CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>>
>> HERE..
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORE?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ?
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL NOTE OUR
COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY COME IN.
ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO
PRESENTATIONS TODAY. SO
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME WE WILL
OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT IS
LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
AND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR, AND THE
COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. CLERK, HOW
MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
>> WE HAVE THREE IN PERSON OR
EXCUSE ME, FIVE IN PERSON AND
THREE REMOTE.
>> OKAY, EIGHT TOTAL.
AND I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ,
HOLLINGSWORTH HAVE JOINED US.
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE IN-PERSON
COMMENTERS.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS OR LEFT OF
THEIR TIME AND MICROPHONES WILL
BE NEEDED . IF THEY DO NOT END
THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALL IN THE NEXT SPEAKER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER AND AFTER JOE
WILL BE MATT PAYNE.
>> I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR OVER A
YEAR TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE WITH
NOISE LEVELS AT T-MOBILE PARK
THAT ARE SO HIGH THEY CAN CAUSE
PERMANENT HEARING LOSS. I HAVE
SENT LETTERS TO THE NUMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL. INVOLVED IN
ENFORCING THE ORDINANCES, THIS
IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE MADE AN
ORAL PRESENTATION AT THE CITY
COUNCIL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS
A MATTER OF FREE SPEECH, THAT
THE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE
SITUATION, THAT THE LAWS AROUND
NOISE ARE SLIGHTLY COMPLEX, THAT
THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER REASONS
WHY THE PERSON COULD NOT HELP.
NOTHING HAS WORKED. OSHA SAYS
THAT SOUND LEVELS ABOVE 85
DECIBELS CAN CAUSE PERMANENT
HEARING LOSS THAT CANNOT BE
CORRECTED THROUGH SURGERY OR
WITH MEDICINE. THIS PAST SUNDAY
WAS LITTLE LEAGUE TODAY AT THE
BALLPARK . THE PAID ATTENDANCE
WAS 30,361. BEFORE THE GAME I
RECORDED FOUR INDIVIDUALS USING
AMPLIFIED SOUND SYSTEMS THAT
BLASTED THEIR MESSAGE AT OVER
100 DECIBELS AT BASEBALL FANS
STANDING IN LINE. ONE OF THEM
REGISTERED 119 DECIBELS. THE
PEOPLE IN LINE COULD NOT PROTECT
THEMSELVES.
WHY CAN'T WE PROTECT OURSELVES
FROM NOISE LEVELS THAT ARE 30
DECIBELS ABOVE THE LEVEL AT
WHICH PERMANENT DAMAGE OCCURS?
WON'T YOU PLEASE STEP IN TO
PROTECT THESE KIDS AND THEIR
FAMILIES FROM ASSAULT ON YOUR
CITY SIDEWALKS ? THANK YOU.
>> SO I AM MATT.
I WILL PROBABLY GET EMOTIONAL,
SORRY. I AM A FORMER MARINE AND
I SIGNED UP TO DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION A LONG TIME AGO.
AND ALL THOSE MARINES, SAILORS
THEY DIED DEFENDING THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF
LAW, AND THE RULE OF LAW IS
UNDER ASSAULT. AND SO I DON'T
KNOW , I AM NEW TO SEATTLE, I
HAVE LIVED ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND I HAVE SEEN GOVERNMENTS THAT
DON'T -- DEAD BODIES IN THE
STREET AND THE GOVERNMENTS I
DON'T CARE AND I DON'T WANT
THAT HERE. BUT THAT IS THE WAY
THAT WE ARE GOING. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IF I SEE
ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO I KNOW
IS ON A VISA AND PEOPLE WITHOUT
OF MEDICATION ARE TRYING TO
SNATCH HER. I'M NOT GOING TO
STAND BACK AND SAY I SHOULD
PROBABLY FILL THIS ON MY CAMERA.
