>>> LET'S GET THE MEETING
STARTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WELCOME BACK.
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD WEEKEND,
AND THE COUNCIL BRIEFING
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:30 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> DID YOU HEAR ME?
>> I DID.
THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS?
>> HERE.
>> AND HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU, PRESENT.
>> THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
I WILL SKIP THE PRESIDENT'S
REPORT TODAY AND I'LL MAKE THE
REMARKS IN THE NORMAL REPORT
FOR AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND WELCOME
OUR PRESENTERS ON AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 3, AND WE HAVE MEMBERS
OF THE OFFICE OF THE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS,
AND THEY ARE SLATED TO BE WITH
US UNTIL A LITTLE AFTER 10:00
THIS MORNING.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO THE
DIRECTOR LILY WILSON-CODEGA WHO
WILL FACILITATE INTRODUCTIONS
FOR THE MEMBERS OF HER TEAM
WITH US THIS MORNING.
>> LILY WILSON-CODEGA, DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
AND I'LL PASS TO ROBIN
>> ROBIN KOSKEY.
AND I'LL PASS IT TO QUINN.
>> QUINN MAJESKI, STATE
RELATIONS DIRECTOR, AND I WILL
PASS IT TO HANNAH.
>> I'M HANNAH SMITH, PROGRAM
DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE ARE BEFORE YOU WITH YOUR
FIRST STATE LEGISLATIVE
BRIEFING OF THE YEAR AND MOVING
INTO THE SECOND WEEK OF THE
2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THIS YEAR, IT'S A LONG 105 DAY
SESSION WHERE THE LEADERS WILL
WRITE THEIR BIANNUAL BUDGET,
AND THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT
MODIFICATIONS THAT I WILL TOUCH
ON BRIEFLY GIVEN THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND RECENT
SECURITY THREAT PROVOKED BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SO THE CAPITOL IS CURRENTLY
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
ALL ADVOCACY IS CONDUCTED
REMOTELY AND THE NATIONAL GUARD
HAS BEEN SECURED GIVEN THE NEED
FOR HEIGHTENED SECURITY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS WILL
IN PLACE THROUGH INAUGURATION
DAY, POTENTIALLY LONGER, AND
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
THERE ARE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITYS
IN BOTH CHAMBERS AND
LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE LET US KNOW
THEIR FOCUS IS FOR COVID RAY
LEAF AND POLICE CHANGE AND
EQUITY, AND GIVEN THAT IT'S A
BUDGET WRITING YEAR, THE STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE IN
NEED OF RESOURCES FOR HOUSING
AND BELIEVE SERVICES.
REVENUE REFORM IS HIGH ON THE
PRIORITY LIST.
WE ARE HEARING OF GROWING
INTEREST IN CAPITAL GAINS AND
OTHER PROPOSALS IN AN EFFORT TO
ADDRESS TAX INCENTIVES.
QUINN IS OUR EXPERT AND WILL
DIVE INTO THAT MORE IN HIS
REPORT.
WE WERE MAKING FINAL CHANGES
FROM UPDATES THAT WE RECEIVED
LATE IN THE EVENING LAST NIGHT
AND JUST AS WE RUN THROUGH THEM
FOR TODAY, QUINN WILL PROVIDE
AN UPDATE ON BUDGET AND REVENUE
AND EDUCATION AND GENERAL
GOVERNMENT, AND HANNAH THE
PRIORITIES AND ROBIN WILL COVER
POLICE REFORM AND PUBLIC
HOUSING AND SAFETY AND MENTAL
ILLNESS.
I WANT TO THANK THE GRATITUDE
TO MEET WITH THE KEY ALLIES IN
OLYMPIA INCLUDING SENATOR WYNN
AND REPRESENTATIVE FRAME TO
HELP US ADVANCE MEANINGFUL
POLICE AND ARRIVE NEW REFORM.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
PARTICIPATING IN LAST WEEK'S
SENT LABOR COMMITTEE, SPEAKING
ON THEIR POLICE ARBITRATION
REFORM PROPOSALS AND ON THE DE-
CERTIFICATION BILL, AND WITH
THAT, I'LL TURN TO QUINN
MAJESKI, OUR DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING, LILY AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WILL GO THROUGH THE ARRIVE
NEW AND EDUCATION AND
ENVIRONMENT AND I WILL BE BACK
AT THE END FOR A QUICK UPDATE
ON TRANSPORTATION.
I'LL PAUSE AT THE END OF EACH
SECTION FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO COVER THE MAJOR
BILLS, AND IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER
BILLS LISTED, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
PAGE ONE, THE CAPITOL BUDGET
AND OPERATING BUDGET ARE
GOVERNOR INSLEE'S PROPOSED
BUDGET.
THEY RECEIVED A HEARING LAST
WEEK TO A WIDE RANGE OF
RESPONSES.
WE'VE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON
THOSE IN DECEMBER.
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND JUMP AHEAD TO
THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX PROPOSAL
AND DISCUSS THAT BRIEFLY.
1596 IS THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX
PROPOSAL AND ALSO RECEIVED A
HEARING LAST THURSDAY.
THERE WAS, AGAIN, SORT OF A
WIDE RANGE AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT
FROM ADVOCATES STRONGLY IN
SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL TO
THOSE WHO ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
AGAINST IT.
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL WOULD
INSTITUTE A 9 PERCENT CAPITAL
GAINS TAX.
THERE WOULD BE AN EXEMPTION FOR
CAPITAL GAINS UNDER 25,000 FOR
SINGLE FILERS OR 50,000 FOR
JOINT FILERS.
THERE IS AN EXEMPTION FOR THE
SALE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY,
RETIREMENT PENSIONS, AND A
HANDFUL OF OTHER CATEGORIES,
MOST RELATED TO AGRICULTURE AND
OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE SENATE
DEMOCRATS ARE LIKELY TO
INTRODUCE THEIR OWN CAPITAL
GAINS TAX PROPOSAL LATER IN THE
SESSION.
THE HOUSE MAY COME OUT WITH
THEIRS AS WELL.
SO WHILE THIS BILL DID KICK OFF
THE DISCUSSION ON CAPITAL
GAINS, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT
THERE WILL BE FURTHER ITERATION
AND FUTURE DISCUSSION LIKELY
COMING LATER IN SESSION AS WE
GET CLOSER TO SERIOUS BUDGET
NEGOTIATIONS.
I DO ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE
PRE-BILL, A PROTOBILL THAT IS
NOT ON THE LIST YET BECAUSE IT
HASN'T BEEN FILED YET.
THE STATE WIDE PAYROLL TAX.
THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT THE
REPRESENTATIVES ARE WORKING ON,
MACKEY AND SPRINGER, AND IT
WOULD INSTITUTE A STATE WIDE
HIGHER PAYROLL TAX ON
CORPORATIONS, SIMILAR IN WHICH
WAYS TO THE TAX THAT WAS
ADOPTED LAST SUMMER HERE AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL.
THE CURRENT ITERATION -- AND I
WOULD CAUTION THAT THIS IS VERY
MUCH A BILL STILL IN
DEVELOPMENT AND IS LIKELY TO
CHANGE, AND I WANT TO PROVIDE
THE INFORMATION AT THIS POINT
BUT THE CURRENT ITERATION WOULD
INSTITUTE A TAX ON A -- A
STATEWIDE PAYROLL TAX ON
EMPLOYERS WHO EMPLOY MORE THAN
$150,000 A YEAR, AND TWO
TIERS, A TIER FOR EMPLOYERS
WHOSE GROSS RECEIPTS ARE
BETWEEN 7,0 00,100,000,000,.25
PERCENT AND FOR THOSE OVER $100
MILLION, POINT FIVE PERCENT.
AND IT'S SIMILAR IN WAYS TO THE
LOCAL MEASURE ADOPTED HERE BUT,
OBVIOUSLY, HAS FEWER TIERS AND
A LOWER OVERALL RATE.
THE ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE HEARD
FOR THIS WOULD BE WHAT IS FULLY
IMPLEMENTED AND UP AND RUNNING
AT THE STATE LEVEL WHICH WOULD
BE BETWEEN $160,000,190,000,000
PER YEAR.
SO GIVEN THE LOWER RATES,
ACTUALLY LESS MONEY THAN IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S VERSION.
THERE IS -- I KNOW THIS IS A
POINT OF CONCERN, SO I WANT TO
LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THERE IS
CURRENTLY NO PREEMPTION IN THE
LEGISLATION BUT A TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION AND ONE WE ARE
MONITORING CLOSELY AND IT'S OF
INTEREST TO ALL OF YOU.
KNOW THAT IS VERY MUCH ON OUR
RADAR.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ANTICIPATED
DATE FOR INTRODUCTION OF THE
PAYROLL TAX.
IT'S LIKELY SIMILAR TO THE
FURTHER ITERATIONS FOR THE
CAPITAL GAINS TAX TO COME LATER
IN SESSION IN FEBRUARY OR
POTENTIALLY MARCH.
I WILL -- WE'LL CAUSE IN THE
BUDGET AND REVENUE CATEGORY AND
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE
IN ZOOM IF YOU ARE ABLE TO.
THEY MADE IT EASIER TO SEE ON
YOUR BAR AT THE BOTTOM, EASIER
TO USE, AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND
IT, JUST LET ME KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY
JUST RAISING YOUR HAND IF YOUR
CAMERA IS ON OR SENDING A
MESSAGE, AND.
>> SO THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
DIRECTOR MAJESKI, IN THE
CURRENT ITERATION PROPOSED WITH
GOVERNOR INSLEE'S CAPITAL GAINS
TAX, WHEN YOU SAID RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY, IS THAT BROADLY ALL
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR
PRIMARY RESIDENCE?
I KNOW A LOT OF PREVIOUS BILLS
INCLUDED THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS GENERAL
PROPERTY BUT I KNOW THE
PREVIOUS ITERATIONS FROM THE
LAST SESSIONS HAVE INCLUDED
ONLY PRIMARY BUT I CAN CONFIRM
THAT FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AND ANOTHER QUICK
QUESTION IN WHAT THE SENATE
PROPOSED CAPITAL GAINS MIGHT
ENTAIL.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ARE THE
PRIMARY AREAS OF CONTENTION AND
HOW DIVERGENT FROM GOVERNOR
INSLEE'S PROPOSAL?
BECAUSE I KNOW PAST STATE
CAPITAL GAINS PROPOSALS HAD THE
EARNING CAP MUCH HIGHER THAN
THE ONE THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS
PUT FORWARD.
IT -- LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
IS THERE A POTENTIAL THAT THE
LEGISLATOR WILL PROPOSE A
CAPITAL GAINS TAX THAT WILL
RAISE LESS REVENUE THAN WHAT
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED OR
MORE?
OBVIOUSLY, MY PREFERENCE AND I
THINK MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES
WOULD BE FOR A VERY ROBUST,
HIGH-REVENUE GENERATING CAPITAL
GAINS TAX.
SO WANT TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO EXPECT LATER IN THE
SESSION.
>> YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
I HESITATE TO SPECULATE TOO
MUCH GIVEN THE NASCENT POINT,
BUT BASED ON THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY THEY MAY LOOK AT
RAISING THE THRESHOLD AT WHICH
THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX KICKS
INTO EFFECT FROM 25 TO 50 TO A
POTENTIAL HIGHER RATE.
SO THERE IS CERTAINLY A
POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY HAVE
A PROPOSAL THAT RAISES LEFT
ARRIVE NEW AND A HIGHER RATE TO
OFFSET THAT, AND THERE ARE
DIALS AND LEVERS THAT ARE
LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW, AND I
DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT HAVE PROVEN
INACCURATE.
SO I WILL SAY THEY ARE LOOKING
AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS, AND THE THRESHOLD IS
ONE OF THEM
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW THE PRESENTATION HAS
SAID THAT YOU ARE NOT HEARING
ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY FROM THE
STATE LEGISLATURE ABOUT
PREEXEMPTION, SOME ACTION TO
REMOVE THE AMAZON TAX ON BIG
BUSINESSES.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU
ARE ABLE TO GO A LITTLE MORE
INTO IT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU
HAVE HEARD SO FAR.
I UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE NOT
HEARD MUCH RECENTLY BUT I
WANTED TO PRESS THE QUESTION A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
WHAT WE SAW FROM THE CRUCIAL
ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED
EARLIER THIS YEAR -- THIS WAS
ON JANUARY FOURTH -- THE
ARTICLE WAS PRESENTED IN A
PROBLEMATIC FRAMING, AND THE
TITLE OF THE ARTICLE IS HOW
SEATTLE TAX COMPLICATES,
SOMEHOW INFERRING BECAUSE OUR
MOVEMENT WON THE ACTION IN
SEATTLE, THAT IS PREVENTING
STATE LEADERS FROM MOVING.
AND THAT'S UNTRUE.
THEY HAD DECADES TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND RAY
FUSED TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
POWER OF BIG BUSINESS, AND
THEY KEPT NEGOTIATING WITH BIG
BUSINESS.
IN REALITY, IF ANYTHING THAT
THE MOVEMENT WON THE AMAZON TAX
PROVIDED MORE PRESSURE FOR
STATE LAWMAKERS, OBVIOUSLY, ON
TOP OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS A
SHORTFALL, AND I KNOW THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS COMING
UP WITH POSITIVE PROPOSALS
AROUND THE STATES BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, THAT DOESN'T CLOSE
THE QUESTION OF ANY WAY OF THE
CHRONIC UNDER FUNDING OF
SERVICES AND HOUSING AND
EDUCATION AND SO ON.
NOT TO MENTION JUST A BASIC
UNFAIRNESS OF BIG BUSINESS, THE
WEALTHY DOING LITTLE TO
NOTHING, AND IT'S NOT -- THE
MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE SENT AT
LEAST ON THEIR STATEMENTS
EARLIER THIS MONTH IS WE
ABSOLUTELY WILL KEEP THE
SEATTLE TAX.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE REPRESENTATIVE
QUOTED IT REMAINS AN OPEN
QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS WITH
SEATTLE, AND THE STATE SENATOR
THE LEAD SENATE WRITER SAID
THAT LAWMAKERS WOULD PROBABLY
WANT TO CREATE A DOUBLE BACK ON
SEATTLE COMPANIES, SEATTLE-
BASED COMPANIES.
ALL OF THIS IS EXTREMELY
CONCERNING ESPECIALLY DOING
WHAT THEY ALREADY TRIED TO DO
LAST SPRING.
THEY WANT DEFEATED IN THEIR
ATTEMPTS BECAUSE THAT WAS
CONTINGENT OF THE MARCH ON TO
OLYMPIA AND IN THE WITH
LAWMAKERS.
BUT THIS IS EXTREMELY
CONCERNING WHEN THEY SAY THAT
THEY ARE WORRYING ABOUT
CREATING A DOUBLE TAX.
HAVE THEY SEEN HOW MANY TAXES
ORDINARY WORKING PEOPLE PAY.
