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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
>>> THE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>>> COUNCIL MEMBER HER BOLT,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> PETERSON.
>> PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
>>> COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE WILL
HAVE A OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. IT IS GOING TO BE A
LONG DAY FOR US TO DISCUSS THE
INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE AS
POSTED ONLINE AND SHARED WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LAST
MONDAY. WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS TO THIS INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE THROUGHOUT TH
COURSE OF TODAY. THE AGENDA HAS
BEEN ORGANIZED IN FOUR
CATEGORIES, GROUPS A, B, CAND D
WHICH WE WILL DESCRIBE BRIEFLY
IN A MOMENT.
>>> WE WILL, HOWEVER, START WIT
90 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE BEGINNING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUGGESTED.
>>> BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT
THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW
PROCEDURAL CHANGES THAT WE WILL
NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE ADOPTIN
THE AGENDA. I WILL MOVE THE
AGENDA TO MAKE THESE PROCEDURAL
CHANGES.
>>> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA
FOR TODAY. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOP
THE AGENDA. TODAY'S PUBLISHED
AGENDA IS BEFORE THE SELECT
COMMITTEE.
>> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MOVE TO AMEN
AGENDA ITEMS TO THE DOCKET. THI
IS NOT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US T
PULL AGENDA ITEMS OUT. WE WILL
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
PULLING ITEMS OUT OF CONSENT
PACKAGE GROUPING LATER. THIS IS
JUST TO ADD ITEMS AS PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS FOR SUBS STUDENTS IN
THE FORM OF A COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION OR A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT ARE NOT
ALREADY PUBLISHED ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
>> AS A REMINDER, NONSUBSTANTIV
ORAL AMENDMENTS MAY BE
CONSIDERED AT THE POINT OF AN
AGENDA ITEM BEFORE THE COMMIT A
THE, THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A
MOVE TODAY. BUT SUBSTANTIVE ORA
AMENDMENTS THAT REPRESENT A NEW
IDEA OR A MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
OPTION. FOR EXAMPLE IF THE
ORIGINAL CBA AND THE PROPOSED
ALL AROUND AMENDMENT CONFLICT,
THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A NEW
WALK ON AMENDMENT THAT DID NOT
MEET THE RULE FOR DISTRIBUTION
BY 5:00 P.M. ON THE PRECEDING
BUSINESS DAY. THE ECONOMY CITY
TEE MAY CONSIDER SUBSTANTIVE
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND THA
WILL BE CONSIDERED IN A MOMENT
AS WE CONSIDER A WALK ON
AMENDMENT AS WELL.
>>> COLLEAGUES, I DO KNOW THAT
THERE ARE A FEW AMENDMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN CIRCUMSTANCE LAID.
THOSE WERE CIRCULATED BEFORE
5:00 PNTHE DAY BEFORE OUR, THE
BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING. THIS INCLUDE
MY OPEN AMENDMENT 603 B, COUNCI
MEMBER LEWIS' SPR WALK ON 1, AN
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON'S HSD WAL
ON 1.
>>> IF IT IS NOT ON TODAY'S
AGENDA WE CAN STILL AMEND THE
AGENDA. AS NOTED THE RULES
REQUIRE CIRCULATION BY 5:00 P.M
ON THE BUSINESS DAYS PRECEDING
THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
AND THOSE AMENDMENTS MAY BE
INCLUDED IN A AGENDA WITH THE
MAJORITY VOTE. A VOTE TO ADD
THESE ITEMS TO THE CALENDAR
TODAY IS NOT NECESSARILY A VOTE
OF SUPPORT. IT IS SIMPLY A
PROCEDURAL MOTION AT THIS POINT
I MOVE THE AGENDA BE AHMEDED TO
ADD 60301 A SUBSTITUTE FOR
AGENDA ITEM 172, WHICH IS DEAL
603 A.
>>> ALSO SPR, WALK ON 1. THIS I
A NEW OPTION FOR.
>>> AND HSD WALK ON 1 THE NEW
ITEM CIRCULATED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON BEFORE THE CLOSE
OF BUSINESS ON FRIDAY. THIS
WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF
GROUP DID.
>>> I MOVE THE AGENDA BE AMENDE
AND THESE ITEMS BE PLACED AFTER
CONSIDERATION ON THE
CORRESPONDING VOTING GROUP. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCIL SOMEBODY.
>>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMENDED TO'S AGENDA
BY ADDING THE ABOVE THREE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE CIRCULATED
BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON THE
PROCEEDING BUSINESS DAY.
>>> AGAIN, COLE PLEASE, THERE I
NO NEED TO COMMENT ON THE
SUBSTANCE HERE. WE WILL GET INT
THAT LATER. THIS IS JUST ADDING
ITEMS TO THE AGENDA FOR TODAY
AND A VOTE IS NOT A VOTE IN
FAVOR, NECESSARILY, OF THE ITEM
IT IS SIMPLY PROCEDURAL AT THIS
POINT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
>>> HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL O
THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT T
INCLUDE THESE THREE SUBSTITUTE
ITEMS CIRCUMSTANCE LAID PRIOR T
5:67:89P.M.
>>> HERBOLD? YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES? YES.
>> NELSON? AYE.
>> PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES AND 9 IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>>> I AM AWARE OF ONE AMENDMENT
THAT WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY 5:0
P.M. ON THE PRECEDING BUSINESS
DAY. COLLEAGUES, YOU HAVE
RECEIVED AN AMENDMENT THAT I
HAVE CIRCULATED THIS MORNING.
THIS WAS CIRCULATED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS. THERE ARE TWO
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY
PUBLISHED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THIS INCLUDES 02 ON 0 A. 002.
WHICH IS REGARDING ONE CALL. AN
HSD 90 4-A 001, REGARDING CASE
CONFERENCING AND SEA PLANES. TH
AMENDMENT I CIRCULATED THIS
MORNING IS HSD 020 C, 001. AS
YOU'LL SEE IN THE ATTACHED,
EXCUSE ME, I WILL HOLD THAT
COMMENT FOR A SECOND.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
COLLEAGUES CONSIDER THIS
AMENDMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
THOSE TWO. AND HAVE WORKED WITH
THE SPONSOR, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS TO SUGGEST THIS COMBINE
AMENDMENT.
>> I WILL MOVE TO PUT THIS NO
FRONT OF US.
>>> AGAIN, A VOTE TO SUSPEND TH
RULES HERE IS NOT AN INDICATION
OF SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT,
NOR IS THIS A VOTE TO ADOPT IT
IN OUR BUDGET. THIS IS PURELY A
PROCEDURAL MOTION TO INCLUDE
THIS ITEM FOR OUR CONSIDERATION
LATER IN THE AGENDA. I MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE COUNCIL RULES TO
ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION OF
AMENDMENT HSD 020 C, 0 ON 1 TO
INCLUDE ON THE AGENDA. BECAUSE
IT WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY 5:00
P.M. THE PRECEDING BUSINESS DAY
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO SUSPEND THE RULES. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES?
PROCEDURAL MOTION ONLY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HER BOLD? YES
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> NELSON? AYE.
>> PEDERSON? YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR?
>> AYE? WE CAN PROCEED. AGAIN
THIS IS AN AGENDA THAT I
CIRCULATED THIS MORNING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMPANY MEMBER
STRAUSS TO ADD HSD 001 TO THE
AGENDA AND THAT IT BE PLACED FO
CONSIDERATION AT THE END OF THE
CORRESPONDING GROUP. THAT WOULD
BE GROUP B. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. FOR DISCUSSION,
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME T
ADD THIS TO THE AGENDA. WE'LL
TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN INTEREST
IN MAKING SURE WE DID NOT HAVE
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 904
INVESTMENTS AND 020 INVESTMENTS
AND APPRECIATE THE VICE CHAIR'S
FLAGGING OF POSSIBLE OPTIONS
HERE. THANKS FOR CONSIDERING
THIS AS PART OF THE AGENDA.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA?
>> HEARING NONE, EXCUSE ME
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS. WE ARE AT
THE POINT OF CONSIDERING
ADOPTION OF HSD 020 C.
>> CHAIR THIS IS JUST A POINT O
INQUIRY. AFTER WE MAKE THESE
FINAL ALTERATIONS, WOULD IT BE
POSSIBLE FOR THE CLERKS TO
RECIRCULATE THE AMENDED AGENDA
GIVEN THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE
MADE? NO BIG DEAL IF NOT. BUT
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> I WILL PAUSE THERE ONE SECON
TO SEE IF CENTRAL HAS AN ANSWER
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD
MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WIL
NOT BE ABLE TO RECIRCULATE AN
AMENDED AGENDA BUT WE WILL BE
REMINDING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF
ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED OF
FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR
SUBSTITUTION. SO WE WILL REMIND
YOU AT EACH STAGE OF THE AWAY.
BUT THE AGENDA IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS YOU GET
THROUGH THE DAY, SO WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO UPDATE IT IN REALTIME.
>> NO WORRIES.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS AND I WILL DO MY BEST AS
WELL TO REMIND FOLKS ABOUT THE
ITEMS WE HAVE ADDED TO THE END
OF THOSE GROUPS.
>>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION IF I COULD
I THINK I WAS UNDER THE MISTAKE
IMPRESSION THAT ITEMS WE ARE NO
IN THIS MOMENT ADDING TO THE
AGENDA ARE NEW ITEMS, NOT
SUBSTITUTES. BUT I HAVE BEEN
HEARING THEM DESCRIBED AS
SUBSTITUTES FOR OTHER VERSIONS,
THIS NOW IS MAKING ME WONDER, I
HAVE A SUBSTITUTE IN VOTING
GROUP C. SHOULD I MOVE TO HAVE
THAT ADDED TO THE AGENDA? TO
PULL ONE FOR ANOTHER VERSION?
>> I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS NO.
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE STOOD
UP AS AN ORAL AMENDMENT AND WE
APPRECIATE YOU DID THE EARLY
WORK TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION
WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY I
ADVANCE. BUT THAT IS NOT
SUBSTANTIVE IN NATURE AND DOES
NOT NEED TO BE ADDED TO TODAY'S
AGENDA. YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTIO
WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU? ON I'M
SEEING A THUMBS UP FROM THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SO THAT IS
ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN WHEN WE ARE
GETTING INTO PROCEDURAL MOTIONS
AT THIS HOUR OF THE DAY.
>>> COLLEAGUES, WE ARE AT THE
POINT OF AMENDING THE AGENDA BY
INCLUDING HSD 020 CAS A POSSIBL
SUBSTITUTE FOR TODAY'S
DELIBERATIONS. MADAM CLERK WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SLANT? YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COLLEAGUES. OKAY THE MOTION
CARRIES ON THE AND THE AGENDA I
AMENDED. AND THE ITEMS, HSD 020
CWILL BE CONSIDERED ON GROUP B,
AT THE END OF THAT VOTING GROUP
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA?
HEARING NONE, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION TO TODAY'S AGENDA AS
AMENDED, THE AMENDED AGENDA WIL
BE ADOPTED.
>>> HEARING NO OBJECTION TO
TODAY'S AMENDED AGENDA, THE
AMENDED AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
>>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, THAN
YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING TO GET
THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US TODAY
AS A REMINDER, WE WILL HAVE AT
LEAST 90 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT. I'M AWARE THERE WAS A
DELAY IN THE ONLINE SET UP FOR
HAVING FOLKS REGISTER ONLINE. S
IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE
GIVE A FEW MORE MINUTES FOR
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP IN
THE FULL TWO HOURS, I HAVE A FE
COMMENTS JUST TO GET US STARTED
HERE AS FOLKS MAY STILL BE
FILLING IN THE ONLINE FORM. ALL
AMENDMENTS TODAY NEED TO BE SEL
BALANCING. WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER
A CONSENT AGENDA PACKAGE FOR YO
THAT INCLUDES GROUPS B, AND
GROUP C. GROUP B, IS THE HEART
OF THE CHAIR'S BALANCE BE
PACKAGE AND GROUP C, ALSO
INCLUDES AMENDMENTS THAT WE
POSSIBLY DISCUSSED IN THE PAST
THAT WE ARE SEEING FAVORABLE AN
COMPLEMENTARY TO SOME OF THE
EXISTING ITEMS IN THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE.
>>> HOWEVER THAT DOES NOT
NECESSARILY MEAN THERE WON'T BE
SUPPORT FOR ITEMS A, AND D, FRO
THE CHAIR.
>>> I DO NEED TO SAY THOUGH,
THAT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A
FUNDING SOURCE AND STILL WANT T
MAKE A CHANGE TO GROUP B, THAT
DOES REQUIRE FUNDING, THEN OUR
PACKAGE WILL NO LONGER BE
BALANCED.
>>> AND THIS WILL BE A HUGE
PROBLEM FOR CENTRAL STAFF AND
FOR US.
>>> TODAY IS THE LAST DAY THAT
WE CAN CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO
THE BALANCING PACKAGE. SO THAT
WE CAN FINALIZE THE BUDGET, HAV
A TECHNICAL VOTE NEXT MONDAY,
AND HAVE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
STEWARD US THROUGH THE FULL
COUNCIL VOTE ON TUESDAY NEXT
WEEK.
>>> TODAY IS THE LAST DAY THAT
WE CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE
BALANCING PACKAGE. AND THUS, WH
IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SUR
THAT AMENDMENTS THAT WERE BEING
CONSIDERED WERE SELF BALANCING.
>>> IF A COUNCIL MEMBER IS
INTERESTED IN PULLING AN ITEM
THAT REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL FUN
OR FUNDING SOURCE, THIS WILL NO
BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET,
AND WE NEED THAT TO BE BALANCED
BY THE END OF TODAY.
>>> SO THERE IS NO TIME TO GO
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR
LARGE TICKET ITEMS THAT DON'T
HAVE FUNDING ASSOCIATED. WE DO
NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIND
MONEY THAT DOES NOT EXIST. TODA
IS TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE SELF BALANCING AND AS NOTED
IN THE PROCESS, WE NEED TO
INFORMATION LAST WEEK SO THAT W
CAN WORK WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO
ENSURE THAT SELF BALANCING
AMENDMENTS ARE PART OF OUR
DELIBERATIONS TODAY.
>>> SO I WILL NOT BE SHY ABOUT
NOTING WHEN OR IF AN ACTION
ATTEMPTS TO MOVE FORWARD AN
AMENDMENT THAT DOES NOT HAVE A
FUNDING SOURCE. AND IF YOU HAVE
NOT FOUND A WAY TO BALANCE FOR
AN INCREASE THAT YOU WANT, THEN
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AR
ADDRESSING THAT IN THE MOMENT
THAT IT IS BEING PULLED UP.
>>> TO REPEAT, YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO PULL AN ITEM JUST TO SPEAK
AGAINST IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I
HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT. SO
APOLOGIES. LET ME SAY THIS
AGAIN. WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTUA
AGENDA, AND WE START GOING
THROUGH THE CONSENT PACKAGE
ITEMS IN GROUPS BAND C,
COLLEAGUES, IF THERE IS PIECES
THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PULL AN ITEM OUT JUST T
SPEAK AGAINST IT. IF THERE IS
PIECES THAT YOU REALLY LIKE THA
YOU SPONSORED, THAT YOU WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT FOR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY AND THE MEDIA, YOU CA
SPEAK TO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO
PULL IT OUT. PULLING OUT AN
AMENDMENT MEANS THAT WE WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A VOTE.
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS NOT
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JUST PULLING
OUT AN AMENDMENT TO SPEAK TO IT
YOU WITH ILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS IN GROUPS B,
AND C, BEFORE WE TAKE A FINAL
VET.
>>> PLEASE CONSIDER WHEN WE GET
TO GROUPS BAND C, THAT PULLING
THINGS OUT MERELY TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OR OPPOSED, ESPECIALLY IF
YOU DO NOT HAVE A WAY TO MAKE
ITSELF BALANCING IS HIGHLY
DISCOURAGED AND NOT WHAT TODAY
IS FOR.
>>> NOW TO SOME OF THE MORE
EXCITING PARTS.
>>> TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
LISTENING ONLINE, WATCHING ON
SEATTLE CHANNEL, HERE WITH US I
CHAMBERS, THANK YOU FOR STICKIN
WITH US THROUGH THIS REALLY
DIFFICULT BUDGETS SEASON. WHEN
WE SAY THIS WAS A DIFFICULT
BUDGET TO CONSTRUCT, I THINK YO
CAN SEE WHY. THE SHEER NUMBER O
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN
REFLECT HAIRCUTS HERE AND THERE
TO FUND LONG EXISTING
PRIORITIES. WE WERE FACED WITH
$141 MILLION OPERATING DEFICIT
AND $152 MILLION OPERATING
DEFICIT IN THE YEARS 2023 AND
2024. WE THEN WERE HIT WITH AN
ADDITIONAL $87 MILLION SHORTFAL
COMBINED, AND WERE HAVING TO
LOOK AT SERIOUS REDUCTIONS IN
PROJECTS AND SERVICES. BUT
INSTEAD OF TAKING CUTS OR GOING
THROUGH AN AUSTERITY BUDGET WE
LOOKED AT WAYS TO SLOW DOWN
INITIATIVES. TAKING HAIRCUTS
INSTEAD OF WHOLE CUTS.
PREVENTING AUSTERITY AND
PREVENTING LAYOFFS.
>>> SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRIORITIES WERE NOT FUNDED BUT
THAT IS NOT AN INDICATION OF NO
HAVING SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS OR THE PUBLIC. THIS IS
JUST A MATTER OF HAVING TO
BALANCE WITHIN OUR EXISTING
REVENUE. AND AS I HAVE TALKED
ABOUT BEFORE, THIS ALSO
CONTINUES TO UNDERSCORE THE NEE
FOR EXISTING PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO
MEET OUR GROWING NEEDS IN THE
GROWING POPULATION THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE.
>>> WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN
THE BALANCING PACKAGE IS
IMPORTANT. WE WERE ABLE TO FUND
KEY SERVICES, AVOID BUDGETARY
LAYOFFS, PREVENT AGAINST
AUSTERITY AND DO SO THROUGH
SHORT-TERM USE, TEMPORARY
MEASURES IN LARGE PART, DUE TO
THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE JUMP
START SEATTLE PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX, HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUE A.
>>> WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IN THIS
BUDGET WAS ALSO MAKE SURE WE
WERE NOT GOING DOWN NEW POLICY
ROUTES, YIELDED POLICY CHANGES
OR SHIFTS OR PERMANENT POLICY
CHANGES TO FUND SOURCES IN THE
MIDDLE OF A POSSIBLE RECESSION.
WE PRIORITIZE WORKING FAMILIES
AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND I
BELIEVE THAT THIS BUDGET
INVESTED FRONT LINE WORKERS
SPECIFICALLY. THE FRONT LINE
WORKERS, WORKING ON ADDRESS AND
GO HELPING THOSE WHO NEED TO
REMAIN STABLY HOUSED, WHO NEED
TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHO
NEED ASSISTANCE IN CARE AND
SUPPORT IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCIN
HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS A BUDGET
THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES AND SUPPORTS BASIC
NEEDS LIKE FOOD SECURITY.
SPECIFICALLY FOOD SECURITY
FUNDING THAT WAS AT RISK WHEN W
SAW THE SUGARY SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX STREAM REDUCE. THI
ALSO MAKES UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN GUN VIOLENCE,
REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND MENTAL
HEALTH FUNDING, AS WELL AS
INVESTING IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALT
AND JUSTICE. WE PUT THE BUDGET
TOGETHER WITH AN EYE TOWARD
EQUITY. NOT EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
OF FUNDS, AS THE MAYOR COMMENTE
ON. WE WENT THROUGH AND THIS
COUNCIL LOOKED AT WAYS WHERE WE
NEEDED TO PROVIDE THAT EQUITY
LENS TO ENSURE THE IMPACT WITH
THE SCARCE RESOURCES THAT WE
HAD.
>>> WE PUSHED FORWARD FUNDING T
PRESERVE PROGRAMS, TO PROMOTE
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE
RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
OUR ECONOMY.
>>> AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO INCLUDE IN THIS BUDGET,
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT
AMENDMENTS TO ADD TO THOSE.
>>> AS A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING
IN A FORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE
$253 MILLION IN JUST NEXT YEAR
ALONE WHICH GROWS IN 204.
$18MILLION OF THE JUMP START
COMMUNITY SELF DETERMINATION
FUNDS GOES TO REMOVING BARRIERS
AND SUPPORTING CAPACITY
BUILDING, LAND ACQUISITION,
BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AN
DEVELOPING THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THROUGH THE EYES OF
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN MOST
IMPACTED BY DISPLACEMENT. THAT
INCLUDES FUNDING THAT GOES
DIRECTLY TO THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITY CENTER OF SEATTLE, MT
ZION AND EVEN MORE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT BY
THE IMPACT PLACEMENT. THAT IS
WHAT THE COMMUNITY SELF
DETERMINATION FUND IS FOR AND
WHAT IS BAKED INTO THE FORDABLE
HOUSING INVESTMENTS.
