TO
ME SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY IN THE
FINAL MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
IF THAT DID HAPPEN, THE COUNCIL
COULD BRING LEGISLATION TO LIVE
THE PROVISO FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO WE ARE TO REMOVE THE CLAUSES
SAID UNLESS THE COUNCIL IS
REMOVE, SO WE REMOVE THAT.
SO IF COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO
AMEND THIS, I AM OKAY WITH
THAT, BUT I ALSO THINK THE
INTENT, HOPEFULLY I HAVE
CLARIFIED THE INTENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, AND
THEN I THINK I WILL SEE IF
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
AND WRAP US UP SO WE CAN
COMPLETE THIS PACKET.
PLEASE GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS
IN THE LANGUAGE.
I THINK THE INTENT IS
REFLECTED, BUT I DON'T LIKE TO
USE THE WORD NUANCE, I THINK
THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE IS
REMOVING AND SUGGESTING IT IS
INVOLUNTARY AND RELOCATING IS
VOLUNTARY.
COMMON SENSE WOULD TELL US THAT
IF THERE IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE
TO TRANSITION, INVOLUNTARILY
THEY WOULD MOVE.
SO WE KNOW NOW UNDER THIS WHOLE
NEW UNIVERSE UNDER COVID THAT
WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE
FORMER CONVENTIONAL WISDOM OF
OUR REPORT AND EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WE HAD TO UNWIND AND
UNLEARN AND NOW LOOK AT THE
WORLD DIFFERENTLY, AND SUPPORT
NON-CONGREGANT SHELTER, SUPPORT
SHELTERING IN PLACE, SUPPORT
MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HIT
THE HARDEST, NOT JUST
ECONOMICALLY OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE
HEALTH ISSUES.
SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS,
AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS A
NEED TO CHANGE IT.
I THINK THE INTENT IS PRETTY
CLEAR.
IF THERE IS, THAT'S FINE, BUT I
THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
PUT TOGETHER AND THE INTENT
ABOUT NOT INVOLUNTARILY
REMOVING PEOPLE, IT IS CLEAR
THAT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE
RELOCATING, IT WOULD BE THE
PREMISED ON THE FACT THAT THEY
HAVE A BETTER PLACE TO GO AND
IT IS VOLUNTARY.
THIS WILL UNFOLD AS TIME MOVES
ON, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE
RESPONDING TO COVID.
THIS IS ONE WAY TO RESPOND TO
THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
CLARIFYING THAT.
IF THERE IS A NEW LOCATION
FOUND THAT WE -- IF WE HAD TO
LEGISLATE AN AMENDMENT, WE CAN
DO THAT AT THAT TIME.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT THIS
LANGUAGE TO SHUT THE DOOR ON
THE ABILITY TO FIND A NEW
LOCATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
JUAREZ YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
I'M NOTHING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
WITH THAT, MEDICAL OR, WE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 7.
>> MORALE IS.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> AYE.
>> 9 IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> EXCELLENT.
YOU VERY MUCH MADAME CLERK.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 7 IS ADOPTED.
COUNSEL COLLIES, THAT MEANS WE
HAVE AN AMENDED VERSION OF
COUNSEL BILL 119825 IN FRONT OF
US.
MADAME CLERK, I JUST WANT TO
DOUBLE CHECK.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM, ARE WE
VOTING ON THE AMENDED VERSION
OF THE COUNSEL BILL IN FRONT OF
US TODAY?
>> NO.
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OTHER
FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THIS
BILL.
WE ARE JUST FOCUSING ON THE NON-
SPD RELATED AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION FOR ME AND THE
PUBLIC.
IN FRONT OF US WE HAVE AMENDED
VERSION COUNSEL BILL 1198 25.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOTH FOR
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND FOR
THE INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT
DISCUSSION AND DEBATE AND FOR
YOUR VOTES FOR THE COUNCIL
VIEWING PUBLIC, WE WILL HAVE A
REVISED VERSION OF THIS THAT
WILL BE IN FRONT OF US IN THE
UPCOMING MEETINGS, AND THEN WE
WILL INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL SPD
RELATED ISSUES BEFORE WE TAKE A
FINAL VOTE ON THE AMENDED
VERSION.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE TWO OTHER
ITEMS IN THIS FIRST SECTION FOR
TODAY.
