>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THE DAY IS FEBRUARY 3rd, 2025.
THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL
COME TO
ORDER. THE÷÷ TIME IS
2:04.
>> DO YOU MEAN HOLLINGSWORTH?
>>
PRESENT.
>> DO YOU MEAN MOORE?
PRESENT.
>> PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>>
PRESENT.
>> DO YOU MEAN SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> DO YOU MEAN NELSON?
>>
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. DO YOU MEAN STRAUSS IS
EXCUSED
FOR TODAY.
ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE MINUTES OF JANUARY SIXTH AND
13th, 2025, WILL ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY
PROCLAMATIONS OR EXECUTIVE
SESSIONS TODAY
BUT WE WILL RESUME OUR WEEKLY
PRACTICE OF HEARING FROM OUR
OIR STATE TEAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
AND ALSO, FOLKS DOWN THERE
ABOUT DEVELOPING IN OLYMPIA.
THE WEEKLY BILL PAYMENT
ORDINANCE, THREE
RESOLUTIONS MAKING CHANGES TO
PREVIOUS
RESOLUTIONS ON THE PRESS PRO TEM
LIST AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT MORE
IN JUST A MOMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER THOG TO ENTER
INTO A NEW AGREEMENT TO LET THE
USE OF THE ARMORY.
AND APPOINTMENT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW
DISTRICT BOARD.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR
INCLUDES FOUR APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
WE'LL START TOMORROW'S
MEETING FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT
WITH
A PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL
BILL WHICH WILL CREATE A NEW
SALES AND TAX REFERRAL FOR
UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY INTO
HOUSING.
WE SCHEDULED THE PUBLIC HEARING
WHEN WE PASSED 32156 LATE LAST
YEAR.
SO ALTHOUGH THIS IS A LAND USE
BILL, WE AGREED TO HOLD
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IN COUNCIL
IN ORDER TO MEET OUR 30- DAY
NOTICE PERIOD TO HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING AND TO MAKE SURE THE
BILL
DIDN'T STALL WHILE WE HAD A
VACANCY THAT AFFECTED THE LAND
USE
COMMITTEE.
THIS WAS ALREADY IN
PROCESS BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ANNOUNCED -- THAT SHE
VACATED
THE POSITION ON JANUARY 6th.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A
NEW COUNCILMEMBER AND LAND USE
CHAIR, THE PLAN,
WHICH COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON HAS
AGREED TO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
IS
TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING
TOMORROW IN COUNCIL AND THEN
REREFER
THE BILL TO LAND USE TO GO
THROUGH THE NORMAL COMMITTEE
PROCESS UNDER HIS SPONSORSHIP.
BEYOND THAT, ON TOMORROW'S
AGENDA, THERE IS ONE
ITEM UNDER COMMITTEE REPORTS
WHICH IS
A VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL
120927 WHICH EXTENDS AGAIN,
INTERIM REGULATIONS TO ALLOW
PEOPLE
TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE THROUGH
FEMA'S FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
WE HAD SOME
INFORMATION PRESENTED ABOUT
THAT. BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
WE'LL BE VOTING ON
THREE RESOLUTIONS MAKING CHANGES
TO PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS THAT
NEED
UPDATING NOW THAT WE'VE
FILLED THE DISTRICT 2 VACANCY.
SO RESOLUTION 321161 UPDATES
THE MONTHLY COUNCIL PRO TEM LIST
TO
INCLUDE COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON IN
PLACE OF COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
RESOLUTION 321162 UPDATES
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING
COMMITTEES. THE ONLY SLIGHT
CHANGE TO THIS
RESOLUTION, AND AS YOU'RE ALL
AWARE, IS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WILL TAKE
COUNCILMEMBER'S PLACE WHILE
COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON WILL
REPLACE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ON
THE
DEVELOP.
COMMITTEE. IT'S BASICALLY A 1-
1 SWITCH.
RESOLUTION 321163 UPDATES
COUNCIL.
RIVERA IS TAKING COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES'S PLACE AS THE
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
CITY'S BOARD.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
TAKING COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S
PLACE ON THE PSRC ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD WHICH
CONFLICTS WITH FINANCE AND
COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON TAKING THE REMAINDER OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
COMMITTEES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
DOING IN THAT
RESOLUTION. SO COLLEAGUES, WE
SET THESE
RESOLUTIONS AT THE BEGINNING
OF EVERY TWO- YEAR PERIOD.
AND IT'S REALLY NOT COMMON TO
REVISIT THESE AS MANY TIMES
AS WE HAVE.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S NOT COMMON
TO HAVE TWO
VACANCIES NECESSITATING THESE
CHANGES.
DUE TO CONFLICTING -- DUE
TO CONFLICTING SCHEDULES AMONG
MANY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES, ONE CHANGE CAN
HAVE A RICOCHET EFFECT, AS YOU
CAN
SEE, ON EVERYTHING ELSE WHICH
IS WHY I'VE ENDEAVORED TO MAKE
AS FEW CHANGES AS POSSIBLE.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS FIRST
MAKING THESE COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS, IT IS REALLY
QUITE A PUZZLE TO MAKE SURE
THAT EXTERNAL COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP DOES NOT CONFLICT
WITHSTANDING
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE
ON TO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION AGENDA UPDATE.
WELCOME, DIRECTOR.
AND THE OIR TEAM.
WHY DON'T YOU COME UP TO
THE TABLE AND INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES.
AND THEN SEE IF YOU CAN
GET STARTED WITH YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
HELLO.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBERS AND
WELCOME. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU,
COWELL
SOLOMON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF ENTER GOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS
AND I'M JOINED BY MY
COLLEAGUES VIRTUALLY FROM OUR
STATE TEAM WHO YOU WILL
HEAR FROM MOMENTARILY.
WE ARE NOW IN WEEK FOUR OF THE
2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AS OF LAST FRIDAY, 1,442
BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED
AND LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS IS
MOVING
QUICKLY.
THIS MONTH WE'LL SEE MAJOR
MILESTONES AS KEY DATES PASS AND
AS POLICIES MOVE THROUGH
THE PROCESS OR DIE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, SEATTLE HAS
A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES
WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
SOME IN COMMITTEE, SOME IN
RULES, AND SOME ARE ALREADY
ON THEIR WAY TO THE OTHER
CHAMBER.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE TEAM WHO CAN SHARE AN
UPDATE ON OUR PRIORITIES
AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
SINCE
WE
LAST BRIEFED YOU. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ANNA JOHNSON.
I'M THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR
OIR.
OUR PLAN IS TO FIRST GIVE YOU AN
UPDATE ON ALL OF OUR
SEATTLE PRIORITIES WHICH YOU'LL
RECALL
FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT
WE CREATED IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE
PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE
MAJOR COMMITTEE ACTION THAT
HAPPENED THE FIRST THREE WEEKS
OF
SESSION SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE
TO BRIEF YOU IN A FEW WEEKS.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO
OVER ALL THE BILLS AND YOU'LL
NOTICE
IN THE COUNCIL BULLETIN, THERE
ARE A LOT OF BILLS WE'RE
TRACKING.
SO TODAY WE CHOOSE THE
BILLS THAT WE BRING UP IN THIS
PRESENTATION.
ONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BIG
IMPACT ON THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
OR THEY'RE JUST HOT TOPICS
DOWN IN OLYMPIA AND WE WANT YOU
TO
BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON
AND WHAT'S TAKING UP THE
CONVERSATION. OR THEY'RE BILLS
THAT WE
THINK MAYBE WEREN'T ON OUR TWO-
PAGE AGENDA BUT THEY HAVE
COME UP FROM MANY OF YOU OR
DEPARTMENTS AS THINGS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO
US. WE'LL START WITH A STATUS
REPORT OF OUR SEATTLE
PRIORITIES.
STARTING WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SECTION, THIS CREATES A
RESTRICTION FOR WEAPONS
IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
SOME OF THOSE ARE CITY
PARKS WHERE CHILDREN WILL BE
PRESENT.
OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
THIS BILL HAD A HEARING AND
HAS ALREADY BEEN VOTED OUT OF
THE POLICY COMMITTEE, SO NOW IT
IS IN THE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE WAITING FOR A HEARING
IN THAT
STEP.
HOUSE BILL 1112, THIS IS FOR
MUNICIPAL COURT TO HIGHER
OUR
PRO TEM JUDGES THAT GIVE THE
OPTION TO HIRE THE PRO
TEM JUDGES THAT RESIDE
OUTSIDE THE STATE LIMITS.
THIS HAS ALREADY PASSED
THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WITH NEARLY
UNANIMOUS SUCCESS.
SO NOW IT IS
ALREADY MAKING ITS WAY TO THE
SENATE WHICH
NOW WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHEN IT
GETS
SETTLED.
HOUSE BILL 1228, THIS
BILL CREATES AN OPTION FOR US TO
SEND
OUR TOXICOLOGY EVIDENCE FOR
DUIs TO EITHER CERTIFIED
OR ACCREDITED LABS OTHER THAN
THE
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
TOXICOLOGY LAB.
WE ARE WAITING FOR
EXECUTIVE ACTION ON THIS ONE.
SENATE BILL 5060.
THIS BILL CREATES A
LAW ENFORCEMENT CO-
RESPONSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
RESPONSE
AND PEER RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
$100 MILLION GRANT PROGRAM.
THIS WEEK IT IS IN THE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE.
HOUSE BILL 1428, THIS BILL HAS
A HEARING THIS WEEK.
THIS BILL INCREASES THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS RECEIVE.
BOTH COUNTIES, CITIES,
THROUGH THE STATE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT.
THIS WOULD BE A NEW
REVENUE SOURCE COMING TO THE
CITY.
SENATE BILL 5052.
THIS BILL HAD A HEARING
THE FIRST WEEK OF SESSION AND WE
ARE
WAITING FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION
ON THIS BILL WHICH
IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK.
THIS BILL CLARIFIES
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ABILITY TO
QUESTION JUVENILES WHO ARE
WITNESSES
OR VICTIM OF CRIMES AND
CLARIFIES
ACCESS.
HOUSE BILL 1772 AND 5595 ARE
NEW BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED THAT ARE WAITING
COMMITTEECOMMITTEE HEARINGS THIS
WEEK.
THEY WERE TO HELP THE CITY
OF SEATTLE CLARIFY PEDESTRIAN
SAFE
SYSTEMS, LEGISLATION TO
KEEP FOLKS SAFE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> MOVING ON TO BIGGER HEALTH
BILLS, THE NEXT TWO BILLS,
BOTH BILLS ARE RELATED TO
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND HAVE
RECEIVED
HEARINGS. THE FIRST BILL
IS REQUEST LEGISLATION
ESTABLISHING A
STATEWIDE NETWORK FOR
STUDENT AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
THE SECOND BILL.
IT ENHANCES MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELL- BEING THROUGH TRAINING
EXPANSION OF THE WORK FORCE IN
SCHOOLS.
BOTH BILLS ARE A WAY FOR
COMMITTEE ACTION.
ECONOMIC DEVELOP.
AND SMALL BUSINESS.
1515 IS A CITY PRIORITY
THAT CHANGES SOME OF THE OUTDOOR
DINING RULES AND ALSO, THE
WALK-AROUND ALCOHOL SERVICE
DURING EVENTS.
THEY'LL HAVE A HEARING LAST
WEEK AND IS AWAITING COMMITTEE
ACTION
TO GET IT OUT OF COMMITTEE.
HOUSING AND HOMESCHOOLNESS.
THERE -- HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS 1403.
IT REFORMS SOME OF THE
LEGAL LIABILITY THAT CONDO
DEVELOPERS
HAVE WHEN THEY BUILD CONDOS
AND THEN FACE POTENTIAL LAWSUITS
FOR DEFECTS.
AND SIMILARLY, HOUSE BILL
1516 STUDIES INSURANCE OPTIONS
FOR CONDO DEVELOPMENT.
>> IN THE CLIMATE
AND ENVIRONMENT SPACE, OUR
RECYCLING REFORM LEGISLATION
1150
AND SENATE BILL 5284 BOTH
RECEIVED HEARINGS IN THE FIRST
FEW
WEEKS OF SESSION AND WE'RE
JUST WAITING FOR THOSE TO MOVE
OUT OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
HOUSE BILL 1253 SPONSORED
BY REPRESENTATIVE YBARRA IS A
BILL FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND
OTHER
CONSUMER- OWNED FACILITIES FOR
ENERGY TRANSMISSION, BATTERY
STORAGE, THING TO HELP US
WITH OUR ENERGY DEMAND COMING IN
THE
FUTURE.
THIS BILL WAS VOTED OUT
OF COMMITTEE AND IS MOVING ON.
I THINK IT IS IN HOUSE RULES
NOW READY FOR FLOOR ACTION.
AND THEN HOUSE BILL
1409, THIS IS A NEW BILL.
A CITY LIGHT REQUEST BILL THAT
IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
CLEAN LIGHTS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
A CREDIT GENERATOR THROUGH SPU
AND CITY LIGHT AND FAS.
IT HAD A HEARING AND IS
AWAITING ACTION TO MOVE IT OUT
OF THE
COMMITTEE. IN TERMS OF OUR
PRIORITIES
AND THE ADEQUATE FUNDING
FOR SERVICES IN THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT SECTION, THERE IS A
HOUSE
BILL RELATED TO REVISING THE
PROPERTY TAX CAP FOR 3% TIED
WITH
INFLATION.
THIS BILL HASN'T RECEIVED
A HEARING YET BUT IT HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED.
HOUSE BILL 1212.
THIS IS A BILL AROUND INCREASING
SIDING CAPACITY FOR CHILDCARE.
THE CITY IS IN COMPLIANCE BUT
WE'RE LARGELY IN SUPPORT
OF IT BECAUSE IT INCREASES
CHILDCARE
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
HOUSE BILL 1350.
THIS IMPROVES THE
CHILDCARE RATES WHICH PROVIDERS
ARE
PAID FOR FROM STATE SUBSIDIZING.
IN TERMS OF EARLY LEARNING
AND CHILDCARE CENTERS, THERE IS
A
BILL HERE, HOUSE BILL 1314,
AND SENATE BILL 1397 THAT
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
STATE'S
EARLY LEARNING FACILITIES
GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP
HOPEFULLY BUILD MORE CHILDCARE
CENTERS.
