YOU GET THAT THE DID NOT LIKE
THE FACT THAT THE GOT IT THAT
HOUSE LEADERSHIP, SENATE
LEADERSHIP MET WITH PRESIDENT,
SUPPOSEDLY AGREED TO A $2
TRILLION SPENDING DEAL.
THERE WILL BE A POSSIBLE POLISH
MEETING FOR THIS WEDNESDAY.
ALREADY WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
THAT DEAL PAUL PART.
NOT A GREAT SURPRISE TO
ANYBODY.
THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING HE WILL
NOT AGREE TO RETHINK THE GAS
TAX.
I THINK IN ANOTHER BAD SIGN
LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD BE
POLICE NEARLY $1 BILLION IN
FUNDING FROM HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN
CALIFORNIA WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAKER
PELOSI.
IT DOESN'T REALLY SET THE STAGE
FOR A VERY MISSING NEGOTIATION
AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
NEVERTHELESS IN THE HOUSING,
HEALTH, ENERGY & WORKERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE THERE IS A
BILL INTRODUCED TO HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING AROUND
CLEAN ENERGY COSTS MORE
COMMUNITIES, WATER, BROADBAND.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS PEOPLE GETTING TO LAYOUT THE
FOUNDATION FOR A LONGER-TERM
STRATEGY.
IT MAY NOT HAPPEN THIS CONGRESS
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS THE GROUNDWORK BEING LAID
FOR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO I THINK YOU ARE SEEING THE
ROADWORK BEING LAID AROUND
TRANSPORTATION.
THE BILL WILL EXPIRE NEXT
SEPTEMBER 2020 SO WHAT YOU ARE
BEGINNING TO SEE HIS SOME OF
THE FRAMEWORK AND THE PIECES
COMING TOGETHER AROUND A
TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
PACKAGE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO GET
THEM.
OBVIOUSLY SMALLER THAN A HUGE
MASS OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUT
NEVERTHELESS ARE IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER PIECE OF RELATIVELY
GOOD NEWS IS AROUND HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS WHICH FOR THE
FIRST TIME I THINK REALLY IN A
DECADE AT LEAST, YOU ARE SEEING
CONGRESS TAKE THE ISSUE OF
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SERIOUSLY AND PARTICULARLY WITH
MAXINE WATERS AS THE CHAIR OF
FINANCIAL SERVICES, SHE HAS NOW
HELD THREE HEARINGS ON
HOMELESSNESS, ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, ON OVERSIGHT OF HUD.
SHE HAS INTRODUCED
COMPREHENSIVE HOMELESSNESS
LEGISLATION.
THERE HAS ALSO RECENTLY BEEN A
PARTISAN LEGISLATION INTRODUCED
BY SENATOR FEINSTEIN AND
SENATOR MURKOWSKI.
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS THAT
WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR BOTH
CAPITAL COSTS AND FOR SERVICES.
NONE OF THIS GETS DONE, RIGHT
NOW THESE ARE ADMISSIONS
PROGRAMS BUT THE FACT THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT THEM, IF YOU HAD
ASKED SOMEBODY LAST SESSION
WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 10 ITEMS, I'M
NOT SURE HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE
LIST.
I THINK THIS IS VERY PROMISING
CAUSE OF THE WE ARE PAYING
QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION TO.
ONE OTHER ITEM TO FLAG, THIS
WEEK THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
DREAM ACT.
AND NO A MORE COMPLEX OF BILL
WAS PROPOSED AND THAT WAS THE
DREAM AND PROMISE ACT THAT RAN
INTO A FEW PROBLEMS WITH SOME
OF THE MODERATES AROUND HOW
CERTAIN CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
WOULD BE HANDLED ALONG WITH
CITIZENSHIP.
THEY HAVE NEGOTIATED A
COMPROMISE SO THAT BILL IS
GOING TO BE MARKED UP THIS WEEK
IN JUDICIARY.
WE EXPECTED TO PASS.
THERE HOPING TO PUT IT ON THE
FLOOR IN JUNE AS WELL.
I WILL STOP BECAUSE I KNOW YOU
HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF
YOU.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE WITH
YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
LET'S JUST KEEP ROLLING
THROUGH.
THIS IS GOOD.
VERY GOOD.
>> I WILL CONTINUE TO REMIND
YOU ALL IF THERE ARE ANY
FEDERAL ISSUES THAT YOU DO WANT
SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION ON US TO
TRACK OR ANY SORT OF ACTION,
MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT TO OKAY
ARE.
SHE IS ABLE TO SET UP MEETINGS
FOR YOU THERE.
WE DO EXPECT A LOT OF DIFFERENT
ISSUES BUBBLING UP DURING THE
2020 ELECTION SO WE WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK ALL OF THOSE
THINGS THAT COME UP AND AS
ALWAYS, LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING SPECIAL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
OUR FEDERAL LOBBYING TEAM.
YOU ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB
AND HAVING HAD THE CHANCE TO
SEE YOU BOTH IN DC AND A NUMBER
OF OTHER CITIES VISITING OTHER
LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR
PARTNERS I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
ONE OF THE REALLY EXCITING
THINGS I HAVE A CHANCE TO DO
WITH YOU WHILE WE WERE IN DC
WAS TO MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN
JOE PAUL AND TALK ABOUT THAT
DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF
RIGHTS.
WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO
MIRROR AFTER OUR DOMESTIC
WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS HERE IN
SEATTLE.
I THINK IT WAS SENATOR HARRIS
AS WELL IN THE SENATE WHO IS
CONSIDERING MOVING THAT
FORWARD.
STILL VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE
CAN CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECT
WITNESS ON OUR END AND I JUST
WANTED TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY
NEWS ON THE TIMING OF THE
ADVANCEMENT OF THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL?
>> I AM HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY
ARE HOPING TO DO SOMETHING THIS
SUMMER.
BUT I CAN GET A MORE EXACT
TIMELINE FOR YOU.
>> GREAT.
FOR OUR COLLEAGUES BACKGROUND,
IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO MEET
WITH THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC
WORKERS ALLIANCE WHEN WE WERE
IN DC WHO BASICALLY REITERATED
THAT THEY ARE TAKING OUR
VERSION OF THE CITY ORDINANCE
AND THEY'RE DROPPING IT INTO
FEDERAL LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THEY CAN.
AND THEIR BUILDING ON THAT.
WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE
HAD HOPED WHICH IS TO CREATE A
TIDAL WAVE OF POSITIVE POLICY
CHANGE FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON
THAT AND KEEPING US UPDATED.
>> VERY GOOD.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO AGAIN, JUST TO
REITERATE, IT'S A LITTLE CRAZY
OF COURSE ON OUR FEDERAL.
WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT AND
WHAT IS GOING ON.
SO WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS WE
HAVE THE RESOURCES THERE.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR
YOU NEED TO CONTACT
INFORMATION, JUST LET US KNOW
AND WE WILL GET YOU ANY
QUESTIONS OR ISSUES WE ARE
WORKING ON CLARIFIED. SO THANK
YOU AGAIN.
OKAY SO VERY QUICKLY, I AM
PASSING AROUND A PROCLAMATION
HERE.
THERE IS AN EVENT OCCURRING
THIS SATURDAY WHICH IS PUT ON
BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
BLACK VETERANS.
MY DAD WAS A BLACK VETERAN AND
IT'S A COMMEMORATION OF OR
CELEBRATION OF THE VETERANS AT
THE EVENT.
THERE IS A PROCLAMATION TO
HONOR VETERANS FROM THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A SORT OF JOINT EVENT
AND AGAIN, THERE IS ONE
REMAINING BUFFALO SOLDIER, I
THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THE
STORY OF THE BUFFALO SOLDIER.
WE HAVE ENOUGH LAST ONE IN THE
NORTHWEST THAT WILL BE HONORED
HERE AS WELL.
ALL OF YOU ARE INVITED TO THE
EVENT SO I AM PASSING AROUND A
FLYER TO IT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE
INVITED AND THERE IT IS.
FROM THE GOVERNANCE, EQUITY &
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE , WE DO
HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW
MORNING.
ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS IS AN
ISSUE ALL OF YOU ARE FOLLOWING
DEALING WITH OUR SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY.
WE WILL HAVE A DECISION ON A
PROPOSED BILL FOR THE USE OF
CLOSED TELEVISION CAMERAS AND
AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A LPR. YOU
WILL HEAR THAT ACRONYM PASSED
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
AS WELL AS FOLLOWING A REPORT
FOLLOWING THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
ALL THESE ACRONYMS ARE PURSUANT
TO OUR SURVEILLANCE BILL THAT
WE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO.
WE WILL HAVE A TABLE CHAIRED BY
PEOPLE FROM I.T..
AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP.
MANY OF THOSE KEY MEMBERS AND
THE SEA-TAC COMMITTEE BOARD.
THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST
ORDINANCE WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE.
MANY ISSUES CAN BE RAISED SO WE
ARE TRYING TO GET OUR CLECS TO
SPEAK ON THAT PROCESS.
WE WILL NOT VOTE ON IT WE JUST
WILL HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION.
BECAUSE OF THE PROTECTIONS OF
PRIVACY THAT SO MANY OF US ARE
EXCITED ABOUT, IF YOU ARE
HEAVILY INVESTED INTO THIS
ISSUE PLEASE COME TO THE
MEETING TOMORROW AT 9:30 TO
VOICE YOUR CONCERNS.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS
ALLOW THIS TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE,
CREATE AN UNNECESSARY DELAY IF
WE CAN AVOID IT.
I AM SLOWING IT DOWN TO HAVE A
ROBUST DISCUSSION OF OUR OWN
AND THEN IN A FEW WEEKS WE WILL
BRING IT BACK OR MAYBE EVEN
LONGER THAN THAT DEPENDING ON
WHERE THE DISCUSSION LEADS.
I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR VOICING
YOUR CONCERNS AND THE COMMUNITY
SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR
PRIVACY NEEDS ARE MET.
THAT WILL HAPPEN 9:30 TOMORROW
MORNING.
WE HAD A COUNSEL ROLES
AMENDMENT WE DISCUSSED I
THOUGHT WE WERE BRINGING THAT TO
FULL COUNCIL BUT IT WILL COME
TO THE COMMITTEE TOMORROW.
JUST COUNSEL ROLES AMENDMENT TO
IMPROVE THE DECORUM IN THE CITY
HALL.
THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION THAT
WILL BE VOTED ON TOMORROW
MORNING AT 9:30.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT
STUFF?
SO WE HAVE AT THIS MEETING A
CIVIC ARENAS DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ COULD NOT
MAKE IT THIS MORNING SO I WILL
CHAIR THAT MEETING.
I WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS AT
THE BRIEFING ON HER BEHALF
PURSUANT TO HER REQUEST AND THE
FIRST THING I WANT TO ANNOUNCE
IS THE CIVIC DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC
ASSETS AND NATIVE COMMITTEE
CAUGHT THE NEXT MEETING IS NEXT
WEEK.
SHE WILL BE ATTENDING HER FIRST
SOUND TRANSIT MEETING AND SHE
IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
A FEW DISTRICT 5 UPDATES, SHE
WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO
ACKNOWLEDGE TO PUBLIC SERVICE
MEN FROM D5 TO MAKE SURE THE
CITY IS A SAFE AND WELCOMING
PLACE.
BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH SDOT TO REPAIR SIDEWALKS
FOR BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDE
OF ELSIE W FROM 123rd TWO
125th.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
REPAIRS IN 2020.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL
THOSE CIVIC MINDED HEROES WHO
ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING SAFER
COMMUNITIES.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I HOPE YOU
ARE PROBABLY WATCHING IF YOU
ARE ABLE TO AND I HOPE YOU DID
YOUR SHOUT OUTS JUSTICE.
YOU FOR PREPARING THAT.
ONE LAST THING IS THAT THIS
MORNING JUST WHEN I APPROVED
THE MEETING MINUTES, I MADE A
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 6
MEETING.
THAT WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO
ME BY THE WAY.
I JUST READ WHAT WAS PUT IN
FRONT OF ME.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW A CERTAIN
MOVIE WHEN I SAY THAT NAME.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUGHT
YOU DON'T GET THE JOB.
I SHOULD HAVE ASKED HOW MANY
KNOW WHO RON BURGUNDY IS.
SO LET ME DO THAT AGAIN.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES OF THE MAY 13, 2019
MEETING WILL BE APPROVED.
THING NO OBJECTION THE MINUTES
ARE APPROVED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THERE
ARE NO ITEMS ON TODAY'S CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES, EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
& RENTER RIGHTS COMMITTEE .
THIS WEEK HAS THE NEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON
FRIDAY, MAY 24 AT 9:30 A.M.
WE WILL DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF
SEATTLE'S VILLAGES AND TO
CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON THE
ISSUE AROUND REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> ON THE ON THE ITEMS FOR FULL
COUNCIL TODAY, WE HAVE THE SHIP
CANAL DEVELOPMENT. WE INCLUDED A
BUDGET PROVISO ON THE TITLE
PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.
AND REQUIRED THAT THE EXECUTIVE
COME BACK TO US AT 100% DESIGN
AND REPORT ON ITS EFFORTS TO
STAY ON BUDGET AND ON SCHEDULE.
THE PROJECT ITSELF AS PART OF A
LARGER EFFORT FOR BOTH THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY TO LIMIT
THE NUMBER OF OVERFLOWS IN
ORDER TO REDUCE CONTAMINATED
WATER FROM REACHING PUGET
SOUND.
IT IS REQUIRED UNDER A FEDERAL
AND STATE CONSENT DECREE.
IT IS A JOINT COUNTY PROJECT.
IN THE 2010 BUDGET PROCESS THE
COUNCIL PROVIDED A SPENDING
PROVISO.
THEY HAVE UPGRADED THE
CONFIDENCE RATING AS PART OF
REPORTING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
THE CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED
FROM 65% TO 70% AND WHAT THAT
MEANS IS THAT THE PROJECT IS
70% LIKELY TO COST $570 MILLION
OR LESS.
THE CITY'S SHARE OF THAT
PROJECT IS ABOUT $393 MILLION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY FIVE MAJOR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THE
STORAGE TUNNEL IS A LARGEST
PORTION OF THE PROJECT
ESTIMATED AT $218 MILLION.
THAT IS THE PORTION THAT THE
PROVISO IS ON.
THE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS
BILL TODAY AT THE COUNCIL WILL
ALLOW SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
SELECTION OF THE CONTRACTOR AND
MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE
PROJECT.
IN ADDITION, WE HAD INTENDED TO
MOVE FORWARD CAUGHT THE
LEGISLATION THAT MOVED OUT OF
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, THE HATE
CRIMES LEGISLATION, I DID
RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM DIRECTOR
LOCKHART LAST WEEK ASKING THAT
THE BOAT ON THE ORDINANCE BE
POSTPONED TO ALLOW FOR RACIAL
EQUALITY ANALYSIS.
WE HOPE THE BUT WILL BE DELAYED
UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE 3. WE HAVE
HEARD FROM OTHER FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS
ON THIS LEGISLATION.
I AM INTENDING TO DELAY IT.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE RECEIVED
A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR LAST
WEEK URGING US TO MOVE QUICKLY
GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
HEARD SO MANY CONCERNS FROM
FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY I THINK
IT'S BETTER, GOOD PUBLIC POLICY
THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED I THINK
IT'S BETTER TO BRING FOLKS
TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
JUST AS A BIT OF BACKGROUND, ON
THE BILL ITSELF, WE ALSO HEARD
LAST WEEK THE CITY AUDITORS
REPORT WHERE WE CAUGHT THEY
REPORTED ON A NUMBER OF THINGS
INCLUDING THE FBI 2017 REPORT
THAT SHOWED THAT NATIONWIDE
HATE CRIMES HAD INCREASED 17%
IN WASHINGTON STATE THEY HAD
INCREASED 32%.
