>>> FROM MY PRESIDENT'S REPORT,
TOMORROW, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO
HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL AND THE
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO
TAKE A VOTE ON THE THREE BUDGET
BILLS THE MAYOR VETOED IN LATE
AUGUST, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE WE
ALL BROKE FOR RECESS AND THOSE
ARE COUNCIL BILLS 119-825, 862
AND 863.
I DO INTEND TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT
TOMORROW'S SPECIAL MEETING
DURING MY REPORT IN THE
BRIEFING BUT WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT AT THE TOP OF THE
AGENDA, EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF
THE SCHEDULED SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE FULL COUNCIL FOR
TOMORROW AT 3:00 P.M.
THANKS FOR MAKING YOURSELVES
AVAILABLE FOR THAT AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING FURTHER
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT ON THE 22ND AND THIS
AFTERNOON.
FOR NOW, WE WILL MOVE INTO A
PREVIEW OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
ACTION AND REGIONAL COMMITTEE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL ON
COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS ESTABLISHED
BY THE ROLL CALL FOR CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THIS WEEK, THE ROTATION BEGINS
WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND THEN I
WILL CONCLUDE.
WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE
SESSIONS OR PRESENTATIONS AND
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ITEM OF
BUSINESS ON THIS MORNING'S
AGENDA.
WE WILL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND THEN HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, GOOD
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING,
MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WILL BE BRIEF FOR THIS
MORNING'S BRIEFING.
THERE IS NO ITEMS ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL MEETING
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS.
I WILL BE CANCELING THE
COMMITTEE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY
FOR THE COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS.
I HAD ANTICIPATED WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO HAVE A LENGTHY
DISCUSSION ON THE IMPLICATIONS
AROUND NAVIGATION TEAM AND SOME
OTHER THINGS ON THIS WEDNESDAY,
BUT GIVEN THE POSTURE OF WHERE
WE ARE, STILL RESOLVING SOME OF
THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES FROM THE
2020 BALLOTS AND IT MAKES MORE
SENSE TO DELAY THAT
CONVERSATION, TO KNOW WHAT THE
LAY OF THE LAND WILL BE ON SOME
OF THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS
RELATED TO OUTREACH.
MY INTENTION WOULD BE TO SET A
SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING,
POTENTIALLY, FOR SOME TIME IN
EARLY OCTOBER TO FOLLOW UP ON
SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
FOR NOW, I'M CANCELING THE
MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, GIVEN
THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT UP IN
THE AIR AND TO BE RESOLVED
BEFORE THAT MEETING.
I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE
PRODUCTIVE.
I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND, GIVEN
THE HORRIBLE AND SHOCKING NEWS
FROM FRIDAY.
THE PASSING OF JUSTICE GINSBURG,
TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO
SOMEONE WHO IS A JUDICIAL HERO
OF MINE AND SOMEONE WHO HAD THE
GREAT PLEASURE IN LAW SCHOOL,
SINCE ONE OF MY PROFESSORS WAS
A FORMER CLERK OF JUSTICE
GINSBURG AND JUSTICE GINSBURG
CRASH ONE OF OUR CLASSES AND
TAUGHT PLEADING STANDARDS
RELATED TO FEDERAL RULING
PROCEDURE 12 B 6, I WILL ALWAYS
REMEMBER THAT RULE IF I EVER
APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT.
I HAVE THAT ONE DOWN BUT IT IS
LOSING SUCH A GIANT OF
JURISPRUDENCE IN SUCH A GEAR
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SO
CHALLENGING AND SOMEONE THAT
LEFT A BIG IMPRESSION ON THE
COUNTRY AND ON THE LAW.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS IN
THIS PUBLIC FORUM MY PROFOUND
GRIEF AND MY PROFOUND RESPECT
FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER
LEGACY.
IT WAS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE
ABLE TO MEET HER, ALBEIT VERY
BRIEFLY.
HER ROLE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL
BE IRREPLACEABLE.
WITH THAT, I DO NOT HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL UPDATES FOR THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, FOR THAT REPORT.
I WOULD REQUEST THAT IN TERMS
OF YOUR REFERENCE TO A
POTENTIAL MEETING OF YOUR
COMMITTEE, THAT YOU SPEAK TO MY
OFFICE AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S
OFFICE ONCE WE START THE BUDGET
PROCESS WILL BE EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 29TH.
ALL COMMITTEE HEARINGS ARE
CONSIDERED SCHEDULED UNLESS
THEY ARE PREAPPROVED BY THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE CHAIR
OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
SO, LET'S TALK AFTER THIS WEEK
TO SEE IF A SPECIAL MEETING OF
YOUR COMMITTEE IS STILL
NECESSARY. IF SO, I'M SURE THAT
I AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
ARE HAPPY TO CONSIDER THE
REQUEST.
>> CERTAINLY.
THANK YOU.
I CERTAINLY INTENDED TO PURSUE
THAT PROCESS, IF THAT IS THE
ROUTE THAT I WANT TO GO DOWN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS FOR
COMIC LEWIS?
HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO DOWN
THE LINE TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WILL BE BRIEF, AS WELL.
I HAVE ONE BILL, COUNCIL BILL
119887, ESTABLISHING A
PERMANENT BOARD FOR THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD.
WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS
FOR COMMISSIONS, SIX DIFFERENT
COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS COMING
THROUGH.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THOSE
APPOINTMENT PACKETS AND WE WILL
BE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THAT
QUICKLY.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR
AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO HAVE
CONSTITUENT MEETINGS.
I HAD SEVERAL CALLS LAST WEEK
AND SEVERAL SCHEDULED THIS
WEEK.
NEIGHBORS ARE PARTICULARLY
CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND ASKING A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARADOX OF
BEING A COMMUNITY THAT'S BOTH
OVER POLICED AND UNDER POLICED.
I'VE HAD ONE CONVERSATION WITH
OUR CRIME PREVENTION
COORDINATOR AND WE WILL
CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO
SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE
CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
WE ARE HAVING IN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT POCKETS OF DISTRICT
TWO.
THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR
THIS MORNING AND LOOK FORWARD TO
OUR CONVERSATION THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE, WILL GO DOWN THE
LINE AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
IS NEXT, FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
I HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR YOU.
ON THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR, WE HAVE TWO
ITEMS REFERRED TO THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE AND THE
FIRST IS AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE
AUDIT AND THE OFFICE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY -- THE CITY
AUDITOR'S REQUEST FOR A ONE-
YEAR SUSPENSION OF A CITYWIDE
FINANCIAL CONDITION REPORT.
ON FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE ONE THIS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH AT
2:00 P.M.
WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION
FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING ON
THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
AND INVESTMENTS.
LAST WEEK, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW,
WE HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT $19
MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE
AND MORTGAGE COUNSELING
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION FUNDING
WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND CITY COUNCIL.
$8.7MILLION OF THE FUNDING CAME
FROM THE JOB START COVID RELIEF
BILL AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL AND THE COLLEAGUES AND THE
ROBUST COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO
ENGAGED IN HELPING TO SHAPE THE
COVID RELIEF FUND.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT
AROUND ROADBLOCKS OR OBJECTIONS
AND GOT THE FUNDING OUT.
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS
MAKING SURE FOLKS HAVE FUNDING
IN HAND. I
WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE
FUNDING IS ON ITS WAY TO THE
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL
SOURCES WE APPROVED FROM
EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE.
$19MILLION IN FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE AND MORTGAGE
COUNSELING AND MUCH MORE IS
NEEDED AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL
LEARN ABOUT IN THE UPDATE ON
THURSDAY.
WILL HAVE A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON A POSSIBLE VOTE ON
THE LOYAL HEIGHTS TRANSFER OF
PROPERTY.
THIS LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTS THE
SURPLUS LAND DISPOSITION POLICY
AS SPONSORED IN 2018, ENABLING
NO-COST TRANSFERS OF CITY AND
CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR THE
PURPOSES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WE DID
WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION AND
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD
BE THE FIRST PROPERTY
TRANSFERRED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
IN THIS CASE, AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP, A KEY COMPONENT
FOR THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND WE
ARE EXCITED TO SEE THESE
POLICIES MOVE FORWARD.
ON THE AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, WE
CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE NETWORK COMPANY AND MINIMUM
LABOR AND STANDARDS FOR THE
DRIVERS.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THE MEETING LAST TUESDAY.
IF YOU WEREN'T ON THE COMMITTEE
AND WANT TO CATCH UP, THERE IS
VIDEO OF THAT AND WE ARE HAPPY
TO DO A ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATION.
IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE KARINA AND
WALK US THROUGH THE LEGISLATION
WITH TWO STUDIES THAT WE'VE
LOOKED AT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORK AND
THE HISTORY ABOUT WHAT GOT US
HERE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH
ALL OF YOU TO FINALLY PUT THIS
LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
TOGETHER.
MANY OF YOU TOOK A VOTE LAST
NOVEMBER AND I WAS ON PARENTAL
LEAVE BUT THIS IS THE LAST
COMPONENT FOR NOW TO ADDRESS
THE COMPENSATION AND LABOR
STANDARDS IN THE ARENA.
LAST WEEK WE ASKED FOR FOLKS TO
SEND AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL AND
TO CENTRAL STAFF AND BY
THURSDAY LAST WEEK, WE DRAFTED
AMENDMENTS. I
WILL HAVE A SERIES OF
AMENDMENTS ON TUESDAY THAT I
WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO
PACKAGE WITH A SUBSTITUTE AND
WE HAVE A DRAFT IN HANDS THAT
WILL COME YOUR WAY SO WE CAN
HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH
ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE
A DISCUSSION ON THURSDAY.
WE WILL HOPE TO PASS A STRONG
PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT
WORKERS AND PROMOTE WHAT WE KNOW
IS A KEY COMPONENT TO A ROBUST
ECONOMY.
MADAM PRESIDENT, ON THE BUDGET,
WE EXPECT TO GET THE 2021 BUDGET
TRANSMITTED BY THE EXECUTIVES ON
SEPTEMBER 29, NEXT WEEK, ON
TUESDAY.
MY OFFICE WORKS CLOSELY WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND WITH EACH OF YOU
TO DEVELOP THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A
TRANSPARENT AND COLLABORATIVE
PROCESS FOR THE 2021 BUDGET.
WE DID CIRCULATE A MEMO LAST
MONDAY AND AS YOU SAW IN THAT
MEMO, MADE KEY CHANGES TO THE
BUDGET PROCESS TO SUPPORT THIS
TRANSPARENT PROCESS, INCLUDING
HEART CUT OFF DATES AND TIMES
FOR OUR BUDGET FORMS A, B AND C
TO SUPPORT EARLIER PUBLICATION
AND TRANSMISSION OF AMENDMENTS
AND ANY LANGUAGE FOR OUR
CENTRAL STAFF AND FOR OUR STAFF
WITH EACH OF OUR OFFICES AND
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
KNOW THAT IN AN EFFORT TO
SUPPORT AN EARLIER PUBLICATION
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE STAFF
AND THE PUBLIC ARE INTENDING TO
GET THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO
CENTRAL STAFF ARE EARLIER.
WILL PUBLISH IT EARLIER FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, AS WELL.
WE BEGIN ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS
WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS SO
EVERYONE IS AWARE ON HOW A AND
B AND C WILL BE TRANSFERRED THIS
YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
COLLABORATION ON THIS EFFORT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LINGERING
ON THIS, PLEASE LET OUR TEAMS
KNOW ON CENTRAL STAFF AND
WITHIN MY OFFICE.
MUCH OF WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE IS
TO ENSURE EVERYBODY HAS
INFORMATION EARLIER.
LASTLY, I ECHO THE COMMENTS
MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALREADY
WITH MANY OF YOU BEING SHOCKED
AND SADDENED BY THE PASSING OF
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT IN OUR
ONGOING EFFORTS TO FIGHT FOR
WORKERS RIGHTS AND GENDER
EQUITY AND PRINCIPLES, WE NOT
ONLY ARE IN SHOCK, BUT WE WILL
NOT BE IN DESPAIR AND WILL
CONTINUE FIGHTING IN HER NAME
AND TO FIGHT FOR BASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS.
AND, WITH EVERYTHING IN OUR
BEING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE ALL THAT WE KNOW AND
WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITHIN OUR
CORNER OF THE COUNTRY TO STAND
UP FOR WORKERS AND FOR GENDER
EQUITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MAKE SURE THAT POLICIES WE'VE
PASSED GET SET IN LAW AND ARE
NOT FURTHER ERODED AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE UPHOLD THE
PRINCIPLES THAT SHE FOUGHT SO
HARD FOR.
IT IS PRETTY SHOCKING, AS WELL,
TO HEAR THE NEWS THIS MORNING
FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
DESIGNATING SEATTLE, PORTLAND
AND NEW YORK CITY AS
JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE
PERMITTED VIOLENCE.
MANY IN THE CITY WILL TALK
ABOUT THIS LATER TODAY AND THIS
IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE
NEED TO DO, AS A COUNTRY, TO
PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO
EVALUATE POLICING, AS WE KNOW
IT.
THE NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE CAME WITH A
THREAT/FEDERAL FUNDING COMING TO
THIS LITTLE CITY OF SEATTLE AT
A TIME AT BUSINESSES ARE
SHUTTING DOWN AND FAMILIES ARE
INCREASINGLY SHOWING SIGNS OF
FOOD INSECURITY AND WHEN PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE JOBS AND NEED
SUPPORT.
IT'S NOT JUST FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, BUT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, AS WELL.
WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF THREATS TO OUR
FUNDING.
IT IS ABHORRENT, INHUMANE AND
WE NEED OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO
STEP UP SO WE CAN HAVE NOT JUST
A MORE ROBUST AND COMPLETE
RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC IN
FRONT OF US FROM THE PUBLIC
HEALTH EXPRESS DOES, BUT TO ASK
FOR US THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS
COMING DOWN ON US.
WE WILL PUSH BACK TO MAKE SURE
OUR SAID HE GETS THE FUNDING IT
NEEDS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY AND THIS COUNTRY.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE WORK WE DO
IN COLLABORATION TO PUSH BACK
ON THIS FEDERAL NARRATIVE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SEAHAWKS
FOR THEIR OPENING WIN OVER THE
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AND THESE
WERE EXCITING LAST NIGHT.
