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>>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALAS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SALANT, HERE.
COUNCIL PRESENT PRO-TIM, 7,
PRESENT.
TODAY IS MARCH 16 AND THE
MEETING OF SEATTLE COUNCIL HAS
COME TO ORDER IT IS 2:07 THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US FOR CALLING
THE ROLE.
>> ALLOWING REMOTE
PARTICIPATION NOT PROVIDING
PUBLIC COMMENT GIVEN THE CRISIS
THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A CIVIL
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION ON MARCH
THIRD, 2020 AND PASSED SINCE
THEN THE GOVERNOR AND SEATTLE
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAVE ISSUED
RECOMMENDATIONS ON REDUCING THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS COCOMPLY
WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE
PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEES, WELL HOLD
TODAY UNTIL THE END OF MARCH,
THIS PRACTICE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE EVALUATED ON A WEEKLY BASIS
OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOURTH COMING,
MEETING REMOTELY DOES NOT
PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IN-
PERSON PUBLIC AT THIS TIME, THE
CITY COUNCIL IS CONTINUING TO
EVALUATE ITS EVALUATION.
PUBLIC COMMENT VIA E-
MAIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
WE KNOW THIS MEETING IS BEING
BROADCAST LIVE ON SEATTLE
CHANNEL.
IF YOU CAN CALL THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS' LISTEN LINE A 206-684-
6544 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR
THIS MEETING IN REALTIME.
THIS MEETING IS ALSO BEING
RECORDED FOR THE PUBLIC AND IT
HAS THE WEBSITE LISTED ON THE
AGENDA FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THIS MEETING.
CALLINGS ARE REQUESTED AT OUR
LAST MEETING TO ACCOMMODATE A
PHONE OPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS TO
TRY TO CALL IN AND POTENTIALLY
RECORD PUBLIC COMMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THE CLERK IS
OPERATING PUBLIC HEALTH GIVEN
THE PUBLIC HEALTH
RECOMMENDATIONS WE'LL CONTINUE
TO ASSESS OTHER OPTIONS FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT ELECTRONICALLY
AND BY PHONE AT THIS MEETING
TODAY WE DO NOT HAVE THAT
OPTION AND APPRECIATE THE
ONGOING VIGILANCE TO KEEP OUR
STAFF SAFE AND THE PUBLIC SAFE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ FOR BEING WITH US
AS WELL.
BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS
PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY,
THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO
SUSPEND THE RULE, WITH THAT, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE
ELECTRONICALLY IN BERN BUT
ACCEPTING IT BY PHONE, LISTING
IT BY PHONE AND BY E-MAIL AT
TODAY'S REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING.
DURING NO OBJECTION THE COUNCIL
RULES ARE SUSPENDED THE COUNCIL
WILL PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY
AND PUBLIC COMMENT WILL NOT BE
ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE KNOW THE
COUNCIL CLERK IS SENDING OUT
COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVE
ELECTRONICALLY TO EVERY SINGLE
COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT EACH
OFFICE HAS BEEN BUSY WITH MANY
CONSTITUENTS, APPRECIATE DUE
DILIGENCE WITH THAT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY I
WANT TO SHARE A FEW UPDATES WE
BRIEFLY HEARD AT SEATTLE KING
COUNTY ON THEIR RESPONSE TO THE
EVOLVING COVID ISSUE.
COVID-19 IS SPREADING IN KING
COUNTY, AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW
DISTANTING RECOMMENDATIONS
AIMED AT SLOWING DOWN THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, WE EXPECT
THAT CASE WILL CONTINUE TO
DOUBLE EVERY 5 TO 7 DAYS.
PUBLIC HEALTH KING COUNTY HAS
WARNED US ANYONE WHO IS SICK
SHOULD STAY HOME AND EVERYONE
SHOULD LIMIT THEIR EXPOSURE TO
OTHERS, AS YOU HEARD FROM THE
GOVERNOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE
MOMENTS AGO THE RECOMMENDATION
IS FOR THOSE WHO LIMIT TRAVEL
AND UNNECESSARY INTERACTIONS
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
OTHERS WITH COVID-19 AS WELL AS
CLOSE CONTACT SHOULD FOLLOW
PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE AND DUE
TO HOUR APTITUDE, CONFIRMING OR
CALLING IN IF YOU SUSPECT THAT
YOU HAVE COVID-19 OR WORRIED
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE WEBSITES POSTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA WE'LL MAKE SURE TO
CONTINUE TO SPEND INFORMATION
OUT ABOUT THAT PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDANCE, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY
UPDATING WEBSITE.
SOCIAL DISTANCING PUBLIC HEALTH
REMINDS US IS TO MAKE SURE WE
STOP THE SPREAD OF THE ILLNESS
SO WE DO NOT EXCEED THE CURRENT
CAPACITY, PEOPLE WHO NEED
HEALTH CARE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS
IT.
PEOPLE WITH COVID AND THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID
RECENTLY ARE APT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY SHARE INFORMATION
WITH THEIR MEDICAL PROVIDER
ABOUT ANY CONCERN THEY HAVE
ABOUT EXPOSURE.
THIS TRULY IS A COMPLEX EFFORT
AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE THE WAYS
OUR COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP
EVEN AT A DISTANCE, WE THANK
PUBLIC HEALTH FOR ALL THEY ARE
DOING AND REMIND THE COUNTY,
INDIVIDUALS COUNTY WIDE SO THEY
CAN CALL IF THEY HAVE VARIOUS
CONCERNS BUT REALLY THIS CALL
LINE IS BEING IDEALLY USED FOR
PEOPLE ON THE FRONTLINE STAFF,
EMT'S, MEDICAL PROVIDER,
FIRSTRESPONDERS.
IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS CALL
206-477, ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO
CALL THEIR PRIMARY CARE
PROVIDER IF THEY HAVE ONE,
REACH OUT TO THE PRIMARY HEALTH
SYSTEM IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A
PRIMARY PROVIDER AND NEED
ASSISTANCE.
THE CALL CENTER HAS A
THOUSANDCALLS ACCORDING TO KING
COUNTY YESTERDAY, IS USEFUL FOR
THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDERS
WITH QUESTIONS.
OUR REGION PUBLIC HEALTH
PRESERVE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED
BACK TO CENTER.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND WE KNOW THAT
THERE IS A LOT OF FRUSTRATIONS
AROUND TESTING AND PUBLIC
HEALTH WOULD LIKE TO REMIND US
ALL THOUGH THE LABORATORY TEST
IS BECOMING MORE BROADLY
AVAILABLE, THERE ARE
LIMITATIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE
SECTOR'S CAPACITY TO OBTAIN
HEALTH CARE SAMPLES AS RAPIDLY
AS WE WOULD LIKE.
PEOPLE DO NOT ALWAYS NEED TO BE
TESTED FOR CLINICAL CARE
úPURPOSES, SPECIFICALLY IF
SOMEONE HAS A MILD CASE.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO
RESTRICTIONS FOR WHO CAN BE
TESTED FOR COVID-19 IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH GUIDANCE, TWO HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS DIRECTS THEM TO
FOCUS TESTING ON PEOPLE WHO
SHOW COVID SYMPTOMS SUCH AS THE
FEVER, COUGH, SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, PROVIDES PEOPLE FOR
HIGHER RISK FOR COVID-19 WHILE
ANYONE CAN ASK THEIR PROVIDER,
TESTING IS PROVIDED AT THE
PROVIDER'S DIRECTION.
OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
DOES NOT OVERSEE TESTING, THEY
ARE WORKING WITH KEY PARTNERS
TO COORDINATE TESTING FOR
PRIORITY CORPORATIONS LIKE
DRIVE THROUGH EVENTS WE HAVE
SEEN IN THE NEWS, FOR MOST IN
OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS UP TO
THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IF
THEY WILL BE TESTED.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS
FRUSTRATING FOR MANY AND PUBLIC
HEALTH WANTS TO UNDER SCORE
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE
FRUSTRATION AS WELL.
BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THERE IS
NO UNIQUE TREATMENT FOR COVID-
19, IT IS A NEW VIRUS AND OUR
BEST RESPONSE, ACCORDING TO
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY TO ENSURING EVERYONE'S
HEALTH IS TO IMPLEMENT
COMMUNITY AND STRATEGY.
I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC HEALTH
AND KING COUNTY FOR ONGOING
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WHO WE HAVE ON THE LINE
WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM KING
COUNTY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL
WE KNOW THEY ARE EXTREMELY
BUSY.
I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT REPORT
WITH THE COUNCIL AS KING COUNTY
IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US, OUR
COLLEAGUE'S PRELIMINARY OFFICE
WILL BEGIN MOMENTARILY.
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH
PRESENTATIONS, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNCIL HAS
RECEIVED TWO EMERGENCY ORDERS
FROM THE MAYOR, THE FIRST ONE
WAS FILED ON MARCH 11 AND
RELATES TO COVID-19, SMALL
BUSINESS RELIEF, THE SECOND ONE
RELATES TO AN EMERGENCY ORDER
FILED TODAY AND RELATES TO THE
MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL
EVICTION.
SO I'M SURE THAT OUR COLLEAGUES
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL BE
SPEAKING TO THOSE AND WILL
ADDRESS THOSE IN LATER COMMENTS
OF OUR, IN THE AGENDA.
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR, THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE DIRECTOR ON THE
LINE AND THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTING
DIRECTOR AT LAUREL NELSON ALONG
WITH ANYONE ELSE YOU MAY HAVE
WITH YOU, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US FOR TODAY, COUNCIL
PRESENTATION, WE'LL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU FOR THE NEXT HALF
AN HOUR OR SO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR YOUR
CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AS IT
RELATES TO OUR COMMUNITY'S
RESPONSE TO COVID-19.
I WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF
CONTACT TODAY ON THE LATEST
INFORMATION WE HAVE FROM KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEN
GO INTO SOME OF THE ACTIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY, ITS
BEEN A BUSY WEEK, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE UPDATED YOU ON
THOSE ACTIONS AND THEN ALSO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS
SOME QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW YOU
AND OTHERS HAVE HAD AS THE WEEK
HAS PROGRESSED AND THEN WE'LL
GO FROM THERE.
THE FIRST BIT OF INFORMATION I
JUST WANT TO, FOR TABLE
SETTING, IS WE JUST RECEIVED, I
THINK, THIS AFTERNOON THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON CASES IN
DEPTH FOR KING COUNTY, WE HAVE
488 CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES
459 ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIFE
CENTER FACILITY IN KIRKLAND.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE
LATEST ROUNDS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ORDERS WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
STATE OF TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF
BARS, HEALTH CLUBS, MOVIE
THEATERS, NIGHTCLUBS AND OTHER
SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL
ESTABLISHMENT UNTIL MARCH 31
ALSO RESTAURANTS WILL BE
ALLOWED TO DO DRIVE THROUGH
TAKE OUT AND DELIVERY SERVICES
ONLY.
RETAILS, HARDWARE STORES AND
PHARMACIES SHOULD REMAIN OPEN
PROVIDED THE COVID-19
PREVENTION MEASURES.
GATHERINGS OVER 50 PEOPLE ARE
PROHIBITED, ARE DISCOURAGED AS
THESE ORDERS JUST COME OUT
THESE ORDERS HAVING COME OUT IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS, OUR FOLKS
ARE STILL REELING THE DETAILS,
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO PROSIDE
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AS WE
EFFECTUATE THESE NEW POLICIES
DIRECTOR NELSON I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD
IN TERMS OF SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS BEFORE I RECAP A
RANGE OF EFFORTS OVER THE PAST
WEEK, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF KEY
RESPONSE ACTION FIRST THE
COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED, I
WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR
THE MOST RECENT EMERGENCY ORDER
RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL
EVICTIONS, IN ADDITION I WANTED
TO MENTION COUNCIL AND TEAM ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON ADDITIONAL
EMERGENCY AWARE THAT WILL FOCUS
ON THE PREVENTION COMMERCIAL
EVICTIONS WITH PARTICULAR
CONCERN TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND
NONPROFIT, WORKING AS IT HAS
BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS, I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MAY
HAVE INTEREST IN THIS
PARTICULAR DIRECTION AS WELL,
HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
AND AROUND THIS PARTICULAR
ACTION.
WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THIS IN
SHORT ORDER.
SECOND IS THIS AFTERNOON WE'LL
BE ANNOUNCING A NEW PROPOSED
FOOD VOUCHER PROGRAM WHERE WE
WILL ALSO BE SEEKING COUNCIL
AUTHORITY OF $5 MILLION TO
SERVE UP TO 6250 PEOPLE,
FAMILIES TWO INSTALLMENTS OF
$400 VOUCHERS FOR CRITICAL NEED
FOR FOOD DURING THIS TIME OF
COVID-19 RESPONSE.
WE HAVE HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE
RESPONSE TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS
RELIEF FUND, I THINK INITIALLY
WE RECEIVED OVER 2,000
APPLICANTS FOR RESOURCES
ISSUING AN ADDITIONAL $1
MILLION IN RESOURCES THAT WE
WILL BE LOOKING TO ALLOCATE FOR
THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF FUND
TO HELP BUSINESSES.
SO THOSE THREE ACTIONS OR SORT
OF LATE BREAKING TODAY THAT I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I GAVE THE
COUNCIL A HEADS UP ON, I WANTED
TO FOCUS MY DISCUSSION ON SORT
OF THE WAY WE ARE STRUCTURED
AROUND FOUR I GUESS BUCKETS OF
WORK RESPONSE, WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT THIS STRUCTURE
CONSISTENT WITH OUR EOC
RESPONSE STRUCTURE GOING
FORWARD, THOSE INCLUDE A
PARTICULAR EMPHASIS AROUND
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH AND A
TEAM FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY NEEDS
AND OPERATIONS AND FINALLY, A
TEAM THAT HAS EMPHASIZING THEY
WORK AROUND HUMAN SERVICES
WHICH IS PRIMARILY WORK AROUND
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND OF
COURSE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE.
I JUST WANT TO TALK TO A COUPLE
OF THINGS IN EACH OF THOSE
BUCKETS.
I CAN EITHER TAKE QUESTIONS
ALONG THE WAY OR WE CAN DO THEM
AT THE END, WE CAN GO EITHER
WAY, COUNCIL MEMBER MUSGADE
I'LL LET YOU FACILITATE.
>> THANK YOU, DUE TO THE LARGE
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE
SENT TO YOU IN ADVANCE, I'M
GOING TO ASK IF YOUR TEAM CAN
GO THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION IN
RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS, I
WANT TO THANK YOU, WE HAVE
AROUND 2 PAGES WORTH OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO
DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF
CATEGORIES, LET'S LET THEM WALK
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I
WILL PAUSE IF THERE IS
QUESTIONS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE
TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED
BEFORE THE PRESENTATION IS OVER
.