>>> $7 MILLION GOES TO JUMP FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP FUNDS SPECIFICALL
TO SUPPORT PERMANENT
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ACROSS OUR CITY. I HAVE BEEN TO
AT LEAST D-1 AND D6, AND SEEN
THOSE DOLLARS IN ACTION WHERE
FAMILIES ARE MOVING INTO NEW,
AFFORDABLE, FIRST TIME
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ACROSS OUR CITY.
>>> THIS BUDGET INVESTED OVER
$20 MILLION A YEAR INTO
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT COMMUNIT
DRIVEN PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES
MOST AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, T
ADVANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND MEET
COMMUNITY NEEDS WITH DEVELOPMEN
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE
HOUSING, CHILDCARE, SPACE FOR
SMALL BUSINESS AND CULTURAL AND
COMMUNITY SPACE. I'M TALKING
ABOUT PLACES LIKE AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMEN BUSINESS
ALLIANCE, BLACK AND TAN HALL,
LONG HOUSE, ETHIOPIAN VILLAGE,
INNOVATION LEARNING CENTER THE
FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS
BUDGETS INCLUDES OVER $20
MILLION EACH YEAR IN GROWN NEW
DEAL FUNDING, INCLUDING
INVESTMENTS THAT WILL SUPPORT
COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, WHO
HAVE DONE THE LEAST TO
CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AN
THE WORST AFFECTS OF CLIMATE
INJUSTICE. THIS INCLUDES FUNDIN
TO CREATE CLIMATE RESILIENT
HUBS, INVESTMENTS IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND,
FUNDING FOR INDIGENOUS LED
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
PROJECTS, FUNDING TO SUPPORT TH
GREEN WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AN
BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR THE
COMMUNITY. INVESTMENTS LED BY
AND ASKED FOR FROM THE GREEN NE
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
INVESTMENTS IN HEALTHY RESILIEN
TREE CANOPIES WITH A FOCUS ON
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND MOS
IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL
INJUSTICE, INCLUDING A CHIEF
ARBORIST POSITION TO OVERSEE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TREE
EQUITY AND RESILIENCE PLAN AND
TREE PLANTING IN THE CITY.
FUNDING TO CONVERT LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS OFF OF OIL, AND
FUNDING TO TRANSITION HEAVY DUT
DIESEL VEHICLES TO ELECTRIC,
WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. AND
FINALLY IN TRANSPORTATION. EVEN
WITH THE REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX
DEPLETION, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT
MONEY TOWARD PROJECTS LIKE
VISION ZERO. $8MILLION GOING
INTO PROJECTS LIKE RAINIER
AVENUE OUGHT, TRAFFIC CALMING O
STEWARD PARK SOUTH, ADDITIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS IN COLUMBIA AND
HILLERMAN CITY, SOUTH HOE GATE
STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS,
FUNDING TO ADVANCE THE
GEORGETOWN TO SOUTH PARK TRAIL
YET AGAIN THIS YEAR, SCHOOLS AN
SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, FUNDING
FOR ACCESSIBLE MOUNT BAKER
IMPLEMENTATION, HELPING PEOPLE
TO GET TO TRANSIT CENTER
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH END.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE AMENDMENT
THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE
INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE WITH
AN EQUITY LENS. AND WHAT WE ARE
GOING IT SEE TODAY IS A
CONVERSATION AROUND AMENDMENTS
TO THAT INITIAL BALANCING
PACKAGE. WHAT FOLKS IN COMMUNIT
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO
SEE IN THE FINAL BUDGET WILL BE
THE RESULT OF TODAY'S
DELIBERATIONS. THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WE WILL DISCUSS TODAY WILL
COMPILE THE FINAL BUDGET ACTION
MONDAY'S VOTE NEXT WEEK IS
PURELY TECHNICAL. AFTER CENTRAL
STAFF GET THE CHANCE TO DO ONE
MORE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND
QUALITY REVIEW. SO REMIND
OURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY
TODAY IS THE DAY FOR FINAL
VOTES. AND THANK YOU ALL. I
BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT THE
AMENDMENTS WERE, COUNCIL MEMBER
ARE ADVANCING IDEAS THAT THEY
TRULY BELIEVE ARE BENEFICIAL TO
THEIR CONSTITUENTS FOR THE
HEALTH OF THE CITY AND VOTING
YES OR NO OR AN AMENDMENT IS NO
NECESSARILY AN INDICATION OF
WHETHER THAT AMENDMENT WAS A
GOOD IDEA, BUT AT THIS POINT WE
NEED TO CONSIDER WHETHER IT
BALANCES AND IF IT IS CREATING
GREATER STABILITY FOR THE CITY
IN THE FUTURE. AT THE END OF TH
DAY THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS AND IDEAS THAT ARE GOO
IDEAS. PERHAPS THEY DON'T KNOW
THEY HAVE FUNDING IN THIS BUDGE
AND THAT IS WHY I LOOK FORWARD
TO ADDITIONAL PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE THAT WE CAN RELY ON IN
THE UPCOMING DISCUSSION FOR THE
NEXT BUDGET. WITHOUT IT, WE
CREATE GREATER INSTABILITY. AND
I HOPE COLLEAGUES THAT WHAT YOU
HAVE SEEN IS YES TOUGH CHOICES.
BUT CHOICES THAT INVEST IN
CREATING STABILITY FOR OUR
BUDGETS AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
>>> WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF T
SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE T
ADD BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENT AND WE CAN COME BACK TO
YOU AT ITEM ONE, IF YOU PREFER.
>> WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
>>> AT THIS TIME IT IS 10:00. W
DID HAVE A DELAY. WE DID HAVE A
DELAY WITH GETTING THE ONLINE
FORUM SIGNED UP UNTIL JUST AFTE
8:00 A.M. SO I WANTED TO GIVE
FOLKS A FULL TWO HOURS TO SIGN
UP FOR THAT. MADAM CLERK, I
THINK I'LL JUST READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS INSTEAD OF DOING
THE VIDEO.
>> COLLEAGUES THANKS FOR
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. WE
HAVE HAD NOW THREE PUBLIC
HEARINGS AND NINE COMMIT AT THE
MEETINGS SO YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
BUT I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ALL GE
A CHANCE TO HEAR IT.
>> WE HAVE TO STICK TO 90
MINUTES PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
THAT WILL TAKE US TO 11:30. WE
HAVE OVER 155 PEOPLE SIGNED UP
COMBINED IN THE ROOM AND ONLINE
SO I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET THROUGH EVERYBODY BY
ASKING FOR YOU TO SHAVE 15
SECONDS OFF YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS. WE WILL DO 45 SECONDS
WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST
YEARS, BUT HAVEN'T HAD TO DO
THAT SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE HAVE
ALL GONE WITH TWO MINUTES OR 1
MINUTES. SO 45 SECONDS PLEASE.
THAT WAY WE CAN HEAR FROM
EVERYBODY WHO IS PRESENT AND
EVERYBODY WHO IS ON THE LINE.
>>> YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO WRAP IT
UP, WHETHER YOU ARE IN PERSON O
ON THE PHONE.
>>> AND THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS
WILL BE CALLED REMOTELY. THE
NEXT 10 WILL BE IN PERSON.
>>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND US
THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TALKING
POINTS IF YOU DON'T GET THROUGH
IT.
>>> I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING MY
MASK BACK ON AFTER I SPEAK HERE
AND I ENCOURAGE FOLKS IN THE
ROOM TO PLEASE PUT YOUR MASKS O
AS WELL AFTER YOU FINISH
SPEAKING.
>>> AS HE A REMIND FOREFOLKS IN
THE ROOM, THERE IS NO APPLAUDIN
OR BOOING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
ALL PUBLIC COMMENT IS TREATED
THE SAME. IF YOU WANT TO SUPPOR
PUT YOUR HANDS UP LIKE THIS IN
LIEU OF CLAPPING. THANK YOU FOR
STICKING TO YOUR TIME. FOR FOLK
CALLING IN, MAKE SURE YOU
DISCONNECT AND DIAL IN ON THE
LISTEN IN LINE OR CONTINUE
WATCHING ON SEATTLE CHANNEL.
>>> AND AGAIN, FOR FOLKS ONLINE
YOU WILL HEAR YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED. THAT IS YOUR INDICATIO
YOU NEED TO HIT STAR 6 AND MAKE
SURE YOUR OWN PHONE IS NOT ON
MUTE.
>>> AT THIS POINT WE WILL GO
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU CAN
READ THE FIRST 10 FOLKS ONLINE
AND THEN 10 FOLKS IN THE ROOM.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
>>
>>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I
DID SAY 10 PEOPLE. THANK YOU. W
CAN DO ONE OR TWO AT A TIME IF
YOU WOULD LIKE. YES WE'LL DO TH
FIRST 10 AND THEN THE FOLKS IN
THE ROOM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> HI. MY NAME IS TONYA WU. I'M
WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONA
DISTRICT. WE HAVE BEEN COMING T
COUNCIL MEETINGS PROVIDED PUBLI
COMMENT FOR FIVE. MET WITH MANY
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BECAUSE YOU
KNOW, THROUGH COMMUNITY CENTERS
THEY ARE GET. WHEN PEOPLE ARE
TOO AFRAIDING TO OUTSIDE THAT I
A BIT OF A PROBLEM. SO BASICALL
WE ALL WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET
FROM THE BUDGET ARE TWO SOCIAL
WORKERS THAT THE WORKING GROUP
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH. WE HAVE
OVER 20 SHELTERS IN THE AREA. S
WE WANT TO HOPE FOR RESTORING
FUNDING. RESTORE FUNDING FOR
HEAT AND RESTORE FUNDING FOR TH
CARE TEAM. AND THE TRANSPARENCY
ACCOUNTABILITY ESPECIALLY FOR
THE $55 MILLION LEASE ON THE
EXPANSION HUB FILTER AREA. THAN
YOU.
>>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, I'
THE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR.
PROVIDING COMMENT TODAY TO URGE
YOU TO RESTORE FUNDING IN 22ND
DOWN $5 MILLION IN 2023 FOR CIT
HALL PARK. THE FUNDING IS
CRITICAL TO ENSURE WE MOVE
FORWARD AND CREATE A SAFE AND
WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. FOR OVER
A YEAR ALONG WITH THE COALITION
OF PARKS AND PUBLIC SAFE
ADVOCATES ENGAGED YOU TO KEEP
THE PARK UNDER CITY OWNERSHIP.
THIS COALITION SUPPORTS THE
PROPOSED INVESTMENT IN THE PARK
AND FURTHER DESIGN IN PLANNING.
YEAH. GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY AND
SCALE AND IMPACT UPON YOUR
ENVIRONMENT, THANK YOU.
>>>
>>> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS EMILY MACARTHUR.
>> I WANT TO CALL IN TO OBJECT
TO AN AUSTERITY BUDGET. SELF
PRESCRIBED PROGRESSIVES ARE
CUTTING GREEN DEAL FUNDING,
RENTER ORGANIZING TINY HOUSES.
YOU CAN'T CALL THAT ANYTHING BU
AUSTERITY. IT IS NO THE A
HAIRCUT. I ALSO OBJECT TO THE
IDEA THAT A BUDGET CAN EXIST ON
GOOD VIBES. VOTES MATTER.
ALLEGED COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TH
ABILITY TO VOTE TO INCREASE THE
AMAZON TAX INSTEAD OF CUTTING
VITAL PROGRAMS, WORKING CLASS
PEOPLE. I URGED ALL DEMOCRATS T
VOTE YES ON COUNCIL MEMBER SHOW
MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE OF THE
AMAZON TAX OFF THESE CUTS. THIS
IS A CHOICE YOU HAVE AND WE WIL
HOLD AWE COUNTABLE TO IT. VOTE
YES TO INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX.
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
APOLOGIZE. LET ME INTERRUPT REA
QUICK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M
LOOKING AT THE FULL LIST OF THE
FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP TO PRESENT
ONLINE. I HAD HEARD THERE WAS
140 FOLKS SIGNED UP AND I'M ONL
SEEING 46. IT, CAN YOU CONFIRM
I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT SHEET?
>> AFFIRMATIVE.
>> OKAY. I APOLOGIZE TO TONYA,
CHRIS WOODWARD AND EMILY
MACARTHUR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
CALL BACK IN, WE CAN GIVE YOU
ANOTHER 45 SECONDS AND WE WILL
DO THE FULL 2 MINUTES THAT FOLK
HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. APOLOGIES
AGAIN TO TONYA CHRIS AND EMILY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIAL BACK
IN, WE WILL GIVE YOU AMEN AND 1
SECONDS BACK FOR FOLKS IN THE
ROOM, YOU CAN HAVE 2 MINUTES.
THAT I THINK STILL ALLOWS US TO
HEAR FROM ANYBODY WHO IS ONLINE
AND THE FOLKS IN THE ROLL.
APOLOGIZ FOR THE CONFUSION.
WE'LL DO 2 MINUTES GOING
FORWARD.
>>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CORI
CROCKER.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM CORI
CROCKER, A 30 YEAR RESIDENT AND
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND THE
CURRENT RESIDENT OF LEADERSHIP
COMMUNITY COUNCIL. WE ASK YOU T
APPROVE THE BUDGET ITEM OF $1.5
MILLION TO MAKE THE CROSSING
OVER I-5 ON NORTHEAST 45th
STREET. FOR ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES. THE PROPOSED ADDITIO
OF SAFETY FENCING IS A TRADE-OF
BETWEEN THE CONVENIENCE OF
DRIVERS COMING THROUGH OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE LOCALS
WHO CHOOSE TO OR NEED TO WEEK O
ROLL OVER THIS BRIDGE. THE
BRIDGE CONNECTS THE URBAN
VILLAGE TO THE NEW DISTRICT
URBAN CENTER. AT ITS SORE AND T
THE THIRD BUSIEST STATION LIGHT
RAIL SYSTEM. FOR MANY OF US
THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE OTHER
THAN DETOURING A MILE NORTH TO
NORTHEAST 65th OR A HALF MILE
SOUTH PLUS 150 TO THE TRAIL. TH
GOOD NEWS IS IT HAS BEEN
EXTENSIVELY MODELED AND IS
SHOVEL READY. IT JUST REQUIRES
THIS ESSENTIAL FUNDING.
>>> WHEN YOU WILL RECALL A SAFE
CROSSING OVER I-5 WAS AN
EXPLICIT PROMISE 22015 SEATTLE
LEVEE AND WE NEED THE SOLUTION
NOW. SO MANY OF OUR
ORGANIZATIONS ARE UNITED IN
SUPPORTING THE PROJECT. WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE
PERSONAL ANECDOTES FROM 600 PLU
SIGNATURES ON OUR ONLINE
PETITION. PLEASE MAKE THE
CROSSING SAFE EVEN FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE, GETTING AS CLOSE TO
OUR EMISSIONSEE ROW GOAL. THANK
YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS TIFFANY MCCOY.
>>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
TIFFANY MCCOY. I AM THE ADVOCAC
DIRECTOR AT REAL CHANGE AND I'M
CALLING IN TO ASK YOU TO VOTE
YES ON THE MUNICIPAL HOUSING
ADMINISTRATION TEAM. THIS WAS A
PROGRAM STAFFED BY PROFESSIONAL
WITH KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
INTERNATIONAL MODELS OF SOCIAL
HOUSING WOULD ADMINISTER SOCIAL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BUILT ON
PUBLIC LAND THAT HAS AN
INTENTIONAL SPLIT OF HOUSING
AFFORDABLE TO ALL INCOME LEVELS
FROM 0 TO 120% OF AREA MEDIA
INCOME.
>>> THIS IS REALLY NEEDED TO
ENABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN SEATTLE
WHOSE INCOME PUT THEM ABOVE THE
CEILING OF POVERTY LEVEL AND TH
PERCENT OF MEDIAN INCOME
NECESSARY TO GAIN LOW INCOME
HOUSING ASSISTANCE. ACCORDING T
THE MOST RECENT DATA FROM THE
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 42.6% OF
RENTER HOUSEHOLDS IN SEATTLE AR
COST BURDENS. MEANING THAT THEY
ARE PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF
THEIR INCOME IN RENT. EVERY
COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS RENTERS
IN THEIR DISTRICT, WHICH IS ALL
OF YOU, YOU HAVE A PROPORTION O
YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE RENT.
>>> SO WE NED ADDITIONAL MODELS
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR
CITY. PLEASE VOTE YES. OUR
NEIGHBORS DESERVE HOUSING
SECURITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR
INCOME BRACKET. AND WASHINGTON
AND SEATTLE HAS ALSO SENT
LETTERS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
URGING YOUR SUPPORT ON THESE.
PLEASE STAND WITH THESE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE IN THE
CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, LET'S
SEE, ERIC.
>>> I AM A 30-YEAR RESIDENT OF
WALLINGFORD. I COMMUTED 30 YEAR
AGO AND I HAVE SEEN NO
IMPROVEMENT TO CROSSING I-15
SINCE THEN EVEN AFTER LIGHT RAI
WAS OPENED AND THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. I'M CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 122. APPROVE
FENCING TO THE NORTHEAST 45th
STREET BRIDGE OVER I-45. THE
BRIDGE WAS THE ONLY CONNECTION
BETWEEN WALLINGFORD AND URBAN
CORES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
CYCLISTS. THE PROJECT WILL ADD
FENCING TO THE EXISTING LOW
RAILINGS, WHICH PHYSICAL AND
VISUALLY SHIELDS PEDESTRIANS AN
CYCLISTS ON THE FREEWAY BELOW
AND MAKES THE ALTHOUGH CROSSING
MUCH SAFER. IT IS PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT FOR VULNERABLE
PEDESTRIANS FORCED ONTO THE
SIDEWALK. THE CYCLISTS RIDE EVE
HIGHER THAN THE PEDESTRIANS DO.
THERE IS ALWAYS A DANGER OF
FALLING OVER THE RAILING AND
ONTO THE FREEWAY BELOW. THE
FENCING PROJECTS DRIVERS AND
TRANSIT ON THE INTERSTATE BELOW
FROM OBJECTS THAT CAN FALL OFF
THE OVERPASS OR BE THROWN FROM
IT. AFFORD AL WIN/WIN SOLUTION.
PART OF EMBRACING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CREED OF REDUCE
AND REUSE IN TIGHT BUDGET TIMES
AND REDUCE CARBON IMPACTS. NOT
IDEAL LIKE A NEW PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE BUT THE COST WILL BE LES
THAN 100 TIMES THAT. WE COULD
FENCE OFF 100 BRIDGES FOR THE
COST OF THE NEW OVERPASS PUT IN
>>> THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. IT
CAN BE A CATALYST TO GET OTHER
FREEWAY OVERPASSES FENCED OFF A
PORTLAND HAS DONE WITH EVERY ON
OF THE OVERPASS IN THEIR CITY.
THE FENCING HAS BEEN THE GOAL
FOR OVER A DECADE SINCE WE GOT
THE PROJECT ADDED IN THE 2015
LEVEE TO MOVE SEATTLE AND IT IS
FAR PASTIME FOR US TO DELIVER O
THIS COMMITMENT. VERY MUCH.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS TESS WENDELL.
>> I'M SORRY, EVERYONE. TO MAKE
ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT. WE ARE
SEEING MORE FOLKS SIGN UP. WE
ARE GOING TO DO A MINUTE 30
SECONDS. FINAL ANSWER.
>>> SO WE WILL GET THROUGH
EVERYBODY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE DO THAT.
>>>
>> AM I ON?
>> YES YOU ARE.
>> MY NAME IS TESS. I'M IN
DISTRICT 5 IN THE MAPLE LEAF
AREA. I'M CALLING TODAY TO
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS THAT
ELIMINATE THE 80s VACANT AND
UNFUNDED POSITIONS WITHIN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ANY
OF THESE POSITIONS SPD HAS NO
PLANS OR ABILITY TO FILL. WE
NEED OUR BUDGET TO BE BASED ON
REALITY. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ALREADY MOVED FUNDING FOR THESE
POSITIONS FROM SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS
TO PARTIALLY OFFSET CUTS TO
ITEMS THAT PROVIDE TRUE PUBLIC
SAFETY, FOOD ASSETS AND TRAFFIC
SAFETY INVESTMENTS. NOT
ABROGATING THESE POSITIONS WOUL
MEAN SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GET FUNDING
AGAIN IN 2025, EVEN IF THERE AR
NO PLANS TO FILL.
>>> I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL NEEDS
TO FOLLOW THROUGH. AND MAKE SUR
THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE NOT
FUNDED.
>>> AND MAKES GOOD SENSE. I ALS
SUPPORT ALL CUTS TO SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING
CUTS FOR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS,
NEW GUNS AND RETENTION BONUSES.
WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE SAFE IN-HOUSE
AND GO I'M REALLY UPSET ON 20th
AND LAKE CITY, MY RV NEIGHBORS
WERE SWEPT.
>> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER I
BARBARA FINNEY.
>> RETIRED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
LOCAL 3197.
