THE TIME IS 9:31 A.M..
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> FIVE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR OTHERS TO
JOIN US AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO
LET THE PUBLIC KNOW AS OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS TO JOIN US.
THANKS FOR BEING ON TIME, FOLKS.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF SUSPENDING THE RULES
ONCE AGAIN.
THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SILENT,
ALLOWING ELECTRONIC PARPS AT
BRIEFING MEETINGS TO CONTINUE
PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, I'LL
CONTINUE TO SUSPEND THE COUNCIL
RULES THROUGH JULY 1ST, 2020, TO
ALLOW THE MEETING TO CONTINUE
THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW ELECTRONIC
PARTICIPATION THROUGH JULY 1ST,
2020.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND
COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETINGS WILL
BE HELD WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
PARTICIPATING THROUGH JULY 1ST,
2020.
WE HAVE NOW BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES OF JUNE 15TH, 2020, WILL
BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT, I DO NOT
HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT THIS
MORNING SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD
AND JUMP INTO THE PREVIEW OF
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS,
COUNCIL, AND REGIONAL
COMMITTEES.
ALSO, JUST WANT TO LET THE
RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING.
WE'LL BEGIN THE NEXT DISCUSSION
ON COUNCIL AND REGIONAL
COMMITTEES.
I'LL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBERS ON
ROLL CALL FOR CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS DESIGNATED BY LAST TIME
AND WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
BEING CALLED UPON LAST.
THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL ROTATION
BEGINS WITH COUNCIL SAWANT.
SHE IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS
MORNING.
SHE DOES SEND HER REGRETS, BUT
WE WILL MISS HER THIS MORNING
DURING COUNCIL BRIEFINGS.
SHE DOES PLAN TO BE WITH US AT
2:00 TODAY.
THE ROLL CALL WILL BE COUNCIL
STRAUSS, HERBOLD, JUAREZ, LEWIS,
MOSQUEDA, PEDERSEN AND I'LL
CONCLUDE THE AGENDA DISCUSSION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
BRIEFINGS OR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, SO IT WILL
JUST BE OUR REPORTS, SO WITH
THAT BEING SAID, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GET STARTED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE FLOOR
IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES,
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL
TODAY.
LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND
THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
COMMITTEE WHERE WE WERE JOINED
BY A SENATOR WITH A ROBUST
DISCUSSION ABOUT POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND REVENUE AND
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ITEMS
COMING BEFORE THE STATE
LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR AND REALLY
WANT TO THANK KENT HEEL FROM THE
CITY OF UNIVERSITY PLACE FOR HIS
COMMENTS LAST WEEK.
ALSO, LAST WEEK, I WAS ABLE TO
CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH WITH A
RALLY AND MARCH.
WE STARTED AT A PARK I GREW UP
PLAYING SOCCER AND BASEBALL IN
AND I WAS ABLE TO MEET THE KING
OF NOR WAY BOTH TIMES.
HE CAME TO DEDICATE THE MURAL,
ONCE WHEN I WAS IN THIRD GRADE
AND ONCE IN 2015.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY
SHOW UP TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH
AND SUPPORT BLACK LIVES IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED
ABOUT DURING THE RALLY WAS WHITE
SILENCE AND REALLY WANTED TO --
I'LL SHARE MY COMMENTS WITH YOU
HERE AND NOW, WHICH IS THAT HERE
IN AMERICA, OUR COMMUNICATION
STYLES AND COMMUNICATION
PATTERNS DEMONSTRATE THE SILENCE
MEANS AGREEMENT AND SO AS
COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND
CULTURES WHERE SILENCE ACTUALLY
MEANS DISAGREEMENT, SO THAT IS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR
COUNTRY AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
OUR COUNTRY, SILENCE DOES MEAN
AGREEMENT, SO WHEN WE ARE SEEING
VIOLENCE PERPETRATED AGAINST
BLACK LIVES HERE IN OUR COUNTRY,
FOR WHITE PEOPLE, OUR SILENCE IS
COMPLICIT IN THIS AGGRESSION AND
SO THAT IS WHERE, ESPECIALLY IN
TIMES LIKE THIS, AND SO THAT IS
WHEN YOU SEE SIGNS THAT SEE
WHITE SILENCE EQUALS VIOLENCE,
THAT IS WHERE THIS IS COMING
FROM.
IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS WHEN WHITE
FOLK ARE SILENT, DURING TIMES OF
AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST
BLACK PEOPLE, OUR SILENCE IS
COMPLICIT AND IN AGREEMENT WITH
THIS VIOLENCE, SO IT REALLY IS
OUR DUTY, HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH EACH OTHER, EVERYONE HAS A
DIFFERENT LANE THAT THEY WANT
TO -- THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE
PARTICIPATING IN AND I THINK IT
IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT A LOT OF THIS WORK
IS UNCOMFORTABLE AND THAT PART
OF THIS WORK IS -- AND SO WANTED
TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OF THE
THOUGHTS I SHARED WITH CROWDS
OF, AT MINIMUM, 500, AND I THINK
THERE WERE MORE LIKE 1,000
PEOPLE MARCHING FROM WEST
WOODLAND DOWN TO BALLARD.
I WANTED TO THANK MARCUS AND ALL
OF THE ORGANIZERS THAT MADE IT
HAPPEN.
IT WAS A PROFESSIONAL EVENT.
MY OFFICE HAS STILL BEEN WORKING
WITH SMALL BUSINESSES HELPING
THEM NAVIGATE THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
THAT IS ONE REASON WHY I AM SO
EXCITED FOR THE JUMP START
SEATTLE PROPOSAL.
I HAVE SIGNED ON AS A CO-SPONSOR
IN PART BECAUSE THIS STIMULUS
PROGRAM, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT
WHEN WE ONLY HAVE BUDGETS THAT
WE DON'T -- THE WHOLE CITY
DOESN'T SUCCEED.
WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET BACK
TO FUNDING LEVELS OF SERVICE
FROM 2008 AND SO WE KNOW THAT
THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW REVENUE
SOURCE.
WE KNOW WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO
RELY ON SALES TAX FOR OBVIOUS
REASONS.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE ALSO NOT A
GOOD OPTION.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, MY FRIENDS
PARENTS ARE PAYING PROPERTY TAX
THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL
MORTGAGE AND SO WE REALLY NEED
TO HAVE A NEW AND PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE SOURCE.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR HOW THIS
PROPOSAL SUPPORTS SMALL
BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR,
SUPPORTS IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
AND CHILD CARE.
IT IS REALLY, AND ALSO PROVIDES
ENOUGH TIME FOR BUSINESSES TO BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY FALL
INTO THIS CATEGORY OF BEING
TAXED OR NOT, AND ALSO, DOESN'T
TAX NECESSARILY ON 2019 REVENUES
WHICH WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN
2020 REVENUES.
I THINK THAT THE TIMING OF THIS
PROPOSAL IS VERY GOOD AND I'M
EXCITED, YOU KNOW IT IS ALREADY
A FINE TUNED PROPOSAL AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN
FINE TUNE IT FURTHER.
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR
TIME AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT
IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THAT
REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
THANK YOU AGAIN AND REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL
AND LOCAL CONVERSATIONS RELATED
TO ANTI-RACISM WORK,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO FORWARD
WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING
IN YOUR DISTRICT AND PERSONALLY
TO, AS A WHITE MALE, TO LOOK
DEEPER AT THESE ISSUES AND
REALLY RISE TO THE OCCASION TO
ACCEPT THE CALL TO DO
ANTI-RACIST WORK.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSISTENT
DEDICATION TO DOING THAT WORK.
IT IS HARD WORK AND NEEDS TO BE
SUSTAINED BY WHITE ALLIES FOR
SURE.
NEXT UP WE'LL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO FIRST JUST START WITH
A RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED THE TRAGIC LOSS OF
ANOTHER YOUNG BLACK MAN'S LIFE
JUST DAYS AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER
SHOOTING AS WELL LAST NIGHT AND
THE RESULT OF TWO NIGHTS OF
SHOOTINGS ARE TWO PEOPLE INJURED
AND, AGAIN, ONE VERY YOUNG MAN'S
LOSS OF LIFE.
I BELIEVE THAT GRIEVING FAMILY
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS DESERVE TO
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS YOUNG
MAN'S DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED.
IF SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
MEDICS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
RESPOND TO CALLS FOR HELP.
WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATIONS
OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM SATURDAY
NIGHT FROM INFORMATION THAT BOTH
POLICE AND FIRE HAD RELEASED,
INCLUDING BODY WORN CAMERA VIDEO
AND CAD DATA INFORMATION.
AND THERE IS ALSO MORE LIVE
VIDEO STREAMING INFORMATION OUT
THERE ABOUT THE SATURDAY MORNING
SHOOTING.
YOU KNOW, FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDICS
WERE READY TO ENTER BUT GIVEN
THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING AND
ARMED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE
PERIMETER, THE POLICY FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS -- OR THE
POLICY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS TO SECURE THE AREA FIRST IN
ADVANCE AND THIS IS THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S POLICY ALL ACROSS
THE BOARD, NOT JUST IN THIS
INSTANCE.
MEDICS ARE FOCUSED ON GIVING
CARE TO A PATIENT.
THEY'RE MORE VULNERABLE THAN
PEOPLE WHO CAN FOCUS ON THE
ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS IN A
CROWD.
THIS GOES FOR WHETHER OR NOT
FIRE MEDICS ARE GIVING EMERGENCY
CARE IN A DV SITUATION OR IN A
CAR ACCIDENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE
ARGUING ABOUT THE FAULT OF AN
ACCIDENT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS WAITS
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AN
INSTANCE WHERE THERE IS VIOLENCE
OR POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE.
NOW, WE KNOW THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT EARLY ON SAID THAT IT
WAS A VIOLENT CROWD THAT
PREVENTED THE OFFICERS' SAFE
ACCESS TO THE VICTIMS AND HAVE
SORT OF WALKED THAT BACK A
LITTLE BIT AND INSTEAD ARE NOW
REFERRING TO THE SAME LANGUAGE
THAT YOU CAN FIND OFFICERS USE
THEMSELVES IN THE CAD DATA
DOCUMENTS.
THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES DID NOT
SAY THAT THE CROWD WAS VIOLENT.
THEY USED THE TERM EXTREMELY
HOSTILE, SO PUTTING THAT ASIDE
ALL TOGETHER, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT THE SUGGESTION THAT THE
CROWD INTERFERED WITH THE ACCESS
TO VICTIMS I BELIEVE DEFIES
BELIEF BECAUSE THE FIRST VICTIM
HAD ALREADY BEEN TRANSFERRED BY
THE TIME THE POLICE ARRIVED AND
THE SECOND VICTIM HADN'T BEEN
SHOT YET.
I REALLY REJECT THE NARRATIVE
THAT IT WAS THE MOOD AT THE
CROWD THAT PREVENTED SPD FROM
REACHING THE VICTIMS.
VICTIMS WERE ALREADY GONE AND IT
IS CLEAR TO ME THAT A SITUATION
THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE IN NEED OF
MEDICAL CARE TO BE ESCORTED TO
THE PERIMETER OF THE CHOP TO GET
HELP ISN'T IN ANYONE'S BEST
INTEREST.