WE HAVE ABOUT 40 MINUTES LEFT.
AM GOING TO PUT A HARD STOP
AT 1 PM.
WE HAVE HEARD A SPECIAL REQUEST
THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT TIME
FOR FOLKS TO TAKE A BREAK AND
FOR OUR STAFF TO GET QUEUED UP
FOR THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS.
WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK FOR
FOLKS TO BE BRIEF IN THEIR
COMMENTS AS WE LOOK AT PACKAGE
NUMBER 2 AND 3. MADAME CLERK,
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE
RECORD ITEM NUMBER 2.
>> WOMAN 92 FOR RESPONSE TO THE
2020 COVID-19 CRISIS ORDINATES
126000 WHICH DOCUMENTS 2020
BUDGET ACCEPTING FUNDS FOR NON-
CITY SOURCES DECLARING EMERGENCY
AND ESTABLISHING AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAME
CLERK.
ITEM NUMBER 2 IS IN FRONT OF US.
I THINK FOR THE RECORD I WILL
MOVE COUNSEL BILL 119824. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> WE CONSIDER COUNSEL BILL
119824.
THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF
AMENDMENTS, INCLUDING CONSENT
AGENDA THAT IS RELATIVELY
SMALL.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ALLIE TO
WALK US THROUGH THE CONSENT
AGENDA HERE FOR COUNSEL BILL 11
9824.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION
OF A CONSENT PACKAGE FOR THE
TWO AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO
COUNSEL BILL 119824.
AMENDMENTS ONE AND AMENDMENTS 4
TO THAT BILL.
THE TWO AMENDMENTS COMBINED USE
THE TOTAL SAVINGS IDENTIFIED
FROM THE FUNDING FOR THE HOTEL
FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND ARE
NOT IN CONFLICT.
AMENDMENT ONE ORIGINALLY
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQEDA AND JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, SAWANT,
DAN STRAUSS WOULD USE ABOUT $1
MILLION FROM THE SAVINGS TO
INCREASE FUNDING IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE
CITIES PORTION OF COST FOR NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER AND OPPOSES
A PROVISO ON THOSE FUNDS.
AMENDMENT 4, WHICH WAS
ORIGINALLY SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, AND IS
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
LEWIS, PEDERSON AND STRAUSS
WOULD ADD $100,000 TO HST
BUDGET TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO
ADDRESS SOCIAL ISOLATION IN
SENIORS AND IN IMPOSES A
PROVISO ON THOSE FUNDS.
>> MORALE IS.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERBOLD?
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> AYE.
COULD YOU CALL COUNCILMEMBER
HOLD ONE MORE TIME?
>> YES.
>> 9 FIGHT IN FAVOR AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAME
CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
CONSENT PACKAGE IS ADOPTED.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL
AMENDMENTS TO THIS BILL.
>> THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO
AMENDMENTS OPPOSED TO COUNSEL
BILL 119824.
SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO COUNTABLE
119 818.
>> WONDERFUL.
CONGRATULATIONS ALL.
THAT WAS VERY EFFICIENT.
MEDICAL OR, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
NUMBER THREE.
>> COUNTABLE 119818 MEMO
ORDINATES 126000 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2020 BUDGET INCLUDING THE
2020 TO 2025 CAPITOL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CHANGING
APPROPRIATE TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS, AND FOR VARIOUS FUNDS
IN THE BUDGET, ADDING NEW CIP
PROJECTS AND REVISING PROJECT
ALLOCATIONS FOR CERTAIN
PROJECTS IN THE 2020 THROUGH
2025 CIP ABROGATING POSITIONS
MODIFYING POSITIONS AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN KAYAKS ALL BY THREE-
QUARTER VOTE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
OFFICIALLY MOVED IN FRONT OF
US.
I WILL MOVE TO CONSIDER COUNSEL
BILL 119818.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS THEY MOVED AND
SECONDED.