>>> HUNDREDS OF WORKING PEOPLE
AND UNION MEMBERS HAVE JOINED
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET CAMPAIGN TO
INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX BY $140
MILLION. YOU HAVE TO MAKE
HAIRCUTS. WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYIN
IS YOU ARE REFUSING TO MAKE BIG
BUSINESS PAY FOR THE ECONOMIC
CRISIS. AND HAVE DECIDED TO PUT
THE BURDEN ON WORKING PEOPLE. I
URGE ALL DEMOCRATS ON THE
COUNCIL TO JOIN REJECTING THE
AUSTERITY BUDGET BY INCREASING
THE AMAZON TAX BY $140 MILLION
AND MAKE THE RICHEST
CORPORATIONS IN OUR CITY PAY FO
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND
RECESSION. NOT WORKING PEOPLE I
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. FUND
PUBLIC NEEDS INCLUDING ACCESS T
FREE ABORTION. LAST WEEK
ABORTION RIGHTS INCLUDING ACCES
TO FREE ABORTION AND WORKERS
RIGHT. INCREASE THE AM ISN'T TA
BY $140 MILLION, THERE IS
NONSCARCITY OF RESOURCES TO MEE
THE HOUSING HEALTHCARE AND
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF WORKING
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE
IS A LOOK OF TAX WHICH ALLOCATE
FUNDS IN A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
MANNER.
>>> IT IS UNFORTUNATE THE CITY
COUNCIL DEMOCRATS SAY THERE IS
NOT ENOUGH REVENUES. THERE IS.
INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX NO THAN
YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KALEY
BALDWIN.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS BOLD WIN.
I'M A STAFF MEMBER. I'M A WORE
BLACK WOMAN BORN AND RAISED IN
DISTRICT 1. I SUPPORT THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET AND ASK YOU
PROTECT JUMP START INVESTMENTS.
AND THAT YOU PRIORITIZE
INVESTMENTS IN OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES OVER
POLICE AND GO PUNISHMENT. I
SUPPORT JUMP START FUNDS GOING
TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED PENDING PLAN BY ONLY
ALLOWING JUMP START TO BE SPENT
ON ITEMS OTHER THAN ALIKE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GROWN NEW
DOLE, EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. THE. I
REJACKET THE MAYOR'S ATTEMPT TO
DEFUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HIS PROPOSAL TO USE JUMP START
AS ANOTHER SLUSH FUND FOR SPD.
JUMP START SHOULD NOT BE BACK
FILLED. BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES COULD BE FUNDED BY
DIVERTING FUNDS AWAY FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. KEEP
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OUT OF SPD.
VOTE YES ON AMENDMENTS THAT
REMOVE THOSE POSITIONS. VOTE YE
FOR ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGNS.
VOTE YES ON AMENDMENTS THAT
INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
THROUGH BOLSTERED OPTIONS FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNIT
DEVELOPMENT AND GROWN JOBS AND
POWER SOLUTIONS. NOT POLICE AND
GO PUNISHMENT. THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S GO BACK TO TONYA AND
EMILY FOR 45 ADDITIONAL SECONDS
AND THEN WE WILL GO TO FOLKS IN
THE ROOM HERE. TONYA WU AND
EMILY HAD 45 SECONDS TO BEGIN
WITH, SO WE'LL GIVE THEM ANOTHE
45 TO GET THEM TO A MINUTE AND
HALF.
>>> TONYA, YOU ARE UP.
>> HI, THIS IS TONYA AGAIN.
>>> I WANT TO REITERATE, I'M
ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER RESTORING FUND FOR LEA
AND CO-LEAD. RESTORE FUNDING FO
ANTIASIAN HATE, AND RESTORE
FUNDING FOR THE UNITED CARE
TEAM, WHICH THEIR GARBAGE PILOT
HAS SHOWN EFFECTS, I'M ASKING
THAT THE COMMONLY DEMAND
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO
BALANCE, I RECOMMEND YOU FUND
THE THREE THINGS I STATED
EARLIER OVER THAT ONE LAST
THING. BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE
BEEN SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THOS
THREE THINGS, BUT NOT THAT LAST
ONE. SO THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS EMILY
MACARTHUR.
>>> HI, I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YO
TO ADD $500,000 TO FUND THE
NORTHWEST AMERICAN MUSEUM'S
REOPENING BY REDUCING THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
ADVERTISING BUDGET AND $200,000
FOR THE CLEAN AND GREEN PROGRAM
TO DELIVER FRESH VEGETABLES TO
LOW INCOME NEIGHBORS. THOSE ARE
ESSENTIAL AND BELOVED HEALTH
INITIATIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>>> ALSO I WANT TO REITERATE TH
POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS DO
HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE TODAY,
WHETHER OR NOT TO CUT THE
BUDGET, WHICH IS THE CHOICE
BEFORE YOU OR INCREASE THE
AMAZON TAX BY 140 MILLION
DOLLARS BY VOTING YES ON THE
AMAZON TAX INCREASE OF $140
MILLION, WHICH IS SUPPORTED
PREVIOUSLY STATED BY HUNDREDS O
UNION AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
VOTE YES RATHER THAN VOTING FOR
AUSTERITY AND STANDING WITH
BILLIONAIRES AND BIG BUSINESS.
>>> THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE T
THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS AND THE
FIRST PERSON UP IS GORDON.
FOLLOWED BY ANITA.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
MY NAME IS GORDON WITH SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. LAST
FRIDAY WE PRINTED A BANNER TO
MEMORIALIZE THE 189 PEOPLE WHO
DIED ON OUR STREAKS WALKING,
BIKING, DRIVING SINCE THE CITY
ADOPTED VISION ZERO IN 2015. WE
HAD TO GO OUT TO BUY A SHARPIE
TO UPDATE THAT BECAUSE AN
83-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED IN
SEATTLE THIS PAST WEEKEND. THES
PEOPLE WERE OUR COLLEAGUES,
NEIGHBORS, FAMILY MEMBERS, THES
AREN'T JUST STATISTICS AND THES
ARE PREVENTABLE TRAGEDIES AND W
KNOW HOW TO PREVENT THEM SKEW
ALL THESE PEOPLE SHOULD STILL B
HERE WITH US. 80% OF THE
PEDESTRIANS KILLED ON OUR
STREET, WE KNOW HOW TO REDESIGN
THESE STREETS AND I'M GRATEFUL
TO THE TAKING SOME ACTIONS
TOWARD THAT. AS YOU ARE
REVIEWING AMENDMENTS TODAY AND
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND
POSSIBLE POLICY INITIATIVES,
PLEASE REMEMBER THESE PEOPLE WH
DIED ON OUR STREETS AS YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND
SCHOOL ZONES, REALLY COME BACK
TO HOW DO WE CREATE A SAFE
SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAKE
MISTAKES AND EVERYONE CAN STILL
BE SAFE AND GET HOME TO THEIR
LOVED ONES. THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU. ANITA.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
ANITA FREEMAN WITH AN R. I'M
WITH WHEEL AND WOMEN IN BLACK.
WE SUPPORT A SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
AND WE ARE STANDING A SPECIAL
VIGIL ON DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER
21. IT IS OUR ANNUAL CANDLELIGH
VIGIL WHERE WE NAME EVERYONE
WHO, EVERY HOMELESS PERSON WHO
DIED OUTSIDE OR BY VIOLENCE IN
KING COUNTY IN THE YEAR. AND
THIS YEAR, THROUGH OCTOBER, IT
IS ALREADY 216. FRIENDS, FAMILY
AND LOVED ONES COME TO OUR
VIGILS, AND TO OUR LEAF
DEDICATIONS. THAT IS TESTIMONY
THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE
LOVED AND WAS LOVED BY SOMEONE.
A BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT.
AND IN A MORAL DOCUMENT, LIFE
HAS TO BE A PRIORITY.
>> DO NOT FUND SWEEPS THAT KILL
SPEND THAT MONEY ON LIFESAVING
SHELTER, HOUSES, SERVICES,
TREATMENT AND HARM REDUCTION.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS REVEREND HAR YET WALDEN,
FOLLOWED BY RICK ROBERTSON.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU. I'M
SPEAKING FOR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY THIS MORNING. I'
GOING TO ASK THE IS HE COUNCIL
ABOUT A SAFETY PLAN FOR THE
WHOLE CITY. EVERYONE IS TALKING
ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT NOBODY
TALKED ABOUT THE MOTHERS WHO AR
CRYING BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN
WAS KILLED. THERE IS NOTHING IN
THE BUDGET FOR THEM. ALSO, WE
BELIEVE THE 911 CALL CENTER AND
SPD WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BACK
IN THE POLICEMENT DID. THERE IS
AN ANTIPUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN
SEATTLE. PEOPLE ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN WHOLE COMMUNITIES
BEING SAFE. POOL AND THE OTHER
THING ALSO WE WANT TO KEEP LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD OPEN NOW.
BECAUSE IT IS A SUPERVISORY
ISSUE. NO ALSO A BIG SHOUTOUT T
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON AND LEWIS
AND ALL THE WORK THEY ARE DOING
ON THE COUNCIL.
>>> AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEND
ONE MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT THE
MOTHERS. NO ONE HAS EVER SAID
ANYTHING ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE WHO
ARE CRYING IN THE CITY BECAUSE
THEIR KIDS ARE BEING KILLED. YO
MIGHT BE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY
TOWARD SAFETY PLANS, BUT WHAT
ARE THE RESULTS ON THAT? WE NEE
BETTER RESULTS ON WHERE THE
MONEY IS GOING AND HOW IT IS
GOING AND ALSO WANT THE SAFETY
PLAN TO INCLUDE THE SHOT
SPOTTER. OAKLAND HAS IT. WHY
CAN'T WE INCLUDE A SAFETY PLAN
THAT WOULD DO THAT? I GUESS MY
TIME HAS EXPIRED IS THAT
CORRECT? THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS RICK ROBERTSON, AND
CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON.
>>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I HOLD IN MY HAND THE
LIST OF 216 NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE DIED HOMELESS IN THE CITY
JUST SO FAR THIS YEAR. THIS IS
NOT A STATISTIC. THESE ARE NOT
TALKING POINTS OR LINE ITEMS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR
WAY LONG BEFORE THEY LOST THEIR
LIFE.
>>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TRAGIC
CIRCUMSTANCES FORCED THESE
PEOPLE ON THEIR PATH IN LIFE.
BUT THESE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN T
ANYONE. ASK YOURSELF AM I STRON
TO HAVE SURVIVED WHAT THEY WENT
THROUGH? AND STILL COME OUT
CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>>> MANY OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN SAVED BY BEING IN THE
RIGHT PLACE IN THE RIGHT TIME
AND SPEAKING WITH THE RIGHT
PERSON WHO HAD THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF RESOURCES TO HELP THEM. MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MORE HARM
REDUCTION. MORE TREATMENT WILL
HELP THESE PEOPLE GET OFF THEIR
CURRENT PATH AND BECOME INTO
SOCIETY.
>>> I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIRMA
AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR
THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND
RESTRUCTURING THIS BUDGET AND
HELP THE PEOPLE.
>> PLEASE REMEMBER THAT BEFORE
YOU MARGINALIZE, CRIMINALIZE OR
DEMONIZE THESE PEOPLE, IT COULD
HAVE EASILY BEEN ANY ONE OF US.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON FOLLOWE
BY PETER.
>>> AS YOU HAVE HEARD THESE 216
PEOPLE ARE REAL PEOPLE. OUR PLA
WAS TO READ THOSE NAMES.
>> CAN WE START THE TIME OVER?
DO YOU MIND GETTING A LITTLE
CLOSER TO THE MIC?
>> SURE, IS THAT BETTER?
>> LITTLE CLOSER. THANK YOU.
>> LET'S START YOUR TIME OVER,
THANK YOU.
>>> THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SAID
THEIR NAMES TO YOU. WE DON'T
HAVE TIME TO DO THAT IN THE TIM
ALLOTTED. SO OUR VOICE IS A
LITTLE QUASHED IN JUST SAYING
THEIR NAMES. IT WOULD TAKE US
OVER 20 FOLKS AT THIS MICROPHON
IN ORDER TO READ THOSE NAMES TO
YOU. AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO
PRIORITIZE ANY ONE OF THESE
PEOPLE OVER ANY OF THE OTHERS
JUST LIKE WE ARE NOT GOING TO
PRIORITIZE ANY ONE OF THE
SPEAKERS IN THIS ROOM TO ASK
THEM TO GIVE US MORE TIME. BUT
WE ARE NOT GOING TO PRIORITIZE
THEM OVER YOU, EITHER, OKAY?
>> YOU OVER THEM.
>> THEY ARE IMPORTANT MEMBERS O
THIS COMMUNITY. AND THEY ARE
LOST. YOU HEARD TALK ABOUT THE
TIMES WHEN WE DID DO VIGILS, AN
WE HAVE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS COME
AND TELL US HOW IMPORTANT THOSE
THAT HAVE DIED WERE TO THEM.
>> THERE ARE MORE THAN JUST A
FEW DOZEN FOLKS AT 10 CITY 3
RIGHT NOW AS COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON WOULD LIKE TO STATE IN
HIS BLOG TODAY OR EARLIER
YESTERDAY, IT IS UPWARDS OF 60
AND CAN EXPAND TO 100 AT ITS
CURRENT LOCATION. THE COMMENTS
WERE LESS THAN HONORABLE.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS PETER FOLLOWED BY CLARA.
>>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. TODAY YOU WILL VOTE ON
WHETHER OR NOT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS TO HOLD
ON TO 80 GHOST COP POSITIONS.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET DID
NOT FUND THESE 80 POSITIONS,
BECAUSE THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY
NOR INTENT BY SPD TO FILL THEM.
THEY ARE AND WILL BE VACANT IN
THE COMING. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
ABSOLUTE BLOW GATE THE ETY FT
EAS PART OF GOOD BUDGETING
PRACTICE AND AS PROPOSED IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE.
>>> A VOTE AGAINST ABSOLUTE BLO
GATING THESE POSITIONS WOULD
INCREASE SPD'S FUNDING IN THE
FOLLOW, 2025, AND 2026. SUCH
ACTION WOULD BE PREMATURE, AND
WOULD SEND THE MESSAGE THAT YOU
ARE UNWILLING TO SPEND THE NEXT
TWO YEARS BUILDING SOLUTIONS AN
SERVICES THAT MAKE SEATTLE SAFE
WITHOUT THE DEADLY HARMS OF
POLICING.
>>> LESS POLICING IS GOOD AND
RIGHT IF SEATTLE. AS THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS REDUCED IN SIZE
SINCE EARLY 2020, SEATTLE HAS
ONLY BECOME A MORE DESIRABLE
PLACE TO LIVE. COPS KILL. THEY
KILL PEOPLE DIRECTLY THROUGH
VIOLENCE AND SWEEPS AS IS
HAPPENING ON THIRD AVENUE RIGHT
NOW AND THEY KILL DIRECTLY,
SORRY, AND THEY KILL INDIRECTLY
BY TAKING MONEY FROM HOUSING AN
SERVICES PEOPLE NEED. STOP THE
SWEEPS. SHOT SHOT SPOTTER AND
DEFUND SPD. SUPPORT THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET, FUND VISION
ZERO, SPECIFICALLY PEDESTRIAN
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IN DISTRICT
9 AND VOTE YES TO FORM A
MUNICIPAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATIV
TEAM. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS CLARA AND MATTHEW.
>>> HELLO, MY NAME IS CLARA. I'
A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH
SEATTLE GREENWAYS. I'M HERE TO
SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
ASKS. AND SPEAK SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE
THE BALANCING PACKAGE TO KEEP
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
WITHIN SDOT WHILE THE CITY
DETERMINES WHERE THEIR DIVISION
SHOULD ULTIMATELY RESIDE AND
PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THE
AMENDMENT TO BALANCE THEM BACK
TO SPD UNTIL APRIL.
>>> USING PUNITIVE ENFORCEMENT
AS OUR FIRST AND ONLY TOOL TO
ADDRESS PARKING PROBLEMS IS BOT
INEQUITABLE AND PLAIN
INEFFECTIVE. PARKING ENFORCEMEN
OFFICERS ARE OUT ON THE STREETS
EVERY DAY AND SEE HOW OUR
STREETS ARE FUNCTIONING AND WIT
DECISIVE LEADERSHIP, THEY WOULD
BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE
MANAGEMENT TEAM AND WORK SDOT I
ALREADY DOING AND CAN BE A PART
OF PRO ACTIVELY INCREASING
SAFETY LONG-TERM AND MAKING THE
TREAT FUNCTION BETTER FOR
EVERYONE. AND SINCE I HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I'M ALSO
GOING TO ADD ON A LITTLE BIT TO
WHAT GORDON AND PETER SAID
EARLIER ABOUT VISION 0. OF THOS
PEOPLE WHO GORDON MENTIONED WHO
ARE KILLED IN TRAFFIC VIOLENCE
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, OVER
HALF ARE IN DISTRICT 2 AS YOU
THEY, AS WE HAVE SAID MANY TIME
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND YE
WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY DELAYING
AND DEFUNDING AND DOWNGRADING
SAFE STREETS PROJECTS IN D2. SO
PLEASE SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT TO
DIRECT FUNDING TO PEDESTRIAN
BIKE IMPROVEMENT IN D2 AND
PROTECT ME AND MY NEIGHBORS LIK
YOU ALREADY DO TO THE PEOPLE IN
NORTH SEATTLE. THANK YOU.
>>> MATTHEW FOLLOWED BY HANNAH.
>>> COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU KNOW,
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I HAVE
REALLY PAID SO MUCH ATTENTION T
THE BUDGETING PROCESS. FIRST I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL O
YOUR HARD WORK AND IT IS REALLY
QUITE AN AMAZING PROCESS TO
WATCH AND TO SEE HOW ALL THESE
INTERESTS GET BALANCED. I
ESPECIALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE COST OF
LIVING INCREASES FOR HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS. IT SEEMS LIKE
THERE IS NOT MUCH OPPOSITION TO
THAT GOING AHEAD IN THE PROPOSE
BUDGET AND I'M VERY PLEASED WIT
THAT. THIS INCLUDED. I SHOWED U
TODAY TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN IN
BLACK AND THE WHEEL FOLKS AROUN
THIS ISSUE. OF HOW MANY FOLKS
HAVE DIED IN OUR CITY UNHOUSED
IN THIS LAST YEAR. I REALLY FIN
IT UNBELIEVABLE THE NUMBER. 116
DEATHS ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING W
ARE NOW JUST GETTING INTO THE
COLD TIME OF YEAR WHEN
INEVITABLY, THERE WILL BE MORE
AND I FIND IT UNCONSCIONABLE WE
ARE A CITY THAT CONTINUES A
POLICY OF SWEEPING FOLKS WHO AR
TRYING TO SURVIVE ON THE STREET
INCLUDING THIS MORNING
APPARENTLY IT HAPPENED AS THIS
MEETING IS GOING ON. I SUPPORT
OLD DATE BUDGET AND ALL THE
PRIORITIES THE SUPERVISOR PUTS
FORWARD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN OU
CITY AND ESSENTIALLY, THE WAY I
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A VISION
OF PUBLICIST THAT TRIES TO
REMOVE AS MUCH FUNDING AS
POSSIBLE FROM THE SEATTLE POLIC
DEPARTMENT. AND INVEST THAT
MONEY INTO HOUSING, INTO FOOD
SECURITY, AND I THINK MY TIME
EXPIRED.
>>> THANK YOU. HANNAH AND KEN.
>>> HI, EVERYBODY. I'M A
REASONNER DISTRICT 3. AND I'M
HERE TO URGE ALL DEMOCRATS ON
THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON
THE PROPOSAL FROM THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGETS TO REJECT AN AUSTERITY
BUDGET AND INSTEAD INCREASE THE
AMAZON TAX BY $140 MILLION.
>>> WORKING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW AR
STRUGGLING WITH INFLATION. AND
THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER AT
OUR EXPENSE.
>> SO NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE
CITY COUNCIL DEMOCRATS CLAIM
THIS ISN'T AN AUSTERITY BUDGET,
IT IS. AND THE SOLUTION FOR THE
DEFICIT IS REALLY SIMPLE. TAX
BIG BUSINESS. DON'T MAKE WORKIN
PEOPLE PAY FOR THIS.
>>> AND LASTLY, I WOULD URGE YO
TO ADD $500,000 TO FUND THE
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM'S REOPENING BY REDUCING
SPD'S ADVERTISING BUDGET AND
$200,000 FOR THE CLEAN GREEN
PROGRAM. THESE ARE ESSENTIAL
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH
AND CULTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANKS.
>>>
>>> THANK YOU, KEN.
>> S.
>> IT IS THE ONLY BUDGET TO
ACCURATELY ADDRESS THE SEATTLE
DEFICIT IN THIS TIME OF CHANGE.
