GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
>> ARE YOU DOING ATTENDANCE?
>> YES.
GOOD TIMING.
MEMBERS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> AN COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS
CONSIDERED PART OF THE ROLL
CALL.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES PRESENT.
IT IS MARCH 9th, 2020 AND THE
COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEGUN, 2:07
P.M.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
COUNCIL MEETING HERE WITH THE
FIRST ITEM THAT IS SUSPENSION
OF THE ROLL TO ALLOW REMOTE
PARTICIPATION AND ADDRESSING
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AS FOLKS KNOW THE CITY OF
SEATTLE ISSUED A CIVIL
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION DUE TO
THE CORONAVIRUS ON MARCH 2nd
AND THE SEATTLE PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAVE ISSUED
RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP REDUCE
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
IN THE INTEREST OF THE SAFETY
AND WELL-BEING OF OUR EMPLOYEES
AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IS HOLDING
A REMOTE MEETING TODAY AND
ANTICIPATING CONTINUING THIS
PRACTICE OF REMOTE FULL COUNCIL
MEETINGS THROUGH THE END OF
MARCH.
THIS POLICY, HOWEVER, WILL BE
REEVALUATED ON A WEEKLY BASIS
PENDING NEW INFORMATION FROM
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY.
WHILE THE MEDIA ROOM DOES NOT
PROVIDE INPERSON COMMENT WE
STILL DO ALLOW FROM PUBLIC
COMMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED VIA
EMAIL.
THIS MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST
LIVE ON SEATTLE CHANNEL.
AND IN THE SEATTLE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS LISTENING LINE AT
(206)684-8566.
AGAIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
LISTENING LINE IS 206-68-4866.
THIS IS AVAILABLE ON TODAY'S
COUNCIL AGENDA AND THE MEETING
IS BEING BROADCAST CURRENTLY IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR ANYBODY
THAT IS THERE IN PERSON.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO THIS REMOTE
AT THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING POLICIES
TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF
CORONAVIRUS.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
INDIVIDUALS TO DROP OFF PUBLIC
COMMENTS WITH THE FRONT DESK ON
THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS
THIS WEEK.
AGAIN THAT POLICY IS CONTINUING
TO BE REEVALUATED BUT AS FAR
THE MARCH 9th, 2020 AND THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WE WILL
HAVE THE ABILITY FOR
INDIVIDUALS TO DROP OFF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THE COUNCIL
IS PARTICIPATING ELECTRONIC
CALLY AND COMMENTS ARE NOT
PROVIDED AT THE REGULAR MEETING
IN PERSON THE COUNCIL WILL NEED
TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
WITH THAT THE RULES WILL BE
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
COUNCILMEMBERS TO NOT ALLOW
THESE AT REGULAR SCHEDULED
MEETINGS BUT ALLOWED WRITTEN
COMMENCE.
THE COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED
AND WILL PROCEED ELECTRONICALLY
AND WILL NOT BE ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS PLEASE
SEND THEM ELECTRONICALLY OR
DROP THEM OFF AT THE 2nd OR 3rd
FLOOR.
BEFORE WE BEGIN I WANT TO ALSO
NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL HAS
RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY ORDER
FROM THE MAYOR ON FRIDAY
DIRECTING THE CITY DEPARTMENTS
TO APPLY FOR AVAILABLE STATE
AND FEDERAL RESOURCES DUE TO
THE CORONAVIRUS AND TO ENSURE
THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT
RESOURCES TO RESPOND.
IN MY ROLL AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM
I'M CHOOSING NOT TO BRING
FORWARD A RESOLUTION MEANING
THAT THE ORDER IS ACCEPTED AND
WILL BE IN PLACE.
IN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, WE
AS THE COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE
MANY ORDERS FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND IT IS OUR JOB AS
COUNCILMEMBERS TO REVIEW THE
ORDERS WITH ACCOUNT CENTRAL
STAFF AND DECIDE WHETHER WE
NEED TO AFFIRM, REJECT, MODIFY
OR DO NOTHING IN TERMS OF
TAKING NO ACTION ON THE ORDER.
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
CENTRAL STAFF ON THESE ORDERS
AND LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS MY
INTENTION ON HOW WE WILL ACT ON
FUTURE ORDERS.
THIS ORDER TODAY COMES BEFORE
US AND WE APPRECIATE THE
MAYOR'S EFFORT BUT WE WILL NOT
TAKE ACTION FOR IT TO BE IN
PLACE.
THIS ORDER DOES NOT INFRINGE OF
ANY CIVIL LIBERTIES OR UPSET
THE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE
SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SEND THE
ORDERS FREQUENTLY AND WE WILL
BE AGAIN WORKING WITH CENTRAL
TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
COLLEAGUES HAVE THE INFORMATION
THAT THEY NEED ABOUT WHAT IS
IN THE ORDER.
HEARING NO QUESTION MOVING ON
TO PRESENTATIONS, WE ARE
PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH PATTY
HAYES, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING
ON THE LINE WITH US DIRECTOR
AND WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR DEEP
APPRECIATION TO YOUR FRONT LINE
STAFF AND OUR ADMIRATION AND
RESPECT FOR HOW YOU ARE
RESPECTING THE MEETING WELL AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS WE TALK
ABOUT THIS PUBLIC HEALTHM AND
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL SO
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO
ADDRESS THE CORONAVIRUS.
IN ADDITION TO DIRECTOR PATTY
HAYES WE HAVE THE SENIOR
DIRECTOR MIKE FONK AND ACTING
DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
PRESENTORS, PATTY HAYES AND
DIRECTOR MIKE FONG.
>> SO APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE PHONE
WITH THE COUNCIL AND I HAVE
BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TO BE
ABLE TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU SO
APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE A SLIDESHOW THAT THE
CLERK HAS UP THAT WE WILL BE
WALKING THROUGH, IF YOU WILL GO
TO THE SECOND SLIDE THAT IS THE
OUTLINE OF WHAT I WILL TALKING
ABOUT.
I WILL BE GIVING YOU THE
AWARENESS AS OF THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE A PRESS RELEASE AT
11:00 A.M.
OR ROUND ABOUT THEM WITH THE
LATEST SITUATIONAL REPORT AND I
WILL GIVE THAT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE
ARE DOING AND THE SEVERITY OF
THE PROJECTIONS WITH COVID-19
AND MOVE TO WHAT WE ARE DOING
WITH COMMUNITY MITIGATION
STRATEGY AND QUESTIONS.
