>>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. LET'S
DO A CALL TO ORDER HERE. I
ACTUALLY GET TO USE THIS.
JUST KIDDING, ACTUALLY.
OKAY.
SO THIS IS A FULL COUNCIL
MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18.
THE COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER
AND IT IS 2:04.
MY NAME IS DEBORA JUAREZ .
>> DAN STRAUSS?
>> HERE.
>> TERESA MUST GET A? PEDERSEN?
BACK HERE.
>> DEBORA JUAREZ ?
>> HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SENIOR
DEPUTY MAYOR TO DELIVER MAYOR
DURKAN'S CITY ADDRESS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU
FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES
THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TODAY
MAYOR DURKAN DELIVERED THE
STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS AT
THE RAIN YOUR ARTS CENTER AND
WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE MANY OF
YOU IN ATTENDANCE.
SHE HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST
YEAR THAT WE TOGETHER HAVE A
CITY HAVE ACHIEVED AND THESE
ARE COMMITMENTS OF COURSE WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT
THE SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP OF
THE COUNCIL . INCLUDING PASSAGE
OF LEGISLATION EXPEND RESOURCES
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
CHILDCARE, LEGISLATION
SUPPORTING DRIVERS AND OF
COURSE THE WORKER WENT MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND GIRLS JUST TO NAME IT.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO DELIVER TO
YOU THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE
CITY MESSAGE THE THIRD REGULAR
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN
FEBRUARY IN COMPLIANCE WITH
ARTICLE 5 SECTION 6A OF THE
CHARTER.
THANK YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AS WELL, MIKE.
>> THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE COPIES ARE WE
HANDING THOSE OUT?
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND THE
MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 3, 2020
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGHAVE BEEN
REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THEY
WILL BE SIGNED AND HEARING NO
OBJECTION THE MINUTES ARE BEING
SIGNED.
NEXT WE WILL GO TO ADOPTION OF
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR.
THERE'S IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION IT WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, LET'S SEE.
WE WILL MOVE TO ADOPT THE
AGENDA.
I MOVED TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED
AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
A SECOND?
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> I MOVED TO ADD A RESOLUTION
31934 TITLED A RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING THE TAXATION OF BIG
BUSINESS IN SEATTLE TO FUND
HOUSING AT ESSENTIAL SERVICES
URGING THE WASHINGTON STATE
LEGISLATURE TO OPPOSE ANY BAN
ON SEATTLE'S ABILITY TO RAISE
REVENUE TO BIG BUSINESS TAXES
OR OTHER PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
SOURCES AND REQUESTING THE
OFFICE TO COMMUNICATE THIS
RESOLUTION TO WASHINGTON STATE
LAWMAKERS AND WANTED TO
MOTIVATE THAT IF I GET A SECOND
.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD .
>> IT IS TO FIND A MAJOR
EXPANSION OF GREENVILLE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WORKING
PEOPLE WHICH HAS HISTORIC
MOMENTUM. BIG BUSINESS AND THE
POLITICAL ELITE ARE TERRIFIED
AT HOW MUCH SUPPORT THERE IS
FOR THE AMAZON TAX SO IT IS NO
SURPRISE FACING THE PROSPECT OF
A REAL AMAZON TAX BIG BUSINESS
ANDWEALTHY ARE TRYING TO
MANEUVER AT THE STATE LEVEL AND
GET A BAN AGAINST BIG BUSINESS
TAXES AND IN RETURN FOR THE BIG
PRICE OF A BAN ON THE AMAZON
TAX IN SEATTLE BIG BUSINESS
WOULD CONCEDE TO A SMALL TAX AT
THE COUNTY LEVEL.
OUR MOVEMENT STRONGLY DISCOUNTS
BIG LEVEL TAXES IN ADDITION TO
AN AMAZON TAX IN SEATTLE TO
SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 2907 IN ITS
CURRENT FORM WHICH WOULD
GUARANTEE KING COUNTY THE
AUTHORITY TO RAISE TAXES.
WE ALSO THINK EVEN IF KING
COUNTY WERE TO USE THE
AUTHORITY IT WAS STILL FULL FAR
SHORT OF FUNDING EARNINGS BUT
ANY KIND OF BAN ON BIG BUSINESS
TAXES WOULD BE A HISTORIC
SELLING OUT OF WORKING PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE WITH
ALREADY THE MOST AGGRESSIVE TAX
SYSTEM IN THE NATION.
IN 1981 STATE POLITICIANS BIN
RENT CONTROL AND HERE WE ARE 40
YEARS LATER STILL SUFFERING AND
SO THIS IS A REALLY SERIOUS
THREAT.
LAST WEDNESDAY IT WANTS TO
OLYMPIA TO PROTEST AND MEET
WITH LEGISLATORS TO SPEAK OUT
AGAINST THE THREAT OF A BAN I
WOULD NEEDS TO BE CLEAR THAT
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE REASON
WHY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SO FAR
REFUSING TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE
PREEMPTION AND IN THE BACKROOM
DISCUSSIONS WITH AMAZON AND BIG
BUSINESS THEY HAVE ACCEPTED
THIS HISTORICALLY AGGRESSIVE TAX
ON PROGRESSIVE TAXES ALREADY.
INDEED THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT
WE GATHERED OVER THIS PAST
WEEKEND WHEN MY STAFF WAS
INVITED TO A MEETING OF HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS CONVENED BY
REPRESENTATIVE NICOLE MacQUARIE
TO UPDATE US ON THE STATUS OF
HOUSE BILL 2907 AND I REALLY
APPRECIATED THE REPRESENTATIVE
CONVENING THIS MEETING BUT WAS
MY STAFF AND OTHER COMMUNITY
MEMBERS LEARNED WAS FRANKLY
ALARMING.
BIG BUSINESS INTERESTS NAMELY
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION
AND THE HOTEL LOBBY AND OTHER
INTERESTS ARE INSISTING
ABSOLUTELY INSISTING ON THE
LEGISLATURES INCLUDING A
PREEMPTION CLAUSE IN ANY BILL
THAT RAISES TAXES ON BIG
BUSINESS TO FIND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
THE DISCUSSIONS APPARENTLY ARE
FOCUSED ON HOW BUSINESS CAN
INSULATE ITSELF FROM THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, OUR
VOTERS, FROM ENACTING A BIG
BUSINESS TAX.
THIS IS UTTERLY SHAMEFUL.
IT IS EXTORTION, PURE AND
SIMPLE, TO DANGLE THE PROSPECT
OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF
PROGRESSIVE REVENUES, WHICH WE
ALL KNOW EVEN IF PASSED BY KING
COUNTY WOULD BE GROSSLY
INADEQUATE FOR OUR NEEDS, IN
ORDER TO GET A BAN ON ANY OTHER
BIG BUSINESS TAXES.
IF THE BILL THAT GETS PASSED IN
THE STATE LEGISLATURE INCLUDES
A BAN OF ANY GEOGRAPHICAL REACH
OR OF ANY DURATION, THEN IT
WILL NOT BE A PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE BILL ANYMORE.
IT WILL BECOME THE PROTECT
BEZOS ACT AND A HISTORIC
BETRAYAL REMINISCENT OF 2013
WHEN THE CITY LIMITS LATER GAZE
BOEING THE SINGLE LARGEST
CORPORATE HANDOUT IN U.S.
HISTORY AND IF THE PROTECT
BEZOS ACT PASSES IT WILL BE AT
THE DOORSTEP OF THE DEMOCRATIC
ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, THE
SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR'S
MANSION.
WHAT IS EVEN MORE ALARMING IS
THAT THE LEGISLATURES INCLUDING
MANY WHO ARE PROGRESSIVE ALONG
WITH SOME PROVIDERS ARE WILLING
TO ENTERTAIN PREEMPTION THAT IS
BETTER FOR THE COUNTY TO GET
SOME AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS WE
NEED THEN TO GET NOTHING AT
ALL.
AFTER DECADES OF FUNDING HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDERS FEEL THAT
EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE COME EVEN
WITH A BAN ON ANY FUTURE BIG
BUSINESS TAXES NEEDS TO BE
ACCEPTED.
WHILE I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THAT
FEELING, IT IS OUR COLLECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY AS A MOVEMENT TO
POINT OUT WHAT A TRAGIC BLENDER
IT WOULD BE FOR ADVOCATES TO
SETTLE FOR A TINY FRACTION OF
WHAT WE NEED AND RELINQUISH ANY
RIGHTS TO RAISE FURTHER BIG
BUSINESS TAXES TO FULLY FUND
THEIR NEEDS, AND IS OUR
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AS A
MOVEMENT TO FIGHT FOR WHAT WE
NEED FOR THE MARGINALIZED NEED
NOT ACCEPT THE CRUMBS THAT
BILLIONAIRES ARE WILLING TO
GRANT US IT IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE ONLY REASON
THIS GOT INTRODUCED IN THE
FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE OF THE
GROWING MOVEMENT BUT THE OTHER
THING WE HEARD FROM
REPRESENTATIVE NICOLE MacRI WAS
THE FUTURE OF THE BILL COULD BE
DECIDED AT 5:00 TOMORROW .
THERE IS DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING
PROBABLY RIGHT NOW ON THE FATE
OF HOUSE BILL 2907 AND THE
INCLUSION OF A BAN SO IT IS
ABSOLUTELY URGENT THAT THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL ON RECORD
BY VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION
TODAY STATING THE CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORTS PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS
TAXES RATHER THAN TAXES ON
WORKING PEOPLE AND IT URGES
MAYOR DURKAN TO IMPOSE
PREEMPTION WHICH SHE HAS SO FAR
REFUSED TO DO.
SIMILARLY, MOST RIDGES LECTURES
IN OLYMPIA HAVE BEEN UNWILLING
TO MAKE CLEAR STATEMENTS.
SENATOR JARWIN IS THE EXCEPTION
OPPOSING THE BAN ALONG WITH
TAMMY MORALES, AND MYSELF AS CO-
AUTHORS.
IF OTHER DEMOCRATIC
LEGISLATURES HAD MADE EQUALLY
CLEAR PROMISES OPPOSING
PREEMPTION THAN THIS RESOLUTION
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY.
LAST WEEK OUR MOVEMENT WAS
DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL REFUSED TO
CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION BUT WE
HAVE NEVER HAD AN ADDITIONAL
WEEK AND GIVEN THE URGENCY OF
THE MOMENT I DO NOT SEE ANY
REASON TO REFUSE TO INCLUDE IT
ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND ALSO I
HOPE MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND
THAT TIMING IS OF THE ESSENCE.
THIS RESOLUTION IF PASSED WOULD
BE IMPORTANT BUT IT WILL NOT BE
ENOUGH AND WE NOW HAVE TO USE
EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP BUILDING
A MOVEMENT TO OPPOSE THE BAN
AND IF THE COUNCIL MOVES
FORWARD AND PLACES THE
RESOLUTION ON TODAY'S AGENDA
AND THEY APPROVE IT, THIS WOULD
ADD TO THE WEIGHT OF THE LETTER
THAT WE ALL SIGN AS A COUNCIL
LAST WEEK INITIATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER TERESA MOSQUEDA
OPPOSING THE PREEMPTION AND IS
THAT WE HAVE ALL SAID WE NEED
TO USE ALL THE TOOLS IN OUR
TOOLBOX WITH SUCH A
RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KSHAMA SAWANT .
OKAY PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE.
SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US WAS
BASICALLY COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT MADE A MOTION TO AMEND
THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MOVED TO
SECOND THE MOTION OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT SO WHAT WE
ARE VOTING ON A IS TO ADD
WHETHER TO ADD THE RESOLUTION OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO THE
AGENDA WE LOOK AT TO THE MERITS
AND DISCUSSION FOR OTHER
COLLEAGUES CAN WEIGH IN ON THE
RESOLUTION ITSELF . WITH THAT
ON THE ISSUE OF ADDING THE
RESOLUTION TO TODAY'S AGENDA,
NOT THE MERITS JUST TO ADD TO
THE RESOLUTION, OTHER ANY MORE
COMMENTS LOOKS OKAY.
SEEN IN, THEN THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE AMENDMENT THAT IS ADDING
THE RESOLUTION FOR TODAY VOTE
AYE AND RAISE YOUR HAND .
>> AYE .
>> THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY.
SO WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS WE HAVE
AMENDED THE MOTION WHICH IS
PASSED, AND THE RESOLUTION IS
NOW ON TODAY'S AGENDA, AND SO
WITH THAT WE WILL PICK THAT UP
AFTER WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO JODY OR EMILIA?
WHAT I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO DO
SO I'M NOT PUT IN A POSITION TO
HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU OR CUT
YOU OFF, EVERYONE TODAY IS
GOING TO HAVE ONE MINUTE.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU LINE
UP AT MICROPHONE ONE, TWO, AND
THREE.
ARE WE CALLING THINGS OUT THREE
AT A TIME, JODY?
SO WE WILL DO FOUR NAMES.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, ALL
FOUR OF YOU THAT IS MICROPHONE
ONE, TWO, AND THREE SO WE CAN
MOVE THROUGH SO YOU CAN USE
YOUR MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL
SEE WHERE WE ARE AT IN 20
MINUTES AND IF THERE IS STILL
WORK TO GO BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER
30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
CLOSE TO 40.
WE WILL MOVE TO ADD AN
ADDITIONAL 20 MINUTES SO WITH
THAT JODY DO YOU WANT TO CALL
THE FIRST NAMES?
>> ALEX FINCH, SEAN BUTTERFIELD,
VIVIAN CAMEL ROUSIN, AND BARB
OLIVER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MY NAME IS ALEX FINCH AND I
LIVE IN NORTH LAKE.
WELL HEARD ABOUT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE BACKTRACKING ON THE
PROMISE TO LET HER STAY AT THE
CURRENT LOCATION UNTIL MARCH.
LAST WEDNESDAY WE WERE GIVEN
THE TWO MAIN REASONS WHY.
úTHE EXECUTIVE REPRESENTATIVE
STATED THAT THE CITY WILL NOT
WORK WITH CHURCHES TO HOST
THOSE CAMPS AND THE CITY WOULD
NEVER REACH AN AGREEMENT
ALLOWING A SELF EMPOWERED
ENCAMPMENT TO CONTINUE
OPERATING.
ESPECIALLY IF NICKELSVILLE WAS
INVOLVED. IT MEANS THAT
NORTHLAKE OR ANY ENCAMPMENT
CANNOT EXIST IF THEY DO NOT
SURRENDER THEIR FREEDOMS AND
SUBMIT TO AUTHORITARIAN RULE.
IF THE ORDINANCE PASSES WITH
THAT PHILOSOPHY IT WOULD BE
MORE MEANINGLESS THAN THE
PROMISES OF A MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND
WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO
EXPECT HE'LL.
MY NAME IS SEAN AND I A MEMBER
OF SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF
PREEMPTION IN THE STATE BAN.
PREEMPTION STRIKES AT THE HEART
OF THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO
GENERATE REVENUE IN A
PROGRESSIVE MANNER ACROSS
WASHINGTON THIS IS AN
OUTRAGEOUS PRICE TO PAY UNDER
CONSIDERATION IN OLYMPIA.
