>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
TODAY IS MARCH 29, MEETING OF
THE CITY SENT SEATTLE COUNCIL
MEETING.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> HERE.
>> MOVING ONTO PRESENTATIONS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ARE
NO PRESENTATIONS.
WITH THAT WE MOVE TO THE
APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL
MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE
FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> I AM REQUESTING THAT ITEMS
SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE BE
REMOVED.
THAT HIS APPOINTMENTS 2111,
2146 AND 2112.
>> THANK YOU.
ITEMS SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE ARE
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND WILL BE ADDED TO
THE END OF THE AGENDA FOR
CONSIDERATION.
NOW THAT WE HAVE REMOVED THOSE
ITEMS, SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE
WILL BE REMOVED AND ADDRESSED
SIMPLY.
I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR EXCLUDING SEVEN, EIGHT
AND NINE, IS THERE A SECOND?
THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THE CONSENT CALENDAR
EXCLUDING ITEMS SEVEN, EIGHT
AND NINE ARE ADOPTED.
WILL LOOK CLERK PLEASE FIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES
CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF.
MOVING TO APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING OR SEEING NO OBJECTION
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE MOVE NOW INTO THE PUBLIC
COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.
WE WILL OPEN REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA, INTRODUCTION TO
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE
COUNCILS WERE.
HE REMAINS THE STRONG ATTEND OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER AS A REMINDER, CITY
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
AND/OR LIMIT THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIODS AT ANY POINT IF WE DEEM
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR
IS NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR
ALLOWING OUR MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
MADAME CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE
DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP?
>> WE HAVE 16 SIGNED UP AND 12
ARE PRESENT.
>> OKAY, LET'S GO WAS 16 AND WE
WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE CAN GIVE EACH PERSON 16
MINUTES -- I'M SORRY, 16
PEOPLE, TWO MINUTES EQUALS?
>> 32.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT TIME WILL THAT BE IF WE
GIVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT 32
MINUTES?
>> THAT WOULD BE 2:36.
>> I WILL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN
WE WILL START PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR THOSE 16 PEOPLE OF TWO
MINUTES EACH.
THANK YOU.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR THIS MEETING IS UP TO 32
MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN
REGISTERED AND USE THE ID AND
PASSCODE EMAILED.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS DIFFERENT
FROM THE GENERAL MEETING LINE.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS.
ONCE THE NAME IS CALLED STAFF
WILL UNMUTE THE APPROPRIATE
MICROPHONE AND AN AUTOMATIC
PROMPT OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED
IS THE SPEAKER'S CUE TO SPEAK.
YOU MUST PRESS STAR SIX.
SPEAK BY STATING YOUR NAME AND
THE ITEM YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME IN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
WANT TO HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT AND COMMENTS
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
PROVIDED SPEAKERS WILL BE
NEEDED TO ALLOW THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING PLEASE
DO SO VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
THE OPTIONS ON YOUR AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FOR SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR SIX
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD
GAIL FOLLOWED BY HANS.
>> AT THE END OF THIS WEEK
APRIL 3 WILL MARK THE EIGHTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEATTLE
PLEASE KILLING OF CODY STAFFORD.
EXPENSING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION CRISIS SHOT SEVEN
TIMES BY THE SPD WILL HOLDING A
KNIFE.
CODY WAS ONE OF THE 19 PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS KILLED BY THE SEATTLE
POLICE SINCE THE SEATTLE PLEASE
KILLED JOHN WILLIAMS IN 2010.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM
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DEEP DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD
TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN T
WILLIAMS, A PERSON WHOSE MURDER
BY SPD STARTED US ON A DECADE-
LONG JOURNEY OF POLICE
REPORTING ACCOUNTABILITY, WE
HAVE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BE SO
INERT TO THIS UNRELENTING
PATTERN THAT WE FIND THIS
ACCEPTABLE.
WE SIMPLY GIVE UP.
WE NEED TO BUILD A CITY
INITIATIVE A POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES FULL CIVILIAN CONTROL,
OVER POLICE POLICY, PLEASE
CONDUCT IN POLICE DISCIPLINE AS
PEOPLE IN NEW YORK,, NEWARK NEW
JERSEY, NASHVILLE, SAN
FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, LOS
ANGELES, LONG BEACH, PHOENIX,
AND SO MANY OTHER CITIES POST
GEORGE FLOYD.
I JUST WANT TO REMARK THAT THE
QUALITY ISSUE HAS SOMETHING TO
DO, THE LAST FEW WEEKS, CALLING
AND THERE'S VERY POOR QUALITY.
IQ.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HANS
FOLLOWED BY S. RIVERS.
>> HELLO?
MY NAME IS HANS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> I AM ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER THREE.
I AM 13 YEARS OLD IN THE
SEVENTH GRADE.
I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH
LOTS OF LARGE TREES I LIKE TO
WALK EVERY DAY.
MORE AND MORE I NOTICED HUGE
TREES BEING CUT DOWN.
I ALWAYS RUN HOME TO TELL MY
MOM SO SHE CAN CHECK FOR A
PERMIT.
BUT SO MANY TIMES A TREE IS
DOWNED BY THE TIME I RING HER
BACK TO WHERE THE TREES BEING
CUT.
I GET SO SAD WHEN I LEARN THAT
SOME OF THOSE TREES WERE CUT
DOWN ILLEGALLY.
I KNOW THAT EVEN IF THEY ARE,
IT WOULD TAKE MANY DECADES FOR
THEM TO GROW BACK TO THE SIZE
OF THE ONES REMOVED.
SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW MANY
TREES WILL BE LEFT IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I AM 20 OR
30.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE BILL SO
THAT SOME TREES CAN BE SAVED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS S. RIVERS
FOLLOWED BY EVENT.
