>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
T? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> PRESENT.
>> AND CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU AND I DIDN'T SEE
THE NOTE BEFORE I SAID
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WAS
EXCUSED, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
AND HOLLINGSWORTH ARE EXCUSED,
THEY WILL BE HERE IN A MOMENT.
WE HAVE 17 AMENDMENTS ON ONE OF
THE ITEMS. WE HAVE THE SEATTLE
SHIELD INITIATIVE, LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO
THE CITY'S TAX WITH TWO
ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE CARRY
FORWARD, JUMP START PAY ROLL
EXPENSE TAX EXCHANGE AS WELL AS
THE CARRY FORWARD TWO ORDINANCES
RELATED TO THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. ONE IS
GRANT ACCEPTANCE AND THE OTHER
IS SUPMENTAL BUDGET. WE HAVE AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO WORLD CUP
APPROPRIATIONS AND ONE REGARDING
THE HUMAN CAPITAL PROJECT,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS WORK DAY.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH IS
NOW PRESENT. BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTSED. COLLEAGUES WITH THIS
AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO TODAY, I
HAVE CREATED A CONSENT PACKAGE
FOR THE B AND O TAX VOTE. WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT
WILL BE TAKEN AS VIMG VOTES. I
WELCOME EVERYONE TO SPEAK AS
MUCH AS THEY WANT, UNDERSTANDING
WE HAVE 17 AMENDMENTS TO GET
THROUGH IN TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
SO I GUESS WE HAVE UNTIL 1:00.
-- SORRY, THREE AND A HALF
HOURS. SO I JUST SAID THAT OUT
THERE, NOT GOING TO CUT ANYONE
OFF BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO KEEP
MOVING. WE WILL HAVE
PRESENTATIONS COMPLETE BEFORE WE
GO BACK TO QUESTIONS. THAT IS
THE CHAIR'S REPORT. WE WILL NOW
MOVE INTO THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS
SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW
MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED
UP? A W E HAVE EIGHT REMOTE AND
13 IN PERSON.
>> 8 REMOTE AND 13 IN PERSON
WHICH IS FEWER THAN 30. SO
EVERYONE WILL GET 2 MINUTES TO
SPEAK. I THINK EVERYONE HAS
HEARD THE LONG AGENDA WE HAVE SO
IF YOU DON'T NEED ALL TWO
MINUTES, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT SPEAKER. CLERK, IF YOU WILL
PASS ME THE IN PERSON, EACH
SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO
SPEAK. WE WILL START WITH IN
PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST AND THEN
WE WILL MOVE TO THE ONLINE
SPEAKERS. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
IS UP TO 60 MINUTES AS OF
YESTERDAY'S VOTE. SPEAKERS WILL
BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY ARE REGISTERED, SPEAKERS
WILL ALTERNATE. WE WILL DO ALL
IN PERSON AND THEN MOVE TO JUST
REMOTE. YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME. YOU STILL HAVE 10
SECONDS AND THEN WE WILL MUTE
THE MICROPHONES ONCE THAT TIME
HAS EXPIRED. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. I WILL READ
EVERYONE'S NAME. SO YOU KNOW
WHICH ORDER YOU COME IN. PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO LINE UP IN THE
CENTER COLUMN OR ALTERNATE
BETWEEN MICROPHONES. FIRST UP WE
HAVE MAURICE WALKER, FOLLOWED BY
CHRIS LEAKMAN, ANDY GALLEGOS
ANDREW BECK, JORDAN CRAWLY,
MORGAN VON, YOU CAN START COMING
UP, HALLIE WILLIS, AMAND A
KOEBA, LYDIA TAYLOR, AND LILY
HAYWARD. SO WITH THAT, MAURICE,
WELCOME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
WE WILL START THE CLOCK WHEN YOU
START TALKING. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS,
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK HERE.
>> HANG ON. WE WILL RESTART THE
TIME. IF EVERYONE WANTS TO USE
THIS TALL MICROPHONE, IT IS
PROBABLY THE BETTER WAY TO GO.
>> HOLD ON, IS THIS MICROPHONE
ON?
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO STAND
CLOSER? OKAY. SORRY. MY NAME IS
MAURICE WALKER. I'M IN THE
KITCHEN AS THE ASSISTANT IN
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB. I AM HERE
TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE
SHIELD SEATTLE NO TAX REFORK
PROPOSAL. I WANT T TO THANK
MAYOR HARRELL FOR SHARING THE
LEGISLATION AND URGE THE FULL
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT IT. CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB MEAL PROGRAM IS
SERVING LOW INCOME AND HOMELESS
PEOPLE IN PIONEER SQUARE. A BIG
EMPHASIS IS ON CREATING
COMMUNITY, SAFETY, AND HEALING
AS PART OF WHAT WE DO IN THE
MEAL PROGRAM IS A BIG PART OF
THAT AND A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS,
WE ARE A VULNERABLE POPULATION
IN SEATTLE. THE MEAL PROGRAM IS
A BIG PART OF THAT. WE PROVIDE
TWO VITAL MEALS A DAY, BREAKFAST
AND LUNCH, EVERYONE IS WELCOME
TO JOIN . IF THIS PROPOSAL FAILS
TO PASS, OUR CITY FUNDING IS
REDUCED. THE IMPACT ON OUR
COMMUNITY WILL BE SEVERE. WE
PREPARE 200 MEALS A DAY AND FOR
MOST OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WE
SERVE, IT IS THEIR ONLY SOURCE
OF FOOD. A REDUCTION IN FUNDING
WOULD JEOPARDIZE OUR ABILITY TO
PROVIDE THE MEALS TO OUR
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WITHOUT ACCESS TO CONSISTENT
NUTRITIOUS FOOD. I WANT TO ASK
THAT PARTICULARLY, THAT THE MEAL
PROGRAMS BE NOT EXCLUDED FROM
THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE THAT WOULD
HAVE A GRAVE IMPACT ON OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WHILE NOT
MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING, THE
SUPPORT WE GET FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS CRITICAL TO
SUSTAINING OUR WORK. SHIELD
SEATTLE IS A MEANINGFUL
INVESTMENT IN SAFETY AND
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING THAT WILL
HELP EVERYONE. THIS IS A GREAT
-- OKAY. I WANT TO THANK THE
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, MAURICE. UP NEXT
WE HAVE CHRIS LEAKMAN FOLLOWED
BY ANDY GALLEGOS AND THEN ANNE
BECK. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS,
MY NAME IS CHRIS LEAKMAN AND
I'M A VOLUNTEER AND BOARD
MEMBER OF COMMUNITY LUNCH ON
CAPITOL HILL. WE ARE ONE OF
ABOUT 45 MEMBERS OF THE MEALS
PARTNERSHIP COALITION. I WOULD
LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THE SHIELD SEATTLE TAX REFORM
PROPOSAL AND TO ENSURE THAT MEAL
PROGRAMS ARE NOT EXCLUDED FROM
THIS PROPOSAL. I'M GLAD WE ARE
HELPING PEOPLE EAT. I'M GLAD TO
HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS THAT THEY
APPRECIATED SNACKING ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S LUNCH, LAST NIGHT
AT 10:00. I'M DEEPLY
DISAPPOINTED WE LIVE IN TIMES IN
WHICH THE MEAL PROGRAMS ARE SO
CRITICAL BUT HERE WE ARE.
COMMUNITY LUNCH ON CAPITOL HILL
DISTRIBUTES BETWEEN 300 TO 400
BOX LUNCHES EVERY DAY, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY EVERY WEEK. WE
DON'T MISS THANKSGIVING,
CHRISTMAS, KWANZAA, HANUKKAH,
RAMADAN. WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN AND
WE ARE ALWAYS NEEDED. THESE ARE
THE TIMES WE LIVE IN. WE ALSO
LIVE IN TIMES IN WHICH TAXES ARE
CONSIDERED A BURDEN AND AN
AFRONT TO A BUSINESS'S SENSE OF
PURPOSE, PARTICULARLY AN AFRONT
TO A BUSINESS'S BOTTOM LINE.
THE BIGGER THE BUSINESS, THE
BIGGER THE AFRONT. I THINK OUR
SENSE OF IMPROPRIETY IS
MISPLACED. IF TAXES ARE RUDE,
IMPERTINENT, INCONVENIENT, WHAT
DO WE CALL HUNGER AND
HOMELESSNESS, AMIDST BILLION
DOLLAR CORPORATIONS. THIS TAX
WILL RAISE $90 MILLION A YEAR.
IT IS NOT A CURE FOR POVERTY.
IT'S A BAND AID. NATIONAL JOB
GUARANTEE IS SECURE BUT WE
DON'T RUN IN THAT ARENA. THIS
IS A BAND AID BUT IT IS A BAND
AID WE CAN ADMINISTER. PLEASE
HELP US AID OUR NEIGHBORS, PUT
THIS ON THE BALLOT, LET THE
VOTERS DECIDE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS ANDY,
ANNE AND THEN JORDAN.
>> SPEAKERS CAN PLEASE GET
REALLY CLOSE TO THE MIC, I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU SAID USE THE TALL
MICROPHONE BUT I'M LIKE, AH
SHORT. IT WORKS. MY NAME IS ANDY
GALLEGOS, THE DOUBLE L MAKES A Y
SOUND BUT THANK YOU FOR TRYING.
I WORK WITH GREGORY HOME WHICH
IS A DROP IN SHELTER IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. WE ARE ALSO
A MEMBER OF THE MEALS
PARTNERSHIP COALITION. I'M HERE
TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE SHIELD
SEATTLE B AND O TAX REFORM
PROPOSAL AND TO INCLUDE FUNDING
FOR MEAL PROGRAMS ALONG SIDE
FOOD BANKS. AT ELIZABETH GREGORY
HOME, WE SERVE BREAKFAST TO
UNHOUSED WOMEN 18 AND UP. WE ARE
ONE OF THE FEW SERVICE PROVIDERS
IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. WITH
THE CLOSURE OF MARY'S PLACE
WHICH SERVED THE SAME
DEMOGRAPHIC, WE HAVE BEEN
SERVING OVER TWICE ASMANY WOMEN
SINCE THE CLOSURE. WE HAVE HAD
TO SCALE BACK ON PORTION SIZES,
SECOND HELPINGS AND PANTRY GIVE
AWAY DAYS. THE FUNDING PROVIDED
BY THE B AND O TAX PROVIDES THE
ABILITY TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT,
CLEANING SUPPLIES TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF DISEASE. WITH ALL OF
THE FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS, THE
SUPPORT WE GET FROM THE CITY IS
VITAL TO OUR PROGRAM. I WOULD
LIKE TO WRAP UP WITH A THANK YOU
TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND I URGE THE COUNCIL FOR
THEIR FULL SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS ANNE
BECK, FOLLOWED BY JORDAN CRAWLY.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M A
VOLUNTEER AT AND AN ADVISORY
BOARD MEMBER FOR FEEDING HOPE, A
FEEDING PROGRAM IN BALLARD. WE
SERVE A MEAL FROMMAL 8:00 TO
10:00 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HOLIDAYS
MIGHT FALL ON THAT. I'M HERE TO
HAVE YOU SUPPORT -- CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YOU NEED TO GET REALLY CLOSE.
WE WILL GIVE YOU AN EXTRA 10
SECONDS.
>> I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE SHIELD SET AT B&O
TAX REFORM TO MAKE SURE THAT
COMMUNITY MEALS ARE NOT
EXCLUDED. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN EDIBLE HOPE FOR YEARS AND WE
PROVIDE A MEAL FROM 8:00 TO
10:00 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MEALS
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. I LOG IN
FOUR TO FIVE HOURS EACH DAY TO
DO THAT. OUR OPERATION RUNS ON A
SHOE STRING. WE HAVE BECOME
ADEPT AT SERVING TASTY MEALS
USING DONATED ITEMS, RELYING ON
THE COALITION FOR CRITICAL
PROTEIN PURCHASES WITHOUT WHICH
OUR BUDGET WOULD BE VERY TAXED.
WITH JUST TWO PAID STAFF MEMBERS
AND 30 CORE VOLUNTEERS, WE TURN
DONATED FOOD INTO 3,000 MEALS A
MONTH. WE ARE ON TRACK TO
PROVIDE 40,000 MEALS IN 2025. WE
ARE FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SEATTLE IN A
WAY THAT THE CITY, STATE, AND
COUNTY FAILED TO DO. WE HAVE
SEEN NEW FACES, CHANGING
DEMOGRAPHIC, AND INCREASING
NUMBERS EVERY DAY. WITH RENT
INCREASES, LACK OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND RESOURCES STRETCHED
TO THE MAX, TO NOT PROVIDE
FUNDING OR LIMIT ACCESS IS TO
TURN YOUR BACK ON A VULNERABLE
POPULATION. I DON'T KNOW HOUCHL
OF YOU HAVE HAD EXPOSURE TO
PEOPLE OTHER THAN PASSING ON THE
STREET. I INVITE EACH OF YOU TO
COME TO EDIBLE HOPE, JOIN US FOR
A CUP OF COFFEE AND MEET OUR
NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND DISCOVER
WHAT WE DO AND WHY IT MATTERS
AND WHY FUNDING IS ESSENTIAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS JORDAN,
FOLLOWED BY MORGAN AND THEN
HALLIE.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
JORDAN CRAWLY. CHAIR OF THE 34th
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS AND AN
ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESS, I
STAND PROUDLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE B&O TAX.
WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF FISCAL
CLIFF WITH THE FAILURE TO ENACT
BETTER TAX POLICIES, THE COUNCIL
IS IN TOUGH POSITION. SEATTLE
CAN EASE THE BURDEN ON SMALL AND
MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES WHILE
SUPPORTING ESSENTIAL SIY
SERVICES WITH NEW REVENUE. FOR
TOO LONG, SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE
BOUGHT THE NARRATIVE SOLD TO
THEM BY HUGE CORPORATIONS THAT
SHIELDING THE WEALTHY FROM
SHARING EQUITABLY IS THE ONLY
PATH TOWARDS PROSPERITY. BUDGETS
HAVE BEEN BALANCED ON THE BACKS
OF WORKING CLASS AND NONE OF THE
WEALTH HAS TRICKLED DOWN AND IT
NEVER WILL. WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE
SUPPORTED AND ARE SUSTAINED,
RELIABLE PUBLIC INVESTMENT. THE
STATUS QUO IS FAILING US. WE
HAVE THE CHANCE AND MUST HAVE
THE COURAGE TO CHANGE COURSE.
THESE CHANGES WON'T SOLVE ALL
OF OUR PROBLEMS BUT IT IS A GOOD
AND NECESSARY FIRST STEP. THIS
ISN'T JUST ABOUT WHO PAYS WHAT.
IT IS ABOUT ANSWERING A
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, WHO DO WE
SERVE AND HOW DO WE SERVE THEM
WELL. THERE ARE SPECIFIC
INVESTMENTS UNDER ATTACK WHICH
THE UNDERLYING BILL SEEKS TO
MAINTAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE
ARE THOSE ON COUNCIL WHO JUST
MONTHS AGO CRIED THAT SEATTLE
HAS A SPENDING PROBLEM AND THEY
ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE PROPOSAL TO FUND THAT
PROJECT. THE ONE JOB WE HAVE NOW
IS TO GET THE IT ON THE BALLOT.
LET'S GET THAT DONE.
>> UP NEXT IS MORGAN, FOLLOWED
BY HALLIE.
>> GOOD MORNING, KEBS. I'M THE
KITCHEN COORDINATOR AT TEAM
FEED, MEMBER OF THE PARTNERSHIP
COALITION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE SHIELD SEATTLE TAX
REFORM PROPOSAL. I SURGE THE
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION AND ENSURE THAT
COMMUNITY MEALS PROGRAMS ARE
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL. TEAM
FEED WORKS TO MEET BASIC NEEDS,
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH
HOMELESS YOUTH AS THEY MEET
THEIR FUTURE OFF THE STREES. WE
SERVE DINNER TO YOUTH 13 TO 25
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, EVERY NIGHT.
WE ARE PART OF THE POSITIVE
PATHWAYS COALITION IN THE U
DISTRICT ALONG WITH ROOTS. ONE
OF OUR BIGGEST STRENGTHS IS OUR
CONSISTENCY, DINNER EVERY NIGHT,
SAME TIME, SAME PLACE, JUST LIKE
MOST OF US HAD IN OUR HOMES
GROWING UP. FUNDING FROM THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS CRUCIAL FOR B
MAINTAINING THE CONSISTENCY.
THAT'S WHAT WE DRAW ON WHEN THE
TEAM CALLS IN WITH THE FLU AND
WE NEED TO BUY SOMETHING LAST
MIN. THIS IS WHAT WE USE TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS BACKUP PASTA AND
BEANS WHEN THERE IS A SURPRISE
90 GUESTS INSTEAD OF 75, SO THEY
GET CALORIES FOR WHAT MIGHT BE
THEIR ONLY MEAL. THIS IS WHAT WE
USE FOR GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS FOR
PEOPLE WITH CELIAC DISEASE.
SHIELD SEATTLE IS A MEANINGFUL
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING AND WE WILL HELP
EVERYONE IN THE GREAT CITY,
WHETHER THE DIFFICULT YEARS WE
HAVE AHEAD OF US. I WANT TO
THANK MAYOR HARRELL FOR THE
LEGISLATION AND URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT IT.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS HALLIE.
I'M NOW VERY NERVOUS THAT I
MISPRONOUNCED ANDY'S NAME T
THAT I MISPRONOUNCED YOURS.
>> YOU DID IT RIGHT. GOOD
MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS
HALLIE WILLIS, I'M THE POLICY
MANAGER FOR KING COUNTY
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES COALITION AND I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 5. I'M REALLY GLAD TO
SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE B&O
PROPROSAL. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
SEND THIS TO THE VOTERS WITHOUT
DELAY. WE NEED TO PREPARE
OURSELVES FOR AN INFLUX OF
PEOPLE RELYING ON HOMELESSNESS
SHELTER AND SERVICES WHEN THEY
LOSE THEIR EMERGENCY HOUSING
VOUCHERS. PEOPLE RELYING ON FOOD
BANKS WHEN THEY LOSE SNAP
BENEFITS. YOU HAVE HEARD OF HOW
THIS HAS ALREADY BEGUN. I'M SO
GLAD WE HAVE THE $90 MILLION
PROGRESSIVE PROPOSAL ON THE
TABLE TODAY. I SURGE YOU TO SEND
IT TO THE VOTERS BUT I'M SCARED
OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE
REVENUE IS FURTHER REDUCED
ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT WORTHY
CAUSES. I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO THE COMMUNITY IF
WE DON'T FIX OUR OWN $240
MILLION DEFICIT MUCH LESS
PREPARE OURSELVES FOR FEDERAL
CUTS. THIS IS A GOOD AND
NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS ENSURING
THAT NOBODY LOSES THEIR HOUSING,
SHELTER, FOOD, OR OTHER
NECESSITIES BECAUSE OF LOCAL OR
FEDERAL CUTS BUT IT IS NOT
NEARLY ENOUGH. PLEASE SEND THIS
TO THE VOTERS, MAXIMIZE ALL
LOCAL REVENUE TOOLS AND WE WILL
BE WITH YOU TO PUSH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE FOR BETTER OPTIONS
IN THE COMING YEAR, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UP NEXT IS AMANDA, FOLLOWED
BY LYDIA AND THEN WILLIAM. GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. HELLO, MY NAME
IS AMANDA KOEBA FROM THE PNA IN
NORTH SEATTLE. I'M HERE
REPRESENTING THE HOT MEAL
PROGRAM. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE TAX REFORM
PROPOSAL. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION AND TO
ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY MEAL
PROGRAMS ARE NOT EXCLUDED FROM
THE PROPOSAL. MEAL PROGRAMS ARE
THE FRONT LINE OF THE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT IS
PLAYING OUT ACROSS SEATTLE RIGHT
NOW. FOR MANY FOLKS LIVING
OUTSIDE, OUR FREE COMMUNITY
MEALS ARE THE ONLY FORM OF
SOCIAL CONNECTION AND
RELATIONSHIP. THIS CONNECTION IS
VITAL FOR MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND
PHYSICAL HEALTH. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS LYDIA
FOLLOWED BY LILY. THEN WE WILL
MOVE TO ONLINE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE ONLINE
BEING HERE AND PRESENT. I WILL
READ THE ORDER SO YOU CAN BE
READY. BRANDY, DARCY, GABEERAL,
MARSHA, ALBERT AO, ROCKET AND
JONAS. BEFORE WE GET THERE, WE
HAVE LYDIA AND LILY.
>> I'M LYDIA TAYLOR, HERE WITH
MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY TO SUPPORT
VOICE FOR SHIELD SEATTLE
INITIATIVE. I'M A CLIENT WITH
YOUTH CARE AND HAVE BEEN FOR
THREE YEARS. I HAVE SEEN MANY
PROGRAMS CLOSE. THE SOUTH
SEATTLE OVERNIGHT SHELTER, THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT YOUTH
CENTER, CASA DELOS MIGOS, THE
TRNZITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM AND
HOME OF HOPE. THE TRANSITIONAL
LIVING PROGRAM FOR QUEER YOUTH I
USED TO LIVE IN IS CLOSING DOWN
AND RELOKAYING. THESE PROGRAMS'
CLOSURES COINSIDE WITH THE
DECISION TO REDUCE EMPLOYMENT
SUPPORT TO PRIORITIZE FOOD,
HOUSING SHELTER. YOUTH CARE HAS
HAD 30 STAFF LAYOFFS AND THE
RESIGNATION OF THE CEO. INSPITE
OF THIS, DEMAND FOR SERVICES
HAVE NOT REDUCED WITH YOUNG
ADULTS COMING FROM WASHINGTON
AND OTHER STATES TO ACCESS
SAFETY AND SUPPORT. MANY
BECOMING MY CLOSE PERSONAL
FRIENDS. SOME OF MY FRIENDS ARE
SHELTERED AND OTHERS SLEEP OUT
LIKE THE 1800 YOUNG ADULTS WHO
SLEEP OUTSIDE EVERY NIGHT IN
KING COUNTY. I WANT THE FUNDING
FROM THIS INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT
HUMAN SERVICES. I SUPPORT THE
REVENUE FROM THIS INITIATIVE
BEING RAISED FROM BUSINESSES
MAKING OVER $5.8 MILLION A YEAR
BECAUSE THAT WOULD INCLUDE MEGA
CORPS WITH LOCATIONS AROUND THE
WORLD THAT SIPHON MONEY FROM THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY TO SEND
ELSEWHERE AND GIVES BREATHING
ROOM TO SEATTLE BUSINESSES WHO
SPEND MONEY LOCALLY, PUTTING IT
BACK INTO THE ECONOMY. THIS
INITIATIVE GENERATES $90
MILLION. OUR BUDGET DEFICIT IS
$240 MILLION NOT TO MENTION THE
IMPACTS OF LOSS OF FEDERAL
FUNDING. SEE THIS IS ONLY THE
FIRST STEP IN PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE THAT MAKES UP FOR THE
LOSS OF FUNDING AND PRODUCES
EXCESS INCOME TO PROVIDE FOOD
AND SHELTER THROUGH THE TRUMP
REGIME AND BEYOND. I BELIEVE THE
SHIELD SEATTLE INITIATIVE SHOULD
BE ON THE BALLOT FOR SEATTLE TO
DECIDE. THANK YOU MAYOR HARRELL
AND KOEB RINCK.
>> CAN YOU THINK. AND YOU WERE
LYDIA OR NO?
>> YES.
>> SO WE WILL HAVE LILY UP NEXT
AND OTHERS HAVE SIGNED UP IN
PERSON, IRENE, JASON, MANNY.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LILY
HAYWARD, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
THE 2500 MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE, REGARDING CB128.
SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES IS A
PRIORITY FOR SEATTLE VOTERS. AND
FOCUS ON TO INCLUDE QUALITY OF
LIFE. THE CHAMBER SUPPORTS THE
ELEMENTS OF THE BILL THAT
PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF.
WE BELIEVE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO
KEEP THIS AS OPEN, SPUR
DEVELOPMENT AND FILL EMPTY STORE
FRONTS ACROSS THE CITY. RAISING
THE B&O TAX ON OTHER BUSINESSES
IS THE WRONG CHOICE. THE IMPACT
OF THIS PROPOSAL AND THE TAX
PACKAGE PASSED BY THE
LEGISLATURE THIS SESSION WHICH
IS THE LARGEST IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY WILL RESULT IN HIGHER
PRICES FOR SEATTLE CONSUMERS.
VOTERS UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS
HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT IMPACT
THE QUALITY OF LIVING ACCORDING
TO OUR POLLING. SHOULD VOTERS
APPROVE THE PROPOSAL, THE PUBLIC
INCLUDING THE PAYERS OF THE TAX
DESERVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY WHICH IS WHY WE
SUPPORT AMEPDMENT 6 TO ENSURE
THAT INVESTMENTS ARE MEETING
INTENDED OUTCOMES. AS YOU MAKE
THE DECISION TODAY, I WANT TO
POINT THAT A MONTH AGO, YOU
RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM THE
CITY THAT LAID OUT THAT REGIONAL
EMPLOYMENT HAS DECLINED. SEATTLE
OFFICE VACANCY IS HIGHEST IN THE
U.S. AND CONSUMER SPENDING HAS
WEAKENED, FEWER INTERNATIONAL
VISITORS EXPECTED THIS YOUR. NOW
IS NOT THE TIME TO MAKE
EMPLOYING PEOPLE IN SEATTLE MORE
DIFFICULT. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
GIVE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF NOW
BUT NOT RAISE COST FOR OTHERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> NEXT WE HAVE EIRENE, JASON,
AUSTIN, MANNY.
>> GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS IRENE HONG
WITH THE JULY CENTER. I'M HERE
TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE B&O TAX
REFORM PROPOSAL. I WANT T TO
THANK THE MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR
CHAMPIONING THIS LEGISLATION AND
URGE THE FULL COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT. OUR CENTER PROVIDES
SAFETY AND SUPPORT TO WOMEN
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. MORE
THAN 100 WOMEN EACH DAY, THREE
MEALS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE ARE NOT ONLY MEETING
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS BUT FOSTERING
A COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO
PUBLIC SAFETY. AS WE ARE THE
SOLE WOMEN CENTER IN SEATTLE
CATERING TO A GROWING NUMBER OF
WOMEN IN NEED, THIS FUNDING IS
NOT JUST A REQUEST. IT IS A
LESSON TO PREVENT HUNGER FROM
TIGHTENING ITS GRIP ON OUR
COMMITTEE. THE SUPPORT WE GET
FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
CRIICAL TO SUSTAINING OUR WORK.
CHOOSE SEATTLE IS MEANINGFUL
INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND
WELL-BEING. AGAIN, I WANT TO
THANK THE MAYOR FOR CHAMPIONING
THE LEGISLATION AND URGE THE
FULL COUNCIL TO SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS JASON,
FOLLOWED BY RYAN AND MANNY.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JASON
AUSTIN, DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
THE SHIELD SEATTLE TAX REFORM
PROPOSAL. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION AND
ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY MEALS
PROGRAMS ARE NOT EXCLUDED FROM
THE PROGRAM. THE MEMBERS OF THE
MEAL COALITION ARE THE FRONT
LINE OF DEFENSE FOR HUNGER IN
SEATTLE. OUR ORGANIZATIONS PROIS
4 MILLION MEALS EVERY YEAR.
11,000 MEALS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF
THE YEAR. OUR MEMBERS INCLUDE
PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE SOUTH PARK
SENIOR CENTER, AURORA COMMONS,
ELTENT ROW DELARAZZA AND
CATHOLIC CHURCH. EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN SEEATTAL
CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE MEAL
PROGRAM, SUPPORTING EVERYONE IN
THE CITY. THE WORK OF OUR
MEMBERS IS UNDER ATTACK. TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES ARE
EXPECTED TO LOSE SNAP BENEFITS
AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL
BUDGET. WE PROVIDE LIFE SAVING
NUTRITION TO THOSE WHO STRUGGLE
TO FEED THEMSELVES, HOMEBOUND
SENIORS, AND THOSE WHO LACK
ACCESS TO A KITCHEN. IF WE DO
NOT TAKE STEPS TO DEFEND OUR
HUNGERER ARE RELIEF
INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR
ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE
OVERWHELMED AND UNABLE TO
RESPOND TO THE NEED. SHIELD
SEATTLE IS A MEANINGFUL
INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY THAT
WILL HELP EVERYONE THROUGH THE
DIFFICULT YEARS WE HAVE AHEAD OF
US. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION TO
ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY MEAL
PROGRAMS CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE
UPLIFTING MEALS TO EVERYONE WHO
CALLS SEATTLE HOME. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. UP NEXT IS RYAN, MANNY,
AND EMMERENA.