I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE
BILLS HERE RELATED TO K- 12
FUNDING.
THIS IS A BIG TOPIC
OF CONVERSATION THIS YEAR IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
ONES WE'RE TRACKING THAT
ARE IMPORTANT TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND HERE LOCALLY AND
TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND
STUDENTS. AND THEN ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE
BILLS, PRESCHOOL MEALS, BOTH
OF THESE BILLS HAVE HEARINGS
THIS WEEK.
THIS IS HOUSE BILL 1404
AND SENATE BILL 5352.
THIS IS GOVERNOR
FERGUSON'S
REQUEST FOR LEGISLATION. NOW
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
GENERAL FIRST THREE WEEKS OF
LEGISLATION AND GIVE YOU SOME OF
THE
HIGH PROFILE BILLS.
THOSE MAGNITUDING US A AS
CITY OR OTHER GOOD BILLS WE
THOUGHT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE
AWARE OF.
IN THE CLIMB AND ENVIRONMENT
SPACE, THERE WAS HOUSE BILL
1018 THAT HAD A HEARING.
THIS BILL CLARIFIES THAT
FUSION ENERGY FACILITIES HAVE TO
GO THROUGH THE ENERGY SIGHTING
COUNCIL AT THE ENERGY STATE
SIGHTING COUNCIL.
HOUSE BILL 1329, THIS BILL IS
IMPORTANT TO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
IT HELPS CLARIFY THE CLEAN
ENERGY TRANSITION ACT.
THIS APPLIES TO WHOLESALE
POWER PURCHASES LIKE SEATTLE
CITY
LIGHT HAS WITH BONNEVILLE POWER.
THIS ONE IS EXPEDITED
PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SALMON
RECOVERY
PROJECTS. HOUSE BILL 1388 IS A
GOOD
FOOD ACCESS BILL WHICH IS
IMPORTANT TO A NUMBER OF
COUNCILMEMBERS.
IT ESTABLISHES IF YOUR
AREA DOESN'T HAVE A FARMERS
MARKET, YOU CAN HAVE A MOBILE
MARK THAT
SEMIS SNAP AND EBT.
HOUSE BILL 1483.
THIS IS KNOWN AS THE RIGHT
TO REPAIR ACT.
THIS IS CREATING CONSUMER
PROTECTION OPTIONS FOR THOSE
OF HOUSTON NEED TO REPAIR
OUR DIGITAL ELECTRONICS SO WE
CAN AVOID THEM IN THE WASTE
STREAM.
>> TO GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE FIRST BILL, 1256 CREATES
A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY PUBLIC
WORKS
PROJECTS THAT WERE RECEIVING A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY,
UPDATE FUNDING, THAT THE
MANUFACTURER OF CERTAIN PROJECTS
IS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED
STATES. FOR FEDERAL PROJECTS,
THIS TRANSLATES TO THE STATE
REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE
PROJECTS AS WELL.
HOUSE BILL 1339 SHIPS
GENERAL ELECTIONS TO EVEN NUMBER
SEARS
, YEARS, OR PROVIDES THE OPTION.
THIS CHANGES A NUMBER OF
RULE AND REGULATIONS ON HOW AND
WHEN
THE CITIES AND TOWNS CAN MAKE
HISTORIC LANDMARKS.
AND 5121 REQUIRES HEALTH
PLAN COVERAGE OF FERTILITY
RELATED
SERVICES.
IT CHANGES THE CIVIL
COMMITMENT RULES TO ALLOW FOLKS
WHO HAVE HAD AN OPIOID OVERDOSE
RECENTLY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A
CIVIL COMMITMENT.
MOVING TO HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, HOUSE BILL 1380
CHANGES, CREATES
REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY REGULATION
OF FOLKS WHO
ARE SLEEPING OUTSIDE
SO THIS ONLY ALLOWS OBJECTIVELY
REASONABLE FOR PUBLIC
PROPERTY. IT WOULD POTENTIALLY
CREATE
SOME NEW CITY LIABILITY.
HOUSE BILL 1096 ALLOWS
LOT SPLITTING AND REQUIRES
CITIES
TO ALLOW LOT SPLITTING
SO ONE PARTICULAR LOT OF A
PERSON'S
HOUSE CAN BE SPLIT INTO TWO
LOTS, CREATING MORE OPTIONS.
HOUSE BILL 1491 CREATES
DENSITY REQUIREMENTS AROUND
TRANSIT.
5148 CREATES SOME RULES
AROUND SENDING A CITY'S HOUSING
ELEMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AND
OTHER DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO
STATE FOR APPROVAL.
THE CITY EXPRESSED SOME
CONCERNS WITH THE PROCESS THAT
THE BILL
ENVISIONED IN TERMS THE
SCOPE AND BREADTH OF WHAT A CITY
MUST SUBMIT TO COMMERCE FOR
APPROVAL.
LABOR AND COMMERCE BILLS, HOUSE
BILL 1245 IS A BILL THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE A NEW
STATEWIDE OFFICE OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CREATING A PLACE FOR
SMALL BUSINESS THAT'S ARE NEW
FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
DEALING WITH STATE AGENCIES.
AND HOUSE BILL 1203 PERMITS THE
SALE OF
FLAVORED VAPOR PRODUCTS IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
>> THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SPACE, WE
SAW SENATE BILL 5027 GET A
HEARING.
THIS BILL CREATES A LAW
SCHOOL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
FOR THOSE
IN MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION
OR PUBLIC DEFENSE.
SENATE BILL
5099 FROM SENATOR
LOVIC CREATES ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS OR
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FIREARM
DEALERS, THINGS THEY HAVE TO
ENSURE WITH THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
RULES AND REGULATIONS THEY
HAVE TO FOLLOW AT THEIR LOCATION
AND
STORE.
HOUSE BILL 1163 IS THE PERMIT
TO PURCHASE A FIREARM BILL.
THIS CREATES A PERMANENT
SYSTEM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECK
SYSTEM
AND THE TRAINING AND WAITING
PERIOD BEFORE YOU CAN PURCHASE A
FIREARM, AND THEN HOUSE BILL
1132, THIS BILL IS CREATING BULK
PURCHASE RESTRICTIONS FOR
BOTH FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION.
HOUSE BILL 1152.
THIS BILL CREATES
MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR FIREARMS
STORAGE, BOTH
WITHIN YOUR VEHICLE AND WITHIN
YOUR
HOUSE AND CREATES A CIVIL
PENALTY
FOR THOSE WHO IMPROPERLY STORE
THEIR
FIREARM. HOUSE BILL 1423 IS A
BILL
THAT ESTABLISHES VEHICLE NOISE
CAMERA AUTHORIZATION FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER TIME
OF AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT CAMERA THAT DETECTS
VEHICLE NOISE.
AND THEN JUST ONE GOOD KIND OF
HUMAN SERVICES BILL THAT WE
WERE TRACKING IN THE FIRST
COUPLE
WEEKS.
HOUSE BILL 1263
FROM REPRESENTATIVE CORTEZ AND
THEN THE SENATE COMPANION HAD A
HEARING.
THIS BILL IS DSHS
LEGISLATION AND IT IS THE
HOUSING AND
ESSENTIAL NEEDS PROGRAM TO
ADMINISTER. IT MAKES IT EASIER
FOR SENIORS
TRANSITIONING FROM SOCIAL
SECURITY TO ENSURE THEY
STILL HAVE THEIR BENEFITS AND
MAKES THE BENEFITS ELIGIBLE TO
USE FOR
GENERAL CASH ASSISTANCE
FOR THING THESE
FOLKS NEED.
>> ON EXTENSION OF 1423,
HOUSE BILL 1240 CONCERNS VEHICLE
IMPOUNDMENTS.
THIS IS VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENTS
OF VEHICLES THAT ARE
ALSO RESIDENCES SO IT CREATES
SOME PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
SO ANYONE CAN TOW, INCLUDING
A CITY, CAN TOW AA TO A
SENTENCE.
THE CITY DID EXPRESS
CONCERN WITH THAT BILL.
AND THAT'S OUR RECAP OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
SOME BILLS WE'RE WATCHING
THIS WEEK RELATED TO THE CRIME
VICTIM
SERVICES.
THERE IS A CHILD QUALIFICATION
BILL AND THEN THE FREE
GUARANTEE BILL.
THESE ARE BILLS THAT WE'LL
COVER IN THE FUTURE IN MORE
DETAIL. AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR
PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION
AND THEN I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR
FOR MY
COLLEAGUES AND I MIGHT HAVE
MORE SPECIFICS.
I WANTED TO, WHEN YOU
PRESENT THIS INFORMATION, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT NOW WE
HAVE
A SHORTER LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SO
WE
CAN IDENTIFY WHICH SECTION
OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THE
INDIVIDUAL BILLS COME IN.
SO I REALLY LIKE THAT PART.
SHOULD WE ASSUME, OR SHOULD
I ASSUME IF THE BILLS ARE NOT
UNDER THE SEATTLE PRIORITIES
UPDATE, RATHER, IN WEEKS
ONE THROUGH THREE, THAT, WELL,
WHY ARE THEY SEPARATE?
THERE ARE SOME HEALTH CARE
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THAT YOU
MENTIONED AND SOME PUBLIC
SAFETY BILLS THAT YOU MENTIONED
IN
THE ONE TO THREE- WEEK UPDATE
THAT WERE NOT UNDER THE
PRIORITIES.
I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE WHEN
I READ THIS GOING FORWARD,
WHAT SHOULD I TAKE AWAY FROM
THAT
SEPARATION?
AND THEN ALSO, FINAL
QUESTION, SHOULD WE ASSUME THAT
ON
THE, UNDER THE PRIORITIES
UPDATE,
FOR EXAMPLE, PUBLIC AND
BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, DID YOU SIGN IN PRO
FOR ALL OF THEM OR TESTIFY IN
FAVOR?
BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IN
A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT NOT
OTHERS, I'M JUST WONDERING IF
THAT WAS
JUST, WHAT SHOULD WE ASSUME
IF YOU DON'T MENTION THAT YOU
HAVE
EXPRESSED THE CITY'S POSITION?
>> I CAN TAKE A RESPONSE ON
THAT FIRST AND THEN MY
COLLEAGUES
CAN SUPPLEMENT IF I MISS
ANYTHING.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AT
THE FRONT END OF THE
PRESENTATION THE BULLET POINTS
IN THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WHICH
WE PASSED IN DECEMBER.
WE UNDERSTAND AND WE SHARED
IN DECEMBER THAT THERE ARE
OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF THAT
TWO-
PAGE DOCUMENT WE MIGHT SUPPORT.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE AT THE FRONT END OF
THE PRESENTATION YOU KNOW WHAT
BILLS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR
PRIORITIES.
AND THEN YOU CAN ASSUME THAT WE
EITHER SIGNED IN PRO ON
THOSE BILLS OR TESTIFIED.
AND WE CAN SPEAK TO THE
MORE SPECIFICS IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION FOR ALL THE BILLS THAT
ARE
LISTED UNDER OUR SEATTLE
PRIORITIES UPDATE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE
YOU WANT TO ADD, GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH.
IN THE WEEKS ONE TO THREE,
THE BILLS THAT WE'RE GOING
OVER,
WE DID KIND OF MARK ON
THE PRESENTATION FOR WHEN WE
DID EXPRESS CONCERN OR IF WE
SIGNED
IN IN SOME WAY, IF IT DIDN'T
SAY ANYTHING, THEN THAT MEANS WE
DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION.
WE'RE JUST MONITORING A
NUMBER OF THOSE BILL.
WE'RE MONITORING FOR CITY
IMPACT BUT DIDN'T TAKE A
POSITION ON.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU.
AND I DO RECOGNIZE
THAT SOMETIMES THINGS
IN PROCESS AND YOU CAN'T SAY
ANYTHING
DEFINITE AT THE TABLE BECAUSE
THINGS
ARE HAPPENING NOW.
SO I WILL THEN NOW OPEN IT UP TO
QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
EXPERTEXPERT
GUIDANCE HERE AND UPDATE ON
THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN
OLYMPIA.
AND ALSO, APPRECIATE, YOU
KNOW, THE WORK OF THE DIRECTOR
AND
ANNA FOR YOUR HELPING ME TESTIFY
IN FAVOR OF SENATE BILL 5052.
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT JUVENILE
CONTACT LEGISLATION.
COLLEAGUES WILL RECALL THAT
ITEM.
IT IS ONE THAT WE ADDED TO
OUR PRIORITY LIST IN DECEMBER
AND IT IS A VERY NITTY GRITTY
SPECIFIC
TECHNICAL CLARIFICATION THAT
WE AS A CITY ARE SEEKING.
AND I WAS ABLE TO TEST, WITH
THE HELP OF OUR OIR PARTNERS,
ABLE TO PERSONALLY TESTIFY IN
FAVOR OF THAT.
TECHNICALLY, IT WAS
PROBABLY OTHER BECAUSE I THINK
THE
BILL AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED
STILL NEEDED A LITTLE WORK.
BUT, AND ALSO, THE FAMILY OF
SEATTLE'S FIRST HOMICIDE
VICTIM, 15-YEAR- OLD,
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT, IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE
FAMILY, LAST JANUARY, THEIR
FAMILY, A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM THEIR FAMILY WAS ABLE TO
JOIN
ME IN TESTIFYING IN FAVOR OF
THAT.
SO VERY POWERFUL COMMENTS,
BY THE WAY, FROM LAYLA ADAM.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS BILL IS
CURRENTLY IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION, SOMETHING TO THAT
EFFECT.
AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK
WE EXPECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE
PEND YENCY AND NEXT STEPS OF
THAT. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE
THE COMMUNICATION WITH MY
OFFICE AS SOON AS WE LEARN MORE
ABOUT
THAT.
THAT'S AN ITEM THAT, IN
PARTICULAR, I'LL BE
KEENLY PAYING ATTENTION TO NEXT
WEEK
AS WELL AND TRACKING ALONG WITH
A
FEW OTHER, KIND OF, OF OUR
PRIORITIES.
ON THAT BILL, I KNOW THERE
IS OBVIOUSLY A SENATE BILL.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND
IF THERE IS A COMPANION HOUSE
BILL
CURRENTLY?
