>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THE COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING
WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:36 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> MOSQUEDA?
HE MIGHT PRESENT.
>> PRESENT.
>> SAWANT?
HE MIGHT PRESENT.
MIKE STRAUSS?
HE MIGHT PRESENT.
>> LAURA'S?
>> PRESENT.
>> HERBOLD.
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES.
>> CARE.
DEMY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ?
BE MY HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THE MINUTES WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT COLLEAGUES,
I DID WANT TO QUICKLY, AS PART
OF MY PRESIDENT'S REPORT AT THE
TOP OF TODAY'S AGENDA, I WANTED
TO ADDRESS A CONVERSATION THAT
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
WITH CITY ATTORNEY PETE HOLMES
OVER THE WEEKEND.
I WANT TO THANK CITY ATTORNEY
PETE HOLMES FOR REACHING OUT TO
ME DIRECTLY THIS WEEKEND. AS A
FOLLOW-UP TO MUCH OF THE
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SEEN
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS RELATED
TO A WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT
RELATED TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE TO THE
CURRENT MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IN A SORT OF FOLLOW-UP TO THAT
CONVERSATION, THE CITY
ATTORNEY, PETE HOLMES, I
WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT
TODAY, TOGETHER WITH CITY
ATTORNEY PETE HOLMES, WE ARE
LOOKING TO LAUNCH A NEW EFFORT
TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITIES
GOVERNMENT.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, MY
OFFICE IS GOING TO WORK WITH
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO
DEVELOP SOME STRATEGIES AND A
WORK PLAN AND A PROPOSAL FOR A
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW PUBLIC
PROPOSAL ENTITY THAT WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR RESEARCHING,
REVIEWING, AND RELEASING IN A
TIMELY WAY INFORMATION
PROJECTED BY THE PUBLIC,
INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
REGARDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AGAIN, I'LL BE WORKING WITH
CITY ATTORNEY PETE HOLMES, TO
ENSURE THAT WHATEVER FORM THIS
ENTITY TAKES, THAT IT DOES HAVE
THE POWER AND AUTHORITY NEEDED
TO QUICKLY AND IN FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW,
RESPOND TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS.
FOR MANY OF YOU, YOU ARE AWARE
THAT I DO CHAIR AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL'S
GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.
THESE ISSUES RELATED TO THE
SEATTLE ETHICS AND ELECTIONS
COMMISSION, AS WELL AS JUST
GOVERNMENTS ISSUES IN GENERAL,
FOLLOW WITHIN THE.
YOU AND MY COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
I APPRECIATE CITY ATTORNEY
HOLMES REACHING OUT TO ME
DIRECTLY THROUGH THAT LENS.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH HIM.
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS TO
COUNCILMEMBERS IS MANAGED BY
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
DISCLOSURE OFFICERS.
NOT OUR COUNCIL STAFF OR STAFF
THAT REPORT DIRECTLY TO
ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS.
SO, THAT IS OF COURSE DONE IN
AN EFFORT TO ENSURE
TRANSPARENCY AND INDEPENDENCE
IN TIMELY RESPONSES.
I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ENSURE THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS
WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OPERATE IN THAT SAME MATTER.
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE RECESS, I
BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER
CONTROLLED BY THOSE THAT
DIRECTLY REPORT TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT
SEATTLE'S STRICT PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ARE
SACRED TO OUR TRANSPARENCY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO ALWAYS
REMAIN COMPLIANT WITH THOSE
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS.
AND THOSE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS.
THOSE REQUESTS SHOULD NOT BE,
IN MY VIEW, DIFFICULT TO
ANSWER, NOR SHOULD THEY BE MADE
UNDER PRESSURE FROM INSIDE ANY
DEPARTMENT.
THAT INCLUDES THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US ALL TO
COMPLY AND DISCLOSE RESPONSIBLY
TO THE PUBLIC ALL INFORMATION
AS REQUIRED BY LAW, TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING WITH,
AND REBUILDING PUBLIC TRUST IN
OUR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON THIS
EFFORT, AND OF COURSE WITH CITY
ATTORNEY PETE HOLMES ON THIS
NEW EFFORT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
ALL WERE AWARE THAT THAT IS
SOMETHING I AM IN CONVERSATION
WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
ABOUT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT
ANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE, EITHER
HERE IN COUNCIL BRIEFING OR OFF-
LINE.
ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE
GOVERNMENTS AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE MATTERS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ON INTO A PREVIEW OF
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL ACTION,
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
WILL BEGIN OUR NEXT DISCUSSION
OF THESE ITEMS IN THE FASHION
OF DOING ROLL CALL ROTATION.
TODAY'S ROLL CALL ROTATION WILL
BE MOSQUEDA, PEDERSEN,
SAWANT, STRAUSS, LEWIS,
HERBOLD, JUAREZ, MORALES, AND
THEN I WILL CONCLUDE THIS
PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING
TO HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THIS OPENING REMARKS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
LEARN MORE FROM YOU ABOUT THE
PROCESS THAT YOU'RE SETTING UP.
COLLEAGUES, GOOD MORNING, I
WANT TO SAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
I KNOW MANY OF US CELEBRATED
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY THIS
WEEKEND.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY WHO ALL DID
CELEBRATE WANTED TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO HONOR THE WORK AND
SACRIFICE OF MOTHERS MAKE
FAMILIES, AS CARETAKERS,
PROVIDERS, AND ALSO RECOGNIZING
THAT MOTHERING COMES IN MANY
FORMS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO
PROVIDE CARE FOR THOSE
THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY
WHETHER THEY ARE THEIR OWN
CHILDREN, STEPPING IN WHEN
NEEDED, AND ALSO TAKING OVER TO
PROVIDE CARE FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE KIDDOS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE CARE
PROVIDERS.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS THEY
CAN COME WITH A LOT OF PAIN FOR
THOSE WHO ARE STILL INTERESTED
IN BECOMING MOTHERS, OR HAVE
HAD STRAINED RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS.
HONORING THAT PAIN AS WELL AS
WE HONOR THE WORK OF MOTHERS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE ALSO ARE EXCITED ABOUT SOME
OF THE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED
IN OLYMPIA THIS YEAR TO HELP
MAJOR THAT THOSE WHO ARE
BECOMING MOTHERS AT DIRECT
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BRETHREN,
ARE NOT CONSTANTLY AT RISK OF
EITHER MATERNAL DEATH OR
POSTPARTUM DEATH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT WE'VE DONE IN OLYMPIA THIS
YEAR TO PASS LEGISLATION
RELATED TO MAKING SURE THAT
PARENTS WHO DO GIVE BIRTH HAVE
AT LEAST A FULL YEAR OF
POSTPARTUM MEDICAID CARE.
RECOGNIZING THAT AFTER GIVING
BIRTH, THEIR INCREASED RATES OF
DEATH AND ALSO SUICIDE FOR
MOTHERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GIVING
BIRTH, HAVE AT LEAST A YEAR OF
POSTPARTUM HEALTHCARE AND NOT
THE 60 DAYS THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY OFFERED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL IN
OLYMPIA WHO MADE THAT
LEGISLATION POSSIBLE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO HONOR THE TYPE OF WORK THAT
HAD PASSED IN A HALLS OF
OLYMPIA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES IN
POSTPARTUM MORTALITY CONTINUES
TO DECLINE IN THE WEALTHIEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
HOUSE PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES,
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE
10 ITEMS FROM THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S
FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL DOMESTIC
WORKER STANDARD BOARD
APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION.
TO SERVE ON THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARDS BOARDS.
BOTH OF THOSE FULL PACKETS ARE
IN YOUR MATERIALS FOR TODAY.
THERE ARE FIVE MAYORAL
APPOINTMENTS THAT THE LABOR
STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMISSION
THESE APPOINTMENTS INCLUDE A
FEW.
>>> ALL FIVE OF THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE ON TODAY'S
FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE
APPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE THE SOUND
TRANSIT PROPERTY TRANSFER
ORDINANCE.
THIS ORDINANCE TRANSFERS 10
PROPERTIES TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR DEVELOPMENT AS
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
SOUND TRANSFER AS A CONTINUED
EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE ARE TRYING
TO LOOK AT USING PUBLIC PROCESS
THE TO THE BEST PUBLIC USE AND
PRIORITIZING HOUSING.
IN THIS CASE, CREATING
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER OPTIONS.
THE SECOND TO LAST ITEM IS THE
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
THIS IS REQUIRED TO ACCEPT
GRANTS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT.
IT DESCRIBES HOW THE CITY WILL
SPEND FEDERAL GRANTS IN FOUR
CATEGORIES.
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE
EXPECTED DOLLARS THAT WE HAD
PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED FROM THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT.
THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY WITH
FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS.
AND SEVERAL OTHER GRANTS.
THIS IS BASICALLY AN UPDATE.
REFLECTING THE ACTUAL DOLLAR
AMOUNTS, NOT THE ANTICIPATED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT
OUR CITY IS RECEIVING.
VERY SMALL CHANGES.
WAS ABOUT A $6000 DIFFERENCE.
OFFICIALLY PUTTING THOSE TOTAL
AMOUNTS IN THE BOOKS.
THE LAST ITEM FROM FINANCE AND
HOUSING IS THE 2021
CARRYFORWARD ORDINANCE.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL BILL THAT
ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENT TO
CONTINUE PROGRAMS FROM LAST
YEAR INTO THIS YEAR WITH
UNSPENT DOLLARS.
THESE DOLLARS WOULD TYPICALLY
BE SENT BACK TO THE OVERALL
BUDGET, IF NOT OTHERWISE
APPROPRIATED.
THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL IS TO
CONSIDER THESE CARRYING INTO
2021 APPROPRIATIONS FOR
DISCRETE PERMANENCE.
AGAIN, NOT OVERSPENT, BUT
UNDERSTAND AND WANTED TO HAVE
THOSE DOLLARS CONTINUE TO GO TO
PROGRAMS THAT THEY WERE ALREADY
APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
ALL OF THESE ITEMS PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE THIS
WEEK.
DURING TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL
MEETING, I'LL ALSO BE BRINGING
FORWARD AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROCLAMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED
BY THE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT --
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: INSERTION.
THE PROCLAMATION IS IN
CONCURRENCE WITH THE MAYOR, AND
CIRCULATED ON FRIDAY.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO
COME BACK TO THAT ITEM BECAUSE
I THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD A
HOLD ON THAT.
I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THOUGH.
APOLOGIES, COLLEGE.
I'LL SEND YOU A UPDATE BEFORE
OUR BRIEFING ENDS TODAY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT
RIGHT.
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE, THAT WILL HAPPEN
DURING OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY
18th WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARDS BOARD
RECOMMENDATION, THE
TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR
CONTRACTORS WORKERS BILL
CONTEST.
THE ARPA DIRECT AID BILL AND
CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS IN THE
2020 BUDGET EXCEPTIONS BILL
POSSIBLY.
THIS MEETING WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL TO ATTEND
AGAIN.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
ATTENDING AND NOT USUALLY PART
OF OUR COMMITTEE, PLEASE DO LET
MY OFFICE KNOW.
LAST WEEK, I WANTED TO LET
FOLKS KNOW THAT I DID HAVE THE
CHANCE TO ATTEND THE BLOOD
WORKS NORTHWEST DONATION.
AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
GIVING BLOOD.
FOLKS, THERE IS A CODE RED
ISSUED BY BLOOD WORKS AND ALL
OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE ASKING FOR
BLOOD RIGHT NOW, BOTH IN OREGON
AND WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN
PEOPLE SIGNING UP TO GIVE BLOOD,
ALSO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP BUT DON'T
SHOW UP.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
CONCERN OR POTENTIAL HESITATION
OR CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT YOU CAN GIVE BLOOD IN THIS
MOMENT OF COVID OR AFTER
RECEIVING A COVID VACCINE.
YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN.
