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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN
CITY HALL.
SEPTEMBER16, 2019 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING COME TO ORDER.
I AM BRUCE HARRELL, PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNSEL.
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN
CITY HALL.
I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT THE
CALENDAR BUT I BELIEVE
COUNSELMEMBER HAS AN AMENDMENT
SHE WILL LIKE TO PROPOSE.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO MONDAY THE
INTRODUCTION, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING, INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLOWED
ON ANY PROPER OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY A RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATION UNDER THE SEATTLE
LAND USE CODE.
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
PROVIDING FOR RENEWAL OF
TEMPORARY USE PERMITS AS A TYPE
ONE DECISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS AMENDING SECTIONS
AND AMANDING ORDINANCE AND
REFERRING IT TO HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> MOVED IN AMEND IT.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
MORE ABOUT IT.
I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT.
>> ASK ME THE QUESTIONS AND
THEN I WAS GOING TO SAY
SOMETHING.
>> SURE.
SURE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO CONSIDER
LEGISLATION, WE HAVE BEEN
INFORMED BY STAFF THAT, OF
COURSE, MANY KNOW THERE HAS
BEEN AN APPEAL ON THIS ISSUE
AND WE GOT CLARIFICATIONS ON
THE DATE THIS AFTERNOON, AN
HOUR AND A HALF AGO OR SO AND
THE ACTUAL APPEAL WOULD BE
HEARD DECEMBER 17, 18, AND 19,
WHICH WILL MEAN BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE BRIEFS FILED AFTER THAT
PERIOD, THE DECISION WOULD BE
MADE NEXT YEAR MOST LIKELY,
SOMETIME IN JANUARY, PERHAPS.
IT MEANS WE CANNOT TAKE FINAL
ACTION, WHICH MEANS FULL CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL UNTIL THE
APPEAL IS OVER.
SO WE ARE WELL WITHIN OUR
RIGHTS TO HAVE A COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION, CONSIDER THE
LEGISLATION, HAVE A PUBLIC
TRANSPARENT PROCESS BUT WE WILL
BE PROHIBITED FOR TAKING FINAL
ACTION UNTIL THE APPEAL IS
OVER.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON
THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
COUNSELMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU.
THE PREHEARING CONFERENCE HELD
ABOUT THE DATES AND JUST TO ADD
A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO WHAT
YOU SAID, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
PROCEED NOT ONLY WITH ADDING
THIS BUT ALSO HOPEFULLY HAVING
A PUBLIC HEARING INTO THE BILL
THAT THE PROPOSED DATES FROM MY
OFFICE IS OCTOBER 17 BUT PENDS
PERMISSION FROM YOUR OFFICE AND
JUST TO CLARIFY TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC, THE COUNCIL IS
ALLOWED TO ADD THE BILL AND
HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHILE THE
HEARING EXAMINER IS
DELIBERATING THE APPEAL.
AND CONTEXT TO WHY IT WILL BE A
GOOD PROGRESSIVE STEP, A LITTLE
BIT, IN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS
TO MENTION THAT THE APPELLANT,
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL IS HABITUAL
REPELLENT AND SHE APPEALED THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT,
WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT
STEP FORWARD SO IT WILL BE GOOD
IF WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
MOTION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT.
IT IS AMENDED.
I BELIEVE COUNSELMEMBER DEBORA
JUAREZ WILL HAVE AN AMENDMENT
AS WELL BUT BECAUSE OF THE
TIMING, I AM GOING TO SUSPEND
THE RULES, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN
EARLY ENOUGH.
WE WILL HEAR FROM COUNSELMEMBER
DEBORA JUAREZ ON HER PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO AMENDMENT IT TO
INCLUDE BILL 119.648.
THIS AUTHORIZES THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS TO
AMEND EXISTING 10 YEAR LEASE
WITH THE CHILDREN'S PLAY GARDEN
FOR FIVE YEARS.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE BILL TO
MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAD A COMMITTEE -- WE HAVE A
COMMITTEE MEETING WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 17, THE LEGISLATION
IS PLANNED FOR A BRIEFING.
MY APOLOGIZES FOR NOT GETTING
THIS ON.
SO THANK YOU.
AND I SHOULD AT THE PINK SHEETS
IS THE COPIES OF THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO
AMENDMENTS I AM AWARE OF AND
WITH THAT I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR AS
AMENDED.
OKAY.
MOVE TO OUR AGENDA.
UNLESS THERE IS OBJECTIONS I
WILL APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA.
HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT I
WILL MAKE A MOTION, I WILL MOVE
TO -- ACTUALLY I WILL DO IT BY
THE GREAT POWER THAT I HAVE
WITHOUT A MOTION.
THE AGENDA WILL BE AMENDED.
MOVING 21 AFTER 19.
DEALING WITH REAL PROPERTY.
WE THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
21 AFTER 19, AND MOVING AGENDA
ITEM 33, WE HAVE A FEW
AMENDMENTS, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
THAT AFTER ITEM NUMBER 4, WE
WANT IT MOVE THAT EARLIER IN
THE AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO 33.
THAT IS THE MOVE I WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE UNTILES I HEAR OBJECTIONS.
THE NEW AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
IS THE MINUTE OF SEPTEMBER 3,
2019 MINUTES HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
THE MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE TWO GREAT PRESENTATIONS
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE WILL START WITH
COUNSELMEMBER SALLY BAGSHAW.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST READ THIS
PROCLAMATION.
GREG HAS PHYSICALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY NOURISHED SEATTLE
FOR 41 YEARS SERVING ALL DAY
BREAKFAST WITH SPECIALTIES ON
THE CORNER OF SECOND AND PIKE
STREET IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
WHEREAS SEATTLE HAS BEEN HIS
HOME SINCE 1978, AFTER HE
IMMIGRATED FROM THE PILL
PHENES, ORPHANED AT 7-YEARS-OLD
AND WHEREAS HE BEGAN HIS
AMERICAN JOURNEY, THE TURF
RESTAURANT AS A DISHWASHER IN
1979 AND WHEREAS HE BECAME
OWNER IN 1988 AFTER FAITHFULLY
SERVING THE FORMER OWNER WHO
PASSED THE BUSINESS TO HIM
RECOGNIZING HIS HARD WORK AND
WHEREAS HE SERVED AMERICAN AND
FILIPINO FOOD, INTRODUCING
CUSTOMERS TO FILIPINO CUSTOMERS
TO CONNECT FAMILY AND BUILD
COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS HE USED HIS LIFE
BLESSING TO PAY IT FORWARD TO
OTHERS, INCLUDING STRANGERS AND
WHEREAS HES BEHAZ BEEN
RECOGNIZE -- HE HAS BEEN
RECOGNIZED BY HIS EFFORTS,
INCLUDING IN 2010 WHEN HE
HELPED A YOUNG ORPHANED MAN HE
DID NOT KNOW REUNITE WITH HIS
LONG LOST FATHER WHO LIVED IN
THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS HE IS CELEBRATED BY
HELPINGORALLIES BY PROVIDING
THEM JOBS, FINANCIAL AID FOR
CITIZENSHIP AND EDUCATION AND
ADOPTION OF ORPHANS AND WHEREAS
HE IS FEARLESS, EMBRACING THE
CHALLENGES WITH A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE, LEADERSHIP AND HARD
WORK AND HE IS A FAMILY MAN,
GREAT FATHER, HE LEADS BY
EXAMPLE THROUGH HIS HONESTY,
GENEROSITY, COMMITMENT TO
COMMUNITY AND MAKING THE WORLD
A BETTER PLACE AND SO NOW THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIMS
TODAY AS HIS DAY FOR HIS LIFE
AND CONTRIBUTIONS ON THIS DAY
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019.
MR.PRESIDENT, SUSPEND THE RULES
FOR A MOMENT.
WILL YOU JOIN ME AND LET ME
GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION
SIGNED BY ALL OF US.
.
>> THAT YOU KNOW COUNSELMEMBER
SALLY BAGSHAW.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
COUNSELMEMBER TERESA MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
TODAY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
CONTINUE A TRADITION THAT HAS
BEEN CELEBRATED IN OUR COUNTRY
SINCE 1968.
TODAY WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE
LATINO COMMUNITY WITH US TO
CELEBRATE SEATTLE, PROCLAIMING
SEPTEMBER 16 THROUGH OCTOBER 16
TO BE SEATTLE LATINO HERITAGE
MONTH MVP THIS IS AN HONOR FOR
US AND WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY WITH US.
WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT
RECOGNIZES THE INCREDIBLE
CONTRIBUTIONS THE COMMUNITY HAS
PROVIDED TO SEATTLE, TO OUR
STATE AND TO OUR NATION.
THIS PROBING LUIMATION
RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANT
PFAST GROWING POPULATION HERE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, IN OUR
REGION AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AS SOMEONE WHO COMES FROM A
MEXICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY, IT IS
EXCITING TO BRING THIS FORWARD
ON A CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS FOUR
MEMBERS WHO COME FROM MEXICAN-
AMERICAN HERITAGE.
THE COMMUNITY HELPED SHAPE THIS
COMMUNITY THROUGH BUSINESS
CONTRIBUTIONS, ARTS AND
CULTURES AND FESTIVALS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO CELEBRATE IN THE MONTH WHERE
WE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE
ACROSS THE REGION, WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT THE FESTIVITIES AT
SEATTLE CENTER OVER THE WEEKEND
TO CELEBRATE OUR TRADITIONAL
DANCES, MUSIC AND FOOD.
TO CELEBRATE WITH THE MEXICAN
CONSULATE IN EL CENTRO.
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY
HERE IN THE CITY.
WE PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY
FEELS WELCOME AND WE ARE
REPRESENTED IN POLITICS.
THIS CENSUS SEASON WE ALL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TALK ABOUT OUR
PRIDE OF BEING LATINO, LATINA
AND MAKE SURE OUR VOICE COUNTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN
EVER THAT WE CORRECT WRONG,
PAST RACIST NAVATIVES THAT PUT
OUR CORRESPONDENT ON THE BACK
BURN AND CELEBRATE ALL THAT WE
HAVE DONE TO BUILD THE CITY AND
CONTINUE TO BUILD THE CITY
THROUGH LATINO COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY
REPRESENTS A FAST GROWING
DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, WHEREAS SEATTLE'S
LEADERS HAVE SHOWN THE
CONVICTION OF PROTECTING ALL
MIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE
AND BEYOND FROM UNFAIR AND
UNJUST LAWS AND WHEREAS SEATTLE
RECOGNIZES THE VALUES OF GREAT
CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY
MANY GENERATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN
SEATTLE.
NOW THEREFORE THE MAYOR OF
SEATTLE AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER
16 THROUGH OCTOBER 16, 2019 TO
BE SEATTLE HERITAGE MONTH
SIGNED BY ALL MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
>> DID ANY OF THE COUNSELMEMBER
LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE ON
THIS MATTER?
IF NOT WE WILL BE HONORED TO
HEAR FROM ANY OF OUR GUESTS.
WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO
ADDRESS THE CROWD, PLEASE?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
ALL MICS ARE IN PLAY TODAY.
>> OKAY.
OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THANK
YOU FOR DECLARING SEATTLE
HERITAGE MONTH.
IT IS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THAT
THIS PROCLAMATION COINCIDES
WITH SEPTEMBER 16, CELEBRATING
OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY, ALONG
WITH OTHER LATIN AMERICAN
COUNTRIES.
WE ARE HONORED THE CITY AND THE
PEOPLE RIGHT THE GREAT
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LATINO
PEOPLE.
OUR CULTURE, OUR TRADITION, OUR
LANGUAGE, OUR WORTH ETHICS HAS
CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE THIS CITY A
DIVERSE REACH COMMUNITY.
WE LIKE TO THANK -- WE ARE
GRATEFUL THAT SEATTLE LEADERS
HAVE SHOWN THE COMMITMENT IN
PROTECTING OUR IMMIGRANT PEOPLE
IN THE CITY AND BEYOND AND
INCLUDING THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
YOUR COMMITMENT FOR PROTECTING
THE PEOPLE FROM UNFAIR AND
UNJUSTICE LAWS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AGAIN. I
AM THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THANK
YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
WE THINK IT IS TIME TO GET THE
LATINO UNITED.
WE ARE FACING AN INCREDIBLE ERA
BETWEEN THIS FANTASTIC
OPPORTUNITY OF NEW BUSINESSES
AND LATINOS COMING OUT,
INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONALS.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE -- WE ARE
CONTRASTED BY A TERRIBLE
POLITICAL SITUATION WHERE PART
OF OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING PLACED
IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN THE
UNITED STATES WHILE THEY ARE
BEING DEPORTED FROM THEIR
FAMILY AND THAT IS UNBEARABLE
AND IMPOSSIBLE TO WITH STAND
AND IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD
BE TALKING ABOUT EVERY SINGLE
DAY BECAUSE THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE
TOLERATING EVERY DAY AND WE
CANNOT BE LOOKING THE OTHER
DAY.
PROCLAIMING THE DATE AND THE
MONTH HAS TO COME WITH THIS
REMINDER OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING IN THE POLITICAL
SCENE AND THE IMMIGRATION
SCENE.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
AND I APPRECIATE OUR MAJOR WHO
TOOK A TRIP TO TEXAS, IT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NOT
TOLERATE, WE ARE AMERICANS TOO.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE THESE
THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR
COUNTRY.
I THANK YOU THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR PROCLAIMING THE DAY AND I
WANT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, ALL
RACES, EVERYBODY, AMERICAN,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ASIAN, ALL
RACES THAT ARE AMERICAN THAT
LIVE HERE TO GET TOGETHER AND
TO STOP THIS TYPE OF THINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, SEATTLE CITY
COUNSEL AND THE CITIZENS OF
SEATTLE.
BEHALF OF THE WASHINGTON STATE
COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY, THANK
YOU FOR TODAY'S PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE
CULTURE AND ECONOMIC
CONTRIBUTIONS, AN IMPORTANCE OF
THE COMMUNITY IN THIS GREAT
CITY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS FOR
THE COMMUNITIES AND ALL THE
OTHER DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN
SEATTLE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKIG
TOGETHER ON THE 2020 CENSUS.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
>> HELLO.
ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUL OF
MEXICO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE AND
THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT BENEFIT
NOT ONLY THE SOCIETY OF SEATTLE
BUT THE U.S. SOCIETY IN
GENERAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL
PROCLAMATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
AGENDA.
OUR NEXT SECTION IS PUBLIC
COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT, OUR CALENDAR OR
WORK PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PAGES OF PUBLIC
COMMENTS AND WE ALSO HAVE 35
AGENDA ITEMS, SOME OF WHICH
REQUIRE AMENDMENTS.
I WILL TAKE THE 2 MINUTE
ALLOTMENT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE SO
WE CAN GET THROUGH AS MANY
PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
WE WILL START WITH FIRST, MARK
HEMMEN AND KATHY DAWSON.
KATHY, PLEASE COME TO MY RIGHT,
YOUR LEFT AND AFTER KATHY IS
JESUS H. CHRIST.
WE WILL START MARK, KATHY AND
JESUS.
>> I AM MARK, AUTHOR OF STATUS
GROW.
CORRUPT POLITICIANS KILL PEOPLE
WITH POISON SO THEY CAN MAKE
MORE MONEY.
THAT IS MURDER.
PEOPLE GETTING MURDERED NOW
LIVE NEAR THE EQUATOR BUT AIR,
WATER AND HEAT POLLUTION ARE
COMING TO KILL US OFF.
PERMAFROST MELTS FASTER,
RELEASH GREEN HOUSE GASES THAT
SPREAD TO ALL THE SKIES AND
BEAM HEAT DOWN AT US.
HEAT POLLUTION WILMA TASTES IS
LIKE CANCER TO KILL MILLIONS
EACH YEAR.
THE STATUS QUO IS DEATH FOR ALL
LIFE ON EARTH BECAUSE CORRUPT
POLITICIANS LET EVIL
CORPORATIONS POISON OUR LAND,
OUR AIR, OUR WATER.
IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR ANYONE
TO ENJOY CAREERS AND
RETIREMENTS.
WE WILL DOOM OURSELVES IF WE
LET THEM CONTINUE MURDERING.
PLEASE HELP STOP THEM FROM
MURDERING US ALL.
STOP THEM FROM MURDERING US
ALL.
