KNOW WHEN WE ARE RECORDING.
THERE WE GO.
GREAT.
THE MARCH 30, 2020 MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT IS TO:OH 1 PM.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL AND WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.>>DEBORA
JUAREZ
>> HERE
>>ANDREW J. LEWIS HERE
>>TAMMY J. MORALES
>> HERE
>>
>> YOUR
>>KSHAMA SAWANT
>> HERE>>LISA HERBOLD
>> YOUR
>>LORENA GONZCEZ
>> YOUR
>> NINE PRESENT.
WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY
PRESENTATION SO WE WILL GO TO
THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES OF THE 23rd AND
2020 AND SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 19,
2020 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES.
LET'S MOVE TO THE ADOPTION OF
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS.
IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ
THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
>> JUST A SECOND.
JODI DO YOU HAVE IT? I
APOLOGIZE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119765.AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO CITY
FINANCES; CREATING A FUND FOR
DEPOSITING DONATIONS, GIFTS,
>> I MOVE TO PASS THE CANCEL
BILL.
>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND,
THE BILL HAS PASSED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
WITH THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
PASSAGE OF THE DEBORA JUAREZ
BILL?
>> AYE ANDREW J. LEWIS
>> AYE TAMMY J. MORALES
>>
>> AYE
>>ALEX PEDERSEN
>> AYE DAN STRAUSS
>> AYE
>> NINE IN FAVOR NOT OPPOSED.
THE BILL CLASSES PASSES AND IT
WILL BE ASSIGNED.
WITH A PLEASE AFFIX THE
LEGISLATURE ON MY BEHALF.
PLEASE READ A GIANT AGENDA ITEM
1 INTO THE RECORDAN ORDINANCE
RELATED TO CITY FINANCES;
CREATING A FUND FOR DEPOSITING
DONATIONS, GIFTS, AND GRANTS
RELATED TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE'S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-
19 PANDEMIC; CREATING A BUDGET
SUMMARY LEVEL; AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126000, WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2020 BUDGET; CHANGING
APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS, AND FROM VARIOUS FUNDS
IN THE BUDGET; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND ESTABLISHING AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE; ALL
BY A 3/4 VOTE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> THIS IS A BILL THAT I AM
SPONSORING.
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119763.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
I WILL FIRST ADDRESS THE BILL.
I KNOW THERE ARE THREE
AMENDMENTS.
TO TO THE UNDERLYING BILL AND
ONE TO THE AMENDMENT.
I KNOW THIS SEEMS CLUNKY BUT
BEAR WITH ME AS WE WORK TO THE
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
REALLY QUICKLY.
I WOULD DESCRIBE THE CANCEL
BILL AND HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO PUT
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 ON THE TABLE.
BEFORE WE HEAD OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO WILL
DISCUSS AND AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDMENT ONE.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS COVID-19
OUTBREAK AND ITS ECONOMIC
EFFECTS MANY ARE FEELING
PHILANTHROPIC.
BUSINESS PARTNERS HAVE
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DONATING
RESOURCES IN SEATTLE THAT MAYBE
A NEED. ARTICLE 1 SECTION 1 OF
THE CITY CHARTER PROVIDES THAT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE MAY ACCEPT
GIFTS AND DONATIONS OF ALL KINDS
TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF
THE GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
HOWEVER OUR CITY MUNICIPAL CODE
REQUIRES THAT EVEN THOUGH AND A
PROCLAIMED CIVIL EMERGENCY HE
MAY OR MAY ACCEPT GIFTS OR
GRANTS, THE COUNCIL MUST ACT
LEGISLATIVELY TO ALLOW FOR THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE GIFTS,
GRANTS OR LOANS.
THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
THE LEGISLATION WILL CREATE A
NEW FUND IN THE CITY TREASURY
FOR THE RECEIPT OF GIFTS,
DONATIONS AND GRANTS AND TO THE
MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY OF
CRISIS CREATED BY THE COVID-19
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
THE USES OF THESE FUNDS COULD
INCLUDE FOOD ASSISTANCE,
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,
ASSISTANCE WITH CHILDCARE, LOAN
GUARANTEES, RENT ASSISTANCE AND
OPERATING ASSISTANCE TO
CULTURAL AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE WILL BE CONSIDERING SOME
AMENDMENTS THIS AFTERNOON TO
EXPAND THAT LIST OF ALLOWABLE
USES.
I CONSIDERED THAT TO BE
FRIENDLY AND MINUTES.
THIS WOULD ALSO CREATE A NEW
BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL LINE TO
ALLOW CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SPEND
FROM THE NEW FUND FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ASSISTING IN THE
RECOVERY OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
IT ALSO GIVES THE EXECUTIVE
AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS,
DONATIONS AND GRANTS CONSISTENT
WITH THE PURCHASES OF THE BOND
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL APPROVAL BY
THE CITY COUNCIL SO AS TO MOVE
IT FORWARD IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THERE ALSO BE AN AMENDMENT THAT
WE WILL CONSIDER THIS AFTERNOON
THAT REQUIRES REPORTING BACK TO
THE CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN MAKE
SURE THE EXECUTIVE IS STILL
THING ACCOUNTABLE TO THE INTENT
AND DESIGN OF THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS WOULD ALSO GIVE A
PREPARATION TO FINANCE GENERAL
CONTINGENT ON THE RECEIPT OF
THOSE DONATIONS, SO THEY CAN
QUICKLY DEPLOY RESOURCES.
LAST LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY
TO BE CONSIDERED EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION TO GO INTO
IMMEDIATE EFFECT IN ORDER TO
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY
AND WELFARE.
THAT IS A SUMMARY OF THE
LEGISLATION AND WHAT IT IS
INTENDED TO ADDRESS.
I'M GOING TO HEAD OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO HAS
AN AMENDMENT TO THIS COUNCIL
BILL .
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 119763 BY
INCLUDING AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. I WILL ASK YOU TO
ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND
THEN I WILL HAVE YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MAKE AN
AMENDMENT TO YOUR AMENDMENT AND
WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE WHOLE PACKAGE.
THEN WE WILL VOTE ON HERBOLD'S
AMENDMENT AND IF THAT PASSES
THEM WILL VOTE ON YOUR
AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ADDRESS
YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
I PUT FORWARD THIS AMENDMENT
BECAUSE I SUPPORT THE GOAL OF
BEING ABLE TO ACT QUICKLY TO
DEPLOY RESOURCES FROM PRIVATE
DONATIONS OR GRANTS AS IT IS
POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO
THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING THE IMPACTS OF
COVID-19 BUT AT THE SAME TIME I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT IN
HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING THE
STARTERS.
AS A COUNSELOR IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL
PICTURE OF DOLLARS GOING TO
SUPPORT VARIOUS NEEDS SUCH AS
SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT COPIED
ASSISTANT, HOMELESS SUPPORT AND
HOUSING SO WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER
EXPENDITURES.
THE AMENDMENT THAT IS INCLUDED
HERE IN AMENDMENT ONE WOULD
REQUIRE WEEKLY REPORTING ON HOW
THESE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT SO
WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER
OVERSIGHT AND ENABLING
EXPEDIENT DIRECTION OF THESE
FUNDS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO
IN THE COMMUNITY AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I SEE HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT IS
FRIENDLY AS WELL.
>> WILL NOW HEADED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO
DISCUSS HER FROM THE AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND AMENDMENT
ONE AS PRESENTED ON VERSION 2
OF AMENDMENT THREE ON THE
AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND AMENDMENT ONE,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SPEAK
YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALES FOR BRINGING
FOR THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR HER
AMENDMENT ONE AND THE
AMENDMENT TO WE WILL HEAR A
LITTLE BIT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3 IS INTENDED
TO BUILD OFF OF AMENDMENT ONE.
TO SPECIFY THAT REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ARE NEEDED TO BE
ACCORDING TO CATEGORIES SPENDING
LISTED IN SECTION 3 OF THE
RESOLUTION.
IN THE CATEGORY OF EMERGENCY
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SUPPORTS ADDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
AS WE KNOW THIS LEGISLATION
ALLOWS FOR QUICK ACTION ON
DONATIONS AND AS LONG AS IT IS
AN EMERGENCY, IT AUTHORIZES UP
TO $30 MILLION IN
APPROPRIATIONS, THE COUNCIL IS
FORGOING ITS NORMAL BUDGETARY
AUTHORITY SO REPORTING BY
CUSTOMER MOSQUEDA MAKES A LOT
OF SENSE.
THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY ENSURES
THAT THE REPORTING INCLUDES THE
CATEGORIES WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
AS ALLOWED CATEGORIES SO WE
HAVE A CLEAR SENSE OF WHICH
NEEDS ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND
FUNDED.
THAT IS WHAT THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD DO.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 3
WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT ? HEARING
NONE, WITH THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3.
>> AYE
>> PRESIDENT GONZALES
>> TRAN01
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NOT
OPPOSED TO MOTION CARRIES AN
AMENDMENT THREE I'M SORRY
AMENDMENT THREE PASSES SO NOW
WE WILL CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT
ONE IS AMENDED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT ONE IS AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE?
>> TRAN01
>> AYE SUCK
>> AYE.