GOOD TO SEE THE LOVELY TRIBUTE
TO SEATTLE FILMMAKER, LYNN
SHELTON.
THANKS TO ALL THE WORK THAT
LYNN HAS DONE AND FOR HER
CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
ARTS COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE.
THANKS, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I
HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD
WEEKEND.
WE FINALLY GOT SOME FRESH AIR
AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE BLUE
SKY AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
THIS WEEKEND WAS FULL OF
BREATHS OF FRESH AIR,
LITERALLY.
PEOPLE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO
FINALLY BE ABLE TO SEE AND
BREEZE GOOD AIR QUALITY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE GOING
DOWN THE LINE AND NEXT UP IS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU FOR REMARKS ON THE
SAD PASSING OF JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG.
IT WAS HEAVY ON OUR MINDS OVER
THE WEEKEND AND WILL CONTINUE
TO BE AS WE SEE WHAT
WASHINGTON, D.C. DOES ABOUT IT.
TODAY, THERE WERE FIVE ITEMS ON
THE CITY COUNCIL FROM OUR
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE. THE ITEMS INCLUDE
FOUR ITEMS FROM THE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT AND LEGISLATION FROM
OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO BUDGET MORE
TAX DOLLARS TO THE MADISON
STREET PROJECT. TO QUALIFY THE
PROJECT, FOR LARGE GRANT FROM
THE ADMINISTRATION, THE FT
REQUIRED SDOT TO HAVE A LONGER
SCHEDULE. FOR $134 MILLION, $5
MILLION IS COMING FROM CITY TAX
DOLLARS.
I LIKE TO THANK THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN
THE BUDGET OFFICE TO BEEF UP
THE FISCAL NOTE THAT
ACCOMPANIED THIS COUNCIL BILL,
TO SHOW THE PUBLIC AND MY
COLLEAGUES ALL THE SOURCES AND
USES OF FUNDS SO WE KNOW WHERE
THE MONEY IS COMING FROM AND
HOW IT'S BEING SPENT.
THE SOURCES AND USES IN THE
REVISED NOTE ILLUMINATE SEVERAL
POINTS.
FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS THAT ONLY
ABOUT 70% OF THE FUNDING COMES
FROM THE CITY TAX DOLLARS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
SHOWS THAT A LARGE PORTION OF
THE COST INCREASES ARE COMING
PRIMARILY FROM THE CITY.
THIS IS REAL IMPACT TO OUR
TRANSPOTATION BUDGET BY MOVING
$5 MILLION TO THIS PROJECT.
A REVISED NOTE STRESSES THE
RELIANCE ON THE OTHER FUNDING
SOURCES LIKE SOUND TRANSIT,
HAVING THEIR OWN FINANCIAL
TROUBLES.
MY COMMITTEE WILL KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON THE MADISON PROJECT TO
ENSURE COSTS ARE MANAGED
EFFECTIVELY, GOING FORWARD.
I'M CONFIDENT IN THE ABILITY OF
A SDOT TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT
AND I PLAN TO SUPPORT THIS
PARTICULAR BILL TODAY.
I WILL, HOWEVER, BE CAUTIOUS
ABOUT DIVERTING FLEXIBLE
DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE IF ANY OF
THESE NON-CITY SOURCES FALL
THROUGH. AS WE KNOW, THE CITY
HAS PRESSING MAINTENANCE NEEDS
LIKE REPAIRING OLD BRIDGES
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
WE HEARD LAST WEEK WITH THE
CITY AUDITOR'S REPORT ON
BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I'D LIKE TO COMMAND SEC
INSIGHT.COM FOR THEIR THOROUGH
COVERAGE OF THIS BACKED ISSUE.
TO THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL
BRIEFING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES MEANING THIS FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 25 AT 9:30 A.M.
WE NEED THIS MEETING DUE TO THE
LARGE VOLUME OF BUSINESS GOING
TO OUR COMMITTEE AND THE NEED
TO TACKLE THIS PRIOR TO THE
OFFICIAL START OF BUDGET
SEASON.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE
NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL
MEETING THIS FRIDAY AT 9:30.
AT FULL COUNCIL TODAY, WE CAN
FINALLY ADOPT RESOLUTION 31933.
WHEN OUR CITY WAS ENGULFED BY
THE WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR SEVERAL
DAYS, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ FOR
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDING
RESOLUTION 31933, FOR THE FIRST
TIME HAVING CITY HALL FORMALLY
ASSESSED FUTURE LEGISLATION
THROUGH THE LENS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE, SPECIFICALLY CARBON
EMISSIONS AND OUR RESILIENCY TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
RESOLUTION WILL HAVE THE
EXECUTIVES REPORT BACK IN MARCH
ABOUT THE INITIAL RESULTS OF
IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING IDEAS
FOR MAKING IT BETTER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
REPORT?
HEARING NONE, NEXT UP IS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, FOLLOWED
BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
GONZALES AND GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND THE NEXT
MEETING OF THAT COMMUNITY WILL
BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH AT
9:30 A.M.
THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME
WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS TUESDAY,
TOMORROW, AT 2:00 p.m.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL
MEETING TO OVERTURN THE MAYOR'S
VETO OF THE BUDGET NEEDED TO BE
MOVED TO TUESDAY, TOMORROW, WE
ARE MOVING THE RENTERS RIGHT
COMMITTEE TO TOMORROW INSTEAD
COULD WE ARE SWAPPING TIMESLOTS
FOR THE SPECIAL MEANING FOR
WEEK WITH ALL THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE INDICATING THE NEW
TIME WORKS FOR THEM.
THANK YOU.
WE'LL HAVE TWO POINTS ON THE
AGENDA ON THURSDAY.
WE WILL DISCUSS WITH RENTERS
AND ORGANIZERS ABOUT THE
CANCELED RENT CAMPAIGN AND WE
ARE CONFRONTING A TSUNAMI OF
FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS IN
SEATTLE AND THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE SEEING RECORD COVID-
RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT IS
LEVELING OFF WITH A STAGGERING
1 MILLION NEW CLAIMS PER WEEK.
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED IN
BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT IS 50%
HIGHER THAN WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT,
ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
A TOTAL OF THE RENTERS,
NATIONALLY, WERE NOT ABLE TO
PAY THEIR FULL RENT ON TIME
THIS MONTH.
THE ESTIMATE IS THAT 30 TO
40000000 RENTERS, INCLUDING
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION
WASHINGTONIANS FACED THE RISK
OF EVICTION IN THE COMING MONTHS
IN THE ABSENCE OF ROBUST AND
SWIFT INTERVENTION.
THAT'S WHY MY OFFICE IS WORKING
CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
IN THE MOVEMENT TO CANCELED RENT
, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY PAYMENTS
AND LATE FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL
RENTERS WHO HAVE LOST JOBS AND
INCOME AND FACE FINANCIAL
DEVASTATION BECAUSE OF THE
WORST RECESSION SINCE THE GREAT
DEPRESSION, AND RELATED TO THE
PANDEMIC.
ALSO, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
STRUGGLING FOR THE SAME
REASONS.
AT THURSDAY'S MEETING WE WILL
REVIEW THE STAGGERING SCOPE OF
THE CRISIS AND DISCUSS THE
STEPS OF THE MOVEMENT AND WHAT
THE CITY GOVERNMENT MUST DO TO
STAND WITH RENTERS AND SMALL
BUSINESS.
WE WILL DISCUSS WITH ACTIVISTS
AND ORGANIZERS ABOUT THE
ACCELERATING IMPACT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE AND HOW TO ORGANIZE
AGAINST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FUNDING FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
ON TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA,
THERE IS AN ITEM FROM MY OFFICE
FOR AN HONORARY STREET RENAME
IN DISTRICT 3 AND HONOR OF
DOUGLAS BARNETT, A MONUMENTAL
ROLE IN DEVELOPING THEATER IN
SEATTLE'S BLACK COMMUNITY OVER
THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE.
HE FOUNDED NEW BLACK ARTS WEST
AND HEADED UP OVER 40
PRODUCTIONS AND ACTED IN OVER
30. I
WILL SAY MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE
CITY COUNCIL VOTE THIS
AFTERNOON.
FOR THE CULTURAL DISTRICT, THEY
NOMINATED MR. BARNETT FOR THE
HONORARY STREET NAME AND
COORDINATED LOGISTICS AND
FUNDING WITH THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
AS THE BRIEFING IS ON, THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FROM MY
OFFICE IS IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, DISTRICT 3, WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WITH THE
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AND MEMBERS
OF THE SEATTLE LOCAL OF THE
AMERICAN POSTAL EUCHRE'S UNION
CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF THE
POST OFFICE.
IT'S A WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY
AND FOR PUBLIC SERVICES POWERED
BY HUNDREDS OF ACTIVISTS
WORKING WITH OUR SOCIALIST
OFFICE TO DEMAND THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESTORE OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD POST OFFICE,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT
ATTACKS ON THE POST OFFICE BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
THANKS TO THE U.S. POSTAL
SERVICE, MEMBERS OF THE GREATER
SEATTLE POSTAL WORKERS UNION AND
MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CENTER
AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER NEIGHBORS
WHO WROTE LETTERS AND SIGN
PETITIONS DEMANDING THE
RESTORATION OF THE POST OFFICE.
WE KNOW THIS ISSUE GOES BEYOND
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE POST OFFICE IS UNDER
UNPRECEDENTED AND VICIOUS
ATTACKS BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE
THAN TO TEAR DOWN THIS VITAL
PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUT MAIL
DELIVERY AND THE HANDS OF BIG
BUSINESS PROFITEERS. WE ARE IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE AMERICAN
POSTAL WORKERS UNION, FIGHTING
BACK AGAINST THIS AND POSTAL
WORKERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
OPPOSE THIS ATTACK.
IN A VERY SMALL WAY, BUT
IMPORTANT FOR US, THE REOPENING
OF THE POST OFFICE AT 2207 EAST
UNION IS A BLOW AGAINST ATTACKS
ON SOCIAL SERVICES.
THE COMMUNITY THAT IS THE POST
OFFICE IS THE SAME COMMUNITY
STRUGGLING TO HOLD ON TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FAR TOO MANY WORKING-CLASS
HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AND
DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF COLOR ARE
BEING DRIVEN OUT OF OUR CITY.
THAT IS WRONG AND WHEN WE SEE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
DISAPPEARING, THAT IS WRONG. I
CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY WHO WROTE
LETTERS, SIGNED OUR PETITION
AND CAME TO OUR COMMUNITY
MEETING TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS
POST OFFICE THAT BUILDS ON OUR
HISTORIC AMAZON TAX VICTORY
EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
IT PERMITS $80 MILLION A YEAR
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
CITY BEGINNING IN 2022 TO HELP
BRING BACK BLACK WORKING-CLASS
HOUSEHOLDS.
ACCORDING TO TRUMP IN THE RIGHT
WING, SEATTLE IS APPARENTLY NOT
JUST A SOCIALIST HELLHOLE BUT
AN ANARCHIST JURISDICTION.
DONALD TRUMP'S JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT HAS LABELED PORTLAND
AND SEATTLE AND NEW YORK CITY
AS ANARCHIST JURISDICTIONS.
AS PART OF THE RATIONALE FOR
LABELING THEM AS ANARCHIST
JURISDICTIONS, THEY CITED CITY
COUNCIL'S VOTING TO CUT POLICE
FUNDING.
I'M REALLY GRATIFIED TO SEE
MANY POLITICAL FIGURES IN THE
AREAS CRITICIZING THIS MOVE
FROM THE TRUMP REGIME.
I WOULD ADD THAT THE REAL
OPPOSITION THAT NEEDS TO BE
SHOWN IN OUR CITY, IN SEATTLE,
BY DEMOCRATS, HAS TO BE LED BY
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON PROMISES
TO DEFUND THE POLICE BY AT
LEAST 50%.
THE FIRST STEP WILL BE TO
OVERTURN THE DEMOCRAT MAYOR
DURKAN'S VETO OF THE SUMMER
BUDGET VOTE BY THE COUNCIL AND
TO UPHOLD THE MILD BUT
IMPORTANT PROGRESSIVE GAINS
REMAINING TO THAT BUDGET.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE OFFICE
OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
HAS CONCLUDED AND THE NEWLY
RELEASED REPORTS THAT THE POLICE
OFFICER WHO DOUSED A 7-YEAR-OLD
BOY WITH PEPPER SPRAY AT THE
MAY 30 JUSTICE PROTESTS WAS,
QUOTE, LAWFUL AND PROPER. THIS
IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL AND
UNACCEPTABLE.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE
OFFICER DIRECTED THE PEPPER
SPRAYED A WOMAN WHO QUOTE-
UNQUOTE GRABBED ONTO AN
OFFICER'S BATON AND YELLED,
DON'T PUSH ME.
POLICE TRIED TO MOVE A LINE OF
PROTESTERS AT WESTLAKE PLAZA.
APPARENTLY, THAT WAS
JUSTIFICATION TO USE PEPPER
SPRAY ON ANYONE, LET ALONE A
CHILD.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE
THAT ILLUSTRATES WHY WORKING
PEOPLE NEED TO FIGHT FOR THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT HAS POWERS
OVER THE POLICE.
IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IN
VARIOUS CITIES NEED TO SET A
BETTER EXAMPLE.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT
AGAINST TRUMP AND THE RIGHT
WING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR THAT REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONSOR COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WE WILL HEAR NOW
FROM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU
ARE ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES AND
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THERE IS ONE ITEM FROM THE LAND
WAS A NEIGHBOR'S COMMITTEE ON
THE CALENDAR, RESOLUTION 31970,
THE HOPPER HENCE A PLAN
DOCUMENT WHICH SETS THE
RESOLUTION FOR THE 2020-2021
CYCLE AMENDMENTS.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
LAND USE COMMITTEE ON THE FULL
AGENDA AND THE ITEMS I DISCUSSED
LAST WEEK TO BE ON THE AGENDA
WILL BE HELD ONE WEEK AND WE
WILL TAKE THEM UP AT THE NEXT
WEEK CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LAND
USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
IS THIS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
STARTING AT 9:30 a.m.