>> WE HAVE SOMETHING.
I JUST, IF POSSIBLE I WANTED TO
ADD A QUESTION, DIRECTLY TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IT IS MORE A
PUBLIC HEALTH QUESTION, I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
ASK IN BECAUSE WE'RE WRAPPING
UP DISCUSSION TODAY.
>> SO THE QUESTION I HAD AND IT
WAS GOOD FOR MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL IN PUBLIC HEALTH
TO ANSWER THIS, IT IS NOT CLEAR
TO ME, NOT CLEAR TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE, WHICH IS THE QUESTION
OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE
TESTING ASPECT.
I'M NOT CLEAR BY SAYING AS
COLLECTIVE OR NOT, I JUST
WANTED TO RAISE THAT THERE WAS
VERY IMPORTANT ARTICLE THAT WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE GUARDIAN, THE
ARTICLE IS IN THE UK MAYOR, THE
PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON
HAS TAKEN WHAT MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS BELIEVE ARE
INADVISABLE ON TESTING SO IT IS
NOT JUST ABOUT SEATTLE IT IS
GENERAL QUESTION I HAVE, IS THE
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IN THAT
ARTICLE INCLUDING A
PEDIATRICIAN WHO WAS A FORMER
DIRECTOR IN THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION, THEY ARE TELLING
US ABSOLUTELY SOCIAL DISTANCING
IS IMPORTANT AND THAT TESTING
THE POPULATION IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT AND THAT WE ARE MY
SENSE IS, I JUST WANTED TO READ
A QUOTE, THE KEY PRINCIPAL FROM
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
WE TEST THE POPULATION LIKE
CRAZY, FIND OUT WHETHER CASES
ARE, QUARANTINE THEM AND GET
THEM OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, THIS
IS A FAMILY CLUSTER UNDER
CONTROL, THIS IS HOW SOME HAVE
DROPPED THEIR NUMBERS DOWN, YOU
CAN REALLY TAKE PEOPLE OUT OF
THE POPULATION AND MAKE SURE
THEY ARE QUARANTINE, THAT IS
VITAL FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
I FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME
GRAVITY IN TERMS OF TESTING
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY
IS BEING TOLD SOCIAL DISTANCING
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
REACHING OUT TO US I'M SURE AS
WELL, TELLING US THAT THEY HAVE
FULL INSURANCE, NOT BEING
TESTED AND SO IT IS
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT OUR
HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ARE OVER
BURDENED BECAUSE THAT IS THE
NATURE OF THE NONPROFIT HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM, ON THE OTHER HAND,
WHAT WE NEED OF ACTUALLY
CONTAINING THIS CRISIS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW WE ARE PAUSING I DO
BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION THAT
DIDN'T GET INCLUDED, IF YOU'D
LIKE TO ASK ANYTHING AT THIS
POINT, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE
DEPUTY MAYOR CONTINUE WITH THE
PRESENTATION, WE'LL JUST TAKE A
MOMENT TO SEE IF YOU HAD ONE
MORE QUESTION THAT DIDN'T GET
ADDED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
VASCEDA.
IT WAS FOCUSED ON THE HOSPITAL
CAPACITY, AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE
DOING WITH OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
FIREFIGHTERS ON THE FRONTLINES
DEALING WITH THIS CRISIS, THE
MAIN QUESTION WAS ABOUT
HOSPITAL CAPACITY AND ARE WE
GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED, WHAT
ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR COLLEAGUES, I'M
GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SEE THE
NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO ASK AND
THE TWO WE JUST ASKED A MOMENT
AGO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
ESCEDA, I WILL DO MY BEST, I DO
HAVE THE QUESTIONS AND I WILL,
AS I WORK OUR WAY THROUGH ARE
FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS, WE'LL TRY
TO ADDRESS AS MANY AS POSSIBLE,
SOME OF WHICH WE MAY FOLLOW UP
WITH ADDITIONAL DETAIL AFTER
THIS DISCUSSION GIVEN SOME OF
THE MORE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THEM.
I'LL JUST START WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH GROUP
OF EFFORTS.
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY
INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS AND THE
ONGOING CAPACITY AROUND
TESTING, OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T
ANSWER THE BULK OF THE
QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE
GUIDANCE THE COUNCIL MEMBER
REQUESTED, WE CAN CERTAINLY
FOLLOW UP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
AND BRING MORE CLARITY TO THAT
DISCUSSION. WE RECENTLY
RECEIVED THE AUTHORIZATION FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WITH
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO DO
TESTING OF OUR OWN FIRST
RESPONDER PERSONNEL FIRST
RESPONDERS FROM THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, TO BE ABLE TO CARRY
OUT TESTING DIRECTLY AND THEN
FOR OUR TEST TO BE THEN SHIFT
TO, I BELIEVE, THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON FOR RESULTS, SO I
KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A PARTICULAR
CONCERN AND INTEREST OF THE
MAYOR, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ON THE
FRONTLINE ARE ABLE TO GET
TESTED WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN
POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO COVID-19
CASES PRESENTED IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS UNDERWAY I ALSO KNOW
FROM YOUR LINE OF INQUIRY THERE
WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS RELATED
TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
THE KING COUNTY JAIL AND COURT,
I'LL SPEAK TO THOSE REAL
BRIEFLY FROM MY NOTES HERE,
THERE WAS QUESTIONS RELATED TO
IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COURTS AND
JAILS AND DETENTION CENTERS ARE
DOING TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19, WE RECEIVED SOME
RESPONSES FROM KING COUNTY THAT
THEY HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE
AFTER THE KING COUNTY JAIL FOR
WHEN THOSE FOLKS ARE SHOWING
SYMPTOMS ARE PRESUMED TO BE
POTENTIALLY CONTAGIOUS, THEY'LL
ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN
THE INFIRMARY, NECESSARY
CLEANING AND OTHER PROCEDURES
IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD
OF THE VIRUS WITH THE DETENTION
CENTER.
>> I BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING A
FEW OTHER PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES AS IT RELATES TO
VISITATION AND MINIMIZING
POPULATION IN THE JAIL ITSELF,
PROGRAMMING, PRODUCTIONS AND
OTHER POPULATION REDUCTION
MEASURES SUCH AS NO LONGER
ACCEPTING DOC INMATES, OTHER
STRATEGIES INTENDED TO MINIMIZE
THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
CONGREGATING IN THE DETENTION
CENTER, ITSELF.
THEN, OF COURSE, THERE HAS BEEN
NEW INFORMATION RELATED TO
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT,
THEY'LL BE CLOSED FOR A
FACILITY CLEANING FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS AS THEY HAVE HAD
COVID-19 CASE PRESENT WITHIN
THE COURTHOUSE AND THEN OF
COURSE ALL OF THESE CLOSURES OF
THE COMMUNITY COURT FACILITY AS
WELL AS THEIR LIMITED
OPERATIONS THAT WILL BEGIN ON
MARCH 23 LAST UNTIL APRIL 12,
THESE CLOSURES WILL NOT
PROCEDURALLY HAVE STATUTORY
REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO
PROCEEDINGS AND CASES THAT WILL
BE UNDERWAY.
THERE WILL BE SOME LIMITED
OPERATIONS SET UP IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE CASE LOAD
AND WE CAN COME BACK YOU WITH
MORE DETAIL SPECIFICITY HOW
THOSE WILL BE CONDUCTED.
>> THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION
ABOUT PARKING ENFORCEMENT, 72
HOUR NOTIFICATION, WE ARE STILL
EXAMINING SOME OF THE
ENFORCEMENTS PARTICULARLY
RELATED TO THAT BODY OF WORK,
WHAT I CAN SAY TODAY AT THIS
POINT IS WE ARE NOT ENNO,
ENFORCING, THAT WILL NOT BE
HAPPENING RIGHT AT THIS TIME,
THAT WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN
GENERAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS POTENTIALLY HAVE NEW
GUIDANCE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL
IN SHORT ORDER.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT COORDINATION
WITH OUR HOSPITALS AND THIS
ACTUALLY TOUCHES A LITTLE BIT
ON COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON'S
QUESTION, THE COUNTY IS
ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH OUR
PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS THE
STATES AND THE NORTHWEST HEALTH
CARE NETWORK TO ENSURE THAT
CONTINGENCY PLANS ARE IN PLACE
AS IT RELATES TO HOSPITAL BED
CAPACITY I THINK WE HAVE SEEN
THE PAST REGION WIDE, ROUGHLY
4900 OR 4,000 TO THE STATE AND
COUNTY AND HEALTH CARE NETWORK
ARE LOOKING AT CONTINGENCY
PLANNING TO SPAN THAT CAPACIT
AND THOSE CAN BE OTHER MEDICAL
FACILITIES IN THE REGION THAT
CAN TAKE MORE PATIENTS AND THEN
BEYOND THAT, WE THEN MOVE IN TO
WHAT I'LL REFER TO AS SORT OF
THE SORT OF SHELTERING STRATEGY
THAT START TO LOOK AT TRIAGE
OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO TAKE
MORE PATIENTS IF NECESSARY.
THAT, OF COURSE, EXTENDS TO
EFFORTS AROUND ISOLATION AND
QUARANTINE AS WELL, THAT
COORDINATION IS HAPPENING AT
THE COUNTY LEVEL AND THAT THE
CITY EFFORTS ARE INTENDED TO
HELP SUPPLEMENT THOSE TO THE
EXTEND POSSIBLE.
I THINK THE GOAL NOW IS TO
STAND UP AS MANY BACKED UP
FACILITY AND OPTIONS AS
POSSIBLE WITH VARIOUS PURPOSES
FOR THESE FACILITIES I DON'T
HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME OF
THOSE IMPLEMENTED TODAY AS THEY
IDENTIFY BOTH LOCATIONS IN THE
CITY AND LOCATIONS ACROSS KING
COUNTY WE CAN COME BACK WITH
MORE INFORMATION FROM OUR HUMAN
SERVICES FOLKS AT A LATER DATE
WERE THERE ANY PUBLIC SAFETY OR
HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES IF THERE
ARE OTHER QUESTIONS OR FOLKS
WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AT THIS
POINT WHICH IS A RECAP OF
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS THAT
WERE INSTITUTED LAST WEEK.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION, WILL
YOU, DO YOU HAVE MORE IN YOUR
PRESENTATION REALLY FOR
SERVICES AND PROTOCOL FOR THE
HOMELESS POPULATION IS THAT
ALREADY INCLUDED IN HEALTH AND
SAFETY?
SORRY FOR THE KIDDOS IN THE
BACKGROUND.
>> YEAH.
I WAS GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO
HOMELESSNESS WHEN I GOT BACK TO
HUMAN SERVICES WORK NAVIGATION
TEAM AND SHELTERING IN
REFERENCE TO THE GUARDIAN
ARTICLE, I HAVE SEEN THAT THERE
IS GUIDANCE OUT OF FOR THE
WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION WHEN THERE IS AN
INDIVIDUAL IN THE HOME WHO
TESTED POSITIVE THAT OTHER
RESIDENCE IN THE HOME SHOULD
NOT PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING,
SOCIAL ISOLATION AND SHOULD
ALSO STAY IN THE HOME AND I'M
WONDERING, DO WE KNOW IF PUBLIC
HEALTH IS CONSIDERING GUIDANCE
LIKE THAT OR DO THEY NEED TO
ISSUE GUIDANCE, CAN THEY
EFFECTUATE THAT WITHOUT
SPECIFIC GUIDANCE.
>> I WILL SAY WHEN IT COMES TO
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WE HAVE
RECOGNIZED THAT THERE ARE
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR WHICH IF
SOMEONE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO
COVID-19 THERE MAY BE
CHALLENGES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE
TO RETURN HOME AND BE ABLE TO
EXECUTE ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE
STRATEGY IN WHICH CASE WE HAVE
TRIED TO STAND UP ALTERNATIVE
OPTIONSSPECIFICALLY FOR FIRE
AND POLICE PERSONNEL UNDER
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES SO IF THEY
HAVE NOWHERE TO ACTUALLY
ISOLATE FROM.
AS FAR AS THE GENERAL GUIDANCE
IS CONCERNED, I WOULD HAVE TO
DEFER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN
TERMS OF HOW AND IF THEY WOULD
CLARIFY AND COMMUNICATE THAT
MORE BROADLY IN TERMS OF THIS
GUIDANCE THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT
SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN SAY
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ACCOMMODATE OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS AND FIND OURSELVES
IN THAT SITUATION.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION
FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO
PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> YOU MAY BE ON MUTE.
>> WITH EVERYTHING BEING
DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF TESTING
IF WE COULD GET SOME SORT OF
REPORT ON HOW THE FIRST
RESPONDER, THE EMERGENCY
TECHNICIANS, NURSES
WHAT KIND OF REGIMEN DO WE HAVE
TO GET THEM TESTED ON A REGULAR
BASIS, FOR THOSE EXPOSED, ALSO
SECONDLY, WHAT KIND OF
PROTECTIVE GEAR DO THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO AND WHAT KIND OF
FUNDS ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE
THAT THEY ARE WHAT'S
RECOMMENDED TO INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS BECAUSE I JUST VERY
QUICKLY A REGISTERED NURSE,
WE'RE SEEING THIS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ALSO, MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS ARE REPORTING
THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
PROTECTOR SUITS OR SAFETY
PRECAUTION, WE WANT TO FIND OUT
INITIALLY THE SITUATION WAS
VERY BAD AND THE LIFE CARE
STAFF FOR A WHOLE WEEK, WHICH I
THINK IS A PRETTY DANGEROUS
SITUATION TO BE IN.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER.
THE PIECE THAT I CAN ADDRESS IS
WE CERTAINLY ARE ALSO CONCERNED
AND I KNOW THE MAYOR AND MANY
OTHERS REGARD TO THE
AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY OF
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
AS IT RELATES TO COVID 19
RESPONSE
EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS SO
THOSE EFFORTS ARE PUSHED UP TO
THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OUR
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE WE
GET FOLKS WHAT THEY NEED ACROSS
THE REGION, THIS IS A HIGH
PRIORITY, IN THAT TOP OF MIND
TO MAKE SURE THAT EQUIPMENT IS
DISTRIBUTED AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
>> FOR OUR BENEFITS, COLLEAGUES
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE ALSO
HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH DIRECTOR PATTY HAYES AND
I THINK THE QUESTIONS, MY
SUGGESTION TO HER YESTERDAY WAS
THAT WE HAVE HER COME FOR OUR
REGULARLY-SCHEDULED MONDAY
MORNING BRIEFING BEFORE
RELOOKING TO INSTITUTE BY PHONE
IF POSSIBLE HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH
COME AND BE AT THE MORNING
TABLE SO THAT THE PRESENTATION
CAN TAKE PLACE DURING THAT TIME
FRAME, WE'RE WORKING ON
CONFIRMING THAT AND MAKE SURE
YOU SUMMARIZE QUESTIONS NOT
SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND
MANY MORE ATTENDING AT THE
STATE LEVEL AND NATIONAL LEVEL,
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
AWARE OF THAT, TOO, WE ARE
ACTING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH
THAT THEY CAN COME FOR THAT
BRIEFING AS WELL.