>> AYE
>> AYE 'S BUCK HERBOLD NINE IN
FAVOR NOT OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN
AMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A SECOND
AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL BILL
119763 WHICH IS SPONSORED BY
CANCEL MEMBER TO MAKE A MOTION
TO AMEND THE COUNCIL BILL
ACCORDINGLY.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL
BILL 119763 WITH THE TEXT
INCLUDED IN AMENDMENT TWO.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK TO
YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> THIS EXPANDS THE LIST OF
AUTHORIZED USES TO INCLUDE
EMERGENCY SUPPORT FOR HOUSING
AND HOMELESS THIS SERVICES.
AS THIS UNFOLDS THE EXISTING
HOUSING AND HOMELESS CRISIS ARE
WELL BEYOND THE EMERGENCY LEVEL
CAPACITY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW
FUNDS CAN ALSO GO TO THOSE ON
THE FRONT LINE.
PROVIDERS THAT ARE WORKING TO
GET FOLKS OUT OF DANGEROUS
CLOSE QUARTERS, OFF THE STREETS
AND IN TO DWELLING WHERE THEY
CAN SAFELY PRACTICE SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY GET
THE CARE THEY NEED DURING THE
CRISIS.
THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THOSE IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS
WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER
ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY ARE IN DIRE NEED OF
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
WE APPRECIATE THE GENEROSITY
THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN FOR THE
SUPPORT ON THIS FUN AND I'M
HOPING THAT WITH THIS AMENDMENT
TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT, WE
CAN SEE MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE
FOR AFFORDABLE HOTEL ROOMS, PPE
FOR FRONT-LINE WORKERS IN THE
HOMELESS SHELTERS.
THIS ENABLES THE FUNDS FROM THE
DONATION TO THE CITY TO GO TO
THOSE WHO I THINK ARE REALLY ON
THE FRONT LINES HELPING OUR
MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS IN
NEED OF SECURE HOUSING.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT TO
>> AYE
>> AYE NINE IN FAVOR NOT
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL AS AMENDED?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY SO>>
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS
BILL TO CREATE A STRUCTURE FUNDS
TO ALLOW THE CITY TO ACCEPT
PHILANTHROPY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES BEEN DEVASTATED
AND WILL BE IN THE COMING
MONTHS BY THE CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS.
WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT IN
GENERAL WHEN A BIG BUSINESS
GIVES WITH A CALL FOR ATROPHY
THEY OFTEN GET BACK FAR MORE IN
PROFITS AND THROUGH FAVORABLE
POLITICAL LEGISLATION OR
ABSENCE OF LEGISLATION MUCH
MORE THAN THEY DONATE.
THEY USE DONATIONS TO BUY
CLINICAL POWER.
HAVE ADVOCATED FOR A BIG
BUSINESS TAX.
OF NOTE DOUBT THAT BIG BUSINESS
WILL ATTEMPT TO USE HER
DONATIONS TO ARGUE THEY SHOULD
CONTINUE TO AVOID PAYING
ANYTHING IN TERMS OF
SIGNIFICANT TAXATION.
FURTHERMORE WEENIE CHANGES
STATEWIDE AND FEDERALLY.
I THINK THE LOGISTICS THAT HAVE
BEEN COMPILED THROUGH ECONOMIC
STUDIES IN THE PAST DECADES,
HAVE SHOWN THAT THE PHILANTHROPY
DOES VERY LITTLE TO NOTHING TO
ADDRESS QUALITY THAT HAS GROWN
ASHEN WHITE.
IT HAS BECOME MORE EMERGENT IN
THE FACE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
WEENIE CHANGES AT EVERY LEVEL.
MY OFFICE HAS LAUNCHED A
PROVISION TO MAKE A NUMBER OF
THOSE CHANGES AND WE WILL NEED
A MOVEMENT TO FIGHT FOR THIS SO
IF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
ARE WATCHING THIS, PLEASE GET
INVOLVED IN THIS FIGHT.
WE ARE CALLINGON THE GOVERNOR
TO CLOSE ALL CORPORATE TAX
LOOPHOLES TO IMMEDIATELY TEXT
BIG BUSINESS AND FEDERALLY WE
NEED MASSIVE CHANGES.
THAT IS WHAT I AM STRONGLY
SUPPORTING BERNIE SANDERS TO
TRILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL FOR A
BAILOUT OF WORKING FAMILIES AND
INCOME FOR WORKING FAMILIES IN
THIS CRISIS.
IT IS ALSO BEEN NOTICED
STATISTICALLY THAT ON AVERAGE
WORKERS GIVE A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME TO
CHARITY AND THE MIDDLE CLASS.
NOBODY ARGUES OVER THE TAXES ON
WORKERS BEING LOWERED BECAUSE
THERE ARE TO GIVING CHARITY.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE NEED TO
BUILD A MOVEMENT THAT'S
VIGILANT ABOUT NOT ACCEPTING
THE ARGUMENT FROM BIG BUSINESS.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.
I AGREE WITH YOUR MARKS. IT
SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE TALK
ABOUT PROGRESSIVE TAXATION WERE
TAXATION IN GENERAL, WE OFTEN
TIMES GET THE PHILANTHROPIC
EFFORT OF THE BUSINESS THROWN
AT US AS AN ARGUMENT TO PREVENT
OR MINIMIZE TAXATION OR REVENUE
CREATION TOOLS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR REMINDER ON
THAT FRONT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UNDERLYING
BILL BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT?
I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE COME
FORWARD SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
VOTE ON THE BILL.
WITH THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS
AMENDED?
>> AYE
>> PRESIDENT GONZALES?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED IN
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN A. WITH THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION.
>> WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
ITEM NUMBER 2. WITH THE CLERK
READ ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD?
>> 119764.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126000, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2020
BUDGET; CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS
TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT'S
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY
LEARNING, SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION, AND BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS, AND FROM VARIOUS FUNDS
IN THE BUDGET, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PROVIDING FOOD SUPPORT TO
INDIVIDUALS IN SEATTLE; AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS; ALL BY A
3/4 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119764.
IS THERE A SECOND?>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL.
MOSQUEDA YOU ARE THE PRIME
SPONSOR OF THE BILL.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO
MAKE YOUR REMARKS ABOUT THE
BILL.>> THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO THINK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR SENDING DOWN THIS
LEGISLATION TO TRANSFER $5
MILLION FROM THE BUDGET
RESOURCES TO A NEW FOOD VOUCHER
PROGRAM WHICH WILL PROVIDE
GROCERY MONEY FOR MANY FAMILIES
IN NEED.
THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ACROSS
SEATTLE.
THE COUNCIL BILL 119764
CREATES THIS FUND IN AN EFFORT
WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY TO SUPPORT 6000
FAMILIES FACING FOODS
INSECURITY BECAUSE OF THE
RESPONSE OF COVERED.
IT IS FUNDED WITH THE SUGARY
SWEET BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE.
DUE TO THE CRISIS WE ARE IN WE
DECIDED TO REALLOCATE SOME OF
THE FUNDS THAT WILL GO TO PARKS
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE WE
COULD PROVIDE FOOD SECURITY FOR
THESE FAMILIES.
THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD OF
THE TAX REVENUE PROVIDES
ONGOING ANALYSIS AND FEEDBACK
TO THIS COUNCIL ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAX, WE
HAVE CONTACTED THEM AND AS YOU
ALL SAW THE OTHER CORRESPONDS
BACK TO THE COUNSELOR THERE WAS
A FEW QUESTIONS.
THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
REALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS.
DUE TO THE LARGE LAYOFFS, WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MAINTAINING FOOD SECURITY FOR
FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY TO PUT
FOOD ON THEIR TABLE.
THE COUNCIL IS A GOVERNING BODY
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH
DECISIONS AND I THINK THIS IS
ONE OF THEM ON HOW WE SPEND OUR
RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO COVID-
19.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS
AND MANY OF YOU SPENT YEARS
TRYING TO GET THIS EFFORT OFF
THE GROUND AND PASSED AND IN
LIMITED, THE CITY MUST PUSH
PAUSE IN ORDER TO ENSURE
FAMILIES IN SEATTLE ESPECIALLY
THE KIDS HAVE FOOD THAT THEY
NEED SO THEY CAN REMAIN HEALTHY
DURING THIS PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ON
YOUR PAST WORK ON THE SUGARY
AND SWEET BILL EFFORT.
THIS IS A PAUSE.
IT IS IN LINE WITH THE GOALS
WITH WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO
DO.
I APPRECIATE THEM REMINDING US
THAT THE VERY PROGRAMS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING ARE
ALSO FOR THE POPULATION THAT
BENEFITS FROM THIS TAX.
THANKS TO THE MEMBERS,
COMMUNITY A BIT ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBERS, WEIGHING IN WITH
OVERALL SUPPORT AND WE WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH AND SOME IN
IMPLEMENTATION AND TRACKING
THIS CLOSELY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
COUNCIL BILL 119764. THAT IS
THE INTRODUCTION TO THAT
PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL.
I BELIEVE THERE IS AN AMENDMENT
THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED
BY COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS.
I WILL HEADED OVER TO HER TO
MAKE HER MOTION TO INTRODUCE
AMENDMENT ONE.>> THANK YOU THE
PRESENT.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
119764 IS PRESENTED AS
AMENDMENT ONE ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AND
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER OF MALICE --
MORALES.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LAST COMMENTS.