LET ME START BY EXTENDING MY
THANKS TO YOU FOR THE SUPPORT
AND THE WORDS OF SUPPORT THAT I
RECEIVE FROM SO MANY PEOPLE
AROUND OUR RESPONSE THERE.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT IS
UNKNOWN ABOUT THE VIRUS AND
CONCERN AND DESIRE ON THE PART
OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE TO DO THE
RIGHT I HAVE ADMIRATION NOR THE
STAFF AND THE WORKERS AND THE
EMS PERSONNEL AND OTHERS THAT
HAVE BEEN BEND OVER BACKWARDS
WORKING 24/7 ON THIS.
IT IS A SHOW OF APPRECIATION
THAT I APPRECIATE.
>> IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE CASE COUNT IN KING COUNTY
IS NOW AS OF THIS MORNING AT
116 WITH CONFIRMED CASES OF
COVID-19.
THESE -- THIS IS 33 NEW CASES
THAT WAS REPORTED TODAY AND TWO
OF THESE ARE DEATHS.
IN ADDITION ONE PERSON THAT IS
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AND IF
COUNTED AMONG THE 116, HAS DIED
AS WELL.
MY CONDOLENCES GOES OUT TO THE
FAMILIES.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IN
KING COUNTY REPORTED TO PUBLIC
HEALTH REPORTED TO COVID-19 IS
20.
OF THE 20 DEATHS REPORTED,
NINETEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LIFE CARE CENTER.
OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION
IS THAT TOWARDS THE END OF LAST
WEEK THE GUIDANCE FROM CDC ON
TESTING CHANGE TO OPEN IT UP
BASICALLY TO ANYBODY, A
PROVIDER THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE
AT RISK FOR COVID-19, ALONG
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND THE SEATTLE FLU
STUDY COMING ONLINE THE TESTING
CAPACITY IN KING COUNTY IS
INCREASING QUICKLY.
THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT
FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND
IS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH LEAVES
THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF
COVID-19 OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
ALREADY.
80% OF THE PEOPLE WITH COVID-19
HAVE MILD TO MODERATE SYMPTOMS.
THEY ARE ABLE TO ABLE TO MANAGE
THEIR LIVES AND MAYBE NOT
CALLING THEIR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER AND IT IS THAT 20%
THAT WE HAVE SEEN SURFACE
BECAUSE WE WERE AT A STATE TO
BEGIN FROM SELECTIVE TESTING.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS POPPED
FIRST WITHIN THE LONG TERM CARE
ARENA.
THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL
TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT YOU ALL TO BE SHOCKED AS
THE NUMBERS DOUBLE AND DOUBLE
OVER TIME.
I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE EPI
CURVE IN A. MINUTE BUT WANTED
TO PUT THAT OUT.
THERE ARE EIGHT ADDITIONAL LONG
TERM CARE FACILITIES THAT HAVE
REPORTED WITH CASES AND WORKING
INDIVIDUALLY AS YOU MAY HAVE
SEEN WITH THE NEWS OR DENNIS
MAY HAVE TALKED TO YOU WHEN HE
MET WITH THE COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A GREAT CDC TEAM OUT
WITH US.
AND THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC
HEALTH CORE SENT A TEAM OUT IN
KIRKLAND.
THEY HAVE BEEN SO STRESSED OVER
THIS.
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH HAS SET UP AN
INTERCEPT COMMAND STRUCTURE PER
OUR REQUEST SPECIFIC TO LONG
TERM CARE FACILITIES.
AT THE END OF LAST WEEK I SPOKE
TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
AND PULLED IN THE HSH TO SPUR
THIS DECISION TO BE MADE
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT LONG TERM
CARE FACILITIES WILL BE AT ONE
OF OUR HIGHER RISK FACILITIES.
IN ADDITION TO OTHER PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACUTE AT
RISK FACTORS.
THIS WAS SUPPORTED AT THE STATE
LEVEL.
I HAVE AN OUTLINE FOR YOU HERE
ON WHAT OUR DISEASE
INVESTIGATION IS.
AS THE NUMBER OF CASES INCREASE
SUBSTANTIALLY, OUR CAPACITY TO
CONTACT TRACING FOR EACH AND
EVERY CASE WILL SOON BE
OVERWHELMED AND PER PUBLIC
HEALTH GUIDANCE, WE WILL PIVOT
AWAY FROM DOING TRACING FOR
PEOPLE.
WE WILL BE INFORMING THEM IF
THEY HAVE A POSITIVE TEST ON
WHAT THEY NEED TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES AND BE DOING IN
ALERTING PEOPLE SO WE CAN GET
PEOPLE TESTED.
THERE IS GUIDANCE ALONG WITH
CDC BASED UPON OUR EXPERIENCE.
IN ADDITION IN THE MEDIA.
NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY WITH THE
NEEDS ACROSS THE SYSTEM FOR
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR, OUR
TOP PRIORITY IS NEEDED FOR THE
EMS PERSONNEL AND HEALTH CARE
LINE WORKERS AND FACILITIES.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THE PUBLIC,
I HAVE HEARD UNFORTUNATE
STORIES FROM HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER OFFICES HAVING
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR LIKE
MASKS STOLEN BY FOLKS THAT ARE
AFRAID AND WE ARE TRYING TO
ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THE USE
OF MASKS IN PUBLIC AT THE HOME
IS NOT NECESSARY AND WE SHOULD
MAKE SURE THAT HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS HAVE THAT PROTECTIVE
GEAR.
I WILL TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY
MITIGATION IN A MINUTE.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> DIRECTOR HAYES, COULD YOU
REMIND FOLKS WHICH SLIDE YOU
ARE ON CURRENTLY.
>> I AM ON THE ONE THAT HAS THE
SLIDE FOUR.
WE ARE GOING TO SEND AROUND THE
PRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE IT IS
AT YOUR FINGERTIPS AND FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC IT WILL BE
ONLINE AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH
US.
I WILL ASK FOR FOLKS TO HOLD
THEIR QUESTIONS, IF THEY CAN,
UNTIL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION AND WE WILL GO
THROUGH AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
GETS QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR HAYES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE,
SLIDE 4, IS THE EPI CURVE, THE
PURPLE CURVE.
OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW WOULD
INSTITUTE MITIGATION STRATEGIES
THAT I WILL CALL BLUNT CURVES.
AS YOU SEE THE HASHED CURVE,
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE LESS OF AN
IMPACT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS IS WHAT WOULD PREVENT IN
CHINA AND OTHER PLACES WHERE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE
OVERWHELMED AND OVERLOADED
BECAUSE YOU HAVE GREAT THINGS
IN PLACE THAT WOULD PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
THAT IS THE GOAL WE ARE WORKING
TOWARDS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE WE TELLING THE PUBLIC
TO DO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT PEOPLE
AT HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE
WITNESS STAY HOME AND AWAY FROM
LARGE GROUPS.
