>> SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 COUNCIL
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:30 AM.
COUNCILMEN STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN .
>> HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> WE HAVE FIVE PRESENT AND
HAVE JUST BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE GOT
WORD THIS MORNING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS NOT
FEELING WELL ENOUGH TO BE HERE
WITH US THIS MORNING.
WE HOPE TO SEE HER AT 2:00 PM
BUT SHE WILL KEEP US POSTED IF
THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE.
WHENEVER WE ARE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I WILL
NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IF THIS NO OBJECTION, MINUTES
OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 ARE
ADOPTED.
TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF
THE COUNCILS DELIBERATIONS
PERIOD AND MAYOR DURKAN'S
REPOSE BUDGET FOR 2022 WILL BE
FORMALLY PRESENTED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
ON BEHALF OF MAYOR DURKIN,
DEPUTY MAYOR -- WE WILL BE WITH
US AT THIS AFTERNOON CITY
COUNCIL MEETING TO DELIVER THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET ADDRESS AS IS
REQUIRED BY THE CITY CHARTER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
MAYOR WILL BE MAKING A
TELEVISED BUDGET ADDRESS LATER
ON THIS EVENING AT 5:00 PM. FOR
THOSE INTERESTED IN WATCHING,
YOU CAN WATCH LIVE ON SEATTLE
CHANNEL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL
MOVE INTO THE NEXT DISCUSSION
ITEM, WHICH IS A PREVIEW OF
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS,
COUNCIL REGIONAL COMMITTEES, I
WILL: COUNCIL MEMBERS AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE ROLL CALL.
THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL ROTATION
IS AS FOLLOWS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOLLOWED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES . MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
COUNCILMEN STRAUSS WILL GIVE A
REPORT OUT ON BEHALF OF
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL GIVE
HIS OWN REPORT AND ALSO ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE BEEN
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THERE WERE THREE ITEMS FROM THE
LAND-USE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMUNITY.
THREE APPOINTMENTS, ONE TO EACH.
ONE EACH TO THE SEATTLE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PDA GOVERNMENT
COUNCIL.
THE HISTORIC COUNCIL GOVERNMENT
COUNCIL.
AND SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION
. THERE WERE 10 ITEMS FROM THE
LAND-USE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEES ON TODAY'S FULL
AGENDA.
EIGHT APPOINTMENT TO THE
PIONEER SQUARE PRESERVATION
BOARD.
120157 WHICH MAN'S LEGISLATION
TO ALLOW LARGER BUILDING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES
CONTROLLED BY RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS. THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD AMEND THAT ORDINANCE TO
INCREASE AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENTS FROM 60% AMI TO
80% AMI.
IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS RAISED
BY CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY
GROUPS AFTER FULL CACHE LAST
TIME AROUND.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS
LEGISLATION A FULL COUNCIL LAST
WEEK.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO TO QUESTIONS
AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE COUNCIL BILL
120513 ADOPTING PROVISIONS WERE
SMALL LOTS AND BELLTOWN TO
ALLOW FOR MODULAR AND --
CONSTRUCTION.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL ASK
TO AMEND THE AGENDA THIS
AFTERNOON TO PUT ALL OF THOSE
BILLS IN THE SAME SECTION SO
THAT I CAN SPEAK ONCE AT FULL
COUNCIL RATHER THAN MULTIPLE
TIMES.
THEY LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE VOTED FOUR BILLS OUT
OF COMMITTEE AT A SPECIAL
MEETING ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THAT LEGISLATION WILL BE
CONSIDERED BY A FULL COUNCIL
NEXT MONDAY AS IT DID NOT PASS
BEFORE THURSDAY.
AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETINGS OF THE LAND AND USE
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AFTER
BUDGET WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8,
ANTICIPATE WE MAY NEED TO
SCHEDULE TWO SPECIAL LAND-USE
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE MEETINGS
DURING THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO
CONSIDER CONTRACT RE-ZONES THAT
ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE TO BE
CONSIDERED WITHIN A CERTAIN
TIMELINE.
MY OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
OFFICE TO FINALIZE THOSE FOR
MEETINGS.
ADDITIONALLY, WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL ON WINNING 30
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM AWARDS AND
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS AND
ADVISORS AT THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS AND
ADVISORS.
THIS INCLUDES SEVEN AWARDS OF
EXCELLENCE.
13 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION.
10 AWARDS OF HONOR.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS WHY ALWAYS
REFER TO THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS
THE AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE
CHANNEL.
JUST AN OVERVIEW LAST WEEK.
MUST HAVE ATTENDED A RALLY WITH
GOVERNOR AINSLIE GOVERNOR JAY
INSLEE TO CALL FROM BERGEN
FEDERAL CLIMATE LEGISLATION.
ON TUESDAY, I MET WITH THE
CHIEF SEATTLE AND EXCITED TO
HEAR ABOUT THE NEW PROJECT TO
DEVELOP 200 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ON COAST VILLAGE --
NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE CAMPUS.
SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING.
I ALSO MET WITH THE FOLKS
WORKING ON THE GREEN LAKE
BOATHOUSE FOR AN UPDATE AND TO
OUTLINE NEXT STEPS.
COLLEAGUES, THEY ARE VERY CLOSE
TO HAVING FULL FUNDING FOR THE
SHOVEL READY PROJECTS.
THIS FIRST STARTED WITH -- THIS
TWO BOAT HOUSES IN THE CITY.
ONE IN SOUTH SEATTLE IN ONE
NORTH SEATTLE.
THEY STARTED WITH CELL SEATTLE
BOATHOUSE FIRST.
THERE ALMOST IN WITH NORTH
SEATTLE.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO MEET WITH
THE CHIEF OF POLICE CHIEF DIAZ.
WE DISCUSS GUN VIOLENCE,
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN FREMONT AND
SUMMER DROWNING THAT OCCURRED
IN GREEN LAKE.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO MEET WITH
THE MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL
STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS THE
MAYOR'S PROCESS THAT OCCURRED
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ON FRIDAY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND
THE ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON
CITIES BOARD MEETING.
WE PUT ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA.
THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO
INCLUDE RAPID ACQUISITION OF
HOUSING WITHIN THE AGENDA.
THAT WAS NOT WITHIN THE AWC'S A
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IN PAST
YEARS.
THIS COMING WEEK MY STAFF IS
ATTENDING THE FREMONT
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETING
TONIGHT.
ON TUESDAY, I WILL BE ATTENDING
THE NORTH SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL
ASSOCIATION MEETING.
TOMORROW MORNING I WILL BE
CHECKING IN WITH OUR CENTRAL
STAFF DIRECTOR AND SDCI
DIRECTOR NATHAN TERRIBLE SENT
AS WELL AS STAFF WILL BE
ATTENDING -- COMMITTEE COUNCIL
MEETING.
START, IT IS NOT PERFORMING.
STAFF AND I MEET WITH -- THAT'S
RIGHT, THE NORTH PRECINCT
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC HERE,
YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS
NOW TRANSMITTED -- WILL BE
TRANSMITTING THE BUDGET TODAY.
OUR CALENDAR NOW CHANGES GOING
FORWARD TO REFLECT OUR BUDGET
CALENDAR.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS WEEK I
WILL BE FOCUSED ON RECEIVING
UPDATES AND REPORTS FROM OUR
DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT IS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET.
AT THE END OF THE WEEK, I'M
GOING TO BE ATTENDING THE MUCH-
ANTICIPATED SOUND TRANSIT NORTH
CAKE NORTHGATE OPENING.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE
SOUND TRANSIT LINK GROW AND
OPEN HERE NORTH SEATTLE.
IN DISTRICT 6, I'M EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
AND THANK 2010 IS WORSE.
WITH GREEN LAKE NORTH HAS
OPENED EARLY.
THEY HAD A PROJECT DATE SET FOR
OCTOBER 1 AND, SDOT, THANK YOU
FOR THE DIRECTOR AND TEAM FOR
GETTING WESLEY GREENWAY OPENED
EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED.
IT OPENED LAST FRIDAY WITH A
TWO-WAY PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND
WALKING LANE AND TWO-WAY
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
LAST WEEKEND IN DISTRICT 6 I
HELD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH
LOCAL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND
STAKEHOLDERS ALONG WITH HSD,
KING COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY
ON HOMELESSNESS.
DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
MANY MORE ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS AND SPECIFIC
LOCATIONS.
THIS WORK REMAINS ONGOING.
I AM HOSTING WEEKLY MEETINGS TO
ESURE COLLABORATION AND
MEANINGFUL INTERVENTIONS ARE
ACHIEVED.
I THINK IT'S CLEAR WE NEED MORE
EMERGENCY HOUSING AND SHELTER
TO HAVE MEANINGFUL
INTERVENTIONS.
I WILL ALSO BE MEETING THIS
WEEK WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
ABOUT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE FREMONT INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
STREETLIGHTING AS REQUESTED BY
A RESIDENT.
LATER THIS WEEK I WILL MEET
WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FROM UNITED INDIANS OF ALL
TRIBES, MIKE TULEY. WITH THE
BUDGET CALENDAR BEGINNING THIS
WEEK OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
DISTRICT HOURS ON THURSDAY FROM
2:00 TO 6:00 MAY BE ADJUSTED.
IF WE HAVE TO SKIP A WEEK LIKE
HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO WE WILL
BE EXTENDING THE FOLLOWING
WEEK.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WEEKS
WHERE WE WILL UNFORTUNATELY NOT
HAVE OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
OFFICE HOURS BECAUSE OF THE
BUDGET CALENDAR.
WE WILL BE ADJUSTING TO MAKE
SURE WE GET TO SEE EVERYONE WHO
HAS SIGNED UP.
LAST WEEK'S OFFICE HOURS I MET
WITH RESIDENTS FROM WHITTIER
HEIGHTS, TWO PHINNEY RIDGE AND
EASE POWER.
FOUR FROM BALLARD.
FOUR FROM CROWN HILL.
FOUR FROM GREEN LAKE.
TWO FROM TANGLE TOWN.
WE DISCUSSED PUBLIC SAFETY,
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET, HOMELESSNESS, UPDATING
THE TREE ORNAMENTS, APPROVAL
VOTING AND TWO HIGH-TRAFFIC AND
SPEEDING AREAS THAT NEED SOME
INTERVENTIONS BY SDOT.
THAT IS MY REPORT.
THANK YOU.
HAPPY TO TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
BILLS COMING BEFORE FULL
COUNCIL TODAY.
>> LET'S TAKE A PAUSE BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU ALSO HAVE A REPORT OUT
ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ BUT DO WANT TO GIVE
FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS OR LIFT UP ANYTHING
ELSE THAT MIGHT BE TOP OF MIND
REALLY TO YOUR POOR REPORT.
I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS HER HAND RAISED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE, I
HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY ABOUT A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT RELATED TO
ONE OF THE BILLS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SPOKE TO.
I CAN EITHER SPEAK TO THAT NOW
OR HOLD UNTIL MY REPORT, WHICH
FOLLOWS.
>> I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE
TO DO IT ALL IN ONE VEIN SO WE
CAN KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE
SAME, SORT OF, CONTEXT.
FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND
ADDRESS IT NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, LET'S SEE HERE.
WE ARE PUTTING ON A BILL
REFERENCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IN HIS REMARKS. COUNCIL
BILL 120157 WHICH IS
LEGISLATION AND CHANGES TO A
BILL THAT WAS PASSED IN LATE
JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
THE MAYOR NOTED AT THE TIME
THAT SHE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT A
PROBATION IN THE BILL THAT WAS
ADDED BY AMENDMENT OF COUNCIL .
THE MAYOR SIGNED IT.
SHORTLY AFTER THE MAYOR SENT
THE COUNCIL A BRAND NEW BILL
THAT UNDID THE AMENDMENT THE
COUNCIL PASSED.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A
PRECEDENT THAT WE SHOULD SEEK
TO AVOID THE CHANGE IN THE
LEGISLATION THAT THIS
LEGISLATION SEEKS TO UNDO IS
NOT IN EFFECT AND WOULD NOT BE
IN EFFECT UNTIL JULY OF NEXT
YEAR.
THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION ALSO
REQUESTED THE EXECUTIVE TO
REPORT BACK ON THE TYPES OF
PROJECTS BEING DEVELOPED UNDER
THE AUTHORITY OF THE
LEGISLATION.
CONCERNED THAT BY VOTING NOW WE
ARE DENYING OURSELVES VALUABLE
DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF
DEVELOPMENTS ARE MOVING
FORWARD.
ALL OF THAT SAID, THOSE ARE
JUST SORT OF MY FEELINGS ABOUT
BRINGING THIS BILL BACK TO US
AFTER THE FACT THAT WE VOTED ON
IT A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO.
I AM BRINGING FORWARD AN
AMENDMENT THAT I HOPE WILL BE
SEEN AS A COMPROMISE.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW 80%
AMI RENTAL AFFORDABILITY
THRESHOLDS TO BE USED IN THE
URBAN CENTERS AND VILLAGES
IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AS HAVING A HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RISK.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD MAINTAIN
THE LOWER 60% AMI RENTAL
AFFORDABILITY THRESHOLD IN
OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
AT A 60% AMI AFFORDABILITY
THRESHOLD, QUALIFYING ONE
PERSON WOULD PAY RENT IN A
STUDIO AT $1162 A MONTH.
