>> GOOD MORNING. THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER. IT IS 9:36 A.M. NOVEMBER
14th, 2024. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [ ROLL
CALLED ]
NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. I RECEIVED TEN
DEMERITS FOR BEING LATE. MY
APOLOGIES. AND WE ARE GOING TO
IMMEDIATELY INTO RECESS UNTIL
10:30 A.M. SO THE NOVEMBER, IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL BE
IN RECESS UNTIL 10:30 A.M.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING IS IN
RECESS UNTIL 10:30 A.M.
APOLOGIES. MY SCRIPT SAYS P.M.
[ MEETING IN RECESS UNTIL 10:30
A.M. ]
>> GOOD MORNING. THE NOVEMBER
14 SELECT COMMITTEE WILL COME
BACK TO ORDER. IT IS 10:32 A.M.
I AM DAN STRAUSS, CHAIR OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [
ROLL CALLED ]
SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE IS NOT ACCEPTING
VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, AS
NOTED ON THE AGENDA. WRITTEN
PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE SUBMITTED
BY E-MAILING THE COUNSEL AND ON
THE AVAILABLE PUBLIC COMMENT
CARDS NEAR THE PODIUM. TODAY WE
ARE VOTING ON BUDGET
AMENDMENTS. I AM GOING TO WAIT
TO SHARE SOME ITEMS IN JUST A
SECOND. BUT WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ADOPT THE AGENDA. I MOVE
TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
TODAY'S AGENDA IS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE, AND THIS IS THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNSEL MEMBERS
TO MOVE TO ADD AN ITEM. ONLY
NEW BUDGET PROPOSALS NOT ONLY
THE AGENDA ARE ADDED AT THIS
TIME. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL
CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE?
>> I DO HAVE AN ITEM BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE, CHAIR. DO I
INTRODUCE IT?
>> YOU NEED TO AMEND THE
AGENDA.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA.
AND THEN I SAY THE ITEM NUMBER?
YEP, WITH ITEM OIRA-001-A.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE AGENDA,
ADDING OIRA-001-A. COUNSEL
MEMBER MORALES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
WALK ON AMENDMENTS TODAY?
>> I DO, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBERS YET. STANDBY, PLEASE.
>> I AM BEING INSTRUCTED, WE'RE
DOING THESE ONE AT A TIME.
COLLEAGUES, YOU'LL MOVE EACH
INDIVIDUALLY. THEY'LL NEED TO
BE AMENDED.
>> IF WE WANTED TO HAVE
INDIVIDUAL VOTES, THEN WE'LL DO
ONE VOTE AT A TIME. IF YOU WANT
TO GROUP, WE CAN GROUP ALL THE
AMENDMENTS AT ONE POINT. SO
THEREFORE, IT'LL BE ONE VOTE
FOR ALL THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.
>> WE'LL DO THAT. SO IT'LL BE
MOVED AND SECONDED BY THE
SPONSOR. AND THEN WE'LL VOTE
ON THE PACKAGE OF UPDATED
AMENDMENTS. SO FAR, WE HAVE
MOVED AND SECONDED OIRA-001-A.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE TO AMEND
TO INCLUDE SDCI-007-A.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. COUNSEL MEMBER
MORALES, YOU'RE STILL
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE TO INCLUDE
SPR-015-A.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO MOVE SPR-015-A1.
COUNSEL MEMBER WOO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND SPU-008-A-1.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECONDED.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
ADD SPU-008-A-1. COUNSEL MEMBER
MOORE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> LET'S SEE. MOVING TO AMEND
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> WHAT I HAVE HERE IS MOVING
SDCI-001-B.
I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE A
SECOND. I MOVE SDCI-001-B. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
INCLUDE SDCI-001-B. WE DO HAVE
ONE ADDITIONAL WALK ON
AMENDMENT THAT WAS NOT
DISTRIBUTED BY 5:00 P.M., WHICH
MEANS THE RULES WILL NEED TO BE
SUSPENDED TO ADD THIS ITEM TO
THE AGENDA. COUNSEL MEMBER
MOORE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> OKAY. SO I MOVE TO.
>> YOU'LL NEED TO REQUEST FOR
THE RULES TO BE SUSPENDED.
THAT WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY
5:00 P.M. AMELIA, DO I NEED TO
ASK FOR OBJECTIONS OR TAKE A
VOTE?
>> AS LONG AS THERE'S NO
OBJECTIONS, WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD.
>> ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO
ALLOW A WALK ON AMENDMENT NOT
DISTRIBUTED BY 5:00 P.M.?
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL
SUSPEND THE RULES AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, I DON'T
HAVE YOUR AMENDMENT NUMBER
BEFORE ME. YOU'LL NEED TO MOVE
YOUR AMENDMENT NUMBER.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE HSD-002-C.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> CAN WE PAUSE FOR A QUICK
SECOND. YOLANDA, DO YOU HAVE
THE NEW NUMBER FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S
SUBSTITUTE VERSION THAT'S
GOING TO BE PRESENTED TODAY ON
THE AGENDA?
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE
RIGHT ONE.
>> IT IS HSC-2-C-1.
>> I'M GOING TO MOVE THE
AYENTA INCLUDE HSDC-2-C-1. IS
THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
SECOND.
>> YES.
>> SECOND.
>> SECOND, SORRY.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADD HSDC-2-C-1 TO
THE AGENDA. I'M GOING TO READ
BACK EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN
WALKED ON TO THE AGENDA RIGHT
NOW. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A
VOTE. I AM HEARD THAT THERE HAS
BEEN, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO INCLUDE OIRA-1-A-1,
SDCI-7-A-1, SPR-15-A-S,
SPU-8-B-S, SDIC, HSDC21. CLERK,
IS THAT THE UNDERSTANDING YOU
HAVE BEFORE US?
>> YES. CONFERRING WITH SOME OF
THE STAFF.
>> CENTRAL STAFF, IS THAT THE
LIST YOU HAVE BEFORE US?
>> I THINK SO.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS
LIST. [ ROLL CALLED ]
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED
AND ONE EXTENSION.
>> THANK YOU. THE AGENDA HAS
BEEN AMENDED.
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE INTO OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE
NOW. I'M GOING TO TAKE A
PAUSE.
>> SORRY.
>> A PERSONAL, POINT OF
INFORMATION?
>> POINT OF INFORMATION, CHAIR.
I DIDN'T HEAR THE OIR-1-A. DID
YOU SAY THAT AND I JUST DIDN'T
HEAR IT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> WE ARE MOVING INTO VOTING.
COLLEAGUES, I AM NOT SEEN THIS
NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS COMING OUT
OF A BRIEFING ABOUT THE
AMENDMENTS TO DATE. SO THIS IS
WHERE I'M GOING TO SHARE THAT
I THINK WE HAVE REACHED OUR
FIRST HICCUP OF BUDGET WITH THE
NUMBER OF CHANGES. LAST MINUTE
CHANGES THAT ARE COMING. WE ARE
GOING TO BE TAKING IT SLOW. TO
GET THINGS RIGHT THE FIRST
TIME. OVER THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT TWO BUSINESS DAYS. WE WILL
BE ENGAGING IN GROUPS A, B, C,
D AND NOW E. E WILL BE THE WALK
ON AMENDMENTS. D IS THE PERIOD
OF TIME THAT I THINK THE MOST
AMOUNT OF TIME WILL BE SPENT
HAVING DISCUSSION. C AND A WILL
HOPEFULLY GO QUICKLY. A COUPLE
OF REMINDERS FOR GROUP A, YOU
DO NOT NEED TO PULL A CBA TO
SPEAK TO IT. SO IF YOUR INTENT
IS TO SPEAK TO IT, YOU DON'T
NEED TO PULL IT OUT OF GROUP A.
IF YOU WANT A VOTE, A SEPARATE
VOTE ON AN ITEM THAT IS IN
GROUP A, YOU DO NEED TO PULL
IT. SO, FOR INDIVIDUAL
CONSIDERATION. SO SAID ANOTHER
WAY, PLEASE DON'T PULL
SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST WANT TO
SPEAK TO. ONLY PULL WHAT YOU
NEED TO HAVE VOTED ON
SEPARATELY OUT OF GROUP A.
WE WILL LIKELY GET THROUGH
GROUP A, B AND HOPEFULLY C
TODAY. AND LIKELY TAKE UP GROUP
D IN THE MORNING. COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS THE PERIOD OF BUDGET
WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK TO YOUR
HEARTS' CONTENT. THIS IS WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO GO SLOW. THIS
IS WHERE IF YOU HAVE POSITIONS
THAT YOU NEED TO PUT ON THE
RECORD, PLEASE PUT THEM ON. IF
YOU HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS
FOR CENTRAL STAFF, THIS IS A
GOOD TIME TO ASK. YOU SHOULD
HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA WALKING
INTO THIS MEETING HOW YOU WILL
VOTE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A
TIME FOR INFORMATION SEEKING
FROM CENTRAL STAFF. THIS IS A
TIME FOR CLARIFYING WHAT WE
ALREADY BELIEVE THAT WE KNOW.
OR CLARIFYING THINGS THAT YOU
MIGHT NOT HAVE CLARITY ON. IF
YOU ARE ASKING QUESTIONS FOR
YOUR BASELINE KNOWLEDGE, WE
NEED TO HAVE, THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE BEFORE WE COME TO
COMMITTEE. WE DO STILL HAVE
TIME FOR THAT, BECAUSE A, B AND
C ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, I
THINK THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED. SO, IF YOU ARE ASKING
QUESTIONS TO MAKE A POINT, THAT
IS ABSOLUTELY A GOOD USE OF
YOUR TIME. IF YOU ARE ASKING
QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU DON'T
KNOW, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
MAKE SURE TO GET WITH CENTRAL
STAFF OFF THE RECORD. SO OUR
COMMUNAL TIME TOGETHER IS USED
MOST EFFICIENTLY. I'M GOING TO
ASK FOR FOLKS, FOR THEM TO MAKE
A STATEMENT. IF YOU HAVE A
STATEMENT TO MAKE ON AN ITEM,
MAKE THE STATEMENT. I AM ASKING
FOR US TO NOT COME BACK AND
HAVE MULTIPLE, FOR INDIVIDUALS
TO MAKE MULTIPLE COMMENTS. IF
THERE IS DIALOGUE NOT BETWEEN
MEMBERS, BUT BETWEEN MEMBERS
THROUGH THE CHAIR. SO IF YOU
ARE SPEAKING TO ANOTHER MEMBER,
PLEASE REFER TO THE CHAIR. AND
I WILL FACILITATE THAT
CONVERSATION. IF THERE'S A
CONVERSATION TO BE HAD, WE WILL
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THERE'S NO LIMITING OF WHAT IS
ACCEPTABLE DURING THIS BUDGET
PERIOD. I'M SIMPLY SHARING
THAT IF WE SPEND ALL OF THE
TIME TALKING, WE WILL NOT VOTE
ON EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
VOTED ON IN THE NEXT TWO
BUSINESS DAYS. IF WE DO NOT GET
EVERYTHING VOTED ON IN THE NEXT
TWO BUSINESS DAYS, WE'LL COME
BACK ON MONDAY FOR COMMITTEE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS IT
DOES NOT ALLOW CENTRAL STAFF
THE TIME THEY NEED TO REVIEW
ALL OF OUR WORK BEFORE GOING TO
COMMITTEE FOR A VOTE ON
TUESDAY. AND SO, COLLEAGUES,
THAT IS WHY I AM SHARING THESE
PARAMETERS AROUND SPEAKING.
I'M TELLING YOU BOTH THAT WE
SHOULD SPEAK AS MUCH AS WE WANT
AND TRY TO LIMIT THAT SPEAKING
ONLY ONCE PER ITEM. QUESTIONS
ARE ABSOLUTELY ACCEPTABLE TO
CLARIFY YOUR KNOWLEDGE OR
MAKING A POINT. AND DIALOGUE
BETWEEN MEMBERS THROUGH THE
CHAIR IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE. I'M
JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT
THAT IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH
ALL THIS VOTING, WE'RE GOING
TO CREATE SOME BIG PROBLEMS.
I'M MAKING A BIGGER POINT
ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING BECAUSE
WE RAN INTO THE FIRST HICCUP OF
BUDGET LAST NIGHT. WITH THAT,
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. POINT OF
INFORMATION OR PERSONAL
INTEREST?
>> YES. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A LISTING
OF ALL THOSE THAT WERE PULLED?
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE?
LIKE A LISTING?
>> YES. WE WILL WORK TO GET
THAT TO YOU.
>> I HAVEN'T MEMORIZED THE
LIST IN MY HEAD. EXCEPT FOR
ONE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE
TWO AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE.
HSD-21-A-1 IN THE A. AND THEN
SDCI-1-A-S ARE THE TWO THAT
HAVE WALK ON AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AMENDMENTS
ON THE AGENDA. THE OTHER WALK
ON AMENDMENTS WILL BE HELD TO
GROUP E.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS? AMELIA, ANYTHING I
SAID CORRECT OR INCORRECT THAT
NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED ON THE
RECORD RIGHT NOW.
>> I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THE
AGENDA, CENTRAL STAFF WILL HELP
US TO FACILITATE TO THE
PLACEMENTS WE ADDED TO THE
AGENDA. SOME OF THEM MAY BE
BEST SUITED AFTER THE
INDIVIDUAL VOTES AND AFTER THE
GROUPS THEMSELVES. I'M SURE
THE PRESENTATION WILL ALSO HELP
US THROUGH THIS VOTING PROCESS.
>> FANTASTIC. I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR NOBLE
AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR HO TO WALK
US THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING. LET ME GET
THIS PRESENTATION ROLLING. YOU
ARE HERE TO DISCUSS AND VOTE
MANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. JUST
AS A REMINDER, WE'RE GOING TO
START OFF WITH THE PLAN FOR
TODAY AND TOMORROW IS TO START
OFF WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SO THAT IS
THE TABLE OF BUDGET LEGISLATION
THAT BEN BRIEFLY DESCRIBED
YESTERDAY. AND IF THERE ARE ANY
ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR FOR INDIVIDUAL
CONSIDERATION, WE WILL CONSIDER
THOSE AS APPROPRIATE. THEN, WE
WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS'
LEGISLATION FOR INDIVIDUAL
CONSIDERATION, OF WHICH THERE
ARE TWO PIECES. ONE OF WHICH
WAS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT
REQUIRED A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE
PARTICIPATING IMPLEMENTATION
ORDINANCE. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON
VOTING FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN
THE GROUPS A, B, C AND D. AND
E, I BELIEVE IS A NEW CATEGORY
FOR THE WALK ON. SO JUST AS A
REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE.
IDEALLY, THIS IS THE PLAN FOR
NEXT WEEK IS THAT NEXT TUESDAY
IT IS SOLELY TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS AS THE CHAIR
MENTIONED. THIS WEEKEND THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM WILL BE
BUSILY COMPILING ATTACHMENT A
AND ATTACHMENT B TO THE BUDGET
ADOPTION ORDINANCE, WHICH IS
THE POSITIONS AND APPROPRIATION
CHANGES AND ALL THAT GOOD
STUFF, WHICH IS WHY WE CANNOT
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE
AMENDMENTS. BECAUSE THAT IS A
COMPLICATED PROCESS AND
REQUIRES A LOT OF DETAIL AND
CHECKING AND DOUBLE CHECKING.
AND IDEALLY, NEXT THURSDAY, YOU
WILL ALL COMPLETE YOUR REVIEW
AND ADOPTION OF NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO INTO
THE CONSENT CALENDAR,
COLLEAGUES, I HAD TWO ITEMS I
FORGOT TO MENTION IN MY
CHAIR'S REPORT. I IDENTIFIED
ANOTHER ERROR MADE IN THE
CHAIR'S PACKAGE. I MAY HAVE A
WALK ON AMENDMENT TOMORROW TO
CLARIFY THAT ERROR. I HAVE
HEARD RUMOR THAT THERE'S A
DESIRE TO HAVE VERBAL
AMENDMENTS AT THE DIAS TODAY.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD PRACTICE,
NUMBER ONE. FOR THIS PRACTICE
TO WORK, WE MUST HAVE ON THE
SCREEN THE LANGUAGE THAT WANTS
TO BE CHANGED. SO THAT THERE'S
CLARIFY AMONGST ALL MEMBERS. I
HAVE SEEN THIS PROCESS GO
SIDEWAYS AND CREATE MORE HARM
THAN GOOD. WHICH IS WHY I HAVE
THESE STRICT PARAMETERS AROUND
VERBAL AMENDMENTS. AND SO, JUST
WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. TO GO
OVER THIS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND
TAKE UP THE TECHNICAL FIXES AND
PARTICIPATE BUDGETING AND WE'LL
PAUSE AND TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET
AMENDMENTS. WITH THAT, I'M
GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> SO. BEFORE YOU ALL IS THE
CONSENT CALENDAR OF THERE ARE
TWO SLIDES. I BELIEVE THE
PRACTICES, THEY DO NOT NEED TO
ALL BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
CORRECT, AMELIA? THAT THIS
SLIDE IS EFFICIENT FOR YOU ALL.
I WILL BRIEFLY PAUSE ON THIS
ONE, AND I'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT
ONE SO EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT THE LIST. AND CONSIDER.
>> AND I ALSO REALIZED THAT WE
STILL NEED TO READ THE FIRST
ITEM. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> INTRODUCTION OF PROCESS
OVERVIEW FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. AND SO WE HAVE,
BY READING INTO THE RECORD VIA
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON
THE AGENDA AS WELL AS PRESENTED
HERE IN COMMITTEE, AT THIS
TIME, COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
BILLS WITHIN HERE THAT YOU FEEL
YOU NEED TO PULL FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL VOTE? I AM SEEING
NONE. ARE THERE ANY BILLS THAT
INDIVIDUALS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
TO? SO THIS IS OUR TEST RUN.
LET'S SAY I WANTED TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE WATER BONDS, WHICH I
COULD SPEAK AT LENGTH ABOUT.
THIS WOULD BE MY OPPORTUNITY TO
TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE AMOUNT
OF BONDS THAT WE ARE PUTTING
OUT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CLEAN
WATER. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY
ARE DONE AT A RATE WHERE WE
REFEE OR REFINANCE THE BONDS SO
WE'RE NOT TAKING OUT TOO MUCH
DEBT. THAT THERE'S POLICIES
THERE ENSURING WE'RE NOT
BONDING MORE THAN WE SHOULD BE,
AND THAT THERE'S GOOD
FINANCIAL RECORDKEEPING OF ALL
OF THIS AND THERE'S GOOD
FINANCIAL POLICIES AND
PRACTICES IN PLACE. I DON'T
NEED TO PULL THE BILL TO SAY
THOSE THINGS AT THIS TIME. I AM
HEARING THERE ARE NO COMMENTS
OR BILLS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE
PULLED. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THE SET. I WOULD LIKE TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS
PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> 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. [ ROLL
CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES
AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR
PASSES. AND THESE BILLS ARE
ADOPTED AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SENT TO
THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM
WITHIN ITEM ONE, WHICH IS
REGARDING COUNCIL BILL 120887.
I RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BIG 12087. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER
TO DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR
TO BRIEF US ON THIS BILL.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120887, AS WE
DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, WAS
INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED BUT DUE
TO A TECHNICAL FIX, WE PULLED
IT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
AMENDMENT ONE WOULD REMOVE
REFERENCE TO HOLDING A PUBLIC
HEARING, WHICH WAS OPTIONAL.
AND WE JUST FORGOT TO PULL IT
OUT BEFORE WE INTRODUCED IT.
>> THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR, I'LL
ADDRESS IT BY SAYING THIS IS A
TECHNICAL FIX AND AN ERROR THAT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT
WITHOUT CALVIN. THANK YOU,
CALVIN. COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THE
UNDERLYING BILL BEFORE I MOVE
THE AMENDMENT? THEN I WILL MOVE
TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 120877.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL ON
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT ONE.
CENTRAL STAFF, DO YOU NEED TO
DESCRIBE IT AGAIN? I THINK
IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED. AND SO
COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY
DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT ONE?
HEARING NO DISCUSSION, WE WILL
MOVE ON TO THE ADOPTION. SO
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT ONE? [ ROLL CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NOUN OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES. IT IS AMENDED AS
DESCRIBED IN THE AMENDMENT ONE.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON
THE BILL AS AMENDED? HEARING NO
COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 120877 AS AMENDED? [ ROLL
CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL BILL
120877 AS AMENDED CARRIES AND
THE RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THE
BILL AS AMENDED WILL BE SENT TO
THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
HAS SPONSORED THE NEXT BILL. I
GUESS I'M THE SPONSOR OF THE
BILL. I'M GOING TO MOVE
COUNCIL BILL 120893.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120893 WOULD
IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE
PROCESS. IT WOULD APPROPRIATE
$27.3 MILLION IN ONE TIME
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS HELD IN
FINANCE GENERAL TO FIVE
DEPARTMENTS. TO IMPLEMENT
PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED
DURING THIS PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO? I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL
REMARKS. COLLEAGUES, DO YOU
HAVE COMMENTS? I'M SEEING
NONE. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I DON'T HAVE COMMENTS BUT I
MOVE TO AMEND IT AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT ONE, VERSION TWO.
>> I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE
AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH FOUR AT
THE SAME TIME? NOPE. I'VE
HEARD AMENDMENT ONE VERSION
TWO. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL.
CLERK, DO WE NEED TO TAKE THESE
ONE BY ONE?