THAT IS THE OPERATIONAL PLAN
THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
USING RIGHT NOW, THAT PEOPLE
INSIDE THE C. H. O. P. THAT NEED
MEDICAL CARE NEED TO BE ESCORTED
TO THE PERIMETER OF THE C. H. O.
P..
I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THAT
IS A SUSTAINABLE ONGOING
OPERATIONAL APPROACH THAT WE CAN
COUNT ON BEING ABLE TO HELP
PEOPLE.
THE CAD DATA AND VIDEO SUGGEST
THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WASN'T ON SITE UNTIL ABOUT
18 MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTING.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS IN PLACE
A BLOCK AWAY WAITING FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CLEARANCE,
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER, IF
SPD HAD ARRIVED EARLIER AND FIRE
HAD BEEN CLEARED TO RESPOND,
WHETHER OR NOT THIS YOUNG MAN --
THIS YOUNG MAN'S LIFE WOULD HAVE
BEEN SAVED.
INTERVIEWS WITH VOLUNTEER MEDICS
INDICATE THAT THE VOLUNTEER
MEDICS REQUESTED A 24/7
DEPARTMENT LIAISON AND THAT
HEALTH ONE OFFERED TO BE
STATIONED AT HARVARD AND PINE TO
FACILITATE EXTRACTION OF PEOPLE
NEEDING EMERGENCY CARE.
THE EMERGENCY MEDICS DON'T HAVE
THE TWO THINGS AND AGAIN, I
DON'T KNOW, SORT OF, WHERE THOSE
REQUESTS ARE.
I KNOW THAT C. H. O. P. LEADERS
HAVE BEEN MEETING IN RECOGNITION
THAT THIS IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE
SITUATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE
TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE AND CRITICAL
INJURIES, AND IN PARTICULAR, I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE DISCUSSION
IS CENTERING AROUND THE PRESENCE
OF LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING GUNS AT NIGHT, AND HOW
THAT REMAINS TO BE A BARRIER TO
FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE AND,
YOU KNOW, THE GUNS ARE NOT
PRESENT DURING THE DAY AND THAT
HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL, AND SO
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE DECISION
MAKING BODY OF C. H. O. P.
LEADERS ARE CENTERING THEIR
DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT
AS ALLIES IN THE VOICES OF BLACK
C. H. O. P. LEADERS.
IT IS BLACK PEOPLE WHO DIE,
WHETHER OR NOT FROM GUN VIOLENCE
LIKE WE SAW THIS WEEKEND, POLICE
VIOLENCE, OR A MYRIAD OF OTHER
HEALTH EMERGENCIES THAT BLACK
PEOPLE SUFFER AT A
DISPROPORTIONATE RATE.
IT IS NO DIFFERENT IN THE SIX
BLOCK AREA THAT IS THE C. H. O.
P. AND EMERGENCY, LIFE SAVING
SERVICES MUST BE ABLE TO REACH
PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT
THERE.
I HAVE HEARD JUST THIS MORNING
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THAT,
AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH
REPORTS THAT WE SEE IN THE PRESS
TODAY, BUT THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE BELIEVES THAT THE
NIGHTTIME SITUATION IS UNSTABLE
AND THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO
CHANGE.
THEY'RE MEETING WITH ANDRE
TAYLOR AND SEVERAL C. H. O. P.
ORGANIZERS TO TALK ABOUT A PATH
FORWARD AND THEN BASED ON THE
OUTCOME OF THAT MEETING, THEY
WILL HAVE UPDATES TO ANNOUNCE.
THEY GO ON TO TELL -- THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE GOES ON TO GIVE
ME A HEADS UP THAT THERE IS A
STATEMENT FROM THEIR OFFICE THAT
WILL BE GOING OUT SHORTLY ABOUT
THE C. H. O. P. MEETING, WHICH
IS HAPPENING LATER THIS A.M.
AND
I WILL CERTAINLY SHARE THIS
INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL WHEN I
RECEIVE IT.
I HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING
TOMORROW MORNING, A PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
THIS WAS A RESCHEDULED DATE FROM
A COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAD
TRIED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO.
THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THERE
ARE TWO ITEMS.
ONE IS THE OFFICE OF
APPROXIMATELY POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY'S 2019 ANNUAL
REPORT AND UPDATE ON CURRENT
INVESTIGATIONS AND THE OTHER IS
THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL'S 2019 ANNUAL REPORT AND
THEIR UPDATE ON THE SENT
NATIONAL EVENT REVIEW OF RECENT,
MASS DEMONSTRATION RESPONSE BY
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS UNDER TAKING A SENT
NATIONAL REVIEW OF RECENT MASS
DEMONSTRATION RESPONSE BY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE
LEADING THIS REVIEW CENTERED IN
A COMMUNITY PROCESS.
SENT NATIONAL EVENT REVIEW IS A
SYSTEM'S BASE ROOT CAUSE
ANALYSIS OF INCIDENTS WITH
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND OF
CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE GOAL OF THIS REVIEW IS
SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT AND THE
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
IS SEEKING TO ENSURE THAT,
AGAIN, THAT IT IS GROUNDED IN
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND
PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO INFORM BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RELEVANT
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
THE FOCUS IS ON SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT THAT ADDRESSES
SPECIFICALLY INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM.
THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL WILL PARTNER WITH THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND
OTHER COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDERS TO
PERSPECTIVES, INPUT AND
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY
CONCERNING RESPONSE AND MASS
DEMONSTRATIONS.
THIS INFORMATION GATHERING WILL
BE INFORMED BY MANY SOURCES,
INCLUDING COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM FOLKS AT PUBLIC
MEETINGS, NEWS COVERAGE OF
EVENTS, COMPLAINTS, AND COMMENTS
MADE DIRECTLY TO OIG AND THE OPA
AS WELL AS UP COMING FORUMS THAT
WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN OTHER OIG
INFORMATION GATHERING
ACTIVITIES.
WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT
TOMORROW IN COMMITTEE.
ALSO JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW
THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL
SUBMITTED, A FEW WEEKS AGO NOW,
AFTER THE ORIGINAL ACTIONS AT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE
ALMOST COMPLETE WITH ANSWERING
THOSE QUESTIONS, SO FOLKS KNOW
THERE WERE 110 QUESTIONS ALL
TOGETHER.
I HAD BEEN SEEKING TOO HAVE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT COME AND
REVIEW WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICES COMMITTEE, THE
RESPONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS,
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ASKED THAT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT SPEAK
SPECIFICALLY TO THE ANSWERS THAT
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BECAUSE OF
CONCERNS ABOUT KNOWN AND
POSSIBLE LITIGATION.
I'M GOING TO CHECK WITH THE LAW
DEPARTMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SHARE THOSE CONCERNS, BUT
IN ANY EVENT, I WILL CERTAINLY,
WHETHER OR NOT WE HEAR THEM AND
HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH SPD,
PRESENTING THE ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS IN COMMITTEE ASIDE, I
WILL ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY ON
THE COUNCIL RECEIVES A COPY JUST
AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THEM AND I
EXPECT TO RECEIVE THEM WITHIN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ON THE HUMAN SERVICES SIDE OF MY
DEPARTMENT, JUST, AGAIN, THEY'RE
DOING A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK ADDRESSING COVID-19
IMPACTS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES,
THEIR POPULATION, AS WE ALL
KNOW, FALLS SQUARELY WITHIN THE
HIGH-RISK CATEGORIES OF
COVID-19, SO SOCIAL ISOLATION IS
A BIG PROBLEM FOR OLDER PEOPLE
IN THE BEST OF TIMES AND MUCH
WORSE DURING COVID-19, SO AGING
AND DISABILITY SERVICES AND
PARTNERS ARE REALLY FOCUSING A
LOT OF THEIR EFFORTS NOW ON
ADDRESSING SOCIAL ISOLATION,
INCLUDING WORKING TO PRINT CARDS
FOR FOOD AND MEAL DELIVERIES
THAT PROMOTE WHAT IS CALLED
COMMUNITY LINK CONNECTIONS AND
AARP'S FRIENDLY VOICES SERVICE
AND FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE
LISTENING WHO IS EITHER AN OLDER
ADULT OR A CARE GIVER OR HAS
SOMEBODY THEY LOVE THAT IS AN
OLDER ADULT, YOU CAN CALL
COMMUNITY LIVING CONNECTIONS TO
ACCESS THEIR RESOURCES.
ALL CALLS ARE FREE AND
CONFIDENTIAL AND CAN BE REACHED
AT 1-844-348-5464.
FRIENDLY VOICES ARRANGES CALLS
BETWEEN OLDER ADULTS AND TRAINED
AARP VOLUNTEERS FOR SOCIAL
CONNECTION.
AND THEN ADS, SPECIFICALLY
THROUGH AGE FRIENDLY SEATTLE,
OFFERS A WEEKLY ONLINE PROGRAM
AT EITHER A VIRTUAL CIVIC COFFEE
HOUR OR A NEW SERIES CALLED
CLOSE TO HOME, THE LIVE EVENTS
ARE FULLY AUTO CAPTIONED IN
ENGLISH AND SIX OTHER LANGUAGES.
THEY HAVE THE CAPTION OPTIONS
AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
ADS HAS WORKED WITH THE PIKE
MARKET SENIOR CENTER, THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL AND OTHER SENIOR
CENTERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO
DEVELOP TEN, ONE HOUR PROGRAMS
FOR SENIORS CALLED AGE WISE TV
PREMIERING ON THURSDAY,
JUNE 25TH AT 1:00 P.M..
REALLY APPRECIATE THE BIG FOCUS
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS DOING ON THE NEEDS
OF OUR ELDERS IN DEALING WITH
THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AND WE ALL KNOW, AS IT RELATES
TO PUBLIC HEALTH, WE HAVE MOVED
TO PHASE TWO OF THE GOVERNOR'S
FOUR STEP PLAN TO OPEN SAFELY.
BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO
FOLLOW SPECIAL GUIDANCE SUCH AS
LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT CAN BE INSIDE AT ONCE AND
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT
BECAUSE KING COUNTY HAS BEEN
ABLE TO INCREASE TESTING, OUR
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS NOT OVER
TAXED, AND A LOT OF THAT IS
BECAUSE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
DOING A GOOD JOB OF VOLUNTARY
COMPLYING WITH SOCIAL AND
PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW
THAT I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF CITIES AND
STATES ARE BEGINNING TO TURN
THEIR GUIDANCE ABOUT MASK
WEARING INTO REGULATIONS AND
LAW.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SEATTLE
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD EXPECT
TO SEE SOMETHING STRONGER THAN
GUIDANCE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OR KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH AND HAVE EXPRESSED MY
INTEREST IN LOOKING INTO WHETHER
OR NOT WE SHOULD DO, LIKE, MANY,
MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE,
LIKE THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA HAS DONE AND MADE
FACE MASK MANDATORY IN CERTAIN
TYPES OF PUBLIC PLACES, OF
COURSE, WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WEAR MASKS.
THE VISION FOR THAT IS NOT A LAW
THAT IS FOCUSED ON ENFORCEMENT
BUT IT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SO I'M
CONTINUING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH ABOUT THAT
AND WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU
ABREAST.