I AM WONDERING IF YOU HAD MORE
TO ADD ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
IT'S A POINT WELL TAKEN.
I THINK THE FRAMING OF THAT
MATERIAL WAS CONCERNING, YOU
KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE USED THE
TAX THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL.
TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK, YOU
KNOW THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE
CONCERNED ARE LIKELY BUSINESS
STAKEHOLDERS.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF
WHO IS LOBBYING BUT THAT WOULD
BE THE CONTIRCHLENT, AND I
WOULD ADD THAT IT'S A TOPIC OF
LEGISLATURES AND ONE THAT WE
ARE ENGAGING ON, AND THESE ARE
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
BUDGET TO FUND CRITICAL
SERVICES ESPECIALLY IN COVID
TIMES.
WE ARE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE
CONTINGENT AND ADVOCATE IN OUR
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, QUINN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WE WILL THAT OVER TO GET
THROUGH THE NEXT QUESTION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOVE A
LITTLE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE HAVE
A LOT OF THINGS TO COVER BUT
JUST MOVING ON TO EDUCATION.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW
BILLS, 1153 REGARDING LANGUAGE
ACCESS AND DIRECT OSPI TO
DEVELOP A LANGUAGE ACCESS
PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
STATE AND ESTABLISH SEVERAL
PRINCIPLES FOR A CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE LANGUAGE ACCESS
PROGRAM AND REQUIRE THE
DISTRICTS TO REPORT ON THEM.
SENATE BILL 5044, AN EQUITY
INCLUSION AND ANTIRACIST
TRAINING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
DIRECTORS, SCHOOL DISTRICT
STAFF AND INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL
STAFF AND ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE THREE
ADDITIONAL TRAINING DAYS TO
IMPLEMENT THE TRAINING POLICY.
SENATE BILL 5161 ON TEACHING
TRIBAL HISTORY DOES WHAT IT
SAYS IT DOES.
IT REQUIRES THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO INCORPORATE
WASHINGTON STATE'S TRIBAL
HISTORY INTO THEIR CURRICULA
AND DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OR SPI TO
MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
SENATE BILL 5237 IS COMPANION
BILL, 1213, A CHILD CARE AND
EARLY LEARNING OMNIBUS BILL.
IT DOES A VARIETY OF THINGS.
IT INCREASES THE SUBSIDIES FOR
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND
INCREASES THE ELIGIBILITY FOR
THE WORKING CHILD CARE
PROTECTION PROGRAM AND REDUCES
CO-PAYS FOR THAT PROGRAM AND
EXPANDS E-CAP ENROLLMENT, AND
ADDS -- INCREASES THE SUBSIDIES
TO THE PROVIDERS.
I WOULD ADD THIS IS DEFINITELY
A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION AND
DISCUSSION INCLUDED POTENTIAL
REVENUE SOURCES, A VERSION THAT
WAS ULTIMATELY DROPPED DOESN'T
INCLUDE A DEDICATED FUNDING
SOURCE.
THIS WOULD NEED TO BE FUNDED
THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS
PROCESS.
I'LL PAUSE THERE.
>> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON
THE BILL THAT YOU ARE REFERRING
TO.
YOU CAN TELL ME IF THIS BILL IS
A PARTICULAR AGE GROUP AND IF
SO, WHAT ARE THE AGE GROUPS
THAT FOCUSED?
FIRST TO FIVE OR THREE AND FOUR-
YEAR-OLDS?
YOU CAN GIVE US THAT?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT.
>> GREAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE
DETAILS.
THE SEE OF SEATTLE HAS BEEN
DOING A LOT OF WORK ON
INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF
SUPPORT TO THE CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS AND THOSE IN NEED OF
CHILD CARE IN PARTICULAR, AND
WE HAVE THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS NOW AND
FOUR-YEAR-OLDS.
IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME TO
THE SPECTRUM OF CHILD CARE NG
NEEDS OF THE AGES BIRTH TO
FIVE.
SO IF WE COULD GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, THAT
WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
>> YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY, AND I WOULD ADD
THAT THE STAFF DID MEET WITH
THE REPRESENTATIVE OVER THE
INTERIM TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON
THE LEGISLATION.
THEY ARE REVIEWING THE CURRENT
ITERATION NOW.
IT DROPPED LATE LAST WEEK AND I
WILL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT
>> GREAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
EDUCATION?
OKAY.
LOOKS LIKE NONE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO ENVIRONMENT.
A FEW BILLS TO HIGHLIGHT.
AS WELL, WE MENTIONED THIS IS A
PRIORITY AREA FOR THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATS AND I THINK IT'S
REFLECTED BY REALLY POTENT
LEGISLATION THAT THEY HAVE
INTRODUCED.
HOUSE BILL 1084, THE BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION AND KNOWN AS
GOVERNOR INSLEE'S HEALTHY HOMES
BUILDING ACT REQUIRES BY 2027
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THE
EMISSIONS FROM RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND
LARGELY, NOT COMPLETELY BUT
PROHIBITS NEW BUILDINGS FROM
INCLUDING ON SITE FOSSIL FUELS.
IT ALSO INSTITUTES A SURCHARGE
ON NATURAL GAS FLUES IN
BUILDINGS AND INCLUDES
LEGISLATION THAT YOU ALL MAY
RECALL FROM LAST YEAR ORDERING
BENEFICIAL BUILDING
ELECTIFICATION THAT EXTENDS THE
AUTHORITY CURRENTLY GRANTED TO
PRIVATE COMPANIES AND PRIVATE
UTILITY COMPANIES TO PUBLISHED
UTILITIES TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES
FOR SWITCHING TO ELECTRIC POWER
IN BUILDINGS.
MOVING ON I WOULD JUST HIT
BRIEFLY 1099 WHICH MAKES
SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ACT TO INCORPORATE
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AT
THE PLANNING PROCESSES.
THEN MOVING ON TO THE
GOVERNOR'S CLIMATE COMMITMENT
ACT.
THIS DOES A VARIETY OF THINGS I
AM HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP IN MORE
DETAIL ON AFTERWARDS BUT IT
IMPLEMENTS A STATE WIDE CAP AND
TRADE PROGRAM AND DIRECTS
ENOLGY FOR THE EMISSIONS
TARGETS AND DEVELOPS AN AUCTION
SYSTEM AND CREATES A PRIORITY
FOR LINKING WITH OTHER MARKETS
IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, AND
MOST NOTABLY, AND IT ALLOWS THE
PROGRAM FOR OFFSET PROJECTS TO
BE PROVIDED OVER IMPLEMENTED BY
EMITTERS.
AND BEYOND THE CAP AND INVEST
PROGRAM IT RESTORES ANOTHER
BILL FROM LAST YEAR THAT DIDN'T
LAST BUT RESTORES THE
REGULATION OF NON-
SOURCE.EMISSIONS WHICH WAS
INVALIDATED IN 2019 AFTER A
SUPREME COURT CASE SO IT
RESTORES THAT AUTHORITY WHICH
IS AN IMPORTANT REGULATORY
AUTHORITY FOR MEETING OUR
CLIMATE EMISSIONS TARGET.
AND FINALLY, JUST TO BRIEFLY
TOUCH ON SENATE BILL 5141, THE
ITERATION OF THE ACT THAT
REQUIRES A VARIETY OF STATE
AGENCIES INCLUDING HEALTH,
RESOURCES, COMMERCE AND TIONAL
TRANSPORTATION TO ADOPT
ENVIRONMENTAL ADJUST STRATEGIC
PLANS AND EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
POLICIES AND ADOPT EVALUATION
METRICS FOR EVALUATING
POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACT.
AND I'LL STOP ON ENVIRONMENT
AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO JUST HEAR A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT HOUSE BILL 1075 THE
EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES WITH ON
DEMAND SENSORS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO THIS WAS A BILL THAT WAS
INTRODUCED LAST YEAR AND WAS
UNFORTUNATELY TIED UP IN THE
SENATE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE.
THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE
DIFFERENT ECOLOGY TO DEVELOP
EMISSION PRODUCTION TARGETS
WITH COMPANIES AND REQUIRE THE
COMPANIES TO SUBMIT A PLAN FOR
REDUCING THE EMISSIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR FLEET.
AND I KNOW THIS IS AN AREA OF
CONCERN LAST YEAR.
IT DOES CONTAIN A SPECIFIC
DIRECTION TO DEVELOP PROGRAM
ELEMENTS AND RULES THAT
MITIGATE IMPACTS TO LOW INCOME
DRIVERS.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A NEXUS
THERE IN WANTING TO MAKE SURE
THAT FOLKS WHO ARE DRIVING FOR
THEIR LIVELIHOOD ARE NOT
IMPACTED AT THE COMPANIES THAT
REDUCE THEIR EMISSION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON
ENVIRONMENT?
HEARING NONE, LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MY LAST SECTION BEFORE
TRANSPORTATION, GENERAL
GOVERNMENT, THE ONLY ONE THAT I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS HOUSE BILL
1056.
THIS MAKES PERMANENT FOR FUTURE
DECLARED EMERGENCIES THE
CURRENT OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS
ACT, PROCEDURES AROUND REMOTE
ELECTRONIC MEETINGS.
I WOULD JUST ADD ALSO THAT THE
BILL IS SPECIFICALLY FUTURE
DECLARED EMERGENCIES.
THE LEGISLATURE ADOPTED THE
SENATE CURRENT REGULATIONS 8402
WHICH EXTENDS THE CURRENT
POLICY SET?
PLACE BY THE GOVERNOR'S
PROCLAMATION.
SO FOR THE DURATION OF THE
COVID-19 HEALTH CRISIS, THE
SITE OF SEATTLE AND OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES CAN CONDUCT
THEIR BUSINESS AS THEY HAVE
BEEN BUT THIS WOULD ESTABLISH
FOR FUTURE EMERGENCIES THAT THE
PROCEDURES ARE ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON GOVERNING?
HEARING NONE, I THINK WE WILL
HEAD OVER NOW TO ROBIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ,
THANK YOU.
I WILL TRY AND GO QUICKLY AS
WELL.
FIRST I'M GOING TO ADDRESS
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND
AFFORDABLE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THE
COUNCIL WILL BE INTERESTED IN.
HOUSE BILL 1236 HAS BEEN
REINTRODUCED THIS YEAR AND I
KNOW THAT IS OF INTEREST TO
THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE OF SOME
IMPACTS THAT IT WOULD HAVE ON
THE JUST CAUSE EVICTION LAW WE
HAVE IN SEATTLE.
ALSO, THE GOVERNOR'S EVICTION
MORATORIUM AS I BELIEVE YOU ARE
WELL AWARE EXPIRES ON MARCH 31
OF 2021.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS A COUPLE OF
PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS WHAT
HAPPENS ONCE THE MORATORIUM IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THE FIRST IS SENATE BILL 5139
WHICH PROHIBITS ALL RENT
INCREASES FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER
THE EXPIRATION,
AND THEN THE SIX TO 12 MONTHS
AFTER THAT WOULD LIMIT IT TO 6
PERCENT OVER THE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX INCREASE.
SENATE BILL 5160 ALSO PROVIDES
SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR
TENANTS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND
PROHIBIT EVICTIONS FOR TWO
YEARS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY ENDS, WHEN THE COVID-
19 EMERGENCY ENDS AND PROHIBIT
LATE FEES AND ESTABLISH PAYMENT
PLANS BASED ON THE TENANT'S
FINANCIAL SITUATION AND
ESTABLISH THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL
TOO, AND MAKE FUNDS FOR ASSIST
TOONS PROPERTY OWNERS.
THOSE ARE THE BILLS I WANTED TO
TOUCH ON SINCE WE ARE SHORT ON
TIME AND I WILL ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROBIN?
ALL RIGHT.
AND HEARING NONE, LET'S KEEP
GOING.
>> I'M GOING TO SHIFT TO PUBLIC
SAFETY AM NOT GOING INTO A LOT
OF DETAILS BUT SENATE BILL 6217
WOULD PROHIBIT ASSAULT WEAPONS.
IT WAS INTRODUCED AND SEVERAL
BILLS THAT WOULD LIMIT OPEN
CARRY OF FIREARMS.
WE EXPECT MORE IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
POLICE REFORM, OF COURSE IS A
BIG TOPIC THIS SESSION AND
THERE ARE PROPOSALS THAT ARE
ALREADY INTRODUCED.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE.
HOUSE BILL 1054 ON POLICE
TACTICS THAT WOULD BAN
CHOKEHOLDS, UNLEASH POLICE
DOGS, MILITARY EQUIPMENT, USE
OF TEAR GAS, AND NO KNOCK
WARRANTS, AND VEHICLE PURSUITS
WAS HEARD LAST WEEK IN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND IS
SCHEDULED FOR AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
I WILL SAY THERE WERE CONCERNS
RAISED WITH ASPECTS OF THE
BILL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AMENDMENTS
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITIES AS
WELL.
AND THEN HOUSE BILL 1267 ON
POLICE USE OF FORCE, THAT WAS
JUST DRAFTED YESTERDAY.
THIS WOULD CODIFY THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
GOVERNOR'S TAX FORCE OF
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TO
CREATE A STATEWIDE OFFICE TO
ADDRESS USE OF DEADLY FORCE BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO THAT BILL SHOULD HAVE A
HEARING I THINK PROBABLY NEXT
WEEK IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND
SO IF ANYONE WOULD WANT TO
WEIGH IN OR TESTIFY, I THINK
THAT WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.
THE DE-CERTIFICATION BILLS WERE
HEARD YESTERDAY AND ON FRIDAY
HOUSE BILL 1082 ON FRIDAY AND
SENATE BILL 5051 ON THE
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF
THE POLICE OFFICER, AND THE
COUNCILMEMBER'S TESTIMONY, AND
THIS WOULD CREATE A LICENSE OR
A SYSTEM SIMILAR TO OTHER
PROFESSIONS LIKE TEACHERS AND
OTHER WORKERS, ATTORNEYS,
ACCOUNTANTS WHO HAVE LICENSED
THEIR SYSTEM AND WOULD PREVENT
OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN
DISCHARGED OR RESIGNED AND
DISCHARGED OTHER EMPLOY
EMPLOYMENT AND GIVE ADDITIONAL
DUTYIES AND TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
AND THE HEARING THAT WAS HELD
LAST THURSDAY, SENATE BILL 5055
WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH THE POOL
OF ARBITRATORS FOR POLICE
DISCIPLINARY CASES AND ALSO
LIST A NUMBER OF ACTS THAT
WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DISCHARGE
AN OFFICER IF THEY WERE FOUND
TO HAVE COMMITTED THOSE ACTS.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THE
HEARING DID GO WELL AND WE ARE
PURSUING A STRATEGY TO AMEND
LIKELY SENATE WYNN'S BILL THAT
WOULD NOT COMPLETELY ELIMINATE
ARBITRATION BUT CREATE
GUARDRAILS AROUND THE PROCESS
AND THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR TESTIFYING AT THAT HEARING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU, AND I WONDER IF
ADDITION TO PURSUING THE
STRATEGY THAT FOCUSES ON THE
AMENDMENTS TO THE ARBITRATION
PROCESS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OIR AS WHAT
I AGREE ARE IMPORTANT REFORMS
AND IDENTIFY WITH THE TOP-
RELATED REFORMS WITH THE CITY'S
ENTERING INTO THE NEXT SET OF
BARGAINING AS IDENTIFIED BY
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS AND THE
PUBLIC HEARING HELD BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AT THE END
OF 2019 TO CODIFY A RESOLUTION
THROUGH MY COMMITTEE IN EARLY
2020 SO THERE IS REALLY A GOOD
ALIGNMENT THERE AS IT RELATES
TO THE CITIES PRIORITIES FOR
THEIR OWN CONTRACTS AND WHY
SOME OF THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES THAT
REPRESENT THE CITY ARE
SUPPORTING THE SOLOMAN BILL IS
OUT OF RECOGNITION THAT THERE
ARE IMPEDIMENTS IN STATE LAW TO
KEEP US FROM REFORMS OR PERHAPS
ELIMINATING
ARBITRATION.
BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO
POLITICALLY RECOGNIZING THIS
MAY NOT BE THE SECTION WHERE
THERE IS A POLITICAL -- I HAVE
A HARD TIME IMAGINING A STATE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE THERE
IS MORE MOMENTUM TO DO POLICE
REFORM, I HOPE.
BUT IF THERE ISN'T A POLITICAL
WILL TO ELIMINATE ARBITRATION,
I WOULD HATE FOR THE ENTIRETY
OF THE BILL TO BE PUT ASIDE
BECAUSE OF THAT PART OF THE
BILL.
JUST LIKE WE WERE LOOKING TO
USE THE WINDOW AS A VEHICLE FOR
IMPORTANT REFORM THAT THE CITY,
OF COURSE, AND POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY STAKEHOLDERS IN
THE NEXT ROUND OF NEGOTIATION,
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER USEFUL
REFORMS IN THE SOLOMAN BILL AND
THERE MAY NOT BE THE RESISTANCE
TO AS THERE IS TO THE ELEMENT
OF ELIMINATING ARBITRATION.
THAT'S A PIECE OF A VERY LARGE
BILL THAT SPEAKS TO A LOT OF
THINGS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO
ENGAGE WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO
SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS
OF THE BILL TO SUPPORT MOVING
FORWARD.
>> CERTAINLY, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND POINT WELL TAKEN.
AND WE DID ALSO SYPHON WENT OF
THE BILL AND WORKING WITH THE
ADVOCATES WORKING ON THE BILL
AND WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE AND
SEE IF THERE IS A PATH FORWARD
WITH THE ADVOCATES ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE ISSUE BILL,
CERTAINLY.
>> I JUST THINK THERE IS A
PUBLIC NARRATIVE THAT THE BILL
IS ALL ABOUT ARBITRATION.
THAT IS CERTAINLY THE THING
THAT IS CREATING THE INTEREST
IN THE CONFLICT AND DRAMA WITH
A LOT OF OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS
WITH THE WILL.
SO I WANT TO SHIFT THE
NARRATIVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS
IN THE BILL OTHER THAN JUST THE
ARBITRATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S THE BIG TICKET ITEM BUT
THERE ARE MANY OTHER
PROVISIONS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND CONTINUE ON.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO PAGE
FOUR FOR HEALTHCARE.
JUST A FEW BILLS.
SENATE BILL 5052, ESTABLISHES
HEALTH EQUITY.
IT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CREATE
THE DATA WITH ADULT PROJECTS
AND SUPPORT THE PROJECTS.
SENATE BILL 5068 IS POSTPARTUM
MEDICAID AND PASSED LAST
SESSION WITH THE END OF THE
EMERGING COVID AND BUDGET CUTS.
IT WAS RE-INTRODUCED AND WOULD
EXAMINE THE POST-PARTUM HEALTH
COVERAGE, 50 DAYS.
SENATE BILL 5149, HEALTH BILL
1201 IS THE FOUNDATIONAL HEALTH
SPENDING.
THIS IS A GOVERNOR-REQUEST BILL
AND THE FUNDING WOULD GO TO
SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVES.
IN THE 2019-2021, THIS WOULD BE
$12 MILLION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICES, AND THAT MONEY WOULD
INCLUDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PREVENTION AND PREVENTION OF
VAPOR AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS FOR
MINORS.
I WILL PAUSE ON HEALTHCARE IF
THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS.
>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
LOOKS LIKE THERE AREN'T ANY.
GO AHEAD.
>> GREAT.
JUMPING DOWN TO THE MIDDLE OF
PAGE EIGHT, HOUSE BILL 1072,
LEGAL AID FUND, AND IT REMOVES
THE PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF
CIVIC LEGAL AID FUND ON THE
OFFICE OF LEGAL AID TO
REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS HERE
WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY.
HOUSE BILL 1073 EXPANDS CASE
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
PROGRAM AND CHANGES THE
THRESHOLD FROM 820 TO THE
MINIMUM OF $1,000 EARNED.
THAT EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF
FAMILY MEMBER AND REMOVES THE
EMPLOYEE THRESHOLD FOR MORE
ELIGIBILITY.
HOUSE BILL 1151 WITH ECONOMIC
RECOVERY IS A PRIORITY BILL FOR
HUMAN SERVICE ADVOCATES.
IT DOES A VARIETY OF THINGS,
MODERNIZING THE NEEDS FOR
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CURRENT
LIVING EXPENSES IN OUR STATE
FROM 1991, SO WELL OVERDUE
THERE AND IT EXTENDS THE
ELIGIBILITY FOR TRANSITIONAL
ASSISTANCE AND THE ONE-TIME CAP
BENEFIT TO AN ADDITIONAL FIVE
MONTHS FOR THE BENEFIT.
AND THE DISASTER CAP ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM TO HOUSEHOLDS TO
RECEIVE BENEFITS MORE THAN ONCE
IN 12 MONTHS WHEN THERE IS A
DECLARED EMERGENCY.
IT HAS A LOT OF PROVISIONS TO
HELP PEOPLE IN THE MIDST OF
THIS CRISIS.
THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS IN
THAT SECTION.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY.
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NONE.
YOU CAN KEEP GOING.
>> I'LL ROUND IT OUT WITH
TRANSPORTATION.
THE ONLY BILL CURRENTLY ON THE
LIST IS HOUSE BILL 1091.
THIS IS THE CLEAN FUEL STANDARD
WHICH HAS BEEN A MAJOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CROSSING OVER
INTO TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY
FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW
ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHAIR OF THE
HOUSE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE,
AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LAST
YEAR.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A 10 PERCENT
REDUCTION IN THE CARBON
INTENSITY AND A 20 PERCENT
REDUCTION BY 2035.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD
HIGHLIGHT IN THE TRANSPORTATION
SPACE IS WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT
THE REPRESENTATIVE, THE CHAIR
OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, BE OUT WITH HIS
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PACKAGE
PROPOSAL TODAY.
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IS IT'S
LIKELY TO INCLUDE A POT OF
MONEY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN
ADDITION TO PRIORITIZING
MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION,
THE STATE LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR
THE FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS AND
CULVERTS, AND IT'S LIKELY TO
INCLUDE MONEY FOR CAP TAP
INVESTMENTS BUT IT WOULD NOT
IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PROJECTS AT
THIS POINT.
SO THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE DISCUSSED AND ASSOCIATED
BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND RANKING
MEMBERS AND LEADERSHIP AS THEY
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE A POTENTIAL
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PACKAGE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE
ON THE LOOK OUT FOR.
THE CITY HAS SIGNIFICANT
TRANSPORTATION MEANS THAT WE'LL
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BUT WE
ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET SPECIFIC
FEEDBACK OR INDICATION THIS
AFTERNOON.
WITH THAT, I'LL TOSS IT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, QUINN, AND I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS A
QUESTION.
>> TALK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
TO THE ENTIRE OIR TEAM.
YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB
PRESENTING THIS ON BLACK FRIDAY
AND YESTERDAY, AND I APPRECIATE
THE GOOD WORK YOU HAVE PUT INTO
THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IN
OLYMPIA.
QUINN, THANK YOU FOR BRIEFING
ON THE TRANSPORTATION REVENUE
PACKAGE.
I WANT TO AGAIN HIGHLIGHT THE
WORK AND THANK SDOT TO BRING
OVER THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEED
FOR THE BALLARD BAY
INTERREGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
CORRIDOR, AND FOR EVERYONE, THE
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
CORRIDOR IS THE MOST USED
NORTH/SOUTH CORRIDOR AFTER SR
99 OR I-5. SO IF ANYTHING
SHOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE
CORRIDORS THIS IS HOW PEOPLE
WILL GET NORTH OR SOUTH FOR
MUCH OF OUR CITY EXTENDING FROM
THE STADIUMS TO THE NORTHERN
CITY BORDER AT 145th.
SO, QUINN, YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER
NOTE FROM MY OFFICE TODAY AND
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT
WORK ON THERE.
AND COLLEAGUES, I WILL MAKE MY
FINAL COMMENT SO I DON'T HAVE
TO POP BACK.
I WANT TO THANK AGAIN ROBIN FOR
ALL YOUR WORK, AND I KNOW I
THANKED EVERYONE BUT THE
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITY
WAS ABLE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
OF THE DE-CERTIFICATION BILL
1088, THE GOODMAN VERSION 5051,
THE SENATOR PETERSON VERSION.
IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO BE
ABLE TO BE THERE WITH DEPUTY
MAYOR BLOCK FROM TACOMA AND THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEGGS FROM
SPOKANE AND THE GENERAL
ADVOCATE WHO ALSO TESTIFIED.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VALUE OF
THE ASSOCIATION OVER THE LAST
NUMBER OF YEARS.
I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
HIGHLIGHT THEY ARE INDEED
SIGNING IN SUPPORT AND
TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF
PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS
FOR ALL OF OIR.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR
GREAT WORK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU FORWARD UPDATE
AND TELL US IF YOU HAVE ALREADY
ADDRESSED THIS.
I AM SURE THIS IS A QUESTION
THAT EVERYONE ELSE NEEDS AN
ANSWER TO.
ANYTHING IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE DEALING WITH
HELPING THE CITY OF SEATTLE
ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR
BRIDGE SYSTEMS FOR ESPECIALLY
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE?
AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THAT A LOT AND SO APPRECIATIVE
OF OUR SENATORS AND ALSO OUR
GOOD REPRESENTATION.
BUT I AM WONDERING ANY FUNDS
COMMITTED TO THE STATE
LEGISLATURE?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
CURRENTLY, THE BASELINE
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET IS IN THE
$500 MILLION DEFICIT.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY PAUSING
PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE GOING
OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND BID.
IN THE BASELINE TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET, THERE IS NO MONEY
AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORTING THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
HOWEVER, OVER THE INTERIM AND
THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF
SESSION, WE HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH A NUMBER OF
LEGISLATORS IN THE SEATTLE
DELEGATION AND ON THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES ABOUT
THE SUPPORT FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH
SEATTLE, AND I THINK THERE IS
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE NOT JUST IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE BUT THE
REGIONAL AND STATE WIDE
ECONOMIC ASPECT AND MOBILITY
ASPECT AND IN THE
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PACKAGE,
THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE REPAIR.
THE REASON I SAID THERE WOULD
BE NO SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE
CHAIR 5 PROPOSAL THIS AFTERNOON
IS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIC
REGARDS TO THAT.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK
BUT HE WILL NOT BE NAMING ANY
SPECIFIC PROJECTS AT THIS
JUNCTURE SO WE HAVE TO WAIT TO
SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS.
>> GREAT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND I
WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE PROJECT TO THE
REGIONAL COUNCIL AND I WILL
TALK ON THAT IN A MOMENT, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I SEE
YOUR HAND UP, BUT I WILL BRING
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND THEN TO
YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO ON THE TEAM
THIS WOULD BE FOR BUT I WANTED
TO ASK ABOUT SENATE BILL 5138,
ELIMINATING THE NO TAX
DEDUCTION FOR FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS AND PUTTING THAT
MONEY INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WONDER IF FOLKS COULD
INDICATE WHERE THE BILL IS AND
WHAT THE PROBABILITY OF IT
PASSING IS AND HOW MUCH
ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WOULD
GENERATE IN A GIVEN YEAR AND
WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS MIGHT BE
FISH HOW -- HOW THAT WOULD BE
ADMINISTERED WITH GRANTS OR
REMITANCES TO GOVERNMENTS LIKE
OURS.
>> WE WILL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU BUT I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO ROBIN.
>> OH, NO WORRIES.
THIS BILL WOULD CREATE A
PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THE
HOUSING TRUST FUND.
SO IT WOULD WORK SIMILARLY AS
IT DOES NOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE
PROJECTS DO NOW AND THILD THEN
APPLY TO THE STATE FOR THE
HOUSING TRUST FUND MONEY.
BUT RATHER THAN HAVING TO CARVE
OUT AND ADVOCATE EVERY YEA,
THERE WOULD BE A STEADY NORMAL
FORCE FOR THAT AND THEY COULD
ADOPT ADDITIONAL CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS BUT THAT WOULD
CREATE A STEADY FUNDING SOURCE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MOONEY IT
WOULD GENERATE BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS
ON THE BILL IS, BUT THE CITY IS
CERTAINLY SUPPORTING IT,
AND IS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS
AROUND IT.
SO WE CAN KEEP YOU POSTED ON
THE PROGRESS AS IT MOVES ALONG
AND CAN I GET BACK TO YOU AS
HOW MUCH REVENUE IT WOULD
GENERATE EACH YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED ANY OF
YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> NO.
THAT'S PERFECT.
ONCE YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON
THE FISCAL NOTE, I WOULD
APPRECIATE YOU SENDING IT MY
WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> POSSIBLE TO GO BACK TO THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE FUNDING.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW,
DIRECTOR MAJESKI, THAT THERE
ARE NO FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THE
PARTICULAR PROJECT
CORRESPONDING TO SENATOR HOBBS'
INTENT TO IDENTIFY $75 MILLION
TO ASSIST SATLE IN REPAIRING
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE IN
RECOGNITION THAT IT'S A
REGIONAL ASSET TO OUR REGIONAL
ECONOMY.
>> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
SPECIFICALLY, I WAS REFERRING
TO THE REPRESENTATIVE'S
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE PROPOSAL
COMING UP TODAY.
SO I WOULD SAY POTENTIALLY TO
DECLARE THAT THERE IS -- WE
EXPECT HE WILL IDENTIFY A POT
OF MONEY THAT WILL BE FOR
CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
WHICH COULD INCLUDE THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE.