WE NOW HAVE COUNSEL BILL 11
NINE 118 IN FRONT OF US.
THERE IS A CONSENT PACKAGE. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO ALLIE TO
WALK US THROUGH THE CONSENT
PACKAGE IN FRONT OF US.
>> THANK YOU.
THE CONSENT PACKAGE FOR COUNSEL
BILL 11981 A INCLUDES TWO
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED
IN PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AMENDMENT ONE SPONSORED BY
ORIGINALLY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND JOINED BY GONZALEZ,
JUAREZ, MOSQEDA AND PEDERSON.
IT WOULD ADD A NEW HIGHBRIDGE
CIP PROJECT.
THE CONSENT PACKAGE ALSO
INCLUDES AMENDMENT 5 SPONSORED
ORIGINALL BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND JOINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
LEWIS, MORELS, MOSQEDA, SAWANT
AND PEDERSON WOULD ADD $400,000
OF, FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
FUND TO THE FORTUNES WHERE
REDESIGN CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW IS THE TIME IF YOU HAVE ANY
CONCERNS WITH THE CONSENT
PACKAGE IN FRONT OF US.
RELATIVELY SHORT, INCLUDES
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AND
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5. OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANY
OF THE PIECES IN THE CONSENT
PACKAGE?
OKAY.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE ROBUST
DISCUSSION ON THESE AMENDMENTS
IN OUR LAST FEW MEETINGS.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
SEEING NINE.
MADAME CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT PACKAGE
TO COUNSEL BILL 119818.
>> MORALE IS.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> YES.
>> 9 FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES ON THE
CONSENT PACKAGE THAT IS
ADOPTED.
WILL NOW CONSIDER AMENDMENTS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTES STARTING WITH
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
TURN IT BACK IT OVER TO ALLIE.
>> THANK YOU.
A MEMO TO TO COUNTABLE WOMAN 90
WHEN A SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON JOINED
BY HERBOLD, JUAREZ STRAUSS
WOULD USE FUND BALANCE IN THE
PETITION FUND TO RESTORE ABOUT
1.5 MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDING
FOR NEW SIDEWALKS ON NORTHEAST
BETWEEN NORTH THE 70th AND
NORTHEAST 77th STREET FOR
INTERSECTION RECONFIGURATION AT
SANDPOINT WAY NORTHEAST AND
NORTHEAST 74th STREET AND FOR
COSTING IMPROVEMENTS AT
SANDPOINT WAY AND NORTHEAST
77th STREET AND SANDPOINT WAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON,
COSPONSORED BY HERBOLD, JUAREZ
AND STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS
AMENDMENT?
>> WE DID ADDRESS THIS A
COUPLE OF TIMES.
I WILL JUST BRING EVERYBODY A
REMINDER HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE COSPONSORS.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REJECT THE
MAYORS PROPOSAL TO PAUSE VITAL
WORK ON THE SORELY NEEDED
SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS AND OTHER
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO
SAFELY CONNECT 1000 LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS TO SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES ALONG SANDPOINT
LANE NORTHEAST.
THE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS
ARE NEEDED NOW TO MEET THE
GOALS OF THREE CITY GOVERNMENT
INITIATIVES, VISION ZERO,
MASTER PLAN AND SAVE HOUSE AND
SCHOOL PROGRAM HELPING TO
SAFELY CONNECT US OF THE
CHILDREN TO SANDPOINT WAY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT WILL ALSO HELP CONNECT
SCORES OF CYCLISTS, BIKING FROM
THE TRAIL TO MADISON PARK.
FUNDS TO ON PAUSE THIS PROJECT
WILL BE FOUND IN THE UNRESERVED
FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND.
THIS HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY
DRIVEN PROJECT FOR YEARS, AND
THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY UPSET
WHEN THEY LEARNED IT WOULD BE
PAUSED.
THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THAT
COMMUNITY INPUT TO ON PAUSE IT.
SO I HOPE WE CAN SUPPORT THIS
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE
NEED TO OFFICIALLY MOVE THE
AMENDMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFICIALLY
MOVE AMENDMENT 2?
>> YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
AMENDMENT 2 TO AMEND CB 119818.