THAT SCARES ME. I DON'T WANT TO
GET SHOT TRYING TO HELP SOMEBODY
GETTING ABDUCTED ON THE STREETS
OF SEATTLE.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? YOU CAN BE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
YOU CAN BE A HARVARD VERSUS A
COLUMBIA, WE CAN STAND UP AND
FIGHT, WE CAN SIGN UP WITH
CALIFORNIA. I KNOW THIS IS JUST
SEATTLE, BUT WE CAN SIGN UP FOR
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE AGAINST THE
TARIFFS. IF YOU'RE WAKING UP
EVERY DAY AND THINKING HOW CAN I
FIGHT AGAINST THIS? WE DON'T
KNOW IF THE 2026 ELECTIONS WILL
BE REAL AT THIS STAGE WITH THE
CHANGES HE IS TRYING TO MAKE. I
WANT MY VOICES HEARD AND I WANT
YOUR CONSTITUENTS VOICES HEARD
AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING,
WE JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT
BUDGETS. YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN
IN THIS ROLE FOR A LONG TIME AND
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BUDGET
PROBLEM. BUT THERE HAS NOT
ALWAYS BEEN A FASCIST THREAT TO
OUR DEMOCRACY. AND THE
PRESIDENCY, AND WE HAVE TO STOP
TREATING THIS LIKE IT IS NORMAL.
THANK YOU.
>> ALEX TSIMERMAN AND THEN
HOWARD GAIL.
>> DIRTY -- PRESIDENT OF THE
TOUGH AMERICA TRUMP SUPPORTER
AND MAGER MEMBER. I HAVE 6000
DAY OF TRESPASS AND FIVE TIMES
PROCEDURES COUNTY PROCEDURES.
ARE SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT MAKES ME ABSOLUTELY SICK.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE COME TO CORSO
RINCK, ASKING FOR ANOTHER TAXES.
GOVERNOR ASKS FOR ANOTHER TAXES.
TAXES FOR RICH IS VERY GOOD .
RICH IS VERY GOOD, BUT ONLY ONE
PROBLEM THAT I SEE THAT I CANNOT
UNDERSTAND FOR LAST 30 YEARS
UNDER DEMOCRATIC MAFIA CONTROL.
THE TAXES, TAXES, TAXES AND
DEFICIT BIGGER AND BIGGER. HOW
IS THIS POSSIBLE? YOU HAVE MORE
MONEY AND MORE MONEY? HOW IS
THIS POSSIBLE? SEATTLE RIGHT NOW
$300 BILLION. THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
1 BILLION. SO MY QUESTION,
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN SOME WHAT
EVERYBODY BUT WHEN IS THE LAST
TIME YOU SPOKE WITH YOUR
DISTRICT NUMBER BEFORE, FOR
EXAMPLE, CONSTANTINE NEVER SPOKE
TO PETE WILL OR FOUR YEARS. THAT
WAS POSSIBLE AND YOU FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING , HAVE A MERCEDES
AND I HAVE MERCEDES. CAN YOU
EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE PAY FIVE
DOLLARS FOR GAS WHEN MINISTATE
RIGHT NOW AND TRUMP TALKS
PUBLICLY LAST WEEK HAVE TO TWO
DOLLARS FOR SMALL STATE LIKE
WASHINGTON, WHY NOT? AND FOOD IN
STORE, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS,
JUMPS BY TWO WEEKS AGO BY 25%.
HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN, WHY?
BECAUSE DEMOCRATIC MAFIA LOOK,
TRUMP NOT GOOD, WE PAY FOR
EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE A MAFIA, A CONSPIRACY.
THE THE TRUMP, THE THE NEW
AMERICA REVOLUTION. STAND UP,
PEOPLE.
INC. YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HOWARD GAIL AND THEN BENNETT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GAIL.
LAST MONTH THE SPD TILL THE 19th
PERSON IN A PERIOD OF LESS THAN
14 YEARS WHO IS BRANDISHING
EITHER NO WEAPON OR ONLY AN
EDGED WEAPON IN THEIR HAND. IF
THESE PEOPLE LIVED IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM THEY WOULD STILL BE
ALIVE.