BUT AT THIS TIME HE IS NOT
GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING
SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS ASSOCIATES
MOVE ALONG, WE EXPECT SENATOR
HOBBS WILL RELEASE AN UPDATE TO
THE PROPOSAL THAT HE CAME OUT
WITH LAST YEAR, LATER IN
SESSION,
AND WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE
BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT FUNDING
FOR SPECIFIC CAPITOL PROJECTS
WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE.
WE JUST DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT
THE PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE
RELEASED TODAY WILL HAVE THOSE
IDENTIFIED.
>> YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU STILL
BELIEVE THAT HOBBS'S FORWARD
WASHINGTON PROPOSAL WILL
IDENTIFY USE OF REVENUE FOR
SPECIFIC PROJECTS INCLUDING THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE?
>> AT THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE.
I DON'T SEE ON THE BILL
SUMMARY, MAYBE IT'S NOT POPPING
OUT TO ME BUT THE PROPOSAL TO
BROADEN THE LEGISLATION AROUND
THE KING COUNTY TAXING
AUTHORITY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND CLARIFY THAT AND
ALLOW ACQUISITION.
I AM CURIOUS WHAT THE STATUS IS
OF THAT EFFORT.
AND IF YOU COULD DIRECT ME TO
THE SUMMARY.
MAYBE IT HAS AN ODD NAME SO
IT'S NOT POPPING FOR ME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I AM
NOT AWARE OF THAT BILL BEING
DRAFTED YET BUT IT'S STILL
EARLY IN THE SESSION, AND IT'S
POSSIBLE IT HAS AND I AM NOT
AWARE OF IT.
IT'S A HUGE VOLUME IN THE FIRST
WEEK AND I WILL CHECK ON THAT
AND WITH OUR FRIENDS AT KING
COUNTY AS WELL.
>> GREAT.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF
DISCUSSION AROUND CLOSING THAT
POTENTIAL .
>> THANK YOU, AND IT'S MY
SPHWOANGZ FOLLOW UP.
-- INTENTION TO FOLLOW UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE THE INTENTION ON
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE, AND I
WANT TO SAY THERE ARE OTHER
BIDGES IN SEATTLE THAT ARE
AGING AND HAVE IDENTIFIED NEEDS
RIGHT NOW INCLUDING THE BALLARD
BRIDGE AND MAGNOLIA BRIDGE AND
UNIVERSITY BRIDGE AND SECOND
AVENUE AND SOUTH EXTENSION
BRIDGE.
SO TO THE EXTENT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT BRIDGES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S GREAT.
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE SHOULD
HAVE THE PRIORITY BUT THE
OTHERS THAT ARE HERE ESPECIALLY
WITH THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY,
GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS TO BE
CREATED WITH REPAIRING OUR
BRIDGES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND IF I MAY, I
WILL PROVIDE AN ANSWER FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S QUESTION.
IT WOULD EXEMPT ALL RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES IN A CURRENT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I SEE
YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS MIGHT COME OUT OF LEFT
FIELD SO I'M GOING TO SPEND
SOME -- I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN
DEALING WITH THIS FOR MANY YEAR
AND PLEASE REMIND ME.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS
OFFHAND.
BUT IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED
TO DO TO FINALLY SECURE THE
LAND SWAP FOR THE INNER BAY
PROPERTY THAT THE ARMY
CURRENTLY USES?
HAVE ALL THESE PROCEDURAL
LEGISLATORS'S AUTHORIZATIONS
OCCURRED ON THE LAND SCALP?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I
WILL CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU.
I AM NOT SURE OF THAT RIGHT
NOW.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I AM
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I HAD A MEETING ON THE ARMOR
SITE LAST WEEK AND I FOLLOWED
IT CLOSELY.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
SURE.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DOES
THAT MEAN THERE IS NO
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON THE RADAR
THAT WE NEED TO SPECIFICALLY
SUPPORT THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE
THAT WON'T HAPPEN?
>> THERE'S LEGISLATION, HOUSE
BILL 1066 IF MEMORY SERVES
SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE
BERRY.
THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE
WORK THAT REPRESENTATIVE
CARLTON TOOK UP, AND THERE WAS
A DRAFT BILL IN THE LAST
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT IS
CONTINGENT ON THE WASHINGTON
STATE NATIONAL GUARD UNDER THE
MILITARY DEPARTMENT TO MOVE THE
ARMORY TO NORTH BEND.
SO EVERYTHING THAT IS WITHIN
HOUSE BILL 1056 IS FOR A LONGER
TERM USE OF THE ARMORY SITE IN
INNER BAY, A 25-ACRE PARCEL.
THE FACTOR THAT MUST BE
ADDRESSED BEFORE ANYTHING IN
THE BILL CAN BECOME A REALITY
IS THE CAPITAL FUNDING TO MOVE
THE WASHINGTON STATE NATIONAL
GUARD TO NORTH BEND.
I BELIEVE IT'S $35 OR $55
MILLION THAT IS NEEDED.
SO CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG IN
THESE AREAS.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, I BELIEVE THAT QUINN
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THIS AND
MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL DETAILS
HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS
BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP.
THERE IS LEGISLATION POLICIES
FOR THE CORRECTION BUT I
BELIEVE IT'S HOUSE BILL 1173.
YES.
REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE
AUTHORITY FOR THAT.
AND THERE MAY BE A SEPARATE
LEGISLATION THAT YOU ARE
REFERRING TO BUT THAT IS THE
ONE WE'RE TRACKING AND PERHAPS
YOU CAN FOLLOW UP.
>> AS WE ARE ALL SPEAKING
REALTIME, 1056 WAS THE HOUSE
BILL FROM LAST YEAR.
SO.
>> OH, YES.
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WE ARE
TRACKING HOUSE BILL 1173 AND
THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET REQUEST
AND ARE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU IN YOUR OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP OFFLINE,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE ARE 25 MINUTES OVER ON THE
PRESENT ACHES AND I WILL ASK IF
WE CAN MOVE ALONG AND WRAP UP
THE PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT
COUPLE MINUTES HERE TO GET TO
THE OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON
OUR AGENDA, AND WE HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY THAT I
EXPECT WILL BE RATHER LONG.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FOR OUR TEAM AT OIR?
ALL RIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NONE.
AND IT'S VERY EARLY ON AND LAST
WEEK WAS ONLY THE FIRST WEEK
AND SO MANY MORE WEEKS TO GO,
AND THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN
WASHINGTON CITY ALONG WITH OUR
SEATTLE DELEGATION AND OTHER
REPRESENTATIVES FOR ISSUES THAT
ARE FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE
THAT ARTICULATED IN THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
YOU ARE DOING VARIETIUALLY THIS
YEAR, AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE WILL
GIVE OUR THANKS AND MOVE ALONG.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, AND OTHER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON AGENDA,
AND I AM GOING TO DO A
PROCEDURAL MOTION QUICKLY
BEFORE WE TAKE UP REPORTS FROM
EACH OF YOU AS CHAIRS OF YOUR
COMMITTEES.
WE RECEIVED WORD VERY LATE
DURING THE WEEKEND THAT THE
PROCLAMATION RELATED TO
SUSPENDING THE NEED FOR US TO
HAVE IN-PERSON MEETINGS TO BE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN
MEETINGS ACT HAS BEEN RENEWED
AND FOR A MUCH LONGER PERIOD OF
TIME.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE
THAT MOTION NOW SO THAT FOR
THOSE OF YOU HAVING THE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS THIS WEEK SO
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE
MOTION BEFORE THE RECORD AS
PART OF YOUR ITEM OF BUSINESS
IN YOUR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE.
AND IF YOUR INDULGENCE, I WILL
FLIP BACK AND DO THE PROCEDURAL
MEETING, AND TO BE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8042
UNTIL THE TERMINATION OF THE
COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY OR
RECINDED BY THE GOVERNOR OR
STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE
REMOTELY, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
COUNCIL RULES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW REMOTE MEETINGS FOR
COUNCIL MEETINGS UNTIL THE
TERMATION OF THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY OR RECINDED BY THE
GOVERNOR OR STATE ACTION, AND
HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL
RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
THE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD
REMOTELY UNTIL TERMINATED BY
THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY
OR RECINDED BY THE GOVERNOR OR
STATE ACTION WHICHEVER OCCURS
FIRST.
THANK YOU.
AND MORE ON COME THIS
AFTERNOON.
AS A REMINDER WE HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE END
OF THE BRIEFING, AND WITH THAT
BEING SAID WE WILL HEAR FROM
EACH OF YOU ABOUT WORK RELATED
TO YOUR REGIONAL SPACE AND
COUNCIL AND OTHER COMMITTEES
AND HEARING FROM COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, LEWIS, WAR MOSQUEDA,
HERBOLD AND THEN I WILL SPEAK.
>> THERE ARE NO ITEMS IN THE
PUBLIC ASSETS ON THIS
AFTERNOONY IS COUNCIL AGENDA.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE SEATTLE NATIONAL
ARCHIVES THIS AFTERNOON AND I
WILL BE JOINING THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN UNTIL THE PUBLIC FORUM
TO DISCUSS THE RECENT LAWSUIT
THAT WAS FILED ABOUT THE
RELOCATION OF SEATTLE'S
NATIONAL ARCHIVES LOCATED IN
THE SAND POINT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR
DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD RELOCATE
THE PRECIOUS ARCHIVES TO A
LOCATION THOUSANDS OF MILES
AWAY.
MOST AGREGIOUS THIS WAS MADE
WITHOUT PUBLIC COMMENT AND
WITHOUT THE NOTICE OF TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT REACHING TO ALASKA,
OREGON, AND IDAHO.
AS I SHARED THE STATE FILED
THEIR COMPLAINT ON JANUARY 4,
AND THE PLAINTIFFS OF THAT,
MANY PLAINTIFFS ON THE
LITIGATION BUT THEY INCLUDE
WASHINGTON AND OREGON AND
ALASKAN TRIBES AND
ORGANIZATIONS AND SEVEN TO
EIGHT LOCAL REGIONAL HISTORICAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND MUSEUMS FOR
THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS
INCLUDING THE CHINESE-AMERICAN
CITIZENS ALLIANCE AND THE ASIAN
PACIFIC ADVOCATES WHICH IS
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR US BUT
THREE STATES AND MANY, MANY
TRIBES.
ORIGINALLY IN 1942, THIS WAS A
JAPANESE-AMERICAN FAMILY FARM.
THIS FAMILY WAS REMOVED UNDER
THE INTERMENT ACT.
IN 1945, THE U.S. NAVY
CONDEMNED THIS LAND AND CREATED
A WAREHOUSE.
IN 1963, THE WAREHOUSE BECAME
THE ARCHIVE FACILITY.
SO THE RECORDS DATE BACK BEFORE
1840 AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
OF UNDIGITIZED RECORDS LOSE
THEIR HOME IF SEATTLE.
IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY,
AND I KNOW YOU ARE ALL BUSINESS
BUT THE BRIEF FILED BY AG
FERGUSON IS ABOUT 87, 85 PAGES
LONG BUT WHAT IS MOST
FASCINATING IS WHAT IS FILED BY
LOCAL TRIBES OF WHO USES THE
ARCHIVES WHICH IS PHENOMENAL
NOT ONLY FOR THE STATE BUT FOR
THE REGION.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT
RECENT EVENTS HAVE SHOWN HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP THE
RECORDS HERE AND OUR HISTORY
LIVES HERE AND WE SHOULD KEEP
IT HERE AND THE VIRTUAL EVENT
IS SCHEDULED FOR 3:30 TO 5:00
AND THE LINK IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AND MY TWITTER FEED,
AND OUR STAFF HAVE THE LINK AND
MORE INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND I'M GLAD I HEARD THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BRIDGES
AND SOUND TRANSIT.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE
AND I AM SURE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WILL SHARE WHAT OUR
MEETING WAS LIKE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS
UNDERGOING A PROCESS CALLED
PROGRAM REALIGNMENT TO ADDRESS
THE SHORTFALLS BROUGHT ON BY
COVID AND ACROSS SEVERAL
PROJECTS INCLUDING THE WEST
BALLARD LINK EXTENSION.
WE HAVE DIRECTED STAFF TO
MEASURE THE PROJECT AGAINST THE
CRITERIA TO HELP US TO EVALUATE
PROJECTS, NO SMALL FEAT.
THERE IS A BOARD WORKSHOP THIS
THURSDAY FROM 1:00 TO 4:00 TO
DISCUSS THE AVAILABILITY GAP
AND CRITERIA EVALUATION
RESULTS.
SO THIS IS WHAT IS MOST
IMPORTANT, WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS
US TO DO AND THE BOARD'S
OPTIONS.
THE BOARD'S OPTIONS FOR
ADDRESSING REVENUE SHORTFALLS
WHICH DELAYING THE DELIVERY OF
PROJECTS AND PROVIDE LONGER
PERIODS FOR REVENUE
COLLECTIONS.
NUMBER TWO, DELIVER PROJECTS IN
PHASE WHICH IS WE HAVE DONE A
LOT, AND THREE REDUCING
PROJECT SCOPE,
AND FOUR, SUSPENDING OR
DELETING PROJECTS, SO THOSE ARE
LIKE THE FOUR PILLARS TO
EVALUATE THE REASSIGNMENT IN
PROJECTS WITH THIS SESSION AND
HOW IT'S IMPACTED SOUND
TRANSIT.
BE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING
IN APRIL TO IDENTIFY WITH THE
REALIGNMENT PLAN AND THE BOARD
IS EXPECTED TO TAKE NATION
JULYY ON SAY LOT OF DAYLIGHT
BETWEEN NOW AND JULY.
THE COST ESTIMATE INCREASES DO
NOT AFFECT THOSE ALREADY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND ARE
NOT AFFECTING STRIDE OR 405 AT
THIS TIME PLANNED ALONG THE
WSDOT RIGHT OF WAY.
FINALLY, SOUND TRANSIT IS
EXPECTED TO PUBLISH THE DRAFT
OF THE BALLARD LINK EXTENSION
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR WITH
THE BOARD MODIFYING THE
ALTERNATIVE LATER IN THE FALL.
SO A LOT WILL -- WE'LL LEARN A
LOT FROM THE DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
I THINK THE THEY WILL NARROW
DOWN THE ALIGNMENT.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT
APRIL PACHECO AT SOUND TRANSIT
IF YOU WOULD LIKE A MORE
DETAILED BRIEFING.
SO I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE
SOUND TRANSIT MEETING AND BOARD
MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE
MEETINGS, AND WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WILL
HAPPEN NOW AND REALIGNMENT
POSITION AND I'LL KEEP EVERYONE
UPDATED.
THE NORTH GATE PROJECT REMAINS
ON SCHEDULE TO OPEN IN
SEPTEMBER.
SOUND TRANSIT AND KING COUNTY
METRO ARE COLLABORATING TO
BETTER SERVE KING COUNTY
RESIDENTS AND CONNECT THEM,
AND ONCE OPEN, NORTH DALE
RESIDENTS OF DISTRICTS FOUR,
FIVE, AND SIX CAN ACCESS SOUND
TRANSIT AT THE ROOSEVELT AND
OTHER STATIONS.