A FOUR PERSON HOUSEHOLD WOULD
PAY AFFORDABLE RENT IN A THREE
BEDROOM AT $1726 A MONTH FOR
THE 60% AMI THRESHOLDS.
RENTED UNITS DEVELOPED ON
PROPERTY OWNED IN URBAN CENTERS
AND VILLAGES WITH HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RISKS BY RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE
DENSITY BONUS WILL HAVE A MORE
PROGRESSIVE, 80% OF AMI
AFFORDABILITY THRESHOLD.
THAT WOULD RESULT IN RENTS FOR
A STUDIO AT $1545 A MONTH. OR A
THREE BEDROOM AT $2295 A MONTH.
AS WAS DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL
BILL 120081, STATE LAW
REQUIRES A MINIMUM 80% AMI %
AFFORDABILITY AND EXPLICITLY
ALLOWS, I SHOULD SAY, IT
REQUIRES -- IT ALLOWS A MAXIMUM
80% AMI AFFORDABILITY.
THE STATE LAW EXPLICITLY ALLOWS
LEGISLATORS TO CONSIDER THE
NEEDS OF RENTERS IN OUR OWN
CITIES BY HAVING LOWER
AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
JUST LIKE WE DO WITH MFT E, FOR
INSTANCE, WHICH STATE LAW
AUTHORIZES CERTAIN
AFFORDABILITY BUT WE ARE
ALLOWED AS LEGISLATORS TO SET
AFFORDABILITY THAT ADDRESSES
OUR MARKET NEEDS IN THE CITY.
THE OLD BILL EFFECTIVE DATE FOR
THE LOWER AMI AFFORDABILITY
THRESHOLD UNTIL NEXT YEAR, NEXT
JULY AS IN JULY 2022, THAT
WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ANY PROJECTS
CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE TO
MOVE FORWARD ONTO THE STATE LAW
REQUIRING ONLY 80% AMI
AFFORDABILITY.
NOW THAT WE ARE RECONSIDERING
THIS ISSUE, THIS ALTERNATIVE
PATH I AM PROPOSING -- 80% AMI
THRESHOLD WITHIN URBAN CENTERS
AND URBAN VILLAGES IDENTIFIED
IN THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND
GROWTH EQUITY IS HAVING HIGHER
DISPLACEMENT RISK. THIS
INCLUDES THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
AND OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE
HISTORIC -- DISPLACED.
THIS IS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF
ANALYSIS OF THE AMI FOR
DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC HOUSEHOLDS
JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF
A GROUNDING ON THIS LEGISLATION.
ACCORDING TO THE 2017 ACS CHZ
DATA THEY WERE 1400 -- 320
BLACK RENTER HOUSEHOLDS IN
SEATTLE.
THE BLACK RENTER HOUSEHOLDS
EARNING OVER 50% AMI BUT UNDER
80% AMI, THE NUMBER OF THOSE
HOUSEHOLDS WAS 1505 HOUSEHOLDS
THAT AREN'T OVER 50% BUT UNDER
80% AMI. THAT'S ONLY 10.5% OF
ALL BLACK RENTER HOUSEHOLDS.
BLACK RENTER HOUSEHOLDS EARNING
UNDER 50% AMI REPRESENTED NEARLY
70% OF ALL BLACK RENTER
HOUSEHOLDS. YOU CAN DO THIS
ANALYSIS FOR OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS
, AND JUST GENERALLY LOOKING AT
RENTER HOUSEHOLDS GENERALLY THE
THRESHOLD AT 80% AMI WOULD
LEAVE A LARGE NUMBER -- LEAVE
THESE UNITS OUT OF THE -- OUT
OF REACH FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF
RENTER HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY.
AND SO, I JUST REALLY WONDER IF
WE ALLOW ALL RELIGIOUSLY ON
PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE CITY TO DEVELOP AT 80%
AMI, WE ARE CREATING A
DISINCENTIVE FOR RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS TO PARTNER WITH
NONPROFITS RESULTING IN FEWER
RENTALS AT THE LOWER
AFFORDABILITY LEVELS THAT
RENTERS IN THE CITY REALLY NEED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS SENT ME A QUICK MESSAGE
SAYING HE WOULD LIKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
I DO SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS HAS HIS RIGHT HAND RAISED
SO I WILL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AFTER COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT IN
WHICH YOU ARE BRINGING THIS.
I WANT TO REGROUND US WITH THE
PROCESS IN WHICH WE ENGAGED
THIS BILL.
WE HAD THESE AMENDMENTS AND
COMMITTEE BEFORE IT CAME TO
FULL-TERM.
THE AMENDMENTS DID NOT PASS.
WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY ABOUT
THE REASONS WHY THEY DID NOT
WANT THIS AMENDMENT TO PASS IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
WHEN THE BILL CAME --
>> THIS IS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT AMENDMENT.
I'M SORRY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
RESPOND BUT WE'VE IF WE CANNOT
INTERRUPT EACH OTHER, THAT
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
MY APOLOGIES.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, LET
ME BROADEN THE CONVERSATION TO
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 60% AMI
VERSUS 80% AMI.
THIS CONVERSATION DID OCCUR AT
COMMITTEE.
IT WAS ULTIMATELY NOT PASS
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE
HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND CHURCHES ABOUT THE
FLEXIBILITY OF THEY NEEDING TO
PROVIDE SERVICES AND
FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THE
CONGREGATION'S WHERE THEY ARE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU AND
I SAT TOGETHER NEXT TO EACH
OTHER AT AN EVENT SATURDAY
BEFORE THE MONDAY VOTE WHERE I
DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO
BRING THESE AMENDMENTS.
I COULD NOT DISCUSS WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE IMPACT OF
THE 60% VERSUS 80% AMI
REQUIREMENT.
YOU DID BRIEF ALL OF US, ALL
COLLEAGUES, AT THE SAME TIME I
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
THE MORNING BEFORE THAT VOTE WE
AND THAT DID NOT ALLOW US
ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE IMPACT
AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
APPROPRIATELY SHARE.
I CAN SAY THAT I KNOW THERE
WERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE
READY TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL AT FULL COUNCIL BUT
DID NOT REALIZE THAT THESE
AMENDMENTS WERE CALMING.
THERE'S A PROCESS ISSUE HERE.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MAYOR
RESENDING ANOTHER BILL THAT
WILL CREATE A PRECEDENT.
THIS IS ABOUT US WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MEET THEIR
NEEDS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
WHAT I'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR
IS THAT CHURCHES NEED THE
FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
PEOPLE UP TO 80% AMI IN THEIR
BUILDING.
SO THAT THEY CAN EITHER CHOOSE
TO HAVE PEOPLE MOVE BACK INTO
THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD BEEN
DISPLACED OR TO USE THAT
REVENUE THAT CREATES THE
SERVICES THAT OTHER RESIDENTS
ARE RECEIVING.
I, AS A POLICYMAKER, I'M NOT
HERE TO TELL CHURCHES HOW THEY
NEED TO MEET THE CONGREGATION'S
NEEDS AND HOUSING NEEDS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH
LEGISLATION THAT GIVES THEM
MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DO SO.
SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE
SPIRIT IN WHICH YOU ARE
BRINGING TODAY'S AMENDMENTS,
WHICH IS SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT,
AS YOU NOTED, WHERE YOU ARE NOW
FOCUSING BE 60% AMI ONLY
OUTSIDE OF URBAN VILLAGES. I,
UNFORTUNATELY, CANNOT SUPPORT
THIS AMENDMENT TODAY BECAUSE AS
MANY OF US KNOW THESE ARE LINES
ON A MAP.
THEY ARE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE,
MAGI BOUNDARIES THAT WE AS
POLICYMAKERS HAVE CREATED.
LOOK AT DENSITY.
NOT NECESSARILY HOW WE ARE
SUPPORTING CHURCHES BRINGING
THE HOUSING NEEDS TO THE
COMMUNITY.
WHEN I'VE REACHED OUT TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT THIS,
YOU HAVE RIGHTLY FOCUSED IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT. HOWEVER,
THERE ARE STILL CHURCHES THAT
WE NEED TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A
FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THEIR
CONGREGATION'S NEEDS, HOUSING
NEEDS NOT WITHIN URBAN CENTERS
AND URBAN VILLAGES.
SO, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THEY LETS ME KNOW THAT THIS IS
STILL PROBLEMATIC AND THAT --
AND BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WHO
WE SPOKE TO IN COMMITTEE WHO
THEN, YOU KNOW, HAD OPPOSITION
AFTER WE PASSED THE FINAL BILL
WITH THE 60% AMI AMENDMENT HAVE
NOW SAID TO ME THE SAME THINGS
ABOUT TODAY'S AMENDMENT.
TOP LINE. I ABSOLUTELY
APPRECIATE YOU BEING A PROBLEM
SOLVER, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S.
I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT IN
WHICH WERE BRINGING THIS BUT
UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT SUPPORT
THE AMENDMENT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU
WANTED TO ADD SOME MEAT TO THE
CONVERSATIONS I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE YOU AND THEN
IF I CAN SORT OF CREATE SPACE
FOR COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS TO
CHIME IN AS WELL AFTER THAT
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
>> I APPRECIATE THE MAIN POINT
I WANTED TO MAKE WAS THAT THIS
IS A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT THAN
THE AMENDMENT THAT CAME UP AT
FULL COUNCIL IN A PREVIOUS
MEETING.
I HOPE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THE
DISADVANTAGE WE ARE AT UNDER
THE NEW RULES OF THE CITY
COUNCIL WHERE WE CANNOT
ACTUALLY ATTEND A COMMITTEE
MEETING AND VOTE ON AMENDMENTS.
THE AMENDMENT IN QUESTION FROM
LAST JUNE WAS AMENDMENT THAT WAS
AN AMENDMENT TO THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON HAD
BROUGHT FORWARD AT THAT FEELING
COMMITTEE.
THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD AND FULL
COUNCIL, WHICH IS I THINK, I
HOPE, MY RIGHT TO DO SO.
AS A COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS NOT A
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WHERE
THE AMENDMENT IS BEING
DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF
THIS BILL HAD GONE BACK TO
COMMITTEE AND GIVEN -- FOLKS
HAD BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE BILL
AGAIN. NOW THAT WE ARE, YOU
KNOW, BE REQUIRED TO VOTE ON
LEGISLATION THAT WE JUST VOTED
ON, AND JUST -- I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT, YES,
WE ARE HERE TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF COMMUNITY.
THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF
COMMUNITY. IN THIS CASE, THE
RELIGIOUS FACILITIES ARE
SEEKING TO, PARTICULARLY
RELIGIOUS FACILITIES THAT ARE
LOCATED IN AREAS OF HIGH
DISPLACEMENT, ARE SEEKING TO --
TO RECEIVE A RETURN ON THEIR
INVESTMENT.
SUFFICIENT SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN
THEIR INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THESE
AREAS. THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWS
THOSE CHURCHES TO DO SO.
WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
AS POLICY OWNERS NOT ONLY TO
MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS ARE
BUILDING HOUSING THAT MEETS THE
NEEDS OF OUR RENTER COMMUNITIES
, BUT WE ARE ALSO, IN THIS
CASE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A
PUBLIC BENEFIT.
WE ARE BASICALLY DOUBLING THE
DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY OF THESE
PARCELS.
AND SO, AS POLICYMAKERS, WE
HAVE THE RIGHT AND OBLIGATION
TO DEFINE A PUBLIC BENEFIT AND
IN EXCHANGE FOR INCREASING THE
PROFITABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT ON
THESE PARCELS OF PROPERTY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I AM GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN
MAKING SOME COMMENTS ON THE
PROCESS GENERALLY.
BEFORE WE VOLLEYED BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS BEEN
PATIENT WITH HIS HAND RAISED.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE
TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND HEAR FROM HIM.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM GOING TO DO A TOPIC CHANGE
HERE.
YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO
WEIGH IN ON ON THE CURRENT
DISCUSSION.
-- A DIFFERENT TOPIC THERE'S
ANOTHER ITEM FROM COUNCILMEMBER
TRAUSS COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
LETS ME GO AHEAD AND SEE IF I
CAN CLOSE THE LOOP AND WE WILL
CALL ON YOU.
ON SOME OF THESE PROCESS
ISSUES, I THINK THIS AMENDMENT
IS A RATHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
FROM ANYTHING THAT WAS
DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE OR
PREVIOUSLY DEBATED AND
CONSIDERED IN FULL COUNCIL.
I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN THE
LANGUAGE YET FOR THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT AND PERHAPS I MISSED
IT IN MY INBOX. MY STAFF TELL
ME THEY ALSO HAVE NOT SEEN THIS
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY -- THE BENEFIT
OF ANY ANALYSIS FROM OUR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF OR FROM
MY OWN STAFF OR FROM DEPARTMENT
STAFF TO GIVE ME A SENSE OF
WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WOULD BE. I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR
ASPECT OF IT.
