>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT
CITY HALL, THE JANUARY 22nd,
2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF
THE FULL SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
I'M BRUCE HARRELL, PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNCIL.
GONZCEZ?
>> HERE.
HERBOLD?
JOHNSON?
>> HERE.
JUAREZ?
O'BRIEN?
>> HERE JUAREZ BAGSHAW?
>> HERE.
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
>> 6 PRESENT.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
AT THIS POINT I WILL MOVE TO
ADOPT THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TO THAT.
AND COUNCILMEMBER, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
I MOVE TO HOLD THE ADOPTION OF
THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR UNTIL AFTER
ITEM G, PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND IF I MIGHT BRIEFLY
SCOMPLANL THAT SO THE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT I
AM DOOL HERE.
>> SURE, PLEASE.
>> JUST TO EXPLAIN TO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE,
MOST OF WHOM HERE HERE TO PEEK
ABOUT SAVING THE HOMES OF THE
MOBILE HOME PARK.
SO THE NORMAL COURSE OF THE
AGENDA, THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS
AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE
COUNCIL CALENDAR, WHICH IS
WHERE OUR ITEM 2 INTRODUCED TO
LEGISLATION ON PARK IS GOING TO
COME.
SO I AM REQUEST -- I AM MAKING
A MOTION TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE
HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
FIRST AND THEN VOTE ON THE
LEGISLATION.
>> OKAY.
SO, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN SECONDED YET,
AND BEFORE -- WELL, WHY DON'T I
--
>> I CAN SECOND IT.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
BY COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
LET'S HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS JOINED
US.
ORDINARILY, WE TRY TO SHOW SOME
FLEXIBILITY IN THE ORDER OF THE
AGENDA.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
COMING HERE THIS AFTERNOON
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S HARDER FOR
MANY OF YOU TO COME THAN IT IS
FOR OTHERS.
AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT MADE A
COMPELLING ARGUMENT AS TO WHY
THIS SHOULD GO ON THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR DEALING WITH MOBILE
HOME PARKS.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY
DISAGREEMENT THERE.
SO THE ACTION THAT WE ARE ABOUT
TO TAKE IS FAIRLY ROUTINE.
IT IS JUST THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
WHEN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, AS
WE GENERALLY, DO THAT WOULD BE
THE TIME FOR ALL OF US TO HEAR
YOUR INDIVIDUAL STORIES AS TO
WHY YOU THINK THESE MOBILE HOME
PARKS SHOULD BE EXAMINED OR
WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE
BUT IT'S BEEN MFBED AND
SECONDED.
AND YOU CAN VOTE AS YOU SEE
FIT.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
COMMENT O'BRIEN HAVING PUBLIC
COMMENT BEFORE THE?
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT AGAIN
--
>> UM.
>> PART OF MY CONCERN IS THAT
MANY OF THESE GOOD FINE FOLKS
WILL WANT TO PUT IT O'BRIEN THE
IRC CALENDAR.
I'D RATHER HEAR ABOUT THE.
>> CAN I CLARIFY?
AS YOU SAID CORRECTLY,
PRESIDENT HARRELL, PART OF THIS
IS -- IT'S A TECHNICAL PROCESS.
AND MY STRONG UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE COMMENTING SO MUCH
ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS BUT
ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
TELLING THEIR STORIES.
AND I DO THINK THAT LOGICICALLY
IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO TELL
THEIR STORIES FIRST BEFORE THE
COUNCIL TAKES UP.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY WE
ARE NOT VOTING O'BRIEN THE BASE
LEGISLATION BUT VOTING IT
O'BRIEN PUTTING IT O'BRIEN THE
CALENDAR.
AND I THINK THAT PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD COME FIRST, AND JUST
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THIS
ISSUE HAS BEEN SO URGENT, THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE
COUNCIL WILL BE HEARING FROM
THEM.
MY COMMITTEE HEARD FROM THEM
O'BRIEN FRIDAY, BUT THERE WERE
NO OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
PRESENT, SO I WOULD ARGUE THAT
IF PRESIDENT HARRELL, IF YOU
ARE GENERALLY OKAY WITH EITHER
WAY, THEN I WOULD URGE THAT WE
DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
>> OKAY.
SO JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO MY
COLLEAGUES, THE IS WE WILL
CONSIDER THIS MOTION, AND IF
THIS MOTION PASSES, WE WILL
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN
WE WILL -- YOU WILL ACTUALLY
AMEND THE IRC AFTER PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> UH-HUH.
>> CORRECT?
>> YES.
[ INAUDIBLE ] ]
>> TILL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT,
OKAY.
DID EVERYONE HEAR THAT?
I DON'T THINK YOU DID.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, IF THIS
MOTION PASSES, WE WILL GO
THROUGH THE AGENDA.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE OTHER
ITEMS AND WE WILL PICK UP THE
IRC AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZCEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, ORDINARILY I TEND TO AGREE
WITH COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
MOTIONS TO FRONTLOA PUBLIC
COMMENT, PARTICULARLY O'BRIEN
ISSUES WHERE WE ARE MAKING A
SUBSTANTIVE DECISION AROUND A
PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION
AND ALSO WHEN THE AGENDA IS
QUITE LENGTHY.
THOSE ARE ALL REASONS THAT IN
MY MIND, WOULD ORDINARILY
CONTRIBUTE TO A VOTE IN FAVOR
OF SHUFFLING THE AGENDA AROUND
IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE US
THEIR PUBLIC TESTIMONY BEFORE
WE TAKE ACTION.
BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE
ONE ITEM O'BRIEN THE AGENDA.
IT IS INCREDIBLY SHORT AGENDA
AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS BEFORE WE
CONSIDER THAT AGENDA.
AND SO ITEM AND BECAUSE THIS IS
A TECHNICAL NON-STUBSTANTIVE
VOTE IN TERMS OF JUST ADDING IT
TO A FUTURE FULL COUNCIL
MEETING, I THINK I AM GOING TO
SUPPORT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL'S THAT WE JUST MAINTAIN
THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
AND FRANKLY I THINK HEARING THE
STORIES FROM FOLKS IN PUBLIC
TESTIMONY ARE, REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER IT HAPPENS BEFORE
EARLIER O'BRIEN IN THE AGENDA
OR NOT, IT IS STILL GOING TO BE
BENEFICIAL TO ME AS A
COUNCILMEMBER TO HEAR THOSE
STORIES FROM YOU ALL NOW A WEEK
OR MAYBE A COUPLE WEEKS IN
ADVANCE OF WHEN COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WILL BRING THIS BEFORE
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR VOTE
O'BRIEN THE ACTUAL SUBSTANTIVE
ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
GOING TO DO A MORATORIUM HERE.
SO I STILL WILL FIND,
REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY; I AM STILL GOING TO
FIND ALL YOUR STORIES
INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO MY
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS
LEGISLATION IMPACTS YOUR LIVES
AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH HERE THROUGH THIS
BILL.
>> I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT
DURING THE INTRODUCTION OF
REFERRAL CALENDAR,
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT AND BEFORE
YOU ALL COMMENT, YOU CAN SURE
KNOW THEIR THOUGHTS AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK
YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE FROM D5
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW THAT MY STAFF HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY, BOTH SHANA AND
NEGINE TO BE AT TWO OF YOUR
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING
ABLE TO MEET WITH YOU FRIDAY.
BUT I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S REGULAR
SCHEDULED COMMITTEE MEETINGS
ARE TUESDAY AT 2:00.
AND SO FRIDAY WAS A BIT OF AN
ANOMALY WHERE SOME OF US,
BECAUSE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
DAY, HAD OTHER COMMITMENTS.
BUT WE DID WATCH THE PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND I AM GOING TO
AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
GONZCEZ BECAUSE IT IS A
TECHNICAL ISSUE.
IS LINDA HERE TODAY?
OH, BE GOOD.
I TALKED TO LINDA YESTERDAY.
AND WE TALKED THROUGH THAT THIS
WAS MORE OF A TECHNICAL PIECE
THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE THIS
TO PUT IT O'BRIEN THE CALENDAR
FOR NEXT MONDAY TO DISCUSS THE
MERITS OF MORATORIUM.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
WITH COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
TO THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
THE DEVELOPER.
AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS
THAT I HAVE LEARNED AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES O'BRIEN THIS
PARTICULAR MORATORIUM, AND ANY
TYPE OF EDITS THAT NEEDED TO BE
MADE, I WILL JUST BE FRANK AND
HONEST WITH YOU, I SAID I THINK
YOUR TIME IS BETTER SPENT
SHOWING UP NEXT MONDAY BECAUSE
I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU USED
YOUR OWN MONEY TO CHARTER A BUS
TO COME DOWN HERE, AND I DON'T
KNOW WHO IS PAYING FOR THAT,
BUT I KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE
O'BRIEN LIMITED FUNDS, I DON'T
THINK YOU SHOULD BE HAVING TO
DO THAT.
SO WHEN I WAS TALKING TO LINDA,
I THINK I SAID KEEP YOUR POWDER
DRY, SAVE YOUR MONEY UNTIL WE
GET THROUGH THIS NEXT TECHNICAL
ROUND.
BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER
GONZCEZ THAT WE ARE ALL IN --
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE, IT
IS GOING TO PROBABLY PASS AND
WE WILL ALL BE DISCUSSING THIS
AND WE HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND
FRIDAY TO WORK ON THE
LEGISLATION ON THE MORATORIUM
AND ALSO TO CONNECT WITH OPCD
AND SDCI.
SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
MAYBE TWO WEEKS.
WELL, THAT IS NOT A TECHNICAL
RESPONSE BECAUSE THE URGENCY,
THERE IS AN URGENCY FOR THE
LEGISLATION TO BE PASSED, AND
IN MY MOTION WHEN I WILL MAKE
IT, I WILL BE MOVING FOR THE
LEGISLATION TO BE VOTED ON NEXT
MONDAY AT FULL COUNCIL AND NOT
DELAYED ANY FURTHER.
SO IF COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
TALKING ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO
WEEKS OR MORE, THEN THIS IS NOT
A TECHNICAL MATTER ANYMORE.
THIS IS A POLITICAL MATTER AND
THEN IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN
IF COUNCILMEMBERS ARE INTENDING
TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO MY MOTION
AS FAR AS WHICH DAY THE
LEGISLATION SHOULD BE ADOPTED,
THEN I DO -- I WILL URGE THAT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT HAPPEN FIRST
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE
SPEAKING WILL BE SPEAKING TO
WHY THIS IS ABSOLUTELY URGENT
FOR THEM.
>> MAY I RESPOND?
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZCEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY ONLY REASON WHY I SAID I
HAD ANY INDICATION OF DOUBT AS
TO WHEN FULL COUNCIL ACTION
WOULD BE IS BECAUSE I HAD
EMAILED YOUR OFFICE OVER THE
WEEKEND ASKING FOR YOUR
CLARIFICATION ON WHEN YOU
INTENDED TO BRING THIS
SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION BEFORE
FULL COUNCIL.
