COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA HAS
ASKED TO BE EXCUSED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK?
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA?
>>
HERE.
>>
SOLOMON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
THE MINUTES OF MARCH 10th,
2025, WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
OKAY. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HADHAD
PRESENTATIONS, ALTHOUGH -- DO
YOU HAVE A -- OKAY.
SO WE HAVE ONE LETTER FOR
SIGNATURES, ONE
PRESENTATION, OUR WEEKLY STATE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM OIR, AND
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END
OF THE MEETING.
ON TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA THERE ARE --
THERE WAS A HOLDUP WITH
RESPECT TO THE CLERK'S
FINALIZING THE
IRC WHICH HAS BEEN DELAYED
REPUBLISHING THE AGENDA.
THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED SHORTLY.
SO YOU KNOW, MORE TO COME ON
THAT.
LET'S SEE.
THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE AN
IRC PREVIEW NOW.
AS FAR AS THE AGENDA ITSELF,
THE CURRENT -- THE CONSENT
CALENDAR WILL INCLUDE THE WEEKLY
BILL
PAYMENT ORDINANCE AND THREE
ITEMS.
ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
AND TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE
FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
AND PROMISE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
THERE'S ONE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION FROM COMMITTEES,
COUNCIL BILL
120933 ALLOWING RESER--
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
IN THE STADIUM DISTRICTS
ACCOMPANIED
BY NINE AMENDMENTS ON THE
AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR WEEKLY
UPDATE.
AND LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA, GOINGS- ON IN OLYMPIA
REPORT.
WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS HERE
WITH US.
SO PLEASE GO AHEAD,
AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELF. HOWEVER, CAN
WE PAUSE ON THAT,
THOUGH?
I AM GOING TO BE -- IT SAYS
THE
NEXT ITEM IS THE SIGNING OF
LETTERS AND PROCLAMATIONS.
EXCUSE ME, BUT SIT AND ENJOY
IN YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT.
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA HAS A
LETTER FOR SIGNATURE TO THE
WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION
IN
SUPPORT OF THE ALLIANCE FOR
PIONEER
SQUARE'S APPLICATION TO FORM
A CREATIVE DISTRICT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, PLEASE LEAD
THE DISCUSSION ON THE LETTER
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK
BEFORE I
REQUEST SIGNATURES.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, MY PLEASURE TO
REQUEST THE SUPPORT,
YOUR SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION
TO THE WASHINGTON STATE
ARTS COMMISSION TO SECURE STATE
RECOGNITION OF OUR
HISTORIC PIONEER SQUARE AS AN
OFFICIAL STATE CREATIVE DISTRICT
AS DEFINED BY THE STATE.
PART OF THIS APPLICATION
REQUIRED OFFICIAL SUPPORT
FROM THE LOCAL JURISDICTION.
HENCE, THE SUPPORT LETTER,
WHY WE'RE HERE AND TALKING
ABOUT IT
TODAY.
WHICH I NOTE HAS BEEN
SIGNED ALREADY BY OUR OWN MAYOR.
COLLEAGUES, THERE ARE
18 CREATIVE DISTRICTS IN THE
STATE, AND SEATTLE HAS ONE
CURRENTLY
IN RAINIER VALLEY.
THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND ONE.
WHAT DOES THIS DECISIONNITION
EVEN DO, YOU -- DESIGNATION
EVEN DO, YOU MIGHT ASK?
IT PROVIDES
IMPORTANT RECOGNITION PAIRED
WITH
RESOURCES, SOME STARTUP SUPPORT
CAPITAL, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, AND SMALL CAPITAL
PROJECT SUPPORT.
THE ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER
SQUARE HAS SPENT A GOOD PART OF
LAST YEAR GARNERING COMMUNITY
INPUT AND SUPPORT TO PREPARE
THIS IMPORTANT APPLICATION TO
THE
STATE.
I MIGHT ADD WORKING CLOSELY
WITH MY OFFICE TO DO THAT.
AND I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS
LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
TO SUPPORT THE ALLIANCE, TO
BRING THIS TO LIFE ONCE AND FOR
ALL.
THIS COMMUNITY RICHLY
DESERVES OUR SUPPORT IN THIS
MANNER
WHICH IS WHY, COLLEAGUES, I'M
ASKING
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, I WOULD THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. AND I CONGRATULATE THE
ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE FOR
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND THE
WORK THAT
WENT BEHIND IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON WHO WILL SIGN THE
LETTER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK?
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER --
>> ALL RIGHT.
MOVING TO THE UPDATE
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
YOUR
TEAMMATES IN OLYMPIA AND BEGIN.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I'M MINA SHASHEMI DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND
JOINED
VIRTUALLY BY OUR STATE RELATIONS
TEAM,
ANNA AND SAM IR.
MARCH 12th MARKED THE
DEADLINE FOR BILLS TO ADVANCE
OUT
OF THEIR CHAMBERS OF ORIGIN.
WHILE WITH THIS MILESTONE
PASSED LEGISLATIVE FOCUS SHIFTS
TO
THE NEXT PHASE.
BILLS MAKING THEIR WAY
ACROSS THE ROTUNDA TO BE
CONSIDERED
BY POLICY COMMITTEES IN
THE OPPOSITE CHAMBER.
EACH FLOOR CUTOFF DAY BRINGS
ANTICIPATION, TENSION, AND ONE
RECURRING QUESTION --
WHAT WILL BE THE 5:00 P.M. BILL.
ACCORDING TO LEGISLATIVE
RULES, SO LONG AS THE BILL'S
PROCESS
BEGINS BEFORE THE 5:00 P.M.
DEADLINE, DISCUSSIONS
CAN CONTINUE WELL INTO THE
EVENING.
SOMETIMES THE BILL WAS
BROUGHT UP THE DAY BRIAR OR
EARLIER IN
THE DAY ONLY TO BE FINISHED
LATER, AND EVEN BROUGHT UP
AGAIN AT 4:59 P.M.
AND THE FINAL BILL OF THE
DAY OFTEN CARRIES SYMBOLIC
WEIGHT.
SOMETIMES IT'S A
CONTENTIOUS MEASURE THAT SPARKS
EXTENDED DEBATE STRETCHING LATE
INTO THE
NIGHT, AND OTHER TIMES IT'S
A BROADLY SUPPORTED FEEL-
GOOD PROPOSAL THAT GARNERS
BIPARTISAN BACKING.
AND THIS YEAR WE WITNESSED BOTH
TYPES OF BILLS.
IN THE HOUSE THE
5:00 P.M. BILL WAS HB1269
SPONSORED BY MONICA
STONER.
A HOT BUTTON STUDENT RIGHTS
BILL. THE LEGISLATION PROPOSES
MODIFICATIONS TO
EXISTING POLICIES CONCERNING
STUDENT
RIGHTS, PARENT RIGHTS,
AND EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS BOTH
WITHIN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO
ADOPT OR
AMEND POLICIES TO
INCORPORATE GUIDELINES FROM THE
OFFICE
OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OR OSPI.
GUIDELINES AIM TO
ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION BASED
ON
GENDER EXPRESSION AND IDENTITY,
ADDRESS
CHALLENGES FACED BY TRANSGENDER
STUDENTS, AND APPLY
ANTI- BULLYING POLICIES TO THESE
STUDENTS.
THIS BILL WAS BROUGHT UP
SHORTLY BEFORE THE 5:00 P.M.
DEADLINE WITH LEGISLATORS
PAUSING
BEFORE TAKING UP
DEBATE AND WRAPPING UP AROUND
2:15 A.M.
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS
ARGUED THAT THE BILL COULD
UNDERMINE THE PARENTS BILL OF
RIGHTS INITIATIVE 2081 WHICH
PASSED IN
2024, BUT ULTIMATELY THE
BILL PASSED ON A PARTY- LINE
VOTE
WITH THE ADOPTION OF SIX OF THE
128 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
OVER IN THE SENATE, THE
MAJORITY CHOSE SB5263 SPONSORED
BY SEATTLE SENATE MAJORITY
LEADER JAMIE PETERSON AS
THEIR 5:00 P.M. BILL.
DEBATE WAS SOMETIMES
EMOTIONAL WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS
ON
EACH SIDE OF THE AISLE SPEAKING.
THE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION
WHICH PASSED 48- 0 PROPOSES
SEVERAL
SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
FUNDING TO
ENHANCE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS
WITH
DISABILITIES.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
BILL INCLUDE ELIMINATING THE 16%
ENROLLMENT FUNDING CAP,
ALLOWING DISTRICTS TO RECEIVE
FUNDING
FOR ALL ELIGIBLE SPECIAL
EDUCATION STUDENTS WITHOUT
LIMITATIONS,
LOWERING THE JIBLTS THRESHOLD
FOR?
EDUCATION SAFETY NET FUNDING
MAKING IT EASIER FOR QUALIFY
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS, REQUIRING
OSPI DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN
A CENTRALIZED STATEWIDE
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM
OR IEP SYSTEM TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE WITH STATE
AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS,
IMPROVE
EFFICIENCY, AND ENHANCE MULTIPLE
OUTCOMES AND RAISING
SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING
MULTIPLIERS.
AS BILLS NOW TRANSITION TO
THE OTHER CHAMBER, THE STAKES
REMAIN
HIGH.
EACH PROPOSAL FACES NEW
SCRUTINY, NEW POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS, AND A
DIFFERENT POLITICAL DYNAMIC.
AND THE COMING WEEKS WILL
DETERMINE WHICH
MEASURES ULTIMATELY MAKE IT
THROUGH
THE FULL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
AND WHICH FALL SHORT BEFORE
THE REGULAR SESSION
ADJOURNS, AS WELL AS LONG- AWADE
BUDGET AND
REVENUE -- AWAITED BUDGET
AND REVENUE PROPOSALS FROM BOTH
CHAMBERS. WITH THAT I'LL TURN
IT OVER
TO ANNA AND SAMIR TO SHARE
AN UPDATE ON SEATTLE'S
PRIORITIES AND THE LAY OF THE
LAND SINCE
WE LAST BRIEFED YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
I'LL JUMP IN AND PROVIDE
A STATUS UPDATE ON THE CITY'S
PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
SOME UPDATES SINCE LASTS
WE BRIEFED YOU, SENATE BILL
5098 WHICH WE SHARED PASSED OFF
THE SENATE FLOOR IS SCHEDULED
FOR
A HEARING TOMORROW IN THE HOUSE.
ADDITIONALLY SENATE BILL
5060 WHICH WAS ONE OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING
PROPOSALS
ENDED UP NOT COMING TO THE
SENATE
FLOOR, SO IT'S NOT
ADVANCING THIS SESSION.
HOWEVER, HOUSE BILL 2015
WHICH IS ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY
FUNDING BILL DID PASS OFF THE
HOUSE
FLOOR.
THIS BILL DOES THREE SEPARATE
THINGS.
IT CREATES A GRANTS PROGRAM
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING AND
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
IT CREATES A NEW COUNCIL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SALES TAX
OPTION.
AND IT ALSO CREATES A
SUPPLEMENTAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ACCOUNT WITHIN THE STATE
BUDGET FOR DISTRIBUTION TO
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SENATE BILL 5052 WHICH IS
A PRIORITY OF THE CITY THAT
WAS GOING TO CLARIFY THE
YOUTH ACCESS TO COUNCIL PROGRAM
AND WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN
CONTACT
JUVENILES UNFORTUNATELY DID
NOT COME TO THE SENATE FLOOR, SO
IT WILL NOT BE ADVANCING THIS
SESSION. AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER
ONE OF
OUR CITY PRIORITIES, HOUSE BILL
1816, WHICH ESTABLISHES CIVILIAN
STAFFED CRISIS RESPONSE
TEAMS DID NOT COME TO THE HOUSE
FLOOR IN TIME FOR THE CUTOFF
LAST
WEDNESDAY.