WE KNOW THIS CRISIS IS MORE
THAN ANY OF US CAN REALLY DEAL
WITH I KNOW FROM HERE OUT WE
WILL BE ASKING OURSELVES OVER
AND OVER AGAIN, HOW DO WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT NEED WE
HAVE FOR PROTECTING POKES,
FOLKS IN JEOPARDY ACROSS THE
CITY SENIORS, IMMIGRANTS, CITY
HOMELESS, CHILDREN, THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN LAID OFF AND THE
JOBLESS I DID NOT HAVE A JOB IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
WILL HAVE HARD DECISIONS THIS
WOULD ASK THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT TO PRIORITIZE
CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF
SEATTLEITES SHOULD ADDITIONAL
FUNDING BECOME AVAILABLE.
PARTICULARLY WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE STATE
PUT ASSISTANT PROGRAM BUT WHO
DON'T QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL
PROGRAMS, WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED
ABOUT FOLKS OVER 60, WE KNOW
SENIORS ARE PARTICULARLY
SUSCEPTIBLE AND VULNERABLE TO
THIS DISEASE.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND
WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN
DISLOCATED BECAUSE OF THE
COVERT VIRUS.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION
BOARD.
AND GOT THEIR THOUGHTS THESE
FOLKS FOUGHT REALLY HARD JUST A
COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR ALLOCATION
OF THIS TAX FOR THEIR FOOD
SECURITY PROGRAMS AND THE IDEA
WAS MONEY THAT IS TAKING OUT OF
THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN
PARTICULAR GET PUT BACK IN
THROUGH SOME OF THESE FOOD
SECURITY PROGRAMS.
THAT SAID, EVERYONE
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE IN A
CRISIS, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE FIND OTHER WAYS TO
PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THE FOLKS ON CAB CONSIDER THIS
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND THEY
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
SERVING SENIORS WHO ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO COVID-19 AND WE
ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE FOLKS
THAT ARE FALLING TO THE CRACKS.
THAT IS WHAT THIS IS INTENDED
TO DO.
I MOVE FOR PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT
ONE.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT
AMENDMENT ONE.
I DO NOT SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR
HEAR ANY QUESTIONS SO WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND I'LL ASK THAT THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE.
>> I AYE
>> AYE
>> AYE.
>> AYE
>> PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> AYE
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NOT
OPPOSED.
>> IT CARRIES AND IT IS
ADOPTED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO HAS
AN AMENDMENT TO THE COUNCIL
BILL 11976 WERE LISTED AS
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2. WHAT WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE ON AMENDMENT TO
.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
19764.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL WITH
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2. I WILL
HEADED OVER TO CANCEL NUMBER
HERBOLD TO ADDRESS HER
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD
FROM CONSTITUENTS IS ADDITION
TO THE GRATITUDE THAT WE ARE
HEARING IS AN INTEREST IN HAVING
A SELECTION OF STORES BEYOND
SAFEWAY.
I'VE LEARNED FROM CENTRAL STAFF
CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT THE CITY
WELCOMES HAVING MORE RETAIL
PARTNERS AND HAS IDENTIFIED
SOME PRIORITIES FOR WHAT IT
WOULD MEAN FOR ADDITIONAL
GROCERS TO JOIN INCLUDING
HAVING MULTIPLE STORES WITHIN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
BEING ABLE TO DO THE TECHNICAL
PROCESSING NECESSARY FOR THE
PROGRAM AND MAKE IT
INTEROPERABLE IN THE STORE.
ENSURING THAT THE VOUCHERS
EXPIRE MONTHLY AND SEND THE CITY
WEEKLY INFORMATION ABOUT
REDEMPTION AND VOICING PARTNERS
AT UNITED WAY OR THE CITY
MONTHLY AND ENSURING THAT
CASHIERS WILL BE FULLY TRAINED
ON THIS PROGRAM.
THAT WE CUSTOMERS HAVE A
POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WHEN USING
THE VOUCHER.
THIS AMENDMENT AS A NEW SECTION
THAT REQUESTS THEM PURSUING
PARTNERSHIPS BEYOND SAFEWAY TO
EXPAND RETAIL OPERATIONS FOR
HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING EMERGENCY
GROCERY VOUCHERS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
OTHER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
TO THE AMENDMENT?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES PLEASE.
>> I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THE
SUBMITTED.
I'VE HEARD LOTS OF PEOPLE SAY
THAT SAFEWAY IS , WE APPRECIATE
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER
BUT FOLKS WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE HAVING OTHER
OPTIONS.
IF WE CAN FIND OTHER GROCERS
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
PARTICIPATING THIS I KNOW MY
CONSTITUENTS WOULD BE GRATEFUL.
>> THAT IS FANTASTIC.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON AMENDMENT TO? SEEING NONE,
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE
ROLE.
>> AYE.
>> TRAN01
>> AYE
>> PRESIDENT GONZALES
>> AYE
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 IS ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT, I WANT TO TALK BACK TO
SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
SAID LAST WEEK.
AROUND WANTING TO MAKE SURE
WHERE ROBBING PETER TO PAY
PAUL.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT POINT
AND WELL TAKEN WE HAVE TALKED
TO THE CBO AND UNDERSTAND THEY
ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING
AN EMERGENCY FISCAL NOTE SO WE
CAN HAVE A MORE REAL-TIME
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THERE IS
PROPOSALS BEING SENT DOWN.
I KNOW THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT
TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR OWN
BUDGETS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGETS.
I DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY TAKING
FROM ANY OF THE PROGRAMS.
LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT
HOUSING THIS WEEK WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE SWEET SUGARY
BEVERAGE TAX.
WHILE THE MONEY IS GOING
DIRECTLYTO PRIORITY POPULATIONS
DID IT, I THINK THE BIG
QUESTION REMAINS AROUND THE
REVENUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
EMERGENCY FUNDS AND OVERALL AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGETS.
THAT WAS A POINT WELL TAKEN AND
I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THAT THE
FISCAL NOTES THAT WE SHOULD BE
SEEING IN THE FUTURE WILL HELP
US IN EVALUATING WHAT THE
IMPACT IS ON THE CURRENT BUDGET.
POTENTIALLY THE FUTURE BUDGET
AND EMERGENCY FUNDS.
I THINK THIS IS ALL A CRITICAL
TIME FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T GET INTO [ INDISCERNIBLE
] AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE DON'T
WANT TO USE THIS EMERGENCY TO
FURTHER ESCALATE ANY QUALITY OR
DEFICIENCIES IN HER BUDGET
WHICH WE'VE SEEN DONE AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL AND ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
PLEASE KNOW WE WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU MEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I THINK LAST WEEK I ALSO
SIGNALED AN AGREEMENT WITH
SAWANT AS WELL AND HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF MAKING SURE OUR
MEMORANDUMS MAKING SURE THEY
ARE REALLY CLEARLY DESCRIBING
AND INCLUDE HOW THE SHIFTING OF
THESE DOLLARS WILL IMPACT
PROGRAMS THAT MAY HAVE
IDENTIFIED AS COUNCIL
PRIORITIES . CHOOSING TO SHIP
DOLLARS, SHIFT DOLLARS IN THIS
CRISIS.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE THAT LEVEL OF ANALYSIS,
GOOD ANALYSIS FROM THE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
I KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR AND
OTHERS ON THE CENTRAL STAFF ARE
OPEN TO ONGOING SUGGESTIONS AND
FEEDBACK ON HOW WE CAN MAKE
SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION WE NEED TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF HOW WE
ARE MOVING MONEY AROUND THROUGH
THESE BILLS.
THAT IS APPRECIATED.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILL BEFORE
WE VOTE ON IT?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
THESE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NOT
OPPOSED.
THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED IN
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3. WE ARE SO
CLOSE TO BEING DONE FOLKS.
IF THE CLERK CAN PLEASE READ
ITEM 3 INTO THE RECORD.
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE
BID BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
HOST THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF
CITIES 2025 CITY SUMMIT
CONFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 31939
, IS THERE A SECOND?>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD YOU ARE
THE .
>> AS I MENTIONED AT THE
BRIEFING THIS IS A RESOLUTION
FOR THE SEATTLE BID TO HOST THE
2025 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
CONFERENCE, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
OF CITIES IN THE COUNTRY'S
OLDEST AND LARGEST ORGANIZATION
SERVING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
WITH A MISSION TO STRENGTHEN
AND PROMOTE CITIES AT CENTERS
OF OPPORTUNITY, LEADERSHIP AND
GOVERNANCE.
SEATTLE IS A LONG-TERM,
LONGTIME MEMBER AND PREVIOUSLY
HOSTED THIS CONFERENCE IN 2013.
VISIT SEATTLE IS PREPARING
SEATTLE'S BID WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
CITIES.
THE MAYOR HAS SIGNED A LETTER
INDICATING HER SUPPORT FOR
HOSTING THE 2025 CONFERENCE, MY
OFFICE HAS PREVIOUSLY
CIRCULATED ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION TO ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE
AND ITS EXPECTED IMPACT ON
SEATTLE.
INCLUDING ANSWERS TO A
CHECKLIST OF QUESTIONS THAT IS
REQUIRED BY RESOLUTION 3034 FOR
SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIS RESOLUTION DECLARES THE
CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT OF THE BID
AND INVITES THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
OF CITIES TO CONDUCT A SITE
VISIT HERE AS A CONSIDERS WERE
TO HOST.
IT IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT
4500 ATTENDEES WITH AN
ESTIMATED IMPACT OF $13.8
MILLION FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
SOME INDUSTRIES ARE BEING HARD-
HIT BY THE CORONAVIRUS RIGHT
NOW.