>> THINK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
. IT IS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE
PRIME SPONSOR.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
I WANT TO SAY, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON, YOU ANSWER MY
QUESTION, THE CONCERN I HAD
ABOUT HOW THIS APPLIES TO THE
VARIOUS PROJECTS ACROSS THE
CITY.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING
THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FOLKS
WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
NOT JUST A PLACE TO LIVE AND
SANDPOINT, BUT THAT IS A
WALKABLE AND LIVABLE PLACE.
APPRECIATE THAT AND SUPPORTED
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
I SEE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> MORALES
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> YES.
>> 9 IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 IS ADOPTED.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, AMENDMENT
NUMBER THREE.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ENJOY BY PEDERSON AND
SAWANT WOULD ADD $250,000 TO
THE BEACH RESTORATION PROGRAM
CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR
SHORELINE IMPROVEMENTS AT BE'ER
SHEVA PARK PARK AND CUT
$250,000 IN SALARY SAVINGS IN
úTHE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COSPONSORED BY PEDERSON AND
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT
THREE?
BY MOVING THEM A THREE TO
COUNSEL BILL 11981 A.
>> I WILL SECOND IT.
IT IS THEY MOVED AND SECONDED.
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO
THIS.
>> SURE.
WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
SO I WILL BE BRIEF.
BUT THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES
FUNDING FOR THE BE'ER SHEVA
PARK PARK SHORELINE RESTORATION
PROJECT . THE COMMUNITY HAS
DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
WORK FOR SEVERAL YEARS ON THIS
PROJECT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IN
EQUITY AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS
ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS FUNDING WOULD ALLOW THE
COMMUNITY TO COMPLETE THE FIRST
PART OF THEIR PARKING PERMIT
PROJECT BY SUPPORTING THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BEACH
SHORELINE AND PUTTING THE BEACH
BACK. AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES
TO JOIN ME.
>> VERY CLEVER.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE
IN FRONT OF US THAT IS BEEN
DESCRIBED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON OKAY.
ENTHUSIASTIC COSPONSOR.
I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT FOR THE
RECORD SINCE WE ARE ALL ON
VIDEO AND ZOOM.
HE IS GIVING IT THE THUMBS UP
AND SMILING.
ASIDE ABOUT THIS.
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE
ROLL ON AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> AYE.
>> 9 IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE IS
ADOPTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ONTO AMENDMENT
NUMBER FOUR.
>> THANK YOU.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ENJOYED BY JUAREZ AND
LEWIS WOULD CUT $100,000 IN HSD
BUDGET FOR A COMMUNITY HEALTH
ENGAGEMENT LOCATION ALSO
REFERRED TO AS THE CHEL AND
WOULD ADD THAT MONEY TO FINANCE
GENERAL TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF
THE FUNDING THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS ADDED IN PREVIOUS BUDGETS
FOR THE CHEL INTO ONE
LOCATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT
NUMBER FOUR?
>> YES PLEASE.
I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED.
I WILL SECOND IT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR SPONSORED
BY HERBOLD INCLUDES COSPONSORS
JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO DESCRIBE A?
>> SURE.
BRIEFLY ADDING TO THE COMMENTS,
I THINK THIS WAS POTENTIALLY AN
ACCOUNTING ERROR.
I DON'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE THAT
THE EXECUTIVE INTENTION ONLY
REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
PROVIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
, BY $100,000, AND APPRECIATE
THE ONGOING COMMITMENT TO THIS
PROJECT.
THIS INQUIRY ABOUT THE FUNDING
HAS ALLOWED US TO BEGIN TO
INQUIRE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE
PROJECT AS WELL. AND I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING BOTH
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES, THE CITY
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
TO COME ENJOY MY COMMITTEE IN
EARLY AUGUST.
WHAT WE LAST NEW IS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS GOING
TO FORM A COMMUNITY PLANNING
GROUP TO PROVIDE MORE
OPERATIONAL DETAILS, LOCATION
CRITERIA AND PROPOSE TIMELINES
FOR CITING THE TWO CHEL, ONE
INSIDE AND ONE OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE.
NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
ABOUT LOCATIONS . WHAT I AM
HEARING NOW IS THAT WE MAY BE
MOVING AWAY FROM A NEED TO CITE
THESE, BUT WE MAY INSTEAD BE
LOOKING AT CONTRACT-BASED
DECISIONS TO FIND ORGANIZATIONS
WHO ARE ALREADY DOING WORK WITH
THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION AND
ENSURING THAT THEY ARE USING
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS
HEROIN AND OPIOID ADDICTION,
INCLUDING THE SAME STRATEGIES
THAT WE HAVE CONTEMPLATED WITH
CHEL, INCLUDING SAFE INJECTION
PRACTICES.
SO MORE IS TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT
IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT AND APPRECIATE YOUR
ONGOING WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE APPLY A PUBLIC HEALTH LENS,
ANY OF LED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
TO THE EARLIER QUESTIONS WE
WERE ASKING.
THE GIVER STARTED THAT.
COUNSELOR., COULD YOU PLEASE GO
AHEAD AND CALL THE RECORD --
I'M SORRY, COLE THE ROLE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR?
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MATT AZAR.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR IS
ADOPTED.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE'RE GOING
TO MAKE IT ON TIME FOLKS.
WE HAVE TWO MORE AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.
THANK YOU ALLIE.
>> LIMIT SIX TO COUNSEL BILL
WOMAN 9818 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ENJOYED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WOULD
ADD $400,000 FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR THE
MARKET TO MOHAI CIP PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS STRAUSS,
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX,
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX?
>> YES, THANK YOU CHAIR.
I MOVE AMENDMENT SIX TO COUNSEL
BILL 119818.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS
AMENDMENT
>> YES, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR YOUR COSPONSORSHIP.
THIS WOULD RESTORE THE $400,000
TO MARKET TO MOHAI IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT.
MARKET TO MOHAI IS THAT THESE
DOLLARS WOULD MAKE IMPROVEMENT
ON THE DISTRICT CORRIDOR THE
WATERFRONT, BILL TELL, SOUTH
UNION.
I WAS TRANSPARENT EARLIER THIS
WEEK IN TERMS OF THE EQUITY
NEEDED FOR ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
THIS ONE DOES HAVE ALL THE
PROPOSALS.
THAT SAID, WITH THE MASSIVE
POPULATION GROWTH IN THE AREA,
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEEDED
FOR CONNECTION BETWEEN THE USE
POPULATION CENTERS AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A PROJECT I HAD WORKED
ON PREVIOUSLY. THIS FUNDING
THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT
TODAY IS THE LAST SET OF FUNDING
TO MAKE THE ENTIRE PROJECT GO.
MARKET TO MOHAI IS MOSTLY
FUNDED BY PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBERS STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD?
>> YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE ENVISIONED BY
MARKET TO MOHAI, ARE IMPORTANT
FOR REALIZING OUR PLANS IN
MAKING SURE WE HAVE ATTRACTIVE
WELL SUPPORTED AND
COMPREHENSIVE PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIONS ALL OVER THE CITY.
I WOULD ADD, IT IS HARD TO
THINK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW IN THE
MIDST OF A CRUSHING ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN THAT HAS ESSENTIALLY
SHUT OFF MOST TOURISM TO THE
CITY, SHUT OFF CRUISE SHIPS
COMING TO THE CITY, BUT THERE
IS GOING TO BE A TIME WHEN WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE A RETURN OF
TOURISM THROUGH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
THERE WILL BE A BIG NEW
CENTERPIECE OF A WATERFRONT
PARK.
THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL
CONNECTION.
I THINK A BIG PART OF OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AS A CITY
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO
BE IN A POSITION WHERE MOHAI,
ONE OF THE CULTURAL GEMS OF THE
CITY IN SOUTH LAKE UNION, IS
CONNECTED TO PIKE PLACE MARKET,
ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE CIVIC
INSTITUTIONS AND TOURIST
DESTINATIONS AND THE NEW
WATERFRONT PARK.