THERE IS A HUGE NEED TO HAVE
DIVERSE BLOOD TYPES AND
DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF WHO IS
DONATING.
SO, PLEASE DO CONSIDER GIVING
IF YOU CAN.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME GIVING
BLOOD.
I'M VERY SCARED OF NEEDLES AND
ALSO SCARED OF BLOOD.
I NEVER WATCH WHEN I GET MY
BLOOD DRAWN AT THE DOCTOR.
THIS IS REALLY ME STEPPING OUT
OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND IT
DIDN'T HURT.
I DIDN'T GET -- IT ONLY TOOK 10
MINUTES.
IF YOU HAVE CONSIDERED GIVING
BLOOD IN THE PASSED, AND ARE
ELIGIBLE, PLEASE CONSIDER DOING
THAT NOW SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE IN THE UPCOMING WEEK IN
THE HOUSE LEADING UP TO OUR
INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT ARPA,
AND FOCUS AGAIN AS A REMINDER
WE HAVE A CALENDAR THAT HAS
BEEN SENT AROUND THAT GETS US
THROUGH JUNE FOR THE UPCOMING
ARPA DISCUSSIONS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE
OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL CALL
IT GOOD THAT.
IF I DO HAVE ANY UPDATES ON
THAT PROCLAMATION I MAKE SURE
TO COME BACK TO IT.
APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION
THERE.
>> NO WORRIES.
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO -- IF YOU DO
HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US JUST MAKE
SURE TO RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ME
AND LET ME KNOW.
HAPPY TO CIRCLE BACK.
OKAY.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS FIVE
ITEMS ON THIS AFTERNOONS FULL
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
TWO OF THE ITEMS ARE IMPORTANT
STEPS FORWARD FOR THE MADISON
STREET BUS RAPID TRANSIT, RAPID
RIDE G LINE PROJECT.
COUNCIL BILL 120062 ENABLES OUR
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPT TWO
SMALL EASEMENTS.
COUNCIL BILL 120063 ENABLES
SDOT TO ACCEPT TWO GRANTS
TOTALING $65 MILLION FOR WHICH
WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING THESE
FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THEY HAVE COME THROUGH AND WE
ARE GOING TO ACCEPT THEM TODAY.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO
THAT BUS CORRIDOR FOR CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICTS THREE AND
SEVEN INCLUDE OVER 26 MILLION
OF CITY GOVERNMENT DOLLARS THAT
WE HAVE ARE THE APPROVED.
INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL $5
MILLION THAT WE APPROVED LAST
FALL.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR THIS
QUARTER IS APPROXIMATE $133
MILLION.
THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO
IMPROVE SPEED AND RELIABILITY
OF THE BUS SYSTEM.
IT CONNECTS, WILL CONNECT TO
THE LIGHT RAIL STATION DOWNTOWN
AS WELL.
THE REVISED DATE FOR
CONSTRUCTION START IF THIS FALL
OF 2021, AND SDOT HOPES TO
COMPLETE THE CHANGES TO THE
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN 2024.
OUR COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED BOTH COUNCIL BILLS.
COUNCIL BILL 120045 IS ONE
MORE SMALL PROPERTY TRANSACTION
NEEDED TO FACILITATE THE
EXTENSIVE GEORGETOWN TO SOUTH
PARK TRAIL WITH ITS MULTIPLE
BENEFITS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY MOBILITY,
CONNECTIVITY, AND OPEN SPACE.
THIS COUNCIL BILL INVOLVES A
TEMPORARY LEASE FOR A SMALL
TRIANGLE OF LAND ALONG THE
ROUTE.
LATER THIS SUMMER, WE EXPECT TO
SEE THE FINAL ACTIONS
AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION OF THE
TRAIL PROJECT.
TOTAL PROJECT COST OF THIS
TRAIL BETWEEN DISTRICTS ONE AND
TWO IS APPROXIMATELY $7.5
MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES $5
MILLION THIS COUNCIL ADDED TO
THE PROJECT AS PART OF OUR
BUDGET PROCESS A FEW MONTHS
AGO.
ARE COMMITTED BE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED THIS COUNCIL BILL.
OVER THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS
WE DISCUSSED FOR THE STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN AND RATE PATHS
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
BEFORE US TODAY IS THAT
CORRESPONDING COUNCIL
RESOLUTION, UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED BY OUR COMMITTEE.
KEEPING UTILITY RATES LOW IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE RATES ARE
REGRESSIVE, WITH LOWER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS PAYING A PARTNER
PERCENTAGE OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD
FOR UTILITY BILLS.
FORTUNATELY, THE AVERAGE SPU
RATE INCREASES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE LOWER THAN WHAT WAS PROMISED
BACK IN 2017.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN AND
RATE PATHS ARE ENDORSED BY THE
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL.
THERE WAS A THOROUGH ARTICLE IN
THE SEATTLE TIMES ABOUT THIS
STRATEGIC PLAN AND RATE PATHS,
WHICH EXPLORES ALL THE VARIOUS
COST DRIVERS, INCLUDING
INFLATION, PASTOR RATES IMPOSED
BY KING COUNTY FOR WASTEWATER,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PROJECTS REQUIRED BY STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, LABOR
COSTS, AND THE UTILITY TAXES
CHART BY OUR GENERAL FUND.
THE COUNCIL EXAMINES AND BOATS
ON THIS EVERY THREE YEARS.
AGAIN, OUR COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THIS
RESOLUTION.
THE LAST BILL FROM OUR COMMITTEE
, LAST WEEK OUR COMMITTEE
AMENDED AND BEEN UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED COUNCIL BILL 120042,
THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ON HOW TO INVEST
THE ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION EACH
YEAR THAT WE EXPECT FROM THE
NEW $20 VEHICLE LICENSE FEE.
THIS COUNCIL AUTHORIZED, A FEW
MONTHS AGO.
THIS IMPLEMENTS THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2021, AND
THEN ASKED SDOT TO RETURN TO
COUNCIL AT THE START OF OUR
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS WITH
INFORMATION WE WOULD NEED TO
CONSIDER IF WE DECIDE TO GO
BIGGER AND BOLDER WITH BONDS TO
SUPPORT SEATTLE'S AGING
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR REFINING THE
AMENDMENT SO THAT WE GET THE
INFORMATION WE WOULD NEED.
I WANT TO THANK SDOT AND THE
STAKEHOLDERS, SDOT SELECTED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PORTED
MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW TO
DIVIDE THE $7 MILLION.
I HOPE SDOT WILL BE ABLE TO USE
THAT ADDITIONAL INPUT, NOT JUST
FOR THE $7 MILLION THIS YEAR,
BUT I WAS IT CRAFTS AT $700
MILLION BUDGET FOR 2022.
I'M GOING TO SKIP THE REST OF
THAT BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ON THAT FOR THOSE
THAT ARE NOT ON THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
AT OUR FULL COUNCIL MEETING
NEXT MONDAY, MAY 17, WE WILL
VOTE ON AN UPDATE TO OUR CITIES
STORMWATER CODE.
LAST WEEK OUR COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THE
UPDATE TO THE STORMWATER CODE,
AS PROVIDED BY SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES DUE TO THE LARGE
AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, WE
DELAYED ITS ARRIVAL TO THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REVIEW TIME
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS NOT
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SERVE ON
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY OUR STATE
GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THAT UPDATED
CODE IN PLACE BY JULY 1, AND
THE ORDINANCE NEEDS 30 DAYS TO
TAKE EFFECT.
SO, THAT MAKES MAY 17 TIME
SENSITIVE.
ARE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE MEETS ON
THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS
OF EACH MONTH AT 9:30 IN THE
MORNING.
ARE NECK COMMITTEE MEETING IS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19th.
AT OUR COMMITTEE, WE WILL ONCE
AGAIN HEAR THE THREE
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS
THAT WE HEARD AT COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK.
COLLEAGUES, AS YOU MAY RECALL,
WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH
SEVERAL GROUPS OF SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORTS AS REQUIRED BY
OUR CITIES THOROUGH
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE.
WE RECENTLY AMENDED AND ADOPTED
THE SO-CALLED GROUP 2
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS FOR
SOME OF THE EXISTING
TECHNOLOGIES ALREADY IN USE BY
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
LAST WEEK OUR COMMITTEE
DISCUSSED THE GROUP 3
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS,
WHICH ARE THREE EXISTING
TECHNOLOGIES FROM SPD.
ARE ESSENTIAL STAFF ANALYST
POSTED OUR MEMOS ON THE
COMMITTEE AGENDA, SO THAT WE
HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR OUR
CITY ATTORNEY PUTT UP'S OFFICE
TO REVIEW ANY AMENDMENTS.
THESE BE SURE TO GET THOSE INTO
OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST LISA
K. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL CONSIDERING
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN
FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE
UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF KING
COUNTY.
HERE IN SEATTLE, I'D BE
INTERESTED IN EXPLORING A
SIMILAR BAN OF FACIAL
RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO EXAMINING
THE FINAL VERSION OF THE KING
COUNTY BILL WHENEVER IT IS
ADOPTED.
I THINK THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO
ADOPT THAT ON MAY 19th.
OTHER CITIES AND STATES HAVE
IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON FACIAL
RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, AND I
BELIEVE WE SHOULD CONSIDER
SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS HERE IN
OUR CITY.
IN DISTRICT 4, I JOINED THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MAYOR
DURKAN, AND ARE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT SMALL BUSINESSES IN
THE HEART OF OUR DISTRICT TO
TOUR THE POP-UP VACCINE CENTER.
IT WAS LOCATED ON NORTH 43rd
STREET.
WHICH IS WHERE THE NEW LIGHT
RAIL STATION IS OPENING IN JUST
FIVE MONTHS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND GO DOWN THE LINE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FROM THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE WILL BE AT ESPECIALLY
SCHEDULED TIME THIS WEDNESDAY,
MAY 12th AT 2:00 P.M.
THAT MEETING WILL CONTINUE THE
DISCUSSION FROM OUR PREVIOUS
TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON
CLOSING BE FIXED TERM LEASE
LOOPHOLE IN SEATTLE'S JUST
CAUSE EVICTION ORDINANCE.
AT THIS MEETING WE WILL HEAR
FROM ANOTHER PANEL OF RENTERS
RIGHTS ORGANIZERS AND REVIEW
THE LEGISLATION FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES' OFFICE
IN MY OFFICE TO CLOSE THE
LOOPHOLE IN SEATTLE'S JUST
CAUSE EVICTION ORDINANCE.
I AM COSPONSORED LEGISLATION
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
OFFICE WITH THE HOPE THAT WE
CAN BRING A UNIFIED BILL.
WE WILL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION
THERE, AND THE PANEL AS WELL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE
EVICTION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN,
THEIR FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS
DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THERE WILL BE NO VOTES THIS
WEDNESDAY.
WE AND 10 TO CONSIDE
AMENDMENTS AND BOATS ON THESE
TWO BILLS AT OUR FOLLOWING
COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 25th.
IF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THAT IS
COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE
COMMITTEE, HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
ANY OF THE BILLS, I REALLY URGE
AND WELCOME YOU TO ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS AT WEDNESDAY'S
COMMITTEE MEETING.
ALTERNATELY, PLEASE REACH OUT
TO MY OFFICE NOW HEADING INTO
THE COMMITTEE, OR AFTER THE
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, RATHER
THAN WAITING FOR THE 25th.
THAT WILL GIVE RENTERS RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS MIGHT HAVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
DISCUSSION.
LAST WEDNESDAY MY OFFICE HELD A
PRESS CONFERENCE ALONG WITH
AROUND 40 RENTERS AND RENTERS
RIGHTS ORGANIZERS.
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OUTSIDE
THIS COFFEESHOP IN THE HEART OF
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
TO ANNOUNCE A PACKAGE OF
RENTERS RIGHTS LEGISLATION THAT
OUR MOVEMENT WILL BE FIGHTING
FOR THIS YEAR.
