MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]
>> THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
[ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> COLLEAGUES, I DIDN'T HAVE
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TO ADD A
DAY ON FRIDAY FOR FOLKS ON THE
BACK END OF OUR COUNCIL
OPERATIONS TO STAY WAIVER RATHER
THAN SCHEDULE A DATE. THAT SAID,
WE ARE IN CONTROL OF OUR OWN
DESTINY. WE NEED TO GET THROUGH
THE ENTIRE AGENDA AND DO TWO
WEEKS WORTH OF WORK TO GET OUT
AT 5:00. GET OUT AT 8:00, OUR
OWN ABILITY TO CONTROL OUR OWN
DESTINY. WITH THAT, IF THE CLERK
COULD READ THE WHOLE OF THE
RECORD, ALL OF THE ITEMS INTO
THE RECORD AND WE CAN MOVE
THROUGH THEM.
>> AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH
SEVEN, OFFICE OF SUPPLY AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORS, OFFICE
OF HOUSING, OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. WILL TURN IT OVER
TO DIRECTOR NOBLE . TAKE US
THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU . IT WILL WORK JUST
LIKE YESTERDAY. ONE ROW PER
ITEM. JUST TO REMIND YOU, I DO
HAVE A MORE DETAILED WRITEUP
AVAILABLE AND IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO PULL UP THOSE WE HAVE
THOSE PRECISE TRANSACTIONAL
DETAILS. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN
IT OVER.
>> GOOD MORNING. [ INAUDIBLE -
LOW VOLUME ] JUMPING OFF WITH
OPENING 1 A . THAT WOULD
INCREASE OCD'S BUDGET BY
$94,000 FOR THE BUDGET AND
PLANNING, THIS INCLUDES FUNDING
A CURRENTLY VACANT POSITION ,
THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE
FUND, ADDING $90,000 FOR ONE
TIME FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW AND $50,000 FOR OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT , PARTICULARLY
RELATED TO THE COUNCIL'S
RESOLUTION [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ] AND THERE IS AN
ALTERNATIVE AND I WILL TALK
ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
>> THANK YOU. SORRY,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS .
>> THE SPONSOR OF THIS
AMENDMENT, I WILL CONTINUE JUST
BRIEFLY. WE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE
I.D. FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
REGARDING HOW MANY STAFF
MEETINGS TO COMPLETE THE WORK
THEY ARE TASKED WITH, AS WELL AS
THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT COUNCIL
ASKED FOR THROUGH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE COMPLETED
JUST BEFORE BUDGET. THIS FUN
SUPPOSITION. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEE NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE
TO COSPONSOR THIS , PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE OVER .
>> OPC D ONE DAY IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA IN SOLOMON.
THIS WOULD CONTINUE WITHOUT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, YOU SPONSORED THE
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AS YOU
HEARD, COLLEAGUES, THE CBA WOULD
ADVANCE THE APPROPRIATION TO OPC
DAVE FOR LONG-RANGE PLANNING
POSITION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
FUNDED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.
COLLEAGUES, AS WE HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE PROCESS OVER THE
PAST YEARS, YOU HAVE HEARD ME
SPUR ROBUST OUTREACH AND IT WAS
SORELY LACKING. WE HAVE ZONING
COMING UP, AS YOU ALL KNOW. WE
WILL NEED ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.
OPCD HAS STATED IT WAS NOT
INTENDED TO DO ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH, BUT I BELIEVE WE WILL
NEED IT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL
OUTREACH WAS NOT SUFFICIENT.
THERE WILL BE LARGE AND COMPLEX
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WILL
BE BEFORE US AND IT IS CRITICAL
THAT OPCD NOT ONLY RETAIN THIS
FUNDING FOR THE LONG-RANGE
PLANNING POSITION TO DO THAT
WORK OF OUTREACH TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS TO GET THEIR
FEEDBACK ON THAT ZONING AND
OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING
DOWN THE PIKE . THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? SEEING NO
PREVIOUS QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSIONS, IS THERE ANYONE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THIS
AMENDMENT? SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ITEM,- 2 ESSAY -1.
>> IT IS A REQUEST OF INTENT,
REQUESTING COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO
SPONSORED BY [ INAUDIBLE ] .
>> THE SPONSORED AMENDMENT, I
WILL SPEAK TO IT BRIEFLY TO SAY
DURING THE CONVERSATION WHEN
OPCD WAS IN CHAMBERS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS, THE
CONVERSATION OF WHAT TYPE AND
HOW SHOULD THE DEPARTMENT BE
ENGAGING IN OUTREACH FOR AREAS
THAT ARE UNDER ZONING CHANGES OR
PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES. THE
MAIN QUESTIONS ASKED IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
REQUIRED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
HOW WE WOULD FUND OR WHAT THE
APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FUNDING IS
FOR SUCH A PROGRAM. ONE OF THE
LAST BULLETS ON THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT AT THIS TIME
IS ANY OF THE QUESTIONS
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
ASK. YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS AND
YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM
ANSWERED REGARDING HOW MUCH IT
WOULD COST PER AREA OR WITH THE
RIGHT CADENCE IS AND THE RIGHT
TIMING IS FOR CERTAIN MATTERS.
PLEASE DO ADD YOUR QUESTIONS TO
THIS REQUEST. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSIONS, ANY MEMBERS THAT
WOULD LIKE TO ADD AS A
COSPONSOR? SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
OPCD 381.
>> IT WOULD INCREASE THE OPCD'S
BUDGET BY $100,000 FOR OUTREACH,
INCLUDING $50,000 FOR [
INAUDIBLE ] AND RETURN THE
ENGAGEMENT POSITION DUE TO
CONTENT AT THE END OF 2026.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON SPONSORED
IT.
>> THIS IS IN THE SAME VEIN OF
THE LAST FEW AMENDMENTS, ALL OF
THEM THIS MORNING SO FAR, JUST
TO SAY THAT THERE IS MORE
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT NEEDED
BY THE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE HAD
SUCH LARGE ZONING CHANGES
PROPOSED, THIS WOULD INCREASE
THAT OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT BY
$100,000. QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, ARE
THERE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT
WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE
>> ADD THEIR NAME ? SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS, LET'S GO
ON.
>> OPCD 5 A ONE IS TO EXPAND THE
REPARATIONS PROGRAM. IT INCLUDES
FUNDING TO DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION [ INAUDIBLE -
LOW VOLUME ] FOCUSING ON
PROVIDING HISTORICAL DESCENDENTS
OF BLACK SLAVES . IT IS INTENDED
TO BE SHAPED BY THESE FUNDS.
THIS PROVISO ASKS OPCD TO EXPAND
THE ANALYSIS TO COVER ALL
HISTORICAL IMPACTS OF THIS ,
TOUCHING ON CULTURE, COMMUNITY,
COMMERCE AND HOUSING AND THIS
PROVISO IS RELATED TO FUNDING
AND A PROVISO IN THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS RELATED TO
HISTORICAL DISCRIMINATION OF
DESCENDENTS OF BLACK SLAVES AND
FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
RELATED TO FUNDING PROJECTS
RELATED TO CULTURAL COMMUNITY
AND COMMERCE, WHICH YOU WILL
HEAR ABOUT LATER THIS MORNING. [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH WAS PRE-EXCUSED.
COLLEAGUES, UNLESS THERE IS ANY
OBJECTION, WE WILL COME BACK TO
THIS WHEN COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH CAN ARRIVE.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> IT WOULD INCREASE FUNDING BY
$6 MILLION WITH COMMUNITY
FUNDING SUCH AS THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CENTER PROJECT. IT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON AND COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND JUAREZ.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. FOUNDED IN
2020, IT IS NOW AT 7500 PATIENTS
. THEY ARE DEVELOPING THE [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
MEDICINE MODEL, A
TRANSFORMATIONAL ,
TRANSFORMATIVE MODEL OF CARE
DESIGNED BY AND FOR THE
COMMUNITY. IT HAS BECOME A
CRITICAL PROVIDER OF
REPRODUCTIVE AND
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE AT A TIME
WHEN THOSE BASIC LIFESAVING
SERVICES ARE BECOMING HARDER TO
ACCESS. THE PAST FIVE YEARS [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] OPENED
TWO CLINICS AND WAS AWARDED $2.1
MILLION OF CAPITAL TO DEVELOP AN
INITIATIVE. THIS CBA WOULD
SUPPORT STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS,
SUCH AS STREET , SIDEWALK AND
UTILITY UPGRADES CLOSE TO THE
LIGHT RAIL STATION AREA. THEY
WOULD BREAK GROUND ON THIS THIRD
CLINIC IN 2026. IT IS EXPECTED
TO SERVE 12,000 PRIMARY CARE
PATIENTS ANNUALLY. THE BUDGET
REQUEST BEFORE YOU WILL HELP TO
LEVERAGE OVER $22 MILLION
ALREADY SECURED FROM PRIVATE AND
PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS. THIS
PROJECT ADVANCES EQUITY AND
ACCESS , ADJUSTING LONG-STANDING
HEALTH DISPARITIES AND I AM
CONFIDENT WE WILL SEE IT SERVE
AS A CATALYST TO SUPPORT FUTURE
GROWTH NEAR IT. FOR THE HEALTH
OF OUR CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT
2 AND BEYOND, I REQUEST YOUR
SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON. COLLEAGUES, COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE.
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK
THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR WORKING
WITH US IN GETTING THIS
IMPORTANT AMENDMENT MOVING
FORWARD. COUNCILMAN SOLOMON,
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE BASIC
INFORMATION, ALL REALLY GOOD
INFORMATION. THERE ARE THINGS I
WANT TO ADD. THERE ASK FOR $6
MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY, AS
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON SHARED,
THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 2020 AND
THEY HAVE 20 STAFF FOCUSING ON
FOOD, REMEDIES TO IMPROVE
UTILITIES AND I WANT TO GIVE A
HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR. SHE GAVE HERE AND GAVE
COMMENT TO SPEAK, AS WELL AS HER
[ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ], TWO
INCREDIBLY TALENTED WOMEN
LEADING THE ORGANIZATION. LITTLE
DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE HEALTH
CENTER IS ALSO INDIGENOUS
ORGANIZATION, ALONG WITH THE
FAMILY AND HEALTH , THOSE GROUPS
GIVING HEALTHCARE SERVICES
MUCH-NEEDED, HEALTHCARE
SERVICES, PRE-NATIVE JUST BACK
PRENATAL, NOT ONLY TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BUT TO
IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS AND
SPEAKING TO THE DIRECTOR, THE
CFO AND COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON IS
THAT THEY ARE READY TO BREAK
GROUND IN QUARTER 3 OF 2026.
THEY HAVE MOVED FORWARD AND THAT
IS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR. I THINK
WILLIE ASKED FOR APPLICABLE
AMENDMENTS ASKING FOR MONEY I
ALWAYS AS FOLKS, TELL ME HOW
MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE RAISED TO
GIVE ME CONTEXT. THE FINANCIAL
OVERVIEW WITH THIS PROJECT, THE
TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 42
MILLION. TUBMAN CENTER AND THEIR
STAFF WORKED WITH PEOPLE IN THE
LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY
HAVE RAISED, THEY'RE ONLY
ASKING FOR SIX. THEY HAVE RAISED
22.4 MILLION TO DATE AND THEY
ARE STILL FUNDRAISING. THE
ACTIVE REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE
GOT MONEY FOR TOTALS UP TO $32
MILLION AND I CAN NEVER SAY THIS
WORK. PHILANTHROPIC. HOW DO I
SAY IT?
>> PHILANTHROPIC.
>> PHILANTHROPIC. THANK YOU.
PHILANTHROPIC PROPOSALS AS OF
OCTOBER 2025. AGAIN, THERE
FUNDING SOURCES ARE PRIVATE
FOUNDATIONS, PUBLIC CONTRACTS
AND GRANTS, REIMBURSEMENT FROM
CLINICAL SERVICES, CONSULTING
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] PARTNER
CONTRACTS. I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
TUBMAN HEALTH CENTER DOES NOT
RECEIVE DIRECT FEDERAL FUNDING.
THIS ORGANIZATION WAS A LONG
TIME COMING TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
BUT THOSE ARE IN NEED OF THESE
TYPES OF SERVICES. THIS IS WHAT
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
THE FACT THEY ARE READY TO GO
AND SHOVEL READY, I AM HOPING
THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND MYSELF
AND COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH
IN THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT ,
THANK YOU.
>> ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. THESE ARE THE
KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT, UM, THAT
I GENERALLY SUPPORT. $6 MILLION,
UM, IS A LARGE ASK WHEN WE
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY LEFT
TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THE
PROJECTS, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR IF THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES
OF FUNDING VERSUS AN AD . I AM
WORRIED ABOUT ALL THE ADDS WE
ARE MAKING TO THE BUDGET. THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT ONE, BUT, SO, I
WANT TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT, ARE THERE
THINGS WE CAN PULL FROM TO HELP
MAKE THIS A REALITY? SO, UM, I
AM GOING TO WAIT FOR THAT
INFORMATION BUT I DO WANT TO
NOTE THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PROJECT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
COUNCIL'S SUPPORT, IF WE ARE
ABLE TO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR
QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
IF YOU COULD LOWER YOUR HAND.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO COSPONSOR? I
WILL ASK FOR COSPONSORS IF SO,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I SEE
COSPONSOR FOR COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK NOW WE WILL MOVE BACK. WE
ONLY GOT TO A FEW AGENDA ITEMS .
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH IS
NOW WITH US. WE HEARD THE ITEM
IN REEDED INTO THE RECORD. IS
THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD OR CAN WE GO TO
POINTS AGAIN?
>> THOSE ARE GOOD, MR. CHAIR.
CAN I JUST ADDRESS THE --
>> PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, FOR YOUR
SPONSORSHIP ON THIS. YESTERDAY
MY COLLEAGUES SHOWED A TON OF
SUPPORT TO EXPAND RIGHTS FOR
REPARATIONS. O CPD -- OPCD IS
TASKED TO TAKE ON THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS FINDINGS AND
DEVELOP A SCOPE OF WORK AND
OUTREACH PLAN. IT PROVIDES FOR
THE SAME FOCUS AND VISION THAT
IS EXPANDING OPCD'S WORK AND
WILL HAVE A NEXUS TO HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY COMMERCE THAT WILL NOT
ONLY HOUSE THOSE IMPACTED BY
HISTORICAL DISCRIMINATORY
FACTORS BUT ENSURE THEY CAN STAY
AND THRIVE IN THEIR HOME, AS
WELL. THIS IS PART TWO TO THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS'
FUNDING. NOW THIS IS FOR OPCD TO
CONTINUE TO EXPAND THEIR SCOPE
OF WORK, AS IT PERTAINS TO THAT
WORK . THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. IS THERE FURTHER
DISCUSSION ? COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST TO
QUALIFY, THIS IS A
BUDGET-NEUTRAL ITEM. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> TRANSIT, FURTHER DISCUSSION
OR QUESTIONS? PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR NOW. I HAVE
COSPONSORING COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW
MOVE ON.
>> IT WOULD INCREASE OPCD BY $4
MILLION FOR COMMUNITY AND
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC MARKET
PROJECT , COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA,
SOLOMON AND [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I AM
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT. THIS
INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE MOST UNIQUE PUBLIC
MARKET. IT WILL BE A FOOD HUB,
PUBLIC MARKET, SMALL BUSINESS
INCUBATOR CALLED THE SEATTLE
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC MARKET. IT
IS CENTRALLY INVOLVING BLACK AND
BROWN, LOW INCOME, IMMIGRANT,
REFUGEE, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
AND MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS. IT IS A
VERY CENTRAL LOCATION IN
HIGHLAND PARK, AN AREA THAT IS
IN DIRE NEED AT NINTH AND
HENDERSON, IF I AM RECALLING
CORRECTLY. IT IS AN AREA THAT IS
IN DIRE NEED OF ACTIVATION TO
ENSURE THAT SPECIFIC
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY CAN
THRIVE. IT IS ALSO IN A KNOWN
FOOD DESERT . IT IS AN
INNOVATIVE CONCEPT, SPONSORED BY
THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION. IT WOULD BUILD ALL
THOSE THINGS I MENTIONED, PLUS
AN ECONOMIC VITALITY CENTER AND
HOPE, ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY
AND POSSIBLY A COMMERCIAL
KITCHEN SPACE. AGAIN, REALLY
IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC
LOCATION OF THE FOOD DESERT.
INCREDIBLY, THEY HAVE ALREADY
RAISED FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY AND HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT, THEY ALREADY RAISED
ALL BUT 5 MILLION. THEY HAVE A
$23.5 MILLION PROJECT COST,
INCLUDING $5 MILLION OF THEIR
OWN DONATIONS WITH MASSIVE
AMOUNTS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD
A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH OUR
PARTNERS IN GOVERNANCE, PARTNERS
IN COMMUNITY , I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND YOU DO THAT. THEY HAVE
PROJECTS AND THEY HAVE PROGRAMS
THAT SERVE EVERY LAST ONE OF OUR
COUNCIL DISTRICTS, EVEN THOUGH
THEY ARE TECHNICALLY FACING
SEATAC. ANY EVENT, THIS MONEY
WOULD MATCH THE NEED FOR THIS
IMPORTANT LAST MILE INVESTMENT.
IT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO FINISH
THEIR CAMPAIGN AND OPEN THIS
INTERNATIONAL MARKET IN ORDER
TWO IN 2027, WHICH IS THE
CURRENT TIMELINE. I WOULD LOVE
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO JOIN
IN AND SUPPORT THIS AWESOME
INVESTMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUE S,
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? FURTHER
DISCUSSION? IS THERE ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. I HAVE COSPONSORING
THIS MEASURE, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. THANK YOU. MOVING ONTO
THE NEXT ITEM .
>> THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WORK IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE A PILOT
PROJECT TO CREATE ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FOOD IN RETAIL AND TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT. THIS
PROJECT IS NOT CONJURED OUT OF
NOWHERE. IT WAS OUTLINED IN THE
RESPONSE TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE DOCUMENT CONTAINS A BIT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT COULD
INCLUDE, INCLUDING PARTNERSHIPS
AND PROPERTY ACQUISITION. IT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
AND SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
[ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ].
>> THANK YOU. EARLY LAST MONTH
IN A VERY THOROUGH RESPONSE TO
THE SLIDE THAT WAS JUST
MENTIONED AND SPONSORED, OPCD
MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT A
PILOT PROGRAM DEVELOP A PILOT TO
DISCOVER HEALTHY RETAIL IN
UNDERSERVED AREAS. WE KNOW THE
NEED IS PART TORY TIES FOR THIS
KIND OF INITIATIVE AND IT
SURROUNDS FOOD INSECURITY AND
INCLUDES ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS,
SUCH AS [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME
] . WE ALL AGREE WE NEED MORE
FOOD OPTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITIES
IN OUR CITY. THE CITY HAS
ALREADY DONE A TON OF GREAT WORK
IDENTIFYING SOME PATHWAYS TO
IDENTIFY THIS NEED. THIS WILL
ENSURE THE MULTIDEPARTMENTAL
EFFORT WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD ON
THAT WORK AND THE INDUSTRIAL
INSIGHTS OPCD IS UNIQUELY
POSITIONED TO DEVELOP.
>> COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. I HAVE
COSPONSORING THIS MEASURE
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. AND
COUNCILMEMBER CANCEL .
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE MOVING ON .
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ], I AM
STAFF. THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO REQUEST
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
SNAPSHOTS , DEMOGRAPHIC
PROFILES. THAT UPDATE WOULD
HAPPEN IN 2026 AND EXPAND THE
SNAPSHOTS TO COVER ALL
NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE,
INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA BY
COUNCIL DISTRICT. EAST COUNCIL
DISTRICT SNAPSHOTS SHOULD
INCLUDE THE DEMOCRATIC STATA
WITH COMPARISONS TO STATEWIDE
AVERAGES, STATEWIDE AVERAGES AND
NATIONWIDE AVERAGES. IT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND SOLOMON AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YOU SPONSORED THE AMENDMENT,
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS
A SLIDE TO REQUEST THE OPCD TO
TAKE OVER THIS PROJECT, AN
EFFORT FROM OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC
NEIGHBORHOODS. IN 2026, IT WILL
UPDATE THE DEMOGRAPHIC
SNAPSHOTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE
IN THE CITY TO CAPTURE VARIOUS
DEMOGRAPHICS DATA. TODAY WE DO
IT BY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE LAST ONE
WAS PERFORMED IN 2023. SO THIS
REQUEST WOULD , CURRENTLY, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS THESE UPDATES
INTO 2026 AND FOR THEIR WORK
PLAN AT SOME POINT. THIS SLIDE
WOULD REQUEST IT WOULD BE DONE
EARLIER SO WE CAN HELP INFORM
COUNCIL DECISIONS AND OUR
CONSTITUENTS, HELP US ALL
COLLECTIVELY BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE CHANGING PROFILE AND THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
ESPECIALLY COUNCIL DISTRICTS
AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE
REQUESTING MORE NEIGHBORHOODS BE
INCLUDED AND DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO
OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT MAPPING AND
INCLUDED KIND OF LOCAL DATA
COMPARE AGAINST CITYWIDE
AVERAGES, STATEWIDE AVERAGES, ET
CETERA. SO MY OFFICE WOULD WORK
WITH OPCD TO ADDRESS ANY
QUESTIONS AS THE WORK RECEIPTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER WAR
AS, YOUR NEXT .