>> GOOD MORNING. RYAN BANES
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION, TESTIFYING
IN SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 6
TO THE B&O TAX PROPOSAL. THERE
IS CONCERN THAT INCREASING THE
RATE 50% ABOVE THE STATUTORY
MAXIMUM WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON DOWNTOWN
COMPETITIVENESS AT A TIME WHEN
VACANCY RATES REMAIN HIGH.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 ADDS A LATER
OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE
MEASURE NEEDS. WE BELIEVE THIS
WILL BOOST TAXPAYER CONFIDENCE
AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PROVIDE
A BENEFIT TO COUNCIL AS YOU
CONSIDER FUTURE BUDGETS. IT IS
OUR HOPE THAT THE CONTINUED
INVESTMENTS ENOUMERATED IN THE
ORDINANCE PROVIDE MEASURE BIBLE
COMMUNITY. WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT
FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 6.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MANNY.
>> GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS MANNY COWALA, I AM THE
DIRECTOR FOR INSPIRE WASHINGTON,
YOUR SEATTLE KING COUNTY AND
STATE'S CULTURAL ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION. I SPEAK TODAY WITH
A REPRESENTATIVE VOICE FOR THE
HUNDREDS OF CULTURAL NONPROFITS
AND THE THOUSANDS OF CREATIVES
THAT MAKE SEATTLE VIBRANT EVERY
DAY. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR
HARRELL AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR THE SHIELD SEATTLE PROPOSAL.
THIS LEGISLATION IS A RIGHT STEP
FORWARD TO SUPPORT SEATTLEITES,
ESPECIALLY THE FRAGILE COMMUNITY
AND ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF
THE SERVICES NOW WHEN THE COST
OF PROGRAMMING SKY ROCKETS AND
FUNDING SHRINKS FROM STATE AND
FEDERAL SOURCES. SPECIFICALLY,
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGS RTH
AMENDMENT TO ADD ARTS AND
CULTURE IN THE LIST OF
AUTHORIZED ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
OFTEN ARTS AND CULTURAL
PROGRAMMING ARE QUICKLY
CATEGORIZED AS SIMPLE
ENTERTAINMENT. I TELL YOU AS A
THIRD GENERATION SEATTLEITE AND
CULTURAL LEADER THA THAT IS NOT
TRUE. MY DAD WAS A BOEING
MACHINIST. WE STRUGGLED TO GET
BY IN SEATTLE. BUT IT WAS THE
WORK OF CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
THAT CONNECTED US TO OUR
COMMUNITIES, KEPT US BUSY
ESPECIALLY DURING THE CRITICAL
HOURS AFTER SCHOOL AND MADE SURE
THAT WE FELT FULL Y EMBRACED BY
THE CITY. AS A CULTURALY
PROFESSIONAL, TELLING YOU A
PERSONAL STORY, SUMMER IS A
NOSTALGIC TIME FOR ME. I HAVE
DONE SOME OF MY BEST WORK IN
PART TNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
DURING THE SUMMER. BACK WHEN I
WAS A VERY YOUNG MAN, I WORKED
ON THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM. THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CHALLENGED ME BY GIVING ME SOME
OF THE MOST CHALLENGING YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT AND ALSO DIVERSIONS FROM
SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES
THEY WERE ENGAGED. IT WAS
ESSENTIAL FOR THEM. I ALSO RAN
THE SUMMER YOUTH TEEN MUSICAL
PROGRAM. EVERYONE WILL AGREE
THAT PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL TO
THEM. THANK YOU FOR THE
PROPOSAL. PLEASE ADD THIS TO THE
LIST SO WE CAN --
>> THANK YOU, MANNY. UP NEXT IS
EMMERANTA AND THEN WE WILL MOVE
TO PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> GOOD MORNING. I LEV IN
DISTRICT 2. I'M THE COEXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION FOR
BASED VILOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WE
SUPPORT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
SEATTLE SHIELD INITIATIVE
BECAUSE WE ENSURE GENDER BASED
VIOLENCE SURVIVORS CAN AND WE
BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL WILL HELP
US DO THAT. THE PROPOSAL
AMENDMENT SHOWS HOW MANY AREAS
OF THE CITY MAY EXPERIENCE LESS
RESOURCES AS A RESULT OF FEDERAL
POLICIES. AND WE ALSO SEE THIS
PROPOSAL AS JUST A FIRST STEP
AMONG MANY, MANY MORE THAT WE
NEED TOWARDS FAIR AND
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SO WE CAN
SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
VULNERABLE THAT DEPEND ON THE
BASICS, SAFETY, FOOD, HOUSING,
SHELTER AND SO THEY CAN SUPPORT
ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS OF THE
CITY THAT WE KNOW ARE AT RISK OF
CUTS. AS YOU CONSIDER THESE
AMENDMENTS, PLEASE KEEP THOSE
MOST ON THE MARGINS FRONT OF
MIND AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALL
OPTIONS FOR A PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE, LOCALLY AND AT THE
STATE LEVEL SO WE CAN FUND THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE KNOW WE
DESERVE, THAT WE KNOW MAKE
SEATTLE A PLACE WHERE WE ALL
WANT TO LIVE AND HAVE ARTS AND
CULTURE AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS
AND ALL OF THE THINGS WE CARE
ABOUT. WE KNOW THIS REVENUE IS
ONE STEP AND NOT THAT MUCH MONEY
AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE URGE
YOUR SUPPORT TO CONSIDER THESE
AMENDMENTS AND REALLY JUST THANK
YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS
PROPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR THE
PROPOSAL COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK
TODAY, APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ONTO
ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. WE
HAVE BRANDY McNEIL FOLLOWED BY
DARCY, FOLLOWED BY GABEERAL
NEWMAN, MARSHA ALVAREZ, MARTHA
KIDDENY, ROCKET GARCIA, JONAS
RIOS, AND DAVID HAINES. BRANDY,
I SEE YOU ARE ALREADY OFF MUTE.
WE WILL START THE TIMER WHEN YOU
START T TALKING, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
BRANDY McNEIL. I SERVE AS DEB
DIRECTOR AT PURPOSE DIGNITY
OPTION. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS
SUPPORT FOR THE SHIELD SEATTLE
PROPOSAL. AT PDA, OUR MISSION IS
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC HEALTH BASED
APPROACH TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
SAFETY CONCERNS. THESE CONCERNS
ARE BEING EXACERBATED BY RECENT
CUTS IN HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES THAT WILL BY THE NATURE
MAKE HEALTH AND SAFETY LESS
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE IN THE
COMMUNITY. THESE REDUCTIONS WILL
AFFECT EVERY PERSON THAT LIVES
OR WORKS IN SEATTLE. WE WANT T
TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND MAYOR HARRELL FOR
TAKING STEPS THROUGH THE
PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING OF THE
TAX. THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL FIRST
STEP AND WE ARE EAGER TO SEE THE
COUNCIL GIVE THE PUBLIC AN
COUNTRY TO WEIGH IN ON THE
PROPOSAL. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE VITAL ROLE THAT SMALL
BUSINESSES PLAY. THEY ARE KEY
PARTNERS IN THE SHARED GOAL OF
EMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE THOUGHTFUL
APPROACH YOU HAVE TAKEN TO
ENSURE NEEDS ARE CONSIDERED. AS
THE PROPOSAL MOVES TOWARDS
IMPLEMENTATION, IT WILL BE
CRUCIAL TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO
HUMAN SERVICES GROUNDED IN
EVIDENCE, THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED
AND POSITIONED FOR COLLECTIVE
IMPACT. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS
ABOUT MENDING OUR SOCIAL SAFETY
NET WHICH IS STRETCHED THIN. WE
HAVE SHOWN COMMITMENT AND PDA
LOOKS FORWARD TO PARTNER WITHING
YOU.
>> UP NEXT IS DARCY FOLLOWED BY
GABRIEL AND MARSHA. I SEE YOU
ARE HERE AND OFF MUTE. WHEN YOU
START TALKING, WE WILL START THE
CLOCK.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M THE
COEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUNGER
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, A MEAL
PROGRAM SERVING PRIMARILY
DISTRICT 5. A RESIDENT, RENTER
AND VOTER IN DISTRICT 3. AS A
PROUD MEMBER OF A MEALS PROGRAM
COALITION, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE SEATTLE SHIELD
PROPOSAL. MY THANKS TO MAYOR
HARRELL AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR THE LEGISLATION. I URGE FULL
COUNCIL SUPPORT AND TO ENSURE
THAT MEAL PROGRAMS ARE NOT
EXCLUDED FROM THE FUNDING.
HUNGER INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
PROVIDE FOR THOSE STRUGGLING
WITH HUNGER. IT PAINTS A PICTURE
OF THE CURRENT NEED IN OUR
COMMUNITY. NORTH GATE LOCATIONS
SERVE OVER 600 MEALS EVERY WEEK.
EVERY TIME WE SEE CUTS IN THE
FEDERAL SOCIAL SAFETY NET, WE
SEE MORE FOLKS COME TO OUR MEAL
PROGRAM. WE'RE THE BACKUP WHEN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILS
PEOPLE. NO ONE STANDING BEHIND
US TO FULFILL BASIC NEEDS.
WITHOUT US, PEOPLE GO WITHOUT
FOOD. BECAUSE OF UNPRECEDENTED
ATTENDANCE, THE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING THAT USUALLY LAST THE
PROGRAM A YEAR WILL LIKELY ONLY
LAST ONE MONTH T. WE WILL KEEP
SERVING BUT WE NEED SUPPORT FROM
THE CITY TO TEMPER THE
DISASTEROUS CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WITHOUT A MAJORITY OF THE
FUNDING, THE SUPPORT WE GET FROM
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS CRITICAL
TO SUSTAINING THE WORK AND THE
WORK OF ALL OF THE MEAL PROGRAM
PARTNERS. I HOPE I HAVE MADE MY
THROUGH THE FULL SUPPORT AND THE
PROPOSAL FOR THE INCLUSION OF
MEAL PROGRAMS AS A BEN FISHIARY
OF THE PROPOSAL, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS GABRIEL
NEWMAN . I SEE YOU ARE HERE, HIT
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE. THERE YOU ARE.
TAKE IT AWAY. WHEN YOU START
TALKING, WE'LL START THE CLOCK.
GABRIEL WE SEE YOU ARE HEAR AND
OFF MUTE. IS YOUR PHONE ON MUTE?
>> I AM SO SORRY. I THINK I'M
GOOD NOW.
>> THERE YOU ARE. WELCOME.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, MY NAME IS GABRIEL
NEWMAN, I'M ON THE COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON'S LGBTQ ALLIED
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I'M
TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF THE
PROPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR
INTRODUCING POLICY THAT WILL
PROVIDE BENEFITS TO 95% OF
SEATTLE BUSINESSES. IF PASSED,
THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES TAX RELIEF
AS SOON AS 2026. THIS IS A PRIME
EXAMPLE OF THE QUICK MATERIAL
SUPPORT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING THE IMPACTS
THIS RELIEF WILL HAVE ON CITY'S
RETAIL AND COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE.
THAT SAID, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT
THE TAX WILL BURDEN MIDDLE
EARNING BUSINESSES. 5.7 MILLION
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BUT WITH
INCREASED COST OF LABOR,
INSURANCE, STATEWIDE TAX
INCREASES, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES
RELY ON MARGINS AS LOW 05%. THE
POLICY IS A FANTASTIC FIRST STEP
BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP THE BALL
ROLLING. I ENCOURAGE A SMALL
BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SET UP IN
2018 TO ENSURE LOCAL BUSINESSES
HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN
POLICY DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU
FOR THE WORK. GSCA SUPPORTS THE
PROPOSAL, HIGHLIGHTING AMENDMENT
6 WITH THE EMPHASIS IT BRINGS ON
TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATION,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MARSHA
FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO ALVAREZ AND
MARTA CIDANA. I SEE YOU ARE
HERE. OFF MUTE, TAKE IT AWAY,
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING. HI, EVERYONE,
I'M A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
HUMAN SERVICES COALITION AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKS
WHICH FOCUSES ON HUNGER,
ALLEVIATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT.
WE PROVIDE SUPPORT LIKE FOOD,
DIAPERS AND PROGRAMS TO MORE
THAN 6,000 FAMILIES IN DISTRICTS
4, 5, AND 6. I'M HERE TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF SEATTLE SHIELD. I
THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
MAYOR HARRELL IN SUPPORT OF
PUTTING IT FORWARD. FOOD
SECURITY FOR NEIGHBORS, HOUSING
AND HEALTHER AND SAFETY FROM
VIOLENCE ARE AT RISK IN THE CITY
BUDGET AS A RESULT OF THE
HARMFUL ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
TAKEN AND THE SETTEE'S
PROJECTED SHORT FALL INCLUDING
MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS YOU
HEARD FROM TODAY. SEATTLE SHIELD
IS ONE IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS
CLOSING THE GAP AND PROTECTING
THE SERVICES. THE CRISIS IS
HERE. THOUSANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS
WILL LOSE STAFF BENEFITS AND
WILL CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH
FOOD, SHELTER AND OTHER BENEFITS
IF WE DONT ACT. AS YOU CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS TODAY, PLEASE ENSURE
THE REVENUE RAISED MEETS THE
SCALE OF THE SOLUTION THE CITY
NEEDS. ESPECIALLY RAISES ENOUGH
TO MEET THE ESSENTIAL HUMAN
SERVICES THAT ARE AT RISK. THESE
SERVICES WERE TESTED THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC YEARS, FURTHER
CHALLENGED BY THE AFFORDABILITY
CRISIS AND ARE NOW ON THE
CHOPPING BLOCK FROM THE RECENTLY
PASSED FEDERAL BUDGET
RECONCILIATION BILL . WE URGE
COUNCIL TO USE EVERY TOOL AT
THEIR DISPOSAL TO PROTECT THEM,
INCLUDING ADDITIONAL PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE PROPOSALS. YOU KNOW THE
STAKES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARSHA. UP NEXT IS
ALBERTO. I SEE YOU ARE HERE.
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE. I SEE YOU ARE
OFF MUTE, WELCOME.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR
CONSISTEN TALLY CALLING ON
ACTION TO DEFEND 64,000 SEATTLE
RENTERS. WE HAVE GREEDY MOUTH
PIECES FEAR MONGERING ABOUT
HOMELESS PEOPLE AND SCAPEGOATING
WORKERS. CORPORATIONS TAKE OUR
SUBSIDIES TO PAY RICH SHARE
HOLDERS WHILE OVERWORKING AND
UNDERPAYING SEATTLE WORKERS.
THIS SHIELD PROGRAM OR TAX
RELIEF FOR LOCALLY OWNED
BUSINESSES IS A GREAT FIRST STEP
TOWARDS WEATHERING THE COMING
STORM. I WANT TO SUPPORT THE
FUNDING FOR OLS WHICH COMBINED
WITH YOUR CHEELD PROGRAM TO
ALLOW BUSINESSES TO BETTER
MANAGE THEIR MONEY WHILE
MAINTAINING THE HIGH STANDARDS
OF WORKER SAFETY THAT SEATTLE
RESIDENTS VALUE. YOUR SHIELD
LEGISLATION ISFOUNDATIONAL TO
CORRECTING COURSE AND LIGHTING
THE WAY FORWARD DURING A DARK
TIME FOR OUR CITY . THANK YOU
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL. HAVE A
GREAT DAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MARTA,
FOLLOWED BY ROCKET GARCIA AND
JONAS RIOS. IF YOU ARE NOT
PRESENT, NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL
IN. I SEE MATT GOT PROMOTED AND
NOW MARTA IS HERE. STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE. WE WILL RESET THE CLOCK.
YOU ARE OFF MUTE, WELCOME, GOOD
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU. I'M THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE. I'M HERE
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MAYOR
HARRELL AND COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK'S BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION
TAX TO SUSTAIN HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES. WE ALSO REQUEST THAT
THE COUNCIL CONTINUE TO PURSUE
LONGTERM PROGRESSIVE TAX
REVENUE. A CRISIS LEVEL WITH
THOUSANDS LIVING UNSHELTERED
MUST BE MET WITH EQUAL MEASURE.
THE PRIORITY MUST BE TO SEEK
HOUSING PROGRAMS, FOOD PROGRAMS,
OTHER SERVICES FROM FUNDING. FOR
EXAMPLE, AGENCIES HAVE BEEN TOLD
THAT FORMERLY HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS WILL BE MOVED INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING DURING THE
PANDEMIC MAY BE FORCED TO LEAVE
AND RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS. THIS
WILL AFFECT THOSE WHO HOLD THE
500 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS
FROM HUD THAT WERE MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY TO HOUSING
DISABLED AND VULNERABLE
INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON THE
STREES. THESE VOUCHERS WERE
SUPPOSED TO LAST TEN YEARS BUT
WILL NOW ONLY LAST ONE MORE
YEAR. HOW WILL RESIDENTS BE ABLE
TO AFFORD RENT WHEN THE MONTHS
ARE UP? WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT
NEITHER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OR
WILL KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED. NO TAX
SHOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT THE
HOUSEHOLDS BY EXTENDING RENT
ASSISTANCE, AS ONE OF THE FIRST
PROGRAMS TO BE CUT BY TRUMP AND
HUD. IT WOULD BE COUNTERPRUBTIVE
TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING CUTS
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO RETURN TO LIVING ON
THE STREETS. FUNDING STRATEGIES
MUST BE PROGRESSIVE AND
LONG-LASTING. LEHI ASKS THAT
THEY APPROVE THE TAX WITH NO
SUNSET AND OPPOSE AMENDMENT, 18,
17 IT FOCUS ON SHELTER, HOUSING,
FOOD SERVICES. LASTLY WE ASK
THAT THE COUNCIL EXTEND THIS
MEASURE TO VOTERS. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU, MARTA. UP NEXT IS
ROCKET, FOLLOWED BY JONAS,
DAVID, AND MATT. ROCKET, I SEE
YOU OFF MUTE, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU
TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND MAYOR
HARRELL FOR INTRODUCING THE
PROGRESSIVE TAX REFORM. I'M A
VISUAL ARTIST STUDENT IN THE
BUSINESS AND KING COUNTY RESDEN.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF CB128
FOR VOTERS. IT IS CRITICAL THAT
THE FUNDS RAISED BY THE TAX ARE
USED FOR HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES. AS A CHILD, I
EXPERIENCED ABUSE THAT LEFT ME
WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS. BECAUSE OF
THIS, I'M UNABLE TO WORK
FULL-TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERING AND PROVIDING
PUBLIC COMMENT AT HEARINGS LIKE
THIS. I AM RELIANT ON HUMAN
SERVICES SUCH AS SNAP AND AB
TRGS. IT FOCUSED ME ON HEALING
FROM PAST ABUSE AND HAVING
DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS AND SAFE
HOUSING. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
GENERALLY EXPRESSED THAT THESE
AMERICANS SHOULD JUST DIE AND
THE CUTS REFLECT THE SENTIMENT.
WITHOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICES, I WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO LIVE. SET ATTAL MUST
INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
RESIDENTS FOR MANY YEARS. THE
COUNCIL ALSO NEEDS TO PASS
PRODUCTIVE LONGTERM IN THE
COMING YEARS BECAUSE THIS REFORM
WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO COMBAT THE
MASSIVE FEDERAL CUTS COMING OUR
WAY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE KNOW THE BASIC
SERVICES WILL NOT BE CUT.
FURTHER CUTS TO EMERGENCY
SHELTERS AND OTHER HUMAN
SERVICES WILL BE CATASTROPHIC TO
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. I KNOW
FIRST-HAND BECAUSE OF MY
EXPERIENCES WITH HOMELESSNESS
AND DISABILITY. PLEASE SEND THE
TAX REFORM TO VOTERS AND SPEND
EXCLUSIVELY ON HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES. THERE ARE SO MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FALL
BACK ON THEIR PARENTS AND CAN'T
GET A START IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE ENDS
MEET. WE ARE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE. PLEASE
DON'T FORGET US AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, ROCKET. UP NEXT IS
JONAS, FOLLOWED BY DAVID AND
MATT. JONAS, THERE YOU ARE, TAKE
IT OFF MUTE, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. FIRST
OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND MAYOR
HARRELL FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE
DONE. MY NAME IS JONAS RIOS,
23-YEAR-OLD YOUTH ADVOCATE AND
FORMER FOSTER YOUTH. I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT T OF THE TAX
REFORM PROPOSAL. THE FUNDING
DEFICITS THAT ARE OCCURRING ON
STATEWIDE AND FEDERAL LEVELS ARE
IMPACTING ALL COMMUNITIES,
ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE MORE
VULNERABLE. REDIRECTING THE
FUNDING IS ESSENTIAL. I TURNED
18 AND AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE
THE SAME WEEK THAT PANDEMIC
BEGAN. I HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS
PROGRESS BUT I WOULD NOT BE
ALIVE IF IT WERE NOT FOR FOOD
STAMPS, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND
MEDICAID. I WILL NEVER FORGET
THE THREAT OF BEING DENIED EBT
AND I WAS FORCED TO PRESERVE MY
FOOD. COMMUNITIES ARE BEING
DEPRYIVED OF BASIC NEEDS TO THE
POINT THEIR LIVES ARE
THREATENED. WE MUST FIGHT FOR
CHANGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THIS
TAX REFORM IS ONE POSSIBLE
SOLUTION. PLEASE DON'T FORGET
ABOUT US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, JONAS. UP NEXT IS
DAVID HAINES FOLLOWED BY MATT
LANDERS, MATT LANDERS IS THE
FINAL PUBLIC COMMENTER FOR
TODAY. WELCOME DAVID, STAR 6
UNMUTE. SPEAK TO THE ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA.
>> HI, DAVID HAINES, THANK YOU.
WE NEED A SCRUTINY OF THE BUDGET
TO PURGE THE PREVIOUS SPENDING
PRIORITIES THAT EXACERBATED THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS AND CREATED
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICE
REFORM WHERE THE GOVERNMENT
WOULD RUN INTERFERENCE FOR
REPEAT OFFENDERS CONNECTED TO
THE UNDERWORLD AND NOT MAKE THEM
BREAK THEIR HABITS BUT LET THEM
HIDE BEHIND DRUG ADDICTION WHILE
THE BUDGET IS CONSTANTLY
REISSUING THE SAME MONEY TO THE
UNQUALIFIED POLITICALLY
CONNECTED NONPROFITS THAT SOME
CLAIM ARE EXPERTS AND RUN
INTERFERENCE FOR CRIMINALS WERE
PART OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS AND SHUT
DOWN THE CITY HALL AND BULLIED
AND INTIMIDATED COUNCIL INTO
CAPITULATING INTO DEFUNDING THE
POLICE AND OUT OF THE DEFUND
POLICE, THEY CREATED ALL OF
THESE SPENDING PRIORITIES THAT
THIS COUNCIL PROMISED TO REVISIT
BUT COULDN'T BECAUSE THE
CENTRAL STAFF WAS COACHED TO
PULL THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF
THE NEW COUNCIL WHO NOW SEEMS TO
STILL WANT TO GO ALONG TO GET
ALONG AND NOT SCRUTINIZE ALL OF
THOSE BAD POLICIES BECAUSE THEY
ARE STILL CONNECTED TO THE
POLITICAL DONORS AND THE OWNERS
OF THE CONTRACTS WHO WOULD
RATHER PROTEST THAN SUPPORT
ELECTIONS BASED ON THE SCRUTINY
OF THE OVER SITE OF THE MONEY.
WE GOT PEOPLE ON COUNCIL PLAYING
THE RACE CARD TRYING TO DISTRACT
FROM THE FACT THAT PROGRESSIVE
POLICIES HAVE IMPLODED SEATTLE,
MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE
ECONOMY TO THRIVE, MAKING IT
UNTENABLE FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO
GO OUT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET ON THE
SIDEWALK STILL. YET, EVERYONE
WANTS TO BLAME TRUMP. TRUMP HAS
BEEN IN OFFICE 6 MONTHS. HE
PROMISED TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS
CRISIS AND PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS
BUT BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS AN
AGENDA THAT HAS TO DO WITH
POLITICAL CONNECTIONS AND
REELECTION APPARATUS, WE ENEED A
DOGE SCRUTINY OF THE BUDGET. WE
NEED A TRANSPARENT MORE
TRUSTWORTHY STAFF INSTEAD OF
THIS BS --
>> THANK YOU, DAVID. UP NEXT IS
MATT LANDERS AND THAT WILL BE
THE FINAL PUBLIC COMMENTER OF
THE DAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY
NAME IS MATTHEW LANDERS. I'M
CALLING ON BEHALF OF FRED
HUTCHINS CANCER CENTER AND I'M
ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR
AMENDMENT 8 WHICH WOULD CREATE A
TAX CREDIT TO AVOID SIGNIFICANT
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERS
SUCH AS FRED HUTCH AND OUR
PATIENTS AT OUR RESEARCH.
FEDERAL CHANGES NOW THREATEN
ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF OUR WORK
FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES. WE HOPE
OUR PARTNERS IN THE CITY AS THEY
CONSIDER A SEATTLE SHIELD LAW
CAN SUPPORT THE GROUNDBREAKING
AND LIFE SAVING WORK THAT WE
DEDICATE OURSELVES TO AT WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF OUR PRESENT
AND VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTERS,
TAKING LAST CALL, DID ANYONE
ELSE SIGN UP? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
SEEING AS WE EHAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS PRESENT, WE WILL MOVE
ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THE
FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS THE
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL
121028 WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE --
NOW I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO READ
THE SHORT TITLE..
>> COUNCIL BILL 121028A AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX FOR
BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE JOINED
TODAY BY DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE,
DIRECTOR DAN EDER, AND TOM
MIKESELL. WE MAY BE JOINED BY
DEPUTY MAYOR GREG WONG LATER.
BEFORE WE GET ETINTO THE
REPRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THE BILL BEFORE US. I MOVE
THAT THE BILL RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF COUNCIL BILL 121028, IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED THAT THE COUNCIL
MOVE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. GIVE
YOU A LITTLE OVER LAY OF HOW THE
PROCESS WILL WORK. WE WILL SPEAK
ABOUT A CONSENT AGENDA IN A
MINUTE. FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT
AGENDA, WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF BRIEF THE ITEM. WE WILL
THEN HAVE THE SPONSOR SPEAK TO
THE ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
HAS SPONSORED THE UNDERLYING
BILL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK. WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION,
BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS
SPONSOR OF THE BILL, BACK TO THE
SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT AND
THEN WE WILL VOTE. SO JUST ONCE
AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF SPEAK, SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
GENERAL DISCUSSION, BACK TO
RINCK, BACK TO THE SPONSOR, BACK
TO VOTE. AS A REMINDER OF WHERE
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS, WE
HAD A MEETING WHERE WE BRIEFED
THE UNDERLYING BILL. WE HAD A
SECOND MEETING WHERE WE HAD
DISCUSSION FOR THREE AND A HALF
HOURS. BROAD DISCUSSION ON THE
PACKAGE. TODAY'S MEETING WE
WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TODAY.