OF COURSE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT
NOT ALL COUNCILMEMBERS SIT ON
ALL COMMITTEES BECAUSE OF HOW
WE HAVE HAD TO MODIFY OUR
COUNCIL RULES . I WILL NOTE,
HOWEVER, IN OTHER INSTANCES, WE
HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
INSTITUTE THE MODEL OF AN
AUTHOR VERSUS A SPONSOR THAT
WOULD ALLOW A COUNCILMEMBER WHO
DOES NOT SIT ON A COMMITTEE,
NOR HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN A
COMMITTEE STILL HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY A
COUNCILMEMBER WITHIN THE
RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE AND BE
RECOGNIZED AS AN AUTHOR OF SAID
AMENDMENT.
AND THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE MEETING
AND MAKE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF
OR AGAINST PARTICULAR AMENDMENTS
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR
THE RECORD SINCE THEY WERE
COMMENTS BEING MADE ABOUT
INABILITY TO LIFT POLICY ISSUES
AT COMMITTEES BY VIRTUE OF NOT
BEING A MEMBER OF THAT
COMMITTEE.
WE DID CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR FOLKS TO OVERCOME THAT
BARRIER THROUGH THIS AUTHOR
VERSUS SPONSOR DISTINCTION.
I DO WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THAT
FOR THE RECORD.
AGAIN, I THINK IT WILL BE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO, YOU KNOW,
CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION, BUT I'M A LITTLE
WORRIED ABOUT THE HEFTY NATURE
OF THIS AMENDMENT AND NOT HAVING
MOST OF US HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
ANALYSIS. AGAIN, EITHER FROM
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF OR THE
DEPARTMENT STAFF OR, IN MY
CASE, MY OWN STAFF.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, I SEE A
COUPLE OF HANDS RAISED.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, IT IS
ON THE SUBJECT AS WELL CAUSES
BETTER YES .
>> OKAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE TO WRAP
UP THIS CONFIRMATION
CONVERSATION SO THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS CAN GET
ONTO A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
>> I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THAT
SAYING YES, I MEAN, THE IDEAL
IS THAT WE HAVE THE HOUSING --
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 60% AMI
ACROSS THE CITY AND IN SO MANY
WAYS WE HAVE SO MANY POLICIES
AND FUNDING MECHANISMS TO DO SO
THROUGH OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
OUR HOUSING INVESTMENTS. THIS
IS A BIT SEPARATE FROM THAT
WHERE WE NEED TO GIVE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THE FLEXIBILITY THEY
NEED TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.
YES, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN
EXCEPTION FROM THE RULE OF HOW
WE SHOULD NOT TYPICALLY BRING
BACK LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN
PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON AND
CONSIDERED.
THE REASON THAT I AM SUPPORTING
THIS AND THAT I MADE THE
REQUEST TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE
OF THE LEVEL OF IMPACT TO THE
COMMUNITY AND THE ABILITY FOR
US TO MAKE THAT RIGHT BY OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I AM SEEING
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD DID
SEND OUT THE AMENDMENT.
IT DID, HOWEVER, GO OUT
YESTERDAY AT 7:35 PM .
UNFORTUNATELY, I AM JUST NOW
SEEING IT.
AND TRYING TO CATCH UP HERE
LIKE HIM FOR MANY, MANY OTHERS
ARE. COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, GO
AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON
THE PROCESS, NOT SO MUCH ON THE
AMENDMENT.
I'M A LITTLE BIT DISCONCERTED BY
WHAT I SEE AS REALLY
INCONSISTENT POSITIONS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] IS SAYING
THIS IS LAST MINUTE AND YES THE
AMENDMENT SHOULD COME AND
SUNDAY, YESTERDAY EVENING.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SENT TO
DRESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE ALL SOMETIMES
ARE FORCED TO CATCH UP TO
THINGS BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN.
SOMETIMES AT A VERY FAST PACE.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BRING
AMENDMENTS IN ADVANCE.
MY OFFICE CERTAINLY TRIES
EXTREMELY HARD TO DO THAT SO
THAT EVERYBODY HAS TIME.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE ALL HAVE
BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE WE
HAVE BROUGHT AMENDMENT AT THE
LAST SECOND AND I THINK
ULTIMATELY WHAT MATTERS IS THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT AS A
BENEFIT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF
VENDORS WHO ARE EXPLOITED AND
IN THIS CASE THE ISSUE HAS BEEN
FRAMED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO
HELP PEOPLE RETURN TO [
INDISCERNIBLE ] MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE THE
DISCUSSION SHOULD BE.
NOT SO MUCH ON THE PROCESS.
CLEARLY THERE ARE
INCONSISTENCIES ON WHAT [
INDISCERNIBLE ] ARE UPHOLDING
IS THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON COUNCIL BILL 120157
INCLUDING THE AMENDMENT
IDENTIFIED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD BEFORE WE SWITCH GEARS .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THIS IS OUR PROCESS TO
NORMALLY SORT OF AIR WHAT WE
ARE THINKING THAT IN THE
AMENDMENTS ESPECIALLY IN
ADVANCE I WANT TO FOLLOW THAT
PROCESS AND I'M HAPPY TO CHIME
IN THIS AFTERNOON.
I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE
COMMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS MADE OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS LEGISLATION ALREADY
INCLUDING PUBLIC BENEFIT.
REALLY, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS LEGISLATION AS IT IS
COMING BACK DOWN AGAIN.
I SEE THE ABILITY TO CREATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT
PUBLIC SUBSIDIES, WHICH WE CAN
DO BETTER AT 80% AMI.
THAT IS A HUGE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
THERE'S ALSO GREATER DENSITY WE
ARE PROVIDING WITH THIS
LEGISLATION.
THE ABILITY TO BUILD AND BUILD
WITHIN A CITY IS A PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
I THINK THAT IF WE ARE CREATING
BIFURCATED SYSTEMS WHERE RULES
ARE DIFFERENT OUTSIDE URBAN
VILLAGES DOUBLES DOWN ON THE
EQUITIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE
BEEN SEEING.
AND DEEPEN BYPASS PUBLIC
POLICIES.
I REALLY AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE
LEGISLATION AS IT HAS COME IN
FRONT OF US.
THIS LEGISLATION DETECTED ALL
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS AVAILABLE
AT 80% AMI, AND I'M EXCITED TO
SEE THIS LEGISLATION IN FRONT
OF US THIS AFTERNOON.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] LEGISLATION
THAT ENSURES THIS IS WORKABLE
FOR THESE RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES.
THE OUTCOME IS BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THAT WE ARE DOING IT IN A
WAY THAT COUPLES THE ABILITY TO
MERGE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES
AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE THOSE
ENTITIES RELY JUST ON PUBLIC
FUNDING STREAMS, WHICH WE CAN
DO BETTER AT 80% AMI WHICH WILL
BE A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH CREATING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND [
INAUDIBLE ] DISPLACEMENT.
I WANTED TO WEIGH IN AND THANK
YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE CONVERSATION TODAY BUT
WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THAT BILL IN THE
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> I WAS GOING TO LET THIS GO
BUT I'VE HEARD IT TWICE SO I
JUST NEED TO CLARIFY.
THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT PERMIT
THE 80% AMI FOR LABILIT
THRESHOLD JUST INSIDE OF URBAN
VILLAGES AND URBAN CENTERS.
IT SPECIFICALLY IS TARGETING
THOSE URBAN VILLAGES AND URBAN
CENTERS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN THE COMP PLAN AS
HAVING A HIGH DISPLACEMENT
RISK.
AT OF RECOGNITION THAT IN SOME
WAYS THE GOAL OF THE ADVOCATES
IS BOTH TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT THIS 80% AMI, WHICH
IS BASICALLY MARKETS RATES BUT
ALSO SO THAT THEY CAN GET A
RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT
SUFFICIENT SO THAT THEY CANNOT
BE DISPLACED SO THE AMENDMENT
IS FOCUSED NOT ALLOWING 80% AMI
AND ALL URBAN CENTERS AND URBAN
VILLAGES BUT SPECIFICALLY URBAN
CENTERS IS AN URBAN VILLAGES
THAT HAVE HIGH JUST AS THE
RISK.
BECAUSE THE ANALYSIS AND THE
COMP PLAN FOR HIGH DISPLACEMENT
RISK ISN'T JUST FOCUSED ON
RENTERS WHO ARE BEING PUSHED
OUT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
BECAUSE OF HOW UNAFFORDABLE
THEY HAVE BECOME.
BUT ALSO ON CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS LIKE RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS.
SO, THAT'S THE -- I JUST WANTED
TO CLARIFY BECAUSE IT MADE IT
SOUND AS IF THE AMENDMENT
ALLOWED 80% AND ALL URBAN
VILLAGES. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU . COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, I DEEPLY APPRECIATE
THE SPIRIT IN WHICH YOU BRING
THIS.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT MY
CONCERN WAS THAT WE ARE DRAWING
IMAGINARY BOUNDARIES IN AREAS
THAT HAVE HIGH DISPLACEMENT,
HIGH RISK, AND THAT'S WHY THE
URBAN VILLAGES AND SECTORS IS
INCONSISTENT WITH MY POLICY
GOAL THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
OKAY.
I THINK WE HAVE COME TO A
CONCLUSION ON THIS PARTICULAR
CONVERSATION.
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
RECOGNIZECOUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
FOR HIS QUESTION OR COMMENTS ON
OTHER ASPECTS OF YOUR REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THIS DISCUSSION FEELS
ANTICLIMACTIC NOW BUT I'M GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND QUEUED UP.
I AM GOING TO BE BRINGING IN
AMENDMENT TODAY FOR COUNCIL
BILL 120153 . I BELIEVE THIS
AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED
TO ALL OFFICES. IT CAME OUT OF
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM A COMMUNITY
MEMBER DURING THE INITIAL
HEARING ON THIS TOPIC LAST WEEK
AND TOOK A LITTLE BACK-AND-
FORTH WITH THE RELEVANT
DEPARTMENTS TO SORT OF
DETERMINE HOW THIS COULD BE
INCORPORATED INTO THE BILL
ANYWAY THAT MET THIS COMMUNITY
DESIRE BUT ALSO MET THE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] THE DEPARTMENT
WAS TRYING TO CREATE.
THE BILL IS WHERE THE AMENDMENT
IS SUPPORTED BY SDCI.
THEY HAVE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT.
THE BILL WOULD RESTORE SOME OF
THE UNDERLYING REQUIREMENTS FOR
BELLTOWN DMR ZONING. IT WOULD
REDUCE THE WIDTH 290 FEET.
THIS IS ON A SMALL LOT
DEVELOPMENT BILL AND BILL TOWN.
IT WOULD REDUCE THE WIDTH FROM
90 FEET TO HUNDRED FEET.
IT WOULD PUT THAT IN A 22 FOOT
SETBACK TO ALLOW FOR MORE
LIGHTING AND AIR ON THE GREEN
STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO COME
IN AND AROUND THE SMALL
OUTBUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE DEVELOPED ON THESE BELLTOWN
PARCELS.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS
BROUGHT BY SOME CONSTITUENTS IN
BELLTOWN THAT JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THESE NEW SMALL
OUTBUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING IN
OUR BUILDING IN AN URBAN
ENVIRONMENT THAT IS STILL
EMPHASIZING A LIVABLE BELLTOWN
WITHOUT UNDERMINING THE
INCREASED DENSITY AND BETTER
BUILDING STANDARDS THAT THESE
BUILDINGS WILL BE HELD TO
BENEFIT FROM TO ADD MORE
RESIDENTS TO BELLTOWN.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT IS
SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
IT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY
UNCONTROVERSIAL AMENDMENT THIS
AFTERNOON.
I'M HAPPY TO MAKE MYSELF
AVAILABLE BETWEEN BRIEFING AND
THIS AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS IT
FURTHER AND APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FLAG THAT IN OUR
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
>> I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THIS
AMENDMENT WAS DEVELOPED IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE STRAUSS
OFFICE AND I WANT TO THANK THEM
FOR AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO GO
BACK AND FORTH AND MAKE SURE
THIS ISN'T KEEPING WITH THE
SPIRIT OF THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS PER THE
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK
YOU FOR THE REASON THAT THIS IS
AN ANTICLIMACTIC BRIEFING IS
BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO WORK
TOGETHER THROUGHOUT LAST WEEK
ON THIS AMENDMENT.
I KNOW THAT I HAD STILL SOME
CONCERNS FRIDAY EVENING, I
BELIEVE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE MAKING
SURE THOSE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN
ALLEVIATED AND REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION
ON THIS.
>> GREAT. OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
REPORT?
WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THAT MUCH
ACTION IN YOUR REPORT.
WE ALL GET A GO ON THIS.
LOOKS LIKE NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY
HANDS RAISED.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SO YOU
CAN GIVE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S
REPORT.
>> I ALWAYS ENDEAVOR TO BE
SHORT WITH COUNCIL BRIEFING .
UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NOT ACHIEVED
A THIS MORNING.
HERE IS THE REPORT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ . DDD FIVE
DISTRICT 5 REPORT.
THE NEXT PUBLIC ASSETS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE IS
DECEMBER 7, 2:00 PM.
THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER
LEGISLATION TO RENEW [
INDISCERNIBLE ] CONTRACT.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONTRACT PLEASE SUBMIT IT TO
BOTH COUNCILMEMBER WARREN IS
OFFICE AND BRIAN GOODNIGHT'S
OFFICE BY NOVEMBER 30 FOR
CONSIDERATION.
THE DEADLINE ALLOWS DRAFT
AMENDMENTS TO BE APPROVED BY
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WOODLAND
PARK ZOO AND THE LAW DEPARTMNT
IN ADVANCE OF THE COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S OFFICE
WILL NOT TOURNAMENTS AFTER THE
DEADLINE.
THE DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30.
YOU HAS MANY MONTHS NOTICED.
TWO MONTH NOTICE IN FACT.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO GET
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZOO,
WOODLAND PARK ZOO CONTRACT IN
BY NOVEMBER 30.
METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT ON
A SOBER 18 SCHEDULED DIRECTLY
AFTER OUR FULL COUNCIL MEETING
ADJOURNS. A PUBLIC HEARING HAS
BEEN SET TO DISCUSS THE MAYOR'S
METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT
BUDGET PROPOSAL.
FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE
SHOWER PROGRAM FOR THE
REPORTING PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER
15 THROUGH THE ZOO, 21 PARKS
SHOWER PROGRAM SERVED 2022 USERS
AT SIX COMMITTEE CENTERS AS
PART OF THE SUMMER WRAP UP THEY
HAD A BUSY SUMMER FOCUSING ON
COVID SAFEWAY'S TO RECREATE FOR
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY.
OVER THE SUMMER, LIFEGUARDS AT
LEAST EIGHT SWIMMING BEACHES
KEPT WATCH OVER 143,000
VISITORS AND PROVIDED 75
ASSISTS TO SWIMMERS INCLUDING 28
ACTIVE RESCUES OF PEOPLE IN
DISTRESS.
THERE'S 17 LICENSED CHILDCARE
SITE HOSTING AN AVERAGE OF 350
CHILDREN, KIDDOS PER WEEK.
THE PARKS HOSTED IN ACTIVITY
CAMPS AT FOUR SITES FOR 1121
CHILDREN BETWEEN 20 AND 30 --
20% AND 30% OF KIDS WERE
SUPPORTED BY SCHOLARSHIPS
PROVIDED BY THE FOOD AND
BEVERAGE TAX.
CAREER LABS.
A JOB READINESS PROGRAM FOR
YOUTH HAD WANTED TO 42 YOUNG
PEOPLE COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
THE CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE NOW
GIVING THE BRIEFING FOR THE
CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE.
FOR SEPTEMBER 13, CLEAN CITY
CREW MEMBER IS PICKED UP 4500
NEEDLES AND 56,000 POUNDS OF
TRASH FROM 37 CAMPUS FOCUSING
ON DEEP CLEANING THREE PARKS,
GENESEE, COMMODORE AND
VOLUNTEER PARK.
CUMULATIVELY THE PARKS ARM OF
THE CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE HAS
CLEANED OF APPROXIMATELY 3
MILLION POUNDS OF TRASH AND
75,000 NEEDLES THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
AFTER COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ARE
YOU READY TO GO ?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
A LITTLE SLOW ON THE DRAW HERE.
MY REPORT. QUICK UPDATE FROM
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
TODAY AND TOMORROW HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND TERM
DIRECTOR TONYA CAM AND REX
BROWN THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTOR
OF THE SAFE COMMUNITY WILL BE
JOINING ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS INCLUDING THE
INNER [ INDISCERNIBLE ] COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE
ENGAGEMENT FORUMS HOSTED BY
COMMITTEE PASSAGEWAYS TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM YOUTH REGARDING
THEIR THOUGHTS ON VIOLENCE IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
ON HEALTH I WANT TO REMIND THE
VIEWING PUBLIC THAT STARTING
OCTOBER 25 YOU WILL NEED PROOF
OF VACCINATION FROM ACTIVITIES
IN KING COUNTY BOTH INDOORS AND
OUTDOORS.
IT IS BEST TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
READY FOR THIS CHANGE AHEAD OF
TIME.
SO THAT YOU ARE NOT CAUGHT
WITHOUT PROOF OF VACCINATION OR
A NEGATIVE TEST WHEN YOU NEED
ONE.
THE COUNTY IS SUPER HELPFUL
FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS
WEBPAGE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION
ABOUT VACCINE VERIFICATION AND
WHERE IT WILL BE REQUIRED.
YOU CAN GO TO KINGCOUNTY.GOV
/VERIFY.
YOU MAY HEARD THAT THE CDC
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED BOOSTERS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE
WHO RECEIVED THE PFIZER VACCINE
INITIALLY INCLUDING ANYONE WHO
IS 65 OR OLDER.
RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES AND FOLKS WHO ARE 50
TO 64 YEARS OF OLD WHO ARE HIGH
RISK BECAUSE OF CERTAIN
UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
ONLY BOOSTER DOSES OF PFIZER
VACCINE HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY
THE FDA AT THIS TIME.
BOOSTER DOSES FROM MODERNA AND
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINES HAVE
NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED.
FURTHER, CITY OF SEATTLE AND
PUBLIC HEALTH ARE WORKING OUT
HOW TO BEST SUPPORT RESIDENTS
TO RECEIVE THEIR PFIZER
BOOSTERS.
I EXPECT THAT MORE WILL BE
ANNOUNCED IN THE VERY NEAR
FUTURE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET
YOUR PFIZER BOOSTER, IF YOU ARE
ELIGIBLE.
IN THE MEANTIME, TO FIND A
BOOSTER SHOT OR GET STARTED ON
YOUR INITIAL COVID VACCINATION
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET HAD ONE YOU
CAN FIND VACCINE LOCATIONS, AS
ALWAYS AT KING
COUNTY.GOV/COVID.
FLU SEASON IS ALMOST HERE AND
HEALTH LEADERS ARE URGING
EVERYONE TO GET THEIR FLU SHOT
THIS YEAR.
IN ADDITION TO PROTECTING YOU
AND OTHERS FROM SICKNESS, IT
WILL HELP OUR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH
RECORD LEVELS OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS RIGHT NOW.
JUST QUICK UPDATE FOR SOMETHING
THAT I KNOW IMPACTS MY
SOUTHPARK NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT
1. BUT ALSO THE OTHER SNOHOMISH
VALLEY COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT
2. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE RECENT
LETTER IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
FROM PAULINA LOPEZ, -- ABOUT
THE EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH
PROTECTIONS PROMISED BY THE
2014 DECISION FOR THE SNOHOMISH
RIVER CLEANUP.
THE PORT OF SEATTLE KING COUNTY
WHISTLER MP SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES WERE SUPPORTING
PROPOSALS OF THE EPA TO CHANGE
CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS IN THE
LIGHT OF NEW SCIENCE AROUND
ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF PCBS AND
OTHER CHEMICALS.
I THINK THERE IS STILL
REASONABLE MINDS CAN DISAGREE
ABOUT WHAT THE ACCEPTABLE
LEVELS ARE.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE
PORTS, KING COUNTY STILL
BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TAKING A
POSITION THAT IS SUPPORTED BY
THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT ARE CALLED CPAH TOXICITY.
THEY DID RIGHT LAST WEEK THAT
I'M REALLY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THEY WROTE, QUOTE, WE ARE
COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE
DTPA TO ENSURE THAT COMMITTEE
CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED
INCLUDING WORKING TO COMPLETE
THE CLEANUP OF THE DUWAMISH
RIVER AS IDENTIFIED IN THE
RECORD OF DECISION OR EXPLORING
OTHER EFFECTIVE MEANS OF
ADDRESSING THIS CONCERN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTIES
HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO CLEAN THE AREA
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS
REQUIRED BY THE RECENTLY UPDATED
TOXICOLOGY ASSESSMENT BY THE EPA
AND BY STICKING TO THE
COMMITMENT MADE INTO THE RECORD
OF DIVISION AND LOOK FORWARD
WORKING WITH THE IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES TO MEMORIALIZE THIS
IMPORTANT COMMITMENT.
AND THEN, LASTLY, WE DO HAVE A
PROCLAMATION THAT MY OFFICE HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ FOR DIAPER NEED
AWARENESS WEEK.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM WESTSIDE AB
WILL JOIN TO SET THE
PROCLAMATION, TALK ABOUT THE
WORK AND MEET THE NEED IN THE
COMMUNITY.
INCLUDING STEPPING UP DURING
THE PANDEMIC TO DISTRIBUTE
860,000 MORE DIAPERS IN 2020
THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE CIRCULAR PROCLAMATION TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICES ON
THURSDA MORNING.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL HAND
IT OVER TO YOU TO WALK US
THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS OF
SECURING SIGNATURES ON THE
PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THE PROCLAMATION HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE
ARE NO QUESTIONS BEFORE I
REQUEST THE ROLL CALL.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, OR THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THE SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
REGARDING DIAPER NEED AWARENESS
WEEK.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
EIGHT IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT BEING SAID WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE DOWN THE LINE TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
AFTER COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WILL
BE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS
THE STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS
BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY.
JUST AS A REMINDER I WANT TO
STATE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THE
COMMITTEE CANCELED ITS MEETING
ON THE 22nd BECAUSE
SUBSTANTIALLY IT WAS GOING TO
BE SIMILAR TO THE MEETING
COMING UP IN THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA THIS
THURSDAY.
IN ESSENCE, THE COMMITTEE WILL
BE MEETING THIS COMING THURSDAY
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
CHAIRING THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND HEARING BRIEFING
FROM THE EXECUTIVE FROM THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
DISCUSS MANY OF THE SAME TOPICS
WE WOULD HAVE DISCUSSED ON THE
22nd.
AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL TOPICS
RELATING TO THE 2022 BUDGET ON
HOMELESSNESS AND THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
CONVERSATION ON THURSDAY AND
JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC THAT THAT IS WHEN
THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE
OCCURRING.
I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A GREAT MEETING WITH CEO
MARKDOWNS OF THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
NOW FAMOUS CEO MARKDOWNS AFTER
GREAT PROFILE THIS WEEKEND
DETAILING EXPERIENCE AND EARLY
LEADERSHIP OF THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY. THIS WAS A REALLY
PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THE CEO
WHERE WE WENT OVER SOME
FORESHADOWING OF SOME REALLY
AGGRESSIVE PLANS IN 2022 TO
SCALE UPPER HOUSING ASSETS, TO
WORK ON [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SHELTER TO HOUSING TO WORK ON
INCREASED ACQUISITION OF NEW
ASSETS LIKE HOTELS, MOTELS AND
ADDITIONAL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING ASSETS.
AS WELL AS STRATEGIES TO
RECRUIT AND RETAIN MORE FOLKS
TO WORK IN OUR BELABORED
HOMELESS SERVICES SECTOR WHICH
HAS A HIGH ATTRITION RATE AND
HAS HAD ISSUES RETAINING FOLKS.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE TRYING
AND DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE
PANDEMIC.
IN TERMS OF MORE SHORT-TERM
TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS MEETING,
I'M REALLY PLEASED TO REPORT
THAT CEO DONES FEELS LIKE THEY
DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND
AUTHORITY TERMS OF STAFFING
PLAN AND SUPPORT NETWORK TO
TAKE ON SOME OF THE 2021
INVESTMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL
HAS MADE , WHICH HAS YET BEEN
ON REALIZED DUE TO CAPACITY
ISSUES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND POTENTIAL
DISPUTES WITH THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY ON HOW
TO REALIZE THESE INVESTMENTS.
THIS INCLUDES FUNDING AT THE
COUNCIL HAS PUT FORWARD AND
PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL THREE TINY
HOUSE SHELTERS AS WELL AS A
SAFE LOT FOR UP TO 25 RVS. I'M
PLEASED TO REPORT THAT CEO
DONES INDICATED THERE PROBABLY
IS CAPACITY FOR THE AUTHORITY
TO TAKE ON TRYING TO IMPLEMENT
THOSE ASSETS IN 2021, WHICH IS
REALLY FANTASTIC NEWS.
I AM HOPING TO MEET SOON WITH
EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN GET THOSE ASSETS OUT THERE
BY LISTING SOME KIND OF RFQ BE
WITHIN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, BE WITHIN THE
AUTHORITY ALBEIT WITHIN SOME
KIND OF JOINT RFQ.
THERE IS A SHARED URGENCY
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
AUTHORITY AND REALIZING MORE
INVESTMENTS TO RESPOND TO THE
VERY REAL NEED WE ARE SEEING
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I
APPRECIATE OUR SHARED
COMMITMENT TO ACTION AND LOOK
FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT
WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING.
FINALLY, I AM GOING TO BE
ATTENDING ALONG WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THE SOUND
TRANSIT PREVIEW RIDE ON FRIDAY
FOR THE NEW LINK BETWEEN
NORTHGATE AND THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
A LONG TIME COMING.
I ONLY WISH YOU COULD'VE BEEN
DONE IN TIME FOR WHEN I WAS AN
UNDERGRAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A REALLY
GREAT HELPFUL TRANSPORTATION
LINK.