SEATTLE MUST DEFEND ITS RIGHT
TO LEAD IN THE DEFENSE OF OTHER
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
HOUSING IS NOT THE ONLY NEED
THAT REMAINS UNDERFUNDED AND WE
SHOULD NOT SIT BY WHILE THE
ONLY OPPORTUNITY 92 FUND
SPENDING PRIORITIES IS
NEGOTIATED AWAY.
I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
OFFICE OF KSHAMA SAWANT FOR
PUSHING THIS SO EFFECTIVELY AND
PLEASE CITY COUNCIL TO STAND
TODAY AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE
TO OLYMPIA THAT THIS IS NOT HOW
WE SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS IN
OUR STATE.
THANK YOU.
>> GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS VIVIAN CORNEILSEN.
I AM BORN AND RAISED IN SEATTLE
AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE LEGAL
WOMEN VOTERS ANDY NORTH
PROGRESSIVES.
I AM HERE AND I AM JUST
HORRIFIED AT THE FACT THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE GOING AFTER ALL
BUSINESSES WHO MAKE 150,000 OR
MORE.
IT IS GOING FOR THE TOP 3%
WHICH IS WHO WE SHOULD BE GOING
UP THERE WHICH IS ALL BIG
BUSINESS BUT THE FACT THAT
THERE HAS TO BE A QUOTE OF 2
MILLION POPULATION OF A COUNTY
WHO HAVE THAT RIGHT THAT IN
SEVERAL YEARS THEY DECIDE TO
MOVE INTO ONE OF THE SMALLER
COUNTIES WE CAN NO LONGER TEXT
THEM BECAUSE THERE IS A QUOTE
PUT ON THERE THERE IS NO OTHER
COUNTY THAT HAS 2 MILLION.
THE NEXT BIGGEST COUNTY WHICH
IS PIERCE ONLY HAS 800,000.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU
TO WRAP UP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE WE NEED THE PLAN OF
SAWANT .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS BARB ALL OVER YOUR
AND I AM ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
OF TINY HOMES AT CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU IS
YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD MORE
TINY HOME VILLAGES TO THINK
ABOUT TWO THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL THE NUMBER THAT
YOU NEED AND THE QUALITY THAT
YOU NEED THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM
NOW WHERE WE BUILD TINY HOMES
THAT ARE MOLD RESISTANT AND WE
BUILD THEM FASTER THAN ANY
OTHER GROUP IN THE CITY.
ASIDE FROM THAT, THE REAL
REASON THAT I'M HERE IS TO TALK
BOUT WHY TINY HOMES MATTER AND
I WILL USE ONE STORY OF MY TIME
TO TALK ABOUT MY FRIEND SONJA.
THIS IS THE DAY THAT SONJA GOT
HER TINY HOMES AT CAN'T SECOND
CHANCE AND SIX MONTHS LATER SHE
FOUND OUT SHE HAD BRAIN CANCER
SO THIS IS SONJA WITH HER BEST
FRIEND LILY.
THESE ARE COMMUNITIES, FOLKS
THERE ARE MORE THAN TINY HOMES.
HOMELESS LIST IS A LACK OF
COMMUNITY AND HEAR HER FRIEND
GIVES HER MEDICINE AND GIVES
HER FOOD AND HOPES ARE OUT AND
NOW SIX MONTHS LATER AND SIX
SURGERIES LATER THIS IS WHAT IS
SONJA LOOKS LIKE IN HER
PERMANENT HOME. THIS IS WHY WE
DO THIS AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED
TO GET MORE PEOPLE OFF THE
GROUND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
DO YOU WANT TO CALL THE NEXT
FOUR NAMES?
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE
LAUREEN K, JANE DOE, ASUKA JAX,
AND ALICIA LEWIS.
>> STATE YOUR NAME AND WHAT YOU
ARE SPEAKING TO PICK
>> GOOD DAY, CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT TINY
HOMES AND I AM A STAR STUDENT
AND THAT HIS STUDENTS TOGETHER
AGAINST RACISM AND A TINY HOME
VILLAGER AND ALSO DO VOLUNTEER
WITH SOUND FOUNDATION IN
BUILDING TINY HOMES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT
TINY HOMES IS BEING IN THE
TRANSITION OF SHELTER AND
HAVING NOWHERE TO GO DURING THE
DAY AND BEING IN THE RAIN AND
BEING COLD.
I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE TINY
HOMES GIVE PEOPLE THE COURAGE
TO HAVE AN AREA AND TO GET BACK
OUT INTO'S START BUILDING
THEMSELVES UP AGAIN INSTEAD OF
BEING SO DOWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PAIN
ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND IF
WE CAN GET MORE TINY HOMES THAT
WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT ?
>> THEY REPRESENT THE INTERSECT
COMMUNITY AND I LIVE IN CAPITOL
HILL AND IMPORT OF THE MOVEMENT
TO TAX AMAZON AND FOR MORE TINY
VILLAGES THOSE WHO ARE NOT
HOUSED AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT
HOUSED IT IS NOT SAFE SO PLEASE
PASS THAT RESOLUTION AND TO THE
RESOLUTION OF SAWANT TO OPPOSE
THE NO PREEMPTION NO STATE BAN.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT?
>> WE HAD JANE DOE AND ALICIA
LEWIS STILL TO COME.
>> I DO NOT SEE THEM SO LET'S
MOVE ON.
>> JON MILLER, JAKE, AND ARE
YOU ALICIA?
>> OKAY.
GOOD.
LET ALICIA GO WHENEVER YOU ARE
READY, ALICIA.
>> YES.
MY NAME IS ALICIA.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE TAX AMAZON
MOVEMENT AND I'M HERE TO ABSORB
THE MASSIVE POPULAR OPPOSITION
THAT WE HAVE TO THE STATEWIDE
BAN.
AMONG LEGISLATORS IN OLYMPIA
THERE IS A NARRATIVE FLOATING
AROUND THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT
THE ADDITION OF THIS BAN SO
THAT IT CAN MOVE FORWARD BUT
WORKING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
IF HB2907 WERE TO MOVE FORWARD
TO RETURNING TO A PROTECTED
JEFF BEZOS BILL AND WHILE
PREEMPTION HAS THE SUPPORT OF
BIG BUSINESS IT DOES NOT HAVE
THE SUPPORT OF WORKING PEOPLE
ARE MOVEMENT AND IN JUST THE
LAST WEEK OUR PETITION AND WE
PUT ONLINE HAS GAINED 2000
SIGNATURES AND 1078 OF THOSE
HAVE BEEN ONLINE AND 1128
COLLECTED JUST LAST NIGHT AT
THE BERNIE SANDERS RALLY. WE
COLLECTED THESE WITH ONLY 20
ACTIVE IS THERE IN A CROWD OF
20,000.
EVERY PERSON WE TALKED TO WAS
EAGER TO SIGN THIS AND I KNOW
WE COULD'VE COLLECTED MORE THAT
WE HAD A STRONGER SHOW OF FORCE
BECAUSE THE 20,000 PEOPLE WHO
WERE THERE CHEERED WHEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ANNOUNCED
THE TAX AMAZON MOVEMENT .
>> I NEED YOU TO WRAP UP.
>> THEY ALSO BOOED . SO WE NEED
TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
>> YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT MORE
SPECIAL THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
OKAY.
SO WE HAVE FOUR OTHER PEOPLE.
DID WE MISS THIS PERSON RIGHT
HERE? I THINK WE DID.
DO WE HAVE NOW?
>> WE ARE NOW ON JON MANILLA,
JAKE BRITZENHOFF, AND ED MASS.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JON MANILLA
AND HIM SPEAKING TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AGAINST
PREEMPTION. JUST TO SPEAK VERY
PLAINLY, WE HAVE A TON OF
PROBLEMS IN THE CITY AND IN THE
COUNTY.
IT IS NOT JUST HOUSING, BUT
HOUSING IS THE BIG ONE WITH A
CLIMATE CRISIS AND ALL OF THESE
PROBLEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE
RESOURCES AND ATTENTION TO
ADDRESS.
IF WE DO NOT GET THOSE
RESOURCES FROM PROGRESSIVE
SOURCES LIKE BIG BUSINESS OR
THE RICH, WHERE DO YOU THINK
THEY ARE GOING TO COME FROM?
THOSE TAXES WILL BE RAISED ON
YOU, SO THAT MEANS AN INCREASE
ON YOUR SALES TAXES AND
PROPERTY TAXES AND WASHINGTON
STATE WILL GO FROM 50th IN THE
NATION TO 60th AND HOW CAN THAT
BE?
HOW CAN WE ALLOW THAT TO
HAPPEN?
I HAVE TO DO TO SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION TO GET IS A GREAT
RESOLUTION AND YOU SHOULD BE IN
SUPPORT OF IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR . WHO WAS
NEXT?
>> JAKE BRITTON.
>> HELLO.
I AM IN EASTLAKE RESIDENT AND A
FORMAL VOLUNTEER AT THE
HOMELESS SHELTER ON CAPITOL
HILL.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE TAXATION
BAN.
A PRIMARY ROLE OF ANY
GOVERNMENT IS TO SPEAK FOR ITS
CONSTITUENTS BY COUNTING FOR
THE COST OF A FROM TRANSACTIONS
WHICH THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY
INVOLVED.
WHETHER THAT BE IN GASOLINE
TRANSACTIONS OR LAND
DEVELOPMENT TRANSACTIONS WHICH
SHAKE OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PRIMARY MOTIVE IS TAXATION.
ANY BAN ON TAXATION CAN BE SEEN
AS AN ACT OF IGNORING
RESPONSIBILITY AND AND ACT IN
OPPOSITION TO THE INTEREST OF
THE PEOPLE.
I SUPPORT TAXING AMAZON AND
OTHER BIG BUSINESSES WHICH HAS
LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF MANY
CITIZENS AND I STAND WITH MS.
SAWANT .
>> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
úI WROTE LETTERS TO THE STATE T
ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS AND THE
SOLUTIONS.
I AM THE ONLY ONE PRESENT AND I
AM THE ONE WHO TOLD SOMEONE HE
SHOULD RESIGN FROM CONGRESS
BECAUSE HE LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE.
I WENT TO NEW YORK CITY.
AMAZON MUST PAY TAXES.
PLEASE CONTACT ME IN PERSON.
THANK YOU KINDLY.
>> THANK YOU. SIR ?
>> IT IS ED MASS.
I AM A HOMEOWNER IN WALLINGFORD
MR. PEDERSEN'S DISTRICT . THANK
YOU FOR ENDING WINTER EVICTIONS.
YES PLEASE TAX GOOGLE AND AMAZON
AND ALL OF THOSE BIG COMPANIES
CREATING WEALTH FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE MOVING HERE AND CREATING
POVERTY FOR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY
LIVED HERE.
YES PLEASE MORE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
HOUSING WITH ALL THE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS HE WILL RAISE AND
UNTIL THAT NOT-FOR-PROFIT
HOUSING COMES PLEASE MORE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES ALL OVER TOWN,
INCLUDING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN
WALLINGFORD AND THEREFORE
PLEASE NO WINTER EVICTION EARLY
FOR NORTHLAKE NICKELSVILLE AS
IS CURRENTLY BEING THREATENED
BY YOUR HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAVE GOT TO WONDER WHICH
SIDE THEY ARE ON.
NO CORPORATE MONOPOLY FOR
OPERATING OF TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE
NEXT FOUR NAMES .
>> NEXT SPEAKERS ARE SHARON LEE,
ALLEN MARTIN, AND FRED CAPE.
>> AND I REMIND EVERYONE IT IS
ONE MINUTE AND I REALLY DO NOT
ENJOY CUTTING PEOPLE OFF BUT IT
REALLY ISN'T FAIR TO OTHER
PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP, STAND IN
LINE, AND EXERCISE THEIR ONE
MINUTE.
GO-AHEAD.
>> I AM SHARON LEE FROM THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING IS DID.
WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROACH
ANY PREEMPTION OR BAN ON YOUR
ABILITY TO RAISE REVENUE ON A
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU YOUR WORK
TO ALLOWED MORE SAFE PARKING AS
WELL AS VILLAGES AND TENT
ENCAMPMENTS THAT WILL SUPPORT OF
OF THE SUBSTITUTE BILL OF
KSHAMA SAWANT THAT CLEANED UP
THE SELECT COMMITTEE VOTE.
WE WOULD OPPOSE ANY SUNSET
BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A
PROVISION FOR YEAR-TO-YEAR
REVIEW AND ALSO THERE IS BUDGET
CONTROL FROM YOUR PART AND WE
WOULD OPPOSE THE AMENDMENT THAT
SAYS IT WOULD HAVE THE SUNSET,
AND WE WOULD OPPOSE A REDUCTION
TO 15 SITES BECAUSE WE HAVE
SUCH A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, AND
WE HAVE SAFE PARKING AS WELL AS
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES THAT ARE
COVERED BY THE ORDINANCE.
WE DO SUPPORT ONE AMENDMENT THAT
SAWANT IS OFFERING TWO
GRANDFATHER IN THE EXISTING
VILLAGES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
SIR?
>> HELLO.
I AM A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT
3. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, FOR INTRODUCING THIS
RESOLUTION TO PREEMPT THOSE WHO
HAVE A MIND TO PREEMPT THE
WORKING PEOPLE OF SEATTLE .
ANYTHING LESS THAN SUPPORT
TODAY WOULD BE PRINTING THE
WORK OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANT THE
GOVERNMENT TO DO HIS JOB TO
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND THAT
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
IT WOULD BE A FOR CLOSURE OF
THE BETTER WORLD TO CLEAR A
PATH FOR TODAY BY CLOSING THE
CAUSE IN HB2907 AND HAVE THE
CHANCE TO SERVE NOT JUST YOUR
OWN CONSTITUENTS BUT PEOPLE
ACROSS THE STATE THAT WOULD
HAVE THEIR HANDS TIED BY ANY
TYPE OF PREEMPTION.
ALSO UNDERSTAND YOUR
CONSIDERING A BILL THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON
LEGISLATION IN PROGRESS
COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY MUST
BE CONSIDERED AND IT IS
ENCOURAGING TO SEE THIS KIND OF
THING IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS
BEING TAKEN THURSDAY BUT THE
BEST THING YOU CAN DO AS A CITY
COUNCIL IS TO TACKLE THOSE
SUFFERING FROM POLLUTION AND TO
PUT YOUR SUPPORT BEHIND THIS
RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS RESIDENTS OF NICKELSVILLE
WE ASK YOU TO RESPECT OUR
RIGHTS TO MANAGE OUR OWN LIVES
SAME AS YOU DO EVERY DAY.
WE DO NOT WANT TO LIVE
UNDERNEATH A PERSON TAKES US.
SHOW US THE SAME RESPECT THAT
YOU YOURSELVES HAVE. LET US BE
OURSELVES.
WE ARE NOT 2-YEAR-OLDS IN A DAY
CARE CENTER WHETHER IT IS CITY
HALL WE ASK YOU TO LET US BE
OURSELVES AND LIVE OUR LIVES
THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF THE
LEWISTOWN TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
AND WE ARE A SELF MANAGEMENT
VILLAGE AND WE HAVE FIRST
RESPONSIBILITY OF HOW THAT
COINCIDES AND COEXISTS WITH THE
COMMUNITY. WE LOST OUR
COMMUNITY.
