>>> WE ARE RECORDING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE 19, 2021 MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:32 A.M.
I AM TO 27, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
SYRUP COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>>> PRESENT.
>>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S PROPOSED OBJECTION THAT
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE FOUR
LIMITED RENEWALS FOR BRIDGES
AND TUNNELS, EVERY APPOINTMENT
TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE,
A PROPERTY TRANSFER TO SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT, AN OBJECT ON
IMPLEMENTING OUR INTERNET
ACTION PLAN FROM THE SEATTLE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT, AND OUR SECOND AND
FINAL DISCUSSION AT THIS
COMMITTEE OF THE THREE
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS
RELATING TO EXISTING POLICE
TECHNOLOGIES.
WE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO THOSE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WE WILL BE
VOTING ON TODAY.
THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS ARE
RELATIVELY ROUTINE RENEWALS.
I HOPE WE CAN GET TO THOSE
QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET TWO MORE
SUBSTANCE TO OF ITEMS.
AT THIS POINT, WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE GENERAL COMMENT PERIOD.
I ASKED THAT EVERYONE THE
PATIENT.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO FINE-TUNE THIS PROCESS
OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT, HOWEVER WE
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY
THESE COMMENTS IF WE DEEM THE
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IS
UNSUITABLE TO ALLOW US TO
CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS EFFICIENTLY
AND IN THE WAY TO CONDUCT OUR
NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I WILL MODERATE THE COMMENT
PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
IT WILL BE UP TO 20 MINUTES AND
WILL GIVE EACH PERSON TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON TWO SPEAKERS AT
A TIME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCILS
RED STATE -- COUNCILS WEBSITE.
YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE CALL THE NAME OF THE
SPEAKER, APPLE ON MUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND THE
AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED WILL BE THE KEY
WITH A SPEAKER THAT IT IS THEIR
TURN TO SPEAK.
THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS á6 TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
CHURCH -- SHOULD RELATE TO THE
ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WITH 10
SECONDS LEFT, WRAP IT UP SO WE
CAN MOVE ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
IF YOU DO NOT END YOUR COMMENTS
IN THE TIME ALLOTTED, THE
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE MEETING, DO SO
THROUGH THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
THE LISTENING OPTIONS ON YOUR
AGENDA.
THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING IS NOW OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS á6
BEFORE SPEAKING.
ELIXIR?
HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP, AND
JUST ONE PERSON IS PRESENT AT
THIS TIME.
WE WILL GO WITH THE PERSON WHO
IS PRESENT NOW, AND THAT IS
CYNTHIA.
GOOD MORNING, CYNTHIA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO.
MY COMMENTS ARE ON THE THREE
SPD SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS
PEDERSEN AND HERBOLD FOR
PROPOSING THE AMENDMENT.
I SUPPORT ALL OF THE
AMENDMENTS, HOWEVER, SOME OF
THEM COULD HAVE GAPS.
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO GOT TO BE
IMPROVED BY REMOVING THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR POLICY DAMAGE.
IMPROVED WORDING MIGHT BE
INCLUDING A SPECIFIC INCIDENT
TYPE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF
REASONABLE AT DICTATION OF
BODILY HARM.
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ON THE
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS
BILL DOESN'T ADDRESS SOUND OR
THE USE OF A CELL PHONE TO
MONITOR THE FEET OF THE CAMERA.
IMPROVED WORDING COULD BE
ADDRESSED REJECTIONS ON
DOWNLOADING, STREAMING,
RECORDING IMAGES, VIDEO, OR
AUDIO WITH A SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS CAMERA.
WITH A SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
CAMERA AND VIDEO SYSTEM BILLS
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE IS
OVERLY NARROW, AND THERE ARE
MANY FORMS OF BIOMETRIC
IDENTIFICATION, NOT JUST FACIAL
RECOGNITION.
THEY ARE USED BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT, CHINESE GOVERNMENT,
AND PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES,
AMONG OTHERS.
SINCE SPD DESCRIBES ONLY
NEEDING TO USE THESE CAMERAS TO
VIEW A PHYSICAL AREA, THERE IS
NO NEED FOR ANY BIOMETRIC
IDENTIFICATION CAPABILITIES.
IMPROVED WORDING FOR AMENDMENT
NUMBER THREE ON THIS BILL IS,
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS
EQUIPPED WITH BIOMETRIC
IDENTIFICATION, FACIAL
RECOGNITION.
APPROVED AMENDMENT WORDING FOR
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE IS THAT
ANY RECORDING SYSTEMS WITH
BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION,
FACIAL RECOGNITION CAPABILITY.
LASTLY, NONE OF THE AMENDMENTS
ADDRESSED SPD NOT HAVING THEIR
RECORDING SYSTEMS SECURITY
CONFIRMS.
NOT FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES IS
WHAT LED TO 70% OF POLICE
CAMERAS IN WASHINGTON BEING
HACKED.
PLEASE PROPOSE AMENDMENT FOUR,
REQUESTING THAT SPD CONDUCT A
SECURITY AUDIT.
PLEASE SEE MY EMAIL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CYNTHIA.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
SPEAKERS PRESENT WHO SIGNED UP.
I WILL ASK OUR INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY TEAM, DO YOU SEE
ANYBODY ELSE WHO WAS PRESENT?
>> THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
>> OKAY.
FOLKS, THIS WILL CONCLUDE, THAT
CONCLUDES OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS
WERE PRESENT FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST
LEGISLATIVE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, REGARDINGCB
120074, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
GRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
PERMISSION TO CONTINUE
MAINTAINING AND OPERATING A
PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE OVER AND
ACROSS THE ALLEY BETWEEN 2nd
AVENUE AND 3rd AVENUE, NORTH OF
CEDAR STREET; FOR BRIEF
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WE ARE LOOKING TO RENEW
THESE LIMITED TERM PERMITS
ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THE SKY
BRIDGE AND THREE TUNNELS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM
OUR CENTRAL STAFFER, LISH
WHITSON.
IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS
FOR US BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER
TO THE DEPARTMENT.
GOOD MORNING, LISH.
>> GOOD MORNING.
LISH WHITSON, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
AS COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
DISCUSSED, YOU HAVE FOUR
APPROVALS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR
RENEWALS OF TERM PERMITS.
THESE PERMITS HAVE BEEN IN
PLACE FOR DECADES. THESE ARE
FAIRLY ROUTINE RENEWALS AS
REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE. THERE
IS ONE CHANGE THAT IS EMBEDDED
IN EACH OF THESE, WHICH IS A
SHIFT FROM A 10 YEAR RENEWAL
PERIOD TO A 15 YEAR RENEWAL
PERIOD.
OTHERWISE, THIS IS A VERY
ROUTINE PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS, BUT DON'T NEED TO
TALK TO THE OTHER THREE ITEMS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, LISH.
NOW WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
THIS IS AMY GRAY.
I WORK FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
I WORK ON THE TERM PERMITS
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TIME TO
PRESENT THESE AND DISCUSS THEM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AS LISH NOTED, THERE ARE FOUR
PERMITS IN FRONT OF YOU.
I WANTED TO MAKE SOME GENERAL
COMMENTS ABOUT ALL FOUR, THAT
APPLY TO ALL FOUR PERMITS SO
YOU CAN BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT
THE SITUATION IS.
FOR THE SKY BRIDGE IN THE THREE
TUNNELS, THEY ARE ALL FULLY
ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH
LIMITED MOBILITY.
THERE IS NO HINDRANCE FOR ANY
TYPE OF PHYSICAL HINDRANCE FOR
ANY BUDDY -- ANYBODY ACCESSING
THE SKY BRIDGE IN THE TUNNELS.
THE ORDINANCES HAVE STANDARD
LANGUAGE REGARDING STRUCTURAL
INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS. EVERY
TWO EARS, THE ORDINANCE
REQUIRES THAT THE PERMIT HOLDER
COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A
STRUCTURAL INSPECTION REPORT
STAMPED BY A CERTIFIED ENGINEER.
THAT IS ULTIMATELY SUBMITTED TO
SDOT AND THE SDOT ENGINEERS
REVIEW THAT FOR ANY QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS AND FOLLOW UP WITH
THE PERMIT HOLDERS IF THERE IS
ANYTHING THEY WANT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT.
ON THE OPPOSITE TWO YEARS, 230
FOR THAT'S SDOT ROADWAY
STRUCTURES DOES REVIEW ON THE
STRUCTURES, AS WELL, TO MAKE
SURE THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED
SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE LAST
YEAR.
LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE
REQUIRES THE PERMIT HOLDER TO
NAME THE CITY AS ADDITIONALLY
INSURED, AND PROVIDED BOND IN
CASE THE STRUCTURE IS ABANDONED
AND THE CITY NEEDS TO REMOVE
IT.
ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE
DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE RISK OF
THE CITY FOR PRIVATE STRUCTURES
OCCUPYING A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-
WAY.
THE FIRST ONE IN FRONT OF US IS
THE GRANGE INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION.
NEXT SLIDE?
THIS PERMIT WAS FIRST GRANTED
IN 1981, AND 10 YEARS AGO IT
REACHED ITS FINAL 30 YEARS.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT WAS
REVIEWED AS IF IT WERE A BRAND-
NEW STRUCTURE.
THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC BENEFIT.
THAT PUBLIC BENEFIT IS THE
PLAZA YOU WILL SEE A FEW SLIDES
FROM NOW.
THE SKY BRIDGE PROVIDES THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN STAFF AND
VISITORS AT THE OFFICE BUILDING
AND THE PARKING GARAGE.
SDOT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL
FOR THIS TERM PERMIT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
IN THESE RENEWALS, THE
ORDINANCE RENEWS THE PERMIT AND
DETAILS THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT,
INCLUDING THE ANNUAL FEE,
MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS,
INDEMNIFICATION, INSURANCE, AND
BOND REQUIREMENTS.
úTHE FEE FOR THIS IS $2512 PER
HERE IS AN AREA MAP SHOWING THE
LOCATION AT 200 CEDAR STREET.
HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF THE
TUNNEL.
THE TWO ON THE LEFT SHOW THE
INTERIOR OF THE TUNNEL
CONNECTING THE TWO BUILDINGS.
THE ONE ON THE FAR LEFT SHOWS
THE SKYBRIDGE ACROSS THE ALLEY.
McFLY, PLEASE.
WE ARE ASKING THAT COUNCIL
APPROVE PERMISSION FOR THE
NEXT 15 YEARS.
IN MAY BE EXTENDED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 15 YEARS AFTER THAT.
THAT IS THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION FOR THE GRANGE
INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE VOTING
ON EACH OF THESE BILLS
SEPARATELY.
I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING THAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ IS EXCUSED
FROM THIS COMMITTEE MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
ON THIS BILL BEFORE WE VOTE ON
THIS AND MOVE TO THE NEXT THREE?
I AM JUST CHECKING THE
PARTICIPANTS LIST HERE FOR ANY
HANDS RAISED.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF COUNCIL
BILL 120074.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
RULE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120074?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
NUMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FOUR APPROVE, NONE OPPOSE.
TO MAKE THIS WILL BE PUT
FORWARD FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO,COUNCIL BILL
120061, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
PERMISSION TO NORTHWEST KIDNEY
CENTER TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE
AND MAINTAIN A PEDESTRIAN
TUNNEL UNDER AND ACROSS
BROADWAY, NORTH OF CHERRY
STREET; FOR BRIEF DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WE HEARD FROM LISH WHITSON.
HE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS ON THESE NEXT THREE
ITEMS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO
STRAIGHT TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN.
THIS IS THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL
LOCATED AT 700 BROADWAY.
IT WAS FIRST GRANTED A TUNNEL
PERMIT IN 1978.
NORTHWEST KIDNEY CENTER IS A
NONPROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
AND CARE FACILITY. IT INCLUDES
DIALYSIS CENTER, A RESEARCH
FACILITY, PHARMACY, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES.
THIS TUNNEL CONNECTS TO THE
SWEETEST HOSPITAL'S MAIN CAMPUS
ON BROADWAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS.
I WILL JUST PASS ON THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS LOCATED IN THE CAPITOL
HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT ON
BROADWAY.
IT IS AT 700 BROADWAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE ARE SOME IMAGES FROM
INSIDE THE TUNNEL TO SHOW, TO
PROVIDE A VISUAL REFERENCE FOR
FOLKS KNOWING THAT, KNOWING
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IS USED BY STAFF, VISITORS, AND
PATIENTS OF THE TWO FACILITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AGAIN, WE ARE SEEKING COUNCIL
APPROVAL TO RENEW THE EXISTING
PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL UNDER
BROADWAY.
AND IT WILL BE FOR A TERM OF 15
YEARS WITH ONE RENEWABLE 15
YEAR TERM.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, AMY , FOR THE
PRESENTATION ON THIS EXISTING
TUNNEL AND THE REQUEST FOR THE
RENEWAL WITH THIS COUNCIL BILL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SDOT OR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF ON THIS
ITEM?