>> [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> WE WILL GET TO THAT.
>> THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS AND
QUESTIONS. SEE NO FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
>> I HAD MY HAND UP.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
WITH HER HAND UP . COLLEAGUES,
SEEING COSPONSORS AS
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK .
>> MOVING ONTO THE NEXT
APARTMENT . WE ARE MOVING ONTO
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ] IT WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SEI TO $1
MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO
RESTORE TO 2024 LEVELS. THESE
TYPES OF SERVICE GRANTS AND
CONTACTS INCLUDE EVICTION ,
LEGAL FUNDS , KNOW YOUR RIGHTS,
EDUCATION PLAN AND REGULATIONS.
THE APPROPRIATIONS ARE DISTINCT
FROM RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE
2026 BUDGET APPROPRIATED AT $4
MILLION, THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU . WE KNOW THAT
SEATTLE IS THE MAJORITY VENTURE
CITY AND PRESENTS DESERVE TO
STAY HOUSE AND STAY HEALTHY.
DURING THE BUDGET 2025 CYCLES,
THE BUDGET WAS CUT BY 40%, $1
MILLION. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
RESTORE THE LEVEL OF FUNDING
THAT. TENANT SERVICES ARE
DIFFERENT FROM RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, WHICH SOLELY HELPS
RENTERS PAY CASH PAYMENTS. THIS
IS A BROADER CATEGORY AND HAS
LEGALIZED SUPPORT, AS WELL AS
ITEMS DEALING WITH THE COMMON
ISSUE SPACE, INCLUDING HUMAN
NEGOTIATION AND DEBT DEFENSE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. MY
QUESTION IS, THIS SAYS, THIS IS
SEATTLE CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTION. LAST YEAR , AS
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK NOTED, THIS
IS A HUMAN SERVICES FUNCTION.
LAST YEAR WE HAD SHIFTS AND
WHERE IT PROPERLY BELONGS SO WHY
DO WE STILL HAVE THIS UNDER THIS
AFTER WHAT WE DID IN RESPECT TO
THIS TOPIC, IN TERMS OF THE
RIGHT SIZE AND RIGHT PLACEMENT
OF FUNCTIONS WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
RESPONSIBLE?
>> MR. FREEMAN?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION. I HAVE A SHORT ANSWER
AND A LONG ANSWER. COUNCIL'S
ACTIONS LAST YEAR WERE A LOT OF,
UM, LITTLE UNASSISTED FUNDING
AND PUT THAT IN [ INAUDIBLE ]
FROM SD CI, AND THEN IT PUT IT
IN A TEMPORARY BASIS AND THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE PUTS A
LOT OF PROCESS PHISH PROTECTION
STUFF AND THE CONSTITUTION DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. [ INAUDIBLE
- LOW VOLUME ] THAT MEANS
CHANGING THE AUTHORITY . GIVING
IT BACK TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> COLLEAGUES, YOUR DECISION?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.
THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL LAST
YEAR WAS FOR PLACEMENT TO THE
PROPER DEPARTMENT. THE FACT IT
IS STILL IS THAT IT SHOULD BE IN
THE SERVICES , THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE STARTED
LAST YEAR, COLLEAGUES, AND JUST
HIGHLIGHTING THIS. INDEPENDENT
OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, I AM
JUST TALKING, THIS IS GOOD
GOVERNANCE. THIS IS LIKE HAVING
AN HST FRONTING WITHIN SCDTI.
THAT IS NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE. IT
IS THE INSPECTION OF A RENTAL
HOUSING OR, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS
OF THE FIRE CODE OR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AS WELL, THAT IS ONE
THING. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME
] IS AN EXAMPLE. THE SERVICES P
SHOULD BE WITHIN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> I WILL EXPAND ON THIS A
LITTLE BIT. THERE IS SOME
HISTORY HERE TO PRIOR COUNCIL'S
DECISION ON THIS . THERE WAS A
TIME WHEN A LOT OF THESE GRANTS
AND CONTACTS WERE ACTUALLY
ADMINISTERED BY SCDTI. THERE WAS
AN AUDIT BY THE STATE AUDITOR
WHICH WAS COMPLETED AND HE WAS
AND MANAGING CONTRACTS WELL. THE
TIME, THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO
REMOVE THEM BECAUSE OF THE
FUNCTION THERE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ]. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF
THAT PROGRAM WAS REALLY ABOUT
HAVE BITTERLY MISSED ABILITY AND
IF THEY CHOOSE TO MEAN DISTRICT
[ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS?
>> JUST TO KNOW, THAT IS THE
DECISION BY THE STATE. IF
SOMEBODY IS NOT DOING THE JOB
WELL, AND TAKING IT FROM THEM
AND GIVING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE IS
IN THE RIGHT WAY. DEMAND THEY DO
IT WELL. THAT IS JUST ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF REWARDING BAD
BEHAVIOR. BUT WE SHOULD'VE DONE
IS GOTTEN IT SQUARED AWAY AT
THAT POINT IN TIME AND HAD THEM
DO THEIR JOB AND DO IT WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS PUNTED
OVER TO SCDTI WHICH IS A
MISMATCH . THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ]
>> I SAW YOUR HAND A MINUTE AGO.
>> I JUST WANT TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SAID, THANK
YOU, AND JUST THE INFORMATION
FROM THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THESE
SERVICES AND HOW THAT IS GOING
IS ALSO A CRITICAL PIECE. WHICH,
AS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WHAT I
HEAR YOU SAY, TOO, AS THIS
SHIFTS TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS
MOST BETTER VERSED ON WHAT, UM,
NEED. SO, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED
TO THAT PIECE, AS WELL, AND ALSO
IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ABOUT
THE SERVICES AND HOW WELL THESE
ARE GOING AND ANY INFORMATION AT
ALL OFFERED, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT, TOO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> WE HAVE SOME CONTRACT
DELIVERABLES TODAY TO DISCUSS. [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY ABOUT
THE HABITABILITY ISSUE, WE HAD
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, ONE OF
THE THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW AND IF
YOU WANT TO ADD MORE, PLEASE DO.
THERE IS MORE OF AN
APPORTIONMENT -- ENFORCEMENT
POWER AND THAT IS WHERE I SAW
THE DISTINCTION.
>> IS PART OF THE INITIAL
DECISION-MAKING, AS WELL. YOU
KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION 'S
HABITABLITY IS SQUARELY A SCDTI
FUNCTION. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ]
>> IT IS DONE THROUGH THE
COMPLIANCE PROGRAM AT SCDTI SO
IT IS ACTUALLY THE BODY AT SCDTI
THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ADMINISTERING THE CODE SO IF
THERE IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT
VIOLATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CAN
RESPOND AND IT WILL COME FROM
THE SAME PLACE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ]
>> AND THE TENANT SERVICE
CONTRACT, IT'S A CONTRACT. THAT
IS WHY THE CONVENTION WAS IT
SHOULD BE SCDTI ENFORCEMENT
WHEREAS HHD, YES, BUT WE HAVE
THE PEACE WHERE WE HAVE BAD
ACTORS OR ABSENT LANDLORDS. THAT
WAS THE ISSUE. THE TENANTS,
OBVIOUSLY, BAD ACTORS OF
LANDLORDS AREN'T GETTING TENANT
SERVICES. I THOUGHT AND STILL DO
IS IT IS SCDTI, NOT HST TO TALK
TO EACH OTHER TO KNOW WHAT IS
GOING ON. THAT WAS MY
UNDERSTANDING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION
OR QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT PIECE. THAT IS TRUE.
I THINK SOMETHING THAT LAST YEAR
WE SAW WAS JUST RIGHT HAND, LEFT
HAND. HOW ARE THESE DEPARTMENTS
WORKING TOGETHER? EVERYONE HAS
THEIR OWN PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. I
THINK LAST YEAR WHAT WE WERE
ASKING AS A BODY WAS HOW ARE
THESE DEPARTMENTS WORKING
TOGETHER TO ENSURE THIS
INVESTMENT WE HAVE THAT THEY ARE
WORKING TO THE BEST POTENTIAL
THEY CAN. AGAIN, EVERYONE HAS A
DIFFERENT PIECE OF IT. WE DON'T
HAVE INSIGHT INTO THAT. SO I
THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WHEN YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSING,
THE SEATTLE HOUSING INVESTMENT
PLAN, HOW DO WE BETTER AND MORE
EFFICIENTLY TRACK THINGS ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS SO WE GET A BIG
PICTURE ON WHAT IS GOING ON,
WHICH IS ALSO WHY I WAS ASKING
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE
CONTRACTS , UM, BUT, SO ALL
THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE. JUST A
BETTER WAY OF ENSURING WE ARE
TRACKING WHAT EVERY DEPARTMENT
IS DOING AND HOW IT IS COMING
TOGETHER TO WORK IS WHAT WE WERE
TRYING TO GET TO LAST YEAR. NOT
TO PUT WORDS INTO YOUR MOUTH,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION?
>> [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. COUNCILMEMBER AYES --
JUAREZ. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE
ON.
>> IT WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO STI BY
$192,000 FROM THE CONSTRUCTION
FUND AND ADD ONE ADVISOR ON THE
BASIS TO FUNCTION AS A PERMANENT
EXPEDITER. STI HAS WON EXPEDITER
NOW AND THAT PERSON DOES SMALL
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
APPLICATIONS OR FIRST-TIME
APPLICATIONS AND SPECIAL
PROJECTS. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBERS [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ]
>> I WILL SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. WE
HAVE CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATIONS
REGARDING THE STATE OF THE
SYSTEM. WE DESCRIBED THE
POSITION WHICH THEY HAVE TODAY.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ONE OF THEM
OF THE PERMITTING SYSTEM THAT
HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED. I WOULD SAY THERE
SHOULD BE MORE WORK BE DONE MORE
QUICKLY WITH IMPLEMENTING
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENGAGE WITH
AN AUDITOR FOR THE SECOND PART
OF THE AUDIT. THE PERMIT
ISSUANCE AND THE SECOND PERMIT
AUDIT IS OCCUPANCY. DOESN'T
MATTER IF A BUILDING IS BUILT IF
PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE IN IT. THESE
TWO AUDITS COMBINED, WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, IF IMPLEMENTED
CORRECTLY, SHOULD IMPROVE THE
PERMIT SYSTEM. THAT SAID, UNTIL
THEN, WE DO HAVE A NEED TO
EXPEDITE AND CERTAIN NEEDS FOR
PERMIT REVIEW. WHETHER IT IS
CITING A SAFE LOCK OR A HOMELESS
SHELTER, WHETHER IT IS BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER IT
IS GETTING READY FOR FIFA, WHICH
IS COMING IN A FEW MONTHS, THIS
IS NEEDING TO BE EXPEDITED. YOU
CAN'T DO THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL
WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN OTHER WORK.
THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS
POSITION. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS? EU NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION,
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
SPONSORING THIS, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. SEE NO FURTHER
COSPONSORS COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU
ARE INTERESTED?
>> I WILL SLOW DOWN.
>> MOVING ON .
>> STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT. IT WOULD REQUEST THAT
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION OFFER PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORTS
THAT IDENTIFIES MANDATED CHANGES
TO REGULATIONS. THEY WILL BE
PRIORITIZED AND DEVELOPED WITH
DEADLINES. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ] SEVERAL PIECES OF
LEGISLATION WERE ENACTED. THIS
WOULD PRESUMABLY SET THE CITY ON
A PATH TO MEET DEADLINES IN A
TIMELY FASHION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, YOU SPONSORED IT, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THE INTENT
IS TO MAKE SURE THEY PROVIDE A
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO THE
COUNCIL TO TELL US HOW THE
PRIORS ARE TRANSLATING INTO
STATE FEDERAL MANDATES. THE
REGULATORY CHANGES ARE DELIVERED
TO COUNCIL ON TIME AND IN
COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY
DEADLINES SHOULD BE GUARANTEED.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THE CITY'S
COMPLIANCE RECORD HAS BEEN
INCONSISTENT. THERE HAVE BEEN
SEVERAL MISSED DEADLINES. THE
EXPECTED OUTCOME TO THIS IS TO
IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND
STABILITY AND HOW THE EXECUTIVE
MANAGES MANDATED CODE UPDATES.
IT HAS COORDINATION BETWEEN
SCDTI, OPCD AND THE COUNCIL AND
ENSURES THE DEPARTMENT BEATS ITS
STUDY DOES BACKSTAY DEADLINES
AND MAINTAINED SOME CREDIBILITY.
THIS SLIDE IS NOT ABOUT
ASSIGNING BLAME BUT IT IS ABOUT
ESTABLISHING CLEAR AND RELIABLE
SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING LEGALLY
REQUIRED MANDATES BY
STRENGTHENING COORDINATION WITH
THE OVERSIGHT , COUNCIL ENSURES
THERE REMAINS TRANSPARENCY IN
IMPLEMENTING STATE AND FEDERAL
LAND USE REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION. QUESTIONS? SEE NO
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR
QUESTIONS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW TO COSPONSOR. I HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO
COSPONSOR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON.
>> THIS WOULD REQUEST THAT STI
REPORT QUARTERLY ON INSPECTIONS
ALONG LEGISLATION THIS YEAR. THE
USE OF LEGISLATION WOULD
INCREASE USE BY 18%. THIS WOULD
REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL RECEIVE
QUARTERLY REPORTS ON VALUES,
CONSTRUCTION WORKLOAD AND
RESERVE FUND BALANCES WITHIN THE
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION FUN,
THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO
MAKE TIMELY CHANGES TO ANY
STRUCTURE AS WARRANTED BY
CHANGES THEY SEE IN THE REAL
ESTATE MARKET. THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> IT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO
TRACK PERMITTING ACTIVITY AND
MONITOR RESERVE LEVELS TO ENSURE
FINANCIAL STABILITY, ASSESS
STAFFING AND WORKLOAD BALANCE TO
MAINTAIN TIMELY SERVICE DELIVERY
AND INFORMED DECISIONS BASED ON
YEAR END DATA. REGULAR UPDATES
WILL ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY FOR
PERMIT APPLICATIONS, BUILDERS
AND THE PUBLIC, WHO ARE DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY THE CHANGES AND
TIMELINES. THIS ENSURES THE
COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HAVE
INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE
RESPONSIBLE, TRANSPARENT AND
DEAD INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT
THE FEE STRUCTURE . REGULAR
REPORTING WILL HELP SERVICE
STABILITY AND FISCAL STABILITY
AS WE MAKE CHANGES IN THE
ECONOMY.
>> THANK YOU . COLLEAGUES,
QUESTION OR DISCUSSION?
>> JUST TO SAY WE HAVE A VERY
IMPORTANT DISCUSSION REGARDING
THIS FUND WHEN SCDTI WAS
PRESENTING AND HAVING QUARTERLY
REPORTS CAN PUT US IN A POSITION
SO WE CAN BETTER MANAGE WHAT THE
INTAKE IS PER PERMIT REVENUE AND
HOW WE CAN EXPEDITE THINGS.
COUNCILMEMBER, SOLOMON ,
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO COSPONSOR, RAISE YOUR
HAND. I HAVE COSPONSORING ,
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND CATTLE.
>> THE NEXT APARTMENT IS THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS A CITY OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH THAT WE HAVE
THE DEPARTMENTS OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SHORT VERSION
, FORGIVE ME. THE FIRST ONE IS
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO REQUEST TO
STUDY AND REPORT TO COUNCIL ON
THE BUDGETARY LISTS AND ACTIONS
NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A BLACK
ADVISORY COUNCIL, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS
THROUGHOUT THE STUDY. IT WILL
SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS ON
MATTERS INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP,
TERMS , COMPENSATION AND
STAFFING. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ] MAY BE INFORMATIVE TO
THE STUDY. THE SPONSOR IS
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND
COSPONSORS ARE SAKA AND WAR IS.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> COMING IN HOT. I APOLOGIZE.
SO AT FIRST, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS WAR IS AND SAKA
AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ PAVED
THE PATH IN 2021 FOR THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE APPEAR TO FOLLOW IN HER
FOOTSTEPS. WE HAVE THE BLACK
ADVISORY COUNCIL. THIS IS THE
SLIDE . THE VISION IS FOR THIS
ADVISORY COUNCIL TO GIVE LEADERS
A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO GIVE
EXPERIENCE AND SHAPE THE POLICY
DECISIONS WE MAKE . THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP .
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. AS WE SAW YESTERDAY, IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BLACK
COMMUNITY TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD
AND TO HAVE THAT INDEPENDENT OF
OTHERS THAT MAY BE SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THEM. WE HAVE SEEN
THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THAT INDEPENDENT VOICE SPEAKING
ON THE ISSUES ACROSS A RANGE OF
ISSUES THAT FACE OUR CITY SO I
JUST WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, ANYONE
LIKE TO COSPONSOR? PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. THIS IS GOING TO
BE EVERYBODY. WE HAVE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, RINCK, STRAUSS.
>> SOLOMON, STRAUSS, RINCK,
CATTLE.
>> I AM SORRY.
>> THE COUNCILMEMBERS. I THINK
THE ONLY ONE IS COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND --
>> WE WILL ASK HER WHEN SHE
RETURNS. THAT WOULD BE NICE.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
WE'VE GOT 381 .
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS ITEM
WOULD INCREASE BY $5000 AND
SUPPORT ANNUAL HALLOWEEN EVENTS
FOR CHILDREN, SUCH AS THIS.
SPONSORS ARE COLLINSWORTH --
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> COMING IN HOT, $5000, Y'ALL.
THIS IS, SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE.
OKAY, THIS IS A MODEST INCREASE
IN EXAMPLE OF HOW SMALL AN
AMOUNT OF FUNDING CAN MAKE A
HUGE IMPACT ON AN ORGANIZATION,
PARTICULARLY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
MEAN SO MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY. I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND I
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ON
CAPITOL HILL, ESPECIALLY FOR
KIDS THAT LIVE IN APARTMENTS AND
NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
OUT AND ENJOY TRICK-OR-TREATING
VIBES. SO, IT HAS BEEN YEARS ,
THEY HAVE DONE THIS FOR YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR, THEY
DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDING TO
CONTINUE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THEY
SUPPLEMENT THIS, SO THIS IS JUST
A FUND THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS
THAT EVENT, THEY HOST THAT ON
CAPITOL HILL.
>> QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? SEEING
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSIONS, COSPONSOR , PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON.
DO YOU WHEN THE
>>
>> MY HAND IS UP. WHILE WE ARE
MARKING, WE HAVE TO SAY
COSPONSOR SHIPS IN THE OPEN
SESSION. I WANT TO BE MARKED
DOWN TO COSPONSOR THANK YOU.
>> UM, THAT IS SO MOVED. YOU
HAVE AN ITEM WE ARE IN RIGHT
NOW, JUST A POINT OF ORDER, I
WILL SAY, WHAT IS YOUR POINT AND
WE WILL GO FROM THERE TO MAKE
SURE WE CAN DO EVERYTHING
CORRECTLY. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE
WE ARE BACK TO THIS ONE, IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THIS ITEM IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS INVENTORY THE
HISTORICAL PLAT AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN BUILDINGS AND CULTURE
PLACES IN THE BLACK AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND DELIVER
THAT INVENTORY TO COUNCIL BY
JUNE 1, 2026. IT IS COUNCIL'S
ATTACK THAT WE HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO IMPORT THE MEANING
OF THESE HISTORICAL PLACES IN
THE INVENTORY AND ALSO RELY ON
RESOURCES ON HAND AND EXCUSE ME,
SUCH AS [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME
] INCLUDED IN THE NOMINATION AND
DESIGNATION. IMPORTANTLY, THE
INVENTORY SHOULD INCLUDE FOR
EACH BUILDING OR PLACE THE
DESCRIPTION OF ITS PHYSICAL
CONDITION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR RENOVATION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, YOU
SPONSOR THE AMENDMENT. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AN
IMPORTANT COMPONENT IS
UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL
CONDITION AND UNDERSTANDING FOR
RENOVATION OF HISTORIC BLACK AND
AFRICAN AMERICAN BUILDINGS WHICH
ARE CULTURAL SPACES AROUND THE
CITY, HAVING ALL THIS
INFORMATION IN ONE AREA IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME SO WE
CAN FIGURE OUT AND REALIZE HOW
TO PRESERVE THOSE HISTORIC
BUILDINGS FROM FAITH-BASED
INSTITUTIONS TO COMMUNITY
SPACES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT
HOUSES , THERE ARE A BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT PLACES IN SEATTLE THAT
NEED AND ARE IN NEED OF
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, BUT
ALSO CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR SO
THIS IS AN INVENTORY. JUST A
NOTE, THEY CAN QUICKLY ASSEMBLE
THIS DATABASE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THEIR LANDMARK PRESERVATION,
THEY HAVE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT
COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE THEIR
DATABASE AND THE WASHINGTON
HERITAGE SOCIETY THAT CAN
PROVIDE A TON OF INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR
YOUR SPONSORSHIP.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION ?