YET EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
KILLINGS WAS DECLARED AND
ACCEPTED AS LAWFUL AND PROPER BY
ALL PARTS OF OUR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. DESPITE
THIS, THREE MONTHS AGO IN THE
INQUEST JURY FOUND THAT THE SPD
WAS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT .
TWO OUT OF SIX JURORS DEEMED IT
CRIMINAL CONDUCT IN FIVE OUT OF
SIX FOUND EITHER THE SPD POLICY
OR THE OFFICERS UNNECESSARILY
KILLED IN 2018 AND LASTLY , IT
HAS BEEN ALMOST, WE JUST HAD A
HEARING THIS MORNING ON OUR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS.
EIGHT YEARS AGO , IT WILL BE
EIGHT YEARS IN SEPTEMBER SINCE
THE CITY AUDITOR VERY STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED HAVING AN
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE OPA AND
THE OI J. THAT HAS NEVER
HAPPENED. IF YOU ARE CONFUSED BY
THAT, IT IS BECAUSE THE POLICE
MONITOR CLAIMS TO HAVE DONE AN
AUDIT. IF YOU ARE CONFUSED IT IS
BECAUSE THE OIG CLAIMS TO HAVE
DONE INDEPENDENT AUDITS. WE HAVE
NEVER HAD AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT.
SO IT IS HYPOCRITICAL OF THIS
BODY TO PROCLAIM ACCOUNTABILITY
AND BUDGET CONCERNS WHEN EIGHT
YEARS A NEW AGENCY HAS NOT BEEN
INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED OR
AUDITED . THANK YOU.
>> AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST
IN-PERSON SPEAKER.
>> IT AFTERNOON, SO UPDATES, THE
CITY JERRY AND NATALIE ANDERSON
HAVE RESPONDED TO THE COMPLAINT
THAT I FILED WITH THE STATE BAR.
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE
ADDRESSED THE THINGS THAT I KEEP
COMING EVERY WEEK AND TELLING
YOU GUYS ABOUT. SO TO RECAP
ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE CITY
ATTORNEY PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE
DISQUALIFYING THE JUDGE FROM
HEARING CRIMINAL CASES AND CITED
THREE CASES OF CASES THEY
THOUGHT SHE MISHANDLED AND TWO
OF THOSE ACCUSATIONS WERE WRONG.
IN ONE CASE THEY CLAIMED THAT
SHE DID NOT KNOW YOU CANNOT HAVE
ASSAULT WITHOUT TOUCHING BUT IN
THE COURT HEARING SHE SAID THAT
HE HAD PULLED THE OBJECT OUT OF
HIS WAISTBAND I THINK THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLE CAUSE
FOR ASSAULT, IN OTHER WORDS, SHE
KNOWS YOU CAN HAVE ASSAULT
WITHOUT TOUCHING BUT SHE DID NOT
FIND PROBABLE CAUSE AND IN THE
OTHER CASE THEY SAID THAT THEY
FOUND THE DEFENDANT WAS IN
COMPLIANCE BUT DISPLACE THE CASE
AND FOUND THEY WERE IN
COMPLIANCE AND DID NOT DISMISS
THE CASE. AND THE LAWYERS
RESPONSE TO MY COMPLAINT, BUT
THEY WON'T, MS. WALDEN ANDERSON
REGRETS THAT IT CONTAINS AN
ERROR. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GETTING
SOMEWHERE, HOWEVER, IT ALSO SAID
THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT A STRAY
FACTUAL ERROR IN A REPORT THAT
OTHERWISE ACCURATELY CAPTURES
THE STING OF THE REPORTS MESSAGE
WOULD NOT CONSTITUTE RECKLESS
DISREGARD FOR THE TRUTH BUT
THESE ARE NOT STRAIGHT FACTUAL
ERRORS, THEY ARE ENTIRE
CRITICISMS OF HOW SHE HANDLED
ONE CASE AND CLAIMED SHE DID NOT
KNOW YOU COULD HAVE ASSAULT IN
WASHINGTON WITHOUT TOUCHING
WHICH SHE SPECIFICALLY SAID THE
OPPOSITE. THE ENTIRE CRITICISM
HELPS YOU HANDLE THE OTHER CASE
AND THAT SHE DISMISSED THE CASE
WHEN SHE DID NOT DISMISS THE
CASE. THAT IS NOT WHAT STRAY
FACTUAL ERROR MEANS. OKAY, THE
BEST PART THE LAWYER ROAD,
FURTHER THERE WAS SUCH
OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT THE
CITY'S VIEW, THE JUDGES RULINGS
CREATED A PUBLIC SAFETY DANGER.