I AM JUST CHECKING HERE.
I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED
FOR THIS ONE.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I MOVED THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL
OF COUNCIL BILL 120061, ITEM 2
ON OUR AGENDA, AND IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS BILL.
WILL CLERK CALLED THE RULE?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THIS WILL BE SENT TO THE 24th
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
WILL CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3,COUNCIL BILL
120075, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
BGO PLAZA 600 JV LLC PERMISSION
TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING AND
OPERATING A VEHICULAR AND
PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL UNDER THE
ALLEY BETWEEN 6th AVENUE AND
7th AVENUE, NORTH OF STEWART
STREET; FOUR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
SOME OF OUR COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF ANALYST SPOKE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THESE FOUR ITEMS.
WE CAN ASK HIM QUESTIONS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD STRAIGHT TO
THE PRESENTATION HEAR FROM OUR
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
SDOT, GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS THE PLAZA 600
PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR
TUNNEL.
IT IS LOCATED AT THE 600
BUILDING, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
LLOYD BUILDING.
THIS WAS FIRST GRANTED A TUNNEL
PERMIT IN 1968.
IT IS USED BY STAFF AND
VISITORS OF THE OFFICE BUILDING
WITH THE PARKING GARAGE.
THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF
PARKING THAT ARE CONNECTED BY
THIS TUNNEL.
SDOT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL
OF THIS PERMIT, AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE?
THIS IS THE PROCESS AGAIN, SO I
WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT
THIS.
IS LOCATED AT 600 STEWART
STREET IN DOWNTOWN.
NEXT SLIDE?
HERE ARE SOME IMAGES SHOWING
THE VEHICULAR PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL
AND THE FEE FOR 2021 IS $8816.
NEXT SLIDE?
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE 15 YEAR
TERM WITH AN ADDITIONAL 15
YEARS ALLOWED.
AND THAT IS THE END OF THIS
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
AMY, ARE THE VEHICLES THERE
JUST FOR THE DELIVERY OF
THINGS?
>> I BELIEVE CRAIG MATURI IS ON
A PANEL ON THIS, AS WELL.
HE CAN TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC
USES.
I BELIEVE IT IS OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
I THINK PARKING IS USED BY
THREE FACILITIES.
CRAIG, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> I SEE HIM NODDING HIS HEAD.
HE AGREES WITH YOU.
YOU ARE CORRECT, YES.
>> THANK YOU, CRAIG.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
ON THIS?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF
COUNCIL BILL 120075, ITEM 3 ON
OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THIS BILL.
WILL THE CLERK CALLED THE RULE
TO APPROVE COUNCIL BILL 120075?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASSED WILL BE SENT TO
THE 24th COUNCIL MEETING FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION.
WILL CLERK READ THE SHORT TITLE
OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4,COUNCIL BILL
120076, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
IC/RCDP SEATTLE HOTEL, LLC
PERMISSION TO CONTINUE
MAINTAINING AND OPERATING A
PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL UNDER AND
ACROSS SENECA STREET, BETWEEN
4th AVENUE AND 5th AVENUE;
FOUR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
LISH WHITSON ALREADY SPOKE TO
ALL FOUR OF THESE ITEMS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA.
THIS IS THE FOURTH ITEM.
WE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE
PRESENTATION FROM OUR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS THE LAST ONE FOR YOU
TODAY.
THIS IS THE FAIRMONT OLYMPIC
HOTEL TUNNEL.
IT IS ON THE SITE THAT WAS, IT
WAS THE ORIGINAL UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON CAMPUS BEFORE IT
MOVED OUT TO ITS CURRENT
LOCATION.
THIS PERMIT WAS ORIGINALLY
GRANTED IN 1881.
IS OPERATED BY THE FAIRMONT
HOTEL AND RESORTS.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OWNS
THE LAND UNDER THE HOTEL AND
UNDER THE PARKING GARAGE.
NEXT SLIDE?
SAME PROCESS, SO WE WILL PASS
THROUGH THIS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IS LOCATED AT 411 UNIVERSITY
STREET IN DOWNTOWN.
NEXT SLIDE?
SO HERE ARE IMAGES OF THE
TUNNELS.
THESE TUNNELS ARE PRIMARILY
USED BY HOTEL STAFF TO MOVE
SUPPLIES AND DELIVERIES MADE TO
THE PARKING GARAGE THAT NEED TO
BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HOTEL,
USING A BELOW GRADE CONNECTION
RATHER THAN HAVING TO CROSS
SENECA STREET. IT IS ALSO OPEN
TO VISITORS AND PEOPLE PARKING
IN THE PARKING GARAGE IF THEY
WANT ACCESS TO THE HOTEL, AS
WELL.
NEXT SLIDE?
SO THIS IS THE SAME CONDITION
WITH THE 15 YEARS, THE TERM OF
15 YEARS AND AN ADDITIONAL 15
YOUR NEW -- 15 YOUR RENEWAL.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR SDOT?
COUNCIL NEVER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
THANK YOU, AMY AND BEVERLY FOR
OUR PRE-COMMITTEE BRIEFINGS ON
THESE DENSE TOPICS.
YOUR CONVERSATIONS ARE ALWAYS
VERY HELPFUL.
I WANT TO POINT OUT AND THANK
YOU FOR CHANGING THESE TERMS
FROM FIVE-YEAR TERMS TO 15 YOUR
TERMS THANK YOU FOR THE
ADDITIONAL FACTS ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TUNNELS AND
SKY BRIDGES.
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, I
LEARNED THAT PUBLIC BENEFITS
ARE REQUIRED FOR SKY BRIDGES
AND NOT FOR TUNNELS BECAUSE SKY
BRIDGES ARE IN THE PUBLIC
REALM, WHILE THE TUNNELS ARE
UNDERGROUND.
IF YOU WANT TO SHARE SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT THE STREETS,
THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.
>> THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL SITE
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
OWNS THE STREETS.
SDOT PIECES THESE STREETS FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TO
OPERATE AS PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
IT IS JUST AN ODD LITTLE,
UNIQUE FEATURE TO THIS PORTION
OF LAND IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE COMMAND APPROVAL OF
COUNCIL BILL 120076, ITEM 4 ON
OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120076?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SENT
TO THE 24th MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING
HERE THIS MORNING, BOTH FROM
SDOT, CENTRAL STAFF, AND THE
OWNERS OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 5,APPOINTMENT
01914, REAPPOINTMENT OF MARILYN
K. FIRMAN AS MEMBER, SEATTLE
SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, FOR A TERM TO MARCH
31, 2024.
FOUR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO HIGHLIGHT THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE'S 2021 REPORT,
WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
SEATTLE.GOV.
THIS REPORT INCLUDES
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE RENOVATED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CHANGES TO
PARKING REQUIREMENTS AT SCHOOLS
IN GENERAL, ENGINEERING CHANGES
TO REDUCE SPEEDING APPLICATIONS
WITH HIGH RATES OF SPEEDING
TICKETS, AND SAFER DESIGN
STANDARDS FOR SCHOOLS.
LET'S TURN IT OVER TO THE
LIAISON, FOR THIS SCHOOL SAFETY
COMMITTEE, JENNIFER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME ALL
OKAY.
I WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF RECAP OF
MARILYN AND SAY WE ARE PLEASED
TO HAVE HER ON FOR A SECOND
TERM.
SHE IS AN AVID VOLUNTEER.
SHE IS A GRANDMOTHER TO A
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN STUDENT.
THIS BRINGS A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE TO THE SCHOOL
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SHE CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATES FOR
IMPROVED SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS
AND HAS A FIRST-HAND
UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES AND
CHALLENGES FACED BY STUDENTS.
SDOT WOULD BE PLEASED TO HAVE
HER FOR A SECOND TERM IN OUR
COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON AN
UPDATE TO THE ANNUAL REPORT,
THE 2021 REPORT. WE WOULD BE
HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU,
AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
WILLINGNESS OF THE CANDIDATES
TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM FOR THIS
IMPORTANT WORK.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS
FOR SDOT REGARDING THIS?
WE HAVE ALREADY THE APPOINTMENT
PACKET.
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
OKAY.
JENNIFER, THANKS AGAIN FOR
JOINING US.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT 01914.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THIS REAPPOINTMENT.
ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
APPOINTMENT 01914?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> EXCELLENT.
MOTION CARRIES IN THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENT PASS WILL BE SENT
TO THE 24th CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, JENNIFER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WILL CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 6,COUNCIL BILL
120052, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT;
AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER
AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
CITY LIGHT TO EXECUTE AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH
SKAGIT COUNTY FOR THE TRANSFER
OF REAL PROPERTY FROM SKAGIT
COUNTY TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY
FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
WE WILL GIVE OUR CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYSTS AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY
WANT TO OPEN IT UP WITH SOME
REMARKS OR FRAME THINGS UP FOR
US.
GOOD MORNING GOT SMACKED ERIC
McCONAGHY AT COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
THE QUESTION BEFORE COUNCIL NOW
IS TO DO WITH INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY LIGHT
AND SKAGIT COUNTY.
IT WOULD ALSO ACCEPT THE DEED
FOR THE PROPERTY.
CITY LIGHT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT
THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS
FOR A WHILE.
WE THINK WE HAVE SOME GREAT
THINGS TO SHARE.
I WILL STEP OUT OF THE WAY
OTHER THAN IT IS A RELATIVELY
STRAIGHTFORWARD EXCHANGE.
IT COMES TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT
HAS TO DO WITH PROPERTY AND THE
COUNCIL IS THE GOVERNING BODY
OF CITY LIGHT AND HAS TO BE
ASKED ABOUT THESE KINDS OF
EXCHANGES.
>>> WELCOME, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
AND GENERAL MANAGER DEBORA
SMITH.
PLEASE.
>> I AM LOOKING AT SOME GREAT
FACES HERE.
I WILL TURN THINGS OVER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR YOUR HELP
IN MOVING US FORWARD.
WHO ON THE CITY LIGHT TEAM IS
TAKING THE LEAD?
NO ONE IS RAISING THEIR HANDS?
>> I CAN TAKE THE LEAD WITH THE
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> CAN WE SEE THE PRESENTATION?
>> YES.
>> TAKE IT AWAY, DENISE.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO
COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THIS
TO YOU.
THIS IS ABOUT AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE HOPING
YOU WILL ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
PLEASE MOVE FORWARD.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WOULD TRANSFER TO
CITY LIGHT THE OWNERSHIP OF
ACCOUNTING LOT THAT IS
APPROXIMATELY HALF AN ACRE AT
NO COST.
IT WOULD PLACE THIS COUNTY LOT
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF OUR
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROGRAM.
THE LOT IS ADJACENT TO OTHER
CONSERVATION PARCELS THAT CITY
LIGHT OWNS.
IT WILL HELP CITY LIGHT TO
RESTORE THIS PARCEL TO CONTINUE
THE RESTORATION THAT WE ARE
DOING IN THIS AREA.
RESTORATION ESSENTIALLY WOULD
ENTAIL TREATING SOME INVASIVE
SPECIES ON THE PROPERTY, MOST
NOTABLY BLACKBERRY, AND ALSO
REPLANTING IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, MOSTLY
REPLANTING IT WITH CONIFERS,
WHICH ARE MORE BENEFICIAL TO
SALMON AND OTHER WILDLIFE.
THAT IS THE FUNDING THAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
BACKGROUND ON THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT PROGRAM, HE BEGAN
IN 2000 WITH THE LISTING AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL OF CERTAIN SALMON
AND TROUT. IT FOCUSES ON
ACQUIRING HABITAT BENEFICIAL
FOR FISH IN MULTIPLE
WATERSHEDS.
PART OF THIS IS MITIGATION FOR
THE ESA INCIDENTAL TAKE
STATEMENT FOR THE CURRENT
LICENSE.
CURRENTLY, IT IS ABOUT 3700
ACRES ARE PURCHASED AND
PROTECTED RIGHT NOW.
SINCE 2000, WE HAVE SPENT $5.9
MILLION IN CITY LIGHT FUNDS AND
$5.2 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS
SPECIFICALLY IN THE WATERSHED
UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS TO SHOW OVERALL THE
ACQUISITIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE
IN THE AREA UNDER CITY LIGHT'S
PROGRAM, WITH A HIGHLIGHTED
SQUARE WITH THE PARCEL NUMBER
BEING THE LOT THAT WE ARE
ACCEPTING FROM SKAGIT COUNTY.
THE GREEN SHOWS PROPERTIES
PURCHASED UNDER THE WILDLIFE
LANDS UNDER THE CURRENT LICENSE
AND THE RED SHOWS PROPERTIES
PURCHASED UNDER THE ESA PROGRAM.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TO PRESENT
TO COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL NUMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU DENISE.
THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRE-BRIEFING ON THIS
TOPIC.
IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE
POWERPOINT AGAIN TO THE MAP OF
ALL OF THE PARCELS?
YOU BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON THIS,
DENISE, AND MAYBE YOU CAN
EXPAND ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE,
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND FOR THE
LICENSURE AGREEMENT AND THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.
THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT A
TRANSFER LIKE THIS TO THE
COMMITTEE, IT WAS IN REGARDS TO
THE LICENSURE AGREEMENT AND THE
FINAL PURCHASE TO MEET OUR
LICENSURE NEEDS.
THIS IS DIFFERENT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACT DOLLAR GRANTS AND THE
DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND
TO MEET OUR LICENSURE
AGREEMENTS?
>> CERTAINLY.
THE ESSAY LANDS PROGRAM -- ESA
LANDS PROGRAM FORMED WHEN THE
CURRENT LICENSE THAT THE SKAGIT
IS UNDER, THOSE WERE NOT LISTED
UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACT.
THIS PROGRAM WAS PUT IN EFFECT
TO ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE CITY DO
ITS PART TO HELP DO SALMON
RECOVERY IN THE WATERSHEDS THAT
WE WERE HOPING TO IMPACT.
THAT IS HOW THIS PROGRAM CAME
FORWARD AND WHY WAS OF THIS
PROGRAM IS NOT TIED TO THE
LICENSE, WHEREAS THE PARCELS
SHOWN IN GREEN ON THIS SLIDE
ARE TIED TO THE LICENSE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT
WHEN THE FIRST LICENSE WAS
NEGOTIATED, THAT A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF FUNDS WOULD BE SET
ASIDE FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT
ACQUISITION.
THAT IS WHAT THOSE GREEN FUNDS
SHOW.
THE BENEFIT OF THE ESA LANDS
PROGRAM, SINCE MOST OF IT IS
NOT TIED TO MITIGATION, WE ARE
ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDS.
MOST GRANT FUNDS WILL NOT
PROVIDE FUNDING IF SOMETHING IS
A REQUIREMENT FOR AN ENTITY TO
DO.
SINCE THIS IS WHAT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT DOES ABOVE AND BEYOND
úREQUIREMENTS AS PART OF OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, IT
ALLOWS US TO APPLY FOR THOSE
GRANT FUNDS THAT WAY, WE ARE
FURTHERING THE REACH OF,
EXPANDING THE REACH OF OUR CITY
LIGHT DOLLARS.
>> THAT IS REALLY EXCELLENT.
I AM SORRY, DO YOU KNOW OFF THE
TOP OF YOUR HEAD HOW MUCH GRANT
FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO
APPLY FOR AND HOW MUCH WE
CURRENTLY USE?
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT OFF THE
TOP OF YOUR HEAD, WE CAN TALK
ABOUT IT OFF-LINE.
>> I CAN GET YOU MORE COMPLETE
NUMBERS, BUT IN THE SKAGIT, I
OFTEN PARTNER WITH THE SKAGIT
LAND TRUST TO DO ACQUISITIONS
IN THE SKAGIT WATERSHED.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE PROBABLY, I
THINK IT IS AROUND $800,000
UNDER GRANTS THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES.
AND WE SHARE THAT MONEY TO
ACQUIRE PROPERTIES.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PROPOSAL
BEFORE THE SKAGIT WATERSHED
COUNCIL TO INCREASE THAT BY
ANOTHER $400,000 FOR ANOTHER
PARCEL WE ARE TRYING TO
ACQUIRE.
SO THAT IS GREAT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE REASON.
THIS GRANT FUNDING, THIS
PROGRAM ALLOWS CITY LIGHT TO GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND ITS LICENSURE
AGREEMENTS.
JUST REALLY GREAT WORK.
I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE
CREDIT IS DUE. FOR MY NEXT
QUESTION, KATE PROMPTED ME
DURING OUR PRE-COMMITTEE
BRIEFING.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US HOW COVID
HAS IMPACTED YOUR PURCHASING IN
THIS AREA?
>> YES.
IN THE LAST GRANT ROUND, WE HAD
A PROPERTY THAT WE HAD REACHED
A VERBAL AGREEMENT WITH THE
SELLER TO PURCHASE.
AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE
GRANT PROCESS AND I WAS
REACHING OUT TO THE LANDOWNER
TO SAY, HEY, HERE IS THE DRAFT
PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND WE WOULD
LIKE YOU TO SIGN IT NOW THAT WE
HAVE THIS VERBAL AGREEMENT, I
WAS HAVING A HARD TIME REACHING
HIM.
I GOT A HOLD OF HIM AND HE
ADMITTED THAT HE WAS SELLING
THE PROPERTY TO A COUPLE WAS
PAYING WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND
APPRAISED VALUE IN A REALM THAT
WE COULD NEVER MATCH.
THAT IS JUST PART OF MY REALITY
, WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING
ESSENTIALLY URBAN FLIGHT FROM
COVID TO GET TO MORE RURAL
AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE FOR
RECEIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GET AWAY FROM COVID.
THEY PERCEIVE IT IS SAFER.
WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY BEEN OUT
BED AT EXTREME LEVELS AND NOT
ABLE TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THESE
KEY PARCELS THAT WE REALLY WANT
TO GET.
>> KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
YOU ARE DOING GREAT I
APPRECIATE EVERYONE FROM THE
CITY LIGHT TEAM. THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THIS BILL.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120052?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> FOUR A FAVOR, THEN OPPOSE.
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSED WILL BE SENT TO THE 24th
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FROM CITY
LIGHT.
THANKS, ERIC.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 7, PRESENTATION:
INTERNET FOR ALL STATUS REPORT,
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IN 2020,
CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION
31956.
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.
IF THAT'S THE GOAL OF ENABLING
ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS TO ACCESS
AND ADOPT BROADBAND INTERNET
SERVICE THAT IS RELIABLE AND
AFFORDABLE.
THE RESOLUTION REQUESTED AN
ACCESS ACTION PLAN.
IT WAS FROM THE SEATTLE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT.
WE WANTED TO EXAMINE SOLUTIONS
TO INCREASE ACCESS AND
ADOPTION.
WE RECEIVED THE FIRST INTERNET
FOR ALL REPORT IN SEPTEMBER
2020.
TODAY'S REPORT IS A FOLLOW-UP
TO THAT, WHICH WAS REQUIRED BY
THE RESOLUTION.
IT IS TO SUMMARIZE INITIAL
PROGRESS ON THE STRATEGIES TO
INCREASE ACCESS AND ADOPTION OF
AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE INTERNET
SERVICE.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE I.T., FOR
BEING HERE WITH THIS INTERNET
FOR ALL UPDATE
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING.
HELLO.
I AM TRACI CANTRELL AND I AM
HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE
INTERNET FOR ALL.
I WILL BE JOINED BY OUR TEAM.
AS THEY PRESENT THE REPORT,
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
FIRST, I WANT TO START OFF WITH
A LITTLE CONTEXT SETTING.
WE WERE HERE IN SEPTEMBER TO
SHARE OUR REPORT ON HOW WE WERE
ADDRESSING THE RESOLUTION AND
PROVIDED A REPORT TODAY, WE ARE
DOING AN UPDATE.
I WANT TO REMIND OURSELVES
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE
MECHANICS OF THE REPORT THAT
REALLY THE ELEMENTS OF THE
INTERNET FOR ALL OUR
MULTIFACETED.
HAVING INTERNET ACCESS IS JUST
ONE ELEMENT.
MOST IMPORTANT, DIGITAL SKILLS
TO COMPLEMENT THAT ACCESS.
IN ADDITION TO LEARNING AND
HAVING ACCESS TO DEVICES.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS OF
THIS WORK. AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
YOU WILL HEAR ON HOW WE ARE
ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE
ISSUES.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
GOOD WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
THANK YOU.
JUST A LITTLE REMINDER THAT WE
DO HAVE A GAP.
DESPITE BEING A VERY RICH
TECHNOLOGY CITY, WE STILL HAVE
A GAP THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT
PROMPTED THIS ACTION TO BEGIN
WITH.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIC
AREAS IN COMMUNITIES THAT NEED
GREATER HELP.
WE KNOW THAT MANY STRIVE OR
HAVE ISSUES WITH AFFORDABILITY
FOR GETTING INTERNET ACCESS.
WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
WE CAN CLOSE THE GAP IN THIS
REPORT.
YOU WILL HEAR A VARIETY OF
UPDATES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
HOPEFULLY, THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLEMENT THE
MANY GREAT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AND OUR
COMMUNITY AND OUR REGION.
WE ALSO SEE THAT WE NEED TO
REMIND OURSELVES OF HOW
úIMPORTANT THIS WORK IS TODAY.
WE HAVE A COVID PANDEMIC THAT
HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR
THIS.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
DEPENDENT ON INTERNET AND THOSE
TOOLS MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE.
THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCELERATION
OF HOW WE ARE USING THIS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
FOR ANYTHING FROM DOCTORS VISITS
BEEN CONDUCTED REMOTELY TO THE
WAY WE ARE HOLDING COUNCIL
MEETINGS, IT HAS JUST AMPLIFIED
THE NEED FOR THIS WORK.
DAVID, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE SOME
OF THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE
GOTTEN REGARDING DATA?
>> THANK YOU, TRACYE.
I AM DAVID KEYES AND I AM THE
DIGITAL EQUITY PROGRAM MANAGER
WITHIN THIS GROUP AT SEATTLE
I.T.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
SOME OF THIS DATA INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
WORK ON THE INTERNET FOR ALL IS
OUR COLLECTIVE, PUBLIC,
PRIVATE, AND COMMUNITY EFFORT.
THE DATA WE ARE ABOUT TO SHARE
IN THE REPORT REFLECTS THAT.
IT GENERALLY REFLECTS WORK DONE
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN WITH
SOME DATA REFLECTING WORK INTO
THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021.
DATA WAS COLLECTED FROM SIX
CITY DEPARTMENTS, FOUR PUBLIC
AGENCIES, AND FOUR PRIVATE
SECTORS AND PHILANTHROPY
PARTNERS.
YOU CAN SEE TREMENDOUS WORK
BEING DONE FOR OUR PARTNERS ON
THE FRONT LINES WITH BY
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS WITH
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
OTHERS.
SOME OF THE DATA IS ROLLED UP
FOR MULTIPLE COMMUNITY-BASED
PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT TO HAVE THE
REPORTING FROM THIS MANY
PARTNERS. THEIR WORK IS KEY TO
WHAT'S BEEN ABLE TO REPORT BACK
TO YOU ON THE METRICS.
THIS IS NEW FOR SOME FOLKS TO
EVEN TRACK THESE DIGITAL EQUITY
METRICS.
HERE IS WHAT WE FOUND AND WHERE
WE HAVE SEEN PROGRESS IN THE
SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IS PRESENTED.
JUST FOR NOTATION IN THE FUTURE,
FUTURE REPORTS AND THE DATA
DASHBOARD WILL HAVE MORE
COMPARISON TO WHAT WE KNOW OF
POPULATION GAPS.
STARTING WITH OUTREACH AND
ASSISTANCE, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP
3000 RESIDENTS WITH INFORMATION
TO HELP THEM KNOW ABOUT AND
APPLY FOR THE LOW INCOME
INTERNET PROGRAMS.
THAT WORK IS ONGOING TO HELP
PEOPLE BE AWARE OF THOSE AND
HELP THEM SIGN UP ON INTERNET
CONNECTIVITY, THERE WERE AT
LEAST 7300 HOUSEHOLDS WHO
SIGNED UP FOR LOW INCOME
INTERNET PROGRAMS IN 2020.
SEATTLE SCHOOLS ACCOUNTED FOR
OVER 4200 CONNECTIONS AS THEY
ENABLED STUDENT REMOTE LEARNING.
THEY WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMCAST AND WAIVE.
FOR STUDENTS IN SEATTLE SCHOOLS
AND PARTNERS LIKE AMAZON WHO
HELPED AS WELL, THERE WAS A
PARTNERSHIP.
9000 DEVICES WERE PURCHASED AND
DONATED TO RESIDENTS.
40,000 WERE LOANED,
PARTICULARLY THROUGH SEATTLE
SCHOOLS STEPPING UP THEIR
STUDENT DEVICE PROGRAM, A HUGE
EFFORT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ON DIGITAL SKILLS AND TECHNICAL
SUPPORT, THE COMBINATION OF
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDED 5818 HOURS OF SKILLS
TRAINING, TECHNICAL SUPPORT,
AND DIGITAL NAVIGATION
ASSISTANCE, REACHING 5228
RESIDENTS.
THAT IS A MIX OF INTENSIVE
TRAINING AND HELPING PEOPLE
NAVIGATE TO BE ABLE TO USE
SCHOOL RESOURCES, WEBSITES
ONLINE, AND SO FORTH.
SEATTLE SCHOOLS WORKED TO SCALE
UP THEIR SUPPORT. THEY CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT
SYSTEM.