AND THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
BETWEEN THOSE, NOT BY DRIVING,
OR NOT BY CARS, BUT THEY ARE
GETTING THERE BY TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN OPPORTUNITIES THAT
ARE CREATED BY THIS MARKET TO
MOHAI INVESTMENT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO
LOSE SIGHT TO THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO COME OUT ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF COVID.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THAT IS
GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY PEOPLE
COMING TO THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF
SEATTLE AND ENJOYING THE
AMENITIES IN THIS CORRIDOR.
THE MORE WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT
DOWNTOWN A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE,
THE BETTER IT IS GOING TO BE
FOR OUR RECOVERY.
FULLY SUPPORT THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HIS
INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON THIS
FROM HIS PREVIOUS ROLE WORKING
FOR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
VOTING FOR THIS TODAY.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GO AHEAD.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY WANTED
TO ALSO SIGNAL MY SUPPORT FOR
THIS.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN YEARS OF
WORK BY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY ON ADVANCING THIS
PROJECT, AND IT IS PRETTY FAR
DOWN THE PATH.
I THINK PULLING BACK AT THIS
POINT WOULD JUST BE REALLY
UNFORTUNATE. AND I THINK WOULD
HAVE THE EFFECT OF POTENTIALLY
COUNSELING OUT THE EFFORT AS A
WHOLE.
I DO THINK THERE IS THE DANGER
OF SETTING PRECEDENT HERE.
COMPLETELY NEGATING THE HARD
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THIS
SPACE TO FINALLY CREATE THIS
LINK.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROJECT
IS THAT THERE ARE INVESTMENTS
HERE THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HISTORY OF THIS CONNECTION,
INCLUDING THE CULTURAL HISTORY
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THIS
AREA AND OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT
EXISTED IN THIS AREA BEFORE WE
SEE THE SHAPE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS TAKEN CURRENTLY.
LASTLY, I WILL SAY THERE ARE
MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS HERE. THERE ARE
THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS,
WHICH IS PART OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY ASPECTS, BUT THERE ARE
OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY
ELEMENTS TO THIS PROJECT,
INCLUDING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING,
AND VISIBILITY OF THE AREA TO
INCREASE THE FEELING OF SAFETY
FOR PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH.
I KNOW THE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS CAN PLAY
INTO AND PROMOTE THE LONG-TERM
STRATEGY AROUND ECONOMIC
RECOVERY FROM COVID-19, BUT I
ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO STAY ON THE RECORD, AS
I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS
AND STRAUSS ARE FAMILIAR WITH,
THAT THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE
THERE IS A LOT MORE RESIDENTS
LIVING CURRENTLY, AND IN A
PERIOD OF COVID WERE PEOPLE ARE
TELEWORKING AND LOOKING FOR
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SPACE TO
CONTINUE TO GET OUTSIDE IN A
SAFE WAY, I THINK THIS IS A
LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR THOSE
EFFORTS AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
IT.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>>
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE HOPEFUL
WORS IN CENTERING HOW THIS
PROJECT WORKS.
AS YOU SAID, THIS IS THE LAST
STEP IN THE LAST BIT OF FUNDING
REALLY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CALL OUT
JOHN PEARSON, OUR LOCAL ROCKET
SCIENTIST ACTUAL ROCKET
SCIENTIST WHO HAS PUT ALL OF
THIS WORK TOGETHER AND BROUGHT
SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS SEATTLE
TOGETHER TO SEE THIS WALK AWAY.
MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS A MEMBER STRAUSS FOR THOSE
COMMENTS.
I ALSO WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
I THINK IT STILL, WE DID NOT
HAVE THE CHANCE FOR ON CENTRAL
PARK LIKE AREA IN THAT REGION.
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE
IT MORE WALKABLE, LIVABLE CITY
FOR EVERYONE IS HELPFUL.
AS WE EXPAND A PARKLIKE SETTING
ALONG THE WATERFRONT, WE KNOW
MORE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
CITY, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, WILL
BE ACCESSING THIS AREA AND
EVERY WHERE IT CONNECTS TO.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THIS.
COUNSELOR, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER SIX?
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> YES .
>> NINE IN FAVOR NINE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX IS ADOPTED.