IN OTHER WORDS, YES, WE SAID
WRONG THINGS ABOUT THIS JUDGE
BUT IT IS STILL HER FAULT
BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH A BAD JUDGE
WE JUST GOT THESE RULINGS MIXED
UP WITH ALL OF HER OTHER
TERRIBLE RULINGS, WHICH
CONVENIENTLY, WE ARE NOT LISTING
HERE. OKAY, THE BAR ASSOCIATION
SAID THAT I CAN RESPOND TO WHAT
THEY WROTE AND I WILL KEEP YOU
GUYS POSTED, THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST IN-PERSON
SPEAKER.
>> A REMINDER TO OUR REMOTE
SPEAKERS, PLEASE PRESS *6 AFTER
YOU HAVE HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN ON MUTED . OUR
FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY DAVID HAYNES. GO AHEAD, JOE.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME. I WENT TO REGISTER MY
ABSOLUTE DISGUST AT THE
ABOMINATION OF ALEX SIMMONS
CONTINUED ANTI-SEMITIC RACIST
SEXIST , MALICIOUS ANTI-AMERICAN
OUTBURSTS. ALEX TSIMERMAN
DESERVES TO BE SHOT BY THE
SEATTLE POLICE, QUITE FRANKLY
BECAUSE HE IS A THREAT TO YOU
AND HE NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.
NOW THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION
HERE. MR. TSIMERMAN IS ALSO --
COURTS DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED
LICENSE AND VIOLATING A
TRESPASS. HE IS WAITING FOR A
COMPETENCY EVALUATION. I'M SURE
YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT HE
IS INCOMPETENT .
WHY DON'T YOU CALL DHS AND SAY
HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS FREAK
COMING DOWN HERE HARASSING US
AND THROWING SALUTES. HE JUST
BULLIED A CITY COUNCILMEMBER
MINUTES AFTER HE BULLIED THE
CHAIR OF THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL. WHY DON'T WE MAKE SURE
THIS GUY GETS HIS EVALUATION?
AND GET HIM OUT OF HIS MERCEDES
THAT HE JUST ADMITTED TO OWNING.
DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT HE OWES
PPC OVER $35,000 IN FINES? YES.
ALEX TSIMERMAN OWES THE STATE
MORE THAN $35,000 FOR NOT FILING
HIS CAMPAIGN PAPERWORK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT
STAFF WORK FOR THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL. NO, I MEAN MAYBE IF WE
HAD A REAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT
LIKE THE ONE IN REDMOND, THEN
IT'S A CURSOR , THIS GUY WOULD
BE DEALT WITH. OF COURSE, YOU
COULD ALWAYS DO IT THE POLICE DO
TO ANYONE THREATENING BUT ROT IN
JAIL.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAYNES, AND THAT IS OUR LAST
REMOTE SPEAKER CURRENTLY SIGNED
UP. GO AHEAD, DAVID.
>> SOCIETAL IMPLOSION, WICKED
CORROSION AND RACIST DISGRACES
ALL OVER THE PLACES. YOU KNOW
YOU ARE IN SEATTLE. FOCUS MORE
LAW-ABIDING EVENTS COMING UP
WITH POLITICAL EXCUSES WHY CRIME
IS STILL RAMPANT, AND WHEN ARE
YOU GOING TO CORRECT THE WRONGS
OF THE PAST THAT SABOTAGE POLICE
REPORT -- REFORM THAT SHIFTED
THE PARADIGM AND THEN PRIORITIZE
-- AND THEN PRIORITY HIRED LEASE
CHIEFS WITH THE WRONG PHILOSOPHY
ON PUBLIC SAFETY INFLUENCED BY
GEORGE SOROS RACIST WOKE
PROFESSORS MISCONSTRUING WHAT
CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL. AS
REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE EXEMPTED
FROM JAIL, PRIORITIZED FOR
HOUSING AND SERVICES FIRST,
USING HOMELESS MONEY, THIEVING
RACIST LEE DISCRIMINATED
HOMELESS FORSAKEN TO THE
STREETS, SUBHUMAN MISTREATED .