>> AND MOVING ON TO SOME OTHER
PRIORITIES. HOUSE BILL 1733
WHICH
INCREASES THE REIMBURSEMENT CAP
FOR
MOVING AND RELOCATION EXPENSES
FOR BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY
DISPLACEMENTS CAUSED BY
AGENCIES, THAT PASSED THE
HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY LAST WEEK AND
IS AWAITING A HEARING IN THE
SENATE.
AND THEN HOUSE BILL 1403
AND HOUSE BILL 1516 BOTH RELATE
TO
FORMAL HOMEOWNERSHIP, 1403,
CONDOMINIUM LIABILITY REFORM
AND 1516 WHICH STUDIES
INSURANCE OPTIONS FOR CONDO
DEVELOPMENT.
BOTH PASSED THE HOUSE AND
HAVE HEARINGS IN THE SENATE THIS
UPCOMING WEEK.
>> ON THE CLIMATE AND
ENVIRONMENT PRIORITIES FROM OUR
AGENDA, SENATE BILL 5284,
THIS IS THE RECYCLING REFORM
LEGISLATION.
THIS BILL WAS SCHEDULED FOR A
HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.
WE ALSO SAW THAT HOUSE BILL
1409 WHICH DEALS WITH
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CLEAN
FUELS PROGRAM WAS SCHEDULED FOR
A HEARING THIS WEEK.
ALSO OUR CHILDCARE SENATE BILL
550 THE THAT WE'VE
BEEN SUPPORTING WAS SCHEDULED
FOR
A HEARING THIS WEEK.
AND THEN AS WE MENTIONED, K
THROUGH 12 FUNDING WAS A BIG
TOPIC ON THE HOUSE OF ORIGIN
CUTOFF.
THE SENATE BILL SPONSORED
BY MAJORITY LEADER PETERSON PASS
ED THROUGH THE SENATE FLOOR.
>> A RECAP OF SOME OTHER
BILLS THAT MOVED OFF THE FLOOR
THIS PAST WEEK.
I'LL START WITH SENATE BILL
5711 BY SENATOR BATEMAN.
THIS BILL WOULD ESSENTIALLY
ALLOW SELF- SERVICE STORAGE
FACILITIES TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE BNL TAX AND BE SUBJECT
TO THE RETAIL SALES TAX.
AND THERE'S NO REVENUE THAT
IS DEDICATED AND -- IN THE BILL
ITSELF.
BUT THERE'S AN INTENT
LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THAT THE
REVENUE GOES
TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SENATE BILL 5576 WOULD ESTABLISH
A SHORT-TERM 4% RENTAL TAX.
INITIALLY THE BILL WAS A
STATEWIDE TAX, AND NOW THE
BILL WAS AMENDED TO BECOME A
LOCAL OPTION OF 4% SHORT- TERM
RENTAL
TAX.
AND THE REVENUE WOULD ALSO
BE DEDICATED TO THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
>> SOME ADDITIONAL CLIMATE
AND ENVIRONMENT BILLS THAT
PASSED
OFF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
FLOOR LAST WEEK INCLUDED HOUSE
BILL
1975.
THIS BILL IS
MAKING CLARIFICATIONS TO THE
CLIMATE COMMITMENT ACT,
SPECIFICALLY AMENDING PRICE
CONTAINMENT MECHANISMS FOR THE
CAP
AND TRADE MARKET AS WELL AS
REQUIRING
THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY TO
DO ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.
AND THEN TWO BILLS RELATED TO
TRANSMISSION, HOUSE BILL
1819 CREATES AN EXEMPTION FOR
TRANSMISSION, AND
THEN SENATE BILL 5466
ESTABLISHES A NEW
AGENCY TO MANAGE
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
FOR
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND
ALSO CONTAINS A SEPA EXEMPTION,
AS
WELL.
>> HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS BILLS THAT ARE
STILL MOVING,
HOUSE BILL 1353 WHICH
WOULD ALLOW CITIES TO HAVE A
SELF- CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR
ADUs REGARDING TO THE
PRODUCT PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
SENATE BILL 5184
CONCERNS MINIMUM PARKING
REQUIREMENTS, ESTABLISHES
MINIMUM
RESIDENTIAL PARKING
REQUIREMENTS, AND
ALSO RELATES TO COMMERCIAL
PARKING
REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL.
SENATE BILL 5469 PROHIBITSAL
RHYTHMIC RENT FIXING IN
HOUSING AND SENATE BILL 5148
REQUIRES CITIES TO SUBMIT, AND
COUNTIES, TO SUBMIT THEIR
HOUSING ELEMENT
OF THEIR COMP PLAN WITHIN
THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THEIR
COMP
PLAN.
AND THEN ALSO IT ALLOWS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO
DETERMINE WHETHER A PLAN IS IN
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE.
LABOR AND COMMERCE
BILLS, SENATE BILL 5758
ESTABLISHES
DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL
EQUITY AND CANVAS LIFE AND FEES.
THESE ARE LICENSES THAT
WERE LICENSED THROUGH THE
SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM AND WOULD
REQUIRE -- WOULD PROHIBIT CITIES
FROM
ESTABLISHING
DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM
OTHER CANDIDATES OF TELLERS OF
MORE
THAN 250 FEET.
AND SENATE BILL 5061
REQUIRES WAGES AND PUBLIC WORKS
CONTRACTS
TO BE AT LEAST THE
PREVAILING WAGE IN EFFECT WHEN
THE WORK IS
PERFORMED.
>> PER PER SAFETY AND
CRIMINAL JUST BILLS WE SAW --
JUSTICE BILLS WE SAW RESTORATION
SYSTEM PASS OFF THE HOUSE FLOOR.
THIS BILL ADDRESSES SPECIFICALLY
COMPETENCY
EVALUATION RESTORATION FOR NON-
FELONY
AND CERTAIN CLASS- C FELONY
CASES.
IT CREATES AN INCENTIVE
PROGRAM AT DSHS TO MANAGE THE
INPATIENT
COMPETENCY ORDERS AND
ALSO CREATES AND ESTABLISHES
ELEMENTS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
AND DIVERSION PLANS.
HOUSE BILL 1596 DEALS WITH
THE USE OF INTELLIGENT
SPEEDING ASSISTANCE DEVICES IN
CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE'S
A TEMPORARY RESTRICTION ON
AN OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S
LICENSE
OR SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE
PROBATION PERIOD FOLLOWING THE
LIFTING
OF A SUSPENSION OF A LICENSE,
AND THERE'S CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS
ALSO
WITHIN THAT BILL.
AND THEN SENATE BILL 5775 IS
THE OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING
BILL THAT IS STILL ALIVE AT THIS
STAGE.
THIS BILL DEALS WITH TWO
LOCAL OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUNDING.
FIRST IS CREATING A
COUNCIL OPTION FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY LOCAL TAX, AS WELL AS
AMENDING THE DEFINITION TO MAKE
IT
MORE FLEXIBLE OF THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
SALES TAX.
FINALLY UNDER SOCIAL
PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION WAS HOUSE
BILL
1296.
A BILL THAT MINA MENTIONED
THAT WAS THE HOUSE'S 5:00 BILL.
AND SHE DESCRIBED IT WELL.
SO I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.
AND THEN WHAT TO LOOK FOR
THIS WEEK -- WE HAVE A
COUPLE HEARINGS ON OUR
PRIORITIES.
SO TOMORROW I BELIEVE,
YEP, MARCH 18th IS HEARING ON
5098 REGARDING WEAPONS IN
CERTAIN
LOCATIONS.
WEDNESDAY IS A HEARING ON
THE CLEAN FUELS PROGRAM UPDATE.
AND THEN NOT THIS WEEK OR
THE FOLLOW WEEK, BUT THE
FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER THAT IS THE
OPPOSITE CHAMBER POLICY CUTOFF
ON APRIL
2nd.
THEN WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
IF THERE ARE ANY.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS.
LET ME MOVE MY MIC CLOSER.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
OIR TEAM, ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
QUESTION AND YOU MIGHT HAVE
SAID IT AND I WASN'T LISTENING
CLOSELY
ENOUGH. YOU WERE MOVING QUITE
QUICKLY
HERE.
TWO BILLS, SENATE BILL
5595, SHARED STREETS, AND
THEN HOUSE BILL 1515, HAVE THEY
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR HEARINGS IN
THEIR
OPPOSITE CHAMBER AT THIS TIME?
IF SO, THAT'S GREAT.
IF NOT, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP
YOU?
>>
SAMIR?
>> SENATE BILL 5595, THE
SHARED STREETS BILL, ACTUALLY
HAD
A HEARING ON THE FIRST DAY IT
WAS ELIGIBLE FOR A HEARING.
SO LAST THURSDAY IT WAS
HEARD AND IS NOW READY TO BE --
AND HOUSE BILL 1515 HAS NOT
BEEN SCHEDULED YET.
IT'S REFERRED TO THE
SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE
COMMITTEE
AND WORKING TO GET A HEARING IN
THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE DO LET US
KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER PARTNERS
WE NEED
TO DRIVE TOWARD THESE BILLS.
THAT'S HOW WE MISSED IT.
5595 MOVED TOO QUICKLY FOR US
TO EVEN TRACK.
GOOD WORK DOWN THERE.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,
EVERYONE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATES.
I NOTE HB 1816, BUT YOU
KNOW, HERE IN SEATTLE IN
OUR DEPARTMENT WE CAN LEAD BY
EXAMPLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING
PIECES TO THIS.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS
ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND
REALLY CREATE A MODEL MOVING
FORWARD.
I THINK THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
WE'RE DOING A NUMBER OF
PIECESPIECES COMMITTEE OVER THE
COURSE OF
'25, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO
THAT.
SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS
HERE.
SO -- I ALSO -- AND I DON'T
SEE MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE
GREAT DISTRICT OF ONE, BUT
I APPRECIATE THE VEHICLE
NOISE CAMERAS MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
AND AS -- WITH FIFA WORLD CUP,
I LIKE HB 1515 IN TERMS OF
SETTING US UP FOR SUCCESS WITH
THE
FIFA WORLD CUP.
BECAUSE AS EACH WEEK GOES
BY, WE'RE THAT MUCH CLOSER.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T NECESSARILY APPRECIATE
HOW
MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE BETWEEN
NOW AND
THEN.
I ALSO AS THE -- I'M NOT SURE
IF
THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE IMPACTED
BY THIS AS MUCH AS D7, BUT
D7'S CONDOS IS HUGE IN DISTRICT
SEVEN.
AND SO -- THIS KIND OF
GOES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE
UPDATES ON HOUSE BILLS 14 -- PUT
MY GLASSES BACK ON -- 03 AND
1516, VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THAT'S HOLDING US BACK IN
A LOT OF WAYS IN TERMS OF
THE ABILITY TO HAVE CONDOS.
AND I NOTE, AS WELL,
THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL
JUSTICE PIECES,
AS WELL.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
CRIMINAL -- FUNCTIONING
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SO
IMPORTANT
FOR US HERE IN THE CITY AND
REALLY THE COUNTY AND STATE, AS
WELL. BUT SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE
UPDATES, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST -- I HAD SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT HB 1816 WHICH MY
UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE
WAS NO OUTREACH TO THE
SEATTLE DELEGATION TO SIGN ON TO
THAT
BILL.
JUST WONDERING IF
THAT IS CORRECT INFORMATION AND
HOW
THE CITY OF SEATTLE -- BECAUSE I
DID HAVE SOME OUTREACH FROM
THE SPONSOR AND CO-SPONSOR.
THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME LACK
OF CLARITY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT
THIS BILL WAS TO THE CITY.
I'D LIKE A LITTLE DEBRIEF ON
THAT, PLEASE.
>> SURE.
I'LL START, AND THEN ANNA
CAN FILL IN A LOT OF DETAILS.
THIS WAS A SUPER HIGH PRIORITY
FOR OUR TEAM IN -- IN OLYMPIA.
WE WORKED UP
UNTIL 5:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY TO TRY
TO GET IT
TO THE FLOOR.
WE DID TALK I BELIEVE WITH
ALL OF OUR SEATTLE
DELEGATION MEMBERS ABOUT THIS
BACK
DURING COMMITTEE
DAYS, AND IT WAS ON THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
I'LL LET ANNA SHARE MORE ABOUT
THE OUTREACH STRATEGY ON THE
GROUND, AND I WOULD LOVE
IT FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KNOW
MORE ABOUT THAT SO THAT IF
THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK WE CAN
ADDRESS, LOVE TO HEAR IT.
ANNA, DO YOU WANT TO
SAY MORE?
>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
YEAH.
SO IN ORDER TO BECOME A
CO- SPONSOR OF A BILL,
LEGISLATORS HAVE ABOUT 24
HOURS TO SIGN THEIR NAME ONTO
THE
BILL.
SO WHEN REPRESENTATIVE
SCOTT, WHO WAS OUR SPONSOR AND
A SEATTLE MEMBER, INTRODUCED THE
BILL, WE GOT AN ADDITIONAL
FIVE OTHER SEATTLE MEMBERS THAT
WERE
CO-SPONSORS.
AND THEN WHEN THE BILL WASWAS
RULES READY TO COME TO THE
FLOOR, THERE WAS
ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION FROM
OUR TEAM
EITHER OVER EMAIL ALSO
IN PERSON TO ENCOURAGE THE
HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND MAJORITY
LEADERSHIP TO PRIORITIZE
THE BILL TO COME TO THE FLOOR.
SO THERE WAS A FEW
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO MAKE
SURE JEFFERSON WAS INFORMED OF
WHAT -- EVERYONE WAS INFORM OF
WHAT WAS OUR PRIORITIES AS WE
HEADED
TO FLOOR ACTION.
INCLUDED 1816 AS WELL AS
A NUMBER OF BILLS FROM OUR
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT
WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER IN
OUR PRESENTATIONS EACH WEEK.
BUT YEAH, HAPPY TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING AND
WAYS TO
IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION
WITH THE DELEGATION.
>> AND ACTUALLY, I SHOULD
CLARIFY, WE SOCIALIZED THE
CONCEPTS WITH LEGISLATORS IN
DECEMBER BECAUSE THE BILL
WAS INTRODUCED IN JANUARY.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM MY SOURCES IN OLYMPIA.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER
DISCUSSION OFF LINE
BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
BILLS THAT
WERE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
US, LIKE THE SCHOOL LUNCH BILL.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK
THAT WE'RE BEING AS EFFECTIVE
AS WE CAN BE.
I KNOW THAT WE ATTEMPTED
TO REDUCE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
TO MAKE IT EASIER, AND I KNOW
YOU STILL WOUND UP WITH A VERY
BIG AGENDA NONETHELESS AND HAD A
LOT TO COVER.
AND I THINK WE MAYBE STILL
NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING
BOARD AND REDUCE IT DOWN EVEN
MORE.
BUT SOMETHING LIKE 1816 THAT
IS SO CRITICAL -- AND I
APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE WORKING
ON THAT
HERE.
BUT SOMETIMES IT HELPS WHEN
THE STATE TAKES THE BALL,
PARTICULARLY ON A BIG ISSUE LIKE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
SO YEAH.
JUST TO THE EXTENTS THAT WE
CAN BE MORE -- EXTENT THAT WE
CAN BE
MORE COORDINATED.
SO I DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SAYING,
GOSH, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS
WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO SEATTLE,
AND THESE ARE SEATTLE
REPRESENTATIVES.
SO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY,
YOU HAVE A
FOLLOWUP?
>> IT'S AN INTERESTING
DYNAMIC FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCIL
MEMBER
MOORE'S COMMENTS, IS THE
DYNAMIC IN -- I NEED GET DOWN TO
OLYMPIA MORE OFTEN.
YOU KNOW, MY VISIT THERE AND
ALL THE CONVERSATIONS I WAS
HAVING, THERE IS THIS DYNAMIC OF
SEATTLE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE.
AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY
IN TERMS OF LIKE -- IF THIS IS
SEEN AS
A SEATTLE THING AND SEATTLE
ONLY, DOES THAT TAKE AWAY
INTEREST FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE?
>> I WOULD SAY THIS
PARTICULAR BILL WAS KIND OF A
SPECIAL CASE
BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS
FIRST PRESENTED IN COMMITTEE,
THERE WERE A LOT OF LEGISLATORS
EXPRESSING INTEREST IN
EXTENDING IT TO THEIR CITIES AND
COUNTIES.
AND SO ANNA CAN SAY MORE
ABOUT THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, BUT
AT ONE POINT THE BILL DOES GROW
TO INCLUDE CITIES AND COUNTIES.
I THINK OF A SMALLER SIZE.
AND THEN THAT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN
STRIPPED BACK OUT AT THE -- OR
WAS PROPOSED TO BE TAKEN
OUT WITH THE STRIKER ON LAST
WEDNESDAY.
AND PART OF THAT WAS
BECAUSE DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS
SORT OF
WANTED DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO -- AND DIFFERENT
STAKEHOLDERS.
LIKE IT MADE SOME FOLKS
MORE COMFORTABLE FOR IT TO BE A
SEATTLE- CENTRIC -- SEATTLE-
ONLY PIECE OF LEGISLATION, AND
SOME FOLKS FELT LESS
COMFORTABLE.
SO IT KIND OF ALWAYS DEPENDS,
I WOULD SAY GENERALLY --
GENERALLY YOU HEAR A LOT OF LIKE
--
IT'S SEATTLE KIND OF --
SOMETIMES
IT ISN'T THE MOST HELPFUL
WHEN IT'S JUST SEATTLE BEHIND
THE
LEGISLATION.
BUT OUR DELEGATION I THINK
WORKS REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE REPRESENTED WELL
INSIDE THE CAUCUS ROOMS AND
IN CONVERSATIONS WHERE OUR
LOBBYING TEAM ISN'T PRESENT.
ANNA, DO YOU WANT TO
ADD ANYTHING?
>> NOT MUCH.
THAT WAS A GOOD SUMMARY.
IT IS CASE DEPENDENT.
WITH THIS SPECIFIC
BILL WE WERE THE MAIN PROPONENTS
IN TERMS
OF EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
ASKING THE LEDGE URE TO PUSH
THIS ALONG.
WHEN IT APPLIED TO
OTHER COUNTIES THERE WASN'T AS
MUCH SAY STAKEHOLDERS FROM
OTHER JURISDICTION
THAT'S CAN SPEAK TO THEIR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND
THE CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEMS.
SO WITHOUT THAT
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM OTHER
REGIONS, LEGISLATORS JUST
WEREN'T
HEARING FROM THEIR LOCAL
CONTACTS
AND FEELING COMFORTABLE.
SO THEREFORE, LIKE MINA
MENTIONED, WE HAD AN AMENDMENT
TO SCALE IT BACK TO
SEATTLE BECAUSE WE KNEW WE
WERE COMFORTABLE AND OPEN TO
THIS CONCEPT AND
STS ON
THE DYNAMIC AND
CASE
SPECIFIC. BUT IT CAN BE
CHALLENGING FOR
IT TO ONLY APPLY TO SEATTLE
IN TERMS OF GETTING BROAD
SUPPORT TO MAKE IT OUT OF
LET'S SAY A HOUSE CHAMBER OR
SENATE CHAMBER WHERE ALL MEMBERS
ARE CONSIDERING THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE
WHAT I'M CALLING THE SEATTLE
DYNAMIC.
AND I REALIZE SAMIH AND ANNA ARE
WORKING HARD ON THESE PIECES.
SO MY COMMENT ABOUT THAT IS
IN THE MORE MACRO SENSE.
NOTHING RELATED TO IOR
AND DEFINITELY FOR THE TEAM
IN OLYMPIA BECAUSE I KNOW
THEY'RE WORKING HARD ON THAT
POINT.
SO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU HAVE
A FOLLOWUP TO
THE QUESTIONS --
>> I DO.
YES, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR
THAT THIS IS NOT A
CRITICISM OF ANNA OR SAMIR.
YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKING
HARD DOWN THERE, AND APPRECIATE
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I SAID, AS I SAID IN
MY EARLIER REMARKS, IT'S A
LONG LIST OF THINGS TO BE -- YOU
KNOW, TO -- KEEPING TRACK OF
AND HAVING TO ZEALOUSLY WORK ON.
I THINK THE ISSUE PERHAPS
IS MORE THIS WAS AN EXECUTIVE
REQUEST.
THE EXECUTIVE REACHED OUT AS I
UNDERSTAND TO
REPRESENTATIVE SEAN SCOTT TO
BRING THIS
FORWARD.
AND SO I THINK FOR SOMETHING
THAT'S THIS IMPORTANT, PERHAPS
JUST -- WE JUST NEED TO DO A
BETTER JOB.
AND THEN I ALSO REALIZED
THAT
THE LAST MINUTE THE SEATTLE
FIREFIGHTERS CAME OUT OPPOSED.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE REACHED
OUT TO THE FIREFIGHTERS
EARLIER ON SO THAT WASN'T A
LAST-
MINUTE SURPRISE.
I KNOW THAT AMENDMENTS
WERE BROUGHT TO ADDRESS THEIR
CONCERNS, AND THAT STILL WASN'T
ENOUGH. BUT LIKE -- AGAIN, I
CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH IF OUR
OWN DELEGATION IS SAYING
THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING
APPROACHED
TO AT LEAST WRITE A LETTER OR
IF THEY'RE SAYING WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS
IS, THAT'S -- AT THE END OF
THIS
PROCESS, THEN SOMETHING'S
NOT BEING COMMUNICATED PROPERLY
DOWN
THE CHANNELS.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK FOR
ROOM TO IMPROVE BEYOND THIS
PLACING THIS -- THIS IS A
SEATTLE DYNAMIC THAT'S VERY
MUCH AT
PLAY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT
WAS THE CASE HERE.
AND THERE'S NO REASON THAT
WE SHOULDN'T LOOK TO MAKE
OUR LOBBYING A LOT MORE
EFFECTIVE IN
OLYMPIA BECAUSE WE DO NEED
IN SOME WAYS TO OVERCOME THAT
SEATTLE DYNAMIC.
WE NEED TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS
POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE A QUESTION.
ON PAGE TEN
REGARDING SENATE BILL 5061 IN
CONWAY REQUIRE --
IN CONWAY REQUIRING WAGES AND
PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS TO
BE AT LEAST THE PREVAILING WAGE
IN EFFECT WHEN THE WORK IS
PERFORMED, WE HAVE NO POSITION.
SO I'M WONDERING DON'T --
DOESN'T SEATTLE ALREADY DO
THIS?
OR IS IT A QUESTION OF
THE THRESHOLD THAT WOULD BE --
THAT
IS PROPOSED TO BE
MODIFIED IN THIS BILL?
BUT WHY -- SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD
IDEA.
WHY WOULD WE NOT HAVE A
POSITION?
WHAT IS -- I'M SURE
THERE'S NUANCE THAT I'M NOT
UNDERSTANDING.
>> I'M SURE THAT -- BACK ON
SEATTLE, IT'S MINIMAL.