STOP THEM FROM MURDERING US
ALL.
>> THANK YOU, MARK.
KATHY.
>> PRESIDENT, COUNSELMEMBERS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I AM ON BEHALF OF EARTH
MINISTRY, WE TRANSFORM FAITH
INTO ACTION FOR THE WELL BEING
OF COMMUNITIES AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IMPORTANT NEXT STEP FOR
THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE FAITH
COMMITMENTS AND VALUESF OUR
MEMBERS AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS.
THE VALUES INCLUDE CARE OF
CREATION, BECAUSE IT IS GOOD.
AND IS UNDERATTACK BY HUMAN
GREED AND LUST FOR POWER.
THE VALUES INCLUDE LOVE AND
CARE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE VALUES INCLUDE COMMITMENTS
TO CARE FOR THOSE MOST IMPACTED
WHO ARE OFTEN THE LEAST ABLE TO
PREVENT AND RECOVER FROM
CLIMATE DISASTERS.
THESE VAL NEWSCLUDE THE DIGNITY
OF ALL PERSONS, INCLUDING THE
NEED TO BE INCLUDE IN
DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION
MAKING.
WE URGE YOU TO ADOPT IT.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM GOING TO CALL THE NEXT 12
--
>> 12 FRIENDS.
>> JUST JOKING.
INSIDE JOKE THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JESUS H. CHRIST.
I HAVE BEEN SENT BY MY FATHER.
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING 2000 YEARS
FOR THIS.
I HAVE BEEN SENT BY MY DAD TO
FOREWARN YOU ABOUT THE
ENCROACHING APOCALYPSE.
THAT IS THE BIG THING ON THE
NEWS AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN
CHECKING IN AND OUT, MOSTLY
OUT, WHEN I CHECK IN I HAVE
NOTICED MY FAN CLUB IS ABOUT MY
DAD AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT MY
MOM, WHICH IS MOTHER EARTH.
I HAVE A LETTER FROM MY DAD TO
YOU ALL.
DEAR HUMANS, WTF.
I GAVE YOU A PERFECT PLANET,
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE
DOING AMAZING AND NOW JEFF
BEZOS WANTS TO FLYIOA MARS.
BAD IDEA.
HOW ABOUT WE RESPECT THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY AND I
MIGHT GIVE YOU ANOTHER SHOT AT
THIS.
DAD IS HARSH.
HE IS FIERY, I GET IT.
I FORGIVE YOU GUYS BUT LET'S
PASS THIS GREEN NEW DEAL,
RESPECT THE INDIGENOUS VOICES
THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY IF YOU ARE A
FAN OF MINE, I WILL SEE YOU
FRIDAY THAT CLIMATE STRIKE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO SALLY
BAGSHAW I AM SORRY TO SEE YOU
LEAVE AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED
WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU BRUCE
HARRELL AND MIKE O'BRIEN ARE
NOT RUNNING AGAIN.
WE WILL VERY MUCH MISS YOU.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE AND FOR THOSE WHO --
THELADIES, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, THIS IS AMERICA, A
REPUBLIC THAT IS ONE NATION,
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL AND IF YOU HAVE
NOT TREATED US ALL, MAY GOD
REWARD YOU AS YOU HAVE DONE US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
COMMUNITIES WHO ARE MOST
IMPACTED FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
ARE THE DECISION MAKERS IN
BUILDING OUT THE POLICY THAT
WOULD BETTER FIT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE ALSO KNOW THAT
THE CITY'S CLIMATE EMISSIONS
ARE STILL RISING AND SO I THINK
HAVING AN ACCOUNTABLE BODY
WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ON TRACK BECAUSE WE
HAVE LOFTY GOALS.
IF WE WANT TO BE RID OF CLIMATE
POLLUTANTS BY 2030 WE HAVE TO
TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND HAVING AN
OVER SIGHT BOARD WOULD MAKE ME
FEEL GOOD IN MAKING SURE THE
COMMUNITIES ARE HEALTHY, SAFE
THY, SAFE AND RISING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NICOLE GRANTED, REPRESENTING
UNIONS IN KING CANDIDATE.
THANK YOU TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL
COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE.
I AM INSPIRED AND THE LABOR
COUNSEL WILL CONSIDER THE GREEN
NEW DEAL ON WEDNESDAY AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT VERY
MUCH.
I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY ON
THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
ON BEHALF OF HOTEL WORKERS AND
I WANT TO SAY ME TOO.
AND THANK YOU PERSONALLY
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED ON THE JOB AND I KNOW
WHAT THAT THE LIKE.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE
TO MAKE SURE THAT HOTEL WORKERS
AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL HAVE
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
AND LASTLY, TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR THE PROTECTIONS AND THE
ORDINANCE TO SAVE PEOPLE FROM
ON THE JOB INJURIES BECAUSE YOU
CANNOT ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND
YOUR LIFE AND YOUR JOB WHEN
YOU'RE HURT SO THANK YOU.
IT'S A BIG DAY FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THE HOTEL WORKER LAWS A
MOMENTOUS STEP FOR
STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITIES
AND MAKE SURE WORKERS ARE
WELCOME AND PROTECTED IN OUR
CITY.
THE PROTECTIONS YOU ARE PUTTING
IN MACE WILL HELP THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED
ONES.
YOU CAN BE PROUD OF THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE AS THE SET OF
LAWS WILL MAKE SEATTLE A BETTER
PLACE.
AND YOU'VE LISTENED AND MADE
ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
THERE IS A NAVATIVE THAT SOME
STAKE HOLDERS WEREN'T HOLD.
THIS LEGISLATION IS CRAFTED TO
ONLY COVER BUSINESSES THAT
SERVE HOTEL GUESTS.
MANY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
EXCLUDED FROM THE HEALTHCARE
REQUIREMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE
AND MANY OTHERS HAVE TIME TO
ADJUST TO THE SITUATION AND
THERE IS A PHASE IN FOR THEM.
MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES WILL NOT
BE COVERED UNTIL 2025.
YOU'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
BUSINESS OF THE BUSINESS
COMMUTES AND YOU DESERVE CREDIT
FOR THAT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT
OF YOU TODAY AND I URGE YOU TO
VOTE YES ON ALL FOUR ORDINANCES
AND THANK YOU AND EXCITED TO
SEE THE GREEN NEW DEAL BEING
DISCUSSED HERE BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR OUR FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNSELMEMBERS.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTING, 124,
IN TO LAW, HERE IN SEATTLE.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE
HEARD A LOT FROM HOTEL MANAGERS
ABOUT HOW OWNERS THE LAWS WILL
BE AND I GET WHEN THE RULES
HAVE BEEN RIGGED IN YOUR FAVOR
FOR YEARS RESETTING THE
STANDARDS FEELS LIKE A LAWS.
YES, THERE ARE REGULATIONS IN
THE LEGISLATION THAT LIMIT THE
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HOTEL
HOUSEKEEPVERS TO DO.
BUT-- HOUSEKEEPVERS TO DO BUT
HOTELS NEVER SHOULD HAVE VER
SHOULD HAVE PROFITED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
WORK LOAD STANDARDS ARE LONG
OVERDO IN THE INDUSTRY.
THE PUBLIC IS WITH YOU.
77% OF US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH 350
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TODAY.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL SHOULD VOTE YES ON
CREATING A GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
TODAY I READ THIS WEEK THE
SEATTLE TIMES WILL JOIN 250
NEWS ROOMS ACROSS THE WORLD IN
PUBLISHING STORIES ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO IT IS ANOTHER REMINDER OF
WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS ISSUE.
SO IMAGINE SEVERAL YEARS FROM
NOW, TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS OUT,
AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE
PROGRESS THAT THIS WEALTHY
PROGRESSIVE CITY HAS MADE ON
THE SEATTLE GREEN NEW DEAL.
IMAGINE WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO
REDUCING CLIMATE POLLUTION,
IMAGINE WE HAVE GOOD GREEN JOBS
THAT ARE THRIVING.
IMAGINE WE HAVE STOOD BY OUR
WORDS AND WE HAVE A STRONG
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE COMRUMIZED
OF A VARIETY OF STAKE HOLDERS,
INCLUDING FRONT LINE
COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY.
THREE MORE SPEAKERS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM A HOTEL WORKER.
FIRST, I THANK YOU ALL.
AND HOTEL WORKERS -- INJURY,
AND I SAY -- AND PROTECTING JOB
INJURY.
AND WE HAVE -- ALSO THE BETTER
HEALTHCARE FOR -- TAKE CARE OF
THE FAMILY AND THANK YOU ALL
YOU GUYS FOR LISTING US TO
HELPING US GETTING THESE LAW TO
PASS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL RESOLUTION LAST MONTH.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BEACON
HILL AND I KNOW THE POTENTIAL
OF MY COMMUNITY WHEN WE COME
TOGETHER, AS YOU CAN SEE TODAY.
IN ORDER TO MAKE BOLD MOVES ON
CLIMATE CHANGE THE CITY MUST
COMMIT TO SOLUTIONS.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN
THIS PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS
THAT INCLUDE ONLY HAVING
EXPERTS BE INVOLVED IN THE
PROCESS, PEOPLE'S LIVED
EXPERIENCES ARE IMPORTANT TO
CONSIDER AND IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THEIR VOICES HEARD.
WE MUST HAVE THE VOICES HEARD
OF FRONT LINE COMMUNITIES TO
ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF REDUCING
CLIMATE POLLUTION.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES FOR THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND KEEP PIECES
OF THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS THE
TEAM WORKING TOGETHER ON
CLIMATE POLICY AND I HOPE UDO
NOT ADD SEATS THAT MIND
UNDERMINE FRONT LINE GROUPS.
THANK YOU.
AND ALSO LASTLY, STAND WITH OUR
FOLKS THAT HOTEL WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
I AM JILL, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF DOT GREEN.
I AM A LIFELONG SEATTLE
RESIDENT, I LIVED HERE ALMOST
ALL MY LIFE, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF TWO YEARS AND I HAVE SEEN
SEATTLE THRIVE AND ALSO
STRUGGLE.
WE HAVE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
NOT ONLY FEELING THE PINCH
AROUND COST AND ALSO CLIMATE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTS.
BY PASSING THE OVERSIGHT BOARD
WE CAN ENSURE WE HAVE A STRONG
COMMITMENT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE COMMUNITY OF COLORS,
WORKERS, PEOPLE ON THE FRONT
LINES.
WE OPPOSE THE AMENDMENT TO ADD
ADDITIONAL SEATS BECAUSE WE
WANT THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE
MOST IMPACTED TO BE PRIORITIZED
AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND THE
FLED TO A JUST TRANSITION FOR A
JUST ECONOMY, WE ARE STAND FOR
AN INCREASE OF PROTECTIONS AND
RIGHTS.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM A RESIDENT FROM BEACON
HILL.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
AND I FIND IT AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOLLOWING
THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
HERE LAST MONTH PASSING THE
RESOLUTION THAT THIS COMMITTEE
OVERSEES THE POLICY OF THE
COUNCIL TO SEE SEATTLE BE
FOSSIL FUEL FREE BY 2030 AND I
AM ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE BEING LED BY FRONT
LINE COMMUNITIES, LABOR, TRIBES
AND YOUTH.
I AM ALSO EXPRESSING SUPPORT
FOR THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT
THE CLIMATE AND THE HOTEL
WORKERS LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE
NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS TO SPEAK AS
A GROUP.
LET'S GIVE THEM THREE MINUTES.
AND WE WILL GO WITH THEM AS A
GROUP.
>> DON'T WE GET FOUR MINUTES AS
FOUR PEOPLE?
>> SURE.
>> THAT WAS EASY.
>> MY ALEC, WE ARE HERE TODAY
TO URGE YOU TO VOTE YES, ON THE
GREEN NEW DEAL ORDINANCE AND WE
ARE HERE AS A GROUP BECAUSE I
AM SURE SOME OF THE CAN YOU
TELL ME MAY REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME I WAS HERE I -- THE
COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME I WAS HERE, SADLY, I RAN
OUT OF TIME LAST TIME AND I
KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN
SITTING ON THE EDGE OF YOUR
SEAT EVER SINCE THEN WONDERING
WHO ELSE SUPPORTS SEATTLE FOR A
GREEN NEW DEAL SO WITH HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS WE ARE
HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET THROUGH
FULL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SUPPORT A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR
SEATTLE BUT WE WILL HAVE TO BE
VERY QUICK AND WITH THAT I
FORGET CALEB, WHO DOES SUPPORT
SEATTLE'S GREEN NEW DEAL?
>> QUITED A FEW ORGANIZATIONS.
[READING MULTIPLE ORGANIZATION ]
.
>> I THINK YOU GET THE POINT.
LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK BUT AS
YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS A LOT
OF SUPPORT.
IN ADDITION TO THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE JUST
NAMED, OVER 30 FAITH
COMMUNITIES, FAITH LEADERS AND
CHURCHES, INCLUDING MAJOR FAITH
COALITIONS.
WE JUST HEARD FROM EARTH
MINISTRY AND WE HAVE THE FAITH
ACTION NETWORK, SIX CHURCH
CONGREGATIONS AND JEWISH
COMMUNITY GROUPS.
THEY ALL SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
AND SO DO MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
THREE PROFESSIONS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
THEN SMALL BUSINESSES BASED IN
SEATTLE.
SO WITH THAT SAID SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WE EARNING YOU TO VOTE
YES ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ORDINANCE
AND VOTE YES ON THE LEGISLATION
FOR THE HOTEL WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE EXTENDED BY A FEW MINUTES
AND WE HAVE LOT FOLKS HERE.
LET'S HEAR FROM SOME MORE
FOLKS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS KATRINA PETERSON AND
I AM THE CLIMATE JUSTICE
PROGRAM MANAGER AT PUGET SOUND
SAGE.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
S A COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED
BY CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL
WILDFIRE SMOKE AND THE HEALTH
DISPARITIES, WE KNOW THE
PROBLEMS AND HAVE THE SOLUTIONS
AND VISION THAT ALL OF US NEED
TO RAPIDLY ADDRESS THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
I AM ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF
ADDING MORE LABOR SEATS IT THE
BOARD IN ORDER TO ADVOCATE FOR
NEEDS OF WORKERS.
I DO NOT SUPPORT IN GIVING TECH
AND PHILANTHROPY SEATS.
THEY ALREADY HAVE AN INFLUENCE
ON POLICY CREATION AND POLITICS
HERE AND DON'T NEED ANOTHER
SEAT.
LET'S REMEMBER THIS IS A
COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD WHOSE
ROLE IS TO GIVE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, NOT CORPORATIONS POWER
OVER HOW POLICIES ARE MADE.
IT IS THE VISION OF COMMUNITIES
THAT WILL LEAD THE WAY FORWARD
AND THESE ARE THE VOICES THAT
WE NEED TO UPLIFT INTO
LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> ROY, DON AND JOHN.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
I WILL SPEAK OUT OF ORDER.
I AM REPRESENTING A SMALL
BUSINESS IN SEATTLE.
WE EMPLOY TECHNICAL LABOR FOR
HOTELS, WE DEPEND ON THEIR
LIVELIHOOD AND WE ARE A SMALL
BUSINESS.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECONSIDER
ON HOW YOU LOOK AT HOW SMALL
BUSINESSES GET LUMPED INTO THE
PROGRAM.
WE PROVIDE A COMPETITIVE WAGE,
WE PROVIDE ALL OF THE NECESSARY
ELEMENTS PEOPLE NEED TO LEAD A
FULFILLED LIFE IN AN EXPENSIVE
CITY LIKE SEATTLE.
DON'T LUMP OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
INTO THE BIG SCHEME OF
EVERYTHING.
LOOK AT WHAT WE DO FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND WHAT MORE WE CAN
DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM SORRY.
WAS THAT ROY?
THANK YOU.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM IN
ORDER.
>> I AM DON SMITH.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT LIKE
HOUSEKEEPERS.
THEY ARE MORE LIKE IT MANAGER.
WE GIVE THEM 100% BENEFITS,
TECHNICAL TRAINING, SEXUAL
HARASSMENT TRAINING, DIVERSITY
TRAINING AND WE DON'T BELONG IN
THIS GROUP.
WITH THE HOTEL -- WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING THERE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
JOHN, FOLLOWING YOU IS MICHAEL
CLARK AND THEN JESSICA HORTEN.
>> HI.