THE RENTERS RIGHTS BILL FROM MY
OFFICE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN
COMMITTEE ARE TO CLOSE THE FIXED
TERM LEASE LOW POLL AND THE
JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE THAT I
JUST MENTIONED.
AND TO BAN EVICTIONS OF
SCHOOLCHILDREN AND EDUCATORS
AND STAFF DURING THE SCHOOL
YEAR.
MY OFFICE HAS ALSO NOW TO THE
PRESS CONFERENCE, A DRAFT OF
TWO ADDITIONAL BILLS ALONG WITH
OTHER RENTERS RIGHTS THAT WE
HAVE DESCRIBED, BUT WE ARE
STILL WORKING ON THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION FOR THOSE.
THE DRAFTS THAT WE HAVE BUILT
FROM MY OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY
INCLUDE, INCLUDING THE NOTICE
LANDLORDS NEED TO GIVE RENTERS
FOR RENT INCREASES TO 180 DAYS,
THE CURRENT LAW IS 60 DAYS.
REQUIRING LANDLORDS TO PAY
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO THEIR
TENANTS IF THEY ECONOMICALLY
DISPLACED THEIR TENANTS BY
INCREASING THE RENT SO MUCH
THAT THE TENANTS HAVE TO MOVE.
RESIDENTIAL RENT CONTROL
WITHOUT CORPORATE LOOPHOLES,
LIMITING RENT INCREASES TO THE
RATE OF INFLATION.
AS LANDLORDS COSTS INCREASE AND
RENTERS WAGES INCREASE, RENTS
CAN INCREASE UNDER SUCH A LAW,
BUT NO FASTER THAN THAT RATE.
RENT INCREASES, RENT INCREASES
OF 10%, 20%, 50%, 100%, EVEN
OVER 100%, WHICH IS NOT UNHEARD
OF, SHOULD BE ILLEGAL, AND THAT
IS WHAT THIS BILL SHOULD DO.
OF COURSE, THE DEMOCRATIC AND
REPUBLICAN PARTIES IN OLYMPIA
HAVE BANNED RENT CONTROL FOR
THE LAST 41 YEARS, SO OUR BILL
HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE THAT HAVE
RENT CONTROL GOING INTO EFFECT
IN THE CITY THE MOMENT THE
STATE LIFTS THE BAND.
THE REALITY IS, IF THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSES THIS LEGISLATION
IN SEATTLE, IT WILL PUT
ENORMOUS PRESSURE ON STATE
LEGISLATURES -- LEGISLATORS TO
LET THE BRAND ON RESIDENTIAL
RENT CONTROL.
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
SUPPORT ANY OF THESE ISSUES, OR
HAVE QUESTIONS, AND HAVE
INSIGHT ON THIS, THAT WE SHOULD
PLEASE LET MY OFFICE KNOW ABOUT
THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY TO
WORK WITH YOU ON ANY OF THOSE
DRAFTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE LEGISLATION
THAT MY OFFICE UNVEILED ON
WEDNESDAY, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO
BE WORKING ON OTHER RENTERS
RIGHTS DEMANDS THAT OUR
MOVEMENT ANNOUNCED AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
ONE IS COMMERCIAL RENT CONTROL
WITHOUT CORPORATE LOOPHOLES,
BECAUSE WE KNOW SEATTLE'S
STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESSES
NEED COMMERCIAL RENT CONTROL.
THE CITY COUNCIL CAN PASS THIS
LAW RIGHT NOW AS THEY'RE NOT
ARE NO LEGAL OBSTACLES.
IT IS ALSO A LOT OF THESE
RENTERS RIGHTS ALSO RELATE TO
THE LARGER QUESTION OF THE DEBT
THAT HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED BY
WORKING-CLASS RENTERS AND
HOMEOWNERS.
MANY SPEAKERS AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE
NEED TO SPILLED A STATEWIDE
MOVEMENT TO CANCEL COVID THAT
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING
UNDER THE EFFECT OF THE PANDEMIC
AND THE RECESSION THAT WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED ALL OF LAST YEAR.
BIG BUSINESS SHOULD PAY FOR
THIS CRISIS, NETWORKING PEOPLE.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON BRINGING
LEGISLATION TO STOP DEFAULT
EVICTIONS TO BOLSTER THE
VICTORY THAT OUR MOVEMENT WON
IN APRIL FOR EVERY TENANT TO
HAVE A LAWYER.
HALF OF ALL CONVICTIONS IN
SEATTLE HAPPEN BY DEFAULT THE
COURT AUTOMATICALLY HE PICKS
THE RENTER BECAUSE THEY WERE
UNABLE TO FILL OUT THE
PAPERWORK TO REQUEST A HEARING,
OR DID NOT ATTEND THE HEARING.
THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY HALF OF
ALL EVICTIONS.
WE DO NEED TO BOLSTER THE RIGHT
TO COUNSEL VICTORY BY ALSO
STOPPING DEFAULT EVICTIONS.
WE ARE ALSO BRINGING A
LEGISLATION TO CREATE
STANDARDIZED LEASE TERMS.
IN OTHER WORDS TO CREATE FAIR,
STANDARDIZED TERMS FOR RENT
RELEASES.
MANY LEASES CURRENTLY USE
TEMPLATES CREATED BY THE
LANDLORD LOBBY, AND HAVE
OUTRAGEOUS TERMS, OFTEN LEASES
ATTEMPT TO MAKE RENTERS SIGN
AWAY THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AS
RENTERS.
AND ONE COMMON EXAMPLE THAT WE
HEARD MANY TIMES DURING THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS
LAST YEAR WAS, CORPORATE
LANDLORDS NOT ALLOWING THEIR
TENANTS TO HAVE BLM SIGNS ON
THEIR WINDOWS OR OTHERWISE ON
THEIR HOME FRONTS.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD
MAINTAIN A LISTING OF COMPLETED
RENTER HISTORY SO THAT A RENTER
WHO HAS HAD A CURRENT
BACKGROUND CHECK, OR ONE
APARTMENT APPLICATION, CAN USE
THAT BACKGROUND CHECK FOR OTHER
APARTMENT APPLICATIONS.
IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THE CITY TO
ENABLE TRANSFERABLE RENTER
HISTORIES.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TO BAN THE
USE OF CREDIT CHECKS.
MOST RENTAL HISTORIES DO NOT
REQUIRE A CREDIT CHECK BECAUSE
IN REALITY, CREDIT CHECKS
AVAILABLE BEARING ACTUALLY ON
WHETHER A PROSPECTIVE TENANT
WILL PAY THEIR RENT.
WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY RENTERS
WHO SAY THEY HAVE NEVER MISSED
PAYING RENT, EVEN ONCE, BUT IF
YOU LOOK AT THEIR CREDIT CHECK,
THAT WOULD REFLECT THE
STABILITY THAT THEY HAVE
INSURED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
LANDLORD IS PAID EVERY MONTH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION TO
PROPOSE THAT SEATTLE PROHIBIT
THE USE OF CREDIT CHECKS AND
RENTAL HISTORIES CALLING THEM
ESSENTIALLY A MODERN FORM OF
REDLINING.
I ALSO WANTED TO USE A FEW
MINUTES IN THIS BRIEFING TO
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF PRESERVING
THE OLDER CREEK NATURE AREA IN
DISTRICT 3. MY OFFICE HAS HEARD
FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR
ALDER CREEK WHO ARE EXTREMELY
CONCERNED THAT ONE OF THEIR
NEIGHBORS IS ATTEMPTING TO
BUILD A DRIVEWAY ACROSS THE
NATURE AREA.
THAT NEIGHBOR HAS APPLIED TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND THEN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
FOR THE BUILDING PERMITS.
THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THOSE
BUILDING PERMITS AND DID LAST
WEEK.
THIS IS A TYPE II
ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION, SO IT
DOES NOT COME TO THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR ANY ACTION, HOWEVER
MY OFFICE WAS COPIED ON THE
COMMENT NEIGHBORS SENT IN. I
WAS REALLY STRUCK BY HOW
WIDESPREAD THE CONCERN ABOUT
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS.
MY OFFICE WAS COPIED ON OVER
100 EMAILS FROM CONCERNED
NEIGHBORS, AND THESE ARE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE PUT
IN COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO
ATTEND TO AND PRESERVE THE
CREEK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SPECIFIC
DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE
DEPARTMENTS AND NOT BY THE CITY
COUNCIL, HOWEVER I DID WANT TO
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO URGE
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION
AND INSPECTIONS TO DO WHAT THEY
CAN TO WORK WITH THESE
NEIGHBORS WHO CARE SO DEEPLY
ABOUT PRESERVING ALDER CREEK TO
FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS AND
FUTURE SUCH ISSUES THAT MIGHT
IPACT THE NATURAL AREA THERE.
I ALSO WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK
THE MANY, MANY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WE HAVE SPOKEN UP ABOUT
THIS IN DEFENSE OF THE NATURE
AREA.
FINALLY, THERE IS IMPORTANT
NEWS ON THE STRUGGLE TO DEMAND
THE WTO ISSUE, AND
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT EBER
FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A
RESOLUTION FROM MY OFFICE TWO
WEEKS AGO, AS I MENTIONED AT
THAT TIME, THAT RESOLUTION WAS
ONE SMALL PART OF A GIANT
ORGANIZING EFFORT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
WE DID HELP MOVE THAT MOVEMENT,
AND FOLLOWING THE RESOLUTION
THAT WAS PASSED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL, WE HELD A PROTEST
OUTSIDE THE BILL AND MELINDA
GATES FOUNDATION.
THERE WERE MANY SPEAKERS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO
HAVE THE ABILITY OF COUNTRIES
TO PRODUCE A GENERIC VERSION OF
THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
SO THAT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE
ACCESS TO THE VACCINE.
IN ORDER TO SAVE MILLIONS OF
LIVES.
AFTER THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
RESOLUTION HERE IN SEATTLE, A
RESOLUTION WAS PASSED BY THE
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE,
MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH THE DSA
ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO BROUGHT
THAT RESOLUTION FORWARD SAID
PUBLICLY THAT THEY WERE
INSPIRED BY THE RESOLUTION THAT
WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IN SEATTLE.
FROM MY OFFICE AND FROM THE
ACTIVISTS FOR THE GENERIC
VACCINE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD COUNCILMEMBERS
IN CHICAGO WHO HAVE CONSIDERED,
OR STARTED TO CONSIDER DOING
THE SAME.
WE OF COURSE KNOW THAT LAST
WEEK, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
CONCEDED AND AGREED TO SUPPORT
THE WAIVER, BECAUSE OF THE
TREMENDOUS PRESSURE THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN UNDER.
WHICH IS A REALLY BIG VICTORY
FOR THE ACTIVISTS, NOT ONLY IN
SEATTLE AND THE UNITED STATES,
BUT GLOBALLY.
BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES IS
NEEDLESS TO SAY, A VERY
POWERFUL ENTITY IN THE WTO.
HOWEVER, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE.
WE KNOW THAT THE WTO OPERATES
ON A CONSENSUS BASIS, OBVIOUSLY
NOT THE CONSENSUS OF ORDINARY
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BUT
IMPERIALIST POWERS.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT EVEN AFTER
THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT ESPECIALLY CONSIDERED
BY COUNTRIES LIKE GERMANY
CONSIDER TO IMPORT IT.
THIS CONCESSION FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WAS STILL A HUGE
STEP TOWARD CREATING
OPPORTUNITY FOR COVID VACCINES,
BUT THIS IS ALSO A REMINDER,
THE OPPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT IS A REMINDER THAT
THIS IS NOT BEEN WON YET.
FOR THE WAIVERS TO HAPPEN, WE
NEED THE WTO AS A WHOLE TO
CONCEDE ON THIS, AND ACTIVISTS
STILL HAVE WORK ON THEIR HANDS.