IF NOT, WHAT IS THAT
GENERALLY OR HISTORICALLY
PORTEND? WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
THAT?
THANK
YOU.
>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
THERE IS NO EXACT COMPANION
OF THAT SENATE BILL IN THE
HOUSE, IT IS THERE RIGHT NOW.
IT COULD MEAN A VARIETY OF
THINGS. IT DOESN'T -- SOMETIMES
FOLKS LIKE TO SHOW THAT THERE
IS SUPPORT IN BOTH CHAMBERS.
IT GIVES IT A LITTLE MORE
MOMENTUM. I REALLY WOULD SAY,
EACH BILL
HAS ITS OWN JOURNEY
AND VIABILITY ON ITS OWN
SO WE ARE -- IT'S POSSIBLE THAT
IT
IS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR
EXECUTIVE ACTION AND THEN WE'LL
TRACK
THE BILL ONCE IT MOVES.
TYPICALLY, IF THERE IS A
COMPANION, BOTH DON'T END UP
MOVING JUST TO SAVE TIME IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
AND, BECAUSE WE KNOW
THE DEADLINES COME UP QUICK
AND THINGS MOVE FAST.
USUALLY THEY END UP PICKING
ONE AS THE MOVER, AS THEY CALL
IT.
WE'LL BE KEEPING OUR EYE ON
5852 AS THE PRIMARY DRIVER
ON THIS
ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> I PUT MY HAND
DOWN.
>> OKAY.
EXCUSE ME.
COWELL KETTLE?
>> YES, THANK YOU,
CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
DIRECT OR AND TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
REALLY APPRECIATE,
PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC SAFETY
ELEMENTS HERE.
I HAD A QUESTION.
CAN YOU GO FURTHER ON HOUSE BILL
1228 SUBMITTED BY REPRESENTATIVE
HACKNEY?
DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER
DETAILS ON THAT ONE?
>> SURE, SURE.
THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED AT THE
REQUEST OF SEATTLE AND
OUR PROSECUTORS AND CITY
ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
THIS BILL ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS,
IF WE WANTED TO, SEND OUR
TOXICOLOGY EVIDENCE FOR DUIs
TO A FACILITY THAT IS
ACCREDITED FEDERALLY INSTEAD OF
THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL LAB
WHICH HAS LOTS OF BACKLOG
AND CAUSING ISSUES IN OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THERE WAS A HEARING ON THIS
BILL AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE HAS SOME GREAT TESTIMONY
TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM.
WE'RE JUST WAITING TO MAKE
SURE THIS BILL IS SCHEDULED FOR
EXECUTIVE ACTION TO MOVE TO
THE NEXT STEP OF THE
PROCESS.
>> OKAY,
GREAT.
>> IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER OR WE CAN CHAT OFFLINE,
TOO.
>> GREAT.
I KNOW IT IS NOT ON
OUR PRIORITIES LIST BUT HB 14
WEIGH
THE, NOISE ENFORCEMENT
CAMERAS THAT MY COLLEAGUE AT THE
OTHER
END OF THE DAIS VERY
INTENTLY INTERESTED IN FROM A
PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE AS
WELL AND I
WOULD SAY IS REPRESENTING
DOWNTOWN, PARTICULARLY
DOWNTOWN BELL TOWN.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM FOR
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE HAVE OUR OWN
LEGISLATION LIKE
STREET RACING THAT TIES INTO
THIS.
SO HAVING THE MULTIPLE PRONGS
IS VERY IMPORTANT SO I'M
VERY INTERESTED IN HOUSE BILL
1423.
A NEW ONE THAT I HAVE, AND
I NOTE -- NO.
STAYING ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
GO AHEAD.
>> NO, NO.
I WANTED TO -- I'LL TALK
AFTER YOU ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
GO AHEAD.
>> WELL, THIS IS PUBLIC SAFETY
IN THE SENSE OF THE, AS
I'VE OFTEN SAID, PUBLIC
SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH.
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME
COIN. AS WAS REPORTED IN SEATTLE
TIMES TODAY, I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT
THIS MAINLY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF WHERE'S THE COORDINATION?
WHERE IS THE OUTREACH TO
THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES?
AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE
OLYMPIA IS COMING FORWARD WITH
THIS BILL
WITHOUT THAT COORDINATION.
THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF, YOU
KNOW, THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN
DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE DOING
IN RESPECT TO MENTAL HEALTH
FOR DECADES REALLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, NOT LONG
AGO, WE WERE 46 OUT OF 50
STATES IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH
SPENDING.
I TALKED TO OUR LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY SAY WE'VE BEEN INCREASING
IT THIS SESSION. SO THERE IS
DEFINITELY
PROGRESS BUT WE'RE STILL LIKE
32nd,
APPROXIMATELY.
YOU WOULD THINK
HERE, PARTICULARLY HERE IN PUGET
SOUND, WE WOULD BE IN THE TOP
10, TOP 20.
WE'RE NOT EVEN IN THE TOP
HALF OF 50 STATES.
SO THE STATE IS NOT DOING
ITS JOB WITH RESPECT TO MENTAL
HEALTH.
THEN THEY'RE COMING IN WITH
THIS
BILL THAT COULD ESSENTIALLY
UPSET THAT APPLE CART.
WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB
BUT WE'LL RESTRICT YOU.
WE WON'T ALLOW YOU TO
PARTICIPATE.
THERE IS A LOT OF SECONDSECOND
THIRD-ORDER EFFECTS
THAT IMPACTS PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND WILL THIS IS
REALLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
BE ENGAGING WITH THE CITIES.
A GREAT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
BUT THEY SEEM TO BE RUNNING
AHEAD WITHOUT THE CITY AND
COUNTY
COORDINATION FROM MY VIEW.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO ADD
REGARDING
1218.
HOUSE BILL 1218.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I WILL LOOK TO MY TEAM WHO
IS PROBABLY MORE FAMILIAR WITH
THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION THAN I
AM.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR
GUIDANCE HERE, AND YOUR
FEEDBACK.
WE'LL SEE IF MY TEAM HAS
THE LATEST ON THE OUTREACH TO
THE
CITIES.
REGARDLESS, WE CAN COME
BACK TO YOU NEXT WEEK WITH MORE
OR FOLLOW-UP OFFLINE AS WELL.
>> I'LL SHARE, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, THIS BILL HAD A
HEARING THE FIRST WEEK OF
SESSION
AND THERE WAS A RESOUNDING
AMOUNT
OF FEEDBACK INCLUDING FROM
THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
AND ASSOCIATION OF CITIES.
AND THIS BILL HAS NOT BEEN
SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTIVE
ACTION AND HAS NOT BEEN MOVED
OUT
OF COMMITTEE WHICH YOU CAN
PROBABLY
SEE THERE'S A LOT OF
DISAGREEMENT ON HOW THIS
WOULD WORK AND THE DIFFERENT
TIMES
OF COMPROMISES AND
NEGOTIATIONS THAT WOULD GO ON
BETWEEN THE
GROUPS THAT WERE INVOLVED.
THIS IS DSHS LEGISLATION AND IT
IS RELATED TO THE STATE'S
ONGOING REQUIREMENTS WITH THE
TRUEBLOOD LAWSUIT.
SO MORE TO COME.
I THINK THE BILL WAS
INTRODUCED AND I WOULD EXPECT
MAYBE
CHANGES IF IT IS GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD
AND THE PROCESS AND WE CAN
KEEP YOU UPDATED.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS I TURN IT BACK TO THE
CHAIR, I WOULD SAY HOUSE BILL
1339 SHOULD BE A PRIORITY AND
WE SHOULD BE MAINTAINING OUR
ODD NUMBER ELECTIONS.
WITH THAT LITTLE NOTE THROWN IN,
I'LL
PASS IT BACK TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FOR PUBLICPUBLIC
SAFETY.
>> I WAS GOING TO MOVE ON
TOTO COUNCILMEMBER MOORE IF YOU
HAVE
ANY OTHER ITEMS.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU, SAMIR.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THREE
BILLS.
HB 1165 AND HB 1214.
SO ONE LATING TO
EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY
TAX
EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR
SENIORS, PEOPLE RETIRED DUE TO
DISABILITIES.
AND THE OTHER WAS EXPANDING
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
WORKING FAMILIES TAX CREDIT.
THOSE SEEM LIKE REALLY
IMPORTANT BILLS THAT THE CITY
SHOULD
BE BEHIND AND I'M WONDERING
IF WE'RE TAKING A POSITION OR
WHAT
IS HAPPENING WITH THOSE?
>> I CAN START WITH THE WORKING
FAMILIES TAX CREDIT BILL.
THAT BILL HAS A HEARING
THIS WEEK AND HE WILL
BE SUPPORTING THAT ONE.
>> 1165.
I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON
THAT. IT WE'RE TRYING TO GET
MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
MORE INFORMATION FROM
THE REVIEWS OF THE CITY BEFORE
WE START NEXT STEPS BUT WE CAN
KEEP
YOU IN THE LOOP ON THAT.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST
WEEK ABOUT SOME OF OUR
ANTI- DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES
AND ONE WAS RELATING TO
EXPANDING PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTIONS.
SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN GET THAT
AT THE STATE
LEVEL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MY LAST ONE WAS SB
5497 WHICH CONCERNS COMPLIANCE
WITH SIGHTINGS FOR
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING, EMERGENCY HOUSING AND
EMERGENCY
SHELTERS. CAN YOU GIVE US A
LITTLE BIT
OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS?
IS THE CITY TAKING ANY KIND
OF POSITION ON THIS?
TO ME, THIS IS A CRITICAL
ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING
AT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR COMP
PLAN
ANALYSIS.
>> FIRST LAST YEAR,
REINTRODUCED THIS YEAR, THAT WE
DID TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT IT.
WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON THE
BILL.
I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DO
HAVE PRETTY STRONG
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.
WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A
NUMBER OF CITY, THE CITY HAS
SOME SIMILAR SIGHTING RULES THAT
THIS BILL PROPOSES WITHIN THE
CITY.
SO IT SEEMED TO HAVE LESS OF
AN IMPACT ON US THAN SOME OTHER
CITIES. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF
WHERE WE'RE
AT. I KNOW THE BILL IS
MOVING FORWARD AND WE'LL SEE AS
IT
CHANGES, WE'LL MONITOR TO
SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IT HAS
AS IT CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS.
>> OKAY.
WELL, IS THIS SOMETHING
THATTHAT YOU CAN MAYBE TALK TO
ME ABOUT
OFFLINE?
AND THE CITY SHOULD PERHAPS TAKE
THANK
YOU.
>> HAPPY TO DO THAT.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR THE NUMBERS.
ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
BACK TO 1228 AND PERMITTING
MUNICIPALITIES TO USE THE
TOXICOLOGY, PRIVATE TOXICOLOGY
LABS GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT
SUCH A LONG BACK-UP.
I THINK THE AVERAGE TIME TO GET
RESULTS, AT LEAST FOR
SEATTLE, AROUND 400 DAYS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BILLS
THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT BUT
THEN YOU DIDN'T SEE IF YOU
SIGNED
IN PRO BUT IT IS UNDER OUR
PRIORITIES. ARE WE ON THE RECORD
AS SUPPORTING THIS THING?
>> YES.
WE SIGNED IN PRO AND HAD
THE CITY ATTORNEY, THERE WAS A
CITY ATTORNEY WHO TESTIFIED FOR
THE CITY, TOO.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN
THERE WILL -- LET ME KNOW WHEN
THERE WILL BE A HEARING.
I POLITE MIGHT WANT TO CALL IN
ON THIS.
I AM STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS AND SEVERAL OTHERS, HAVING
HEARD FROM OUR OWN CITY ATTORNEY
AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHY IT IS
SOSO BECAUSE IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT.
PROSECUTION TAKES SO LONG.
IT IS BECAUSE WE'RE
WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF
TOXICOLOGY LABS.
IN WASHINGTON STATE, THE
INCREASE IN ROAD FATALITIES ROSE
94% IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE PUBLIC IS
VERY FOCUSED ON AS WELL.
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO
GET PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD PREVIOUS, NOT
NECESSARILY
CONVICTIONS, BUT THEY MIGHT
BE IN -- THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD
RUN-INS, ONE CITATION FOR
POTENTIALLY DUI DRIVING AND
THEN THEY GET ANOTHER ONE IN THE
MEANTIME.
THE POINT IS THAT THIS IS AN
OPTION THAT WOULD GO A LONG
WAY TOWARD MAKING SURE THAT WE
CAN PROCESS THESE COMPLAINTS.
NOT COMPLAINTS.
THESE STOPS A LOT MORE QUICKLY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS
TALK ABOUT A PILOT PROJECT THAT
WOULD APPLY TO ONLY A FEW
CITIES.
AT LEAST IF SEATTLE, IF ALL OF
OUR -- IF ALL OF OUR SAMPLES
AND TAKEN OUT OF THE CUE, THAT
WOULD OPEN UP ROOM AND SPEED FOR
THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THE
OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES.
I REALLY HOPE THIS MOVES
FORWARD WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT
FROM
THE CITY AND THE STATE.
I UNDERSTAND THE
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS HAS WEIGHED IN
NEUTRAL. SURPRISES
ME. THIS WOULD MAKE FOR SAFER
ROADS.
SO JUST A PLUG FOR THAT.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, HOUSE BILL
1018, THAT IS ABOUT ALLOWING FOR
FUSION FACILITIES TO GET
LICENSED.
THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT HAS BEEN STATED IN THE
PAST. THE DESIRE TO MAKE IT A
LITTLE EASIER TO DO SOME
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT IN THAT
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FIELD.
IS THAT CORRECT?
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THAT BILL, PLEASE?
>> YEAH.
CORRECT.
>> THAT BILL IS MAKING
SURE FUSION ENERGY FACILITIES
GO THROUGH THE ENERGY
FACILITIES SET IN COUNCIL AND
THAT'S
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER
ENERGY SOURCES THAT HAVE TO HAVE
REVIEW
BY THE STATE.
IT'S A STATE AGENCY THAT
OVERSEES THOSE FACILITIES.
FOR ALL YPES OF ENERGY SOURCES.
>> CURRENTLY, WHAT KIND
OF PROCESS DO THEY GO THROUGH?
>> I FEEL LIKE IT IS UNCLEAR.
SO I CAN GET YOU MORE DETAIL
OF WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE
GROUND RIGHT NOW.