2018 SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHAW
SPONSORED AND THE PAST IN
SUPPORT OF HOSTING THE
CONFERENCE. THE CHECKLIST OF
QUESTIONS REQUIRED RESOLUTION
3034 WHEN CONSIDERING HOSTING
EVENTS WAS NOT PREPARED.
VISIT SEATTLE BELIEVES A NEW
RESOLUTION THAT SPECIFICALLY
IDENTIFIES 2025 IS THE TARGET
DATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE
A COMPETITIVE BID.
GIVEN THE DESIRE FOR A NEW
RESOLUTION, I INITIATED THE
REVIEW PROCESS OUTLINED IN
RESOLUTION 303402 ENSURE THE
CITY COUNCIL IS PROVIDING
APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT FOR LARGE
EVENTS.
CENTRAL STAFF REVIEWED AND
VISITED THE REQUEST AND
INDICATED THAT THE CONFERENCE
MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A MAJOR
EVENT IN THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE
CITY RESOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED
FOR PLANNING AND OR SECURITY.
SPECIAL PERMITTING IS UNLIKELY
TO BE REQUIRED.
THIS IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN
THE TRIGGERING OF A FUTURE
OBLIGATION AS ANTICIPATED AS HE
RESOLUTION ANTICIPATES CONCERNS
WITH FUTURE OBLIGATIONS AND THE
CITY'S FINANCIAL EXPOSURE AND
RESOURCE COMMITMENT TO THE
EVENT IS UNLIKELY TO MEET THE
THRESHOLD TO TRIGGER THAT
OBLIGATION.
IN ADDITION, ANOTHER TRIGGER IS
ANTICIPATED OVER TIME
EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING 3% OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET
FOR OVERTIME.
ANOTHER TRIGGER THAT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED TO BE MET.
I REQUESTED THAT THE OFFICE
COMPLETE AN EVALUATION OF THE
REQUEST USING THE CHECKLIST OF
QUESTIONS FROM RESOLUTION 30430.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR THOSE REMARKS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION?
THE FORAGERS.
>> I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IN HER OFFICE FOR THE
WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THIS
RESOLUTION.
A SOMEONE WHO IS ALSO BEEN IN
TOUCH WITH FOLKS FROM THE AWC
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
INCLUDING THIS IN SEATTLE ABOUT
FINDING A FUTURE OBLIGATIONS
WHICH WE JUST SPOKE TO.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR ALL THE TIME SHE
SPENT TRACKING DOWN THE
INFORMATION AND WORKING WITH A
NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS TO GET
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS
THAT I KNOW WE SHARE.
AS ONE OF THE TWO CITY
REPRESENTATIVES WITH COUNCIL
FOR STRAUSS , I AM EXCITED TO
SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE
HAVE ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION.
I KNOW WILL BE EASY TO FIND
ADDITIONAL TO REVENUE AS WE GET
CLOSER TO 2025.
THERE ARE OPTIONS TO WORK WITH
OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO WATCH
THE FUNDS FOR IN.
IT ALLOWS US TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT
IS GREAT FOR SEATTLE AND
PROVIDES US WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR
GREAT UNION WORKFORCE THAT IS
IN MUCH OF THE HOSPITALITY IN
THE GREATER SEATTLE REGION.
AS FOLKS COME INTO THE CITY
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO REBOUND
WITH OUR GREAT WORKERS ON THE
FRONT LINE.
IT WILL ALSO BRING IN MUCH
NEEDED REVENUE INTO OUR
INDUSTRY THAT IS BEING HARD-HIT
RIGHT NOW.
SERVICE, TOURISM AND
HOSPITALITY.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
ALSO PARTICIPATES IN CHARITABLE
EVENTS AND THIS ALLOWS US TO
BRING IN NATIONAL ATTENTION AND
RESOURCES.
I THINK THAT IT IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT
WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT SEATTLE AND
BUILD TOWARDS THE 20/25
DEADLINE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU DID AT SOME HERBOLD.
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE RESOLUTION?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLE ON THE
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN A. WITH THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE ADOPTION ON MY BEHALF.
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
OKAY.
WE WILL MOVE NOW TO THE
ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS,
I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST,
SECOND TO LAST AGENDA ITEM.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HEAR ABOUT
RESOLUTION 31940.
IF THE CLERK CAN PLEASE READ
THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
A RESOLUTION CALLING ON
GOVERNOR INSLEE TO IMPOSE AN
>>IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON RENT
PAYMENTS AND URGING THE
GOVERNOR TO CALL ON FEDERAL
LEGISLATORS AND THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO IMPOSE AN
IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON RENT
AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS; AND
CALLING ON FEDERAL LEGISLATORS
AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO
IMPOSE AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM
ON RENT AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 31940. IS THERE A
SECOND.>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER TRENT
EIGHT IS THE SPONSOR OF THE
RESOLUTION.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU
COUNCILMEMBER TRENT EIGHT TO
MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ABOUT
THE BILL.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
HAS AN AMENDMENT WHICH I
UNDERSTAND IS A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT.
COUNSELOR TRENT EIGHT WOULD YOU
LIKE US TO CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENT FIRST OR AFTER?
>> LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THE
RESOLUTION IS AND THEN WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENT.>> THE
RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED AND I WILL MOVE IT
OVER TO YOU TO SPEAK TO THE
RESOLUTION FIRST AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR ABOUT THE AMENDMENT.
>> FIRST I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO
MY COLLEAGUES.
I LEFT EVERYTHING THIS MORNING
TO GO TO THE FIELD HOSPITAL
BEFORE ACTUALLY HAVING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU
THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE
RESOLUTION.
I WILL DO THAT NOW.
BEFORE I DO THAT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND THINK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
SHE IS CIRCULATING A LETTER AND
PETITION TO ACHIEVE A SIMILAR
GOAL.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS ALSO
CIRCULATING A LETTER, I THINK
ALL OF US AS A CANCEL ARE
EAGER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS.
THIS RESOLUTION IS REALLY AIMED
AT PROTECTING, I'M SURE ALL OF
YOUR GETTING CALLS FROM YOUR
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR FEAR,
THE RENT PRICES . IT IS THE END
OF THE MONTH.
WE HAVE CONSTITUENTS WORRIED
ABOUT MAKING RENT PAYMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE LANDLORDS THAT
THEIR TENANTS CANNOT PAY RENT
BUT WHO STILL HAVE MORTGAGE
PAYMENTS THAT THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR.
THIS IS REALLY CALLING ON THE
GOVERNOR TO USE HIS EMERGENCY
POWER TO FREEZE RENT AND
CALLING OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS
TO FREEZE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS
DURING THIS PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
I AM GETTING HUNDREDS OF EMAILS
FROM FOLKS FOR THOSE WORRIED
ABOUT COVERING THEIR BILLS.
THE TRUTH IS WE HAVE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES WHO
ARE WORRIED WE MAY BE ENTERING
A RECESSION AND POSSIBLY WORSE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DO
SOMETHING NOW TO PROTECT PEOPLE
FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO COVER
THIS DEBT LATER.
WE ARE PROPOSING THIS RESOLUTION
, I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT
WE ARE WORKING WITH OTHER
LEGISLATORS ON THE WEST COAST.
THIS IS PART OF OF A BROAD
COALITION OF SUPERVISORS FROM
SAN FRANCISCO, COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM LOS ANGELES, BOSTON, NEW
YORK STATE SENATOR, WHO ARE
MOVING THESE KINDS OF
RESOLUTIONS THROUGH THEIR
JURISDICTIONS IN THE NEXT WEEK
IN A REAL EFFORT TO PUSH OUR
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN AND TO KEEP PEOPLE
IN THEIR HOMES DURING THIS
CRISIS WHERE THEY ARE SAFEST.
SO I MOVE PASSAGE OF THIS
RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR THE DESCRIPTION
AND EXPLANATION OF THIS
RESOLUTION.
BEFORE I OPENED IT UP FOR
DISCUSSION AND ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS LET'S CONSIDER
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT FIRST.
WHAT'S WE CONSIDER THAT
AMENDMENT AND HAVE A VOTE ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND GO BACK AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION ON THE RESOLUTION
IF IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
I WILL HEADED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO MAKE ,
INTRODUCED HIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT I WOULD
LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT DID NOT
MEET THE COUNCIL ROLE OF
DISTRIBUTING MY NEW TODAY.
MY APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATE
NOTICE.
IT SIMPLY ADDS TO THE RESOLUTION
MORATORIUM ON INSURANCE PAYMENTS
THAT ARE RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL OR PRIMARY OWNERSHIP
, INSURANCE POLICIES THAT COVER
YOUR HOME AS WELL AS PROPERTY
TAX. THAT IS IT.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE ASKED
ENDED TO ALLOW AN AMENDMENT
THAT IS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY 12
NOON.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL IS SUSPENDED AND WE CAN
PROCEED WITH CONSIDERATION OF
THE AMENDMENT.
I WILL NOW ASK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS TO MAKE THE FORMAL
AMENDMENT TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESENT.
I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION
31940 AND PRESENT , AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT ONE.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE
RESOLUTION.
CUSTOMER STRAUSS PARTY SPOKE A
LITTLE BIT, IS ANYTHING YOU
LIKE TO ADD?
>> JUST TO ADD THAT BEYOND RENT
AND MORTGAGE WE ALSO NEED TO BE
AWARE THAT INSURANCE POLICIES
THE TWO MEN CAN'T MAINTAIN
COVERAGE DESPITE A PERSON'S
ABILITY TO PAY THIS MONTH IF
THEY WERE LAID OFF OR FOR OTHER
ECONOMIC REASONS AS WELL AS
PROPERTY TAX FOR SOME FOLKS, IT
MAY BE THE FINAL STRAW THAT
BREAKS THE BACK DURING THIS
MOMENT.