WE ARE SEEING A CONTINUING
EVOLUTION OF CALLS ONLINE.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS LIMITED
SAFE IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE, AS
WELL.
THAT IS A BRIEF SNAPSHOT ON
SOME OF THE DATA WORK THAT HAS
GONE ON.
>> HELLO.
I AM WITH SEATTLE I.T.
AND I AM THE TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING MANAGER AND STRATEGIC
ADVISOR, VICKY YUKI.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO
FEATURE IS THAT WE ARE DRIVING
RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES IN
NEED.
IN ADDITION TO THE $320,000 IN
OUR TECHNOLOGY MATCHING FUND, I
WAS ABLE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION
ON THAT LAST MONTH, BUT THE 14
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
RECEIVED GRANTS.
WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER GRANT FOR
$25,000 TO A 15th PROJECT
DIRECTLY FROM A PRIVATE
FOUNDATION.
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
INCREASED HOTSPOT CIRCULATION TO
1335 WITH 410 TARGETED TO
SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES IN NEED.
410 OF THOSE WERE TARGETED
TOWARDS VERY SPECIFIC
POPULATIONS.
WE IDENTIFIED THE POPULATIONS
IN OUR DIGITAL EQUITY INTERNET
FOR ALL.
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED 174
HOTSPOTS TO DIGITAL BRIDGE
JOBSEEKERS.
THIS IS A PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SEATTLE JOBS INITIATIVE.
THE HOTSPOTS CAME FROM
INTERCONNECTION.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS, A CITY
COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS THAT
ALLOCATED $50,000 LAST YEAR,
WENT TO 138 HOTSPOTS FOR
SENIORS.
THAT WAS FOR A SOCIAL
CONNECTIVITY PROJECT.
THESE HOTSPOTS COME WITH ONE
YEAR OF SERVICE.
AS DAVID MENTIONED, SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRIBUTED
43,000 LAPTOPS, iPADS, AND
TABLET DEVICES, ALONG WITH
PUTTING TOGETHER 4200 HOTSPOTS
AND INTERNET CODES.
THEY ALSO LAUNCHED EIGHT
TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTERS.
THESE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF THE
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE DUE TO
THE INTERNET FOR ALL, AS WELL
AS OUR DIGITAL EQUITY
INITIATIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I AM ALICE LAWSON, SEATTLE I.T.
I AM THE CITY BROADBAND AND
CABLE PROGRAM MANAGER AND THE
WIRELESS ADVISOR.
I WILL SHARE INFORMATION WITH
YOU TODAY ABOUT HOW ENABLING
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
HAVE BEEN AWAY WE HAVE BEEN
INCREASING MORE PHYSICAL ACCESS
TO FREE AND HIGH-CAPACITY
INTERNET SERVICES.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT WORK
DONE IN THESE AREAS, FIRST OFF
WITH WI-FI.
SEATTLE I.T.
WORKED WITH PARKS AND
RECREATION TO CREATE SEVEN
INTERNAL WI-FI UPGRADES.
THERE ARE SOME IN OUR INTERNET
FOR ALL SPECIFIC TARGET AREAS
OF GARFIELD INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, MILLER, AND NORTHGATE
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THERE ARE ALSO WI-FI UPGRADES
CENTERS IN LAUREL HEIGHTS AND
MAGNOLIA.
THEY HAVE COMPLETED SITE
SURVEYS, EXTENSIVE DESIGN WORK
THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR
DEPLOYMENT AT MAGNUSON
COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT IS LOOKING AT EXTERNAL WI-
FI, AS WELL AS EXPANDED AND
UPGRADED INTERIOR WI-FI.
THE LANGSTON HUGHES IS ANOTHER
AREA WHERE THEY ARE CONTINUING
WORK TO LOOK AT INTERNAL
UPGRADES AND THE ACTUAL DESIGN
WORK IS BEING DONE AND IS
PENDING.
SOME HAZMAT TESTING HAS TO GO
ON.
THAT WILL BE ONE WITH A ARE
LOOKING AT INTERIOR AND COST
FOR EXTERIOR WI-FI.
WE HAVE ALSO DONE SOME WORK AT
LOOKING INTO PROGRESS FOR FREE
INTERNET THROUGH A COMMUNITY
CELLULAR NETWORK THE CITY,
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC HOUSING
AUTHORITY HAVE BEEN
COLLABORATING OVER THE LAST
MONTH TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL
CONNECTIVITY LAB PROJECT FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
AND TO HELP THEM FIND SITES IN
TALLER BUILDINGS OR THEY CAN
DEPLOY SOME PIE THE COMMUNITY
CELLULAR NETWORK EQUIPMENT.
THROUGH THIS EFFORT, GARFIELD
AND FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL'S ARE
BEING FINALIZED AS TWO INITIAL
DEPLOYMENT SITES.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IS
READY TO DEPLOY EQUIPMENT ON
ITS FIRST SEATTLE SITE BY THE
END OF THIS MONTH, AT THE
FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER
LOCATED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR. WAY BETWEEN COLUMBIA CITY
AND NEW HOLLY.
THE NEXT INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED
IMPROVEMENT THAT COMES FROM ONE
OF OUR PARTNERS, OUR COMMITTEE
PARTNERS, IS LIFT ZONES FROM
COMCAST.
FREE AND LOW-COST CONNECTIVITY
OPTIONS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED
THROUGH BEACON HILL, THE YWCA
CENTER, WHICH SERVES THE
DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD, YWCA
WILLOWS, AND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS
CENTER IN THE NEW DISTRICT.
THESE LIFTS ZONE OPPORTUNITIES
GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDE WI-
FI TO HELP STUDENTS GET ONLINE,
DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK, BUT THEY
ARE ALSO PLACES WHERE FAMILIES
AND THOSE STUDENTS CAN GET
ACCESS TO OTHER KINDS OF
RESOURCES AND USE THE
CONNECTIVITY.
ANOTHER BIG IMPROVEMENT HAS
BEEN THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, BOTH
COMCAST AND WAVE RESPONDING TO
THE NEED FOR INCREASED SERVICE
CAPACITY BY PROVIDING AND
DOUBLING THE SERVICE LEVELS OF
THEIR LOW-COST PROGRAMS THAT
THEY PROVIDE TO LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS.
FOR $9.95 A MONTH, THOSE
RESIDENTS CAN GET 50 MEGABITS
OF SERVICE, BUT ALSO FIVE
MEGABIT UPLOAD SPEEDS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT NEW
UPLOAD SPEED OF FIVE MEGABITS.
WE CONSIDER THAT A REAL WIN,
BECAUSE WE KNOW THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC THAT THE ABILITY FOR
PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK UP
TO THE INTERNET HAS BEEN VITAL
IN TERMS OF VIDEO CLASSES AND
VIDEO MEETINGS.
THAT HAS BEEN A YEAR FOR
FAMILIES.
THAT SPEED INCREASE WAS
SOMETHING THAT THE CITY AND
SEATTLE SCHOOLS HAD ADVOCATED
FOR AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY
BROADBAND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
COMMENTS.
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THAT THE
CABLE OPERATORS RESPONDED TO
INCREASING THE DOWNLOAD SPEEDS,
BUT ALSO THE UPLOAD SPEEDS.
THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO MAKING
THAT A PERMANENT PART OF THE
PROGRAM.
LASTLY, I WOULD MENTION OUR
ACCESS FOR ALL PROGRAM, A LONG-
STANDING PROGRAM WE HAVE AT
SEATTLE I.T.
LAST YEAR, WE CONNECTED 18 NEW
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR
THEY GET FREE BUSINESS CLASS
INTERNET SERVICE.
IT SUPPORTS THEIR OPERATIONAL
NEEDS AND PROVIDES WI-FI AND
OTHER INTERNET ACCESS FOR THEIR
CLIENTELE.
THE ACCESS FOR ALL'S RIGHTS ARE
NOW AT 252 AROUND THE CITY.
THIS PROGRAM IS ANOTHER ONE
WHERE IT IS A DIRECT
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMCAST AND
WAVE THAT WILL PROVIDE FREE
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AS A LITTLE TEXTURE OF THE
IMPACT, THE 18 NEW
ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORTED THIS
YEAR AND THE CLIENTELE THEY
SERVE REACH YOUTH, PEOPLE HAVE
COVER, IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
SERVICES, LOW INCOME, DOMESTIC
AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION,
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, AND
ARTS AND CULTURE.
IS REACHING A WIDE VARIETY OF
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE?
>> GREAT.
THIS IS DAVID AGAIN, DAVID
KEYES AGAIN.
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOOK AT
CONTINUING TO BOTH MONITOR AND
TO --
>> SORRY.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
WE HAD A SKIP THEIR APOLOGIES.
HOLDING REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS,
I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK TO
THAT ONE.
BUILDING REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR STRATEGY.
THAT WAS BEFORE ENTERING THE
INTERNET FOR ALL INITIATIVE
REFOCUSING, AND AS IT
DEMONSTRATED TO THE HIGHLIGHTS
IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS IS THE PUBLIC, THE
COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN
ESSENTIAL IN ADDRESSING THE
DIVERSE DIGITAL EQUITY NEEDS
AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE
UNCONNECTED AND UNDER CONNECTED
RESIDENTS.
THE CITY HAS CONTINUED TO FOCUS
ON BUILDING AND EXPANDING THOSE
COLLABORATIONS TO ACHIEVE OUR
GOALS.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, AS I
MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE ACCESS
FOR ALL PROGRAM.
WE NOW HAVE A NEW PARTNERSHIP
WITH LUMEN, WHICH YOU MAY KNOW
AS THE CENTURYLINK.
THEIR NEW NAME IS LUMEN . THEY
WILL PARTICIPATE AS ONE OF OUR
ACCESS FOR ALL PROVIDERS.
THERE PROVIDING THE CITY WITH
20 GIGABIT CONNECTIONS TO
ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
ONE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS HAS
BEEN USED TO SUPPORT THE
FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER TO
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY CELLULAR
NETWORK PILOT.
THAT IS A NICE DIRECT
CONNECTION.
THIS HAS A LAYERED IMPACT.
ANOTHER LUMEN CONNECTION IS
UNDERWAY TO BE SET UP AT THE
GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION
WHERE THE NEXT COMMUNITY
CELLULAR NETWORK PILOT WILL BE
DEPLOYED.
TWO OF OUR KEY PARTNERS WILL
TALK ABOUT REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS HAVE BEEN SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
BOTH HAVE HIRED DIGITAL EQUITY
COORDINATORS WERE CATALYSTS FOR
INCREASING COLLABORATION TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR
FAMILIES IN TERMS OF WORKING
WITH THE CITY AND MANY OF OUR
DIGITAL EQUITY LEARNING NETWORK
PARTNERS.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD HIGHLIGHT
THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE
UNDERWAY WITH THE SCHOOLS, WITH
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WITH THE
CITY, AND WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON TO SUPPORT THE
EFFECTIVE PILOT OF THE
COMMUNITY CELLULAR NETWORK.
LASTLY, I MENTIONED OUR TECH
KONNECT WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER
OF THIS COALITION.
THAT IS A COLLABORATION OF
DIGITAL ACCESS TAKE HOLDERS
ACROSS THE STATE WERE WORKING
TO INCREASE DIGITAL ACCESS TO
BIPOC COMMUNITIES, TO STUDENTS,
AND THE ELDERS.
THE COALITION LAUNCHED A
TECHCONNECTWA.COM HELPDESK,
WHICH PROVIDES FREE TECH
SUPPORT TO WASHINGTON RESIDENTS
TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN A
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT.
WITH THAT, DAVID, I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALICE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR
FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS, AS
WELL AS BEING VERY ACTIVE IN
ADVOCATING FOR STATE AND
FEDERAL POLICY THAT SUPPORTS
INTERNET FOR ALL.
THERE HAS BEEN GENERALLY THREE
TYPES OF FUNDING THAT IS COMING
UP THROUGH THE STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS.
THAT IS FOR BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT IS FOR BROADBAND ADOPTION,
INCLUDING AFFORDABLE INTERNET
SUBSIDIES AND DIGITAL LITERACY
SUPPORT.
AND IT IS MONEY GRANTED TO
CITIES AND STATES THAT CAN BE
DESIGNATED FOR MORE FLEXIBLE
PURPOSES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE
INTERNET FOR ALL.
THERE IS THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
BROADBAND BENEFIT PROGRAM THAT
WAS PASSED. THAT GOT
IMPLEMENTED.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST
A MINUTE.
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
THAT HAD TARGETED FUNDING AND
FLEXIBLE LOCAL AND STATE
RECOVERY FUNDS FOR DIRECT
COMMUNITY SUPPORT CAN HELP
IMPROVE DIGITAL EQUITY.
ONE OF THOSE THAT IS BEING
WORKED ON RIGHT NOW IS THE
EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND.
WE PARTNERED WITH SEATTLE
SCHOOLS, SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
, THE STATE, AND A NUMBER OF
OTHERS TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ABOUT
THAT.