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH
EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> I REALIZE WE NEED.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION
ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
I'LL HAVE YOU ADDRESS IT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO
SHARE WHY THERE'S A BIT OF
CONFUSION GOING ON UP HERE,
WHICH IS THE TIME WE WOULD HAVE
SPENT YESTERDAY PREPARING THE
OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THIS
MEETING WERE SPENT WORKING ON
AMENDMENTS, WHICH IS OUT OF
CYCLE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS. I KNOW THAT
YOU'VE ALREADY GIVING ME GRACE
TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT
GRACE. I'M MAKING THE POINT AS
TO WHY THIS IS OCCURRING RIGHT
NOW. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING
YOURSELF. THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO
DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT BEFORE
US.
>> AMENDMENT ONE VERSION TWO TO
COUNCIL BILL 120893 WOULD
DECREASE THE BUDGETING
APPROPRIATION AND THE
UNDERLYING BILL TO SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION BY $5
MILLION. IT WOULD USE THAT $5
MILLION IN TWO WAYS. THE FIRST
IS IT WOULD APPROPRIATE $4.7
MILLION TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS
AND CULTURE TO PROVIDE GRANTS
TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON
MISORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES. THIS WOULD ALSO
APPROPRIATE $315,000 TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR
CONTRACTED YOUTH ACTIVITIES OF
THE SPECIFIED ENTITIES IN 2025.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD LEAVE $2.2
MILLION APPROPRIATED TO SPR TO
IMPLEMENT AN ALTERNATE SCALED
DOWN VERSION OF THE PUBLIC
RESTROOM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN
THE ORIGINAL BILL.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, AS SPONSOR OF
THE AMENDMENT, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I
DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS. I MADE OUR CASE
YESTERDAY AND WOULD LOVE
EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT ONE VERSION TWO?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH HAS
DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE REQUESTS
WE GOT AFTER THE VOTING WAS
DONE ON BUDGETING. AS SHE
MENTIONED YESTERDAY. I WAS
TRYING TO CHAMPION THIS FOUR
YEARS AGO. IT'S BEEN A LONG
HAUL. THE PROCESS WAS FRAUGHT
AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF
FRUSTRATION IN COMMUNITY AND
SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE
VOTING THAT TOOK PLACE AND
WHICH PROJECTS WERE FINALLY
DECIDED ON, I DO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE HONOR THE
PROCESS THAT WE HAD LAID OUT
WITH THE BUDGET. I WILL BE ON
STAINING ON THE AMENDMENTS AND
INDICATE I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING
FOR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE
HONOR THE PROCESS WE LAID OUT.
I'LL BE OBSTAINING. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL [
ROLL CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. AMENDMENT
CARRIES. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
AMENDMENT TWO.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE TO
RECOMMEND. MY APOLOGIES. I LOST
WHERE I WAS AT.
>> HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT TWO. MR.
JOHNSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
BRIEF US ON THE AMENDMENT,
PLEASE?
>> AMENDMENT TWO TO COUNCIL
BILL 120893 WOULD REDUCE THE
BUDGETING APPROPRIATION TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
INCLUDED IN THE UNDERLYING BILL
BY $3 MILLION. THIS $3 MILLION
WOULD BE INSTEAD APPROPRIATED
TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
FUND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
AND HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION
SERVICES TO INCREASE
HOMEOWNERSHIP RETENTION IN
COMMUNITIES AT HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT. OFFICE OF HOUSING
WOULD CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
SERVICES IN NEED OF HOMEOWNERS.
THE AIMED WOULD RETAIN $4
MILLION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO IMPLEMENT A
SCALED DOWN VERSION OF THE
URBAN FOOD AND FARMING PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS? SEEING NO QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[ ROLL CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL BILL
120893 IS AMENDED ON PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT TWO. WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND 120-0893 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
THREE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND IT AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT THREE.
IF YOU COULD BRIEF US.
>> AMENDMENT THREE TO COUNCIL
BILL 120-0893 WOULD REDUCE THE
PROPOSED BUDGETING
APPROPRIATION IN THE UNDERLYING
BILL TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT BY $2 MILLION. THAT
$2 MILLION WOULD BE
APPROPRIATED TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF FUNDING A YOUNG
ADULT DAY SHELTER. THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD RETAIN $1.9
MILLION TO FUND YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULT SHELTER CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS AS INCLUDED IN THE
UNDERLYING BILL.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, AS SPONSOR
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL REMARKS.
>> COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL [
ROLL CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. AMENDMENT THREE
TO COUNCIL BILL 120893 PASSES.
AND COUNCIL BILL IS AMENDED.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
YOU U ARE RECOGNIZED REGARDING
NUMBER FOUR.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND 120893 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
FOUR.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 120893 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR.
MR. JOHNSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
BRIEF US.
>> AMENDMENT FOUR TO COUNCIL
BILL 120893 WOULD MODIFY THE
BILL RECITALS TO REFLECT THE
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL FUNDING
PRIORITIES FOR BUDGETING FUNDS
AS DESCRIBED IN AMENDMENTS ONE
THROUGH THREE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH AS SPONSOR, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AT THIS
TIME? SEEING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK CALL THE ROLL TO
AMENDMENT FOUR TO COUNCIL BILL
120893 [ ROLL CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. AMENDMENT FOUR
PASSES. COUNCIL BILL 120893 IS
AMENDED AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT FOUR. COLLEAGUES WE
NOW HAVE THE BILL AS AMENDED
BEFORE US. THIS IS THE TIME TO
SPEAK TO THE BILL. SO THIS IS
ALL PRACTICE FOR WHAT WE'RE
ABOUT TO DO A HUNDRED TIMES
BETWEEN NOW AND TOMORROW. SO IF
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
PARTICAPRATORY BUDGETING, NOW
IS THE TIME.
I'M SEEING NO ONE WANTING TO
MAKE COMMENTS? I AM GLAD THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS MONEY
OUT THE DOOR TO THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AS IDENTIFIED IN
BOTH THE PROCESS AND THROUGH
THE AMENDMENTS HERE. EVERYTHING
THAT I'VE SAID BEFORE IS THAT
FUNDING BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES CANNOT BE A
ONE-TIME ACTIVITY. THIS WAS
GENERATED OUT OF THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD. IT CAN'T BE A
ONE-TIME THING OR A MOMENT IN
TIME. THIS IS WORK WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE DOING EVERY YEAR. WITH
THAT, COLLEAGUES, IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED AND COUNCIL
BILL 120893 HAS BEEN AMENDED.
AND SO CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED [ ROLL CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES
AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120893
AS AMENDED. AND IT WILL BE SENT
TO THE CITY COUNCIL. MR.
JOHNSON, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING
THE OTHER NIGHT I SAID KIND
REMARKS ABOUT GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR
RIVALS. SO TODAY I WILL ALSO
SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOUR HIGH
SCHOOL, ROOSEVELT. THEY HAVE
DONE A VERY GOOD JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I GUESS I NOW HAVE TO SPEAK
ABOUT INGRAM NEXT. COLLEAGUES,
I GIVE US SOME OF THAT LEVITY
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS A
MARATHON. FOR MARATHON RUNNERS,
THE FIRST SIX MILES IS WHEN YOU
WARM UP AND GET LOOSE. THAT'S
WHAT WE'VE DONE BECAUSE WE ARE
NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO AGENDA
ITEM 38. WHICH IS THE COUNCIL
OR THE COUNCIL BILL ADOPTING
THE 2025 BUDGET. SO THIS IS THE
BUDGET ADOPTION ORDINANCE. IN
THIS, WE HAVE GROUPS, A, B, C,
D AND E. WE WILL NEW MOVE INTO
C. I'M SEEING A DIFFERENCE
FROM YESTERDAY.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO PROVIDE
A REMINDER ABOUT THE PROCESS
TODAY. AND GIVE SOME KEY
POINTERS ON SCRIPTS THAT YOU
HAVE ALL RECEIVED A LITTLE
MOTION CHEAT SHEET FROM THE
DEPUTY CLERK. BUT ALSO FOR THE
PUBLIC TO REMIND EVERYONE.
THERE ARE LOTS OF MOTIONS THAT
NEED TO HAPPEN THAT ARE NOT
TYPICAL FOR THE REST OF THE
POLICY YEARS. SO THIS IS JUST A
REFRESHER FOR EVERYONE OR NEW
FOR SOME OF YOU. SO GROUPS A
AND C ARE PRESENTED AS A GROUP
OF CONSENT AMENDMENT PACKAGE.
SO THOSE, UNLESS OTHERWISE
STATED WILL BE VOTED ON AS A
SINGLE GROUP. SO MULTIPLE ITEMS
IN ONE GROUP. SO GROUP A, AS A
REMINDER, IS WHAT WAS INITIALLY
PRESENTED AS THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE. ON OCTOBER
30th WITH TWEAKS AS WE
HIGHLIGHTED YESTERDAY. GROUP C
IS, THERE WERE NEW IDEAS THAT
WERE PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER 1st
TO CENTRAL STAFF AND WERE PUT
FORWARD AS A POTENTIAL CONSENT
PACKAGE GROUP OF AMENDMENTS AS
WELL. AND THEN GROUP D IS
AMENDMENTS JUST UP FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTE. GROUP B IS
ACTUALLY ITEMS THAT WILL BE
DISCUSSED, IMMEDIATELY AFTER
GROUP A. GROUP B IS NOT REALLY
A STAND ALONE GROUP. IT WILL
HAPPEN AT THE END OF GROUP A.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, AS WE
ENTER INTO GROUP A, IF THERE IS
A DESIRE TO REMOVE AN AMENDMENT
FROM THE VOTING GROUP, THIS
SHOULD BE MADE. THE CHAIR WILL
CALL FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF THE GROUP
ITEM FROM THE GROUP UNDER
CONSIDERATION. SO, THE SCRIPT
IS AS FOLLOWS. I REQUEST THAT
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY. YOU
CAN SAY ARTS ONE A ONE BE
REMOVED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
GENERALLY WE WANT TO CHECK AND
DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T MISS ANYTHING IN THIS
PROCESS. IF ANY MEMBER IS
CONSIDERING AN ORAL AMENDMENT
TO AN ITEM IN GROUP A, THAT
MEANS THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED
FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTES. SO PLEASE
MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE
CONSIDERING MAKING AN ORAL
AMENDMENT TO AN ITEM IN THIS
GROUP A, THAT NEEDS TO BE
PULLED. OR ELSE WE WILL JUST
VOTE ON IT AS IS, AND YOU
WON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE SAID ORAL AMENDMENTS. SO
THAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A SECOND OR
A VOTE. FOLKS CAN JUST NAME THE
CBA'S THEY'RE LOOKING TO PULL
FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE. AND THEN
AFTER THAT HAPPENS, THE THEIR
WILL THEN MOVE THE REMAINING
ITEMS IN THE CONSENT PACKAGE
FOR THE GROUP. THE VOTE ON THE
ENTIRE GROUP. AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE INTO ITEMS THAT WERE
PULLED FROM GROUP A. ANY
QUESTIONS ON THAT?
>> COLLEAGUES, YOU ALL HAVE
SCRIPTS IN FRONT OF YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I SEE YOU
HAVE A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
YOLANDA FOR REVIEWING THAT. IF
THERE'S AN ITEM IN GROUP A YOU
WANT TO SPEAK TO BUT NOT
NECESSARILY REMOVE FOR A VOTE,
IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
THAT?
>> YES.
>> HOW DO YOU REQUEST THAT?
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. WE
ARE GOING TO GO INTO A PROCESS
WHERE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO
THE ITEM THAT'S IN GROUP. FOR
INSTANCE, WE WORKED TOGETHER TO
MAKE SURE YOU GOT THE 911 CALL
CENTER INTO THE PACKAGE. IF YOU
WANT TO SPEAK TO THE 911 CALL
CENTER, YOU CAN DO SO BEFORE WE
VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE OWIRA
AMENDMENT. YOU WOULD NEED TO
PULL THAT CBA TO MAKE THAT
AMENDMENT. I'M GOING TO USE
THE BUDGETING VOTES WE JUST
WENT THROUGH AS AN EXAMPLE.
EVERYONE VOTED YES. IT TOOK US
FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES TO GO
THROUGH THE VERBAL YES' AND
THE PROCESS. IF WE DID THAT FOR
ALL OF THE BILLS IN THE CONSENT
AGENDA, WE WOULDN'T LEAVE HERE
BY 6:00 P.M. HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHY WE SAY IF THERE'S
SOMETHING WITHIN THE PACKAGE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO, WE
HAVE THAT ABILITY. IF THERE'S
SOMETHING WE NEED TO AMEND OR
YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR OR
YOU WANT TO VOTE AGAINST, THEN
YOU WOULD NEED TO PULL THAT CBA
OUT OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR,
AND WE WOULD TAKE THAT UP
INDIVIDUALLY. THEN YOU COULD
VOTE AGAINST IT. FOR INSTANCE.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
DO THAT. I'M USING THAT AS AN
EXAMPLE.
>> SO, AGAIN, AT WHAT POINT, IF
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING
THAT'S IN GROUP A, WOULD THAT
HAPPEN?
>> RIGHT NOW CENTRAL STAFF IS
GOING TO BRIEF US ON WHAT'S IN
GROUP A. WE WILL THEN,
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL RAISE THEIR
HANDS TO PULL ITEMS OUT OF
GROUP A. WE'LL READ BACK THE
LIST OF EVERYTHING WE'VE
PULLED OUT TO CONFIRM ACCURACY.
WE WILL THEN PASS. WE WILL THEN
SPEAK TO THE ITEMS IN GROUP A.
WE WILL VOTE ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. THEN WE'LL TAKE UP
THE PULLED ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY
WITH AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR
THE CLARIFYING QUESTION. IT
HELPS EVERYONE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
>> YES. THAT IS THE INITIAL
POTENTIAL MOTION HERE THAT IS
GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU. I'LL
ADD THAT, SO JUST TO
REEMPHASIZE, IF YOU ARE
PLANNING ON MAKING ORAL
AMENDMENT TO ANY OF THE BUDGET
AMENDMENTS INCLUDED IN GROUP A,
IT MUST FIRST BE PULLED FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
REITERATING THAT STEP HAS TO
HAPPEN, OR ELSE YOU'LL MISS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ORAL
AMENDMENT. SIMILARLY BUT
DIFFERENT, IF YOU ARE SEEKING
TO SUBSTITUTE ANY ITEMS IN THIS
GROUP A WITH ANOTHER ITEM, YOU
MUST FIRST MOVE TO PULL THE
ITEM YOU'RE LOOKING TO
SUBSTITUTE. OTHERWISE, AGAIN,
IT WILL STAY IN THE CONSENT
PACKAGE. IT WILL BE VOTED ON,
AND YOU WILL MISS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER YOUR
SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT. I'M JUST
MAKING SURE EVERYONE KNOWS NOT
TO MISS YOUR CUE. JUST AS A
REMINDER, IF YOU ARE
SUBSTITUTING A CBA, THE FIRST
VOTE WILL BE ON THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE. IF THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED, THE
ORIGINAL CBA THAT WAS PULLED
FROM THE GROUP WILL NO LONGER
BE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT FIRST VOTE SHOULD BE AS
IF YOU WERE VOTING ON THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE SUBSTITUTE,
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE. THAT'S WHERE WE'VE
TRIPPED UP IN THE PAST. THAT'S
WHY I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE
THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE IS THE
CRITICAL CRUX OF THE VOTE HERE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT MOTION IS
SUBSTITUTED, THE COMMITTEE CAN
VOTE ON WHICHEVER OPTION IS
STALE ON THE TABLE. JUST
REMINDING YOU ALL OF THAT. AND
THEN THERE ARE NO OTHER
QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO
ACTUALLY VOTING ON GROUP A.
>> YEP. GROUP A, THE CONSENT
AMENDMENT PACKAGE CONSISTS OF
THE INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE
AND SOME AMENDMENTS WERE
MODIFIED WITH NONSUBSTANTIVE
CHANGES. THE PLAN IS TO VOTE ON
ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
PACKAGE BEFORE WE CONSIDER
REMOVING ITEMS CENTRAL STAFF
WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW. AFTER
THE OVERVIEW, YOU WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE ITEMS
FROM GROUP A. PLEASE NOTE, THIS
WILL BE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
ENTIRE GROUP. YESTERDAY THERE
WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS.
CENTRAL STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC ITEM. THE
REASON THAT GROUP A IS
DIFFERENT, WHY IS GROUP A
DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHER GROUPS
IS BECAUSE THIS IS NOW THE
THIRD TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THEM
IN COMMITTEE AS COMPARED TO
GROUPS B, C AND D WHERE THIS IS
THE SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD THEM
IN COMMITTEE. YESTERDAY CENTRAL
STAFF PROVIDED US THE DETAILED
OVERVIEW OF EACH ITEM. TODAY
THEY'LL PROVIDE THE HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW TO MOVE ON TO VOTING.
I'LL ASK MEMBERS IF THEY WOULD
LIKE AN ITEM REMOVED. WE WILL
HAVE THAT AFTER THE OVERVIEW.
ONCE ITEMS ARE REMOVED, THAT
WILL BE THE TIME TO SPEAK TO
ITEMS WITHIN THE PACKAGE. FROM
THERE, CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF GROUP
A. GROUP A IS 118 ITEMS THAT
WERE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY. IT IT
PACTS ABOUT 28 DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS, AND IT IS
REFLECTIVE OF COUNCILMEMBERS'
INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES THAT WERE
INCLUDED IN THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ARE
THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE PULLED FROM THE
PACKAGE? COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. DO YOU
WANT ME TO JUST GIVE YOU? I
HAVE THREE OR FOUR ITEMS?
>> LET'S RUN DOWN THE LIST.
WE'RE TAKING NOTES.
>> THANK YOU. I'M REQUESTING
THAT WE REMOVE ITEM S.03A IS,
C.06S1 AND SPD582 FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
>> I HAVE S DOT 3A ONE. S DOT
4A ONE. S DOT 6A ONE AND
SPD105A2.
>> YES. THANK YOU.
>> SPD105A2 IS THE LAST ONE.
ANYTHING FURTHER COUNCILMEMBER
MORE OR LESS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU TALK INTO YOUR MIC
PLEASE?
>> MEMBERS MUST BE RECOGNIZED
YOU CAN REQUEST A POINT OF
ORDER FOR A MICROPHONE CHECK.
>> THANK YOU. I REQUEST THAT
ITEM HSD002A TO BE REMOVED.
>> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?
>> YES. I REQUEST THAT ITEM
HSD002-A-2 BE REMOVED FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
>> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> YES. CHAIR, I REQUEST THAT
HSD-021-A-1 BE REMOVED. ALSO,
SDCI-001A-1 BE REMOVED. AND
THAT IS ALL.
>> HSD-021-A-1 AND SDCI-001A-1?
>> YES.
>> AND HSD WAS 21A1?
>> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAVE
FOUR ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE. 75OH004SA1.
>> CAN YOU SLOW DOWN AND START
OVER.
>> OH004SA1. THE NEXT ONE IS
OIR001A1. THE NEXT ONE IS
SDHR001A1. THAT'S IT.
>> OKAY. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
>> REMOVE FROM.
>> I'M CONFIRMING IT IS MORE
THAN SPEAKING TO IT. THAT YOU
WANT TO HAVE A VOTE OR AN
AMENDMENT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. BECAUSE I
THOUGHT THE CONVERSATION WAS WE
COULD NOT REMOVE JUST TO TALK
AT THIS POINT.
>> THAT'S PREFERABLE. JUST
VOTING ON THESE IS GOING TO BE
AT LEAST, MY BEST GUESS 15 TO
20 MINUTES. GREAT. COLLEAGUES.
OTHER ITEMS TO BE REMOVED AT
THIS TIME? I'M SEEING NONE.
CLERK, I'M GOING TO READ BACK
TO YOU WHAT I HAVE. AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT
THROUGH.
I HAVE THUMBS UP FROM CENTRAL
STAFF. CLERK, IS THAT YOUR
UNDERSTANDING? COLLEAGUES, DID
I MISS ANYTHING? THANK YOU.
THESE ITEMS WILL BE REMOVED.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO AN
ITEM. ARE WE THERE YET?
>> HANG TIGHT. THE ITEMS THAT I
JUST LISTED BY NUMBER, TWO
TIMES, HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND
WILL BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY. I
MOVE TO ADOPT GROUP A EXCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING:
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE GROUP A, EXCLUDING
THE ITEMS I JUST LISTED. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
HOLD ON. NOW IS THE TIME. THERE
WE GO. I'M GETTING AHEAD OF
MYSELF. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS THE TIME TO SPEAK TO
ANYTHING THAT'S IN THIS GROUP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
CONTEMPLATED REMOVING HSD31SA2
REGARDING THE SOBERING CENTER.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD REALLY
JUST LIKE TO KNOW FROM THE
SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT IS
WHETHER THEY WERE IN CONTACT
WITH DCHS BECAUSE IT'S UNDER
THE JURISDICTION OF THE KING
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES, AND MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF
AN INTEREST IN THIS. SO I'M
JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE I'M
UNDERSTANDING THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, AS
SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT
THAT'S JUST BEEN REQUESTED.
CAN YOU SPEAK? I THOUGHT IT WAS
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. WHICH
AMENDMENT IS THIS? THE SOBERING
CENTER? THAT'S RIVERA?
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, MY
APOLOGIES. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> I'M WAITING PATIENTLY,
CHAIR. I THINK THERE'S SOME
CONFUSION ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT.
IT'S A SLY, REQUIRING HSD
REQUIRING THEM TO LOOK INTO A
SOBERING CENTER FOR SEATTLE.