>>> I'LL JUST REALLY QUICKLY
RECAP CITY OPERATIONS AS MUCH
AS THIS YOU ALREADY HEARD BUT
RECAP FOR THE PUBLIC, I WILL
TOUCH ON HUMAN SERVICES AND
COMMUNITY NEEDS AND MOVE THE
CONVERSATION ALONG, OPERATIONS
JUST A REMINDER WE HAVE SEVERAL
CLOSURES IN EFFECT RELATED TO
PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS, LIBRARIES THOSE WILL
BE THROUGH APRIL 13th.
WE HAVE AN ACROSS THE BOARD
SUSPENSION OF EVENTS ON CITY
GROUND FACILITIES RIGHT AWAY
ALSO FOR 13, WE HAVE CLOSURES
OF OUR IN-PERSON CUSTOMER
SERVICE COUNTER FOR THE TIME
BEING IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT
WEEK WHILE WE LOOK AND EVALUATE
ONE OF THOSE OPERATIONS COULD
POTENTIALLY BE REOPEN ON A
PROFESSIONAL BASIS, WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME WE ARE
MAINTAINING ONLINE ACCESS
ACROSS THE BOARD FOR MUCH OF
THOSE CUSTOMER COUNTER
SERVICES.
AS FAR AS FOR OUR PERSONNEL
RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT OFFICE,
CITY HALL, THE TOWER WHEN THEY
OPEN, ALL THOUGH GIVEN THE
CLOSURE OF MOST OF THE IN-
PERSON CUSTOMER SERVICE FACING
OPERATION IF THE STAFF FOR
WHICH WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
SORT OF MINIMIZE CONGREGATING
THE PUBLIC PHYSICALLY COMING IN
TO CITY FACILITIES SO WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT THOSE ISSUES MORE
CLOSELY AS THE WEEK UNFOLDS AND
WE HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY
ADVANCING ENCOURAGEMENT AND
PELLA WORK AND WORK
ARRANGEMENTS AND I DON'T HAVE
THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME BUT
I CAN, WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THE
DETAILS WITH REGARD TO WHERE
WE'RE AT WITH WORK FORCE
STRENGTH IF YOU WILL, WHEN IT
COMES TO BOTH FOLKS THERE TELE-
WORKING AND STILL WORKING ON
SITE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON CITY
OPERATIONS I'M JUST GOING
THROUGH THE LIST HERE, I DIDN'T
SEE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT
I AM MISSING AND QUESTIONS THAT
WERE ACCEPTED IN OPERATIONS BUT
I COULD HAVE MISSED SOMETHING.
>> OKAY.
I'LL MOVE ONTO HUMAN SERVICES
AND THE FOCUS HERE HAS BEEN
PRIMARILY ON SHELTER AND
HOMELESSNESS POPULATION BUT
ALSO A FAIR AMOUNT OF
INTERESTED QUESTIONS RELATED TO
FOOD PROGRAMS AND NUTRITION, ET
CETERA, AND HYGIENE AND I GUESS
I'LL START, I HAVE AN UPDATE
FROM THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE
DIRECTOR JOHNSON THAT WE ARE IN
THE PROCESS AND THIS QUESTION
CAME UP LAST WEEK WHEN WE
TALKED ABOUT HYGIENE SERVICES
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LEASING
A FEW HYGIENE TRAILERS THAT
BOTH INCLUDE TOILETS AND HAND
WASHING AND MAY ALSO OFFER SOME
SHOWERING CAPABILITY, THE IDEA
IS TO DEPLOY THE, ACROSS THE
CITY WITH HYGIENE TRAILERS
POTENTIALLY STAFFED BY FPU OR
FAS, WE ARE STILL WORKING OUT
SOME OF THE DETAILS BUT HOPING
TO MAKE A LIMITED DEPLOYMENT IF
THEY START HAPPENING FOR
PERHAPS EVEN BEGINNING LATER
THIS WEEK.
I WILL GET ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FROM DIRECTOR
JOHNSON TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL
IN WRITING WITH REGARD TO THE
PARTICULARS BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WORK IS
UNDERWAY, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL
HAD BEEN EAGER TO SEE PROPOSALS
FOR THE SPACE SO WE'LL GET THAT
INFORMATION TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ON THE SHELTER WORK WE ARE
CONTINUING TO COORDINATE THESE
EFFORTS WITH KING COUNTY BUT
OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE AT THE
MOMENT IS STILL FOCUSED ON
TAKING OUR EXISTING SHELTER
CAPACITY AND ESSENTIALLY
úINTENSIFY THE NUMBER THE
SHELTERS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
AND OF COURSE REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THOSE
SHELTERS IN GENERAL SO WE HAVE
LAUREL, HELP ME OUT HERE,
EXHIBITION HALL HAS BEEN OPEN
FOR THAT PURPOSE, WE CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER
ALTERNATIVES AS WELL AT THE
MOMENT, I KNOW THE COUNTY IS
SECURING SEVERAL FACILITIES
WITH LAST SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS
THE REGION, AGAIN, WE ARE
LOOKING AT THIS SPACE
COMPREHENSIVELY IN THE CONTEXT
OF MASS SHELTERING NOT JUST FOR
THE HOMELESS POPULATION, BUT
ALSO AS CONTINGENCY PLANNING
FOR HOSPITAL OVER CAPACITY AS
WELL AS FOR INDIVIDUAL
ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE
PURPOSES.
THIS IS A SPACE THAT NOW WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S DECLARATION OF
EMERGENCY ALLOWS US TO ALSO TAP
FEMA RESOURCES WITH THIS
REGARD, HOPING OVER THE NEXT
WEEK OR SO WE'LL HAVE MORE TO
SAY OVER APPROACH OF ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY, NOT JUST FOR HOMELESS
POPULATION, BUT ALSO FOR
GENERAL POPULATION AS THE NEEDS
POTENTIALLY GROW.
THAT'S THE LATEST ON THE
CAPACITY AND SHELTER PIECE.
ON FOOD, I THINK THERE ARE A
COUPLE --
>> I JUST WANT TO PAUSE REAL
QUICK HERE, I'M JUMPING ON A
QUESTION BEFORE MOVING ONTO
ASSISTANCE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
THE REPORTS THAT WE ARE HEARING
ABOUT NAVIGATION, SUCH AS
MOVING FOLKS OUT OF EXISTING
PLACES THAT ARE FRANKLY NOT IN
THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY,
INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE IN
PARKS, OFF TO THE SHOULDER OF
RIGHT OF WAYS AND NOT
OBSTRUCTING PEDESTRIAN WALK
WAYS, ET CETERA, ESPECIALLY
CONCERNED GIVEN THAT WE KNOW
WE'RE AT CAPACITY AND OUR
CURRENT SHELTERS ARE TRYING TO
HAVE WHAT WE HAVE FOR GREATER
SOCIAL DISTANCING CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL PROCESS
FOR THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND ARE
PEOPLE BEING ASKED TO MOVE AS
WE STAND REPORTED ONLINE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, MY
UNDERSTANDING I'LL JUST SHARE
WHAT I HAVE THE NAVIGATION TEAM
IS NOT CURRENTLY PERFORMING ANY
72-HOUR CLEAN UPS, EXCEPT WHERE
THERE IS A DANGER TO THE
OCCUPANTS THEMSELVES AND RIGHT
NOW THE FOCUS FRANKLY BY THE
TEAM IS REALLY ON OUTREACH AND
DISTRIBUTION OF HYGIENE
SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.
SO THAT IS THE GUIDANCE FROM
THE EXECUTIVE AND THAT IS OUR
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FOCUS OF
THE TEAM IS, WE'LL BE LOOKING
AT AND WORKING WITH FPU AND
PARTS OF NAVIGATION TEAM ITSELF
TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL,
ADDITIONAL CRASH COLLECTION
AROUND ENCAMPMENTS BUT THE
CURRENT GUIDANCE IS FOR THE
TEAM TO FOCUS ON OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT NOT CLEAN UP AND
REMOVAL, WE'RE ATTRACTING
ASSESSABILITY ISSUES WITH
REGARDS TO PEDESTRIAN RIGHTS OF
WAY, WHEN THERE IS AN
OBSTRUCTION SITUATION ONLY BUT
IN GENERAL WE ARE NOT DOING 72
HOUR CLEAN UPS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IF THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE
PUBLIC, DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS
WHERE WE SHOULD DIRECT THEM
PEOPLE ARE BEING WITHOUT OPTION
FOR SHELTER.
>> AT THIS POINT I WOULD
SUGGEST IF WE HEAR OF THOSE
INSTANCES THAT HAVE THOSE
DIRECTIVES TO DIRECTOR JOHNSON
AND WE WILL AND THAT IS
OVERSIGHT DEPUTY MAYOR, IF YOU
OVERHEAR OR SEE OF INSTANCES
WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK INTO,
JUST LET US KNOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY
MAYOR, I KNOW WE HAVE ONE MORE,
DID YOUR QUESTION GET ANSWERED?
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS BUT
THEY ARE BOTH RELATED TO, IF
I'M TALKING TO THEM, IN YOUR
REPRESENTATION YOU DIDN'T
ADDRESS ANY YOU WERE THINKING
ABOUT ON AN INTERMEDIATE BASIS,
ALSO SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW WE'VE
BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE DINING
HOUSE TO BE KEPT OPEN, TO HAVE
IT PERMANENTLY REESTABLISHED
BEYOND MARCH 31, I'M NOT SURE
WHAT INDICATION, I KNOW THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS GIVEN AN
INDICATION, SHARE THAT WITH US,
ALSOWE ANSWER ANOTHER YEAR LONG
PERMIT AND I'M NOT ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULDN'T BE
DONE AS A MATTER OF GIVEN THE
PANDEMIC WE ARE IN.
I THINK THE EASIEST AND LEAST
HARMFUL THING TO DO TO RELIEVE,
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO
DINING HOUSES RIGHT NOW, LET
THEM KNOW THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE TO MOVE FOR ANOTHER YEAR,
THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT
SECURITY AND ON YOUR POINT ABOUT
I WILL GIVE YOU THERE ARE SOME
RECORDIGS THAT JUST HAPPENED
RECENTLY, WHERE THE PROPERTY OF
THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL WAS
DAMAGE IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME
DIRECTLY, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THEM.
BEFORE YOU RESPOND, HAVE A
QUESTION, FOLKS, I KNOW THE
TEAM HAD TO JUMP OFF AT 3:00,
WE HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP AND
YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE AND GET TO
THE LAST SECOND AND YOU WILL
LET THE OFFICE GO WITH MORE
INFORMATION COMING HOPEFULLY
FOR COUNCIL BRIEFINGS NEXT WEEK
BY FOLLOW UP IN WRITING.
DID YOU HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP
BEFORE WE TURN IT BACK?
>> EJUST WANT TO PROVIDE THE
FOLLOW UP QUESTION, SO WE KNOW
THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE DOING
AN ASSESSMENT SPECIFICALLY
FOCUS ON PEOPLE IN AN ENCAMP
AN, AND QUESTIONS ABOUT
SHEDDING LIGHT ON POTENTIAL
VULNERABILITY OF PEOPLE WITHIN
THE ENCAMPMENT, WE KNOW THAT
SINCE THE BEGINNING THE TEAM IS
ACROSS THE CITY, DISTRIBUTED
430 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FLIERS
AND 53 HYGIENE TIPS, THAT SORT
OF ASSESSMENT WORK IS REALLY
CRITICAL IN HOW WE WANT
NAVIGATION, NEED FOR PHYSICAL
LOCATION TO BE CLEANED UP IN
HELPING PEOPLE DO THAT CLEAN UP
I WAS TOLD THERE WAS GOING TO
BE DISCUSSION ABOUT ESSENTIAL
REMOVAL OF ENCAMPMENTS YOU SAID
THERE ARE NO 72 REMOVALS BUT WE
KNOW THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
OUTBREAKS THE VAST MAJORITY
WERE OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL.
I'M LOOKING TO RECEIVE FOLLOW
UP TO THE COMMITMENT THAT WAS
MADE TO ME LAST WEEK, FURTHER
DEFINING THOSE OBSTRUCTION
REMOVALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT REMOVING PEOPLE AND
CREATING GREATER PUBLIC HEALTH
THREAT IN REMOVING NON-
ESSENTIAL FOR REMOVAL LOCATION
FROM YOU THAT THAT IS A
CONVERSATION THAT IS GOING AND
WE SHOULD EXPECT TO HEAR MORE
FROM HSD SOON.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBAL THANK
YOU FOR THAT, I'M LOOKING AT MY
NOTES HERE, I WOULD CONCUR THAT
MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALSO THAT
THEY WERE REFINING THE APPROACH
AS IT RELATES TO THE MOVEMENT
OF ACTIVITY LEFT, SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPAIR THOSE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
HAZARD FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
CONTINUED THEY PROVIDE THAT TO
THE COUNCIL.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT ALL OPTIONS, EXTENDING
CAPACITY FOR SHELTERED
INDIVIDUALS AS WE MENTIONED
BEFORE I DO THINK WE HAVE FEW
SITES SPECIFICALLY AT TINY HOME
EXPANSION ON CHERRY HILL SO
THEY ARE LOOKING AT TINY HOME
EXPANSION WITH REGARD TO NORTH
LAKE WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH
THE RESIDENCE THERE THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT AN EXTENSION RESPOND
MORE TO COME.
>> THE LATEST OF THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS ACCESS FOR CHILD CARE
ONLY AS IT RELATES TO CLOSURE
OF SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I
CAN REPORT THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IS DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO
FAMILIESAT 26 OF THEIR
LOCATIONS WE CAN PROVIDE MORE
PARTICULARS IF NEEDED.