THAT EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY
FUND WILL HELP PROVIDE SOME
REIMBURSEMENT FOR CONNECTIVITY
FOR STUDENTS AND AN EXPANSION
OF SUPPORT FOR LIBRARY PATRONS.
THOSE RULES ARE STILL BEING PUT
FULLY IN PLACE.
WE ARE NOT SURE YET EXACTLY TO
WHAT DEGREE THAT WILL IMPACT
US.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT
GUIDELINES BEING ISSUED AROUND
CAPITAL FUNDS, DEPENDING ON THE
TREASURY RULES.
SO CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT.
IN THE UPCOMING PROPOSED
AMERICAN JOBS PLAN AND
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WE ARE
SEEING SOME WORK GOING ON THERE
TO INCLUDE PROGRAMS THAT COULD
BENEFIT OUR INTERNET FOR ALL
WORK. THE DIGITAL EQUITY ACT
THAT SENATOR MURRAY PROPOSED A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS BEING
FOLDED INTO SOME OF THOSE
PROPOSALS THROUGH THIS,
PROPOSALS COMING FROM MULTIPLE
SENATORS THAT HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED.
WE COULD SEE A PROPOSAL THAT
COULD HELP PUBLIC HOUSING
AUTHORITIES SEEK REIMBURSEMENT
FOR INTERNET COSTS FOR
RESIDENTS IN SUBSIDIZED
HOUSING.
THERE IS A LOT OF PLAY THERE,
OBVIOUSLY.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK ON.
AND THEN IN THE STATE BUDGET,
WHICH JUST PASSED , ONE OF THE
THINGS WAS $7.59 FOR A DIGITAL
NAVIGATORS PROGRAM, $6.2
MILLION OF THAT GOING TO A
NONPROFIT.
THERE IS A DIGITAL EQUITY
INCLUSION POSITION IN THE STATE
OFFICE, A SMALL AMOUNT FOR
PLANNING, AND SOME OTHER FUNDS
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
MOST OF THE FUNDS, THE
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE
STATE LEVEL ARE BEING TARGETED
TOWARDS UNSERVED AREAS.
SO AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE NO
INTERNET AT ALL RIGHT NOW.
THAT INCLUDES SOME PARTS OF
KING COUNTY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH KING COUNTY ON A NUMBER OF
AREAS.
THEY ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPMENT
OF A KING COUNTY BROADBAND
STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL
OVERLAP WELL WITH OUR INTERNET
FOR ALL.
WE WILL SEE THAT COMING OUT IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUARTERS, AS
WELL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
IT.
KING COUNTY ALSO FUNDED SOME
DIGITAL EQUITY GRANTS THIS
PASSED YEAR FROM SOME OF THE
CARES ACT MONEY.
THAT ALSO BENEFITED SOME OF OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND BIPOC COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS IN SEATTLE.
THE EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT
JUST LAUNCHED.
IT IS PROVIDING A DISCOUNT FOR
RESIDENTS FOR THE INTERNET
COSTS ON A VERY TEMPORARY
BASIS.
THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE UNTIL
IT RUNS OUT THERE IS NO
ASSURANCE OF A SPECIFIC LENGTH
OF TIME THAT PEOPLE WILL GET
THAT DISCOUNT.
BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE WORKING HARD TO BOTH
UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM FULLY
AND GET THE WORD OUT.
WE HAVE A DIGITAL EQUITY
LEARNING SEMINAR THAT IS
TOMORROW.
SOME OF THE PROVIDERS ARE
PROVIDING A DISCOUNT ON
COMPUTERS, TABLETS, AND
LAPTOPS.
COMCAST, CENTURYLINK, WAVE,
AT&T, T-MOBILE, AND VERIZON ARE
PRE-DISSIPATING PROVIDERS FOR
THOSE FOLKS ON THE COMCAST
INTERNET ESSENTIALS THE WINCOME
PROGRAM, THEY HAVE A PRETTY
STRAIGHT PATH TO SIGNING UP FOR
THE DISCOUNT THROUGH THEIR
COMCAST ACCOUNTS OR XFINITY
ACCOUNTS.
THE ELIGIBILITY ON THAT IS FOR
LOW INCOME FOLKS.
THEY ARE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
NOW.
IT IS NICE TO SEE AN EXPANSION
TO FEDERAL PELL GRANT
RECIPIENTS.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION IS SENDING NOTICES TO
ALL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS
ACROSS THE NATION TO LET THEM
KNOW ABOUT ELIGIBILITY.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
PRE-COVID AND EITHER LOST JOBS
OR HAVE BEEN FURLOUGHED AND HAD
A LARGE INCOME LOSS ARE ALSO
POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THIS
BENEFIT.
I HAVE INCLUDED A PHONE NUMBER,
833-541-0311 FOUR EMERGENCY
BROADBAND FOR FOLKS.
WE ARE WORKING ON STARTING TO
ROUTE THIS.
WE PUT UP A POST THIS PASSED
WEEK.
WE WILL BE PUSHING IT OUT.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET THE
WORD OUT ABOUT THAT.
YOUR WORK IS APPRECIATED.
ANY FOLKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY,
GET THE WORD OUT SO FOLKS CAN
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
THERE IS NO SET AMOUNT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
AREA GETS SOME OF THE MONEY TO
HELP RELIEVE FOLKS OF THEIR
INTERNET COSTS.
>> NEXT SLIDE?
>> OKAY.
>> I THINK WE MAY HAVE SEEN
THIS SLIDE.
>> THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AS DAVID MENTIONED EARLIER IN
THE PRESENTATION WHEN HE WAS
SPEAKING ON DATA, A KEY ELEMENT
OF THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY IS
SUPPORTING GETTING INFORMATION
ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY
LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
FACED INCOME BARRIERS.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
INFORMATION AT THE INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL AND THROUGH OUR IMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS ON HOW THEY
MAY BENEFIT FROM THESE PROGRAMS.
WHILE WE DO WORK THROUGH OUR
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OVER
3000 RESIDENTS WITH THE
INFORMATION, SEATTLE I.T.
CONTINUES TO DO DIRECT WORK
WITH RESIDENTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT 900
RESIDENTS IN THE PASSED YEAR
WITH SPECIFIC SERVICE REQUESTS
-RELATED TO INFORMATION OR
APPLYING FOR THE WAVE LOW COST
PROGRAM, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED
THROUGH OUR OFFICE.
WE DO SOME OF THIS CONNECTING
OUR COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION
THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
BUT ALSO WEBSITE INFORMATION.
WE USE AN ANNUAL MAILER THAT
CABLE OPERATORS GIVE TO CABLE
CUSTOMERS TO PUT IN INFORMATION
ABOUT LOW COST PROGRAMS AND
CONNECTION INFORMATION.
WE HELP PEOPLE THROUGH FINDING
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT CAN ASSIST THEM IN FINDING
A PROGRAM IF THERE WILL BE
LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND DEVELOP
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WAY.
WE HAVE TWO VIBRANT PARTNERSHIPS
WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO
SUPPORT IN LANGUAGE
APPLICATIONS FOR THESE LOW COST
PROGRAMS.
IN THE PASSED YEAR, AS I SAID,
WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE HUNDRED
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REACHED
OVER 3000.
IT IS HARD TO ESTIMATE DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT LESS IN-
PERSON USE OF COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND LIBRARIES.
WE PUT INFORMATION IN THOSE
CITY LOCATIONS SO PEOPLE CAN
FIND IT WHEN THEY MAY NEED
INFORMATION TO MEET A NEED TO.
THE LAST ITEM WE WOULD
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE HAVE NOW
COMPLETED AND LAUNCHED A
DYNAMIC MAP.
IT IS A GIS MAP OF PUBLIC
FACILITIES OFFERING WI-FI,
WHICH NOTES INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR COVERAGE.
THE WEBSITE INCLUDES A READABLE
LIST OF THE SITES.
IS CAPABLE TO SEARCH FOR THE
SITES NEARBY.
SOME OF THE INTERESTING
FEATURES OF THE MAP THAT ARE
IMPROVEMENTS IS IT ALLOWS THE
USER TO CLICK ON A LOCATION AND
THAT BRINGS UP THE DETAIL, AS
YOU ARE SEEING NOW.
IT WOULD TALK IF IT IS
INTERIOR, EXTERIOR, WI-FI
AVAILABLE, AND THE HOURS OF
AVAILABILITY.
THERE IS A FEATURE WHERE A FIND
CITY WI-FI SITES NEAR ME ALLOW
A PERSON TO ENTER AN ADDRESS TO
NARROW DOWN A LOCATION CLOSE TO
THEM.
WITH IT, I WILL COME DELIA .
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I AM A STRATEGIC ADVISOR IN THE
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND
BROADBAND GROUP.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME SPACE
AND TO SHARE SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
THAT WE HAVE MADE WITH OUR
PARTNERS OVER THE LAST SIX
MONTHS.
MANY OF THESE WERE IN DIRECT
RESPONSE TO THE COVID CRISIS.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR NORTHSTAR GOAL
IS TO MOVE SEATTLE CLOSER TO
UNIVERSAL BROADBAND ADOPTION.
THIS WORK WILL BE ONGOING AS WE
LOOK TO MAKE A LONG-TERM,
SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS
COMING UP IN THE NEW YEAR WILL
BE SHARING TIMELY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO OBTAIN LOW
COST INTERNET THROUGH EBV OR
OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MAY COME UP
. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
OUR COMMUNITY OF PARTNERS TO
BUILD CAPACITY TO HELP THEM
SIGN UP RESIDENTS.
WE WILL BE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR
STATE, FEDERAL, AND OTHER
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE BELIEVE OUR INTERNET FRAUD
FRAMEWORK ALLOWS US TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THESE AS THEY
ARISE.
WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO INVEST
IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH
MATCHING FUND GRANTS TO UPGRADE
WI-FI CAPABILITIES IN OUR
LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND TO MAKE HEADWAY ON
DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY CELLULAR
NETWORK HERE IN SEATTLE.
THESE WILL PROVIDE MORE
CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS FOR OUR
RESIDENTS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ALSO
BENEFIT RESIDENCE NOW AND FOR
YEARS TO COME.
SO LOTS OF GOOD THINGS ARE IN
THE WORKS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE
PROGRESS ON THESE ITEMS THROUGH
AN ONLINE, INTERNET FOR ALL
DASHBOARD.
THIS WILL ENABLE US TO PROVIDE
MORE REAL-TIME UPDATES TO SHARE
WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND TO
CELEBRATE SUCCESSES AS THEY
COME.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF
OUR PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN
SEATTLE I.T.
WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THESE
ISSUES REGARDING THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE BEFORE OUR INTERNET FOR
ALL RESOLUTION.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH
YOU AS WE DEVELOPED THAT
RESOLUTION AND THE ACTION PLAN
THAT YOU HAVE.
AS WE KNOW, THE COVID PANDEMIC
HAS LAID THERE THOSE DIGITAL
INEQUITIES.
YOUR WORK TO CLOSE THE GAP IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW THAT SEATTLE I.T., A LOT
OF IT IS AN INTERNAL FACING
DEPARTMENT HELPING US WITH OUR
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NEED EXTERNALLY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES IS SO GREAT FOR
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. AS THE
NEW HEAD OF THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IS
SAYING, ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET IS NO LONGER NICE TO
HAVE.
IT NEEDS TO BE HAD FOR
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND
HEALTH SERVICES.
I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU RESTATE
OUR GOAL OF UNIVERSAL ADOPTION
OF HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS.
IN READING THE REPORT, THE
UPDATE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
STOOD OUT FOR ME IS THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN GAINS OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS AS EVERYBODY HAS
STEPPED UP AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT LIKE THE FCC
PROGRAM THAT WAS DISCUSSED, IF
HER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT BUT
ALSO THE PRIVATE SECTOR
PROVIDERS.
EVERYBODY IS DOING MORE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
SLIPPING BACK TO FEWER OT
OPPORTUNITIES AND FEWER
SUBSIDIES FOR LOWER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS TO ADOPT HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET ACCESS.
AS YOU IMPLEMENT THE ACTION
PLAN WE ALL AGREED TO, PLEASE
LET US KNOW WHEN YOU NEED CITY
COUNCIL TO STEP IN AND HELP WITH
THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE PROVIDING WHAT OUR LOW
INCOME RESIDENTS NEED.
THE OTHER THING THAT STOOD OUT
FOR ME IS THE DASHBOARD.
AS THE SAYING GOES, WHAT GETS
MEASURED GETS DONE.
I AM VERY EAGER TO SEE THE
DASHBOARD WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE
SO WE CAN RECALIBRATE ON HOW WE
ARE TRACKING TOWARD THE
ULTIMATE GOAL OF GETTING
UNIVERSAL ADOPTION TO HIGH-
SPEED INTERNET ACCESS.