THE PURPOSES OF WHICH WE KNOW
FOLKS WHO AREN'T ODING AND
WOULD NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY
OR NEED TO GO TO THE ORCA
CENTER THAT WILL BE OPERATIONAL
NEXT YEAR BUT THAT ARE IN NEED
OF SOBERING IN ORDER TO OFFER
SERVICES. WHETHER THEY'RE
PICKED UP BY ONE OF OUR MANY
SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING
THE ONES THAT THE CITY HAS. OR
WHETHER THEY'RE PICKED UP
UNDER THE DRUG POSSESSION LAW
AND IT IS DETERMINED THEY NEED
DIVERSION, BUT THEY CAN'T
CONSENT FOR SERVICES BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT SOBER WOULD GO TO
SOBER UP IN ORDER FOR THEN US
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES
AND GET THAT CONSENT. THIS IS A
SLY REQUIRING, NOT REQUIRING.
EXCUSE ME. REQUESTING HSD TO
PLEASE DO THE WORK OF DOING THE
RESEARCH ON WHAT THAT WOULD
TAKE. THEN WE ALSO KNOW THAT
KING COUNTY HAS A SOBERING
CENTER THAT THEY ARE SITUATING
IN SEATTLE. SO THE SLY MAKES
MENTION OF ASKING HSD TO WORK
AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
KING COUNTY ABOUT THAT SOBERING
CENTER AND WHETHER THERE'S ANY
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO USE
ANY OF THE BEDS AT THAT
SOBERING CENTER. AND SO THAT
WORK IS FOR HSD TO DO. AND I
KNOW THAT HSD IS IN CONTACT
WITH KING COUNTY ON THAT. BUT
IT IS NOT A SLY REQUESTING THAT
KING COUNTY DO ANYTHING. IT IS
A SLY REQUESTING HSD TO
RESEARCH THE SITUATING OF A
SOBERING CENTER OR WORKING WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT KING COUNTY TO
SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO
USE WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY
PUTTING TOGETHER IN SEATTLE AS
ANY OF THOSE BEDS. AND THEN
THEY WILL, HSD, THE REQUEST IS
FOR HSD TO THEN COME BACK TO US
TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION
AFTER THEY'VE DONE THE
RESEARCH AND HAD THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. SO I HOPE THAT
HELPS THE CONFUSION. IF YOU
READ THE SLY, IT IS VERY CLEAR
WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED OF HSD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
THE FLOOR, YOU STILL HAVE THE
FLOOR.
>> I'M GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, OTHER
ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK TO WITHIN THE CHAIR'S
PACKAGE? WITHIN GROUP A? ANY
OTHER ITEMS?
>> YES. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WOULD
LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
OLS001A1, WHICH INCREASES
OLS'S FUNDING FOR THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION
FUND AND THE BUSINESS OUTREACH
EDUCATION FUND, BOTH OFWHICH
ARE IMPORTANT. BUT I REALIZE
THAT THE MONEY THAT IS BEING
ALLOCATED IS NOT BEING
ALLOCATED 50/50 TO EACH OF
THOSE. ONE OBVIOUSLY DOES
OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES SO
WORKERS UNDERSTAND THEIR
RIGHTS, WHICH IS VERY
RIGHTS EDUCATION, WHEN YOU'RE
CONTACTED BY THE FBI, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE THE
PUBLIC. IN THIS CASE, OUR
WORKERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING
THE WAGES THAT HAVE BEEN
PROMISED TO THEM AND ALL OTHER
WEB FETES. EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS
MAKING SURE FOR THE PREVENTION
SIDE IS THAT WE ARE EDUCATING
BUSINESSES AS TO WHAT THEY NEED
TO BE DOING. AND I KNOW AS
SOMEONE WHO ALSO WORKED AS THE
HISPANIC CHAMBER MANY YEARS
AGO, WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES. OFTEN BIPOC
BUSINESSES THAT DON'T
NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS. AND THERE IS
DEFINITELY A LEVEL OF EDUCATION
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SO THAT
THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. AND SO
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO
THAT EDUCATION TO THE SMALL
BUSINESSES AS WELL. AND I MIGHT
ADD THAT A LOT OF THESE
BUSINESSES I KNOW IN MY PAST
EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS DOING THE
WORK AT THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, A
LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES WANTED
TO, FOR INSTANCE, PROVIDE
HEALTHCARE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES
AND COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO SO.
AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEE
IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF, YOU
KNOW, ASSISTANCE WE CAN PROVIDE
THESE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO
COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO SO. I
SAY THAT AS A WAY TO SAY A LOT
OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES WANT TO
DO THE RIGHT THING. AND THEY
DON'T ALWAYS KNOW. SO THERE IS
THIS IMPORTANT PIECE ABOUT
EDUCATING BUSINESSES. AND I
FEEL THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE
DOING THE EDUCATION, WE'RE NOT
DOING THE EDUCATION AS ROBUSTLY
TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES. I
DECIDED NOT TO REMOVE IT, BUT I
WANT TO MAKE THAT IMPORTANT
POINT AND REACH OUT TO OSL TO
FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE. MORE
RECENTLY IN THEIR EDUCATION
EFFORTS TO THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AT
THE CITY FOR A FEW YEARS. I'VE
WORKED WITH OLS IN THE PAST,
AND I KNOW THAT THEIR OUTREACH
TO SMALL BUSINESSES IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE HAD AS
A GOAL. BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE
THEY ARE AT MEETING THAT GOAL.
WHEN I SAW THE FUNDING NOT
BEING EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED TO
ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT
EDUCATION, IT RAISES A RED FLAG
FOR ME. LIKE I SAID, I WILL DO
MY WORK ON THE BACK END TO
REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
AND AGAIN, WHAT'S THE SAYING?
PREVENTION.
>> A POUND.
>> EXACTLY. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT THAT YOU WERE
SPEAKING ABOUT, I WILL READ,
FOR THE RECORD, THAT THIS WAS A
RESTORATION FROM WHAT WAS
REDUCED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT CHOOSING FAVORITES,
AND I WELCOME YOU TO UNDERSTAND
TO CHECK IN WITH THE DEPARTMENT
TO CHECK IN. COLLEAGUES, ARE
THERE OTHER ITEMS? COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. I NOW UNDERSTAND THE
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES I WAS
EXPERIENCING.
>> I WANT TO ECHO THE SPIRIT OF
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S
COMMENTS. MY COMMITTEE OVERSEES
OLS AND I DID HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION WITH THE
LEADERSHIP OF OLS EARLIER THIS
YEAR MAKING THE POINT THAT THE
BEST WAY TO GET COMPLIANCE WITH
OUR LABOR REGULATIONS IS TO
EDUCATE OUR EMPLOYERS. AND MANY
OF THEM WANT TO DO THE RIGHT
THING, BUT SIMPLY DO NOT
UNDERSTAND NEW REGULATIONS OR
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE
BEEN IMPLEMENTING EXISTING
REGULATIONS IN THE WRONG WAYS.
SO I MENTIONED THAT I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE A BETTER BALANCE
BETWEEN BUSINESS EDUCATION AND
COMMUNITY EDUCATION. SO, YOU
KNOW, I WAS CONTEMPLATING
BRINGING AN AMENDMENT TO EVEN
OUT THIS MONEY. THE POINT IS I
DO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WILL HELP US SERVE WORKERS BY
MAKING SURE THAT EMPLOYERS KNOW
THE RIGHT THING. I MEAN, WE
JUST SAW THAT IN FACT WITH THE
WORK DATE ISSUE. THERE WERE
PROBLEMS THAT WEREN'T, THERE
WERE PROBLEMS THAT WERE NOT
INTENDED BUT THAT WERE
MISTAKES. I JUST REALLY DO WANT
TO SAY THAT GOING FORWARD, I
ENCOURAGE OLS TO MAYBE THINK
ABOUT CHANGES TO HOW THEY
BALANCE EDUCATION FOR
BUSINESSES OR TO INCREASE
RESOURCES SO SMALL BUSINESSES
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR
OBLIGATIONS ARE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> I DID GO BACK AND REWORK THE
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE
SHELTERS AND HOTELS. I'M IN
ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'LL BE COMING FORTH
WITH SOMETHING MODIFIED. BUT I
DID, NONETHELESS, WANT TO SPEAK
TO WHY I INITIALLY SOUGHT TO
EXCLUDE MOTELS AND HOTELS FROM
THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING SOURCE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE HOTELS AND
MOTELS IN D5. UNFORTUNATELY
PEOPLE ARE DYING IN THOSE
HOTELS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
BEING PROPERLY MONITORED AND
EVEN THE SERVICES THEY HAVE ARE
SUB PAR. I TRULY BELIEVE THE
HOTEL MOTEL MODEL IS NOT THE
BEST MODEL TO UTILIZE FOR
LONG-TERM SHELTERS. I THINK
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WOULD
AGREE WITH ME. PARTICULARLY IF
WE DON'T HAVE EXTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES ON SITE AND
ACTIVELY PROVIDING SERVICES. I
CERTAINLY SUPPORT MASTER
LEASING. BUT AN IMPORTANT PART
OF MASTER LEASING IS TO HAVE
THOSE SERVICES AND ACCESS TO
HOUSING NAVIGATION. WE CANNOT
TAKE PEOPLE RAW OFF THE STREET
AND PUT THEM INTO AN APARTMENT
AND EXPECT THEM TO SUCCEED.
THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE SURE
PEOPLE ULTIMATELY SUCCEED. I
THINK THE PHYSICAL ARCHITECTURE
OF HOTELS AND MOTELS IS A
PROBLEM. THEY CAN SERVE AS A
GOOD, GETTING SOMEBODY
IMMEDIATELY OFF THE STREET IS A
LONG TERM OPTION, WE NEED TO
REVISIT THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT I WILL BE REVISITING WITH
THE KCRHA. I THINK THAT WE NEED
TO BEGIN TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
ABOUT WHAT ARE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE PLACES. THIS IS NOT
TO SAY THAT LAKE OAKS IS A
MOTEL HOTEL. THEY DO A
WONDERFUL JOB, AND THEY GET A
LOT OF PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. CO LEAD
DOES A GOOD JOB. BUT ALL OF
THESE ARE IMPERFECT MODELS. I
THINK WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
HOW DO WE TRANSITION? THERE
REALLY IS A SPECTRUM. THERE'S
THE STREET. THERE'S EMERGENCY
SHELTER. THERE'S THE STREET
AND TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. THEN
THERE'S MASTER LEASING INTO AN
APARTMENT. WE HAVE TO REALLY
TAKE A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO
GETTING TO RESOLVING THE
HOMELESSNESS PIECE. THAT WAS MY
THINKING BEHIND BEING SO
INSISTENT. I'VE HEARD THE
CONCERNS ABOUT WE NEED TO GET
PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. THAT'S
TRUE. WE DO. NOT TRYING TO
LIMIT OPTIONS BUT GET THE
MESSAGE OUT THERE THAT WE NEED
TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE
PURSUE THOSE OPTIONS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> YES. THE ITEM HSD, THE
HOUSING I SPOKE TO YESTERDAY.
I'VE BEEN HAVING MANY
CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS
COUNCILMEMBERS TO INCLUDE
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. WE CAN
LOOK TO AMEND THIS ONE AND
FORESTALL B. ONE SENTENCE AS
I'VE DONE IN COORDINATION WITH
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS IS GOOD.
NOW WE'RE COORDINATING ON A
SECOND SENTENCE. OBVIOUSLY THE
KEY IS TO PROVIDE THE OPTIONS
AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AND
THE DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC.
>> THANK YOU. TO CLARIFY, WE'RE
SPEAKING TO THE ITEMS STILL
WITHIN THE SECTION ONE. WE'LL
SPEAK TO THE ITEMS PULLED IN A
MOMENT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
AND NELSON, ARE THESE NEW
HANDS?
>> SOME OF THE WALK ONS ARE TO
REPLACE? DO WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY LATER TO TALK ABOUT
THEM OR IS IT A STRAIGHT VOTE?
IS THIS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT
ANYTHING THAT, I GUESS I'M
JUST TRYING.
>> THE PERIOD IN WHICH WE'RE
ARE RIGHT NOW, THE ITEMS NOT
PULLED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR, WE'LL SPEAK TO
THOSE. WE'LL GET TO EVERYTHING
ELSE IN A COUPLE STEPS. THE
ITEM IS IN THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
>> I DO WANT TO SEE IF YOU'LL
GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> VICE CHAIR, I AM SEEING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER WOO HAS ALSO
RAISED HER HAND. SHE HAS NOT
YET SPOKEN YET. WE ARE GOING TO
GO TO COUNCILMEMBER WOO AND
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU'VE SPOKEN,
I WILL REQUEST UNLESS YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS THAT THIS WILL BE THE
LAST TIME TO SPEAK, AND THEN
WE'LL MOVE TO VOTING.
COUNCILMEMBER WOO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO
ADDRESS SOMETHING REGARDING
ETHICS. I CONSULTED OUR IN
HOUSE ATTORNEY AS WELL AS WITH
WAYNE FROM THE ETHICS REGARDING
ME BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON BUDGET
ITEMS REGARDING LANDLORD TENANT
AND SMALL BUSINESS AND HAVE
BEEN RESOLVED TO BE ABLE TO
VOTE FORWARD ON THESE ITEMS.
ALSO, I WANTED TO ADDRESS AN
ITEM. ACTUALLY, WOULD YOU COME
BACK TO ME, PLEASE. I WASN'T
PREPARED TO SPEAK SO QUICKLY.
>> COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE LAST
CALL FOR COMMENTS. LAST CALL
FOR COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DID WANT
TO MENTION JUST THE 911 CALL
CENTER ADS THAT ARE IN THIS
BUDGET, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I
REQUESTED BUT I KNOW IT'S
SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US CARE
ABOUT BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM
OUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY CALL
THE NONEMERGENCY LINE, IT'S
NOT BEING ANSWERED. I DIDN'T
MENTION THIS EARLIER BECAUSE I
KNOW THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS
WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS. I
RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THE
VIEWERS ONLY TUNE IN FOR THE
BIG EVENT, WHICH IS TODAY. SO I
THOUGHT IT BEARED MENTIONING
THE REASON WHY I INCLUDED THOSE
FOUR POSITIONS AND I APPRECIATE
THE CHAIR INCLUDING THEM IN THE
CHAIR'S PACKAGE. THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST
THE D4 BUT ACROSS THE CITY. IT
IS A PUBLIC SAFETY PIECE, AND
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY
CRITICAL. THAT WHEN OUR FOLKS
CALL THE 911 CALL CENTER THAT
THEY'RE ABLE TO GET A
RESPONSE. PARTICULARLY BECAUSE
WE'VE HEARD FROM THE CALL
CENTER THAT ABOUT A THIRD OF
THE NONEMERGENCY CALLS ACTUALLY
WIND UP BEING EMERGENCIES. SO I
WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR
FOR INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MATCHING FUND. IT IS A FUND
THAT RESIDENTS IN THE D4
UTILIZE. IT'S A FUND THAT
RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY
UTILIZE. THAT IS TWO ADS THAT I
MADE. I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR
INCLUDING IN HIS PACKAGE. THAT
ARE IN THIS GROUP A. AND THEN I
DID WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING
ABOUT, THAT MY COLLEAGUES JUST
RAISED. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBERS KETTLE AND MOORE
WORKING TOGETHER. I WANT TO
NOTE THAT WE ARE ALL, WE ARE
ALL PRETTY ALIGNED ON THESE
ISSUES. AND WE ALL MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT TWEAK TO HOW
WE GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING. AND I
THINK THAT I APPRECIATE THEIR
LEADERSHIP THAT THEY'VE SHOWN
IN WORKING TOGETHER IN BRINGING
THEIR AMENDMENT FORWARD LATER.
THAT WE WILL HEAR. SINCE YOU
BROUGHT IT UP, I WANT TO THANK
BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND YOUR MODELING OF HOW WE
WORK TOGETHER TO GET THINGS
DONE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
CHAIR. THAT'S ALL. I WON'T BE
ASKING FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
>> WE'LL HAVE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK IN JUST
A MINUTE. WE GOT TO GET THROUGH
THIS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, DID
YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
>> NO, I REMOVED MY HAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I WANT TO ADDRESS
DON003-A-2. I WANTED TO
CLARIFY. THIS IS FOR ONE
FULL-TIME POSITION IN
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
PLANNING AND DEPARTMENT
ORGANIZATIONS. SO BASICALLY, MY
GOAL FOR THIS WAS JUST AS
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
THE BLOCK WATCH PROGRAM THAT
WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, HAVING A VERY
SIMILAR PROGRAM IN A DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT
INVOLVE POLICE. TO BE ABLE TO
HELP PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR OWN
OR NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOP THEIR
OWN GROUPS TO ESTABLISH MUTUAL
AID AND DEESCALATION TRAINING.
HELP PEOPLE CONNECT TO NARCAN,
CPR TRAINING AND HELPING THE
GROUP ORGANIZE AND KNOW WHAT
THEIR RIGHTS ARE AND ALSO KNOW
WHAT SHELTER SERVICES ARE
AVAILABLE IN THAT AREA. FOR
EXAMPLE, BEING IN THE SOUTH
SEATTLE AREA, IF I SEE SOMEONE
THAT NEEDS HELP I KNOW WHERE TO
DIRECT THEM AND THE NUMBERS AND
THE DAY CENTERS AND I KNOW
WHERE THE FOOD PROGRAMS ARE. I
WAS IN BALLARD THE OTHER DAY
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
ANYTHING WAS. HAVING SOMEONE
IDENTIFY WHERE THE LOCAL
SHELTER RESOURCES ARE TO HELP
PEOPLE BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND
EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP
PEOPLE UNHOUSED OR WHO MAY NEED
CONNECTION TO RESOURCES BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
PHONES OR THE INTERNET. THAT
WAS MY PLAN FOR THIS POSITION.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET. IF
ANYONE HAS ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL MY
OFFICE.
>> I'LL STATE THE ANSWER WHERE
IN BALLARD TO GO. IT'S THE
BALLARD FOOD BANK. AT THE
BALLARD FOOD BANK, THEY HAVE
MENTAL, DENTAL, PHYSICAL CARE.
THEY HAVE A FREE CAFE FOR HOT
FOOD. THEY HAVE THE FOOD BANK
ASPECT. THEY HAVE CASE
MANAGEMENT FOR HOME WILLSNESS.
THAT'S WHY I SAY THE FOOD BANK
ISN'T QUITE THE RIGHT NAME.
THEY PUNCH ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT
AND DO SO MUCH GOOD FOR THE
ENTIRE CITY OUT OF BALLARD. THE
ANSWER THERE IS BALLARD FOOD
BANK. COLLEAGUES, I WILL NOW
SPEAK TO THE PACKAGE A AND THEN
I'M GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK WE
HAVE ALL OF THE POLLS CORRECT.
THIS IS THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE.
THIS PACKAGE IS BETTER BECAUSE
OF EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION.
THE PACKAGE HAS NOT BEEN
DEVELOPED IN THIS MANNER IN THE
PAST. THAT'S NOT A SLIGHT AT
ANYONE. THE STYLE I CHOSE THIS
YEAR IS COLLABORATION. BEYOND
MY COMFORT LEVEL. AND IT TURNED
OUT REALLY GREAT. AND IT'S
REALLY GOOD. AND THIS PACKAGE
IS BETTER BECAUSE OF
EVERYONE'S INVOLVEMENT. AND
THE ABILITY TO DISAGREE WITHOUT
BEING DISAGREEABLE AND WORK
TOGETHER, EVEN IF THERE ARE
DIFFERENCES. SO WITH THAT, CAN
YOU REMIND ME. I'M GOING TO
ASK TO REMIND ME, WHO PULLED A
NUMBER OF THESE?
HSD2A2. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO
PULLED THAT? HSD2AD.
>> THAT WAS ME.
>> HSD21A1. THAT WAS YOU. OH4SA
1. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THAT WAS
YOU? OIR1AS. WAS THAT YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YES.
>> SDCI1A1. WHO PULLED THAT?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. S DCI1A1.
>> THAT WAS ME.
>> AND SDHR1A1. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. AND THEN S DOT AND
SPD WERE ALL COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> ANY ADDITIONALS? LAST CALL.
GOING ONCE. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT GROUP A
EXCLUDING THE ITEMS MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON GROUP A
EXCLUDING THE ITEMS MENTIONED?
[ ROLL CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. GROUP
A PASSES EXCLUDING THE ITEMS
MENTIONED. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEMS FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THE
WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IS
GO IN ALPHABETICAL AND
NUMERICAL ORDER. I WILL READ
THAT ORDER AT THIS TIME.
HSD2A221A1. OH4SA41.
CENTRAL STAFF AND CLERK, DO I
HAVE THAT CORRECT?
>> I'M SORRY, DID YOU MENTION
OIR?
>> I DID.
>> CORRECT. YES.
>> WE ARE TAKING THIS SLOW TO
GET IT RIGHT. I AM GOING TO, AS
WE TAKE THESE UP INDIVIDUALLY,
I WILL ASK THE PERSON THAT
PULLED IT TO MOVE AND SECOND.
OR MOVE THE ITEM, LOOK FOR A
SPONSOR. I'LL CALL ON THE
PERSON THAT PULLED THE ITEM TO
EXPLAIN WHY IT HAS BEEN PULLED.
I WILL THEN CALL ON THE SPONSOR
OF THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT. I
WILL THEN HAVE DISCUSSION. AND
THEN THE SPONSOR WILL HAVE THE
LAST WORD. AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE INTO VOTING. I WILL SPEAK
DIRECTLY BEFORE THE SPONSOR.