THIS CAN BE THE ELDERLY AND
THIS COULD BE PEOPLE OF ANY AGE
WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE CONDITIONS
AND EVEN THROW WE DON'T HAVE
THE SCIENCE YET TO SHOW THE
LINK TO PREGNANCY WE ARE
RECOMMENDING SUPPLIES TO WOMEN
PREGNANT.
PARENTS OF CHILDREN SHOULD
CONSULT THE HEALTH PROVIDERS TO
WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CHILD AND
WE ARE SENDING UNDERDATES TO
PROVIDERS TO KEEP THEM UP.
THE NEXT SLIDE, THE SECOND
SLIDE THAT SAYS WHAT THE PUBLIC
CAN DO, WE ARE EMPHASIZING AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE
PUBLIC THROUGH THE COUNCIL.
DO NOT GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
UNLESS IT IS ESSENTIAL.
ANYBODY THAT IS SICK WITH COVID-
19 THEY SHOULD CALL THEIR
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE STAY HOME
WHEN THEY ARE SICK.
WE ARE STILL EMPHASIZING
PERSONAL HYGIENE HABITS THAT
YOU HAVE HEARD AND TO REMEMBER
THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AND THE
GUIDANCE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT
AS FAST AS WE CAN.
THAT IS SOMETIMES CONFUSING TO
THE PUBLIC SO I TRY TO GET THAT
OUT AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE
AND SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS
AND WE ARE BUILDING THIS
RESPONSE THAT WILL INFORM THE
WHOLE NATION.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS ON SCHOOL
RECOMMENDATIONS.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
SCHOOLS.
WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT
SCHOOLS PROACTIVELY CLOSED
UNLESS IT HAD A CONFIRMED CASE
AND WE INDIVIDUALLY WORKED WITH
THOSE SCHOOLS ON RECOMMENDATION
FOR HOW LONG TO KEEP THE SCHOOL
CLOSED.
SCHOOLS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE
AT AN ABUNDANCE OF PRECAUTION.
AND WE RESPECT THAT AND GIVING
OUR BEST ADVICE FOR ALL OF
THEM.
WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS
RECOMMENDATION?
BASED UPON THE SCIENCE RIGHT
NOW I WILL SEE CHILDREN UNDER
THE AGE OF NINE,
INTERNATIONALLY, FROM WHAT I
KNOW THERE IS NO DEATHS SO IT
APPEARS THAT COVID-19 IS NOT A
HUGE RISK AND INDEED WHAT
SCIENCE IS FINDING THAT UNDER
THE AGE OF NINE A LOT OF
CHILDREN DON'T SHOW SYMPTOMS
AND WE CAN'T EVEN TELL THEIR
ROLE RIGHT NOW IN THE INFECTION
CYCLE.
WE ARE NOT SURE AND THERE IS
MANY GREAT SCIENCES WORKING ON
THIS RIGHT NOW.
BUT CHILDREN ABOVE THE AGE OF
NINE TO 18, OUR SOME CASES AND
IT SEEMS TO BE MINIMAL.
AND NOT -- UNLESS THE CHILD
WOULD HAVE AN UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITION NOT AROUND THAT ARE
HOSPITALIZED AND CERTAINLY NOT
HERE.
SCHOOLS MAY NOT BE AFFECTED
BECAUSE CHILDREN CONGREGATE AND
WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN OTHER
OUTBREAKS AND PARTICULARLY OF
CONCERN THAT MANY PARENTS WHO
ARE HEALTH CARE WORKERS, WE
NEED THEM TO BE AT WORK.
WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOME
ASSESSMENT OF THAT IN CONCERT
WITH THE CITY TO TALK TO THE
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYERS ON THAT.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE THIS
THE RIGHT DECISION AT THE RIGHT
TIME.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ON THIS SLIDE IT IS CALLED CALL
CENTERS.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBER
OF THE CALL CENTER.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PHONE LINE
TRIAGE FOR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS AS WELL AS FOLKS THAT
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM
THEM.
THE CALL CENTER IS OPENED 8 TO
7 AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND I
AM ALSO GIVING YOU WASHINGTON
STATE CALL CENTER LINE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO JUST HAVE
GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-
19TO CALL THAT LINE AND NOT
CLOG OUR LINES.
THE NEXT LINE IS A LIST AND IT
IS HARD TO READ SO I APOLOGIZE.
THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED
NONPHARMACEUTICAL GUIDE FOR
COMMUNITY MITIGATION.
YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT
COLORS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
SHOW YOU WHAT ARE THE LEVELS
THAT PUBLIC HEALTH HAS MADE.
THE LIGHT PURPLE, WE HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND I WAS REMINDED THIS MORNING
THAT OUR FIRST CASE WAS A WEEK-
AND-A-HALF AGO.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR OVER A MONTH BECAUSE OF THE
FIRST CASE IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER
THE LAST WEEK-AND-A-HALF.
I WAS QUITE STARTLED BY THAT.
THEN YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE MOVED
INTO THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
VOLUNTARY ISOLATION OF SICK
INDIVIDUALS AND VOLUNTARY
QUARANTINE OF CONTACTS OF ILL
INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE ARE AT THE READY TO
INSTIGATE THE THIRD LEVEL IN A
BLUISH PURPLE.
WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DO THIS
BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY COMPLIANT AND AS WE
WORK WITH THEM THEY HAVE A
GREAT AREA OF VOLUNTARY
QUARANTINE AND THE HEALTH
OFFICER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
VOLUNTARILY ISOLATE OR
QUARANTINE INDIVIDUALS.
THEN THE 4th LEVEL IS THE ONE
WHERE REALLY A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF OUR
OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEAGUES
AND CDC, WHEN WOULD WE TRIGGER
MANDATORY CANCELLATION OF
PUBLIC EVENTS?
I THINK WE WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL AS
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOLS.
THE LAST TWO AT THE BOTTOM ARE
WHAT YOU SEE COMING OUT OF
ITALY RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY THE
CARDON CONCIERGE WHERE
GOVERNMENT ORDERS A SPECIFIC
GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY TO BE
SEALED.
WE ARE HOPING TO NEVER HAVE TO
GET TO THAT POINT HERE BY ALL
OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE
TAKING.
WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT
QUICKLY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH DIRECTOR
HAYES.
