>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS TUESDAY APRIL 25th.
THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. I'M
CALLING INTO ORDER. MY NAME IS
DEBORAH . MADAME CLERK, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> A COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN .
>> EIGHT PRESENT. IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WILL BE EXCUSED FROM
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING OR SEEING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS
INDEED EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S
METING. THERE ARE NO
PRESENTATIONS TODAY. BEFORE WE
GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY WE
HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING IN WHICH WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL BEGIN
WITH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND
THEN LATER ON AN AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL BILL
120547 REGARDING AN ORDINANCE
FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S
PUBLIC ASSET AND HOMELESS
COMMITTEE. WE WILL HAVE A
PUBLIC HEARING. IT WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WOULD JUST
LIKE TO RUN THE RECORDING ONE
TIME ON INSTRUCTIONS SO WE
DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TWICE. SO
THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US
TODAY, FOLKS. MOVING ON TO
PUBLIC COMMENT. MY
UNDERSTANDING, MADAME CLERK, WE
HAVE TWO REMOTE SPEAKERS,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> GOOD. LET'S GIVE EACH REMOTE
SPEAKER TWO MINUTES. MADAME
CLERK, I WILL NOW HANDED OVER
YOU FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE, WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY, THE SEA OF
FLOWERS IN THE CITY OF
GOODWILL. BUILT ON INDIGENOUS
LAND, THE TRADITIONAL
TERRITORY OF THE PEOPLES. THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IS
EAGER TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OF
OUR CITY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
BE A SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A
VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY
REGISTER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MEETING VIA THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WEBSITE. HERE IS SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CUB --
THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PROCEEDINGS. THEY'RECALLED
UPON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTER. THEY MUST CALL
FROM THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED
WHEN THEY REGISTER ONLINE AND
USE THE MEETING I.D. AND
PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED UPON
CONFIRMATION. IF YOU DID NOT
RECEIVE AN EMAIL 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 A
SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED THE
SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE
UNMUTED AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT
WILL SAY, THE HOST WOULD LIKE
YOU TO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR Q THAT IT IS YOUR
TURN TO SPEAK. AT THAT TIME YOU
MUST PRESS STAR SIX. YOU WILL
THEN HEAR PROMPT OF YOU ARE
UNMUTED. BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS
UNMUTED ON YOUR AND 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 AND YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME. IT IS 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. ONE SPEAKERS HAVE
COMPLETED PROVIDING PUBLIC
COMMENT PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND
JOIN US BY FOLLOWING THE
MEETING VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL
BROADCAST OR THROUGH THE
LISTENING LINE OPTION LISTED ON
THE AGENDA. THE COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IF
THE PROCESS IMPEDES THE
COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT
BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS
OF THE CITY. ANY OFFENSIVE
LANGUAGE THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO
THESE PROCEEDINGS OR THAT IS
NOT FOCUSED ON AN APPROPRIATE
TOPIC AS SPECIFIED IN COUNCIL
RULES MAY LEAD TO THE SPEAKER
BEING MUTED BY THE PRESIDING
OFFICER. OUR HOPE IS TO
PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT
WILL ASSIST OUR ORDERLY
CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES BEFORE
THE COUNCIL. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST TO SPEAKER
ON THE LIST. PLEASE REMEMBER,
PRESS STAR SIX AFTER YOU HEAR
THE PROMPT OF , YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED. THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> GREAT. OUR FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER IS HOWARD GAIL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HOWARD GAIL
. IN A FEW WEEKS IT WILL BE
SIX FULL YEARS THAT THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
HAS FAILED TO FULFILL THE
LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS
MANDATED BY THIS COUNCIL AND
RESOLUTION 31753. MOST NOTABLY,
THE CBCS FAILED TO PROPOSE
MECHANISMS EXTERNAL TO THE SPD
FOR INVESTIGATION OF SERIOUS
AND DEADLY USE OF FORCE
PROTECTIONS AVAILABLE TO EVERY
CITY IN THE STATE EXCEPT
SEATTLE, IT HAS FAILED TO
DEVELOP AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR
WHEN THE SYSTEM REJECTS, AS HE
USUALLY DOES, COMPLAINTS ABOUT
POLICE ABUSE. WORSE YET,
COMMISSIONERS JUST LAST WEEK
NOTED THAT THEY WERE ABANDONING
ANY CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR THE
PROCESS USING THE CONTRACT AS
AN EXCUSE FOR THEIR FAILURES.
