I AM MARK SOLOMON,
VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
THE CHAIR MOORE
IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL? [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THERE
ARE THREE PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD.
WE HAVE QUORUM.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE
UNAVOIDABLY -- HAD AN
UNAVOIDABLE CONFLICT THIS
MORNING AND WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO JOIN US TODAY.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA FIRST, WE
HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
COMMISSION, AND NEXT WE
HAVE THREE APPOINTMENTS TO
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE ONE
APPOINTMENT TO THE PACIFIC
HOSPITAL PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL.
IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS, TODAY'S AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED.
OKAY. SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. NOW WE WILL OPEN --
HAVE
A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE
TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR
BE
WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF
THIS
COMMITTEE. CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY
SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE TWO REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD. EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE TWO
MINUTES.
WE WILL START THE --
START WITH OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS.
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE
PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS?
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS
UP TO 20 MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL
BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR
TIME.
SPEAKERS' MIKES WILL BE MUTED
IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS
WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME
TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
AND FOR THE RECORD, I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER
RINCK, COMMITTEE MEMBER
HAS JOINED THE -- HAS JOINED THE
MEETING.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON
THE LIST.
>> OKAY.
JUST ONE MOMENT.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS
GOING TO BE KATE RUBEN AND KATE,
GIVE ME
JUST A
SECOND TO GET THE TIMER SET UP.
>> OKAY, KATE, PLEASE PRESS
STAR 6 AND -- I AM SO SORRY.
JUST ONE MOMENT.
OKAY, KATE.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE
PRESS STAR 6 TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS KATE RUBEN, AND
I AM THE TEMPORARY CO- CHAIR OF
THE SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION.
I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE IS NOT
THERE
BECAUSE AS THE CHAIR OF
THIS COMMITTEE SHE IS THE ONE TO
HEAR
THIS COMMENT.
THIS IS NOW THE FOURTH
TIME I HAVE TESTIFIED BEFORE
THIS COMMITTEE ASKING THEM TO
TAKE ACTION ON THE
OVERDUE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION.
AT THIS POINT, WE CANNOT
CALL THIS AN OVERSIGHT.
THIS IS A BLATANT
DISREGARD FOR THE RENTERS IN
SEATTLE WHO
MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THIS
CITY'S
POPULATION. BY REFUSING TO
PRIORITIZE THESE
APPOINTMENTS YOU ARE
ACTIVELY HARMING COMMUNITIES
THAT
ARE ALREADY MARGINALIZED AND
UNREPRESENTED.
THE ABSENCE OF BLACK
COMMISSIONERS IS
PARTICULARLY SHAMEFUL GIVEN
SEATTLE'S
HISTORY OF RED LINING IN
HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS
AND
THE DISPROPORTIONATE RATE AT
WHICH BLACK PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY
BLACK MOTHERS,
ARE EVICTED. YOU'VE BEEN MAKING
DECISIONS
ON CRITICAL ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY
IMPACT RENTERS LIKE
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LIKE THE
HOUSING IN SOTO, YET WE,
THE VERY BODY TASKED WITH
ADVISING THE CITY COUNCIL
ADVISING RENTERS IS REPEATEDLY
IGNORED
AND LEFT OUT OF
THE CONVERSATION.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT FILLING
SEATS.
IT'S ABOUT FULFILLING
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PLEASE MOVE
FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
MAKE
SURE THAT THESE SEATS ARE
FILLED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, KATE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS
DAVID
HAYNES. DAVID, PRESS STAR 6 TO
SPEAK.
>> HI, THANK YOU.
DAVID HAYNES. GIVEN THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE
A HOMELESS CRISIS WHY ISN'T
THERE MORE ON THE AGENDA?
WHERE IS THE LAWS
THAT PRIORITIZE ADVANCING
EMERGENCY HOUSING AND SHELTERS.
THERE ARE MOTELS USED FOR
SEXPLOITATION AND THERE ARE
OVER A HUNDRED VACANT
BUILDINGS JUSTIFIED TO GIVE IT
TO
A DEVELOPER TO BUILD EMERGENCY
HOUSING.