COUNCIL AND COLLEAGUES, ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
DIRECTOR HAYES I HAVE A
QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED WE ARE
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO NOT GO TO
THE EMERGENCY ROOM IF THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS
THAT THEY MAY HAVE, THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SYMPTOMS
AND TO CALL THEIR MEDICAL
PROVIDER.
WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE HERE IN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE AND
THE NATION THAT DON'T HAVE
HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE
COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT.
FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE
UNDER INSURED OR UNINSURED.
WOULD YOU ALSO ENCOURAGE THEM
TO CALL YOUR CORONAVIRUS CALL
CENTER IF THEY DON'T HAVE A
MEDICAL PROVIDER INSTEAD OF
GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM?
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT
QUESTION BECAUSE WE ARE IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND
WHAT WILL BE THEIR ROLE AND HOW
AS YOU KNOW MANY OF THOSE
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
THROUGH ACTIONS OF THIS
COUNSEL, WE HAVE DEVELOPED
STRONG IN TER RELATIONSHIPS
WITH MANY OF THE SHELTERS AND
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
PLYMOUTH HOUSING, ET CETERA.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TRY TO
MAKE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO CONNECT
AND TO HAVE THE BEST AND
QUICKEST ADVICE BECAUSE THE
MORE THE CALL CENTER IS SNOWED
WITH CALLS THE LONGER PEOPLE
GET PUT ON HOLD.
WE ARE LOOKING ON HOW TO
INCREASE THAT CALL CENTER
CAPACITY.
WHAT I AM SAYING WE ARE TRYING
TO GET INFORMATION OUT INTO A
CAPACITY BUILT SO THE FOLKS
THAT DON'T HAVE A HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER OR THOSE THAT DON'T
HAVE INSURANCE OR UNDER INSURED
ARE NOT FEARFUL OF MAKING THESE
CALLS.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A BACKUP
OF THE CALL CENTER FOR THOSE
THAT ARE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO.
THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF
OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND
KEEP THEM FROM CALLING 911 AND
THAT SEATTLE FIRE DOES NOT HAVE
AN OVERLOAD RIGHT NOW AND I
KNOW THAT IS CONCERN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR HAYES.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
HEALTH CLINICS COMING SOON BUT
ENCOURAGING FOLK TO CONTACT
THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR
G TO CONTACT A LOCAL CHC.
MORE INFORMATION COMING.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAS A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE RELATED TO THE AUTHORITY OF
HEALTH OFFICERS TO ISSUE
EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDERS OR
TO SEEK COURT ORDERS FOR
INVOLUNTARY DETENTION.
I APPRECIATE THAT INDIVIDUALS
HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVE.
I AM INQUIRING AS IT RELATES TO
THE FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING
SE UP BY KING COUNTY.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT HOW
THOSE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IF
NECESSARY.
I APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE NOT
NECESSARY BUT DON'T KNOW THE
EXTENT TO COME THE FACILITIES
ARE BEING USED.
THIS IS A CONCERN THAT I HAVE
HEARD FROM FOLKS, PEOPLE THAT
MIGHT ENTER THOSE FACILITIES,
MIGHT LEAVE AND WOULD JUST LIKE
TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
PUBLIC HELD WOULD INTERFACE
WITH THEM AND IN MORE GRANULAR
DETAILS I PARTICIPATED IN THE
KING COUNTY CALL RELATED TO THE
TOP HAT FACILITY.
I HAVE CONCERNS THAT IF PEOPLE
ARE BEING VISITED BY PHYSICIANS
ONCE A DAY AND THEIR FOOD IS
JUST BEING -- DROP AND GO
APPROACH THAT PEOPLE'S NEEDS ON
A DAY TO DAY AND HOUR BY HOUR
BASIS CAN'T BE ACCOMMODATED BY
THE SINGLE SECURITY PURPOSES
THAT MIGHT CREATE A CONDITION
UNDER WHICH PEOPLE MIGHT WANT
TO LEAVE, WHERE THEY ARE
COOPERATIVE OR EXPECTED TO BE
COOPERATIVE WHEN THEY FIRST
ARRIVE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A WAY WHERE
THEY CAN ASK FOR THEIR NEEDS TO
BE ADDRESSED OUTSIDE OF THE
ONES A DAY MEDICAL VISIT AND
DROP AND GO VISIT FOR FOOD, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
ARE MADE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH SO
THAT THEY WANT TO STAY AND WE
DON'T HAVE TO MOVE TOWARDS
ISSUING EMERGENCY DETENTION
ORDERS.
>> YEAH.
THERE IS A LOT IN THAT FOR ME
TO COMMENT ON SO IF I DON'T
QUITE HIT IT ALL, JUST I WILL
ASK YOU IF I GOT IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YEAH, RIGHT.
>> LET ME START WITH SAYING
THAT PUBLIC HEALTH OBVIOUSLY
HAS A HISTORY WORKING IN THIS
AREA ESPECIALLY WITH OUR TV
PROGRAM.
WE ARE DEPLOYING ARE THE BEST
PRACTICES AND WE HAVE ALREADY
HAD EXPERIENCE WHERE ONE PERSON
WHO WAS ACTUALLY AN EMPLOYEE OF
ONE OF OUR MAJOR PROVIDERS IN
THE COUNTY, AN EMPLOYEE THAT
WAS QUARANTINED WAS NOT HAPPY
AND WE ACTUALLY AT THAT POINT,
NOT THAT I WOULD SAY WE WOULD
HAVE TO DO IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO
BAND TO DO THIS DR. JUNGAN ALL
THE TIME, IT CALMED IT ALL DOWN
UNTIL THE TIME WAS RIGHT FOR
THE PERSON TO COME BACK HOME.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE
FACILITIES THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT AND STANDING UPPER GOING
TO EVENTUALLY BE HOUSING ALL
SORTS OF FOLKS DEPENDING UPON
THEIR SITUATION, ET CETERA.
SO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ON
WHAT WE DO.
AND THIS IS AN AMAZING
LOGISTICS CONVERSATION BETWEEN
PUBLIC HEALTH AND AGENCIES THAT
WILL BE EMERGING AS WE OPEN UP
THESE AND ONE REASON WHY IT IS
GOOD THAT THESE DIFFERENT
FACILITIES ARE COMING ON --
KIND OF ONE AT A TIME SO WE CAN
WORK OUT THIS IDEALLY EVERYBODY
IN THESE PLACES WILL HAVE A
CELL PHONE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE BE
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE
FAMILY MEMBERS.
WE TRY TO PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE
BEING QUARANTINED AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE IS NOT PLEASANT
EXPERIENCE AND WE WANT THEM TO
BE ABLE TO CALL.
THIS IDEA THAT THEY WOULD ONLY
BE CONTACTED ONE TIME A DAY.