YOU KNOW THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF
REASONS WHY SEATTLE DOES NOT
HAVE PROPER EFFECTIVE POLICE
REFORM AND I NOTICED DURING THE
PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENTATION THERE
WAS A VIDEO THAT SHOWED ONE
POLICE OFFICER, GARTH HAYNES,
MEETING TWO WOMEN AND IT TURNS
OUT HE GOT DEMOTED TO A SERGEANT
AND HAS 14 COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS
CONDUCT. HE WAS ON A VIDEO IN
BALLARD DRUNK, KICKING INNOCENT
PERSON IN THE HEAD WHO WAS
HANDCUFFED LAYING ON THE GROUND
CAUSING BRAIN DAMAGE THAT I
THINK COST THE CITY $70,000. I
DON'T SEE HOW THAT COP HAS THE
TEMPERAMENT FOR BEING IN CHARGE.
IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU ASK FOR THE
SUPERVISOR AND THIS GUY SHOWS
UP, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE
YOU AIN'T GOT A PROPER
PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICER OR
BECAUSE OF DIVERSITY HE GETS A
PASS, YET IF YOU ARE A WHITE
POLICE OFFICER AND SAY SOMETHING
IMPROPER THAT IS TAKEN OUT OF
CONTEXT THAT IS OVERHEARD YOU
GET FIRED. THE HYPOCRISY IN
SEATTLE RUNS TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE BARREL AS LIBERAL SCRAPE
AWAY AT THE BOTTOM WONDERING
WHAT OTHER BAD IDEAS THEY CAN
COME UP WITH NEXT.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE
SPEAKER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF
SPEAKERS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE WILL NOW
-- SECOND? OKAY, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. AND IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED .
ALL RIGHT, NOW I WILL CONSIDER
THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR
AND THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR TODAY ARE THE MINUTES
OF APRIL 22nd 2025, COUNCIL
BUILT 120974, PAYMENT OF BILLS,
AND EIGHT APPOINTMENTS FROM THE
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT. HEARING
NONE, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> COUNCIL NUMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STROSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>>
>> PRESENT. OR WHATEVER.
>> THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
MINUTES AND LEGISLATION IN THE
CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF ?
AND, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
1 INTO THE RECORD.
>> ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE CB
120952 RELATED TO CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE
DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
CUSTOMERS PARTICIPATING IN THE
RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE
AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> SO THIS PERTAINING TO COUNCIL
BILL CB 120952, RENEWABLE PLUS
RATE ORDINANCE. THIS AUTHORIZES
CITY LIGHT TO ESTABLISH
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
CUSTOMERS PURCHASING IN THE
RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM. IT WOULD
AT A RATE CHARGED TO RENEWABLE
PLUS CUSTOMERS FOR THE DELIVERY
OF DEDICATED RENEWABLE ENERGY
AND ITS ASSOCIATED RENEWABLE
ENERGY CREDITS AS FURTHER
BACKGROUND, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021
COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE
126437, TO ESTABLISH THE
RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM AND
AUTHORIZED CITY LIGHT TO EXECUTE
CUSTOMER DISSIPATION AGREEMENTS
AND THE LEGISLATION ALSO
AUTHORIZED CITY LIGHT TO EXECUTE
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS WITH
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROVIDERS FOR
THE RENEWABLE PLUS PROGRAM. AND
VIA THE PROGRAM CITY LIGHT
PURCHASES ENERGY GENERATED FROM
NEWLY DEVELOPED WIND OR SOLAR
GENERATOR AND SELLS THE ENERGY
TO HIGH DEMAND CUSTOMERS THAT
WISH TO PURCHASE ENERGY FROM
RENEWABLE SOURCES. RENEWABLE
PLUS CUSTOMERS PURCHASE THE
RENEWABLE ENERGY BUNDLED WITH
RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES,
THE PLUS IN RENEWABLE PLUS. AND
ONE RAC IS ISSUED WHEN ONE
MEGAWATT HOUR OF ELECTRICITY IS
GENERATED AND DELIVERED TO THE
GRID FROM A RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESOURCE. ELECTRICITY GENERATED
FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES IS
INDISTINGUISHABLE AND IT FROM
ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM OTHER
SOURCES. THEY ARE A MEANS TO
ACCOUNT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
THAT CUSTOMERS COULD USE TO
DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.
