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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT
CITY HALL.
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL COMES TO
ORDER.
IT'S 2:00.
I'M BRUCE HARRELL, PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNCIL.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[ROLL CALL]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> THIS POINT I'LL MOVE TO
ADOPT THE CALENDAR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CHANGES.
LET'S GO A LITTLE SLOWLY AND
MAKE SURE WE DO IT CORRECTLY.
I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE DO
THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE AND IN
PARTICULAR AMELIA SANCHEZ AND
JODI FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON A
FRIDAY, LATE FRIDAYS AND OVER
THE WEEKENDS.
HOPEFULLY NOT MUCH ON THE
WEEKENDS.
PARTICULARLY IT GETS CRAZY ON
MONDAY.
YOU'RE CONSTANT PROFESSIONALS
MAKING OUR JOBS EASIER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ALL NINE
APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
HAVING SAID THAT, LET'S HOPE
YOUR WORK PAYS OFF IN DIVIDENDS
AS YOU TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS.
ARE THERE AMENDMENTS TO THE
CALENDAR?
I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER
HAS ONE?
>> I HAVE TWO.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE
PROPOSED CALENDAR BY
INTRODUCING 5.129 REAPPOINTMENT
OF CHRISTIE VAN FOR A TERM
DECEMBER 1, 2020 BY REFERRING
IT TO FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE MEETING THIS
WEDNESDAY.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND
IRC TO THIS APPOINTMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
OPPOSED?
IT IS AMENDED IN THAT MANNER.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW --
ACTUALLY I'LL MOVE THIS.
I'LL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES,
THE COUNCIL RULES TO ALLOW
CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL
119725.
I'LL READ HOW THAT IS SCRIBED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION --
THE RULE THAT I'M USING STATES
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
COUNCIL RULES RELATED TO
INTRODUCTION BY 5:00 P.M.
ON THE PROCEEDING BUSINESS DAY
WOULD BE SUSPENDED.
ALSO HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION,
COUNCIL RULES.
I'M ASKING YOU, WE JUST GOT
THIS ONE PACKAGE IN LATE.
IT CAME IN FRIDAY.
WE'RE GOING TO REFER THIS TO
THE FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
IT HAS TO DO WITH A PARTICULAR
POSITION WITHIN THE CITY.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, I'M
SUSPENDING THE RULES TO ALLOW
CONSIDERATION OF THIS.
HAVING DONE THAT COUNCIL, DO
YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> I'LL INTRODUCE 119725
ENTITLED ORDNANCE RELATED TO
CITY EMPLOYMENT CREATING A
COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR THE
POSITION OF CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER AND BY REFERRING IT TO
THE FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE THIS WEDNESDAY.
THIS WAS A REQUEST BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> OKAY.
WE MISSED THE DEADLINE.
WE CAN GATE REFERRED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE --
WAS THE AMENDMENT SECONDED?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
WOULD LOVE TO SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
I'S HAVE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I BELIEVE YOU
HAVE AN AMENDMENT AS WELL.
>> INDEED.
I AMEND THE PROPOSAL OF THE
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE ARTS
COMMISSON FOR TERM TO DECEMBER
31, 2021.
BY REFERRING IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
AMENDING FOR THIS APPOINTMENT,
VOTE I.
>> OPPOSED?
YOU HAVE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SWAN, I BELIEVE
YOU HAVE A CHANGE SWELL.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND THE PROPOSED
INTRODUCTION. REFER IT TO CITY
COUNCIL.
>> IS THERE SECOND.
>> CASE MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PUT THE ORDNANCE SCRIBED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER SWAN ON THE ISC.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> CAN IF I GO THROUGH A
DESCRIPTION?
>> SURE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL.
>> YOU HAD THE VOTES BY THE
WAY.
>> I KNOW.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO
INVOLVED IN IT.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED AT THE
BRIEFING ALREADY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO WELCOME
ALL THE ACTIVISTS HERE AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE PART
OF OUR COMMUNITY FIGHT TO NOT
ALLOW TINY HOUSE VILLAGE TO BE
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>> WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THIS
HAPPENED BECAUSE HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS AND HOUSE NEIGHBORS,
WE STOOD IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST
THIS KIND OF EVICTION.
WE AGREED IT MAKES NO SENSE TO
EVICT HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AT A
TIME CRIME IS PRESENTED AND
ALSO AS WE HEAD TO WINTER.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY
ACTION BECAUSE 2000 COMMUNITY
MEMBERS SIGNED A PETITION IN
LIKE 30 HOURS THAT THE MAYOR
WAS FORCED TO BACK DOWN.
IN THE WAKE OF THAT, THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT EVICTIONS IN
THE HARSHEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR
HAVE COME
FORTH.
EARLY IN NOVEMBER, THERE WAS A
LETTER URGING CITY COUNCIL TO
TAKE ACTION IN LINE WITH THE
CITY'S HOMELESS STATE OF
EMERGENCY BY PAUSING ALL
EVICTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
AND CONTINUE ON EVICTIONS TO
THE END OF WINTER.
WE SEE WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT.
WE'VE SEEN THE CRISIS IN OUR
CITY AND REGION ITSELF.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
COALITION FOR HOMELESSNESS, 700
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS DIANE YULELY FROM
EFFECTS OF HYPOTHERMIA IN U.S.
CITIES.
AS THE COMMISSION SAYS, THAT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEATTLE
SITUATION, THE SEATTLE
TEMPERATURES REGULARLY FALL
INTO THE 30s OVERNIGHT.
ACCORDING TO ALL KING COUNTY
CONTESTS IN A REPORT FOR 2019,
41% OF HOMELESS NEIGHBORS SLEEP
OUTSIDE EVERY NIGHT WITH
ADDITIONAL 19 PERSONS SLEEPING
IN VEHICLES.
NEITHER SITUATIONS PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS
AND BOTH CAN BE DEADLY.
WE KNOW 191 HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS DIED LAST YEAR, 57%
DIED OUTDOORS IN A VEHICLE OR
ENCAMPMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR STUDY DOES NOT
DEFINITELY POINT OUT THE WAY
THE STATISTICAL STUDY WAS DONE,
IT WAS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF
ELEMENTS AND HYPOTHERMIA THAT
LIVES WERE LOST.
WE KNOW HYPOTHERMIA AND
EXPOSURE IN WINTER IS A BIG
COMPONENT OF WHY CONDITIONS ARE
WORSENED.
THAT LEADS TO LOSS OF HUMAN
LIFE THE MOST BRUTAL THING
HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE DO
THIS.
I WANTED TO SHARE ALSO THAT
THERE'S NO CITY OR STATE IN THE
U.S. THAT EXISTS.
IF WE PASS THIS, IT WILL BE A
FIRST.
SEATTLE WOULD BE LEADING THE
WAY.
WE ARE MODELING OUR LAW ON THE
BASIS OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE
IN FRANCE.
IN FRANCE, HOUSING IS TREATED
AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
TENANTS HAVE REAL PROTECTION
AGAINST BEING EVICTED IN THE
WINTER.
>> WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS TO
BE ANSWERED IN MY OFFICE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH CENTRAL
STAFF AND LAW DEPARTMENT TO GET
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
AE PASSING A FULL PROOF
LEGISLATION AND I DISCUSSED
WITH MY COLLEAGUES THIS
MORNING.
WE'LL HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
I DON'T WANT ANY OVERDUE
DELAYS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL
QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND WE
DO A THOROUGH JOB OF PASSING
THIS LEGISLATION.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT
HAS COME TODAY.
LET'S KEEP FIGHTING AND MAKE
SURE AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE
DATE, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON
THIS IN COMMITTEE AND PUT THIS
TO A VOTE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SWAN.
THE LAST THING YOU SAID IN YOUR
REMARKS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
I'M FOLLOWING YOU.
THIS IS A REFERRAL TO THE FULL
COUNCIL.
YOU SAID ANY DISCUSSION IN THE
COMMITTEE, YOU MEAN THIS IS NOT
GOING TO COMMITTEE, CORRECT?
>> IT'S -- IT MAY OR MAY NOT.
IN THE MOTION, I DID NOT
SPECIFY A DATE OF FULL COUNCIL.
I DIDN'T SAY IT SHOULD BE
VOTED.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT BASED ON THE
INPUT WE GET FROM THE LAW
DEPARTMENT, WE MAY HAVE A
COMMITTEE MEETING IN EARLY
JANUARY AND PUT IT TO A VOTE.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET ME SEE THE MOTION.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A MOTION ON
THE ISC TO REFER TO FULL
COUNCIL NEXT MONDAY.
I'M WRONG?
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED.
I BELIEVE IT WAS SECONDED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
ISSUE.
>> JUST A CLARIFICATION.
DID WE NOT RECEIVING IN EARLY
THAT SAID THIS IS COMING TO
FULL COUNCIL NEXT MONDAY?
I THOUGHT THAT.
YOU THOUGHT.
THAT.
>> I CAN CLARIFY.
THAT YES, THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL
THINKING.
I WOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER
THAN TO DO.
THAT I THINK WE HAVE INDICATION
FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT THEY'D
LIKE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS.
I DON'T KNOW AT THIS MOMENT
THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN A
WEEK'S TIME.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> APPRECIATE THAT CAUTIOUSNESS
AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ISSUE.
APPRECIATE THE STRONG COMMUNITY
SUPPORT FOR TRYING TO STOP
QUITE CANDIDLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MOVED AND SECONDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
BEFORE WE VOTE?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
OPPOSED?
I'S HAVE IT.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].
>> THIS TAKES US THROUGH ISC.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR AS
AMENDED, VOTE I. OPPOSED, SAY
NO.
THE I'S HAVE IT.
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 18,
2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
>> GO AHEAD.
OKAY.
>> THE MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED
AT SOME POINT.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY
PRESENTATIONS.
AT THIS THYME, WE'LL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE FINE
PEOPLE THAT CAME HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA OR
OUR 2019 WORK PROGRAM.
IF YOU'RE HERE TO DISCUSS ITEM
119696 RELATING TO A MORATORIUM
EXTENSION ON MOBILE PARK HOMES,
THAT DISCUSSION PUBLIC HEARING
WILL OCCUR SEPARATELY AND
SHORTLY AFTER THIS PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
HOLD TIGHT ON THAT.
WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL HEARING ON
THAT.
HAVING SAID THAT.
IF YOU COME AND I CALL YOUR
NAME, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT
ISSUE.
WE'LL NOTE THAT AND HOLD YOU
HAVING SAID, THAT DAVID HAINES
YOU'RE FIRST SIR AND WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY JOHN MANELLA THEN
ANNETTE.
CAPSTEIN OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
I'M SORRY.
>> WE NEED A MORATORIUM ON
KICKING OUT HOMELESS IN
SHELTERS AT THE COLDEST PART OF
THE MORNING.
THEY DON'T GET HOT WATER,
OATMEAL, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, ANY
SYMBOL OF OUTREACH.
CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T HELP SOLVE
THIS.
IT CREATES JOBS FOR GOVERNMENT
THAT ALLOWS SHADY DONORS IN
NONPROFIT TO GET RICH POCKETED
MAJORITY OF THE MONEY WITH SIX
FIGURE SALARIES.
THE RIGHTS OF INNOCENCE
HOMELESS ARE FORSAKEN.
THERE'S 385 DEAD IN THE LAST
TWO YEARS I THINK BECAUSE THEY
WERE FORSAKEN TO THE STREETS
WITH NO HOUSING, PROPER
HEALTHINGER, NO QUALIFIED
OUTREACH.
CITY COUNCIL CARES MORE ABOUT
TAKING NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS
OF RENTERS WHILE NEVER WRITING
LAW TO END THE ABUSE OF
OVERBRYCED DILAPIDATED RENTALS.
JUST LOOK AT NICHOLSVILLE,
THEY'RE FORCED TO PAY $27,000
FOR SOME EXPENSES FOR A
NONRESIDENTIAL ZONED AREA.
IT'S TOTALLY OFFENSIVE THE
RENTERS COMMISSION IS USING THE
PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS TO
JUSTIFY THEM NEVER BEEN E
EVICTED BY COPY CATTING PARIS,
FRANCE.
THIS ISN'T FRANCE.
THE WHOLE TIME YOU'RE USING
HOMELESS AS EXCUSE.
YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR
THE HOME WILLS.
YOU'RE DOING THINGS FOR SIX
FIGURE SALARIES THAT FINANCE
THE ACTIVISTS THAT HELP GET YOU
RE-ELECTED.
AS LONG AS YOU COVER THE
ELECTION APPARATUS, YOU DON'T
GIVE A CRAP ABOUT THE HOMELESS.
MAYBE THERE'S INTEREST IN THE
SAME CITY COUNCIL OVERSEEING
GETTING DIP TRACTED.
WHEN IS CITY COUNCIL GOING TO
SOLVE THE DECEMBER HONEST
EFFORTS OF THE COMPLEX THAT
HAVEN'T HELPED THE 12,000
HOUSELESS DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST.
YOU THINK THEY'RE ENTITLED TO
NOT PAY THE RENT.
>> THAT WILL END YOUR COMMENTS.
>> GOVERNMENT MISTREATS THE
HOMELESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR ENDING.
JOHN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ANNETTE.
>> THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND
FELLOW PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
MY NAME IS JOHN MANELLA.
I'M A THE BOARD MEMBER.
I'M GOING TO BE REAL BRIEF.
WE FULLY SUPPORT A MORATORIUM
ON KICKING PEOPLE OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF WINTER.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
SEEM SO OVEN WHEN YOU HEAR IT.
IT'S A SHOCK AS WHY WE ALLOW
PEOPLE TO GET KICKED OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF WINTER AT ALL.
WHY HAVE WE BEEN DOING THIS.
90% OF EVICTIONS RESULT IN
HOMELESSNESS AND YOU'RE DOING
THIS DURING THE WINTER.
THAT'S A DEATH SENTENCE FOR
PEOPLE.
CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO SUPPORT
THIS MORATORIUM.
WE NEED TO STOP KICKING PEOPLE
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.
IT'S SO OBVIOUS I CAN'T EVEN.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ANNETTE FOLLOWED BY EMILY
MCARTHUR AND VIOLET LAVITI.
>> IS THIS ONE ON?
I'M KIND OF SHORT, SO THAT
LOOKS TOO TALL.
I'M ANNETTE CLAPSTEIN.
I'M HERE TO ADD SUPPORT TO THE
MORATORIUM ON WINTER EVICTIONS.
IT SEEMS TO ME NOT KICKING OUR
MOST VULNERABLE POOR NEIGHBORS
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER IS
THE BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT IT
TAKES TO BE A DECENT HUMAN
BEING.
IF ANYONE WOULD VOTE AGAINST
THE MORATORIUM, I POINT OUT
IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
IN LIGHT OF THE USUAL PLAY ACT
THEATER PUTS ON, YOU CAN EXPECT
A VISIT FROM THREE SPIRITS.
ANYBODY WHO WOULD THINK ABOUT
THIS I THINK WOULD BE LESS
LIKELY TO BE REDEEMED THAN
EBENEZER SCROOGE.
THIS IS BASIC HUMAN DEPP SEN
DECENCY TO NOT THROW PEOPLE
OUT, OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE
MOST POOR AND VULNERABLE.
LET'S PROTECT THEM.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>> HI.
MY NAME IS EMILY MCARTHUR.
I'M A MEMBER OF SOCIALIST
ALTERNATIVE.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE CROWD
HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY CLEARLY I SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBER'S PROPOSAL TO
PLACE A MORATORIUM ON WINTER
EVICTIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRECEDENCE NOT
ONLY THE LAW IN FRANCE BUT
WHERE I WENT TO COLLEGE IN
BOSTON, IT'S ILLEGAL TO TURN
OFF PEOPLE'S HEAT IN THE
WINTER.
IT'S A BASIC UNDERSTANDING
WITHOUT SHELTER, WITHOUT
WARMTH, PEOPLE DIE.
I'VE STOOD BEFORE THIS COUNCIL
MANY TIMES TALKING ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DIED.
IT GOES UP AND UP.
I SADLY FEEL THIS COUNCIL
DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THAT NUMBER.
PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY DO
CARE ABOUT THE 191 THAT DIED IN
THE STREETS THE IN OUR CITY
LAST YEAR.
I FORONE DON'T WANT TO BE PART
OF THAT ANYMORE.
I THINK WE KNOW THAT EVICTIONS
ARE FACED DISPROPORTIONATELY BY
WOMEN OF COLOR.
IT'S DISPROPORTIONATELY LGBTQ.
I THINK WE CAN BE A EQUITABLE
CITY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU
SITTING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW THERE'S ALEX PETERSON IS
A NEW FACE.
I HOPE TAKE THE RIGHT SIDE
GOING FORWARD.
THEY'VE BEEN TO WILL OF AMAZON
AND REPEALED IT.
WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING THE AMAZON
TAX.
THIS IS A LIFE SAVING
LEGISLATION TO STOP WINTER
EVICTIONS.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
YOU SAID MY NAME RIGHT.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M ADD ADVOCATE FOR THE TEN
INNOCENT UNIT OF WASHINGTON.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OUR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR DROPPED ME OFF
HERE BECAUSE I WOULD BE AT OUR
CLINIC NOW HELPING PEOPLE.
OUR JOB AT THE TENANT UNION IS
TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.
>> OUR JOB IS PREVENT THAT.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE IF
THE JUDGE SO ORDERS IT.
IT CAN GO AGAINST THAT.
ONCE THE JUDGE ORDERS IT, THE
PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREETS.
I'M HERE TO TESTIFY ON SOME OF
THE FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY ON
THE STREETS.
OUR JOB TODAY, I HOPE OUR JOB
TODAY TO THINK ABOUT OUR
NEIGHBORS AND TO SAY WHO CAN I
HELP AND WHO CAN I SAVE THAT IS
GETTING READY TO GO TO THE
STREETS?
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
I HAVE SEEN IT FIRST HAND.
EVERY FAMILY WE HELP SAVE, IT'S
SAYING WE CAN GO HOME AND SAY
THIS FAMILY CAN STILL BE IN
THEIR BED.
I'M SOMETIMES GUILTY GOING TO A
BED AT NIGHT WHILE SOME OF OUR
NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO THE
STREETS.
I AM PLEADING WITH YOU TO PASS
LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP
EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS TOO
MANY PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL STOP IT
BECAUSE THE WINTER IS COLD.
I'M ALL GEARED UP.
JUST IMAGINE THE PEOPLE ON THE
STREETS THAT HAVE JUST THIS AND
ARE IN THE COLD EVERY MINUTE OF
THE DAY.
SO WHAT I THINK IS EVERYBODY
HERE IS ASKING YOU AND PLEADING
WITH YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING
TO CHANGE THINGS UP IN OUR
LEGISLATION TO HELP MORE PEOPLE
IN THESE WINTER MONTHS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VIOLET.
>> NEXT THREE SPEAKERS, BARBARA
FINNY.
THEN GABRIELLA DUNCAN AND
SILVERNELLE IN THAT ORDER.
IS BARBARA HERE?
THERE YOU GO.
>> HI COUNCIL.
THE MY NAME IS BARBARA.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. I'M A
RETIRED REGISTERED NURSE.
WE NEED TO STOP WINTER
EVICTIONS NOW.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
COALITION FOR HOMELESSNESS, 700
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
LESSNESS DIE ANNUALLY. WE
NEED TO GO THE OTHER WAY. WOMEN
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY FACING
EVICTION.
PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH EVICTION
TOO OFTEN.
>> I AABSOLUTE SILVERDALE AND
COMMISSION.
GREATLY BY TAKING UP THE CALL
FOR A WINTER EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT IT.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR HAVING A
HEART.
I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES.
I'VE SEEN THAT YOUR COMPASSION
IS I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'RE
DOING.
I'VE SAID BEFORE IN OTHER
HEARING, I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF NEW BLACK WEST
THEATER.
A LOT OF WHAT I DO WHEN I COME
HERE IS READ SOMETHING THAT IS
POIGNANT TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT OR THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN
MYSELF.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE
WRITTEN.
LET'S PUT ANTOINE HOMELESSNESS
NOW NOT LATER.
IN THE SPIRIT OF KWANZAA,
REMEMBER OUR HISTORY AND WORK
TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR
CHILDREN.
MAY YOU FEEL THE DESIRE TO
UNIFY YOUR COMMUNITIES, SHARE
YOUR WEALTH LARGE OR SMALL.
KEEPING IT IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, HAVE PURPOSE AND
LIFE.
USE YOUR CREATIVITY TO
ENCOURAGE AND UPLIFT OTHERS.
THINK OF THE JOY YOU COULD
BRING TO SOME ELDER AND JUST
SPENDING TIME WITH THEM.
TALKING WITH OR LISTENING TO A
LONELY PERSON, A SIMPLE THING
BUT SUCH A POWERFUL WEAPON FOR
ELIMINATING LONELINESS.
YES, WE ARE A HOMELESS
COMMUNITY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT
GLAD AND HAPPY TO BE ALIVE.
YES, WE ARE WITHOUT A LOT.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A WHOLE LOT
OF LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.
>> WE HAVE FOUND A WAY WITH
HELP AND STRENGTH OF OUR
CREATOR.
ONE THING WE HAVE FOUND IN OUR
HOMELESSNESS CONDITION IS THAT
WE'RE A FAMILY.
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.
>> I HAVE A PROFIT LIST
NONPROFIT CALLED CHANGE
HOMELESSNESS.
>> YOU CAN BEND THE MICROPHONE
DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE.
>> I HAVE A DAUGHTER ON THE
STREETS HERE.
>> PEOPLE ARE WARM AND NOT
PAYING ATTENTION.
PEOPLE ON THE STREETS REALLY DO
MATTER.
WHAT WE DO WITH PEOPLE ON THE
STREETS MATTERS TO THE REST OF
US.
IT IS AN ENERGY THAT
PERMEATING.
MY STORY IS PRETTY UGLY.
IF I COULD SHOW YOU THE SORES
ALL OVER MY DAUGHTER'S BODY
FROM THE DRUGS THAT ARE RAGING
THROUGH OUR STREETS, IF I COULD
TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE
BEEN TO A COUNSELOR AND A
THERAPIST AND I AM ONE AT
HARBOR VIEW AND ASKED FOR HELP
AND THEN THEY NEVER FOLLOW
THROUGH IN TIME, I'M FORTUNATE
BECAUSE SOMEONE HOUSES ME.
IT IS NOT ALL THE TIME SPENT
WORKING IN THE ALBUQUERQUE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR MY TIME AS A
TREATMENT FOSTER PARENT
REALIZING THESE CHILDREN OUT
HERE ON THE STREETS ARE NOTHING
MORE THAN TREATMENT.
FOSTER CHILDREN NOW IN A
DIFFERENT LIGHT, IN A DIFFERENT
TIME.
HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED
ALL THE TIME.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE A CAR.
IF YOU HAD TO LOOK AT THAT IN
PHYSICAL FORM, WHEN THAT PERSON
LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU, YOU
WOULDN'T EVEN THINK OF E
EVICTING PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE
OF WINTER.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE
AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?
WE HAVE TO LOVE PEOPLE BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT FEELING LOVABLE
THEMSELVES.
TRUST ME, THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE NO MATTER WHAT TRAINING
YOU HAVE.
I HAVE PROBABLY JUST AS MUCH
EDUCATION AS EVERYBODY HERE.
MY TRAINING COMES FROM CORNELL
UNIVERSITY.
I'M QUITE CERTAIN THIS PICTURE
IS REALLY ADEQUATE.
THESE PEOPLE NEEDS TO STAY PUT
UNTIL WARM ENOUGH TO BE KICKED
OUT OF EVERYWHERE ELSE THEY
ROAM.
I APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE HERE AND WHO KNOW WHAT THAT
BATTLE IS LIKE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
HERE SPEAKING IN PERSONAL
CAPACITY, YOU KNOW OUR POSITION
OF THE RENTERS COMMISSION.
I'M HERE.
BARBARA POINTED ME OUT.
THIS RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM
EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION NOT
JUST ME.
IT COMES FROM MY CO CHAIR AS
WELL.
THE 14 OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE
ON OUR COMMISSION.
SOME OF WHOM HAVE BEEN HOMELESS
OURSELVES OR HOUSELESS
OURSELVES.
WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BECAUSE
WE BELIEVE IT'S COMMON SENSE.
I CAN PERSONALLY SAY FOR
MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE LAW
THAT'S BEEN IN EFFECT IN FRANCE
FOR THE LAST 70ISH YEARS
ALMOST.
I SEE A HUMANE JUST LAW,
SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE
STAY ALIVE.
YOU KNOW, TOO MANY PEOPLE END
UP ON THE STREET AND CAN'T
LAST.
THAT'S A REALLY HARSH EXISTENCE
WHEN YOU'RE LIVING OUTSIDE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE
DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T NOVEL.
IT IS NOT NEW.
IT'S NOT BIG AND SCARY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY
HELP SAVE LIVES.
I THINK WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO
THAT NOW GOING FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL
MEMBER FOR BRINGING THIS UP TO
THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SO
QUICKLY AS WELL AND RESPONDING
TO THE RENTERS COMMISSION
DIRECTLY ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T THINK WE RECEIVED
ANYTHING FROM ANY OTHER
OFFICES.
HEY, NO BIGGIE IF YOU CAN HELP
GET THIS GOING.
AGAIN, IT DUCT DOESN'T MATTER
WHETHER OR NOT YOU TALKED TO
US.
IT'S ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO
SUPPORT US AND SUPPORT YOUR
NEIGHBORS AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM
DYING ON THE STREET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'LL BE TALKING SOON I'M SURE.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT I KNOW SMITH U ALICIA
ROBERTS AND TRAVIS JOHNSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTH LAKE
VILLAGE.
THERE WAS ONCE A YOUNG LADY WHO
STOOD BEFORE ME AND SHE SAID IT
WAS THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY.
SHE HAD SPENT A LITTLE TOO MUCH
MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS FOR HER
CHILDREN.
>> THEY HAD TO SPEND THE
REMAINDER OF THE WINTER IN THE
VEHICLE.
I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT WAS NOT
THE FIRST TIME I HAD HEARD THAT
STORY.
I'VE HEARD THAT STORY HUNDREDS
OF TIMES.
WE LITERALLY NEED TO DO
SOMETHING MORE TO PREVENT THE
INSANITY OF EVICTING PEOPLE IN
THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.
THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
LET'S GET IT DONE.
>> IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED
AWE WENT THROUGH, I WOULD ASK
THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS
PROPOSAL.
IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED.
MOST PEOPLE THAT DO FACE
EVICTION, IT'S FOR A MONTH'S
RENT OR LESS.
THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE NOT A LOT
OF MONEY TO BE KICKED OUT
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
PLEASE SUPPORT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>>> GREG THEN ROU MARTIN.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS TRAVIS JOHNSON.
I'M A NICKELODEON.
I LIKE TO PERSONALLY SAY THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME CITY COUNCIL.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCILMAN FOR STICKING UP FOR
US LITTLE GUYS LIKE SHE DOES.
>> I REMEMBER MY TENT FLYING
DOWN THE STREET.
IT WAS A SAD DAY.
AS PART OF NICHOLSVILLE, WE
SUPPORT TO END WINTER EVICTION
S.
>> TRUST ME, IT'S NOT FUN.
I'M TRYING NOT TO CRY.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
YOU ALWAYS STICK UP FOR LITTLE
PEOPLE.
I'M REPUBLICAN AND VOTED FOR
YOU.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].
>> FOLLOWING GREG IS MARTIN.
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I'M
HONORED TO HAVE MY COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE.
I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
OTHERS HAVE SAID ITS HEARTLESS
TO E EVICT PEOPLE INTO THE
STREETS.
ALSO I'D LIKE PEOPLE TO
REMEMBER THIS DOES INCLUDE
FAMILIES AS WELL.
THERE'S NO DIRECT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHERE THEY
END UP.
SO THIS PROPOSAL WOULD HELP
STOP THAT SCENARIO AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO REPHRASE A QUESTION
THAT WAS PRESENTED BY ONE OF
OUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS A FEW
MONTHS AGO.
WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH
HOMELESSNESS AND A HOMELESS
CRISIS AT THIS PRESENT TIME, I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR PROPOSAL THE
MORATORIUM BECAUSE THIS SHOULD
NOT BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE
TO ASK.
THIS SHOULD BE OUTRIGHT TAKEN
UP RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE PEOPLER GUARDLESS OF
HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE IN THE
BANK, HOW MUCH INCOME THEY HAVE
WHEN IT COMES TO OWNING A HOME,
APARTMENT, OR OWNING A CONDO.
RENTING AN APARTMENT THIS.
SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE
SHOULD HAVE TO BRING BEFORE THE
CITY COUNCIL OR A MEMBER OF THE
COUNCIL HAS TO SAY THIS IS
WRONG.
>> OVER 100 PEOPLE A YEAR HAVE
DIED ON THE STREETS CONSIDERED
HOUSELESS OR HOMELESS.
IN A SO CALLED WORLD CLASS
CITY, THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD BE PROUD OF ABOUT OUR
COMMUNITY.
IN FACT, IT SEEMS WE ARE A
CLASSLESS SYSTEM, A CITY CAUGHT
CLASS.
THE NEXT QUESTION I'D LIKE TO
ASK IS HOW CAN WE CONSIDER
OURSELVES GOOD CITIZENS IF WE
SEE SOMEBODY DOWN THE STREET IN
A TENT WITHOUT SAYING IS THERE
ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP YOU
OUT?
LAST WEEK, SOMEONE IN ONE OF
THE LOCAL BLOGS ASKED A
QUESTION, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH
THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE
ARBORIDAM.
MY ANSWER IS HELP THEM OUT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
HAVE THE TIME TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>> WE HAVE 12 MR. SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE GONE BEYOND OUR 20
MINUTE PERIOD.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'LL
EXTEND THE SESSION TO HAVE THE
LAST FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP SPEAK.
SO HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, 2:42,
FOUR MINUTES BEYOND THE 20
MINUTES.
WE'LL EXTEND ITSELF.
LET'S KEEP GOING WITH MARK
WATSON AND ZACK LACHE AND
JONATHAN RIZOR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MARK WATSON.
I'M A UNION REP WITH ASK ME
COUNCIL 2.
>> I'M SEAN, ALSO A UNION REP
WITH THE PROJECT.
>> WE WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
WE SPENT OVER A YEAR PLUS
NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITY.
WE WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND COUNCIL.
I KNOW YOUR INVOLVEMENT WAS
HELPFUL GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
WE THINK THESE ARE STRONG
CONTRACTS THAT HELP WITH THE
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
THIS COVERS AROUND 5000 FOLKS
THAT WORK FOR THE CITY.
EVERYTHING FROM ENGINEERS TO
JANITORS THAT CLEAN THIS
BUILDING EVERYDAY.
AGAIN, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
THERE'S IMPORTANT -- WE'VE
MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN MANY AREAS
INCLUDING ISSUES AROUND
FAIRNESS WHEN IT COMES TO
FLYNN.
LANGUAGE PREMIUM FIRST TIME IN
THIS CITY WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT
EQUITY ISSUE.
WE HAVE A WORK LIFE COMMITTEE
THAT'S PART OF THIS CONTRACT.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE COUNCIL
IS INTERESTED IN IS DEPENDENT
CARE COST THAT HELP YOUR
EMPLOYEES.
WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR.
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MARK.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ZACK LYNCH, JONATHAN RIZOR
AND EMMA JEAN WITHS.
>> I'M ZACK LYNCH.
I'M A MASTER SOCIAL WORK
STUDENT.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY GENERAL
DISTASTE FOR SWEEPS.
THEY'RE SICK, ESPECIALLY IN
WINTER.
PREVENTING CONVICTIONS WHICH
SEATTLE DOES NOT MAKE USE OF.
IT IS NOT ANYONE'S FAULT BUT
ALL MY PROBLEM.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IN MY
OPINION, BOLD ACTION WILL BE
NEEDED TO PREVENT THE CITY AND
WORK FORCE FROM CRUMBLING.
THE CITY CHANGED THE RAPIDLY IN
THE SEVEN YEARS I'VE LIVED
HERE.
IT WILL NOT HELP US.
WE NEED TO START DOING THINGS
DIFFERENTLY.
BUSINESS AS USUAL WILL CONTINUE
TO ERODE OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND
WITH ANY SORT OF JUSTICE.
HOW WE HANDLE THIS REALLY
MATTERS.
AGGRESSIVE, HATEFUL VIGILANTE
RESPONSES ARE CONTINUING TO
BUILD.
IT IS TO TAKE BOLD ACTION FAST.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I'M AN ORGANIZER. I'M AN
ORGANIZER WITH BE SEATTLE FOR
THE BOOT CAMP.
SINCE I'M A TENANT LIKE MOST IN
THE CITY AND HAVE BEEN FOR A
LONG TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN
DANGEROUS SUB CAR LIVING
CONDITIONS THE EXCEPT ILLEGAL
CHARGES AND FEES AND A WHOLE
NITTANY OF OTHER ABUSES FROM
LANDLORDS THAT OWN HOMES THAT
SHELTERS DO.
ONE THING THAT POOREST RENTERS
DON'T HAVE IS TIME.
IT'S LEGAL TO TALK TO NEIGHBOR
ACTION ABOUT EXERCISING RIGHTS
AS NEIGHBORS TO ACCESS
RESOURCES.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TIME TO
ACCESS IN THEIR STRESSFUL
LVES.
THIS MORATORIUM ON WINTER
EVICTIONS IS A GIFT OF TIME.
IT WILL RESULT IN DEATH OR
SICKNESS AND SUFFERING ON THE
PART OF THE E EVICTED.
>> PEOPLE GO ON AND ON ABOUT
THIS CRUEL PROBLEM WHICH IS
UNFORTUNATELY TOO HARD TO
FIGURE OUT.
AT THE AT LEAST, 90% OF
EVICTIONS LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS.
AT THE VERY LEAST, WE COULD
PREVENT THESE IN WINTER SEASONS
WHERE PEOPLE DIE IN THE
STREETS.
THAT'S IT.
SUPPORT IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY EMMA
JEAN, AARON, GRIFFIN.
>> ON SUNDAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCE
HAD THE EPIPHANY CHURCH IS
PROTECTING A FAMILY TO PROTECT
THEM FROM DEPORTATION.
>> THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THIS
PLACE.
EVERY PERSON MATTERS.
EVERY PERSON HAS A
CONTRIBUTION.
UNLESS THEY'RE SHIVERING ON THE
SIDEWALK.
THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF OUR
PLACE.
EVERY PERSON MATTERS.
I WAS AT ASSISTED LIVING AND
VISITED BY SON'S PROFESSOR,
TAKE HIM TO WALK.
I SAID I'M GOING DOWN TO CITY
COUNCIL TO STOP EVICTIONS IN
WINTER.
THEY'RE SO PROUD OF ME.
I SAID NO, THIS IS THE WORK OF
OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT
COMMUNITY FOR A WHILE.
NOBODY SAYS WHO?
THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT WILL SAVE LIVES.
WE ALL HOPE IT WILL BE
UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS AARON SLOSSMAN.
I'M IN HUGE SUPPORT OF THE
MORATORIUM OF WINTER SWEEPS.
THE SWEEPS DON'T AFFECT ME
DIRECTLY.
I'M A UW STUDENT.
I'M ONE BAD ACCIDENT AWAY FROM
LOSING MY HOUSING AS A RENTER.
>> THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING
THIS ACTION.
IT BENEFITS THE CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE THE DIRECT
RESPONSIBILITY AND CAPABILITY
TO DO SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU.
FOLLOWING GRIFFIN.
THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ELLIE
SCOTT AND JENNA OWENS.
>> I COME FROM TACOMA WHERE
PEOPLE FORMALLY RESIDING IN
PEOPLE'S PARK HAVE BEEN DYING.
I'M A TYPE 1 DIABETIC.
ONE MONTH WITHOUT INSURANCE I'M
ON THE STREET AND NEXT.
THIS IS A POEM IF YOU WILL
CALLED MUNICIPAL MURDER.
HE FALLS ASLEEP AGAINST THE
LAMP POST.
SIX FIGURES DO TODAY HIS NAME
DOWN FROM NINE IN NOVEMBER.
HE HAS A STASH AT WRIGHT PARK
AND IN THE BOTTOM OF HIS GRAVE.
HE NAVIGATES THE SIRENS, LIGHTS
FLICKER LIKE AN EDGE PARTING
FLESH.
THERE'S NO PLACE FOR HIM.
TO THE OVERSEER, HE LEAVES HIS
PARK.
ONLY HE KNOWS HOW WE RESERVE
THE PROPERTY, THE ONLY KNOWS
HOW THE DAMMED BLEED AND HOW
THE CONGRESS KNOWS HOW
ADDICTION SLITHERS AND HOW LIFE
IS A PRIVILEGE NOT EASILY
AFFORDED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].
>> HI COUNCIL.
I'M CHAIR OF THE FELLOW VILLAGE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE
EVICTIONS, I WANT TO THANK
THOSE OF YOU THAT HELPED
SUPPORT NORTH LAKE VILLAGE. I
KNOW SOME OF YOU PUBLICLY HAVE
SPOKEN OUT AND GAVE A SPACE FOR
AMAZING COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO BE
HEARD.
I KNOW THERE ARE THOSE OF YOU
THAT WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES
TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THOSE
NECESSARY MEETINGS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
THIS FEELS TO BE VERY
CONNECTED.
I WAS SPEAKING AT A JEWISH
TEENS GROUP.
ONE OF THE KIDS SAID TO ME,
EXCUSE ME.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THESE ISSUES WITH REGULAR
ORDINARY PEOPLE, OUR TEACHERS,
NURSES, BUS DRIVERS, BEING ABLE
TO AFFORD HOUSING AND YOU'RE
SHARING HOW HARD IT IS TO GET
BACK TO HOW HASSING THE AFTER
BEING HOMELESS, SHOULDN'T WE DO
THINGS TO HELP PREVENT PEOPLE
FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> THEY SAW IT LIKE THAT.
THESE KIDS KNEW SO LITTLE ABOUT
IT.
I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE WORK THE
COUNCIL HAS DONE, AMAZING WORK
IN THE LAST BUDGET SEASON TO
GET LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR
TENANTS.
AT SOME POINT AS ONE OF THE
KIDS POINTED OUT, THERE'S SO
MUCH MONEY BEING SPENT HERE,
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM?
I SAID BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING
MONEY ON BAND AIDS.
BAND AIDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
WHEN SOMEBODY DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE 20 GO, HAVING THE
SHELTERS, VILLAGES, SERVICES IS
IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE
UNDERLYING CAUSES.
WE NEED TO BE HELPING KEEP
PEOPLE FROM FALLING THROUGH THE
CRACKS.
WE NEED TO BRING THE SOLIDARITY
WE HAD THAT SO MANY CAME
TOGETHER TO STAND WITH OUR
NEIGHBORS AT NORTH LAKE.
TO ENCOMPASS OUR VULNERABLE
NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
THE WORK COUNCIL DOES IN THE
REMAINDER OF THE TIME AND NEW
COUNCIL DOES IN THE NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FOLLOWING JENNA IS SOSHI AND
MEGAN THANK YOU JENNA.
>> HELLO EVERYONE ON THE
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE ARE THE RENTERS
COMMISSIONERS.
WE SUBMITTED THE LETTER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
TODAY I AM HERE NOT AS A
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSIONER.
I'M HERE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I HAVE A QUESTION TO PUT FORTH
TO EACH MEMBER ON THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THE QUESTION IS THE FUNDING
THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING
SERVICES.
SOMEONE LEFT THE GLASSES UP
HERE BY THE WAY.
FOR HOUSING SERVICES.
HOW MUCH GOES TO ADMIN AND HOW
MUCH COULD BE RECONSIDERED?
WE NEED FUNDING TO BE AVAILABLE
SO THIS MORATORIUM THAT WE'RE
PUSHING FOR CAN WORK.
FARCE I KNOW AND SEE, I HAVE
LIVED HOMELESS IN SEATTLE TWO
AND A HALF YEARS SO I KNOW
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
I AM NOW A RENTERS
COMMISSIONER.
I FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE
BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH IT
HURTS PEOPLE HAVING TO SURVIVE
DAY-TO-DAY.
MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS
GOING TO ADMIN IS AN HONEST
QUESTION.
I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO
RECONSIDER THE HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAM FINANCING AND MAKE SURE
THAT THE FUNDS ARE REALLOCATED
IN A WAY THAT IS HUMANELY
POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET THIS
DONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS SOCHI.
WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
MORATORIUM.
I WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE
THINGS.
ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO, THERE ARE
LIMITATIONS ON EVICTIONS DURING
THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT FAMILIES, EMPLOYEES
OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHILD
CARE WORKER IFS.
SO THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN'T
LIMIT EVICTIONS DURING A
SPECIFIC TIME OF YEAR, THAT
HAPPENS IN THE THE U.S. IN NEW
YORK CITY, WHILE THIS IS
INFORMAL, THE LAST TWO WEEKS,
MARSHALS THE DON'T WANT TO E
EVICT PEOPLE DURING THE
HOLIDAYS.
SO THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR
LIKE 40 YEARS.
I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO THINK
THROUGH HOW CAN WE FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
PUSHING PEOPLE TO HOMELESSNESS
AND IN PARTICULAR ONE OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS TIMES TO BE
HOMELESS.
THE OTHER THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS
EVEN WITH THIS MORATORIUM,
TENANTS STILL HAVE TO OWE THAT
RENT.
THEY'LL STILL PAY THE LATE
FEES.
THEY STILL RISK GARNISHMENT.
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S NOT
INCENTIVES TO PAY RENT WHEN YOU
CAN.
WHEN WORKING ON EVICTIONS AND
GOING THROUGH COURT RECORDS AND
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S DEATH
RECORDS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
DIED.
ONE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO STAY
ON MY MIND IS A PERSON WHO WAS
EVICTED.
SHE WAS IN HER 50s AND DIED OF
HYPERTENSION ON THE STREET.
SOMEONE IN THEIR 50s SHOULD NOT
BE DYING OF HYPERTENSION.
YEAH, I JUST THINK THIS NEEDS
TO BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
FOLLOWING MEGAN.
LAST TWO ARE MICHAEL AND
CHRISTOPHER.
>> THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I WAS WALKING ACROSS THE
CROSSWALK DOWN BY THE STARBUCKS
ON FIRST AVENUE.
IT WAS DARK.
THIS LIGHT WAS GOING 19, 18,
HOWEVER LONG IT IS.
SHE WAS WALKING REALLY SLOW ON
A WALKER.
I THOUGHT I SHOULD PROBABLY
WALK WITH HER.
ONE OF HER FEET WAS GOING LIKE
THIS.
SHE SAID SHE HAD ADEMA.
SHE WAS HOMELESS.
SHE FINDS PLACES TO CRASH.
I THOUGHT OH MY GOSH.
ONCE SHE WAS IN STARBUCKS AND
PULLED OUT A WATER BOTTLE TO
SIT THERE.
I CALLED NICHOLSVILLE.
THEY GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER FOR
SOMEONE TO CALL.
I WANTED TO GO IN AND TELL HER
WHERE SHE SHOULD GO OR SCRAPE
UP MONEY TO SPOT HER AN UBER TO
GO THERE AND SLEEP.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET 14 TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
INSTEAD WE GOT ONLY 13.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS.
SINCE WE DEVELOPED THE THREE
TIER SYSTEM THREE TO FOUR YEARS
AGO.
ONCE WE GET THAT SYSTEM IN
PLACE WHO CAN BE A TINY
ENCAMPMENT, YOU CAN GO FROM
BEING HOMELESS TO HAVING
SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
WE HAVE SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD
COME BEFORE THE TECHNOLOGY.
IN THE BOOK THE SOCIALIST
MANIFESTO, WHAT IF OUR SOCIETY
WAS ORGANIZED AROUND PEOPLE'S
NEEDS RATHER THAN LIKE TRINKETS
OR FLEE MARKETS ON AMAZON WHERE
THINGS ARE MADE BY PEOPLE NOT
GETTING ENOUGH MONEY TO SURVIVE
IN SLAVE -- WHAT IF
EVERYTHING WAS ORGANIZED IN A
WAY HUMAN NEEDS ARE AT THE TOP
OF THE LIST.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY PUT THE
HORSE BEFORE THE CART BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT TO
HORSES ANYMORE.
REALLY.
WE COULD HAVE LIKE SO MUCH
POTENTIAL WE'RE NOT USING.
I HOPE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE
HAVE THAT NEED FOR HUMANS AND
TINY HOUSES ARE SO INEXPENSIVE
AND EASY TO ORGANIZE.
PLEASE DON'T EVICT IN THE
WINTER.
IT'S INHUMANE.
>> THANK YOU MEGAN.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
FOLLOWING MICHAEL IS
CHRISTOPHER.
>> FU FOR HAVING THIS HEARING
THE, PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANTED TO SEE THE HANDS OF
ALL PEOPLE THAT HELPED OUT WITH
THE NORTH LAKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE.
IF YOU LIVE THERE OR HELP STOP
THAT TODAY, I DON'T THINK TO
THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK AT MAYOR JENNY
FOR PULLING THE BIGGEST
STUPIDEST TRUMP MOVE ANYBODY
COULD PULL IN THE HOLIDAY
SEASON.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A
NORTH LAKE VILLE AM UNTIL THIS
HAPPENED.
I LIVE JUST UP THE STREET.
I'M THRILLED AND GRATEFUL TO
THE MAYOR FOR BEING SUCH AN
IDIOT SO THAT I GOT TO MEET
SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AND SEE
THE AMAZING WORK THEY'RE DOING.
THERE ARE EVENTS IN LONDON AND
NEW YORK AND OTHER CITIES
AROUND THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND
WHERE PEOPLE SWEPT OUT IN THE
STREETS, SWEPT OUT IN TIME
SQUARE.
WILL SMITH WAS READING PAY
BEDTIME STORY TO PEOPLE SO THEY
COULD EXPERIENCE WHAT IT WOULD
BE LIKE TO SLEEP ON THE STREET.
NOT SIMULATING HOMELESSNESS
BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAD KEYS IN
THEIR POCKET, COULD GO TAKE A
SHOWER IN THE MORNING.
JUST TO RAISE MONEY AND RAISE
AWARENESS ON THIS ISSUE.
2000 PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN.
SO IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
ALL THE PEOPLE YOU HEARD
SPEAKING TODAY, I WANT YOU TO
IMAGINE IF THEY HAD BEEN
EVICTED THIS MORNING.
I WANT YOU TO PLAY THIS IN
REWIND RIGHT NOW.
WITH THE GOOD CITIZENS WHO ARE
ORGANIZING ON BEHALF OF SEATTLE
RESIDENTS WOULD YOU BE WILLING
TO BE ARRESTED WITH THEM?
WOULD YOU BREAK DOWN THE DOORS
AND THROW PEOPLE OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF WINTER?
IF YOU WOULDN'T, YOU'VE GOT TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU SIR.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>> CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON.
SO MY COMMENTS ARE OFF THE
CUFF.
I DIDN'T PLAN MY WORDS AS I
NORMALLY DO WHEN I'M BEFORE
YOU.
KNOW THIS IS HEART FELT.
I'M OBVIOUSLY NERVOUS.
I GET TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE
INSTEAD OF READ A PIECE OF
PAPER.
I BECAME HOMELESS IN FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY 1st WAS MY FIRST NIGHT
HOMELESS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
HYPOTHERMIA.
THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS AT
HAND HERE.
I SHIVERED ON THE BENCH IN THE
PARK.
I DID THAT FOR A COUPLE HOURS
HAVING BEEN AT ONE PLACE THEN
ANOTHER PLACE.
THEN ANOTHER PLACE BECAUSE I
WAS SHUFFLED OFF.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
THE PLACE I WAS ACTUALLY AT WAS
GOING TO BE THE PLACE I WAS
GOING TO FALL ASLEEP AND GET
REST.
IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE
YOU'RE COMPLETELY DRAINED,
SHIVERING ALL THE TIME.
YOU START TO FALL ASLEEP.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A SYMPTOM OF
DYING OF HYPOTHERMIA.
AS I SIT THERE ON THE BENCH
SERIOUSLY NOT KNOWING WHETHER
MY EXHAUSTION IS A RESULT OF MY
DAY OR THE CONDITION THAT I'M
LIVING IN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR
CONSIDERING THIS.
I WANT TO THANK THE RECOVERY
CAFE FOR HELPING ME BRIDGE THE
GAP BETWEEN WHERE I WAS AT AND
WHERE I ENDED UP WHICH IS
SHARE.
SHARE GIVES ME THE AGENCY TO
STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I HAD A LOT OF SHAME ON THE
BENCH.
THIS IS OBVIOUS.
THIS IS AS THE WOMAN DESCRIBED
EARLIER.
HAVING HAD THAT SHAME, HAVING
AGENCY NOW LETS ME UNBURDEN
MYSELF OF THAT SHAME.
I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS
DECISION CORRECTLY SO YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PICK UP THAT SHAME.
>> THANK YOU.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
.
>>> NEXT ITEM IN OUR AGENDA.
COLLECTION OF BILLS.
PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> NOVEMBER 25, 2019-NOVEMBER
29, 2019 ORDERING THE PAYMENT
THOROUGH.
>> MOVE AND SECOND.
BILL PASSED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
[ROLL CALL]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
>> BILL PASSES.
>>> AGENDA ITEM 1, 696 ZONING
AND EXTENDINGS SIX MONTHS
MORATORIUM ESTABLISHED BY
ORDNANCE 764 ON THE FILING
ACCEPTING PROCESSING AND
APPROVAL OF ANY APPLICATION FOR
USES OR CHANGE FOR A PRINCIPLE
O ACCESSORY USE FOR ANY SITE
TO USE AS A MOBILE HOME PARK IN
THE CODE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> ARE WE -- .
>> I'M NOT UNTIL 3:00.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBAL.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ASK THE CLERK, ARE WE
GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THIS?
SHOULD I WAIT TO SPEAK TO
MERITS OF THE BILL AFTER WE
HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT
A FEW MORE MISTAKES BEFORE I
GOT OFF.
LET ME READ THE SCRIPT I'M
SUPPOSED TO READ.
LET ME START OVER.
THE COUNCIL WILL NOW OPEN THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL
119696 RELATING TO A MORATORIUM
EXTENSION ON THE MOBILE HOME
PRKS.
A PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN UP SHEET
HAS BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE 1:45
P.M.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL
CONCLUDE ONCE ALL SPEAKERS ARE
PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS ON THIS
ITEM.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO
TWO MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES.
AT THAT POINT, I'LL CALL THE
FIRST SPEAKER.
DO I HAVE A SHEET FOR THOSE
SPEAKERS?
MY APOLOGIES TO MY COLLEAGUES
FOR THAT.
DAVID HAINES FIRST ONE.
GOING ONCE, TWICE, HE'S NOT
HERE.
JOHN LUMBART.
HI JOHN.
JOHN, LET ME GET A FEW PEOPLE
IN QUEUE BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
BRENT McFARLAND FOLLOWS JOHN.
KELLY MC-SOMETHING FOLLOWS
BRENT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I WAS A CANDIDATE IN THE
PRIMARY TO JOIN YOU FROM
DISTRICT 5. I ANTICIPATE
GETTING ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK
TODAY SO MY REMARKS WILL BE
BRIEF.
IN MY CAMPAIGN, THE VERY FIRST
PLACE I DOORBELLED WAS THE
MOBILE HOME PARK BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THEIR SITUATION IS THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY IN ALL OF
DISTRICT 5 FOR THE COUNCIL TO
ADDRESS.
>> THE QUESTION AT THIS STAGE
SHOULD NOT BE WHETHER THEY
SHOULD EXTEND THE MORATORIUM ON
NEW OR CHANGED DEVELOPMENT
HOUSE OR THE MOBILE HOME PARK
NEXT TO IT.
OF COURSE YOU SHOULD.
THE QUESTION SHOULD BE WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO DURING THAT
MORATORIUM TO PROVIDE LONG TERM
PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE?
THE CITY HAD A YEAR TO ACT
DURING THIS LAST MORATORIUM AND
DID NOTHING.
I'VE NOT HEARD A COMPELLING
ARGUMENT WHY THE CITY CANNOT
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF KENMORE AND
OTHER WESTERN WASHINGTON
JURISDICTION AND ESTABLISH
ZONING SPECIFICALLY FOR MOBILE
HOME PARKS.
I URGE YOU TO DO THAT IN THE
NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO COUNCIL.
THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK.
MY NAME IS BRENT McFARLAND.
I'M A MEMBER FOR RETIREMENT
ACTION AS WELL AS A NEIGHBOR OF
THE COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT 5. I
WOULD SECOND SOME OF THOSE
COMMENTS IN THAT WE ARE KISS
APPOINTED CITY COUNCIL AND
MAYOR DID NOT COME UP WITH A
MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION IN THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS
MORATORIUM.
I BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE EXTEND
ED.
I URGE YOU TO COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION TO THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
PEOPLE SIX MONTHS AGO.
THEY ARE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE
THAT WOULD LIKE TO STAY THERE.
MANY OF THEM THEY WERE MISLED.
NOW THE CITY HAS
RESPONSIBILITY.
I BELIEVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HELP THEM
REMAIN AS A COMMUNITY AND NOT
SEE YET ANOTHER ECONOMIC
EVICTION IN THE CITY.
LET'S TRY TO BE A CITY THAT
DOESN'T LET DEVELOPERS PLAN
THEIR FUTURE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FUTURE
THAT INCLUDES COMMUNITY, THAT'S
ALREADY THERE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. I'M
GUESSING THAT'S WHO YOU WERE
REFERRING TO.
>> YES.
I COULDN'T GET -- .
>> OKAY.
>> A MORATORIUM WAS PLACED.
IT WAS ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE
BUT NOTHING WAS DONE TO FURTHER
DRESS THE ISSUE.
MANY RESIDENTS OF HOW HAS COURT
CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE ELSEWHERE
IF THE COURT IS REDEVELOPED.
I ECHO THEIR COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
BETTY SPIKER.
>> YES.
MY THANKS TO THE OFFICE AND ALL
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DID
VOTE TO HAVE US GET THE
MORATORIUM FOR A YEAR WHICH
ENDS IN JANUARY.
WE DO NEED AN EXTENSION FOR SIX
MONTHS.
I LIVE AT THE MOBILE HOME PARK.
I'M 83.
I'VE BEEN RECOVERING FROM
CANCER.
THE NEARBY HOSPITAL HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL.
THEY'VE HELPED ME SO MUCH.
IF I'M TAKE AN WAY AND HAVE TO
FACE HOMELESSNESS, I CAN'T TELL
YOU WHAT STRESS THAT IS TO HAVE
CONTINUOUS UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
FUTURE OF MY HOME.
ONE HOMEOWNER HAD A HEART
ATTACK AND DIED WHEN HE HEARD
WE WERE UP FOR SALE.
ANOTHER PERSON HAD A BREAKDOWN
AND WENT IN THE HOSPITAL
BECAUSE OF IT.
WE WERE PROMISED WE'D HAVE OUR
HOMES FOREVER.
OUR TRUST IS A BROKEN TRUST.
IT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED FINAL
PROTECTION FOR US.
WE DON'T HAVE IT YET.
ONE REASON GIVEN FOR THE LACK
OF THAT PROTECTION IN A LETTER
FROM THE MAYOR WAS THAT THE
SHOW BOX WAS SAVED.
THE DEVELOPERS THAT LOST MONEY
ON THEIR PLANS TO DEVELOP IT
ARE GOING TO SUE THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HAPPENED
YET.
IT WAS A THREAT.
THAT WAS BEGIN AS A REASON FOR
WHY THAT THE CITY COULDN'T
SUPPORT ZONING CHANGE.
I DON'T KNOW THE REASONS TO WHY
YOU DIDN'T SUPPORT OUR ZONING
CHANGE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE DO SO.
WHAT IT MEANS IS INSTEAD OF THE
CITY PAYING IN CASE THEY GET
SUED, WE PAY WITH OUR VERY
LIVES.
WE ARE THE ONES THAT PAY THAT
COST.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.
I THINK THAT'S UNJUST.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT ONLY
APPROVE THIS MORATORIUM BUT
ALSO WORK TOWARDS GETTING US A
ZONING CHANGE THAT MAKES A
PERMANENT MOBILE HOME PARK AND
RENT CONTROL HAPPENS.
OUR RENT WENT UP $100.
WE MAY BE EVICTED FOR NOT
PAYING THE RENT IF WE GET
WHATEVER WE NEED TO REMAIN A
MOBILE HOME PARK.
>> THANK YOU PATTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'M A FRIEND OF SEVERAL THAT
LIVE IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK.
I WAS AT THE HEARING LAST YEAR.
IT'S BEEN LONG ENOUGH TO LOOK
AT CHANGING ZONING.
WE HAVE NO OTHER MOBILE PARKS
IN SEATTLE THIS.
ONE NEEDS TO BE SAVED.
THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
OLDER, WHO ALSO MOVED THEIR
THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE A
PERMANENT HOME FOR THEM AS THEY
REACHED THE END OF THEIR LIVES
AND NOW THEY HAVE TO WORRY ALL
THE TIME.
I, MYSELF AM 73.
I'M LUCKY.
I OWN A HOME.
I LIVED IN SEATTLE AREA ALL MY
LIFE.
WHAT I SEE NOW IS APPALLING.
RENTS HAVE GONE UP FOR
EVERYONE.
PEOPLE IN THE PARK ARE PAYING
MORE RENT.
WE NEED TO WORK ON GETTING THIS
CHANGE.
THEY NEED MOBILE HOME
PROTECTION AND PROTECTION ON
THEIR RENT.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
HUMANITARIAN CITY.
CALL I CAN SAY LIVING HERE ALL
MY LIFE IS SAY NOT VERY
HUMANITARIAN TO ME.
WE DO THINGS BASED ON MONEY.
I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I HOPE YOU CAN SEE AND WALK
OVER THE BARRIERS.
BARRIERS ARE IN PEOPLE YOU WORK
WITH.
YOU WILL DO IT.
THANK YOU.
REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOUR WORK IN
THIS, YOU CAN ALL DO IT.
THANK YOU.
>> BETTY IS FOLLOWED BY WEST
SHIRER.
>> WELL, HERE I AM.
I DON'T KNOW YOU PEOPLE, YOU
DON'T KNOW ME.
I ASK YOU.
WE NEED TO LIVE IN OUR PARK.
I'VE BEEN THERE 14 YEARS.
YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL.
WE'RE ALL OLDER SENIOR CITIZENS
ON LIMITED INCOMES.
IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
WE'RE FRIENDS.
WE GO TO THE HOSPITAL, TAKE
PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL,
SHOPPING, ALL OVER.
YOU'VE ALL HEARD THIS.
THIS TIME VOTE WITH YOUR HEARTS
NOT YOUR HEADS.
FORGET THE BIG BUCKS PEOPLE
HAVE.
THEY WANT TO COME IN AND TAKE
OVER OUR PROPERTY.
IT'S A LOVELY PLACE TO LIVE.
THINK ABOUT YOUR GRANDPARENTS
IF THEY WERE KICKED OUT ON THE
STREET NOW.
THERE'S NO PLACE FOR US TO GO.
2500-$3000 A MONTH TO FIND AN
APARTMENT IF YOU CAN FIND ONE.
NORTH GATE IS VERY EXPENSIVE
LIVE IN.
THIS IS 7.5 ACRES LOCATION.
IT'S ON A GARBAGE DUMP.
BIG BUSINESS CAN COME IN AND
CLEAR THAT BECAUSE OF LOCATION.
PLEASE COUNCIL PEOPLE, VOTE
WITH YOUR HEARTS NOT YOUR HEAD
THIS IS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR QUITE A
WHILE.
>> I WANT TO SAVE FOR A LONGER
TIME PERIOD TO PROTECT OUR
MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE SENIOR
CITIZENS AND THERE'S ANOTHER
PEOPLE OUT THERE LIVING ON THE
STREETS.
SO WHY HAVE US AS SENIOR
CITIZENS BE WITH THEM.
I HOPE THEY CAN BE AFFORDABLE
LIVING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I HOPE YOU CAN SAVE OUR HOMES
AND OUR MOBILE HOME PARK.
IT'S ONLY TWO LEFT.
I'D HATE TO SEE A ZERO.
THANK YOU MA'AM.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
>> GOD BLESS.
>> NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE MARY
KENNEDY, STEVE STEVENSON, LINDA
McCOY.
MARY, STEVE, LINDA.
JAMES WILL BE FOURTH IN THIS
GROUP.
>> HI.
I'M MARY KENNEDY.
I'M A SEVEN YEAR RESIDENT OF
THE MOBILE HOME PARK.
ONE OF OUR LONG TIME RESIDENTS
WAS TOO ILL TO COME TODAY.
SHE ASKED ME TO READ THIS TO
YOU FROM HER.
DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
POWERS AT BE.
I'M ASKING FOR SECURITY,
STABILITY, LONG TERM
SUSTAINABILITY FOR
AFFORDABILITY OF OUR HOMES AND
COMMUNITY.
PLEASE VOTE YES FOR EXTENDED
MORATORIUM SO WE CAN SECURE A
SITUATION.
PLEASE VOTE YES, SAFE OUR
HOMES.
PRESIDENT OF THE HOA.
>> I'D LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE TO
THAT PLEASE EXTEND THE
MORATORIUM.
PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE TODAY SO
WE WILL KNOW WHETHER WE GOT IT
OR NOT.
KEEP IN MIND WE WANT TO REZONE.
WE NEED THE MORATORIUM TO GIVE
US TIME TO DO.
THAT THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> MY NAME IS STEVE STEVENSON.
I'M AN OWNER AT THE MOBILE HOME
PARK.
>> WHEN I BOUGHT MY PLACE, I
WAS TOLD BY MANAGE EXPECT
EVERYBODY THEY WOULD NEVER SELL
OUR HOUSE.
WHAT HAPPENS?
THEY SOLD THE PARK.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER
TRUST AND ALL KINDS OF JUNK.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO HIRE
LAWYERS TO GO DOWN AND FIGHT
THIS KIND OF STUFF.
YOU HAVE POWER.
THE POWER IS YOU CAN STOP MOST
OF THIS BY PUTTING THIS IN A
ZONING WHERE THEY CAN'T DO
ANYTHING BUT HAVE A 55 AND
OLDER PARK THERE.
YOU CAN DO THIS.
IF THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT YOU
TO DO IT, OVERRIDE HER WITH A 5-
4 VOTE.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
I ASK YOU GET A PERMANENT
MORATORIUM OR ZONING THING TO
KEEP THIS A MOBILE HOME PARK
FOREVER.
MAKE THEM COME IN AND BEG YOU
TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
WEAPON DON'T LIKE BEGGING.
WE LIKE TO LIVE IN OUR HOUSE
AND DO OUR OWN THING.
EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY AND
THEY LOOK AFTER EVERYBODY.
I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING IN
THE STREETS OUT HERE.
IT DOES HAPPEN IN THIS MOBILE
HOME PARK.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING, CHANGE THE ZONING.
IF YOU CAN -- I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU CAN -- HAVE RENT CONTROL.
IF YOU CAN, PUT RENT CONTROL ON
THESE PLACES WHERE WE CAN
AFFORD TO DIE THERE PEACEFULLY.
THAT'S WHAT I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE
FOR.
I FIGURE I COULD TAKE ONE THING
I PROMISED MY WIFE, TAKE CARE
OF HER.
IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN.
I'M 80 YEARS OLD.
I MAY LOOK YOUNG AND GOOD
LOOKING BUT I'M NOT.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR
TESTIFYING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU.
IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THANK
YOU LISA HERBAL.
WHEN OUR CURRENT BOARD WAS
DOING WORK WITH COUNCIL PEOPLE
TRYING TO WORK OUT STRATEGY,
YOU WERE THERE FOR US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OR
INTIMATED, OUR MOBILE HOME PARK
WAS SOLD.
IT WAS SOLD DECEMBER 6th, 2019.
SO THE GAME IS A DIFFEREN
GAME.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY -- I'M
NOT GOING TO SHAME YOU TOO
MUCH.
I JUST REALLY NEED TO SAY, WE
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHILE WE
WERE IN THE TRUST TO REALLY GET
OUR NEEDS MET.
NO ONE OWNED THIS PARK.
NO ONE WAS PROMISED THE PARK AS
A BENEFICIARY.
THAT WAS WRITTEN IN A SPECIFIC
WAY.
NOW OUR BACK IS AGAINST THE
WALL.
I WANT TO READ YOU SOMETHING
FROM THE LAWYERS OF THE NEW
OWNERS.
I'M READING IT BECAUSE I WANT
TO GIVE YOU SUPPORT AND
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM A PERMANENT
REZONING SOLUTION AND GIVE YOU
EVIDENCE YOU CANNOT BE SUED BY
THESE GUYS.
WE'VE GOT THEIR LAWYER SAYING
THIS IS THEIR INTENTION.
HERE WE GO.
THIS IS TO MICHELLE AS COAND
LEGAL COUNCIL OFFICE MAYOR
REGARDING MOBILE HOME PARK
111223 OFFICE ADDRESS.
I REPRESENT -- THIS IS FROM
HILLS CLARK HERE IN SEATTLE.
SORRY.
DEAR MRS..
I REPRESENT THE MOBILE HOME
PARK LLC.
THIS IS THE COMPANY THE BUYERS
FORMED IN NOVEMBER TO TAKE THIS
OVER.
MY CLIENT ASKED THAT I REACH
OUT TO INFORM THE CITY OF MY
CLIENT'S INTENT TO CONTINUE
OPERATING THE PROPERTY AS
MOBILE EMBARK.
MY CLIENT IS AN EXPERIENCED
MOBILE HOME PARK OPERATOR THAT
OWNS MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
THEIR INTEREST IN THE HOUSING
PROPERTY IS TO INCREASE THEIR
PORTFOLIO.
REGARDS TO HAMILTON, BLA BLA
BLA.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MINUTES HERE.
I WANT TO SAY, WHAT IS AT STAKE
HERE?
THEY MAY HAVE BEEN THE
INTONIGHT CONTINUE OPERATING AS
MOBILE HOME PARKS.
WE NEED PROTECTION AS A 55 PLUS
PARK.
WE NEED PROTECTION FOR KINDS OF
RENTS THAT WERE PROMISED UNDER
THE TRUST AGREEMENT FOR 36
YEARS.
THIS PARK OPERATED FOR 36
YEARS.
AT A BELOW MARKET RATE RENT FOR
OUR MOBILE HOME SPACES.
THIS IS A PRIVATE OWNER.
WE NEED PROTECTIONS.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO PLEASE -- HOPEFULLY
WE'LL MEET IN FUTURE AND WORK
THAT OUT.
THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO WAS THAT MARY OR LINDA?
>> YOU'RE LINDA.
MARY, FOLLOWING YOU IS JAMES
DK.
IS THERE JAMES HERE?
IS THAT YOU JAMES?
THEN YOKU THEN MEGAN MURPHY.
>> HI.
HELLO.
MY NAME IS JAMES DICK.
I CAME HERE TO SAY I'M FULLY IN
SUPPORT OF TRYING TO CONTINUE
THIS MORATORIUM SO WE HAVE TIME
TO WORK ON DEFENDING THE PARK.
THAT'S BASICALLY PRETTY MUCH
WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
I GOT SENT BY A LOOP ON THIS
MORATORIUM ON WINTER EVICTIONS.
WOW.
I FULLY SUPPORT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> YAO AND MEGAN MURPHY.
>> HI.
I'M THE OWNER OF THE MOBILE
HOME PARK RIGHT NEXT TO THIS
ONE.
I'VE BEEN OWNER FOR FOUR YEARS.
MY PARK WAS NEVER FOR SALE AND
NOT FOR SALE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I'VE SEEN HAPPENING IN THE
LAST YEAR IS THE CITY COUNCIL
IS NOT GIVING PEOPLE WHAT THEY
WANT.
YOU KNOW SOLUTION.
THOSE TWO PROPERTIES ARE
DETERIORATING BY THE MONTH.
MOBILE HOMES ARE BEYOND REPAIR.
MY PROPERTY IS GETTING MORE AND
MORE EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.
I PROPOSE AS AN OWNER THAT THE
CITY WILL CONSIDER THAT IF IN
THE FUTURE A DEVELOPER WANTS TO
DEMOLISH A MOBILE HOME PARK, HE
WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE
FOR EACH TENANT THAT MOVED OUT
TO COME BACK TOGETHER BRAND NEW
UNIT WITH THE SAME RENT THAT
THEY USE TO BE IN THE PARK.
THIS IS A SOLUTION.
I SYMPATHIZE WITH ALL OF YOU.
THIS PARK WILL NOT LAST
FOREVER.
I'M OWNER.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS
THING, I WILL DO IT FOR MY
TENANTS.
STOP TALKING.
YOU'RE TALKING TOO MUCH.
YOU'RE DOING NOTHING.
YOU DO NOTHING.
YOU JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU WANT TO
GET VOTE.
YOU GET POPULAR BY THE DAY.
SIT DOWN AND HAVE A SOLUTION.
WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?
THESE PEOPLE WANT SOLUTION.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.
>> ONE YEAR, AND YOU'VE DONE
NOTHING.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME -- .
>> YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME,
YOU CAN CALL ME.
>> OKAY.
MEGAN?
SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SUSAN
WARD.
>> THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS FEEL LIKE WE'VE
GOTTEN TO KNOW THE PEOPLE AT
HOUSE PARK.
WE KNOW THEY HAVE GRAND KIDS
AND KIDS.
THEY WORKED REALLY HARD.
WE'RE TOLD ONE THING AND THEN
HAD THAT TRUST REVERSED.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW WITH OUR
HEART, BETTER
>> IT WILL WORK OUT BETTER IN
THE END FOR EVERYBODY.
IF WE PUT PEOPLE'S NEEDS AHEAD
OF BIG REAL ESTATE BECAUSE THEY
WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE MONEY TO
PAY THE RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGES
AND FOOD.
THE PEOPLE OF HALCION, TO SEE
THEM BEING PLACED IN A
VULNERABLE POSITION DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE TO ME EITHER WAY.
THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE, THIS ISN'T
JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PAYING
EXORBITANT RENTS NEED TO
ORGANIZE AND PUSH THAT WE GET
GIVEN THE CHANCE TO PAY RENT
WHICH IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF
THE INCOME WE MAKE, 30 PERCENT
OF WHATEVER WE MAKE IS THE
FORMULA AND I THINK IF
EVERYBODY DID THIS IT WOULDN'T
BE SUCH AN UNUSUAL SITUATION TO
OVERTURN BIG DEVELOPERS COMING
IN PREDATORY, SENSING THAT THEY
HAVE EASY PREY AND THEY COULD
MAKE A KILLING FINANCIALLY,
INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WHY NOT
THINK OF IT IN A WHOLE NEW
CONTEXT PUTTING HUMAN SERVICES
FIRST AND THE NEEDS OF HUMANS
AND THEN I THINK IT WILL, I
THINK IT WOULD ULTIMATELY MAKE
BE LOW-LYING FRUIT.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS ARE
SUSAN WARD AND THEN SUE LANDOR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
SUSAN WARD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE
HALCION MOBILE HOME COURT WAS
SOLD TO A COURT OPERATOR.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT SHOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN SOLD AT ALL.
THE RESIDENCE THE RESIDENTS
WERE INSURED ON BUYING THEIR
HOMES THAT THE COURT WOULD
NEVER BE SOLD, THAT IT WOULD BE
HELD IN TRUST THAT RENT
INCREASES FOR THEIR LOTS WOULD
BE CONTROLLED, THAT THEY COULD
AGE IN PLACE, ALTHOUGH THE 76
RESIDENTS OF HOUSING COMMUNITY
ARE ELDERLY, MOST LIVE ON
LIMITED FIXED INCOMES, MANY
INVESTED THEIR LIFE SAVINGS IN
THESE HOMES. THE ONLY ONES THEY
COULD AFFORD.
THIS IS A TRUE, LONG-ESTABLISHED
LOW-INCOME HOUSING AND IT'S A
TRUE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO
KNOW AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER
. IF IT'S NEW OWNERS SELL THE
LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT, THESE
RESIDENTS WILL BE HOMELESS.
THEIR HOMES WOULD BE WORTHLESS.
EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM LONG
TERM, NOT JUST A YEAR, IS
ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING THESE
RESIDENTS IN HOUSING.
ADDITIONALLY THE COUNCIL MUST
FIND A WAY TO INSTITUTE MOBILE
HOME ZONING, OTHER CITIES HAVE
DONE IT, NOT JUST KENMORE,
THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT SIX IN
THE WASHINGTON AREA AND IT HAS
HELD UP IN COURT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY MUST
PROVIDE RENTAL INCREASE
SUBSIDIES TO THOSE WHO NEED
THEM.
THIS IS CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER
HOUSING THE CITY COULD PROVIDE
IF THESE PEOPLE BECOME
HOMELESS.
THEY WOULD BE ON A WAITING LIST
FOR SHAGGY TINY HOUSES, IF
THERE RENTERS SUBSIDIZE, IF IT
GOES UP THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE
KEPT INTACT.
WE HAVE A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
THE BEST WAY TO END
HOMELESSNESS IS TO PREVENT IT
FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST
PLACE, THANK YOU.
>> I DO HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON
SPEAK UP, THAT WOULD BE AMY
MADDEN.
>> HI EVERYONE, I AM SUE, I AM
HERE TO SPEAK, I JUST REALLY
ASSUME TAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING FOR THESE FOLKS
THAT ARE LIVING IN THIS MOBILE
HOME COMMUNITY AND I GUESS MY
BIGGEST REASON TO BE HERE TODAY
IS I AM A MEDICAL ASSISTANT AT
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S AND I'M NOT
WORKING TODAY BECAUSE I AM HERE
TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE
FAMILIES THAT I SEE IN OUR
CLINIC EVERY DAY.
I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE
HAVE TO BE SPENDING THE TIME
AND RESOURCES TO EVEN BE
TALKING ABOUT NOT AFFECTING
FAMILIES IN THE WINTER AND THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOMES, THAT WE
ARE CONSIDERING TAKING THEIR
HOMES AWAY FROM THEM.
I WISH YOU COULD COME TO OUR
CLINIC AND MEET SOME OF THESE
CHILDREN THAT ARE HOMELESS,
THEY ARE LIKE YOUR CHILDREN,
THEY TELL ME ABOUT HOW MUCH
THEY LOVE UNICORNS AND THEY
WANT TO GET SOME FOOTBALL FOR
CHRISTMAS AND I LIVE IN THE
BACKSEAT OF THE CAR BUT THERE
MOM SAID SOMEDAY THEY WILL HAVE
A HOUSE AGAIN.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A WASTE
OF OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES
TO EVEN BE HAVING THESE
DISCUSSIONS AND I ASSUME YOU
ARE ALL GOING TO LEAD WITH YOUR
HEARTS AND WE LIVE IN ONE OF
THE MOST WEALTHY CDS IN THE NEW
WORLD AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY
WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS.
THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM AMY MADDEN AND I JUST
WANT TO SPEAK TO A FEW OF MY
FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN THE HALCION
MOBILE HOME PARK, ESPECIALLY MY
FRIEND PATTY WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR
20 YEARS.
PATTY GAVE HER ENTIRE LIFE,
DEVOTED HER ENTIRE LIFE TO
WORKING FOR CHILDREN.
SHE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT
DEVELOPED THE HEADSTART PROGRAM
IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE HAVE ALL
BENEFITED FROM HER WORK AND HER
INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN. MANY OF
THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY
WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES AND
SAVED UP MONEY THAT THEY THEN
INVESTED IN THESE HOMES AND IF
THEY WERE TO LOSE THEIR HOMES,
THEY WOULD LOSE THIS
INVESTMENT, THEY WOULD LOSE
THEIR RETIREMENT.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE TREATING
OUR ELDERS BETTER, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING
HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO
HONOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
INVESTED SO MUCH TIME AND SO
MUCH WORK INTO OUR CHILDREN,
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.
THOSE ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE ON
COUNSEL BILL 11969, ARE THERE
ANY SPEAKERS I OVERLOOKED ON
THE LIST OR DID NOT GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK?
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
SPEAKER PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC
HEARING AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING ITSELF AND IT HAS BEEN
READ INTO THE RECORD I BELIEVE
SO COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
WILL YOU ADDRESS THE BILL?
>> AS WE HAVE HEARD, THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD EXTEND FOR
SIX MONTHS , A MORATORIUM AT
THE HALCION MOBILE HOME PARK,
HALCION IS HOME TO 78 SENIOR
HOUSEHOLDS, MANY OF THOSE FOLKS
I LOW INCOME RESIDENTS,
DISABLED RESIDENTS, THIS MOBILE
HOME PARK AND THE SISTER MOBILE
HOME PARK NEXT-DOOR IS I SHOULD
SAY 2 OF ONLY 2 MOBILE HOME
PARKS IN SEATTLE WHEREAS IN THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON WE HAVE
OVER 1400.
THAT IS SORT OF THE BASIS FOR
THE INTEREST IN PERMANENT
ZONING TO PROTECT WHAT IS TO
THE RESIDENCE A PRECIOUS
HOUSING RESOURCE.
I FOUND OUT REALLY BY CHANCE
THAT THE INTENDED UNDERLYING
REGULATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL
HAD EXPECTED WHEN WE PASSED THE
LAST MORATORIUM WAS NOT MOVING
FORWARD.
THE RESIDENTS OF HALCION MOBILE
HOME PARK WERE DOING THEIR DUE
DILIGENCE AND MEETING WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAKING SURE
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD BE
VOTING YES WHEN WE RECEIVED THE
ZONING LEGISLATION AND THEY
WERE ON THE UNDER THE
IMPRESSION AT THE TIME THAT THE
ZONING LEGISLATION WAS MOVING
FORWARD.
SINCE I WAS A MEMBER OF THE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE
THAT WOULD FIRST HEAR THIS
LEGISLATION I CHECKED IN TO
FIND OUT WHAT THE STATUS WAS
AND FOUND OUT AT THAT TIME THAT
THERE HAD NOT BEEN A PROPOSAL
GET DEVELOPED, THAT WAS I THINK
AN EARLY SUMMER, BACK IN JUNE,
WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS CHECKED IN WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
CONFIRMED THAT THEY DID HAVE
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DID HAVE IN
THEIR THIRD QUARTER WORK PLAN,
AND INTENT TO DRAFT
LEGISLATION, DETERMINE A
PREFERRED POLICY APPROACH AND
BEGIN REVIEW WITH AN
EXPECTATION THAT THEY WOULD BE
TRANSMITTING LEGISLATION IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER OF 2019.
I HAVE CHECKED IN WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND EXPRESSED MY
HOPE THAT AS SOON AS THE
COUNCIL PASSES THIS LEGISLATION
THAT WE ALL GET ON THE SAME
PAGE BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO
BE IN THE SAME POSITION COME
MAY 2020 OF NEEDING TO TAKE
THIS ACTION AGAIN AND I REALLY
APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
FOR THE UNCERTAINTY THAT FOLKS
HAVE BEEN HAVING TO LIVE UNDER,
IT IS UNFORTUNATE AND IS
SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
AVOIDED.
SINCE OUR LAST ACTION ON THIS,
THERE HAS BEEN A LEGAL DECISION
THAT ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER
ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IN ADDITION
TO PASSING ZONING LEGISLATION,
IT'S UNCERTAIN HOW MUCH THIS
OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BENEFIT
THE RESIDENTS OF HALCION BUT I
THINK IT IS WORTH A
CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE A NEW PATH THAT IS
CLEAR FOR WASHINGTON STATE
INCLUDING THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
IF WE WANT TO ACT TO ENHANCE
PROTECTIONS FOR OUR TWO
REMAINING MANUFACTURED HOUSING
PARKS.
WE CAN NOW ENACT A RENEWED
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL LAW TO
ALLOW THE TENANTS TO HAVE A
LEGAL RIGHT TO BE THE FIRST
OFFERS TO PURCHASE THE PARK IF
IT COMES UP FOR SALE AGAIN,
OTHER STATES HAVE SUCH A LAW
AND BECAUSE OF HER RECENT COURT
CASE, WE HAVE CLEARED THE WAY
TO ENACT SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HERE LOCALLY IN SEATTLE.
I FOUND THAT NONPROFITS SUCH AS
THE RESIDENT OWNED COMMUNITIES
OF ROCK U.S.A.
SERVE AS A LOW-COST BANK TO
PARK TENANTS WHO WANT TO
ORGANIZE TO MAKE A MATCHING
BUYOUT OFFER AND WE HAVE SOME
FOLKS IN OUR CITY OF SEATTLE
WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
ARE ACTUALLY ORGANIZING IN
OTHER STATES, IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY TO ACTUALLY TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS, SO IT WOULD
BE INTERESTING TO BRING THAT
EXPERTISE HERE TO SEATTLE TO
TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAYBE
LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
THE LAST POINT I WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE, IS WE HAVE HEARD THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, THAT THERE IS A
NEW PURCHASER, WE HAVE RECEIVED
A WRITTEN EXPECTATION THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OPERATING
THIS PARK AS A MOBILE HOME PARK,
AND I THINK THE ACTION THAT WE
ARE ABOUT TO TAKE TODAY WILL
FURTHER BUTTRESS THAT INTENT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN
TODAY.>> CONSUMMATE KSHAMA
SAWANT AND
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO TESTIFY
ON THIS ISSUE, BOTH THE
RESIDENTS THEMSELVES BECAUSE
YOU ARE DIRECTLY FACING THE
SITUATION BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE
WHO STAND WITH YOU AND SO MANY
COMMUNITY ALLIES.
YOU HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT, IT'S
REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE ARE
IN THE SITUATION AND FIRST OF
ALL I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS
ONE OF YOU SAID, IT'S BOTH
ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR MOBILE
HOMES AND ALSO PROTECTING YOU
AS RENTERS AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU WHO
SAID THIS IS ACTUALLY LINKED TO
THE OVERALL QUESTION OF
CONTROLLING WENT IN THE CITY
BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY THAT IS IMPACTED BY
THE FACT THAT RENT IS NO LONGER
AFFORDABLE EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE
OWNERS OF YOUR MOBILE HOMES, SO
LAST FEBRUARY THIS COUNCIL
UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY PASSED
IN ORDINANCE THAT PLACED A ONE
YEAR OR MORATORIUM TO STOP THE
IMMEDIATE THREAT AND IT WAS AN
HONOR FOR MY OFFICE TO BE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU, THE
ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURED
HOMEOWNERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY
SUPPORTERS THAT WE CAME
TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED A
WORK PROGRAM FOR OFFICES UNDER
THE MAYOR'S CONTROL, REMEMBER
THE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THE MAYOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
WHETHER OR NOT COUNSEL GUIDED
ACTION HAPPENS OR NOT, BECAUSE
SHE IS THE ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVE THERE.
THE ORDINANCE ALSO ESTABLISHED
A WORK PROGRAM FOR OFFICES
UNDER THE MAYOR'S CONTROL TO
DEVELOP PROPOSE LEGISLATIONS
FOR THE COUNCILS CONSERVATION
AND CONDUCT ANY REQUIRED
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT
TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
AND COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
WAS MENTIONING THESE.
THESE WOULD PERMANENTLY PROTECT
RESIDENTS OF MOBILE HOME PARKS
WHO SUFFER FROM HOUSING
INSECURITY.
UNFORTUNATELY AND THIS IS NOT A
SURPRISE TO US, OR MY OFFICE,
UNFORTUNATELY THE MAYOR HAS NOT
COOPERATED IN THIS PROCESS AND
THOSE STUDIES ARE NOT YET DONE.
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
INAPT OR THEY FORGOT, IT IS A
POLITICAL ACT WHEN A STUDY IS
DONE OR WHEN A STUDY IS NOT
DONE, IT IS A POLITICAL DECISION
, CLEARLY THEY ARE MAKING A
POINT THAT YOU ARE NOT
IMPORTANT ENOUGH.
YOU ARE NOT WELL THE REAL
ESTATE OWNERS, SO THIS IS A
POLITICAL QUESTION SO WE DO
NEED TO EXTEND THIS TEMPORARY
MORATORIUM THE MAIN THING WE
NEED COMING OUT OF THIS IS TO
RENEW OUR CALL ON THE MAYOR TO
DO THE RIGHT THING BY MOBILE
HARBOR PARK RESIDENCE AND AS
YOU SAID WE HAVE JUST LEARNED
HALCION HAS SAID LET'S GO
THROUGH SO I JUST WANTED TO
SHOW YOU MY OFFICE WILL
CONTINUE TO STAND WITH YOU AND
MORE SPECIFICALLY ORGANIZE WITH
YOU YOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO
THAT IMMEDIATELY, WE NEED TO
PUT PRESSURE ON THE MAYOR BUT
WE ALSO NEED TO DEMAND THAT THE
NEW OWNER SITS DOWN WITH YOUR
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND
COMES TO AN ENFORCEABLE
AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW YOU
TO STAY AT HALCION AFFORDABLY.
IT IS ALLOWING THE MOBILE HOME
PARK TO REMAIN WITH THE FORD
ABILITY.
WE WANT TO DEMAND THAT FROM THE
NEW OWNER BUT JUST IN CLOSING I
JUST WANTED TO SAY, THIS IS A
POLITICAL STRUGGLE, TO MAKE
THIS PRESSURE COME TO FRUITION
BOTH ON THE MAYOR'S AND AND NOW
ON THE OWNERS AND, THAT WILL
REQUIRE US TO CONTINUE TO GET
ORGANIZED AND YOU HAVE
TREMENDOUS SUPPORT BUT WE NEED
TO BRING THAT INTO ACTION AND
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THOSE OF
YOU WHO SAID VOTE WITH YOUR
HEARTS NOT YOUR HEADS, LET ME
SAY IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DO THE
RIGHT THING IN THE CONTEXT OF
INEQUALITY, THE HEART AND HAD
TO GO THE RIGHT WAY.
IT SHOULD NOT BE DISCONNECTED.
SO HEARTS AND HEADS SHOULD
INDICATE THAT WE SHOULD KEEP
OUR MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN
THEIR HOMES.
>> THANK YOU CONSUMMATE KSHAMA
SAWANT.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER, SIR AND
IF YOU CONTINUE TO SPEAK YOU
WILL BE HELD DISRUPTIVE AND I'M
GOING TO HOLD YOU DISRUPTIVE
WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO HAVE YOU
REMOVED, SIR, THANK YOU.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT WE
HAVE ON THIS BILL?
IF NOT I WILL MOVE IT.
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNSEL
BILL 119696, IS THERE A SECOND?
MOVED AND SECONDED.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBALS, WHEREAS,
O'BRIEN, PETERSON.
KSHAMA SAWANT, BACK SHOP,
PRESIDENT.
8 IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> PLEASE CALL, PLEASE READ THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.>> ADOPTING GENERAL
RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
SUPERSEDING RESOLUTIONS 31806
AND 31886.
>> THIS IS AN ITEM I WILL
PRESENT TO ALL OF YOU.
IN SHORT, THIS RESOLUTION
ADOPTS ATTACHMENT ONE TO THE
RESOLUTION WHICH IS OUR GENERAL
RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS WE
USED TO DEVELOP THESE RULES,
ABOUT EVERY YEAR THE COUNCIL
RULES ARE REVIEWED BY MANY
FOLKS AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE
FOLKS, THE CITY CLERK AND THE
DEPUTY CLERK'S WHO I MENTIONED
EARLIER TODAY, DEPUTY CITY
ATTORNEY AND ASSISTANT
ATTORNEYS JUST LAYTON AND GARY
SMITH, OUR CODE REVISOR, AND
MANY OTHERS ON MY STAFF, JUST
TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT
MAKES SENSE DURING THE COURSE
OF THE YEAR.
WE ALSO SEND DRAFTS AND SEEK
COMMENTS FROM THE MUNICIPAL
LEAGUE AND ACLU AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A
VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT WE TRY
TO DO AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR
RULES ON HOW WE CONDUCT OUR
BUSINESS IS ALIGNED WITH VALUES
OF TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS
AND OPENNESS, SO THROUGH THAT
PROCESS WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL
REVIEW.
WE DID HAVE SOME PROCEDURAL
CHANGES IN RULES FOR MEMBERSHIP
AND IN ATTENDANCE, AND THAT
DEALS WITH IF THERE'S A COUNCIL
VACANCY AND IT IS FAILED HOW
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AND
STANDING COMMITTEES WHO ARE
WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING SURE
THAT THAT NEWLY, THE NEW
COUNCILMEMBER ASSUMES ALL OF
THOSE DUTIES, SO YOU'VE HAD
CERTAIN SEVERAL CIRCULATIONS OF
THIS AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND I
ALSO APPRECIATE WHEN SOME OF
YOU ARE READING THIS, YOU'VE
TAKEN THE TIME TO GET THE
HISTORY OF SOME OF THE CHANGES
OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, IS THERE
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR
CONCERNS ON THE ADOPTED COUNCIL
RULES AS PROPOSED?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
FOR WORKING ON THESE.
I CAME IN LATE TO THIS PROCESS
AND WE WILL HAVE THREE NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS JOINING US SOON,
I KNOW TRADITIONALLY THESE
RULES ARE UPDATED SOMETIMES
JUST EVERY TWO YEARS, HOWEVER I
SORT OF WANT TO PLANT A SEED
THAT I KNOW THREE NEW MEMBERS
COMING IN MAY WANT TO LOOK AT
THESE AGAIN AND SEE HOW THINGS
GO THE FIRST FEW MONTHS WITH
CERTAIN THINGS SO I JUST WANT
TO PLANT THAT SEED AND BE
FLEXIBLE TO SEE IF WE WANT TO
EXPLORE SOME OF THE NUANCES
LATER WITH THE NEWER MEMBERS.
>> DULY NOTED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
>> JUST A COMMENT, THAT THIS
WOULD SHIFT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HAS BEEN COMMONPLACE FOR
ME FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS I
THINK THEY ARE FAIRLY BIG
SHIFTS, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE WITH
THE RULE THAT ONLY DESIGNATED
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE COULD
VOTE AND PARTICIPATE ONLY BY
INVITATION OF THE CHAIR AND IS
A PRETTY BIG SHIFTS AND I AM
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS BUT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN I THINK
YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN
THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SHIFT IN I
THINK COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE
PUBLIC WILL WANT TO UNDERSTAND
HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AND OBVIOUSLY
IF THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO CHANGE
THIS AGAIN I HOPE THEY WOULD
CONSIDER FIGURING A PATH THAT
NAVIGATES THAT.>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
? WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, I MAY
WRITE IN AND GIVE SOME COMMENTS
IF YOU START MESSING AROUND
WITH THESE RULES AGAIN BUT IN
ALL SERIOUSNESS, I'M REALLY
PROUD THE WAY THAT EVEN COUNCIL
MEMBERS PRIOR TO THIS COUNSEL,
THAT WE DO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
IMPROVE THINGS AND I THINK WE
ALWAYS TRY TO ALIGN OURSELVES
WITH TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS.
THE ISSUES HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE
MORE COMPLEX AS CASE HISTORY IS
DEVELOPED ON OPEN PUBLIC
MEETINGS ACT AND THERE'S BEEN
ALLEGATIONS MADE AND CONCERNS
MADE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
THEY WEIGH IN ON THESE THINGS
SO I THINK THROUGH THE CLERK'S
OFFICE AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT,
WE REALLY WORKED FEVERISHLY TO
TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING WE DO IS ALIGNED
WITH THE SPIRIT AND THE LEVEL
OF LETTER OF THE PUBLIC
MEETINGS ACT AND FAIR TO ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS, SO I COULD SAY
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND TRUTHFULLY
THAT ALL OF THESE CHANGES WERE
MADE IN THAT SPIRIT AND I
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT OF
COURSE, YOU LEARN FROM MISTAKES
MADE AND I'M SURE COUNCIL WILL
LOOK AT THINGS WE COULD'VE
IMPROVED IN THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS, SO I THINK YOUR POINT IS
WELL TAKEN.
>> I SAW THAT RICH,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION IS
STILL OUTSTANDING.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS I
THINK THE COMPLEXITY AROUND THE
PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT AND VARIOUS
RULES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
COMPLY WITH HAVE NECESSITATED
THESE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I
WOULD EXPECT IN THE FUTURE,
BECAUSE I WOULD SAY GENERALLY
WE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO SHOW
UP IN COMMITTEES, TO HAVE THE
MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION TO
WORK ON POLICIES BEFORE THEY
COME TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND I
THINK SOME OF THESE RULES WILL
MAKE THAT MORE DIFFICULT, SO
THOSE CONVERSATIONS MAY SHIFT
THE FULL COUNCIL WHICH WOULD
CHANGE THE NATURE OF THESE
MEETINGS AND NOT TO SAY THAT
ONE IS A BETTER WAY OR WORSE
WAY OF DOING IT, BUT I THINK IT
WILL BE A SHIFT AND THAT'S JUST
SOMETHING FOR FOLKS TO BE AWARE
OF.
>> VERY GOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> JUST A CLARIFICATION FROM
ME, I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN RAISING WHAT SOME OF
THESE CHANGES ARE BECAUSE I
THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT CULTURE SHIFT NOT
JUST FOR THE COUNCIL BUT FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
USED TO WORKING WITH THE
COUNCIL IN A CERTAIN WAY TO
ACCOMPLISH ITS OBJECTIVES, SO
THE CONCEPT OF NOT BEING ABLE
TO RECRUIT A COUNCILMEMBER WHO
IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE TO ATTEND, TO IMPACT
THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE OF THE
COMMITTEE, THAT IS A BIG CHANGE
AND IT IS A CHANGE THAT WE NEED
TO MAKE AND I SUPPORT MAKING
FOR PURPOSE OF CLARIFICATION, I
REMEMBER ONE VERSION OF THE
RULES TALKED ABOUT THE ABILITY
OF THE CHAIR TO INVITE
PARTICIPATION OF NON-COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
THAT EXISTS FOR PURPOSES OF
VOTING BUT THERE WAS SOME
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE
WOULD REQUIRE AN INVITATION FOR
SOMEBODY, FOR NON-COMMITTEE
MEMBER WHO WASN'T INTENDING TO
VOTE BUT WAS ONLY INTENDING TO
PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION,
DOES THAT STILL REQUIRE THE
INVITATION FROM THE COMMITTEE
CHAIR?
>> COMMITTEE CHAIR OR THE VICE
CHAIR.
>> GUESS, FROM THE COMMITTEE
CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR.
>> EVEN FOR NO VOTING, OKAY.
AND THEN ALSO JUST AGAIN FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC I THINK A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT HAS
BEEN MADE AS WE NOW HAVE A
QUORUM OF 3, COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN ALLUDED TO THAT BUT
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN
COUNCILMEMBERS CAN'T ATTEND
MEETINGS, THAT MEANS WE AS
CHAIRS CANNOT HOLD THEM, SO
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE US BEING
MORE NIMBLE AND ALSO FULFILLING
OUR COMMITMENTS ON A REGULAR
BASIS TO ATTEND THE COMMITTEE
MEETINGS THAT WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTENDING BUT
IT ALSO REQUIRES THE CHAIRS TO
WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE TO
ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SCHEDULING
MEETINGS AT TIMES THAT THEY CAN
ACTUALLY ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.
>> CORRECT.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY OPENLY WHEN
LOOKING AT THESE RULES, I JUST
CANNOT PERCEIVE A SITUATION
WHERE A COUNCILMEMBER REQUEST
TO BE PRESENT IN A MEETING AND
A CHAIR WOULD DENY THE
PRESENCE.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IN
THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN, SO
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT NEVER
HAPPENS.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A LIKELY
POSSIBILITY SO THANKS FOR THOSE
COMMENTS.
>> I MIGHT SAY NO.
>> OH NO.
THANKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
COUNCIL RULES WE'VE NEVER HAD
TO DEBATE ON FOR 10 YEARS AND
NOW WE SEEM TO HAVE A DEBATE
ON?>> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 2 AND IT
IS 3:55.
>> I DO HAVE TO PROPOSE AN
AMENDMENT. I WILL AMEND --
OKAY, SOMETIME TODAY, WHAT AM I
AMENDING HERE?
LET'S SEE HERE.
JUST ONE MOMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PARTS HERE.
>> YOU CAN ELECT A NEW COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TODAY WHILE WE ARE AT
IT.
>> WHAT IS THE AMENDMENT, I
CAN'T RECALL WHAT IT IS.
WHAT IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THAT?
I CAN'T RECALL.
OKAY, SO I AM GOING TO, I AM
GOING TO MOVE, I'M GOING TO
AMEND IT BY PRESENTING
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WHICH IS
ATTACHMENT NUMBER ONE WHICH
JUST ALLOWS WHAT I DESCRIBED
THIS MORNING WHICH IS ON THE
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES THAT A NEW
COUNCILMEMBER WOULD ASSUME THE
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AS THEY
WOULD THE STANDING COMMITTEES,
IT COULD BE CHANGED, BUT IT
DEFAULTS TO THAT AND THAT MAKES
SENSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
PLEASE NO QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE AYE'S HAVE IT.
I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
31920 AS AMENDED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
31920 AS AMENDED, PLEASE NOTE
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES, THE RESOLUTION
IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED IN THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEMS THREE CANS OF
THOSE 119.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW .
>> THANK YOU, I AM AN
AMENDMENT.
>> THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THIS
ONE SO DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS AND
THEN GO AHEAD AND DESCRIBE THE
AMENDMENT HEARD
>> THIS LEGISLATION IS PROPOSED
BY OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES, ITS COUNSEL
BILL 119719 THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENS BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE COALITION OF
CITY UNIONS ALSO KNOWN SIMPLY
AS THE COALITION FOR THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS WOULD COVER A THREE-
YEAR PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1,
2019 SO IT'S RETROACTIVE A
YEAR, THROUGH DECEMBER 31 AND
WOULD AFFECT OVER 5500
REGULARLY APPOINTED CITY
EMPLOYEES IN 25 CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
IT WOULD ALSO AUTHORIZE A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE
WORKERS DISTRICT LODGE 160,
LOCAL 289, TO ESTABLISH AN AUTO
MECHANIC SPECIALIZED SERIES
RETROACTIVE TO FEBRUARY 2018.
>> VERY GOOD.
YOUR AMENDMENT IS A NEW SECTION
18, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT, IT WOULD AMEND THIS
BILL 119719 VERSION D 1 TO ADD
AUTHORITY FOR THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS
LOCAL 27.
>> SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A
VOTE JUST ON THE AMENDMENT, THE
NEW SECTION 18.
ACTUALLY THE NEW ATTACHMENT 17,
I'M SORRY?
YEAH.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT?
JUST THE AMENDMENT?
IT NEEDS TO BE SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, PLEASE NOTE AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYE'S HAVE IT, IT'S
AMENDMENT AMENDED BY ADDING A
NEW SECTION 18.
ANYMORE COMMENTS ON THE BILL
ITSELF?>> NO.>> OKAY, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDED BILL?
WE ARE GOOD.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSING OF BILL 119719 AS
AMENDED.
>> GONZALEZ HERBOLD JUAREZ
O'BRIEN , PEDERSEN, SAWANT ,
BAGSHAW , BRUCE HARRELL?
7 AND DRIVEN UNOPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> RELATING TO CITY EMPLOYMENT.
>> THIS IS LOCAL 77 ORDINANCE,
LEGISLATION WOULD AUTHORIZE THE
EXECUTION OF A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS LOCAL UNION NUMBER 77,
MATERIAL CONTROLLERS UNIT AND
THE APPRENTICESHIP UNIT PER THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
WOULD COVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD
FROM JANUARY 1, 2019, AGAIN,
RETROACTIVE THROUGH DECEMBER
31, 2022.
IT WOULD AFFECT 10 REGULARLY
PPOINTMENT EMPLOYEES AT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND IT WOULD
ALSO AUTHORIZE A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
LOCAL 77, INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS FOR
THE TELECOM SYSTEM INSTALLERS
ARE COVERED BY A SEPARATE
AGREEMENT FOR LOCAL 77 AND
THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BILL?
>> I WILL MOVE KIDS BILL
119718, IS THERE A SECOND?
WILL THE KIRK CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE BILL?
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> THE 119714 RELATED TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT PROVIDING SALARY
INCREASES FOR CERTAIN NON-
REPRESENTED CITY JOB TITLES.
>> THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
AUTHORIZE SALARY INCREASES
AGAIN ONE YEAR RETROACTIVE IN
2020 AND 2021 FOR CERTAIN CITY
JOB TITLES THAT ARE NOT
REPRESENTED BY A LABOR
ORGANIZATION, THE INCREASES
WOULD IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 1200
NON-EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEES WOULD
BE CONSISTENT AND WAGE
INCREASES.
AS WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN
ANOTHER MOMENT, HISTORICALLY
THE CITY HAS PROVIDED THE SAME
WAGE INCREASES ELEPHANTS AND
OTHER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
AND WE RECOMMEND THIS PAST.
>> NOW ON THIS ONE A TABLE THAT
NEEDS TO BE AMENDED?
>> I THINK THAT'S ITEM 6.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THIS BILL?
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNSEL
BILL 119714.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL PAID
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSED.
PLEASE READ HIM ITEM NUMBER 6.
>> CONSTABLE 119713 CITY
EMPLOYMENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE
PAY ZONE ORDINANCE.
>> I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE IT
AGAIN AND THEN I HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TO IT.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD ADJUST
THE PAY ZONE STRUCTURES FOR
2019 AND 2020 FOR CERTAIN
DISCRETIONARY PAY PROGRAMS OF
THE CITY, THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S
HISTORICAL PRACTICE OF
ADJUSTING DISCRETIONARY PAY
ZONE STRUCTURES CONSISTENT WITH
WAGE INCREASES AND AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
COALITION.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND ON THIS ONE WE NEED TO
AMEND IT BY THE STRATEGIC
ADVISOR POSITION.
>> RIGHT.
AND IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, I
WOULD LIKE TO AMEND CONSTABLE
119713 VERSION D 2 A TO ADD
STRATEGIC ADVISOR DID
LEGISLATIVE TO THE LIST OF
TITLES IN THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> VERY GOOD.
WHERE JUST VOTING ON THE
AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW, THOSE IN
FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT WHICH
BASICALLY IS THE SECTION 5
TABLE DESCRIBING THE POSITIONS
THAT COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW JUST
ARTICULATED, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE NOTE
AYE.
THE AYE'S HAVE IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
ARE WE GOOD?
>> I HAVE NONE.
>> I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNSEL
BILL 119 713 AS AMENDED.
>> SECOND.
>> WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE?
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD ,
JUAREZ, O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN,
SAWANT, BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 7, SHORT TITLE.
>> 119715 RELATING TO
COMPENSATION OF BENEFITS FOR
CERTAIN CITY EMPLOYEES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
>> THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
AUTHORIZE CHANGES TO PAID
BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
FOR CERTAIN JOB TITLES THAT ARE
ENUMERATED WITHIN THIS
ORDINANCE.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
MOVE TO PASS COUNSEL BILL 119
715. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, RESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM THE SHORT TITLE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119717 RELATING
TO CITY EMPLOYMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS ITEM WOULD AMEND OUR
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
HARMONIZE THE CITY'S PAID AND
UNPAID LEAVE BENEFITS WITH THE
WASHINGTON STATE PAID FAMILY
AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM AND
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
ENHANCEMENTS, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR TO
COUNSEL NEVER GONZALEZ ON ALL
YOUR WORK ON THIS.
>> VERY GOOD, QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY.
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNSEL
BILL 119717.
>> SECOND.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSED.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
NINE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119722 AMENDING
ORDINANCE 125724 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2019 BUDGET.
>> A BAD SHOT?
>> I HAVE NOT MUCH MORE TO ADD
ON THIS ITEM OTHER THAN THE
TITLE THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
AGAIN THE UNIONS BELONGING TO
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS, THEY EXPIRED ON
DECEMBER 31 OF 2018 AND THERE
IS A LONG LIST HERE OF ITEMS
AND CHANGES TO THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS, IT IS AROUND 12
PAGES OF THESE AND WE RECOMMEND
THAT THIS ORDINANCE PASSED.
>> VERY GOOD, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> IS A PRESIDENT?
>> YES, COUNCILMAN PEDERSEN ?
>> SINCE I'M NEW TO THIS
PROCESS, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS
COUNSEL BILL WILL BE PAYING FOR
THE CONTRACTS THAT WE JUST
APPROVED AND I DIDN'T KNOW FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ON
THE LR PCR FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, JUST A COUPLE OF
BACKGROUND STATEMENTS IF
ANYBODY COULD PROVIDE IN TERMS
OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU GO
THROUGH AND ALSO, IS THERE A
CONCURRENCE THAT YOU BELIEVE
THESE BUDGETARY ALLOCATINS ARE
SUSTAINABLE?
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT
COUNCILMEMBER, PEDERSEN, THANK
YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE
QUESTIONS, WE LOOKED VERY HARD
WITH WORKING WITH THE BUDGET
OFFICE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND
THAT THE MONEY WAS THERE IN THE
BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WOULD ANY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE TO COMMENT
ON THE QUESTION AT LEAST?
THAT'S POSED BY COUNSEL NEVER
PEDERSEN?
>> I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE
RELATIONS POLICY.
THAT IS A COMMITTEE OF FIVE
COUNCILMEMBERS AND INCLUDES
MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBERS BAGSHAW
, HARRELL , MOSQUEDA AND
O'BRIEN.
SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE CITY COALITION
DELIVERED DURING PUBLIC
TESTIMONY EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON BOTH MENTION THIS HAS
BEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR
LONG PROCESS SO I BELIEVE THAT
WE HAVE IN THE COURSE OF
SETTING THE PARAMETERS FOR
LABOR AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
CITY COALITION MEMBERS AND THE
FIREFIGHTERS UNION WHICH IS NOT
A MEMBER OF THE CITY COALITION
BUT NONETHELESS SUBJECT AND
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS THAT THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PARAMETERS
THAT WE SET THAT WE ARE GETTING
SET TO VOTE ON THE ACTUAL
PHYSICAL BILL ARE ALL IN
COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR RELATIONS
POLICY COMMITTEE PARAMETERS AND
THAT WE ARE ACTING CONSISTENT
WITH THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COAL
CODE THAT SETS THE STANDARDS
AND REGULATIONS AROUND HOW WE
ENGAGE WITH OUR LABOR UNION SO
I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE THAT WE
HAVE COMPLIED WITH OUR
STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS.>> ANY
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
IF NOT I WILL MOVE TO PASS
COUNSEL BILL 119722.
>> SECOND.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL PAID
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, RESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> SEATTLE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND
REQUEST FOR SIX-MONTH EXTENSION
FOR THE FOLLOWING OF A
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT DUE
MARCH 1 2020.
>> THIS IS A CLERK FILE OF THE
MEMO, I WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE,
THIS IS A MEMO FROM THE
EXECUTIVE REQUESTING A SIX
MONTH EXTENSION FOR COMPLETING
THE REMAINING SIR WHICH THE
STANDS FOR SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT AND THE EXTENSION FROM
MARCH 1, ITS ORIGINAL DUE DATE
2020 AND WE SORT OF ANTICIPATED
GIVING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
WORK DONE IN OUR PRIVACY
PROTECTION EFFORTS THAT THE
EXTENSION MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY
AND OUR OLDER ORDINANCE, WE
DESCRIBE SORT OF HOW THE DUE
DATE AND HOW REQUEST FOR AN
EXTENSION WHICH WERE TO TAKE
PLACE, AND BASICALLY THE
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE
WORK THEY DID FOR THE FIRST TWO
SIR'S WHICH REQUIRES A LOT OF
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND A LOT
OF INTERACTION WITH THE ACLU
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING
AND PROTECTING PRIVACY INTEREST
, LOOKING AT DEPARTMENT NEEDS
FOR THE TECHNOLOGY, ETC.
AND WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, IT TAKES A WHILE, SO
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE
TO EXTEND THE DATE TO MAKE SURE
WHAT WORK IS DONE THOROUGHLY
AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF
PARTICULARLY THE FULL PRIVACY
ADVOCATES AND STILL TRYING TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF GOVERNMENT AS
A USE TECHNOLOGY REASONABLY SO
WE THINK THIS EXTENSION IS
REASONABLE AND I AM CONFIDENT
THAT THIS GOOD WORK WILL
CONTINUE TO BE DONE AND DONE
THE RIGHT WAY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THIS CLERK FILE?
HEARING NONE, I MOVED TO
APPROVE AND FILE CLERK FILE
314442.
THERE IS A SECOND.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AND
FILING THE CLERK FILE, PLEASE
VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE CLERK
FILE IS APPROVED AND FILED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
EQUITY AND TECHNOLOGY COUNSEL
BILL 119707 RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
>> OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO
CHANNEL IN MY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA SPIRIT ON THIS AS A
CITY LIGHT MATTER .
>> YOU HAVE TO BE PEPPY OR.
>> OKAY, SO THIS COUNSEL BILL
AUTHORIZES THE GENERAL MANAGER
AND CEO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER TO ACCEPT A
MODIFICATION OF AN EXISTING
EASEMENT GRANTED BY THE CITY
COUNTY.
THAT WAS JUST A PHENOMENAL YEAR
BY THE WAY, THE YEAR SOME
PEOPLE WERE BORN, SINCE THAT
TIME, THE UTILITY LINES HAVE
BEEN RELOCATED WITHOUT AN
ADJUSTMENT TO THE EASEMENT AND
NOW KING COUNTY IS PLANNING TO
CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING IN
THAT AREA AND IT NEEDS TO
REVISE THE EASEMENT AND SO
THAT'S WHAT THIS LEGISLATION
DOES.
THERE'S NO COST TO EITHER PARTY
AND IT REVISES PART OF THE
EASEMENT TO REFLECT THE PRESENT
LOCATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION
LINES.
THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES, ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NOT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
BUT
>> PAST AND SHARED, PLEASE READ
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
>> RESOLUTION 31919 RELATING TO
THE TERMINOLOGY MATCHING FUND
PROGRAM.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.>> JUST
ONE MOMENT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS OUR RESOLUTION
WHICH BASICALLY RELATES TO OUR
TECHNOLOGY MATCHING PROGRAM, A
LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT FUND
BECAUSE WE ARE, IT WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1997ÃPROGRAM
THAT HAS ASSISTED MORE THAN 340
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH
$5.4 MILLION IN FUNDING AND 9
MILLION IN COMMUNITY MATCHED
FUNDS, PRIMARILY TO LOOK AT
EQUITY PROGRAMS,
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND THE
KINDS OF PROGRAMS HAVE JUST
REALLY BEEN INCREDIBLE THAT
HAVE CONTINUED TO DO THIS WORK
IN LOOKING AT THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE.
THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS
ASKING TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE
PROCESS.
THEY ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW TAKES
POTENTIALLY RUN SIX MONTHS TO
GET THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR
BASICALLY AND WE ARE ASKING
THAT THESE COMMUNITIES, THESE
ORGANIZATIONS, IS THERE A WAY
WE CAN ACCELERATE THE PROCESS?
SOME OF THESE ARE FIVE 10
MILLION, FIVE OR 10,000 DOLLARS
GRANT, NONE OF THEM EXCEED
50,000 SO WE THINK WE WANT TO
HAVE A VERY EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE MANNER TO GET THE
MONEY OUT THE DOOR SO TO SPEAK
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION
DIES.
I DO HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT
TO IT.
I WILL FIRST ASK IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS ON THE BASE
LEGISLATION, EVERYBODY GOOD
THERE?
I NEED TO MOVE TO MINNISS
RESOLUTION 31919 BY ADDING A
NEW SECTION 4, THIS IS A
SUGGESTION FROM COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD THAT I SUPPORT AND THAT
IS THE CTO, THE CTO IS
REQUESTED TO PROVIDE THE REPORT
ON ALL APPROVED PROJECTS BY
MARCH 31 2020, SO WE WANT A
SPECIFIC DATE BY WHICH THE CTO
WOULD COME BACK AND GIVE US
RECOMMENDATIONS.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO.
I'M SORRY I DID NOT HAVE A
CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS LANGUAGE
WHEN IT WAS IN DRAFT FORM SO
I'M JUST GOING TO FOR THE
RECORD EXPRESS MY HOPE THAT WE
ARE NOT ONLY BRIEFED ON WHAT
THE PROJECTS ARE BY THE DATE
CERTAIN, BUT WHAT THE NEW
PROCESSES MY INTEREST WAS IT
WAS REALLY IN FINDING OUT, YES,
WE ARE AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTIVE AND THE CEO TO GO
FORTH AND CREATE A NEW PROCESS
BY WHICH THEY WOULD USE THAT
NEW PROCESS TO IDENTIFY NEW
PROJECTS AND I WOULD BE
INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THE NEW
PROCESS IS THESE PROJECTS ARE
NO LONGER REQUIRED TO COME TO
COUNSEL FOR OUR AUTHORIZATION.
WE ARE RELINQUISHING A LITTLE
BIT OF OVERSIGHT AND I WANTED
TO GET THE SENT SENSE OF WHAT
THAT OVERSIGHT, WHAT
OPPORTUNITIES THERE WOULD BE
FOR OVERSIGHT IN THE FUTURE
UNDER THE NEW PROCESS, BEFORE
NEW PROJECTS CAME FORWARD.
NONETHELESS, I AM CONFIDENT
THAT FOLKS AT SEATTLE I.T.
ARE WATCHING AND WILL OFFER TO
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ABSENT
AN AMENDMENT WHEN THE TIME
COMES, SO THANK YOU.
>> VERY GOOD POINT AND VERY
GOOD CATCH BY THE WAY, IN MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOLKS AT
SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN AND
TRANSPARENT AND YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT THE
THOUGHT HERE IS LET US KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE DOING, WHAT YOU
THINK MAKES SENSE AND MAKE SURE
THE COUNCIL IS INVOLVED.
I MUST SAY THAT IN 12 YEARS
I'VE BEEN SORT OF SUPERVISING
FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE THE
TECHNOLOGY MATCHING GRANDSON I
WANT TO THANK THEM FOR AND THE
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY
BOARD ON THEIR OPENNESS AND
TRANSPARENCY ON HOW THEY'VE
GONE ABOUT LETTING US KNOW WHAT
KINDS OF INVESTMENTS THEY ARE
LOOKING AT IN A TYPICAL YEAR,
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAY INVEST IN
ONE AREA OF TECHNOLOGY VERSUS
ANOTHER AREA, WHERE THERE MIGHT
BE AN INCREASED LEVEL OF FRAUD
AGAINST THE ELDERLY AS AN
EXAMPLE AND THE INTERNET
GETTING THAT CALL AND ASKING
FOR THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO
THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY OPEN AND
TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE
LOOKING AT AND I'M SURE THAT
TRANSPARENCY WILL CONTINUE BUT
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT BECAUSE
WE ARE REALLY PUSHING SOME
LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED?>> WE
ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT
FIRST IS
>> WE ARE VOTING ON THE
AMENDMENT FIRST.
SO I MOVED IT, IT WAS SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE
VOTE AYE.
THE AYE'S HAVEN'T HEARD ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
RESOLUTION AS AMENDED?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
RESOLUTION 31919 AS AMENDED,
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYE'S HABIT AND THAT
RESOLUTION PASSES.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
THEN.
>> CIVIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE
NEEDED ASSETS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I THINK I WILL TAKE MY TIME
AND TALK A LOT.
THERE'S SO MUCH I WANT TO SAY
AT 4:19.
ITEM 13, THIS BILL AUTHORIZES
THE ACQUISITION OF 4264 SQUARE
FEET REAL PROPERTY ADJACENT TO
THE PARK FOR OPEN SPACE AND
PARKS AND RECREATION, TERRY
PETTIS PARK IS LOCATED IN
EASTLAKE AND BUILT IN 1970 TO
PROVIDE ACCESS TO LAKE UNION.
THIS WOULD EXPAND AND CREATE
MORE PARK SPACE IN A DEVELOPING
URBAN VILLAGE, PURCHASING PRICE
IS $70,000 AND THE COST, A,
700,000 IN THE COST OF STAFF IS
40,000 TOTALING PROXIMALLY
$740,000, THE KID IN RECOMMENDS
THE FULL COUNCIL PASSES
ORDINANCE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THIS BILL?
PLEASE CALL THE BILL ROLE?
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, RESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> BILL PASSES.
PLEASE READ ITEM 14 SHORT
TITLE.
>> CANCER BILL 119700 RELATING
TO THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT
PROJECT, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS A BILL PASSED.
>> THIS BILL AUTHORIZES FUNDING
AND CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
SEATTLE AQUARIUM FOR A NEW
OCEAN PAVILION, IT'S BEEN ABOUT
25 YEARS IN THE MAKING TO
CREATE AND EXPAND A NEW
WATERFRONT.
THIS PIECE WOULD NOT ONLY
PROVIDE MORE PUBLIC SPACE ALONG
THE WATERFRONT BUT AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO
INVEST IN MARINE CONSERVATION
EDUCATION.
WE ESTIMATE A GROUNDBREAKING IN
2021 WITH AN OPENING
CELEBRATION FOR THE NEW OCEAN
PAVILION IN LATE 2023, TOTAL
COST IS 113 MILLION, OF WHICH
THE CITY WOULD PAY 34 MILLION
AND THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM
SOCIETY WOULD PAY 79 MILLION.
I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF
THE WATERFRONT AND MALE SOCIETY
FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND MORE
PARTICULARLY FOR WORKING WITH
LOCAL AND REGIONAL DRIVES FOR
THEIR INPUT TO ENSURE
REPRESENTATION NOT ONLY IN THE
PLANNING BUT ALSO IN DESIGN AND
ALSO IN THE ARCHITECTURE.
IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES
THE CITY WILL HONOR THE FIRST
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND
CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE AND
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR VIBRANT AND
DIVERSE CITY, THIS IS A
TERRITORIAL RECOGNITION OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND IT IS A
LONG TIME COMING.
THE CITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC
ASSET AND NATIVE COMMITTEES
COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS FULL
COUNCIL PASSED COUNTABLE
119700.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL
OF YOU WHO ARE STILL HERE, ALL
OF YOU WHO HAVE DONE SUCH GREAT
WORK, I DON'T KNOW IF MARSHALL
FOSTER IS WATCHING, BUT THE
WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE IN
THIS LAST WEEK, WE BROUGHT IN A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
TO BE HELPING US IN WORKING ON
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS
OVERSEERS AND I'M JUST
PERSONALLY DELIGHTED THAT THIS
IS MOVING FORWARD AS ALL OF THE
PEOPLE APPEAR KNOW, I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR 15 YEARS,
THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE VERY
FIRST MAJOR MOVES THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE HAVING ON OUR
WATERFRONT, I AM DELIGHTED THAT
THIS IS HAPPENING, THAT THE $34
MILLION THAT THE CITY IS
PUTTING FORWARD, THERE'S MONEY
úCOMING FROM KING COUNTY AND TH
STATE AND PHILANTHROPY, ALL THE
GOOD WORK THAT OUR FRIENDS IN
THE AQUARIUM ARE DOING TO RAISE
THE ADDITIONAL PRIVATE MONEY,
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I DO
WANT TO ONCE AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE
THE OCEAN ETHICS CURRICULUM
THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED, I THINK
THAT IS SUCH A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR
LOCAL SCHOOLCHILDREN IN WHICH
TO BE ENGAGED, SO WELL DONE, A
LONG TIME COMING AND IT'S THE
RIGHT THING TO BE DOING IN
MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR
BAGSHAW.
>> ALSO EXCITING TO SEE THIS
MOVE FORWARD AND THE NEXT STEPS
, THANKS FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
ON THIS.
I DO WANT TO FLAG A COUPLE
AREAS THAT I THINK WILL BE
IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO MOVE
PATENT TO MOVING FORWARD.
THE DESIGN OF WHAT I WOULD SAY
THE SIGNATURE PIECE THERE OF
THE KIND OF TROPICAL TANK IS
REALLY EXCITING TO SEE IN
SCHEMATICS, YOU GUYS DO AN
AMAZING JOB, IT ALWAYS LOOKS
AWESOME AND I IMAGINE THIS TEAM
WILL DELIVER IT REALLY WELL, AS
TROPICAL EXHIBIT I IMAGINE
THERE WILL BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF
ENERGY TO KEEP THAT WATER THE
TEMPERATURE NECESSARY IN THE
CLIMATE REALITY WE ARE FACING
WHERE THAT ENERGY COMES FROM
AND HOW MUCH ENERGY IS USED AND
IS THERE WAYS TO MINIMIZE THE
MEN OF ENERGY NECESSARY THROUGH
CREATIVE USES I THINK IS
SOMETHING THAT I JUST ASK FOLKS
TO BE AWARE OF, AS THIS PROJECT
MOVES CLOSER TO I AM SURE IN
THE FUNDRAISING PEOPLE WILL BE
ASKING SIMILAR QUESTIONS.
THE SECOND THING I WANT TO FLAG
IS JUST THE BROADER QUESTION OF
KEEPING WILDLIFE IN CAPTIVITY
AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON
ELEPHANTS IN MY 10 YEARS HERE
AND I KNOW LESS ABOUT SHARKS
BUT I THINK THEY HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BE THESE BIG
PREDATOR SPECIES IN THE
QUESTION OF WHEN AND HOW AND
WHERE AND WHY WE KEEP THEM IN
ACTIVITY IS SOMETHING I IMAGINE
FUTURE GENERATIONS MAY BE
EXPLORING AND I WOULD HOPE THAT
IN THE CASE PUBLIC OPINION
SHIFTS OVER TIME THAT THE
DESIGN OF THIS IS SUCH THAT IT
CAN ACCOMMODATE A MULTITUDE OF
THINGS THAT WOULD STILL PROVIDE
SOME BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC AND
OF THE PUBLIC SO DECIDES THAT
CERTAIN ANIMALS ARE NOT GOING
TO BE IN ACTIVITY CAPTIVITY
ANYMORE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
IF NOT, WE WILL ASK FOR THE
ROLLCALL ON THE VOTE.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED.>> PLEASE READ AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 15.
>> APPOINTED 45, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENT BE
CONFIRMED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> I KNOW YOU WILL READ INTO
THE RECORD THE OTHER TWO ITEMS
16 AND 17 BUT I WANT TO LET MY
COLLEAGUES KNOW I'M ONLY GOING
TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS 15,
16, AND 17 AND I BELIEVE WE
WILL DO ALL THE OTHER
APPOINTMENTS WHICH ARE 14 ALL
IN ONE SWOOP, IS THAT MY
UNDERSTANDING?
>> IT IS FOR
>> I WILL DO THE FIRST, I WILL
GO ONE BY ONE BUT I WANT TO
BRACE EVERYBODY.
LET'S SEE, THIS IS ANDREA, SHE
HAS EXPERIENCED, ANDREA KEITA,
SHE HAS EXPERIENCE SERVING ON
BOARDS AND HAS BEEN A VALUABLE
CONTRIBUTOR ON THE PARK BOARD.
HER KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
ISSUES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CREATES A FULLER PARK WARD
PERSPECTIVE.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FULL
COUNCIL PASSED APPOINTMENT
01435.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT, PLEASE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE AYE'S HAVE IT IN THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ ITEMS 16 AND 17.
>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS HIS
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> DEEPA SIVARAJAN IS AN
OPPRESSIVE CANDIDATE FOR THE
PORK PARK DISTRICT OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
SHE HAS EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN
CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND AIMS TO ADDRESS
THE DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT,
SHE ENVISIONS A BIGGER ROLE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY
AND AND TRANS ACTIVIST SPACES
CENTERING VOICES AND NEEDS OF
THE QT POC.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FULL
COUNCIL CONFIRM THIS
APPOINTMENT.
>> VERY GOOD.
SO THAT WAS 16 AND 17.
>> I CAN DO 17 OF HIS
>> PLEASE DO.
>> YORTY READ IT.
OKAY, CELANI IS ANOTHER
APPOINTEE WHO BE A GREAT
ADDITION TO THE PARK DISTRICT
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SHE HAS
WORKED IN VARIOUS SOCIAL
SERVICE ROLES THROUGHOUT HER
CAREER AND CONTINUES TO STAY
ENGAGED IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND
INCLUSION, SHE IS A STRONG
RESUME AND WILL BRING A STRONG
BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS
BACKGROUND FOR A COMMITTEE THAT
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
REVIEWING AND ASSESSING
PERFORMANCE MEASURES REGARDING
PARKS, SERVICES, AND SPENDING,
SHE IS WELL QUALIFIED FOR THIS
ROLE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FULL
COUNCIL CONFIRM THIS
APPOINTMENT.
>> VERY GOOD, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THESE TWO
APPOINTMENTS?
WE WILL VOTE ON THEM
COLLECTIVELY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENTS,
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
APPOINTMENT ARE CONFIRMED.
LET'S READ EIGHT TEAM THROUGH
31 INTO THE RECORD.>> AGENDA
ITEMS 18 THROUGH 31
APPOINTMENTS 1473 THROUGH 1486.
FOR TERM TO DECEMBER 30, 2022,
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THESE
MOMENTS BE CONFIRMED BE
>> VERY GOOD.
COUNCIL MEMBER WAR HAS BEEN
>> AGENDA ITEMS 18 TO 31 ARE
FOR OUR NEWEST COMMITTEE, THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN
AS THE WALK.
AS YOU MAY RECALL THE 19 MEMBER
SEE WALK WAS ESTABLISHED IN
EARLY 2019 BY ORDINANCE 125761,
IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND,
IT'S COMPROMISE OF FIVE
PERMANENT POSITIONS IN 14 NEW
APPOINTMENTS OF WHICH I'M
PRESENTING TODAY.
THE CITYWALK SHALL ADVISE AND
PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE CITY IN
THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT
OPERATING PARTNER ON THE
OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, SAFETY
AND SECURITY OF THIS PUBLIC
PARK.
WE HAD MOST OF THE MEMBERS
ATTEND OUR MEETING LAST WEEK TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND IT WAS
GREAT TO MEET OUR NEW CREW.
THE OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT
SPENT THE LAST YEAR RECRUITING
AND INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES AND
MADE SURE WE HAD REPRESENTATION
FROM ALL SECTORS INCLUDING
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND LABOR.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF THE CENTRAL
WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
ITEMS 18 TO 31.>> QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTEES TO
THIS COMMITTEE?
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM
ALL COLLECTIVELY.
THOSE IN FAVOR, CONFIRMING THE
APPOINTMENT, PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AND APPOINTMENTS
ARE CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM CANCER BILL 119-
2617.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW?
>> THE HIGHLAND APARTMENTS WERE
BUILT 1924, LOCATED ON CAPITOL
HILL JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY
FROM BROADWAY ON THE NORTH END,
THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IS
BEING RENOVATED, IT WILL
INCLUDE 14 UNITS, ONE MORE THAN
PREVIOUSLY HELD AND THE
LEGISLATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE
DESIGNATION OF THE HIGHLAND
APARTMENTS BOTH AS A HISTORIC
LANDMARK AND IMPOSES RELEVANT
CONTROLS AND INCENTIVES.
THE BUILDER CAME TO OUR
COMMITTEE AND EXPLAINED WHAT
THEY WERE DOING AND SHOWED SOME
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS, IT'S A
WONDERFUL EFFORT WE RECOMMEND
IT PASS.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> IF NOT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 33.
>> CANCER BILL 119630.
>> THIS LEGISLATION ACKNOWLEDGES
BLIGHTS FUNERAL HOME AS A
HISTORIC LANDMARK AND IMPOSES
THE RELEVANT CONTROLS AND
INCENTIVES.
THE FUNERAL HOME WAS BUILT IN
1921 LOCATED IN THE NORTH QUEEN
ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD FRANKLY RIGHT
NEXT TO THE NICKERSON TAVERN,
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES NEAR
THE FREMONT BRIDGE AND WE
RECOMMEND THESE HISTORIC
DESIGNATIONS BE IMPOSED.
>> VERY GOOD, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 30 FOR
THE SHORT TITLE FOR
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
GONZALEZ ZEBRA DIVERSITY IN
PARCELS THAT ARE LOCATED RIGHT
AT THE BASE AT THE WEST
HILLSIDE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
SMALL PARCELS THAT TOTAL UNDER
2000 SQUARE FEET IN AREA AND
THEY ARE REFERRED TO BY SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AS SNIPPETS.
THEY EXTEND ABOUT 600 FEET LONG
AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
IMMEDIATE PLANS TO SELL, BUT
THEY WANT TO HAVE THE
AUTHORIZATION TO DO SO TO THE
NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS
WHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE
AND WE RECOMMEND PROVIDING THAT
AUTHORIZATION TO FAS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>>
>> FOR THE RECORD IT IS NOT MY
NEIGHBORHOOD BUT IT IS MY
DISTRICT AND MY STAFF HAS BEEN
WITHIN THE OFFICES OF OUR
EFFORTS.
WORKING FOR OVER A YEAR TRYING
TO NUDGE THESE THROUGH THE
DISPOSITION PROCESS SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW HEARING THIS IN YOUR
COMMITTEE.
THESE PROPERTIES BISECT THE
BACKYARDS OF THREE SEPARATE
LOTS AND RESIDENTS ARE REALLY
GLAD TO HEAR THIS IS COMING UP
FOR A VOTE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THEM SO THEY CAN
BRING THIS ISSUE TO RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
TREND NOT BAGSHAW AND
HARRELL.
>> BILL PASSED.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 35.
>> .1506, APPOINTMENT OF
STEPHANIE SMITH, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENT BE
CONFIRMED.>> SHE HAS OVER 40
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN
MANAGEMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS, SHE SERVES AS
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS
SINCE 2010 AND HAS WORKED AS A
HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND
RECREATION SERVICES LEAD, SHE
HAS A PHD AND AN MA IN
AMERICAN'S ABLATION
CIVILIZATION OF PENNSYLVANIA WE
THINK WE WHAT SHE WOULD BE
GREAT FOR THE SPREAD
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT, PLEASE RETURN
TO.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AN APPOINTMENT
IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
36.
>> APPOINTMENT 1416. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT FOR
MR. RAY ISSUE TO THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL AND THIS REPRESENTS HIS
SECOND TERM, HE IS THE OWNER OF
EACH UNIT ASSOCIATES AND HAS
OVER 30 YEARS OF FINANCE
ACCOUNTING AND ADD MANAGEMENT
EXPERIENCE AND ALSO HE HAS BEEN
CFO OF SEVERAL NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS, HE HAS EXTENSIVE
SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
AND HE IS WELL-REGARDED ON THIS
GOVERNING COUNCIL.>> ANY
COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR, OF CONFIRMING
THE ABUTMENT, PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AN APPOINTMENT
IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ ITEMS 37 TO 40.
>> APARTMENTS 1401 THROUGH 1404.
GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR TERM TO
DECEMBER 31, 2021 THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THESE ABUTMENTS BE
CONFIRMED.
>> THESE ARE REAPPOINTMENTS. WE
RECOMMEND THESE REAPPOINTMENTS.
>> WE WILL VOTE ON THESE
COLLECTIVELY, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE FOUR
APPOINTEES?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE VOTE
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AN APPOINTMENT
ARE CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION AGENDA COUNSEL
BILL 119628 THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THIS PAST.
>> THIS IS OUR LAST AGENDA
ITEM, DRUMROLL PLEASE.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS AN AERIAL STREET
VACATION AT HARBORVIEW
HOSPITAL.
THIS IS A FORM OF A SKY BRIDGE
THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS, THE ORIGINAL
ACTION BY THE COUNCIL WAS TAKEN
I THINK NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO BUT
FINALLY GOT THROUGH THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS AND THERE WAS A
COMPLICATED ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY
THERE WAS AN IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTION BY HARBORVIEW TO
COUNT TOWARDS PART OF THE COST
BECAUSE THAT HAD COME IN HIGHER-
THAN-EXPECTED.
ANYWAY IT'S GREAT TO POLISH OFF
THIS AND HAVE THIS OFF THE
BOOKS.
I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE OTHER
STREET VACATION THAT HAS
LINGERED FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS IN
THE PORT OF SEATTLE THAT THIS
COUNSEL MAY SEE SOMETIME NEXT
YEAR.>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IF NOT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
O'BRIEN, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, RESIDENT HARRELL.
A CHICKEN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSES.
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS COMING
FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> ONE QUICK ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, ONCE YOU
NEXT WEEK, GODSPEED, IT'S BEEN
WONDERFUL WORKING WITH YOU.
>> YES, I AM SO SADDENED THAT
I HAVE PLANNED MY TIME AWAY AT
OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I
LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY MY
GOODBYES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, EVERYONE HAVE A
GREAT REST OF THE DAY AND WE
STAND ADJOURNED.>> THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
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