THE AG 16, 2021
MEETING WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01 P.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ?
HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> ZEN --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
WILL PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION
AND THEN AFTER AFTER SHE
PRESENTS IT, I WILL OPEN UP THE
FLOOR FOR COMMENTS FROM OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AFTER COUNCIL MEMBERS I WILL
SUSPECT THE RULES TO ALLOW OUR
TWO GUESTS TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
COMMENTS.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA TO PRESENT TO
PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES AGAIN I'M HERE ON THE
BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
TODAY TO PRESENT AND TO HONOR
AUGUST AS BLACK PHILANTHROPY
MONTH.
THIS IS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THIS DESIGNATION ORIGINALLY
ORIGINALLY STARTED IN 2011 BY
DR. JACKIE AND THE PAN AFRICAN
WOMEN'S PHILANTHROPY NETWORK.
IN WASHINGTON STATE THIS IS THE
FIRST YEAR CELEBRATING BLACK
PHILANTHROPY MONTH AS BLACK FILL
AN DEVELOPIC LEADERS --
PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS --
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THEY HAVE A
SERIES OF VIRTUAL EVENTS THAT
WILL BE TAKING PLACE DURING THE
REST OF AUGUST THAT ARE FREE AND
OPEN TO ANYONE TO RSVP TO
DISCUSS HOW WE INVEST IN A
LIBERATED FUTURE BY, FOR AND
WITH BLACK WASHINGTONONS.
A QUOTE FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF
THE EVENT THEY STATE QUOTE IT IS
NO SECRET THAT ANTI-BLACK RACISM
HAS PURPOSEFULLY AND
PERSISTENTLY UNDERMINED THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO
BUILD WEALTH OVER GENERATIONS.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN THE EARLY
20TH CENTURY PREDOMINANTLY WHITE
LED INSTITUTIONAL FILL AN
DEVELOPY --
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INSTITUTIONAL FILL AN THROW
BY INVEST ONLY 1.8% IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
PHILANTHROPY
INVEST ONLY 1.8% IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
WE MUST INVEST IN
RESOURCES TO DOWN THE LEGACY OF
INJUSTICE.
I'M HONORED TO BE BRINGING THIS
FORWARD ON DOWN -- COUNCIL
MEMBER
MORALES' BEHALF.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WANTED TO
WELCOME THEM TO THE MEETING
TODAY.
AS PHILANTHROPIC ADVISOR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
HE WORKS WITH A WIDE
VARIETY OF PHILANTHROPISTS TO
ENSURE THEY RECEIVE A PERSONAL
APPROACH TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
ANDREA LEADS THE ORGANIZATION IN
ITS EFFORTS TO BUILD AN
EQUITABLE WASHINGTON THROUGH
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES.
SHE IS IRNSMENTAL IN DESIGNING
RESOURCES THAT FOCUS ATTENTION
ON THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF RACISM
AND ADVOCATING FOR APPROXIMATELY
AND
SYSTEMS CHANGE.
THEY LAUNCHED THE BLACK FUTURE
CO-OP FUND.
WASHINGTON'S FIRST ALL BLACK LED
PHILANTHROPY TO IGNITE BLACK
GENERATIONAL PROSPERITY, HEALTH
AND WELL BEING THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
NEAR THE SAME TIME SHE ALSO
JOINED WITH THREE OTHER WOMEN OF
COLOR TO CREATE AN EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR COALITION OF WASHINGTON
STATE BRINGING TOGETHER THEIR
NON-PROFIT LEADERS OF COLOR TO
PROMOTE UNITY, REPARATION AND
RESTORATION FOR COMMUNITIES.
SERVING AS COMMISSIONER OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE COMMISSION ON
AMERICAN AFFAIRS, ON THE BOARD
OF CRAFT 3, CRESCENT
COLLABORATIVE AND COMMUNITY LAND
TRUST.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU
ALL TODAY ON COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES' BEHALF.
.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER TO OUR
GUESTS, WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THEM IN
A MOMENT AFTER I US FEND RULES.
-- I SUSPEND THE RULES.
LET ME SUSPEND THE RULES AND
THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM.
THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW OUR GUEST TO
ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND
ALLOW REMARKS.
THE COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED
AND I WANT TO WELCOME CEDRIC
DAVIS AND ANDREA.
WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING TODAY.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU TWO
TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU WISH.
I SEE THAT CEDRIC IS OFF OF MUTE
FIRST SO I ASSUMING THAT MEANS
YOU WILL GET TO GO FIRST.
>> IT DOES.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO FIRST THANK EXTEND MY
GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL,
YOUR STAFF AND JUST ALL OF YOU
FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND
PROCLAIMING AUGUST AS BLACK
PHILANTHROPY MONTH IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
SECOND I WANT TO THANK MY BLACK
PHILANTHROPY MONTH CO-ORGANIZERS
WHO ARE ALL GIVING THEIR TIME,
TALENT AND TREASURE TO ADVANCE
THIS EFFORT FOR WASHINGTON
STATE.
BLACK PHILANTHROPY MONTH IS AN
ANNUAL GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF
GIVING.
THIS IS THE TENTH YEAR WE
ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CELEBRATE THIS EFFORT AND BLACK
PHILANTHROPY MONTH IS AUGUST AND
BLACK GIVING DAY IS AUGUST 28TH.
THE MONTH LONG OBSERVANCE
INVITES ALL PEOPLE TO TAKE
AUGUST AND BEYOND THE PROMOTE
THE POWER OF GIVING TO TRANSFORM
LIVES.
DURING AUGUST WE WILL UPLIFT THE
HISTORY OF BLACK PHILANTHROPY IN
SEATTLE, ADDRESS ELEMENTS OF THE
TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE AS
WELL AS THE DESPAIRTIES OF
GIVING, CAPACITY ACROSS
COMMUNITIES.
ONE OF OUR PRIMARY OUTCOMES IS
THERE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY
OF PHILANTHROPY AND ON GOING
ACHIEVEMENT IN PHILANTHROPY.
THAT MERITS A CONSORTED EFFORT
TO UPLIFT IMPORTANT STORIES,
SPOTLIGHT GOOD WORK, TO EDUCATE
THE GENERATIONS AND INSPIRE
GIVING.
PHILANTHROPY AT ITS ROOT MEANS
LOVE OF HUMANKIND.
EVERYONE DESERVES LOVE AND
DESERVES TO FLOURISH WITH LOVE.
NOW I AM GOING TO CELEBRATE MY
COLLEAGUE ANDREA.
I WILL GIVE HER THE FLOOR TO
TALK ABOUT AND SHARE SOME OF THE
EVENTS WE HAVE LINED UP.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING
US THIS OPPORTUNITY AND ANDREA
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
TO THE CITY AS CEDRIC STATED WE
ARE HUMBLED TO PARTNER WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS JOINED BY
OUR STATE IN FACT WHO DESIGNATED
AUGUST AS BLACK PHILANTHROPY
MONTH VIA PROCLAMATION FROM
GOVERNOR INSLEE.
ADD CEDRIC SAID WITH
ALLIES.
ALLIES WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER TO
ORGANIZE THIS INTENTIONAL FOCUS
TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HIGHLIGHT THE VARIOUS FORMS OF
GIVING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
AND UNDER SCORE THE DISPARITIES
AND INVESTMENTS TO THE BLACK
COMMUNITY.
YOU WILL SEE THAT ILLUSTRATED IN
PANELS WE HAVE SCHEDULED THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
PHILANTHROPY LOOKS LIKE IN ITS
VARIOUS FORMS IN OUR BLACK
COMMUNITY FROM YOUR TYPICAL
WEALTHY PERSON BUT YOUR VERY
EVERYDAY MOM AND POP PERSON WHO
GIVES JUST $5.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THROUGH
THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT THIS
WORK IS ROOTED IN OUR ANCESTRAL
AFRICAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
OF COMMUNAL GIVING AND SHARING.
THESE ARE TRADITIONS THAT HAVE
TRAVELED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
DURING THE SLAVE TRADE AND
INHABITS THE PRACTICE OF HELPING
EACH OTHER WHICH WAS ESSENTIAL
TO OUR ANCESTORS'S ARRIVAL.
TODAY YOU WILL HERE IN SOME OF
THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS IN THE
FACE OF DISCRIME --
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BLACK COMMUNITIES DON'T CREATE
WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN
THESE DISCUSSIONS.
BY COMING TOGETHER THROUGH
THIS PARTNERSHIP WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO COLLECTIVELY STRENGTHEN
INVESTMENT IN BLACK WELL BEING.
SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO PROCLAIM AND UPLIFT BLACK
PHILANTHROPY MONTH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE
WITH US AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ALL
THE WORK YOU DO THROUGH YOUR
RULES IN PHILANTHROPY AND
FOCUSSING ON THESE REALLY
IMPORTANT ISSUES.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BOTH
OF YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF
THE ACTIVITY THAT YOU ALL ARE
PLANNING FOR AUGUST AND
CONGRATULATIONS AND I HOPE YOU
KNOW WE ON CITY COUNCIL AND AT
THE CITY ARE REALLY TO BE ON
GOING PARTNERS WITH YOU ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES.
THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
MINTS WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE MINUTES
ARE BEING SIGNED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
REFERRAL CAL ENDER WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
THERE WAS A LAST MINUTE REGREAT
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ'S OFFICE
TO MAKE A SMALL MODIFICATION TO
TODAY'S AGENDA.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT
THE AGENDA.
I WILL NEED A SECOND AND THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ CAN MAKE
HER MOTION.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO REAMEND
THE AGENDA TO ORDER ONE ITEM.
I WAS HOPING THAT -- I KNOW WE
HAVE TRAVEL, COMMUNITY AND
ELDERS WHO ARE CALLING IN OR AT
LEAST LISTENING.
I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD
KINDLY MOVE THIS ITEM UP SOONER.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIRST, JUST
SOONER.
THAT IS MY MOTION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT THE
AGENDA BE AMENDED BY MOVING ITEM
39 RESOLUTION 3201 BEFORE ITEM 1
ON THE AGENDA.
HATE BEEN SECONDED.
IS THERE -- ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
AMENDMENT?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> SEVERAL THEN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
VERY MUCH.
N IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
VERY MUCH.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
PARDON ME AS I'M HAVING A
COUGHING FIT OVER HERE.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE AMENDED AGENDA?
ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPT AS AMENDED.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION THE
AMENDED AGENDA IS NOW ADOPTED.
SO COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME WE
WILL OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA,
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDER
AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR PATIENCE.
I WILL MODERATE
TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS SCHEDULED TO
BE 20 MINUTES WITH EACH SPEAKER
HAVING TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS
THE COUNCIL.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
PRE-REGISTERED.
EXCUSE ME.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION AND USING THE
MEETING PHONE NUMBER AND I'D
PASS CODE THAT WAS E-MAILED TO
THEM UPON CONFIRMATION.
AGAIN I WILL CALL ON EACH
SPEAKER IN THE NAME AND ORDER IN
WHICH THEY REGISTERED ON THE
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU
CAN GO TO SEATTLE DOT GOV
FORWARD SLASH COUNCIL TO ADD
YOUR NAME TO THE LIST.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME
STAFF WILL UNMUTE YOUR
MICROPHONE AND YOU WILL HEAR THE
AUTOMATIC PROMPT.
AFTER YOU HEAR IT YOU MUST PRESS
STAR 6 TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
AGAIN A IS STAR 6 TO BEGIN
SPEAK.
START BY REMINDING US OF YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING.
THE ITEM YOU ARE CALLING IN
TODAY SHOULD BE ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CAL
END OR THE
COUNCIL'S WORK CALENDAR.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, PLEASE
BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.
IF YOU DO NOT END YOUR COMMENTS
WITHIN THE A LOTTED TIME PERIOD,
THEN YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED SO WE CAN CALL ON THE NEXT
PERSON.
ONCE YOU ARE DONE PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND YOU
CAN DON'T WATCH THIS MEETING VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR ANYONE OF THE
LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
GIVE ME JUST A SECOND HERE.
FIRST ON OUR LIST IS HOWARD GAIL
FOLLOWED BY JENNY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD GAIL, DISTRICT 7.
I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO DELAY THE
VOTE ON LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
LEGISLATION THAT ATTEMPTS TO
CONTROL THE SPD'S USE OF A VAR
VARTY
VAR -- VARIETY OF WEAPONS THAT
HAVE BEEN USED --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IN WRITING THIS LEGISLATION YOU
CONSULTED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO
FIRE THESE WEAPONS T POLICE.
AT NO POINT DID YOU CONSULT WITH
THOSE AT THE RECEIVING END OF
THESE WEAPONS, THOSE INJURED AND
TERRORIZED.
YOU SPOKE TO POLICE APOLOGISTS,
LAWYERS AND THOSE WHO SUPPOSEDLY
SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT
NEVER TO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
WE ARE RECOGNIZING THERE HAS
BEEN A COMPLETE FAILURE OF ANY
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LAST
YEAR'S ABUSE.
AS NOTABLE AND AS WORRYING IS
THERE HAS BEEN AN ABSENCE OF
PUBLIC FORUMS TO ADDRESS WHAT
HAPPENED.
THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU WILL
FAIL TO MITIGATE THE ABUSE
ENGAGED IN BY THE SPD.
IT ONLY OFFERS THE SPD A NEW
ROAD MAP FOR HOW IT MUST JUSTIFY
ITS ABUSE.
YOU HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE
ANY PROTECTION, ANY
CONSEQUENCES, ANY ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR ALL THE ABUSE.
DON'T COMPOUND YOUR AVOIDANCE
AND HARM BY PASSING SYMBOLIC
LEGISLATION THAT FURTHER
JEOPARDIZES PROTESTERS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETE
BETRAYAL OF VICTIMS IN THE
ENTIRE SEATTLE COMMUNITY.
IT DEMONSTRATES THE URGENT NEED
FOR US TO HAVE FULL CIVILIAN
COMMUNITY CONTROL.
GO TO SEATTLE STOP DOT ORG TO
FIND OUT HOW.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HEARING SOME BACKGROUND
NOISE SO IF YOU ARE HERE WITH
STAFF CAN YOU PLEASE MUTE
YOURSELF?
OKAY.
JENNY IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY
VALERIE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JENNY.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 120121
IN AND ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS' AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR
EXTRA FLEXIBILITY FOR SMALL
OFFICE USES.
THEY OWN PROPERTY THROUGHOUT
DOWNTOWN.
WE ARE DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE
VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY
OF DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY AT THE
STREET LEVEL.
THE IMPACTS OF COVID HAVE BEEN
DEVASTATING.
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
VACANT SPACE AT THE GROUND LEVEL
THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN WHICH IS
LEAVING GAPS IN THE URBAN
FABRIC.
WE SUPPORT THIS BILL, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE IT WILL PROVIDE
FLEXIBILITY AND ALLOW USES FOR
THE SHORT TERM.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS FLEXIBILITY
INCLUDING THE VERY LIMITED
AMOUNT OF OFFICE ALLOWED AT
GROUND LEVEL WILL BE A POSITIVE
STEP TOWARDS REACTIVATING
STREETS TOWARDS DOWNTOWN.
>> THIS WILL PROVIDE THE LIMITED
FLEXIBILITY AND HAVING OCCUPIED
HE STREET LEAVE WELL PEOPLE --
LEVEL WITH
PEOPLE WHO CAN SHOT AND EAT
DOWNTOWN.
WITHOUT PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THERE IS
GOING TO BE CONTINUED
STAGNATION.
WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL AND
ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
WORKING WITH DSA, THE ALLIANCE
FOR DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND ASK THAT
COUNCIL ADOPT THE BILL WITH ALL
OF THE AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
>> HI.
I'M DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT CALLING
ABOUT THE LESS LETHAL WEAPONS
BAN YOU ARE VOTING ON TODAY.
I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR COUNCIL
ALLOW LANGUAGE TO REMAIN IN
SECTION 8 OF THE BILL THAT
REMOVES THE RIGHT OF LEGAL
ACTION FROM A PERSON WHO IS
HARMED BY POLICE USE OF THESE
WEAPONS IF THEY QUOTE IN THE
JUDGMENT OF A REASONABLE PERSON
COMMITS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AT OR
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE USE OF
LESS LETHAL FORCE.
THAT IS AN OVERLY BROAD CATEGORY
THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO ALL SORTS
OF MANIPULATION.
IT WILL ALLOW POLICE AND THE
CITY TO WIGGLE OUT OF JUSTIFIED
LEGAL ACTION FROM DOING HARM.
ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING SPD
CAN SEE HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT,
PARTICULARLY SINCE WE HAVE NO
EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU COULD GO TO SEATTLE STOP DOT
ORG TO FIND OUT HOW SEATTLE
COULD HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND JOIN
THE MOVEMENT GOING ON IN CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PLEASE DON'T CREATE INCENTIVES
FOR POLICE AND PROTEST --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ABANDON OR BETTER DEFINE
EXCUSES FOR USING THESE WEAPONS
AND DELAY VOTING THIS BILL TILL
THE PUBLIC HAVE MORE TIME TO GET
FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
I DO HAVE BARBARA REGISTERED BUT
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT.
BARBARA IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, MAKE
SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK THAT CALL
IN INFORMATION.
WE WILL HEAR FROM NATALIE
QUICK NEXT AND THEN AFTER
NATALIE WILL BE DAVID ABBOTT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON DOWN IS ALL
MEMBERS.
I'M NATALIE QUICK SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF OUR STATE'S COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION WITH
HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS IN SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL BILL 120121 AND FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS' AMENDMENT
TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
FLEXIBILITY FOR SMALL OFFICE
USES IN DOWNTOWN AND PIONEER
SQUARE.
WE ARE DEEPLY INVESTED.
THE IMPACTS OF COVID HAVE BEEN
DEVASTATING.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
VACANT SPACE AT THE GROUND LEVEL
WHICH IS LEAVING GAPS IN OUR
URBAN FABRIC.
WE SUPPORT THIS BILL, ESPECIALLY
THE LEWIS AMENDMENTS.
WE BELIEVE THE FLEXIBILITY WILL
BE A POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS
REACTIVATING STREETS THROUGHOUT
DOWNTOWN.
WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL AND
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS WORKING
WITH OUR DOWNTOWN STAKE HOLDERS
AND ASK THAT COUNCIL ADOPT
COUNCIL BILL 120121 WITH THE
LEWIS AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS DAVID ABBOTT FOLLOWED
BY IAN MORRISON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THIS IS DAVID ABBOTT SEATTL
RESIDENT BORN AND RAISED
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER IN
SEATTLE FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS.
I AM TOO CALLING IN FAVOR OF THE
BILL AND ESPECIALLY OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS HAS MADE.
IN MY 20 YEARS WORKING IN THIS
BUSINESS I'VE NEVER SEEN A TIME
AS DIRE AS THIS.
WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN HIT
TREMENDOUSLY HARD WITHIN THE
RETAIL SECTOR.
THE RETAIL TENANTS ARE TYPICALLY
THE TENANTS THAT WOULD OCCUPY
GROUND FLOOR SPACES WITHIN
OFFICE BUILDINGS.
THE OFFICE USE WITHIN THE RETAIL
SPACE WOULD NOT CANNIBALIZE IN
MY OPINION THE RETAIL PREMISE
RATHER IT WOULD DRIVE THE
DENSITY WE NEED BACK TO THE
STREETS IN TERMS OF POPULATION
AS WELL AS HELP WITH CRIME AND
FROM THE NIGHTTIME ACTIVITY.
ONCE AGAIN I AM IN ABSOLUTE
FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT AND THE
BILL 120121 HAVING COUNTLESS
TIMES BROUGHT IT UP AGAINST
ZONING CHALLENGES WHERE EITHER
ITS USERS OR OWNERS OF REAL
ESTATE LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER
FAVORABLE TRANSACTIONS AND WE
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SO.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS ULTIMATELY
THE END GOAL.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME ONCE AGAIN
TIME.
VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF 120121
AND THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS IAN MORRISON FOLLOWED
BY DAVID HAINES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IAN MORRISON.