>>
OKAY.
>> MY FINAL COMMENT IS
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IF YOU'VE
NEVER
RUN FOR LOCAL OFFICE, PEOPLE
MIGHT NOT REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS
TO GET, TO FIND, FOR
EXAMPLE, CAMPAIGN MANAGERS, TO
FIND
TIME ON THE AIRWAVES TO DISCUSS
YOUR OPINION ON THINGS.
SO JUST GOING TO MAKE A
PLUG THAT IT IS VERY, IT IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO GET -- WELL,
IT'S HARD TO GET PUBLIC
ATTENTION, AND ALSO, THE ACTUAL
WORK
FORCE FOR WHEN YOU ARE
COMPETING AGAINST STATE AND
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES. SO AGAIN, TO REPEAT
WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE NOTED.
ANYBODY ELSE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THANK YOU FOR YOU, DIRECTOR,
FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO THANK ANNA AND
SAMIR FOR ANSWERING A LOT OF
QUESTIONS MY TEAM HAD LAST WEEK.
ON ON MY BEHALF.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS WE
GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS BILLS IN
A VERY COMPRESSED AMOUNT OF
TIME.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN GENERAL.
WE HAVE A LIST OF
PRIORITIESPRIORITIES THAT WE CAN
ALL WEIGH IN ON.
YOU STARTED WITH THOSE.
THE SECOND HALF OF THE
PRESENTATION, BILL THAT
WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT THREE- PAGE
LIST.
I'M WONDERING, WHEN IT SAYS
CITY SIGN AND IN SUPPORT
OF, WHO DO YOU MEAN BY THE CITY?
I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE
ALL WEIGHED IN IN SUPPORT OF
THOSE
AS A COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER SOME OF US
INDIVIDUALLY HAVE WEIGHED IN OR
NOT. I'M TRYING TO GET TO, WHEN
IT
SAYS CITY SIGNED PRO, WHO IS
THE CITY?
AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW,
WEIGHING
IN TO THESE ONES THAT ARE
OUTSIDE OF THE LIST THAT I KNOW
WE
SUPPORTED?
COLLECTIVELY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I'M HAPPY TO START THERE AND
THEN IF MY TEAM WANTS TO ADD
ANYTHING.
SO GENERALLY, WHEN SOME OF
THESE BILLS ARE INTRODUCED AND
WE SEE
THAT THEY HAVE A NEXUS TO
CITY BUSINESS OR SAMIR MENTION
AD
PLACE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE
LIABILITY OR THEY'RE RELATED
TO OUR PRIORITIES IN SOME WAY
BUT WE DIDN'T EXPLICITLY LIST
IT.
SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T KNOW
THE LEGISLATION WAS COMING.
WHAT WE DO IS WE FIRST GO TO OUR
DEPARTMENTS TO DO A REVIEW
AND THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS USUALLY LOOK AT IT AND
THERE
IS A REVIEW THAT ALSO GOES,
THAT LAW DOES TO SORT OF LOOK AT
IT.
AND THEN USUALLY, DEPENDING ON
HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE,
IF WE HAVE 48 HOURS NOTICE, WE
KIND
OF HUDDLE TOGETHER AND MAKE A
DECISION.
SOMETIME THERE'S MORE NOTICE.
IN THOSE CASES, WE TAKE
GUIDANCE FROM ALL OF YOU IN THE
BRIEFINGS AS WELL AS THE ONES WE
DO
WEEKLY WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS
AND SEPARATELY WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
THERE IS NOT AN EXACT
SCIENCE HERE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE
ONES MOVING REALLY QUICKLY.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO
FEEDBACK.
SO I THINK WITH THE QUESTIONS OF
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
EARLIER, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE IT A
LITTLE MORE CLEAR IN THESE
BRIEFINGS.
TEAM, WOULD YOU ADD ANYTHING
THERE?
OR EDIT?
>> I'LL JUST ADD THAT WE
HAVE PRETTY REGULAR CHECKINS
WITH COUNCIL OFFICES.
IF YOU HAVE A BILL
YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT,
OR A BILL YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY
IN SUPPORT OF, THAT IS SOMETHING
TO LOOK AT FOR FUTURE HEARINGS.
WE'RE TAKING INPUT FROM ALL
AVENUES, THE MAYOR,
COUNCILMEMBERS, TO COME TO
OUR BEST JUDGMENT WITH THE
INFORMATION WE HAVE AND
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ALL OF US
ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING.
THAT'S WHAT LEADS US TO OUR
DECISIONS.
LIKE NINA MENTIONED,
WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO FEEDBACK
AND
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO SHARE ANYTHING SPECIFIC WITH
US IN THESE BRIEFINGS OR OUTSIDE
OF
>> THANK YOU.
AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU ALL IS
THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO
FEEDBACK.
I WOULD SOMEHOW LIKE TO
REQUEST, AND WE CAN TAKE THIS
OFFLINE
TO FIGURE IT OUT.
I DO FEEL LAST YEAR SIMILARLY
TO THIS YEAR IS THAT THESE
BILLS MOVE VERY QUICKLY AND WE
DON'T
ALWAYS KNOW.
SO IF I'M HEARING YOU, YOU
KNOW, I GET YOU REACH OUT TO
THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE
THEY'RE WORKING ON THESE THINGS
EVERY
DAY.
YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO
LAW BECAUSE THE LEGAL EYE IS
REALLY
CRITICAL.
BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
GET BACK TO US.
AND THEN IT LIMITS OUR
ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ON THESE
THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW
WHAT COMMITTEES WE CHAIR.
SO IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO REACH
OUT AND SAY, I GET THE
TIMING IS THE PIECE THAT'S
HARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY WHERE WE'RE MAKING SURE
THAT WHOEVER THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
ALSO
HAS AN ABILITY TO WEIGH IN.
IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT,
WE CAN'T WEIGH IN.
WE RELY OUT WHO ARE
TRACKING ON IT A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS
BECAUSE THIS IS MOVING SO
QUICKLY.
WE'RE HERE IN SEATTLE DOING
THE LOCAL THINGS BUT THE STATE
THINGS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH
A
HUGE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE
OUT WITH YOU ALL, AND
DIRECTOR, YOU'RE NEW.
FROM LAST YEAR, ANYWAY.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE
OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL
ISN'T MISSING SOMETHING THAT WE
REALLY WOULD WANT TO HAVE
WEIGHED IN ON
ON THE FRONT END AND NOT FEEL
LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE THAT WAS, OR IT'S SO FAR
ALONG, YOU KNOW.
WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ABILITY
TO WEIGH IN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> IS THAT A NEW HAND THERE?
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
OKAY. A STILL HAND?
I WILL WEIGH IN ON THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS
DIFFICULT.
YOU HAVE NINE CLIENTS
HERE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS.
I TOTALLY GET IT.
I ALSO KNOW THAT PROBABLY
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ASAS
TOUCH POINTS DURING THE
WEEK BECAUSE YOU'RE HEARING
QUESTIONS
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS.
WHAT'S THIS?
WHEN CAN I WEIGH IN OR WHATEVER?
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN
HAVE INFORMATION EARLIER RATHER
THAN
LATER, THAT WOULD BE
APPRECIATED.
ALSO JUST ONE THING, IN
OUR BRIEFINGS BEFORE YOU PRESENT
ON
THE STATUS OF THE PRIORITY
BILLS.
IF THERE ARE BILLS THAT
GO IN EXACT CONTRADICTION TO A
PRIORITY, ALSO PLEASE LET US
KNOW.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT THE
TABLE, YOU KNOW.
SO WE CAN BE AWARE. OKAY.
LOOKING TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE A QUESTION OR
COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
I AM JUST WATCHING, I'LL
SAY FOR THE RECORD, I AM
WATCHING HB
1113.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT
THAT.
SO PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED
ON
THAT ONE ABOUT JUDICIAL REVIEW
THAT SOME ARE CONCERNED
THAT COULD REALLY, THERE IS
A QUESTION OF SEPARATION --
WELL, NOT SEPARATION OF POWERS
BUT JUST A DIVERSION OF JUDICIAL
--
I MEAN DIVERSION
OF PROSECUTORIAL -- THAT'S
WHAT I'VE HEARD.
PERHAPS THERE ARE GOOD
SIDES THAT I ALSO HAVEN'T
HEARD.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON OR CLOSE THIS
SECTION, I WANT TO -- IS
THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE
OUR VERY OWN BREANNA THOMAS WHO
IS NOW DOWN THERE IN OLYMPIA
HAVING BEEN APPOINTED TO
LEGISLATURE FROM THE 34th
DISTRICT.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON THE
AWARD WINNING SEATTLE
CHANNEL,
CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD LUCK THIS
SESSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR --
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOUR PRESENTATION AND
YOUR HARD WORK ON OUR BEHALF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE -- LET'S SEE.
THERE ARE NO LETTERS
OR PROCLAMATIONS SO LET'S
MOVE TO THE ROUND ROBIN SECTION.
WE WILL BEGIN THE ROLL CALL WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> YAY!
IF IT'S OKAY, I ALSO HAVE NOTES
FROM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
THAT HE WOULD LIKE ME TO READ
FOR
HIS UPDATE.
I CAN READ HIS FIRST AND
THEN GO INTO
MINE.
>> IS HE THE FIRST ONE?
>> HE IS NOT.
BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO
ITIT ROLL CALL.
>> LET'S DO IT IN ORDER
AND THEN -- YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU PROBABLY WANT TO JUST REST.
YOU HAVE YOUR MASK ON ONCE SO GO
AHEAD AND PRESENT BOTH, PLEASE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
STRESS.
THE FINANCE NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS
COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A MEETING ON
THIS
WEDNESDAY.
IT WILL BE SHORT.
THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO
END AT 10:30 TO MAKE SPACE FOR
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING
SELECT BUDGET DRAFT, A WORK PLAN
FOR NEXT YEAR.
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES, GRAHAM
STREET, WORKSHOP IS TONIGHT
FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 P.M.
THERE WILL BE A WORKSHOP
FOR GRAHAM STREET COMMITTEE TO
REVIEW POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR
FEEDBACK.
HE AND HIS TEAM WILL ATTEND
AND THEY WILL ENDEAVOR TO
GIVE EARLIER NOTICE TO SOUND
TRANSIT
EVENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SECOND DISTRICT
SIX, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
HELD OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK.
A D- 6 OFFICE.
AND WILL HAVE OFFICE HOURS NEXT
WEEK LIKE HE DOES EVERY
SINGLE WEEK.
THIS WEEK HE WILL NOT
HAVE OFFICE
HOURS AS HE WILL BE HAVING THE
ALL- NIGHT HEARING
ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5th,
AND THANK YOU TO HIS COLLEAGUES.
THAT IS HIS REPORT.
PRETTY SIMPLE. NOW FOR MINE.
PARKS, UTILITIES,
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE WILL BE
FEBRUARY
12th AT 2:00 P.M. NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
APPOINTMENTS AND A LICENSING
AGREEMENT FROM
THE SEATTLE CENTER.
THE MEETING SHOULD BE
FAIRLY SHORT AND SIMPLE.
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE VOTES
BUT THOSE ARE ALL
TECHNICAL REGARDING THE
APPOINTMENTS.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MEETING
THIS WEDNESDAY AT 11:00 A.M.
, FEBRUARY 5th.
THAT WILL ENTAIL THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.
THE OPCD DID IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL.
AND WE ARE ONLY TAKING
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING
THAT
TIME.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE
HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO
THE WORK AT 11:00 A.M.
AND THEN THE AT 5:00 P.M.
, WE'LL BE HAVING THE PUBLIC
HEARING THAT STARTS AT 5:00.
WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING
IN-PERSON ONLY FROM 5:30 TO 7:30
AND
THEN WE'LL MOVE TO A HYBRID
PUBLIC
COMMENT AT 7:30 AND WE'LL
BOUNCE BACK AND FORWARDS UNTIL
EVERY SPEAKER IS HEARD.
EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES.
WE HAVE CHILDCARE THAT WILL
BE AVAILABLE AS WELL IN THE
BERTHA KNIGHTS LANDING AREA.
SO WE WILL BE HERE UNTIL WE
LISTEN TO EVERYONE.
EVERYONE WILL GET TWO
MINUTES AND WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO
COME DOWN AND SPEAK.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN THE
COMMUNITY, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE, AND I KNOW I HAVE
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WILL
PROBABLY
RECOGNIZE IT, TOO.
IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS AMERICAN
HISTORY.
IN SEATTLE, WE WILL ALWAYS
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH NO
MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON.
THERE HAVE BEEN
PHENOMENAL CONTRIBUTIONS
BY AFRICAN AMERICANS HERE IN
SEATTLE
THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK, THEY HEAR
BLACK HISTORY AS AA POLITICAL,
POLITICAL STUFF ALWAYS,
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT HAS
ALWAYS
BEEN POLITICAL.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN STRIVING
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND FOR EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR HISTORY.
TO KNOW YOUR GREATNESS.
SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT
OUT THAT WE'LL BE
CELEBRATINGCELEBRATING
MONTH FOR THE FULL 28 DAYS
FOR BLACK HISTORY.
I THINK EVERY DAY SHOULD
BE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THAT MIGHT JUST BE ME.
I THINK MY COLLEAGUES AGREE AS
WELL.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT,
AND THANK ODAY HIGH SCHOOL AND
LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SPEAK TO
THEIR CLASSES, THEIR FULL
ASSEMBLIES.
. THAT WAS REALLY FUN.
AND ALSO, THERE ARE MORE
EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE ATTENDING
THIS WEEK IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY
REPORT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND I WILL PASS THIS
OFF
TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO QUESTIONS.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
I WANT TO START WITH
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE 11
FEBRUARY.
IT WILL BE FOCUSING ON
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SIDE OF
THINGS.
THE AGENDA WILL BE PUT OUT
NEXT WEEK.
ALSO, RELATED TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE.
OUR LESS LETHAL
WEAPONS LEGISLATION WILL BE
VOTED
IN FULL COUNCIL ON THE 11th
OF
FEBRUARY. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
A LOT OF
MOVING PIECES WITH THIS BILL
TO INCLUDE WITH THE FEDERAL
MONITOR, THE JUDGE, AND
THE WHOLE PIECE RELATED TO THE
CONSENT DECREE.