WHEN WE ARE MOVING INTO THE
ITEMS AT THE BEGINNING I WILL
NOT SPEAK TO THE ITEM. IT'S MY
JOB TO GO LAST. I WILL BE
PROVIDING A COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHAIR.
SO I WILL SAY EITHER I AM
RECOMMENDING FROM THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE THAT WE VOTE YES OR
VOTE NO OR I WILL SHARE THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT I
INDIVIDUALLY WILL BE VOTING A
CERTAIN WAY.
>> ONE CLARIFICATION.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE DID REMOVE
AN ITEM, BUT THAT'S GOING TO
BE CONSIDERED IN GROUP B FOR
THE SUBSTITUTION. THAT ONE
WASN'T MENTIONED IN YOUR
ORIGINAL LIST BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, LET'S
GET INTO IT. COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO I HAVE
A QUESTION ABOUT PROCEDURE
BECAUSE I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE AND I HAVE COME TO AN
AGREEMENT ON LANGUAGE. AND I
DON'T KNOW WHETHER. I THINK IT
WOULD BE EASIER TO AMEND
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S. WELL,
ACTUALLY THE BILL THAT'S IN
THE PACKAGE THAN TO AMEND MINE.
>> SO THE PREFERENCE AT THIS
TIME IS TO AMEND WHICH ITEM?
>> TO AMEND HSD02A.
>> 2A2?
>> 2A2.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS A
LITTLE EASIER. AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, I'LL MOVE THE ITEMS
THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED. THAT'S
THE FIRST ONE. SO I MOVE
AMENDMENT HSD2AT TO COUNCIL
BILL 12905. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT HSD2AT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, AS THE
PERSON THAT IDENTIFIED THIS
ONE, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF
TO YOU. AND THIS IS A BUDGET
COMMITTEE ITEM. SO
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO HSD2A2
WAS PULLED.
>> OKAY. WELL, I PULLED THIS
BECAUSE AS I STATED BEFORE, I
WAS CONCERNED ABOUT UTILIZING
HOTEL AND MOTEL SPACE. I WAS
ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGH
IMPACT LANGUAGE AND THE FACT
THAT THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT
THAT THE PROVIDERS PROVIDE
COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES SUCH AS
CASE MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING
NAVIGATION. SO I'VE SPOKEN
WITH THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR AND
HAVE LANGUAGE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, I'M
GOING TO THROW US ALL A
LIFELINE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>> I DESPERATELY NEED ONE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GO SLOW TO
GET IT RIGHT.
>> WE JUST GOT THIS
INFORMATION.
>> HANG TIGHT. EVEN OUR FRIEND
PATTY MUST BE RECOGNIZED TO
SPEAK. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
IS TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LOOK. THIS IS A TEAM SPORT.
THIS IS TEAM EFFORT. IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL BE IN
RECESS UNTIL NOON. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE COMMITTEE IS IN
RECESS UNTIL NOON. SEATTLE
CHANNEL, YOU CAN LEAVE THE
CAMERAS ON. WE'RE GOING TO
TURN OFF THE MICS, THOUGH.
>> IF YOU ARE STAFF, WE ARE
RETURNING TO COMMITTEE.
COLLEAGUES. THE NOVEMBER 14th
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
COME BACK TO ORDER. IT IS 12:02
P.M. I'M DAN STRAUSS, CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE. DO I NEED TO
CALL THE ROLL? WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? [ ROLL
CALLED ]
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
IS NOW PRESENT AS WELL.
COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO MOVE
TO POSITION, AMENDMENT HSD2A2
AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> DO I NEED TO CALL THE ROLL
ON THIS?
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION OR IS
THERE ANY OBJECTION? I'M
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS PRESENT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO THE
END OF THE AGENDA IN GROUP E
THAT IT DOESN'T TECHNICALLY
EXIST. I AM GOING TO MOVE
HSD21A1. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. HSD2A1 IS
SECONDED. THIS WAS PULLED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND THE
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO IT. I
BELIEVE WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT
FOR THIS ITEM.
>> CORRECT. I HAVE A WALK-IN
SUBSTITUTION. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THIS IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO
THE SPONSOR'S AMENDMENT. NOT
CHANGING THE AMOUNT OR THE
ORGANIZATION THAT IT'S BEING
ALLOCATED TO BUT TRANSFERRING
IT OR HOPING TO TRANSFER IT TO
THE DEPARTMENT THAT I BELIEVE
MAKES MOST SENSE, GIVEN THE
CONSTITUENCY THIS IS FOR. WHICH
IS IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. OUR
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS. I BELIEVE WOULD BE
BEST SUITED TO HOLD THIS
CONTRACT. I KNOW THEY'RE ABLE
TO DO SO. AND ALSO PUTTING A
PROVISION IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE
THE FUNDS ARE BEING UTILIZED
FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND OR
WORK IN SEATTLE. BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS
BEING SELECTED FOR THIS
CONTRACT PROVIDES SERVICES TO A
WIDE VARIETY OF FOLKS, NOT JUST
IN SEATTLE. SO HOPING THAT I
HAVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE
WALK-ON AND THAT THE SPONSOR
SEES THIS AS A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO MOVE THE ITEM.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
COMMUNITIES RISE PROVIDES
CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT FOR
AN ARRAY OF SMALL NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS. IT DOES SERVE
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT IT ALSO
SERVES A LOT OF LOCAL BLACK LED
INDIGENOUS LED ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK THIS
MOVING THIS IS APPROPRIATE. HSD
HAS BEEN ADMINISTERING THIS
GRANT FOR TEN YEARS.
COMMUNITIES RISE HAS SUPPORTED
BLACK LED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS,
BLACK LED NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
LIKE THE SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD.
INDIGENOUS LED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE COMMON ACRE AND SUPPORTED
THE CID COLLECTIVE. IT DOES
SERVE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
POPULATIONS BUT ALSO A LOT OF
OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTH END
AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST WE
NOT MOVE THE MONEY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO, DO YOU
HAVE A HAND FOR THIS ITEM?
RECOGNIZING THIS IS A
SUBSTITUTE, I'LL LET YOU MOVE
THAT IN A SECOND. FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, WE MADE A CHOICE
IN THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE TO HAVE
THIS CONTRACT IN HSD WITH THE
DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN
ADMINISTERING THIS FOR A VERY
LONG TIME. I'M GOING TO VOTE
TO KEEP IT IN HSD AS PRACTICE
BECAUSE LEARNING NEW THINGS. IF
IT'S WORKING, LET'S KEEP IT
WORKING. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY
PROBLEMS. THAT'S MY POSITION
AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS THE
CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU ARE
REWOULD MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE
AND SPEAK TO IT.
>> OKAY. I MOVE SUBSTITUTE, ONE
SECOND. O RIO1A AS THE
SUBSTITUTE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECONDED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO MOVE OIRA. WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA JUST SAID.
COLLEAGUE, IS THERE DISCUSSION
ON THIS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELL, I
GUESS I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHY
THIS SPONSOR PUT IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEES AS THE LEADING GROUP
HERE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
IF THIS WAS REALLY INTENDED FOR
BROAD COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, NOT
NECESSARILY IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEES. TYPICALLY WHEN WE
ALLOCATE FUNDING TO AN
ORGANIZATION AND WE SPECIFY THE
CONSTITUENTS, THAT IS THE
LEADING CONSTITUENT CITY FOR
THAT FUNDING. IN THAT CASE,
I'M NOT SURE WHY THE LEADING
CONSTITUENTS MENTIONED,
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, IF
THAT WASN'T THE MAIN INTENDED
RECIPIENT. SO I HAVE THEN A
CONCERN ABOUT THE LANGUAGE AND
THE CONSTITUENT CHOSEN. I
DON'T THINK IT'S ACCURATE AND
IT CAUSES CONFUSION, AND I
DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE
CONSTITUENTS WHO SEE THEMSELVES
IN THIS AND FEEL LIKE IT WAS
INTENDED FOR THEM. AT THE VERY
LEAST, THEN, THIS NEEDED TO BE
THE WORDING NEEDED TO BE
WORDING THAT WOULD BEFIT WHAT
THE INTENT WAS SO THAT OUR
FOLKS AREN'T CONFUSED AS TO
WHY THIS WAS INTENDED. I STILL
BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO PUT A
PROVISION TO ENSURE THE MONEY
GOES TO FOLKS THAT EITHER LIVE
OR WORK IN SEATTLE BECAUSE THE
ORGANIZATION, AND I LOOKED UP
THE ORGANIZATION. I KNOW IT
SUPPORTS FOLKS OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT SEATTLE FUNDING IS GOING
TO FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE AND
WORK HERE. THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE THAT FIT THESE
CONSTITUENTS THAT LIVE AND WORK
HERE. AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO
SHOULD BE THE RECIPIENTS OF
THIS FUNDING.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES.
DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT
BEFORE US? THE SUBSTITUTE
BEFORE US.
>> CENTRAL STAFF HAS AN
OPPORTUNHE TO DESCRIBE THE TWO
CONTEXT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I
MADE A MISTAKE HERE CALLING ON
THE SPONSOR BEFORE CENTRAL
STAFF. MOVING FORWARD, I WILL
BE CALLING ON CENTRAL STAFF
FIRST. JASMINE, I BELIEVE
YOU'RE THE CENTRAL STAFFER
HERE ON THIS.
>> YES. COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH MORE
CONTEXT TO HAVE. HSD21A1 WOULD
HAVE THE FUNDING GO TO HSD FOR
COMMUNITIES RISE. IT WOULD
ALLOW FOR A DIRECT SELECTION
FOR COMMUNITIES RISE AS WELL.
AND THE SUBSTITUTE WOULD
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN
ORGANIZATION SUCH AS
COMMUNITIES RISE FOR ORIA TO
ADMINISTER.
>> I'LL ASK AN OPERATIONAL
QUESTION. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE HAS HER HAND. THE ITEM,
THE ASPECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA MENTIONED ABOUT ENSURING
THESE FUNDS ARE USED FOR
SEATTLE OR WITHIN THE CITY, IS
THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE RFP OR
THE CONTRACT TO MITIGATE THOSE
CONCERNS?
>> I BELIEVE HSD COULD PUT THAT
CONDITION UPON THE CONTRACT,
YES. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
SPECIFIED IN THE CBA. BUT IT
COULD BE.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST
CLARIFYING. WE CAN USE THE RFP
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IS
ATTENDED TO. IT'S A GOOD
POINT, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A SIMILAR
QUESTION ON THE OTHER WAY. IS
THERE A REASON WHY THE FUNDING
COULD NOT, SORRY. THAT
COMMUNITY RISE COULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED THE PREFERRED OR AT
LEAST BE GIVEN CONSIDERATION
FOR THAT FUNDING? SO WE
CONTINUE IT BUT JUST IN A
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND WITH
THE PROVISION IT'S GOING FOR
PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN
SEATTLE?
>> SO OIRA, BECAUSE OF THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDING, I BELIEVE
THEY WOULD HAVE TO RUN A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS, RFP. AND
THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE
CONSIDERATION FOR THE RFP. I
DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE BEST
PERSON TO EXPLAIN IT. FOR HSD,
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WOULD
BE ALLOWED TO DIRECT SELECT
BECAUSE OF THEIR UNIQUE ROLE
AND IT'S ALLOWED IN OUR CODE
TO DIRECT SELECT COMMUNITIES
RISE. AND SO IN THAT CASE. HSD
COULD REQUIRE IT AS A CONDITION
OF THE CONTRACT BUT WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO ISSUE AN
RFP. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION BUT
HOPEFULLY.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, OTHER
QUESTIONS? YOU WILL HAVE THE
SECOND TO LAST WORD. I'M JUST
GOING TO MENTION THAT WHAT
JASMINE JUST SHARED, IF WE MOVE
THIS CONTRACT TO A DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENT, IT WILL CREATE
GOVERNMENT INEFFICIENCY.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU WILL BE THE LAST
TO SPEAK.
>> YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR. IT IS
EXACTLY FOR THAT REASON THAT I
WAS BRINGING THIS FOR
EFFICIENCY. AGAIN, IF THE
CONSTITUENT WAS IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES AS THE MAIN
CONSTITUENTS, THEN IT SHOULD GO
TO OIRA. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
MANAGE THESE CONTRACTS. I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO DO AN ORAL
AMENDMENT TO MY AMENDMENT TO
LEAVE THE CONTRACT AT HSD, BUT
THE LANGUAGE IN PLACE ABOUT THE
MONEY NEEDING TO ENSURE THE
MONEY IS GOING TO FOLKS THAT
LIVE OR WORK IN SEATTLE. AND I
DON'T THINK THAT'S NOT A
PROBLEM BECAUSE WE REGULARLY
USE THE CBA IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS TO TELL DEPARTMENTS,
DIRECT DEPARTMENTS TO DO THINGS
OF THIS NATURE. SO I'M HAPPY
TO AMEND MY WALK ON TO LEAVE
THE AT HSD BUT STILL
PROVIDE THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT
LEAVING, ABOUT WORKING AND
LIVING IN SEATTLE.
>> OKAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I'LL CALL ON YOU IN A MINUTE.
I'M GOING TO RESPOND TO WHAT
VICE CHAIR REQUESTED. THIS IS
NOT IN ORDER AT THIS TIME. I'M
NOT GOING TO BE ACCEPTING
VERBAL AMENDMENTS. WHAT YOU AND
THE FRUSTRATION COLLEAGUES THAT
YOU'RE HEARING FROM ME TODAY
IS NOT ABOUT ANYONE'S POLICY
POSITION OR THEIR POLITICS. THE
FRUSTRATION YOU ARE HEARING
FROM ME TODAY IS ABOUT PROCESS.
AND SO IF ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS
TO THIS AMENDMENT WANT TO BE
MADE, I WILL REQUEST THIS
AMENDMENT AND SUBSTITUTE ARE
POSTPONED TO THE END OF THE
AGENDA. I'LL LET YOU MAKE THAT
DECISION RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M
GOING TO CALL ON COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. SO COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
POSTPONE THIS TO THE END TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUES YOU JUST
RAISED?
>> HAPPY TO DO SO.
>> THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THIS ITEM OIRA1A
WILL BE POSTPONED TO THE END OF
THE AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. I
MOVE OH4SA1. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO, POINT OF
CLARIFICATION NOTE.
>> THE OH4SA1 HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, YOU WILL BE CALLED ON
FIRST BECAUSE YOU PULLED THIS
ITEM. I WILL THEN SPEAK TO IT
AS SPONSOR. WE WILL HAVE
DISCUSSION, AND THEN THE
SPONSOR, I WILL HAVE THE LAST
WORD. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, I BELIEVE
THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED OIR1A1
WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER, BUT
THAT WAS NOT THE ITEM THAT WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
I THINK THAT YOU SAID THE WRONG
THING THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED
AT THE END. I COULD BE WRONG.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENTS. IN THOSE MOMENTS,
THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS POINT
OF ORDER. YOU CAN SAY POINT OF
ORDER AND WE STOP WHATEVER
WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT.
WHAT I HAVE BEFORE ME IS AN
OIRA1A REGARDING HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES RISE
FOR THIS PURPOSE. SO UNLESS
SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> THAT WAS A PROPOSED
SUBSTITUTE THAT IS NOW I
BELIEVE BEING WITHDRAWN.
THAT'S COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP AT THE
END OF THE AGENDA. SO I BELIEVE
THE NEXT ITEM IS OH4SA1 FOR
DISCUSSION. THAT WAS PULLED.
>> THAT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE
PERSON THAT'S PULLED THIS
ITEM. SPEAK TO WHY YOU PULLED
IT AND YOU'LL MOVE TO ME AS A
SPONSOR. COUNCIL DISCUSSION,
AND I WILL SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL
VOTE.
>> OKAY. I MOVE TO AMEND
OH004SA1 TO INCLUDE MY NAME AS
A SPONSOR, PLEASE, CHAIR. AND
THE REASON IS BECAUSE I AM VERY
MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS WORK
AND HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH
PETER NEEDSAY, WHO IS WORKING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER AND OVER THE
COURSE OF A CONVERSATION WHEN I
ATTENDED THE GROUND BREAKING ON
OCTOBER 19th HAD INDICATED MY
INTEREST IN PURSUING THIS. SENT
SOMETHING TO CENTRAL STAFF AND
JUST WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A
SUPPORTER OF AT LEAST EXPLORING
THIS CONCEPT. YOU AND I STARTED
TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN THE
CONVERSATION MOVED ON TO OTHER
THINGS IN THE SHORT TIME WE
HAD. WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I
WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A
SPONSOR TO THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU. NOTING YOU ARE
NOT REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT.
YOU'RE REQUESTING TO BE ADDED
AS A SPONSOR. WE ARE NOT ADDING
SPONSORS TO ITEMS MOVING
FORWARD AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR
THIS ITEM IS WELL RECOGNIZED,
NOTED ON THE RECORD. EVERYONE
SEES THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE BUDGET
WORK BEFORE US. I APPRECIATE
YOUR SUPPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU.
>> OKAY. I'LL JUST COMMUNICATE
WITH THE PROPONENTS ABOUT SOME
OF THE REASONS WHY I WASN'T
ABLE TO BE LISTED. THANK YOU.
>> I AM CLARIFYING, FOR THE
RECORD, THAT A FEW MEETINGS
AGO, WE MADE THE DETERMINATION
THAT ADDITIONAL SPONSORS WERE
NOT BEING ADDED. I'LL CLARIFY
ON THE RECORD WHY. THE BUDGET
SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE ONLY
ALLOWS FOR TWO SPONSORS. IN
YEARS PAST, WE HAVE HAD A TOOL
WHERE COUNCILMEMBERS COULD
RAISE THEIR HAND ON ZOOM AND BE
ADDED BY USING A DIFFERENT TOOL
WE COULD INCLUDE MANY MORE
SPONSORS. WE ARE NOT UTILIZING
THAT SOFTWARE THIS YEAR AS A
BLANKET RULE TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE IS ON AN EVEN PLAYING
FIELD IS WHY IN COMMITTEE ON
OCTOBER 30th, WE MADE THE
DECISION DURING THE COMMITTEE
TO NOT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
SPONSORS. THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
THIS WORK. IT'S IMPORTANT. ARE
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS
TO THIS ITEM?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON OH4SA1?
[ ROLL CALLED ]
>> I ASSUMED THERE WERE LOTS OF
PEOPLE. I DO HAVE, WERE YOU
GOING TO EXPLAIN IT AND THEN
PUT IT ON THE SCREEN?
>> THANK YOU. KORENA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS. KORENA BULL,
CENTRAL STAFF. THE ORAL
AMENDMENT WOULD INCREASE, WOULD
SIGNAL THE COUNCIL'S INTENTION
TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE
FUNDS FOR THIS AMENDMENT TO
INCLUDE WORK IN THE
INTERNATIONAL AN
AFFAIRS IN THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS. THE
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT WOULD
RESTORE FUNDS $190,000 IN 2025
AND $201,000 IN 2026 TO RESTORE
FUNDS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO. THERE WAS
ONE POSITION THAT WAS PROPOSED
FOR ABROGATION IN THE 2025,
2026 PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD
RESTORE THE FUNDING FOR THAT
WORK LEAVING OIR WITH TWO
POSITIONS TO WORK IN THE
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
PORTFOLIO. THE INTENTION OF
THIS ORAL AMENDMENT IS TO
SIGNAL THAT IT IS COUNCIL'S
INTENTION FOR OIR TO USE THE
FUNDS FOR THE SAME POSITION
THAT IS BEING RESTORED TO FOCUS
BOTH ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
AND FEDERAL AFFAIRS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. ANYTHING ELSE.
>> YES. I AM PASSING.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE'RE
STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR
MICROPHONE.
>> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THIS. I SUPPORT THE ADDITION OF
THIS ITEM TO THE BUDGET IN MY
MEETING WITH THE DIRECTORSHIP
OF OIR THIS MORNING, I AM
WONDERING DUE TO THE CHANGING
NATIONAL LANDSCAPE, POLITICAL
LANDSCAPE, WHETHER THEY COULD
SEE A NEED FOR POTENTIAL
FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR RESOURCES
TO WORK ON ADDITIONAL FEDERAL
ISSUES, COMMUNICATIONS, ET
CETERA. IT WAS AGREED BY THE
DIRECTOR THAT THAT WOULD BE
VERY MUCH, THAT THEY WOULD BE
VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS
AND HAD ALREADY APPROACHED A
CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR,
DEPUTY MAYOR WONG, AND IT WAS
GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM THAT
SOME LANGUAGE COULD BE ADDED
THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR
FLEXIBILITY OVER THE USE OF
RESOURCES. IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT A
DIFFERENT PERSON WOULD NEED TO
BE HIRED, BUT THAT THE WORK
COULD BE BROADENED SO THAT THEY
HAVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SUPPORT
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL.