SEATTLE IS HOST TO EIGHT
BILLIONAIRES AT A COMBINED NET
WORTH OF $255.3 BILLION. THESE
HAVE MADE THEIR FORTUNES OFF TH
BACK OF WORKING POEM. THE BURDE
OF THIS CRISIS HAS FALLEN TO US
THE WORKING CLASS AND RICH HAVE
MADE OFF WITH FILLED POCKETS
EVERY TIME NO NOW THIS IS THE
RIGHT MOMENT OF THIS POTENTIAL
CRISIS. AUSTERITY SEEMS TO BE
THE ONLY ANSWER. THIS IS NOT
TRUE. IT IS NOT RIGHT. THE LAST
FEW YEARS OF HARDSHIP THAT NOW
WE HAVE TO LOSE THE THINGS THAT
MADE IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE THROUG
THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. LIKE
FUNDING AFFORDABLE HOUSE,
EVICTION PREVENTION AND FULLY
ADJUSTED RAISES. $140MILLION IS
SMALL POTATOES FOR BIG BUSINESS
LIKE AMAZON. THE SOLUTION IS
RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US. IT I
OBVIOUS. VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET. NOT THE AUSTERITY
BUDGETS. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE T
ADD ON THIS HAS BEEN SECONDED,
THAT AT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
TO FUND THE NORTHWEST AFRICAN
AMERICAN MUSEUM'S REOPENING BY
REDUCING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ADVERTISING BUDGET T
CLEAN GROWN PROGRAM TO DELIVER
FRESH VEGETABLES TO LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU.
>>> WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT 10
REMOTE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. AND THE
FIRST PERSON UP IS TOM, WHO WIL
BE FOLLOWED BY CAMILLE.
>>>
>>> THANKS AGAIN FOR BEARING
WITH ME.
>> GO AHEAD, TOM.
>> HI, I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
CENTER FOUNDATION. I SPEAK TODA
IN SUPPORT OF MEMORIAL STADIUM.
AND I SEE IT AS A HISTORIC
MOMENT FOR SEATTLE SCHOOLS AND
THE CITY OF SEATTLE COMING
TOGETHER AFTER DECADES TO GET T
THE POINT OF INVESTING IN THIS
PLATFORM FOR HOW OUR CITY COMES
TOGETHER NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND BEING
ADISTRICTS, ARTS AND CULTURE AN
CIVIC EVENTS, BUT ALSO MUSIC AN
OF COURSE OUT DOOR FILM. AND I
JUST WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
THE CITY COUNCIL TO INVEST FULL
IN BRINGING OUR CITY TOGETHER
AND HELP BRING LIFE INTO
MEMORIAL STADIUM. I THANK SO
MUCH FOR ALL THE TIME ENERGY
PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED SO FAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAMILLE
FOLLOWED BY KELLY.
>>> GM, MY NAME IS MEL. I WORK
AT REAL CHANGE. I AM A STUDENT
AND A UNION MEMBER AS WELL AS A
LIFE LONG SEATTLEITE LIVING WIT
MY PARENTS AT 28 BECAUSE IT IS
MY ONLY AFFORDABLE OPTION. I AM
CALLING IN TODAY TO SUPPORT THE
MUNICIPAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATIO
TEAM. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTAN
THAT WE INVEST IN OUR FRONT LOI
WORKERS. THIS MEANS INVESTING I
THEM BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THE
CITY. MY LIFE LONG FRIENDS WHO
ARE FRONT LINE WORKERS IN
GROCERY STORES, HOSPITALS AND
SCHOOLS, EITHER LIVE WITH FAMIL
OR SPEND WELL OVER 40% OF THEIR
INCOME IN RENT EVERY MONTH. THE
HAVE NEVER HAD ACCESS TO LOW
INCOME HOUSING. THEY ARE FORCED
TO GO INTO THE PRIVATE MARKET
THAT IS WELL OUT OF THEIR
CAPACITY.
>>> WE NEED A MODEL OF HOUSING
THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY TO STAY IN THE CITY
WITHOUT THE ANXIETY OF NOT BEIN
ABLE TO MAKE RENT. WE NEED A
MODEL TO BE A SUCCESSFUL WAY TO
BRING THE ENTIRE WORK FORCE INT
AFFORDABILITY. THE MUNICIPAL
HOUSING ADMINISTRATION TEAM IS
THE FIRST STEP IN MAKING SEATTL
A CITY WHERE THE PELL BEING AND
BASIC NEEDS OF ALL WORKERS ARE
PRIORITIZED. WE CAN'T WAIT TO D
THE MORAL THING. WE CANNOT WAIT
UNTIL IT IS FEASIBLE TO DO
SOMETHING NEW. WE NEED TO DO IT
NOW. MORE AND MORE WORKING
PEOPLE ARE BEING PUSHED OUT OF
SEATTLE. I AM ASKING YOU NOT TO
WAIT TO GIVE THIS ASK A CHANCE.
THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE OUR CRISI
IS TO BE CREATIVE AND LOOK
BEYOND THE STATUS QUO AND
MUNICIPAL HOUSING AND
ADMINISTRATION TEAM IS THE WAY
TO DO THIS. THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KELLY. FOLLOWED BY JACOB.
>>> HI, GOOD MORNING, MY NAME I
KELLY. I AM THE OWNER OF THE
WORK SEATTLE. WE PROVIDE HANDS
ON EXPERIENCES THROUGH BOTH IN
PERSON CLASSES IN OUR PIONEER
SQUARE STOREFRONT AS WELL AS
KITS WE SHIP NATIONWIDE. I AM
HERE TO COMMENT TODAY TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT REDUCE
FUNDING FOR THE COMMERCIAL
ABILITY SORRY COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY. THE COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM IS
IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT HAS
REALLY HELPED OUR SMALL WOMEN
OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS
DRIVE BY REMOVING BARRIERS,
SPECIFICALLY THE PROGRAM HAS
CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US T
EXPAND OUR STOREFRONT INTO
PRESIDENT OBAMA RETAIL SPACE AN
PIONEER SQUARE. WE HAVE LEARNED
SO MUCH THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO INVEST OUR DOLLARS
IN HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO
HELP US GROW. WHICH HAS BEEN
HUGE. SO WE SURELY COULD IN THE
BE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING TODA
WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM. AND HAVIN
THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY THROUGH
THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMMING IS SO
ESSENTIAL TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
THINK ACROSS SEATTLE. AS WE ARE
CONTINUING TO REBOUND FROM THE
COVID PANDEMIC. AND NOT JUST TO
HAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
SURVIVING BUT TO REALLY SEE THE
THRIVING. I WANTED TO COMMENT
SMALL BUSINESSES IN SEATTLE NEE
YOUR SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER
AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAMMING TO CONTINUE TO IN
VOTE IN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU.
>>> IS IT.
>>> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JAKE TO BE SHEER.
>>> I'M AN ORGANIZER IN THE REA
CHANGE AS WELL AS A RANK AND
FILE MEMBER OF 9. AND I'M URGIN
ALL COUNCIL MEMBER TO INCLUDE
THE AMENDMENT TO CREATE BUILDIN
AND ACQUIRING SOCIAL HOUSING
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE. SOCIAL HOUS
ASKING PROVEN TO CREATE
EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE CITIES
AND MAKING AN EFFORT TO FUND IT
WOULD BE ABLATE TAN REFUSAL BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS ON HOMELESSNESS
AND AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE. W
CAN ACCEPT A STATUS QUO OF
SEATTLE. AND DISPLACEMENT IN A
CITY THAT IS ONLY REALLY
AVAILABLE TO THE WEALTHY.
>>> IT IS VERY CLEAR OUR CURREN
APPROACH IS NOT ENOUGH. AND
THERE IS NO REASON OR EXCUSE FO
NOT TRYING MODELS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
INCLUDING HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES. SO I URGE ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO INCLUDE COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES'S AMENDMENTS TO
CREATE HOUSING ADMINISTRATION I
THE BUDGET. THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
>>> GOOD MORNING. I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 1 IN NORTH ADMIRAL. I'
CALLING IN, IN GENERAL SUPPORT
OF THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET. BUT I
SPECIFICALLY WANT TO URGE THE
COUNCIL TO KEEP PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OUT OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS NOTED WHE
IT FIRST MOVED, KEEPING PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OUT OF SPD WOULD
REDUCE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN
RESIDENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS TO
TREATMENT LINE COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE OFFICERS WHO ISSUE
PARKING TICKETS AND THE
TRANSPORTATION DIVISION
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING HAZARDOU
PARKING AREAS. SO THIS MOVES TH
DEPARTMENT CLOSER TO FOCUSING O
SAFETY OF ALL RESIDENTS VERSUS
PURELY TUNE PUNITIVE FOCUS.
>> AND USING PUNITIVE
ENFORCEMENT AS OUR FIRST TOOL T
ADDRESS PARKING PROBLEMS IS
INEFFECTIVE IN REACHING REAL,
LONG LASTING SOLUTIONS, AND IS
INEQUITABLE AND UNJUST.
>>> AND I THANK MY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD FOR HER HELP ON
THIS AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
VOTE NO ON COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT THAT WOULD
RETURN PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS TO SPD. POLICE LET'S
KEEP WORKING TO MOVE ALL
CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS OUT OF SPD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JOE RILEY AND ALICE.
>>> GOOD MORNING, HAPPY BUDGET
VOTING DAY. I'M ALICE LOCKHART
AND I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
SPREADSHEET MANAGEMENT FOR
VALIDATE BUDGET. BUT EVEN IN
THAT DRY WORK SOME BUDGET ITEMS
REALLY RESONATE. ONE OF THESE I
WAS HOUSE. A RELATIVELY SMALL
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I CHECKS S
MANY BOXES CLOSE TO MY HEART AN
I HOPE CLOSE TO YOURS. IT HELPS
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND WHILE
THAT THE DAMAGING COMMUNITY
INITIATE, COLLABORATION BETWEEN
COMMUNITY AND AN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDER AND IT WILL
PRESERVE A GREAT MUSICAL
TRADITION AND PROVIDE WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS. AND IT
INVESTS IN COMMUNITY NOT
POLICING. I THINK IF YOU ALL
HOLD THESE SAME PRINCIPLES IN
MIND WHILE VOTING ACROSS ALL
AMENDMENTS, WE'LL HAVE A GREAT
BUDGET.
>>> TO MORE SPECIFICS WE
CERTAINLY NEED MOREHOUSEING LIK
YAZOO HOUSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY
PLEASE VOTE TO FUND THE
MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROGRAM THAT
WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ALL NEED
THAT TO THRIVE AND PLEASE ALSO
VOTE FOR PROTECTED BIKE LANES I
D9. IDEALLY WE'D FUND ALL ACTIV
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, BUT I URG
YOU TO FOR SURE VOTE FOR THIS
ONE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HASN'T
GOTTEN ITS SHARE OF BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE. IT WILL SAVE
LIVES, PROMOTE CLIMATE FRIENDLY
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION TO AS
FOR THE SAME RELATIVELY
BENEFICIAL CHANGES. THANK YOU.
>>> HOWARD AND JULIA.
>>> GOOD MORNING, HOWARD WITH
SEATTLE STOP. TWO YEARS AFTER
GEORGE FLOYD THE BUDGET THE
COUNCIL IS NOW CONSIDERING STIL
PROPOSES MORE MONEY FOR THE
POLICE AND WASTES OVER $11
MILLION ON A POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT STIL
HAS POLICE INVESTIGATING POLICE
AND DENIES VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE ANY SEMBLANCE OF
JUSTICE ACCOUNT BILL OR EVEN TH
RIGHT OF APPEAL WHEN OUR ACCOUN
BUILT SYSTEM RULES IN FAVOR OF
THE POLICE. FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN OVER 5 YEARS, YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR A SMALL
IMPROVEMENT TO OUR POLICE
ACCOUNT BUILT SYSTEM THAT HAS
SYSTEMATICALLY FAILED THOSE MOS
SEVERELY IMPACTED BY POLICE
VIOLENCE. THIS IS A SMALL BUT
IMPORTANT STEP IN A MEAL RATING
THE MOST SEVERE HARMS THAT
RESULT FROM SEATTLE'S TRAINING.
WILL START A PROCESS FOR
SUPPORTING FAMILIES IMPACTED BY
POLICE VIOLENCE, AND INVESTIGAT
CREATING AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR
WHEN THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY FINDS IN FAVOR O
THE POLICE. THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT IS A MORAL AND
PRACTICAL STATEMENT THAT OFFERS
A GLIMMER OF HOPE AFTER A DECAD
OF FAILED PROMISES. THANK YOU T
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR MEETING WIT
IMPACTED FAMILY MEMBERS, AND
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. I
HOPE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL
ENTHUSIASTICALLY VOTE IN FAVOR
OF TODAY AND SUPPORT REMOVING
THE MONIES FOR FAILED
TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU.
>>>TY OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
>>> I'M A RANK AND FILE MEMBER
OF UA W 4191 AND A RENTER IN
DISTRICT 6. I'M URGING THE CITY
COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON THE
PROPOSAL FROM THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET MOVEMENT. TO INCREASE TH
AMAZON TAX TO PAY FOR THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS AFFECTING
SEATTLE'S BUDGET. IF THE CITY
COUNCIL DEMOCRATS SAY THEN TO
PREVENT AUSTERITY IN CUTS GIVEN
THE BUDGET DEFICIT, THEN ALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD EASILY
VOTE YES ON INCREASING THE
AMAZON TAX BY $140 MILLION SO
THE SUPER RICH PAY FOR THIS
CRISIS, NOT WORKING PEOPLE. YET
NOT A SINGLE OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBER HAS SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF
THIS. WHICH IS AN OUTRAGE. BIG
BUSINESS HAS MADE BILLIONS
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHILE
WORKING PEOPLE SUFFERED. WE HAD
YOU HAD USE THAT IMMENSE WEALTH
TO FUND OUR NEEDS.
>>> LAST WEEK THE MLK LABOR
COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION
URGING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
FULLY FUND ABORTIONINARY SEATTL
WHICH SHOWS WHAT IS POSSIBLE
WHEN WORKERS GET ORGANIZED AND
FIGHT FOR CLEAR DEMANDS. MY
ONION ALONG WITH OVER 100,000
UNION MEMBERS IN THE LABOR
COUNCIL ARE SUPPORTING PEOPLE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET DEMAND TO FULLY
FUND APPORTION ACCESS BY INKING
CHARLES IIIING THE AMAZON TAX.
>>> I ALSO SUPPORT CUTTING THE
POLICE ADVERTISING BUDGET TO
FUND THE NORTHWEST AFRICAN
AMERICAN MUSEUM AND FUND CLEAN
GREEN AND SUPPORT COUNCIL
MEMBER'S AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGE
REJECTING $1 MILLION IN SHOT
SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY WHICH WE KNO
IS INEFFECTIVE AND WASTEFUL AND
INSTEAD USE THAT MONEY FOR HUMA
SERVICES.
>>> THANK YOU. BACK TO YO RILEY
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
THIS IS JOE RILEY. POLICY
DIRECTOR AT SEATTLE SUBWAY. THE
MAJORITY OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCI
RECENTLY SUPPORTED THE NEED TO
FUTURE PROOF SOUND TRANSIT 3 FO
SOUND TRANSIT 4 EXPANSION AND
NOW AS FOLLOWS: , WE URGE
COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THEIR STRON
SUPPORT IN TODAYEE COUNCIL
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
FOR SDOT. A SMART REQUEST TO
QUOTE DEVELOP A MAP FOR
EXPANSION OF HIGH CAPACITY
TRANSIT, INCLUDING FUTURE
EXPANSION OF THE LIGHT RAIL
NETWORK BEYOND SOUND TRANSIT 3
IN THE NEW TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS EXPANSION MAP IS NECESSARY
FOR SEATTLE TO GUIDE SOUND
TRANSIT'S FUTURE EXPANSION. IF
SDOT DOES NOT PRIORITIZE THIS
MAP, SEVERAL OF SEATTLE'S
HIGHEST DENSITIES OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING LOCATED IN HIGH EQUITY
PRIORITY AREAS WILL NEVER
RECEIVE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS IN
THE FUTURE. THANK YOU, AND
PORTFOLIOS SUPPORT THE CREATION
OF THIS RAIL CORRIDOR EXPANSION
MAP.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JESS.
>>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND
STAFF. I'M WITH 350 SEATTLE.
>>> WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE CITY
COUNCIL IN STEP WITH THE
COMMUNITY LED GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BARRED WITH FOUNDING
FOR INDIGENOUS PROJECTS,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND AND
ROBUST COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
STUDY AND WE URGE YOU TO INVEST
IN A SEATTLE WHERE EVERYONE CAN
GET AROUND SAFELY WITHOUT A CAR
>>> FOR YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN
RIDING MY BIKE IN SEATTLE. IT I
FREE, FUN AND USUALLY FASTER
THAN DRIVING. BUT IT CAN ALSO B
REALLY DANGEROUS. DESPITE BEING
WELL-LIT AND ALWAYS FOLLOWING
TRAFFIC RULES, I HAVE HAD CARS
ALMOST HIT ME MORE TIMES THAN I
CAN COUNT. AND TOO MANY FRIENDS
WHO HAVE HAD BROKEN BONES, HEAD
TRAUMA AND CHRONIC TRAIN BECAUS
OF CARELESS CARS. I LIVE IN
GROWN LAKE AND WHEN THE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES WENT IN, I
WAS TRANSFORMATIVE. THERE ARE S
MANY MORE PARENTS WITH KIDS,
ELDERS, PEOPLE OF ALL SHAPES AN
SIZES OUT BIKING. PROTECTED BIK
LANES YOU DON'T HAVE TO RISK
YOUR LIFE AND THE DATA SHOWS TH
NUMBER ONE THING TO INCREASE
CYCLIST SAFETY ON THE ROAD IS
MOTORCYCLISTS FEELING THEY CAN
BE SAFE ON THE ROAD. BUT SALE'S
INVESTMENTS IN BIKE LANES HAVE
BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY
CONTINUES TRADE-IN BITER,
WEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE
MINE. THAT POLICY CHOICE IS
KILLING PEOPLE IN SOUTH SEATTLE
THAT IS WHY 350 SEATTLE YOU
REMEMBER YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES'S AMENDMENT.
LET'S PAY FOR THIS BY
ELIMINATING 80 VACANT UNFILLED
SPD POSITIONS. PRIORITIZING
SAFE, AFFORDABLE LOW CARBON
TRANSPORTATION OVER A BLOATED
UNACCOUNTABLE POLICE BUDGET.
>>> THANK YOU THE IN PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>>> MY NAME IS MARCO. I LIVE AN
WORK ON FIRST HILL AND I'M HERE
TO URGE ALL COUNCIL DEMOCRATS T
VOTE YES ON THE PROPOSAL TO
RAISE THE AMAZON TAX BY $140
MILLION PUT FORWARD BY OUR
POEM'S BUDGET MOVEMENT AND BY
COUNCIL MEMBER. WE ARE BEING
SQUEEZED AT THE PUMPS AND
SKYROCKETING RENTS. THIS WEEK O
ALL WEEKS, WHILE WE TRY TO MAKE
TIME WITH OUR LOVED ONES FOR TH
HOLIDAY. THESE EXTREME PRESSURE
ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY BUT THEY STING
PARTICULARLY SHARPLY HERE IN
SEATTLE WHERE WE HAVE THE SECON
LARGEST AMOUNT OF BILLIONAIRE
WEALTH IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE
IS ALWAYS MONEY TO BE THROWN AT
THE S FDA.
>>> I STRONG I DISAGREE WHAT
DEMOCRATS ARE PREPARING TO VOTE
ON IS ANYTHING BUT AN AUSTERITY
BUDGET. AND THAT THERE IS NO
REAL CHOICE TO BE MADE. WE NEED
TO BE DEMANDING THAT BIG
BUSINESS AND DEVELOPERS WHO
PROFITED GROSSLY BAY FOR THIS
CRISIS, NOT WORKING PEOPLE ON
THE RECEIVING ENDS. IF WE SAY
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH REVENUE WHA
THAT MEANS IS THAT DEMOCRATS
WERE NOT WILLING TO MAKE BIG
BUSINESS PAY AND I THINK IT IS
SUPER DISHONEST TO TALK ABOUT
THERE NOT BEING ENOUGH MONEY FO
ALL THESE BIG IDEAS IN THIS
CONTEXT. SO I YOU REMEMBER YOU
TO MAKE BIG BUSINESS PAY FOR
THIS CRISIS NOT ORDINARY PEOPLE
>>> LUCAS.
>> HELLO, I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE
FOR THE DEMAND THAT THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL PORT THE CAMPAIGN
BY RAISING THE AMAZON TAX BY
$140 MILLION. MOREOVER, I URGE
THE COUNCIL VOTE YES ON THE
AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT FREE
ABORTION ACCESS FOR ALL. RIGHT
NOW ABORTION ACCESS HAS BEEN
ENDANGERED CUE TO THE SUPREME
COURT'S APPEALING OF ROE V. WAD
AND ALTHOUGH SEATTLE IS
CONSIDERED AN ABORTION SANCTUAR
CITY, IT IS VITAL THE CITY
COUNCIL CONTINUES TO TAKE MORE
ROBUST ACTION ON SUCH MATTERS
IMMEDIATELY.