AS WE ADVOCATE BECAUSE
RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT LEGALLY
BINDING ORDINANCES, AS WE
ADVOCATE TO SUSPEND RENT AND
MORTGAGES I BELIEVE WE SHOULD
ADVOCATE TO SUSPEND INSURANCE
AND PROPERTY TAXES.
>> OTHER ANY COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HAS A
QUESTION.
>> JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON
THIS AMENDMENT, IS IS TO
TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THOSE
PAYMENTS BUT THEY WILL STILL BE
DUE AT THE END OF THE CRISIS?
>> I THINK THE NUANCES ARE VERY
IMPORTANT.
SINCE THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE
ADVOCATING TO HIGHER LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT WHOSE JURISDICTION
IT IS AND WE KNOW THAT THE
BROADEST BASE, THEY WOULD LET ME
MAKE POLICIES RATHER THAN
CREATING SWISS CHEESE BY MAKING
DIFFERENT POLICIES AT DIFFERENT
MUNICIPALITY LEVELS, I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
NUANCES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT?
>> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
1.>>
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION AS AMENDED?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN RAISED
HIS HAND FIRST THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE
SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
REGARDING THE MORATORIUM ON
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RENT
PAYMENTS, I WANT TO CLARIFY ITS
INTENT WOULD BE THAT WE ARE
ASKING THE GOVERNOR AND FEDERAL
LEGISLATORS TO TEMPORARILY
SUSPEND THE PAYMENTS BUT AT THE
END OF THE CRISIS THE PAYMENTS
WILL BE DUE OR ARE WE ASKING
FOR THEM TO ALL RIGHT FORGIVE
ALL PAYMENTS AND THEY WILL
NEVER BE DUE?
>> WE ARE ASKING FOR THEM TO BE
FORGIVEN.
I AM GETTING HUNDREDS OF CALLS
A DAY AND EMAILS FROM PEOPLE
SAYING THAT IF I DON'T PAY RENT
FOR FOUR MONTHS, ESPECIALLY IN
SEATTLE WHERE RENT IS $2000,
THERE IS NO WAY THE ACCUMULATED
DEBT IS ANYTHING I WILL EVER BE
ABLE TO PAY OFF.
SUMMARILY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.
THIS IS A CRISIS THAT PEOPLE
ARE EXPRESSING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WE ARE SAYING IN THE SITUATION
WE NEED TO JUST FREEZE THE RENT
FOR FOLKS UNTIL THE CRISIS IS
OVER, THAT MIGHT BE TWO MONTHS
OR THREE MONTHS, THAT SHOULD
NOT BE ADDED ON TO THE END OF
THE RENT PAYMENTS ESPECIALLY IF
FOLKS MIGHT BE ENDING THEIR
LEASE, IT JUST CREATES FOR
APPLICATION.
WE ARE CALLING FOR A RENT
FREEZE FOR THE TIME THAT THE
CRISIS IS LIFTED AND PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND PAY
THEIR BILLS.
WHETHER THEY ARE RENTERS OR
HAVE A MORTGAGE PAYMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH
THIS ONE BECAUSE IT CAME UP ON
FRIDAY AND THEY'RE ALL SEATED
SORTS OF LEGAL ISSUES
POTENTIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS.
UNCONCERNED THAT PEOPLE ARE
GETTING OTHER RELIEF, WOULD WE
WANT TO SUSPEND THE PAYMENTS
THAT ARE DUE WHEN THEY ARE
GETTING RELIEF FROM OTHER ANGLES
, HOWEVER I HAVE RECEIVED LOTS
OF EMAILS FROM CONSTITUENTS
THAT ARE EXPRESSING THEIR MAJOR
CONCERN AND FEAR AND PAIN THAT
THEY ARE SUFFERING DURING THIS
CRISIS, I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME
TO THINK THIS THROUGH I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THAT
THIS IS A RESOLUTION WE ARE
SIMPLY ASKING FOLKS AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
TO CONSIDER THESE AND THEY CAN
DEAL WITH THOSE SPECIFICS, THE
SENTIMENT THAT WE ARE
EXPRESSING HERE IS THAT PEOPLE
ARE STRUGGLING AND WE NEED OUR
OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
ADDRESS THAT.
I DO WANT TO COMMEND OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
I DO NOT WANT THIS RESOLUTION
TO BE VIEWED, I FEEL LIKE THE
SENATORS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL
JOB, I HOPE IT IS TAKEN IN THAT
SPIRIT THAT WE ARE JUST TRYING
TO INDICATE CONCERNS WE ARE
HEARING FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS
ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
>> TO RESPOND?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT IS TRUE I DID NOT GET TO
TALK TO ALL OF OUR DELEGATION.
I REPRESENT AND SUPPORT THIS
AND BELIEVES THIS IS PART OF
WHAT SHE IS FIGHTING FOR.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT OUR LEADERS
GAVE 1,000,000,000,000 1/2
WINFALL TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ABLE TO
WEATHER THE STORM SO I THINK IT
IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP OUR
CONSTITUENTS.
THERE LITERALLY AT RISK OF
BEING ON THE STREET IF THEY
DON'T GET SOME ASSISTANCE.
YOU ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE TRYING TO COBBLE TOGETHER
ASSISTANCE IN AS MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS AS WE CAN.
WE KNOW THE REALITY IS THAT
RENT FOR SOME PEOPLE IT IS 50%
OF THEIR MONTHLY EXPENDITURE.
THEY NEED RELIEF.
WE ARE ASKING OUR STATE AND
FEDERAL LEADERS TO HELP
PROVIDED.
>> WE WILL MOVE OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT , HAD YOU
IN THE QUEUE NEXT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE,
IF YOU COULD JUST RAISE YOUR
HAND SO I CAN PUT YOU IN THE
QUEUE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I WILL MAKE NOTE OF IT.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
PUCK SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE DEMAND
FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
THE PASSAGE ITSELF WILL NOT
ENACT THIS BUT WILL PROVIDE
SUPPORT FOR THE MOVEMENT THAT
HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND FOR SEVERAL WEEKS FOR
THE CITY COUNCIL GOT INVOLVED.
OF THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS A
PETITION IS INITIATED BY
SOCIALIST ACROSS WASHINGTON
STATE MAKING THIS TO SUSPEND
MORTGAGE AND UTILITY PAYMENTS
HAS GARNERED OVER 2 MILLION
SIGNATURES NATIONWIDE.
ROUGHLY 1 ON EVERY HUNDRED
ADULTS.
IN ADDITION ON THURSDAY MORNING
AND ON FRIDAY URGING THAT HE
IMMEDIATELY ENACT THE
SUSPENSION OF RENT, MORTGAGE
AND UTILITY PAYMENTS WITH NO
ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO RENTERS
AND HOMEOWNERS.
NO DAMAGE TO CREDIT RATING, TO
RESPOND TO THE QUESTION OR
CONCERNS, SUSPENSION DOES NOT
MEAN YOU HAVE TO PAY IT LATER.
IT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY
IT AT ALL.
BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS, THE
SCALE OF THE CRISIS WE ARE IN.
MY TWO LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR
CALLED FOR A STATEWIDE RENT
FREEZE THROUGH THE END OF 2020.
NO RENT INCREASES THROUGH THE
END OF 2020.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ON THAT,
THE PHRASE RENT FREEZE IS USED
INTERCHANGEABLY BY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
I WANT TO CLARIFY COMMENTS OF
HOUSING CARTRIDGE FREEZE
USUALLY MEANS TO SAY NO RENT
INCREASES BUT THE LETTERS INTO
THE GOVERNOR ARE UPHOLDING BOTH
THE DEMANDS, THE SUSPENSION OF
RENT AND MORTGAGE AND UTILITY
PAYMENTS WITHOUT ANY
CONSEQUENCES PLUS NO RENT
INCREASES THROUGH THE END OF
2020.
WE HAD TO ADD THAT LETTER
BECAUSE WE ARE HEARING MANY
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEIR
CORPORATE LANDLORDS, THEY'RE
EXTENDING THEM NOTICES FOR RENT
INCREASES STARTING IN THE
SPRING.
THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
>> AND CORONATION WITH THE
LETTER FROM MY OFFICE FROM THE
GOVERNOR, WE ARE MAKING THE
DEMANDS OF THE GOVERNOR IN THIS
POSITION IS GATHERING ENORMOUS
SUPPORT.
IT WAS LAUNCHED THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND RELEASED TO THE
PUBLIC AND OVER 6000 PEOPLE
HAVE NOW SIGNED IT AND PEOPLE
ARE STILL SIGNING IT.
I URGE PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC TO
CONTINUE TO SHARE IT.
THERE IS SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR
THESE DEMANDS BECAUSE THEY ARE
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
IT IS MARCH 30 TODAY.
RENT IS DUE IN APRIL AND WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT HOUSEHOLDS THAT
HAVE LOST THEIR INCOME BECAUSE
OF THIS CRISIS.
CAPITALISM IS INCAPABLE OF
DEALING WITH NORMAL NEEDS LET
ALONE A PANDEMIC FOR WORKING
PEOPLE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK.