WRAPPING UP, I HAVE OFFICE HOURS
THIS WEEKEND BETWEEN 2:30 AND
7:00.
LAST WEEK I SPOKE AT THE NEXT
STEPS EVENT ON FRIDAY,
JUNETEENTH AT THE PARK AND I
WANT TO NOTE THAT AT LAST WEEK'S
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
MEETING WE LEARNED THAT INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BESSIE SCOTT
ANNOUNCED SHE IS RESIGNING HER
POSITION AS WELL AS THE POSITION
AS POLICY DIRECTOR.
HER LAST DAY WILL BE EARLY NEXT
MONTH.
SHE HAS BEEN AMAZING FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND
HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH A LOT
OF INTEGRITY TO FULFILL THE
MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND
THEY WILL BE VERY, VERY BIG
SHOES TO FILL.
OTHER EVENTS COMING UP THIS
WEEK, I HAVE THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE RESOURCES GROUP JUNE
MEETING AND THAT IS A GROUP OF
LARGE EMPLOYERS THAT S-DOT IS
MEETING WITH TO TALK ABOUT
BRIDGE IMPACTS, AND THEN ALSO ON
WEDNESDAY, I HAVE THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE COMMUNITY TASK
FORCE MEETING.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU, AND I'M SORRY, I WAS
KIND OF A LONG REPORT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES
AROUND YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING
THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.
JUST AS A REMINDER ABOUT THE
STANDARDS FOR EXCEPTIONS FOR THE
CITY DURING THE SUMMER BUDGET
SESSION, JUST WANTED TO REMIND
FOLKS THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT
WE PASSED DOES SUSPEND THE
COMMITTEE CALENDAR AND STATES IN
A RESOLUTION THAT THE SPECIAL
COMMITTEE MEETINGS CAN BE CALLED
IF A REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE
ACTION CAN BE REQUIRED FOR A
TIME IF IT IS A QUASI ACTION
WITH REVIEW OR UPON THE APPROVAL
OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AFTER
CONSULTATION WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF DIRECTOR.
WE WANT ON IN THE MEMO TO TALK
ABOUT THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE
MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR CRITICAL
TIME SENSITIVE LEGISLATION.
GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXAMPLE
AS WITH RELATES TO LAND USE
ACTIONS OR PROPOSED LEVIES SUCH
AS THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT.
I RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD THAT THIS IS A MEETING
THAT WAS POSTPONED.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN BEFORE WE ENTERED INTO
THE SUMMER BUDGET SESSION, BUT
JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE
FACT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT
THIS MEETING MEETS THE STANDARDS
THAT WERE SET IN THE MEMO THAT I
HAD SET OUT PREVIOUSLY, BUT I
KNOW YOU HAVE ALREADY NOTICED
THE MEETING AND JUST WANT TO
SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M
SORT OF CONSIDERING THE
RESCHEDULE -- I'M SORRY, I'M
CONSIDERING THE SCHEDULING OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING AS A
RESCHEDULE OF SOMETHING THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY
OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT
FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY AT THIS
POINT, BUT JUST WANT TO REMIND
FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO
BE CONSISTENT HERE IN TERMS OF
THE APPLICATION OF THAT
SUSPENSION OF THE COMMITTEE
CALENDAR.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT
PROBABLY DOES NOT MEET THE
STANDARD SET IN TERMS OF
EXCEPTIONS FOR MEETINGS BUT
RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS ALREADY SCHEDULED
THE MEETING AND THAT THIS IS IN
LARGE PART FROM HER PERSPECTIVE,
A REDO OF THE MEETING THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO OCCUR TWO WEEKS AGO
AT THIS POINT.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I
REMINDED ALL OF US WHO ARE ON
THE LINE OF THAT PARTICULAR
EXCEPTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD
THROUGH THE SUMMER BUDGET
PROCESS.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ON HER REPORT?
I THINK I SAW COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, YOUR HAND WENT UP.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FIRST.
IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE EITHER
ON THE PHONE OR THE ZOOM CALL,
WHO IS INTERESTED IN ASKING
QUESTIONS OR MAKING COMMENTS,
LET ME KNOW VIA TEXT OR THROUGH
THE RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE ON
ZOOM OR JUST BY GIVING ME A
VISUAL CUE ON THE CALL.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS MORNING
AND DUE DILIGENCE TO DIG INTO
THE DETAILS AND GET INFORMATION
TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE
ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
PROTESTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY UP IN
THE CAPITOL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS THIS
MORNING.
THEY WERE VERY POWERFUL.
YOU MENTIONED SOME WORDS ABOUT
PUSHING BACK ON THE NARRATIVE
THAT WAS USED AROUND WHY
OFFICERS POTENTIALLY DIDN'T GO
IN OR WHY THEY WEREN'T THE FIRST
ONES TO RESPOND TO TO THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO NEEDED ASSISTANCE
AND I WANT TO UNDER SCORE WHAT
YOU SAID AND I AGREE, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT FIREFIGHTERS AND
EMTs HAVE ACCESS TO DO THEIR
JOBS AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HELP THOSE WHO NEED IT.
THAT IS CRITICAL.
YOU MENTIONED, THOUGH, THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
COMMENTS WERE THAT THEY COULDN'T
ENTER BECAUSE THE FOLKS WERE
EXTREMELY HOSTILE WERE THE WORDS
YOU USED.
I HEARD A SIMILAR REPORT THIS
MORNING, I BELIEVE.
THE VIDEO I SAW SHOWED PEOPLE
WHO WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE COMING INTO
THE AREA HAVING THEIR GUNS DRAWN
AND I JUST HEARD PEOPLE IN THE
VIDEO SAYING PUT YOUR GUNS AWAY,
PUT YOUR GUNS AWAY.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE OR
DIG MORE INTO IT.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT ANY OF THE ANALYSIS YOU
SAW OR HEARD ABOUT WHAT FOLKS
THERE WERE SAYING.
WERE THEY SAYING PUT YOUR GUNS
AWAY AND PLEADING WITH THEM OR
CAN YOU EXPLAIN BETWEEN THE
DISAGREEMENT OF WHAT THE
OFFICERS WERE SAYING AND THE
EXPERIENCE OF THE FOLKS IN THE
AREA THAT WERE ASKING FOLKS TO
PUT THE GUNS AWAY.
>> MY COMMENTS FOCUSED ON THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WALKING BACK
THE LANGUAGE THAT PROTESTERS
WERE VIOLENT.
THAT WAS WHAT HAD BEEN REPORTED
EARLIER.
LIKE I SAID, I REVIEWED THE CAD
DATA FOR HOW THE OFFICERS
THEMSELVES, WHAT WORDS THEY
USED, AND THE WORDS THEY USED
WERE THAT PROTESTERS WERE
EXTREMELY HOSTILE AND SO I HAVE
BEEN URGING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO NOT EDITORIALIZE
ON THE WORDS USED BY OFFICERS.
WE CAN DISAGREE ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THE PROTESTERS WERE HOSTILE
OR NOT.
I THINK IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR
SOMEBODY IN THE ROLE OF DRAFTING
PRESS STATEMENTS TO TAKE WORDS
THAT SAY EXTREMELY HOSTILE AND
TURN THEM INTO VIOLENT.
THOSE WORDS HAVE COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT MEANINGS.
THAT IS REALLY WHERE I HAVE BEEN
FOCUSING MY ANALYSIS.
ALL OF THAT, AGAIN, ALL OF THAT
ASIDE, I THINK THE LARGER POINT
IS THE MOOD OF THE PROTESTERS
HAD NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO
WITH WHETHER OR NOT THE OFFICERS
THAT WERE PRESENT WERE ABLE TO
REACH THE VICTIM, BECAUSE THE
VICTIM WAS ALREADY GONE AT THAT
POINT.
FOR ME, THAT IS THE OVER ARCHING
POINT IS BY THE TIME THEY GOT
THERE, THE VICTIM WAS GONE.
.
>> ANY FOLLOW UP, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU DIGGING INTO
THE QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S REPORT?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ALONG THE ROLL CALL HERE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING,
COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE PUBLIC
ASSET COMMITTEE FOR THE
AFTERNOON AGENDA.
EVERY YEAR THE METROPOLITAN
BOARD THAT WE'RE ALL A MEMBER OF
MEET THREE TIMES A YEAR TO
SUPPLEMENTS THE PARK'S GENERAL
PUBLIC.
TYPICALLY WE HAVE A MEETING IN
JUNE TO DISCUSS WITH THE
COMMUNITY FOLLOWED BY TWO
MEETINGS TO PREPARE THE
TIMELINE.
DUE TO COVID-19, THE CITY IS NOT
PREPARED TO MEET THIS YEAR'S
JUNE 22nd MPD COMMITTEE MEETING
UNTIL AFTER THE MAYOR HAS
PROPOSED HER MODIFIED 2020
BUDGET PROPOSAL.
I PLAN TO RESCHEDULE THE JUNE
22nd MEETING TO A LATER TIME.
I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF ON PARKS
BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE DETAILED
AND THERE ARE SIX TOPICS I WANT
TO COVER.
BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
TODAY, AGAIN, MY OFFICE WILL
E-MAIL TO EACH OF YOU YOUR
WEEKLY PARKS COVID-19 UPDATE.
AGAIN, WE GET THOSE WORKING WITH
TE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE GET
BRIEFED EVERY WEEK ON WEDNESDAY
AND GET THOSE TOGETHER BY FRIDAY
SO YOU CAN HAVE THEM MONDAY.
STARTING WITH THE SUMMER CHILD
CARE PROGRAM, IT STARTS TODAY AT
21 LOCATIONS.
MORE THAN 400 CHILD CARE SLOTS
ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN AGE 4
TO 12 FOR A PROGRAM THAT RUNS
FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
IT WILL HAVE CLASS SIZES OF NO
MORE THAN EIGHT CHILDREN.
HEALTH SCREENING IS REQUIRED FOR
ALL PARTICIPATIONS, THE
CUSTODIANS WILL SERVICE ALL OF
THE SITES.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
MUCH BUT WE GET A LOT OF CALLS
ABOUT LAWN CARE.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE
PARKS AND RECREATION FREQUENCY
AND LEVEL OF GROUND MAINTENANCE
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY
SEVERAL FACTORS RELATED TO
COVID.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS EXPERIENCED
REDUCED STAFFING MEMBERS AS A
RESULT OF THE MOST VULNERABLE
STAFF BEING UNABLE TO WORK IN
THE FIELD, HEALTH CONCERNS AND
STAGGERED SHIFTS TO REDUCE
EXPOSURE.
THEY'RE RIDING SOLO IN TRUCKS
AND HAVE AN INABILITY TO BRING
ON MORE STAFF DUE TO A HIRING
FREEZE.
WE WILL SEE OVER GROWN LAWNS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE DEPLOYED THEM
TO HIGH PRIORITY SERVICES AS
EMERGENCY SHELTERS, SEATING AND
STAFFING CHILD CARE FOR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND PROVIDING
CLEAN PARK FACILITIES.
PARK STAFF HAVE ALSO BEEN
WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE
INCREASED CLEANING FOR OVER 216
PUBLIC HYGIENE FACILITIES AS WE
DISCUSSED WELL OVER A MONTH AGO,
MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO, THAT IS
THE RESTROOMS, THE HAND WASHING
STATIONS AND THE PORTABLE
SHOWERS.