>> HELLO?
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO, MY FAMILY AND
NEIGHBORS FAMILY LIVE ON -- THE
THING I'M ADDRESSING IS THE
TREE SERVICE PROVIDER REGISTRY
BILL.
MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORS
FAMILY LIVE ON TWO ADJACENT
PROPERTIES THAT OUR LANDLORD IS
SELLING FOR SUBDIVISION INTO
THREE PROPERTIES FOR
DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE THREE EXCEPTIONAL
TREES ON THESE PROPERTIES AND
TWO ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONAL
TREES ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
THE LANDLORD HAS HAD TWO
ARBORISTS COME TO INSPECT THE
TREES AT THE FRONT OF THE
PROPERTY.
A WESTERN RED CEDAR AND A
DOUGLAS FIR GROWING TOGETHER,
TWO HUGE TREES.
WE CALL THEM TREES IN LOVE
BECAUSE THEY'RE GROWING
TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE ARBORISTS TOLD ME
THE TREES WOULD HAVE TO GO,
THAT ONE OF THE TREES WOULD
HAVE TO GO WHICH WOULD ALSO OF
COURSE KILL THE OTHER ONE SINCE
THEY ARE CONJOINED.
WE ARE WORRIED HAVING TO KEEP A
24 HOUR WATCH FOR ILLEGAL
REMOVAL OF THESE TWO TREES AND
THE TWO TREES ON THE PROPERTY
LINE TO THE NORTH.
THAT NEIGHBOR ALSO IS PLANNING
TO SELL SOON FOR DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE PLATH PASS THE TREE
SERVICE PROVIDER REGISTRY WILL.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YVETTE
FOLLOWED BY COLLEEN.
>> HEY, YVETTE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
RAINIER BEACH RESIDENT.
ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO
COMMENT ON THE HOUSING
SOLUTIONS EMAIL I SENT TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HOWEVER, AFTER ATTENDING THE
MARCH 16 SOUTH PRECINCT
ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING,
INSTEAD I'M GOING TO GIVE KUDOS.
BIG KUDOS TO MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL
, HIS RIGHT HAND PERSON, KIM
BURGESS, JENNIFER SAMUELS,, A
FEW OTHER NAMES I RECOGNIZE IN
INOMING CABINET.
ACCORDING TO AARON GOODMAN, SHE
SAID THE MAYOR HAS BEEN MORE
THAN SIX WEEKS THAN MOST
INCOMING MAYORS GET DONE IN SIX
MONTHS.
CATHERINE DAVIS WAS THERE AND
SPOKE ON THE FACT THAT THE
MORALE AMONGST THE POLICE RANKS
IS MUCH HIGHER.
BECAUSE MAYOR HAROLD IS NOW
MAYOR. MORALE IS HIGH BECAUSE
OF THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION.
I CAN NOW BREATHE EASIER
KNOWING THAT THINGS ARE IN GOOD
HANDS.
I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE
HOUSING SITUATION.
BUT, AT THE RATE OF SPEED AT
WHICH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS
GETTING THINGS DONE, I'M NOT
NEARLY AS WORRIED AS I HAVE
WHEN THE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED
FOR HOUSING, WHAT, SIX YEARS
AGO?
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO CHIEF DIAZ.
HE IS DOING A REMARKABLE JOB
WITH A MOSTLY REDUCED STAFF.
HE SEEMED TO LEAD A WELL-
BALANCED LIFE. HE IS DOING A
GREAT JOB.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO CATHERINE DAVIS OF THE
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT.
CAPTAIN MOSS OF THE SOUTH
PRECINCT AND COMMANDER HEIDI
TUTTLE OF THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH PROGRAM.
SE SHARED -- AND THAT'S A GOOD
IDEA.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. I'M
GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S
GOING ON BUT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT
THE WAY THE CITY IS HEADING
RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS COLLEEN FOLLOWED
BY STEVE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.
AND PRESIDENT WORRA'S.
I'M RESETTING THE COMMITTEE
COUNCIL IN NORTHEAST SEATTLE.
WE URGE VOTING YES ON 120207
WHICH REQUIRES TREE PROVIDERS
TO REGISTER WITH OUR CITY.
IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL STEP THAT
REQUIRES THEM TO BE FAMILIAR
AND COMPLY WITH THE EXISTING
TRICO DETECTION AND PROVIDE
THREE BUSINESS DAYS NOTICE TO
THE PUBLIC FOR EXAMINATION.
THIS BILL ALSO REQUIRES
PROVIDERS TO HAVE ADEQUATE
INSURANCE AND WORKERS COMP TO
PROTECT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES
JUST IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT.
THE TREE REGISTRATION IS FEE
AND IT REPRESENTS A
COLLABORATION OF SEVERAL
VERSIONS WHICH ALSO PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF THE
PROVIDERS TO COMPLY BY USING
RESOURCES AND EXPERT SUCH AS
ARBORISTS.
WE URGE YOU TO VOTE YES TODAY
TO SAVE THE TREES AND IT'S
THESE TREES THAT MAY SAVE US.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE
FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER.
>> HELLO THIS IS STEVE.
I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF
120207.
THE TREE SERVICE PROVIDER
REGISTRATION.
WE WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS
PEDERSEN AND STRAUSS FOR
SPONSORING THIS BILL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON FOR VOTING FOR THIS IN
LAND-USE COMMITTEE.
THE IT WILL MEET ONE OF THE
GOALS IN THE 2019 TO HELP
INCREASE TREE PROTECTION.
WE NEED TO, HOWEVER, MOVE ON
BEYOND THIS TO PASS THE OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION.