LAST AMENDMENT IN OUR PACKAGE
HERE. COULD YOU PLEASE WALK US
THROUGH AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT?
>> AMENDMENT EIGHT COUNSEL BILL
119818 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS LEWIS
AND MOSQEDA WOULD ADD 777
THOUSAND DOLLARS -- EXCUSE ME,
$777,000 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
FUND FOR THE THOMAS STREET
REDESIGN CIP PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
úYOU LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT
EIGHT?
>> YES.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
I MOVE AMENDMENT EIGHT COUNSEL
BILL WOMAN 9818.
>> GREAT.
I WILL SECOND THAT.
LIMIT EIGHT IS NOW BEFORE US
SPONSORED BY COUNSEL MEMBER
STRAUSS AND COSPONSORED BY
LEWIS AND MOSQEDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SPEC
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQEDA.
I WILL KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF
BRIEFER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AS
A REMINDER, STATE ROUTE 99
TRANSFER TO TUNNEL, HARRISON,
JOHN ED THOMAS RECONNECTED
ACROSS WHAT WAS THEN AURORA.
THOMAS STREET IS THE PEDESTRIAN
STREET THAT WAS DESIGNATED OF
THOSE THREE. THE STRICT CONCEPT
PLAN THAT WAS CREATED IN 2013.
IT WAS VERY OUTDATED FROM WHAT
WE UNDERSTAND IN 2020 TO BE A
PEDESTRIAN SPACE.
TIS THOMAS STREET CONNECTION
IS AN EXTENSION OF THE SEATTLE
CENTRAL CAMPUS BY WAY OF THE
PARKING RELOCATED ON BROAD
STREET AND RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND
THE THOMAS STREET EXTENDED ALL
THE WAY TO THE.
THIS LEADS TO UNION PARK, WITH
THE LAKE UNION CYCLE TRACK,
DEXTER IS THE LAST MILE
CONNECTION FROM TRANSIT TO THE
SEATTLE CENTER.
IT CONNECTS WITH THE C AND D
LINES TO THE SHORELINE.
IT CONNECTS TO ROUTE 40, ROUTE
FIVE, ROUTE 62, ROUTE 28, ROUTE
70, ABOUT THREE, ROUTE 56 AND
CONNECTS TO ROUTE 594 TO TACOMA
AND ROUTE 578. THIS CONNECTION
EXPANDS THE SEATTLE CENTER TO
PUT DESTINATIONS ALL ACROSS
WESTERN WASHINGTON.
LAST YEAR WORKED WITH COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES AND THE MAYORS OFFICE
TO INITIATE THIS PLANNING
PROCESS.
WE BROUGHT TOGETHER 50 PEOPLE
TO DESIGN.
THAT IDENTIFIED THE PUBLIC
PLAZA TO BE BUILT NEXT TO THE
FUTURE SKATE PARK, EXTENDING A
13 FOOT PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK TO
A 36 FOOT WIDE PEDESTRIAN AND
BIKE PROMENADE AND A PROTECTED
INTERSECTION. AS WITH ALL
PROJECTS, THIS IS ONE BIT OF
FUNDING THAT COMPLEMENTS MANY
OTHER PARTNERS FUNDING. THIS
PORTION CONTRIBUTION WAS
PARTNERS WITH THE SEATTLE CITY
LINK, ADJACENT DEVELOPERS,
PRIVATE ENTITIES IN THE
LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
THIS PROJECT IS ALSO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT AND GRANT SOURCES.
THIS IS ONE BIG OVERALL
FUNDING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
AND DESCRIBED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
THOMAS STREET AMENDMENT IN
FRONT OF US?
SEEING NONE.
I WILL ALSO SAY I THINK ONE
REALLY POWERFUL DISCUSSION WE
HAD LAST WEEK WAS THE FACT THAT
THIS IS A CORRIDOR THAT ALSO
CONNECTS FOLKS TO AN IMPORTANT
TRANSIT LINE AND WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE PROTECTING THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR
RESIDENTS AS THEY ACCESS TRANSIT
AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS. I KNOW THIS WAS A BIG
PRIORITY AS WELL FROM PREVIOUS
STAFFER.