OTHER NEWS REGARDING CARBON-
FREE ELECTRICITY, THE SOUND
TRANSIT LIGHTRAIL BEGAN
UTILIZING 100 PERCENT CARBON
FREE ELECTRICITY MAKING IT THE
FIRST SUCH IN THE COUNTRY TO
ACHIEVE THIS MILESTONE WITH AN
AGREEMENT WITH PUGET SOUND
ENERGY TO PURCHASE WIND ENERGY
DIRECTLY FROM THE GREEN DIRECT
PROGRAM AND THE PROJECT IS
PROJECTED TO SAVE $390,000 IN
ELECTRICITY COSTS.
UPDATING ON PARKS, THE CITY IS
EXPANDING THE CHILD CARE CO-PAY
RELIEF THROUGH MARCH 2021.
THIS WILL COVER OR IT WILL
COVER 50 PERCENT OF THE RAY
MAKING CO-PAY COSTS FOR ALL
FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING CHILD CARE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND
SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBLE FAMILIES
PARTICIPATING IN SEATTLE'S
PARKS AND RECREATION.
THERE IS SPACE AVAILABLE FOR
THE HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE
PROGRAMS.
FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIGN
UP TODAY.
WE HAVE REMOVED THE WATERFRONT
FOUNTAIN ON JANUARY 28 AND IT'S
UNDERGOING RESTORATION AND PIER
57 OPENED THE STOREFRONT ON
JANUARY 7, AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES, AS I SHARE LAST
WEEK, I DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PARTICIPATE.
I WAS HONORED TO JOIN THE
ACTION NETWORK FOR A MEET AND
GREET ON FRIDAY WITH A
PRESENTATION AND Q AND A FOR
YOUNG WOMEN INTERESTED IN
GETTING INVOLVED IN THE
NETWORK, A NONPROFIT TO
ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AND
LEADERSHIP ACROSS DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
WE TOUCHED A BIT ON THIS EARLY.
LAST WEEK, I ATTENDED THE PUGET
SOUND BOARD AND THEY APPROVED A
PACKAGE OF 14 DOCTOR.4 MILLION
DOING TO THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE PROJECT.
THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE
BRIDGE ON THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS
AND WORKERS ON THIS ECONOMY
WERE UNDERSTOOD, AND THE STAFF
AND COMMITTEE WORKED TOGETHER
TO RENEGOTIATION TO GET THIS
THROUGH, AND I AM THANKFUL FOR
THAT.
THIS DISCUSSION WAS GOING ON
SINCE JULY.
WE HAD A ROBUST MEETING ON
DECEMBER 10th.
AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
STEPPING IN WHICH THE
COUNCILMEMBER COULD NOT MAKE IT
AND THANK THE MEMBER FOR BEING
THERE.
WE HAD A SLIGHT $2 MILLION
DECREASE AND THE PSRT
TRANSPORTATION BOARD WHERE THE
CONTRACTS COME FROM AND THE
FEDERAL MONEY, I THINK IT'S A
HIGH PROGRAM, THAT MONEY IS
DESIGNATED FOR BRIDGES.
I THINK WHAT WE TRIED TO STRESS
THE MOST, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION.
IT WASN'T PLANNED.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW
ANY OTHER BRIDGES HAD ISSUES
AND WE WERE ASKING FOR MONEY.
THIS WAS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
WERE UNFORESEEN AND HAD TO
SPEND THE MONEY THAT WAS
DESIGNATED FOR BRIDGES AND
SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL FIT AND A
PROVISO IS THAT THE CITY STAYS
OUT OF THE NEXT ROUND.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
CAN DIRECT ME BUT I THINK WE
CAN ONLY ASK FOR ONE PROJECT IN
THE NEXT ROUND, AND THAT WILL
COME UP NEXT YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S IT
REPORTING FROM D5 UP NORTH.
BACK TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> LIKE OUR OWN TV SHOW.
>> EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW.
BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE
COMMENTS OR ASK BEES, FEEL FREE
TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, DOES THIS
AFFECT FUTURE PROJECTS OR JUST
THOSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION?
>> NO.
THE REALIGNMENT IS FOR FUTURE
PROJECTS -- PROJECTS THAT ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR SAFE.
I SHOULDN'T USE THE WORD SAFE.
PROJECT AND PLANNING, POSSIBLY.
NEVER BEFORE SCENARIOS, LIKE
DELAY, YOU KNOW, IN PHASES AND
THE FOUR THINGS TO LOOK AT
UNDER -- I THINK IT'S
RESOLUTION 2016-17 WHICH SAYS
WHAT THE BOARD CAN LOOK AT.
BUT PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY
HAPPENING ARE ALREADY
HAPPENING.
AND PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE
FUTURE IS WHAT WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT.
THE REALIGNMENT TO BE FRANK,
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN
DETERMINING HOW WE LOOK AT THIS
IS THE ENGINEERING AND DRAFT.
SO I WILL HAVE MORE FOR YOU AND
BE MORE SPECIFIC BUT THAT'S
ABOUT ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND I DO HAVE THE REALIGNMENT
WORKSHOP THIS THURSDAY SO
INCOME MONDAY I WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION AND BE SPECIFIC.
AND MR. ROBAK GAVE ISSUES AND
ISN'T IT MORE DEPTH BECAUSE HE
IS THE CEO OF SOUND TRANSIT AND
KNOWS A LITTLE MORE THAN I DO.
BUT THIS PANDEMIC-FUELED
RECESSION HAS TAKEN A BEATING
ON SOUND TRANSIT.
AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT IS
LEFT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
IT WILL DO AND MR. ROBAK SAID
AS WELL THAT WE GO TO OLYMPIA
AND ASK TO RAISE THE TAX ON
MORE BORROWING AND WITH THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION AND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEW HEAD
OF D.O.T., MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, WE
DO NOT BELIEVE HE WILL BE
CONFIRMED UNTIL MAY BUT
WASHINGTON STATE GETS THE MOST
MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND
THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT, BUT
I THINK WHAT WE LOOK AT IS THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT IS MORE
FRIENDLY AND MORE
UNDERSTANDING.
WE HAVE A GREAT CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION INCLUDING A
CONGRESSWOMAN WHO IS A BIG
ADVOCATE FOR US IN THE
HOSPITALLATION ISSUES.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT TO
GO TO THE STATE AND COUNTY AND
GOVERNMENT FOR MORE MONEY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE BALLARD WEST
SEATTLE LIGHTRAIL SYSTEM, ONE
OF THOSE OPTIONS GET BUILT.
WHICH ONE, I DON'T KNOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION
AND THE INFORMATION,
AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO FOR
EMAILING THE DETAILED
INFORMATION ON THE CHALLENGES
FACED BY TRANSIT, AND IT SEEMS
TO ME THAT THE BOARD -- MY
SENSE IS THAT YOU ARE STILL
VERY MUCH IN THE THOUGHTFUL
STAGES OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM EMAIL AND
COMMUNICATION IS WE CAN AND
SHOULD PARTICIPATE THERE WILL
BE IMPACT TO THE SOUND TRANSIT
PLAN AND IN LIGHT OF INCREASED
COST AND RECESSION AND THE
INCREASED TASK OF COVID MOVING
FORWARD.
SO THAT DOES PUT PRESSURE ON
THE -- THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE
HAVE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE
SOUND TRANSIT EFFORTS OVER THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS WHEN WE WERE
LOOKING AT THE VARYING
ALIGNMENTS THROUGH WEST
SEATTLE, BALLARD, DOWNTOWN, ET
CETERA.
SO MY SENSE FROM REVIEWING THE
MATERIALS IS THEY HAVEN'T
DECIDED WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE
BUT THEY ARE WANTING TO MAKE
SURE WE UNDERSTAND EARLY ON
THERE IS LIKELY GOING TO BE AN
IMPACT AND AND A FLEET OF
OPTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE
TRANSIT BOARD WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO
SUSPEND WORK ALTOGETHER.
SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY
THAT THE PROJECTS WILL BE
EVALUATED ARE ONES THAT WERE
VERY EARLY IN THE PROJECT
PLANNING STAGE OF WHICH,
UNFORTUNATELY, SEVERAL OF THE
REALIGNMENTS IS THAT WE WERE
ENVISIONING FOR THE SEATTLE
CORRIDOR AND REGION ARE A PART
OF.
SO I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A
DIFFICULT CHALLENGE FOR SOUND
TRANSIT AND FOR OUR REGION.
AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT
OF WORK AHEAD OF US TO WORK
WITH YOUR REGIONAL PARTNERS TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELIVER ON
THE VOTER INTENT AND DESIRED
INTENT OF SOUND TRANSIT UNDER
THE REALITY OF THE PHYSICAL
CONSTRAINTS.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL SEE
HELP FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO FACILITATE
IMPLEMENT OF VOTER INTENT.
>> RIGHT, AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, YOU SERVED ON THE
ELECTED LEADERS GROUP WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I AM NOT SAYING EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENS THROWS THAT OUT NOW.
WE HAD THE SESSION AND IT'S
LIKE HOLD UP.
LET US GET OUR FEET UNDER US
AND SEE THE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH WHAT
WE PROMISED THE VOTERS.
WE PROMISED THE VOTERS
LIGHTRAIL FOR WEST SEATTLE.
SOME PROJECTS WILL BE DELAYED
AND SOME IN PHASES.
BUT IT WILL GET DONE.
I THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
MONTH MOSQUEDA WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THE CHOICES.
WHICH ARE WE LEANING TOWARD?
I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.
SO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
PLEASE.
>> I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO STATE BACK WHAT I
THINK I HEAR YOU REPORTING OUT,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM SOUND
TRANSIT IS THE BOARD'S OPTIONS
FOR ADDRESSING THE REMAINING
GAPS INCLUDES DELAYING THE
DELIVERY OF PROJECTS TO ALLOW
FOR LONGER PERIODS FOR REVENUE
COLLECTION TO STILL BE
DELIVERING THE SAME PROJECTS
AND BUILDING IN PHASES, AND I
DO WANT TO JUST DAYLIGHT THAT
JANUARY 7 BLOG POST, SOUND
TRANSIT SPECIFICALLY SAID THE
BOARD ALSO RETAINS THE MOST
EXTREME OPTION WHICH IT HAS NOT
YET DISCUSSED OF EXTENDING OR
DELETING PROJECT IF NECESSARY
TO REALIZE THE REGION'S
CRITICAL TRANSIT NEEDS WITHIN
THE PARAMETERS IN THE VOTER-
APPROVED PLAN.
BUT WHAT I THINK I AM HEARING
IS THE BOARD HAS THE EXTREME
OPTION IT IS AS REPORTED ON THE
SEVENTH OF JANUARY IT HADN'T
BEEN DISCUSSIONED.
THAT OPTION HAD NOT BEEN
DISCUSS ED, AND COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ'S ROLE AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AND I
WANT TO LOOP BACK TO THE DEAL
THAT WAS STRUCK AS IT RELATES
TO THE FUNDING.
YOU ARE CORRECT.
THE CITY AGREED TO BE LIMITED
TO ONE GRANT IN THE MIDDLE OF
2022 FROM THE ANNUAL NORMAL
EXPECTED GRANT FUNDING.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF I MAY
-- I WANT TO TIGHTEN UP
SOMETHING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID
WHEN WE WERE BRIEFED BY SOUND
TRANSIT AND THEY EXPLAINED WHAT
THE LAW ALLOWS US TO DO AND
CAN'T DO UNDER THE BALLOT
MEASURE, AND WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT DELAY OF PROJECT AND
DELIVER PROJECT AND IN PHASES
AND REDUCE THE PROJECT OR
SUSPEND AND DELETE, THE FOURTH
ONE, THAT'S THE MOST EXTREME.
IT'S NOT EVEN THAT WE ARE THERE
YET AND I WILL SAY IT ONE MORE
TIME AGAIN AND THEN SHUT UP.
THE REALIGNMENT TOOLS THAT WE
USE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO
REREMEMBER AS WELL AS THE MAYOR
THIS IS A TRICOUNTY BOARD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S
SNOHOMISH, KING, AND PIERCE.
AND YES.
WE REPRESENT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, BUT ULTIMATELY SERVE
ON THE REGIONAL BOARD FOR ALL
THE INTERESTS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE DISCUSSION,
AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR.
HERE AND I OFTEN HAVE TO REALLY
KIND OF BE STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH
OTHER CITIES ABOUT THE NEEDS
FOR SEATTLE BECAUSE IT'S A
MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE
STATE.
I AM NOT SAYING IT'S THE BEST
SEA.
I AM SAYING SOMETIMES IT
REQUIRES US TO BE CANDID AND
YOU NEED TO STEP UP A BIT HERE
BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
THE BRIDGE CONVERSATION.
SO DON'T WORRY.
I GOT YOU.
THAT'S THE BEST I CAN SAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON THE REPORT?
I DON'T THINK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ THOUGHT WE WOULD DIG IN
THIS DEEPLY TO HER REPORT THIS
MORNING BUT I APPRECIATE THE
ADDED CONVERSATION AS IT
IMPACTS THE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK.
THAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT IN THIS
CREATIVE TIME AND I AGREE YOU
WITH WHOLEHEARTEDLY WE WILL
REGIONALLY. ON THIS
AND THAT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY.
OKAY.
HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS,
WE'LL MOVE DOWN THE LINE.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THERE IS NOTHING FOR THE
COMMITTEE ON THE HOMELESS
INVESTMENT BUT A REMINDER THAT
THE COMMITTEE HAS A MEETING ON
THE 20th WITH A HEARING ON BILL
11975 THAT PERMITS HOUSING
LEGISLATION.
THERE WAS NO APPEAL FILE ON THE
ADVOCACY OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
FOR THE ANALYSIS.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO PROCEED
PROCEDURALLY AT OUR OWN LEISURE
AND DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
ANY APPEALS PROCESS AS A
PREREQUISITE.
I APPRECIATED GETTING THAT FROM
THE ESSENTIAL STAFF LAST WEEK.
I WANT TO THANK THE RECENT
ADVOCACY AND JOURNALISM ON THE
PROPOSAL AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT
THAT I BELIEVE WERE DISTRIBUTED
FROM THE HOUSING CONSORTIUM AND
FAVORABLE COVERAGE FROM RYAN
PACKER AND JUST THIS MORNING
ACTUALLY ON THE URBANIST, AN
ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED.
SO THANKS TO ALL THOSE IN THE
COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THIS
PROPOSE A AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING IT MORE.
THIS WEEK I WILL BE ATTENDING
THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING ON
THURSDAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
MORALES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FIRST
HEALTH MEETING OF THE YEAR AND
LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING BACK
ON THAT NEXT WEEK ON THE
DELIBERATIONS.
I WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF SHOUT
OUT AND CALL TO ACTION FROM OUR
FRIENDS AT COLEAGUE, AND I KNOW
THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO
COUNCIL ON THE EFFORTS, NOT
EXCLUSIVELY IN MY DISTRICT BUT
EXTENSIVELY IN DISTRICT SEVEN
BUT I KNOW ALSO IN NUMEROUS
NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT TWO
AND DISTRICT THREE ON THE
INITIATIVE AND THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WHICH HAS
BEEN A BRIGHT SHOT IN THE
PANDEMIC AS A COLLABORATION OF
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS,
SERVE PROVIDERS, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THE DATA SHARED WITH THE
COUNCIL TODAY SHOWS THEY ARE
SUPPORTING 124 FOLKS IN HOTEL
ROOMS AND OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDERS THROUGH THE JUST CARE
INITIATIVE.
AND THESE ARE FOLKS WHO
GENERALLY HAVE VERY, VERY HIGH
BARRIERS ATTACHED TO
TRADITIONAL SHELTER AND
TRADITIONAL HOUSING.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK
THAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING,
WORKING WITH VERY HIGH BARRIER
INDIVIDUALS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
HAVE ABOUT BEEN EXPERIENCING
LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING METH ADDICTION OR
BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH.
AND I AM SO PROFOUNDLY PROUD OF
THE WORK THAT THESE FOLKS ARE
DOING TO MAKE HAPPEN, AND
THIS ARE 124 INDIVIDUALS WHICH
WOULD OTHERWISE BE SLEEPING
UNDER BRIDGES AND IN TENTS AND
IN CULVERTS AND THIS SHOWS WE
CAN INDEED COME TOGETHER AND DO
SOMETHING TO SERVE THE CITY.
AND I RAISE THIS AS A CALL TO
ACTION.
ON JANUARY 31, JUST CARE WILL
HAVE THE SOURCE OF FUNDING
EXPIRE.
SO I WANT TO FLAG FOR US AS A
COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL
ENTITIES THAT WE WORK WITH AND
OUR PARTNERS WITH THE INCOMING
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AS
ADDITIONAL C.A.R.E.S.
ACT MONEY COMES IN OR WHATEVER
SUCCESSOR LEGISLATION THE
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT COMES IN, THAT THE PROVEN
OVER THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR D
SHOULD BE A PRIORITY TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND INVEST
IN THE CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH
AND HOUSING WORK THAT JUST CARE
HAS SHOWN CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN
THE PIONEER SQUARE AND
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT THROUGH THE CRITICAL
INTERVENTIONS, AND I WANT TO
GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND LIFT UP
THE WORK IN THIS FORM THIS
WEEK.
I WANT TO MOVE ON AND JUST
MENTION BEFORE CLOSING OUT THAT
I DID HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
JOINING THOUSANDS OF MY
NEIGHBORS FOR THE SEATTLE M
WELL, K MARCH THAT CONVENED AT
GAR GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AND
MARCHED TO THE CITY HALL.
I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THUNDER
BUT COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WAS
THERE, AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND NOT
JUST ON A COMPUTER SCREEN.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU
THERE.
I WANT TO THANK THE SEATTLE MLK
COALITION TO PUT TOGETHER A
GREAT EVENT IN THE DIFFICULT
TIME OF COVID AND CIVIL STRIFE
AND CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZING TO
HAVE THE SPACE AND HAVE SUCH AN
IMPACTFUL DAY TO REMEMBER THE
LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING AND BUILD ON THE PROGRESS.
AND I WANT TO THANK NEIL BROWN
ON MY STAFF WHO WAS INVOLVED IN
ORGANIZING MY MARCH.
IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO WORK WITH
YOU EVERY DAY, AND I APPRECIATE
BEING ABLE TO ATTEND GOTH A --
SUCH A GREAT EVENT.
WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, I
WILL YIELD MY TIME BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WE'LL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND
I WANT TO THANK THE MLK
COMMITTEE, AND WE HAD A GRANT
FOR SOME OF THAT WORK.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BUT I
WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE
OF THE WORKSHOPS ON SATURDAY ON
COMMUNITY HEALING WHICH
INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, INCREASING
BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING
FOOD SECURITY AND INCREASING
BLACK-OWNED KNOWS AND REALLY
LOOKING AT THE WAY THAT OUR
CITY SYSTEMS WORK TO DRAW UP
BARRIERS.
I THINK WE ARE ALL IN THE MIDST
OF DOING THE WORK,
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO KNOWING
IT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REDUCE
THE BARRIERS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC COMMITTEE ON
THE AGENDA EXCEPT FOR THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
WE HAVE 15 COMMISSION
APPOINTMENTS ON THE CALENDAR.
WE WILL BE HEARING THOSE IN MY
COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY.
WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
CULTURE AND THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR ABOUT THE CREATION OF
THE ARTS PDA AND THE CREATION
OF THE CULTURAL SPACE AGENT
AGENCY, AND MY CHILD IS
PUTTING DISHES AWAY.
WE WILL GET A BRIEFING FROM
DIRECTOR PATTY HAYES AND THE
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER ABOUT THE
VACCINE ROLLOUT.
I AM SURE EVERYON HEARD THAT
WE ARE IN PHASE 1B NOW, SO THE
EXPANSION OF WHO IS ELIGIBLE IS
CERTAINLY VERY EXCITING, BUT WE
STILL HAVE LIMITED DIFFICULTY
WITH DISTRIBUTION, AND I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE CAN GET THE EVACUATION
AND INCREASE THE RATE ACROSS
THE STATE.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TWO
RESOLUTIONS AT THAT MEETING,
ONE ENCOURAGING THE WASHINGTON
STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS
RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS AND INCLUDE FUNDING FOR
POLICY STRATEGIES.
AS THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF
HEALTH DID PASS A SIMILAR
RESOLUTION LAST YEAR, THERE IS
AN EFFORT TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION
CALLING FOR THE PROMPT IN THE
REVIEW OF RACISM AT SEATTLE
CHILDRENS.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY IN REFERENCE
TO THE DEPARTURE OF DR.
DANIELSON.
THERE IS A REAL COMMITMENT TO
-- I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS HEARD
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
CLAIMS THERE AND WE HOPE THAT
RESOLVES INTO CHANGES.
I WANT TO SHARE MY EXCITEMENT
ABOUT TOMORROW.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE ARE
HAVING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION TO
POWER BUT I AM HOPEFUL AS A
COUNTRY WE CAN HEAL AND REPAIR
THE HARM OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS TO FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THE
INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE THE
BEDROCK OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR MOVING HIS
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MEETING IN THE AFTERNOON TO
WATCH HISTORY.
I AM THRILLED THAT WE'LL WATCH
KAMALA HARRIS SWORN IN AS THE
FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST SOUTH
ASIAN AND FIRST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN TO BE SWORN IN AS VICE
PRESIDENT.
VERY EXCITING TO WATCH THAT.
I HOPE THE YOUNG GIRLS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY GET TO WATCH THAT
AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO TEND MY
BEST WISHES FOR A SPEEDY
RECOVERY TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN
AND HER HUSBAND WHO CONTRACTED
COVID-19 AS A RESULT OF THE
INSURRECTION LAST WEEK.
I AM GRATEFUL BECAUSE.
COMMUNITY AND THE SACRIFICES
THEY MAKE TO SUPPORT OUR CITY
IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND WISH
THEM BOTH A QUICK RECOVERY.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE WE WILL HEAR FROM
KENNER WITH MOSQUEDA AND THEN
PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> I WILL START WITH ECHOING
WITH WISHING THE CONGRESSWOMAN
AND HER HUSBAND WELL AND ALL
THOSE WHO CALLED FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE HARMFUL
ACT AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR
ESPECIALLY OF THE REPUBLICANS
WHO REFUSE TO WEAR A MASK LET
ALONE THE DANGER AND PHYSICAL
DANGER THEY WERE PLACED IN DUE
TO THE COUP AND INSURRECTION
THAT OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY THE
SIXTH AND THE DANGEROUS ACTS
WITHIN THE ROOMS THAT THEY WERE
CONFINED AND I APPRECIATE THE
ONGOING CALL FOR THE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND FROM OUR OFFICE, THERE ARE
A FEW ITEMS.
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR HAS
119990, AN EMERGENCY AND HAZARD
PAY ORDINANCE FOR GROCERY
WORKERS.
THIS IS THE LEGISLATION I
MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT I AM
EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER CITIES
ACROSS THE WEST COAST
CONSIDERING SIMILAR
LEGISLATION.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE
SKYROCKETING RATES OF COVID IN
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WE
ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED AND
APPLAUD GOVERNOR INSLEE TO MAKE
SURE THERE ARE MORE VACCINES
AVAILABLE AND ARE OPTIMISTIC OF
HAVING THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
IN THE PROCESS OF STREAMLINING
THE VACCINE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT WILL NOT CHANGE IN THE NEAR
TERM ESPECIALLY FOR THE
FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO ARE MORE
LIKELY TOOK WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND HAVE EXPERIENCED
HIGHER RATES TO COVID AND THEY
ARE NO LONGER RECEIVING HAZARD
PAY AND HAVE NOT BEEN FOR QUITE
A WHILE.
BUT OTHER CITIES ARE STEPPING
IN AND ACTING AND PASSING
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO HAZARD PAY
THROUGH THE COVID CRISIS.
THE LEGISLATION WE HAVE ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR
DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR COVID-
19 AND HAVE BUSINESSES PROVIDE
HAZARD PAY.
AND IT WOULD COMPENSATE GROCERY
EMPLOYEES FOR THE RISK OF
WORKING ON THE FRONTLINES OF
THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC, IMPROVE
OUR FINANCIAL ABILITY TO ACT
WITH RESOURCES AND STAY SAFE
AND HEALTHY AND IT ENCOURAGES
THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK
WHICH WE ALL RELY ON FOR ACCESS
TO ESSENTIALS SUCH AS TOILET
PAPER AND DIAPERS AND BABY FOOD
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
ACCESS SUPPLIES AND STAYING
HEALTHY.
AND THE COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON
THE GROCERY STORE EMPLOYEES FOR
THE CRITICAL SERVICES.
DURING THE DEVELOPMENT, I HEARD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR REAL
LIFE EXPERIENCES FROM GROCERY
STORE WORKERS THEMSELVES WHO
ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE WEARING THEIR MASKS
AND ARE DOING DUE DILIGENCE TO
STAY CLEAN AND SAFE BUT THE
PUBLIC COMES IN WEARING MASKS
UNDER THEIR NOSE OR FEEL THE
HEAT WALKING BY AS THEY ARE
NEAR THEM, AND WE WANT THEM TO
BE SAFE.
I HEARD A TRAGIC STORY FROM A
GROCERY WORKER.
SHE HAS CHILDREN AND SHE WAS
MAKING A DECISION ABOUT HOW TO
MAKE SURE TO KEEP HER CHILDREN
SAFE AND CONTINUE TO ACCESS HER
JOB.
IN ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET, SHE
MADE AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION TO
NOT LEASE HER APARTMENT AND
LIVE IN HER CAR.
SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO KEEP HER
JOB TO MAKE SURE HER KIDS HAD
ACCESS TO FOOD.
SHEIS DRIVING FROM SEATTLE TO
LAKEWOOD FOR CHILD CARE AND
BACK TO SEATTLE TO DO HER JOB
AT A GROCERY STORE AND DRIVING
BACK DOWN AND PICKING UP HER
KIDS TO LIVE IN THE CAR BECAUSE
THAT'S THE DECISION THAT PEOPLE
ARE MAKING WHEN THEY ARE LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND
WORRYING ABOUT THEIR KIDDOS NOT
HAVING ACCESS TO CHILD CARE AND
KEEPING THEIR JOB TO PROVIDE
FOR THEIR FAMILY.
THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION
NO ONE SHOULD BE MAKING.
ALLOWING FOR HAZARD PAY HELPS
FAMILIES NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE
DECISION BEEN A ROOF OVER THEIR
HEAD IN AN APARTMENT AND KEEP
THEIR JOB.
SO THESE ARE STORIES OF THE
FRONTLINE.
WE CALL THEM HEROES OR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS BUT WE SHOULD
MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT FORCED
TO SACRIFICE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING.
THEY ARE NOT SACRIFICIAL
WORKERS.
AND FOR CONTEXT, THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES IS CONSIDERING THIS
TYPE OF LEGISLATION ON JANUARY
6 WITH A POSSIBLE VOTE ON
FEBRUARY 9. AND MONTEBELLO,
JANUARY 27 ARE CONSIDERING,
AND OAKLAND AND SAN JOSE ARE
CONSIDERING THIS THE FIRST WEEK
OF FEBRUARY AND THEY ARE ACTING
AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN, AND
THEY REALIZE THAT THE CRISIS OF
COVID IS NOT DONE AND ARE
LOOKING TO PAY THE ESSENTIAL
WORKERS $4 MORE, AND ONE CITY,
$5.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING
WITH YOU ALL AND MAKING SURE
THOSE ON THE FOREFRONT OF
KEEPING US HEALTHY CAN KEEP
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES
HEALTHY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET
US KNOW.
THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THIS AND I THANK THE
ESSENTIAL STAFF AS WELL.
IT WILL BE ON THE HOUSING AND
FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THIS
FRIDAY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS FOR
THE LABOR ADVISORY BOARD AND
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND LET'S SEE
ALSO THE COMMUNITY HOUSING
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE
AGENDA FOR FRIDAY.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA.
I WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD
RESOLUTION 31983 THAT CONFIRMS
OUR DESIRE FOR ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN THE LOCAL AREA AND
STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO
WORK WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN
CUBA, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO EXCHANGE
INFORMATION RELATE THE TO COVID-
19.
I WENT INTO DETAIL WITH THIS
LAST WEEK ON THE FULL CALENDAR
AND BRIEFLY AS YOU KNOW, THE
MEDICAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH
INFORMATION SYSTEM HAVE A LONG
HISTORY OF STRENGTH.
I HOPE FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS
AFTERNOON AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SHARING YOUR COMMENTS, AND WE
WILL BRING AN AMENDED VERSION
FORWARD.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT
THIS MORNING, AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT, AND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR
FRIENDS FROM THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THE
LANGUAGE INCLUDED TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE CURRENT STATE OF CUBA
AND THE UNITED STATES.
AND I WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT
AGAIN, OUR HOUSING AND FINANCE
COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING THIS
FRIDAY INSTEAD OF TODAY,
OBVIOUSLY.
WE MOVED THAT OVERDUE TO THE
HOLIDAY.
AND THE BRIEFING ON JANUARY
22nd AT 2:00 P.M.
WE WILL HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT
TO THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE
FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND SO WE
HAVE THE AGENDA THAT WILL BE
PUBLISHED VERY SOON.
I WANT TO THANK FOLKS FOR THEIR
CONTINUED SURFACE.
