>>> THE NOVEMBER 15th SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL COME BACK
TO ORDER. IT IS 12:40 P.M. I AM
DAN STRAUSS. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> I AM PRESENT. CAN YOU CALL
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ONE
TIME?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> I WILL ANNOUNCE THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS AS THEY ARRIVE.
WE ARE ON ITEM SCL-001-A-1.
>> THE UNDERLYING -- OKAY.
>> WITHDRAWAL LETTER A
>> THIS IS PRINTED ON THE
AGENDA. I WILL BE APPROVING THE
WALK ON AMENDMENT THAT WAS
VOTED ONTO THE AGENDA THIS
MORNING TO BE INCLUDED. SO THIS
WAS CIRCULATED BY EMAIL AT
9:14, AND EVERYONE NOW HAS A
COPY.
>> AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
THAT AMENDMENT?
>> YES. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE
TO MOVE SCL-001-B-1.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND..
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF SCL-001-B-1. WE HAVE ERIC
McCARTNEY FROM SEATTLE CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> SURE. THIS IS SCL-001-B-1.
THIS IS A NEW OPTION. THE
SUBSTITUTES FOR THE OPTION THAT
HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESENTED .
AT A HIGH-LEVEL, THE CHANGE
HERE IS IT PROVIDES [ INAUDIBLE
] SUNOCO MOTHER'S COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO ON $500,000 OF THE FUND
FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT FOR
REPLACING POWER CABLES IN THE
PINEHURST AREA. COUNCILMEMBERS.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> FOR THE RECORD, ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE NOW PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, SPONSORED
THE AMENDMENT, YOU ARE NOW
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR THAT
EXPEDITION, AND YOUR WORK ON
THIS. AS ERIC STATED, THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE IN THIS VERSION
COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL
VERSION IS THAT I AM PROVISO IN
LESS DOLLARS SO AS NOT TO
JEOPARDIZE ANY OTHER CITY LIGHT
PLANT PROJECTS. THE GOAL WOULD
BE FOR THIS TO BE -- UNDER
SPEND. [ INAUDIBLE ] VERSION 8
HAD A PROVISO OF $1 MILLION.
VERSION B HAS A PROVISO OF
500,000 INSTEAD. TO COMMIT TO
STARTING WORK ON THE
UNDERGROUND CABLE REPLACEMENT
IN THE PINEHURST NEIGHBORHOOD.
PINEHURST HAS SEEN HUNDREDS OF
OUTAGES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THE
COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THE
TOWER, PARTICULARLY, GIVEN
UNDER THE PROPOSED COMP PLAN,
THIS WOULD BECOME AN URBAN
VILLAGE. AS NOTED, THIS AREA
INCLUDES MUCH OF THE 130th
STREET STATION. WE NEED
INCREASED CAPACITY AND
RELIABILITY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR
THAT THIS MONEY IS NOT -- THIS
PROVISO WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF Q
THE WORK THAT IS SCHEDULED TO
BE DONE IN MAGNOLIA. THIS IS
SIMPLY TO BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY
WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
RIGHT NOW, PINEHURST, VIEW
RIDGE, AND CAPITOL HILL, ARE
ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN SOME WORK
IN 2027. THIS IS JUST TO GET
THAT PRELIMINARY WORK DONE SO
THAT COME 2027, THEY ARE ABLE
TO MOVE ON. NOT MY INTENT TO
INTERRUPT IN ANY WAY THE VERY
IMPORTANT WORK THAT IS
SCHEDULED TO BE HAPPENING . AND
ALSO, PART OF THE REASON I
DIDN'T REDUCE IT FROM 1
MILLION TO 500,000 IS SO THAT
IT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY
COMMUNITY FUNDED MONEY. [
INAUDIBLE ] THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, I WILL
NOT BE SUPPORTING US TODAY.
THEY DID NOT BRING IT. I WILL
NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY,
BUT I ABSOLUTELY SEE WHERE
YOU'RE COMING FROM.
COLLEAGUES, TIME FOR
DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER
KENDALL, I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR
HAND.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I
WANT TO START BY SAYING, I
RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE IS SPEAKING
TO RELATING TO THIS AREA AND
THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT,
AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, I
DON'T THINK MOST OF SEATTLE
TRULY APPRECIATES, AND I ALSO
RECOGNIZE THE CHANGE WITH THE
AMENDMENT. MY POSITION REMAINS
THE SAME. ONE POINT -- AND I
HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS -- THIS IS
A MAJOR ISSUE, AS MENTIONED,
AND THIS IS LIKE A PERFECT
EXAMPLE FOR SOMETHING TO GO TO
COMMITTEE, AND TO BE WORKED
THROUGH, AND TO HAVE IT ALL OUT
THERE BECAUSE I THINK, IT COULD
BENEFIT PINEHURST AND THE OTHER
AREAS, BUT ALSO, KIND OF,
HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS NEEDED FOR
THIS PROBLEM OVERALL, AND
OFTENTIMES, AS WE HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET
PROCESS, I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT
THAT A NUMBER OF THE ITEMS
SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO
THE BUDGET PROCESS. FOR THIS
ONE, BECAUSE OF MY DISCUSSIONS
WITH LIZ LINDELL AND WHAT SHE
IS LOOKING TO DO IN RELATION TO
THIS PROBLEM, THIS STRIKES ME
VERY STRONGLY TO BE PERFECT FOR
THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR AND
TO WORK THROUGH AND TO ENSURE
THAT ALL OF SEATTLE IS SET. SO,
WITH THAT, MY POINTS EARLIER ON
THIS TOPIC REMAIN THE SAME. I
JUST WANTED TO AT THAT, BASED
ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MISS
LINDELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. COLLEAGUES, FOR THEIR
DISCUSSION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO. I HAVE
NOT BEEN PROMOTED TO PANELIST
JUST YET, SO I CAN'T RAISE MY
HAND, BUT THANK YOU FOR CALLING
ON ME.
>> I KNOW THE AMOUNT OF WORK
AND ENGAGEMENT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAS PUT
INTO THE PINEHURST COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A LOT OF TRUST WE NEED
TO REBUILD. I BELIEVE UNDER
GENERAL MANAGER LINDELL AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, THAT TRUST
IS SLOWLY COMING BACK. I WILL
BE ABSTAINING AS A CITYWIDE
MEMBER AND CHAIR, BUT I DO
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S
ADVOCACY FOR PINEHURST.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
WOO.
>> COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION.
LAST CALL ON DISCUSSION. LAST
CALL ON DISCUSSION. FINAL CALL
ON DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, AS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU HAVE THE FINAL
WORD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I DO
SHARE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
CONCERN ABOUT THE BROADER ISSUE
ABOUT UNDERGROUND CABLE
REPLACEMENT. IT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS AND INTENDING,
SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT WE HAVE
NOT YET ADDRESSED, AND I DO
AGREE THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY AN
APPROPRIATE SUBJECT FOR THE
OSC, CITY LIGHTS AND CULTURE
COMMITTEE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO BRINGING -- DIRECTOR LINDELL
WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN HER
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR HER
CONFIRMATION TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
AS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE THAT
WE HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO
GRAPPLE WITH, SO I COMMEND HER
FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE
COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION, AND WE
DO NEED TO PURSUE IT. THAT
SAID, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO
PINEHURST. IN BRINGING IT TO
COMMITTEE IS, I THINK, NOT
NECESSARILY A GOOD USE OF THE
COMMITTEE'S TIME, AND ALSO, I
NOTE THAT THIS IS SIMPLY TO
FUND THE SURVEY ASSESSMENT AND
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE UNDERGROUND
POWER CABLES IN THE PINEHURST
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, AS WE BEGIN
THESE BROADER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
HOW WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH
THIS, WE CAN ALSO BEGIN THE
GROUNDWORK SO THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY BEGIN THE WORK IN
2027, 2028, 2029, WHENEVER THAT
HAPPENS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SCL-001-B-1.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. OSC
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> NO.. SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
--
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> NO.
>> ONE IN FAVOR, FOUR
ABSTENTIONS, AND FOUR OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. SCL-001-B-1 DOES
NOT PASS AND WILL NOT BE
ATTACHED TO THE COUNCIL BILL.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEXT
ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
YOU ARE THE SPONSOR OF THE
ADAM.
>> I MOVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
-- SDCI-005-A-1
>> IS THERE A SECOND ON
SDCI-005-A-1?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
>> WE HAVE A MEMBER OF CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THIS WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS [ INAUDIBLE ] TO
RESTORE TENANT SERVICES
FUNDING. IT WOULD REDUCE TO 12
FIGHT [ INAUDIBLE ] IN 2011
2026 FOR ACTIVISION PLAN
ACTIVITIES. INTERGOVERNMENTAL
CLINICIAN AND SUPPORT OF THE
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT. THE CBA HAS A RUNNING
TOTAL THAT IS NO LONGER
CORRECT. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET WOULD APPROPRIATE
APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION FOR
TENANT SERVICES TO SDCI. THIS
METHOD $527,000 FROM SDCI TO
HSD. TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS AT
THIS MOMENT WITHOUT THIS
AMENDMENT IS $1,586,000. WITH
THIS AMENDMENT, TOTAL
APPROPRIATIONS WOULD BE
$2,400,000.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. THIS BUDGET WOULD
RESTART UPPER PATIENTS FOR
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS FOR TENANT
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR LANDLORDS
AND TENANTS. AND OTHER
SERVICES, AND THE INTENT WAS TO
SUPPORT THIS RESTORE THE 208 [
INAUDIBLE ] THAT WAS REMOVED
FROM SDCI FOR THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET. I DO WANT TO
SAY, IT SEEMS THROUGH DIFFERENT
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD
RECENTLY, THERE SEEMS TO BE A
PERCEPTION THAT TENANT SERVICES
ARE CANDIDLY ABOUT ORGANIZING
TENANTS TO CAUSE TROUBLE. I
DON'T THINK THAT IS THE INTENT
OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY
ARE WORKING HARD TO HELP KEEP
PEOPLE HOUSED, HELP STEM
EVICTIONS, HELP DE-ESCALATE
DISPUTES, HELP RESOLVE
HABITABILITY ISSUES, HELP
TRANSIT FOR TENANTS THAT DON'T
SPEAK ENGLISH. SO, I APPRECIATE
HAVING SOME OF THIS RESTORE IN
THE PACKAGE. THIS CBA IS AN
ATTEMPT TO RESTORE. I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. AS BUDGET CHAIR, I
WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT JUST SIMPLY BASED ON
THE FUND SOURCE. FUNDING TENANT
SERVICES IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO ME. IT IS
MEANINGFUL TO SUPPORT YOUR
QUEST IN THE SHARES PACKAGE. I
CANNOT SUPPORT THIS. THIS IS
THE TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER WOO, I SEE YOU
HAVE THE HAND.
>> I THINK TENANT SERVICES ARE
IMPOTENT. I DON'T THINK THIS
MONEY WILL HELP TENANTS CAUSE
TROUBLE. [ INAUDIBLE ] I THINK
IT IS MUCH NEEDED. MY PROBLEM
IS THE FUNDING SOURCE. THE
DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN, THEY
DO A LOT OF SAFETY WORK, AND
HELP ATTRACT PEOPLE TO LIVE AND
WORK IN THESE AREAS, SO I'M
VOTING NO BECAUSE OF THE
FUNDING SOURCE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE.
>> THANK YOU. AS COSPONSOR, I
WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THIS. AGAIN, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF THE
SERVICES, THE TENANT SERVICE
THIS IS PROVIDED ARE VALUABLE
AND USEFUL. IT HELPS TENANTS
REMAIN HOUSED AND ENSURE THAT
THE HABITABILITY ISSUES ARE
ADDRESSED, AND SO, THAT'S WHY
I'M SUPPORTING THIS. [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I ALSO
SUPPORT TENANT SERVICES, BUT I
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUNDING
SOURCES. I SUPPORT THE DOWNTOWN
ACTIVITY -- ACTIVATION PLAN,
AND THE M.I.D.. AND THE ISSUES
WE ARE SEEING DOWNTOWN. FOR
THOSE REASONS, I WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THIS, BUT, AGAIN, I
SUPPORT TENANT SERVICES. I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL FOR
FUND SOURCE PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. +1. I AGREE WITH THE
PRIORITY. VERY WORTHY. I
DISAGREE ON PULLING FROM
ANOTHER STRATEGIC PRIORITY.
FUNDING ONE STRATEGIC PRIORITY
AND OFFSETTING FUNDING FOR
ANOTHER STRATEGIC PRIORITY, BUT
I APPRECIATE THE UNDERLYING
INTENT, AND THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION.
>> LAST CALL ON DISCUSSION.
LAST CALL ON DISCUSSION. FINAL
CALL ON DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AS
SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE US OUT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THE ONLY
THING I WILL SAY IS, THROUGHOUT
THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE HEARD
OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE
CRITICAL NEED FOR SUPPORTING
PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE
THEIR HOMES, AND WE HAVE ALSO
BEEN GRAPPLING WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES OF PEOPLE LOSING
THEIR HOMES, WHICH IS AN
INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS ON OUR
STREETS. AT THE SAME TIME THAT
WE ARE ADDING TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS PER OTHER THINGS,
LIKE THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION
PLAN, WHICH, QUITE FRANKLY, IS
NOT A PRIORITY -- AS MUCH OF A
PRIORITY FOR ME -- WHEN WE ARE
SORT OF HAVING TO MAKE THESE
TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN SUPPORTING
BEAUTIFICATION, VERSUS
SUPPORTING THE NEED FOR KEEPING
PEOPLE HOUSED. THESE ARE ALL
CHOICES FOR US TO MAKE. MY
CHOICE IS TO REALLY DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER
CRISES THAT WE HAVE, AND I ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SDCI-005-A-1?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO. NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> TWO IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED,
ONE ABSTENTION.
>> THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS AND
SDCI-005-A-1 WILL NOT BE
ATTACHED TO THE UNDERLYING
BILL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ITEM, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVE
SDCI-006-A.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO MOVE
SDCI-006-A-1.
>> I WILL JUST READ THE
PROVISOS INTO THE RECORD. FOR
THE SAKE OF CLARITY. OF THE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS, THERE IS
COMPLIANCE BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVEL, ALL APPROPRIATIONS ARE
SOLELY FOR EDUCATION OF TENANTS
AND LANDLORDS ON LANDLORD,
TENANT LAW, STAFFING A LIVE
TENANT HOTLINE, REFERRALS FOR
AND ASSISTANCE WITH SECURING
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MEDIATION,
INTERPRETATION SERVICES, AND
EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE COMMAND
MAY BE SPENT FOR NO OTHER
PURPOSES. THAT IS THE FIRST
PROVISO. THE SECOND PROVISO
PERTAINS TO EVICTION LEGAL
DEFENSE, AND IT WOULD IMPOSE A
LIMITATION ON SPENDING, AS WELL
AS THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
TENANT SERVICES, GRANTS AND
CONTRACTS IN THE SEATTLE THE
PERMIT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS, COMPLAINTS BUDGET
SUMMARY LEVEL FOR INSPECTION,
DEFENSE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, IS
LIMITED TO CLIENTS WITH INCOMES
AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL
POVERTY LEVEL, AND MAY BE USED
FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE, AND
INCOME VERIFICATION
CONFIRMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED
QUARTERLY TO SDCI. [ INAUDIBLE
] IT IS ABOUT $30,000 HERE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE
FIRST PROVISO IS TO MAKE CLEAR
WHAT TENANT SERVICE DOES WHAT
APPROPRIATE SERVICES TENANT
SERVICE DOLLARS MAY BE USED
FOR. THOSE ARE AS OUTLINED
HERE. CLEARLY, SERVICES THAT
ARE MEANT TO HELP TENANTS
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR
RIGHTS AND PROBLEMS WITH HAVING
TO GET EDUCATION TO CONNECT
WITH ASSISTANCE. ALSO, LEGAL
REPRESENTATION, THROUGH
EVICTION DEFENSE. THE OTHER
PIECE OF THIS IS TO BRING THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CITY
DOLLARS IN LINE WITH THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT THE
STATE UTILIZES AND THAT IT IS
UTILIZING FOR PAYMENT DOLLARS
TO THE EVICTION DEFENSE
PROVIDERS. THAT IS THE STATE
STANDARD OF 200% INDIGENT --
SORRY -- THE STATE INDIGENT
DEFENSE STANDARD OF 200% FOR AT
OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY
LEVEL WHICH IS ALSO THE FEDERAL
LEVEL. SO JUST TO BRING THIS IN
LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE
DOLLARS -- ELIGIBILITY RECORDS
ARE FOR THOSE DOLLARS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE , AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, I WILL BE VOTING NO
TODAY. I NEED MORE DATA TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE
NEEDED. THESE TWO PROVISOS ARE
NEEDED. I'M NOT THERE YET.
WITH THAT, WE ARE MOVING INTO
DISCUSSION. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND THEN MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM
COSPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS IS A PRUDENT THING. THIS
IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES,
WE PROPOSE PROVISOS. IN MY
OPINION, THIS ONE IS NECESSARY.
I KNOW I VOTED FOR OTHER
PROVISOS. I KNEW THE DEPARTMENT
WOULD BE DOING THE WORK ANYWAY.
AND THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THESE FUNDS WERE GOING FOR
TENANT SERVICES GRANTS AND
CONTRACTS. THIS IS ONE WAY WE
CAN ENSURE THAT IS HAPPENING.
WITH COMPLIANCE. WITH THE
COMPLIANCE BUDGET PART -- AND I
SUPPORT INCLUDING AND ALIGNING
WITH THE STATE ON THE STATE ON
THE POVERTY LEVEL. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I AM
IN SUPPORT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. MY CONCERN WITH
THIS IS REQUIRING THAT CLIENTS
BE AT 200% OF THE FEDERAL
POVERTY LEVEL. YOU KNOW, THE
FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE IS $7.25
AN HOUR. IN SEATTLE, IT IS
$19.97. SO, THERE IS A REAL
CHANCE, AND I FEAR, WILL BE A
REALITY, THAT EVEN FULL-TIME
WORKERS WON'T QUALIFY FOR
THIS, AND IF THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING A FINANCIAL
CRISIS, THERE IS A REAL CHANCE
THAT THEY COULD BE ARBITRARILY
EXCLUDED BECAUSE THEIR MINIMUM
WAGE IN SEATTLE SURPASSES THE
FEDERAL WAGE. SO, I THINK A
SEATTLE SPECIFIC METRIC WOULD
BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS.
WE KNOW THAT HOUSEHOLDS AT 80%
AMI RIGHT NOW ARE STRUGGLING TO
AFFORD THEIR HOUSING BECAUSE IT
IS SO EXPENSIVE IN SEATTLE. SO
FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL NOT
BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
MR. FREEMAN, I WAS JUST
CURIOUS, I GENERALLY UNDERSTAND
AND SUPPORT THESE PROVISOS,
KIND OF LIKE WHAT I SAID LAST
TIME. I SEE THIS AS A GREAT
COMMITTEE TO HAVE THE GIVE AND
TAKE. AND TO HAVE THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE
AND SO FORTH. BUT I AM
GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE, BUT CAN
YOU SPEAK TO KIND OF WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER BROWN WAS SAYING,
IN TERMS OF THE SEATTLE ANGLE.
OBVIOUSLY, COMPARED TO THE
STATE AND FEDERAL, YOU KNOW, IT
IS VERY DIFFERENT, AND PROBABLY
BECAUSE WE ARE THE ECONOMIC
ENGINE, AND GOING BACK TO THE
EARLIER POINT, WE DON'T HAVE A
STRONG DOWNTOWN. WE DON'T HAVE
A STRONG SEATTLE ECONOMY. WE
DON'T HAVE A STRONG WASHINGTON
STATE ECONOMY. THEREFORE, WE
LOOK AT DOWNTOWN -- SORRY --
EDITORIAL COMMENT -- BUT TO
THAT POINT, CAN YOU SPEAK TO
THE CHALLENGES OF THE MISMATCH
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE
DUE TO THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF SEATTLE?
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> AS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
POINTS OUT, THE MINIMUM WAGE IN
SEATTLE IS HIGHER THAN THE
FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. A PERSON
WORKING FULL-TIME WOULD EARN
JUST OVER $40,000 PER YEAR.
JUST FOR CONTEXT HERE, SEATTLE
HAS ENSHRINED A RIGHT TO
DEFENSE [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR
PROCEEDINGS. THE FINES INDIGENT
DIFFERENT AS THE STATE DEFINES
INDIGENT. IT IS ONE THAT CANNOT
PAY AT THE TIME THE LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS ARE GOING ON. THE
STATE HAS THE 200% STANDARD. IT
ALSO HAS THE STANDARD THAT
FOLKS QUALIFY IF THEY ARE ALSO
ELIGIBLE IN RECEIVING SUPPORT
FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
FEDERAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING
FOOD STAMPS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT. I CAN'T LIST THEM ALL
HERE. I THINK 60 IS THE STATE
STATUTE. THAT IS CONTEXT FOR
YOU ALL. THERE IS A SOMEWHAT
DIFFERENT DEFINITION BETWEEN
THE STATE AND THE CITY WHEN IT
COMES TO THE MEANING OF
INDIGENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU,
ALSO IF YOU WANT.