IN SEATTLE THEY HAVE INCREASED
198%.
OVER THE LAST COUGH FROM 2010
UNTIL NOW DEGREES IS ACTUALLY
HERE IN SEATTLE 400%. 2.8% OF
NATIONALLY REPORTED HATE CRIMES
WERE IN SEATTLE AND SEATTLE
ONLY HAS 2/10 OF THE U.S.
POPULATION.
THE CITY AUDITORS NOTED THAT
HIGHER REPORTING TOTALS CAN
REFLECT INCREASED POLICE
ATTENTION.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT SPD HAS HIRED
A HATE CRIMES DETECTIVE IN 2016
AND HAS AN OUTWARD FACING
DASHBOARD ON BIAS AND HATE
CRIMES.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK A REALLY
IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THIS AUDIT
REPORT WAS AN INTERESTING
GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE
LOCATION OF HATE CRIMES BY
PROFESSOR TIM THOMAS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
AUDIT ITSELF AND IT NOTES THAT
CRIMES ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE
DENSELY POPULATED AREAS THAT
SEATTLE HAS TARGETED FOR GROWTH
ALONG MAJOR ARTERIALS AND
TRANSIT ROUTES.
IN LESS DENSE AREAS HATE CRIMES
10 TO OCCUR IN MIXED RACE
NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE BORDER OF
MOSTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.
PROFESSOR THOMAS NOTICED THAT
THE MAJORITY OF THESE CRIMES
CAN BE EXPLAINED BY THE RACIAL
THREAT HYPOTHESIS I.E.
THE PERCEIVED ENCROACHMENT OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN WHITE
DOMINATED AREAS.
THE LAW ITSELF WOULD RESULT IN
NO ADDITIONAL EXECUTIONS.
IT WOULD SIMPLY ADD WHAT IS
CALLED A SPECIAL ALLEGATION OF
HATE CRIME MOTIVATION TO CASES
THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS
ALREADY EXECUTING.
MISDEMEANOR CASES LIKE ASSAULT
AND PROPERTY CRIME.
IT ALSO DID NOT CONTEMPLATE
ADDITIONAL PENALTIES. THE CITY
ATTORNEY INTENDED TO PURSUE
SANCTIONS SUCH AS RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE TYPE PROGRAMS AS A WAY
TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE HARM
NOT ONLY THE HATE CRIMES DUE TO
THE VICTIMS BUT ALSO THE HARM
HATE CRIMES DUE TO THE
OFFENDERS THEMSELVES.
SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES
MADE IN THIS BILL MAKE THE BILL
ITSELF CONSISTENT WITH NEW
STATE LAW PASSED IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE PROPOSED BY
REPRESENTATIVES VALDES,
GREGERSON, SANTOS, AND A NUMBER
OF OTHER PEOPLE.
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORTED
THIS BILL INCLUDED THE GENDER
JUSTICE LEAGUE, LATINO CIVIC
ALLIANCE, THE COUNCIL ON
AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS, THE
JEWISH FEDERATION AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
ACTUALLY WEIGHED IN ON OUR BILL
, ACTUALLY CAME OUT IN SUPPORT
OF THE STATE BILL THAT
INCREASED PENALTIES FROM 10,000
TO $100,000.
IT ADDS GENDER IDENTITY WHERE
IT DID NOT PREVIOUSLY EXIST IN
THE STATE LAW.
AGAIN, THIS IS STATE LAW AS A
RELATES TO FELONY LAW
PROSECUTIONS.
THE CONCERN WE ARE HEARING FROM
THE COMMUNITY RELATES TO THE
DISPROPORTIONALITY OF THE
OFFENDER POPULATION.
100% OF THE VICTIMS OF HATE
CRIMES ARE MEMBERS OF PROTECTED
CLASSES.
IT IS TRUE THERE IS SOME
DISPROPORTIONALITY IN THE
OFFENDER POPULATION.
SOME OF THAT DISPROPORTIONALITY
IS ACTUALLY IN WHITE OFFENDERS.
77% OF THOSE PROSECUTED UNDER
HATE CRIME LAWS IN THE COUNTY
WERE WHITE.
THE PROPORTION OF OUR WHITE
POPULATION IS 66%.
ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE THIS IS
GOOD PUBLIC POLICY, I AM ALSO
SUPPORTIVE OF PAUSING AND
TAKING THE TIME TO BRING THE
COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
OTHER ITEMS ON MY REPORT TODAY
RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO MY
UPCOMING MEETING ON THURSDAY.
WE HAVE A LUNCH AND LEARN
MEETING JOINTLY WITH THE GENDER
EQUITY, SAFE COMMUNITIES, NEW
AMERICANS & EDUCATION COMMITTEE
. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR JOINING ME ON
THIS.
I HOPE SOME OF YOU CAN'T JOIN
US ON THIS EVENT.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ AND I
HAVE BENEFITED FROM A NUMBER
OF PRESENTATIONS FROM THE
PEOPLE WHO PULLED TOGETHER THIS
REPORT.