A SHORT PRESENTATION FROM THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND
LASTLY, THE HAZARD PAY
LEGISLATION WHICH I DESCRIBED
FOR YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS ALL
FOR ME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE WE'LL GO AHEAD
DOWN THE LINE AND NEXT UP,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE NO ITEMS ON THE FULL
AGENDA.
OUR COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 AT 2:00
P.M.
NORMALLY WE MEET IN THE MORNING
BUT WE MOVED IT IN THE
AFTERNOON TO WITNESS THE
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS
EARLIER THAT DAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PUBLIC
AGENDA FOR THE COMMITTEE WE
HAVE MORE APPOINTMENTS FOR
VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS AND
BRIEFINGS ON TECHNOLOGY ITEMS.
I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR
RESTORING FUNDING FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE.
I ATTEND THE NORTH POLICE
PRECINCT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND
ENABLED THE CAPTAIN TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISTURBING
INCREASE IN BURGLARIES
THROUGHOUT THE NORTH PRECINCT.
THEY ARE UP 34 PERCENT WHICH
YOU COMPARE 2020 TO 2019
ACCORDING TO SPD'S CRIME
DASHBOARD.
THIS HELPS TO GATHER AND
PROVIDE INFORMATION AND
FEEDBACK IN THE LARGEST
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COVERED BY
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I PARTICIPATED YESTERDAY IN A
PEACEFUL MARCH WITH THE MLK
COALITION.
IT STARTED AT GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL AND ENDED UP AT THE KING
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM LARRY
GOSSETT RECOUNTING THE STORY OF
HOW KING COUNTY'S NAME WAS
PROPERLY CHANGED TO REPRESENT
MLK JUNIOR.
HAVING PARTICIPATED IN MARCHES
LIKE THIS DECADES AGO AS A
STUDENT, IT'S DISCOURAGING TO
SEE HOW FAR WE NEED TO GO AS A
NATION.
I BELIEVE YESTERDAY'S MARCH IN
SOLIDARITY IN THE TUMULTUOUS
TIMES SEENED TO STRENGTHEN
EVERYONE'S RESOLVE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
MARGINALIZED COMMITTEE, AND
OVER ZOOM THIS AFTERNOON, IT
WAS MENTIONED THERE WAS AN
INCREASE TO PARTICIPATE IN
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FERGUSON'S FORUM TO PROTECT OUR
NATIONAL ARCHIVES.
WE MUST NOT ALLOW THE LAST G
ASP OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
TO CAUSE ANY MORE HARM AND WE
MUST WORK TO SAVE THE ARCHIVES
BY PRESERVING THE PRICELESS
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE
NORTHWEST.
THAT'S ALL FOR MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, FOR THE REPORT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
HEARING NONE WE'LL GOING TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AND I ALSO WANT TO CONVEY MY
BEST WISHES TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN
AND HER FAMILY AS THEY RECOVER
FROM COVID.
IT'S APPALLING THAT THEY
CONTRACTED COVID BECAUSE THE
REPUBLICANS REFUSED TO WEAR
MASKS.
AS IF THE DANGEROUS ACTIONS
FROM THE FAR RIGHT IS NOT
HORRIFIC ENOUGH.
AND WE HEARD ON TWITTER, TWEETS
FROM THE SEATTLE
E.R.
NURSE OVER THE WEEKEND WHO SAID
THAT WHEN SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS CAME TO THE E.R.
, SHE OBTAINED A STATEMENT FROM
AN ASSAULT PATIENT AND
REPORTING FROM THE TWEET, ONE
OFFICER BRAZENLY REFUSED TO PUT
A MASK ON IN THE HALLWAY AND
TERE WERE COVID-POSITIVE
PATIENTS IN THE NEARBY ROOMS
AND MULTIPLE NURSES HAPPENED
HIM MASKED.
WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A
PROBLEM, THE OFFICE PUT HIS
DEMAND MY FACE AND SAID, MISS,
I AM HERE TO MY JOB.
IF WE NEED A CONVERSATION ABOUT
A MASK, WE CAN HAVE THAT LATER.
AND I SAID, THERE WAS NO
CONVERSATION NEEDED.
I NEED TO YOU WEAR A MASK.
I ESCALATED TO MY CHARGE NURSE
AND HE ACTED CONDESCENDINGLY TO
HER, TOO.
AND IT WAS ESCALATED TO THE
MANAGER, AND HE DID PUT ON THE
MASK.
AND THERE WERE OTHER OFFICERS
STAYING THERE, NONE OF THEM
SAYING, HEY, MAN, YOU SHOULD
PUT A MASK ON.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE
TWEET.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SAID THEY SHOULD FILE A
COMPLAINT, AND OBVIOUSLY, AS A
LOT OF OTHERS RESPONDED ON
TWITTER, THERE IS NO HOPE THAT
OPA WILL HOLD THE OFFICERS TO
ACCOUNT.
BUT I WANT TO CONVEY PUBLICALLY
MY APPRECIATION TO THE E.R.
INFORMATION PUBLICALLY SO THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN BE
INFORMED.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 26
WHEN WE DISCUSS AND POSSIBLY
VOTE ON EXTENDING THE
MORATORIUM TO THE END OF THIS
YEAR AS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE
DEMANDED.
I WILL BE SENDING THAT TO YOUR
OFFICES ONCE THE REVIEW IS
COMPLETE.
WE WILL DISCUSS THE LEGISLATION
FOR THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL FOR
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE SIGNED A
PETITION THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY
MY OFFICE IN COALITION WITH
RENTERS' RIGHTS ORGANIZATION.
LAST MONTH, IT WAS CALLED UPON
TO RENEW THE MORATORIUM AND
EXTEND IT TO THE END OF 2021.
AND UNDOUBTEDLY, THEY SUCCEEDED
IN GETTING THE EXTENSION BUT IT
WAS ONLY FOR THREE MONTHS
THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.
WE KNOW THE RENTER CRISIS WILL
UNLEASH A TIDAL WAVE GOING INTO
THE RECOVERY AS WELL, AND
NEARLY 12 MILLION RENTERS WILL
OW E AN AVERAGE OF $5,600 IN
BACK RENT AND UTILITIES BY NEXT
MONTH.
THIS WAS FROM MOODY'S
ANALYTICS, AND LAST MONTH,
NINE MILLION RENTERS SAID THAT
THEY WERE BEHIND ON RENT.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS WILL BE
REFLECTED IN MAJOR METROPOLITAN
AREAS LIKE SEATTLE.
IN SEATTLE, PEOPLE WITH
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THIS
EMERGENCY ARE PROTECTED BY LAW
THAT CREATE DEFENSE FOR SIX
MONTHS AFTER THE MORATORIUM
ENDS.
WORKING WITH THE RANK AND FILE
RENTERS THEMSELVES WHO ARE
BECOMING ACTIVE, WE'LL DISCUSS
THE BILL FOR THE RENTERS TO
HAVE A SIX-MONTH DURATION OR AT
LEAST UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR
SO THE RENTERS CAN HAVE
CERTAINTY AT A TIME THAT IS
EXTREMELY STRESSFUL AND
TRAUMATIC.
WE WILL HAVE TESTIMONY WITHOUT
EXAGGERATION ABOUT WHY
EXTENDING IT AT LEAST UNTIL THE
END OF THIS YEAR WILL RELIEVE
EXTREME ANXIETY.
WE HAVE 73 TESTIMONIALS AND WE
ARE SOLICITING THE RENTERS TO
GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK.
I WILL READ JUST ONE RIGHT NOW
AND THIS IS FROM A HOMEOWNER
AND A SMALL LANDER FROM EVAN IN
BEACON HILL.
QUOTE, I AM A HOMEOWNER AND
LANDLORD LIVING IN BEACON HILL.
SO MANY RENTERS ARE STRUGGLING
DUE TO COVID AND CANNOT MEET
THE DEMANDS OF THEIR RENTAL
AGREEMENT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING
THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN
AND THIS ONLY INCREASES ANXIETY
IN THE CITY.
IF SOMEONE CANNOT AFFORD RENT
HOW CAN THEY AFFORD A NEW PLACE
TO RENT?
PLEASE EXTEND THE MORATORIUM TO
PRODUCT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
CITIZENS AT THIS TIME, UNQUOTE,
AND THE BILLED WILL REMOVE THE
REQUIREMENTS TO SUBMIT AN
AFFIDAVIT SAYING THAT THEY
SUFFERED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
REMOVING THIS IS, OF COURSE, TO
REMOVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
WHY ELSE?
IT HITS LOW INCOME AND WORKING
ACROSS PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD, THE HARDEST.
AND KNOW THAT THE PAPERWORK
REQUIREMENTS KEEPS PEOPLE FROM
ACCESSING THE BENEFITS THAT ARE
INTENDED FOR THEM.
THIS ENDS UP HITTING THE MOST
DESTITUTE THE HARDEST.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER
LEGISLATION WE WILL DISCUSS,
GUARANTEEING THE RIGHT TO
COUNSEL FOR ANYONE FACING
EVICTION.
AND THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT WILL
BE MAJORLY EXPANDED WHICH WE
STARTED FIGHTING FOR AND
FUNDING IN PREVIOUS YEARS'
BUDGETS WHICH HAS BEEN
ESSENTIAL.
IT'S UNCLEAR IF OFFICIAL
FUNDING WILL BE NEEDED AND IF
SO, HOW MUCH WILL BE NEEDED IN
2021.
WE ARE TRYING TO ASSESS THAT.
IT'S UNKNOWN IF THE MAYOR AND
GOVERNOR WILL EXTEND THE
MORATORIUM.
THIS WOULD GIVE YOU AN ATTORNEY
IN COURT REGARDLESS OF ABILITY
TO PAY JUST LIKE YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY WHICH YOU
ARE ACCUSED OF A CRIME.
THIS MAKES SHOULD CLEAR THAT
YOU HAVE ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT
THE PEOPLE.
THE HOUSING PROJECT HAS SENT MY
OFFICE DATA SHOWING THE
EVICTIONS THAT OCCUR BY DEFAULT
ARE A MASSIVE PROBLEM.
ANYWHERE FROM 30 PERCENT TO A
SHOCKING 25 PERCENT OF
REPRESENTERS WITH EVICTION
NOTICES END UP EXPERIENCING
EVICTION BY DEFAULT, DEPENDING
ON THE REGION AND THE TIME.
WE HAVE HEARD HORROR STORIES
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND LITERALLY, PEOPLE IN COMAS
WHICH THEY GOT EVICTION
NOTICES, AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NOT HAD THE ABILITY TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THE MAIL BECAUSE
THEY HAVE FACED CHALLENGES
BECAUSE OF THEIR HEALTH, AND
THE RENTERS THEMSELVES WILL BE
IN COMMITTEE TO SHARE THIS
TESTIMONY THEMSELVES, AND WE
STRONGLY BELIEVE WITH THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT REMOVING
THIS REQUIREMENT IS ESSENTIAL
BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW THE
PUBLIC DEFENSE ATTORNEYS TO
COME TO THE DEFENSE OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT CAPABLE FOR
WHATEVER REASON TO APPEAR IN
COURT AND DEFEND THEMSELVES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR THAT REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
PLEASE.
>> SORRY FOR THE DELAY.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
MASK WEARING QUESTION, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
RAISING THIS AND, OF COURSE,
THANK YOU TO THE E.R.
NURSE OVER THE WEEKEND WHO
DAYLIGHTED THE CONCERN.
THIS IS NOT A NEW CONCERN WITH
EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS
NOT WEARING MASKS, AND AS WAS
REPORTED, THERE WAS NO
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE
OFFICERS' COLLEAGUES TO DO SO.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT ALTHOUGH
THE STATEMENT COMING OUT OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE CAN
FOCUS ON THE MEANS TO FILE A
COMPLETE, AND I HAVE ASKED
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANOTHER
APPROACH THAT DOES NOT RELY ON
AN OPA COMPLAINT AND GET A
RESOLUTION TO THE ISSUE,
PARTICULARLY WHAT IS MOST
IMPORTANT IS CORRECTED ACTION.
AND OVER THE SUMMER, IT WAS
WRITTEN -- WE WERE RECEIVING
THESE KIND OF COMPLAINTS.
IT WAS WRITTEN THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY AWARE OF
THE SCIENCE SHOWING THE
IMPORTANT ROLE MASKS CAN PLAY.
I HAVE DIRECTED ALL EMPLOYEES
TO ADHERE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ORDER.
IN EACH INSTANCE WHEN THE
EMPLOYEE IS KNOWN NOT TO HAVE A
MASK ON, THAT EMPLOYEE'S
SUPERVISOR AND CHAIN OF COMMAND
WILL BE DIRECTED TO ADDRESS THE
LACK OF COMPLIANCE.
A SUBTLE BUT I THINK
SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT
WE HEARD FROM THE CHIEF FROM
WHAT WE READ IN THE STAGE OVER
THE WEEKEND IN THAT IT SOUNDS
TO ME THAT THE CHIEF WAS MAKING
A COMMITMENT TO WORK AND TRY
AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES THROUGH
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND ABSENCE AN
OPA INVESTIGATION AND SUSTAINED
FUNDING.
SO I REACHED OUT TO FIND OUT
FROM HIM WHETHER OR NOT THERE
IS THAT METHOD AS WELL.
I -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND THINK
THAT WHEN DEALING WITH A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY IN A PANDEMIC,
WE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
COMPLETION OF AN OPA
INVESTIGATION WHEN THE OPA IS
INVESTIGATING HUNDREDS OF
COMPLAINTS RIGHT NOW.
WE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
COMPLETION OF SUCH AN
INVESTIGATION IN ORDER TO GET
CORRECTED ACTION AND CORRECTED
ACTION MEANS SAFE WORKPLACE AND
PUBLIC SERVICE AND ENGAGEMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICES AS
REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
I'LL LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT I FIND
OUT IN THAT AREA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE WE WILL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR BUT NINE
ITEMS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
TWO POINTS FOR THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET HISTORICAL COMMISSION
AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION AND
ONE TO THE SEATTLE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AUTHORITIES, AND
BILL 119978 WHICH WOULD EXTEND
THE FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS
THAT WILL COME BEFORE US.
WE PASSED AN INTERIM BILL THIS
PAST YEAR AND THIS IS A
SECONDITY SECOND ITERATION OF
THAT.
THE NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY
27th, AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON
THE CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
CODE UPDATES AND THE RE-ZONE
EXTENSION.
AS A REMINDER, COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSS WITH ESSENTIAL STAFF
ANY AMENDMENT TODAY.
AGAIN, ANY MEMBER THAT WILL
PLAN TO BRING THE AMENDMENT
TODAY SO WE BE SURE TO BRING
YOUR PROPOSAL FORWARD NEXT
WEEK.