I THINK WE DON'T HAVE A
POSITION BECAUSE -- IT SAYS THE
IMPACT
IS
MINIMAL. WE JUST DECIDED, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE -- A LOT OF OTHER
CITIES WERE OPPOSED.
SO THERE WASN'T REALLY
A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE
SHOULD SUPPORT IT OR NOT, IT WAS
MORE OF JUST OTHER CITIES
BEING OPPOSED TO IT, AND WE --
THE IMPACT ON US WAS MINIMAL.
SO WE
STAYED OUT OF IT.
>> AND PERHAPS THAT CAN PLAY
INTO THE DYNAMIC THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE WAS
MENTIONING WHICH IS IF SEATTLE
LIKES
IT MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
WE SHOULD BE
SUSPECT ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT IN ANY CASE,
THANK YOU FOR
THAT EXPLANATION.
AND SENATE BILL
5758 ESTABLISHING
DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL
EQUITY AND CANNABIS LICENSES,
YOU
SAID SOMETHING ABOUT 250 FEET.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A
PRIORITY FOR -- I SPOKE WITH LCB
BOARD
MEMBER ALI GARRETT WHO DID --
WHO WAS SUPPORTIVE OF
MODIFYING THE DISTANCE
REQUIREMENTS SO
THAT MORE SOCIAL EQUITY
LICENSEES COULD BE --
COULD OPERATE AND SO I'M
WONDERING WAS
THE SPACE -- WAS 250 FEET
TOO LITTLE FOR SOME PEOPLE TO
GET
BEHIND OR SOMETHING?
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT
THAT
ONE?
>> SO A CITY LIKE
OUR CITY WOULD BE PROHIBITED
FROM PUTTING A
DISTANCE REQUIREMENT
OF MORE THAN 250 FEET FOR
BETWEEN
CANNABIS RETAILERS IF THERE'S
AN EQUITY LICENSEE, AND I
KNOW WE HAVE ONE CURRENTLY.
AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT
500
FEET.
SO THIS WOULD REDUCE THAT TO
250 FEET.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I THOUGHT THAT THE STATUS
QUO WAS 1,000 FEET, BUT WHAT DO
I
KNOW?
IN ANY CASE, THIS WAS -- I
DO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR SOCIAL
EQUITY LICENSEES IN THE PAST.
BUT I COMPLETELY
UNDERSTAND MAYBE 250 FEET IS TOO
CLOSE AND
WOULD CREATE TOO MUCH
COMPETITION, WHAT DO I KNOW?
I WANTED A LITTLE
MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON VARIOUS BILLS?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THIS UPDATE.
AND SO IS IT -- YOU GIVE AN
UPDATE ON THIS WEEK'S,
AND PLEASE DO KEEP US INFORMED
IF
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT IS
REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE
ASKING US TO WEIGH
IN.
IT WOULD JUST BE INTERESTING TO
KNOW NOT LIKE THIS TOP
PRIORITY IS TELLING US WHAT'S
GOING
ON, BUT IT IS -- IT IS
INTERESTING FOR US TO KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN CASE THERE'S A
POSSIBILITY THAT OUR INPUT COULD
BE HELPFUL.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING TO
THIS PAST HARD -- GET
PASSED THIS PAST HARD WEEK.
OKAY, WE'LL GO INTO THE --
THE PART OF OUR AGENDA WHERE
WE PROVIDE UPDATES ON WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT'S
COMING
UP. AND THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL
BEGINS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES.
THE FINANCE, NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS
COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING THIS
COMING
WEDNESDAY AT 9:30 A.M.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE
SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD THE
APPOINTMENT OF KIERSTIN GROVE
FOR
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COME
BEFORE US.
SHE WAS AT THE LAST SELECT
COMMITTEE.
SINCE THEN I WAS ABLE TO
RECEIVE QUESTIONS FROM YOU
COLLEAGUES, WE SENT THEM TO THE
INTERIM
DIRECTOR, SHE HAS SINCE
RETURNED THEM, AND WE SENT THOSE
ANSWERS TO YOUR OFFICES THIS
PREVIOUS
FRIDAY.
WE DO PLAN TO VOTE ON
KIRSTEN GROVE THIS COMING
WEDNESDAY.
AND SHE'LL BE FOR A FULL
COUNCIL
VOTE NEXT WEEK.
THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA
IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM AS
I AM WORKING TO INTRODUCE A
BILL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON.
IT WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION ON
HEARING PROTECTION REGULATIONS.
THIS WILL BE A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
REQUIRE LAUDE MUSIC VENUES TO
SELL
EARPLUGS FOR $1 OR LESS.
THE EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD BE
FOR THE END OF THIS CALENDAR
YEAR.
AND ENFORCEMENT ON THIS WOULD
HAPPEN, LEADS WITH
THREE WARNINGS THAT LAST FOR 30
DAYS.
THERE'S NO EFFORT TO BE
PUNITIVE, THERE'S NO EFFORT
TO MAKE SMALL BUSINESSES SPEND
MORE
MONEY.
THE REAL EFFECT OF THIS BILL
IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE
HEARING
PLUGS AVAILABLE AT LOUD VENUES.
THIS PRODUCT IS -- THIS BILL
IS A PRODUCT OF OFFICE HOURS
WHERE I HAD AN AUDIOLOGIST FROM
MY DISTRICT COME AND MEET WITH
ME, AS WELL AS WE'VE ENGAGED
WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSION DURING
THE DRAFTING PHASE OF THIS.
IT'S A GOOD LITTLE BILL, AND
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THE DRAFT
WITH EACH OF YOU THIS WEEK.
IN MY EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES, ANOTHER REPORT -- I
GUESS
THIS IS WITHIN THE INTERNAL
COMMITTEE, FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES,
YOU REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO THE
SEATTLE ANIMAL SHELTER
HOSTED ITS ANNUAL KITTY HALL ON
THE
5th OF MARCH.
THE EVENT INVITED MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC TO MEET, GREETS,
AND ADOPT A KITTY, KITTEN, OR
CAT.
MAYOR HARRELL, MYSELF, AND MANY
OF YOU ALL ATTENDED.
OUT OF THE 26
AVAILABLE KITTENS AND CATS, 22
WERE ADOPTED.
THAT MEANS THERE ARE FOUR
LEFT OUT THERE, FOLKS.
THE REMAINING FOUR ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF BEING FOSTERED
UNTIL
THEY CAN FIND THEIR FOREVER
HOME.
THE SEATTLE ANIMAL SHELTER
ALSO PROVIDES FREE VACCINE
CLINICS, AND I'LL TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO
REMIND EVERYONE THE
SEATTLE ANIMAL SHELTER IS OPEN
TO
THE PUBLIC FOR ADOPTIONS
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 1:00
P.M.
TO 5:00 P.M.
THEY'RE CLOSED ON MONDAY
AND DURING CITY HOLIDAYS.
I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE
ADOPTED A DOG FROM OUR SEATTLE
ANIMAL
SHELTER, AND IT HAS BEEN
A POSITIVE IMPROVEMENT IN MY
LIFE.
I TAKE THE BUS OR DRIVE PAST
THE SHELTER EVERY DAY, AND I
CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE SOME
DARN CUTE ANIMALS WAITING TO
COME
HOME WITH YOU.
SO DON'T DELAY.
GET OUT TO INNER BAY TODAY, AND
ADOPT ONE OF OUR
BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS AT THE
SHELTER. FROM SOUND TRANSITS,
THERE WILL
BE A SOUTHBOUND TOWN OPEN
HOUSE ON APRIL 2nd FROM 5:00
P.M.
TO 7:00 P.M. AT UNION STATION.
THE SOUTHBOUND TOWN HUB IS
A COLLABORATIVE PLANNING
EFFORT INCLUDING SOUND TRANSIT,
HERE
AT CITY OF SEATTLE, KING COUNTY,
TO ENVISION AND PRIORITIZE
PUBLIC SPACE IMPROVEMENTS AND
CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
IN PIONEER SQUARES.
THE TRAIN TRACKS DO A GOOD JOB
OF CUTTING THOSE
TWO NEIGHBORHOODS OFF
FROM EACH
OTHER. THIS IS AN EFFORT TO
RECONNECT THE COMMUNITY.
THE EVENT WILL SHARE PROGRESS ON
THE CONCEPTS, AND TRANSITION
HUB TRANSIT HUB CONNECTIONS.
THESE CONCEPTS WERE
DEVELOPED THROUGH PREVIOUS
WORKSHOPS
JUST LIKE THIS.
SOUND TRANSIT IS ALSO HOSTING
A SAFETY FAIR AT ODESSA BROWN
CHILDREN'S CLINIC ON APRIL
26th FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 3:00
P.M.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
CAN GATHER WITH COMMUNITY TO
ACCESS
RESOURCES, SHARE A MEAL, AND
LEARN ABOUT SAFETY TIPS
AND TRICKS ON -- WHILE TAKING
LIGHT
RAIL.
THE INTENTION OF THE EVENT IS
TO ADVANCE SOUND
TRANSIT'S EDUCATION OBJECTIVES
FOR THE
AT GRADE CROSSING PROGRAM AND
TO CONTINUE COLLABORATION WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON
SYSTEM SAFETY INITIATIVES.
I HAVE SOME TRANSIT NEWS FOR
YOU FROM SOUND TRANSIT.
THE RAIL REPLACEMENT
PROJECT WILL CLOSE DOWN AND
DELAY TRIPS.
THE RAIL REPLACEMENT
PROJECT WILL OCCUR FROM APRIL
14th
TO THE 23rd.
THERE IS NO GOOD TIME TO DO
THIS, AND THIS WORK NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS --
THAT THIS RAIL REPLACEMENT
WORK OCCUR PRIOR TO THE TWO LINE
OPENING TO MINIMIZE PASSENGER
IMPACT.
THESE CHANGES WILL CAUSE
12- MINUTE HEADWAYS FROM
LYNNWOOD TO WESTLAKE.
AND FROM WESTLAKE TO
STADIUM THERE WILL BE 25 TO 30-
MINUTE
HEADWAYS.
APRIL 14th THROUGH THE 23rd,
THERE WILL BE DISRUPTIONS.
AND A REMINDER THAT ON MAY 10th
, SOUND TRANSIT WILL BE OPENING
TWO STATIONS IN REDMOND.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN, AND
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN BECAUSE
IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY.
LAST WEEK I HAD OFFICE HOURS,
AND I HAVE OFFICE HOURS
THIS COMING THURSDAY, AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO OFFICE HOURS
AND PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, I HAVE COMMITTED TO
WALKING
ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
IN MY DISTRICT.
WE ALREADY WALKED IN
FINNEY RIDGE THIS LAST WEEK.
WE WALKED TO NORTH MAGNOLIA
AND MAGNOLIA VILLAGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, THANK
YOU FOR SENDING SOMEBODY FROM
YOUR TEAM THERE.
I HAVE TO SAY I WAS
INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH
MAGNOLIANS.
THE REASON THEY WAS
INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WAS WHEN WE
INITIALLY MET WE DISCUSSED, I
SAID TO
THEM THE SAME THING I SAID TO
YOU,
COLLEAGUES, WHICH IS THIS
PLAN MEETS A BASE MINIMUM FOR
THE --
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO IT ANYONE IS ASKING ME
TO LOOK FOR A DOWN ZONE, I'M
GOING ASK THEM FOR THEN WHERE DO
WE
UP ZONE.
THIS IS ABOUT CREATING THE
CONVERSATION. AND I
WAS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH
THE MAGNOLIA
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY -- THEY
HAD PROBLEMS WITH OPCD'S DRAFT.
AND THEY BROUGHT ME BACK WHAT
COULD BE AN EVEN BETTER
CONCEPT THAT DOES NOT REDUCE
DENSITY.