A LOT OF ASPECTS WITH LEGAL TO
WORK THROUGH ALL THE VARIOUS
AMENDMENTS. TO DO SO, WE NEED TO
DO IT
RIGHT. SO TRYING TO JAM IT FOR
TOMORROW WAS NOT GOING TO BE THE
RIGHT WAY OF DOING IT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
THAT TO THE 11th OF FEBRUARY
WITH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WE NOW HAVE.
THIS WEEK, I WANT TO GIVE A
SHOUTOUT TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN D- 7 ON BELL STREET.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CEREMONY
TOMORROW.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT
CONNECTING THE WATER FRONT TO
BELLTOWN AND
BEYOND.
I RECENTLY NOT LONG AGO DID
A MARKET WALK THAT WALKS
THROUGH THIS AREA OF IMPROVING
BELL STREET AS PART OF
THAT CONNECTION IN OUR CITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS,
SOUTH LAKE UNION IS HAVING A
SOUTH
LAKE UNION COMMUNITY COUNCIL
MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL.
NEXT WEEK WE HAVE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHTS TOUR LOOKING AT
DENNY
AND BROAD WHICH I'M LOOKING
FORWARD
TO.
AND KIND OF GOING BACK.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO
PARTICIPATED.
I HAD OFFICE HOURS AT
KXP'S GATHERING SPACE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ETHAN AND
THE TEAM.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE
ABILITY TO GO MEET WITH
CONSTITUENTS
WITH GREAT INPUT.
AND REALLY EXCITED THE NEXT
DAY AS WELL TO HAVE OUR
LATEST DISTRICT 7 NEIGHBORHOOD
MEETING.
IT IS BASICALLY THE COUNCIL OF
COUNTIES. WE HAD REPRESENTATION
FROM
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION COUNCIL,
THE
BELLTOWN VERSION OF THAT, ACROSS
THE BOARD TO INCLUDE OUR
NEW, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT IT
HERE, OUR NEW DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY
COUNCIL.
CAPITAL D DOWNTOWN HAS ITS
OWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR
RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT,
TOO.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF
RESIDENTS IN DOWNTOWN AND I
THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THEIR
VOICE HEARD JUST LIKE THOSE IN
BELLTOWN AND UPTOWN AND QUEEN
ANNE AND MAGNOLIA, INNER
BAY, EAST LAKE, THE TRIANGLE,
THESE PARTS -- FIRST HILL.
THEY WERE REPRESENTED ON 48 AS
WELL.
SO THANK YOU.
AND WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ON THE
CONFINE.
I'M SURE IT MAY SHOW UP.
THE URBANIST WAS THERE.
IT MAY SHOW UP.
WE'LL SEE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT IS A GREAT WAY TO REACH
OUT TO THE VARIOUS PARTS OF
DISTRICT
7.
AND I WANTED TO CLOSE BY
SAYING THAT I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE LIKE ME TO SAY THIS AS
WELL. BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS
AMERICAN
HISTORY.
AND WE NEED A FULL HISTORY
IN OUR UNDERSTANDING IN OUR
COUNTRY.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US
MOVE SO MUCH FURTHER IF WE DID
HAVE THAT COMPREHENSIVE
UNDERSTANDING
OF HISTORY.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR THAT
REMINDER TO US ALL.
ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE WHO IS NOW
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAIS?
>> THANK YOU.
I GET THE PLEASURE OF BEING OVER
HERE.
LET'S SEE.
I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT D-5.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW, MANY OF
YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SORT
OF
RASH IN GUN VIOLENCE THAT
WE'VE HAD HAPPENING ALONG
AURORA.
LARGELY RELATED TO
EXPLOITATION AND THE
LUCRATIVENESS OF THAT
TRADE. AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT
THAT
WE, SPD HAS DONE PHENOMENAL
WORK OVER THE LAST MONTH AND HAS
MADE A NUMBER OF VERY IMPORTANT
AND
HIGH- PROFILE ARRESTS AND I
WANTED TO CALL THEM OUT
FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY
INVESTIGATIVE WORK.
BOTH IN MAKING ARRESTS IN THE
MASERATI SHOOTING AND MAKING
AN ARREST IN THE DODGE DURANGO
SHOOTING, A SHOOTING AMONG
PIMPS UP AND DOWN AURORA WHERE
PEOPLE WERE TAKING COVER.
THEN OUR MOST RECENT ARRESTS
WERE NINE INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN
LOITERING OF COMMERCIAL SEX.
WE ARE, SPD, OVER
THOUGH THEY ARE UNDERRESOURCED,
ARE MAKING A
VALIANT EFFORT TO REALLY
ADDRESS THE HUMAN MISERY AND THE
BRAZEN GUN VIOLENCE THAT IS
PUTTING
ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES
AT IMMINENT RISK.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
TO CONTINUE TO WANT TO
SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT
ON SATURDAY I HELD DISTRICT
HOURS AND ALL THE COMMENTS
RELATED TO THE COMP PLAN, SO I
GOT TO HEAR
DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW ABOUT
WHAT, WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN MAPLE
LEAF.
WHAT KIND OF UPZONING WE SHOULD
HAVE.
SO I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS
MY APPRECIATION TO ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO FEEL WELCOME TO COME
AND TALK THE ME AND EXPRESS
THEIR POINTS OF VIEW.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I ALSO NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL IF WE COULD HAVE PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE
SAME SIDE OF THE ISSUE FIND
A VENUE IN WHICH THEY COULD
THOUGHTFULLY AND CARE IF
I DEBATE THIS ISSUE, AND I
OFFERED TO HELP FACILITATE THAT.
SO I'M JUST MAKING THAT,
EXTENDING THAT OFFER
AGAIN RELATING TO MAPLE LEAF,
ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER,
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
CONCERNS.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
ARE AWARE THAT MY OFFICE IS
HAPPY TO
FACILITATE THESE BROADER
CONVERSATIONS.
THEN, LET'S SEE.
WE WILL THAT BE HAVING A
MEETING THIS WEEK.
IT WILL BE NEXT WEEK ON
THE 12th.
WE'LL HAVE
COMMERCIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR A
POSSIBLE
VOTE AND A PRESENTATION FROM
THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
ALL THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS
THAT WILL BE INTRODUCING
THEMSELVES AND THEIR WORK TO THE
ECONOMY.
FOR EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES, I WILL BE ATTENDING
THE SEATTLE
CAUCUS MEETING ON TUESDAY.
WE ARE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE
BYLAWS SO WE CAN BEGIN ACTUALLY
GETTING TO WORK.
AND THEN ON THURSDAY WE'LL BE
ATTENDING THE WORK OF KING
COUNTY. AND IF THERE ARE NO
OTHER
QUESTIONS, THAT'S MY REPORT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> OKAY.
GO AHEAD, COWELL RINCK.
>> WONDERFUL.
HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
EVERYBODY.
AND WELCOME, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, TO YOUR FIRST BRIEFING.
EXCITED TO BE DOING THIS
WORK WITH YOU IN DISTRICT TWO.
I'M GOING TO START FIRST
WITH THE SUSTAINABLE CITY LIGHT.
WE WILL BE HAVING OUR
MEETING THIS WEEK.
WE JUST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT
ON THE AGENDA.
IT WILL LIKELY BE A VERY,
VERY QUICK MEETING.
AND MY A- TEAM HAS BEEN
MEETING WITH OUR VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS
WORKING ON OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE
YEAR.
FURTHER, OUR WORKING
COMMUNITY, WE AS A CITYWIDE
OFFICE TRY TO BE EVERYWHERE, DO
EVERYTHING, AND DO IT ALL AT
ONCE.
SO I'M GOING TO GO DISTRICT
BY DISTRICT ABOUT WHERE WE'VE
BEEN.
STARTING OFF WITH THIS PAST
WEEKEND, AT THE VIETNAMESE
CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE
LUNAR NEW YEAR, BEING PART OF
DISTRICT
ONE. FOR DISTRICT TWO, WE WERE
ABLE
TO JOIN AT THE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH AND PRESENT
THE PROCLAMATION HONORING THEIR
120 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND
HONORING THEIR HISTORY STANDING
BY AND
SUPPORTING JAPANESE AMERICANS
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF
INTERNMENT.
A REAL DARK PART OF AMERICAN
HISTORY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN,
COLLEAGUES, FOR MAKING THAT
PROCLAMATION
POSSIBLE.
IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AND IT
WAS A IF NOT LUST EVENT.
FOR DISTRICT THREE, A HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL, SELF- CONTAINED,
JUST ESTABLISHED IN 2008 FOR
SINGLE
ADULTS AND COUPLES.
AND JING TWO COUNCILS
WITHIN DISTRICT
THREE. THE NEWLY REVIVED CAPITOL
HIM COUNCIL AND JOINING THE
SQUIRE PARK COMMUNITY COUNCIL
OVER THE
WEEKEND. DISTRICT FOUR WAS ABLE
TO VISIT
A YOUNG ADULTS SHELTER
LOCATED IN DISTRICT FOUR AND HAD
AN AMAZING VISIT WITH THEIR
TEAM.
THEY'RE DOING REALLY PHENOMENAL
WORK.
THEN DISTRICT FIVE,
JOINING FOR THE MOSQUE DINNER
AND VISITING WITH THE REFUGEE
ARTISAN
INITIATIVE.
THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION
SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
WOMEN INTEGRATING
INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATING
A SAFE SPACE
TO LEARN ARTISAN TEXTILE SKILL
AND MICRO BUSINESS DEVELOP MANY.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE
VERY FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING
PARTNERSHIPS BY DIVERTING AND
UPCYCLING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS
OF TEXTILES.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CHECK THEM OUT IN LAKE CITY.
APOLOGIES TO DISTRICT SIX.
I DIDN'T HAVE AN
INVITATION OR AN EVENT THERE.
SO APOLOGIES IN
ADVANCE, DISTRICT SIX.
WE'RE COMING.
GOING TO DISTRICT SEVEN.
JOINED ALONGSIDE THE SOAP
BOX PROJECT IN BELLTOWN, A
GROUP THAT MEETS BIWEEKLY AND
CREATES A SPACE FOR FOLKS WHO
HAVE CLIMATE ANXIETY TO COME
TOGETHER, MOBILIZE AND
DO CRAFTS, LEARN, AND
BRING EDUCATIONAL SPEAKERS IN.
A REALLY PHENOMENAL SPACE.
AND THEN GOT TO JOIN COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON
AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AT
THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO WE ARE EVERYWHERE AND
TRYING TO BE EVERYTHING ALL AT
ONCE.
I ALSO WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON FOR
CONFIRMING RECOMMENDATION FOR
A NEW COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY.
WE KNOW THAT MANY
ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS AND
PEOPLE
WITHIN SEATTLE RELY ON FEDERAL
FUNDING TO CARRY OUT THEIR WORK
AND
LIVE HEALTHY LIVES.
WHAT IS CLEAR IS THAT
MAJOR CHANGES ARE UNDERWAY AND
WE,
AS ELECTION LEADERS, SHOULD
BE TUNED IN.
SO WITH THIS SELECT
COMMITTEE, THIS COUNCIL WILL
WORK TO
IDENTIFY STRONG, LOCAL
RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH COULD
THREATEN FUNDING DIRECT TO THE
CITY
OF SEATTLE AND AREAS
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
HOUSING,
TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC
SAFETY, EMERGENCY AND DISASTER
RESPONSE,
PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL AND HUMAN
SERVICES, SMALL BUSINESS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND
THE
ENVIRONMENT.
AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MARCH FOR ACTING
AS VICE CHAIR ON THIS COMMITTEE.
WE'LL BE WORKING THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE
DEPARTMENTS.
WE KNOW THERE'S ALREADY BEEN
A THE LOVE WORK UNDERWAY
TO PREPARE FOR THESE TIMES AND
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND THERE WILL BE TIMED WORK
THE MAKE SURE IT IS ROBUST AND
FRUITFUL. THE GRAMMYS WERE LAST
NIGHT SO
I WANT TO ECHO WORDS OF LADY
GAGA.
TRANS PEOPLE ARE NOT INVISIBLE.
THEY DESERVE LOVE.
THE QUEER COMMUNITY
DESERVES LOVE AND TO BE LIFTED
UP.
THANK YOU ALL.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING
THE FORMATION OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE AND ALSO, JUST
NOTE THAT WE WILL, WE ARE VERY
-- I
AM VERY AWARE, AND I BELIEVE
THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE,
TOO, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO
JEOPARDIZE
EXISTING RESOURCES OR
DO ANYTHING TO RAISE
UNDUE ATTENTION TO SOME OF OUR
VERY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
RIGHT
NOW. AND I HAVE EXPRESSED THOSE
CONCERNS BEFOREHAND
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE
MONITORING HOW
WE PROCEED WITH GETTING OUR
ANSWERS, OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
WITHOUT BASICALLY
PLAYING, SHOWING OUR HAND FOR
PERHAPS
USE THAT IS UNINTENDED BY OTHER
LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT. AND THIS HAS BEEN AN
ISSUE THAT -- THIS IS A CONCERN
THAT HAS BEEN RAISED BY PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THE TRENCHES ALL THE
TIME
ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
SO IT WILL BE A DELICATE,
IT WILL BE A DELICATE BALANCE
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN BE
INFORMED.
TELL OTHER OPTION WAS TO TALK
ABOUT THEM ON MONDAYS,
OR PERHAPS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
IF
THERE'S INFORMATION THAT COULD
BE, THAT COULD INCREASE RISK FOR
ANY OF THE VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE'LL TRY TO DO SO
CAREFULLY.
ANYBODY ELSE?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
ON THIS LAST POINT, ACTUALLY,
I WANT TO SAY THAT I HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO, WELL, MAYOR
HARRELL, I WANT TO THANK
THE MAYOR AND HIS TEAM FOR
INCLUDING ME IN VARIOUS MEETINGS
IN THE
LAST THREE WEEKS.
ONE OF WHICH WAS A MEETING
WITH SOME IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
GROUPS
TO TALK ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS.
AND JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF
SHOWING OUR SUPPORT BUT ALSO,
I HEARD VERY CLEARLY ABOUT THE
--
HOW DO I -- YOU KNOW, WE WANT
TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT WITHOUT
CAUSING UNDUE STRESS TO
COMMUNITY.