SO I AM ASKING. MY MOTION IS TO
AMEND THIS BUDGET ACTION IN THE
WAY THAT IS INDICATED ON THE
SCREEN, AND I AM PASSING THE
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO MY
COLLEAGUES. I APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> YOU WERE CALLED ON TO MOVE
YOUR AMENDMENT. YOUR COMMENTS
ARE WELL TAKEN. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO MOVE IT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO
AMEND OIR00-1A IN THE WAY THAT
I JUST DESCRIBED.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND OIR001A VERSION ONE AS
VERSION TWO AS DEMONSTRATED ON
THE SCREEN AND PASSED OUT. I
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE,
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, THIS
IS BUDGET COMMITTEE LEGISLATION
THAT IS HOW I'M THE SPONSOR. I
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE
PRODUCT OF ADDING THIS IN. I
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PROCESS
THAT THIS IS. THIS MORNING WAS
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT
THIS. THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE
IS THAT THIS IS A POSITION THAT
IS ALREADY FILLED. WHICH MEANS
THAT, AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE
TIME TO HAVE MY QUESTIONS
ANSWERED IF HIRING PRACTICES IF
CHANGING THIS. IF THE POSITION
HAS TO BE REHIRED, IF ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. I THINK THIS IS A
SMART IDEA. I HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THE PROCESS. I AM GOING TO
BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS. WITH
THAT, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE HAS HIS HAND. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
[ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST --
I AM -- I APPRECIATE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT BRINGING THIS FORWARD
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE
COULD USE MORE ASSISTANCE ON
THE FEDERAL LEVEL. NOW MORE
THAN EVER. AND SO I APPRECIATE
ALSO THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
WORKED WITH OUR NEW DIRECTOR,
HASHE MI AT OIR WHEN SHE WAS
MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THIS. SO
APPRECIATE THAT WORK AND I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON AMENDMENT VERSION TWO,
TO OIR 1A? [ ROLL CALL ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE -- THE
MOTION PASSES. OIR 1A1 IS
AMENDED FOR VERSION TWO AS
SHOWN ON THE SCREEN AND WILL BE
SHOWN ON LEGISTAR ONCE THAT'S
UPDATED. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM. SD -- I MOVE SDCI 1A1. IS
THERE SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO PASS SDCI 1A1.
COUNCIL -- POINT OF ORDER.
>> POINT OF ORDER.
>> YES. THERE WE ARE.
>> SO YOU VOTED ON THE
AMENDMENT TO THE --
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES.
>> OKAY. AND -- POINT OF ORDER
FROM MYSELF, FROM THE CHAIR'S
PERSPECTIVE, PATTY JUST ASKED
FOR A POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE.
AND SO WE NOW HAVE THE AMENDED
OIR 1A1 BEFORE US. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF OIR 1A1 AS
AMENDED? [ ROLL CALL ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES
AND COUNCIL BILL 120905 IS
AMENDED TO INCLUDE OIR 01AV2.
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM -- I
MOVE SDCI 1A1.
>> A SECOND?
>> A SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
YOU PULLED THIS AMENDMENT. IF
YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO IT,
WHICH I BELIEVE YOU DO, I WILL
THEN PASS IT TO CENTRAL STAFF
FOR A PREVIEW. AND THEN --
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SPONSOR
OF THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT AND
HAVE DISCUSSION AND SPONSOR OF
THE AMENDMENT AND THEN VOTING.
WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, PULLED THIS AMENDMENT.
AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DON'T
HAVE A BILL. I JUST PULLED IT
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS
AMENDMENT, WE ALREADY HAVE TWO
ENFORCEMENT BODIES AT SDCI AND
ALSO AT OUR OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS. THAT DO ENFORCEMENT ON,
YOU KNOW, FOR SEATTLE RENTERS.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT, YOU
KNOW, TO ME, THIS IS A
DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS AND
INEFFICIENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I WAS REMOVING IT SO WE COULD
VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY. AND I
WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT FOR THOSE REASONS. I
DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO
BIFURCATE THIS WORK BY CREATING
YET ANOTHER ENTITY WHEN WE HAVE
TWO AT THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALEST IS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A
RENTERS' COMMISSION THAT'S NOT
FULLY SEATED AND WE HAVE
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TENANTS.
TENANT SERVICES, EVICTION
PREVENTION, DOING THINGS --
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE
SURE THAT RENTERS IN THE CITY
ARE NOT EVICTED AND ARE ABLE TO
STAY IN THEIR HOMES. THE INTENT
HERE IS TO CREATE A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN TENANTS
AND LANDLORDS AS COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE MENTIONED YESTERDAY AND I
BELIEVE HAS AN AMENDMENT TO
SPECIFY THAT. SO THAT WE HAVE
AT LEAST THE BEGINNINGS OF A
CONVERSATION BETWEEN RENTIERS
AND LANDLORD AND I THINK WE ALL
KNOW THAT THERE'S LOT OF
TENSION AND A LOT OF
FRUSTRATION WITH WHAT
UNDERSTANDS THEIR RIGHTS AND --
WHO UNDERSTANDS THEIR RIGHTS
AND WHO UNDERSTANDS THEIR
OBLIGATIONS IN OUR CITY. THIS
IS AN ATTEMPT TO BEGIN WORKING
THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO
PROTECT RENTERS BUT ALSO SO
LANDLORDS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE SOME OF THE ISSUES
THEY'VE BEEN HAVING. SO I'M
-- HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS IDEA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AS CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE, THIS WAS
INCLUDED IN MY BUDGET PACKAGE
THAT WAS A COLLABORATION
AMONGST ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. AND
I WILL RECOMMEND TO CONTINUE TO
KEEP THIS IN THE CHAIR'S
PACKAGE AS MANY PEOPLE GOT
THEIR REQUESTS INCLUDED IN THE
CHAIR'S PACKAGE. I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO I HAD
-- WE HAD DISCUSSIONS YESTERDAY
ABOUT PERHAPS AMENDING THIS AND
I HAD DRAFTED AN AMENDMENT
WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO BE
PURSUING. BECAUSE I DECIDED IN
THE LONG RUN THAT WE DON'T
REALLY NEED TO SPEND $50,000 ON
A -- BRINGING TOGETHER A NEW
WORK GROUP. WE DO HAVE THE
RENTERS' COMMISSION. IT DOES
NEED TO BE FULLY SEATED. BUT WE
ALSO HAVE A SMALL LANDLORD WORK
GROUP AND SOME OTHER LANDLORDS
AND WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS
WELL WITH THE NONPROFIT
PROVIDERS. AND I REALLY THINK
THAT WE HAVE THE STRUCTURE IN
PLACE TO BRING THOSE GROUPS
TOGETHER WITH THE MEMBERS OF
THE RENTERS' COMMISSION AND
SEATING THE NEW MEMBERS
BEGINNING IN JANUARY. THAT --
SEEMS TO ME THE STRUCTURE IS
THERE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE EVEN
IF IT'S SOMEWHAT INFORMAL.
BECAUSE THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE
ALREADY SORT OF IN PLAY. AND
THEN AS TO, YOU KNOW, SDCI.
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO DO THE
WORK AND WE DO HAVE SOCR AND
I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A NEED
TO DISCUSS CREATING A NEW
OFFICE DEDICATED TO ENFORCING
CURRENT LAWS. AND THERE'S
ALREADY DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHETHER WE NEED NEW LAWS OR HOW
WE CAN MODIFY THE LAWS WE HAVE.
SO I -- I THINK THAT WE -- I
SUPPORT THE INTENT OF BRINGING
THE BROAD STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER
TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION AND TRY
TO BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE A
LITTLE BIT BUT I THINK WE CAN
DO THAT IN THE STRUCTURE THAT
WE CURRENTLY HAVE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> I CAN GO AFTER EVERYONE ELSE
SINCE I HAVE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR.
>> THAT'S TRUE. THANKS.
>> YEAH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> I AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S ACTIONS
HERE. I -- I AM REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN
RAISING AND I THINK THAT THOSE
-- SOME OF THOSE ISSUES REALLY
DO NEED TO BE SOLVED AS I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE
PROBABLY MORE RESOURCES SPENT
TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR -- SOME OF
THEIR ISSUES. AND SO THEY -- I
WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
COMPREHENSIVELY LOOK AT HOW --
HOW OUR POLICY DIRECTIONS ARE
IMPACTING OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS AS WELL. AND
SO I THINK THAT THE -- THE FACT
THAT WE ALSO DO HAVE A
RENTERS' COMMISSION AND WE ARE
-- AND THE CHAIR OF HOUSING HAS
BEEN DEEP IN THIS WORK ALREADY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME
TO FRUITION FIRST BEFORE
INITIATING WORK ON ANOTHER
BODY.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
STRAUSS. I LIKE HER BELIEVE IN
HAVING PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO SAY FIRST ACTUALLY
AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE LAB
LORD SIDE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED
AND GUARDRAILS NEED TO BE
PLACED AND ON -- YOU KNOW, IN
TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD. I LOOK
AT THIS CBA AS REALLY SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH
COMMITTEE. AND I KNOW THAT THIS
IS GOING TO BE -- MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS YOU
KNOW, THIS AREA OF INTEREST
WILL BE PART OF THE UPCOMING
2025 FOR THE COMMITTEE AND I
THINK THAT THE APPROPRIATE
PLACE TO WORK THIS ISSUE. AS WE
HAVE BEEN DOING ON PUBLIC
SAFETY AND VARIOUS ISSUES. AND
TO HAVE THAT -- THAT GIVE AND
TAKE AND HAVE IT BE PART OF
THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLACE.
BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO
EVERYTHING THAT WAS ALREADY
SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO
THE QUESTION OF WHY ISN'T HSD
DOING THIS? WHY IS HSDI
INVOLVED UNLESS IT'S RELATED TO
THE CODE OF THE APARTMENT
BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT? THERE'S A LOT OF BIG
QUESTIONS AND I THINK THAT
SHOULD BE SETTLED, YOU KNOW,
THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS
AND IN THE END I THINK WE WILL
BE BETTER OFF WITH THAT KIND OF
COMPREHENSIVE LOOK APPROACH. SO
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
DEALT -- RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND YOU ARE
-- ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I SHOULD
HAVE LED WITH IT IS IMPORTANT
TO DO THIS WORK AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, I
SAID EARLIER, IN THIS MEETING
ABOUT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
EDUCATION AND RENTERS NEED
PROTECTIONS. THEY NEED TO KNOW
THEIR RIGHTS. AND I'M GLAD
THAT WE HAVE SDCI AS A
COMPLIANCE BODY AS WELL AS
SOCR. SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
STATE EMPHATICALLY MY SUPPORT
FOR RENTERS' RIGHTS. AND I
KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF RENTERS,
FOR INSTANCE, IN THE "U"
DISTRICT IN MY DISTRICT. AND I
VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT THEIR
RIGHTS AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM
SOME FOLKS THE OTHER NIGHT,
SOME -- SOME SENIORS ACTUALLY,
WHO ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES IN
THE -- WITH THE HOUSING
PROVIDERS. AND THE FACES THEY
ARE LIVING IN. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING
PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS AND
THEN I ALSO APPRECIATE THE
TENSIONS BETWEEN THE RENTERS
AND LANDLORDS AND FOR MY PART I
FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
LEADING AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND
I KNOW SHE'S DOING A LOT OF
WORK IN THIS SPACE AND I DON'T
SIT ON THE COMMITTEE. BUT I DO
-- I ATTEND THEMEETINGS BECAUSE
I CARE ABOUT ALL OF THIS WORK.
AND SO I APPRECIATE HER
LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. WE'VE
HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AND I
KNOW THAT SHE IS DOING --
SHE'S DOING A LOT IN THIS
SPACE. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO TURN IT
BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. FIRST
OFF STATE MY OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT FOR TENANTS IN THE CITY
AND WE NEED TO HAVE EFFECTIVE
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO MAKE
SURE WE PROTECT OUR TENANTS AND
MAKE SURE EVERYONE -- BECAUSE
EVERYONE AT THE END OF THE DAY
DESERVES A BASIC STANDARD OF
HABITABILITY WHEREVER THEY
HAPPEN TO CALL HOME. SO -- THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT I'M -- AN
ITEM I HEAR BOTH SIDES. I
APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT AND
INTENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. I AM -- I AM A BIT
MORE PERSUADED IN INCLINED TO
BE A LITTLE MORE DEFERENTIAL
ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL TO
THE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND HER --
HER UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE AND
INSIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
AND SO OF THE EXISTING
STRUCTURE IN PROCESS, LET US
DEVELOP THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
AND THEN MAYBE THIS -- MIGHT BE
APPROPRIATE TO REVISIT NEXT
YEAR. FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL
NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER WU.
>> ECHO EVERYONE'S -- WHAT
EVERYONE HAS BEEN SAYING. YES,
WE DO NEED TO PROTECT SAY OUR
RENTERS AND MAKE SURE THE
TENANT RIGHTS ARE THERE. AND
SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS
DUPLICATIVE. IT WOULD BE
AMAZING TO HAVE ALL THE
DIFFERENT GROUPS COME TOGETHER.
I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS.
I THINK THE SCOPE NEEDS THE
NARROW AND WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY
WHAT PROBLEMS NEED TO BE SOLVED
BUT I THINK HAVING THESE GROUPS
ALREADY IN PLACE AND MAKING
SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE
GROUPS ARE BEING ABLE TO FILL
THEIR POSITIONS AND WORK
EFFECTIVELY BEFORE MOVING ON TO
DEVELOPING ANOTHER GROUP.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES SPONSOR OF THE
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AND THEN WE WILL GO
TO A VOTE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
IS THAT A NEW HAND?
>> NO.
>> OKAY. THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY. ANYONE ELSE WANT
TO SAY ANYTHING? COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. LULL AWL I
WILL SAY AGAIN IS THAT AGAIN WE
HAVE A RENTERS' COMMISSION. IF
THE POINT AND THE DESIRE TO
HAVE THEM AND THE SMALL
LANDLORD GROUP CONVENE TO START
WORKING THROUGH THESE ISSUES,
THEN I WOULD HOPE THAT AS SOON
AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS, THOSE
CONVERSATIONS BEGIN. BECAUSE WE
HAVE RENTERS WHO ARE GETTING
PUSHED OUT. AND WE HAVE
LANDLORDS WHO DON'T FULLY
UNDERSTAND THEIROBLIGATIONS.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT
WE CAN TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS,
ADDING TO THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES GET
RESOLVED QUICKLY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON SDCI 1A. [ ROLL CALL ]
>> HOLD ON.
>> SORRY.
>> MADAME CLERK I'M GOING TO
COME BACK AND RESTART THIS
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> IN FAVOR OF SDCI, HAVING
$50,000 TO CONVENE WORK GROUP.
YOU WILL VOTE YES. IF YOU DO
NOT WANT SDCI TO HAVE $50,000
TO CONVENE TENANT WORK GROUP,
YOU WILL VOTE NO. IS THAT --
CORRECT, PATTY?
>> YES.
>> GREAT. [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> WE'RE GOOD.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ON SDCI
1A. [ ROLL CALL ]
>> TWO IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED,
ONE ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION DOES
NOT PASS. AND SDCI 1A IS NOT
ATTACHED TO COUNCIL BILL
120905. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
-- SO I MOVE SDHR1A1. IS THERE
A SECOND?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YOU HAVE PULLED THIS ITEM. SO
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU WILL
SPEAK TO THIS IF YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT. PLEASE MOVE IT IN
YOUR FIRST SET OF COMMENTS AND
THEN WE'LL PASS IT OVER TO --
CENTRAL STAFF. BACK TO THE
SPONSOR AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION
AND BACK TO THE SPONSOR. IF YOU
DON'T HAVE AN AMENDMENT, WE'LL
JUST GO ONCE YOU SPEAK, I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> MY ACTION IS TO OPPOSE THIS
ITEM FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE MAYOR HAD TO
MAKE SOME VERY DIFFICULT
DECISIONS AND ASKED ALL
DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT PAINFUL
CHOICES FOR REDUCING THEIR
BUDGETS. AND I OVERSEE SDHR AND
I KNOW AND RESPECT AND VALUE
DIRECTOR LOVING'S
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS NEEDED
FOR HER DEPARTMENT. AND FOR THE
VALUES THAT SDHR REPRESENTS
INCLUDING WORK FORCE EQUITY.
THIS WAS A -- THIS WAS A
REDUCTION THAT WAS OFFERED IN
RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR'S
REQUEST. BUT THE -- I WANT TO
NOTE THAT THE TWO REMAINING
FTEs THAT ARE ADDRESSED HERE
WILL BE ABSORBED INTO SDHR
BUSINESS OPERATIONS. SO EVEN IF
WE DO NOT PASS THIS ITEM, THESE
EMPLOYEES WILL STAY EMPLOYED.
THE -- THE RATIONALE FOR THE
DIRECTOR'S REQUEST TO MOVE --
REMOVE THIS UNIT ITSELF IS
BECAUSE THE -- DOING THIS WORK
AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, YOU
KNOW, IS -- WAS DEEMED TO BE
POTENTIALLY MORE EFFECTIVE
MODEL THAN HAVING ONE
ORGANIZATION OR ONE UNIT WITH
AN SDR SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE
CITY. IF WE REALLY WANT TO
INSTITUTE THE VALUE OF WORK
FORCE EQUITY. IT WAS DEEMED
THAT WOULD BE BETTER WAY TO GO
ABOUT ATE. THE WORK FORCE
EQUITY AND NOW I'M READING
FROM NOTES FROM DIRECTOR EATER
WHO GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM
THE -- YOU KNOW, THE CHANGE
REQUEST. THE WORK FORCE EQUITY
STRATEGIC PLAN IS CURRENTLY IN
THE FIRST YEAR OF A SIX YEAR
EXECUTION PHASE. GIVEN
APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND
COMMITMENT FROM DEPARTMENT
LEADERSHIP, IT'S ASSESSED AS
ENTIRELY FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY
TO ADMINISTER THE STRATEGIC
PLAN WITHOUT SDHR'S DIRECT
LEADERSHIP. SDHR WILL
TRANSITION TO A -- AN ADVISORY
ROLE WITH THE CONSOLIDATED WORK
FORCE EQUITY TEAM WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT'S BUSINESS
OPERATION UNIT. THIS TEAM WOULD
CONTINUE TO OFFER SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTISE TO
DEPARTMENTS. AID IN POLICY
DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE
CRITICAL REPORTING ON
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY METRICS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2026, THE
CITY WILL NEED TO REASSESS THE
OUTCOMES AND DETERMINE THE
NECESSITY FOR A SUBSEQUENT
STRATEGIC PLAN. THE POINT IS
THIS WORK WILL GET -- WILL
CONTINUE TO GET DONE AND IT'S
DEEMED THAT AT THE DEPARTMENT
LEVEL IS PERHAPS MORE
EFFICACIOUS. SO I AM -- I AM
INCLINED TO VALUE THAT -- THAT
APPROACH. I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT
EXTENT WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THE
ALTERNATIVE OF WHY -- KEEPING
IT AS STATUS QUO WOULD BE
PREFERABLE. BUT I DO WANT TO
EXTEND MY DEFERENCE TO THE
DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND TO
THE MAYOR FOR MAKING THIS
DECISION AND KNOWING THEIR
REALLY STRONG COMMITMENT TO
WORK FORCE EQUITY. IT VERY WELL
COULD BE THAT WE COULD SEE
BETTER OUTCOMES IF THIS WORK IS
ADMINISTERED AT THE DEPARTMENT
LEVEL. IF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE
TO THIS -- TO OPPOSING THIS
ITEM, I -- I WOULD ASK AND I
WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT
ADDITIONAL MONEY OR THAT MONEY
THAT IS NOT USED FOR THIS
PURPOSE, COULD BE USED FOR THE
TO -- TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENTAL
TREATMENT SERVICES ORGANIZATION
PURCHASE A MOBILE TREATMENT
UNIT. THEY HAVE SENT A LETTER
TO ME THAT I CAN CIRCULATE
HERE. THIS WOULD BE A ONE-TIME
COST IN 2025. FOR -- SLIGHTLY
ABOVE $400,000. THAT WOULD BE
ABLE TO SERVE THE THE 3rd
AVENUE AND PIKE AND KLEIN
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE SODA WILL
BE IMPLEMENTED AS WELL AS 12th
AND JACKSON AND AROUND THERE
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY TREATMENT
SERVICES ONCE THE NAVIGATION
CENTER IS CLOSED IN THE CID.
DIRECTOR SHARON LEE OF LEHI HAS
ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND -- I
WOULD EVEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE
THIS -- I DIDN'T HAVE THIS
PRIORITY OF SPENDING THAT MONEY
ON THIS, I WOULD STILL WANT TO
SUGGEST THAT WE RESPECT THE
EXECUTIVE'S ORIGINAL DECISION
TO MAINTAIN -- TO ACCEPT THEIR
PROPOSED CUT IN SDHR. I JUST
WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT -- WHAT
I WANT TO USE THE MONEY ON IS
NOT WHY I'M SUGGESTING THIS.
THAT THE TWO ARE INTERRELATED.
AND I KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO
SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT. I KNOW --
CBA TO EFFECTUATE THE LATTER
PART OF WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO
SUMMARIZE REAL QUICK. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE BROUGHT
THIS BEFORE US TO VOTE IT UP OR
VOTE IT DOWN. THE -- YOU JUST
REFERENCED ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT
COULD BE FUNDED BUT THERE'S NOT
AN AMENDMENT FOR IT.
>> RIGHT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU ARE
OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ASK
YOU TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THE
AMENDMENT DEADLINE WAS NOVEMBER
1st. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. THE
MOTION BEFORE US RIGHT NOW IS
WHETHER TO INCLUDE THESE
POSITIONS WITHIN SDHR OR NOT.