IT CHANGES IT FOR SURE, BUT
IT DOESN'T REDUCE IT.
AND SO THIS IS A
REALLY PRODUCTIVE WAY FOR US TO
ENGAGE
IN THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE IT
BECOMES MORE --
COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT BECOMES
MORE OF
A DISCUSSION THAN A COMBATIVE
CONVERSATION.
SO I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED
WITH MAGNOLIA THIS LAST WEEK,
AND
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING
A TOUR THIS WEEK IN THE WHITTIER
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES,
THAT IS MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS?
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
>> THANK YOU.
WHO WAS THE -- WHAT WAS
THE ENTITY THAT GAVE YOU AN
ALTERNATIVE?
WAS THAT A MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY
COUNCIL, OR --
>> THE MAGNOLIA
COMMUNITY COUNCIL DID COLLATE
PEOPLE'S
FEEDBACK.
AND YOU KNOW, CANDIDLY
THERE WERE SOME INTERESTING
CONVERSATIONS ON THE WALK.
LIKE WAS THAT LINE CORRECT
IN THE LETTER, WAS IT NOT
CORRECT IN THE LETTER?
AND THAT'S WHY I SAY IT BECAME
A COLLABORATIVE
CONVERSATION RATHER THAN A
COMBATIVE
BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD
AN ORGANIZATIONAL FOCAL POINT
THAT
THEY FUNNELED INFORMATION
THROUGH.
BUT IT'S NOT -- IT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE
COMMUNITY
COUNCIL TO DO
THAT.
>> YEAH, WELL I HAVE THE
SAME ISSUE IN MAPLE LEAF,
OBVIOUSLY.
AND OUR MAPLE LEAF COUNCIL IS
IN THE MINORITY.
SO I GUESS I'M CURIOUS AS TO
HOW
YOU FACILITATE AND THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE VERY
INTERESTED
IN HAVING A CONVERSATION
HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEIR LOCAL
COUNCIL, AND IT'S NOT GONE
WELL.
SO
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
>> YEAH.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT TAKES --
THIS IS WHY I'M PAYING THIS
MUCH -- THIS IS WHY I AM
UPLIFTING
MAGNOLIANS SO MUCH IN THIS
CONVERSATION. THEY
SELF-ORGANIZED.
AND THEY SAID -- THEY TOOK
THIS PROJECT SERIOUSLY.
AND SO I CAN SHARE WITH YOU
THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED
FROM THEM THAT HELPED US HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I
THINK THAT IT CAN BE A DRAFT FOR
THE REST OF THE CITY.
HONESTLY, IF EVERYONE IN
OUR CITY ACTED THE WAY THAT MY
MAGNOLIAN NEIGHBORS ACTED THIS
FRIDAY WE WOULD BE DONE WITH
THE COMP PLAN NEXT
WEEK. I MEAN, IT WAS -- I WILL
SAY THAT THERE -- I'M
PRESENTING THIS AS A FEEL- GOOD
STORY.
THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY TENSION
POINTS.
THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY
PLACES WHERE THERE WAS NOT
UNIFORM AGREEMENT WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY
HARD DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO
TAKE
ON. AND WHAT I SHARE IS THAT
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE
MANAGE
NOLANS ENGAGED THIS WAY --
MAGNOLIANS ENGAGED THIS WAY
IT CREATED A
COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION
RATHER THAN
COMBATIVE.
I'M GOING TO KNOCK WOOD TO MAKE
SURE I'M NOT SENDING US DOWN
A WRONG PATHWAY FOR THE REST
OF THIS
EXPERIENCE. I'LL SHARE WITH YOU
THEIR
LETTER AND HOW THAT GOT
ORGANIZED.
>> I WOULD PRESSURE THAT.
>> IT WAS -- APPRECIATE THAT.
>> IT WAS THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZES THEMSELVES
TO SAY
THIS DIDN'T GET IT
RIGHT. LET'S CREATE A BETTER
PLAN
TOGETHER.
>> YEAH.
AND I WOULD SHARE THAT THERE
ARE MANY IN MAPLE LEAF WHO
REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION. SO ANY WAY THAT I
CAN HELP
FACILITATE THAT, I WOULD LOVE
TO. SO THANK YOU FOR
SHARING THIS. LOOK FORD THAT --
FORWARD
TO THAT
LETTER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE, YOU HAVE
A QUESTION?
>> YES.
I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THE ENGAGEMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE PROBABLY
DOESN'T KNOW THE "DAN AND BOB
SHOW.
" BUT COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS AND
I MET WITH THE MAGNOLIA
COMMUNITY
COUNCIL.
IT WAS TENSE BUT A LOT OF
ENGAGEMENT.
AND ALSO COMING UP WITH IDEAS.
I'VE HAD SMALLER GROUP
MEETINGS IN MAGNOLIA PLUS LIKE
THE
ONE THAT WE HAD TOGETHER.
AND WARRIOR LOOKING AT THINGS --
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS IN THE
D7, TOO, AS THE OVERALL
APPROACH.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
THE RESIDENTS OF MANAGE-YEAR-
OLDIA
D6 AND 7 HAVE DONE ON THIS,
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER,
STRAUSS, FOR HAVING ONE ON
MY TEAM DO THE WALK ABOUT, WHICH
WAS HELPFUL.
LOOKING TO DO THE SAME IN QUEEN
ANNE, THE OTHER MAIN AREA.
AS I'VE HEARD BEFORE THE INNER
BAY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS IN
MY MIND GOOD.
AND SO LOOKING TO DO THAT
AND BUILD OFF OUR DISTRICT
SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
MEETING WHERE WE HAD OUR
COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE WE TALKED
ABOUT THE COMP PLAN.
AND WE STARTED THE MEETING OFF
WITH WHAT'S THE ONE THING
THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE PLAN,
SO IT CHANGES THE DIRECTION OF
THE
MEETING.
THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE D6- 7
WORK.
IF YOU WERE THE "DAN AND BOB
SHOW" TO COME TO YOUR
DISTRICT, YOU HAVE TO SCHEDULE
EARLY.
>> OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
IS NOT PRESENT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, I
JUST WANTED TO NOTE OUR NEXT
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
IS
NOT THIS WEEK, IT'S NEXT WEEK.
FOR THIS WEEK, JUST A NUMBER OF
MEETINGS, COMPLETE
COMMUNITIES, COALITION MEETING,
SPEAKING OF
COM PLAN ON WEDNESDAY.
CYBERSECURITY DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY. AND D7 TOWN HALL THAT
NIGHT.
AND THEN ON FRIDAY, MEETING
WITH THE FIFA LOCAL
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WHICH WILL
BE IMPORTANT AND GOOD.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE TWO
THINGS IN TELLERS OF LAST WEEK.
UN-- IN TERMS OF LAST
WEEK. I MENTIONED THIS IN THE
MEETING
LAST WEEK, I HAD TWO MEETINGS
IN BELLTOWN LAST WEEK TALKING
ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE
FACING
IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE,
TALK ABOUT COMMUNITIES COMING
OUT
AND HOLDING OUR FEET TO THE
FIRE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS WITH THE WEST
PRECINCT.
THE SECOND WAS JUST ME AND
HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS
AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE
FACING. AND IT'S ABOUT WORKING
TOGETHER AND KEEPING THE PRESS
ON
AND BUILDING MOMENTUM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO
THE PEOPLE OF BELLTOWN THAT
WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING IT,
I'M WORKING IT FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE. I'M PRESSING ON A
NUMBER OF
FRONTS.
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE ISSUES
IN DOWNTOWN BECAUSE I MET WITH
OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
FOLKS, AS WELL.
AND WORKING THOSE, AS WELL.
AND I
DO APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT OF
WEST PRECINCT
AND CAPTAIN BROWN ON THOSE.
THE OTHER THING TO HAPPEN LAST
WEEK WAS COLLEAGUES, I HAD
A BUSY THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
SATURDAY, AS THE -- AS MY SISTER
CITY,
ONE OF MY SISTER CITIES IS
GALLOWAY, IN IRELAND -- GALWAY,
IN
IRELAND, I APPRECIATE THE
REPRESENTATIVES COMING AND
TO MEET THEM IN MY HOVERS, TO
MEET THEM -- OFFICE, TO MOMENT
AT
A LUNCHEON FRIDAY, AND
GETTING ABSOLUTELY SOAKED AND
FROZEN
ON SATURDAY DURING
THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE.
AND SPEAKING OF THE "DAN AND BOB
SHOW," THERE'S THE DEPUTY
WONG CONGRESSMAN KETTLE SHOW
THAT'S
HAPPENING, TOO.
WE READ A PROCLAMATION AT
THE LUNCHEON THAT STATED WHEREAS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE CELEBRATES
OUR
COUNTRY'S HERITAGE AS A
NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES, GENERATIONS OF WHOM
HAVE
BUILT OUR COUNTRY'S ECONOMY,
SHAPED OUR VIBRANT CULTURAL
LIFE, AND
FORM AD UNIQUE CHARACTER OF OUR
NATION, AND WHEREAS OUR IRISH
COMMUNITY HAS MADE
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND
CULTURAL
LIFE OUR CITY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND COUNTRY OF IRELAND,
AND PARTICULARLY OUR SISTER CITY
OF
THE DYNAMIC SPIRIT THROUGH A
NUMBER
OF EVENTS. AND WHEREAS THEY
RECOGNIZE THE
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
OF MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'D GIVE A SHOUT TO TO
MARINE AND JOHN KEEN, THIS
YEAR'S PARADE GRAND MARSHALS,
ALONG
WITH TOM LANGELANDS.
THE 25 HONORARY GRAND
MARSHAL FOR THEIR WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY.
TO CLOSE, WHEREAS THE IRISH
COMMUNITIES HAS -- ENRICHED
SEATTLE THROUGH ITS
INCREDIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
ADVANCING
THE VALUES OF OUR ONE- SEATTLE
VISION BY BUILDING A THRIVING,
INNOVATIVE, AND ABLE CITY
WE ARE PROUD TO CALL HOME.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IS PROUD TO CALL IRISH PEOPLE
AND
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE OF GALWAY
OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES AS
WE WORK TO MAKE OUR CITIES,
NATIONS, AND WORLD A BETTER
PLACE. THAT PROCLAMATION WAS
SIGNED
BY MAYOR HARROLD.
I WANTED TO LEVERAGE IT
BY ISSUING ALL OF YOU
A HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
>> PERFECT.
>>
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I WOULD NOTE, SO COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA IS NOT HERE.
BUT I WILL NOTE THAT PRETTY.
EVERY WEEK SHE DOES MENTION THE
ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IN
DISTRICT FOUR, ESPECIALLY AROUND
MAGNUSON PARK.
SO JUST APPRECIATE
ANY ASSISTANCE OR ATTENTION THAT
THE EXECUTIVE CAN PAY TO THOSE
AREAS OR TO THAT AREA, AS WELL,
AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE,
YOU'VE TIONED AURORA, TOO.
OKAY, DOING MY ALPHABET THING
HERE.
THE NEXT PERSON WHO'S ON
THE LIST IS COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE.
GO AHEAD,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
LET'S SEE, THERE'S NO MEETING
OF THE HOUSE AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE THIS WEEK,
THE
NEXT WILL BE MARCH
26th. THIS WEEK I'M SCHEDULED
TO ATTEND THE MONTHLY KCRHA
BOARD
MEETING. WE WILL HEAR BRIEFINGS
ON
THE CONTINUUM OF CARE WHICH I
NOTE
DOES RECEIVE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FEDERAL
MONEY THROUGH
HUD.
SO INTERESTING TO HEAR HOW
THAT POTENTIALLY IS GOING TO
AFFECT
OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE
TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF
SHELTER CARE THAT WE NEED IN THE
CITY.