WHERE IS THE
INDEPENDENT VOICES AND
AUTHORIZATIONS WITHIN
KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOMES'
AUTHORITY WHO HAVE ALL THESE
SIX-
FIGURE SALARIES YET THEY DON'T
HAVE ANYONE WILLING TO KEEP
THOSE SERVICE PROVIDERS HONEST.
I REALLY THINK COUNCIL HAS TO
TAKE A HARD LOOK AT USING THE
REGIONAL RESOURCE APPROACH AND
DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNOR DEPLOY
THE NATIONAL GUARD TO SET
UP SOME AUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENTS
THAT WOULD HAVE LOW
SECURITY ANDS VERY PROVIDERS ON
SITE.
WE CAN START PROCESSING PEOPLE
INTO A BETTER PATH
INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING THEM
LANGUISH
ALLOWING PREDATORS TO VICTIMIZE,
WHILE WE HAVE ANOTHER
JIVE-TALKING POLICE
CHIEF LOOKING FOR AN EASIER PAY
DAY AND A FAT RETIREMENT
PACKAGE MAKING IT UNSAFE TO BE
HOUSELESS. IT'S ALL ABOUT
COMMUNITY POLICING AROUND THE
LAW-
ABIDING RESIDENTS THAT FALSELY
ASSURES
THAT WE'RE SAFE.
EXCUSE ME -- HOLD ON.
THE COPS ARE DOING
COFFEE PROPAGANDA OUTREACH.
THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE
CRIME
FIGHTING. WE NEED TO HELP THE
HOMELESS SURVIVE INSTEAD OF
FORSAKING THEM AND OUTRAGEOUSLY
DISCRIMINATING, HATING AND
SUBHUMAN MISTREATING THEM WITH
UNTRUSTWORTHY NON-PROFITS
WHOSE AGENDA ARE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE OF THE
RACIST PRIORITY
AS TO WHO THEY WILL HELP FIRST
WHICH WE NOW KNOW IS
REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO PRETTY
MUCH DESTROY THEIR FELLOW MAN'S
LIFE AND GET HOUSING AND
SERVICES FIRST OR THEY'RE
SELF- DESTRUCTIVE AND THEY GET
HOUSING AND SERVICES FIRST.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER
OR LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER.
>> THANK YOU.
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS, AND
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT WRITTEN
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE CARDSOR THE PODIUM OR
EMAIL THEM TO THE COUNCIL AT
COUNCIL AT CL.GOV.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE
FIRST ITEMS OF THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEMS 1 AND 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
AGENDA AM WHYS 1 THROUGH 2 ITEMS
3095 AND 3097 APPOINTMENTS OF
AMY KATE BAILEY AND JAMES MUNGER
TO THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR TERMS TO
JULY
22, 2025
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
SERVES AN
ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE MAYOR
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, THE CITY OFFICE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS AND OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
KATE IS EXCITED TO BRING
HER RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE TO
THE
COMMISSION. JAMES IS EAGER TO
COMMIT HISHIS
TALENTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
THROUGH
THIS COMMISSION. THESE TWO
COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED
AS
OUTSTANDING RESIDENTS WHO ARE
DEDICATED
TO SERVING THE CITY TO ADVISE
ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE
ISSUES, AND I WANT TO
THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR THE
WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE ON THE SEATTLE
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE?
OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS
I NOW MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
3095 AND 3097.
IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF
THESE APPOINTMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR SOLOMON.
>>
AYE.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SENT
TO THE APRIL 1st CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS
3 THROUGH 5 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS 3 THROUGH
5, APPOINTMENTS 3096, 3098
AND
3099. APPOINTMENT OF JULIE CHU
TO
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
FOR
A TERM TO JULY 1, 2025.
APPOINTMENTS OF TALLY MILLS AND
ENARDA SATOLA FOR
WOMEN'S COMMISSIONS FOR TERMS
TO JULY
1st 2026 FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION SERVES IN AN ADVISORY
CAPACITY TO THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY
COUNCIL, AND THE SEATTLE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND OTHER
CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
JULIE HOPES TO BRING
POSITIVE CHANGE TO OUR COMMUNITY
THROUGH
THE WORK OF THIS
COMMISSION TALLY IS DELIGHTED TO
FIND THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN A
ROLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT
ON
HER LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ENARDO
IS ADVOCATING FOR GENDER
EQUALITY.