IT IS A REPORT THAT HAS BEEN
COMMISSIONED BY THE DIRECTORS
OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
AREAS IN THE CITY AND IT IS A
PRESENTATION DISCUSSION OF THE
SYSTEMS FAILURE REPORT.
TO PROLIFIC OFFENDERS IN
SEATTLE'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
IT WILL BE LED BY THE DISCUSSION
WILL BE LED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS GROUPS AND THEY WILL
HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH
OF THE DIFFERENT ALLIANCES.
LASTLY I WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT
TODAY WE WILL BE SIGNING AND
PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION
HONORING THE LIFE OF SHARON
JONES.
SHARON WAS A REAL CHANGE
VENDOR, FREQUENT ADVOCATE AT
CITY HALL FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SHE PASSED THIS MONTH FROM LOU
GEHRIG'S DISEASE AND WILL BE
TAKING A MOMENT TO HONOR SHARON
AND HER GIFTS THIS AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
JUST A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
I KNOW THIS PAST OUT OF MANY,
THE HATE CRIMES BILL.
YOU SAID IT WILL COME TO FULL
COUNCIL IN JUNE?
IS ETHICAL AT LEAST?
>> IT WAS ON CALL WE WILL HAVE
TO AMEND THE JET AGENDA TODAY.
I AM COMMITTED TO NOT VOTING
TODAY.
I HAVE NOT YET LANDED ON WHAT
THE BEST DATE TO DELAY IT TO.
DIRECTOR LOCKHART ASKED FOR AT
LEAST JUNE 8. I DO WANT TO
CHECK WITH HER OFFICE TO MAKE
SURE THAT IS SUFFICIENT TIME.
>> AS YOU FIGURE IT OUT, NO
PLANS ON BRINGING IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT BUT YOU
ARE NIMBLE IT SOUNDS AND WE MAY
BE HEARING BACK FROM THE FINAL
BILL IN JUNE FOR THE FULL
COUNCIL IS WHAT I AM HEARING.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS?
THE HATE BILL IS VERY
FASCINATING DATA.
I WATCHED THE COMMITTEE MEETING
AND AGAIN, THERE IS SO MUCH TO
THINK AND SAY ABOUT IT.
I'M GLAD THAT THE STATE IS
RECOGNIZING A STATE NEED TO LOOK
AT IT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SEATTLE
GOING UP 190%, THOUGH WHY
BECOMES THE CRITICAL, NOT JUST
THE NUMBERS ITSELF.
WAS BEHIND IT.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
MY COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE
ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA ALTHOUGH
THERE IS ONE ITEM I WILL BE
SPEAKING TO AS IT CAME OUT OF
THE PLANNING, LAND USE & ZONING
COMMITTEE FOR THE ONE MEETING
THAT I CHAIRED PRIOR TO BEING
JOINED BY MY IT SEEMED
COLLEAGUE HERE.
THAT IS A REMAND FROM KING
COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ON A
CONTRACT REZONE PETITION THAT
THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE
FALL OF 2018.
IT RELATED TO A PARCEL ON 70th
AND GREENWOOD. THE SHORT
VERSION IS THAT KING COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT REMANDED AND
ASKED US TO PROVIDE SOME MORE
REQUIREMENTS AROUND TRANSITION
BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY ZONE
AND SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE ON THE
SITE SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN ONE
SINGLE-FAMILY PARCEL THAT THE
PROJECT OWNS BUT HAS A SINGLE-
FAMILY HOME ON IT AND GAVE US A
COUPLE OF OPTIONS AS TO HOW TO
ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.
THE COMMITTEE CHOSE ONE OF
THOSE OPTIONS AND THERE IS A WE
EXECUTED PEWTER THAT WE WILL BE
ADOPTING AS PART OF THAT
ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL
SUPPORTS THAT MOVING FORWARD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M NOT SURE
IF YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK, THE
PETITIONERS HAD ASKED FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE
FULL COUNCIL AGAIN TODAY.
AGAIN, THIS IS A QUASIJUDICIAL
MATTER BECAUSE IT IS A CONTRACT
REZONE.
A COMMITTEE WE ALLOWED I
BELIEVE FIVE MINUTES FOR BOTH
THE APPELLANTS AND THE
APPLICANTS TO ADDRESS THE
REMOUNT AND THE RECORD AND I
BELIEVE AT LEAST THEY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
>> I WROTE A LETTER BACK TO
THEM.
DID YOU SEE THE COPY OF THE
LETTER I WROTE THEM?
I WAS NOT PLANNING ON MODIFYING
THE SPEAKING TIME BUT IF IT'S
NECESSARY WE WILL ACCOMMODATE.
BUT MY POSITION AT LEAST WAS
HAVING REVIEWED THE COMMITTEE
HEARING, THAT AMPLE TIME WAS
GIVEN.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO
SHORTCHANGE ANYONE AT THIS STAGE
THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM
THEM IN TERMS OF REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL TIME.
CERTAINLY DURING THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS SESSION WE WILL
SEGREGATE IT AND MAKE SURE
PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
>> SO WE MAY HEAR CAUGHT MY
UNDERSTANDING, UP TO TWO
MINUTES DURING THE PUBLIC
COMMENT WINDOW ALTHOUGH EACH
SIDE WILL ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES
REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE
THEY BRING.