AND THEN ALSO TO ADDRESS
SEVERE WEATHER RESPONSE, BOTH
HOW
IT WENT AND WAYS THAT WE
CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE UPON IT.
AND ALSO LOOKING AT
PROVIDING SEASONAL WEATHER
SHELTER, AS
WELL.
THAT INITIATIVE THAT'S GOING
FORWARD.
EXCITED ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION.
LAST WEEK I ATTENDED
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK.
WHERE THE KING COUNTY PARKS
LEVY WAS DISCUSSED.
I'LL LEAVE THE DETAIL FOR THAT
TO COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK SINCE
SHE'S MORE FAMILIAR WITH THAT
BASED ON HER PRIOR WORK.
AND THEN JUST LASTLY TO
NOTE THAT THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:00
IN THE LANDIS ROOM MY OFFICE IS
PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SPONSOR AN
EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH CIVIC
GENIUS, WHICH IS CALLED
INSIGHTS FROM POLITICAL
ADVERSARIES, FIRSTHAND
EXPERIENCE
WORKING ACROSS PROFOUND
DIFFERENCES.
BRINGS TOGETHER TWO INDIVIDUALS
WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN
WORKING TO BRING ABOUT THE END
OF
APARTHEID AND HAD TO WORK ACROSS
PROFOUND POLITICAL DIFFERENCES.
SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT'S A FRUITFUL TIME,
AN IMPORTANT TIME, AND I
HOPE WHOEVER CAN COME MAKE IT
AND
IF YOU CAN'T, STAFF OR
WHATEVER.
BUT JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE
INVITATION. THANK YOU.
I PASS ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER
RINKK.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
I'M GOING TO START FIRST WITH
OUR COMMITTEE MEETING
FOR SUSTAINABILITY ART, LIGHT,
AND CULTURE.
IT'S A PACK WANTED AGENDA
PACKED AGENDA.
WE WILL A MEETING FOCUSED ON
THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION
OVERVIEW AND GOALS AND
HAVEN'T APPOINTMENT FOR
THE MUSEUM
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. WE HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAIN ABILITIES
AND ENVIRONMENT ON THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REPORT.
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS
FROM CITY LIGHT ON THE RENEWABLE
PLUS PROGRAM, AND THEN A
SEPARATE PRESENTATION ON
DISTRIBUTION AND
PLOTTED EASEMENTS.
THAT WILL BE HAPPENING
THIS FRIDAY AT 9:30 A.M.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT OUR OFFICE WAS UP TO LAST
WEEK.
WE MET WITH THE CID EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT GROUP FOCUSED ON
COMP PLAN AND ALL THINGS
RELATED TO EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
AND
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES.
WE HELD A SEPARATE MEETING
WITH SOME OTHER CID
PARTNERS FOCUSED ON FIFA AND
ENSURING THAT THE
CID IN PARTICULAR WE DON'T
HAVE A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE MLB ALL- STARS GAME.
BUT THE CID IS ABLE TOO
BENEFIT FROM THE ECONOMIC BOON
OF HAVING
SO MANY FOLKS COMING IN FOR
FIFA. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CONNECT WITH DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE AND
THE NEW DIRECTOR OVER THERE,
JOE WIND, TO TALK ABOUT
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE AND CITY OF SEATTLE.
GOT TO HOST SOME STUDENTS
FROM WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY, ALWAYS REALLY
EXCITING TO
TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN ENTERING
INTO POLICY WORK AND GOVERNMENT.
SO THAT WAS JUST A
REALLY INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
CONNECTING ALSO WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT
THE FORT
LAUTEN PROJECT.
EXCITED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS
THERE AND CERTAINLY WANT TO
ENSURE
THAT WE ARE KEEPING THAT PROJECT
ON LINE, AND THERE WERE
SOME EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS ON
THAT
FRONT.
MEETING ALSO WITH THE
CENTRAL AREA COLLABORATIVE, THE
RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION,
THE NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM, A MEETING WITH SOME OF
THE MAKERS THAT WILL BE A PART
OF THE SOTO PROJECT, AND
THEN JOINED WITH THE FRIENDS
FOR CHILDREN EVENT OVER THE
WEEKEND.
BUT GOING TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE REFERENCED AROUND
THE REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE,
SHE AND I WERE -- A PART OF
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE
ALONGSIDE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF
THE SOUND CITIES
ASSOCIATION.
SOME MAY KNOW I USED TO WORK
FOR THE SOUND CITIES
ASSOCIATION,
AND STAFF REMEMBERS AND USED TO
STAFF FOR THE REGIONAL
POLICY COMMITTEE FOR THOSE
MEMBERS.
AND SO THAT'S A BIT OF
THE EXPERIENCE SHE WAS
REFERENCING.
SO KIND OF SURREAL TO, OF
COURSE, BE SERVING ON THAT BODY.
WE RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE
KING COUNTY PARKS LEVY,
THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE
RECENTLY
TRANSMITSED WHAT THAT PARKS LEVY
WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S AN ORDINANCE BEFORE THE
REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE. IT HAS A MANDATORY
DUAL
REFERRAL BETWEEN KING COUNTY
COUNCIL
AND THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE.
SO WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
VOICE THERE.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR THE
LEVY WOULD PLACE -- WOULD
PLACE THE LEVY ON THE AUGUST 5th
BALLOT.
THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE A SIX-
YEAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY THAT
WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $1.
5 BILLION IN TOTAL OVER A SIX-
YEAR
PERIOD. THE LEVY BY COMPARISON,
THE CURRENT 2020 TO 2025 PARKS
LEVY IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE
AROUND
$851 MILLION ACROSS A SIX- YEAR
PERIOD.
AND THE PROPOSED LEVY
WOULD SUPPORT KING COUNTY PARKS
OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE, KING COUNTY PARKS
CAPITAL
PROGRAM, KING COUNTY CITIES,
TOWNS,
AND PARKS DISTRICT, THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO, SEATTLE
AQUARIUM,
SEATTLE WATERFRONT PARK,
MEMORIAL STADIUM, AND PARKS
LEVY GRANTS AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP
GRANTS. SO CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF
SEATTLE INVESTMENTS EMBEDDED IN
THERE.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN SPENDING
TIME TO PETE
WITH PARTNERS THERE TO
MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES ARE
REPRESENTED. SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT
WERE VOICED DURING THAT MEETING,
OF
COURSE, IS THE ONGOING
QUESTION AND THEME THAT WE HEAR
OFTEN
IN LEVY DISCUSSIONS AROUND LEVY
SIZE.
AND ALSO SOME
QUESTIONS AROUND DISTRIBUTION
AND SOME OF THE
CITY- BASED ALLOCATIONS.
SO CERTAINLY WANT TO
TALK TO -- WORK WITH YOU ALL TO
MAKE
SURE SEATTLE PRIORITIES
ARE REPRESENTED IN THESE
ONGOING DELIBERATIONS ABOUT WHAT
DOES THE PROPOSED LEVY LOOK
LIKE.
AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS
WEEK, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE
WILL
BE HOLDING A RAMADAN EVENT
IN BERTHA KNIGHTS LANDIS
ROOM TOMORROW 6:00 TO 8:00 WITH
THE
CENTER LIFE AND THIS IS OPEN TO
ALL IN OUR
COMMUNITY. AND THEN COMING UP
THIS
SUNDAY, WE HAVE THE NARUSE
PERSIAN ME TO YOU'RE
CELEBRATION IN THE --
YEAR CELEBRATION IN THE LOBBY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
ISFAHAN SISTER CITY ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION.
AND CERTAINLY WE'LL INVITE
YOU ALL TO PLEASE JOIN ME.
IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
AND WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE YOU
THERE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO
PASS IT ALONG I BELIEVE TO
COUNCIL
MEMBER
SAKA. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
AND COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE --
OUR NEXT TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE WILL BE TOMORROW,
TUESDAY,
MARCH 17th, AT 9:30 A.M.
ON THE AGENDA WE'RE GOING TO
BE HEARING TWO TOPICS.
THE SOUND TRANSIT LINK LIGHT
RAIL EXTENSIONS THROUGH MY
DISTRICT IN WEST SEATTLE AND
BALLARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS'
DISTRICT. WE HAVE HEAR DIRECTLY
FROM MEMBERS OF SOUND TRANSIT
STAFF
AND OUR OWN SEATTLE
TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR
IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE PROJECTS AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, SO SDOT AND
SDCI ON THE STATUS OF THOSE
EXTENSIONS INTO
WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD.
WE WILL ALSO BE HEARING A
PERMIT DISCUSSION ON A SKY
BRIDGE, BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION
ON A SKY
BRIDGE THAT IS ON THE BORDER
OF DISTRICTS THREE AND
SEVEN, IMPORTANTLY IT
CONNECTS DISTRICTS THREE AND
SEVEN.
AND I KNOW THAT IS A --
A PROJECT THAT IS OF INTEREST TO
MY VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH
AND THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
FROM
QUEEN ANNE.
SO IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION COMING UP TOMORROW,
AND AS ALWAYS,
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS EVEN
IF YOU DON'T SITE THE COMMITTEE
ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
I ATTENDED -- I ALSO HAD SOME
TERRIFIC OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK.
DOING IT AGAIN THIS WEEK.
NEIGHBORHOOD TOURS, TOURING A
FEW OF THE -- THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IN MY OWN DISTRICT, AS
WELL, DOING WALKING TOURS
OF THOSE AND A FEW LATER THIS
WEEK.
LAST WEEK ALSO JOINED
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE AS WE
ATTENDED THE
TRANSPORTATION POLICY
BOARD MEETING FOR THE PUGET
SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL.
AMONGST OTHER THINGS, GOT
A BRIEFING ON SOME OF STATE AND
LOCAL UPDATES AND IMPACTING --
HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT
SOME OF THE REGIONAL PROJECTS
AND
PRIORITIES.
ITERATED ON
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION --
OR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PLAN,
AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS
WELL.
AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE
ONGOING.
DURING THAT
MEETING, DURING THOSE BRIEFINGS
THAT I
MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, I WAS
DEEPLY ALARMED AND CONCERNED TO
LEARN
ABOUT SOME RECENT ACTIONS BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
AND SO I ORIGINALLY
LEARNED ABOUT THIS DURING --
DURING
THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD
MEETING, BUT THERE WAS EXCELLENT
FOLLOWUP REPORTING BY THE "THE
SEATTLE TIMES" AND THE BIKE
BLOG.
BASICALLY
THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ISSUE AD -- ISSUED A NEW
MEMO CALLING FOR NEW REVIEWS
AND HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY OF
CERTAIN FEDERALLY FUNDED
PROJECTS
FOR THINGS LIKE BIKE LANES,
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE, OTHER SORT OF
GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE, CLIMATE
INVESTMENTS, AND EQUITY-
FOCUSSED PROJECTS IN OUR STATE
INCLUDING POTENTIALLY HERE IN
SEATTLE.
SO SPECIFICALLY THIS
FEDERAL MEMO CALLS FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW OF ALL
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OVER THE
-- OVER THE
PAST FOUR YEARS.
SO INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT WERE
ALREADY COMMITTED TO APPARENTLY
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO THAT FUNDING THAT HAVE
PRIORITIES COUNTER -- IT
CALLS FOR INCREASED SCRUTINY OF
PROJECTS THAT WERE
ENCOUNTERED TO EXECUTIVE ORDERS
RECENT
FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS,
AND WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY
COULD POTENTIALLY -- THESE
PROJECTS OVER THE PAST FOUR
YEARS THAT
HAVE BEEN AWARDED COULD BE
CANCELED WHOLESALE.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS LOCALLY HERE
IN SEATTLE INCLUDE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES,
RECREATIONAL
TRAILS, SHARED USE PATHS,
ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AND CHARGING NETWORKS,
AND OTHER GREEN OR CLIMATE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
BASICALLY ALL THESE
VITALLY IMPORTANT BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS ALONG
ABOUT VITAL CLIMATE
INVESTMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE
HERE
IN THE CITY.