CURRENTLY THE SMC REQUIRES
RENEWABLE PLUS CUSTOMERS TO HAVE
AN AGGREGATED ANNUAL CONSUMPTION
REQUIREMENT OF 10,000 MEGAWATT
HOURS. THIS BILL AMENDS THE SMC
TO REMOVE THE FIXED THRESHOLD
AND INSTEAD ALLOWS CITY LIGHT TO
ESTABLISH POOLS TO INCLUDE
RENEWABLE PLUS CUSTOMERS WITH
LESS AGGREGATED CONSUMPTION IF
THE DEPARTMENT HAS SUFFICIENT
RESOURCES TO SELL. CITY LIGHT
HAS EXECUTED TWO POWER PURCHASE
AGREEMENTS FOR RENEWABLE POWER
PROJECTS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO
DELIVER APPROXIMATELY SOLAR. TH
EXCITING FOR OUR SYSTEM. I'M
HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THIS PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY AND I URGE A YES
VOTE TODAY ON THIS LEGISLATION.
CLEAR
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? ALL
RIGHT. I'M SEEN NONE. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCIL NUMBER SAKA?
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE..
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD.
1209 53 RELATED TO THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT ACCEPTING THE
FOLLOWING EASEMENTS FOR
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION RATES IN
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSED.
>> THANK YOU, GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT. CITY
LIGHT REQUIRES THAT THE OWNER OF
A NEW OR ALTERED ELECTRICAL
SERVICE PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A
DISTRIBUTION EASEMENT WHENEVER
CITY LIGHT POWER LINES MUST PASS
OVER, UNDER OR THROUGH THE
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON OR
WHEN SERVICE EQUIPMENT SUCH AS
POLES OR VAULTS MUST BE LOCATED
ON THE PROPERTY SERVED OR THE
PROPERTY OF A THIRD PARTY. SO
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW ,
WOULD ACCEPT THE 61 DISTRIBUTION
EASEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECORDED AND PROPERTY RECORDS
WITH KING COUNTY SINCE THE
PREVIOUS DISTRIBUTION EASEMENT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE WAS
APPROVED. THIS PASSED OUT OF
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND I URGE
A YES VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
ANYONE? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE IN THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL NUMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STROSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THE BILL PASSES IN THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? AND
THEN FINALLY, ITEM 3, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3 INTO
THE RECORD.
>> 1209 54, RELATED TO THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT FOR ELECTRICAL
DISTRIBUTION IN KING COUNTY,
WASHINGTON. THE RECOMMEND THE
BILL PASSED.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE LAST ONE FROM OUR
COMMITTEE TODAY. SO, COUNCIL
BILL 120954, SIMILAR TO THE
PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, THIS WOULD
ACCEPT 129 EASEMENTS FOR
OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND
ELECTRICAL RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN
. ORDERED ON PROPERTY WITH KING
COUNTY SINCE THE PREVIOUS
PLOTTED ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED.
THESE EASEMENTS ARE CALLED
PLOTTED EASEMENTS BECAUSE THEY
ARE CONTAINED IN THE SHORT
PLATS, LOT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS
AND UNIT LOT SUBDIVISIONS
APPROVED BY SDCI. I URGE A YES
VOTE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT. NOT
SEEN ANY HANDS, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? COUNCIL
MEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>>
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORE?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT. THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? OKAY,
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND NO
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION TODAY. IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER
SOLOMON?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED ON THE
MAY 13th MEETING. I WILL BE
TEACHING A CRIME PREVENTION
THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
COURSE .