THEY CONTINUE TO COLLECT GARBAGE
AND LITTER AND PROVIDE
MAINTENANCE IN OVER 480 PARKS.
WE WANT TO THANK THE PARK STAFF
AND LEADERSHIP SUPERINTENDENT.
THEY WORK REALLY HARD.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR
THEM TO GET OUT EVERYWHERE TO
COLLECT THE GARBAGE, TO EMPTY
THE PORTA POTTIES, TO MAKE SURE
THE HAND WASHING STATIONS ARE
THERE AND THEY'RE ALWAYS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF
THEIR FACILITATE AS THEY PUT
THEM OUT IN THE FIELD.
WITH THAT SAID, AS MORE STAFF
RETURN TO WORK AND WHEN TIME
ALLOWS, GROUND KEEPERS WILL BE
ABLE TO MOW MORE PARKS IN THE
DISTRICT AS TIME ALLOWS.
ATHLETIC FIELDS, BEGINNING
JULY 1ST, PARKS AND REC WILL
ALLOW SMALL GROUPS OF UP TO FIVE
PEOPLE ON ATHLETIC FIELDS.
ALL FIELDS HAVE AVAILABLE FOR
DROP IN USE WHEN THEY'RE NOT
BEING USED BY A PERMITTED GROUP.
EVERYONE USING FIELDS SHOULD
ABIDE TO GUIDELINES, LIMITING
PLAY TO SMALL GROUPS OF FIVE
WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING.
BASKETBALL COURT, AS OF LAST
WEEK, PARK AND REC AND
BASKETBALL COURTS WILL BE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
ALL HOOPS AND NETS SHOULD BE UP
BY JUNE 25TH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS
THURSDAY.
THE SHELTER PROGRAM, FROM
JUNE 10TH THROUGH THE 16th, WE
SHELTERED ON AVERAGE BETWEEN 36
AND 44 PEOPLE AT MILLER
COMMUNITY CENTER AND BETWEEN 36
AND 45 PEOPLE AT GARFIELD
COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE YOUTH CENTER AT SOUTHWEST
COMMUNITY CENTER SUPPORTED AN
AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 YOUTH.
LAST WEEK, I MET WITH
SUPERINTENDENT AND HERE ARE THE
UPDATES.
PHASE TWO OPENING DOESN'T REALLY
CHANGE A WHOLE LOT FOR US BUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR PARKS AND
RECREATION, HOWEVER, PARKS IS
TRANSITIONING THE MESSAGE FROM
KEEP IT MOVING TO KEEP IT SMALL
AND SIMPLE.
THE GOAL IS TO DETER CROWDING.
PARKS IS REDEPLOYING OUTDOOR
SWIMMING LIFEGUARDS AS OF
JULY 1ST THROUGH LABOR DAY WITH
ADDITIONAL STAFFING ON JULY 4TH.
STAFFERS WILL BE OPERATING SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK AND THIS IS FOR
OUTDOOR SWIMMING ONLY ON SEATTLE
BEACHES.
POOLS REMAIN CLOSED.
PARKS WILL ANNOUNCE WHICH
BEACHES WILL BE OPEN SOON.
MOVING ON TO OVG AND NHL
SEATTLE.
THE ARENA CONSTRUCTION, IF YOU
WENT ON SITE THIS MORNING, YOU
WOULD SEE OVER 350 SKILLED AND
DIVERSIFIED WORK FORCE BUILDING
THIS MAGNIFICENT PROJECT.
GREAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT
ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
I HAVE BEEN THERE THREE TIMES,
IT WAS THREE WEEKS AGO BUT IT IS
AMAZING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND
ALSO ABIDING BY THE COVID-19
RESTRICTIONS.
WORK IS BEING DONE UNDER THE
COVID-19 RESPONSE PLAN HELD BY
STATE AND LABOR AS THE MODELS
FOR HOW WORK SHOULD BE DONE
UNDER COVID-19 GUIDELINES.
13 MONTHS AGO, THE HARD
DEMOLITION OF THE OLD KEY ARENA
BOWL BEGAN.
LAST SUMMER, THE CHALLENGING
WORK OF HOLDING UP THE 44
MILLION POUND ROOF WITH THE
TEMPORARY SUPPORT SYSTEM
STARTED.
THEN OVER THE FALL, WITH THE
TEMPORARY COLUMNS IN PLACE, THE
OLD KEY ARENA SUPPORT COLUMNS
WERE CUT AND 600,000 CUBIC YARDS
OF SOIL WAS HAULED AWAY FROM THE
SITE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY'RE
PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE
EXCELLENT SAFETY RECORD FOR THE
PROJECT AS IT IS ONGOING.
ARENA OPENING, THE CONSTRUCTION
STARTED, THEY HAVE SAID THE NEW
ARENA WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE
JULY OF 2021.
THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN
BETWEEN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER.
OVG HOPED OR WANTED TO SEE IF
THEY COULD OPEN EARLY, PERHAPS
JUNE OR JULY BUT DECIDED GIVEN
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE JOB AND
THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING
EVERYTHING RIGHT, WHICH WE WOULD
WANT THEM TO DO, IT IS BETTER TO
SET THE OPENING FOR
SEPTEMBER 2021.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE AN
OPENING ON SEPTEMBER 2021.
OVG IS MONITORING THE MATERIAL
SUPPLY CHAINS AND DON'T SEE
SERIOUS ISSUES YET.
THEY'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE
PROJECT WILL BE FULLY READY FOR
THE FIRST PUCK TO DROP ON THE
ICE FOR THE 2021 NHL SEASON.
THE NHL TEAM NAME, NHL SEATTLE
IS WORKING THROUGH TRADEMARK AND
LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE LEAGUE.
AS SOON AS THAT IS COMPLETE,
THEY'LL BE SENSITIVE TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AND
ASSESS THE RIGHT TIME TO LAUNCH
AND ANNOUNCE THE NEW TEAM NAME.
THEY'RE HOPING IT WILL BE
BETWEEN NOW AND THE FALL.
NORTHGATE.
IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AS YOU
KNOW, THE TRAINING CENTER, WHICH
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF
HOTELS AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS
VIRGINIA MASON WILL BE HAVING A
MAJOR FOOTPRINT THERE AS WELL.
NHL SEATTLE HAS COMPLETED ALL OF
THE FOUNDATION WORK.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ERECT THE
FRAMEWORK SOON.
LET'S SEE.
THEY PLAN TO OPEN THEIR TEAM
SPACE AND TEAM RINK BY JULY 1ST,
2021, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE
PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BY
OCTOBER 20, 2021.
WE HAVE ALL NECESSARY COVID
SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE AND
APPROXIMATELY 40 WORKERS ON SITE
DAILY WITH NO REPORTED CASES.
WE EXPECT THE WORKERS TO EXPAND.
THEY ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO
ENSURE THE FACILITY IS AN ASSET
THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, REGARDLESS
OF THE ABILITY TO PAY.
IN DISTRICT NEWS, WE'RE VERY
HAPPY, BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE GRADUATES OF NATHAN HALE
HIGH SCHOOL AND INGRIM HIGH
SCHOOL.
THEY EXPERIENCED THE VIRTUAL
GRADUATION CEREMONIES LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDING JUDGE
WILLIE GREGORY TO DISCUSS A
REPORT OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT AND THE PROBATION
SERVICES.
AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, LAST YEAR
IN BUDGET, IT WAS THE ISSUE OF
CONTENTION ON PROBATION SERVICES
AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT
COMMISSIONED THE VERA INSTITUTE
OF JUSTICE TO EVALUATE THE
COURT'S PROBATION SERVICES AS
THEY CONTINUE TO ADDRESS HOW THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AFFECTS
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THE REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE
PUBLISHED TODAY.
THEY DID WORK IN SPOKANE.
THEY HAVE 60 PROJECTS IN 47
STATES.
THE MINUTE THIS REPORT COMES OUT
IT IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT TODAY
IT WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE
CITY'S WEBSITE AND ALSO AT THE
INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE WEBSITE.
THE WEEK AHEAD, THIS GOES BACK
TO THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD, THE
SOUND TRANSIT.
THIS THURSDAY, I'LL BE ATTENDING
ANOTHER SOUND TRANSIT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING WHERE WE
WHERE-CONSIDER COVID IMPACTS ON
THE SYSTEM.
SOUND TRANSIT STAFF RECOMMENDED
THE BOARD CREATE AN AGREED UPON
LIST OF CRITERIA TO HELP MANAGE
FUTURE DECISIONS ON SOUND
TRANSIT PROJECTS.
THE CRITERIA PROCESS IS
COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE'RE BEING
ASKED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT
DECISIONS NOW WITH LIMITED
INFORMATION ON VARIABLES --
MAJOR VARIABLES.
WE HAD CONCERN OVER THE FAST
PACED NATURE OF THE CRITERIA
SETTING PROCESS AND SPOKE TO THE
CHAIR OF THE BOARD WHICH IS MR.
KENT -- MAYOR KENT HILL.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, CITIES ARE
HAVING TO RESPOND TO A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC, A RECESSION, AND
POLITICAL AND CIVIL UNREST, THE
TRIFECTA OF THE CENTURY.
FOR THE SEATTLE, THE LIST GOES
ON TO INCLUDE, AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD MENTIONED, THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE TO CONSIDER IN
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
THE NEXT STEP FOR THE BOARD IS
TO TAKE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED
CRITERIA LIST THIS THURSDAY.
THAT WOULD BE JUNE 25TH AT 1:30.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
REVIEWING THE MOTION BEFORE THE
BOARD, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
IT IS MOTION 2020-36 OR IF YOU
HAVE ANY FEED BACK, CONTACT ME
IN MY OFFICE BY TUESDAY AT NOON.
I SHOULD ADD THAT WE STARTED
OUT, OUR SOUND TRANSIT HAD FIVE
ORIGINAL CRITERIA THAT THEY
LOOKED AT FOR SOUND TRANSIT AND
WHAT THE VOTERS AGREED UPON AND
ONE WAS RIDERSHIP POTENTIAL.
NUMBER TWO WAS SOCIAL ECONOMIC
EQUITY.
NUMBER THREE WAS CONNECTING
CENTERS, NUMBER FOUR WAS
COMPLETING THE HSTC SPINE.
SEVEN WAS ADVANCING LOGICALLY
BEYOND THE SPINE.
WE'RE PROPOSING THREE NEW ONES.
THREE NEW ONES ARE, AGAIN, THIS
IS UPSTATE WITH THE THREE NEW
ONES AND I'LL WRAP THIS UP.
THE NEW ONE IS PROJECT TENURE.
HOW LONG HAVE VOTERS BEEN
WAITING FOR THIS PROJECT?
NUMBER TWO IS OUTSIDE FUNDING.
ARE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
AVAILABLE OR SECURED?
THE THIRD ONE IS PHASING
COMPATIBILITY.
CAN THE PROJECT BE CONSTRUCTED
AND OPEN FOR SERVICE IN
INCREMENTS?