I ALSO MENTIONED THAT IS NOT
INCIDENTAL THAT THE INVENTOR OF
THE FIRST POLIO VACCINE, JONAS
SALK, INTENTIONALLY CHOSE NOT
TO PATENT IT JUST SO IN ORDER
TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE
TO VACCINATE THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THAT WAS ESSENTIAL IN
PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF POLIO
AND FOR ERADICATING IT FROM
WIDE SECTIONS OF THE WORLD.
MANY OF COURSE ARE DIRECT
BENEFICIARIES FROM THE POLIO
VACCINE.
HOPEFULLY THE INTERNATIONAL
MOVEMENT KEEPS BUILDING IN
ORDER TO WIN THE INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY WAIVERS FROM THE WTO,
BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT CUBA HAS REPORTED THAT
THEY ARE IN THE FINAL STAGE
THREE OF THE CLINICAL TESTING
OF THE VACCINE.
CUBA HAS OF COURSE HAD A LONG
HISTORY OF PROVIDING FREE
MEDICAL SUPPORT TO EVERY
COUNTRY THAT IS IN NEED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO OVER
NOW TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT SHORT
DELAY.
GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS FROM THE
LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
COUNCIL.
COUNCIL BILL WANT TO DOUBLE
DOUBLE EXCEPTS A GRANT FOR
CENSUS OUTREACH WORK.
THE SECOND BILL ON THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS COUNCIL BILL 120068
, COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, WHICH
EXTENDS THE FREE CAT -- STREET
CAFE PERMITS FOR AN ADDITIONAL
YEAR.
I'LL SPEAK TO THIS MORE IN JUST
A SECOND.
ON TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA,
THERE ARE 24 ITEMS FROM MY
COMMITTEE.
22 APPOINTMENTS TO THE DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD, AND TWO
APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION.
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A
PACKED AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON, I
WILL KEEP MY REMARKS ON EACH OF
THE 24 INDIVIDUALS BRIEF.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LAND-
USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
IS THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th,
STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
COUNCIL BILL 120067, THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE I
JUST SPOKE TO.
AND A BRIEFING AND VOTE ON
COUNCIL BILL 120068, WHICH
EXTENDS THE FREE STREET CAFE
PERMITS.
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY, COSPONSORED
AS I SAID BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
OF DOLLARS.
THIS LEGISLATION EXTENDS THE
FREE PERMITS FOR EXISTING AND
NEW CAFE DISPLAY AND BENDING
USE PERMIT HOLDERS.
WE ARE ALSO DIRECTING SDOT TO
PREPARE THE PERMANENT
PERMITTING PROPOSAL, IF THAT'S
NOT A MOUTH THOUGH I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IS, PERMANENT PERMITTING
PROPOSAL, TO BE IMPLEMENTED
AFTER MAY 31st, 2022.
IN SHORT, THIS BILL KEEPS IN
PLACE THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE,
THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS
PASSED LAST YEAR.
WE ARE PUTTING RIGHT NOW THE
INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE PILOT
AND THE PERMANENT PROPOSAL.
SO THAT DURING THIS TIME WE
WILL CREATE THAT FRAMEWORK FOR
THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION, AND
NEXT YEAR WE WILL PASS THAT
PERMANENT LEGISLATION.
THIS EXTENSION WILL GIVE OUR
BUSINESSES CERTAINTY.
THE CERTAINTY THAT THEY NEED TO
INVEST IN THE OUTDOOR DINING
AND RETAIL SPACES TO SAFELY
BRING CUSTOMERS INTO THEIR
SHOPS.
INTO THEIR RESTAURANTS.
ABLE TO RECOVER ECONOMICALLY
FROM THIS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
YEAR.
MY OFFICE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND ASKED ME, HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO A ROBUST
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO ENSURE
THAT THE PERMANENT PERMANENT
PROGRAM SUITS ALL BUSINESS
TYPES AND RESIDENT NEEDS.
ALSO IN COMMITTEE WE HAVE A
BRIEFING ON THE NEXT ROUND OF
SDC I TECHNICAL CODES,
INCLUDING THE BROILER AND
GRADING CODES.
AS WELL AS A BRIEFING ON
PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO
ESTABLISH A MOBILE HOME PARK
OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH WILL
PRESERVE THE REMAINING MOBILE
HOME PARKS IN OUR CITY, AND
REPLACE THE EXISTING MORATORIUM
ON GREEN DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE
HOME PARKS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ THE FOR EVERYTHING THAT
SHE HAS DONE LEADING THE EFFORT
TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FINALLY
ABLE TO BRING A LONG-TERM
SOLUTION TO AN ISSUE THAT HAS
BEEN BEFORE US REPEATEDLY OVER
THE LAST THREE YEARS.
DRAFT LEGISLATION CAN BE FOUND
ON THE LAND-USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
WEBSITE.
THE COUNCIL BILL WILL BE
INTRODUCED NEXT WEEK.
WE PLAN TO HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING AND POSSIBLE VOTE IN
THE LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE ON MAY 26th.
LAST WEEK I SPENT MOST OF MY
COMMITTEE. OLLEAGUES HERE IN
WE HAD FINANCE AND HOUSING LAST
TUESDAY MORNING WITH A PUBLIC
HEARING IN THE EVENING UNTIL
ABOUT 8:00 P.M.
WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES WEDNESDAY MORNING.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING MEETING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, ENFORCING
OUR STUCK AT THE FIRE EVENT
WHICH I WILL SPEAK TO IN JUST A
MOMENT.
THURSDAY WAS A LONG DAY WITH
PSRC GROWTH MANAGEMENT FROM
10:00 A.M.
TO NOON.
THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMISSION
FROM NOON TO 2:00, AND THEN THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS, INVESTMENTS AND
STRATEGIES FROM 2:00 TO 5:00.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT
COMMITTEE WORK, MY STAFF
ASCENDED TO THE NORTH PRECINCT
ADVISER TO MOUNTING.
AS WELL AS CHECKED IN WITH THE
PHINNEY RIDGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
I WAS HAPPY TO JOIN THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RESERVE THE
LIVE FIRE TRAINING EVENTS IN
ROYAL HEIGHTS.
THIS WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF
MARY AND WHO, WHO HAD LIVED
THERE FROM 1937 INTO THE 20
OUGHTS.
MARY CONTINUED GARDENING INTO
HER 90s.
ONE NEIGHBOR EVEN SHARED SHE
WOULD TRIM THE EDGES OF THE
GRASS BY HAND.
THIS BUILDING WAS SET TO BE
DEMOLISHED, AND BUILDINGS THAT
ARE SET TO BE DEMOLISHED CAN BE
USED BY THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR TRAINING
PURPOSES.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS
A BUILDING SEPARATE DEMOLITION,
PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY DURING THEIR
TRAINING.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
RECRUITS FOR EVERYTHING THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AND WE ARE
EXCITED TO HAVE THEM BECOME
FIREFIGHTERS SHORTLY.
I WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF, THE
DEPUTY CHIEF, ANOTHER CHIEF,
AND THE CAPTAIN.
THE CHIEF EVEN GOT INTO THE
HOUSE WITH THE BATTALION CHIEF
AND THE CAPTAIN.
I CONTINUE TO BE TRULY
IMPRESSED WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF
LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
LASTLY, I ATTENDED THE MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
MEETING.
THERE SHOULD ONLY BE ONE MORE
OF THESE MEETINGS BEFORE I HAVE
A MORE ROBUST REPORT TO SHARE
WITH YOU, COLLEAGUES.
THE NEXT STEP FOR CLOSING
LOOPHOLES AND REALLY CREATING
SOME PERMANENT CHANGES TO HOW
OUR MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL
LANDS ARE USED THIS WEEK I WILL
BE MEETING WITH THE PHINNEY
RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'LL BE MEETING WITH CHIEF DIAZ
AGAIN TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY
IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE POLICY
COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
WASHINGTON CITIES, AND MEETING
WITH LOCAL GROCERS.
MY STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING THE
BALLARD DISTRICT COUNCIL, AND
THE GREENLAKE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
. BOTH HAPPEN AT THE EXACT SAME
TIME ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
HERE IN DISTRICT 6 I'LL BE
TALKING TO RESIDENTS WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY EVENINGS THIS WEEK.
LAST WEEK OUR OFFICE HOURS WERE
RESCHEDULED DUE TO ALL OF OUR
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE.
I DID GET TO SPEAK WITH
NEIGHBORS IN THE SCOUNDREL,
TABLE TOWN AND PHINNEY RIDGE.
WE DISCUSSED THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
IMPACTS OF LAST YEAR AND ARE
COMMITTED.
THE NEED TO KEEP PUBLIC SPACES
CLEAN UP TRASH.
THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDCARE
SUPPORTERS AND STAFF.
I ALSO GOT TO SPEAK WITH THE
NORTH PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL
MEMBER WHO WASN'T -- DOESN'T
LIVE IN DISTRICT 6 AND YET IT
IS STILL IMPORTANT TO TALK I
GOT TO MEET MEMBERS AND THE
COMMANDER OF THE BALLARD
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST
3063 AS WELL AS I GOT TO HEAR
FROM MANY SEATTLEITES SHOWING
THEIR PERSPECTIVE DURING THE
ARPA PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY
NIGHT.
I MET MANY NEIGHBORS AT THE
LIVE FIRE EVENT IN ROYAL
HEIGHTS.
LASTLY MY TEAM IS WORKING WITH
THE BALLARD ALLIANCE AND MANY
MORE TO FINALIZE THE DETAILS OF
A DESIGN SHRED FOR THE CAFE
STREET ON BALLARD AVENUE.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE PERMITTED
PATHWAY FOR THE SIDEWALK CAFES
AND THE CAFE STREET ON BALLARD
AVENUE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP
THESE AMAZING PROGRAMS, EVEN
ONCE THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THE CAFE --
SIDEWALK CAFE LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THAT IS
MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU
ONCE AGAIN ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT
INITIATIVE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROCESS
AND TO EARNING THE SUPPORT OF
OUR COLLEAGUES ON THAT STREET
CAFE.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND CONTINUE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA, EITHER INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL, OR THIS AFTERNOON,
FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
STRATEGIES, HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS.
I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
FOR PATIENTLY GETTING THROUGH
OUR LONG, BUT VERY PRODUCTIVE,
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE LAST
THURSDAY.
WHERE WE DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF
REALLY CRITICAL, PRESSING ISSUES
THAT ARE FACING OUR COMMUNITY
FROM THE NEED TO STAND UP MORE
HYGIENE ASSETS, TO CONFRONT THE
ONGOING CHALLENGES WITH
HEPATITIS A. IN OUR COMMUNITY
THROUGH INCREASED ACCESS TO
RUNNING WATER AND STREET SINKS.
TWO ISSUES WITH OUR
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH AND
SHELTER SYSTEMS, AND THE FUTURE
EXPANSION OF THOSE SYSTEMS EVEN
FURTHER WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A
THIRD HOTEL AND ADDITIONAL TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES BEING SENT OUT
FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE WILL
HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SELECT
COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MONTH ON
MAY 26th AT 2:00 P.M.
I EXPECT FOLLOW-UP ON A VARIETY
OF THINGS WHERE COMMITTEE
QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND
ANSWERS WERE NOT READILY
AVAILABLE.
SO, THAT DOES PROVIDE US A
GOOD, QUICK TURNAROUND TO GET
SOME ANSWERS ON SOME OF THOSE
CRITICAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING
TO ONE OF THE MOST OMNIPRESENT
AND ONGOING ISSUES THAT WE ARE
FACING IN THE CITY.
I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL THINGS.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMMITTEE, ON
FRIDAY, I HAD THE GREAT
PRIVILEGE OF TAKING A TOUR OF
THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT TO SEE
THE PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
WATERFRONT WITH DIRECTOR
MARSHALL FAULK SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT
OUT AND SAY I APPRECIATED THE
DIRECTOR TAKING THE TIME AND
SHOWING ME AROUND.