COUNCILMEMBER WAR IS.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST, I JUST WANT
TO SHARE. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR
INCLUDING ME IN THESE
DISCUSSIONS. WE STARTED OFF
DISCUSSING HOW THIS WOULD LOOK.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS
BEING AROUND HERE A BIT IS THAT
PEOPLE USE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS
OFTEN TO PROTECT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR HISTORY.
WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF
COMMUNITIES THAT GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR
HISTORY AND HAVE A BARK. SO ALL
OF SEATTLE'S HISTORY SHOULD BE
CAPTURED. WHETHER IT IS
BRICK-AND-MORTAR, WHETHER IT IS
A CHURCH, COMMUNITY CENTER,
STREET OR NEIGHBORHOOD, I WAS
VERY HAPPY TO COSPONSOR THIS
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
SO WE COULD BE IN THE PRACTICE
OF UNDERSTANDING THE
SENSIBILITIES OF THE CITY AND
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SHOULD
BE PROTECTED SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR
THIS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS ,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
EVERYONE OTHER THAN
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WHO IS NOT
PRESENT . IF SHE RETURNS, WE
WILL ASK IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR. WE HAVE ALL ATE AT
THIS TIME EXCEPT FOR
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. LET ME
TAKE SOME NOTES. WE WILL MOVE
ON.
>> COUNCIL BUDGETING OPTION TO
ADD $50,000 THAT WOULD SUPPORT
THE COMMISSION, INCLUDING THE
CREATION OF A STRATEGIC WORK
PLAN TO MOVE PRIORITIES FORWARD.
THE SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER
WARS WITH COSPONSORS SAKA AND
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I FIRST
WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR COSPONSORING THIS. I
APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE AND
YOUR GUIDANCE. SO, THESE FUNDS
WOULD SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT WORK
OF THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION
BY ADDING CAPACITY TO CREATE A
STRATEGIC WORK PLAN TO MOVE
PRIORITIES FORWARD. THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A WORD SALAD. LET ME GET IT
ALL OUT. THE BACKGROUND IS
REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT WE UNDERSTAND THIS.
THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED IN
2017. THE COUNCIL BILL, WHICH I
HAD TO PULL UP AND LOOK AT
BECAUSE I REMEMBER IT. IT WAS
NOW SPONSORED BY SEVERAL
COUNCILMEMBERS, INCLUDING
MYSELF. THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS
AGO. WE KNOW THAT THE
DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY HAVE
CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. NOW WE
HAVE MORE RENTERS THAN
HOMEOWNERS, PRACTICALLY. WE KNOW
SEATTLE IS TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE.
WE PASSED A LOT OF RULES AND
LAWS SO WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE RENTERS NEEDED. SO THE
RENTERS COMMISSION CAME OUT OF
THE CHAIR AT THE TIME, CHAIR
BURGESS. HIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
NEIGHBORHOODS AND GUIDANCE
COMMITTEE. THE DUTIES OF THE
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION IN
THE ORDINANCE BASICALLY SAYS TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION, ADVICE AND
COUNSEL TO THE MAYOR, CITY,
COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENTS,
INCLUDING HOUSING,
AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPORTATION,
ACCESS, LAND-USE AND PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND TO MONITOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF
LEGISLATION FOR RENTERS AMATEUR
PROTECTIONS, WHICH BASICALLY
MEANS THE RENTERS COMMISSION
ADVISES THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
TO SOME DEGREE THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH ABOUT WHAT THE RENTAL
COMMUNITY NEEDS. I HAVE BEEN
WORKING AND HAS SOME REALLY GOOD
DISCUSSIONS AND MET WITH THE
RENTERS COMMISSION AND THE
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
COUNCILMEMBER, I AM SORRY,
DIRECTOR, IT'S JENNIFER. THE
REASON I THINK THIS IS
INCREDIBLY, THERE IS MORE I WANT
TO ADD. SO, BESIDES WHAT WE
ASKED THEM TO DO SEVEN OR EIGHT
YEARS AGO AND WHAT THEY HAVE
BEEN DOING AND THEY HAVE BEEN
MOVING FORWARD TO PROVIDE
STRATEGIES AND STRENGTHEN THE
ENFORCEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF
RENTER PROTECTIONS, THEY ALSO
HAVE PROVIDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
TO THE MAN'S CITY COUNCIL, THE
WORK FUND TO BE REPORTED ON BY
THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ME
PERIODICALLY. SO, MY POSITION IS
THIS FOR THEM. INVESTING IN THE
COMMISSION AND EXPANDING THEIR
CAPACITY TO SUPPORT A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY,
ALIGNMENT OF PRIORITIES AND
ALLOWED THE COMMISSION TO BE
PROACTIVE IN THEIR APPROACH AND
USE THE FUNDING TO INFORM
PRIORITIES OF THE COMMISSION. I
KIND OF STORE WILL PAGE OUT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S BOOK HERE.
YES, WE REPRESENT THE CITY BUT
WE HONOR THE NEEDS OF THE
DISTRICT. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION AND MY DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE DIRECTOR IS THAT IT IS
DISTRICT FOCUSED. HOPEFULLY,
WHEN WE HAVE THE HIRING PIECE,
SORRY, WILL WE HAVE THE
INFORMATION COMING BACK TO US
ABOUT WHAT THE RENTERS
COMMISSION NEEDS, WE CAN ADDRESS
ALL THE DISTRICTS , ALL THE
RENTERS ACROSS THE CITY. AND,
LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL BILL,
AND I WANT TO SHARE THIS, I
THINK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A
GOOD JOB BUT THE RENTERS
COMMISSION NEEDS GUIDANCE AND
HELP IN THE SENSE OF WORKING
WITH [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
AND SERVING AS A LIAISON TO WORK
WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS OF THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT
IS NO EASY TASK NOW. THEY ALSO
WORK WITH [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ] AND WORK WITH THE
SEATTLE YOUTH COMMISSION. SO,
THAT IS WHY I AM HERE. I AM
ASKING FOR $50,000 FOR THE
RENTERS COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY
ASSIST THEM IN DOING THEIR WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
WARS. COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSIONS OR
QUESTIONS? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, WHO
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THIS?
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. WE HAVE
COSPONSORING COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU. MOVING
ON.
>> THIS WOULD ADD TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
ADD $2.6 MILLION TO SUPPORT
CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SERVING
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE
INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING
PLACES, SUCH AS THE HIGH LINE
PARK IMPROVEMENT CLUB. SOME
PLACES HOST NEIGHBORHOOD
MEETINGS, CULTURAL EVENTS AND
PREPAREDNESS, ACTIVITIES, FOOD
DISTRIBUTION SITES AND MUTUAL
AID EFFORTS. THE SPONSOR OF THIS
AMENDMENT IS COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
WITH COSPONSORS JUAREZ AND
NELSON.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK MY
COSPONSORS, COUNCILMEMBERS
JUAREZ AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON FOR JOINING ME IN
SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE. UM,
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP ON
THIS. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE HONOR TO
PROPOSE AND TALK ABOUT IT HERE
TODAY. SO, COLLEAGUES, FOR OVER
A CENTURY, THE HIGHLAND PARK
IMPROVEMENT CLUB HAS SERVED THIS
HISTORIC WORKING-CLASS DIVERSE,
VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD COVERING A
LARGE AREA IN SOUTHWEST SEATTLE.
100% VOLUNTEER RUN , COMMUNITY
OWNED GATHERING SPACE IS WHAT
THIS SPACE WAS AND HOPES TO
REBUILD TO BE THAT HAS BROUGHT
PEOPLE TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE
FIRST FOUNDED AND ESTABLISHED IN
1919 AS THE DO MORE OUTLAND
IMPROVEMENT CLUB. IN 1924, THEY
FOUGHT FOR , 1924, LATER CHANGED
THEIR NAME TO THE HIGHLAND PARK
IMPROVEMENT CLUB. COLLEAGUES, NO
DOUBT YOU ARE ALL AWARE FROM AN
ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE, SOME OF
THE HISTORY IN OUR NATION
SURROUNDING IMPROVEMENT CLUBS,
PARTICULARLY IN THE PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN
VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO
CHAMPION AND ADVANCE
INITIATIVES, UM, FOR WOMEN, FOR
EXAMPLE, WARM IN SUFFRAGE,
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, ET CETERA.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
HIGHLAND PARK IMPROVEMENT CLUB
WAS ONE OF THE LAST FEW
REMAINING IMPROVEMENT CLUBS IN
THE STATE. BUT, AFTER WEATHERING
THE PANDEMIC AND SERVING AS A
CRITICAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE,
THE CLUB WAS PREPARING TO REOPEN
AGAIN IN 2021 WHEN THE
DEVASTATING FIRE DESTROYED ITS
BUILDING. THIS PROPOSAL FOR 2.6
MILLION IS A ONE TIME FUNDING TO
SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION AND
RENOVATION OF THIS VITAL
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE THAT
WOULD HELP COMPLETE THIS
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PROJECT. AND
SUPPORTING HPIC'S
RECONSTRUCTION IS AN INVESTMENT
IN UNDERSERVED WORKING-CLASS
COMMUNITY BUT A VERY VIBRANT
NEIGHBORHOOD . THEY HAVE
SUFFERED FROM HISTORICAL
UNDERINVESTMENT AND I VIEW IT AS
MY RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP AND BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT REVERSING SOME
OF THAT . THEY HAVE GREAT WORK.
THEY HAVE A GREAT PROJECT. I AM
PROUD TO BE ABLE TO JOIN MY
COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBERS
NELSON AND JUAREZ TO HELP
CHAMPION THIS AND AMPLIFY THEIR
VOICES AND AMPLIFY THEIR IMPACT
IN HIGHLAND PARK AND BEYOND,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION?
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR THIS, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. COSPONSORING
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. THANK
YOU.
>> AT THIS TIME, WE WILL PAUSE
AND RETURN TO SEE IF FURTHER
COSPONSORS ARE DESIRED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. [
LAUGHTER ]
>> THANKS VERY MUCH. WE WILL
MOVE ON.
>> CHAIR, IF I MAY. I BELIEVE
THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM THAT
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA COULD NOT
VOTE ON.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE MOVING ON .
>> EXCUSE ME. SO, THIS ITEM
WOULD ADD, IT'S AN ACTION THAT
WOULD ADD $5 MILLION TO
JUMPSTART AND 2.0 TWO HELP UP
SPECIALIST POSITION FOR
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT PROGRAMS
AND DECREASE HOUSING BY $5
MILLION JUMPSTART. THAT WOULD DO
THIS FOR COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT
BRANCH PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE
TAKEN UP WITH THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLETING THE
STUDY FOR [ INAUDIBLE - LOW
VOLUME ] PROPOSAL OF COORDINATED
FUNDS TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN
HOUSING, CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND
COMMERCE FOCUSING ON REMEDYING
HISTORICAL INJUSTICES
EXPERIENCED BY SLAVES, PEOPLE OF
BLACK LINEAGE, MEMBERS OF THE
AFRICAN DIASPORA AND SLAVERY.
THIS REDUCTION TO JUMPSTART
WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON OFFICE
HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PRODUCTION . IT WOULD OTHERWISE
BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE
CUSTOMER JUST MY COSPONSORS ARE
COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND
JUAREZ.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> SORRY, I AM EXTRA BLACK ON
THE DISTRICTS SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT. SO, THE MAN'S PROPOSAL
WAS TO ALLOCATE $80 MILLION, 20
MILLION A YEAR FOR HISTORICAL
HARMS AND PEOPLE IN REDLINE
AREAS. IT IS KING COUNTY, THERE
WAS A STUDY, $1 BILLION-$13
BILLION EXTRACTED FROM THOSE
COMMUNITIES. LET ME START, I
APOLOGIZE, LET ME THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND SAKA
FOR THEIR COSPONSORSHIP ON THIS.
A FAMILY HAVING A PHYSICAL
BUILDING, A ROOF AND A HOUSING
SUPPORT, IS A CRITICAL
COMPONENT. HOWEVER, KEEPING A
FAMILY IN THAT HOME AND ALLOWING
THEM TO THRIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY
IS WHERE THE TRUE REPAIRING OF
HARMS HAPPENS. AND WE SAW
YESTERDAY HOW WE WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD ON THIS, THE FIRST STEP
WAS TO EXPAND THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS. THEIR STUDY
EXPANSION ON THE NEXUS TO
HOUSING OF THE HARMS THAT WERE
DONE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE
SECOND PIECE WAS OP CD, BEING
ABLE TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS IN
OUTREACH, AS WELL. THAT IS A
BUDGET NEUTRAL ACTION. BUT THE
VISION IS FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES
TO HAVE A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR
PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, TO HAVE A NEXUS
TO HOUSING FOR CULTURE,
COMMUNITY AND CONGRESS. THAT
MONEY WOULD HELP PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITY THROUGH GRANTS . I
THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO
A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH AND I
WANT TO ALSO NOTE THAT THIS IS
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WERE THINKING
ABOUT WHICH DEPARTMENTS AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAS
THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE SOME OF
THE EXISTING CAPACITY AND
STAFFING TO EXECUTE THIS AND DO
IT VERY INTENTIONALLY WITH
COMMUNITY. AS THIS WOULD, YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BE A PROGRAM SO
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR THIS, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON COSPONSORING. I WILL
PAUSE TO LET EVERYONE GET
SETTLED. I HAD TWO OTHERS. THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT DROPPED HER
HAND. GREAT. SO, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON AND RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON.
>> 981 WOULD INCREASE PROPOSED
REPARATIONS BY $87,000 AND ADD
FTE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALISTS FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. THE
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND RINCK
COSPONSORING. WE YOU'LL HEAR
SOME OF WHAT I SAID ON MY LAST
ONE, WHICH WHEN WE GET TO THIS
TYPE OF AMENDMENT, I LOOK AT IT
THROUGH A LENS OF DISTRICT
REPRESENTATION. SO, AS YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
COORDINATORS THAT COVER THE
ENTIRE CITY OF SEATTLE. THIS
PROPOSAL WOULD EXPAND THE NUMBER
TO SEVEN. THERE IS A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT DEDICATED TO EACH
DISTRICT. AS I SHARE BEFORE, WE
DID MOVE TO A DISTRICT SYSTEM 10
YEARS AGO. WE KNOW IT WORKS. UM,
THIS AMENDMENT, THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT HAS THE CAPACITY TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF SEATTLE'S
GROWING POPULATION OF FOCUS ON
INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, LIKE I
SHARED EARLIER. IT HAS MADE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR ME TO COME
FORWARD AND SAY THESE OF THE
THINGS IN THE INVENTORY WE HAVE
TAKEN IN OUR DISTRICT, NOT TO
DISPLACE OTHERS, BUT THESE ARE
THE NEEDS THAT WE NEED, THESE OF
THE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE
COVERED. THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOSTERS
ENGAGEMENTS AND ENGAGEMENTS WITH
COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES. THEY
WANT TO ENGAGE WITH CITY
GOVERNMENT. IN SHORT, THEY WORK
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH
COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATIVES.
FUTURE HIRINGS, WHICH IS VERY
CAPABLE I AM VERY GLAD I HAD A
CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE
DIRECTOR, CALVIN CHOW. IT WOULD
IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE
CANDIDATES WITHIN THE COUNCIL
DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY WOULD
SERVE. SO, BASICALLY, YOU WANT
FOLKS WHO LIVE, WORK WHO
CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, NOT JUST
THE DISTRICT, BUT THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT
WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE
ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE DISTRICT,
WHO HAVE THE HISTORY WHO OWN A
HOME, RENT A HOME, RAISE HER
KIDS AND GO TO THE STORE SO WE
CAN UNDERSTAND. I THINK WE
HIGHLIGHTED THAT YESTERDAY WITH
SOME OF US SPOKE . WE COULD TELL
YOU OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEADS THE
BUSINESSES, GROCERY STORES AND
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAD CLOSED
SINCE 2020. THAT IS IMPORTANT.
THESE POSITIONS WOULD BUILD UPON
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
THE CID PILOT MODEL THAT
COORDINATED OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
TO ENSURE RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES CAN ACCESS TIMELY,
ACCURATE INFORMATION AND FEEL
SUPPORTED IN NAVIGATING CITY
SERVICES. SO, WE GET BACK TO
NAVIGATING CITY SERVICES. ONE
THING AT THE TOP OF MY NINTH
BUDGET CYCLE IS CONSTITUENTS,
COMMUNITY GROUPS, INDIGENOUS LED
GROUPS, NONPROFITS HAVE A
DIFFICULTY IF THEY ARE IN A
DISTRICT TRYING TO ACCESS
SERVICES IF THEY JUST HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THEIR COUNCILMEMBER. WE
END UP GOING BACK AND REFERRING
THEM TO THE DEPARTMENT, HAVING
SOMEONE THERE WHOSE JOB IT IS TO
KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
DISTRICT AND BE ABLE TO REPORT
THAT WITH DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS OF WHAT THAT MEANS
WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE SERVICE
AND, I THINK, CRITICAL SERVICE
TO ADD TO THE SERVICES THAT THIS
CITY COUNCIL IN THIS GOVERNMENT
ALREADY PROVIDES TO THE
COMMUNITY. SO, WITH THAT, I HOPE
I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?
I WILL NOTE A QUESTION FOR
TOMORROW WHEN WE GET TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. I
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WHO
HAS A SIMILAR PROPOSAL TO FUND A
STRATEGIC ADVISOR FOR THE NORTH
SEATTLE SAFETY HUB. SIMILAR, BUT
DIFFERENT. MY QUESTION TOMORROW
WILL BE WHAT IS THE OVERLAP? HOW
ARE THEY DIFFERENT? THAT IS WHY
I AM ASKING IT NOW FOR TOMORROW
SO THERE ARE NO SURPRISES. THANK
YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. I HAVE
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON, SAKA AND
NELSON.
>>> THANK YOU, WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
WOULD INCREASE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF APPROPRIATIONS BY $100,000 TO
SUPPORT THE SEATTLE ONE SERVICE
AND TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO
DOM WITH APPROPRIATIONS AT
$250,000. THIS WOULD INCREASE
THE APPROPRIATION TO $350,000.
IT IS SPONSORED BY CHAIR SOUTH
-- CHAIR STRAUSS WITH
COSPONSORS.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I
SPONSORED THIS AMENDMENT SO I
WILL SPEAK TO THE ITEM, WHICH
IS, IF I TOLD YOU THE SEATTLE
ONE DAY OF SERVICE DIDN'T EXIST
FOUR YEARS AGO, WOULD YOU BE
SURPRISED? I THINK, I ASK THAT
QUESTION BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME
INGRAINED IN OUR COMMUNITY SO
QUICKLY, IT HAS ONLY BEEN GOING
ON IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR
YEARS. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW,
I WAS LOOKING QUIETLY TO RECEIVE
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM
AMERICORPS NATIONAL , WHICH IS A
PROGRAM I PARTICIPATE IN AND CAN
ESSENTIALLY COME IN. ONE OF
THEIR TEAMS CAN EXPAND A NUMBER
OF LOCATIONS, EXPAND THE NUMBER
OF PARTICIPATION AND EXPAND THE
AMOUNT OF IMPACT THAT THE
SEATTLE ONE DAY OF SERVICE
COMPLETES. IT IS NOT JUST THE
WORK THAT IS BEING DONE . IT IS
NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY THAT IS
BUILT BETWEEN NEIGHBORS WHEN
INDIGENOUS SERVICE PROJECTS ARE
DONE, IT IS THE FEELING OF
BUYING IN AND PICKING UP THAT
TRASH AND BEING PART OF A
SOLUTION FOR OUR CITY. SO
SEATTLE ONE DAY OF SERVICE HAS
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES IT
ACHIEVES. IT HAS A MODEST
BUDGET. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
WAYS ON HOW WE CAN INCREASE AND
EXPAND THE IMPACT OF PEOPLE
BEING ENGAGED WITH THEIR
COMMUNITY, PEOPLE CREATING
DEEPER COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER
AND GETTING THE WORK DONE FOR
OUR CITY. THOSE ARE THE THREE
OUTCOMES WE ARE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE INCREASES I WOULD MAKE
THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE TO MAKE
HAD THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM NOT
BEEN COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN THIS
YEAR. THAT IS WHY THE AMERICORPS
OPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO US
ANYMORE. THEIR TEAMS WERE SENT
HOME. SO THIS IS A MODEST
REQUEST TO EXPAND THE IMPACT OF
OUR SEATTLE ONE DAY OF SERVICE.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON?