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY THAT
FOLKS WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE
INTERACTIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT
THEIR NEEDS ON.
SO THAT IS NOT ONE.
NUMBER TWO WE ARE TRYING TO
LOOK AT THE FACILITY AND THEN
LOOK AT WHAT ARE GOING TO BE
THE PRO TO CALLS SO WHO IS
GOING TO BE GOING TO THAT
FACILITY BASED UPON OUR BEST
ADVICE IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS
TO BE THERE AND THE NEEDS OF
THE PEOPLE AND THAT'S AN ACTIVE
CONVERSATION WITH AGENCIES AND
DCHF.
AND THEN THE ISSUE OF ON-SITE
PIECES IS REALLY VARIES WITH
THE AREA AND I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF
ME THAT REALLY WOULD BE HSD TO
BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL
ABOUT HOW THAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN ON THE COUNTY SIDE.
WE ARE ALSO COUNTING ON OUR
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION
TO HELP SORT THAT OUT SO WE
HAVE GOT THE RIGHT LEVEL OF ON-
SITE SUPERVISION.
WE DO FIND HISTORICALLY THAT WE
FIND OUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE
WANTING TO LEAVE ONE OF THESE
PLACES AND IN THE CASE OF OUR
EXPERIENCE WITH GB, WE HAVE HAD
THE TIME, NOT VERY FREQUENTLY
BUT WE HAVE HAD TIMES TO GO OUT
AND FIND THE INDIVIDUAL AGAIN
AND MOVE ON ISOLATION MANDATORY
OR QUARANTINE.
AS YOU SAID, IT IS A LAST
RESORT.
DID I HIT IT ALL?
>> YOU DID.
ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE ACCESS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE VIA THEIR
PERSONAL CELL PHONES.
WILL THEY BE GIVEN A NUMBER
SPECIFIC TO THEIR SITUATION SO
LIKE A HOT LINE SPECIFIC FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ISOLATION
FACILITY AND NOT HAVE TO
NAVIGATE A MYRIAD OF FOR LACK
OF A BETTER WORD BUREAUCRACY TO
GET HELP TO ADDRESS ANY
DISTRESS THAT THEY MAY BE
EXPERIENCING?
>> I HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK THAT.
IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON TV AND HEPATITIS A,
THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE.
WE ARE IN A LARGE EMERGENCY
RIGHT NOW AND HAVING TO DEAL
WITH PEOPLE AND THAT IS A
CONCERN.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE
BEST WE CAN IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCE.
THAT IS A LOT DIFFERENT IF IT
IS 20 PEOPLE THAN A THOUSAND.
>> RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR HAYES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE GO TO DEPUTY MAYOR
FONG.
>> I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES TO THE ABILITY OF
OFFICIALS TO ORDER SUSPENSION
OF ALL GATHERINGS OF A CERTAIN
SIZE, I APPRECIATE THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ENTER
INTO LIGHTLY BUT I'M WONDERING
WHETHER YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR
GENERAL GUIDANCE AROUND
GATHERING OF TEN OR MORE PEOPLE
APPLIES THE MYRIAD OF EVENTS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CANCELED.
AS FAR AS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
CONSIDERING ATTENDING SPORTS
AND OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS, THIS
IS A QUESTION THAT WE ARE
GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT.
JUST FROM CON CONSTITUENT.
>> SURE.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE OPERATING
UNDER GUIDANCE OF 50 OR ABOVE.
THE ORIGINAL NUMBER WAS 10 AND
50.
THE EXPECTATION THAT THE EVENT
HOST OR COMPANY WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO
OUR GUIDANCE AROUND GATHERINGS.
LOOKING AT THE EPI CURVE,
REALTIME THIS WEEK AND I THINK
WE ARE LOOKING LARGE AT LARGE
GATHERINGS.
I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF COMICON
VOLUNTARILY CANCELING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT WAS OF GRAVE CONCERN TO
ME.
IT FEELS DIFFERENT THAN SAFECO
FIELD.
WELL IT IS NOT SAFECO ANYMORE,
IS IT?
T-MOBILE WHERE AT LEAST WE HAVE
OPEN AIR.
THERE IS SO MANY FACTORS.
WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
ALL OF THE SPORTS TEAM AND THE
ARTS VENUE.
THERE WILL BE MORE GUIDANCE
COMING OUT SOON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
>> PLEASE KEEP YOURSELF ON
MUTE.
IF YOU'RE NOT ASKING A QUESTION
OR ASK IT GO AHEAD AND YOURSELF
ON MUTE SO THE LINE IS CLEAR.
ONE LAST QUESTION I WOULD HAVE
IS DIRECTOR HAYES IS FOR
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING
DETAINED, CAN YOU REMIND US HOW
THE PEOPLE IN JAILS AND
DETENTION CENTERS BEING TESTED
DUE TO THE POTENTIAL SPREAD IN
THOSE FACILITIES?
>> SO IN THE JAIL WE ARE
WATCHING FOR SYMPTOMS.
THERE WAS A PERSON ON INTAKE,
THE NURSE WAS CONCERNED.
THIS WAS LATE LAST WEEK.
AND THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS
TRANSPORTED TO HARBOR VIEW AND
ENDED UP NOT BEING SYMPTOMATIC
AND OKAY.
WE KNOW AT SOME POINT WE WILL
HAVE -- MY EXPECTATION IS THAT
I THINK THAT WE WILL SEE
SOMEBODY WHO -- THAT IS ALREADY
BOOKED ALL OF A SUDDEN BE
SYMPTOMATIC LIKE IT HAPPENS IN
THE NURSING HOME.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY SETTING UP
SYSTEMS IN THE JAIL TO
QUARANTINE AND WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO ACTIVATE WITHIN THE
JAIL SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY CDC HAS NOT GIVEN
GUIDANCE OUT TO JAILS.
IT MAY BE IN PROCESS.
I MAY HAVE MISSED IT ON MY
EMAIL TODAY BUT WE ARE LOOKING
TO INITIATE THAT IF CDC HASN'T
COME FORWARD.
THE LUCKY THING ABOUT HAVING
OUR GREAT CDC TEAM OUT WITH US,
WE INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THOSE PROTOCOLS AND PAYING
ATTENTION TO IT.
EVERY PERSON THAT IS COMING
INTO BOOKING IS BEING LOOKED AT
IN TERMS OF -- ASKED ABOUT
SYMPTOMS, ETC.
SO THE SCREENINGS PROTOCOL WAS
INITIATED AND WE ARE WORKING ON
THAT.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HAYES.