OTHERWISE, I DO NOT HAVE ANY
OTHER UPDATES ASIDE FROM
STATING THAT IF FULL COUNCIL
CAN GET OUT ON TIME, THIS
AFTERNOON, I DO INTEND TO GO
AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
OUR STRIKING CARPENTERS WHO ARE
GOING TO BE HOLDING A RALLY IN
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE OWE A LOT TO OUR UNION
CARPENTERS HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE GIVEN THE -- ESPECIALLY
IN DISTRICT 7 GIVEN THAT ALL OF
THESE MASSIVE TOWERS DOWNTOWN
THAT HAVE FUELED SO MUCH OF OUR
ECONOMIC GROWTH HAVE BEEN BUILT
BY UNION LABOR.
AND WE OWE IT IS ELECTED
OFFICIALS WILL STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH OUR CARPENTERS
AND MAKE SPACE FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP AND THEIR DEMANDS AS
THEY GO INTO A CONTENTIOUS
PERIOD OF ADDITIONAL
NEGOTIATION WITH THE ASSOCIATED
GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
I AM PROUD TO GO IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THEM AND PUSH FORWARD TO
MAKE SURE THE DISTRICTS 7
BENEFITS FROM THE GREAT GROWTH
AND GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
UNION CARPENTERS MADE POSSIBLE
IMAGE FOR THE GROWTH IS
EQUITABLE CONTRACTS AND
AGREEMENTS COMPENSATING THEM
FOR THIS ESSENTIAL LABOR WITH
LIVING WAGES.
[ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, FOR THE
REPORT OUT . I DID HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH CEO DONES TWO
FRIDAYS AGO AND IT WAS HELPFUL
TO SEE CLARIFICATION ABOUT [
INDISCERNIBLE ] ALREADY
APPROPRIATE FUNDS VERSUS FUTURE
FUDS FOR THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND THE
DESIRE THAT I THINK IS
UNIVERSALLY SHARED BETWEEN
BUSINESSES AND THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
ADVOCATES AND ELECTED THAT IF
FUNDING IS ORDERED APPROPRIATE,
ESPECIALLY FROM RELATIVELY
PARTNERS, WE SHOULD NOT LET ANY
DELICACY ON THE TABLE REJECTED.
I THINK WHAT YOU REPORT OUT IS
GREAT NEWS AS WE LOOK TO DEPLOY
THAT FUND AND STATE LEGISLATIVE
DOLLARS FROM THE CAPITAL BUDGET
TO STAND UP THESE THREE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES -- THAT'S MY
DAUGHTER IN THE BACKGROUND.
IT'S A SICK DAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS TO REPORT?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, NEXT UP IS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
AFTER COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE SIX ITEMS FROM THE COME
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
ON THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA.
ONE IS COUNCIL BILL 120162,
WHICH CREATES THE 15th AVENUE
BIA. WE HAVE THAT FIVE
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE SEATTLE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION THAT WE WILL
BE DISCUSSING.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER BILL IN MY
COMMITTEE REGARDING CHANGING
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFINITION TO
INCLUDE IMMIGRANTS,
DISCRIMINATORY CATEGORY TO ADD
ANOTHER PROTECTED CLASS OR TWO.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK
TO BE DONE ON THAT BILL.
AND SO, WE WILL DISCUSS THAT
AGAIN LIKELY IN DECEMBER AND WE
WILL BRING THAT TO FULL
COUNCIL.
I DO HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO LET MY COLLEAGUES
KNOW ABOUT.
COUNCIL BILL 120184
ESTABLISHES JUNETEENTH AS A
LEGAL HOLIDAY FOR CERTAIN CITY
EMPLOYEES AND ESTABLISHES A
LEGAL PARKING HOLIDAY. AS YOU
KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE FEDERAL
HOLIDAY THIS YEAR GOVERNOR JAY
INSLEE SIGNED HOUSE BILL 1016
CREATING A HOLIDAY FOR STATE
EMPLOYEES. KING COUNTY PASSED
LEGISLATION AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS
A CITY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE
JUNETEENTH AS A DAY TO
COMMEMORATE THE NOTIFICATION OF
FORMER SLAVES OF EMANCIPATION.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FOR REFERRING THIS TO
HER GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND
ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO REACH
OUT TO ME IF YOU'VE GOT ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILL.
I DO WANT TO THANK KARINA --
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND MY
OWN CHIEF OF STAFF ALEXA -- FOR
THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS BILL
AND FOR REALLY MAKING SURE WE
ARE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH THE
LAW DEPARTMENT AND PER CRAFTING
REALLY EXCELLENT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON.
I DO WANT TO REPORT I HAD A
MEETING WITH THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS LAST WEEK.
VERY EXCITED THE PREPARATIONS
ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
OCR IS STAFFING UP AND RECENTLY
COMPLETED THE FIRST ROUND OF
INTERVIEWS FOR THE PRETTY
SUPPORTED BUDGETING COORDINATOR
. THAT PERSON, ONCE THEY ARE
HIRED, WILL BE WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY TO HELP CRAFT THE RFP
PROCESS FOR THE CONTRACTOR WHO
WILL BE HIRED LATER THIS WINTER
AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING
ACTUALLY FACILITY PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS NEXT YEAR.
THINGS ARE MOVING AND I'M
EXCITED THAT WE WILL GET TO SEE
THE FRUITS OF ALL THOSE
CONVERSATIONS VERY SOON.
LAST WEEK ALONG WITH A DISTRICT
2 HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDED BY
STAFF AND I TOURED A PROPERTY
IN SOTO WHERE THE OWNER IS VERY
INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH
THE CITY TO TURN A CURRENT
BUILDING INTO NONCOGNITIVE
SHELTER TO HELP UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS TRANSITION INTO LONG-
TERM STABLE HOUSING.
DURING THE TOUR THE PROVIDER
INDICATED THEY ARE SEVERAL
PROPERTIES. THEY SEE THE
POTENTIAL IN THE PROPERTY.
MY GUESS IS THAT THERE ARE
SEVERAL PROPERTIES LIKE THAT
ACROSS THE CITY.
FOLKS WERE JUST WAITING TO BE
ABLE TO TURN THEIR BUILDINGS
INTO SHELTERS AND SERVICES AND
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR FOLKS WERE LIVING UNHOUSED.
THESE ARE REALLY CREATIVE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'M EXCITED
TO EXPLORE.
I HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE HAD A
COUPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH
PROPERTY OWNERS IN LAST COUPLE
OF MONTHS.
FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH US TO PROVIDE THE
KIND OF SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED
. IT'S REALLY REFRESHING TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE HELPING
LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS, AND I WANT
TO THANK THEM FOR BEING WILLING
TO REACH OUT TO US.
WE ALSO TOURED A THRIVING
BUSINESS HUB ON MLK THAT HOUSES
SEVERAL SOMALI OWNED BUSINESSES
ALONG WITH THE [ INDISCERNIBLE
] MOSQUE AND AS A REFUGEE
ASSITANCE ORGANIZATION, FOOD
PANTRY AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO ARE REALLY TRYING TO STAY
ROOTED IN SOUTH SEATTLE,
SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH AN
ARRAY OF BUSINESSES, RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL SERVICES.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING
THE LAND THAT THEY CURRENTLY
RENT SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT
OFF THE SPECULATIVE MARKET AND
REALLY MOVE IT INTO COMMUNITY
OWNERSHIP.
I WAS EXCITED TO BE TO MEET
WITH THEM AND HEAR ABOUT THE
PLANS THEY HAVE FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY.
I JOINED LEADERS OF THE SEATTLE
COME TO TOUR EAGLE VILLAGE.
DURING THE TOUR WAS ABLE TO
MEET COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE
LIVING AT THE VILLAGE AND WHO
HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT OF THE
VILLAGE INTO STABLE LONG-TERM
HOUSING AND HAVE NOW RETURNED
TO HELP PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE
FOLKS WHO ARE MOVING THROUGH
THAT JOURNEY INTO MORE STABLE
HOUSING.
IT'S A REALLY GREAT TO SEE
THAT, KIND OF, CIRCLE HOW THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY
IMPACTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
AN ACUTE WAY TO THE EXTENT ONCE
FOLKS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THOSE
PROGRAMS THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE
TO COME BACK AND SERVE AS FOLKS
WHO HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE.
AND NOW HELPING OTHER FOLKS
MOVE THROUGH THAT JOURNEY.
REALLY NICE TO VISIT WITH THEM
AND TO VISIT WITH THE NEW
DIRECTOR.
I ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION LAST
WEEK WITH SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD
DIRECTOR BRANDON HERSEY.
HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN
DISCUSSING THE STORM WATER FEES
THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYS
TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO
MITIGATE SOME OF THAT EXPENSE
TO THE DISTRICT SO THAT THEY
CAN REALLOCATE TO SERVICES THAT
ARE NEEDED BY THE STUDENTS IN
THE DISTRICT, SO LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION
WITH HIM.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I'M
SURE WE WILL BE HAVING A
CONVERSATION TOGETHER AS WELL,
SO HEADS UP.
FINALLY, THIS WEEKEND I WAS
ABLE TO JOIN THE MANY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HOSTING
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
CONVERSATION YESTERDAY. IT WAS
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET A
PREVIEW OF WHAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS WILL BE REQUESTING
FROM US ABOUT HOW TO MEET
COMMUNITY NEEDS AND HOW TO
INVEST IN THE KINDS OF SERVICES
AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN
REALLY HELP PROVIDE COMMUNITY
SAFETY. PARTICULARLY FOR OUR
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS
MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
ANYTHING, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DO SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS HAS HIS HAND RAISED.
I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> I WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE
TOUR THAT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
REPORTED TAKING IN SOTO WITH A
PROVIDER THAT IS INTERESTED IN
PURSUING SOME KIND OF SHELTER.
THAT'S AWESOME NEWS.
I WANTED TO FLAG MY INTEREST IN
BEING SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL
WITH MOVING THAT FORWARD.
MY OFFICE DOES HAVE A LIST OF
MANY SUCH PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN MADE AWARE OF EITHER FROM
COLLEAGUES HERE OR FROM OUR OWN
WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A LONG, LONG LIST OF
POTENTIAL CAPACITY THAT IS
PAIRED, I WOULD ADD, WITH
PROVIDER REPRESENTATIONS OF
HAVING CAPACITY TO REALIZE THE
INVESTMENT.
IT DRIVES ME UP A WALL THAT
MORE OF THAT HAS NOT BEEN
REALIZED. I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE
ARE AT A POINT GIVEN MY EARLIER
REPORT ABOUT THE AUTHORITY AND
KIND OF GETTING TO A POINT
WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO
TAKE ON MORE OF THESE THINGS.
HAVING THIS LIST OF PROJECTS
WILL BE VERY VALUABLE AT THIS
POINT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IF
SOMEONE IN YOUR OFFICE COULD
WHEN A WITH JACOB THORNTON IN
MY OFFICE JUST SO WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION, WE ARE HAPPY TO
REALLY HELP PUSH ON THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
AS I SAID, WE HAVE PROPERTY
OWNERS WERE VERY EAGER TO HELP
FIND SOLUTIONS.
AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WE DID HAVE FOLKS, AND TOUR
WITH US TO SEE WHAT THE
POTENTIAL IS OF THIS PROPERTY.
WE HADN'T SEEN IT OURSELVES
YET.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE STABILITY AND SERVICES
AND, YOU KNOW, AN ENTRY FOR
PEOPLE INTO A SYSTEM THAT CAN
OFFER THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT
THEY NEED.
[ INAUDIBLE ] ON MY STAFF WILL
REACH OUT TO JACOB AND MAKE
SURE WE ARE FIGURING OUT HOW WE
CAN PURSUE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AS WE ARE HAVING A
CONVERSATION, REMINDS ME IT'S A
LITTLE BIT OF A TESTAMENT TO
THE POWER OF DISTRICT
REPRESENTATION AND THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK TO
IDENTIFY SOME SOLUTIONS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE REALLY
IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO GET GOING
SO THAT WE CAN TRULY MEET THE
NEEDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE UNMET
NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT WORK BY
ALL OF YOU TO TRY TO FIND THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE WE WILL GO DOWN
THE LINE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS NEXT
THEN COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD
MORNING.
APOLOGIES IF YOU DO HEAR MY
COWORKER IN THE BACKGROUND.
MY DAUGHTER IS SICK HOME TODAY.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM FROM FINANCE
AND HAS A COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S
FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
THIS IS THE LEGISLATION THAT
LIFTS PROVIDER $30 MILLION
AVAILABLE FOR THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUNDS THAT WAS MADE
AVAILABLE BY THE SALE OF THE --
OMEGA BLOCK PROJECT.
THIS IS LEGISLATION A FOLLOW-
THROUGH ON THE LOWER PROCESS OF
LEGACY BY COMMUNITY YEARS LONG
MULTIPLE YEARS ON PROCESS BY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
WORKED TO ENSURE -- MAKES GOOD
ON PROMISE TO COMMUNITY DURING
THE SELL THIS HISTORICALLY
LARGE AND VALUABLE PIECE OF
PUBLIC LAND KNOWN AS THE MERCER
MEGA BLOCK.
