>>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 13th.
THE MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01.
I AM DEBORA JUAREZ.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> PRESENT.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ALONG ON THE AGENDA, WE
HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS HERE
TODAY.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, WE WILL OPEN
UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.
TODAY, LET'S SEE.
WHY DON'T WE DO THE IN PERSON
FIRST TODAY.
AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE
FLOOR REMOTE.
MADAM CLERK.
EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
EVERYBODY, TWO MINUTES.
WE'LL DO THE IN PERSON FIRST.
AND THEN WE WILL DO THE REMOTE.
AND MADAM CLERK, WITH THAT, I
WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU ON THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE.
WE ARE AMT EMERALD CITY.
BUILT ON LAND, THE TRADITIONAL
TERRITORY.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND IS EAGER TO HEAR FROM
RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT,
YOU MAY REGISTER, TWO HOURS
PRIOR TO THE MEETING, VIA THE
CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE.
HERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT THE
COMMENT PROCEEDINGS.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE WEBSITE.
EACH MUST PROVIDE A PHONE
NUMBER AND USE THE MEETING I.D.
AND PASSCODE THAT WAS E-MAILED
UPON CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE A
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS.
A REMINDER, THE SPEAKER-MEETING
I.D.
IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL
LISTEN LINE, MEETING I.D.
PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS
CALLED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE IS UNMUTED.
AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL
SAY, THE HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO
UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE THAT IT IS
YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST PRESS
STAR SIX.
YOU WILL THEN HEAR A PROMPT OF
"YOU ARE UNMUTED."
BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNMUTED
ON YOUR END, SO THAT YOU WILL
BE HEARD.
AS A SPEAKER, YOU SHOULD BEGIN
BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE
ITEM THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
A CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
AS A GENTLE REMINDER TO WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED
TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED.
AND THE NEXT SPEAKER REGISTERED
WILL BE CALLED.
ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE COMPLETED
THE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
PUBLIC COMMENT LINE.
AND JOIN US BY FOLLOWING THE
MEETING THROUGH THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL BROADCAST.
OR THE LISTEN OPTION ON THE
AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL DESERVES THE RIGHT
TO LIMIT COMMENT.
OR IF THE COUNCIL FEELS IT
IMPEDES ON ITS ABILITY TO
CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY.
ANY LANGUAGE THAT IS DISRUPTIVE
TO THESE PROCEEDINGS OR IS NOT
FOCUSED AS SPECIFIED TO
COUNSELL RULES MAY LEAD TO THE
SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF
"YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED."
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO IN PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE
AND THE ITEM.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARGUERITE
RASHARD.
>> GOOD DAY.
AND MY NAME IS MARGUERITE
RASHARD.
I PUT SOMETHING DOWN ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS THAT ARE
TO BE TAKEN, REGARDING FUNDING,
CLIMATE, RESILIENT CHANGES AND
INVESTING IN NET ZERO OR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TENTS.
FOLK O.D.ING ON THE STREETS
LIKE THIS WOMAN TOLD ME.
A WOMAN DID AROUND THE CORNER
FROM ROSS TODAY.
AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT
CONCERN PROGRESS.
AND I DON'T SEE US PROGRESSING
IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S
NO MORE PEOPLE OTHER THAN
MYSELF PERIODICALLY COMING DOWN
HERE TO SAY SOMETHING ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK WE COULD STAND
ANOTHER ANYTHING" IC ,"
PANDEMIC, WHATEVER-IC.
I HEARD THE GOVERNOR OPEN UP TO
THE STATE.
BUT THE PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT
HERE.
EVEN OUR FACES.
LIKE WE USED TO HAVE OUR FACES
ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S NOT EVEN VISIBLE ANYMORE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN LIVE
WITH YOURSELF LIKE THAT,
KNOWING THAT YOU'RE TERRORIZING
PEOPLE, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
FREE SPEECH.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE OPEN
GOVERNMENT.
AND YOU TELL A PERSON ONE TIME
THAT SOMEBODY IS IN VIOLATION
OF ANY RULE, REGULATION,
ORDINANCE?
LOOK AT BANNON RIGHT NOW.
YEAH.
HE'S A GOOD GUN SLINGER, THEM
TRUMP FOLK AND WHATNOT?
HE SAYS I'M OFF THE SUBJECT.
NO I'M NOT.
BECAUSE I'M HUMAN.
AND I SEE THESE THINGS AND
DON'T SEE ANY CHANGES.
AND I WONDER WHAT IS GOING ON
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING
SOMETHING.
AND IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF
THE WASH.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX
TSIMERMAN.
>> AND YOU CAN START THE TIMER,
AMELIA.
>> YES.
YOU CAN START.
YEAH.
ZI, HAIL, MY NAZI DEMOCRAT
FASCIST, MAFIA CARTEL.
MY NAME, ALEX TSIMERMAN.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 5. BUDGET 22.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY NOW.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
TOTALLY POOR, DON'T HAVE PRICE
FOR EVERY SINGLE.
AND YOU MAKE $150,000 SALARY
FOR THREE YEAR, SITTING HOME.
IT'S LIKE WELFARE.
LIKE DISABILITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS MEAN?
150,000 EACH YOU HAVE FOR
ASSISTANCE FOR 70,000 EACH.
SO YOU.
GOVERNMENT?
I DON'T KNOW.
PEOPLE?
PEOPLE PAY YOU $150,000 PER
YEAR.
YOU SIT HERE AND DON'T DO
NOTHING FOR THREE YEAR.
MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
AND I NEVER SEE YOU FOR THREE
YEAR.
YOU DONATE $1 TO POOR PEOPLE OR
TO MINORITY OR SOMEBODY ELSE
WHO HAS A CRISIS LIKE HOMELESS?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR
$150,000?
THIS SALARY DON'T HAVE ANALOGY
IN AMERICA.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN?
SEATTLE NUMBER 1 CITY IN
AMERICA.
BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE TO NAZI OR
COMMUNIST, YOU KNOW WHAT IS
MEAN?
THIS IS NOT BELIEVABLE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR
$150,000?
WHY ARE YOU SO QUIET?
WHY NOT ONE TALK, FOR EXAMPLE,
GIVE US $50,000.
LIKE SENATOR STATE WASHINGTON
HAVE.
WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND RIGHT NOW, SPEAK TO THIS
$750,000, IDIOT.
ZOMBIE.
AM HAPPY COW.
ARE YOU FREAKING IDIOT?
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
MEAN $150,000 WELFARE IN HOME
FOR THREE YEAR?
YOU MIND YOUR BACK.
BECAUSE YOU ARE CLEAR CRIMINAL.
>> THANK YOU.
NOW, WE'LL MOVE TO THE REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
AND SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED ON
IN THE ORDER REGISTERED F.
YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED TO SPEAK,
YOU CAN STILL REGISTER BEFORE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
CONCLUDED BY REGISTERING TO
SPEAK REMOTE OR IN PERSON AT
THE PODIUM.
AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD
GALE.
AND HOWARD IS NOT SHOWING AS
PRESENT.
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> OUR NEXT PERSON IS --
>> I'M PRESENT!
WHAT THE F- --
>> STOP.
WE ARE NOT ENTERTAINING THAT
LANGUAGE.
>> YOU JUST SAID I'M NOT
PRESENT.
>> MOVE TO THE NEXT PERSON,
MADAM PRESENT.
>> NEXT PERSON IS CHRISTOPHER
PERSONS.
>> MR. PERSONS.
I SEE HIS -- I SEE HIS TILE UP
THERE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT
JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS CHRIS PERSONS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
HOUSING.