I KNOW I'M TALKING BUT THEN I
WILL ASK EVERYONE TO MOVE
QUICKLY. WE WILL THEN HAVE A
FINAL VOTE ON THE AUGUST 4th
MONDAY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO
AS I WILL PASS IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR REMARKS
TO THE UNDERLYING BILL. WE WILL
THEN MOVE INTO AMENDMENTS. I
WILL ASK COLLEAGUES TO HOLD THE
REMARKS ON THE UNDERLYING BILL
UNTIL AFTER WE GET THROUGH
AMENDMENTS. I WANT TO JUST
REMIND THE BUDDY THAT THIS BILL
DOES NOT SOLVE THE BUDGET
PROGRAM BEFORE US. LAST YEAR, WE
HAD A $250 MILLION BUDGET HOLE.
WE UTILIZED COST SAVING MEASURES
AND EFFICIENCIES LAST YEAR WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SLOW
GROWTH WOULD BEGIN THIS YEAR.
AND IT DID BEGIN UNTIL JANUARY
WHICH IS WHEN THE ECONOMY TOOK A
SHARP CHANGE. AND I WILL A BIG
PROPONENT OF MULTIYEAR BUDGET
REFORM. WE HAVE SET OURSELVES UP
TO CONTINUE THE BUDGET REFORM
WORK THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, WE DO
NOT HAVE $250 MILLION WORTH OF
CUTS THAT CAN BE MADE AND STILL
BE ABLE TO SERVE SEATTLEITES
WITH THE BASIC NEEDS THAT THEY
DESERVE SO WE CAN HAVE A HEALTHY
CITY . THAT IS THE OVERALL
BUDGET CONTEXT. THAT IS THE BILL
CONTEXT, I WILL PASS IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND THEN WE
WILL DISCUSS THE CONSENT COUNCIL
AND GO INTO THE INDIVIDUAL
AMENDMENTS. BEFORE WE GO INTO
INDIVIDUAL AMENDHAMS, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO TOM, BEN, FOR
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THE FLOOR
IS YOURS AND THEN WE WILL TURN
IT TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFUL
AMENDMENTS ON THE LEGISLATION TO
REDUCE TAXES FOR 90% OF
SEATTLE'S BUSINESSES AND SECURE
$90 MILLION IN NET REVENUE TO
PREVENT CUTS TO CRITICAL CITY
PROGRAMS. BEFORE WE BEGIN
DISCUSSION AND VOTES ON THOSE, I
WANT TO REGROUND US IN ON WHAT
WE ARE DOING AND WHY. OUR WORK
TODAY IS TO CRAFT A PROPOSAL FOR
THE VOTERS OF THE GREAT CITY.
WITH THE PROPOSAL, WE WILL ASK
TO PROVIDE A STRONG A TOOL AS
POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THE SERVICES
THEY RELY ON. WE WILL ASK THEM
TO EMPOWER US TO SHIELD THE CITY
PROGRAMS TO WEATHER THE COMING
BUDGET STORMS BROUGHT ABOUT BY
THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND
PAST COUNCIL DECISIONS. THIS
LEGISLATION BEGAN WITH THREE
GOALS IN MIND. FIRST TO SHIELD
CRITICAL CITY FROM CUTS, SECOND
TO SHIELD SMALL BUSINESSES FROM
THE IMPACTS OF RISING COSTS TO
ENSURE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO FUEL
OUR REGION'S VITALITY, AND
THIRD TO SHIELD OUR COMMUNITY
FROM MASSIVE CUTS IN FEDERAL
FUNDING THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY
THAT WILL INCREASE DEMAND ON
CITY SERVICES OF THE MOST VULNER
BIBLE CONSTITUENTS. WE WERE
WORKING WITH COLLABORATION OF
THE MAYOR AND CITY BUDGET OFFICE
AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A WAY TO
RAISE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND
REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN FOR 90% OF
SEATTLE'S. 90% IS NOT GOING TO
NEW PROGRAMS. WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT STABILIZING THE SERVICES
IN OUR REGION. THE DOLLARS
RAISED AND DEDICATED TO
PREVENTING CUTS TO THE PROGRAM
ARE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT MANY OF
OUR NEIGHBORS DEPEND ON. WE TALK
ABOUT PROMOTING HOUSING
STABILITY, PROTECTING THE RIGHTS
OF VULNERABLE WORKERS, SUPPORT
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
SERVING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FOOD
INSECURITY OR GENDER BASED
VIOLENCE. I WILL BE BLUNT,
ASKING THE VOTERS TO SHIELD THIS
$90 MILLION NOW MEANS $90
MILLION LESS IN CUS. EACH OF US
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IN
BUDGET THIS FALL. MANY OF THE
AMENDMENTS BEFORE US WOULD ADD
CATEGORIES OR EXAMPLES THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE US TO
PROTECT FROM THE CUTS WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THIS
FALL. OF THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL
CATEGORIES ARE ALREADY COVERED
BY THE EVERY CHILD READY LEVY
AND THE TRANSPORT LEVY. SEATTLE
VOTERS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING
THOSE AREAS AND WE SHOULD NOT BE
ASKING FOR MORE. A FEW
AMENDMENTS ARE AIMED AT
CARVEOUTS FOR A PARTICULAR CLASS
OF BUSINESSES OR SERVICES. IF
THOSE AMEPDMENTES PAZ, WE WOULD
BE ELOOKING AT ROUGHLY $10
MILLION LESS TO STAVE OFF THE
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. IN
LIGHT OF THE $250 MILLION BUDGET
SHORT FALL IN AN $8.5 BILLION
BUDGET, $90 MILLION IS A
RELATIVELY SMALL POT TO DIVVY
ACROSS A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THE
COMMUNITY. IF WE ARE GOING TO
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS FOR MORE
DEMAND, WE ASK COLLEAGUES NOT TO
SHRINK THE FUNDS BY CARVEOUTS
FOR ONE BUSINESS BEFORE WE SEND
TO VOTERS. WHEN WE GET TO
AMENDMENTS, I WILL ASK COUNCIL
TO CONSIDER TABLING THESE UNTIL
THE FULL MEETING. WE WILL HAVE
ADDITIONAL FULL ANALYSIS
PREPARED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE
CAN RECALIBRATE THE RATES TO
ENSURE WE CAN COLLECT $90
MILLION TO OUTLINE THE
LEGISLATION. THERE IS A STRONG
COALITION OF SUPPORT BEHIND THIS
FROM OVER 70 PARTNERS FROM SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND BUSINESS
CHANGEBERS, LABOR ADVOCATES,
UNIONS AND NOW EARNING THE
SUPPORT OF GSBA AS WE HEARD
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY'S
WORK IS TO BUILD THE STRONGEST
SHIELD WE CAN AROUND SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT WE NEED AND I
BELIEVE WHEN WE GIVE SEATTLE
VOTERS THE CHOICE, WE WILL
PROTECT WHAT MATTERS MOST. WITH
THAT, I WILL CLES THERE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR DAN EDER IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING AND THEN WE
WILL HAND OVER TO BEN NOBLE.
THIS IS UNDERLYING BILL, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. ,
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
HAPPY TO BE HERE, PRIMARILY IN
THE QUESTION ANSWERING MODE. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF. I DON'T HAVE FURTHER
COMMENTS BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPORTANT
BILL .
>> THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND
DEPUTY WONG IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN
US SO MY APOLOGIES FOR
MISSTATING THAT. PASSING IT TO
TOM.
>> I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD, GIVEN
THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU. TOM?
>> GOOD MORNING, JUST FOR THE
RECORD, TOM MIKESELL WITH THE
CENTRAL STAFF. I DEFER TO THE
CHAIR FOR NEXT STEPS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I SEE YOU HAVE A HAND?
>> YES, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT
WHAT WAS JUST MENTIONED ABOUT
DEFERRING VOTES ON SOME OF THE
AMENDMENTS. I JUST WANTED
CLARIFICATION OF THAT? DOES THAT
IMPACT WHAT IS HAPPENING?
>> LET'S GET INTO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND THEN WE WILL TAKE
UP AMENDMENTS ONE BY ONE IF
THAT'S OKAY?
>> WE ARE VOTING TODAY?
>> WE ARE VOTING ON AMENDMENTS
AS SOON AS WE CAN SAY THE NEXT
WORD.
>> OKAY. I THOUGHT I HEARD
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK SAY WE
ESHOULD DO THAT ON MONDAY SO I
MUST HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD.
>> WE WILL GET TO THAT. AT THUS
TIME, I MOVE US INTO THE CONSENT
AGENDA. THE AGENDA FOR THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING WAS DRAFTED
WITHOUT A CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE
I AS THE CHAIR, COLLEAGUES, I
DON'T THINK IT WAS INTENTIONAL
BUT NO ONE RELEASED
CONFIDENTIALITY TO THE CHAIR. I
ONLY BECAME AWARE OF THE
AMENDMENTS ONCE THEY WERE
POSTED. I'M PROPOSING WE
CONSOLIDATE THE AMENDHAMS.
SPONSORS CAN SPEAK TO THE
AMENDMENTS. THIS REDUCES THE
NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE TO SAY
AYE. IF WE HAVE FIVE AMENDMENTS
EVERYONE WILL SAY AYE ON, IT
REMOVES THE AMOUNT OF TIME. SO
I'M PROPOSING WE CONSOLIDATE
THE AMENDMENTS BY VOTING ON THE
FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS IN ONE
VOTE. SO COLLEAGUES, I KNOW WE
SENT AN EMAIL OUT BUT THAT WOULD
BE AMENDMENT ONE, TWO, 13, 15,
AND 16. WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF WREEF US ON ALL OF THE
AMENDMENTS. SPONSORS CAN SPEAK
TO THE AMENDMENTS. THEN WE WILL
TAKE ONE VOTE. I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WE OFFERED
TO ADD AMENDMENTS 10 AND 11. YOU
CAN SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENTS
RIGHT NOW. IT IS REDUCING THE
TIME WE SAY AYE. SO I'M OFFERING
AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE 10
AND 11, THE CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSISTS OF AMENDMENTS WHICH
THERE ARE NO FURTHER AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED OR WE HAVE NOT BEEN
IDENTIFIED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE
EVERYONE WILL VOTE YES IS THE
THING. CENTRAL STAFF WILL
PROVIDE US AN OVER VIEW, JUST
ONE SECOND AND I WILL GET TO
QUESTIONS. WILL PROVIDE US AN
OVER VIEW OF EACH OF THE
AMENDMENTS AND WE WILL VOTE ON
THEM AS A PACKAGE. THE REQUEST
DOES NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
ANYONE CAN REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM
THE CONSENT PACKAGE. THE REMOVAL
DOES NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. AND
WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ATIMES.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO CLARIFY.
I'M RESPONDING TO THE EMAIL YOU
SENT US YESTERDAY WHICH LISTED
NOW THE CONSENT FOR AMENDMENTS
1, 2, 13, 15, AND 16 AND NOW WE
WILL ALSO ADD AMENDMENTS 10, AND
11?
>> IF COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WOULD
LIKE TO? AND I'M SEEING SHE IS
SAYING NO. SO WE WILL JUST TAKE
UP -- AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR AMENDMENTS
INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA?
OKAY AGAIN. IT JUST REDUCES THE
NUMBER OF TIMES WE SAY AYE.
>> OKAY.
>> WITH THAT I WILL PROPOSE THAT
WE PUT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
AMENDMENTS, 1, 2, 13, 15, AND
16. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT
COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
REMOVED? CENTRAL STAFF I WOULD
LIKE YOU TO BRIEF THE AMENDMENTS
AND THEN ASK FOR REMOVAL. IF YOU
WANT TO ADD IN, WE CAN ADD THEM
IN.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> YES?
>> THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY,
ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT
PROFFERED, SPONSORED THESE
AMENDMENTS HAVE AGREED TO ADD TO
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND NOW WE
WILL JUST HEAR THEM?
>> IN A TYPICAL WORLD,
COLLEAGUES WOULD HAVE RELIEVED
KAFT CONFIDENTIALITY AND WE
WOULD HAVE MORE TIME. WHAT WILL
HAPPEN NOW IS CENTRAL STAFF WILL
BRIEF EACH OF THE AMENDMENTS. IF
ANYONE WANTS TO REMOVE AN
AMENDMENT, WE CAN DO THAT AND
THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THEM AS A
PACKAGE.
>> THAT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER
MY QUESTION. SO EVERYONE IS OKAY
WITH THEIRS BEING IN THE
CONSENT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE.
>> SO THAT'S THE PROCESS OF
EVERYONE BEING ABLE TO REMOVE
ANY ITEM AND THERE IS NO
REQUIREMENT FOR A SECOND TO
REMOVE AN ITEM.
>> I SEE. THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. WITH THAT, I'M GOING
TO TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF
TO BRIEF ITEMS 1, 12, 13, 15,
AND 16.
>> THANK YOU. TO READ THAT BACK,
1, 2, 13, 15, 16.
>> AFFIRMATIVE.
>> STARTING WITH AMENDMENT ONE,
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WHICH
MAKES A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO
THE STANDARD DEDUCTION LANGUAGE
OF THE BILL. IT IS NECKTICAL,
INTENDED TO FACILITATE TAXPAYER
COMPLIANCE. AMENDMENT 3 IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. THIS AMENDMENT --
APOLOGIES. AMENDMENT 2 IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE ADDING A WHEREAS CLAUSE
TO THE BILL RELATED TO SEATTLE
HOUSING INVESTMENT PLAN. IT
GENERALLY ADDS THE CLAUSE
RELATED TO PROTECTED BUDGET
DEFICIT AND SPECIFIES THAT THE
SEATTLE HOUSING INVESTMENT PLAN
WAS REQUESTED IN OHOO1SA. NOW
AMENDMENT 13 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
THIS ADDS PUBLIC HEALTH AS AN
ELIGIBLE USE OF THE PORTION OF
FUNDS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BACK
FILL GENERAL FUND PROGRAMS.
AMENDMENT 15, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
WOULD LIMIT THE SUM NET REVENUE
TO SUPPORT ONLY EXISTING
PROGRAMS IN THE BUDGET.
AMENDMENT 16 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT NELSON
WOULD ADD SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDER AS AN ELIGIBLE USE OF
FUNDS UP TO THE $230 MILLION NET
REVENUE TO BACK FILL FEDERAL
BUDGET CUTS. IT ALSO ADDS THAT
THE USES CAN BE TRIGGERED DUE TO
CHANGES IN FEDERAL POLICY.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WOULD
ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE THE ITEMS?
YOU CAN STILL SPEAK TO THEM IN A
SECOND. IT JUST REDUCES THE
NUMBER WE SAY AYE. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> THAT WAS FOR A QUESTION FOR
LATER.
>> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO
REMOVE? HEARING NO ITEMS ARE
GOING TO BE REMOVED I MOVE TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH
INCLUDES AMENDMENTS, 1, 2, 3,
13, 15, 16. IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT AMENDMENTS, 1, 2, 13,
15, AND 16. WE WILL OPEN THE
FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. THIS IS
THE TIME THAT YOU STAY -- ANY
COMMENTS ON YOUR AMENDMENTS,
COLLEAGUES? THIS IS ITEMS 1, 2,
13, 15, 16. IF NO ONE WANTS TO
SPEAK -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT I SEE
YOUR HAND?
>> THANK YOU, I WILL SPEAK TO
AMENDMENT 16, JUST A SECOND
HERE. I'M GLAD THERE IS CONSENT
THAT THIS WILL PASS BUT I WANT
TO SMAN MY REASONING BECAUSE
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
MEDICAID CUTS IN THE BIG
BEAUTIFUL BILL. WELL, ALL OF THE
CUTS ARE TERRIBLE BUT WE HAVE
SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEDICAID
WORK REQUIREMENTS GO INTO
EFFECT. THEY TEND TO DRIVE DOWN
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT HOW THIS
AFFECTS OUR HOMELESSNESS AND
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER RESPONSE.
THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS AMENDMENT
FORWARD. IT WOULD SIMPLY ALLOW
FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO
BACK FILL FEDERAL DOLLARS
REGARDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE. THIS
AMENDMENT EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF
FEDERAL CUTS TO ALSO INCLUDE
FEDERAL -- JUST A SECOND. TO
ALSO INCLUDE FEDERAL POLICY
CHANGES BECAUSE TECHNICALLY ETHE
MEDICAID REQUIREMENT IS A POLICY
CHANGE AS ARE MANY OF THE
REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO
RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR
HOMELESSNESS AND THAT'S THE
POINT I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. IT IS A
POLICY CHANGE THAT WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN A PROGRAM BEING UNDER
FUNDED. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
THE AMENDMENT AND INCLUDING IT
IN THE PACKAGE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS
ON AMENDMENTS , 1, 2, 13, 15,
EAR 16? I'M SEEING NO MORE
COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO ASK THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU. ONE EXCUSED. WE
WILL NOW MOVE ONTO THE
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE JUST
PASSED THE CONSENT CALENDAR. FOR
EACH AMENDMENT, WE WILL CALL ON
A SPONSOR TO MOVE IT, WE WILL
THEN MOVE ONTO CENTRAL STAFF FOR
AN OVER VIEW, TURN IT BACK TO
THE SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, SPONSOR, VOTE. REMEMBER
COLLEAGUES, WE STILL HAVE A
NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO GET
THROUGH. WE HAVE A BUNCH. WE GOT
TO GO. WITH THAT, I'M JUST
GOING TO SAY GENERALLY FOR
MYSELF, LOOKING AT THESE
AMENDMENTS, THIS BILL IS
INTENDED TO PROTECT US FROM THE
FEDERAL CUTS THAT ARE OCCURRING.
IT IS TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGED
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
ECONOMY BASED ON THE CHANGES
THAT OCCURRED AND THIS BILL IS
TO FOCUS ON THE HUMAN NEEDS FOR
FOLKS TO SELF ACTUALIZE AND AT
LEAST THRIVE AND IF NOTHING LESS
THRIVE THROUGH THESE NEXT FEW
YEARS. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO
BE BRINGING AMENDMENTS ON BEHALF
OF COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TODAY
BECAUSE HE IS NOT PRESENT. SO I
MOVE TO AMEND KUNL BILL 121028
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 3 ON
BEHALF OF MEMBER KETTLE.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO PUT THE
AMENDMENT FORWARD. I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR
REVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AMENDMENT 3
WOULD REMOVE -- I'M GOING TO
BACK UP A BIT. THE UNDERLYING
COUNCIL BILL INCLUDES A JANUARY
1, 2030 SUNSET DATE AND PROVIDES
FOR ONE EXTENSION OF THE DATE.
AFTER THAT TIME, ALL OF THE
ORDINANCE PROVISIONS WOULD
EXPIRE. THIS AMENDMENT THREE
WOULD REMOVE THAT SUNSET DATE
AND THE POTENTIAL EXTENSION
PROVISIONS AND REPLACE IT WITH A
TIERED RATE THAT WOULD BE
IMPOSED ON JANUARY 1 OF 2023, A
LOWER RATE. THAT LOWER RATE
WOULD STILL FUND THE TAX
RESTRUCTURE TO PAY FOR THE
STANDARD REDUCTION AND THE 2
MILLION SMALL BUSINESS THRESHOLD
FOR THE TAX. HOWEVER, IT WOULD
NOT RAISE THE $90 MILLION OF NET
REVENUE. THAT WOULD BE THE
STRUCTURE GOING FORWARD. WE DID
A QUICK CALCULATION. THE
EXISTING STRUCTURE, EXISTING TAX
STRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL REMEMBER,
HAD A POINT OF ABOUT $5.7
MILLION COMPARED TO THE CURRENT
TAX STRUCTURE. BUSINESSES WOULD
PAY NO OR LOW OR THEY WOULD BE
PAYING HIGHER TAX ABOVE $5.7
MILLION. WITH THIS TIERED
STRUCTURE, WHEN THE TIER WENT
INTO EFFECT IN 2023, THAT CUTOFF
WOULD BE $10 MILLION.
>> ANOTHER VERSION OF IT, THE
BASE BILL, WE HAVE VOTE RSZ
PROINTELLIGENCEY AUTHORIZE TWO
THINGS THE THRESHOLD RAISED AND
RAISE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THAT
WOULD RUN FOR FOUR YEARS AND
THEN KUNL WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE FOR
AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS,
POTENTIALLY EIGHT YEARS AT WHICH
POINT IT WOULD REVERT TO HOW
THEY ARE NOW WHICH IS TO SAY THE
REVENUE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
TAXATION AND BANKS WOULD RETURN
TO THEIR CURRENT RATE. THAT'S
THE BASE BILL. WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS PROPOSAL
IS THE TOTAL OF 8 YEARS THERE.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS PROPOSAL
A VERSION WHERE THE VOTERS
CHOOSE A SEVEN YEAR PATH THAT
WOULD EXEMPT THE FIRST TWO
MILLION FROM TAXATION, RAISE
RATES TO OFFSET THAT AND TO
RAISE AN ADDITIONAL $90 MILLION.
AT THE END OF 7 YEARS, WE WOULD
REEVERT BUT NOT TO THE CURRENT
STATE. WE WOULD REVERT TO A
WORLD WHERE THE FIRST $2 MILLION
IS STILL EXEMPT AND RATES ARE
SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN THEY ARE
NOW IN ORDER TO OFFSET THAT. BUT
IT WOULD BE A REVENUE NEUTRAL
RESET IF YOU WILL, 7 YEARS FROM
NOW. REVENUE NEUTRAL RELATIVE TO
TODAY. SO AGAIN, THE 2 MILLION
EXEMPTION COSTS THE CITY
UNCURRENT DOLLARS ABOUT 60
MILLION. WE WILL NEED TO TREAT
THE OTHER RATES UP SOME. THAT
TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT 25%. IT IS
IN THAT SENSE, 7 YEARS, WE WOULD
END UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT
POTENTIALLY IS REVENUE NEUTRAL
BUT MORE PROGRESSIVE IN THAT
THAT THE FIRST TWO MILLION IS
EXEMPT. THAT IS APPROXIMATELY
25%. AND TOM WAS JUST DESCRIBING
WITH THE BREAK EVEN POINT THEN,
IT TURNS OUT TO BE CLOSER TO 10
MILLION RATHER THAN THE 5.5 TO
6. HOPEFULLY THAT IS ANOTHER
PERSIAN THAT KIND OF CATCHES
WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR EDER,
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO.
>> FOR ALL OF THE KETTLE
AMENDMENTS, I WILL BE BRINGING
THEM FORWARD BECAUSE HE IS
EXCUSED. THIS AMENDMENT AIMS TO
GIVE PREDICTABILITY TO SMALL
BUSINESSES MAKING SURE THE SMALL
BUSINESS TAX RELIEF CONTAINED IN
THE LEGISLATION REMAINS
PERMANENT. IT SETS US UP TO
REALLY HAVE AND GIVE US MORE OF
A CHECK FOR BUDGET REFORM. WE
HAVE SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE THESE
REFORMS AND THAT'S KIND OF THE
END OF THAT. IF AT THAT TIME WE
NEED TO GO BACK TO VOTERS, THAT
WILL BE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE
WILL NEED TO GO BACK TO VOTERS.
THIS IS A COMPROMISED AMENDMENT
THAT SEEKS TO BALANCE THE NEED
TO PROTECT FUNDING THREATENED BY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GIVING
MORE PREDICTABILITY TO SMALLER
BUSINESSES EVEN AFTER THE SEVEN
YEAR PERIOD. I WILL CALL ON
COUNCILMEMBER RINK AND THEN WE
WILL HAVE DISCUSSION AND I WILL
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SPONSOR
AND THEN WE WILL GO TO A VOTE.
DO WE HAVE A POINT OF ORDER?
>>.
>> CAN COMBR ASK A QUESTION OR
WAIT?
>> WE WILL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND THEN DISCUSSION.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU MET, THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, I WILL BE
BRIEF. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE
TIME. I UNDERSTAND KOEB
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S WORK
HERE AND ENSURING IT HONORS THE
INTENTION OF THE LEGISLATION
WHILE ALSO SEEKING TO ADDRESS
THE CONCERNS AROUND
PREDICTABILITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THANK YOU. THE FORMER COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ARE GETTING CONFUSED
DOWN HERE BUT WE GOT IT NOW,
THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE QUESTION
FOR DR. NOBLE. WHEN WE WENT
THROUGH THE BILL AND YOU
EXPLAINED TO ME, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE'S AMENDMENT, I HAD ONE
QUESTION, THE SMALL BUSINESS
EXEMPTION REMAINS?
>> THE $2 MILLION REDUCTION
WOULD BE PERMANENT.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> CAN YOU TELL ME OR CAN
SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT WAS THE
RATIONALE FOR 7 YEARS AND
THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION AND I
HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHERS.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK NECESSARILY ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER SETTLE
ON THAT BUT THIS WAS A
COMPROMISE. AND IT IS INTENDED
TO PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES THE
PREDICTABILITY AND TO FORCE
BUDGET REFORM TO OCCUR. BOTH OF
THOSE TWO THINGS AS WELL AS WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE IMPACTS THAT WE
ARE ARE EXPERIENCING FROM THE
GOVERNMENT CHANGES, THIS WILL
LAST MORE THAN FOUR YEARS. SO
HOW DO WE ENSURE IF THINGS
DON'T CHANGE, IT WILL TAKE A
YEAR OR TWO TO GET BACK ON
STABLE FOOTING AFTER WHAT WE
HOPE IS A NEW PRESIDENT IN A FEW
YEARS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YEAH, SEVEN YEARS SEEMS LIKE
AN ODD NUMBER OF YEARS, STRANGE
NUMBER OF YEARS. I WAS WONDERING
WHY SEVEN AND NOT FOUR OR FIVE.
BUT HE IS NOT HERE TO ANSWER
THAT UNLESSIA KNOW THAT. OKAY.
WHAT WERE THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE
NUMBER OF BUSINESSES AND B&O
AMOUNTS AND BUSINESS LICENSING
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS,
REGISTERED IN SEATTLE? I'M
WONDERING WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
ASSUMPTIONS ON THE NUMBER OF
BUSINESSES AND THE BASIC SIZE OF
THEIR REVENUE AND BEFORE THEIR
PAYMENTS OF THE LARGER
BUSINESSES.
>> IF I COULD CLARIFY, ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT THE UNDERLYING
BILL?
>> THE CHANGE IN THE RATE FROM
CURRENT TO FUTURE TO DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC FORECAST THEY
USECOLLECTION DATA, CONFIDENTIAL
BUT THEY HAVE ALL OF THE
COLLECTION OF THE DIFFERENT
TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY. THEY
FIRST DID A SCENARIO THAT
ACCOUNTS FOR THE IMPACT OF THE
STANDARD DEDUCTION WHICH WAS
ABOUT $30 MILLION. THEY HIRE
SMALL BUSINESS SPECIALISTS, AND
REASSESSED WHAT TAX RATES WOULD
BE NECESSARY BASED ON THE 2024
DATA INCLUDED IN THE ASSUMPTION
ABOUT A STATE TAX LAW CHANGE
THAT OCCURRED WHICH IS
REFERENCED IN THEIR ANALYSIS TO
ACCOUNT FOR THAT, KIND OF STATE
LEVEL IMPACT. AND WITH THAT
INFORMATION, CALCULATED WHAT THE
NEW RATES WOULD BE TO GENERATE
ADDITIONAL NET $90 MILLION OF
REVENUE. TO SIMULATE WHAT
HAPPENS IN SEV YEARS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
AMENDMENT, THEY TOOK THE $90
MILLION OUT TO SEE WHAT THAT
RATE WOULD BE. THAT IS THE RATE
THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED IN 2033.
>> TO INTERPRET, I DON'T
BELIEVE THERE WAS A BROADER
ANALYSIS FOR LOWERING THE RATES
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND
INCREASING RATES FOR LARGER
BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE AN OVERALL
EFFECT ON THE NUMBER OF
BUSINESSES OR NUMBER OF JOBS IN
THE CITY. THAT IS UNKNOWABLE, IF
YOU WILL. THE LONG RUN
PROJECTIONS OF THE ECONOMIC
FORECAST OFFICE ARE REFLECTEDED
WITH GENERAL PATTERNS IN THE
REGIONAL ECONOMY. THERE IS
GROWTH PROJECTED, REAL GROWTH
PROJECTED BEYOND THE RATE OF.