>> I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS IS
WRONG, I THINK OF THIS, I THINK
OF THE DAY OF SERVICE AS MAYOR
BRUCE HARRELL'S SORT OF
INVENTION. I AM WONDERING IF
THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION WITH
THE EXECUTIVE ON THAT END. ALSO,
JUST BECAUSE IT COULD BE PART OF
THE BRAND, SOMETHING, I DON'T
KNOW. BUT I LOVE THE DAY OF
SERVICE. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW,
I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING,
PROVIDING IT SOME FUNDING SO WE
CAN GET THE WORD OUT AND MAYBE
BUY SPONGES AND STUFF, I AM NOT
SURE. BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHAT
DOES THE DIFFERENCE MAKE BETWEEN
ONE DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER?
WHERE THE MONEY LIVES? ARE YOU
SAYING THAT IT IS INCREASED? IS
IT FUNDED, ARE THERE ANY FUNDS
FOR IT RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MR.
McCONAUGHEY?
>> LISTEN, THE PROPOSED BUDGET
MAKES A MOVE FROM FAS OVER TO
KEY D.O.N. AND THAT IS A
PROPOSAL FROM THE MAYOR. THIS
WOULD ADD MONEY . THAT MOVE
MOVES RESPONSIBILITIES, AS WELL
AS ADDING MONEY TO FUND THOSE
RESPONSIBILITIES FROM AFS TO
D.O.N. SO THE QUESTION OF THE
MOVE WOULD BE, WE COULD PURSUE
THAT MORE AND ASK FOLKS IN CBO
ABOUT WHY I THINK IT HAS TO DO
WITH THE PRACTICALITIES OF
MANAGING THIS ACTIVITY.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON .
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT IS THE BASE, CAN YOU
REMIND ME?
>> $250,000. 350 TOTAL IF THIS
WERE TO PASS AND THERE WERE NO
OTHER CHANGES. YEAH.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK
YOU. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS? JUST TO
SAY THAT I HAVE NOTICED IN EVERY
ONE OF THE SEATTLE ONE DAYS OF
SERVICE AS THEY PROGRESS AND
CONTINUE ON, IT BECOMES HARDER
AND HARDER TO SIGN HIM UP FOR A
VOLUNTEER SPOT. WHICH MEANS THE
PROGRAM IS OVERSUBSCRIBED, WHICH
IS A VERY GOOD THING.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. COSPONSORING ,
COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND
NELSON. THANK YOU.
>> MOVING ONTO THE LAST ITEM IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 11
81.
>> THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
WOULD PROPOSE PROBATIONS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO
FUND $100,000 FOR THE SMALL
SPARKS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT
EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF
MATCHING GRANTS. LOCAL
GOVERNMENT 101 WITH THE GOAL OF
ENGAGING AND INFORMING
CONSTITUENTS ON THE RULES OF
GOVERNMENT BRANCHES, CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THE
GOVERNMENT WORKS IN GENERAL. IT
WAS A POOR COMMUNITY COUNCILS,
NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER
CONSTITUENT GROUPS IN THEIR
EFFORTS TOWARD EDUCATING AND
INFORMING RESIDENTS. THE SPONSOR
OF THE CBA IS COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND COSPONSORS ARE
HOLLINGSWORTH AND [ INAUDIBLE -
LOW VOLUME ]
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,
WHEN I MEET WITH OR TALK WITH
CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE CONCERNS
WITH PROBLEMS, WE ALL DO, AS
PART OF THE CONVERSATION, I
OFTEN HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THEIR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS, WHAT
RULES THE COUNCIL HAS AND THE
EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTS, SO I
THINK MORE CAN BE DONE TO
PROVIDE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
AROUND THOSE ROLES. THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD INCREASE THE
ABILITY OF COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND
COMMUNITY GROUPS TO BETTER
DIRECT COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS REALLY AN EXTENSION OF
WHAT WE ALREADY DO, THE SMALL
SPARKS PROGRAM IS A GRANT
PROGRAM. IT IS A CONSTITUENT
GROUP OR, RATHER, NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUP AND COMMUNITY GROUP THAT
TAPS INTO THIS PROGRAM TO DO
EVENTS. THIS IS ANOTHER ASPECT
TO IT TO DO WHAT I AM CALLING
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 101 SO THAT
CONSTITUENTS CAN WORK AND BE
MORE INFORMED ON ALL THE RULES
AND HOW IT WORKS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING
NEW FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR THIS, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. I HAVE
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
HOLLINGSWORTH COSPONSORING.
>> JUST DOUBLING DOWN. JUST
DOUBLING DOWN. YOU WERE CORRECT.
WE DID NOT ASK THE QUESTION IF
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WOULD LIKE
TO COSPONSOR . COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> YES. I SAY YES.
>> ADDING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> I AM SORRY I WAS NOT HERE.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT APARTMENT. WE HAVE
OFFICE OF HOUSING . WE HAVE THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HOPE
YOU ARE ALL CONJURING UP SOME
ENERGY. WE ARE MIDWAY THROUGH
HERE. LET'S START WITH THIS.
THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD
INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING BY 5 MILLION
ONE TIME. IT WOULD DECREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO FINANCE
GENERAL BY 5 MILLION, ALSO ONE
TIME, FOR THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY'S NORTHGATE COMMONS
BUDGET. IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY
BRING BACK MONEY TO THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING TO PROVIDE SO THAT OH
CAN PROVIDE IT TYPICAL CITY
FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS. IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE .
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WE TALK
ABOUT THIS, I WILL BE VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND GIVE YOU THE
BASICS AND IF THERE ARE OTHER
ISSUES, WE CAN DO THAT. I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON
AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AS YOU
HEARD, THIS BRINGS 5 MILLION
BACK TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY,
NORTHGATE COMMONS. AS YOU KNOW,
IT HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR
QUITE A WHILE. IT WILL BE A
MIXED IN, MIXED-USE COMMUNITY
SPANNING 5.8 ACRES. IT IS YOUR
MODEL OF TRANSIT HOUSING VIA
LIGHT RAIL. IT WILL BE WALKABLE,
TRANSIT ORIENTED. IT IS WITHIN
WALKING DISTANCE OF A GROCERY
STORE, PUBLIC LIBRARY, COMMUNITY
CENTER, COLLEGE, RETAIL AND
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH
MAKES US VERY EXCITED. WE HAVE
AN ESTIMATED 420 AFFORDABLE
HOMES TO BE BUILT, MORE THAN
TWICE THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY
AVAILABLE AT THAT SITE. THAT
CITY OF SEATTLE BOUGHT IT UNDER
MAYOR DURKAN. IT WILL SERVE
FAMILIES ARE TWO INCOME LEVELS ,
WHICH IS VERY CUTE. 60 A.M. I AM
BELOW AND 80 AMI ENVELOPE. THIS
5 MILLION IS THE FIRST PORTION
OF EVENTUALLY WHAT WILL BE A $20
MILLION AWARD AND I THINK,
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM ON,
JENNIFER, BUT WHEN TRACY WAS
SITTING HERE, WILL WE HAVE
PARTNERED WITH THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY FOR THE PROJECT THAT
TOTALED AROUND 30 MILLION. I DID
NOTICE.
>> LET ME CONFIRM WITH YOU. I
BELIEVE THE TOTAL CITY
CONTRIBUTION WAS AROUND 30
MILLION. YOU LOOK AT THE OH
CONTRIBUTION, IT WAS CLOSER TO
23 MILLION.
>> OKAY, MY POINT AT THE TIME
AND NOW, WE HAVE DONE THESE
PARTNERSHIPS BEFORE AND THEY
HAVE DONE WELL. I HAVE A FEW
OTHER THINGS TO ADD. THEN BEN
CAN LOOK AT ME LIKE HE LESSONS
OR LIKE HE IS PAYING ATTENTION.
FUNDING WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE
FINANCE GENERAL BECAUSE IF OH
ADMINISTERED THE FUNDING, DIRECT
ALLOCATION WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
UNDER THE CURRENT FUNDING
HOUSING POLICIES. THIS ALLOWS
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO PROVIDE
THE SAME OVERSIGHT FOR NORTHGATE
COMMONS AS IT WOULD FOR ANY
OTHER CITY AFFORDED HOUSING
COMPLEX. THAT MEANS DISTRICT
ORGANIC I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE ON THE FRONT ROW AND WE HAVE
DISTRICT REPRESENTATION AND
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION AND
THAT WE ARE WATCHING THIS PART
OF IT AND WE HAVE GONE TO THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS ABOUT THIS, WHAT
WE THINK THE FOOTPRINT SHOULD
LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD. SO,
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE ACTION
WOULD BE NEEDED IN 2026 TO ALLOW
A DIRECT ALLOCATION TO THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY. WITH
THAT, COLLEAGUES, I WOULD
WELCOME YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? SEEING
NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR
QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS
IS A MONUMENTAL GAME CHANGER FOR
THE NORTH AND WITH THE AMOUNT
AND PROXIMITY TO THE REGIONAL
SESSION, WHICH IS RICH , JUST
THE LIGHT RAIL PROXIMITY TO LAKE
CITY, AND OTHER NORTH END
NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL. YOU CAN
GO OUT TO MOUNTLAKE TERRACE AND
WYNWOOD. OF COURSE. WITH THAT,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION. DID YOU HAVE YOUR
HAND UP? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR --
>> NO, I DON'T. I WAS JUST
GOING TO RAISE MY HAND.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. THANK YOU.
COSPONSORING WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH,
RIVERA AND NELSON.
>> THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON.
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD
INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING BY $10 MILLION
, A PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX, FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO TENANTS,
INCLUDING RENT ARREARS AND
NONPROFIT HOUSING THAT HAS
RECEIVED CAPITAL FUNDS
PREVIOUSLY FOR THE THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING. CURRENTLY, IT IS THE
COSPONSOR AS THEY WORK TO
IDENTIFY SPONSORS OF FUNDING.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, YOU SPONSORED THE
AMENDMENT, YOUR RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU. SO, THIS IS A
REQUEST FROM SHARON LEE OF
LEHIGH. IT IS A MANIFESTATION OF
A REAL PROBLEM THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS ARE
EXPERIENCING. ALL OF OUR HOUSING
PROVIDERS ACROSS TOWN, IN
PARTICULAR WITH OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS, THIS IS A
GRANT THAT IS CUTTING INTO THEIR
ABILITY TO PROVIDE GOOD
OPERATIONS AT ALL OF THEIR SITES
AND ALSO, PLAN FOR FUTURE
PROJECTS. THERE IS AN ALLEGATION
TO HELP WITH ARREARS, BUT RIGHT
NOW IN THE BUDGET, HOWEVER, THIS
REQUEST FOR MORE DOES REFLECT
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM.
AND I AM PERSONALLY AMBIVALENT
ABOUT HOW THIS IS FUNDED. I HAVE
SAID IN THE PAST THAT, YOU KNOW,
I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GIVING
THE MONEY ALLOCATED OR AWARDED
TO PROJECTS GOING FASTER IN THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING'S CASH
RESERVES. I DON'T WANT TO ENTER
INTO THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION,
WELL, IF WE TAKE MONEY FROM
THOSE FUTURE PLANS, WE CAN'T
GET INTO A NOFA TO PAY FOR THIS.
I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE POSITION
TO FIX IT FIRST. THAT APPLIES TO
HOW WE SPEND TRANSPORTATION
DOLLARS AND ALSO FIX IT FIRST
CAN APPLY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS WHO ARE HAVING A HARD
TIME RIGHT NOW JUST MAKING ENDS
MEET. SO, UM, WE SEE A COUPLE
DAYS AGO, WE RECEIVED A LETTER
SAYING, WE HAVE 26 ORGANIZATION
SUPPORTING $10 MILLION FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OH
PORTFOLIO. SO, HERE IS, I WILL
SAY, INSTEAD OF TALKING MORE,
SIMPLY READ A COUPLE LINES OF
THE EMAIL THAT CAME IN ON
MONDAY, THE 27th. CHAIR STRAUSS
AND COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE FIND
ATTACHED AN UPDATED LETTER OF
SUPPORT WITH MORE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND PROVIDERS VOICING SUPPORT
FOR THIS IMPORTANT BUDGET
REQUEST. WE THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
NELSON, FOR SPONSORING AND
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND SOLOMON
FOR ENCOURAGING THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THIS REQUEST. THE
HOUSING PROVIDERS ARE THE
BELLWETHER. LET'S SEE. MERCY
HOUSING, THESE ARE NEW
SIGNATORIES. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
REFER TO THE LETTER YOURSELVES.
IT IS A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S MORE HUMANE AND LESS
COSTLY TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN
THEIR UNITS THEN, UM, PROVIDING
SHELTER OR TRANSITIONAL PERMITS,
HOUSING, FOR THEM WHEN THEY
BECOME HOMELESS. THAT IS WHAT IS
MOTIVATING ME.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION?
>> UM, THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA
AND SOLOMON ON THIS, IT HAS BEEN
A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. OBVIOUSLY,
THE FUNDING SOURCE. THIS COMES
FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING .
>> COUNCILMEMBER JENNIFER COME
OVER TO YOU. SORRY. JENNIFER. [
LAUGHTER ]
>> UM, I DON'T THINK THAT HAS
BEEN SPECIFIED YET. IT IS A
PENDING QUESTION. IT JUST
HASN'T BEEN SPECIFIED. THAT
WOULD BE A DECISION TO PRODUCE
IT ELSEWHERE OR IT COULD BE
TAKING OH'S EXISTING ALLOCATION
, WHICH IS MULTIPLY DESPITE
MOSTLY FROM MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
AND USE IT FOR RENT ASSISTANCE
RATHER THAN PUTTING IT INTO THE
20 2062 WHICH IS FOCUSED ON
UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROTECTIONS. IT IS JUST A
REMINDER THAT MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC MAY OH HAS ANNOUNCED THEY
ARE PUTTING OUT A $28 MILLION
RFQ FOR HOUSING STABILIZATION
THIS FALL USING A COMBINATION OF
2025 AND 2026 MONEY, WHICH,
AGAIN, IS COMING OUT OF MONEY
THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE FOR
PRODUCTION SO I'M ADDING THAT
FOR CONTACTS, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. I
DO BELIEVE FOR APPROVAL, HOUSING
IS IN PLACE. WE HAVE TO GIVE
FLEXIBILITY THAT GOES TO A CBA I
HAVE COMING UP WITH HSD. THERE
ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEDERAL
BACK BILLS. THIS IS NOT JUST
SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THIS
YEAR WITH THE FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION. I MEAN, WITHIN
THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING ALARM BELLS FROM
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS SAY
BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT
PAYING THE RENT THAT THEY ARE AT
RISK, SEVERE RISK, IN TERMS OF A
FINANCIAL STATUS. SO THIS KIND
OF SYNONYMY OF EVENTS COMING
TOGETHER REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE
KNEADING OF FLEXIBILITY SO I
SUPPORT THIS. I ALSO HAVE MY
NAME ON IT. REALLY, THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUCKET IS
REALLY WHERE IT SHOULD BE COMING
FROM. WE SHOULD BE DOING IT IN A
WAY THAT ALLOWS THAT FLEXIBILITY
TO USE , AS A NEED PRESENTS
ITSELF. WE DON'T KNOW HOW
FEDERAL IMPACTS WILL PLAY OUT.
WE ARE EXPECTING DIFFERENT
THINGS FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR,
FOR EXAMPLE, BUT YOU CAN SEE
FROM THE STOCK MARKET IN
DIFFERENT THINGS, AS I HEARD
FROM THIS MORNING IN TERMS OF
THE ECONOMY, WE ARE IN A BETTER
POSITION THAN WE THOUGHT WE
WOULD BE IN APRIL, FOR EXAMPLE.
COUNSEL PRESENT, I DO SUPPORT
THIS FOR THE REASONS, I KNOW
THIS IS KIND OF A HALF-BAKED
IDEA, BUT IN TERMS OF THE
FUNDING SOURCES NOT CONCRETE .
BECAUSE THE FUNDING SOURCE IS
NOT CONCRETE, JUST TO MAKE THAT
SPECIFICATION, BECAUSE THE
TERMINOLOGY WITHIN THE CENSUS --
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO THE SANDING FORCE, THANK
YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I WILL NOT
SAY ANYTHING MORE.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED .
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAVE
SIMILAR QUESTIONS OF
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE . ALSO, TO
SAY THAT I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
ONGOING ON THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS
WHY JEN, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT,
I HAD INITIALLY WANTED TO PUT IN
STABILIZATION FUNDING IN FOR
2026. OF COURSE, YOU FOUND OUT
FROM OH THEY WERE ALREADY DOING
THAT. SO THIS IS ANOTHER VERSION
OF THAT. UM, I THINK , IN
GENERAL, AND I HAVE A REQUEST
HERE COMING UP , TWO MORE DOWN
FROM HERE, ABOUT STABILIZATION ,
OPERATING FUNDING AND HOW THAT
IS GOING, HOW THAT IS GOING TO
STABILIZE AND LONG TERM IS
SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED. YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE SET IT AND WE
READILY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FUNDING
THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE
PRODUCTION OF HOUSING IS GOING
TO IMPACT HOW MUCH HOUSING WE
ARE GOING TO PRODUCE. AND, ALSO,
WE ARE IN THE SPOT WHERE THESE
HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED OH FUNDING FOR
HOUSING, THEY NEED HELP
MAINTAINING AND KEEPING SAFE AND
MAKING SURE THE HOUSING THAT IS
BEING CREATED IS REALLY WORKING
FOR THE RESIDENTS . THAT IS
EQUALLY IMPORTANT IN MY MIND .
WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE HOUSING.
THAT HOUSING NEEDS TO BE SAFE .
UM, AND IT NEEDS TO BE WHAT
PRESENTS NEED. THAT, IN MY MIND,
IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. SO, THE
STABILIZATION FUNDS ALSO SUPPORT
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, RENT .
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU. FOR THIS $28 MILLION
THAT WILL BE GOING OUT IN LATE
2025, RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS
DEFINITELY AN ELIGIBLE USE FOR
THE FUNDING. OH DID AN AWARD IN
2024, $14 MILLION. I FORGET. I
WANT TO SAY ONE THIRD, MAYBE
MORE, OF THE FUNDING TO GOES FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THAT IS A
NEED AND IT WILL CONTINUE IN THE
28 MILLION.
>> RIGHT.
>> IS THE 1/3, DID YOU NOT MEET
THE FULL RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND
NEED FOR THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW AND, REALLY,
BEYOND THAT THE STATE
>> OKAY.
>> ALL THIS TO SAY THIS IS
SOMETHING I KNOW THE HOUSING
PROVIDERS NEED AND I WANT TO BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT, AS LONG AS WE
ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING
SOURCE THAT IS NOT CONTRIBUTING
TO THE DEFICIT IN 2027. THAT IS
REAL, AS WELL. WE WANT TO HELP .
WE ARE ALL STRUGGLING WITH HOW
TO HELP BEST. I AM GLAD THE
STABILIZATION FUNDS ARE MOVING
FORWARD. AS I SAID EARLIER, IT
IS SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE PUT
IN. SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS WITH
A CAVEAT. WE STILL NEED TO
DETERMINE WHERE THIS IS COMING
FROM, I HEAR. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ?
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, YOUR HAND
IS UP.
>> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I HAVE A NIGHTMARE
SCENARIO. MY NIGHTMARE SCENARIO
IS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CONTINUES TO SELL OFF ASSETS
JUST TO BALANCE THE BOOKS. THAT
MEANS AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS
ARE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. THAT
MEANS I HAVE MORE IN STABLY
HOUSED FOLKS IN DISTRICT 2. THAT
IS MY NIGHTMARE SCENARIO. THAT
WE LOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
BECAUSE THE MODEL IS NOT ABLE TO
SUSTAIN THEM, WHICH MEANS MORE
FOLKS UNSTEADILY HELD MOST --
HOUSE, MORE FOLKS ON THE STREET.
YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY REASON
WHY, UM, I AM COSPONSORING THIS
IS BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE
IN THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
COSPONSOR.
>> WONDERFUL. ANY DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS ON THE BEFORE US? WE
ARE CALLING, WE ARE CALLING FOR
COSPONSORSHIP, IS THAT CORRECT?
GREAT. YOU WANT TO COSPONSOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. I
HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ,
KETTLE. NOBODY ELSE? EVERYONE IS
READY? WE ARE CALLING FOR
COSPONSORSHIP ON THIS. PENCILS
DOWN.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH
, KETTLE AND RIVERA.
>> WONDERFUL. MOVING ON .
>> COUNCIL BUDGET AGE AND
DESPITE ACTION WOULD UPDATE THE
HOUSING INVESTMENT PLAN
SUBMITTED BY OH IN 2025 WITH THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION. MORE
SPECIFICS ON THE POTENTIAL
HOUSING PRODUCTION OF OTHER
EXTERNAL HOUSING PARTNERS I DO
NOT RECEIVE OH FUNDING, SUCH AS
THE SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING
DEVELOPER, STRATEGIC
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW MUCH
FUNDING SHOULD BE SET ASIDE
ANNUALLY FOR OPERATING
STABILIZATION WAS -- SUPPORT
BETWEEN 2025 AND 2030 AND
ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTIES
COMPARED TO CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
PROPERTIES. MORE DETAILS ON THE
SPECIFIC REQUEST, SORRY, REPEAT
THAT PART. IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YOU SPONSORED THE AMENDMENT,
YOUR RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
THANK YOU FOR COSPONSORING THIS
AMENDMENT. NO GOOD DEED GOES
UNPUNISHED. OH DID A GREAT JOB
WITH THEIR SEATTLE HOUSING
INVESTMENT PLAN REPORT TO THE
POINT WHERE WE ASKED FOR MORE.
WE WANT TO LOOK TO ADD TO THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN HELPFUL. I WANT TO
THANK CENTRAL STAFF. IT HAS BEEN
HELPFUL FOR ALL ELEMENTS OF THE
DEPARTMENT. THE KEY THING HERE
IS, OH, IN THE INITIAL REPORT,
WAS FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING . FOR US, WE ARE LOOKING
FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, WE WANT TO
MAKE SMART DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY
IN THIS BUDGET CHALLENGED WORLD
WE LIVE IN, AS WE NOTED FROM
THIS MORNING. $85 MILLION WORTH
OF AMENDMENTS, WHAT WE CAN DO,
ABOUT 16 1/2%, PLUS OR MINUS. SO
WE NEED BETTER AND MORE
COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION. SO,
IF YOU LOOK AT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, ON THE LOWER END, YOU
CAN LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO WITH
THEIR HOUSING PIECES. ON THE
OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE THE NEW
SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING
DEVELOPER, SOCIAL HOUSING PDA .
IT IS ALL PART OF THE SAME
PIECES. AND THEN WE HAVE THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE PIECES AND
HOW THEY INTERACT AND WHAT WE
ARE DOING DIRECTLY THROUGH OH
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SEE
HOW THEY IMPACT SEATTLE HOUSING
FORCES AND HOW THEY IMPACT EACH
OTHER AND HOW WE CAN BE SPOTTER
IN TERMS OF THE ALLOCATIONS OF
THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE. IS
EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, THERE IS
ABOUT A HALF-DOZEN LEVEES IN
DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAXIS, SO
FORTH. AND SO THE NEXT PIECE, AS
NOTED IN SUMMARY, THE STRATEGIC
RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, GOING
INTO THE GAPS, YOU KNOW, BREAK
DOWN ONE TIME OPERATING
SHORTFALLS VERSUS STRUCTURAL
GAPS, THESE KINDS OF STRATEGY
PIECES. LASTLY, NOT LASTLY, BUT
THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT WE HAVE
ALL SEEN WITH THE
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED HOUSING. WHAT
IS THE STATE OF HOUSING? SHOULD
WE BE BUILDING NEW ONES OSHA WE
MAKE SURE THE ONES WE HAVE ARE
IN GOOD SHAPE THAT GOES INTO HOW
SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE. THAT GOES
INTO THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY
PEOPLE ON THE STREET? SOME, PART
OF THE CALCULATION COULD BE THE
POOR CONDITIONS OF THE HOUSING .
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE REALLY
NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE MAKE
THESE TOUGH DECISIONS IN THIS
VERY DIFFICULT FISCAL
ENVIRONMENT. 2027 WILL BE WORSE
THAN 2026. THIS KIND OF
INFORMATION IS FANTASTIC. AGAIN,
IT REFLECTS THE GREAT JOB OH DID
WITH THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, SHIFT,
AS WE SAY, IN THE HOUSING
INVESTMENT PLAN. WE ARE JUST
LOOKING TO HAVE THEM HELP US DO
BETTER IN TERMS OF DECISIONS
FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE AS IT
RELATES TO HOUSING. AS I
MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, NO
GOOD DEED GOES ON PERIOD FINISH,
AS THE SAYING GOES. COLLEAGUES,
I ASKED FOR YOUR SUPPORT .
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE TO SAY THAT
RECEIVING THIS REPORT THIS YEAR
WAS PHENOMENAL. THERE IS THE
DESIRE FOR MORE INFORMATION IN
THE REPORT. WE MUST BE
SHIPSHAPE. COLLEAGUES, ANY
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THIS
ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW. EVERYONE IS GOOD.
COSPONSORING THIS ITEM IS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK .
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON.
>> THE COUNCIL BADGETT ACTION
WOULD PROVIDE A HOUSING REPORT
ON THE USE, HOUSING AND
OPERATIONAL FUNDING, INCLUDING
28 MILLION OPERATING
STABILIZATION REQUEST FOR
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE RELEASED
THIS FALL. THIS STABILIZATION
AWARD WILL BE MADE AS PART OF
THE 2025 NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY AND THE LONG-TERM
PLAN FOR BALANCING THE NEEDS OF
THE OPERATING STABILIZATION
REPORT WITH NEW PRODUCTION. IT
IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
RIVERA, KETTLE AND NELSON.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, YOU SPONSORED THIS, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,
JEN HAS DESCRIBED THIS WELL,
THANK YOU . AS I SAID EARLIER,
THIS IS JUST GETTING INFORMATION
TYPICALLY BECAUSE WE SEE THIS AS
A CONTINUING NEED. WE NEED TO
HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR IT.
THIS IS GETTING INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO
DATE, HOW THE MONEY IS BEING
SPENT, WHAT THINGS IT IS, UM,
ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT ARE
MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHERS FOR
THE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE
TO DO? LIKE YOU ALL, I HAVE
SPOKEN WITH A LOT OF HOUSING
PROVIDERS THAT HAVE A LOT OF
NEED AND WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
AND SO, I AM ASKING ALSO FOR
RECOMMENDATIONS, BASED ON THE
INFORMATION ON MOVING FORWARD
AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THE HOUSING PROVIDERS
THAT WE FUND TO CREATE
AFFORDABLE AND LOW INCOME
HOUSING IN THE CITY SO THAT IT
IS A STABLE AND SAFE HOUSING FOR
RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION?
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> SO, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING
THIS FORWARD, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. I ASKING THIS. REMEMBER
ASKING AT THE TABLE, WHEN WE GET
THE $28 MILLION NUMBER AND THE
ANSWER WAS , HTC. IT WAS ALWAYS
GOOD TO FACT CHECK OUR EXPENSES
AGAINST THE STATED REQUESTED
NEED. I COMPLETELY, I HAVE NO
REASON TO THINK THAT THE 28
MILLION ISN'T GOING TO BE PUT
TO EXTREME GOOD USE. IT IS
ALWAYS GOOD FOR US TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING
AND WHETHER THE PROBLEMS THAT IT
IS FIXING WHEN WE ARE PROVIDING
IT TO EXTERNAL AGENCIES OR
NONPROFITS OR WHATEVER. SO,
BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP GUIDE OUR
INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. WE
KNOW WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
ASKING FOR THIS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> YES, CHAIR. I DO WANT TO CALL
OUT, JIM, I AM NOT SURE REALLY
HOW THIS FITS INTO THIS PUZZLE,
BUT ONE THING IS THAT I HAVE
HEARD FROM HOUSING PROVIDERS,
SO, THEY HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO PAY AND ARE NOT
PAYING THEIR RENT. IT IS HAVING
AN IMPACT ON THEIR HOUSING PART
ON THE PROJECT ITSELF, THE
BUILDING. AND SO, PART OF ALL
THIS IS MY PROPOSAL THAT WE GET
TO, HOW DO WE SOLVE FOR THAT?
THERE ARE FOLKS WHO DO NOT HAVE
THE ABILITY TO PAY AND OTHER
FOLKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY
AND ARE NOT. NOT TO THE ABILITY
THEY DO HAVE. I WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR IT IS STILL LOW INCOME AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE DON'T
WANT TO CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE
FOLKS WHO WERE ABLE TO PAY ART
BECAUSE THEN THAT ALSO CREATES A
REALLY UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION
FOR HOUSING PROVIDERS AND FOR
THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T HAVE
THE ABILITY TO PAY. SO BEING
ABLE TO FIGURE ALL THIS PIECES
OUT, I THINK, IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, TOO, AND SOMETHING I
HAVE HEARD FROM ALL THE
PROVIDERS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH.
THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS
LEVEL THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE WHO
IS ABLE TO PAY IS NOT PAYING BUT
SOME AREN'T. SO WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE TRACKING THAT PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE AND WE SOLVE FOR
THAT. THAT GOES INTO WE NEED TO
STABILIZE THIS HOUSING, AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SPONSOR THIS ITEM,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
PENCILS DOWN. COUNCILMEMBERS
SAKA AND HOLLINGSWORTH WILL
COSPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON. THAT
WOULD REQUIRE OH EXPLORE THE USE
OF RENTAL UNITS AND IDENTIFY
BARRIERS TO RENTAL UNITS A VERY
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. ALL THIS
ACTIVITY WOULD OCCUR FOR OH
FUNDED PROJECTS. IT IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS NELSON, JUAREZ
AND [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ].
>> YOU ARE SPONSORING SO YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANKS. WE HAVE RECEIVED AT
LEAST TWO REPORTS RESPONDING TO
DIFFERENT SLIDE OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS OVER VACANCY
RATES FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
THAT WAS ALSO RESPONDING TO
VACANCY ISSUES BUT THERE REMAINS
A DISCONNECT BETWEEN HOUSING
PROVIDERS AND THE DEPARTMENT ON
CHAIRING THE COLLECTING DATA AND
EXPEDITING THE PROCESS OF THEN,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE REAL
ISSUE, FILLING THOSE VACANCIES
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE
INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THE CITY IS REALIZING ITS
HIGHEST AND BEST USE. LONG STORY
SHORT, I AM ALWAYS WONDERING,
WHAT ARE THE VACANCIES AND WHY
DO THEY EXIST AND WE ARE TOLD
THIS EVERY YEAR, THE PROVIDERS
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. I AM
ALWAYS THINKING, CAN WE GET THE
MORE OFTEN? SO THIS IS A PROBLEM
THAT OH HAS BEEN WORKING ON A
LONG TIME. IT HAS MEANING
BECAUSE IT IS INCLUDING A LOT OF
THE ISSUES , THE LENGTHY REPAIRS
THAT OCCUR THAT HAVE TO BE DONE
IN THE UNIT. SO, THAT MAKES THE
VACANCY CATEGORY FUZZY . ANYWAY,
LONG STORY SHORT, THERE ARE
SITUATIONS WHERE IT IS HARD TO
GET THAT INFORMATION BUT THE
REAL ISSUE IS, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE ARE IN HOUSING. SO,
HOUSING CONNECTOR IS A
GROUNDBREAKING NONPROFIT WE HAVE
ALL BEEN BRIEFED ON. THEY HAVE
BEEN AT THIS TABLE. WE ALL KNOW
WHAT THEY DO. THERE IS 1.5
MILLION ALLOCATION BROKERED BY
HOUSING CONNECTOR. ANYWAY, THIS
IS SIMPLY A SLIDE THAT IS
ASKING, AS A TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM, YOU KNOW, WELL, MAKING
THE CASE THAT IT IS A TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM THAT THEY CAN
SEAMLESSLY CONNECT BUILDINGS
WITH BUILDING SOFTWARE ACROSS
THE REGION SO THERE IS
VISIBILITY INTO THE DATA FROM
PROVIDERS. AND, UM, ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING ON IN THEIR BUILDING SO
THAT RESIDENTS BACK MOST IN NEED
CAN QUICKLY AND EASILY FIND
HOUSING THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR. I
REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE TIME,
THEY WERE AT THE TABLE OR
SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY IS LATE ON A
UTILITY BILL, THAT IS A SIGN.
THAT IS INFORMATION THE PROVIDER
HAS THAT CAN REALLY SORT OF GET
AHEAD OF WHAT ENDS UP BEING
SOMEONE WHO CAN'T PAY RENT FOR
A LONG TIME. THERE COULD BE
SUPPORTS THAT THE PROVIDER
SHOULD CONNECT THAT TENANT WITH.
ANYWAY, THIS IS ABOUT MAXIMIZING
OUR PUBLICLY FUNDED HOUSING BY
UTILIZING THESE BUILDINGS TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE TO HELP
PEOPLE THAT ARE HOUSING INSECURE
ON OUR STREETS. IT WON'T WORK
FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHO HAVE SEVERE BEHAVIORAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. THOSE
REQUIRE MORE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
BUT IT CAN HELP MANY PEOPLE WHO
ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF
ASSISTANCE. THIS SLIDE SIMPLY
CALLS FOR ACTION TO LEAD US TO
MAKE THE MOST PROGRESS IN
ADDRESSING VAGRANCY RATES AND
GETTING OTHERS TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, WHO WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR? RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA,
HOLLINGSWORTH , RIVERA AND
CATTLE.
>> MOVING ON.
>> THE LAST OH ONE, WE DON'T
WANT TO LEAVE IT STRANDED.
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA IN ITS
ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT ON THE
STATUS OF AWARDED PROJECTS AND
PROGRESS ON MEETING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS AS
DESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE HOUSING
INVESTMENT REPORT, THE ONE OH
SUBMITTED IN 2025. IT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
CATTELL, NELSON AND RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, YOU SPONSORED THE
AMENDMENT, YOUR RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS,
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK
REGARDING WHERE WE ARE. I
PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE THAT IT
TAKES TIME FOR HOUSING PROJECTS
TO REALLY WORK THROUGH AND THAT
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT GRACE, IN
TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME. I
ALSO UNDERSTAND, THE TERMS OF
THE FUNDING SUPPORT, YOU HAVE TO
BE THERE FOR THE LONG RUN. I
RECOGNIZE THAT POINT, AS WELL. I
APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE IN OH
ON THIS FARM. I BELIEVE THIS CBA
WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE SENSE OF
GETTING OUT THERE. EVERYBODY
SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE.
THERE IS NOT SPECULATION, THERE
IS NOT WANDERING -- WONDERING.
THIS WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THAT
SITUATION WHERE WE HAD THE
QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT IS NOT
THERE. I THINK THIS , IN THE
LONG TERM, AGAIN, WILL HELP OH.
BESIDES, WHEN YOU START TO HAVE
THIS INFORMATION PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE, YOU SEE HOW IT IS
GROWING, YOU SEE IF THERE ARE
BOTTLENECKS AND OTHER PROJECTS
AND I JUST THINK, IN THE LONG
RUN, THE THOUGHT IN THE BACK OF
MY HEAD, HEY, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE
THE PROCESS? I THINK HAVING THE
INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
HELPS TO DO THAT AND HELPS GOOD
GOVERNANCE IN TERMS OF
TRANSPARENCY . THAT IS FROM
WHERE IT HAS BEEN DIVIDED , THIS
AMENDMENT. IN TERMS OF
ASSISTING, AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE
THE CHALLENGES IN THIS SPACE, IN
TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME,
THIS IS, MORE THAN ONCE OVER THE
PAST YEAR. I THINK LONG-TERM
THIS AMENDMENT WILL HELP US MOVE
FORWARD ON THIS. I SHOULD SAY
THE SLIDE, BY THE WAY. SO THANK
YOU, CHAIR. BY THE WAY, THANK
YOU , I WILL TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ENTIRE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM. YOU HAVE
BEEN WORKING THESE ISSUES. I
ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU,
PRIMARILY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY
DELVING MORE INTO HOUSING AND
SERVICES. THANK YOU TO THE
CENTRAL STAFF .
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS? SEEING NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR
THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS
SAKA, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
COSPONSORING.
>>> WE WILL MOVE INTO THE NEXT
APARTMENT. WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM PART OF CENTRAL STAFF.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE [ INAUDIBLE ].
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE OFFICES
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
BY $75,000 ON A ONE-TIME BASIS
TO SUPPORT PLANNING FOR A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN
GEORGETOWN FOR PART OF THE
RESILIENCE STRATEGY. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
IN SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
NELSON AND RINCK.
>> YOU SPONSORED THE AMENDMENT,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I WOULD LOVE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND NELSON
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
PARTNERSHIP FOR JOINING ME AND
SUPPORTING THIS EXCITING
INVESTMENT FOR VIBRANT
GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY. EVERY
SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS THIS.
IT IS A CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD
GATHERING PLACE AND SPACE.
GEORGETOWN IS ONE OF THE VERY
FEW NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO NOT
CURRENTLY HAVE ONE. THIS CENTER
WOULD SERVE AS A VITAL HUB FOR
CLIMATE RESILIENCE,
SPECIFICALLY, THE BRANDING THAT
THE COMMUNITY IS FLOATING AROUND
IS GEORGETOWN CLIMATE RESILIENCE
HUB AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
IT'S A LOT OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE
SUCH A SUPERCOOL INVESTMENT THAT
WOULD HAVE , UM, TREMENDOUS
IMPACT FOR GENERATIONS . IT WILL
BE A PLACE, AGAIN, WHERE
RESIDENTS CAN GATHER DURING
SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS, CLIMATE
CRISES, IT WOULD OPERATE IN PART
AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HUB .
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A SPACE . IT WOULD BE A
SPACE FOR THE VALLEY THAT
WEATHERS, SUFFERS THE IMPACTS OF
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, WATER,
SOIL AND CONTAMINATION, CLIMATE
FLOODING AND SEVERE HEALTH
DISPARITIES THAT LEAD TO THESE
ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS. IT'S
ANOTHER HARD WORKING CLASS
COMMUNITY. IT'S A FUN, VIBRANT
COMMUNITY THAT IS FILLED WITH
UNIQUE BUSINESSES AND ARTISTS
AND STUDIOS. THERE IS A STUDY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS A STUDY WAS
RECENTLY COMPLETED IN 2023 BY
OSE THAT DIRECTS OR THAT HELPS
WITH THE NEXT STEPS FOR
ESTABLISHING THE CENTER. THIS
WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP TO DOING
THAT. FOR CLARITY, THE COMMUNITY
IS SEEKING BOTH A SHORTER-TERM
OR TEMPORARY CENTER OR SITE AND
A LONGER-TERM, OR PERMANENT,
SITE FACILITY. WHEN I WAS
TALKING WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS
WHO REQUESTED THIS FOR DECADES,
IT GOES BACK DECADES, UM, YOU
KNOW, SOME WERE THINKING THAT,
WE JUST NEED A SHORT-TERM,
TEMPORARY SPACE. YOU KNOW, WE
WILL BE FINE WITH THAT. I
APPRECIATE THE MODESTY THERE,
BUT THEY DO DESERVE , UM, THE
WORLD. IN TERMS OF A
LONGER-TERM, PERMITTED, NEW
FACILITY. THIS WOULD ALLOW US,
AS A CITY, TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP
AND TO CENTER THE VOICES OF THE
GEORGETOWN FACILITY AND
SNOQUALMIE VALLEY, AS WELL.
>> COLLIES, DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, IF YOU
WANT TO COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
AS COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
CATTLE. WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> THIS CBA WOULD INCREASE
APPROVES A ONE-TIME BASIS AND
$200,000 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO
FARMERS MARKETS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS. IT MAY INCLUDE
GEORGETOWN, BEACON HILL,
HIGHLAND PARK, SOUTHPARK AND [
INAUDIBLE ]. THIS CBA IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND COSPONSOR BY COUNCILMEMBERS
-- AND HOLLINGSWORTH. YOU
SPONSORED THE MMI, YOUR
RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK MY
COSPONSORS IN THIS.
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
HOLLINGSWORTH, TWO WITH THE FOOD
CHAMPIONS ON THE COUNCIL. THERE
ARE MANY FOOD CHAMPIONS ON THIS
COUNCIL, TO BE HONEST. I GOT MY
FIRST TWO AND STOPPED. THIS IS A
PROVISO FOR, AGAIN, $200,000. WE
WILL SUPPORT FARMERS MARKETS AND
KNOWN FOOD DESERTS ACROSS THE
CITY. THAT INCLUDES DELL RIDGE,
SOUTHPARK, GEORGETOWN, HIGHLAND
PARK, BEACON HILL, SANDPOINT, [
INAUDIBLE ] AND ELSEWHERE. YOU
KNOW, OF COURSE, PARTS OF THE
NORTH END, AS WELL , SUFFER FROM
A SIMILAR FATE. SO THIS IS AN
ACUTE CRISIS WITH PARTICULARLY
WHEN TAKEN INTO CONTEXT THE
BROADER CONTEXT OF FEDERAL
S.N.A.P. CUTS, AS OF THIS WEEK.
WE KNOW THAT FAMILIES, WORKING
PEOPLE, SENIORS IN NEED FACE
EXTRAORDINARY FOOD AND
INSECURITY CHALLENGES AND LACK
OF ACCESS TO FRESH, FARM TO
TABLE, HEALTHY AND ORGANIC FOOD.
ALSO, NEARLY 1 MILLION
WASHINGTONIANS LOST THEIR
S.N.A.P. BENEFITS AND WILL
LIKELY LOSE THEIR S.N.A.P.
BENEFITS NEXT WEEK. MANY OF
WHICH ARE THE MOST HONORABLE.
THEY ARE CHILDREN, WOMEN . AS I
NOTED , AS WAS NOTED TODAY,
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S
WEST SEATTLE BLOG, A POST. IN
FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE WEST
SEATTLE FOOD BANK IS AN EXAMPLE
. THEY DISTRIBUTED 2.5 MILLION
POUNDS OF FOOD TO MORE THAN 8500
HOUSEHOLDS, REFLECTING THE
ONGOING STRAIN ON FAMILY BUDGETS
THAT FOOD , FOR FILLING OUR
FAMILIES ' BASIC NEEDS AND
POSES. AND SO, AGAIN, THIS WOULD
HELP ADDRESS THAT IN PART. FOLKS
ARE FIGHTING FOR FOOD ACCESS AND
SECURITY M PRIORITIZING FARMERS
MARKETS AND PRIORITIZING
NEIGHBORHOODS AND FOOD DESERTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION? SEEING
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
NO? OKAY. I THOUGHT EVERYONE WAS
EXPRESSING THEIR LOVE FOR
FARMERS MARKETS. WITH THAT, IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THIS
ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK ADDING.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> THIS ITEM IS INTENT TO
REQUEST THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDE
EVALUATION OF INCREASING PARKING
IN THE CITY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH
THE TREE CANOPY AND EQUITY
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. TRADE-OFFS
IN TERMS OF VEHICLE MOVEMENT AND
PARKING CAPACITY, STRATEGIES FOR
REDUCING CONFLICTS WITH UTILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
IDENTIFICATION OF LOCATIONS
WITHIN SEATTLE WELL-SUITED ARE
READY FOR PARKING WITH TREES,
THE SPONSOR OF THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WITH
COSPONSORS COUNCILMEMBERS
SOLOMON AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZE.
>> AS YOU RECALL THROUGHOUT THE
COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSIONS, WE
HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR WE NEED A
GREATER FOCUS ON THE TREE CANOPY
TO PROMOTE OUR GOALS AND PROMOTE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. IN
ACCORDANCE TO THE 2021 TREE
CANOPY ASSESSMENT REPORT, WE CAN
ACHIEVE OUR GOAL WITHOUT
CITY-OWNED LAND . WHILE THIS
ALONE DOESN'T GET US TO 100% OF
OUR ARTICLE, OF COURSE, THIS
REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. WE NEED AN ALL
HANDS ON DECK APPROACH FOR THE
CLIMATE CRISIS BEARING DOWN ON
US. RIGHT-OF-WAY MAKES UP 27% OF
THE STATE LAND AREA AND
CONTRIBUTES NEARLY 1/4 OF THE
CITY'S TREE CANOPY IN ABOUT
23%. THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT
RIGHT-OF-WAY COMPARED TO OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS WITH HER
OVER PERFORMING COMPARED TO
RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN THE
RECOMMENDATION SECTION OF THIS
REPORT, IT SAYS, AND I QUOTE,
PLANT MORE TREES IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PARKS. GET
CREATIVE ABOUT USING PUBLIC
SPACE TO PLANT TREES, ESPECIALLY
IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHERE
PRIVATE TREEPLANTING SPACE IS
SCARCE. THIS SLIDE IS MEANT TO
MOVE US TOWARD ACHIEVING THIS
VERY GOAL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. I HAVE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON ADDING HER
NAME. WONDERFUL.
>>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM. WE ONLY HAVE TWO
DEPARTMENTS REMAINING. WE HAVE
THE SAY ADDLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION NEXT, JUST DOING
A WHERE ARE WE ON THE ROAD ? WE
HAVE ACCOMPLISHED 31 AMENDMENTS.
WE HAVE 35 TO GO. WE ARE 53 %
REMAINING DOWN THE ROAD. IN TWO
DEPARTMENTS, WE GOT THE BULK OF
THE WORK. WE WILL CONTINUE
MOVING THROUGH HERE FOR THE NEXT
HOUR UNTIL 12:30 BEFORE WE TAKE
AN HOUR-LONG BREAK TO COME BACK.
UNLESS I HEAR DIFFERENT, UNLESS
WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO BEING
COMPLETED ENTIRELY. WITH THAT,
WE HAVE ON THIS NEXT SHEET, WE
ARE TAKING UP THE ENTIRE PAPER.
WE ARE BOTH APOLOGIZING IN
ADVANCE FOR TALKING SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, LET'S START.
>> CENTRAL STAFF.
>> A PROVISO OF $200,000 IN
SDOT'S BUDGET FOR URBAN DESIGN
AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE WEST SEATTLE'S ADMIRAL
JUNCTION TO CREATE MORE OF A
UTOPIA FOR WORKING AND SAFETY IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, YOUR RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WOULD
LOVE TO THANK MY COSPONSORS OF
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON AND CHAIR
STRAUSS, AS WELL. I JUST ALSO
WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE
AND REFLECT AND ACKNOWLEDGE SOME
OF THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PRIOR
WORK, PRIOR LEADERSHIP OF OTHERS
AS DEMONSTRATED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND
HOLLINGSWORTH EARLY TODAY,
ACKNOWLEDGING ESSENTIALLY IN
PART , THEIR BUILDING UPON THE
WORK OF OTHERS AND LET ME MODEL
THAT. GREAT. I THINK BEHAVIOR
AND CULTURE IS SUPERCOOL
BEHAVIOR AND CULTURE BECAUSE
THIS ACTUALLY HAS TAKEN A PAGE
OUT OF A BOOK OUT OF ANOTHER
GREAT AMENDMENT IDEA THAT WE
INCLUDED IN THE FINAL ADOPTED
BUDGET LAST YEAR FROM CHAIR
STRAUSS ON SOME CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE AUTHORIZED
ON BALLARD AVENUE, I BELIEVE .
UM, IN THE BALLARD BREWERY
DISTRICT. SO THAT WHOLE JUNCTION
IS IN NEED. IT IS ONE OF THE
THREE MAIN COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS
IN WEST SEATTLE. IT IS IN NEED
OF SAFETY AND WALKABILITY
INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE LONG BEEN
SOUGHT BY THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE
PERSONALLY GONE ON WALKING TOURS
TO VIEW THE CONCERNS ALONG
ADMIRAL WEIGHING IN THE
INTERSECTION THERE AND TWO MAJOR
ROADS THAT CONNECT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PROVIDES WHAT
WOULD REQUIRE CERTAIN URBAN
DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT DESIGNS,
LANGUAGE WE BORROW FROM A
PLAYBOOK FROM LAST YEAR. AND,
UM, THE FINAL DESIGNS WOULD BE
DETERMINED BY SDOT. I WANT TO
THANK THE MANY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COMMUNITY VOICES THAT ULTIMATELY
THIS PROPOSAL REFLECTS.
SPECIFICALLY, JONI AND ANN
JACOBS OF THE ADMIRAL
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND STU
HENNESSY. HE IS A WEST SEATTLE
RESIDENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER IN THE ADMIRAL DISTRICT.
HE HAS A BIKE AND BOARD SHOP,
CHECK IT OUT, IF YOU HAVEN'T
ALREADY. IF IT IS IN YOUR NEXT
BIKE PURCHASE THERE, THEY HEAVY
BIKES, TOO, CUSTOM-MADE. BUT, HE
CAN READ AND CREATED THIS MARKUP
OF WHAT A MORAL WALKABLE ADMIRAL
JUNCTION COULD LOOK LIKE. IT WAS
FEATURED IN SOME LOCAL MEDIA,
LIKE THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG, IT
TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE
ADMIRAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
MEETINGS AND I KNOW THERE ARE
SOME, THERE IS A DEBATE ABOUT
THAT SPECIFIC MARKUP REPRESENTS
THE CONSENSUS VIEW OF THAT
PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, UM, HAVING
HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH
SDOT ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL LOOK
LIKE, BECAUSE PART OF THE
PROPOSAL WAS AN ALL WAY WALKWAY
AT THE JUNCTION AND HAVING
INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH SDOT,
THEIR PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IS
THAT THE COMPUTER JUST BY
COMPONENT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE HERE. REGARDLESS, I WANT
THIS TO BRING A MORE WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOOD, MORAL WALKABLE
ADMIRAL DISTRICT TO LIFE AND
BETTER REFLECT THE BROADER
VISION AND GOALS OF OTHERS. SO,
THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION? AMANDA?
>> I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
COSPONSORSHIP IS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WANT TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS
ADDING HER NAME. NEXT?
>> THIS IS A PROVISO OF $200,000
FOR SDOT , UM, PAVEMENT REPAIR
PROGRAM FOR POTHOLE REPAIR
IMPLEMENTATION SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS MY SAKA
AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND [
INAUDIBLE ].
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND SOLOMON
FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HELPING
TO SPONSOR THIS PROPOSAL TODAY.
THIS IS A PROVISO FOR $200,000
FOR POTHOLE, VITAL POTHOLE
REPAIRS, TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S
RESPONSE TO POTHOLE COMPLAINTS
AND ENSURE THAT ROAD CONDITIONS
ARE SAFE AND RELIABLE. AT LEAST
FROM THE RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE
AND RESPONSE CAPABILITY. THIS IS
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT. IN
ADVANCE OF THE EXPECTED INCREASE
IN TRAFFIC AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR,
2026 'S FIFA WORLD CUP. THERE
IS NO SECRET I AM A STRONG
ADVOCATE OF TRANSPORTATION
BASICS, SUCH AS POTHOLE REPAIR
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THAT. AND ME
IN MY OFFICE CONTINUE TO HEAR
CONCERNS FROM CONSTITUENTS
ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT CERTAIN
POTHOLES. I THINK IT IS SAFE TO
SAY I HAVE HELPED COORDINATE
REPAIRS OR POTHOLES IN MOST
EVERY SINGLE COUNSEL DISTRICT AT
THIS POINT. BUT THE CITY'S
ABILITY TO FILL POTHOLES, I
BELIEVE, IS A REFLECTION OF OUR
ABILITY TO DELIVER ON EVERY DAY
BASICS OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS THAT THE CITY EXPECTS.
NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO
DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH LIMITED
RESOURCE CONSTRAINED
ENVIRONMENTS AS WE LOOK TO DO
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BACKFILL
WORK. WE NEED TO CRUSH THE
BASICS. PART OF THAT IS
EMPOWERING THE POTHOLE RANGE OR
TEAM. SHOUT OUT TO THE SDOT
POTHOLE RANGE OR TEAM WHO DOES
THIS WORK EVERY DAY. ANOTHER
SUPERCOOL INVESTMENT. YEAH,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION NOR QUESTIONS?
FURTHER DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR
THE ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS FOR THIS ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WILL ADD
HER NAME.
>> JUST COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> MOVING ON.
>> A PROVISO WHAT $250,000 IN
SDOT FOR 10% CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
OF SOUTHWEST ROXBURY STREET
REPAYMENT IMPROVEMENTS TO
ADDRESS ROAD AND SAFETY
CONCERNS. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
STRAUSS AND RINCK.
>> YOUR RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR, ALONG WITH
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AS WELL,
FOR JOINING IN SPONSORING THIS
IMPORTANT ROAD IMPROVEMENT
INVESTMENT . OBVIOUSLY, AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER, POTHOLE REPAIR IS
SIMPLY RESPONSE TO BAD PAVEMENT
AND ROAD CONDITIONS. BUT, IT'S
BEST TO START OF THIS UPSTREAM,
IF YOU WILL. THIS ROAD, IN
PARTICULAR, ROXBURY, IS IN DIRE
NEED, TO BE FRANK, OF
SIGNIFICANT MAJOR REHABILITATION
WORK . BUMPY ROAD, POTHOLES
EVERYWHERE, PAVEMENT CONDITIONS
ARE AWFUL. AND THIS IS WORK THAT
IS VERY IMPORTANT AND COMPACT
FULL DUST BACK IMPACTFUL.
ROXBURY IS ON THE BORDER OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY. THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR HAS
AND ALWAYS RECEIVED SUPPORT IT
DESERVES. AS EVIDENCED IN PART,
BY SUFFERING FROM HORRIBLE DAILY
CONDITIONS BECAUSE IT IS ON THE
BORDER OF KING COUNTY.
LITERALLY, THE MIDDLE , THE
YELLOW BARRIERS, MARKET PAIN IN
THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD SEPARATE
SEATTLE'S RESPONSIBILITY ON ONE
SIDE TO THE NORTH FROM KING
COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S
RESPONSIBILITY ON THE SOUTH. SO,
AS A RESULT, THIS IS A PROJECT
WE NEED TO DO THE ACTUAL REPAIRS
FOR AND COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH
KING COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. I HAD SOME
INITIAL CORRECTIVE CONVERSATIONS
WITH MY COUNTERPART AT KING
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OR THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL, RATHER. THE
COUNCILMEMBER , WHO HEARS A LOT
OF CONCERNS ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR ROADWAY FROM HER
OFFICE'S PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL.
THIS WOULD FIND A CERTAIN
PORTION OF THE DESIGN WORK, NOT
ANY ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION SO THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. TO NOTE ON THIS
ONE, AS WELL IS THE ONE
REGARDING 14th AVENUE, IT IS THE
GOAL FOR ME ON 14th AVENUE TO
HAVE ENOUGH DESIGN COMPLETED
THAT WE COULD HAVE AN ACCURATE
COST ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK TO BE
DONE. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
OUTCOME TO ME. EXCUSE ME. I
CHOKED ON THE SNACK BREAK BEFORE
HE STARTED TALKING. WE WOULD
NEED TO HAVE 30% DESIGN RATHER
THAN 10% DESIGN FOR BOTH OF
THOSE AMENDMENTS. I'M JUST
NOTING THOSE CHANGES WILL LIKELY
OCCUR. DISCUSSION, COMMENTS? WHO
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR ? PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS, WE WILL
MOVE ON. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
EXPLAIN THIS AT THE SAME TIME, I
THINK WE CAN KILL TWO BIRDS AT
THE SAME TIME.
>> OKAY THEN. THEY ARE BOTH
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. THEY ARE COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND CATTLE .
THIS MATT CASSEL. -- KETTLE. ONE
IS FOCUSED ON THE VALID , ITEM 4
IS FOCUSED ON THE NORTH END
MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL
SECTION. FIVE IS FOCUSED ON THE
GREATER DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
AND INDUSTRIAL CENTER. THEY BOTH
HAVE THE GOAL TO IMPROVE ACCESS
. ONE IS MORE FOCUSED ON , UM,
THE PORT OF SEATTLE WITH MAJOR
HIGHWAYS AND FOUR IS FOCUSED
ALSO ON, UM, ACCESS TO I- 5 AND
STATE ROUTE 99, UM, MAKING SURE
NEITHER OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS
ARE LEFT STRANDED BUT ARE
CONNECTED TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
>> THANK YOU, AMANDA. SPONSOR
BOTH AMENDMENTS, I WILL SPEAK TO
THEM. THIS WAS AN ELEMENT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY WE ALL
PASSED TOGETHER WITHIN THE
FREIGHT FUNDING. THERE WERE TWO
BUCKETS WITHIN THAT FUNDING. ONE
WAS FOR THE DUWAMISH
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTER
IN SOTO, WHICH I WILL REFER TO
AND THE OTHER ONE WAS IN THE
BINMIC INTERBAY MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER. WE WOULD JUST
CALL THAT BINMIC. FOR BOTH OF
THESE, THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
FUNDING CAME A YEAR AFTER THE
INCREASED PROTECTIONS FOR
MARITIME, MANUFACTURING AND
LOGISTICS ZONING, WHICH IS
ADJACENT TO OR DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO WATERWAYS, PORT
ACTIVITIES AND OTHER IMPORTANT
INDUSTRIES. ALONG THE ISSUES IN
SOTO THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED
ARE CONNECTING WITH THE PORT
TERMINALS TO INTERSTATE 90 AND
INTERSTATE 5. I NEED NOT REMIND
US HOW CONTENTIOUS AND, AT
TIMES, DIFFICULT IT IS TO EARN A
PATHWAY FOR. SO THE MONEY FIRST
SOTO WOULD BE TO DESIGN WHAT
FREIGHT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED
AT THIS TIME BETWEEN PORT
TERMINALS AND THE INTERSTATE. A
LONG WEARY WAY WE HAVE THE CANAL
BORDERED BY YOUR TRAIL AND
ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING. IT
IS THE DIAGONAL STREET WITH MANY
CORNERS, TRIANGLES ON IT. WE
WILL SEE AN AMENDMENT LATER ON
TO HEAR ABOUT IT. THIS FUNDING
WOULD CONNECT THE SHORE-BASED
PROPERTIES TO, AGAIN, THE
INTERSTATES , MAINLY JUST I-5 .
IT WOULD INCREASE, IN BOTH
PLACES, IT WOULD HELP IDENTIFY
WHERE PEDESTRIANS SHOULD AND
SHOULD NOT WALK, WHERE TRUCKS
AND CARGO SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT
GO, WHO HAS PRIORITY FOR EACH OF
THESE PLACES. THIS WORK WOULD BE
COMPLETED, THESE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT DESIGN TRANSFER TO
DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THE SAME
CONCEPT FOR BOTH OF THEM. THANK
YOU FOR HEARING ALL OF THAT. ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE
VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN THE PLAN,
INCLUDING THE FREIGHT PROGRAM.
THIS BRINGS IT FROM THE BIKE
BECAUSE LOGISTICS IS SO
IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, TO HAVE AN
EFFECTIVE ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, AS
IT RELATES TO THE IMPORT/EXPORT
FOR THE FUTURE. THIS ALSO GOES
TO THE IDEA OF 15 MINUTE CITIES,
TOO. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
THOSE SERVICES SO WE CAN HAVE,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THINGS
HAPPENING ON TIME AND
EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO
HELP US OUT. ANYTHING THAT AS TO
THE COST WE TALK ABOUT FOOD
DESERTS, ANYTHING THAT ADDS TO
THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, GROCERY
STORES, IN TERMS OF THOSE
SUPPLIES AND THE LIKE, THIS ADDS
TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
TO ENSURE THIS AT A MORE MACRO
LEVEL IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO
THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. ALSO,
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. OBVIOUSLY,
THE THREE OF US HAVE MANY TOUCH
POINTS AS IT RELATES TO THIS
BODY OF WORK . SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. FURTHER
DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? I WILL
ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY
SO AS NOT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL
CONFUSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR THE SOTO DESIGN SHOULD
FOR FREIGHT PLANNING, THAT IS
NUMBER FOUR, RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW. SORRY. YOU ARE CORRECT.
THANK YOU. WE WILL RESTART. SDOT
4 , IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR THAT FREIGHT PLANNING,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS ADDING
HER NAME. NOW, SDOT 5, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THE
FREIGHT DESIGN WORK, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO NUMBER 6.
>> SDOT 6 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH
COSPONSORSHIP WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND [
INAUDIBLE ]. IT PROVIDES $1
MILLION FOR SIXTH AVENUE
NORTHWEST GREENWAY ACCESSIBILITY
IMPROVEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL SPONSOR THE
AMENDMENT SO I WILL SPEAK TO IT.
WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, THERE WAS NO
GREENWAY ON SIX AVENUE. THEY HAD
ONLY BEEN HALF A DECADE OF
ADVOCACY TO COMPLETE IT. SO SIX
AVENUE IS THE LOWEST GRADE
ELEVATION OF THE STREET BETWEEN
THE CANAL AND THE PARK.
FUNCTIONALLY, AND LITERALLY IN
DISTRICT 6 AND DISTRICT 5, THERE
ARE MANY EAST-WEST GREENWAY
CONNECTIONS, AS WELL AS, JUST TO
GIVE YOU A PICTURE MENTALLY,
FROM 17th AVENUE GREENWAY, WHICH
EXISTS TODAY, IF YOU ARE
TRAVELING NORTH, YOU ARRIVE AT
SWAN SINCE NURSERY . IF YOU GO
UP SIXTH AVENUE, YOU ARRIVE AT
THE ARTS QFC. THE GREAT
DIFFERENCE THERE IS HUNDREDS OF
FEET. THIS IS THE LOWEST
ELEVATION CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
PARK AND EACH YEAR, EXCEPT FOR
LAST YEAR, WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD
INCREMENTALLY, CROSSING ONE
MAJOR ARTERIAL AT A TIME. SO AS
NOT TO TAKE UP THE ENTIRE
GREENWAY'S FUNDING PROFIT AND
TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM CONTINUES
FORWARD. YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER
AMENDMENT IN HERE REGARDING 70th
AND EIGHTH, WHICH IS A
CONNECTION TO THIS PROJECT. THIS
MONEY WOULD EXTEND THE GREENWAY
FROM WHERE IT ENDS NOW AT NORTH
LEASE -- NORTHWEST 58th TO
NORTHWEST 70th STREET, CROSSING
ONE MAJOR ARTERIAL, 65th AVENUE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WANT TO
COSPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
NO FURTHER SPONSORS, WE WILL
MOVE ON.
>> IS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK GOING
TO COSPONSOR?
>> SORRY. CORRECT. THANK YOU.
>> THIS ONE ALSO PROVIDES HIS $1
MILLION FOR EIGHTH AVENUE
NORTHWEST SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
WITH A FOCUS ON BENEFITING
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
>> AS A SPONSOR, I WILL SPEAK.
THIS IS A DIRECT REQUEST FROM
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON EIGHTH
AVENUE IN THE SOUTH AT THE
INTERSECTIONS OF 49, 51st AND
53rd. WE'VE HAD VEHICLES
CRASHING INTO HOUSES WHERE
PEOPLE LIVE. THE SPEEDS ARE SO
HIGH . THERE IS NOT CLEAR
CROSSING BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL
ZONES. THIS IS THE SEPARATING
POINT. 51st AND 53rd ARE THE TWO
STREETS THAT CONNECT ACROSS 15th
AVENUE NORTHWEST WHICH IS THE
OTHER MAIN ARTERIAL. BY
INCLUDING SAFE CROSSINGS AT
49th, 51st AND 53rd, WE CREATE
BETTER CONNECTIVITY FOR THE
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
NORTHWEST 70th STREET AND ALSO
EIGHTH AVENUE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO WATCH THE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE
NEARLY BEING HIT, YOU WOULD BE
SITTING AT YOUR COMPUTER LIKELY
FOR DAYS. IT'S A DANGEROUS
INTERSECTION. SDOT HAS MADE
IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY THIS YEAR
BUT MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED
AT THIS TIME. QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING
NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. I WILL TAKE A PAUSE.
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND RINCK
COSPONSORING. THANK YOU.
>> SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WITH COSPONSOR SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. IT'S A
PROVISO OF $250,000 IN SDOT'S
BUDGET FOR THE INITIAL DESIGN
PHASE OF MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG 14th AVENUE NORTHWEST
CORRIDOR.
>> THANK YOU. I SPONSORED THE
AMENDMENT SO I WILL SPEAK TO IT.
THIS WAS AN AMENDMENT I HAVE FOR
THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
COLLEAGUES THAT WAS VOTED DOWN.
SO I WILL COME TO YOU TODAY WITH
A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL. THE
SECTION OF 14th AVENUE FROM
MARKET STREET TO THE SHIP CANAL
HAS TRAIN TRACKS, POTHOLES THAT
YOU COULD SYNC YOUR ENTIRE WHEEL
IN AND OF GRAVEL AND DIRT MEDIAN
IN THE MIDDLE. EACH INTERSECTION
IS A SIX WAY INTERSECTION. IF
THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A MESS,
PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND WE CAN
KICK ROCKS IN THE STREET
TOGETHER. WITH THIS MONEY, WITH
THE REQUEST IS TODAY IS SIMPLY A
30% DESIGN SO WE CAN HAVE COST
ESTIMATES TO DO THE BARE MINIMUM
IN THE MEANTIME. THAT'S BEFORE
WE HAVE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO
THE STREET. THIS PROPOSAL IS
JUST TO ASPHALT THE STREET . I
WAS DOWN THERE IN THE AREA
COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I WATCHED A
MOTHER AND FATHER HAVING
DIFFICULTY PUSHING THEIR BABY'S
STROLLER OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS
THAT COME FROM NOWHERE AND GO TO
NOWHERE. IT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT WE PAVE THE STREET BUT
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO
KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST. THIS
WOULD ALSO BE 30%. ANY
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? SEEING
NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THIS,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. CA
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO ADD HER
NAME .
>> MOVING ON.
>> SDOT 9 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH
COSPONSORSHIP FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND CATTLE .
THIS INCREASES SDOT'S BUDGET BY
$1 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF
SUPPORTING SAFER PUBLIC SAFE
AREAS AND IMPROVE REMOVABLE
SAFETY BARRIERS AT FARMERS
MARKETS AND IMPOSES A PROVISO ON
THOSE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE.
>> THANK YOU. I SPONSORED THIS
SO I WILL SPEAK TO IT. I WILL
SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE REMOVABLE
BARRIERS AT PIKE PLACE MARKET
AND SEATTLE CENTER. THIS COMES
IN THE WAKE OF MANY PUBLIC
PLACES THAT HAVE HAD VEHICLES
USED AS WEAPONS. THERE HAS BEEN
A LONG DESIRE FOR ME FOR QUITE
SOME TIME AND MADE MORE URGENT A
YEAR AGO TO ME BY FARMERS
MARKETS. THIS WOULD BE ONE OF
THE, THIS WOULD BE YEAR ROUND,
THE ANNUAL MARKETS. THE
INFORMATION WE ASKED AND
RECEIVED FROM SDOT PROVIDED A
NUMBER , A DOLLAR FIGURE THAT
WAS UNREASONABLE. SDOT WAS
LOOKING AT IMMOVABLE BARRIERS AT
PIKE PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME
THEY WERE DOING IT. WE ARE
LOOKING AT THIS TO SEE WHAT
OTHER MORE COST-EFFECTIVE
SOLUTIONS TO CREATE THE SAME
OUTCOME ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE
GATHER TOGETHER, IN PLACES THAT
WE HAVE CONVERTED FROM STREET
TRAFFIC TO PEDESTRIAN SPACE, WE
NEED TO HAVE GREATER PROTECTION
FOR THEM. THAT IS WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT WILL DO. DISCUSSION,
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
THE DISCUSSIONS IN COLLABORATION
WE HAVE HAD ON THIS TOPIC. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUES, TOO, THIS IS ROOTED
IN CREATING SPACE, FIRST BY
PULLING PIKE PLACE OUT OF THE
ORIGINAL SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN . DOING HOW WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW KNOWING CASES OF STEAK
HOLDING, AND ALSO, IT ALSO WOULD
CREATE SPACE FOR THIS PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR STRAUSS JUST
NOTED, THE REMOVAL OF SPECIE --
SAFETY BARRIERS ARE COMING IN
AWAY AS OPPOSED TO STANDARDS
WHAT WE SEE SO MANY TIMES. I
THANK THIS EXPERIMENT, IF YOU
WILL, THIS MISUNDERSTANDING THAT
HAS BEEN GAINED UNDER THIS
OUTREACH IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR
THE FARMERS MARKETS BROADLY
ACROSS THE CITY. I HAVE HAD
DISCUSSIONS WITH SEVEN FARMERS
MARKETS ON THIS. IT IS STEPHANIE
SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED AND
NEEDED MORE BROADLY FROM THE
POINT THAT CHAIR STRAUSS NOTED,
AS WE SAW WITH BOURBON STREET
AND OTHER LOCATIONS. WE HAVE
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, NEED TO
ENSURE THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY,
TRAFFIC SAFETY PIECES ARE SET IN
LIEU OF POTENTIAL THREATS. THANK
YOU. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION? SEEING
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
>> COSPONSORING , COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND RINCK. MOVING
ON.
>> SDOT 10 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WITH
COSPONSORSHIP FROM KETTLE AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. THIS
INCREASES SDOT THREE'S BUDGET
BY $75,000 FOR A SODO TRANSIT
STUDY TO ASSESS THE OPERATIONAL
NEEDS ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE FEE
FOR WORLD CUP AND CONSTRUCTION .
IT IMPOSES A PROVISO .
>> YOU SPONSOR, YOU CAN SPEAK ON
THIS.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR. SO,
COLLEAGUES, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
ADDRESS A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND
REQUESTS FOR CLARITY LIKES FROM
SMALL BUSINESSES IN SODO AND
HELP KEEP FREIGHT MOVING ALONG
MORE BROADLY. SODO EXPERIENCES,
AS WE KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY THAT
EXPERIENCES HEAVY IMPACTS WITH
INDUSTRY AND FREIGHT , TRANSIT ,
MOVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
24/7, REALLY. THE LAST MAJOR
TRANSIT STUDY WAS DOING IN 2017.
AN UPDATED STUDY IS CRITICAL, OF
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO ASSESS
TRANSIT NEEDS, ESPECIALLY WITH
A.I. -- FIFA AND SOUND TRANSIT
MOVING THROUGH SODO. SO THIS
STUDY WOULD UPDATE THE OLD STUDY
AND WOULD MAKE ACTIONABLE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE JOBS,
SERVICES AND BUSINESSES AND
BUSINESS DURING THE SIGNIFICANT
INFRASTRUCTURE DISRUPTION THAT
IS PLANNED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
CONSIDER THE WORLD CUP , AS
WELL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? SEEING NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
ADDING HER NAME TO SDOT 310.
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SDOT
311.
>> SDOT 11 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] AND IT
IS A PROVISO ONE 500 THAT
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SDOT'S
BUDGET TO CREATE NEW TRANSIT
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DOWNTOWN
BALLARD AND GOLDEN GARDENS PARK.
THIS SERVICE IS PROPOSED AS A
PILOT TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS
TO THE PARK.
>> THANK YOU. I SPONSORED IT SO
I WILL SPEAK TO IT. I WILL JUST
SAY WE HAVE TWO BEACHES THAT IN
THE SUMMERTIME ARE THE MOST
POPULAR. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THEM IS THAT ONE HAS ACCESS TO
MANY DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS EMBEDDED IN
THE CITY. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA HAS THE NOISE PROBLEMS
BECAUSE OF CARS REVVING TO THAT
PARK AND THE DIFFERENCE WITH
GOLDEN GARDENS PARK IS IT IS NOT
NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SAME
WAY. WE STILL HAVE NOISE , ET
CETERA, ET CETERA. THE PROBLEM
IS, THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION.
THE CLOSEST TRANSPORTATION IS A
TWO-MILE WALK ON A FLAT GRADE OR
A HALF-MILE WALK ON A 300 FEET
IN ELEVATION DIRT TRAIL WITHOUT
LIGHTS. AND THAT CAN FEEL
DANGEROUS AND SCARY AT TIMES. SO
THIS IS A PILOT TO ADD A
CONNECTOR FROM EITHER DOWNTOWN
BALLARD OR THE END OF THE 44
LINE AT THE GOLDEN GARDENS PARK
AT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST
THE 44 CANNOT EXTEND BECAUSE
IT'S A TROLLEY BUS. WHEN THEY
WERE REPAVING MARKET STREET,
THAT TROLLEY BUS RAN FOR TWO
MILES WITHOUT BEING CONNECTED TO
WIRES. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE
BATTERIES TO HOLD ENOUGH POWER,
AS WELL AS WE HEARD FEEDBACK
FROM THE ORIGINAL QUESTIONS
STATING THAT MORE FUNDING MAY BE
NEEDED BECAUSE BUS STOPS WOULD
NEED TO BE CREATED. THERE IS
ALREADY A BUS THAT USED TO RUN
THIS ROUTE. THERE ARE ALREADY
BUS STOPS OUT THERE. ANY
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSIONS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SPONSOR SDOT 11, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. SEEING NO
FURTHER COSPONSORS, WE MOVE ON
TO SDOT 312 .
>> SDOT 312 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH
COSPONSORSHIP FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND KETTLE.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
THE CITY CLERK TO COLLABORATE
TO INVENTORY AND CATALOG
HISTORIC STREET NAMES FOR
PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC GIS
MAPS.
>> THANK YOU. WAS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT I WILL SPEAK TO IT.
CAN YOU READ ME THE NAMES OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS ONCE AGAIN BUT LET
ME STATE MY STATEMENTS FIRST.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT WERE
ANNEXED IN 1907. THEY WERE THEIR
OWN CITIES. COLUMBIA CITY WAS
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA. THERE WAS
EVEN A CITY OF SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE. THERE WAS BRYANT,
RAVENNA , I WILL ASK THE EXPERT
IN A SECOND. ALL THAT TO SAY
THAT SOME OF THE CITIES HAD
THEIR OWN NAMES. THEY HAD THEM
FOR THEIR STREETS. I WOULD LIKE
TO CATEGORIZE, PUT THESE INTO
GIS. THERE IS ANOTHER
CONVERSATION IN JUST A MOMENT
ABOUT THE BENSON STREET TILES.
THIS IS ALL INTERCONNECTED.
AMANDA, IF YOU COULD REMIND ME
ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE
IDENTIFIED THAT WERE ANNEXED .
>> SURE. THAT INCLUDED WEST
SEATTLE, GEORGETOWN, SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE, COLUMBIA CITY, TOWN OF
RAVENNA AND BALLARD.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO
KEY SDOT 312, RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
QUESTION? NO, RAISING A
QUESTION. WE'VE GOT
COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND
HOLLINGSWORTH ADDING THEIR NAMES
TO KEY SDOT 312.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE
NEXT SDOT ITEM, JUST FOR WHERE
WE ARE ALONG THE ROAD, WE HAVE
23 REMAINING. THAT IS ABOUT 50%
, 51 SENT TO GO. SO, OVER TO YOU
ON SDOT 14.
>> SDOT 314 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH WITH
COSPONSORSHIP FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND KETTLE.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE
SDOT'S BUDGET BY $10,000 IN
GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT HIDDEN
BEACH AT EAST HARRISON STREET
END PARK TO INVEST IN BASIC
AMENITIES AND PARK
ACCOMMODATIONS.
>> . THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU SPONSORED THE
AMENDMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COSPONSORSHIP AT HIDDEN BEACH .
IT IS A PROTECTIVE PUBLIC SPACE
UNDER OUR SHORELINE STREET
PROJECTS. HIDDEN BEACH HAS
VOLUNTEERS THAT DO THEIR OWN
CLEANING, MAINTENANCE AND
MITIGATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY HAVE THE COUNCIL
SUPPORT FOR THE TOOLS AND
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISIT THE
STREET AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A
TREASURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? OLD HAND.
SORRY. WE ARE GOOD. I AM JUST
TRACKING DOWN THIS ROAD. HOW
MANY MORE CAN WE MAKE IN 30
SECONDS? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR SDOT 14, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK ADDING HER NAME TO MICHAEL
HUBNER 14. THANK YOU.
>>> MOVING ON TO SDOT 321,
MAKING THE JUMP THERE, SDOT 21.
>> CENTRAL STAFF, SDOT 21 IS
COUNCIL'S BUDGET ACTION FOR
APPROPRIATIONS TO SDOT BY
$20,000 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
FUND TO IMPROVE OR COMPLETE
PROJECTS INTENDED TO IMPROVE
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN MADISON
PARK. IT IS FOR CROSSWALK
PAINTING, PEDESTRIANS CROSSINGS
AND THIS CBA WOULD ALSO AMEND
ASSOCIATED CBA PROJECT PAGE.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH WHAT
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND RINCK .
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND RINCK
FOR YOUR COSPONSORSHIP ON THIS.
UM , THIS IS MADISON PARK .
EXCUSE ME. I SINCERELY WISH I
COULD TRY TO FIND EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND PART GROUP AND
TRY TO STEWARD DIFFERENT
PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE, BUT
THIS IS ESPECIALLY A PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO
VISION ZERO IN MADISON PARK. AS
IT HAS BEEN LABELED A
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, THERE ARE A
LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN GOING ON IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THIS CROSSWALK IS
PRIORITIZED. IN ADDITION, JUST
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
ELDERLY FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE
AREA, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THIS GETS PRIORITIZED. IT IS
IMPORTANT THIS GETS DONE. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR SDOT 321, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. SEEING NO FURTHER
COSPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ITEM. SDOT 322.
>> THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT WOULD REQUEST THAT SDOT
REPORT ON RELIABILITY OF BUS
TRAVEL ON FOLLOWING MAJOR
CORRIDORS TO MAJOR BUS ROUTES. [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ], AURORA
AVENUE AND RAINIER AVENUE AND
FUTURE RAPID LIVE. [ INAUDIBLE -
LOW VOLUME ]
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED .
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO
START BY SAYING BUSES ARE THE
BACKBONE OF SEATTLE'S
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THEY
CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY
GET PEOPLE TO WORK AND SCHOOL
AND THEY HAVE REDUCED TRAFFIC
EMISSIONS AND ARE THE MOST
AFFORDABLE WAY FOR THOUSANDS OF
OUR NEIGHBORS TO GET AROUND.
BUSES AREN'T JUST
TRANSPORTATION. THEIR CLIMATE
ACTION AND COMMUNITY
CONNECTIONS. WHEN BUSES WORK
WELL, OUR ENTIRE CITY WORKS
BETTER. THIS SLIDE, WHICH I AM
SPONSORING ALONGSIDE THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR,
CALLS ON SDOT TO PROVIDE
DETAILED PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
ON OUR THREE PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
WE NEED TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE
RELIABILITY AND TIMELINESS AS A
CRITICAL CROSSTOWN CONNECTION .
GOING TO AURORA AVENUE, THE E
LINE IS THE BUSIEST BUS ROUTE IN
THE ENTIRE STATE. WE NEED TO
TREAT IT LIKE THE CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IT IS WHILE
WORKING TOWARDS VISION ZERO.
LASTLY, RAINIER AVENUE. WE NEED
A PLAN TO INCLUDE ROUTE 7
RELIABILITY, OUR SECOND BUSIEST
BUS LINE IN THE STATE. IT WILL
ALSO PRIORITIZE SAFETY FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND MULTIPLE USERS.
SOUTH SEATTLE DESERVES
WORLD-CLASS TRAVEL AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE NEED TO
BUILD ON THE PROGRESS WE ALREADY
MADE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. FURTHER
DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? SEEING NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR SDOT 322, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. MOVING ON
TO SDOT 323.
>> THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT WILL REQUEST THAT SDOT
WILL REPORT TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND COUNCIL ON THE
DEPLOYMENT OF AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC
SAFETY CAMERAS TO INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION. THE
CLARIFICATION OF ANNUAL SDOT
THREE REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES
AND FUNDING OF THE CAMERAS, THE
CITATIONS, COLLISIONS AND
INFRACTION FEES PROVIDED FOR,
PROVIDED IN MUNICIPAL CODE,
REPORTS ON THE FIRST ITEM FOR MY
2024 AND 2025. RESULTS AND
REVIEW OF THE 10 NEW LOCATIONS
AS AUTHORIZED BY SMC 1155 ZERO
WAY IS CALLED FOR IN 127203.
THERE IS A LISTING HERE FOR
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE CALLED OUT
SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS . THE
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> AS SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS REQUEST WE GIVE
PRESENTATIONS FOR THE REVENUE
BROUGHT IN BY THE AUTOMATIC
TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM. THIS
PROVIDES CLARIFICATION OF
REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES AND
ADDITIONALLY REQUESTS THAT THE
10 LOCATIONS MENTIONED RECEIVE
AN EVALUATION AND REVIEW. WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MONEY
IS COMING FROM THE PROGRAM AND
THAT THE VIEWING PUBLIC HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE DATA, AS
WELL. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON FOR
COSPONSORING THIS IN HIS
DISTRICT, AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS CHAIR OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR SDOT 323, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW. SEEING NO FURTHER
COSPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
SDOT 23.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE
ON TO SDOT 325.
>> SDOT 325 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO REQUEST
THAT SDOT THREE REPORTS ON HOW
THE DEPARTMENT TRACKS THE
COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND HOW
IT IMPACTS THE VEHICLES, MILES
TRAVEL, NOISE POLLUTION,
ESTIMATES OF HEALTH DISPARITIES
COORDINATED BY TRANSPORTATION
AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
INDICATORS . THE SPONSOR IS
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WITH
COSPONSORS TRAN 26 AND [
INAUDIBLE ].
>> THANK YOU. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE, WHICH
I AM COSPONSORING , ASKS HOW
SDOT AND THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
ARE MEASURING THE IMPACT OF
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. ARE WE
MEETING SEATTLE'S VEHICLE MILES
TRAVELED? ARE WE REDUCING WARD
SOURCE AIR, NOISE AND POLLUTION
AND ALL WE REDUCING DISPARITIES
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? WE
CAN'T MEASURE BUT WE NEED TO
KNOW HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS ARE MOVING THE
NEEDLE AND TO HELP US UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DISCUSSION,
QUESTIONS? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, SDOT
25, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
COSPONSORING SDOT 25.
>> THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO SDOT
326.
>> STARTING AT SDOT 326, COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION TO INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS IN SDOT BY
$250,000 TO THE TRANSPORTATION
FUND TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF
e-BIKE PARKING CAROUSE IN HIGH
USE AREAS OF THE CITY FOR USE OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE PERMITTED
MICRO MOBILITY VEHICLES. THIS IS
AN APPROPRIATION TO ENHANCE THE
WORK AND DESIGNED TO INSTALL
DOZENS OF -- SCOOTER CAROUSE IN
2026. CURRENTLY, THE PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR THESE MICRO MOBILITY
CAROUSE FOR MY 2025-2026 IS
$675,000. WITH THAT, THERE IS A
MAXIMUM OF 200 CAROUSE IN 2026.
THEY COMMUNICATED THAT THE
PLANNING HORIZON CONSTRAINTS
WITH THIS NUMBER, THIS
APPROPRIATION IS INTENDED TO
ACCELERATE EFFORTS TO BUILD A
NUMBER OF CAROUSE WITH THE
ASPIRATIONAL GOALS OF 600
CAROUSE. IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA COSPONSORED
BY CO-MEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND
KETTLE.
>> YOUR RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT
TO THANK MY COSPONSORS, THIS IS
AN EXCITING NEW INVESTMENT THAT
BENEFITS ALL OF US. AS
BACKGROUND HERE, YOU WILL NOTICE
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY,
DOWNTOWN AND ELSEWHERE, THERE
ARE MANY TEMPORARY MARKINGS ,
SPRAY PAINT, IF YOU WILL, THAT
WOULD DESIGNATE THAT PURPORT TO
DESIGNATE AREAS FOR SCOOTER
PARKING, ET CETERA. BUT THAT
SPRAY PAINT MARKING IS OBVIOUSLY
TEMPORARY ONLY. THE LONGER-TERM,
MORE DURABLE SOLUTION IS
PERMANENT PAINT AND , IDEALLY,
ASSIGN. SO, SIGNAGE OF SOME
SORT. AND MANY OF THE OPERATORS,
THE PROVIDERS OF THESE MICRO
MOBILITY SOLUTIONS, LIKE LIME
WOULD LIKE US TO BETTER ENHANCE
OUR EXISTING EFFORTS. THAT IS
THE OVERARCHING GOAL, TO BETTER
ACCELERATE OUR OVERARCHING
EFFORTS AND THEY HAVE A PLAN AND
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT ONE IDEALLY WHERE
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE
PLACED, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT
THESE WILL GO ACROSS THE CITY
AND JUST PROVIDE DESIGNATED
PARKING FOR THESE SCOOTER TYPES
OF EQUIPMENT . WE SEE ALSO
SOMETIMES THESE SCOOTERS ARE
TIPPED OVER AND CRUDELY PARKED
IN RANDOM PLACES. I DON'T THINK
THIS FULLY IMPLEMENTED AS
SPECIFICALLY INTENDED AS
DESIGNED HERE, I DON'T THINK
THAT WOULD FULLY ADDRESS THAT
CHALLENGE, BUT IT WOULD
CERTAINLY ADDRESS IT IN PART BY
PROVIDING A CLEARLY DELINEATED
MARKED AREA AND SPACE FOR PEOPLE
TO PARK THEIR SCOOTERS. I LOVE
MICRO MOBILITY. I LOVE
SUPPORTING LAST MILE
CONNECTIONS. THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT THIS DOES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
THE COSPONSOR OF SDOT, IF YOU
WISH TO COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ DOES IT, AS
WELL . SHE LOVES MICRO MOBILITY
AS COSPONSORING SDOT 326. MOVING
ON TO SDOT 327.
>> SDOT 327 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO ENABLE THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE
OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL OF THE
MEASURE. THE COUNCIL REQUESTS
THE RENEWAL INCLUDES FUNDING FOR
NEW SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION TO
INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FOR
TRAFFIC. CURRENT VOTER APPROVED,
EXCUSE ME, CURRENT VOTER
APPROVED [ INAUDIBLE ] EXPIRES
IN 2027. THE RENEWAL OF
ASSISTANCE WOULD REQUIRE
APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS IN THE
NOVEMBER 26 ELECTION. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
WITH COSPONSORS SOLOMON AND
JUAREZ.
>> YOUR RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, I
STRIVE TO BE ONE OF MANY , I
THINK WE ALL HAVE, LEAD ON THIS
ISSUE, IN TERMS OF
ACCESSIBILITY, WALKABILITY, NEW
SIDEWALKS, SIDEWALK REPAIRS, UM,
AND AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE
LAST TWO YEARS. I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY AND PLEASURE TO
SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU ALL. AND, WE
KNOW THERE IS CURRENTLY A 27%
MISSING SIDEWALK ACROSS OUR
CITY. DISTRICTS 1, 2 AND 5 FACE
THE BRUNT OF THESE CHALLENGES.
DISTRICT 5 IS A WORSE OFF,
FOLLOWED CLOSELY, WELL, BY MY
DISTRICT. ME AND COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON'S DISTRICT ARE NECK AND
NECK. NOT THE RACE TO THE TOP
THAT WE IDEALLY ALL WANT TO BE
IN, UM, BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEM
AREAS IS CONNECTING TO MISSING
SIDEWALK NETWORKS, CONNECTING
PEOPLE TO TRANSIT CORRIDORS. AND
SO, IT'S NOT JUST TRANSIT
CORRIDORS, IT IS NEIGHBORHOODS
ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY THAT OUR
BUS STOPS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN.
THERE IS NO SAFE ROUTE TO GET TO
THE BUS STOP. SO THE IDEA WITH
THIS PROPOSAL UNDER THE CURRENT
TRANSIT MEASURE, WE TYPICALLY
AND HISTORICALLY HAVE USED THAT
MONEY FOR THE PURCHASE OF EXTRA
TRANSIT SERVICE ONLY. THERE ARE
LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, BUT THAT
UNDER A STATE OF A STATUTORY
AUTHORITY, THAT IS NOT THE ONLY
AUTHORIZED PURPOSE FOR THAT
FUNDING. SO THIS WOULD GIVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP EXPLORE WAYS
TO SUPPORT THESE LAST, THESE
PIVOTAL LAST MILE CONNECTIONS,
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO TRANSIT,
HELPING MAKE TRANSIT MORE SAFE
AND ACCESSIBLE AND, IMPORTANTLY,
ACCESSIBLE AND , UM, IT IS
CERTAINLY NOT INTENDED TO
SUPPLEMENT OR REPLACE , YOU
KNOW, THE TRANSIT INVESTMENTS
THAT A POTENTIAL RENEWAL WITH
SUPPORT. SO THIS WOULD BE, YOU
KNOW, ON TOP OF THAT. WOULD
ALLOW US TO HELP US BUILD NEW
SIDEWALKS AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO
TRANSIT. AND, AGAIN, IMPROVE
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WALKABILITY,
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL. I THINK
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN
DO TO BOOST ADOPTION OF TRANSIT.
PROVING FREQUENCY, RELIABILITY,
UM, IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY EXPERIENCE FOR
PASSENGERS AND WRITERS BACKEND
OPERATORS, YOU KNOW, MAKING
THAT, WHEN SOMEONE NAVIGATES
FROM THEIR HOME OR POINT OF
ORIGIN TO THE NEXT NEAREST
TRANSIT STOP, MAKING THAT SAFE,
PROTECTED , UM, EASY TO NAVIGATE
AND ACCESSIBLE, IMPORTANTLY,
TOO, I THINK THAT CAN HELP DRIVE
ADOPTION, AS WELL. THIS WOULD BE
THE NEXT LOGICAL EXTENSION OF
OUR TRANSIT MEASURE PROGRAM,
EXPANDING TO COVER ACCESSIBILITY
AND WALKABILITY AT THESE PIVOTAL
LAST MILE CONNECTIONS. THANK YOU
TO COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND
SOLOMON FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND
JUST START LEADERS IN HELPING TO
ELEVATE THE ISSUE OF MISSING
SIDEWALK NETWORKS ACROSS OUR
STATE , THANK YOU.
>> . THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE
TO COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND NOW. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL
MOVE ON TO SDOT 328.
>> COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF. THIS
LEGISLATIVE ACTION WOULD
INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS TO DO
THREE BY $1.25 MILLION FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEARY
TRIANGLE AND IMPOSE A PROVISO TO
RESTRICT USE OF THE FUNDS TO
THIS INTENDED PURPOSE. THIS SDOT
DETERMINATION THAT IMPLEMENTING
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MORE IMPORTANT
FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION,
THEN SDOT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TRANSFER JURISDICTION FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> I WILL ADDRESS IT BRIEFLY.
COLLEAGUES, IN 2021, HE ENGAGED
IN A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ABOUT
WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEARY
TRIANGLE. IT SITS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE STREET, BORDERED BY NINTH
AVENUE AND THIS PROPOSAL WILL
CLOSE NINTH AVENUE. WE WORKED IN
2021 WITH SDOT TO UNDERSTAND IF
THIS WAS POSSIBLE. THE ANSWER
WAS YES. THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
FROM THE SURVEY INCLUDED THINGS
LIKE FOOD TRUCK CORRALS, ART, A
SHY DOG DOG PARK, THESE ARE SOME
OF THE IDEAS AT THAT TIME. THAT
WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD A
DOWNTURN IN THE REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX, WHICH IS
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, IN
2021 WE DID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THIS
TRIANGLE. IT'S IT'S THE MIDDLE
OF THE STREET, BORDERED BY NINTH
AVENUE , AND THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
CLOSE NINTH AVENUE. WE WORKED IN
2021 WITH SDOT TO UNDERSTAND IF
THIS WAS POSSIBLE. THE ANSWER
WAS YES. THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
FROM THE SURVEY INCLUDED THINGS
LIKE FOOD TRUCK CORRAL, ART, DOG
PARK, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE
IDEAS. AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS
THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD A
DOWNTURN IN THE REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX, WHICH IS THE BEST
FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS TYPE OF
PROJECT. SO WE PAUSED OUR WORK
TO SAY WHEN THE REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX REBOUNDS AND STARTS
GOING BACK, THAT IS WHEN WE
WOULD TAKE THIS PROJECT UP.
ARETE BEGAN IMPROVING LAST YEAR,
STILL, I WANTED TO WAIT A YEAR
BEFORE BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL
FORWARD. WE ARE NOW IN THE
SECOND YEAR OF OUR REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX BEING IN AN IMPROVED
STATE. SO THIS IS ONE TIME FUNDS
TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC SPACE AND
ACTIVATION ALONG A DIAGONAL
STREET CALLED LEARY AVENUE .
LEARY WAY, SORRY. COLLEAGUES,
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ADD YOUR NAME AS COSPONSORS
TO SDOT 28 , RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
SDOT -41 .
>> WOULD INCREASE SDOT BY
275,000 AND ADD ONE FTE TO FUND
A TREE FOR TRANSIT SECURITY
OFFICER. THEY WOULD RELY ON
SEATTLE TRANSIT FUNDING AND
REDUCE FUNDING FOR TRANSIT
SERVICES TO PROVIDE THE OFFSET.
THIS APPROPRIATION WOULD REQUIRE
LEGISLATION TO ALLOW SEATTLE
TRANSIT MEASURE FUNDING TO BE
USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD ALSO
INCLUDE ADDING THE DEFINITION OF
THE CHIEF TRANSIT SECURITY
OFFICER INTO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND WOULD ADD A
REQUIREMENT ON FUTURE USES OF
SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE , THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
FUNDING, THAT IS USED FOR
TRANSIT SERVICES TO PROVIDE
MONEY FOR THIS TRANSIT SECURITY
POSITION, AS WELL. OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE AND COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU WILL
BE RECOGNIZED IN JUST A MOMENT.
I SEE DIRECTOR NOEL.
>> IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE AS SOON AS
BUDGET ACTION CAN BE PURSUED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA .
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, PUBLIC
SAFETY CHAIR KETTLE AND
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON FOR YOUR
SPONSORSHIP OF THIS EFFORT. THIS
, CBA, AND THE ACCOMPANYING
ORDINANCE AGAIN WOULD ESTABLISH
A POSITION OF CHIEF TRANSIT
SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICER
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. WHAT IT
DOES IS CREATE THE PROGRAM ,
PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL. THIS IS NOT
A PERSON THAT WOULD BE STAFFED
AND SUPPORTED AND BE TASKED WITH
WRITING ON EVERYTHING ROBUST ,
THE HUNDREDS THAT TRAVELED TO
THE CITY, OR TRAINS, RATHER, AT
ANY GIVEN TIME. BUT IT IS A
PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL SET OF
INVESTMENTS , WITH THE GOAL OF
KEEPING OUR TRANSIT RIDERS AND
OPERATORS SAFE . KEY FEATURES OF
THIS ROLE WOULD BASICALLY
INVOLVE COORDINATION.
COORDINATION ACROSS CITY
DEPARTMENTS , INTERNALLY HERE
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
GOVERNMENT, COORDINATION BETWEEN
KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE TRANSIT
. A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS ROLE
AND AGREEMENT WOULD BE TO
IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE RECENT KING COUNTY REGIONAL
TRANSIT SAFETY TASK FORCE. THEY
PROPOSE A VERY ROBUST REPORT ,
AND I THINK IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY
IN FINAL FORM AT THIS POINT. BUT
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THERE, AND
THE BASIC NOTION BEHIND THAT
UNDERLYING WORK IS THAT
IMPROVING TRANSIT SAFETY AND
SECURITY IS A SHARED
RESPONSIBLY. NOT ONE BORNE BY
ANY ONE PARTICULAR TRANSIT
OPERATOR , KING COUNTY OR
SEATTLE. IT IS A SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY. AND WE ALL HAVE
A ROLE. SO THIS ROLE WOULD FIND
THAT PROGRAM, THAT POSITION TO
DO THOSE THINGS. A NAMELY
INFINITE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
LOCALLY, FROM A LOCAL
PERSPECTIVE. THERE'S ALSO SOME
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. WELL,
SOME REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
LAST YEAR WE REQUESTED A SLIDE
THAT CALLS FOR DOCUMENTATION OF
SPECIFIC INCIDENTS . SAFETY AND
SECURITY INCIDENTS WHILE RIDING
TRANSIT . SO THIS WOULD MAKE
CERTAIN OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS
PERMANENT, AND THIS ROLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. THERE'S
ALSO AN ONLINE DASHBOARD
COMPONENT OF THAT, SO RATHER
THAN THE INFORMATION LIVE IN A
DOCUMENT THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT
ACCESS OR OTHERWISE, THE IDEA IS
THAT THERE WOULD BE A DASHBOARD.
A PUBLIC FACING DATA DASHBOARD
SHOWING THIS INFORMATION, AS
WELL. BECAUSE TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCESS TO INFORMATION IS
IMPORTANT. NOW, MORE THAN EVER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? SEEING NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION,
AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO COSPONSOR SDOT -41 , PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. SEEING NO
FURTHER COSPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE
ON TO SDOT -42.
>> A SLIDE THAT WOULD REQUEST
THAT SDOT PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT THE SHARED
STREETS LEGISLATION FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION. OFFERED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND SAKA.
>> LAST YEAR I WAS EXCITED
THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION
TO CHAMPION THIS LEGISLATION ,
THE SHARED STREETS LEGISLATION.
I ASKED SDOT AT THE CONCLUSION
OF THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION
TO BEGIN WORKING TO IMPLEMENT
THE BILL. I WAS TOLD A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT WAYS, A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT A SERIES
OF DIFFERENT COMPLICATIONS. ALL
OF THAT AMOUNTED TO NOT EXIST. I
HAVE SINCE ASKED FOR THE
INFORMATION NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT
THIS BILL, AND I WILL SAY
BLUNTLY THAT IT IS DISAPPOINTING
TO HAVE TO REQUIRE THIS
INFORMATION THROUGH A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO
IMPLEMENT A STATE BILL, BECAUSE
IF WE STAY ON THE BEST SCHEDULE
POSSIBLE, WE WILL RECEIVE THIS
INFORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE
SESSION. THERE ARE OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR AREA THAT
HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENT THIS. SO
I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THIS
INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR SDOT -42 , PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. SEEING
COUNCILMEMBERS KETTLE , SOLOMON,
HOLLINGSWORTH COSPONSORING 42 .
THANK YOU. IF WE WOULD LIKE TO
BRIEF SDOT -901 FOR THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
>> YES, THIS IS A TECHNICAL ITEM
THAT UPDATES SDOT'S REVENUE FOR
THE CHANGES THAT WERE CONTAINED
IN THE OCTOBER FORECAST. THAT
INCLUDES A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE
SALES TAX, ALSO MODIFICATIONS
AND UPDATES TO THE COMMERCIAL
PARKING DECKS AND RED LIGHT
CAMERAS , SPEEDING CAMERAS, AS
WELL.
>> HANG ON. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
NOBLE . WE HAVE RECEIVED A
BETTER FORECAST, AND THAT IS ,
ESSENTIALLY, THIS ITEM.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS, DISCUSSION ON
RECEIVING A BETTER FORECAST? WE
JUST WISH IT WAS EVEN BETTER
THAN IT WAS. WITH THAT, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO ASK FOR SPONSORS
BECAUSE IT IS THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA HAS A POINT OF ORDER THAT
SHE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IN
JUST A SECOND. I WILL GIVE US AN
OPERATIONAL OUT VIEW FOR THE
REST OF TODAY. I HAD READ THE
WRONG PERCENTAGE AS I WAS
RAPIDLY GOING THROUGH, WE WERE
AT 34% OF TODAY'S AMENDMENTS AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST PAGE,
WE HAVE 18% REMAINING WITH 12
AMENDMENTS IN PARKS. I AM GOING
TO ASK TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
INCLUDE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND HSD FOR THIS
AFTERNOON SESSION, SO THAT WE
CAN REDUCE TOMORROW 'S TIME IN
COMMITTEE. IF BY DOING THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WE WOULD
MAKE TOMORROW A PUBLIC SAFETY
DAY, EVEN THOUGH EVERY DAY IS A
PUBLIC SAFETY DAY. THERE WE ARE.
I JUST WANT TO CHECK, FOLKS, WE
ARE GOOD. WE WILL NOT GO ANY
LATER THAN 4:00 P.M. . NO MATTER
WHAT. WE WILL JUST STOP WHERE WE
ARE. AT THIS TIME I MOVED TO
AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. DO I NEED TO
ASK FOR SECONDS? IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
AMENDED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA IS AMENDED TO
INCLUDE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT. I AM GAUGING FROM US
THAT WE PROBABLY WANT A FULL 60
MINUTES, ONE HOUR LUNCH. IS THAT
CORRECT? I AM SEEING A UNANIMOUS
VOTE FOR AN HOUR LUNCH. SO WE
WILL COME BACK HERE AT 1:40. WE
ARE GOING TO COME BACK HERE AT
1:45 AND WE WILL BE HERE UNTIL
PROBABLY 4:00 P.M. WITH THAT, I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAS A
POINT OF ORDER.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING
THAT JUST CAME TO MY ATTENTION
TODAY, WHICH IS THAT AMENDMENT
FROM YESTERDAY RELATED TO THE
STATUE. I SAID YESTERDAY, BUT I
WANT TO CLARIFY TODAY. BECAUSE
THE CBA WENT IN INCORRECTLY, AS
I SAID YESTERDAY, THIS IS NOT
TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM ART 'S
PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS WAS
ADDITIVE. IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED
BY ME TO BE ADDITIVE, AND I HAD
IDENTIFIED THE AD TAX RESERVES
AS A POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCE. SO
WE ARE, AND THANK YOU FOR
CORRECTING THAT, THAT WAS ALWAYS
THE CASE. SO SOMETIMES MISTAKES
HAPPEN, BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY,
BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL
FROM A CONCERNED CONSTITUENT ,
AND WHEN I WENT BACK TO LOOK AT
THE CBA, IT WAS NOT WHAT I HAD
APPROVED. AGAIN, THAT WAS NEVER
THE CASE AND I WANT TO CONFIRM,
AGAIN, FOR ANYONE THAT IS
WATCHING. IT WAS ADDITIVE, NOT
TAKING AWAY FROM THE EXISTING
BUDGET , AS I SAID YESTERDAY
WHEN WE INTRODUCED THIS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. COLLEAGUES, ANYTHING
ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE AGENDA
UNTIL WE COME BACK FROM LUNCH?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. POINT
OF ORDER .
>> IF YOU WANT TO USE POINT OF
ORDER, WHAT IS YOUR POINT?
>> POINT OF ORDER, I WOULD LIKE
TO ADD MY NAME TO COSPONSOR TWO
ITEMS, IF I MAY .
>> WHAT ARE THOSE POINTS?
>> OP CD 007 MINUS A , WHICH
WOULD BE AN INCREASE BY $6
MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR
COMMUNITY CLINIC IN RAINIER
BEACH . NEXT ITEM, DOM