BASICALLY WE HAVE EXPANDED THE
CRITERIA FROM FIVE TO EIGHT SO
WE'LL USE THIS REALIGNMENT
CRITERIA TO CREATE REALIGNMENT
SCENARIOS FOR THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD TO MAKE REALIGNMENT
DECISIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE IN REGARDS TO THE
VERA PROJECT OR PARKS I CAN
ANSWER OFFLINE, ONLINE OR RIGHT
NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, FOR THAT REPORT.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT, COLLEAGUES?
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING ALL
OF THAT HARD WORK IN THE
BACKGROUND.
THERE ARE LOTS OF COVID-RELATED
RESPONSE WORK THAT WE ALL
CONTINUE TO DO IN DISTRICT AND
ACROSS THE CITY AND OF COURSE,
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
WORK ON ALL OF THE
NONCOVID-RELATED ISSUES THAT
CONTINUE TO BE SIGNIFICANT
IMPORTANCE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS
IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THANKS FOR THE REPORT AND THE
WORK, PARTICULARLY AROUND SOUND
TRANSIT AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AGAIN, FOR
CONTINUING TO KEEP US UP TO DATE
ON THE ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW SECRETLY
WHEN I KNOW THE NAME OF THE
TEAM.
>> I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW THAT FOR SURE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU FIRST.
>> I PROMISE NOT TO TELL ANYONE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW A PERK OF THE
JOB OF BEING COUNCIL PRESIDENT
IS GETTING THE SCOOP ON THE UP
COMING SPORTS NAMES.
THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.
>> SO MANY REASONS YOU WANT TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
>> I PLAN TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE
A BILL TO ASSESS A 1% TAX AND
CAPITAL GAINS AS I ANNOUNCED
LAST WEEK.
THAT BILL SHOULD BE ON
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL FOR THE
END OF THIS WEEK, IF I CAN GET
IT BACK FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT
AND WAS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT
INITIATIVE LAST WEEK TO HELP
MEET THE THIRD DOOR OBLIGATIONS
TO SUPPORT THE PERMANENT
HOUSING.
I WILL HOLD A TOWN HALL ON
TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH AT 2:00 P.M.
VIA ZOOM IN ORDER TO INFORM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE
DETAILS OF ONCE THE BILL IS OUT
AND ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION READY, AND TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS GENERALLY ABOUT
CAPITAL GAINS.
I CAN ANNOUNCE NOW THAT THE TOWN
HALL WILL FEATURE SPECIAL GUESTS
AND CAPITAL GAINS TAX EXPERT,
FORMER SECRETARY OF LABOR,
ROBERT REISCH, ONE OF MY
PROFESSORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, INFORMATIVE
ON TAX POLICY AND TAX EQUITY.
HE WILL APPEAR VIA ZOOM.
I LOOK FORWARD TOMORROW THAT IN
ADDITION TO A PANEL OF OTHER
FOLKS I'M BRINGING TOGETHER, BUT
I'LL KEEP THIS COUNCIL INFORMED
AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
MOVING ON TO THIS AFTERNOON, I
AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
VOTING ON AND PASSING THE
REPEALS OF OUR, I WOULD SAY OUT
DATED BUT THAT IMPLIES THERE
USED TO BE A RATIONAL BASIS FOR
HAVING THEM, LOITERING LAWS,
THAT HAVE HAD A MASSIVELY
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON
PEOPLE OF COLOR, ON WOMEN, ON
LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
A MASSIVE DISPROPORTIONATE AND
DISCRIMINATORY LEGACY THAT WE
CAN PUT A STOP TO THIS AFTERNOON
BY FINALLY GETTING RID OF THESE
ORDINANCES.
I WANT TO REALLY THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
PEDERSEN FOR CO-SPONSORING THESE
MEASURES WITH ME AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO OUR VOTE THIS
AFTERNOON ON REPEALING THOSE
ORDINANCES.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGING
TO BE GETTING THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF E-MAILS FROM MY
NEIGHBORS ON UNIFORMLY IN FAVOR
OF REPEALING THE ORDINANCES AND
THE FACT THAT FROM MY SKIM OF MY
EXTREMELY CROWDED INBOX, ALMOST
ALL OF THESE E-MAILS APPEAR TO
BE COMPLETELY UNIQUE AND NOT
FORM E-MAILS WHICH IS SOMETHING
I HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF
COMPLETELY UNIQUE E-MAILS ON AN
ISSUE THAT RESONATED SO MUCH
FROM PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED, FELT,
AND SEEN THE IMPACT OF THESE
ORDINANCES FOR A LONG TIME AND
I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH THEM AND
TO BE STANDING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL AND
TAKING A STAND ON THOSE LAWS.
I AM ALSO PROUD TODAY TO STATE,
AS I DID TWEET OUT LAST WEEK,
THAT I AM PLEASED TO HAVE MY
SIGNATURE AFFIXED AS A
CO-SPONSOR.
I'M ANNOUNCING IN OPEN SESSION
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
LEGISLATION THAT SUBMITTED.
HER JUMP START SEATTLE PROPOSAL.
I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH ALL OF
MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS COUNCIL
WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
PROGRESSIVE TAXATION IN THIS
MOMENT, GIVEN THE DEEP NEED THAT
WE HAVE BEFORE COVID AND GIVEN
THE DEEP NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN
ACCENTUATED BY COVID.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE PURSUE
SOME KIND OF PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
AND IDEALLY, MULTIPLE DIFFERENTS
OF PROGRESSIVE AVENUE NU AND I'M
PROUD TO AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THAT AND WE'LL
CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE ON THE
BILLS INTRODUCED FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION THIS WEEK AND I'M
PROUD TO ANNOUNCE MY INTENT TO
CO-SPONSOR THE BILLS HERE IN
OPEN SESSION.
LAST WEEK I ALSO ATTENDED THE
NEXT STEPS, JUNETEENTH
CELEBRATION WHERE WE HEARD
INSPIRATIONAL WORDS FROM ANDRE
TAYLOR AND SPEAKERS, LOCAL
LEADERS, ORGANIZERS, INCLUDING
OUR VERY OWN COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD FROM THE COUNCIL.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO BE THERE,
TO REALLY HEAR AND FEEL THE
ENERGY AND ENGAGE IN THE
CELEBRATION THAT IS JUNETEENTH
THAT HAS BEEN SO PURPOSEFUL THIS
YEAR IN OUR UNITED FIGHT TO
FINALLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY STATE
THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND
REFLECT THAT IN OUR POLICY AND
IN OUR BUDGET.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOLLOW UP
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE AGENDA
THAT WAS ANNOUNCED VERY BROADLY
BY MANY SPEAKERS OF THE NEXT
STEPS EVENT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL
FINALLY MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE
REAL, SUSTAINED PROGRESS ON THE
ISSUES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUR
CRIMINAL, LEGAL SYSTEM.
WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, I
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES.
THERE ARE, OF COURSE, GIVEN THE
PROHIBITION ON MEETINGS, NO
UPDATES FROM THE SELECT
COMMITTEE, LOOK FORWARD TO
ANOTHER WEEK OF BUDGET HEARINGS
ON WEDNESDAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
SET OF OFFICE HOURS THIS COMING
FRIDAY AND EVERY WEEK GOING
FORWARD.
A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE WATCHING
THIS BRIEFING TODAY, ALWAYS
WILLING TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE
FOR THE STATED OFFICE HOURS AND
IF THOSE DON'T FIT THE SCHEDULE,
FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL, HAPPY TO
ARRANGE A TIME TO TALK BEFORE
THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR THE REPORT.
IN I QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S REPORT?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, FOR THAT
REPORT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONSIDERING
YOUR BILLS THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH
I ALSO SUPPORT.
I THINK IT IS LONG OVERDUE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE LAWS THAT
JUST CREATE PATHWAYS FOR
UNHELPFUL AND UNPRODUCTIVE
CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT REALLY DOES -- THOSE
LOITERING LAWS ARE NOT FOCUSED
ON A HARM REDUCTION, TRAUMA
INFORMED APPROACH AND SO WE
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
BRING THE BILLS FORWARD AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION THIS
AFTERNOON AND LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING ABLE TO TAKE A VOTE IN
FAVOR OF BOTH OF THOSE BILLS.
THANKS AGAIN FOR BRINGING THOSE
FORWARD.
OKAY.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
I WANT TO BEGIN THIS MORNING BY
REMINDING OUR NEIGHBORS THAT
THERE IS STILL A DEADLY
INFECTION DISEASE SPREADING IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE NOT MEETING OUR TARGETS
FOR SHRINKING COVID-19 -- THE
COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN KING
COUNTY.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO
WASH HANDS, PHYSICALLY DISTANCE,
NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO PHASE
TWO, WE ALL HAVE AN EAGERNESS, I
KNOW, TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
IT IS STILL REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE WEAR FACE MASKS TO
PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR
NEIGHBORS AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES
ABOUT KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE AND
HEALTHY.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
TODAY FROM THE COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
WORK OF KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
ON JUNETEENTH THIS PAST FRIDAY,
THEY ORGANIZED A REALLY
IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL EVENT,
FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO REINVEST
IN BACK COMMUNITIES.
I TOOK MY 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO
THE RALLY AND MARCH THEY HAD
THROUGH THE CENTRAL AREA AND
MADE SURE TO EXPLAIN TO HER, AS
WE WERE GETTING AN IMPORTANT
HISTORY LESSON FROM RITA GREEN
AND OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WHO STOPPED ALONG THE WAY TO
SHARE THE HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL
AREA AND SHARE THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT
PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS AND TO
SHARE, AS WE WALKED DOWN THE
STREET, POINTING OUT THE NAMES
OF FAMILIES WHO STILL DO OR USED
TO LIVE ON 23rd AVENUE, IN
PARTICULAR, BUSINESSES THAT USED
TO BE THERE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO
THE VIBRANCY OF THE COMMUNITY,
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A
SHOUT OUT.
IT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL DAY AND
I APPRECIATED IT AND I KNOW
EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS THERE WAS
ALSO EAGER TO HEAR THAT HISTORY
IF THEY DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW IT.
AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
I SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO RETURN
PROPERTY BACK TO BLACK
OWNERSHIP.
DURING THESE COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS
WE'RE HAVING ABOUT PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE, I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING
FOR A PERMANENT SOURCE OF
FUNDING FOR THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE BECAUSE
IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR
COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT.
BILL THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
AND I -- THE AMENDMENT I WAS
GOING TO INTRODUCE WOULD HAVE
PROVIDED $50 MILLION FOR THAT
INITIATIVE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE CONVERSATION
AND I EXPECT THAT MY COLLEAGUES
WILL BE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING
THAT EFFORT.
SHIFTING TO THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE SHIFT
RESOURCES FROM SPD BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITY, I DO WANT TO LET
FOLKS KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE, MY
OFFICE CONTINUES TO TALK TO
STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT HOW BEST TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS.
WE'LL BE REVISING THE PREVIOUS
BILL TO REMOVE POLICE FROM THE
NAVIGATION TEAMS AND WE WANT TO
CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION SO WE
CAN USE THE RESOURCES TO FOCUS
ON REBUILDING A MORE ROBUST
OUTREACH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AND INCREASE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPTIONS AND
SO WE, AS WE BEGIN VOTING ON THE
BILL, ON THE BUDGET FOR THE
CITY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE FOLKS
A HEADS UP THAT THAT IS
SOMETHING WE'LL BE BRINGING
FORWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES IN
SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY
ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS FROM
MY DISTRICT HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
A LONG TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT
TRANSFORMATION IN HOW WE POLICE
OUR COMMUNITIES.