AND I DIDN'T RECEIVE A
RESPONSE.
SO IT WASN'T MY INDICATION THAT
I WAS SOMEHOW GOING TO AMEND
YOUR INTENDED MOTION.
IT WAS A LEGITIMATE LACK OF
UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT YOUR
INTENT WAS.
IF YOUR INTENT IS TO HAVE THIS
FULL COUNCIL TAKE ACTION ON THE
UNDERLYING ORDINANCE ON MONDAY,
JANUARY 28th, I HAVE NO
OBJECTION TO THAT TIMELINE
PERSONALLY.
>> OKAY.
AND JUST TO LETTOON MY STAFF
MEMBER DID REACH OUT TO YOU
TODAY AND YOU ALL WERE AWAY AT
LUNCH.
SO I AM VERY HAPPY TO TALK TO
YOU AT ANY TIME.
>> OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND LET ME
MAKE IT CLEAR.
THE MOTION IS TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
THAT IS PENDING MOTION BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
AND PLEASE RAE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE AND
RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
SO, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE AN
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR,
AND NOW LET'S AMEND IT AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT YOU STILL
HAVE THE FLOOR BECAUSE I
BELIEVE YOU'D LIKE TO AMEND THE
CALENDAR AS STATED.
>> SO JUST TO CLARIFY TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, YOU WILL
STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT
THE VOTE WILL HAPPEN BEFORE YOU
SPEAK.
I MOVE TO AMEND THE PROPOSED
INTRODUCTION BY INTRODUCING
COUNCIL BILL 119451 ENTITLED,
QUOTE, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
LAND USE AND ZONING ADOPTING A
MORATORIUM ON THE FILING
ACCEPTANCE PROCESSING AND/OR
APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR
DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS CURRENTLY
USED AS MOBILE HOME PARKS
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
ESTABLISHING AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE ALL BY A THREE
VOTES VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
UNQUOTE.
AND BY REFERRING IT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JANUARY
28th.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE REFERRAL CALENDAR AS
STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> CAN I SPEAK TO?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS COUNCIL BILL, WHICH, IF
THIS MOTION IS ADOPTED, WILL BE
VOTED ON NEXT MONDAY.
SO THIS IS A BIT OF A
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
WHAT THE COUNCIL IS VOTING ON
RIGHT NOW IS MY MOTION TO PUT
THE LEGISLATION ON THE
COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION
CALENDA AND THEN ONCE THAT
PASSES, IF THAT PASSES, THEN
THE COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING
-- SORRY.
>> SOMEBODY FELL.
>> OH, SHOOT.
IS SHE OKAY?
OKAY.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED
ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION OR
ANYTHING.
NO.
PLEASE DON'T APOLOGIZE.
AND SO IF THERE ARE NO
AMENDMENTS TO MY MOTION, THEN
THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION WILL BE
VOTED ON NEXT MONDAY.
SO THIS COUNCIL BILL WOULD
PLACE A MORATORIUM ON
REDEVELOPING MOBILE HOME PARKS
IN SEATTLE FOR ONE YEAR.
THIS WILL GIVE THE CITY THE
TIME TO CONDUCT ALL THE LEGALLY
REQUIRED STEPS TO CREATE
PERMANENT ZONING RESTRICTIONS
TO SAVE MOBILE HOME PARKS LIKE
HOUSE DEVELOPMENT AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
WE DISCUSSED WITH A GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE
MANUFACTURED HOMES AT THE
MOBILE HOME PARK IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
WE ALSO HAD FREE MAN FROM CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO GIVE
US TECHNICAL ADVICE ON WHAT
STEPS FORWARD EXIST.
THE MOBILE HOME PARK HOUSES
SENIOR S
SENIORS -- IT IS THAT MUCH
WORSE.
THE RESIDENTS OWN THEIR
MANUFACTURED HOMES WHICH AFTER
MANY YEARS ARE NOT ACTUALLY
MOBILE, DESPITE THE NAME.
THEY LOSE THE HOME THEY OWN,
AND HAVE SUNK THEIR LIFE
SAVINGS INTO.
OFTEN THEY MUST EVEN PAY TO
HAVE IT DEMOLISHED.
IF EVICTED, THE SENIORS WOULD
BE FORCED TO FIND SOMEWHERE
ELSE TO LIVE IN SEATTLE'S
UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET
AFTER JUST HAVING LOST THEIR
HOME AND THEIR BELOVED
COMMUNITY.
IT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND
I INTEND TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY
POWER TO STOP IT.
THE PROBLEM AROSE BECAUSE THE
OWNER OF THE HOUSE PROPERTY
PASSED AWAY, AND THE PROPERTY
IS NOW CONTROLLED IN TRUST BY
U.S. BANK, WHICH IS IN THE
PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY
TO A DEVELOPER CALLED BLUE.
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL HAVE THE
CHANCE NOW TO DECIDE WHICH SIDE
THEY ARE ON.
DOES THE CITY BELONG TO REAL
ESTATE SPECULATORS AND BIG
BANKS AS SEEING HOUSING AS
NOTHING MORE THAN A PROFIT
MAKING DEVELOPMENT.
OR DOES THIS BELONG TO THE
WORKING PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
THE LEGISLATION IS AN EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION TO PLACE A
MORATORIUM ON REDEVELOPING
MOBILE HOME PARKS BUT WE WILL
HAVE TO ACT VERY QUICKLY.
JUST LIKE IN THE LEGISLATION WE
PUT FORWARD FROM MY OFFICE LAST
FALL, THIS LEGISLATION WILL
ONLY SUCCEED IN SAVING THESE
HOMES IF FOLLOWING THE
MORATORIUM WE ARE ABLE TO PASS
IT -- PASS THE ZONING
DESIGNATION, AND SO ON.
BUT AT THIS MOMENT IF THE
MORATORIUM ITSELF IS PASSED
INTO LAW BEFORE THE DEVELOPER
HAS REACHED A POINT IN THEIR
APPLICATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT
WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PASS
THIS MORATORIUM.
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR THAT IS
THE DEVELOPER VESTING.
ONCE A DEVELOPER VESTS,
BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL
WILL DO WILL BE TOO LATE AND
UNFORTUNATELY BLUE, THE
DEVELOPER, COULD VEST ANY DAY
NOW.
IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE THAT VOTING
NEXT MONDAY WILL NOT BE FAST
ENOUGH, BUT THAT IS THE FIRST
CHANCE WE HAVE GIVEN SEATTLE'S
LAW.
ANY DELAY BEYOND NEXT MONDAY IN
MY VIEW, WOULD BE EXTREMELY
IRRESPONSIBLE GIVEN THE
INFORMATION WE HAVE.
I THINK THAT FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS, I THINK THAT IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT BOTTOM LINE.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE SENIORS
WHO ARE LIVING THERE AND THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS IF WE END UP
HAVING A DELAY IN PASSING THE
MORATORIUM.
I AM VERY THANKFUL TO
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN WHO HAS
AGREED TO CO-SPONSOR THIS
LEGISLATION WITH ME.
SINCE THE MORATORIUM IS ONLY A
TEMPORARY MEASURE AND NOT A
PERMANENT ZONING CHANGE, IT IS
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE
IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY TO GIVE THE
CITY THE TIME IT NEEDS TO DO
ALL THE RESEARCH INTO A
PERMANENT ZONING CHANGE.
AND, AGAIN, THIS ZONING CHANGE
THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING ONCE
THE MORATORIUM IS IN PLACE IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
TREADING NEW GROUND NOW.
THE CITY OF PORTLAND CITY
COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT A
MANUFACTURED PARK ZONING
DESIGNATION FOR 56 OF 57 OF
THEIR MOBILE HOME PARKS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GUIDANCE
FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
PAST IN PORTLAND AND ALSO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THAT IS WHY I AM PROPOSING TO
REFER THE MORATORIUM
LEGISLATION DIRECTLY TO THE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT
MONDAY RATHER THAN A COMMITTEE
WHICH WILL PROLONG THE PROCESS
AND POTENTIALLY HAVE A GRAVE
DANGER OF TAKING THIS
OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM OUR
HANDS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME
OUT IN SUPPORT OF OR SENT
LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE
SENIORS AT HOUSE INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISS ANY
ORGANIZATION.
ARROWSPACE MACHINIST UNION, IAM
LOCAL, 751.
UNITE HERE LOCAL 8, TENANT'S
UNION OF WASHINGTON STATE,
PUBLICENT SOUND ADVOCATES FOR
RETIREMENT ACTION, THE
ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURED
HOMEOWNERS WHICH IS LIKE THE
TENANTS UNION FOR MANUFACTURED
HOMEOWNERS, THE SEATTLE
DISPLACEMENT COALITION, BETHANY
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
I ALSO PARTICULARLY WANT TO
THANK KETEL FREEMAN WHO WORKED
CLOSELY WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PREPARE
THE LEGISLATION FOR THE
MORATORIUM IN RECORD TIME WHILE
ALSO BE BOGGED DOW WITH A FULL
WORKLOAD OF OTHER LEGISLATION
LIKE THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY AND WHO PUT IN
THE EXTRA EFFORT TO GET US A
DRAFT LEGISLATION IN TIME TO
INTRODUCE TODAY.
GIVEN HOW LITTLE TIME THEY'VE
HAD, I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS
TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS
MATTER.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK NICK
JONES AND JONATHAN ROSENBLOM
WHO HAVE TIRELESSLY WORKED WITH
THE AND THE POLICY ANALYST FROM
MY OFFICE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE
RESIDENTS THEMSELVES WHO HAVE
BEEN AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE, AND
I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE
INSPIRED BY HOW OLDER PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YOUR
RIGHTS.
[ APPLAUSE ] COUNCILMEMBER?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR THE
WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE ON THIS.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CORRECT
JUST SO THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE
UNDERSTAND THIS.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN OWNER
THAT OWNED THIS PROPERTY, AND
ONE OF THE BENEFICIARIES WAS
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
THE LAST BENEFICIARY IS NO
LONGER WITH US, AND THE NEXT
ONE IN LINE REVERTED TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE THE COMPLETE AND SOLE
BENEFICIARY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
DIDN'T HIRE, BUT U.S. BANK IS
THE TRUSTEE, MEANING THAT THEY
ARE THE ONES THAT MANAGE THIS
PROPERTY ON BEHALF OF THE UDUB.
AND THE UDUB MADE THE DECISION
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE
THIS PROPERTY.
SO THE U.S. BANK TRUSTEE IN
FULFILLING THEIR FIT YOU WERERY
DUTIES AS DIRECTED BY THE
BENEFICIARIES PUT THE PROPERTY
ON THE MARKET.