I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT
FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEER 62,
WHICH IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE
PUBLIC ACCESS.
I NOTICE, JUST TO BRING IT BACK,
SOME OF THE CONVERSATION ON THE
SELECT COMMITTEE, A HONEY BUCKET
SINK THAT WAS LEAST, HAS BEEN
LEASED BY SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES THAT IS ON 62.
I DIDN'T REMEMBER DURING THE
COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY HAS
LEASED A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS
IN A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS
AROUND THE CITY.
MY OBSERVATION OF THIS
PARTICULAR SINK INDICATED THAT
IN SOME RESPECTS, IT DOESN'T
APPEAR TO BE COMPLIANT WITH
SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT
SPU SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE
LAST THURSDAY THAT HAVE BEEN
HURDLES TO GETTING THE CLEAN
HANDS COLLECTIVE SINKS STOOD
UP.
PARTICULARLY THEY ARE VERY MUCH
NOT A.D.A.
COMPATIBLE SINKS.
YOU HAVE TO PUMP THE WATER WITH
YOUR FOOT IN ORDER TO GET THE
WATER TO COME OUT.
OF THE SINK.
SO, FOR THAT REASON, I AM GOING
TO SEND SOME FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE
REQUISITION AND REPAIRMAN
PROCESS FOR THOSE SINKS WAS.
WHY THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM, IF
THERE IS A DIFFERENT STANDARD
BEING ASSESSED NOW THAN THERE
WAS WHEN WE REQUISITIONED THOSE
INITIAL ASSETS.
I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN A COST
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE
LEASING OF THE HONEY BUCKET
SINKS VERSUS THE CLEAN HANDS
COLLECTIVE SINKS, WHICH APPEAR
TO BE CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER AND
MORE EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO LET THE
COUNCIL KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO
ASK THAT ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
I WOULD HAVE ASKED IT LAST
THURSDAY IF I HAD REMEMBER THAT
WE STILL HAD SOME OF THESE
HONEY BUCKET SINKS AROUND THE
CITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY STILL
BEING LEASED.
THANK YOU MARSHALL FALSELY FOR
LEADING ME RIGHT IN FRONT OF
ONE TO REMIND ME OF THAT.
MOVING ON, I DO WANT TO GIVE A
SHOUT OUT NOW THAT THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS ALL OVER,
TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR SENDING
US $2 MILLION TO EXPAND TINY
HOUSES IN THE STATE CAPITOL
BUDGET.
THIS IS A GREAT SHOT IN THE ARM
FOR OUR EFFORTS HERE TO GET
MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES STOOD
UP.
$2 MILLION GOES A REALLY LONG
WAY, JUST TO GIVE A REMINDER TO
THE COUNSELOR, THE ONE TIME
CAPITAL EXPENSES FOR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES RANGE FROM $400,000-
$600,000.
BY GIVING AN ADDITIONAL $2
MILLION TO COVER THOSE CAPITAL
EXPENSES, IS CONSIDERABLE.
IT CAN LEAD TO A VERY BIG
DIFFERENCE.
THAT MONEY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE
IN SHORT ORDER TO BE MERGED
WITH PLEDGES OF PRIVATE
RESOURCES, AS WELL AS TAXPAYER
MONEY THAT IS IN OUR BUDGET,
AND FEDERAL REALLY FUNNY, THAT
IS ALSO BEING DISCUSSED IN THE
AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT.
MORE PRIVATE, SAFE, FOUR WALLS
WITH A DOOR THAT LOCKS SHELTER
OPTIONS.
I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER FOR
SHEPHERDING THAT PROPOSAL
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND
SENDING US THAT CRITICAL
RESOURCE.
I LOOK FORWARD FOR US DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE THAT
RESOURCE AND STAND UP MORE OF
THESE CRITICAL ASSETS.
WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, I
DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I JUST
WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
CONTINUING TO RAISE THIS ISSUE
AND ALLOWING FOR A VERY
IMPORTANT HEARING LAST WEEK ON
THIS AND OTHER TOPICS IN YOUR
COMMITTEE.
>> UNFORTUNATE OVER THE
WEEKEND, MY WHOLE FAMILY GOT
HIT BY THE NOROVIRUS, AND THE
FOLKS HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THAT
ALREADY, I KNOW SOME OF YOU
HAVE, IF YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED
THAT ALREADY, IT'S QUITE
DEBILITATING.
YOU NEED TO WASH YOUR HANDS
EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GO TO THE
BATHROOM.
NO MATTER WHAT THAT BATHROOM
USE IS FOR.
GETTING THE VIRUS IS VERY BAD.
I HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE
TO WASH MY HANDS EVERY SINGLE
TIME OVER THE WEEKEND, AND I
JUST CONTINUED TO THINK ABOUT
THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE, UNABLE
TO WASH THEIR HANDS FOR NORMAL
NEEDS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF COVID AND OTHER
DISEASES.
IT WAS AN IN-YOUR-FACE EXAMPLE
OF WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THESE
HANDWASHINGFACILITIES FOR
EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS
WHO MIGHT NEED OUTDOORS IN THE
ELEMENT AND WHO NEED ACCESS TO
HANDWASHING FACILITIES.
WHETHER IT IS TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF COVID OR OTHER
DISEASES.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED
WORK ON THIS, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE FROM
THE INQUIRIES THAT YOU ARE
SENDING IN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE DOWN THE LINE, NEXT UP IS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA FROM THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
MEETING TOMORROW, THERE ARE TWO
ITEMS ON THE 9:30 TUESDAY, MAY
11th AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
LEGISLATION.
JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ON WHERE
WE ARE AT ON THAT.
AS ALWAYS, I LIKE TO LEAD THE
DISCUSSION OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET WITH A
RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL FULLY FUNDED THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT 2021 HIRING PLAN.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FULLY FUNDED,
SINCE PASSAGE LAST YEAR.
THIS LEGISLATION THAT IS BEFORE
THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT IMPACT
THE PROPOSED 2021 HIRING PLAN.
THE LEGISLATION IS SCHEDULED IN
COMMITTEE TOMORROW FOR
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
AS FAR AS SORT OF THE TIMELINE
THAT HAS COME BEFORE, BACK IN
MARCH, WHEN WE HAD HEARD THE
LEGISLATION, THE MONITOR
OVERSEEING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONSENT DECREE SENT
SOME QUESTIONS TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND EXPRESSED HIS
EXPECTATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL
NOT ACT ON THE LEGISLATION
BEFORE THE MONITOR RECEIVED THE
ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS SENT
TO SPD.
SINCE THAT TIME, THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED
TO THE MONITOR'S QUESTIONS.
THESE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
AS I'VE NOTED ON OCCASION, THE
COMMITTEE HAS DELAYED
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION OF THE
LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO ALLOW
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
REPLY TO THE MONITOR.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME UNCERTAINTY
ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD
EXPECT A RESPONSE FROM THE
MONITOR.
BASED ON COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
LAST WEEK, AND HAVE SHARED WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SINCE RECEIVING, THAT
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE MONITOR
LAST WEEK.
THE MONITOR'S POSITION SEEMS TO
BE THAT A $2 MILLION BUDGET CUT
, WHICH IS THE BILL THAT IS
BEFORE US NOW, IN THE CONTEXT OF
A $360 MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET,
AND A BILL THAT PROPOSES TO LIFT
A $5 MILLION PROVISO COULD
STILL SOMEHOW PUT SPD IN A
POSITION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
DELIVER KEY MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
ALL OF THE MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ARE ALL
RELATED TO STAFFING. AGAIN,
THESE ARE -- WE HAVE FULLY
FUNDED THE STAFFING PLAN.
SO, THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE
LEGISLATION BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE PROVIDES A TOTAL OF
$5.4 MILLION INVESTMENT TO
IMPACT OF REDUCED OPERA SINGERS,
INCLUDING FUNDING COMMUNITY
OFFICERS.
PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTED
POSITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE
CITY AUDITOR.
AND FUNDING FOR EVIDENCE
STORAGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
ANOTHER $225,000 FOR FIVE
CIVILIAN CRISIS RESPONDER
POSITIONS.
IT REDIRECTS TO MILLION DOLLARS
AWAY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET TOWARD PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
AGAIN, MAKES AVAILABLE AN
ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION THROUGH
THE RELEASE OF A PROVISO.
WHILE INCREASING FUNDING TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
BY $2 MILLION.
I HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT
HAS BEEN SHARED WITH COMMITTEE
MEMBERS THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS REVIEWING.
WE'LL HAVE A VERSION APPROVED
BY LAW, A LINK TO THE AGENDA
SOON.
THE AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO
RELEASE A SECOND PROVISO.
THIS PROVISO IS SPECIFICALLY
RELATED TO THE COUNCIL'S GOALS
TO PURSUE OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS
FOR OFFICERS ON THE LIST DUE TO
SUSTAINED MISCONDUCT FINDINGS.
A RECENT LEGAL ANALYSIS SHOWS
THAT WHILE THE COUNCIL WAS
REALLY INTERESTED IN PURSUING
OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS, BASED ON
AN ARGUMENT THAT HAVING OFFICERS
PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WHO CAN'T FULLY FULFILL THE
OBLIGATIONS OF THEIR JOB,
INCLUDING GIVING TESTIMONY IN
COURT, MET THE LEGAL STANDARDS
UNDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE RULES.
FOR OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS IN
INSTANCES WHERE DOING SO WOULD
MAKE THE DEPARTMENT MORE
EFFICIENT.
A RECENT LEGAL ANALYSIS SHOWS
THAT BECAUSE OF THIS
INTERSECTION, BETWEEN OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
RULES AND STATE LAW, IT WILL BE
VERY DIFFICULT, IF POSSIBLE AT
ALL, TO PURSUE OUT OF ORDER
LAYOFFS.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
RULES ALLOW OUT OF ORDER
LAYOFFS TO BE REHIRED WHEN YOU
MOVE FROM A PLACE, A MOMENT IN
TIME WHERE YOU ARE REDUCING THE
SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENT BY
LAYING OFF OFFICERS, TO WHEN
YOU ARE, LIKE WE ARE NOW, WE
ARE NOWHERE IN A HIRING FREEZE.
IT PRIORITIZES THE OUT OF ORDER
LAYOFF OFFICERS FOR REHIRE.
SECONDLY, STATE HALL PROHIBITS
ADVERSE ACTION BASED SOLELY ON
THEIR LIST INCLUSION.
I HAD REALLY HOPED TO BE ABLE
TO ADDRESS THAT SECOND ISSUE IN
THIS STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION,
BUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID
NOT CHANGE THIS 2018 LAW DURING
THE RECENT SESSION.
AGAIN, THAT 2018 LAW
SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS ADVERSE
ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST
OFFICERS BASED SOLELY ON THEIR
LIST INCLUSION.
I TESTIFY THIS YEAR AT THE
STATE LEGISLATURE AND ASKED FOR
CONSIDERATION FOR THE CHANGE OF
THIS ELEMENT, BUT THIS IS NOT
ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF POLICE
REFORM THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY
PURSUED THIS YEAR.
SO, GIVEN THAT THE MONITOR
CONTINUED TO RAISE CONCERNS
ABOUT TRAINING AND PATROL
STAFFING, THIS AMENDMENT IS
INTENDED TO SIGNAL OUR
RESPONSIVENESS TO THOSE CONCERNS
. IT DOES REMAIN DIFFICULT FOR
ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE
MONITOR IS SUGGESTING THAT
FUNDING CAN SOLVE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING AND
PATROL STAFFING CHALLENGES,
GIVEN THAT AGAIN THE COUNCIL
HAS FULLY FUNDED THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S 2021 STAFFING PLAN.
SO, THE SECOND ITEM THAT IS ON
THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW IS
COUNCIL BILL 120065.