AND I WILL SAY THAT IN THE
LAST FEW WEEKS, IN EXPRESSING IN
A VERY WELL- INTENTIONED WAY,
MY SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY, YOU
KNOW, WHAT I SAY GOT PICKED UP
IN THE
NATIONAL NEWS.
I SEE WHY FOLKS WERE RETICENT
TO HAVE US BE VERY PUBLIC WITH
CERTAIN OF OUR
SUPPORT. SO I APPRECIATE,
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, YOUR REMARKS.
I THINK WE ARE ALL SUPPORTIVE
AND THEN WE ALSO KNOW THAT
AS PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE
ATTENTION
BROADLY, NOT JUST IN THE
CITY BUT NATIONALLY,
SOMETIMES, IN OUR BEST EFFORTS
TO SUPPORT AND
WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE,
SOMETIMES THERE ARE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. SO I APPRECIATE
YOU
BEING MINDFUL OF BALANCING THOSE
TWO
THING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
SUPPORTING AND ALSO, YOU KNOW,
PROTECTING THE FOLKS WE SERVE IN
SEATTLE.
SO WANTED TO SAY THAT.
THE OTHER THINGS I GOT
INVITED TO WITH THE
MAYOR IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS,
I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE, LAST WEEK HE HAD AN
EVENT. I GOT SICK AND COULDN'T
ATTEND THE DAY OF THE EVENT
BUT THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON
THETHE MENTAL YOUTH -- THE YOUTH
MENTAL
HEALTH
INVESTMENTS. IT WAS ANNOUNCING
THE
RECIPIENTS OF THE $7 MILLION
INVESTMENT.
IT WILL PROCEED BOTH IN- PERSON
AND TELEHEALTH MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THIS WAS PART OF OUR BUDGET.
THE THING TO REMIND US
ALL IS THAT ONE IMPORTANT PIECE
OF
THISTHIS IS TO ENSURE THIS
PARTICULAR
INVESTMENT ENSURES THAT
STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO FOLKS
THAT
LOOK LIKE THEM.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
STUDENTS WHO ARE SEEKING
OUT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, IT
DOES
MATTER WHO THEY'RE SEEING AND
THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO TALK TO
SOMEONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH
THEIR
CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS AND
LOOKS LIKE THEM.
I SAY THIS TO SAY THE CITY
GAVE PARTICULAR FOCUS TO THIS
IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDENTS.
SO I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT.
THE OTHER PIECES, THE MAYOR
ATTENDED, HE CAME TO THE
DISTRICT.
I WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO MEET WITH
JUST A FEW SMALL BUSINESSES.
BOTH IN SANDPOINT AND
WEDGEWOOD WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING
WITH SAFETY CONCERNS, TO TALK TO
THEM AND TALK ABOUT THE WORK THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SPD AND
THE CARE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN
DOING IN SUPPORT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES IN THE
DISTRICT WHERE YOU'VE HEARD ME
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE TALK
ABOUT.
SHE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS
IN BOTH HER DISTRICT AND MINE.
THE DISTRICTS THAT WE REPRESENT.
AND I WILL SAY THAT LAST WEEK,
I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH
CARE CHIEF AMY TO TALK ABOUT
CARE
EXPANSION ON THE NORTH END.
I LEARNED THAT AS OF TWO WEEKS
AGO, THERE IS A MOU SIGNED
WITH THE UWPD TO HAVE AN OFFICE
THERE
WHERE THEY'LL HAVE TWO
OF THEIR FOLKS
STATIONED THERE TO DO A LOT OF
WORK.
PARTICULARLY, IT'S NOT A
SURPRISE.
IN THE U DISTRICT, THERE ARE
A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE
NEEDSNEEDS
HOPEFULLY CARE WILL BE ABLE
TO WORK FROM THE
DISTRICTDISTRICT
DIRECTLY IN THE DISTRICT TO
HELP SERVICE SOME OF THESE FOLKS
THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE NEEDS.
THEY'LL ALSO BE OPERATING OUT
OF THAT PRECINCT.
I WAS NOT AWARE UNTIL I MET
WITH HER LAST WEEK SO I WAS
HAPPY
TO HEAR THAT THAT GOT GOING.
AND THEN ALSO, I WANTED TO
SAY THAT LAST WEEK, I MET WITH
THEM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
DELIVERY
PLAN.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU MAY
TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU DO
YOUR REPORT BUT THEY REACHED OUT
TO ME AS WELL AS THEY ARE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT AND SEEKING INPUT
ON
HOW TO ADMINISTER THAT
DISTRICT SPECIFIC INVESTMENT.
SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT
THEY'RE DOING OUTREACH TO ALL
OF US ON THAT PARTICULAR
INVESTMENT THAT YOU WERE THE
LEAD ON,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AND
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE.
I KNOW I HEAR FROM
MY CONSTITUENTS AS WELL ABOUT
A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN
THE
DISTRICT.
AND IT IS REALLY GOOD
THAT WE HAVE THIS PARTICULAR
INVESTMENT THAT IS SPECIFIC TO
EACH OF OUR
DISTRICTS AND OUR
CONSTITUENTS IN THE DISTRICT
HAVE A HAND IN
IDENTIFYING PROJECTS
FOR USE AND THOSE SPOTS.
I APPRECIATED THEM REACHING OUT.
THE LAST THING -- IT SEEMS
LIKE, THERE IS BEEN A LOT FOR
ME IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
THE LAST THING I'LL TALK
ABOUT IS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION.
I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH
DIRECTOR MOHAMMED, AS YOU KNOW.
HE SITS IN THE COMMITTEE THAT
I CHAIR FOR US HERE AT THE
COUNCIL. SHE LET ME KNOW, SHE
AND I ARE
IN ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS,
AS I'VE REPORTED IN THE PAST.
SHE LET ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS
A SESSION FOR PROVIDERS ON HOW
TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHOWHO HAVE HAD CONCERNS.
THIS IS NOT A HAPPY THING BUT
THERE WERE A THOUSAND
ATTENDEESATTENDEES THAT ATTENDED
THAT MEETING
THAT SHE PUT TOGETHER.
I THINK THE GOOD PART ABOUT
THAT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE REACHING
OUT.
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY I SAY
IT IN TERMS OF OF, YOU WILL
BE HAPPY TO KNOW PEOPLE
ARE REACHING OUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, OBVIOUSLY.
SO SHE HAD THIS SESSION AND
ALSO, THEY WERE ABLE, THEY
WERE ABLE TO SHARE OTHER
RESOURCES.
THERE WILL BE OTHER TRAININGS
BY OTHERS SUCH AS THE
NORTHWEST PROJECT AND THEY WERE
ABLE
TO SHARE OTHER RESOURCES
INCLUDING THERE IS A HOTLINE
THAT
THE WASHINGTON IMMIGRANTS
NETWORK
SPONSORS WHERE FOLKS CAN
CALL WITH ANY, YOU KNOW,
REQUESTS FOR
INFORMATION, ANY LEGAL CONCERNS,
ANY, TO JUST GET INFORMATION
OR TO SHARE CONCERNS.
THIS HOTLINE IS STAFFED
FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM
6:00 A.M. TO SIX DLK P.M.
THEY HAVE IT IN 300 LANGUAGES.
THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN
THIS SPACE.
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS
BEFORE BUT DIRECTOR MOHAMMED IS
VERY MUCH NOT JUST IN THE MIDDLE
OF
IT.
SHE'S JUST VERY PROACTIVE IN
HER
WORK. AND I SAY THIS TO ASSURE
YOUYOU
THAT, I SAID THIS BEFORE.
SHE HAS MAY CONFIDENCE AND
CONTINUES TO HAVE MY CONFIDENCE.
AND WE WILL BE IN CONTINUED
COMMUNICATION. AND WELL, ON
MONDAYS I WILL
GIVE AN UPDATE THAT I GET
FROM DIRECTOR MOHAMMED AS WE GET
GOING.
IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES TO
SHARE, I WILL SHARE THEM THEN.
RATE RIGHT NOW THE NEED IS FOR
INFORMATION AND THAT IS THE NEED
DIRECTOR MOHAMMED AND HER, AND
A SHOUTOUT, THAT THEY'RE
FILLING THE NEED AT THE MOMENT.
IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.
SHE'S CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY
AND STATE LEVEL AND ALL THE
COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AS WE GET GOING ON HOW TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION AND HOW TO
BEST
IDENTIFY SUPPORTS AND COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
PLEASE SEE ME AFTER OUR MEETING
AND I
AM WILLING TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION AND TAKE YOUR
FEEDBACK SO I CAN GIVE THAT
BACK
TO DIRECTOR MOHAMMED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
DIDN'T YOU HAVE A VISIT WITH
THE MAYOR IN YOUR DISTRICT WITH
THE BUSINESSES LAST WEEK?
>> YES.
SORRY.
>> CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
THAT?
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING
EARLIER.
HE CAME TO THE DISTRICT.
I ATTENDED, WITH
SMALL BUSINESSES IN WEDGEWOOD
AND
ALSO IN SANDPOINT WAY.
IT WAS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND TALK IN
GENERAL ABOUT THE PUBLIC
SAFETY PIECES AND GIVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE HERRING
AND
RETENTION OF POLICE OFFICERS.
SEEING WHAT WAYS THE
NORTH PRECINCT CAN CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES.
WE INTRODUCED THE NEW NORTH
PRECINCT CAPTAIN.
GEORGE DAVIDSON.
AS WE KNOW OUR BELOVED
PERSON HAS GOTTEN A PROMOTION AT
SPD
SO NOW WE HAVE A NEW
CAPTAIN, GEORGE DAVIDSON, WHO
I'VE
MET WITH AND WILL BE CONTINUING
TO MEET WITH.
HE WAS THERE AS WELL, AS WAS OUR
NEW DEPUTY CHIEF UNDERWOOD.
THAT IS ALSO, I ACTUALLY
MET WITH THE DEPUTY
CHIEF THIS MORNING AND I'M JUST
GRATEFUL FOR HER BEING THERE AND
GRATEFUL THAT THE CHIEF WAS
SELECTED.
CHIEF UNDERWOOD NOW.
PROMOTIONS IN THAT DEPARTMENT
ARE VERY WELL DESERVED.
>> AND I THINK, AT TOO, YOU'VE
BEEN DOING WORK.
AS NORTH END
REPRESENTATIVES, WE'VE HAD A
LOT OF
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THE
PUBLIC
SAFETY NEEDS ARE IN THE NORTH
AND VIEWING IT AS A PART OF THE
CITY THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM
ATTENTION. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT
YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT ALL THE WORK
YOU'VE BEEN DOING, IT IT WOULD
BE
HELPFUL.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROMPT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON AND ON.
I KNOW I'VE TAKEN UP SOME TIME.
BUT YES, HAVE BEEN MEETING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE
NORTH
PRECINCT TO -- AND SOME OF
THE COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS AND
EVEN WITH MERCY HOUSING AT THE
PARK
TO DETERMINE -- I MEAN, LOOK.
ONE THING THAT I'VE
REALIZED IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T
ALWAYS UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE IN
THESE
THINGS.
OUR ROLE IS TO PASS LAWS,
THAT THE MONEY IS THERE TO BE
ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS
AND IT IS
THE EXECUTIVE'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE
LAWS THAT WE
PASS. ONE THING THAT CAME OUT OF
THOSE
MEETINGS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.
PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THAT
WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO HIRE
OFFICERS.
THAT WAS THE ISSUE.
COULD I ASSURE PEOPLE.
NO, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE MONEY
THE HIRE OFFICERS.
IT TAKES TIME
INCLUDING MONEY FOR ADVERTISING
HAS RESULTED IN
4,000
APPLICATIONS. MORE APPLICATIONS
THAN WE'VE
SEEN SINCE 2013.
A LOT HAVE EDUCATION TO THE
COMMUNITY, AND THE RESIDENTS IN
GENERAL, THAT HAVE HAD VERY MANY
CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS AND
MAINLY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IN
THE D- 4 AND D-5.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
FOR PEOPLE WATCHING, WE
ARE DOING A LOT AND I KNOW YOU
ARE
DOING A LOT, TOO, IN TERMS OF
AURORA.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY MEETING WITH
SPD WHO HAVE BEEN
VERY RESPONSIVE BUT ALSO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO REALLY,
WE'VE
GIVEN TOOLS AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE
THAT THOSE TOOLS ARE UTILIZED.
IF SOMETHING ELSE IS NEEDED, I
MEAN, THE MAYOR HAS HEARD ME
SAY AS HIS STAFF HAS HEARD ME
SAY.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING
ELSE NEEDED, LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHAT THAT IS IN TERMS OF THE
LAW.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE
THESE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS. THANK
YOU.
>> SHE WAS SAYING, YOU
DON'T OFTEN MENTION, YOU DON'T
TAKE CREDIT FOR THE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND
SUSTAINED WORK
THAT YOU DO IN YOUR DISTRICT
44 AS WELL AS YOU DO.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE IN DISTRICT
5, WHICH IS ONE PRECINCT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
BUT THE REAL PROBLEM IS, I
BELIEVE, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
GOING THE DIVISION OF POWERS.
THERE'S THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
AND WE'RE DOING AS MUCH --
WE'RE PASSING THE LAWS AND
TRYING
TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL TOOLS
SO
WE CAN ADDRESS THE PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES, OR ADDRESS THE
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH, YOU
KNOW, WITH ADEQUATE OPTIONS.
OR WITH SEVERAL OPTIONS.
>> AND I THINK ONE THING OF
NOTE ALSO FOR CONSTITUENTS IS
THAT SOMETIMES WE STEP OVER EVEN
WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS
BECAUSE WE CARE SO DEEPLY AND
WANT TO
MAKE CHANGES AS QUICKLY AS WE
CAN.
SO WE DO HAVE SO MANY
MEETINGS WITH THE EXECUTIVE NSPD
AND FOLKS ON THE GROUND TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING HEAD WAY
AND EVEN WAYS THAT AREN'T
NECESSARILY OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
WE DO SO BECAUSE WE CARE AND
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
BEING RESPONSIVE TO
CONSTITUENTS.
WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AT
IT.