>> I WAS CURIOUS, IF THIS WAS
TO PASS, AND CAMINO, THE
DETAILS AT THAT POINT, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS
RESET -- THIS LOOK AT TENANT,
LANDLORD, LICHEN ON THE BUS,
TENANT, LANDLORD. THE SYSTEM
THAT CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT,
EVEN WITH THE PROVISO. THAT
COULD BE READDRESSED IF THAT
WAS TO BE DONE IN COMMITTEE
WITH THE OVERALL TENANT
LANDLORD LOOK.
>> TREATED IT AS A POSITIVE
CHOICE FOR THE COUNCIL EMMA
WHEELER TO ALIGN.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING -- OR
THIS IS PERHAPS MISTAKEN THAT
IT IS FAIRLY RECENTLY THAT THE
STATE DOES OFFER TENANT
SERVICES, AND DO YOU KNOW, DOES
THAT GO TO THE COUNTY AND THAT
IS DISPERSED, OR HOW DOES THAT
FLOW?
>> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. WE
HAVE SOME INFORMATION WITH THE
HOUSING PROJECT. [ INAUDIBLE ]
THEY HAVE SOME REPORTING THAT
IS REQUIRED. WE HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF SOME OF THAT
REPORTING, BUT NOT ALL OF IT.
THE CONTRACT THEY ENTERED INTO
IS NOT DOSE THE MOST RECENT
CONTRACT IS NOT THAT OLD. IT IS
ABOUT 149 PEOPLE FOR THE STATE,
FOR WHICH THEY RECEIVE FUNDING
NOT FROM THE CITY OF ETTLE. 308
CLIENTS.
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT AMOUNT OF
FUNDING THEY RECEIVED FROM THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ANYTHING
FURTHER?
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IN
GENERAL, BEING IN ALIGNMENT
WITH THE STATE AND OTHER
NEIGHBORING AGENCY AGENCIES
WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE
INTERPRET SERVICES THAT ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR STATE, COUNTY, AND
CITY FUNDING, THAT IS WHY I WAS
ASKING. THANK YOU.
>> AND FOR POINT OF ORDER, CAN
YOU REPEAT THE LAST ANSWER YOU
PROVIDED? SOME COUNCILMEMBERS
DOSHI DIDN'T COME THROUGH
CLEARLY. YOU HAVE A VERY
MELODIC VOICE, BUT IT NEEDS TO
BE INTO THE MICROPHONE.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT MY VOICE
IS REALLY THAT MELODIC. THE
HOUSING JUSTICE PROJECT IS ONE
OF THE [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR LEGAL
DEFENSE. THEY DID MOST OF IT.
THERE IS ALSO A CONTRACT WITH
THE CITY, BUT THE BULK OF THE
DEFENSE GOES TO THE HOUSING
JUSTICE PROJECT, WHICH USED TO
BE -- IT IS NOW NO LONGER PART
OF THE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
SO, THEY REPORTED ON THE NUMBER
OF CLIENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED
BY THE CITY BY COUNCIL, AS
OPPOSED TO THOSE THAT ARE
SUPPORTED BY THE STATE RIGHT TO
COUNCIL LAW. ONE OF THEM THAT
THEY ARE REPORTING TO DATE, IN
OCTOBER, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE
MOST RECENT REPORTING WAS THAT
149 CLIENTS WERE SUPPORTED
THROUGH SEATTLE'S RIGHT TO
COUNCIL LAW COMMAND 308
COUNCILS WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH
THE STATE'S RIGHT TO COUNCIL
LAW.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, YOU HAVE AT HAND. -- A
HINT.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. YOU GET
THE LAST WORD.
>> JUST TO MR. TSIMERMAN ONCE
CONCERNS, THIS IS A ONE-YEAR
PROVISO. WE COULD CERTAINLY
REVISIT IT IF WE DETERMINE THE
AMOUNT NEEDS TO BE MORE, BUT I
DO THINK RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT
OPERATES IS PEOPLE SIMPLY
ATTEST THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD
THE LAWYER. I DO THINK IT IS
BEST TO SET IT AT THAT STATE
STANDARD, RECOGNIZE THAT THAT
IS DIFFERENT. BUT THE STATE [
INAUDIBLE ] HAS THE RIGHT AND
ABILITY TO RAISE THEIR
ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS WHEN
DEALING WITH THE CITY, AS WELL.
SO THAT IS ALL I WOULD SAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SDCI-006-A.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
SDCI-006-A WILL BE ATTACHED TO
COUNCIL BILL 120905. UP NEXT,
WE ARE MOVING INTO A NEW
DEPARTMENT. CALVIN IS ALREADY
AT THE TABLE. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
YOUR AMENDMENT PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL RESOLUTION
--
>> LET ME HELP YOU OUT. I MOVED
TO APPROVE SDOT-101-A-1 .
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
APPROVE SDOT-101-A-1 . WE HAVE
[ INAUDIBLE ] , SEATTLE CENTRAL
STAFF TO BRIEF US ON THE
AMENDMENT. OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. SDOT-101-A-1
WOULD ILLUMINATE REFERENCES TO
UNSECURED FUNDING IN THE S.
CULTURAL PROJECT. THIS HAS BEEN
ON THE BOOKS FOR SOME TIME. IT
WAS POSITIVE IN 2018 DUE TO
RISING COSTS FOR THE PROJECT.
THE RECENT COST ESTIMATE WAS [
INAUDIBLE ] IT IDENTIFIES 410
MILLION OF UNSECURED FUNDING,
SO NOT ACTUAL FUNDING, BUT
RECOGNIZING A COST ESTIMATE OF
410 MILLION. THE PROPOSAL WOULD
REMOVE THAT REFERENCE, AND
ANTICIPATES THAT THE EXECUTIVE
WOULD WORK TO RESOLVE ANY
OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS TO
REMOVE THIS PROJECT FROM THE [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHOW.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I
NOTED THIS ALREADY, BUT THE
STORY IS VERY LONG. IT STARTED
IN JULY OF 2014. HERE WE ARE AT
THE END OF 2024. AS MR. CHOW
NOTED, AND AS I NOTED IN THE
THIRD MONTH OF MAYOR DIRKIN'S
ADMINISTRATION, SHE HAD TO PUT
THE BRAKES ON THIS PROJECT. AS
I NOTED THE OTHER DAY, WE ARE
AT THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR OF
THE HARRELL ADMINISTRATION. IT
IS STILL, AS NOTED IN REPORTING
FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR, BASED
ON THE S.D.O.T. CODE, AT THE
SAME COME THERE IS NO CHANGE IN
THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
TRULY, AS I NOTED, THIS IS THE
ZOMBIE PROJECT OF ALL ZOMBIE
PROJECTS. THE COST HAS GONE UP,
AS I NOTED, FROM 2018 TO 2022.
END OF -- PHYSICALLY THIS TIME
LAST YEAR, UP TO 410, WHICH IS
NO DOUBT HIGHER. BY 2030, THERE
IS NO DOUBT, IT WOULD EQUAL --
THIS ONE PROJECT WOULD EQUAL
ONE THIRD -- PAST $1.55 BILLION
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. IT IS
INCREDIBLE TO ME. AS I NOTED,
ALL THE ISSUES, THE LONGER,
HEAVIER STREETCARS, THE
CHALLENGES WITH THE MAINTENANCE
FACILITIES, THE ROADS AND
BRIDGES. LITIGATION BECAUSE OF
BIKE ACCIDENTS, AND NOW, WE
HAVE ST3, THOSE PIECES, AND NOT
MENTIONED -- I SAY THIS AGAIN
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT -- WE
HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
TOPOGRAPHY. OUR CITY IS A HILLY
CITY. OUR CITY IS NOT SOME
STANDARD CITY IN FLORIDA THAT
IS VERY FLAT. THIS SHOWS UP IN
MANY WAYS WITH THE STREETCARS,
AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO
NOTE THAT THIS NEVER HAD A
VIABLE OPERATING PROPOSAL. THIS
HAS AN OPERATIONS PLAN TO DEAL
WITH THE COST. AT THE
BEGINNING, IT WAS NOTED THAT IT
WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF. HERE IS
THE BIGGEST THING. THE
OPPORTUNITY COSTS. LIKE I SAID,
WE COULD'VE ALREADY HAD A
GREAT, UNIQUE BUS SERVICE ALONE
FOR 70, CONNECTING SEATTLE
CENTER WITH PIONEERS SQUARE.
YOU KNOW, THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET, BUT WE DON'T BECAUSE
THE ZOMBIE PROJECT BASICALLY
TOOK THAT OUT. NOT TO MENTION
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN PIONEER
SQUARE, WHICH ARE IMPOTENT. WE
DID A BUNCH. WE HAD
OPPORTUNITIES, AS WORK WAS
BEING DONE INTO PIONEER SQUARE
AND OTHER PARTS ALONG THE WAY
AS WE ARE TRYING TO CAN ACT THE
WATERFRONT TO DOWNTOWN TO DO
THIS WORK. IT WASN'T DONE. THE
OPPORTUNITY COST IS THERE. AND
SO, AND THE OTHER POINT WE HAVE
TO REMEMBER, SD3 IS REAL NOW. I
REMEMBER ALL THE BRIEFINGS I
GOT WHEN I WAS IN THE COUNCIL.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT
WILL HAPPEN. THE MAYBES ARE
OVER WITH ST3. MAYBES RELATED
TO RAPID RIGHT WHERE THERE BACK
THEN, BUT THEY ARE REAL NOW.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING
CONSTRUCTED. THIS IS REALLY
CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE, AND WE
REALLY SHOULD LEVERAGE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR
PUBLIC TRANSIT POSTURE, THE
LEVY, AND HOW STREETCARS CAN
PLAY INTO THIS, BUT IT HAS TO
BE DONE IN THIS COMP OFFENSIVE
WAY, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT NEW
REALITIES. AS THE GREAT CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO FROM THE SECOND OF
AUGUST OF 2019, IT IS NOTED, IT
IS CONCLUDED, ONE OF THE
COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS WAS,
COUNCIL MAY WANT TO REDIRECT
THE PROPOSED 9 MILLION OF THE
MEGABUCK PROPERTY PROCEEDS
TOWARD OTHER TRANSPORTATION
PRIORITIES AND DISCONTINUE WORK
ON THE CENTER CITY STREETCAR.
FROM THAT CENTRAL STAFF MEMO
FROM 5+ YEARS AGO, I RECOMMEND
THAT WE DO SO. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, I HAVE NOT MADE A
FINAL DECISION YET. I HAVE A
QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR, WHICH
I WILL PROVIDE YOU THE FLOOR. I
HAVE HEARD YOU DISCUSS THIS
PROPOSAL IN THE PAST. I HAVE
HEARD FROM YOU AND INDICATION
THAT RUNNING A STREETCAR UP
THIRD AVENUE COULD STILL BE OF
INTEREST OF YOU. IS THAT STILL
THE CASE TODAY?
>> YES, ACTUALLY. THAT GOES TO
THE POINT. THANK YOU FOR ASKING
THAT QUESTION. LOOKING AT OUR
POSTURE AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES
MAY EXIST, YOU KNOW, AS I
MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, YOU
KNOW, THIRD AVENUE, THERE IS
ONLY ONE WAY TO GO, AND THAT IS
UP. SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT
AS AN OPTION. AND BY ASKING
YOUR QUESTION, AND IN FACT, I
STILL HAVE THE MIC. IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. I RECEIVED
A GREAT LETTER FROM THE TRANSIT
RIDERS UNION. THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT PIECES OF THIS,
BUT THEY CONCLUDED AN
ALTERNATIVE -- WE STRONGLY
RECOMMEND THE ADDITIONAL
OPTIONS FOR THE FIRST HILL
STREET CART BE PUT ALONGSIDE
ANY PROPOSAL TO STUDY REMOVAL
EXISTING OR PROPOSED ROUTES.
EXTENDING IT TO THE FERRY
TERMINAL AT PIKE PLACE MARKET
WOULD STILL CREATE A MAJOR
CONDUCTIVITY BOOST. THAT
EAST-WEST BOOST. THIS IS THE
KIND OF THING THAT WE COULD DO
WITH A CLEAR DECK TAKING THAT
LOOK AT LOOKING AT OUR PUBLIC
TRANSIT POSTURE, PARTICULARLY
IN LIGHT OF ALL THE CHANGES
WITH ST3 , AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I APPRECIATE THE LETTER THAT
THEY SENT TO ME, AND I THANK
THEM FOR DOING SO, AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE IT HERE IN
CONTEXT OF THE IDEA THAT WE
SHOULD LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR THE
CENTER CITY PIECE OF THIS TO
INCLUDE POSSIBLY THIRD AVENUE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE PRINT WITH THAT
INFORMATION THAT IT IS STILL ON
THE TABLE TO PUT THE TRAIN UP
THIRD AVENUE, I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS MOTION TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE, OVERSEEING THIS
BODY OF WORK, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. I SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT. I CONSIDER IT A
FAMILY ONE FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. FOR
ANY NUMBER OF VALID REASONS
ALREADY CALLED OUT, AND ALSO,
BY REMOVING THIS PROJECT FROM
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LIST
PROJECT LIST, IT ALSO -- IT
EFFECTIVELY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
THE ZOMBIE EXISTS, AS
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE PUT IT,
BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
REMOVE ART FLEXIBILITY ON A
GOING FORWARD BASIS TO BUILD UP
THE TRICK TO AS BUDGET CHAIR
STRESS POINTED AT. FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, THE ONLY VIABLE
PATH I SEE OF THIS EVER
BECOMING A THING AND BEING
BROUGHT TO LIFE IS ROBUST AND
COMPETENCE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS. WITH INDUSTRY.
AND SO, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY
WITH THE POTENTIAL WE HEARD
FROM THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION,
EXTENDING THE LINE TO THE
WATERFRONT, CONNECTING IT TO
VERY, BUT IN ANY EVENT, I
SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL, AND I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. ESKO SPONSOR, I
WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE FOR CALLING THE QUESTION
AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR US TO
MAKE A FINAL DECISION ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, AND IT CHECKS ME THAT
THE TIMETABLE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE RELATE TO
US IS THE SAME , IT'S ACTUALLY
A SHORTER TIMETABLE THAN THE
COMMUNITY IN LAKE CITY HAS BEEN
REQUESTING. [ INAUDIBLE ] IF
ONLY. COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? THIS IS THE
DISCUSSION TIME. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I --
EXCUSE ME. I RESPECT MY
COLLEAGUES POINTS AND THOSE OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. I WILL
SAY, I, AS YOU ALL KNOW, MA BIG
PROPONENT OF PUBLIC TRANSIT. WE
NEED MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS IN THE CITY, NOT LESS.
I THINK SEATTLE HAS A HISTORY
OF BACKING AND FOR THING ON
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND NOT
FINISHING PROJECTS THAT WE
START. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO
CURRENT FUNDING FOR THIS
PROJECT, BUT THERE COULD BE AT
A FUTURE DATE, AND I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT ALTERNATIVES
COULD BE CONSIDERED, AND I FEEL
LEAVING THIS ON THE LIST WOULD
AFFORD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS. I
THINK CONNECTING THE STREETCARS
AND FINISHING THESE CONNECTIONS
ARE IMPOTENT. AND FOR THESE
REASONS, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON
THIS PROJECT, BUT LIKE I SAID,
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE MY
COLLEAGUES BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. AND THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I SEE THAT CALVIN
WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED.
CALVIN.
>> THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE
LITERAL CONNECT PROJECT, IS A
VERY SPECIFIED PROJECT WITH
ENGINEERING BEHIND IT. IT IS UP
TO THE STREETCAR. IT HAS A
DEFINED ALIGNMENT AND
IDENTIFIED UTILITY IMPACT.
STRUCTURAL WORK THAT WOULD HAVE
TO BE DONE. IT IS A PROJECT
DEFINED, LOOKING AT THE THIRD
AVENUE ALIGNMENT OR ANOTHER
ALIGNMENT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT
PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. WILL ASK YOU A
COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. I
BROUGHT THIS UP WHEN HE
PRESENTED THIS IN THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
REGARDING THE UTILITY WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE UNDER FIRST
AVENUE, AS WELL AS THE
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, BECAUSE
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT
TRUCKS OF A CERTAIN WEIGHT ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE TRICK TO
IN THE SCORE BECAUSE THE
UNDERGROUND RESEARCHER IS NOT
STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD UP SOME
OF THESE TRUCKS. SOME OF THAT
WORK WAS INTENDED TO BE DONE
THROUGH THIS PROJECT, AS WELL
AS WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT. I
ASSUME THOSE ARE RATEPAYER
FUNDS THAT ARE TIED UP. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. IF WE WERE
GOING TO TEAR UP THE ROADS TO
BUILD A STREETCAR, THAT WOULD
BE AN IMPERATIVE TO ANNOUNCE
THAT SO WE DO NOT GO BACK LATER
TO FIX IT. WHETHER THAT MEANS
THE PROJECT TO THE UTILITY WORK
WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IN THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS, I
DO NOT KNOW THAT ANSWER. SOME
-- THE FRENCH A $10 MILLION
PROCESS -- THE IDENTIFIED [
INAUDIBLE ] RELATED TO IT, THE
UTILITIES HAVE TO PAY FOR
RELOCATING THEIR PROJECTS OUT
OF THE WAIT FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. IT
IDENTIFIED 90 MILLION OF
STRUCTURAL UPGRADES TO BRIDGES
TO HANDLE THE WEIGHT OF THE
STREETCARS. IF THE STREETCAR
VEHICLE IS NOT THE CONTROLLING
VEHICLE WEIGHT, THEN PERHAPS IT
IS NOT AS HIGH, BUT THERE NEEDS
TO BE SOME STRUCTURAL WORK
DONE.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN, AND THE
SAME QUESTION REMAINS FOR THIRD
AVENUE, WHICH IS THE TUNNEL FOR
THE LIGHT RAIL, AS I HAVE ALSO
GONE DOWN THIS TRACK, TRYING TO
INVESTIGATE THIS, THAT HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCERNS.
CALVIN, CAN YOU ALSO REMIND ME
-- I KNOW WE HAD AN FTA GRANT
AWARDED TO US A NUMBER OF YEARS
AGO, AND THE FUNDING BEFORE US
IS A MATCH FUNDING. IT IS MY
RECOLLECTION THAT THE FTA GRANT
EXPERT IN WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO IT. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE
DID RECEIVE THE GRANT
AUTHORIZATION BUT NEVER TOOK
DOWN THE MONEY. THE MONEY WAS
NOT THERE SO I DO NOT BELIEVE
THE MONEY WAS MADE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND
THERE WERE OTHER GRANTS THAT
WERE PART OF THE PROJECT,
ESPECIALLY PLANNING AND THE
DEVELOPMENT PHASE, AND THERE
MAY BE SOME IMPACTS RELATED TO
CLOSING OUT THIS GREAT
OBLIGATIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THOSE ARE.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN. SAID
ANOTHER WAY, SOME OF THIS MIGHT
THAT A SET-ASIDE MAY BE
ENCUMBERED TO PAY OUR MATCH TO
SOME OF THOSE EARLIER GRANTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR SOMETHING
THAT DOES TO THAT EFFECT.
>> ALL WE HAVE IN THE CIP IS
IDENTIFICATION OF A COST
ESTIMATE . IT IS NOT A CAPITAL
SPENDING PLAN OR OPERATIONS
PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT, YET. IT
IS ESSENTIALLY A PLACEHOLDER.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
EXCUSE ME FOR BREAKING MY OWN
RULES. I AM IN GEEK MODE HERE.
I SEE I HAVE A NUMBER OF HANDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE NEW
OR OLD. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
IS THAT A NEW HAND?
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD
AS SUPPORTING THE FOR 70
STREETCAR. THANK YOU, CALVIN,
FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK
THAT HAVING IT ON THE LIST ALSO
DOES COMPEL US. TO ME, IT ADD
SUPPORT FOR MAKING SURE IF
THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE,
CONSIDER IT. NEVERTHELESS, IF
THIS SHOULD MOVE FORWARD, I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME KIND OF
ALTERNATIVE BEING PUT TOGETHER,
RATHER THAN JUST CONVERSATION
ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>> WE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL OF 2023
BECAUSE THERE WAS MONEY PUT IN
THERE FOR A STUDY. IS THIS
NUMBER HERE THAT IS ATTACHED TO
THIS CBA, IS THAT A PRODUCT OF
THAT STUDY? WAS THAT A COST
ANALYSIS?
>> I BELIEVE THAT WAS MONEY TO
HELP SUPPORT THE MOST RECENT
COST ANALYSIS THAT LED TO THE
$410 MILLION COST ESTIMATE FOR
THE PROJECT. SO IT WAS STAFFING
TO CLEAN UP THE COST ESTIMATE,
SO THAT THERE WAS A NUMBER FOR
THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. IS
THAT IN YOUR HAND? ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
>> NO. SORRY.