AGAIN JOINING IN THE
CONVERSATION IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL BILL 10121 ABOUT THE
ENTRY STREET LEVEL USES.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
WHEN WE STARTED WITH THE IMPACTS
THAT THE YOU HAVE SEEN
THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN AND THE
VACANT STORE FRONTS WE
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE
MAYOR HAS DONE IN TRYING TO
BRING STAKE HOLDERS TOGETHER TO
LOOK AT SHORT TERM TOOLS FOR
INTERIM RECOVERY AND I AGREE
WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT
HAPPENEDTHIS MORNING AT THE
WORK SESSION AND I WANT TO CALL
OUT THE -- THE LANGUAGE THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS HAS
PROPOSED PARTICUARLY THE
LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWED FOR LIGHT
MANUFACTURING AND MAKERS SPACE
SO THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE SOME
ADDITIONAL ACTIVE INTERESTING
USES AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND
ALSO WANT TO TALK IN SUPPORT OF
THE CONVERSATION THAT I
UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS AND COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
HAS HAD TO TAILOR SOLUTIONS
THAT RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE
CHARACTER OF THAT DISTRICT AND
ALSO I THINK THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT INNOVATION -- OF
GIVING DON DIRECTOR STAFF THE
ABILITY TO ADMINISTRATIVELY
APPROVE SOME OF THE USES WHICH
MEANS THAT THAT RETAIL SPACE
WILL BE ABLE TO BE PERMITTED
FASTER.
THAT IS WHY WHILE I KNOW THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT LAND USE CAN
BE COMPLICATED AND WE APPRECIATE
THE PATIENCE THAT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I WOULD JOIN IN THAT
CONVERSATION TO SAY WE SUPPORT
THE AEMDS AND WAS ABLE TO TALK
THIS MORNING WITH THE ALLIANCE
FOR PIONEER STAFF PARTICULARLY
ABOUT THE NEW LEWIS AMENDMENT I
THINK HE WILL BE BRINGING
FORWARD AND WOULD ECHO THE
SUPPORT BOTH ON BEHALF OF THE
ALLIANCE WHICH HAS AUTHORIZED ME
TO SAY THAT AND ON SOME OF THOSE
PIONEER STAKE HOLDERS FOR THIS
NEW LEWIS AMENDMENT WHICH
REFLECTS THE COMPROMISED
LANGUAGE IN PIONEER SQUARE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT UP IS DAVID HAINES AND THEN
I'M SHOWING JAMES WILSON ON MY
LIST AS NOT PRESENT.
DAVID, GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 AT 1ST AND
CHERRY STREET.
I NEED TO POINT OUT TO YOU WE
ONLY LEGALIZE PROPER ZONE LEADS.
CITY COUNCIL EXEMPTED HUNDREDS
OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ROAM
THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SELLING
DRUGS AND DISEASED PROSTITUTES
WHILE RAPES AND KIDNAPPING AND
LOW LEVEL ORGANIZED OPERATING AN
ILLEGAL BR BAR AND BROTHEL IN
PIONEER SQUARE AND --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I WOULD LIKE POINT THROUGH OUT
PIONEER SQUARE IS OVER RUN WITH
60 CRIMINALS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT
FUELLED BY A MALT LAKE CORE
SALES AT THE 24 HOUR 7-ELEVEN.
THEY MEET UP BETWEEN 12:00 A.M.
AND 6:00 A.M.
SINCE I'VE LIVED IN MY
APARTMENT, I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO GET A NORMAL NIGHT SLEEP.
I'M USUALLY UNTIL 3:30 TO 6:00
P.M.
WITH PEOPLE FREAKING OUT
YELLING REGULARLY -- PEOPLE
ATTACKING, GETTING SHOT AND I
CAN'T EVEN GET AROUND THE
BUILDING WITHOUT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
OVER 20 TENTS WITH NO RUNNING
WATER IN PIONEER SQUARE, NO REAL
OUTREACH --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WHILE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION
IGNORES PROBLEMS IN FRONT OF THE
24 HOUR 7-ELEVEN OR THE
CLEAN UP CREW NEVER CLEANING
PROPER ALWAYS HIDING INSIDE MY
APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I REALIZE THAT THE
GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETELY FAILED
ON THE OVER SIGHT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND THE HOMELESS
INDUSTRY, CORRUPT POLITICALLY
CONNECTED DONORS.
>> OKAY.
I'M CHECKING THE LIST ONE MORE
TIME TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANYMORE
PUBLIC COMMENTATORS.
I'M NOT SEEING THINK OTHER FOLKS
SIGNED UP AND BOTH PRENTS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE
PERIOD OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND
MOVE TO OVER ITEMS OF BUSINESS
ON TODAY'S CALENDAR.
NEXT UP IS PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120158.
APPROPRIATING MONEY TO PAY
CERTAIN AUDITED PLANS FOR THE
WEEK OF AUGUST 2, 2021 THROUGH
AUGUST 6, 2021 AND N -- ORDER IN
THE
PAYMENT THERE OF.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
THE BILL HAS PASSED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 39.
>> SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF
THE UNITED STATES TRUTH AND
HUMAN COMMISSION ON INDIAN
BOARDING SCHOOLS AND ACTIONS TO
ADDRESS THE LASTING HARM OF
INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32018.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> EXCELLENT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ IS THE
SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO HER TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ACCOMMODATING AND BY MOVING ITEM
39 TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ING RESOLUTION 32018 SUPPORTS
SECRETARY DEBT HOLLAND'S TRUTH
IN HEALING COMMISSION REGARDING
INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS.
THIS COMMISSION WOULD YOU STUDY
AND ADDRESS ON GOING IMPACTS OF
THE 1819 CIVILIZATION FACT.
THE KWHIGS WOULD YOU LEAD
INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS OF PAST,
PRESENT AND U.S. BOARDING
SCHOOLS TO RESPOND TO
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA THAT
FAMILIES CONTINUE TO FACE TO
THIS PRESENT DAY.
THE LAW STATES THROUGH EDUCATION
THEREFORE FORCE THE REMOVAL
CULTURAL GENOCIDE AND EMOTIONAL
PHYSICAL ABUSE OF NATIVE
CHILDREN WAS PROTECTED UNDER
FEDERAL LAW.
BACK IN 2019 THEN CONGRESSWOMAN
HOLD LAND AND SENATOR WARREN
INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT
ADDRESSES PRESENT DAY IMPACTS OF
THE POLICY THAT FORCIBLY REMOVED
NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN FROM
NARY THEIR FAMILIES IN ORDER TO
SIMULATE THEM.
THEY DON'T FIGHT FOR -- CONTINUE
TO FIGHT
FOR THIS LEGISLATION AS WE ALL
DO.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WELL AS
LOCAL TRIBES.
THESE ARE NATIONAL LEADERS
ORGANIZATIONS, TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS AND POLICY FOLKS
BEHIND THIS FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
TO SUPPORT ON GOING EFFORTS AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL I HAVE WITH ME
TODAY A RESOLUTION THAT OUTLINES
SPECIFIC MEASURES OF THE TRUTH
AND HEALING COMMISSION THAT THE
CITY MUST SUPPORT, WE HOPE THE
CITY WILL SUPPORT ASK
ACKNOWLEDGE DAY.
THE COMMISSION WILL INVESTIGATE
BOARDING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND ADDRESS THE
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA THAT
FORCED REMOVAL -- THAT THE
FORCED REMOVAL HAS HAD ON
INDIGENOUS FAMILIES TO THIS DAY.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1 --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE CLERK FILE
314482.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
I WILL HAND IT OVER THE COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN WHO IS THE
SPONSOR OF THE CLERK FILE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS THREE
CLERK FILES ON TODAY'S AGENDA
ALL RELATED TO IT CAN GUY.
CLERK FILES 31483 AND 484.
THE PEOPLE -- PEOPLE IS TO
PROVIDE
MORE TIME DUE TO DELAYS.
THEY ALREADY PROVIDED ADVANCE
NOTICE TO US ABOUT THE NEED FOR
THESE EXTENSIONS.
AT LEAST THREE CLERK FILES WERE
ON THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR PUBLISHED ONLINE AUGUST
6TH.
THIS FIRST CLERK FILE 314482 IS
THE REQUEST FROM OUR CITY
AUDITOR FOR MORE TIME FOR JUST
TWO TECHNOLOGIES FROM OUR
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, THE LICENSERS
AND THE SDOT CLOSED CIRCUIT
CAMERAS THAT ASSIST WITH TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS JUSTIFIED BECAUSE THERE
IS CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAS
BEEN SHORT STAFFED THIS PAST
YEAR AND THEY COMPLETED SIMILAR
REPORTS ON THE SAME TWO
TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES.
I CONCUR WITH OUR CITY AUDITOR'S
EXTENSION REQUEST AND ASK MY
COLLEAGUES TO APPROVE IT BY
ACCEPTING THIS CLERK FILE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE CLERK FILE?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE
CLERK FILE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 2.
>> COURT FILE 314483.
SEATTLE INFORMATION AND
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVE TO APPROVE CLERK FILE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO APPROVE THE CLERK FILE.
I WILL HAND IT BACK TOW COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE
THREE CLERK FILES RELATED TO
TECHNOLOGY.
THIS CLERK FILE 314483 PROVIDES
A BRIEF EXTENSION TO OUR SEATTLE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT FOR FINISHING THE
THOROUGH REVIEW OF VARIOUS
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES PURSUE
I CAN'T TO OUR CITY'S TECHNOLOGY
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE.
PURSUANT TO OUR CITY'S
TECHNOLOGY SURVEILLANCE
ORDINANCE.
IT COVERED
12 TECHNOLOGIES.
SO THIS CLERK FILE PROVIDES A
FEW MORE MONTHS FOR THE
REMAINING BATCH.
WHEN WE HAD APPROVED A PREVIOUS
SIX MONTH EXTENSION SEATTLE I.T.
PROVIDED NOTICE THEY MIGHT NEED
A FEW MORE MONTHS.
WE DECIDED TO APPROVE EXTENSIONS
ONLY IN SIX MONTH INCREMENTS.
THIS EXTENSION WOULD GIVE THEIR
THOROUGH PROCESS A FEW MORE
MONTHS.
