>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
TODAY DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 IT WILL
COME TO ORDER AND IT'S 2:02
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>>COMING WAREZ.
>> HERE. COUNSEL MEMBER LIN.
>> PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUS.
>> HERE. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO,
BEFORE WE GET INTO TODAY'S
PRESENTATIONS, I WANT TO WELCOME
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN TO THE FIRST
COUNCIL BRIEFINGS. WELCOME. ON
BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION
VICTORY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR STEPPING UP FOR PUBLIC
SERVICE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU AND IF
THERE'S ANYTHING MY OFFICE CAN
DO TO MAKE YOUR TRANSITION TO
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
EASIER, LET ME KNOW OF COURSE.
SO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. ALSO I WILL SAY
THAT WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
CEREMONY TAKING OF THE OATH
TOMORROW AT, YOU KNOW AT OUR
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO, YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN
OFFICIALLY, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO DO IT FOR THE PUBLIC
TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO
PROCLAMATION AND ONE
PRESENTATION IF THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON
STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FROM
OUR TEAM. ON TOMORROW'S CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA THERE 34
ITEMS ON THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR. LET'S SEE.
WOW. THERE SURE ARE A LOT AND WE
ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT BE
-- OKAY I WILL GO AHEAD BILL 20
-- 212232 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT WITH THE SIT WHY AND
POLICE MANAGER ASSOCIATION.
COUNCIL BIL 12133 ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE
CITY AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICER GUILD COUNCIL BILL
121134 ORDINANCE THAT WEEKLY
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. AND
COUNCIL BIL 121131 ORDER
INNOCENCE RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT COMMONLY REFERRED TO
AS THE PAY ZONE ORDINANCE. AND
THERE'S ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE
SEATTLE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY
BOARD FOUR TO THE SEATTLE
DISABILITY COMMISSION, AND FOUR
APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION TWO TO THE
PACIFIC HOSPITAL PRESERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND
TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
LGBTQ TWO TO THE COMMUNITY ROOTS
HOUSING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY. ONE APPOINTMENT TO
THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION AND ONE TO THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION AND THREE
APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT REVIEW PANEL AND NINE
APPOINTMENTS TO THE CULTURAL
SPACE AGENCY PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY. SO THAT'S ON DECK
FOR TOMORROW. FOR REFERRAL
CALENDAR. NO ITEMS ON
TOMORROW'S CONCENTRICAL ENDER
AND THERE ARE NO PIECE OF
LEGISLATION UNDER COMMITTEE
REPORTS. ULTIMATELY THE CRUX OF
TOMORROW'S MEETING IS COUNCIL
MEMBER LIN'S CEREMONIAL
SWEARING IN AND PASSAGE OF THE
VERY PACKED IRC. SO, MOVING ONTO
TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS. WE GOT
THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS HERE. COME ON UP AND
TAKE A SEAT AND INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND YOU CAN BEGIN
YOUR PRESENTATIONE PRESENTATION.
PRESENTATION. FIRST LET'S SEE.
FIRST WE MUST IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION THE MINUTES ARE
APPROVED. WHICH DATE PLEASE?
WHAT NOVEMBER 22nd. SEPTEMBER
22nd. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION THE MINUTES OF
SEPTEMBER 22nd ARE APPROVED. ALL
RIGHT. HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NOW WE MAY
PROCEED. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND WELCOME
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. I AM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. AND
I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES
FROM OUR STATE RELATIONS TEAM.
SAMIR JUNE JO WHO IS VIRTUAL AND
ANNA JOHNSON WHO YOU WILL HEAR
FROM MOMENTARILY. THANKS FOR
HAVING US. IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN
AND THE LEGISLATEST SESSION IS
LOOMING. CITY STATE RELATIONS
TEAM HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK
PLANNING FOR THE 2026 SESSION.
AND WE ARE PLEASED TO GIVE
OVERVIEW OF THE LAY OF THE LAND,
THE LEGISLATIVE TIMELINE AND
CITY'S PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA SHORTLY. I WANT TO THANK
YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR
PARTICIPATION AND THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SETTING
PROCESS. AND FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT
WITH OUR STATE RELATIONS
PORTFOLIO. AND TO KARINA FOR
BULL FOR HER COLLABORATION. THE
STATE RELATIONS TEAM. ONE MOMENT
WHILE WE GET THE TEXT SET UP.
THERE WE GO. OIR STATE RELATIONS
TEAM BUILDS THE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA THROUGH A STRUCTURED
MONTH'S LONG PROCESS THAT
GATHERS AND REFINES POLICY AND
BUDGET PRIORITIES FROM
DEPARTMENTS, COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. THIS PROCESS
BEGINS BY COLLECTING PRIORITIES
IN EARLY SUMMER AND RESEARCHING
AND COMBING THROUGH THE LIST FOR
THE HIGHEST AGREED UPON
PRIORITIES AND THEMES. AND ENDS
WITH COUNCIL'S FORMAL ADOPTION
OF THE CITY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
YOU WILL SEE THOSE HIGH OF THE
AGREED UPON PRIORITIES REFLECTED
IN THE DRAFT AGENDA THAT WE WILL
DISCUSS TODAY WHICH CLEARLY LAYS
OUT CITY'S MOST PRESSING NEEDS
FOR THE SESSION. CITY'S
PRIORITIES FOR 2026 WERE
CAREFULLY CRAFTED TO CONSIDER
THE REALITIES OF A 60 DAY SHORT
SESSION AND CONTINUE TO BUILD ON
PROGRESS MADE IN 2025 WHILE
BALANCING NEW POLICY AND FUNDING
REQUESTS. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU
THAT WE HAVE TAKEN CAREFUL NOTES
OF ALL PRIORITIES SHARED AND OIR
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK CITY
PRIORITIES AND TAKE POSITIONS
STANCES AND OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS
FOUND ON THE OFFICIAL AGENDA.
HAROLD MORE ABOUT THAT SHORT BY
BUT THE TEAM WILL BE ON THE
GROUND IN OLYMPIA THIS WEEK FOR
HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEE DAYS.
AND THEY ALONG WITH OUR CONTRACT
LOBBYISTS ARE ENGAGING
LEGISLATORS AND STAKE HOLDERS TO
FLOAT PRIORITIES AND FINE
ALIGNMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
KEEPING YOU AND THE PUBLIC
UPDATED THROUGHOUT SESSION AT
OUR REGULAR LEGISLATIVE
BRIEFINGS. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
IN THE PROCESS. WE HOPE THAT YOU
WILL USE US AS YOUR RESOURCE AND
YOUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN
OLYMPIA THIS SESSION. AND WITH
THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE ANNA.
>> YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCIL. SHE DA GREAT JOB OF
PREVIEWING A NUMBER OF THE
UPCOMING ITEMS SINCE WE LAST
REVIEWED IN THE SPRING. OIR HAS
PUT TOGETHER A LEGISLATEIST
AGENDA AND FINDING STAKE HOLDS
EGGS AREERS AND WE HAVE HAD DID
HAVE -- STAKES HOLDERS LAST
SESSION THIS WAS A NULL I'VE
POINTS TO THE LEGISLATURE AND
ALL MEMBERS HAD TO RUN TO RETAIN
THEIR SEATS. AND THE REPORT OUT
FROM THE NOVEMBER ELECTION IS
ALL THOSE MEMBERS THAT WERE
APPOINTED DID RETAIN THEIR SEATS
AS WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN THE
FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DUE
TO THE PASSING OF SENATOR BILL
RAMOS. SO NOW, THE SENATE AND
HOUSE MAJORITY ARE LISTED ON THE
SLIDE. SO FOR THE SENATE, 29
DEMOCRATS AND 28 REPUBLICANS AND
HOUSE, IT'S 58 DEMOCRATS AND 40
REPUBLICANS. THIS MONTH, TODAY,
ACTUALLY, IS PREFILING SO THIS
MEANS LEGISLATORS CAN NOW
OFFICIALLY START SUBMITTING
THEIR LEGISLATION THROUGH THE
CITY'S CLERK'S DEPARTMENT AND
WE WILL START GETTING TO SEE
THOSE IN THE PUBLIC WEBSITE AND
HEARINGS WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY.
AS SHE MENTIONED THIS WEEK IS
LEGISLATEIST COMMITTEE DAYS ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS IS THE
FIRST FORMAL CONVENING OF
LEGISLATION SINCE THEY DID IN
THE SPRING WHAT THEY DO IS MEET
WITH OUR COMMITTEES START
PREVIEWING SOME OF THE HOT
TOPICS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP
IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION
AND WORK SHOPPING BILLS ARE
LOBBYISTS AND COLLEAGUES AND
STARTING TO TEE UP WHEN THE
CONVERSATION WILL LOOK LIKE IN
SESSION. I WANT TO NOTE THIS
DECEMBER GOVERNOR FERGUSON WILL
RELEASE HIS PROPOSED BUDGET AND
YOU MAY RECALL LAST SESSION AS
HE CAME IN IN HIS TRANSITION, HE
RELEASED BUDGET PRIORITIES BUT
NOT A FULL COMPLETE BUDGET AND
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
SEE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL BUDGET
RELEASED IN DECEMBER. AS SHE
MENTION IT'S 60 DAY SHORT
SESSION THIS YEAR THEY WILL BE
AMENDING THEIR TWO-YEAR BUDGET
THEY CREATED LAST YEAR. AND
BALANCING REVENUES AND SPENDING.
SO A LITTLE PREVIEW ON HOT
TOPICS THAT WE ARE EXPECT FOR
NEXT SESSION. IT'S DEFINITELY
THE BIG CONVERSATIONS ARE
RELATED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE AS
WELL AS FEDERAL IMPACTS. SO,
JUST THIS MONTH, OR PAST MONTH
NOVEMBER, THE MOST RECENT
REVENUE FORECAST CAME OUT. AND
YOU CAN SEE THE FORECAST FOR THE
NEAR TERM AS WELL AS THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS. BUDGET WRITERS
EXSPENT ABOUT A $7 BILLION SHORT
FALL ACROSS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
AND THIS IS DUE TO LOWER THAN
EXPECTED REVENUE AND RISING CASE
LOADS AND RISING COSTS ACROSS
THE BUDGET. PARTICIPATING A LOT
OF FEDERAL PRESSURE COMING INTO
THE STATE INCLUDING TARIFFS ON A
NUMBER OF GOODS AND THINGS THAT
ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP IN OUR
BUDGETS AS WELL AS PRESSURES
FROM HR1 ACROSS MEDICAID AND
S.N.A.P. AND OTHER PROGRAMS. THE
LEGISLATORS ARE ALL ANALYZING
AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
TACKLE IN THE BUDGETS. SO A
LITTLE BIT THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS AND DEADLINES IN A
60-DAY SESSION THINGS MOVE VERY
FAST. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE
THERE'S A RAPID CADENCE AND WE
ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE
SURE PRIORITIES ARE MAKING IT
THROUGH EVERYONE OF THE
DEADLINES AS LEGISLATION IS
INTRODUCED IT WILL HAVE TO START
IN A POLICY COMMITTEE AND IF IT
HAS FISCAL NOTE IT GOES TO A
FISCAL COMMITTEE AND FULL
CHAMBER AND HOUSE OF ORIGIN AND
FLIP-FLOPS AND DOES THE SAME
PROCESS IN THE OPPOSITE CHAMBER
AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE
COMPLETED BY MARCH 12Th. SO THAT
CONCLUDES A LITTLE BIT OF THE
PREVIEW AND NOW WE WILL GO
THROUGH OUR SEATTLE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA. THIS YEAR WE HAVE WORKED
TO PUT A TWO-PAGE AGENDA
TOGETHER AVAILABLE FOR THE
PUBLIC AND LEGISLATORS. THAT
WILL HELP US GUIDE OUR WORK NEXT
SESSION. SO THE FIRST SESSION OF
OUR PRIORITIES IS RELATED TO
FEDERAL RESPONSE. AND WITHIN THE
SECTION OUR PRIORITIES INCLUDE
PROHIBITING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
FROM WEARING FACE CONVERSATION
AND REQUIRE THAT OFFICERS BE
CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE WHILE
PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO
ADPROTECTIONS AND BENEFITS FOR
IMMIGRANT WORKERS INCLUDING
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES OF
INTERACTIONS WITH I AM WHY GRACE
OFFICIAL AND JOB AND WAGE
STABILITY FOR DETAINED WORKERS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MITIGATE
LOSSES OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR
ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE FOOD
ACCESS HOUSING AND SHELTER
MEDICAID AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES.
WE ARE ASKING FOR STATE SUPPORT
FOR THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH LYNN I TO ENSURE
ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH
SERVICE AND UNINSURED AND
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND
MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR ASYLUM AND
MIGRANT SUPPORT SERVICES.
>> AFFORDABLE. ONE OF THE
PRIORITIES WILL BE ADVANCE
POLICIES INCLUDING B AND O
EXEMPTION THAT HE EXPAND
EQUITABLE BEING A HE IS TO
GROCERIES AND MEDICINE
MAINTAINING AND STRENGTHEN STATE
INVESTMENTS AND WORKING
CONNECTION WITH CHILD CARE AND
ECEA P TO ENSURE AFFORDABLE AND
HIGH SALT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
AND SUPPORTING REVENUE OPTIONS
THAT HELP SAFEGUARD ACCESS TO
ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
>> THE NEXT SESSION IS HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS. WITHIN THE
SECTION OUR PRIORITIES ARE
INVEST IN SERVICE INTENTIONIST
SHELTER CAPACITY FOR THROWS
DIVERTED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
SUPPORT OPERATION MAINTENANCE
SERVICES AND STABILIZATION FOR A
RANGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OPTION INCLUDING PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND WORK
FORCE HOUSING FUNDING AND
FLEXIBILITY FOR FUNDING TOOLS TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS RESTORE
FULL FUNDING FOR THE STATE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM.
THE NEXT IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
WITHIN THIS SECTION WE HAVE
CHAMPION LEGISLATION THAT
FOSTERS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR
EVERYONE GIVING LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS THE TOOLS AND
FUNDING TO UPHOLD JUSTICE,
PROTECT COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE
ACCOUNTABLE. ALLOW LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO RESTRICT
FIREARMS IN CITY BUILDINGS PARK
AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
REQUIRE SECURE STORAGE OF
FIREARMS IN VEHICLES AND
RESIDENCES. SUPPORT POLICIES
THAT ENCOURAGE DIVERSIFIED 911
RESPONSE AND ALLOWS CIVILIAN ALL
TENTATIVE RESPONSE TO CRISIS AND
WELFARE CALLS FOR SERVICE
ADDRESS STATE PATROLS TOXICOLOGY
LAB BACKLOG AND ALLOW FEDERALLY
ACRED CRED ITED LABS TO DO BLOOD
SAMPLESP SCENES FUNDING TO HIRE
MORE POLICE OFFICER REASON
INSTATE THE STATE'S COVERAGE OF
THE 25% LOCAL COSTS TO
SENDOFFSERS TO BASIC LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY. PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND
PROGRAMS SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND
VICTIMS OF CRIME. AND THEN
LASTLY IMPROVE THE REASONABLE
USE OF INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT BY
INCREASING SYSTEM CAPACITY AND
MAKE INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT ACT
MORE EFFECTIVE AND USEFUL TOOL
FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. MOVING ON
TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WE HAVE
THREE PRIORITIES WITHIN THIS
SECTION. THE FIRST BEING PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR SHOVEL READY
IMPROVEMENTS AT RED BARN RANCH
TO ENABLE YOUTH PROGRAMMING A
REGIONAL OUTDOOR LEARNING
ACCESS. FOSTER A STRONG GREEN
ECONOMY BY SECURING FUNDING FOR
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT SEATTLE
CENTER THAT WILL HELP LEAD TO A
FULLY DECARBONIZED ECODISTRICT
AND AUTHORIZE TRANSFER OF WSDOT
MONTLAKE SURPLUS PROPERTY TO THE
CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT.
>> TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDE SOUND
TRANSIT WITH EXPANDED
AUTHORITIES AND FINANCING
OPTIONS TO MAKE CONTINUE PROJECT
TIMELINES AND DELIVER THE VOTER
APPROVED LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION
FUND CITY AND COUNTY EFFORTS TO
MITIGATE REVIVE I-5 CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT IMPACTS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AUTHORITY TO REMOVE
VEHICLE OBJECT STRUCKS FROM THE
STREETCAR TRACKS TO ENSURE
RELIABLEEE AND EFFICIENT PUBLIC
TRANSIT OPERATION AND WHAT TO
EXPECT DURING SESSION YOU WILL
SEE US REGULARLY DELIVER COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS AND ALSO YOU WILL SEE
EMAILS FROM US WITH TRACKERS AND
HEARING SCHEDULES AND MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THE
STATE INCLUDING TESTIFYING ON
BILLS, AND ALSO ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON CITY HAS CITY ACTION
DAYS. THIS IS WHEN VARIOUS CITY
OFFICIALS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND MAYORS FROM ACROSS THE STATE
GO TO OLYMPIA FOR A DATE AND
JANUARY 21ST, TO 22nd. AND
LASTLY OIR STATE TEAM IS
AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU ON
YOUR STAFF DURING SESSION OR
BEFORE SESSION. AND THAT WILL
CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION AND
HAPPY TOANCE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
INFORMATION. I AM OPENING THE
FLOOR TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SAMIR AND
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM AS WELL
KARINA. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. I READ THIS AND I
RECOGNIZE WE HAVE THE SHORT OF
SESSION. SO THAT CREATES ITS OWN
CHALLENGES. AND THERE'S
SOMETHINGS I WOULD LIKE TO FOOT
STOP IT MENTIONS PUBLIC HEALTH
BUT MENTAL HEALTH IS A STATE
RESPONSIBILITY. YOU.
>> HE YEARS AGO WE WERE 46 OUT
OF 50. IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SUNDAYS I CHECKED BUT WE WERE
32. WE ARE NOT IN THE TOP HALF
OF THE 50 STATES WHEN IT COMES
TO MENTAL HEALTH AND WE KNOW THE
DIRECT LINKS BETWEEN THAT AND
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CHALLENGE WE
SEE. AND, SO, BASICALLY, HAVING
THE STATE DO THEIR JOB IN THAT
AREA IS REALLY IMPORTANT. REALLY
NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. ALONG
THE LINES SEPARATELY, THOUGH,
LIKE SUPPORT OPERATIONS
MAINTENANCE SERVICES AND
STABILIZATIONS. ONE OF THE
THINGS WORKING THE SCENE IS WE
CAN BUILD NEW, BUT THE
MAINTENANCE OF, LIKE, THE
HOUSING OR THE YOU KNOW SERVICE
PROVIDERS, THE LOCATION IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY ON
PORT OF HOUSING AND WE SEE THAT
ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND WE SEE
SUCCESS STORIES. I WAS AT A
PLYMOUTH HOUSING LIKE OPEN MOUSE
GRAND OPENING FOR A
REHABILITATION REHAB IF YOU
WILL. ON MARION STREET AND IT
WAS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE PIECES
TO BE DONE. I THINK THERE'S A
FOCUS ON THE BRIGHT AND SHONE
AND NEW, AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN
THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW HOUSING
STOCK IN THAT AREA. SO THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT. AND, THE FULL
FUNDING FOR THE ENCAMPMENT
RESOLUTION PROGRAM IS VERY
IMPORTANT. SO, IT'S LIKE FOOT
STOP, FOOT STOP. BUT IN TERMS OF
PUBLIC SAFETY, I WOULD SAY A FEW
THINGS. AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE IN
SHORT SESSION ON THE FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT PIECE, THIS IS
PUBLIC SAFETY PIECE. WE HAVE
SPOKEN TO THIS ALREADY FROM
COUNCIL AND I MET WITH THE TASK
FORCE. I GAVE THEM MY CHAIR
COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC AND MY
PRESS STATEMENT TALKING ABOUT
AND A LOT OF THIS IS SETTING THE
STANDARD AND KEEPING THAT HIGH
STANDARD THAT WE HAVE HERE IN
SEATTLE WITH SPE. AND IN TERMS
OF THE IDENTIFICATION. ALL THE
PIECES THAT ARE KIND LOAF KATEED
IN THERE, BUT OTHERS, TOO,
THERE'S OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT. AND SO BRING UPP
ACROSS THE STATE AND LEADING BY
EXAMPLE IS IMPORTANT. THERE'S
GOING TO BE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED
TO TRYING TO PROHIBIT THE
FEDERAL PIECE. BUT IF WE SHOW
THAT WE ARE SETTING A HIGH
STANDARD, WE ARE PLAYING THE
VARSITY BALL AND NOT JV LIKE WE
ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY I
THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT
LONG-TERM. AND IN TERMS OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENTS, I LIKE
THOSE THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE
SPECIFIC. TOXICOLOGY LAB IS SO
IMPORTANT THE BACKLOG AND YOU
KNOW GETTING AN ANSWER TO THAT
TO INCLUDE THE ALLOW FOR
FEDERALLY ACCREDITED LAB IS
NUMBER ONE ON MY LIST THERE. THE
SECOND THING YOU KNOW ASSISTANCE
WITH HIRING AND BRINGING ON YOU
KNOW FROM THE COST PERSPECTIVE
RELATE ON BRINGING ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT, SUPER IMPORTANT.
INVOLUNTARY COMMIT PIECE SO
IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT
IT SOMETHING THE PED LUM SWING
WE HAVE TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO
HELP US DEAL WITH THE -- THIS
DISTINCT CHALLENGE WE ARE FACING
ON OUR STREETS. SO THAT SHOULD
BE UP THERE. I RECOGNIZE THIS IS
NOT REALLY LEGISLATION PIECE BUT
I WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HIGHLIGHT BUT YOU KNOW WHEN I AM
MEETING WITH CHIEF SCOGGINS AND
FIRE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, I-5, YOU KNOW, BEACON
HILL THERE'S FIRE IF YOU DO
DOWN I-5 STATE HAS HYDRANTS --
THEY HAVE A SYSTEM THEY ARE NOT
MAINTAINING. AND SO IF WE HAVE A
FIRE PARTICULARLY IN THE DRY
SUMMER SEASONS, YOU KNOW THEY
DON'T HAVE WATER ACCESS TO
THAT. AND THAT'S A STATE
RESPONSIBILITY. WSDOT HAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING
THEIR FIRE AND THEIR PUBLIC
SAFETY CAPACITY, SUPPORT
CAPACITY. BY THE WAY, THIS IS
NOT LIMITED TO THE STATE. WE
HAVE THE SAME ON LIKE 15th AND
ELLIOT RELATED TO THE WEST QUEEN
ANN GREEN BELT BECAUSE OF
ACTIVITY IN THE GREEN BELT
PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMERTIME,
FIRES. PROPANE TANKS FLYING OFF
EVERYWHERE. FIRE DOESN'T HAVE A
GOOD ACCESS POINT FOR WATER.
SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T TALK ABOUT. SO WE HAVE
OUR OWN CITY VERSIONS OF THAT,
TOO. THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND AFTER THAT, THE GUN VIOLENCE
PIECE, I AM GOING TO MEET WITH
REPRESENTATIVE VERY SOON SHE IS
A CHAMPION ON THIS AREA. AND BUT
THERE'S A LOT OF PIECE WAS GUN
VIOLENCE THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED TO INCLUDE THE SECURE
STORAGE AND THERE'S SOME
JUVENILE ISSUES FOR GUN VIOLENCE
WE NEED TO ADDRESS, AND YOU KNOW
FROM AN OLYMPIA PERSPECTIVE,
THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT. SO,
THOSE WERE THE MORE SPECIFIC
ONES I WOULD -- BECAUSE THE
FIRST BULLET IS NICE, BUT I
DON'T SEE THEM DOING MUCH WITH
THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, I HAVE
TO END AT AND I WILL CONTINUE
THIS AS LONG AS I CAN, THAT THE
STATE REALLY NEEDS TO PUT IN A
PROVISION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN LEGISLATION THAT EVERY
JURISDICTION SHOULD LOOK AT
PUBLIC SAFETY CAPACITY. ARE
THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENTS GROWING
FAST ENOUGH AS CITY GROWS TO
COVER AND GOING BACK TO THE
CAPACITY REGARDING WSDOT AND I-5
BUILDING UP THE CAPACITY YOU
KNOW, TO ENSURE FIRE AND OTHER
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE
THE ABILITY TO GET TO ANY
LOCATION, YOU KNOW. WE COULD USE
A COMBINATION FOR LAKE UNION.
BUT WHERE A'S THE PROCESS TO
FORCE THAT THING OF BUILDING
CAPACITY AND FIRE AND RESCUE
POTENTIALLY WITH CARE COMING IN
AS WELL. AND SOUTH LAKE UNION
FOR EXAMPLE. AND DRIVER FOR THAT
COULD BE A PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT
IN EVERY JURISDICTION IN THE
STATE, AND THEIR COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN MUCH LIKE WE DO NOW. THIS
IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS
ALLOWS US TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. I
WAS TALKING ABOUT SPD EARLIER IN
TERMS OF RELATED TO THE FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT THIS IS
ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE CAN LEAD
BY EXAMPLE AS A CITY SHOWING THE
STATE, HEY, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,
LIKE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE, LOS ANGELES IS GROWN,
GROWN, GROWN AND L.A. WILD FIRES
HIT, ARE THEY IN A POSITION DID
THEIR CAPACITY GROW WITH THE
CITY? OR WAS IT STUCK IN 7 1970s
EMERGENCY TV SHOW THESE ARE
THINGS I LIKE TO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT. THANK
YOU FOR THIS. I APPRECIATE THISP
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR THE
PRESENTATION TODAY AND WORK. I
KNOW THAT SHORT SESSION IS A
LITTLE DECEIVING SOMETIMES.
IT'S LESS TIME AND YET MORE
CHAOS. SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
FOR THE HARD WORK YOU ARE SURE
TO ENGAGE IN IN A CHALLENGING
ENVIRONMENT. AND MY QUESTION IS
MORE HOLISTIC ONE THINKING ABOUT
THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
CITIES. I WONDERING WHAT THEIR
TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPING THEIR
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA CURRENTLY IS.
AND HOW OUR LEGISLATE OF AGENDA
MAY BE INFORMING THAT
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. LAST SECTION
WE RAN CROSS WITH THE LOBBYING
EFFORTS WHAT WE WERE UP TO AND
ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON WAS DOING
IN OLYMPIA. SO ANY OPPORTUNITIES
TO SQUARE OUR PRIORITIES AT THIS
STAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. AND
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL
MEMORY VAIRA AND STRAUS FOR YOUR
SERVICE ON AWC BOARD ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> I CAN START. ON THE AWC
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THEY HAVE
ONE NOW THAT I BELIEVE IS EITHER
FINAL OR CLOSE TO FINAL AND I
THINK WE [INAUDIBLE] WE CAN TURN
THAT AROUND. IT IS USUALLY QUITE
LONG A RANKED LIST OF SUPPORT
HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS AND OTHER
SUPPORT ITEMS. WE HAVE WORKED
WITH RIVERA AS SHE HAS BEEN ON
THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE NONE ARE
DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO CITY
PRIORITIES. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW
DURING SESSION NEW THINGS COME
UP AND SO, THAT PART OF THE
PROCESS IS VERY DYNAMIC AND WE
CAN ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
AWC AS BILLS COME UP AND BILLS
ARE EVALUATED.
>> DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD
COUNCIL MEMBER, RIVERA. I WANT
TO THANK THE OIR TEAM AND
DIRECTOR SIMI AND SAMIR FOR YOUR
WORK NOT JUST NOW AND NEXT 60
DAYS. THANKS FOR MEETING WITH
OUR OFFICE IN PARTICULAR TO TALK
ABOUT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
REGARDING AWC, THANK YOU SAMIR
FOR THE UPDATE. I SIT ON THE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR AWC.
THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WERE
SET BY THE COMMITTEE AAPPROVED
BY BOARD. THERE'S NOT A
CONFLICT THERE'S A DISTINCTION
AWC IS STATEWIDE MADE UP OF MANY
CITIES ACROSS THE STATE, SO,
THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS ON
OUR LEGISLATIVE PARTIES LIST
THAT DON'T APPEAR ON AWC
BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
THE BIGGEST CITY IN THE STATE
AND WE HAVE, I THINK, MORE
THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
AND ALSO BECAUSE IT IS A SHORT
SESSION. AWC LEGISLATIVE AND
THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THE TEAM AT
AWC. THEY WERE A VERY FOCUSED
AND THEY PRIORITIZED THE TOP --
THE TOP FEW HAND FULL OF THINGS
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON
IN THIS VERY SHORT SESSION. WE
HAVE MORE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA,
BUT WE ARE TRACKING SOME MORE
THINGS, SO, THE WAY THAT AGENDA
SET IS ALL THE CITIES CONTRIBUTE
AND WE ALL DISCUSS. AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT CAN WE, AS A UNIFIED
GROUP OF CITIES, COME TOGETHER
AND AGREE UPON IN TERMS OF
PRIORITIES. WHEREAS OF COURSE
EVERY CITY HAS THEIR OWN
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES BECAUSE
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
NOT LEAVING ANYTHING OUT AS WE
ARE WORKING THROUGH THINGS AND
AS YOU SAID, ANNA WHEN YOU
STARTED THE PRESENTATION, THERE
ARE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING
FOR MANY JEERS NOW. AND SO THOSE
WILL CONSISTENTLY APPEAR ON OUR
LIST. AND THOSE MAY NOT APPEAR
ON THE AWC FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
SO, NEVERTHELESS, THEY ARE NOT
IN CONFLICT. I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING THAT WE WERE WORKING ON
AT AWC AS IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT
WE ARE WORKING ON NOW. AND BY
WAY OF EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, AWC
SUPPORTED THIS SALES TAX
INCREASE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY AS
WELL SUPPORTED. AND SO JUST TO
SHOW AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WORK
TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THE
STATEWIDE AWC PRIORITIES VERSUS
WHAT WE HAVE MORE SPECIFICS
THINGS THAT ARE SEATTLE CENTRIC
IF YOU WILL. AND, COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK HAPPY TO TALK YOU OFF LINE
IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
ABOUT AWC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I
HOPE THAT HELPS SOME.