I APPRECIATE IT AND KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON THE HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS
GIVEN OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
CARE FOR THEM WHILE THEY ARE
UNDER OUR CARE.
COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE YOUR
QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR HAYES
AND DIRECTOR HAYES IF YOU DO
HAVE TO GO EARLY WE UNDERSTAND
YOU ARE VERY BUSY.
AT THIS POINT WE WILL GO FOR
DEPUTY MAYOR FONG AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK TO GET THE
INFORMATION AS IT DEVELOPS OUT
THROUGH THE COUNCIL AND THROUGH
KING COUNTY AND THROUGH YOUR
CHANNELS, WE WILL ECHO THE
INFORMATION YOU SEND FROM OUR
COUNCIL TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND
THROUGH OUR NEWS LETTER.
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING
AND WE HOPE YOU ARE TAKING CARE
AND RESTING BECAUSE WE KNOW IT
IS CRITICAL FOR YOU TO RESPOND
AS QUICKLY YOU ARE AND SO
INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE SO THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> TURNING IT OVER TO DEPUTY
MAYOR FONG AND THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I'M JOINED BY LAURA NELSON.
ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
I WILL KICK THIS OFF AND THEN
TURN IT TO LAURAL TO PROVIDE
HIGHLIGHTS OF WORK UNDER WAY IN
THE COC.
I WANT TO RE-ENFORCE THE
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR HAYS AND I
BRIEFLY ALLUDED TO THIS IN
WEDNESDAY'S COUNCIL BRIEFING.
JUST TO ORIENT US IN TERMS OF
HOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT OUR
CITY WORK.
AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE CDC
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON
DOWN PROVIDES GUIDANCE LOOKING
AT THE BEST WAY TO -- AS THE
DIRECTOR PUT IT BLUNT THE BELL
CURVE AS IT RELATES TO PUSHING
OUT AND SMOOTHING OUT THE
PREVALENCE AND THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19.
OUR JOB IS OPERATION WIDE THE
ELEMENTS ON EXTERNAL FACING AND
TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE IN OUR
OWN CITY OPERATIONS TO
COMPLIMENT THOSE STRATEGIES IN
ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE INTENDED
OUTCOMES.
OUR EFFORTS ARE TIED WITH THE
PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTION AND
GUIDANCE AND AS OF RIGHT NOW
THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED WE ARE
EXECUTING ON A SERIES OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY
PROVIDED AS IT RELATES TO MITCH
MICING SOME OF THE SIZE OF
PUBLIC GATHERINGS AND HOW OUR
OWN CITY DEPARTMENTS WOULD
IMPLEMENT THOSE IN OUR WORK
FORCE AND TO WHAT EXTENT WE CAN
FACILITATE THAT KIND OF SERVICE
DELIVERY MODEL AND OUTWARD
FACING LEVEL.
WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE
PARTICULARLY OUTWARD FACING
RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE HAVE FOLKS ON THE FRONT
LINES, SBD, FIRE.
AND OTHER PERSONNEL.
ENGAGING FIRST RESPONDERS IN
THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.
WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THOSE
DEPARTMENTS CLOSELY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT
THEY NEED TO DO THE WORK IN THE
FIELD.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS A
PARTICULAR INTEREST STRATEGIC
PIECES THAT WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON.
ONE IS IN THE SPACE RELATED TO
SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORTS AND THE
WORKERS AND AS WELL AS OUR MOST
RECENT ORDER RELATED TO FEDERAL
AND STATE ASSISTANCE.
I WILL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT
THOSE TWO ELEMENTS IN A LITTLE
MORE DETAIL IN THE DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBERS DON'T MIND AS I
TURN IT OVER TO LAURAL KNOW
THAT I WILL PUT A MARKER ON
THOSE PIECES THAT I CAN COME
BACK TO LATER.
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON
THE SORT OF HIGH LEVEL TABLE
SETTING I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
LAURAL TO TALK ABOUT A FEW OF
THE OPERATIONAL PIECES THAT ARE
UNDER WAY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
LAURAL.
>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE
OF HIGHLIGHTS HERE AND UPDATES.
LAST WEEK YOU HEARD TALK ABOUT
OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER, OPERATIONS AND OUR
HOURS THAT WE ARE FUNCTIONING.
WE ARE PRACTICING WHAT PUBLIC
HELD RECOMMENDS US THAT WE DO
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LIM
LIMITING OUR EXPOSURE TO ONE
ANOTHER.
WE ARE AT THE MODE IN THE
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER A
VERY SMALL HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN
THE COC AND THE EMERGENCY
OPERATION STAFF REMOTELY
SUPPORTING THE EOC AND
COORDINATING.
IT IS A NEW MODEL FOR US.
TODAY THE FIRST DAY IN THIS
MODE.
WE ARE LEARNING AS WE GO AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE
THE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THAT AS
SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE STILL DOING OUR DAILY
CHECK INS WITH PEOPLE.
IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER UPDATE
THAT YOU SAW THAT WAS PUSHED
OUT TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES THAT
THEY CAN TELE WORK AND AS WELL
AS GUIDANCE AS INDIVIDUALS TO
LESSEN THE COLLECTION OF PEOPLE
IN A MEETING SPACE.
AGAIN THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE
PRACTICING IN THE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER.
NI TO THAT, WE HAVE GIVEN
GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE AS A CITY
AND OUR PROGRAMS DO TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE PRACTICING THE
SAFE BEHAVIORS IN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS OR MEETINGS AND
PROGRAMS.
TRYING TO AGAIN LESSEN THE
IMPACT FOR THE HIGH RISK
POPULATION AND HAVING MULTIPLE
PEOPLE IN ONE SPACE.
>> IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE
BRIEFED ON THE CLEANING
EFFORTS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
THESE TYPE OF RESOURCES ARE
STRETCHED SO OUR FAS TEAM IS
DOING A GREAT JOB.
CONTRACTING EMPLOYEES TO HELP
US WITH THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES
ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU GO
TO THE GROCERY STORE, A LOT OF
THE CLEANING SUPPLIES ARE
DISAPPEARING AND WE ARE FACING
SAME CHALLENGES TO RESUPPLY
THOSE CLEANING SUPPLIES.
IN ADDITION AS YOU HEARD FROM
DIRECTOR HAYES, SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
IN THE EOC IS WORKING AT
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND
DIRECTOR HAYES FOCUSED ON THE
NONPHARMACEUTICAL STEPS TO BE
AGGRESSIVE IN MITIGATION
STRATEGIES TO LESSEN THE IMPACT
OF COVID-19 TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE PLANNING ENDEAVORS
THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER SO
THAT INVOLVES LOOKING AT OUR
OWN CITY FAMILY PROGRAMS BEING
THAT PARTS DEPARTMENT AND
LIBRARY AND THE SEATTLE CENTER
AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN
WE NEED TO PIVOT AND NOT
OFFERING THOSE PROGRAMS AND THE
IMPACTS.