THIS IS ALSO RELATED TO THE NEXT
CLERK FILE WHICH WILL DIVIDE
GROUP FOUR INTO TWO GROUPS SO
THEY ARE EASIER TO REVIEW.
ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAS
ATTRACTED INTEREST IS THE
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRACKING.
SDOT WILL STILL PLAN TO HAVE
SDOT PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON
THAT TECHNOLOGY AT OUR SEPTEMBER
15TH TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
THIS CLERK FILE WILL BE
APPROVING A FEW MONTHS EXTENSION
FOR SEATTLE I.T.
TO FINISH THE
NEXT BATCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE CLERK FILE?
HARDING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE CLERK FILE IS APPROVED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
THREE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3 COURT FILE
314484.
REVISED MASTER LIST OF
TECHNOLOGIES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SHORT AND SWEET.
I MOVE TO ACCEPT AND FILE CLERK
FILE 314484.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE LAST.
THIS CLERK FILE 314484 IS
úCONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS
CLERK FILE AND IT DIVIDES THE
LIST OF REMAINING TECHNOLOGIES
TO REVIEW INTO TWO GROUPS, GROUP
4A AND 4B SO THEY ARE EASIER TO
ANALYZE, AMEND AND APPROVE.
4A WOULD BE SUBMITTED SOON AND
4B IN DECEMBER.
I ASK THAT THE -- MY COLLEAGUES
APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS TON CLERK FILE?
>> HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THE CLERK FILE?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
THE CLERK FILE IS ACCEPTED FOR
FILING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
FOUR INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR, COUNCIL
BILL 120144 RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT ADOPTING A 2021 CITY
WIDE POSITION LIST.
>> I NOVEMBER PASS COUNCIL BILL
120144.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
A SPONSOR FOR THE BILL, I WILL
ADDRESS THIS ITEM AND THEN HAPPY
TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY
COMMENTS.
COUNCIL BILL 120144 ADOPTS THE
2021 CITY ADOPTION LIST AND
EXECUTES ACTIONS THAT DO NOT
IMPACT CITY OPERATIONS OR
EMPLOYEES.
THESE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
HAVE NO PHYSICAL IMPACT AND
INCLUDE RECLASSIFICATION OF JOB
TITLES RETURNING POSITIONS TO
THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM AND THE
AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY
POSITIONS.
ALL POSITIONS IN THE 2021
POSITION LIST WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNLESS CHANGED BY
ADMINISTRATIVE OR FUTURE
LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
I RECOMMEND MY COLLEAGUES
SUPPORT PASSAGE OF THIS COUNCIL
BILL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SATURDAY NIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
5 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 5 APPOINTMENT
2026.
THE APPOINTMENT OF JEFFREY G
BERRY AS MEMBER JOINT
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER
31, 2021.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I NOVEMBER CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
2026.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> I WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM AND
THEN OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR
COMMENTS.
COLLEAGUES BEFORE US TODAY IS
THE APPOINTMENT.
THIS COMMITTEE ADVANCES WORK OF
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
HE HAS LONG CAREER WITH THE CITY
AND HAS SERVED IN MANY ROLES.
HE HAS BECOME A LEADER AND
INSTRUCTOR IN HIS FIELD.
SUPPORTING THE LEARNING OF
OTHERS JOINING THE TRADES.
SINCE 2017 HE HAS SERVED AS
RELIEF CREW CHIEF WITH SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT AND MR. BERRY WILL BE
AN ASSET TO THE JOINT
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
COMMITTEE.
I RECOMMEND THE FULL COUNCIL
APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF
JEFFREY BERRY TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE JOINT APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> I.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
6.
>> THE REPORT -- PUBLIC SAFETY
AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD YOU ARE
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO
PROVIDE THIS REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MUCH OF WHAT I WILL SAY IS A
REPEAT OF THIS MORNING COMMENTS.
FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD AND THE
VIEWING PUBLIC I JUST WANT TO GO
THROUGH THE BACKGROUND AND
THE -- THE -- OUTCOMES OF
THIS -- OF OUR MANY MONTHS
POLICY DISCUSSION AROUND THE
ORDINANCE THAT AMENDMENTS TO THE
ORDINANCE THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED BACK IN JUNE.
SO AS CONTEXT THERE ARE
CURRENTLY NO RESTRICTIONS IN THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE ON THE
USE OF LESS LETHAL WEAPONS.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE VOTED 4-1 TO
PASS IT AT OUR MEETING ON JULY
13TH.
AT THAT TIME I MOVED TO HOLD IT
SO WE WOULD NOT HEAR NIT FULL
COUNCIL UNTIL AFTER THE CONSENT
DECREE STATUS CON FLAENS
OCCURRED LAST WEEK.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN
CASE THE COURT WEIGHED IN AT
THAT STATUS CONFERENCE THAT WE
WOULD BE INFORMED BY THE
DISCUSSION HAPPENING AT THE
STATUS CONFERENCE.
THE COURT HAD NO COMMENT ON THE
LEGISLATION IN THE STATUS
CONFERENCE AND SO I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION AND
VOTE ON IT TODAY.
THE LEGISLATION ITSELF INCLUDES
A FULL BAN ON ACOUSTIC WEAPONS,
DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS, BLAST
BALLS ULTRA SONIC CANNONS AND
WATER CANNONS.
THE USE OF NOISE FLASH DEVICES
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FLASH BANGS
ARE BANNED THERE DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE BILL CONDITIONS THE USE OF
PEPPER SPRAY AND PEPPER BALL
LAUNCHERS ON INSTANCES WHEN THE
RISK OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
FROM VIOLENT ACTIONS OUTWEIGHS
THE RISK OF HARM TO BYSTANDERS
AND SEPARATELY FROM THE
CONDITIONS ON PEPPER SPRAY AND
PEPPER BALL LAUNCHERS.
TEAR GAS IS ALLOWED AND EVEN
MORE NARROW CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT
REGULATE THE USE OF NONCHEMICAL
LAUNCHERS.
FOR INSTANCE BEAN BAG, RUBBER
BULLETS, BLUE TIP LAUNCHERS AND
SO THE -- THERE IS NO REGULATION
IN THE CODE AS IT RELATES TO THE
USE OF THOSE PARTICULAR TYPE OF
LESS LETHAL WEAPONS AND THAT IS
IMPORTANT -- FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE
RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS ARE AVAILABLE IN
INSTANCES WHERE THERE IS A
THREAT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.
WHEN WE WERE IN DELIBERATIONS
AROUND THIS LEGISLATION MYSELF
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
MET WITH THE CONSENT DECREE
MONITOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE CONSENT
DECREASE PROCESS AND WERE
OBJECTIVE OF GETTING THEIR
FEEDBACK ADVANCE OF FINAL
COUNCIL ACTION.
THIS WAS INFORM FEEDBACK TO THE
FORMAL CONSENT DECREE PROFESSION
SES -- PROCESS WHICH IS YET TO
OCCUR.
THE COMMITTEE FIRST ACTED BACK
IN FEBRUARY AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS
OF DISCUSSION TO RECOMMEND A
DRAFT BILL THAT WAS USED FOR
THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
DURING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THE DRAFT BILL WE HEARD FROM THE
KEPT OF JUSTICE CONCERN THAT
RESTRICTING THE USE OF CERTAIN
LESS LETHAL -- CIRCUMSTANCES
COULD LEAD TO OFFICERS USING
HIGHER LEVELS OF FORCE PUTTING
BOTH ASSAULT OF PROTESTERS AND
THE SURROUNDING NON-VIOLENT
PROTESTERS BOTH AT HIGHER RISK
OF HARM.
THE JUDGE EXPRESSED SIMILAR
CONCERNS.
THE DOJ LIKE WISE INQUIRED AS TO
WHETHER THE DRAFT BILL ALLOWED
FOR RELEVANT SPD OFFICERS TO BE
TRAINED IN CHANGES TO POLICY.
AGAIN TO AVOID THE UNWANTED
IMPACT OF HAVING UNTRAINED
OFFICERS RESORT HIGHER LEVEL OF
FORCE THAN NECESSARY.
THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT THE JUDGE
ALSO RACED.
SO BY SUBMITTING THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION FOR THIS INFORM
REVIEW RECEIVING THIS KIND OF
FEEDBACK, IT ALLOWED US TO MAKE
FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO PASS
LEGISLATION BEFORE THE
LEGISLATION ITSELF WAS REFERRED
AND IN ORDER TO HELP ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS THE COUNCIL D --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ANOTHER UPDATE AFTER
HEARING BACK FROM THE MONITOR
AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WAS TO
MAKE CLEAR THAT IN NARROW
CIRCUMSTANCES AS IT RELATES TO
PEPPER BALL LAUNCHERS THAT THEY
CAN'T BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CROWD CONTROL BUT IF THERE IS A
LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THE
PURPOSE ISN'T CROWD CONTROL BUT
IT IS THE RISK OF AVOIDING
SERIOUS BODILY INJURY FROM
VIOLENT ACTIONS AND THAT OUT
WEIGH TGS RISK OF HARM TO
BYSTANDERS.
THE PURPOSE ISN'T TO MOVE PEOPLE
BUT IS INTENDED TO -- TO --
MITIGATE OR LIMIT THE LIKELIHOOD
THAT SOMEBODY IS SERIOUSLY HURT
IN A CROWD THAT THE PEPPER BALL
LAUNCHERS ARE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AGAIN THIS NOT ONLY IS IN
RESPONSE FEEDBACK RECEIVED
THROUGH THIS INFORM REVIEW
PROCESS BUT IT ALSO RECOGNIZES
THAT A DISTRICT COURT RULING
JUST VERY, VERY RECENTLY
SPECIFIED THAT -- APPROVE
POLICIES FOR THE USE OF OUR
PEPPER BALL LAUNCHERS AND THE
JUDGE AUTHORIZED THE USE OF
PEPPER BALL LAUNCHERS IN LATE
FEBRUARY AS PART OF SPD'S COURT
MANDATED ANNUAL UPDATE TO USE OF
FORCE POLICIES.