US, THE HOMELESS.
WE NEED THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS
TO GIVE US THAT BACK SO WE CAN
FOR THAT WE ARE PART OF SEATTLE
AGAIN. WE PROVIDE 24 HOUR
SECURITY OUR RESIDENTS DO SO
THE SECURITY ISSUES HAVE NOT
BEEN RAISED WERE REALLY DO NOT
KNOW OR ARE NOT VALID. A FEW
BILTMORE TINY HOUSES, THE
PEOPLE WILL COME TO THEM. AS
FAR AS THE SUNSET CLAUSE, WHEN
UNTIL THE PROBLEM IN THREE
YEARS INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING
THE VILLAGES IN THREE YEARS?
AND THAT IS IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE HOWARD
GAMM, GRANT McFARLAND, PEGGY .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
IT IS HOWARD GALE.
I SUPPORT THE TRANSITIONAL
ENCAMPMENTS BUT I AM ALSO HERE
TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT IS
NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND THAT IS
IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY THE
CITY OF SEATTLE HAS SUED KING
COUNTY TO STOP THE INQUEST
PROCESS.
THE ONLY PROCESS THAT AFFORDS
SOME MEASURE OF JUSTICE FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
POLICE IN THE COUNTY.
RIGHT NOW THAT IS BEING
OPPOSED.
IT IS BEING DONE IN YOUR NAME
THAT MEANS THERE ARE 20
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER
TWO WERE THREE YEARS FOR AN
INQUEST, AND OTHER HAS BEEN
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY ARE
GOING TO GET ANY KIND OF
JUSTICE OR CLARITY.
I WOULD CALL UPON YOU IN THE
IMMEDIATE NEXT MEETING TO TAKE
THIS ISSUE UP.
MAYOR DURKAN HAS REMAINED
SILENT ON THIS ISSUE.
THIS IS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN
THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR JUSTICE AND THAT JUST GOT
THANK YOU. A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>> THANK YOU, SIR . BEFORE WE
BEGIN, JODY, DO WE UP THE 20
MINUTES?
>> SURE.
>> DO I DO A MOTION?
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION I WILL
EXTEND THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
20 MORE MINUTES.
I SEE NO OBJECTION SO 20 MORE
MINUTES FROM NOW IS 2:56.
THANK YOU .
>> BRENT McFARLAND.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
PREEMPTION THAT WE HEAR BIG
BUSINESS IS PUSHING FOR IN HB
2907 WHILE I APPRECIATE THE
EFFORTS OF JOE WHEN AND A FEW
WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE A MORAL
STAND ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE STATE GOVERNMENT WE REALLY
DO NEED OUR CITY OFFICIALS AND
CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO TAKE
A STRONG STAND ON THIS AND I
WOULD ALSO SAY I HAD READ 2907
AND IS NOTHING ABOUT GREEN
BUILDING STANDARDS IN THAT
BILL.
EITHER THE SENATE OR THE HOUSE
BILL.
A CITY COUNCIL IS SERIOUS ABOUT
A GREEN NEW DEAL WE CANNOT
CAPITULATE TO FORCES THAT WOULD
CONTROL OUR ABILITY TO TAX
APPROPRIATELY AND PROGRESSIVELY
IN THE CITY AND I LIKE TO SAY
TO THE CITY COUNCIL ANY IDEAS
YOU HAVE FOR RAISING
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE IN THIS
CITY ARE WELCOME BUT THIS IS
ONE OF THE FEW CONCRETE IDEAS I
HAVE SEEN THAT ACTUALLY DOES
THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
GO-AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM A VOLUNTEER AND I HAVE A
FEW POINTS TO MAKE AND HOPE YOU
WILL PASS THE ENCAMPMENT
ORDINANCE WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
SOME OF THEM ARE TERRIBLY
HARMFUL.
CYCLING, DO NOT ALLOW HST TO
OPERATE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE OF ENCOURAGED A MONOPOLY ON
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND NOT
ONLY DO THEY NOT HAVE A
GRIEVANCE PROCESS BUT THEY HAVE
ALLOWED LEHI TO HAVE NO PROCESS
AND THAT PUTS HOMELESS PEOPLE
AT THEIR MERCY.
PLEASE DO NOT LET MAYOR DURKAN
EVICT NICKELSVILLE NORTHLAKE IN
THE DEAD OF WINTER SHE IS
THREATENING TO DO THAT ONCE
AGAIN IN MY FOURTH POINT IS
PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE
RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE
PREEMPTION ON THE PAYROLL TAX
AND IS THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE
MEANS WE HAVE LEFT TO STOP
HOMELESSNESS.
THANK YOU.
>> GO-AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
CASSANDRA AND I'M ALSO A
RESIDENT OF KEMP SECOND CHANCE.
MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM HAVE
DONE THE WORK OF BEING HOMELESS
ARE UNEMPLOYED AND OTHER
STRUGGLES IN OUR LIFE.
I MYSELF WAS ELECTED LAST YEAR
AND FOUND MYSELF AT THE DOORS
OF KEMP SECOND CHANCE AND AS A
SINGLE WOMAN I DO NOT KNOW
WHERE I WOULD BE WITHOUT IT.
WHAT I DO SEE IS THE FOLKS
STILL ON THE STREET WITH A
PIECE OF CARDBOARD AND WE HAVE
DONE OUR WORK AND NOW IT IS
TIME FOR YOU TO DO YOURS AND
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO
THE WORK FOR US, THE PEOPLE.
IT IS A HISTORIC MOMENT.
IF IT MEANS THAT THE BUSINESSES
HAVE TO PAY TO GET US LITTLE
PEOPLE OF THE STREET THEN THAT
IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE
MICHELLE BISQUE, KYLE MALONE,
AND ERIC PATTON.
>> WE ARE STARTING ON THIS END.
>> HELLO.
I AM MICHELLE.
I AM A RESIDENT AT CAMP SECOND
CHANCE AND PRIOR TO THAT I WAS
LIVING ON 45th STREET OFFRAMP
AND I CANNOT IMPLORE ENOUGH HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE
EXPANSION OF THESE TINY HOUSES
AND FOR ANYBODY TO EXPECT
PEOPLE TO GET THEMSELVES UP AND
GET A JOB WHEN THEY ARE LIVING
IN MY AND IN COLD AND NOT
HAVING ANYBODY COME WITHOUT ANY
OUTREACH FROM THE CITY TO COME
SEE THEM IS A RIDICULOUS
REQUEST.
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE SAFE
AS A SINGLE WOMAN.
I HAVE BEEN SOBER FOR OVER 10
YEARS TO GET IS A GREAT PLACE
TO REMAIN SOBER.
IT IS JUST HUGE.
YOU CANNOT EXPECT PEOPLE TO
LIVE OUT ON THE STREETS ANYMORE
WHEN WE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
>> GO AHEAD, SIR.
>> MY NAME IS ERIC PATTON AND
I'M THE COFOUNDER OF KEMP
SECOND CHANCE AND ALSO AN
EMPLOYEE OF LIHI AND I CANNOT
EMPHASIZE WITH THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES HAS DONE HERE IN THE
SEATTLE AREA AND NOT ONLY DOES
IT GIVE THE PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS TO A SAFE AND WARM
ENVIRONMENT BUT IT PROVIDES
SHOWERS, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND
THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN PERMANENT
HOUSING.
TO ME IT IS THE SENSE OF
COMMUNITY THAT HELPS ONE
DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND SELF-
ESTEEM TO FACE THE CHALLENGES
OF GETTING OUT FROM
HOMELESSNESS INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AS WELL AS BEING A
PRODUCTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE
PERSON.
I WOULD URGE THE CITY COUNCIL
TO PASS THE ORDINANCE FOR THE
TINY HOME VILLAGES BECAUSE
THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF
HOMELESS OUT THERE AND NOT IN
THE VILLAGES TO GO AROUND.
THNK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
WHO IS NEXT?
>> I AM KYLE. I AM A RESIDENT
OF CAMP SECOND CHANCE. ALL
RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE
INCREASE OF THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES. I MYSELF HAVE QUITE A
STORY.
I AM A EPILEPTIC AS THE RESULT
OF A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
INCURRED ON THE STREETS SO NOW
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH EPILEPSY IN
ADDITION TO HOMELESSNESS.
THIS HAS PROVIDED ME WITH A
FULL HOLD IN MY LIFE AS OPPOSED
TO BEING ON THE STREETS OR I
CAN COORDINATE APPOINTMENTS
WITH DOCTORS, COUNSELORS, AND
PEOPLE WHO I NEED TO HAVE IN MY
LIFE TO DEAL WITH THESE
OVERWHELMING CHALLENGES ARE
JUST NOW THAT THERE IS LOTS OF
OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO NEED
A PLACE LIKE THIS IN THEIR LIFE
JUST TO GET THINGS LEVELED OUT
AND GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE
AROUND YOU. AND I HOPE YOU MOVE
FORWARD IN YOUR LIFE AND THAT
IS WHAT THIS PLACE HAS DONE FOR
ME AND I'VE SEEN IT FOR OTHERS
AND THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
IT REALLY IS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> HELLO.
I AM A TECH WORKER, AND HAVE
BEEN IN SEATTLE FOR THE LAST 19
YEARS.
I HAVE WITNESSED HOW
HOMELESSNESS HAS GROWN IN THIS
AREA RIGHT FROM THE CRASH OF
2008 YOU HAVE SEEN HOMELESSNESS
INCREASE IN OUR AREA.
WALL STREET, CORPORATE GREED,
AND LOCAL CORPORATE GREED HAVE
BEEN RESPONSIBLE.
I URGE YOU TO TAX MY INDUSTRY
TO HELP PAY FOR SOLVING THE
CRISIS WE CREATED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS ARE
ALICIA ROBERTS, BECCA, AND NAOMI
.
>> LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE GET ALL
OF THE FOLKS UP HERE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
OFFICE HAS LET THE CHURCH BE
THE SPONSOR FOR NORTHLAKE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE WE CALL ON THE
COUNCIL BY LETTER OR RESOLUTION
TO INSIST THAT WE NOT BE
AFFECTED THIS WINTER. LET US
STAY UNTIL MARCH.
DO NOT MAKE THE ENCAMPMENT
ORDINANCE ANY WORSE.
IT IS GOOD THAT THERE WILL BE
MORE ENCAMPMENTS AND I AM
DISAPPOINTED THEY DO NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THEM OR TO
ADDRESS GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE
OPERATOR.
PLEASE PASS A RESOLUTION AGAINST
THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO NOT
PREEMPT THE ABILITY OF THE CITY
TO TAX BIG BUSINESS.
WE NEED $459 A YEAR FOR 10
YEARS TO BUILD ENOUGH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE FOR
ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS MONA LEE.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
ACTION TEAM. I WANT TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF BOTH MANY MORE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES AND ALSO IN
FAVOR OF TAXING AMAZON TO GET
THEM.
OKAY.
A FELLOW TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IS
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS A
WONDERFUL PLACE.
IT IS WAY BETTER THAN LIVING ON
THE STREET PEOPLE ARE WARM AND
DRY AND THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY
AND CASE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE
TO HELP THEM FIND PERMANENT
HOUSING.
MUCH MORE OF THIS IS NEEDED.
THERE WAS A CHANCE WHEN HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BUILT NEW
HOLY.
THEY BUILD RAINER VISTA AND WE
NEED TO HAVE MORE FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND WE MIGHT GET THAT IF WE
WERE TO ELECT BERNIE SANDERS
PRESIDENT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME.
>> I WILL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO
WRAP UP.
>> WE NEED TO TAX AMAZON.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR APPLAUSE TO A
MINIMUM SO PEOPLE CAN SPEAK .
>> HELLO.
I AM BECCA AND I WORK FOR LIHI
WITH THE TINY HOUSE PROGRAM I
LIVE IN DISTRICT 2 SO THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
AS LEADERS OF OUR CITY I ASK
THAT YOU HEAR THE STORIES AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE THAT YOU
HAVE TO MAKE A HISTORICAL SHIFT
IN HOW WE APPROACH HOMELESSNESS
IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
FOR SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE
AND AGAINST AMENDMENTS THAT
WILL ONLY MAKE IMPLEMENTATION
WERE DIFFICULT USA RELIES FOR
MANY YEARS TO COME BACK I
CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH IT IS
ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN TINY
HOUSES. THE
>> COMMUNITY, DIGNITY, AND
SAFETY.
I HOPE TO WORK MYSELF OUT OF A
JOB SOMEDAY BUT FOR NOW
NEIGHBORS NEED OUR SUPPORT.
WE MUST WORK IN ALLIANCE TO
SOLVE HOMELESSNESS AND THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
COMMITMENT TO DO JUST THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CALL
OUT FOUR NAMES .
>> THERE SHOULD ALSO BE NAOMI?
>> AFTERNOON WE WE HAVE JUAN
LOPEZ, CHRIS COOLIDGE, TERESA,
AND JOSH CASTLE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS NAOMI AND I'M A
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND A VOLUNTEER AT
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE FOR THE PAST YEAR
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION,
SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY FOR THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE MODEL FOR
EACH DAY I SPEND AROUND THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES I AM IN ALL
OF THEIR IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS
AND COMMUNITY WITH THE
PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING HIGH
SCHOOL WAS BILLED TINY HOUSES,
FAMILIES ATTEND WORK PARTIES,
AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SIT DOWN
FOR WEEKLY MEALS WITH HER
NEIGHBOR VILLAGE BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE WATCHED
INDIVIDUALS BEGIN TO HEAL FROM
TRAUMA, SEE SUPPORT CREATED,
AND CELEBRATING THE MOVEMENT OF
COUNTLESS RESIDENTS INTO
HOUSING.
AND THAT SAME TIMEFRAME I HAVE
ATTENDED NUMEROUS COUNCIL
MEETINGS WHERE COMPLICATED
ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED.
FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
WHAT IS BECOME CLEAR IS THAT
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES THE
CONVERSATION IS NOT
COMPLICATED.
IT IS SIMPLE.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHELTER
THAT SUPPORTS THEIR NEEDS AND
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES PROVIDED
JUST THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, IT IS CRITICAL
THAT WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU
TO WRAP UP.
>> TO PROVIDE THE CRITICAL
SOLUTION WE NEED IN THE COMING
YEARS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST HOLD ONE UP.
>> ONE LOPEZ, CHRIS, TERESA,
AND JOSH CASTLE.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JUAN LOPEZ
AND I AM A VOLUNTEER . AS A
CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 4 I SQ
ALEX PEDERSEN TO VOTE YES ON
THE TINY HOUSE ORDINANCE.