ADDITIONALLY I WANT TO GIVE YOU
A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, THE
EXPEDITION HALL AT SEATTLE
CENTER WILL BE OPENED UP TO
TAKE AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED
OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION FROM
THE DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES
CENTER.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO HELP PROVIDE A LITTLE
BIT MORE SPACE FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS.
YOU KNOW THERE IS A
RECOMMENDATION FROM PUBLIC
HEALTH ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO
SICK
SIX FEET AND EXPANDING THAT
POPULATION.
THE LAST ITEM THAT I WILL TOUCH
ON IS THE CHERRY HILL BITTER
LAKE AND LAKE UNION VILLAGE
SHELTERING FACILITIES.
WE ARE ON A TRACK AND HOPE TO
GET THEM ONLINE HERE SOONER
THAN LATER.
WITH THAT IF THERE IS ANY
QUESTIONS.
OKAY.
NO QUESTIONS FOR LAURAL, THEN
COUNCILMEMBERS I WANT TO TOUCH
ON TWO PIECES.
I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN AND IN PARTICULAR I
THINK WE HAVE ALL BEGAN TO HEAR
ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON
BUSINESSES.
WORKERS, SMALL BUSINESSES IN
PARTICULAR RESULTING FROM COVID-
19 AND WE ARE VERY -- WORKING
VERY DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO PULL
TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF ACTIONS
AND STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE SOME
SUPPORT.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK MANY
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE
ENGAGED WITH US ON THIS TOPIC
AND WE INTEND TO WORK WITH YOU
ALL PROACTIVELY AS WE ADVANCE
ELEMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO DESCRIBE A FEW
PIECES IN PLACE THAT SOME OF
WHICH MAY VERY WELL REQUIRE
SOME LEGISLATIVE ACTION AND WE
WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH YOU
SOME OF THE TIMING AND DETAILS
OF THESE.
I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT MATTER
OF DAYS.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR
OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON,
NUMBER ONE IS, THERE IS
INTEREST.
I KNOW A COUPLE OF
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE RAISED
THIS.
THE MAYOR HAS DIRECTED US TO
WORK ON SOME PACKAGE THAT WOULD
SPECIFICALLY DEFER THE PAYMENTS
OF B AND O TAXES AND OTHER
POTENTIAL FEES AS WELL AS
UTILITY BILLS FOR DISTRESSED
SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER THE
CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM COVID-
19.
SOME OF THAT IS RELATED TO
WAIVING THE DEFERRAL INTEREST
PAYMENTS AND ALSO PUTTING IN
PLACE A MECHANISM TO DEFER THE
PAYMENTS THEMSELVES AS TO SOME
FUTURE TIME AS TO BE ABLE TO
WEATHER SOME OF THE CURRENT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
SECOND IS WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT, THIS IS TIED IN TO THE
SECOND PIECE RELATED TO FEDERAL
SUPPORT, WE WILL BE WORKING
WITH SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION.
I HAVE BEGIN TO INITIATE
DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR
PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION AND SB
ASPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO
HOW WE MIGHT EXPEDITE SMALL
BUSINESS LOANS AND POTENTIALLY
MODIFY THE CURRENT EXIST BE
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AROUND THE
LOANS AS TO ALLOW THE LOANS TO
BE FORGIVEN IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH THE
CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE UNDER
WAY.
ALSO COUNCIL IS PROBABLY
FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE WORK
WE HAVE DONE FAMILIAR THROUGH
YOUR BUDGET PROCESS AND OUR
DEPARTMENT OF OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREATING
THE SMALL BUSINESS
STABILIZATION PROGRAM THROUGH
THE CREWS OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND BLOCK GRANT
FUNDS.
THAT PROGRAM WAS ALREADY ROLLED
OUT TO TO THE STREET IN 2019
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT
SUPPLEMENTING THAT WITH
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN ORDER
TO MAKE MORE SMALL BUSINESS
GRANTS AVAILABLE IN SORT OF
UNDER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THERE IS ALSO SOME VERY
SPECIFIC CRITERIA RELATED TO
THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS AND HOW
THAT PROGRAM CAN BE
OPERATIONALLIZED AND HAPPY TO
COME BACK WITH DIRECTOR LEE ON
MORE DETAILS ON WHAT WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT IN THAT SPACE.
IN ADDITION, I THINK EARLIER
THIS MORNING THERE WAS THE
SEATTLE FOUNDATION HAS
ANNOUNCED THE SECURING OF TWO-
AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND
CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS
BUILDING PHILANTHROPIC AND
PRIVATE SECTOR DONATED
RESOURCES TO BE AVAILABLE IN
THIS SPACE AS WELL.
WE ARE ENGAGED IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS IN REALTIME TO
UNDERSTAND MORE HOW THOSE
DOLLARS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO
SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.
IN PARTICULAR ALSO RECOGNIZING
THAT SOME OF OUR TOOLS ARE
SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN THE SPACE
AS IT RELATES DIRECTLY TO
POTENTIALLY DISPLACED WORKERS
UNDER THE CURRENT ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS
TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL
FLEXIBILITY FOR -- AT THE STATE
AND FEDERAL LEVEL FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
RESOURCES THAT COULD BE
RELEASED MORE FLEXIBLY AND MORE
IMMEDIATELY IN THE CURRENT
CONTEXT FOR WORKERS THAT MAY
END UP BEING LAID OFF OR
BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TO
TEMPORARILY CLOSE AS A RESULT
OF THE COVID-19.
I WANT TO PREVIEW AREAS THAT WE
HAVE ONGOING WORK.
THIS IS A REALTIME BODY OF
POLICY AND OPERATIONAL
ON RIGHT NOW. AT WE ARE WORKING
WE WELCOME YOUR CONTINUED
THOUGHTS AND ENGAGEMENT.
DEPUTY MAYOR FONG AND LEE BY
LEADING OUR DISCUSSIONS IN THIS
SPACE AND, OF COURSE, ALWAYS
ENGAGED ANTHONY AREANA THAT WE
WILL BRING PIECES TO YOU FOR
LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION IN
SHORT ORDER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE UPDATE FROM BOTH
OF YOU AND VERY EXCITED TO
ENGAGE MORE ON THE ASSISTANCE
FOR SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS
A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN MY
DISTRICT HAVE EXPRESSED
CONCERN.