WE WILL TAKE UP YOUR -- YOUR
OTHER PROPOSALS AT ANOTHER
TIME. BUT THEY ARE NOT GERMANE
RIGHT NOW. IF YOU HAVE
WALK-ONS, THEY WILL BE PUT TO
THE END OF THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, SPONSOR
OF THE -- I WILL JUST STATE
FROM THE CHAIR'S PERSPECTIVE,
THIS WAS ONE OF COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES' REQUESTS, WHICH IS
WHYHER NAME IS ON IT. FOR THE
SAME REASONS, YOU ARE NOT ADDED
AS SPONSORS, I'M NOT ADDING
MYSELF AS SPONSOR. JUST
DEMONSTRATING THESE RULES ARE
APPLIED TO EVERYONE. INCLUDING
MYSELF. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS SPONSOR
OF THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. SO -- I GUESS THE
FIRST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT
THIS WORK FORCE EQUITY PLAN --
THIS DIVISION OVERSEES THE 2024
TO 2029 WORK FORCE EQUITY
STRATEGIC PLAN. THEY IMPLEMENT
AUDITOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
IMPROVING INTERNAL PROMOTION
PRACTICES. THEY DO INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT WORK TO IMPLEMENT OUR
RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE AND ENSURE OUR OWN
EMPLOYEES ARE NOT FACING UNDUE
DISCRIMINATION. CONSIDERING HOW
MANY COMPLAINTS AND HOW MANY
LAWSUITS THIS CITY HAS MADE BY
OUR OWN EMPLOYEES, WITHIN
DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE FACED
DISCRIMINATION I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE
FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTING THIS
WORK. THERE ARE SYSTEMIC
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES FOR
WHICH THE CITY CONTINUES TO PAY
OUT SETTLEMENTS. AND LEGAL FEES
FOR EMPLOYEES. AND I WILL ALSO
SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE
-- OUR OWN AUDITOR IN THE WORK
FORCE EQUITY AND PROMOTIONS
AUDIT THAT WAS DONE COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO ISSUEDRECOMMENDATIONS
AFTER FINDING DISPARITIES IN
THE CITY'S PROMOTION PRACTICES
AND ALSO NOTED THAT THE CITY'S
DECENTRALIZED HR FRAMEWORK
HINDERS THE NECESSARY
COLLABORATION FOR IMPLEMENTING
BEST PROMOTION PRACTICES
CITY-WIDE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT
WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW,
DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO
CREATE -- TO SUGGEST CUTS THAT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
THEY THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY
TO MOVE FOREWORD AND I THINK
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY
CHALLENGES IN THIS CITY
REGULARLY, IT REALLY BEHOOVES
US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING THE WORK AND WE'RE
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT AND
DEMONSTRATE TO OUR BLACK AND
BROWN CITY WORKERS THAT WE
RESPECT AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THEIR ABILITY TO WORK
IN A DEPARTMENT AND IN THEIR
DIVISIONS WHERE WE ARE NOT
GOING TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE
CREATION OF HOSTILE WORK
ENVIRONMENTS. SO I AM ASKING MY
COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THIS WORK, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THIS
IS THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS WISHING TO
DISCUSS THIS ITEM, THIS IS THE
TIME TO BE RECOGNIZED.
COUNCILMEMBER WU, THEN VICE
CHAIR RIVERA.
>> I HAVE A CLARIFYING
QUESTION. THIS DEPARTMENT HAS
-- THE WORK WOULD CONTINUE --
THE PERSON WOULD NOT BE LAID
OFF. IT SOUND LIKE THEY'RE
EMPLOYS BUT THIS DIVISION WOULD
BE MOVED TO ANOTHER WORK GROUP?
>> I'M GOING TO ASK KARINA TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I'D SAY
WE HAVE RECEIVED CONFLICTING
INFORMATION AS OF THE LAST TEN
MINUTES. KARINA.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, CURRENTLY IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET THE
DIVISION OF WORK FORCE EQUITY
WOULD BE ELIMINATED. AND THAT
WOULD BE DONE BY ABROGATING 1.5
FTE THE DIRECTOR POSITION ALONG
WITH PART-TIME ADVISOR
POSITION. THE PART-TIME ADVISOR
POSITION -- POSITION IS VACANT.
THE DIRECTOR POSITION IS
FILLED. SO -- IF THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT WERE TO PASS, THAT --
THE EMPLOYEE IN THAT POSITION
WOULD CONTINUE WORKING DOING
THE WORK OF THE CENTRALIZED
OVERSIGHT OF THE WORK FORCE
EQUITY INITIATIVE. IF -- IF THE
POSITION WERE ABROGATED THEN
THERE WOULD BE A LAYOFF. THE --
WORK OF THE WORK FORCE EQUITY
INITIATIVE IS FOCUSED ON THE
HIRING, RETENTION AND PROMOTION
OF EMPLOYEES. SO IT IS -- IT IS
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THAT
AREA OF RACIAL EQUITY WORK.
>> JUST CLARIFY SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THERE. SORRY TO JUMP
IN COUNCILMEMBER WU. IF WE DO
NOT PASS THE AMENDMENT BEFORE
US, WILL THE POSITION
BEABROGATED?
>> CORRECT.
>> SO IF WE DO NOT PASS THIS
POSITION, THAT -- THE
INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LAID OFF.
>> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WU?
BACK TO YOU.
>> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO
MAKE A COMMENT AND THEN CHAIR,
SIT APPROPRIATE TO ASK -- IS IT
APPROPRIATE TO ASK BECAUSE
THERE'S CONFLICTING
INFORMATION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
TO -- ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER
WU'S --
>> YOU WOULD POSE IT TO ME AND
THEN I WOULD FACILITATE IT -- A
QUESTION BACK TO THE SPONSOR,
TO CENTRAL STAFF BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER WU. YES, THANK
YOU.
>> I'LL MAKE MY COMMENT AND
THEN DO THAT.
>> FANTASTIC.
>> OKAY. GREAT. I --
COLLEAGUES, ILL THINK THERE'S
A LOT OF ALIGNMENT ON THE
THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT. WE
SUPPORT OF COURSE EQUITY IN OUR
WORK FORCE AND WE WORK HARD
TOWARD THAT. I'M HAPPY THAT
THIS DIVISION WAS ABLE TO
PROFFER A PLAN AND I ALSO WANT
TO HOLD DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF THOSE PLANS. ONE POSITION AT
SDHR ISN'T GOING TO GUARANTEE
THAT OUR WORK FORCE IS, YOU
KNOW -- THAT OUR RSJ GOALS ARE
BEING MET. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS HAVE
TO LEAD IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS TO
DO WITH THEIR STAFF. SO I
DON'T THINK A PERSON OR A
PERSON AND A HALF AT SDHR IS
GOING TO BE THE -- THE, YOU
KNOW, THE ONES WHO ARE HOLDING
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS
ACCOUNTABLE. THE MAYOR IS. AND
I BELIEVE HE IS. AND WE ARE.
VIA THE BUDGET PROCESS AND
OTHER MECHANISMS. SO I DON'T
THINK THAT THIS IS NECESSARY
FOR THOSE PURPOSES. THOUGH I --
WILL SAY WE ALL AGREE, IT'S --
WE DON'T AGREE ON HOW TO GET
THERE. BUT WE ALL AGROW ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF IT. I WOULD SAY.
SO -- THANK YOU. NOW CHAIR,
WOULD YOU MIND ASKING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TO CLARIFY THE
QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
THAT POSITION WILL BE -- IF
THAT PERSON WILL BE LAID OFF?
WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER WU WAS ASKING.
>> THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, IS NEXT. DO YOU HAVE
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? BECAUSE
AFTER --
>> NO. NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> YES. I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD
IF I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. THE
-- THE POSITIONS WOULD BE
ABSORBED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
DOING -- THAT SAME WORK.
>> YEAH. SO JUST TO SET THE
STAGE, CURRENTLY THERE ARE FOUR
POSITIONS IN THE WORK FORCE
EQUITY DIVISION AND 3.5 FTEs
AND FOUR POSITIONS. THREE OF
THE POSITIONS ARE FILLED. THE
-- TWO POSITIONS, IT'S A
PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND A DATA
ANALYST, WOULD MOVE -- WOULD
REMAIN. AND MOVE OVER TO THE
SDHR BUSINESS OPERATIONS UNIT.
WHERE THEY WOULD CONTINUE
FOCUSING ON WORK FORCE EQUITY
WORK WITHIN THAT DIVISION.
WITHOUT A DIRECTOR. THE
DIRECTOR POSITION IF THIS
AMENDMENT WERE NOT TO PASS,
THAT DIRECTOR -- THE INCUMBENT
EMPLOYEE IN THAT POSITION WOULD
BE SUBJECT TO LAY OFF AND THEN
THE FOURTH POSITION WHICH IS
PART-TIME IS CURRENTLY VACANT
AND HAS BEEN VACANT ALL YEAR
DUE TO THE HIRING FREEZE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THE FLOOR
IS STILL YOURS.
>> I -- I'M FINISHED TALKING.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. YOU KNOW,
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY HEAD
WRAPPED AROUND THAT. SO --
CURRENTLY THREE POSITIONS ARE
FILLED. TWO WOULD REMAIN
EMPLOYED BUT IN A DIFFERENT
PLACE. ONE WOULD -- ONE IS
UNFILLED. AND THEN ONE WOULD
POTENTIALLY BE SUBJECT TO LAY
OFF? SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS
THAT IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO
WAS UP FOR BEING LAID OFF THAT
THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO
GET AN OPENING IN ANY OTHER
OPEN POSITION IN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WHY -- WOULD -- IS THAT NOT
TRUE?
>> SO I WILL -- DO YOU WANT TO
GO AHEAD?
>> I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I
BELIEVE IS TRUE. AND THEN I'M
GOING TO HAVE KARINA CLARIFY
THAT. WE HAVE A PROGRAM AT THE
CITY THAT PUTS -- THAT ENSURES
THAT CANDIDATES GET AN
INTERVIEW IF THEY ARE
QUALIFIED. THERE ARE A LOT OF
ISSUES WITH THIS WHICH IS WHY
THIS IS ONE OF MY SLIS. ABOUT
-- IS IT THE SAME BAND? ARE
THEY -- IN A BAND THAT IS
HIGHER THAN THE JOBS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO INTERVIEW FOR? OR
ARE THEY BELOW IN A BAND AND
CAN'T ACCESS JOBS THAT ARE
HIGHER? AND THEN FURTHERMORE,
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO -- THEY ARE
GRANTED AN INTERVIEW BUT THAT
IS IT. IS THAT CORRECT, KARINA?
>> WELL, I WILL -- THERE'S
PROJECT HIRE AND THERE'S ALSO
A REINSTATEMENT LIST AND
PROJECT HIRE, YES, DOES
GUARANTEE AN INTERVIEW IF THE
EMPLOYEE MEETS THE MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE SAME
BAND OR JOB CLASSIFICATION, ARE
LOWER -- THE IMPORTANT
AMENDMENT IN THIS SITUATION IS
THAT THE REINSTATEMENT LISTS
AND PROJECT HIRE PROGRAMS ARE
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR CIVIL
SERVICE EMPLOYEES. AND THE
POSITION THAT IS SUBJECT TO
ABROGATION IS A DIRECTOR LEVEL
POSITION AND IT'S AN EXECUTIVE
JOB CLASSIFICATION. IT IS CIVIL
SERVICE EXEMPT. SO THAT
POSITION WOULD NOT BE --
INCUMBENT EMPLOYEE IN THAT
POSITION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
TAKE PART IN THE PROJECT HIRE
PROGRAM OR THE REINSTATEMENT
LIST. WHICH -- GOES TO THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
ON THE PROGRAMS AND ONE OF THE
ITEMS THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR
CONSIDERATION WAS EXPANDING THE
SCOPE OF THOSE PROGRAMS TO
INCLUDE CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPT
EMPLOYEES BUT RIGHT NOW, IT
DOES NOT INCLUDE IT. SO THE
DIRECTOR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
TAKE PART.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU
STILL HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WU.
>> I SUPPORT AND AGREE WITH
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHO OVERSEES
SDHR. EVERY EMPLOYEE, MANAGER
INCLUDING OURSELVES HAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY THIS
WORK FORCE EQUITY WORK IN
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. THAT
INCLUDES HIRING RETENTION WITH
OUR RSJI LENS AND WORK FORCE
EQUITY POLICIES THAT ALREADY
EXIST. AND SO THIS IS -- I
DON'T THINK RESPONSIBILITY OF
JUST ONE PERSON BUT FOR ALL OF
US.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER WU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IS THERE --
NEW HAND AND OLD HAND?
>> NO. IT'S NOT A NEW HAND AND
I'LL TAKE IT DOWN.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I
WILL PASS IT BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR THE
LAST WORD. THAT'S WHY LAST
CALL FOR COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
>> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
>> NOTHING FURTHER. SO WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SDHR 1A, VERSION ONE? [ ROLL
CALL ]
>> TWO IN FAVOR, SEVEN OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. ADHR 1A DOES NOT
PASS. AND WILL NOT BE ATTACHED
TO COUNCIL BILL 120905.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE FOUR VOTES
LEFT. I'M GOING TO KEEP US
MOVING. [ CAPTIONERS
TRANSITIONING ]
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU PULLED THIS BILL,
WE ARE SPONSORS, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, DO YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT? OKAY, WE WILL GO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, MYSELF,
COLLEAGUES, |COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND MYSELF. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, CHAIR THE
LAST FOUR HERE ARE THINGS THAT
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON.
THIS WOULD REALLOCATE MONEY
THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS IMPORTANT
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO WHAT
IS ESSENTIALLY TRANSPORTATION
SLUSH FUND FOR US, AND IS MUCH
AS I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT
$700,000 FOR MY DISTRICT, THAT
IS NOT REALLY ENOUGH MONEY TO
GET A LOT OF PROJECTS DONE, SO,
I WILL BE VOTING NO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO
FIRST?
>> WE HAVE CALVIN CHOW HERE,
THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF SDOT
BRINGING US A CURRENT LAW
BUDGET AND IDENTIFYING FUNDS
THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO CONTINUE
IN THIS WORK. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, I HEAR YOUR POINTS,
BUT MAYBE WE COULD ALL TEAM UP
AND PULL THE MONEY, BUT THIS
WAS MONEY THAT SDOT IDENTIFIED
FROM THE RESERVE FUND AS ABLE
TO BE SPENT IN THE NEXT TWO
YEARS, AND SINCE THE LEVY HAS
PASSED, IT DOES NOT HAVE A
SPECIFIC FUNDING ALLOCATION,
WHICH IS WHY I ENCOURAGE A YES
VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND AS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE THAT
OVERSEES THIS DEPARTMENT, I
ALSO STRONGLY URGE AND WOULD
LIKE TO EARN A GUESS ABOUT ON
THIS ITEM HERE POINT I THINK
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED -- BY THE
WAY, THIS IS ONE OF THE
MAYOR'S ORIGINAL PROPOSALS
THAT DIDN'T MAKE ITS WAY
THROUGH THE FINAL
TRANSPORTATION LEVY PACKAGE,
BUT WE DID HEAR , AS CHAIR OF
THAT COMMITTEE AT THE TIME, THE
SELECT COMMITTEE AT THE TIME, I
HEARD GENERALLY OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT. FROM OUR COLLEAGUES ,
AT THE PRINCIPAL LEVEL FOR
SMALLER SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFETY TYPE INVESTMENTS PRINT
THINK OF MORE CROSSWALKS, STOP
SIGNS, LIGHTING SIGNALS, MAYBE
A TRAFFIC CIRCLE POTENTIALLY?
BUT SMALLER SCALE STUFF , MANY
CONSTITUENTS THINK AS
LEGISLATORS, WE CAN JUST WAVE A
MAGIC WAND AND GO BUILD THEIR
THING. I WISH WE COULD, BUT
THAT IS PRINCIPALLY THE POWER
AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SO THERE
ARE ANY NUMBER OF WAYS WE CAN
GO ABOUT ADDING THAT TRAFFIC
CIRCLE, ADDING MORE CROSSWALKS,
ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL
LIGHTING, WHATEVER THE SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT IS SPREAD IN THE
NEW LEVY FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS
A NEW SAFETY PROGRAM, WHICH IS
ONE METHOD OF DOING EXACTLY
THAT. SDOT RETAINS FLEXIBILITY
UNDER ANY NUMBER OF BUDGET
ITEMS TO DRIVE AND BRING ABOUT
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN,
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
SMALL SCALE -- NOT LARGE,
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,
SMALLER SCALE THINGS. SO, I
THINK THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ALSO
SEEN -- WE HAVE LEARNED THAT
ONE OF THE NEW BELLS OF THE
BALL, SO TO SPEAK, FROM A
DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, IS
SDOT. THEY PERFORM AN ESSENTIAL
CITY SERVICE. AND I HEARD
CONSISTENTLY THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS WANT A STRONGER
-- AT LEAST AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE STRONGER FEEDBACK, AND
HOPEFULLY, MORE LIKELY TO BE
ACTED UPON. BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
THESE ITEMS ARE PILING UP IN MY
DISTRICT, THESE REQUESTS, AND I
KNOW A NUMBER OF YOU ALL AS
WELL, AND SO, IN ANY EVENT, I
ALSO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT HERE.
THIS IS ONE OF MANY WAYS THAT
WE CAN GO ABOUT -- BRING ABOUT
CHANGE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I
APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT
PEOPLE AT SDOT DO EVERY DAY TO
DO THIS, AND THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU POINT COLLEAGUES,
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS, EVERYONE IS ALREADY
-- THE SPONSORS HAVE SPOKEN, SO
WE WILL JUST TAKE IT TO A VOTE.
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
WHILE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON -- AGAIN, A YES VOTE
MEANS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THE
77 FUND, A NO VOTE MEANS WE DO
NOT WANT TO HAVE THE 77 FUND.
WHILE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON SDOT 3A ?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU, SDOT 3A PASSES
AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO COUNCIL
BILL 120905. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ITEM. I MOVE SDOT FOR
A- 1, IS THERE A SECOND? IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO HAVE
SDOT 4 A- 1. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES DOES NOT HAVE AN
AMENDMENT, I WON'T CALL ON HER
REGARDING THE REASON FOR IT I
WILL PASS IT TO THE SPONSOR.
AND THEN COUNCIL DISCUSSION FOR
A VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, I DO WANT TO SAY,
I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS DONE
WITH HIS COMMUNITY, AND ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT
OF FRUSTRATION VERY OFTEN WHEN
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL LIKE
PROJECTS ARE GOING IN AND THEY
WERE NOT ADEQUATELY INFORMED OR
ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS,
NEVERTHELESS, THIS PROJECT
WOULD REMOVE A BARRIER THAT
RESTRICTS LEFT TURNS.
RESTRICTING LEFT TURNS LET'S
TRAFFIC MOVE MORE EFFICIENTLY
AND IS MUCH SAFER FOR THE
PUBLIC BUT MOST CRASHES THAT
OCCURRED INVOLVE A LEFT-HAND
TURN AND NOT ALLOWING LEFT-HAND
TURNS IS A POLICY THE CITY
REALLY SHOULD BE MOVING TOWARD,
NOT AWAY FROM. SO, FOR THOSE
REASONS, I WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT
PROTECTS THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU SPONSOR
THE AMENDMENT, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OFF, THIS AMENDMENT IS
PRINCIPALLY ABOUT SAFETY AND
ADDRESSING INEQUITY. THIS IS A
BOUT SAFETY FOR ALL. IT IS NOT
ABOUT THE FALSE NARRATIVE OF
PUTTING ONE MODE OF TRAVEL,
WHETHER IT IS TRANSIT,
PEDESTRIAN, CYCLING AGAINST
ANOTHER MODE OF TRAVEL. IT IS A
FALSE CHOICE. I WAS ELECTED TO
CLAP BACK AGAINST THOSE FALSE
CHOICE, FALSE DICHOTOMY TYPE
NARRATIVES, SO THIS IS REALLY
ABOUT SAFETY AND EQUITY FOR
ALL. SECOND POINT IS THE
UNDERLYING COMMUNITY HERE IS
CALLED THE REFUGEE AND
IMMIGRANT FAMILY CENTER. LIKE
THE NAME IMPLIES, IT IS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FAMILIES,
WORKERS, OVERWHELMINGLY FROM
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT FAMILY
BACKGROUNDS. THIS IS ALSO,
NOTABLY, AS WE MIGHT HAVE
LEARNED DURING SOME OF OUR
EARLIER EI DISCUSSIONS THIS
YEAR, THIS ISN'T EDI
RECIPIENT. IT IS ALSO A SMALL
BUSINESS. IT IS ALSO A
COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I THINK
IT IS ALSO A PROUD SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM PARTICIPANT
AS WELL. IT IS MANY THINGS TO
MANY PEOPLE, BUT IT IS A PILLAR
OF THE COMMUNITY THERE IN NORTH
DELL RIDGE AND IT IMPACTS THEM,
THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND THEIR
SISTER SITE , THE SOUTHWESTERLY
LEARNING CENTER , ABOUT HALF A
MILE NORTH DOWN THE ROAD IN
DELL RIDGE. SO, YOU KNOW, MY
INVOLVEMENT -- MY UNIQUE
INVOLVEMENT IN HISTORY WITH
THIS ORGANIZATION, WITH THAT
COMMUNITY, IS WELL DOCUMENTED
AND WELL ESTABLISHED AT THIS
POINT. CHECK THE SOUTH SEATTLE
ARTICLE FROM TWO OR THREE YEARS
AGO NOW, SHOUT OUT TO THE
EMERALD, AND YOU KNOW, WHY?