FROM WALKING DOWN THE AVENUE ON
CAMPUS IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE
DISTRICT HAS AS MUCH HOMELESS
AS ANY OTHER IN SEATTLE WITH
THE TOTAL INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
2019 AND ORDER THINGS LIKE THIS
IS NEEDED.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT 47% OF
THE HOMELESS POPULATION WERE IN
SHELTER THAT IS 5000
INDIVIDUALS THAT THIS ORDINANCE
COULD BENEFIT. I MYSELF HAVE
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING
FIRSTHAND THE HEALING AND GROWTH
THAT TAKES PLACE IN THESE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES. IT IS A
EFFICIENT MODEL THAT WORKS AND
THEREFORE I ASK ALL OF YOU TO
VOTE YES ON THIS PROPOSED
ORDINANCE THANK YOU.
>> EITHER ONE.
>> MY NAME IS CHRIS.
I AM CURRENTLY THE PROJECT
MANAGER AT THE VILLAGE IN
SUBHUMAN BUT ALSO A RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE'S RAINIER VALLEY. A
FELLOW OTHELLO IS LOCATED BY
LIHI I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
SUCCESS THAT I HAVE SEEN AS
SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND HOW THEY HAVE INTEGRATED
AND HASN'T BEEN AS PROBLEMATIC
AS MY FAMILY HAD BOUGHT THE
FIRST POP UP.
WE FOUND THEM OVERSEEING THE
SOUTH LAKE VILLAGE AND THE
SUCCESS OF HAVING 24/7 SECURITY
ON SITE AND CASE MANAGERS TO
HELP PEOPLE ORGANIZE AND WORK
TOWARD THEIR GOALS WHETHER IT
BE APPOINTMENT OR LOOKING FOR A
HOME. THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT
SUCCESS.
I WOULD SAY ESPECIALLY OUR
TRANSPARENCY WITH THE COMMUNITY
WITH FACEBOOK AND THE COURTYARD
AT MARRIOTT.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH
THE TINY HOME VILLAGE THREE
LIHI HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND
HOPE THAT WE CAN EXPAND ON
THESE PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I LOVE THIS IDEA OF TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES AND I IMPLORE
THAT YOU ALLOW FOR THE
EXPANSION THAT WILL IMPEDE TO
GET THEM BILLED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
IT IS A GREAT STEPPINGSTONE TO
HELP PEOPLE OVER THE HURDLE OF
LIVING WITHIN COMMUNITIES AND
SETS THEM UP FOR SUCCESS AND
ALSO GIVES PEOPLE A PLACE TO
THINK AND HEAL AND TO READ UP
THEIR NEW LIFE AND SET GOALS.
I JUST WAS PROMOTED TO PROGRAM
MANAGER OF ALL OF THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, AND I JUST
VISITED CAMP SECOND CHANCE
WHERE WE HAVE THIS FACTORY AND
IT IS REALLY COOL IF YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN IT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> I AM JOSH CASTLE AND I WORK
FOR LIHI . I AM A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE. I AM A
PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5,
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL
AND WITH THE CITY FOR FOUR YEARS
IN THE FUNDING AND SUPPORT OF
EIGHT TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
I IMAGINE YOU KNOW MOST OF THE
RESIDENTS ARE HERE TODAY AND
PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM. ALSO
WANT TO MENTION OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED PLEASE DO NOT VOTE
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD MAKE THIS
LESS ROBUST OR FLEXIBLE.
PLEASE VOTE TO NOT REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF SITES TO 15.
DISCOVERS THE CURRENT NUMBER OF
SITES.
IT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES BUT ALSO SAFE
PARKING AND ENCAMPMENTS. A
THREE CAR SAFE PARKING LOT OR A
VILLAGE OF FIVE HOUSES INCLUDED
AMONG THE THRESHOLD.
ANY NEW SITE WOULD HAVE TO COME
BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FUNDING SO
THE CHANCES OF GETTING TO THE
CURRENT CAP IS NOT LIKELY SO IT
IS CRUCIAL TO KEEP THIS AS
ROBUST AND FLEXIBLE AS
POSSIBLE.
PLEASE SUPPORT GRANDFATHERING
IN VILLAGES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOSH.
>> CALVIN PRIEST, BATTERIES,
AND MICHAEL FOSTER.
>> AS MENTIONED EARLIER 22
HUNDRED HAVE SIGNED THE
PETITION AND THIS IS BECAUSE
WORKING PEOPLE ARE NOT FOOLED
BY THE NARRATIVE BEEN SPUN BY
CORPORATE DEMOCRATS IN OLYMPIA.
THEY SEE THIS REPRESENTS AN
ATTACK ON WORKING PEOPLE. IT IS
NOT BECAUSE WE OPPOSED THE 121
MILLION BEEN PROMISED BUT THERE
IS IN FACT NOT ONE REAL DOLLAR
ON THE TABLE YET.
IT IS LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR THE
COUNTY TO TAX BIG BUSINESS
WHILE STILL IN ALL AUTHORITY
AWAY AT THE CITY LEVEL FOR
WORKING PEOPLE.
THIS IS EXTORTION PURE AND
SIMPLE AND IF THE BAN IS THAT
AT THIS BECOMES THE PROTECT
BEZOS BILL.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO GO
AGAINST THIS ATTEMPTED SELLOUT
OF WORKING PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> HELLO. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT
THE RESOLUTION OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT TO PREVENT ANY
PREEMPTIVE BAN ON TAXING.
JEFF BEZOS RECENTLY BOUGHT A
HOME FOR $165 MILLION IN LOS
ANGELES.
HE DOESN'T NEED THESE KIND OF
HANDOUTS FROM US.
HE IS WHAT WORTH $1.73 BILLION
WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO EARN
$200,000 EVERY DAY SINCE THE
DAY JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN UNTIL
TODAY.
THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT HE HAS.
HE DOES NOT NEED ANY HANDOUTS
FROM US AT THE COST OF EVERYDAY
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS BETH REESE AND THIS
IS MY WIFE BARBARA STEELE.
WE ARE HOMEOWNERS AND RELIABLE
VOTERS THAT WE LIVE IN DISTRICT
2. WE DO NOT REPRESENT ANY
ORGANIZATION, AND WE WANT TO
SUPPORT THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD,
INCLUDING OURS.
WE UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE HOUSED
WORRY THAT TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
AND ENCAMPMENTS WILL DEPRESS
THEIR HOUSING VALUES BY
INCREASING CRIME BUT VIOLENT
CRIME RATES HAVE BEEN DROPPING
FOR OVER A DECADE IN HOUSING
COSTS HAVE BEEN GROWING AT A
RIDICULOUS RATE.
YES OUR EQUITY IN OUR HOUSE IS
GROWING BUT SO WHAT?
WE WOULD HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING
ELSE IF WE SOLD OUR HOUSE
ANYWAY AND IN THE MEANTIME OUR
GROWN CHILDREN CANNOT AFFORD TO
STAY IN SEATTLE.
THEY HAVE TO MOVE AWAY IN ORDER
TO EVER OWN. PROPPING UP
HOUSING PRICES AT THE EXPENSE
OF OUR OWN HOUSED BROTHERS AND
SISTERS IS TOTALLY CRAZY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION I
WILL EXTEND THE, THE TIME FOR
FORMER MINUTES BECAUSE WE HAVE
THREE PEOPLE LEFT SO WE WILL DO
OUR LAST THREE FOLKS AND FINISH
OUR CALENDAR.
>> WE WILL HAVE JOE REID AND
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL.
>> THE NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE MUST STAY UNTIL MARCH.
PLEASE. LET SPONSORS WORK WITH
SELF ORGANIZING VILLAGES IN OUR
CITY.
HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE
MY NEIGHBORS A PERMANENT SELF
ORGANIZING SOLUTION?
JEFF BEZOS EARTH FUND IS
LAUNCHING WITH $10 BILLION TO
START.
IT IS OKAY.
HE CAN DONATE $100 BILLION AND
YOU WILL STILL BE ONE OF THE
TOP 10 RICHEST PEOPLE ON THE
PLANET SO THANK YOU FOR PASSING
THE RESOLUTION ALLOWING CITIES
TO RAISE TAXES THAT YOU HAD TO
DO THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE
VOICES IN OLYMPIA TRYING TO SEE
CITIES CANNOT RAISE TAXES.
PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN.
IT ON THE PHONE TO MAKE SURE
THAT OLYMPIA UNDERSTANDS THAT
TO BE FOR THE SOLUTIONS PEOPLE
THINK ARE THE BEST AND NOT WHAT
BILLIONAIRES THINK ARE THE BEST.
>> I AM JOE REID A HOUSING
ADVOCATE.
I WAS HAPPENING TO WATCH
CHANNEL 21 AND HEARING OUR MAYOR
GIVE HER STATE OF THE CITY
SPEECH AND APPROXIMATE HEIGHT
ON THE NUMBER 21 BUS.
COME DOWN AND TALK TO ME.
IF YOU THINK THAT WE ARE GOING
TO FIND ANY HELP FROM OLYMPIA
REALLY ADDRESSING THEIR HOUSING
PROBLEM, YOU BELONG IN OLYMPIA.
WE ARE AT A PLACE HERE WHERE WE
CAN ONLY EXPECT OUR PEOPLE
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US TO ADDRESS
THESE HOUSING PROBLEMS.
THEY KNOW ABOUT THEM AND THEY
KNOW WHO TO GET THE MONEY OUT
OF.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> HELLO.
I AM ON THE COMMITTEE ADVISORY
FOR THE OTHELLO TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE . FIRST I LIKE TO SAY
WE NEED FAR MORE SOCIAL
HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO
I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE
BERNIE SANDERS PROPOSAL FOR A
10 MILLION AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS.
BEYOND THAT, I SUPPORT THE
EXTENSION 440 TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES IN SEATTLE WITH SOME
OF THE AMENDMENTS BECAUSE A KEY
POINT HERE IS THAT WE NEED
RESPONSIBLE OPERATORS OF THE
VILLAGES WHO WORK WELL WITH THE
CITY FOR SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING
PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.
UNFORTUNATELY, NICOLE WILL HAS
PERFORMED VERY POORLY
ESPECIALLY NORTHLAKE AND AT THE
OTHELLO VILLAGE I HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO SEE DIRECTLY AND HAS
BEEN VERY PAINFUL THE ATTACKS
ON LIHI BY NICKELSVILLE .
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S BE RESPECTFUL.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO COME UP
HERE AND LIKE TO SAY THEY LIKE
TO RECOGNIZE THEY ARE ON
INDIGENOUS LAND I ALLOW YOU TO
PLEASE ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK
BECAUSE THAT IS OUR WAY.
THANK YOU.
MA'AM?
>> I AM HERE IN OPPOSITION TO
EXPANSION OF THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE ORDINANCE. ONE OF THE
THINGS I LIKE TO SAY TRULY IS
OR IS OFTEN TIMES THINGS THAT
YOU GET INVOLVED IN IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND IT GIVES ME NO
PLEASURE TO DO THIS TO SAY AND
DO NOT THINK THAT YOU SHOULD
EXPAND THEM THAT THE
QUALIFICATION IS THERE IS SOME
REASSEMBLING OF THIS LAW AND
EVEN THE OPERATION OF THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES THAT NEEDS TO
TAKE PLACE. I DON'T THINK THAT
LIHI SHOULD HAVE A MONOPOLY ON
IT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD EXPAND THE
ROSTER OF THE COMPANIES THAT
CAN GIVE THESE SERVICES TO THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE STRUCTURES THEMSELVES DO
NOT COMPLY WITH BUILDING CODE
AND THEY ARE NOT LEGAL FOR LAND-
USE IN TERMS OF USING THEM FOR
HOUSING.
FINALLY MANY OF THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES WERE BUILT ON LAND
THAT IS CRITICAL AREAS, AND
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
IN THE END I THINK THE PROBLEM
IS THAT THE ONLY REFORMATION
COMES AT THE END OF A LAWSUIT.
>> I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO WRAP
UP.
>> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
IT CAME TO PUTTING HEAT IN
THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
YOUR TIME IS UP.
WE ARE DONE.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE ARE
GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I JUST HAD HEADED UP TO ME
TODAY IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
ATTEND THIS MEETING.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL BE
EXCUSED . HEARING NO OBJECTION
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS
EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING
WITH THAT WE WILL CONTINUE WITH
THE CALENDAR.
WE HAVE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
AND LET'S GO TO PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS . PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> TO PAY CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK
IF EVERY THIRD THROUGH FEBRUARY
7 AND ORDERING THE PAYMENT
THEREOF.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
AND HAS BEEN MOVED THAT THE BILL
PASSES. SEEN NONE NO COMMENTS
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> STRAUSS ?
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> OKAY PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN BACK NOW THAT WE HAVE
AN AMENDED AGENDA, WE ARE GOING
TO GO TO OUR FIRST ITEM, WHICH
IS THE RESOLUTION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT PUT
FORWARD TO AMEND THE AGENDAS WE
HAVE AN AMENDED AGENDA . PLEASE
READ THE NEW ITEM NUMBER ONE.
>> SUPPORTING THE TAXATION OF
BIG BUSINESS IN SEATTLE TO FUND
HOUSING AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES
URGING THE WASHINGTON STATE
LEGISLATURE TO PUT A BAN ON
SIERRA'S ABILITY TO RAISE
REVENUE THROUGH BIG BUSINESSES,
TAXES, OR OTHER SOURCES
REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO
CAN GET THIS TO WASHINGTON
STATE LAWMAKERS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT DO YOU
WANT TO MOVE?
TO ADOPT?
>> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MADE A
REAL MOTIVATION FOR WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF TIMING
JUST GIVEN THE PACE AT WHICH
THIS COULD APPEAR IN THE BILL.
I WOULD REALLY URGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES ON THE
RESOLUTION AND ONE OTHER THING
I WOULD MENTION IS AS I SAID
EARLIER MOST OF US ON THE
COUNCIL HAVE ALREADY SIGNED A
LETTER INITIATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IN
WHICH WE ARE TAKING A CLEAR
POSITION AGAINST PREEMPTION BUT
WE NEED ALL TOOLS IN THE
TOOLBOX, AND I DREADED TO THINK
OF WHAT MESSAGE IT WILL SEND
THE CORPORATE DEMOCRATS IF THIS
RESOLUTION DOES NOT GET VOTED
THROUGH AND GET A MAJORITY YES
VOTE TODAY I DO NOT KNOW WHAT
MESSAGE IT WILL SEND.
IT WOULD BE BASICALLY THAT THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT
ACTUALLY STANDING AGAINST
PREEMPTION.
I THINK IT IS HISTORICALLY
CRUCIAL THAT WE TAKE THE
CORRECT POSITION AND VOTE YES
ON THE RESOLUTION AND BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE LETTER MOST
OF US HAVE ALREADY SIGNED.
>> PLEASE HELP ME OUT HERE.
I THOUGHT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT HAD TO MOVE TO ADOPT
THE RESOLUTION.
DID YOU DO THAT?
>> I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
31934.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECOND AND I WILL MOVE TO
DISCUSSION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
ACTUAL MERITS OF THE PROPOSED
RESOLUTION FOR MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> ACTUALLY HAVE IT WRITTEN
DOWN HERE.