AN EXAMPLE IS, THIS MORNING
STARTING AT 9:00 STILL ONGOING
THERE IS A CHAINSAW, A TREE
COMPANY WORKING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CUTTING DOWN
TREES.
WHEN I WENT OUT TO CHECK ONE OF
THE TREES IS A LARGE CEDAR
TREE, 70 FEET TALL THAT WHEN I
ASKED WAS "BEING TOPPED".
TOPPING IS NOT A STANDARD
PRACTICE THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO DO FOR SAVING TREES.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE DIAMETER
OF THE TREE.
AGAIN, WITHOUT A PERMIT SYSTEM
AND TWO WEEK NOTICE AND POSTING
ON-SITE WE STILL HAVE A
COMPLAINT BASED SYSTEM
UNFORTUNATELY.
THREE DAYS NOTICE DOESN'T SAY
THEY ARE PERMITTED TO DO THIS.
IT SAYS THIS IS WHAT THE
COMPANY IS GOING TO DO.
THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
CHRISTOPHER KING FOLLOWED BY
DAVID WHO IS JOINED US AS NOT
PRESENT SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO
TOM.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS
CHRISTOPHER.
>> GO AHEAD.
SIR?
CHRISTOPHER, ARE YOU THERE?
MADAME CLERK, LET'S SEE IF WE
CAN LOOPBACK BUT GO TO THE NEXT
PERSON.
>> I AM HERE.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> TERRIFIC.
THIS IS CHRISTOPHER KING.
SEVEN YEAR RESIDENT OF SEATTLE
AND MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN
SEATTLE SINCE THE 1950s OFF-AND-
ON.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
YUR EXPENDITURES AND POINT OF
FACT IT WAS $35,000 EXPECT A ON
LEGAL FEES RELATIVE TO THE
PREVIOUS MAYOR DURKAN.
AND SHE REFUSED EVEN MEET WITH
BLACK CANDIDATES PROFESSIONALS.
WE [INDISCERNIBLE]
WE JUST WANTED A MEETING SEEING
AS THE MAYOR'S NAME IS ON THE
CITY'S BUSINESS EQUITY
DEPARTMENT.
IT IS THERE.
WE DIDN'T GET A MEETING SO WE
ENDED UP SUING TO TRY TO FIND
OUT WHAT WAS THE COMMUNICATION
OF WHY DID WE EVER GET A
MEETING.
AND SO, THE THING IS, THE CITY
ALLOWS THE COPS AND FEDS TO
THREATEN THE BLACKS OUT OF
BUSINESSES -- UNDER THE THREAT
OF CYCLE 502.
THAT WAS NEVER THE LEGISLATIVE
INTENT OR SO THEY SAY.
THESE WERE GRANDFATHERED UNDER
THE LAW AS MEDICAL PROVIDERS
UNDER 1771-11.
THEY DID ALL TO BRING IN MORE
REVENUE AFTER THE MORTGAGE
CRISIS, THE SALE OF STATE
LIQUOR STORES WITHOUT ENOUGH
INCOME. BOOM.
4000 MEDICAL CANNABIS WASN'T
TAXED AND BRINGING IN THE
RECREATIONAL CANNABIS.
THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.
ALONG THE WAY ALL THE BLACKS
GOT ASKED AND WISH.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE ZERO BLACKS
OWNING SHOPS IN SEATTLE.
MAYOR HAROLD, YOUR FORMER CIVIL
RIGHTS LAWYER, CAN YOU SEE THIS
IS WRONG?
AND THOSE SHOPS ARE ENTITLED TO
LOST INCOME FOR THAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL WHO
IGNORED THE REQUEST FOR A
MEETING?
DO YOU FIND THIS ACTIVITY TO BE
FAIR TO BLACKS IN THE MEDICAL?
BECAUSE ALL THIS TIME IS GONE BY
FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS LIKE
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, HAVE ACTUAL
EQUITY PROGRAM.
OUT HERE IN THE PROGRESSIVE WE
HAVE NOTHING.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TOM
FOLLOWED BY ALICIA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
THIS IS TOM, PRESIDENT OF VISIT
SEATTLE.
THE DESTINATION MARKETING
ORGANIZATION AND THE PROGRAM
MANAGER FOR THE SEATTLE TOURISM
IMPROVEMENT AREA.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL BILL 120273 WHICH IS
THE ASSESSMENT INCREASE FOR THE
STI A, THANK YOU FOR THE RICH
ENGAGEMENT AND IN DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THE CRITICAL ROLE TOURISM
PLAYS IN SEATTLE'S RECOVERY.
IT IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN
EVER.
AND WE KNOW THAT TOURISM IS
IMPACTING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THESE FUNDING INCREASES
THROUGH THE ASSESSMENTS WILL
HELP US INCREASE OUR MARKETING
EFFORTS, HELP US COMPETE HARDER
AND REALLY HELP MORE BUSINESSES
MOVE AROUND THE CITY IN AN
EQUITABLE FASHION TO ALL THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
ON BEHALF OF OVER 58,000
WORKERS IN OUR TRAVEL, TOURISM
AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, I
URGE YOU TO PLEASE PASS THIS
BILL THIS AFTERNOON.
YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICIA
FOLLOWED BY RUTH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
PRESIDENT JUAREZ AND MEMBERS
OF THE COUNCIL MY NAME IS
ALICIA.
AND THE SEATTLE GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR THE MASTER
BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF KING
AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL
FOR MEETING WITH US TO LISTEN
TO OUR FEEDBACK AND CONCERNS
WITH THE ORIGINAL VIRGIN THIS
BILL.
WE FEEL THE VERSION YOU ARE
CONSIDERING TODAY BETTER
DEFINES AND CLARIFIES
COMPONENTS THAT WE FELT WERE
TOO BIG AS BUILDERS.