BECAUSE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,
I HAD TWO KIDS, TWO OF MY THREE
KIDS WENT THERE. AND I
REPRESENTED THEM, I HAD THE
PLEASURE, I HAD THE DISTINCT
LEISURE OF REPRESENTING THEM
PRO BONO , IN CONNECTION WITH
THE DISPUTE THAT THEY HAD WITH
THE CITY AT THE TIME. AND WHAT
HAPPENED WAS DURING THE WHOLE
THREE MILE MAJOR REHABILITATION
PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION OF THE
DELL RIDGE PROJECT, REDESIGNING
THE UNDERLYING WORK , THERE WAS
-- LET'S JUST SAY THERE WAS
MORE TO BE DESIRED IN TERMS OF
OUTREACH THAT WAS PERFORMED AND
THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS LISTENED
TO, HEARD, AND ACTED UPON,
ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA. AND I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER
A COUPLE DAYS AGO FROM THE
PUBLIC HEARING, BUT A MEMBER OF
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY AWARD
GROUP WAS HERE. AND LATER THE
NEXT MORNING, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP WAS HERE. THEY SHARED
AT THE PRINCIPAL LEVEL ALL OF
THEIR PRIORITIES, ALL OF THEM
ARE CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING
WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, BUT I
WANT TO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT
THREE THINGS. THEY MENTIONED A
LANGUAGE, ACCESSIBILITY IS KEY.
THEY MENTIONED THEY PRIORITIZE
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS. AND
THIRD AND FINALLY, WE NEEDED
DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS. THOSE
THREE THINGS. AND I KNOW , I
HAVE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
ENOUGH, IT IS FULL OF SMART,
TALENTED, HARD-WORKING PEOPLE.
NO ONE ATTENDED FOR SOME OF
THESE LAPSES TO HAPPEN. TAKING
THE LAST ITEM FOR EXAMPLE, DATA
DRIVEN DECISIONS, THAT WAS FOR
THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT THAT THEY
MADE A DATA DRIVEN DECISION AND
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF
THAT, WHICH I HAVE EVERY REASON
TO BELIEVE THEY ABSOLUTELY DID,
IT STILL LEAVES MORE TO BE
DESIRED IN THOSE OTHER THINGS.
LANGUAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY,
THESE ARE NATIVE SPANISH
SPEAKERS, NO ONE REACHED OUT TO
THEM, NO ONE. PRIORITIZE
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS? NO,
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN EITHER. I
THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS -- LIKE
IF YOU DRIVE BY IT, IT LOOKS
MORE LIKE A RESIDENTIAL HOME
RATHER THAN A SMALL BUSINESS,
RATHER THAN A COMMUNITY CENTER,
RATHER THAN EDI RECIPIENT,
RATHER THAN A SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM, AND YOU KNOW, IF IT
WERE JUST A RESIDENCE, IF IT
WERE JUST A RESIDENCE, THAT
PROBABLY MAKES A LOT MORE
SENSE. BUT REGARDLESS AND
DESPITE THE GREAT INTENT, THE
FINAL CONSTRUCTION, AND IT IS
TOO SPECULATIVE TO SAY ONE WAY
OR THE OTHER, LIKE HOW THEY
REACHED OUT AND DONE THE
REQUISITE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT AND THEIR FINAL
DESIGN, WOULD IT BE THE SAME?
IT IS TOO SPECULATIVE, BUT I
CAN'T HELP KNOWING IN MY HEART
AND IN MY MIND THAT THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGE TO THAT
DESIGN, BECAUSE NOWHERE ALONG
THAT THREE MILE DELL RIDGE
CORRIDOR, BY THE WAY, FOLKS, IS
ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS
SIMILARLY IMPACTED? IS ANOTHER
COMMUNITY CENTER SIMILARLY
IMPACTED? AND SO, THIS IS
DIRECT RESPONSE TO STRONG
COMMUNITY DEMANDS AND NEEDS AND
WE HAVE SEEN THE EMAILS AND WE
HAVE HEARD THEM COME AND
TESTIFY THEMSELVES AT THE FIRST
PUBLIC HEARING, AND SADLY, THEY
LOST CARLEY GOMEZ, WHO WAS A
MOTHER, DAUGHTER, WORKER OF
THEIR SISTER SITE IN SWELL, AND
SHE IS ALSO THE DAUGHTER OF OUR
BELOVED CHEF LUPITA. AND IT WAS
DEVASTATING FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY. THE TIMING WAS
HORRIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS.
OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
HERE THEMSELVES. AGAIN. THEY
HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THE OTHER
NIGHT ON THEIR BEHALF ,
DEMANDING THAT WE AS A CITY DO
BETTER. AND THIS IS THE RIGHT
INVESTMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY ,
FOR THIS TIME, AND IN THIS
MOMENT. AND AS CHAIR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THAT
OVERSEES THIS DEPARTMENT, I
VIEW THIS AS A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE AND
THIS IS NEEDED. ALSO, I JUST
WANT TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE
OTHER LIKE MATERIAL FACTS,
BECAUSE THERE IS SOME CONFUSION
GOING AROUND, THIS IS POLITICS,
IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT THIS IS
NOT MY PERSONAL ISSUE. I DO
HAVE A DOCUMENTED HISTORY WITH
THEM AS THEIR FORMER PRO BONO
DEAL COUNCIL, AND I MAKE NO
APOLOGIES ABOUT THAT, I AM
PROUD OF IT, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT GIVES ME A UNIQUE INSIGHT
INTO THE MATTER. BUT THIS IS
THE BEST THING THAT IS BEST FOR
THIS COMMUNITY. AND NOW I FEEL
LIKE I HAVE AN EVEN HIGHER
RESPONSIBILITY AND OBLIGATION
AS THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE
TO HELP RIGHT THIS WRONG AND
ADDRESS THE INEQUITY, AND MAKE
IT TRULY SAFER FOR ALL. I HEARD
IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AN OUNCE
OF PREVENTION IS WORTH MORE
THAN A POUND OF CURE. FOLKS,
THIS IS A POUND OF CURE. AND I
KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY, IF
THIS PASSES, I KNOW THAT THIS
COMMUNITY IS READY, WILLING,
AND ABLE, AND PREPARED TO WORK
WITH EVERYONE, TO FIND A
SOLUTION THAT WORKS. BUT I WILL
SUBMIT TO YOU, COLLEAGUES, THIS
IS NOT IT. AND AT THE TIME
THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I
REPRESENTED THEM, ALL THEY
WANTED TO BE WAS HEARD. IT'S
LESS OF AN ILLEGAL ISSUE, IT IS
MORE OF AN ADVOCACY ISSUE,
BECAUSE LAWYERS WEAR MANY HATS.
ALL THEY WANTED TO BE WAS
HEARD. AND I'M THANKFUL I WAS
ABLE TO ELEVATE THE SITUATION
IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, MET
WITH NOW DEPUTY MAYOR EMERY,
APPRECIATE HER PARTNERSHIP ON
SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
DEPUTY MAYOR BURGESS, SHOUT OUT
TO HIM. AND THEY FELT AT THE
TIME HEARD, EVEN THOUGH AT THE
TIME, THERE WAS NO COMMITMENT,
BECAUSE MAINLY LACK OF FUNDING
TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. AND
WHAT WE AGREED TO IS LET'S
PERIODICALLY REVISIT THE ISSUE.
NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS GOING
ON RIGHT NOW IN THE SAFE AND
HEALTHY STREETS IN MY DISTRICT
AND ALKI , NO DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED FOR IN THE
PAST THROUGH VARIOUS
AMENDMENTS. REVISITING IS USED,
DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO
CHANGE HER MIND, BUT LET US
ALSO CONTINUE TO CHECK IN, AND
NOW THE TIME IS NOW TO REVISIT
AND THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE. SO, NOT MY ISSUE. FOR
CLARITY, MY FAMILY IS NOT
PERSONALLY IMPLICATED BY ANY OF
THIS, I'M JUST NOW ADVOCATING
AT AN EVEN HIGHER DUTY. I
THOUGHT THE LAWYER-CLIENT
RELATIONSHIP WAS THE HIGHEST
DUTY OF ALL, AND THEN I BECAME
ELECTED. AND I'M JUST NOW
ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OF MY
CONSTITUENTS AND JUST
RESPONDING TO LONG DOCUMENTED,
WELL-ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY
CONCERNS AND NEEDS. AND ALSO
FOR CLARITY, THERE IS NO
MONETARY, FINANCIAL, GAIN OR
BENEFIT BY ME OR MY FAMILY, I
WANTED TO SAY, I DON'T THINK I
WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY PECUNIARY,
SINCE I LEARNED THAT WORD IN
LAW SCHOOL, THERE IS NO
PECUNIARY GAIN. WHY? BECAUSE I
PAID THEM, THEY ARE MY FORMER
DAY CARE PROVIDER . ON TOP OF
THAT, I VOLUNTEERED THE MOST
PRECIOUS RESOURCE WE ALL HAVE
IS OUR TIME TO HELP. AND NOW I
AM ELECTED TO SERVE THEM AND
EVERYONE ELSE, AND I KNOW THAT
THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION AT
THE RIGHT MOMENT, AND THE RIGHT
TREATMENT AND THIS IS WHAT WE
NEED TO DO. AND AGAIN, THIS IS
FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT SAFETY. AND
ADDRESSING INEQUITY. THIS IS MY
PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT, AS
CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THIS, I'M
NOT GOING TO SECOND-GUESS OR
MEDDLE IN ANY OF THE PROJECTS
IN ANY OF YOUR DISTRICTS, AND
THEREBY TO POTENTIALLY RISK
JEOPARDIZING HARMONIOUS
RELATIONSHIPS . I WOULD ASK THE
SAME COURTESY OF MY DISTRICT
PRIORITIES. ESPECIALLY SINCE I
ALSO WHERE THE CITYWIDE HAT IN
THIS ROLE , IN HIS CAPACITY AS
CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, SO COLLEAGUES, I ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I
WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS TODAY
BECAUSE I HAVE HAD AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH
TO ME ON THIS TOPIC BY MANY
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY,
PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY, WHO
RAISED CONCERNS, AS NOTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, BUT ALSO
NOTED RESERVES AS RELATED TO
THINGS BOTH PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL, AND I WANTED TO
SPEAK , BECAUSE OF THAT
INCREDIBLE OUTREACH TO ME, THAT
I FIRST ENGAGED WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ON THIS
ISSUE , BOTH ON THE ISSUE
ITSELF, BUT ALSO THE PERSONAL
ASPECTS, BOTH HIMSELF RELATED
TO HIS PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND,
BUT ALSO HIS FAMILY , PERSONAL
PEACE. AND HE HAS DONE HIS DUE
DILIGENCE ON THAT POINT. THAT
IS IMPORTANT. SO, TO ADDRESS
THAT POINT THAT CAME TO ME IN
MANY WAYS. AND TO THE POINT
THAT HE RAISED ABOUT THE
INSIGHT OF THAT AREA, WORKING
WITH US, WORKING WITH SDOT 3A -
1 , MAYBE THE OVERALL DELL
RIDGE COMMUNITY CAN GET
ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THIS
ENTIRE STRETCH, WHICH I HAVE
NOT PERSONALLY BEEN TO, BUT I
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT,
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TO
ME, THAT I HAVE ENGAGED. AND BY
THE WAY, WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA ON THIS TOPIC, I ALSO
HEARD ALL THE COMMENTARY, WHICH
DOES NEED TO BE APPRECIATED,
THAT CAME THROUGH THE PUBLIC
HEARING. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,
RELATED TO THE PERSONAL ASPECT,
BECAUSE IT WAS ASKED TO ME
DIRECTLY THAT I PERSONALLY
ENGAGE WITH COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
AND HIS RESPONSE TO ME WAS
APPROPRIATE AND SATISFACTORY ON
THAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. OR VICE
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA , I SEE YOUR
HAND, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL ON
YOU LAST TO HAVE LAST WORD.
VICE CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAS HER
HAND UP. OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU
KNOW, THERE IS -- THERE IS A
BIG OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR SDOT
TO IMPROVE ON THEIR OUTREACH TO
CONSTITUENTS. AND I HAVE FELT
THAT THE COMMUNICATION THAT
THEY DO WHEN THEY ARE DOING
PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
HAS DEFINITELY NEEDED MORE
IMPROVEMENT. THERE ARE A LOT OF
PROJECTS WHERE I KNOW ADJOINING
PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUILDINGS
ARE TO BE NOTIFIED OF PROJECTS
THAT ARE BEING DONE AHEAD OF
TIME OR EVEN AS THEY ARE
HAPPENING, AND I THINK THAT
THIS IS REALLY A CRITICAL
PIECE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO
APPROPRIATE OUTREACH, AND AS
SOMEONE WHO DID OUTREACH IN THE
PAST TWO COMMUNITIES, YOU --
THESE TYPES OF ISSUES SURFACE,
AND THEN YOU CAN WORK WITH
COMMUNITY TO FIND SOLUTIONS ON
THE FRONT END, AND AVOID WHAT
HAPPENS ON THE BACK END. AND I
WILL SAY THAT SDOT, BEFORE I
CAME TO THIS COUNCIL, BUT IN
THE DISTRICT THAT I NOW SERVE,
DID SOME OUTREACH ON A PROGRAM
THEY WERE RUNNING, AND THEY DID
A SURVEY. AND THE SURVEY SHOWED
THAT OVER 60% OF THE PEOPLE DID
NOT WANT THE PROGRAM THAT SDOT
WANTED TO PLACE IN THAT
COMMUNITY. AND SDOT DID SO
ANYWAY. AND THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES FROM THEIR DOING
THAT. AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE
SENSE TO ME, BECAUSE IF YOU
WENT THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF
DOING OUTREACH, AND THEN 60% OF
THE PEOPLE SAID THEY DIDN'T
WANT IT, WHY DO YOU PLACE IT
THERE ANYWAY, OR DID YOU WORK
WITH COMMUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT? AND I UNDERSTAND
SDOT IS UNDER A LOT OF
PRESSURE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERTISE THAT NONE OF US HAVE,
AND ALSO, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON
THEM TO REALLY DO THAT OUTREACH
TO COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THEY ARE
PROVIDING A SERVICE TO
COMMUNITY, AN IMPORTANT ONE.
AND SO, I JUST THINK THIS
SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF
DOING THAT OUTREACH TO
COMMUNITY AS THEY ARE OUT THERE
DOING THESE PROJECTS ACROSS THE
CITY. AND IF YOU DON'T DO THAT
PROPER OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY,
THERE WILL BE MORE OF THESE
TYPES OF ISSUES LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS BRINGING
TODAY AND LIKE THE ONES I HAVE
EXPERIENCED IN MY DISTRICT AND
THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE.
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE -- I
HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS
WITH MANY CONSTITUENTS IN MY
DISTRICT WITH SAFETY CONCERNS
THAT I HAVE GONE TO SDOT TO TRY
TO ADDRESS. AND SO, THIS ISN'T
JUST ONE PROJECT, BUT THERE ARE
MANY, AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
IN YOUR DISTRICT IF THERE ARE
SOME IN MY DISTRICT, AND IT IS
FRUSTRATING TO BE WORKING WITH,
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO RESPOND
TO CONSTITUENTS. YOU HAVE TO
WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND I
JUST THINK IF THEY DO BETTER
OUTREACH, THEY COULD BE IN A
BETTER POSITION WHEN THESE
THINGS ARISE. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS
PART OF THIS CONVERSATION,
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS
CONVERSATION, IS THE LACK OF
COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT I AM
SEEING OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA , YOU AS
CHAIR WILL WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE UPON
THAT. BECAUSE I ALSO WANT TO
SAY, I DON'T THINK IT IS ILL
INTENDED. I DON'T WANT TO
SUGGEST THAT IT IS ILL INTENDED
ON THE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT,
BUT I DO THINK IT IS SOMETHING
THAT THEY NEED TO IMPROVE. AND
QUICKLY. AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG
TIME COMING. AND THE OTHER
THING I WILL SAY IS, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE HEARD THIS FROM
CONSTITUENTS WHO COME HERE,
TOO. SOMETIMES SDOT LISTENS TO
SOME CONSTITUENTS AND NOT
OTHERS, AND THEY HAVE TO LISTEN
TO EVERYONE. THERE ARE NO
FAVORITES. WE SERVE EVERYBODY.
WE SERVE THE PUBLIC. AND SO,
THESE ARE AREAS , IN MY
OPINION, THAT HAVE ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENTS FOR SDOT. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, I
SAW YOUR HAND, IT IS NOT UP
ANYMORE. THAT'S IT HAS BEEN
ADDRESSED BUT
>> FANTASTIC. COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, I JUST
WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I THINK
WE ALL HAVE THOSE STORIES. AND
SDOT IS A BIG DEPARTMENT AND
THEY DO THEIR BEST, BUT THEY
ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT IN HOW THEY DEAL
WITH CONSTITUENTS, AND I THINK
THIS IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF
THAT. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO
SAY THAT I, TOO, RECEIVE A LOT
OF EMAILS THAT ENGAGED IN AD
HOMINEM ATTACKS AGAINST
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AND I JUST
THINK THIS IS A REFLECTION OF
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR
NATIONAL CLIMATE, AND IT IS
CORROSIVE TO OUR CIVIL
DISCOURSE. WE REALLY NEED TO
WORK ON BEING ABLE TO DISAGREE
WITHOUT -- YOU KNOW, ATTACKING
THE MOTIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
WE ARE DISAGREEING WITH. SO, I
JUST WANT TO SAY, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, THAT I AM SORRY THAT YOU
HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT. THAT IS
HARD TO WORK THROUGH IT, BUT I
KNOW YOU HAVE PURSUED THIS IN
THE BEST OF FAITH, AND IN YOUR
ROLE AS CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF -- FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE. EVEN THOUGH WE DO
NOT NECESSARILY AGREE, BUT YOU
ARE DOING THIS TO REPRESENT
YOUR CONSTITUENTS, ALL THOSE
VOICES, AND NOT FOR ANY SORT OF
PERSONAL GAIN, SO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, THANK
YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO
EVERYONE'S TOPICS. I DON'T
WANT TO REPEAT THEM, BUT I
WOULD JUST ADD THAT SDOT HAS
BEEN SLOWLY DOING BETTER. BUT
WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT TOOL
THAT TELLS US HOW WE DO THAT
REACH ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, AND I
CANNOT EVER TALK ENOUGH ABOUT
THIS TOOLKIT. ONE OTHER POINT I
WANT TO ADD IS I KNOW I AM NOT
THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS CONSULTED
THE LEGAL AUTHORITY AND THE
ETHICS DEPARTMENT. I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS DONE HIS
DUE DILIGENCE, SO I KNOW THAT
THERE ARE NOT ANY FINANCIAL
INTERESTS AND THIS IS SOMETHING
EVERYONE HERE ON THE DIETS ALSO
THINKS ABOUT AND CONSIDERS, SO
THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO ANY
ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
WOO.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU,
CHAIR STRAUSS, FOR INCLUDING
THIS IN THE BALANCING PACKAGE,
BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR TO ME FROM
SEEING SO MANY PUBLIC
COMMENTERS COMING OUT AND
PRAISING YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, AND URGING US TO MOVE IN
FAVOR OF IT. I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT REALLY UNTIL
I LISTENED TO THOSE COMMENTS.
AND SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
ENLIGHTENING ME THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE -- I THINK
EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN, SO I WILL
SHARE MY COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU DO NOT
DESERVE TO BE ATTACKED AND
ANYWAY OVER THE POSITIONS THAT
YOU HAVE ON THE DIETS. I WAS
IMPRESSED TO SEE THE CITY
COLLECTIVE ALL THE WAY OUT AND
DELL. AS I SAID BEFORE, D6 IS
NOT GOING TO TELL D1 WHAT TO DO
AND I'M ALSO GOING TO REMOVE
MYSELF FROM THE CONVERSATION,
SO I WILL BE ABSTAINING TODAY
AND I WILL LET EVERYONE ELSE DO
AS THEY PLEASE. I HAVE NO
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHAIR
POSITION, OTHER THAN THE FACT
THAT EVERYONE'S STUFF WAS
INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. THERE
YOU ARE. WITH THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AS SPONSOR
OF THE AMENDMENT, YOU HAVE LAST
WORD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ALSO
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, YES, I
APPRECIATE IN A GOOD WAY ABOUT
THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT ME AND
MY OFFICE HAVE DIRECTLY
PERFORMED. I HAVE PROACTIVELY
BEEN ENGAGED ON A PROACTIVE
BASIS WITH OUR LEGAL COUNCIL ,
LAUREN , BEEN PROACTIVELY
ENGAGED , NOT IN A RESPONSIVE
MANNER, BUT PROACTIVELY ENGAGED
WITH DIRECTOR BARNETT FROM
SEATTLE ETHICS AND ELECTION
COMMISSION. AND JUST TO ENSURE
, CRYSTAL CLEAR, WE ARE FULLY
BUTTONED UP HERE, IF THIS FACT
PATTERN SUGGESTS SOME SORT OF
CONFLICT, THEN LORD HELP OUR
DISTRICT SYSTEM. ESPECIALLY
WITH THE NONFINANCIAL,
NON-PECUNIARY INTERESTS. BUT
SO, DEFINITELY BEEN VERY
PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
FROM YOU ALL, COLLEAGUES, ABOUT
SOME OF THE -- SOME OF THE
ATTACKS. I DON'T PAY THAT ANY
ATTENTION. I'M SURE IT IS WHAT
IT IS. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE THIS
ABOUT THE MESSENGER RATHER THAN
THE MESSAGE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE
CHOSEN TO MAKE THIS ISSUE ABOUT
ME RATHER THAN IMPACT IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND WHAT WE LEARNED
THIS WHOLE TIME, IT WAS MADE
RESOUNDINGLY CLEAR A COUPLE
NIGHTS AGO DURING THE PUBLIC
HEARING, IS NO, THIS AIN'T
ABOUT ME. THIS IS ABOUT THAT
COMMUNITY. WE DON'T NEED
PEOPLE NOT FROM THAT COMMUNITY
SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF. SO, I
AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT -- I'VE
GOT SOME THICK SKIN, I AM BUILT
A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERY
OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL. ASK
ABOUT ME. OVERCAME AND SURVIVED
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, I CAN
OVERCOME A LITTLE -- WHATEVER
ATTACKS, IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT
COLLEAGUES, I DO ASK AND WOULD
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT
ON THIS. AND FINALLY,
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP, YES, CESAR WAS HERE,
HE IS A FOUNDING MEMBER, I
BELIEVE, AS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP, AND HE IS A MEMBER
EMERITUS, IS WHAT THE HONORIFIC
TITLE THEY GAVE -- AND HE
OBVIOUSLY STRONGLY SUPPORTS
THIS, BUT SHOUT OUT TO TE W,
THEY DO TERRIFIC WORK. AND I
HEARD OVER AND OVER , SDOT --
EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY PERSON,
EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS IN PERFECT
FIT ME, MYSELF, I AM A FLAWED,
NUANCED HUMAN BEING. ME,
MYSELF, I WISH I WOULD HAVE
REACHED OUT TO THE TE W
PROACTIVELY EARLIER . I ENDED
UP HAVING A GREAT MEETING WITH
THEM EARLIER THIS SUMMER, BUT
THE CHAIRS OF THAT COMMITTEE, I
SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM
EARLIER, AND I REGRET THAT I
DIDN'T, BUT WE HAVE BUILT THE
FOUNDATION FOR A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD,
AND I HAVE INVITED AND THEY
HAVE ACCEPTED AND THEY'RE
GOING TO COME AND PRESENT SOME
OF THEIR GREAT WORK EARLY IN
THE COMMITTEE NEXT YEAR. I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND I WANT TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY
THE TERRIFIC WORK THAT THEY DO
EVERY DAY, EXACTLY TO AVOID
SCENARIOS LIKE THIS. AND CREATE
A TRULY SAFE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK FOR US ALL. SO,
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT . THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. FOR THE RECORD, I BELIEVE
THAT HALF OF YOUR STRENGTH
COMES FROM YOUR VIKING
HERITAGE.