THAT IS LEGISLATION THAT
TRANSFERS 911 CALLS, CENTER
POSITIONS, AND PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS,
FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
IN THE BUDGET THAT WE
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, COUNCIL BILL
119949 ESTABLISHED THE NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
THIS NEW BUILDING IS INTENDED
TO HELP REFRAME HOW THE CITY
úPROVIDES FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND RESPONSE TO EXPANDED DUTIES
FOR NONUNIFORMED STAFF.
IT IS REALLY INTENDED TO HELP
FACILITATE THE REDUCTION OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FOOTPRINT
SO THAT THOSE FUNCTIONS THAT
REMAIN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
CAN BE REALLY FOCUSED ON A
TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
MISSION.
ORDNANCE 12 6233 PROVIDES THAT
THE CFC C WOULD BEGIN
PERFORMING THE 911 CALL CENTER
AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS BY
JUNE 1st.
THEIR BUDGET LAST YEAR, THE
COUNCIL TOOK A DIFFERENT
APPROACH THAN THE ONE THE MAYOR
PROPOSED TO HAVE CALLS
TRANSFERRED TO SDOT.
THIS WAS INITIATED BY THE PEO'S
THEMSELVES WHO REACHED OUT TO
COUNCIL WITH THEIR VISION OF
BEING A PART OF THE CIVILIAN
PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SYSTEM.
ORDNANCE 126233 REFLECTIVE THAT
THE EXECUTIVE REPORT ON THE
EXPANSION OF PEO
RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE
SOME OF THOSE FUNCTIONS WILL BE
TAKING UP THAT WORK LATER THIS
YEAR.
ONCE WE GET THOSE REPORTS BACK
FROM SPD.
BUT, THAT CONCEIVABLY COULD BE
TAKING ON RESPONSIBILITIES
RANGING FROM MANAGING TRAFFIC AT
INTERSECTIONS, TO RESPONSE TO
NON-ENTRY COLLISIONS, REPORTING
TO AND REPORTING ON MINOR
THEFTS.
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS.
THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED,
BUT WE ARE STILL LOOKING
FORWARD TO TAKING THIS UP LATER
THIS YEAR.
SO, THE BILL DISCUSSED AND
VOTED ON TOMORROW WILL BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNCIL'S
BUDGET ACTIONS OF THE SPD 911
CALL CENTER, AND THE PEO'S TO
THE CFCC, AND THIS IS ALL WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY
JUNE 1st.
THEN, LASTLY, JUST A COUPLE OF
QUICK PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATES AND
UPDATES ON ITEMS COMING UP THIS
WEEK.
ON PUBLIC HEALTH.
SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE DOING A
GREAT JOB ON COVID VACCINATIONS.
I'M SURE FOLKS HAVE HEARD THAT
MORE THAN 70% OF SEATTLE
RESIDENTS HAVE STARTED THEIR
VACCINATIONS.
97% OF PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR
FIRST DOSE ALSO RETURN FOR
THEIR SECOND DOSE.
AND SHARING THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF PROTECTION FOR THE
VACCINATED PERSON, THEIR
FAMILY, AND THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
IT IS GETTING EASIER AND EASIER
TO GET VACCINATED.
A NEW EFFORT PROVIDES FREE OR
LOW COST TRANSPORTATION TO
VACCINATION SITES FOR MANY
RESIDENTS.
YOU CAN CALL THE VACCINE
TRANSPORTATION HELPLINE AT 425-
943-6706.
OR, YOU CAN VISIT FIND A
ROCK.ORG/COVID.
YOU CAN NOW WALK INTO THREE
CITY RUN VACCINATION SITES
WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT.
IN WEST SEATTLE, RANIER BEACH,
AND LUMEN FIELD.
A NUMBER OF PHARMACIES ALSO
ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT THEY
ARE ALLOWING NO APPOINTMENT
COVID VACCINATIONS AT SAFEWAY,
CBS, AND ALBERTSON'S.
AS IT RELATES TO THE WEST
SEATTLE RANIER BEACH SITES,
THEIR HOURS ARE BEING EXTENDED.
TO BE CLOSING AT 5:30 P.M.
EACH DAY THAT THEY ARE OPEN,
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP
APPRECIATION FOR THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
LATE LAST WEEK THEY CELEBRATED
A MILESTONE.
100,000 VACCINATIONS
ADMINISTERED.
THEY ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB
KEEPING RESIDENTS AND WORKERS
IN SEATTLE PROTECTED.
LASTLY, ON TUESDAY EVENING, I
WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE
SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION MEETING.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING BOTH THE
FUTURE OF THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN SOUTH PARK, AND AN
AREA THAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE
TRIANGLE PROPERTIES. I'M SORRY,
IN ADJACENT UNINCORPORATED KING
COUNTY.
THEN, FINALLY ON WEDNESDAY, THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE COMMUNITY
TASK FORCE MEETING.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND GO DOWN THE LINE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, AND AFTER THAT WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER,
TRANS JUAREZ.
>> I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A HAPPY
MOTHER'S DAY.
SO, LET ME BEGIN.
THERE ARE SIX ITEMS ON THE
PUBLIC ASSETS AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL AGENDA.
THERE ARE THREE APPOINTMENTS IN
THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS
FRIDAY, JUNE 4th AT 2:00.
IN REGARDS TO PARKS, WE WILL
START WITH THE SHOWER PROGRAM.
FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM
APRIL 28th TO MAY 4th, PARKS
SERVED ALMOST 300 USERS.
IN REGARDS TO CHILD CARE, LAST
WEEK PARKS SERVED 291 CHILDREN
AT 17 CHILDCARE SITES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IN REGARDS TO THE QUEEN CITY
INITIATIVE AND THE FUNDING FROM
APRIL 26th TO MAY 2nd, PARKS
PICKED UP ABOUT 112,000 POUNDS
OF TRASH, AND 35 ENCAMPMENT
LOCATIONS CITYWIDE.
PARKS ALSO REMOVED ABOUT 1100
NEEDLES, TWO PARKS RECEIVED
EXTRA MAINTENANCE.
THAT IS THE WEST SEATTLE
STADIUM, AND THE GREEN LAKE
PARK.
CUMULATIVELY, THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT HAS CLEANED UP ABOUT
1.8 MILLION POUNDS OF TRASH,
AND 52,000 NEEDLES.
LASTLY, WE HAVE SOME UPDATE ON
THE YES INITIATIVE.
SEATTLE PARKS PARTNERED WITH
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
BLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE TO
SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PLANTING PROGRAM.
PARK TEAM MEMBERS WORK TOGETHER
O FORMALIZE THE ARROGAT
WATERING SCHEDULE TO PROVIDE
WATER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
GARDEN, WHICH SUPPORTS THE
BLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE'S YES
FARM INITIATIVE.
IT WAS INITIATIVE TO GROW THE
FRESHEST, HEALTHIEST FOOD
POSSIBLE BY PEOPLE OF COLOR,
FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
I ALSO WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER XIAO SHARED
WITH YOU EARLIER ON THE
MANUFACTURED MOBILE HOME PARK
LEGISLATION.
ON WEDNESDAY, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND I WILL BE
INTRODUCING THE LEGISLATION
THAT THE LAND-USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE TO
CREATE A MOBILE HOME PARK
DISTRICT OVERLAY.
IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS UP IN
DISTRICT 5 FOR THE TWO
MANUFACTURED MOBILE HOME PARKS.
IN JANUARY 2019, THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED ORDNANCE 125764
PLACING A ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE
HOME PARKS, WHICH HAS BEEN
EXTENDED.
THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF THAT
PROCESS AND A SOLUTION TO
PROTECT VULNERABLE SENIORS
LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES AND
MOBILE HOME PARKS.
MORE DETAILS OF COURSE WILL BE
PRESENTED IN COMMITTEE.
LAST WEEK, NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
, THE DISTRICT 5 OFFICE STAFF
AND FORMER STAFF, VOLUNTEERED
AT THE NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
VACCINATION CLINIC WITH THE
SEATTLE VISITING NURSE
ASSOCIATION LAST FRIDAY.
BY THEIR ESTIMATES, THEY WERE
ABLE TO HELP OUT ABOUT 300 FOLKS
GET EITHER THEIR FIRST OR
SECOND DOSE OF THE MODERNA
VACCINE.
I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY A
LETTER PROPOSING A FORMAL
LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO THREE
TRIBAL NATIONS OF THE RED LAKE
BAND OF CHIPPEWA.
THE WHITE EARTH BAND OF OJIBWAY,
AND THE MILLE LACS BAND OF
OJIBWAY.
SEATTLE ENVIRONMENTALIST AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS JOINED OVER
100 PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD
FOR A GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION LAST
FRIDAY, MAY 7th, TO OPPOSE THE
AMBRIDGE OIL COMPANY PIPELINE
PROJECT.
WHICH STRETCHES ACROSS
MINNESOTA AND NEIGHBORING
STATES.
THE PROJECT IN QUESTION CALLED
LINE 3, IS AN OIL PIPELINE
PROJECT THAT POSES A REAL
THREAT TO ENVIRONMENT, TO THE
ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITIES
DEPENDENT ON CLAIM, LAND, WATER
AND AIR.
IN PARTICULAR, TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES.
I HAVE BEFORE YOU A DRAFT FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION OPPOSING THE
LINE 3 PROJECT.
THE LETTER REFLECTS OUR SUPPORT
FOR TRIBAL COUNCIL LEADERSHIP
FOR THE THREE NATIONS I SHARED,
I MENTIONED.
THAT IS AGAIN THE RED LAKE BAND
OF CHIPPEWA.
AND THE WHITE EARTH BAND AND
MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWAY.
THESE ARE FIGHTING A LONG
BATTLE TO DECOMMISSION THE OLD
LINE 3 PIPELINE AND TO
TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE
RESOURCES.
THIS LETTER RECOGNIZING THE
HARMFUL IMPACTS THAT THE OIL
INDUSTRY HAS ON NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES, LIFESTYLES AND
HEALTH.
SO, OPPONENTS INCLUDE MINNESOTA
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY
FLANAGAN, ALSO A DEAR FRIEND OF
MINE.
SHE IS ALSO A TRIBAL CITIZEN OF
THE WHITE EARTH BAND OJIBWAY.
AS WELL AS JACKIE FIELDER, THE
LEADER OF THE STOP THE MONEY
PIPELINE WHO ORGANIZED THE
GLOBAL ACTION DAY.
WHO REPORTED, IF APPROVED, THIS
PROJECT WOULD EMIT 193 MILLION
TONS OF GREENHOUSE CLASSES
EVERY YEAR.
THE LINE 3 PROJECT OF COURSE WE
BELIEVE, VIOLATES TREATY RIGHTS
AND VIOLATES THE TRIBE'S RIGHTS
TO CONSULTATION AND INFORMED
CONSENT WE BELIEVE UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT THERE
MAY BE HOPE.
THE PRESIDENT CAN REVOKE THE
PERMITS AND SUSPEND THE PROJECT
ENTIRELY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN REVOLT THE
KEYSTONE PIPELINE PROJECT
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE
CIVILIZATION WILL TAKE A SECOND
LOOK AND REVIEW TRIBAL
CONSULTATION AT A FEDERAL LEVEL.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE ACTED ON
SIMILAR ISSUES BEFORE WHEN WE
PASSED THE RESOLUTION IN 2016
OPPOSING THE DAKOTA ACCESS
PIPELINE PROJECT.
TODAY, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SO WANT BACK THEN
FOR WORKING, OUR OFFICES
WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THE
RESOLUTION PASSED.
TODAY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SUPPORT THESE TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HARMED
BY LINE 3. THE SEATTLE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT REVIEW THE LETTER
AND IT IS HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS EFFORT.
I HAD A FEW NOTES I WANT TO
SHARE WITH THIS.
I HAD A FEW PEOPLE ASK WHY IS
THE CITY COUNCIL CARE WHAT
HAPPENS IN MINNESOTA?
IT BASICALLY GOES TO SOME OF THE
VALUES THAT WE HAVE STATED AS A
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OUR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRIBES.