WITH THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE ON
119877 EXTENDING PROVISIONS FOR
THE VIRTUAL DESIGN REVIEW OF
LANDMARKS BOARD MEETINGS AND A
VOTE ON 119838, THE ROUND OF
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
AND A VOTE ON RESOLUTION 31970,
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
RESOLUTION.
LAST WEEKEND DISTRICT 6, I MET
WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT LOCALIZED
IMPROVEMENTS AT SUNSET HILL, ON
PHINNEY RIDGE AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN FREMONT
AND BALLARD.
I SPOKE WITH DISTRICT 6
RESIDENTS IN WEEKLY MEETINGS
ABOUT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS,
PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSIT, UPZONES
AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
I CONTINUE TO HAVE D6 RESIDENT
MEETINGS AND ENJOY SPEAKING TO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF WE WERE OUTSIDE COVID, I
WOULD HAVE THEM IN-PERSON AND
MISS THEM FACE-TO-FACE FOR THIS
WEDNESDAY, I WILL JOIN THE
BALLARD ALLIANCE MEMBERS TO
DISCUSS HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC
SAFETY AT THE BALLARD COMMONS
AND THE TRIANGLE.
REGARDING THE PASSING OF
JUSTICE GINSBURG, OUR NATION IS
A MORE PERFECT UNION FROM THE
LEADERSHIP JUSTICE GINSBURG
PROVIDED.
IN ORDER TO SECURE THE BLESSINGS
OF UNITY TO OURSELVES AND OUR
POSTERITY, WE HAVE MUCH WORK TO
DO.
THE NEWS FROM THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT DOES NOT ESTABLISH
JUSTICE OR INSURE DOMESTIC
TRANQUILITY OR PROVIDE FOR THE
COMMON DEFENSE OR PROMOTE THE
GENERAL WELFARE FOR OUR NATION
OR CITY.
WE MUST NEVER LOSE FOCUS OF OUR
WORK TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT
UNION AND IT WAS ORDAINED AND
ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THE BILL OF
RIGHTS WAS INCLUDED.
WE MUST HOLD FAST TO WORK
TOGETHER AND CREATE A MORE
PERFECT UNION AND THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS AND
REFUGEES WHO MAKE UP OUR
NATION, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THAT IS MY REPORT.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT
REPORT?
HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO DOWN
THE LINE AND NEXT UP IS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS
MORNING.
FOR THE ITEMS ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA FROM THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE ONE
ITEM, RELATING TO THE PUGET
SOUND EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK.
THIS IS A DIGITAL RADIO
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USED FOR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND REPLACES
A 20-YEAR-OLD ANALOG SYSTEM NO
LONGER SUPPORTED BY THE VENDOR
AND THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS US
TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN 12
JURISDICTIONS AND WILL THEN
CREATE A NEW NONPROFIT TO OWN,
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE RADIO
NETWORK. THE NONPROFIT WILL
HAVE AN AGREEMENT BEFORE US AND
IT WILL BE AN INTO HER LOCAL
AGREEMENT FOR THE OPERATIONS OF
THAT NONPROFIT AMONG THE 12
JURISDICTIONS.
OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES, I
WANT TO UPLIFT, AS I DO EVERY
WEEK, THE EFFORTS OF THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THEIR ADMINISTRATION OF COVID-
19 TESTS AT THEIR FOUR SITES.
NOW, DATING BACK TO JUNE 5.
THEY HAVE ADMINISTERED MORE
THAN 190,000 TESTS, COVID-19
TESTS.
WANTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT
IMPORTANT WORK OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS PARTICIPATING IN
AND LEADING IN.
I WANT TO UPLIFT THAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AS MENTIONED LAST
WEEK, HAS ISSUED A NUMBER OF
OUT OF CITY DEPLOYMENTS KNOWN
AS MUTUAL AID AND A TOTAL OF 34
FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTERS
REDEPLOYED TO THE OREGON AND
WASHINGTON FIRES AND 31 TWO
OREGON AND FIRES IN WASHINGTON
STATE. FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, I JUST WANT TO
MENTION THAT LAST WEEK, THERE
WAS A FOLLOW-UP TO WHAT WE
RECENTLY HEARD IN PRESS ACCOUNTS
ABOUT THE SHORTCOMINGS AND
ADDRESSING OVERTIME CONTROLS IN
THE 2016 CITY AUDITOR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
FOLLOW-UP LETTER WAS SENT TO
CHIEF DIAZ ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION
OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 30
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IN THE
REPORT REGARDING BUDGETING AND
POLICY PROCEDURES INCLUDING
TRACKING OF OVERTIME AND OFF
DUTY WORK.
MANY RECOMMENDATIONS -- MOST OF
THEM HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BUT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED AS
PENDING, MANY OF ARM RELATE TO
WORK WITH THE SEATTLE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT A NEW
WORK AND TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM.
I THANKED THE CHIEF FOR THE
ATTENTION HE IS DIRECTING AND
DEDICATING TO THE ISSUE OF
OVERTIME BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THE COUNCIL GIVES AN
UPDATE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
CITY AUDITOR AND SINCE THE
AUDIT RECOMMENDED THAT SPD
SHOULD IMPLEMENT NEW SCHEDULING
AND TIMEKEEPING SYSTEMS WHILE
ALSO ENHANCING EXISTING SYSTEMS
TO INCLUDE NON-AUTOMATED
CONTROLS, TO FACILITATE THE
TRACKING, I'VE ASKED THE CITY
AUDITOR TO ACTUALLY DO A REVIEW
OF THE NONAUTOMATED CONTROLS
THAT SPD HAS BEEN WORKING ON
WHILE SOLD MATINA SAY WORKING
TO IMPLEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTION.
THE UPSHOT IS JUST BECAUSE THE
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION HAS A
TIMELINE THAT HAS LAGGED, IT
CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
SHOULD NOT AND CANNOT BE DOING
MORE TO ENSURE THAT POLICIES
ARE BEING ADHERED TO AS OVER
TIME AND OFF TIME WORK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
FROM CHIEF DIAZ ABOUT THAT.
ANOTHER QUESTION I WOULD ASK,
THE CHIEF HAS SAID THAT THE
REDEPLOYMENT AWAY FROM
SPECIALTY UNITS INTO 911 IS
ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WILL HELP
HIM KEEP TRACK OF OVERTIME
ABUSES OR EXCESSIVE USE OF
OVERTIME, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AN
ACTUAL VIOLATION.
I'M INTERESTED AND OTHERS WILL
BE INTERESTED, AS WELL, TO GET
SOME ESTIMATES OF WHAT NUMBER
OF OVERTIME HOURS ARE LIKELY TO
BE REDUCED JUST FROM THIS
DEPLOYMENT DECISION THE CHIEF
HAS MADE TO MOVE 100 OFFICERS
OUT OF SPECIALTY UNITS INTO 911
LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT
INFORMATION, AS WELL AND ALSO,
I WANT TO MENTION ANOTHER
REQUEST TO CHIEF DIAZ.
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE LAST WEEK
IN THE SEATTLE TIMES REGARDING
THE ARREST OF AN SPD CAPTAIN
FOR ALLEGEDLY AGREEING TO PAY
FOR SEX TO A POLICE DECOY
POSING AS A PROSTITUTE AND THE
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT HE
RECEIVED BY OTHER OFFICERS. IN
THAT ARTICLE, THERE IS
REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT THIS
INDIVIDUAL IS BEING PAID WHILE
ON LEAVE AND THAT WAS A DECISION
THAT WAS MADE MANY MONTHS AGO.
THE S PMA CONTRACT GRANTS THE
CHIEF THE DISCRETION TO
DETERMINE IF LEAVE WITHOUT PAY
IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC TRUST. I'VE
ASKED THE CHIEF WHETHER OR NOT
HE IS WILLING TO RECONSIDER THE
PRYING DECISION TO GRANT PAY
PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE
CRIMINAL CHARGES.
THE CRIMINAL CHARGES, THE
CONSIDERATION OF THE CRIMINAL
CHARGES, HAS BEEN GREATLY
DELAYED AND THIS INDIVIDUAL IS
STILL BEING PAID WHILE ON
LEAVE.
IT IS THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS
BEEN PAID QUITE A LOT OF MONEY
OVER THE INTERIM.
I THINK IT IS REALLY
APPROPRIATE AS A QUESTION FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THE CHIEF FOR
WHETHER OR NOT LEAVE WITHOUT PAY
IS A MORE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE
TO THIS PARTICULAR DECISION.
AGAIN, THE OPA DID HAVE A
FINDING OF A SUSTAINED FINDING
IN THIS INSTANCE AND THE CHIEF
DID HAVE THIS DECISION TO HAVE
THE INDIVIDUAL ON LEAVE BUT THE
QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE
PERSON SHOULD BE PAID DURING
THAT LEAVE.
BEFORE I MOVED TO HUMAN
SERVICES, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED
VIA A PIECE FROM THE WASHINGTON
POST. IT WAS PICKED UP IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES RELATED TO A
VIOLENT MEANS AND MESSAGES
SEARCHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH
A REFERENCE TO A NEW REPORT.
THE REPORT BY THE NETWORK
RESEARCH INSTITUTE PREVIOUSLY
HAD FOCUSED ON RIGHT-WING
VIOLENCE FROM GROUPS LIKE THE
BUILDER BOYS AND WARNS THAT
LEFT-WING GROUPS HAVE EMBRACED
SIMILAR TACTICS, INCLUDING
MEMES AND CATCH PHRASES TO
SPREAD MESSAGES AND HELP
COORDINATE OFF-LINE ACTIVITY.
THE RESEARCHERS POINTED TO
POSSIBLE SIGNS OF COORDINATION
ASSOCIATED WITH RIOTS IN
SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND OTHER
CITIES ON JULY 25 INVOLVING
FIRES, LOOTING AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE.
THE REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
LEFT-WING POLITICAL ACTORS,
INCLUDING THOSE WHO EMBRACE THE
SO-CALLED ANTIFA MOVEMENT, HAVE
BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR FAR LESS
VIOLENCE THAN WHITE
SUPREMACISTS AND OTHER WHITE
RING GROUPS.
IT'S A FINDING CONSISTENT WITH
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND OTHER THREAT ANALYSTS.
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT LEFT-WING
EXTREMISM IS NOT IMMUNE FROM
THE EFFORTS TO COORDINATE
VIOLENT RESPONSES.
THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THE
GROWING USE OF MEANS IS A
WARNING SIGN AND ARGUED THAT
THE SPREAD -- AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT -- DEHUMANIZING
RHETORIC ON THE LEFT AND THE
RIGHT CAN SET A STAGE FOR
CONTINUED SERIOUS INCIDENTS BY
WHAT THE REPORT REFERRED TO AS
NETWORK ENABLED MOBS.
I WANT TO REFERENCE THAT I DO
BELIEVE THIS IS A TROUBLING
TREND.
I'VE STATED MY CONCERN AROUND
BIAS CRIMES AND HATE CRIMES
WHEN WE SAW THE RISE FROM THE
RIGHT AND LIKEWISE, THE
INCREASE OF EVIDENCE OF THESE
TRENDS IS TROUBLING ON THE LEFT
. I REITERATE MY PREVIOUS
REPORT FOR PREVIOUS PEACEFUL
PROTESTING IN REGARDS TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND VIOLENCE.
IT'S A PLUG THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT ASKED ME TO
USE TIME IN THE BRIEFINGS
MEETING TO GET OUT THE WORD
THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS
BEEN PROVIDING MEAL SERVICE TO
STUDENTS THROUGH THE SUMMER BUT
THEY ARE DOING IT DURING THE
SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL.
STUDENT MEALS ARE AVAILABLE BY
BUS AND THEY ARE PREPARED COLD
MEALS AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT
ROUTES.
THE ROUTES ARE LISTD ON THE
WEBSITE, WHICH IS
SEATTLESCHOOLS.ORG/RESOURCES.
CLICK ON THE STUDENT MEALS LINK
IN THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT.
ALSO, THERE ARE MEALS AVAILABLE
AT SCHOOL SITES, AS WELL.
SACK BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MEALS
ARE PROVIDED BY SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND THERE ARE
REPEATABLE MEALS BY FARESTART
AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY,
11:15 UNTIL 1:15 p.m.
AND AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS,
PARENTS AND GARDENS.
STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO BE IN
ATTENDANCE AND PARENTS OR
GUARDIANS OR OTHER AUTHORIZED
RESULTS CAN PICK UP THE MEALS.
THERE ARE 40 SITES THROUGHOUT
THE CITY AND WE WILL HAVE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING
TOMORROW AT 9:30.
ON THE COMMITTEE AGENDA, WE
HAVE APPOINTMENT TO THE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION AND WE HAVE
A JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT AND WE
WILL HEAR A SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT SANCTIONS REPORT
COMMISSIONED BY THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND WE WILL HEAR
LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION CODE
TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF THE
REPORT IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WHISTLEBLOWER ORDINANCE TO
INCLUDE REPORTING TO THE OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY.
AND, TO MAKE SURE THE
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS ARE
EXTENDED IN THAT INSTANCE.
WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER
PROGRAM AND HOW IT'S BEEN
IMPLEMENTED SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY
AND WE WILL HEAR TWO BRIEFINGS.
ONE ON THE PROPOSAL FOR
SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITES
AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION,
THE ACLU, NEIGHBOR CARE AND
PUBLIC HEALTH.
THEN, WE WILL HAVE A
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE
TRANSITION FROM THE LEAD MODEL
TO THE COLEAD MODEL DURING
COVID-19 AND WE WILL HEAR FROM
PRESENTERS FROM THE PDA COLEAD
PERSONNEL AND A UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON RESEARCHER THAT
STUDIED THE PROGRAM.