AND I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL BILL 120114.
RELATING TO THE YEFLER FAMILY.
YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
ENSURES THAT THIS PROJECT,
ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL
CONTINUE AND OPEN NEXT YEAR.
AND PROVIDE OVER 150 FAMILY
APARTMENTS TO LOW ASK VERY LOW-
INCOME PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
THE THREE- AND FOUR-BEDROOM
PROJECTS IN THIS JOINT PROJECT
AND THE SEATTLE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT CDA ARE
RARE.
AND ARE A VITAL EDITION TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO LOW AND
VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING YES ON
THIS COUNCIL BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON IS DAVID
HAINES.
>> MR. HAINES?
>> YES.
HI.
THANK YOU.
I WAS HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL
WOULD RECONSIDER AND STOP
EXEMPTING DRUG PUSHERS AND SEX
CRIMES FROM JAIL.
YOU'RE SABOTAGING THE INTEGRITY
AND SAFETINESS OF POLICE
REFORM.
CAUSING GOOD COPS TO LEAVE.
AND UNTRUSTWORTHY POLICE
OFFICERS, TO GET RICH OFF
OVERTIME, NOT FIGHTING CRIME.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND, IN ORDER TO
BE SUCCESSFUL AT ALTERNATIVE
POLICING, YOU STILL HAVE TO BE
HONEST IN FIGHTING OUT CRIME
AND ROOTING OUT THE EVIL
CUSTOMS, VIOLATING REPEAT
CRIMINALS.
ON THE COMMUNITY WITH
IMPUGNITY.
BE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
YET POLICE CHIEF AND THE
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
AND GEORGE SORRELS NONPROFIT,
JUST CARE AND LEAD.
RUN INTERFERENCE FOR AND RUN A
DRUG PUSHER, AS A NONVIOLENT
MISDEMEANOR, PRIORITIZED FOR
HOUSING, MOTELS AND SERVICES
LIKE WRAPAROUND.
INSTEAD OF IMPROVED JAIL
PUNISHMENT, AT THE EXPENSE OF
INNOCENT TAXPAYERS.
THE MAYOR SAYS HE IS MAKING UP
TO THE BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES FOR PAST WRONGS BY
SIMPLY NOT WEEDING OUT EVIL
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE HE IS TOTALLY
UNQUALIFIED AND REFUSES.
WHILE CITY HALL HAS CAPITULATED
TO GEORGE FLOYD AND BLACK LIVES
MATTER, LOOK AT WHAT
CONSTITUTES PROPER POLICING.
ALL BECAUSE A FLASH MOB CITY
HALL, ORGANIZING PROTESTORS TO
MARCH.
THEY END UP CO-OPTING ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND THEIR STAFF.
TURNING TOWARDS INNOCENT
CITIZENS.
REDIRECTING HOMELESS CRISIS AND
PUBLIC SAFETY MONEY TO BUY UP
ORGANIZERS.
WITHIN NEWLY CREATED
NONPROFITS.
SHAKING DOWN CITY HALL POWER
MONGERS.
AT OUR EXPENSE.
THIS COUNCIL REDIRECTED
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS,
EARMARKED TO CRISIS OF NO
SHELTER.
TO ORGANIZERS AND PROTESTORS --
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAINES.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WILL
SMART.
>> MR. SMART?
>> MADAM CLERK, I DON'T SEE HIS
TILE UP THERE.
MR. SMART?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HE IS SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT.
BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE
SPEAKERS.
>> THAT HAVE JUST DIALED IN
REMOTELY?
>> THAT ARE IN CHAMBERS THAT
ARE SIGNED UP.
>> OKAY.
CERTAINLY.
ABSOLUTELY.
SURE.
>> OUR FIRST PERSON IS SAMMY
ABDALLAH SIAD.
>> IS THERE A MR. SAYAD.
>> SAMMY.
>> ARE YOU SPEAKING?
PLEASE STEP UP TO THE
MICROPHONE.
>> I WANT TO PASS SOMETHING
FROM YOU GUYS FOR LEGISLATOR.
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MISLEADING
AND MISTREATED.
MY NAME IS SAMMY SIAD.
I REPRESENT AFRICAN AMERICAN
URBAN HOUSE AND SUDANESE
AMERICAN UNITY ASSOCIATION IN
WASHINGTON.
WE ARE MORE THAN 65
WASHINGTONIAN.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BEEN
TREATED REALLY BAD AS BLACK
PEOPLE.
I OWN THE FIRST MEDICAL
CANNABIS STORE IN WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE A LAWSUIT.
THE LAWSUIT IS HERE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS COPY.
IF YOU GO THERE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
SUPPORTING SIGNATURE.
WE ARE SHOP OWNERS.
LAST MEETING, YOU GUYS HAVE.
THEY DON'T SUPPORT US AND
REPRESENT US.
AND PAULA ADONIA.
SHE SAID, MR. ASAD.
I CANNOT HELP YOU.
PUBLICLY, SHE SAID SHE WILL
HELP ME.
BECAUSE SHE KNOW THE STORY.
AFTER WE HAVE MEETING.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CLOSED DOOR,
IF THEY WENT IN TO HELP THIS
FRONT OF PEOPLE.
JUST LIKE I'M HERE TODAY.
WHEN I CALL THE PHONE FIRST.
úSHE SAID, DO NOT CALL THIS
PHONE EVER AGAIN.
YOU GUYS KNOW [ INAUDIBLE ] SHE
LCB.
TO ME, HE'S THE MAFIA.
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID TO US.
ELEGER.
THE FIRST TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED
WAS PETER MANNING, WHEN HE CAME
TO SPOKE HERE SAID HE HAD THE
FIRST LICENSE.
HE HAVE A LICENSE JUST LIKE ME.
I STARTED BEFORE HIM.
BUT WE BOTH SHOULD BE
ACKNOWLEDGED, NOTE JUST HIM.
PETER MANNING LIED TO ME AND
SAID HB27 IS NOT FOR US.
AND I SAID THAT IN THE SENATE
FLOOR TO DRAW FROM HERE.
AND THAT BILL SHOULD NOT PASS.
FAIL.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BEEN
TREATED AS DELEGATE.
THEY SHOULD -- NO.
THEY MAKE IT PASS.
AND WE ARE NOT BEING
ACKNOWLEDGED.
SEATTLE.
SOCIAL EQUITY GROUPS IS BEING
SHINED BY LEGISLATORS --
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.
>> THEY SAY WE HAVE TO GET OUR
SHOPE BACK.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
YOUR MINUTES ARE UP.
>> YOU INTERRUPTED ME.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING.
>> OUR NEXT IS JOSEPH --
>> PETER MANNING.
>> SIR.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S FINE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER.
>> LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT
SPEAKER.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH
BACH.
>> MR. BACH?
>> ALL JEWISH AND WHITE JEWISH.
I'M MIXED WITH JEWISH, TOO.
>> SIR, WE HAVE ANOTHER
SPEAKER.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL.
>> LET'S CUT THE MIKE FOR A
SECOND.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO
ENTERTAIN HATE SPEECH.
LET'S HOLD UP FOR A MINUTE.
LET'S JUST RECESS.
LET'S RECESS.
LET'S JUST STOP IT.
>> WHAT ALEGERT WANT.
AND IF THEY DON'T REPRESENT THE
COMMUNITY.
GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH.
I WANT TO SAY [ INAUDIBLE ]
TODAY, UNITED COME DOWN HERE,
SUPPORT SAM, TO HIS BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW?
HE IS THE FIRST, YOU KNOW,
SUDANESE AMERICAN.