>> FABULOUS. THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AWC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS
COMPLETE. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES
IN THE PAST THAT THE CITY HAS
NOT BEEN IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
POSITIONS THAT AWC HAS TAKEN. I
WOULD SAY THERE'S LIN A LOT OF
WORK OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO
REDUCE THAT FROM HAPPENING AND
CREATE CONTINGENCY ROUTES FOR IF
AND WHEN THAT DOES OCCUR. ALL OF
THAT SAID, THE SAME THING LIKE
WE DON'T ALL KNOW EVERYTHING
THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS YEAR,
AND SO THEREFORE WE MAKE A MORE
BROAD AGENDA, SO DO THEY. AND
YOU KNOW WHAT I ALSO HAVE BEEN
IMPRESSED WITH IS THEIR
FORMATION OF COMMITTEES
THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
CHANGE DYNAMICS. I WILL SAY FOR
MY OPINION THERE'S MORE WORK TO
BRING US INTO BETTER ALIGNMENT
BUT THAT'S WORK WE CONTINUE TO
DO. THANK YOU.
>> IF I MAY JUST ADD, A BIT TO
THAT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA AND THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAWSS. I KNOW I DID
HAVE SEVERAL CONVERSATION WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS LEAD
TOGETHER 2025 SESSION AND
WORKING WITH AWC TO MAKE SURE WE
AT THE CITY WERE DOING WHAT WE
COULD TO BE CLEAR WITH THEM
ABOUT WHAT OUR TOP PRIORITIES
ARE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR MAKING SURE
TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT IN THE
SPACES THAT YOU ARE IN. I CAN
ALSO SAY ANNA AND SAMIR HAVE
WORKED TO MAINTAIN STRONG
RELATIONSHIPS WITH AWC STAFF
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND SO WE
KEPT IN TOUCH WITH THEM THIS
SUMMER AS WE DEVELOPED THE
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS WELL.
SO THEY WON'T BE A SURPRISE TO
THEM EITHER. BUT OF COURSE THE
MORE ALL OF YOU CAN
ASSOCIATESSIZE OUR PRIORITIES
WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES ON OTHER
CITY COUNCILS, THAT'S
APPRECIATEED AS WELL.
>> NOTHING MORE ON THAT TOPIC?
>> I WILL JUST ADD COUNCIL
PRESIDENT I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT
HAPPENED BEFORE I JOINED THE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AT AWC
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. BUT I WILL
SAY THAT THE COMMITTEES DONE A
REALLY GOOD JOB AND THE CITIES
ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO FINE
POINTS OF COMPROMISE WHEN THERE
ARE DIFFERENCES THAT'S WHY I
SAY SEATTLE CENTRIC BECAUSE WE
WILL HAVE THINGS THAT ARE
DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER CITIES
AND THE STATE. BUT I FOUND AWC
IN GENERAL AND MY COLLEAGUES ON
AWC TO BE VERY COLLABORATIVE.
AND TO REALLY HONE IN ON THOSE
TOP PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN ALL
AGREE ON AND COMPROMISE ON. AND,
OF COURSE, SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE THE SAME OF SEATTLE
BECAUSE WE ARE THE BIGGEST CITY,
AND WE HAVE A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
DIFFERENT ISSUES AND MAYBE A
DIFFERENT APPROACH. AND SO, WE
-- I AM GLAD WE HAVE OUR SEATTLE
CENTRIC LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT
YOUR TEAM IS WORKING ON. THANK
YOU. AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
BE EXACTLY WHAT AWC HAS BECAUSE
THEY ARE JUST SO MANY CITIES
REPRESENTED, AND THEY ARE NOT
ALL GOING TO AGREE ON WHAT TO
PUT ON THEIR LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES. BUT THEY DO A REALLY
GREAT JOB AT LEAST CURRENTLY, ON
HOW THEY GO ABOUT DESIGNATING
THOSE PRIORITIES AND I DON'T
THINK THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH
AT LEAST THEIR TOP PRIORITIES
ARE IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE
HAVE GOING ON IN MY TIME ON THE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR AWC.
THANK YOU. JUST TO PUT US AT
EASE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY
DESPITE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
IN THE PAST. OKAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SOMEWHAT
OF A PROCEDURAL QUESTION HERE.
SO, OUR OFFICE IS NEW, AND WE
HAVE NOT HAD THE SAME
OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF
CONTRIBUTE PARTICIPATE AND
DEVELOPING THIS STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. OBVIOUSLY,
WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR WHO WILL BE
STARTING SOON, AND A NEW COUNCIL
MEMBER. JUST WANT TO TALK
THROUGH ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO
UPDATE OR AMEND THIS. A COUPLE
OTHER COMMENTS THERE WILL BE
ISSUES THAT ARE COME UP DURING
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT ARE NOT
-- THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF. AND
JUST YOU KNOW GIVE ONE EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING I I HEARD
RESOUNDINGLY IS THE NEW FOR
PROGRESSIVE REVENUES. AND I
DIDN'T SEE THAT YET. WE TALKED
BRIEFLY THE OTHER DAY ABOUT
POTENTIALLY AMENDING THIS
LANGUAGE. BUT, COULD YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUTURE
OPPORTUNITIES TO AMEND OR UPDATE
OR WHAT THE PROCESS MIGHT LOOK
LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH A NEW
MAYOR COMING ON BOARD?
>> BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT, I CAN
-- SORRY. JUST WANTED TO NOTE
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK WAS IN
THE EXACT SAME POSITION YOU ARE
RIGHT NOW LAST YEAR. OR THIS
YEAR I SUPPOSE. AND SO WE JUST
-- I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND
THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA RIGHT
NOW. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE
CENTRAL STAFF WAS GOING TO
MENTION THE DUE DATES OF THE
AMENDMENTS. IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
I AM PRETTY SURE ALMOST 99% SURE
WE WILL VOTE THIS OUT OF THE
DECEMBER 9th CITY COUNCIL
MEETING SO THERE IS TILE. GO
AHEAD PLEASE IF I MISSED
ANYTHING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRO. I
AM KARINA BULL COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF. AND I AM STAFFING THE
STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, AND
THE PLAN IS FOR THE RESOLUTION
TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AND THE
ACCOMPANYING EXHIBIT WHICH IS
THE AGENDA ITSELF TO BE
INPRODUCED AT NEXT WEEK'S
COUNCIL MEETING. AND IF COUNCIL
APPROVES A SUSPENSION OF THE
RULES TO VOTE ON THE AGENDA AT
THAT SAME MEETING. THAT WOULD BE
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER AND VOTE ON AMENDMENTS.
AND IF COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
INTERESTED IN PROPOSE
AMENDMENTS, THEN I AM ASKING FOR
THE LANGUAGE AND THE PLACEMENT
BY TOMORROW AT NOON IN ORDER TO
HAVE TIME TO DRAFT AND RUN EYE
BY THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
>> DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP? GO
AHEAD.
>> YEAH, JUST IF YOU COULD ALSO
TALK ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER
THE NEW MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION
WILL CHIME IN OR WHAT THE
PROCESS LOOKS LIKE DURING
LEGISLATIVE SESSION IF NEW
ISSUES COMING UP, HOW THAT PLAYS
OUT.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION. AND THANK YOU
FOR ENGAGING IN WHAT IS A BIT
CHAOTIC FOR YOU. IN THESE EARLY
DAYS. SO, AS TOPICS COME UP
DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE
DO WEIGH IN ON THEM. SO, THIS
WILL NOT BE EXHAUSTIVE IN THE
SENSE THAT OUR TEAM CAN'T WEIGH
IN ON SOMETHING. BECAUSE IT IS
NOT ON THE LIST. WE DO USUALLY
-- WE WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS
ON RAPID SORT OF BILL REVIEW
DURING SESSION. TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE SORT OF HAVE OUR SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTISE WHEN IT COMES
TO THE EFFECT BEFORE WE WEIGH
IN. AND ON REALLY HOT TOPICS,
USUALLY, WE DON'T WEIGH IN
UNTIL WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS INTERNLY. WITH THE
INCOMING MAYOR ELECT WILSON, WE
ARE -- WE WILL BE PLANNING TO
BRIEF HER COMPLETELY ON
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PRIOR TO
SESSION. I HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF
PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS AND
HER TEAM IS TRACKING THE
CONVERSATION HERE AT COUNCIL
TODAY AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED
AGENDA THAT WAS -- THAT'S UP
FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK.
BUT, MUCH IN THE WAY THAT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE NIMBLE AND
FLEXIBLE, AS SORT OF THE SESSION
DYNAMICS ARE UNDERWAY WITH ALL
OF YOU, WE WILL DO THE SAME WITH
THE INCOMING MAYOR AND THE
INCOMING COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL ADD A LITTLE MORE TOO
DURING SESSION, TO PAINT A
PICTURE FOR YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE OFTEN REGULARLY NEW KATE WITH
EACH COUNCIL OFFICE IN THE FORM
THAT MAKES BEST SENSE FOR
COUNCIL OFFICE. IT COULD BE
MEETING WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY
AND WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF. AS
THINGS COMING UP REALLY QUICKLY,
HAVING A KIND OF NARROWED LIST
OF PRIORITIES AS YOU SEE THEM
ARISE OR YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT
THEM OR YOU HEAR ABOUT IT IN THE
COUNCIL BRIEFING, THAT RAPID
COMMUNICATION ON A REGULAR
CADENCE IS HELPFUL TO INFORM THE
WORK ON THE GROUND. SO, YOU CAN
SET THAT UP HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT
IN THE NEW YEAR. AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT IS AN OPEN
INVITATION TO ALL COUNCIL
OFFICES, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING OUT THE SYSTEM WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OR COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUE
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN, LAST YEAR,
THERE -- WE PARTICIPATED IN
LOBBY DAYS AND I PARTICIPATE AS
PART OF ACW BUT COUNCIL MEMBER
SACKA NOT ON AWC AND COUNCIL
MEMBER RINCK AND KETTLE WENT. SO
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO
ENGAGE IN OLYMPIA EVEN THOUGH IT
IS NOT LISTED ON OVERALL AGENDA
WE ADOPT AND A MAYOR AND COUNCIL
COLLECTIVELY. WE KNOW OUR
DIFFERENT DISTRICTS HAVE
INTEREST BEYOND THIS AND I
ENCOURAGE YOU BY NOTE YOU KNOW
THAT HAPPENS AND DON'T MISS AN
OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS A LOBBY
DAY, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO
WAIT FOR LOBBY DAYS. YOU
OBVIOUSLY CAN GO AT ANY TIME AND
ENGAGE WITH THE ELECTIVES IN
OLYMPIA. BUT THE LOBBY DAY I
FOUND VERY HELPFUL LAST YEAR AND
WHERE THERE WERE POINTS OF
COMPROMISE I JOINED MEETING WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA AND OUR
DISTRICTS CARED ABOUT. TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT HAPPENS IN CASE
YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
>> OF COURSE.
>> OKAY. SO I HAVE A COUPLE
COMMENTS AND SOME QUESTIONS. SO
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM
THRILLED TO SEE THE INCLUSION OF
LET'S SEE UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY,
ADDRESS THE STATE PATROLS
TOXICOLOGY LAB BACKLOG AND ALLOW
FOR FEDERALLY ACCREDITED LABS TO
CONDUCT TESTING BLOOD SAMPLES
AND PRESUME DUI CASES. I JUST
READ THAT INTO THE RECORD
BECAUSE THAT GOT PRETTY CLOSE
LAST YEAR IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN
AND I AM SO GLAD TO SEE IT IS --
THAT IT IS REAPPEARING BECAUSE
AS WE KNOW, IT IS THE FAILURE OF
THE STATE LAB TO GET RESULTS
QUICKLY WHICH IS WHAT TIES UP
DUI CASES FOREVER AND OFTEN ENDS
UP IN THEM GETTING DISMISSED
BECAUSE THERE'S A TERM LIMIT
LETS SAY OR A DUE DATE WHEN THEY
HAVE TO BE ACTUALLY PROCESSED OR
NOT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU THANK
YOU FOR YOU PROBABLY AND MANY OF
US PROBABLY INCLUDED THAT IN OUR
DRAFT. SO, BEFORE I CONTINUE
THROUGH I REMINDED MYSELF LOVE
THE TWO-PAGER. SO, I DO WANT TO
SAY JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT
THIS IS AN INNOVATION THAT
APPEARED LAST YEAR THAT STARTED
CONCISE STATEMENT OF OUR TOP
PRIORITIES AND REALLY DO
APPRECIATE THAT WORK. IT IS
ELIMINATING SOMETIMES IS HARDER
THAN ADDING. I APPRECIATE WHAT
GOES INTO THIS. ALL RIGHT. ALSO,
A COMMENT OF MINE IS FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER JUST TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW I WILL BE PROPOSING
AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ADD
LANGUAGE TO THE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA INDICATING SUPPORT FOR
UPDATING ENDANGERMENT WITH A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO INCLUDE
FENTANYL OR SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS.
RIGHT NOW IT JUST INCLUDES
AMPHETAMINES OR LET'S SEE THE
OTHER. SUBSTANCES RELATED TO
METHAMPHETAMINE. AND THERE WAS
STATEMENTS FROM KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR LISA MANNION AND CITY
ATTORNEY ANN DAVISSON LAST
SESSION I BELIEVE STATING
SUPPORT FOR THIS, BUT IT -- I
BELIEVE THAT IT PASSED THE
SENATE, AND IT DIED IN THE
HOUSE. I THINK THAT THE SENATE
BILL WAS 8 -- 50-71. SO THE
SUBSTITUTE BILL PASSED AND IT
DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE IN THE
HOUSE. I AM JUST ASKING THAT IT
BE INCLUDED AND THIS IS TIMELY
BECAUSE JUST YESTERDAY, THE
TIMES RAN A STORY ENTITLED,
LET'S SEE IF I COULD FIND IT
DEATHS OF CHILDREN IN WASHINGTON
WELFARE SYSTEM SHARE A COMMON
PATTERN. AND IT IS THE ARTICLE
ITSELF SHOWS A, QUOTE,
CONCERNING RISE IN SERIOUS
INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN
THAT HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH
AND FAMILIES. IN THE YEAR PRIOR.