AS WE BEGIN THOSE DISCUSSIONS
AROUND SHIFTING RESOURCES AWAY
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTENT, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
TAKING ANYTHING OFF THE TABLE,
ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO
STAFFING AND THE TACTICS USED BY
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT
MOSTLY HARM OUR BLACK AND BROWN
NEIGHBORS.
I HAD ASKED A FEW WEEKS AGO WHAT
WE COULD DO ABOUT OFFICERS WITH
LONG HISTORIES OF COMPLAINTS
AGAINST THEM.
IT IS TROUBLING TO READ, AS I
DID OVER THE WEEKEND, THAT SOME
OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE ALSO AMONG
THE HIGHEST PAID ON THE POLICE
FORCE, SO AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW
TO SHIFT RESOURCES INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES, WE'LL BE TAKING A
HARD LOOK AT HOW TO REDUCE WHAT
WE SPEND ON SALARIES AND HOW TO
ADVANCE THE NEED TO REMOVE
OFFICERS WITH A PATTERN OF
COMPLAINTS.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE
TAKING EVERYTHING OFF THE TABLE
AT THIS POINT.
AS IT RELATES TO PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE, I AM SURE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WILL MAKE HER
ANNOUNCEMENT SOON, BUT WE HAVE
HAD A CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND I, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND I, ABOUT THE TWO
PROPOSALS.
I WANT TO LELT FOLKS KNOW I
ASKED FOR TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE
JUMP START PROPOSAL.
ONE WOULD ALLOW A SUNSET CLAUSE
ONLY IF OTHER JURISDICTIONS PASS
A PROGRESSIVE REVENUE PACKAGE
AND SEATTLE WOULD GET A SIMILAR
AMOUNT AS THE PROPOSALS WOULD
RAISE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO
SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE
REVENUE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED
BY THE JUMP START PROPOSAL.
WE KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE.
THERE IS ANOTHER PROPOSAL ON THE
TABLE ALREADY THAT WOULD RAISE
500 MILLION, SO WE KNOW ALSO
THAT WE HAVE A GIANT HOLE IN OUR
BUDGET THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED
AND SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH
CENTRAL STAFF TO LOOK AT WHAT
CHANGES IN THE TAX RATES THAT
HAVE BEEN PROPOSED WILL GET US
CLOSER TO THE 500 MILLION THAT
IS ALREADY ON THE TABLE.
I ALSO WANT TO LET OUR NEIGHBORS
KNOW THAT LAST WEEK THE KING
COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH, ON WHICH
I SIT, ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND LEWIS, VOTED TO
APPROVE A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING
RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION
ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND AFTER
THE DISCUSSION, THE BOARD CHAIR,
COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER JOE
McDERMOTT, CREATED A
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE BOARD OF
HEALTH IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT, BESIDES
JUST PASSING RESOLUTIONS, THE
BOARD OF HEALTH SHOULD BE DOING
TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN THE WORK
OF ADDRESSING RACISM AS AN EMIDE
EMIDEMIC.
THE ROUNDTABLE WILL BE MEETING.
THE COLUMBUS CITY BUSINESS
MEETING IS EXPLORING HOW TO
HOLD, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF
COVID, HOW TO HOLD MEETINGS AND
LEARN ABOUT INTERVENTIONS TO
HELP KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE AND
THE BOARD OF HEALTH SEXUAL
ASSAULT SUBCOMMITTEE WILL ALSO
BE MEETING LATER THIS WEEK.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MORE
COUNCIL MORALES, FOR
THAT REPORT.
WE'LL HAND IT OVER NOW TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE?
>> GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES,
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR
FEED BACK ON LAST WEEK'S
DISCUSSION.
WE HAD COUNCIL BILL 119802,
WHICH IS THE BILL THAT
AUTHORIZES THE ACCEPTANCE OF A
TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY NEAR
MOUNT BAKER LIGHT RAIL STATION
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND OTHER POTENTIAL
EDUCATION, RESEARCH, CLINICAL
USES BY THE UNIVERSITY,
INCLUDING EARLY LEARNING
FACILITY AND FOR GENERAL
MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
WE HAVE THIS LEGISLATION THAT IS
IN FRONT OF US TODAY ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA, AS A REMINDER,
WE HAD A FUMBLE HEARING ON THIS
BILL LAST MONDAY THANKS TO THOSE
WHO CALLED IN AND ALSO TO THE
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO PROVIDED
COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WHO
SPOKE TO THE BILL AND IMPORTANCE
OF IT AND HISTORY OF IT, GIVEN
IT IS IN HER DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND
OUR OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE TRANSFER
OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND I
WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS,
INCLUDING OUR LEGISLATIVE
PARTNERS CONTINUING TO MAKE THIS
POSSIBLE AND UNDER SCORING THE
POINT MADE LAST MONDAY, THAT AS
WE TRANSFER THIS PROPERTY,
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS WAS
PREVIOUSLY GOOD UNION WAGE WORK,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
INVESTING IN WORKING FAMILIES
AND CREATING GOOD JOB
OPPORTUNITIES AND ONGOING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY
SO IT CONTINUES TO SERVE THAT
PUBLIC PURPOSE.
I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU
HEARD WHEN YOU HEARD THE
PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT WAS IN
THE BILL, INCLUDING EARLY
LEARNING FACILITIES.
THAT IS ON TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA.
ON THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR, WE DO HAVE THE THREE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WERE
INCORPORATED IN THE JUMP START
SEATTLE LEGISLATION THAT WE
DISCUSSED LAST WEEK.
IN THE SELECT COMMITTEE, ON
BUDGET, AND THE PROPOSAL I
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE TUESDAY
PUBLIC BRIEFING ON THIS, THIS IS
COUNCIL BILL 119810.
COUNCIL BILL 119811 AND COUNCIL
BILL 119812.
I'M HONORED THAT THEY HAVE
EARNED THE CO-SPONSORSHIP OF
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, WHO
ANNOUNCED THAT DURING LAST
WEEK'S SESSION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOR SIGNING ONTO THE BILL AND
YOUR COMMENTS AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL
AS YOUR COMMENTS THIS MORNING.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU.
IF THERE IS OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
THIS WANT TO SIGN ONTO THE JUMP
START LEGISLATION, WE WOULD
WELCOME THAT AND APPRECIATE THE
ONGOING EFFORT AS A COLLECTIVE
BODY TO GET PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
PASSED THIS YEAR, NOT THIS YEAR.
THIS SUMMER.
I WANT TO ALSO SAY I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE
CLERK'S OFFICE TO AFFIX THE
CO-SPONSORSHIPS FOR THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
TO MAKE THAT OFFICIAL TODAY.
WELCOME ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS,
IF THERE ARE ANY, FOR THE
2:00 P.M.
MEETING.
THAT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
SPEAKING OF REVENUE, WE HAVE AN
ONGOING REVENUE CONVERSATION
THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THE
10:00 A.M.
MEETING TIMES EVERY
WEDNESDAY MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE TWO SESSIONS, AS YOU ALL
KNOW, ON WEDNESDAYS.
MORNING SESSION STARTS AT
10:00 A.M., FOCUSED ON
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE, THE
AFTERNOON SESSION FOCUSES ON THE
2020 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
THE PUBLC.
THERE WILL ABE 10:00 A.M.
PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AND A 2:00 P.M.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK AT ONE, NOT BOTH OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS SINCE
THIS IS ONE LONG AGENDA AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT STARTS AT
8:00 A.M.
ON THE LINK THIS WEEK,
YOU'LL HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE
10:00 A.M.
OR 2:00 P.M..
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW
THEY WILL BE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO
ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHETHER
THAT IS REVENUE OR THE UP COMING
BUDGET OR OUR ONGOING INQUEST
INTO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE
POINTS, NOT RESERVED FOR A.M.
OR
P.M..
TO MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR THOSE
SIGNING UP UP AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND I. T. FOLKS MANAGING PUBLIC
COMMENT AND FOR US, TRYING TO
MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, THERE WILL
BE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP,
ONE LINK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM YOU EITHER AT
10:00 A.M.
OR 2:00 P.M..
AS A REMINDER, WE'LL DO ONE
MINUTE OF PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE
OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN CALLING IN, SO
PLEASE PREPARE TO SCALE YOUR
COMMENTS TO ONE MINUTE TIME
SLOT.
OUR FIRST SESSION ON WEDNESDAY
THIS WEEK WILL START AT
10:00 A.M..
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE BEGINNING AS WE HAVE
COMMITTED TO EACH MEETING.
WE WILL BEGIN OUR COMMENTS OR
OUR DISCUSSION AROUND
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE FOCUSING ON
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND A
PRESENTATION FROM CENTRAL STAFF
ON POLICY CHOICES FOLLOWING UP
ON SOME OF THE CHOICES ASKED AT
LAST WEEK'S MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND SAWANT KNOWING THAT
IT IS THE BASIS OF OUR
DISCUSSION.
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS.
I THINK THIS IS A HELPFUL
AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE REACHED
TO HAVE THE JUMP START
LEGISLATION BE THE BASE FOR
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS AND TO BUILD
OFF OF THAT SO WE CAN BOTH FOCUS
OUR CONVERSATION AMONG US AS
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND BE
CONSCIOUS AND HELP STREAM LINE
THE WORK THAT WE'RE ASKING OF
CENTRAL STAFF SO THAT AMENDMENTS
AND ISSUE IDENTIFICATION CAN BE
REALLY FOCUSED TO ONE SET OF
PROPOSALS AS WE WORK ON
AMENDMENTS.
I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
AMOUNT OF WORK AND INCREDIBLE
QUALITY OF THAT WORK THAT HAS
GONE INTO THE REVENUE PROPOSALS
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND THIS IS
TRULY YOU KNOW, AN EXCITING
MOMENT FOR SEATTLE AS WE TAKE
ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
PROPOSALS.
BOTH PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD ARE
PROGRESSIVE IN NATURE AND WANT
TO THANK OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
FOR THE ONGOING COMMITMENTS TO
ADVANCING PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
AND TO THE CENTRAL STAFF THAT
HAS BEEN WORKING NIGHT AND DAY
ON THE PROPOSALS.
I WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE WILL
BE THE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
MORALES WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA.
WE'LL TON LIST THE ITEMS AGENDA
FOR IDENTIFICATION AND POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS ON THE JUMP START
LEGISLATION.
PLEASE, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IF
YOU HAVE ISSUES YOU HAVE NOT YET
IDENTIFIED.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW PROCESS
FOR SOME, ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
ALLOWS FOR ALL OF US ON COUNCIL
AND STAFF TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS YOU WANT TO
WORK ON, WE WANT THEM FLAGGED AS
EARLY AS POSSIBLE SO THEY CAN
IDENTIFY THOSE IN OUR WEDNESDAY
DISCUSSION AND THAT ALLOWS US AS
A BODY TO BEGIN WORKING ON
AMENDMENTS.