LASTLY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT ON FRIDAY, A PROCLAMATION
DECLARED DECEMBER 21 THROUGH 27
TO BE DIAPER NEED AWARENESS
WEEKEND AT THE COUNCIL MEETING,
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE WEST
SEATTLE BABY WHO RECEIVED THE
SIGNED PROCLAMATION AND SHARING
TOUGHTS ON DIAPER NEEDS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
IN ORDER TO SIGN THE
PROCLAMATION, EACH OF YOU WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS
MORNING TO AFFIRM WHETHER YOU
WOULD LIKE YOUR SIGNATURE
ATTACHED TO THE PROCLAMATION AND
FOR THOSE THAT AFFIRM, THE
CLERK WILL DIGITALLY AFFIX YOUR
SIGNATURE TODAY.
THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE READY
WITH SIGNATURES THIS AFTERNOON.
I BELIEVE THE PROCESS THAT
WE'VE AGREED TO FOR COLLECTING
THESE SIGNATURES IS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ WILL
DETERMINE WHICH WILL SIGN THE
PROCLAMATION.
TWO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE WILL BE HOSTING VIRTUAL
OFFICE HOURS THIS FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 25 BETWEEN 2:00 AND
6:30 p.m.
AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WEST
SEATTLE TASK FORCE MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY.
THAT IS IT FOR ME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BEFORE WE
GO TO THE STEPS WITH THE DIAPER
PROCLAMATION?
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO BRIEFLY RESPOND TO
THE POINT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MADE ABOUT THE LEFT AND THE
RIGHT AND IT KNOW SHE WAS
QUOTING CONCLUSIONS FROM A
STUDY.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT, I'M GRAVELY CONCERNED AT
PEOPLE IN ANY WAY USING THE
WORD EXTREMISM TO REFER TO THE
LEFT.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT DONALD TRUMP
IS DOING.
DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO WHIP
UP FEARS ABOUT THE LEFT-WING
THAT ARE BASED ALMOST ENTIRELY
ON LIES.
OF COURSE, MUCH OF THIS FEAR IS
WHIPPED UP IN MY ALLUDING TO
ANTIFA, WHICH IS IN REFERENCE
TO ACTIVISTS THAT ARE ANTI-
FASCIST.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE NOT FASCIST,
THEY ARE AGAINST FASCISM. I
THINK WE HAVE -- I CERTAINLY
TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY -- BUT I
URGE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
POLITICIANS TO TAKE THAT VERY
SERIOUSLY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT THE
STUDY USED THAT WORD BUT
POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE
A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT
USE THE PHRASE EXTREMISM
BECAUSE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW
THAT THE LEFT-WING IS ENGAGING
IN EXTREMISM.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, EXTREMISM
AND VIOLENCE AND THINGS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFT
THROUGH MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS
ACTUALLY PERPETRATED BY THE
RIGHT WING AND BY THE STATE.
SO, I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT TO AVOID LANGUAGE THAT
IS USED TO EQUATE THE VIOLENCE
OF THE FAR-RIGHT WHO MURDER
PEOPLE -- THE VIOLENCE USED BY
THE STATE -- BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT -- TO REPRESS THE
PROTEST MOVEMENT AND THE SO-
CALLED EXTREMISM ON THE LEFT.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WAS TRYING TO BE VERY PRECISE
AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
SHE WAS SPECIFICALLY TALKING
ABOUT MEMES BUT THEY DO NOT
EQUATE ACTUAL VIOLENCE AND THE
WEAPONRY USED BY THE STATE
AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTS
MOVEMENTS.
OVERWHELMINGLY, IN THE GEORGE
FLOYD MOVEMENT, THEY HAVE BEEN
PEACEFUL.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO
ACCOUNT.
THANK YOU.
>> THINK YOU'RE SO MUCH FOR
THOSE COMMENTS.
AND THE OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S REPORT?
HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
INDICATED, MOVE THROUGH THE
STEPS RELATED TO THE ACQUIRING
OF DIGITAL SIGNATURES FOR EACH
OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATED
TO THE DIAPER NEED PROCLAMATION
AND FOR THIS DIAPER NEED
AWARENESS WEEK, IT WILL BE
PRESENTED AT THIS AFTERNOON'S
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SIGNATURES WILL NEED TO BE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION AND
I ASK THAT THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL TO CONFIRMED THAT
SIGNATURES MAY BE AFFIXED TO
IT.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE I REQUEST THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL?
HEARING NO QUESTIONS, WILL THE
CLERK CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE DIAPER NEED
AWARENESS PROCLAMATION AS
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> LEWIS?
>> YES, PLEASE AFFIXED.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> MORRIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> THE NAMES WILL BE ADDED TO
THE PROCLAMATION AND IN TIME
FOR THIS AFTERNOONS CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, FOR BRINGING YOU
FORWARD THE PROCLAMATION TO
ACKNOWLEDGE DIAPER NEED
AWARENESS WEEK.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY IN
THIS SPACE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER WARRIORS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
COLLEAGUES.
THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE, WE HAVE
TWO ITEMS ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STARTING
WITH COUNCIL BILL 119881
RELATING TO RENOVATING KEYARENA
. IT AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH
SEATTLE ARENA COMPANY, OR AS WE
KNOW IT, ARENA CO FOR PEDESTRIAN
AND BIKE IMPROVEMENT.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND
SINCE JANUARY 2017, IT'S A
CONTINUATION OF LEGISLATION,
THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING,
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THIS INCLUDES TRANSIT ONLY
LANES FOR STREET USE
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG QUEEN ANNE
AVENUE NORTH AND FIRST AVENUE
NORTH, A TRANSIT QUEUE JUMP AT
FIRST AVENUE NORTH AND
REPUBLICAN STREET, DESIGN
UPGRADES FOR PROTECTED BIKE
LANES AND ADDITIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS TO THOMAS STREET.
THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, OF
COURSE, ESTABLISHES THE ROLES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO
APPROACH AND WORK WITH THE CITY
AND ARENA CO WITH THE DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION'S AND
RESPONSIBILITIES.
ARENA CO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
AROUND $492,000 OF THE ESTIMATED
TOTAL COST AND $980,000 FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT.
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION WOULD FUND THE
BALANCE OF THE COST FOR THE
PROJECT PROJECT, AROUND
$396,000 AND THROUGH A CREDIT TO
THE STREET USE FEES THAT ARENA
CO WOULD OTHERWISE OWE FOR THE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
ARENA CO IS EXPECTED TO OWE
APPROXIMATELY $3.5 MILLION IN
STREET USE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE PROJECT AND THE MOA,
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, FOR
THE ACCREDITED FEES TO BE ONLY
USED FOR THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENT.
THE EXECUTIVES -- AND WE ALL
KNOW THAT THEY EXPECT
CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENT
TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR SO
THE ARENA CAN OPEN NEXT FALL IN
2021.
A BIG SHOUT OUT FOR BRIAN
GOODNIGHT GOODNIGHT, WHO
PROVIDED A MEMO FOR THE
BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION ON
THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH
ARENA CO AND SUMMARIZES
COMMITMENTS CONTAINED IN THE
MOA.
BRIAN, GOOD JOB.
REALLY WELL DONE AND WELL
WRITTEN.
EXCELLENT ANALYSIS ON COUNCIL
BILL 119881 AND LAYS OUT NICELY
WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE
AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE AND THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SDOT,
ARENA CO AND THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SECOND ITEM IS RESOLUTION
31969.
ANOTHER MATTER GOING ON FOR A
WHILE.
WATER LID 67591, THE APPEAL.
IT SETS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR
A HEARING ON THE APPEAL ON THE
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE REPORT OF THE HEARING
EXAMINER THAT COUNCIL APPOINTED
TWO YEARS AGO IN THE FINAL
ASSESSMENT RULE FOR THE LOCAL
DISTRICT 6751 AND THE HEARING
DATE IS DECEMBER 1 WITH THE
PUBLIC ASKING THAT THE NATIVE
COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, MY
COMMITTEE, WOULD MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS AND WE STILL WOULD
HAVE THE QUASIJUDICIAL RULES.
I'M SURE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
WILL INSTRUCT US WHAT WE CAN
AND CANNOT TALK ABOUT.
WE CANNOT DISCUSS THIS MATTER,
BASICALLY.
IT WILL BE SET WITH
REQUIREMENTS AND SHOULD COUNCIL
TAKE ACTION THIS WEEK, IT WOULD
BE UP FOR THE RESOLUTION.
PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS TO
OUR OFFICE AND WE ARE HAPPY TO
SIT DOWN AND GO OVER THIS WITH
YOU.
IN REGARDS TO PARKS, OUR OFFICE
WILL SEND OUR WEEKLY
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL THE
PARKS WEEKLY COVID-19
PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE PARKS
HAVE REOPENED BECAUSE OF
IMPROVING AIR QUALITY.
PARKS AND REC REOPENED ALL
PARKS AND PROGRAMS, BEACHES AND
GOLF COURSES ON FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 18.
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
WE ARE ALWAYS IN CLOSE
COMMUNICATION AND WE TALK AT
LEAST TWO TIMES A WEEK.
ESPECIALLY AFTER PIER 58, I
WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION
LATER ON THAT.
LET ME FINISH WITH PARKS.
OUR INDOOR SHOWER PROGRAM
CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL FROM
SEPTEMBER 9 THROUGH 15, THEY
SERVED OVER 300 USERS.
DELL RIDGE AND MILLER ARE
CLOSED SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
THEY KEEP IT SMALL AND SIMPLE
ON THE CAMPAIGN IN THE PARK AND
IT CONTINUES FOR THE REPORTING
WEEK OF DECEMBER 9 THROUGH 15.
THE HIGHEST AVERAGE NUMBER OF
PARK VISITORS WILL OBSERVE AND
REPORT AT GOLDEN GARDENS, ALKI
BEACH AND GREEN LAKE.
STARTING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11,
THE CITY CLOSED THE PARKS, AS
WELL AS SOCIAL DISTANCING
AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS DUE TO POOR
AIR QUALITY.
DATA COLLECTION HAD PAUSED AT
THAT POINT.
THE WEEK AHEAD, I HAVE A COUPLE
OF MEETINGS WITH SOUND TRANSIT
AND TOMORROW ON THE 22ND, I
HAVE THE KING COUNTY MEETING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MCDERMITT
AND SOUND TRANSIT WITH A FULL
BOARD TRANSIT MEETING THIS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH AT
1:40.
THAT IS IT AND THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND CONCLUDE THIS MORNING'S
PORTION OF THIS AGENDA WITH MY
REPORT.
REALLY QUICKLY, WANTED TO TAKE
A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS LAST WEEK WE HAD A
MOMENTOUS OCCASION IN OUR OWN
COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE
THE TABERNACLE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH, CELEBRATING
THEIR 70TH ANNIVERSARY THIS PAST
WEEK.
IT'S LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND IS A TESTAMENT TO
THE CONGREGATION THAT THEY
SURVIVE THE CHALLENGES OF
GENTRIFICATION, TWO CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENTS AND SEVERAL
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS.
THEY ARE AN INSPIRATION TO US
ALL AND WE CONTINUE HOLDING ON
TO OUR PROVERBIAL YELL 20 AND I
CONGRATULATE THE REVEREND AND
THE CONGREGATION AT TABERNACLE
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ON
THEIRS 70 YEARS OF EXISTING AND
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TO SEND A
LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL
ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR 70TH YEAR
ANNIVERSARY AND WANTED TO TAKE
A MOMENT IN THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING TO ACKNOWLEDGE,
PUBLICLY, THAT THEY JUST
CELEBRATED THAT MOMENTOUS
OCCASION.
REALLY QUICKLY, NOTHING ON THE
AGENDA FROM THE GOVERNANCE AND
EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING AND
IN PARTICULAR, I DO HAVE ONE
ITEM I INTEND TO WALK ON TO THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:00
P.M.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, CENTRAL
STAFF AND BUDGET MANAGER
úCIRCULATED TO YOU A PROPOSED
BILL THAT WAS DEVELOPED OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS FOLLOWING
COUNTLESS HOURS OF CONVERSATION
BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
STAFF AND MY OFFICE, IN
PARTICULAR.
I WILL SUSPEND THE RULES TO
MAKE A MOTION TO PLACES READ
LEGISLATION ON THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.
THE HAVE BEEN UPDATES TO THAT
LEGISLATION SINCE IT WAS
CIRCULATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WILL BE
CIRCULATED AGAIN THIS MORNING
WITH ADDITIONAL CHANGES MADE TO
THAT LEGISLATION.
THIS LEGISLATION SERVES AS A
VEHICLE FOR A POSSIBLE
COMPROMISE MEASURE WHICH THE
COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER AND TAKE
UP IN THE EVENT THAT THE
MAYOR'S VETO OF THE COUNCIL
RECENT BUDGET LEGISLATION IS
SUSTAINED BY A VOTE OF THE
COUNCIL.
DUE TO SOME PROVISIONS IN THE
PRIMARY JUDGE AT BILL, 119825,
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, A
THREE QUARTERS VOTE OF THE
COUNCIL IS NECESSARY TO
EFFECTIVELY OVERRIDE THE VETO
AND ALLOW FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE INTENT IN THESE BILLS.
IF THE VETO OVERRIDE VOTE FAILS
TO RECEIVE AT LEAST SEVEN
VOTES, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO
TAKE ACTION ON THE NEW
LEGISLATION THAT I AM PROPOSING
TO BE PLACED ON THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION AT
THE SPECIAL FULL COUNCIL
MEETING TOMORROW AT 3:00 P.M.
I INTEND TO HAVE THIS PLACED ON
THE AGENDA FOR POSSIBLE ACTION
TOMORROW DURING THIS NATIONAL
MEETING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THIS CONSIDERATION OF THE
VETOED BILLS, CONSISTENT WITH
OUR CITY CHARTER.
AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE
OUR CONVERSATION AROUND VETOES
IN OPEN SESSION, I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THE OVERRIDING
VOTE, THAT WE HAVE AN
ALTERNATIVE OPTION PRESENT TO
THE COUNCIL AND GENERATED BY
THE COUNCIL IN THE EVENT THAT
THE OVERRIDE IS UNSUCCESSFUL.