YOU KNOW?
HE OPEN HIS OWN MEDICAL SHOP.
HIS SHOP.
AND YOU KNOW, HE'S HELPED A LOT
OF COMMUNITY.
JUST COME BACK FROM THE MIDDLE
EAST.
AND TOLD ME HIS STORE HAD BEEN
SHUT DOWN.
BUT YOU KNOW.
MY HOPE TODAY IS ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, TO LET HIM, YOU KNOW, IT
WIN BACK TO HIS FEET, SUPPORT
HIS FAMILY, AND HIS, YOU KNOW,
GET HIS OWN FAMILY, AND HIS
MOM, HIS DAD --
>> I WANT YOU GUYS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, I DON'T FEED MY
FAMILY FROM THE SHOP.
I HAVE A GENERAL COMPANY IN
WASHINGTON.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS TOOK FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
>> PLEASE, PLEASE BE QUIET SIR.
>> NOT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED.
EVERYBODY FIGHT FOR THEM.
YOU GUYS DAMAGE THE COMMUNITY.
YOU GUYS DAMAGE.
YOU GUYS NOT LISTENING.
YOU HAVE A POINTED LEADER.
SELF-APPOINTED LEADER.
ALAGER NOTE.
[ INAUDIBLE ] KEVIN.
HOW YOU USE AWARD LIKE THAT.
THIS IS MY TESTIMONY TODAY.
>> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE
GENTLEMAN REMOVED
AND HAVE THE MICROPHONE ON
MUTE.
LET'S HAVE A GENERAL RECESS
HERE, UNTIL WE GET THE
SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
LET'S ALL TAKE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES HERE.
AND WE WILL REGROUP UNTIL I
WILL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES.
[ THE EVENT IS ON A RECESS.
CAPTIONER ON STANDBY ]
>>> MADAM CLERK.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO
MINUTES.
AND WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN UP.
AND I THINK WE LEFT HIM AT
MAYBE A MINUTE AND 15.
CAN WE ROLL IT BACK A FEW
SECONDS FOR HIM.
BECAUSE OF THIS DISRUPTION?
>> YES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO START AT THE
TWO OR LES THAN TWO MINUTES?
>> YEAH.
LET'S JUST START AT THE TWO
AGAIN FOR HIM.
BECAUSE HE MISSED HIS.
YEAH.
WE COULDN'T HEAR HIM OVER THE
COMMOTION.
SO LET'S LET THE GENTLEMAN
START AGAIN AT TWO.
>> IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT SUPPORT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE
DISCRIMINATION AND ALL OF THIS.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE THIS.
YOU KNOW?
IT'S BELIEVED WE NEED TO BE.
AND WE NEED, YOU KNOW, TO BE
TREATED LIKE THE SAME, YOU
KNOW.
AND TO ME, MY APPOINTMENT, MY
OPTION IS LIKE THIS.
WHEN THEY TOOK HIS LICENSE.
YOU KNOW.
THAT'S WHY HE HAD BEEN LIKE
EVERYTHING.
HE IS BEHIND RENT RIGHT NOW.
THREE MONTHS AGO.
WENT BACK TO SUDAN.
AND HE CAME BACK.
RIGHT NOW, HE GET LIKE, HE DID
A RECYCLING JOB.
YOU KNOW?
HE PICK UP.
AND HE USED TO HAVE HIS OWN
BUSINESS.
HIS OWN CHAT, YOU KNOW?
BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW.
IF ANYTHING, I HOPE TO YOU
GUYS, TRY TO CUT TOMORROW.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HOPE.
I HAVE NOTHING IN MY HAND TO DO
TO HELP HIM.
BUT YOU GUYS, THE PEOPLE, YOU
GOT HELP.
BECAUSE THAT'S MY WORDS.
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE WE DONE WITH OUR
INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP IN
CHAMBERS?
>> WE ARE DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE REACHED THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AND WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT
IS CLOSED.
MOVING ON, ONTO OUR AGENDA.
I'M MOVING ON TO THE ADOPTION
OF THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
IF THERE IS NO INTRODUCTION.
NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY
OBJECTION, THE I.R.C.
HAS ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO ADOPTION OF THE
AGENDA.
THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
THAT IS TODAY'S AGENDA.
HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
ARE NO COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WISH
TO PULL ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
SO THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR OR THE MINUTES FROM
SEPTEMBER 6th, OUR LAST COUNCIL
MEETING, AND THE PAYROLL BILL,
COUNCIL BILL 120416.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO
-- YOU OKAY?
OKAY.
DOES ANYONE?
I'M GUESSING NOBODY WANTS TO
REMOVE ANYTHING.
WE'RE GOOD.
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CONSIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
YOU'RE VERY FAINT.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IF FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED.
AND MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE PUT MY SIGNATURE ON MY
BEHALF.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S DAY
TODAY.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 1
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1. 314504.
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK ON THE
IS THE OF SUFFICIENCY FOR THE
INITIATIVE 135 CONCERNING
DEVELOPING AND MAIN TANGING
AFFORDABLE SOCIAL HOUSING IN
SEATTLE.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE KIND OF
THE SAME STATEMENT.
REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR CLERK
FILE.
CLERK FILE 314504 HAS
SUFFICIENT SIGNATURES TO GO TO
THE BALLOT.
THE CITY CLERK HAS 20 DAYS FROM
RECEIPT OF KING COUNTY
ELECTIONS TO FILE THE NOTICE
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY CLERK FILED HER
REPORT.
AND THE CERTIFICATE OF
SUFFICIENCY WITH THE COUNCIL,
VIA THIS CLERK FILED TODAY.
SEPTEMBER 13th.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
LET'S SEE.
THIS ACTION STARTED THE 45-DAY
CLOCK FOR ACTION ON THE
INITIATIVE.
AS DISCUSSED IN YESTERDAY'S
BRIEFING, I'M RECOMMENDING
HOLDING THE CLERK FILE FOR
ANOTHER WEEK.
AS REQUIRED BY CITY CHARTER.
FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
NEW SENTENCE.
AS REQUIRED BY CITY CHARTER.
THIS CLERK FILE WILL APPEAR ON
EVERY AGENDA UNTIL THE CITY
COUNCIL DETERMINES WHAT ACTION
WILL BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO
INITIATIVE NUMBER 135.
THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO VOTE
NEXT WEEK.
AS A REMINDER, THE CITY
ELECTIONS CODE.
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
PROHIBITS ELECTED OFFICIALS
FROM USING THEIR OFFICE FOR THE
PROMOTION OR OPPOSITION OF ANY
BALLOT MEASURE.
ACCORDING TO THE CODE, WE
SHOULD REMAIN FRAIN FROM
DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF THE
INITIATIVE, UNTIL WE ARE
ACTUALLY VOTING ON LEGISLATION
TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE BALLOT
PROPOSITION.
THAT WILL OCCUR AT A FUTURE
MEETING AND WITHIN 45 DAYS OF
THIS CLERK FILE, BEING FILED
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
I AM THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING THIS
INITIATIVE TODAY.
AND UNTIL COUNCIL CONSIDERS
LEGISLATION SUPPORTING OR
OPPOSING THIS VALID
PROPOSITION.
I MOVE TO POSTPONE CLERK FILE
314504 TO SEPTEMBER 20, 2022.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
POSTPONE THE CLERK FILE.
THE WILL CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE POSTPONING OF CLERK
FILE NUMBER 314504, UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 20th?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETER PETER
PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SASWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE CLERK FILE IS POSTPONED
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20, 2022.