>> MY LAST STATEMENT HERE IS, I
STILL BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST
AVENUE -- THE FIRST HILL,
STREETCAR, NEEDS TO BE
CONNECTED TO THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION STREETCAR. THAT DOESN'T
CHANGE FOR ME. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE IS THE SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENTS. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. ON THAT POINT,
AGAIN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS
AS WIDE OPEN AND NOT BE DRIVEN
BY THE ZOMBIE PROJECT THAT IS
THE FIRST AVENUE STREETCAR. AND
I SAY FOR 70 STREETCAR BECAUSE
I WANT TO CLOSE ON THIS POINT
BECAUSE I THINK ALL THE POINTS
ARE VERY CLEAR IN TERMS OF THE
COSTS, THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS
ABOUT THINGS THAT COULD'VE
BEEN DONE AHEAD OF THE WORLD
CUP, THE BUS SERVICE AND SO
FORTH, ALL THE ISSUES THAT KEEP
COMING UP, LIKE THE MAINTENANCE
FACILITY, ALL THESE THINGS ARE
VERY REAL. ONE THING THAT I
WANTED TO CLOSE ON, AND THIS IS
A FUNDAMENTAL FLAW OF THE FIRST
HILL STREETCAR, AND HIGHLIGHTS,
AGAIN, WHERE S.D.O.T. DID NOT
GO THROUGH ALL THE STEPS. THEY
DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT
THAT FIRST AVENUE TO THE WEST
SLOPES DOWN TO THE SEA. THAT
HAS MAJOR IMPACTS IN TERMS OF
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET, DUE TO
THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
ROADS, FALLING DOWN TO THE SEA.
IF YOU CAN'T TAKE A LEFT OR
RIGHT TO GET UP THE FIRST
AVENUE, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT IF
IT WAS ON THIRD AVENUE IN TERMS
OF RESTRICTIONS THAT MAY BE
BECAUSE OF THE STREETCAR. YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION WITH
FIRST AVENUE. THIS KIND OF GOES
BACK TO THE EARLIER DISCUSSION
EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT PIKE
PLACE. AND, OH, BY THE WAY,
SIDE NOTE, I HAD A DISCUSSION
WITH THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE PIKE PLACE PDA, AND I
ALREADY HAVE A LUNCH SCHEDULED
AT SPOTS, AND THE PIKE PLACE
PDA EXECUTIVE. BECAUSE IT HAS
THE SAME ISSUES. IT HIGHLIGHTS
A SHORTFALL IN THE S.D.O.T.
PLANNING PROCESS FOR THIS,
WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON
THIS IS A ZOMBIE PROJECT. I
REALLY URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THIS.
>> WILL THE COURT PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON SDOT-101-A-1 ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. OSC
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO.
>> YES. TRICK EIGHT
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED,
ONE ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. SDOT-101-A-1
PASSES AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO
COUNCIL BILL 120905. NEXT ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM? [
CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, WE ARE
ON THE SOUTH LAKE UNION STREET.
>> YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL
SUBSTITUTE IT. I'M GOING TO DO
THIS. I MOVE -- I DISAGREE WITH
THIS AMENDMENT. SDOT-102S-B-1.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF SDOT-102S-B-1. NOW,
I MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE
SDOT-102S-B-1 WITH -- COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, WHAT IS THE
NUMBER?
>> YES, TO SUBSTITUTE IT WITH
ADDING AS FOLLOWS.
>> POINT OF ORDER. WE ARE GOING
TO PAUSE. THIS IS WHY WE DON'T
DO WALKMANS. CAN YOU PLEASE
READ ME THE NUMBER OF HIS
SUPERSEDING AMENDMENT?
>> SDOT -ONE A TO S-B-2 .
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO SUPERSEDE THE
SUBSTITUTE THE AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDMENT NOW BEFORE US.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, WE ARE
GOING TO HEAR FROM CENTRAL
STAFF ABOUT THE AMENDMENT AND
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO
AMENDMENTS AND THEN I WILL PASS
IT TO YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS ITEM
REQUEST THAT SDOT PROVIDE A
PLAN FOR DETERMINING SOUTH LAKE
UNION STREETCAR SERVICE FOR
DECOMMISSIONING THE ASSETS AND
EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVE
TRANSIT OPTIONS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CHANGES ARE
TO THE SLI REALLY HIGHLIGHT TWO
SEPARATE ISSUES. ONE IS TO
CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR CONTINUED
CAR SERVICE DURING THE FIFA
WORLD CUP. ANOTHER ISSUE IS TO
ENSURE THAT THERE IS
COORDINATION WITH SOUND
TRANSIT'S WORK IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO REFLECT
THEIR IMPACT ON STREETCAR
ASSETS TO ENSURE THEIR BEARING
A PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF COSTS
AND ALSO IN THE ANALYSIS OF
TRANSIT CAPACITY, TO
DEMONSTRATE THE CAPACITIES TO
SUPPORT RETURN TO WORK AND
PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS OF SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS
IS ALL I WOULD REQUEST THAT
SDOT EXAMINE BOTH . A
THOUGHTFUL RETIREMENT OF SELF
LAKE STREETCAR COULD LOOK LIKE
AND WHAT A REPORT ON AN
EFFECTIVE TRANSITION TO NEW
INVESTMENTS AND TRANSIT OPTIONS
THAT SERVE THE SOUTH UNION LIKE
NEIGHBORHOOD COULD LOOK LIKE IN
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IT
SEEMS TO HAVE GARNERED A FAIR
AMOUNT OF LOCAL VIDEO ATTENTION
AND WHICH IS GREAT. THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US
TO HAVE AND TWO OF THE MOST
INSIGHTFUL WRITEUPS SO FAR THAT
I HAVE SEEN ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL
HAS BEEN FROM THE SEATTLE BIKE
LOG A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND ALSO
FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES . MY
AMENDMENTS THAT I OFFERED
EARLIER THIS MORNING WERE
ACTUALLY -- I KNOW IT DISRUPTS
YOUR PROCESS, MR. CHAIR, AND I
UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS THAT
MIGHT BE ENGENDERED BECAUSE OF
THAT BUT I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS
BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN WE
GET A RATE AND APPROVE --
IMPROVE OUR OWN AMENDMENTS
BECAUSE MY OWN FRIENDLY
AMENDMENTS THAT I OFFERED TO MY
OWN AMENDMENT OR MADE IN DIRECT
RESPONSE TO ADDRESS CERTAIN
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND CONCERNS
AND CONCERNS AND FEEDBACK FROM
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER
COLLEAGUES. CONCERNS THAT I
SHARE, AND SO FOR EXAMPLE , IN
THE VERSION ON THE LATEST DRAFT
IT IS BASICALLY THE LAST
SENTENCE ON EACH OF THE THREE
PARAGRAPHS ARE THE UPDATES, I
HEARD A CONCERN ABOUT WE NEED
TO -- WE SHOULD NOT START THIS
LIKE START IMPLEMENTING THIS
UNTIL AFTER FIFA WORLD CUP.
100% AGREE. 100% AGREE. THAT IS
WHY WE OFFER CLARIFICATION
LANGUAGE TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS
THAT HEAD-ON. SECOND THING I
HEARD IS SOUND TRANSIT IS
REALLY ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS
OF FORCING A DECISION LIKE THIS
ON OUR END ANYWAY AND BECAUSE
OF THE DECISION THEY MADE TO
EXPAND LAKE WHITE RAIL AND
WHICH WOULD THEREFORE REQUIRE A
CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED
EIGHT-YOUR PROTRACTED CLOSURE
OF THE SOUTH LAKE [ INAUDIBLE ]
EIGHT YEARS IT'S GOING TO BE
MOTHBALLED ANYWAY AND I HEARD
CONCERNS ABOUT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE AS PART OF THE TRANSITION
SOUND TRANSIT REMAINS ON THE
HOOK FOR THEIR PROPORTIONAL
SHARE OF THOSE ASSOCIATED COSTS
ARE LOW AND BEHOLD ADDED
LANGUAGE TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS
THAT, WHICH WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
ANYWAY AND THE FINAL CONCERN
THAT I HEARD AGAIN, VALID ONE ,
IS THAT A NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS
IN THE AREA, NAMELY AMAZON, BUT
NOT JUST AMAZON , ARE EXPANDING
THEIR RETURN TO OFFICE POLICIES
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR TRANSIT SERVICE AND
CAPACITY IN THE AREA IS ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE THAT. COULD NOT
AGREE MORE. COULD NOT AGREE
MORE. SO, I ADDED SOME LANGUAGE
TO CLARIFY THAT ANY FORTHCOMING
PLAN WOULD NEED TO ACCOMMODATE
THE RETURN TO WORK POLICIES FOR
ALL OF THE EMPLOYERS IN THE
AREA SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THIS IS A DIRECT ONE TO ONE
TRANSIT FOR TRANSIT INVESTMENT.
IT IS NOT TAKEN AWAY TRANSIT.
IT IS USING THAT SAME DOLLARS
OVER $4.5 MILLION IN ANNUAL
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPANDING
TRANSIT SERVICE FOR OTHER
PROVEN TRANSIT OPTIONS IN THE
AREA THAT WE KNOW WRITERS --
RIDERS ARE DELIGHTED TO TAKE.
THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAPPING
SERVICES AND REDUNDANCY IN THE
AREA. WE HAVE A UNIQUE MOMENT
IN TIME RIGHT NOW. AS NICK
POINTED OUT IN HIS ARTICLE FROM
EARLIER THIS WEEK FRONT PAGE OF
THE PRINTED VERSION OF THE
SEATTLE TIMES , THIS IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT OF UNITY
BETWEEN FISCAL CONSERVATIVES
AND TRANSIT ADVOCATES . THEY
AGREE WE NEED TO WIND THIS DOWN
OR AT LEAST PUT US ON THE PATH.
THAT IS WHAT THIS WOULD DO, PUT
US ON THE PATH TO WIND THIS
DOWN AND REIMAGINE THE AREA,
USE THOSE SAME TRANSIT
INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE THE AREA
AND EXPAND SERVICE IN PARALLEL
AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE WORLD CUP. JUST
ALSO WANT TO LEVEL SET AND TAKE
A STEP BACK ON THE HISTORY.
THIS PROJECT, WHEN IT WAS
CONSTRUCTED, WAS, AND AS WE
HAVE LEARNED, WAS ORIGINALLY A
TOOL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IN THE SOUTH LAKE UNION AREA TO
HELP DRIVE FOOT TRAFFIC,
INCREASE DEVELOPMENT, SPUR
INNOVATION IN THAT AREA AND
DEVELOPMENT. AND TODAY IT IS
CLEAR THAT THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
STREETCAR HAS OUTLIVED ITS
USEFUL SHELFLIFE AND NOW
SUFFERS FROM HIGH OPERATING AND
MAINTENANCE COST WHILE HAVING
ABYSMALLY LOW RIDERSHIP. LET'S
DIG INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS.
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION STREETCAR
HAS AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET
OF APPROXIMATELY $4.6 MILLION,
BUT WITH DAILY RIDERSHIP OF
ONLY APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE
PER DAY. THE SOUTH LAKE UNION,
THAT MEANS AN AVERAGE COST PER
UNIT -- RIDER PER YEAR IS
APPROXIMATELY $9200 COMPARED TO
A SUCCESSFUL FIRST HILL
STREETCAR. THE AVERAGE COST PER
RIDER PER YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY
$2700 AS COMPARED TO $9200 FOR
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION LINE. IT
IS NOT REASONABLE , NOR AS A
POLICY GOAL OR OBJECTIVE TO
EXPECT FOR TRANSIT TO EVER TURN
A PROFIT , BUT SOME THINGS
CLEARLY DO NOT PASS THE TEST
AND THE LACK OF RETURN ON
INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE SEEING
FOR THIS LARGE EXPENDITURE ,
THIS IS NOT MONOPOLY MONEY WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THIS IS
$4.5 MILLION AND TWO IMPORTANT
THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE
2007. ONE IS WE HAVE SEEN
EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION AREA , WHICH IS TERRIFIC.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN METRO
EXPANSION OF MULTIPLE REDUNDANT
SERVICE LINES IN THE AREA
INCLUDING ROUTE 40, RAPID RIDE
C LINE, FUTURE J LINES AND A
NUMBER OF OTHER TRANSIT
PROJECTS. AGAIN, GIVEN THAT THE
STREETCAR IS SET TO AT SOME
POINT EXPIRE AND SHUTDOWN IN
THE FUTURE FOR A PROTRACTED
PERIOD OF TIME, EIGHT YEARS IS
CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED, THIS IS
AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO
BEGIN THINKING ABOUT WHAT A NEW
TRANSIT PLAN COULD LOOK LIKE
FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS
ALIGNED AND INTEGRATED WITH
SOUND TRANSIT LINK LIGHT RAIL
PROJECT BECAUSE AS WAS POINTED
OUT IN THE SEATTLE BIKE BLOG
EARLIER THIS WEEK, BECAUSE OF
THE ANTICIPATED SOUND TRANSIT
EXPANSION IMPACTS AND OTHER
FACTORS, TODAY WE ARE
ESSENTIALLY AS A CITY, IN A
STATE OF STASIS. TOM SAYS
QUOTE, KEEPING THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION LINE ALIVE IS A CLASSIC
CASE OF SEATTLE IN DECISION.END
QUOTE. AS A CITY, WE ARE VERY
MUCH UNFORTUNATELY IN THE STATE
OF -- IT IS A BIT LIKE THE
SUNKEN PLACE, IF YOU WILL. I
THINK COLLEAGUES NOW IT IS TIME
FOR US TO SNAP OUT OF IT. THE
STREETCAR, TOM ARGUES, IS A
PROGRESSIVE TRANSIT AND THE KIT
-- ADVOCATE. TOM ARGUES THE
SEATTLE LAKE UNION STREETCAR IS
THE FACADE OF A GOOD TRANSIT
SYSTEM BUT METRO'S BUS SYSTEM
IS AN ACTUAL GOOD TRANSIT
SYSTEM. THAT IS WHY WE WOULD
LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND UPON
IT, REIMAGINE THE AREA TO
ACCOMMODATE MORE BUS TRAFFIC ,
BUT AGAIN THERE ARE MULTIPLE
REDUNDANT LINES OF SERVICE IN
THE AREA WHICH IS GENERALLY A
GOOD THING BUT WHEN COMPARED
AGAINST SOME OF THE OTHER
OPTIONS THAT WE LEARNED THE
OTHER DAY THAT ESPECIALLY GIVEN
WHAT WE JUST ADOPTED WITH
RESPECT TO THE FIRST AVENUE
STREETCAR LINE , IT COMPLETELY
GUTS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR
CONTINUING ONGOING FUNDING AND
SUPPORTING THIS TRANSIT LINE IN
THIS AREA AND AGAIN I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THIS IS THE DIRECT
TRANSIT FOR TRANSIT INVESTMENT
AND ALSO , THIS IS A SLI, NOT A
PROVISO , SO THIS CALLS FOR A
REPORT ON HOW WE COULD
POTENTIALLY DO THIS.
POTENTIALLY. SO FOR CLARITY,
THIS IS THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL .
HERE IT IS. HERE IS THE
PROPOSAL. THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE
PIECE OF PAPER WORK THAT WOULD
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK
FROM THE EXECUTIVE IN THE FORM
OF A REPORT OR STUDIES WHICH IN
RETURN WOULD INEVITABLY REQUIRE
MORE PAPERWORK AND FURTHER
STUDIES AND A SERIES OF
ADDITIONAL APPROVALS ,
INCLUDING AUTHORIZING
LEGISLATION, IMPLEMENTATION
POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, BUDGET
AUTHORIZATION, ET CETERA, ALL
IN THE FORM OF MORE PAPERWORK.
I WANT TO END THIS . IT WOULD
ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO
A LOT. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS
A PIECE OF PAPER THAT DOES NOT
BIND US EITHER WAY AND I DO
WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. THIS
PROPOSAL DOES NOT MIND OF THE
CITY IN ANY WAY NOR DOES IT
REMOVE OUR FLEXIBILITY AND
FREEDOM TO OPERATE GOING
FORWARD. IT ONLY SEEKS TO
MAXIMIZE OUR FLEXIBILITY AND
ENHANCE OUR PREPAREDNESS
POSTURE TO QUICKLY EXECUTE
GOING FORWARD. FINALLY, I WILL
SAY THAT UNDER PRINCIPLES OF
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP WE ARE
REQUIRED TO MAKE BOLD DECISIONS
LIKE THIS. SHOOTERS SHOOT,
PLAYERS PLAY AND LEADERS LEAD.
I HUMBLY ASK AND URGE YOU TO
JOIN ME IN LEADING A PLAN TO
REQUIRE A THOUGHTFUL TRANSITION
TO REIMAGINE AND ENHANCE
TRANSIT SERVICE IN THE AREA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA. CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE
ELEMENT THAT IS IN THIS SLI. IT
DOES ASK FOR A PLAN AND PART OF
THAT PLAN IS IDENTIFYING THE
COST THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO
ACTUALLY MOTHBALL THE SOUTH
UNION STREETCAR. THOSE ARE
UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT. AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE TRACKS
IN THE ROAD. POWERLINES IN THE
AREA. THIS WILL NOT BE A FREE
ACTION SO JUST A FLAG FOR YOU
ALL THAT ASKING THIS WILL NEED
TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE
TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE THROUGH
A FUTURE BUDGET ACTION.
>> AS BUDGET CHAIR I'M GOING
TO BE RECOMMENDING A NO VOTE
HERE FOR ALL OF THE REASONS
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA JUST
MADE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL VALID
AND THEY ARE ALL CORRECT AND
THAT IS ALL POLICY COMMITTEE
WORK BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF
ADORATION, BECAUSE OF THE
LITTLE -- LEVEL OF INPUT,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS
IS COUNSEL WORK AND NOT BUDGET
COMMITTEE ACTION.
>> I JUST WANT TO AGAIN RESPECT
MY COLLEAGUE , COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD, AND ALL YOUR
THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. AS I SAID
EARLIER, ACTUALLY I WANT TO SAY
THAT I SPOKE WITH BOTH
COUNCILMEMBER SOCCER -- SAKA
AND COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
SEPARATELY BEFORE LEADING UP TO
THIS VOTE AND APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION FROM
BOTH OF YOU. I WILL SAY FOR THE
REASONS I STATED EARLIER, I AM
NOT GOING TO BE VOTING FOR
THIS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY I
RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS IN
SUPPORT OF KEEPING THE SOUTH
LAKE UNION STREETCAR SO I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, AS
WELL, AND AGAIN, VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS
THAT HAS GONE INTO BOTH OF
THESE PROPOSALS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WAS
AMBIVALENT ON BOTH OF THESE
VOTES ON THESE TWO PROJECTS AND
IT CAME DOWN TO THIS FOR ME. A
GOVERNMENTS WORKING DOCUMENTS
HAVE TO REFLECT TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE POLICY
INTENTIONS OF THE POLICYMAKERS
AT THE TIME SO THAT MEANS THAT
OUR BUDGET SHOULD BASICALLY
INDICATE TO ANYBODY WHO IS
GOING TO RESEARCH FOR WHATEVER
REASON OR JUST BE CURIOUS ,
WHAT ARE SEATTLE'S
TRANSPORTATION PLANS OVER THE
NEXT 15 YEARS OR 10 YEARS OR
HOW HAVE THEY CHANGED, AND IT
SEEMS SO, IT JUST SEEMS FINAL
TO EITHER PUT OUT A RESOLUTION
, I MEAN A BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT
INDICATES WHERE WE ARE GOING,
POLICY -WISE, AND SETS A FUTURE
DATE WHEN WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
I CAN SEE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA THAT YOU REALLY DID TAKE
MY CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION.
WHAT ABOUT THE TRANSIT CAPACITY
DURING THE WORLD CUP AND WHAT
ABOUT OTHER CONTINGENCIES, AND
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU
TRYING TO WORK WITH ME ON THAT
AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU SHARE THE WORD
INTER-URBAN, WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT? IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
COMES IN A RAIL -- YELLOW CAN.
IT IS A RAIL LINE THAT WENT
THROUGH FREMONT TOWARD DOWNTOWN
IN ONE DAY OUT WEST BUT IT IS
SIGNIFICANT, WHEN WE ARE
PUTTING THINGS THAT WOULD BE
SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS, THAT WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW IT
AFFECTS OTHER -- OUR OTHER
PLANNING EFFORTS , AND SO I
WOULD -- I THINK THAT WE SHOULD
REVISIT THIS , THE INTENTION OF
THIS SLI PERHAPS THE FOLLOWING
YEAR NECESSARILY OR I WOULD
EVEN CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING
THAT WOULD INDICATE A CHANGE OF
MIND ON THIS PROJECT SOONER
THAN THAT IF I HAD MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE
PROS AND CONS OF GOING TOWARD A
FINAL DECISION. IT JUST SEEMS
AS THOUGH I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW TO THINK
ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF
TAKING THAT STEP RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS
WAS READING REPORTS . I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND IT WAS A
PLAN. I SAW A LOT OF REPORTS
SAYING THAT THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION STREETCAR WAS GOING TO
SHUT DOWN IN THE FALL NEXT YEAR
AND I WAS LIKE, NO. IT WOULD
NOT . CLEARLY THE 2026 WORLD
CUP IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR
PIECE FOR OUR CITY AND WHO
KNOWS, IT COULD BE PADDLES TO
THE ENTIRE LINE BUT THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY, AS I WAS SAYING
EARLIER, TO STEP BACK, LOOK AT
OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT POSTURE, AND
REALLY DO THE DEEP DIVE, SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE , YOU KNOW,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA'S WORK ON
THIS AND I DO BELIEVE , LIKE
SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, AS
I WAS MENTIONING WITH THE FIRST
THE WHOLE POINT, THIS COULD BE
A COMMITTEE ACTION , SO THIS
COULD KICKSTART . I WOULD
RECOMMEND SOME COMMITTEE ACTION
AS RELATES TO FIRST HILL, AND
IF THERE WAS TO BE SOME WORK ON
THE POSSIBILITY OF THIRD AVENUE
RELATED TO A CENTER CITY LINE,
BUT WHAT THIS DRAWS IS FOCUS
AND THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF
FOCUS AS RELATES TO OUR
STREETCAR SO I APPRECIATE
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA PUTTING
THIS FORWARD IN THIS WILL
DEFINITELY PROVIDE SOME FOCUS
FOR THE PROCESS AND THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE. COUNCIL MEMBER WOO.