>>> IT IS ESTIMATED IT WOULD
COST ONLY A FEW MILLION DOLLARS
A YEAR TO FUND EVERY ABORTION I
SEATTLE AND THIS WOULD BE LESS
THAN 1% OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
BUDGET AND EVEN LESS OF A
FRACTION OF THE PROFITS THAT TH
EXECUTIVES AND MAJOR
SHAREHOLDERS OF COMPANIES LIKE
AMAZON AND STARBUCKS HAVE MADE
DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE MUST
FIGHT TO INCREASE THE AMAZON TA
BY $140 MILLION TO FUND THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGETS, INCLUDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INFLATION
ADJUSTED WAGE INCREASES FOR
SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS, GROWN NEW DEAL
PROGRAMS, HOMELESS SERVICES AND
EVICTION PROTECTION AND FREE
ABORTION ACCESS FOR ALL. THANK
YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> HELLO. I'M A STUDENT
STUDYING PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON I ASK
ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOT
YES ON THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION
TO INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX BY
$140 MILLION. ANYTHING SHORT OF
THIS MEASURE WILL BE INADEQUATE
TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
SEATTLE FACES TODAY. RENTS
SKYROCKETING BEFORE INFLATION
HAVE FURTHER INCREASED IN PRICE
RESULTING IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST
HOMELESS POPULATIONS IN THE
COUNTRY. DEATHS AMONG HOMELESS
PEOPLE REMAIN AT INHUMANE
LEVELS. 8S 95% DIE TO UNNATURAL
CAUSES, INCLUDING VEHICLE
RELATED ACCIDENTS. OVERDOSES,
HOMICIDES AND SUICIDES. THE 15%
THAT DIE IN NATURAL CAUSES LIVE
SHORTER LIVES.
>>> I ALSO URGE THE CITY COUNCI
TO FUND FREE ABORTION WHICH WIL
ONLY COST $9.5 MILLION AS PART
OF THE INCREASE TO THE AMAZON
TAX. THE DEMOCRATS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN
VOTE YES ON THE PROPOSED
INCREASE TO THE PROGRESSIVE
AMAZON TAX OR YOU CAN VOTE ON A
BUDGE WHICH REDUCES REVENUES.
YOU CAN TAX BIG BUSINESS DURING
THIS PERIOD OF INFLATION OR CUT
ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR WORKING
CLASS WOMEN. THE PROFITS OF
BILLIONAIRES WILL HELP THE
WELL-BEING OF THE REST OF
SEATTLE. AMAZON AND STARBUCKS
HAVE MADE RECORD BREAKING
PROFITS DURING THIS PERIOD OF
INFLATION WHILE WAGES HAVE NOT
CAUGHT UP WITH INFLATION. VOTE
YES TO THE $140 MILLION INCREAS
TO THE AMAZON TAX.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
>>> MY NAME IS NATALIE BAILEY.
I'M A REASONTER IN DISTRICT 3.
URGE ALL DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE
COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON THE
PROPOSAL FOR THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGETS AND TO MAKE BIG BUSINES
PAY FOR THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS. I
THINK THAT I WANT TO ECHO A LOT
OF POINTS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAI
THAT I THINK THIS BUDGETS, IF I
IS GOING TO MAKE CLEAR CUTS TO
THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT
WORKING PEOPLE NEED CAN'T BE
CALLED ANYTHING BUT AN AUSTERIT
BUDGET. WORKING PEOPLE NEED LIK
THESE RENTER ORGANIZING EVICTIO
PROTECTION TINY HOMES AND OTHER
SERVICES FOR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS
LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING WORKING
PEOPLE IN THE PRESS COMMUNITIES
REALLY NEED AND TO SAY ANYTHING
ELSE IS REALLY PROPOSING AN
AUSTERITY BUDGET. DURING THE
PAN, BILLIONAIRES AND
MULTI-MILLIONAIRES MADE A HUGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY WHILE WORKING
PEOPLE SUFFERED AND NOW WE ARE
BEING FACED WITH HUGE INFLATION
AND SKYROCKETING RENTS AS OTHER
PEOPLE HAVE SAID. AND LIKE WE
DESPERATELY NEED THE $140
MILLION FROM THE AMAZON BUDGET
TAX BEING EXPANDED TO COVER
THESE SHORTFALLS AND NOT MAKE
THESE CUTS. IN ADDITION I ALSO
WANT TO ECHO OTHER PEOPLE'S
POINT RECORRECTING THE MILLION
DOLLARS IN THE SHOT SPOTTER
TECHNOLOGY. IT IS INEFFECTIVE
AND WASTEFUL AND THAT MONEY
COULD BE MUCH.
>>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JAY JONES, FOLLOWED BY
KATELYN MULL CAN.
>>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY
NAME IS JAY. STOP THE SWEEPS AN
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
>>> BECAUSE I WALKED TO CITY
HALL, I PASSED BY A SWEEP
HAPPENING JUST A BLOCK AWAY. IF
YOU LOOK OUT THESE GLISTENING
WINDOWS AT CITY HALL AT THE
FOLKS SUFFERING AT YOUR FEET, W
ACTUALLY KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS
DOWN THERE. SO I STRUGGLED TO
STAY HERE AND TALK WITH YOU
INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING PEOPLE WH
WE HAVE COME TO KNOW. HONESTLY,
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO STAND UP
AND CUT THE FUNDING. BUT I
STAYED BECAUSE THE SWEEP IS ONE
OF HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS THAT
OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE CITY EACH
YEAR. WE KNOW. WE ARE AT MOST O
THEM. LIKE ALL THOSE OTHER
SWEEPS, IT WILL DO NOTHING TO
MEANINGFUL ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
WHICH IS A FEATURE, NO THE A BU
OF ANY QUALITY INDUCED POVERTY
AND SEVERE BACK OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND OTHER NECESSARY
SERVICES IN THE CITY. INSTEAD O
ADDRESSING THIS, YOU ALL PLAN T
SPEND $38 MILLION TO REPEAT THE
CYCLE OF THROWING PEOPLE'S STUF
AWAY, AND SWEEPING THEM ALONG
UNDER THREAT OF ARREST, JUST TO
BE SWEPT AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
DEFUND SWEEPS AND END THEM
ENTIRELY. THIS INHUMANE AND
SENSELESS PRACTICE DOES NOT
BELONG IN OUR CITY AND HONESTLY
YOU ALL SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
YOURSELVES. FUND SERVICES NOT
SWEEPS.
>> I AM A U DUB GRAD STUDENT AN
I HAVE BEEN IN SEATTLE FOR A
LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
HAVE WITNESSED VIOLENCE AGAINST
UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNIT
PERPETRATED. FORCE ARE FORCIBLY
DISPLACED FROM THE ONLY SHELTER
THEY HAVE. THEIR SURVIVAL ITEMS
ARE THROWN AWAY. IT BREAKS UP
COMMUNITIES TRYING TO LIVE
TOGETHER WHILE LIVING OUTSIDE.
IT OFFERS CONGREGATE SHELTER OR
OCCASIONAL TINY HOME. AS PEOPLE
HAVE MENTIONED THIS MORNING
STARTING AT 9:00 THERE WAS AN
ENCAMPMENT SWEEP ONE STREET
OVER. I HAVE BEEN HANDING OUT
FOOD AND SUPPLIES AND GOT TO
KNOW THE FOLKS OUT THERE. IT IS
HARD TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. THE
CITY IS SET TO DIRECT 38 MILLIO
TO ITEMS THAT WILL INCREASE
SWEEPS. WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING
HOUSING SOLUTIONS? I URGE
COUNCIL TO REJECT INCREASED
FUNDING FOR UNIFIED CARE TEAM,
38 MILLION TO SWEEPS TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES' AMENDMEN
AND REDIRECT AWAY FROM POLICE
AND HOUSING AND SOCIAL HOUSING
SERVICES. WE NEED SERVICES, NOT
ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT IS ROSE KING
FOLLOWED BY JOY.
>> HI AGAIN, COUNCIL. LAST TIME
I SAT BEFORE YOU WAS NOVEMBER 8
ELECTION DAY. I TOLD YOU WHO I
WAS. A TEACHER, SERVICE
PROVIDER, DAUGHTER OF A VICTIM
OF POLICE VIOLENCE. I AND MANY
OTHERS TOLD YOU WHAT WE WANTED.
I AND MANY OTHERS WERE IGNORED
IN YOUR AMENDMENTS. AS WE GATHE
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THERE WAS A
SWEEP AT THIRD AND CHERRY. AS W
CONVENE IN A WARM BUILDING AND
EXCHANGED PLEASANTRIES THERE
WERE POLICE HARASSING FOLKS THA
WERE HUNKERED DOWN. MY HEART WA
SO TORN COMING HERE WHEN HEARTS
WERE CRYING OUT IN NEED. WE KNO
SWEEPS DESTROY BELONGINGS,
DISRUPT CONNECTIONS WITH SERVIC
PROVIDERS AND DISRUPT COMMUNITY
THESE THINGS KILL PEOPLE AND WE
KNOW THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY
COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH INCREASING
WITH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO
INCREASE BLOOD SHED ON
COLLECTIVE HANDS AS A CITY THAT
FUNDS SWEEPS. HOMELESSNESS
ITSELF IS ASSAULT ON HUMAN
RIGHTS. BY FUNDING SWEEPS WE AR
FUNDING CRUEL UNUSUAL PUNISHMEN
TO THOSE WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE
ALREADY BEING VIOLATED. I WILL
DO THE POLITICAL THING AND
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS THAT FAL
CLOSEST TO WHAT I WANT. I
SUPPORT MUNICIPAL SOCIAL HOUSIN
COMMITMENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NEXT.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JOY FOLLOWED BY KATHY DUNN.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM JOY
RANDALL. THIS MORNING I WAS AT
TWO AREAS WHERE CITY IS FAILING
VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED
RESIDENTS. ONE WAS AN AREA WHER
CERTAIN PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IS HARASSING AND
THREATENING THOSE LIVING IN RVs
I WAS TOLD TODAY THIS PEO IS
USING A TAPED HAMMER TO KNOCK O
WINDOWS. THESE RESIDENTS HAVE N
PLACE TO GO. THEIR TIME IS
FILLED WITH SCRAMBLING TO MOVE
EVERY FEW DAYS FILLED WITH
STRESS AND FEAR THEIR HOMES WIL
BE TOWED. RIGHT AFTERWARDS ON M
WAY HERE, THERE WAS A SURPRISE
SWEEP DOWN THE STREET AT THIRD
AND CHERRY AS YOU HAVE ALREADY
HEARD. I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES STOPPING
AND AT LEAST ASKING QUESTIONS T
THE PARK SUPERVISOR. PEOPLE WHO
ARE BEING FAILED BY THE CITY
THAT IS FOCUSING ON -- NOT
FOCUSING ON SERVICES BUT SWEEPS
PUSHING PEOPLE FROM STREET TO
STREET IS A TRAVESTY. THE TRAUM
AND HARM SWEEPS IMPOSE WHEN
PEOPLE ARE OFFERED MINIMAL
RESOURCES YOU CANNOT IGNORE. IN
ADDITION TO THIS DEHUMANIZING
EXPERIENCE THE OFFICER SLAPPED
TICKETS ON TO VEHICLES AS THEY
ROLL OUT FROM THE SWEEP ZONE. I
HAVE WITNESSED PEOs EVEN TICKET
ONE PERSON WHO WAS TRYING TO
HELP AND JUMP START SOMEONE'S R
SO THEY WOULD NOT GET TOWED. IT
WASN'T A SPOT THAT WAS A
RIGHT-OF-WAY OR EVEN TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE JUST ABUSING THEIR POWE
AND HARASSING PEOPLE. IT IS
DEHUMANIZING, CRIMINALIZING, AN
I.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS KATHY DUN
FOLLOWED BY CORTEZ JONES.
>> I AM KATHY DUNN. THERE IS A
BLOOD BATH ON OUR STREETS.
YESTERDAY A WOMAN DIED IN THE
WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION. SHE WAS
WALKING HER DOG. SHE'S 83 YEARS
OLD. SHE WAS HIT SATURDAY AND
PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. I COULD
HAVE BEEN THAT WOMAN. I CROSS I
THE SAME PLACE WHERE SHE
CROSSES. THERE IS A VERY UNSAFE
FIVE WAY INTERSECTION THAT'S
DESIGNED STRICTLY FOR CARS. AT
OUR AGE, WE HAVE REDUCED
REFLEXES AND ABILITY TO JUDGE
DISTANCES, EYESIGHT PROBLEMS,
INABILITY TO WALK FAST. THIS
MORNING A PERSON DIED ON AURORA
THAT'S NUMBER NINE IN TWO MONTH
ON AURORA, KILLED BY A VEHICLE.
PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE ON OUR
STREETS AND THEY'RE GOING OUT
AND DOING GORILLA CROSS WALKS
WHICH ARE IMMEDIATELY ERASED BY
S DOT AND THEY SAY THAT THERE I
FALSE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY.
SOMEBODY WENT OUT THERE AND
WROTE THE TEXT ON THAT CROSS
WALK AND WROTE THERE IS A FALSE
PERCEPTION OF SAFETY IF YOU
CROSS HERE. SO WE NEED AN
INCREASE IN S DOT BUDGET FOR
SAFETY, STREET SAFETY, AND
IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT 2
ESPECIALLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I SUPPORT THOSE AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS CORTEZ
JONES .
>> THE ABILITY TO EXPAND. I WAN
TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF TH
ABILITY TO EXPAND. WHAT I WOULD
LIKE TO FUND IS A NEW PROGRAM
CALLED CORE RESOURCES TO TRY TO
TACKLE HUMAN RESOURCE ACT. HUMA
RESOURCE ACT LITERALLY DEPRIVES
US EVERY DAY. THE ONLY REASON W
SEE PEOPLE OUTSIDE SMOKING BLUE
IN FRONT OF COMPANIES AND
BUSINESSES IS BECAUSE OF OUR
LACK OF ABILITY TO EXPAND. I
WOULD LIKE TO GO TO PLACES LIKE
APPLE, AMAZON, AND ASK FOR THE
ABILITY TO EXPAND. YOUR COMPANY
HAS HAD THE ABILITY TO EXPAND.
WHAT ABOUT US? WHY DO WE NOT
HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPAND? I
HAVE ACTUALLY WANTED TO FOCUS O
HUMAN RESOURCES AS WAY TO
DISCUSS DEPRIVATION. WHY DISCUS
DEPRIVATION AND KEEP ASKING,
KEEP ASKING FOR FUNDING ALL THE
TIME FROM THESE COMPANIES? I
WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE
ABILITY TO EXPAND. CORE
RESOURCES IS A PROGRAM THAT
ACTUALLY FUNDS THAT, THE ABILIT
TO EXPAND. HOW DO YOU HAVE HUMA
RESOURCES AND THERE IS NOT
ENOUGH WORKERS OUT HERE TO
ACTUALLY GIVE US THE ABILITY TO
EXPAND? APPLE, AMAZON, ALL THES
COMPANIES WOULD LIKE CLEAN
STREETS AS WELL. I AM ASKING YO
GUYS TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO
EXPAND CORE RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE
BACK TO THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS AND THE FIRST PERSON
UP IS JIM BURN THAL.
>> I AM LOOKING AT THE REMAININ
TIME. WE HAVE ABOUT 25 PEOPLE
LEFT TO SPEAK ON THE ONLINE
FORM. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL
BE ASKING FOLKS TO DO ONE MINUT
SO WE CAN HEAR EVERYBODY BEFORE
THE 11:30 DEADLINE. ONE MINUTE
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANKS.
ALWAYS SEND THE REMAINDER AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> HI. MY NAME IS JIM BURNTHAL.
I AM LONGTERM RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 2, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES'. I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE BUDGET AND
AMENDMENT FOR FUNDING MUNICIPAL
HOUSING PROGRAM. I SEE IT ALL
AROUND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. RENT
ARE SKY ROCKETING, LANDLORDS
ALLOWING MORE VACANT IN ORDER T
CHARGE HIGHER RENTS. WE NEED TO
INCREASE AMOUNT OF PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY CREATING
PUBLICLY OWNED PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CITY COUNCI
NEEDS TO CREATE MUNICIPAL
HOUSING PROGRAM AND FUND GREEN
BUILDING CERTIFICATION, GREEN
BUILDING APPRENTICESHIPS. I WAN
TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL
MORALES' AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT
HELPS AVOID EVICTIONS AND
HOMELESSNESS. IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
STAY IN THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS CASTILE
HIGHTOWER FOLLOWED BY ACACIA
COURSON.
>> IN 2020 WE SAW MASS MOVEMENT
ERUPT ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLIN
FOR END TO POLICE VIOLENCE AND
JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AS THOUSAND
OF PEACEFUL PROTESTERS FILLED
THE STREETS. THEY THEMSELVES
BECAME VICTIMS OF POLICE
BRUTALITY AND LIKE MANY FAMILIE
FORCED TO DEAL WITH A HOSTILE
SYSTEM, CREATING ANOTHER LAYER
OF BUREAUCRATIC TRAUMA AND
FIGHTING FOR INJUSTICE. WE ARE
ONLY GIVEN A BROKEN
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND HASH
TAGS. VIOLENCE CONTINUES. THE
TIME IS OVERDUE CREATING AN
OFFICE INDEPENDENT OF POLICE,
HOLDING THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE FO
THE HARM ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
THANK YOU FOR THE AFFECTED
PERSON'S PROGRAM AND THANK YOU
FOR PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY
SUPPORTING THIS. IT IS A VITAL
STEP IN ADDRESSING CONTINUED
HARM THAT HAS BEEN PERPETUATED.
I SUPPORT 141SPD904.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS ACACIA
COURSON FOLLOWED BY BJ LOWS.
>> HELLO. THIS IS PART SEATTLE
SOURCE COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM ON REDUCING FUNDS FOR
SAID PROGRAM BY 1.5 MILLION.
OPENING A BRICK AND MORTAR STOR
FRONT WAS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR
GOALS BUT IT WAS OUT OF REACH.
WE STARTED WORKING WITH SEATTLE
RESTORE AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
TEAM PROVIDED TO THEM WE GOT
OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN BRICK AND
MORTAR AND SAW HUGE COMMUNITY
IMPACT. SEATTLE RESTORED
PROVIDED PLATFORM TO TAKE OUR
RETAIL AND MAKE IT A COMMUNITY
BASED BUSINESS WITH OFFICE
RETAIL AS WELL. THEY'RE
INTENTIONAL WITH LOCAL SMALL
BUSINESSES. SINCE OUR OPENING
ALL BUSINESS HAS SPOKEN IN THE
COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS,
BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH ONE
ANOTHER AND SEATTLE RESTORES
COMMERCIAL.
>> THANK YOU. BJ LAST IS UP
FOLLOWED BY AUSTIN PRICE.
>> MY NAME IS BJ LAST. I SUPPOR
SOLIDARITY BUDGET. COUNCIL
SHOULD KEEP PARKING ENFORCEMENT
UNIT AND REJECT THE AMENDMENT T
MOVE BACK TO SPD. MOVING IT BAC
IS A MESS SETBACK WARDS MOVING
BACK TO A PUNITIVELY TICKETED
APPROACH INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT
WHERE IT CAN WORK ON ALTERNATIV
RESOURCES. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS' AMENDMENT WOULD GIVE
SPD 1.5 MILLION FORTISSING
CAMPAIGN AND GIVE SEATTLE PARKS
$1 MILLION FOR ANTIHOMELESSNESS
ACTIVATION PROGRAMMING.
$1MILLION TO TAKE DOWN A FENCE
AND ACTIVATE A PARK. COUNCIL
MEMBERS VOTING FOR THIS WHILE
CUTTING FUNDING FOR FOOD
SECURITY, ADA COMPLIANCE,
SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, VISION
ZERO INVESTMENT IN THE AREA THA
SEES MAJORITY OF PEDESTRIAN AND
CYCLIST ACCIDENTS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARTY
JACKSON FOLLOWED BY BRIAN
MEYERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT O
THE SEATTLE SAFETY INITIATIVE.
AM ASKING FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT OF THIS FUNDING. THIS
COLLABORATION INCLUDES URBAN
FAMILY, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF
KING COUNTY. WE HAVE PROVIDED
NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOL SAFETY.
WE HAVE PREVENTED A NUMBER OF
POTENTIAL CRITICAL INCIDENTS AN
HAVE INTERVENED AND DEESCALATED
A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS. I AM
ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR
AMENDMENTS PROVIDED BY MORALES
FOR A BEAUTIFUL SAFE PLACE FOR
YOUTH INITIATIVE. WE HAVE BEEN
OPERATING SINCE 2015 AND AS A
RESULT OF THE INTERVENTIONS IN
EACH NEIGHBORHOOD VIOLENT CRIME
HAS BEEN DOWN 30%. I AM ASKING
THAT YOU NOT SUPPORT THE
TECHNOLOGY AS IT DOES NOT RESUL
IN AND EXACERBATES
DISPROPORTIONATE POLICING OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THERE ARE
MANY CITIES THAT HAVE STOPPED
USING SHOT SPOTTER BECAUSE OF
THE INEFFECTIVENESS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS BRIAN
MEYERS FOLLOWED BY KEVIN VINCE
WON.
>> HI. MY NAME IS BRIAN MEYERS.