ON CHILD CARE WE ARE WORKING ON
A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES, FIRST
AND FOREMOST IS WE'RE LOOKING
TO SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
PROVIDE A PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE
SOME FASHION OF EXISTING
SCHOOLS, IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT
CHILD CARE SERVICES OBVIOUSLY
WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AS
IT RELATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CAPACITY, LIMITATIONS TO SPILL
PRACTICE, SOCIAL DISTANCING AT
THE SAME TIME WE'VE BEGAN
WORKING WITH OUR HOSPITALS TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH
THEM TO IDENTIFY CHILD CARE FOR
THEIR MEDICAL PERSONNEL WITH
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ON SOME
STRATEGY THAT POTENTIALLY MAY
ACCESS SOME OF OUR FACILITIES,
STAFF BY THEIR PERSONNEL, UNTIL
PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR SOME OF
OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND WORKING
TO CREATE A MORE CENTRALIZED,
TRACKING HEALTH CARE, CHILD
CARE NEEDS AND I DO KNOW FROM
THE COUNTY SIDE THEY ARE
STANDING UP SOME OPERATIONS
SPECIFICALLY ON THE NORTHWEST
HEALTH CARE NETWORK THAT WE ARE
DOING IT HOSPITAL BY HOSPITAL.
AT THE SAME TIME STRATEGICALLY
WITHIN OUR TEAM, WE'RE
BEGINNING TO LOOK AT
POTENTIALLY BUT DON'T
NECESSARILY RELY ON THE 10, 15,
20 CHILDREN, CHILD CARE SETTING
CLASSROOM-TYPE ARRANGEMENTS
RELYING PERHAPS MORE HEAVILY ON
FAMILY AND NEIGHBOR CARE UNDER
THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND
LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN HELP
FACILITATE A POOL OF RESOURCES
AND INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF
SERVICE FOR FOLKS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES INCLUDING HEALTH
CARE WORKERS BUT ALSO FIRST
RESPONDERS AND OTHERS THAT MAY
NEED CHILD CARE.
THIS IS AN ACTIVE SPACE THAT
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, HOPING
TO HAVE MORE SPECIFIC STRATEGY
THIS WEEK.
HOPEFULLY I CAN REPORT ON THOSE
WHEN WE MEET AGAIN NEXT MONDAY.
>> WE'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED A
RANGE OF EFFORTS AROUND SMALL
BUSINESS AND UTILITY RELIEF,
THOSE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY, I
MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE'VE
IDENTIFIED FOR SMALL BUSINESS
RELIEF SUPPORT AND OF COURSE WE
ARE HOPING FOR THE COUNCIL'S
ACTION SUPPORT OF THE
RESIDENTIAL EVICTION, FINALLY
WE'RE WORKING WITH IN TERMS OF
PRESENT DONATIONS, WE'RE
WORKING TO HARNESS THOSE
EFFORTS AND BRING THOSE INTO
ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF OUR CITY
EFFORTS ALREADY WE'LL HAVE MORE
TO SAY ON THAT AS THE WEEK
UNFOLDS.
I'LL END THERE.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WANTED TO PAUSE REAL QUICK,
I WASN'T SURE IF I HAD AN
ANSWER, DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO
ANSWER THAT ONE?
>> YES.
WE WILL BE EXPANDING THE TIME
OF WHICH WE WILL ALLOW THAT
NICKELSVILLE TO STAY AT NORTH
LAKE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH
SOME DETAILS.
YEP.
ANTICIPATE EXTENSION IS IN THE
WORKS ALREADY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>>> I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF E-
MAILS, VERY INTERESTING TO
SUPPORT EFFORTS FOR WHAT'S
GOING ON, INCLUDING THOSE WHO
ARE UNSHELTERED AND THERE ARE
MANY QUESTIONS THAT PERHAPS YOU
WANT FOLLOW-UP ANSWERS TO WE
KNOW THAT THERE IS THE TEAM AND
THE FOLKS AT THE EMERGENCY
CENTER ARE WORKING AS HARD AS
THEY CAN, THIS IMPORTANT
OVERSIGHT ROLE IN A NEED TO
CONTINUE, WE APPRECIATE THEIR
TIME AND WE'LL ALSO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU TO SEE IF THERE IS
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT
DIDN'T GET ANSWERED,
SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
IN TERMS OF OUR DESIRE TO HAVE
A COUNCIL BRIEFING NEXT MONDAY
MORNING.
>>> COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING TIME DURING OUR NORMAL
AGENDA TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY
SIGNED OFF TO THE DEPUTY AND
THE ENTIRE TEAM AND THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE WE MAY HEAR
THEM LOG OFF BUT WE WANTED TO
EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FOR
THEIR WORK AND THE COUNTY AND
STATE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE,
MOVING AHEAD THE MINUTES FOR
THIS FEBRUARY 18 AND 24, 2020,
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN
REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTIONS
THEMEETINGS WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
MEETING MINUTES ARE SIGNED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES.
MOVING ONTO AN OPTION ON THE
CALENDAR, MOVE TO ADOPT A
PROPOSED REDUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
SECOND?
EXCELLENT THANK YOU.
ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AS
COUNCIL MEMBERS I HAVE A
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RELATED TO
MODIFYING THE EMERGENCY ORDER
ON RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS FOR
INTRODUCTION, BEFORE I MOVE THE
COUNCIL WILL BE SUSPENDED
BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSED
REVOLUTION WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED
BY FRIDAY, FOLKS WORKING AS
FAST AS THEY COULD FOR THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH CAME IN
ON I BELIEVE FRIDAY AND WE
WORKED ON OVER THE WEEKEND, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION AT THE SAME TIME GIVEN
THAT IT WAS NOT INTRODUCED BY 5
P.M.
ON FRIDAY.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED I
WILL PROCEED WITH PROPOSING AN
ATTENDMENT TO THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
TO AMEND THE REFERRAL CALENDAR
BY INTRODUCING RESOLUTION THREE
WITH THIS ORDER, REFERRING IT
TO TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING FOR
ADOPTION, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> SECONDED, I'D LIKE TO ENTER
OR PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS FOR
THE RECORD AND ALSO ENCOURAGE
WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CHIME IN.
FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR
YOURSTEADY WORK IN THIS
EMERGENCY PERIOD, WE'RE WORKING
AS FAST AS WE CAN TO ADDRESS
THE QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS
AS WE HEAR FROM MOMENTS AGO
MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING A CHANCE
TO CHECK IN WITH THE EXECUTIVE
FROM SEATTLE BEING FROM THE
MAYOR JENNY DURKIN, KING
COUNTY, THE CITY COUNCIL AS
WELL.
I KNOW THAT THE NUMBER OF E-
MAILS AND CALLS THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED WITH A DESIRE TO MAKE
SURE EVICTIONS WERE NOT
CONTINUING IN THIS MOMENT OF
CRISIS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS,
THOSE HAVE ALSO BEEN FROM
BUSINESS MEMBERS PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF
TIME THAT THESE, THAT THE
POTENTIAL CRISIS COULD PRESENT
ITSELF AND GIVEN THE NUMBER OF
LAY OFFS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
HEARD ABOUT OVER THE WEEKEND
AND WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR
ABOUT, GIVEN THE DIRECTOR THAT
WAS ISSUED THIS MORNING AND
LATE LAST NIGHT FROM THE
EXECUTIVE AND GOVERNOR INSLY,
WE KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE
FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS FOR BOTH
RESIDENCE AND BUSINESSES.
SO THERE IS A SERIES OF
AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WALK
THROUGH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF
WE COULD HAVE, COLLEAGUES TO
SUGGEST VARIOUS AMENDMENTS,
CHIME IN, I ALSO KNOW THAT WE
HAVE STAFF INCLUDED ON THE CALL
THAT THEY ARE ALSO PREPARED TO
WALK US THROUGH VARIOUS
AMENDMENTS, WANTED TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND PERHAPS
WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION GIVEN
WE HAVE ALEX MINUCHI, MIGHT
SUGGEST ALI IF IT IS OKAY WITH
YOU IF WE TURN IT TO YOU TO
WALK THROUGH THE VARIOUS
AMENDMENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
SUGGESTED ALONG WITH ME, THAT
INCLUDE HERBALD AND MEMBER
MORALAS.
COUNCIL ALMUCHI, IF YOU ARE ON
THE LINE AND ABLE TO CHIME IN,
ARE YOU OFF MUTE?
>> I AM OFF MUTE NOW TO WALK
YOU THROUGH.
OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MY
COLLEAGUES WITH HAVING STAFF
WALK US THROUGH?
HEARING NO OBJECTION, CENTRAL
STAFF THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US TO WALK US
THROUGH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO RESOLUTION 31938.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M SO SORRY, I'M SO SORRY TO
INTERRUPT YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST DOUBLE
CHECK WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE
HERE, MADAME CLERK, IT LOOKS TO
ME LIKE YOU HAVE THIS ON FOR
AGENDA ITEM THREE WE HAVE MADE
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA,
DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL THE
CLERK'S OFFICE TO KEEP THIS
ITEM AS ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF FOLLOWING ALONG
FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WITH US
ELECTRONICALLY?
>> THIS IS AMELIA SANCHEZ,
THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL
WHETHER THEY WANT TO CONSIDER A
RESOLUTION, IT CAN BE A FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR LAST ITEM
ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE MOVE
INTO THE SECOND ORDER WHICH THE
ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SIMPLY JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE
ADDED THIS ITEM TO THE AGENDA
FOR TODAY, I WOULD LIKE WITH
YOUR CONSIDERATION TO INSTEAD
JUST MAKE THE MOTION RIGHT NOW
TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE
THIS AS ITEM NUMBER THREE AND
WE'LL GET TO ALLY IN TERMS OF A
PRESENTATION AFTER ITEMS ONE
AND TWO WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN
PUBLISHED.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO
INCLUDING RESOLUTION 31938 AT A
LATER POINT I'LL HAVE A ROLE
CALL, PROCESS WISE FOLKS ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH ME.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION WE ARE
NOW GOING TO AMEND THE AGENDA
TO RESOLUTION 31938 AS ITEM
NUMBER THREE ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA WE'LL GET TO THE
PRESENTATION UNDER THAT TIME.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON AMENDING THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBLE.
AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MASKETA8 IN
FAVOR AND OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRY AND INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS AMENDED.
SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION ON
THAT AS WE TRY TO AMEND IN
REALTIME ON TELLECONFERENCE,
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR AS AMENDED?
SEEING NONE.
PLEASE CALL THE INTRODUCTION OF
N AS AMENDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBAL?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALAS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SALAT.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT MASKETA.
>> 8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTEDA
AMENDED IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED MOVING ONTO PAYMENT
OF THE BILLS, PLEASE READ THE
TITLE CLERK.
>> COUNCIL 119755, CLAIMS FOR
THE WEEK OF MARCH 2, 2020.
I MOVE TO PASS BILL 119755.
SECOND IN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
>> HEARING NONE, MADAME CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBAL.
AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALAS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SIWAN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT MASKRA.
8 IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.
THE BILL PASSES AND SIGNED BY
THE CHAIR WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
MOVING ONTO COMMITTEE REPORTS
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, MADAME
CLERK PLEASE READ THIS ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ONE
COUNCIL 119754, TO EMPLOYMENT,
TO STRENGTHEN AND CLARIFY
REQUIREMENT FOR PAID SICK TIME
FOR EMPLOYEES WORKING IN
SEATTLE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
11975 IF THERE IS A SECOND YOU
CAN HAVE DISCUSSION.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL COUNCIL 11974.
COLLEAGUES THIS IS A BILL THAT
I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WORK ON
WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
AND IN MY OFFICE WHO LEADS US
ON LABOR FOR ACTUALLY A NUMBER
OF MONTHS PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK
OF COVID-19.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT ON THE CALL
WITH US FROM ESSENTIAL STAFF WE
APPRECIATE HER BEING WITH US AS
LEAD ON LABOR ISSUES IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE HAPPY
TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ABOUT
THIS BILL WITH INFORMATION I
SHARED WITH YOU LAST WEEK.
WE HAD ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION
FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS WITH
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CHILD CARE
ADVOCATES, FOLKS LIKE RACHAEL
ADLER WHO YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM
THESE LAWS, FOLKS AT PROTECH
17, MOM'S RISING, MARTIN LUTHER
KING LABOR COUNCIL.
THE CONVERSATION AROUND
CORONAVIRUS MEANS WE NEEDED TO
EXPEDITE THE LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF YOU.
WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE
STAKEHOLDERS EACH YEAR AND
EARLY LAST YEAR THAT THERE WERE
STORIES REPEATEDLY OF PARENTS
AND CAREGIVERS WORRIED ABOUT
TAKING TIME OFF IF THEIR FAMILY
MEMBER'S CHILD CARE IS CLOSED.
THIS IS VERY URGENT AND REMAINS
URGENT EVEN WITH THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR
INSLEE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
THE CONVERSATIONS RESOLVE
AROUND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
SCHOOLS AND EARLY LEARNING
FACILITIES CHILD CARE CENTERS,
THAT SOMETIMES END UP CLOSING
DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR PUBLIC
HEALTH CONCERNS AND THOSE
CLOSURES ARE NOT MANDATED BUT A
PUBLIC OFFICIAL AS WE SEE ON
THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
YOU, OUR ATTEMPT HERE IS TO TRY
TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN BY
REQUIRING A CLOSURE OF SCHOOL
OR EARLY LEARNING FACILITY, DAY
CARE CENTER TO BE CLOSED AT THE
MANDATE OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL IF
A CHILD CARE FACILITY OR A
PLACE WHERE A DEPENDENT GOES IF
CLOSED WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY
IMPAIRTIVE IF WORKERS WHO HAVE
THEIR WIDOWS THERE ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS SICK DAYS, THIS IS
CRITICAL FOR OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, EVEN WHEN
ASKED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED
WHETHER OR NOT THIS MEANS DAY
CARES ARE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE AND
THEY HAD NO GOOD ANSWER,
BASICALLY SAID WE'LL NEED TO
GET BACK TO YOU, IN THE
MEANTIME, MANY OF OUR CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS, SMALL SCHOOLS
ARE CLOSING OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE
OF PRECAUTION WITHOUT AN
OFFICIAL MANDATING IT WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE PARENTS CAN
ADVOCATE SAFELY.
ALSO HOW THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED
IN THE CONTEXT OF CLOSURES FOR
DEEP CLEANING, TEACHER IN-
SERVICES, SNOW CLOSURE, ISSUED
BROADER THAN CORONAVIRUS, THIS
IS SICK AND PAID DAYS WHEN THE
SCHOOL IS CLOSING OUT OF BOTH
SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL.
THIS ALLOWS FOR PARENTS TO BE
ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE
AND NOT LOSING A DAY'S WAGE
WHEN THEIR DEPENDENCE, PLACE OF
CARE IS CLOSING.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE DOING AS
MUCH AS WE CAN TO HELP WITH
MORE BUSINESSES, MAKE SURE
THERE IS MORE WAGES FOR
INDIVIDUALS LOSING THEIR JOB,
HEALTH CARE AND ACCESSING
INFORMATION I THINK IT IS
COMPLEMENTARY TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS PEACE OF MIND FOR
PARENTS THIS IS ONE SMALL PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE TO MAKE SURE
WORKERS CAN ACCESS PAID AND
SICK LEAVE IF A SCHOOL CLOSURE,
EARLY PLACE OF CARE IF AN
ENTITY CLOSING WITHOUT A PUBLIC
OFFICIAL DIRECTIVE THAN THERE
IS NO QUESTION THE PARENTS CAN
ACCESS THAT CARE.