>> I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I AM
REALLY TORN ABOUT THIS. I NEED
MORE INFORMATION. I NEED MORE
TIME. I'M GETTING EMAILS AND
REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS REGARDING
THIS BUDGET ITEM AND HAVE NOT
HAD TIME TO ENGAGE PEOPLE, SO I
AM ABSTAINING BECAUSE I HAVE A
LACK OF INFORMATION AND I NEED
MORE TIME TO TALK TO
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR VIEWS
ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
WOO. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION? FINAL CALL .
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHEN YOU
SAID WHAT DO I THINK OF WHEN
YOU HEAR THE WORDS INTER-URBAN.
I DO THINK OF WAITING FOR THE
INTERURBAN ART STRUCTURE AND
FRAMEWORK -- IN FREMONT THAT
HAS THE FORMER MAYOR'S FACE ON
THE DOG. I WILL SAY THEIR NAME
BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER WITH
US AND IT WAS A MOMENT WHEN THE
ARTS COMMUNITY IN FREMONT WAS
SO ANGRY AT THAT MAYOR IS WHY
THAT HAPPENED IN PART BECAUSE
THE FREMONT PATROL IS NOT A
LEGALLY APPROVED ART PIECE AND
IS STILL NOT A PIECE OF ART
OWNED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THERE IS STILL TENSION AND IT
WAS THE FREMONT TROLL'S
BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK. WHAT ELSE
DO I THINK ABOUT WHEN I HEAR
THE WORDS INTERURBAN. IT IS THE
BIKE TRAIL THAT USED TO BE THE
RAIL LINE THAT GOES NORTH OF
THE MALL. THE INTERURBAN LINE
GOES FARTHER NORTH AND THEN
SOUND TRANSIT DOES TODAY. WHAT
ELSE DO I THINK OF? I THINK OF
THE BIG RED BUILDING ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE SINKING SHIP
GARAGE THAT USED TO BE THE
SEATTLE HOTEL, THAT BIG RED
BUILDING WAS THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE [ INAUDIBLE ] FUN FACTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, I
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING THE
QUESTION OF BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. I DO THINK THIS IS
WORK TO BE DONE IN THE
COMMITTEE. THE DIFFERENCE FOR
ME BETWEEN THIS AND THE LAST
AMENDMENT IS THAT THE TRACKS
ARE ALREADY IN THE GROUND AS
COMPARED TO TRACKS NOT YET
LAID. FOR ME, WITH THE SOUTH
LAKE UNION STREETCAR YOU HAVE
HEARD ME SAY EITHER OR MAYBE
YOU HAVEN'T BUT I HAVE SET IT
ON THE RECORD, THAT WE EITHER
NEED TO CONNECT THESE TWO LINES
OR THE SOUTH LAKE UNION SECTION
DOES NEED TO HAVE A CLOSURE .
WHAT IS PARAMOUNT FOR ME AT
THIS MOMENT IS WE ARE TRYING TO
REINVIGORATE ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN,
AND SO REDUCING TRANSIT SERVICE
GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE, WHICH
IS WHY, AS YOU SAID, THERE IS
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL ITERATION
AND I THINK COMMITTEE IS THE
RIGHT PLACE FOR THAT. THE LAST
THING I WOULD WANT TO SEE HIS
TRACKS IN THE GROUND THAT ARE
NOT USED AND WHEN A VISITOR
COMES AND SAYS WHAT RUNS ON
THOSE TRACKS AND OUR ANSWER IS
NOTHING. I THINK THAT IS WHAT
GIVES ME THE MOST AMOUNT OF
PAUSE AND COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE
RECEIVED THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
REGARDING FOLKS WHO HAVE
CRASHED ON THESE TRACKS. IT WAS
ABOUT A DECADE AND A HALF AGO
THAT I, TOO, WAS RIDING MY
BICYCLE AND CRASHED ON THE
SOUTHLAKE UNION TRACKS. IT WAS
AN UNREPORTED DOCUMENT SO THAT
IS WHY YOU WILL ALSO HEAR ME
TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO BE IN AN
INCOMPLETE SET OF INFORMATION,
BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH THE
DEATHS OR THE HEAVILY INJURED,
IT IS NOT LOOKING BACK IN TIME
AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION
THESE UNREPORTED DATA. WITH
THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, I
WILL BE SUPPORTING YOU AS YOU
CONTINUE THIS WORK MOVING
FORWARD WHETHER THIS PASSES OR
NOT BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO
TODAY. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, YOU HAVE
LAST WORD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, IT IS VERY CLEAR
FOR THIS IS HEADING RIGHT NOW
DIRECTIONALLY BUT I JUST WANT
TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF
YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND
YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR
COLLABORATION AND RESPECTFUL
DISAGREEMENT. AND THAT IS
ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE,
FROM TIME TO TIME, ON THE
ULTIMATE WAY FORWARD BUT I DO
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR FEEDBACK AND I WANT TO
THANK CAL AND R CENTRAL STAFF
EXPERTS FOR YOUR HARD WORK
AFTER GOING SO HARD IN THE
PAINT NOW ON BUDGET-RELATED
STUFF FOR THE PAST COUPLE
MONTHS AND HERE WE ARE TO THE
FINISH LINE AND THEN ME
SPAMMING YOU WITH MORE REQUESTS
TO CLARIFY , AND I ENDEAVOR, AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE, TO RESPECT
YOUR PROCESS, MR. CHAIR, BUT I
THINK IN CASES LIKE THIS ONE
THERE IS SO MUCH COUNSEL
ENGAGEMENT AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT
ANY NUMBER OF POLICY TOPICS, I
THINK IT IS A GOOD THING WHEN
WE TRY OUR LEVEL BEST, WHETHER
WE SUCCEED OR NOT, TO
INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK AND
VIEWS OF OUR COLLEAGUES, AND I
THINK THE PUBLIC IS BETTER
SERVED BY THAT, AS WELL. BUT,
REGARDLESS, I DO APPRECIATE
YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE WILL KEEP
TRUCKING ALONG. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR.
>> KEEP THE TRAIN ON THE
TRACKS, IF YOU WILL. COLLEAGUES
WERE CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON SDOT-102S-B-2.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> ABSTAIN
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> NO
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> I WILL VOTE YES ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE
OPPOSED, ONE ABSTENTION.
>> COLLEAGUES, I APOLOGIZE I
FORGOT TO MENTION WE WERE
VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDMENT, SO THE AMENDMENT TO
THE AMENDMENT FAILS AND NOW THE
UNDERLYING -- SO, I WILL ASK OF
SOMEBODY ON THE WINNING SIDE OF
THAT VOTE WANTS TO RECALL THAT
VOTE BECAUSE IT WAS THE
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT AND
THEN WE VOTE DOWN THE AMENDMENT
IF YOU WANT THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT TO PASS. MY
APOLOGIES, I DID NOT DO A GOOD
JOB SHEPHERDING US THROUGH
THERE.
>> AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE
VERSION SDOT-102S-B-1 ON THE
AGENDA PUBLISHED BEFORE US.
>> ARE YOU ASKING FOR A REQUEST
TO REVOTE IF ONE DID NOT
REALIZE THAT? WOULD YOU PLEASE
REVOTE? IT DO NOT REALIZE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD
WITH THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS
SO THEREFORE THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RECONSIDER THAT
VOTE.
>> KIND OF LIKE IN SPORTS IF WE
HAD STARTED THE NEXT PLAY BUT
SINCE WE TOOK APPOSITE THERE --
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE RECALL
THE VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT TO
THE AMENDMENT SO WE ARE CALLING
ON THE VOTE FOR AMENDMENT
SDOT-102S-B-2 TO THE AMENDMENT
SDOT-102S-B-1.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> ABSTAIN
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED,
ONE ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES
AND SDOT-102S-B-1 HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY SDOT-102S-B-2 . SO,
THE UNDERLYING AMENDMENT, THE
AMENDED AMENDMENT IS NOW BEFORE
US AND NOW THIS IS WHERE FOR
REASONS I STATED PREVIOUSLY I
WILL BE VOTING NO. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDED
AMENDMENT?
>> MY I GET SOME CLARIFICATION?
WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? WHICH
VERSION ARE WE VOTING ON?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, YOU
ARE FINE AND AGAIN, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, ALL THE RESPECT
THIS IS NOT MY PROCESS, THIS IS
THE PUBLIC'S PROCESS AND
THROUGH THE PUBLIC'S PROCESS
IT IS ALSO INFORMING
COUNCILMEMBERS OR COLLEAGUES IN
THIS IS THE CONFUSION THAT
THESE LAST-MINUTE CHANGES
CREATE. WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
HANDS WAS APPROVED SO THE
AMENDED AMENDMENT IS NOW THIS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON
NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AGAIN IS CHAIR OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AM RECOMMENDING A NO
VOTE BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE
COMMITTEE WORK FOR ALL OF THE
REASONS GESTATED. COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, LAST WORD ON THE
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU AND NO, THIS IS
YOUR PROCESS. I URGE YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON SDOT-102S-B-2?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> ABSTAIN
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> NO
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> NO
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> NO. SORRY, NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE
OPPOSED, ONE ABSTENTION.
>> CAN YOU READ THAT REPORT ONE
MORE TIME?
>> YES. THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE
OPPOSED, ONE ABSTENTION. IT
FAILED.
>> THANK YOU, THAT MOTION DOES
NOT CARRY . SDOT-102S-B-2 IS
NOT ATTACHED TO THE UNDERLYING
BILL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
NEXT ITEM? COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON HAS STEPPED OUT OF THE
ROOM. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE YOUR NEXT ITEM?
>> YES. I MOVE SDOT -107-B-1 .
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. CAL,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRIEF US ON
THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US?
>> THIS WOULD PROVIDES $1
MILLION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
LEVY TO FUND TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES. IN SPECIFICS, THE
PROVISO SAYS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION LOVE IS INCLUDED
IN THE 2025 BUDGET, 1 MILLION
IS APPROPRIATED SOLELY FOR
TRANSIT SECURITY AND TRANSIT
POLICE AND MAY BE USED FOR NO
OTHER PURPOSE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS
IS ABOUT PROVIDING A ROBUST
SECURITY POSTURE AND PRESENTS
ON OUR TRANSIT SERVICE ACROSS
OUR CITY , ENSURING A SAFE,
RELIABLE TRANSIT EXPERIENCE FOR
ALL , RIDERS AND TRANSIT
OPERATORS AND PROUD TO HAVE
EARNED THE SUPPORT ON THIS
JOURNEY OF STAKEHOLDER RING AND
WORK SHOPPING THIS PROPOSAL OF
THE TRANSIT UNION OPERATORS,
LOCAL 587 IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY. THIS BENEFITS
WORKERS , THEIR MEMBERS, AND
RIDERS. I HAVE SAID IT A FEW
TIMES BEFORE , WORTH
EMPHASIZING HERE, COLLEAGUES.
TRANSIT SERVICE IS NOT AT ALL,
UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE THE FIELD
OF DREAMS. IF YOU BUILD IT IT
WILL -- THEY WILL COME. IT IS
NECESSARY TO EXPAND TRANSIT
SERVICE, INCREASING LIABILITY
AND FREQUENCY IS A NECESSARY
CONDITION, BUT IT IS NOT A
SUFFICIENT ONE. YOU ALSO NEED
TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE
ARE SAFE AND FEEL SAFE .
FEELING SAFE IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT
THE RAW DATA -- I CAN SPEAK FOR
KING COUNTY METRO BUSES.
OVERALL INCIDENCE OF CRIME ,
REPORTED CRIME , ARE DOWN. IS
MY UNDERSTANDING. AND I
PERSONALLY TAKE TRANSIT
EVERYDAY AND I ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO DO THE SAME. IT'S
GREAT. YOU CAN'T JUST THROW A
STAT SHEET AT SOMEONE AND SAY
PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL A CERTAIN
TYPE OF WAY BASED OFF OF WHAT
THE ACTUAL DATA SAYS AND WE CAN
SAY OH, WELL, THE MEDIA WERE
SENSATIONALIZE IS IN ALL OF
THESE THINGS, THIS AND THAT,
MAYOR MAY NOT BE TRUE.
PERCEPTION IS REALITY IN MANY
CASES UNFORTUNATELY. THIS
PROPOSAL ALLOWS US TO AUTHORIZE
$1 MILLION FOR TRANSIT
AMBASSADORS, AND SO WHAT THIS
WOULD DO IS PROVIDE A MORE
DIVERSE SET OF OPTIONS FOR
TRANSIT SECURITY TO
SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE CONTRACTED
SECURITY AND POLICE , IF
NEEDED. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO
HAVE THE FULL SPECTRUM SECURITY
RESPONSE OPTIONS AND TOOLS
AVAILABLE TO MEET OUR DIVERSE
NEEDS ENTRAPMENT -- IN TRANSIT
SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY THIS
IS HOW YOU SHOULD FEEL . IT IS
KIND OF DISRESPECTFUL. I
ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXPERIENCES OF
SOME PEOPLE. I WANT EVERYONE TO
BE COMFORTABLE TAKING TRANSIT
BECAUSE IT IS GREAT. IT IS
GREAT FOR THEM. IT'S GREAT FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S GREAT
FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. IT'S
GREAT FOR THE STRAIN ON OUR
ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
AND NETWORK. THIS HELPS
COMPLETE THE PICTURE, SO
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRIEF
US ON THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US?
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS AN
AMENDMENT ON THIS ONE. THIS IS
A SEPARATE PROPOSAL.
>> WE ARE ON SDOT-107-B-1 ,
CORRECT? SORRY, WE ARE GETTING
LATE IN THE THIRD DAY OF ALL OF
THIS. GOOD FUN. IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT?
>> JUST FOR CLARITY, THERE IS A
SEPARATE ITEM IN THE PACKAGE
THAT AT SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED
$1 MILLION OF FUNDING FOR
TRANSIT PASSENGERS AND I
BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA HAS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO THAT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED
LATER. THIS IS A SEPARATE
PROVISO ONE $1 MILLION
TRANSPORTATION LEVY FUND ON
SECURITY.
>> WE WILL COME TO THE
AMBASSADORS LATER AND COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, THROUGH OUR
EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
ALL OF THIS YOU KNOW I SUPPORT
YOU IN THIS EFFORT AND I THINK
THIS IS A GOOD USE OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEES TIME, ENERGY
AND LEVERAGE SO YOU HAVE THAT
FULL SUPPORT. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> I BEG YOUR PARDON, CHAIR. I
TOOK A MOMENT TO BE HUMAN AND
SO I AM SORRY I HAD TO LEAVE
THE ROOM. I REQUEST TO HEAR
ACTION WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED.
>> IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE A
POINT OF INFORMATION WHAT
HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE. WE
WILL COME BACK TO YOUR
AMENDMENT ONCE WE ARE PAST THE
SDOT SECTION. COUNCIL MEMBER
WOO.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. SOME OF
OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM IS COVERED
BY KING COUNTY, I BELIEVE, SO
HOW WOULD THESE SECURITY
MEASURES WORK WITH KING COUNTY
POLICE, OR WOULD IT BE UNDER
SEATTLE POLICE? I KNOW
SOMETIMES WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES
AT BUS STOPS, DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS COVER DIFFERENT
AREAS, SO HOW WOULD SECURITY
SERVICES WORK WITH KING COUNTY
OR WITH SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS?
>> I'M GOING TO LOOK AT CALVIN
AND GREG ON THIS ONE.
>> THIS WOULD LIKELY BE PASSED
THROUGH FUNDING WHICH WOULD
REQUIRE AN INTER-LOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY TO
AUGMENT WHAT KING COUNTY IS
DOING. KING COUNTY IS ALREADY
RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY ON THE
VEHICLES. I AM LESS CLEAR ABOUT
HOW THAT RELATES WHEN YOU ARE
IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I THINK
THERE ARE OVERLAPPING
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SOME OF
THE SHELTERS AND THIS TYPE OF
ISSUES BUT I THINK THE INTENT
BEHIND THIS IS TO WORK WITH
KING COUNTY TO GET INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT TO FUND SECURITY
SERVICES ON TRANSIT VEHICLES
THEMSELVES.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
WOO, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. I HAD A SIMILAR
QUESTION AND I GUESS JUST A
FOLLOW-UP TO YOUR ANSWER, YOU
MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE
POTENTIALLY CONTRACTED STAFF.
WOULD SECURITY STAFF BE HOUSED
WITH THE CITY, OR WHO WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE FOLKS?
>> IT WOULD BE KING COUNTY .
THIS WOULD BE PROVIDING FUNDING
FOR SUCH SERVICES BUT
ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR SECURITY ON BUSES LIVES
WITH KING COUNTY.
>> AND -- OKAY. WHAT KIND OF
ENFORCEMENT MEASURES WOULD BE
-- WOULD THEY BE TAKING? I AM
JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT WOULD THESE PEOPLE BE
DOING? WOULD THEY BE TICKETING
PEOPLE? WOULD THEY BE ARRESTING
PEOPLE IF THERE IS PARTICULAR
BEHAVIOR? WHAT DEGREE OF
SECURITY ARE THEY PROVIDING?
>> BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT,
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, I'M
GOING TO INTERJECT . AS A
REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD I WILL PROVIDE
SOME PERSPECTIVE OF THE
DIFFERENCE I'VE EXPERIENCED
BETWEEN SOUND TRANSIT BUSES AND
METRO BUSES. BECAUSE I -- WELL,
ANYHOW. WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO
GEICO ZONE. THIS IS WHY IT IS
MAY BE MORE COMMITTEE WORK, BUT
SOUND TRANSIT BUSES ARE
OPERATED BY PIERCE COUNTY
TRANSIT , KING COUNTY METRO AND
COMMUNITY TRANSIT IN SNOHOMISH
COUNTY DEPENDING ON WHICH
COUNTY THE LINE RUNS IN. THEY
ARE OPERATED BOTH FUNCTIONALLY,
THE MACHINERY AS WELL AS THE
OPERATORS ARE FROM THESE THREE
COUNTY ENTITIES. THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE IS THE VINYL WRAP ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUSES AND
THE POLICIES THAT ARE
OVERSEEING HOW THEY ARE USED.
WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT ON
SOUND TRANSIT, IF A RIDER IS
DISRUPTIVE , THEY ARE EXITED
OFF THE BUS. IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY THAT THEY ARE
ARRESTED OR TICKETED OR FINED,
BUT BUSES TRAVELING BETWEEN
SEATTLE AND TACOMA HAVE STOPPED
IN FEDERAL WAY TO HAVE SOMEONE
EXIT THE BUS FOR NOT FOLLOWING
THE RULES. THERE IS TRANSIT
SECURITY THAT MEETS THEM THERE
AS COMPARED TO METRO, WHERE
METRO OPERATORS , THE ABILITY
IS JUST TO PLAY THE PRERECORDED
MESSAGE OR TO CALL TRANSIT
SECURITY AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS
THERE. CALVIN, I'M GOING TO
TURN IT BACK TO YOU TO MAKE
SURE OF WHAT I SAID IS CORRECT
WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT IS
CORRECT, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN
FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION OF
TRANSIT SECURITY AS CLOSELY AS
YOU HAVE IS A BOARD MEMBER. I
KNOW THIS IS COME UP WITH THE
REGIONAL TRANSIT GROUP AS WELL
THAT SUPPORTS THE JURISDICTIONS
SERVED BY KING COUNTY METRO [
INAUDIBLE ] THAT TAKES US UP
FAIRLY REGULARLY. I THINK SOME
OF THIS -- THESE ARE -- THESE
POLICIES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE GOVERNING JURISDICTIONS
OF THIS MONEY IS REALLY TALKING
ABOUT PROVIDING FUNDING
SUPPORT. IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO
THEIR POLICIES PER SE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. THAT RAISES THE
QUESTION FOR ME, MAYBE THE
SPONSOR CAN ANSWER THIS, ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS HAVE
HAPPENED WITH KING COUNTY METRO
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS
WITH KING COUNTY METRO? WHAT IS
IT? MAY YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION
PLEASE?
>> IF THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE
AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY METRO TO PROVIDE
MORE FUNDING FOR SECURITY
SERVICES, MY QUESTION IS, HAS
THE SPONSOR HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH HIM ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT
LOOK LIKE AND WHAT KIND OF
CONTRACTING WOULD HAPPEN OR
WHAT KIND OF SECURITY SERVICES
WOULD BE PROVIDED?
>> I HAVE NOT HAD DIRECT
CONVERSATIONS WITH KING COUNTY
METRO AT THIS EARLY STAGE. THIS
WOULD AUTHORIZE SDOT TO ENTER
INTO A CONTRACT ESSENTIALLY ON
THE DELIVERY PROVIDER WOULD BE
KING COUNTY METRO AND THEY
WOULD EXECUTE THROUGH,
CONFUSINGLY AT LEAST FOR THE
CASE OF THE SECURITY , LIKE
UNARMED SECURITY THROUGH
PRIVATE CONTRACTED SECURITY AND
SO THIS WOULD BE ON TOP OF --
IT IS INTENDED TO BE ON TOP OF,
TO SUPPLEMENT, IF YOU WILL, NOT
REPLACE THE EXISTING SECURITY
PRESENCE AND POSTURE OF THE
KING COUNTY METRO SYSTEM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE CERTAIN
COMMITMENTS AND CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATIONS AND SO THIS WOULD
BE ON TOP OF THAT SO THE IDEA
AND THE GOAL WOULD BE FOR THE
ADDITIONAL PRESENCE FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE ACROSS THE BOARD
WHETHER IT IS -- REGARDLESS OF
WHAT PERSON WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT , YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD
BE ADDITIONAL PRESENCE ON THE
BUS AND AT KEY ROUTES, KEY
STOPS , AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA. COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES,
YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> I'M DONE, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO.