IT IS A PRIORITY FOR ME TO GET
SOME AGREED-UPON INVESTMENTS
INTO COMMUNITY AND TO STRIKE A
BALANCE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE
COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
ALLIE PETRUCCI IS A PRIMARY
DIRECTOR OF THE LEGISLATION AND
SHE AND GREG DAWES ARE
AVAILABLE BETWEEN NOW AND
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO ADDRESS
ADDITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT HAVE AND I WOULD
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COUNCIL
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ARE ONGOING AND IT'S
POSSIBLE WE MAY SEE ADDITIONAL
CHANGES OR UPDATES TO THE
LEGISLATION BEFORE WE TAKE
FINAL ACTION AT 3:00.
I HAVE THEM ON THE ZOOM CALL
AND WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLIE OR DAN,
TO QUICKLY GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION I INTEND
TO WALK ON THIS AFTERNOON FOR
PLACEMENT ON THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
COLLEAGUES, THE INTENT IS THAT
IF THE OVERRIDE OF THE MAYOR'S
VETOES FAIL, THEN WE WOULD HAVE
AN ALTERNATIVE BILL TO
CONSIDER.
SO, ALLI WILL DESCRIBE WHAT IS
IN THAT ALTERNATIVE VERSION OF
THE BILL THAT COULD BE
CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IF,
AGAIN, A VETO OVERRIDE FAILS.
>>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WE
DISTRIBUTED AN EMAIL WITH THE
DRAFT OF THE BILL AND A TABLE
THAT OFFERS A SIDE-BY-SIDE
COMPARISON SHOWING THE CHANGES
THAT THE COUNCIL MADE TO THE
ORIGINAL BUDGET REVISION
ORDINANCE AND WHAT IS OR IS NOT
IN THE REPLACEMENT BILL.
IT INCORPORATES BOTH AMENDMENTS
MADE TO THE COUNCIL OF 119825
AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL, AS
WELL AS CONCEPTUALLY, PIECES OF
THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE IN THE
OTHER TWO VETOED BILLS, COUNCIL
BELOW 119862 THAT AUTHORIZED $3
MILLION OF SPENDING FROM THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION ACCOUNT
TO THE ALLEGED DEPARTMENT AND
COUNCIL BILL 119863 THAT
AUTHORIZE THE INTERFUND LOAN
THAT SUPPORTED THE
APPROPRIATIONS AND THE ADOPTED
119825 FOR INVESTMENTS AND
COMMUNITY.
THE INVESTMENT BILL INCLUDES AN
APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT
FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN
2020, $1 MILLION AND INCLUDES A
$2.5 MILLION APPROPRIATION TO
HST FOR COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY SPACE AND THE INTERFUND
LOAN WOULD NO LONGER BE
REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THOSE
APPROPRIATIONS.
IT CAPTURES MUCH OF WHAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE BILL, IN 119825
AND THE OTHERS AS ADOPTED WITH
MODIFICATIONS.
I WON'T WALK THROUGH EACH ONE
BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, MANY OF
THE CHANGES ARE INCLUDED IN
MOST OF THE PROVISOS RELATED TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARE REMOVED.
THE REQUEST FOR REPORTS RELATED
TO SPD OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL
INFORMATION HAS BEEN MODIFIED
TO BETTER ALIGN WITH INFORMATION
THAT WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON
AND WILL SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
INTEREST WITH INFORMATION INTO
THE 2021 BUDGET PROCESS. LIKE I
SAID, INCLUDES APPROPRIATIONS
TO SUPPORT SOME COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENTS AND PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
OFF-LINE IF YOU HAVE AN
INTEREST IN ANY SPECIFIC
AMENDMENT AND FOR MYSELF OR DAN,
ALSO ON THE LINE, IF YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT VETOES AND VOTES.
WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK OFFLINE.
>> DAN, ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD TO THE REMARKS?
>> NO.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS
PEOPLE MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUICK,
OVERARCHING VIEW OF WHAT IS IN
THIS PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE,
SHOULD THE OVERRIDE OF THE
MAYOR'S VETO FAIL.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT
WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO THE MAYOR
AND HER ADMINISTRATION, IN
TERMS OF IMMEDIATE
IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERABILITY
FOR 2020.
I WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY
THAT THIS BILL IS AN ATTEMPT TO
TRY TO MOVE US FORWARD.
IT MOVES FORWARD COUNCIL
PRIORITIES THAT CONTINUED TO BE
PRIORITIES, INCLUDING CREATED A
FRAMEWORK AND A PATH TOWARD THE
QUESTION AROUND THE SIZE OF THE
SWORN PERSONNEL AT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, A PATHWAY TOWARD
ACTIVELY LOOKING OUT OF ORDER
WITH ISSUES WHERE WE HAD AN
IMPASSE PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY
WITH THE MAYOR.
WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PUT INTO WRITING AND TO
MEMORIALIZE A PATH FORWARD THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO MEANINGFULLY
ENGAGE WITH THE EXECUTIVE AROUND
OUR INTEREST AS A COUNCIL AND I
BELIEVE IT'S ALSO FOR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK
AT THE SIZE OF THE SWORN
PERSONNEL OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
. TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO PURSUE
LAYOFFS IN ORDER TO NOT ROLLBACK
MANY OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS WE'VE
MADE AROUND DIVERSITY HIRES AND
RECRUITMENTS.
ALSO, TO FOCUS ON OFFICERS THAT
WE BELIEVE, FROM A POLICY
PERSPECTIVE, SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED FIRST.
IT'S MAINLY THOSE WITH
DISCIPLINARY ISSUES OR WITH
OTHER PROBLEMATIC TRACK
RECORDS.
AGAIN, WE WOULD WANT THE CHIEF
TO CONSIDER FOR LAYOFFS FIRST
BEFORE ANY OFFICERS THAT DON'T
HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES.
IT HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR
THAT MUCH OF THE DISAGREEMENTS
WITHIN CITY HALL HAVE CREATED
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY
TO BE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER
AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US, AGAIN, IF THE OVERRIDE
FAILS TOMORROW AFTERNOON, TO
PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
FIND A PATH FORWARD WITH THE
EXECUTIVE THAT WILL RESULT IN A
SERIES OF SHARED POLICY GOALS,
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AND A NEW
COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATING ON
SOLVING, TOGETHER, AS A
FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT, SOME OF
THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT DOES CONTINUE TO BE OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE
DIFFICULT CHOICES AND THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE IF
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEMORIALIZE SOME COMPROMISE.
THE COMPROMISED BUDGET PACKAGE,
MUCH LIKE THE NEGOTIATIONS WE
HAD ON THE COVID-19 RELIEF
BILLS, REFLECT OUR SINCERE
EFFORTS TO BRIDGE PAST DIVIDES,
TO CHART A PATH FORWARD AND TO
TURN THE PAGE AND FIND A WAY
FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY
TO COME TOGETHER AND TACKLE,
SERIOUSLY, THE MANY ISSUES THAT
FACE CONSTITUENTS ON THIS
IMPORTANT ISSUE, THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT FACING US AND
AS WELL, OTHER PRIORITIES
REFLECTED IN THE REBALANCED
PACKAGE THE CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERED OVER THE SUMMER.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO DO THAT AND TO TRY TO MOVE
FORWARD.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
ONE, ORIGINALLY, ONE OF OUR
BILLS APPROPRIATED 14000000 TO
HST IN 2020 AND A SECOND
APPROPRIATED OF PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET IN 2020.
OF COURSE, THE THIRD SET OF
AMENDMENTS WAS RELATED TO
LAYOFFS AND CUTS TO COMMAND
STAFF SALARY AMONG OTHER ISSUES
INCLUDING THE NAVIGATION TEAM
IMPACTS.
THOSE WERE ALL ISSUES THAT WE
CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THE
MAYOR, A CONCERN FOR HER AND WE
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM
MANY CONSTITUENTS THAT THERE
WERE CONCERNS FOR THEM AND THIS
PARTICULAR BILL, I THINK, AND
AGAIN, IF THE OVERRIDE OF THE
MAYOR VETOES FAILED, WOULD
ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A
$2.5 MILLION APPROPRIATION TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THAT WOULD BE GRANTED THROUGH
THE RFP PROCESS AND DISPERSED
TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN 2020.
I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT IF,
GIVEN THE OPTION BETWEEN $0 AND
$2.5 MILLION, THAT I WILL
CHOOSE THE $2.5 MILLION.
I WOULD WANT THE DISBURSEMENT
TO OCCUR BUT IT HAS BECOME VERY
CLEAR TO US THAT THE EXECUTIVE
DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT USING AN
INTERFUND LOAN IS THE
APPROPRIATE COURSE FOR THIS
PROPOSED SPENDING IN 2020.
IN OTHER WORDS, MAYOR DURKAN
HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IN
SPITE OF THIS COUNCIL'S
ALLOCATION OF $14 MILLION TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
HER ADMINISTRATION DID NOT
INTEND TO, NOR WOULD THEY SPEND
ANY OF THESE DOLLARS AS
REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY WAS
EFFECTIVELY A $0 INVESTMENT IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVES.
I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT IS THE
MODELS WE CREATE THROUGH
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AS A RESULT OF OUR ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR,
MY OFFICE SECURED AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE MAYOR THAT SHE WOULD
AGREE TO SPEND $2.5 MILLION OVER
APPROPRIATED TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES THE DEPARTMENT THAT
WOULD BE GRANTED THROUGH THE
RFP PROCESS AND DISPERSED TO
COMMUNITY THIS YEAR.
THESE DOLLARS WOULD BE CRITICAL
TO SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND BEGIN THE
CAPACITY BUILDING.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO INVEST
IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO
DELIVER PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES
AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE A SHARED
PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR YOUTH
AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION,
AMONG MANY OTHER INVESTMENTS.
AGAIN, IF THE OVERRIDE VOTE
FAILS, THEN THIS PROPOSAL,
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL, ALSO
PROVIDES $1 MILLION TO A
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS
FOR 2020.
THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, THERE IS A REAL LACK OF
RESOURCES IN THE 2020 BUDGET
AND SECONDLY, THE FACT THAT
ONLY THREE MONTHS REMAIN IN THE
2020-YEAR IN WHICH TO
APPROPRIATE AND DISTRIBUTE
THESE FUNDS.
IT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT
ADMINISTRATION CHALLENGE TO
WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY CAN
SPEND THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL $3
MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR 2020.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2020, IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT IT MIGHT BE
NECESSARY TO RIGHT SIZE THE
ORIGINAL $3 MILLION
APPROPRIATION FOR 2022 B $1
MILLION AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO RECALL THAT WHEN
COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROPOSE AND
THE COUNCIL ATTEMPTED TO FUND
$3 MILLION FOR THIS PROCESS, IT
WAS INTENDED TO SUPPORT A
NEARLY NINE MONTH LONG
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS.
NOW, WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE
ONLY HAVE THREE MONTHS LEFT IN
THIS YEAR.
THIS REDUCED LEVEL OF SPENDING
ACKNOWLEDGES THE REALITY THAT WE
ONLY HAVE THREE MONTHS LEFT IN
THE YEAR AND HAS RIGHT SIZE THE
ORIGINAL INVESTMENT FOR 2020 TO
$1 MILLION.
IN TOTAL, THE BILL THAT IS
CIRCULATING THIS MORNING, FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION, WILL STILL
ALLOW FOR A TOTAL OF $3 MILLION
TO BE INVESTED IN A
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS.
OF COURSE, COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPROPRIATE MORE
FUNDS IN THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET
TO SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES
THAT WILL OCCUR IN 20 IN 2021.
WE ALL AGREE WE DON'T THINK THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS
WILL ONLY TAKE THREE MONTHS.
IT WILL INEVITABLY GO INTO NEXT
YEAR AND THERE WILL BE RESOURCES
NEEDED FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE
MAYOR HAS AGREED TO IDENTIFY
AND SECURE AN ADDITIONAL $2
MILLION FOR 2021 THAT WILL
FURTHER SAVE THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS WITH A TOTAL
INVESTMENT OF $3 MILLION
BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 IN THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
SO, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
US TO NOT ONLY -- AGAIN --
FOLLOW THROUGH AND OUR
COMMITMENT IN A DIFFERENT WAY
WITH THE $3 MILLION IN THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS
BEING SPENT IN 2020 AND 2021,
BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO
STRUCTURE A PROCESS TO IMPACT
HOW THE CITY WILL INVEST UP TO
$100 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS THE
MAYOR INTENDS TO INVEST IN
BIPOC COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
CITY.
THAT IS WHAT IS CONTAINED IN
THIS PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BE
CHANGES.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR HER WORK ON ISSUES
RELATED TO THE NAVIGATION TEAM
THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE BILL
AND WOULD DEFER TO HER TO MAKE
COMMENTS OR REMARKS ABOUT WHAT
IS INCLUDED IN THIS ALTERNATIVE
BILL THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR
CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I FOR TWO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE
DISCUSSIONS TO APPOINT WHERE
ELEMENTS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO
CONFIRM HST AND THE EXECUTIVE'S
COMMITMENT TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT
POLICY CHANGES.
THEY WERE NOT RECEIVED WELL BY
THE EXECUTIVE AND SINCE THE
BASIS FOR MY SUPPORT CONTINUING
TO FUND THE NAVIGATION TEAM HAS
ALWAYS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE
A COMMITMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE
TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF
THE POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH
REMOVAL OF ENCAMPMENTS, I
WITHDREW FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS
WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE
EXECUTIVE WAS UNWILLING TO
COMMIT TO THAT ONGOING
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
ON ONE HAND THEY SAID THEY WERE
COMMITTED BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
UNWILLING TO FORMALIZE THAT
COMMITMENT BEYOND A VERBAL
COMMITMENT.
SO, I HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HERBOLD.
I WILL SHARE THAT IT IS AN
ONGOING FRUSTRATION, AS WELL,
ON MY SIDE, TOO. GIVEN WHERE
SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WENT
LAST WEEK, AND UNFORTUNATELY,
WHERE THEY RESOLVED ON SUNDAY
IN RELATION TO SOME OF THE
OPERATIONAL REFORMS ALL OF US
WANT TO SEE IN THE NAVIGATION
TEAM, THAT SAID, THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT AND MEANINGFUL NEW
THINGS THAT ARE PUT ON THE
TABLE BY THE EXECUTIVE ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM. IT WAS AS
RECENTLY AS THE SPRING THAT
WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE BEEN ON
THE TABLE.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE THINGS
WITH THE COUNCIL, NOW.