WE ARE IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN
THE CITY FORWARD AND SUPPORT
THIS BILL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE AND
DEVELOPING A NEW TREE ORDINANCE
THAT SUPPORTS TREES AND
DESPERATELY NEEDED HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH
WILLIAMS AND AFTER RUTH
WILLIAMS IS LIBBY WHO IS JOINED
US AS NOT PRESENT.
JAMES WHO IS NOT PRESENT.
THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER RUTH IS
KRISTI.
>> I AM HERE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CREEK
ALLIANCE AN ALL VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATIONS OF 160 MEMBERS
WORKING TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE
THE CREEK RIPARIAN CORRIDOR IN
NORTHEAST SEATTLE AND SOUTHEAST
SHORELINE.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT COUNCIL
BILL 120207 REQUIRING
REGISTRATION OF TREE SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND ON-SITE POSTING
OF PERMITTED TREE CUTTING.
THE LEGISLATION REPRESENTS A
STRONG STEP FORWARD IN
PROTECTION OF OUR FOREST
RESOURCES BY ENSURING
PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT OF TREES
AND HELPING TO TRACK THE
NUMBERS.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, FOR MOVING IT
FORWARD.
WE UNDERSTAND PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF COMMITTEE.
ALSO THINK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
WE HOPE YOU WILL PASS IT
THROUGH THE FULL COUNCIL IN THE
SAME WAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTI
FOLLOWED BY JOE.
>> CHRISSY?
>> KRISTI.
>> KRISTI, ARE YOU THERE?
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
IF KRISTI SHOWS UP WE WILL COME
BACK TO HER.
>> OKAY.
JOE.
>> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?
>> GO AHEAD, JOE.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOUR
WONDERFUL VOICE.
IT'S ONE OF YOUR FANS, JOE HERE.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, FIRST
THEY REALLY ENCOURAGE CITY
COUNCIL OF SEATTLE TO REALLY
LOOK AT MIDDLE HOUSING AND
GETTING THAT LEGALIZED
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE, LET PEOPLE
DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT
TO HAVE ADU AND MIDDLE HOUSING.
I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE
IN A CITY WITH ABUNDANT TRANSIT
LIKE SEATTLE.
SECOND POINT IS IF YOU COULD
PLEASE FUND YOUR PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE IN YOUR BUDGET AND MAKE
SURE THE POLICE ARE AND TIGHT
RACIST.
THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT ANTIRACISM.
THIS IS THE LAST THING, IT
WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD CROWD
FUND NAMING A BUS LANE IN
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS DISTRICT,
THE HEIDI BUS LANE AND WE COULD
PLANT ROSEBUSHES.
WE COULD MAKE IT LOOK NICE AND
IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO GO
THERE AND REMEMBER ONE OF
SEATTLE'S GREAT PACIFIC HEROES
ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT JUAREZ ,
AND FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
I WISH ALL OF YOU WELL INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO I
ALWAYS SHOUT OUT TOO.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOE.
MADAME CLERK, ARE WE DONE?
>> WE HAVE KRISTI.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO?
>> GO AHEAD, KRISTI.
>> OKAY.
I MADE THE STAR SIX WORK OUT.
NAME IS KRISTI, GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I FIRST WANTED TO THANK ALL
NINE OF YOU FOR ANSWERING THE
CALL TO UPHOLD THE CITY'S
MISSION STATEMENT WHICH I WOULD
LIKE TO READ REAL QUICK OFF THE
WEBSITE WHICH STATES THE CITY
OF SEATTLE VALUES DIVERSITY AND
COLLABORATION OF OPINIONS AND
BACKGROUNDS AND CREATES AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT HIS INCLUSIVE
OF EVERYONE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST STATE
THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BUT MISSION
STATEMENT THAT SAYS ANY SYSTEM
PERMISSIVE OF BIAS AND
EXCLUSION IS RIPE FOR CRIMES OF
HATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE
CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT
GIVEN THIS COUNCIL'S SWORN
COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THESE
VALUES I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
THE FACT THAT FORCING A
VACCINE MANDATE IS QUITE THE
OPPOSITE OF THESE VALUES.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING
RESPECTFULLY TO THE CITY
COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT
SURROUNDING CITIES SUCH AS
TACOMA, PIERCE COUNTY, EVERETT,
SPOKANE, THESE CITIES ARE ALL
UNDER GOVERNOR INSLEE AND THEY
HAVE FOUND WAYS WITH THEIR
STRONG VALUES WITH THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL, TO FIGHT FOR,
SAVE AND ACCOMMODATE AND AVOID
FIRING ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
GIVEN THE CITY'S DEEP COMMITMENT
TO INCLUSIVITY AND TOLERANCE I
WOULD ENCOURAGE SEATTLE TO BE A
LEADER IN TOLERANCE AND
INCLUSIVITY.
FOR THAT REASON I'M JUST
STRONGLY, RESPECTFULLY,
ENCOURAGING THE CITY OF SEATTLE
COUNCIL TO STAND BEHIND THEIR
VALUES, TO FIND WAYS JUST AS
TACOMA DID TO KEEP THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED OVER THIS
MANDATE.
THERE HAS BEEN UPWARDS OF 100
FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS,
LINE WORKERS, PARKS WORKERS,
911 DISPATCHERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS THE END OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
SO WE WILL NOW -- WE HAVE HAD
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAD THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS
IN THE ALLOTTED TIME.
LET'S MOVE ONTO AGENDA AND
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE OF
ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL
>> I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 120286.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL AS A
SPONSOR OF THIS BILL I WILL
ADDRESS THE ITEM.