>> IT IS ONLY FEBRUARY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS
BEFORE WE FORMALLY VOTE ON
THIS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD AND I
TOTALLY RESPECT THE SPIRIT IN
WHICH IT WAS INTRODUCED AND IN
WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS WITH YOU
TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT
IN FEBRUARY 10 I WAS ONE OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SIGNED THE
LETTER THAT WE DID SEND DOWN TO
REPRESENTATIVE MacRI AND
SENATOR KAISER EXPRESSING FOUR
HE CONCERNS.
THE FIRST IS THE INCREASING OF
THE REVENUE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT
IS A GOOD START BUT IT DOES NOT
GO FAR ENOUGH TO RESPOND TO THE
SCALE OF OUR CRISIS AND IN
EXCLUDING THE PREEMPTION AND
MAKING SURE WE ARE ALLOCATING
THOSE FUNDS TO ESSENTIAL
SERVICES AND HOUSING IN AN
EQUITABLE WAY AND CLARIFYING
HOW MUCH IT IS GOING TO GO TO
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND WHO
WE SENT THIS LETTER AND SINCE
THAT TIME HAVE BEEN AT THE
TABLE AS A STAKEHOLDER
REGIONALLY ENDING DISCUSSIONS
ON THIS BILL FROM MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY DELEGATION
AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
REPRESENTATIVE MacRI THE
CONCERNS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE
BEING HEARD IN THE HALLS OF
OLYMPIA AND WE ARE ACTIVE
PARTICIPANTS AND NOT PASSIVE
OBSERVERS. WHILE I BELIEVE IN
THE GOOD INTENTIONS BEHIND THIS
RESOLUTION I ALSO BELIEVE THAT
THE FRAMEWORK BASED IN THAT
LETTER AND THE FOLLOW-UP
TRAININGS IN THE TABLE
DISCUSSION WITH THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON
A WEEKLY BASIS HAS BEEN THE
BETTER APPROACH FOR WORKING OUT
THIS POLICY WITH OUR FRIENDS
THAN THIS RESOLUTION WOULD.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT HAVE
COMPLETE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
IN REPRESENTATIVE NICOLE MacRI
AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I
WILL BE VOTE NO ON THIS
RESOLUTION TODAY.
THE SPONSOR OF HB 2907
REPRESENTATIVE MacRI WHO HAS
MANAGED THIS PROCESS SO FAR
WITH GRACE AND FORTITUDE AND IS
A PROGRESSIVE HERE IS THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE
DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICE
CENTER AND TAKES A BACKSEAT TO
NOBODY IN HER COMMITMENT TO
HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
NO LOCAL POLITICIAN CAN MATCH
HER EXPERIENCE AS A SERVICE
PROVIDER.
HER PROGRESSIVE CREDENTIALS ARE
BEYOND REPROACH AND MY KNOWING
HER AS A FRIEND AND AS A
COLLEAGUE HER WORK HAS ADMITS
THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE EXPRESSING
HOMELESSNESS AND HER WORK HAS
SAVE LIVES AND PROVIDED RESPITE
TO PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED ON OUR
STREETS EXPRESSING
HOMELESSNESS.
SHE IS THE PERSON IN THE ROOM
ON THIS.
I TRUST HER AND I HAVE HER BACK
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
IN MAKING HB 2907 THE STRONGEST
BILL POSSIBLE.
I DO NOT THINK THIS RESOLUTION
WILL HELP THAT CAUSE AT THIS
TIME .
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS . IS THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS BEFORE I TURN OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO MAKE A
CLOSING STATEMENT?
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS STATING WHAT HIS OPINION
IS ALTHOUGH I DO NOT AGREE WITH
HIS POSITION BUT OF OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS PLAN TO VOTE NO
I WOULD PREFER TO HEAR YOUR
OPINIONS AND I THINK YOU OWE
THE PUBLIC AN EXPLANATION OF
WHY HE WILL BE VOTE NO ON THE
RESOLUTION.
>> I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO
TAKE A VOTE SO LIKE YOU TO HAVE
ANY CLOSING, SO THAT I WILL DO
A VOTE.
>> SO I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE
OTHELLO PLAN TO VOTE NO ON THIS
RESOLUTION BECAUSE I DO NOT
THINK THAT ANY POLITICIAN,
INCLUDING MYSELF, HAS SOME SORT
OF LIFELONG HOLD OVER ANY KIND
OF PROGRESSIVE LABEL.
YOU GET TO BE CALLED
PROGRESSIVE ONLY IF YOU'RE
ACTUALLY FIGHTING FOR A
PROGRESSIVE AGENDA, AND I WOULD
SECOND THE PERSON WHO SPOKE.
I'M SORRY DIDN'T REMEMBER YOUR
NAME.
BUT WHEN YOU SAID THAT ONLY
SOMEBODY, I'M ADDING SOME WORDS
HERE BUT ONLY SOMEBODY WITH
EITHER BEING COMPLETELY
POLITICALLY NAIVE OR
DISINGENUOUS WOULD SAY THAT WE
DO NOT ACTUALLY NEED TO USE ALL
TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX AND TO SAY
THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS
THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE BILL
AND HAS REFUSED TO SAY THAT SHE
OPPOSES PREEMPTION WHICH IS
SOMETHING SHE NEEDS TO SAY THAT
THE PERSON IS A PROGRESSIVE
HERE WANT TO CLARIFY THIS IS
NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUALS AND
CERTAINLY NOT ABOUT POLITICIANS
HAVE THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR
EVERY REPRESENTATIVE AT ANY
TIME AND ANY GIVEN DAY IS
FIGHTING FOR PROGRESSIVE CAUSES
AND I WILL WORK WITH ANYBODY
WHO IS WILLING TO DO SO BUT IN
OUR CONVERSATION WITH
REPRESENTATIVE MacRI IN OLYMPIA
SHE SAID TO ME YOU KNOW AS A
OTHELLO PROGRESSIVE OUR LIVES
ARE HARD AND THE PEOPLE WHO
SPOKE BASICALLY SUMMED IT UP
WISHES I DO NOT THINK
PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS CAN
COMPLAIN BECAUSE THE LIVES OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE 1000 TIMES
HARDER, AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO
ABSOLUTELY BE FIGHTING AND I
HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE AND I
WILL SAY THIS AGAIN.
IS SOMEBODY WHO CLAIMS AS A
PROGRESSIVE AND YOUR LIFE IS
NOT HARD AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
AND YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING
WRONG AND YOU ARE FAILING
ORDINARY PEOPLE. I DO NOT THINK
THAT ANYBODY WHO VOTES NO ON
THIS RESOLUTION CAN CLAIM THAT
THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN
THEIR POWER TO PREVENT WHAT
WILL BE A HISTORIC BETRAYAL OF
SEATTLE AND THE STATES WORKING
PEOPLE.
>> OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT , FOR
BRING THIS FORWARD AND THANK
YOU COLLEAGUES FOR GIVING
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE AGENDA
AND PUTTING THIS IN FRONT OF US
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND
WITH THAT I WILL TAKE THE BOAT.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION PLEASE VOTE AYE AND
RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> AYE .
>> AYE EXPECT THOSE OPPOSED
VOTE NO AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> NO .
>> THE RESOLUTION FAILS 2-5
AND THAT IS TWO THIRDS.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. WILL MOVE ON WITH
THE CALENDAR.
>> NO PREEMPTION.
>> OKAY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
THE CALENDAR AND THE NEXT ITEM
IS THE REPORT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1 AND IT IS
314445 AND THE STATE OF THE
CITY ADDRESS DELIVERED BY
MAYOR JENNY DURKAN ON FEBRUARY
18, 2020.
>> SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT
MICHAEL DELIVERED TO CITY HALL
WHICH WAS A COPY OF THE MAYOR'S
SPEECH.
I MOVED TO FILE 314445 . IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU WE HAVE A SECOND
AND THOSE IN FAVOR OF FILING
VOTE YES OR AYE .
>> AYE . THE RELEVANT HAVE IT
AND THE CASE IS ON FILE.
LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM
WHICH IS THE SECOND ITEM AND IT
IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT WE HAD ON THE PUBLIC
AGENDA.
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESS STRATEGIES INVESTMENTS
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE.
>> PROVIDING THE TRANSITIONAL
ENCAMPMENTS FOR HOMELESS AND
VISUALS ARE ALLOWED ON ANY
PROPERTY OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY
A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
WITHOUT APPROVAL UNDER THE
SEATTLE LAND USE CODE TO PERMIT
TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS FOR
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AS AN
INTERIM USE WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
>> I WILL ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS SINCE HE CAME OUT OF HIS
COMMITTEE AND ALSO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO KICK US
OFF AND THEN I HAVE A FEW
COMMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT THE
NINE AMENDMENTS THAT WE WILL
HAVE IN FRONT OF US FOR
DISCUSSION SO HANDED TO YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL BE BRIEF ON THIS SO THAT
WE CAN GET INTO THE MATTER AND
GIVE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE
BILL.
I'M GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES
ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE GREAT
SESSIONS THAT WE HAD ON THIS
LEADING UP TO THIS THAT WE HAD
A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION FROM
FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL
AS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND FOLKS
WITH LEARNED EXPERIENCE ABOUT
THE NEED TO PROTECT AND EXPAND
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND THE
SCOPE AND SCALE OF THE CHANGES.
WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SESSION A
WEEK AGO WHERE WE PASSED AN
ESSENTIAL AMENDMENTS ADMITTED
FORWARD FOR THE FINAL ACTION
TODAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU TO I WANT FOR BEING
DILIGENT WITH THE TIMELINES AND
HAVING PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS
DURING THOSE MEETING AND I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING THIS ORDINANCE
FORWARD.
IT IS A TESTIMONY TO THE
STRENGTH OF THE ORDINANCE AND
THE CHANGES THAT WE DID AN ACT
LAST WEEK REALLY DID NOT GO TO
CHANGING THE CORE OF ORDINANCE
AND MERELY MADE A COUPLE
COSMETIC CHANGES AND CLARIFIED
A FEW THINGS THAT NEEDED
CLARIFICATION WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS
AFTER THIS, BUT I WILL TURN
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER ?
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK
YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS
ADVOCATED NOT ONLY FOR THIS
BILL BUT ALSO HAS BEEN FIGHTING
FOR OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AND
FOR HOUSING JUSTICE ALL THESE
YEARS.
MANY OF THEM PRECEDING MY TIME
IN SEATTLE AND A SPECIAL THANKS
TO NICKELSVILLE AND THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE FOR
SPEARHEADING THE WORK THAT
EVENTUALLY BECAME TINY HOMES.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS I HOPE YOU
ALL KNOW, THIS BILL EXPANDS
OPTIONS FOR AND REMOVES
OBSTACLES TO ESTABLISHING TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES IN SEATTLE BUT
ALSO IS RELEVANT TO SAFE
PARKING SPACES AND OTHER
SANCTIONED HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS.
TINY VILLAGES HAVE BEEN ONE OF
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL HOMELESS
SERVICES THE BEEN CREATED IN
OUR CITY.
THEY ARE DECIDEDLY THE MOST
HUMANE, THE MOST RESPECTFUL TO
OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AND HAVE
ONE OF THE BEST TRACK RECORDS
IN HELPING PEOPLE TO FIND
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE SELF MANAGED MODEL HOMES
HOMELESS PEOPLE FORM COMMUNITY
AND REALLY ABANDON THE
ISOLATION OF THE STREETS. IN
THE PUBLIC HEARING LAST FALL WE
HEARD TESTIMONY OF HOMELESS
PEOPLE COURAGEOUSLY SHARING
PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT HOW TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES HELP THEM GET
SAFE, CLEAN AND SOBER, GET THE
DIGNITY, AND BEGIN TO MANAGE
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, HELP
THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND FIND
HOUSING.
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE
DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER
TO MAKE IT EASIER AND NOT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO SET UP
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES WHICH
INCLUDES PROVIDING EVERY
ASSISTANCE POSSIBLE TO TINY
HOUSE COMMUNITY PROVIDERS WHO
WORK ON SHOESTRING BUDGETS AND
DO NOT NEED ANY MORE OBSTACLES.
THEY NEED IT TO BE EASIER FOR
THEM TO DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THAT MEANS REMOVING THE RED TAPE
THAT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WHICH
THIS BILL WILL DO MINUS SOME OF
THE BAD AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
BEING PROPOSED AND FIGHT FOR
FUNDING TO EXPAND LEDGES AND
PROVIDE THEM WITH SERVICES LIKE
CASEMENT. DOES NOT PROVIDE THE
FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL TINY
HOME VILLAGES.
WE WILL NEED TO FIGHT FOR THAT
FUNDING IN THE BUDGET THIS FILE
. WE SHOULD NOT CONFUSE THE TWO
THINGS, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT A
TINY HOUSE IS CERTAINLY FAR
BETTER THAN HAVING A TENT AND
WE NEED TO SUPPORT EVERY EFFORT
TO REPLACE TENS A TINY HOUSE
BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH MAKING
THAT A CONDITION TO GET A
PERMIT BECAUSE PUTTING THAT
OBSTACLE IN THE WAY DOES NOT
HELP ANYONE TO GO FROM A TENT
TO A TINY HOUSE.
IT ONLY MAKES IT HARDER BECAUSE
WHAT HOMELESS SERVICE WRITER
WILL PUT UP A TINY HOUSE AND
UNSANCTIONED INCOME FROM IT.
NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
REMOVE THE OBSTACLES THIS
ADDRESSES THE LAND-USE LAWS
THAT CREATE RESTRICTIONS ON
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. THEY HAVE
PROVEN BEYOND ANY DOUBT THE
EFFECTIVENESS, AND I DO NOT
THINK THAT ANY COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBER WHO ADDS MORE
OBSTACLE IN THE PAST CAN CLAIM
TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING
THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
I URGE OTHELLO OPPOSE
AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD CONSTRAIN
OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES. A SUBJECT BILL
THAT IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
CORRECTS THE NUMBERING OF THE
AMENDMENTS AND THE DATE OF THE
SIGNATURE LINE AND SO ON AND SO
FORTH.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT BUT I AM
BRINGING FORWARD WITH
GRANDFATHER IN THE EXISTING
ENCAMPMENTS AND I WILL TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT BUT OTHER
AMOUNTS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY NOT
HELP THIS BILL AND I APPRECIATE
PEOPLE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC
TESTIMONY ABOUT THE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT I BELIEVE WE HAVE NINE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND I WILL:
TEACH COUNCILMEMBER IN THE
PROPOSED ORDER AS OUTLINED ON
THE TABLE.
AT THAT TIME THE SPONSOR WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE
THERE AMENDMENT AND I'M HOPING
SOMEBODY WILL SECOND THERE
AMENDMENT, OR I WILL.
LET ME JUST SHARE THIS AS
FOLLOWS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT LINED UP.