THE PROJECTIONS OF SIX YEARS,
OVER THE PERIOD. THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR THE TAX TO
ENCOURAGE LARGER ONES BUT THOSE
DYNAMICES ARE BEYOND OUR
MODELING I BELIEVE.
>> DIRECTOR EDER, AND THEN WE
WILL CONTINUE DISCUSSION.
>> THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 5,000
BUSINESSES SUBJECT TO THE B&O
TAX AFTER THE EXEMPTIONS AND
DEDUCTIONS. ABOUT 2900 OF THOSE
5,000 BUSINESSES APPROXIMATELY
WILL HAVE LESS, AT A LOWER TAX
BILL AFTER THIS BILL PASSES FOR
THE 7 YEARS. AND THEN THE
REMAINING 2300 WILL EXPERIENCE
AN INCREASE IN OVERALL TAX BILL.
THAT'S THE BASIS OF MORE OR
FEWER. I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
>> OKAY . I UNDERSTAND THAT. WE
ARE TALKING IN SEVEN YEARS.
HERE'S WHERE MY MIND IS. I
SUPPORT THE IMPULSE BEHIND THIS
AND I WILL VOTE FOR IT BUT I'M
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IS THAT
SPECIFIC RATE DETERMINED AND
WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T
COVER THE EXISTING? I'M IN A
RATE THAT GOES INTO EFFECT IN
SEVEN YEARS IS BASED ON CURRENT
CONDITIONS, I JUST WANT IT TO BE
TIGHT. YOU ARE JUST GOING ON
ASSUMPTIONS.
>> I WILL JUST SAY THAT CENTRAL
STAFF IS RELYING ON FOR THE BEST
AVAILABLE INFORMATION..
>> THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER
DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? LAST
WORD FROM THE UNDERLYING
SPONSOR? I THINK THIS IS GOOD
BECAUSE IT CREATES
PREDICTABILITY AS WELL AS FORCES
WAT I THINK IS NEEDED, BUDGET
REFORM. WITH THAT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
AMENDMENT 3 TO COUNCILMEMBER
BILL 121028?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON?A .
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE .
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. I MOVE TO
AMEND KUNL BILL AMENDMENT 4. IS
THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND BILL 121028 AS
PRESENTED AMENDMENT 4. CENTRAL
STAFF, OVER TO TOM, BEN, DAN. I
KNOW YOU ARE DIRECTOR YOU ARE
NOT PART OF CENTRAL STAFF BUT
OVER TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. AMENDMENT 4
WOULD ADD FINDINGS TO THE BILL
RELATED TO THE BUDGET DEFICIT
AND THE USE OF JUMP START PAY
ROLL EXPENSE FUNDS, SPECIFICALLY
THE FUNDING RELATED TO BUDGET
DEFICITS IDENTIFIED FOR 2027 AND
TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION
ON THE USE OF JUMP START PAY
ROLL TAX FUNDS IN THE BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS GOOD
INFORMATION TO RECEIVE, NO
REASON NOT TO HAVE MORE. I WILL
NOW PASS IT ON BEHALF OF
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND PASS IT
TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. DIRECTOR
NOBLE, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> I THINK THIS AMENDMENT 4, THE
RATIONAL DOCUMENTS THE KERPS OF
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CITY
AND THE NEXT AMENDMENT IS
REQUESTING ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE
ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. CALL EELGS,
I LIKE TO THANK THE AMENDMENT AS
FUNCTIONALLY BETWEEN A RECITAL
AND STAND ALONE RESOLUTION,
HIGHLIGHTING THE EXTREME
CIRCUMSTANCES WE FIND OURSELVES
IN FOR THE NEXT FEW BUDGETS WE
WILL HAVE TO CRAFT. WHETHER OR
NOT YOU VOTE FOR THIS TO INCLUDE
IN THE LEGISLATION, I ENCOURAGE
A READ THROUGH AND TAKING TO
HEART T. THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT 4?
>> SEEING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, ANY FURTHER WORDS? ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING TO
PUT IN THE BILL AND GOOD BUDGET
REFORM. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> AND CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION CARRIES
AND AMENDMENT 4 IS ADOPTED ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
I MOVE TO MOVE BILL 121 --
AMENDMENT 5 TO THE BILL. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO MOVE AMENDMENT 5.
THIS WAS ONE THAT I DISCUSSED
WITH COUNCILMEMBER T KETTLE OF
CREATAL A STAND ALONE BILL. THIS
BRINGS US IN LINE WITH THE STATE
PROCESS OF HAVING A FOUR YEAR
BUDGET OUTLOOK THAT WE ARE
REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE A
BIENNIAL BUDGET THAT IS
BALANCED. WHETHER IT COMES
THROUGH THIS BILL OR IS A STAND
ALONE BILL, I THINK IT IS A GOOD
IDEA. I'M EXCITED TO BRING IT
FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS
SPONSORING THE UNDERLYING BILL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
>> NOT TOO MANY. I THINK I HAVE
SOME AMOUNT OF CONCERNS ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS STAND
ALONE LEGISLATION BUT LARGELY
UNDERSTAND COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE'S NEED TO PROVIDE A
COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE
EXPENDITURES.
>> I WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO FINALIZE
THE DISCUSSION ABOUT A STAND
ALONE BILL, WE WILL MOVE THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD TODAY AND
SHOULD WE GET ON THE PHONE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND WANT T
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A STAND
ALONE BILL, WE WOULD HAVE TO
MAKE CHANGES ON MONDAY.
PRESIDENT NELSON AND SEE YOU
HAND?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ASKED ME
TO PRESENT THE AMENDMENT. WE DID
HAVE A BACK AND FORTH THIS
MORNING AND ALSO WITH HIS OFFICE
AND I SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME
QUESTION WITH LAW BUT IT IS FINE
GOING FORWARD AS IS. I WILL SAY
ON BEHALF OF THIS AMENDMENT, WE
CAN'T HIDE FROM THE BUDGET AND
UDALIZE BAND AIDS. THESE
PROBLEMS ARE -- WE NEED TO,
THESE PROBLEMS TEND TO BE
SYSTEMIC YEAR AFTER YEAR AND
MUST BE TACKLED HAD HEAD ON. WE
FIRST HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUE NATURE OF
THE PROBLEM AND ADMIT TO HAVING
THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. THIS
TAX INCREASE IS ONE WAY TO
PREVENT CUTS. WE DON'T PRETEND
$90 MILLION IS ENOUGH WHEN THE
CURRENTLY ESTIMATED SHORT FALL
FOR NEXT YEAR IS $240 MILLION.
WE WILL LEARN MORE ON MONDAY
MORNING WHEN THE AUGUST FORECAST
COMES OUT ABOUT OUR OUTLOOK FOR
NEXT YEAR BUT THE PROBLEMS ARE
GUARANTEED TO PERSIST INTO THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WE AS
COUNCIL NEED TO SEE THE FULL
PICTURE OF HOW WE WILL GET
THROUGH THIS, NOT JUST IN THE
NEXT 18 MONTHS BUT IN THE NEXT 3
TO 5 YEARS.
>> THANK YOU. DID I FORGET TO
CALL ON CENTRAL STAFF?
>> YOU DID. YOU CAN RAISE
URHAND. WE HAVE A LOT OF
AMENDMENTS. TOM, I THINK IT HAS
BEEN DISCUSSED BUT GIVE US THE
CENTRAL STAFF TAKE ON THIS.
>> I WILL EXPLAIN THE TECHNICAL
DETAILS. GIVEN THAT THERE IS AN
IDENTIFIED BUDGET DEFICIT OF
$233 MILLION BASED ON THE APRIL
FORECAST, THIS AMENDMENT
REQUIRES THE EXECUTIVE SUBMIT
WITH THE 2027 BUDGET, FOUGHT THE
ONE BEING REDEVELOP THIS FALL
BUT NEXT FALL, A BALANCED
FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE JUMP
START PAY ROLL TAX FUND AND THE
GENERAL FUND THAT SHOWS
THROUGH2030, A BALANCED
PROTECTION, GREATER THAN OR
EQUAL TO EXPENDITURES IN THE
FUNDS. IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE
THAT THE FINANCIAL PLANS INCLUDE
THE YEAR 2030 CAN WOULD BE THE
FIRST YEAR AFTER THE ORIGINAL
STRUCTURE OF THE TAX'S
EXPIRATION TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF
THE FUNDS. IF THERE IS A
DEFICIT, THEY WOULD CALL FOR A
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO WORK ON
THAT FOR THE INTERVENING YEARS.
>> CURRENTLY IF THE BUDGET
COMES, THE MAYOR SUBMITS A
BUDGET THAT IS BALANCED FOR TWO
YEARS, THE MAYOR SUBMITS
FINANCIAL PLANS THAT EXTEND FOR
ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS FOR EACH
OF THE OTHER FUNDS. CURRENTLY,
THOSE YEARS BEYOND THE CURRENT
BIENNIUM CAN BE SHOWN TO BE IN
DEFICIT. WHEN WE QUOTE YOU,
THERE IS A $250 MILLION DEFICIT,
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THE UPPER
PART OF THE CHART SHOWS
REVENUES. THE LOWER PART SHOWS
EXPENDITURES AND THEN THE NET.
CURRENTLY, THE FINANCIAL PLAN'S
NET IN AN ACCOUNTING SENSE IS
RED. LITERALLY SHOWING RED
BECAUSE THEY ARE IN DEFICIT. AND
THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE FATH THAT
THERE IS A FUTURE DEFICIT. THIS
WOULD FORCE A DIFFICULT
CONVERSATION. THE REVENUE IS
WHAT THEY ARE. THE EXPENDITURES
WOULD HAVE TO READJUST SO THERE
IS A ZERO AT THE END AND THE
FUND IS BALANCED. RATHER THAN
ABSTRACTLY TALKING ABOUT A
DEFICIT, WE WOULD SHOW
REDUCTIONS IN SPENDING
CATEGORIES, NOT AS A DEPARTMENT
LEVEL. THESE FINANCIAL PLANS
EXIST AT CATEGORICAL LEVELS BUT
THAT IS THE IMPPLICATION.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE PUTTING MORE
MONEY ON THE TABLE IF THE VOTERS
WERE TO APPROVE IT, AS YOU HAVE
MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS
THE UNDERLYING BUDGET ISSUES.
THE DESIRE IS THAT THE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATION WE IN ABSTRACTION.
THAT IS A GOOD OR BAD IDEA.
THAT'S YOUR CHIES. THAT'S WHAT
IT WOULD DO. GIVEN THE CHANGE IN
THE LONGER TERM FINANCIAL
PLANNING, IT IS NOT IMPOSED
UNTIL AFTER THE CURRENT BUDGET
IT WILL TAKE TIME TO ADJUST. IT
IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THE
LONG RANGE PLANNING AND COMING
TO TERMS WITH THE IMBALANCE OF
PLANNED EXPENDITURES AND THE
CURRENT SPENDING PATTERNS
INFLATED AND PROJECTED REVENUES.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
THOUGHTS?
>> THE BUDGET BOOK IS THREE OR
FOUR INCHES THICK IF YOU ARE
LOOKING AT A PAPER VERSION OF IT
IT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
DETAY TAIL AT THE BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVEL AND BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL.
THAT'S HOW YOU GIVE US MONEY. I
WANT TO NOTE THAT NECESSARILY
WHAT CENTRAL STAFF IS REQUIRING
AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND WOULD
BEGIN A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
SPENDING IN THE FUTURE BEYOND
THE AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS
COULD CHANGE IT WILL BE A HIGH
LEVEL CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE
INFORMED BY CHANGES THAT HAPPEN
IN THE INTERVENING MONTHS AND
YEARS AS WE FIND OUT MORE AS WE
DO EVERY SO OFTEN IN TERMS OF
REVENUE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
CHANGES IN SPENDING AND
PROGRAMS, DECISIONS THAT WILL
HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT WHETHER
CHANGES TO FEES AND TAXES AND
OTHER FORMS OF ARE REVENUE THAT
THE CITY COULD BE INCLUDED IN
THE CITY. WOOELT NOT BE ABLE TO
GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL
AND HAVE CONCERNS OF THE BUDGET
LOOKS LIKE IN FUTURE YEARS. THAT
SAID, NO OBJECTION TO A FURTHER
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TOOLS
AVAILABLE, UNCERTAINTIES THAT
EXIST ABOUT FUTURE PLANNING.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A SIMILAR
PRACTICE AT THE STATE LEVEL
WHERE THESE ARE PROJECTIONS ON
PAPER. THEY ARE NOT
REQUIREMENTS. AT THE END OF THE
DAY BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE CHANGES
IN THE COMING YEARS. THEY ARE
PROJECTIONS ON FINDING.
PRESIDENT NELSON, I SEE A HAND,
IS THAT NEW? SORRY I GOT OUT OF
ORDER. I WILL GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, I HAVE
SHARED MY LAST WORDS AND NOW WE
WILL GO TO A VOTE.
>> NOW I'M NOT REPRESENTING
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
AMENDMENT, I'M JUST SPEAKING
FOR MYSELF THAT I SUPPORT THIS
BECAUSE AS MUCH LONG RANGE
PLANNING WE CAN DO, THE BETTER.
I RECOGNIZE THAT IT MIGHT BE
HIGH LEVEL BUT EVERY TWO YEARS
IS A PRETTY SHORT TIMELINE
WHENIOTHINK ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE PLANNING FOR MANY
YEARS IN ADVANCE SFCHLT THIS
GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK
WE ARE BALANCED. INSTEAD OF TWO
YEARS, THINK OF THE LONGTERM
CONSEQUENCES, MAYBE THREE, FOUR
YEARS. I GOT A SLY RESPONSE FOR
MY REQUEST FOR A SPPS ON THE
UNDERSPENDS OF THE PAST SEVERAL
YEARS. WE TEND TO HAVE A LARGER
THAN AVERAGE SDRAU STANDARD
BEING MUNICIPALS IN GENERAL
UNDERSPENDS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
YEARS. THE FACT THAT WE ARE
UNDERSPENDING MAKES ME QUESTION
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE -- OUR
DECISION ON HOW MUCH TO ALLOCATE
TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IS THE
RIGHT AMOUNT OR WHAT ARE THE
ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE
BUDGET REQUESTS IN THE FIRST
PLACE. THERE IS A LOT OF
IMPROVEMENT IN HOW WE BUDGET T
AND HAVING A LONGER TIMELINE
FORCES US TO MAKE MORE CAREFUL
DECISIONS IN THE SHORT-TERM.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL BE
ABSTAINING ON THE AMENDHAM, NOT
BECAUSE I DON'T APPRECIATE IT
BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE WORK ON
IT BUT I THINK THIS MAY BE
STRONGER AS A STAND ALONE BILL
RATHER THAN INCORPORATED IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU. CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
AMENDMENT 5 TO COUNCIL BILL
121028?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> ABSTAIN.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT
NUMBER 6. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO
MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE AMENDMENT
6.
>> SECOND. AMENDMENT 6 TO THE
BILL HAS BEEN MOVED. WE WILL NOW
HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAFF, MOVE TO
THE SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, SPONSOR, DISCUSSION VOTE.
CENTRAL STAFF?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. AMENDMENT 6
WOULD ADD REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
REGARDING USE OF NET REVENUE
GENERATED BY THE BILL. THIS BILL
WOULD ALLOW UP TO $30 MILLION TO
BE USED TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT
OF REDUCTION IN FOUR CATEGORIES.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE
EXECUTIVE SUPPORT, WHICH
PROGRAMS RECEIVE NEW FUNDING AND
WHAT ARE THE UTCOMES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FUNDING AS A RESULT OF
THIS STRUCTURE.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE, ANYTHING TO
ADD? DIRECTOR EDER, ANYTHING TO
ADD? COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THIS IS A SIMPLE RECORDING
REQUIREMENT. WE ARE THE OVER
SIGHT BODY OF THE EXECUTIVE AND
WE OUGHT TO BE INFORMED ON HOW
IT IS IMPLEMENTED AND HOWFECTIVE
IN PROTECTING US FROM CUTS. THE
REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FULL DATA
FROM Q1 AND Q2 BUT GIVE THE
COUNCIL ALMOST 2 MONTHS WITH THE
INFORMATION BEFORE A BUDGET IS
TRANSMITTED. IF THE REPORT IS
TRANSMITTED WITH THE BUDGET T IN
SEPTEMBER, WOULD ONLY HAVE DATA
FROM Q1 AND Q2. I WAS
CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT THE
DATE SHOULD BE IN JULY OR
SEPTEMBER. THE DRIVING FORCE IS
TO GIVE US AN INFORMATION TO
MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS AND ALSO
THIS SHOULD BE STANDARD PRACTICE
IN GENERAL, NOT JUST WITH THIS
MEASURE. WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE
LOOKING AT HOW WELL OUR
INVESTMENTS ARE PERFORMING AND
IF THERE ARE ANY ADJUSTMENTS
THAT SHOULD BE MADE. I WOULD
JUST SAY THAT I THINK THAT THIS
IS A -- IT'S A GOOD MINDSET TO
GET INTO TO ALWAYS LOOK BACK
BEFORE WE MAKE FUTURE DECISIONS
ABOUT THE BUDGET. IN GENERAL,
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS ONE, IT IS
AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE. IT
IS ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND
THEREFORE WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL
OF THE IMPACTS, NOT NECESSARILY
THE IMPACTS BUT THE BENEFITS
GENERATED BY WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO BE ALLOCATING THE REVENUE TO.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AND
THEN WE WILL MOVE BACK. I SEE
DIRECTOR EDER HAS HIS HAND OUT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A FEW
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS
AMENDMENT DURING MY TIME.
>> GO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT IF YOU
WOULD BE OPEN TO CONSIDER MOVING
THE DATE TO SEPTEMBER TO BE
TIMED WITH THE DELIVERY OF THE
BUDGET, THAT WOULD BE A WELCOMED
CHANGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE'S
PERSPECTIVE, ONLY BECAUSE WE
WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO ANALYZE
AND PROVIDE ANSWERS TO THE
INFORMATION YOU ARE AFTER WHICH
WE REGULARLY PROVIDE TO THE
PUBLIC AND TO THE COUNCIL. THE
LAG IN DATA, I FEAR WE WOULD NOT
HAVE A FULL TWO QUARTERS FOR THE
DUE DATE OF THE REPORT. IT IS
ONLY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I
WOULD ASK TO MOVE THE DATE LATER
IN THE YEAR TO BE TIMED WITH THE
DELIVERY OF THE BUDGET. BUT WE
WILL DO WHATEVER WORKS BEST FROM
THE COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THAT IS FINE. I WENT BACK AND
FORTH WITH MY STAFF AND CENTRAL
STAFF TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT
WAS THE BEST TIMELINE AND I
DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE Q2
INFORMATION WOULD TAKE THAT LONG
TO COMPILE. THAT IS FINE. I
WOULD ALLOW FOR A FLOOR
AMENDHAM.
>> AT THIS TIME, DO YOU WANT T
ME TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> AT THIS TIME, I MOVE TO AMEND
AMENDMENT 6 TO COUNCIL BILL
12102 8 TO CHANGE THE DATE FROM
JULY TO SEPTEMBER 24?
>> 23 IS A TUESDAY.
>> SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A
LITTLE DISCUSSION. IT ALWAYS
MOVES. I WILL SAY THE 25th
BECAUSE THAT'S THE DATE IT MUST
BE DONE BY. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT
COME EARLIER.
>> I THINK THAT IS FINE.
>> SO AGAIN, I MOVE TO AMEND,
AMENDMENT 6 AS PRESENTED ON THE
AGENDA TO BILL 121028 TO CHANGE
THE DUE DATE FROM JULY TO
SEPTEMBER 25. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> CAN I JUST --.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> MAY I ASK DIRECTOR EDER, WHAT
-- KNOWING OUR INTEREST IN
HAVING INFORMATION AND WHEN YOU
CAN GET INFORMATION AND WE
WON'T HAVE Q3 BY SEPTEMBER 26
OR WHATEVER, WHAT WOULD YOU
SUGGEST TO BE A DATE THAT WOULD
SERVE OUR INTERESTS?
>> ANY TIME IN SEPTEMBER IS
BETTER THAN JULY.
>> OKAY.
>> THERE IS A MOTION ON THE
TABLE TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO
CHANGE THE DATE TO SEPTEMBER
25th. IT HAS BEEN SECONDED.
>> IF IT IS NOT SOONER, I WOULD
LIKE TO BE ABLE TO READ BEFORE
WE GET THE BUDGET TRANSMITTED. I
APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO HELP ME
OUT BY AMENDING MY AMENDMENT BUT
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
PRECISE BEST DATE IS.
>> OKAY. I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW
MY AMENDMENT. SO WE ARE NOW BACK
TO THE AMENDMENT 6 OF UNDERLYING
BILL. WE HAVE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT
OF DISCUSSION THIS WEEK, SEEING
THIS AMENDMENT ATTACHEDED TO THE
AGENDA. I DIDN'T HAVE AWARENESS
OF IT BEFOREHAND. SO THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT I AM
HEARING FROM PRESENTERS AND FROM
YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON IS
THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE
THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME TO HAVE
THE INFORMATION COLLECTED TO
HAVE TRUE ANALYSIS. I'M HEARING
FROM THE XEGATIVE THAT
TRANSMITTING THIS WITH THE
BUDGET IS THE MOST DESIRED
OUTCOME BECAUSE IT IS PART OF
THE OVERALL PACKAGE. NO MATTER
WHAT, WHEN WE RECEIVE THE
BUDGET, WE ALWAYS SPEND THAT
FIRST WEEK OF DEEP ANALYSIS,
HEARING FROM DEPARTMENTS AND
THEN HEARING FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
SO FOR EASE OF BUDGET PROCESS, I
RECOMMEND THAT WE REQUIRE THIS
REPORT TO BE TRANSMITTED ALONG
SIDE THE BUDGET.
>> I JUST HEARD THAT ANY DAY IN
SEPTEMBER IS BETTER THAN JULY
31. SO I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY
AMENDMENT TO SAY SEPTEMBER 1. IS
THERE A SECOND? MAY I DO THAT?
>> SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO AS
YOU ARE FACILITATOR AS THE CHAIR
OF THIS COMMITTEE, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IS OFFERING AMENDMENT
SEPTEMBER 1. I HAVE OFFERED
SEPTEMBER 25. I'M GOING TO
STICK WITH THE POSITION OF
SEPTEMBER 25. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HAS MOVED WITH REQUIRING IT FOR
SEPTEMBER 1 OF EVERY YEAR WHICH
IS OFTENTIMES LABOR DAY OR OVER
LABOR DAY WEEKEND. IS THERE A
SECOND TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
MOTION?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS WIN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO MOVE THE DATE TO SEPTEMBER 1
WHICH IS USUALLY LABOR DAY
WEEKEND. IF YOU BELIEVE IT
SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER 1, YOU WILL
BE REQUESTED TO MAKE A YES VOTE.
IF YOU THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE
SEPTEMBER 25 ALONG SIDE THE
BUDGET YOU WILL NEED TO VOTE NO
AT THIS TIME. AND THEN WE WILL
COME BACK TO THE NEXT AMENDMENT
IN JUST A SECOND. ARE THE ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> CHAIR? WOULD YOU REPEAT WHAT
YOU SAID ONE MORE TIME.
>> WE HAVE TWO PROPOSALS ON THE
TABLE. EITHER SEPTEMBER 1st AS
THE DUE DATE OR SEPTEMBER 25th
WITH THE REST OF THE BUDGET
DOCUMENTS. I WITHDREW MY
AMENDMENT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PUT
HER AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE. SO
IF YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE
SEPTEMBER 1st, YOU VOTE YES. IF
YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER
25th, YOU VOTE NO. THEN I WILL,
IF THIS AMENDMENT FAILS, I WILL
BRING MY AMENDMENT FOR SEPTEMBER
T25th. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I SEE
YOU HAVE A HAND?
>> I WOULD LIKE IT RECOGNIZED
THAT I'M TRYING TO BE A TEAM.
>> I'M GOING TO BRING THIS BACK
TO A VOTE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS ON
THE SAME PAGE UP HERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS
ON THE SAME PAGE. I WANT IT
RECOGNIZED THAT ORIGINALLY MY
AMENDMENT SAYS THE 31st. I'M
TRYING TO COMPROMISE WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AND HAVE IT BE IN
SEPTEMBER BUT HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF WIGGLE ROOM BETWEEN WHEN WE
GET THIS REPORT AND THE BUDGET
WHICH IS ITS OWN PROJECT IN
ITSELF. I'M ASK FOR SOME GRACE
HERE WHILE I'M TRYING TO BE
COMPROMISED AND WORK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE.
>> YES, I AM SEEING SHAKING
HEADS OF AFFIRMATION ACROSS THE
TABLE. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE
DUE DATE SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER 1,
YOU VOTE YES. IF YOU BELIEVE THE
DATE SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER 25th,
YOU VOTE NO AND I WOULD BRING
THE NEXT AMENDMENT. ANY LAST
QUESTIONS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE AMENDMENT
TO AMENDMENT 6 TO COUNCIL BILL
121028 AS PRESENTED ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT NOW?
>> WITH THE SEPTEMBER FIRST
DATE, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE AMENDMENT TO
AMENDMENT 6 PASSES AND THE DUE
DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO
SEPTEMBER 1 RATHER THAN JULY
31st. WE STILL HAVE THE
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT TO VOTE ON,
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION
ON AMENDMENT 6 TO COUNCIL BILL
121028. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, I
SEE YOUR HAND AND YOU HAVE THE
LAST WORD BEFORE SPONSOR. WE ARE
STILL ON THE SPONSOR. SO OVER TO
YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. A QUESTION
FOR THE EXECUTIVE AND CENTRAL
STAFF RELATED TO THIS. THIS
AMENDMENT, AND APPRECIATE THE
INTENTIONS HERE AND ACCOUNTABLE
FOR SEEING OUTCOMES, THE
OUTLINED AREAS DESCRIBE METRICS
TO BE REPORTING ON. I'M
WONDERING, IS THIS CONSISTENT
WITH INFORMATION THAT HST IS
ALREADY COLLECTING AT THIS TIME?
I'M TRYING TO GET AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH
ADDITIONAL STAFF WE ARE ASKING
OF THE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THIS
INFORMATION, GENERALLY SPEAKING
IN THIS CLIMATE, I PREFER FOLKS
ARE WORKING ON DELIVERING
SERVICES. I'M TRYING TO GET A
SENSE OF HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL
WORK THIS CREATES TO GENERATE
THIS REPORT?
>> I'LL JUMP IN. WE ARE
REVIEWING THIS IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS. I DON'T HAVE A
FIRM ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I
BELIEVE THIS IS ROUGHLY
CONSISTENT WITH THE TYPES OF
INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE
ALREADY COLLECT. I DON'T THINK
IT IS A NEW STAFFING BURDEN TO
PRODUCE THIS. BUT I CAN'T SPEAK
ANYMORE DEFINITIVELY THAN WHAT I
THINK IS THE CASE.
>> I CANNOT SPEAK DEFINITIVELY
BUT I KNOW THAT SHE DID CONTACT
OFFICES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
MANY HAVE EXISTING DASHBOARDS
AND THE LIKE. I THINK THERE IS
EVERY OPPORTUNITY -- MY GUESS IS
IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE AN
ENTIRE NEW BODY OF WORK. IT IS
DESIGNED TO BE SOMETHING ELSE.
>> THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION? ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION?
>> CAN I HAVE THE LAST --
>> DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE
CLARITY WHEN THERE IS NEW
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, I'M
CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH
THAT MAY TAKE AWAY FROM STAFF
AND FOLKS DOING THE WORK OF
COMMUNITIES. I'M APPRECIATATIVE
OF THE REALTIME AMENDMENTS WITH
CONSIDERATION OF DELIVERING THE
EXECUTIVE DELIVERING INFORMATION
TO THIS BODY. IN SPIRIT OF
IMPEACHMENT HEARING THE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY, ALSO IN SUPPORT
OF THIS AMENDMENT, WANTING TO
ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE
DOLLARS, I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THE AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON,
LAST WORD?
>> FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, IT
SAYS THE AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE
THE EXECUTIVE TO REPORT ON WHICH
PROGRAMS RECEIVE NEW OR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THE
OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FUNDING. FOR THE CATEGORIES OF
FUNDING THAT ARE ALREADY DEFINED
IN THIS RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER
ENDS UP RECEIVING THIS FUNDING,
THE QUESTION, IT IS VERY SIMPLE
SO PEOPLE DON'T THINK THIS IS
REALLY OVERWHELMING. THE NEW OR
EXISTING FUNDING, SO FOR
EXAMPLE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLACED INTO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN
EMERGENCY SHELTER, THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE RECEIVING HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION SERVICES, ET CETERA,
CASE MANAGEMENT TO STAY HOUSED,
UNDUPLICATED SMALL BUSINESSES
RECEIVING ASSISTANCE, THIS IS
NOT COMPLICATED REPORTING. THIS
IS INFORMATION WE SHOULD ALWAYS
REQUIRE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS BUT
SIMPLY SPELLING IT OUT FOR THESE
PARTICULAR ONES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
AMENDMENT 6 TO COUNCIL BILL
121028?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, AMENDMENT PASSES
AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO BILL. WE
WILL MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT NUMBER
7 WHICH I AM THE SPONSOR OF. I
AM NOT GOING TO MOVE THIS
AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
BRIEF US ON THE CONTENTS SO WE
CAN BE READY FOR MONDAY.
COLLEAGUES, MY AMENDMENT HERE IS
TO THE UNDERLYING BILL. THIS
BILL AS A PACKAGE IS HERE TO
PROTECT US AGAINST TRIPLE CUTS.
WE HAVE SEEN THE TEAMS FROM THE
STATE THAT ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
AND RECEIVE CUTS FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE
GOVERNMENT, AND WITH A $250
MILLION DEFICIT, THE LIKELIHOOD
OF THEM RECEIVING CUTS FROM THE
CITY IS QUITE HIGH. WE ALSO DO
NOT WANT AS A PRODUCT OF THIS
BILL ADD TO ADDITIONAL
INTERNATIONAL, DOMESTIC,
ECONOMIC VOLATILITY OR DOUBLING
OR TRIPLING OF PAIN. IT CREATES
A SIZABLE REDUCTION IN THE
REVENUE WE ARE SEEKING TO USE TO
STABILIZE OUR MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE FEDERAL
INSTABILITY. FOR THE AMENDMENT
THAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU IS
REGARDING STEVEDORES, FOR
EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS, THINK OF IT AS CARGO AND
FREIGHT THAT IS COMING IN ON THE
SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT YOU CAN
SEE OUT THE WINDOW HERE. AND IN
THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, AS WE
SAW AT THE FEDERAL COMMITTEE,
CARGO CAN SIMPLY TURN LEFT AND
GO TO VANCOUVER. THE FOLLOWING
TWO AMENDMENTS, WE SEE FRED
HUTCH AND CANCER RESEARCH BEING
PRECCED BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT
CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. WE CAN'T BE ADDING
TO THIS PAIN IN MY OPINION. WE
CAN'T BE UNDERCUTTING OURSELVES
FROM THE STABILITY THAT WE ARE
SEEKING TO PROVIDE FOR
SEATTLEITES DURING THESE
UNCERTAIN TIMES. AND SO FOR
THESE NEXT THREE AMENDHAMS, 7,
8, 9, THEY WILL GIVE TAX RELIEF
TO MARITIME SECTOR AND CANCER
RESEARCH, THESE ARE WORTHY
CAUSES. THEY ALSO MEAN REDUCING
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE
TO BACK FILL THE FEDERAL CUTS
FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING, SHELTER,
DRUG TREATMENT. I UNDERSTAND
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS WORKING
WITH STAFF TO BRING IN AN
AMENDMENT TO THE FULL COUNCIL
THAT WOULD MINIMALLY RAISE THE
RATES TO COVER THE ADDED COSTS
OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND PROTECT
THAT FUNDING. FOR THAT REASON,
I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY
AMENDMENT 7 FOR NOW. I WILL
BRING THIS BACK ON MONDAY WITH
CHANGED RATES TO OFFSET THE
REDUCTIONS THAT I'M CREAING. I
ENCOURAGE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
TO DO THE SAME. WE WILL COME TO
YOUR AMENDMENTS IN A MOMENT. SO
WE CAN TAKE VOTES ON TAX CREDITS
ALONG SIDE THE FULL ANALYSIS
FROM COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S RATE
ADJUSTMENT TO PAY FOR THEM AT
THE SAME TIME. SO THAT IS MY
TAKE ON HOW WE CAN MAKE A FULLY
INFORMED PRO. BEFORE WE GET TO
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS,, FIRST,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ARE YOU
INTERESTED IN TAKING THAT PATH
OR DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR
VOTES TODAY?
>> TODAY, PLEASE, CHAIR.
>> OKAY. WE WILL COME TO YOUR
AMENDMENTS IN JUST A SECOND. IF
WE CAN BRIEF AMENDMENT 7 SO THAT
ON MONDAY WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT
IT IS. WE JUST HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND IT IS THIS WITH A B&O
RATE CHANGED TO OFFSET THE
REDUCTIONS. WITH THAT, I WILL GO
TO CENTRAL STAFF. I HAVE MADE
OPENING REMARKS. I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
OPENING DISCUSSION, BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND THEN WE
WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE AND MOVE TO
AMENDMENT 8.
>> OKAY. SO THIS IS AMENDMENT
SEVEN, AS THEY DESCRIBED
GENERALLY, THE UNLOADING AND
LOADING OF SHIPS AT PORTS. THE
CREDIT IS DESIGNED TO OFFSET THE
IMPACT OF THE RESTRUCTURE AND
ONLY THAT. IT IS A TAX CREDIT
EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE RATES THAT ARE CHARGED NOW
AND THE RATES THAT WOULD BE
IMPOSED WITH THE RESTRUCTURE
TIMES THE AMOUNT OF STEVEDORE
AND REVENUE ACTIVITY THAT A
TAXPAYER HAS. IT IS NOT A FULL
EXEMPTION, JUST A PORTION THAT
WOULD BE A HIGHER TAX BECAUSE OF
THIS RESTRUCTURE CHANGE. IT ALSO
ADDS A RECITAL AND THE CREDIT
WOULD EXPIRE IN TAX YEAR 2029.
THE REVENUE FORECAST DID PROVIDE
AN ESTIMATE OF $750,000. I HAVE
RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SINCE THEN FROM CITY FINANCE
THAT THE IMPACT IS DOUBLE THE
SIZE. THE ORIGINAL REQUEST USED
A BUSINESS CATEGORY THAT WAS TOO
NARROWLY TAILORED AND BASED ON
THE EXPERTISE OF TAX
ADMINISTRATION, WE FEEL IT IS
LOGICAL TO EXPAND TO A HIGHER
NUMBER.
>> SAID ANOTHER WAY, I'M GOING
TO JUMP IN HERE, WE HAD BASED
THE ORNL ESTIMATE OFF OF WATER
BASED CARGO TRANSPORT. IT IS NOW
OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT
WOULD ALSO APPLY TO LAND BASED
CARGO TRANSPORT WHICH DOUBLES OR
MORE THE SIZE OF THIS HOLE IN
OUR ABILITY TO BACK FILL THE
CUTS. ANYTHING TO ADD HERE?
>> I THINK IT IS WORTH SAYING,
THIS APPROACH WE THINK IS
AVAILABLE FOR SOME TYPES OF
INDUSTRIES, THIS BEING ONE OF
THEM BUT NOT ALL TO BE CLEAR. IT
IS LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCE AND
PERHAPS IN OTHER T LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCE BUT NOT GENERALLY.
I THINK FORT WORTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT MAY BE BETTER
ADDRESSED TO CITY'S LAW
DEPARTMENT AND THE APPROPRIATE
VENUE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR EDER?
>> FURTHER TO ADD, THANK YOU.
>> THIS APPLIES TO THIS
AMENDMENT AND VICE CHAIR
RIVERA'S NEXT AMENDMENTS THAT
DEAL WITH CREDIT PROGRAMS. IF
YOU RECALL BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
BRIEFING ON THE BILL, WE TALKED
ABOUT THE RISK TO LEGACY
FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO IMPLEMENT
THE CHANGES IN THE UNDERLYING
BILL. THEY DID IN THE BACK AND
FORTH WITH CITY FINANCE
INDICATED IF THERE WERE SCOPE
CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO
REASSESS WHAT T THE IMPACT WAS
TO THEIR OPERATIONS TO
ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGES. THIS IS
IN THE REALM OF THE SCOPE
CHANGE. THIS IS SOMETHING NEW
THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE
ADMINISTERED. THEY WOULD NEED
ADDITIONAL STAFF TO DO SO. THAT
APPLIES TO ANY AND ALL OF THE
CREDITS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO
THE AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,
AS I MENTIONED IN MY OPENING, I
DO NOT SUPPORT ADVANCING ANY
EXEMPTION OR CREDIT THAD WILL
REDUCE THE SHIELD INITIATIVE
WITHOUT AN ACTUAL ANALYSIS OF
THE FULL FISCAL IMPACT AND AN
IDENTIFIED RATE CHANGE TO
ACCOMMODATE. I THINK THE SPONSOR
OF THIS AMENDMENT FOR HOLDING
THIS. WE CAN DO OUR DUE
DILIGENCE HERE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND TO TOM'S --
ACTUALLY TO DISCUSSION. ANY
DISCUSSION? SEEING NO
DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
ANY LAST COMMENTS? SEEING NONE,
I WILL JUST SAY WHEN WE WERE
LOOKING AT THE MAURTIME TIME
SECTOR WHICH IS HIGHLY
TRANSPORTABLE BECAUSE IT IS ON
WATER, OUR SALES AND USE TAX FOR
INSTANCE IS MADE UP OF A THIRD
OF THE ACTIVITY ON THE PORT AND
MARITIME MANUFACTURING
ACTIVITIES. THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THING TO
PROTECT AGAINST. THE ONLY REASON
THAT AN AMENDMENT WAS ABLE TO BE
CREATED IS BECAUSE STEVEDORING
IS CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE RCW
AND TWHIN B&O TAX AT THE STATE
LEVEL. THAT IS THE ONLY, THAT'S
WHY WE NEED TO DO THIS FURTHER
ANALYSIS VERSUS WATER BASED
ACTIVITY. A TRUCK ON LAND IS
HARDER TO MOVE TO VANCOUVER,
BRITISH COLUMBIA THAN THE CARGO
SHIP THAT IS COMING THROUGH THE
STRAIGHT OF JUAN DEFEW. I WILL
WITHDRAW AMENDMENT 7. WE CAN
MOVE ON. I HAVE REQUESTED
AMENDHAMS 8 AND 9 BE HELD UNTIL
WE HAVE FULL ANALYSIS BUT
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, THIS IS
THE TIME THAT YOU WOULD MOVE
YOUR AMENDMENT SHOULD YOU DESIRE
TO.
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 8 TO BILL
121028.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVEDED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 8. WE
WILL GO CENTRAL STAFF,
COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER RIVERA,
DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
AND THEN A VOTE. CENTRAL STAFF,
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU. AMENDMENT 8 WOULD
APPLY A TAX CREDIT FOR COMP
REHEPSIVE CANCER CENTERS. UNDER
STATE LAW, FEDERALLY TAX EXEMPT
INCOME RECEIVED BY CANCER
CENTERS IS EXEMPT FROM THE B&O
TAX BUT IT IS TASHABLE UNDER THE
CITY'S B&O TAX. IT WOULD APPLY
TAX RELIEF FOR ANY BUSINESS
OPERATIVE IN SEATTINGAL,
OPERATING AS A CANCER CARE
CENTER. BACK TAX CREDIT WOULD BE
EQUAL TO THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE
OF THE STRUCTURE. IT BASICALLY
MULTIPLIES THE AMOUNT OF
ELIGIBLE REVENUE TIMES THE OLD
RATE OR NEW RATE MINUS THE OLD
RATE. IT IS JUST INTENDED TO
OFFSET THE IMPACT OF THIS BILL.
THERE IS A STRICT
CONFIDENTIALITY PRIERMENT AROUND
DISCHOSURE. GIVEN THERE IS A LOW
NUMBER OF KAKS PAYERS ELIGIBLE,
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO USE CITY DATA
TO CONFIRM. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE
HEARD FROM ONE CANCER RESEARCH
CENTERS OPERATING IN SEATTLE
THAT THE RESTRUCTURE WOULD ADD
ADDITIONAL $3.3 MILLION OF TAX
BURDEN TO THEM. IN SOME SENSE,
THAT COULD BE VIEWED AS THE
IMPACT OF THIS CREDIT. CENTRAL
STAFF DID LOOK AT PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO VERIFY
THOSE TAXPAYER REPORTS AND IT
DID GENERALLY ALIGN WITH WHAT
YOU CAN SEE PUBLICLY.
>> THANK YOU, CENTRAL STAFF,
THANK YOU TOM. COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK, YOU ARE NEXT TO SPEAK?
>> THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, I GUESS I'M NEGS.
APOLOGIES. I'M THE SPONSOR OF
THE BILL, COVERING FOR CHAIR
STRAUSS. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING
TO SPEAK TO THIS IN THE NEXT
BILL AT THE SAME TIME IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME BECAUSE THEY
ARE VERY SIMILAR. THESE TAX
CREDIT AMENDMENTS WERE WORKED ON
BY CENTRAL STAFF. I WANT TO
THANK TOM FOR ALL OF THE WORK HE
DID IT WAS VELTED BY LAW AND NO
ISSUES WITH THIS AND THE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. IT IS
WITHIN OUR POWER TO MOVE THESE
FORWARD. ADDITIONALLY AND FOR
CLARITY, YOU HEARD TOM SAY THIS
WOULD PROVIDE INSTITUTIONS WITH
A TAX CREDIT FOR THE PROPOSEDED
INCREASE, NOT EXEMPTING THEM
ENTIRELY, JUST THE INCREASE
BEING PRESENTED WITH THE
LEGISLATION. IT KEEPS THEM AT
THE RATE THEY ARE CURRENTLY
PAYING BUT HELPS MITIGATE FOR
THE FEDERAL IMPACTS THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING BASED ON FEDERAL
CUTS TO RESEARCH AND MEDICAID
CUTS. THESE AMENDMENTS ADDRESS
CANCER CARE INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS
FRED HUTCH WHO IS A NONPROFIT
AND NONPROFIT MEADIATRIC
HOSPITALS WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN SEATTLE,
BOTH PROVIDING CRITICAL RESEARCH
IN PATIENT CARE. BOTH
ORGANIZATIONS ARE EXPERIENCING
FEDERAL IMPACTS AS WE HAVE HAD
DUE TO CUTS TO RESEARCH AND
SEVERE MEDICAID CUTS. IT IS
CRITICAL WE ENSURE WE ARE TAKING
CARE OF CANCER PATIENTS AND
THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD CARE AND
FOR KIDS WHO NEED DEDICATED CARE
IN THE FACE OF RESEARCH CUTS.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM THE BILL IS
CLAIMING TO ADDRESS, IMPACTS TO
OUR RESIDENTS INCLUDING OUR KIDS
BASED ON CUTS AND POLICY CHANGES
BASED ON THOSE WHO NEED CREDIBLE
SERVES. WHEN THE B&O INCREASE
WAS PROPOSED, IT WAS NOT CLEAR
THAT NONPROFITS PAID THE TAX.
ONCE THAT BECAME CLEAR AND THE
IMPACT TO THE INSTITUTIONS
PROVIDING CRITICAL SERVICES TO
KIDS AND CANCER WAS DISCOVERED,
I FELT STRONGLY WE PROVIDE SOME
RELIEF IN LIGHT OF THE IMPACTS I
HAVE DISCUSSED. I HOPE THAT I
HAVE YOUR SUPPORT OR JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING THE RESEARCH
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
INSTITUTIONS FOR THESE IMPORTANT
POPULATIONS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, I WAS LISTENING
ALONG. OVER TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES
TO REITERATE WHAT I HAVE ALREADY
STATED A BIT, I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD BE EXPLORING SPECIAL
CARVEOUTS IN THE LEGISLATION
WITHOUT AN ACTUAL ANALYSIS OF
FULL FISCAL IMPACT AND AN
IDENTIFIED RATE CHANGE TO
ACCOMMODATE. I APPRECIATE THE
CHAIR ASKING THE SPONSOR TO HOLD
THE AMENDMENT UNTIL WE CAN DO
THE DUE DILIGENCE. IF AMENDMENTS
8 AND 9 MOVE FORWARD TODAY, I
WILL BE BRINGING A WALK ON
AMENDMENT TO FULL COUNCIL ON
MONDAY TO FURTHER RAISE THE RATE
ON BUSINESSES NOT EXEMPTED HERE
TO OFFSET THE ROUGHLY $10
MILLION IN LOST REVENUE THESE
AMENDMENTS CREATE. THE GOAL OF
THE LEGISLATION IS TO RAISE $90
MILLION IN REVENUE TO BALANCE
THESE THINGS. THIS IS NOTHING
PERSONAL AGAINST FRED HUTCH OR
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S FOR CLEAR
REASONS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THEY
DO BUT RATHER TRYING TO CREATE A
BALANCED PACKAGE AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE UNDERLYING
INTENT OF THE INITIATIVE.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL CALL ON
DIRECTOR EDER BUT I WILL DO A
LITTLE GROUND LAYING RIGHT NOW.
I TYPICALLY DO NOT WELCOME WALK
ON AMENDMENTS. I TYPICALLY DO
NOT WELCOME AMENDMENTS AT FULL
COUNCIL BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS
THE COMMITTEE'S DUTY. TODAY
I'M ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION TO
THIS POLICY FOR TWO REASONS. ONE
IS THAT THE BILL NEEDS TO BE
VOTED OUT ON MONDAY THIS MAZZ
BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A MONTH NOW.
THE SECOND IS WE ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO KNOW DETAILED PROFIT AND
LOSSES AND DETAILED INFORMATION
ABOUT BUSINESSES. THE WAY WE ARE
ABLE TO CREATE PUBLIC POLICY IS
THAT WE HAVE OUR PERSON IN THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC REVENUE
FORECAST ABLE TO PROVIDE US THE
INFORMATION SO WE ARE ARE ABLE
TO CREATE RATES THAT ARE
CORRECT. THAT INDIVIDUAL IS
PUTTING TOORT THE REVENUE
FORECAST AND IS BUSY UNTIL
SATURDAY WHAT WE HAVE IS A B
NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT IS
FILL IN THE BLANK UNTIL WE CAN
GET HIS TIME AND THEN WE WILL
HAVE THE AMENDMENT. I HOPE WE
ARE ABLE TO POST ON SUNDAY BUT
YEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO BUT THAT
IS WHY THERE IS A POTENTIAL WALK
ON AMENDMENT FOR MONDAY.
DIRECTOR EDER, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO SHARE? WE ARE OF
COURSE IN FAVOR OF THE BILL THAT
WE TRANSMITTED THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY BEFORE THE SELECT
COMMITTEE AS IS WITHOUT
AMENDMENTS. THAT SAID, JUST IN
TERMS OF THE OVERALL IMPACT OF
THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU, I
UNDERSTAND THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR A CHANGE ON MONDAY. CENTRAL
STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED $9 MILLION
FROM THE COMBINED TWO BILLS ON
HOSPITALS. THAT WOULD SIMPLY
MEAN THERE IS NOT $90 MILLION ON
AN EXPECTED BASIS TO WORK WITH.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER MAKE
SOME CHANGES TO THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET TO ACCEPT MORE
REDUCTIONS OR WE WOULD HAVE
FEWER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
BACK FILL FEDERAL FUNDS. THAT IS
A TRADEOFF THAT I UNDERSTAND IS
A CHALLENGING ONE AND THAT IS IN
YOUR HANDS TO CONSIDER. THAT
WOULD BE THE PRACTICAL
IMPLICATION OF THE MENDMENTS UP
FOR DISCUSSION..
>> DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR
THESE TWO AMENDMENTS. I HAD SOME
TIME TO DO SOME DIGGING. I WANT
TO SAY THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING
BOTH 8 AND 9 BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH
WE LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL INTENT,
COUNCILMEMBER RIPG RR, THANK YOU
FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, PAGES
10, 11, AND THEN THE 6 AND 4
LINE ITEMS, THEY ARE NICELY
LIBLED BUT WE KNOW GOOD POLICY
WHEN TURNED INTO LEGISLATION CAN
BE BROADER. . WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE CUTS TO
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND WHO
WILL BE HEARD. SAVE MY CLOSING
COMMENTS BUT I TOO APPRECIATE
THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BASIC
NEEDS OF THE CITY WITH THE
ORIGINAL HIERARCHY OF NEEDS,
SAFETY AND HEALTH IS IN THERE.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT IS
LISTED IN THE ACTUAL BILL BUT
THE POLICY ITSELF IS GOOD
POLICY, GOOD GOVERNANCE, I WILL
BE SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S AMENDMENTS 8 AND 9.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> THANK YOU. I WILL AS WELL.
YOU DISCOVER MY SHOCK WHEN I
REALIZED THAT HOSPITALS HAD B&O.
IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE TO
EXEMPT ALL HOSPITALS. I
UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE YOU ARE
MAKING FOR THESE PARTICULAR ONES
BUT THEY ARE REALLY HAVING A
HARD ENOUGH TIME ALREADY WITH
MEDICAID CUTSING FOR XHUM THE
OTHER END. I WISH IT WOULD BE
ALL HEALTHCARE, I APPRECIATE
THAT YOU ARE TARGETING THE ONES
THAT WILL BE DOUBLY HURT BY THE
LACK OF FUNDS FROM THE RESEARCH
DOLLARS THAT FEED INTO THE WORK
PERFORMED IN THE HOSPITALS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK
WHETHER OR NOT THE RATE IS
ADJUSTED TO ACCOM DALT THE RATE
OR IF THIS IMPACT IS KNOWABLE ON
THE OVERALL COLLECTIONS AND WHAT
ENDS UP HAPPENING, WE ARE
PROBABLY NOT TALKING ABOUT MORE
THAN $1.5 MILLION AND THAT IS AN
AMOUNT THAT CAN BE FOUND
ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET. GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BASED ON THE INFORMATION, THE
IMPACT IS $9 MILLION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,
IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT
SEATTLE IS A TECH LEADER IN THE
GLOBAL CONTEXT AND WHAT GOES
UNNOTICED BY SOME IS THAT WE ARE
ALSO A BIO TECH LEADER. NOT AS
THE STATE LEVEL, NOT NATIONALLY
BUT A GLOBAL SCALE. SEATTLE IS A
BIO TECH HUB OF INNOVATION. IT
IS BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS
OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FRED HUTCH
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S AND OTHERS.
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR POSITION
IN THE AREA WHILE DEFENDING
AGAINST THESE HARSH AND CRUEL
ATTACKS BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR PUTTING
THESE FORWARD TODAY. HONORED TO
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AND
THEREFORE SUPPORT CANCER
RESEARCH IN CHILDREN IN OUR
CITY. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL SHARE
MY NOTES ON THIS WHICH IS I
ABSOLUTELY AS I STATED EARLIER,
SUPPORT THE INTENT OF THIS AND
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT. HOWEVER
WITHOUT OFFSETTING THE TAX
CREDITS WITH A MINIMAL RATE
INCREASE, WE AGAIN WOULD LOSE
ABOUT $9 MILLION TO BACK FILL
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, SUBSTANCE
USE TREATMENT, AND MUCH MORE. SO
WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD ON
THIS VOTE TODAY. I WILL BE
ABSTAINING TODAY. WE WILL HAVE
WALK ON AMENDMENTS ON MONDAY TO
ADDRESS THE RATE CHANGE. WITH
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, AND
THEN WE WILL GO TO A VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WILL BE
BRIEF AND TAKE A MOMENT TO
REMIND THIS BODY THAT WE CAN
TAKE UP ANY TYPE OF TAX BREAKS
AT ANY TIME. WE DO NOT
NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO IT WITH
THIS LEGISLATION. WE DON'T HAVE
TO GO TO VOTERS TO DO THAT. IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TIED TO THE
INFORMATION. I SINCERELY HOPE
THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER RATE
ADJUSTMENTS ON MONDAY SO WE CAN
FUND THE FULL AMOUNT OF SERVICES
OUTLINED IN THE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> YES .
>> FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY
THESE ARE NONPROFITS, NOT
BUSINESSES. MANY OF THESE
INSTITUTIONS PROVIDE CARE TO
FOLKS WHO CANNOT OTHERWISE PAY
FOR CARE. THEN THEY OFTEN
SUBSIDIZE CARE FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS, THE MOST VULNERABLE
FOLKS IN SEATTLE. I WANT TO
CLEARLY STATE THAT. SOME ARE
EXEMPTED BUT THEY PAY B&O AT THE
STATE LEVEL. THIS IS MORE
PRIORITIZING THE KIDS IN SEATTLE
WHO NEED CARE AND CANCER
PATIENTS AND ALSO BOTH
INSTITUTIONS HAVE RESEARCH
CENTERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
RECOGNIZE, THEY HAVE A
ROBUSTRESEARCH ARM. WITH ALL
THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
HEALTHCARE SPACE, THIS WAS A
VERY LIMITED WAY OF MANAGING FOR
THOSE IMPACTS BECAUSE THIS B&O
INCREASE WAS TO ADDRESS FEDERAL
IMPACTS TO VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS IN THE CITY. SO
THOSE INSTITUTIONS MAY NOT BE
NAMED IN THE BILL. IT MAY BE TO
ADDRESS IMPACTS TO THE
RESIDENTS. I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
KIDS. THEY CAN COME TO FRED
HUTCH FOR CANCER CARE. OF COURSE
THEY ARE NOT AN INSTITUTION IN
TOWN. BUT AS I SAID EARLIER, WE
CAN'T TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE. UW
IS IN MY DISTRICT. I HAD A GREAT
CONVERSATION WITH THEM. THEY
WOULD HAVE WANTED TO ALSO GET A
CREDIT AND THEY UNDERSTOOD WE
CAN'T PROVIDE IT TO EVERYONE. I
DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR
THEIR GRACE IN LIGHT OF THE
AMENDMENTS. I FEEL STRONGLY WE
NEED TO PROTECT KIDS AND CANCER
PATIENTS IN THE CITY AND ALSO
THE RESEARCH ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT BECAUSE WE ARE A LEADER IN
THE SPACE. THIS IS NOT A GIVE
AWAY. WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT
THE POPULATIONS IN LIGHT OF THE
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION'S
MEDICAID CUTS AND RESEARCH CUTS.
SO THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS I
HOPE I HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
AMENDMENT 8.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> THE MOTION PASSES, AMENDMENT
8 IS ADOPTED AND WILL BE ADDED
TO COUNCIL BILL 121028.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 9?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 9 TO BILL
121028.
>> MOVED AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT 9. I KNOW WE BLED OVER
LOT OF THE DISCUSSION. WE HAVE 1
HOUR 9 MINUTES TO GO THROUGH
ANOTHER SIX AMENDMENTS AND SIX
MORE BILLS AND AN AMENDMENT.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CENTRAL
STAFF TO BRIEF THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WILL YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR?
>> CAN WE GO TO A VOTE? I THINK
WE COVERED IT UNLESS WE HAD A
QUESTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, AT THAT
POINT, YOU WOULD ASK FOR A POINT
OF ORDER AND I'M JUST KNOWING
TO HAVE THEM BRIEF IT AND TURN
IT OVER TO YOU AND WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I CAN BE BRIEF. AMENDMENT 9
IS A TAX CREDIT FOR NONPROFIT
PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS, CREDIT
EQUAL TO A TAX DECREASE AS A
RESULT OF THE RESTRUCTURE. WE
CAN'T DEVULG INFORMATION BUT
SEATTLE HAS REPORTED IT WOULD
ADD $6 MILLION TO THE TAX BILL
WHICH WOULD GENERALLY BE SEEN AS
THE IMPACT OF THIS CREDIT TO THE
EXTENT IT IS VALID. SOME OF THE
CENTRAL STAFF CHECKED WITH USING
PUBLIC DATA THAT IT IS IN LINE
WITH THE LEVEL OF REVENUE
PRESENTED IN PUBLIC DATA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE ANY COMMENTS?