WITH US FROM ESSENTIAL STAFF I
BELIEVE THERE IS AMENDMENTS TO
COME TO THIS BILL, BEFORE WE
GET IN TO THE POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS I WANT TO SEE IF
THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, THANK YOU FOR
GETTING ON THE LINE WITH US, IF
YOU COULD STAY ON THE LINE IF
THERE IS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD
BE VERY HELPFUL.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IF THERE IS
THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS AN
AMENDMENT I WOULD LOVE FOR HER
TO ADDRESS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ADDRESS YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> COUNCIL BILL 119754 IS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 2, IF I
HAVE A SECOND I CAN DESCRIBE IT
JUST GO AHEAD.
SO WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO
IS IT WOULD FILL SOME GAPS THAT
EXIST, SIMILARLY TO THE
DESCRIPTION FROM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PROTEM MASKEDA, ON A
SITUATION WHERE WORKERS CAN
ACCESS PAID SICK TIME WHEN A
PUBLIC OFFICIAL HAS CLOSED A
BUSINESS, THIS ALSO WOULD FILL
A GAP IN THOSE INSTANCES WHEN A
BUSINESS HAS CLOSED FOR HEALTH
OR SAFETY-RELATED REASONS, THAT
CLOSURE HAS NOT OCCURRED AT THE
BEHEST OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
SO WHEREAS GOVERNOR INSLEE'S
ORDER FROM TODAY WILL COVER
EMPLOYEES RESTAURANT BARS
RETAIL ORDER UNDER EXISTING
PAID SICK LEAVE LAWS WILL BE
ABLE TO ACCESS PAID SICK LEAVE,
BUT EXISTING PAID SICK LEAVE
DOES NOT COVER DISCRETIONARY
CLOSURES THAT BUSINESSES MAY
DECIDE INDEPENDENTLY OF MAY NOT
COVER OPERATIONS BUT NOT FULL
BUSINESS CLOSURES, THIS
AMENDMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO FILL
THAT GAP BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING
THE IMPACTS TO MEDIUM AND SMALL
BUSINESSES FOR POTENTIALLY
HAVING TO PAY 100% OF THEIR
SICK AND SAFE LEAVE TIME IF
THEY DO SEE A NEED THEMSELVES
FOR CLOSURE.
I'M TRYING TO BALANCE WHAT I
THINK IS A FAIR APPROACH TO
ALLOW WORKERS TO ACCESS A BANK
THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, ALSO
RECOGNIZING IMPACTS TO SMALL
AND MODERATE BUSINESSES.
ANOTHER GAP THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD FILL IS UNDER CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
RULES EMPLOYEES MUST WAIT FOR
ONE WEEK FOR A STAND BY CLAIM,
EMPLOYEES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT
COULD USE PAID SAFE TIME WHILE
WAITING FOR EMPLOYMENT,
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS
FOR TEMPORARY LAY OFFS.
AND THEN FINALLY THERE IS THE
FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT
IDENTIFIES QUALIFYING NEEDS
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW
EMPLOYEES TO USE PAID SAFE TIME
FOR QUALIFYING NEEDS THAT ARE
NOT CURRENTLY COVERED UNDER THE
PROPOSED FEDERAL BILL HR6201.
>> THANK YOU, OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER'S
AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT NUMBER
TWO.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER
PETERSON, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER,
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND FOR THE
COUNCIL REFERENCE, WE HAVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE THAT THE
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON ARE
WORKING ON AS WELL THAT WE'LL
GO BACK TO.
QUESTIONS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
TWO.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBALD, THANK
YOU FOR THIS AMENDMENT AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING THOUGHTFUL
ABOUT SMALL AND MIDSIZE
BUSINESSES, JUST FOR THE
GENERAL PUBLICTIERS 3 EMPLOYER
WITH EMPLOYEES WITH 250 MORE
EMPLOYEES?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND IS IT YOUR INTENT THAT
THIS PARTICULAR ORDNANCE, THE
WHEREAS IS , AND THE FINDINGS
ARE FOCUSED PREDOMINANTLY ON
THE CURRENT CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
AND CERTAINLY BRINGING IN THE
SHARP RELIEF HOW WE WANT TO
TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT THE PAID
SICK AND SAFE LEAVE POLICIES
THAT YOU WORKED ON MANY YEARS
AGO, ACTUALLY, TO FOUND THOSE
FOR THE CITY AND IS IT YOUR
INTEND THAT OR UNDERSTANDING
THAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE
THIS CHANGE BE A PERMANENT
CHANGE EVEN BEYOND THE CURRENT
CRISIS?
>> THANK YOU, GREAT QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
PRESIDENT ASKEDA HAS OTHER
CLEAN-UP ENVISION FOR PAID SICK
LEAVE AT A LATER DATE, I WOULD
BE PERFECTLY HAPPY TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS POLICY AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME.
I DID WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW
THAT THE LABOR STANDARD POINTS
TO A DESIRE TO HAVE CONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE THREE TIERS I'VE
REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE BOTH LABOR LIAISON AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BUSINESS
LIAISON AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD
THAT THEY ARE FINE WITH THE
AMENDMENT AS DRAFTED, THEY
UNDERSTAND THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS POINT ABOUT THE
APPROACH TO HAVE CONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE THREE TIERS BUT
FEEL WE COULD REEVALUATE THAT
IN THE FUTURE.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
REACHING OUT TO THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE
OVERSEEING IT AS WELL AS YOU
ARE SAYING THE BUSINESS LIAISON
AS WELL.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT
OUTREACH BECAUSE I KNOW THINGS
ARE MOVING REALLY FAST AROUND
HERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO FLAG MY
CONCERN FOR I AM VERY OPEN TO
LOOKING AT THESE POLICY CHANGES
THAT WOULD BE MADE PERMANENT IN
THE FUTURE, I JUST AM A LITTLE
CONCERNED ABOUT DOING IT SO
QUICKLY HERE IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY A GOOD IDEA BUT
HAPPENING FAST I'M GLAD TO HEAR
THAT OUTREACH WAS DONE IT MAKES
ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE SO
THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY
QUESTIONS.
>> I WILL SEND YOU THE LANGUAGE
THAT I RECEIVE FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE I'LL SEND IT TO YOU AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES ARE THERE AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO.
HEARING NONE, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBALD THANK YOU, I THINK THAT
IS IN LINE WITH THE DIRECTOR
THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO
HOPED THAT MANY WILL TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF, ALSO EXPANDED
ACCESS TO LEAVE OPTIONS AT THE
STATE LEVEL, I THINK THAT THIS
IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND
REALLY WELL TIMED AMENDMENT AND
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'LL AGAIN
COME BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT
SICK AND PAID LEAVE, HOPEFULLY
KNOCK ON WOOD WHEN TIMES WILL
COME BACK TO NORMAL.
SO WE'LL ENGAGE IN A
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS WELL
AND LOOK FORWARD TO ASKING YOU
AND COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON AS
WELL INVOLVED IN THAT
DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>>> THANK YOU, HEARING NO OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO AS OUTLINED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBALD.
>> COUNCIL STRAUS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBALD?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALAS.
AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT MASKEDA.
>> AYE.
8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL.
CLERK, THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED
AND THE COUNCIL AMENDED WE HAVE
ONE MORE AMENDMENT BEFORE FINAL
PASSAGE,.
>> THIS AMENDMENT IS ADDING
CLARIFY REGARDING SCHOOLS AND
PLACES OF CARE WILL GO ON IN
THE FUTURE THAT IT IS NOT JUST
DURING THIS CRISIS, FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO SIGNAL TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THIS IS NOT
JUST ABOUT THE PANDEMIC BUT IT
WOULD GO BEYOND THAT AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ALSO BEING VERY OPEN TO MY
QUESTIONS DURING THE PROCESS,
UNITY IN THIS CRISIS I
APPRECIATE THAT COMING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS AND THE WORK YOU'VE DONE
TO MAKE SOME CLARIFYING
LANGUAGE REALLY STAND OUT HERE,
SO, THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON?
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON,
HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE WILL THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBALD?
>> AYE COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALAS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SWAN.
>> COUNCIL
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 AND 2
HAVE BEEN ADOPTED INTO THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
FINAL PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
>> I DID HAVE COMMENTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE SOME
REMARKS IN THE INTEREST OF
PUBLIC INPUT, AS I WILL BE
SUPPORTING --
>> THANK YOU, I ALSO WANT TO
TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO THANK
MOMS RISING, PROTEST 17, AND
CIVIC VENTURE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE LETTERS IN YOUR
INBOX FROM THEM, THEY WROTE
LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
-- THIS IS THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG AND WE WILL CONTINUE
THOSE EFFORTS.
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
AS AMENDED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
THE BILLS PASSAGE AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE BILL ON MY BEHALF?
MOVING ON TO -- PLEASE READ THE
REPORT.
>> --
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS BILL?
>> THIS RESOLUTION
ACKNOWLEDGES AND CONCURS WITH --
TARGETS.
THE UPDATE IS REQUIRED BY STATE
LAW AND REFLECTS THE POSITIVE
IMPACT OF STRONGER ENERGY
CONSERVATION BUILDING CODES AND
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECENT
CONSERVATION MEASURES SUCH AS
THE INSTALLATION OF ENERGY-
EFFICIENT L.E.D.
LIGHTING.
I RECOMMEND WE MOVE TO ADOPT
THIS RESOLUTION 31932.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK, THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE RESOLUTION ON
MY BEHALF?
>> -- WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD?
>> --
>> SO SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION
EARLIER.
I AM GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION IF THERE IS A SECOND
THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION
AS WE ALMOST BEGAN TO DO BEFORE
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 31938.
>> SECOND.
>> -- THANK YOU FOR HANGING ON
THE LINE WITH US AND FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY IN CONSIDERING THE
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US.
WE HAVE THE ORDER AS ORIGINALLY
SUBMITTED FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND WITH -- THAT HAVE
BEEN PROPOSED BY -- ALSO
ENCOURAGE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO
CHIME IN AFTER SHE MAKES HER
COMMENTS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS.
RESOLUTION 31938 WOULD MODIFY --
THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS ARE
SHOWN IN EXHIBIT B TO THE
RESOLUTION.
THESE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE
EXPANDING THE MORATORIUM ON
EVICTIONS TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL
TENDENCIES NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL
TENANCIES.
IT WOULD EXPAND THE MORATORUM
TO ENCODE INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF
EVICTION, NOT JUST PAYMENT OF
RENT, EXCEPT THAT IF THE
EVICTION IS DUE TO AN ISSUE
WITH THE TENANT'S BEHAVIOR THAT
PRESENTS A RISK TO SAFETY, THEN
THE EVICTION CAN PROCEED.
-- IN ADDITION THE MODIFICATION
WOULD ADD THE IN LANGUAGE
REQUESTING THAT THE COUNTY
SHERIFF NOT ENFORCE ANY
EVICTIONS DURING THE MORATORIUM.
IN ADDITION TO THE
MODIFICATIONS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT
B TO THE RESOLUTION, THE
RESOLUTION ALSO REQUESTED THE
MAYOR CONSIDER ISSUING
ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR
MAKING EXPENDITURES SUCH AS
INCREASING FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS
THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND OTHER FINANCIAL
SUPPORT TO HOUSEHOLDS UNABLE TO
PAY RENT DUE TO ECONOMIC
DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY COVID-19
OR TAKING OTHER ACTIONS -- AND
OTHER STRATEGIES TO ASSIST
BUSINESSES WHO ARE STRUGGLING
DUE TO THE ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS
CAUSED BY COVID-19.
ALSO NOTE THAT DURING THIS
MEETING I DISTRIBUTED A
AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THAT IS A
TECHNICAL OR CLARIFYING CHANGE.
THIS REALLY ADDRESSES AN ISSUE
WHERE IF A LANDLORD IS -- ONCE
THEY ISSUE THE NOTICE IF THEY
ACCEPT PAYMENT THAN THEY MAY BE
CONCERNED THAT IT MAY
INVALIDATE THE NOTICE.
I WILL STOP THERE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
MIGHT THIS BE A GOOD TIME TO
ASK FOR THE RULES TO BE WAIVED
SO WE CAN CONSIDER THIS
AMENDMENT AS DESCRIBED?
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION?
>> YES, -- I WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD
BE SUSPENDED TO CONSIDER AN
AMENDMENT TO THE MODIFIED ORDER.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED, I WILL
SECOND IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE.
MADAME CLERK --
>> AND --
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> NOW THAT WE HAVE ALLOWED FOR
ME TO MOVE THE AMENDMENT, MAY I
ALSO MOVE THE AMENDMENT?
>> THAT WOULD BE OFFICIATED,
BUT LET ME CHECK WITH ALLIE.
THE AMENDMENT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
SPEAKING TO IS THE ROLLED UP
AMENDMENT EXHIBIT B THAT HAS
BEEN CIRCULATED OR IS THIS IN
ADDITION TO THAT?
>> IT IS ROLLED UP EXHIBIT B
THAT I SENT VIA EMAIL, IT IS
VERSION 2 OF EXHIBIT B, AND IT
SHOWS CHANGES HIGHLIGHTED IN
YELLOW, THESE WERE THE CHANGES
THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TODAY AND
THEN ONE CHANGE HIGHLIGHTED IN
BLUE, THIS IS ON PAGE 3 IN
SECTION 1B OF EXHIBIT B.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WE
WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO
WALK US THROUGH THE AMENDMENT
SO THAT THE VIEWING PUBLIC
KNOWS THAT THIS IS B, VERSION
2, AND AMENDMENT THAT ROLLS
INTO ONE AMENDMENT AND --
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US
THROUGH THIS.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY , I DO
NOT THINK WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH
EACH AMENDMENT IF THAT IS
CORRECT, I THINK WE WILL HEAR
ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS TOGETHER
AND WE WILL -- ON THE
SUBSEQUENT LANGUAGE WE SEE IN
VERSION 2.
>> I AM READING THE SCRIPT
PROVIDED BY THE CLERK.
>> OKAY, WE ARE DOING THIS ON
THE FLY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE
PLEASE, DO.