I WILL JUST LIST THE
COUNCILMEMBER AND WHAT
AMENDMENT NUMBERS THEY ARE ,
AND THEN WE WILL START THE WAY
IT IS LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING
ORDER WE WILL START WITH THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HAS
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, SEVEN,
AND NINE NEW YORK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT HAS TWO AND FOUR.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
THREE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WILL BE
PRESENTING THE AMENDMENT OF
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS FIVE,
SIX, AND EIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU . THE PURPOSE OF
THIS SUBSTITUTE ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT WE ARE HERE IS
BECAUSE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE
IS EXPIRING SO THIS SUBSTITUTE
WOULD EXTEND FOR TWO MORE YEARS
AND THE IDEA IS TO HONOR THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
THAT WE JUST ESTABLISHED
BECAUSE THAT AUTHORITY WILL BE
COMING BACK TO US WITH A FIVE-
YEAR PLAN INFORMED BY EXPERTS
ON THIS ISSUE, INCLUDING PEOPLE
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT WE
SET THAT UP SO THAT WE COULD
HAVE A REGIONAL RESPONSE TO
THIS REGIONAL CRISIS.
THIS WOULD EXTEND THE CURRENT
LAW BY TWO YEARS. IT WOULD ALSO
ALLOW GREATER FLEXIBILITY WITH
THE ONE-YEAR EXTENSION ON
INTERIM LOOSE ENCAMPMENT
PERMITS AND ALSO INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF INTERIM USE
ENCAMPMENT FROM THREE, WHICH IS
THE CORRECT NUMBER UNDER THE
CURRENT LAW, UP TO 15 IS JUST A
REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC THERE IS
NO LIMIT ON THE ACCESSORY
PERMITS.
THIS IS BEST FOR THEM USE BUT
AGAIN IT IS INCREASING IT FROM
THREE UP TO 15.
REALISTICALLY THERE ARE SEVERAL
THAT WOULD CONVERT TO AN
INTERIM USE.
THIS IS STILL ADDING A GREATER
NUMBER. I GOT FEEDBACK FROM
THAT OTHER COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE LAST WEEK TO LOOK FOR A
LARGER NUMBER.
GOING UP TO 15.
THIS IS MEANT TO EXTEND THE
CURRENT LAW, ALLOW GREATER
FLEXIBILITY WITH THE ONE-YEAR
EXTENSION, AND GO FROM THREE UP
TO 15.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN DID
YOU MOVE TO AMEND ?
>> MY MOTION IS TO HAVE THE
SUBSTITUTE BILL WITH THOSE
THREE PARAMETERS.
>> I'M SORRY.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> I WILL SECOND.
>> OKAY.
A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD RATHER ANY COMMENTS ON
THE SUBSTITUTION? BUT I JUST
WANT TO SPEAK APPRECIATION TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IN
HEARING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK
THAT HE HEARD LAST WEEK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THE SUNSET
ENCAMPMENTS ARE LIKELY TO ROLL
OVER TO BE USED THIS AUTHORITY
AND THE NUMBER OF PROPOSED LAST
WEEK WOULD ESSENTIALLY TAKE UP
THE NEW AUTHORITY.
CARY GRANT THAT I THINK NUMBER
15 IS STILL TO GO LOW AND DOES
NOT ALLOW FOR ENOUGH GROWTH
BECAUSE AS WE HAVE LEARNED,
SAFE PARKING PROJECTS ALSO COUNT
AS TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS AND
THEY WILL COUNT AGAINST THIS
TOTAL.
WE ALL RECEIVED A REALLY
WELCOME UPDATE FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
ACTING DIRECTOR JOHNSON ABOUT
SAFE PARKING LOT LOCATION.
SOME OF THEM ARE HOSTED BY
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS BUT SOME
OF THEM ARE NOT. I WOULD HATE
TO JUST TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY
AND NOT REALIZE ANY ABILITY FOR
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH TO MEET THE
NEED PARTICULARLY THE NEED FOR
MOVING PEOPLE DIRECTLY FROM THE
STREETS INTO SAFE SHELTER WITH
A DOOR AND WITH A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY AND WITH A KEY. THE
THINGS THAT ARE MAKING THIS
INTERVENTION SO SUCCESSFUL IN
REALIZING OUTCOMES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
?
>> I APOLOGIZE.
THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THIS
IS NOT REALLY, I DO NOT
CONSIDER THIS A SUBSTITUTE BILL
THIS IS REALLY A NO VOTE
DISGUISED AS SUBJECT AND SINCE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN OPPOSES
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO
BUILD TINY HOUSE LODGES I WOULD
PREFER IF HE WAS HONEST ABOUT
IT VOTE NO RATHER THAN
ATTEMPTING TO TELL THE PUBLIC A
STORY THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY
ACCURATE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HE
JUST GIVE YOU AN IMPRESSION
THAT HE IS INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF SENTIENT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES UP TO 15 BUT REALLY
WHAT HIS SISTER WOULD DO IS
TAKE AWAY WHAT IS IN MY
ORIGINAL BILL WHICH IS 40 AND
THEN REDUCE IT TO 15.
IS A SLEIGHT-OF-HAND THAT HE IS
ENGAGING IN. IN REALITY, THIS
AMENDMENT IF THIS PASSES IT
WOULD ACTUALLY BE REALLY BAD
FOR THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE THAT WE
ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE
WHICH IS THAT THE TINY HOME
PROJECT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL
WITH SO MANY EVALUATIONS AND
COMPARE IT TO THE HOMELESS
PEOPLE THAT EVERY YEAR AND HAS
NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE IN ANY WAY
WHATSOEVER AND HERE IS A PROGRAM
THAT VERY HARD-WORKING
NONPROFIT PROVIDERS OVERTURN
WHICH IS ACTUALLY PROVIDING
SERVICE AND THE BEST ASSESSMENT
OF THIS IS FROM HOMELESS PEOPLE
THEMSELVES WHO WILL TELL YOU
THAT THIS IS THE ONLY THING
THAT HAS ACTUALLY HELPED THEM
TO GET THEIR LIVES TOGETHER.
IF THIS PASSES IT WOULD BE
REALLY BAD FOR THE UNDERLYING
BILL BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE AWAY
MANY PROGRESSIVE MEASURES SUCH
AS STREAMLINING THE PERMIT
PROCESS FOR TEMPORARY
ENCAMPMENTS, MAKING TINY HOUSE
IS AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT
ZONES, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
PERMIT TINY HOMES, AND IT WOULD
CREATE ANOTHER SUNSET CLAUSE
EXPIRING IN TWO YEARS WHICH
WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE
TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER SEVEN
MONTH PERIOD TO EXTEND THE
PERMIT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMING
IT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TO
START THE PROCESS TO EXTEND IT
AGAIN.
I WOULD JUST SAY IN CLOSING
WHEN MY OFFICE PUT FORWARD
RESOLUTIONS TAKING A STAND
AGAINST THE WAR WITH IRAQ AND
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN INDIA
ISSUES THAT MATTER
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN SAID
THAT WAS A WASTE OF THE TIME OF
THE COUNCIL WE SHOULD BE
FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS BUT NOW I
BROUGHT FORWARD A BILL THAT
WOULD ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS AND WE HAVE THE
COUNCILMEMBER OPPOSING IT AND
ATTEMPTING TO UNDERMINE IT SO I
WILL OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT AND
URGE THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF
WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT . OKAY.
LET'S GO FORWARD WITH A VOTE.
>> POINT OF ORDER.
ú>> 08, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO OUR
COMMENTS AS INDIVIDUAL
COUNCILMEMBERS AND AS A BODY IN
IMPUGNING THE MOTIVES OF OUR
CALLINGS . THERE WAS ANOTHER
PROPOSAL BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS THAT WAS FOR 20 AND SO I
BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS BROUGHT THIS FORTH
IN GOOD FAITH AND NOBODY
ACCUSED COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
LAST WEEK OF ACTING IN BAD
FAITH.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN HEARD MY CONCERNS AND
TRIED TO BRING FORWARD A
PROPOSAL BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE
FOR US TO SHOW A LITTLE GRACE
FOR ONE ANOTHER APPEAR.
>> I AM GOING TO LET
COUNCILMEMBER RESPOND BRIEFLY
AND THAT WILL GO TO A BOAT .
STILL AHEAD, HOUSE BILL 2907.
>> MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS FREE TO HAVE
WHATEVER OPINION SHE HAS BUT I
AM ALSO AN ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTED BY THE
VOTERS OF MY DISTRICT.
MY LOYALTY IS TO ORDINARY
PEOPLE AND NOT AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL AND I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT THIS KIND OF SUBSTITUTE IS
DIRECTED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS
AND IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF
INTENTIONS.
IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT EFFECT
THIS WOULD HAVE AND I AM
PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE
AFFECTED WOULD HAVE AND THAT IS
NOT DEBATABLE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE NINE AMENDMENTS IN
FRONT OF US AND SO I'M GOING TO
ASK THAT YOU WITHHOLD YOUR
CLAPPING.
THIS ISN'T A RALLY I WILL AGREE
AND SECOND WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD SAID ABOUT IMPUGNING
OTHER PEOPLE 'S INTENTIONS. I
THINK WE ARE ALL HERE TRYING TO
DO THE RIGHT THING IN A GOOD
WAY.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH OUR VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT
AND SO DECISION RAISE YOUR HAND
AND VOTE AYE.
>> AYE .
>> THOSE OPPOSED?
>> NO .
>> YOU KNOW AT TIMES LIKE THIS
I LIKE THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT
MOST OF THE TIME 95% WE ARE IN
AGREEMENT.
IT IS JUST HOW WE GET THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
THE NEXT IS AMENDMENT 2 WHICH IS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHICH IS A
SUBSTITUTION AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND PRESENT IT?
>> YES.
THIS SUBSTITUTE BILL IS A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT CORRECTING
NUMBERING AFTER THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE MADE IN THE COMMITTEE
UPDATING THE DATE ON THE
SIGNATURE LINE TO 2019 AND
CORRECTING THE LANGUAGE AROUND
THE AMENDMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR A GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD
. THAT CORRECTION WITH THE
AGREEMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD MAKES THE LANGUAGE
MATCH HOW THE AMENDMENT WAS
VERBALLY DESCRIBED AT THE TABLE
BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
OF THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT THE
WAY THAT SHE INTENDED AND SO WE
WORKED IT OUT.
I MOVED AMENDMENT 2.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR PROVIDING THE
CENTER TO THE AMENDMENT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE WE MOVED TO A VOTE?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
SUBSTITUTION OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT ABOUT AYE AND RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> AYE .
>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
>> THE AYES HAVE IT AND IT IS
ADOPTED.
LET'S GO TO AMENDMENT THREE
AND THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA BUT I UNDERSTAND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WILL BE
PRESENTING . PLEASE TAKE THE
FLOOR AND MAKE THE MOTION.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS CORRECT AND IN THE
ABSENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA I WILL BE MOVING THIS
AMENDMENT WHICH MODIFIES A
RECITAL IN THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE
APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO A
PROVISO IN THE 2020 BUDGET FOR
HOMELESSNESS COULD BE EXPANDED
ON TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND THEN
IT REFERENCES THE COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS 3B3 TO JUST A
TECHNICAL CHANGE THE RECITAL
AND I MOVE THAT WE SO AMEND THE
COUNCIL BILL.
>> COULD WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND AND SO IT
HAS BEEN MOVED TO AMEND THE
BILL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY.
LET'S GO TO A BOAT.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS PRESENTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AMENDMENT
AND THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE AYE AND
RAISE YOUR HAND AND THE MOTION
CARRIES AND IS ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT 4 ON
THE FLOOR IS YOURS,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> YES. I DO NOT EXPECT THIS
AMENDMENT TO BE CONTROVERSIAL.
IT WOULD GRANDFATHER IN THE
EXISTING ENCAMPMENTS FROM THE
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS CREATED IN
THE COMMITTEE MEETING
PRACTICALLY SPEAKING THIS WOULD
ONLY IMPACT ONE ENCAMPMENT AND
THE STRUCTURES THREE FEET INSIDE
THE NEIGHBORS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
THE ENCAMPMENT AND WOULD BE
INEFFICIENT AND UNNECESSARY TO
MOVE IN NUMBER OF THE
STRUCTURES BY THREE FEET AND
THEY RENEW THEIR PERMANENT AND
THERE'LL BE NO OTHER IMPACT TO
THIS AMENDMENT SO I ASSUME
SHOULD BE DEAD AND I NEED TO
MOVE.
>> SECOND.
>> OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> JUST BRIEFLY I WANT TO STATE
THAT THIS IS A PARTICULAR
PERSONAL AMENDMENT TO ME GIVEN
THAT IT DOES IMPACT THE INTERBAY
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN DISTRICT 7
WHICH I AM PARTICULAR PRODUCT.
I THINK THERE ARE GREAT
NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT 7. I JUST
LIVE UP THE HILL. THE IDEA THAT
WE WOULD PASS SOMETHING AND
WHEN ACCIDENTALLY NOT
INCORPORATE THEM AS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD AFFECT ME IF I FOUND
OUT ABOUT IT LATER SO I
APPRECIATE THAT THIS WAS CAUGHT
INTEND TO CORPORATE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY EARLIER
TODAY AT THE STATE OF THE CITY
ADDRESS TO TALK TO A FEW
COMMISSIONERS AGAIN AND
COMMISSIONER STEINBERG DID COME
AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COOPERATION AND I SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT AND THE WORK THAT IS
BEING DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT
IS YOUR HAND AND VOTE AYE THE
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. LET'S
MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT 5.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
THIS AMENDMENT IS PART OF OUR
DISCUSSION AS THE COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK WHERE WE WERE
DISCUSSING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
CASE MANAGEMENT AND THE SECURITY
OF THE ENCAMPMENT SITES.
A PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED AN
AMENDMENT.
THE LANGUAGE AND WORDING OF
THAT AMENDMENT HAD PERHAPS AND
PRACTICE WHAT I WENT TOO
PRESCRIPTIVE AND COULD'VE
IMPACTED THE CURRENT PRACTICES
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT SO I PULLED
BACK THAT AMENDMENT. HAVING
CONSULTED WITH SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND CENTRAL STAFF IT
IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS
AMENDMENT MORE APPROPRIATELY
FITS THE KIND OF CURRENT
STANDARD USE WHEN THEY ARE
TALKING TO PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE
CASE MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPROVED
PLAN ALLOWING FOR THE
FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE
UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SO
BASED ON THAT I MOVE THAT WE
INCORPORATE THAT AMENDMENT AND
THAT LANGUAGE INTO THE COUNCIL
BILL.
>> JUST A LITTLE SIDEBAR HERE.
DID SOMEONE SECOND IT?
>> I MIGHT BE DOING THIS TOO
SOON BUT I HAVE A PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THIS AMENDMENT.
IS THE STORAGE TIME?
IT WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED BEFORE
12:00 NOON TODAY SO I'M
REQUESTING THAT THE RULES BE
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT
THAT DID NOT MEET THE COUNCIL
RULE.
>> I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT KNOW
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO COME
FORWARD WITH SO MY APOLOGIES.
THIS IS ACTUALLY YOUR AMENDMENT
TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
AMENDMENT CORRECT?
>> YES.
ARE YOU PASSING IT OUT?
I CAN PASS IT OUT HERE.
>> I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
COUNCIL RULES TO A
CONSIDERATION OF COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IS AMENDMENT TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AMENDMENT
NUMBER BUT . THERE IT IS.
I SEE IT.
>> SECOND.
>> WE HAVE IT SECONDED AND GO
AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I HAVE IT AS AMENDMENT ONE.