WE WOULD ASK COUNCILMEMBERS TO
PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE ON CENTRAL
STAFF ON FRIDAY AND THAT ALLOWS
US TO HAVE AN EARLY HEADS UP ON
ANY POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS WE'LL BE
WORKING ON.
THANKS SO MUCH TO CENTRAL STAFF
FOR THEIR ONGOING WORK AND IF
YOU DO HAVE POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS
THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, IDEALLY
GETTING THOSE IN BY FRIDAY AT
10:00 A.M.
THIS WEEK WILL BE
HELPFUL.
THE SECOND SESSION ON WEDNESDAY
WILL BE OUR CONVERSATION AROUND
PROGRESSIVE -- I'M SORRY, AROUND
THE BUDGET.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A CONVERSATION
ON THE 2020 REVISED BUDGET.
OUR UNDERSTANDING AS OF THIS
MORNING IS THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WILL BE SENDING DOWN
THEIR REVISED BUDGET.
APPRECIATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO HEAR AN OVER VIEW FROM THE
CITY BUDGET'S OFFICE PRIOR TO
DOING THAT, WE WILL ALSO HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN.
WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON FOLLOW UP
DISCUSSION AFTER LAST WEEK'S
INQUEST AND THE FOLLOW UP ON THE
TYPE OF CALLS THAT 911 IS
RECEIVING.
A NUMBER OF YOU DID ASK
QUESTIONS DURING THE MEETING
LAST WEEK AND WE RECEIVED A
HANDFUL OF OTHERS FROM THE
VIEWING PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT TYPE
OF CALLS OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS
RESPONDING TO AND GETTING THAT
ANALYSIS WILL BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE OVER
VIEW.
OTHER UPDATES, AS YOU SAW, WE
HAD A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR
TOMORROW NIGHT, JUNE 23RD AT
5:00 P.M..
THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO HAVE A BLOCK OF TIME
ALLOCATED TO HERE AND BACK FROM
THE PUBLC ON QUESTIONS, IDEAS,
CONCERNS, AMENDMENTS THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE TO THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BUDGET
IN HAND AT THE TIME, WE DID
CANCEL TOMORROW'S EVENING PUBLIC
HEARING, BUT WE'LL BE
RESCHEDULING THAT GIVEN THAT WE
GOT WORD THAT THE BUDGET IS
POTENTIALLY COMING DOWN, WE'LL
BE RESCHEDULING THAT VERY SOON.
BE ON THE LOOK FOR US TO
SCHEDULE AN EVENING PUBLIC
HEARING.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME
ALLOCATED TO JUST HEARING FROM
THE PUBLIC AND NOT HAVING A
PRESENTATION FROM OUR TEAM OR A
ROBUST DISCUSSION AMONG
COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUES 30 IS
FOR THE PUBLIC'S PUBLIC TO VI A
LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME TO ALLOW US
TO BENEFIT FROM HEARING FROM
THEM.
THAT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AND
WILL BE SENT OUT SOON.
I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THANK
YOU ALL.
I THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN
REALLY INSPIRING TO THINK ABOUT
HOW WE CREATE A LIGHT AT THE END
OF THE TUNNEL FOR BOTH PROVIDING
IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO COVID,
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE
COMMENTED ON THE INCREASED
NUMBERS OF COVID THAT ARE
BEGINNING TO POP UP AGAIN IN
COUNTIES AROUND OUR REGION AND
WANTING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE
ONGOING NEEDS FOR BOTH WORKING
FAMILIES AND IMMIGRANTS,
REFUGEES, SMALL BUSINESSES, AS
WE THINK ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE
NEED FOR RELIEF FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDING THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REBUILD
OUR LOCAL ECONOMY FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND
MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES,
CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AS
DISCUSSED THIS MORNING AND TO
REALLY REIMAGINE WHAT A NEW
ECONOMY LOOKS LIKE AS WE EMERGE
OUT OF THIS RECESSION IN THE OUT
YEAR.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATIONS AND WE'LL SEND OUT
THIS REVISED CALENDAR FOR YOU TO
HAVE IN YOUR HIP POCKET FOR YOUR
TEAM AND YOUR STAFF MEMBERS AS
WELL SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE
DATES ON YOUR CALENDARS COMING
UP.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT F YOU
THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO
SIGNED ON AND TOOK TO GETTING
ADDITIONAL NAMES ON THE CALENDAR
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR THE
REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
REPORT?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD
WORK ON THE JUMP START SEATTLE
PROPOSAL.
I ALSO REALLY WANT TO THANK,
UNFORTUNATELY SAWANT IS NOT HERE
THIS MORNING BUT WANT TO THANK
SAWANT AND MORALES FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO COME TOGETHER ON
THE AGREEMENT AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT AND IT SIGNIFIES
THE UNITY THAT IS NEEDED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL AROUND IDENTIFYING
STRONG, PROGRESSIVE, REVENUE
PROPOSALS ON COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU
HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED TO THE
JUMP START SEATTLE PROPOSE
APPROXIMATELIAL.
I THINK THEY'RE SMART, SMART
PROPOSALS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
TESTING THE LANGUAGE AROUND
THOSE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO ENGAGE.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE A
CO-SPONSOR OF THE JUMP START
SEATTLE PROPOSAL AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DIG
INTO BOTH THE PROPOSED REVENUE
PROPOSALS AND ALSO SPENDING MORE
AS WE CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE IT.
I HAVE A GIGGLING BABY ON MY
LAP.
I APOLOGIZE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I WANTED
TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE
OF CLARIFICATION ON THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION PORTION OF YOUR
REPORT AS IT RELATES TO JUMP
START SEATTLE.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION ON THE SPENDING
PLAN AND THE REVENUE BILLS OR
ARE YOU FOCUSING THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION IN A PARTICULAR
úWAY TO CREATE SPACE ABOUT
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE REVENUE
VERSUS ISSUE IDENTIFICATION?
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MOST
OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED SO FAR HAVE BEEN ON
TWEAKS AND POTENTIAL CHANGES TO
THE SPEND SIDE, SO I THINK IF
FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE
SPEND ALLOCATION, AGAIN, THERE
IS A 2020 SPEND AND AN OUT YEAR
SPEND.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THOSE, GET THOSE IN AS SOON AS
YOU CAN.
THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO REALLY,
KIND OF, GET ALL OF THE
QUESTIONS IN ONE PLACE.
I DO BELIEVE, IF THERE IS
QUESTIONS, AND WE CAN DO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION THIS WEDNESDAY ON
THE REVENUE GENERATING SIDE FOR
JUMP START AS WELL, THAT WILL BE
HELPFUL.
I EXPECT MOST OF THE
CONVERSATION FOR ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION WILL REALLY FOCUS
ON THE PROPOSALS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
GOOD QUESTION.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HOPE THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO
FOLKS AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO
PREPARE FOR WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND
IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATION.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
HEARING NO QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE
DOWN THE LINE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> HELLO, COLLEAGUES, THERE ARE
NO ITEMS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
NEXT WEEK I WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON RENEWING THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT.
I WANT TO THANK, AGAIN, THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING
ROOM FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE
REPORT AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON A LOT OF
ISSUES I KNOW ARE TOP OF MIND
FOR FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT AND
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I ATTENDED TWO MORE
DEMONSTRATIONS FOR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE FIRST WAS A VIGIL THURSDAY
NIGHT TO HONOR CHARLINA LYLES
TRAGICALLY KILLED IN FRONT OF
HER CHILDREN BY POLICE OFFICERS
THREE YEARS AGO.
THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING
HEARD FROM THE FAMILY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT SPOKE AT
THE VIGIL.
THE SECOND DEMONSTRATION WAS THE
FREEDOM MARCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
WHICH SEVERAL OF YOU MENTIONED
SPONSORED BY KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW, THE LAND TRUST AND OTHER
BLACK LEADERS.
AS MANY OF YOU EXPERIENCED AND
SAW, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND
ALLIES MARCHED WHERE WE HEARD
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS AND
MUSIC.
THIS IS ANOTHER REMINDER AND
PUSH FOR THE WORK THAT WE NEED
TO DO HERE AT CITY COUNCIL TO
DEMILITARYIZE OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT, RESTRICT THE USE OF
FORCE AND POLICE UNION
CONTRACTS.
GIVE SUBPOENA POWER TO THE
OFFICIAL INDEPENDENT OVER SIGHT
BOARDS AND REDIRECT MEANINGFUL
FUNDING TOWARD EFFECTIVE
COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATES.
CONTINUING OUR LEGISLATIVE
EFFORTS FROM LAST WEEK WHEN WE
BANNED CHOKE-HOLDS, BANNED
CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND UNCOVERED
POLICE BADGES AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS MENTIONED, WE HAVE ON THE
AGENDA PROPOSALS TO REPEAL
LOITERING LAWS.
I'M CO-SPONSORING BILL WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND MORALES.
THIS SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE SEATTLE REENTRY WORK
GROUP TO REPEAL THE PROSTITUTION
LOITERING LAW, WHICH IS SECTION
12-A .10.010 OF THE SEATTLE
MOINL CODE.
IT WILL ELIMINATE A SOURCE OF
DISPROPORTIONATE HARM OF PEOPLE
OF COLOR FROM THE POLICING AND
INCARCERATION SYSTEM.
WE HOPE FOR SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER
POSITIVE, LEGISLATIVE STEP, A
SMALL ONE, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR THE
REPORT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY.
THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR THAT
REPORT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I WILL CONCLUDE THIS AGENDA ITEM
WITH MY REPORT.
I'LL MAKE IT AS QUICK AS I CAN.
SO LAST WEEK ON JUNE 18TH, I AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ATTENDED THE
SECOND MEETING OF THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED LAST YEAR.
I HEARD A COUPLE OF DO NOT LIKE
US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE STAFF AND
RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
AVAILABLE TO THEM TO DO SOME OF
THE WORK THE WAY YOU OR I MIGHT
DO IT OR DO IN FACT DO IT.
THE EXPERIENCE GROUP IS
CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT A
STRUCTURAL INEQUITY IN HOW THE
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COMMUNITY IS SET UP IN
SO FAR AS THE FACT THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO
STAFFING RESOURCES AND OTHER
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BE
ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED ON
THINGS LIKE A MENDING THE BY
LAWS OR ISSUES TO THE BY LAWS
AND VIOLATING POTENTIAL ISSUES
RELATED TO THE ILA AND ANY
ASSORTMENT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT
WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE AS WE LOOK
TOWARD IMPLEMENTING THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY MODEL.
IT IS CONTINUING TO BE
HIGHLIGHTED AS AN ISSUE.
THE EXPERIENCE GROUP ARE ALL
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND WE
CONTINUE TO SORT OF LIFT UP AND
I USE MY ROLE ON THAT, IN THE
CONVERSATIONS TO LIFT UP THE
SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS THAT ARE
BEING EXPERIENCED BY THE FOLKS
TO MEANINGFULLY CONTINUE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS
WITHOUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN
PLACE, AND SO THE KING COUNTY
FOLKS HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES
TO ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES IN
SHORT ORDER.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
APPRECIATE MAYOR DURKAN'S OFFER
TO PROVIDE CITY SUPPORT AND
RESOURCES AND IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THEY WILL HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED TO BE
ABLE TO MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATE
AND NOT BE AT AN DISADVANTAGE AS
THOSE WHO SIT ON THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE.