THEY ARE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE
ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE
LEGISLATION AND THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALES HAS DISCUSS
THEM.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS AN
ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF MILLION
DOLLARS FOR 2020 THAT WILL BE
OFFERED FOR BEHAVIORAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
DIVERSION AND OTHER IMPORTANT
ASSETS FOR THE NAVIGATION TEAM
TO BE MEANINGFULLY RESPONDING
TO FOLKS THAT ARE IN NEED OF
BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH
COMPONENTS OR SOME KIND OF
IMMEDIATE DIVERSION TO GET THEM
INTO THE HOTEL OR INTO SOME KIND
OF HOUSING SITUATION.
I STRESS AGAIN THAT IT'S JUST
FOR 2020.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
BUILDING ON THAT AND INCREASING
FOR 2021, BASED ON THE WAY THAT
WE ARE FUNDING IT.
THAT IS TO ELIMINATE FIVE FTES
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES SIDE OF
THE NAVIGATION TEAM TO FUND
THOSE ADDITIVE SERVICES.
IT COULD CARRY OVER INTO 2021
AND REDUCE PERSONNEL AND
INCREASE SERVICES. FOR 2020, IT
WOULD BE ONE-HALF MILLION
DOLLARS.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND HST ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT WAYS TO
UTILIZE THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN
ENCAMPMENTS, TO ALLOW
ENCAMPMENTS TO PURSUE SOME WAYS
TO WORK WITH THE NAVIGATION
TEAM TO POTENTIALLY STAY IN
PLACE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WILL
REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON AS
PART OF THIS ARRANGEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS GOING TO
BE A REDUCTION OF THE POLICE
FTES, OF TWO FTES.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE CONTINUE
GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WITH
THE EXECUTIVE TO DETERMINE THE
TOTAL ACTIVE POLICE FTES ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
AS IT STANDS, IT'S SIMILAR TO
THE OTHER REDUCTIONS THAT WE
MADE IN THE FALL TO DO
SPECIALTY UNITS, WHERE THE
CURRENT VACANCIES ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM FOR SWORN
PERSONNEL IS TWO FTEs AND
ELIMINATING THOSE TWO THAT ARE
VACANT AS MANIFESTED IN THE
LEGISLATION, TO REDUCE THE
POLICE FOOTPRINT ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE MADE IN THE
NEAR FUTURE FOR THE NAVIGATION
TEAM IN 2021 AND WHAT IT WILL
LOOK LIKE. IT'S IN KEEPING WITH
CHANGES REDUCING THE SCOPE AND
THE SCALE OF TRANSITIONING THE
ROLE TO BE MORE OF A
COORDINATION AND CLEARINGHOUSE
SERVICE FOR COORDINATING WITH
SERVICE PROVIDERS, RATHER THAN
DOING AS MUCH OF THE OUTREACH
AS THEY HAVE BEEN. THAT PIVOT
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS
OF 2020 IS EVIDENT IN SOME OF
THESE CONCESSIONS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE IS MAKING IN
DOWNSIZING THE PERSONNEL AND
EXPANDING THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE
OFFERINGS.
I WOULD ADD THAT THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT FOR $3
MILLION OF NON-CONGREGATE
SHELTER FOR 2020.
AND, A COMMITMENT FROM THE
EXECUTIVE TO SPEND $3 MILLION
ON NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER. THAT
IS THE UPDATE ON THE NAVIGATION
TEAM AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AND I'M SURE THAT
MORE INFORMATION WILL COME IN
TODAY AND TOMORROW BEFORE ANY
POTENTIAL VOTE ON THIS.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO EXPRESS
SIMILAR FRUSTRATIONS TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WITH SOME
OTHER COMPONENTS AND NOT BEING
ABLE TO WORK THEIR WAY INTO THE
SATISFACTION OF ALL PARTIES
RELATED TO SOME OF THE OTHER
STRUCTURAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT
A LOT OF US ON THE COUNCIL HAS
BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, VERY
REAL --
>> WE LOST COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
IF WE CAN GET YOU ON VIA PHONE,
WE WILL MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.
COLLEAGUES, BEFORE I GO AHEAD
AND HAVE ALLI AND/OR DAN WALK
THROUGH THE PROCEDURAL ASPECTS
OF VOTING AND VOTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR TOMORROW'S
SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING, I
WANT TO SAY IN BROAD STROKES
THAT I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
ORIGINAL ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK
IN THE SUMMER, THE BUDGET
BALANCING EXERCISE.
I BELIEVE THE AMENDMENTS WERE
MEASURED BUT IMPORTANT
MECHANISMS TO ADVANCE THE GOAL
TO CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO
COMMUNITY PARTNER CALLS TO
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OF RACIAL
RECOGNIZING FACING US ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
I CONTINUE TO STAND BY WHAT WE
DID THIS SUMMER AND I BELIEVE
THOSE WERE THE RIGHT POLICY
CHOICES. I DO CONTINUE -- WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ACTIONS
THAT WE TOOK OVER THE SUMMER.
NONETHELESS, BECAUSE --
>> I'M BACK.
I HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES,
FOLKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> NONETHELESS, BECAUSE THE
COUNCIL OPERATES IN OPEN PUBLIC
SESSIONS AND BECAUSE THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
WHO HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS
ABOUT A PATH FORWARD AND ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING
THEIR POSITION ON THE BUDGET
THAT WE CONSIDERED BEFORE
RECESS, AND APPROPRIATE FOR US
TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL
IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL FOR
CONSIDERATION.
FOR THE MAYORS OVER RIGHT, FOR
THIS ALTERNATIVE APPROACH, IT'S
NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERMINE
WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF AN OVERRIDE
OF THE MAYOR'S VETO FAILS, THEN
EFFECTIVELY, ALL OF THE WORK WE
DID IN THE SUMMER WILL BE
COMPLETELY ERASED. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO TRY TO FIND
AGREEMENT WHERE WE CAN FIND IT
AND FOR THOSE THINGS AGREED
UPON, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO
CONSIDER IT AND TO PASS IT BY
THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF VOTES,
WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MOVE FORWARD AND PUT OURSELVES
ON THE PATH TOWARDS STILL
CONTINUING TO WORK ON MANY OF
THE IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUES
THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED
ARE A PRIORITY FOR US.
SO, DAN, DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE
THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE
NUMBER OF VOTES AND THEN WE
WILL OWN IT UP FOR COMMENTS BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS?
>> SURE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT IN A
SUMMARY WAY.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT
ANY OF THE THREE PARTICULAR
BILLS, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO MY
BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE
QUESTIONS.
IN SUMMARY, I WOULD SAY THAT
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS
TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE
TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO OF
THE THREE BUDGET BILLS.
IN BRIEF, IT WOULD TAKE SIX
VOTES ON RECONSIDERATION TO
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO.
IT WOULD, HOWEVER, TAKE SEVEN
VOTES FOR TWO OF THE THREE BILLS
TO BECOME OPERABLE FOR THE
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE BILLS TO
BECOME LEGALLY -- LEGAL
AUTHORITY TO SPEND MONEY.
THOSE ARE COUNCIL BILLS 119825
DESCRIBED AS THE OVERALL BUDGET
BILL, AND ALSO, COUNCIL BILL
TRAN28 62.
THAT'S THE $3 MILLION TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT FOR
COMMUNITY LED WORK.
THE LAST BILL, COUNCIL BILL
119863 IS THE $13.1 MILLION
INTERFUND ALONE AND BECAUSE
THAT BILL DOESN'T INCLUDE
APPROPRIATIONS, IT WOULD ALSO
TAKE SIX VOTES TO OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VETO.
IT WOULDN'T NEED A SEVENTH VOTE
TO BECOME OPERABLE.
SIX VOTES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT
BOTH FOR THE OVERRIDE TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE AND FOR OPERABILITY.
THAT IS MY ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE
MORE COMPLEXITY THAN IT EVEN
SOUNDS LIKE.
BUT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
FOLKS MAY HAVE.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALLI OR DAN?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
DAN BUT I HAVE IMPORTANT
COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE AND A
QUESTION FOR THE STAFF, BUT NOT
THE COUNCIL.
>> PLEASE.
IF THERE IS NO QUESTIONS FOR
DAN OR ALLI, AND THEY ARE
AVAILABLE TO YOU OFF-LINE.
BUT, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
GONZALES.
I'M A LITTLE -- MORE THAN A
LITTLE PERPLEXED OR NONPLUSSED.
I RECEIVED THIS BILL AND
BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME -- THERE
IS A STRONG ASSUMPTION THAT THE
OVERRIDE WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL
OVERRIDE OFF MAYOR DURKAN'S
VETO.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER AND
SOLACE THAT YOU MADE VERY CLEAR
THAT YOU SUPPORT THE OVERRIDE.
I INTEND TO SUPPORT THE
OVERRIDE OF THE VETO.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MANY
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I
WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD
OVERRIDE THE VETO.
DO WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
OF VOTES TO OVERRIDE IT?
OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, I
STRONGLY AGREE THAT WE WANT TO
GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET
WITHOUT REGARDING A VETO.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
BARGAINING STRATEGY.
FOR THOSE WILLING TO OVERRIDE
THE VETO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE BARGAINING STRATEGY TO
ALREADY SAY THAT HERE IS
ANOTHER BILL THAT COULD RELATE
TO MANY THINGS IF THE OVERRIDE
DOESN'T SUCCEED.
THERE IS NO INCENTIVE FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY INTEND
TO NOT SUPPORT THE OVERRIDE ON
THE VETO.
I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO STATE PUBLICLY WHERE YOU
STAND NOW.
NOT NOW AT THE BRIEFING, NOT
TOMORROW, BUT IT'S NOT CORRECT
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SURPRISE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON WHICH
WAY THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE.
IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS GUIDANCE
ON HOW THEY WOULD VOTE AND I
HAVE NOT BEEN PART OF THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, I'M ASKING COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO PUBLICLY SAY NOW
WHERE THEY STAND.
ARE THEY PLANNING TO SUPPORT
THE OVERRIDE OF THE VETO AND TO
SUSTAIN THE VETO?
IN WHICH CASE, WE WOULD NEED AN
ALTERNATE BILL.
I WILL END ON THIS.
SPECIFICALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILL HAS
BEEN EMAILED TO THE COUNCIL
YESTERDAY AND I ACCEPT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES SAYS,
THAT IS STILL CHANGING. I
APPRECIATE THAT BUT EVEN AS IT
STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT
SIGNIFICANTLY IS ROLLING BACK
THE SMALL AND PROGRESSIVE
CHANGES BY THE SUMMER BUDGET
VOTE AND ROLLS BACK THE TINY
DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE AND
ROLLS BACK THE STOPPING OF THE
SWEEPS AND ROLLS BACK
INVESTMENTS BUT DOES NOT
ROLLBACK THE AUSTERITY.
I WOULD PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS.
IN MY VIEW, IT'S BEEN A SLEIGHT-
OF-HAND AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS MADE SOME POINTS.
I WANT TO REPORT FROM ALLI'S
MEMO.
TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY
$216,000.
ASSUME 14 FTE REDUCTIONS FOR
THE TEAM.
THIS BILL, THE ALTERNATE BILL,
CUTS $15,000 AND ASSUMES A 2.0
FTE REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL
ASSIGNED TO THE TEAM AND THE
POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT.
THESE ARE NOT EVEN POSITIONS
THAT ARE VACANT.
LOOK AT THE STARK DIFFERENCE.
FOR THE AUGUST RECESS, IT WAS
NOT SUFFICIENT BUT WAS A GOOD
START AND NOW THE ALTERNATE BILL
IS FAR, FAR LESS THAN THAT.
I WANT TO PUSH FORWARD AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE BUT I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGY OF
PUTTING THIS FORWARD BEFORE
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD ANY
PRESSURE TO STAY PUBLICLY
STANDING ON THE OVERRIDE AND
HOW THEY PLAN TO MOVE AROUND
IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND A
HAND FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU HAD
REFERENCED THE REDUCTION IN
COMMUNITY RESEARCH, THE PROJECT
INVESTMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS
COUNCIL APPROVE, 3000000 TO $1
MILLON BUT THERE IS A
COMMITMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WORK
WILL BE GOING INTO 2021.
THERE IS A COMMITMENT FROM THE
EXECUTIVE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING NECESSARY IN 2021, $2
MILLION.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT IN WHAT FORM
THAT COMMITMENT EXISTS? I HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT VERBAL
COMMITMENTS THAT ARE NOT
MEMORIALIZED.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, RELATED
TO THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> AT THIS JUNCTURE, IT IS A
VERBAL COMMITMENT AND THERE
HAVE BEEN EMAILS THAT HAVE
MEMORIALIZED THAT TO MY OFFICE.
AS I MENTIONED, AT THE TOP OF
THIS ALTERNATE BILL, SHOULD IT
BE NEEDED, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MY
STAFF TALK TO THE MAYOR'S STAFF
ABOUT INCORPORATING THAT
COMMITMENT IN THIS ALTERNATE
BILL AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT,
SHOULD THE ALTERNATIVE BILL BE
NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE VOTING
THRESHOLDS THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO MAKE THE THREE
BILLS OPERABLE, EFFECTIVELY.
SO, I'M HAPPY -- AND HOPEFULLY,
MY STAFF IS LISTENING -- TO
HAVE THEM IMMEDIATELY GET OFF
THE PHONE AND GO TALK TO THE
úMAYOR'S OFFICE AROUND SOME
LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN
INCORPORATE WITH THAT
COMMITMENT.
I APPRECIATE THE NEED AND THE
DESIRE AND THE INTEREST, TO
WANT TO MEMORIALIZE THAT IN
ALTERNATE BILLS SO WE HAVE A
HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT
THE $3 MILLION, IN TOTAL, WILL
COME TO FRUITION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
THE PROCESS OF THIS COUNCIL
UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP
ENCOURAGES US TO ASK QUESTIONS
AS CENTRAL STAFF DURING THESE
COUNCIL BRIEFINGS, IF THAT'S
CORRECT.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, FOUR.