I AM EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SEE
THIS MOVE HOUR.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I THINK
EVENTUALLY WE WILL COME OUT OF,
THE HOPE IS WE WILL COME OUT OF
THIS PANDEMIC ONCE A
VACCINATION IS FOUND, AND PART
OF THE MOTIVATION OF ADDING
THESE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET LAST
YEAR AND COUNCILMAN WERE BACK
CHARLETTE THOSE EFFORTS WAS A
SPECIFIC COMMITMENT AND FOLLOW
THROUGH BY THIS COUNSEL TO
PROMISES WE MADE TO COMMUNITIES
THAT WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS
MOBILITY ISSUES RELATED TO THE
KEY ARENA NOW CLIMATE CHANGE
PLEDGE ARENA. I HAVE MY HAVE
GOTTEN THAT -- I THINK IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT
COMMITMENT.
MANY RESIDENTS HAD SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE WERE
GOING TO FACILITATE MOBILITY IN
THIS AREA WITH THE REPURPOSING
OF THE ARENA AND PROVIDING
PEOPLE WAYS TO WALK TO AND FROM
THE ARENA ONCE IT DOES OPEN IS
JUST ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO
FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT TO
ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPACTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE
ARENA PROJECT.
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I
THINK THIS IS REALLY AN
IMPORTANT INVESTMENT FOR ALL
THE REASONS ALREADY STATED.
BUT ALSO I SEE THIS AS A FOLLOW-
THROUGH OF STRATEGIES RELATED
TO MOBILITY IN AND AROUND THE
ARENA.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT
EIGHT.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQEDA.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NINE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
AMENDMENT EIGHT IS ADOPTED.
THE MOTION HAS CARRIED.
WITH THAT, IT CONCLUDES OUR
WALK-THROUGH OF THE INDIVIDUAL
AMENDMENTS TO COUNSEL BILL
119818. ALLIE, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS YOU HAD ON EITHER THIS
BILL OR THE SUITE THE BILLS WE
JUST AMENDED?
>> NO.
THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQEDA.
WE WILL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION
OF AMENDMENTS TO THESE BILLS
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND
NEXT WEEK, AND THEN THE BILLS
AS AMENDED WILL BE BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE FOR FINAL ACTION THE
MORNING OF THE 10th.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
AGAIN, COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, WE
HAVE MONDAY THE UPCOMING
MONDAY, AUGUST 3 STARTING AT 10
AM FOR OUR SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE WEDNESDAY AT 11 AM ON
THE FIFTH, AND THEN WE WILL
AGAIN HAVE A MORNING MEETING OF
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE ON
AUGUST 10 AT 10 AM. THE MONDAY
MEETINGS, AS A REMINDER, WILL
BEGIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
COUNSEL BRIEFINGS.
JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT
START TIME.
AGAIN, THREE MORE MEETINGS IN
FRONT OF US, AND WE ARE REALLY,
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
CONVERSATIONS TO COME ON THE
SPD RELATED AMENDMENTS THIS
AFTERNOON.
BEFORE WE GO INTO RECESS AND
RECONVENE AT 2 PM, PLEASE JOIN
ME IN THANKING OUR CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE CLERKS OF OUR
ENTIRE TEAMS FOR MAKING ALL OF
THESE POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET
THROUGH AGENDA ITEMS ONE, TWO
AND THREE AND ALL YOUR
AMENDMENTS.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IF WE WERE IN PERSON, WE WOULD
ALL BE SMILING AND CHEERING YOU
ALL ON.
THAT WE CAN'T SEE YOU AND
REALIZE, PLEASE KNOW HOW MUCH
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR WORK
ON THESE AMENDMENTS AND THE
BILLS IN FRONT OF US.
WITH THAT, COUNSEL COLLEAGUES,
WE ARE GOING TO RECESS.
WE WILL RECONVENE AT 2 PM FOR
SESSION 2 AND START WITH ITEM
NUMBER 4 ON THE AGENDA FOR
TODAY.
THAT, I WILL SEE YOU AT 2 PM.
TAKE CARE EVERYBODY.