DIRECTOR EDER WILL BE RIGHT
BACK. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOU
INDICATED YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD?
>> YES. I KNOW WE HAVE TAKEN
THESE TWO AMENDMENTS TOGETHER SO
I WOULD NOTE BETWEEN THE TWO
AMENDMENTS, WE ARE CREATING
CARVE OUTS FOR TWO ORGANIZATIONS
ONLY AND THE AMENDMENT SPONSOR
AS WELL AS ALL OF US ON THE
DAYOUS WILL HAVE TO ANSWERER WHY
EVERY OTHER HOSPITAL AND
NONPROFIT IN THE HEALTH SPACE,
WIE THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE
SAME TREATMENT. I WOULD ARGUE IF
THE BODY WANTS TO SUPPORT THE
ENTIRE HEALTH SECTOR, WE SHOULD
DO SO SEPARATE FROM THE
LEGISLATION AND THAT IS
CERTAINLY SOMETHING I WOULD BE
SUPPORTIVE OF. I WILL BE
ABSTAINING ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. FURTHER DISCUSSIONS?
FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL JUST
MAKE THE SAME STATEMENT. I WOULD
SUPPORT THIS WITH A RATE CHANGE.
I WILL ABSTAIN TODAY AND WE WILL
HAVE A WALK ON AMENDMENT
REGARDING THIS FOR MONDAY.
DIRECTOR EDER, ANYTHING ELSE? WE
ARE ON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
AMENDMENT, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NOTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT, I SEE A HAND.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THE WALK
ON AMENDMENT ON MONDAY, WILL
THERE BE -- THAT IS THE
SCHEDULED FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
WHAT KIND OF STAFF TUPORT WILL
BE AT THE TABLE TO SUPPORT
QUESTIONS ON WALK ON AMENDMENTS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL ASK
THAT WE HOLD THAT UNTIL THE
MEETING, WE HAVE ONE HOUR TO GET
THROUGH SIX MORE BILLS.
>> I ASKED BECAUSE IN THE PAST
THERE HAS BEEN RESISTANCE OR --
I WILL THEN STATE THAT I WOULD
LIKE STAFF TO BE PRESENT WHEN
THESE ARE PRESENTED AT THE FULL
COUNCIL MEETING. THEN THE FULL
COUNCIL AND THERE ISN'T STAFF.
JUST FOR FOLKS TO KNOW, I WOULD
BE ASKING THEY BE ABLE TO
PRESENT.
>> I CANNOT RESPOND TO YOU NOW
BUT AS PAST PRACTICE I HAVE SEEN
MANY YEARS UNTIL LAST YEAR THAT
COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO
COME TO THE DIOUS PREPARED BY
MEETING WITH CENTRAL STAFF AHEAD
OF THE MEETING. I WILL MOVE ON
BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE ONE HOUR
FIVE MINUTES. IS THERE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA, SPONSOR OF THE BILL?
>> I DO HAVE ONE FINAL COMMENT
AND I DID WORK WITH, I DID REACH
OUT TO CBO ABOUT THESE BILLS AS
I ALWAYS DO AS A COURTESY AND TO
HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS. I WILL SAY
THAT AT THE TIME CBO DID NOT OR
ANYONE RECOMMEND TO ME IF YOU
WANT TO OFFSET THE COST, MAYBE
CONSIDER INCREASE THE AMOUNT.
THIS IS SOMETHING OF THE
UNDERLYING BILL. SO THIS IS
SOMETHING I'M HEARING TODAY. TO
THE POINT OF COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON'S WHAT INFORMATION ARE
WE GOING TO GET, WE DON'T HAVE
ANY INFORMATION FOR WHAT THAT
INCREASE WOULD BE. WE NEED TIME
FOR THAT. I WOULD SAY THAT PART,
I DID SHARE THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT CBO AT THE TIME. AGAIN, I
JUST FEEL REALLY STRONGLY -- AS
TO THE OTHER HOSPITALS, I
ADDRESS THAT IN MY EARLIER
COMMENTS. WE CAN'T GIVE THE
RELIEF TO EVERYONE BUT KIDS AND
CANCER PATIENTS WERE IN THIS
WAE, IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT
POPULATION TO TRY TO PROTECT
FROM THE TRUMP CUTS. OBVIOUSLY,
WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROTECT
EVERYONE FROM THE TRUMP CUTS. WE
HAVE SAID THAT MULTIPLE TIMES.
SINCE JANUARY BUT WE ARE DOING
THE BEST WE CAN.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> IT PASSES AND AMENDMENT 9 IS.
WOULD YOU READ 10 AND 11 AT THE
SAME TIME?
>> SURE. I MOVE AMENDMENTS 10
AND 11 TO BILL 121028.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
AMENDMENTS 10 AND 11. I HAVE
BEEN ALERTED BY THE CLERK I DID
SOMETHING INCORRECT.
>> AS LONG AS THERE IS NO
OBJECTION TO THE MEMBERS FOR
HEARING AND PASSING THEM AT THE
SAME TIME, IF ONE WANTS TO
REMOVE FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE
WOOESHGS DO THAT.
>> ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NONE,
STAFF CAN YOU BRIEF US ON 10 AND
11. SO THE UNDERLYING BILL
PROVIDES FOR ALLOCATION OF THE
RESOURCE GENERATED FROM THE
RESTRUCTURE. THERE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT AREAS, THERE IS BACK
FILL FOR GENERAL FUNDS AND THEN
THERE IS AMOUNT INTENDED FOR THE
CUTS WE ARE NOT AWARE OF. THE
FIRST AMENDMENT WOULD ADD AN
EXAMPLE TO ONE OF THE USES OF
THE GENERAL FUND BACK FILL
PORTIONS. IT ADDS EXAMPLES OF
THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORTS THAT
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR BACK FILL.
AMENDMENT 11, SIMILARLY IN A
DIFFERENT SECTION WOULD ADD
EXAMPLES OF FOOD BANK WITH FOOD
INSECURITY PROGRAMS THAT ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE PORTION THAT
CAN GO TO OFFSET FEDERAL FUNDING
IMPACTS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. THE SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORTS, WE HAVE HEARD FROM
BUSINESSES THAT THEY VERY MUCH
NEED MORE SUPPORTS LIKE THE
STORE FRONT REPAIR PROGRAM AND
THE BIES DO A LOT. THIS IS
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITING TO
JUST TO PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT THE TYPE OF SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORTS THAT WE WOULD BE --
THAT WE WOULD LIKE IT SEE. IT IS
NOT COMPREHENSIVE AND MORE BY
WAY OF EXAMPLE. SIMILARLY, WITH
THE ONE FOR FOOD, FOOD
INSECURITY, JUST GIVING AN
EXAMPLE. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE
EXHAUSTIVE EITHER BUT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE
CITY. I HAVE A FOOD BANK IN MY
CITY AS WELL THAT I SUPPORT. WE
HAVE HEARD THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED FOOD
BANKS. THIS WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF THE TYPE OF FOOD INSECURITY
THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. IT
WAS NOT MEANT TO LIMIT IT TO ANY
-- IT DOES NOT EXCLUDE MEAL
PLANS OR SUPPORTS. IT WAS MEANT
TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, ANY DISCUSSION?
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE
AMENDMENTS VICE CHAIR RIVERA. AS
IT REHATES TO AMENDMENT 10 ON
SMALL BUSINESSES, ON OUR
ENGAGEMENT WITH SMALL BUSINESSES
ON THIS, STORE FRONT REPAIR WAS
THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HEARD. I
THINK THIS AMENDMENT IS
CONSISTENT FROM WHAT WE HEARD
FROM STAKE HOLDERS AS WELL AND I
WELCOME IT. AS IT RELATES TO
AMENDMENT 11, UNDERSTANDING THAT
HOW THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN DOES
NOT PRECLUDE BUT PROVIDE AN
EXAMPLE, ARE YOU AMENABLE TO
ADDING MEAL PROGRAMS TO THE LIST
ALONG SIDE FOOD BANKS?
>> ACTUALLY, YES, BUT I WILL SAY
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH HAD
ALREADY RAISED THIS WITH ME AND
I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE BRINGING
AN AMENDMENT. I'M NOT SURE IF
YOU DECIDED TO OR NOT. IF NOT
I'M HAPPY TO ADD IT HERE.
>> I WILL BE EYOUR FACILITATOR,
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I HAVE
HEARD A RESPONSE. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH WOULDIA LIKE TO
ADD ANYTHING AT THIS TIME?
>> NO. THANK YOU TO THE
SPONSORER OF IT. WE TALKED ABOUT
IT AND WANTED TO OFFER IT AS A
VERBAL AMENDMENT POTENTIALLY. I
KNOW I DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT ON
THE SPOT.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL HAVE AN
AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE SO
MANY PROCESSES HAVE GONE
SIDEWAYS AND WE CANNOT HAVE THIS
OCCUR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I WILL MOVE TO AMEND TO
AMENDMENT 11 TO ADD FOOD MEAL
PROGRAMS TO THE LIST AFTER FOOD
BANKS. IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND AMENDMENT 11
TO ADD THE WORD FOOD MEAL
PROGRAMS AFTER FOOD BANKS. IS
THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS
AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT 11?
SEEING NO DISCUSSION, CLERK WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
AMENDING AMENDMENT 11 TO ADD
FOOD MEAL PROGRAMS AFTER THE
WORD FOOD BANK -- BEFORE YOU DO
THAT, TOM HAS A QUESTION.
>> JUST FOR GRAMMAR, OFFER THE
WORD AND.
>> WITH A COMMA INCLUDED. WILL
THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL?
>> NO COMMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE
ONLY TWO ITEMS IN THE LIST.
>> YES, COLLEAGUES. WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW
OF THIS MEETING BECAUSE THIS IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE IN MY BOOK. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
ON ADDING THE WORDS AND FOOD
MEAL PROVIDERS TO AMENDMENT 11
AFTER THE WORDS FOOD BANK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU. AMENDMENT 11 HAS
BEEN AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOOD
MEAL PROVIDERS AFTER THE WORD
FOOD BANK INCLUDING THE WORD
ASK. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION
ON AMENDMENT 10 OR 11? SEEING NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK
TO HOLD FURTHER COMMENTS BECAUSE
THIS IS REALLY STRAIGHT FORWARD.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE AND I WILL WAIT FOR JUST A
MOMENT UNTIL THE CLERK IS ABLE
TO CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENTS
10 AND 11 TO COUNCIL BILL
121028. WE ARE VOTING ON BOTH.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
>> ON AMENDMENT 10 AND AMENDMENT
11 AS AMENDED, COUNCILMEMBER
RECEIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU THE BILL IS AMENDED
TO INCLUDE AMENDMENT 10 AND 11
AS AMENDED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
AMENDMENT 12. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 12 TO BILL
121028.
>> THANK YOU IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> CENTRAL STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BRIEF US ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. AMENDMENT 12,
SIMILAR TO PRIOR AMENDMENTS,
WELL, IT ADJUSTS THE USE OF
FUNDS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE
GENERAL FUND BACK FILL
INVESTMENTS PORTION OF THE BILL.
IT WILL ADD WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND JOB READINESS
TRAINING AS BACK FILL CATEGORY.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RECEIVERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHT
FORWARD. WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS ARE THINGS SUCH AS
APPRENTICESHIP FOR INSTANCE AND
JOB READINESS TRAINING IS MEANT
TO COVER THINGS LIKE SUMMER
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. IT IS
JUST EXPANDING THE LIST OF USES.
OBVIOUSLY THE LIST OF USES IS
NOT BINDING. THESE ARE IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS THAT I THINK WE HAVE
SUPPORTED IN THE PAST AND I
THOUGHT THEY WERE IMPORTANT TO
BE INCLUDED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WOULD
JUST BRIEFLY NOTE COLLEAGUES
THAT WE JUST VOTED TO SEND A
$1.3 WILL BILLION LEVY TO VOTERS
INCLUDING SOME OF THE STRONGEST
INVESTMENTS THE CITY HAS EVER
MADE. THE LEVY PROCESS WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE DOLLARS
INTO THE AREA I WOULD ARGUE AND
CONSIDERING HYPOTHETICALLY THESE
L PUT BEFORE VOTERS AT THE SAME
TIME, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE ARE STRATEGIC WITH
MESSAGING ABOUT WHAT EACH OF THE
PROPOSALS IS DEDICATED TO
FUNDING. AND FOR THESE REASONS,
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION? LAST
CALL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> JUST A QUESTION. THAT COMMENT
THAT WAS JUST MADE BY
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK MADE ME
THINK THAT, IS THIS FOR YOUTH
ONLY? OKAY, THE LEVY WAS K-12
AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
>> COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION,
DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION? I WILL
JUST SAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A
FULL REVIEW OF OUR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, WHAT IS
INCLUDED IN THE LEVY, WHAT IS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE LEVY AND HOW
WE ADDRESS CITY WIDE OUR ABILITY
TO PROVIDE WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. BECAUSE
THAT REVIEW NEEDS TO OCCUR AND
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT IN THE LEVY,
I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT TODAY AS WELL AS THIS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IS A $9 MILLION REDUCTION
IN THE REVENUE AND EXPANSIONS IN
THE CATEGORIES SET TO BE
EXPENDED UPON. WITH THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? NO.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, LAST WORD?
>> I WILL STATE THIS IS NOT
MEANT TO BE FOR JUST KIDS AND
ALSO REMINDER THAT THESE ARE
USES. WHEN YOU GO TO THE VOTERS,
YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM POTENTIAL
USES. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WILL
USE THE MONEY FOR THESE BUT IT
PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO DO SO
WHEN THE EXECUTIVE IS PUTTING
TOORT THE PACKAGE. IF THEY FEEL
THEY NEED TO USE IT, THAT'S
WHAT THE USES ARE FOR. IT IS
NONBINDING. BUT IT INDICATES
THAT THESE ARE ITEMS THAT
CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITY FOR US.
FOR THAT REASON I THOUGHT THEY
WERE WELL PLACED HERE.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RESERVEA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HALLERSIONWORTH.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR, ONE
OPPOSED, AND ABCENSIONS.
>> THE MOTION PASSES, AMENDMENT
12 IS ATTACHED TO THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE AMENDMENT
14.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WILL
ACTUALLY REFER TO YOU AS MR.
GRACE TODAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE
GIVEN US A LOT OF URGRACE TODAY,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE. I MOVE
TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121028 AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT 14.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO MOVE AMENDMENT
14. TOM OVER TO YOU.
>> AMENDMENT 14 WOULD ADD -- SO
WORKING FROM THE ELIGIBLE USES
FUNDS IN THE BILL, IT WOULD ADD
ARTS AND CULTURE AS A USE FOR
THE BACK FILL PORTION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MY GRACE. NO, I'M
JUST -- IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, S
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WOULD DO
WHEN THEY WANTED TO GET IN YOUR
FAVOR. OKAY, JUST WANTED TO SEE
YOU LAUGH. OKAY. REAL QUICK,
COLLEAGUES, I KNOW HOW ALL OF
YOU CARE ABOUT ARTS OR CULTURE.
THIS SND ISN'T IF YOU VOTE YES
OR NO, YOU HATE ARTS AND
CULTURE, NONE OF THAT. I WILL
STATE THE FACTS AND WHY I THINK
THIS IS IMPORTANT T. MAY 3,
THERE WERE A TON OF BUDGET CUTS
ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR ARTS
BUDGET, TERMINATED GRANTS, 560
GRANTS OVER $27 MILLION, THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF HUMANITIES
AND NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF MUSEUM
LIBRARY SERVICES. OVER A BILLION
HAS BEEN CUT FROM MPR. THOSE ARE
THE FACTS BEFORE US. I BELIEVE
THAT MUSIC, ARTS, PAINTING,
DESIGN, PLAYS, ALL OF THE ABOVE
ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST THINGS TO
GO. WE HAVE SEEN IT IN SCHOOLS,
HIGHER LEARNING. WE ARE NOW
SEEING THE DISMANTING IN OUR
COUNTRY. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD
BE ADDED AS AN OPTION FOR US TO
SPEND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE THOSE IMPORTANT
SERVICES. I BELIEVE THAT ARTS
AND CULTURE IS PUBLIC SAFETY AS
WELL. I WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. I
WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT
WAS NOT FOR ARTS AND CULTURE
THAT SHAPED MY LIFE I CHAIR THE
COMMITTEE THAT OVER SEES ARTS
AND CULTURE AND THAT SAID, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMEPDMENT
BUT I WILL BE ABSTAINING SINCE
THE VAST MAJORITY OF ARTS IS
FUNDED BY ADMISSIONS TAX AND NOT
B&O. THE FEW PROGRAMS FUNDED ARE
NOT CURRENTLY UNDER THE THREAT
THAT FOOD SECURITY AND ACCESS
PROGRAMS ARE. I WILL FIGHT ALONG
SIDE THE SPONSOR AND ANY OTHER
COLLEAGUE UP HERE TO DEFEND ARTS
AND CULTURE SEPARATELY FROM THIS
BILL, THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU. UNFORTUNATELY, I
CANNOT SUPPORT THIS AND I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BRINGING IT
FORWARD. I THDZ THAT THE ARTS
AND CULTURE HAS ITS OWN FUNDING
SOURCE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND IN THE
2026 ENDORSED BUDGET HAS ABOUT
$6 MILLION FUNDED BY JUMP START
INCLUDING 4.7 FROM THE
PUTICIPATORY FUND FOR THE
PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. I
UNDERSTAND THE INTENET. I WANT
TO STAY TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL
INTENT AND THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THIS LEGISLATION COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK BROUGHT TO US. THIS IS THE
POLICY THAT REFLECTS OUR
HUMANITY. IF THERE IS A
DIFFERENT WAY TO COME BACK TO
THE ISSUE, I AM SUPPORTIVE.
UNFORTUNATELY TODAY, I CAN'T
SUPPORT THIS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
SUPER APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. WE HAVE A SHARED
PASSION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. IT
PLAYED A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY
LIFE GROWING UP ALONG WITH ALL
OF THE OTHER YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT
WE RUN AT THE CITY, NOT THAT
ARTS AND CULTURE IS ABOUT YOUTH,
WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR CREATIVES
IN THE CITY. WE HAVE A DEDICATED
FUND SOURCE LUCKILY. FOR THOSE
REASONS, I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS
BUT I WANT TO SAY I SUPER
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING AND
HIGHLIGHTING THIS BECAUSE IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION? FURTHER
DISCUSSION? I WILL UNFORTUNATELY
BE WITH THIS ON THE OTHERS. I DO
APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO
CRAFT THIS AMENDMENT WITH A
SMALL A, SMALL C ARTS AND
CULTURE BECAUSE THE OPPOSITE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE IS NOT FUNDED
BY GENERAL FUND BUT WE DO HAVE
BUMPER SHOOT, PROGRAMS AT THE
SEATTLE CENTER THAT COULD BE
OFFSET BY THIS. AS I HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD, IF
THERE IS A LEVY DEDICATED TO IT,
I KNOW OPEN DOOR IS NOT A CITY
LEVY BUT COUNTY LEVY, I CAN'T
SUPPORT EXPANSION. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK FINAL WORDS? COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> JUST A CLARIFICATION, THE
ART, THE ADD TAX IS STATE NOT
CITY, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> IT IS CITY, UNDERSTOOD.
>> 5%.
>> GOT IT, THANK YOU. REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW EVERYONE
SUPPORTS ARTS UP HERE. I'M
STILL BRINGING THIS. I WILL
SUPPORT THE AMEPDMENT. THANK YOU
YOUR GRACE.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT 14?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YFRMTHS.
>> CELEBRITY SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> WE HAVE FOUR IPFAVOR, THREE
OPPOSED, ONE ABCENSION. FOUR IN
FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED, ONE
ABCENSION.
>> FORTUNATELY, THE MOTION DOES
NOT PASS AND WE STILL LOVE ARTS
AND CULTURE. IT DOES PASS?
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
>> SORRY, I HAD THE INCORRECT
ORDER. THE MOTION DOES PASS.
AMENDMENT 14 IS INCLUDED ON THE
BILL. WE ALL STILL LOVE ARTS AND
CULTURE. WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE
FINAL AMENDMENT HERE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
121028 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
17.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
SHOWN AN AMNDMENT 17. OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF FOR AAGREEMENT.
>> AMENDMENT 17, WITH A SIMILAR
THEME OF AMENDING AREA OF USE OF
FUNDS, THIS WOULD ADD
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AS
ELIGIBLE USE FOR NET REVENUE
GENERATED FROM THE RESTRUCTURE
USED TO OFFSET FEDERAL FUNDING
REDUCTIONS.
>> CELEBRITY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> AS STATED IN OUR
ADOPTEDBUDGET, WE RELY AS A CITY
ON APPROXIMATELY $42.5 MILLION
IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT
OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH REFLECTS
APPROXIMATELY 6.3% OF SDOT'S
2025 ADOPTED BUDGET. SO THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD ADD
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AGAIN AS
AN ELIGIBLE USE FOR NET REVENUE
THAT CAN BE USED TO OFFSET
FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS.
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IS AT
RISK UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION,
INDISPUTABLE. THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD GIVE AN OPTION AS OPPOSED
TO MANDATING TO HELP BACK FILL
FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN CLAWED
BACK FROM EXISTING PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS. AND I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO KIND OF LEVEL SET ON
WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE
BROADERER TRANSPORTATION CONTEXT
SINCE THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION
TOOK OFFICE. SO EARLIER THIS
YEAR, IT STARTED WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S NEW SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION ISSUING A SET OF
PRIORITIES OF HOW FUTURE AWARDS
AND FUTURE GRANTS WILL
PRIORITIZEDED. IT INCLUDED
HIGHER BIRTH RATES, PRIORITIZING
HIGHER THAN AVERAGE MARRIAGE
RATES. SPOILER ALERT, SEATTLE
DOES NOT BENEFIT FROM THAT
CRITERIA USED TO SELECT PROJECTS
THAT WOULD RECEIVE FEDERAL
DOLLARS. WHILE I THINK THAT IS
UNJUST, IT IS NOT PARTICULAR NEW
OR NOVEL THAT ANY NEW
ADMINISTRATION AT THE FEDERAL,
LOCAL LEVEL COMES IN AND SETS
NEW SPENDING PRIORITIES. I WAS
OUTRAGED A FEW WEEKS LATER WHEN
THE SAME DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ISSUED A FOLLOW
UP INSTEAD OF GUIDANCE. IT MADE
CLEAR IT WOULD TARGET AND
IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO CLAW
BACK PREVIOUSLY AWARDED
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TIED TO
THINGS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE,
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
EQUITY. ALL THINGS THAT I THINK
ALL OF US SUPPORT. THAT WAS
HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND HIGHLY
BIZARRE. IT WAS ALSO
UNPRECEDENTED. IN MY VIEW,
UNLAWFUL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WE RELY HAD HEAVILY ON THESE
FEDERAL FUNDS. I THOUGHT
INITIALLY ABOUT POTENTIALLY
ADDING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
TO THE LIST OF GENERAL FUND
ITEMS AS WELL. I DECLINED NOT
TO. INSTEAD, FOCUSED ON THE
TRUMP MITIGATION PIECE THAT
COULD BE ELG BIBLE AS AN
ELIGIBLE EXPENSE AND AND PROUD
THAT THIS IS SUPPORTED BY MLK
LABOR COUNCIL AND THE SEATTLE
BUILDING TRADES. THIS IS VITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN, INCLUDING
CLIMATE CHANGE, BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUITY, I THINK
WE ALL BENEFIT FROM AND HOLD
NEAR AND DEAR AS A CITY. FOR
THOSE REASONS I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I WAS
REMINDED THAT WE HAVE 41 MINUTES
REMAINING AND 6 BILLS AND
ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO GO.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY?
>> THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD REMIND US
THAT THIS BODY LAST YEAR
ADVANCED AND SEATTLE VOTERS
APPROVED THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATIONLOVEY TO FUND
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. IT IS
THE LARGEST SINGLE LEVY IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR CITY. WE SHOULD
ENSURE THAT WE ARE STEWARDING
THE $1.55 BILLION SEATTLEITES
HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH BEFORE
THINKING ABOUT USING MORE OF THE
DOLLARS HERE. SO FOR THOSE
REASONS I WILL BE VOTING NO ON
THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION? I WILL
HOLD THE SAME POSITION THAT
THERE IS A DEDICATED LEVY FOR
THIS AND VOTING NO. IS THERE
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, ANYTHING
ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, LAST
WORDS?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. I'M GLAD T
THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE
TRANSPORTATIONLOVE LEVY APPROVED
BY VOTERS LAST FALL. I'M
MINDFUL OF THAT FACT WHICH IS
WHY I CHOSE NOT TO ADD
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO THE
GENERAL FUND BUCKET OF ELIGIBLE
EXPENSES. THAT WAS AN
INTENTIONAL CHOICE. SDOT
RECEIVES, HAS THE MOST DIVERSE
REVENUE STREAM OUT OF ANY
DEPARTMENT, RECEIVED 8 PLUS
SOURCES OF REVENUE INCLUDING
NONTRIVIAL AMOUNT OF FEDERAL
FUNDS AND SO MINDFUL OF THE FACT
THAT VOTERS GENEROUSLY APPROVED
A TRANSPORTATION LEVY LAST YEAR,
LAST FALL AND AT THE SAME TIME,
HOWEVER, SINCE THAT VERY TIME,
THERE HAS BEEN A MATERIAL CHANGE
IN CIRCUMSTANCES, WASN'T CONTEM
PLATED BY VOTERS AT THE TIME
THAT TRUMP WOULD BE REELECTED
AND RISK ADDITIONAL CUTS TO
VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK
THE ARGUMENT THAT VOTERS
APPROVED A GENEROUS PACKAGE LAST
YEAR AND THEREFORE WE SHOULD NOT
ADD AS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE, THIS
JUST OPENS THE DOOR, I DON'T
THINK IT HOLDS WATER. THERE HAS
BEEN A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
AND IT IS INTENDED TO PROTECT US
FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S
CRUEL, UNPRECEDENTED, AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL CUTS AND
CLAWBACKS OF PREVIOUSLY AWARDED
GRANTS.
>> THANK YOU, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YFRMTHS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER -- PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> NO. FIVE IN -- FOUR IN FAVOR,
THREE OPPOSED. ONE ABCENSION.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THIS AMENDMENT
DOES NOT PASS AND WE ALL STILL
LOVE TRANSPORTATION.
>> SAME THING.
>> IT DOES PASS. THERE WERE FOUR
IN FAVOR AND FIVE OPPOSED?
>> THERE WERE FOUR IN FAVOR,
THREE OPPOSED, ONE ABCENSION.
>> OKAY. THE AMENDMENT PASSES
AND WE STILL ALL LOVE
TRANSPORTATION. WITH THAT WE
HAVE MOVED TO THE UNDERLYING
BILL. COLLEAGUES YOU WILL HAVE
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE BILL ON MONDAY AT FULL
COUNCIL. I WILL REQUEST YOU HOLD
YOUR COMMENTS UNLESS IT IS
PERTINENT BECAUSE WE HAVE 37
MINUTES REMAINING TO GO THROUGH
SIX BILLS AND ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
WITH THAT, I SEE THE
PRESIDENT'S HAND. WE WILL GIVE
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK LAST WORD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THIS IS A QUESTION AND I ALSO
HAVE COMMENTS. SO WE ARE STILL
GOING TO VOTE EVEN THOUGH IT
COULD BE THAT THE RATE COULD
CHANGE, THAT THERE WOULD BE A
NEW RATE PROPOSED ON MONDAY, ON
MONDAY?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> BECAUSE WHEN -- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IS THERE ANY KIND OF
INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN WE COULD
GET INFORMATION ON WHAT THE RATE
COULD CHANGE TO?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS IS
INFORMATION THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE THIS
MEETING. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD
SOCIALIZED IT AT LEAST AT A
STAFF LEVEL.