COUNCIL BILL 120288 IS
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE SEVERAL ACTIONS
RELATED TO OUR TWO NEW CITY
HOLIDAYS.
AS A REMINDER, IN DECEMBER 2021
THE CITY ENACTED TWO ORDINANCES
RELATED TO NEW HOLIDAYS.
ORDINANCE 126505 ESTABLISHED
JUNETEENTH AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY
FOR NON-REPRESENTED CITY
EMPLOYEES AND A PARKING HOLIDAY
FOR THE PUBLIC.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 126516
ESTABLISHED JUNETEENTH AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY AS LEGAL
HOLIDAYS FACILITY EMPLOYEES
REPRESENT BY THE COALITION AND
CITY UNIONS.
ALTHOUGH THE CITY HAS
ESTABLISHED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
THEY IS A DAY OF OBSERVANCE,
LEGISLATION IS REQUIRED TO
EXPAND THE HOLIDAY TO NON-
REPRESENTED CITY EMPLOYEES AND
ESTABLISH A PARKING HOLIDAY.
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE FOLLOWING
ACTIONS, OR ONE ESTABLISH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
LEGAL HOLIDAY FOR CITY
EMPLOYEES ON THE SECOND MONDAY
OF OCTOBER.
NUMBER TWO, ESTABLISH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
PARKING HOLIDAY.
NUMBER THREE, APPROVE A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WITH REUNIONS TO ESTABLISH
JUNETEENTH AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES
HOLIDAY.
AND NUMBER FOUR, MAKE UPDATES
TO FACILITATE OBSERVANCE OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
DIRECT COST WOULD BE ADDITIONAL
PAY FOR MINIMUM STAFFING
REQUIREMENTS AND THE LOSS OF ON
STREET PARKING HOLIDAY FOR THE
PARKING.
FOR UP TO ABOUT $132,000 FOR
EACH PARKING HOLIDAY.
INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IS A NEW
HOLIDAY WILL DEMONSTRATE THE
CITY'S COMMITMENT TO HONORING
THE CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JUNETEENTH
AND THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
WILL ALSO SIGNAL A COMMITMENT
TOWARD ACHIEVING RACIAL EQUITY,
RACING TOWARD AN ANTIRACIST
FUTURE AND ENDING THE
HISTORICAL AND CONTINUED HARMS
TOWARD BLACK AMERICANS AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THIS
REGION AND THE U.S. FOR NEXT
STEPS, AFTER COUNCIL APPROVES
THE BILL TODAY, THE EXECUTIVE
WILL TRANSMIT SEPARATE BUDGET
LEGISLATION TO APPROPRIATE
FUNDING TO COVER THE DIRECT
COSTS.
THE COSTS I SHARED WITH YOU.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
I WOULD BRIEFLY LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
BRINGING JUNETEENTH TO US.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN HER
COMMITTEE THE PASS THE
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH HOLIDAYS
WILL HAVE THREE PARKING.
LET'S BE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
ANYHOW, THANK YOU.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY MORE
COMMENTS OR HANDS RAISED.
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
AND PRESIDENT JUAREZ ?
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR AND THEN
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE BILL TO THE LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM
FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND CITY LIKE COMMITTEE, PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE
RECORD.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
COUNCIL BILL 120273.
RELATING TO THE SEATTLE TOURISM
IMPROVEMENT AREA, MODIFYING THE
ASSESSMENT RATE AND AMENDING
ORDINANCE 123714.
THE COMMITTEE MET KAREN
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND FOR
FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS, THIS BILL
EFFECTUATES A RATE CHANGE FROM
TWO DOLLARS PER NIGHT TO FOUR
DOLLARS PER NIGHT FOR THE
SEATTLE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT
AREA.
THE IMPROVEMENT AREA WAS FORMED
IN 2011 TO PROMOTE LEISURE
TOURISM TO SEATTLE.
THE RATE HAS REMAINED THE SAME
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS,
SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, AND
THIS BILL WAS HEARD FIRST IN
THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 9. WE
DISCUSSED THE BILL FURTHER AND
HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTED
IT OUT UNANIMOUSLY LAST WEEK ON
MARCH 23.
SO, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND
SAY THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THE
PANDEMIC HAS HIT SEATTLE HARD,
BUT IT HAS PARTICULARLY HURT
THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.
THIS DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT THE
HOTELS.
THIS BILL WILL BENEFIT ALL OF
THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN AND
ACROSS THE CITY THE BENEFIT
FROM TOURISM IN SEATTLE.
THE SEATTLE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT
AREA IS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE,
THE WATERFRONT, IT COMPRISES
ABOUT 60 HOTELS.
BUT VISIT SEATTLE WHICH MANAGES
THE REVENUE GENERATED BY THIS
FEE PROMOTES ALL OF SEATTLE.
SO, I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE
CHASE AND SAY PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL IS CRUCIAL TO OUR ECONOMIC
RECOVERY AND TO AN EQUABLE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
BECAUSE VISIT SEATTLE TAKES
THIS MONEY AND PROMOTES EVERY
DISTRICT OF THE CITY.
THAT MEANS ALL OF THE RETAIL
SHOPS, BARS AND RESTAURANTS
MUSEUMS ENTERTAINMENT VENUES,
ET CETERA, IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
BENEFITING FROM THIS PROMOTION.
THAT IS WHY I SAY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
AND AS WELL, THE TAXES GENERATED
FROM THOSE ENTERPRISES END UP
GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND AND
FUNDING THE SERVICES WE DEPEND
ON.
NOT ALL CITIES HAVE THEIR FEES
STRUCTURED IN THE SAME WAY.
HOURS IS A FLAT FEE.