>> IT WAS AN OPEN HAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. AS PART OF THE
LEVY SPENDING PLAN, 9 MILLION
WERE IDENTIFIED OVER THE COURSE
OF THE EIGHT-YEAR LEVY FOR
QUOTE, INVESTMENTS AND
STRATEGIES THAT INCREASE
TRANSIT RIDER SAFETY AND
SECURITY INCLUDING TRANSIT AND
PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL
SERVICES IN COORDINATION WITH
KING COUNTY METRO, SOUND
TRANSIT AND OTHER TRANSIT
AGENCIES, SO AS WE ALL KNOW,
THE LEVY PASSED SO THIS IS
PROVISO WING 1 MILLION OF THAT
AND MAKING SURE IT IS GOING TO
BE USED FOR TRANSIT SECURITY
SERVICES AND TRANSIT POLICE.
THE ILA WOULD MOVE FORWARD IN
EITHER EVENT BECAUSE IT IS PART
OF THE LEVY. CORRECT ME IF I AM
WRONG THAT METRO SOUND TRANSIT
-- I KNOW SOUND TRANSIT FOR
SURE PROVIDES THIS TYPE OF
SERVICE. THIS IS FOR US TO TAKE
ON BY OURSELVES -- WE HAVE
HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS AND I
KNOW I HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT
ARE NOT WRITING BUSES AND LIGHT
RAIL BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE
THERE ARE PUBLIC SAFETY
CONCERNS. I AM A LIGHT RAIL
WRITER AND I HAVE SEEN THOSE
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND I
MYSELF HAVE HAD TO CALL METRO
-- YOU CAN TEXT, WHICH IS
ACTUALLY REALLY A GREAT WAY TO
DO IT , AND REPORT SOMETHING
AND THEN THEY HAVE AMBASSADORS
THAT COME ON . SOMETIMES THOSE
AMBASSADORS ARE NOT THE
APPROPRIATE FOLKS. THEY MIGHT
NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL
OF TRAINING TO HELP SOMEONE WHO
NEEDS ASSISTANCE AND IS
CREATING YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE
HAVING AN EMERGENCY OF ONE FORM
OR ANOTHER ON THE LIGHT RAIL
SYSTEM. IN ANY EVENT, THIS IS
REALLY MEANT TO SUPPORT WHAT
THOSE AGENCIES ALREADY DO. I
HAVE BEEN ON THE RECORD AND I
WILL SAY WE ARE NOT TRYING TO
AND I AM NOT TRYING TO SUPPLANT
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE
AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SAFETY ON
TRANSIT AND YET WE KNOW THERE
IS A NEED FOR MORE SECURITY SO
THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE
WRITING SAFELY AND REALLY WE
ARE PROMOTING TAKING THESE
ALTERNATIVE MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THAT IS
THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE, TO GET
MORE FOLKS RIDING PUBLIC
TRANSIT IN SEATTLE THAN GETTING
IN THEIR CARS SO FOR THOSE
REASONS I COSPONSORED THIS WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, APPRECIATE
HIM BRINGING IT FORWARD. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE.
>> I AM JUST TRYING TO GET
CLARITY ON THIS. SO, THE LEVY
SPENDING PLAN IDENTIFIED 9
MILLION FOR INVESTMENTS IN
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE TRANSIT
RIDER SAFETY, SECURITY
INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY
PERSONNEL SERVICES IN
COORDINATION WITH KING COUNTY
SO WHY ARE WE HAVING TO PROVISO
1 MILLION OF THAT MONEY WHEN
THAT IS ALREADY IN THE SPENDING
PLAN? THANK YOU.
>> THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF THIS
PROVISO AS YOU ALL NOTICED, THE
LEVY DOES ALLOW FOR SPENDING ON
TRANSIT SECURITY AND SAFETY.
THAT IS MORE EXPENSIVE BEYOND
JUST SERVICES THAT COULD BE
PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS. IT COULD
BE THINGS LIKE PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY LIGHTING. MAYBE OTHER
PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT
COULD GO INTO THIS. THIS
PROVISO IS RESTRICTING $1
MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR
TRANSIT SERVICE.
>> BUT, WE WOULD STILL BE
ENTERING AN AGREEMENT FOR
TRANSIT SERVICES, RIGHT?
>> THAT MAY BE AN OUTCOME OF
THIS PROVISO DID NOT GO FORWARD
THAT MAY BE AN OUTCOME THAT
COULD HAPPEN. THIS PROVISO IS
PUTTING RESTRICTION ON $1
MILLION TO ONLY BE USED FOR
THAT.
>> INVESTMENT IN STRATEGIES
THAT INCREASE TRANSIT RIDER
SAFETY AND SECURITY, THAT IS
THE FIRST PORTION OF THAT
SAFETY PLAN INCLUDING TRANSIT
AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL
SERVICES IN COORDINATION WITH
KING COUNTY METRO AND OTHER
TRANSIT AGENCIES. THAT SEEMS
PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS IS
ABOUT TRANSIT SAFETY AND
SECURITY . THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
FURTHER DISCUSSION? COLLEAGUES,
FINAL DISCUSSIONS? ALL RIGHT.
NO MORE DISCUSSION. COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, YOU HAVE THE LAST
WORD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE, A REASON TO DO
THIS IS NOT TO -- TOO
DISSIMILAR FROM WHY WE ARE
GOING THE AMBASSADORS/BEHAVIORA
L HEALTH ROUND. THE OTHER IS
THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT
SPENDING BE SPENT ON THIS . IF,
IN THE ABSENCE OF COUNSEL
DIRECTION , IF WE STOOD SILENT
ON THAT $9 MILLION FROM THE
LEVY, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS ANY
NUMBER OF SECURITY INVESTMENT ,
BROADLY DEFINED, THAT COULD BE
DONE. ADDITIONAL LIGHTING,
UPGRADES, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS
WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF
IMPROVING SECURITY AND ALL
THOSE THINGS MATTER BUT IN THE
ABSENCE OF COUNSEL DIRECTION ,
YOU WOULD 100% DEFER AND YIELD
TO THE EXECUTIVE TO MAKE THE
CHOICE THEY THINK IS BEST SO
THEY COULD HAVE ANY NUMBER OF
ARRANGEMENTS. THEY COULD CHOOSE
TO, WITHOUT A DIRECTIONAL
CONTROL AND FEEDBACK, CHOOSE TO
UTILIZE 100% OF THAT $9 MILLION
FOR ONLY TRANSIT LIKE SAFETY
LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
SO THIS JUST PROVIDES A LITTLE
EXTRA RIGOR AND CLARITY ON
COUNSEL DIRECTION AND INTENT
AND ON WHAT A PORTION OF THOSE
INVESTMENTS SHOULD BE SPENT ON.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SDOT-107-B-1.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> AND STAYING
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU. EIGHT IN FAVOR,
ONE ABSTENTION.
>> SDOT-107-B-1 PASSES AND WILL
BE ATTACHED TO COUNSEL BILL
120905. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT ITEM REGARDING
TRANSIT SECURITY THEN COME BACK
TO THE FIRST SDOT ITEM. COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA WOULD YOU LIKE TO
MOVE YOUR ITEM?
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE
SDOT-107S-A-1.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. I'M
GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF FOR A BRIEF
PRESENTATION.
>> THIS ITEM IS IN SLI THAT
REQUEST TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON
IMPLEMENTING TRANSIT SECURITY
IMPROVEMENT SERVICES AND
POLICY. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE SAME TOPIC WE JUST
DISCUSSED . A LOT OF THE ISSUES
ARE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES
BETWEEN THE LOCAL TRANSIT
AGENCIES AND SOME OF THIS IS
TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE
DECISION-MAKING BODIES ARE
HOUSED , WHERE PARTICIPATION IS
ON THOSE BODIES, WHAT ARE THE
CITIES POLICIES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS TO KEEP THEM IN
PLACE? IT ALSO INCLUDES A
REQUEST TO DEVELOP A 2026
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR A
LEADERSHIP POSITION TO
COORDINATE ACTIVITIES AROUND
TRANSIT SECURITY FOR COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, AS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
WE STILL HAVE FOUR MORE ITEMS
HERE. THE WALK-ON'S , SOME END
OF DAY BUSINESS AND THERE ARE
ONLY TWO HOURS OF DAYLIGHT LEFT
IN THE DAY AND WE WILL BE HERE
UNTIL WE ARE DONE. COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS
SLI REQUEST THAT SDOT DO A TOP
TO BOTTOM REVIEW OF ITS TRANSIT
SECURITY POSTURE AND POLICIES
INTO AND TO BETTER PROTECT BOTH
RIDERS AND OPERATORS THROUGHOUT
OUR CITY . COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW
SEATTLE IS A WORLD-CLASS CITY
AND IT NEEDS A TRANSIT SYSTEM
THAT REFLECTS IT AND TOO OFTEN,
WE HEAR REPORTS OF UNSAFE
BEHAVIOR AND UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR
ON OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND THIS
SLI WOULD HELP BETTER PROTECT
THEIR TRANSIT SECURITY AND
SAFETY POSTURE AGAIN, BUILD
REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, CREATE
TRANSPARENCY AND ULTIMATELY ,
AS THE CHAIR NOTED A MOMENT
AGO, THERE ARE SOMETIMES
DISPARATE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES
AND IMPLEMENTATIONS IN PLACE
AND THIS WOULD HELP FACILITATE
A REGIONAL APPROACH SO
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ALSO, THIS
ONE WAS SUPPORTED BY TRANSIT
UNION RIDERS, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. AS CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS SLI AND WE JUST
HAD ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT
TRANSIT SECURITY, SO IF YOU'RE
COMMENTS ABOUT THE LAST ONE
APPLY TO THIS ONE WE WILL
RECOGNIZE THAT IN MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ITEM BUT I SEE COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE'S HAND.
>> THANK YOU. I DID NOT SPEAK
TO THE LAST ONE SO I WILL TAKE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO
THIS ONE AND REFLECT THAT MY
GOAL OF TURNING EVERY COMMITTEE
INTO A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
IS FURTHER ALONG AND APPRECIATE
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA'S SLI IN
THE SENSE THAT WE NEED TO BE
PUTTING PRESSURE ACROSS ALL
FRONTS AS RELATES TO PUBLIC
SAFETY AND TRANSIT SECURITY IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT IS THE VERY
KEY IN TERMS OF, AS
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS
TALKING ABOUT, JUST THE
PRACTICAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
AND TO DO SO SAFELY BUT IT HAS
THE BIGGER PICTURE CHALLENGES
IN TERMS OF ACTIVATION AND NOT
JUST THE ACTIVATION OF DOWNTOWN
BUT OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY,
AND SO AGAIN, WE NEED TO PUT
PRESSURE. ON ALL FRONTS, TO
REALLY BUILD MOMENTUM , MORE
MOMENTUM RELATED TO PUBLIC
SAFETY SO I JUST WANTED TO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA FOR
ALLOWING HIS COMMITTEE TO HAVE
A PUBLIC SAFETY TINGE TO IT, SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE. FURTHER DISCUSSION?
FINAL CALL . COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BUT NO
ONE ALSO SAID ANYTHING, SO.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
APPRECIATE EVERY LAST ONE OF
YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND
CONVERSATION ON THIS AND ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IS A CHAMPION ON THIS
ISSUE IN PARTICULAR, INCLUDING
THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT WE TALKED
ABOUT IN THE LAST ITEM AND I
APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SDOT-107S-A-1.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> YES
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> SDOT-107S-A-1 PASSES AND
WILL BE ATTACHED TO COUNSEL
BILL 120905. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
ITEM? I WILL MOVE IT FOR YOU.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR THE NUMBER
BUT YOU ARE SO GOOD AT THAT.
>> MOVE SDOT-104S-B-1.
>> THIS ITEM IS IN SLI
REQUESTING SDOT PROVIDE A
REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES AND EVALUATION
CRITERIA USED FOR CONSIDERATION
OF BUS-ONLY LANES . THE REPORT
IS REQUESTED TO USE THE RAPID
RIDE R PROJECTS, EXAMPLES OF
HOW SDOT DOES THIS
DECISION-MAKING AND REQUEST
THAT THE SPECIFIC EVALUATION
CRITERIA ARE ENUMERATED AND
DESCRIBED.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST TO
REPEAT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I
SAID YESTERDAY THIS PROVIDES A
REPORT DOCUMENTING PERFORMANCE
MEASURES AND CRITERIA SDOT USES
WHEN DECIDING WHEN AND WHERE TO
PUT IN BUS-ONLY LANES. THAT IS
IMPORTANT NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE
ARE THE OVERSIGHT BODY AND WE
NEED TO KNOW HOW DEPARTMENTS
ARE MAKING DECISIONS IN THE
PUBLIC SPHERE , BUT ALSO
BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO
RESPOND WHEN OUR CONSTITUENTS
RAISE THEIR CONCERNS, AND ALSO
WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO THIS
BEFORE I DID REFERENCE A LETTER
THAT WAS SENT BY A COALITION
THAT HAS BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS
SINCE 2022 , OF SDOT ABOUT SOME
OF THE NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE,
AND THE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE
NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM, THE
FREMONT CHAMBER , AND I AM FOR
SURE GOING TO BE MISSING SOME
OF THEM. NORTH SEATTLE
INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. THESE
ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RUN
ALONG, THAT SPANNED FROM
BALLARD DOWN ALL THE WAY TO
WESTLAKE AND THEY HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING TO GET SOME
INFORMATION FROM SDOT. WHY IS
THIS IMPORTANT? BECAUSE LET'S
BE REAL. IF A COUNCILMEMBER
WANTS TO KILL A PROJECT , HE
CAN KILL A PROJECT BY GOING
INTO A CIP OR DOING SOMETHING
WITHIN ONE'S CAPACITY AS A
CHAIRPERSON. I AM SIMPLY TRYING
TO RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR
DATA THAT IS UP TO DATE AND
BECAUSE THERE IS SOME CONCERN
THAT PERHAPS THE DATA THAT SDOT
IS USING TO PLAN NOT JUST THIS
LINE, BUT POTENTIALLY FUTURE
BUS-ONLY LANES, IT COULD BE OUT
OF DATE AND PERHAPS NOT BASED
ON LOCAL DATA AND SO THIS SLI
ASKS FOR EXISTING TRANSIT
RIDERSHIP AND PROJECTED TRANSIT
RIDERSHIP AFTER THE BUS LANES
ARE INSTALLED. INSPECTED --
EXPECTED TRAVEL TIME SAVINGS
USING NON-AGGREGATED LOCAL
DATA, TRAFFIC CAPACITY AND
CONGESTION USING LOCAL DATA,
FREIGHT ACCESS AND MOBILITY
CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPACTS TO
ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS COUNSEL
HAS MADE A POINT OF EXPRESSING
-- OF VALUING THE ABILITY OF
THE WIDEST POSSIBLE MODES TO
USE ARE LIMITED PUBLIC RIGHT OF
WAYS AND WHEN WE FINISH THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS LEGISLATION
LAST YEAR I REMEMBER THERE WAS
A RESOLUTION PUT FORWARD, AND I
THINK THAT WAS SPONSORED BY
YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS , EXPRESSING
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING
TO THE GREATEST EXTENT
POSSIBLE, OUR VALUABLES FREIGHT
LINES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FREIGHT
LINES, NOT NECESSARILY THAT WAS
NAMED IN THAT RESOLUTION, BUT
THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG
THE ALIGNMENT ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT , PROTECTING TO THE
GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, SO
THIS IS SIMPLY A SLI THAT ASKS
SDOT WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDERING
PUTTING IN BUS-ONLY LANES THAT
WILL OPERATE 24/7, WHAT KINDS
OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE YOU SEEKING
TO SEE ON THOSE CORRIDORS AND
THEN WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS SOME EVALUATION AFTER
THEY ARE INSTALLED SO THAT IS
WHAT THIS SLI IS ASKING FOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. AS CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS. I SUPPORT
TRANSIT-ONLY LANES 100%. THERE
IS SOME CONCERN WITH JUSTIN A
FEW MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION OF
ROUTE 40, SDOT NOT MAINTAINING
THE PROMISES THEY HAVE MADE
REGARDING THAT CONSTRUCTION.
NUMBER TWO SPECIFICALLY ON THAT
ROUTE, THERE IS THE WORRY ABOUT
PEAK HOUR VERSUS NON-PEAK HOUR
. SORRY TO BLEED INTO YOUR
DISTRICT, COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
BUT ALONG WESTLAKE AND UNDER
THE BALLARD BRIDGE AT THAT
PINCH POINT AND ON MARKET
STREET IN LEARY. THOSE ARE THE
THREE SPECIFIC PINCH POINTS
BECAUSE WE SEE THAT DURING
NON-PEAK HOURS THERE IS A LOT
OF ROOM ON THE ROADWAY. DURING
PEAK HOURS IT IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY FOR THOSE BUS LANES
TO BE BUS-ONLY AND IF THE
SITUATIONS HAD NOT OCCURRED
EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH SDOT NOT
BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE
PROMISES THAT THEY HAD MADE, I
WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT. BUT, THAT IS A
NATURAL REACTION TO ACTIONS
MADE. SO, WITH THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, I SEE YOU HAVE
YOUR HAND RAISED. WE ARE NOW IN
GENERAL DISCUSSION AND I'M
GOING TO TRY TO MOVE AS
QUICKLY.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS TO
LIFE AND PUTTING IT FORWARD .
AS CHAIR OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE I CONSIDER IT A
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND STRONGLY
SUPPORTED AND COLLEAGUES, I
WOULD URGE YOU TO DO THE SAME.
I APPRECIATE, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, HOW YOU CALLOUT AS
AN EXEMPLAR, THE ROUTE 40
EXPERIENCE. I AM AWARE OF THOSE
CONCERNS FROM THOSE IMPACTED
SMALL BUSINESSES AND
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS. I APPRECIATE HOW YOU
BROUGHT THEIR CONCERNS AND
ELEVATED THEM, YOU KNOW, AND
BROUGHT THEM TO LIFE THROUGH
THIS PIECE OF PAPER. I DON'T
ENVY THE JOB OF ANYONE AT SDOT.
THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB. I WANT
TO MAKE THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR.
THEY HAVE A TOUGH, TOUGH JOB.
IN MANY CASES THEY ARE ALMOST
IN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD
PLACE. DOING THEIR LEVEL BEST,
WORKING EVERY DAY. THE
ENGINEERING TEAMS ON THE
PLANNING TEAMS AND THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT TEAMS COORDINATING
AND JAMMING ON THIS ITERATIVE
PROCESS AND TRYING TO DO THEIR
BEST TO ACCOMMODATE MANY
DIVERSE NEEDS AND ULTIMATELY
BUILD A BETTER TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM FOR ALL AND THEY DO A
VERY DIFFICULT JOB AND THEY
WORK HARD AND SO YOU KNOW, NOT
TRYING TO POINT FINGERS OR
ASSIGN BLAME BECAUSE HE WHO
THROWS THE FIRST STONE OR WAIT,
WHAT IS IT? HE WHO IS WITHOUT
SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY WARNINGS
FROM EVERY ENGAGEMENT AND EVERY
PROJECT AND SO WE CAN ALWAYS
LEVERAGE UNIQUE INSIGHTS AND
LEARNINGS FROM THOSE
EXPERIENCES TO MAKE US BETTER
BECAUSE WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER
AND I DO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
THOUGHTFUL EXPANSION OF BUS
ONLY LANES AND TRANSIT ONLY
LANES IN THE AREAS WHERE IT
MAKES THE MOST SENSE THROUGHOUT
OUR CITY. WE NEED THEM. WE WILL
NEED MORE OF THEM OVER TIME. WE
NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT,
AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT AND WE SHOULD WORK
OUR BEST TO INCORPORATE
COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND FEEDBACK
TO GET TO HIS CLOSE OF A
COMPROMISE SOLUTION AS POSSIBLE
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
ARE NOT GOING TO PLEASE
EVERYONE EVERY TIME. THAT IS AN
IMPOSSIBLE TASK, SO IN ANY
EVENT, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
AMENDMENT. I THINK IT IS A
FRIENDLY ONE, AND COLLEAGUES, I
URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR BRINGING
IT FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE THAT I'M CALLING FOR
FINAL COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AND
THANK YOU FOR THAT SHOUT OUT TO
D7 . I JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST
THAT I DEFINITELY SUPPORT BUS
IVAN ONLY LINES THAT REALLY
ASSIST THE MOVEMENT OF THE
BUSES. THE LAST THING WE NEED
IS BUSES STUCK ON THE STREET
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND BUT,
THOSE BUS-ONLY LANES -- THAT
SHOULD BE WHAT DETERMINES THE
BUS-ONLY LANES. NOT SAY THIS
MIGHT HOOKAH GRANT. THAT SHOULD
NOT BE THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER
SHOULD BE WHAT MAKES IT MORE
EFFICIENT FOR THAT BUS TO MOVE
DOWN THE STREET, AND SO THIS
SLI WOULD BASICALLY GO TO THAT
IN TERMS OF ASKING FOR THE DATA
SET AND ONE THING I WANTED TO
ADD, TOO, SINCE IT IS ONE OF MY
MAIN PRIORITIES AS A
COUNCILMEMBER, AFTER PUBLIC
SAFETY, OF COURSE, IS OUR PORT.