I AM JOHN PEARSON AND I AM
SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM 28,
SAVING SEATTLE TIMES PARK.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
SINCE 2013, OVER SIX YEARS.
COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN
FOR THIS PARK, WHICH WAS TO
DESTROY IT, SAW DOWN 5
EXCEPTIONAL TREES, THIS CURRENT
PLAN IS GREAT.
IT REPRESENTS A COMPROMISE ON
BOTH SIDES, SAVING THE PARK FOR
THE LIFE OF THE BUILDINGS,
ALLOWING SOME ADDED HEIGHT IN A
BUILDING ON THE NEXT LOT.
THIS SOLUTION IS SUPPORTED BY
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION COMMUNITY
CITY COUNCIL.
THIS SOLUTION WOULD NOT HAVE
HAPPENED EXCEPT FOR
COUNSELMEMBER SALLY BAGSHAW.
SHE AND HER OFFICE WORKED TO
DEVELOP THIS COMPROMISE, OBTAIN
A WRITTEN MOU AND FOLLOW IT UP
WITH A TEXT AMENDMENT THAT CAME
TO YOU TODAY FOR A VOTE.
I SPEAK WITH THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION COMMUNITY BOARD.
WE WILL MISS COUNSELMEMBER
SALLY BAGSHAW NEXT YEAR WHEN
SHE IS BACK AT HARVARD TEACHING
YOUNG PEOPLE INSTEAD OF SAVING
THE CITY OR AT LEAST COUNCIL
DISTRICT 7. THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOU HAVE DONE FOR US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
I HAVE MICHAEL CLARK AND
JESSICA HORTEN.
IS MICHAEL HERE?
JESSICA YOU HAVE THE MIC.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I AM MICHAEL CLARK.
THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
RENAISSANCE HOTEL AND SIT ON
THE SEATTLE HOTEL ASSOCIATION.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR
33 YEARS AND STARTED AS A
DISHWASHER.
MANAGERS AND OWNERS CARE ABOUT
THE EMPLOYEES AND AGREE ACCESS
TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE IS
IMPORTANT AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE
IT ANY OTHER WAY.
IT IS DISAPPOINTING YOU'VE
LEGISLATION REQUIRING CASH
EXPENDITURES INSTEAD OF
FOCUSING ON QUALITY COVERAGE.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR MONTHS
ABOUT WHAT APPROPRIATE PENALTY
PAY IS, YET YOU ARE ABOUT TO
VOTE ON A CHANGE TO SQUARE
FOOTAGE THAT IMPACTS OUR
BUSINESS, NO OPPORTUNITIES FOR
REVIEW OR DISCUSSION.
AFTER MONTHS OF HEARING
TESTIMONY FROM SMALL BUSINESSES
AND NON-HOTEL EMPLOYERS, ASKING
WHY ARE THEY INCLUDE, YOU'VE
COME UP WITH A DEFINITION OF
ANS LARRY HOTEL BUSINESSES THAT
DOES LITTLE TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS.
I AM CERTAIN THIS LEGISLATION
IS NOT WHAT 77% OF THE VOTERS
INTENDED.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY JESSICA HORTEN AND DIRECTOR
FOR PEOPLE SUPPORT.
I TESTIFIED ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS ON BEHALF OF THE
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
I SPEAK AS ONE OF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS AND I AM
DISAPPOINTED IN SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL, MY LOCAL ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH
GOOD RAPPORT WITH PUBLIC
OFFICIALS.
AS SUCH WE ASKED WHAT IS THE
BEST WAY TO ENSURE YOU'VE ALL
THE INFORMATION UNEED TO MAKE A
DECISION ON I124.
SO WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PERSONAL
VISITS, BEEN PATIENT, WE WERE
PREPARED, TRUTHFUL,
UNDERSTANDING AND ACCOMMODATING
TO OPPOSITION.
WE WROTE LETTERS, TESTIFIED
PUBLICLY, WE HAVE BEEN BRIEF,
SPECIFIC, REASONABLE AND
COURTEOUS.
OUR INDUSTRIES PROVIDED INPUT
AND OFFERED SOLUTIONS
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS BUT AS
YOU SIT HERE BEFORE US ALL, OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU'VE
DIVERGED FROM YOUR
CONSTITUENT'S CONCERNS AND ARE
NOT REPRESENTING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANTED TO STATE MY SUPPORT
FOR THE FOUR BILLS, ININCLUDING
LABOR PROTECTIONS FOR HOTEL
WORKERS, SEATTLE VOTERS
DEMONSTRATED THEY ARE IN FAVOR
OF SUCH LEGISLATION WHEN THEY
PROVED 124 THREE YEARS AGO.
I THINK ALL WORKERS DESERVE A
MINIMUM TO WORK -- A WORKING
ENVIRONMENT FREE OF HARASSMENT
AND MANY HOTEL WORKERS WORK IN
PRIVATE ROOMS BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS AND ARE IN NEED OF THE
PROTECTIONS SO I WANTED TO
STATE MYPORT FOR HOTEL WORKERS.
I URGE YOU TO PLEASE, PASS THIS
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
ME.
I AM VERY EXCITED THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS PASSED THE GREEN
NEW DEAL LAST MONTH AND ALREADY
DOING THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION
THAT SHOWS AN URGENCY THAT WE
NEED ON THIS ISSUE.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND ASK YOU
TO PASS IT AS IT AND NOT ADD
MORE SEATS.
AS IT IS IT EMPOWERS FRONT LINE
COMMUNITIES TO MAKE CHANGES IN
THE CITY THAT WILL IN PROVE
THEIR LIVES AND CLEAN UP THE
HORRIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL
INJUSTICES THAT HAVE HAPPENED
TO THEM.
AND ALSO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING THE STRIKE AND THE
ARCTIC AND I AM A PROUD UNION
MEMBER AND SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTING AND
IMPROVING LIVES OF OUR HOTEL
WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS SHANNON.
I AM THE MANAGER DIRECTOR OF A
HOTEL.
I HAVE BEEN IN THIS ROOM A FEW
TIMES AND SPOKE TO EVERY ONE
INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THE CONCERNS
OF OUR INDUSTRY SO I AM HAPPY
TO BE HERE BUT EQUALLY
DISAPPOINTED.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS
INITIATIVE WE GO BACK TO THE
LAW, WHICH AGAIN, IT WAS POND
TO BE ILLEGAL SO IT WAS BROKEN
APART AND OVER THE LAST THREE
AND A HALF MONTHS WE HAVE STOOD
BY AND NEGOTIATED AND GIVEN
FAIR INSIGHTS AND OFFERED
OPPORTUNITIES TO INVITE YOU
INTO OUR HOTELS TO MEET WITH
OUR ASSOCIATES, TO UNDERSTAND
SOME OF THE UNATTENDED
CONSEQUENCES AND RAMIFICATIONS.
I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS AND
ALTHOUGH WE LIKE TO CHAMPION
THE FACT THAT SMALL BUSINESSES
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
CONCESSION, THEY REALLY DON'T
IF WE WANT TO COMPETE FOR THE
HIGH QUALITY ASSOCIATE THEN WE
ARE LIMITED TO ALMOST THE EXACT
ME TOO COMPLIMENTS OF BENEFITS
SO THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT.
ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT THE AFTER 12 WEEKS OF
HEARING TESTIMONY, ASKING WHY
THEY ARE INCLUDE IN THE
LEGISLATION, YOU COME UP WITH A
DEFINITION OF ANCILLARY HOTEL
BUSINESS --
>> PLEASE WRAP UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE OWNED THE HOTEL NEXUS
FOR THE LAST 40 PLUS YEARS.
I WISH TO REMIND THE CITY
COUNCIL THAT AS AN INDUSTRY
HOTEL OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF
HAVE SUPPORTED PROGRESSIVE CITY
AND STATE LEGISLATION ON BEHALF
OF EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING SUPPORT
OF MINIMUM WAGE, SUPPORT OF THE
BEST PAID FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM
THAT STATE LEVEL AND SUPPORT OF
PANIC BUTTON REQUIREMENT.
FOR THE LAST 12 WEEKS WE HAVE
BEEN SHARING FEED BACK TO CITY
COUNCIL ABOUT THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION.
IT IS CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF HAVE
BEEN ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE
FEED BACK PURELY FOR THE
OPTICS.
IN FACT, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN
ATTEMPT TO ATTACK AND BURDEN
JUST ONE PARTICULAR INDUSTRY
RATHER THAN TRY TO ADDRESS THE
UNDERLYING COST OF FAMILY
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE BY SUPPORTING A STATE
PUBLIC OPTION OR OTHER WAYS TO
EXPAND ACCESS WHILE REDUCING
COSTS.
THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL CHANGE
FOR MANY PEOPLE INSTEAD OF
CHOOSING TO ATTACK ONE INDUSTRY
BECAUSE WE ARE SITTING DUCKS.
EXAMPLE--
>> WRAP UP.
>> SURE.
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN A DISGRACE
AND WHEN SMALL AND IMMIGRANT
FAMILY BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO
MAKE THE CHOICE TO SHUT DOWN OR
NO LONGER INVEST IN SEATTLE
BECAUSE OF OVER REACH BY THE
CITY COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO WE ARE ON DAVID ROJAS,
MELODY SWEAT AND DUSTIN HINKLE.
28, 29 AND 30.
>> HOW ARE YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON,
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM DAVID, I AM SPEAKING TODAY
AS A UNION WORKER FROM FRED
MEYER.
A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE
ALIFERENCE JOBS AND CLEAN
ENERGY.
WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND SIGNED ON TO
THE LETTER OF ENCOURAGING THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT
WORK.
WE AGREE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND
LEADERS FROM COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, PEOPLE WITH LOWER INCOME
AND OTHERS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE AND REDUCE THE
POLLUTION.
WE ARE IN FAVOR OF MAKING SURE
THAT VOICE OF UNIONINIZED
WORKERS NEED TO BE PART OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WORK THAT WESTON HOTEL FOR
44 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US
AND MAKE SURE WE WILL GAIN
BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
I APPRECIATE YOU KEPT THE
LEGISLATION STRONG AND HELPED
PREVENT OUTSOURCING OF JOBS.
I HAVE WORKED IN THE HOTEL
INDUSTRY FOR 44 YEARS.
AND ACCESS TO GOOD HEALTHCARE
IS IMPORTANT TO ALL WORKERS.
NO MATTER FOR WHOM THEY WORK.
IT MATTERS TO ME AND EVERYONE
IN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF OUR
WORK LOADS, OUR HOURS ARE HARD,
HARDEST PHYSICALLY.
AND WE USE OUR BENEFITS.
JUST FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD MY
VEINS DONE THREE TIMES AND MY
HUSBAND HAD FOUR STROKES.
HIS HEALTHCARE, HIS THERAPY AND
HIS MEDICATIONS, I COULDN'T
AFFORD THEM WITHOUT MY
BENEFITS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANTED TO CONTINUE LAST
WEEK'S CONVERSATION ABOUT ANS
LARRY BENEFITS.
YOU DISCUSSED HOW YOUR HOW'S IS
IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
AT BEST THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO
PERSONALIZE THE CONVERSATION
AND I THANK YOU.
AT WORST YOU ARE PROPOSING
LEGISLATION THAT APPLIES TO HIS
DIRECT COMPETITORS BUT DOES NOT
APPLY TO HIS BUSINESS.
YOU'VE A CLEAR CONFLICT OF
INTEREST AND I CALL FOR YOU TO
OBTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE HOLT
LEGISLATION.
THE HARSH LEGISLATION YOU WILL
APPLY TO HOTEL RESTAURANTS BUT
NOT RESTAURANTS RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET AT AMAZON'S
HEADQUARTERS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU INTEND?
THE RESTAURANTS CLOSEST TO
AMAZON'S THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE MORE FAVORABLE
BUSINESS CONDITIONS THAN THEIR
HOTEL NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS NOT EQUITABLE.
I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE
EQUITABLE FOR EVERYONE OR NO
ONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM HERE TODAY IN SOLIDARITY
ON BEHALF OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL
117 AND MLK LABOR WITH MY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE
HOTEL INDUSTRY.
TOO OFTEN THE WORK THAT HOTEL
WORKERS DO, PARTICULARLY
HOUSEKEEPERS IS INVISIBLE BUT I
WANT TO TELL YOU WE SEE YOU.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT YOU ALL ABOUT TO DO
TODAY.
YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING
AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST
EXAMPLE OF A STRING OF
VICTORIES WORKING PEOPLE HAD
BEFORE THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF
WORKING FAMILIES IN THE
SEATTLE.
>> HELLO.
WE VOTED TO STRIKE THIS WEEKEND
BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING TO
SURVIVE IN THE CITY.
WE ARE JUST GETTING TOO
EXPENSIVE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US
AND MAKING SURE THAT HOTEL
WORKERS LIKE ME WILL GET BETTER
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU MAKE SURE
THAT HOTELS -- THE HOUSEKEEPERS
AT MY HOTEL ARE SO HAPPY ABOUT
THE 4,500 SQUARE FOOT LIMIT FOR
HOUSEKEEPERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ENAN ORGANIZER WITH 350
SEATTLE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
SEATTLE TO CONTINUE LEADING ON
CLIMATE AND WHEN WE PASSED THE
GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION WE
HAD THE EYES OF THE NATION ON
US AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CITIES
CAN DO, A MODEL FOR HOW
LEADERSHIP CAN TRANSFORM THE
CONVERSATION AND THE CLIMATE
SOLUTIONS THAT WE ARE SEEING.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
DEAL IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF
THAT.
IT CORRECTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR
DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
CENTERING THE EXPERIENCES AND
PRIORITIES OF COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED BY THE CLIMATE CRISIS
AND THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM
DIRTY FUELS.
THIS IS AN FRONT TO SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE ON THE
ORDINANCE BOARD.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THERE
ARE TWO THINGS SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL --
>> WRAP UP.
>> OKAY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND
WITH STUDENT STRIKERS WHO ARE
COMING OUT ON FRIDAY AND WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY A SUPPORT
HOTEL WORKERS WHO ARE FIGHTING
FOR THEIR WELL BEING, ECONOMIC
SECURITY AND HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO THE
AGENDA.
I THINK WE GOT A VARIETY OF
OPINIONS THERE.
I WILL MOVE TO THE PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS SECTION.
SO PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> MOVE TO PASS 119646.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASTURE OF THE BILL.
PREPARE
>> 9 IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 1.
THAT WILL WORK.
TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
>> COULD WE READ ALL FOUR INTO
THE RECORD AND THEN MAYBE TAKE
INDIVIDUAL VOTES.
I HAVE ONE AMENDMENT ON
HEALTHCARE I WOULD LIKE TO
CONSIDER WHEN WE GET TO THE
VOTING PROCESS.
MAYBE THEN WE CAN SPEAK TO ALL
FOUR.
>> LET'S DO IT.
READ ALL FOUR AND THEN WE WILL
VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY.
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
EMPLOYMENT IN SEATTLE;
REQUIRING CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO
LIMIT ROOM CLEANING WORKLOADS
FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES; AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
EMPLOYMENT IN SEATTLE; ADDING A
NEW CHAPTER 14.29 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE (SMC);
AND AMENDING THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL
PASS AS AMENDED THE COUNCIL
BILL (CB).
IN FAVOR: 4 - MOSQUEDA,
GONZo?=LEZ , PACHECO, SAWANT AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
EMPLOYMENT IN SEATTLE;
REQUIRING CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO
TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS TO
PREVENT, PROTECT, AND RESPOND
TO VIOLENT OR HARASSING CONDUCT
BY GUESTS; ADDING A NEW CHAPTER
14.26 TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
EMPLOYMENT IN SEATTLE;
REQUIRING CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO
MAKE REQUIRED HEALTHCARE
EXPENDITURES TO OR ON BEHALF OF
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF IMPROVING ACCESS TO
MEDICAL CARE.
F0
.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET
HERE.
NINE MONTH OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE HEARD
FROM TODAY AND OVER A THE LAST
9 COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WHILE IT FEELS LIKE A LONG ROAD
FOR US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
POLICYIDABILITIES AND MEDIA
SOUND BITES, POLICY AMENDMENTS
THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO OUR
COMMITTEE, IT CAN BE EASY TO
FORGET WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS
ABOUT.
IT IS ABOUT THE WOMEN.