PEOPLE WHO READ MY NEWS
LETTER, MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
CONTINUES
TO BE PUBLIC
SAFETY. AND WILL THAT IS WHAT
I'VE
BEEN WORKING ON ALL LAST YEAR
AND
I CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT ALL
THIS
YEAR.
AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
MANY TIMES, WE'RE MEETING
WITH THE MAYOR AND SPD
TOGETHER BECAUSE THE NORTH END
IS IN
NEED OF ATTENTION RIGHT NOW.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I KNOW
THAT THE FORMER CAPTAIN OF THE
NORTH PRECINCT WAS A GREAT
PARTNER IN
THIS.
I KNOW IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT.
SO THIS IS WHY I SAY, YOU KNOW,
WE DO NEED THE PARTNERSHIP,
OBVIOUSLY, OF THE EXECUTIVE AND
THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THE LAWS
THAT WE'RE PASSING ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED AND WHETHER
THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE NEEDED
BECAUSE
THERE ISN'T, I KNOW MANY OF US
HERE ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE.
WE WILL KEEP AT IT UNTIL WE
MAKE SOME HEAD WAY, I GUESS IS
WHAT I'M TRYING TO
SAY. AND THE WINS ARE VERY
SMALL.
I SEE THE 4,000 APPLICATIONS
AS A WIN BUT I KNOW IT DOESN'T
TAKE CARE OF WHAT
RESIDENTS ARE FEELING ON THE
GROUND.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THERE
WERE, I DON'T KNOW IF
I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER
BUT THERE WERE GUNSHOTS AT THE
END OF MY
STREET.
SO I KNOW THIS IS REALLY
BEING
FELT BY EVERYONE ACROSS THE
CITY.
WE ARE FEELING IT EVEN MORE SO.
AND I SHOULD SAY THAT II
TALKED THIS MORNING WHEN I
TALKED TO DEPUTY CHIEF
UNDERWOOD ABOUT WHAT IS
UNDERWAY.
BEFORE THE FORMER CAPTAIN
LEFT, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO AT THE PARK
COMING INTO THE SUMMER?
I KNOW THAT SPD IN THE PAST
HAS DONE OTHER ACTIVATIONS LIKE
AT GOLDEN GARDENS TO MAKE SURE
THE PARK IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO
USE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE
HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS IN THE
LAST WEEK WHERE THEY'VE SEEN
MORE POLICE PRESENCE AND THE
MOBILE PRECINCT AT THE PARK.
SO THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING
AS QUICKLY AS ANYONE ELSE
WOULD LIKE INCLUDING ME BECAUSE
I WANT EVERYTHING DONE
YESTERDAY.
IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND
WORDS AND YOUR REMARKS.
I AM COMMITTED TO KEEPING AT
IT WITH YOU ALL AND WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO MAKE
POSITIVE
CHANGE HAPPEN IN THIS REGARD.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
FRONT, FIRST OFF, COLLEAGUES,
AS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ALLUDED
TO
EARLIER IN OUR COMMENTS,
PLEASE DO ACCEPT AND TAKE
THOSE MEETINGS AND BRIEFINGS
FROM
S-DOT ON ANY NUMBER OF TOPICS.
PARTICULARLY OF IMPORTANCE
RIGHT NOW IS THE DEPARTMENT'S
PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN ON THE
LEVEE.
I WANT TO APPLAUD THE EFFORT
TO RESET RELATIONS WITH THIS
FLOOR AND GOING INTO GREAT
DETAIL
WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE OF US.
OR GIVING US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO GREAT
DETAIL ABOUT
THEIR PROPOSED SPENDING PLANS.
TRYING TO BE MORE
COLLABORATIVE WHICH I
APPRECIATE.
SO COLLEAGUES, PLEASE DO
YOUR PART AND SEMITHOSE MEETINGS
AND
BRIEFINGS WITH S-DOT.
AND ON THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, IN TERMS OF
THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE BUSINESS,
COLLEAGUES, TOMORROW'S
REGULARLY SCHEDULED
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS
CANCELED.
HOWEVER, WE WILL
RECONVENE AT THE NEXT REGULARLY
SCHEDULED TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE
MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
18th.
VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT SUBSTANTIVE TOPICS
THAT WILL BE
DISCUSSED.
TWO OF THEM.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSIONS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'LL HAVE
A
TRANSIT SECURITY REGIONAL
ROUNDTABLE OF INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL STAKE HOLDERS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT, A LOT
HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST SIX
TO EIGHT WEEKS IN THE SPACE OF
TRANSIT SECURITY.
IN LARGE PART, AS A
RESULT OF THE TRAGIC MURDER OF
METRO,
KING COUNTY METRO DRIVER, BUT
THERE'S BEEN A RAPIDLY EVOLVING
SET OF
DEVELOPMENTS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THOSE AND SOME NEXT STEPS FROM
THE
CITY'S PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
A GREAT GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS.
INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY
FROM KING COUNTY METRO, THE
CITY, INVITED SOUND TRANSIT AS
WELL
AS LOCAL 587 AND THE DSA AS
WELL.
PROUD THAT KING COUNTY METRO CEO
ALLISON HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED
TO JOIN OUR SOON TO BE NEW S-
DOT
OR INTERIM S- DOT DIRECTOR.
THE CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER
WALTON, AMONGST OTHERS.
IT WILL BE A GREAT PANEL TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE SHARED
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE.
AGAIN, A LINE ON THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
NEXT, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING
ANOTHER
REALLY SUBSTANTIVE IMPORTANT
TOPIC.
THE SPENDING PLAN WHICH WAS THE
DEPARTMENT RELEASE PER OUR
BUDGET ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st.
WE'LL HAVE A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION AND INVITE OUR S-
DOT PARTNERS TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
REALLY IMPORTANT TOPICS TO
BE TEED UP FOR THAT FEBRUARY
18th MEETING AND ALL ARE INVITED
TO JOIN FOR ANY OR ALL PORTIONS
OF
THE MEETING EVEN IF YOU
DON'T HAVE US ON THE COMMITTEE.
TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT DO,
THAT MIGHT BE A MEETING WHERE WE
DON'T, IT AGENCIES LITTLE
LONGER THAN OUR STANDARD HOUR,
HOUR AND
A HALF.
JUST A HEADS- UP FOR
YOUR PLANNING PURPOSES.
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO STATE LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES.
WE LEARNED EARLIER, AND I
SHARED EARLIER, I JUST, AS I
MENTIONED MY PRIOR WORK AND
INVOLVEMENT FOR THE SENATE BILL
THAT
WOULD PROVIDE A CLARIFICATION
TWEAK
TO THE YOUTH RIGHT TO COUNCIL, I
REALIZED, SINCE I WENT DOWN TO
OLYMPIA PERSONALLY AND TESTIFIED
IN FAVOR OF THAT, OR IN FAVOR
OF SOME CHANGERING WITH HAVEN'T
HAD A COUNCIL BRIEFING WHERE
I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE
THAT.
I DID THAT.
LATER TODAY, ACTUALLY, I WILL
BE PROVIDING VIRTUAL TESTIMONY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE STATE SENATE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WHO
WILL BE HEARING
5417 WHICH, AS WE HEARD
TODAY, AUTHORIZES THE NOISE
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS AND PROBLEM
VEHICLE
RACING AREAS, AND ZONES.
WE KNOW THIS IS A CHALLENGE
THAT AFFLICTS ALL OF OUR
DISTRICTS,
FOR THOSE OF US WHO
REPRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THERE ARE HOT SPOTS FOR ALL OF
OUR DISTRICTS.
FOR MINE, KNOWN HOT SPOTS.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I
KNOW, MAGNUSSEN PARK IS A HOT
SPOT OF
YOURS.
COUNCIL KETTLE COMMENTED,
BELLTOWN AND THE DOWNTOWN
CORRIDOR IS ANOTHER
CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY WE
HAVE
WITH PROBLEM NOISE AND VEHICLES.
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
DISTRICT, GOLDEN GARDENS.
THE CITY IS REPLETE WITH
THESE KNOWN HOT SPOTS AND WE
DON'T HAVE OFFICERS TO ENFORCE
OUR EXISTING LAWS.
SO I'LL BE PROUDLY
ADVOCATING AND TESTIFYING IN
FAVOR OF THIS
BILL VERY SHORTLY.
AND -- MOVING ON.
IN THE COMMUNITY,
SOME GREAT OFFICE HOURS WITH MY
CONSTITUENTS LAST WEEK WILL BE
DOING THAT AGAIN THIS WEEK.
ALSO ON SATURDAY, I WAS
HONORED TO JOIN THE RIBBON
CUTTING
GRAND OPENING EVENT FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE BLACK LEGACY
INSTITUTE.
WHICH IS A NEW ORGANIZATION
THAT RECENTLY PURCHASED AN
HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING IN MY
DISTRICT. AND ADMIRAL DISTRICT,
IN
PARTICULAR, IN WEST SEATTLE,
AND WAS REALLY HONORED TO
PRESENT THEM WITH THE JOINT
PROCLAMATION INDIVIDUALLY ON MY
BEHALF AS AN
INDIVIDUAL.
COUNCILMEMBER, AND ON
BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AS WELL TO
HONOR
THEIR GREAT WORK.
AND A SHOUTOUT AGAIN TO THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ROGER
EVANS, THE CURATOR AND
DEVELOPER. WE DID IT ON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
1st, WHICH IS -- WHICH WAS
THE FIRST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH. AND SO IT HAD SPECIAL
MEENGS
THERE AS WELL.
AND I SAID THERE, I'LL SAY
HERE AS WELL, AMID ALL THAT'S
GOING ON NATIONALLY.
EFFORTS TO POLITICIZE THINGS
THAT SHOULDN'T BE
POLITICAL, PARTICULARLY WITH
RESPECTS
TO OUR TERRIFIC DIVERSITY,
EQUITY AND INCLUSION
EFFORTS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING
TO
DEPRIORITIZE DEI, DEVALUE IT,
DEFUND IT, AND DEEMPHASIZE IT,
WE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE, WILL UPLIFT AMP
EFFORTS. THAT IS CORE.
ALL IT IS IS ABOUT TWO
THINGS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
IT'S ABOUT
CELEBRATING TREMENDOUSLY RICH
CULTURE
THAT WE HAVE.
AND ALSO, TOO, ACKNOWLEDGING
A FAIRLY COMPLEX HISTORY THAT WE
HAVE.
AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE
WORTHWHILE ENDEAVORS AND
WE'LL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY AND
UPLIFT THAT WORK ANY WAY WE CAN.
IT STARTS WITH OUR
WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
THE WASHINGTON STATE BLACK
LEGACY INSTITUTE AND OTHERS IN
THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE AT THE
TIM OF THE SPEAR AND DOING THIS
WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO GREAT EVENT.
AND NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS
WELL, I
JUST, I WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL
SHOUTOUT AND KUDOS TO OUR CITY
CLERK AND OUR ARCHIVIST TEAM.
JEANIE FISHER, WHO IS AN INTERIM
ARCHIVIST. THEY LOOKED UP AND
CONFIRMED
THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
THREE BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEY
ARE AWARE OF NO OTHER TIME IN
OUR
CITY'S HISTORY WHEN THAT HAS
BEEN THE CASE.
THE MOST THAT THEY'RE AWARE
OF IS TWO SITTING AT ANY ONE
GIVEN
TIME.
COUPLE THAT WITH THE
FACT WE HAVE A BLACK AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MAYOR. I THINK THIS MONTH IN
PARTICULAR, OUR CITY HAS A LOT
TO BE PROUD OF AND CELEBRATE.
SO IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY OF
ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DO
THE WORK.
NOT JUST ENJOYING THE SPOILS
OF OUR LABOR ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL, TO GET HERE AND GET THIS
VACANCY, TO GET THE WORK
AND MAKE SURE MORE PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR TRUE
POTENTIAL IN LIFE AND SERVE AT
THIS
DAIS AND OTHERWISE.
SO THAT IS I HAVE.
I WELCOME COMMENTS FROM ALL OF
YOU.
IF NOT, I WILL PASS IT ON
TO COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY WORKS,
WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE
CALENDAR,
AS I HAVE BEEN DRINKING FROM
THE FIRE HYDRANT, I DO HAVE
STAFF THAT WERE ON BOARDED TODAY
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I'M INCLUDING MY ONBOARDING.
STAFF HAS DONE ONBOARDING.
I'LL HAVE A FOURTH
PERSON JOINING ME ON THURSDAY.
SO I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A
FULL TEAM.
MY INTENT IS TO HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING.
WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE A
LIMITED
AMOUNT OF TIME AND THERE IS
A LOT I WANT TO GET DONE.
SO HAVING A FULL TEAM, THIS
WILL ALLOW ME TO DO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, DUE TO, YOU
KNOW, COMING ON BOARD THE
REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR
THE LAND
USE COMMITTEE
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE 5th,
IT WILL NOT
HAPPEN.
AGAIN, I NEED TO HAVE
STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE
THINGS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE OKAY WITH
THAT.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS I DO
HAVE COMING UP.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE MEETINGS
THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE
HEAD OF THE SEATTLE INDIAN
SERVICES COMMISSION TO TALK
ABOUT, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
OWN
THE NAVIGATION PROPERTY AT 12th
AND
WELLER.
SO WE'LL BE NEEDING TO
TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
THAT PROPERTY AND WHAT WILL
HAPPEN WHEN OPERATIONS AT THE
NAVIGATION CENTER MOVE TO
THE STAR CENTER, I BELIEVE IT
IS?
OKAY.
FOLLOWING THAT, I'LL BE
MEETING WITH PEOPLE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AGAIN TO,
AS I MADE IT
CLEAR, IN SEEKING THIS
IMPORTANT, I WOULD PRIORITIZE
LITTLE SAIGON AS AN ISSUE AND
I'M FOLLOWING UP ON THAT NOW.
AND I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO
THE WEST PRECINCT COMMAND
STAFF ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE GOING
ON AS
WELL AS THE IN- HOUSE TEAMS AT
SPD.
THE COMMUNITY LIAISON AS WELL
AS THE CRIME PREVENTION
COORDINATOR REGARDING THEIR
EFFORTS
AND SEEING WHERE ARE THEIR
SUPPORTS
THAT OUR OFFICE CAN LEND TO
THEM.