>> THIS SENTENCE WOULD READ
RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL --
ISSUE A NOTICE OF TERMINATION
OR OTHERWISE ACT ON ANY
TERMINATION NOTICE INCLUDING
ANY ACTION OR NOTICE RELATED TO
A RENTAL AGREEMENT THAT HAS
EXPIRED OR WILL EXPIRE DURING
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
EMERGENCY ORDER UNLESS --
CONSTITUTING AN IMMINENT THREAT
TO THE SAFETY OR -- SO THE ONLY
NEW WORDS THAT I AM MOVING WITH
THIS AMENDMENT ARE THE WORDS
ISSUE A NOTICE OF TERMINATION,
AND IF I COULD HAVE A SECOND, I
WILL JUST REITERATE SOME OF WHAT
ALLIE IDENTIFIED AS --
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> DID I GET A SECOND?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> SO WE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THAT IN PROVIDING THIS
LANGUAGE WE INADVERTENTLY
MODIFY THE ORDER IN SUCH A WAY
THAT WOULD THIS INCENTIVIZE
LANDLORDS FROM ACCEPTING
PAYMENT PLANS BECAUSE WE
REMOVED LANGUAGE THAT PROHIBITED
-- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ALLOW TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO
WORK OUT PAYMENT PLANS INCLUDING
PARTIAL PAYMENTS AND DO NOT
WANT TO CREATE A DISINCENTIVE
IN ORDER TO DO SO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US
THROUGH THAT AMENDMENT AND
INCLUDING IT IN THE SCRIPT.
ALLIE, I THINK I AM GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO CONTINUE
WALKING US THROUGH.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT
THE END, IN BETWEEN, GO AHEAD
AND ASK THOSE, BUT AT THE END
OF THE -- A POTENTIAL VOTE ON
ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS AT ONE
TIME.
>> CAN I ASK A TECHNICAL
QUESTION?
I DO NOT HAVE A SCRIPT, SO I AM
DOING THIS ON THE FLY.
ARE WE GOING TO GO INTO
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON ANY OF THESE
AMENDMENTS?
>> THERE IS NOT AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION PLANNED FOR THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDMENT.
WE CAN TRY TO DO AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION IF FOLKS ARE NOT
FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE THE
LEGAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED, BUT
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
ARE SOME POLICY QUESTIONS THAT
I WOULD LOVE TO GET ANSWERED AS
WE GET INTO THE DETAILS.
>> LET ME CLARIFY, I MEANT TO
SAY EXECUTIVE SESSION IN LIGHT
OF THE ATTORNEY MEMO THAT WAS
SENT TO US.
WHERE THOSE SOME LEGAL
QUESTIONS IN THEIR?
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
PROCESS, IF WE VOTE YES TO ALL
FOR AMENDMENTS, THE COMMERCIAL
30 TO 60 DAYS, ALL EVICTIONS,
NOT TO ENFORCE THE LAW, ARE
REQUESTING, SO IF WE VOTED YES
TO ALL OF THAT, THEN WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION ABOUT WHAT THE LEGAL
RAMIFICATIONS ARE, OR ARE WE
JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, I
THINK THAT IF WE HAVE A POLICY
ANSWER I KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER
ENTITY THAT HAS DONE A SIMILAR
EFFORT TO INSTRUCT THEIR
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN A SIMILAR
MANNER, IF THERE IS A LEGAL
QUESTION, LET ME DOUBLE BACK
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
QUESTION BUT I THINK POLICY WISE
, ALLIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY
EXAMPLES OF -- BUT WE ALSO HAVE
THE ALTERNATIVE OF TAKING EACH
AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN
SUGGESTED, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD
BE A CLEANER WAY TO DO IT,
THOUGH.
>> WILL YOU CORRECT ME IF I AM
WRONG, IN ONE OF THE ISSUES,
WAS THE LANGUAGE NOT REQUEST
THE SHERIFF NOT TO ENFORCE, IS
THAT THE VERB USED?
>> THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE
SHERIFF IS IN SECTION 1D OF
EXHIBIT B ON PAGE 3, AND IT
READS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE
SHERIFF OF KING COUNTY IS
REQUESTED TO CEASE EXECUTION OF
EVICTION ORDERS DURING THE
MORATORIUM PERIOD.
IF I COULD AS A POINT OF
CLARIFICATION, WHAT WAS
DISTRIBUTED TODAY WAS A MODIFIED
VERSION OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
SHOWN IN EXHIBIT B.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
AMENDMENT WOULD ADD A NOTICE
OF TERMINATION TO THAT MODIFIED
ORDER, SO IT IS ONE ACTION YOU
WOULD BE TAKING TO FIRST, YOU
WOULD ASK ACT ON COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT TO DECIDE
IF YOU WANTED TO ADD THAT
LANGUAGE IN ADDITION TO THE
OTHER MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE
ALREADY ADDED IN EXHIBIT B AND
THEN YOU WOULD BE TAKING ON THE
RESOLUTION THAT MODIFIED THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH A
COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE
CHANGES I DESCRIBED DEVIOUSLY
SO THAT INCLUDES EXPANDING IT
TENDENCIES, EXTENDING IT TO A
60 DAY MORATORIUM RATHER THAN
30 DAYS, APPLYING IT TO MOST
EVICTION SITUATIONS OTHER THAN
THOSE THAT RESULT WHEN THE
ATTENDANT IS POSTING POSING A
HEALTH OR SAFETY RISK, AND IT
WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT IS
A DEFENSE IN EVICTION ACTION IF
THE EVICTION WERE TO OCCUR
DURING THE MORATORIUM EVEN IF
THE TENANT HAS NOT APPEARED IN
COURT, SO IT IS ONE ACTION,
THEY COULD BE TAKEN UP
SEPARATELY BUT I THINK THERE IS
SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO MANAGE
THAT.
>> THIS IS AMELIA.
YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT BEFORE US IS
AN AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD JUST PROPOSED AND THAT
WILL INCORPORATE THAT LANGUAGE
INTO -- SO WHAT WOULD NEED TO
HAPPEN IS THAT BECAUSE THOSE
AMENDMENTS WERE SECONDED WE
WOULD NEED TO COMPLETE THROUGH
THAT ACTUAL MOTION AND --
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, COULD
YOU PLEASE REPEAT WHAT YOU'RE
AMENDMENT DOES TO THE
UNDERLYING VERSION?
>> I MOVED TO AMEND RESOLUTION
31938 EXHIBIT B, SECTION 1B,
FIRST SENTENCE, BY ADDING THE
WORDS ISSUE A NOTICE OF
TERMINATION BEFORE THE WORDS
INITIATE AND ON THE LAWFUL
DETAINER ACTION.
AND WE HAVE MOVED AND SECONDED?
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THAT SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING ADDED TO
SECTION 1, SUB B, -- THAT WAY
WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THE
AMENDMENTS IN ONE DOCUMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE. MADAM CLERK WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
AMENDMENT AS OUTLINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ON
SECTION 1B.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE LANGUAGE AS OUTLINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS NOW
INCLUDED IN THE UNDERLYING
SUBSTITUTE THAT IS BEFORE US
FOR CONSIDERATION.
RESOLUTION 31938, -- DID YOU
HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO
SHARE WITH US ON THE DOCUMENT
THAT WILL BE CIRCULATED TO THE
COUNCIL THIS MORNING POLICY
QUESTIONS AS YOU KNOW HAVE COME
UP ESPECIALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE
AROUND EVICTION PROCESS FOR
PARTNERSHIP AND -- TO THE KING
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE I AM
SURE THAT THERE WILL BE OTHER
QUESTIONS AS WELL DO YOU MIND
SUMMARIZING FOR US THE CONTENTS
OF THE SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF
US?
>> SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE
CHANGE REQUESTING THAT THE KING
COUNTY -- I HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED
OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE HAD THIS
SPECIFIC PIECE IN THEIR
MORATORIUM, BUT I HAVE ALSO NOT
RESEARCHED THAT QUESTION IN
DETAIL SPECIFICALLY WHAT I CAN
SAY IS WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH
THE COUNCIL ON THE BILL THAT
INTRODUCED A DEFENSE TO
EVICTION DURING WINTER MONTHS I
FOUND SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF
SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT EITHER AS
A BUSINESS PRACTICE OR AS THE
DIRECTION OF THE COUNTY OR THE
CORD THAT CEASE OPERATION OF
ENFORCING EVICTION ORDERS
DURING CERTAIN WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND THAT SORT OF
THING SO THIS IS ALONG THOSE
LINES WHICH WOULD BE JUST IF
THERE ARE SORT OF EVICTIONS IN
THE PROCESS NOW THAT THEY NOT
ENFORCE DURING THIS MORATORIUM
BUT AS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
NOTED IT IS REQUESTED.
THE CHANGES IN WHAT WAS THE
ORIGINAL ORDER BY THE MAYOR AND
IN THE MODIFICATION TO THAT
ORDER, WOULD PROVIDE A LOT OF
RELIEF BECAUSE IT WOULD
PROHIBIT MOST EVICTIONS FROM
OCCURRING DURING THIS
MORATORIUM AND AS I NOTED THE
MORATORIUM ALSO PASSED FOR
FUTURE ACTIONS TO INCREASE
RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS AND
THAT SORT OF THING SO THAT IT,
THE INTENT HERE IS THAT TENANTS
CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND
IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO, THEN ASK
THAT THE CITY, STATE, AND
COUNTY FIND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
. IT IS INTENDED TO JUST KEEP
THEM HOUSED AND MINIMIZE THE
RISK OF EXPOSURE OF THE VIRUS.
THE OTHER CHANGES I HAVE WALKED
THROUGH AT A HIGH LEVEL AS YOU
MENTIONED, THIS WOULD ALSO
INCLUDE COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS SO
THAT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD
UNDER THIS MORATORIUM.
AS WELL AS ALL TYPES OF
EVICTIONS SO THE MAYOR'S ORDERS
WERE SPECIFIC FOR EVICTIONS DUE
TO NONPAYMENT OF RENT, THIS
WOULD EXPAND IT TO OTHER CAUSES
OF AN EVICTION TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE REMAIN STABLY
HOUSED DURING THIS CRISIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A REALLY
WELCOME ORNAMENTS FROM THE
MAYOR.
WE KNOW THAT IT RESPONSE TO
WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM
RESIDENTIAL CONSTITUENTS ACROSS
THE CITY WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT POTENTIALLY BEING EVICTED
IN THIS PERIOD.
THE CONCEPT THAT I WAS AIMING
FOR IN THE AMENDED THAT I AM
SUPPORTING AND THE UNDERLYING
SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF YOU WAS
ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
LEVEL OF RELIEF IS OFFERED TO
COMMERCIAL TENANTS ACROSS THE
CITY.
I HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF
CALLS AND QUESTIONS FROM SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT HOW THE
NEW DIRECTIVE AT THE STATE
LEVEL IS GOING TO AFFECT THE
SMALLEST BUSINESSES THAT WE
HAVE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT PAYING RENT.
I THINK THERE IS -- FOR ALL
OPTIONS GIVEN THAT -- MEANS
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING FOR SOME ANSWERS.
I ALSO APPRECIATE ALLIE'S
CLARIFICATION THAT THIS MAKES
SURE THAT IT IS NOT DIRECTING
AN ENTITY WE DO NOT HAVE
DIRECTION OVER BUT RECOMMENDING
OR ENCOURAGING WITH THE LANGUAGE
THAT WE USE.
I THINK THE STABILIZATION
STRATEGY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET
THROUGH THIS CRISIS AND THAT
PUBLIC HEALTH REMAINS THE ITEM
THAT IT IS AT THE FOREFRONT.
-- I AM SUPPORTED OF SUPPORTIVE
OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
INCLUDED IN THE UNDERLYING
SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF US.
AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT AT
THE END OF THIS MORATORIUM
PERIOD, WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES, IF THERE
IS A PUBLIC HEALTH BREAKTHROUGH
AND IT COMES BEFORE THE END OF
THIS MORATORIUM I KNOW WE WILL
BE BACK TO THE TABLES TO TALK
ABOUT CLEANING UP THIS MESS. --
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
EXEMPTING -- AND THAT I THINK
WE HAVE -- I THINK THAT THERE IS
ONE ADDITIONAL PIECE TO THE
PUZZLE AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF
THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER
TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT AND
PROTECT EACH OTHER.
BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I HAVE
NOT HEARD YOU SPEAK TO THIS.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, PLEASE --
>> I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD TO ALLIE'S DESCRIPTION.
-- WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PROTECTING FOLKS AGAINST AN
ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE RISK
EXPOSURE IF THEY WERE TO BE
EVICTED BECAUSE OF A NOISE
ORDINANCE OR HAVING THEIR
STROLLER IN THE LOBBY, SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
EXTENDS PROTECTION TO FOLKS
REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION.
BUT THE OTHER POINT THAT I
WANTED TO MAKE PARTICULARLY AS
IT RELATES TO PROTECTING SMALL
BUSINESSES AS WELL IS THAT WE
KNOW THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT, THEY EMPLOY MANY
PEOPLE, THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT
FOR FAMILIES, AND SO I THINK AS
WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS
CRISIS, ANYTHING THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING DOING TO PROTECT
TENANTS, WE ALSO NEED TO BE
INCORPORATING PROTECTIONS FOR
OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
PARTICULARLY OUR MOM-AND-POP
SHOPS AS WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT
ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE, RENTAL
PROTECTION, WORKER PROTECTIONS,
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING THEM AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION WORKING WITH YOU.
ON THE AMENDMENT, THE BROADER
AMENDMENT TO THIS RESOLUTION, I
WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, HAVING
WORKED TODAY THAT THEY WILL BE
BRINGING US A SUBSEQUENT
EMERGENCY ORDER RELATED TO
COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS AND I
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THEM MORE ON THAT.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK TO
THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE
LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED
AS IT RELATES TO RESIDENTIAL
TENANCIES IS IN RECOGNITION
THAT MANY LANDLORDS ARE
REQUESTING THE COURT'S TO NOT
ISSUE WRIT IN THE FACE OF THIS
CRISIS, AND I THINK THAT THAT
IS REALLY HELPFUL PROOF THAT
MANY OF US ARE REALLY WORKING
HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ALL ROWING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION HERE.
IN THIS CRISIS.
AND IN PARTICULAR I THINK IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR LANDLORDS
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS EMERGENCY
RENT ASSISTANCE, AND SO THE
RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION HAS
REQUESTED LESS OF A FOCUS ON
PROHIBITING THEIR ABILITY TO
ISSUE NOTICES AND MORE OF A
FOCUS ON ALLOWING THE COURT TO
NOT ISSUE WRIT AND ALLOWING THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO NOT ISSUE
WRIT AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE
REQUESTING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IN THERE, I SPOKE TO THE
SHERIFF TODAY AND THEY ARE
LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE BUT
FINALLY, I THINK IT IS REALLY
ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT WHEN FOLKS DO NOT SHOW UP
IN AN EVICTION COURT THEY OFTEN
GET THE VOTE JUDGMENT, SO THAT
IS WHY I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK BROADLY
ABOUT THIS MORATORIUM AND I
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING TO TURN
THIS AROUND QUICKLY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL COLLEAGUES
, QUESTIONS.
>> JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC TO TAKE A STEP BACK HERE,
THE MAYOR HAS ISSUED ANOTHER
EMERGENCY ORDER, WHICH SHE IS
ALLOWED TO DO AND SHE IS
FOCUSING ON RESIDENTIAL
EVICTIONS, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION
THAT ENCOURAGES HER TO LOOK MORE
BROADLY IN SUBSEQUENT ORDERS,
INCLUDING LOOKING AT RELIEF FOR
COMMERCIAL TENANTS, WHICH I
FULLY SUPPORT.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH IS
EXHIBIT B OF OUR RESOLUTION, AND
THAT AMENDMENT GOES WELL BEYOND
WHAT THE MAYOR'S ORDER IS
STATING CURRENTLY, SO I AM JUST
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
AUTHORITY IS TO EXPAND A
MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN THIS
SITUATION, AND SINCE WE HAVE
HEARD THE DEPUTY MAYOR SAY
COMMERCIAL RENT RELIEF IS
COMING THIS WEEK AND THEY HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE I WONDER IF
IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO
COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND THEIR
EFFORTS THAT ARE ALREADY
UNDERWAY.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I BELIEVE
YOU SAID YOU ARE IN TOUCH WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE -- RELATED
TO COMMERCIAL TENANTS AS WELL?
>> I ONLY LEARNED THROUGH --
CENTRAL STAFF THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER
EXECUTIVE ORDER WE HEARD SENIOR
úDEPUTY MAYOR FONG REFERENCE
THAT TODAY IN HIS REMARKS SO I
ASSUME WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER EXECUTIVE
ORDER RELATED TO EVICTIONS FOR
COMMERCIAL TENANTS BEFORE US AT
A LATER DATE AND THAT WILL GIVE
US BECAUSE AGAIN FOR EACH OF
THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO APPROVE, MODIFY,
OR REJECT, WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER FINE-
TUNE THAT NEXT EXECUTIVE ORDER
WHEN IT COMES.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ON THE
LINE HERE, TO JUMPING REALLY
BRIEFLY, I DO NOT KNOW IF WE
HAVE ANYONE FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THE LINE
CURRENTLY BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN RAISED
AROUND THE LEGAL EFFECT OF
ALTERING AN ORDER
SIGNIFICANTLY, SO IF WE DO HAVE
ANY CITY ATTORNEY FOLKS ON THE
LINE WHO COULD DO AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION ON THE IMPACT THESE
CHANGES WOULD HAVE I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN EXPLORING BEFORE
MAKING A FINAL DECISION ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I WILL SEE WHAT OTHER COMMENTS
THERE ARE AND YOUR REQUEST IS
DULY NOTED I WILL MAKE SURE TO
CIRCLE BACK TO THAT I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HAD A
FOLLOW-UP AS WELL.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN
HEARING FROM SMALL BUSINESSES
AND WANT TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR
THE RENTAL PAYMENTS THAT THEY
ARE ON IF THEY ARE ON A -- THEY
ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AND
THERE IS A LOT OF COMMON GROUND
I THINK WITH THIS COUNSEL ON
THIS WHICH IS WHY THIS
AMENDMENT IS BEING PROPOSED AND
SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE AMENDMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE,
DOES THIS APPLY, IS IT
SPECIFICALLY FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES OR WOULD LARGE
CORPORATIONS WHO ARE RENTING
THEIR SPACE ALSO BENEFIT FROM
THIS?
>> I CAN RESPOND TO THAT
QUESTION IF THAT IS OKAY.
THE ORDER AS DRAFTED WOULD
APPLY TO ANY EVICTION RELATED
TO A COMMERCIAL TENANCY.
IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO SIZE OF
BUSINESS.
I WILL NOTE THAT THERE MAY BE
ACTION THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE AT
A LATER DATE TO RESCIND THIS
ORDER OR MAKE DIFFERENT ACTIONS
, TAKE DIFFERENT ACTIONS IN AN
EMERGENCY, ORDINANCE THAT I CAN
RESEARCH MORE IN CONCERT WITH
THE LAW DEPARTMENT, BUT I DO
NOT HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON
WHAT -- I THINK THERE IS A WAY
TO RESCIND THIS IN THE FUTURE
AND TAKE A DIFFERENT ACTION
LEGISLATIVELY IF NEEDED.
>> I AM JUST THINKING SOMETHING
SEEKING SOMETHING THAT IS
SUSTAINABLE, SO I ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S COMMENTS
EARLIER.
>> I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT HAD A COMMENT OR
QUESTION QUESTION MARK
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS ON THE OVERALL
LEGISLATION BUT I THINK THAT
THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES
THAT HAVE COME UP, MAYBE I CAN
WAIT UNTIL LATER.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD, THAT WOULD
BE HELPFUL I THINK FOR CONTEXT.
>> JUST ON THE QUESTION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WERE
REFERRING TO , I THINK IT WOULD
BE GOOD TO CLARIFY WHAT THE
PROCESS WOULD BE FOR THE
COUNCIL TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT
I WANT TO MAKE SOME GENERAL
COMMENTS ON THE OVERALL
QUESTION OF THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM AS A WHOLE, -- AND I
WANTED TO USE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO THANK THE THOUSANDS OF
RENTERS AND WORKING PEOPLE WHO
HAVE ALL PARTICIPATED DESPITE
THE RESTRICTIONS ON ANY
POLITICAL GATHERING SUE THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA AND ENCOURAGING THE
-- IT REMAINS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE
FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
MORE AND MORE WE ARE HEARING
THAT WORKERS ARE HAVING REDUCED
OR COMPLETELY ELIMINATED
PAYCHECKS, THEY ARE HAVING
LAYOFF NOTICES.
-- I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
REMARKABLE, AND THIS WAS IN
ADDITION TO THE IMPORTANT
PUBLIC LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT
BY A LOT OF GROUPS TOGETHER
INCLUDING -- AND ALSO OTHER
ACTIONS AS WELL WHICH ARE
HOPEFULLY FORTHCOMING.
I THINK THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE
KIND OF POWER WE CAN HAVE WITH
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND --
AND IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN BROUGHT
UP -- I REALLY FEEL THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE
ABSOLUTELY WIDESPREAD EXTENT TO
WHICH SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED, IT IS
UNIMAGINABLE REALLY.
I DO NOT KNOW THAT ANY
REALISTIC AMOUNT THAT CAN BE
SET ASIDE WILL BE ENOUGH, SO I
THINK THAT AN EVICTION
MORATORIUM IS -- IT IS A BIG
VICTORY FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND
STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESSES, WE
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE
LISTENING IN TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT FOR -- HOPEFULLY GOING
FORWARD, ONE IS WE DO NEED A
MORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURES, AND
ALSO WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT TO
PROVIDE THIS EVICTION
PROTECTION FOR 60 DAYS --
OBVIOUSLY NO MONEY TO GET
CAUGHT UP ON RENT IN NORMAL
CIRCUMSTANCES 60% OF AMERICANS
DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FACE
A $1000 UNEXPECTED EXPENSE, SO
WE NEED -- WE NEED A MANDATE ON
LANDLORDS UTILITIES AND -- TO
WORK OUT PAYMENT PLANS THAT
WILL ALLOW TENANTS AND
HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE SUFFERING
ECONOMICALLY UP TO 24 MONTHS TO
FULFILL THEIR PAYMENT
OBLIGATIONS AND WE WILL
CONTINUE ORGANIZING AND -- I
ALSO AGREE STRONGLY WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THAT --
THE COURTS NEED TO STOP HOLDING
EVICTIONS THAT -- THAT ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY TARGETS THE MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE AT SUCH A
TIME DURING A PANDEMIC IT IS
JUST UNIMAGINABLE, AND I WANT
TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE
ACTIVISTS WHO DID THIS AND I
ALSO WANTED TO USE THE
OPPORTUNITY IN CLOSING TO
MENTION THE VERY IMPORTANT
PROPOSAL AND ACCOMPANYING
POSITION PETITION THAT MY
OFFICE HAS LAUNCHED ALONGSIDE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S OFFICE
TO EXPEDITE A VOTE BY THE CITY
COUNCIL TO TAX AMAZON AND OTHER
BIG BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY COVID-19 RELIEF
INCLUDING CASH ASSISTANCE FOR
WORKING FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING
TO HAVE LOST INCOME.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT
WITHIN LESS THAN 24 HOURS WE
HAVE NEARLY 2000 SIGNATURES IN
THE PETITION.
PEOPLE ARE VERY INFORMATIVE AND
HAVE PASSIONATE COMMENTS ABOUT
WHY THEY ARE SUPPORTING IT.
MY OFFICE IS RESEARCHING
ALONGSIDE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES'S STAFF . -- I WOULD
REALLY URGE WORKING PEOPLE TO
GO TO MY OFFICE WEBSITE TO GET
THE ONLINE LINK.
-- NONETHELESS WORKERS GETTING
ORGANIZED IS GOING TO BE THE
ONLY THING THAT WILL ADDRESS THE
PANDEMIC IN MEDICAL TERMS BUT
ALSO -- I AM HAPPY TO VOTE YES.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IT HAS BEEN
SUGGESTED THAT WE ADDRESS SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
ASKED TODAY IN PUBLIC SESSION
WITH OUR ATTORNEYS AND THAT IS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SESSION.
WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY I BELIEVE
TO ADDRESS IN OUR EXECUTIVE
SESSION PENDING OR POTENTIAL
LITIGATION AND LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS SO I DO THINK THAT
IT IS AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT FOR
US TO DO A RECESS, WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL.
COUNSEL CLERKS, BEFORE I CALL
FOR A RECESS TO MOVE US TO
EXECUTIVE SESSION, MAY I JUST
CONFIRM THAT THE PROCESS IS
APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO DO THAT
AT THIS MOMENT?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA,
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO BE IN
RECESS FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES
-- AND THEN ONCE WE CAN HAVE
THOSE -- GO BACK INTO SESSION
AND MOVE INTO THE SECOND
SESSION.
>> I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS THE
APPROPRIATE TIME OR NOT, BUT I
AM INTERESTED IN MOVING THAT WE
PLAN A SECOND COUNCIL MEETING
LATER THIS WEEK BECAUSE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND I
BOTH HAVE EMERGENY LEGISLATION
THAT WE JUST ADOPTED ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
WE ARE IN A POSITION TO
SCHEDULE SPECIAL MEETINGS,
SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE
PRESIDENT AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE
A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME TO DO THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET THAT
SET UP FOR LATER THIS WEEK,
EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY
AND MORE INFORMATION WILL COME
ABOUT THAT MOMENTARILY.
>> COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE
MOVE OURSELVES INTO RECESS, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF GETTING OUR
ATTORNEYS -- WE HAVE TWO ITEMS
POTENTIALLY. I THINK THAT IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN DO THAT IN
A SECOND.
I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A RECESS
OF 5 MINUTES, IT IS 4:17.
WE WILL GO INTO RECESS AND COME
BACK AT 4:22.
TO MOVE US INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
COUNCIL MEETING IS IN RECESS.
>>! I WANT TO EXTEND A HUGE
APPRECIATION TO THE CLERKS
OFFICE ON CENTRAL STAFF.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME BACK
TO ORDER.
IT IS NOW 6:04 P.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YOUR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON.
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> YOU FORGOT COUNSELOR WAR IS.
>> YOU, THANK YOU.
I AM HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE COUNCIL WILL PROCEED WITH
THE BUSINESS AND RESOLUTION
31938.
IT IS THE FOURTH, AGAIN, IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
AT THIS POINT OF THE COUNCIL
RESOLUTION IS LOOKING FOR THE
AMENDED VERSION EXHIBIT B,
VERSION 2 AS EXTRACTED TO
COUNSEL, BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THE RESOLUTION THAT IS NOW
BEFORE US IS READY FOR
DISCUSSION.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE
RESOLUTION AND THE AMENDED
EXHIBIT B, VERSION 2.
>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ASK MY
COLLEAGUES IF THERE IS ANY
INTEREST AND AN ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD LIMIT TO
NONPROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESS.
SMALL BUSINESS BEING DEFINED AS
50 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, IS
THAT AN AMENDMENT HE WOULD LIKE
TO PRESENT VERBALLY, AND IF
SO, PERHAPS YOU COULD READ THE
LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT ADDING?
>> AND FOR CONSIDERATION,
PLEASE DO PUT YOUR STUFF ON
MUTES, IF YOU ARE NOT MUTED.
>> THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON.
I THINK THE INTENT HERE IS TO
SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES
AND NONPROFITS THAT ARE HAVING
TO PAY COMMERCIAL RENT DURING
THIS CRISIS, AND WE HEARD THAT
SOMETHING FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE IS COMING SOON ON THIS.
ONE OPTION IS TO WAIT FOR THAT,
THE OTHER, THEN THE OTHER OPTION
IS TO AMEND THIS, TO SPECIFY
NONPROFIT OR SMALL BUSINESS.
I GUESS I'M NOT PREPARED TO
OFFER AN AMENDMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO COME IF WE ARE
IN DISCUSSION MODE, TO SEE IF
THERE WAS ANY APPETITE FOR THAT.
>> THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
OTHER COUNCIL, AND HE COMMENTS
ON THE SUGGESTION, IT HAS NOT
BEEN MOVED AS AN OFFICIAL
AMENDMENT YET, IF YOU'RE
LIKE TO MOVE SO, PLEASE DO AND
PLEASE COMMENT.
>> THIS IS --
>> GO AHEAD LISA, SORRY.
>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF
PRESERVING THE EXECUTIVE
PLANNED INTENTIONS, AS IT
RELATES TO THIS AREA, AND THINK,
CREATING SOME BOUNDARIES AROUND
WHAT WE MEAN BY COMMERCIAL
LANDLORD, AND SUBSECTION B TO
SPECIFY THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS AND NOT-
FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES, WILL
GIVE THE EXECUTIVES THE
FLEXIBILITY THEY ARE SEEKING.
>> THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> I THINK ULTIMATELY THE PLACE
WE WANT TO GO, IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT ANY PROTECTIONS THAT WE
ARE CONSIDERING, BE WE THE CITY
COUNCIL OR BE WE THE
EXECUTIVES, IS FOR NONPROFITS,
AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING THE BRUNT OF THE
IMPACT FROM THE ECONOMIC
FALLOUTS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
RESPONSE COVID-19.