IT IS OUR MARITIME INDUSTRIAL
ALLIANCE. IT IS THE FISHING IN
THE MARITIME INDUSTRIES AND WE
NEED TO SUPPORT THEM AND THIS
IS A CONSIDERATION WITH THIS
AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE
KINDS OF PIECES FULLY FACTORED
IN AND SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, I
AM A COSPONSOR OF THIS, SO I
SUPPORT THIS GOOD GOVERNANCE
MOVE BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SO
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AS I
STATED EARLIER, I AM A STRONG
PROPONENT OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION SO VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE THE BUS IVAN ONLY
LANES. I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE I DON'T
VIEW OUR ASKING FOR INFORMATION
IN THE FORM OF SLI'S ABOUT ALL
THE WORK THAT WE DO AT THE CITY
AS SOMEHOW BEING NOT IN SUPPORT
OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
DOING. TO ME, IT IS AN
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, A GOOD
GOVERNANCE PIECE, AND IT CAN
ALSO DAYLIGHT SOME AREAS OF
IMPROVEMENT FOR THOSE ACTIONS
THAT WE TAKEN FOR THOSE
SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. I
WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, LAST WORD.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BUT YOU THE
MORE ARTICULATELY EVERYONE HAS
SUPPORTED THIS SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON SDOT-104S-B-1.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. SDOT-104S-B-1
PASSES AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO
COUNSEL BILL 120905. MOVING ON
TO OUR LAST TWO ITEMS THAT MET
THE AMENDMENT DEADLINE. WE HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE AND
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA. COUNCIL
MEMBER MOORE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE
SPD-109S-A-1.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS
SPD-109S-A-1.
>> THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUIRE SPD TO ENGAGE WITH THE
CONSULTANT TO STUDY CHILDCARE
OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE CHIEF AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE 30 BY 30
INITIATIVE. THIS IS A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT DOES
NOT REQUIRE A REPORT. IT IS
SIMPLY STATING THE COUNSEL'S
INTENT THAT SPD PURSUE THIS ,
SO THERE IS NO DUE DATE
ASSOCIATED. IT IS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
COSPONSORING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. MY COLLEAGUES
WILL ALL BE PLEASED TO KNOW
THIS IS MY LAST AMENDMENT. SO,
THAT SAID, WE HAVE CONSISTENT
-- WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HEARD
THAT CHILDCARE IS ONE OF THE
REASONS WOMEN ARE HELD BACK IN
SPD SO AS WE PUSH TO INCREASE
REPRESENTATION AND DIVERSITY
THIS IS A NEEDED CRITICAL STEP
TO ENSURE WE ARE ADDRESSING
SYSTEMIC BARRIERS. I WANT TO
EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND
PLEASURE AT THE FACT THAT THE
CHIEF IS TAKING THE SO
SERIOUSLY AND ALSO AT THE
ORGANIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE 30
BY 30 WORKGROUP IN SPD AND
REALLY THIS IS JUST A SHOUT OUT
TO SAY YEA, YOU ARE DOING THIS
. WE WANT TO BE PUBLIC IN OUR
SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, I SUPPORT THIS
AND WOULD EVEN TAKE IT A STEP
FURTHER AND SAY WE SHOULD
DISCUSS IT FOR ALL CITY
EMPLOYEES BUT I'M NOT BRINGING
ANY AMENDMENTS. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION. IF YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY DISCUSSION, THAT'S OKAY.
WE COULD GET OUT OF HERE WHILE
THERE IS STILL DAYLIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I ONE
OF THE 30 BY 30 BROS ON THIS
COUNSEL THAT REALLY TRIES TO
SUPPORT AND UPLIFT THE WOMEN
LEADING THE EFFORT. LIKE ALL OF
YOU ALL ON OUR COUNSEL . I'VE
GOT TO SAY I JUST THANK YOU ,
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. SO
TERRIFIC. I APPRECIATE YOU AND
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOU, AS
WELL, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
I'M HONORED TO COSPONSOR THIS
ALONGSIDE YOU. THANK YOU A PLUS
TO ALL THE COMMENTS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE REGARDING
THE GREAT WORK THE FOLKS AT SPD
ARE ALREADY DOING ON THIS AND
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE FRIENDLY
AND HELP AMPLIFY AND UPLIFT
THAT WORK, SO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I
WANTED TO ADD IS CHAIR OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FIRST,
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
ENGAGEMENT ON THIS. I WANTED TO
NOTE OBVIOUSLY CHIEF RAHR IS
THE INTERIM CHIEF AND WHEN THE
NEW CHIEF IS SELECTED A, I AM
ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THIS IS PART OF THE
DECISION-MAKING CALCULUS , AND
B, WE WILL BE ENGAGING WITH THE
NEW CHIEF ON THIS TO ENSURE, AS
WILL THE COMMITTEE, TO ENSURE
WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON
THE 30 BY 30 FRONT, SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> +1 TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES. WE
REALLY JUST WANT TO PROVIDE
SUPPORT FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT
CHIEF RAHR AND MANY OTHER WOMEN
AT THE DEPARTMENT ARE ENGAGING
IN TO BRING THE 30 BY 30 REPORT
TO FRUITION, TO ACTUALLY
ACCOMPLISH WHAT IS SET AS GOALS
IN THE 30 BY 30 REPORT SO
REALLY JUST WANT TO SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. FURTHER
DISCUSSION? FINAL CALL ON
FURTHER DISCUSSION. NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS
THE SPONSOR.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO OF
ALL BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS EFFORT. THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON SPD-109S-A-1.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> SPD-109S-A-1 IS PASSED AND
IS ATTACHED TO COUNSEL BILL
120905. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
ONTO THE LAST ITEM AVAILABLE
FOR THE PUBLIC WITH DUE NOTICE,
SPD, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE
SPD-111S-A-1.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
APPROVE SPD-111S-A-1.
>> THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUIRE SPD TO COLLABORATE WITH
VENDORS OF SOUND ENFORCEMENT
TECHNOLOGY, SO THE MAKERS OF
THAT TECHNOLOGY TO DO A COUPLE
OF THINGS. THE FIRST, TO
DESCRIBE HOW THAT TECHNOLOGY
WORKS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL VEHICLE
NOISE THROUGH USE OF CAMERA AND
MICROPHONE SYSTEMS AND THEN
SECOND, THE POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS OF USING THIS
TECHNOLOGY TO THIS QUESTION
WOULD GO MORE TO SPD, HOW SPD
WOULD USE IT TO ENFORCE SOUND,
AND AND WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS THEY
WOULD DEPLOY THIS TECHNOLOGY.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, AS SPONSOR, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THIS SLI ASKS SPD TO EXAMINE
WHAT DEPLOYMENT OF AUTOMATED
NOISE ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY
COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE IN
OUR CITY AND I HAVE HEARD
FIRST-HAND AND WITNESSED
FIRSTHAND THE MANY EFFECTS OF
NOISE POLLUTION AND EXCESSIVE
NOISE IN OUR CITY, INCLUDING MY
DISTRICT AND ALKI HARBOR AVENUE
AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, AS
WELL, SUFFERING FROM SIMILAR
CHALLENGES AND IT CAN BE
TRAUMATIZING FOR PEOPLE, TOO,
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT SOME OF
THESE RALLIES CAN LEAD TO RACES
ANOTHER PROBLEM BEHAVIOR ON OUR
STREETS WHICH CAN IN TURN
ESCALATE TO -- AND WE HAVE SEEN
IT MANY TIMES, TOO MANY TIMES,
INTO WORSE PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES. GUN VIOLENCE. THIS
JUST ASKS US TO LOOK AT WHAT IT
COULD LOOK LIKE, DEPLOYMENT OF
THIS AUTOMATED SOUND
ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY, AND SO
I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA. COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, YOU
KNOW YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT
IN ADDRESSING LOUD CARS IN WEST
SEATTLE. YOU HAVE HEARD ME TELL
THE STORY OF KAYAKING ALONG
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND AT 1:00 TO
2:00 IN THE MORNING. I WAS
DOING A LONG WHOLE RACE. THERE
WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF THE
STORY. THE POINT IS FROM
BAINBRIDGE AT 1:00 TO 2:00 IN
THE MORNING I COULD HEAR CARS
FROM SEATTLE SO I AM FULLY IN
SUPPORT OF YOU IN THAT ARENA
REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL. I HAVE
MANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE
UNANSWERED AT THIS TIME SO I
WILL BE ABSTAINING. COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION?
FINAL CALL, LAST CALL ON
DISCUSSION. FINAL CALL ON
DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, LAST WORDS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I
HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON SPD-111S-A-1.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS DO
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> TRENT THREE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> ABSTAIN
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> ABSTAIN.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, TWO
ABSTENTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES
AND SPD-111S-A-1 IS ATTACHED TO
COUNSEL BILL 120905 . NOW,
COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE WE HAVE
GONE OUT OF PROCESS IN A NUMBER
OF WAYS WITH THE REMAINING
AMENDMENTS , AND BECAUSE WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS,
I'M GOING TO ASK SEATTLE
CHANNEL TO LEAVE THE CAMERAS ON
AND LEAVE THE MICROPHONES ON
BECAUSE I'M ALSO ASKING,
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE DON'T GO
ANYWHERE. WE JUST HAVE TO SORT
OUT THE MESS THAT IS BEFORE US
PROCEDURALLY, SO WE ARE GOING
TO HANG TIGHT. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, WE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL 2:53 P.M., WHICH IS IN
FOUR MINUTES. WE ARE GOING TO
LEAVE THE CAMERAS ON. WE ARE
GOING TO LEAVE THE MICROPHONES
ON. PLEASE DON'T GO ANYWHERE
UNLESS YOU NEED TO USE THE
RESTROOM.
>> [ THE EVENT IS ON A RECESS.
THE SESSION WILL RECONVENE AT
2:43. CAPTIONER ON STANDBY. ]
>> THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING WILL COME BACK TO
ORDER. IT IS TO: 55 P.M. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> HERE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> HERE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> HERE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> HERE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> HERE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> HERE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON . VICE
CHAIR RIVERA
>> PRESENT
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
WOO IS NOW PRESENT. WE ARE
GOING TO GOING TO LAST FOUR
ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ON THE
AGENDA. WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THESE WALK AROUND AND GO
THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE . I'M
GOING TO JUST TALK ABOUT WHY
WALK ON AMENDMENT ARE NOT GOOD
, AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF ME
OR MY PROCESS. WE ARE PUBLIC
SERVANTS MANAGING THE PUBLIC
PROCESS AND UNDER MY
CHAIRMANSHIP IT HAS BEEN MY
GOAL TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY.
BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT ARE WALK
ON'S DO NOT INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY AND AT TIMES, THEY
DECREASE TRANSPARENCY. THE
PUBLIC IN THE WAY THAT THIS
WORKS -- I SEE THERE IS AN
AMENDMENT HERE TO USE THE SAME
AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A GOOD
PROGRAM , BUT THE SAME AMOUNT
OF MONEY THAT WAS PULLED OUT OF
AND VOTED NO OUT OF THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE. COLLEAGUES, THE REASON
WE HAVE AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
DEADLINES IS BECAUSE IF
COLLEAGUES WANT TO TAKE
SOMETHING OUT OF THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE AND USE IT FOR A
DIFFERENT PERSON THAT IS
TOTALLY FINE BUT IT NEEDS TO BE
ON THE AGENDA SO THAT THE
PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN IN COMMITTEE WHEN WE
HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAD A
PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER THIS
WEEK WHERE I HAD PUSHED CENTRAL
STAFF IN THE CLERK'S TO
PUBLISH THE AGENDA FOR THIS
WEEK'S WORK 24 HOURS EARLIER
THAN TYPICAL SO THAT THE PUBLIC
HAD TIME TO DIGEST WHAT WE WERE
GOING TO DO THIS WEEK SO THEY
COULD BE WELL PREPARED DURING
THE PUBLIC HEARING. WHEN I SEE
AN ITEM BEING FUNDED FOR THE
SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS
TAKEN OUT OF THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE, THAT TROUBLES ME.
BECAUSE, WHEN ITEMS ARE PULLED
OUT OF THE CHAIRS PACKAGE ,
THAT FUNCTION IS TO ALLOW YOU
TO SHARE YOUR DISSENT , NOT AS
A MEANS TO SUBVERT THE
AMENDMENT DEADLINE. AND SO ,
WHEN THE AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED,
IF THERE HAD BEEN AN AMENDMENT
TO REMOVE THE WORKFORCE EQUITY
PROGRAM TO INSTEAD FUND A
DIFFERENT GOOD PROGRAM, THEN
THE PUBLIC WOULD KNOW THAT THE
WORKFORCE EQUITY TEAM MIGHT NOT
BE FUNDED BUT AT THE BEGINNING
OF THIS WEEK, THE PUBLIC DID
NOT KNOW THAT WAS A
POTENTIALITY BECAUSE THERE WAS
NO AMENDMENT AND THERE IS NO
AMENDMENT ATTACHED TO THE
AGENDA. THE SECOND REASON THAT
THESE ARE TROUBLING IS BECAUSE
OF WORKFLOW. CENTRAL STAFF HAS
BEEN WORKING SO HARD SINCE
SEPTEMBER 24th TO BE OF SERVICE
TO US. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
WHILE WE HAVE BEEN ON THE DAIS,
CENTRAL STAFF HAS BEEN HERE
PRESENTING TO US WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME GETTING READY FOR
NEXT WEEK WHERE WE HAVE TO VOTE
THIS MAMMOTH -- COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, YOU LIKE PROPS. WE HAVE
TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS AMOUNT OF
WORK BUT CENTRAL STAFF IS NOT
BEEN ABLE TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS
WORK IN THE PAST TWO DAYS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS AND
MANY MORE AMENDMENTS THAT DID
NOT REACH CHAMBERS, SO THE
PUBLIC ONLY HAS A VERY SMALL --
WE HAVE FOUR AMENDMENTS BEFORE
US, WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON
THAT NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS AND I
DON'T EVEN WANT TO SHARE HOW
MANY POTENTIAL AMENDMENT
CENTRAL STAFF HAS WORKED ON
THAT IS NOT HERE AT THE BODY.
WE ARE LATE. CENTRAL STAFF WILL
BE WORKING OVER THE WEEKEND AND
THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN WORKING
DURING THIS WEEK . THIS IS ALSO
NOT ALLOWING THEM TO WORK IN
THE NEXT STEPS OF OUR BUDGET
PROCESS SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I
WILL BE MAKING THE REQUEST WITH
YOUR PERMISSION TO DIRECT
CENTRAL STAFF TO WORK ON NO
FURTHER AMENDMENTS BETWEEN HERE
AND FINAL PASSAGE OUT OF THIS
COMMITTEE OR FINAL PASSAGE FROM
CITY COUNCIL WITH THE CAVEAT OF
FIXING ERRORS. DO I HAVE YOUR
PERMISSION?
>> YOU ARE THE CHAIR. I DO NOT
FEEL IT IS MY ROLE TO INTERFERE
IN THE PROCESS BUT I DO
UNDERSTAND YOUR SENTIMENT.
COLLEAGUES?
>> I'M LOOKING EVERYBODY IN
THE EYE EXCEPT FOR THE VICE
CHAIR, WHO IS NOT HERE. NO MORE
AMENDMENTS. IT UNDERCUTS GOOD
GOVERNANCE. IT UNDERCUTS
TRANSPARENCY AND IT IS NOT GOOD
MANAGEMENT. LET'S GO. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE THE FIRST
ITEM.
>> COLLEAGUES -- PRESIDENT, YOU
ARE OUT OF ORDER. YOU NEED TO
MOVE THE ITEM.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE HSD 044 A.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. IT IS ON THE SCREEN
AND IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR
THE PUBLIC VIEWING. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO ASK
CENTRAL STAFF TO BRIEF US ON
THIS AMENDMENT THAN I WILL HAVE
YOU SPEAK TO IT HAS A SPONSOR.
>> THIS IS HSD 004A , IT
INCREASES HSD BY $450,000 FOR
THE PURCHASE OF A MOBILE
MEDICATION UNIT AND REDUCES CBO
BY $30,000 GENERAL FUND FOR
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX EVALUATION,
SO THIS WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO HSD BY
450,000 IN 2025 FOR THE
PURCHASE OF A MOBILE MEDICATION
UNIT SERVING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS SUCH
AS THIRD AVENUE AROUND PIKE
STREET AND PINE STREET AND
LITTLE SAIGON. COUNSEL HAS
IDENTIFIED EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES FOR THIS FUNDING AND
REQUEST THE HSD DIRECTOR WAVE
REQUIREMENTS AS ALLOWED UNDER
CITY CODE TO ALLOW FUNDING TO
GO DIRECTLY TO THAT
ORGANIZATION. COSTS HERE WILL
INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF THE
MOBILE UNIT, DEDICATION PUMPS,
I.T. EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION
OF ALARM AND CAMERA SYSTEMS. OF
THE FUNDING FOR THE CBA,
420,000 COMES FROM GENERAL FUND
THAT BECAME AVAILABLE DURING
THE COUNSEL'S DELIBERATIONS ON
THE BALANCING PACKAGE AND
30,000 COMES FROM FUNDING
ALLOCATED IN THE 2025-26
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX EVALUATION AND THIS
IS MONEY THAT BECAME AVAILABLE
AFTER COMMITTEE APPROVED HS
D036 B 1 TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. LAST YEAR, THE
CITY OF SEATTLE PASSED A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION THAT SOUGHT TO
CONFORM TO STATE LAW THAT MADE
PUBLIC USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS A
GROSS MISDEMEANOR. THIS YEAR,
WE HAVE TAKEN SOME OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS , ALL THE
WHILE STATING OUR COMMITMENT TO
BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
PROVIDING SERVICES TO PEOPLE
THAT NEED IT AND THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE UP TO THE
SECOND HALF OF OUR -- I
BELIEVE, OUR DUAL COMMITMENT
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO REALLY
GET AT -- TO RESPOND TO THE
MOST DEVASTATING PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS PEOPLE OF SAID EVER OR
IN A GENERATION, ET CETERA,
WHICH IS THAT OF SYNTHETIC
OPIOIDS AND SO I MUST CREDIT
DSA DIRECTOR PRESIDENT JOHN
SCHOOLS WITH THE KERNEL OF THIS
IDEA BECAUSE HE WAS TALKING TO
ME ABOUT A CONVERSATION HE WAS
HAVING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF
EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES,
AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER
MOBILE MEDICATION UNIT. THEY
HAVE ONE IN BELLTOWN, AND I WAS
LOOKING THROUGH THE NUMBERS
HERE, BUT THEY HAVE MORE DEMAND
THAN THEY CAN ACTUALLY
ACCOMMODATE, AND SO I SPENT OF
WHILE LOOKING FOR A FUNDING
SOURCE. I EVEN WENT SO FAR AS
TO CONSIDER PROVISIONING THE
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH CONTRACT
TO FIND SOME RESOURCES FOR
THIS. I APPROACHED ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES TO PROVIDE SOME
MONEY FROM THEIR BUDGET ACTION
BUT THE POINT IS WHEN THIS
OPPORTUNITY CAME UP , I TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE ,
TOO, HAVE UNAPPROPRIATED
DOLLARS NOW AND SO WHAT THIS
BUDGET ACTION WOULD ALLOW IS
FOR EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES TO PURCHASE ANOTHER
MOBILE TREATMENT VAN WITH THE
EXPECTATION , AND IT WILL BE
STIPULATED, THAT THEY WILL
PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR FOR WE HAVE
SEEN THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION
OF NOT JUST CRIME RELATED TO
DRUG USE BUT ALSO OVERDOSES
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS
AND ALSO WE ARE SEEING WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN LITTLE SAIGON NOT
NECESSARILY AS A RESULT OF, BUT
IN PART OF THE ACTIONS
DOWNTOWN, IT IS GOING INTO
OTHER AREAS SO THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A
TREATMENT IN BOTH OF THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS AS NEEDED AND
THERE WILL BE AGREEMENT WITH
EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES
ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS THE MOBILE
VAN WILL SERVE IN THESE
DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF ADDITIONAL TREATMENT, AND
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO REMOVE A
BARRIER. IT WILL ALLOW FOR OUR
DIVERGENT PARTNERS TO DIRECT
PEOPLE TO A RESOURCE THAT IS
VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE
INTERVENING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR INTERACTING WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT IS THE
BEST WAY TO GET PEOPLE
TREATMENT THE FASTEST, SO THAT
IS WHY THIS IS BEFORE US, AND I
WOULD APPRECIATE YOU
CONSIDERING SUPPORTING THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. AS CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE I WILL BE
VOTING AGAINST THIS AND ALL OF
THESE WELCOMES , EACH FOR A
DIFFERENT REASON AND I WILL
EXPLAIN THAT NOW. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THE LETTER YOU HAVE
DISTRIBUTED TWICE IN THE LAST
24 HOURS IS TO YOU REGARDING
THIS, DATED OCTOBER 3rd NEARLY
A MONTH BEFORE THE AMENDMENT
DEADLINE. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN
AMAZING AND GOOD USE OF THESE
FUNDS AND HAD I BEEN AWARE OF
THIS REQUEST, WE WOULD HAVE
INCLUDED THIS IN THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE. I WILL BE VOTING NO
TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WOO, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK
TO HOW BADLY THIS MOBILE
TREATMENT CENTER IS NEEDED,
ESPECIALLY IN LITTLE SAIGON.