MOST OF THE COHORT OF LIVED
EXPERIENCE FOLKS ON THE
COMMITTEE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH
MOVING FORWARD.
WITH AN EXTRA ITEM ON THE AGENDA
WHICH IS TO AFFIRM THE HIRING OF
THE SEARCH FIRM THAT WILL BE
LOOKING FOR THE CHIEF SECTIVE
OFFICER WHO WILL RUN THE KING
COUNTY HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE FORWARD.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THIS GROUP
WILL BE ON JULY 9TH AT
10:00 A.M.
VIA ZOOM.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS AVAILABLE TO
FOLKS AS IS VIEWING THE
MEETINGS.
THAT IS ALL AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
THE AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE.
THEY CAN GO TO
REGIONALHOMELESSSYSTEM.ORG AND
FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR
PAST MEETING OR PAST TWO
MEETINGS AND ANY PRESENTATIONS
THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE
CONTEXT OF THAT WORD NEXT UP I
WANTED TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY
ABOUT PHASE TWO HERE AND THE
ISSUES RELATED TO THE FACT THAT
WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS RELATED TO A HIGHLY
INFECTIOUS, POTENTIALLY DEADLY
DISEASE THAT IS CALLED COVID-19.
AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES BRINGING THIS UP.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
REMEMBER THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
MOVING AS A COUNTY INTO PHASE
TWO, THAT IT DOES NOT MEAN WE
THROW CAUTION INTO THE WIND.
WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
EXERCISE PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WEAR FACE
COVERINGS AND MASKS AND WE HAVE
TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE ELEVATED
HYGIENE STANDARDS WHEN WE'RE OUT
IN PUBLIC SO, AGAIN, FOLKS, I
KNOW YOU ALL ARE EXCITED TO BE
OUT THERE AGAIN AND POTENTIALLY
SIT INSIDE OF A RESTAURANT OR A
BAR TO HAVE A BEVERAGE OR EAT
FOOD, BUT WE ARE NOT BEYOND THE
COVID CRISIS.
IT IS STILL VERY MUCH PRESENT
AND WITH US AND IT IS CONTINUING
TO BE A THREAT TO OUR ELDER
GROUPS AND I WILL SAY THAT MUCH
OF THE DATA COMING OUT
NATIONALLY, INCLUDING HERE, IS
SHOWING THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
THEIR 30s AND 40s ARE STARTING
TO EXPERIENCE HOSPITALIZATION AT
A HIGHER RATE.
PLEASE, FOLKS, CONTINUE TO WEAR
YOUR MASKS TO SAVE OTHER'S LIVES
AND YOUR OWN LIVES.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE DO THIS.
I ALSO WOULD BE REMISS IN NOT
MENTIONING THE FACT THAT THERE
IS AN EXTREMELY DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACT ON THE LATIN COMMUNITY AS
IT RELATES TO THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19.
IN MY HOME COUNTY, YAKIMA
COUNTY, IT IS QUITE LITERALLY
THE WORST PROPORTIONAL INFECTION
RATE ON THE WEST COAST.
THIS IS WHERE MY ELDERLY MOTHER
LIVES.
IT IS WHERE I CONTINUE TO HAVE
MANY COUSINS, UNCLES, BROTHERS,
NIECES AND NEPHEWS LIVE IN
YAKIMA COUNTY.
I KNOW THAT GOVERNOR INSLEE HAS
JUST RECENTLY ISSUED AN ORDER
REQUIRING FACE COVERINGS AND
MASKS TO BE USED IN YAKIMA
COUNTY AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
CONTINUES TO HAVE HER
CONVERSATIONS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
ABOUT THAT KIND OF A TREND, A
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE APPROACHING THOSE KINDS OF
POLICIES HERE AT HOME AND ACROSS
THE STATE WITH A VERY STRONG
RACIAL EQUITY LENS.
A LOT OF TIMES THESE MANDATES
OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ENGAGE IN
ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING CIVIL
PENALTIES, WHICH WILL ONLY
CREATE LEGAL, FINANCIAL
OBLIGATIONS AND EXACERBATE
INEQUITIES THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITIES, SO I THINK, YOU
KNOW, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
US TO REMEMBER TO WEAR OUR MASKS
AND IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US
TO, IN PLACES WHERE IT IS NOW
MANDATED, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE TRACKING ANY POTENTIAL
INEQUITIES TO THE BROADER
COMMUNITY.
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP AROUND
ENFORCEMENT AND JUST THE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO WEAR OUR MASKS.
OKAY.
AND LASTLY, I'LL JUST SAY THAT
REALLY QUICKLY, WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS SAW THE E-MAIL
RELATED TO THE TELEWORK POLICY
THAT I DISTRIBUTED LAST WEEK.
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
DIRECTION TO TELEWORK THROUGH
THE ENOF THE YEAR MADE GREAT
NEEDS AROUND OFFICE RESOURCES,
EVERYTHING FROM OFFICE SUPPLIES
TO TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND LET
FOLKS KNOW HERE ON THE CALL, YOU
COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR STAFF AND
FOR ALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF
THAT WE ARE WORKING IN THE
DIVISION DIRECTORS AND OTHER
FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO
TAKE STOCK OF WHAT THE RESOURCES
MIGHT BE AS WE LOOK AT
TELEWORKING FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS
SOME OF THOSE NEEDS.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE IN OUR --
WHEN WE'RE IN CITY HALL, WE HAVE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US.
WE CAN WORK DOWN OUR HALL, GO TO
THE OFFICE SUPPLY ROOM AND GET
WHAT WE NEED.
WE HAVE PRINTERS AVAILABLE, ET
CETERA.
THAT OFFICE INFRASTRUCTURE
OBVIOUSLY IS NOT PRESENT FOR
MANY OF OUR WORKERS EMPLOYEES
THAT ARE WORKING FROM HOME.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS A
REAL NEED THAT IS GOING TO BE
ADDRESSED AND SO HAPPY TO
CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THAT
ISSUE.
IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ISSUES
THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HEARING
FROM EITHER YOUR STAFF OR OTHER
LEGISLATIVE STAFF, DO NOT
HESITATE TO BRING THAT UP TO ME
OR CODY WRITER IN MY OFFICE AS
WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE
REALITIES OF THE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO TELEWORK, AGAIN,
BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO EXIST IN
AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE COVID-19
AND ITS INFECTIOUS NATURE IS
STILL VERY MUCH A REALITY AND
PRESENT FOR ALL OF US.
SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON MY REPORT,
COLLEAGUES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
LAST ITEM ON YOUR REPORT FOR THE
LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN
WITH CLOSING OUR PUBLIC FACING
SIDE OF THE OPERATIONS AND
THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE MADE, I THINK,
TREMENDOUS LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN
MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE VIA PUBLIC
COMMENT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO SEND US
MESSAGES AND E-MAILS AND I KNOW
THAT MANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
ARE HAVING OFFICE HOURS STILL.
THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PORTION
CONTINUES, BUT THE RISK THAT
PEOPLE ARE TAKING HAS DECREASED
BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING FOR PEOPLE
TO STAY HOME.
I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR
THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC, FIRST.
THE HEALTH OF OUR STAFF, AND THE
HEALTH OF EACH OF OUR OFFICES AS
WELL.
I THINK IT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT
WE'RE HEARING FROM OTHER
BUSINESSES WHO HAVE MADE TOUGH
DECISIONS TO ENCOURAGE OR TO
REQUIRE THEIR EMPLOYEES TO STAY
HOME, BUT I THINK IT SHOWS
LEADERSHIP FOR ALL OF THE
BUSINESSES AND OTHER IMMUNITIES
WHO MAY BE GRAPPLING WITH WHAT
TO DO GIVEN THE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOW
CONTRACTING COVID AND THE
LIKELIHOOD IT WILL BECOME MUCH,
MUCH WORSE IN SEPTEMBER,
OCTOBER, COUPLED WITH INFLUENZA.
I THINK YOU'RE MAKING THE RIGHT
CHOICE AND THAT SHOWS LEADERSHIP
THAT I HOPE CONTINUES TO SEE
REPLICATED AMONGST OTHER
BUSINESSES AND MUNICIPALITIES
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN
PLACE SO OUR PUBLIC CAN CONTINUE
TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS.
IT MAKES SO OUR PROCESS IS
RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND WE'RE
PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING
SICK AND DYING.
>>> I WILL SAY THAT WE EXTENDED
OUR MEETINGS, WHICH IS RIGHT IN
LINE WITH WHAT WE SAID LAST
WEEK THROUGH JULY 1. WE DO NOT
KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THAT
PROCLAMATION WILL BE EXTENDED.
BUT, I DO WANT TO MAKE REALLY
CLEAR THAT IT IS MY EXULTATION
THAT REGARDLESS OF OUR NEED TO
COMPLY WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC
NEEDS ACT AND WHAT THAT MIGHT
LOOK LIKE, AT THE EXPIRATION OF
THE PROCLAMATION 2028, I DO
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO MEET REMOTELY, AND
TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FAS IN
AND AROUND MAKING OUR
ENVIRONMENT SAFE IN THE EVENT
THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE OPTIONS
FOR INDIVIDUALS TO OCCASIONALLY
POP IN TO THE OFFICE.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE, THEY ARE AT A MINIMUM
THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM BEING
ABLE TO DEPLOY ANY OF THE
CITYWIDE STRATEGIES THAT ARE
BEING WORKED ON CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO BEFORE
THEY CREATE A WORK ENVIRONMENT
THAT FEELS SAFE AND PROTECTED
FOR ANY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE
LOOKING FOR AN OPTION TO THE
PRESENT IN CITY HALL FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME OR A BLOCK OF
TIME.
SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF RETURNING TO
THE PHYSICAL SPACE.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A VOLUNTARY
OPTION ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
THE ROLE THAT CDC GUIDANCE, IN
RELATION TO TELEWORK, THAT
POLICY CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE
OFFICE SETTINGS IN PARTICULAR
WHO ARE MORE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN
TELEWORK MODELS, TO CONTINUE TO
TELEWORK FOR AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
AND, SO, YOU KNOW THIS IS
CONSISTENT WITH THOSE CDC
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND -- WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO EVOLVE AND ADAPT TO THIS
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT OF NEEDING
TO TELEWORK.
SO, MORE TO COME ON THAT.
BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE, AND
WILLINGNESS TO AGAIN ENGAGE ON
THIS ISSUE AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST
KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT SAFE,
AND THE PUBLIC THAT WE INTERACT
WITH SAFE AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE MAY BE FINISHING UP HERE IN
RECORD TIME, CONSIDERING, OUR
LENGTH OF PRIOR COUNSEL READING
MEETINGS, IT IS ONLY 11:04.
I WANT TO THANK YOU REALLY FOR
YOUR ENGAGEMENT THIS MORNING.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR
THIS. WE ARE ADJOURNED AND I
WILL SEE ALL OF YOU AT 2:00,
HIS AFTERNOON.
BE WELL, GOODBYE.
>> THANK YOU.