WE WANT IT TO BE RELIABLE AND
AFFORDABLE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ISSUE AROUND
INTERNET ACCESS.
THAT RELATES TO TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BETTER
INCENTIVIZE PROVIDERS THROUGH
OUR CONTRACTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE BUILDING OUT THEIR
INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE CITY,
AND PARTS OF THE CITY THAT DO
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
I AM CREATING A TERM IN THE
CONTRACT, BUT THERE IS ONE SET
OF ISSUES THAT RELATE TO CITY
REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE
AN AREA ELIGIBLE FOR BROADBAND
ACCESS.
THE OTHER IS, I AM NOT FINDING
IT RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE IS A
NONSTANDARD THING.
I HAVE TWO EXAMPLES OF
HOUSEHOLDS IN MY DISTRICT THAT
HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS,
LITERALLY YEARS, TO GET
BROADBAND ACCESS AND HAVE BEEN
UNABLE TO BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE
WITHIN OUR OWN CONTRACTS THAT
MAKE IT SO PROVIDERS ARE NOT
UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
SERVICE.
>> IF I COULD SPEAK TO THAT
REALLY QUICKLY, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IS REALLY HARD TO
ACCEPT, WHAT IS THE REALITY OF
OUR FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW, IS THAT IT IS SILO DO.
THE AUTHORITY WE HAVE AND THE
CONTRACTS YOU ARE REFERRING TO
ARE OVER CABLE TELEVISION
SERVICE.
WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY AT THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR AS A STATE
TO REQUIRE A BROADBAND OR
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER TO
BUILD OUT AND PROVIDE THAT
SERVICE.
THERE IS AN OVERLAY THERE.
OUR ORIGINAL CABLE TELEVISION
PROVIDERS AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE TV IS
NOW A MEDIUM OVER WHICH
INTERNET SERVICE IS PROVIDED.
NOW THAT WE HAVE CHANGED TO A
TIME WHEN PEOPLE WANT JUST
INTERNET SERVICE, WE CANNOT
MAKE THAT KIND OF REQUIREMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY
UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
THAT IS ONE BARRIER.
AND THEN WE DID CHANGE BACK IN
2015 BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY
OF OUR CITY WAS BUILT OUT WITH
CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE HER
COMPETITION.
WITH THE INVESTMENT WE GOT FROM
CENTURYLINK TO COME TO UPGRADE
THEIR SYSTEM TO FIBEROPTICS IN
TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY, WE
CHANGED OUR CABLE CODE.
WE DID NOT REQUIRE PEOPLE
FRANCHISE AREAS WITH UNIVERSAL
BUILDOUT.
WE ALLOWED A CABLE OPERATOR FOR
CABLE-TELEVISION PURPOSES TO
BUILD OUT ANY WAY THEY WANTED
IN THE CITY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
TELL A CABLE OPERATOR YOU HAVE
TO BUILD TO A CERTAIN HOUSE.
THAT LEFT US WITH SOME POP
SMALL POCKETS THAT DID NOT HAVE
CABLE TV IN YEARS PASSED AND
ARE HARD TO REACH FOR ONE
REASON OR ANOTHER.
>> SORRY, I DID NOT ASK ABOUT A
REQUIREMENT.
I QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY,
HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE?
>> IN THOSE CASES, GENERAL THE
PROBLEM IS THAT IT IS A VERY
LIMITED AMOUNT.
IT IS ONE HOUSE OR TWO.
IT IS SO EXPENSIVE TO BUILD OUT
THAT THERE IS NO BUSINESS CASE
FOR THEM THE WAY THE CITY CAN
POTENTIALLY INCENTIVIZE IT.
IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO WORK
WITH THEM, THIS IS A
CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING AT
SEATTLE I.T.
IT IS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT
QUESTION.
IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
I THINK ADVOCATING FOR THAT
NEED IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO
THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO KEEP CHAMPIONING
THIS CAUSE.
WE CAN LOOK FOR WAYS TO AMPLIFY
THAT MESSAGE SO THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
TO THE CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
ALTHOUGH THAT MESSAGE IT MAY
NOT HAVE AS MUCH STRENGTH AS WE
WANT SAID, I THINK IT DOES HELP
INCENTIVIZE.
>> THIS IS ME.
I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
COLIN TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE
BROADBAND CABLE SERVICE SINCE I
TOOK OFFICE IN 2015.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
PROVIDERS, DIFFERENT PROVIDERS
TO TRY TO HELP HIM.
WE HAVE HIT A WALL.
THIS IS ME ADVOCATING ELEVATING
IT.
WE HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE
AT DIFFERENT PROVIDERS TO TRY
TO HELP HIM AND HAVE REALLY
CONTINUED TO HIT WALLS.
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP ME
LIFT HIS VOICE AND GET SERVICE,
THERE IS ANOTHER GROUP OF
FAMILIES AND ANOTHER PART OF
THE DISTRICT THAT ARE FACING
úTHE SAME PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR RAISING THAT.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE
INTERNET FOR ALL UNLESS
EVERYBOD HAS IT.
I HOPE THE SEATTLE I.T.
CAN REACH OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S OFFICE TO BRAINSTORM
ON ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES TO
HELP WITH THAT.
PERHAPS A WI-FI HOTSPOT OR
SOMETHING.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I GET AS FRUSTRATED AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WITH HIS
CONVERSATION.
IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME
TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN SAY AT
THE SAME TIME THAT INTERNET IS
A BASIC UTILITY, AND THAT WE
CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT IT IN
THIS DAY AND AGE.
SCHOOL WORK. CANNOT DO THEIR
WE CANNOT MAKE MEDICAL
APPOINTMENTS.
PEOPLE CANNOT APPLY FOR JOBS.
PEOPLE CANNOT TALK TO THEIR
DOCTORS.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE
IT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HOW IF BUSINESSES CANNOT
MAKE A BUSINESS CASE FOR WHY
THEY CANNOT GO TO EACH
INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD, THERE IS
NOT MUCH WE CAN DO.
THOSE TWO THINGS ARE IN
CONFLICT.
AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OUR
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO WHAT
THEY NEED IN ORDER TO THRIVE.
I EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE
HEARING AGAIN FROM THE FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
INVISIBLE BROADBAND.
THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US
TO SAY THAT IF YOU CANNOT MAKE
THE BUSINESS CASE, A PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT GET A
BASIC UTILITY.
I THINK WE WILL BEGIN TO HAVE A
REALLY DIFFERENT KIND OF
CONVERSATION IN THE CITY ABOUT
WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO RESOURCES
AND TO BASIC UTILITIES SO THAT
FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
PARTICULARLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAVE BEEN THIS INVESTED IN
FOR GENERATIONS ARE ABLE TO
CATCH UP WITH THE REST OF THE
CITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE
THINGS THEY NEED TO DO WITHOUT
HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER
SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A BUSINESS
CASE FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
>> WELL SAID, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
THIS INTERNET FOR ALL EFFORT
FROM US IS REALLY , IT IS MEANT
TO GET US TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT WILL GIVE A LOT MORE
STRENGTH TO THE MOVEMENT TO
HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE JUST
OWNED BY THE MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING
SEATTLE I.T.
FOLKS BACK IN A FEW MONTHS,
LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD, SEEN
WHETHER THESE ISSUES RAISED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN MAKE EVEN
MORE PROGRESS WITH PRIVATE
SECTOR PROVIDERS OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR THEIR WORK IN
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
WE HAD YOU SCHEDULED A MONTH
EARLIER.
I AM GLAD IT CAME TO TODAY SO
WE COULD GET THE INFORMATION
OUT ABOUT THE FEDERAL
COMMUNIATIONS COMMISSION
PROGRAM.
WE WILL FIGURE OUT OTHER WAYS
TO GET THAT OUT THROUGH
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING THEIR E
NEWSLETTERS WITH THEY CAN
ADVERTISE THAT BENEFIT, WHICH
WILL BE REALLY USEFUL FOR THE
REST OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE
LINGERING EFFECTS OF IT.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY FINAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR
SEATTLE I.T.
FOLKS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. WE
WILL BE IN TOUCH IN BETWEEN, AS
WELL.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S OFFICE
AND COUNCILMEMBER 15'S OFFICE,
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOODBYE.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE ARE NOW TO
THE PART OF THE AGENDA, THE
NEEDIEST PART OF THE AGENDA,
WHICH IS THE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY, EXISTING
TECHNOLOGIES THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT USES.
WE ARE TOWARDS THE END OF THE
PROCESS WHERE WE WILL AMEND AND
APPROVE THE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
THIS PROCESS CONTINUES BEYOND
THE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS.
INSPECTOR GENERAL DOES ONGOING
WORK FOR THESE TECHNOLOGIES
BEYOND THE AMENDMENTS AND
APPROVAL OF THESE SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORTS ON THESE THREE
EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES.
LET'S HAVE THE CLERK READ THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
HE WILL TAKE THESE PILLS ONE AT
A TIME.
GO AHEAD.
>> AGENDA ITEM EIGHT,COUNCIL
BILL 120053, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION;
AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF USES
AND ACCEPTING THE 2020
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT AND
2020 EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S USE
OF FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED
REAL-TIME VIDEO.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A
PRESENTATION ON THE THREE
EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES.
WE HAD MEMOS AT THAT TIME FROM
OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST.
TODAY, WE WILL BE VOTING ON
AMENDMENTS TO THESE THREE
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE, BILL
120053.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, FOR YOUR WORK ON
GETTING YOUR AMENDMENTS IN.
WE GOT THOSE APPROVED BY THE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN ADVANCE.
SOMETIMES THESE ACTIONS WOULD
IMPACT OUR FEDERAL DISSENT
DECREE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE READY
TO GO.
THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER FIRST HIT
TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST,
LISA K. THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO
DRESS -- ADDRESSED THE
AMENDMENTS.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
BUT I WOULD PROPOSE TO DO IS
SHARE MY SCREEN AND THEN I CAN
PROJECT EACH OF THE AMENDMENTS
AS WE TALKED ABOUT THEM I WILL
INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENT AND
TURN IT OVER TO THE SPONSOR OF
THE AMENDMENT TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DOES THAT WORK?
>> IT DOES.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW WE
HAVE SEATTLE I.T.
WITH US HERE AS WELL AS THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CASE THERE
ARE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE
AMENDMENTS.
THE AMENDMENTS ARE FROM ME AND
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> OKAY.
WE WILL START WITH THESE
AMENDMENTS.
THIS AUTHORIZES CONTINUED USE OF
FORWARD-LOOKING INFRARED
TECHNOLOGY.
THAT TECHNOLOGY IS USED TO
INCLUDE THERMAL IMAGES ON THE
GROUND.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT YOU SEE
BEFORE YOU IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
THIS REPORTS THAT SPD REPORTS
ITS METRICS THAT IT WILL
PROVIDE TO THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER FOR THE ANNUAL EQUITY
ASSESSMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HAD
SIMILAR AMENDMENTS BEFORE.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT
BEFORE I MOVE ON?
>> YES, THANK YOU, LISE.
THIS IS THE SAME AMENDMENT WE
APPROVED FOR ALL PREVIOUS
SURVEILLANCE REPORTS.
WE HAVE IT FOR THIS BILL AND
THE OTHER TWO BILLS THAT WE ARE
GOING TO VOTE ON TODAY.
IT IS JUST AS LISE KAYE SAID,
HAVING SPD REPORT BACK ON THE
METRICS THEY WILL BE USING FOR
ASSESSMENTS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
WAYS WE CAN HANDLE THE
PROCEDURE ON THIS.
WE CAN HEAR ALL THE AMENDMENTS
AND DISCUSS THEM AND THEN I CAN
GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND MOVE
THEM AFTER WE HAVE HEARD THE
TOTALITY OF THEM.
AS I AM SAYING IT OUT LOUD, I
THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST.
I WOULD PREFER THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP
FOR THIS ITEM.
>> IT IS LOWERED.
>> OKAY.
LET'S KEEP GOING WITH THE
AMENDMENT DESCRIPTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD CAN TALK
ABOUT HER AMENDMENTS.
AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON EACH
ONE AFTERWARD.
I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE A
CONSENSUS ON THESE.
GO AHEAD, LISE KAYE.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THE NEXT FOUR AMENDMENTS TO
THIS BILL ARE SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
IN THE MID TWO WOULD REQUEST
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOP A
POLICY BY THE END OF THE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2021, DEFINING THE
PURPOSE AND ALLOWABLE USES OF
TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN REQUEST
THE USED OF TECHNOLOGY.
I WILL TURN IT TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IF SHE HAS ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
>> ONE THING THAT I THINK MIGHT
BE HELPFUL, AND I AM LOOKING TO
MAYBE PULL IT UP, YOU DON'T
HAVE IT HANDY, LISE, IS FOR
EACH OF THESE AMENDMENTS, THE
DEPARTMENT PROVIDED SOME
FEEDBACK.