WELCOME ANYBODY TO DRIVE BY OR
WALK BY BUT WE HAD OUR PARK
OPENING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO
DURING THE SUMMER . YOU GO BY
THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE SITTING
THERE HUNCHED OVER . I'VE
SPOKEN TO MANY OF THESE PEOPLE
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING
TO GET AWAY FROM THEIR
ADDICTIONS WHO FEEL DOPE SICK
AND THEN REALLY WANT TO GET
AWAY FROM THEIR ADDICTION BUT
ARE NOT ABLE TO. I THINK HAVING
THIS MOBILE TREATMENT CENTER
WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL IN
HELPING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE
REALLY IMPROVE THEIR TREATMENT
OPTIONS . IT IS A VALUABLE,
UNIQUE ADDITION TO PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND MAY
RELIEVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS .
STATION 10 GOES TO [ INAUDIBLE
] AT LEAST THREE TIMES A DAY
AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THERE
WAS A BATCH OF BAD DRUGS THAT
WAS GIVEN OUT AND THERE WERE
SEVERAL OVERDOSES EXPERIENCED
AND IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIC AND
STRESSFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. AS
WELL AS THIS IDEA I'VE BEEN
HEARING IN COMMUNITY. PEOPLE
WANT IT . WHEN I FIRST HEARD
THIS WAS AN OPTION I REACHED
OUT TO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I HAVE BEEN ASKING AND TALKING
ABOUT THIS FOR OVER TWO YEARS
AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED
THIS POSSIBILITY MIGHT EXIST SO
I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ALL HER
WORK ON THIS FOR FINDING THE
FUNDS AND SEEING THE BIG
PICTURE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TO
GET US MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. SO, IS THIS TO
SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE MAYOR
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED? THE
ADDITIONAL METHADONE MEDICATION
VANS?
>> JENNIFER ?
>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT. I'M SORRY.
>> IS BUDGET CHAIR I CAN SAY
THIS WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE
$1.5 MILLION THAT WE HAVE SET
FOR THE AREA AND THIS IS A GOOD
PROGRAM [ INAUDIBLE ] BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. HOW DOES THIS
FALL INTO THE CRISIS CARE LEVY
MONEY BECAUSE THERE IS MONEY
THROUGH THE CRISIS CARE LEVY
FOR KING COUNTY TO EXPAND THEIR
MOBILE MEDICATION UNIT.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL ON
JENNIFER AGAIN.
>> MY APOLOGIES, I'M COVERING
FOR MY COLLEAGUE WHO IS NOT
HERE ANYMORE WHO DID COVER
PUBLIC HEALTH SO I'M JUST NOT
FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE CARE
LEVY TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
>> COUNSEL PRESIDENT NELSON,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND?
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF HOW THIS
INTERACTS WITH THE PLAN FUNDING
FOR MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE
DISORDER.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE, YOU STILL HAVE THE
FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU. I'M OBVIOUSLY
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THIS
ADDITIONAL EFFORT. I GUESS,
THOUGH, AGAIN, AND THIS IS
WHERE YOU KNOW, AS DISTRICTS,
WE DO HAVE TO SPEAK UP FOR OUR
DISTRICTS AND WHILE I
APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A HUGE
ISSUE IN DOWNTOWN IN LITTLE
SAIGON, IT IS ALSO A HUGE ISSUE
IN LAKE CITY. WE HAVE 30
THROUGH -- 33rd AVENUE WHERE
PEOPLE ARE ACTIVELY SHOOTING UP
ACROSS FROM A PARK REGULARLY,
AND THE POLICE ARE NOT ENGAGING
ON THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE PEOPLE
AT LAKE CITY MINI PARK WHO ARE
ALSO ACTIVELY USING SENTINEL .
THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE IN MY
DISTRICT AND SO BECAUSE WHILE I
WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, I
WILL ALSO ASK THAT WE CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT SPREADING THESE
NECESSARY RESOURCES ACROSS THE
CITY AND BEGINNING TO LOOK AT
WHERE THERE ARE NEEDS IN THE
NORTH BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE 90th
AND NESBITT, WHICH HAS BEEN A
HUGE DRUG AREA , SO WE NEED TO
NOT FORGET OUR NORTHERN
RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS IN
THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A
QUICK QUESTION. REGARDING THESE
SERVICES, THEY WOULD BE TO
FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE'S POINT, THESE SERVICES
WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO THIRD
AVENUE, PIKE PINE AND LITTLE
SAIGON, IS THAT CORRECT, OR
THAT IS FURTHER FOCUSES, BUT
COULD THEY BE DIRECTED IN OTHER
AREAS?
>> THE -- THEY COULD, YES.
>> IS THE CBA IS WRITTEN, IT IS
A SUCH AS, SO THOSE ARE MEANT
TO BE EXAMPLES, IS NOT A STRICT
LIMITATION ON WHAT
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SERVED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU STILL HAVE
THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY
CONCERN WAS THAT WHAT IMPACTS
LITTLE SAIGON ALSO IMPACTS
OTHER AREAS OF THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT ON 23rd AND JACKSON
AND THEN ALSO , CAPITOL HILL
AND OTHER PLACES, SO I JUST
WANTED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE'S COMMENT
BUT YOU CLARIFY THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE IN THE
DISCUSSION SECTION. I DON'T
SEE ANY NEW HANDS SO I AM
MAKING THE FIRST OF THREE LAST
CALLS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU
WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD ANYWAY
SO LAST CALL ON DISCUSSION.
FINAL CALL ON DISCUSSION. I
WILL MAKE THE CHAIRS COMMENTS
AT THE END. THIS IS A GOOD
PROGRAM. THE REQUEST IS, AS
ALONG -- HAS COME ALONG AT THE
WRONG TIME AND HAD YOU INCLUDED
THIS IN THE PACKAGE I WOULD'VE
SUPPORTED IT.
>> I WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE
STATEMENT ABOUT AURORA. ETS
DOES HAVE A UNIT ALONG AURORA
AVENUE AND 130 , AS WELL SO I
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT DOES EXIST UP THERE. THE
THING IS, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT
THIS IS A LATE-COMING REQUEST,
CHAIR, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO
JUST STATE THAT I DID TRY TO
GET FUNDING FOR THE THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT CENTER THAT THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD IS
BUILDING AND FOR REASONS THAT
DON'T NEED TO BE GONE INTO
RIGHT NOW, THAT WAS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE CHAIRS
BALANCING PACKAGE SO I DO
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS LATE AND
I APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S PATIENTS
AND WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER
THIS ADDITIONAL RESOURCE. AS I
SAID THE OTHER DAY , THE DRUG
CRISIS IS AT THE ROOT OF SO
MANY OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE
SPENDING RESOURCES ON AND
TALKING ABOUT IN VARIOUS
COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
AS WELL AS DURING BUDGET
SEASON, AND SO THAT IS WHY I
FEEL SO STRONGLY THAT PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT RIGHT NOW
WHILE WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
IS A VALID POLICY MOVE ON MY
PART, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON HSD
-44-A.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA .
COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> YES
>> TRAN THREE -- COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> NO.
>> SO, EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. HSD 40 4A PASSES
AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO COUNSEL
BILL 120905.
>> I MOVE SD C7A.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO MOVE
PASSAGE OF
>> SDCI-7-1 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATION TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS FOR
THE GENERAL FUND TO RESTORE
FUNDING FOR TENANT SERVICES AND
MAKE A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION
OF $520,000 GENERAL FUND FOR
BOTH 2025 AND 2026 TO SPD FOR
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER
STAFFING. I WILL TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT THE RUNNING TALLY OF
APPROPRIATIONS FOR TENANT
SERVICES THEN PROVIDE SOME
DISCUSSION OF THE REDUCTIONS TO
THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER . IN
TERMS OF THE RUNNING TALLY FOR
TENANT SERVICES, COUNCILMEMBERS
KNOW THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET APPROPRIATED
APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION FOR
TENANT SERVICES . THAT WAS
INCREASED BY THE COUNCIL
THROUGH THE CONSENT PACKAGE SDC
I -02 TO 2.1 AND THEN
TRANSFERRED TO HSD FOR $520,000
SO AS IT STANDS, THE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS IS APPROXIMATELY
1.6 MILLION. SHOULD THIS PASS,
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS WOULD BE
2.1 MILLION. THE REDUCTIONS TO
SPD WOULD LARGELY COME FROM
PROPOSED SALARIES FOR STAFFING
AT THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER .
THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER
WOULD UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY,
DISPATCH, OFFICER LOCATION 91
CALLS AND RECORD MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS INTO A SINGLE VIEW TO
PROVIDE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS .
REDUCTIONS TO THE FUNDING WOULD
REQUIRE THAT SPD EITHER HOLD
SOME POSITIONS VACANT OR YOU
SAVINGS FROM OTHER AREAS TO
FILL THOSE POSITIONS. WE HAVE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM SPD
ABOUT HOW THEY COULD -- WHAT
THOSE REDUCTIONS MIGHT MEAN IN
TERMS OF OPERATIONS OF THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER. THIS IS
FROM ANGELA SOCHI. THEY WOULD
LIKELY RESPOND TO THE CUTS BY
ADJUSTING THEIR HIRING PLAN TO
ON BOARD EIGHT TO NINE FTEs AT
SOME POINT IN 2025 THE MAY NEED
TO MOVE MONEY BETWEEN YEARS TO
MAINTAIN EVEN FUNDING FOR
POSITIONS AT THE REAL-TIME
CRIME CENTER . THAT COULD BE
THAT THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER
IS NOT STAFFED ON A FULL-TIME
BASIS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN. I
ALSO SEE MR. DOSS.
>> THANK YOU, GREG DOSS. JUST
TO ELABORATE AND MAYBE A LITTLE
MORE TEXTURE, THE POSITIONS
THAT WOULD BE FUNDED IN THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER OVER TWO
YEARS, THERE WOULD BE 21
POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED
IN THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER
OVER THE TWO YEARS. ONE WAY TO
THINK ABOUT THIS IS HOW MANY
POSITIONS COULD BE SUSTAINED ON
AN ONGOING BASIS AFTER THE CUTS
THAT THESE NEXT TWO CBA'S MAKE
AND AND WORKING WITH SPD IT WAS
DETERMINED THAT THERE COULD BE
ABOUT 12 POSITIONS OF THOSE 21
THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE
SUSTAINED ON AN ONGOING BASIS
IF BOTH THESE CUTS WERE
ENACTED. THE ONE THAT YOU JUST
HEARD ABOUT FOR ABOUT 500,000,
THEN THE NEXT ONE FOR ABOUT 1
MILLION. IF JUST THE CBA THAT
IS UNDER DISCUSSION IS ENACTED,
IT WOULD REDUCE IT BY ROUGHLY
THREE EMPLOYEES, SO BRING IT
DOWN FROM 21 TO 18 OR SO IF THE
FIRST CBA IS ENACTED. IF THE
SECOND ONE IS ENACTED, IT WOULD
BRING IT DOWN TO LIKE 12. AND
AS MR. FREEMAN SAID , THE
IMPACT OF THIS , AND WHY 21
FTEs OF THE CRIME CENTER IS
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR SHIFT
RELIEF FACTORS. IT ALLOWS FOR
27 WEEKS DOWN, DAYLONG STAFFING
24/7 AND ALSO RELIEF FOR
VACATION DAYS, THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS, SO REDUCTIONS IN
STAFFING WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO
TIMES THAT THE REAL-TIME CRIME
CENTER WOULD NOT BE STAFF.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, AS SPONSOR, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK
YOU TO QUITO AND GREG FOR
HELPING GET THESE READY. AS I
HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL WEEK, WE
KNOW THAT RENTERS ACROSS THE
CITY ARE EXPERIENCING HIGH NEED
AND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO
RESTORE SOME OF THE FUNDING SO
THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT
RENTERS HAVE BEEN ASKING US TO
MULTIPLY SEVERALFOLD WHAT WE
ALREADY DO , SO I WON'T REPEAT
ALL THE SAME STATISTICS AGAIN
JUST TO SAY THAT WE KNOW , AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON
MENTIONED, THAT WHAT WE ARE
DOING AS A CITY IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE KNOW THAT TENANT SERVICES
INCLUDE EVICTION PREVENTION,
PARTICULARLY IN OTHER
LANGUAGES, BY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
SPANISH SERVICE AND MANDARIN
AND CANTONESE. THEY HOST WITH
LEGAL CLINICS AND PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE IN SITUATIONS THAT
RENTERS NEED SUPPORT FOR, FOR
EXAMPLE, DEPOSIT RETURNS. I
THINK WE ARE AWARE OF THE
SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED.
REGARDING THE RTC SEE IF WE
TOOK JUST A FRACTION OF THIS
BUDGET, WE COULD FULLY FUND
EXISTING LEVELS OF TENANT
SERVICES AND THAT AS A
REMINDER, THE CURRENT PROPOSED
BUDGET APPROPRIATES 2 MILLION
IN 2025 AND 3.7 MILLION IN 2026
TOWARD THE REAL-TIME CRIME
CENTER FOR A TOTAL OF ALMOST 5
MILLION. THE COMBINED EFFECT OF
BOTH OF THESE WALK ON
AMENDMENT'S WOULD BE TO TAKE
527,000 AND 2025 AND 1.5
MILLION, A LITTLE OVER THAT IN
2026. THAT MEANS THE RTC SEE
WOULD STILL HAVE $1.5 MILLION
IN 2025 AND 2026 FOR THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER. NO
POSITION AUTHORITY IS BEING
REMOVED SO SPD COULD CHOOSE TO
FUND ANY, NATION OF POSITIONS
WITH THE REMAINDER PLUS ANY
OTHER SELLER SAVINGS WERE
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS BSL
SO I AGAIN WANT TO THANK
CENTRAL STAFF FOR ASSISTING IN
GETTING THIS DONE AND I AM
ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. AS CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE I WILL BE
VOTING NO AND RECOMMENDING A NO
VOTE BASED ON THE FUNDING
SOURCE. WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT
THE FUNDING, WHERE IT WOULD GO,
SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN. COUNCIL
MEMBER MOORE .
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AS
COSPONSOR OF RESTORING MONEY TO
TENANT SERVICES I CLEARLY
SUPPORT RESTORING TENANT
SERVICES BUT I'M GOING TO BE
VOTING AGAINST THIS BECAUSE
THIS TAKES 527,000 THAT WAS SET
ASIDE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE ,
EVICTION DEFENSE AND RENT
ARREARS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY
VOTED TO TAKE FROM SDCI AND PUT
INTO HSD. THAT IS BASICALLY A
WORKAROUND AGAINST WHAT WE JUST
VOTED ON SO I WILL BE VOTING
AGAINST IS FOR THAT REASON.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
YOU KNOW, THE REAL-TIME CRIME
CENTER IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
TO US AS A CITY, AND ONE OF THE
THEMES OF GOING THROUGH THIS
BUDGET PROCESS IS THE IDEA OF
BUDGET ACTIONS VERSUS COMMITTEE
ACTIONS. I AM HERE TO SAY THAT
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
CREATED ITS MISSION, IT CREATED
THIS VISION AND IT CREATED ITS
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN. THE
11 PUBLIC SAFETY BILLS PASSED
THIS YEAR WERE PASSED WITH THE
FRAMEWORK IN MIND TO ACCOMPLISH
OUR GOAL OF CREATING A SAFER
SEATTLE. THIS INCLUDES
TECHNOLOGY BILLS LIKE AUTOMATIC
LICENSE PLATE READERS, CLOSED
CIRCUIT TV AND THE REAL-TIME
CRIME CENTER. TECHNOLOGY IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR US , EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE
MASSIVE LOSS OF OFFICERS WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST
NUMBER OF YEARS. SO, THE NEED
FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BECAUSE
OF THE MASSIVE LOSS OF
OFFICERS. THE BIG REASON WHY WE
HAVE A MASSIVE LOSS OF OFFICERS
ASCOUNCIL TERM OF
THIS COUNSEL. IS UNCONSCIONABLE
TO ME THAT YOU CREATE A
SITUATION AND NOW YOU WANT TO
TAKE OUT THE FIX FOR THAT
SITUATION . THAT IS NOT GOOD
GOVERNANCE. THAT IS NOT GOOD
GOVERNANCE. BY THE WAY, THE
BUDGET CHAIR IS UPSET PROCESSES
OF THE BUDGET. I RECOGNIZE THAT
HUNDRED AND 10% BUT THIS POINT
JUST DRIVES ME OVER THE EDGE OF
THIS CONTINUED THEME OF BUDGET
ACTIONS VERSUS COMMITTEE
ACTIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
BUDGET ACTIONS REALLY SHOULD BE
COMMITTEE ACTIONS AND HERE IS
THE IRONIC THING RELATED TO
THIS ONE. THE COMMITTEE HAS
BEEN DOING ITS WORK SO ON THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER ALL THE
WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING BY THE
WAY THIS COMMITTEE WORK IS DONE
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
EXECUTIVE, WITH THE MAYORS
OFFICE, WITH SPD. IN SOME
CASES, FIRE. IN SOME CASES,
CARE. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE DO ALL THIS WORK WITH THE
BENEFIT OF THE CENTRAL STAFF, I
MIGHT ADD . THIS IS SOMETHING
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND SO MY
STRONG RECOMMENDATION FOR MY
COLLEAGUES IS TO FOLLOW YOUR
VOTE AS IT CAME OUT OF
COMMITTEE 5-0 AND HAD YOU VOTED
ON THIS FULL COUNSEL EARLIER
THIS YEAR BECAUSE OUR GOAL HERE
IS TO CREATE A SAFER SEATTLE.
IF WE DON'T, ALL THESE OTHER
THINGS GO BY THE WAYSIDE. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
>> FURTHER DISCUSSION? FINAL
CALL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL .
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> NO
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> NO
>> CHAIR STRAUSS .
>> ONE IN FAVOR, EIGHT OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS AND
SDCI-7-1 WILL NOT BE ATTACHED
TO THE COUNSEL BILL. THE NEXT
ITEM IS A TWO-STEP PROCESS SO
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE
SPR ITEM AND COME BACK BECAUSE
IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM
32, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE
MULTIPLE STEPS BECAUSE IT IS SO
FAR OUT OF ORDER. COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVE SPR 105-A.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO MOVE SPR 105-A.
KARINA, HOW ARE YOU? GREAT TO
SEE YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THIS IS BUDGET AMENDMENT SPR
015-A. IT WOULD INCREASE PARKS
AND RECREATION BY 1 MILLION
GENERAL FUND IN 2026 AND
INCREASE POSITION AUTHORITY FOR
7.35 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
EMPLOYEES TO RESTORE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMING AT
DISCOVERY PARK AND KHARKIV
PARK. THERE WOULD BE A
CORRESPONDING REDUCTION AT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 1
MILLION GENERAL FUND IN 2026
FOR NINE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD STAFF THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER. THAT
WOULD REMOVE FUNDING FOR THE
EMPLOYEES BUT WOULD RETAIN THE
POSITION AUTHORITY. IN THE
2025-26 PROPOSED BUDGET , THERE
WOULD BE AN ELIMINATION OF THIS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMING IN
2026 IN THE INTERIM AND 2025
SEATTLE PARKS PLANS TO HOLD A
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS TO
FIND THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP TO FUND THOSE
ACTIVITIES AT DISCOVERY PARK
AND AT KHARKIV PARK THAT THE
THIRD PARTY WOULD PAY FOR. IF
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMING
DOES NOT CONTINUE, IT WOULD
RESULT IN THE CLOSURE OF
DISCOVERY PARK VISITOR CENTER
AND NO ACTIVITIES THERE, AS
WELL, AND NO ACTIVITIES AT
KHARKIV PARK. KHARKIV PARK THE
VISITOR CENTER CLOSED ABOUT 10
YEARS AGO. AS FAR AS THE IMPACT
ON SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
GREG TALKED ABOUT THAT A BIT SO
THIS WOULD REMOVE FUNDING FOR
NINE FTEs BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE IMPACT WOULD BE LESS THAN
THAT SO THERE WOULD BE A TOTAL
OF 15 THAT WOULD BE HIRED OUT
OF THE 21.
>> THAT IS RIGHT ON, THANK YOU.
THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES AND I
APOLOGIZE, SPECIFICALLY TO THE
SPONSOR FOR THIS, THE ORIGINAL
ESTIMATES DONE OVERNIGHT WERE
DONE AGAINST THE ENTIRETY OF
BOTH CUTS SO KARINA HAS THAT
RIGHT. IT WOULD BE ABOUT 15.