ACTIONS LIKE THESE AND THE
FAILURE TO ACT ON FUNDAMENTAL
PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF
POLICE VIOLENCE IS A
PREDICTABLE RESULT OF THE CBCS
DECADE-LONG HISTORY OF
DISREGARD AND DISENFRANCHISEMEN
T FOR THOSE INJURED AND KILLED
BY FRANCHISE POLICE. RECENTLY
CPC HAS ATTACKED VICTIMS OF
POLICE VIOLENCE AND HAS
SUSPENDED THEIR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT FORMS. THE CPC FEARS
THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS NOT A
COMMISSION FOR THE COMMUNITY
BUT A COMMISSION TO POLICE THE
COMMUNITY. GIVEN THE REALITY
OF CPC'S ADVOCATION OF CRITICAL
RESPONSIBILITIES IT IS
NECESSARY THAT THIS COUNCIL
GIVE THE FULL SUPPORT TO THE
NEWLY CREATIVE EFFECTIVE
PERSONS PROGRAM AND ALLOW THIS
PERSON TO TAKE THE IMPORTANT
TASK OF CREATING A SYSTEM FOR
COMPLAINT APPEALS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES LOOKED US
IN THE EYE AND CLAIMED THEIR
SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM. IT'S
TIME TO ACT AND ENSURE THAT
THERE CAN BE ONE TINY PART
THAT CAN ACTUALLY ALLOW THE
VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT REMOTE
SPEAKER IS WILLIAMS. SHE IS
SHOWING IS NOT PRESENT.
>> OH, I DO NOT SEE -- OH, I
MEAN, WE CAN'T SEE HER TILE,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. SHE IS NOT PRESENT.
>> OKAY. OKAY. SO, MADAME
CLERK, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT
PUBLIC COMMENT -- WELL, I WILL
SAY -- WE ARE DONE WITH HER
SPEAKERS?
>> YES, WE ARE.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. WE WREAKED
THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. WITH THAT PUBLIC
COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. MOVING
ON THE AGENDA, LET'S SEE. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED, NOT
SEEING AN OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE'S
NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA FOR
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTION
TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR
TODAY INCLUDES THE MINUTES FROM
APRIL 18th, PAYROLL BILL,
120550, AND WE HAVE TWO
APPOINTMENTS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
COMMITTEE, CIVIL RIGHTS AND
CULTURE COMMITTEE. WITH THAT
BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED FROM
TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> OKAY.
>> NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY
ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED I
MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT A CONSENT
CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE CONSENT
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. WILL THE
CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
MINUTES IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR
ON MY BEHALF. MOVING ONTO
COMMITTEE REPORTS. TODAY WE
HAVE TWO ITEMS AND THE FIRST
ITEM, AS I SHARED EARLIER, FROM
THE PUBLIC ASSETS AND HOMELESS
COMMITTEE, MADAME CLERK, CAN
YOU PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO
THE RECORD.
>> REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS
ITEM ONE. COUNCIL THE 125 47
RELATED TO JACKSON PARK
TRANSFERRING JURISDICTION FROM
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION. OPEN SPACE
PARK AND RECREATION PURPOSES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
CITY COUNCIL PAST THE COUNCIL
BILL.