I OWN A SMALL BRICK AND MORTAR
STORE IN CHINATOWN INTERNATIONA
DISTRICT. I AM ASKING THAT WE D
NOT REDUCE THE COMMERCIAL
PROGRAM. MY BUSINESS AND MY
FAMILY'S BUSINESS HAS CREATED A
SMALL STORE HERE IN CHINATOWN
AND WE REALLY NEED THESE
PROGRAMS TO STAY AFLOAT. TALKIN
ABOUT EQUITY AND TALKING ABOUT
HOW BUSINESSES LIKE OUR OWN NEE
IS SURVIVE IN CHINATOWN WHILE W
HAVE AMAZON AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
COMING IN AND BEING ABLE TO
CLEAR US OUT AND MAKE IT SO WE
DON'T HAVE A HOME. WE REALLY
NEED COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY A
MUCH AS WE NEED MUSIC AND THING
LIKE THAT. WE APPRECIATE ALL
THAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS KEVIN
VINCE WON FOLLOWED BY YVETTE
DINISH.
>> I AM KEVIN, AN EDUCATOR AND
RENTER IN THE CITY. I AM URGED
TO CALL ALL TO VOTE YES ON THE
PROPOSAL OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
AND REJECTING INCREASING SO THA
THE RICHEST IN THE CITY PAY FOR
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND
RECESSION. THIS BUDGET IS A
QUESTION OF WHO PAYS. IT MUST
TAX THE RICHEST CORPORATIONS AN
NOT PUT THIS TO WORKERS. I URG
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO POSE THE
AMAZON FAIR TO INSTEAD INCREASE
AMAZON TAX BY $140 MILLION.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT ON MAKING ABORTION
ACCESS FREE FOR ALL AND MAKE
SEATTLE A TRUE SANCTUARY AREA A
SUPPORTED. AMENDMENT REJECTING
EXPENDITURE OF $1 MILLION FOR
SHOTS FIRED TECH.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS YVETTE
DINISH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE COLOR GIRLS
GARDEN CLUB. WE FEED THE
COMMUNITY TWICE A WEEK. I GET
APPROACHED A LOT FOR AFTER
SCHOOL SNACKS FOR IMPOVERISHED
DISTRICTS. THERE IS A COALITION
ALREADY COLLABORATING TO
DISTRIBUTE FUNDS EVENLY. ALSO I
AM HOPING THERE IS FUNDING FOR
SPD EMT PROGRAM. EVIDENTLY IT
SAVES LIVES AND THAT'S A GREAT
THING. I AGREE TO KEEP LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD OPEN AND
ALSO AGREE WITH REVEREND WALDEN
ON THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER
ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN FUNDINGS AR
GRANTED TO SOME ORGANIZATIONS
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT
THEY SAY THEY'RE DOING. JUST
SAYING. TWO QUESTIONS. WHATEVER
HAPPENED ON THE PONTO BIKES?
ALSO WHAT HAPPENED TO COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICES? THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING AND KEEP UP WITH THE
GOOD WORK.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS PENNY O
GRADY FOLLOWED BY TOMACINA
SCHMIDT.
>> HELLO. I SUPPORT THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET. PLEASE VOTE
TO CREATE MUNICIPAL AFFORDABLE
SOCIAL HOUSING AND VOTE TO
AGGREGATE POSITIONS, FUNDING
PRIORITIES TOO OFTEN HAVE LIFE
OR DEATH CONSEQUENCES FOR
PEOPLE. PRIORITIES ALSO HAVE
HEALTH SAFETY AESTHETIC ECONOMI
AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS FOR
EVERYONE, INVESTING ENOUGH IN
SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GET
AT THE ROOTED OF PROBLEMS IS
WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THIS MOMENT
IF WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A CIT
THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE RATHER
THAN INVESTMENTS THAT
ESSENTIALLY GROW PROBLEMS BY
CREATING MORE TRAUMA SUCH AS
SWEEPS. SEATTLE REMAINS
DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN SPIT
OF ALL WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH. WE
HAVE A SMALLER SPD THAN IN EARL
2020. WE STILL HAVE FAR TO GO T
BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE CARING
EQUITABLE CITY. I PROPOSE THE
CURRENT REALITY THAT LESS
POLICING IS GOOD AND RIGHT FOR
SEATTLE. VOTE TO ADVOCATE TODAY
STOP HURTING PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS THOMAS
SCHMIDT AND CHAIRMAN NOBODY
SIGNED UP IN PERSON, SO WE'LL
CONTINUE.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. WE ARE A
LOCAL NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CRIME
PREVENTION. I AM ASKING FOR
SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT TO RESTOR
FUNDING TO SAFE COMMUNITIES
CONTRACT AND ADD INFLATIONARY
PARITY TO OUR RAINIER BEACH.
THERE IS A PROPOSED SECOND CUT
TO OUR BUDGET BY 167,000. THIS
IS DEEPER THAN THE FIRST THROUG
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. OUR BUDGET
WILL BE REDUCED TO 221,000.
THAT'S MORE THAN HALF OF CURREN
BUDGET. SECOND WOULD COMPLETELY
CUT OUR PROGRAM AND STAFF. I
KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HAVING
TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS .
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS ROBIN THOMPSON
FOLLOWED BY VALERIE SLOENWRIT.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
ROBIN THOMPSON. I AM A RENTER I
DISTRICT 2 SPEAKING IN SUPPORT
OF THE PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY
BUDGET. I URGE MY DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBER AND OTHERS TO VOT
YES ON THE PROPOSAL FOR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO PAY FOR
CRISIS FUND ABORTION AND SUPPOR
WORKING PEOPLE, REJECT AUSTERIT
BUDGET. DO NOT DRAW ANY AWAY
FROM HUMAN SERVICES FUNDS AND
PLEASE BACK APPROVED FUNDING FO
PROVIDE FREE HEALTHY FOOD FOR
LOW INCOME PEOPLE. FUND
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHE
AREAS ARE GOING TOWARDS ERASEUR
OF ACTUAL CITY. THE CITY FOODS
TO WORK TOWARDS EQUITY AND HAS
LONG WAYS TO GO. FUND CLEAN
GREENS. DO NOT GIVE MORE TO SPD
PLEASE STOP HOMELESS SWEEPS,
FUND ACTUAL SOLUTIONS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EMERGENCY
SHELTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
ITEM 132 ADDS $50,000 TO EXAMIN
CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PERSONS
PROGRAM, ATP, SMALL BUDGET ITEM
THAT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY. IT
WOULD CONVENE TO LOOK AT ALL TH
ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM TO OFFER
ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AND
SRVIVORS IN CASES WHERE PEOPLE
USE FORCE OR VIOLENCE UNDER
INVESTIGATION. THIS SHOULD BE
INDEPENDENT FROM THE CITY POLIC
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND SHOUL
EXAMINE RIGHT OF APPEAL FOR OPA
FINDINGS. FAMILIES AND SURVIVOR
EVER POLICE VIOLENCE ARE LARGEL
IGNORED BY OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM BUT EVERY DEATH OR INJUR
HAS DEVASTATING RIPPLE AFFECT
RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS ESSENTIA
TO TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY SO PLEAS
APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR AFFECTED
PERSON'S PROGRAM AND SUPPORT
ITEM 141 REUNION MOVING $1
MILLION A YEAR FROM POLICE
BUDGET. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS TORRES
FOLLOWED BY JONES.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM SPEAKING
ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION. I A
HERE TO SHARE APPRECIATION FOR
ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
SUPPORTED PRESERVING FULL
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACT.
ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND FOR SPEAKING AT TH
RALLY. WE WERE DISAPPOINTED TO
SEE THAT ADVOCACY TO SURVIVORS
OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE WERE
NOT FUNDED. SURVIVORS ARE STILL
SURVIVING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVOCATE FOR NEEDS OF SURVIVORS
AND MORE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FO
WORK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKIN
WITH YOU TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR
YOUR EFFORT IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS AND FOR THE TIME TO
SPEAK TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS RICOLE JONES FOLLOWED BY
REVEREND ROBERT JEFFERY.
>> HELLO. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT
AND SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE
MAYOR'S INCLUSION OF THE BUDGET
FOR SESI FUNDING. WE APPRECIATE
THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT BUT WE
ARE ASKING COUNCIL AT THIS POIN
TO PLEASE PUT IN PLACE THE
AMENDMENT FOR INFLATIONARY
PARITY. BUSINESS COMMITTEE
SAFETY THAT'S BEEN EXECUTED BY
SERIES EVER COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS AND WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS
TO THE TUNE OF REDUCTION OF
CRIME, AREA OF 30%. WE ARE
SEEING IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE
ARE ASKING THAT THE, NOT THE
CITY BUDGETING, THESE ARE
INACCURATE AND MAY HAVE BEEN A
PROBLEM FOR OTHER CITIES AND
THEY REMOVED IT. DON'T PUT
SOMETHING IN PLACE WE END UP
HAVING TO TAKE AWAY. THANK YOU.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL READ PEOPL
SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO CALL IN BEFORE
PUBLIC COMMENT ENDS. FAY, PRICE
JONES, STEVE WILLIAMS, MICHAEL
MILINI, SCOTT, RICHARD FINALLY
>> MY NAME IS ROBERT JEFFERY.
>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND. WE ALSO
HAVE STEVE WILLIAMS, MICHAEL
MILINI, SCOTT, RICHARD FINALLY.
>> HI. MY NAME IS ROBERT
JEFFERY. I AM SENIOR PASTOR AND
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BUDGET
AMENDMENT, PEOPLE'S BUDGET AND
SAY YES TO THE INCREASE IN THE
AMAZON TAX. I ALSO WANT TO
SUPPORT WOMEN IN BLACK AND
SUPPORT END TO THE SWEEPS THAT
DISPLACE AND CRIMINALIZE POOR
RESIDENTS GIVING ASSISTANCE TO
THOSE IN DESPERATE NEED. I HAVE
ALSO AM CALLING SUPPORT OF THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN'S GYM NOR TO
AFRICAN AMERICAN EXAM WHICH IS
DOING TREMENDOUS JOB IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND ALSO IN SUPPORT O
WHICH HAS CREATED RAINBOW YOUTH
FORUM THIS YEAR TO TEACH YOUTH
ABOUT HOW TO CREATE FRESH
VEGETABLES AND GROW ACCORDING
ANTIC VEGETABLES AND TO GIVE
FOOD TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY AND A GATEWAY TO
HELPING THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY FOOD
SYSTEMS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS JAMES MIL
FOLLOWED BY ALECIA DELL VINE .
JAMES YOU MIGHT NEED TO PRESS
STAR 6.
>> GREETINGS. I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE BACKGROUND NOISE. I AM AT
THE AIRPORT BUT DIDN'T WANT TO
MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I
AM ACCOUNTSIC TOUCH DIRECTOR OF
THIRD STONE. THIS IS A LOCAL
FESTIVAL BELOVED BY SEATTLE AND
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE
LAUNCHING SOMETHING VERY NEW
ADDING TRAINING FOR 17 TO
25-YEAR-OLDS FOR MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, BLACK AND BROWN,
LGBTQ AA PLUS IN IMPORTANT
CAREERS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION AS WE KNOW. THE
CREATIVE SECTOR WAS HIT HARD.
THIS WILL BE ABLE TO REVIVE THE
ECONOMY IN OUR LOVELY CITY TO
KEEP PEOPLE HAPPY, ENTERTAINED
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY EMPLOYED.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INCLUDED
100,000 TO SUPPORT THAT AND I A
GETTING IT IS REINSTATED IN YOU
RECREATION AND I HOPE IT COMES
UNDER THE UMBRELLA.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS LINESHA
FOLLOWED BY SARAH JONES.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM WITH
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM AND BOARD VOLUNTEER WITH
NEW HOME COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
INSTILL AT ALL TIMES. TO ADD
500,000 TO FUND NORTHWEST
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM'S
REOPENING AND 200,000 FOR THE
PROGRAM THAT'S CREATING A
HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS AN
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL AND BELOVE
ORGANIZATION THAT IS BUILDING
CULTURE INTERGENERATIONAL WEALT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
COMMUNITY IN INNOVATIVE,
EDUCATIONAL, IMPACTFUL WAYS.
THIS IS A CULTURAL GEM FOR
CHILDREN, ELDERS, FAMILIES,
ARTISTS AND FOR ALL. THE MUSEUM
NEEDS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REINVEST
IN THE VITAL COMMUNITY PRESENCE
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AGENDA
ITEM 183 BY FINDING A WAY TO
FULLY FUND NORTHWEST AFRICAN
AMERICAN MUSEUM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS SIERRA
JONES WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MICHAEL MELANIE.
>> HI. THIS IS SIERRA JONES. I
AM CALLING IN ON BEHALF OF MY I
WAS ABLE TO OPEN. I OPENED A
SPACE INSIDE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM THAT WAS
FUNDED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
TO ASK THAT YOU DO NOT DEFUND
THE COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM, SEATTLE RESTORE PROGRA
HAS ALLOWED ME AS A BLACK QUEER
WOMAN TO OPEN A SPACE IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE UNLIKE
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN THERE
BEFORE AND BE ABLE TO CREATE
COMMUNITY AND BRING EVENTS AND
OVER 40 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES
INTO A STORE FRONT DOWNTOWN.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS UNHEARD
OF. WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT
THROUGH THE FUNDING WE RECEIVE
FROM THE SEATTLE RESTORED
PROGRAM AND THIS TYPE OF PROGRA
REMOVED BARRIERS FOR SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS. I URGE YOU TO
NOT DEFUND OR REDUCE FUNDING FO
MERCEDES HALL AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS MICHAEL
MILLANEY.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3
CALLING IN SUPPORT FOR ITEMS IN
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET INCLUDING
KEEPING PARKING ENFORCEMENT
WITHIN S DOT. FOR THE AMENDMENT
REMOVING THE 80 GHOST COP
CONDITIONS PROPOSED. I CUT
SUPPORT TO SPD INCLUDING FOR AN
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, NEW GUNS,
RETENTION BONUSES AND SUPPORT
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE IMPROVEMENT
WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MOST. JUMP
START FUNDS SHOULD BE KEPT FOR
INTENDED USE AND I HOPE COUNCIL
WILL VOLT YES ON COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES' AMENDMENTS FOR FUNDING
FOR MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROGRAM.
SUPPORT THE PROPOSED 140 MILLIO
ADD.THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OU
SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK. THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE
WHO DIALED IN AND PROVIDED
PUBLIC COMMENT OVER OUR LAST
THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NOW
NINE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THIS
DOES ALLOW US TO MOVE ON WITH
OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. FIRS
IS THE VOTING PROCESS AND
OVERVIEW. I WANT TO THANK ALL
THE FOLKS WHO PROVIDED PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
THIS HAS INFORMED BALANCING
PACKAGE AND IT HAS INFORMED
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE PUT FORWARD FOR
TODAY'S CONSIDERATION. A QUICK
ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA AS
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL SEE THERE
ARE FOUR GROUPS. GROUP A
INCLUDES AMENDMENTS THAT ADDRES
EMERGENCY RESERVE CONTRIBUTION
ISSUE FLAGGED FOR COUNCIL LAST
WEEK. WE'LL HAVE A SECOND TO
HEAR ABOUT THAT ISSUE IN A
MOMENT. NEXT IS GROUP B WHICH I
CONSENT PACKAGE. THIS IS A
SERIES OF AMENDMENTS THAT MAKE
UP BALANCING PACKAGE RELEASED
MONDAY AND WHERE THERE WERE
MINOR CHANGES THAT WITH INITIAL
AMENDMENTS INCLUDED IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE AND THOSE WER
WERE INCLUDED IN GROUP B. IF
THERE WAS EXISTING AMENDMENT, I
WAS SWAPPED OUTS IF SIMILAR TO
ORIGINAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT
INCLUDED. IF WE RECEIVE NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT CHANGES IN
REVENUE NEEDS, SOME OF THE ITEM
WERE ADJUSTED BUT THE CONTENT O
THE BALANCING PACKAGE AS
RELEASED MONDAY IS LARGELY
REFLECTED IN GROUP B. GROUP C
INCLUDES CONSENT PACKAGE OF
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS. THESE AR
SERIES OF AMENDMENTS TO THE
PACKAGE THAT I FIND FAVORABLE O
FRIENDLY TO UNDERLYING BUDGET
AND WOULD SIGNAL ADOPTION AS
PART OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE TO
BE ADDED TO THE PACKAGE. GROUP
ARE MOSTLY RELATED TO POLICY
IDEAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN
COMMIT EYE THAT I WOULD HAVE
LIKED TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDE IN
THE CHAIR'S BALANCING PACKAGE
BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO OR THE IDEA
HAD NOT BEEN PRESENTED YET. AT
THIS POINT WE HAVE IT INTO A
CONCERT GROUP, GROUP C. GROUP D
SINGLE STAND ALONE AMENDMENTS
FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE. I WANT TO
NOTE THAT BECAUSE AN AMENDMENT
IS LISTED IN GROUP D THIS DOES
NOT INDICATE THE CHAIR DOES NOT
SUPPORT IT. I MAY BE SUPPORTING
IDEAS IN THIS LIST OF EMITS IN
ARE STAND ALONE ITEMS IN GROUP
BUT THE REASON THEY ARE LISTED
AS STAND ALONE AMENDMENTS IS
BECAUSE THEY ARE IDEAS OR
APPROACHES I BELIEVE WARRANTED
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FROM EACH
OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEI
CONSIDERATION TO INCLUDE EACH O
THESE ITEMS. SO AS IT RELATES T
GROUPS B AND C, COUNCIL MEMBERS
YOU WILL HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAF
IN A SECOND ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WANT TO REITERATE YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO PULL AN ITEM JUST TO
SPEAK TO IT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
PULL AN ITEM TO SPEAK AGAINST I
ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
ALTERNATIVE TO MAKE ITSELF
BALANCING. IT IS BETTER TO STAT
YOUR CAVEAT OR OBJECTION TO A
CERTAIN ITEM WHEN VOTING ON
OVERALL PACKAGE INSTEAD OF
PULLING IT. THE SAME IS TRUE FO
AMENDMENT ITEMS THAT YOU LIKE.
IF YOU HAVE SPONSORED AN
AMENDMENT, IF YOU ARE PROUD OF
SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN
EITHER THE GROUP B CONSENT
PACKAGE FOR BALANCING PACKAGE O
GROUP C CONSENT FOR ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION,
PLEASE CONSIDER NOT PULLING IT.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT
EACH OF THE AMENDMENTS COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT BUT
ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO PULL THOSE
OUT OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE TO
SPEAK TO IT. WE WILL HAVE PLENT
TIME TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, WHAT YO
CHAMPIONED AND FOUGHT FOR, WHAT
DROVE YOU TO WANT TO PUT THAT
FORWARD AND WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF
TIME TO THANK COMMUNITY PARTNER
THAT MAYBE YOU WORKED WITH TO
GET THOSE INCLUDED. PLEASE
CONSIDER IN A CAVEAT WHEN
CONSIDERING ITEMS IN GROUPS B
AND C. PULLING THINGS OUT MEREL
TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED IP
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A WAY TO MAK
THE CHANGES SELF BALANCING IS
DISCOURAGED AND NOT WHAT TODAY
IS FOR. AS WE GO TO GROUP A, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE TO TURN IT TO
CENTRAL STAFF. MY UNDERSTANDING
IS I DO NOT HAVE TO ASK THE
CLERK TO READ EACH OF THE ITEMS
INTO RECORD SO I WILL BE NOTING
WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
THE AMENDMENT. RIGHT NOW WE ARE
ON ITEM 2 VOTING GROUP A. THIS
IS INDIVIDUAL VOTES AND I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF T
WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS, AN
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WOUL
LIKE TO OFFER FOR CONTEXT
ORIENTATION AS WE START TO
CONSIDER THE AMENDMENTS AND ALS
I WOULD ENCOURAGE CENTRAL STAFF
IF YOU CAN, TO SHARE SOME OF TH
INFORMATION RECEIVED ABOUT
EMERGENCY FUND CONTRIBUTION AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY'S
BUDGET OFFICE, INFORMATION THAT
WE ARE LOOKING TO SOLVE FOR
TODAY ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT
GROUP A. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING FOR
THE RECORD. DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. I WILL HAND IT T
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO WALK
THROUGH THE PROCESS QUESTIONS
AND THEN I AM HAPPY TO SHARE
ABOUT EMERGENCY RESERVE AS YOU
MOVE INTO GROUP A.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I WAS GOING
TO DO SOME WALK THROUGH OF THE
PROCESS TODAY. CHAIR MOSQUEDA
COVERED THE BULK SO I WILL
QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW PIECES
TO REITERATE, SOME OF THE
PROCESS CAN BE WONKY TODAY. SO
WE WILL RETURN TO THE SLIDES AS
NEEDED JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE OF
THE PROCESS IF IT COMES UP
LATER. I WANTED TO REITERATE A
COUPLE POINTS THAT CHAIR
MOSQUEDA COVERED IN OPENING
REMARKS AND JUST NOW AS WE WERE
MOVING INTO AGENDA ITEMS. AS WE
TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY STATE
BUDGET ACT REQUIRES SEATTLE
ADOPTS BALANCED BUDGET. THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND
INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE MET
THIS REQUIREMENT AND THAT IS WH
IT IS IMPORTANT TODAY THAT WE
END THE DAY WITH ALL THE
AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSED BUDGETS
AND TO THE BALANCING PACKAGE
THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT BALANCE.