>> WE NEED TO NOW MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE RULE.
>> I NEED TO NOW VOTE ON
SUSPENDING TO ALLOW
CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT.
OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
INTRODUCING AN AMENDMENT TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS VOTE AYE.
>> AYE . BEFORE HIS EARS.
>> THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES.
ESPECIALLY AFTER COMPLAINING
LAST WEEK ABOUT EVERYBODY
BRINGING AMENDMENTS AT THE LAST
MINUTE I APPRECIATE YOUR
INDULGENCE. I MOVED TO AMEND
THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED ON
THE DOCUMENT REVISING SECTION
D.1.2 BY DELETING AND SECURITY
AFTER PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT
AND THE REASON THAT I'M DOING
THIS IS BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT
TE SECURITY REQUIREMENT CAN
POSE ADDITIONAL BARRIER AND COST
TO BEGINNING NEW COMMUNITIES
BUT ALSO I BELIEVE THAT WE
SHOULD NOT CODIFY THE SECURITY
REQUIREMENT WHEN THERE ARE
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES FOR
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENCAMPMENTS.
THE SECURITY CAN BE DETERMINED
BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE AND
REALLY MANAGED DURING THE
CONTRACTING PROCESS.
SO THAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR
REMOVING IT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
REMOVING THAT LANGUAGE.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES BRINGING FORWARD THIS
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT THING TO DISCUSS
AND TALK ABOUT APPRECIATE THE
SPIRIT IN WHICH THIS HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED.
I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO TODAY
AS A COUNCIL THE SECURITY
REQUIREMENT THAT HAS ENUMERATED
IS IN EXISTENCE SO REGARDLESS
OF WHATEVER ACTION IS AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES DID
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT
REQUIREMENT DOES EXIST AND
THERE DOES NEED TO BE AN
APPROVED SECURITY PLAN. FROM MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH SERVICE
PROVIDERS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAS BEEN THE MOST INSPIRING
IS LOOKING A LOT OF THE
GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS THAT EXIST
AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE
COMING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY
EMPOWERING FOLKS TO HELP MANAGE
THE CAMPS INCLUDING PROVIDING
THE SECURITY AND A LOT OF THE
PROGRAMS IMPROVED ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY PARTICIPATED AND
EVEN PEER RUN AND THIS ALLOWS
MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT IN A
WAY THAT THE AMENDMENT LAST
WEEK MIGHT NOT HAVE AND THE
SECOND CONSIDERATION WHICH IS
IMPORTANT IS THAT HER HUSBAND A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PRESS
AND THE PUBLIC SCRUTINY
REGARDING THE ORDINANCE. I
THINK ONE OF THE CRITICISMS
THAT IS OFTEN MISTAKENLY LEVIED
IN THE PUBLIC PRESS AGAINST THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IS THERE IS
NO ALLOTMENT FOR SECURITY OR
COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS
FALSE.
I THINK IT HELPS TO ENHANCE
THIS ORDINANCE AS A PUBLIC
FACING WALL TO BE ABLE TO GO TO
THE PUBLIC AND SAY THIS IS
CURRENTLY THE RULE AND FOR GOOD
MEASURE WE HAVE ALSO ENUMERATED
IT AND SPELLED IT OUT IN THE
FINAL ORDINANCE. I DO THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS A
REQUIREMENT.
IT IS PURE DRIVEN AND COGNIZANT
OF THE SPECIFIC NEEDS.
I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE
AMENDMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES .
>> BEFORE WE GO I NEED A SECOND
FOR THE AMENDMENT OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO
NUMBER FIVE. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
IS THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS?
>> I WANT TO SPEAK TO BOTH THE
AMENDED VERSION OF THE AMENDMENT
AND THE ORIGINAL.
>> I SEE HOW IT IS.
GO AHEAD.
>> I WILL BE VOTING YES TO THE
AMENDMENT, BUT I WILL BE VOTING
NO WHATEVER THE FINAL RESULT IN
AMENDMENT IS WHETHER IT IS AN
AMENDED VERSION OR.
THAT MY COMMENT WILL EXPLAIN
BOTH. PRACTICALLY SPEAKING WITH
HER VERSION OF THE AMENDMENT
WHETHER IT INCLUDES JUST CASE
MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT AND
SECURITY I DO NOT THINK IT
CHANGES MUCH BECAUSE IT IS
ALREADY A CONDITION OF
RECEIVING FUNDING AND BECAUSE
OF OUT IF ABSTAINING FOR AN
OPTION THAT WOULD HAVE BUT WE
HAVE TO VOTE YES OR NO SO GIVEN
THAT, I WILL BE VOTING YES ON
THE AMENDED VERSION OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BECAUSE
IT MITIGATES IT BUT VOTE NO ON
THE FINAL AMENDMENT BECAUSE IF
THERE WAS EVER A SCENARIO WHERE
THE CLAUSE COULD RESULT IN A
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE FAILING TO
RECEIVE A PERMIT THAT I THINK
THAT WOULD BE A BAD OUTCOME
EVEN THOUGH THOSE CONDITIONS
ARE CONTAINED IN THE
REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE A
PERMIT BUT IN THE SPIRIT IN
WHICH I HAVE BROUGHT THIS BILL
FORWARD WAS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES
AND NOT PUT THEM BACK IN PLACE.
IN THE SPIRIT I WOULD VOTE NO
ON THE FINAL AMENDMENT BECAUSE
IT IS LARGELY ACADEMIC IN THIS
CASE BECAUSE THESE ENCAMPMENTS
ALREADY HAVE THESE
REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS
AND HAS BEEN SECONDED AND WE
WILL VOTE ON THE MOTION OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO AMEND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AMENDED
NUMBER FIVE FIRST SO THOSE ALL
IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION VOTE AYE
AND RAISE YOUR HAND .
>> AYE .
>> OKAY.
THOSE OPPOSED?
>> NO.
>> IT FAILS. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, FOR
PROVIDE ENOUGH RESPITE WE WILL
GO ON AND NOW WE WILL VOTE ON
THE BASE LEGISLATION WHICH IS
AMENDMENT FIVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
FIVE AS PRESENTED VOTE YES AND
RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU WANT TO
VOTE YES.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
IT PASSES. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX
WHICH IS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
AGAIN .
>> THIS AMENDMENT AND I SPUN
THIS OFF FROM AMENDMENT FIVE.
IT USED TO BE COMBINED.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS
CURRENTLY IT IS THEORETICALLY
POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT
HAPPENED YET THAT A SERVICE
PROVIDER NOT RECEIVE FUNDING
BUT STILL OPEN A VILLAGE AND SO
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE
THE ENCAMPMENT OPERATORS WHO
ARE NOT FUNDED BY HSD STILL
PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND
SECURITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
OLD HOME STANDARDS ESTABLISHED
IN THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY
CONTINUING CARE.
SO THIS JUST GIVES SOME
GUIDANCE TO PROVIDERS WHO MIGHT
WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET A
PERMIT WITHOUT HSD FUNDING HOW
THEY WOULD GET SECURITY IN
CASE MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
MEANT.
BUT I SEPARATED IT FROM THE
OTHER MINUTE BECAUSE IT IS SORT
OF A DISTINCT CATEGORY OF
POTENTIAL TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
OPERATORS.
AND THEY DO MOVE THAT IT BE
ADOPTED.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU . I JUST WANT TO
HONOR THE MANY YEARS MAYBE
DECADES AT THIS POINT OF
TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS THAT
HAVE FUNCTIONED WITHOUT CITY
FUNDING AND RECOGNIZE THAT
OBLIGATIONS SUCH AS CASE
MANAGEMENT FOR A MORE DO-IT-
YOURSELF APPROACH OF TAKING
SHELTER AND PROVIDING
COMPANIONSHIP AND SAFETY IN
NUMBERS THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO
DO SO FOR YEARS AND HAS GOTTEN
US TO THIS POINT THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING
SANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS.
I DO NOT THINK IT IS FAIR TO
HAVE REQUIREMENTS ON THE
SPONSORS OF TRANSITIONAL
ENCAMPMENTS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE
CITY FUNDING.
I DO FEEL IT IS ABSOLUTELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ACQUIRING IT.
FOR THAT REASON I WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.
>> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE
HAVE HAD A SECOND AND WAS MOVED
TO A VOTE .
>> I DO AGREE WITH THE POINTS
OF COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THAT
WERE JUST MADE AND JUST TO
CLARIFY UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS
AMENDMENT THAT WAS PUT FORWARD
IT COULD REALLY RESULT IN TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE IS FAILING TO GET
A PERMIT, LIKE THE PREVIOUS
CASE WHERE THERE IS A POTENTIAL
BUT NOT REALLY BECAUSE THOSE
REQUIREMENTS ALREADY IN PLACE.
WE KNOW IT STARTS AS A SELF
ORGANIZED HOMELESS PEOPLE
FORMING A VILLAGE LIKE A
COMMUNITY AND THEN THEY REQUEST
A PERMIT AND START TO REPLACE
TENTS WITH TINY HOMES AND
GETTING CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES.
IF WE WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO
THE REAL WORLD THAT IS WHEN THE
PROCESS THROUGH WHICH THIS HAS
HAPPENED AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE
WORKED ON THIS HARD FOR MANY
YEARS IF NOT DECADES ON THESE
ISSUES AND SO I THINK WE HAVE
TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE DON'T
WANT TO INCREASE THIS I WILL BE
VOTING NO AGAINST THIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
LET'S MOVE TO A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF AN AMENDMENT
ABOUT AYE AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO .
>> IT FAILS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT
SEVEN WHICH IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN .
>> THANK YOU.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD BE TO MEMORIALIZE THE
BENEFITS OF TINY HOME VILLAGES
AND THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING A
PHYSICAL STRUCTURE AND PROVIDING
A ROOF. THIS LEGISLATION WAS
CALLED A TINY HOME VILLAGE BUT
NOW IT IS JUST EXPANDING THE
NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENTS AND NOT
PROVIDING THE STRUCTURE WHAT WE
KNOW ABOUT TINY HOME VILLAGES.
WE KNOW THAT TINY HOME VILLAGES
HAVE HAD A SHAKY START IN THE
OUTCOMES WE WERE SEEKING. TINY
HOME VILLAGES MADE SUBSTANTIAL
STRIDES AND I APPRECIATE THE
AMENDMENT OF MY COLLEAGUES TO
ADD CASE MANAGEMENT.
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE PHYSICAL
STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A
CASE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS
SECURITY SO THE SECOND PART OF
THIS AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT JUST PASSED.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION
DURING COMMITTEE ABOUT VEHICLES
AND MAKING SURE WE WERE
INCLUDING VEHICLES IN THIS. I
AM OPEN TO REMOVING THE LAST
SENTENCE OR THE PART THAT TALKS
ABOUT SLEEPING AREAS SHALL NOT
INCLUDE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
WHICH MAY INCLUDE OTHER OWNER-
OCCUPIED VEHICLES.
HAPPY TO ACCEPT FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT TO THAT BUT AGAIN THE
PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE
THE STRUCTURE, THE CASE
MANAGEMENT, AND THE SECURITY.
THANKFULLY, WE JUST AMENDED IT
TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND
SECURITY LEAVING US WITH
PROVIDING THAT STRUCTURE THAT
WE KNOW THAT WE SEE WHEN WE
VISIT TINY HOME VILLAGES.
WE SEE THE STRUCTURE.
THAT IS THE ATTRACTION TO HAVE
THE ROOF, THE FOUR WALLS, AND
THE DOOR.
THAT IS WHAT THIS WOULD DO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
CLARIFICATION, IS SOMEONE
PROPOSING A FROM THE AMENDMENT
TO STRIKE THE LANGUAGE YOU ARE
SUGGESTING OR ARE WE JUST
MOVING FORWARD?
OKAY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
OKAY.
SO THE MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF
A SECOND.
LET'S MOVE TO AMENDMENT NUMBER
EIGHT AND THAT WOULD BE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT EIGHT IS A PRETTY
TECHNICAL CHANGE.
IT OCCURRED TO CENTRAL STAFF
THAT THERE WERE SOME MODULAR
DEVELOPMENTS OR MODULAR
ENCAMPMENTS THAT PERHAPS WOULD
NOT FIT IN TO THE DEFINITION
THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY
ESTABLISHED. SPECIFICALLY THERE
IS A MODULAR DEPARTMENT COMING
ONLINE IN THE SOTO THAT THE
CHIEF SIERRA CLUB WILL BE THE
OPERATOR FOR THAT USES THESE
KINDS OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE
SECURE AND GOOD SPACES. THIS
JUST CLOSES THAT TO MAKE SURE
STRUCTURES LIKE THAT ARE
INCLUDED IN COUNSELING THAT
COULD GET A PERMIT SO I MOVE
THAT WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO
THE DEFINITION AND MOVE THAT
THIS AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
SO THE LEGISLATION WILL NOT
PRECLUDE THIS KIND OF HOUSING
FROM BEING USED IN DIFFERENT
CONTEXT.
>> GOOD QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
ALL THIS WOULD DO IS ADD
MODULAR STRUCTURES TO OUR
CURRENT DEFINITION OF
STRUCTURES THAT CAN BE INCLUDED.
AND IT IS STRICTLY TALKING
ABOUT THIS PERMIT AUTHORITY AND
NOT TALKING ABOUT OTHER TYPES
OF ARRANGEMENTS.
>> IT HAS BEEN SECONDED.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND THERE.
SO WITH THAT WE HAVEN'T MOVED
AND SECOND SO LET'S GO TO A
VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT ABOUT AYE AND RAISE
YOUR HAND .
>> AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO .
>> THE AYES HAS EIGHT AND
AMENDMENT EIGHT PASSES. LET'S
GO TO AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> THANK YOU. THIS WOULD EXTEND
THE SUNSET DATE BY THREE YEARS.
SO RIGHT NOW UNLESS WE PASS
WHAT WE ARE AIMING TO PASS TODAY
IT WITH SUNSET NEXT MONTH AND
THIS WOULD EXTENDED THREE
YEARS.
THE RATIONALE HERE IS THAT WE
MADE SOME AMENDMENTS TO
STRENGTHEN THE PROPOSAL BY
ADDING CASE MANAGEMENT FOR
EXAMPLE. I AM DISMAYED THAT WE
HAVEN'T ACTUALLY CREATED A TINY
HOME VILLAGE STRUCTURE THAT
THIS IS REALLY A TENT ENCAMPMENT
INSTEAD OF TINY HOME VILLAGES.
AS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED.
BECAUSE WE PASS THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
WE ALLOW THOSE EXPERTS TO COME
BACK TO US WITH THEIR FIVE-YEAR
PLAN AND STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE REVISIT
THIS IN THREE YEARS AND IT IS
PLENTY OF TIME TO GET BACK TO
US WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
THIS IS AMENDMENT NINE.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
BELIEVE THAT THE LEGISLATION
BEFORE US IS ZONING AND
PERMANENCY AND LEGISLATION AND
IT IS NOT LEGISLATION THAT WILL
BE IMPACTED BY FUTURE DECISIONS
OF THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY AND DECISIONS ABOUT
HOW TO SUPPORT TINY HOME
VILLAGES AND TRANSITIONAL
ENCAMPMENTS WITH OUR BUDGET
MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY THOSE
DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE BUT
NONE ZONING LEGISLATION LIKE
WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR BRINGING ALL OF
THESE AMENDMENTS FORWARD AND
TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES.