AND AS WE KNOW, THIS COMES
ON THE HEELS OF A -- OF AN
EARLIER
JANUARY- FEBRUARY 2025
CIRCA GUIDANCE OR ACTION BYBY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY,
THAT PURPORTS
TO PRIORITIZE AND REALLOCATE
THE SCORING CRITERIA FOR
PROSPECTIVE PROJECTS AND INCLUDE
AMONG OTHER
THINGS PRIORITIZING PROJECTS
WITH AREAS AND LOCALS WITH
HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE BIRTH RATES, HIGHER
MARRIAGE
RATES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THAT ACTION THEN, AGAIN, IS MORE
FORWARD LOOKING, PROSPECTIVE
PROJECTS.
THE TROUBLING ASPECT OF THIS
ONE IS IT PURPORTS TO LOOK BACK
AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO, AS A
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE'RE GOING
TO SCRUTINIZE PROJECTS THAT
WE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED
TO.
SO FIND THAT DEEPLY, DEEPLY
CONCERNING. HOW SERIOUS IS THIS?
WELL, SIMPLY PUT THIS MEANS
MANY MORE LIVES ARE AT RISK.
AND IT GOES AGAINST STRONG
PAST FEDERAL INTERESTS AND
ACTIONS IN
PREVENTING SUCH DEATHS AND
SERIOUS INJURIES.
THEIR OWN FEDERAL SAFE
STREETS AND ROADS PROGRAM COULD
POTENTIALLY BE GONE OR AT RISK.
OUR OWN LEVY, VOTER- APPROVED
LEVY, HAS AN IMPORTANT SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOLS FUNDING
FOR THAT PROGRAM, VISION ZERO,
AND
A DELIVERY PLAN WHICH WE
RECENTLY
PASSED.
FOR 2025 OF $177 MILLION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE
HAVE SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL GRANTS
FOR PROJECTS LIKE EAST MARGINAL
AND RAPID RIDE J THAT INCLUDE
IMPORTANT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY ELEMENTS, AND NEARLY
ALL OF THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S MOST RECENT
GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT
WERE SUBMITTED DURING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION INCLUDE
IMPORTANT EQUITY ANALYSES AND
ALSO
SITE CLIMATE BENEFITS.
IN MY VIEW I THINK IT'S
UNLAWFUL BASED ON WHAT I KNOW
NOW, UNLAWFUL TO STOP AND
HALT PROJECTS WHOLESALE THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED TO,
AND WE WILL DEFINITELY FIGHT
AGAINST EFFORTS TO HALT SUCH
FUNDING.
THAT SAID, THE MEMO DOES
PURPORT TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN
GRANTS
THAT ARE CLINICAL -- FULLY
OBLIGATED.
BUT DOESN'T GO ON TO DEFINE
WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY.
SO -- WHAT THAT
TERM SPECIFICALLY MEANS AGAINST
OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE
MERELY
OBLIGATED REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS RELYING
ON TO FUND.
WHAT THAT MEANS REMAINS TO BE
SEEN. I KNOW OUR EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS
THAT ARE IMPACTED BY ALL
THIS, NAMELY SDOT AND OIR ARE
STILL
WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH TO
UNDERSTAND
POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE
GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN THIS MEMO.
BUT TODAY, THIS SEEMS LIKE
THEY'RE MORE NO
SURPRISE QUESTIONS THAN IT
OFFERS CLARITY
AND ANSWERS.
BUT ME AND MY OFFICE
ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR
DELEGATION AND PARTNERS,
MONITORING THE SITUATION
CLOSELY.
JUST REPRESENTS ANOTHER
UNFORTUNATE OVERREACH BY OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
IN ANY EVENT, THAT IS MY REPORT.
I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
IF NONE, I WILL PASS THE BATON.
>> WE'LL GO IN ORDER WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON NEXT.
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA IS
HERE, SO YOU CAN GO AFTER HIM.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
SO THE PAST WEEK WAS RATHER
FULL.
HAD MEETINGS WITH MLK LABOR
COUNCIL, REALLY WANT TO GET AN
IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING
ON WITH PAYABLE LEGISLATION AND
THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS, SEE
WHAT PAIN POINTS THERE ARE, WHAT
CAN BE
DONE TO MAYBE ALLEVIATE SOME OF
THOSE.
I HAD URBAN FAMILY MEET WITH
US TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK
THAT THEY'RE DOING IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE.
THERE IS A VOID THAT'S BEEN
CREATED IN SOME OF THE SERVICES
PROVIDED FOR
YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE AND
SEEING HOW POTENTIALLY THAT CAN
--
HOW THAT VOID CAN BE FILLED.
DID HAVE A MEETING WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WANTED TO
GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THE -- THE
OLD LAUNDRY FACILITY IN MT.
BAKER, HOW THAT PROJECT IS
MOVING
ALONG.
WE DID TALK ABOUT
THE FORT LAUTEN PROJECT, AS
WELL.
WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF
WHERE THINGS ARE
TRACKING WITH. THAT MET WITH THE
37th DISTRICT
DEMS, THE MEETING, JUST
TO, NUMBER ONE, SAY HI, AND
JUST HEAR FROM THEM -- SOME OF
THEIR
CONCERNS.
AND YOU KNOW, HOW THAT
COULD ADDRESS -- I COULD ADDRESS
THOSE.
MET WITH PEOPLE REGARDING
THE STADIUM HOUSING
LEGISLATION INCLUDING THE
BUILDING
TRADES, MASTER BUILDERS, PORT OF
SEATTLE DID A TOUR WITH
PORT OF SEATTLE ON FRIDAY.
FASCINATING OPERATION ON
TERMINAL FIVE. AMAZING THE
AMOUNT OF
THROUGHPUT THEY HAVE GOT THERE.
MET WITH DENISE LUIS
EDUCATIONAL CENTER, TALKING
ABOUT THEIR
EFFORTS AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE --
THE THREAT OF LOSS OF FUNDING
ON THE FEDERAL SIDE BECAUSE
THEY GET A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
FUNDING FROM HEAD START. AND
THAT COULD BE IN
JEOPARDY NOW FROM THE OFFICE OF
EDUCATION
OR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE
EXPANSION PLANS THAT THEY HAVE
AND WHERE
THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING
IT AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SAFETY
AND SECURITY ISSUES AROUND THOSE
LOCATIONS.
DID MEET ALSO WITH THE WEST
PRECINCT COMMAND STAFF
TO DISCUSS LITTLE SAIGON ISSUES.
SO CAPTAIN BROWN,
LIEUTENANT CARRILLO AS WELL AS
THE
CRIME PREVENTION COORDINATOR,
BASH
B WII ONDO -- BARB BIONDO,
TALKING ABOUT PLACE- BASED
CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN
THE
BELLTOWN AREA AROUND THE STAR
CENTER, AS WELL AS 3rd AVE.
WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH
THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING
AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP AS WELL AS
THE
SOMALI FAMILY SAFETY TASK FORCE.
SOME OF THE EFFORTS THEY
HAVE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY
AROUND HEALTHY FOOD, YOU
KNOW, PROVIDING HEALTHY FOOD FOR
FAMILIES, AS WELL AS
OTHER EFFORTS THEY HAVE GOING ON
AND HOW OFFICE CAN -- HOPEFULLY
BE OF SUPPORT TO THEM.
SO THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT
OF LAST WEEK.
THIS WEEK, TODAY, AS A MATTER
OF FACT, WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST
LAND USE COMMITTEE D. HAVE A
COUPLE
OF QUASI JUDICIAL ISSUES THAT
WE NEEDED TO TAKE UP, AS WELL
AS SOME APPOINTMENTS TO THE
URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION THAT SHOULD
BE ABLE TO BE VOTED --
THOSE APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE
ABLE TO BE VOTED ON FULL COUNCIL
AT OUR
MYRTLE BEACH 25th MEETING --
MARCH 25th MEETING.
OUR NEXT LAND USE
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE ON
APRIL 2nd. AND AGAIN, AT THIS
MEETING
WE HOPE TO ADDRESS OTHER REPORTS
WE
COMMISSIONED APPOINTMENTS, THE
STREET- LEVEL USE
LEGISLATION, BUILDING PERMIT
EXTENSION
LEGISLATION, AS WELL AS
GETTING A BRIEFING ON THE EDU
LEGISLATION, RESPONDING TO THE
STATE REQUIREMENTS ALONG THOSE
LINES.
ALSO COMING UP THIS WEEK,
MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED WAY
OF KING COUNTY TOMORROW
WITH LEADERSHIP OF MT.
BAKER COMMUNITY CLUB ON
WEDNESDAY.
I'LL BE ATTENDING THE
YOUTH CARES 39th ANNUAL LUNCHEON
ON
WEDNESDAY, AS
WELL. BE GOOD TO BE IN THERE AS
A FORMER BOARD MEMBER WITH THE
ORGANIZATION. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY
TO BE
IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK THEY'RE
DOING.
FURTHER GOING TO BE MEETING
WITH NEIGHBORS IN THE RAINIER
BEACH, RAINIER AVENUE AREA
REGARDING
TRAFFIC SAFETY.
AND THE AREA SOUTH OF
RAINIER BEACH TO THE CITY
LIMITS.
WE'VE GOT TOURS GOING ON
WITH EVER GREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES, REACH AT THEIR CITY
OFFICE.
I'LL BE ATTENDING THE
SEATTLE POLICE AWARDS CEREMONY
ON THURSDAY EVENING.
AND HAVE COMMISSION
MEETINGS WITH THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES
COMMISSION, THE
HALEM CONGREGATION ON FRIDAY,
AND WE'LL BE HOLDING DISTRICT
OFFICE HOURS AT THE HOLLY PARK
LIBRARY ON FRIDAY, AS WELL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, COMING
UP THE MONDAY THE 24th I'LL
BE VISITING THE SOUTH PRECINCT.
AND THEN DOING A
FOLLOWUP MEETING WITH -- ON CID
AND LITTLE SAIGON ISSUES WITH
SKIPTA, THE CIB AND RIA OF
FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON.
A
LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING. AND
FOLLOWING THIS AT
5:00, THERE IS A -- I GUESS YOU
COULD
CALL IT A RALLY OR GATHERING
REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE
, REGARDING
COMMUNITY GOOD NEWS THAT WILL BE
HELD IN THE
RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY.
SO UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO JOIN THE EVENTS IN
BERTHA'S NICE LANDIS
ROOM THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE I'LL
BE
GOING DOWN TO RAINIER BEACH TO
BE
PART OF THAT COMMUNITY RALLY.
SO ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SOLOMON.
COLLEAGUES, LAST WEEK I HAD
THE FIRST OF AN ONGOING
QUIRELY MEETINGS -- SQUARELY
MEETINGS.
WE TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY
ESPECIALLY ISSUES IN AND
AROUND MAGNUSON PARK.
I HAVE LET THEM KNOW, I
HAVE REQUESTED ACTIVATION AT THE
PARK
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THE SPD AND PARKS
DEPARTMENT.
SIMILAR TO WHAT TAKES PLACE AT
GOLDEN GARDENS AND ALKY AS I'VE
RESPECTED HERE IN THE PAST --
REPORTED HERE IN THE PAST.
LAST WEEK I ALSO ATTENDED
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
NEXT ITERATION OF THE
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
EXPANSION TO
NINE MORE CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE
CITY.