I REMINDER THIS FUND WAS
INITIALLY ESTABLISHING 2019
WHEN IN ADDITION TO ALLOCATING
A PORTION OF THE MERCER SALE
DULLES RESTORED INVESTMENTS AND
HOUSING, THE COUNCIL ALSO PASSED
A BUDGET PROVISO ON $39 TO
CREATE A COMBINED -- TO CREATE
A COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION FUND INCLUDING AN
ADVISORY BOARD TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO SPEND
THE MONEY TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT, PROJECTS AND
COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE IN HIGH
RATES OF DISPLACEMENT AND LOW
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
LAST YEAR WE AS A COUNCIL
WORKED TO REINSTATE THE $30
MILLION FUND WHEN THE $30
MILLION WAS CUT BY THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
AND A FINAL BUDGET WE RESTORE
THE FUNDING AS ORIGINALLY
INTENDED SO THAT IT WILL GO TO
DISTRICT TO TEACH INVESTMENT
FUND.
THIS YEAR WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TWO COMMITTEE
DISCUSSIONS ON THE OUTCOME OF
THAT ADVISORY BOARD AND THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT TOOK
PLACE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION FOR COUNCILMEMBER MORE
PRACTICALLY AND WE ARE VERY
EXCITED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF
GETTING THIS OUT THE DOOR MEANS
TRANSACTIONS WILL BE ON THE
NEAR HORIZON HERE.
GIVEN THE TIMELINE AND THE
BACKGROUND, IT'S EXCITING TO
SEE THIS PROVISO LIFT GO
FORWARD SO WE GET THESE FUNDS
OUT THE DOOR TO THE COMMUNITY
DRIVEN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES TO
SUPPORT THINGS LIKE HOUSING
CHILDCARE SMALL BUSINESS AND
COMMUNITY SPACE.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE
GRANTEES AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK TO SUPPORT, AND VARIOUS
WAYS, WHERE POSSIBLE, THE OTHER
PROJECTS THAT DID NOT GET
SELECTED GIVEN OUR ONGOING WORK
WITH THE JUMPSTART SEATTLE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE PROPOSAL
AND JUST KNOW AGGRESSIVE
DOLLARS COMING IN THE DOOR.
$30 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH BUT
IT IS A GREAT INVESTMENT THAT I
KNOW WILL MAKE A HUGE
DIFERENCE TO COMMUNITIES
ACROSS SEATTLE.
IN TERMS OF THE HOUSE A
COMMITTEE WE HAVE NO FUNDS OR
MEETINGS BEFORE WE GO INTO THE
BUDGET SESSION.
OUR BUDGET SESSION REALLY
STARTS TODAY.
THE MAYOR WILL BE SENDING DOWN
HER PROPOSED BUDGET TO COUNCIL
TODAY. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE IN THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET AND THAT WILL
START THIS WEEK.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATIONS AND WILL HAVE THE
CHANCE TO HEAR FROM VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT DETAILS AND
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
BEING CEMENTED TO COUNCIL
TODAY.
STARTING WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE ALL
DAY SESSIONS WITH VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS TO DIVE INTO THE
DETAILS. AGAIN, COLLEAGUES,
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY
MEETINGS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED
OVER THE LAST MONTH AND HALF.
AS A REMINDER, THOUGH START AT
9:30 AM AND WILL TAKE A BREAK
AT 1:00 PM.
THEY WILL, AGAIN, BEGIN AT 2:00
PM AND WE ENDEAVOR TO GET
EVERYONE OUT AND ADJOURNED BY
5:00 PM.
WEDNESDAY MORNING WE WILL BEGIN
AN INTRODUCTION ON THE BUDGET
PROCESS AND HAVE AN OVERVIEW
FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND
CEO OVERVIEW ON THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET AND IN THE
AFTERNOON TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
AND ITS BOARD OF EDUCATION AND
LEARNING.
THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE A LOT
OF INFORMATION AND A LONG DAY.
WE HEAR FROM OFFICE OF HOUSING,
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
SAID WHAT HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
SYSTEM ASCOUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
ALLUDED TO IN HIS REPORT AS
WELL.
I WANT TO THANKCOUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND JACOB FOR WORKING
WITH THEIR OFFICE TO MEASURE
THE REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
IS INCORPORATED IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT OUT
AS WELL ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
EXCUSE ME, ON THURSDAY.
IN THE AFTERNOON WE WOULD HEAR
ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY
COMMITTEE LET INVESTMENT AS
WELL AS INVESTMENT IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
WRITING OF THE WEEK ON FRIDAY
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SEATTLE
PARKS DEPARTMENT IN SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CLOSING OUT THE DAY WITH
PRESENTATIONS ONGOING COVID
RESPONSE.
AND OTHER UPDATES, TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR TWO
GREAT MEETINGS LAST WEEK.
THE FIRST IS A PUBLIC HEARING
WEDNESDAY AND A COMMITTEE
MEETING FRIDAY ON THE
LEGISLATION I'M EXCITED TO BE
COSPONSORING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS TREME NAME SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONE TO NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL.
LEGISLATION WAS PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY BY THE LAND USE AND
THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK AND IT WILL BE BEFORE
COUNCIL AS COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS ALLUDED TO ON OCTOBER
4. AS DISCUSSED IN THE FRIDAY
COMMITTEE MEETING, AND IN A
PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY,
THE NAME CHANGE IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT RECOGNIZES THAT
SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
MORE DIVERSE.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE
DIVERSE HOUSING STRUCTURES AND
HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE AROUND OUR
CITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
DIVERSITY.
CURRENTLY THE NAME SINGLE-
FAMILY DOES NOT GET TO THE FULL
BREADTH OF WHAT OUR CITIES
CURRENT FABRIC IS.
SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
HOME TO LEGACY DUPLEXES,
TRIPLEX'S, PARTNER BUILDINGS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES, PARKS,
SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE'S AND SO
MUCH MORE.
THIS, IN ADDITION TO THE
SENSORY DWELLING UNITS AND
DETACHED DWELLING UNITS THAT WE
HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD SINCE
1994, THE SINGLE-FAMILY NAME IS
RALLY A MISNOMER.
AND IMPORTANTLY IT HAS ROOTS
AND EXCLUSIONARY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] PRACTICES OF
THE PAST THAT ARE NO LONGER
GOING TO BE IN STATUTE IF OUR
LEGISLATION PASSES AND THAT IS
SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD
OF.
THIS IS A STEP FORWARD AND WORK
TO CREATE A MARKETABLE AND
INCLUSIVE SEATTLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU IS THAT COMES UP FOR FULL
COUNCIL VOTE ON OCTOBER 4. I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
IMPORTANT HEARING FROM US AND
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
I WILL BE JOINED THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST REGIONAL -- REGIONAL
COUNCIL CARPENTERS WHO HAVE
BEEN ON STRIKE SINCE A, 16.
THE STRIKE IS NOTED FROM THE
WASHINGTON STATE LABOR COUNCIL
NEWS ALERT HAS HALTED THE
CARPENTERS WORK AND HUNDREDS OF
PROJECTS ACROSS THE REGION
EXCEPT FOR THOSE WITH PROJECT
LABOR CLAIMS ARE IN PLACE.
I WILL JOIN WITH THE WASHINGTON
STATE LABOR COUNCIL AND MARTIN
LUTHER KING COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL
ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE BUILDING TRADES, LOCAL
4021, IRONWORKER 46, SEATTLE
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, LOCAL
242, UFC W 21, AND LABOR
MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY
AND REGION AS WE CALL FOR A
CONTRACTOR A CONTRACT THAT
RESPECTS THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES
OF WORKERS.
I WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE CONTINUE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAGES AND
BENEFITS GO EVEN FURTHER BY
ADDRESSING THINGS LIKE HOUSING
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
PARKING IN OUR CITY THAT OPTION
TAKE FUNDING WAY FROM HARD-
WORKING LABOR MEMBERS ACROSS
OUR CITY.
THIS FRIDAY HAVE THE HONOR OF
ALSO JOINING WITH THE SOUND
TRANSIT PARTNERS AND OTHER
REGIONAL PARTNERS IN OPENING OF
THE NORTHGATE LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANDED
LIGHT OPTIONS AND HOW THIS
HELPS TO CONTINUE TO MEET OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND
ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT GOALS.
I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN
WEDNESDAY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE WILL
BE HAVING A CHANCE TO HEAR ON
THE HOUSING CHOICE DIVERSITY
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ADVANCING SHARED REVENUE
PRINCIPLE STRATEGY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE NOT ONLY
VENTING HOUSING FOR THE REGION
BUT MAKING SURE THERE IS
ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
TO REPORT OUT FROM THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS AND FAS
FIRST FROM OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS.
EXCITED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
LAST OFFICER LABOR STANDARD NSA
SETTLEMENT OF NEARLY $1 MILLION
WITH POST MATES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP THESE
IMPORTANT SETTLEMENTS AS A
TRULY GREAT MONEY IN THE
POCKETS OF HARD-WORKING WORKERS
ACROSS THE REGION BUT ALSO ARE
A REMINDER TO COMPANIES TO
COMPLY WITH OUR CITY LAWS.
POST MATES IS A LARGE FOOD
DELIVERY NETWORK COMPANY WITH
OVER 1600 SEATTLE WORKERS AND
THEY SETTLED ALLEGATIONS UNDER
SEATTLE'S GIG WORKER AND PAID
SAVE TIME LABOR WHICH INCLUDED
ABOUT $950,000 OF REMEDIES TO
THE 1600 GIG WORKERS AND ABOUT
$22,000 FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
ADDITIONALLY, SEPTEMBER OS
ANNOUNCE FINDING AGAINST TWO
COMPANIES IN RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, BAJA
CONCRETE AND NEW-WAVE FORMING
INC.
FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MINIMUM
WAGE, PAID SICK AND SAVE TIME
LEGISLATION AND VIOLATIONS OF
OUR WAGE ACCORDANCE. THESE
DIRECT INVESTIGATIONS RESULTED
IN AN ASSESSMENT OF OVER $2.2
MILLION AND REMEDIES FOR 53
WORKERS IN OUR REGION.
YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT THESE
REMEDIES FOR WORKERS AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF COMPLYING WITH
OUR CITIES LABOR LAWS AT THE OLS
NEWSROOM WHICH IS THE REGULAR
BLOG POSTINGS. FROM FAS JUST A
REMINDER THAT FAS LICENSE AND
TAX DEMONSTRATION WILL BE
SENDING OUT A 2022 THIS IS
LICENSE TAX CERTIFICATE RATE
INCREASE NOTICES TO BUSINESSES
IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
SEATTLE CONTAINS CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX FUNCTION THAT INCREASES
THE BUSINESS LICENSING FEE
BASED ON LOCAL CPI.
THAT ROUNDS OUT MY REPORT FOR
TODAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING
THE PROPOSED BUDGET SO WE CAN
ALL DIVE INTO THE DETAILS AS
THEIR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
START THIS WEEK AND THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOUR
NEXT.
THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
OUR CITY TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS NO
ITEMS ON THIS AFTERNOON'S FULL
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
OF TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE FIRST
AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS OF EACH
MONTH. BUT WE ARE ENTERING A
TWO MONTH BUDGET SEASON THIS
WEEK, SO WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, AND
DECEMBER 15.
BOTH AT 9:30 AM.
AFTER OUR REGION'S VOTERS
APPROVED THE SOUND TRANSIT, TO
BALLOT MEASURE 13 YEARS AGO IN
2003 THE BIG DAY IS FINALLY
ARRIVING THIS WEEK AS IF YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE 40
MENTIONED THIS OCTOBER 2,
SATURDAY, THREE NEW LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS INCLUDING NORTH RATE
NORTHGATE DISTRICT 5 IN TWO
DISTRICT 4. BERKEN AVENUE A
NORTHEAST 43rd STREET AND WAS
STATION NORTH THE 65th STREET
AND 12th AVENUE NORTHEAST.
THOSE STATIONS WILL HAVE
FESTIVITIES ALL DAY SATURDAY.
THE DISTRICT OPENING CELEBRATION
WILL HAVE SPEAKERS AT 11:00 A.M.
. THE ROOSEVELT CELEBRATION AT
1:00 PM.
THESE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS AS WE
ALL KNOW OUR TRANSPORTATION
GAME CHANGERS FOR MOBILITY AND
FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THE 30 AWARDS
RECENTLY RECEIVED BY SEATTLE
CHANNEL IS NOTED IN A PRESS
RELEASE THIS PAST FRIDAY.
AND FORWARD HIGHLIGHTING THE
GOOD NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT BY
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES,
DEPORT AND KING COUNTY TO
REINFORCE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE
CLEANUP OF THE DUWAMISH RIVER.
LAST WEEK RELIGIOUSLY DELAYED
MALIKA DAVIS OR COLLATE A
PROCLAMATION FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION . WE HOPE TO
OBTAIN YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
THE PROCLAMATION HONORS THE
LATE PROFESSOR THADDEUS
BRUNDTLAND WHO BROKE THROUGH
RACIAL BARRIERS AND ACADEMIA TO
ACHIEVE A DISTINGUISHED CAREER
THAT FOCUSED ON RESEARCHING AND
TEACHING IMPORTANT BUSINESS
ISSUES. HE EARNED HIS PHD IN
1962 MAKING THE FIRST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN TO BE TENURED IS A
FULL PROFESSOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS.