AND THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON
EVERY AGENDA, UNTIL CITY
COUNCIL DETERMINES WHAT ACTION
WILL BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO
INITIATIVE NUMBER 135.
MOVING ON TO OUR AGENDA AND
ITEM NUMBER 2. MADAM CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 2 INTO
THE RECORD.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
REQUESTS FOAN EXTENSION FROM
THE FILING OF 2022.
ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
REVIEW REPORTS.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO APPROVE AND FILE,
CLERK FILE 314501.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
APPROVE AND FILE THE CLERK
FILE.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
AS THE SPONSOR, YOU ARE TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> THIS IS A REQUEST BY O.I.G.
TO EXTEND THE DUE DATE FOR ITS
ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE USAGE
REVIEWS.
POSTPONING TO MARCH 31, 2023.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PRODUCE
SURVEILLANCE USAGE REVIEWS EACH
YEAR.
LAST YEAR, COUNCIL APPROVED SP
D'S USE OF EIGHT TECHNOLOGIES.
O.I.G.
SAY ITS WON'T BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE THE REVIEWS IN TIME,
GIVEN ONE, THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE TECHNOLOGIES UNDER REVIEW.
AND TWO, OIG'S CURRENT STAFFING
RESOURCES.
THESE ARE FIRST-TIME REVIEWS
FOR THESE TECHNOLOGY.
OIG SAYS IT NEEDS TO CONDUCT
CONTROLS AND DEVELOP PERTINENT
TESTING METHODOLOGIES.
THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO OTHER
REQUIRED PROJECTS.
OIG DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO COMPETE THESE REVIEWS ON
TIME.
OIG IS RECRUITING FOR AN OPEN
POSITION, DEDICATING TO
CONDUCTING THESE REVIEWS.
BUT OIG DOESN'T EXPECT TO
CONDUCT THOSE UNTIL EARLY THIS
MONTH AT THE EARLIEST.
THIS DELAY SHOULD GIVE OIG
SUFFICIENT TIME TO CONDUCT THE
REVIEWS AND REPORT BACK, AS
REQUIRED BY MUNICIPAL CODE.
THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
OR ANY COMMENTS TO BE MADE, IN
REGARD TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON JUST SHARED WITH US?
OKAY.
COUNCILMMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR
WORKING WITH INSTRUCTOR GENERAL
JUDGE ON THE TIMING FOR THIS
ITEM.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
IS THERE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS
YOU WANT TO MAKE, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE?
>> THAT'S IT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE APPROVING OF
THE FILING OF THE CLERK FILE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE CLERK FILE IS APPROVED AND
WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE ITEM
NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 32066,
CELEBRATING THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF
THE DISPOSER PARK MASTER PLAN.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32066.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
AND COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I'LL BE BRIEF ON THIS.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD THIS
FALL TO CELEBRATING WITH THE
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY PARK, THE
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THAT PARK
BEING DEVELOPED AND BECOMING
PART OF OUR PARK SYSTEM.
I'LL REFERENCE SOME OF THE
REMARKS I MADE IN BRIEF BEING
YESTERDAY.
JUST THAT IT IS A QUARTER OF
ALL OF THE OPEN SPACE IN LITTLE
CITY OF SEATTLE PARK SYSTEM,
REPRESENTED IN ONE PARK.
FOR ALL WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
IT.
IT IS A TRULY RELAXING
EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES IT FEEL
LIKE YOU ARE NOT IN THE CENTER
OF A MAJOR CITY, BUT IN A MORE
RURAL KIND OF PARK SETTING THAT
IS AN OPEN RESPITE FOR MANY OF
US, DURING THE HUSTLE AND
BUSTLE OF OUR URBAN LIVING AND
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
CELEBRATING THE SPECIAL
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY PARK.
OUR PARTNERS WITH UNITED
INDIANS OF ALL TRIBE.
DAY BREAK STAR.
AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
FEDERAL OFFICIALS WHO
INCREASINGLY HAVE WORKED WITH
US TO CARVE OFF MORE AND MORE
PARCELS OF THE OLD FORT LAUDEN
SITE FOR PUBLIC USE, FOR A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES,
INCLUDING RECREATION.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION BROUGHT
FORWARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY PARK.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
BEING A BEGINNING OF A BROADER
SERIES OF CELEBRATIONS AND
PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS
FALL, COMMEMORATING THIS
HISTORIC EVENT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER STRAGS
STRAUS HAS HIS HAND UP.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
REPRESENTING DISCOVERY PARK.
ALTHOUGH JUST ACROSS THE SHIP
CANAL, I REPRESENT THAT AREA.
>> YOU'RE SO FUNNY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
YOU'RE OFF MUTE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JUST ALL THAT TO SAY, DISCOVERY
PARK IS HELD, HAS BEEN A GEM
FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS, TOO
MANY FOR ME TO LIST NOW,
HIGHLIGHTING HUNGER STRIKE
MUSIC VIDEO, BY TEMPLE OF THE
DOG, WAS FILMED THERE, ON TOP
OF COUNCILMEMBER, OR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ'S EPIC ROLLER
SKATING TRIP.
AMONG SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS,
IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL, URBAN
FOREST.
THAT THOSE OF US IN D6 GET TO
ENJOY AS WELL.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR THAT MOMENT GOING
BACK IN THE TIME MACHINE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE I
HAND IT OFF TO SEE IF
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WANTS TO GO
TO COMMENT AND WE CAN GO TO A
CLOSING VOTE.
NOT SEEING ANY.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD COMMENT?
>> I WILL STAND BY MY EARLIER
COMMENTS THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE TO
BE RESOLUTION.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
SO MOVING ON TO OUR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 4. CAN MADAM CLERK,
CAN YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 4.
COUNCIL BILL AUTHORIZE THE
MAYOR TO AUTHORIZE AMENDMENT TO
THE AGREEMENT.
WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
HOUSING TO IMPLEMENT THE
HOUSING AGREEMENT AS AMENDED.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I AM CLEARLY EXCITED TO
SPEAK ABOUT THIS.
SO LET ME GET MY EXCITEMENT OUT
ON THIS LEGISLATION.
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
ORDINANCE HERE.
IT ALLOWS FOR US TO CONTINUE
THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DIVISION
OF THE REDEVELOPMENT.
IT IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO
PROVIDE NEWFAMILY-SIZED UNITS,
DEVELOPED BY OUR COMMUNITY-
BASED APARTMENTS.
INCLUDING [ INAUDIBLE ] AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE A NEW
EDUCATION CENTER ON SITE.
RUN BY THE DENISE LOUIE CENTER.
THE CITY SIGNED THIS. INCLUDING
THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
RELATED TO CITY FUNDING TO BE
COMMITTED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT.
THE THIRD AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES
THE CITY TO INCREASE ITS
FUNDING CONTRIBUTION TO A PHASE
3 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LOCATED
AT 1215 EAST FIRST STREET.
AND UP TO JUST OVER $3.3
MILLION.
THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION IS
NEEDED HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS
THE INFLATED COSTS THAT ARE
ARISING AS A RESULT OF
UNPRECEDENTED MATERIAL AND
LABOR SHORTAGES DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
OFFICE OF HOUSE HAS AUTHORIZED
TO PROVIDE UP TO $13 MILLION
ALREADY.
AND USING EXISTING OFFICE
HOUSING FUND TOWARD SOURCES OF
THE YESLER TERRACE AGREEMENT.
THE CITY HAS REACHED THIS FOR
CONTRIBUTION FOR SUPPORT OF
DEVELOPMENT.