SO GIVE THAN JUST IN FEBRUARY
THE JUDGE APPROVED THE USE OF
PEPPER BALL LAUNCHERS IN THIS
NARROW CIRCUMSTANCE WE CAN'T
VERY WELL ASK HIM TO REVIEW A
NEW POLL SAY THAT REVOKES THE
ALLOWANCE HE HAS APPROVED.
JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS ALL
STARTED BACK IN JUNE OF 2020
WITH THE COUNCIL'S UNANIMOUS
ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE RESPONSE FROM THE COURT
WAS TO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ISSUE
A RESTRAINING ORDER ON THAT BILL
IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
IN ITS RULING THE COURT STATED
IN THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER THAT THE LEGISLATION DID
NOT HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN AUGUST 2020 THE CPC, THE OIG
AND THE OPA COMMENTED ON THE
LEGISLATION THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED.
THEY SENT US RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
HOW WE MIGHT CONSIDER CHANGING
IT.
WE SHARED THAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS IN OUR
COMMITTEE THAT FEEDBACK WAS ALSO
SENT TO THE JUDGE AS WELL
BECAUSE HE ALSO HAD REQUESTED
THAT FEEDBACK.
THIS BILL HAS CONSUMED MUCH OF
THE TIME AND EFFORTS OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS POLICY
INCLUDING ROUNDTABLES WITH OUR
ACCOUNT ABILITY PARTNERS IN
SEVEN SEPARATE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
MEETINGS SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER.
WHILE NOT PERFECT, MY OVERALL
GOAL IS TO ADOPT THE STRONGEST
LEGISLATION POSSIBLE, BUILDING
TON CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE THREE ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE
CONSENT DECREE.
JUST WANT TO NOTE THE CPC DID
WRITE TO THE COMMITTEE IN
SUPPORT FOR THE LEGISLATION
WHILE NOTING THE PERSPECTIVE
THEY BELIEVE MORE NEEDS BE DONE.
THEY WROTE TO SAY THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
WRITES TODAY TO OFFER ITS
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 120105.
THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE
BILL'S INCLUSION OF CLEAR OF
WHEN LESS LETHAL WEAPONS CAN AND
CANNOT BE USED AND LIMITATIONS
ON WHO CAN USE THEM IS A
SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP IN
ENSURING THE SAFETY OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHEN THEY ENGAGE IN
FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED
PROTESTS.
I HAVE HEARD CONCERNS IN PAST
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE HEARD SOME OF THIS TODAY
ABOUT THE RIGHT OF ACTION
CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE AND
THIS IS THE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PURSUE
WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS VIOLATIONS
OF THE ORDINANCE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THE LANGUAGE
IN THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE CITY
TO OFFER AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
THAT THE VIOLATION DID NOT
OCCUR.
THE LANGUAGE WILL NOT MAKE
ANYONE THAT ACCUSED OF A CRIME
INELIGIBLE FROM USING THE RIGHT
OF ACTION MERELY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF A CRIME.
A PERSON ACCUSED AFTER CRIME CAN
FILE SUIT UNDER THE RIGHT OF
ACTION.
IT IS NOT ACCURATE AS SOME HAVE
SUGGESTED THAT IF THE
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE WAS USED
THAT THE JUDGMENT OF A
REASONABLE PERSON A CRIME WAS
COMMITTED THAT THE CITY AND N
ORDER TO PREVAIL WOULD ONLY HAVE
TO PROVE AN OFFICER SAID THEY
THOUGHT A CRIME WAS COMMITTED.
THAT IS NOT THE LEGAL STANDARD
OF THE A -- AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.
JUST CLOSING OUT, IF THE
LEGISLATION PASSES TODAY, THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL
DRAFT POLICY REVISIONS THAT
REFLECT ORDINANCE.
THEY ARE DO SO WITHIN 60 DAYS
PROVIDED BY SECTION 4 OF THE
BILL.
THE DOJ AND THE MONITOR WOULD
THEN REVIEW THE POLICY REVISIONS
AND THIS IS WHEN THEIR FORMAL
REVIEW UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE
TAKES PLACE.
THEN THE COURT WOULD REVIEW THE
POLICY REVISIONS.
AND THE FINALLY IF THE COURT
APPROVES THE POLICY REVISIONS,
THEN T REVISED POLICIES AND
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL WILL TAKE
EFFECT.
SO, UM U REALLY WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE FOR STICKING WITH THIS
FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS AND
MEETINGS AND HOURS.
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT
WITH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
THROUGHOUT PROCESS AS WELL AS
THE FEED BARK -- FEEDBACK WE
HAVE RECEIVED.
I HOPE WE CAN ALL COUNT ON YOUR
VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD I HAVE A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MOSTLY
REPEATING BACK TO YOU WHAT I
HEARD YOU JUST SAY TO MAKE SURE
I GOT THIS CLEARLY SINCE I DON'T
SIT ON YOUR COMMITTEE.
JUST HEARING THE COURT HAD NO
COMMENT ON THESE BILLS DURING
LAST WEEK'S MEETING.
IS THAT TO BE INTERPRETED AS
THEY HAVE NO ISSUES OR THEY --
MAY HAVE ISSUES BUT MADE NO
COMMENT?
>> THE LATTER.
WE HELD THE BILL FROM BEING
HEARD IN FULL COUNCIL.
WE DELAYED IT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT
IT MIGHT BE A TOPIC.
THE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE WAS
SCHEDULED WITHOUT ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE TOPIC
WAS GOING TO BE.
THEY -- OR WE HAD SOME
INFORMATION, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF
IT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE THIS.
SO THE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
OCCURRED.
WAS A QUARTERLY SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE THAT THE CITY REGULAR
HARLEY HAS.
THIS DID NOT COME UP A AS TOPIC.
>> OKAY.
I HEARD CLEARLY THE CP
SKRSHGS -- CPC IS IN FAVOR OF
THIS.
DID THE MONITOR HAVE CONCERNS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED?
>> SO WE WILL FIND OUT WHETHER
OR NOT THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED
WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
>> THANKING YOU.
THE LAST QUESTION IS WHAT I
THINK I HEARD YOU SAY JUST TO
PUT IT VERY CLEARLY.
THAT AFTER THIS IS PASSED AND
BEFORE IT GOES INTO
IMPLEMENTATION THE DOJ AND THE
MONITOR WILL HAVE TIME TO REVIEW
AND DECIDE WHAT IS IMPLEMENTED
AND WHAT IS NOT IMPLEMENTED.
MY QUESTION IS JUST ENSURING WE
ARE NOT AT ODDS WITH THE
PROFESSION SES AND WE ARE IN
TANDEM WITH IT.
IS THAT A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
JOB WELL DONE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND I DO WANT TO SORT OF
EMPHASIZE -- I'VE BEEN
PARTICIPATING WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD IN THE BACKGROUND
ON MANY OF THESE PROCESS RELATED
ISSUES AND JUST WANT TO
EMPHASIZE MY BELIEF WE HAVE
REALLY DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN AS
A CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT THE
INTEGRITY OF OUR LEGISLATIVE
AUTHORITY WHILE ALSO COMPLYING
WITH WHAT WE THINK ARE LEGAL
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONSENT
DECREE.
DON'T THINK THAT I -- I REALLY
DO BELIEVE MOVING FORWARD ON
THIS LEGISLATION NOW IS THE NEXT
STEP IN THAT PROCESS TO ALLOW US
TO ENTER THE BILL INTO THE MORE
FORMAL REVIEW PROCESS.
I THINK WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
WE CAN IN THE INFORMAL PROCESS
TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE ISSUES.
I THINK THIS IS THE NEXT STEP TO
ALLOWING FOR PERHAPS A MORE
OFFICIAL FULLER REVIEW OF THE
BILL.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE THEY WON'T
IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL CONCERNS BUT
I THINK AT THAT POINT THOSE
CONCERNS WOULD BE RELATED TO THE
POLICIES AS OPPOSED TO WHETHER
OR NOT THE COUNCIL COMPLIED WITH
THE PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AS CHAIR
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR
STEWARTING THIS CONVERSATION
THROUGH.
I THINK ALL OF US ARE
REALLY SHOWING THIS LEGISLATION
IN THIS AMENDED FORM IS AN
IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO MAKING
SURE WE ARE MOVING OUR
COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY
FORWARD AND DOING SO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS ALONG
THE WAY.
I THINK IMPORTANCE OF THIS
LEGISLATION CANNOT BE UNDER
STATED AS THE MEMORIES OF LAST
YEAR'S RESPONSE TO THE PROTEST
ARE STILL RELATIVELY FRESH AND N
MANY OF OUR MINDS.
WE ALL REMEMBER THE STORIES.
WE ALL REMEMBER THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY, THE HOURS OF CALLS WE
RECEIVED AS PEOPLE EXPRESSED
THEIR FRUSTRATION AND MANY TIMES
THEIR SURPRISE AND SHOCK ABOUT
THE RESPONSE TO THE PROTESTS
THAT WERE STANDING UP IN SUPPORT
OF BLACK LIVES.
WE ALSO HEARD A NUMBER OF
REPORTS AND THIS WAS COVERED IN
THE PRESS AS WELL AS PEOPLE
CALLING OUR OFFICES TO NOTE THAT
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL PRESS,
LEGAL OBSERVERS, MEDICS ARE BEEN
PEPPER SPRAYED OR HIT BY
PROJECTILES LIKE BLAST BALLS AND
LAUNCHERS.
WE SAW VIDEO OF A CHILD BEING
SPRAYED IN THE FACE.
WE HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF THE
FATHER OF A 9 MONTH OLD BABY
CALLING FOR AN END TO A DAYS OF
USE OF TEAR GAS IN OUR MOST
DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SEATTLE
AND CAPITOL HILL.
THE FATHER OF 59 MONTH OLD WHO
HAD WOKEN UP TO THEIR BABY
FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY WE
BELIEVE THAT NOBODY DESERVES TO
BE AFRAID OF PHYSICAL HARM WHEN
DOING THEIR JOB WHETHER THEY ARE
MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICERS, POLICE
OFFICERS OR MEMBERS OF THE
PRESS, MEDICS, LEGAL OBSERVERS,
EVERYBODY DOING THEIR JOB AND
ALSO STANDING UP TO EXPRESS
THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT HAS
A RIGHT TO BE SAFE.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
BYSTANDERS LIKE THE MANY PEOPLE
WHO CALLED IN ARE ALSO FREE FROM
HARM AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
TH TOOLS USED BY OUR PUBLIC
OFFICERS ARE FIRST PRIORITIZING
PUBLIC SAFETY.