IT SUPPORTS TRIBAL SEVEN TREE.
IT CONTINUES OUR ENGAGEMENT
REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY IN
SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND TRIBAL
CONSULTATION REGARDING THE
ENVIRONMENT IN AFFECTED
COMMUNITIES.
IT WORKS TO PROTECT AND UPHOLD
TREATY RIGHTS, WHICH IS THE LAW
OF THE LAND, AND IT RECOGNIZES
THE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF THE OIL
INDUSTRY ON NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES ON THE HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL LIFESTYLES.
WE HAVE PREPARED A REALLY GOOD
FACT SHEET WITH MORE
INFORMATION AND LINKS TO SOME
OF THE INFORMATION.
SOME OF THE STORIES THAT HAVE
BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THIS.
INCLUDING IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
AND CROSSCUT.
A NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN WRITER
AND ALSO A FRIEND OF MINE, AND
A PROFESSOR AT DARTMOUTH,
AUTHORED A WONDERFUL PIECE IN
THE NEW YORK TIMES IN DECEMBER,
2020, OPPOSING THE LINE 3
PIPELINE.
LUIS IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
TOTAL MOUNTAIN CHIPPEWA TRIBE.
SO, IF YOU WANT, I CAN HAVE
THAT BE SHARED AS WELL.
I WANT TO LOOP BACK AND SAY A
BIG THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT TO
A PERSON WHO APPROACHED OUR
OFFICE WITH THIS ISSUE.
WE APPRECIATE HIS HARD WORK AND
WORKING TO DRAFT THE LETTER
BEFORE US.
I UNDERSTAND HE AND SOME OF THE
OTHER FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO CALL
HIM THIS AFTERNOON DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT
THEIR COMMENTS ARE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS LETTER.
AT THIS TIME, I THINK YOU ALL
HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER.
THIS WILL BE THE LETTER WILL BE
FORWARDED TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE
TO FORMALLY REQUEST RECIRCULATE
THIS LETTER FOR SIGNATURES THIS
MORNING.
I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN
ME IN SIGNING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, SO MUCH FOR THAT
DESCRIPTION.
COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE CALL THE
ROLL ON THIS, AS IS THE CUSTOM,
I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYONE HAS
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BEFORE WE
CALL THE ROLL.
ANY QUESTIONS?
ONE MORE TIME, ANY QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO
QUESTIONS, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE LETTER OPPOSING
THE OLD AMBRIDGE LINE 3
PIPELINE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
PEDERSEN ? COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
SO WANT?
>> YES.
SORRY.
>> APOLOGIES, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS WANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, IS THAT
THE END OF YOUR REPORT?
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
NO, THAT'S IT, THANK YOU, BACK
TO YOU.
>> GREAT, THANKS SO MUCH.
OKAY FOLKS, WE ARE GOING TO --
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON COUNCILMEMBER WARRIORS'S
REPORT?
HEARING NONE, WE WILL NOW HEAR
FOM COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
THEN I DID GET A NOTE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO DOES
WANT US TO CIRCLE BACK TO HER
AS SHE MENTIONED IN HER OPENING
REMARKS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOUR UP
NEXT, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
AND THEN I WILL CONCLUDE THIS
PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA FROM THE
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS
TUESDAY, MAY 18th AT 2:00 P.M.
WE WILL HEAR AND DISCUSS NEXT
STEPS NECESSARY FOR LIFTING THE
PROVISO.
AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
IMPLEMENTING THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS.
I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY
CONSTITUENTS OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL WEEKS ARE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS
PROCESS GOING.
THEY ARE EAGER TO DECIDE HOW TO
SPEND NEARLY $30 MILLION.
HOW TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES
FOR ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING.
THEY TAKE SERIOUSLY THE
STEWARDSHIP THAT COMES WITH
WHAT COULD BE SEATTLE'S LARGEST
ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND
PUT INTO THE HANDS OF THE
PUBLIC.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS IS
ABOUT.
IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT ALL ALONG WHEN WE SAY WE
HAVE TO DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS TO
RESOURCES AND TO DECISION-
MAKING.
SO, THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE
SAY WE WANT TO ALSO DEMOCRATIZE
ACCESS TO POWER.
WE WANT TO GET THIS PROCESS
GOING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALSO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS AS
RESPONSIBLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT
WE STEWARD THESE FUNDS.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
HONOR THE REQUESTS OF MY
CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.
THE RESEARCH PROJECT
PARTICIPANTS, MANY OF WHOM
LIVED THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
WHO TIME AND AGAIN HAVE MADE IT
CLEAR THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS
PROCESS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE
NEED A DEPARTMENT OR AN AGENCY
THAT CAN BUILD TRUST WITH
COMMUNITY AND THAT CAN INCREASE
CIVIC ENGAGEMENTS IN OUR BLACK
AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS NEEDS TO BE A COMMUNITY
DRIVEN PROCESS, NOT A CITY LED
PROCESS.
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, I'LL BE
INTRODUCING LEGISLATION THAT
RELEASES THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROVISO AND DIRECTED TO
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO
WRITE AN RFP, AND TO TO BEGIN
THE SEARCH FOR AN ORGANIZATION
THAT COULD MANAGE AND CONDUCT
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS
ORGANIZATION, WHETHER IT'S A
LOCAL GROUP OR A NATIONAL GROUP,
WILL BRING TO THE TABLE THE
EXPERIENCE AND THE SKILL SET TO
MANAGE THE PROCESS, PARTICULAR
ONE OF THIS SIZE AND MAGNITUDE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS
RIGHT BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS
COMPLEX.
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT AT
STAKE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BLACK
AND BROWN NEIGHBORS WHO BOUGHT
REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS FUNDING WAS INCLUDED IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO, I'M EXCITED TO BE
INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING REVIEW
FROM THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
SO, I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL BE
READY FOR MY COMMITTEE NEXT
TUESDAY.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN VOTE IN
FULL COUNCIL ON MAY 24th.
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, I WILL
MOVE ON.
THIS WEEK WE'LL BE DISCUSSING
AS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
MENTIONED, COUNCIL BILL 120057,
THE JUST CAUSE EVICTION
LEGISLATION THAT MY OFFICE HAS
BEEN WORKING ON TO EXTEND
EVICTION PROTECTION TO ALL
TENANTS REGARDLESS OF LEASE
TYPE, AND TO FINALLY FULLY BEEN
NO CAUSE LEASE TERMINATIONS.
THE BILL WILL BE PRESENTED IN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
COMMITTEE.
I HAVE INVITED SEVERAL
ADVOCATES TO PARTICIPATE ON A
COMMUNITY PANEL, INCLUDING
STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE HOUSING
JUSTICE PROJECT.
AN EFFECTIVE RENTER.
A PERSON FROM THE TENANTS UNION.
AND AFFECTED RENTER, AND MEMBER
OF THE LGBTQ ALLYSHIP RENTER'S
COMMITTEE.
ASSISTANCE NAVIGATOR AT [
SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
DISCUSSION BETWEEN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, TENANTS, AND
ORGANIZERS, TO HELP US DEVELOP
THIS LEGISLATION.
COLLEAGUES WITH QUESTIONS AND
LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED BY THE
PANELISTS CAN PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO SEND QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME
TO MY AID.
SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE
PANELISTS ARE PREPARED TO
ANSWER THOSE.
LASTLY, I DO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS LEWIS AND SAWANT
FOR COSPONSORING THE
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR SCHEDULING SPECIAL
COMMITTEE SO THAT WE COULD
DISCUSS THE LEGISLATION.
LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE PSRC
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
BOARD.
THE GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS IS
COORDINATING A REGIONAL
RECOVERY TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP
LONG-TERM ECONOMIC RECOVERY
PLANS.
LAST SPRING, LEADERS FROM
ACROSS SNOHOMISH, KING AND
PIERCE COUNTIES, CALLED FOR A
COORDINATED REGIONAL RECOVERY
STRATEGY TO REBUILD IN A MORE
EQUITABLE WAY ACROSS THE THREE
COUNTY REGION.
LAST AUGUST, THE REGIONAL
ECONOMIC RECOVERY TASK FORCE
WAS LAUNCHED.
THE TASK FORCE IS IDENTIFYING A
PORTFOLIO OF REGIONAL
INITIATIVES TO CREATE MORE GOOD
JOBS AND THEY ARE PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING AND
PROMOTING MORE SUCCESSFUL BLACK
AND WOMEN-OWNED ENTREPRENEURIAL
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, THE GOAL HERE IS REALLY TO
IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND
DIVERSITY OF JOBS IN THE
SECTOR, AS WELL AS TO DEVELOP
DIVERSE TALENT AND TO CONNECT
PEOPLE TO JOBS BY REDUCING
GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS AND OTHER
BARRIERS THAT FOLKS MIGHT BE
EXPERIENCING.
SO, THE SUM OF THE TASK FORCE
WILL WORK TO DESIGN INITIATIVES
AND ARE DEVELOPING A
FUNDRAISING STRATEGY.
AND AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
THE HOPE IS THAT A DRAFT PLAN
WILL BE READY LATER THIS SUMMER.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT
PRESENTATION WITH ANYBODY WHO
IS INTERESTED.
THEY PRESENTED A LOT OF DATA
ABOUT THE DISPARITIES THAT WE
ARE EXPERIENCING HERE.
THAT MANY ARE EXPERIENCING.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SHARE
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
SO, BEFORE COVID HIT, WE WERE
ALREADY EXPERIENCING A VERY
INEQUITABLE ECONOMY.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS
SURPRISED BY THAT.
860,000 PEOPLE IN THE REGION
WERE OUT OF WORK, OR IN LOW-
WAGE JOBS WITH MORE THAN 30% OF
THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVING AT
LEAST A TWO YEAR DEGREE.
THE REGION WAS IN A 13% DECLINE
IN JOBS AND NEW BUSINESS.
ONLY 39% OF WOMEN OF COLOR WITH
A COLLEGE DEGREE HAD A GOOD JOB.
SO, WE KNOW THAT NOTHING HAS
IMPROVED IN THE TIME BEING.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS
THAT EVEN BEFORE COVID HIT,
THERE WERE SOME HUGE ECONOMIC
INEQUALITIES EXISTING.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE
INTERESTED IN GOING BACK TO.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING
FORWARD.
GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS IS
FOCUSED ON INVESTING IN WOMEN
OF COLOR.
WHO COULD MAKE THE MOST IMPACT
ON THE REGION, AND REALLY MAKE
THE MOST IMPACT MOVING TOWARD
AN EQUITABLE ECONOMY.
OUR OFFICE IS PROPOSING SEVERAL
OF THE STRATEGIES INCLUDED IN
THAT.
INCLUDED INVESTING IN A
INVESTMENT TRUST.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PORTLAND
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TRUST
FOLKS TO BEGIN AT VISIBILITY
ASSESSMENT THIS SUMMER, AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT
FORWARD AS WE LEARN THE RESULTS
AND REALLY HAVE A ROBUST
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO MOVE
TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE ECONOMY
IN OUR CITY.
MOVING ONTO DISTRICT ISSUES, I
NEED LAST WEEK TO MEET WITH
GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORS ARE
WORKING ON AN ARRAY OF
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS.
I WANT TO THANK MY CHIEF OF
STAFF WHO RECOGNIZED THAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE WORKING
IN DIFFERENT CIRCLES, AND
REALLY MADE THE SMART DECISION
TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.
TO COLLABORATE AND REALLY TO
BUILD POWER FOR THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S A LOT THAT FOLKS WANT
TO GET DOWN THERE, AND SO WE
ARE EAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY GET ACCESS TO THE
RESOURCES AND TO THE SUPPORT
THAT THEY NEED.
FOLKS ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN
CREATING A COMMUNITY SPACE
WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GET
MENTORING.
FOR JOB TRAINING AND SOCIAL
úSERVICES CAN BE OFFERED.