I GUESS, THAT MY CONCERN IS
JUST THAT, WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, NOW, CHANGING THE
AMENDMENT, I AM OPEN TO LANGUAGE
IF COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON IF
YOU HAD MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT, I
GUESS MY CONCERN IS, I WOULD
BECOME I AM RELUCTANT TO PUT
THAT LANGUAGE IN KIND OF ON-THE-
FLY HERE AT 6:09 P.M.
IN THE ORDER THAT HAS BEEN
PROMULGATED DOWN TO US BY THE
EXECUTIVE.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER WORK FROM
THE TEMPLATE OF THE ORDER, LIKE
WE GOT THIS ORDER UNDER
RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS, WHEN THE
EXECUTIVE SENT THAT ORDER TO
US, SOON.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE
TOMORROW OR SOMETIME IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK.
THEN HAVE THAT BE THE TEMPLATES,
THAT WE DO OUR TWEAKING,
MODIFYING, AND CHANGING.
IN TERMS OF THE OPTIONS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON QUEUED
UP JUST NOW, THAT WOULD BE MY
PREFERENCE JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DO NOT ACCIDENTALLY
OMIT SOMETHING FROM WHAT WOULD
BE AN ORAL AMENDMENT AT THIS
POINT.
OR, THAT WE MAY BE RECONVENED
ONCE WE HAVE SOME, MORE
RESOLUTE LANGUAGE PUT TOGETHER.
I WORRY THAT, CONSIDERING THIS
IS NOT A RESOLUTION OR
ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE CREATING,
BUT OUR IMPRINT ON AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER.
THAT WOULD JUST BE MY
PREFERENCE AND HOW TO PROCEED,
SO WE DO NOT UNINTENTIONALLY
HINDER THE ORDER IN SOME WAY.
>> THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I WILL
WEIGH IN BRIEFLY.
I SUPPORT AS WELL, THE CONCEPT
THAT YOU ARE OUTLINING.
AND YOUR SUGGESTION TO DO AN
AMENDMENT TO MAKE IT NONPROFITS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
I BELIEVE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS IS SAYING, IS ALSO A
REALLY GOOD POINT.
THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE SCOPING AND SPECIFYING
THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING. ITES
I DO NOT HEAR ANYBODY MAKING AN
OFFICIAL AMENDMENT, AND IT DOES
SEEM LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A
DESIRE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL,
YOU NO THOUGHT PUT INTO ANY
AMENDMENTS TO POTENTIALLY BE
INCLUDED IN THE NEXT ORDER THAT
COMES DOWN FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB,
AND SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS, AN
AMENDMENT IS VERY WELL-
RECEIVED, AND ALSO I THINK AT
THIS POINT, PERHAPS IF WE LEAVE
THE RESOLUTION, I'M SORRY, THE
ORDER AS AMENDED, I THINK WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
SUPPORT FOR THIS COUNCIL FOR
MAKING SURE THAT THAT NARROWED
SCOPE SPECIFICS TO SMALL
BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS IS
VERY CLEAR IN THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER AS IT PERTAINS TO
COMMERCIAL, RENTAL, ASSISTANCE,
AND THE UPCOMING CRISIS.
MY SUGGESTION PER WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS JUST PUT
OUT THERE, IS THAT UNLESS THERE
IS A FULL MOTION TO AMEND, WE
GO AHEAD WITH THE AMENDED
ORDER, IN FRONT OF US.
RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS A VERY
GOOD AMENDMENT THAT YOU WOULD
BE BRINGING FORWARD, TO MAKE
SURE THE SCOPE IS CLEAR, IF NOT
CLEAR IN THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER TO COME.
I APPRECIATE THE INTENT YOU
BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE
DISCUSSION.
WITH THAT THOUGH, WHAT APOSTASY
THERE IS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
IF A FULL MOTION HAD BEEN MADE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU FOR
THE COMMENTS, I WANT A LITTLE
BIT MORE CLARITY.
ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE
FORWARD THEN WITH THE LANGUAGE
THAT WAS BEFORE US, AND THAT WE
SORT OF THAT WAS QUEUED UP
EARLIER.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
ON THAT, MY, I -- I AM HESITANT
TO VOTE FOR SORT OF A BROAD
MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL RENT
WHERE WE ARE NOT GETTING MORE
SURGICAL, I DO WORRY ABOUT LARGE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT BEING
IMPACTED, OR DO HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO PAY, BEING
INTERPRETED AS FALLING UNDER
THE SCOPE OF THE CURRENT
AMENDMENT.
BUT, I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M IN A
PLACE, WHERE I DO NOT KNOW THAT
WE CAN MAKE IT MORE SURGICAL,
JUST ORALLY, HERE.
UNLESS SOMEONE HAS AN IDEA, TO
THROW IT OUT THERE.
I GUESS I'M JUST FLAGGING MY
INTENT, MY PREFERENCE WOULD
ACTUALLY NOT TO BE TO VOTE FOR
THE BROADER PROHIBITION ON
COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL RENT.
AND COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS UNTIL
WE HAVE MORE SPECIFICITY OVER
THE TYPE OF TENANTS THAT WE ARE
SEEKING TO PROTECT.
I JUST DO NOT COME I DO NOT
WANT US TO BE IN A POSITION
WHERE A LARGE CORPORATION COULD
BENEFIT FROM THAT LANGUAGE.
I GUESS, THAT WOULD BE MY
CONCERN.
UNLESS I AM WRONG, AND ALLIE
CAN CLARIFY.
BUT IT SEEMS QUITE THE SCOPE.
>> COULD I CHIME IN.
>> GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
SAWAT.
THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS MAC I AGREE WITH YOU,
I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD WITH
THE AMENDED VERSION TODAY,
BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, AND AS
OTHERS SAID, WE MADE OUR INTENT
VERY CLEAR.
FURTHERMORE, I WOULD SAY,
HONESTLY THAT ANY SUCH
AMENDMENT, I DON'T KNOW IF A
FORMAL AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MADE.
BUT I THINK ANY SUCH AMENDMENT
IN MY VIEW, JUST BASED ON
STATISTICAL EVIDENCE AS IT IS
NOT BIG BUSINESSES EVER IN
DANGER OF BEING EVICTED.
LARGE CORPORATIONS ARE NOT
GOING TO BE EVICTED.
ONE THING THAT DISTINGUISHES
LARGER CORPORATIONS FROM SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THE REASON SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE EVEN NORMAL, AND
STRUGGLING IS BECAUSE THEY DO
NOT HAVE HUGE CASH RESERVES AND
LARGE, CORPORATIONS DO.
FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, I
DO NOT FORESEE SUCH A
SITUATION, AND FURTHERMORE, I
THINK WE HAVE CLARIFIED
VERBALLY, OUR INTENT ON THIS.
>> THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWAT.
OTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS --
SORRY, I WAS ON MUTE.
>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WE HAVE
THREE CONCEPTS, ONE IS VOTING
ON THE ORDER AS IS.
THE OTHER IS AMENDING ITS, TO
SPECIFY SMALL BUSINESSES AND
NONPROFITS.
THE OTHER IS STRIKING IT. IN
ANY OF THE LAST TWO INSTANCES,
WE WILL NEED SOMEBODY TO OFFER
AN AMENDMENT.
I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FACT
THAT I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THE
EXECUTIVES DESIRE TO LIMIT THIS
TO SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
NONPROFITS.
I WAS NOTIFIED BY ONE OF THE
DEPUTY MAYORS THAT THE HYATT IS
ACTUALLY SEEKING TO HAVE THE
FACILITY DEFERMENT APPLY TO
THEM, SO I DO NOT THINK IT IS
UNWARRANTED.
THE DESIRE TO LIMIT THE SCOPE
OF THIS AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCIL COLLEAGUES COME I'M
NOT HEARING A SPECIFIC
AMENDMENT PUT OUT THERE
SUGGESTING FOLKS THAT THERE IS
SOME DESIRE TO SEE NONPROFITS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES, I
UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE DESIRE
OF THE EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT.
WE WILL BE SEEING MORE ON THAT.
AGAIN, ASKING ANY SPECIFIC
AMENDMENT BEING PROPOSED, I
THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE
CONVERSATION OF THIS COMING
LATER THIS WEEK.
IF ANYBODY, IF NOBODY IS
OFFERING A SPECIFIC AMENDMENT
WE HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF US
ON THE UNDERLYING BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THIS
IS COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON
AGAIN.
ONE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE,
WOULD BE, IS IF AN ORDER IS
GOING TO COME DOWN WITH MORE
SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, WHY WE DO
NOT WAIT FOR THAT ORDER, RATHER
THAN PASS A BROADER, SPEAKING
TO THE CONCERNS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD JUST
RAISED THAT THERE ARE
COMMERCIAL LANDOWNERS WHO ARE
PROBABLY IN A POSITION TO PAY
AND COVER THEIR OBLIGATIONS,
ANY CHANGE THAT WE MAKE TO THIS
ORDER WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF
LAW UNDER THE IMAGE, MAYORS
EMERGENCY POWERS.
MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO WAIT
FOR MORE SPECIFIC ORDER IF IT
LOOKS LIKE THE BROAD, A MORE
BROAD ORDER TO HAVE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
I MEAN, I AM JUST HAVING
TROUBLE WITH THAT, GIVEN THAT
WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS GOING
TO COME DOWN, SOON.
IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, THEN
WHEN WE GET THAT, TO WORK AND
MODIFY THAT ORDER THE SAME WAY
WE HAVE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER
ORDERS THAT HAVE COME DOWN FROM
THE EXECUTIVES.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT BE THE
TEMPLATE FOR THIS DISCUSSION
RATHER THAN PUTTING THE
COMMERCIAL LANGUAGE IN THERE.
I GUESS THAT I AM ADVOCATING
MORE FOR THE NOT AMENDING, I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING
A PROPOSED AMENDMENT IF THERE
IS SOMEONE THAT WOULD WANT TO
PROPOSE LANGUAGE.
I AM LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW,
TO SEE KIND OF WHERE --
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I AM
SORRY.
PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
>> JUST ONE MOMENT,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NO, OF COURSE.
>> OKAY, GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, SO LIKE
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IS
PROPOSING, IS SUGGESTING IS AN
AMENDMENT TO STRIKE THE
COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THIS
VERSION, IN WHICH CASE, MY
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
IS ARE YOU OFFERING AN
AMENDMENT TO DO THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT I AM
ADVOCATING, WOULD BE THAT THE
AMENDMENT BE REJECTED, THEN THE
ORDER UNALTERED.
I THINK IT IS, I MEAN, THE
ORDER AS IT STANDS DOES NOT
INCLUDE COMMERCIAL IN IT.
SO, I DO NOT THINK I NEED AN
AMENDMENT TO REMOVE COMMERCIAL
FROM IT.
I DON'T THINK WE ALREADY
AMENDED IT, DID WE?
>> WE HAVE MOVED AND SECONDED
TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED VERSION.
>> SO I THINK PROCEDURALLY WHAT
I'M ASKING -- I THINK
PROCEDURALLY WHAT I AM
ADVOCATING, IS JUST NOT PASSING
THE AMENDMENT.
>> THERE ARE, THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER POINTS
IN THIS AMENDMENT.
I DO NOT THINK WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT STRIKING EVERYTHING IN
THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, HERE.
SO, I DO THINK SOMEBODY WOULD
NEED TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO
STRIKE THE WORDS, COMMERCIAL
LANDLORDS.
>> WELL, IF THAT IS THE CASE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, THAT IS
A MOTION I WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN MAKING.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, MAYBE, IF
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD OR
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON HAVE
SOME LANGUAGE THEY WERE
POTENTIALLY THINKING ABOUT, IN
TERMS OF CLARIFYING WHO IT
WOULD APPLY TO COME I WOULD
LIKE TO CONSIDER SOMETHING
ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL.
BUT, THOSE ARE THE DIRECTIONS
THAT I AM LEANING TOWARDS,
RATHER THAN PRESS, PASSING THE
BROADER LANGUAGE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, DID
YOU HAVE ANY LANGUAGE, I KNOW
YOU BROUGHT THIS UP INITIALLY.
>> I THINK OUR GOAL HERE IS, WE
CARE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS AND
NONPROFITS, WE WANT TO, WE WANT
TO GIVE THEM RELIEF.
WE KNOW THE MAYOR IS COMING
DOWN WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN CRAFTED OVER A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME.
WHERE IT IS BEING PUT TOGETHER
QUICKLY.
BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONDING TO
THE EMERGENCY.
SO, I BELIEVE THAT, I AM VERY
OPEN TO, IF WE ARE GOING TO GET
SOMETHING BETTER FROM THE MAYOR,
THEN, STRIKE COMMERCIAL HERE,
AND HAVE A MORE SUSTAINABLE
VERSION TOMORROW OR THE NEXT
DAY.
IT MAY BE WORTH WAITING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER.
IS THAT IN THE FORM OF A
MOTION?
>> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO
REMOVE, REMOVE THE EXPANSION TO
COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS FROM THE
AMENDMENT.
I AM JUST TRYING TO SEE ALL THE
PLACES WHERE IT IS MENTIONED.
SO IN THE BEGINNING --
>> PAUSE OR A QUICK, TO SEE IF
THEY HAD ANY QUICK
ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY HAD
DONE AS WE WERE CHATTING.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
DUPLICATING WORK.
>> HI, THIS IS ALLIE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I AM ABOUT
TO HIT SEND ON A VERSION THREE
OF EXHIBIT B THAT MAINTAINS THE
TITLE OF RESIDENTIAL EVICTION
AND REMOVES OTHER THINGS THAT
WERE ADDED SPECIFICALLY TO
COVER COMMERCIAL TENDENCIES.
AND RETAIN THE OTHER CHANGES
RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL
TENDENCIES.
I JUST SENT IT TO YOU ALL, I
THINK I CAUGHT EVERYTHING.
SO, THAT IS GOING TO BE A
MILLIONAIRE, OR JODY CAN WEIGH
IN HERE, BUT IT WOULD BE THE
MOTION TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO
REPLACE EXHIBIT B VERSION 2,
WOULD BE TO AMEND IT BY
REPLACING EXHIBIT B VERSION 2,
VERSION 2 WAS COUNCILMEMBER'S
HERBOLD VERSION.
>> I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
THAT EMAIL IS IN YOUR INBOX.
I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC WHO IS
FOLLOWING ALONG, IT IS A
RELATIVELY SIMPLE CONCEPT, AND
IT WILL BE POSTED IMMEDIATELY.
IF IT IS APPROVED.
WE WILL PAUSE FOR A SECOND AS
HE READ THAT.
I WILL ALSO LOOK FOR A QUICK
SECOND, I ALSO APPRECIATE
COUNCILM