AND IS SUPPORTING AT LEAST 195
REPLACEMENT HOUSING UNITS AND
130 OF THOSE AT 60%, 80 -- 60%
OF AREA MEETING INCOME HOUSING
UNITS IN PHASE 3. INCLUDED AS
WELL, AS A LOAN COMMITMENT TO
THE 1215 EAST FIRST STREET
PROJECT.
IMPORTANTLY.
AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
ASKING QUESTIONS, ALONG WITH MY
OTHER COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES IN
THE MEETING.
IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO WANT TO
NOTE THAT THIS AMENDMENT
INCLUDES $1.35 MILLION GRANT
FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR THE
PROJECT.
AND NOLTED FROM OFFICE OF
HOUSING THAT MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE
PASS-THROUGH DOLLARS FROM OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I APPRECIATE THERE WERE A
SERIES OF QUESTIONS ASKED FROM
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND DEFER TO
MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, WHO
RECEIVED THAT ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FROM OAVMENT O.H.
BUT REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE A
YES VOTE ON THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK UP.
BECAUSE I DID ABSTAIN IN
COMMITTEE.
AND I REALLY TO WANT THANK THE
CHAIR FOR HER PATIENCE, AS WELL
AS THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
THE PROJECT SPONSORS.
DIHAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING WAS PROPOSING
TO USE FOR THE PURPOSE AND THE
PROCESS BY WHICH THAT FUNDING
WAS ALLOCATED TO THE PROJECT.
NORMALLY, I THINK I WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN THOSE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
OVER A SERIES OF COMMITTEE
DISCUSSIONS.
BUT I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT
WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS BUDGET
AND WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME
TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION.
SO -- THOUGH I DID ABSTAIN FROM
FOLKS KNOW THAT I WAS PRETTY T
SURE I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO
GET TO YES TODAY.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CLARIFICATION THAT THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING PROVIDED.
AND LET ME KNOW THAT THE
LANGUAGE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT
EXISTING IN THE 2012 ORIGINAL
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT
REQUIRED FUTURE LEVEE FUNDING
FOR REPLACEMENT HOUSING AT
YESLER TERRACE, TO BE AWARDED,
VIA REGULAR NOFA PROCESS.
COMPETITOR PROCESS.
THAT WE ACTUALLY MOVE THAT
REQUIREMENT TO THE THIRD
AMENDMENT IN THE COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT IN 2013.
SO I CERTAINLY CANNOT HOLD THIS
PROJECT TO A STANDARD THAT NO
LONGER EXISTS.
SO THANK YOU.
I DO INTEND ON VOTING IN
SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I DID NOTE ON HERE THAT YOU DID
ABSTAIN.
I APPRECIATE WHEN
COUNCILMEMBERS STEP FORWARD AND
EXPLAIN AND CLARIFY.
AND WE CAN ALL MOVE FORWARD
WITH CONSENSUS.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD
ORDINANCE.
GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE?
>> NO.
THANK YOU.
I'M GOOD, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
>> WITH THAT.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IF FAIR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
AND WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 5
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 5. COUNCIL BILL
1 AMENDING TO CHANGE THE BUDGET
TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF IT
CRELL LEVEL.
BY FUNDING ACTIONS FUNDING
CLIMATERESILIENT COMMUNICATE
SPACES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, ANOTHER PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, I'M EXCITED TO
HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
THIS PROPOSED BILL WOULD
RELEASE THE $6.5 MILLION FROM
THE JUMP-START SEATTLE FUNDS
THAT WE AS A COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR HAVE COMMITTED TO
ADHERING TO.
THIS COMES FROM THE FINEST
GENERAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE
ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY FOR
GREEN NEW DEAL PRIORITIES.
AND THESE PRIORITIES WERE TO BE
FUNDED ONCE WE GOT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS BACK FROM THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
TODAY, WE MAKE THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD HAS
PROVIDED TO COUNCIL A REALITY
BY ALLOWING THE $6.5 MILLION TO
BE RELEASED, TO GO TOWARDS
THEIR PRIORITIES.
THE CITY CITY COUNCIL INCLUDED
THIS PROCESS AS PART OF OUR
2022 ADOPT A BUDGET, TO ENSURE
THAT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES,
TRULY CAME FROM THE OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
AND THUS DIRECTION FROM FOLK
WHOSE ARE BOTH FRONT LINE AND
FENCE LINE COMMUNITIES.
FRONT LINE WORKERS AND FENCE
LINE RESIDENTS WHO ARE DEALING
THE MOST WITH THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE PRICES.
THE BOARD.
THE GREEN CONDUCTEDANG
EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH
PROJECT.
TO DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDING
AS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
AND FUNDED BY THIS LEGISLATION.
THE BOARD THEN SUBMITTED
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2022
RESERVE BALANCE.
AND THE UPCOMING 2023 BUDGET TO
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO US ON
JUNE 2nd OF THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO THANK THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD AND
CONGRATULATE THEM, ALONG WITH
THE STAFF OF THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
AND MAYOR HARRELL'S TEAM FOR
FILL FILLING THIS COMMITMENT,
THE COMMITMENT MADE BY THE JUMP
START SEATTLE REVENUE TAX TO
MAKE SURE WE ADHERE TO THE
PRIORITIES IN THE SPEND PLAN
AND IN DOING SO, RELEASE THE
FUNDING FOR 2022.
AND ALSO BAKE THESE INTO OR
COMING BUDGETS.
I WILL CONCLUDE BY SAYING,
THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE THAN
WHAT WE'VE SEEN EVEN OVER JUST
THE LAST FEW DAYS.
RECORD HEAT WAVES IN SEATTLE.
SMOKE AGAIN, FILLING OUR AIR.
SEATTLE BEING -- AND OUR
REGION, HAVING THE WORST AIR
QUALITY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD
OVER THE LAST WEEKEND.
WE SEE ONGOING FLOODS IN
PAKISTAN, WORLDWIDE DROUGHT,
WILDFIRES, FOOD SCARCITIES AND
THIS IS THE MOST PRESSING
ISSUE, THAT WE HERE AT THE CITY
LEVEL, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO ADDRESS AND NEED TO
DO SO COLLECTIVELY WITH STATE,
NATIONAL AND GLOBAL PARTNERS AS
WELL.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD,
THE STAFF OF OSC MAYOR FOR
THEIR TEAM.
AND ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO WILL
CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE AND
MAKING SURE THAT THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMMUNITY-
LED, FRONT-LINE AND FENCE-LINE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPED.
AND THAT WE DO MORE EVERY YEAR.
CREATING STRATEGIES AT THE CITY
LEVEL.
TO ADDRESS THE BIGGEST ISSUE,
THAT IS THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING
THIS FORWARD.
THERE ARE ABOUT 20 INDIVIDUALS
THAT I'D LOVE TO THANK, AS
MEMBERS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
BUT I WILL HOLD OFF ON DOING SO
UNTIL THE END, MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
HAS HIS HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
VERY EXCITED TO VOTE ON THIS
PACKAGE TODAY AND APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT IT
IN COMMITTEE AND SUPPORT IT
HERE.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS
AND JUMP START TO PUT A FINE
POINT ON IT ARE GOING TO BE A
PIVOTAL PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO
DECARBONIZE OUR BUILDINGS AND
THE COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT
WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE PARK
DISTRICT.
AND JUST WANT TO FLAG IN THE
MATERIALS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED
TO COUNCILMEMBERS LAST TUESDAY.