>> THANK YOU. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION,MON WILL BE THE
MAY 13th -- IS THAT WHAT YOU
SAID?
>> YES.
>> CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALL
RIGHT, HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON IS
EXCUSED FROM THE MAY 13th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY
OTHER HANDS.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF ORDER
FOR TODAY AND THINKING ABOUT THE
PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS GIVEN
TODAY, I FIND MYSELF AT TIMES UP
HERE AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO
THE BODY AND THE WORK THAT WE
DO, AT TIMES DISILLUSIONED WHEN
WE LOOK AT ALSO THE BROADER
CONTEXT THAT WE ARE WORKING IN
IN WHICH WE ARE CONDUCTING OUR
WORK. THIS IS NOT BUSINESS AS
USUAL. I THINK WE KNOW THIS. WE
ARE IN A GROWING CONSTITUTIONAL
CRISIS AND INCREASINGLY I KNOW
MY OFFICE IS HEARING CONCERN
ACROSS THE CITY AS FAMILIES ARE
PREPARING THEIR OWN SAFETY
PLANS. WHETHER THEY ARE LEGAL
PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR CITIZENS.
AND I THINK THAT IS A REALLY
FRIGHTENING REALITY FOR MANY OF
OUR RESIDENTS. WHEN OUR OWN
RESIDENTS ARE THINKING ABOUT
MOVING OUT OF OUR CITY FOR THE
SAKE OF THEIR SAFETY AND WE HAVE
SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT ALSO ARE
EVEN LOOKING AT INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK BECAUSE
THEIR JOB PROSPECTS HAVE DRIED
UP DUE TO LOSSES IN FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR RESEARCH. AND NOW IS
WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEARN ON
THE HUMAN SERVICES FRONT AND THE
HOUSING FRONT, VERY REAL LOSSES
COMING DOWN THE PIPE WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE SECTION 8
POTENTIALLY GOING AWAY, WHICH AS
A REMINDER, SECTION 8 IN KING
COUNTY BETWEEN THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE KING
COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY HOUSES
25,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
AND WE ARE HEARING TALK THAT
THIS COULD BE GOING AWAY.
IT IS NOT EVEN FACTOR IN ALL OF
OUR AGENCIES THAT RELY ON
MEDICAID BILLING REIMBURSEMENT
TO KEEP BUSINESS GOING. THIS
DOES NOT COUNT THE EMERGENCY
HOUSING VOUCHERS THAT WE HAD
100% SUCCESSFUL LEASE UP AS A
REGION. THAT WAS 1400 HOUSEHOLDS
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOUSE AND
PROMISED 10 YEARS OF HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY TO AND THAT
RESOURCE POTENTIALLY GOING AWAY.
AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS
YEAR. THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF
THINGS AND I KNOW THAT WE TAKE
THIS UP IN COMMITTEE AND I KNOW
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK
THROUGH OUR SEPARATE COMMITTEES
ABOUT THE VARIOUS IMPACTS THAT
ARE HAPPENING, BUT I THINK IT IS
WORTH NAMING THAT I KNOW THIS
WEEKEND I TALKED TO A NUMBER OF
FAMILIES THAT WERE TERRIFIED FOR
THEIR SAFETY IN THIS CITY. AND
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
REALLY CREATIVE AND MOVE
DIFFERENTLY AS WE GO ABOUT OUR
WORK FOR THE MONTHS TO COME. SO
I WANTED TO NAME THAT FOR THE
RECORD TODAY, AND AGAIN, I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF
YOU IN PARTNERSHIP SO THAT WE
CAN TRULY PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BRING
BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE WE
ADJOURN? OKAY. WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. THE
NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY
COUNCIL MEETING IS ON MAY SIX
THAT 2:00 P.M. HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS WE ARE
ADJOURNED AND IT IS 2:30.