WITH 2025 EXPECTED TO TOP THE
NUMBERS RECORDED ANNUALLY IN THE
PAST DECADE. SO END QUOTE. THERE
WERE 30 -- THERE HAVE BEEN 45
DEATHS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER
THIS YEAR. AND LAST YEAR TOTAL
WAS 49 SO IT IS ANTICIPATED WE
WILL SURPASS THAT. YOU MIGHT BE
WONDERING WHAT'S THE COMMON
PATTERN THAT HINTED AT IN THE
TITLE. AND I WILL READ, QUOTE,
THE SURGE IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY
A SHARP RISE IN NEAR DEATHS
FENTANYL EP DIM AND OVERDOSES
AMONG INFANTS. CHILD WELFARE
EXPERTS AND DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
POINT TO ALL INFORM CONTRIBUTING
FACTORS. MASSIVE DECREASES IN
FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT STATEWIDE
AND NATIONALLY. A CHANGE IN
STATE LAW HEIGHTENING THE
STARRED STANDARD FOR REMOVING A
CHILD AND SOCIAL WORKERS TAKE OG
INCREASINGLY UNMANAGEABLE CASE
LOADS. THE TIME IS NOW FOR THAT
UPDATE AND SO, COLLEAGUES, I DO
HAVE A -- I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT
WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE BUT
I'VE BEEN WORK ON THIS WITH
CENTRAL STAFF. OKAY. IF THERE
ARE IN THE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT, I WILL GET TO MY
QUESTIONS. SO, MY FIRST QUESTION
WHEN YOU WERE READING THROUGH
THIS, AND BUILDING ON WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN SAY UNDER
AFFORDABLE, THE LAST BULLET
POINT IS SUPPORT REVENUE OPTIONS
THAT HELP SAFEGUARD ACCESS TO
CENTRAL SERVICE. THIS IS
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCE. ARE
YOU ANTICIPATING THAT THE
PROPERTY TAX INCAREER WILL
REAPPEAR BECAUSE THIS IS A SHORT
AND CONCISE LIST YOU MIGHT ONLY
PUT THINGS DOWN THAT HAVE
ALREADY HAPPENED OR YOU THINK
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF
REAPPEARING.
>> ON THE REVENUE PIECE WE KEPT
IT BROAD BECAUSE IT IS STILL
EARLY SO WE DON'T KNOW THE
ENTIRETY OF WHAT WILL BE
DISCUSSED NEXT SESSION REVENUE
ALSO A TOPIC THAT GOES ON UNTIL
THE END OF SESSION AS A WRITE UP
AND FINALIZE THE BUDGETS.
REGARDING THE PROPERTY TAX THE
LEVY LIFT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
WILL PROBABLY COME UP AGAIN.
UNSURE THE VIABILITY. IT GOT
VERY FAR LAST SESSION AND DIED
AT THE LAST-MINUTE. SO, I THINK
IT WILL COME UP AGAIN, BUT I
THINK THE VIABILITY ISSUE IS
HARD TO SAY AS IT IS WITH MANY
TAX PROPOSALS IN A SESSION LIKE
THIS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER THIS IS KIND OF
THIS WAS SPURRED BY SOMETHING
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE SAID.
HE SAID THE FIRST THIS IS UNDER
PUBLIC SAFETY, THE FIRST BUDGET
IS NICE BUT I DON'T SEE THAT
GOING ANYWHERE. AND I DON'T
REALLY KNOW AND SO THE FIRST
BULLET CHAMPION LEGISLATION THAT
FOSTERS A SAFER ENVIRONMENT BY
GIVING LOCAL JURISDICTION TOOLS
AND FUNDING TO UPHOLD JUSTICE
PROTECT COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE
ACCOUNTABILITY. SO CAN YOU SAY
MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHY IT'S IN
YOUR WELCOME TO CHIME IN ANY
TIME, TOO.
>> YEAH, I AM HAPPY TO GIVE
CONTEXT. IT ACTUALLY IS A BULLET
POINT A CARRY OVER FROM LAST
YEAR. A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND DEPARTMENTS AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WHAT LOT OF DIFFERENT
IDEAS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION
AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS AT STATE LEVEL.
AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE
COMPLETELY EXHAUSTIVE IN THE
TWO-PAGER. AND SO THAT BULLET
POINT IS REALLY TO SET FORWARD
THE VALUES AS WE THINK ABOUT
OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP
NEXT SESSION. SOME TROPICS THAT
COULD BE INCLUDED THAT WE
DIDN'T GET TO HAVE ON THE
TWO-PAGER DIVERSION OR PUBLIC
DEFENSE CASE LOAD STANDARDS.
OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE LAST YEAR A BILL THAT
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US WAS
HOUSE BILL 2015, THIS IS A BILL
THAT HAD A LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANT
AND PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX YOU
ALL TOOK ADVANTAGE OF. THAT WAS
SOMETHING WE DIDN'T FORESEE
GOING INTO SESSION BUT ENDED UP
BEING SOMETHING THAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. SO
THAT'S MAINLY TO HELP SIGNAL AS
WE ENCOUNTER OTHER ISSUES AS WE
NAVIGATE SESSION AND MAKE SURE
WE HAVE OUR VALUES WE ARE
LEADING BY.
>> OKAY. THANKS YOU FOR THAT
ANSWER. THAT REMINDED ME OF A
WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS LAST YEAR.
YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO. I
THOUGHT IT WAS THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING CARE DEPARTMENT OR
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. BUT
THAT DOESN'T HAVE A FUNDING
COMPONENT I DON'T THINK. SO,
ANYWAY. GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I
RECOGNIZE THE POINT WITH A SHORT
SESSIONS LIKE GETTING TO THE
POINT IS GOING TO BE SO
IMPORTANT AND REALLY RACK AND
STACKING THOSE TOP FEW PEEKING
TO GET TRACTION. SO, I WOULD
REORDER IT. IN A SENSE OF I I
SAID, BUT I DIDN'T MEAN TO
DENIGRATE THE BULLET IN ITSELF
BUT IT SENDS A MESSAGE. BUT THE
SHORT SESSION, YOU KNOW BEING
SPECIFIC IS GOING TO BE KEY FOR
US, I BELIEVE.
>> 100%.
>> OKAY THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW REAL IT IS
BUT I WILL SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S
SPECIFIC. THERE ARE I HEARD SOME
INFORMATION THAT THERE'S MAYBE
A THOUGHT ABOUT CRAFT BEER
EXSIGHS TAX INCREASE. I JUST
WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT
CRAFT BEER IS A JOB CREATOR AND
PLACE MAKER FOR NOT JUST SEATTLE
BUT CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED
LOCATIONS AND JURISDICTIONS
ACROSS THE STATE AND I WOULD SAY
LET'S KEEP THE JOBS RIGHT HERE
IN WASHINGTON STATE. BY MAKING
IT EASIER TO RUN A CRAFT BEER
PLACE. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY I
HAVE ONE THING. WAS THERE ANY
TALK ABOUT, AND I DO NOT MEAN TO
BE THIS IS PROBABLY PREMATURE
BUT WHAT ABOUT -- IT'S UNDER
TRANSPORTATION BUT IS THERE
ANYTHING ABOUT LICENSING
AGREEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS
VEHICLES? AND I ONLY ASK THAT
BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WAYMO WAS
DOING TESTING BUT I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. IS THAT
REGULATED AT STATE LEVEL OR DOES
EACH INDIVIDUAL CITY DO ITS
THINGS OR WHAT?
>> REGARDING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A STATE
BILL ALLOWING COMMERCIAL
DEPLOYMENT. RIGHT NOW, TESTING
IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED,
BUT THERE'S NO LEGAL HALFWAY TO
COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT. THERE
HAVE BEEN BILLS INTRODUCED AT
STATE LEVEL AND LIKELY WILL BE
ONE INTRODUCED AT THE NEXT
SECTIONE SESSION.
>> CROWN MEMBER LIN THAT A NEW
HAND.
>> YES.
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> SORRY, JUST ANOTHER KIND OF
PROCESS QUESTION SO GETTING BACK
TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT FIRST
BULLET POINT WHICH IS I READ IT
IS BROADLY WOREED AND I
UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE BEHIND
THAT TRYING TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY
THERE ESPECIALLY WITH THE
TWO-PAGER. BUT I GUESS PART OF
THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS
IT'S SO BROADLY WORDED THAT IT
COULD BE INTERPRETED MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS DEPENDING UPON
THE TYPE OF LEGISLATION. AND I
JUST WONDER HOW YOU WOULD HANDLE
THAT WHEN LEGISLATION COMES UP,
BECAUSE I COULD SEE I MIGHT HAVE
A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF
INTERPRETATION OF WHAT WOULD BE
SUPPORTED BY THAT LEGISLATION OR
THAT LANGUAGE VERSUS SOMEBODY
ELSE AND SO COULD YOU TALK
THROUGH SORT OF HOW YOU
INTERPRET THAT WHEN SPECIFIC
BILLS COMES UP.
>> YEAHP HAPPY TO DO SO. THIS
APPLIES TO ANY LEGISLATION NOT
JUST PUBLIC SAY THE. O IR GOES
THROUGH A MULTI-PRONGED ANALYSIS
APPROACH I WILL SAY. WE
INITIALLY SEND ALL LEGISLATION
WE THINK COULD HAVE ANY SORT OF
IMPACT ON THE CITY OR ANY SORT
OF VIABILITY EXPOSURE AND TOPIC
THAT WE THINK IS RELEVANT TO THE
CITY TO SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS WHO HELPS
US DO THE FIRST READ WHAT DOES
THE BILL DO, WHERE DOES IT
IMPACT US, AND WHO ARE OUR
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON IT. WE
ARE ALSO TALKING REGULARLY WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, REGULARLY
WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND
SO YOUR FREQUENT FEEDBACK WITH
US IS REALLY HELPFUL SO WE CAN
HAVE TRANSPARENCY ON WHERE
EVERYBODY IS STANDING ON
LEGISLATION. AND IF WE HAVE TOO
MUCH CONFLICT ON HOW WE FEEL
ABOUT A BILL, WE OFTEN WILL
MONITOR IT. NOT TAKE AN OFFICIAL
POSITION BUT WE MAY PROVIDE
TECHNICAL FEEDBACK IF IT'S
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT.
BUT WE DON'T TAKE A POSITION
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE THERE
COULD BE DISAGREEMENT. BUT WE
TAKE EVERY BILL ONE BY ONE WE
HAVE TO ANALYZE WHERE WE WILL
STAND AS THINGS COME DOWN. AND
AS THE BILL CHANGES THROUGHOUT
THE PROCESS, TOO BECAUSE
AMENDMENTS HAPPEN AT EVERY STEP
AND SO THE BILL COULD BE
DIFFERENT WHEN IT IS INTRODUCED
TO WHEN IT GOES THROUGH
COMMITTEE. AND SO, AGAIN HAVING
THE FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH
EACH OF YOU HAVING THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING AT A REGULAR CADENCE IS
HELPFUL FOR US TO GET THAT
FEEDBACK AS BILLS HOT TROPICS
ARE MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS
AND WE DON'T WANT TO
MISINTERPRET WHERE THE CITY AT
LARGE IS STANDING ON ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY. LOOKING TO SEE IF WILL
ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. SEEING
NONE, I HOPE THAT YOU ARE
GIRDING YOURSELF FOR A SHORT BUT
POSSIBLY VERY ROCKY GIVEN THE
STATE REVENUE FORECAST ET
CETERA. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK
YOU THAT NOT JUST FOR THE FORMAT
OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
BUT I HAVE SEEN CHANGE OVER TIME
IN YOUR ABILITY TO BE PRETTY --
THIS IS BUILDING ON WHAT CROWN
MEMBER LIN WAS SAYING OR ASKING.
YOUR ABILITY TO INDICATE WHEN
YOU BRIEF EVERY WEEK, WHAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT, WHAT IS
BREAKING, WHAT IS -- WHAT MAYBE
YOU HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT
OR WHAT YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED
IN SEEING PASSING. SO, AND I
UNDERSTAND THERE'S A NEED FOR
DISCRETION AS WELL. BUT JUST AS
IT'S CLEAR AS YOU CAN BE, I
THINK IS GREAT. SO THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY COUNCIL PRESIDENT I
WANT TO THANK OIR FOR HOSTING
THOSE FRIDAY CALLS RELATED TO
FEDERAL ACTION WITH OUR STAFF.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE
LAST YEAR WHEN I REQUESTED IT
AND YOU SO KINDLY FULFILLED MY
REQUEST AND MADE SURE ALL THE
L.A. WERE INCLUDED. I KNOW OUR
STAFF HAS FOUND IT HELPFUL. I
REALLY WANTED TO PUBLICLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THAT WAS
HAPPENING, AND REALLY THANK YOU
FOR THAT, BECAUSE LEEK I SAID
EARLIER, IT IS REALLY HELP NULL
TO KNOW. IT IS A MOVING TARGET
HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, MINUTE BY
MINUTE, CHANGES ARE HAPPENING
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
KEEP ABREAST AS WE ARE DOING OUR
LEGISLATIVE WORK. SO SEPARATE
FROM THE STATE LEVEL, BUT ALSO
IMPACTS THE STATE AS WE ARE ALL
REACTING TO WHAT IS COMING OUT
OF WASHINGTON, D.C. SO, THANK
YOU AGAIN.
>> THAT'S GREAT YOU INCLUDED
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LIN COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA IS REFERRING TO I
BELIEVE AT 9:00 ON FRIDAYS A
WEEKLY CALL WITH OUR D.C.
REPRESENTATIVE. AND THAT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE LATEST
THAT'S COMING DOWN POTENTIAL
FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES ET
CETERA, SO IT IS VERY HELPFUL.
YEAH. ALWAYS STAY INFORMED AND
PREPARED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK
AND YOU ARE NOT IN MY LINE OF
SMITE SAMIR BUT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON HERE,
COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH HAS
TWO PROCLAMATIONS FOR SIGNATURE
AND FIRST PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZES DECEMBER 2nd, 2025 TO
BE JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER DAY IN
SEATTLE. SO COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH PLEASE LEAD THE
DISCUSSION ON THE PROCLAMATION
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM
COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE I SEE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO SIGN.
>> AWESOME THANK YOU. I AM
BRINGING FOR TWO PROCLAMATIONS
FOR TWO CONSIDERATION AND
SIGNATURES. THESE WILL BE
PRESENTED WITH FAMILY MEMBERS
TOMORROW DURING FULL COUNCIL. I
WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND CLERKSS FOR MAKE THE
PRESENTATIONS HAPPEN TOMORROW.
IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO
EVERYONE INVOLVED. THE FIRST ONE
IS JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER DAY JOHN
JEFFREY TUCKER IS THE FOUNDER OF
LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS
SENT HERE PASSED AWAY MARCH
22nd, 2025. HE WAS A VISIONARY
ARTS LEAD HERE DEDICATED HIS
LIFE TO EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES,
CULTURAL EXPRESSION AND
COMMUNITY PRIDE IN SEATTLE. HE
LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON
GENERATIONS AND ARTISTS AND
RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO
JOIN IN ON HONORING HIS LEGACY
WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF JOHN
JEFFREY TUCKER DAY TOMORROW
WHICH IS DECEMBER 2nd, 2025. HIS
SON KEITH TUCKER HAS NONPROFIT
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OFF
CHERRY CALLED HIP-HOP IS GREEN.
WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
USES HIDE ROW UPONNICS AND
PLANTS TO GROW AND ALSO MUSIC TO
DRAW THE YOUNG FOLKS IN. SO,
WITH LOVE EVERYONE TO SIGN ONTO
THE PROCLAMATION IF YOU SO WISH.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR MAKING THAT CONNECTION FOR
ME BECAUSE HIP-HOP IS GREEN WAS
ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE
CHERRY STREET SMALL BUSINESS
MARKET FAIR I CAN'T REMEMBER
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS CALLED. BUT
IT WAS IT HAPPENED OVER THE
SUMMER WHEN I FIRST GOT TO KNOW
THE ORGANIZATION. NOT ONLY WERE
THEY -- THEY WERE, YOU KNOW,
THEY HAD A BAND, IT WAS PLAYING
AND THEY ALSO REALLY DO TAKE A
CONSCIENTIOUSOUS VIEW OF HUSH
URBAN HORTICULTURE. I APPRECIATE
YOU MAKING THE CONNECTION AND
RECOGNIZING THE PASSING OF
SOMEONE WHO IS SO IMPORTANT IN
OUR CITY AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS COMMENTS? INPUT? OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SEEING THERE'S NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON THE PROCLAMATION
WILL THE CLARK CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURES
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING DECEMBER 2nd AS JOHN
JEFFREY TUCKER DAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MANY JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMORY VAIRA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> AND COUNCIL HOLING WORTH.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> AYE.
>> NINE NAMES WILL BE AFFECTION
EXAMINED COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH RECOGNIZE DECEMBER
2nd RENEE McCOY DAY. COUNCIL
MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH LEAD THE
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND I APOLOGIZE I KNOW BOTH
THESE REQUESTS CAME TO MY OFFICE
AND COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK'S
OFFICE AND EVEN THOUGH I KIND OF
TOOK THE LEAD I KNOW WE WERE
BOTH VERY SUPPORTIVE ON THIS. SO
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
BOTH OF THE PROCLAMATIONS. DR.
RENEE McCOY PROCLAMATION FOR DR.
RAY NAY McCOY DAY DR. RENEE
McCOY CELEBRATED FOR MORE THAN 4
DECADES OF INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP
AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AND HIV AIDS
AND PREVENTION AND SHE IS A
COMMUNITY ADVOCATE ACROSS CITIES
IN NEW YORK TO SEATTLE, AND SHE
GREW UP ACTUALLY IN DETROIT. AS
BOTH SHE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH
LEADER AND ORDAINED MINISTER AND
HAS FOUNDED ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ADDRESSES HEALTH DISPARITIES AND
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND I ALWAYS
SAY GAY BUT IT'S LGBTQIA AND
PROVIDE SAFE SPACE FOR THOSE IN
NEED. SCHOLAR AND EDUCATOR AND
ARTIST AND LIFELONG COMMITMENT
TO SERVE AND EMPOWERMENT
EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGHEST IDEAS OF
LEADERSHIP AND COLLEAGUES WOULD
LOVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR US TO
HONOR DR. RENEE McCOY DAY. BOTH
OF THOSE DAYS WILL BE DECEMBER
2nd, SO THEY WILL BE ONE OF THE
MOST PROGRESSIVE DAYS IN
SEATTLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ADANYTHING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
TAKING LEAD PUTTING THEM
TOGETHER AND GETTING THEM BEFORE
COUNCIL. THEY ARE IMPORTANT
PROCLAMATION AND I WILL EAGER TO
PUT MY NAME ON THEM. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
HANDS RAISED CAN YOU PLEASE
RESTATE IT IF MISSED IT WHO WILL
THERE BE ANYBODY TO PRESENT THE
SECOND PROCLAMATION TOMORROW.
>> YES THERE WILL BE DR. RENEE
McCOY WILL BE HERE.
>> SHE WILL BE HERE.
>> YES.
>> IT WILL BE A SURPRISE. FOR
HER AND.
>> NOT ANYMORE.
>> WELL,.
>> SORRY.
>> SORRY SHE IS NOT WATCHING THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL. AT 3:00 ON A
MONDAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
APPRECIATE THAT. AND THIS IS I
WILL SAVE MY SPEECH FOR
TOMORROW. OKAY. THE CLARK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLLS SINCE I SEE NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON
PROCLAMATION. CALL THE ROLL
RECOGNIZING DECEMBER 2nd AS DR.
RENEE McCOY DAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> YE.
>> COUNCIL MEMORY VAIRA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> CROWNS SMELL STRAUSS.
>> YE.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> YES.
>> APPRECIATE THAT. WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA WHICH IS
SHORTHAND BLUE SKY WHAT
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN DOING AND
WHAT'S UPCOMING IN THE
COMMITTEES ET CETERA AND THE
ROLE CALL BEGINS WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES, IT DOES. THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I THOUGHT IT
WAS COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
I WOULD TALK TO THE CLERK ABOUT
THAT BUT I THINK TOMORROW WE
START A DIFFERENT ROLL CALL
RIGHT?
>> IT WAS RAFT WEEK?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> WE WILL HAVE A BOOMER MOMENT
HERE. OKAY. WELL FIRST OF ALL
WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. SO,
FROM DJD5 TO ELD2
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO
CITY COUNCIL WE ARE A FUN GROUP.
GET READY FOR THAT. LET'S SEE
LAST WEEK I HAVE FEW ITEMS, BUT
LAST WEEK, WE HAD THE HONOR THIS
CITY OUR GREAT CITY, OF HOSTING
I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE
82nd ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS ALSO KNOWN AS NCAI. IT
WAS HELD AT NEW CONVENTION
CENTER LAST MONTH. WE HAD OVER
2500 FOLKS THAT ATTENDED THE
CONFERENCE AND, OF COURSE, THIS
COUNTRY HAS WELL OVER 560
TRIBES. NCI WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1944. AND I CAN SAY MY
GRANDFATHER WAS ON BLACK FEET
TRIBAL COUNCIL AND ATTEND AND WE
ARE HERE 81 YEARS LATER STILL
DOING THIS. I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY AND HONOR TO NOT
ONLY SIT WITH FORMER INTERIOR
SECOND DEB HOLLAND BUT A DEAR
FRIEND OF OURS PEGGY FLANIGAN
ONE OF THE-- SHE WAS AN ELECTED
OUT OF MINNESOTA. SO, THAT WAS
GREAT. AND THEN I ALSO HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MODERATE A NCAI
NATIVE ELECTIVE OFFICIAL PANEL
WHICH ALL THE PEOPLE THE
PANELISTS ARE DEAR FRIENDS OF
MINE SENDTOR KAUFMAN WHO IS
NESPERS AND REPRESENTED DEB AND
CHRIS STEARNS WHO IS NAIVE HOE.
AND MAYOR OF SHORELINE CHRIS
ROBERTS WHO IS WORLD MEMBER OF
THE CHOCTAW NATION. AND YOU KNOW
YOU DON'T WE WILL LEARN NOW WE
MEET THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES A
YEAR AND WE WILL BE ATTENDING
THE ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THEY HAVE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHICH WILL BE AT IN FEBRUARY AND
ALSO HOSTING WHICH I'VE DONE
NOW IN OUR 23rd YEAR HONORING
THE HONORING WOMEN'S LUNCHEON
WHICH WE HONOR NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMEN WHO HAVE EITHER HAD
LEADERSHIP NOT ONLY IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES BUT CERTAINLY WELL
OUTSIDE OF INDIAN COUNTRY. OUR
DISCUSSION ON THE PANEL
ISN'TERED ABOUT HOW WE GOT INTO
POLITICS. THE VALUE OF BRINGING
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBES TO
GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMIC VITALITY, HOW WE
ENVISION TRIBAL LEADERS A--
INFLUENCE TO ELEVATE PRIORITIES
OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND CITIES AND
COUNTIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND
COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN. MOVING ON,
THIS WEEK, THIS I THINK SOME OF
YOU MAY ATTEND THIS TOMORROW. WE
WILL BE HONORING ELIZABETH DOLL
HENLEY'S NUMEROUS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS LEADING AURORA
COMMONS FOR 14 YEARS TOMORROW
EVENING. ELIZABETH I KNEW HER
WHEN SHE WAS ELIZABETH DOLL A
DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND WORKED
WITH HER FOR WELL OVER A DECADE
WITH AURORA COMMONS AND AURORA
COMMENTS SUPPORTS UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS LOVING ALONG AURORA
CORRIDOR INCLUDING SURVIVORS AND
THOSE EXPERIENCING COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. AND 2014
ELIZABETH SECURED THE 501C3
STATUS FOR THE ORGANIZATION
WHICH THEY HADN'T HAD UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP THE ORGANIZATION HAS
GROWN EXPEDIENTIALLY. WITH CITY
BUDGETS SUPPORT OVER THE LAST
DECADE AURORA COMMONS AND
LAUNCHED A HEALTH CARE LYNNISH
WITH UDUB HARBORVIEW AND
PURCHASED THE BUILDING TO
PROVIDE STABILITY AND SERVICES
THANK YOU LAST THREE CITY
COUNCILS. PROVIDED THAT IN THE
BUDGET AND THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS FOR HELPING ON
THAT. DEVELOPED A PEER
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS
AND SURVIVORS OF COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. ELIZABETH
DOLL GREW THE ORGANIZATION
BUDGET AND I KNOW THIS FOR A
FACT, FROM 2015 FROM $180,000 TO
$2.1 MILLION TO SERVE THE
COMMUNITY WITH DIGNITY AND CARE.
AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ATTEND
THE AURORA COMMONS DINNER EVERY
YEAR. IT'S A PHENOMENAL EVENT
AND I AM SURE WE WILL CONTINUE
TO ATTEND EVEN THOUGH ELIZABETH
WILL NOT BE THE ED AND WE WILL
MOVE ON AND MISS HER GREATLY.
DISTRICT 5 IS DEEPLY GRATEFUL
AND I AM SURE CITY IS FOR
ELIZABETH'S LEADERSHIP AND ALL
THE CARE THAT SHE BROUGHT TO OUR
COMMUNITY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
ELIZABETH IS A DEAR FRIEND AND
SISTER OF MINE. WE HAVE GOTTEN
SO MUCH WORK TOGETHER SITTING
DOWN OVER A CUP OF COFFEE AND
JUST GETTING THINGS DONE. NO
NEED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING
OR PRESS RELEASE. JUST DOING THE
WORK. WITH THAT, I HAVE ON A
PERSONAL NOTE IF YOU LET ME,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BECAUSE I
KNOW SOME OF YOU GOT MY MEMES
THIS WEEKEND AM I SAYING IT
RIGHT. YES MA'AM, LOVE IT. I
WANT TO SHARE THAT YESTERDAY,
REPRESENTATIVE SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
WOULD HAVE BEEN 101-YEAR-OLD.
SHE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 30th, 1924
AND PASSED WALKED ON ON JANUARY
1ST, 2005 AND THOSE YOUNGINS
THAT DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS
REPRESENTATIVE UNBOSSED AND
UNBOUGHT IN 1968 SHE WAS THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN AYE ELECTED TO
CONGRESS AND 1972, SHE WAS THE
FIRST BLACK CANDIDATE FOR A
MAJOR PARTY NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. SHE
ALSO RECEIVED IN 2015 AFTER HER
PASSING, THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL
OF FREEDOM FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA.
AND 2024, THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD
MEDAL FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, IN 20 --
1972, I DON'T KNOW I THINK IT
WAS I WAS 11 OR 12, BEFORE I
KNEW HOW THE WORLD REALLY
WORKED, I WAS WATCHING TV AND I
REMEMBER HER SPEECH. AND I
HONESTLY THOUGHT IN MY LITTLE
19, 12-YEAR-OLD BRAIN THAT YES,
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT. STILL COULD HAPPEN.
SO, WITH THAT, THE ON PERSONAL
NOTE WHY SHE IS HERO OF MINE
BESIDES ALL HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND HER WAY SHE REALLY WAS THE
MOTHER OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY.
SHE REALLY TAUGHT US PROGRESSIVE
VALUES ARE DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND
WE DON'T NEED DRAW LINES OR
HAVE LABELS TO KNOW WE ALL CARE
ABOUT THE SAME THINGS. AND WITH
THAT, REPRESENTATIVE CHISHOLM
SHARED SOMETHING WITH ME ON A
PERSONAL NOTE. SHE ALSO HAD MS.
AND SHE RETIRED IN CONGRESS WITH
MANY, MANY AWARDS. AND I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SOME OF THE
PLACES THAT SHE STARTED IN TEXAS
AFTER SHE RETIRED. AND SHE WAS
VERY JUST AN ADVOCATE FOR
DISABILITIES, AND PEOPLE WITH MS
AND FOR ME, JUST ON A PERSONAL
NOTE I DON'T THINK YOU MEET A
LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN THIS
WORLD. AND I AM HOPING THAT IF
ANYONE WATCHES THIS CHANNEL,
THAT LALEAD LEADERSHIP IS IT'S
SHARED AND MODELED. AND IT IS
KIND AND IT'S DECENT. IT IS NOT
THE SOMETIMES CULTIVATED
PERFORMANCE ART WE SEE. BIDS
REAL LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE CARE
ABOUT PEOPLE. SO WITH THAT,
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. INSPIRING AND I DO
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PANEL
THAT YOU WERE ON.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> IS -- CAN THE PUBLIC SEE THAT
ANYWHERE? WAS IT RECORDED?
>> YES IT WAS AND I JUST WANT TO
CORRECT MYSELF IT WAS I FORGOT
FOR A MINUTE. IT OUR DEAR FRIEND
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY
FLANIGAN WHO IS ALSO RUNNING FOR
THE SENATE. THAT'S A POLITICAL
ISSUE BUT SHE IS A DEAR FRIEND
IN INDIAN COUNTRY AND IT WAS IF
IF YOU GO TO NCAI WEBSITE WHICH
THE AGENDA UP IS FOR FEBRUARY AS
WELL, WILL SEE THE MODERATED
PANEL. AND YOU KNOW FOR US, IN
THIS CITY I WAS SO PROUD OR CITY
HOSTED OVER 2500 PEOPLE TRIBES
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WERE
HERE ALASKA, CALIFORNIA,
OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, NEVADA, NEW
YORK, MY TRIBE MONTANA, AND ALSO
TO SEE SO MANY OTHER WE HAD
LUNCH WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE
AG AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE
OTHER ELECTED THERE. I WANT TO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH AND STRAUSS AS
WELL AS YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU FIND THAT
THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY
DEFINITION OR LINES BETWEEN
INDIAN COUNTRY AND THE REST OF
THE WORLD, BECAUSE TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP SHARED LEADERSHIP WE
WANT THE SAME THINGS. AND, I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
WALKED AWAY WITH ON THIS
CONFERENCE IS THE ECONOMIC
VITALITY AND I THINK COUNCIL
PRESIDENT THANKS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH ME ON THIS FOR
YEARS AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS IS NOT ONLY WEAVING BUT
UNDERSTANDING BEYOND LAND
ACKNOWLEDGES WHICH I THINK ARE
STUPID, LAND BACK. BUT ALSO WE
WEAVE TRIBES INTO THE ECONOMIC
ECOSYSTEM AND FAMILY OF THE
GREAT CITY WHICH IS THERE IS.