>> SURE THING, MR. CHAIR, YOU
ALWAYS LOVE BRINGING THAT UP,
BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY. FINNISH
AND NIGERIAN. YES.
>> WITH THAT, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON SDOT
FOR A?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> I'M GOING TO RESTART,
SORRY. I WILL START PREPPING US
A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A
PROVISO ON SDOT FOR TRANSIT AND
ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE
RIDGE, YOU WILL NOTE YES. IF
YOU DO NOT THINK THERE SHOULD
BE A PROVISO, THEN HE WILL VOTE
NO. AND SO, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL SDOT 4A?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
PASSES, AND SDOT 4A WILL BE
ATTACHED TO CANCEL THE 120905.
WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO THE
LAST TWO ITEMS, HOPEFULLY THEY
WILL MOVE QUICKLY. I MOVE SDOT
6A -1, IS THERE A SECOND? MOVED
AND SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU PULLED THIS, YOU
HAVE A SUBSTITUTE?
>> I DO NOT HAVE A SUBSTITUTE.
>> OKAY, WE WILL HAVE YOU SPEAK
TO IT, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA AND MYSELF WILL SPEAK TO
IT AS SPONSORS. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> I WILL SAY, THIS AMENDMENT
WILL REDIRECT $1.1 MILLION TO
THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT FUND
TO GO TOWARD AUTOMATED TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS FOR
NONSCHOOL ZONE AREAS. WE KNOW
THAT THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION , ACCORDING TO
THEM, 20% OF KIDS 14 AND UNDER
WHO DIE IN TRAFFIC RELATED
CRASHES ARE PEDESTRIANS WHO
HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY A MOTOR
VEHICLE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
DIVERTING FUNDS THAT ARE
INTENDED TO PROTECT CHILDREN
SHOULD GO ELSEWHERE. AND WHILE
I DO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR
TRAFFIC CAMERAS, I DON'T
SUPPORT THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF
PROTECTING KIDS. SO, I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A
SCHOOL SAFETY RESERVE, BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT IS NOT
NEEDED FOR KEEPING KIDS SAFE,
AND I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST
IT. THANK YOU.
>> AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY
DEVIATE A LITTLE BIT. I'M
GOING TO ASK YOU TO BRIEF THE
AMENDMENT, BECAUSE IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT IS
BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW WILL TAKE
MONEY TO DEPLOY MORE CAMERAS,
WHICH WILL MAKE MORE MONEY FOR
THE SCHOOL ZONE PROGRAM. BUT
I'M GOING TO LET YOU BRIEF US
ON WHAT THIS DOES.
>> WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A LOT OF CHANGES IN STATE
LAW THAT ARE AFFECTING CAMERAS,
SO WE HAVE ON OUR BOOKS A
HISTORY OF HOW WE DEVELOPED TO
FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE STATE
AUTHORITY FOR CAMERAS, FOR
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. RECENTLY,
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES THAT
COMPLETELY CHANGED THAT THAT
MAKE IT ALL ESSENTIALLY ONE
CAMERA PROGRAM. WE HAVE NOT
ENACTED THAT LOCALLY YET, WE
WILL NEED TO MAKE ANY OF THIS
STUFF HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT
THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. OUR
AUTHORITY, OUR LAWS, OUR SCHOOL
ALLOWED UNDER WHAT WAS THEN
PREVIOUS STATE LEGISLATION, SO
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID
WAS DEDICATE 20% OF OUR RED
LIGHT CAMERA REVENUE FOR THE
SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY PROGRAM. AND
THAT HAS BEEN IS THE
OBLIGATION, AND NOT THE STATE
OBLIGATION, SOMETHING THE CITY
APPLIED ITSELF. THIS PROPOSAL
SUSPENDS THAT FOR THE COMING
YEAR, AND TURNS THAT $1.18
MILLION INTO A SEPARATE
SERVICE, SO INSTEAD OF THAT
JUNK FUND GOING INTO THE SCHOOL
ZONE PROGRAM, IT IS HELD ASIDE
AND BEING SET ASIDE FOR
NONSCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. THE
COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY PASSED THE
EXECUTIVE TO EXPAND THE SCHOOL
ZONE PROGRAM, AND THAT IS
SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLANTED
BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. THAT
WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
REVENUES FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE
PROGRAM. THAT IS SHOWN AS A
RESERVE LINE THAT IS BEING HELD
IN THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA
PROGRAM, SO, THIS IMPACT WOULD
REDUCE THAT. SO, IT IS MONEY
THAT WOULD BE IN THE FUND, IT
HAS NOT BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR ANY
SPECIFIC SPENDING AT THIS TIME,
BUT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
FUND.
>> IN THE FUTURE, IN THE CITY
AND ASKED THE STATE LAWS AND
THAT IS ALL CORRECTED, WE
ESSENTIALLY MERGE ALL OF OUR
CAMERA FUNDING TOGETHER, SO ANY
CAMERA FUND CAN SUPPORT OTHER
CAMERA EXPENSES. WE HAVE TO
REMIT, I BELIEVE IT IS HALF OF
THE REVENUE, TO THE STATE FOR
THE STATES PROGRAM, BUT THAT
LEGISLATION IS NOT PUT FORTH
YET.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO, MR. CHAIR, AS CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES
THIS DEPARTMENT, I URGE YOUR
SUPPORT. I DO HAVE SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS
SPEED CAMERAS LIKE THESE, BUT I
DO THINK FOR EQUITY PURPOSES, I
THINK IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES
WHERE THERE IS CLEARLY A STRONG
COMMUNITY DEMAND, FOR THESE
TYPE OF CAMERAS. IN MY DISTRICT
FOR EXAMPLE, AND PAIRED WITH
THE SAGE GUIDANCE AND ADVICE
FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
WORKGROUP, AND WORKING WITH
OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE CAN
SUFFICIENTLY MITIGATE SOME OF
THESE CONCERNS AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE
DEPLOYMENT AND ALWAYS
PERIODICALLY CHECK THAT YES, WE
NEED THIS, AND YES, WE NEED IT
NOW. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> I WILL JUST SAY THAT IT
TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY IN
THIS SCENARIO AND THAT WE WILL
HAVE THE DECISIONS BEFORE US AS
TO WHERE TO PROVIDE THE VISION
ZERO INTERVENTIONS , THAT
CAMERA FUNDING WILL CREATE. AND
SCHOOL -- ROUTES TO SCHOOL ARE
NOT ALWAYS CONTAINED WITHIN
THESE SMALL GEOGRAPHIC
FOOTPRINT THAT SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOLS IS WITHIN. AND SO, WE
NEED TO BE LOOKING BEYOND. WE
NEED TO ALSO BE FUNDING SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOL
ZONE AREAS. AND THOSE DECISIONS
WILL BE BEFORE US WHEN WE TAKE
UP THIS LEGISLATION THIS
JANUARY. THAT LAST COMMENT WAS
FOR SDOT. YOU WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSMIT
LEGISLATION BY JANUARY OR WE
WILL TAKE IT UP OURSELVES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. CALVIN, I
JUST HAVE SOME CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS. SO, THIS LOOKS LIKE
IT IS A ONE-TIME USE OF FUNDS,
AND SO, ARE THERE SCHOOL SAFETY
CAMERAS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO
BE PUT UP THAT ARE NOT GOING TO
GET PUT UP BECAUSE OF THIS
FUNDING OR IS THIS UNDER SPENT
-- I'M SORRY, THE CVA DOESN'T
-- I NEED MORE INFORMATION,
OBVIOUSLY.
>> THIS PROVISO WOULD NOT
AFFECT -- THIS PROPOSAL AND
PROVISO WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY OF
THE EXECUTIVES EXPANSION OF THE
SCHOOL ZONE PROGRAM. IT WOULD
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT
ARE IN FUND BALANCE FOR FUTURE
WORK OR WORK AS A NEXT YEAR
COMES FORWARD. THERE WOULD BE
$1.1 MILLION LESS FOR THAT.
>> BUT THIS IS ONE TIME
FUNDING, SO IS THIS THIS
YEAR'S? OR ARE YOU SAYING
ONGOING?
>> IF THE MONEY IS NOT SPENT
NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR FUND BALANCE AND
COULD BE SPENT IN A FUTURE
YEAR. YOU CAN ONLY SPEND IT
ONCE. IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
AN ONGOING COST, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE. THIS WILL
BE SET ASIDE FOR THE DEPLOYMENT
OF ESSENTIALLY A NEW PROGRAM,
AND THE CVA ACTUALLY PUTS A
PROVISO ON THAT BECAUSE WE
DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WERE
ALL THE MONEY NEEDS TO BE. AND
MAYBE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT
OTHER FUNDING IN THE COURT OR
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO
ACTUALLY REVIEW THE CITATIONS.
SO, THIS WOULD REQUEST AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH IS
SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA
EXPANSION THAT THE COUNCIL
PROVIDED FUNDING FOR. THE
EXECUTIVE ACTION TAKES TWO
YEARS TO DEPLOY THAT, SO THERE
IS SOME TIME TO FIGURE THINGS
OUT.
>> OKAY, LET ME -- I'M TRYING
TO , AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M
GRAPPLING WITH -- I SUPPORT THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS.
WHOLEHEARTEDLY. THERE WAS AN
INCIDENT IN MY DISTRICT IN
FRONT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS
WERE A FAMILY GOT KILLED , AND
WE SUBSEQUENTLY PUT SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERAS THERE, AND I THINK THAT
IS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT.
>> A MICROPHONE.
>> SORRY. THIS IS SOMETHING I
REALLY SUPPORT, THE SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERAS, AND I'M JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT, IS THIS -- IT
WON'T IMPACT ANY SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERAS CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS?
WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS
YET.
>> THE EXECUTIVE INTENDS TO
ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER
OF SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS NEXT
YEAR. AND THAT IS BAKED INTO
THE BUDGET. THERE IS EXISTING
FUNDING FOR THAT. THERE WILL BE
NEW REVENUE COMING BECAUSE OF
THAT. WE ARE NEVER SURE UNTIL
WE COLLECT IT, TO KNOW EXACTLY
HOW MUCH THAT IS OR HOW THAT
PERFORMS, BUT THAT IS SHOWING
UP AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT THIS
HIGHER FUND BALANCE IS IN THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA, BECAUSE WE
WILL HAVE MORE CAMERAS TO PLAY,
WE EXPECT THERE TO BE MORE
FUNDS THERE, THAT IS WHY THEY
ESTABLISHED A RESERVE FUND THAT
WILL BE $3 MILLION LESS, AND
THIS WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF
TAKING A PORTION OF THAT MONEY
AND REDUCING THAT RESERVE.
>> IT IS ALMOST AN
UNANTICIPATED OVERAGE? THIS IS
MORE THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD
COLLECT, AND SO WE ARE
REPURPOSING IT FOR GENERAL
CAMERAS?
>> ESSENTIALLY, YES.
>> AND THE GENERAL CAMERAS, IS
THIS PART OF THE LEGISLATION WE
PASSED EARLIER TO EXPAND?
>> IT WILL NEED TO HAVE NEW
LEGISLATION. CURRENTLY, STATE
LAW ALLOWS IT. OUR CURRENT CITY
CODE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT
YET, SO WE WILL NEED TO CLEAN
THIS UP FOR LEGISLATION , AS
COUNCILMEMBER STRASSER
MENTIONED.
>> I'M SAYING, IS THE USAGE OF
THIS PART OF LIKE -- WE PASSED
ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, IS THAT
PART OF WHAT THIS WOULD FUND,
FOR INSTANCE?
>> A NO. THIS IS STRICTLY ON
THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ONLY.
>> GOT IT, THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, CALVIN.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, I SEE YOUR HAND, YOU ARE
GOING TO GO LAST. I'M GOING TO
SUMMARIZE REAL QUICK. IN THE
PACKAGE WE HAVE BEFORE US, WE
ARE GETTING MORE AND NEW SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERAS THAT INCREASE
SAFETY. WE ARE GETTING MORE
MONEY FOR SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. WE ARE
USING $1.18 MILLION ONCE TO PUT
A DOWN PAYMENT ON PUTTING
ADDITIONAL SAFETY CAMERAS IN
OUR CITY THAT WILL GENERATE
MORE REVENUE TO INCREASE VISION
ZERO AND OTHER SAFETY PROGRAMS
, AND THAT $1.18 MILLION WILL
NOT BE TAKEN EVERY YEAR, IT
WILL BE USED WANTS TO GENERATE
MORE FUNDS. BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE THESE NEW CAMERAS DEPLOYED
AT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
MONEY WE WILL TAKE IN, WHICH IS
WHY THESE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN
PROGRAMMED, AND THERE ARE NO
PROJECTS BEING CUT.
>> IF I GOT ANY OF THAT WRONG,
TELL ME.
>> JUST ONE NUANCE TO IT IS THE
GOAL IS NOT TO RAISE MONEY, THE
GOAL IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY. THE
HOPE IS THAT OVER TIME, WE WILL
ACTUALLY LOSE -- THAT THESE
REVENUES WILL COME DOWN,
BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE ] THE POINT
OF THESE CAMERAS IN THE FIRST
PLACE, BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT
EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM AND
THE DEPLOYMENT OF CAMERAS AS
PART OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.
>> YES, THANK YOU, CAL. BECAUSE
I WAS FOCUSED ON THE REVENUE,
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POINT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BROUGHT
UP, BUT THE DESIRE IN MY
DISTRICT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT
THESE SPEED CAMERAS THAT ARE
NOT IN SCHOOL ZONES IS BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE GOING 80, 90, 100
MILES AN HOUR IN RESIDENTIAL
ZONES. AND THE WAY TO STOP THAT
BEHAVIOR IS BY HAVING A SPEED
CAMERA. THE WAY TO GET A SPEED
CAMERA IS USING THIS MONEY TO
MAKE THE DOWN PAYMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER , WE ARE SO LATE,
I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW LATE
WE ARE. WE ARE BEYOND, BEYOND
LATE. SO, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU HAVE GOT YOUR
HAND. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE JUST
CONTINUE ON. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU PULLED THIS BILL.
AS A SPONSOR, I JUST SPOKE TO
IT. TYPICALLY, I DON'T GIVE
THE FLOOR BACK, I'M GOING TO
GET THE FLOOR BACK AS AN
EXCEPTION. WE HAVE TO GET BACK
ON TRACK WITH OUR SCHEDULE. WE
WILL BE COMING TO COMMITTEE ON
MONDAY. IF WE DO NOT SPEED UP.
THAT IS NOT A THREAT, THAT IS A
FACT. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION, I APPRECIATE YOU
WALKING THROUGH ALL THE
DETAILS, CAL. I HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS SINCE
WE SAW IT, BUT THIS DISCUSSION
HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I
APOLOGIZE IF WE DELAYED ANOTHER
10 MINUTES ON IT,
>> CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON SDOT 68?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, SDOT 6A PASSES
AND IS ATTACHED TO COUNCIL BILL
120905. WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT.
SPD 105 822 IS I MOVE , IS
THERE A SECOND. IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU
PULLED THIS, YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT? OKAY, WHAT IS BEFORE
US IS EITHER WE ARE FUNDING
OVER TIME IN 2026 OR WE ARE
NOT. GREG, I SEE YOU ARE HERE,
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A
BRIEFING BEYOND THAT, PLEASE
FEEL FREE, BUT I THINK THAT IS
A QUESTION AT HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU WILL
SPEAK. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
YOU WILL SPEAK AND COLLEAGUES,
IF YOU LIKE ENSURING THAT WE
HAVE FUNDING FOR OVERTIME,
PLEASE JUST VOTE YES, YOU
DON'T NEED TO SAY ANYTHING. IF
YOU DON'T, THEN JUST VOTE NO.
YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY
ANYTHING. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> I APPRECIATE IT, I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY WILL BE SURPRISED
THAT I PULLED THIS, I BELIEVE
THE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN
CARE CREATE PLACE FOR REDUCING
THE NEED FOR OFFICERS TO WORK
OVERTIME. I DON'T BELIEVE WE
NEED TO SPEND 19 MILLION IN
OVERTIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE
PROVIDED CRISIS RESPONDERS WHO
WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE TO
RESPOND TO THE 50% OF 911 CALLS
THAT DO NOT REQUIRE POLICE
PRESENCE. WITH OUR BUDGET
CRISIS AND OUR HOUSING CRISIS,
WE NEED TO USE SOME FUNDING
CURRENTLY ALLOCATED FOR SPD TO
RESPOND TO POVERTY WITH
DIGNITY. WE ARE NOT OFFERING
OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES ACCESS TO
$10 MILLION IN OVERTIME.
INSTEAD, WE ARE ELIMINATED VERY
IMPORTANT PERMIT POSITIONS,
I.T. POSITIONS, AND AT THE SAME
TIME, LAYING OFF OTHERS AND
CUTTING SERVICES TO THE MOST
VULNERABLE. THANK YOU, CHAIR,
FOR ALLOWING ME TO PULL THIS
BID
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
ANYTHING TO SAY OR JUST VOTE
YES?
>> YES, QUICKLY, THANK YOU,
CHAIR STRAUSS. IT'S A BIT
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THIS HAS
GONE THROUGH COMMITTEE AND
THANKS TO THE WORK OF CENTRAL
STAFF, YOU REALLY CAN'T LOOK
AT SPD 105 81, YOU ALSO NEED TO
LOOK AT THE OTHER, AND IN
REALITY, IN TERMS OF THE
PROVISO. HAD THE DIFFERENT
PIECES AS IT RELATES TO THIS
THROUGH COMMITTEE, AND FULL
COUNCIL AND BUDGET. THIS IS
ABOUT CARING THROUGH THE
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, CARING
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE
MAYOR , THE EXECUTIVE, AND US
IN PARTNERSHIP ON THIS, TO
ENSURE WE ARE COVERED ON PUBLIC
SAFETY, BECAUSE IN THE END, IF
WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAFE BASE
IN OUR CITY, EVERYTHING ELSE
WILL FAIL. SO, COLLEAGUES, I
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION BEFORE
US IS SPD 105 A. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ENSURE THAT SPD HAS
FUNDING FOR OVERTIME IN 2026,
VOTE YES. IF YOU DO NOT, VOTE
NO. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON 105A?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] IT IN
FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
PASSES. SPD 105A WILL BE
ATTACHED TO COUNCIL BILL
120905. GIVE ME JUST ONE
MOMENT, COLLEAGUES, I HAVE TO
READJUST MY SCRIPT AFTER ALL OF
THIS. AND SO, WE HAVE COME TO
THE END OF GROUP A. WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE A 30 MINUTE -- 36
MINUTE RECESS UNTIL 2:30 P.M.,
AND WE WILL COME BACK HERE AND
CONTINUE VOTING ON GROUP B AND
C. WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH GROUP
SEE TODAY. WE HAVE 10 ITEMS
JUST NOW AND WE HAVE 27 ITEMS
IN GROUP D. SO, WITH THAT --
YES?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, JUST A
PROCEDURAL QUESTION, BE IS MY
SUBSTITUTE, AND WE ARE GOING TO
BE NOW BRINGING FORTH AN AGREED
AMENDMENT DURING E DISCUSSION?
>> WE WILL WORK THAT OUT IN
RECESS AND WE WILL HAVE A PLAN
WHEN WE GET BACK. WITH THAT, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
SELECTED BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
BE IN RECESS UNTIL 2:30 P.M.
DON'T FORGET TO LOCK YOUR
COMPUTERS.
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