IT DOES FACTOR INTO SOME OF THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSALS TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WORK THIS
COUNCIL AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA DID
TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AND THIS
INVESTMENT PRESENT.
SO WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO
CONTINUE OUR WORK AS A CITY AND
THE BIGGEST PUBLIC POLICY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE WE HAVE
BEFORE US IN GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE.
AND REALLY SHOWLESS HOW WE CAN
LEVERAGE NOT JUST THIS GREEN
NEW DEAL MONEY, BUTMETROPOLITAN
PARK.
IN RELATION TO ACT FUNDS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY READY TO
POUR INTO THIS KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO
THE WISDOM OF THIS COUNCIL.
IN PUTTING THE JUMP START PLAN
FORWARD AND REALLY CAPITALIZING
ON THE RESOURCES FROM IT FOR
THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE IMPACT
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING FOR
THIS TODAY.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF
THESE KINDS OF COLLABORATIONS
TO MAKE PROGRESS ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, T, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS
BILL.
BECAUSE I SUPPORT THE FUNDING
IT CONTAINS.
HOWEVER, WE NEED TO BE CRYSTAL
CLEAR THAT $6.5 MILLION OUT OF
A MULTIBILLION PROJECT IS NOT A
GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL, FOR
THE MOST PART.
WHILE THE CLIMATE CONTINUES TO
ROCKET TOWARDS CATASTROPHE.
IN THE 1930s, THE NEW ZEAL
EMPLOYED THOUSANDS FROM MASSIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE
THE BONNEVILLE HYDROELECTRIC
PLANT THAT PROVIDES EMISSION-
FREE ELECTRICITY.
AT THE TIME, THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT WAS WILLING TO
MAKE INVESTMENTS OF THAT
MAGNITUDE.
BECAUSE THEY WERE DESPERATELY
AFRAID THAT WORKING PEOPLE
WOULD FIGHT FOR AND WIN
SOCIALISM.
PROJECTS OF THAT SCALE ARE WHAT
WOULD MAKE A GREEN NEW DEAL
TODAY.
AND IN FACT, THAT WOULD BE THE
BEGINNING OF WHAT COULD BE A
GREEN, NEW DEAL TODAY.
BUT JUST LIKE IN THE 1930s, BIG
BUSINESS AND THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES WERE NOT
ACCEPTED WITHOUT A FIGHT.
OVER TWO YEARS AGO, THAT
MOVEMENT WON THIS MONEY.
TO PASS A BIG BUSINESS PASS.
YES, THEY REDUCED FROM WHAT WE
WERE INITIALLY FIGHTING FOR.
AND THEY REBRANDED AND
ATTEMPTED TO ERASE FROM
HISTORY, THE MOVEMENT OF
WORKING PEOPLE THAT WERE
REQUIRED TO WIN IT.
NOT TO MENTION THE LACKLUSTER
MOVEMENT.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS A
SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY, WON BY
ORDINARY PEOPLE.
BUT SINCE THEN, THE FUNDING HAS
BEEN SLICED AND DICED INTO A
TOKEN AMOUNT.
AND CLIMATE ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN
TOLD THAT THEY MUST DECIDE HOW
TO SPEND THE REMAINING DOLLARS
AS INTENTIONAL DIVERSION FROM
WHAT THEY KNOW THEY SHOULD BE
SPENDING THEIR TIME ON.
BUILDING MOVEMENT TO FAR, FAR
BIGGER INVESTMENTS, TO FIND
MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
ENVIRONMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS A REAL NEW GREEN
DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
SO I WILL VOTE YES ON THESE
SMALL CLIMATE INVESTMENTS.
BUT I WILL ALSO WARN WORKING
PEOPLE OF OUR CITY TO READ, TO
UNDERSTAND BEYOND THE BIG
RHETORIC THAT IS BEING USED BY
POLITICIANS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE SCALE IS TODAY.
AND WHAT WILL BE NEEDED AS
SCIENTISTS TELL US, BASED ON
FACTS, ABOUT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
THE CLIMATE INVESTMENTS THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR A
GREEN NEW DEAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO GET LOCAL FOR
DISTRICT 1. JUST REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE SOME
PROJECTS CALLED OUT FOR
DISTRICT 1. THERE IS THE IDEA
OF FUNDING THE RESILIENCE HUBS
THAT ARE SUPPORTED IN THE
DUAMISH ACTION VALLEY PLAN.
AND ALSO IT'S VERY WELCOME AND
APPRECIATED.
BY RESIDENTS OF SOUTH PARK AND
THE OTHER DUAMISH VALLEY ACTION
PLAN STAKEHOLDERS.
AND ALL, WENT TO CALL OUT AND
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
FOR HIS LEADERSHIP DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
WHERE HE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED
TO FUND ELECRISKS, HEATING,
COOLING AND AIR QUALITY
UPGRADES AT OUR LIBRARIES AND
WORKED TO GET FUNDING IN OUR
BUDGET FOR 2022 FOR BOTH THE
SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST
BRANCHES.
THAT, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNCIL
VOTED ON THAT FUNDING, IT WAS
NOT MADE AVAILABLE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S COMMENTS
ABOUT SORT OF THE SCARCITY OF
THE PACKAGE.
BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE GREEN
NEW DEAL, ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBERS IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE
PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL IN
THE 2022 BUDGET AS IT RELATES
TO THESE TWO LIBRARIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS BEFORE I HAND IT OFF
TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO
TAKE US OUT?
>> OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGAIN, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY HAVE THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
CREATED.
AND THEN THE CHANCE TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FOLKS WHO
HAVE PUT THEIR TIME AND ENERGY
IN CRAFTING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THIS POT OF MONEY, AS FOLKS
KNOW, GROWS YEAR OVER YEAR.
IT'S ACTUALLY $14.3 MILLION FOR
THE YEAR 2022.
IT'S NEAR $20 MILLION NEXT
YEAR.
AND CONTINUES TO GROW AFTER
THAT.
SO IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF THE
FUNDS AS CODIFIED IN THE SPEND
PLAN.
I AM EXCITED TO LIFT UP THE
WORK OF THE FOLKS WHO MADE THIS
POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO READ OFF THE NAMES OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD
WORK.
AND TOGETHER, WE WILL WORK TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
IMPLEMENTED.
THANK YOU, MARIA BATIOLA, MATT
REMLY, THOMAS MADRIGAL, RACHEL
HEATON, KEN WOKEMAN, CHRISTINA
CHU, TYLER VALENTIN, DENNIS
COMBER.
DEVOLINA BONERGY.
PETER HASSA GAWA.
KEITH WEIR.
JESS WALCH.
AND DEEPA SIVARA HARN.
AND STEVE GLAV.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE
OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE NEW
DEAL.
BOARD MEMBERS, THANKS AGAIN FOR
YOUR WORK.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING
YES ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
AND COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
HERBOLD FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS
WELL.
AND THANK YOU PARTICULARLY,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, FOR
GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERNIGHT COMMITTEES.
WE DON'T GET TO OFTEN LIST OFF
THE PEOPLE IN THESE COMMITTEES
THAT ADVISE US AND VOLUNTEER
AND DO THE HARD BORK AND LET
YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND
COME TO COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I THINK THIS IS A BIG WIN
TODAY.
AND I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD BROUGHT UP.
NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE TOO
DISTRICT-CENTIC HERE.
BUT ALSO WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
US LOOKING INTO LIBRARIES AND
TRYING TO GET AIR CONDITIONING
INTO THEM.
THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
AT LEAST IN THE SIX YEARS I'VE
BEEN HERE.
I'M GLAD THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT THE JUMP START AT 14.3 FOR
2022.