>> NO.
>> I'M SORRY YOU DID NOT
RECEIVE THE INFORMATION. BEN,
YOU ARE LOOKING TO SAY SOMETHING
BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO STATE
THAT WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING AND
THAT THIS IS FUNCTIONAL WORK
THAT CAN OCCUR OUTSIDE OF US
KEEPING THIS LEGISLATION MOVING.
BUT BEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?
>> THE FOLKS WHO ARE GENERATING
THOSE FIGURES ARE THE OFFICE OF
REVENUE, THAT FORECAST, THEY ARE
DELIVERING A REVENUE FORECAST ON
MONDAY. SO THE ANSWERER TO THE
QUESTION IS I THINK THIS
WEEKEND, IF THEY CAN PRODUCE THE
ESTIMATE, IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE
TO COUNCIL ON MONDAY, IT WOULD
FOCUS ON ONE OF THE TWO RATES.
AND AGAIN, IT IS 10 MILLION OUT
OF 160 TO GIVE YOU A SCALE OF
THE SIZE OF INCREASE IN PORTION
OF THE TERMS. BUT THAT WOULD BE
THE TIMELINE. THE FORECAST
OFFICE IS OCCUPIED OTHERWISE
UNTIL THE WEEKEND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION?
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT? IS THAT
YOUR HAND?
>> IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE
QUESTION I JUST ASKED.
>> OKAY.
>> DID YOU SAY THAT WE WILL NOT
HAVE INFORMATION BEFORE MONDAY,
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WE COULD POTENTIALLY
DISTRIBUTE BY EMAIL OVER THE
WEEKEND. SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE
IT, YOU WILL HAVE IT. IT IS
MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION.
>> I RECOGNIZE, CHAIR, THAT WE
HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS TO GET
TO AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. WE ARE TOG TALKING
ABOUT A RATE THAT WE ARE GOING
TO ASK THE VOTERS TO CHANGE THE
B&O TAX THAT WILL AFFECT A LOT
OF BUSINESSES AND JOBS
POTENTIALLY. I DON'T THINK THAT
-- AND THE FACT IS THAT IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS WAS SORT
OF -- THIS LANDED IN OUR LAPS
THE LAST MINUTE. I REALLY
STRUGGLED TO SCHEDULE A VOTE
THAT WAS -- THAT GAVE US AT
LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE THE
DEADLINE OF AUGUST 5 AT LIKE
4:30 TO SEND IT TO THE BALLOT OR
KING COUNTY TO GET IT TO THE
BALLOT. I WANT TO SAY WHILE I
RECOGNIZE SOME FRUSTRATION ABOUT
HOW LONG IT IS TAKING US TO GET
THROUGH ALL THIS, IT IS A
CONSEQUENTIAL VOTE WE ARE ABOUT
TO TAKE AND IT IS INFORMATION WE
NEED TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION ON
THIS. IT JUST FEELS RUSHED TO
ME. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING
THE INFORMATION AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE
THAT THIS DIDN'T COME TO US
EARLIER IN THE YEAR. IN ANY
CASE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, OTHER DISCUSSION?
FINAL DISCUSSION? I WILL JUST
SAY I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND
KOEB RINCK BRINGING IT FORWARD.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE
REVENUE REDUCED IN TODAY'S
MEETING WITH PROGRAM EXPANSION.
WITH THAT, FINAL WORD?
PRESIDENT, IS THAT A NEW HAND?
>> I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT I
DID ASK DEB MAYOR WONG WHAT WAS
THE IMPACT, WHAT WAS THE IMPUT
THAT SMALL BUSINESSES PROVIDED I
WAS TOLD THAT OAG WOULD PROVIDE
THE INFORMATION. AND THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DID
REPLY AND PROVIDE INFORMATION
AND THEY LOVE THE LIFTING O OF
THE THRESHOLD WHICH OF COURSE
ONE WOULD ASSUME. BUT THEY DID
NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT THE INFORMATION IS ON THE
RATE INCREASE. NOW WE KNOW THAT
THE RATE INCREASE MIGHT CHANGE
BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE SEND IT
TO THE BALLOT T. I WANTED TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE TO
KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE SMALL
BUSINESSES MAKE DECISIONS BASED
ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE
CLIENTS, WHEN WE ARE TAUBING
ABOUT THEY MAY PAY LESS ENTAXES,
THE B&O TAX, IT IS POSSIBLE THEY
COULD PAY MORE OR THEY COULD BE
IMPACTED MORE BY THE A CLIENT,
YOU KNOW TRIMMING THEIR EXPENSES
TO MAKE UP FOR THE PAYMENT OF
THE B&O TAX INCREASE. WE DO HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE
DON'T HAVE REALLY GOOD
INFORMATION ON HOW THE SMALL
BUSINESSES FEEL ABOUT THIS AND
IT IS JUST ASSUMING THAT THEY
WILL ALL BE IN FOR IT B█ECAUSE
THEY PAY LESS TAXES, SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD CHECK OURSELVES
ON BECAUSE THEY MAKE DECISIONS
ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT INPUTS.
SO THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE AS A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERER, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT
ON THE TABLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FINAL
WORD?
>> [ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN
COMMITTEE WORKING FOR THESE
AMENDMENTS. I KNOW WE APPROVED A
NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS IN THE
CONSENT PACKAGE, WE DIDN'T HAVE
FULL DISCUSSION ON BUT WE REALLY
IN LINE WITH THE INTENT OF WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE,
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER AND
PUBLIC HEALTH REALLY ALIGNED
WITH THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO HERE AND I WOULD
NOTE WITH THE AMENDMENTS
APPROVED TODAY, WE ARE HEARING
ALSO THE FRUSTRATION WITH NOT
HAVING SUFFICIENT TIME TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE RATE CHANGE. I
WOULD NOTE THAT WE HAD DEDICATED
TIME ALSO IN THE JULY 16th
COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE
DISCUSSING AMENDMENTS OPENLY, TO
START UNDERSTANDING WHAT COULD
BE COMING OUR WAY. IF WE HAD
KNOWN ABOUT ANY TAX CREDITS
COMING SOONER THAN ON MONDAY, I
THINK WE WOULD'VE WORK QUICKLY
TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT AN
ADJUSTED RATE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO UNDERSTANDING THE NEW
EMERGING NATURE OF THESE
AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE TAX
CREDITS, I'M ASKING YOU FOR
YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN
CONSIDERATION AS WE ARE QUICKLY
POSED TOGETHER IN ADJUSTED RATE
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN,
CENTRAL STAFF AND OUR BUDGET
DIRECTOR FOR WORKING HARD ON
THIS PROPOSAL. YOUR WORK IS
REALLY APPRECIATED.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON CB
121028 AS AMENDED?
>> CALLING THE ROLL --
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL BILL
121028 PASSES AS AMENDED AND
WILL BE SENT TO THE AUGUST 4th
FULL COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL BE
MOVING ON TO -- WE WILL HAVE TO
SUSPEND THE RULES ON MONDAY. I
MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO
SEND THIS TO SEND COUNCIL BILL
121028 TO THE AUGUST 4th, 2025
FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IS
THERE ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NO
OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED AND THE BILL WILL BE
SENT TO THE AUGUST 4th 2025 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE NOW, SIX MORE BILLS AND 28
MINUTES AS WELL AS AN AMENDMENT
SO COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO
ASK, AND I AM SURE HOPING THAT
EVERYONE DID AS I REQUESTED,
WHICH IS GET THE BRIEFING BEFORE
HAND, SO THIS IS NOT NEW
INFORMATION. WITH THAT, WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM 2. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120 1029
AMENDING ORDINANCE 127 156,
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2025 BUDGET,
FOR BREATHING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE THE
>> THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE ALSO
HAVE THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE
SECOND ITEM, IF WE COULD READ
THE AGENDA ITEM 3 INTO THE
RECORD AS WELL POINT
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNCIL BILL
1210 42 AMENDING ORDINANCE
127156 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2025
BUDGET, CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS
TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS, REASON,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE
>> I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST DISCUSSED BILLS THAT WE HAD
THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS
NOT BEEN DISCUSSED ON COMMITTEE
TIME. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
MOST DISCUSSED BILLS AT COUNCIL
BRIEFING AND THE LEAST REGARDING
THE FACT THAT THIS BILL WAS
ORIGINALLY SENT TO US AHEAD OF
THE DOWNTURN FORECAST IN APRIL.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A BILL THAT
TYPICALLY SHOULD BE PASSED IN
MAY. HERE WE ARE NEARLY IN
AUGUST WITH THAT. OVER TO YOU,
TOM, FOR BOTH THE 2024
CARRYFORWARD AND THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX TRANSFER. IF
YOU COULD GO ON DOUBLE SPEED,
COLLEAGUES, HAS ANYONE NOT
RECEIVED THE BRIEFING ON BOTH OF
THESE BILLS?
>> I HAVE NOT.
>> VICE CHAIR HAS NOT RECEIVED
THE BRIEFING AHEAD OF TIME. TOM?
OVER TO YOU. I'M STILL GOING TO
ASK YOU TO GO ON DOUBLE SPEED.
>> WILL DO, CHAIR. SO JUST VERY
QUICKLY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT
THAT GROUNDING CARRYFORWARD TO
THE GENERAL HOW IT PERTAINED TO
THIS BILL, TALK ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC 2024 CARRYFORWARD
REQUEST, REASON POLICY
CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSS HOW
THAT CONSIDERATION IS ADDRESSED
THROUGH THE COMPANION BILL,
CARRYFORWARD, PET TRANSFER AND
NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS. SO
WHAT ARE CARRYFORWARDS IN
GENERAL? THESE ARE
APPROPRIATIONS THAT WERE
UNEXPENDED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR
SO BASICALLY CHECKS THAT HADN'T
BEEN CASHED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR
THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN AUTHORIZED
TO CARRY INTO THE NEXT YEAR, TO
COMPLETE THE WORK THAT WAS
INTENDED. THEY COME IN AN
AUTOMATIC FLAVOR AND A COUNCIL
MANIC FLAVOR. THE AUTOMATIC
ONES, WHICH ARE COVERED HERE IN
BOTH THE PIE GRAPH SHOWING 2024
AND THE BULLETS SHOW THAT WHAT
THEY ARE GENERALLY, THEY ARE
GENERALLY CAPITAL BUDGET
APPROPRIATIONS THAT
AUTOMATICALLY CARRY FROM ONE
YEAR TO THE NEXT DUE TO STATE
LAW. THEY ARE GRANTS OR SERVICE
CONTRACTS WHICH ARE AGREEMENTS
WITH THIRD PARTIES WHERE WE NEED
TO MONITOR THE EXPENDITURE
AGAINST THE MONEY THAT WE
RECEIVED. THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGES. THESE ARE THINGS THAT
COUNCIL APPROVED WHEN THEY
APPROPRIATED THE MONEY AND THE
INITIAL BUDGET AND THEN THERE'S
ENCUMBRANCES SO THESE ARE THINGS
ON THE ACCOUNTING BASIS WHERE WE
ISSUE A PO, THE SERVICE IS
PROVIDED AND WE NEED TO HAVE
MONIES AVAILABLE TO PAY THAT
INVOICE WHEN IT COMES TO. AND AS
YOU CAN SEE BY THE GRAPH FOR
2024, THE ABUNDANT SHARE OF
AUTOMATIC CARRYFORWARDS IS
CAPITAL BUDGET, CAPITAL
SPENDING, CAPITAL BUDGET. THE
OTHER PIECE IS LEGISLATIVE
CARRYFORWARDS, WHICH ARE COVERED
IN COUNCIL BILL 121029 PURPOSE
OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE
SIMILAR. THERE UNEXPENDED MONEY
FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, THE THE
EXECUTIVE, THE PROGRAMS THAT
WANT TO HAVE THIS MONEY SPENT
ARE STILL EXISTING AND SO WE
NEED TO TAKE THE EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY OVER INTO 2025 TO HAVE
THAT MONEY AVAILABLE TO MEET
THOSE NEEDS. THIS REQUEST
SPECIFICALLY IS FOR $169 MILLION
ACROSS ALL CITY FUNDS SO IN THIS
CASE THIS PIE GRAPH SHOWS THE
BREAKDOWN BY CITY FUND OF WHERE
THAT REQUEST IS BEING MADE. AS
YOU CAN SEE, THE ABUNDANT SHARE
OF THIS REQUEST ISN'T THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
FUND, WHICH IS 61% OR $104
MILLION OF THE TOTAL REQUEST. SO
THESE CARRYFORWARDS THAT ARE IN
THIS BILL ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR
TO HEALTHY AUTOMATIC
CARRYFORWARDS. THERE
APPROPRIATIONS THAT HAVE EITHER
A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC PROCESS SO
THERE IS SOME DELAY OF
DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT THE DOOR
OR LARGE CAPITAL TYPE PROJECTS,
I.E. HOUSING, WHERE THERE'S A
SUNLEN MILLER DELAY BETWEEN
WHERE THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE AND
SPENT ON ITS PURPOSE SO THEY'RE
SIMILAR IN NATURE. THEY JUST
DON'T HAVE THAT AUTOMATIC
APPROVAL ATTACHED TO THEM.
THEY'RE ALL BACKED BY MONIES
RECEIVED IN PRIOR YEARS SO
THERE'S NOT A FINANCIAL CONCERN
WITHIN THAT CARRYFORWARD
SPECIFICALLY AND THERE'S 90% OF
THE TOTAL REQUEST IN THE BILL IS
IN FIVE FUNDS. AND I'M GOING TO
COVER THOSE FIVE FUNDS AND JUST
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
REQUEST THAT ARE BEING MADE. ONE
IS AN $8 MILLION REQUESTING
TOTAL IN THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
TAX FUND. IT GOES TO THE OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. IT'S FOR THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
PROJECT FUNDING. IT'S BEEN
AWARDED BUT IT HAS NOT YET BEEN
CONTRACTED. SO THIS IS PART OF A
LARGER EDI CARRYFORWARD REQUEST
ACROSS SEVERAL FUNDS THAT TOTALS
$52 MILLION IN THIS BILL. NEXT
FUND IS THE JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS
FUND. THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES. IT'S A $14 MILLION
REQUEST TO KIND OF RE-UP THE
MONEY THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2024
FOR SOME ONGOING CLAIMS, TO JUST
ENSURE THAT THE MONIES AVAILABLE
IF NEEDED IN 2025. THERE'S A
$20 MILLION GENERAL FUND REQUEST
SO THIS IS ADDING $11 TO PCB FOR
DEI FUNDING, PART OF THAT LARGER
$52 MILLION REQUEST OF FUNDS AND
THERE IS A ASSISTED RESPONSE AND
ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST
WHICH IS $1.3 MILLION PER 911
CALL DATA PROCESS AND SEARCH
PROJECT AND THE PROJECT BEGAN IN
2024 HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED.
AND SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS A $1.2 MILLION REQUEST FOR A
PROJECT TO ESTABLISH CLOSED
CIRCUIT TV, CRIME PREVENTION
PILOT PROGRAM AND PROGRAM HAS
BEEN INITIATED. HOWEVER, MONIES
HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY SPENT SO
NEEDS TO MOVE TO 2025 TO HAVE IT
AVAILABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS. NOW
THE LARGEST FUND WITH REQUEST IS
THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX JUMP
START PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX FUNDS,
$104 MILLION REQUEST, OUR
LARGEST PIECE OF THAT IS $61
MILLION INTO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
PROJECTS. THE NEXT IS ALSO
ADDING TO THE EDI POGROM. $33
MILLION FOR EDI PROJECT FUNDING
THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED NOT YET
CONTRACTED AND AGAIN, THAT'S
PART OF THE LARGER REQUEST
ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS.
FINALLY IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THERE WAS $5 MILLION
FOR RAINIER VALLEY EARLY
LEARNING CENTER. THIS BUDGET WAS
ADDED IN 2023 BUT IT HAS NOT YET
BEEN IMPLEMENTED DUE TO PROJECT
DELAYS. A FEW OTHER SMALLER
REQUEST THAT ARE WORTH NOTING IS
IN THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND.
THERE'S $6.5 MILLION FOR
CHILDCARE FACILITY DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT WORK, IT'S FUNDED BY
CHILDCARE FUNDS REVENUE. THAN IN
THE ARTS AND CULTURE FUND THERE
IS A INCREASE FOR VARIOUS WORKS
IN PROGRESS. AND I -- I DID
MENTION THERE IS A POLICY
CONSIDERATION. THIS IS IMPLICIT
IN WHY IT'S AN ADDITIONAL BILL
THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED TO GO
ALONG WITH CARRYFORWARD. AS THE
CHAIR NOTED, THIS BILL WAS
RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF
THE APRIL REVENUE FORECAST. AS
YOU RECALL, THAT FORECAST
DOWNGRADED SOME OF THE REVENUE
PROJECTIONS IN A NUMBER OF CITY
FUNDS, AS LISTED HERE. THAT WAS
A MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE IN
MISSIONS TAX FUND, $1.5 MILLION
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX DECREASE
AND $81 MILLION INCREASE TO THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
FUND. SO WHEN DOES REVENUE
FORECAST WERE ADDED INTO THE
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS, IT
RESULTED IN A CASE WHERE EITHER
THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT MONEY
AVAILABLE TO FUND THIS REQUEST,
GIVEN BOTH THE CARRYFORWARD
BALANCES PLUS NEW REVENUES OR
OUR NEED TO DRAW ON FUNDS THAT
WERE RESERVED IN 2025 TO CARRY
INTO 2026 TO CARRY THAT ENDORSED
BUDGET. SPECIFICALLY THE
JUMPSTART FUND WOULD'VE BEEN
$32 MILLION OUT OF BALANCE SO
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATIONS WOULD'VE BEEN
$32 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO PAY
THOSE APPROPRIATIONS. SO AS A
REMEDY, COUNCIL BILL 121042,
WHICH WAS SUBMITTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE, WOULD REDUCE THE
TRANSFER FROM THE JUMPSTART FUND
TO THE GENERAL FUND BY $32
MILLION OR $34 MILLION IN 2025.
SO IN TOTAL THERE WAS A BUDGETED
TRANSFER FROM THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX ONTO THE GENERAL
FUND OF $314 MILLION IN THE 2025
BUDGET. THIS WOULD REDUCE THAT
TO ABOUT $282 MILLION. SO THAT
RESOLVES THE KIND OF UNBALANCED
REQUEST OF THE ORIGINAL
CARRYFORWARD BILL BUT IT DOES
HAVE SOME DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS TO
THE GENERAL FUND, ESSENTIALLY AS
SHOWN IN THE MAIN REVENUE
FORECAST, WHICH INCLUDED THE
IMPACTS OF THE APRIL FORECAST
OFFICE FORECAST AND EXPENDITURE
FOR THE EXECUTIVE. WE SHOWED THE
PAYROLL TAX WAS OUT OF BALANCE
BY ABOUT $150 MILLION OVER THE
BIENNIAL BUT THE FUND WAS
BALANCED. WITH THIS CHANGE, THE
GENERAL FUND WAS GOING TO HAVE
TO DRAW ON RESERVES OR COME UP
WITH SOME LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING
AND SECURE OR NEXT TO KEEP THE
FUND WITHIN BALANCE AND I'LL
JUST NOTE THAT THIS TECHNICALLY
RESOLVES THE SITUATION BUT WE
ARE, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED,
ABOUT TO RECEIVE A REVENUE
FORECAST OF DATE IN AUGUST. SO
THIS CLEARS THE FIELD FOR THE
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL, IF YOU
WILL, BUT THEN THE STORY HAS YET
TO BE TOLD FULLY ON THE CITY'S
RESOURCE PROJECTIONS BASED ON
THE AUGUST FORECAST. AND THAT'S
-- I HOPE I DIDN'T GO TOO FAST
BUT I TRIED TO DO MY BEST. THE
NEXT STEPS ARE AUGUST SPECIAL
COUNCIL, FINAL VOTES AND THEN
WE'LL GET THE BUDGET, PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR 2026 FROM THE MAYOR
IN LATE SEPTEMBER, WHICH WILL
INCLUDE POSSIBLY MOST LIKELY
FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 2025
BUDGET AND GRANTS APPROPRIATIONS
.
>> THANK YOU, TOM. DIRECTOR
PETER, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NOTHING FURTHER.
>> LAST YEAR WHEN WE MADE
AMENDMENTS TO THE JUMPSTART
POLICIES ALLOWING GENERAL FUND
TO BE A USE OF JUMPSTART, WE
ALSO SAID THAT IF JUMPSTART
REVENUES CAME DOWN INCUMBENT
UPON US TO USE GENERAL FUND
BACKFILL JUMPSTART. THAT IS WHAT
IS BEING DONE TODAY. COLLEAGUES,
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON
EITHER OF THESE BILLS AT THIS
TIME? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. TOM, SO I
UNDERSTAND WHEN THIS LEGISLATION
FIRST CAME DOWN, IT WAS OUT OF
BALANCE BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE
FORECAST. I'M UNCLEAR, I NEVER
RECEIVED A BRIEFING ABOUT THE
CARRYFORWARD. SO I CAN'T
POSSIBLY BE THE ONLY ONE BUT
MAYBE I AM SO WHAT WERE OUR
BRIEFINGS OFFERED AND GIVEN ON
THE CARRYFORWARD?
>> I HAVE MADE THE REQUEST AT
COUNCIL BRIEFING A NUMBER OF
TIMES .
>> SEVERAL AVAILABLE TO BRIEF
COUNCILMEMBERS ON ANY OF
LEGISLATION THAT'S BEFORE THE
COUNCIL. YEAH.
>> YES I UNDERSTAND THAT'S TRUE
BUT USUALLY STAFF REACHES OUT
AND SAYS THIS IS READY AND WOULD
YOU LIKE A BRIEFING ON IT, AND I
DON'T RECALL GETTING THAT
>> I SENT THAT EMAIL.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING, THEN.
HERE'S THE DEAL.
>> OWNING THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT
GOING ON AND A LOT.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS
FLYING AROUND AND THEN THE B AND
O GOT INCLUDED AT THE LAST
MINUTE. THIS HAD TO GET REDONE
BECAUSE OF THE -- IT WAS OUT OF
BALANCE SO I'M JUST SUGGESTING
THERE'S BEEN A LOT AND NOW THIS
-- I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD
PROPER TIME WITH THE
CARRYFORWARD TO -- FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.
I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS CARRYFORWARD. AND SOME OF
THESE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT ITEMS.
SO WHEN THESE THINGS GET SENT
LIKE THIS AND WHEN WE ARE
REQUIRED TO VOTE ON IT WITHOUT
THE REQUIRED DELIVERY, IT MAKES
IT REALLY HARD FOR US TO BE GOOD
STEWARDS OF THOSE FUNDS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THIS BILL WAS
BRIEFED AT THE LAST COMMITTEE,
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TRANSFER
OF GENERAL FUND PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX, THE JUMPSTART FUND IS HOW
THIS ALL BALANCES. SO I'M GOING
TO ASK FOR A VOTE TODAY. IT'S
OKAY IF YOU NEED TO VOTE NOW OR
ABSTAIN BUT AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, I
MAKE THE REQUEST AT OUR
BRIEFINGS TO HAVE A PRE-BRIEFING
MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
TO DIGEST AND THERE'S JUST SO
MUCH TO DIGEST THAT IF ALL OF US
WERE TRYING TO DIGEST IT UP
HERE, EVEN A NORMAL COMMITTEE
WOULDN'T HAVE TIME. SO
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> YEAH, I -- WE HAVE TIME TO
DIGEST THINGS WHEN THEY ARE
PROVIDED WITH APPROPRIATE TIME
TO DO SO. I TAKE THAT JOB FAIRLY
SERIOUSLY. I WILL JUST SAY THAT
YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS AT COUNCIL
BRIEFING?
>> WE HAD THIS DISCUSSED AT THE
LAST BUDGET MEETING, TWO WEEKS
AGO, AND THEN AT COUNCIL
BRIEFING . I BELIEVE THAT I SAID
PLEASE COME READY BECAUSE WE'VE
GOT ALL SEVEN VOTES. I AM
99.999% SURE, I SAID PLEASE GET
A BRIEFING BECAUSE THAT'S JUST
BEEN STANDARD PRACTICE FOR THE
BUDGET MEETINGS.
>> BUT USUALLY THINGS GET TWO
BRIEFINGS AT COMMITTEE BEFORE --
>> THIS WAS BRIEFED AT THE LAST
COMMITTEE.
>> THAT WAS ONE. WE NORMALLY GET
TWO.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? LIKE I FULLY
RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE HIM AND
AGREE WITH YOU ON THE TIMING,
BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A
LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE
BALANCE THIS AND THE FINAL
DECISION WAS WITH THE JUMPSTART
UPON RECEIVING THE GENERAL FUND.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON THIS BILL? I'M
GOING -- BOTH BILLS HAVE BEEN
MOVED AND SO I WILL ASK FOR US
TO VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
AND SO I'LL ASK FOR 1st THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
TRANSFER. SO IF THE CLERK CAN
PLEASE CALL THE VOTE ON COUNCIL
BILL 121042.
>> THAT IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
THREE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THIS IS JUST THE DIRECT
TRANSFER OF FUNDS?
>> COUNCIL BILL 121042.
>> TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER, MR.
CHAIR. ARE REVOLTING ON ITEM
NUMBER TWO BOARD ?
>> THREE.
>> WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.
>> OH, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
OKAY PURPOSE OF THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE.
>> THERE IS SOME LOGIC TO
TRANSFER , IT MAKES THE
CARRYFORWARD POSSIBLE.
>> I'M GOING TO PULL US BACK
AND I'M GOING TO RESTART THIS
PROCESS. AND I'M JUST GOING TO
SAY WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON ITEM
THREE AND THEN ON ITEM TWO, THE
JUMPSTART TRANSFER, SO THAT BOTH
ARE MADE WHOLE AND THEN WE WILL
VOTE ON THE CARRYFORWARD, WHICH
ASSIGNS THE EXPENDITURES FOR
THOSE BUCKETS .
>> RICK, THANK YOU, AND I WANT
TO THANK DR. NOBLE FOR BRIEFING
ME ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU, WE'RE GOING TO
VOTE ON, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON COUNCIL BILL
121042 POINT
>> COUNCIL REMEMBER --
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> AND CHAIR STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL BILL 121042 WILL BE
SENT TO THE AUGUST 5th
COMMITTEE, FULL COUNCIL
COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 2, COUNCIL
BILL 121029, WHICH IS THE
CARRYFORWARD APPROPRIATIONS ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND COUNCIL
BILL 121029 WILL BE SENT TO THE
AUGUST 5th FULL COUNCIL. WE ARE
NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO THE
MIDYEAR GRANT ACCEPTANCE AND
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ORDINANCES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLES OF BOTH COUNCIL
BILL 121030 AND 31 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 121031, FUNDING
FOR NONSTATE SOURCES FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE, AGENDA ITEM 5, COUNCIL
BILL 121031 , AMENDING ORDINANCE
127 156, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2025
BUDGET, BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. THIS WAS BRIEFED
IN THE LAST COMMITTEE AND WE ARE
COMING TO A VOTE TODAY.
CONSIDERING WE HAVE 10 MINUTES
REMAINING AND I'M GOING TO ASK
THAT WE ALL STAY BEYOND 1:00
P.M. AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A
DESIRE TO BE BRIEFED ON THE
UNDERLYING LEGISLATION AGAIN
HERE AT COMMITTEE? IT WAS
BRIEFED IN COMMITTEE THE LAST
TIME WE MET. I'M SEEING KNOW
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE
-- WHAT I WILL ASK FOR, TOM, IS
THAT WE HAVE -- SORRY, I'M ON
THE WRONG PRESENTATION. I
APOLOGIZE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE
WAS PRESENTATION ADDED TO THE
WRONG COUNCIL BILL ITEM SO I'M
LOOKING AT MIDYEAR GRANT
ACCEPTANCE AND SUPPLEMENTAL.