IN A CITY WHERE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEING PRICED
OUT OF THEIR HOMES IN NORMAL
TIMES, PAYING RENT WAS ALREADY
BECOMING DIFFICULT AND OUT WILL
BE MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE
FORCED TO SURVIVE AT BEST
UNREDUCED PAYCHECKS. IF THEY'RE
LUCKY ENOUGH TO QUALIFY WE KNOW
GIG ECONOMY WORKERS WILL NOT
QUALIFY.
MANY PART-TIME WORKERS WILL NOT
QUALIFY AND ALSO WE HAVE TO
MAKE THE POINT THAT IF THE
HOUSE WHAT HAS TO MAKE A CHOICE
BETWEEN RENT AND FOOD, WE
ABSOLUTELY WANT THEM TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS
SATISFIED LIKE GROCERIES AND
PRESCRIPTION, WE CANNOT HAVE
THEM PAYING RENT WITH THE
LANDLORD AND THE GOING HUNGRY
OR BEING SICK WITHOUT ANY
MEDICATION.
>> IN THE COUNCIL BRIEFING THIS
MORNING SOME COUNCILMEMBERS
REFERENCED MOVIES LIKE IT'S A
WONDERFUL LIFE, TO APPEAL TO
BANKS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND
SUSPEND FORECLOSURES. I WILL
SAY IT IS STRANGE TO ME THAT
THIS EVEN NEEDS TO BE SAID.
IT IS A FICTIONL STORY AND IN
REAL LIFE CAPITALISM, BIG BANKS
ARE ABSOLUTELY RUTHLESS.
THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE ARE
DRIVEN BY MARKET FORCES,
PERSONAL KINDNESS.
BIG BANKS, CORPORATE LANDLORDS
ARE CORPORATIONS THAT APPLY THE
ECONOMY IN THE GREAT RECESSION
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF
FORECLOSURES OF MIDDLE-CLASS
AND WORKING-CLASS HOMEOWNERS
WHILE THE BIG BANKS GOT BILLED
OUT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY IN THE
INTEREST OF OUR MOVEMENT
WATCHING FACING ANY IDEA THAT
THE EXPECTATION THAT BIG BANKS
AND MORTGAGE HOLDERS AND
CORPORATE LANDLORDS WILL DO THE
RIGHT THING IS A RECIPE FOR
MASSIVE IMPOVERISHMENT OF
MILLIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES.
WE BRACING THE FEDERAL
RESERVE'S PRODUCTION, THEY ARE
PREDICTING A 30% UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE.
THAT IS DEPRESSION LEVEL AND
EMPLOYMENT.
JUST TWO DAYS AGO WE HEARD FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT
STATEWIDE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT IS
AT LEAST UNDERESTIMATED.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST
ENDLESS NUMBERS OF FAMILIES AND
WORKING PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS WHO
WILL JUST BE WIPED OUT IF WE
ARE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.
CITYWIDE ISSUES WILL NOT BE
ENOUGH.
AS FAR AS THE CONCERNS RAISED,
IT IS STUNNING TO ME THAT THE
SO-CALLED CONCERNS ARE BEING
RAISED, MAYBE PEOPLE ARE GETTING
SOME RELIEF FROM OTHER SOURCES,
SO WHAT IF THEY ARE.
THEY SHOULD BE.
WE SHOULD BE THINKING PEOPLE
LIKE SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS FOR
ABSOLUTE FIGHTING FOR WORKING
PEOPLE.
WHATEVER SUPPORT PEOPLE ARE
GETTING RIGHT NOW IS NOT GOING
TO BE ENOUGH.
MEANWHILE BANKS ARE GETTING
TRILLION DOLLARS A DAY A THAT'S.
THE MONEY IS NOT GOING TO
WORKING PEOPLE.
WE ARE NOT IN ANY DANGER OF
OVER FUNDING WORKING PEOPLE'S
NEEDS.
I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING THIS
IS A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] A SUPPORT
THIS RESOLUTION OF COURSE BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY I AM COMMITTED
TO BUILDING THIS MOVEMENT
BECAUSE THIS IS A RESOLUTION
AND IT MAKES A STATEMENT BUT
DOES NOT BY ITSELF ENACT THE
SUSPENSION OF RENT AND MORTGAGE
PAYMENTS.
IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD
BUT I WANT MOVERS OF THE PUBLIC
TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE NEED TO
KEEP FIGHTING AND WE CANNOT
REST ON WHAT WILL BE PASSED
TODAY WHICH WILL BE NOT ENOUGH.
LET'S GET THE SIGNATURES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS YOU RAISED
YOUR HAND NEXT SO THE FLOOR IS
YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION TODAY.
I WANT TO FIRST THINK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENT
TO STRENGTHEN THIS.
I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER IN
THESE TIMES, IT IS CRITICAL
THAT PEOPLE GET SOME ASSURANCE
AROUND THEIR INSURANCE PAYMENTS
AS WELL.
JUST TO ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES MADE IN
RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE THINGS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN SAID.
I THINK THIS GOES A LONG WAY TO
ASSUAGING SOME OF THE CONCERNS
RAISED BY PEDERSEN.
WE JUST SAW ON FRIDAY CONGRESS
PASSED A MASSIVE BAILOUT FOR
AIRLINES, LOTS OF INDUSTRIES
THAT ARE IMPACTED AND AFFECTED
BY THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE COVID-
19 CRISIS.
THE BASIS AN ARGUMENT FOR THE
BAILOUTS ARE THESE ARE
COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN
ADVERSELY EFFECTIVE AND THERE'S
NO WAY THEY COULD OF PLANNED
FOR A PANDEMIC AND WHAT IT
WOULD'VE DONE TO THEM.
THE EXACT SAME ARGUMENT CAN BE
MADE IN SUPPORT OF THE RENTERS
AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECENTLY
ENTERED INTO MORTGAGES AS
HOMEOWNERS WHO NEVER COULD'VE
ANTICIPATED OR PLANNED THAT
WHEN THEY SIGNED THEIR MORTGAGE
OR THEIR LEASE THAT THEY WOULD
BE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY
COULD LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOODS
AND HOMES AND BE IN A POSITION
WHERE THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE
RENT OR MORTGAGE AND FACE THE
THREAT OF EVICTION OR
FORECLOSURE.
I THINK IT IS, THEY WANT THE
SAME CONSIDERATION.
EVEN MORE SO THE CONSIDERATION
OF THE GOVERNMENT THEN THESE
BIG COMPANIES THAT GOT A
MASSIVE BAILOUT LAST FRIDAY.
TO SPEAK TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S CONCERNS, THEY ARE
WARRANTED, IN MY UNDERSTANDING
, CORRECT ME ON THIS, THERE IS
NOTHING IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT
SUGGESTS SHOULD THE GOVERNOR OR
CONGRESS HE'D OUR REQUEST THAT
THERE BE SUPPORT TO BACK UP
THOSE POLICIES AND ACTIONS, I
THINK IT IS VERY FORESEEABLE
THAT WHEN INEVITABLY THERE IS
ANOTHER RELIEF BILL THAT COMES
FROM CONGRESS AND WE KNOW
ULTIMATELY BE IN THE SUMMER
SPRING THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
BIG RELIEF BILL AND A BIG PART
OF IT BASED ON THE RESOLUTION
AND OTHER RESOLUTIONS FROM
OTHER CITIES AND GOVERNMENTS,
úIT COULD INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR
HELPING COVER FOLKS MORTGAGES
AND PEOPLE'S RENT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT
SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED ON WHAT
THE EXACT POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS
BE, THAT CONGRESS AND THE
GOVERNOR TAKEN PURSUE, THE
POINT IS WE ARE STILL ASKING
THEM TO PUT RENTERS AND PEOPLE
WITH MORTGAGES IN A POSITION
WHERE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE
EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH THE
AGGREGATED DEBT FROM THIS PERIOD
THAT THEY WILL BASICALLY BE IN
LINE TO RECEIVE THE SAME KIND
OF CONSIDERATION THAT WE LEND TO
BANKS AND AIRLINES AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL.
THAT WE ARE NOT LENDING TO
WORKING FAMILIES.
I THINK IT IS FULLY APPROPRIATE
GIVEN THE POSTURE OF THIS, LET
ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
I FIND IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT
CONGRESS WOULD OR THAT THE
STATE GOVERNMENT WOULD PUT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORWARD
WITHOUT PUTTING SOME RESOURCES
BEHIND IT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
ARE WHOLE.
I DON'T HAVE A CONCERN IN
VOTING FOR ON THAT BASIS.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO
DO SIMILAR TO THE EXULTATION'S
MADE EARLIER,, THE URGINGS MADE
BY MY COLLEAGUES EARLIER, I
WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE
GENERAL PUBLIC BASED ON A LOT OF
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED ON THIS
RESOLUTION.
I THINK THERE IS FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD MISUNDERSTANDING
THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE IN
OF ITSELF FREEZING PAYMENTS TO
MORTGAGES AND RENT. I WANT TO
JOIN MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE
MENTIONED THIS ALREADY, IF YOU
WERE NOT IN A POSITION TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON
YOUR RENT OR MORTGAGE, PLEASE
DO SO.
THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT GOING TO
IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE THAT RELIEF,
RELYING SOLELY ON THIS
RESOLUTION IS NOT GOING TO PUT
YOU IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN
GET SOME RELIEF IF YOU FAIL TO
PAY YOUR RENT OR MORTGAGE.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS
IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION
CONTINUE TO DO SO.