IT WILL ADD, THIS EXPANSION
WILL ADD ANOTHER 169 SEATS TO
THE
PROGRAM'S ROSTER.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING HOSTED
THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE
CHILDREN'S
CENTER.
WE WERE JOINED BY MAYOR HARRELL.
THE CHILDREN'S CENTER IS AT
THE BURT
GILMAN GUARANTEES WHICH IS A
COMMUNITY -- GARDENS WHICH
IS A COMMUNITY ROOTS
PROJECT. NOT ONLY DOES THE
CENTER
PROVIDE PROGRAM SERVICES TO
RESIDENTS
IN THE DISTRICT, THEY'RE ALSO A
CHILDCARE PROVIDER.
ONE THING I LEARNED WHEN
TOURING THE FACILITY WAS THEY
PROVIDE
DROP-IN CHILDCARE TO
FAMILIES WHO ARE STAYING AT THE
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE NEARBY,
WHOSE CHILDREN ARE GETTING
TREATMENT AT CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
SO THEY REALLY PROVIDE A
BIG SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
BETWEEN
ONGOING CHILDCARE,
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, AND
THEN
ALSO THAT DROP- IN CARE WHICH
IS IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF THOSE
FAMILIES IN NEED.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO THEIR DIRECTOR, JENNIFER
KELTE, AND STAFF FOR HOSTING US
ON FRIDAY AND FOR ALL THE
IMPORTANT
WORK THAT THEY DO.
PART OF THIS EXPANSION, THE SVP
EXPANSION, THE OTHER NINE
CLASSROOMS, THERE'S A
CLASSROOM AT THE CHINESE
INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER AT
VILLAGE
SQUARE, THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
AT HUTCH KIDS CHILDCARE AT
SOUTH LAKE UNION.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A
CLASSROOM AT THE REFUGEE
WOMEN'S
ALLIANCE, THE NOOK AT NORTH
HAVEN, AT
NORTHGATE/NORTHHAVEN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE
TWO CLASSROOMS AT JOHN ROGERS
ELEMENTARY IN MEADOWBROOK.
ALSO A CLASSROOM AT THE
LOYAL HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY IN
LOYAL
HEIGHTS, AS WELL AS A
CLASSROOM AT SEAT OF LIFE ATAT
POLE IN
PIONEER SQUARE/THE I.D.
AND THEN LASTLY A CLASSROOM AT
THE YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE AND
WESTWOOD.
AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR OF
THE LEVY DEAL HAS ADDED
CLASSROOMS.
SO THIS WAS THIS YEAR'S
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THEN THIS WEEK I WILL BE
ATTENDING THE KING
COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE
CENTER BE
LOUD BREAKFAST TOMORROW.
MAYBE I'LL SEE SOME OF YOU
THERE. I'M SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE
WORK THAT THEY DO AND LOOK
FORWARD
TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THEIR
WORK IN THE LAST YEAR,
HELPING SURVIVORS AS YOU KNOW
OFOF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
THIS WEEK I ALSO HAVE IN
DISTRICT HOURS AND AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
CONSTITUENTS. AND LIKE I SAID,
WHAT I'VE
BEEN HEARING A LOT AS OF LATE
IS RELATED TO THE CONTINUAL
ISSUE
WITH PUBLIC SAFETY THAT
I VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT AND HAVE
URGENCY AROUND, AND I KEEP
CONTINUING
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT.
AND THEN ALSO HEARING A LOT
ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
FIELDING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON
THAT REGARD.
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES.
IF NOT I'LL PASS ALONG.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT --
I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE
LEVY, THE PACKAGE THAT'S
BEING WORKED OUT RIGHT NOW WILL
HAVE
I THINK YOU SAID 126 MORE
SLOTS FOR CHILDREN, CAN YOU GO
THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU
PROVIDED WITH --
FOR US?
>> JUST NOW?
>>
YES.
>> OH, SORRY.
THIS IS FOR THIS LEVY NOW,
THE CURRENT LEVY THAT WE'RE --
THIS LATEST ITERATION IS NINE
CLASSROOMS, AND IT WILL HAVE
169 SLOTS.
>> OKAY.
THANK
YOU.
>> AND MORE TO COME ON THE LEVY
THAT'S GETTING IRONED OUT AS WE
SPEAK.
>> OKAY.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'LL CLOSE US OUT HERE.
LET'S SEE.
I HEARD THUNDER.
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
SO AS NOTED EARLIER, TOMORROW
AT FULL COUNCIL WE'LL HAVE A
VOTE
ON COUNCIL BILL 920933
ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE
STADIUM
DISTRICT.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AGENDA,
I'M OFFERING AN
AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT A, THAT
WOULD
HIM THE TOTAL NUMBER -- WELL, IT
WOULD LIMIT THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF HOUSING UNITS IN THE
STADIUM DISTRICT TO 990 UNITS.
AND THAT NUMBER, 990, IS
WHAT WAS STUDIED IN
ALTERNATIVE FOREIGN SEATTLE
INDUSTRIAL
AND MARITIME STRATEGY
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT,
THE FEIS. THE POINT OF THE
AMENDMENT IS
TO SEND THE MENTAL THAT
THE LEGISLATION IS INTENDED TO
TRACK WITH AND NOT EXCEED WHAT
WAS STUDIED IN THE EIS AND FEIS.
AND COLLEAGUES, AS YOUR STAFF
WILL HAVE SEEN TODAY AND WE
TOLD YOU, IN THE INTEREST OF
TRANSPARENCY, MY OFFICE REACHED
OUT THIS MORNING TO
YOUR OFFICES TO ASK THAT THEY
WORK WITH
THE DEPUTY CLERKS TO MAKE SURE
THAT ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS,
BESIDES
MINE, OF COURSE, ARE PART OF
THE AGENDA THAT WILL BE
REPUBLISHED
TODAY.
SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC AND AFFECTED STAKEHOLDERS
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
THE PROPOSAL IN ITS
ENTIRETY INCLUDING PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS AND CAN MAKEMAKE
VOICES HEARD
ON POTENTIAL POLICY
CHOICES BEFORE COUNCIL TOMORROW,
OPINION COMMENT, BEFORE --
PUBLIC
COMMENT, BEFORE COUNCIL VOTES ON
THEM.
SINCE THEN, THE AGENDA HAS BEEN
PUBLISHED, AND I NOTE THAT
IN ADDITION TO MINE, COUNCIL
MEMBER
SAKA AND WILL MOORE DID
SUBMIT THEIR AMENDMENTS -- TIME
TO
BE INCLUDED ON THE -- THE
REVISED
AGENDA.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR
THAT. AS YOU KNOW, THIS BILL
CAME OUT
OF COMMITTEE 2.5 WEEKS AGO,
AND THE UNDERLYING PROPOSAL HAS
BEEN
A POINT OF DISCUSSION FOR YEARS
NOW.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF
PUBLIC ATTENTION AND ALSO
STAKEHOLDER INVESTMENT IN IT,
AND
THERE'S BEEN AMPLE TIME TO
BRING
FORWARD AMENDMENTS.
AGAIN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE
AMENDMENTS BEFORE THEY COME TO
CHAMBERS OR
MAKE REMOTE COMMENTS SO THEY
KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE
BEFORE US TOMORROW.
SO THANKS AGAIN, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, SAKA AND MOORE,
FOR PRIORITIZING TRANSPARENCY IN
BRINGING THOSE
AMENDMENTS FORWARD IN TIME FOR
THEM TO BE
REVIEWED BY EVERYONE.
ALSO, ONE MORE THING.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WILL
BE BEFORE FULL COUNCIL RATHER
THAN
IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO AMENDMENT SPONSORS WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DESCRIBING
THEIR RESPECTIVE AMENDMENTS
AFTER MOVING THEM.
WE'LL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT AMENDMENTS
IN THE EVENT THAT WE
NEED HIS EXPERTISE. BUT HE
WON'T BE INTRODUCING
EACH AMENDMENT OR GIVING
MENTIONS ON
THEM.
--
PRESENTATIONS ON THEM. THAT'S IT
FOR TOMORROW FROM MY
COMMITTEE. THE GOVERNOR
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ECONOMIC COMMITTEE VOTED
LAST THURSDAY AND VOTED OUT TWO
ITEMS. ONE IS 01080 OF JOY
SHDAKI, WASHINGTON STATE
CONVENTION CENTER FOR A TERM OF
JULY 30th,
2028.
WE VOTED OUT COUNCIL BILL
120950 INCORPORATING INTO CITY
LAW THE
STATE'S SHIELD ACT.
AMENDED IN -- AND THERE WAS
AN AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE
POTENTIAL CONFUSION ON WHICH
COURT
CAN GRANT RELIEF FROM OUT-OF-
STATE
SUBPOENAS. AS I NOTED LAST
THURSDAY
IN COMMITTEE AND LAST MONDAY,
GIVEN
THE ACTIONS OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
TOWARD HISTORICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES LIKE
THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND ALSO TOWARD
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN
GENERAL IT AUTOPSY URGENT THAT
WE --
IT'S URGENT THAT WE DEMONSTRATE
OUR COMMITMENT TO
PROTECTING RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
IN
OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING
EVERYONE WITH ACCESS TO CITY
SERVICES AND
DO SO WITHOUT DELAY.
AND SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE
I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS
BILL WILL BE BEFORE COUNCIL NEXT
WEEK
ON MARCH 25th.
BUT I ALSO SAID IN
COMMITTEE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE COULD BE QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS
FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THERE IS A WEEK INCLUDING --
WELL, EIGHT DAYS
INCLUDING TOMORROW TO WORK WITH
CENTRAL
STAFFING, GET ANY
QUESTIONS ANSWERED OR -- PERHAPS
AMENDMENTS.
THEN FINALLY, IN THE
NEXT MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
THAT WILL BE ON MARCH 27th IN
THE
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
WILL PRESENT THEIR AUDIT, THE
MOST RECENT AUDIT ON, STEPS THE
CITY SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING TO
REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE
SENT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SURE IT WILL BE.
IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN.
LAST THING I'LL SAY IS
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BOB SHOW,
THIS TIME A BOB AND SARA SHE
ON THURSDAY OR AT LEAST --
ON THURSDAY ON THE AWARD
WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER -- WITH BRIAN
CALLAHAN.
WE WILL BE -- THAT WILL BE
COMING OUT SOON.
ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, IF THERE'S
NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE'LL
MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS. SO WE'LL MOVE INTO
THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND AS A
PRESIDING OFFICER I AM
ANNOUNCING
THAT SEATTLE COUNCIL WILL NOW
CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION,
THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO
DISCUSS
PENDING, POTENTIAL, OR ACTUAL
LITIGATION.
AND THE COUNCIL'S
EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AN
OPPORTUNITY
FOR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS
CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL MATTERS WITH
CITY ATTORNEYS AS AUTHORIZED BY
LAW
AND A LEGAL MONITOR IS ALWAYS
PRESENT TO ENSURE THAT
COUNCIL %
RESERVES QUESTIONS OF POLICY FOR
OPEN SESSION.
I EXPECT THE TIME OF
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY
4:25.
WHICH IS 60 MINUTES.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
IS TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT
TIME, I'LL ANNOUNCE THE
EXTENSION
IN THE EXPECTED DURATION AND AT
THE CONLUTION OF THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING
MEETING WILL AUTOMATICALLY
ADJOURN.
THE NEXT REGULARLY
SCHEDULED COUNCIL BRIEFING IS ON
MARCH
24th, 2025, AT 2:00 P.M.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL'S NOW IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
PLEASE LOG IN TO THE -- TO THE
ZOOM MEETING IN YOUR OFFICES.
THANK YOU.
>> IT IS 3:25.