HE COFOUNDED THE CAUCUS OF
BLACK COMMUNISTS NOW CALLED THE
NATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
WHICH PROMOTES PROFESSIONAL
LIVES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WITHIN
THAT IMPORTANT FIELD OF STUDY.
HE WAS A FOUNDER OF PHD PROJECT
WHICH IS QUINTUPLED THE NUMBER
OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY
FACULTY BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN THE
U.S. SINCE 1994.
HE WAS THE FOUNDING FACULTY
TRAILER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON CONSULTING AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND
DISTRICT FOR.
THE CENTERS FOR THE GROWTH OF
BUSINESSES OWNED BY PEOPLE
COLOR AND WOMEN ACROSS
WASHINGTON STATE HELPING TO
CREATE MORE THAN 200,000 JOBS.
COUNSEL PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS
YEAR AT THE AGE OF 90.
THE PROCLAMATIONS SADARA 20,
2020 BE THADDEUS SPRATLEN DAY.
I BELIEVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
LAST THE CLERK TO CONDUCT A
ROLL CALL FOR INDICATING WHETHER
YOU WILL AFFIX YOUR SIGNATURES
TO THE PROCLAMATION.
I COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR THE
>> BEFORE WE DO THAT, ARE THERE
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROCLAMATION?
HEARING NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROCLAMATION, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
REGARDING THADDEUS SPRATLEN .
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>>
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES, IT DOES.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND HIS REPORT?
HEARING NONE, NEXT UP IS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA THEN I
WILL CONCLUDE THIS MORNING
COUNCIL BRIEFING WITH MY
REPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE.
THEIR TWO ITEMS FOR A VOTE ON
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY
INVENTORSHIP COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE TWO BILLS FROM OUR
OFFICE WHICH WILL HELP ADDRESS
THE CRISIS BEING FACED BY
RENTERS DUE TO SKYROCKETING
RENT.
ONE BILL IS ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE ORDINANCE REQUIRING
LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY DISPLACE
THEIR TENANTS WITH OUTRAGEOUS
RENT INCREASES. A PROCESS IS
COME TO BE KNOWN AS ECONOMIC
EVICTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT OVER THE PAST
DECADE THERE HAVE BEEN MASSIVE
DISPLACEMENT IDENTIFICATION OF
OUR NEIGHBORS ELIGIBLE BY
SKYROCKETING RENTS, FORCING
THOUSANDS FROM THEIR HOMES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CITY.
SOME ALSO BECOME HOMELESS AND
NATIONAL RECOGNIZED STUDY SHOW
EVERYONE HOW TO TELL INCREASE
IN AVERAGE RENT IN THE CITY
RESULTS IN A 15% INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS.
OUT-OF-CONTROL RENT AND HOUSING
COSTS AS WE KNOW IS NOT JUST A
PROBLEM IN SEATTLE.
IT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
AND INTERNATIONALLY.
IT IS BEING DRIVEN BY
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS.
PRICES AND NOT BEEN DRIVEN BY
THE COST OF HOUSING AS THE COST
OF HOUSING BUT BY LIMITING REAL
ESTATE BY SPECULATION, COST OF
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING GOES UP AND
UP BECAUSE INVESTORS BELIEVE
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SELL IT
FOR EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE
THAN PROPERTY OWNERS TOWARD
EVER HIGHER RENTS FOR THE
ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED MORTGAGES
AND IT BECOMES A VICIOUS
CIRCLE.
WORKING PEOPLE LEFT WITH
INCREASINGLY FEWER AND FEWER
AFFORDABLE HOMES TO LIVE IN.
WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS CITYWIDE
RENT CONTROL WITHOUT ANY
CORPORATELY CLOSE TO ACTUALLY
REGULATE THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL
SITUATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALSO NEED
LEGISLATION TO MITIGATE THE
HARM DONE BY INCREASING RENT
AND THAT'S WHAT TODAY'S BILLS
WILL DO.
IN SEATTLE, RENTERS DISPLACED
EVERY DEPARTMENT ARE ILLEGIBLE
FOR THE LOCATION SISON THROUGH
THE TENANT RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE ORDINANCE WHERE RENT
IS A FOREST REMOVE BIAS WHICH
IS RENT INCREASES EFFICIENCY OF
úTHE SAME BURDENS OF
DISPLACEMENT, EXACTLY THE SAME
COST OF MOVING DON'T GET ANY
COMPENSATION.
THIS BILL FROM MY OFFICE
ECONOMIC DISPLACE RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE ORDINANCE MAKES
RENTERS ELIGIBLE FOR RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE IN THEIR FORCED TO
MOVE BY RENT INCREASE OF 10% OR
HIGHER.
THIS IS SOMEWHAT RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IN 2018
PORTLAND OREGON, ENACTED AN
ORDINANCE REQUIRING LANDLORDS
TO PAY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO
RENTERS ECONOMICALLY JUST
DISPLACED BY RENT INCREASES OF
10% OR HIGHER.
THIS LEGISLATION ON TODAY'S
AGENDA FOR MY OFFICE.
ONE AMENDMENT PUSHES BACK THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
LEGISLATION TO JULY 1, 2022, IN
ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE TIME
THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
AND INSPECTIONS TO SET UP THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADMINISTER
THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM. AND THE OTHER
AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY IF PAST
WOULD REVERSE AMENDMENT OF [
INDISCERNIBLE ] SUSTAINABLY
WENT TO COMMITTEE THAT WAS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WHICH
WAS AN IMAGE REQUIRE MEANS
TESTING FOR RENTERS TO GET
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE UNDER
THIS BILL.
RENTERS DISPLACED BY RENT
INCREASE WE NEED TO ATTEST THAT
THEY ARE BLOWING, MAKING NO
MORE THAN 80% OF THE AREA
MEDIAN INCOME. I
OPPOSING THE UPPER MALLET IS ANY
MEANS TESTING GREATER VALUE FOR
THE MOST VIABLE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM THIS
ASSISTANT IS INTENDED TO APPLY
FOR THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED
AND THEY DESERVE AND THIS IS
TRUE IN MANY ESTABLISHED MEANS
TESTING STATISTICAL STUDIES.
ALSO IN THIS CASE IS NO BENEFIT
TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ] LIMITING
LET'S LISTEN BY INCOME BECAUSE
LIKE MANY OTHER RENTERS THERE
IS A MEANS TEST BUILT INTO THE
LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES.
BECAUSE IT'S -- I'VE NEVER
HEARD OF A WELL-OFF PEOPLE
BEING DISPLACED BUT IT IS
REGULAR WORKING PEOPLE AND
ESPECIALLY LOW-INCOME PEOPLE
WHO ARE DISPLACED BY RENT
INCREASES.
THE AMENDMENT I'M BRINGING TO
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND
BOTH AMENDMENTS ARE ATTACHED TO
THE AGENDA TO REMOVE THAT MEANS
TEST AND ADD WHEREAS CLAUSES IS
PLAIN THE MEANS TEST CREATED
VALUE FOR THE MOST WILL PEOPLE.
COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD ALSO
REVIEW THE ANALYSIS FROM THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT
CITY COUNCIL SENT A STAFF MEMBER
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] FORWARDED TO
ALL COUNCIL OFFICES LAST
WEEKEND SHOULD MAKE ALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS CONFIDENT THERE
IS NO LEGAL CONCERN IN PASSING
THE AMENDMENT THAT I'M BRINGING
FORWARD TODAY AND THAT WAS THE
ORIGINAL BILL THE FIRST PLACE.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS, SO IF YOU INTEND TO
BRING ONE, PLEASE, IN THE
SPIRIT OF THE DISCUSSION
EARLIER WHERE DID YOU DID NOT
WANT LAST MINUTE AMENDMENT, LET
MY OFFICE IN THE PUBLIC KNOW
RIGHT NOW. AND I HOPE YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO BRING LAST-MINUTE
AMENDMENTS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN A
SPECIALLY RENTERS HAVE THE
RIGHT TO HEALTH ELECTED
OFFICIALS ARE MAKING ACTION
THAT WILL AFFECT THE LIVES.
THE OTHER BILL ON TODAY'S CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA FROM THE
SUSTAINABLE RENTER COMMITTEE IS
A LEGISLATION FROM MY OFFICE
REQUIRING LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE
SIX MONTHS NOTICE FOR RENT
INCREASES.
CURRENTLY IN SEATTLE ONLY TWO
MONTHS NOTICE IS REQUIRED. THIS
BILL WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED
BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE RENTERS
COMMISSION.
THE RATE OF THE -- AGENDAS MORE
CONFUSING.
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE
CITY'S ELECTRONIC VEGETATION
TRACKING SYSTEM WORKS.
INCREASINGLY NOTICED LANDLORD
REQUIRE TO GIVE RENTERS FOR
RENT INCREASES CANNOT STOP THE
RENT INCREASE BUT IT DOES GIVE
RENTERS THE TIME THEY WILL NEED
TO FIND NEW HOUSING AND
REARRANGE THEIR LIVES IF THEY
RENT INCREASE FORCES THEM TO
MOVE.
BOTH THE BILLS HAVE BEEN
RECOMMENDED FOR A YES VOTE BY
THE COMMITTEE.
AS I SAID BEFORE, PLEASE LET ME
KNOW IF THERE'S ANY AMENDMENTS.
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
COMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY THERE
WAS ONE SCHEDULED FOR LAST
THURSDAY.
IT WAS CANCELED DUE TO A LACK
OF QUORUM.
WE ARE INTENDED TO VOTE ON
LEGISLATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
CLARIFYING THE TENANT WE WILL
SEE COMMUNICATION SISON
TOURNAMENT APPLIES TO BUILDINGS
THAT EXHIBIT THE MULTIPLE MEANS
OF SERENITY A AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROGRAM.
IT'S A CLARIFICATION ORDINANCE.
BECAUSE MY OFFICE WAS FORCED TO
CANCEL THE MEETING BECAUSE OF
LACK OF QUORUM, WE WERE UNABLE
TO VOTE THIS BILL OUT OF
COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY.
APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL PRESENT
AGREEING WITH MY PROPOSAL TO
RE---.
TO THE FULL CITY COUNTY ME IN
THE NEXT WEEK SO THAT [
INDISCERNIBLE ] WILL SEE THE
BILL ON TODAY'S INTRODUCTION
AND CALENDAR.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] HAS SENT TO
ALL COUNCIL OFFICES THE
PRESENTATION FOR PRESENTATION
INSPECTIONS AND STAFF MEMO
EXPLAINING LEGISLATION WHICH WE
HAVE GONE OVER WHICH ARE
ATTACHED TO SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS, LEGISLATION FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF THEY
WOULD LIKE TO VIEW IT.
THE BILLS FOR CLARIFYING
PURPOSES AND IS PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT IF ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT
TO MY OFFICE TO THE SDCI OR TO
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]. THE OTHER
ITEM THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR
DISCUSSION LAST THURSDAY WAS
THE RENT CONTROL LEGISLATION.
MY OFFICE ATTENDS TO BRING IT
TO A VOTE IN DECEMBER AFTER THE
BUDGET.
WE WILL LOOK FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SCHEDULE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS SO WE CAN
BRIEF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
THE PUBLIC ON THE CONTENTS OF
THAT BILL.
LAST WEEK AND COUNCIL BREATHING
I REPORT ON THE STAGGERING
NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
SEATTLE AREA AS REPORTED IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES.
WHO ARE IN IMMINENT RISK OF
EVICTION IF THEY REACH A
MORATORIUM AND I WOULD ANNOUNCE
MY OFFICE WOULD DRAFT A SIGN-ON
LETTER FOR THE COUNCIL TO SEND
TO THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR
URGING THEM THE MORATORIUM BE
EXTENDED. I AM SURE EVERYBODY
IS HEARD BY NOW THAT MAYOR
DURKAN HAS EXTENDED THE
THE SCALE OF THE MORATORIUM
SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT ENOUGH WE
NEED TO CANCEL THE RENTAL.
DEBT.
-- WE ALSO NEED TO PASS
CITYWIDE RENT CONTROL WITH --
UNLESS ALL OF THIS IS DONE --
WILL BECOME ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
WORSE WHEN THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM DOES END, BUT THIS 2
1/2 MONTH EXTENSION IS -- WE
KNOW IT IS NOT JUST LOCAL BUT
INTERNATIONAL BECAUSE
EXPLOITATION AND -- YESTERDAY
BUT MOVEMENT ACHIEVED A
HISTORIC VICTORY -- BERLIN
GERMANY VOTED TO FORCE THE
BIGGEST LANDLORDS IN THE CITY
TO FORWARD -- AFFORDABLE
PUBLICLY CONTROLLED SOCIAL
HOUSING.