THAT'S NOT CHIEF SEATTLE AND
PLAINS INDIAN AND WE LIKE TO
POINT OUT. SO I AM REALLY
HOPEFUL. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE
WALKING AROUND WITH NOT A LOT OF
HOPE BUT I FEEL A LOT OF HOPE
AND JOY. I AM EXCITED ABOUT
2026. SO, YES, THINK YOU CAN
FIND ME ON TV IF YOU CAN'T I
WILL SEND IT TO YOU. HOW ABOUT
THAT? IT WAS A GREAT PANEL. AND
ALL FOUR OF THE ELECTED I HAVE
KNOWN MY WHOLE LIFE PRACTICALLY.
AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO BE
AROUND OTHER ELECTEDS OUTSIDE OF
INDIAN COUNTRY BUT AT A NATIVE
AMERICAN EVENT WITH OTHER TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP. AND IT KIND OF IS
NICE TO BE AROUND THAT. SO THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? OKAY.
>> SEEING NONE.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S SEE COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE YOU ARE NEXT IN LINE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU DJD5 AND I WANTED
TO PASS FROM AKD7 TO RLD2
ANOTHER WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL.
THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
SAFETY MEETING IS A WEEK FROM
TOMORROW STARTING WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY REVIEW FROM THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM SAFETY. ONE ITEM FROM THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION AND THEN REVIEW OF
THE COMMITTEE'S MOVING FORWARD
MISSION VISION AND STREAM
FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR SAFER
SEATTLE. YOU KNOW LOOKING TO YOU
KNOW MAKE TWEAKS ADJUSTMENTS,
INCORPORATE THE LESSONS LEARNED
AND MY TEAM WILL BE IN CONTACT
WITH OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TEAMS ON THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST TO
KIND REEF VIEW AND SET UP THE
WORK FOR 2026. THIS WEEK, TODAY,
I MET WITH LOCAL [INAUDIBLE] IBW
# 7 TOMORROW AND COMMUNITY SOUTH
LAKE UNION COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND
WEDNESDAY QUEEN ANN COMMUNITY
COUNCIL WITH MY TEAM. ALSO THAT
DAY MEETING WITH OIG AND DSA AND
WE HAVE A REGIONAL WATER QUALITY
COMMITTEE MEETING IN PERSON
ANNUAL IN PERSON RWQC MEETING
CHARRED BY CHAIR CLAWEDDIA
BERTUCCI. THURSDAY, FOLLOW UP
MEETING OR SOUTHWEST VISIT
PRECINCT WHICH I AM LOOK FORWARD
TO AND ALSO PIKE PLACE MARKET
MEETING AHEAD OF A CONSTITUENT
MEETING IN COMMUNITY AND
DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. AND
FINALLY FRIDAY, MEETING WITH DSA
BUILDING AND TRADES HAVING THEIR
EVENT AND ALSO QUEEN ANNE IS
HAVING THE TREE LIGHTING
CEREMONY THAT DAY. FOR NEXT
WEEK, MEETING WITH SOUND TRANSIT
AND ALSO CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, AND
I MENTIONED TUESDAY WITH THE
COMMITTEE MEETING. AND WEDNESDAY
THE AQUARIUM AND ALSO THE
DEWARMISH TRAVEL SERVICES. PSRC
TRANSPORTATION ON THURSDAY. AND
ALSO MOATING WITH AS MENTIONED
ALLUDED TO EARLIER WITH OUR
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 36LD,
REPRESENTATIVE JEWELY REID AND
CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB AND
MARITIME BLUE TEAM. SO THAT'S
WHAT'S COMING UP IN COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO, WITH OUR EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES LIKE THE PSRC MEETING
ON THURSDAY, AND THEN RWQC
MEETING WATER QUALITY MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY. AND THAT'S IT. THANK
YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON THE
ASSUMPTION THERE'S NO QUESTIONS
FROM ME.
>> YOU CAN THINK OF S IF YOU
WANT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING
NONE, SO GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER
LIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WARM
WELCOME. EXCITED TO DO THE
CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN TOMORROW.
COMING UP THIS WEEK, WE WILL BE
HAVING A LAND USE COMMITTEE
MEETING WITH SOME EXCITING SEEPA
AND FEMAED IN A PLAINS
LEGISLATION. SO STAY TUNED FOR
THAT ONE. BUT, YEAH, THAT'S ALL
I HAVE ON MY CALENDAR THAT I
NEED TO SHARE AT THIS MOMENT. SO
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU. WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ME -- DID YOU SAY WHAT TIME IT
WAS. THAT'S A MORNING MEETING
CORRECT?
>> ON WEDNESDAY IT'S AT 2:00.
>> OKAY. STAND CORRECTED. IN THE
AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER LIN
TO THE FIRST COUNCIL BRIEFING. I
AM SO EXCITED YOU ARE JOINING
COUNCIL AND I RECALL FIRST
MEETING YOU IN THE APPOINTMENT
PROCESS. AND JUST BEING WOWED
EVEN THEN ABOUT THE EXPERTISE
AND SPIRIT THAT YOU WANTED TO
BRING TO COUNCIL AND NOW SEEING
THAT THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 2
HAVE SPOKEN AND SAID LOUD AND
CLAR THEY WANT YOU HERE IT'S
JUST SO INCREDIBLE TO SEE. I AM
EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU
THIS YEAR AND WANT TO GIVE
OUTWARMEST OF WELCOMES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TAKING US TO COMMITTEE, FIRST
FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABILITY CITY
LIGHT AND ARTS CULTURE
COMMITTEE, WE WILL MEET THIS
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 5th THE FINAL
HEATH YEAR -- THE CITY LIGHT
REVIEW PANEL AND MUSEUM
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND
CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY. AND WE
WILL ALSO HAVE A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON CITY LIGHTS
INFRASTRUCTURE STABILITY AND
RELIABILITY. SO, THIS
PRESENTATION ON CITY LIGHTS
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IS
IMPORTANT. WE ALL HAVE HEARD.
>> OUR CONSTITUENTS OR
EXPERIENCED OURSELF PROFOUND
OUTAGES. IF YOU WANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING
TO THE VARIOUS OUTAGES, WE SEE
PERIODICALLY ACROSSTON I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO
COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY. EVERYONE IS
WELCOMED. TAKING US ALSO TO
FEDERAL SELECT COMMITTEE ON
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND
POLICY CHANGES FRIDAY DECEMBER
19th SELECT COMMITTEE WE ARE
CANCELING IT. WE ARE UNABLE TO
MEET FULL QUORUM IT'S BEEN
WINTER RECESS SO SORRY WE
COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK BUT WE
WILL RECONVENE IN THE NEW YEAR
AND ASSESS WHATEVER CRISIS IS
COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
AT THIS TIME. I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT OVER THE HOLIDAY, HE
JOINED THIS STONE SOUP CREW FOR
THEIR FIRST ANNUAL THANKSGIVING
FEAST CAL ANDERSON PARK. THE
STONE CREW WAS ABLE TO SERVE
ROUGHLY 200 PEOPLE MANY UNHOUSED
TRANCE AND QUEER YOUTH LIVING
AROUND KYLE ANDERSON PARK AND WE
HAND OUT ALONG WITH A MEAL COLD
WEATHER GEAR AND HYGIENE KITS.
THANK YOU TO CENTRAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH FOR OPENING UP THE
KITCHEN TO THE CREW TO DO THIS
WORK AND VOLUNTEERS WITH THE
CREW SPOKE TO THE URGENT NEED TO
SUPPORT HUNDREDS OF TRANS YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE THEIR WAY
TO SEATTLE NOT JUST FROM OUR
REGION BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BECAUSE WE ARE A WELCOMING CITY.
AND THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT
WAS ALSO EXPRESSED AT THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION A FEW WEEKS AGO. ON
20TH I PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION
TO REMAINS TRANCE GENDER DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE IT WAS EMOTIONAL
BECAUSE ZOOM OF TRANS NEIGHBORS
HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES END FAR TOO
EARLY. I BRING THE POINTS UP TO
SAY THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS TRANS
AND QUEER YOUTH IN THE PARK
SHOULD AND WAKEUP CALL.
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS LIKE STONE
SOUP'S CREWS AND NETWORKS OF
FOLKS DONATING SAFE
TRANSPORTATION AND A WARM PLACE
TO SLEEP SHORT-TERM ARE NOT
ENOUGH. AND THAT WAS HEARD LOUD
AND CLEAR. SO, WE NEED TO BE
FOCUSING IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM
ON POLICY AND INVESTMENTS THAT
SUPPORT THIS RAPIDLY EMERGING
SITUATION. AND TO END ON A HIGH
NOTE, WE HAVE THREE NEW LINK
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS OPENING THIS
WEEKEND IN SOUTH KING COUNTY.
SOUND TRANSIT IS CELEBRATING
GRAND OPENING KENT DES MOINES
STAR LAKE AND DOWNTOWN FEDERAL
WEIGH STATION DECEMBER 6th THIS
UPCOMING SATURDAY ADDING 7.8
MILES TO LINE ONE AND ANOTHER
BIG WIN FOR OUR REGION. AND
ADDRESSING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. CONTRIBUTED BY SINGLE
OCCUPANCY CARS. I WILL BE THERE
SATURDAY MORNING RIDING ALONG
WITH MANY MEMBERS OF OUR TRANSIT
GEEK COMMUNITIES. AND I HOPE TO
SEE MANY OF YOU THERE AS WELL. I
KNOW I AM CERTAINLY EXCITED THAT
SEATTLE WILL BE MORE BROADLY
CONNECTED TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN
SOUTH KING COUNTY. AND WITH
THAT, I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS OR PASS IT ALONG TO
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERIA I
BELIEVE.
>> SEEING NO QUESTIONS GO AHEAD,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES. LOOKING
BACKWARDS OR LOOKING BACK IN
TIME I WAS HONORED TO ATECH
MUCKEL SHUTE TRIBE'S LUNCHEON
WHERE YOU KNOW THIS WAS A PART
OF WHAT WE HEARD OUR COLLEAGUE
TALK ABOUT AND IT WAS A HUMBLING
EXPERIENCE AND I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR
TRIBAL PARTNERS AND HEAR FROM
THEM.
>> I FORGOT COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA I FORGOT. I WAS TRYING TO
LOOK DOWN THE THING FURTHER. I
APOLOGIZE.
>> NO WORRIES.
>> WE HAD A HUG AND SAID HI.
>> WE HAD A HUG FOR SURE. SO,
REALLY APPRECIATE JOINING YOU
AND OTHERS THERE. ALSO, ATTENDED
THE FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
PROMISE LEVIES OVERSITE
COMMITTEE. LAST ONE FOR THE 2018
LEVY AS WE CLOSE UP THE 2018
LEVY, COLLEAGUES YOU MAY
REMEMBER THAT THE 20 -- THE LEVY
RUNS ON A SCHOOL YEAR NOT A
CALENDAR YEAR. SO, SOME OF THE
2018 LEVY INVESTMENTS GO INTO
NEXT YEAR. PART OF THE YEAR.
THIS NOW LEVY RENEWAL THAT WE
ARE EXCITED PASSED
OVERWHELMINGLY AS YOU KNOW. AND
THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THE
-- THE IMPLEMENT STATION PLAN
THAT IMPLEMENTATION FLAG AND
THEY WILL SEE THE A NEW LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO DO
RENEWAL LEVY PIECE. AND THAT
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL BE
COMPRISED OF MERRILL
APPOINTMENTS MAYORAL
APPOINTMENTS AND CITY COUNCIL
AND THEY WILL BE REACHING OUT
AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR
DISTRICTS SPECIFIC APPOINTMENTS
LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO THE NEW
ITERATION OF THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. SO MORE TO COME ON
THAT AS THE DEPARTMENT WORKS ON
THAT. BUT I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LAST
MEETING OF THAT PASSED THE
IMMEDIATE PASSED OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AS YOU KNOW,
THESE ARE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
AND I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT FOLKS
LEND THEIR, PERTEES AND THEIR
TIME TO PARTICIPATE ON THESE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES. FOR THE
LEVIES WE PASS AT CITY. SO, IN
THIS DAYS, THE FAMILIES AND
EDUCATION LEVY, BUT I KNOW WE
HAVE OTHER LEVIES LIKE THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND THE
LIBRARIES LEVY WHICH BY THE WAY,
NEXT YEAR IS A RENEWAL OF THE
LIBRARIES LEVY. AND THERE'S THE
LEVY EXCUSE ME, LIBRARY'S BOARD
LIBRARY BOARD THAT HELPS OVERSEE
THE LEVY FUND FOR THAT LEVY.
ALSO, I WILL SAY FOR THE
FAMILIES ANDEDCATION PRESCHOOL
PROMISE LEVY, DEPARTMENT IS
ENGAGING IN OUTREACH. THEY WILL
START TOMORROW STARTS THE FIRST
ONE. I WILL BE SENDING OUT MY
OFFICE WILL BE SENDING OUT THE
NEWSLETTER TODAY THAT HAS, I
THINK, THERE ARE FOUR STARTING
OUTREACH SESSIONS THEY ARE BEING
CALLED, AND SO I WELCOME YOU TO
SHARE IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS SO
THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS CAN
ATTEND ONE OF THE SESSIONS AND
HEAR ABOUT THE LEVY WORK AND
ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, GIVE
FEEDBACK ON THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT
THE CURRENT LEVY AND THEN THE
UPCOMING LEVY RENEWAL PROPOSAL.
SO, MORE TO COME ON THAT AS
WELL. LET'S SEE. THIS WEEK AS
WELL, I HAD MY REGULAR CHECK IN
WITH CAPTAIN DAVISON OF THE
NORTH PRECINCT TO HEAR ABOUT
DISTRICT SPECIFIC PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES. I ALSO AM MEETING WITH
CONSTITUENTS AND THIS FRIDAY I
WILL PARTICIPATE AND WELCOME
YOUR JOINING ME AT CITY OF
SEATTLE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
APPRECIATION RECEPTION. THIS
RECEPTION IS FOR ALL THE BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY.
THERE ARE ABOUT ALMOST 200
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE
CITY AS YOU KNOW. AND THIS IS
THEIR APPRECIATION EVENT. THEY
DO IT AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR.
AND IT'S REALLY A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE
FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME
TO SIT ON THE BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS. AND REALLY HELP THE
CITY DO THE WORK OF MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS DEPENDING ON THE
BOARD AND COMMISSION TO US AND
TO THE MAYOR AND IT IS REALLY A
GREAT -- IT'S GREAT EVENT. I
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND IT'S
JUST LEEK I SAID, IT'S GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALLY THANK
FOLKS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME
AND THEIR, PERTEES. AND THEIR
INTERESTS ON THE BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS. NEXT WEEK, I AM
LOOKING AT MY NOTES NEXT WEEK
LOTS GOING ON. NEXT WEEK I WILL
HAVE MY EDUCATION NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE ON THE AGENDA. IS DR.