I THINK THE LEGISLATION PUTS AN
IN PLACE IMPORTANT SIDE RAILS
FOR HOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
INTERACT WITH CROWDS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS.
I'M ALSO HOPEFUL THESE POLICIES
CAN HELP DEESCALATE THE RESPONSE
TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT
CONTINUING TO ESCALATE WHEN WE
SEE TOOLS THAT ARE CAUSING HARM
TO FOLKS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON
THIS LEGISLATION.
APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT
HAS GONE INTO THIS AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS LEDGE IT
TLIEGS DAY -- LEGISLATION TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL.
SO BEFORE I HAND IT BACK OVER TO
MAKE FINAL REMARKS I ALSO WANTED
TO ECHO MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD AS THE CHAIR OF
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN -- IT ALMOST
A YEARLONG PROCESS IF NOT JUST
SLIGHLY A LITTLE LONGER THAN
THAT AND SO I THINK I HAVE A
HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE
PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN STEWARTED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
THINK IT IS TIME FOR US TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
THREADING OF THE NEEDL AND
APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK OF
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
SHE MANAGED TO THANK EVERYONE
ELSE AT THE CITY.
IT IS OUR REST TO BELIEVE THE
THANK HER FOR THE GOOD WORK SHE
HAS DONE ON A VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUE WITH A LOT OF REALLY
TRICKY CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF
STAKE HOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT
NEEDED TO HAPPEN.
MY THANKS TO YOU.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER THE YOU
FOR CLOSING OUT DEBATES SO WE
CAN CALL THIS BILL TO A VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DID THANK A LOT OF THE
EXTERNAL STAKE HOLDERS BUT I
WOULD LIKE ALSO TO CLOSE OUT
WITH MY APPRECIATION FOR THE
MANY FOLKS INTERNAL TO THE CITY
WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING ON THIS
BILL INCLUDING ALYSSA ON COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF AND MY OFFICE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AS WELL AS OUR OWN -- LEGAL
COUNCIL THAT HAS BEEN ASSISTING
US ON THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SPENT A LOT
OF HOURS AND REALLY IT IS
BECAUSE I THINK WE BELIEVE IN
THE INTENT OF THE BILL WHICH IS
TO CREATE SOME REASONABLE
RESTRICTIONS WHERE NONE
CURRENTLY EXIST SO THAT WE CAN
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE
THE SAFETY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ENGAGING IN FIRST AMENDMENT
PROTECTED PROTESTS.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE CONTINUE OUR WORK IN
THIS AREA PROTECTING CIVIL
LIBERTIES DURING PROTESTS BUT
ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE
DOING SO WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
THE CONSENT DECREE AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ PUT IT.
IT IS A BIT OF A THREADING AFTER
NEEDLE BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS WHERE
WE GO INTO THE FORMAL POLICY
REVIEW AND HAVING THIS
LEGISLATION STILL -- AGAIN
PERHAPS NOT AS -- AS BROAD AS
THE LEGISLATION WE IS ALL VOTED
IN FAVOR ON IN JUNE LAST YEAR
BUT STILL THINK IT IS HISTORIC
EFFORT FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TO TAKE THIS POSITION REGULATING
THESE WEAPONS IN THE GOAL OF
PREING CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE
RIGHTS OF FOLKS TO PROTEST.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
CLOSING REMARKS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
EVERYONE.
WILL THE CLEESHG PLEASE READ
ITEM SEVEN INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7.
COUNCIL BILL 120148 RELATING TO
PARKING ENFORCEMENT AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126237 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2021 BUDGET TRANSFERRING
POSITIONS OUT OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RATIFYING
AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR
ACTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSES AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS ONE ALSO COMES FROM YOUR
COMMITTEE.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO JUST AS A BIT OF BACKGROUND
LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS THAT, THE COUNCIL
EXPRESS OUR INTENT OF
TRANSFERRING BOTH THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND 911
DISPATCH OUT OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INTO THE
NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER.
IN MAY THE WE TOOK THE LEDGE
ELSELATION UP THAT WOULD
IMPLEMENT THE PLANNED ACTION
FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS THE
PREVIOUS FALL.
AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A DIVIDED
WORK FORCE.
THE SUPERVISORS OF THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE
INTERESTED IN MOVING TO SDOT.
THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT
ALWAYSER -- OFFICER WANTED TO GO
TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
BECAUSE THERE IS THIS DIVISION
AMONG WORKERS AND ALSO AMONG
MANAGEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE WAS
VERY INTERESTED IN GOING TO SDOT
AS WERE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE AMENDED THAT
LEGISLATION.
WE INCLUDED THE EXTENSION TO
ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE THE
PEOS WERE CONTINUING TO GET PAID
WHILE STILL AT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT EXTENSION EXPIRES ON
SEPTEMBER 1ST.
THIS EXTRA TIME DID NOT REALLY
HAVE AN OUTCOME OF A DIFFERENT
RESULT.
THERE IS STILL A DIVIDED WORK
FORCE.
I KNOW THAT THE FRONT LINE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND
PRO TECH WHO REPRESENTS THE PEO
OFFICERS ARE STILL IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH HOW TO COME
TO AN AGREEMENT AND IMPROVE
RELATIONS BUT I HAVE HEARD
THAT -- THAT THE POSITION
HAVEN'T CHANGED BUT NEVER THE
LESS I AM -- BEING RESPONSIVE TO
THE FACT THAT A MAJORITY OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED
IN TRANSFERRING PEOS TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
FOR THAT REASON THE BILL DOES
TRANSFER THE PEO UNIT TO SDOT.
THE BILL INCLUDES A RATIFY AND
CONFIRM CLAUSE TO ENSURE THE
UNIT IS PAID COME SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS TON BILL?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CLERK
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
8 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 8 COUNCIL BILL
120121 RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING ADOPTING INTERIM
PROVISIONS BY AMENDING SECTIONS
23.76.004, 23.76.006 AND
23.76.032 OF AND ADDING THE NEW
SECTION 23.42.041 TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO FACILITATE
OCCUPANCY OF STREET LEVEL SPACES
DOWNTOWN DURING THE COVID-19
CIVIL EMERGENCY AND ADOPTING A
WORK PLAN.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS AS AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
WE WILL HAND IT OVER THE COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS TO PROVIDE US THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
PATIENCE WITH US THIS MORNING AS
WE HAD A COMMITTEE DURING
BRIEFING.
I WANT TO SAY AT THE TOP THAT
I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS BRINGING FORWARD A
REVISED VERSION OF AMENDMENT 3.
IT HAS -- IT ADDRESSED THE
POLICY ISSUES THAT I HAD
CONCERNS WITH AND I APPRECIATE
THAT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE LAND USE CODE ENCOURAGES
PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY STREET USES.
THIS IS TRUE -- THIS IS ALSO
TRUE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT STREET LEVEL USES
ALTHOUGH THE STANDARDS FOR
DOWNTOWN ARE EVEN MORE NARROW
THAN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
IN RESPONSE DOWNTOWN STORE FRONT
VACANCIES THE MAYOR PROPOSES
COUNCIL BILL 120121 TO EXPAND
THE USES ALLOWED ON THE STREET
LEAVE UNTIL DOWNTOWN SO THAT
THESE VACANCIES HAVE ABLE TO BE
FILLED MORE QUICKLY.
THE LIST ROUGHLY MIRRORS THE
LIST OF ALLOWED STREET LEVEL
USES IN NON-DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
DISTRICTS.
MORE CONSERVATIVE DOWNTOWN THESE
LISTS MIRROR THE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS USES THAT
ARE ON THE STREET LEVEL.
SO NEW ALLOWED STREET LEVEL USES
DOWNTOWN WOULD INCLUDE ART
INSTALLATIONS, COMMUNITY
CENTERS, MEDICAL OFFICES,
CO-WORKING SPACES AND GYMS OR
OTHER AMENITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
APARTMENT BUILDING OR A HOTEL.
THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE EFFECT TO
ONE YEAR AFTER WHICH NEW USES
FROM THE EXPANDED LIST WOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED WITHOUT FURTHER
ACTION.
USES ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE
ONE YEAR WINDOW WOULD BE GRANTED
THE ABILITY TO REMAIN UNTIL THAT
USE ENDS.
IF A USE IS IN A SPACE THAT USE
ENDS THAT EXEMPTED USE COULD NOT
BE REPLIED IF IT IS OUTSIDE THE
ONE YEAR PARAMETER.
THE LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE
THANK EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON
THIS LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANKS SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK DURING THE
IN BETWEEN HOURS IN BETWEEN
COUNCIL BRIEFING AND NOW TO
GETTOUS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A
CONSENSUS POSITION.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS
IN THAT AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS' EFFORTS.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
STILL HAS COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS
HE WOULD LIKE TO ADVANCE.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS TO MOVE THOSE
AMENDMENTS BEFORE WE HAVE A
OPENING OF THE FLOOR FOR
COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS A WHOLE.
LETS GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENTS AND THEN WE CAN TAKE
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDED VERSION
OF THE BILL BEFORE WE TAKE A
FINAL ROLL CALL.
I WILL HAND IT OVER THE YOU TO
MOVE AMENDMENT 1.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I DO NEED TO AT SOME POINT MOVE
TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO
SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT THREE
VERSION 2C.
DO YOU WANT --
>> LETS GO THROUGH THE -- LETS
GO THROUGH THEM IN ORDER.
WHEN WE GET TO THE SUBSTITUTE
VERSION OF AMENDMENT 3 WE CAN DO
THIS DISCUSSION OF THE RULES.
THESE INITIAL AMENDMENTS DON'T
REQUIRE A DISCUSSION OF THE
RULES SO LETS TAKE THEM.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL MOVE AMENDMENT 1 TO
COUNCIL BILL 120121 AS PRESENTED
ON THE AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO
YOU TO ADDRESS THE CONTENTS OF
AMENDMENT 1.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
AS WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING
AMENDMENT 1 IS THE LIGHT
MANUFACTURING COMPONENT OF WHAT
HISTORICALLY WAS ONE COMBINED
AMENDMENT.