-- FUNDED BY THE SAME VENTURE
CAPITALIST -- THAT ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SOARING RENTS
IN SEATTLE AND ELSEWHERE AND
MANY OF THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN
INTERNATIONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
HOUSING BUBBLES AND GLOBAL
FINANCIAL COLLAPSES.
LIKE IN SEATTLE, BERLIN HAS
BEEN STRUGGLING WITH
GENTRIFICATION -- 85% BETWEEN
2007 AND 2019, VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT SEATTLE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS DID DURING THE SAME
PERIOD.
WE SHOULD KEEP ORGANIZING TO
WIN VICTORIES -- FIGHTING BACK
TO MAKE HOUSING A HUMAN RIGHT --
FORCING A FIVE-YEAR RENT --
ACTIVISTS FOUGHT BACK BY
INTRODUCING A REFERENDUM TO
TAKE BACK -- THE CAMPAIGN --
WAS NAMED AFTER THE HUGE
PRIVATE LANDLORD CORPORATION
THAT CONTROLS MORE THAN 110,000
APARTMENTS IN BERLIN, SIMILAR
TO THE MAJOR CORPORATE
LANDLORDS LIKE -- IN SEATTLE.
THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
ALONG WITH THE REAL ESTATE
LOBBY FOUGHT THE INITIATIVE --
AND YESTERDAY MORE THAN 56% OF
BERLIN VOTERS -- A LEADER IN
THE CAMPAIGN DECLARED --
THOUSANDS HAVE BECOME ACTIVE
WITH US WE MESSED WITH POWERFUL
OPPONENTS AND ONE -- I HAVE NO
DOUBT THAT THE GERMAN POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT WILL TRY
EVERYTHING TO AVOID
IMPLEMENTING THE REFERENDUM BUT
THE RENTERS MOVEMENT THERE AT
LEAST AT THIS MOMENT LOOKS
POISED TO KEEP FIGHTING AND --
WE WILL NOT LET GO UNTIL THE --
HAS BEEN REMEDIED.
-- WE URGE ALL RENTERS IN
SEATTLE TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THEM.
WORKERS HAVE BEEN -- OUR
CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN
DETERIORATING AT THE SAME TIME
AMERICAN BILLIONAIRES ARE
MAKING SUPER PROFITS JUST SINCE
THE COVID-19 PROFITS CRISIS
BEGAN -- SEATTLE RENTS HAVE
GONE UP AND ALL WORKERS EVEN
UNION MEMBERS, TRADE UNION
MEMBERS ARE INCREASINGLY UNABLE
TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY
THEY HELPED BUILD AND RUN.
-- ARE SAYING ENOUGH. I
APPLAUD THE RANK AND FILE
CARPENTERS IN HAVING THE
COURAGE TO REJECT -- AND I
SUPPORT THEM IN ALL OF THEIR
DEMANDS WHICH ARE FULLY PAID
PARKING FULLY FUNDED BENEFITS
FAMILY SUPPORTING WAGES IMPROVED
PROTECTIONS AGAINST WORKPLACE
HARASSMENT AND A THREE-YEAR
CONTRACT TO KEEP THEM --
CARPENTERS ARE FIGHTING AGAINST
THE SO-CALLED MARKETSHARE
PHILOSOPHY WHICH IS THE IDEA
THAT THEY MUST COMPETE WITH
NONUNION CARPENTERS FOR WHO
WILL WORK THE CHEAPEST, THIS IS
A RACE TO THE BOTTOM FOR ALL
CARPENTERS AND -- THIS DIVIDE
AND CONQUER STRATEGY MUST BE
REJECTED.
CARPENTERS ARE CURRENTLY
OPPOSING THE IDEA OF -- WORKERS
HAVE THE MOST POWER WHEN WE
STAND UNITED IN THE FACE OF THE
-- THE FACT THAT ALL TRADES
CONTRACTS GO TOGETHER RIGHT NOW
AND AT THIS MOMENT EVERY THREE
YEARS IS A VERY RARE THING WE
STAND WITH THE RANK AND FILE
CARPENTERS AND -- WE NEED THAT
UNITY -- MY OFFICE STANDS
UNEQUIVOCALLY WITH THE
CARPENTERS -- THE RANK-AND-FILE
HAVE SENT A RESPONSE BACK TO ME
-- SENDING MY BEST WISHES FOR --
FUNDS GOING TO THE SOLIDARITY
FUNDS I HAVE PLEDGED -- AND
THEY SET IT UP AND I URGE
ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
WHO SUPPORT THE STRIKE TWO ALSO
DONATE AS SOON AS THE STRIKE
FUND IS OPEN.
-- IN ORDER TO BRING THE
HIGHEST PRESSURE TO BEAR TO WIN
THEIR DEMANDS.
LAST WEEK ALSO I STOOD WITH
CARPENTERS AND I PICKETED WITH
THEM FOR -- IT WAS INSPIRING TO
SEE THEIR COURAGE AND WE
RALLIED WITH -- AND OTHER
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT
THE STRIKE, I APPRECIATE THE
LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF -- AND
MANY OTHER UNION MEMBERS AND
OTHER LEADERS WHO SPOKE AT THE
RALLY OR WHO WERE OTHERWISE
THERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
CARPENTERS TOGETHER WE MARCHED
TO THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE
CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION WITH A
CLEAR DEMAND FOR -- CARPENTERS
RALLY AT 4 P.M.
TODAY AT THE SOUTH END OF SOUTH
LAKE UNION.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST -- AND
ANNOUNCE THAT OUR COUNSEL
OFFICE HAS BEGUN WORK ON THREE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO
BENEFIT NOT ONLY CARPENTERS BUT
ALSO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND
ONE OF THE BILLS IS TO ENSURE
THAT CARPENTERS AND OTHER
TRADES WORKERS ARE ABLE TO HAVE
FULLY PAID PARKING WITHIN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE KNOW THAT CARPENTERS AND
OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE
REQUIRED TO DRIVE TO JOB SITES
BECAUSE -- AND END UP PAYING UP
TO $100 A WEEK OR EVEN MORE
SOMETIMES -- IT IS REALLY
GUTWRENCHING TO SEE HOW MUCH
WORK THEY DO AND AS THEY SAY --
AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO LIVE
INSIDE SEATTLE I HAVE MET SO
MANY CARPENTERS WHO LIVE IN
ARLINGTON -- AND THIS ORDINANCE
WILL MAKE SURE THAT 100% OF THE
PARKING COSTS FOR ALL
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WILL BE
PAID FOR BY SEATTLE.
-- I HOPE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO
SUCCEED.
I ALSO HAVE OTHER BILLS, 12
RESTORE -- I HELP FIGHT FOR --
MAKING SURE THAT OPPRESSED
COMMUNITIES AND WOMEN AND LGBTQ
COMMUNITIES HAVE EQUAL ACCESS
FOR THESE JOBS AND HAVE
INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES -- IT IS
VERY CLEAR THAT THE WORKERS ARE
SAYING THEY DO NOT WANT THE
OVERALL RIGHT OF WORKERS TO
STRIKE TO BE PITTED AGAINST THE
RIGHT OF OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE THESE GO TOGETHER.
-- I HAVE TOLD STAFF TO WORK ON
FIGURING OUT A WHAT ELSE WE
WOULD NEED -- ADDRESSED IN A
SERIOUS WAY -- IT IS REALLY
STUNNING TO HEAR HOW MUCH FROM
CARPENTERS AND PAINTERS --
ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY ARE
DISPLACED BY -- IT IS REALLY
HEARTENING TO SEE HOW THE UNION
TAKES --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, ARE THERE
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND
INCLUDE A COUNCIL BRIEFING WITH
MY OWN REPORT OUT REALLY
QUICKLY I HAVE NOTHING ON --
TODAY IN MY ROLE AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT I AM SPONSORING ITEM
NUMBER 1 ON OUR FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA WHICH IS -- I HAVE
NOTHING TO REPORT ON BEHALF OF
-- OTHERWISE, LAST THURSDAY AT
THE PETERSON REGIONAL COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING -- THE
DISTRIBUTION OF $901 MILLION
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
FUNDING -- ON REGIONAL TRANSIT
SYSTEMS AND JUST AS A HIGHLIGHT
OF THOSE PARTICULAR, SPECIFIC
FUNDING DECISIONS, THE SEATTLE
TACOMA EVERETT AREA IS GOING TO
RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF A LITTLE
OVER $867 MILLION OF THOSE $901
MILLION TO VARYING AGENCIES,
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES IN THE
REGION, THE CITY OF SEATTLE WAS
APPROVED TO RECEIVE LITTLE MORE
THAN $4 MILLION, WITH KING
COUNTY METRO RECEIVING A LITTLE
OVER $395 MILLION IN THAT
INVESTMENT.
-- WILL ALSO REALIZE AN
INVESTMENT OF A LITTLE OVER
$275 MILLION.
I LIKE THOSE IN PARTICULAR AS
THEY BENEFIT OUR CONSTITUENTS
HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS
WELL.
I AM EXCITED THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THOSE
ADDITIONAL PASS-THROUGH DOLLAR
OPPORTUNITIES AND I AM REALLY
EXCITED TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT GOING INTO OUR
TRANSIT AGENCIES TO WORK ON --
TRANSPORTATION.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ALSO
AMENDED THE OPERATING
PROCEDURES -- THIS WILL ENSURE
THAT -- PARTICULARLY FROM OUR
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING WHO WILL BE ABLE TO
SERVE ON THAT IMPORTANT
COMMITTEE TO HELP GUIDE --
PARTICULARLY IN THE
TRANSPORTATION AREA.
LAST WEEK I ATTENDED -- I WAS
HONORED TO SHARE TIME ON THAT
PANEL WITH -- IT WAS A GOOD
CONVERSATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE WITH
STUDENTS AT MY ALMA MATER ABOUT
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HOW TO
BEST UTILIZE POSITIONS IN
GOVERNMENT AND OTHERWISE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF
OUR COMMUNITY.
MY ALSO MY OFFICE ALSO HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY -- WHO IS THE FIRST
PERSON OF COLOR AND THE FIRST
LATINX PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF
-- TO BE INAUGURATED AS
PRESIDENT -- CONGRATULATIONS TO
HIM ON HIS APPOINTMENT AND GLAD
THAT HE IS WITH US NOW IN OUR
SEATTLE COMMUNITY.
HE HAS NOT ONLY MADE HISTORY
BUTDID SO DURING LATINX
HERITAGE MONTH SO I AM EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
THIS WEEK I WILL MEET WITH
PARTICIPANTS FROM -- AND
INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES TO
STABILIZE -- I WILL BE MEETING
WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG FOLKS WHO
ARE IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE IN
OUR COMMUNITY HERE TODAY AND I
WANT TO THANK -- AND HIS TEAM
FOR COORDINATING THAT
OPPORTUNITY THAT LISTENING
SESSION THAT LEARNING
OPPORTUNITY AND I ALSO
APPRECIATE THEIR ONGOING
EFFORTS AND ADVOCACY TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH US TO ADDRESS
THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT
HAVE LED TO --
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT OUR --
LASTLY I DO HAVE A LETTER THAT
I AM HOPING YOU ALL AGREE TO
SIGN ONTO.
THIS WAS CIRCULATED BY MY
OFFICE LAST WEEK THIS LETTER
WOULD URGE THE GOVERNOR TO --
SINCE 1998 WHEN THE GOVERNOR
TOOK ACTION RELATED TO THAT
INITIATIVE THERE HAVE BEEN
SEVERAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE
EXECUTIVE ACTION THAT WORKED TO
FURTHER STYMIE -- THE ADVOCATES
AT WASHINGTON EQUITY NOW HAVE
BEEN DILIGENT IN THEIR EFFORTS
TO REVERSE AND CLARIFY THIS
COMMUNION CONFUSION -- AND OF
COURSE WHILE WE ALL RESPECT THE
WILL OF THE VOTERS IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT WE CREATE --
AND IN THE YEARS SINCE -- HAS
BEEN IMPLEMENTED, WASHINGTON'S
SMALL MINORITY AND --
>> -- AS COMPARED TO THEIR
PERCENTAGE OF WASHINGTON
STATE'S POPULATION.
-- ON THE ROAD TO A MORE
EQUITABLE FUTURE I WANT TO ASK
YOU COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE
EFFORT OF WASHINGTON EQUITY NOW
BY AFFIXING YOUR SIGNATURE TO
THIS LETTER AGAIN -- ARE THERE
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THE LETTER BEFORE -- HEARING
NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL TO DETERMINE
WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURE TO --
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SUPPORT ON THAT LETTER.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS FOR THIS MORNING'S
COUNCIL BRIEFING, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER ITEMS FOR THE ORDER?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
APOLOGIES TO -- I WAS NOT ABLE
TO RESPOND WHEN CALLED FOR
SIGNING ONTO THEIR
PROCLAMATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY
SIGNATURE TO -- AS WELL.
>> I SHOULD HAVE MADE A POINT
TO CIRCLE BACK TO YOU AND I DID
NOT MAKE A NOTE OF THAT SO WE
WILL ADD HER SIGNATURE TO THE
PROCLAMATION PRESENTED BY --
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED
FOR TODAY, I WILL SEE YOU ALL
AT 2:00.