WOMEN WHO YOU HEARD FROM TODAY
AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCED
HARASSMENT, INJURY AND MOSTLY
IMMIGRANT WORKERS.
WE DRAFTED LEGISLATION AND PUT
IT IN FRONT OF YOU TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO WALK IN
THE SHOES OF HOTEL WORKERS.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN WAITING
ON TABLES IN HOTELS AND SERVING
GUESTS AND FOR DECADES MANY OF
THESE WORKERS HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR THE LEGISLATION TO PASS.
WHILE IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD
FOR US, IT HAS BEEN A LONGER
ROAD FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THESE
PROTECTIONS OVER THE YEARS.
THIS WORKER, SHE HAS PROBABLY
BEEN HARASSED BEHIND A CLOSED
DOOR IN A ROOM OR IN A PUBLIC,
AN INDIVIDUAL CAME FORWARD AND
SAID AS A SERVER IN A
RESTAURANT CONNECTED TO A HOTEL
SHE HAD TO GET OUT OF AN
UNWANTED HUG AND THEN WAS
REPRIMANDED BY HER EMPLOYEE.
SHE PROBABLY FELT TRAPPED AND
MAYBE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT
REPORTING IT.
50% OF HOUSEKEEPERS HAVE
EXPERIENCED HARASSMENT AND
HAVEN'T REPORTED.
SHE PROBABLY GOT INJURED ON THE
JOB, AS WE KNOW HOTEL WORKERS
HAVE HIGHER RATES OF BACK
INJURY THAN CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS AND COAL MINORS.
LET THAT SINK IN.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BASIC
PROTECTIONS THAT WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE EVERY WORKER HAS IN
EVERY INDUSTRY.
YOU HEARD ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL
WHO MENTIONED FOUR SURGERIES,
THINK ABOUT THAT INDIVIDUAL NOW
BEING ABLE TO POTENTIALLY
ACCESS HEALTHCARE, WHEN WE WERE
FIRST TALKING ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION LAST DECEMBER AND
JANUARY I HEARD TESTIMONY OF
WORKERS WHO HAD EXPERIENCED
MISCARRIAGES BECAUSE OF THE
HIGH NUMBER OF SQUARE FOOTAGE
THEY HAD TO CLEAN.
SHE MAY NOT HAVE WANTED TO ASK
FOR PROTECTIONS BECAUSE SHE WAS
FEARFUL OF RETALIATION.
BUT THEN 77% OF VOTERS VOTED TO
HAVE HER BACK.
SHE FELT PROTECTED BY THE CITY,
BY THE VOTERS.
PANIC BUTTONS IN CASE THEY GO
INTO A HOTEL ROOM, THE ABILITY
TO KNOW HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE
THEY WILL BE ASKED TO CLEAN AND
TODAY WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
WITH THE BASIC PROTECTIONS THAT
MANY OF US VOTED FOR AND HAVE
HAD THE CHANCE TO LEARN FROM
SINCE 124.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE WORKERS
AND THE INDUSTRY WHO COME
FORWARD AND WORKED WITH US OVER
THE LAST 9 MONTHS.
I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THE FOUR
COMPONENTS ARE IMPORTANT.
PROTECTION FROM HARASSMENT, AND
INTIMIDATION, ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE AND THE ABILITY TO
PURCHASE THE HEALTHCARE, JOB
RETENTION AND PROTECTION
AGAINST UNSAFE WORK LOADS.
OUR OFFICES HAVE BEEN WORKING
AND OVER THE NINE COMMITTEE
MEETINGS AND CALLS AND E-MAILS
WE RECEIVED, WE TRIED TO PULL
FORWARD THE COMMON GROUND WOO
SEE BETWEEN WHAT STAKE HOLDERS
WANT AND THE PROTECTIONS VOTERS
WANTED.
THE PROCESS WAS VERY INCLUSIVE.
WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE
WEEKLY MEETINGS TO HEAR FEED
BACK AND AMENDMENT IDEAS AND
NOT EVERYBODY IS CERTIFIED WITH
EVERYSIS PICTURE OF THE
LEGISLATION.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
THERE ARE IMPORTANT PROTECTIONS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
MAINTAIN IN THE INITIATIVE AND
AS YOU HEARD, THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN
CARRYING OUT THE WILL OF THE
VOTERS AND MAKING SURE THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US DOES
IMPROVE SAFETY, PROTECTS FOLKS
ROM HARASSMENT, IMPROVES
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND MAKE
SURE THIS ADDRESS MOVES FORWARD
WITH WHAT WE KNOW GOOD
EMPLOYERS ALREADY INCLUDE BUT
MAKES IT A PUBLIC POLICY OF
THIS SET TO MAKE SURE EVERY
WORKER HAS THE SAME
PROTECTIONS.
WE HAVE INCLUDE IMPORTANT
LANGUAGE AND I WANT TO AND I
WANT TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS, THE DEFINITION OF ANS
LARRY BUSINESS HAS BEEN SCOPED
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS T HERE IS
A SPECIFIC AND DIRECT
CONNECTION -- THIS IS A DIRECT
ELEMENT OF THE FEEDBACK WE
RECEIVED.
AND THERE IS ALSO SOME PHASE
AND PROVISIONS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE
WORK LOAD SAFETY PROTECTIONS,
THE RETENTION AND HEALTHCARE
BILLS, THEY ONLY COVER
BUSINESSES WITH 50 OR MORE
EMPLOYEES AND IF THERE IS A
BUSINESS THAT HAS BETWEEN 50
AND 200 EMPLOYEES THEY HAVE 5
YEARS.
THIS IS DIRECTLY BASED ON
FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY FROM THE
SMALLEST BUSINESSES.
ON THE SAFETY LEGISLATION, YOU
RECALL WE HAD INITIAL
PROTECTIONS TO LOOK AT
EXCLUDING GUESTS WHO WERE
ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT AND
INTIMIDATION AND I THINK THIS
IS SOMETHING ALL THE VOTERS
WANTED TO MAKE SURE NO WORKER
IS PUT IN THE POSITION WHERE
THEY ARE INTIMIDATED, HARASSED
OR ASSAULTED IN THE WORK PLACE.
THE RESTAURANT CONNECTED TO THE
HOTEL OR IN THE CLOSED DOOR
WITH THE HOTEL GUEST.
BECAUSE OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT
FROM THE ACLU, SEXUAL ASSAULT
RESOURCE CENTER, PROSECUTORS'
OFFICE, REFUGEE IMMIGRANT
ALLIANCE, AND MORE, WE HAVE HAD
VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HOW WE INCLUDE SOME OF
THE FEEDBACK FROM LEGAL VOICE
AND THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE LAW
CENTER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
MAKING SURE THERE ARE
PROTECTIONS, WHEN YOU PUSH A
PANIC BUTTON YOU HAVE SOMEBODY
THAT IS CALLED AND COULD FREE
YOU FROM THAT SITUATION.
THIS IS IMPORTANT AS WE LEARNED
FROM PAST LEGISLATION THAT WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
WORKABLE, MEANINGFUL AND
RESULTS IN BEHAVIOR AND NORMS
CHANGES.
SO THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO
HAVE WORKED WITH US ON THAT.
WHEN WORKERS ACCESS THE TIME
THEY CAN HAVE OFF TO ACCESS AN
ADVOCATE TO PURSUE THE
SITUATION THAT THEY HAVE
CLAIMED TO THE THEM THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO USE THAT TIME, WE MADE
SURE THE HARASSING CONDUCT WILL
NEVER GET A PASS.
SOME TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY
HAVE IN PLACE, WE APPRECIATE
THAT BUT PUBLIC POLICY IS
SIGNIFICANT.
ON THE INJURY LEGISLATION, THIS
PROCESS WE LEARNED A A LOT
ABOUT WHAT HOUSEKEEPERS NEED IN
ORDER TO BE SAFE.
OPTIONAL INJURY DISPARITIES IN
THE U.S. HOTEL INDUSTRY FOUND
THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE HIRE RATES
OF OPTIONAL INDUSTRY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
APPLYING TO MORE WOMEN AND
WOMEN OF COLOR.
WE HAVE AN EQUITY CALL TO
ACTION HERE.
THEY ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR
US TO ACT ON THE INJURY RATES
AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE
HERE.
IN 2016 THE PUGET SOUND SURVEY
FOUND WE HAD THREE TIMES THE
PERCENTAGE OF BACK PAIN AND
INJURY.
THIS IS CALLING ON US TO MAKE
SURE WE ACT SO THE WORKERS
DON'T EXPERIENCE HIRE RATES OF
TROUBLE SLEEPING, CHRONIC PANE
AND INTERRUPTION WITH DAILY
ACTIVITIES.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE
PUT IN FRONT OF US TODAY.
WE SEE THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT
OF YOU AS A CAREFULLY CRAFTED
TERM OF ART BECAUSE MANY OF YOU
WANTED DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE
TRIED TO INCLUDE THOSE BUT WHAT
IS MOST IMPORTANT IS WE DON'T
FORGET THE STORIES WE HEARD
TODAY, THE WORKERS WHO HAVE
COME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT WHY
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE
SAFETY PROTECTIONS IN TERMS OF
WORK LOAD, THE ABILITY TO
ACCESS OR PURCHASE HEALTHCARE
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US
HAVE RETENTION AND THE ABILITY
TO STAY AT OUR JOBS.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
THRIVING INDUSTRIES AND YOUR
WORK ON A DAILY BASIS MAKES THE
WORK OF THE CITY FUNCTION.
FOR US ON CITY COUNCIL IT IS
ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND
ENSURING THERE IS STABILITY AND
SECURITY FOR THE WORKERS AND
HELPING AND IN DOING THAT THAT
WILL MAKE US ONE OF THE MORE
ATTRACTIVE PLACES. I
APPLAUD YOU FOR MAKING THIS
LEGISLATION POSSIBLE.
I KNOW THE CO-SPONSOR AND OTHER
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PROBABLY HAVE
A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.
BEFORE I GET INTO THE THANK
YOUS FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE
WORK THAT MADE THIS LEGISLATION
POSSIBLE I WOULD LOVE TO HOLD
THAT UNTIL BEFORE WE VOTE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
WE CAN SPEAK ON ALL FOUR PIECES
OF THE LEGISLATION.
COUNSELMEMBER LORENA GONZELEZ.
>> I THINK THAT COUNSELMEMBER
TERESA MOSQUEDA DID A GOOD JOB
OF OUTLINING THE COMPONENTS IN
TERMS OF HOW THESE FOUR BILLS
HAVE EVOLVED SINCE THEY WERE
FIRST INTRODUCED FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION.
I WANT TO THANK TERESA
MOSQUEDA, APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO, IN
THIS FORUM, AND VENUE,
HIGHLIGHT THE KEY POLICY POINTS
THAT HAVE CHANGED AND THAT HAVE
EVOLVED IN RESPONSE TO MUCH OF
THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT WE
HAVE HEARD AND LOT OF THE
ONGOING ENGAGEMENT THAT
OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS AND SO, I JUST THINK IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT
WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON NOW IS
A FOLLOW UP ON A MOMENT IN 2016
WHEN THE VOTERS FIRST INITIALLY
PASSED INITIATIVE 124 WITH 77%
OF THE VOTE.
AND TODAY IT IS MY BELIEF
THROUGH PASSAGE OF THE BILLS
WILL PROVIDE PROTECTIONS TO
THIS PART OF OUR WORK FORCE
THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS SUBJECTED
TO MUCH MORE -- TO ISSUES IN
THE LABOR WORK FORCE THAT ARE
PROBLEMATIC SO I AM HONORED TO
BE ABLE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF
THE LEGISLATION, I AM HONORED
TO BE ABLE TO INTO STRUGGLE
WITH THESE ISSUES IN A WAY THAT
IS RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO
NEED THIS MOST, THE WORKERS IN
THE CITY WHO REALLY NEED THE
PROTECTIONS TO CONTINUE TO BE
ABLE TO THRIVE AND TO SUCCEED
IN OUR CITY.
LAST WEEK AT COMMITTEE I SPOKE
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY
MOTIVATION IN TERMS OF WANTING
TO PURSUE THIS SEAT SUIT OF
STANDARDS.
FOR ME, I THINK, WHEN WE WERE
FIRST CONSIDERING INITIATIVE
124 I CAME OUT STRONGLY IN
SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVE, AND
I INTO SUPPORT THE CONSCEPTS
AND CONCEPTS AND THE PRINCIPLES
THAT ARE INCLUDED.
SO FOR ME AS A WOMAN, AS A
WOMAN OF COLOR AND THE DAUGHTER
OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS IT IS
IMPORTANT TO COME HERE EVERY
DAY TO CITY HALL AND LIVE THE
VALUES.
I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY IT PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE ELECTED ME IN 2015.
SO I THINK THAT FOR ME IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BRING MY
PERSPECTIVE AS A WORKING CLASS
PERSON, SOMEONE WHO RELIED ON
SOCIAL SERVICES GROWING UP,
SOMEBODY THAT COMES FROM A
UNION HOUSEHOLD AND A PERSON OF
COLOR AND A WOMAN OF COLOR TO
MAKE SURE EVERY DAY I AM HERE,
I AM LIVING THE VALUES THROUGH
THIS POLICY MAKING PROCESS AND
THAT MEANS CENTERING MY
PRIORITIES ON HELPING THOSE WHO
NEED THE MOST HELP AND FOR ME
THOSE ARE WORKERS AND MANY OF
YOU ARE IN THAT CATEGORY AS
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THIS
POLICY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND DO THIS
FOR YOU TODAY AND ALSO DO IT
FOR ALL THE WOMEN WHO ARE NOT
IN THIS ROOM TODAY AND FOR ALL
THE WOMEN ACROSS THE STATE WHO
I KNOW WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT
TO SERVE THEIR FAMILIES AND TO
DO IT WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
MY FATHER USED TO SAY, WE ARE
MIGRANT FARM WORKERS, WE ARE
POOR AND HUMBLE PEOPLE BUT
THERE IS DIGNITY IN ALL WORK
AND THERE IS RESPECT IN ALL
WORK.
AND JUST BECAUSE YOU CHANGE
SOMEBODY'S BED SHEETS, DOESN'T
MEAN YOU DESERVE TO NOT BE SEEN
SO TODAY WE SEE YOU, WE RESPECT
YOU, WE RESPECT YOUR WORK AND
WE ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY DAY YOU
SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT OUR
CITY AND SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE HERE AND I THANK YOU FOR
THAT SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> COUNSELMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM HAPFULLY VOTING YES ON THE
NEXT FOUR PIECES OF LEGISLATION
AS A RANK AND FILE UNION MEMBER
AND ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF
SEATTLE'S PEOPLE, AND AS A
WOMAN.
STARTED WITH UNION MEMBERS
ORGANIZING TO WRITE INITIATIVE
124 AND ORGANIZING TO WIN 77%
SUPPORT IN THE ELECTION.
WHEN THE COURT STRUCK DOWN 124,
WORKERS ORGANIZED TO BRING THE
LEGISLATION TO CITY HALL AND I
AM HAPPY TO JOIN IN SUPPORTING
THIS LEGISLATION AND THANK YOU
FOR THE WORK AND ALSO YOUR
STAFF.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAYOR AND
SOME OTHERS ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE
THE SCOPE OF THE WORKERS AND
TRYING TO DISCUSS WHO DESERVES
HEALTHCARE AND PROTECTIONS FROM
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
AS WE HAVE SAID, ALL WORKERS
DESERVE THESE PROTECTIONS AND I
AM REALLY GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO
STOP EFFORTS TO WATER DOWN THE
BILLS AND THAT THE MOST
DAMAGING AMENDMENTS ARE NOT
BEING INCLUDED IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
FOR THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
INDUSTRY WHO ARE UPSET ABOUT
THE COST OF PROVIDING
HEALTHCARE, I WOULD ECHO THE
POINT THAT WHEN THE SYSTEM IS
RIGGED IN YOUR FAVOR, WHEN
WORKERS WIN BENEFITS, YOU MAY
THINK IT IS TIPPING THE SCALES
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, BUT IT
IS NOT.
THIS IS A SMALL MEASURE OF
JUSTICE THAT WORKERS ARE GOING
TO WIN.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE PROVIDING
HEALTHCARE TO WORKERS, THEN
JOIN US IN THE MOVEMENT FOR
MEDICARE FOR ALL BUT NO
BUSINESS HAS THE RIGHT TO
EXPLOIT WORKERS.
IT DEPENDS ON THE UNITY OF THE
WORKERS MOVEMENT, ON THE
ACTIVISM OF THE UNION MEMBERS
AND THAT IS WHY THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILLS WILL BE A TESTAMENT
TO THE MEMBERS OF UNITED LOCAL
8 WHO ARE NOT ONLY -- WHO NOT
ONLY FOUGHT FOR THE INITIATIVE
BUT WHO ARE NOW FIGHTING FOR
THEIR RIGHTS EVERY DAY.
SATURDAY I JOINED UNITED
MEMBERS AT THE EDGEWATER HOTEL
WHO ARE IN A CONTRACT FIGHT.
THEY ARE SHARING MOVING STOREYS
OF OVER WORK AND ABUSE BY THEIR
MANAGERS AND THEY ARE
DETERMINED TO FIGHT BACK.
I AM DELIGHTED TO SHARE THE
NEWS THE EDGEWATER WORKERS
VOTED BY 93% TO AUTHORIZE A
STRIKE.
AND WE ALL NEED TO STAND WITH
THESE BRAVE WORKERS.
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, I
WANTED TO APPLAUD TEAMSTERS AND
OTHER UNIONS IN CALIFORNIA FOR
THEIR TREMENDOUS VICTORY LAST
WEEK WITH THE LEGISLATIVE BILL
AB5.
THIS IS LAND MARK LEGISLATION
THAT WILL EXPAND EMPLOYMENT
RIGHTS FOR WORKERS, UBER AND
LYFT DRIVERBS AND MANY GIG
ECONOMY WORKERS WHO ARE
MISCLASSIFIED BY EMPLOYERS.
THIS IS A VITAL STEP AGAINST
EXPLOITATION OF THE WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA, THIS IS SETTING THE
TREND IS FOR GIG ECONOMY
WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
I AM COMMITTED TO WORK WITH ALL
YOUNGS TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE
AB5 TO SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNSELMEMBER ABEL PACHECO.
>> THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING
THE FOUR ORDINANCES.
NOT EVERYONE RECEIVED WHAT THEY
WANTED AND THROUGH IT ALL IT
WAS A VERY OPEN PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IN MY
CONVERSATIONS I KEPT VOTER
INTENT ATOP OF MIND AND FOR ME
IT WAS MY MOTHER.
MY MOTHER FOR TWO DECADES
CLEANED HOTELS AND AS A KID I
SOMETIMES GO TO MY MOM'S JOB
AFTER SCHOOL TO HELP HER.
I WOULD VACUUM THE HALLWAYS AND
FOLD THE TOWELS AND SHEETS.
MY MOTHER SHARED STORIES OF
GUESTS WHO MADE HER FEEL UNSAFE
AND UNCOMFORTABLE.
WITH MY MOTHER IN MIND I VOTED.
COUNSELMEMBER LORENA GONZELEZ
SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CRYSTAL
BALL, NEITHER DO I, I JUST HAVE
MY MOTHER IN MIND.
SHE NOW HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES
ON HER SHOULDERS AND HANDS.
I KNOW HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS AND
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOUR WELL
BEING IS.
THIS COUNCIL DID ITS BEST TO
INTERPRET VOTER INTEND.
I MAY NO LONGER BE GOING TO
TODAY I GET TO KEEP MY MOTHER
IN MIND AND URGE THE COUNCIL TO
AFFIRM THE WILL OF THE VOTERS
AND SUPPORT THE FOUR PIECES OF
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU TO THE HOTEL
OWNERS AND MANAGERS.
I REACHED OUT TO YOU.
I SPENT TIME WITH MANY OF YOU
AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANNA
BOONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES
AND WORKING TO HELP US REACH
RESOLUTION AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THAT
NOT EVERYBODY IS HOSPITAL BUT
WE MADE REAL PROGRESS ON THIS.
TO THE HOTEL WORKERS, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY THANK YOU
TO YOU FOR ALL OF THE BEDS THAT
YOU'VE CHANGED, ALL THE TOWELS
YOU BROUGHT IN, ALL THE TOILETS
AND SHOWERS YOU CLEAN ON A
REGULAR BASIS, THAT IS NO JOB
THAT ANYBODY WOULD DECIDE AS
BEING EASY.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
JOBS AS WE HAVE HEARD, PEOPLE
HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF INJURY
AND IF YOU TRY TO CHANGE A KING
SIZE BED BY YOURSELF, THERE IS
NOTHING EASY ABOUT THAT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE AND ALSO FOR THE
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
SAID, THIS IS A FAMILY OWNED
BUSINESS, WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS,
FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE FEWER
THAN 50 EMPLOYEES, THIS ISN'T
GOING TO IMPACT YOU.
IF YOU'VE A BUSINESS WITH LESS
THAN 250 EMPLOYEES, YOU'VE A
FIVE-YEAR PHASE IN.
AND I HADN'T TO SAY THANK YOU
TO STEPHON.
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO I OFFERED
TO COME AND WORK A SHIFT AT ONE
OF THE HOTELS WITH THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE CLEANING THE ROOMS,
JUST BECAUSE I WAS WILLING TO
SEE HOW HARD IT WAS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
TIMES THAT YOU SPENT WITH ME
TALKING ABOUT THAT AND FOR ALL
OF THE PEOPLE YOU'VE
REPRESENTED.
ALSO, WE HAD A WOMAN TODAY
EARLIER THAT SAID WHY DON'T YOU
DO SOMETHING ABOUT HEALTHCARE
LEGISLATION GOING TO THE STATE,
BELIEVE ME, IF THAT IS
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GO WITH
ME, HAND IN HAND TO GO DOWN TO
THE LEGISLATURE AND GET A
BETTER HEALTHCARE COVERAGE PAID
FOR BY THE STATE, WITH THE
STATE, NO MATTER WHAT IT WILL
TAKE, I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE TO
START IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
I WOULD BE GLAD TO GO WITH YOU
AND SUPPORT THAT.
I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE
ANCILLARY BUSINESS, THIS HAS
BEEN SOMETHING WITH WHICH I
STRUGGLE AND WE STARTED OFF
HAVING EVERY BUSINESS THAT HAD
ANYTHING TO DO OR ANYWHERE
CLOSE TO THE HOTEL AND WE ARE
AT POINT WHERE WE HAVE SO HEARD
FROM SO MANY PEOPLE THAT IT IS
LIMITED TO BUSINESSES THAT
ROUTINELY CONTRACT WITH THE
HOTEL FOR SERVICES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOTELS, IT
DOES NOT COVER ROUTINE
MAINTENANE, IT ALSO COVERS AN
OFFICE OR COMPANY OR BUSINESS
THAT LEASE AT THE SITE OF THE
HOTEL FOR SERVICES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOTEL'S
PURPOSE.
THAT IS A DEFINITION THAT
EXCLUDES ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
IF A RESPECT PROVIDES FOOD AND
BEVERAGES, THE MUST BE A PUBLIC
ENTRANCE INTO THE HOTEL.
I FEEL THAT WE HAVE REACHED A
COMPROMISE THAT I CAN LIVE
WITH.
FINALLY, THANK YOU, YOU'VE BEEN
LEADING THE CHARGE.
NINE MEETINGS.
FOR THOSE WHO COME TO ALL NINE
MEETINGS YOU KNOW TERESA
MOSQUEDA LISTENS TO PEOPLE.
WE HAVE THREE AND A HALF HOUR
MEETINGS BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HEAR HER THAT WE
HAVE HEARD FROM EVERYONE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
ALSO, DANNY, THANK YOU FOR THE
MILLION DROPS YOU'VE DONE FOR
ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO
HELP US AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR LAW DEPARTMENT.
PARTICULARLY CAROLYN.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING YOU IN THIS
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
I WILL SAY BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR
THANKS, CAN ONE OF THE SPONSORS
DESCRIBE THE -- THERE WAS A
LAST MINUTE CHANGE FROM 5,000
SQUARE FOOT TO 4500 SQUARE FOOT
THAT I LEFT THE COMMITTEE TABLE
AND THAT WAS PASSED AT THE
TABLE BUT I HAVE GOTTEN CALLS
ON THAT ISSUE.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE WISDOM
BEHIND THE CHANGE.
I THOUGHT THE 5,000 SQUARE --
>> I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT.
THANK YOU.
SO IN COMMITTEE WE INTRODUCED
AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD LOWER
THE THRESHOLD AS IT RELATES TO
WHEN PENALTY PAY WOULD BE
TRIGGERED.
THERE IS A PROVISION WITHIN
THIS SEAT OF LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD REQUIRE EMPLOYERS WHO
REQUEST OR REQUIRE HOUSEKEEPERS
TO CLEAN MORE THAN A CERTAIN OF
SQUARE FOOTAGE TO PAY A CERTAIN
LEVEL OF PENALTY PAY OR INJURY
PROTECTION PAY TO WORKERS WHO
WORK FOR THOSE HOURS ABOVE AND
BEYOND WHAT IT TAKES THE WORKER
TO WORK THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT HAD THE
LEVEL SET AT 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
FOR EVERY HOUR IT TOOK TO
CLEAN, THEY WOULD RECEIVE THREE
TIMES THE AMOUNT OF HOURLY PAY
FOR THAT EXTRA WORK DONE ABOVE
THAT LIMIT.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN
COMMITTEE ABOUT LOWERING THAT
BY 500 SQUARE FEET TO 4,500
SQUARE FEET WHILE STILL LEAVING
THE PENALTY PAY RATE AT THE
SAME RATE OF THREE TIMES THE
HOURLY RATE THAT IT WOULD TAKE
A WORKER TO WORK THE ADDITIONAL
SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE
MOTIVATION BEHIND THAT WAS A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND
IT WAS BASED ON MATH, BUT
ESSENTIALLY THERE HAS BEEN WORK
DONE IN CALIFORNIAS A WE HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSING IN COMMITTEE,
THERE ARE TWO JURISDICTIONS IN
CALIFORNIA THAT ALREADY HAVE
THE LAWS IN PLACE AND IN BOTH
INSTANCES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS
4,000 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE IT
TAKES -- THERE IS A NUMBER OUT
THERE THAT IS CITED IN PUBLIC
SOURCES THAT SAYS ON AVERAGE A
HOUSEKEEPER CLEANS
APPROXIMATELY 14 ROOMS A DAY
AND TIMES THE AVERAGE SQUARE
FOOTAGE YIELDS TO 4650 IN TERMS
OF SQUARE FOOTAGE TO CLEAN 14
ROOMS A DAY WHICH THEN LED US
TO BELIEVE IF WE WERE SERIOUS
ABOUT CORRECTING DISINCENTIVES
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF WHAT IS
AN EXCESSIVE WORK LOAD WE FELT
MORE COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING A
4,500 SQUARE FOOTAGE WORK LOAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
EXPLANATION.
I WILL MAKE A COMMENT THAT, I
THINK WHAT IS BEHIND IT
LEGISLATION IS THE GREAT WORK
-- THEY ARE STANDING TOGETHER
AND SAYING IN OUR STRUGGLE WE
NEED TO BE HEARD AND CHANGES
NEED TO BE MADE AND FOR THESE
REASONS THIS LEGISLATION COMES
INTO BEING.
I BELIEVE THEY CARE ABOUT
EMPLOYER SAFETY AS WELL
SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, OF
COURSE.
I THINK THE HISTORY WOULD PROVE
THAT.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT A
DEFINITION OF AN ANCILLARY
BUSINESS, I VOTED FOR 124, I
WAS COMPELLED TO SUPPORT
EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND EMPLOYEE
HEALTH AND THE CONDITIONS THAT
THE -- THE HEALTHY CONDITIONS
THAT ARE NEEDED.
IN THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW,
THERE WERE SOME COMPROMISES,
CONCESSIONS MADE.
I AM SURE EVERYONE DOESN'T GET
EVERYTHING THEY WORK BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY I HOPE IT WORKS
FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO FOR THAT I WILL SUPPORT IT.
WILL YOU CLOSE US OUT AND THEN
WE WILL VOTE ON THE FIRST THREE
AND THEN PAUSE ON ITEM 4 AND
TAKEN A AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
I APPRECIATED WORKING WITH
ESPECIALLY OUR STAKE HOLDERS
WHO YOU HEARD FROM TODAY AND
FROM EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WE
HAD.
WE MADE SURE WE HAD PUBLIC
TESTIMONY INCLUDE AT EVERY
COMMITTEE MEETING AND THERE HAS
BEEN DISCUSSION WITH FOLKS
OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
WORKERS WHO CAME FORWARD AND
SHARED STORIES.
IT IS NOT EASY TO TELL THE
STORIES AND WE KNOW NOT EVERY
INDIVIDUAL IN THE INDUSTRY
EXPERIENCES THE STORIES BUT
THOSE STORIES ARE WHY WE NEED
PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE TO MAKE
SURE EVERY WORKER HAS THE SAME
SAFETY PROTECTIONS.
THAT ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
SHOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS CAN HEAR THAT MESSAGE
LOUD AND CLEAR.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM
INDUSTRY, YOU HAVE BROUGHT FEED
BACK THAT I TRIED TO
INCORPORATE AS YOU SAW AND
APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED
ENGAGEMENT WITH US BUT I WILL
GET TO THAT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
EVERYBODY.
I HADN'T TO START WITH
COUNSELMEMBER LORENA GONZELEZ,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WITH US
AS WE HAVE BROUGHT THE
AMENDMENTS FORWARD AND WE COULD
NOT HAVE DONE WITHOUT OUR TEAM
SO HUGE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION.
HER FINGER PRINTS ARE ALL OVER
THIS LEGISLATION.
MANY HOURS LATE AT NIGHT
WORKING ON THIS LEGISLATION AND
WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT HER
RESEARCH AND FEED BACK AND
ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL OF YOU.
ALSO WE COULDN'T DO THIS
WITHOUT BRIANNA THOMAS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF WORK.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE GET TO BE
UP HERE BRINGING TOGETHER THE
PUBLIC POLICY PIECES BUT THE
PAPER WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE
WITHOUT YOUR ENGAGEMENT SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND MAKING THE IDEAS COME TO
FRUITION, THANK YOU DAN AND
KARI NA.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US.
WE REALLY TRIED TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT IDEAS.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THEM.
WE HAVE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO MOVE
THE BALL FORWARD.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR WORK.
AND ALSO TO THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE
INDUSTRY AND WORKERS.
THIS IS ALSO TRUE WHEN IT COMES
TO THE ADVOCATES FOR PREVENTING
FOLKS FROM GETTING -- FROM
EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT
AND ASSAULT AND MAKING SURE
FOLKS' RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED.
THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT THE
ACLU, ALISON AND ERIC GONZALES,
RICH, ELI FROM ONE AMERICA.
ESPECIALLY THE PROTECTION FROM
ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT.
KING COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT
RESOURCE CENTER AND KING COUNTY
PROSECUTORS' OFFICE.
THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS WE
RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM.
AGAIN I WANT TO THANK STEPHON
AND ANNA.
STEPHON FROM UNITE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH US
AND BRINGING IN VOICES OF
WORKERS.
WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
WORK WITH YOU AND ABBEY AS WELL
FOR HER WORK.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR MEMBERS
FOR RAISING UP YOUR VOICES AND
BRINGING THE IDEAS FORWARD.
THE SEATTLE RESTAURANT ALLIANCE
AND SEATTLE HOSPITALITY
ASSOCIATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU ENGAGING WITH
US AND I THINK THAT WITH THAT A
HUGE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION FOR
THE FLEXIBILITY FROM THE CENTRAL
STAFF, FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING THE AND
MAKING THIS PUBLIC POLICY WE
COULD BE PROUD OF.
>> 9 FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> COUNT BILL NUMBER TWO.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PACKAGE OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
2.
>> 9 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
COUNSEL BILL 119557.
>> 9 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE AN
AUTOMATIC.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
AMENDMENT ONE TO PROVIDE
CLASSIFICATION TO IMPROVE
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE.
>> MOVED AND SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
AS YOU SEE WE HAVE A BILL TO
AMEND BILL 119555 TO OFFER
CLASSIFICATION TO EMPLOYERS AND
EMPLOYEES.
THE LANGUAGE MAKES SURE THERE
IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE
EMPLOYER OBTAINS ASSIGNED LABOR
FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE WAVER
IS OFFERED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S
PRIMARY LANGUAGE.
THE EMPLOYER MUST PROVIDE
WRITTEN DISCLOSURE OF THE
RIGHTS BEING WAVED AND MAKE
SURE THAT INFORMATION IS BEING
PERSCRIBED BY THE DIRECTOR FROM
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS SO
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE TO
ENGAGE.
AND WE HAVE ADDED A SECTION TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
CLARIFICATION THAT IF AN
EMPLOYEE RECEIVES A WAIVER AND
THE EMPLOYEE REFUSES TO SIGN
THE WAIVER THAN THE EMPLOYER
HAS BEEN DEEMED TO HAVE
SATISFIED THE REQUIRED
HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE RATE FOR
THE EMPLOYEE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SUPPORT.
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT ONLY?
WAS IT SECONDED --
>> YEAH.
>> IT WAS.
WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE AN AMENDED AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER FOUR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> WE ARE READY TO VOTE.
>> ANY COMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE OF THE
PASSAGE OF THE AMENDED BILL.
>> 9 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
OKAY.
WE AMENDED.
[NO AUDIO]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR MOVING THIS UP.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS
TO WORK THROUGH AND APPRECIATE
HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME
IN CASE WE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY
TO GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
SO REALLY BRIEFLY, THE
LEGISLATION WOULD ESTABLISH A
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERRIGHT BOARD.
WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT FROM
FOLKS WHO FEEL STRONGLY THAT
THIS BOARD SHOULD BE DESIGNED
TO BE A PLACE TO REPRESENT
FOLKS MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE AND MAKE SURE THEIR
VOICES ARE CENTERED AND
UPLIFTED AS WE DESIGN POLICIES.
THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING BODY
OF WORK AND THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK GOING FORWARD.
FIRST TO HOPEFULLY SEAT THE
BOARD BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THE
WORK THAT WILL FOLLOW OUT OF
THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
ACROSS THE CITY BUT THE MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD WILL BE MAKING
IMPORTANT DECISIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ON HOW TO
PROVIDE TO ADDRESS THE GREEN
NEW DEAL, WHICH IS HOW DO WE
SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS.
AND RECOGNIZING IF WE ADDRESS
THE CHIME CRISIS WITHOUT
ADDRESSING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS,
WE WILL BE BACK RIGHT HERE
WHERE WE ARE IN THE SAME SPOT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
SURE IT SHIFTS -- AND GIVES
MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS
AND SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MY
PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO WORK
THROUGH THEM IN ORDER.
>> THAT IS FINE.
LET'S DO IT.
>> I BELIEVE THAT AS WE GET
INTO IT WE MAY NEED TO SUSPEND
THE RULES.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS
PROVIDED IN A TIMELY MANNER SO
I WOULD MOVE AMENDMENT ONE,
WHICH WOULD MAKE SOME
ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW THE BOARD
WOULD PLAY OUT.
I WILL TOUCH ON THE MAIN
ASPECTS.
IT WILL REMOVE REFERENCES TO
CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND FOCUS
ON THE PROPOSED TEAM AND
IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE ACTION.
THREE, IT WOULD SPECIFY WHICH
WOULD BE INCLUDED -- SHOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE WORK PLAN.
FOUR, REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND
MEETINGS FROM FOUR TIMES A YEAR
TO TWO TIMES A YEAR AND CORRECT
THE NUMBER OF TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS.
>> OKAY.
WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
AMENDMENT NUMBER -- I AM SORRY.
CAN YOU POINT OUT -- MOVING IT
FROM FOUR TIMES A YEAR TO TWO
TIMES A YEAR, A REDUCTION OF
MEETINGS?
>> CORRECT.
>> WHAT IS THE THOUGHT BEHIND
THAT?
>> WE HEARD QUARTERLY MEETINGS
WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY TIME
CONSUMING TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS ALSO A QUESTION AS TO,
YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD IS
MEETING ONCE A MONTH, HOW MUCH
NEW INFORMATION THEY WOULD
HAVE, WHAT I TOLD THE FOLKS
FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD
LIKE TO SEE -- LIKE TO HAVE
ACCESS TO A LOT OF INFORMATION,
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN GET
THAT, FOR INSTANCE, WE WILL
WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THE EXPERTS TO REPORT TO THEM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
LET'S VOTE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE.
I AM GOING TO SUSPEND THE RULES
TO TAKE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO,
WHICH IS FROM COUNSELMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD.
WE WILL LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL.
COUNSELMEMBER LISA HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO.
THIS AMENDMENT DOES THREE
SEPARATE THINGS.
THE FIRST IS TO -- IN ADDITION
TO AUTHORIZING THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVER SIGHT BOARD TO
PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT
THE PRIORITY BUDGET ACTIONS
ARE, IT ALSO CLARIFIES THAT WE
WANT THIS ENTITY TO PRIORITIZE
THE POLICY ACTIONS THAT ARE
CONTAINED IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION.
THE SECOND ITEM IN THIS
AMENDMENT ADDS TWO MORE LABOR
REPRESENTATIVES TO A TOTAL OF
FOUR.
THERE ARE ABOUT 19 DIFFERENT
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TRADES UNIONS AND SEVERAL OF
THEM, AT LEAST FOUR, IF NOT
MORE, WORK ON PROJECTS THAT
WOULD BE IMPACT BY THE LIMP
ELEMENTATION OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOUND IN THE
GREEN NEW DEAL LEGISLATION AND
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
LABOR AT THE TABLE AS PART OF
THE NECESSARY COLLABORATION TO
GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE
ON THE FRONT END AND SO THAT WE
CAN STRENGTHEN THAT BLUE-GREEN
COLLABORATION THAT WE NEED TO
GET TO THE FINISH LINE.
AND ANALYZING THE IMPACTS OF
THE POTENTIAL ACTIONS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED IN THE RESOLUTION
AND HOW MUCH EACH OF THOSE
ACTIONS WILL REDUCE GREEN HOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE SOURCES
AND FROM THAT ANALYSIS ESTIMATE
MEASURABLE PROGRESS THAT EACH
ACTION WOULD PROVIDE TOWARD
MAKING SEATTLE FREE OF CLIMATE
POLLUTANTS BY 2030.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION AS
MEMBERS OF THE OVER SIGHT BOARD
TO ENSURE THAT IS DECISIONS
ABOUT WHICH ITEMS TO PRIORITIZE
ARE GROUNDED IN DATA.
THIS VERSION THAT IS BEFORE US
NOW IS A LITTLE BIT UPDATED
FROM THE VERSION SHARED EARLIER
THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONS
SUGGESTED BY THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT TO NOTE THE REQUEST
IS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WITH
THE BUDGET AND STAFF RESOURCS
THEY HAVE AVAILABLE AND IT IS
FOR ACTIONS THAT REQUIRE
COUNCIL APPROVAL, WHICH IS IN
LINE WITH MY INTENT.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
>> IS THAT AMENDMENT TWO,
VERSION THREE.
>> AMENDMENT TWO, VERSION
THREE.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> WE HAVE AMENDMENT NUMBER
TWO, WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO?
>> I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
I THINK THE POINTS YOU MADE
ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL AND -- IT WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT ACROSS WORKERS AND
THE ABILITY TO HAVE FOUR
REPRESENTATIVES OF LABOR THAT
REPRESENTS A DIVERSE GROUP OF
WORKERS.
THANK YOU FOR WORK ON THAT.
>> WE WILL TAKE THE AMENDMENT
ONLY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO.
>> SOME OF THE CONTENTS ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE ARE
SOMEWHAT CONTAINED IN AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO.
BUT I WILL DEFER AS TO WHETHER
I NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
WHETHER HE WOULD LIKE TO
PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT NUMBER
THREE.
>> I DON'T THINK WE DO.
ACTUALLY, I ACCEPTED
COUNSELMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
FIRST AMENDMENT THAT SHE
PROVIDED THIS MORNING, SO WE
HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED IT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO
SUSPEND THE RULES.
THIS IS THE SAME AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY.
AND THE CONCEPT OF PHILANTHROPY
AND HIGH TECH, IS THAT --
>> I NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
I TOOK A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT
FROM COUNSELMEMBER TERESA
MOSQUEDA.
>> SO DO WE -- I AM SORRY.
>> I WOULD SAY YES.
>> SO IF WE ARE TO CONSIDER ANY
ADDITIONS TO THE BOARD AS
ALREADY AMENDED IT HAS BEEN
SUGGESTED WE WOULD THEN DO THAT
WITHIN COUNSELMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT ON THE
FLY.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A
WHILE, NOTHING IS ETCHED IN
STONE, IF YOU WANT TO PUSH IT
WE COULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
I WILL DEFER TO YOU ON THIS
ISSUE.
>> HOUR. I
SURE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION.
WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT MORE
SUSTAINABLE, GREEN NEW DEAL
ISN'T JUST ON A LOCAL LEVEL
WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A RESULT
OF FEDERAL INACTION FOR
MULTIPLE DECADES.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE
INTENT OF MY MEMORY COMES FROM.
THE AMENDMENT I AM PROPOSING IS
TO ALIGN THE WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO
BE CONNECTED TO THE CAREER --
WASHINGTON INITIATIVE, AN
INITIATIVE THAT WAS PASSED SO
THAT AS THE STATE GOES, AN
INITIATIVE LAUNCHED BY
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE
SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR
INVESTMENTS WITH REGARDS TO
WORK FORCE TRAINING.
I WANTED TO OUTLINE THE
REPRESENTATIVES WITHIN LABOR.
THE FOUR INDUSTRIES THAT WILL
BE IMPACTED BY DECISION THIS
COUNCIL MAKES AS WELL AS THE
CITY, WITH REGARDS TO
CONSTRUCTION, ENERGY,
TRANSPORTATION, AND BUILDING
TRADES, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
WE WERE EXPLICIT WITH REGARDS
TO THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE
CONVERSATION AND LASTLY, I
WANTED TO OUTLINE IT THREE
ADDITIONAL SEATS I HAD
MENTIONED THIS MORNING.
ONE REPRESENTATIVE THAT FUNDS
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE
SEATTLE AREA, WE ARE VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SIX
LARGEST COMMUNITY BASED
FOUNDATIONS IN OUR REGION, A
NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS, WHO
FOCUS ON A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CAUSES AND SO ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT AS A CITY, WHILE WE WANT
TO PILOT PROGRAMS, WE SOMETIMES
DON'T HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES TO
PILOT AND FUND PILOTS THAT
COULD MOST IMPACT AND BENEFIT
COMMUNITIES IN NEED AND SO I
WANTED TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE
REPRESENTED AS WELL.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF A
TECHNOLOGY BASED COMPANY IN
SEATTLE, THIS WAS NOT TO --
CONTRARY TO WHAT I THINK PEOPLE
WANTED TO IDENTIFY AS AMAZON
BUT I HAVE BEEN A STRONG
PROPONEINANT OF SCOOTERS, THE e-
BIKE PROGRAMS, I WANTED TO
ENSURE AS WE CONSIDER THE
PROGRAMS, THAT WE EMBRACE THE
INNOVATION AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
TRADE OFFS.
IN MY DISTRICT, STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HAVE A
LABORATORY WHICH TRIES TO
LEVERAGE THE INNOVATIONS
STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO TAKE AND
TAKE IT TO MARKET AND
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE
INNOVATION KEEPS DRIVING THE
CONVERSATION FORWARD AND A
REPRESENTATIVE OF GREEN
BUSINESS IN SEATTLE, I WAS
FORTUNATE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS, A BUSINESS THAT
PRESERVES OR ENHANCES
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL
BEING, PRIORITIZING COMMUNITIES
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE, SO ENSURING THAT THE
COMPANY THAT WE -- THE GREEN
BUSINESS THAT WE INCLUDE IN
THIS CONVERSATION IS DOING JUST
BY ITS WORKER AS WELL AS
HELPING US EMBRACE THE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND THE NEW
INDUSTRIES THAT WILL BE CREATED
AS A RESULT OF THE GREEN
ECONOMY.
>> SO JUST TO CLARIFY THE
CONCEPT, IS IT PHILANTHROPIC
AND HIGH TECH?
>> YES.
BETTER DEFINED THE WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT POSITION.
>> JUST THINKING OUTLOUD, I
WILL TELL YOU, IT IS DIFFICULT
TO DO IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
I HAVE THE CONCEPTS IN WRITING
OR IN THE LEGISLATION AND IT IS
DANGEROUS TO WORD SMITH
ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IN TIME,
AND EVEN TO HAVE A COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION SO I AM NOT
COMFORTABLE WITH LEGISLATING
THE AMENDMENT HOWEVER -- WHAT
IS THIS?
SO WE DO HAVE IT IN WRITING SO
I AM CORRECTED THERE.
OKAY.
>> WE ALL HAVE IT IN WRITING
BUT IT INCLUDES THE STUFF WE
JUST VOTED ON.
>> OH.
OH.
OKAY.
SO SOMEWHAT MOOTED BECAUSE OF
THE --
>> NOT ALL OF IT.
>> INCLUDES THE GREEN BUSINESS
AND THE TECH.
AND THE PHILANTHROPIC.
>> IF I CAN, I BELIEVE
COUNSELMEMBER ABEL PACHECO
PROSED ADDING ONE LABOR
POSITION, A PHILANTHROPIC
POSITION AND THE TECH
POSITIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT ONE POSITION
THAT COUNSELMEMBER ABEL PACHECO
SPOKE TO WOULD BE MOOT AND IT
IS JUST THE THREE ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS YOU ARE ASKING FOR.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> AND SO --
>> THE OTHER PARTS OF
COUNSELMEMBER ABEL PACHECO
AMENDMENT ARE STILL IN PLAY.
>> EVERYTHING IS -- YEAH.
>> OKAY.
SO I APOLOGIZE.
I AM NOT DOING A GOOD JOB HERE.
WILL YOU DESCRIBE THE BOARD
SEATS THAT ARE NOT IN PLAY THAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT IN PLAY,
EVEN THOUGH WE PASSED THE
AMENDMENT AND I MAY ASK THE
CLERK OR COUNSELMEMBER MIKE
O'BRIEN TO DO THAT.
>> FILL ANTROPY, TECH COMPANY
AND AS WELL AS A GREEN
BUSINESS.
>> THOSE THREE ARE NOT EMBEDDED
IN THE AMENDMENT.
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> WE DID HEAR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY, COMMUNITY TESTIMONY,
EXPRESSING CONCERNS AND
OBJECTION TO SOME OF THIS, I AM
NOT IGNORING THAT, I WILL ASK
ANY COUNSELMEMBERS IF THEY
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS AN
OPINION ON COUNSELMEMBER ABEL
PACHECO'S PROPOSAL OF THE THREE
POSITIONS.
FILL AN TROPIC, HIGH ROPIC,
HIGH TECH AND A GREEN BUSINESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK COUNSELMEMBER
ABEL PACHECO FOR CHECKING IN
WITH OUR OFFICE.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING
TO THIS BUT BECAUSE OUR OFFICE
WAS MENTIONED I WANT TO OFFER
CLARIFICATION.
I APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR'S
INTENT TO BRING THIS FORWARD
BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
COUNSELMEMBER ALL OF AMENDMENT.
IF WE WERE GOING TO INCLUDE
THIS THERE SHOULD BE
CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHAT GREEN
BUSINESSES WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, INCLUDING LIFTING UP
EMPLOYERS WHO RESPECT THE
PROCESS AND ENGAGE WITH
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY
COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT LINE
HERE.
I APPRECIATE THE
ENGAGEMENTMENT.
IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE
WAS THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
INCLUDE THERE.
AT THIS POINT SINCE
COUNSELMEMBER LISA HERBOLD HAS
THE AMENDMENT I AM SUPPORTIVE
OF THAT.
I WANTED TO OFFER THAT
CLARIFICATION.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL
WITH THAT AMENDMENT THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE THIS
AMENDMENT CONTAINED TWO
COMPONENTS AND ONE OF THOSE WAS
ABOUT LABOR AND WE HAVE ALREADY
VOTED ON THE AMENDMENT OF
ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL LABOR
REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE IT IS
ESSENTIAL TO PLAY A LEADING
ROLE IN THE MOVEMENT FOR A
GREEN NEW DEAL BECAUSE WITHOUT
WORKERS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
WIN THAT.
BUT THE REST OF THE AMENDMENT,
LET'S BE CLEAR FOCUSES ON
ADDING BIG BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING
REPRESENTATIVES FROM
CORPORATIONS LIKE AMAZON.
BIG CORPORATIONS DO NOT NEED
MORE POWER IN SOCIETY.
THEY ALREADY RUN THE ECONOMY
AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
POINT, THIS IS ABOUT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL, THE CORPORATIONS THAT
WOULD END UP HAVING A SEAT AT
THE TABLE IF THIS AMENDMENT
PASSED, THEY NOT ONLY ALREADY
RUN THE ECONOMY -- [NO AUDIO]
THAT IS AKINE TO THE WHITE
HOUSE APPOINTING WHEELER -- WE
CANNOT HAVE THE FOX GUARDING
THE HEN HOUSE.
THE SAME POINTS APPLY -- [NO
AUDIO]
WEIGH IN ON SOCIAL ISSUES AND
THEREFORE I WILL VOTE NO ON THE
AMENDMENTS TO PUT
REPRESENTATIVES OF BIG BUSINESS
ON TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVER
SIGHT DEAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, THE BULLET
CENTER WAS FUNDED BY THE BULLET
FOUNDATION AND THE BULLET
FOUNDATION, THE BULLET CENTER,
LED TO A LOT OF INNOVATION WITH
REGARDS TO NEW PRODUCTS COMING
ONLINE WITH REGARDS TO EITHER
LOCAL LAND USE CODE CHANGES OR
WEATHER -- [NO AUDIO]
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
ORGANIZATIONS YOU ARE
REFERENCING.
>> IN CONSIDERATION OR HAVING
THE DISCUSSION, I DON'T THINK
THIS AMENDMENT HAS RECEIVED A
SECOND, OR -- I DON'T THINK IT
HAS BEEN MOVED EITHER, I AM
SETTING ASIDE WHICH BODIES ARE
ACTUALLY GOING TO FILL THESE
SEATS.
IT WAS LARGE AT 17, WE THEN
EXPANDED IT IN A MOMENT'S
NOTICE TO 19 AND NOW THE
PROPOSAL IS TO GO TO 22
INDIVIDUALS.
OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING
PROSED, POSITION 20 WOULD BE
APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
POSITION 21 WOULD BE APPOINTED
BY THE OVERSIGHT BOARD ITSELF,
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, AND THEN
THE LAST PROSED POSITION IS
POSITION 22, THE GREEN BUSINESS
OPERATING IN SEATTLE, APPOINTED
BY THE COUNCIL.
SO I AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT
THE -- THE -- THE SIZE OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS EXPANDED
TO 22.
I ALSO DO SHARE CONCERNS THAT
THE -- AT LEAST TWO OF THE
THREE NEW POSITIONS PROPOSED BY
COUNSELMEMBER ABEL PACHECO,
HARD TIME SEEING THE NEXUS
BETWEEN THE PHILANTHROPIC
ORGANIZATION AND THE TECHNOLOGY
BASED COMPANY TO THE WORK BEING
ACCOMPLISHED IN THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ALTHOUGH COUNSELMEMBER
ABEL PACHECO DESCRIBED HIS
INTEND BEHIND THE ADDITIONAL, I
NOTICED THERE IS NOT LANGUAGE
IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE
THAT CLARIFIES IT NEEDS TO BE A
TECHNOLOGY COMPANY WORKING ON
AND COMMITTED TO PRIORITIZING
FRONT LINE COMMUNITIES WHO
STAND TO LOSE THE MOST IF WE
DON'T GET SERIOUS ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE
ABLE TO BE PERSUADED TO GO FOR
THE GREEN BUSINESS MODEL BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS PRESENTED
AS A PACKAGE AND I AM NOT ABLE
TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT AS
STRUCTURED FOR THOSE REASONS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNSELMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE
MAJORITY OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT, I
MEAN, IF WE WERE HERE 30 YEARS
AGO THE QUESTION MIGHT BE
DIFFERENT BUT AT THIS POINT THE
MAJORITY OF US ARE CLEAR THAT
THE IDEA OF -- WHILE THERE MAY
BE BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY
SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT ARE
GENUINELY IN GOOD FAITH
PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY
EFFORT TOWARD A GREEN NEW DEAL,
MANY BUSINESSES SUPPORT IT
STRONGLY, THAT IS NOT THE SAME
AS PROMOTING THE IDEA OF GREEN
BUSINESS.
MOST OF US ARE CLEAR, THE IDEA
OF GREEN BUSINESS IS JUST A WAY
OF -- FOR CORPORATIONS TO GO
OFF THE DISCUSSION AND ADD THE
EFFORTS AND I SAY, I DON'T
THINK IT IS A GOOD THING TO
TELL A WOMAN THAT YOU
APPRECIATE HER PASSION.
THANK YOU.
I THINK IT IS PATRONIZING.
>> ANOTHER POINT ON THE
AMENDMENT ITSELF.
I WAS PREPARED TO SUPPORT IT, I
WILL TELL YOU WHY, AND I HEAR
THE COMMUNITY SAYING I THINK WE
SHOULD HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE UNDER REPRESENTED OR THOSE
MOST IMPACTED AT THE TABLE FOR
THIS VERY POWERFUL OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
I GET THAT.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOUR PROPOSAL
IS BRINGING -- I DON'T ASSUME
THOSE SITTING ON THIS BOARD ARE
COMING WITHOUT POSITIVE INTENT.
I ASSUME WHETHER IT IS
RESOURCES, PERSONAL COMMITMENTS
THAT THEY WOULD COME TO THE
GREEN DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR
THE RIGHT REASONS, NOT TO WATER
DOWN ITS POWER, TO ASSIST THOSE
ON THE BOARD AND I LIKE HAVING
RESOURCES AT THE TABLE TO COME
UP WITH GREAT IDEAS ON WHAT IS
OUT THERE.
WHILE I SUPPORTED THE LABOR
POSITIONS, WHEN WE GET DOWN TO
THE NITTY-GRITTY THERE COULD BE
OPPOSITION FROM LABOR ON SOME
OF THE EFFORTS WE ARE DOING AND
THAT IS A GOOD THING.
YOU WILL GET THE RICH, DIVERSE
DISCUSSION TO COME UP WITH A
GOOD IDEA.
SO I LIKED WHERE YOU ARE
HEADING WITH THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIGH TECH
COMPANY OR GREEN BUSINESS WE
HAVE IN MIND BUT THAT DOESN'T
OFFEND ME.
I BELIEVE THAT EVEN -- I
BELIEVE PEOPLE MEET THEIR OWN
NEEDS.
I MEAN THE GREAT
REPRESENTATIVES WE WILL HAVE ON
THE GREEN DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
WILL BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR
THEMSELVES STRONGLY AND
PASSIONATELY AND NO ONE IS
GOING TO STEAM ROLL THEM OVER.
AND THEY WOULD HELP WITH THE
RESEARCH AND THE RESOURCES THAT
COULD MAKE FOR A RICHER PRODUCT
DOWN THE ROAD.
I WAS PREPARED TO SUPPORT IT.
BUT THAT IS WHERE I WAS GOING
TO STAND.
>> I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT BUT FOR THE REASONS
THAT OTHER COLLEAGUES NOT
SUPPORTING IT ARTICULATED.
>> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
OPINE?
JUST AN AMENDMENT.
NOT THE BASE LEGISLATION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
WE GOOD?
COUNSELMEMBER LORENA GONZELEZ.
I AM NOT GOING TO CALL FOR A
VOTE YET.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
EXPRESSES THEIR OPINION FIRST.
COUNSELMEMBER ABEL PACHECO YOU
GOT FEEDBACK.
YOU HAVEN'T MADE A FORMAL
AMENDMENT -- I AM SORRY?
>> WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL
AMENDMENT.
>> THAT IS THE POINT.
I AM GOING TO SEE IF HE WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE ONE OR -- WE DON'T
HAVE A VOTE BUT WE HAVE TWO
PAST AMENDMENTS AND SO WITH
THAT ARE THERE DISCUSSION ON
THE TWO PAST AMENDMENT OR THE
BASE LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN
AMENDED TWICE?
WHY DON'T SOMEONE MAKE CLOSING
REMARKS AND PUT US IN A GOOD
MOOD.
>> I WILL JUST SAY GRATEFUL FOR
THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HAVE DONE ON THIS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS NOT EASY
WORK.
THIS IS THE EASIEST OF THE HARD
WORK LEFT TO DO, I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
LET'S START TOMORROW AND MAYBE
WE CAN GET ACTION ON
LEGISLATION ABOUT HOME HEATING
OIL AND NATURAL GAS.
I AM EXCITED TO GET THIS BOARD
UP AND RUNNING ASAP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT PUT ME IN A GOOD MOOD.
>> GOOD MOOD.
>> OKAY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE AMENDED BILL.
[CALLING ROLL ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSES.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE BILL IS
NOT READY TO SIGN SO I WILL
MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN THE
BILL IS PRESENTED FOR SIGNATURE.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE
YOUTH-LED SEPTEMBER 20, 2019.
>> THANK YOU.
ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20 HUNDREDS
OF SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS WILL WALK OUT OF
CLASSES TO TAKE PART IN THE
GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE.
IT IS PART OF GLOBAL MOVEMENTS
DEMANDING IMMEDIATE ACTION IN
RESPONSE TO THE IMPENDING
CLIMATE CATASTROPHE.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE
LARGEST PROTESTS EVER WITH
3,500 STRIKES IN 117 COUNTRIES
AND MORE THAN 700 IN THE U.S.
ALONE.
AFTER DECADES OF INACTION BY
CORPORATE PALLITATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ROOTER
BY THE U.N. ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
GIVING HUMANITARIAN 12 YEARS,
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO TAKE ACTION.
THIS RESOLUTION SUPPORTS THIS
CALL FOR STUDENT WALK OUTS AS
PART OF SEPTEMBER 20 GLOBAL
CLIMATE STRIKE.
WE AS A CITY COUNCIL AND THE
BODY OF THE CITY OWE OUR YOUNG
ORGANIZERS OUR DEEPEST RESPECT
AND SUPPORT.
THE RESOLUTION ASKS SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOT TO PUNISH
STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPANT IN THE
WALK OUTS.
NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL BOARD IS
GIVING STUDENTS AN EXCUSED
ABSENCE.
CITY OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEES WHO
WISH TO PARTICIPANT HAVE THE
RIGHT TO DO SO UNDER STATE LAW
BY TAKING A DAY OF CONSCIOUS
AND ASKS DEPARTMENTS TO INFORM
PEOPLE OF THOSE RIGHTS.
I WANTED TO THANK THE SEATTLE
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
COALITION FOR ALL THE WORK THE
ACTIVISTS ON THE GROUND HAVE
DONE TO PROMOTE THE IDEA OF A
GREEN NEW DEAL AND ALSO
EMPHASIZE THE URGENCY OF
ACTION.
ALSO IMPORTAT TO NOTE THAT
WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
WILL BE SUPPORTING THE YOUTH
CLIMATE STRIKE.
AND AS A CORPORATION THEY ARE
CALLING ON AMAZON TO ACHIEVE
ZERO CARBON EMISSION BY 2030.
WE SHOULD REITERATE THE GREEN
NEW DEAL IS NOTHING BUT A
MASSIVE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM.
WE WILL NEED TO MASSIVELY
EXPAND
I really appreciate all of my
labor sisters and brothers who
expressed solidarity with the
Green New Deal and those in the
fossil fuel sector that are
joining us on Friday and
calling for just transition.
>> Any other comments or
questions on the resolution?
Councilmember O'Brien?
>> I'm really looking forward
to Friday.
>> We are going to vote on
this.
Those in favor of adopting the
resolution?
The motion carries and the
resolution is adopted.
>> AN ORDINANCE relating to
City employment; authorizing
execution of a collective
bargaining agreement between
The City of Seattle and the
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Local No.
77 Information Technology
Professionals Unit; and
ratifying and confirming
certain prior acts.
>> None is as exciting as the
first five, but this one is a
COUNCIL BILL that will
authorize the execution of the
collective bargaining agreement
between the city of Seattle and
the international brotherhood of
electrical workers number 77
and a companion piece, which we
will get to that will deal with
information technology
professional discretionary pay.
So the fiscal impact on this
will have an estimated
aggregate cost of wages for
local 77 contract and for
similarly classified
nonrepresentative employees,
which will have approximate lead
a $9 million increase between
2018 and 2022 and that is 74.7.
And this did not go through a
committee.
It was directed to full counsel
, which is typical of this kind
of legislation and authorizes
the execution of the collective
bargaining agreements and we
recommend that the full counsel
pass this legislation.
>> Any questions or comments.
I will move to pass this.
Is her second?
Would you please call the roll
on the passage of the bill?
>> [ Roll Call ]. Nine in
favor none opposed.
But let's go to number seven.
>> AN ORDINANCE relating to
City employment; adjusting the
pay zone structures for the
Information Technology
City
Professional discretionary pay
program; and ratifying and
confirming certain prior acts.
>> This companion legislation
to the one we just passed is
related and would adjust the
pay zone structures for the
city's information technology
professional nonrepresentative
employees that hold the same
job titles as the local 77
employees.
Financial impact is unknown
because the executive with
submit future legislation for
budget appropriation to cover
any wage increases.
Recommended the same situation
that did not go through
committee but we recommend
passage of this bill.
>> Any questions or comments?
A move to pass 119624.
Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Roll Call ] nine in favor
none opposed.
>> Please read the next report.
>> REAPPOINTMENT Reappointment
of Dorothy Holland Mann as
member, Museum Development
Authority Governing Council,
for a term to July 31, 2022.
>> She is appointed to the
governing Council and she is a
founding member of the
Washington women's foundation
as well as a member of the
Seattle Art Museum authority
counsel.
And then Rosita Romero is
appointed by the mayor.
She was a Washington state arts
Commissioner as well as an
owner and director of an art
gallery in Seattle for 15 years.
>> Any questions on these
appointments.
Those in favor of confirming
the appointments? Those opposed?
The motion carries and the
appointment are confirmed.
I would also like to announce
that COUNCIL BILL 11906 as
amended, the Green New Deal
board has been presented to me
and is ready for me to sign and
I will now sign that is
amended.
That has been signed.
Please read agenda item number
10 through 13.
>> Reappointment of Darya
Farivar as member, Seattle
Commission, for a term
Women
to July 1, 2021.
Reappointment of Rokea Jones as
member, Seattle Women
Commission, for a term to July
1, 2021.
>> Has advocacy for families and
she has a diverse background in
behavioral health and you
dedication and is a graduate of
Puget Sound community
leadership Institute.
K works to connect engaging
social entrepreneurs to
investment resources and the
next is also a REAPPOINTMENT.
She is a background of
advocating for reproductive
rights and gender justice and
currently works in medications
with Planned Parenthood and
serves as a woman of color
advisory day serves on a women
of color advisory for the YWCA
for Seattle and King County and
Snohomish County.
>> Any questions or comments on
these appointments?
Okay those in favor of
confirming the appointments
this motion carries and the
appointments are confirmed.
Please read items 14 and 15.
>> Reappointment of Tyrone
Grandison as member, Seattle
Human Rights Commission, for a
term to July 22, 2021.
>> Tyrone Grandison Works with
health metrics and evaluation
on the technology team from a
diverse background in using
I.T.
systems to connect people with
public efforts.
Aaron G. Oravillo's
reappointment of the Seattle
City Council.
Is an organization committed to
supporting indigenous
communities in their efforts to
reclaim the rights to lands and
volunteers with the social
justice fund increase
grassroots funding efforts in
the Pacific Northwest.
>> Any questions or comments on
these appointments?
All those in favor. Those
appointments are confirmed.
Please read the reports of the
finance and neighborhoods
committee.
>> AN ORDINANCE relating to
City employment, commonly
referred to as the Second
Quarter 2019 Employment
Ordinance; designating
positions as exempt from the
civil service system; returning
a position to the civil service
system; and adjusting salary
ranges for certain pay titles;
all by a 2/3 vote of the City
Council.
>> This emergency -- it is not
an emergency, it is the second
quarter 2019 employment
ordinance and it designates a
number of physicians exempt
from civil service system and
11 positions will be exempted
and the nature of the work to
be performed by the positions
consistent with the exemption
criteria that is set forth a
municipal code and we also
reached out to the labor unions
to make sure that all applicable
and interested unions had been
involved in the conversations
and it returns one position to
the civil service system and
adjust as the salary ranges for
work training employee Tier 2
pay title.
That is it and we recommend
passage.
>> Any questions or comments?
Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Roll Call ] nine in favor
and none opposed.
>> The bill passes.
Please read agenda item 17.
>> AN ORDINANCE relating to
City emergency purchases of
goods and services; emergency
consultant contracts; and
emergency public works
contracting; amending Section
10.02.070 of the Seattle
Municipal Code to align with
current practices and the
procedures in subsections
3.39.020.M and 20.50.090.A and
Section 20.60.114
>> In a last-minute meeting
Barb became our excellent
emergency manager and I want to
, first of all, say thank you
to her and she will be with us
for another four months and has
done stellar work and it is a
recommendation that this
ordinance align emergency
management Co.
with the purchasing and
contracting code in the event
of emergencies.
An example that she used at the
table was last February when we
had snow that no one expected
that Lane in February and we
ran out of salt and she was
able to obtain that based upon
the low bid using the regular
process that requires
competitive solicitation.
We will still do that whenever
possible but if there is
something that is an emergency
need, this legislation would
allow her office to move
forward and get what we need
and have us in line with
federal FEMA requirements.
We recommend passage of this.
>> Any questions or comments?
Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Roll Call ] eight in
favor and none opposed.
>> Please read the next agenda
item.
>> AN ORDINANCE related to
appropriations for the Human
Services Department; amending
Ordinance 125724, which adopted
the 2019 Budget; lifting a
proviso; and ratifying and
confirming certain prior acts.
>> Thank you.
Last year you will recall that
we placed a proviso on the
piece of the sweetness average
tax public awareness campaign
with the concern that we have
the department come back and
tell us more about what they
were doing and what they would
spend the money on and what
results they were expect thing
period so we are allowing our
human services Department to
move forward with the $1.7
million appropriation and the
proviso will be lifted and the
report submitted will outline
specifically as we had asked
for the activities to be funded
and the qualifications expected
of the communication and further
collaboration and a project
timeline for the media
awareness campaign.
We recognize that what we had
asked for has been accomplished
and we moved to pass this bill
lifting the proviso.
>> Any questions or comments?
Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Roll Call ]
>> Please read the next agenda
item.
>> AN ORDINANCE relating to
property at Sand Point. This
will enter us into a 30 year
lease with are low income
housing Institute for property
at Sand Point at Magnuson Park.
And Lehigh will develop 20 to 25
one bedroom cottages for people
who were formally homeless and
I mentioned this morning.
These are substantially more
than the tiny homes, but I
believe that we really want to
have a continuum available and
this is a good first step and we
would recommend that these
cottages be built.
>> I want to thank Council
member Bagshaw for the
discussion that was had on this
piece of legislation.
We have engaged the community
out there who is very
supportive of this and
partnering with Lehigh to make
sure that these cottages are
really built and that the
community colleges have a role
in helping to be a component of
this project.
I wanted to caught specifically
that the project will bring in
worker rights by including
apprenticeship opportunities
with the trades and provide
learning opportunities.
I would like to think the house
members that of continued to
give us tools to build more
affordable housing, especially
on publicly owned land and as
we build housing, it is not
just homes and units.
We are talking about community
garden and outdoor recreational
space and it is truly a
community asset, so thank you.
>> And just a final note on
that, this is coming fully
funded from the state and the
state innovative methods to
address homelessness in King
County and Seattle city
taxpayers are not paying for
this but we will have a great
pilot project and I'm excited
to move forward with this and
urge passage.
>> Any other questions or
comments.
Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Roll Call ] eight in
favor and none opposed.
>> The bill passes.
And now I switch the orders to
go ahead and read read the next
agenda.
>> A RESOLUTION amending the
Physical Development Management
Plan for Sand Point, as adopted
by Resolution 29429 and amended
by Resolution 30063, Resolution
31223, and Resolution 31412.
But this is a cleanup ordinance
and I want to thank the central
staff are making the changes
consistent with the 2012
standpoint overlay district
permitting development of
housing that meet certain
criteria to exceed the 200
dwelling unit maximum that will
allow us to move forward with
the Lehigh project.
So the staff discovered that
this physical development
management plan had been not
amended and it is now
consistent with the changes
that are included and it will
allow us to correct the
legislation and to move forward
with the building of the
cottages.
>> Any questions or comments?
This is a resolution.
Okay.
Those in favor of adopting the
resolution?
Those opposed.
The motion carries and the
resolution is adopted.
Please read the next agenda
item.
>>
>> AN ORDINANCE relating to
real property located at Mercer
Street and Second Avenue North;
authorizing the Director of
Housing to grant a lease of the
real property to Plymouth
Housing Group or its affiliate
or designee; and authorizing
related agreements and actions
to support the development of
affordable housing and ground
floor cultural uses at the
Mercer Street and Second Avenue
North property.
>> This is Council member
O'Brien's.
I'm sorry.
My mistake.
>> Just trying to pass it back
to you.
This is one of my favorite
places and it is next to the
north side of the Seattle
Center.
And it is a wonderful
opportunity for us to be
partnering with Plymouth
housing for 99 year lease.
Thank you Councilmember
Mosqueda for pointing this out
again.
I want to thank Plymouth
housing into the Office of
Housing into the arts
commission to the various
stakeholders at the uptown
alliance of done terrific
workforce to make this happen.
This will also be great art and
culture overlay providing 90
when units of housing for low
income households and formally
homeless households and to have
an art place an emphasis on the
ground floor.
Many thanks and we urge the
passage.
>> Any other questions or
comments?
>> I just have one.
I'm really excited about this I
will keep this very short but
council member for Bagshaw
knows that this is a great
opportunity to highlight what
we know works and that is when
you pay workers a good living
way to make sure that they have
access like a prevailing wage
any union it helps to improve
the quality of life and the
livability of our city and to
improve access to good jobs for
workers across the board.
I'm excited about this project
moving forward.
The initial conversation we had
last year on this piece of
legislation was directly
involved -- or directly
included people from Seattle
construction trades and the
community were force folks who
have wanted to CS pilot efforts
to include strong labor
protections in building
affordable housing and the site
has continued to be the area
where we look forward to
working with partners like
Plymouth for this joint effort
to show that strong public
benefits equal a greater social
good and greater equity for not
just those who are going to be
able to live in those
buildings, but those were
building the building.
So we are excited about this
effort and we will continue to
look towards this to be a model
for others.
>> Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Roll Call ] seven in
favor and none opposed.
>> The bill passes and the
chair will sign it.
Please read agenda item number
22.
>> The committee recommends
this resolution be adopted as
amended.
A RESOLUTION declaring the City
and the Mayor
Council
intent to consider strategies
to protect trees and increase
tree canopy cover.
Seattle
>> I want to thank those that
of been a part of this and
Councilman O'Brien for keeping
this part of our new deal.
The best part of this tree
resolution is we have been
working on this for almost 10
years and it is resolution will
set out a will plan and some of
us who care deeply about it
will not be here to vote it
through next year. The
ordinance that will come out of
this will be developed by the
Mayor's office in conjunction
with the office of
environmental sustainability.
We have urge the urban forestry
commission to work with the
office of sustainability and
the environment and the public
outreach and away and
Councilmember Gonzalez has been
super that we can have
culturally relevant outreach
emphasizing and income that may
not have gotten and I'm not
only encouraging the amendment
that we are bringing forward,
but that we do more of the cafè
stop outreach.
So not just two minutes of
public testimony but we
actually go out into the
community and ask for people's
opinions on this, but for the
department and neighborhoods to
be involved as well to help
reach people that may not have
been reached in the past to
include those voices and to
move forward.
So I want to thank all of the
community members and
volunteers who helped to put
this together and to acknowledge
several people who have worked
with this resolution with me
and of indicated that when we
say we want to do what the
Portland model has done, it
took them three years to get
there and I hope that we can
build on many years that we
have been doing this on the
past and move forward at the
end of this year and get
started into next.
So it is an important step and
I urge its adoption.
>> I believe there is an
amendment?
>> As the chair mentioned I have
an amendment to do community
engagement with the
privatization for those
communities that are low income
and those that live in low
canopy neighborhoods.
And the resolution is quite
that simple.
I was concerned that that
particular language that I just
referenced was included in the
recitals but was not included
in the action items.
So I worked with the Council of
central staff to make sure that
the language was threaded
throughout the resolution to
ensure that communities that
are low income and live in low
canopy neighborhoods are
prioritized as part of the
community engagement by the
executive and also to ensure
that the community engagement
plan was going to be done in a
culturally and linguistically
appropriate matter.
I want to thank Councilmember
Bagshaw for her support and
now at full counsel of this
amendment to this resolution.
And so I would move for the
adoption of this resolution is
described.
>> Moved and seconded.
Amendment #1 has been moved and
seconded.
Any questions on the amendment.
Although some favor? Opposed?
The ayes have it.
Any other comments?
Are we good to go?
Okay.
Those in favor of adopting the
resolution as amended? Those
opposed don't know. The motion
carries and the resolution is
adopted as amended and the
chair will sign it.
>> Please read items 23 to 26.
>> The appointments of
Nephtalie Marie Gonzales,
Danani Hassan, Parisa Harvey,
Kevin Jackson Hu 's members of
the Seattle youth commission
returned to August 31st, 2021.
>> These four, three of them
came in front of our committee
I just want to of knowledge
that many achievements because
all four of them are stunning.
Nicole is currently attending
high school and she is
passionate and
.
The next is a 10th-grader at
University prep.
She's excited about
environmental justice issues,
gun violence and girls health
issues, specifically the pink
tax.
And lastly is Kevin, who is the
second Seattle youth commission
at-large position appointment
and say thank you and the
knowledge to help in my office.
He is a senior and his student
body president and he is
working to develop
relationships with
international students, he is
passionate about youth
engagement with all policies
impacting our city, he has
volunteered at his local church
and he is encouraging peers to
speak up and get involved and
is involved with the project in
Everett and I want to
acknowledge them.
But those in favor, those
opposed, the motion carries and
the points are confirmed.
Please read the report of the
safe communities numeric and in
education committee.
>> The new Americans and
education committee agenda item
27
>> Appointment of Susan Yu Yi
Lee as member, Families,
Education, Preschool, and
Promise Levy Oversight
Committee, for a term to
December 31, 2022.
>> We need to make sure that we
have affordable housing
included and things like
childcare.
Is exciting to see this
language worked in there.
I want to thank them and the
work of Councilman O'Brien.
And Parks and rec as we work to
make sure this language was
included from the get-go.
It is so much more affordable
to do it on the front end and
have to retrofit a building or
knockdown walls to create
doorways is the real deal.
>> Any other questions or
comments?
Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> I'm to try to move swiftly
as I can.
Let me know if you want
details.
This is a parcel on the north
side of East Madison Street and
the Council granted with
approval and this was before
the recession.
It is the requirement of the
attachment.
I can assure you that the
department have reviewed this
and they have met the terms of
the original.
>> Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Roll Call ] eight in
favor and oppose.
>> The bill passes.
>> THIS IS A SLIVER OF LAND
THAT IS APPEARS TO BE -- I
HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE IN A FEW
DAYS.
THE FORMER ALASKA WAY VIADUCT
THAT WAS STANDING THERE.
IT WAS DISCOVERED PART WAY
THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT IT WAS
NOT MARKET LAND SO THIS IS A
STREET VACATION TO TRANSFER THAT
LAND TO THE MARKET.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
IF NOT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSED.
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT
AND ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGEE TO AVOID PROCURING GOODS
AND SERVICES FROM COOPERATIONS
THAT PURCHASE LEASES OR DEVELOPS
OIL FIELDS IN THE ARCTIC REFUGE.
COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>> THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE GLAD
WE MOVED 33 TO THE BEGINNING.
>> THERE ARE FOLKS THAT CARE
IMMENSELY ABOUT THE ARCTIC AND
THEY'RE STILL HERE IN OUR
AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU ALL.
THE REALITY IS IF YOU'RE AN
INDIVIDUAL FIGHTING TO SAVE THE
ARCTIC, YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT FOR
THE LONG HAUL.
WHETHER THAT'S A THREE-PLUS HOUR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR DECADES
OF WORK.
DESPITE BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, ACROSS THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM, TO PROTECT
THE NORTH ALASKA SLOPE, IT
CONTINUES TO BE UNDER THREAT BY
THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE
FOLKS THAT HELD CONGRESS A YEAR
AND A HALF AGO WHEN THEY PASSED
THE NEW BUDGET BILL.
SO I CAN ASSURE YOUR COLLEAGUES
THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE
EMPLOYING EVERY STRATEGY THEY
CAN TO ENSURE THE ARCTIC
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WILL BE
PROTECTED PERMANENTLY AND NOT
ALLOWED FOR OIL EXPLORATION.
NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND AND THE
ANIMALS THAT LIVE UP THERE BUT
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE
NORTH SLOPE AND FOR PROBABLY
MILLENNIA HAVE DEPENDED ON
SUBSISTENCE HUNTING AND A
LIVELIHOOD THAT THEY STILL LIVE
TODAY BUT THAT LIVELIHOOD WILL
BE IN JEOPARDY IF THESE
POTENTIAL TRANSACTIONS GO
FORWARD.
WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IN
ADDITION TO STATING OUR
OPPOSITION TO IT, SAYS THE CITY
SHALL AVOID PURCHASING GOODS OR
SERVICES FROM CORPORATIONS THAT
PURCHASE LEASES OR DEVELOP OIL
FIELDS IN THE COASTAL PLAIN OF
THE ARCTIC REFUGE SHOULD THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR HOLD A SALE.
THE ATTEMPT
HERE IS TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO
ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO DO BUSINESS
UP THERE, WE WILL BE CERTAINLY
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
PREVENT THE LEASES GOING FORWARD
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE
SHOWS UP TO AND
I WILL SAY THAT IT APPEARS THAT
ALL MAJOR OIL COMPANIES HAVE
EXPRESSED A LACK OF INTEREST IN
DOING BUSINESS UP THERE.
THERE ARE ALWAYS MINOR OIL
COMPANIES WHO MAY ALSO BE
INTERESTED IN DOING IT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW
IF THEY PROCEED WITH THAT, THEIR
PRODUCT IS NOT WELCOME IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
SEATTLE IS TAKING THIS ACTION.
THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT OTHER
JURISDICTIONS UP AND DOWN THE
WEST COAST WILL JOIN IN TO SEND
A REALLY CLEAR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE
POTENTIALLY INTERESTED IN THIS,
THAT IT'S A REALLY BAD IDEA.
>> VERY GOOD.
WELL STATED.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM OUR COLLEAGUES?
THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION SO THOSE IN
FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION, PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
A RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU'RE TROOPERS.
>> PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 35.
>> AGENDA ITEM 35, RESOLUTION
31899, CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL BELOW
GRADE PRIVATE THERMAL ENERGY
EXCHANGE SYSTEM.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>> THIS RELATES TO THE PROPERTY
WHERE THE SEATTLE TIMES BUILDING
HAS BEEN NEAR WHERE THE SEATTLE
TIMES PARK IS.
THE DEVELOPER UP THERE OWNS TWO
LARGE PARCELS OF LAND ON EITHER
SIDE OF JOHN AND BOURNE STREET.
I BELIEVE ONE IS COMMERCIAL
SPACE.
SO OFFICE BUILDING.
THE OTHER IS RESIDENTIAL SPACE.
THEY'D LIKE TO CONNECT THE TWO
TO SHARE HEAT BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE TWO BUILDINGS.
THIS WOULD BE THE WAY WE
TYPICALLY DO THIS WORK TO ALLOW
THIS CONSTRUCTION TO MOVE
FORWARD.
ACTUALLY FROM AN ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND COST PERSPECTIVE,
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA
TO ALLOW THIS MOVE FORWARD.
CREATIVE WAY TO SHARE ENERGY
ACROSS SITES.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THOUGH IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION, PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
OKAY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
YES, THERE IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I AM GOING TO BE ASKED TO BE
EXCUSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
30TH AND MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECOND.
>> GET ME OUT OF HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ BE
EXCUSED SEPTEMBER 30TH AND
OCTOBER 7TH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOTION
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
OPPOSED.
THE AYES HAS IT.
PACHECO.
>> I MOVE TO BE EXCUSED
NOVEMBER 4TH.
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO BE
EXCUSED ON NOVEMBER 4TH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS?
IF NOT, EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT
REST OF THE DAY AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD
WORK.
>> THANK YOU FOR STICKING
AROUND THREE HOURS AND 17
MINUTES.