IF THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE
THERE IS AN ACTION THAT WILL
THROW OUT OF BALANCE I MAY ASK
TO RECESS SO WE CAN STRATEGIES.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK
THROUGH THE ACTIONS AND WE'LL
FLAG THEM IF THAT COMES UP. NEX
SLIDE, THESE ARE JUST THE
GROUPINGS AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA
DESCRIBED. APARTMENT AND D FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTES AND B AND C AR
ORGANIZED AS CONSENT PACKAGES.
NEXT SLIDE. THEIRS THE PROCESS
CHAIR MOSQUEDA TALKED ABOUT. YO
CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON ANY ITEM
WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE IT FOR
ADDITIONAL ACTION. IF YOU MOVE
TO REMOVE AN ITEM IT WILL BE
TAKEN UP AFTER THE VOTE ON THE
REMAINING ITEMS AND WILL BE
CONSIDERED IN ALPHA NUMERIC
ORDER. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS
REITERATING HOW YOU CAN REMOVE
CBA FROM A VOTING GROUP AND WHE
TO MAKE THAT REQUEST. WE'LL
RETURN TO THIS AS NEEDED DURING
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION. NEXT. THI
DESCRIBES IN WRITING WHAT I
ORALLY DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF TH
OPTIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE
YOU CAN DO THAT WHEN CHAIR CALL
UPON OR MAKES THAT REQUEST OF
HER COLLEAGUES. AT THAT TIME IT
IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION
ABOUT ITEM YOU WERE ASKING TO B
REMOVED. IT WILL BE REMOVED AND
TAKEN UP LATER. IF YOU HAVE A
SUBSTITUTE OPTION FOR THE ITEM,
YOU WOULD MAKE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE WHETHER HE WE GET TO
OF THE ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE
GROUP. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE
KEY. WHEN AN ITEM IS REMOVED FO
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, AFTER
THAT ITEM IS MOVED AND SECONDED
WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEMS FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, IF
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE, YOU WOUL
LIKE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE YOUR
NEW OPTION FOR THE OPTION THAT
WAS IN THE ORIGINAL GROUP. FIRS
IS VOTE ON THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE. IF YOU VOTE YES, YO
ARE VOTING YES ON THE NEW
OPTION. I WOULD SAY IF YOU
PREFER THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION,
YOU WOULD VOTE YES ON THE MOTIO
TO SUBSTITUTE F YOU PREFER
ORIGINAL OPTION POSTED IN THE
GROUP, YOU WOULD VOTE NO ON THE
MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE AND WILL
LIKELY RETURN TO THIS SLIDE
LATER IN THE PROCESS. FINALLY
AFTER WE GET THROUGH TODAY,
WHICH I AM OPTIMISTIC WE WILL D
EFFICIENTLY AND SMOOTHLY, WE
WILL RETURN TO COMMITTEE ON THE
28th. THAT WILL BE FOR COMMITTE
TO JUST TAKE FINAL ACTION ON
BUDGET ADOPTION ORDINANCE AND
OTHER KEY BUDGETS LEGISLATION
THAT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE OCCUR AFTER THE VOTES
TODAY. THERE MAY BE SOME
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS THAT WE
BRING BEFORE COMMITTEE TO BE
SURE EVERYTHING IS TIGHT BEFORE
YOU TAKE FINAL ACTION ON THE
29th. ON THE 29th ALL 25 TO 30
MISS OF BUDGET LEGISLATION WILL
BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR FINAL
ACTION INCLUDING THE BILL THAT
ADOPTS THE BUDGET OVERALL AND
CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE
PRESENTATION THAT WE WON'T WALK
THROUGH NOW BUT THAT WE HAVE
SCRIPTS PURVEY CHRIS ACTIONS
THAT MAY OCCUR IN COMMITTEE
TODAY AND AGAIN IF A
COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO
POSTPONE THE SCREEN LET US KNOW
AND PATSY WILL BRING THE SLIDES
BACK UP. HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS.
OTHERWISE I WILL TURN IT TO
DIRECTOR HANDY TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS ABOUT EMERGENCY
RESERVES.
>> SEEING NO QUESTIONS I WILL
MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS BEFORE
GROUP ONE. CENTRAL STAFF SHARED
AN E-MAIL WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
LAST WEEK AND SOME OF THIS WAS
OUTLINED IN TOM'S AND THE
DIRECTOR'S ORIGINAL MEMO ON
GENERAL FUND BALANCING EARLIER
IN THIS PROCESS. THE CITY'S
GENERAL FUND HAS TWO KEY
EMERGENCY RESERVES. ONE IS THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND. THE
TARGET BALANCE OF THAT IS 5% OF
GENERAL TAX REVENUES AND THAT
FUND IS AT 67 MILLION, POLICY
MAXIMUM. WE ALSO HAVE EMERGENCY
FUND FOR GENERAL FUND WHICH WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY DEPLETED DURING
COVID-19 PANDEMIC. RESOLUTION
32024 WAS ADOPTED IN 2021 AND
UPDATED EMERGENCY FUND POLICY T
ALLOW FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF
THE EMERGENCY FUND BETWEEN 2022
AND 2026. PROAS POSED BUDGET
INCLUDED CONTRIBUTION OF $10
MILLION IN 2023 AND 10 MILLION
IN 2024. SOME OF THOSE WERE
REDUCED IN THE BALANCING PACKAG
WHICH IS ALLOWABLE UNDER CURREN
POLICY. HOWEVER WITH FURTHER
INTERNAL CONVERSATION FOR CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND CENTRAL STAFF
WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT REMOVIN
THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE LOWE
THAN IS PRUDENT FOR THE CITY AN
RECOMMENDS ACHIEVING AT LEAST A
$5 MILLION A YEAR CONTRIBUTION
TO SHOW A CONTINUED STEADIED
INVESTMENT IN THE REBUILD OF OF
THAT EMERGENCY FUND OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS. AS YOU MOVE TO
GROUP A, YOU WILL HAVE OPTIONS
IN FRONT OF YOU TO INCREASE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EMERGENCY
RESERVE AND HAPPY TO FIELD
FURTHER QUESTIONS AS YOU
CONSIDER THOSE OPTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE
THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO
CENTRAL STAFF TO OPEN UP OUR
DISCUSSION FOR TODAY? I HAVE A
QUESTION IN THE GALLERY FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. REGARDING
THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT
EMERGENCY RESERVES, I KNOW BOTH
OF YOU ADDRESSED THIS. CAN YOU
TEASE OUT AND PULL OUT WHEN DID
WE KNOW THIS INFORMATION? WHAT
DID WE FIND OUT? WHAT IS IMPACT
IF WE HAD NOT MADE A CHANGE
SINCE LAST WEEK?
>> SURE E I WOULD SAY THERE HAS
BEEN ONGOING CONVERSATION
BETWEEN CENTRAL STAFF, CITY
BUDGET MEMBERS AND COUNCIL ABOU
WHAT IS APPROPRIATE LEVEL TO
CONTRIBUTE TO EMERGENCY
RESERVES. WE HAVE CONSIDERED
THINGS LIKE HOW DOES THIS IMPAC
THE CITY'S BOND RATING, HAVE
CONSIDERED HOW DOES IT IMPACT
REVENUE FORECAST THAT CAME OUT
LAST WEEK WHICH SHOWED A
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN CITY
REVENUES AVAILABLE FOR THIS
BUDGET. THERE HAVE BEEN A
VARIETY OF CONVERSATIONS AND
PIECES OF EMERGING INFORMATION
THAT INFORM THE POINT YOU ARE A
TODAY WHICH IS THAT OUR
RECOMMENDATION IS ACHIEVING
CONTRIBUTION OF AT LEAST 5
MILLION A YEAR TO THE EMERGENCY
RESERVE IN ORDER TO SHOW THE
STEADY REBUILDING OF THE FUND
OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD AS
DEFINED IN FINANCIAL POLICY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD ADD TO THAT THAT I
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE
INITIAL PACKAGE WAS CONSISTENT
WITH CURRENT FINANCIAL POLICIES
FOR CITY RELATED TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND AS DIRECTOR HAND
HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATIONS A WITH CBO AND AL
OF YOU AND OTHERS WITHIN THE
CITY FAMILY AND GIVEN THE
ECONOMIC FORECAST AND ALL OF
THAT, IT IS VISIBLE TO MAINTAIN
OR TO CONTRIBUTED WHAT IS
DESCRIBED AS WHAT THE FUTURE
ECONOMY LOOKS LIKE AND GOING
INTO A RECESSION AND THOSE
THINGS. I WANTED TO BE CLEAR
THAT THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE ALONG
WITH THIS WITH THE CITY'S
POLICIES FUND -- ON THE AGENDA
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. MAYBE I
WILL ASK YOU IF WHAT I AM SAYIN
IS CORRECT. WHAT I LEARNED LAST
WEEK IS DUE TO A CHANGING
ECONOMIC FORECAST, WE NEEDED TO
PUT MORE DOLLARS INTO OUR
EMERGENCY FUND TO MAINTAIN
STATUS THAT WE HAVE WITH BOND
RATING OF AAA. IF WE FIND NOT
MADE THAT CHANGE, WE WOULD BE
PUTTING AT RISK OUR AAA STATUS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN CHANGING
BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC FORECAS
AND MANY OTHER VARIABLES. THAT'
THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED. IS
THIS CON SIS TENTS WITH WHAT YO
UNDERSTAND AS A CHANGE FROM LAS
WEEK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I WOUL
DESCRIBE IT A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY. THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGETS PROPOSED TO
CONTRIBUTE $10 MILLION IN 23 AN
10 MILLION IN '24 TO EMERGENCY
REERVES. THAT IS BASED ON THE
PLAN DISCUSSED IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AS WELL TO
PAY BACK EMERGENCY FUND BASED O
THE USE OF THE FUND DURING EARL
COVID PAINED. INITIAL PACKAGE
WOULD HAVE REDUCED THAT
CONTRIBUTION TO $1.5 MILLION
TOTAL. THIS REVISED PACKAGE
BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT
REDUCING THE COMPENSATION SHORT
TERM MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
CITY'S RATINGS AS WELL AS
CONCERN ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY
OF RESOURCES AS WE ARE
CONTINUING TO GET NEWS ABOUT TH
ECONOMY. YES, THAT IS ACCURATE
BUT I WOULD SAY IT IS ADVICE
BEST PRACTICED. IT'S BASED ON
WHAT CITY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING I
TERMS OF CONTRIBUTION BUT IT IS
A REDUCTION.
>> THAT SO MUCH DEPUTY DIRECTOR
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT
EVERYBODY FROM CBO OFFICE,
CENTRAL STAFF, MY OFFICE, WE AR
TRYING TO WORK WITH LIMITED
RESOURCES AND RECOGNIZING IT WA
WELL WITHIN AND CONSISTENT WITH
EXISTING POLICIES TO SUSPEND A
KOMO TV BECAUSE WE MADE A POLIC
CHOICE TO DO THAT. AND IN THE
TWO TO THREE DAYS AFTER
RELEASING IT IN GOOD FAITH AND
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CBO ONCE
LEARN WILLING MAY BE CONCERN WE
WANTED TO SEEK TO CLOSE THAT AN
THERE IS NO INTEREST IN TRYING
TO DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT THE
WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULDN'T
PLAY OUT IF THE SUGGESTION IS
JOINTLY THAT WE WOULD BE BEST
SERVED BY PROVIDING AT LEAST $5
MILLION A YEAR TO THE
CONTRIBUTION, THERE IS NO
QUESTIONING OF THE NEED THERE I
THINK FROM COUNCIL OR NO
INTEREST IN DIVISION OF APPROAC
IN TERMS OF HOW TO GET AT LEAST
5 MILLION INTO THAT WITHOUT
EXECUTIVE EITHER. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ. YOU ARE ON
MUTE. THANK YOU. I HAVE WAS
CHATTING AWAY AND NO ONE COULD
HEAR ME. I AM GLAD COUNCILMEMBE
STRAUSS ASKED THAT. WE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION OFFLINE TOO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. REDUCIN
IN THE SHORT TERM OR COMING BAC
AFTER MEETING WITH CBO, LOOKING
AT WHAT EXPOSURE WOULD BE IN AA
BOND RATING AND CAPITOL PROJECT
IN THE QUEUE AND COMING BACK TO
AT LEAST A $5 MILLION
APPROXIMATER YEAR CONTRIBUTION
SO I AM GOING TO SHARE WHAT
PUBLIC OFTEN DOESN'T ALWAYS KNO
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. IT'S NOT
ANYTHING SHADY. IT'S JUST WE
FOUND OUT A LOT OF THE ECONOMIC
FORECASTS AFTER WARDS AND HAD T
RECALIBRATE THINKING ON WHAT
POLICIES ARE AROUND WHERE WE CA
REPLENISH THE RESERVES BUT AT
THE SAME TIME REMAINING TRUE TO
POLICIES AND COMMITMENTS WE
MADE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG BASED
ON OUR CONVERSATION, THAT'S WHA
CHANGED MY THINKING TOO RIGHT U
UNTIL WEDNESDAY ON THE
CONTRIBUTIONS AND WHAT CONCERNS
WERE ABOUT RESERVES. I THINK
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO AND,
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, WHAT
HE WAS TRYING TO DO AS WELL IS
PUT INTO CONTEXT WHAT PHYSICALS
THINKING WAS AND HOW IT CHANGED
AFTER WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO
PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE RESERVE
FUND. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT
PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE
WERE HAVING WITH CBO AND CENTRA
STAFF AND OF COURSE YOU MADAM
CHAIR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE AGREE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. WE
CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES AND
CHANGES TO OUR ECONOMIC
FORECAST. THIS INFORMATION IS
DOWNSTREAM IMPACT FROM THE
REVENUE FORECAST. WE THOUGHT WE
WERE IN A GOOD PLACE A WEEK AND
A HALF AGO WITH THIS FUNDING
LEVEL, NEW INFORMATION CHANGES
OUR CURRENT STATUS AND THIS IS
WHERE WE ARE. WE NEED TO PROTEC
AAA BOND STATUS IF WE WANTED TO
KEEP CAPITOL PROJECTS ON TRACK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COLLEAGUES WE ARE AT GROUP A
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS IN THIS
CATEGORY. I WANT TO AGAIN THANK
CENTRAL STAFF FOR ORIENTING THI
AND GETTING US STARTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. CENTRAL STAFF,
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FROM
YOU ON THIS ITEM, I WILL MOVE
SOME POLICIES TO GET US GOING
PAUSING TO SEE IF THERE IS
ANYTHING FROM CENTRAL STAFF IN
TERMS OF ORIENTATION. EXCELLENT
AS WE WERE DISCUSSING THERE IS
AN INTEREST IN ADDRESSING
CONTRIBUTION NEEDS. I UNDERSTAN
THERE IS AN AMENDMENT IN FRONT
OF US THAT WOULD ADDRESS THIS
CONTRIBUTION NEED AND IT IS
AMENDMENT TO S.020B. SO I WILL
MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. MOVED AND
SECONDED. LEGISLATION BEFORE US
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I SEE
ON THE AGENDA AND WE UNDERSTAND
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE TO S.020
WOULD BE YOUR SUBSTITUTE 1.020C
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE.
>> YES, I MOVE TO REPLACE C IN
TERMS OF B001.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVED
AND SECONDED TO SUBSTITUTE.
BEFORE THE SPONSOR ADDRESSES
THIS, I WILL ASK CENTRAL STAFF
TO DESCRIBE THE SUBSTITUTE TO
THE COMMITTEE IN FULLER DETAIL.
BACK TO CENTRAL STAFF IF YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR US.
>> THANK YOU. THERE WERE A
NUMBER OF ANALYSTS INVOLVED SO
WILL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS DIFFEREN
IN THE SUBSTITUTE AND IF THERE
ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC
ITEMS INCLUDED I WILL ASK
COLLEAGUES TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS AS PRESENTED THE
OPTION IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE
WOULD HAVE RETAINED PARKING
ENFORCEMENT UNIT IN S DOT, KEEP
BASE FUNDING IN S DOT FOR
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AN
WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
SUPPLEMENT THE S DOT FUNDING
WITH SOME ADDRESSING OVERALL
ISSUE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES FOR PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THE
SUBSTITUTE OPTION COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS PRESENTING WOULD
ACCEPT TO MOVE THE UNIT FROM S
DOT TO SPD. THAT'S ONE OF THE
SKY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO
OPTIONS. RESULT OF ACCEPTING
THAT WOULD BE THERE ARE ABOUT 1
$16.6 MILLION. INSTEAD OF
PROVIDING THAT TO S DOT FOR
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
THIS WOULD DO THE FOLLOWING. IT
WOULD ADD $1 MILLION IN 23 AND
MILLION IN 24 TO HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FOR RECREATIONAL
VEHICLE PARKING AND STORAGE
ASSOCIATED WITH NONCONGREGATE
SHEETER. IT WOULD ADD $1 MILLIO
IN 2023 TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR
CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER ASSOCIATION AND LET
EVERYONE ADVANCE WITH DIGNITY,
LEAD, COLEAD PROGRAMS. THIS IS
NOT ADDITION TO THE $4 MILLION
OVER THAT IS INCLUDED IN AN
AMENDMENT IN GROUP B. IT WOULD
ADD $1 MILLION IN 2023 TO THE
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT FOR CITY HALL PARK
ACTIVATION. THIS IS IN ADDITION
TO 1.3 MILLION THAT IS ALSO
INCLUDED IN A SEPARATE AMENDMEN
IN GROUP B FROM THE INITIAL
PACKAGE. IT WOULD ADDS 100,000
TODD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
DEVELOP IN COORDINATION WITH
SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENTS, A SCOPE SCHEDULE
AND BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT
PERMITTING PORTAL FOR ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY PERMITS SPECIFICALLY
FARMERS MARKET SPECIAL EVENTS
AND FILM PERMITS. IT WOULD ADDS
250,000 IN 2023 TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MOBILE
ADVOCACY SERVICES BUT FLEXIBLE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED
VIOLENCE, ADDS $1 MILLION IN 23
AND 500,000 IN 24 TO DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION'S STRUCK
COLLAPSING YOU CAN 'S STRUCTURE
AND ADD IN 2023 TO THE SEATTLE
CENTER FOR MEMORIAL STADIUM
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WOUL
INCREASE CASH FINANCING
AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT TO $1
MILLION IN 2023 ADDING TO
FUNDING ALSO INCLUDED IN A
SEPARATE AMENDMENT IN GROUP B A
WELL AS FUNDING TO ISSUE 20
MILLION OF DEBT TO SUPPORT
CAPITOL PROJECT BEGINNING IN 24
IN ADDITION THIS WOULD ALLOW
COUNCIL BUDGET PACKAGE TO
TRANSFER $6.5 MILLION IN '23 AN
6.5 MILLION IN 2024 TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND. IT WOULD ALLOW
FOR A COUPLE PROPOSED REDUCTION
INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL PACKAGE
TO NOT MOVE FORWARD TO FUNDING
WOULD BE RETAINED. THAT INCLUDE
FOR FUNDING IMPROVEMENT MEDIA
PLAN, FUNDING FOR ASSISTANT CIT
ATTORNEY POSITION, FUNDING THAT
WOULD SUPPORT WORK IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR
WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WOULD
ALLOW RETAINING FUNDING FOR
POSITION IN THE CIVIL SERVICE
POSITIONS TO EXPAND STRATEGY AN
POLICY WORK. THAT IS THE HIGH
LEVEL SUMMARY OF THAT AMENDMENT
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU IS MY
AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER FUNDING O
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
FROM S DOT TO SPD. THIS DOES NO
INDICATE MY DESIRE FROM PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FINAL HOME
TO BE WITHIN SPD. I SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IN HER
WORK THROUGH THE TEAM TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOs NEED AND
WHAT DEPARTMENT IS BEST FOR THE
TO HAVE THE FINAL HOME WITHIN I
BELIEVE PEO CIVIL ENFORCEMENT
NEEDS TO BE OUTSIDE SPD BUT A
FEW ISSUES HAVE LED ME TO BRING
THIS FORWARD. UNDERSTANDING WE
NEED TO REFILL EMERGENCY FUNDS
AS WAS DESCRIBED ESPECIALLY
KNOWING THAT WITHOUT DOING SO
EVERY CAPITOL PROJECT IN OUR
CITY COULD HAVE SOME INCREASED
EXPOSURE. THE KNOWLEDGE AS WELL
ONGOING KNOWLEDGE WHILE WE HAVE
MOVED FROM SPD TO S DOT THE UNI
HAS REMAINED IN PLACE IN SPD FO
MOST INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
LASTLY IF WE DO NOT MAKE THIS
BUDGET ALTERATION, IF WE DID NO
USE PEO AS BUDGET ALTERATION, W
WOULD STILL NEED TO FILL
EMERGENCY FUND AND TO DO SO WE
WOULD BE CUTTING IMPORTANT
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. IF I WAS
TO HAVE BROUGHT MY OWN AMENDMEN
FORWARD I WOULD HAVE ONLY
BROUGHT FORWARD AMENDMENT THAT
FILLS EMERGENCY FUND AND FUNDS
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT FUND
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSES FOR
PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES
THROUGH SHELTER ENHANCEMENTS,
NONCONGREGATE SHELTER, OUTREACH
TINY HOMES. WHAT IS BEFORE YOU
TODAY AND WHAT I HAVE PRESENTED
IS MY TOP PRIORITIES, INCREASIN
FUND, INCREASING HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR
VEHICLE AND PRIORITIES I HAVE
HEARD FROM EACH OF YOU HAD
DURING COMMITTEE OVER THE LAST
WEEK. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE FINA
HOME SHOULD BE SPD BUT DO
BELIEVE THIS IS A PRUDENT
DECISION AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT IN FRONT
OF THE COUNCIL FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
APPRECIATE THE ACCOMMODATIONS
WITHIN IT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAS MADE FOR PRIORITIES
ON THE COUNCIL BIAS. THE
DECISION WE ARE FACED WITH ISN'
ONE ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL IS
EXCITED ABOUT GIVEN OVERALL
SITUATION THAT THE BUDGET IS
FACING FROM THE REVENUE FORECAS
WE RECEIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF OU
DELIBERATIONS THAT HAS A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BOTH ON THE
OPERATING AND CAPITOL AMBITIONS
OF THE CITY. I BELIEVE THIS IS
THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO BALANC
THE REVENUE SHORTFALL GIVEN
DIFFERENTIAL OF PROVIDING SAME
SERVICE BETWEEN S DOT AND SPD
FOR WHERE PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER SHOULD TEMPORARILY BE
PARKED WHILE WE DETERMINE WHERE
THEIR PERMANENT POSITION WITHIN
CITY GOVERNMENT WILL ULTIMATELY
BE. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM
TALKING TO CITY DUG OFFICE AND
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF IS IT
WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $8
MILLION FOR THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT TO DO ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME FUNCTION IN S DOT AND
$740,000 FOR THEM TO BE HOUSED
IN SPD IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL
OVERHEAD COSTS AND GIVEN THAT
DIFFERENTIAL AND GIVEN THAT WE
DON'T ANTICIPATE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE REALLY EXPERIENCING A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN
INTERACTIONS WITH PARKING
ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER USAD IN SP
OR IN S DOT, THAT SEEMS TO BE
THE BEST PLACE WOULD BE MAKE UP
THE DIFFERENCE WITHOUT IMPACTIN
BASIC SERVICES TO PEOPLE OF THE
CITY. SO I DO SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT PATH FORWARD. I WANT
TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE LATER
WE WILL DISCUSS PROCESS THAT
BUDGET CHAIR HAS LAID OUT TO
CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE PERMANEN
HOME FOR THE PARKING ENFORCEMEN
OFFICERS. I DO WANT TO REITERAT
AND LIFT UP MY HOPE THAT THEY
WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE EITHER TO
THE CSEC OR TO THE NEW CIVILIAN
DEPARTMENT, STANDING UP WITH
MANDATE OF UNARMED CIVIL
ENFORCEMENT OF ISSUES IN
SITUATIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A
BADGE AND GUN, THAT IS IN LINE
WITH WITH A WE RECEIVED IN 2020
WANTING A BROADER ROLE LIKE THA
FOR THE MEMBERSHIP AND IN LINE
WITH ORIGINAL PROPOSALS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND OTHER
ON WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE
WORKFORCE COULD BE AND WHAT IT
WOULD LOOK LIKE. I WANT TO CLOS
AND SAY I APPRECIATE ADDITIONAL
1 MILLION IN SUPPORT FOR LEAD
AND COLEAD WHICH IS VITAL FOR
DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY RECOVERY
AND STRATEGIES, REALLY
APPRECIATE THE WORK LEAD AND
COLEAD HAS BEEN DOING IN
COLLABORATION WITH A NUMBER OF
STAKEHOLDERS AND NONPROFIT
BUSINESS AND LABOR WORLD IN THE
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY TO MAKE
DOWNTOWN A SAFER PLACE AND TO
LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND COMPASSIO
AND GETTING PEOPLE FROM THE
STREETS INTO HOUSING AND WITH
WRAP AROUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
I DO APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL
$1 MILLION GETTING US CLOSER TO
THE GOAL OF THE LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT WE WANT TO SEE IN TH
PROGRAM. WE'LL BE VOTING FOR TH
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, VICE CHAIR, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST
WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF
HISTORY FOR THE CONTEXT AROUND
THIS AMENDMENT. IN NOVEMBER
2020, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A
BUDGET THAT MOVED PARKING
ENFORCEMENT TO THE CSCC. MAYOR'
OFFICE WAS DIRECTED TO PERFORM
IDT AND REPORT TO COUNCIL ON
PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS PARKING
PARK ENFORCEMENT TO CSTC WAS
REQUIRED. IN APRIL 2021, THE
FORMER PRESIDENT WROTE TO US TO
REMIND US WHY IT WAS THAT SPIOG
PROPOSED THAT PARKING
ENFORCEMENT BE MOVED TO THE NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER INSTEAD O
S DOT. PEOs ARE HIGHLY TRAINED.