ALL THE QUASIJUDICIAL RULES WILL
APPLY TO THAT AS FAR AS WHAT
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY ON.
>> IF I GET A REQUEST BETWEEN
NOW AND TODAY AT 2:00 FOR A FEW
EXTRA MINUTES, I WILL TALK TO
YOU ABOUT IT BUT AT THIS POINT
I HAVE NOT HAD ANY REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL TIME OTHER THAN THE
TWO MINUTE ALLOTMENT.
>> SO THAT IS THE ONE ITEM ON
AFTERNOONS AGENDA.
DO FOLKS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT?
THE TREND TO 23 SUSTAINABILITY
& TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE APPROVAL OR APPOINTMENT
TO THE SEATTLE TRANSIT ADVISORY
BOARD.
THERE IS A GRANT ACCEPTANCE
EASEMENT, GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE FOR A SERIES OF GRANTS
SDOT HAS ACCEPTED.
I WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT.
WE
STREET VACATION ON A PROJECT
BEHIND UNIVERSITY VILLAGE
ADJACENT TO THE BROOKLYN TRAIL.
THIS IS SECOND FULL PHASE WHERE
THEY WILL WALK THROUGH WHAT
THEY ARE PROPOSING AND YOU WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE
THAT OUT OF COMMITTEE OR ASK
MORE QUESTIONS.
SO THAT'S THE FRONT END OF THE
STREET VACATION PROCESS BEFORE
IT GETS PERMANENT AND MOVES
FORWARD.
WE ALSO HEAR A SEPARATE
ORDINANCE RELATED ON THE BACK
AND OF THE STREET VACATION
PROCESS IN REGARDS TO ONE OF
THE AMAZON BLOCKS, BLOCK 19 AND
THE DENNY TRIANGLE AREA.
THIS IS THE BLOCK CALLED THE
PARCEL WHERE THE SPHERES ARE.
WE GRANTED CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL
TO THREE DIFFERENT BLOCK
LOCATIONS NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
THIS IS A POINT WHERE THEY COME
BACK AND ACTUALLY GET THE
STREET VACATION NOW THAT THEY
HAVE DEVELOPED THE SITE
ACCORDING TO OUR STANDARDS AND
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL SO WE'LL
HAVE A WALK-THROUGH OF WHAT WE
IMPROVED CONDITIONALLY AS A
REMINDER AND THEN AN EXPEDITION
OF DID THEY MEET THOSE TERMS.
SO THAT ORDINANCE WILL BE
BEFORE US.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO
RENEW A PEDESTRIAN SKY BRIDGE
RENEWAL PERMIT ALSO IN SOUTH
LAKE UNION.
IT IS A SKY BRIDGE OVER AN
ALLEY ON THE BLOCK BORDERED BY
LAKE TERRY THOMAS AND HARRISON.
FINALLY WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT
DEED ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCES.
EACH OF THOSE ORDINANCES HAS I
BELIEVE 20 SEPARATE PARCELS FOR
WHICH WE ARE ACCEPTING THESE.
OVER 100 PARCELS ARE AFFECTED
IN THOSE FIVE ORDINANCES.
AS A REMINDER THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE DO AS PART OF OUR CITY
RULES THAT THESE ACCEPTANCES
COME TO US.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY RELATIVELY
SMALL, A COUPLE SQUARE FEET
OFTEN WHEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT HAPPENS PART OF THAT
APPROVAL IS THEY NEED TO GIVE A
FEW INCHES HERE OR THERE FOR
THE SIDEWALK OR THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS OR ACCESS TO UTILITY AND
INSTEAD OF EACH ONE OF THOSE
COMING TO CITY COUNCIL, WE
ALLOW THE DEPARTMENTS TO
ACCUMULATE THOSE AND ONCE THEY
ACCUMULATE ABOUT 20 OF THEM
SEND THEM OVER AS A PACKAGE.
THE LAST 2 YEARS SINCE WE HAVE
HAD SUCH A ACCELERATED AMOUNT
OF DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY,
THEY ARE COMING FAST AND
FURIOUS.
WE ARE GETTING 5 OF THESE
ORDINANCES ARE TYPICALLY VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT AGAIN, IT'S
ABOUT 100 PARCELS OF LAND WITH
MODERATE ACCEPTANCES.
THESE ARE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT
ARE GIVING THE CITY A RIGHT TO
THEIR PROPERTY OFTEN FOR A
SIDEWALK OR HESITATION ACCESS
OR SOMETIMES SPORT-UTILITY
AXIS.
SO WE WILL HAVE A PC COMMITTEE
MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL
THERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THERE ARE 22 ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA AND TODAY.
19 APPOINTMENTS TO THE DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD.
AGAIN, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 AND THAT
IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR THE
AGENDA TODAY.
>> EXCELLENT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR.
PRESIDENT AND GOOD MORNING
COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE SIX ITEMS ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY.
THERE IS A COUNSEL REAPPOINTMENT
TO THE LABOR STANDARDS ADVISORY
BOARD.
SHE WAS THE OWNER OF QUICK
SERVICE RESTAURANT WHERE SHE
OVERSEES A TEAM OF EMPLOYEES
AND RESIDES IN DISTRICT 1. THE
APPOINTMENT OF JILLIAN IN
DISTRICT 3 TO CAPITOL HILL
HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
PDA.
SHE CURRENTLY IS THE CEO AND
DESIGNATED BROKER FOR HUNTERS
CAPITAL WHERE SHE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR COPY
ACQUISITIONS, MARKETING,
LEASING, RELATIONS AND OVERALL
BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
AND THE APARTMENT OF KELLY
LARSON AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS
OF AND MALONE TO THE HOUSING
LEVEE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
KELLY RESIDES IN BAINBRIDGE
ISLAND AND IS IN THE CEO OF AN
ORGANIZATION THERE.
SHE RESIDES IN DISTRICT 3 IN
THIS WILL BE HER SECOND TERM
SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE AND IS
A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INVESTMENTS AT U.S. BANK CROSS.
SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING
LOANS FOR TAX CREDIT INCENTIVES
IN THE NORTHWEST AND DOCUMENT
STATES.
ANOTHER RESIDES IN DISTRICT 2
AND THIS WILL BE HER SECOND
TERM ON THE COMMISSION.
SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF INTERIM COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION WHERE
SHE LED THE WORK ON HOUSING
COMMUNITY MOMENT DEALERSHIP AND
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THOSE ARE THE SIX
APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS
TO THE VARIOUS QUESTION.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A QUICK
SECOND TO THINK CONTENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
FEEDBACK AND RESPONSIVENESS TO
THE COMMUNITY WE ARE EMAILING
AND CALLING INTO THE OCR
DIRECTOR.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
APPROACH TO THIS.
I THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA
TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL
FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACE ON
THIS.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE
INTENT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ADJUSTING HATE CRIMES.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN WE DO SO WE ARE NOT
ACCIDENTALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY
COMPOUNDING DISPROPORTIONALITY.
ONE BIG ISSUE I THINK STANDS OUT
TO ME IS WHILE THE BLACK
COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE IS AT
ABOUT 7% AND SALES PUBLISHING
AND THE NEED TO PUBLISH IS .5%
OF WHAT WE SEE FROM THE 2016
AND 2017 DATA IS THAT BLACK
DEFENDANTS WERE CHARGED BETWEEN
4-6 TIMES THE PROPORTION OF
SHARE OF SALES PUBLISHING AND
NATIVE AMERICAN DEFENDANTS WERE
CHARGED BETWEEN 3-5 TIMES PER
PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE
PUBLISH AND AND WHILE I AGREE
THAT THERE IS REALLY GREAT
ADVANCES THAT WERE MADE AT THE
STATE LEVEL, I THINK THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT
WE ARE POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING
HERE AND AT THE STATE IS THAT
THE STATE APPLIES THE FELONIES
VERSUS MISDEMEANORS AND MAKING
HATE CRIMES A SPECIAL
ALLEGATION THAT CAN BE ADDED TO
ANY MISDEMEANOR MAY OR MAY NOT
HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE AND WE
WILL BE FOLLOWING CLOSELY. I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU
AND TO YOUR OFFICE FOR WORKING
WITH OUR OFFICE AS WE THOUGHT
THROUGH RACIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
COMPONENTS THAT COULD BE
POTENTIALLY ADDED.
THINGS TO YOUR TEAM AND YOU YOU
SPECIFICALLY.
I KNOW YOU ARE HERE WORKING
LATE ON FRIDAY.
LATER THIS WEEK WE WILL HAVE THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING TO
ADDRESS FORT LAWN. ON TUESDAY,
MAY 21.
THAT IS TOMORROW AT 5:30.
THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME THE
HOUSING, HEALTH, ENERGY &
WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE HAS
HAD THIS ISSUE IN FRONT OF OUR
COMMITTEE THIS YEAR I WANT TO
REMIND FOLKS THIS IS ALSO THE
15th YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FORT LAWN.
I WANT TO REALLY ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO COME DISSIPATE IN
PUBLIC DIALOGUE.
THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT
5:30 HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED.
PARENTS WHO WISH TO USE THIS
COMMENTARY CHILDCARE CAN RSVP
WITH ASHLEY AT HER WEBSITE.
FOR THOSE WERE NOT USING PUBLIC
TRANSIT OR OTHER MULTIMODAL
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IF YOU
DO NEED TO DRIVE, WE HAVE PAID
FOR YOUR PARKING ON FIFTH AND
SIXTH AVENUES AT A DISCOUNTED
RATE OF 5 DOLLARS.
THAT BEGINS AT 4:30.
JUST A REMINDER THAT PARKING
GARAGE CLOSES AT 10 PM.
THAT I AM MAKING A COMMITMENT
WE WILL BE OUT OF HERE BEFORE
10 FOR ANYBODY WHO IS
INTERESTED IN JOINING US.
WE DO HOPE FOR A ROBUST
úDISCUSSION AT THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL
BE ON JUNE 6 AT 9:30 A.M.
THERE'LL BE A NOTICE OF INTENT
TO SALVAGE LEGISLATION.
A CONTINUATION OF THE
CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST WEEK
ON THE HOUSING LEVEL, FINANCIAL
PLAN AND HOUSING FUNDING
POLICIES. I WISH I HAD
SOMETHING FUN TO CALL THIS
BILL.
I WILL KEEP WORKING ON IT.
LASTLY WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK
OF THE RENT BIDDING
REGISTRATION THAT WE HAD LAST
YEAR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST
HOUSING POSITIVELY PASSED TO
PREVENT THE ONLINE PLATFORMS
FROM SCALING UP THE COST OF
RENT IN THE CITY AND REALLY
PROVIDING A DISPROPORTIONATE
ADVANTAGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE
INTERNET, HIGH-SPEED INTERNET,
OR HAVE A COMPUTER.
AND END THE UNFAIR RECTUS OF AN
eBAY FOR RENTAL UNITS THAT WAS
PUT ON HOLD AND THE JUDGE SIDED
WITH US.
SO WE WILL ASK FOR ANOTHER
EXTENSION AS WE WORK ON
ADDITIONAL POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS.
THIS WEEK I WILL BE SPEAKING AT
THE LIMIT WOMEN'S LUNCHEON AND
ALSO THE WITHIN REACH HELP
EQUITY AND LEGISLATION EVENT ON
THURSDAY.
I WILL ALSO BE IN DISTRICT 5.
AND VISITING A HALCION VISITING
HOMES WHERE WE HEARD FROM THE
RESIDENCE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I ALSO MEETING WITH SEATTLE
GREENWAYS AS WELL AS A TOUR IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>>
OUR OFFICES HAVE BEEN
COLLABORATING ON A SUBSEQUENT
MEETING IN THE COMING WEEKS
THAT WILL INVOLVE AND INCLUDE
CITY DEPARTMENTS AT THE TABLE.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE MULTIPLE CITY
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WILL BE
MEETING WITH RESIDENTS OF THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AND
SPECIFICALLY THOSE LIVING ALONG
21st AVENUE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DRIVE-
BYS AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AS IT
RELATES TO GUN VIOLENCE AND
FEAR AS A RESULT OF THAT.
IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL DEVELOP A
PLAN TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
IDENTIFYING AND CREATING A PLAN
TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT SOME
CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VERY NEAR
FUTURE.
I HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT OUTREACH
BEFORE THEY COME AND PRESENT TO
US AT COUNCIL WHAT THOSE
SOLUTIONS ARE GOING TO BE.
WE CAN THEN DURING A COMMITTEE
MEETING, SOMETIME IN JUNE,
DISCUSS THE PLANS FOR
IMPLEMENTING SAFETY MEASURES TO
DISRUPT AND REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
ALSO HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TALK
ABOUT THE USE EMPOWERMENT
FOLKS.
I THINK COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL MENTIONED LAST WEEK
THAT PROCESS IS GOING EXTREMELY
WELL.
ALSO, THERE IS MONEY AND
INVESTMENTS THE CITY WILL BE
MAKING IN ORDER TO ADDRESSING
VIOLENCE IN COMMUNITIES FOCUSED
ON HARM REDUCTION.
AS WELL, WE WILL BE GIVING A
BRIEFING IN SEPTEMBER OR AUGUST.
WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW THE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS
TURNED OUT AND HOW THE CITY OR
WHO THE CITY CAN EXPECT THOSE
FUNDS GOING TO IN TERMS OF
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
REALLY HAPPY THAT WE CAN
CONVENE THESE IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
OFFICE AND HER COLLABORATION
CONTINUING TO WORK ON FRAMING
THIS CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY
DEVELOPING CONCRETE SOLUTIONS
WE CAN IMPLEMENT WITH A SENSE
OF URGENCY.
>> THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
>> I WILL CLOSE BY HITTING MY
LAST POLICY AREA, WHICH IS
EDUCATION.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE
WHERE THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION EARLY LEARNING HAS
ANNOUNCED THE 2020-2021 K-12
SCHOOL BASED INVESTMENTS
FUNDING PROCESS.
IT IS NOW OPEN.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY JUNE
28, 2019.
FOLKS, SPECIFICALLY PRINCIPALS,
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING
FOR THOSE DOLLARS, AND THERE'S
$115 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THE
FUNDING CYCLE, SO FOLKS WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR
THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD GO TO
WWW.EDUCATION.SEATTLE.GOV.
MY OFFICE IS HAPPY TO SHARE
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR
YOU, IF YOU DO WIKI WEEKLY
NEWSLETTERS OR WANT TO PUT IT
ON YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKS.
I THINK WE WOULD REALLY WELCOME
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU
AMPLIFY THAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> EXCELLENT.
A LOT OF WORK.
JUST REAL QUICKLY, WE WILL
START AT 10:40.
JUST SORT OF A TEASER ON THE
AGENDA FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT
HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT.
WE HAVE ONE VOTING ADAM, WHICH
SHOULD BE THE FOURTH ITEM ON
THE AGENDA DEALING WITH THE
PERMANENT TENSION TIEBACKS
AROUND THOMAS STREET.
WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION, AND VOTE ON THAT
ITEM, BUT IN ADDITION EARLIER
WE WILL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION
UPDATE, SORT OF AN UPDATE ON
OUR FINANCIAL DUE DILIGENCE, AND
THE SEATTLE STORM LEASE
MODIFICATION.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED ON
IT, THIS WILL BE VERY
INFORMATIONAL.
WE WILL START AT 10:40, AND
HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE WILL BE
THERE ON TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
EVERYBODY GOOD?
WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.
I WILL SEE YOU AT 10:40.