AND THE PROJECTIONS FOR 20
MILLION IN 2023.
AND THAT THAT NUMBER WILL KEEP
GROWING.
AND WE KNOW HOW AT LEAST WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR
AT LEAST FOUR YEARS.
DIFFERENT ITERATIONS.
BUT HOWEVER IT HAPPENED, TO GOT
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
AND FOR THAT, I THINK WE'RE A
BETTER CITY FOR IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL
THE ROLE?
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE ORDINANCE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL NUMBER --
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND HER
TEAM AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO
MADE THIS HAPPEN.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6
THIS.
COMES OUT OF THE PUBLIC ASSETS
AND HOME LITTLE COMMITTEE.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM 6 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 6. REALITYING TO
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
EASEMENT OF THE TURNER TURNER-
KOEPF HOUSING.
EASEMENT FOR RECREATION.
RATIFYING CERTAIN.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY PASS THE COUNCIL BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
SO I WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE THIS BEFORE BUDGET.
AND WORK WITH PARKS IN HISTORIC
SEATTLE TO GET THIS THROUGH FOR
THE ACQUISITION OF THE EASEMENT
ON THE TURNER-KOEPF HOUSING
PROPERTY IN THE BEACON HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE GARDEN
HOUSE, LOCATEDDA THE 223615th
AVENUE SOUTH.
THIS ACCEPTANCE AND RECORDING
OF THIS EASEMENT WILL ALLOW
THIS SPACE THAT IS OWNED AND
HELD BY HISTORIC SEATTLE.
TO BE USED AND PROGRAMMED FOR
PARK AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES.
AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
PROPERTY CONTINUING TO BE A
STAPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES
LEGALLY AND IN PERP TUITY.
DUE TO THIS EASEMENT.
IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED
OUT OF THE COMMITTEE AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO VOTING FOR IT AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON FOR FINAL
PASSAGE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS IN
REGARD TO THIS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY
BEFORE WE MOVE TO VOTE?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M READY TO VOTE.
>> MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE?
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON TO THE TRANSPORTATION
AND COMMITTEE.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ -- MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER 7 INTO THE RECORD.
>> TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
APPOINTMENT OF GREG SPOTTS
DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A TERM TO
AUGUST 1, 2026.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THAT
COUNCIL APPROVE THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE ON A FINAL
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
NOMINATION OF COUNCILMEMBER
GREG SPOTTS TO BECOME THE NEW
DIRECTOR FOR OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION.
MR. SPOTTS IS HERE AFTER WE
MAKE REMARKS AND VOTES TO MAKE
SOME OF HIS REMARKS.
THE MAYOR'S NOMINEE TO LEAD THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, ITS $7 MILLION
BUDGET AND ITS 1,000 EMPLOYEES,
IS GOING TO DRAMATICALLY SHAPE
HOW PEOPLE GET THROUGH OUR CITY
AS WE BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE.
SEATTLE DESERVES A BALANCED AND
PRACTICAL APPROACH TO URBAN
TRANSPORTATION.
AS WELL AS A FOCUS ON SAFETY
AND MOBILITY.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, INCLUDES
REPLACING OUR CITY'S AIMING
BRIDGES.
I'M GRATEFUL TO THE MAYOR, HIS
TEAM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A
NOMINEE WITH IMPRESSIVE
CREDENTIALS TO MOVE SEATTLE
FORWARD.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
HERE'S A QUICK HISTORY ON THIS
NOMINATION.
AS WITH ALL RECENT NOMINEES,
THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR
FOLLOWED THE VETTING PROCESS
OUTLINES.
ON JULY 27th.
MAYOR HARRELL ANNOUNCED GREG
SPOTTS AS HIS NOMINEE.
ON AUGUST 4, MY OFFICE
CIRCULATED A PACKET TO ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS.
AUGUST 16th, WE HAD MR. SPOTTS
BACK BEFORE OUR COMMITTEE FOR
AN INITIAL INTRODUCTION.
WE GATHERED MORE THAN 30
WRITTEN QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE NOMINEE
TO ANSWER.
AND ON AUGUST 23rd, MY OFFICE
CIRCULATED MR. SPOTTS RESPONSES
TO COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE ALSO POSTED THOSE ON OUR
WEBSITE.
AS PART OF HIS APPOINTMENT
PACKET.
APPOINTMENT 02333.
MY OFFICE CHECKED IN WITH SOME
OF THIS FORMER COLLEAGUES ON
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL.
ALL OF WHOM PROVIDED VERY
POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT HIM.
ON SEPTEMBER 6, MR. SPOTTING
CAME BACK TO OUR COMMITTEE FOR
A Q&A SESSION.
THEN OUR COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL
CONFIRM HIS APPOINTMENT.
I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY VERY
IMPRESSED WITH MR. SPOTTS
THROUGHOUT THIS VETTING
PROCESS.
MANY APPRECIATED HIS ANSWERS.
ON COLLABORATING WITH TRANSIT
AGENCIES.
AND ON THE NEEDS WITHIN OUR
COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT AS
OUR NEW S-DOT DIRECTOR, ONE OF
GREG SPOTTS' FIRST FIECIAL ACTS
WILL BE TO REOPEN THE SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
I HOPE YOU JOIN ME IN VOTING
YES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
DO ANY OF MYEG COLLEAGUES HAVE
A QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE
AND ALLOW OUR GUEST TO SPEAK?
OKAY.
EVERYBODY IS UNUSUALLY QUIET.
SO WITH THAT, BEFORE WE DO
ANYTHING ELSE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT
TO ADD, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE, SO I
CAN ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK BEFORE I
RECOGNIZE HIM?
>> WANT TO THANK THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
THEY ALL HAD TERRIFIC QUESTIONS
THEY ASK AND COMMENTS THEY MADE
AT OUR COMMITTEE LAST WEEK,
WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> SO WITH THAT.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF MR. -- I WAS GOING TO SAY
YOUR NAME WRONG.
AND I'M SO SORRY.
SPOTTS.
I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING
ELSE.
GOT T. GREG SPOTTS.
MADAM CLERK?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> CONSIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR
SPOTS.
AND WITH THAT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE ANY
COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE CITY
COUNSELIL BUT THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
TODAY.
I AM TRULY HONORED TO SERVE AS
DIRECTOR OF SDOT.
I MOVED HERE AND HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING AND WALKING AND
SCOOTERING AND BIKING AND
RIDING METRO AND RIDING SOUND
TRANSIT.
I'VE BEEN EXPLORING SEATTLE'S
NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS AND
SHORELINES, MEETING RESIDENTS,
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS, AND
ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL SIZES FROM
THE CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB TO THE
PORT OF SEATTLE.
I'VE BEEN TOURING STREET
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND I HAVE VISITED THE INSIDE
OF THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE, TO
SEE THE REPAIRS FIRSTHAND.
ALONG THE WAY, I'VE MET SO MANY
TALENTED AND MOTIVATED SDOT
STAFF.
I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN ACHIEVE
OUR GOALS WITH THIS TEAM.
I'M ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED WITH
THE PASSION ACROSS SDOT FOR
ACTUALIZING THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY FRAMEWORK ALONG THE FULL
SPECTTRUM OF OUR PROGRAM'S
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.
REGARDING TWO PROMISES I MADE
PUBLICLY, LAST MONTH.
ON FRIDAY, I APPOINTED AN
EXECUTIVE SPONSOR FOR THE TOP-
TO-BOTTOM REVIEW OF VISION
ZERO.