MY OFFICE DID BASED ON FEEDBACK
FROM THE COMMITTEE HEARING
SEPARATE OUT THE LIGHT
MANUFACTURING WHICH HAD A
CONSENSUS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AND FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BE
PART OF THE ULTIMATE BILL.
THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL
DISCUSSION AROUND STREET LEVEL
OFFICE USE WAS SOMETHING THAT --
I THOUGHT THE COUNCIL WOULD
BENEFIT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A
SEPARATE VOTE ON GIVEN THERE WAS
CONSENSUS ON THE OTHER HAPP
HALF.
THIS AMENDMENT ONLY ADDRESSES
THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING OF WHICH
THERE IS HARMONY WITHIN THE CITY
AND STAKE HOLDERS IN SUPPORT
OF -- AS PART OF THE
CONSIDERATIONS THIS MORNING OF
MOVING THIS ALONG -- THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION,
MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS AGREED TO NO LONGER
PURSUE THE AMENDMENT FOR STREET
LEVEL OFFICE USE IN THE DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD OPTING INSTEAD
TO -- LEAVE THAT ISSUE ALONE
BASED ON FEEDBACK FOR THE
DEPARTMENT AND A LACK OF
INTEREST AND FURTHER PURSUING IT
GIVEN SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK.
I WILL NOT BE MOVING AMENDMENT 2
ONLY AMENDMENT 1 AND A REVISED
VERSION OF AMENDMENT 3 BASED ON
THAT FEEDBACK.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD TO THAT UNLESS COLLEAGUES
HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER
BUT OTHERWISE I WILL JUST -- --
BE READY TO VOTE WHEN THE
COUNCIL IS SATISFIED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST
CONSIDERING AMENDMENT 1.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR
THE RECORD COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
YOU WERE MORE THAN WELCOMED TO
BRING AMENDMENT 2.
MY ISSUES THIS MORNING I
WANT TO FOCUS ON WERE REGARDING
AMENDMENT 3.
JUST FOR THE RECORD APPRECIATE
ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
>> ALL RIGHTY.
SO AMENDMENT 1 IS ON THE TABLE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 1?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 1.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> WAS.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
PAST AMENDMENT 2 AS I UNDERSTAND
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
HE IS WITHDRAWING AMENDMENT 2.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WE ARE MOVING TO AMENDMENT 3
WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS HAS
INDICATED REQUIRES A SUSPENSION
OF THE RULES SINCE THERE IS A
SUBSTITUTE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULE RELATING TO
CIRCULATION OF AMENDMENTS BY 12
PLAN TO BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
CONSIDERATION OF A NEW VERSION
OF AMENDMENT 3.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULE IS SUSPENDED AND
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS YOU MAY NOW
PROCEED WITH CONSIDERATION OF
VERSION 2C OF AMENDMENT 3.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
IT -- IT DOES NOT HAVE
SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURES ON THE
HOLE FROM THE PREDECESSOR
AMENDMENT BUT THERE ARE A FEW
AND SO I WILL DO MY IMPRESSION
AND TRY TO ADDRESS THEM
AUTHORITATIVELY.
I WILL SAY THAT THE BIGGEST --
>> FIRST OF ALL I'M SORRY, I'M
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I NEED YOU MOVE.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> I NEED YOU TO MOVE THE
VERSION
FIRST.
>> I'M SORRY.
I NOVEMBER AMEND COUNCIL BILL
10121 AS PRESENTED AS AMENDMENT
3 VERSION 2C.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
NOW I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER THE
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THERE YOU GO.
SO AS I WAS GOING TO BEGIN TO
ADDRESS IT IS THE SAME AS THE
PRIOR AMENDMENT REGARDING THE
--
DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOODS BEING
ABLE TO MAKE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE ARE ASSESSING A LIMIT TO
30-FEET OF STREET LEVEL SPACE.
SO THIS -- THIS IS A CONTROL
THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE
PIONEER SQUARE BUSINESS AREA.
THERE IS ONE NOTABLE CARVE OUT
IN THE LEGISLATION.
THAT IS FOR THE AREA'S ZONED
PSM85120 ZONE.
THIS CHANGE IS SUPPORTED AS
WAS HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT TO
ADDRESS A UNIQUE CONDITION IN
THAT AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT IS ISOLATED WHERE THE
STREET LEVEL USE RECRUITMENT HAS
BEEN PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT AND
THERE IS ALREADY A PERSPECTIVE
TENANT THAT THIS PARTICULAR
CONSTITUENT HAS SO IT IS -- WAS
A PRIORITY FOR THE ALLIANCE TO
MAKE THAT EXCEPTION.
WE HEARD A NUMBER OF FOLKS
CALL IN URGING PASSAGE OF THIS
AMENDMENT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION -- OR AN IMPORTANT
AMENDMENT FOR THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION TO REALIZE ITS FULL
POTENTIAL WITH OUR DOWNTOWN
PARTNERS AND I DO URGE ITS
PASSAGE TODAY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON VERSION
2C OF AMENDMENT 3?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> JUST AGAIN THANK YOU FOR
TAILORING THIS BILL, THIS
AMENDMENT.
IT IS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE
THAN IT WAS THIS MORNING AND
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING SO
HARD WITH TWO VERSIONS SINCE
COUNCIL BRIEFING THIS MORNING.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON VERSION 2C OF
AMENDMENT 3?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS SO WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF 2C.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LICE.
>> YES!
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND THE
AMENDED BILL IS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE AMENDED BILL?
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS NOW MY TURN TO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS FOR
PRIORITIZING THIS BILL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY
INTERESTED STAKE HOLDERS IN THE
DOWNTOWN PIONEER SQUARE AND
SOUTH LAKE UNION NEIGHBORHOODS
WHO ARE EAGER TO USE THESE NEW
RULES TO INJECT NEW VIBRANCY AND
VITALITY INTO THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE
EXPERIENCED THE BRUNT OF THE
IMPACT FROM COVID.
IT IS REALLY CRITICAL TO NOTE
THAT THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING
OF A BIG REINVENTION AND
INCREASED -- IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH HAVE HAD
VERY RESTRICTIVE USES FOR THESE
STORE FRONTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REBOUND FROM COVID IN A STRONGER
POSITION AND EXPERIMENT WITH
SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY IN AREAS
THAT TRADITIONAL SLIP --
TRADITIONALLY
BEEN FOR RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL.
MORE INNOVATIVE AND FLEXIBLE USE
OF THE SPACE CAN CREATE NEW --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THEY REFLECT THE DOWNTOWN OF
TODAY WHICH IS NOT JUST A
COMMERCIAL SPACE BUT A
NEIGHBORHOOD OF TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS.
A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE ARE
RAISING FAMILIES.
A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE PLAY
AFTER THEY GO TO WORK.
I THINK THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO
REALLY REALIZE THAT FULL
POTENTIAL AND CONTINUE TO PLAN
IN DOWNTOWN AS A NEIGHBORHOOD
RATHER THAN JUST THIS REGIONAL
SPACE OF CONGREGATE WORK AND
LIVE PERFORMANCE BUT ALSO A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DO LIVE, WORK
AND PLAY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WITH THAT I APPRECIATE THE
PROCESS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE CUED THIS
LEGISLATION UP FAIRLY QUICKLY SO
WE CAN GET IT OUT BEFORE RECESS
AND LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON
IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS TON BILL?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE LAST WORD
ON THE BILL?
>> YES, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
THIS BILL PASSED BEFORE COUNCIL
RECESS AND THIS ALONG WITH
BRINGING BUSINESS HOME AND
STREET CAFES THROUGHOUT THE CITY
ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT I
PERSONALLY IN THIS COUNCIL AS
WHOLE HAVE SUPPORTED VIBRANCY OF
OUR DOWNTOWN AND THROUGHOUT OUR
COMMUNITY AND THIS IS JUST
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GOOD PIECES
OF POLICY TO MAKE DOWNTOWN MORE
VIBRANT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR VERSION
OF THE BILL.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE HARD
WORK.
WITH THAT BEING SAID WILL THE
CLERK LEAD CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE AMENDED BILL?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE ITEM 9 AND
10 INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AGENDA ITEMS 9 AND 10.
APPOINTMENT 1629 AND 1980.
APPOINTMENTS OF SANGYOON SOPHIA
LEE AND RACHEL E MOROWITZ AS A
MEMBER OF SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO JULY 1,
2022.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS TO BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU ARE THE VICE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE AND ARE GOING TO
PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN
THE ABSENCE OF CHAIR MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'M JUST CUEING UP -- SWITCHING
THE NOTES FROM THE LAND USE TO
THE -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE HERE.
I -- I APOLOGIZE MADAM
PRESIDENT -- FOR THE
APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE JUST
READ.
>> NO WORRIES.
WE ARE JUST JUGGLING THROUGH
EVERYTHING RELATED TO LAND USE.
WE ARE ON ITEMS NINE AND TEN.
THIS IS FOR THE TWO APPOINTMENTS
FOR THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION.
>> YEAH.
SORRY.
THE ORDER IS DIFFERENT IN
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES' NOTES.
>> NO WORRIES.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TWO
APPOINTMENTS.
>> I HAVE THOSE CUED UP HERE.
THE COMMITTEE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM SOPHIA
LEE AND RACHEL MOROWITZ LAST
WEEK.
SOPHIA LEE THIS MORNING IS A
KOREAN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT,
TRANSGENDER WOMAN OF COLOR.
RACHEL MOROWITZ IS A FIRST
GENERATION AMERICAN WHO DRIVE
STRIVES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF
LGBTQ ISSUES IN HER LAW FIRM.
BOTH APPOINTMENTS WERE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE
COMMITTEE.
I URGE THEIR APPOINTMENT BY FULL
COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
>> THANKS SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL BE THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
EXCUSE ME.
>> IT IS OKAY.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN MANY FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLEESHG PLEASE READ
ITEMS 11 THROUGH 18 INTO THE
RECORD!
AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 18,
APPOINTMENT 1998 THROUGH 2003.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF JOVINO NETO,
JESSICA TOON, NICK VAEREWYCK AND
SHANNON WELLES AS MEMBERS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
APPOINTMENTS OF ANDREW JOS
EXPLAIN ANN BERRY O'DOWD AS
MEMBERS OF SEATTLE MUSIC
COMMISSION FOR TERMS TO AUGUST
31, 2023.
APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF
KEOLA KAMA AND NATE OMDAL AS
MEMBERS SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION
FOR TERMS TO AUGUST 31, 2024.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> NEIGHBORING YOU -- THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> REALLY EXCITED TO CUE UP OUR
SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION
APPOINTMENTS.
JUST OVER KNEE NETO IS A THREE
TIME GRAMMY LATIN NOMINEE.
JOVINO LECTURES ON THE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND
MUSIC.
USUALLY COUPLED WITH LIVE
PERFORMANCES.
HE TAUGHT AT COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
IN SEATTLE FOR 26 YEARS.
JESSICA TOON HAS DEDICATED HER
CAREER TO DEVELOPING AND
SUPPORTING CREATIVE COMMUNITIES
THROUGH MISSION DRIVEN ARTS.
JESSICA JOINED THE RECORDING
GRAMMY IN 2018 AS ITS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.
NICK VAEREWYCK IS VICE PRESIDENT
OF PROGRAMMING AND RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE STRATEGIC CONTENT
PROGRAMMING OF ALL CONCERTS
FAMILY SHOWS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
SHANNON WELLES IS THE FOUNDER OF
FRIENDS OF THE SHOW BOX A
COMMUNITY COALITION TO LANDMARK.
SHE HOLDS A MANAGEMENT POSITION
WITH THE SHOW BOX.
SHE HAS A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF ANY
OPERATIONS AND WORKER RELATIONS
AND IS AN AEG ONE EARTH
AMBASSADOR DEDICATED TO REDUCING
VENUE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
MADAM PRESIDENT I'M GOING DOWN
HERE -- HAVE WE BROKEN THE MUSIC
APPOINTMENTS INTO TWO AGENDA
ITEMS?
>> LET ME SEE HERE.
WE SHOULD BE GOING ALL THE WAY
THROUGH NATE OMDAL.
SO, NO, THEY SHOULD ALL BE IN
ONE SECTION.
THEY SHOULD BE PINTMENTS 1996
THROUGH 2003.
>> OKAY GREAT I WILL INTRODUCE
ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM ANDREW JOSLYN
WHO IS A COMPOSER ORCHESTRATER
AND VIOLINIST.
HE RUNS HIS OWN PRODUCTION
STUDIO IN SEATTLE AND HAS SCORED
SEVERAL FILMS.
ANN BERRY O'DOWD HAS BEEN
EXECUTING FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
IN SEATTLE AND BEYOND FOR 20
YEARS.
SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS EVENTS
AND FESTIVAL MANAGER.
-- AFTER TEN YEARS AT
RECORD LABELS KEOLA JOINED TO
HELP THE TEAM INNOVATE IN THE
STREAMING SPACE VIA BOTH
MARKETING PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN
THE ARTISTS.
BASIS COMPOSER AND PRODUCER IS
ONE OF SEATTLE'S LEADING MUSICAL
INNOVATORS AND HIS PRODUCTION
WORK CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD ALL
OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
NATE IS SERVING ON THE
DIRECTOR'S BOARD AND WORK AS
CONTRACTOR FOR SKY NEWS STUDIOS.
MADAM PRESIDENT ALL OF THOSE
APPOINTMENTS WERE APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMITTEE AND
WE URGE THEIR FINAL PASSAGE
TODAY.
>> GREAT.
THAP YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE
APPOINTMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
1996 THROUGH 2003?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
NO?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS
19 THROUGH 29 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 19 THROUGH 29.
APPOINTMENTS 2004 TO 2014.
PINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS OF
NATASHA BENNETT, ERIKA CHEN AND
JESSICA AS MEMBERS FOR TERM TO
JULY 22, 2022.
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT
OF JULIA ISMAEL, AND BRIAN EGGER
AS MEMBERS OF SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO
JANUARY 22, 2022.
APPOINTMENTS OF AS MEMBERS
SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
FOR A TERM TO JANUARY 22, 2023.
APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS
OF ANNIE, TYRONE AND AARON AS
MEMBERS.
O OF SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO JULY
22, 2023.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> ALL RIGHTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CLERK.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS BACK TO YOU
TO ADDRESS THESE APPOINTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
NATASHA BENNET IS AN ANALYST
SPECIALIZED IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
SHE SERVES AS AN ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBER FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HATE,
A SEATTLE BASED ORGANIZATION.
ALLAN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR
AND HAS FUNCTIONED IN VARIOUS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
JULIA IS THE FOUNDING
HEAD ARCHITECT OF ASPIRATION --
FOUNDING HEAD ARCHITECT OF
ASPIRATIONS OF THE EQUITY CON
SORT SUM.
SHE IS ALSO A TRANSFORMATIVE
JUSTICE PRACTITIONER.
SHE IS A FIRST GENERATION
INTERSECTIONAL WOMAN AND A CHILD
OF A FORMERLY INCARCERATED
PARENT WHO IS PASSIONATE MANY A
MISSION TO ENGAGE IN SOLUTIONS
AND POLICIES FOR FAMILIES AND
YOUTH IMPACTED -- INCARCERATION.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
KALEY GREW UP IN THE POOUG
REGION.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
CLAIRE IS A DATA KRIVEN
MANAGEMENT ASK EVALUATION
PROFESSIONAL FOCUSED ON SOLVING
PROBLEMS.
CLAIRE HAS INSPIRED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEARCH OF AN CITY
BOARD OR COMMISSION AND EAGER TO
MEET NEW SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND
CURIOUS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN THE CITY
AND IDEAS FOR MAKING SEATTLE AN
INCREDIBLE PLACE TO LIVE.
ALL OF THOSE APPOINTMENT WERE
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
SO, WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT I
URGE THE CONFIRMATION OF THOSE
APPOINTMENTS BY THE FULL
COUNCIL.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENTS.
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
WILL THE CLEESHG PLEASE READ
ITEMS 30 THROUGH 38 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT 2015 THROUGH
2023.
APPOINTMENTS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS TO
GIVE US HIS REPORT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
SO, THE CULTURAL SPACE
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS A
CRITICAL STEP IN REALIZING OUR
GOAL IN THE CITY OF BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH.
THE INTENT S TO HAVE A
MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT HELPS
SECURE LONG TERNL AFFORDABLE
COMMERCIAL CULTURAL SPACE WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUILD
COMMUNITY WEALTH THROUGH DIRECT
INVESTMENT AND REAL PROPERTY,
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OWNERSHIP OF CULTURAL SPACING
AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON
THE NEEDS OF BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
TODAY WE ARE VOTING TO SEAT A
FIRST EVER GOVERNING COUNCIL AND
THE COUNCIL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ENSURING THE CULTURAL SPACE
AGENCY IS MEETING ITS MISSION
WITH IMPACT AND INTEGRITY WHILE
THE COUNCIL.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
AGENCY'S FINANCES PROPERTY
INVESTMENTS, COMPLIANCE AND
EXEXTOUGH D
EXECUTIVE STAFF.
SHE CREATED THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT REUNION IN 2017 AS AN
ANNUAL REMIGRATION OF DISPLACED
CENTRAL DISTRICT ALUMNI.
SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THROUGH HER
CONNECTIONS INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY
ACCESS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WHICH SHE OWNS WITH HER SISTER.
SHE IS FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF
NURTURING ROOTS FARM LOCATED ON
BEACON HILL, A PROGRAM COMMITTED
TO ADDRESSING FOOD JUSTICE
ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SHE CURRENTLY HOSTS WORKSHOPS
RANGING FROM TO SYSTEMIC FOOD
OPPRESSION, AND SHARING HER
JOURNEY AS A BLACK FEMALE
ENTREPRENEUR.
SHE SPENT THE THE LAST 50 YEARS
BUILDING A MINISTRY OF --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SERGIO MAX-LEGON IS A PRACTICING
ARCHITECT AND GRADUATE OF
BUILDING ART SPACE EQUITABLE
PROGRAM.
HE'S CO-FOUNDER OF THE STUDIO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
INTO THE SPACE THEY DESIGN.
MELINA RIVERA BRINGS DIRECT
EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL LEASE
MANAGEMENT.
CM RUIZ IS A GRAPHIC ARTIST, A
CURATOR AND CULTURAL SPACE
ORGANIZER AND PRODUCER.
SHE'S THE FOUNDER OF THE MUCH
CELEBRATED ART SPACE AND HAS
PARTNERED WITH THE LOW-INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
JULIA IS A HIP HOP ARTIST,
INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKER, WRITER
AND EDUCATOR.
MICHAEL HAS OVER TWO
DECADES WORKING IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AN CULTURAL SPACE.
HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SEED.
A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION PROVIDING HOUSING
AND ARTS SPACE.
AGAIN ALL OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS
WERE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY
THE COMMITTEE AND URGED THEY BE
CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEN
BETTER LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS, YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
OKAY, OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
HEARING NONE COLLEAGUES
THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF
THE BUSINESS.
THE CITY DOWN SHRILL -- COUNCIL
WILL BE ON A RECESS FROM MONDAY
AUGUST 23RD THROUGH MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 6TH AND ALSO AS A
REMINDER WE HAVE COUNCILED THE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 7TH IN OBSERVANCE.
OUR NEXT REGISTRATION LARLY
SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
IS ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 AT 2:00
P.M.
THAT MEANS WE WILL NOT SEE EACH
OTHER UNTIL SEPTEMBER 13TH WHEN
WE WILL ASSEMBLE ONCE AGAIN AS A
FULL COUNCIL.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THAT
YOU ALL FIND SOME REST DURING
THE SUMMER RECESS AND WE WILL
SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE WHEN
WE WILL DIG INTO THE BUDGET AND
LAST MINUTE ITEMS OF LEGISLATIVE
POLICY WORK FOR THE COUNCIL.
THAT BEING SAID COLLEAGUES