AND LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK AS
I MENTIONED DURING O IR
BRIEFING, I TESTIFIED, IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
AND THIS WEEK, I WILL BE
ATTENDING THE REGIONAL TRANSIT
COMMITTEE AS WELL THIS WEEK AS
WE HONORED DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JUNIOR YESTERDAY, IT'S
CLEARLY APPARENT TO ME AND THE
REST OF OUR COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE
NOT ACHIEVED THE DREAM OF MARCH
4. AND WE NEED TO WORK TO MAKE
THAT DREAM A REALITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH
RESIDENTS THIS THURSDAY DURING
AND AFTER THE 9:00 TO 5:00, AND
WE DISCUSSED HOMELESSNESS AND
MARKET MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
AND HOUSING STRATEGIES.
MANY RESIDENTS BRING THEIR
CREATIVE IDEAS.
AND I SPOKE WITH A MEMBER OF
THE COMPASSION NETWORK MOVING
FORWARD.
I HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY AND SPOKE ABOUT PUBLIC
POLICING AND PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERNS.
AGAIN, I WILL BE MEETING WITH
RESIDENTS THIS THURSDAY, AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING
WITH DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
S
-- THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THE REPORT?
HEARING NONE WE WILL GO DOWN
THE LINE AND HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS FAR AS ITEMS ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY FROM THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICE
COMMITTEE, WE HAVE SIX
APPOINTMENTS TO THE POLICE
COMMISSION, TWO FROM EACH OF
THE THREE APPOINTING BODIES,
AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, AN
AMENDMENT THAT IS RELATED TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
RESOLUTION, 31984,
SPECIFICALLY, THE AMENDMENT
ADDRESSING THE NEWS THAT WE
HEARD LAST WEEK THAT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT RETURNED CUBA TO THE
SHORT LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT
ARE IDENTIFY THE AS SUPPOSED
STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.
THE PLAN WAS TO ADD TO THAT
LIST THAT WAS DEVELOPED OUTSIDE
OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S
COUNTER TERRORISM BUREAU WHICH
LIKE ITS LOOK LIKE IT'S A
POLITICAL DECISION TO ADD THIS
TO THE LIST, AND MY OFFICE
REACHED OUT TO THE ADVOCATE FOR
THE RESOLUTION WHICH ENCOURAGED
US TO WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE
THAT SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION REVERSE THE
RECENT STATE DEPARTMENT
DESIGNATION FOR CUBA.
AND WE HAVE NO MEETING THIS
WEEK, AND I WANT TO GIVE A
PREVIEW AT NEXT WEEK'S
COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE'LL LEARN MORE IN HOW THE
PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING PROVIDED
BY THE COUNCIL IN THE 2020
SUMMER REBALANCING PACKAGE HAS
BEEN CONTRACTED TO LEVER THE
WORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WITH CRIME
PREVENTION AND VIOLENCE
DISRUPTION.
THAT IS THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE,
AND AGAIN, FUNDING FOR THIS
EFFORT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN THE
SUMMER OF 2020.
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE USES THE GEOGRAPHIC
HUB MODEL IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND SOUTHEAST SEATTLE
AND WEST SEATTLE IN WHICH THE
FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDE A RANGE OF COORDINATES
VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES
AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITY PASSAGE WAYS AND THE
URBAN FAMILY AND BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB AND THE YMCA.
THE HUB APPROACH ALLOWS THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE TO HAVE LOCALIZED
AND COORDINATE THE INTERVENTION
AND WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT
SERVICES TO STABILIZE COMMUNITY
AND CLIENTS AND DECREASE
VIOLENCE IN THE FOCUSED
COMMUNITIES.
IT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY SAFETY
SPECIALIST WHO SERVES AS A
CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONDER AND
WORKS IN HIGHLY TRAINED TEAMS
IN HIGH-RISK AREAS WITH LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THESE TEAMS RESPOND IN REALTIME
TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND DE-
ESCALATE INCIDENTS AND ARE ON
CALL 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK AND FACILITATE
THERAPEUTIC CARE REFERRALS AND
CARE FOR FAMILIES.
WE ARE GOING TO, NOT THIS WEEK
BUT NOT WEEK HAVE A BRIEFING
COORDINATED BY HSD AND ALSO
BRINGING IN OUR PARTNERS FROM
COMMUNITY PASSAGE WAYS, URBAN
FAMILY AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
AND YMCA TO TALK ABOUT THE
GEOGRAPHIC HUB MODEL ABOUT THE
PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THERE IS
ANOTHER 12 MILLION YOU MAY
REMEMBER IN FUNDING PENDING.
THIS IS ANOTHER $12 MILLION
FROM THE COUNCIL FOCUSED ON
PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENTS,
AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE
SEPARATION OF SPD FROM 200
OFFICERS LAST YEAR, AND OVER
THE LAST YEAR GIVEN THE
COUNCIL'S EFFORT TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY BASED POLICING,
FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS
AND THE UPTICKS IN CRIME, NOT
JUST CRIME RELATED TO PROPERTY
WHICH IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN
REPORTED TO PERSONS, VIOLENT
CRIME, HOMICIDES.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
LOOK AT THESE INVESTMENTS TO
BUILD COMMUNITY CAPACITY, TO
MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.
THIS $12 MILLION, AGAIN, THIS
IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SUMMER
REBALANCING PACKAGE, VETOED --
VETO OVERRODE, AND IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WE MAY NOT GET THE FULL
$12 MILLION OUT IN 2020.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY OUT IN
2020.
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN URGENCY
WITH GETTING THE DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR AND APPRECIATE THE
FACT THAT HSD IS WORKING TO
DEVELOP THE RSP WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
BUT I AM GOING TO -- AND I HOPE
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL
WILL JOIN ME IN PUSHING TO GET
THESE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR.
THE FRAMEWORK I'VE SEEN LOOKS
AT FUNDING AGENCIES AT THE END
OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
COVID-19 TAX ADMINISTRATION
FORESIGHT IS CUMULATIVELY
UPWARDS OF 570,000 TESTS FROM
JUNE 5 TO JUNE 15.
ANOTHER 10,000 TESTS OVER LAST
WEEK'S SUPPORT, AND ADDITIONAL
REPORTS INCLUDE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT THE HOSPITALITY WORKER
EMERGENCY REFUND APPLICATION IS
AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY 11th
THROUGH FEBRUARY 1 FOR LOW
INCOME HOSPITALITY WORKERS WHO
LOST THEIR JOBS OR INCOMES DUE
TO COVID-19.
YOU CAN GO TO
HOSPITALITY.WELLSPRING.ORG,
AND THE SEATTLE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, THE XYEP
PROGRESSES WITH COMMUNICATION,
AND COLLABORATION AND MORE,
STUDENTS RECEIVE A $300 STIPEND
FOR COMPLETING AT LEAST 8█0
PERCENT OF THE PARTICIPATION
HOURS.
AND THE QUARTER RUNS FROM
JANUARY 12th THROUGH FEBRUARY
25th, AND IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE,
YOU YOU CAN GO ONLINE FOR THE
CONTACT.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
INFORMATION FOR COVID.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, AS OF
JANUARY 18th, WASHINGTON STATE
OPENED VACCINATIONS TO EVERYONE
IN PHASE 1B, PEOPLE OVER 65 AND
PEOPLE 50 AND OLDER IN MULTI-
GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS AND
MEET TWO CONDITIONS.
THEY CAN'T LIVE INDEPENDENTLY
AND NEED SUPPORT FROM A
RELATIVE OR A CAREGIVER AND
LIVES WITH A -- OR I SHOULD
SAY, OR LIVES WITH A -- LIVES
WITH AND CARES FOR A YOUNG
CHILD LIKE A GRANDPARENT WITH A
GRANDCHILD.
THE POOL PEOPLE UNDER PHASE 1B
IS LARGER THAN THE VACCINE WE
HAVE.
SO DUE TO A LIMITED SUPPLY, NOT
EVEN CAN ACCESS THE VACCINE
RIGHT AWAY DESPITE THE GOOD
WORK OF THE STATE AND KING
COUNTY AND THE SEATTLE OF
SEATTLE TO DELIVER THE VACCINE.
ACCESS WILL WIDEN AS PROVIDERS
IN THE COUNTY RECEIVE MORE
DOSES.
COVID-19 WILL BE CONSIDERED BY
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND MOST
PRIVATE INSURANCE AND THE COST
WILL BE COVERED FOR THOSE WHO
ARE UNINSURED, MAYBE AN OFFICE
VISIT DEPENDING ON YOUR
INSURANCE PLAN.
AND PUBLIC HEALTH IS PLANNING
PRE-VACCINE CLINICS.
AND IF YOU ARE IN THE PHASE,
YOU CAN CALL YOUR DOCTOR'S
OFFICE OR HEALTH PROVIDERS TO
SEE IF THEY HAVE VACCINATION
APPOINTMENTS, AND YOU CAN FIND
MORE AT FINDYOURPHASE WA.ORG .
YOU MAY HAVE TO TRY IT A COUPLE
OF TYPES, AND IF YOU CAN'T USE
THAT ONLINE, AND YOU HAVE NO
ONE TO ASSIST YOU, 1-800-525-
0127 AND PRESS POUND.
AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT
KINGCOUNTY GOFF/COVID,
INCLUDING UPDATES AS THE
VACCINATION ROLLOUT PROGRESSES.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS, I WANT TO, AS
MENTIONED BEFORE SAY THAT I
APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANCE OF
OIR IN PREPARING MY TESTIMONY
TO THE LABOR OF CONGRESS AND
TRIBAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IN
SUPPORT OF BILLSTON 5134 AND
-- AND I WANT TO MENTION THANKS
TO THE SEATTLE COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE FUNDING
AND SUPPORT AND REPAIR OF THE
BRIDGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY COMMENTSY ON QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
ALL RIGHT.
AND HEARING NONE, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND GIVE MY REPORT AND
THEN CONCLUDE THIS SECTION OF
THE AGENDA.
I AM GOING TO ABBREVIATE MY
COMMENTS SINCE WE DO HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND FIVE OF
US HAVE TO GO INTO THE LABOR
COMMITTEE MEETING AT OR A
SELECT LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
AT 12:30 P.M.
TODAY SO WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST
30 MINUTES TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION.
SO THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS
SCHEDULED TO HAVE OUR NEXT
MEETING ON FEBRUARY 92021 AT
2:00 P.M.
RELEVANT TO MY WORK I WILL OPEN
AN APPLICATION PERIOD AND
PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO
APPLY AS COMMISSIONER FOR THE
COMMISSION, AND THE
APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE
ONLINE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE LATER TODAY.
TO DISTRIBUTE THAT, WE WILL BE
ON SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL ROLE
AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
SOMEONE INTERESTED IN THE
ELECTIONS SYSTEM ESPECIALLY IN
LIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCING
PROGRAM AND THE VOUCHER
EFFORTS.
IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE,
COLLEAGUES, WHO WOULD BE A GOOD
CANDIDATE, PLEASE LET US KNOW
BY REACHING OUT TO MY OFFICE
AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH
INFORMATION.
AND I HAVE NO ITEMS ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND NO ITEMS
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA.
HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A
PROCLAMATION I WOULD LIKE TO
PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BRING
FORWARD A PROCLAMATION TO HONOR
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
WEEK, AND MY STAFF CIRCULATED
IT THIS AFTERNOON, AND WOULD I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SEATTLE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND TEAM
MORALES AND THE COMMUNICATION
TEAM THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE
DRAFTING OF THE PROCLAMATION
AND I AM HONORED TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE
WORK, AND COUNTLESS MARCHES
AND CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE
WORK TOWARDS A TRUTHFUL EFFORT
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, EXHAUSTED
BY DETERMINED TO DO MORE AND
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
WORK OF OUR CITY STAFF BY
PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION TO
NATALIE HUNTER.
NATALIE HAS WORKED AT THE CITY
FOR 40 YEARS AND CURRENTLY
WORKS AS SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND IS AN EARLY
ADOPTER OF THE INITIATIVE AND
AN ADVACATE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
AND HAS BEEN A WITNESS TO THE
ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE AND LONG-
HELD NORMS AND AT GREAT COST
WORKED TO UNDO THE HARM OF THE
ACTS OF RACISM.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE PRESENTING
THIS PROCLAMATION, SIGNATURES
NEED TO BE FIXED BEFORE IT'S
PRESENTED.
I WILL ASK THAT THE CITY CLERK
THIS MORNING, CALL THE ROLL TO
CONFIRM WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS'
SIGNATURES WOULD BE AFFIXED.
BEFORE I DO THAT, I AM HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I
REQUEST THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL.
NOT SEE ANYTHING QUESTIONS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR
SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR PRO CLAM
LAGS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES
>> SAWANT?
>> HERBOLD?
>> LEWIS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT MORALES?
>> YES.
>> AND CAN YOU CALL ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AGAIN?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> NINE COUNTED.
>> THANK YOU.
AND ADDITIONAL FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS THIS YEAR
ARE EXPECTED, INCLUDING $50
MILLION IN REGIONALLY MANAGED
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FUNDS DIRECTED TO PROJECTS ON A
CONTINGENCY LIST THAT WAS
ADOPTED AS PART OF THE MOST
REGION PROJECT SELECTION
PROCESS.
ADDITION TO THAT, $18 MILLION
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM THAT FUNDS
IMPROVEMENTS LIKE BICYCLE
FACILITIES AND HISTORIC
PROJECTS, AND THERE ARE A FEW
CRITICAL PRIORITY PROJECTS IN
SEATTLE THAT ARE BEING
CONSIDERED PART OF THE $18
MILLION BUDGET AND $15 MILLION
FROM THE HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
PROGRAM.
WE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION
THAT $14.4 MILLION WAS PROVIDED
TO THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
REPAIR.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME DOLLARS
THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO SOME
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE
HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE INCLUDED AS PART OF
THIS OVERALL RECOMMENDATION.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IS PLANNING
TO TAKE FINAL ACTION ON THE
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUGET
SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL POLICY
BOARD ON JANUARY 28th.
I SIT ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
AND PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING
TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSAL
MOVES FORWARD SMOOTHLY, AND
FOR ANY ONGOING CONCERNS OR WE
WILL HEAR CONCERNS FROM OUR
PARTNERS, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW
OR IN OIR KNOW SO THAT WE CAN
ADDRESS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
CONCERNS IN ADVANCE OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
LASTLY THIS THURSDAY,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND I WILL
PARTICIPATE IN THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY MEETING AND WE ARE
THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE WILL VOTE ON ANOTHER SLATE
OF AMENDMENTS BEFORE ADOPTING
THE BYLAWS THAT WILL GOVERN THE
SCHOOL BOARD.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
OR HEAR COMMENTS ON MY REPORT.
HEARING NONE, THAT DOES
CONCLUDE THAT AGENDA ITEM.
WE WILL MOVE INTO AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION NOW.
AS PRESIDING OFFICE, A,
ANNOUNCE THAT THE SEATTLE
COUNCIL WILL MOVE TO AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION, AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
A LEGAL MONITOR FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS
PRESENT.
I EXPECT THE TIME OF THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY
12:30 P.M.
TODAY.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS
EXTENDED, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE
EXPECTED DURATION.