AND WHEN THEY PUT THE PROPERTY
ON THE MARKET THEY HIRED KITTER
MATTHEWS TO DO THE SALE.
SO I WAS ON THE PHONE TO GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF WHAT EXACTLY IS
GOING ON.
SO AS OF TODAY'S DATE, THERE IS
NO SALE CURRENTLY PENDING ON
THIS PROPERTY.
BLUE FERN IS NOT BUYING THIS
PROPERTY.
BUT THAT ISN'T GOING TO STOP US
FROM LOOKING AT A MORATORIUM OR
LOOK AT POTENTIAL LEGISLATION
TO PROTECT MANUFACTURED HOMES
IN THE MOBILE PARKS IN WHICH
THEY SIT IN.
MY UNDERSTANDING AGAIN IS FROM
TALKING TO NOT ONLY THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
TALKING TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT
LINDA REFERRED ME TO BECAUSE I
SAID I AM DEALING AN INNUENDO
AND NOT FACTS.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS
PROPERTY.
HE CONFIRMED FOR ME AT THIS
TIME THAT THERE IS NO BUYER AND
THERE IS NO DEVELOPER.
THE PROPERTY IS STILL ON THE
MARKET.
BUT AS FAR AS IT BEING SOLD AND
PEOPLE BEING TOLD THAT THEY
HAVE TO MOVE OUT, UNDER STATE
LAW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A
YEAR'S NOTICE.
AND EVEN IF ALL THAT WAS TRUE
AND IF YOU HAD A PERSON LINED
UP TO BUY THE PROPERTY, YOU
WOULD BE WELL OVER TWO YEARS
OUT JUST IN THE ZONING AND THE
PERMITTING PROCESS ITSELF.
SO I WANTED TO HAVE THOSE FACTS
THERE SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I
COME FROM WHEN I MAKE DECISIONS
SO I CAN START THERE.
AND SO I AM GUESSING THAT WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH, AND
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON AND KETEL IS THAT
BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY, WE CAN
LOOK AT COUNCILMEMBERS SAWANT'S
PROPOSED LEGISLATION ABOUT THE
ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM THAT GIVES
US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT
HOW WE HAVE LEGISLATION AND HOW
WE HAVE HEARINGS BECAUSE OTHER
INDIVIDUALS ARE INTERESTED IN
THIS MATTER.
AND WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO COME HERE AND PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT AS WELL.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ANGLING
FOR.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE
PARTICULARLY IN SEATTLE'S
RENTAL MARKET AND HOUSING
MARKET AND LIKE WE SAW IN THE
CITY OF TUMWATER, WANTS TO SEE
ANYBODY DISPLACED, DOESN'T WANT
TO SEE ANYONE LOSE THEIR HOMES.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THESE ARE
MFRED HOMES, THEY ARE NOT
MOBILE HOMES.
THESE ARE YOUR HOMES WHERE YOU
HAVE EQUITY WITH AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WOULD BE
LIVING THERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO
SHARE THAT WE WOULD BE
SUPPORTING MOVING THIS TO THE
CALENDAR NEXT MONDAY AND I HAVE
A COMMITMENT I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON IF HE HAD
HIS HAND UP OR NOT, THAT WE
WILL BE WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND AT
THE END OF THE DAY, OBVIOUSLY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT THAT WE
HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT FORWARD
REGARDING A MORATORIUM.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
[ APPLAUSE ] COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR,
SIR.
>> THANKS.
AS MANY FOLKS ARE AWARE, I
CHAIRED THE CITY'S LAND USE
COMMITTEE AND WE ARE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEWING OF
ZONING MATTERS LIKE THAT MATTER
THAT WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS
AGAIN NEXT MONDAY.
I TOO, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WOULD BE
VOTING IN FAVOR TODAY OF HAVING
THIS DISCUSSION ON MONDAY AND
ALSO PLAN ON VOTING ON MONDAY
IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM.
HOWEVER, I ALSO WANT TO CORRECT
A COUPLE OF ISSUES FOR THE
RECORD BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS
APPROPRIATE THAT WE SHARE WITH
PEOPLE WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
NOT ONLY HAS THE PROPERTY NOT
BEEN SOLD AS COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ SAID, BUT THERE IS ALSO
NOT A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR
THIS PROPOSAL FOR THIS
PROPERTY.
MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THE FACT
THAT THERE SUPPOSEDLY WAS A
DEVELOPER APPLICATION THAT WAS
SUBMITTED ON THIS PROPERTY.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
SOMEONE HAS CONTACTED THE
CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION AND
ASKED WHAT THE PROCESS IS FROM
A PREAPPLICATION HEARING.
THAT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY
HAVE VESTED IN THIS PROPERTY.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE
CAN'T TAKE ACTION TO PUT A
MORATORIUM ON THESE PROPERTIES.
BUT I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE DO STATE THE
FACTS OF THIS CASE BECAUSE WE
ARE A LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THE
FACTS ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
SO MY PLAN IS TO BRING FORWARD
AN AMENDMENT NEXT MONDAY THAT
WILL SET FORTH THAT PATH AFTER
THE VOTE ON MONDAY TO PUT A
MORATORIUM ON THIS, WHICH THE
MORATORIUMS ARE ONLY EFFECTIVE
FOR ONE YEAR.
AND ASK THAT THE WORK BE
REFERRED TO MY COMMITTEE FOR
FURTHER ANALYSIS INCLUDING A
WHOLE WEALTH OF OPTIONS
AVAILABLE TO US AS A CITY AND
ANALYSIS OF WHAT OTHER CITIES
HAVE DONE TO PROTECT
MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS, NOT JUST
IN WASHINGTON BUT AROUND THE
UNITED STATES.
SO, I AM GOING TO BE ASKING MY
COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT AN
AMENDMENT NEXT WEEK THAT WILL
REFER ADDITIONAL WORK IN
REFERENCE TO MY COMMITTEE.
AND ALSO GIVE MY COMMITTEE THE
AUTHORITY TO START DOING THAT
ANALYSIS SO THAT ONCE THE
MORATORIUM IS CONCLUDED, WE CAN
COME BACK WITH A MORE PERMANENT
SOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR
THE PROTECTION OF MOBILE HOME
AND MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO RATHER THAN JUST HAVING THIS
BE A TEMPORARY THING AND RATHER
THAN SPREADING INFORMATION THAT
IS INACCURATE, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE
TRANSPARENT WITH FOLKS ABOUT
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND
WHAT ARE SOME LONG-TERM
SOLUTION THAT'S WE COULD GET IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
AREN'T COMING BACK AROUND TO
THE CITY IN A YEAR OR IN 18
MONTHS OR IN TWO YEARS WITHOUT
A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
SO I AM EXCITED TO HAVE THIS
VOTE ON THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR SO THAT WE
CAN THEN ACTUALLY VOTE ON THIS
ISSUE NEXT MONDAY SINCE TODAY'S
VOTE IS JUST A PROCEDURAL ONE,
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE
THOUGHTS ON THE RECORD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER, SAWANT?
>> UM, I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT
THE VOICE OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
HAS REACHED THIS COUNCIL AND
THAT THE COUNCIL IS PLANNING TO
VOTE, YES, ON PUTTING THIS ON
THE CALENDAR AND ALSO AS
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE THEMSELVES
STATED THAT THEY ARE INTENDING
TO VOTE YES ON THE MORATORIUM
ITSELF NEXT WEEK.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED A VICTORY FOR THE
RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND FOR ALL THE HOUSING
ACTIVISTS AND THE UNION
MEMBERS.
SOME OF YOU WHO ARE IN CHAMBERS
AND THE UNION LEADERS WHO HAVE
STOOD WITH HOUSION RESIDENTS.
BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT WE
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THIS
POINT.
BUT I ALSO DON'T SEE HOW IT IS
HELPFUL FOR OUR COUNCILMEMBERS
JUAREZ AND JOHNSON TO SAY THAT
THERE HAS BEEN SOME
MISINFORMATION.
THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES HEARD
THAT A CORPORATE DEVELOPER IS
INTERESTED IN THIS PROPERTY.
IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, U.S. BANK
PUT THE PROPERTY ON THE MARKET
AT A VALUE OF 22 MILLION.
SO, EVEN IF WE ASSUME THAT
THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT PLAN
RIGHT NOW, IT IS JUST A MATTER
OF TIME BEFORE ANOTHER
CORPORATE DEVELOPER COMES ALONG
AND DECIDES TO BUY THIS
PROPERTY.
SO I REALLY DON'T SEE THE
PURPOSE OF SAYING THAT SOMEHOW
THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
MISLEAD.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MISLEAD.
THEY ARE VERY, VERY CLEAR ABOUT
WHAT'S FACING IN EM AND THEY
ARE CORRECTLY FIGHTING TO MAKE
SURE THEIR HOMES ARE PROTECTED
BEFORE ANY DEVELOPER VESTS AND
FURTHERMORE, IT WAS ONLY AT
THIS MORNING'S BRIEFLYING TABLE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUNIOR WAS
TALKING ABOUT HOW BLUE FERN HAD
DONE ITS PREAPPLICATION
PROCESS.
NOW IF THAT DEVELOPER HAS
BACKED OFF BECAUSE OF THE
ACTIVISM OF THE HOMEOWNERS,
THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THAT WILL NOT BE THE LAST
WE WILL HEAR.
SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY STILL VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WE GO AHEAD WITH
THE MORATORIUM AND WE GO AHEAD
WITH THE RESEARCH THAT IS
NEEDED JUST LIKE IT WAS DONE IN
THE CITY OF PORTLAND FOR THE
ZONING DESIGNATION SO THAT
THESE HOMES ARE HELPED TO KEEP
SAFE AND I THINK IF FACTS ARE
IMPORTANT, THEN THE SITUATION
THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE FACING
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SITUATION
AND AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENT
THAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON IS
TALKING ABOUT NEXT WEEK I AM
FINE WITH THAT AMENDMENT.
I ALSO DON'T SEE WHAT THE NEED
IS BECAUSE IN MY MIND IS WOULD
BE FOR YOUR COMMITTEE ANYWAY
BECAUSE IT IS ZONING QUESTIONS
AND YOUR COMMITTEE DEALS WITH
THOSE TOPICS.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION
TO THAT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> OKAY.
I AM GOING TO SAY A CLOSING
COMMENT AND THEN I THINK WE
WILL BE READY TO VOTE.
FOR ME IT IS VERY SIMPLE HOW DO
WE FIND DISPLACEMENT FOR THESE
FINE FOLKS.
ONE YEAR WILL PASS FAIRLY
QUICKLY.
WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT PUTTING
THIS AND DECIDING THIS
MORATORIUM NEXT WEEK ON THE
JANUARY 28th, THE ONE YEAR WILL
PASS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
AND SO I AM AS EQUALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRATEGY
AFTER THAT.