FIRST, I, TOO, AM HOPEFUL THAT
THIS COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE FORWARD AND TO OVERRIDE
THE VETO.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
AS A COUNSELOR, AND AS A BODY,
TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO THE
COMMUNITY THAT WHAT WE DID IN
THE REBALANCING PACKAGE WAS A
1% REDUCTION, LESS THAN A 1%
REDUCTION TO THE SPD BUDGET.
IT WAS $3 MILLION, REDUCED FROM
A $400 MILLION BUDGET.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ABOUT 95% OF
THE CUTS THAT WERE DONE TO SPD
WERE DONE BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE
HAD PUT FORWARD.
THE REMAINING SMALL AMOUNT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY
SYMBOLIC IN NATURE.
IT'S SYMBOLIC IN OUR EFFORTS TO
MOVE FORWARD THE CONVERSATION
DEMANDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
FOR US TO REEVALUATE WHAT
PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE AND TO
TRY TO RIGHT SIZE INVESTMENTS
INTO COMMUNITIES AND TO
RECOGNIZE THERE ARE MANY
SITUATIONS THAT 911 IS CALLED
FOR AND INDIVIDUALS DO NOT NEED
TO SHOW UP WITH A GUN.
WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELORS.
WE NEED CROSS LISTS
INTERVENTION COUNSELORS TO BE
HAVING MORE PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVANTS TO COME TO THE CALL
FOR 911, BUT NOT NECESSARILY
SOMEONE WITH A GUN.
IT WAS A SMALL INVESTMENT, A
DOWN PAYMENT INTO WHAT NEEDS TO
BE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION.
THAT EFFORT CAN CONTINUE, AS
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT MNSION.
THERE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THOSE NEXT STEPS AND I
BELIEVE THIS BUDGET COULD MOVE
FORWARD AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT
WHAT 2021 LOOKS LIKE IN A MORE
ROBUST CONVERSATION, AS WE HAD
PROPOSED WITH THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CONTINUE TO
SHOW THAT THIS IMPROVEMENT IN
HOW WE HEAR COMMUNITY AND
ENGAGE IN THE ALMOST 300
ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS,
ASK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
REMINDED US, IT WAS MORE THAN
ONE OR TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY WERE COALITIONS WITH LARGE
SWATHS OF THE PUBLIC.
MY HOPE IS WE CONTINUE
SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS WE PUT
FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US.
IF THE OVERRIDE IS NOT GONE
SUCCESSFULLY, FOR COUNCIL,
CNTRAL STAFF, WOULD YOU SAY
THAT THE CUTS BEING PROPOSED,
CHANGES BEING PROPOSED IN THE
BUDGET AND THE DOCUMENT IN
FRONT OF US IS LIMITED TO JUST
SPD RELATED ISSUES?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
TO CLARIFY, I'M NOT SURE I
UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
>> IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT IS SUGGESTED IF THE
OVERRIDE IS NOT SUCCESSFUL OR
CHANGES NOT LISTED RELATED TO
SPD, OR BROADER THAN SPD?
>> THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
REVISED BILL ARE RELATED TO
HSTV.
THE PROVISOS, IT'S WHAT I WOULD
DESCRIBE AS TECHNICAL CHANGES
RELATED TO THE APPROPRIATION
CHANGES FOR OCR AND THE TRAIL
FUNDING.
THOSE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES
FOR THE FUNDING, TO SUPPORT THE
SoDo TRAIL IS IN THIS
REPLACEMENT BILL.
WITHIN THE SPD BUCKET, THE MAIN
ISSUES RAISED AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, THE SALARY WITH 100
FTEs, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE
CUTS AND CHANGES HAVE BEEN PUT
BACK INTO PLACE FOR SECURITY
AND THE RESOURCE OFFERS SIR, IS
IT BROADER THAN THOSE THINGS
MENTIONED AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE?
>> I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MORE
DETAILS ON WHAT WAS INVESTED.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROVISOS
THAT RESTRICTED SPENDING AND
ALL OF THOSE AREAS AND ALL OF
THOSE PROVISOS ARE REMOVED FROM
THE REPLACEMENT BILL.
IN PART, IT IS JUST A PRACTICAL
REALITY THAT COUNCIL BILL
119825 ASSUMED, PROCEDURALLY,
THAT LAYOFF NOTICES WOULD BE
ISSUED AT A CERTAIN TIME BUT
FROM WHERE WE EXPECTED THAT TO
HAPPEN AND PRACTICALLY
SPEAKING, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT
TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROVISOS AND
EVEN IF THE VETO -- IF YOU VOTE
TO OVERRIDE THE VETOES, THERE
MAY NEED TO BE MODIFICATIONS
BECAUSE OF THOSE PRACTICAL
REALITIES.
>> I KNOW YOU SPOKE TO THAT ON
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DID, AS
WELL, REGARDING THE TIMING.
IS IT MOSTLY THE TIMING THAT
WAS AN ISSUE ON THOSE OTHER
PIECES?
>> YES.
I THINK THAT IS A FAIR WAY TO
CHARACTERIZE THE ISSUE. ALL OF
THE PROVISOS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED
NOTICES TO STAFF, EFFECTIVE
STAFF.
WE ANTICIPATED A MINIMUM, AN
EXPECTED PERIOD OF THREE
MONTHS.
IN MID-SEPTEMBER, THAT
EFFECTIVELY DOESN'T LEAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO RECOUP THE
SALARY SAVINGS THAT WOULD FLOW
FROM THOSE LAYOFFS IN 2020.
>> AS A QUICK REMINDER, WILL
OUR PROVISOS ASSUME THAT ON
AUGUST 1, THE NOTICE OF THE
LAYOFFS, THAT IT WOULD GO TO
OFFICERS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
IT'S NOW SEPTEMBER 14 AND NO
LAYOFF NOTICES HAVE BEEN
ISSUED.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO BE AT AN
IMPASSE TO THE MAYOR, RELATED
TO OUT OF ORDER LAYOFF ISSUES
AND TO ADDRESS CONCERNS RELATED
TO WHAT HAPPENS TO HIRES AND
THE REALITY THAT WITHOUT AN
EXCEPTION TO THE SENIORITY RULE,
THAT WE COULD BACKSLIDE IN SOME
OF THE PROGRESS WE MADE AROUND
ADDITIONAL DIVERSE RECRUITMENT
AT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE CHANGE IN THIS ALTERNATE
BILL ACKNOWLEDGES -- DOES NOT
MODIFY WITH THE COUNCIL HAS
ISSUED TO BE ITS POLICY
PRIORITY.
IT DOES, HOWEVER, MEMORIALIZE
THAT, OPERATIONALLY, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTUATE
THE INTENT OF THESE PROVISOS.
WE NEED AT LEAST THREE MONTHS
TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD COME
TO FRUITION AND BE REAL. AT
THIS POINT, IT DOES NOT APPEAR
THAT WE CAN FULFILL THAT.
OF COURSE, WE KNOW THE PROVISOS
WERE STRUCTURED SUCH THAT IF
THE THREE MONTH LAYOFF WAS NOT
EFFECTUATED, WE WOULD HAVE, AS
A COUNCIL, HAD TO RECONSIDER
LIFTING THE PROVISOS ON
NOVEMBER 1, IN ANY EVENT.
THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE
HAVE A SORT OF TIMING ISSUE AND
ALSO, INCORPORATING ANY
ALTERNATE BILL WITH A
MEMORIALIZE COMMITMENT AND
PATHWAY FORWARD ON HOW THE
COUNCIL WILL WORK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AND THE CHIEF ON
ADDRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO
OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS, DONE
THROUGH THE POLICY COMMITTEE
BODY.
FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL
SIT ON IT AND SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF THE EXECUTIVES DO AND WE
WILL WORK WITH LABOR RELATIONS
IN THAT VENUE TO EFFECTUATE THE
INTENT OF LOOKING AT THE SIZE
OF THE SWORN PERSONNEL STAFFING
AT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER
THAT WE HAVE THE VALVE INCLUDED
FOR THE NOVEMBER DATE.
MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT WE HAD
INTENTIONALLY INCLUDED $4
MILLION FOR GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND THIS WAS ONE OF
THE ISSUES ALSO NOTED DURING
THE VETO PRESS CONFERENCE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THE $4 MILLION WE PUT IN
WAS INTENTIONALLY WORKING AS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DIVERSE
SECTORS HAD ASKED US TO ADDRESS
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
AS A $4 MILLION STILL PART OF
THEIR PROPOSED PACKAGE IF THE
VETO IS NOT OVERWRITTEN?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, THERE WERE
TWO SEPARATE APPROPRIATIONS AND
PROVISOS DESCRIBING THE INTENT
AND ONE WAS FOR $10 MILLION AND
ONE WAS $4 MILLION FOR WHAT YOU
JUST DESCRIBED.
THERE IS NOW $82 MILLION TOTAL
FOR HST FOR COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENTS AND IT LISTS A
NUMBER OF POTENTIAL PURPOSES.
IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT THE USE FOR
THAT INVESTMENT BUT ISN'T
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE BUT
INCLUDES NO RESPONDING TO HIGH
VIOLENCE COMMUNITIES AND I
WOULD TALK TO YOU OFF-LINE TO
UNDERSTAND IF THEIR LANGUAGE IS
INCLUSIVE ENOUGH OF YOUR
INTENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
EARLIER, I SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER
14 BUT IT IS ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER
21.
I TOOK US BACK TO A SEVEN-DAY
TIME MACHINE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> IT'S A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES, IT'S
THE DISCUSSION AROUND OUT OF
ORDER LAYOFFS AND THE COUNCIL
UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTING A GOAL
TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 100
OFFICERS.
AND, THE REMOVAL OF THAT
COUNCIL INTENT BY REMOVING THE
PROVISOS.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE TIMING
ISSUE.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE DO HAVE A
COMMITMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE TO
PURSUE OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS.
I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND -- AS
I READ IT, IT'S AN AGREEMENT IN
PRINCIPLE THAT WE SHOULD WORK
TOGETHER TO SEE THAT THE CHIEF
CAN SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR OUT OF
ORDER LAYOFFS, BUT WITHOUT
THERE BEING A STATED POLICY GOAL
TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE
DEPARTMENT BY LAYING OFF
OFFICERS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW THAT AGREEMENT, AS RELATES
TO THE OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS IS
TRIGGERED.
I ALSO WANT TO FLY, AS IT
RELATES TO THE REPORTS THAT OUR
PREVIOUS LEGISLATION REQUIRED,
ONE OF THE REPORTS, AS I
UNDERSTOOD IT, WAS TO LOOK
SPECIFICALLY AT HOW SPECIALTY
UNITS COULD BE ELIMINATED AND
REDUCED AND EXPANDED. IT ALIGNS
WITH THE COUNCIL'S UNANIMOUS
DECISION AS RELATES TO THE 2020
REDUCTIONS AND THE INTEREST IN
REDUCING OR ELIMINATING SOME
SPECIALTY UNITS.
JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
THAT KIND OF WORK IS STILL WORK
THAT WE ARE ASKING SPD TO MOVE
FORWARD?
BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK THE
COMMUNITY VISION THAT WE HAVE
BEEN HEARING THROUGH THE
REBALANCING PROCESS, FROM LARGE
COALITIONS LIKE KING COUNTY
EQUITY NOW AND DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE, GOES BEYOND THE
COMMITMENT TO FREEZE HIRING TO
FILL VACANCIES.
IT IS A BROADER SYSTEMIC AND
STRUCTURAL LOOK AT THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE FOOTPRINT OF
THE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT.
NOT JUST 911 RESPONSE, BUT THIS
ISSUE I'VE MENTIONED AROUND
SPECIALTY UNITS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
SECTION 20 OF THE REVISED
BUDGET REVISION ORDINANCE
STATES THAT BY ESTABLISHING
THIS SECTION, THEY EXTEND THE
INTENT TO REDUCE THE OVERALL
SIZE OF THE CITY POLICE FORCE
AND THEY GO ON TO LIST THE
EXPECTATIONS IN REQUESTING SOME
WORK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO
ELIMINATE, REDUCE, CIVILIAN
EYES OR EXPAND. THAT'S IN
SECTION 20 OF THE BILL I
DISTRIBUTED.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THAT SECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S OBSERVATIONS.
I AGREE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION
THAT A COMMITMENT TO PURSUE OUT
OF ORDER LAYOFFS IS AN EMPTY
COMMITMENT IF WE AREN'T HEARING
A COMMITMENT ABOUT DEEPLY
EVALUATING THESE ISSUES AROUND
THE SIZE OF THE POLICE FORCE AND
WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN
FUNCTIONS NEED TO BE
ELIMINATED, REDUCED OR
TRANSFERRED, ETC.
SECTION 20 DOES MEMORIALIZE A
COMMITMENT TO ENGAGE IN THAT
ANALYSIS AND TO INCLUDE COUNCIL
IN THAT ANALYSIS, AS OPPOSED TO
HAVING THE EXECUTIVE IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DO IT WITHOUT
CITY COUNCIL.
SO, I THINK THAT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE IN
THAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM
PROCESS. TO ENGAGE IN THAT
PROCESS AND TO REQUIRE THAT THAT
REPORT BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE,
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE DATA
AVAILABLE TO US THAT WILL BE
NECESSARY TO ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS MANY
CONCERNS YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WANT TO
ECHO YOUR REMARKS ABOUT
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE WORK
OF THIS COUNCIL AND OF THE
BUDGET CHAIR OVER THE SUMMER.
I THINK WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE
AND CAUTIOUS IN LISTENING TO
THE COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEY
ARE FEELING AND THINKING ABOUT
THE DIRECTION THE CITY NEEDS TO
GO.
AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK
LIKE, AS WE'VE ALL SAID, THIS
WAS A VERY SMALL DOWN PAYMENT
ON SOME IMPORTANT STRUCTURAL
WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO. THIS
PROCESS IS JUST BEGINNING.
IT WAS AN IMPORTANT BEGINNING
AND I DO THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO STAND
COMMITTED TO WHAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED AND WHAT WE HAVE
SHARED WITH COMMUNITY, ALREADY.