AND WE WILL HAVE A PROJECT
MANAGER FOR THAT EFFORT IN
PLACE BY NEXT WEEK.
WE'VE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE FORUM
FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SIGN
UP FOR MY LISTENING TOUR.
AND WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED 70
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FROM
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.
I'LL BE WALKING, BIKING,
ROLLING AND RIDING TRANSIT,
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SDOT
STAFF, NEARLY EVERY MORNING
THIS FALL.
SO FAR, I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE TWO
COUNCIL DISTRICTS ON FOOT, BIKE
AND SCOOTER, WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING
TIME WITH EACH OF YOU ON
SEATTLE'S STREETS.
GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND
LEARNING ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ASK FOR
YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN IMPROVING
SAFETY, MOBILITY, EQUITY, PLACE-
MAKING, SUSTAINABILITY.
AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GREG.
SPOTTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE
IT?
AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
USUALLY, PEOPLE DON'T GIVE US A
HUGE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVE US
AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO D5.
SO UNTIL THAT HANS, YOU HAVEN'T
REALLY SEEN THE CITY.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, FOR SHEPHERDING THIS
THROUGH.
AND WE'LL INVITE YOU NOW AND
WAIT FOR THE BRIDGE TO OPEN.
>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER.
LET ME MAKE SURE I GET THIS
RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S ALL COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
120383, 120483, 120404.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WILL
ADDRESS ITEMS 8 TO 13.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE WILL GO TO
HAVE THE CLERK READ THE TITLES
IN.
AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON EACH
BILL SEPARATELY.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
GOOD?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
MADAM CLERK.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM NUMBER 8?
>> AGENDA ITEM 8. COUNCIL BILL
12090.
OR 380.
SORRY.
ACCEPTING VARIOUS DEEDS FOR
STREET OR L.A.
PURPOSES, LAYING OFF, OPENING
AND EXTENDING AND ESTABLISHING
PORTIONS OF RIGHTS OF WAY, BE
SAID DEEDS UNDER THE
JURISDICTION OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND RATIFYING.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THAT
CITY COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
>> SO DID I -- I WANT TO
CORRECT MY STUFF.
I'M HEARING SOMETHING SEPARATE
THAN WHAT I'M SEEING.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO
READ.
IS COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN GOING
TO SPEAK NOW TO 8 TO 13?
AND IS THAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
DO IT?
>> YES.
AND THEN WE'LL VOTEOPERATE
SEPARATELY ON EACH.
BUT YES, WE WERE GOING TO READ
ALL SIX, AT LEAST SHORT TITLES.
AND I CAN ADDRESS ALL SIX
BRIEFLY AND WE CAN VOTE
INDIVIDUALLY.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
I APOLOGIZE.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE SCRIPT.
AND I DID NOT SEE THE PLURAL.
READ THE TITLES AND VOTE ON
EACH BILL.
READ ALL THE TITLES IN.
LET YOU SPEAK TO THEM AND VOTE
ON THEM SEPARATELY.
MADAM CLERK, CAN WE READ THE
SHORT TITLES IN?
>> AGENDA ITEM 9. COUNCIL BILL
12381.
ACCEPTING 21 LIMITED PURPOSE
EASEMENTS FOR [ INAUDIBLE ]
PLACING THE REAL PROPERTY
CONFAY VAI BIDE SURGE
EASEMENTS.
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
AGENDA ITEM 10.
COUNCIL BILL 120382.
ACCEPTING VARIOUS DICED FOR
STREETS OR ALLEY PURPOSES.
LAYING OFF OPENING AND WIDENING
OR EXTENDING RIGHTS OF WAY.
PLACING [ INAUDIBLE ]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDS THAT
COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
>> PURPOSES LANE OFF.
OWNING WIDENING, EXTENDING AND
ESTABLISHING PORTIONS OF RIGHT
OF WAYS.
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND RATIFYING
AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN ACTS.
THE RECOMMEND PASS COUNCIL
BILL.
ACCEPT BEING VARIOUS DEEDS FOR
STREETS OR ALLEY PURPOSES.
LAYING OFTEN OPENING WIDENING,
EXTENDING AND ESTABLISHING
PORTIONS OF RIGHTS OF WAY.
PLACE BEING BY SAID DEEDS UNDER
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE CITY RECOMMENDS THAT CITY
COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
AGENDA ITEM 13.
COUNCIL 130404.
SEEPING 25 LIMITED PURPOSE
EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
PLACING THE REAL PROPERTY
CONVEYED BY SUCH EASEMENTS AS
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND RATIFYING
CERTAIN ACTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THAT
CITY COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS
ALL FIVE COUNCIL BILLS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
AND COLLEAGUES.
I'LL BRIEFLY ADDRESS THESE
BILLS.
THESE ARE ITEMS 8 THROUGH 13 ON
THESE AGENDA.
THAT WERE JUST READ ON RECORD.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY
CHARTER.
AND CITY MUNICIPAL CODE.
CITY COUNCIL WILL AUTHORIZE
SDOT TO CONVEYANCE OF SEVERAL
SLIVERS EVER PROPERTIES FROM
MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
FARK, THIS OFTEN INCLUDES
MULTIPLE SIDEWALK SPACE.
AS PART OF OUR COMMITTEE
PROCESS, OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF ALREADY REVIEWED
THIS SDOT LEGISLATION AND
CONFIRMED THAT EACH BILL IS
APPROPRIATE.
THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY,
MINISTERIAL ACTIONS TO ACCEPT
THESE EASEMENTS AND DEEDS THAT
FULFILL USE.
THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY.
SO ALL SIX COUNCIL BILLS WERE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY OUR
COMMITTEE.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES
ON THESE TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO ARE THERE ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WANT TO
SPEAK TO THE -- I THOUGHT IT
WAS FIVE.
EIGHT TO 13?
>> SIX, YEAH.
EIGHT THROUGH 13.
ON THE AGENDA.
>> YEAH.
>> I'M SORRY.
I SAID FIVE.
I STAND CORRECTED.
>> OKAY.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS THAT
WE HAVE TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ON THESE, FROM NUMBER
6 TO 13?
OKAY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING
BEFORE WE GO TO -- IN CLOSING.
OR WE CAN JUST GO TO THE VOTE
ON EACH.
>> WE CAN JUST VOTE ON EACH.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
ITEM NUMBER 8.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
AS AYE.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9.
>> ROLL CALL?
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 9. THE BELL PASS.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON ITEM 10?
[ ROLL CALL ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO ITEM NUMBER 10.
OR THE LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 11?
[ ROLL CALL ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES.
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
OKAY.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
12.
MADAM CLERK.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON ITEM NUMBER 12.
[ ROLL CALL ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATURE
ON MY BEHALF.
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 13.
I KNOW THERE IS A BILL NUMBER
TO IT.
BUT I'M NOT TRACKING THAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BELL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
úSIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
ON MY BEHALF.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT THROUGH
COUNCILMANS ONE THROUGH 13,
WHICH IS THE END OF OUR
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
SO MOVING ALONG ON OUR AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
SO WE WILL GO TO NEXT ON OUR
AGENDA, WHICH IS ON THE
ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
THERE ARE NO OTHER RESOLUTIONS
TODAY.
MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE COUNCIL?
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY.
BEFORE I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES CONCLUDE
OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT
WITH ME AND TRYING TO SHUFFLE
ALL OF THESE PAPERS AND
NUMBERS.
THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
COUNCIL MEETING ASK ON TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 20th.
AND WE STAND GANDER.
THANK YOU.
-- ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.