SHAPELL'S AND DIRECTOR
SHAPELL'S BOTH DIRECTOR AND
DOCTOR SHAPEEL'S REAPPOINTMENT.
MY TEAM SENT OUT I SENT OUT AN
EMAIL FOLKS TO YOU ALL MAYBE
LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE.
ASKING FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR DIRECTOR DR.
SHAPELL. AND I KNOW MY TEAM
FOLLOWED UP WITH YOUR LAs AND
KNOW WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
BUDGET BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH
DIRECTOR DR. SHAPELL'S
REAPPOINTMENT. CONFIRMATION
PROCESS SO IF YOU DO HAVE
QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET MY OFFICE
KNOW RIGHT AWAY. WINDY WILL
START WORKING ON THAT. AND THAT
WAY DIRECTOR SHAPELL CAN HAVE
SUFFICIENT TIME TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS IN PREPARATION FOR
NEXT WEEK. AND I AM WORKING
THROUGH THE OR AGENDA ITEMS
CURRENTLY. SO I WILL SHARE THAT
AS SOON AS I HAVE THAT. AND I
THINK LIKE HE SAID EARLIER,
THERE'S LOTS GOING ON, BUT I
WILL STOP HERE IN THE INTEREST
OF TIME AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> LEADS US TO LET'S SEE WHO
CAN DO THE ALPHABET COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU MADAM.
>> YOU HAPPEN TO BE RIGHT NEXT
TO HER BECAUSE WE ARE ARRANGED
ALPHABETICALLY.
>> THANK YOU ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FIRST AND
FOREMOST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEND A HEARTFELT
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST COLLEAGUE
AT THE END OF THE DESK COUNCIL
MEMBER LIN EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
CALL YOU A COLLEAGUE ANEW SO TO
SPEAK, AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
YOU HERE IN THIS BODY. WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
AND LEADERSHIP THAT YOU
REPRESENT, AND EXCITED TO ALWAYS
HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE NO
TIE CLUB BUT FELLOW CHAMPION OF
ADDING NEW SIDEWALKS AND TRAFFIC
SAFETY INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT
OUR CITY. SO, WELCOME AGAIN. ON
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
FRONT COLLEAGUES, NEXT MEETING
IS TOMORROW TUESDAY, DECEMBER
2nd AT 9:30 A.M. FULL AGENDA
INCLUDING APPOINTMENTS ARE
CURRENTLY SCHEDULED. SO, AGENDA
HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, SO WE ARE
GOING TO BE CONSIDERING A NUMBER
OF APPOINTMENTS TO MOTO BOARDS
AND LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENT FROM DISTRICT 7.
GOING TO HEAR A PRESENTATION
FROM OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ON THE LEVY
DELIVERY PLAN PROGRESS FROM 2025
AND ALSO A BRIEF LOOK AHEAD FOR
2026. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON TWO
PROPOSED LEGISLATION OF SDOT OF
A STREET VACATION BLOCK 24
AROUND SOUTH LAKE UNION AND WEST
END SKY BRIDGE SEPARATE VACATION
AS WELL. SO, TOP TOMORROW, AS
ALWAYS, EVERYONE IS WELCOMED. I
KNOW EVERYONE GEEKS OUT ABOUT
THESE ALLEY VACATIONS STREET
VACATIONS, ET CETERA. BUT, WE
HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF
TO TALK ABOUT TOMORROW,
INCLUDING LEVY DELIVERY PLAN
PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS. MOVING
ON REGIONAL FAIR FORUM. SO
COLLEAGUES, I MENTIONED A FEW
TIMES IN COUNCIL BRIEFING MY
PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY AND WHAT'S
CALLED A REGIONAL FAIR FORUM.
STARTING. THERE IS FOUR OR SO
SESSIONS STARTING IN MAY OR JUNE
OF THIS YEAR. I ATTENDED MOST OF
THEM. I HAD SOME CONFLICTING
COMP PLAN MEETINGS THAT
PRECLUDED MY ATTENDANCE, BUT, I
ATTENDED THE LAST ONE WHICH WAS
IN SEPTEMBER RIGHT BEFORE
BUDGET, AND SO I WANTED TO JUST
QUICKLY SHARE A REPORT OUT AND
SOME OF THE WORK ON REGIONAL
FAIR FORUM. WHICH BROUGHT
TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM
ALL OF THE TRANSIT OPERATORS.
SO, REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOUND
TRANSIT AND CONDITIONING COUNTY
METRO, AND SEATTLE. WE OBVIOUSLY
OPERATE OR WE OWN TWO, SEATTLE
MONORAIL AND THE STREETCAR AS
WELL. AND SO, THIS IS A, YOU
KNOW, ADHOC COMMITTEE WITH ARE
WE CONVENED A 10 YEAR PLAN TO
ADDRESS KEY COMPONENTS OF THE
TRANSIT SYSTEM FOCUSING ON
PHARISEES TEM SOME OF THE
OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES FROM
THE WORK OR ALIGNMENT. WHERE WE
LANDED TOGETHER WE COMMITTED TO
OPTING A SHARED SET OF REGIONAL
VALUES GOVERNING OUR TRANSIT
PHARISEES TEM INCLUDING
FAIRNESS, EQUITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE. ALSO, TO WE COMMITTED
TO SIMPLIFYING OUR SYSTEM MAKING
IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. AND
ALSO, DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BOOST
SAFETY FOR PASSENGERS AND
TRANSIT EMPLOYEES ON A GOING
FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE HIGHER
LEVEL VALUES WE ALIGNED ON.
GOING FORWARD, A FEW MORE
SPECIFIC PRIORITIES AND
COMMITMENTS THAT WHERE WE
ALIGNED INCLUDED THOSE TO EXPAND
THE CURRENT ORCA LIFT
ELIGIBILITY PROGRAM. SO ORCA
LIFT AS WE KNOW IS REDUCED FARE
PROGRAM FOR THOSE IN NEED.
CURRENTLY IT'S -- IT'S I THINK
THERE'S A 200% FEDERAL PROPERTY
THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY IN THE
PROGRAM. SO GOAL IS TO EXPAND
ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT. ALSO
EXPLORE NEW MEG ODDS AND TOOLS
FOR-ROLLMENT AND VERIFICATION
AND ALINING ON REDUCED SET OF
FARE RATES. THESE ARE
IMPORTANTLY A NONBINDING SET OF
GOALS AND COMMITMENTS BECAUSE
EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL
TRANSIT AGENCY IS EMPOWERED TO
MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THEY
FEEL IS BEST FOR THE
ORGANIZATION. AND SO IT'S MORE
OF A ADVISORY OR RECOMMENDATION
AUTHORITY IF YOU WILL. BUT,
GREAT WORK DONE THERE. FINALLY,
I GUESS WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF
THE CITY AND REGIONAL COMMITTEE
WORK, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE
FINAL KUDOS TO EVERYONE
COLLEAGUES. FOR YOUR WORK ON
PASSING OUR BUDGET A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO. UNANIMOUSLY. AND THAT
WAS A HUGE EFFORT, HUGE FEAT.
THE FIRST TIME I GUESS IN OVER A
DECADE THAT WE UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPTED A BUDGET, AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT SOME -- MANY OF
THE MEDIA REPORTS WERE WRITTEN
THE WEEK BEFORE EARLIER IN THE
WEEK BEFORE WE TOOK OUR FINAL,
FINAL, FINAL, FINAL VOTE ON A
LIST OF MANY VOTES. BUT FOR MY
PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S ALMOST AS
NEWS WORTHY AS THE SUBSTANCE OF
A $8.9 BILLION BUDGET AND SOME
OF THE BOLD INVESTMENTS THAT IT
HAS. IS THAT WE FOR ONCE, OR
ONCE IN OVER A DECADE, PASSED A
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BUDGET. SO
KUDOS TO YOU ALL KUDOS TO BUDGET
SHARE SHREWS AND STRAUSS AND
YOUR TEAM FOR THAT AND THAT WAS
AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE. LET'S
CONTINUE ON TOWARDS THAT PATH
GOING FORWARD. FINALLY I WILL
NOTE IN THE COMMUNITY A FEW
QUICK THINGS. FIRST AND FOREMOST
WELCOME A SMALL BUSINESS TO
PINIER SQUARE CALLED PASS THE
JELLOFF. IT IS A WEST AFRICAN
CUISINE RESTAURANT THAT JUST
OPENED UP IN PINEERS SQUARE PASS
THE JELLOFF. GO CHECK IT OUT.
REALLY GREAT BLACK OWNED, SMALL
BUSINESS, BUT JUST DELICIOUS
FOOD. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
TAKING MY TEAM THERE LAST WEEK.
CHECK IT OUT FIRSTHAND AND
APOLOGIES TO INTRODUCE THEM TO
THE SPICIEST OPTIONS BUT REST
ASSURED THEY HAVE NONSPICY. WEST
AFRICAN CUISINE IN PIONEER'S
SQUARE. ALSO, WANT TO NOTE IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL
NOTE ONE FINAL KIND OF COMMUNITY
EVENT. THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER
6th, I WILL BE ATTENDING ANNUAL
TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY IN WEST
SEATTLE'S ALASKA JUNCTION.
THAT'S SPONSORED BY THE
JUNCTION. BIA WHICH IS ONE OF
THE BIAs ACROSS THE CITY. SO
THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE
IN THE ALASKA JUNCTION. LOOKING
FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT
TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. AND I
THINK THE EMCEE AND DISTRICT ONE
RESIDENT BRIAN CALLAHAN OF OUR
OWN SEATTLE CHANNEL WILL BE ON
HAND AS WELL TO EMCEE THE EVENT.
BUT SHOULD BE A FUN FAMILY
FRIENDLY EVENT SO BRING THE DOGS
THE FUR BABIES, THE KIDS, THE
WHOLE FAMILY. AND ENJOY ME AND
MINE TO LIGHT THE TREE. THAT IS
ALL I HAVE BY WAY OF UPDATES.
COMMENTS, I WELCOME ANY
QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL. AND IF
NOT, WE WILL PASS IT ONTO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA
COLLEAGUES, WELCOME BACK AFTER
THANKSGIVING. COUNCILMEN MEMBER
LIN WELCOME. VERY EXCITED TO
HAVE YOU HERE. MOVING INTO THE
FINANCE NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE
REPORT, THERE IS NO LEGISLATION
AT FULL COUNCIL FROM THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. THE FINANCE NATIVE
COMMUNITY IS AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE WILL MEET
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3rd AT 9:30
A.M. FINAL AGENDA IS POSTED
SHORTLY AND WE HAVE FOUR
APPOINTMENTS ONE TO THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND
THREE TO THE SEATTLE INDIAN
SERVICES COMMISSION. COLLEAGUES,
I TYPICALLY ONLY HAVE
COMMISSIONERS AND APPOINTMENTS
COME ONCE TO THE COMMITTEE. I DO
HAVE A STANDING RULE FOR MYSELF
THAT ITEMS ARE HEARD TWICE. I AM
GOING TO ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING
FOR THESE COMMISSIONERS SO WE
ARE NOT ASKING THEM TO COME
BACK. WE ARE PLANNING TO CANCEL
THE DECEMBER 17th COMMITTEE
MEETING BECAUSE IT WOULD REFER
LEGISLATION DIRECTLY TO EITHER
THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF
JANUARY OR TO A WEEK THAT WE ARE
ON COUNCIL RECESS. AND SO
THEREFORE, I AM ASKING THAT WE
ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING FOR THE
APPOINTMENTS OF THESE FOUR
COMMISSIONERS EDDIE SHERMAN TO
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL,
AND IRIS FRIDAY ROBERT HOWARD
AND MICHAEL RYEFORD TO SEATTLE
INAND SERVICES COMMISSION. WE
WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM
FRANCESCA AMERICANEN ABOUT THE
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIVE
COMMUNITY UPDATE OVERVIEWING THE
TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT FROM THE
SUMMER. AND SO, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ YOU ARE NOT A STANDING
MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE AND I
WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ATTEND IF
YOU YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOWS.
>> I WILL THEREBY.
>> FANTASTIC. AND SO, THAT'S
THE MEETING FOR THIS WEDNESDAY
AT 9:30. WE ARE PLANNING TO
CANCEL WEDNESDAY THE 17th. FOR
SOUND TRANSIT, MY TWO EXTERNAL
COMMITTEE SOUND TRANSIT AND
ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON CITIES
COLLEAGUES EXCITED AND GLAD YOU
ARE SHARING THE NEWS FEDERAL WAY
LINK EXTENSION IS OPENING THIS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6th. ADDING
NEARLY 8 MILES SOUND LIKE
COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK HAT EXACT
MILEAGE TO THE ONE LINE. WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT
STARTS AT 9:30 AT FEDERAL WAY
STATION AND THE FIRST TRAINS
SHOULD BE ROLLING AT JUST ABOUT
11:00 A.M. SO COME ON DOWN.
IT'S A BUSY DAY FOR EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES BECAUSE ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON CITIES IS ALSO
HOSTING A NEW ELECTIVES TRAINING
ON THIS SATURDAY. AND SO, IF YOU
CAN'T GET TO BOOTH BOTHEL
COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU ARE THE
ONLY ONE BUT I AM SURE THOUSANDS
ARE WATCHING ON SEATTLE CHANNEL
RIGHT NOW. I GO EVERY YEAR AS
MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND I LEARN
SOMETHING NEW EVERY YEAR. EVEN
IF YOU ARE NOT A NEW ELECTED,
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO
BOTHAL, SIGN UP ON LINE AND
LISTEN IN AS THE DAY GOES ON. I
LIKE BOTHELL. SO BACK TO SOUND
TRANCEEL WE HAVE THE NEW
STATIONS AT KEMP DES MOINES,
FEDERAL WAY DOWNTOWN. WE ARE NOT
YET TO PIERCE COUNTY. WE WERE
LUCKY ENOUGH TO ARRIVE IN
SNOHOMISH COUNTY LAST YEAR AND I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING IT
ACROSS THAT COUNTY LINE.
DISTRICT 6, I HAD TO PAUSE MY
OFFICE HOURS DURING THE BUDGET
SESSION BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF
TIME THAT I WAS FOCUSED DOWN
HERE WITH EACH OF YOU. I AM
RESTARTING THAT AND WE WILL
LIKELY BE FINDING A DATE WHERE I
DO MY 12-HOUR MARATHON OF OFFICE
HOURS ON THE WEEKEND SOMETIME
THIS MONTH OR EARLY NEXT MONTH.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY REPORT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? YES,
MA'AM.
>> MA'AM THING OKAY. I LIKE IT.
SO WHEN IS 130th PINEHURST GOING
TO OPEN WITH THE DJD35 STATION.
WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> LATER IN 2026. SO.
>> WHEN?
>> WELL, IF I WAS ALLOWED TO SAY
I WOULD. ALL THAT TO SAY WE HAVE
BEEN WAITING WITH BATHED BREATH
AND WE ARE PINING FOR THE
PINEHURST STATION AND THAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED THE DJD5
STATION.
>> NICE.
>> BUT WITH THAT, YOUR NAME
DIDN'T MEET THE QUALIFYING --
QUALIFICATIONS BECAUSE YOU STILL
ALIVE.
>> I AM STILL ALIVE THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
>> I AM GRATEFUL. COLLEAGUES ANY
QUESTION WE NAMED FEDERAL WAY
STATION AFTER THE CITY FEDERAL
WAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> STORY IF I STOLE A LITTLE BIT
OF YOUR THUNDER. I AM REALLY
EXCITED THAT I KNOW I AM
REPRESENTING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MORE
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS OPEN INTO
OTHER CITIES OPENING UP ALL THE
OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO, JUST
WANTED TO EXPRESS SORRY FOR
THAT. BUT, I HOPE MAYBE IF YOU
ARE INTERESTED WE CAN RIDE DOWN
TOGETHER.
>> THERE'S NO NEED TO
APOLOGIZED. P THERE IS MORE WORK
FOR ANY OF US TO DO THAN ONE
PERSON CAN DO. AND THAT'S WHY
IT TAKES A TEAM DO DO ALL OF OF
THIS WORK, AND SO, YEAH, COME ON
DOWN SATURDAY IT'S GOING TO BE
A GREAT TIME IF YOU NEVER BEEN
TO A LIGHT RAIL OPENING. THEY
ACTIVATE ALL THE STATIONS AND
IT'S JUST AT VERY LIVELY
EXPERIENCE. FANTASTIC. SEEING NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS I WILL PASS IT
OVER DO COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS I FORGOT TO MENTION DR.
McCOY IS MARRIED TO PATRICIA
HUNTER WHO WAS ON THE SEATTLE
POLICE COMMISSION. SEATTLE CITY
POLICE COMMISSION. I WANTED TO
SAY THAT SO THEY WILL BE THERE
SURPRISE TOMORROW. I KNOW IT WAS
A SURPRISE. SO, WELL, WE WILL
KEEP IT A SURPRISE. WELCOME
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. I KNOW I AM
JOINING WITH EVERYONE BUT
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU, AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO IN
REPRESENTING DISTRICT 2.
PHENOMENAL. LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT. COLLEAGUES, THE PARKS
PUBLIC UTILITIES TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE DECEMBER
10th. WE HAVE LAND ACQUISITION
ORDINANCE FROM SPU IT'S A
LAST-MINUTE ONE PRETTY BIG. I
BELIEVE IT'S IN DISTRICT 4 IN
LAUREL HURST. IN COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA'S DISTRICT. THAT'S FROM
SPU. WE HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS
AS WELL FOR THE SEATTLE CENTER
ADVISORY COMMISSION. AND I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE HAVE
A PRETTY GENERALLY PACKED
MEETING, BUT WE WILL POWER
THROUGH IT SO WE HAVE
LEGISLATION TOWARDS THE END OF
THE YEAR AND SOME APPOINTMENTS
THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH. I
ALSO I DON'T KNOW DISH CAN'T
REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE DID A
BRIEFING. IT'S BEEN SO LONG, SO
I WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE
STUFF. BUT TWO THINGS I WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT. I WANTED TO THANK
FROM KING COUNTY COUNCIL COUNCIL
MEMBER DEM BOWS CAN I AND MUST
KATA AND EGGS EXECUTIVES ZAHA
LIE FOR THE INVESTMENT. WE HAVE
THE CRISIS CARE CLINIC COMING TO
CAPITOL HILL. THEY INCLUDED AN
ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO
THE ORIGINAL MILLION DOLLARS
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DEM BOWS CAN
I SO THEY ADDED ADDITIONAL
MILLION DOLLARS FOR CAPITOL HILL
INVESTMENT TO HELP WITH SOME OF
THE -- SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
WE WANT TO PUT IN THE AREA. A
LOT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED
CERTAIN THINGS LIKE WE HAVE
CLEANING, LIGHTING, AND
DIFFERENT KIND OF -- DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SEPTEMBER HEAD IN THE
AREA. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THE INVESTMENT THAT'S GOING TO
MAKE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WANTED
TO GIVE WONDERFUL FRIENDS ACROSS
THE STREET A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE
THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGE. AND I
AM GOING TO THROW IT OUT THEREP
I CAN'T WAIT ONGOING
INVESTMENT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST I
WAS LOOKING AT STUFF AND WANT TO
TAKE A PAGE OUT OF COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA'S BOOK HIGHLIGHTING
A SMALL BUSINESS OTTER BAR IN
EAST LAKE IS A GREAT PLACE TO GO
TO. AND I WENT TO A DRAG SHOW
THEY HAD A DRAG SHOW. IT WAS
PHENOMENAL. GREAT PEOPLE. GOOD
FOOD. AND, WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
BUSINESSES IN EAST LAKE BECAUSE
THERE'S A TON OF CONSTRUCTION
GOING ON THERE IN COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA'S DISTRICT MINE AND
BLEEDS INTO COUNSELOR MEMBER
KETEL'S DISTRICT AND SO I WANT
US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A THE
LOVE THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN
SEATTLE. ESPECIALLY DURING THE
HOLIDAYS. AS A LOT OF THEM MAKE
A TON OF THEIR REVENUE TOWARDS
THE END OF THE YEAR. AND I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THOSE AS
WELL. AND I ALSO KNOW THERE'S A
TON OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON
CAPITOL HILL. IN FRONT OF SOME
BUSINESSES AND I KNOW THEY
REACHED OUT AS WELL SO WE ARE
TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT. SO, I
KNOW PEOPLE ON PIKE PINE
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND WE
WANT TO HELP MITIGATE THAT
BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE
BUSIEST TIMES FOR A LOT OF THOSE
SMALL MOM AND POP SHOPS AND WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
POSITIONED IN THE BEST WAY
POSSIBLE TO SUCCEED, ESPECIALLY
DURING THIS THE REST OF THE
YEAR. SO, WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. AND
I BELIEVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU
ARE NEXT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL
BUILD ON SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
SPOKE OF IN JUST A SECOND. MAYBE
HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO,
LET'S SEE. LIKE YOU IT'S HARD
TO KIND OF GO BACK SO FAR AND
FIND OUT WHAT I NEED TO TALK
ABOUT. BUT I DO KNOW FIRST OF
ALL, I HAVE TO PROVIDE A
CORRECTION. I READ THE WRONG
BILL NUMBER FOR THE CONTRACT AND
COUNCIL COUNCIL BILL NULLITIES
121133. SO, JUST NOTE TO SELF ON
THAT ONE. NO GOVERNS
ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA. THURSDAY, A
SPECIAL GABE COMMITTEE AT SO
THAT'S DECEMBER 4th AT 2:00.
AND THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA FIRST A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL BILL
121130 WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH NEW
ETHICS RULES FOR POLITICAL
CONSULTANTS CONTRACT WITH THE
CITY AND IT ESTABLISHES
REGISTRATION AND DISCLOSURE AND
ONE YEAR COOLING OFF PERIOD FOR
POLITICAL CONSULTANTS AND
DISALLOWS THEM FROM
SIMULTANEOUSLY ADVISING CITY
OFFICIAL ON POLICY WHILE ALSO
WORKING ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
RELATED TO THOSE SAME POLICIES
SUCH AS BALLOT MEASURE FOR
EXAMPLE. IT'S MODELED ON
SIMILAR REGULATIONS IN OTHER
CITIES. PORTLAND REQUIRES
POLITICAL CONSULTANTS TO
REGISTER AND REPORT THEIR
ACTIVITIES AND SAN FRANCISCO
PROHIBITS CONSULTANTS FROM
PARTICIPATING IN DECISIONS WHERE
THEY HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
AND WE HAVE THE SAME SORT OF
THING HERE IN SEATTLE, BUT
THAT'S FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND
ELECTEDS. BUT NOTHING FOR
CONSULTANTS. SO BASICALLY THIS
IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD ETHICS
REFORM MODEL BILL, AND IT IS --
IT IS MODELED AS I SAID, ON WHAT
IS WORKING IN OTHER CITIES. THEN
THE SECOND ITEM IN OUR -- ON OUR
AGENDA IS COUNCIL BELL 122131
FROM SEATTLE HR MODIFYING EGGS
EXECUTIVE PAI BANDS ACCORDING TO
INFLATION AND STANDARD COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. THIS ITEM
WILL BE A BRIEFING DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE. AND THEN
THERE WILL BE A REGULARLY
SCHEDULED GRADE COMMITTEE
MEETING NEXT THURSDAY DECEMBER
11th. AT 2:00-BUT MORE ON THAT
LATER. ALL RIGHT. OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH MY FAMILY
ATTEND WEST LAKE CENTER TREE
ANNUAL HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING
CEREMONY AT AND THAT WAS ON
FRIDAY EVENING HOSTED BY
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND
IT WAS REALLY BASICALLY YOU GO
UP ON A BALCONY AND THAT'S FUN
FOR ME. BECAUSE IT WAS GREAT TO
BE ABLE TO SEE A DISTANCE OF A
FEW BLOCKS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
WERE PACKED VERY CALMLY AND
JOYFULLY IN THE PLAZA AS AND SO
THAT JUST KIND OF A SIGNAL OF
SUCCESSFUL REVITALIZATION OF THE
DOWNTOWN CORE. IT WAS GOOD TO
SEE AND GREAT TO SEE MAYOR-ELECT
WILSON THERE AND HER DAUGHTER.
THAT SIGNALS TO ME AN
APPRECIATION OF OUR COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT NOT JUST AS A
REVENUE GENERATING PLACE BUT A
PLACE IN A CAN BE FUN FOR CIVIC
GATHERINGS. AND KIND OF GROUND
ZERO OF OUR DOWNTOWN THERE. AND
IT WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO BE MORE
SO ONCE THE RENOVATION OF THE
ACTUAL WEST LAKE PLAZA IS
FINISHED. THE PUSH IS ONTO GET
THAT DONE FOR THE -- FOR WORLD
CUP AND IT MEANS THERE'S, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S SOME PLYWOOD TO
GET AROUND DURING THE HOLIDAYS
AND GO DOWNTOWN AND SPEND SOME
MONEY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR EMPHASIZE COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH THE MEMBER OF
SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS. I
PARTICIPATED IN THE SATURDAY, I
THINK SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
ANY CASE EVERY DAY IS CAN BE
SMALL BUSINESS DAY. AND PLUS
IT'S MORE FUN THAN SITTING
THERE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND
ORDERINGS THINGS. I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GET OUT AND
HAVE GOOD TIME AND THEY THINK
ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON. BY SHOPPING
LOCAL. TWO WEEKS AGO IT'S THE
PLEASURE ATTENDING PUGET SOUND
BUSINESS JOURNAL INFLUENCE OF
WOMEN AWARDS. THEY HONORED 19
AMAZING WOMEN LEADERS FROM THE
AREA AND ESPECIALLY EARNINGS
CITED AND INVITED BY TAMMY CAN
VAN PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VISIT
SEATTLE. I SAT AT HER TABLE AND
YOU KNOW I THINK WE CHEERED THE
LOUDEST IN THE WHOLE ROOM BUT
THE POINT IS HERE'S A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT TAMMY IF YOU I DON'T
KNOW HER. SHE HAS BEEN A
TRAILBLAZER IN THE FIELD OF
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP PARTICULARLY
IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. AND
IS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT
AND CEO VISIT SEATTLE. SHE HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE -- IN
SHAPING THE ORGANIZATIONS GROWTH
AND SUCCESS. SHE TAMMY'S VISION
IN LEADERSHIP APPROACH NOT ONLY
TRANSFORMED VISIT SEATTLE BUT
SEAT PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE
LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY. HER
WORK CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND
EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE LEADERSHIP
ROLES ACROSS SECTORS. I HAD TO
SAY SHE IS DAMN GOOD FOR OUR
HOSPITALITY SECTOR IN THE CITY
AND VISIT SEATTLE REMINDER IS
FUNDED BY FEES THAT HOTELS, 11
HOTELS I THINK IT'S 11 I COULD
BE WRONG BUT DOWNTOWN HOTELS
IMPOSE ON THEMSELVES GOES INTO A
BIG POT AND WITH THAT POT OF
MONEY VISITS SEATTLE PROMOTES
THE WHOLE CITY. AND WHAT'S
UNIQUE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS
ACROSS THE CITY. AND EVERY
DISTRICT BENEFITS FROM THE WORK
THAT VISIT SEATTLE DOES. ALL
RIGHT. THAT'S THE PLUG THAT I
WILL GIVE THERE. AND COMING UP
THERE ARE A FEW HOLIDAY PARTIES
I AM EXCITE TO GO TO AND I AM
SURE I WILL SEE MANY OF YOU AND
DON'T NEED TO REPEAT THEM AND
LIST THEM OPERA CONSTRUCTION
TRADE, TABER 100 ET CETERA BUT
MAYBE I WILL SEE YOU OUT AND
ABOUT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR
MY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO GET TO
BEFORE WE ADJOURN? GO AHEAD
COUNCIL MEMORY VERA.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANTED TO JOIN MY
COLLEAGUES IN WELCOM ING OUR NEW
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN I HAD SO MANY
ITEMS ON MY LIST. AND YOU AND I
HAVE MET AND I AM SEEKS ITED TO
REALLY EXCITED THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT AND WELCOME AND JUST HAPPY
YOU ARE HERE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. AND I AM LOOKING
AT THE SCREEN TO SEE IF I AM NOT
SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. I BROUGHT THIS UP
LAST WEEK. I DID NOT OR TWO
WEEKS AGO AND I DIDN'T BRING A
PROCLAMATION AND I DOESN'T WANT
TO SHARE INFORMATION TOMORROW ON
THE FLY. ALBERT WORD HAS BEEN
WORKING HERE AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR FINANCING AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IN CITY
HALL FOR 24 OR 30 YEARS. I WILL
GET THE FACTS CORRECT BUT I
THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO
CELEBRATE HIM SOMETIME IN THE
NEXT 72 HOURS AS I BELIEVE HIS
LAST DAY WITH OUR CITY IS
DECEMBER 3rd. AND SO, I DON'T
KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I
AM JUST WATCHING THAT OUT INTO
THE CHAMBERS IN CASE WE ARE ABLE
TO MAKE A CELEBRATION THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
ME. AND IS PREMEDITATED. WE
TALKED ABOUT IT A FEW WEEKS AGO
BUT WE ALSO HAD THANKSGIVING.
WITH THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO
CELEBRATING ALBERT WARD. THANK
YOU.
>> I WILL LET YOU GUYS HOW YOU
WANT TO ORCHESTRATE THAT. AND
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT
OR NOT IN TOMORROW'S
PROCLAMATION PRESENTATIONS. ALL
RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, THIS MEETING ADJOURNED
AND IT IS 3:50. HAVE GOOD
AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.