. WITH THAT I AM PROUD TO VOTE
FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I AM
URGING MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE
SAME.>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, ONCE
FOLKS ARE DONE TALKING ABOUT
THE RESOLUTION I WILL LET YOU
HAVE THE LAST WORD.
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IN
THE QUEUE.
THE FLOOR IS YEARS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN SAID.
I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE
ALL AGREE AND UNDERSTAND THE
CRISIS WE ARE IN.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO
THE US AND THEM THING.
CAN WE ALL BE IN THE END ZONE
AT THE SAME TIME?
THE CLARIFICATION THAT I HAVE,
WHEN I LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION
WHICH IS FOUR PAGES LONG, IT
TALKS ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE
MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PAYMENTS
AND RENT.
I'M GLAD COUNT THE NUMBER
PEDERSEN POINTED THIS OUT.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS
RESOLUTION AND THE LETTER THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA PUT
TOGETHER, I WAS INCLINED TO
VOTE YES BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT
A DATE IN THERE BUT WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY READ IT MORE THOROUGHLY
, I FINALLY PRINTED IT, IT GOES
ON AND ONE OF THE LESSONS IS
ADD THAT NO RENTER IN THE
NATION SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO
PAY RENT DURING THIS EMERGENCY
OR ACCUMULATE DEBT FOR UNPAID
RENT.
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT WE
ARE VOTING ON AS A RESOLUTION
AND YOU ARE CORRECT IT IS NOT A
LAW OR ORDINANCE, IT MEANS THAT
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IS
SPEAKING IN ONE VOICE AND THAT
WE ARE RESOLUTE TO DO THIS.
WE ARE VOTING, IF WE VOTE YES
ON THIS, IT EXTENDS TO
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MORTGAGE PAYMENTS THAT NOT ONLY
DO WE HAVE A MORATORIUM BUT WE
ALSO HAVE A FORGIVENESS OF ALL
OF THE DEBT, IS THAT CORRECT?
THAT MEANS WE HAVE A MORATORIUM
DURING THIS CRISIS AND WHENEVER
THIS CRISIS ENDS, WHATEVER WAS
ACCUMULATED, RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
>> Reporter: FOLKS WILL BE
FORGIVEN OF ALL DEBT.
THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
EVERYONE IS NOT IN AGREEMENT
THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE A
RENTER, HOMEOWNER NOT BE
BURDENED WITH THIS KIND OF DEBT
IN LIGHT OF THE PACKAGE THAT
WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS, WE HAVE
ALL BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS,
WE'LL GET IT.
JUST WE HAVE CLARIFICATION FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IS THIS WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY
VOTING ON INCLUDING WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AMENDED
ON THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE A
MORATORIUM ON HIM FORGIVEN AS
WELL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WOULD
LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
>> SURE.
I'M SURE WE HAVE ALL HEARD FROM
TENANTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, OF
TALK TO SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS
WHO SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT MY
SMALL BUSINESS TENETS CANNOT
PAY RENT.
THEY ARE NOT BRINGING IN ANY
MONEY.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT THEY
SHOULD NOT BE PAYING RENT.
I STILL HAVE A MORTGAGE TO PAY
FOR WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
THAT IS WHAT THIS IS
ADDRESSING.
YES WE HAVE NOT JUST TENANTS
AND RESIDENTS, WE ALSO HAVE
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND
RENTERS WHO ARE IN THE SAME
BOAT AND THIS IS A WAY TO
ADDRESS THE PROPERTY OWNERS
ISSUE, THE TENETS ISSUE AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT DEFERRING
PAYMENT FOR THREE OR FOUR
MONTHS IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE
THE PROBLEM FOR SOME OF THESE
FOLKS.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE CALLING FOR THIS IS
PART OF A NATIONAL ORGANIZING
MOVEMENT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
JUST HAPPENING IN SEATTLE BUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, RENTERS AND
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WILL PAY
THEIR BILLS.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED NATIONAL
EVENT, A GLOBAL EVENT AND
THINGS WILL BE VERY JARRING FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
THAT IS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS
CALLING FOR.>> MAY FOLLOW-UP?
>> PLEASE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YOU'RE SAYING A COMMERCIAL,
SOMEBODY THAT OWNS 20+ UNITS OR
APARTMENTS WHO ALSO HAS A
MORTGAGE TO PAY, THEY DO NOT
COLLECT FROM RENTERS, WE SAY
THEY OWN 30 UNITS OF RENTAL, IS
ALWAYS ALSO GOING TO FROM A
RESOLUTION UNDERSTAND THAT WE
ARE LAGERING FOR THEM AS WELL
UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION TO
OUR GOVERNOR THAT THEY TO DO
NOT HAVE TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE
TO THE BANK.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP?
>> WELL. NO.
>> OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS
RESOLUTION?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE
CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS
AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
AMENDMENT, EXCUSE ME THE
RESOLUTION AS AMENDED IS
ADOPTED.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>> GIVE ME A MINUTE.
I AM TOGGLING BETWEEN TWO
DIFFERENT SCRIPTS HERE.
I NEED TO GET BACK TO MY OTHER
SET OF NOTES.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
5 INTO THE RECORD.>> AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 5. RESOLUTION 31
942.
A RESOLUTION ADDING THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE EMERGENCY
CLOSURE AND REPAIRS TO THE
WATCH LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS
FOR ENHANCED QUARTERLY
MONITORING ESTABLISHED IN
RESOLUTION 31931.
>> I MOVED TO ADOPT 31942.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THERE IS A SECOND.
>> I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AS LEAD
SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION TO
ADDRESS THE RESOLUTION.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THINK IT'S MUCH.
THIS RESOLUTION WOULD PLACE THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE ONTO THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
WATCHLIST, JUST SOME GENERAL
POINTS.
AS YOU KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS A
WATCHLIST THAT WE APPROVE EVERY
YEAR AND WE CREATE A YEARLY
WATCHLIST BY RESOLUTION. JUST
LAST MONTH THEY APPROVED
RESOLUTION 31931 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO ADOPT
THE 2020 CAPITAL PROJECTS
WATCHLIST FOR PROJECTS REQUIRING
QUARTERLY ENHANCED REPORTING.
IN 2018 THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH THIS
ENHANCED REPORTING WHICH
INCLUDES HIS QUARTERLY UPDATES
ON ALL INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT
úARE ON THE WATCHLIST ITSELF AS
WELL AS ONGOING PROGRAMS.
THIS RESOLUTION AS THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE TO THE 2020
WATCHLIST.
IT DOES SO IN LIGHT OF THE FACT
THEY ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE DUE TO
THE PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT DUE TO
CRACKS THAT WERE EXPANDING
RAPIDLY.
THEN OUT TO THE CLOSURE OF THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS ABOUT THREE HOURS BEFORE
ACTUALLY CLOSING THE BRIDGE.
THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED
TO GET PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN
FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, ANY TIME
THERE IS ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF
THERE BEING RISK ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PROJECT, NOW THAT WE
KNOW THERE IS RISK, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE MONITORING THE
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM WORK
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS
OF THE LEGISLATION.
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A CAPITAL
PROJECT ID NUMBER YET IT IS
DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PROJECTS.
ADOPTED BY THE RESOLUTION IN
THE WATCHLIST.
THE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST THAT
THE MAYOR AT ANY CAPITAL
PROJECTS WITH SPENDING RELATED
TO THE NEAR-TERM REPAIR, LONG-
TERM REPAIR AND MITIGATION
DURING CLOSURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE TO THE 2020
BRIDGE FOR ENHANCED REPORTING
AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 OF
RESOLUTION 31931.
WE HAVE THAT DESCRIPTION OF THE
PROJECT INSTEAD OF AN
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
I WANT TO THINK COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND HIS WORK ON THE
RESOLUTION.
HIS COMMITMENT AS CHAIR TO WORK
TOWARDS GREATER TRANSPARENCY
AND PUBLIC REPORTING ON
IMPORTANT ISSUES.
I DO HAVE A SMALL AMENDMENT AS
WELL. JUST TO GET TO THE MEAT
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
BRIDGE.>> OKAY.
WHAT WE GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER
YOUR AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN
ONCE WE VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT
WE CAN PROVIDE YOUR COSPONSOR
AND OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE
REMARKS AS WELL.
MY DON'T YOU MAKE THE FORMAL
MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE
AMENDMENT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> I MOVED TO AMEND RESOLUTION
31942 AS PRESENTED ON VERSION 2
OF AMENDMENT ONE OF THE AGENDA.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE
RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL YOU
SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT ?
>> THIS AMENDMENT WAS REQUESTED
BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IN
WEST SEATTLE, I DO AGREE IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE AS A BUSIEST
ROADWAY IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HANDLING 100,000 VEHICLES PER
WEEK DAY.
THAT IS UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS
ALONG WITH 17,000 TRANSIT
RIDERS AND VERY TRAFFIC. IN
THIS LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION
, PUTTING THIS PROJECT ON A
WATCHLIST WE ARE SIGNALING AS A
COUNCIL THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
ROADWAY TO SEATTLE RESIDENTS,
NOT JUST ON THE PENINSULA BUT
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
THE AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
THE ADOPTION OF THE
>> AYE.
AMENDMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT
OPPOSED.>> OKAY.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, ARE THERE
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? I THINK
THIS MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE
TIME TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN IF YOU'D LIKE
TO MAKE SOME REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
BRIEFLY I APPRECIATE WORKING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I THINK WE WERE ALL SURPRISED
LAST WEEK TO HEAR ABOUT THE
NEED TO CLOSE THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE SO SUDDENLY.