>> DO YOU, MADAME CLERK, BEFORE
I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
THIS ITEM I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WHO WAS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND
SPONSOR OF THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU , COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ. THIS
ORDINANCE WAS HEARD LAST WEEK
IN MY COMMITTEE DISCUSSING AN
EXCHANGE OF LAND THAT IS
REQUIRED BY SOME OF THE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT
ARE OCCURRING NEAR NORTHEAST
30th STREET THAT INVOLVES
TAKING SOME SEATTLE PARKS LAND
AND TURNING IT INTO S.RIGHT
AWAY. PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF
INITIATIVE 42, THEY'RE TAKING
SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY LOCATED
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF JACKSON
PARK . IT IS A MORE SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF PROPERTY THAN WHAT
PARKS IS TRAPPED TRANSFERRING
TO . IT ALLOWS MOORE PARK
SPACE TO BE CREATED FOR THE
EXCHANGING OF THE RELEVANT
PORTION OF RIGHT AWAY. AND THE
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
>> WHAT DISTRICT IS THAT IN,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ?
>> DISTRICT FIVE.
>> THANK YOU. AS A PRESIDING
OFFICER I AM NOW OPENING THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL
120547 RELATING TO JACKSON PARK
AND AS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
JUST OUTLINED, THE TRANSFER AND
JURISDICTION OF THAT OUTLINE.
OPEN SPACE PARK AND RECREATION
PURPOSES. MADAME CLERK, TO HAVE
ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS
PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> NO, WE DO NOT.
>> OKAY. SEEING THAT WE HAVE NO
SPEAKERS TODAY THEN I WILL
OFFICIALLY CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT
-- I WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC
HEARING. SO, WITH THAT, I'M
GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE HE WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE BEFORE WE GO TO A
VOTE .
>> NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. I'M
READY TO VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT,
MADAME CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE BILL PASSES,
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. MADAME
CLERK, AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE ORDINANCE ON MY BEHALF.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
TWO. CAN YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, COUNCIL
BILL RELATING TO SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION AUTHORIZED IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO ENTER
INTO A NONGOVERNMENT AGREEMENT
WITH THE BASEBALL CLUB OF
SEATTLE LLP FOR THE PURPOSES
OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
RAINIER PLAY FEEL . THE
COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THAT CITY
COUNCIL PAST THE COUNCIL BILL.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ. THIS ORDINANCE IS A
POLICY PROPOSAL THAT WAS
ALLUDED TO IN MAYOR HARRELL'S
STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH FOR A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
MARINERS WHICH IS THE BASEBALL
CLUB OF SEATTLE LLP AND
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION TO
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO 25
PLAYFIELD. THE COMMITTEE HEARD
A PRESENTATION ON THIS
ARRANGEMENT AND ARE INTO THIS
AGREEMENT AND UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF THE
ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES
REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE?
OKAY, NOT SEEING ANY,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I'M
GUESSING YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
WRAP UP COMMENTS? GOOD?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> WITH THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES. BACK
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> I SEE HE IS THERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. THE BILL
PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT. MADAME CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE ORDINANCE.
ON MY BEHALF. MOVING ALONG OUR
AGENDA, THERE WERE NO ITEMS
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR, ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTIONS THERE ARE NO OTHER
RESOLUTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED AT
THIS JUNCTURE. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER BUSINESSES TO COME BEFORE
COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ AS I MENTIONED
YESTERDAY DURING THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING I'M REQUESTING TO BE
EXCUSED FROM THEM A SECOND FULL
COUNCIL MEETING.
>> OKAY. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WILL BE EXCUSED FROM
THE MAY 2nd CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. I HEAR OR SEE NO
OBJECTIONS , COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, YOU ARE INDEED EXCUSED
FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING ON
MAY 2nd.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO TO
ADJOURN, LET'S SEE, A FEW
OTHER ITEMS HERE. NOPE, I THINK
WE ARE GOOD. THIS DOES CONCLUDE
TODAY'S BUSINESS. THE NEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
WILL BE ON MAY 2nd. WITH THAT,
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY.