>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS THE COUNCIL BRIEFING
MEETING OF JANUARY 13, 2020.
IT IS 9:30 2 AM.
I AM LISA HERBOLD AND JOINING
ME THIS MORNING ARE COUNCIL
MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS
THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
THEY WILL BE ADOPTED.
THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED HEARING
NO OBJECTIONS.
AS FAR AS THE PRESIDENT'S
REPORT TODAY, I JUST WANT TO
SHARE HAD A PHONE CALL WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
LEADERSHIP LAST NIGHT AT 7:30 PM
TO ASSESS THE WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND WE SCHEDULED ANOTHER PHONE
CALL THIS MORNING FOR 7:30 AM.
WE AGAIN ASSESSED THE
CONDITIONS AS MILD AND WE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ALL THE
PLANNED MEETINGS.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 SNOW AND
ICE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT READY TO
CLEAR THE SNOW AND THE ICE FOR
MAJOR STREETS, AND ARE
PRETREATING CONDITIONS WHEN
ABLE.
THE SEVERE WEATHER SHELTER IS
OPENING AT THE SEATTLE CENTER
EXHIBITION HALL BETWEEN JANUARY
12 THROUGH JANUARY 19.
AND THE SEVERE WEATHER SHELTER
SERVICES ADULT SERVICES DIJ IT
IS OPERATED BY THE SALVATION
ARMY.
OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. IN THE
EVENT OF INACTIVATION, DAILY
PRESS CONFERENCES WILL BE HELD
AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER AT 10:30 AM AND, IF
NECESSARY, AT 4 PM DAILY.
A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE
SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY PRODUCED
LAST YEAR, AND WE CAN ALSO
EXPECT TO RECEIVE ONGOING
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE WAY OF
BLOG POSTS AND PRESS RELEASES
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYERSON
DAILY AT 8 AM.
THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF
THE MAYOR REACHES OUT TO OUR
COM STAFF TO ASK IF COMMITTEES
HAVE BEEN CANCELED, WHICH THEY
WILL THEN INCLUDE IN A PRESS
RELEASE THAT THEY SEND OUT
HOPING US GET OUT THE WORD
ABOUT CANCELLATIONS AS
NECESSARY.
OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE IS
COMMITTED TO WORKING CLOSELY
WITH YOUR OFFICES TO GIVE YOU
CANCELLATION INFORMATION.
AS FAR AS ITEMS THAT I HAVE ON
MY REPORT BEFORE GOING TO
COUNCIL BUSINESS, I WANT TO
SHARE WITH PEOPLE THE VERY
EXCITING NEWS OF THE NEW BABY
BORN TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
HER NAME IS NADIA AND SHE WAS
BORN ON THE 10th AND WAYS 6.49
POUNDS.
I WANT TO, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, SEND A
SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF AT
SWEDISH AND FIRST HILL,
INCLUDING THOSE, OF COURSE,
REPRESENTED BY 1199 NORTHWEST.
PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FORTHCOMING, I
AM SURE.
ITEMS COMING UP ON TODAY'S FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA, I WILL BE
PRESENTING TWO OF THE THREE
BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONED
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
COMING OUT OF HER COMMITTEE,
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO
CAMPAIGN-FINANCE REFORM. WE ARE
MOVING ON TWO OF THE THREE BILLS
AND THE BILLS THAT WE ARE
MOVING ON RELATE SPECIFICALLY
TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISERS AND
QUALIFIED PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
AS WELL AS A BILL RELATED
SPECIFICALLY TO FOREIGN
INFLUENCE CORPORATIONS FOR
MAKING INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
OR CONTRIBUTING TO CAMPAIGNS.
WE ARE NOT MOVING AHEAD, THE
BILL IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO
AS THE SUPER PAC BILL.
THERE WILL BE TWO AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED. AND THOSE AMENDMENTS,
THE FIRST ADDS THE DEFINITION
OF AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE
COMMITTEE TO THE DEFINITION
SECTION. THIS NECESSARY
DEFINITION WAS PREVIOUSLY
MISSING, AND THE SECOND CHANGE
IS THE TITLE OF SECTION 7 FROM
LIMITS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES
TO INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
ENSURES THAT FOREIGN INFLUENCE
CORPORATIONS COULD NOT MAKE
POLITICAL EXPENDITURES
THEMSELVES AND AS IT WAS
WRITTEN IN THE ORIGINAL BILL,
THAT LIMITATION WAS RELATED TO
THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE
COMMITTEE AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT
SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT ENOUGH TO
INCLUDE A DIRECT INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURE THAT A FOREIGN
INFLUENCE COMPANY MIGHT MAKE.
I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON
THOSE ITEMS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS
INTRODUCED TO THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR A RESOLUTION RELATED
TO ACTIONS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD
RELATED TO THE ACTIVITIES IN
THE MIDDLE EAST AND I'VE WORKED
WITH THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
THAT HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF
OUR EXTERNAL TO THE CITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO SUGGEST SOME
CHANGES AND I WILL SHARE THOSE
WITH FOLKS.
I WOULD REQUEST THAT IF THE
CHANGES ARE CHANGES THAT PEOPLE
WANT TO HAVE MORE CHANGES ABOUT
THAT THERE IS A REQUEST FROM
SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE TAKE SOME MORE TIME AND
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS
INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD
EXPEDITIOUSLY.
I REALLY THINK THAT THE
INTEREST IN TAKING MORE TIME IS
DEPENDENT ON THE LEVEL OF
CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE MAY OR MAY
NOT HAVE WITH THE VERSION I'M
ABOUT TO PASS AROUND.
THAT IS IT FOR ME.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR
SERVING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PASSED
THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION IN
ADDITION TO -- I WILL --
>> I WILL MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY DISH
>> AS LONG AS YOU SEND IT TO US
ELECTRONICALLY, I'M HAPPY TO
LOOK AT THAT.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I WILL
JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
CONGRATULATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND THINK THOSE WHO
ORGANIZED AND ENERGETIC RALLY
ON THURSDAY EVENING WHERE WE
WERE ALSO JOINED BY HEALTHCARE
WORKERS COURSING THEY DESERVE A
FAIR CONTRACT. THERE ARE NO
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FROM THE
COMMITTEE.
THERE IS A SPECIAL TIME ON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, AT 6 PM,
HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE ARE HOLDING AN EVENING
COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE AT
THAT MEETING WE WILL BRING TO A
VOTE THE LEGISLATION FROM MY
OFFICE BANNING WINTER EVICTIONS
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS
ACCESSIBLE TO RENTERS AND
HOMELESS ORGANIZERS.
I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OFFICES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS,
LEWIS, AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN , AND COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR MAKING THAT
MEETING.
THERE IS ONE ITEM FROM MY
OFFICE AND IT IS THE RESOLUTION
THAT MY OFFICE SENT YOU ALL
LAST WEEK AND ARE POSITIONED TO
TRUMPS ESCALATION TOWARD WAR
WITH IRAN AND ALSO IN OPPOSITION
TO WHAT HUSBAND REPORTEDLY BEEN
BORDER PATROL AGENTS TARGETING
PEOPLE WHO ARE IRANIAN AMERICANS
COMING IN FROM BLAINE,
WASHINGTON, AND FROM THE STICK
THE SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT.
WHERE RISKING MORE IN THE U.S.
WARS IN IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
HAVE NOT EXPANDED THE FREEDOM,
DEMOCRACIES, STANDARDS OF LIVING
OF ORDINARY PEOPLE AND THOSE
WERE THE PROMISES MADE AND IF
NOT INCREASE THE SAFETY OF
PEOPLE IN THE U.S. INSTEAD THEY
HAVE CAUSED MASSIVE LOSS OF
HUMAN LIFE AND ONGOING
SUFFERING IN AFGHANISTAN AND
IRAQ AMONG U.S. SOLDIERS.
ESPECIALLY WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN PAYING THE GREATER
PRICE FOR IMPERIALISTIC WAR.
WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT BORDER
PATROL AGENTS IN WASHINGTON
HAVE BEEN TARGETING PEOPLE OF
IRANIAN DESCENT INCLUDING U.S.
CITIZENS.
THEY DETAINED AND QUESTIONED
FOR HOURS INCLUDING FAMILIES
WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AS THEY
RETURN FROM ATTENDING A CONCERT
IN CANADA OR THROUGH SEATAC
AIRPORT AND SO ON.
WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL SPEAK
OUT IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS OF IRANIAN DESCENT AND
ALSO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER
TO PREVENT ANOTHER DISASTROUS
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
MY OFFICE, IT'S DISH WE HAVE
SPOKEN TO CARE WASHINGTON,
WHICH IS THE COUNCIL OF
AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS AND
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND WE HAVE
ALSO BEEN TALKING TO OIR AND
ORDINARY SEATTLEITES OF IRANIAN
DESCENT WHO HAVE BEEN
PERSONALLY STOPPED BY BORDER
PATROL AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM
HAS SENT A WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF
HIS EXPERIENCE. HE NOTES THAT
HE IS PROBABLY NOT THE PERSON
WHO HAS FACED THE WORST
EXPERIENCE.
HE IMAGINES THAT PEOPLE HAVE
FACED WERE SITUATIONS.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
HERBOLD AND ALSO AMELIA SANCHEZ
FOR HELPING US GET THIS ON THE
CALENDAR BECAUSE UNDERSTANDABLY
THE COMMUNITY AND ANTIWAR
ACTIVISTS PHILBY URGENCY.
I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO
VIEWING THE EDITS THAT YOU HAVE
PROPOSED, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO
TEM HERBOLD.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WAITING
UNTIL THE 21st IF WE NEED TO,
BUT IF YOU CAN PASS IT OUT AT
THE FULL COUNCIL TODAY, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT ALSO.
AT THE MEETING TODAY I'M ALSO
HOPING TO WORK ON THE
INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION.
MY OFFICE IS DEVELOPING IN
CONCERT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE SOUTH
ASIAN COMMUNITY WHO ARE
RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED ABOUT A
HORRENDOUS MUSLIM REGISTRY THAT
THE RIGHT-WING FUNDAMENTALIST
GOVERNMENT ARE PURSUING IN THE
SEATTLE SALVATION COMMUNITY HAS
HELD AT LEAST TWO COURAGEOUS
PROTESTS DURING THE DECEMBER
VACATION IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE,
WHICH I WAS PERSONALLY ABLE TO
ATTEND AND SPEAK AT.
JUST TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND
QUICKLY, THIS POLICY BY THE
RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT IS
EXPECTED DISH IF IT IS ALLOWED
TO REACH ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION
-- IS EXPECTED TO STRIP 2
MILLION MUSLIM PEOPLE OF THEIR
CITIZENSHIP IN INDIA AND WILL
TARGET THE CITIZEN SHIPWRIGHTS
OF PEOPLE INCLUDING LOWER CASTE
PEOPLE.
AS MANY OF US KNOW THEY HAVE A
LONG TRACK RECORD OF LOWER
CASTE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HIS
POLICIES USE XENA PHOBIA MUCH
LIKE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
DOES IN JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO
DONALD TRUMP HELD WHAT I CAN
ONLY CALL AN ODIOUS RALLY TITLED
HOWDY MODI TO WELCOME THE RIGHT-
WING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
I'M WORKING TO GET THE
RESOLUTION DRAFTED AND WE WILL
SEND IT TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT
AS SOON AS WE CAN AND IF THE
RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, I WILL
BE BRINGING IT OUT TO CITY
COUNCIL AND I WILL BE SHOWING
ELECTRONICALLY WITH YOU ALL THE
FIRST CHANCE WE GET ONCE IT IS
APPROVED.
IF IT GETS INTRODUCED TODAY, IT
WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE
PUBLIC TO SEE AND ALSO HOPING
THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THIS ON THE
21st.
THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HERE TO SHARE IT WITH PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION,
THERE IS A QUESTION WHETHER OR
NOT WE WILL BE HAVING IT WALKED
ON BASED ON WHETHER NOT WE GET
APPROVAL BY THE LAW DEPARTMENT,
IS THAT CORRECT?>> IF WE HAVE
THE TIME TO TURN IT AROUND, NOT
SO MUCH IN THE SUBSTANCE OF IT.
AND THEN, FINALLY, PLEASE JOIN
MY OFFICE THIS EVENING ALONG
WITH THE DYNAMIC FIGHTING LABOR
LEADER, SARAH NELSON, AND
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AS WE
LAUNCH THE 2020 TAX MOVEMENT
AND IT WILL BE MY INAUGURATION.
WILL BE HELD AT WASHINGTON HALL
AT 6 PM, WEATHER PERMITTING.
WE WILL KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED.
EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE JUST
LIKE THE MEETING I JUST WANTED
TO SAY I MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE
THIS BRIEFING REALLY, SO I
APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
>> I WANT TO ALSO EXTEND MY
CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMAN,
GAULS OF GONZALEZ.
I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT
OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WILL
TYPICALLY MEET ON THE THIRD
TUESDAY AT 2 PM.
THIS MONTH WE ARE GETTING BUMPED
BECAUSE THAT MONDAY IS A
HOLIDAY.
THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL MOVE
TO THE TUESDAY SPOT IN OUR
MEETING WILL BE MOVED TO
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 AT 2 PM.
SO THAT IS THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL HAVE DISH
I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW
WE WILL TYPICALLY BE HAVING
DISTRICT MEETINGS ON FRIDAY FOR
MY OFFICE.
THE FIRST IN DISTRICT MEETING
IS ON THE 31st AND WILL BE
MEETING AT THE STATION COFFEE
SHOP AND I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT
TIME THAT IS, BUT IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR WANT TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION, YOU CAN CONTACT
DEVON IN OUR OFFICE.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EVENT TONIGHT,
THE WEATHER PERMITTING, HAVING
OUR COMMUNITY SWEARING-IN AND
WE INVITE THE DISTRICT AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JOIN US.
WE WILL HAVE TACOS, AND THE
PROGRAM BEGINS AT 6:30 PM.>>
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> IS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY
THIS MORNING.
I ALSO EXTEND MY
CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND HER
FAMILY.
THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
I MISSPOKE AT THE BRIEFING LAST
WEEK.
I WAS NOT GOING TO THE MAGNOLIA
COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
THAT DOES NOT MEET ON THAT
PARTICULAR EVENING.
I DID GO TO THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION COUNCIL MEETING AND THERE
WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
DESIRE IN THAT COMMUNITY TO SEE
COMMUNITY CENTER PUT IN
SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AMONG OTHER PRESENTATIONS.
I HAD A MEETING LATER LAST WEEK
AT THE BELLTOWN COMMUNITY
COUNCIL WHERE THERE WAS A BIG
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BATTERY
STREET PORTAL AND SOME OF THE
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
THAT S.HAVE MADE AND IT IS MY
INTENT TO ATTEND ALL THE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON A
QUARTERLY BASIS TO HAVE A STAFF
MEMBER PRESENT AT ALL THOSE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THAT HAS
BEEN A GOOD START LAST WEEK.
GOING TO TWO COMMUNITY COUNCILS
AND HEARING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN DISTRICT 7 ABOUT HOW WE CAN
BE AN EFFECTIVE PARTNER IN
GOVERNMENT.
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS
TRAGEDIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK ON JANUARY
22, SO A WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY AT
2 PM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ONE ITEM OF BUSINESS THAT WILL
BE ON THE AGENDA WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
PROPOSAL.
I WOULD APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
FEEDBACK ON THAT ORDINANCE OVER
THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT
ON THE 22nd TO REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT, ESPECIALLY AS THE WEATHER
IS REMINDING US --
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
WINTER MORATORIUM?
>> THE TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS.
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
REAUTHORIZATION. AS THE WEATHER
TODAY IS REMINDING US, MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET EVERYONE
INTO SHELTERS IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER.
I DEFINITELY OF APPRECIATE
FEEDBACK ON THAT ORDINANCE AND
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A
DISCUSSION.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS I
HAVE TO REPORT THIS MORNING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL PRO TEM
HERBOLD FOR TAKING ON THESE
RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE SNOWSTORMS REMIND US OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING, KEEP
THE STREETS CLEAR.
I WANT TO COMMEND MAYOR DURKAN,
HER DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL
THE WORKERS IN THE FIELD WHO
ARE OUT LATE LAST NIGHT AND
OVER THE WEEKEND THEY WERE
MEETING FROM SDOT TO KEEP
THINGS RUNNING AND THE PARENTS
OF SCHOOL KIDS WHO WOKE UP TO
FIND OUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WERE DELAYED A COUPLE OF HOURS.
SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE
STARTING ON TIME AND SOME WERE
CANCELED ALTOGETHER.
AS A PARENT OF SCHOOL KIDS,
HOPEFULLY IT WAS CONSISTENT IN
YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
IF YOU DO HAVE A SIDEWALK, WE
HAVE A PROP FOR THIS MORNING.
PLEASE BE SURE TO SHOVEL THE
SIDEWALK. IF YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS
WHO ARE MOBILITY IMPAIRED OR
NEED HELP, PLEASE HELP YOUR
NEIGHBORS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO KEEP THOSE SIDEWALKS CLEAR.
WE LEARNED THIS FROM THE
SNOWSTORM THE LAST TIME.
THE WEATHER FORECAST IS FOR IT
TO GET COLD TONIGHT, SO BEWARE
OF ICE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING. ON THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA TODAY THERE ARE NO ITEMS
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
WE ARE MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 14 AT 9:30 AM HERE IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR OUR FIRST
MEETING. WE WILL HEAR AN UPDATE
ON THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT AND THE
IMPORTANT SERVICES IT PROVIDES,
INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTAL BUT
SERVICE BUS SERVICE.
I ASKED FOR THIS UPDATE BECAUSE
WE WILL EXPLORE WAYS TO
POTENTIALLY RENEW THE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
. RENEWAL OF THAT HAS BEEN MADE
MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF
WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE VERY
HARMFUL INITIATIVE 976, BUT I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
SDOT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE ON OPTIONS AND I AM
OPTIMISTIC WE WILL FIND A PATH
FORWARD. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
MAINTAIN AND EXPAND TRANSIT TO
OUR CITY. IN ADDITION WE WILL
HEAR FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
AND PUBLIC UTILITIES AND
UPDATES ON THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS
. I AM VERY KEEN ON SEEING
WHERE WE CAN STEM THE INCREASE
IN UTILITY BILLS. EVENTS IN
DISTRICT 4, LAST WEEK MY STAFF
ATTENDED THE LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICT MEETING, TOWN HALL
HELD BY THE 46th REPRESENTATIVE
. WE ATTENDED A MEETING AND
HEARD ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
ISSUES AND I ATTENDED THE
NORTHEAST DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEETING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND
TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT RENEWAL AND
THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR, NANCY
BOLAN, A GREAT COMMUNITY LEADER
IN DISTRICT 4. AND ONE
INTERESTING THING.
I HAD A FUN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. I
WAS OUT RINGING DOORBELLS AND
KNOCKING ON DOORS TO LET
NEIGHBORS KNOW ABOUT A REPAVING
PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT.
18th AVENUE NORTHEAST FROM 55th
STREET ALL THE WAY TO LAKE CITY
WAY.
I WAS MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS
AWARE OF THAT PROJECT.
SDOT IS ALSO GETTING INPUT ON
THAT AND IT WAS FUN TO BE OUT
THERE TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS
DIRECTLY AND INFORMING THEM
ABOUT THE PROJECT.
THIS WEEK WE WILL BE GOING TO
THE EASTLAKE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
MEETING AND THEN OFFICE HOURS
EVERY FRIDAY AT 4 PM AND FROM 3
PM UNTIL 6 PM AT THE MAGNUSON
PARK CONFERENCE ROOM.
THANK YOU.>> COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE ON THE AGENDA.
THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR.
IT IS CLERK FILE 31443, WHICH
IS AN APPLICATION FOR CONTRACT
RESUME.
4731 15th AVENUE NORTHEAST FROM
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2 TO
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2 WITH
A 75 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT AND MHA
SUFFIX.
THE REASON I BRING THIS UP THIS
MORNING IS BECAUSE THIS
PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 47th AND
15th NORTHEAST, WHICH IS THE
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH.
I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THIS
ITEM IS NOW PENDING UNDER
COUNCIL RULES QUASI-JUDICIAL
RULES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD
AVOID MENTATION WITH PROPONENTS
OF THE PROJECT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUR STAFF.
LAST WEEK WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN A DISTRICT
OFFICE FOR DISTRICT 6. WE DID A
DISTRICT WALK AND WE WERE
JOINED BY SERGEANT STEVENS OF
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
WHICH WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE WALK
AND WE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALSO INTEREST
IN ADDITIONAL OUTREACH WORKERS
IN THE COMMUNITY, PLAYGROUNDS,
CONCERNS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO WE WERE OUT ON THE
STREETS HITTING THE GROUND
RUNNING AND MEETING WITH
CONSTITUENTS.
WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
JOIN SOUND TRANSIT'S COMMITTEE
AND ADVOCATE FOR THE 130th
STATION COMING ON AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE SO THAT THE LINWOOD
EXTENSION CAN BE AS EFFECTIVE
AS POSSIBLE REACHING ITS FULL
POTENTIAL ON DAY ONE.
ADDITIONALLY WITH THE SNOWSTORM
IN PENDING WE WILL BE SENDING
OUT UPDATES FROM OUR OFFICE
ABOUT DIFFERENT RESOURCES
PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE IN DISTRICT
6 AND ACROSS THE CITY.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE, THANK YOU.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT
I DID NOT MENTION RELATED TO MY
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED
FOR JANUARY 14 IS CANCELED AND
THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING
WILL BE ON JANUARY 28.
THAT WILL BE AT 9:30 AM.
I ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY
A REMINDER TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC
AS WELL AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
THAT THERE IS THE 47th ANNUAL
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF MLK
JUNIOR ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
FROM NOON UNTIL 1:30 PM AT
MOUNTAIN LION BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND THIS YEAR A SPEAKER, TRICIA
ROSE, WILL BE THE SPEAKER AND
THE GREATER WORKS GOSPEL CHOIR
WILL JOIN THEM WITH THEIR AWARD-
WINNING MUSIC.
IF THERE IS A CRITICAL MASS OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN
GOING, WE MIGHT LOOK INTO
TRYING TO ARRANGE
TRANSPORTATION FOR US ALL TO
GET TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL,
THIS MONDAY MORNINGS BRIEFINGS
MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
IT IS 9:50 9 AM.
THANK YOU.