WE ARE IN COMPETITION WITH
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
OUR NEIGHBOR, PORTLAND, HAS A
2% FEE ON OCCUPANCY IN THEIR
HOTELS.
THAT MEANS WHEN A GUEST GOES
THERE 2% OF THE BILL GOES TO
THEIR TOURISM IMPROVEMENT AND
PROMOTION AREA.
OURS IS A FLAT FEE.
IT DOESN'T GO UP AS ROOM RATES
INCREASE.
THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE PASS THIS AND BRING BACK
SOME MORE LIFE DOWNTOWN AND
GENERATE BUSINESS AND SUPPORT
FOR BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY.
SO, THIS IS BEEN A LONG TIME IN
THE MAKING, AND PROUD TO BE
SITTING IN THIS POSITION RIGHT
NOW TO SEE THIS EFFORT COME TO
FRUITION, ESPECIALLY AS THE
DIRECTOR, TOM NORWALK IS
RETIRING AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE, FOR EVERYTHING YOU
HAVE DONE, NOT JUST FOR
DOWNTOWN BUT SEATTLE.
I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO
PLEASE PASS THIS BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
NOT SEEING OR HEARING, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE RELEVANT
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
AND PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR AND THEN
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION.
GREAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
THREE.
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE AND
THEN WE WILL HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
COUNCIL BILL ONE 2207.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSES AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COLLEAGUES, I WAS HAPPY TO
PARTNER WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ON THIS LEGISLATION TO
ENSURE WE HOLD TREE SERVICE
PROVIDERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR TREE
CUTTING AND WE PROMOTE THE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE KNOWN FOR
BEST PRACTICES REGARDING
ARBORIST WORK.
THIS LEGISLATION IS THE FIRST
STEP OF A FOUR PRONG APPROACH
TO STRENGTHEN TREE PROTECTION
IN SEATTLE AND I'M HAPPY TO
MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE LAND-
USE COMMITTEE WHILE THE OTHER
THREE PARTS OF THE PROPOSAL ARE
UNDER APPEAL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANGES I
BROUGHT FORWARD.
ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ON SOME IN MY
STANDALONE AMENDMENT I WOULD
LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THEY SHOW HOW OUR
PARTNERSHIP MADE THIS STRONGER.
WE ADDED A DATE CERTAIN
NOVEMBER 10 FOR TREE SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO REGISTER GIVING
THEM CLARITY TO COMPLY WITH
THIS NEW LAW RATHER THAN HAVING
TO DO THE MATH OF WHEN WAS THE
BILL ENACTED AND HOW MANY DAYS
AGO DID THE MAYOR SIGN AND HOW
MANY DAYS AFTER THAT -- A DATE
CERTAIN PROVIDES CLARITY.
WE ADDED A REQUIREMENT THE WHEN
A TREE SERVICE PROVIDER IS
MOVING A HAZARDOUS EXCEPTIONAL
TREAT THEY GET A DIFFERENT
INDEPENDENT TREE SERVICE
PROVIDED TO CONDUCT THE
HAZARDOUS ANALYSIS AND APPLY
FOR THE PERMIT TO ELIMINATE ANY
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
OF THAT TREE SERVICE PROVIDER.
WE ALSO ALIGNED TO THE
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE
TREE CODE WITH PENALTIES UNDER
SDOT TREE PROVIDER REGISTRY.
AND LASTLY WE ALSO ADJUSTED THE
PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR
TREE REMOVAL FROM THREE DAYS TO
THREE BUSINESS DAYS TO PREVENT
SOMEONE FROM POSTING A NOTICE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR MONDAY
REMOVAL.
OVERALL AM VERY EXCITED FOR THE
FINAL PASSAGE OF THIS BILL
TODAY.
I'M LOOKING FOR TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES
TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING TREE
PROTECTIONS LATER THIS YEAR
ONCE IT COMES OUT. WITH THAT, I
HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY AND
WITH YOUR PERMISSION I WOULD
LOVE TO PASS IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> ARE YOU READY,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, THIS LEGISLATION
WILL PREVENT RECKLESS TREE
CUTTING IN SEATTLE AND IS A
SMALL BUT MIGHTY STEP IN
PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT THE BENEFITS OF
MATURE TREES IN OUR EMERALD
CITY.
AS HEAT WAVES AND FLOODING
INCREASE WITH THE CLIMATE
CRISIS, WE NEED TO INCREASE
PROTECTIONS FOR ARE PRICELESS
TREE INFRASTRUCTURE.
COUNCIL BILL 120207 DELIVERS
THE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND
TRANSPARENCY NEEDED.
AS WE WORK TO DELIVER A MORE
CONFERENCE OF TREE PROTECTION
ORDINANCE LATER THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO THANK OUR LAND-USE
CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOR THE COSPONSORSHIP.
AT THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS
BILL, IF THERE ARE EXTRA
ENHANCEMENTS, THANK YOU TO THE
CITY STAFF WHO WORKED ON THIS
BILL AND THE CONSERVATIONIST,
TREE ADVOCATES WITH CALLED INTO
MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, IN
ADDITION TO THE WIDESPREAD
SUPPORT FROM DEDICATED URBAN
FORESTS, CONSERVATIONISTS SUCH
AS THE AUDUBON SOCIETY, A
STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY
CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUTE IN
2021 SHOW 75% OF SEATTLE VOTERS
SUPPORT REQUIRING TREE CARE
PROVIDERS TO MEET CERTIFICATION
AND TRAINING AND REGISTER WITH
THE CITY.
THAT IS WHAT THIS BILL TAKES
CARE OF.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY OF MY OTHER
COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD LIKE TO
COMMENT ON THIS LEGISLATION
BEFORE WE GO TO THE VOTE?