WE SUPPORT THE DECISION OF THE
MAYOR AND S.TO DO THAT CLOSURE.
WE WANT TO PUT IT ON A
WATCHLIST BECAUSE NOW IT HAS
BECOME A MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT.
WE HAVE TO INTENSIFY OUR
SCRUTINY OF THIS, NOT ONLY WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE BUT IT RAISES A
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS SDOT
DOING WITH THE OTHER MAJOR
BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY
THAT NEED MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR.
THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS
HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY
ON BRIDGES.
RAISING THE LEVEL OF INTENSE
SCRUTINY ON GETTING BACK TO THE
BASICS OF OUR CITY
INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN
NOT ONLY GET THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE FIXED AND OPENED AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP
EVER BE SAFE BUT ALSO TO LOOK
DEEPER AT WHAT SDOT IS DOING
WITH THE OTHER BRIDGES
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
SDOT AND OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
TO INTENSIFY OVERSIGHT OF THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU CUSTOMER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
AMENDED.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT
OPPOSED.>> THANK YOU. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AS
AMENDED IN THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
NATURE ON MY BEHALF.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO ADDRESS
OTHER THAT WE UNDERSTAND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL
TO CONSIDER.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO HER.>>
THANK YOU PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WE LOST YOU FOR A MOMENT.
WE UNDERSTAND HAD TECHNOLOGICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING BACK AND.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS GOING TO REQUEST, WE TAKE
THE LAST TWO VOTES I MISSED SO
I CAN VOTE?
>> OH, BOY.
YES.
I WILL HAVE TO REMEMBER MY
ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.
I THINK I HAVE TO MOVE FOR
RECONSIDERATION OF THOSE AGENDA
ITEMS.
IS THAT CORRECT MADAME CLERK?
>> YES THAT IS CORRECT.
YOU CAN DO IT BY CONSENT.
YOU CAN REQUEST IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION FOR THE CREATION FOR
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4 AS AMENDED
AS WELL AS NUMBER 5 PICK
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO
RECONSIDERATION OF AGENDA ITEM
AS AMENDED WE WILL RECONSIDER
IT.
HEARING NO OBJECTION WE WILL
RECONSIDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4
AS AMENDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 319 40 AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN
>> THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
31940 PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
IF THERE IS -- WE WILL
RECONSIDER RESOLUTION 31942.
HEARING NO OBJECTION TO THE
RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM 5, I
WILL ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION 31942.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AS
AMENDED AND THE CHAIR WILL
ASSIGN WILL SIGN IT, WILL THE
PLEASE THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
THE SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF
QUESTION MARK MOVING ON TO
OTHER BUSINESS, I UNDERSTAND
THAT COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
A LETTER TO DISCUSS WITH US SO
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO HER FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> I AGAIN WANT TO THANK OUR
CENTRAL STAFF.
I KNOW THAT THEY DID A -- ALSO
ON FRIDAY I CIRCULATED TO YOUR
OFFICES A SIGN-ON LETTER FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO SEND A
MESSAGE TO OUR GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE TO EXTEND A MORATORIUM
ON ALL FORECLOSURES INCLUDING
MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES AND
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH MUCH OF
THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE
ALREADY HAD TODAY SO I WILL
JUST SAY THAT WHILE THERE HAS
BEEN ACTION TAKEN AT THE CITY
IN THE STATE TO PROTECT -- FROM
EVICTION ALL OF OUR OFFICES ARE
CARRYING THE CONCERNS THAT WE
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TODAY THAT
BANKS WILL FORECLOSE ON
THOUSANDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS
AND THAT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS
ARE FACING A LOSS OF INCOME FOR
HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
DUE TO THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL IN
THE MARKET.
A LOT OF OUR RENTERS WHO LIVE
IN THE CITY LIVE IN MULTIFAMILY
STRUCTURES AND FAMILIES ACROSS
WASHINGTON ARE BEING FORCED TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN NECESSITIES LIKE
FOOD OR PAYING FOR RENT WHILE
MANY BUSINESSES ARE ALSO
STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT, AND
MAY BE UNABLE TO MAKE THEIR
RENT OR MORTGAGE PAYMENT AS A
RESULT OF THIS CRISIS.
PLACING A MORATORIUM ON
EVICTIONS WILL COMPLEMENT OTHER
PROTECTIONS WE HAVE ALREADY
ENACTED AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND THAT WE HAVE SEEN ECHOED AT
THE STATE LEVEL THANKS TO
GOVERNOR INSLEE.
I THINK THIS WOULD SUPPORT
HOUSING STABILITY AND ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE AND WOULD HELP US --
A STATEWIDE MORATORIUM ON AND
ON FORECLOSURES WOULD -- TO
IMPLEMENT A FORECLOSURE AND
EVICTION MORATORIUM FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMEOWNERS WITH FHA
INSURED MORTGAGES FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
IT ALSO RESPONSE TO THE CALL
FROM THE LOCAL HOUSING ALLIANCE
TO ENACT FORECLOSURE MORATORIUMS
. THE LETTER HAS BEEN DISCUSSED
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND
THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF AND I
THINK THAT THEY APPRECIATE US
CONTINUING TO ELEVATE THESE
ISSUES THEY SAID THAT A LETTER
WOULD BE WELCOMED AS THEY LOOK
AT VARYING STRATEGIES AT THE
STATE LEVEL TO ADDRESS AND
REQUEST THAT THEY ARE ALSO
GETTING.
SO WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION WE
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
COUNCILMEMBERS SIGN ONTO THE
LETTER THAT HAS BEEN
CIRCULATED, WE WILL AFFIX YOUR
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TO THE
LETTER IF YOU INDICATE THAT YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN SIGNING ON.
I MENTIONED THIS IN MY EMAILS
TO THE CITY COUNCIL BUT A
SPECIAL MENTION TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
ADVOCATING FOR A FORECLOSURE
MORATORIUM.
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR WEIGHING IN AS WELL AND YOU
HAVE ALREADY HEARD OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE WORKING
ON SIMILAR EFFORTS, I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF SIGNING ONTO THIS LETTER TO
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO
CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY THE CALL
FOR STATEWIDE ACTION I
APPRECIATE ALL THAT HAS
HAPPENED IN OUR EFFORT ALREADY
TO TRY TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS
AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
THIS WOULD BE A REALLY
IMPORTANT MEASURE AS WE LOOK AT
PROTECTING RENTERS AND THOSE
WHO ARE PAYING AS SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL, SO
THANKS FOR THE CONSIDERATION,
AND THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR DRAFTING THE
ORIGINAL LETTER .
>> THANK YOU.
TYPICALLY WE DEAL WITH LETTERS
THAT ARE BEING CIRCULATED IN AN
OPEN PUBLIC SESSION IN ORDER TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING
WITH -- AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY
FORWARD IN THIS PUBLIC SETTING.
BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF SEEING WHO WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE ADDED TO
THE LETTER I AM GOING TO OPEN
IT UP AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSED
LETTER.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER KATE
BURKE IN SPOKANE.
SHE HAS BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL
JOB OF ASSEMBLING
COUNCILMEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE WHO ARE HOUSING CHAMPIONS
TO TALK THROUGH MANY OF THESE
ISSUES SO THAT WE CAN BE
SPEAKING WITH A UNIFIED BOARD
VOICE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
ISSUES THAT CAME UP IN THAT
CONTEXT I KNOW THAT IT HAS COME
UP IN OTHER CONTEXTS AS WELL,
BUT IF FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE
COUNCIL ARE INTERESTED IN
LEARNING MORE ABOUT
COUNCILMEMBER BURKS HOUSING
CHAMPIONS CALL SHOOT ME OR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AN
EMAIL.
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, NOT
JUST FOR US TO TALK TO ONE
ANOTHER BUT FOR US TO BE GUIDED
BY THE ON THE GROUNDWORK THAT
OUR ADVOCATES IN THE HOUSING
COMMUNITY ARE DOING AS OUR IN
PARTICULAR LED BY THE
WASHINGTON LOCAL HOUSING
ALLIANCE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS BY MY COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE, JUST TO AVOID
HAVING TO DO A ROLL CALL AGAIN,
I AM GOING TO DO THIS IN THE
NEGATIVE, IF YOU WILL.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR NAME
ADDED, IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO
THE LETTER AS DESCRIBED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE
INDICATE SO NOW.
I AM NOT HEARING ANYONE
REGISTER THEIR OBJECTIONS, SO
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE THE
CONSENT OF ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
TO HAVE THEIR ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO YOUR
LETTER.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
FORWARD IN OPEN SESSION.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING THAT B TRANSMITTED TO
THE GOVERNOR, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING OUR CONVERSATIONS
AROUND PROVIDING RELIEF TO
TENANTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE ARE MANY RENTERS WHO
NEED THIS RELIEF BUT THERE IS
ALSO, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE ARE PLENTY OF HOMEOWNERS
AND CONDO OWNERS WHO ARE GOING
TO BE AND RV EXPERIENCING
ECONOMIC DISTRESS AS A RESULT
OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WAS
PRECIPITATED BY COVID-19.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS
AS HOLISTICALLY AS POSSIBLE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RELIEFS
CAN BE PROVIDED.
IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
HEARING NONE, THAT WAS THE LAST
ITEM OF BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA,
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
FULL COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ON
APRIL 6 AT 2 P.M.
AND THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE US, SO WE ARE
ADJOURNED, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU.