>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING IS WILL COME TO
ORDER. IT IS 1:45 P.M. ON THE
COUNCIL
CLOCK. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS EXCUSED
UNTIL SHE RETURNS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCILMEMBER
WARRIORS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER REIGN.
>> PRESIDENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> PRESENT.
>> SIX PRESENT.
WE HAVE SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION AS THE AGENDA WAS
AMENDED.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE DEPARTMENT
OF OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AS WELL AS HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH NO FURTHER ADO, WE
WILL TURN BACK TO CENTRAL STAFF
TO
BEGIN US WITH -- WE
ARE IN
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION,
SPR 1.
>> SPR 1 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION BY $250,000
ONE TIME FOR A CONTRACT WITH A
COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATION
SUCH AS UP LIFT NORTHWEST FOR
GRAFFITI BAIT.
SERVICES. THIS SITE IS
SPONSOREDSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
NELSON AND
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
SAKA AND
KETTLE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS EXECUTED
AT THE MOMENT.
WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS
ITEM WHEN SHE RETURNS.
SPR
1.
>> SPR 2 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SBR BY 50,000
ONE TIME FOR
IMPROVEMENTS AT SEVEN HILLS PARK
AND IM PROSE A
PROVISIO TO RESTRICT THE USE
OF FUNDS FOR THIS INTENDED
PURPOSE.
THIS FUNDING IS INTENDED
FOR PARK RENOVATIONS INCLUDING
INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL
FENCING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
TO ADDRESS THE
DAMAGE IN RECENT YEARS.
THIS PARK
IS CURRENTLIED. THIS ITEM IS
SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
AS CO-SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS
JUAREZ÷÷JUAREZ
RINCK.
>> COUNCIL HOLLINGSWORTH AS
SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND RINCK
FOR YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP.
SEVEN HILLS PARK IS
CURRENTLY CLOSED AND THIS -- FOR
ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
50K IS A SMALL POT OF FUNDING
A WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
FOR THE PARK TO DO
SOME MITIGATION AND TO
POTENTIALLY EXTEND SOME
OF THE P PATCH AND GRASS
MITIGATION OR GRASS RESTORATION
AS WELL.
THE PARK IS SURROUNDED BY A TON
OF HOMES AND IS USED
VERY FREQUENTLY AND OFTEN FROM A
LOT
OF
FOLKS. AND SO PARKS IS ALSO
DOING A LOT
OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THIS
TO FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT AS
WELL.
SO WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THEM AND THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
COLLEAGUES, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS,
DISCUSSION?
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CO-SPONSOR SPR 2, RAISE YOUR
HAND AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA. WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADD
IG
HIS NAME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> THANK YOU. AND MY APOLOGIES
WITH
THINGS GOING SO
RAPIDLY, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS
PREPARED
TO SPEAK TO COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON'S SPR 1.
IT'S BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD
ABOUT ABATEMENT GRAFFITI
SERVICES PROVIDED BY AN
ORGANIZATION LIKE
UP LIFT NORTHWEST.
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO
ADDRESS SPR
1.
>> ON BEHALF OF
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THE
SPONSORED
AMENDMENT SHE PASSED ME HER
NOTES,
REMARKS RELATED TO THIS.
I WILL
READ THEM. SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION
CURRENTLY FUNDS UP
LIFT NORTHWEST TO OPERATE THREE
GRAFFITI TEAMS
TO REMOVE GRAFFITI FROM PROPERTY
ACROSS THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE
GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS VALUABLE SERVICE
HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES
NONPROFITS
AND OTHER COMMUNITY
GROUPS OTHERWISE NOT ABLE TO PAY
FOR THE REMOVAL
OF GRAFFITI ON THEIR OWN.
$250,000 WOULD HELP. AS WE LOOK
AT THIS
SHORT INVESTMENT PROPOSED BY THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET FOR GRAFFITI
REMEDIATION WE RECOGNIZE THERE
IS MORE THAN
JUST PUBLIC PROPERTY IMPACTED
AND RESOURCES
SHOULD ALSO BE INCREASED
FOR
THIS VALUABLE COMMUNITY WORK.
TEAMS RECEIVE TRAINING AND
BE
DISPATCHED BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND OTHER PARTNERS TO
ABATE GRAFFITI ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE THING THAT
ALSO SETS THIS PROGRAM APART IS
THAT UP
LIFT NORTHWEST IS A JOBS FOCUSED
NONPROFIT AND THE EMPLOYEES
HIRED TO DO THIS WORK ARE
GAINING CRITICAL
JOB TRAINING
AND SKILLS THEY CAN USE TO
IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC
SITUATION.
THIS PROVIDES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO NEED
IT MOST WHILE
PROVIDING A CRITICAL PUBLIC
SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
SO COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A WAY TO
FURTHER
OUR GOALS IN TERMS OF
GRAFFITI REMEDIATION AND ALSO
THROUGH A NONPROFIT THAT TAKES
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, GIVES
THEM THE TRAINING AND LIFE
SERVICES
ACROSS THE BOARD AND THE
DIGNITY OF WORK THROUGH THEIR
JOBS
PROGRAMS.
OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY
AN
INVESTMENT THAT SAYS GRAFFITI,
BUT IT'S REALLY MORE THAN THAT.
AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
FOR THIS AMENDMENT, MYSELF BUT
ALSO
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER,
RIVERA.
>> I WANTED TO UP LIFT THE PART
ABOUT THIS IS A -- WELL,
UP LIFT NORTHWEST IS A TRAINING
PROGRAM
THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO, YOU
KNOW,
GET INTO A PLACE IN THEIR LIVES
WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A JOB
AND GET THEIR LIVES ON TRACK.
AND SO IT'S BEYOND THE GRAFFITI
PART. THAT'S ALMOST
LIKE THE -- IT'S
ALMOST LIKE SECONDARY BECAUSE
IT'S REALLY A JOBS TRAINING
PROGRAM.
AND BECAUSE
OF THAT I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE AND
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK OF UPLIFT
NORTHWEST.
AND I WANTED TO JUST RAISE THAT
UP BECAUSE HERE IS A GREAT
PROGRAM DOING REALLY GREAT
WORK TO HELP PEOPLE IN OUR CITY
CITY
ABLE TO TRAIN FOR JOBS AND GET
AN OPPORTUNITY
BEYOND THIS
PROGRAM AND SETTING FOLKS UP FOR
SUCCESS IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. OTHER COMMENTS,
QUESTIONS,
DISCUSSION ON PARKS SPR 1?
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION,
ARE THERE -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CO- SPONSOR SPR 1, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA CO-SPONSORING SPR
1.
THANK YOU. NOW TO SPR
3.
>> SPR 3 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR
BY 250,000 ONE TIME TO SUPPORT
BIPOC
YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS.
THE FUNDING IS INTENDED
TO SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS
WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
SUCH
AS RISE ABOVE, THE FUTURE,
AND REJOYCE ACADEMY AS WELL AS
TO INCREASE RESOURCES FOR SPR'S
HOPE FOR YOUTH GRANTS PROGRAM.
IT IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH AND
CO-SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
JUAREZ.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU, CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
AND SAKA FOR YOUR
CO-SPONSORSHIP.
I KNOW COLLEAGUES FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE HOW MUCH GROWING
UP IN SPORTS HAS HELPED SHAPE
MY LIFE THROUGH COMMUNITY
BEING CONNECTED, HAVING
SELF- CONFIDENCE, AND ALSO
JUST HAVING A POSITIVE SPACE
FOR KIDS AND IT ALSO PROVIDED ME
AND
MY PEERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES
TO BUILD THE KIND OF SKILLS
THAT SPORTS CAN HELP
DEVELOP AS WELL AND IT'S
CRITICAL THAT OUR YOUTH
IN
DIFFERENT AREAS ALL THROUGHOUT
THE CITY HAVE ACCESS
TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
ROOTED IN COMMUNITY
AND CAN SEE
THEMSELVES IN DIFFERENT
PROGRAMMING AND THE ONES
THAT WERE LISTED
ARE PHENOMENAL. YOU
KNOW, PROGRAMS THAT DO REALLY,
REALLY GREAT WORK IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND IT'S NOT BASED IN
ONE ZIP CODE. I THINK THIS IS
REALLY
IMPORTANT. I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT
THE
DIFFERENT
CAMPS PRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE
CITY AND IT
TOUCHES
EVERYONE'S DISTRICTS. SO IT'S
NOT JUST IN ONE
DISTRICT.
THESE CAMPS AND THESE
DEVELOPMENT SKILLS AND LIFE
SKILLS, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS
TODAY, IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
AND WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
I WAS WRITING A NOTE TO THIS.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AN
ANGLE
ON THIS WHICH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ASIDE, BUT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SAY BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK
MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE
FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING
TAKEN RIGHT NOW AS RELATES TO
TITLE
9, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT ALSO TITLE 6
AND SECTION 504 DISABILITY,
IT'S
DECIMATING WHAT'S HAPPENING
ACROSS OUR CITY TO THE POINT
THAT THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL FROM
64 IS BASICALLY SAID TO ME LIKE
A PIECE OF PAPER ON
TABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE
ADMINISTRATION.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
A PIECE OF PAPER SITTING ON A
TABLE. THE TITLE 9 PIECE IS A
STRONG
PIECE.
THESE YOUTH PROGRAMS
PARTICULARLY FOR GIRLS ARE SO
IMPORTANT.
AND IT'S BEING SUBJUGATED
-- IT'S BEEN HURT BY THE
ACTIONS.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE
BIT SEPARATE, BUT THIS --
BUT EVERYTHING IS TIED IN.
AND THE RIPPLES THAT COME OUT OF
D.C. BUILD UP BY THE TIME THEY
GET TO THE WEST COAST.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO LOOK TO
SUPPORT
THESE YOUTH PROGRAMS IN THE
CASES THAT
I MENTIONED WITH TITLE 9, FOR
GIRLS, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN
BECAUSE AT THE
END OF THE DAY THAT INVESTMENT
AND
THOSE YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN
WILL PAY OFF IN A SITUATION
WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LEAD
THEIR LIVES TO THEIR FULLEST. SO
A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASIDE, BUT
I FELT THE NEED TO
ADD THAT BECAUSE OF
WHAT WE ARE SEEING AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL
AS IT RELATES TO TITLE 9
PARTICULARLY.
BUT ALSO TITLE 6 AND 504.
BOTH AT DOJ, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND ELSEWHERE IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
COLLEAGUES, OTHER DISCUSSION?
SPR 3.
IF YOU LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
IT,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS
TIME.
I HAVE CO-SPONSORING
SPR COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, RINCK,
SOLOMON.
>> KETTLE, RINCK, RIVERA,
SOLOMON.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO SPR
5.
>> SPR 5 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 150,000
ONE TIME FOR CAPITAL
COSTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE
GARFIELD SUPER BLOCK.
IN THE 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET,
SPR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL
FUNDING DUE TO A COUNCIL
BUDGET AKTS FOR VARIETY OF
PROJECTS AND
THIS THE CBA IS INTENDED
TO FILL THE
FUNDING GAP THAT IS NECESSARY TO
COMPLETE THEM.
THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED
BY
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND
IS CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA AND STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. MY FAVORITE SUPER
BLOCK.
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH SPONSORED THE
AMENDMENT.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO PUBLICLY
SAY THANK
YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT THAT
YOU HAVE GIVEN THE SUPER BLOCK
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND
I APPRECIATE YOU AND I
AM GLAD I
MIGHT -- IT NIGHT BE YOUR ONLY
SUPER BLOCK. BUT IT IS YOUR
FAVORITE.
THANK YOU
BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION
FOR GARFIELD SUPER BLOCK.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR
CO-SPONSORSHIP. YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER THE
GARFIELD SUPER BLOCK PROJECT HAS
BEEN A BIG PRIORITY AND JUST
WANT TO
THANK ALL OF THE
COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
THIS IS THE LAST PIECE TO
THIS AS
CONSTRUCTION COSTS CONTINUE TO
GO UP IN OUR CITY AND
PROJECTS GET PUSHED BACK,
THE 150,000 IS TO CLOSE THE
GAP THEY HAVE
WITH THE ONGOING PROJECT PLANS
TO COMPLETE THIS.
I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN A LOT
OF THE FUNDING THEY RAISED IN
OTHER AREAS FROM THE STATE, FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FROM
THE COUNTY JUST ALL
DIFFERENT
PLACES, AND THIS IS THE LAST
PIECE TO THE PUZZLE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT IS
ALL FUNDED,
AND THEY CAN GET
IT -- THEY CAN CONTINUE,
CONTINUE THE
CONSTRUCTION.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
IT'S A SUPER PROGRAM.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-
SPONSOR SPR 5, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND AT
THIS TIME.
I AM SEEING
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND RINCK
CO- SPONSORING
SPR
5.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON AND
RINCK.
>> MOVING TO SPR 6.
YES, 6 S.
>> SPR 6 IS A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT A REQUEST SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION TO REPORT ON
THE POTENTIAL COST, TIME LINE
AND FUNDING SOURCES
FOR REBUILDING HISTORIC CAMP
LONG LODGE
THAT CLOSED IN NOVEMBER OF LAST
YEAR
DUE TO SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE
AND THEN THE REPORT ALSO
WOULD REQUEST HOW THIS PROJECT
LOO
WAY LINE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT'S FOUNDING
PRIORITIES FOR
THE SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT CYCLE THREE
FUNDING PLAN WHICH WOULD
BE FOR 2029 THROUGH 2034.
THIS REPORT WOULD DUE IN
SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR AND
THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS A
SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
CAMP LONG IS ONE OF
SEATTLE'S MOST HISTORIC AND
BELOVED PARK
FACILITIES.
WHICH HAS SERVED GENERATIONS OF
SEATTLEITES.
INDEED, TRULY A
COMMUNITY TREASURE, AND IT'S NOT
JUST
SELFISHLY A TREASURE FOR US
IN DISTRICT 1 AND MORE
SPECIFICALLY
WEST SEATTLE.
PEOPLE ACROSS OUR TERRIFIC
CITY HAVE COME TO CAMP LONG OVER
AGAIN MANY GENERATIONS
AND ENJOYED THE BENEFITS
THAT IT OFFERS.
IT'S A HUB FOR OUTDOOR
EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL
LEARNING, AND IS WELCOMED SCHOOL
FIELD TRIPS FROM ACROSS OUR
REGION.
AS WAS NOTED, TRAGICALLY,
IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, ROUGHLY AA
AGO, CAMP LONG WAS DAMAGED IN A
SUSPECTED ARSON FIRE
FORCING ITS IMMEDIATE CLOSURE
AND LEAVING A
MAJOR
GAP IN OUR CITY'S OUTDOOR
EDUCATION NETWORK.
PARKS HAS ALLOCATED $2.6
MILLION
IN INSURANCE PROCEEDS IN THE
NEAR TERM TO STABILIZE
THE STRUCTURE AND BEGAN
PREDESIGN AND PLANNING WORK.
HOWEVER, THOSE FUNDS WILL
ONLY COVER THE INITIAL PHASES OF
THE WORK REQUIRED.
NOT THE FULL DESIGN OR THE
FULL
REBUILD. FULL REBUILD.
SO THIS IS WHY ASKING FOR MORE
INFORMATION. IT ASKS MORE
SPECIFICALLY THAT
OUR PARKS PROVIDE
A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE
COSTS, TIMELINE, AND
POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES AND
INDICATE
WITH SPECIFICITY HOW IT WILL BE
PRIORITIZED IN
THE SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT CYCLE THREE FUNDING
PLAN BEGINNING IN 2029.
THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH THIS
PROPOSAL IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.
CAMP LONG SHOULD NOT SIT VACANT
FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE
OR MORE.
WE NEED TO REBUILD AND RESTORE
THIS
COMMUNITY TREASURE IN A TIMELY
MANNER WHILE PRESERVING ITS
HISTORIC CHARACTER.
WE ALSO NEED TO BUILD BACK
BETTER AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
PROPOSAL WOULD PUT US IN A
BETTER POSITION TO DO. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CO- SPONSOR SPR 6 PLEASE
RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
>> WILL YOU LOOK OUT HERE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
RINCK AND RIVERA CO- SPONSORING
SPR
6.
>> JUAREZ, RINCK,
AND RIVERA.
>> MOVING ON TO SPR 7.
>>
SPR 7 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SEATTLE PARKS
AND REGULATION BY $1 MILLION ONE
TIME
FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT LAKE
UNION PARK. OF THIS AMOUNT,
300,000 WOULD
BE DESIGNATED FOR
INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND
700,000
FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
THIS
CBA SUPPLEMENTS THE EFFORTS THAT
SPR IS MAKING
TO PREPARE THE PARK FOR FIFA
WORLD
CUP EVENTS AND THOSE PROJECTS
THAT
WOULD HAPPEN AFTER FIFA.
THOSE WOULD
ENENHANCE THE LONG-TERM USABLE
OF THE PARK.
ITEM IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
IS
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND STRAUSS.
>> THANK
YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS
SPONSOR
OF THE AMENDMENT.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A
CO-
SPONSOR ON THIS AMENDMENT
WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA
AND THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE
PROGRAM.
AND SEPARATELY ALSO THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR
YOUR SUPPORT IN ENGAGING AND
MEETING WITH COMMUNITY
AT LAKE UNION PARK.
LAKE UNION PARK IS A
VERY LARGE
PARK. BUT
IT'S BEEN A PARK THAT HAS BEEN
NEGLECTED OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S VERY DIVERSE.
IT'S GOT DIFFERENT PIECES TO IT
BECAUSE OF THE LAKE UNION
ITSELF.
YOU HAVE THE NORTHWEST HISTORIC
SHIFTS, THE MOHI,
VARIOUS LAKE UNION ACTIVITIES
THAT PLAY OFF
THE PARK, AND SADLY IT'S IN
NEED.
AND NOT JUST FOR THE WORLD CUP.
THE INCREASED MAINTENANCE
AND ALSO THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE
AND
ASSET
MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL VERMONT
PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS AS WELL.
THIS IS TO, AGAIN, TO
BRING IT UP FROM WHERE
IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN
NEGLECTED
AND REALLY ENHANCE THE LONG-
TERM
USABILITY OF THE
PARK. AS I NOTED.
SOME WAYS IT'S LIKE A SLOUGH.
IT HAS COMPLEX PIECES TO
IT, BROADWALK REPAIRS, BOAT
IMPROVEMENTS, RESURFACING AREAS
FOR INFORMAL PLAY AND ALSO
FORMALIZE COURTS.
IT'S A COMPLEX
PIECE, BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT
ASSET FOR OUR
CITY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF
ITS
SIZE. AND SO I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
FOR THE LONG TERM, NAD TO
AS NOTED AND THANK YOU FOR
THE SUMMARY FOR THE FIFA WORLD
CUP,
BUT IT IS A MAIN PART OF THE
ACTIVITIES. THIS IS NOT A
GENERAL FIFA WORLD
CUP PIECE. IT IS LISTED AS PART
OF THE ,
YOU KNOW, SUPPORT TO OUR EFFORTS
WITH THE WORLD CUP COMING
UP IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. SO, COLLIES, I
ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
I CAN SAY THAT HAVING BEEN DOWN
THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES THETHE
OF GEESE CAN OFTENTIMES
CAUSE AN UNEXPECTED AND
UNINTENTIONAL
OUTCOME. FUN FACT ABOUT THAT.
ONE WAY TO PREVENT GEESE FROM
LANDING ON THE PARK
IS TO PLANT
MORE TREES. TREES ARE THE
SOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AND LONG GRASS.
THAT GOES TO THE COMPLEXITY OF
THIS PARK. BUT, YES, VERY GOOD
POINT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO REALLY DELVE
INTO THAT.
BUT IF YOU GO THERE AND
SLIP, YOU WILL
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
>>
THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
FURTHER QUESTIONS?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
SPR 7 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON CO- SPONSORSING SPR 7.
MOVE ON TO SPR 8.
ONE OF MY
FAVORITE --
>> SPR 8 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION BY 700,000
ONE
TIME FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A
SKATEDOT, A SMALL SKATE PARK, AS
PART OF THE MORGAN JUNCTION
PARK ADDITION PROJECT AND IMPOSE
A
PROVISIO TO RESTRICT
USE OF
THESE FUNDS TO THE INTENDED
PURPOSE.
THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND IS
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
RINCK AND NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SPONSORED
THE AMENDMENT.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
SO THE MORGAN JUNCTION
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD POCKET PARK
SAGA
STARTING ORIGINALLY IN 2014 WHEN
OUR CITY TOOK ON THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD A
LONG-AWAITED, LONG COMMUNITY
DEMANDED PARK IN
THIS SPECIFIC AREA OF THE MORGAN
JUNCTION.
AND THROUGH I THINK SOME VALID
REASONS PERTAINING TO COVID AND
SOME OTHER MISHAPS, WE ARE AT A
POINT NOW
WHERE IT'S OVER A DECADE LATER
AND STILL
NO
CONSTRUCTION OF A PARK. AGAIN
THAT SPANS BACK TO 2014.
AND THE COMMUNITY IS NECESSARILY
AND UNDERSTANDABLY
UPSET AND CONCERNED AND CONFUSED
AROUND
THE CYCLES AND THE CONTINUED
PROTRACTED DELAY OF OPENING
THIS SOON TO BE COMMUNITY
TREASURE.
BUT MAYBE THE ONLY GOOD NEWS IN
THAT DECADE PLUS LONG CLOSURE
IS THAT OVER THE LAST
THREE OR FOUR YEARS A
NEW COMMUNITY NEED
EMERGED, AND THAT IS THE NEED
FOR A SKATE PARK TO ,
MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL IN 2007
PASSED A PLAN TO
BETTER ADOPT AND INCORPORATE
SKATEPARKS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING TO
BUILD A POCKET PARK OR A
SKATEDOT PARK, A
MINI SKATE PARK, IF YOU WILL,
WITHIN
A SMALLER
PARK, IN AND OF ITSELF, AND JUST
WHAT'S ENVISIONED
HERE IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY
GATHERING SPACE ON A SITE HAS
SAT
VACANT FOR YEARS, LEAVING
NEIGHBORS
FRUSTRATED YOUTH WITHOUT SPACE.
SO THE CBA WOULD PROVIDE
$700,000 AND ONE-TIME FUNDING TO
PARKS TO CONSTRUCT THIS
SKATEDOT PARK IN CONNECTION WITH
THE
BROADER MORGAN JUDGES PARK
ADDITION PROJECT.
AGAIN THAT BEGAN BACK IN 2014,
AND I WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK
AND NELSON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND
PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THIS,
AND COLLEAGUES, IT WOULD
BE HONORED IF YOU ALL JOINED ME
IN
SUPPORTING PARKS IN
OUR COMMUNITIES AND
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HISTORY OF
THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT AND THE SAGA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
COLLEAGUES? DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
I WILL JUST SAY THAT I AM
A VERY EXCITED
FOR THIS PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, IF YOU
GET THIS DONE, I WILL COME AND
DO MY ONLY SKATE TRICK, WHICH IS
AN
OLLIE, AT MY BEST. WITH
THAT, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPR 8
RAISE YOUR HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON
AND HOLLINGSWORTH CO-SPONSORING
SPR
8.
THANK YOU.
SPR 9.
>> SPR 9 WOULD
IMPOSE A PROVISIO
1-4 HUNDRED THOUSAND IN SEATTLE
PARK AND
R MAJOR
MAINTENANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM PROJECT AND THE
FUNDS WOULD BE LIMITED
TO EXPENDITURE ON RESTROOM
PROJECTS IN
DISTRICT
1. THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
IS
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SPONSOR OF
THE
AMENDMENT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. RESTROOM ACCESS IN THE
PARKS IS
A BASIC PUBLIC
SERVICE. WHEN RESIDENTS,
FAMILIES, VISITORS ROUTINELY
RELY ON AS
PART OF THEIR EXPERIENCE IN
SAFELY ENJOYING OUR SHARED
SPACES.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW THAT
VANDALISM AND DAMAGE, GRAFFITI
CHALLENGES HAVE MADE
IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IN
MANY
PARKS ACROSS
SEATTLE, PARTICULARLY IN
DISTRICT
1, WHICH HAS BEEN HIT THE
HARDEST
BY SOME OF OUR
PROBLEM VANDALISM AND GRAFFITI.
ACCORDING TO, IN FACT, ACCORDING
TO THE RECENT CITY AUDITOR'S
REPORT FROM EARLIER THIS
YEAR, COLLEAGUES, YOU RECALL
THAT, YOU
KNOW, IT REVEALED AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR SOME -- TO
BETTER ADDRESS THE OVERALL STATE
AND CLEANLINESS AND
MAINTENANCE OF OUR
PARKS, RESTROOMS,
INFRASTRUCTURE. PART OF THAT IS
PROVIDING
UPGRADES IN HARDENING
THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT
MORE
GRAFFITI-PROOF, NOR TAMPER-
PROOF AND RESISTANT, AND PART OF
THAT
IS, YOU KNOW, MORE CLEANINGS,
MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA.
SO THIS -- ALSO AS PART OF
THAT CITY AUDITOR'S FINDING WE
LEARNED OF THE TOP 20 PARKS
ACROSS THE
CITY, THAT GENERATE THE MOST
MAINTENANCE WORK
ORDERS, OF THAT TOP 20% OR
BOTTOM 20%, REALLY, WE
LEARNED THAT 40% OF THOSE PARKS
ARE
LOCATED WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT
1. GIVEN THE REPEATED
INCIDENTS FROM BROKEN DOORS AND
FIRES AND
GRAFFITI, OTHER VANDALISM
ACTIVITIES AND
CHALLENGES, THEY HAVE LEFT MANY
FACILITIES
UNUSABLE AND FORCED PARKS CREWS
TO SPEND INCREASINGLY MORE TIME
AND HOURS AND RESOURCES.
TO ADDRESS AND MAKE CONSTANT
REPAIRS.
THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD
IMPOSE A PROVISIO 40% OF THE
PARK'S MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND
ASSET
MANAGEMENT CAPITAL
PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR
PROJECTS
AND UPGRADES IN DISTRICT 1.
THIS PROPOSAL AT THE END OF
THE DAY IS ABOUT EQUITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ENSURING REPAIRS, RESOURCES
ARE DIRECTED WHERE THE NEED IS
THE GREATEST.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION,
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
SEEING
NO FURTHER QUESTION ON THE ITEM,
IF YOU LIKE
TO
CO-SPONSOR SPR 9, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NO FURTHER CO-
SPONSORS, WE MOVE ON SPR 10.
>>
SPR 10 INCREASE APPROPRIATION
TOSS
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION BY
450,000 ONE
TIME
FOR STUDIES IN COMMUNITY
OUTREACH NECESSARY FOR
DEVELOPING A FUTURE PORTAL
PARK AT FIRST AVENUE AND BATTERY
STREET.
THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND IS
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU,
CORINNA.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS SPONSOR,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR. AND
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A PORTAL
PARK.
IT'S RATHER SAD, ACTUALLY.
BELLTOWN HAS BASICALLY NO GREEN
SPACE.
THERE IS NO GREEN PARK
IN BELLTOWN.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WE
HAVE
ALREADY STARTED
THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE
TEARING DOWN OF THE VIADUCT TO
USE
THAT PORTAL AS WHERE THE VIADUCT
WENT INTO
THE BATTERY STREET TUNNEL TO
TURN
THAT INTO A PARK.
AS YOU SEE IN THE MENTION, YOU
KNOW, THERE IS SDOT,
CITY LIGHT AND PIECE OF OF
THE PROPERTY COMING
TOGETHER THAT WE ARE
WORKING. AND THERE IS ALSO THE
PORTAL
PORCH, FIRST AVENUE, AN
OVERLOOK. BUT IMPORTANTLY, TOO,
THIS
IS KIND OF LIKE THE
PASSAGE FROM THE WATERFRONT TO
SEATTLE
CENTER, TO
OTHER LOCATIONS. WITH THE WORK
WE ARE DOING ON
BELL STREET RIGHT NOW,
WHICH IS A
SIDE. PART OF THE MARKET TO
MOHI, THIS
IS ABOUT CONNECTING
OUR WATERFRONT TO LAKE UNION.
THIS IS ABOUT CONNECTING
THE WATERFRONT TO PLACES IN --
BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS ABOUT THE
RESIDENTS OF BELLTOWN
HAVING A GREEN
SPACE. AND THEY NEED SOME SURVEY
WORK TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, STUDY
WORK TO BE DONE PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE IT WAS A BROWN SITE WITH
THE
VIADUCT, AND THIS SMALL ASK
RELATIVE TO OTHERS
IS ABOUT KEEPING THE
PROJECT MOVING FORWARD FOR THE
RESIDENTS OF
BELLTOWN AND FOR DISTRICT 7.
AND WITH THAT I JUST WANTED TO
SAY THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED
AND PARTICULARLY AGAIN MY
COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH
AND CHAIR STRAUSS, FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF
THIS AMENDMENT, AND I
ASK COLLEAGUES
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
DISCUSSION? COLLEAGUES?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
I WILL JUST SAY THAT IN
2019, JOHN KEY NOW HAD A WORRIED
VISION THAT THIS AREA WOULD
BE FENCED AND HYDROSEEDED
AND NOTHING ELSE WOULD EVER
HAPPEN.
UNFORTUNATELY, A VERSION OF
HIS VISION HAS COME
TRUE. HIS WORRY, I WOULD SAY,
AND
THIS FUNDING WOULD
HELP CHANGE THAT TO THE VISION
THAT HE AND OTHER
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAD IN 2008, 2019, A PLACE THAT
YOU CAN WORK,
PLAY, AND ENGAGE IN ON A DAILY
BASIS.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
CO-SPONSOR SPR 10 PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW.
SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL CO-
SPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO SPR
12.
>> SPR 12 WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION BY 150,000 ONE
TIME TO DEVELOP A
RESTORATION PLAN
FOR SCHMITZ PRESERVE PARK. THIS
ITEM IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND IS
CO- SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
SOLOMON.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE
SPONSOR.
>> THIS
CBA WOULD GRANT ONE TIME SEED
FUNDING OF $150,000
TO BEGIN THE RESTORATION OF
SCHMITZ PARK IN WEST SEATTLE,
FEASIBILITIANS, PRELIMINARY
DESIGN STUDY AND
HYDROLOGIC, THAT'S A NEW WORD
FOR ME,
STUDY OF THE CREEK BASIN,
CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SEDIMENT
FLOW
WITH $50,000 COMING FROM THREE
DEPARTMENTS,
SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
SCHMITZ PARK IS SEATTLE'S
ONLY REMAINING
OLD GROWTH FOREST AND ONE OF THE
YOU
FEW AREAS WHERE SEATTLE CAN MOVE
NEEDLE ON
FISH PASSAGE FOR NATIVE SALMON.
IT HAS BEEN
PLAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO GET IN
PROJECT
OFF THE GROUND WITH THE LOFTY
LONG-TERM GOAL OF
TURNING SCHMITZ PRESERVE PARK
INTO
A NATIONAL PARK, ONE OF
AMERICA'S
GREATEST TREASURES. THIS PARK IS
WELL LOVED BY WEST
SEATTLE AND LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE
ALREADY REMOVED 500 POUNDS OF
LITTER AND
PLANTS FROM THE WATERSHED AND
ESTABLISHED
PARTNERSHIPS WITH UW SCHOOL
OF ARCHITECTURE FOR FUTURE WORK
AND I WANT TO THANK MY CO-
SPONSORS
FOR SUPPORTING THIS,
COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND
SAKA.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
I WILL JUST SAY I THINK I'M
SEEING SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT
CO-SPONSORSHIP.
ANYTHING WE NEED TO CLARIFY,
CALVIN?
>> ON THE FORM WE HAVE THE
CO-SPONSOR SHIPS
AS COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
SOLOMON.
>>
CORRECT. MY NOTES ARE WRONG.
I
APOLOGIZE, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON
AND SAKA.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
ALL THAT TO SAY, TRIVIA
QUESTION FOR THE END OF
BUDGET SESSION THIS WEEK, IF YOU
CAN TELL
ME WHERE THE ONLY NATIONAL PARK
IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS. I'LL
GIVE YOU A
CLIF BAR. GREAT PRIZE, I
KNOW? WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, IF
YOU LIKE TO SIGN ON TO
SPR 12 A 1 RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
JOINING ON SPR 12.
SPOILER ALERT.
I HAVE ALREADY
PROVIDED CLIF BARS IN THE GREEN
ROOM, SO
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE
TO WIN TO GET THE PRIZE.
WITH THAT, SPR 13,
PLEASE.
>> SPR
13 WOULD INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS
TO
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION BY
4.8 MILLION
ONE TIME FOR TWO PURPOSES.
INSTALLATION OF A
TURF CONVERSION AT ROGERS
PLAYGROUND AND THEN THE DESIGN
OF A
TURF CONVERSION AT WEST
MAGNOLIA PLAYFIELD.
THE INSTALLATION OF THE
TURF CONVERSION
AT ROGERS PLAYGROUND WOULD COST
3.8 MILLIONMILLION AND THE
DESIGN FOR THE
CONVERSION AT WEST MAGNOLIA
WOULD COST ONE MILLION. THIS
ITEM SPONSORED BY AND
IS CO-SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
KETTLE.
>> THANK
YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
PLEASE BE WARNED, EVERY
YEAR I WILL BRING SOME
AMENDMENT FOR TURF CONVERSION
AND WHETHER IT
FALTS OR NOT, I WILL ALWAYS TRY.
ROGERS PLAYGROUND IS SPECIAL
BECAUSE THE PLAYFIELD
IS DEDICATED TO YOUTH, CONNECTED
A SCHOOL AND THE PLAYGROUND
DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE LIGHTING
OR ADEQUATE UPDATES
THAT MAKE IT SAFE AND
ACCESSIBLE.
THE PLAYFIELD IS THE
SAME AS WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL
THERE IN
1993. SO IT'S ALSO THE ONLY
PLAYFIELD
IN EASTLAKE COMMUNITY.
WE OFTEN
SEE EASTLAKE AS A CORRIDOR AND
NOT A COMMUNITY.
I WISH I WAS IN THE
INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WHEN THE J
LINE
WAS BEING FORMED
BUS I WOULD HAVE
ADVOCATED FOR IMPROVEMENTS WHEN
WE WERE THINKING ABOUT
WHERE FUNDING SOURCES WERE
COMING FOR TRANSPORTATION, I
WOULD WOULD HAVE ADVOCATED FOR
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW UNDER
J LINE CONSTRUCTION 520
BRIDGE, REVIVE I- 5 A CHALLENGE
FOR THE
COMMUNITY ENSURING THAT
OUTDOOR SPICES ARE SAFE FOR KIDS
AND
YOUTH.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT WHEN YOU
CONVERT TO TURF YOU CAN BE -- IT
CAN BE USED YEAR ROUND, HAS
MORE USABLE HOURS, FOUR
TIMES NOR REVENUE GENERATING
AS WELL, AND ALSO THE TURF THAT
WE DO IN SEATTLE ARE WITH CORK.
IT'S NOT
WITH RUBBER. SO IT'S WITH CORK.
SOME EM PEOPLE WERE
CONCERNED. IT IS WITH CORK SO WE
ALL KNOW.
I WANT TO
THANK MY CO-SPONSOR KETTLE AND
SOLOMON AND THIS
IS ALSO WE ADDED WHEN
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE'S MENTIONED THE NEED TO
FUND THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF
TURF CONVERSION TO WEST
MAGNOLIA PLAYFIELD, I WAS ALSO
HAPPY TO
COMBINE THOSE EFFORTS IN THIS
REQUEST.
SO THANK YOU.
BUT IT'S IN COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S DISTRICT -- NO.
MAGNOLIA IS SPLIT AS A TEAM
EFFORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
THE BENEFIT
DRAWBACK OF MAGNOLIA IS
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
AND I
WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
BOUNDARIES.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS.
AS FORMER CHAIR
OF PARKS, IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT
THE
TURF. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH
SAID
THIS. IT'S ABOUT THE SPORTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS
CAN GO TO PLAY SPORTS, BOYS
AND GIRLS, AND ALSO RAISES
REVENUE
WHEN YOU HAVE PARKS AND
WHEN THEY ARE ALSO BEING
UTILIZED, THEY
ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE CAMPERS
ON
THEM.
SO WITH THAT I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS.
THANK
YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE A
CO-SPONSOR.
IF I SAID THAT TOO SOON, SORRY.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR
PUTTING THIS
FORTH. NO APOLOGIES
NEEDED, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR ANYTHING
YOU DO PROPOSING ANYTHING
PERTAINING TO TURF.
I SEE IT.
I RECOGNIZE IT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
IN A MOMENT I AM GOING TO ASK
TOE ADD MY NAME TO IT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
ON TURF.
TUSCANYING IN OUR CITY,
THE IMPERATIVE TO ADD MORE
TUSCANYING FOR THE REASONS THAT
YOU MENTIONED AND
MORE. SOMEONE COULD WRITE A
PAPER ON
THE MANIFOLD
REASONS TO TUSCANY MORE FIELDS
IN THE MANNER WE DO
IT HERE
IN AN ECO-FRIENDLY
MANNER. I ALSO NOTE I THINK IT
WAS
IMPLICIT IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS
ALREADY, BUT THERE IS
A GENDER PARITY ISSUE AND GENDER
ACCESS AND EQUITY ISSUE ON THESE
FIELDS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CERTAIN
SPORTS LIKE SOFTBALL,
BASEBALL, FOR
EXAMPLE. SO THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AGAIN, NO APOLOGIES NEEDED.
I WOULD LOVE IN A MOMENT TO
ADD MY NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR.
THERE ARE SOME FIELDS IN
WEST SEATTLE IN DISTRICT 1 THAT
WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING
WITH
YOU. WE ARE DOING THAT IN THE
NEXT AMENDMENT AS WELL,
PARTICULARLY RIVERVIEW.
THANK YOU. ARE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
I WILL JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD
MY
APPRECIATION TO COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH AND HER
ENDEAVOR TO HAVE MORE FIELDS
TUSCANIED. THIS IS THE SECOND
YEAR IN A
ROW SHE HAS FUNNELED MONEY
TOWARDS
DISTRICT 6
FIELDS BECAUSE THEY ARE OF
CITYWIDE IMPORTANCE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
COLLEAGUES,
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-
SPONSOR THIS AMENDMENT, SPR 13,
RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, SEE
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
SPR
14.
>> A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION TO REPORT ON THE
COST, TIMELINE
AND VISIBILITY OF FULL
TURF
CONVERSIONS FOR PLAYFIELDS AT
THREE DIFFERENT PARKS.
ONE PLAYFIELD AT JUDKINS
PARK, TWO PLAYFIELDS AT
RIVERVIEW
PARK AND ONE PLAYFIELD AT BAR-
S
PLAYGROUND. THIS REPORT WOULD BE
DUE
ON AUGUST 3rd OF NEXT YEAR.
THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
AND IS CO- SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
SORRY.
AS I MENTIONED
BEFORE THE IMPORTANCE OF TURF
CONVERSIONS
FOR THE SAFETY AND
ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR KIDS.
JUDKINS PARK IS SO
IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND
IT'S ALSO CLOSE TO WASHINGTON
MIDDLE
SCHOOL. I ALSO -- LET ME STOP.
SORRY.
LET ME
THANK COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
COUNCILCOUNCIL
NELSON FOR THEIR CO- SPONSORSHIP
OF THIS.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING I SHOULD
HAVE SAID. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON HAS BEEN A
REALLY BIG
SUPPORTER OF ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT USES THIS
PARK AS THEIR HOME, CD PANTHERS.
I WENT OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON
A SUNDAY AND THE KIDS WERE
PLAYING IN THE MUD AND THEY
WERE SO MUDDY.
AND ONE OF THE PARENTS SAID I
WILL HAVE TO USE A
WHOLE BUNCH OF TIDE TO GET THE
GRASS STAINS
AND MUD OUT OF THESE KIDS, OF
THEIR
UNIFORM. AND SO THERE IS A LOT
OF HISTORY WITH JUDKINS PARK,
INCLUDING
PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS
TO TURFING.
IT'S HARD BECAUSE I KNOW IS THAT
IS ON AN OLD LANDFILL AND SO
THERE IS DRAINAGE
ISSUES. SO THIS IS
JUST UNDERSTANDING THE
FEASIBILITY BEHIND THAT.
ALSO, TOO, THERE IS A COUPLE
OF PARKS IN SAKA'S,
COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA'S DISTRICT AS WELL
WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THAT REPORT,
TOO.
AND THEN I DO WANT
TO KNOW IF -- I'LL STOP THERE.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING
AMENDMENTS AND THE POSSIBILITY
OF ADDING A PARK FOR A STUDY FOR
THIS.
IS THAT POSSIBLE TO AMEND LATER
ON?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
ENTERING INTO DISCUSSION
AND
QUESTIONS, I WILL ASK WHICH
PARKS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE WILL
STACY FIELD IN DISTRICT 4.
A PARK DEDICATED
TO A WAR HERO.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> MARINE. THANK YOU.
HE WAS A MARINE.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. FIRST OF
ALL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH TO COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. SORRY I AM NOT IN A
PLACE WITH
REALLY GOOD INTERNET,
SO MY CAMERA IS OFF.
I HAVE LEARNED WE HAVE TO GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THE STORY.
WHAT ANALYSIS HAS ALREADY
BEEN DONE ABOUT TURFING JUDKINS
PARK BECAUSE I RECENTLY LEARNED
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE HAS
BEEN ALREADY SOME ANALYSIS ABOUT
THE
COST TO TURF JUDKINS
PARK. I EMAILED THE CREW CHIEF
THERE, DWIGHT BROOKS, EARLIER
THIS
WEEK. BUT THAT'S
PROBABLY NIGHT THE
RIGHT PERSON TO GET THIS
INFORMATION FROM.
MY POINT IS THAT, YES, THE HOME
OF CD PANTHERS, JUDKINS
PARK, BUT ALSO --
IT'S ALSO GOT A BASEBALL FIELD
THERE, TOO.
AND IT TURNS INTO A
SWAMP WHENEVER THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT
OF MOISTURE. AND THEN THERE ARE
HOLES ALL
OVER THE FIELD, AND, YOU
KNOW, ANKLE TURNERS.
SO I WANT TO ADVANCE BY MY MEANS
POSSIBLE THE ANALYSIS
OF HOW MUCH IT WILL COST, IF
THAT
NUMBER ALREADY EXISTS SOMEPLACE,
LET'S UNEARTH
IT. THIS
IS ALSO SCHOOL PROPERTY, SO
THERE HAS TO OBJECT SOME
COOPERATION WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
BUT THE NEED IS GREAT.
SO LET'S GET THIS DONE. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
COBB SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL
HOLLINGSWORTH AGAIN FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING
THIS
FORWARD. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE
PLEASURE AND
HONOR TO CO-SPONSOR IT.
I DID WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF
THE FIELDS CALLED OUT IN MY
DISTRICT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR
ACCOMMODATING MY NITTY- GRITTY
LANGUAGE
REQUEST, AND CENTRAL STAFF
AS WELL,
ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
RIVERVIEW WAS SELECTED BECAUSE
IT WAS
-- WELL, THERE IS CLEARLY A NEED
FOR IT.
WEST SEATTLE BASEBALL USES
THAT. SO DOES
WEST SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE.
THOSE ARE TWO YOUTH
COMMUNITY
BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL
ORGANIZATIONS IN DISTRICT
1 THAT USE IT.
THERE ARE MORE ADULT LEAGUES USE
IT. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY
EIGHT FIELDS
AT RIVERVIEW. EIGHT
FIELD. FOUR PEE- WEE, LIKE
FIELDS,
SMALLER FIELDS FOR LITTLE
KIDS, LITTLER KIDS, AND THEN
REGULAR
SOFTBALL, BASEBALL FIELDS IN THE
UPPER HALF. SO THIS WOULD --
THIS
IS NOT INTENDED TO COVER ALL
EIGHT FIELDS, ONLY A SUBSET.
TO KEEP SOME GRASS, SO BASICALLY
KEEP SOME
GRASS, BECAUSE THERE IS BENEFIT
IN THAT, TOO.
AND ALSO PROVIDE TURF AND
DELIVER TURF FOR THE COMMUNITY
HERE.
AND THEN BAR-S, LITTLE UNIQUE
THERE.
UNLIKE RIVERVIEW, REALLY ONLY
ONE COMMUNITY BASEBALL
ORGANIZATION, YOUTH ORGANIZATION
ESSENTIALLY HAS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS
AND ACCESS TO USE THAT, WEST
SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE. THERE IS
ALSO A
UNIQUE FEATURE ON THIS
PARTICULAR FIELD. IT IS GRASS
INFIELD, ONE OF
THE FEW ACROSS OUR
CITY THAT MY UNDERSTANDING HAS
GRASS INFIELD.
SORT OF LIKE MAJOR
LEAGUES. SO THERE IS, OBVIOUSLY,
BENEFIT
OF THAT. AND SO I'M LESS
COMMITTED UNLIKE
THE RIVERVIEW. I THINK THERE IS
CLEARLY AN
ESTABLISHED NEED THERE
TO DO SOMETHING, BUT I ALSO KNOW
THAT THAT ISSUE WITHIN
THE WEST SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE
COMMUNITY ISN'T FULLY SETTLED,
LIKE
DO THEY WANT TURF OR NOT?
SO
THAT'S WHY THIS PROPOSAL TO DO
ONE AND SEE WHAT IT COSTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? FINAL
QUESTIONS? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
CO-
SPONSORSPONSOR SPR
14, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THIS TIME.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ,
SOLOMON. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ
AND SOLOMON COSPONSORING SPR 14.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO
CHANGE INTO
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND
I ACTUALLY
NEED TO HAVE THE CLERK READ THIS
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK
YOU. I HAVE JUST READ -- WE
HAVE
ASKED FOR ONLY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME TO
BE READ IN.
COLLEAGUES, BETWEEN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THERE
ARE 41
AMENDMENTS.
WE HAVE ONE HOUR, ONE AND A HALF
HOURS, I'D SAY LET'S TAKE OUR
TIME. THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH.
WE ARE GOING TO JUST STOP
WHENEVER WE GET TO 4:00 P.M. AND
WE'VE GOT ALL DAY
TOMORROW MINUS AN HOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE
DAY. WITHIN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, WE
HAVE NINE AND
THEN WITHIN HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WE HAVE 32.
SO THAT'S THE ROADMAP FOR THE
REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON. AND WITH NO
FURTHER ADIEU,
IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ IN
OED 1.
>> YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS.
ONCE AGAIN, JASMINE ON COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
OED 1 A 1 A BUDGET ACTION TO IM
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
FOR CLEANING SERVICES IN LAKE
CITY.
THIS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
CO-SPONSORED BY RINCK
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
WARRIORS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I AM GOING TO SHARE SOME
BASIC FACTS BECAUSE THE
BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT ALSO
DISCUSSES
LAKE CITY WAY AS WELL.
STARTING WITH THE PROVISIO
FOR 100,000 OUT OF OED FOR
CLEANING SERVICES IN LAKE CITY,
AGAIN THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR SIT OG
DOWN WITH US,
GOING OUT TO LAKE CITY AND
LOOKING
AT THE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
COLLEAGUES, I HAVE BASIC
FACTS TO SHARE FIRST.
COLLEAGUES, THE STRUGGLES OF THE
LAKE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD
MAKING HEADLINES THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.
BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING
AND THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE IN
THE PARKS,
STREETS, CREEK, AURORA, GREEN
WAY'S LIGHT RAIL
STATION, ET CETERA, WE HEAR IT
ALL THE TIME.
GRATEFUL THAT
THE MAYOR HARRELL, HIS PROPOSED
BUDGET
INCLUDES INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC
SAFETY
AND SUPPORT FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES. YESTERDAY THIS
COUNCIL PASSED A
RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE BANNING
ANTI-COMPETITION COVENANTS IN
PLACES FORMERLY OCCUPIED
BY GROCERY STORES.
THIS AMENDMENT ENSHOORGS THAT A
PORTION OF THOSE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE WORKING
ON TODAY ARE
MADE IN LAKE CITY.
BUILD LAKE CITY TOGETHER,
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GROUP THAT SUPPORTS SMALL
BUSINESSES LED
BY DIRECTOR CHRIS LEVER SON HAS
REQUESTED THE CITY
SUPPORT FOR
STREET AMBASSADORS AND CLEANUP
CREWS IN LAKE CITY.
UP TO THIS POINT IT'S BEEN
THE COMMUNITY GOING OUT THERE ON
THEIR OWN TIME AFTER WORK,
ON WEEKENDS CLEANING, SWEEPING,
SPRAYING, YOU NAME
IT, WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT.
THEY ENCOURAGE BY THE
SUCCESS OF THE INVESTMENT IN
EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS TO
NEIGHBORHOODS
LIKE THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. SO LACKING A BIA OF
OUR
OWN, THAT'S A BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT
AREA OF ITS OWN, LAKE CITY
NEEDS SUPPORT TO ACTIVATE
THIS INNOVATIVE MODEL.
THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
GROUP OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
DEDICATED TO ENSURING A VIBRANT,
SAFE, AND
ECONOMICALLY VIABLE LAKE CITY.
WE HAVE FIRST OUR GOOD FRIEND
ANNETTE THAT
AT COFFEE KLATCH HOSTING
GATHERINGS AT THE COFFEE
SHOP. SPENCER AT
TURNTABLES AND
TRAILS, ANOTHER COMMUNITY
PARTNER LAUNCHED WITH
THE LAKE CITY ART WALK EVERY
THIRD
THURSDAY. WE HAVE HES RECORDS
HELL- BENT
BRIE, TURNTABLES STRAY
AND ELLIOTT BAY BREWERY.
THIS IS A SMALL EXAMPLE OF THE
BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES
THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER
TO MAKE LAKE CITY VIABLE AND
SAFE.
SO FOR US IT'S VITAL THAT WE DO
WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY IN LAKE
CITY SO THAT IT DOES NOT BECOME
AS YOU HEARD
ME SAY BEFORE A GHOST
TOWN. WITH THAT I WOULD ASK FOR
THE
SUPPORT OF MY
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION.
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU LIKE
TO CO- SPONSOR OED 1, RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL SOLOMON AND SAKA ADDING
THEIR NAME IN OED 1.
>> SOLOMON AND SAKA.
>> AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
THANK YOU.
OED 1,
SOLOMON, SAKA AND
HOLLINGSWORTH. MOVING ON TO TO
OED 2.
>> OED 2, A 1, THIS WOULD
IMPOSE A PROVISIO OF $50,000 IN
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FOR A BUSINESS
INCUBATORS
SPACE IN LAKE CITY SUCH AS IN
THE SPACE PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY
THE
AURORA --
BUSINESS. THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WARRIORS,
YOU RECOGNIZE
THE.
>> I THINK THE CITYWIDE
RESPECTS RINCK AND NELSON
BUILDING ON
THE PREACHES AMENDMENT THIS IS
A FURTHER INVESTMENT IN ENSURING
A
VIBRANT, SAFE
AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE -- I
KEEP USING
IT THAT WORD, LAKE CITY.
THIS AMENDMENT SUPPORTS
A BUSINESS INCUBATOR SPACE IN
LAKE
CITY LOCATED IN A SPACE LIKE THE
AURORA RENTS BUILDING.
BUILDING LAKE CITY TOGETHER
HAS A SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD
WITH
INCUBATOR PROGRAMS. PREVIOUS
WORK HELPED SUPPORT
THE LAUNCH NOW INCREDIBLY
SUCCESSFUL, THE REFUGEE ARTISANS
INITIATIVE. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK
WAS VISITING THEM.
RAI PARTNERS WITH
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN TO
FOSTER AN
INCLUSIVE PROSPEROUS TRANSITION
TO THE U.S. THROUGH
SKILLS, TRAINING AND MICRO
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REALLY
A POWERHOUSE IN WORKING TOWARDS
REI'S VISION OF A COMMUNITY
THAT
VALUES AND INVESTS
IN REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT WOMAN
AS THEY
ACHIEVE
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE. AFTER TWO
YEARS WITH THE
INCUBATOR PROGRAM RAI PURCHASED
A BUILDING IN LAKE CITY,
A BACKGROUND ON THIS, WAY BACK
IN THE DAY MYSELF AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ LATER
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ VISITED AND
FOR
THE FIRST TIME I
THINK IN 16 OR 17 WHEN THEY
STARTED OUT AND I
THINK THEY HAD
THREE SEWING MACHINES AND NOW
THEY ARE WELL
OVER 25 WOMEN, MANY
SEWING MACHINES, THEY BOUGHT THE
BUILDING, THEY HAVE CLIENTS
LIKE
STARBUCKS. I
JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT
WHAT MINGMING HAS DONE OUT
THERE.
EVEN THOUGH AFTER 2020
WHEN THEIR BUSINESSES
WINDOWS WERE BEING BROKEN AND
BROKEN INTO
AND SHATTERED AND
THE DOORS BROKEN, I MEAN, THEY
STILL
DID IT.
THEY STILL BOUGHT THE BUILDING
AND MOVED FORWARD IN
THEIR
MISSION. THAT'S THE COMMUNITY
WORK
I LOVE TO SEE.
AND WHEN IT'S SUCCESSFUL
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
TWO OF THE RECENT
SEATTLE RESTORED LAKE CITY
PARTICIPANTS
SUPPORTED BY OED WERE ABLE TO
SECURE LEASES IN
EMPTY STOREFRONTS AND THAT'S
AO, AYO
COLLECTIONS AND BLOOMS AND
TWINE ARE STAYING IN LAKE
CITY. AND THEN THE STARBUCKS
THAT
RECENTLY CLOSED I UNDERSTAND AND
I HAVE BEEN DRIVING BY, WE ARE
NOW GOING TO -- THEY
ARE REDOING IT AND, HOPEFULLY,
WILL HAVE
A NEW MEXICAN RESTAURANT THERE.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN
YOUR DISTRICTS -- CITYWIDE, AND
YOU
DRIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS
AND WHEN YOU FINALLY SEE THINGS
THAT
WERE TORN UP AND
TAGGED AND DESTROYED AFTER 2020,
IT'S NICE
TO SEE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
COMING BACK TO LIFE.
WITH THAT I WOULD SEEK TO
SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR
A MERE $50,000 TO MAKE
SURE MAES IT GOING TO DO IF GET
YOU
IN
THIS SO WE CAN ALL FEEL GOOD
ABOUT OURSELVES? THANK YOU.
>> THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
WARRIORS.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
DISCUSSION?
I WILL JUST SAY COUNCILMEMBER
WARRIORS, I
HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THREE PEOPLE
THAT THERE WAS IN
FACT A DENISE
ON LAKE CITY WAY.
>> MY GOD, YOU ARE STILL ARGUING
ABOUT THAT.
>> ANYHOW, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU
LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
OED 2 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS
TIME.
WE HAVE GOT COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, SAKA AND HOLLINGSWORTH
ADDING THEIR NAMES TO OED 2.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON,
SAKA
AND HOLG.
>> THANK YOU.
OED 3.
>> OED 3 A 1, WOULD INCREASE OED
BY TWO THUN THOUSAND
GENERAL FUND ONE TIME TO EXPAND
THE BALLARD AMBASSADOR
PROGRAM AROUND 14th AVENUE
NORTHWEST
TO ASSIST WITH VISITORS
ASSISTANCE, OUTREACH WITH UNNOUS
HOED
NEIGHBORS. THIS COUNCIL BUDGET A
ACTION IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND CO- SPONSORED
BY --
AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> I WILL ADDRESS IT TO SAY
THIS AMENDMENT WILL MOST
LIKELY BECOME A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT
BECAUSE WE HAVE ENGAGED IN A
DEEP
DIVE ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR
PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLY
EFFECTIVE.
IT HELPS CASE
MANAGERS FIND THEIR CLIENTS
FASTER,
CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER ON
THE
MARGINS OR IN HOMELESSNESS WITH
SERVICES
IN A MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS AND
PROVIDES SMALL
BUSINESSES
A PERSON TO SPEAK
WITH NO MATTER THAT THE ISSUE
IS.
THAT SAID TO EFFECTIVELY
MANAGE THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
REQUIRES
MORE MANAGEMENT THAN WAS
INITIALLY EXPECTED. BEFORE WE
EXPAND THE PROGRAM, I
BELIEVE WE NEED A FULL REVIEW
FROM OED, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE
CURRENT PARTICIPANTS IN THIS
PROGRAM TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND IF WE NEED TO
RIGHT SIZE THE ORIGINAL
CONTRACT AMOUNT BEFORE WE ENGAGE
IN
EXPANSION.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
DISCUSSION?
SEEING NONE, IF YOU LIKE
TO CO- SPONSOR OED 3, PLEASE
RAISE
YOUR HAND
AT THIS TIME.
ADDING COUNCILMEMBER TROOENG OED
3.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> MOVING ON TO OED
4.
>> OED 4 A 1 THE CBA INCREASE
OED BY 300,000 GENERAL FUND ON A
ONE TIME BASIS TO SUPPORT
CLEANING SERVICES IN
THE DOWNTOWN
BALLARD BUSINESS CORE AND IN
CAPITOL HILL ALONG
THE PIKE PINE CORRIDOR.
THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS
AND
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
AS SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT I
ADDRESS IT TO SAY THAT WE
OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS IN THE CITY HAVE INCREASED
THE AMOUNT
OF STREET CLEANING CITYWIDE.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFIT AS WELL AS A BUILT
ENVIRONMENT LIVED, YOU KNOW,
OUR DAILY
EXPERIENCE. IT HAS IMPROVED AS
WELL.
I SAY IT IMPROVES THE
ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE ANYTHING
THAT GETS LEFT OR STUCK ON ITS
GROUND USUALLY GOES INTO THE
LAKES OR THE PUGET SOUND WHEN
THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN.
AND WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO CLEAN
OUR STREETS ON A REGULATOR
BASIS, THE
TOXINS, CHEMICALS, ET CETERA ARE
CAPTURED BIT
SEWER TREATMENT PLANT WHEN THERE
IS
NOT HEAVY RAIN. SO THIS IS
GOOD FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT
GROUPS.
AS WELL AS NOT ONLY WE DIDN'T
JUST FOCUS THIS IN BALLARD. WE
ALSO FOCUSED IN CAPITOL
HILL, PIKE PINE CORRIDOR OUT OF
THE
$300,000 ONLY $100,000 WOULD
BE DIRECTED TO BALLARD AND
200,000
TO THE D3 NEIGHBORHOODS O
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
DISCUSSIONS?
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION,
WOULD LIKE TO
CO-SPONSOR OED 4.
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH ADDING HER NAME IS
OED 4.
MOVING ON TO OED
5.
>> OED 5 A 1, THE
ABA INCREASES BY $380,000
GENERAL FUND ONGOING
TO FUND ONE OUTREACH WORKER
IN BALLARD AND THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOR OUTREACH
TO UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN
THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS
OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA
AND CO- SPONSOR BY NELSON AND
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, THIS
REQUEST IS COMING FROM MY
DISTRICT.
WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT
THIS IN THE PAST ANT SOME POINT,
I
THINK, MANY OF US WHO HAVE HAD
ISSUES IN OUR DISTRICTS,
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES,AGE THEN
ISSUES
WITH FOLKS WHO ARE UNHOUSED.
DOWNTOWN WE HAVE SEEN A LOT
AS MOVEMENT HAS HAPPENED, MOVE
UP
DOWN AND THEN A LOT OF THESE
FOLKS NEED SERVICES.
AND THEY
NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN DO THAT
OUTREACH TO WORK WITH
THEM, TO CONNECT THEM TO
SERVICES. SO THIS PARTICULAR
EFFORT
IS TO GET A PERSON --
REINSTATEMENT
OF A PERSON
THAT THE DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP
HAD IN THE U
DISTRICT THAT WOULD
HELP UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS,
CONNECT THEM TO
SERVICES. THAT PERSON GOT
REPURPOSED,
AND NOW WE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE THAT
PERSON BACK IN THE DISTRICT TO
WORK WITH.
OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION IN THE
DISTRICT.
I WILL SAY THAT THE U
DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP THOUGH,
IT'S A
BIA. THEY ARE GREAT NEIGHBORS TO
THE
RESIDENTS THERE AS WELL.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEIR FOCUS IS
THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE
AREA, THEY WORK WITH A
LOT OF THE RESIDENTS AND GO
BEYOND JUST HELPING THE SMALL
BUSINESSES
IN THE U
DISTRICT. SO THAT IS WHAT THIS
IS AND
BALLARD, OF COURSE,
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, CHAIR STRAUSS, YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT
BALLARD.
BUT
SIMILAR. IT WOULD BE TO HAVE A
PERSON IN
BALLARD TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF
WORK, WHICH IS REALLY
HELP CONNECT UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
TO
SERVICES THERE. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLIES, FURTHER DISCUSSION,
QUESTIONS?
ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT
THESE POSITIONS ARE TIED TO A
HIGH
NEEDS CASE CONFERENCING PROGRAM
THAT MANY OF OUR HIGHEST LEVEL
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM ALL WORK
TOGETHER TO GET
PEOPLE TO HELP THEY NEED IT A
TIMELY FASHION.
WITH THAT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO
CO-SPONSOR OED 5, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ADDING
THEIR NAMES TO OED
5.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH
AND RINCK.
>> THANK YOU. OED
6.
>> OED 6 A 1, THIS CBA INCREASE
OED BY $200,000 GENERAL
FUND ON A ONE TIME BASIS TO
SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO NOT
ANTICIPATE A
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA IN THE
NEXT
YEAR. THIS FUNDING MUST SUPPORT
AT MAXIMUM AN ORGANIZATION IN
THETHE GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS
DISTRICT. THIS CBA IS SPONSORED
BY
SOUTHBOUND SAKA AND CO-
SPONSORED BY SOLOMON AND
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT,
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, THIS CBA WOULD
INCREASE THE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE $200,000
GENERAL FUND ONE TIME TO HELP
AMPLIFY AND UP LIFT
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT
AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO
NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATE FORMING
A
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA IN THE
NEXT YEAR.
SO THIS FUNDING MUST SUPPORT AT
A
MINIMUM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE IN
GEORGETOWN, GEORGETOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICTS, AREAS.
THEY TYPICALLY DON'T
RECEIVE DIRECT FUNDING BUT THERE
ARE
NO DOUBT OTHER SUCH SIMILAR
SITUATED BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE
CITY THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM
THIS EXCITING INVESTMENT.
OED HAS WORKED WITH SIX
NEIGHBORHOODS WHO DO
NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATE
CREATE ORGANIZATION RENEWING A
BIA, THAT INCLUDES BEACON
HILL, RAINIER
AVENUE, SOUTH PARK,
MOUNT BAKER, FIRST HILL AND
AURORA.
BUT OED MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT OED INTENDS TO REVIEW
THE IMPACTS OF THOSE INVESTMENT
AND DETERMINE NEXT STEPS
FOR FUNDING IN
2026 AND THIS WOULD HELP BRIDGE
THE GAP AND
PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO DO NOT
CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE
THIS COMING YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO- SPONSOR
OED 6, WE ARE ON OED 6, KNOPP
SEVEN? THANK YOU.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-
SPONSOR OED 6 PLEES RAISE YOUR
HAND
AT THIS
TIME. SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL CO- SPONSORS, MOVE ON
TO
OED 7.
>> OED 7 A 11 BUDGET
ACTION, PROVISIO $250,000 IN
OED FOR FOCUSED OUTREACH AND
ASSISTANCE
TO BUSINESSES FACES
DISPLACEMENTS DUE TO SOUND
TRANSIT'S IMPACTS.
THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND CO- SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS AND
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA IS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THE LIGHT RAIL EXPANSION
THROUGHOUT OUR
CITY IS A ONCE IN
A GENERATION INVESTMENT IN OUR
REGION.
BUT IT ALSO HAS IMMEDIATE AND
SERIOUS IMPACTS ON PEOPLE,
INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND
SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG THE
ROUTE. IN
THE NEAREST TERM IN WEST
SEATTLE, NORTH DELRIDGE.
SO THESE ARE SMALL
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITIES SERVING
BUSINESSES,
INCLUDES AUTO SHOPS,
CAFES, SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT
HAVE BEEN
PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR YEARS.
AS SOUND TRANSIT MOVES FORWARD,
WE MUST ENSURE THAT PROGRESS
DOESN'T COME AT THE
EXPENSE OF LOCAL LIVELIHOODS.
PROVISIO DIRECTS AND
TARGETS OUTREACH AND
DIRECTS SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE
FOR
IMPACTED SMALL BUSINESSES FACING
DISPLACEMENT.
THE IDEA BEHIND
THIS PROJECT IS -- OR THIS
PROPOSED
INVESTMENT IS THAT IT WOULD BE A
PILOT.
THERE IS A
RELATED BUDGET AMENDMENT WE WILL
TALK ABOUT
LATER THAT WOULD BE IDEALLY MORE
PROGRAM I CAN.
WE WILL GET A REPORT.
BUT THIS WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT
OF $250,000 FOR THE NARROW --
FOR THE NORTH DELRIDGE AREA WITH
THE GOAL OF HELPING
TO STABILIZE AND RETAIN AFFECTED
BUSINESSES BY PROVIDING
TECHNICAL,
FINANCIAL, AND RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE, BUSINESSES IN
THE PATH OF THE
PROJECT FACE HUGE FINANCIAL GAPS
BETWEEN WHAT
SOUND
TRANSIT REIMBURSE AND THE ACTUAL
COST OF
RELOCATION, PUTTING ASIDE
THE TIMELINESS OF THOSE
REIMBURSEMENTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS MOST OF
THOSE PAYMENTS HAVEN'T SEEN
COME YET.
BUT MANY OF THESE SMALL
IMPACTED BUSINESSES NEED TO MAKE
PLANNING DECISIONS NOW,
INCLUDING CONSULTANTS AND THE
LIKE.
AND TO FIGURE OUT THEIR NEXT
STEPS.
AND WHILE THEY
WAIT, I DON'T WANT THEM TO
LANGUISH, I WANT THEM TO BE
EMPOWERED, AND
THAT'S THE THRUST OF THIS
AMENDMENT.
EMPOWERMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
IMPACTED BY SOUND
TRANSIT PROJECTS STARTING FIRST
AS A
PILOT AND THE NORTH DELRIDGE
AREA. WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT, SOME
OF THESE BUSINESSES MAY NEVER
REOPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK
YOU, COBB SAKA. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION?
I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO HAVE
MY ENUNCIATION GAME UP
BECAUSE I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH'
MOTHER IS
WATCHING. WITH THAT, DON'T
SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
OED 7, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND
RINCK.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
RINCK.
>> OED 8.
>> OED 8 A 1, THIS CBA WOULD
INCREASE OED BY $50,000 GENERAL
FUND ON A ONE TIME BASIS TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
FOR CAPITAL -- DEVELOPING
A CAPITOL HILL BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT
AREA OR BIA FOCUSED ON THE PIKE
PINE
CORRIDOR.
OED 2026 BUDGET CONTAINS 150,000
GENERAL FUND ONGOING TO
PROVIDE ÷÷SUPPORT FOR
THE CAPITOL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS
DISTRICT AND THIS ONE
TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS
INTEND TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OUTREACH
EFFORTS
TO CONJURE UP
A BIA IN THE FIRST YEAR OF
FUNDING.
THIS CBA IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH IS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR CO-SPONSOR
SHIP. I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS
FUNDING IS IN ADDITION TO THE
EXISTING ONGOING GENERAL FUND
TOWARDS
THE BIA SUPPORT IN CAPITOL HILL.
CAPITOL HILL JOINED
CONNECTED ALSO TO FIRST HILL IS
WHAT
I CONSIDER THE ECONOMIC
ENGINE WITH DIRECT CONNECTION
TO DOWNTOWN NIGHT LIFE,
HOSPITALS,
UNIVERSITIES, SMALL BUSINESSES,
AND TOURISM.
I DO STAND CONFIDENTLY IN
SAYING THAT CAPITOL HILL IS THE
NIGHT
LIFE ENGINE IN
OUR CITY. BUT IT NEEDS A LOT OF
HELP
AS WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE
SURROUNDING AREAS SUCH AS
DOWNTOWN, WHICH I LOVE OUR
DOWNTOWN.
WE DO SEE ISSUES IMPACT OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS AND I HAVE
BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A LOT OF
THOSE
EXISTING RESOURCES
AND ATTENTION TO THIS
AREA COLLABORATING WITH
OUR EXECUTIVE IN OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON
IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND THANK
YOU
TO EVERYONE LAST YEAR WHO
SUPPORTED THE
ALLOCATION THAT WAS FOR THE
DON'T OF A BIA AND
AMBASSADORS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THIS IS PART TWO.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF
HARD WORKING FOLKS ON CAPITOL
HILL,
NEIGHBORS POURING IN A LOT
OF ENERGY TO GET
A BIA STARTED BECAUSE THERE IS
AN
AGREEMENT THAT A BIA WOULD BE
KEY
TO THIS. WE TALKED TO A TON OF
PEOPLE.
I WAS ALSO TOLD FOR
THE RECORD THAT COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE SAID
THAT HE WOULD TAKE
WHATEVER ALLOCATIONS OUT OF
DOWNTOWN
AND
GIVE ME THE 50,000 AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. COLLEAGUES,
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
SEEING IN FURTHER QUESTION,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
OED
8 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS
TIME.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND
RIVERA.
>> WONDERFUL. MOVING ON TO OED
9.
>> OED 9 SA 1, A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT
WOULD REQUEST THAT OED AND THE
OFFICE
OF THE WATERFRONT
CIVIC PROJECTS AND SOUND
TRANSIT,
INCOORDINATION WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE DEVELOP
RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR HOW THE CITY CAN
BETTER SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES
LOCATED WITHIN THE STATION AREA
PLANNING ZONES FOR SOUND
TRANSIT'S WEST SEATTLE AND
BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION.
THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND
CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
STRAUSS AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND NOT
ONLY
JOINING ME IN CO-SPONSORING
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND THE
RELATED AMENDMENT BEFORE THIS.
ALSO WANT TO
THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND SOLOMON
TAGGED ON TO THAT ONE.
AND APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP
THERE.
WHEREAS, THE OTHER ONE WAS -- IS
MORE OF ALONG THE LINES OF A
PILOT, LAUNCHING A PILOT,
FOCUSED ON A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC
AREA, THE
SAME UNDERLYING CHALLENGES
IMPACT A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES
CURRENTLY IN THE
SOUND TRANSIT PLANNING ZONE, AND
SO WHAT THIS S.L.I. WOULD
DO, STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT WOULD DO, IS IT WOULD
REQUEST A
STUDY TO HELP BETTER SUPPORT
THE TRANSITION OF
STATIONARY DEVELOPMENT AND
ENSURE
THAT THESE AREAS AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY
THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE MADE
WHOLE, THE AREA IS MANAGED
THOUGHTFULLY. I THINK THE
UNDERLYING
RESPONSIBILITY, THESE
ARE SOUND TRANSIT DECISION.
WE HAVE TWO OF 17, 18 SEATS ON
THE BOARD.
THAT'S NOT US BEING ABLE
TO THROW OUR WEIGHT AROUND IN
ANY MEANINGFUL WAY.
WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY AS
A
REGION. I WISH I SAT ON THE
BOARD. BUT THAT IS PRINCIPALLY A
SOUND
TRANSIT DECISION TO
SITE AND DETERMINING WHERE THE
BEST SITING AND THEY HAVE THE --
THEY BEAR THE PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING
PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES, SMALL
BUSINESSES WHOLE.
BUT I THINK THE CITY
PLAYS A ROLE AS WELL.
WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN
TO HELP SUPPORT SMALL
INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES THAT GIVE
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THEIR
CHARACTER
AND ENABLE AND EMPOWER THEM TO
THRIVE.
SO THIS S.L.I. ASKS THAT WE, THE
WATERFRONT, CIVIC PROJECTS
AND SOUND TRANSIT TO COORDINATE
WITH MAYOR'S OFFICE, DEVELOP
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
SPECIFICALLY HOW THE CITY CAN
BETTER
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES LOCATED
WITHIN SOUND TRANSIT'S
STATIONARY OR
PLANNING
ZONES. AND THERE ARE
MULTIPLE, OBVIOUSLY, THROUGHOUT
OUR CITY.
THE DEPARTMENTAL TEAM,
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM ADDRESS
AND ANTICIPATED
IMPACTS ON SMALL BUSINESSES,
REVIEWING BEST PRACTICES FROM
OTHER CITIES
AND TRANSIT EXPANSION
PROJECTS. IDENTIFY POLICY AND
FUNDING
OPTIONS FOR CITY-LED OR
CITY- SUPPORTED MITIGATIONS,
AND ALSO RECOMMEND WAYS TO
IMPROVE COORDINATION WITH SOUND
TRANSIT
AND
OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS ON THE
BROADER CHALLENGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF
YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CO-SPONSOR OED 9, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, RIVERA
AND RINCK CO- SPONSORING OED
9.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS
SOLOMON,
RIVERA AND RINCK.
>> THANK
YOU. THE NEXT DEPARTMENT.
IF THE CLERK COULD READ THE
NEXT ITEM INTO
THE RECORD.
>> HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR BRIEFING
AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL. WE HAVE AN HOUR
REMAINING.
THERE ARE 32 AMENDMENTS IN THIS
DEPARTMENT.
I CAN PROJECT THAT WE WILL NOT
GET TO ALL 32, AND THAT'S
OKAY. LET'S TICK THROUGH AS
MANY AS WE
CAN THIS AFTERNOON, SO AS
TOMORROW IS A MORE MANAGEABLE
DAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS,
CONCERNS AT THIS TIME,
COLLEAGUES, ON THE REMAINDER OF
TODAY?
HEARING NONE, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO OUR STELLAR TEAM
FOR HSD
40.
WE WILL START AT --
NO. SORRY.
NO, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> CENTRAL STAFF FOR THE RECORD.
YOU DO HAVE 30 CBAs THAT
CONDITION INJURY A
PICTURE OF THE EXPANSE OF THE
ADDS FOR THE
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND THE STRANDS THAT
CONNECT MANY
OF THESE CBAs.
STARTING WITH THE VERY FIRST
ONE, HSD 0408, THIS
WOULD PROVIDE $75,000 IN GENERAL
FUND
FOR THE PROGRAM TO
ENCOURAGE ACTIVE AND REWARDING
LIVES FOR
ADULTS OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE AND
OLDER WHO SERVED IN
THE MILITARY.
THIS PROGRAM DOES PROVIDE
COUNSELING SERVICES FOR
OLDER ADULTS AND INCLUDING
THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY
WHO HAD
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
THE CITY CURRENTLY FUNDS THIS
PROGRAM AT ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR.
THEY ALSO RECEIVE
AROUND $400,000 IN FUNDING FROM
THE
KING COUNTY VETERANS SENIOR AND
HUMAN SERVICES LEVY AND THIS
IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA,SOME AND KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, SPONSOR OF
THE AMENDMENT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK
MY CO- SPONSORERS,
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
KETTLE.
AND ALSO FELLOW MILITARY
VETERANS AND
THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND SPONSORING
THIS WITH ME.
COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS
A -- THE UNDERLYING ISSUE AN
OPPORTUNITY AT HAND HERE IS ONE
THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO
ME PERSONALLY AND I KNOW A FEW
OF US AS WELL NEAR AND DEAR TO
MY
HEART.
TO HELP UPLIFT
AND HELP FILL GAPS IN SERVICES
TO VETERANS IN
NEED.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS AN
EXISTING PROGRAM AS WE LEARNED
FUNDED
BY HSD.
SO PROPOSING A
INCREASE, EXPAND THE FUNDING A
BIT.
THE PEARLS PROGRAM, PROGRAM
TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVE AND
REWARDING LIVES
FOR ADULTS 55 AND OLDER WHO ARE
-- SERVED IN THE
MILITARY, THE
DESIGNATION VETERAN IS
ACTUALLY A VERY PRECISE
STATUTORY TERM.
CARE LESS ABOUT THAT,
MORE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO
SERVE IN
THE MILITARY FOR PURPOSES OF
HAVING IMPACT AND HAVING PEOPLE
QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THERE IS A GREAT NEED
FOR CONTINUED MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELL- BEING COUNSELING THAT IS
INCREASINGLY HARDER TO REACH FOR
MANY, SPECIFICALLY THESE
POPULATIONS.
SO IT'S AN INVESTMENT,
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP
AND DO MORE TO BETTER
SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED
UP TO
SERVE. IN THIS CASE, WHO HAPPEN
TO BE
55 AND OLDER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
IF YOU LIKE
TO CO-SPONSOR HSD
40, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THAT TIME.
.
PENCILS DOWN.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
CO-SPONSORING
HSD 40.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> MOVING ON TO HSD
41.
>> THIS CBA WOULD INCREASE
PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$75,000 GENERAL FUND IN ONGOING
FUNDING TO SUPPORT SERVICES
FOR FOSTER
CARE YOUTH AND FOSTER
PARENTS. THESE SERVICES COULD
INCLUDE PEER COUNSELING AND
SERVICES TO ASSIST YOUTH
TRANSITIONING
OUT OF FOSTER CARE, FOOD
PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS
THAT STRENGTHEN THE FAMILIES
SUBJECT TO FEDERAL FUNDING
REDUCTIONS. THE COUNCIL
IDENTIFIED
THE UNITED INDIANS OF
ALL TRIBES FOR
THIS FUNDING. THIS ORGANIZATION
CURRENTLY RECEIVES
AROUND $44,000 FROM THE
CITY FOR THEIR WORK WITH FOSTER
PARENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
IS SPONSORING THE AMENDMENT.
YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
ALSO WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBERS
SOLOMON AND KETTLE, FOR YOUR
CO-SPONSORSHIP IN THIS EFFORT.
AND ANOTHER ISSUE THAT
IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME
PERSONALLY AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS OVERCOME THE
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND , YOU
KNOW, WENT ON TO THRIVE MY
CAREER PERSONALLY AND WHO
I AM
TODAY. AND A LOT OF IT, A LOT OF
THE REASON IS BECAUSE I HAD
TERRIFIC -- I HAD ACCESS TO
GREAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
AND HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL MENTORS
AND FAMILY WHEN I NEEDED THEM
THE
MOST, LIKE MY FATHER.
AND SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF
SUPPORT, FOSTER YOUTH IN OUR
CITY, INCLUDING THROUGH THE
LEVY, THE NEW LEVY
RENEWAL THAT'S ON THE BALLOT.
AND A FEW OTHER AREAS. MY GOAL
IS TO TAKE AS MANY
BITES AT THE APPLE SORT OF LIKE,
I
GUESS, MY COMPANION MAYBE
TO COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
SHE
IS GOING TO
PROPOSE SOMETHING EVERY YEAR
PERTAINING TO TURF
AND I'LL SUPPORT THAT
EVERY
YEAR. I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO
FIND WAYS TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES
AND UPLIFT THOSE WHO --
THAT PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND
WE ACTUALLY LEARNED AS PART OF
THE TESTIMONY I THINK YESTERDAY
THAT
UNITED INDIANS FOR ALL TRIBES
FOUNDATION IS THE CURRENTLY
FUNDED, IS ONE OF THE CURRENTLY
FUNDED PROGRAMS BY
HSD, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING AND
INVESTING IN FOSTER FAMILIES.
SO GREAT INVESTMENT.
HIGH IMPACT, LOWER COMPARATIVELY
DOLLAR AMOUNT INVESTMENT FOR I
THINK A
HIGH IMPACT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WARRIORS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THIS AND
JUST A LITTLE
HISTORY AS WELL WITH
UNITED INLDIONS AND CHIEF
SEATTLE,
BUT PARTICULARLY UNITED INDIANS,
THE
GROUP HOME, AS A FORMER
BOARD MEMBER AND LEGAL COUNSEL
FOR
UNITED INDIANS, WHEN WE
TOOK OVER IN THE '70s WHEN I
WAS A YEAR OLD, THIS
IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
SO I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR BRINGING
THIS
FORWARD AND I WILL BE ASKING TO
BE
A CO-SPONSOR.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL SAID, COUNCILMEMBER
WARRIORS.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
IF YOU WOULD HIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A CO- SPONSOR TO
HSD 41, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND AT THIS
TIME. COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, HOLLINGSWORTH AND
RINCK.
>>
HSD 42.
>> THIS WOULD
INCREASE PROS POSED
APPROPRIATIONS TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$350,000 GENERAL FUND ONE TIME
TO FUND HISTORIC BUILDING
REPAIRS,
INCLUDING THE ROOF -- AND
IMPROVEMENTS
TO MONTEREY LOFTS BUILDING
EVENED OPERATED BY CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB.
THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ,
SOLOMON AND
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AS
SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AGAIN, I WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND
SAKA. ANOTHER QUICK NOTE
REGARDING --
I WILL GET
TO THIS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL ON AT
FOSTER
CARE PIECE. CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
STARTED
IN THE 1970s AS A MEAL SERVICE
ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN
INDIAN WOMEN'S SERVICE LEAGUE.
AND I ACTUALLY LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AS A CHILD
HO TO USE THEIR SERVICES AS A
FOSTER CHILD AS WELL.
SO I KNOW WHAT COMMUNITY AND FOR
THE LOVE OF YOUR
PEOPLE AND RELATIVES MEANS WHEN
PEOPLE
REACH OUT. SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
ANYWAY, CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
IS THE NATIVE NON- -- A NATIVE-
LED, NONPROFIT HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICES
AGENCY. THEY ARE A HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY THAT
PROVIDES BASIC NEEDS FOR THEIR
MEMBERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE
EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. NATIVE PEOPLE IN
URBAN
AREAS FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUBS EMBRACE
MEMBERS AS
THE PRIMARY METHOD FOR HEALING
AND TRANSFORMATION.
EMPLOYEES OVER 80
PEOPLE, 70% OF WHOM ARE NATIVE
AMERICAN, ALASKA NATIVE ALONG
WITH 100% OF THEIR
OFFICERS AND BOARD.
NATIVE PEOPLE MAKE UP LESS
THAN 1% OF KING COUNTY'S
POPULATION, BUT REPRESENT 32% OF
THOSE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESSNESS.
I WANT TO THANK EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR DEREK BELL GUARD
AND THE FORMER DIRECTOR WHO
HAVE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS FOREVER
IN
THIS ORGANIZATION AND MOVING IF
FORWARD AS WELL AS
JENKINS, AT THE GRANTS MANAGER
WHO
WORKED WITH US TO GET THIS
INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR MY
COLLEAGUES IN
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL AND THOSE
OF YOU WATCHING AT
MOMENT HOME. MONTEREY LOFTS IS
LOCATED ABOVE THE DAY
CENTER AND THE DAY CENTER
PROVIDES FOOD, PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE, HOUSING
ASSISTANCE, LEGAL SERVICES, AND
NATIVE ART
JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS TO
ENGAGE IN CULTURAL COMMUNITY
BUILDING. COMPLETION OF A
PROJECT
ALLOWS BEHAVIORAL STAFF TO BE IN
ONE LOCATION STREAMLINING
DELIVERY
OF CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES
TO THE NATIVE COMMUNITY.
THIS SPACE WILL PROVIDE A
STABLE BASE FOR HOUSING
AND WELLNESS TEAMS TO WORK
TOGETHER AND
DIRECT SUPPORT OF MEMBERS.
350,000 WOULD COMPLETE
PHASE TWO OF REPAIRS ON HISTORIC
BUILDING ON THE HISTORIC
BUILDING MONTEREY LOFTS
ABOVE THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB DAY
CENTER.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS
5. 5 MILLION.
3. 8 FROM NON- STATE
FUNDS AND SOME FROM HUD AND 1.
1 IN STATE
FUNDS. WE HAD A FUNDING GAP AT
ABOUT
500,000, WHICH ENABLES
FULL COMPLETION AND OCCUPANCY.
THE BUILDING WAS
ACQUIRED IN 2019 THROUGH THE
HELP
OF THIS COUNCIL AND PHASE BUN
RENOVATION WAS
COMPLETED IN 2023 RENOVATING
FOUR
UNITS. PHASE TWO RENOVATES
THE REMAINING SEVEN UNITS.
AS YOU KNOW, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN
HERE, WE NEED THIS CONSTELLATION
OF NON-PROFIT INDIGENOUS
LED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT
ONLY PROVIDING SERVICES
FOR INDIGENOUS RELATIVES BUT
ALSO THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER
FOLKS
IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN
NEED OF THESE CRITICAL SERVICES.
SO WITH
THAT I ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY
COLLEAGUES
FOR
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT OF
350,000.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL SAID,
COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION?
COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
JUST WANT TO
SAY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ REALLY
FRESH BRATE YOU
AND YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND YOUR VOICE AND
THE PERSPECTIVE THAT
YOU REPRESENT. IN A MOMENT I
WILL BE PROUD
TO RAISE MY HAND AND ASK TO BE A
CO-SPONSOR OF
THIS. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING
THIS
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. FURTHER DISCUSSION?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
HSD 42, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
AT THIS TIME.
ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS TO HSD
42, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, STRAUSS,
RINCK.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS
SAKA, STRAUSS, RINCK.
>> I WILL TRY TO GO SLOWER
BUT BE READY BECAUSE WE ARE
MOVING ON TO HSD
43.
>>
THIS ACTION WOULD INCREASE HSD
BY $150,000 GENERAL FUND
ONE TIME FOR THE ROOF
REPLACEMENT
AT THE GREEN WOOD SENIOR CENTER
OWNED AND OPERATED BY
THE PHINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION. THE ROOF OF THIS
BUILDING IS FAILING AND NEEDS TO
BE
REPLACED. SO THAT THE UTOPIAN
ENVIRONMENT FOR
SENIORS CAN CONTINUE TO BE
PROVIDED AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND THE SPONSOR ARE
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, JUAREZ
AND RINCK.
>> THANK YOU,
TRACEY. AS SPONSOR OF THIS
AMENDMENT I
WILL ADDRESS IT.
THE GREENWOOD SENIOR
CENTER IS MORE THAN WHAT THOSE
WORDS
AND THAT NAME ELICITS.
YOU CAN FIND YOUR MENTAL,
PHYSICAL, DENTAL
HEALTH CONNECTIONS AT THIS
LOCATION,
YOU CAN HAVE LUNCHER DAY,
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MEAL
DELIVERED IF NEED BE, AND, YES,
YOU
CAN PLAY A STRONG GAME OF BINGO
THAT HAS
KARAOKE IN BETWEEN SESSIONS.
ALL OF THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF
THE BUILDING DOES
NOT HAVE MOLD AND THE BUILDING
DOES NOT
HAVE RAINWATER DRIPPING ON YOUR
HEAD.
THAT
IS WHY THEY NEED A NEW
ROOF. THIS FUNDING WOULD PROVIDE
A NEW
ROOF.
DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
I SEE YOU
HAVE A HAND.
>> SORRY, NO.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CO-SPONSOR HSD 43 PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND
AT THIS TIME.
NO FURTHER CO-SPONSORS, MOVING
OVERNIGHT TO HSD 44.
>> THIS WOULD
INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$75,000 OF GENERAL FUND ONE TIME
TO SUPPORT THE RELOCATION OF --
CHILDCARE CENTER.
THIS CHILDCARE CENTER AT --
INTENDING TO
SELL THE PROPERTY IN 2027 AND
THE CHILDCARE CENTER
NEEDS A NEW LOCATION BEFORE
2027 SO THE CHILDCARE PROGRAM IS
NOT KIBOSHED.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, SOLOMON AND
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS SPONSOR
OF THE AMENDMENT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK
AND SOLOMON FOR JOINING ME
IN SPONSORING THIS.
PROPOSED INVESTMENT FOR
[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL
LANGUAGE ] I HOPE MY SPANISH
DIDN'T SOUND TOO TERRIBLE.
BUT IT IS AN ORGANIZATION
WITH MANY LINES OF SERVICE
SERVING MANY PEOPLE
IN THE -- IN OUR LOCAL HISPANIC
LATINO COMMUNITY.
THEY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, PROVIDE CIVIC EDUCATION,
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, OTHER --
THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY
PROVIDE IN TERMS OF
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO
A COMMUNITY IS EXPANSIVE AND
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
BUT AMONG OTHER THINGS THEY ALSO
OPERATE A CHILDCARE SERVICE AND
THEIR CURRENT
FACILITY, BY THE WAY, THIS
CHILDCARE
FACILITY SERVES IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE FAMILIES IN WEST SEATTLE
TODAY, BUT REALLY THROUGHOUT THE
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT 1 AND BEYOND, PRIMARILY
THOSE THAT ARE BILINGUAL AND
NON-NATIVE SPANISH
SPEAKERS. THOSE CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES THAT
ARE NON- NATIVE, NON-NATIVE
ENGLISH SPEAKERS. ENGLISH
SPEAKERS,
RATHER. THIS IS A ROUGH TIME,
OBVIOUSLY, COLLEAGUES FOR
IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEES GIVEN THE RECKLESS
ATTACKS
ON MERE EXISTENCE BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S NOT THE TIME FOR
INSTABILITY.
THIS CHILDCARE FACILITY
MUST MOVE.
CURRENTLY, IT OPERATES
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. WILL BE CLOSING THIS
BUILDING
SOON, THAT THEY ARE LOCATED IN.
SO THIS IS A MODEST AMOUNT.
$75,000 TO ASSIST THEM
IN SECURING A BRAND- NEW
LOCATION
WITH TENANT IMPROVEMENTS
SO THERE IS NOT A
LOSS IN SERVICES FOR THESE
FAMILIES.
WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED
BY EARLY 2027.
PRIMARILY SERVING FAMILIES
IN AND AROUND SOUTH PARK,
BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER,
ALL
AROUND THE DISTRICT AND ALL
ACROSS THE
CITY.
I THINK REGION AS
WELL. SO VERY, VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT
WORKING AND IMMIGRANT -- OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES.
I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CO-
SPONSOR HSD 44, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
SEEING WE HAVE NO FURTHER
CO-SPONSORS, HSD 45.
>> THIS ACTION WOULD
INCREASE
PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$60,000 OF GENERAL
FUND ONE TIME TO FUND A
COMPREHENSIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY
TO EXPLORE THREE OPTIONS FOR
EXPANDING THE
OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACE
AT FIRST
PLACES LEARNING CENTER PRESCHOOL
SPONSORS
OF, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, SAKA
AND
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER, AS I AM THE
SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, I
WILL SPEAK TO IT.
THIS WAS A REQUEST MADE
DIRECTLY BY JIM BUCHANAN TO
ENSURE
THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ARE PROVIDED TO OUTDOOR
RECREATION OCCURRING AT FIRST
PLACE LEARNING
CENTER. THERE IS
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS,
AND THIS WOULD BE
A GOOD USE OF OUR CITY
FUNDING TO
INVEST IN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NEED
IT MOST.
WITH THAT QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO- SPONSOR
HSD 45, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
ADDING HER NAME TO HSD
45. HARVARD
46.
>> THIS ACTION WOULD
INCREASE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BY $125,000 OF GENERAL FUND
ONE TIME TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC
PLANNING FOR SERVICES
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ELDERS.
THE TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH
AND FREEDOM IS A BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY LED
JUSTICE ORGANIZATION BASED
IN SOUTH SEATTLE THAT IS
BUILDING A
NEW MODEL OF CARE BY AND FOR
THIS
COMMUNITY AND THEY WOULD
BE CHARGED WITH
CONDUCTING THIS STRATEGIC
PLANNING EFFORT.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, HOLLINGSWORTH AND
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, MR.
CHAIR.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
THANK COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND
LINC FOR BEING CO- SPONSORS
ON THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS INVESTMENT WOULD HELP
ENSURE THE CITY IS RESPONDING
TO ELDER VOICES WITH
PROVIDING THESE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WITH
DIGNITY AS THEY NAVIGATE HEALTH
SERVICES BY INVESTING
$125,000 IN STRATEGIC PLANNING
FOR
ELDERS, LEVERAGE COMMUNITY LED
INFRASTRUCTURE, AMPLIFY
RETURN ON EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE DOLLARS AND
HELP ENSURE TUBMAN
HEALTH'S PROGRAMMING AND
CLINICAL
SITES CAN MEET
THE URGENT AND GROWING HEALTH
NEEDS OF OUR CITY.
WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT
TUBMAN CENTER BEFORE.
THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE,
THE CRITICAL CARE THIS THEY
PROVIDE WITH GENDER-AFFIRMING
CARE AND
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
THIS WOULD ADD TO THE SUITE OF
SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
I
URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
IF YOU WOULD HIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
HSD 46, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND SAKA.
MOVING ON TO HSD
47.
>> THIS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION INCREASES BY $500,000
GENERAL
FUND ONE TIME TO EXPAND SERVICES
AT CITY FUNDED SENIOR CENTERS.
THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA, STRAUSS
AND NELSON.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 11
SENIOR CENTERS FUNDED BY THE
CITY AT
APPROXIMATELY $2.8 MILLION A
YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO
ADDRESS YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, FIRST AND FOREMOST,
ACTUALLY, I THANK MY
CO-SPONSORS,
COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS AND
NELSON, ON
THIS EFFORT.
COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW THAT SENIOR
CENTERS÷÷ AND SOME OF OUR
MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS,
MORE BROADLY, ARE UNDER ATTACK
AND
FACING FEDERAL
CUTS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS
PROPOSING TO CUT FUNDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET
BY 26%.
THIS NEED IS SUPPORTED BY ALL
OF THE SENIOR
CENTERS AS MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
COALITION.
AND THERE IS SENIOR CENTERS IN
MY COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT
ALL OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THE EXECUTIVE DID
NOT INCLUDE ANY INCREASE IN THE
PROPOSED
BUDGET, BUT AN
ADDITIONAL $500,000 IN ONGOING
FUNDS FOR
SENIOR CENTERS NOW MORE
THAN EVER CAN HELP MEET THE NEED
OF WHICH WE'RE SEEING AN
INCREASING
NEED, INCREASING NEED, AND
IMPERATIVE TO EXPAND
SERVICE
CAPACITY AND DELIVER FOR OUR
SENIORS.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE, ANYONE WOULD LIKE
TO RAISE THEIR HAND TO
CO-SPONSOR?
SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE
ON TO HSD
48.
>> THIS WOULD INCREASE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$250,000 OF GENERAL FUND ONE
TIME
TO SUPPORT SERVICES
AND PROGRAMS FOR BLACK TRANS AND
GENDER
DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS. THESE
SERVICES WOULD BE
PROVIDED BY THE -- PROJECT THAT
SERVES
THIS COMMUNITY POPULATION.
THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
JUAREZ AND RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, TRACEY.
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.
RIVERA.
OKAY. I GOT TO RIGHT.
VICE CHAIR.
OKAY.
AWESOME. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR
RIVERA.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR
YOUR CO- SPONSOR SHIP.
LAVENDER RIGHTS PROJECT
IS PROVIDING A CRITICAL LEGAL
ADD
VOSY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SAFE
HOUSING AS WELL AS FOR BLACK
ANDAND BROWN
INDIVIDUALS AND GENDER DIVERSE
RESIDENTS.
THE NEW HOUSING THAT THEY
HAVE IS A 34 UNIT HOUSING
IN CONJUNCTION WITH CHIEF
SEATTLE
CLUB. AND THEY ALSO HAVE AN
EXPANSIVE
LEGAL NETWORK IN HEALTH CARE AND
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AS
WELL. I HAVE SEEN, OBVIOUSLY,
THE
WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE
IN THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY
DURING THIS TRYING TIME AND A
LOT OF
INDIVIDUALS
ARE COMING TO SEATTLE AND THEY
ARE SEEING
AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING
TO SEATTLE AND THE CITY
AND TRYING TO FIND A HOME BASE.
AND THE WORK THAT THEY CONTINUE
TO DO BY THEIR COMMUNITY- BASED
PROGRAMMING, THE FOOD ACCESS
THAT THEY PROVIDE, A SENSE OF
SPACE, HOME,
EVENTS, AND ALSO
THE HOUSING THAT THEY PROVIDE
AND REALLY KEY IS THE MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT AS
WELL. I THINK IT'S A GREAT
INVESTMENT FOR OUR CITY AND I
ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE, ANYONE WOULD LIKE
TO RAISE THEIR HAND TO
CO-SPONSOR?
SEEING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> GREAT.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE
CHAIR.
MOVING ON TO HSD
49.
>> THIS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE
INSTENT --
>>
SORRY, CHAIR, SEEMS LIKE
SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO RAISE
THEIR HAND.
DIDN'T HAPPEN QUICKLY
ENOUGH.
>> SIGN ON IT --
>> PLUS ONE FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON TO 048.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MOVING ON TO HSD 49.
>> THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
INSEWVATION
AND PERFORMANCE TEAM AND THE
OFFICE OF HOUSE TO
GO PREPARE AN INVENTORY OF
CITY FUNDED HUMAN SERVICES
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IN THE
CITY
AND SUBMIT THIS INVENTORY TO THE
CITY
COUNCIL.
THIS INVENTORY
SHOULD INCLUDE A MAP
THAT DISPLAYS THE LOCATION OF
SERVICES AND HOUSING.
THIS S.L.I. WOULD BE DUE JULY
1,
2026. IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, SOLOMON AND
NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AS
SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
AND SOLOMON FOR YOUR
CO-SPONSORSHIP.
DURING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
PROCESS WE AS A COUNCIL MADE
A COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAD A SERVICES THROUGHOUT
THE SFI. AND I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE BROUGHT UP THE
RECOGNITION
THAT A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES
WERE IN
DOWNTOWN, CAPITOL
HILL, FIRST HILL, CID AND IT
WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD A
CITYWIDE. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
TO IDENTIFY
WHAT AND WHERE EXISTS TODAY
GIVING THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF
INVESTMENT AND PRIORITIZING OF
HUMAN SERVICES.
OFTENTIMES I FIND MYSELF
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO GETS WHAT
AND
TRYING TO
NAVIGATE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT
COME TO OUR OFFICE,
TO FIND OUT WHAT RESOURCES
ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LOT
OF DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE THOSE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE AMOUNT OF WORK IS A
LOT.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THE
WORK WILL BE A GREAT
INVESTMENTINVESTMENT SO WE CAN
BETTER COORDINATION AND
EFFICIENCY AND NEIGHBORHOOD
SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD.
THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
WE SAW THAT WITH HOUSTON WHEN
THEY HAVE THEIR -- THEY HAVE
PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, THEY HAVE
A PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE
A COORDINATED EFFORT
OF ALL THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT
BY THE SAME METRICS SO THEY ARE
ABLE TO
MOVE PEOPLE FROM THE
STREET INTO HOUSING INTO
SERVICES. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT WITH THE
AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT
THAT SEATTLE CONTINUES TO HAVE
AND
WE, AS THE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, THAT
WE BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE
SERVICES THAT ARE GOING
ON IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE CAN
HAVE
A MORE COORDINATED RESPONSE.
SOY THINK MORE INFORMATION IS
GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND SO
WE CAN HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
DISCUSSION?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M
GRATEFUL THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH IS BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AND TO CO-SPONSOR.
JUST A COMMENT OR A QUESTION.
I'M WONDERING IF THE SERVICES
THAT WILL BE MAPPED ALSO INCLUDE
COUNTY SERVICES.
OR ANY SERVICES?
AM FOR EXAMPLE, THE CRISIS
CARE
CENTER, ET CETERA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON.
TRACEY?
>> WE HAVE WRITTEN THIS
IN SUCH A WAY IT IS CITY FUNDED
HUMAN SERVICES AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU.
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> NOPE.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
IF YOU LIKE TO CO-
SPONSOR HSD 49
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THAT
TIME.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO- SPONSOR
AND YOU HAVE NOT
GOTTEN YOUR
HAND UP ONLINE, YOU CAN RAISE IT
IN PERSON.
PENCILS
DOWN. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
KETTLE,
SAKA, RINCK.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS RIVERA,
KETTLE, SAKA AND RINCK.
>> AND NELSON.
>> FOR HSD 49.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS
ALREADY A CO-SPONSOR.
>> THERE WE ARE. FANTASTIC.
MOVING ON.
WE HAVE NOW ON PAGE 2 OF 44
HSD.
PROVE ME WRONG.
WE HAVE ONLY GOT
22 MORE AMENDMENTS TO GO AND 33
INS IN. HSD
50.
>> HSD 50 A ONE -- IS A
BUDGET ACTION TO INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE HUMID
SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
2.2 MILLION FOR
THE THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT CENTER PROVIDING
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR
STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER. THE 2026 PROPOSED
BUDGET
ALLOCATES 1.8 MILLION FOR
THIS PURPOSE STHCHLT SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, CO- SPONSORED BY SOLOMON
AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL JUAREZ, SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I WANT TO START OUT
THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN
THIS FIELD SINCE SHE WAS
FIRST ELECTED FOUR YEARS AGO AND
I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER STNG
EFFORTS IN THE
FIELD OF
ADDICTION AND RECOVERY AND
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WISE WORDS AND
SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
LET ME GIVE
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION. THE BOARD HAS BEEN
AROUND
THE SINCE THE LATE 1960s.
LIKE MANY SEATTLE INDIGENOUS
LED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PROVIDED
KNOWLEDGE ONLY FOR OUR
OWN RELATIVES BUT THEIR
FAMILIES.
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD IS
UP TO 242 EMPLOYEES.
SO WITH THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT ASK WE ARE REQUESTING
2.2 MILLION TO THE 1. -- TO
THE ONE . MILLION IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET TO SUPPORT THE
COMPLETION OF THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT
CENTER.
BASICALLY, TRYING TO CLOSE
THE DELTA FOR
THE ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL ASK OF 4
MILLION TO --
IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET IS
1.8. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR 2 TO 2
TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT
CENTER HAS A LONG HISTORY NOT
ONLY FOR
URBAN INDIANS AN
INDIGENOUS LED ORGANIZATIONS.
IT
WAS FOUNDED IN 1974 WITH 14
BEDS.
AND LIKE I DID -- LIKE WE DID
THIS MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON AND I, I LIKE TO PUT IN
CONTEXT WHEN YOU HAVE
A NONPROFIT CARING ORGANIZATION
TO
SHOW INTO CONTEXT HOW MUCH
MONEY THEY RAISE ON THEIR
OWN BEFORE THEY COME TO THE
CITY. LIKE TUBMAN HEALTH
CENTER, NONPROFIT WHO RAISED
MONEY TO
COMPLETE THEIR CENTER. THEY HAVE
RAISED 35 MILLION OF THE 45
MILLION FOR THE TOTAL
COST OF THE PROJECT.
AND I
THINK ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS
THAT CAN SHOW THAT
THEY RAISE MONEY FROM THEIR
FUNDERS, FROM EVERYWHERE,
THAT THEY SHOULD BE REWARDED FOR
THAT HARD
WORK.
THIS FUNDING HAD
SUPPORT RENOVATIONS IN
CONSTRUCTION, ENSURING
THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT CENTER TIMELY
REOPENING IN 2026.
THE BOARD IS LED BY THE CEO
WHO COMES TO US VIA THE NAVAJO
NATION, AND AS I SHARED WE
ARE UP TO 242 EMPLOYEES.
IT IS A FEDERALLY
QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER
ACCEPTING
MEDICARE, MEDICAID, THREE PARTY
PROVIDERS,
MEDICAL, DENTAL
SERVICES TO ELDERS, VETS,
CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
OFFERS
PRENATAL, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SUPPORT,
IMMUNIZATIONS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDER TREATMENT AND
HOUSING. AND IT HAS A CLINIC
AS YOU KNOW IN DISTRICT 5 WHICH
WAS
OPENED IN 2022 IN
CONJUNCTION WITH
NORTH HELP LINE COMMUNITY FOOD
BANK.
AND RIGHT NOW THE BOARD IS
THE ONLY PHARMACY
SENSE FRED MEYER LEFT SERVING
THE NORTH END
OF LAKE CITY AND D 5.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE
MAIN CLINIC IN
THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
OTHER
LOCATIONS, THERE IS ONE THAT
OPENED IN
2022 IN PIONEER SQUARE AND
I WAS THERE TO OPEN THAT ONE AS
WELL.
AND WE ARE JOINED BY SENATOR
MURRAY AND THE REST OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
AND TRIBAL LEADERSHIP WITH
A WONDERFUL CEREMONY WITH THE
THIRD
CLINIC OPENING. THE THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT CENTER
IS BEING REBUILT.
IT WILL BE A 92 BED RESIDENTIAL
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
TREATMENT FACILITY.
THE THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT CENTER
WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL
BASICALLY URM HEALTH SERVICE,
EVIDENCE- BASED PRACTICE-
BASED
AND CULTURALLY-BASED ACTIVITIES.
WE HAD A BIG WIN THE LAST TWO
YEARS WHERE NOW MEDICAID
IS RECOGNIZING IN TRIBES
AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
BOARD CAN BILL FOR
CULTURALLY-BASED MEDICAL
INTERVENTION,
PREVENTION, AND SERVICES.
THE THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT
CENTER HAS 15 DEDICATED BEDS
FOR PREGNANT AND
PARENTING ADULTS WHO WILL BE
ALLOWED TO BRING
TWO CHILDREN UNDER AGE
OF 5 WITH
THEM. AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF
THE
FIRST OF ITS KIND IN
CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CULTURE OF
MOTHERS STAYING WITH THEIR
BABIES. AND THEY
ARE OF COURSE OFFERING
TREATMENT TO NATIVES AND NON-
NATIVES ALIKE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN KING
COUNTY. NEW RECORDS FOR OVERDOSE
DEATHS IN 2022, IN 2023.
IN 2024, KING COUNTY FINALLY
SAW A DROP IN
OVERDOSE DEATHS BUT THEY REMAIN
DOUBLE OF
THOSE 2020 AND TRIPLE THOSE OF
2014.
YOU ARE
AWARE OF THE STATISTICS IN THIS
TERRIBLE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH --
SORRY, ADDICTION ISSUE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH
FOR QUITE A RILE.
BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022
IN KING COUNTY ALONE, 128
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BEDS HAVE BEEN
LOST.
TO DATE, 148 SUCH BEDS EXIST AND
THUNDERBIRD CENTER'S 92
BEDS REPRESENT A 62% INCREASE IN
BED
AVAILABILITY WHICH IS
SO CRITICAL AT THIS JUNCTURE.
THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE
TO SERVE AN ADDITIONAL 265
BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH PATIENTS
WHO WE REFER TO AS OUR RELATIVES
EACH
YEAR REPRESENTING 118%
INCREASE IN OUR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES.
AND BEGIN I CAN'T STRESS THAT
SEATTLE INDIAN SERVICE
COMMISSION, UNITED
INDIANS, CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB,
MOTHER
NATION, HUMMINGBIRD AND
OF COURSE THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT
CENTER IS PART OF SEATTLE'S
CARING COMMUNITY BOTH NOT ONLY
IN DISTRICT 2, BUT ACROSS THE
CITY, CERTAINLY IN THE REGION
AND INDIAN COUNTRY AND I
WOULD WELCOME THE SUPPORT OF MY
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. FURTHER DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF
WORDS.
THUNDERBIRD WILL BE A
GREAT ASSET TO THE FOLKS IN
DISTRICT
2.
AND NOT JUST THE
FOLKS IN DISTRICT 2.
YOU KNOW,
I HAD BEEN THERE WHEN IT WAS
RIGHT OFF OF RENTON
AVENUE.
TOWARDS THE FACILITY, DID
A ASSESSMENT FOR THE
FACILITY. I HAVE HAD FAMILY THAT
HAS
BEEN CLIENTS
THERE. SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT
WHAT
THUNDERBIRD HAS MEANT TO THE
COMMUNITY, WHAT IT'S MEANT TO
ME
PERSONALLY, I GUESS YOU
COULD SAY IT WAS
A WRESTLING MATCH WHICH ONE OF
US WOULD BE THE
PRIMARY SPONSOR ON THIS ONE. I
CEDE TO MY ELDER.
BUT I AM HAPPY TO BE
A CO- SPONSOR ON THIS
AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING
THE PRIMARY ON
THIS. SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>>?
IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AMENDMENT
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT
WAS SAID BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. LEST YOU THINK THAT
BECAUSE IT'S
ON VASHON MAYBE IT'S NOT , YOU
KNOW, APPROPRIATE OR WHATEVER.
BUT 80 TO 85% OF THE PEOPLE THAT
WILL BE USING THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT CENTER ON VASHON WHEN
IT'S FINALLY COMPLETED ARE
ACTUALLY SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
I WANT TO
MAKE THAT CLEAR. AND BEFORE
THEIR CLINIC IN THEIR
TREATMENT CENTER IN PIONEER
SQUARE WAS CLOSED, THEY WERE
SERVING,
I BELIEVE IT WAS THEY HAD 25% OF
THE CERTIFIED BETTS
BEDS FOR RESIDENTIAL ADDICTION
TREATMENT.
SO ALREADY PLAYING A HUGE
ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS FILLING
A
HUGE NEED OUT THERE. SO I JUST
-- I
EMPHATICALLY SUPPORT THIS,
OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I AM A
CO-SPONSOR.
THERE IS ALSO A 1. 8 ADDITION --
ITEM IN THE BUDGET, THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET RIGHT NOW, FOR
THE ACTUAL CAPITAL COST TO
COMPLETE THE CENTER.
SO THAT IS ALSO VERY CRITICAL.
AND IF ANYBODY'S THINKING
ABOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO
THAT, MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO
ME
FIRST. THAT WAS A PRIORITY LAST
YEAR TO
GET IN. SO GOING FORWARD THIS
YEAR I
AM GLAD TO SAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR DOING THE HEAVY
LIFTING, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE
PROGRAMKING, THE SERVICES THAT
BE PROVIDED
AT THIS TREATMENT CENTER WHEN
IT'S FINALLY COMPLETE. THANKS.
>> THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION.
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
IF YOU
LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR HSD
50, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBERS HORLGS, RINCK AND
RIVERA ADDING THEIR NAMES
TO HEAT ADVISORY 50.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH,
REIGN
AND RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO HSD
51.
>> THIS WOULD INCREASE
PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$100,000
GENERAL FUND ONE TIME FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ADDING AN
ADDITIONAL DAY OF FOOD DELIVERY
SERVICE FOR
THE LOW-INCOME AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT MAGNUSSEN PARK.
IT INCLUDES A ONE
TIME APPROPRIATION
OF $3 MILLION FOR FOOD BANKS
BRINGING THE TOTAL
FUNDING FOR FOOD BANKS IN
THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET TO --
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
AND CO-SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, THIS 100,000
PROPOSAL IS TO HELP BRING FOOD
TO -- FOR THE FAMILIES THAT ARE
ACTUALLY LIVING AT MAGNUSSEN
PARK. THERE IS A FOOD DESERT
OVER
AT MAGNUSSEN PARK AREA,
ESPECIALLY NOW WITH
THE CLOSURE OF THE FRED MEYER
THERE AND THEN THE
PRIOR CLOSURE OF SAFEWAY.
IT'S BEEN REALLY
CHALLENGING FOR OUR FAMILIES
THAT LIVE, OUR
LOW- INCOME AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FAMILIES TO
BE ABLE
TO ACCESS FOOD.
SO REALLY THIS IS JUST AN
ATTEMPT TO BRING ADDITIONAL FOOD
THERE.
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD
BANK BRINGS
A DAY OF FOOD THERE AND
THIS IS TRYING TO ADD CAPACITY
TO THAT BY
BRINGING EITHER AN ADDITIONAL
DAY OF
FOOD, WHILE STILL WORKING
OUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND
HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE WALLINGFORD FOOD BANK AT
FAMILY
WORKS. BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE
CAN BEST SERVE THE FAMILIES THAT
LIVE THERE.
AND I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK
AND
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR THEIR
CO-SPONSORSHIP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS,
DISCUSSION?
SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTION OR DISCUSSION, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO
CO-SPONSOR HSD 51, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS, WE MOVE
ON TO HSD
52.
>>
THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
INCREASE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS BY 1.2 MILLION
GENERAL FUND
FOR
EXPANSION. OPIOID RECOVERY AND
CARE ACCESS
CENTERS PATIENT OUTREACH REGION
PROGRAM. IT'S AN OUTREACH TEAM
THAT
MEETS PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE
CENTER THAT IS THE DOWNTOWN
EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER.
THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES ONGOING FUNDING OF --
THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
AND CO-SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH AND STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS JUST
AN EXPANSION OF THE PROPOSED
MOBILE OPIOID TREATMENT.
IN OTHER WORDS, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS -- THAT WILL BE SERVICES
FOLKS DOWNTOWN AND THIS IS
TRYING TO BRING THIS
SERVICE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE NEEDS
ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE IN
U
DISTRICT, CAPITOL HILL AND
BALLARD.
THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN
OUR CITY THAT ALSO NEED THIS.
AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT
TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS OUTSIDE
OF THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR ALSO
HAVE
ACCESS TO TREATMENT WHICH IS
BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS, IT'S
NURSING THAT GOES AROUND IN THIS
VEHICLE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
MEDICATION TO FOLKS THAT NEED IT
IN OTHER AREAS OF THE
CITY. THERE IS ONE, LIKE I SAID,
FOR
DOWNTOWN.
THIS WOULD BE A ROVING ONE
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO
PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS?
DISCUSSION?
COMMENTS?
IF YOU LIKE TO CO-
SPONSOR HSD
52, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THIS TIME.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
CO-SPONSORS, WE MOVE TO
HSD 53
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
ARE YOU CO-SPONSORING?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON
CO-SPONSORING HSD
52.
>> COUNCIL
NELSON.
>> HSD
53.
>> THIS WOULD INCREASE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$125,000 GENERAL FUND ONE
TIME FOR EXPANDED OFFERINGS THAT
THE BALLARD FOOD BANK TO HIRE
A SOCIAL WORKER TO ASSIST
CLIENTS.
PARTNERS WITH
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS INCREASE
CITYWIDE
ABSCESS, INCLUDING FOOD BANKS.
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 3
MILLION FOR FOOD BANKS
BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 6.5
MILLION.
WITH 211,000 ALREADY CALLED
OUT FOR THE BALLARD FOOD BANK
SPECIFICALLY, AND I MAY
HAVE MISSPOKEN WHEN I SAID ONE
TIME.
I THINK THAT ONE IS AN ONGOING
PERHAPS
YOU CAN CLARIFY AND REMIND US IF
I HAVE GOTTEN THAT
WRONG. BECAUSE THAT IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS
AND CO- SPONSORED BY SOLOMON
AND
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK
YOU. I WOULD ADDRESS IT
TO SAY THAT IS SEPARATE FROM
FOOD FUNDING. THE BALLARD FOOD
BANK IS A
MISNOMER OF A NAME.
SO MUCH OF THEIR
PROGRAMMING ATTENDS TO PEOPLE'S
MENTAL,
DENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH,
CONNECTIONS TO SERVICES, CASE
MANAGERS, AND THE RESOURCES THAT
THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR
LIVES.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
THAT USE THE BALLARD FOOD BANK
ARE NOT
NECESSARILY HOMELESS.
THEY ARE EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO
NEED A LITTLE BIT OF
HELP. AND COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH
SAYS TO ME, IF YOU WANT TO
GET PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING, MAKE
SURE THAT THERE IS FOOD
INVOLVED.
THAT'S WHY THE FOOD BANK IS
THE PERFECT PLACE TO HAVE A
CASE
MANAGER. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE
BALLARD FOOD BANK CASE
MANAGER THEY HAVE ON HAND HAS
ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO
HELP US DIRECTLY CONNECT PEOPLE
INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, INTO OTHER
HOUSING
OPTIONS.
THEY DO SO MUCH OUT OF THAT
SMALL SPACE. SO THIS WOULD FUND
A
SOCIAL WORKER NOT THE FULL
FUNDING, THE BALLARD FOOD BANK
WOULD
BE PROVIDING THE OTHER PART
OF THE
FUNDING. SO AGAIN AS
COUNCILMEMBER WAURZ WAS SAYING,
PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS. THIS IS NOT THE
FULL
FUNDING. THE FOOD BANK WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT OTHER
FUNDING.
THIS WOULD BE AN ONGOING.
THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
DISCUSSION?
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
HSD 53 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THAT TIME.
SEEING NO -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
CO-SPONSORING HSD
53.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO HSD
54.
>> THIS WOULD INCREASE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
250,000 GENERAL FUND ONGOING FOR
MEALS FOR SENIORS AND IMPOSE A
PROVISIO.
THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET
ADDS ONE MILLION ONE
TIME APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEAL
PROGRAMS BRINGS THE TOTAL FOR
MEAL
PROGRAMS IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO 2.9
MILLION AND AGAIN FOOD
BANK FUNDING IN ADDITION HAS AN
INCREASE OF THREE MILLION
BRINGING BRINGING TO DO 6. 5
MEMBER.
SPONSOR BY HOLG AND CO-
SPONSORED
BY --
>> COUNCILMEMBER,
HOLLINGSWORTH,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
FOR YOUR
CO-SPONSORSHIP. THIS REQUEST IS
BROUGHTBROUGHT
OUR -- THE HUMAN SERVICES
COALITION, ALSO MEAL
PROVIDERS REGARDING SENIOR
MEALS.
WE KNOW THAT WE ALL SUPPORT
FOOD, WHICH IS GREAT IN
ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY,
WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
THIS SPECIFICALLY TARGETS
A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS OFTEN
LEFT OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF
ACCESSIBILITY.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT SENIOR
AREAS AND SENIOR CENTERS IN.
YOU HAVE THE SOUTHEAST SENIOR
CENTER IN COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON'S DISTRICTS, WHERE
WHETHER THEY
DO THE COOKED MEALS IN THE
CENTER OR THEY GO
AND DELIVER THEM TO
PEOPLE. IN OUR DISTRICT WE HAVE
THE CENTRAL AREA SENIOR CENTER,
THEY DO MEALS AS WELL.
THEY ALSO DO A REDUCTION
IN PRICING FOR FOLKS AS WELL.
SO THEY DO $5 MEALS WHERE
THEY COOK HUGE MEALS AND DELIVER
THEM
TO PEOPLE OR DIFFERENT
GROUPS GO AND DIFFERENT
OTHER -- OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS
DELIVER THEM
AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE
CITY, PARTICULARLY OUR SENIOR
CENTER.
JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT POPULATION IS FED AS
THEYTHEY FACE FIXED INCOME AND
THEY
NICE HIGHER COSTS OF LIVING.
THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS
THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO
BE A SENIOR TO BE ABLE TO GET
THESE MEALS.
THERE IS NO INCOME REQUIREMENT.
THERE IS
NO ZIP CODE. I THINK THAT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE ACCESSIBLE ACCESS TO FOOD.
SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
ANY DISCUSSION?
SEEING NONE.
IF YOU LIKE FOE CO- SPONSOR HSD
#
4, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT
THIS TIME.
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, RINCK AND
SOLOMON.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ,
RINCK AND
SOLOMON.
>> AND THAT IS CO- SPONSOR SHIP
ON HSD 54. MOVING ON TO HSD 55.
>> THIS WOULD INCREASE BY 1 PIE
5 MILLION FUND FOR PRENAIL
AT GRAND INVESTMENT
STRATEGY. THIS CURRENT PROGRAM
AIMS TO
REDUCE
DISPARITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR
PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS AND
TODDLERS AND FAMILIES TO
SUPPORT INFANT AND TODDLER AGE
CHILDREN.
THIS PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO BE
ELIMINATED TO THE 2026 PROPOSED
BUDGET WHICH SWAPPED ALL SBT
FUNDED PROGRAM TO
FAMILY EDUCATION AND PROMISE
LEVY
ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER.
ALL PROGRAMS THAT IS EXCEPT
FOR THIS ONE.
THE
PROGRAM IS THE ONLY PROGRAM
PROPOSED TO BE ELIMINATED AND
THIS WOULD MOVE TO
HSD.
>> THANK YOU.
SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT, I WILL
ADDRESS IT.
ALL OF THIS TO SAY THIS WAS
AN ITEM BROUGHT UP IN COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF ISSUE I.D.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM
CONSIDERING. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT
LANDED ON
A FINAL POINT OF DETERMINATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
AM CONSIDERING FOR THE CHAIR'S
PACKAGE.
BECAUSE I AM CONSIDERING IT,
I WANTED TOE DAYLIGHT IT IN THIS
STEP IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS, KERCHS, IF
THIS SOMETHING YOU LIKE,
PLEASE CO-SPONSOR IT.
WITH THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION?
IF
YOU WOULD HIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
HSD 55, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
AT THIS TIME.
ADDING COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> AND JOINING US AT THE TABLE,
WE HAVE -- IT IS 3:48.
WE HAVE 16 HSD AMENDMENTS LEFT.
TOMASO JOHNSON HAS JOINED US
AFTER WE -- WITHOUT VERY MUCH
NOTICE ASKED HIM TO BE AT THE
TABLE. THANK YOU, TOMASO,
FOR BEING PRESENT WITH
US. IF YOU'D LIKE TAKE US
THROUGH
HSD 61.
COLLEAGUES, DEPENDING
HOW QUICKLY WE GO, HE MAY ASK
US TO STAY THROUGH HSD.
ONLY
16 REMAIN. I KNOW.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
WELCOME TO THE 60s.
HSD 61, THIS WOULD INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
FIVE THUN THOUSAND DOLLARS
GENERAL
FUND ONE TIME FOR SERVICES FOR
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
ASSOCIATED PROGRAM COSTS.
COUNCIL HAS
IDENTIFIED THE KING COUNTY
SEXUAL ASSAULT
RESOURCE CENTER FOR THIS
FUNDING.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
CO-SPONSORED
BY JUAREZ AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR STRAUSS.
THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON
FOR JOINING IN FOR THIS ONE.
THIS IS A -- IT'S ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF WE NEED TO HAVE A
FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM FROM START TO FINISH.
WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE COURT
AND WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH OTHER
ONES. BUT THEN THERE IS ITEMS
LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF LIKE
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE NEWS
TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT,
YOU KNOW,
THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AROUND I AM SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
ASSIST
THOSE, THOSE VICTIMS OF THE
CRIMES
THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT
I RECEIVED A NOTE
FROM THE KING
COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE
CENTER
THAT NOTED THAT THIS INVESTMENT
WILL HELP
ENSURE THAT
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT,
PARTICULARLY THOSE IN SEATTLE,
HAVE CONTINUED ACCESS TO VITAL
ADVOCACY, THERAPY
AND PREVENTION SERVICES DURING A
TIME OF
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING INSTABILITY.
TRAUMA INFORMED ASSISTANCE
TO HUNDREDS OF SURVIVORS AND
FAMILIES AND HELP US
MAINTAIN THE SKILLED STAFF WHO
MAKE
THAT HEALING POSSIBLE.
I NOTE, TOO THAT, THIS
WORK IS ALSO -- HAS A
PREVENTATIVE
PIECE TO IT AS WELL BECAUSE THIS
IS VERY TRAUMATIC AS MENTIONED
HERE IN THE WORK THAT WE DO NOW
HELPS THOSE IN NEED IN
POTENTIALLY HELPING AVOID
CHALLENGES IN THE
FUTURE.
SO COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ON THIS AS WELL IN
ADDITION TO BUDGET CHAIR IN
TERMS OF MAKING THIS POSSIBLE IN
SUPPORT OF
THOSE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
SO THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOLLOWING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'M PROUD TO BE
A CO- SPONSOR
ALONG WITH
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON IN THIS
REQUEST BY
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
SHARED WHAT THE INFORMATION THAT
WE RECEIVED FROM KATE
GARVEY, THE CEO.
AND WITHOUT GOING THROUGH
ALL OF THE INFORMATION
BECAUSE I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE COVERED
IT, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE
EM
IF A SIS WAS ON KEEPING THE
ACCESS, SUSTAINING THE SUPPORT
AND MAINTAINING THE
SKILLED
STAFF THAT DO ALL THESE GREAT
THINGS FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
INCLUDING THE 24/7 RESOURCE
LINE,
LEGAL TEAM ADVOCACY, CLINICAL
THERAPISTS,
PREVENTION TEAM, YOUTH ADVISOR
TEAM,
WORK WITH THE KING
COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. WE WORKED
CLOSELY FOR THE
LAST DECADE, INCLUDING THEIR
WORK WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY-
BASED
ORGANIZATION THAT'S DONE
REALLY WELL IS AURORA COMMONS
UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF ELIZABETH DAHL.
AND THOSE TWO FOLKS WILL WORK
HAND IN HAND AND ALSO
A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR FRIEND
NATALIE
WALTON- ANDERSON IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WHO WORKS ON THESE SEX --
THESE TRAFFICKING ISSUES.
PEOPLE TRYING TO ESCAPE
THE SEX WORK AND TRAFFICKING
ISSUES THAT
HAPPEN AND THE TRAUMA.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT'S THE MOST TELLING
WHICH
I
FOUND IN THE YEARS THAT I HAVE
WORKED WITH THEM IS THAT
THE TRAUMA
INFORMED CARE FOR WOMEN
EXPERIENCING AND TRYING TO
ESCAPE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
TRAFFICKING HAS BEEN AMAZING
AND
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FUND THIS
AND MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I REMEMBER FIGHTING BACK
WHEN WHICH WAS A STAFFER FOR
COUNCILMEMBER
RICHARD CONLIN. THIS IS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS
JUST , I DON'T KNOW,
A STERLING
REPUTATION FOR LACK OF BETTER
WORDS FOR THE AMAZING WORK
THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND I HAVE MET SURVIVORS THAT
HAVE BEEN AIDED BY THEM A
FEW TIMES THROUGH THE
YEAR. I HAVE TO SAY, THEY CHANGE
LIVES. THAT'S WHY I FULLY
SUPPORT
BEING AUTO CO-SPONSOR.
WANTED
TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SING
THEIR PRAISES.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
ONE QUESTION FOR CENTRAL
STAFF AND IT BE ANSWERED NOW OR
IN
CONTEXT OF THE NEXT ITEM.
COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE
OVERLAP OR
COMPLETE DIFFERENCES
OF THE ITEM BEFORE US AND THE
FOLLOWING ITEM?
AND WITH THAT I'LL -- IF YOU
COULD ANSWER
THAT IN THE NEXT SECTION, THAT
WOULD BE
HELP. IF YOU LIKE TO CO-
SPONSOR HSD 61, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND NOW.
I HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, RIVERA,
RINCK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON,
RIVERA, RINCK.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS WHICH TAKE
MORE TIME THAN A
SIMPLE TOPIC. SO WE HAVE GOTTEN
THROUGH THAT
ONE. WE WILL TAKE UP HSD 62 AND
THEN CALL IT A DAY.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO
THROUGH -- IF WE HAD JUST
TICKED THROUGH IT, I WOULD HAVE
SAID
LET'S KEEP MOVING. THESE ARE
IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS.
HSD 62.
THANK YOU,
TOMASO.
>> THIS WOULD INCREASE
PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS TO THE
HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY
$1 MILLION GENERAL FUND
TO EXPAND FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR
GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE SURVIVOR
SERVICES.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES
$16.1 MILLION
FOR THIS AND THIS WOULD ADD TO
THAT BY $1
MILLION. THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, CO- SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES
FOR THIS
BUDGET CYCLE. I WANT TO TESLA
PUBLIC
SAFETY CHAIR KETTLE AND SOLOMON
FOR YOUR CO- SPONSOR SHIP.
GENDER-BASED
PROGRAMS DID NOT SEW AN INCREASE
IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO THIS SEEKS TO
INCREASE THE GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE SERVICES FOR OUR CITY
BY ONE MILLION.
DUE TO A TRUMP REGIME EXECUTIVE
ORDER, LOCAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PROGRAMS
ARE SPACING AN
IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE.
DENY LIFE- SAVING SERVICES
TO IMMIGRANT OR LGBTQIA
SURVIVORS
OR RISK LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING.
SINCE 2018, STATE VICTIM OF
CRIMES FUNDS HAS BEEN CUT OVER
75% STATEWIDE AND PROVIDERS
ARE FACING THE SAME RISING COSTS
AS EVERY OTHER SECTOR HAS.
DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE
AMONG THE MAJOR PRECURSORS TO
HOMELESSNESS, SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDER AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH
CONDITIONS FOR NOT JUST PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE THIS DIRECTLY BUT
ALSO CHILDREN.
PROGRAMS PROVIDE
SURVIVORS WITH THE TOOLS THEY
NEED WHEN THEY
NEED IT MOST, INCLUDING LEGAL
ADVOCACY, COURT
COMPANY. MEDICAL CARE AFTER
SEXUAL
ASSAULT, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
SUPPORT, EMERGENCY AND
CONFIDENTIAL SHELTER AND
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SURVIVORS DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR
DISCLOSURE OF ABUSE MET WITH A
ROBUST NETWORK OF ADVOCATES,
PROTECTING THESE PROGRAMS
LOCAL LITTLE AS THEY
FACE FEDERAL AND STATE CUTS WILL
PROVIDE SOME OF
SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE WITH A
CRITICAL SOCIAL SAFETY NET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
I WILL SAY
TOMASO, IF YOU GIVE ME SAMERY OF
SIMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENCES OF THESE TWO
AMENDMENTS.
>> YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
SAY THAT
HSD 61 IS A ONE TIME
EXPENDITURE. SO THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE THERE.
IT'S ALSO SPECIFICALLY
TARGETED AT K SARK, NOT THE
BULK.
OTHER PROVIDERS FUNDED BY HSD.
K SARK DOES RECEIVE
FUNDS FROM HSD AND WOULDWOULD
ELIGIBLE POTENTIALLY TO RECEIVE
SOME SUB
AMOUNT OF THE $1 MILLION THAT
IS INTENDED TO BE ALLOCATED
AMONGST EXISTING PROVIDERS OR TO
MEET EMERGING NEEDS IN 2026 AND
THEN
HSD 62 WOULD ALSO INCREASE IN
AN ONGOING WAY THE AMOUNT OF
FUNDS VRABEL FOR THE
REPUBLICAN EXPECTED
FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
SURVIVOR SERVICES.
THOSE RPPs OCCUR ON A FOUR YEAR
BASIS. THE CURRENT ONE EXPIRES
THE END
OF 2026, REBID, AND
CONTRACTS START IN 2027.
SO THE OTHER WAY THAT I WOULD
DISTINGUISH IT IS THAT I
GUESS YOU COULD SAY K SARK PLAYS
A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE ROLE IN THE
ECOSYSTEM OF SURVIVOR SUPPORTS.
THERE ARE THE PRIMARY
CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICE FOR
SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
VIOLENCE.
SO THAT WHICH INCLUDES BUT
ISN'T LIMITED ONGOING ADVOCACY
AND
ALSO THE DIRECT
HOSPITAL RESPONSE FUNCTION IF
SOMEONE REPORTS TO POLICE OR
GOES TO A
HOSPITAL TO GET A SEXUAL
ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM, THEY ARE
ON CALL
FOR THOSE
RESPONSES. SO I WOULD SAY THAT
THESE TWO
ADDS ARE COMPLEMENTARY BUT
NOT
DUPLICATIVE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLIES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
IF YOU LIKE TO ADD YOUR
NAME AS A CO-
SPONSOR TO HSD 62, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
CO- SPONSORS, WE WILL NOW MOVE
TO
CONCLUDE TODAY'S
COMMITTEE MEETING AT 3:58.
SO EARLIER THAN WHAT I PROMISED.
AND JUST TO SAY WE HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL 35
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS TO REVIEW
ININ THE DEPARTMENTS OF HUMAN
SERVICES,
CARE,
POLICE, FIRE, AND OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
SO WE WILL START AGAIN
TOMORROW AT
9:30 SHARP. WE WILL START WITH
60
MINUTES MAXIMUM OF PUBLIC
COMMENT
PERIOD, AND THEN WE WILL DIVE
RIGHT INTO THESE
REMAINING CBAs
SO WE CAN WRAP UP AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
COLLEAGUES, ARE
THERE ANY ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER?
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
AT THIS TIME, THIS DOES
CONCLUDE THE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
29,
2025, SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. WE ARE
ADJOURNED.