>> THAT IS ALL.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE HEARD
DURING PUBLIC HEARING THAT
THERE ARE STILL MANY CRITICAL
PROGRAMS THAT OUR CITY CONDUCTS
THAT WILL BE SEEING THEIR AND
IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE DESPITE
OUR ATTEMPTS TO PRESERVE THEM
AND OUR CITY WORKERS. WITH THIS
MILLION DOLLARS, WE COULD
RESTORE ALL THE FTEs IN PARKS
FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION WORK THAT DISCOVERY
PARK, KHARKIV PARK AS WELL AS
ALL TEMPORARY LABOR AND
NONLABOR EXPENSES. NONE OF
THESE PARKS ARE IN MY DISTRICT
BUT I HAVE HEARD THE CALL FROM
ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK. WE
HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP BUT
THESE PROPOSED CUTS DON'T
REFLECT THAT LEGACY OF THE CITY
AND ELIMINATING THESE ROLES AND
PROGRAMS WOULD HAVE LASTING
IMPACTS INCLUDING REDUCING
ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC EDUCATION
ABOUT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
IT WOULD LIMIT CRITICAL OUTDOOR
PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
AND WE CAN OUR COMMUNITIES
CONNECTION TO ITS OWN PARKS. I
WANT TO THANK YOU, KARINA, AND
THANK YOU AGAIN, GREG, FOR YOUR
WORK WITH MY OFFICE AND I ASKED
FOR MY COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES. AS CHAIR OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND THE COUNSEL
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE
OF THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS
BEFORE I WAS GERRYMANDERED, MY
DISTRICT ABUTTED CARKEEK PARK
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING
CENTER SO I FEEL SUCH LOVE FOR
BOTH. JUST TO SAY , COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, I APPRECIATE
YOU LOOKING OUT FOR THE NORTH
END. I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED A
LITTLE BIT OF OUTREACH BECAUSE
AS WAS CONVEYED BY CENTRAL
STAFF, THIS FUNDING IS IN
EXISTENCE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND IT
PROVIDES US THE TIME TO MAKE
THE DECISIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING
YEAR AND THERE ARE IMPORTANT
DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE
. IF MY GOALS ARE MET WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GOOD,
ROBUST PROGRAMMING THERE. THERE
ARE MORE COMPLEX QUESTIONS TO
BE ANSWERED THEN WE HAVE TIME
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND SO IF
THERE WAS AN IMMINENT
RETIREMENT OF THESE SERVICES,
WE WOULD'VE BEEN TAKEN A
DIFFERENT APPROACH BUT WE HAVE
TIME TO MAKE A SMART DECISION
OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT
YEAR, SO I WILL BE OPPOSING
THIS. AND, WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
COMING BACK TO THIS QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AND
THANK YOU FOR THE POINT YOU ARE
JUST MAKING. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS
A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. IT WAS
NOT TOO LONG AGO I WAS A
STAY-AT-HOME DAD WHO HAS BEEN
TO THAT LOCATION WITH HIS YOUNG
DAUGHTER AND THE PARK NEARBY. I
AM WELL AWARE OF IT . IT IS
IMPORTANT AND GOING TO THE
PREVIOUS ONE, TOO, TENANT
SERVICES ARE IMPORTANT AND I
UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, IS
WORKING VERY HARD . THE POINTS
THAT I MADE JUST PREVIOUSLY ARE
STILL GERMANE. WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE SAFE
BAY CENTER CITY SO THAT WE CAN
ALL MOVE FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY
ACROSS ALL ELEMENTS OF
GOVERNMENT SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M LUCKY
ENOUGH TO SERVE ON THE PARKS
COMMITTEE WITH PARKS CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH AND I KNOW THAT
SEATTLE PARKS AND REC HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH PRIVATE PARTNERS
TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF
PROGRAMMING AT THE PARKS
BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN FUNDING
BEING CHALLENGING AND I VERY
MUCH SUPPORT PRIVATE PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE CAN TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
PROGRAMMING BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT , PARTICULARLY FOR
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, SO I WANTED
TO NOTE THAT I KNOW PARKS IS
ENGAGED IN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS
TO ENSURE THAT THESE KINDS OF
PROGRAMS KEEP GOING . THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. LAST CALL FOR
DISCUSSION. FINAL CALL FOR
DISCUSSION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN , IN
THE BACK OF MY MIND, THINKING
GOSH, HOW COULD WE RESTORE THAT
OR ENSURE ITS FUTURE, SO MUCH
SO THAT I DID RESEARCH. WHAT IS
THE SALARY SAVINGS IN SPD AND
CUT IT POSSIBLY BE USED FOR
THIS AND WAS DISABUSED OF THAT
IDEA BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT
CHAIR STRAUSS MEANT WHEN YOU
SAID WE COULD CONTINUE THINKING
ABOUT THIS OR IF THIS WAS GOING
TO END UP IN IMMINENT
TERMINATION OF PROGRAMS BUT FOR
THE RECORD I DO WANT TO
REGISTER MY SUPPORT FOR THESE
PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW AND MY
INTEREST IN FIGURING OUT HOW,
IF NOT IN THIS BUDGET ITEM,
WHICH I WILL BE OPPOSING ,
FIGURING OUT SOMETHING IN THE
FUTURE, SO THANK YOU.
>> AMEN. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
FINAL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, YOU HAVE LAST WORD.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING
FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU. WILL CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> MAY
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> NO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> NO
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
>> NO
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> NO.
>> ONE IN FAVOR, EIGHT OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS AND
SPR 015-A IS NOT ATTACHED TO
THE UNDERLYING BILL. WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO SDOT 8 B.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, THIS
PROPOSAL IS SO FAR OUT OF ORDER
THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE MULTIPLE
STEPS BACKWARD TO MAKE THE
ADJUSTMENT AS WELL AS WE HAD A
PRETTY DEEP CONVERSATION ABOUT
THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SO
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO TAKE
YESTERDAY MORNING , AND SO I AM
CHECKING WITH YOU TO SEE IF YOU
WANT TO CONTINUE MOVING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. YES,
ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO
MAKE YOUR MOTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE
SURE I HAVE THE SCRIPT RIGHT
HERE. I MOVED TO RESEND
SDOT-008-A-1 .
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RESEND. WE WILL NOW
TAKE A VOTE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. YOU CAN DO
UNANIMOUS CONSENT OR WE CAN DO
A ROLL CALL VOTE.
>> COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO DISCUSS THIS .
COUNCILMEMBER SOCCER AND I HAVE
BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS
AMENDMENT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT
I SUPPORT AND I'M GOING TO
SHARE FOR THE RECORD THE
BACKGROUND ON THIS BECAUSE
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA IS AMENDING
MY AMENDMENT. A YEAR AGO IN THE
LAST BUDGET CYCLE I PUSHED KING
COUNTY METRO TO REDUCE AN
AMBASSADORS PROGRAM ON THEIR
BUSES . VICE CHAIR, I HEARD YOU
MAKE MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE
SEEN AMBASSADORS ON THE BUSES.
I HAVE NOT.
>> NO, ON LIGHT RAIL.
>> NO, ON LIGHT RAIL BECAUSE
SOUND TRANSIT IS DOING A BETTER
JOB THAN KING COUNTY METRO.
THAT'S CORRECT. MY AMENDMENT
LAST YEAR WAS TO PUSH KING
COUNTY METRO IN THE SAME
DIRECTION AS SOUND TRANSIT AND
SO FOR A YEAR, THEY HAD BEEN
INSTRUCTED TO CREATE AN
AMBASSADORS PROGRAM . AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS BUDGET CYCLE
I REQUESTED AN UPDATE FROM
METRO REGARDING THIS AND THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE
ME ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, MY
UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME IS
THAT THEY HAVE MADE NO PROGRESS
ON THE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM. ON
MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA LET ME KNOW THERE
IS IN FACT THE CONTRACT BEING
PUT FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO SHARE THE
INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND THE
RECEIPTS FOR WHAT THIS CONTRACT
WOULD BE, HOW MUCH IT WOULD
COST, OR WHEN IT WOULD BE
DEPLOYED. AND SO , IN THE
CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA AND I HAD WAS VERY
CLEARLY, IF METRO IS ONLY USING
$750,000 FOR THIS THAN I DON'T
MIND SPENDING MORE MONEY ON
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH . IF THEY ARE
USING THE FULL $1 MILLION FOR
THEIR CONTRACT, AS WAS ASKED OF
THEM, THEN WE NEED TO ADD MONEY
TO THIS PROVISO, WHICH I AM
ALSO COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT WHAT
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IS
SIMPLY JUST ADDING SCOPE TO A
PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE NOT
DEMONSTRATED THE RECEIPTS OF
PRODUCING IN A YEAR, AS WELL AS
WITH THE VARIABLE THAT IS
HANGING OUT THERE, THAT THERE
IS A CONTRACT ON THE TABLE,
POTENTIALLY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO FOR
THOSE REASONS, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA, AS I SAT ON MONDAY, I AM
HERE TO SUPPORT THE ADDITION OF
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IF THE
PROVISO NUMBER IS INCREASED ,
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT SIMPLY ADDING SCOPE
TO A PROJECT I HAVE BEEN
PUSHING FOR A YEAR TO GET OFF
THE GROUND AND I DON'T SEE
RESULTS. SO, THE QUESTION
BEFORE US IS, SHOULD
SDOT-008-A-1, WHICH WAS PART OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR , BE
RESCINDED. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> ABSTAIN
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> ABSTAINS
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> NO.
>> FOUR -- EXCUSE ME. SIX IN
FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED, TWO
ABSTENTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES AND SDOT-008-A-1 IS
RESCINDED. COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA,
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVED TO
RESEND SDOT-008-A-1 AS FOLLOWS.
>> YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
>> AT THIS POINT, WE ARE
APPROVING SDOT-008-B.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE,
SO I WELCOME --
>> YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR ITEM,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> OKAY, I MOVE SDOT-008-B.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. CALVIN,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRIEF US ON
THE AMENDMENT?
>> SDOT-008-B IS AN ALTERNATE
TO SDOT-008-A-1 THAT WAS IN THE
PACKAGE. IT SIMPLY ADDS THE
KING COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
TEAM IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE
MILLION DOLLAR PROVISO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. WHAT THIS WOULD
DO IS ALLOW US TO TELL A MORE
COMPLETE, HOLISTIC STORY OF OUR
SECURITY POSTURE AND PRACTICES
ON TRANSIT. THIS IS INTENDED TO
BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT
ACTUALLY BUILDS UPON THE
AMENDMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED AND INCLUDED IN THE
ORIGINAL CHAIRS BALANCING
PACKAGE ALTHOUGH I THINK I DO
NOTE I THINK IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY, ALL OF OUR NAMES
WERE ASCRIBED TO THIS ITEM AS
THE AUTHOR, THE ORIGINAL
AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE
AMBASSADORS. REGARDLESS , THIS
ALLOWS US TO USE THE SAME
FUNDING SOURCE. IN THIS CASE,
THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE ,
TO ADD AND ENHANCE OUR
CAPABILITY AND EXPANDS IT BY
AUTHORIZING KING COUNTY
METRO'S NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
TEAM WHICH IS A REALLY COOL NEW
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE .
ESSENTIALLY, SOCIAL WORKERS, IF
YOU WILL. I AM STILL LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE CAPABILITIES
THIS PROGRAM LAUNCHED PROBABLY
IN THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A
HALF AND INTERVENING TIME THAT
THE CHAIR MENTIONED . HE WAS
TRYING ON A PRIOR COUNSEL TO
AUTHORIZE EXPANSION OF TRANSIT
AMBASSADORS . SITUATIONS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED. THE
LEAST OF WHICH IS A COMPLETELY
NEW COMPOSITION OF A NEW
COUNSEL . PRIORITIES CHANGE
OVER TIME AND THIS ALLOWS US
SOME EXTRA FLEXIBILITY TO AGAIN
DEPLOY SOCIAL WORKERS ON OUR
TRANSIT SYSTEM IN SEATTLE AT
KEY STOPS TO MAKE SURE WE
PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE HUMAN
RESOURCE TO ADDRESS HUMAN NEEDS
AND ULTIMATELY ADDRESS OUR
SECURITY AND SAFETY SITUATION,
OUR TRANSIT, SO REALLY COOL NEW
PROGRAM AND BY THE WAY WE ARE
GOING TO BE TAKING THAT SOME
MORE INFORMATION, LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF
OPTIONS INCLUDING SOME OF THE
STUFF THAT I HOPE WE AUTHORIZED
AS PART OF THIS BUDGET .
TRANSIT SECURITY, WHAT POLICING
LOOKS LIKE, AMBASSADORS AND NOW
THIS, THE NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
TEAM SOCIAL WORKERS AND WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT IN
COMMITTEE, AT LEAST FROM AN
INFORMATIONAL'S PERSPECTIVE,
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
NEXT YEAR BUT REALLY COOL
PROGRAM. AWESOME INNOVATION AND
I THINK IT ALLOWS US TO TELL A
MORE COMPLETE , COMPELLING
NARRATIVE ABOUT HOW WE VIEW AND
COMPASSIONATELY APPROACH OUR
VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES INCLUDING ON OUR
TRANSIT SYSTEM SO I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO IN
ESSENCE, THE OLD AMENDMENT WAS
JUST AMBASSADORS, AND THIS ONE
IS AMBASSADORS PLUS THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOLKS,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> COULD YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE
WHAT WERE THE AMBASSADORS
SUPPOSED TO DO?
>> THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS
SORT OF A FIRST CONTACT
CONCIERGE SUPPORT FOR RIDERS
ACCESSING THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE
SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW SOUND
TRANSIT HAS DONE THAT . IN A
LOT OF WAYS, IT IS ADDITIONAL
METRO TRANSIT EMPLOYEES
INTERACTING WITH PASSENGERS AND
NOT NECESSARILY -- THIS IS A
BIT OF A CONTRAST TO THE
TRANSIT SECURITY QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT AT THE
COMMITTEE, AS WELL, AND NOT AS
MUCH FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT
BUT FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE
CONNECTION STANDPOINT.
>> THANK YOU, AND THEY WERE TO
RIDE ON THE BUSES?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. WELL, I AM
GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE
OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS
DONE LAST YEAR, FINDING THAT
THEY PUT AIR FILTERS ON SOME OF
THE LINES OF BUSES AND FOUND
THAT DRIVERS WERE EXPOSED TO
FENTANYL SMOKE AND THEY TESTED
FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, ET CETERA
AND IT DOES SEEM AS THOUGH WE
ARE GETTING CLOSER TO
ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM THAT IS,
I WOULD SAY, MOST URGENT AND SO
IF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SPECIALIST THAT WILL BE
DEPLOYED CAN AUGMENT THE WORK
OF THE AMBASSADORS OR REPLACE
HIM ON CERTAIN LINES, I WOULD
CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT.
>> THANK YOU. FURTHER
DISCUSSION? LAST CALL FURTHER
DISCUSSION. FINAL CALL. COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, YOU HAVE LAST
WORD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS
ALLOWS US TO TELL A MORE
COMPLETE, COMPELLING PICTURE
AND CRAFT A MORE COMPELLING
NARRATIVE OF HOW WE TREAT AND
APPROACH COMPASSIONATELY TO
ADDRESS THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE ON
OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM BECAUSE
SOCIAL WORKERS ARE IMPORTANT IN
THE MATTER, TOO. TAKING A PAGE
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, I LOVE HER
PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND
ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK. I THINK
WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE LAST
AMENDMENT WAS INDEXED FAIRLY
HEAVILY BEYOND THE INTERVENTION
AND ENFORCEMENT SIDE. NOW WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO
FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE PREVENTION
AND THE INTERVENTION SIDE WITH
THIS, SO AMBASSADORS ARE
ESSENTIALLY WAY FINDERS,
FRIENDLY FACES, AND NOW SOCIAL
WORKER SO I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> WILL CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON SDOT-008-B-1.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WOO
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> ABSTAIN
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> ABSTAIN
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
>> AYE
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
>> AYE
>> CHAIR STRAUSS
>> ABSTAIN.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, THREE
ABSTENTIONS.
>> MOTION PASSES AND
SDOT-008-B-1 REPLACES
SDOT-008-A-1 . CLERK, DO WE
NEED TO PASS THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME?
>> AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO
POSTPONE THE BILL TO THE
MEETING ON THE 19th.
>> WE ARE GOING TO STEP IN
BEFORE WE POSTPONE THE BILL I
WANT TO CHECK IN WITH CENTRAL
STAFF TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE NEED
TO BE AWARE OF HEADING INTO THE
WEEKEND. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT BETWEEN HERE AND NEXT
TUESDAY, CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE
WORKING TO ENSURE ACCURACY ON
THE BUDGET AND ALL ITEMS -- I
THINK IT WAS 160 ITEMS AT THIS
POINT, AND SO BETWEEN NOW AND
TUESDAY YOU WILL BE WORKING ON
THAT. ON TUESDAY, WE HAVE -- WE
HAVE ALREADY PASSED OUT A
NUMBER OF BILLS FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR YESTERDAY AND SO WE
WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF BILLS
LATER TODAY. WE HAVE ALREADY
PASSED THE NOON DEADLINE TODAY
FOR JUMPSTART AMENDMENT SO
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU MISSED THAT
DEADLINE, MY APOLOGIES. I WAS
GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT BUT WE GOT
IN THE MIDDLE OF STUFF. WHAT
ELSE DO WE HAVE TO DO?
>> THAT IS ABOUT IT. JUST TO
NOTE, ON TUESDAY THERE ARE THE
PROPERTY TAX BILLS THAT WE DID
NOT INCLUDE JUST BECAUSE WE
WERE PUSHING THOSE CLOSER TO
THE ELECTION CERTIFICATION
DATE, SO EVEN THOUGH THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY -- WE ARE
WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THERE IS A
LONG PROPERTY TAX BILL IN SHORT
PROPERTY TAX BILL ON THE AGENDA
FOR NEXT TUESDAY AND THOSE ARE
HELD FOR PROCEDURAL REASONS BUT
OTHERWISE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE
FAMILIAR, AS WE DISCUSSED ON
THE 13th, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A
REALLY LONG TIME AGO.
>> YES, IT DOES. AND SO NEXT
WEEK WE WILL HAVE COMMITTEE
VOTES ON TUESDAY THAN FINAL
ACTION ON THURSDAY. I STRONGLY
ADVISE THAT YOU A, CREATE A
NICE, LONG SPEECH. STAYING IN
THE POSITIVE, CREATE A NICE,
LONG SPEECH TO GIVE ABOUT ALL
OF THE BUDGET THINGS, ALL OF
THE PRIORITIES YOU'VE GOTTEN
IN THIS BUDGET THEN HOLD THAT
SPEECH UNTIL THURSDAY WHEN WE
TAKE UP COUNSEL BILL 120905.
DEPENDING ON HOW WE RUN THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, IT IS ONE OF
ABOUT 40 VOTES. CREATE A
SPEECH, HOLD TILL THURSDAY.
TUESDAY WILL BE MOSTLY
PROCEDURAL AS LONG AS WE DON'T
HAVE ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR
WRINKLES. IT WILL BE A RATHER
STRAIGHTFORWARD MEETING ON
TUESDAY AND SO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, EARLIER IN THIS
MEETING I REQUESTED YOUR
PERMISSION IS CHAIR OF THE ONLY
COMMITTEE IN SESSION RIGHT NOW
TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO CENTRAL
STAFF TO NOT WORK ON ANY NEW
AMENDMENTS, ONLY TO CORRECT OR
REFINE PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS. DO
I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION?
>> YES.
>> FANTASTIC. COLLEAGUES, I AM
DIRECTING CENTRAL STAFF TO NOT
TAKE UP ANY NEW IDEAS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
HAS HAD HER HAND UP.
>> THAT WOULD BE A POINT OF
ORDER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> MY APOLOGIES. THAT WAS
INADVERTENT BUT I DO HAVE A
WALK ON AMENDMENT . I JUST
THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT JOKE
TO AND. I'M JUST PLAYING.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> 3:53 P.M. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, COUNSEL BILL 120905
WILL BE PROPOSED -- POSTPONED
TO THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
VICE CHAIR RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST
WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
THANK CENTRAL STAFF AND ALSO
OUR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT IN
OUR OFFICES FOR ALL THE LATE
NIGHT HOURS THIS PAST WEEK
ESPECIALLY BUT THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS TO GET ALL OF
THIS PUT TOGETHER. REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK .
IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND IT WAS
FAST AND FURIOUS. THERE IS NOT
A LOT OF CUSHION AND IT DID NOT
STOP AND IT WAS A LOT OF WORK
FOR EVERYONE. BUT, I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF FOR
THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE PROVIDED
ALL OF US DURING THIS TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> WILL SEND , VICE CHAIR
RIVERA. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
WITH THE NEW COUNSEL DOING THE
FIRST BUDGET, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE , THANK YOU ECHOING
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WHAT WE HAVE
DISPLAYED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS IS A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF
ENGAGEMENT . A HIGHER DEGREE OF
ENGAGEMENT THAT I HAVE
EXPERIENCED SINCE I HAVE BEEN
ELECTED AND THAT IS , AT BASE,
A POSITIVE THING. IT DOES END
UP WITH A LOT OF WORK ON
EVERYBODY'S PART BECAUSE WE
ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS
DEEPLY AND THINKING ABOUT OUR
POLICY PRIORITIES GOING FORWARD
SO IN RECOGNITION OF THAT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER
COMMENTS WE HAVE REACHED THE
END OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
THE NEXT SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING US SCHEDULED
FOR NOVEMBER 19th AT 9:30 A.M.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAKE
CONTINUE TO SUBMIT WRITTEN
COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS BEFORE THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE? HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS, THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.