60% ARE LGBTQ AND THERE ARE 12
LANGUAGES SPOKEN FLUENTLY. HERE
IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE FORMER
PRESIDENT. WE ARE TRAINED IN
DEESCALATION TACTICS, FAMILIAR
WITH PROCEDURES, COMMUNITY SIR
ADVICE DRIVEN ADD MOST
IMPORTANTLY WE ARE PUBLIC
SERVANTS WHO WANT TO SERVE OUR
COMMUNITY. FOLLOW THE NATIONAL
TREND. CITIES SUCH AS LOS
ANGELES, DENVER, SAN FRANCISCO,
EUGENE, PHILADELPHIA ALL HAVE
PROGRAMS IN MAY US THAT DISPATC
CIVILIANS AS ALTERNATIVE TO OUR
POLICE OFFICERS. INTEREST CSCC
WE TAKE CALLS THAT DO NOT ARMED
RESPONSE, REPORTS FROM MINOR
THEFTS WITH CAR PAULS, AUTOMATE
ENFORCEMENTGREATER ROLE IN
TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR SPECIAL
EVENTS. IN APRIL 2021 SHE WRITE
WE WERE SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT
THE MAYOR NEVER PLANNED TO MOVE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT TO CSCC.
INSTEAD OF MAYOR'S OFFICE AND S
DOT CONTINUED TO MAKE EXTENSIVE
PLANS TO MOVE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT TO S DOT. WE THE
COUNCIL WERE THEN EXTENSIVELY
LOBBIED BY MAYOR'S OFFICE AND S
DOT AND THIN LAST FALL WE
REVERSED COURSE AND VOTED
AGAINST PEO VISION OF REIMAGINE
POLICING AND MOVED THEM TO S
DOT. AFTER WE DID AGAIN AGAINST
THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION BOTCHED THE
TRANSFER THEY FOUGHT SO HARD
FOR. NO SURPRISE THAT PEOs ARE
NOW ORGANIZED TO GET OUT OF S
DOT. THEY NEVER WANTED TO GO
THERE. I AM VOTING IN FAVOR OF
THE BUDGET ACTION EVEN THOUGH I
DO SUPPORT PEO VISION FOR
CIVILIAN EYED ROLE. AT THIS
POINT IT SEEMS THE ONLY THING T
DO OTHER THAN 16 MILLION-DOLLAR
COST, MAYOR'S PO POSE AL TO MOV
BACK TO SPD. IN THE FACT THAT
THEY'VE SURVEYED WORKERS AND
GIVEN THAT MAYOR HAROLD IN HIS
BUDGET SPEECH ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
SPD MAY NOT BE THE FOREVER HOME
FOR PEOs I LOOK FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE ABOUT EXECUTIVE
POSITION FOR THE WORKFORCE, TAS
WORKFORCE WHO IS SO STRONG GIVE
FOR HOW THEY CAN BEST SERVE THE
COMMUNITY AND THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE
ROLE HE IS PLAYING SAYING THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD TO ACCOMPLISH
A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS WE
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO
OTHERWISE NOT THE LEAST OF WHIC
IS THE EMERGENCY FUND TRANSFER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR HERBOLD
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON DID I SEE
YOUR HAND?
>> I TOOK IT DOWN.
>> YOU WILL PASS. OKAY. ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS? SEEING NONE,
THANK YOU AGAIN. EXCUSE ME
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT
UNMUTING MYSELF. APPRECIATE IT.
I INTEND TO ABSTAIN ON THIS
QUESTION ABOUT SUBSTITUTING IN
PROPOSAL TO TAKE THIS BACK TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT VERSES TH
ORIGINAL IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE OF KEEPING PARKING
ENFORCEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT O
TRANSPORTATION AND NOT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. I CERTAINLY
AM SPEAKING ORE ALL, SUPPORT
REDUCING OF POLICING. I HAVE
SPOKEN REPORTEDLY NOT THE LEAST
SINCE GEORGE FLOYD MOVEMENT
BROKE OUT OF THE TREMENDOUS
DANGERS OF HAVING A POLICE FORC
ACTING LIKE OCCUPATION FORCE
WHICH THEY DID ESPECIALLY DURIN
THE HEIGHT OF THE PROTEST AND I
HAVE ALSO SPOKEN IN MY OFFICE,
PEOPLE'S BUDGET CAMPAIGN EVERY
YEAR IS OPENED RELENTLESSLY
ABOUT NEED FOR NONPOLICING
SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS OF OUR
SOCIETY INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY
WHICH AS STATISTICS SHOW NEEDS
ADDRESSING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
INEQUALITY. HOWEVER NONE OF
THESE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES ARE
HONESTLY BEING DISCUSSED AND MY
MESSAGE IS TO WHERE CAN PEOPLE
WHO ARE BEING ACTIVIST, WHEN
THEY WANTED TO PRETEND THEY WER
SUPPORTING DEMANDS OF JUSTICE
FOR GEORGE FLOYD, THEY USED THI
IDEA OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE BY
SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO DO
THAT BY TRANSFERRING THE LINE
TOOT DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. AT THE TIME IN
MY COMMENTS, AND THEY ARE
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I HAVE SAI
SINCE, I DESCRIBED THIS AS
ACCOUNTING TRICK BECAUSE IT HAD
ZERO SUBSTANTIVE IMPACT OF THE
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. IT CHANGED
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT PARKIN
ENFORCEMENT AND ONLY CHANGED
WHAT DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET CUTS
THE CHECKS TO PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR IF
WRITES COLLECTION TO PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THIS WAS
CONVENIENT FOR COUNCIL DEMOCRAT
WHO WANTED THOUSANDS OF WORKING
PEOPLE PROTESTING ON THE
STREETS, REALLY TENS OF
THOUSANDS AT THE TIME, TO
BELIEVE THEY WERE BEING HEARD
WITHOUT MAKING ANY SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE
LEGIONENCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
IS TO NOT JUST THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUT REALLY THE POLIC
DEPARTMENT LIKE ANY OTHER WE'LL
BE RIGHT BACK MUCH SERVING
INTEREST OF RULING CLASS, THE
WEALTHY. THE SAME IS HAPPENING
IN REVERSE. THE MAYOR WOULD LIK
THE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT HE I
TAKING CRIME SERIOUSLY WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME REFUSING TO DO
WHAT IS ACTUALLY NECESSARY TO
MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER
WHICH AS I SAID STATISTICALLY I
TO REDUCE INEQUALITY INCLUDING
BY MEASURES LIKE INCREASING
TAXES ON BIG BUSINESSES TO PAY
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GOOD PA
UNION JOBS, MAKING SURE THERE
ARE NO CUTS RELATIVE TO WHAT
SERVICES WERE NEEDED COMPARED T
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. THE MAYOR
PROPOSES TO REVERSE ACCOUNTING
FROMMIC TO CLAIM HE IS REFUNDIN
POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS NEVE
DEFUNDED. IT IS A DEBATE ABOUT
NOTHING INTENTIONALLY CRAFTED T
DISTRACT FROM THE SERIOUS
ISSUES. MY OFFICE WILL NOT
PARTICIPATE IN THE DISTRACTION
AND I WILL BE ABSTAINING ON THI
AND SEQUENCE TWO VOTES WHICH AR
LINKED TO THE AGENDA ITEM. WE
NEED ELECTED COMMUNITY OVER
SIGHT BOARD THAT HAS FULL POWER
OVER POLICE DEPARTMENT INCLUDIN
HIRING, FIRING OFFICERS,
SUBPOENA POWERS, ISSUING
DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES. OTHER ISSUE UNDER
DISCUSSION IN RELATION IS HOW T
RESTORE THE EMERGENCY FUNDS AND
HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOST
ESSENTIAL AND BARE MINIMUM
SERVICES AND NEEDS FOR
VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE FUNDED
LATER ON IN TODAY'S AGENDA, A
BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM MY OFFICE
AND CAMPAIGN WILL COME UP FOR A
VOTE IF THE COUNCIL PASSES IT
WILL RESTORE EMERGENCY FUND AND
AT THE SAME TIME RESTORE ALL TH
CUTS IN PROPOSED BUDGETS BY
INCREASING BIG BUSINESS TAX RAT
OF THE AMAZON TAX. BUT I WILL
SPEAK TO THAT MORE WHEN IT COME
FOR VOTE LATER IN TODAY'S
AGENDA. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO BE
ABSTAINING AS WELL IN THIS
PACKAGE. I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THA
WE ARE IN A VERY TIGHT BUDGET
SITUATION. WE DEFINITELY NEED
INCREASED FUNDING FOR SERVICES
THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER IS
SUGGESTING. I CAN'T IN GOOD
CONSCIOUS EXPAND FOOTPRINT OF
SPD. I FEEL LIKE THIS PROCESS
WAS RATHER PERFORM TOUCH FROM
THE BEGINNING. PERFORMATIVE
FROM THE BEGINNING. AS WE HEARD
IN PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING
CULTURE OF THE PEOs AT LEAST IN
PART STILL DEMONSTRATES POLICIN
POSTURE IN THE WAY THAT THEY
INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC. SO I
DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT SOME SAID
ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE PUBLIC
EXPERIENCED PEOs WILL BE
UNCHANGED REGARDLESS OF WHICH
DEPARTMENT THEY'RE IN. FOR THE
REASONS, I WILL BE ABSTAINING
FROM THIS VOTE AND SUBSEQUENT
VOTES RELATED TO MOVING PEOs.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I
WILL MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT AND
TURN IT BACK TO YOU AS THE
SPONSOR. I THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR HIS WORK TO BRING
THIS AMENDMENT. I APPRECIATE TH
SPIRIT IT WAS BROUGHT GIVEN THI
YEAR AND RECENT NEWS FROM LAST
WEEK. THIS AMENDMENT WILL
ADDRESS EMERGENCY FUND
CONTRIBUTION NEEDED AND TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION ENDS UP BEING $13
MILLION ACROSS. THAT'S AT LEAST
3 MILLION MORE THAN WE NEEDED T
AT A BARE MINIMUM PROVIDE AND I
THINK IT'S A GOOD INDICATION OU
CITY CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON
SOLID FINANCIAL GROUND AS WE
MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS IN THE
BUDGET. I APPRECIATE THAT THE
INVESTMENTS IN THE AMENDMENT AR
BEING FIRST TARGETED TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND AND GIVEN THE
LATE STAGE OF THE BUDGET, I ALS
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE VERY FEW
PLACES TO PULL REVENUE FROM. I
APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAS TRIED TO DO THE
RIGHT THING ENSURING FINANCIAL
LIABILITY FOR OUR CITY AND
MAKING THIS FIRST. WHILE I
APPRECIATE THIS, YOU CAN TELL
FROM THE BALANCING PACKAGE,
MAINTAINING PEO AT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WA
A PRIORITY FOR ME TO BE SURE
FOLKS WERE NOT MOVED AS WE
LOOKED FOR LONGTERM HOME. THIS
IS NOT THE POLICY DIRECTION I
HAD ARTICULATED AND ENVISIONED
IN PROPOSED BUDGET AND WHILE I
PERSONALLY WON'T BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT I AM
GRATEFUL FOR CONTRIBUTION TO TH
EMERGENCY RESERVES, SUPPORT FOR
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO
FIND LONGTERM HOME AND AS
HERBOLD AND I BELIEVE STRAUSS A
WELL NOTED THE BROADER ABOUT
FUTURE HOMES FOR VARIOUS UNITS
BUT SPECIFICALLY PARKING
ENFORCEMENT UNIT WITHIN OUR CIT
AND WHICH DEPARTMENT CAN BEST
HOUSE THIS UNIT. I DO ALSO THIN
IT WARRANTS ADDITIONAL SECURITY
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
INDIVIDUALS, BOTH PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND
SUPERVISORS DURING THEIR TIME A
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND LOOK FORWARD
TO PARTNERING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
COMMUNITY, LABOR AS WE FIGURE
OUT LONGER TERM DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT PERMANENT PLACEMENT. THAN
YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. THE LAST THING I
WILL SAY IS I HAVE MY DISTRICT
AT THE CENTER AND GET TO
INTERACT WITH PEOs REGULARLY. I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
REMEMBER IN THE MOMENT THAT WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED AS
FORWARD FACING EMPLOYEES ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY, WHAT THEY
NEED FROM DEPARTMENTFROM
SUPERVISORS, WITHIN THE UNIT AN
THEY ARE NOT JUST MOVED AROUND
FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS WHAT THIS
INTERDEPARTMENT TASK FORCE IS
TASKED WITH DOING. UNDERSTAND
WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS? WHAT
DEPARTMENT SHOULD THEY BE HOUSE
IN? HOW DOES CIVIL WORK
COMPLIMENT AN INTERFACE WITH
CRIMINAL WORK SPD DOES WITH
NONCRIMINAL WORK AND JUST CIVIL
SERVICE WORK S DOT DOES AND HOW
THAT COMES TO PLAY. THE
COMMERCIAL AND VEHICLE
ENFORCEMENT UNIT OF SPD IS
ANOTHER THAT'S SIMILAR TO THIS
THAT HAS TO COMPLEMENT BETWEEN
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL AND S
DOT. THERE IS A LOT TO FIND OUT
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. I AM
EXCITED FOR THAT. WHILE I DON'T
BELIEVE THE PEOs FINAL HOME
SHOULD BE SPD, THIS IS A PRUDEN
MOVE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME. THAN
YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> 6 IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED, TWO
ABSTENTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES AN
S DOT 202C IS BEFORE US. ARE
THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? NOT
SEEING ANY, OKAY, MADAM CLERK
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON
THE APPROVAL OF S DOT 020C001.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SHE'S COMING OFF MUTE.
>> WAS THAT A YES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED,
TWO ABSTENTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION
CARRIES. S DOT 020C001 IS
APPROVED. THAT GOT US THROUGH
THE FIRST TWO ITEMS. WE ARE NOW
ON ITEM FOUR WHICH IS RELATED T
ACTUAL FUND CON BECAUSES. I MOV
TO APPROVE CBAFG901B001.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT. I WILL TURN
IT TO CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK US
THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT AND I
WILL MAKE COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS
ESSENTIALLY WHAT I DESCRIBED AS
PART OF S DOT 020C JUST APPROVE
BY THE EXITY, COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION FACILITATES OF
CONTRIBUTION OF 6.5 MILLION IN
23 AND 6.5 MILLION IN 24 TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND AND SO THE ACTIO
IS TO REDUCE PROPOSED $10
MILLION TRANSFER THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AS
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AT OVE
HALF MILLION DOLLARS. IT IS
SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS AND SEE IF THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS. AS SPONSOR, I WANT TO
BE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS' MOTION AND WHAT COUNCI
VOTED TO ENSURE ADDITIONAL
VOTING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THIS MAKES THE
CONTRIBUTION FOR ADDITIONAL
STABILITY AND OUTLOOK. ANY %
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? HEARING
AND SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
>> YES COUNCILMENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION
CARRIES. CVAFG901B001 IS
ADOPTED. THAT BRINGS US THROUGH
ALL THE ITEMS IN GROUP A. IS
THAT CORRECT CENTRAL STAFF?
USUALLY WE GO UNTIL 1:00 BUT
GIVEN GROUP B IS NEXT, I WILL
SUGGEST THAT WE DO A RECESS FRO
12:25 TO 1:25 AND THAT WE WILL
RECONVENE AT 1:25 IN CHAMBERS.
DOES THAT WORK?
>> CAN WE DO 1:30?
>> YOU CAN HAVE UNTIL 1:30. THA
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RECESSION
IF THERE IS NO OPTION UNTIL 1:3
P.M. AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR REMOTELY.
THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
>> MADAM CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> DO WE STAY ON THIS ZOOM
NUMBER OR GET A NEW ONE?
>> YOU CAN HANG UP AND DIAL IN
ON THE SAME ZOOM LINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> 1:30, WE'LL SEE YOU AFTER
YOUR LUNCH RECESS. HAVE A GOOD
LUNCH RECESS AND WE'LL SEE YOU
AT 1:30 P.M. TAKE CARE.