TOM, IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE
SLIDES JUST STATING WHAT THE
EXPENDITURES ARE, I BELIEVE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL STARTS ON
SLIDE EIGHT . WE'LL JUST DO THE
HIGH LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS ON SLIDE
EIGHT, NINE, 10 AND 11. AND IF
YOU JUST WANT TO READ A SHORT
TITLE OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE
STABILITY THROUGH RESOURCES
TRANSFER AT THAT LEVEL.
>> APOLOGIES, STARTING FROM THE
TOP OF THIS PRESENTATION, FOR
THE MIDYEAR BILL AND THEN TO
TALK ABOUT THE USES, CLARIFY, OR
JUST THIS HIGH LEVEL?
>> ON YOUR MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
BILL IT IS SLIDE 2 OF 8, ALSO
SLIDE 8 ON THE DECK.
>> THERE YOU ARE.
>> JUST READING THE BOLD SO THAT
WE GOT A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING.
>> OKAY, I'LL LIST BULLET TITLE
AND THEN THE AMOUNT WERE
APPLICABLE. ON THE GENERAL
FUNDED BILL THE REDUCED SERVICES
BUDGET USED THE MONEY
APPROXIMATELY $559,000 TO FUND A
DRUG DIVERSION PROGRAM. IT WOULD
IMPLEMENT THE NEWLY APPROVED
SOCIAL HOUSING TAX BY WAY OF
ADDING $724,000 TO CITY FINANCE.
IT WOULD ADD $298,000 TO THE LAW
DEPARTMENT FOR FEDERAL PURPOSE
RESOURCES TO BOND TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. IT WOULD MAKE SOME
TRUE UPS TO THE BUDGET TO
REFLECT CLOSED OUT GRANTS, ABOUT
$4 MILLION AND THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX FUND, TO TRANSFER
MONEY ABOUT $1.2 MILLION FROM
HOUSING HAVE LITTLE TO PAY FOR
HOMELESSNESS SHELTER RENTAL
COSTS. IT WILL ADD $1 MILLION TO
THE STAR PROGRAM UNDER STABILITY
THROUGH ACCESS AND RESOURCES. IT
WOULD ADD $527,000 FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX FUND. IT WOULD ADD
OR IT WOULD REDUCE SEATTLE
POLICE FACILITIES PROJECT BY $7
MILLION AND REAL ESTATE EXCISE
TAX FUND. IT WOULD ADD $12
MILLION TO THE SEATTLE CENTER
FUND, ALSO ADD THAT MONEY IN THE
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER FUND TO
FACILITATE REPLACING THE SEWER
AT THE MEMORIAL STADIUM. IT
WOULD ADD $1.71 MILLION IN THE
PARKS AND RECREATION FUND FOR
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT ALL
COURSES AND ADDED $2.6 MILLION
TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION FUND
FOR COMMUNITY CENTER
REHABILITATION AND DEVELOP MEANT
PROJECT COSTS . AND THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND, IT WOULD
ADD $3.3 MILLION FOR DOWNTOWN
STREET CLEANING AT THE DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION TEAM. IT WOULD ADD
$2.4 MILLION FOR PHASE TWO OF AT
THOMAS STREET REDESIGN PROJECT
AND THEN IN THE MOOD SEATTLE
LEVY FOUND IT WOULD TRANSFER
$8.3 MILLION FOR VARIOUS
PROJECTS TO THE MEDICINE BUS
RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT AND ALSO
$3 MILLION FROM INTEREST
EARNINGS TO THAT PROJECT TO
CLOSE IT OUT, GIVEN HIGHER COSTS
AT THE CLOSEOUT. ALSO THEY WOULD
ADD 11 POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET,
MANY OF THEM TO COME ALONG WITH
THE FUNDING AMOUNTS THAT I
DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD
ADD TWO PROJECTS IN THE
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND IT
WOULD LIFT A PROVISO ON TRIP
ROTATION, SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT FUNDS, LIMITED
USE OF THOSE HOME FUNDS FOR
WATER FUND SHUTTLE TRANSIT
SERVICE. AND THAT'S THAT . IN A
VERY FAST NUTSHELL.
>> THANK YOU, TOM. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. MOVED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121031 AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT ONE POINT
>> SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND THE
AMENDMENT. TOM, CAN YOU BRIEF US
ON THE AMENDMENT PLEASE?
>> WILL DO. THE AMENDMENT IS ON
THE SCREEN. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK'S AMENDMENT AT $3 MILLION
OF ONE-TIME FUNDS TO THE OFFICE
OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
FOR EMERGENT NEEDS. THESE FUNDS
ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE MAY 2025
COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION.
32168 POINT THE SOURCE OF THESE
FUNDS IS A TRANSFER OF MONIES
THAT ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN
2025 FOR THE SCORE SOUTH
CORRECTIONAL ENTITY, SOUTH
CORRECTIONAL ENTITY BUDGET
PURPOSE OF THIS IS BASICALLY THE
JAIL SERVICES BUDGET, EXECUTIVE
IDENTIFIED THOSE MONIES ARE NOT
NEEDED FOR THAT PURPOSE SO THEY
WILL REMAIN UNSPENT AND THEY'VE
BEEN INTENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE
TO BE PART OF AN UNDER SPEND IN
THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO DEAL
WITH BUDGET CHALLENGES. AND SO
ESSENTIALLY THIS WILL REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF THAT UNDER SPEND THAT
COULD BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE
AND INSTEAD TO DEDICATE IT FOR
-- TO THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO NOW?
>> EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MAY THE
MEMBERS OF THIS BODY UNANIMOUSLY
VOTED TO APPROVE A WELCOMING
CITY RESOLUTION, WHICH INCLUDED
LANGUAGE THAT STATED DURING THE
BUDGET CYCLE, WE WOULD CONSIDER
AN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE FUNDING
TO OUR CITY'S OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS,
TO BETTER RESPOND TO THE
EMERGING NEEDS AS THIS
UNWARRANTED AND INHUMANE
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
DEPORTATIONS AGENDA FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO
ESCALATE. AND COLLEAGUES, THAT
MOMENT OF CONSIDERATION HAS
FINALLY ARRIVED TODAY. THERE IS
A SERIOUS NEED TO SIGNAL TO OUR
COMMUNITY THAT WE AS A LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ARE HERE TO OFFER
SUPPORT AT A TIME OF EVOLVING
AND CRITICAL NEED. CURRENTLY IN
THE APPROPRIATIONS OF THE 2025
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET,
THERE IS A TRANSFER FROM UNDER
SPEND OF $2.28 MILLION DUE TO NO
LONGER NEEDING TO USE THE SOUTH
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ENTITY,
SOME OF THIS UNDER SPEND IS
GOING TO BE SPENT ON A DRUG
DIVERSION PROGRAM. HAS
DEMONSTRATED PREVIOUSLY DURING
THE WELCOMING CITIES RESOLUTION,
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
FAMILY'S EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
PROMISE LEVY AND FULL COUNCIL
AND NOW HERE ONCE AGAIN TODAY IN
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE,
THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE SUPPORT
IN IMMIGRATION AND LEGAL
DEFENSE. AND THE CRIES FROM OUR
COMMUNITY HAVE NOT STOPPED. THEY
HAVE ONLY GROWN LOUDER AND
STRONGER AS THE TRUMP REGIME
RAMPS UP THERE CRUELTY IS THE
POINT DEPORTATION AGENDA. AND
EARLIER THIS MONTH CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS APPROVED THE TRUMP
REGIME'S BIG BETRAYAL BILL,
WHICH INCLUDED AN UNPRECEDENTED
BOOST IN FUNDING AND INCREASE OF
$75 BILLION TO THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT OR I.C.E. TO
INCREASE ARRESTS AND DEPORTATION
EFFORTS. IN TOTAL, THIS
CONGRESSIONAL PACKAGE INJECTED A
SOME OF $170 BILLION FOR
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND
BORDER SECURITY ACROSS SEVERAL
AGENCIES AND HAS DIRECTED OUR
OTHER FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES INCLUDING THE FBI AND
EA, AND WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT
ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ FACILITY NOW.
MY STAFF HAS BEEN HEARING FROM
ADVOCATES AND EYES PERSONALLY
SEEN THE CONCERN S HAPPENING
WITH IMMIGRATION COURT FIRSTHAND
WHEN I WAS DOWN AT THE FEDERAL
BUILDING TO ESCORT PEOPLE TO AND
FROM THEIR CASE HEARINGS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO PREVENT I.C.E. FROM
ILLEGALLY DETAINING PEOPLE AT
THE REQUEST OF IMMIGRATION
ADVOCATES. IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME I'LL DIAL IT BACK AND GET
TO THE MAIN POINT HERE, WHICH IS
WE'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR ABOUT
THE NEED IN COMMUNITY. WE KNOW
THAT ONE OF OUR LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS, KIDS IN NEED OF
DEFENSE, NEEDED TO SHUTTER THEIR
OPERATIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR DUE
TO FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS AND
THERE'S STILL A BACKLOG OF 250
CHILDREN'S CASES THAT WERE IN
LIMBO. WE'VE HEARD BOTH FROM
KIND AND NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT
RIGHTS PROJECT DURING THE
WELCOMING CITY RESOLUTION BY
THIS BODY THAT THE $300,000
PROPOSED ESSENTIALLY EQUATES TO
60 CASES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO
TAKE ON NOW THAT KIND IS NO
LONGER IN OPERATIONS. LIKE ALL
BUDGETS, THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
IS A MORAL STATEMENT OF WHERE WE
STAND AS A CITY AND NOW IS THE
TIME TO TAKE ACTION. AND WHILE
IT IS INDEED ONLY A DROP IN THE
BUCKET OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES WILL CONTINUE TO
FACE, IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION THAT ACCEPT THAT
PROUDLY CLAIM SEATTLE IS A
WELCOMING CITY. WE INVEST
DIRECTLY IN OUR VALUES. THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO
MAKE SURE BECAUSE THESE ITEMS
ARE COMING IN PACKAGES, I
REALIZE THAT I MIGHT HAVE --
I'M GOING TO JUST CHECK IN WITH
THE CLERK REAL QUICK.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> SOUNDS GOOD. SO WE HAVE MOVED
THIS AMENDMENT. WE HAVE HAD A
SECOND AND IT HAS BEEN UP FOR
DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, I SEE YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANTED TO
SAY THIS DURING THE CONVERSATION
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE
GENERAL COMMENTS. I TALKED ABOUT
CENTRAL STAFF ABOUT BRINGING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE B AND O TO
INCLUDE USE AS REFUGEE AND
IMMIGRANT SERVICES SUCH AS THE
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BECAUSE IT IS
A BILL WHERE I'M NOT ACTUALLY
QUITE SURE HOW THE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS GOT LEFT OUT OF
THAT BILL BUT IT WAS SQUARELY
ONE THAT SHOULD'VE ADDRESSED
IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE
SERVICES. SO I WILL BE BRINGING
THAT. AS TO THIS PARTICULAR
BILL, I VERY MUCH SUPPORT, AS
THE CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY'S
EDUCATION NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE, WHERE THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
SITS, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
SPIRIT OF THIS AMENDMENT AND I
VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING. I'VE BEEN IN
CONSTANT CONTACT WITH DIRECTOR
TOM D MOHAMMED, AND WE HAD A
PRESENTATION JUST A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO IN MY COMMITTEE ABOUT
THE WORK, THE EXCELLENT WORK OF
[ INAUDIBLE ]. THAT SAID, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO GET
FORGONE BECAUSE OF THE 300 K
THAT WE WOULD TAKE TO GIVE FOR
UNSPECIFIED USES. AND THE OTHER
THING IS AS A LATINA WOMAN WHOSE
PARENTS MIGRATED TO THE UNITED
STATES, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW,
WELL, THE CONSEQUENCES, AND I
DEFINITELY, AND I HAVE SAID MANY
TIMES, AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE
FIRST ONE TO SAY FROM THIS DEUS
THAT WE ARE A SANCTUARY CITY.
KIND OF GOT IN TROUBLE FOR THAT
AND I DON'T CARE, WITH SO MANY
NATIONAL NEWS. ALL THAT TO SAY,
I VERY MUCH CARE. THIS $300,000,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL NOT
FUND BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT AS PART OF THAT B AND O
CONVERSATION, THAT IS ALSO
CONTEMPLATED AS A USE BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS HAS THE FUNDING,
CONTINUED FUNDING TO DO THE
EXCELLENT WORK THAT THEY DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I, TOO
AM CURIOUS. I THINK THIS IS A
VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE I, TOO AM
CURIOUS WHY IT WASN'T INCLUDED
IN THE ORIGINAL B AND O
PROPOSAL, BECAUSE THAT REFLECTS
NET NEW REVENUE AND THAT SEEMS
LIKE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS THE FUNDING NEED AND
HELP US AS A CITY DELIVER ON OUR
COMMITMENTS AND THAT WELCOMING
CITY RESOLUTION EARLIER THIS
YEAR. AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS. AS
THE PROUD SON OF A NIGERIAN
IMMIGRANT WHO WAS RAISED BY ONE,
I KNOW THE STRUGGLE FIRSTHAND
AND AND IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH MANY
OF MY CONSTITUENTS FROM
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE CONCERNED
AND TRAUMATIZED BY THE CURRENT
ACTIONS AND AGGRESSION BY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I'M NOT
SURE IF THIS $300,000 FOR
UNSPECIFIED USE PAIRED WITH THE
FACT THAT I THINK WE NEED TO
HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE BROADER BUDGET
CONVERSATION, AND ON TOP OF
THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M
LEARNING THAT COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA WILL BE BRINGING AN
AMENDMENT FORWARD ON THE B AND O
TAX, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A
PERFECT AND APPROPRIATE USE OF
THIS NEW REVENUE, FOR THOSE
REASONS I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING
THIS AMENDMENT TODAY, ALTHOUGH I
DO THANK THE AMENDMENT SPONSOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
>> MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER. I
APOLOGIZE. I'M STILL TRYING TO
-- I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A COUPLE
DAYS. ARE WE ON 130 -- WHAT IS
THE AMENDMENT? IS IT TO 130 OR
131?
>> THE AMENDMENT IS TO 131. THIS
PRESENTATION ACTUALLY INCLUDED
THE CARRYFORWARD, THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE AND THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL. WHICH IS WHY I
ACCIDENTALLY WENT OUT OF ORDER
FOR THE MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND
THEN WE'LL TAKE UP GRANT
ACCEPTANCE. I WILL ASK THE CLERK
TO READ 121031 INTO THE RECORD
AS AMENDED.
>> SO IF WE'RE ON COUNCIL BILL
121 --
>> MEMBER WAREZ, IF YOU COULD
BRING THAT MICROPHONE CLOSER,
THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE SINCE
THE PANDEMIC IS WE GOT TO GET
CLOSER TO THE MIKE.
>> I APOLOGIZE AGAIN. SO WE ARE
ON COUNCIL BILL, WHICH IS ITEM
NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA , 121
031. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BROUGHT
THE AMENDMENT FOR THE $300,000
FOR OIR. SO JUST AS A POINT OF
ORDER, ITEMS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN
REQUIRE THREE QUARTERS VOTE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL. SO DO WE HAVE
THAT WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
NOT BEING HERE AND COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON IS GONE? I MAY HAVE TO
ABSTAIN SO I THINK THAT'S GOING
TO BE AN ISSUE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS LEFT
AND SO YOU ARE CORRECT. WE NO
LONGER HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE BUT
LET ME CHECK THIS, IS THAT ONLY
A FULL COUNCIL OR IS IT ONLY IN
COMMITTEE?
>> IT'S ONLY FOR FINAL PASSAGE
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD
REQUIRE THE SEVEN IN FAVOR AND
B6 IN FAVOR FOR THIS PASSAGE,
FOR THESE BILLS TO PASS. FOR THE
COMMITTEE WE ONLY REQUIRE A
MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS.
>> RIGHT, SO I WAS READING -- SO
WHEN I WAS READING THE NOTES ON
ITEMS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN AND I
WAS IN THE THREE QUARTERS VOTE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS THE
COMMITTEE, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO
THE 131 FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO
BACK TO 130, 131, OKAY. I, TOO
UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S AMENDMENT
, MAINLY BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME
CONCERNS AND ISSUES ON SOME OF
THE INFORMATION THAT WAS
PROVIDED FOR ME YESTERDAY THAT
COUNCILMEMBER -- FROM DISTRICT
NUMBER ONE, SHE RAISED AS WELL
AS WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
RAISED AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY WE ALL
FEEL THE SAME BUT AGAIN, WITHOUT
SEEING HOW THE 300,000 IN THE
OIR IN THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
HAVE OFF RAMPS TO FUND THOSE
THINGS, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES
WITH THAT, SO UNFORTUNATELY I
WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THAT
AMENDMENT, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, AND I WILL AT THIS
TIME, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE EVERYTHING CORRECT, I'M
GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO READ
THE SHORT TITLES OF BOTH 121 030
AND 31, AS AMENDED. WE ARE GOING
TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT A.
>> I'M SORRY, AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE POINT
>> WE ARE VOTING ON AMENDMENT
ONE. LETTERS ARE FOR FULL
COUNCIL. AMENDMENT ONE, WHICH IS
BROUGHT BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
AND THAT IS AN AMENDMENT TO
COUNCIL BILL 121031 FOR $300,000
TO GO TO [ INAUDIBLE ]. DO I
HAVE ALL OF THAT CORRECT,
CONNECTS I'M GOING TO ASK A
CLERK TO READ, TO CALL THE ROLL
ON AMENDMENT ONE TO COUNCIL BILL
120131 POINT
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA .
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL FOR SOLOMON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL NUMBER COLLINSWORTH.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ.
>> NO POINT
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> AND CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> AYE POINT
>> YOU HAVE THREE IN FAVOR,
PROPOSED AND ONE ABSTENTION.
>> I'M GOING TO ASK, DOES THAT
PASS OR NOT?
>> IT DOES NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A --
>> THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS AND
WILL NOT BE INCLUDED ON THE
UNDERLYING BILL, AND I WILL JUST
SO EVERYONE IS STRAIGHT AND SET,
CAN WE PLEASE READ INTO THE
RECORD BOTH, AND I THOUGHT THIS
HAD BEEN DONE.
>> WE READ THEM INTO THE RECORD.
THE ITEMS HAD BEEN READ INTO
RECORD. WE HAVE NOT MOVED THE
BILLS. IF WE COULD JUST MOVE THE
BILLS INDIVIDUALLY AND VOTE ON
THEM AS SPECIFICALLY NUMBER 4 AS
AMENDED.
>> I'M GOING TO MOVE COUNCIL
BILL 121030 AND COUNCIL BILL
121031 . IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. I'M CONFIRMING THERE
ARE NO AMENDMENTS ON EITHER OF
THESE BILLS. IS THAT CORRECT,
CLERK
>>
>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?
>> THESE BILLS ARE NOT AMENDED.
THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN ATTACHED.
>> ONLY ITEM 5, WHICH IS COUNCIL
TO 121031, WHICH WAS JUST
AMENDED .
>> THE AMENDMENT DID NOT PASS.
>> IT FAILED, CORRECT. THANK
YOU. IT'S BEEN A LONG
AFTERNOON. I APOLOGIZE BUT YEAH
YOU ARE CORRECT.
>> YES IT HAS BEEN. I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU TO BRIEFLY GO BACK UP
TO GRANT ACCEPTANCE ON YOUR
PRESENTATION HERE. AND JUST --
>> THE HIGHLIGHTS.
>> JUST THE AMOUNTS AND
LOCATIONS .
>> SO I'M JUST GOING TO COVER
THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE BILL
INCLUDES -- ESSENTIALLY THIS
BILL ACCEPTS GRANTS AND THEN
INCLUDES THE APPROPRIATIONS TO
SPEND THE MONEY FOR THOSE
GRANTS. ONE HIGHLIGHT IS $4
MILLION TO SEATTLE CENTER FROM
STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR
MEMORIAL STADIUM. ANOTHER $3.7
MILLION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES FOR THE WASHINGTON
CARES PROGRAM. THIS MONEY FUNDS
SEVEN POSITIONS THAT ARE ADDED.
I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN POSITIONS
ADDED IN THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE, $2.5
MILLION FROM HSD -- TO HSD FROM
THE STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
TRAINING COMMISSION FOR CRIMINAL
DIVERSION SERVICES FOR HOMELESS
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE. AND THEN $2
MILLION TO THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
ENGAGEMENT, EVALUATION, RUNNING
AROUND THE LIVING OF INTERSTATE
5 POINT
>> ANY DISCUSSION ON GRANT
ACCEPTANCE? ANY DISCUSSION ON
GRANT ACCEPTANCE? SEEING NONE, I
AM GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO
CALL THE ROLL FIRST ON COUNCIL
BILL 12 -- CAN I CALL THEM ON
BOTH AT THE SAME TIME?
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION.
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ROLL ON
BOTH COUNCIL BILL 121030 AND
031. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?
HEARING NO OBJECTION, WE WILL
HAVE THE ROLL CALLED ON BOTH THE
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL BILLS
121030 AND COUNCIL BILL 121031
ARE RECOMMENDED TO PASS AND WILL
COME TO THE AUGUST 5th FULL
COUNCIL MEETING. THAT DOES
CONCLUDE THIS SECTION. WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO FIFA WORLD
CUP AND WORKDAY BECAUSE THE
PRESENTERS ARE HERE . THIS IS
VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD LEGISLATION
AND I THINK THAT WE CAN GET
THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY. SO
IF THE PRESENTERS FOR BOTH
BILLS, SO DIRECTOR CARNELL, JUST
COME UP RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN KEEP
ON MOVING. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER SIX INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 6, COUNCIL 1210
32 AMENDING ORDINANCE 127 156
WHICH ADOPTED THE 25 BUDGET FOR
BREATHING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MOVE
THIS BILL AS YOU PULL UP THE
PRESENTATION. I MOVE COUNCIL
BILL 121032. IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND GOING TO RECOMMEND POSITIVE
COUNCIL BILL 121032. I'M GOING
TO ASK THE PRESENTERS TO BRING
UP -- AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS
WE STILL HAVE QUORUM. IF YOU --
CAN YOU BRING UP THE
PRESENTATION PLEASE?
>> IT'S UP.
>> WONDERFUL, AND YOU NAILED THE
SLIDE. TAKE IT AWAY FROM HERE,
JUST SAY THIS SLIDE PLUS THE
NEXT ONE WHERE EVERYBODY IS
LOVELY.
>> THANK YOU, LET'S HEAR FROM
YOU TWO WEEKS AGO TALKING ABOUT
THIS REVENUE NEUTRAL ACTION
MOVING $6.2 MILLION OF
APPROPRIATIONS FROM RESERVES TO
OPERATING DEPARTMENTS. AS A
REMINDER, THIS IS FUNDS THAT
WERE APPROVED IN THE 2025 BUDGET
LAST YEAR AND THEN I'LL JUST
CLICK FORWARD QUICKLY INTO THE
2025 APPROPRIATIONS BY
DEPARTMENT AND YOU'LL SEE $6.2
MILLION IN THE BREAK DOWN HERE.
ALL OF THESE INVESTMENTS
CONTAINED IN THIS BILL ARE
PARTICULARLY GERMANE TO EITHER
CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT INCREASE
ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY IN OUR
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, BECAUSE
THEY ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS THEY
NEED A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD TIME
AND CONSTRUCTION TIME OR
EQUIPMENT OR STRATEGIES THAT ARE
DIRECTLY GERMANE TO INCREASING
PUBLIC SAFETY, GETTING READY FOR
-- TO WELCOME ALL THE FOLKS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO
SEATTLE FOR THE WORLD CUP .
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
SPENDING ALL THIS TIME. TRACY,
IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION WE
NEED TO TAKE FROM YOU? THIS IS
LIKE THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME
WE'VE HAD IT. NOTHING FROM YOU?
WONDERFUL. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BILL WE
APPROPRIATED THIS MONEY LAST
YEAR INTO A FUND AND THEN WE ARE
NOW APPROPRIATING IT TO A
SPECIFIC PROGRAM. FINAL CALL,
ANY QUESTIONS? FINAL CALL, ANY
QUESTIONS? CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COUNCIL
BILL 121032.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL. SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL NUMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] AND CHAIR
STRAUSS .6 FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED .
>> MOTION PASSES AND COUNCIL
BILL 121032 WILL MOVE TO THE
AUGUST 5th CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR SITTING THROUGH
ALL OF THAT MEETING. UP NEXT WE
HAVE COUNCIL BILL 121033. CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE INTO THE RECORD?
>> 121033 RELATING TO THE
FINANCING OF HUMAN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT, FOR
BREATHING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE.
>> AS DIRECTOR CARNELL IS
PULLING UP THE ONLY ADDED SLIDES
SINCE OUR LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING, I WILL MOVE THIS
COUNCIL BILL 121-0133. IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121033. ALL GOOD AND
DIRECTOR CARNELL, CAN YOU BRING
UP THE PRESENTATION AND JUST THE
ADDITIONAL SLIDE? EVERYTHING
MADE A LOT OF SENSE IN THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING, WHERE WE HAD
YOU PRESENT. THE ONLY QUESTION
WE HAD WAS CAN YOU ADD SOME
SPECIFICITY TO WHAT IS BEING
SPENT.
>> YES, THANK YOU. SO THIS IS
THE INTERFUND LOAN THAT IS
NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HC MS
PROJECT. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS
THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION AND
REVITALIZATION OF AN HC MS
SYSTEM IN 30-PLUS YEARS. IT
SUPPORTS THE THAT THIS FUNDING
WILL SUPPORT THE SYSTEM
STABILIZATION TO ALL 39
DEPARTMENTS. WHERE WE ARE REALLY
FOCUSING RIGHT NOW IS KEEPING --
ENSURING BIWEEKLY PAYROLL IS
STABLE AND IT HAS BEEN STABLE.
THIS IS JUST TO FINISH IT OFF,
STABILIZE AND CLOSE OUT,
ALLOWING FOR THE NUANCES ACROSS
THE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING
SUPPORTING DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SCHEDULED
PRESS DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS. WE
ARE SUPPORTING VARIOUS LINES OF
BUSINESSES AS WELL AS
DEPARTMENTAL TIMEKEEPING
SYSTEMS. WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY GROUPS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT
TIMEKEEPING SYSTEMS AND THIS IS
TO STABILIZE THE WORK EFFORTS
WITH THOSE TIMEKEEPING SYSTEMS.
AND FINALLY, AND I WOULD SAY
VERY IMPORTANTLY, IS TO ASSIST
THE DEPARTMENT HR AND PAYROLL
STAFF THROUGH ADDITIONAL
TRAINING AND SUPPORT AS WE ALL
TRANSITION TO OPERATING THIS AS
OUR HC MS SYSTEM GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS HERE? I WILL ALSO ADD,
TOM, ANY CONSIDERATIONS FOR US?
I WILL REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT
THIS IS A REVOLVING LOAN. WE
STILL HAVE TO MAKE
APPROPRIATIONS TO REVOLVING
LOAN. WE DID A FULL
APPROPRIATION TO THIS REVOLVING
LOAN. THAT MONEY WAS SPENT. IT
WAS REPAID TO. WE ARE NOW AGAIN
APPROPRIATING THE REVOLVING LOAN
AND WE ARE ALSO RAISING THE CAP
AND APPROPRIATING ALL FUNDS
BASED ON PAST PRACTICE. I HAD NO
CONCERN THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE
PAID BACK. THANK YOU FOR THE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
SPECIFICITY. COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS BILL?
DISCUSSION? CALL ON DISCUSSION
AGAIN? LAST CALL ON DISCUSSION.
AFTER THAT, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COUNCIL
BILL 121033?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL NUMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WHERE IS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES .
>> AND CHAIR STRAUSS POINT
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
.
>> COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES
CONCLUDE THE WEDNESDAY, JULY
30th 2025 SELECT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING OVER FOR A
FOUR HOUR MEETING.