THAT SAID, I WANT TO ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S CONCERN
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
CLEAR COMMITMENTS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE ABOUT THE WORK THAT
HER OFFICE WILL SUPPORT,
INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL $2
MILLION IN 2021 FOR THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS
AND ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT, SINCE IF WE DON'T
OVERRIDE THE VETO'S, THOSE ARE
THINGS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED AS
PRESENTED NOW, ANYWAY.
I DO WANT TO TALK FOR A MOMENT
ABOUT THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
OUR OFFICE WORKED REALLY HARD
TO TRY TO MAKE IMPORTANT
STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
WE HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD
HAVE REMOVED THE POLICE FROM
THE NAVIGATION TEAM WITH THE
PROPOSAL THAT HAS JUST LEAVING
POSITIONS VACANT, WHICH IS NOT
THE KIND OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE
WE LOOK FOR.
AMENDMENT 40 DID DEFUND THE
NAVIGATION TEAM ENTIRELY WITH A
COMMITMENT TO INVEST, INSTEAD,
IN OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT
ARE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK AND
DOING IT WELL BUT NEED
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO DO THAT,
ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE INCREASES
IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
WHAT WE ARE LEFT WITH, INSTEAD,
IT IS A $500,000 PROVISO THAT
WILL FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
AND DIVERSION AND RAPID
REHOUSING.
IT EFFECTIVELY PRESERVES THE
FUNDING FOR THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I
PERSONALLY FEEL -- AND MANY OF
OUR CONSTITUENTS FEEL IS
SERVING OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY
VERY WELL AT ALL.
I'M INTERESTED, AND MAYBE
CENTRAL STAFF CAN CLARIFY THIS
FOR ME -- I DIDN'T SEE IN THE
PROPOSAL WE HAD BEFORE US IF
THERE WAS ANY SHIFT IN GIVING
THE NAVIGATION TEAM
PRIORITIZATION ACCESS TO SHELTER
AND SERVICES.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING COME AT THE
VERY LEAST, IS TO SEE THAT OUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS CAN GAIN
ACCESS TO AVAILABLE SHELTER
WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE
FOR THE LEAD PROGRAM. I'M
WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE THE
CASE FOR OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THERE
IS NO LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT
PRIORITIZES ACCESS TO SHELTER
SPACES FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS,
IN THE SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IN THE PROVISO RELATED TO THE
$500,000 FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES DIVERSION AND RAPID
REHOUSING FUNDING, THAT IS
PRIORITIZED FOR ACCESS FOR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM TO ACCESS,
SPECIFICALLY.
THAT IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE
RELATED TO PRIORITIZATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I'M
HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU MORE OFF-
LINE ABOUT THAT PRIORITY YOU
JUST EXPRESSED, TO SEE IF THERE
IS A NEEDLE WE COULD THREAD.
I WILL SAY THAT IN MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS, IT
SEEMS THAT THERE ARE SOME CLEAR
GAPS WITH ACCESS TO RESOURCES
FOR IMPORTANT SERVICES, AND TO
MEANINGFULLY CONNECT PEOPLE TO
SOMETHING BETTER.
THAT HAS FOCUSED AROUND THE
NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS AND ALSO, TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE QUALIFIED
TO DIAGNOSE FOLKS IN THE FIELD,
IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCING OR
USING SUBSTANCES.
THERE HAS TO BE A CERTIFICATION
TO GET THOSE FOLKS CONNECTED TO
THE SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE
AVAILABLE TO THEM, SHOULD THEY
WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE
SERVICES.
THAT IS ALSO A SERVICE GAP IN
THE CURRENT MODEL.
THEN, THE REFERENCE TO RAPID
REHOUSING, I WOULD SAY THAT IS
CREATING A CONNECTION BETWEEN A
LEVEL OF PRIORITIZATION OF
EIGHT DIFFERENT HOUSING
ALTERNATIVES FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, CURRENTLY, AND I
WOULD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
$500,000 IS, OBVIOUSLY, NOT
ENOUGH AND WILL NOT MEET THE
SCALE OF THE NEED.
IT IS AN ENTRY POINT INTO
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THESE KINDS
OF SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY
MISSING FROM THE MODEL AND ARE
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, IN ORDER
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I WAS
REMISS IN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
YOU REMOVED A PARTICULAR
LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE
REPORTS AND PROVISO FUNDING OF
THE NAVIGATION TEAM, AND LESS
THOSE REPORTS WERE FILED.
I WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WHEN I SAW THAT LANGUAGE,
I WAS SUPPORTIVE AND CONTINUED
TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE POLICY
GOALS AND INTENT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT IF THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO
CONSIDER IN THIS PARTICULAR
ALTERNATIVE PATH SHOULD IT BE
NECESSARY, THEN I CERTAINLY
WOULD WANT TO AND WOULD BE
HAPPY TO CONSIDER AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT
LANGUAGE AND THAT INTENT IN THE
FALL BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE ARE
ABOUT TO EMBARK ON IN A WEEK.
WE COULD LOOK AT LONGER TERM
PLANNING AND GOALS RELATED TO
THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND THE
STRUCTURE AND FUNDING, ETC.
I WANTED TO SIGNAL PUBLICLY
THAT I VERY MUCH SUPPORTED YOUR
POLICY DIRECTION ON THAT POINT
AND, HOPEFULLY, WE WON'T LOSE
SIGHT OF THOSE POLICY GOALS AND
CAN CONSIDER THEM IN THE FALL
BUDGET PROCESS.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, SORRY, BUT
IF I COULD JUMPING ON THIS, TOO
, IF THERE IS A SECOND.
>> GO AHEAD.
GO FOR IT AND THEN AND WE WILL
HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD ADD THAT AS FAR AS THE
$500,000 FOR BEHAVIORAL MENTAL
HEALTH AND INVESTMENTS, RAPID
REHOUSING AND IF I COULD BE
CORRECTED IF I'M WRONG,
CONSISTENT WITH A BEST PRACTICE
RECOMMENDED BY AN AUDIT OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM THAT THAT IS A
RESOURCE THAT THE TEAM SHOULD
HAVE ACCESS TO, THAT HAS BEEN
DEPLETED.
LIKE THE DIVERSION OF FUNDS
FROM THE CITY HAD BEEN DEPLETED
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THAT HAS HAD A BIG IMPACT ON
THE ABILITY OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
IT'S SORT OF IN KEEPING WITH
THE SPIRIT OF THAT, OF THAT
AUDIT, TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
I WOULD ADD THAT THERE IS GOING
TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL IDEAS
COMING DOWN FROM THE EXECUTIVE
AROUND THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND
THAT CONVERSATION IN THE 2021
BUDGET PROCESS WOULD ACTUALLY BE
A REALLY SOUND IDEA AND A GOOD
CONVERSATION IN CONJUNCTION FOR
DEPLOYING RESOURCES, GIVEN THAT
THERE ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSES
REGARDING THE NAVIGATION TEAM
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
IT HAS BEEN THIS IDEA OF USING
THE NAVIGATION TEAM FOR
CENTRALIZED RESOURCES TO
COORDINATE SERVICE PROVIDER
PARTNERS AND TO PUT MORE OF
THAT OUTREACH FOCUS ON
COMMUNITY.
TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE
$500,000 BEING NOT NEARLY
ENOUGH, I COMPLETELY CONCUR ON
THAT.
THE SERVICES HAVE DECISIONS FOR
THE 2021 BUDGET AND IT WILL
CARRY OVER. $500,000 FOR THESE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF 2020. I
JUST WANTED TO GET ALL THAT OUT
THERE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE
ALTERNATE BILL THAT ASSUMES AN
AUTOMATIC CARRYFORWARD OF ANY
AMOUNTS NOT SPENT IN 2020 AND
THOSE AMONTS WILL BE ASSUMED
IN 2021. SO, I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT LANGUAGE
CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE
ALTERNATE BILL, SHOULD IT BE
NECESSARY FOR THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER THIS ALTERNATE BILL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU HAD
YOUR HAND UP?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
A QUESTION ABOUT PROCESS.
PERHAPS THIS IS FOR CENTRAL
STAFF.
I UNDERSTAND FROM OUR
CONVERSATION, THE CONCERNS
AROUND THE DELAY.
IT'S 1.5 MONTHS SINCE WE PASSED
THE BUDGET AND THE CONCERNS
AROUND THE PROVISO LANGUAGE NOT
LINING UP WITH WHERE COST
SAVINGS COULD BE. I
UNDERSTAND THE DELAY ON THE
BARGAINING PROCESS, AS WE'VE
BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE NEED
TO INITIATE BARGAINING.
IT'S IMPORTANT LANGUAGE FOR THE
FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM
OFFICERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO
RETIRE EARLY BUT HAVE NO OTHER
HEALTH CARE OPTIONS.
IT'S THE DESIRE TO SEE A BRIDGE
FOR THEM TO GET TO MEDICARE,
SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF THE
DISCUSSION AND EMBEDDED INTO THE
LEGISLATION WE'VE PASSED.
WE CAN OFFER SOME OFFICERS THAT
WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE EARLY,
THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I CAN UNDERSTAND ON THOSE TWO
PIECES THAT THE TIMING MIGHT
NOT LINE UP, GIVEN THE DELAY IN
THE VETO AND NOT SIGNING THE
BILL.
WE NOW HAVE DATES THAT DON'T
CORRESPOND.
MY QUESTION, THOUGH, FOR CENTRAL
STAFF, IF THE VETO WERE TO BE
OVERRIDDEN, COULD WE NOT DO A
FOLLOW-UP PIECE OF LEGISLATION
TO MAKE THE CHANGES NECESSARY
TO THE DATES?
OR, EVEN SPECIFIC POLICY CHANGES
THAT WE MAY NOW WANT TO SEE?
FOR EXAMPLE, RELATED TO
EXECUTIVE PAY OR BEING MORE
SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE THE FT
REDUCTION SHOULD COME FROM WITH
THE NAB TEAM?
IS IT NOT POSSIBLE TO OVERRIDE
THE VETO AND THEN HAVE A
TRAILER BILL ADDRESSING THOSE
PIECES?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WE
CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS OR
WHAT WE DID IN THE SUMMER ALL
OVER AGAIN.
THE ALTERNATE BILL REPRESENTS A
BILL THAT I BELIEVE WILL NOT BE
SUBJECT TO A VETO.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ANY OF US AS
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO
INTRODUCE ANY OTHER BILL.
THOSE BILLS WILL BE SUBJECT TO
THE SAME VETO SCRUTINY THAN ANY
OTHER BILLS WOULD BE.
I'M PROPOSING, AS AN ALTERNATE,
IS A BILL AND A PACKAGE THAT I
HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE
MAYOR ON, THAT SHE WILL NOT VETO
, THIS ALTERNATE BILL, SHOULD
IT BE CONSIDERED AND PASSED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, ALL OF THE PATHS THAT
YOU'VE DESCRIBED, WE COULD
CERTAINLY REVISIT THEM AND
BASICALLY WE DO WHAT WE DID IN
THE SUMMER BUT THEY WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO THE SAME DANGER OF A
VETO POWER THAT THE MAYOR HAS,
THAT THE PRIOR BILLS WERE
SUBJECT TO.
NOW, IF THERE IS A PATHWAY FOR
YOU TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE
MAYOR AND HER STAFF ABOUT
PROPOSED SHIFTS, THEN,
OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS SOMETHING I
WOULD LEAVE TO YOU AND YOUR
STAFF TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE
MAYOR.
AND, HOPEFULLY, TO FIND A
PATHWAY TO GET THOSE POLICIES
THROUGH WITHOUT THE POLICIES
BEING VETOED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
OUT COUNCIL BRIEFING?
IT IS 11:40 a.m.
AND -- COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION THAT
OCCURRED T ME, BASED ON WHAT
YOU SAID, PRESIDENT GONZALES.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL OVERRODE
THE MAYOR'S VETO, THAN THOSE
BILLS STAND.
AM I CORRECT FROM A LEGAL
STANDPOINT?
>> YEP.
THAT IS CORRECT.
THE APPROPRIATIONS WOULD STAND.
NOTHING IN THE BILLS REQUIRE
THE MAYOR TO SPEND ANY OF THE
MONEY THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED.
>> THAT'S ALWAYS TRUE, YES.
>> YES.
THAT IS ALWAYS TRUE.
YOU ARE CORRECT.
IF THE OVERRIDE IS SUCCESSFUL,
OR DOESN'T FAIL, THEN THE
ORIGINAL BILLS, AS PASSED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD
EFFECTIVELY BE WALKED.
>> I'M GLAD WE ARE CLARIFYING
THAT.
SO FAR, NOT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
HAVE STATED WHERE THEY STAND ON
THE OVERRIDE, PUBLICLY.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT IF THEY
OVERRODE THE VETO, THAT WOULD
STAND?
>> YES.
THAT IS GENERALLY HOW VETOES
WORK AND HOW OVERRIDES OF
VETOES WORK.
WE APPRECIATE THE CLARITY.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS?
>> OKAY.
AGAIN, DAN AND ALLY ARE
AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
BREANNA THOMAS AND CODY RIDER
IN MY OFFICE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
FOR YOUR STAFF OR FOR YOU TO
SPEAK WITH AND I'M AVAILABLE TO
YOU TO TALK THROUGH THE
ALTERNATE PROPOSAL AND/OR ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT
PROCESS OR PROCEDURE AT
TOMORROW'S 3:00 SPECIAL FULL
COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE WILL
CONSIDER, RECONSIDER THE BILLS
THAT WERE VETOED BY THE MAYOR
AND ASSUMING ON WHAT HAPPENS
THEY ARE, WE WILL EITHER
CONSIDER OR NOT CONSIDER THE
ALTERNATE BILL THAT WE'VE SPENT
A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING,
CURRENTLY.
SORRY, THAT IS NADIA IN THE
BACKGROUND MAKING HERSELF
KNOWN.
WITH THAT, FOLKS, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS
SO I'M GOING TO ADJOURN OUR
BRIEFING, OUR COUNCIL BRIEFING
THIS MORNING AND I WILL SEE YOU
ALL AT 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU.
>>