AND WHERE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
CAN JUST FIND SPACE TO MEET AND
PLAN FOR HOW THEIR COMMUNITY
WANTS TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGES
THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.
LATER THIS WEEK I WILL BE
TAKING A TOUR OF SOME POSSIBLE
FACILITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TO SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY A
PLACE THAT MIGHT SERVE AS THIS
COMMUNITY HUB THAT THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR.
I ALSO MET WITH VISIT SEATTLE.
THESE FOLKS ARE VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR A
RECOVERY IN THE CITY.
DESPITE SOME CLAIMS THAT
SEATTLE IS DYING, THEY ARE VERY
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BRINGING
VISITORS BACK TO THE CITY.
AND ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT.
WEAVING TOGETHER A STRATEGY THAT
HIGHLIGHTS AND SUPPORTS BOTH
THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND OUR
INDEPENDENT NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESSES.
SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CAMPAIGN THAT THEY ARE WORKING
ON AND I THINK THE PLAN IS TO
ROLL SOMETHING OUT LATER THIS
SUMMER.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
FINALLY, I MET WITH AIP, A
GROUP THAT IS DEVELOPING SENIOR
HOUSING ON THE NORTH AREA OF
THE PACK MELD BUILDING.
WHILE IT IS NOT 100% CERTAIN
YET, I DO WANT TO THANK
CONGRESSMAN ADAM SMITH FOR
SUBMITTING THIS PROJECT FOR
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FOR
THE 2022 FEDERAL BUDGET CYCLE.
ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT,
CONGRESSMAN SMITH SUBMITTED
SEVERAL PROPOSALS ON BEHALF OF
THE SOUTH END IN PARTICULAR,
AND THE CITY, INCLUDING
HEALTHONE EXPANSION.
THE MLK AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
EARLY LEARNING CENTER.
AND TWO AFRICA TOWN PROJECT,
BOTH SITES. REALLY EXCITED AND
HOPEFUL THAT THOSE PROJECTS GET
THAT FEDERAL FUNDING SO THAT WE
CAN SEE AGAIN, HOW COMMUNITY LED
, COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS,
CAN REALLY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEXT WEDNESDAY FROM 3:00 TO
5:00 I'LL BE HOLDING OFFICE
HOURS AT THE COLUMBIA CITY
FARMERS MARKET FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN MEETING THERE, OR
AT ANY TIME, CAN REQUEST AN
APPOINTMENT TO MY COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS
MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
ALL RIGHT.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE BACK
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
WHO IS GOING TO DO A QUICK
LITTLE CLEANUP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES.
I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO
CRCLE BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
CIRCULATED THE FINAL VERSION OF
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROCLAMATION THAT WAS SENT TO
YOU AS WE SPOKE THIS MORNING.
ALSO, LAST FRIDAY, A VERSION
WAS SENT TO YOU AS WELL.
FULLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR
POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION.
FOLKS FROM THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIA SHOULD
ARE TEED UP TO RECEIVE THIS
THIS AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU IF
WE MAY CALL ROLE FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO MIGHT WANT
TO SIGN ON TO THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WEEK PROCLAMATION THAT
IS NOW IN FRONT OF US IN YOUR
EMAIL.
>> THANK YOU, AND I DID SEE
THAT THAT CAME IN ON OUR EMAIL.
I APPRECIATE YOU CIRCULATING
THE FINAL VERSION.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON
THE PROCLAMATION AS DESCRIBED
BY COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
HEARING AND SEEING NO HANDS
RAISED, OR QUESTIONS BEING
POSED, I WILL ASK THAT THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WEEK.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
THE MIKE LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
BE MY JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT TODAY.
WE'LL MAKE SURE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, THAT THE FOLKS ARE
LOGGED IN EARLY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN GET STARTED WITH
OUR MEETING.
AWESOME, GREAT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, I WILL NOW CONCLUDE
THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA WITH
MY REPORT.
THERE IS NOTHING ON THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR FROM THE GOVERNANCE
AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
OUR GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE
ANYTHING ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS
WERE AWARE THAT TOMORROW THERE
WILL BE A MEETING OF THE
GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE STARTING AT 2:00 P.M.
THAT IS OUR REGULAR MEETING
TIME.
WE WILL HAVE THREE ITEMS A FOR
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST IS COUNCIL BILL
120066.
THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER
EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE FOR
PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
FOR THIS ITEM WE WILL BE JOINED
BY THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THIS
LEGISLATION ALSO APPEARS ON
THIS AFTERNOON'S INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR BUT WON'T
BE CONSIDERED UNTIL WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE
LEGISLATION IN COMMITTEE.
NEXT UP, WE WILL IN MY
COMMITTEE, HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT CHILDCARE FACILITIES.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES FOR
HOME-BASED AND CENTER BASED
CHILDCARE FACILITIES.
FOR THIS ITEM WE WILL BE JOINED
BY A FEW COMMUNITY PANELISTS
THAT INCLUDE CHILDCARE RESOURCES
AND CHILDCARE PROVIDERS THAT
PROVIDE CARE HERE LOCALLY HERE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE WILL BE ALSO JOINED BY
REPRESENTATIVES FR THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
OUR SALE DEPARTMENT
CONSTRUCTION AND INFRACTIONS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
CHALLENGES AND SUPPORTS OF
OPENING, EXPANDING OR
RELOCATING CHILDCARE FACILITIES
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD
COMPLEMENT TO ALL OF THE WORK
THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN VARIOUS
BUDGET ACTIONS TO TRY TO
IDENTIFY STRATEGIES
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN BIRTH
THROUGH 3 YEARS OLD.
I THINK IT ALSO PROVIDES A GOOD
FOUNDATION FOR THE DISCUSSIONS
THAT WE ARE HAVING IN THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
RELATED TO HOW TO ALLOCATE ARPA
FUNDING IN THE CONTEXTS OF
NEEDING TO MEET THE ONGOING
CRISIS AND NEEDS RELATED TO
CHILD CARE.
FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON THE
ISSUE RELATED TO FACILITIES
RELATED TO HOME-BASED AND
CENTER BASED CHILDCARE
FACILITIES.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION IN MY COMMITTEE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT IN
MY COMMITTEE BUT ARE INTERESTED
IN PARTICIPATING, OR LISTENING
TO THE CONVERSATION, AGAIN IT
SHOULD BE THE SECOND ITEM ON
THE AGENDA AND ALL OF YOU ARE
WELCOME TO JOIN IN ON THAT
CONVERSATION.
LASTLY, DEAL WILL JOIN US TO
PROVIDE A REPORT OF COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS THAT I SPONSORED
IN 2019.
WE WILL HEAR A REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPANDING
INFANT AND TODDLER CARE AS WELL
AS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
EXPANDING AND GROWING ACCESS TO
CHILDCARE IN SEATTLE FOR OUR
FAMILIES I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT RECEIVING THOSE REPORTS
AND AGAIN THINK THIS WILL BE A
VERY GOOD COMPLEMENT TO SOME OF
THE DISCUSSIONS WE ARE HAVING
IN THE ARPA FUND CONVERSATIONS
IN FINANCING HOUSING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
ANY OF THESE ITEMS, PLEASE
DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO
ME OR MY SENIOR POLICY ADVISORY
ADVISER IN MY OFFICE.
REPORT ORIGINAL COMMITTEES.
I HAVE NONE COMING UP THIS WEEK.
NOTHING TO REPORT OUT FROM LAST
WEEK.
I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY JOIN
MAYOR DURKAN AND SEATTLE
FIREFIGHTERS OVER THE WEST
SEATTLE MASS VACCINATION SITE
TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
ACHIEVED A MASSIVE GOAL OF
VACCINATING 100,000 PEOPLE IN
THAT MASS VACCINATION SITE.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING
INOCULATED SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY
AND EFFECTIVELY.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE AND WAS REALLY HAPPY TO
BE OUT THERE SERVING UP SOME
HEALTHY DELI ICE CREAM IN THE
TRADITION OF MANY OF THESE
FIREHOUSES.
WELCOMING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE A MINUTE TO CELEBRATE A
GOOD ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR CITY.
OKAY, LASTLY, I ALSO HAVE A
PROCLAMATION.
THIS WILL NOT BE PRESENTED THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT I DO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THIS WEEK IS MUNICIPAL,
I'M SORRY, MAY, YES, MAY 2nd
THROUGH MAY 8th.
WAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK.
MY STAFF ON FRIDAY CIRCULATED A
PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
MAY 2nd THROUGH MAY 8th 2021,
WHICH WAS LAST WEEK, WAS
MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK.
THE CITY CLERK IS A CHARTER
PUBLIC OFFICE THAT SUBSCRIBES
TO PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
AND SERVES AS A FOUNDATION UPON
WHICH THE OFFICES OF CITY CLERK
STANDS.
THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK'S
MISSION IS TO FOSTER CIVIC
LOCATION AND OPENNESS AND
SEATTLE CITY GOVERNMENT THROUGH
EFFECTIVE FACILITATION OF THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND
TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTABLE
STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION AND OFFICIAL
RECORDS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF THE CITY
CLERK IS COMPRISED OF 30
PROFESSIONALS WHO STRIVE TO
UPHOLD THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINED
VALUES, PUBLIC SERVICE,
CREDIBILITY, RESPECT, AND
STEWARDSHIP THE PASSED YEAR FOR
MANY OF US, INCLUDING THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE HAS BEEN UNLIKE
ANY OTHER YEAR FOR MANY THIS IS
CERTAINLY TRUE AGAIN FOR THE
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, WHICH
HAS SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT IN
ADAPTING TO OUR ENTIRELY
VIRTUALLY AND REMOTE OPERATIONS.
THIS WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE
WITHOUT THE 30 INDIVIDUALS
WORKING WITHIN THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE.
OUR DEEP GRATITUDE GOES OUT TO
THEM.
I HOPE YOU WILL ALL JOIN ME IN
THANKING OUR INCREDIBLE TEAM IN
THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK AND
DEDICATION IN SUPPORTING US IN
EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
OF COURSE, BEFORE WHEN WE WERE
ACTUALLY LOCATED IN CITY HALL,
BUT THAT SUPPORT HAS BECOME
EVEN MUCH MORE IMPORTANT AND
NOTICED IN THIS VIRTUAL
ENVIRONMENT HUGE THANK YOU TO
OUR CITY CLERK AND TO OF COURSE
ALL OF THE OTHER CITY CLERK
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE REALLY JUST
PROVIDED A TREMENDOUS,
TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE OF WHAT
LADYSHIP LOOKS LIKE THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT I AM GOING TO
ASK THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL TO
ADD FOLKS' SIGNATURES TO THE
PROCLAMATION.
BEFORE I DO THAT, DOES ANYONE
WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR
ASK QUESTIONS ON THE
PROCLAMATION?
KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS
PROCLAMATION WILL NOT BE
PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON AT
2:00.
ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING MUNICIPAL CLERKS
WEEK?
CLAIMANT
>>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
MUNICIPAL CLERK.
OKAY, THAT IS THE END OF MY
REPORT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS OR HEAR ANY QUESTIONS
ON MY OWN REPORT.
HEARING NONE, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE INTO OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM
FOR THIS MORNING, WHICH IS AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE ARE ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEHIND,
BUT I THINK, I HOPE WE CAN GET
THIS DONE BY NO LATER THAN NOON.
SO, AS PRESIDING OFFICER I AM
ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION IS TO DISCUSS ANY
POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS WITH CITY ATTORNEYS AS
AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
A LEGAL MONITOR FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AWFULLY
PRESENT TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL
RESERVES QUESTION THE POLICY
FOR OPEN SESSION.
I EXPECT THE TIME OF THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY
12:00 P.M.
NOON.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO
BE EXTENDED BEYOND 12:00 P.M.
NOON, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE
EXTENSION AND THE EXPECTED
DURATION IN OPEN SESSION.
THANK YOU.