AND I THINK THAT IS THE WORK
THAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON IS
SPEAKING OF.
DURING THESE TIMES OF RAPID
GROWTH, WE HAVE TO DOUBLE DOWN
ON HOW TO FIGHT DISPLACEMENT.
SO I THINK THIS FITS VERY
NEATLY INTO WHAT WE ARE TRYING
TO DO.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, FOR BRINGING THIS TO
OUR ATTENTION AND THANK YOU FOR
SORT OF WEIGHING IN TO GET THIS
GOOD WORK DONE.
SO LET'S AMEND THE INTRODUCTION
FOR REFERRAL CALENDAR.
IF IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION FOR
REFERRAL CALENDAR AS STATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> YOU CAN VOTE TOO IF YOU
WANT.
I SAW SOME HANDS GO UP.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
THE INTRODUCTION FOR REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS AMENDED WITH
COUNCIL BILL 119441.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 7TH
AND 19th, 2018, AND JANUARY
7TH, 2019, CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
AND IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
THE MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
MINUTES ARE SIGNED.
PRESENTATIONS I DO NOT BELIEVE
WE HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON WHICH WILL TAKE US
NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE
RULES ALLOWED THAT IT BE
ACCEPTED FOR 20 MINUTES AND
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 2
MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND
WE ASK THAT YOU SORT OF
IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN THE MATTER
YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT.
AND I WILL CALL YOU IN THE
ORDER YOU SIGN UP.
AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE
FIRST TWO SPEAKERS, I HOPE I
HAVE IMPRESSED UPON, SO NOW WE
CAN HEAR SOME REAL STORIES
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A FEEL OF
SOME OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS ON
THE ISSUE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH
RENEE, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I
MISPRONOUNCE, HVENG AGEM AND
THEN GEORGIA PORTER WILL BE
NEXT.
AND GEORGIA, IF YOU DON'T MIND
TAKING THIS MIC, WE CAN
HOPEFULLY HEAR FROM MORE FOLKS.
>> I DO HAVE MY SON HERE TO
NOTIFY YOU.
I DON'T WANT HIM TRESPASSING ON
MY HOME.
I WAS -- IN SHORT, I WAS HERE
TO.
>> SPEAK MORE INTO THE MIC.
>> PRIOR TO THE MANUFACTURED
HOME PARK, I WAS HOMELESS IN
SEATTLE.
I WAS ON THE STREETS OF
SEATTLE, AND AS I SAID IN MY
STATEMENTS ON FRIDAY FOR TWO
YEARS, I AM TRYING TO SAVE SOME
MONEY.
I MEAN, I LIVED INSIDE A TOOL
SHED WITH NO POWER, NO HEAT, NO
RUNNING WATER.
I GOT TO GO TO THE HOUSE TO
WHOM THAT SHED BELONGED TO, BUT
IT COST ME $200 A MONTH.
I FOUND HOUSION, WHICH WAS A
BLESSING.
I HAD THE MONEY TO PURCHASE A
MANUFACTURED HOME THAT WAS NOT
IN THE BEST OF CONDITION.
BY THE GRACE OF THE SEATTLE
HOMEWISE PROGRAM, I WAS ABLE TO
REFURBISH THAT HOME AND MAKE IT
A HOME.
I GOT NEW WINDOWS, I GOT NEW
DOORS INSULATED
UNDERNINETEENTH.
IT DID SOME ELECTRICAL FOR ME.
IN FACT, THERE WAS AN INSPECTOR
THAT CAME FROM OLYMPIA, AND
THEY HAD CHOSE MY HOME TO LOOK
AT.
NOW, THERE IS NO REASON FOR US
TO -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
BURNING AND THE FLOODING AND
WASHING AWAY OF GOOD SPENT
MONEY THROUGH THE STATE AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE HAVING THIS
HOMEWISE PROGRAM IF WE ARE
GOING TO BE DESTROYED.
I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE
PARK THAT HAS HAD WORK AND
REFURBISHING.
>> CAN YOU STOP THE CLOCK?
I APOLOGIZE.
MR. ZIMMERMAN, YOU KNOW THAT IS
A NO-NO.
>> NO.
I SUPPORT HER.
>> YOU CAN SUPPORT HER FROM
YOUR SEAT, SIR.
I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING
YOU.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> ANYWAY, ON A HAPPIER NOTE, I
HAVE QUITE A LENGTHY, AT LEAST
6 BY 50 OR 60.
I GROW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
FOR MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS
EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING
EXCEPT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE
HOMES WE OWN.
THAT'S ALL.
SO PLEASE, NO DELAYS, PLEASE
HELP US SAVE OUR HOMES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
[ APPLAUSE ] FOLLOWING GEORGIA
IS BOB HAWLEY.
>> MY NAME IS GEORGIA PORTER,
AND I AM ONE OF THE YOUNGER
HOMEOWNERS AT HELSION.
I MOVED THERE THREE, FOUR YEARS
AGO.
I AM A DISABLED VET LIVING ON
$1,400 A MONTH.
YOU TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND A
DECENT PLACE TO LIVE IN
SEATTLE.
I HAVE NO FAMILY, AND I AM NOT
MOVING BACK TO PULLMAN.
SO, WE NEED YOUR HELP TO HELP
ALL OF US BECAUSE THIS IS A
VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
OLD, YOUNG, AND EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN.
ALL OF THEIR DISABILITIES.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN, I HAD
BEEN THERE I THINK THREE
MONTHS, AND I HAD A TOTAL HIP
REPLACEMENT.
PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ME FROM ADAM
AND RENEE BROUGHT ME SOUP.
SO I WAS JUST A GIVER THERE.
AND THESE PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL.
AND THEY DEFINITELY TAKE CARE
OF EACH OTHER WHEN EVERYBODY
NEEDS HELP WE ARE THERE FOR
THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] SO, BE AFTER BOB,
WE HAVE WESLEYAN SCHERER AND
THEN ISHBED DICKENS.
>> MY NAME IS BOB HAWLEY.
I MOVED IN HOUSON 9 AND A HALF
YEARS AGO.
I AM RETIRED BOEING, SPIA
TECHNICIAN.
MY CHURCH TEACHES US THAT WE
ARE TO LIVE A THRIVING LIFE OF
HEAVEN ON EARTH.
AND THROUGH PRAYER AND
MEDITATION I WAS LED TO THIS
PLACE AT HELSION IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN SO
GOOD TO ME.
I CAN BICYCLE ALMOST EVERY
SPACE.
MY CHURCH HAS JUST PURCHASED A
PROPERTY WITHIN THREE MILES OF
US.
WE ARE GETTING AN ICE SKATING
RINK IN NORTH GATE, AND I AM A
FORMER FIGURE SKATER.
WE ARE 7 MINUTES FROM THE
HOSPITAL THAT HAS SAVED
PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVING SUCH A
SHORT AMBULANCE RIDE TO OUR
HSPITAL.
THIS WHOLE THING HAS ALLOWED ME
TO HAVE A THRIVING LIFE OF
HEAVEN ON EARTH WITH WONDERFUL
NEIGHBOR THAT'S TAKE CARE OF
EACH OTHER.
I PLAN TO LIVE OUT MY DAYS HERE
IN HELSION.
I KNOW MY HEALTH WON'T ALWAYS
BE AS GOOD AS IT IS, AND PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION IS REALLY GOOD
IN THE AREA.
THE LINE STOPS IN FRONT OF MY
CHURCH, IT TAKES ME DOWNTOWN.
I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE MY CAR
VERY MUCH ANYMORE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCIL, AND EVERYBODY FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND TO SAVE OUR HOMES.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS WESLEY SCHERER.
I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1999.
I AM A TEAMSTERS.
IT HAS BEEN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS
MENTALLY CHALLENGED.
AND IF SHE IS DISPLACED, IT
WOULD BE A TRAGEDY.
PEOPLE IN OUR PARK ARE VERY
WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
THEY LOOK OUT FOR HER AND THEY
SEE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO
HER.
I AM ALSO SECURITY FOR THE
PARK.
I MAKE SURE AT NIGHT PEOPLE ARE
SAFE, AND I TRY TO KEEP THE
LIGHTS ON.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
>> THANK YOU, SIR
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> UM, AFTER ISHBED IS LINDA
CONSTANNIN AND THEN MINDY LEE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT
HARRELL, MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL.
I AM HERE THIS AFTERNOON AS A
BOARD MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
DISPLACEMENT COALITION AND AS
ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF
THE ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURED
HOMEOWNERS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
MANUFACTURED HOUSING ISSUES FOR
OVER 30 YEARS AND ACTUALLY WAS
INVOLVED WITH THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WHEN THEY PASSED THE
FIRST MORATORIUM IN 1988 ALONG
WITH JIM STREET WHO IS HERE IN
THE AUDIENCE.
IF WE HAD PASSED A ZONING
ORDINANCE THEN WE WOULDN'T BE
HERE TODAY WORKING ON AN
EMERGENCY MORATORIUM.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
PASSING THE MORATORIUM NEXT
WEEK IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL
BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE
NEXT PURCHASER WILL COME ALONG
TO EITHER PURCHASE BELLA B OR
HELSION.
IF WE PASSED THE MORATORIUM
YEARS AGO WE WOULD HAVE 9. WE
ARE LEFT WITH TWO.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT YOU CONSIDER THE ZONING
ORDINANCES AND I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
ON THAT HAVING WORKED WITH THE
CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND SPOKEN
AND AS FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ALL
OF THOSE AND WE CAN DO IT HERE
IF THEY CAN DO IT THERE.
IT IS TIME TO SAVE WHAT WE HAVE
BECAUSE IT IS FAR CHEAPER TO
PRESERVE EXISTING HOUSING THAN
TO REPLACE IT.
85 SENIORS ARE A COMMUNITY WHEN
THEY GO THEY WILL LOSE
EVERYTHING.
THEY WILL HAVE NOTHING TO PASS
ON TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY ANY
LONGER.
IT IS UP TO YOU WHO HAVE THE
MORAL AND THE LEGISLATIVE
ABILITY TO SAVE THESE HOUSES TO
DO SO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] MY NAME IS LINDA
CONSTANTINE AND I AM A
HOMEOWNER AT HOUSION.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TAKING UP
THIS LEGISLATION AND
PARTICULARLY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR INTRODUCING IT.
I HAD TO EDIT THIS REALLY FAST
SO BEAR WITH ME.
IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN BROUGHT TO
OUR ATTENTION BY EXPERTS IN THE
FIELD FROM PROPERTY MANAGERS TO
DEVELOPERS THAT THIS LANDFILL
SIGHT WILL BE NEXT TO
IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN ADEQUATELY
FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
AND WILL LIKELY BE DEVELOPED
INTO OFFICE SPACE.
THESE SAME EXPERTS SURMISE THAT
U.S. BANK AND ANY POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT COMES
IN MAY PLAN -- MAY SUBMIT PLANS
FOR RESIDENTIAL SIMPLY TO MAKE
IT MORE PALLETABLE TO DISPLACE
A COMMUNITY OF SENIOR CITIZENS.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
SEATTLE NEED NOT FOLLOW THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY IN UP
ROOTING THE LIVES OF ITS SENIOR
CITIZENS TO ALREADY WEALTHY
CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES FOR
PROFIT.
WE NEED TO SET A PRECEDENT.
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT YOUR VOTERS
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> HI.
MINDY LEE.
I AM HERE REPRESENTING PUGET
SOUND ADVOCATES FOR RETIREMENT.
AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE MANY
TIMES IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL
IN SUPPORT OF THE SOCIAL
ISSUES.
AND I AM JUST AMAZED AT THESE
PEOPLE BEHIND ME.
THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF WORK BECAUSE IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS SUPPORT
THESE SOCIAL ISSUES.
I HAVE SEEN YOU DO IT BEFORE.
AND I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF
REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS HERE
TODAY.
AND THAT IS FIRST THE URGECY TO
GET IT DONE EVEN THOUGH THERE
IS NO BUYERS RIGHT NOW, WE NEED
TO GET A MORATORIUM ON THIS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I
THINK IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT ROD
JOHNSON SAID, AND THAT IS ONCE
úYOU GET THE MORATORIUM, YOU'VE
GOT A YEAR, BUT DON'T LET THIS
FALL THROUGH.
YOU'VE GOT TO THEN WORK REALLY
HARD TO GET THESE PEOPLE SOME
PERMANENT RESIDENTS TO GET
MOBILE HOME PARKS LIKE THEY
HAVE DONE IN PORTLAND PERMANENT
SO THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO
GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN TO LOSE
THER HOMES.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] RUSS SANDERS ANN
BRENLER AND KRISTY ROSS.
>> HELLO.
I'M ROSS SANDERS WITH HANDY
ANDY.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM ME BEFORE.
I WANT TO ADDRESS PART OF WHAT
YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK
WAS CHANGING AURORA TO
DESIGNATION.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
IDON'T THINK THAT AURORA SHOULD
BE REZONED TO NC3.
I DON'T THINK THESE PEOPLE
WOULD WANT TO LIVE ON AUR ORA.
IT IS NOT THE PLACE THAT HAS
SHOWN ANY DEVELOPMENT.
THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE
APARTMENT BUILDING BUILT IN THE
LAST 20 YEARS ON AURORA.
AND THAT WAS FOR SUBSIDIZED
HOUSING.
THE FIVE BLOCKS THAT WERE
REZOEND ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO TO
NC3 SAW NO DEVELOPMENT.
WE WERE SEEING DEVELOPMENT ON
AURORA.
IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HOUSING.
BUT IT WAS DEVELOPMENT WHICH
WAS GOOD FOR OUR AREA.
AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU MAINTAIN
THE C1 AND C2 ZONING ON AURORA.
AS FOR HELSION AND BELLA B THAT
ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, I
AGREE WITH THESE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE
SOME PROTECTION.
I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE
PROPERTY CLOSER.
IF YOU LOOK AT ASHWORTH AND THE
BACK SIDE OF BOTH BELLA B. AND
HELSION, THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE HOUSING TO
BE THERE.
I SUGGEST WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR
MORATORIUM THAT YOU LOOK AT HOW
TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR THE
MOBILE HOME PARKS, WHETHER
THAT'S TO BUILD, MAKE CONDOS
OUT OF THE SAME SPOTS WHERE
MOBILE HOMES ARE THAT INSTEAD
OF THEM GETTING REPLACED WITH
OTHER MOBILE HOMES.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT
ASHWORTH, I THINK THE CITY HAS
A LOT OF LAND RIGHT THERE THAT
THEY COULD BUILD SUBSIDIZED
HOUSING ON THE BACK SIDE OF
THESE MOBILE HOME PARKS AND
TRANSITION IT TO A FUTURE FOR
SUBSIDIZED HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
LIKE THIS AND OUR SENIORS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS ANNE BRENDLER.
I DO NOT LIVE IN HOUSION MOBILE
HOME PARK BUT I AM A
CONTEMPORARY OF ALL THESE
FOLKS.
I LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DOWN NEAR COLUMBIA CITY.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF ALL
THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE BECAUSE
OF ANOTHER RESIDENT WHO IS NOT
ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY PATTY
ZETLAN IS UNDERGOING RADIATION
TREATMENT FOR HER CANCER.
I AM IN THE SAME ORGANIZATION
AS PATTY.
SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE SEATTLE STORYTELLERS'
GUILD.
I AM THE TREASURER.
I AM A RETIRED TEACHER.
I TELL STORIES TO CHILDREN.
I SO WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A
STORY OF THIS SITUATION THAT
HAS A HAPPY ENDING.
I KNOW THAT MANY STORIES DO NOT
HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS.
WHEN I LOOK THE CITY SEAL, THE
OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND I SEE CHIEF SEATTLE
THERE, AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT
AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING HE WAS
AND YET HIS PEOPLE WERE
DISPLACED.
AND HERE AGAIN WE HAVE THE
THREAT OF PEOPLE BEING
DISPLACED.
I ALMOST CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT
THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE
21st CENTURY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR ALL HER HARD WORK ON
THIS AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
LISTENING TO ALL OF US.
WE REALLY NEED TO PUT AN END TO
ANY FEAR OF A DEVELOPMENT AT
HOUSION MOBILE HOME PARK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> FOLLOWING KRISTI WILL BE
LINDA McCOY AND THEN DAN
KAVANAUGH.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS KRISTI ROSS.
AND I LIVE AT THE HOUSION
MOBILE PARK NUMBER 75.
WHEN I MOVED THERE, MY HUSBAND
DIED.
I WAS WORKING AT THE TIME, AND
I PUT ALL MY SAVINGS AND
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE INTO MY
HOME.
NOW WE ARE FACING THIS FEAR OF
LOSING OUR HOME.
AND IT DEVASTATES ME.
I AM ASKING YOU GUYS TO HELP
SAVE OUR HOMES.
IT IS SO VITAL TO -- THAT'S ALL
I HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU VECHL.
YOU'VE SAID A LOT.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, KRISTI.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
AND ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
HERE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA
JUAREZ FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS
AND THE QUICK RESEARCH THAT
YOU'VE DONE ON IT.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THE THREAT
FROM BLUE FERN, EVEN THOUGH IT
DIDN'T QUITE GO THROUGH ALL THE
HOOPS, WAS A VERY REAL THREAT.
>> IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE
DAILY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE THE
DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
AND WE WERE HOPING THAT WE HAD
A LITTLE MORE TIME BEFORE A
SERIOUS BUYER WOULD BE
ANNOUNCED.
BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND IT
WAS RIGHT IN THE HOLIDAY
SEASON, BOY, WE WERE REALLY
THROWN FOR A LOOP.
SO, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE
QUICK RESPONSE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY
APPRECIATE GETTING TO KNOW OUR
COMMUNITY MORE IN THIS PROCESS
AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BLUE
FERN HAS PULLED BACK.
I WANT TO VERIFY IT, BUT IT
GIVES ME REALLY A LOT OF HOPE.
SO, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
OUR STORIES.
WE'VE GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD.
THRE ARE ALL KINDS OF DETAILED
ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED, BUT I THINK WE CAN
DO SOMETHING REALLY WORTHWHILE.
HELSION AND BELLA B ARE THE
ONLY TWO MANUFACTURED MOBILE
HOME PLACES LEFT IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SO, IF SOMETHING IS TO HAPPEN
WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE, THERE
IS NO MOBILE HOME PLACE TO GO
EVEN IF PEOPLE COULD MOVE THEIR
MOBILE HOMES.
THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO.
SO, I UNDERSTAND THE TAX
BASING, I UNDERSTAND WHY IT
WOULD BE SO COOL TO --
>> PLEASE WRAP UP.
>> U.S. BANK TO GET A BUNCH OF
MONEY AND THE CITY TO GET A
BUNCH OF TAXES.
BUT I REALLY, REALLY IMPLORE
YOU TO LOOK AT THE OTHER
PIECES.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS DAN.
I AM A FOOD SERVICE WORKER, AND
I AM A MEMBER OF SOCIALIST
ALTERNATIVE.
AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S URGENT TO PASS THE
MORATORIUM WITH NO DELAY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR REALLY FIGHTING FOR
THIS AND PUTTING THIS ON THE
AGENDA.
AND I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THE SENIORS AT HELSION
WHO CAME FORWARD AND BUILT THIS
MOVEMENT.
IF WE WIN THIS, IT IS BECAUSE
YOU ALL BUILT A MOVEMENT.
SO I REALLY THINK YOU ALL ARE
REALLY BRAVE.
AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED MORE
FIGHTERS ON THE CITY COUNCIL,
PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO FIGHT
FOR WORKING PEOPLE, AND WHO ARE
ALONG TO STAND UP TO BIG
BUSINESSES LIKE U.S. BANK
BECAUSE I THINK THIS REALLY
DOES COME DOWN TO PEOPLE VERSUS
PROFITS.
LIKE, THE NEEDS OF ORDINARY
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY VERSUS
THE PROFITS OF U.S. BANK AND I
JUST WANT TO REMIND ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS, A LOT OF YOU
ARE UP FOR RE-ELECTION THIS
YEAR, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
REMEMBER DID YOU STAND ON THE
SIDE OF BIG BUSINESS OR DID YOU
STAND ON THE SIDE OF SENIORS IN
OUR COMMUNITY AND ORDINARY
WORKING PEOPLE.
SO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PASS
THE MORATORIUM WITH NO FURTHER
DELAY.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT ACTUALLY -- OUR TIME
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER, BUT
I WOULD SUGGEST UNLESS THERE IS
OBJECTION, A LOT OF YOU HAVE
TAKEN TIME OUT OF YOUR
SCHEDULE, WE SHOULD EXTEND IT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT
HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET HERE.
SO WHY DON'T WE EXTEND IT, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION BEYOND
OUR USUAL 20 MINUTES.
AND MAYBE FOR ANOTHER 15
MINUTES WE WILL SEE HOW WE GET
THROUGH IT.
SO LET ME CALL OUT A FEW NAMES.
MARY KENNEDY, DENNIS SAXMAN,
JONATHAN BETZ ZAHL.
M MARY, DENNIS, AND JONATHAN.
>> HI.
I'M MARY KENNEDY.
I LIVE IN NUMBER 20 WITH MY
HUSBAND STEVE.
HE IS 80 AND DISABLED.
I AM QUITE FRIGHTENED BY THE
PROSPECT OF MY HOME BEING SOLD
OUT FROM UNDER ME BECAUSE I
HAVE NOWHERE TO GO, AND MY
ENTIRE LIFE IS IN THE NORTH
SEATTLE AREA FROM MY
GRANDCHILDREN TO THE WORK THAT
I DO SINGING TO HOSPICE
PATIENTS.
I SEE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE MY LIFE HERE AND ALSO
BE NEAR THE DOCTORS THAT WE
NEED.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
I AM FEELING A LITTLE MORE
HOPEFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS DENNIS SAXMAN.
I SUPPORT THE HOING ABOUT USION
RESOLUTION.
I ONLY HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL
DELIVERS ACTUALLY ON THIS
PROMISE BETTER THAN IT HAS IN
THE PAST.
I HAVE SEEN YOU TALK ABOUT A
CONCERN WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE
WITH RACE ISSUES, WITH
AFFORDABILITY AND THE CRISIS
HAS ONLY WORSENED IN OUR CITY.
IT HAS NOT IMPROVED.
AND I KNOW THREE OF YOU AREN'T
EVEN STANDING FOR RE-ELECTION.
SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HOLD YOU
TO ACCOUNT.
BUT I AT LEAST WILL BE WATCHING
WHAT YOU REALLY DO.
I HAVE HEARD YOUR FINE WORDS
BEFORE, AND I THINK THIS GROUP,
QUITE FRANKLY, IS A LITTLE
NAIVE TO BELIEVE THEM BECAUSE
WE HAVE HAD AN EMERGENCY
HOUSING CRISIS FOR HOW LONG?
OVER TWO YEARS AND IT JUST
KEEPS GETTING WORSE.
>> OKAY.
JONATHAN JOANNA CROCKER AND
THEN THOMAS GLAND.
MY NAME IS JONATHAN.
I AM A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT 6.
I HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED THE
BRIGHT MORNING STAR COMMUNITY
SINCE 1986.
MY TENANTS ARE HAVING TROUBLE
AFFORDING THE RENT THAT WE HAVE
TO CHARGE JUST TO COVER OUR
COSTS.
THEY ARE GOING UP I BELIEVE
BECAUSE OF THE SORT OF
REDEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
WE MANAGE TO MAKE IT THROUGH
THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER
THREE YEARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
BEFORE PRICED OUT.
THIS IS JUST THE ORDINARY
HOMEOWNER.
WE ARE SHARING COSTS.
I AM NOT THERE TO MAKE A
PROFIT.
I AM THERE TO SHARE MY HOME
WITH FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE
JUST GETTING BY.
THESE ARE BARISTAS, ARTISTS,
THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE
SEATTLE ALL THESE OTHER PLACES
THAT WE WANT TO MOVE TO.
SO I WANT MY TAX DOLLARS SPENT
SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY WE HAVE JUST HEARD
TESTIMONY, NOT FOR THE PROFITS
OF BIG DEVELOPERS.
YOU ARE HEARING THIS FROM A
HOMEOWNER, NOT NECESSARILY A
POLITICAL ACTIVIST.
I AM A HOMEOWNER.
THAT'S WHO I WANT BECAUSE THESE
FOLKS ARE STANDING UP TO KEEP
ME IN TOWN, ME AND THE PEOPLE I
AM TRYING TO SHELTER.
THE CHUNT THAT WE SEEN
DEMONSTRATED IN THE TESTIMONY
TODAY IS THE KIND OF THING THAT
MAKES OUR COMMUNITY WORTH
LIVING IN.
IT IS NOT ABOUT MONEY.
IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE SUPPORTING
EACH OTHER.
THAT IS THE KIND OF CITY I WANT
TO LIVE IN, AND I AM HEARING
YET AGAIN FROM THE ORDINARY
NEIGHBORHOOD PERSON.
FINALLY I JUST RETIRED AS AN
INSTRUCTOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE FROM HIGHLAND COLLEGE.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM THAT
VIEWPOINT, THIS IS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE.
EVERY TIME POOR PEOPLE GET
DISPLACED, THERE ARE MAJOR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT THE
TYPICAL EIS TAKES NO ACCOUNT
OF.
I AM REALLY TIRED OF THAT.
I WANT TO SEE THAT ANALYSIS
BROUGHT INTO WHATEVER ANALYSIS
GOES INTO YOUR PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
SO, JOANNA CROCKER, THOMAS
GLELLAND AND PERKS.
>> MY NAME IS JOANNA CROCKER,
AND I SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE
END OF LIFE PROGRAM UNDER THE
HAWAII STATE OFFICE ON AGING.
THEN I MOVED TO SEATTLE AREA
AND I WORKED FOR CHRIS BAILEY,
FORMER KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR,
UNTIL A TEXTING TEENAGER TOOK
ME OUT AT 65 MILES AN HOUR ON I-
5. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ONLY
PLACE I COULD FIND TO LIVE THAT
COULD BE PERMANENT WAS A█
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
ENGLEWOOD EAST IN KENMORE.
THAT MOBILE HOME PARK HAS HAD
MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AS
THE FOLKS HERE TODAY.
AND DURING 2018, A GROUP OF US
ATTENDED EVERY SINGLE KENMORE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
AND KENMORE MADE SOME CHANGES
THAT MAY BE HELPFUL AND USEFUL
TO YOU FOLKS.
SO KENMORE WILL BE PASSING A
RESOLUTION IN APRIL PERMANENTLY
PRESERVING TWO COMMUNITIES AND
TEMPORARILY PRESERVING THE
OTHER FOUR FOR A PERIOD OF TEN
YEARS.
MOST OF US WHO LIVE IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES WOULD LIKE IT TO BE
FOREVER.
THEY DID SEE THE BENEFIT OF NOT
LOSING THEIR AFFORDABLE SENIOR
HOUSING, AND THEY SAW IT AS
ONLY RIGHT TO GIVE THOSE FOLKS
TIME TO MAKE SUCH A SERIOUS
TRANSITION.
SO, I HOPE YOU WILL ALL DO THE
RIGHT THING AND PUT PEOPLE OVER
PROFITS.
AND ALSO HONOR THE POWER OF
THESE COMMUNITIES OF THE
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS,
WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
AND I HOPE WE CAN RESOLVE THIS
FOR THE MANY MANUFACTURED HOME
PARKS IN THIS STATE.
IT'D BE A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR
THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU
TODAY.
MY NAME IS THOMAS.
I AM A LONG-TIME 39-YEAR MEMBER
OF THE WEDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM IN MR. JOHNSON'S DISTRICT.
I HAVE NO DIRECT CONNECTION TO
ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SPOKEN HERE TODAY BESIDES OUR
COMMON HUMANITY.
AND I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH
THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT THAT IS SO
EVIDENT HERE.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> ALL OF US IN OUR CITY HAVE
BEEN RINGING OUR HANDS FOR
YEARS, ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL,
REGARDING THIS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING CRISIS.
AND I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO
ADMIT IT IS A DIFFICULT THING
TO SOLVE.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE HAVE
A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO
PRESERVE SUCH HOUSING.
FRANKLY, I HESITATE TO BRING UP
ECONOMICS, BUT I WILL SAY
PERHAPS AT A VERY FAVORABLE
COST, AND I THINK THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE
PRESENTED TODAY ABOUT THE HUMAN
COST IF WE DON'T SUCCEED IN
THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT.
SO I URGE ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE FOR THIS
MORATORIUM AND TO WORK VERY
HARD TO PRESERVE THESE TWO
COMMUNITIES, HOUSION AND BELLA
B.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS KYLAND PARK AND I AM
A MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNER THAT
LIVES IN A COMMUNITY IN LYNWOOD
THAT WAS SOLD TO A DEVELOPER IN
2006.
WE FOUGHT HARD TO SAVE OUR
HOMES AND WE ARE A SUCCESS
STORY.
WE WERE ABLE.
THE DEVELOPER SAID AT CITY
COUNCIL WHERE WE ALL SHOWED UP
SAID THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING
TO SELL OUR LOTS BACK TO US FOR
$100,000 A PIECE.
THAT WAS 98 SENIOR HOMES.
THATWAS NOT FEASIBLE, BUT IT
DID GIVE US ABOPPORTUNITY THAT
HE WAS WILLING TO SELL.
SO WE APPROACHED THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY
WHICH ENTERED INTO A PURCHASE
AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE
DEVELOPER.
WE GOT ONE YEAR TO HAVE THE
FUNDS.
IT TOOK US THAT TO LOBBY THE
LEGISLATURE WHICH WE
SUCCESSFULLY DID IN 2008.
WE ARE 98 SAVED SENIOR HOMES.
AFTER THAT WE GOT SO MANY CALLS
AND OUTPOURING FROM MOBILE
HOMEOWNERS IN DIFFERENT AREAS
ALL OVER THE STATE SAYING WHAT
CAN WE DO TO KEEP FROM BEING IN
THE POSITION THAT YOU FOUND
YOURSELVES IN.
THAT'S WHEN THE MANUFACTURED
ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURED
HOMEOWNERS WAS BORN TO PAY IT
FORWARD.
AND WE HAVE BEEN HELPING FOR 12
YEARS.
THE FIRST THING AFTER WE SAVED
OUR COMMUNITY WAS WENT TO THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD TO SAVE THE 17
COMMUNITIES WITH A MANUFACTURED
HOUSING COMMUNITY ZONE WHICH
THEY DID.
SO THERE IS PRECEDENCE RIGHT IN
YOUR BACKYARD.
YOU HEARD THE CITY OF KENMORE
IS GETTING READY TO DO THAT.
I WANT TO TELL YOU I UNDERSTAND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THE
CONCERNS ABOUT MISLEAD
INFORMATION AND SUCH, BUT I
WILL TELL YOU IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT FOR ME TO HEAR
BECAUSE I RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM MY OWNER OF MY COMMUNITY
NOT 30 DAYS BEFORE THE TAXPAYER
OF RECORD CHANGED AND THE
PURCHASE WAS ALREADY IN THE
WORKS AND WE WERE LIED TO THAT
THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT UP FOR
SALE, THAT HE WOULD NEVER SELL
UNTIL HE DIED.
30 DAYS LATER THE TAXPAYER OF
RECORD WAS CHANGED AND THAT THE
COMMUNITY WAS SOLD.
SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE
PROACTIVE AS THEY HAVE DONE
HERE SO WELL AT HOUSION.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS THE
LAST FORM OF UNSUBS DIEDZ
AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEFT.
YOU HEAR THE STORIES OF THESE
PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE NOT ASKED THE
GOVERNMENT FOR ANYTHING.
THEY HAVE MADE THEIR OWN WAY.
THEY HAVE WORKED HARD.
THEY HAVE PAID TAXES.
AND THEY DESERVE TO KEEP WHAT
THEY FOUGHT HARD FOR.
SO PLEASE NO DELAYS, PUT A
MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY
ZONE IN IMMEDIATELY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
MARILYN REED FOLLOWED BY
SIEGLER AND FINKELSTEIN.
MARILYN REED, GEORGE ZIEGLER
AND S. NAOMI.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM A RESIDENT OF HELSION AND
HOMEOWNER.
I WANT PROBABLY ONE OF THE
YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE PARK.
I AM SO MOVED TO BE HERE MORE
FOR THE SAKE OF MY WONDERFUL
NEIGHBORS AND THE POWERFUL
COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN, THE
HIGH LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION THAT
THEY HAVE EACH CREATED IN THEIR
OWN LIVES IS SO MOVING.
I SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED
THE REMAINS OF WHATEVER INCOME
THEY HAD AND ARE BASICALLY
LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITY TO
MAKE A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND TO
CREATE A LIFESTYLE IN WHICH
THEY ARE COMFORTABLE AND SAFE.
ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS PATTY
HAS LIVED THERE FOR 25 YEARS
AND I SEE HOW SHE'S CAREFULLY
CRAFTED THIS LIFE OF SUPPORT,
YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES THAT SHE
DOES WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE,
HER CHURCH, HER COMMUNITY, HER
WOMEN'S GROUP, HER STORYTELLING
GROUP ALL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALSO SEE MY NEXTDOOR NEIGHBOR
WHO IS BASICALLY UNABLE TO GO
MORE THAN A FEW FEET FROM HIS
HOUSE, LET ALONE GET ON A BUS
OR COME HERE.
AND I AM ACTUALLY REALLY
WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
ALL THOSE RESIDENTS WHO COULD
NOT MAKE IT HERE THAT HAVE
BARELY MADE IT OUT OF BED TO
THE KITCHEN TO MAKE THEIR
BREAKFAST.
AND THEY MANAGE TO LIVE THEIR
LIVES IN A WAY THAT WORKS
THROUGH SUPPORT AND WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF THEY WERE DISPLACED.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO
MOVE.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO
ASSISTED LIVING.
WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT?
THERE IS NO WAY FOR THEM TO
HAVE SUCCESSFUL LIVES.
SO THEREFORE IF THIS PARK GOES
INTO EVICTION AND DEMOLITION,
IT IS A DEATH SENTENCE FOR
THOSE RESIDENTS.
THERE IS NO WAY THEY COULD
LIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM REALLY ALL FOR VOTING
FOR THE MORATORIUM NEXT MONDAY,
AND WITHIN THAT YEAR PUTTING IN
PLACE SOME MEASURES THAT WOULD
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THESE 85
PEOPLE AND THEIR FRIENDS.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS GEORGE.
I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE, RETIRED AFTER 40 YEARS
AS A PURCHASING MANAGER.
I LIVE ABOUT A MILE FROM THE
PARK, AND AS A HOMEOWNER AND A
VOTER I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM AND
THEN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE
ISSUE TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO
LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN THIS
LOCATION AND TO SUPPORT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE
IN GENERAL.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE
APPROVAL, SUPPORT FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS NAONMI.
AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE KADEMI
JEWISH PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY
AND THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN.
I AM AN ORGANIZER FOR THE POOR
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN.
AND MORE TO THE POINT I AM 55
AND I AM DISABLED, AND I
WATCHED THE CITY SDROFRJ YES,
THE TERRACE AND ALL MY
NEIGHBORS WHO LIVED THERE AND
HAD COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT, GOT
DISPERSED AND MANY OF THEM, I
FOLLOWED THEM, I WATCHED THEM
DIE BECAUSE OF IT.
I WANT TO QUOTE SOMEBODY.
LET'S SEE IF YOU KNOW WHO IT
IS.
NO GREATER TRAGEDY EXISTS IN
THE MODERN CIVILIZATION THAN
THE AGED WORN OUT WORKER WHO
AFTER A LIFETIME OF CEASELESS
HARD WORK AND USEFUL
PRODUCTIVITY MUST LOOK FORWARD
TO THEIR DECLINING YEARS IN A
POOR HOUSE OR A NURSING HOME.
A MODERN SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
DEMANDS A MORE HUMANE AND
EFFICIENT ARRANGEMENT.
GUESS WHO SAID THAT.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT.
[ APPLAUSE ] AND WORKERS WHO
HAVE WORKED HARD THEIR WHOLE
LIVES CANNOT HAVE SOME KIND OF
SECURITY AT THE END OF THEIR
LIVES AND CANNOT FORM
COMMUNITY.
WE USED TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
IN MY LIFETIME WHEN WE DON'T
HAVE THAT AND WHEN THEY DON'T
HAVE THAT, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
SEATTLE BECOMES LESS AND LESS
HUMANE, LESS AND LESS A
DEMOCRACY, LESS AND LESS SOME
PLACE I WANT TO LIVE, AND I AM
JUST SAYING TO YOU ALL, I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
PEOPLE DESERVE HOUSING AS A
BOTTOM LINE RIGHT.
WHETHER THEY HAVE WORKED OR NOT
WORKED, BUT THESE ARE UNION
MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING HERE.
THESE ARE VETERANS WHO ARE
SITTING HERE.
I SUPPORT THIS MORATORIUM GOING
FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND ALL THIS NON-SENSE ABOUT
PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHEN THERE
IS AN EMERGENCY IS
CONDESCENDING.
THESE PEOPLE KNOW.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE EXTENDED IT FOR
ANOTHER 20 MINUTES.
WE HAVE EXCEEDED THAT TIME.
WE JUST HAVE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS
BUT WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA.
I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE
HEAR FROM THE LAST FOLKS, BUT
LET'S TAKE IT DOWN TO 60
SECONDS.
SO IF YOU COULD ADJUST THE
CLOCK TO ONE MINUTE.
SO LET'S MOVE ON DOWN OUR LINE
HERE TO DEVIN SILVERNAIL.
THEN AMY TOWER AND MEN MERRIL
ADLER.
.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
HAVING US HERE TODAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE
LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE
TO TALK TO YOU.
MY NAME IS DEVIN.
OOH IMA MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
RENTERS COMMISSION.
AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED
FROM THEIR HOMES IN SEATTLE.
AND I WANTED TO BE HERE TO
REMIND YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S
TRAUMATIC FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
DISPLACED OR EVICTED AS IS, BUT
FOR SENIORS IT CAN BE LIFE OR
DEATH.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
ARE HERE LISTENING TO PEOPLE'S
STORIES THAT IT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO
STUDY OR IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING
THAT IS THEORETICAL FOR YOU.
BUT FOR THEM IT'S NOT.
SO, WITH THAT I WANT TO REMIND
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON THAT WE
DO HAVE A CASE STUDY FOR IF
WHETHER OR NOT THIS WORKS, IT
IS CALLED THE CITY OF PORTLAND.
AND THE PORTLAND HOUSING BUREAU
HAS A GREAT HELP LINE.
I HAVE CALLED THEM.
SO, MAYBE YOU ALL COULD CALL
THEM TOO.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HI.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS AMY.
I WORK WITH THE TENANT'S UNION
OF WASHINGTON.
I AM ALSO A RENTER IN DISTRICT
4. WE ARE HERE.
I AM REPRESENTING MY
ORGANIZATION DEFINITELY IN
SUPPORT OF THE HOUSION
HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL
COMMUNITY.
AS THE TENANT'S UNION, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING IN SEATAC TO HELP
PRESERVE THE FIRS MOBILE HOME
PARK, THE AMAZING WEB.
PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF EACH
OTHER WHICH I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT SAID ON
FRIDAY, LIKE, IT WOULD BE GREAT
IF WE ALL HAD THIS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT HIGHEST AND BEST USE
OF LAND, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE
HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE AND PROFITS, THOSE ARE
NOT JUST WORDS.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE AND I HOPE
THAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING INTO
THEIR EYES AND HEARING THEIR
STORIES BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE TO COME AWAY FROM
FRIDAY'S MEETING WITHOUT JUST
THE URGENCY OF NEEDING TO
VALIDATE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT
SEATTLE SHOULD BE ABOUT.
SO PLEASE DO VOTE FOR THE
MORATORIUM AND PLACE THE ZONING
FOR MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO FOLLOWING MERRILL WILL BE
LYNNETTE CHASE AND THEN ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> HI.
I WAS HERE FOR THE FRIDAY
MEETING NOT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF MY SISTER, ONE OF MY
SISTER'S BEST FRIENDS, BUT HERE
I AM AGAIN.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE LIVED IN
HOUSEION.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS
EXHIBITS A FURTHER PROBLEM THAT
WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND THAT IS
THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY THAT
PUTS THESE THINGS AND ACTS AS A
PROINTELLIGENTOR OF THESE
PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY SAY THEIR
BUSINESS AS NOT HAVING ANY
ECONOMIC STERNALITIES AND WHAT
WE REALLY NEED TO SEE THIS AS
IS PERHAPS A BID WHERE WE CAN
USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO ESTABLISH
THESE KIND OF PROPERTIES AS
BEING NOT SOME PLACE WHICH I
THINK THE KELO VERSUS NEW
LONDON, IN THE SOMEPLACE WHERE
WE HAVE TO DECIDE IN FAVOR OF
THE USE OF THAT LAND THAT HAS
THE MOST TAX REVENUES THAT
COMES FROM IT BEFORE WE DECIDE
ON WHETHER WE SHOULD THROW
PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR LAND.
AND THAT IS WHAT KELO UNDER A
VERY LIBERAL JUSTICE IN 2005
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAME UP
WITH.
BUT IN THIS CASE IF WE WERE TO
DO, YOU KNOW, MOVE TO THE NEED
TO ACTUALLY GET A PUBLIC BANK
HERE, WE WOULDN'T BE SUBJECTED
TO, LIKE, OTHER CITIES LIKE
RICHMOND HERE AND CALIFORNIA
AND OTHER CITIES THAT ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN USING EMINENT
DOMAIN.
>> IS THIS WRAPPING UP NOW?
ARE YOU HEARING ME WHEN I SAY
WRAP UP?
>> SECURITY AND FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS TO GIVE UP ON THE
BOND.
>> THANK YOU, MERRILL.
>> THAT THAT CITY WOULD HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> LYNNETTE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ALEX ZIMMERMAN AND THEN AMANDA
DAVILLA.
>> HI.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I AM LYNNETTE CHASE, AND MY
FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN HOUSE
ION FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.
MY HUSBAND AND I GREW UP IN
SEATTLE, WANTED TO RETIRE IN
SEATTLE BECAUSE THIS IS HOME.
LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE YOU GET
OLDER, YOU DON'T HAVE HAVE
FAMILY.
EVERYBODY'S MOVED AWAY.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE NOW?
WE HAVE OUR FAMILY AND OUR
COMMUNITY HERE.
WE TOOK OUR SAVINGS, INVESTED
IN A HOME THAT WE WANTED TO
STAY IN FOREVER.
IT'S GOT WHAT WE NEED.
WE ARE CLOSE TO THE DOCTOR'S.
WE ARE CLOSE TO SHOPPING.
WE ARE CLOSE TO OUR FRIENDS AND
OUR NEIGHBORS, THE THINGS THAT
ARE IMPORTANT, AND THE FACT
THAT I AM THIS AGE AND HAVING
TO FIGHT TO KEEP MY HOME, I
NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD EVER
HAPPEN IN A MILLION YEARS.
YOU KNOW, YOU BUY IT, YOU WORK
HARD ALL THOSE YEARS, YOU KNOW,
BATTLING TO KEEP YOUR HOME IS
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING
THAT YOU EVER HAVE TO FACE.
SO YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT IS
APPRECIATED THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO, AMANDA DAVILLA, STEWART
DUCKWORTH, DAVID MCELVINE,
SHEILA PARKER, AND ELOIS
MICKELSON.
ARE THOSE FOLKS NOT HERE?
>> ELOIS IS HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME
TIME.
>> YES, MA'AM.
I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING
HERE FOR US TODAY.
THIS IS THE MOST TERRIFYING
SITUATION AND IT IS TERRIFYING
TO ME BECAUSE 16 YEARS AGO I
BOUGHT MY HOME AT HOUSEION
PARK.
AND SINCE THAT, I HAVE BEEN
TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF SENIORS
THERE.
I AM A HAVE IN THE AREA.
I AM ALSO A VOLUNTEER IN
SHORELINE AND FOR LAKE FOREST
PARK WHICH I HAVE PREVIOUSLY
LIVED.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY TO YOU
TODAY IS THAT IT IS SO
HUMILIATING TO SEE MY NEIGHBORS
AND FRIENDS 97, AND SO ON
CRYING IN THE STREETS WHEN I
COME IN TO SEE THEM.
AND JUST, HEY, ONE THING YOU
CAN DO IS SEND THE MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES UP TO HOUSEION
BECAUSE WE ALL ARE ON THE
BORDERLINE OF BEING SICK WITH
THIS PTSD, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'D
LIKE TO CALL IT.
I KNOW THAT MY FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS ARE SUFFERING, AND I
AM ASKING YOU WITH THE POWER TO
BE TO ALLEVIATE THAT SUFFERING
BY HELPING US TO STAY IN OUR
HOMES, CALM US DOWN, SO THAT WE
CAN LIVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE FROM
NOW ON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE VIGILANT, WE ARE
TAXPAYERS, WE ARE CARING FOR
EACH OTHER, AND WE ARE CARING
FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OF
HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE WE HAVE
ONE IN OUR BACKYARD EVERY DAY.
STONE STREET FROM 1 2nd TO
115th IS TENTS, TENTS, TENTS.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ] OUR LAST SPEAKER
IS ADEN C CAROL.
CAROL.
>> IF THERE ARE ANY -- I'D LIKE
TO YIELD MY TIME TO THAT.
>> SPEAK UP.
>> IF THERE IS ANY SENIORS IN
THE ROOM WHO DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE TO SIGN UP, I'D LIKE TO
YIELD MY TIME TO THEM.
>> START THE CLOCK, PLEASE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK WHO IS FROM HOUSEION?
>> I'D LIKE TO FINISH MY
STATEMENT.
>> WELL, CAN I YIELD PARTWAY
THROUGH?
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST CONTINUE
THERE.
>> OKAY.
WELL, MY NAME IS ADEN.
I AM A SENIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON.
I WENT TO INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL
WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR HERE.
I HAVE SEEN HOW, UM, THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD IS A REFUGE PEOPLE
WHO CAN'T AFFORD DOWN NEAR, NO,
CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, GREEN LAKE
AND STUFF.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BIGGER
PROBLEM THAT IS PROBABLY JUST
ONE EXAMPLE OF.
AND I DO THINK IT'S A LITTLE
CONDESCENDING TO IMPLY THIS AS
A FALSE ALARM WHEN THESE PEOPLE
RECEIVED CLEAR NOTICES AND WE
HEARD ON FRIDAY IN THAT HEARING
THAT PEOPLE FROM HOUSEION WHO
HAD HEART ATTACKS AND WERE
HOSPITALIZED DUE TO SHOCK FROM
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS HAVING
TO SELL THEIR HOMES FOR
NOTHING.
SO LET'S TAKE THE REAL PAIN AND
THE REAL FEELINGS SERIOUSLY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ] OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONCLUDE --
>> REALLY QUICK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS'
TIME.
>> ARE YOU ON THE SIGNUP SHEET?
>> DAVID.
>> OH, I SKIPPED PAST YOU.
>> I AM A NEWCOMER TO THE PARK.
I NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.
WE ALL LIVE IN COMMUNITIES.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
COOKED YOUR NEIGHBOR A MEAL OR
TOOK THEM TO THE HOSPITAL?
THIS HAPPENS IN THIS COMMUNITY
EVERY DAY.
AND MR. JOHNSON, YOU SAID THERE
IS NOBODY BUYING THIS PROPERTY.
BY THIS PROPERTY GOING UP ON
THE MARKET, EVERY ONE OF THESE
PEOPLE HAVE LOST THE EQUITY IN
THEIR HOME BECAUSE NOBODY WILL
BUY THEIR HOME WHILE IT IS UP
FOR SALE.
[ APPLAUSE ] I TALKED TO SOME
OF THESE PEOPLE.
IF THEY SELL THIS PROPERTY AND
SOMEBODY COMES IN TO DEVELOP
IT, YOU ARE GOING TO FIND A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO THEY GOT NO PLACE
TO GO AND THEY ARE NOT MOVING.
THEY ARE GOING TO CHAIN
THEMSELVES TO THEIR TRAILER AND
IT IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG, BIG
IMPACT IN SEATTLE.
[ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL CONCLUDE
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WANT
TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING
SUCH IMPACTFUL STORIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE PROCEED TO PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS.
>> 119442, MONEY TO IN ORDERING
THE PAYMENT THERE.
>> 11 #9D 442.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDS.
ANY COMMENTS?
>> HELLO.
THERE IS SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
>> JUST ONE SECOND.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZCEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> JOHNSON.
AYE.
>> JUAREZ.
>> BAGSHAW.
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> AYE.
>> 8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL IS PASSED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME, MA'AM?
OKAY.
SHEILA PARKER, WILL YOU COME
FORWARD?
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION I
WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES
TO GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET'S HEAR FROM MS. PARKER.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
LISTENING TO US.
>> MY NAME IS SHEILA PARKER.
I RETIRED FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON ABOUT 13 YEARS
AGO AND I HAVE BEEN FOR THE --
AND I LIVE IN THE BELLA B
MOBILE HOME PARK.
I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS.
AND I HAVE ENJOYED LIVING AND
PARTICIPATING IN THE LAKE
COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE GREATER
COMMUNITY THAT THESE MOBILE
HOME PARKS RESIDE IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE
SEATTLE MOBILE HOME PARKS
PRESERVED AND TO LOOK TO YOU IN
OUR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
TO HELP US.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU
ALL AND THEY WORK FOR ALL OF
US.
UM, KING COUNTY, I UNDERSTAND,
HAS PURCHASED FIVE MOBILE HOME
PARKS AND IN THE '80s I
REMEMBER U.S. SENATOR PATTY
úMURRAY WORKED ON MOBILE HOME
PARK ISSUES AND HER PARENTS
LIVED IN A MOBILE HOME PARK IN
BOTHEREL BACK THEN.
PLEASE HELP US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MISS PARKER.
AND BEFORE WE PROCEED TO THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, COUNCILMEMBER
STREET, I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE
YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR YEARS OF
SERVICE.
I BELIEVE THIS STARTED IN 1983,
AND YOUR YEARS OF SUPERIOR
COURT JUDGE.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANY WORDS
TO US?
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
COMMUNITY SERVICE.
VERY GOOD.
[ APPLAUSE ] PLEASE READ THE
FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
THE 119441 AMENDING ORDINANCE
TO MODIFY THE AFFECTED DATE OF
THAT ORDINANCE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A MATTER THAT
CAME IN FRONT OF US DURING OUR
BUDGET LAST YEAR.
APPROVAL OF COUNCIL BILL 119441
WHICH IS 125706, WHICH UPDATED
STREET USE PERMIT FEES AS PART
OF THE 2019 BUDGET PROCESS.
AND THIS ORDINANCE 125706
SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 15th,
2019, NOT APRIL 1st, 2019,
WHICH WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED.
úSO THE JUNE 15th DATE ALIGNS
WITH THE FEE UPDATES WITH
SDOT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
TO CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
ANY COMMENTS ON THIS?
IF NOT, I WOULD MOVE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 119441.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZCEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> AYE.
>> JOHNSON?
>> AYE.
>>?
>> AYE.
>> O'BRIEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> AYE.
>> BAGSHAW?
>> AYE.
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER GONZCEZ?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I MOVE TO BE EXCUSED ON MONDAY,
JANUARY 28th, 2019.
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT COUNCILMEMBER GONZCEZ BE
EXCUSED ON JANUARY 28th?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT.
>> SHE IS EXCUSED ON JANUARY
28th.
>> MR. CHAIR, I USUALLY DON'T
SPEND THIS TIME MAKING
STATEMENTS LIKE THIS.
BUT I FELT COMPELLED TO DO SO.
I, AS YOU KNOW, SERVE AS THE
DELGHAT FOR OUR SISTER CITY
GODINIA, POLAND IS JUST AROUND
THE CORNER FROM GADANSK,
POLAND.
AND OVER THE WEEKEND THE WHOLE
COUNTRY OF POLAND MOURNED THE
LOSS OF THE MAYOR OF GADINIA,
WHO WAS VOICE I THINK IN POLAND
FOR PROGRESSIVE LEFT-LEANING
POLICIES.
OVER THE HOLIDAYS WAS STABBED
TO DEATH TRAGICALLY IN FRONT OF
A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AT A
FUNDRAISER, ORGANIZED IN
SUPPORT OF CHRISTMAS CHARITIES.
AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE
BEEN EXCHANGING SOME DIALOGUE
BACK AND FORTH WITH ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN GADINIA WHO I
THINK ARE STILL IN SHOCK AND IN
MOURNING FOR THE LOSS OF SUCH A
GREAT LEADER LIKE MAYOR
EDEMWICZ AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
PUBLICLY HOW SORRY I AM FOR
THEIR LOSS, AND LET US BE
REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT THE
KIND OF HATE SPEECH THAT IS
BEING SPREAD IN POLAND DOES
HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND
UNFORTUNATELY THIS SEEMS TO BE
ONE OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES.
SO I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO
SAY THAT.
I WOULD HAVE SAID IT THIS
MORNING, BUT WE WERE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME THIS MORNING AND SO
I THOUGHT THIS AFTERNOON MIGHT
HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR WAITING BUT
I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO
SHARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED
AND EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT REST
OF THE DAY.