YOU REALLY HELPFULLY AS SORT OF
YOUR RESPONSE, THROUGH THEIR
FEEDBACK, I AM WONDERING IF IT
MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR PURPOSES OF
THE PUBLIC FOLLOWING ALONG HERE.
LET ME SEE.
I AM PULLING IT UP RIGHT NOW.
THEY CAN HEAR A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE
DEPARTMENT HAD SPECIFIC RESPONS
FOR.
THAT'D BE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ASK THE
SPD TO IDENTIFY THE
CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SPD CAN
USE THE TECHNOLOGY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE
IDENTIFIED POLICIES 16060 WHICH
IS THE POLICY THAT BASICALLY
PROVIDES THE DESCRIPTION OF HOW
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN CALL
OUT AIR SUPPORT UNIT FROM THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THAT POLICY CITES A LIFE SAFETY
INCIDENT OR A SERIOUS CRIME
INCIDENT AS EXAMPLES WHERE AIR
SUPPORT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
I WOULD -- MY RESPONSE
BASICALLY IS THAT POLICY STILL
DOES NOT DEFINE WHAT A SERIOUS
CRIME INCIDENT IS OR RESTRICTED
USE TO SPECIFIC TYPES OF
CRIMES.
>> PERFECT.
>> THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THAT
ONE.
>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
SAYING WE HAVE A POLICY FOR
THIS, HERE IT IS.
YEAH, BUT WE WOULD LIKE IT MORE
CRYSTAL CLEAR.
THIS IS OUR REAL OPPORTUNITY TO
WEIGH IN AND SO WE WOULD STILL
LIKE THIS TO BE LAYERED INTO
IT, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY.
THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT
LISE KAYE OFFER THIS ADDITIONAL
DETAIL IS BECAUSE THERE ARE
THREE INSTANCES OF MY
AMENDMENTS THAT I AM INCLINED
TO AGREE WITH SPD.
I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOR
THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT WE TOOK
THE INPUT OF SPD AND CENTRAL
STAFF, TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE
POLICY AND WHAT SPD WAS SAYING
AND WE MADE A DETERMINATION OF
WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO
AGREE WITH SPD'S ANALYSIS OR
WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO
ASK FOR THAT LITTLE ADDITIONAL
DETAIL IN THE POLICY AS
CONSISTENT WITH THE
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE.
>> RIGHT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS AMENDMENT BEFORE WE MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AMENDMENT?
OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
WOULD ASK THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DEVELOP POLICY
REQUIRING THE REDACTION OR
DELETION OF INFORMATION THAT
MAY COMPROMISE THE PRIVACY OF
INDIVIDUALS NOT RELATED TO A
SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION.
SPD'S RESPONSE WAS THAT
DEPARTMENT POLICY DOES REQUIRE
DELETION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC AND
VIDEO EVIDENCE NOT NEEDED FOR
AN INVESTIGATION.
I HAVEN'T FOUND THAT SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE IN THE OPERATING
MANUAL.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AS WITH
PREVIOUS ONE IS ASKING FOR MORE
SPECIFIC POLICY RELATED TO.
>> NOTHING TO ADD.
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S DO AMENDMENT 4.
>> OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
AMENDMENT 4 SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD REQUEST
THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PROHIBIT THE USE OF FORWARD
LOOKING INFRARED TECHNOLOGY TO
DISPROPORTIONATELY SURVEIL
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OTHER
HISTORICALLY OVERPOLICED
COMMUNITIES.
SPD'S RESPONSE CITED THEIR
POLICY 5.140 WHICH IS BIAS FREE
POLICING.
THEY SAID THAT ADDRESSES THE
ISSUE.
IT STATES THAT THE DEPARTMENT
IS QUOTE, COMMITTED TO
ELIMINATING POLICIES AND
PRACTICES THAT AN UNWARRANTED
DISPAIR IMPACT ON CERTAIN
CLASSES.
TO DISPROPORTIONATELY SURVEIL
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
>> OKAY.
>> NOTHING TO ADD.
I'M INTENDING TO MOVE THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD.
>> OKAY.
AND AMENDMENT 5.
>> OKAY.
THIS IS THE LAST AMENDMENT TO
THIS PARTICULAR BILL.
SO THIS ONE SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD REQUESTS
THAT STARTING SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
ANNUALLY ON ITS USE OF THE
FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED
TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING HOW SPD
USED THE DATA IT COLLECTED.
THE AMENDMENTS AND DATA THAT IT
DID COLLECT.
IN IT ITS RESPONSE SPD
IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF WORKLOAD
ISSUES THAT AFFECT ITS ABILITY
TO PRODUCE THESE TYPES OF
REPORTS.
BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THEY
COULD AT A MINIMUM COMPILE
DEPLOYMENT HISTORY FOR THE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF FORWARD
LOOKING INFRARED TECHNOLOGY.
THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY
PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE THAT DATA
AND WE WOULD JUST NEED TO PUT
IT TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
I LET SPD REMINDED SPD OF THIS
COUNCIL'S ACCOMPLISHED HISTORY
OF SHOWING FLEXIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD FOR THOROUGHLY LOOKING
AT THESE AND THEN COMING UP
WITH THESE AMENDMENTS AND THEN
ALSO THE BACK AND FORTH WITH
SPD AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE COUNCIL'S MAIN OPPORTUNITY
TO PUT IN ADDITIONAL, MORE
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE OR REFINED
LANGUAGE OR GUARDRAILS.
SO EVEN IF SPD ALREADY HAS A
BROADER POLICY AND WE'RE NOT
SAYING THAT THEY'RE DOING THESE
THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN
THE GUARDRAILS FOR, BUT THIS IS
THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE
GUARDRAILS IN AND BE MORE
EXPLICIT AND SO APPRECIATE THE
BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE ON
THAT.
SO FROM A PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE QUESTION HERE,
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE KEEPING ALL OF YOUR
AMENDMENTS FOR THIS ONE;
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> SO WHAT I'LL BE DOING IS
I'LL MOVE EACH OF THE
AMENDMENTS AND YOU CAN SECOND
THEM AND WE CAN GO RIGHT
THROUGH THEM.
BUT FOR THE OTHER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE
AMENDMENTS LET US KNOW.
OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH
AND START MOVING THE ITEM AND
THE FIVE AMENDMENTS ON THIS ONE
COUNCIL BILL BEFORE WE MOVE TO
THE NEXT TWO.
OKAY, WELL FIRST I'LL GO AHEAD
AND JUST PUT THIS BILL
OFFICIALLY ON THE TABLE HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS I NOW MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE REMEMBER APPROVAL
OF 120053, ITEM 8 ON OUR
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE I MOVE TO
AMEND COUNCIL MEMBER 120053 AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT 1 ON THE
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 1 AND I ALREADY
SPOKE TO THIS AS THE SPONSOR OF
THIS ITEM.
THIS IS THE SAME AMENDMENT
WE'VE APPROVED FOR ALL THE
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS
THUS FAR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT ONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 1?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION ASSES.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT TWO ON
THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL.
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> THIS REQUESTS DRAFT POLICIES
DEFINING PURPOSE AND USE
INCLUDING CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
OFFICERS MAY REQUEST FORWARD
LOOKING INFRARED REAL TIME
VIDEO ASSISTANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THIS BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 2. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLE IN
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 2?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
AMENDMENT 2 IS INCORPORATED.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120053 IN AMENDMENT 3.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO THE PRESENTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, JUST FOR THE RECORD THIS
AMENDMENT 3 REQUESTS POLICIES
REQUIRING DELETION OF IMAGES TO
PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF
INDIVIDUALS NOT CONNECTED WITH
AN INVESTIGATION.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THIS AMENDMENT 3? OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 3?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120053 AS PRESENTED IN
AMENDMENT 4. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE BILL IT'S PRESENTED
AS AMENDMENT 4. COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> AMENDMENT 4 REQUESTS
POLICIES PROHIBITING
DISPROPORTIONATE SURVEILLANCE
USING THE FORWARD LOOKING
INFRARED REALTIME VIDEO
TECHNOLOGY.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 4? WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 4?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
AMENDMENT 4 IS INCORPORATED.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120053 AS PRESENTED IN
AMENDMENT 5 ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 5. COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD IS THE SPONSOR.
>> THE AMENDMENT THAT REQUESTS
THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE
FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED
REALTIME VIDEO AND HELICOPTER
DEPLOYMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 5? WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU THE MOTION
CARRIES.
AMENDMENT 5 IS INCORPORATED IN
THE BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS BILL
AS AMENDED BY THE FIVE
AMENDMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120053 AS AMENDED?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASSED BE SENT TO THE
COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
COLLEAGUES WE HAVE JUST TWO
MORE COUNCIL BILLS ON OUR
AGENDA TODAY.
THEY'RE BOTH EXISTING SPD
TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS.
HOPEFULLY YOU FOUND THAT
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TO BE
OKAY AND WE'LL DO IT FOR THE
NEXT TWO BILLS AS WELL.
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER
THOUGHTS ON THAT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 9, COUNCIL BILL
120054.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORIZING
APPROVAL OF USES AND ACCEPTING
THE 2020 SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT AND 2020 EXECUTIVE
OVERVIEW FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS CAMERAS WITHOUT
RECORDING.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO ONCE AGAIN, LET'S TURN THIS
OVER TO LISE KAYE TO WALK
THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS.
THEN WE DO HAVE SEATTLE IT AND
SPD HERE WITH US IF WE HAVE
QUESTIONS.
THE AMENDMENTS ARE SIMILAR --
WELL, THERE'S ONE AMENDMENT
FROM ME WHICH IS ALMOST
IDENTICAL TO THE PREVIOUS ONES
ON EQUITY ASSESSMENTS AND
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS
AMENDMENTS WE'LL WALK THROUGH.
LISE KAYE, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU COMMITTEE CHAIR.
SO COUNCIL BILL 120054 WOULD
APPROVE THE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORTS AND AUTHORIZE THE
CONTINUED USE OF SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS CAMERAS.
THESE CAMERAS ARE USED BY THE
S.W.A.T.
TEAMS TO PROVIDE VISIBILITY
FROM ON GOING INCIDENTS FROM A
SAFE DISTANCE.
AS YOU MENTIONED AMENDMENT 1
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN IS YOUR
AMENDMENT THAT ASKS FOR A
REPORT ON THE METRICS THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE
TO THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
FOR THEIR ANNUAL EQUITY
ASSESSMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 1 IS WHAT WE PASSED
ON PREVIOUS BILLS HAVING SPD
REPORT BACK.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THIS AMENDMENT?
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WALK THROUGH
ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND WE'LL
CIRCLE BACK AND DO THE
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND
VOTE ON EACH ONE AS REQUIRED.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 2 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS REQUESTS THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DEVELOP POLICY BY
THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2021
DEFINING THE PURPOSES AND USES
OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING
RESTRICTIONS ON DOWN LOADING OR
STREAMING IMAGES FROM THESE
CAMERAS.
THIS INSTANCE, SPD'S RESPONSE
NOTED THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY
HAS POLICY RESTRICTIONS ON
DOWNLOADING AND STREAMING OF
THE IMAGES FROM THE SITUATIONAL
CAMERAS.
I DIDN'T FIND THOSE POLICIES.
I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND THOSE.
I DID LOOK AT POLICIES THAT
PERTAIN TO PHOTOGRAPHIC
EVIDENCE.
THOSE DON'T SPECIFICALLY
PROHIBIT PERSONNEL FROM
DOWNLOADING OR STREAMING
IMAGES.
POLICY 7.090 ON PHOTOGRAPHIC
EVIDENCE DOES ALLOW EMPLOYEES
TO TEMPORARILY STORE WORKING
COPIES OF IMAGES ON A
DEPARTMENT COMPUTER TO MEET AN
OPERATIONAL NEED HOWEVER THESE
ARE MEANT TO BE REMOVED WHEN
THE PHOTOGRAPH IS NO LONGER
NEEDED.
THE REQUEST FOR THIS POLICY IS
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
CLARIFICATION THAT THE IMAGES
FROM THESE CAMERAS MAY NOT BE
DOWNLOADED OR STREAMED.
WHY COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT?
>> NOTHING TO ADD HERE.
I THINK THIS ADDITIONAL CLARITY
AROUND DOWNLOADING AND
STREAMING IMAGES IS DISTINCT
FROM THE EXISTING POLICIES.
I DO INTEND TO MOVE THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> NOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT BUT LISE YOU'VE
MENTIONED YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO
FIND POLICIES YOU WERE LOOKING
FOR.
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SO WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> SURE.
I REVIEWED THE OPERATIONS
MANUAL TO LOOK AT POLICIES TO
SEE IF I COULD FIND THE
POLICIES THAT WERE REFERENCED
IN HERE. I
USUALLY SEND THEM A LIST OF
UESTIONS AND THEY GAVE ME
RESPONSES BUT I DID NOT FIND
THE POLICY THAT THEY'RE
REFERENCING HERE THAT PROHIBITS
DOWNLOADING AND STREAMING OF
IMAGES.
>> AND IN THE INFORMATION THAT
WE RECEIVED FROM SPD IN CASES
WHEN THEY SAID WE HAVE POLICIES
THEY ALSO INCLUDED LINKS TO
WHERE THEY WERE POINTING WHERE
THE POLICIES LIVED AND I THINK
THOSE ARE THE PLACES THAT YOU
LOOKED AND DIDN'T NECESSARILY
-- THERE WERE POLICIES BUT THEY
DIDN'T COMPLETELY ALIGN WITH
THE POLICIES WE ARE SEEKING.
>> EXACTLY.
>> I CAN SEND THAT
CORRESPONDENCE FROM SPD TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL IF
THEY'D LIKE TO READ IT.
THERE ARE USEFUL LINKS INCLUDED
AROUND VARIOUS POLICIES THAT
MIGHT TOUCH ON SOME OF THESE.
>> THOSE POLICIES ARE
REFERENCED IN THE SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORT.
THEY DO PROVIDE AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS THEY CAN ABOUT
HOW THEIR POLICIES ARE STATED.
I THINK THERE MAY BE A GENERAL
UNDERSTANDING IN THE DEPARTMENT
THAT SOMETHING IS DONE A
CERTAIN WAY BASED ON KIND OF A
CUMULATIVE INTERPRETATION, BUT
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A
SPECIFIC POLICY THAT PUTS THIS
FINE OF A POINT ON THE ISSUE.
>> IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE
HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO OR
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THERE IT
JUST DOESN'T MEET WHAT WE'RE
INTERESTED IN AND THEN YOU'RE
RIGHT, IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN POLICY, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT IS WRITTEN IN
AND WE CAN POINT TO AND
PRACTICE WHICH IS WHAT IT
SOUNDS LIKE IS THE RESPONSE
WE'RE GETTING.
THAT THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY A
POLICY BUT OUR PRACTICE IS TO
DO SOMETHING AND THOSE ARE VERY
DIFFERENT.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE WHAT
THE CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE
THE EXECUTIVE HERE AS GUESTS TO
OUR COMMITTEE.
I'LL JUST LEAVE IT UP TO YOUR
DISCRETION WHETHER YOU WANT TO
ASK THEM DIRECTLY.
I DON'T, THIS IS OUR MEETING AS
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S UP TO YOU.
THEY'RE HERE AS A RESOURCE.
I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY,
IT'S BASICALLY UP TO YOU
WHETHER YOU WANT TO USE THIS
TIME TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OR
NOT.
WANT TO BE HERE AS A RESOURCE
AND I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THEY
ARE HERE BUT WE CAN ALSO
PROCEED AS IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, YOUR
HAND IS STILL RAISED
ELECTRONICALLY.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO
KEEP.
>> I THOUGHT IT JUST LOWERED
AUTOMATICALLY ONCE I'D ASKED MY
QUESTION.
I WILL ACTUALLY DO THAT MYSELF.
THANK YOU.
>> I THINK THE HAND LOWERING
WILL BE LIKE ZOOM 3.0.
>> IT'LL RECOGNIZE THE
INFLECTION IN OUR VOICE AND THE
HAND WILL COME DOWN.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> OKAY.
AMENDMENT 3 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOP A
POLICY BY THE FOURTH QUARTER
PROHIBITING THE PROCUREMENT OF
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS
EQUIPPED WITH FACIAL
RECOGNITION OR RECORDING
CAPABILITIES.
THEY CAN'T USE THE CAPABILITIES
WITHOUT HAVING SPECIFIC
APPROVAL THAT DESCRIBES THAT
USE.
THE REPORTS WE HAVE DO NOT
IDENTIFY ANY USE OF RECORDING
WITH THESE CAMERAS OR FACIAL
RECOGNITION.
>> IN THIS CASE I AM AGREEING
WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING UNLESS I GET ANY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEFORE
FULL COUNCIL, BECAUSE I BELIEVE
IT IS WITH THE OBLIGATIONS IN
THE SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE TO
DEVELOP A NEW FOR COUNCIL
APPROVAL IF CAPABILITIES ARE
ADDED OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF
THOSE APPROVED IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
IS SEEMS THE UNDERLYING
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE ALREADY
HAS THOSE STRUCTURAL GUARDRAILS
IN IT PLACE BUT I APPRECIATE
YOU PUTTING THIS OUT THERE AND
HAVING THAT DISCUSSION AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT CERTAINLY
KNOWS WE HAVE THIS CONCERN.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS
ON THIS ITEM?
SO FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE OF THIS.
THAT WAS THE END OF OUR
AMENDMENTS FOR THIS, CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A
SIMILAR THING.
I'LL PUT THE BILL ON THE TABLE
AND WE'LL AMEND IT WITH
AMENDMENTS IN THIS CASE ONE AND
TWO AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO
THE LAST ITEM IN OUR AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS I NOW MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
APPROVAL OF 120054.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS BILL.
REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT I
MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120054 AS PRESENTED IN
AMENDMENT 1 ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT 1. I'M SPONSOR OF
THIS ITEM.
THIS IS A GOOD TIME IF ANYBODY
HAS FINAL COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT
1. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 1?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES. COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT 1 IS ADOPTED.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120054 AS PRESENTED IN
AMENDMENT 2. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 2. COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD
ANY COMMENTS?
>> JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE
RECORD THAT AMENDMENT 2 RELATES
TO THE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
CAMERAS AND REQUESTS POLICIES
PROHIBITING THE DOWNLOADING OR
STREAMING OF IMAGES.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL COMMENTS
ON AMENDMENT 2? IT'S BEEN --
LET'S SEE HERE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 2.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> ASK YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> AMENDMENT 2 IS ADOPTED.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL COMMENTS
ON THIS BILL AS AMENDED BEFORE
WE VOTE ON IT.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION THAT
THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL
BE SENT TO THE MAY 24 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE OUR LAST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S ALSO AN SPD EXISTING
TECHNOLOGY AND A SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 10.
COUNCIL BILL 120055.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION, AUTHORIZING
APPROVAL OF USES AND ACCEPTING
THE 2020 SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT AND 2020 EXECUTIVE
OVERVIEW FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF VIDEO
RECORDING SYSTEMS.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
AS WE DID FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO
BILLS WE'LL HEAR FROM CENTRAL
STAFF AND LISE KAYE.
SEATTLE IT AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT ARE AVAILABLE.
THESE VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEMS
ARE THOSE USED AT SPD
FACILITIES.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
PLEASE LISE KAYE, GO AHEAD AND
SHARE YOUR SCREEN.
>> I SEEM TO BE HAVING
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT MY
PDF DOESN'T WANT TO LOAD THE
LAST THREE PAGES OF THIS.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION --
>> I FIND WHEN I CLOSE THOSE
AND REOPEN THEM THAT THOSE
DISAPPEARING PAGES REAPPEAR.
>> OKAY.
I'M GOING TO TRY THAT WITH YOUR
PATIENCE.
I MEAN IN THE MEAN TIME WE CAN
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
AMENDMENT 1 WHICH IS YOUR
AMENDMENT FOR THE EQUITY
METRICS ASKING FOR A REPORT FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE
METRICS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE TO
THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
RELATIVE TO THE VIDEO RECORDING
SYSTEMS.
>> YES.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AMENDMENT 1 IS THE SAME AS THE
PREVIOUS AMENDMENT 1s ON THE
PREVIOUS TWO BILLS AS WELL AS
ALL OF THE OTHER SURVEILLANCE
REPORTS WE'VE APPROVED
PREVIOUSLY WITH GROUP TWO.
THIS IS GROUP THREE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT WHILE LISE KAYE
PULLS UP THE OTHER AMENDMENTS
THAT WE HAVE TWO MORE
AMENDMENTS TO DISCUSS ON THIS
FINAL ITEM.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
PULL THOSE UP BECAUSE MY VPN
SYSTEM, I WOULD NEED TO REBOOT
THE ENTIRE VPN.
WHICH I CAN DO IF YOU LIKE, BUT
I THINK.
>> WE CAN HANDLE IT.
>> I THINK.
>> YES, I'M SORRY.
>> I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE MY
SCREEN TOO.
>> OKAY.
LET ME.
>> WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO
WRONG?
>> I COULD GIVE YOU A LESSON ON
WHAT COULD GO WRONG.
>> OH LOOK AT THAT.
>> LOOK AT YOU.
>> ARE YOU SEEING AMENDMENT 2?
OKAY.
GREAT.
GO AHEAD, LISE KAYE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
OKAY, SO AMENDMENT 2 IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND THIS ONE WOULD
REQUEST THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DEVELOP A POLICY BY
THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2021
DEFINING THE PURPOSE AND ONLY
ALLOWABLE USES OF THESE VIDEO
RECORDING SYSTEMS.
SPD'S RESPONSE NOTED THE
ALLOWABLE USES ARE CONTROLLED
BY DEPARTMENT POLICY.
THEY DIDN'T SAY IT DIRECTLY BUT
THE PURPOSE AND USES I THINK
FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY ARE WELL
SUMMARIZED IN AND COMPLETELY
SUMMARIZED IN THE EXECUTIVE
OVERVIEW WHICH WOULD BE
APPROVED IF COUNCIL PASSED
COUNCIL BILL 120055.
>> THANK YOU.
IN THIS INSTANCE I DO CONCUR
THAT THE EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW IS
ITSELF CONTAINS A POLICY
DEFINING PURPOSE AND USE OF
THIS TECHNOLOGY AND FOR THAT
REASON, YOU KNOW, PURPOSE AND
USE WHICH IDENTIFIES THE
ALLOWABLE PURPOSES AND
ALLOWABLE USES OF THE VIDEO
RECORDING SYSTEMS AND FOR THAT
REASON I'M GOING TO HOLD THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE WE'RE
APPROVING COMES WITH AN
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW AND THAT
LAYERS IN SOME CLARIFICATION
ALREADY FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON
WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WE ARE
THEN APPROVING THAT HERE TODAY.
SO THAT'S ALREADY BAKED IN.
LET'S GO TO AMENDMENT 3. ONE
MOMENT.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING SHAMEFUL
ABOUT ME NEEDING TO HAVE THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE RUN
HIS SCREEN.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> OKAY.
AMENDMENT 3 FOR THE FINAL
COUNCIL BILL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SURE.
>> OKAY.
AMENDMENT 3 WOULD REQUEST THAT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOP A
POLICY BY THE FOURTH QUARTER
PROHIBITING THE USE OF VIDEO
RECORDING SYSTEMS WITH FACIAL
RECOGNITION CAPABILITY OR THE
USE OF THOSE SYSTEMS WITH
FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS.
SPD DIDN'T PROVIDE SPECIFIC
COMMENTS ON THIS, HOWEVER THEIR
RESPONSE TO AMENDMENT 3 TO THE
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS
DOES APPLY HERE.
SHOULD THE DEPARTMENT WISH TO
USE ANY FACIAL RECOGNITION
TECHNOLOGY PROVIDED BY OR
THROUGH THESE VIDEO RECORDING
SYSTEMS THE DEPARTMENT WOULD
NEED TO RECEIVE COUNCIL
AUTHORIZATION THROUGH A NEW
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THAT SUMMARIZES IT WELL.
JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC I'M
HOLDING AND ASKING THAT WE NOT
VOTE ON AMENDMENTS 2 AND 3 IN
THIS LEGISLATION.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
YOU EXPLAIN IT WELL IN THE
PREVIOUS BILL THE REASONING FOR
THAT, THE UNDERLYING
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE SHOULD
PROVIDE GUARDRAILS WHERE
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO COME BACK
WITH US IF THEY ARE ADOPTING
ANY NEW SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL GO AHEAD
AND DO THE PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE FOR THIS.
JUST THE ONE AMENDMENT AT THIS
POINT.
I NOW MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF COUNCIL
BILL 120055.
THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120055 AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT 1 ON THE
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT 1. I ADDRESSED THIS
ALREADY AS THE SPONSOR EARLIER.
IT'S THE SAME AMENDMENT WE'VE
APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS
AMENDMENT?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 1?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES. COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDED VERSION OF THIS BILL?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL 120055 AS AMENDED?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT
AS AMENDED WILL BE SENT TO THE
MAY 24 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION.
I WANT TO THANK SEATTLE IT,
CENTRAL STAFF, LISE KAYE AND
ALSO SPD FOR THEIR HELP WITH
THESE BILLS.
AND THIS GROUP THREE PACKAGE
WILL GO TO THE FULL COUNCIL MAY
24th.
COLLEAGUES, THAT WAS THE LAST
ITEM AND THIS THEREFORE
CONCLUDES THE MAY 19, 2021
MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE PLANS TO MEET
AGAIN ON JUNE 2ND.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.