IN TERMS OF UPCOMING
THINGS, TRYING TO FLESH OUT MY
SCHEDULE WITH WHAT THE
COMMITTEE MEETING MEMBERS
ARE. THE STANDING COUNCIL
MEETINGS AS WELL AS ONBOARDING
SO I
CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN FIT
IN OFFICE HOURS IN DISTRICT
AND IDENTIFYING WHERE IN
DISTRICT WE'RE GOING TO BE AND
WHEN.
AGAIN, ROTATING AROUND TO
DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT
SO IT IS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO BE
ABLE TO ACCESS ME.
ONE OF THE THINGS I
DEFINITELY WANT TO DO IS GET
SOME
COMMUNITY MEETINGS SCHEDULED
WITH THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY, THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES THAT
THEY
ALREADY HAVE SOMEPLACE TO MAKE
SURE
THAT PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY KNOW
ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
THERE WILL BE A MEETING ON
FEBRUARY 11th OF THE
SOUTH PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
I INTEND TO BE AT THAT.
THAT'LL WILL BE AT THE NEW
HOLLEY GATHERING HALL.
ON FEBRUARY 18th, I WILL
BE AT THE LAKEWOOD PARK
COMMUNITY CLUB
FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND I THINK THIS COMING, NEXT
THURSDAY, YOU AND
I, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, WILL
JUMP IN THE CAR AND DRIVE
THROUGH THE
DISTRICT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN
SEE.
LET'S SEE.
I HAVE ON THE CALENDAR
THE HOUSING MEETING ON THE 12th.
I'LL BE THERE.
JUST THIS PAST WEEK ON
48 THERE WAS A RECEPTION FOR
CHIEF BARNES
AT MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH.
COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND
I WERE THERE TO AGAIN, PAY OUR
RESPECTS, AND WELCOME THE CHIEF
TO SEATTLE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HIM.
A FUN FACT.
HE AND I ARE FRATERNITY
BROTHERS. THERE WERE JOKES ABOUT
THAT AT THE EVENT.
JUST SAYIN'.
AND I GUESS IN CLOSING
WHAT I'LL SAY IS, NOT TOO LONG
AGO, COWELL
SAIQA,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND
I GOT TO RAISE
THE BLACK IMMIGRATION FLAG
IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY --
MEANINGFUL FOR ME BECAUSE
IT'S NOT -- IT'S HARD NOT TO
TAKE IT
PERSONALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT
SOMEBODY IN THE OTHER
WASHINGTON TRYING TO ERASE YOUR
HISTORY.
WHO IS -- WHERE THE AIR FORCE
IS SAYING, WE WON'T TEACH ABOUT
THE
TUSKEGEE
AIRMEN. WE WON'T TEACH ABOUT
THE WASPS.
WHO SURROUNDED HIMSELF
WITH PEOPLE WHO DECRY
WOKENESS BUT DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS.
TO THOSE WHO SAY WE
SHOULDN'T TEACH ABOUT 1619.
WELL, 1619 IS OUR HISTORY.
OH, WE CAN'T DO CRITICAL
RACE THEORY BECAUSE THAT WILL
MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BAD ABOUT
THEMSELVES.
BUT EVEN ALSO MOST OFFENSIVE
IS, BLAMING DEI FOR A MID-AIR
COLLISION.
I FIND THAT OFFENSIVE ON SO MANY
LEVELS.
SO I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE
A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE
INCLUSIVE. WE NEED TO STRIVE TO
CONTINUE TO BE INCLUSIVE.
WE NEED TO STRIVE TO
CONTINUE TO BE EQUITABLE.
AND I WILL NOT HAVE MY HISTORY
ERASED.
I AM HERE.
AND I WANT US TO BE TOGETHER.
AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE OTHER WASHINGTON,
LET'S SHOW THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY WHAT VIBRANCY YOU HAVE
IN COMMUNITY WHEN YOU COME
TOGETHER AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO
RIP
EVERYBODY APART.
SO I'LL END ON THAT.
>> HEAR, HEAR.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU. I WAS GOING TO P.
THANK YOU. SO FOR SO ELOQUENTLY
BREAKING IT
DOWN FOR US, OF COURSE.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
IF NOT, I'LL GO AHEAD.
HEAR, HEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
BEFORE I FORGET, I WAS AT THAT
WEDGEWOOD PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING
ALSO.
>> I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SAY
THAT.
>> IT'S OKAY.
WE WERE LEARNING A LOT.
TELL GOVERNANCE
ACCOUNTABLE COMMITTEE WILL MEET
NEXT TIME
ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th.
WE'LL BE HAVING A ROUND
TABLE DISCUSSION WITH A PANEL
OF RESPECTED AND EXPERIENCED
ARCHITECTS OF COMMERCIAL,
RESIDENTIAL, AND MIXED USE
PROJECTS OF ALL SIZES TO
DISCUSS PERSISTENT ISSUES WITH
OUR PERMITTING PROCESS.
THIS WAS MOST RECENTLY
CATLIZED BY JIM GRAHAM FROM THE
ARCHITECTURE FIRM.
I SAY MOST RECENTLY BECAUSE
IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND FOR, EVEN
BEFORE
TAKING OFFICE.
BECAUSE AS A RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL END USER, I
HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE
ISSUES.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY FIRST
OFF, WHEN WE SAY PERMITTING,
THAT
CONVERSATIONS, THAT'S A BIG
TOPIC.
THERE IS PERMIT REVIEW AND
EVERYTHING. AND THEN THE
DEPARTMENT PERMITS.
IT IS A BIG ISSUE AND THIS IS BY
NO MEANS, I'M NOT LAYING FAULT
ON OUR STAFF.
THERE ARE SOME PROCESS PROBLEMS
THAT CAN BE IMPROVED.
SO I WANT TO DEPERSONALIZE
ANYTHING. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE INDIVIDUAL STAFF.
I'M TALKING ABOUT
MORE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT
CAN EASILY BE APPROVED.
THERE WILL BE SOME
SUGGESTIONS AT THIS COMMITTEE
AND THE
REASON I AM MENTIONING IT, THIS
WAS GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF
MEETINGS AGO.
NOW IT'S BACK ON THE AGENDA.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN
COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S WHY I'M MENTIONING IT
HERE. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I
SAID THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT
IT
FOR A LONG TIME.
ALSO, BECAUSE IT IS, AFTER
CRIME, THE MOST FREQUENT
COMPLAINT I HEAR FROM
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHEN IT
COMES
TO HOW TO START AND GROW AND GET
A BUSINESS AND ENSURE THAT IT
THRIVES. SO CRIME PERMITTING --
THAT
IS BEFORE, SURPRISINGLY, MAYBE
NOT LACK OF ACCESS TO CAPITAL
AND SOMETIMES THE DIFFICULTY
FINDING
AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL
SPACE, WHICH IS DIFFICULT, I
WILL NOTE.
THE POINT IS, IT IS A BIG
ISSUE AND AN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ISSUE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT
IN MY
COMMITTEE AND THAT IS WHY
ALSO, DON BLAKENEY WILL BE ONE
OF THE
PARTICIPANTS.
HE HE IS THE PROFESSOR OF
THE PARTNERSHIP AND HE WILL BE,
YOU
KNOW, HE WILL CONTRIBUTE THE
PERSPECTIVE AND EXPERIENCES
OF SMALL BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.
SO THAT WILL BE A FUN THING.
AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
MORE ATTENDEES -- MORE
PRESENTERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS QUICK.
I JOINED COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR
THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TABLE TOP
EXERCISE. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO
BE PREPARED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT ORGANIZED
THIS TRAINING THAT WAS ATTENDED
BY PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW
WHAT TO DO WHEN THAT DISASTER,
IF THAT
DISASTER STRIKES, AND THEN
THERE'S SOME GOOD
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE
APPLIED IN TERMS OF
COMMUNICATIONS WHEN ANY
CRISIS OR EMERGENCY HAPPENS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
THAT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
FEMA.
LAST SATURDAY AT
THE INVITATION -- NOT TWO DAYS
AGO
BUT LAST BEING, AT THE
INVITATION OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, I ATTENDED, I
JOINED OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS
INCLUDING
THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR,
ATTORNEY DAVIDSON, KING COUNTY
MEMBER, AND SEVERAL --
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YEP,
SORRY
ABOUT THAT.
AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT A
DINNER THAT WAS ALREADY
MENTIONED AT THE WASHINGTON
ISLAMIC CENTER
IN
NORTHGATE. IT WAS REALLY, THEY
USED TO HAVE -- I THANKED, I
THANK COUNCILMEMBER MARCH
BECAUSE SHE
WAS NAMED THE HOST OF THE EVENT.
AND SHE WAS IN CHARGE
OF ENCOURAGING LOCAL Y ELECTEDS
TO
ATTEND. THIS WAS GOING ON BEFORE
THE
PANDEMIC. IT WAS A WAY TO HAVE
MORE FAMILIAR AND, MORE
FAMILIARITY
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE IN
AGENCIES AND AT VARIOUS LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE
OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING
TO HEAR THE HISTORY AND JUST
REALLY, I DON'T KNOW, TO
TAKE PART IN A SCHEDULED DINNER
WITH AMAZING FOOD FROM, WHERE
WAS THE
FOOD FROM?
I JUST -- OKAY.
THE POINT IS, THEY WILL
BE HAVING THESE COMMUNITY MEALS
GOING FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN.
AND IT WAS JUST, I
ENCOURAGED FOLKS TO GO.
IT WAS PRETTY FUN.
AND THEN, GOING ON.
MONDAY WAS THE INVEST
IN BUSINESS FORUM AT THE
BELL HARBOR CONFERENCE
CENTER. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
FIRST
ONE. IT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP ABOUT
THE
GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS.
THIS IS A, THIS IS FORUM
SHOWCASED INDIA'S COMMITMENT
TO DEVELOPING KEY SECTORS SUCH
AS TOURISM TO SEATTLE AND IT
PROVIDED A PLATFORM TO
SHOWCASE ITEMS OF POSSIBLE
EXPORT FROM
INDIA TO THE GREATER SEATTLE
AREA.
MANY THERE'S A TO THE CONSUL
GENERAL.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE ARE SO
LUCKY TO HAVE THE CONSULATE
GENERAL IN SEATTLE BECAUSE THEY
ARE REALLY BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER AND OPENING MY
EYES,
FRANKLY, TO THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
THAT WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND WE COULD INVITE HERE.
I'LL BE ATTENDING THE 2025
FRIENDS OF SCOUTING
BREAKFAST. THEN FINALLY MY STAFF
AND
I WILL BE JOINING THE LINGS FOR
A
TOUR IN MEETING TO DISCUSS
FREIGHT
MOBILITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL
ENDS AREA IN SUPPLY CHAIN
LOGISTICS.
I'M VING OFF SOME STUFF FOR
THE SAKE OF BREVITY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, THERE
IS SOMETHING I WANT TO ADD
IF THAT'S OKAY.
SOMETHING I FORGOT TO MENTION.
FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF
MY
COLLEAGUES.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
SAKA, AND NOW MARK SOLOMON.
I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL TO
SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU ON THIS
COUNCIL.
AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AROUND
DEI INITIATIVES WHICH I, TOO,
AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE
SAID ABOUT THAT.
JUST FACE IS IT TO SAY
DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE
AND THANK YOU FOR RAISING THOSE.
AND THEN ALONG THOSE LINES,
I SHOULD HAVE SAID, THE
UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON, AS YOU KNOW,
IS IN THE DISTRICT THAT I
REPRESENT.
THEY'RE A CONSTITUENT.
AND I JUST FOUND
OUT THIS AFTERNOON THAT THEY'VE
ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PRESIDENT.
IT IS ROBERT J. JONES.
HE WAS FORMERLY THE
THE CHANCELLOR OF ILLINOIS.
HE WILL SERVE AS UW'S
34th PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST
AFRICAN
AMERICAN TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.
HE IS THE SON OF SHARE
CROPPERS FROM GEORGIA.
HE'S A DISTINGUISHED
AGRONOMIST WITH A DEEP SCHOLARLY
RECORD.
HE WAS THE TENTH
CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS.
AND HE ALSO SERVED AS, I
LOST MAY NOTES HERE.
I KNOW HE WAS ALSO THE HEAD
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY AS
WELL.
SO VERY ACCOMPLISHED AND
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU
COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT HE IS NOW
THE NEW HEAD
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING
FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
HE FOLLOWS A LATINA WOMAN.
SO YOU KNOW, THAT IS
REALLY, IT'S JUST -- IT REALLY
EMBODIES WHAT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, GOING
THE
DEI INITIATIVES AND
THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM AND SO
MANY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SO
GRATEFUL FOR BOTH FORMER
PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP AND NOW
VERY EXCITED TO MEET
NEW PRESIDENT JONES.
SO I WANTED TO ADD THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO ADD AS WELL?
>> MAY I SAY ONE BRIEF THING.
THANK YOU TO ALL MAY
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS
WELL.
ALSO, I WANT TO SAY BRIEFLY THAT
I'M HONORED TO SERVE ON SUCH A
DIVERSE COUNCIL.
THAT'LL THIS COUNCIL
REPRESENTS A MERITOCRACY.
IT WILL ALWAYS REPRESENT
A MERITOCRACY AS LONG AS IT
LOOKS
THIS WAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE MY
COLLEAGUES MENTIONING THAT,
STARTING
THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, I
BELIEVE. IT IS UP TO WHITE
PEOPLE TO ALSO
NOT WAIT FOR OTHER PEOPLE
TO NOTE THE FACT THAT, YOU
KNOW, BLACK HISTORY IS U.S.
HISTORY.
YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THE TWO.
AND ALSO THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART TO SPEAK
UP. SO THANK YOU.
I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD?
>> JUST THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
DEI IS NOT ABOUT A LACK OF
MERITOCRACY.
SO THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL.
>> I SKIPPED OVER A LINE WHEN I
THANKED COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
FOR INVITING US.
MANY THANKS FOR THE
INVITATION, AND FOR HOSTING.
HE IS THE PERSON WHO IS
THE RELATIONS PERSON, OR
BASICALLY, THE LEADER OF THE
MOSQUE
OUTSIDE.
AND NO, TONY L, I DID NOT
FORGET THAT I WILL BE JOINING
YOU
AT THE NEW YEAR EVENT TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
IT IS
3:59. THANKS, EVERYBODY.