THESE THREE COMMISSIONERS
ARE ALL COMMITTED TO
EMPOWERING WOMEN AND ADVANCING
GENDER EQUALITY AND
ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO
DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND TALENT
TO THIS
CAUSE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A
VOTE?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON
JULIE'S APPOINTMENT.
IS THIS A NEW APPOINTMENT
OR RE-APPOINTMENT?
CAN YOU TELL ME?
>> IT IS A NEW APPOINTMENT, I
BELIEVE.
>> IT IS, FOR THE RECORD, IT
IS A NEW APPOINTMENT?
ALL RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE MATRIX OR THE
PLAN OF THE COMMISSION DOES SAY
THAT THE APPOINTMENT STARTED ON
JULY OF 2023.
>> OH!
>> YES.
THIS IS A -- SHE'S GOING
TO FILL OUT THIS TERM OR
COMPLETE
THIS TERM AND THEN, I THINK, RE-
APPLY FOR THE NEXT.
>> SHE WAS NEVER CONFIRMED?
>> I DON'T HAVE THE
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
>> OKAY. YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
THE SAME WAS TRUE WITH
THE PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS THAT
WE
JUST DID, SO I WILL TALK TO
THE CHAIR AND MAYBE SOMEBODY IN
THE
DEPARTMENTS.
>> THESE ARE SHORT- TERM
APPOINTMENTS AND THEY MAY
BE FILLING IN FOR SOMEONE THAT
WAS
PREVIOUSLY CONFIRMED AND LEFT
AND THEY'RE COMPLETING THE
TERM AND WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT
TERM
POSSIBLY.
>> A DETAIL I CAN LEARN MORE
ABOUT LATER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
>> ANY
OTHER FURTHER QUESTION OR
COMMENT?
OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS I NOW MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
3096, 3098 AND
3099.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF
THESE APPOINTMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION
TO CONFIRM
THE APPOINTMENTS? [ ROLL CALL ]
>> AND CAN I CONFIRM, I DID
JUST RECEIVE CONFIRMATION THAT
THEY ARE FILLING IN THE TERM
FOR SOMEONE WHO
LEFT EARLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> GREAT.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM
THE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SENT TO
THE APRIL 1st CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM INTO
THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 6, APPOINTMENT
3100, RE- APPOINTMENT OF NANCY
KATHLEEN SUG AS A MEMBER OF
THE PACIFIC HOSPITAL
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31, 2026, FOR A
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE PACIFIC
HOSPITAL PRESERVATION
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUNDS
EFFORTS TO
IMPROVE HEALTH, EQUITY IN
KING COUNTY.
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL HELPS
OVERSEE THE BODY OF THEIR WORK.
SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS
A BOARD MEMBER AND HAS
BEEN NOMINATED BY A
REAPPOINTMENT BY THE BHPE
GOVERNING COUNCIL,
COLLEAGUES ARE
THERE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
BEFORE A MOVE TO A
VOTE. I RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
3100.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN SECONDED FOR
APPOINTMENT. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL?
[ ROLL CALL ]
>> FOUR IN FAVOR,
NONE OPPOSED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT WILL
BE
SENT TO THE APRIL 1st CITY
COUNCIL÷÷ MEETING. SO ALL RIGHT.
ACTUALLY, THIS CONCLUDES
THE MARCH 26th MEETING OF
THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING
IS APRIL 9, 2025.
ARE THERE
ANY ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED BEFORE
WE ADJOURN?
ALL RIGHT.
>> YES, COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHAIR, CHAIR FOR
TODAY,
VICE CHAIR. I APPRECIATE YOU
STEPPING IN TO
TODAY'S MEETING SO WE CAN
GET
THEM THROUGH. I APPRECIATE THE
QUICK
TURNAROUND AND ALSO NAME, I
AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE
WERE
ABLE TO MAKE THESE HAPPEN
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD APPOINTMENTS
FOR
THE RENTER'S COMMISSION.
I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT
AND WHERE THINGS STAND ON THAT
MATTER AND WE WOULD
WELCOME DISCUSSION ON HOW TO GET
POSITIONS THROUGH
ON TIME. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENT
OR QUESTIONS?
IF NOT, THE TIME IS 9
:46 AND THE HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.
TH