I JUST WANT TO SAY,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, THANK
YOU WILL FOR BEING SO
COLLABORATIVE AND WORKING
TOGETHER.
WE GOT HERE AND I APPRECIATE
THAT.
I AM GLAD WE HEARD FROM THE
PEOPLE THAT CALLED IN FOR THE
GREENWAYS AND TREES AND A LOT
OF THEM ARE LONGTIME PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
TREE CANOPY ISSUE.
THANK YOU BOTH, WITH YOUR
COMMITMENT AND MODELING BEHAVIOR
TO REALLY TRY TO WORK TOGETHER
AND WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES WE
CAN ACTUALLY GET SOME
LEGISLATION PASSED.
THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE? I DIDN'T MEAN
IT THAT WAY.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I WANT TO SECOND THAT
EMOTION THAT THIS WAS A
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
THERE WERE A LOT OF DETAILS TO
RUN THROUGH AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
WITH THAT, I AM NOT SEEING ANY
OTHER HANDS RAISED.
MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> AYE.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AGAIN.
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
120265.
RELATING TO LAND USE REGULATION
OF HOME OCCUPATIONS; EXTENDING
FOR SIX MONTHS INTERIM
DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS ,THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT BUT
THE BILL PASSED.
>> BRINGING BUSINESS HOME
LEGISLATION, THIS SIX-MONTH
EXTENSION WILL ALLOW TIME FOR
THE PERMITS TO COMPLETE THE
WORK ON REGULATION SO WE DON'T
RUSH TO MAKE CONCLUSIONS IN OUR
FINAL REGULATIONS, THAT WE TAKE
THE TIME NECESSARY TO GET IT
RIGHT.
AS YOU MAY RECALL THE BRING
BUSINESS HOME LEGISLATION MADE
IT EASIER TO OPERATE A HOME
WASTE BUSINESS DURING THE
PANDEMIC BY EASING SOME
RESTRICTIONS.
INCLUDING THE REMOVING OF THE
LIMIT OF TWO NONRESIDENT
EMPLOYEES IN A BUSINESS.
THE RESTRICTION THE CUSTOMERS
CAN ONLY VISIT BY APPOINTMENT.
AND ENDING THE REQUIREMENT THE
BUSINESSES RETAINED THE
APPEARANCE OF A HOME AND
ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHTLY LARGER
SIGN AND HOME-BASED BUSINESSES,
WILL ALSO CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE
THE YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY SMALL
SIGNS AS YOU WANTED.
DURING THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE
NOT, I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY
RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOME-
BASED BUSINESSES DUE TO THE
CHANGES IN THE BRING BUSINESS
HOME BILL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON
THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO MAKING
THE RIGHT PARTS OF THIS
LEGISLATION PERMANENT.
THANK YOU, THAT IS THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
DO ANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN DOES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH MY
VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL COUNCIL
BILL IN 20 201, I WILL BE
VOTING NO ON THIS.
BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
FINAL REGULATIONS TO CONSIDER
THOSE LATER.
>> REALLY?
YOU GOING TO KNOW?
>> I WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
MY PREVIOUS VOTE.
YEP.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY CONCERNS OR
QUESTIONS THEY WANT TO ASK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS BEFORE WE
GO TO A VOTE?
>> NOT SEEING ANY, MADAME
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD --
PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION.
>> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
AGAIN WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
PLEASE READ NUMBER FIVE INTO
THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 32048.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND
RATIFYING THE DECISION OF THE
METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY
COUNCIL TO ADOPT A REVISED SET
OF COUNTYWIDE PLANNING
POLICIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION .
>> SORRY, GO AHEAD
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THIS RESOLUTION RATIFIES
COUNTYWIDE PLANNING POLICIES
RECENTLY ADOPTED BY THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL.
THE COUNTYWIDE PLANNING
POLICIES WERE ADOPTED BY THE
COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT
PLANNING COUNCIL,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ALONG
WITH THE MAYOR AND I ARE
RESENTING THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THE COUNTYWIDE PLANNING
POLICIES CAN BE RATIFIED EITHER
TAKING NO ACTION, OR BY TAKING
ACTION TO RESOLUTION.
SEATTLE HAS DONE BOTH IN THE
PAST AND WE CHOSE TO DO A
RESOLUTION THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFORM THE
COMMITTEE ON NEW POLICIES.
THE COUNTYWIDE PLANS THE POLICY
HOW THE COUNTY WILL GROW AND
SHEEP'S LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
THE 2021 COUNTY WIDE PLANNING
POLICY INCLUDES UPDATES TO THE
2019 HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT
TARGETS FOR JURISDICTIONS IN
KING COUNTY.
CHANGES TO THE SOCIAL, EQUITY
AND POLICIES AND CHANGES TO
INTEGRATE REGIONAL AND
STATEWIDE POLICIES INCLUDING
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL --
REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGIES, SAY
THAT 10 TIMES FAST, KNOWN AS
VISION 20/50 PLAN.
THESE REGIONAL POLICIES AND
COUNTYWIDE PLANNING POLICIES
WILL NOW INFORM THE ONE SEATTLE
CONFERENCE OF PLAN UPDATE THAT
IS LAUNCHING RIGHT NOW AND IS
CONCLUDING IN 2024.
THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS
COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW NUMBERS FOR
GROWTH, JOB EMPLOYMENT AND
HOUSING WERE NEEDED.
I WOULD SAY THAT OVERALL THEY
WERE TOO LOW, I KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE MORE GROWTH. I
THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED
TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
AS FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS
RESOLUTION DOES THE JOB NEEDED
AND I'M URGING A AYE VOTE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU'RE STILL
ON MUTE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
OTHER COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
NOT SEEING ANY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> AND PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE RESOLUTION.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER SIX.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THIS WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD .
>> PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER SIX.
120280.
RELATING TO THE 2022 BUDGET;
AMENDING ORDINANCE 126490,
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2022 BUDGET;
CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET
CONTROL LEVELS; ADDING
PROVISOS; AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS IT
PASSES AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
AS EXPLAINED IN COUNCIL
BRIEFING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
THIS BILL IS BROUGHT FORWARD AS
A HOLDOVER FROM THE BUDGET
PROCESS, THE 2022 BUDGET
PROCESS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN THAT
BUDGET PROCESS THE COUNCIL
ACCEPTED $3.8 MILLION IN FUNDING
FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, THE URBAN
AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE.
OF THE $3.8 MILLION THAT WE
ACCEPTED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS,
WE ONLY APPROPRIATED $750,000
OF THOSE AND THOSE WERE FUNDS
FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE OPTED TO
DELAY APPROPRIATION OF THE
BALANCE, WHICH WAS THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT $2.3 MILLION,
UNTIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE COULD CONDUCT
ADDITIONAL BRIEFING AND ANALYSIS
ON THE RECIPIENTS OF THAT $2.3
MILLION. THIS LEGISLATION
INCLUDES THE GRANTS AND ALLOWS
THE PD MANAGEMENT OF THOSE
GRANTS BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS GO
TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS.
AND PROJECT FUNDING DECISIONS
ARE MADE THROUGH A
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS INVOLVING
MULTIPLE PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES
THROUGHOUT SNOHOMISH, KING AND
PIERCE COUNTIES.
AND JUST THE BACKGROUND, THE
COMMITTEE HAD A FIRST BRIEFING
ON THE RECIPIENTS OF THESE
GRANT SOURCES ON MARCH 8. SPD
JOINED US WITH AN EXPLANATION
OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS BEING
FUNDED. AND THEN WE HAD A
SECOND BRIEFING MARCH 22 WHERE
THE COMMITTEE ADOPTED THE
AMENDMENT NOTING THAT ANY
EQUIPMENT PURCHASED WITH THESE
FUNDS IS SUBJECT TO --
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS IT CITY
[INDISCERNIBLE].
>> OKAY, IS THAT IT?
>> OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BEFORE
WE GO TO A VOTE?
NOT SEEING ANY, MADAME CLERK WE
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> THE BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE BILL.
THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN
AND EIGHT.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
PLEASE READ SEVEN AND EIGHT
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7 AND EIGHT,
APPOINTMENT OF STEVE HORVATH AS
MEMBER, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMISSION, FOR A TERM TO MAY
31, 2022.
AND FOR A TERM TO MAY 31, 2024.
>> I MOVE POSTPONEMENT OF THESE
TWO PLANETS, 211 AND 2146 UNTIL
MAY 10.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
IS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
POSTPONE THE APPOINTMENTS 2111
AND 2146 TWO MAY 10, 2022.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ? PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE APPOINTMENTS ARE POSTPONED
UNTIL MAY 10, 2022.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
GOING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE,
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER NINE INTO THE RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENT 2112.
APPOINTMENT OF AHOUA KONE AS
MEMBER, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMISSION, FOR A TERM TO MAY
31, 2022.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I MOVE WE AMEND APPOINTMENT
2112 BY SUBSTITUTING VERSION 2
FOR VERSION 1.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE APPOINTMENT BY
SUBSTITUTING APPOINTED PACKET
FOR VERSION 2, AND WE HAVE A
SECOND.
THERE IS NO COMMENTS TO THE
SUBSTITUTE.
WITH THAT WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS AMENDED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDED
APPOINTMENT?
NOT SEEING ANY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
AMENDED APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
AMENDED APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
RESOLUTIONS OR ADOPTIONS -- OR
INSTRUCTIONS -- I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING ELSE UP THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS, IS
THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I WAS
WONDERING WHERE YOU WERE.
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
MADAM PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO BE EXCUSED
FROM THE COUNCIL BRIEFING SINCE
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAY, I
THOUGHT I WOULD PUT THAT IN
THERE, MAY 2 AND MAY 9, EXCUSE
ME, MAY 2 AND MAY 16 FOR
COUNCIL BRIEFINGS I WOULD LIKE
TO BE EXCUSED.
AND I WOULD REQUEST AS WELL
FULL COUNCIL ON MAY 16.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I'M SORRY,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WOULD
LIKE TO BE EXCUSED MAY 2, MAY
16 AND MAY 16 FOR THE COUPLE
MEETING.
OTHER ANY OBJECTIONS?
NOT SEEING ANY.
I GUESS YOU ARE EXCUSED.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
HAS HER HAND UP.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANK YOU.
I AM STILL IN APRIL.
I REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED FOR THE
BRIEFING ON APRIL 11 AND FULL
COUNCIL ON APRIL 12.
>> SO, WE ALSO HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ASKING TO
BE EXCUSED ON APRIL 11 AND
APRIL 12.
ANY OBJECTIONS?
NOT SEEING ANY.
YOU ARE INDEED EXCUSED.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
HAS HIS HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED FROM
COUNCIL BRIEFING ON APRIL 11.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WOULD
LIKE TO BE EXCUSED APRIL 11.'S
OR ANY OBJECTION?
NOT SEEING ANY, THEN -- WHAT I
ALWAYS WANT TO YOU MR.?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
EXCUSED ON THAT DATE.
'S OR ANY OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
COUNCIL?
OKAY.
I'M STARTING TO GET THE
GIGGLES.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
THANK YOU.
I WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.