I DO WANT TO REMIND THE BODY
THAT THIS IS A TECHNICAL BILL
REGARDING OUR LAND USE CODE.
ALL OF THESE TINY HOME VILLAGES
HAVE A TWO-STEP PROCESS THAT
THEY MUST GO THROUGH TO BE
STOOD UP AND THAT INCLUDES
FUNDING AND THAT INCLUDES A
PERMIT PROCESS SO THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL REGULATORY PROCESS
THAT EVERY TINY HOME VILLAGE
WOULD HAVE OR INTERIM CABINET
OR ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT
WE HAVE DISCUSSED TO GO FORWARD
AND THAT IT IS IN HER BEST
INTEREST TO ALIGN OURSELVES
WITH THE ANALYSIS THAT IS
ALREADY OCCURRED TO NOT SUPPORT
THIS AMENDMENT AND TEASED THE
MAXIMUM CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE
AND TO MOVE PEOPLE FORWARD AS
THE PROCEDURAL BILL THAT IT IS.
>> SO YOUR VOTE NO?
BUT THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND IT IS BECAUSE YOU
BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A
DUPLICATE?
>> THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE EVEN
BEFORE THE NEW COUNCIL CAME.
>> OKAY.
>> ME AND RESPOND TO IT?
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
. WHEN THERE IS A DETERMINATION
ABOUT SEPA THAT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO GET THAT INPUT BUT IT
IS NOT FROM A DECISION ON
WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THE
PARTICULAR PROPOSAL AND AGAIN
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD GIVE US
THREE YEARS OF RUNWAY TO ALLOW
THIS ORDINANCE TO TAKE ROOT AND
BLOSSOM AND THEN TO TAKE THE
INPUT FROM THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, WHICH
WIL BE COMING TO US WITH A
FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE
THE EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION
IN FRONT OF US, AND IT HAS BEEN
SECOND AND THAT WE WILL MOVE TO
A VOTE . WILL GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST ADD
TO THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN MADE BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS STRESSED THAT
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AS A
REMINDER HAVE A PROVEN TRACK
RECORD OF SUCCESS.
IN THIS EXERCISE HERE THEY ALSO
SAY THIS IS A HARD EXERCISE.
IMAGINE IF BIG BUSINESS WAS
TREATED THAT WAY.
IMAGINE DEVELOPERS WERE TOLD
THEY COULD GET A PERMIT UNTIL
2023 PAGES THINK ABOUT ALL OF
THE HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS
TO JUMP THROUGH TO PROVIDE THE
SERVICES FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS.
>> WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US THE
AMENDMENT AND SO THOSE IN FAVOR
OF THE AMENDMENT VOTE AYE AND
RAISE YOUR HAND .
>> AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSED?
>> NO .
>> IT FAILS.
>> SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH NINE
AMENDMENTS AND I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR COMMENTS
AND CONCERNS.
I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LOT
OF WORK AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
BEING HERE. I WAS OUT OF TOWN
AND PARTICULARLY TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO TOOK
MY PLACE FOR ME , BUT I'M HERE
TODAY SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD ON THE FINAL VOTE ON
THE BILL AS AMENDED. I BELIEVE
BEFORE WE GO THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WANTED TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS BEFORE THE FINAL VOTE
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE
THEN WE WILL VOTE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR .
>> THINK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED
TO START BY SAYING THERE IS NO
REASON WHY A CITY LIKE SEATTLE
IT IS ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST
CITIES IN THE HISTORY OF
HUMANITY.
WHY A CITY LIKE SEATTLE SHOULD
BE HOME TO ANY HOMELESSNESS,
LET ALONE THE AMOUNT OF
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE SEE.
THIS IS A CITY THAT IS HOME TO
SO MANY MILLIONAIRES AND EVEN
BILLIONAIRES AND STILL WE HAVE
NOT SUCCEEDED IN ENDING
HOMELESSNESS AND THE EVENT
CREATES A PIPELINE INTO NEW
HOMELESSNESS AND TO BE SURE
EVEN AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL, WHICH I HOPE IT PASSES,
WE WILL NEED TO TAX BIG
BUSINESS TO FUND A MASSIVE
EXPANSION IN INVESTMENT IN
SOCIAL HOUSING WE WILL NEED
RENT CONTROL AND WE WILL NEED
TO SHORE UP RENTERS RIGHTS ARE
AND MAKE SURE THAT MIDDLE-CLASS
PROERTY OWNERS AND WORKING
PEOPLE AND SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS ARE NOT FACING THE BRUNT
OF THE FUNDING OF ADDRESSING
THE CRISIS.
TODAY THIS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT
VICTORY FOR OUR MOVEMENT TO
STAND WITH OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE TAKE STEPS TOWARD MAKING THIS
A HUMANE CITY.
TINY HOUSES ANOTHER REPLACEMENT
FOR ACTUAL HEAT HOUSING BUT
WHILE HOMELESSNESS EXISTS THERE
IS NO REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD
BE LEFT ON THE STREETS.
THERE SHOULD BE A TINY HOUSE
AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO IS
NOWHERE BETTER TO GO TO WALNUT
AN ALTERNATIVE TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, IT IS A POWERFUL WAY
TO MAKE HOMELESSNESS LESS
HARMFUL AND HAS BEEN PROVEN TO
HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE GET BACK
ON THEIR FEET. PASSING THIS
LEGISLATION WILL BE A REAL
TRIUMPH FOR HOMELESS ADVOCATES
WHO HAVE FOUGHT TO ESTABLISH
THE FIRST ENCAMPMENT IN THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF THE
STRUGGLE BECAUSE HOMELESS
PEOPLE AND ADVOCATES AND HOUSE
NEIGHBORS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT
AND THEY HAVE TO BE UNITED TO
FIGHT FOR IT.
CAMP SECOND CHANCE WAS FIRST TO
BE CREATED WHEN ACTIVISTS
STOPPED ACCESS TO THE UNUSED
PARCEL AND SET UP ON ENCAMPMENT.
IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS
HISTORY. THEY WERE THREATENED
WITH A SWEEP AND WE HAVE TO
ORGANIZE TO STOP THE MAYOR FROM
KICKING THEM OUT AT THAT EARLY
STAGE.
SIMILARLY NICKELSVILLE HAS
OCCUPIED STATEMENT TO SET UP
AND COMMENCE UNTIL THEY WANTED
PERMITS.
OVER THE LAST YEAR GEORGETOWN
AND THE NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES HAVE BEEN THREATENED
WITH LOSING THEIR PERMIT AND
NORTHLAKE IS CURRENTLY UNDER
THREAT.
OUR BUDGET MOVEMENT WON THE
FIRST FUNDING IN 2014 AND IN
TERMS OF REMEMBER AND I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS AT THE TIME WHO
WORKED IN THE OFFICE AT THE
TIME TO HELP WHEN THAT PLANNING
AND INCREASES OF SUBSEQUENT
YEARS.
IMAGINE WHAT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES COULD ACCOMPLISH IF
THEY WERE REALLY SUPPORTED BY
CITY HALL RATHER THAN HAVING TO
FIGHT CONSTANTLY FOR THE RIGHT
TO EXIST.
TODAY WE ARE PASSING THIS
LEGISLATION TO EXPAND
OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE TO FIGHT
FOR THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET.
I DO NOT MEAN TOMORROW BUT THIS
YEAR.
TO MAKE THIS EXPANSION TO ALL
OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE
FOUGHT FOR TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
TODAY'S VICTORY BELONGS TO YOU
BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION AND
COURAGE AND THANK YOU TO THE
CHURCHES AND ALL OF THE LEADERS
OF DIFFERENT FAITH WHO HAVE NOT
ONLY HOSTED TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
BUT HAVE SPOKEN IN FAVOR AND
THE NEIGHBORS OF THE VILLAGES
WHO HAVE SHOWN THAT THE
MAJORITY OF SEATTLE DOES NOT
BUY INTO THE RHETORIC AND THAT
WE CARE ABOUT OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS DEEPLY AND THAT WE
CARE ABOUT ENDING HOMELESSNESS
AND THANK YOU TO LIHI ,
NICKELSVILLE THANK YOU FOR ALL
OF YOUR ORGANIZING. THE HISTORY
OF THE STRUGGLE HAS SHOWN THAT
WHEN WE FIGHT WE CAN WIN AND
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
VOTED AGAINST SOME OF THE
WORST AMENDMENTS KEEPING THIS
BILL AS IT GOES OUT STRONG.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE I
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
THE PUBLIC FOR COMING HERE
TODAY AND PROVIDING COMMENT.
BELEVE IT OR NOT, WE ACTUALLY
LISTEN AND APPRECIATE.
WE SEE SOME THE SAME FACES AND
IT MEANS A LOT PICKS OF US HAVE
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND WE
DO KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE
INCLUDING MYSELF.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY
ALL OF US WANT TO DO ONE THING
WITH YOU AND ALL OF US IN THIS
COMMITMENT TO BE CONNECTED TO
EACH OTHER'S HUMANITY BECAUSE
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DO
CARE ABOUT SHELTERING AND IT IS
HOW WE GET THERE WITHOUT I'M
GOING TO GO AND PLEASE CALL THE
RULE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
AS AMENDED.
>> AYE .
>> NO.
>> AYE.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
HOLD ON.
NOW THAT WE ARE DONE WITH THAT
THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
THANK YOU.
MOVING ALONG IN THEIR AGENDA WE
ARE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
WITH THE REPORT.
PLEASE READ THOSE ITEMS THREE
AND FOUR BOTH APPOINTMENTS INTO
THE RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENTS 1554 AND 1547
APPOINTMENT AND THE APPOINTMENT
OF PRACHI VIPINCHANDRA DAVE
AND COLLEEN ECHOHAWK AS
MEMBERS OF POLICE COMMISSION
FOR THE TERM DECEMBER 31, 2020
THROUGH 2022.
>> SO APPOINTMENT 01545 IS
APPOINTMENT TO THE CPC OF
PRACHI VIPINCHANDRA DAVE AND
THERE ARE MULTIPLE AUTHORITIES
FOR THE COMMISSION AND ONE IS
THE COMMISSION ITSELF AND
ANOTHER IS THE EXECUTIVE AND
THE OTHER IS THE COUNCIL .
PRACHI DAVE IS AN APPOINTMENT
BY THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION AND IS A SENIOR
ATTORNEY AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION THAT SHE IS FEELING
ONE OF THE TWO POSITIONS
RESERVED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXPERTISE IN ISSUES RELATED TO
CIVIL LIBERTIES TO THE
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION
ADOPTED IN 2017 RESERVED TWO
POSITIONS FOR GRADUATES OF AN
ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL AND
MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE BAR
ASSOCIATION WITH EXPERIENCE IN
THE FIELD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE AND
CIVIL LIBERTIES LAW.
THE SECOND APPOINTMENT IS 01547
AND THAT IS REAPPOINTMENT TO
THE CPC OF COLLEEN ECHOHAWK WHO
WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED AND
JANUARY 14, 2019. DEPUTY MAYOR
PRESENTED THIS APPOINTMENT AT
COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY. MS.
ECHOHAWK IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, AND
AS FOUNDER OF THE COALITION TO
END NATIVE HOMELESSNESS THAT
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN
RAISED TODAY IS SOME CONCERN
ABOUT THE FACT THAT ALTHOUGH
MS. ECHOHAWK IS A REAPPOINTMENT
, SHE IS TAKING THE PLACE OF AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT THE MAYOR
DECLINED TO REAPPOINT TO THE CPC
AND THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT
I MYSELF AM REAPPOINTING AND
THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ON THE
AGENDA FOR MY COMMITTEE AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE ON
TUESDAY AND WILL BE VOTING ON
THAT INDIVIDUAL ON TUESDAY SO
THE CONCERNED THAT A CURRENT
MEMBER OF THE CPC IN GOOD
STANDING MAY NOT SERVE ON THE
CPC IS NOT AN OCCURRENCE THAT
IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE, AND I
MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PERSON
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE
MAYOR THE CLIENT TO REAPPOINT
HER.
>> ARE WE DOING THEM TOGETHER?
ANY COMMENTS?
GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
THOSE IN FAVOR CONFIRMING
APPOINTMENTS VOTE AYE AND THE
AYES HAVE IT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS?
>> YES.
>> OF COURSE THERE IS.
>> YOU HAVE YOUR LETTER.
>> OVER THE WEEKEND I SHARED
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS A DRAFT
LETTER REGARDING THE NEED FOR
THE MAYOR TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THE FINALIZING OF THE CONTRACT
FOR LEAD. AS I MENTIONED THIS
MORNING IF REQUEST MORE
INFORMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE
BETWEEN THE LEAD AND THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROPOSING
ALLOWING LEADERS TO RETURN TREY
FULLY FUNCTIONING PROGRAM AND
AS I THINK WE ARE ALL AWARE IS
REACHING A CRITICAL POINT WHERE
THE EFFECTIVENESS IS
COMPROMISED BY CASELOADS THAT
ARE TOO HIGH AND THE INABILITY
TO SERVE PREVIOUSLY REFERRED
INDIVIDUALS AND THE COUNCIL
ALLOCATED 3.5 MILLION TO
L.E.A.D.
TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS BUT THE
FUNDING HAS NOT YET BEEN
COMMITTED TO L.E.A.D.
AND WE ARE NOW THE END OF
FEBRUARY AND I THINK IT IS
REALLY CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE
THAT WE ALL RELY ON THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROGRAM
AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS REALLY
BOUND BY THE ABILITY TO TAKE
NEW REFERRALS BOTH FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REFERRALS
FROM YOUR STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE ARE
HAMPERING THAT ABILITY TO
CONTINUE ITS EFFECTIVENESS. I
AM REALLY AT A LOSS AS TO WHY
WE ARE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY
AND THIS TRUSTED COMMUNITY
PARTNER DOES NOT HAVE THE
CONTRACT YET.
I AM HOPING THAT THIS LETTER
THAT WE ARE SIGNING HERE TODAY
WILL AMPLIFY THE SENSE OF
URGENCY THAT WE FEEL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS?
YOU ARE PASSING THAT LETTER
AROUND AND CAN I GO AHEAD AND
ADJOURN?
>> NOW WE JUST FILIBUSTER.
>> THIS IS MY COPRESIDENT OVER
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , YOU
SPELLED MY NAME WRONG. IT IS
OKAY.
>> WITH THAT WE ARE PASSING
AROUND THE LETTER FOR
SIGNATURE, AND TO WAIT UNTIL
EVERYONE SIGNS IT?
>> PLEASE.
>> WILL WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE OUR
LAST SIGNATURE AND THEN I WILL
MOVE TO ADJOURNED.
>> WHERE ARE YOU GOING WHEN I
HAVEN'T ADJOURNED?
>> I AM JUST STRETCHING.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN
CIRCULATED AND SIGNED. THANK YOU
, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.