OVER THE WEEKEND, ANTHONY WAS
GREAT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
HAS BEEN PROACTIVE IN WORKING
WITH ME ON BEING PART OF THE
CONVERSATION AROUND SOME OF THE
RELIEF THAT WE CAN GET OUT
THERE POTENTIALLY TO SMALL
BUSINESSES IN SHORT ORDER.
FLAGGING MY INTEREST TO STAY
PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND
TO STAY INFORMED I WOULD ALSO
SAY TOO FROM WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM FOLKS, THE LAYOFFS AREN'T
HYPOTHETICAL.
THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
TOLD ME THAT -- I AM NOT GOING
TO SAY WHO OVER THE LINE RIGHT
NOW BUT A LOT OF BUSINESSES
WILL BE SENDING PEOPLE HOME
THIS WEEK BASED ON THE SHARP
DROP OFF AT THE END OF LAST
WEEK AND HOW THAT HAS IT IS
CONTINUING THIS WEEK.
IT IS A REAL CONCERN AND WILL
HAVE A VERY REAL IMPACT ON A
LOT OF THE BUSINESSES ACROSS
THE CITY AND IN MY DISTRICT.
I APPRECIATE THE -- THE
SERIOUSNESS AND ENERGY FROM THE
EXECUTIVE AND TACKLING THIS
BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE FAR
MORE PRONOUNCED THIS WEEK AND
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE
FOCUSED ON.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THAT
DEPUTY MAYFONG?
>> YES.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
I WANTED TO JUST ALSO REITERATE
THAT REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS' EFFORTS.
HE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH OUR
TEAM WITH REGULARITY THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS AND WE HOPE TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS WELL AS
THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS TO
BRING A RELIEF PACKAGE.
>> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR.
THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR FEEL FREE TO CHIME
IN ON THESE IF YOU HAVE NEW
INFORMATION.
WE KNOW YOU WERE AT THE TABLE
LAST WEEK AND MUCH OF THIS IS
PROBABLY STILL IN DEVELOPMENT
AS YOU NOTED WE ARE BUILDING
THIS PLAN AS WE GO AS WE TALK
ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE
AND LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE
DISEASE.
AS WE SEE SOME OF THE
STRATEGIES BEING AFFECTED THE
STRATEGIES MAY CHANGE TO
APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
WE KNOW THERE IS CONCERN FOR
GIG WORKERS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHAT
SPECIFIC GUIDANCE IS BEING
DEVELOPED FOR COMMUNITIES AND
WORKERS IMPACTED BY POTENTIAL
DOWNTURNS THAT ARE NOT
CLASSIFIED AS EMPLOYEES.
SUCH AS THOSE THAT ARE DRIVING
-- LYFT AND UBER AND DELIVERING
FOOD AND DELIVERING GROCERIES.
ALSO INTERESTED IN DEPARTMENTAL
DIRECTIVES TO STAFF, HOW DO WE
INSURE THAT THE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING IN
THROUGH THE OFFICE IN PERSON
CONTINUES TO DECREASE AND WHAT
STRATEGIES WE MAY HAVE IN PLACE
TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO
TELL TELE COMMUTE AND WE HAVE
ASKED ABOUT OUR PROTOCOL AS A
CITY VIS-A-VIS OUR CONTRACTORS.
ARE WE DOING ANYTHING PROVIDING
TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT AND SO
THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN STAY AT
HOME AND MEET THE GOALS THAT WE
ARE SETTING OUT FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES
TRYING TO APPLY THOSE TO OUR
CONTRACTORS.
THOSE ARE THREE AREAS WE HAVE
FLAGGED FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
DEPUTY MAYOR.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE
ANSWERS AND WORKING HARD ON
SOME PROCESSES IF YOU DID HAVE
COMMENTS WOULD WELCOME BUT
DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE
HOOK BUT FLAG THOSE FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
THANKS FOR SENDING THOSE
QUESTIONS ALONG.
ON CONTRACTORS AND GIG WORKERS.
THOSE ARE EXCELLENT QUESTIONS
AND I WILL INSERT THOSE INTO
OUR TEAM TO DISCUSS.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME EARLY
DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE SPACE.
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION
READILY AVAILABLE BUT WE SHARE
YOUR CONCERNS AND WE WILL
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO RESPOND
THIS WEEK WITH SOME MORE
INFORMATION.
AS FAR AS TELECOMMUTING, WE ARE
IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
IMPLEMENTING OUR GUIDANCE TO
DEPARTMENTS TO BE ACTIVE AND
ENCOURAGING A MOVE TOWARDS
TELECOMMUTING THAT CAN GIVEN
THE BODIES OF WORK.
WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION
ON HOW WE ARE DOING THAT
PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO JUST MENTION THAT WE HAVE A
NEW TOOL TO TRY AND HAVE A
LITTLE BETTER DAILY AT LEAST
INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT I
HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO AS WORK
FORCE STRENGTH THAT IS TO THE
EXTENT THAT WE HAVE FOLKS
EITHER OUT UTILIZING LEAVE OR
TELE COMMUTING, ETC.
TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE BETTER
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS HOW THE
WORK FORCE IS DOING AND WHERE
THEY ARE AT.
AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO DATA
THAT WE GET AS PART OF OUR
USUAL TWO WEEK PAYROLL SYSTEM
BUT MUCH MORE USEFUL FOR US AS
WE RESPOND TO THE CURRENT
DYNAMIC SITUATION TO HAVE A
SENSE OF OUR WORK FORCE.
SO ONCE WE START GETTING THAT
INFORMATION WITH AN APPROPRIATE
CAYDENCE, WE SHOULD ABLE TO
GIVE COUNCIL SOME INSIGHT INTO
THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE
EVOLVING NATURE OF BOTH THE
GUIDANCE FROM PUBLIC HEALTH AND
OUR APPROACH TO SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND COMMUNITY
MITIGATION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
RESPONSE, OUR GUIDANCE ON TELE
COMMUTING MAY ALSO EVOLVE HERE
IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS IF
A DETERMINATION IS MADE THAT WE
NEED TO BE EVEN MORE DIRECT
WITH OUR GUIDANCE THAN WE HAVE
BEEN TODAY.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
FLEXIBILITY IN THAT REGARD BUT
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET
YOU UPDATES AS SOON AS WE CAN.
>> EXCELLENT.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AS
SOON AS YOU HAVE IT AVAILABLE.
COUNSEL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> I HAVE TWO POINTS.
EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET ANSWERED
IMMEDIATELY THEY ARE IMPORTANT
POINTS.
MR. FONG TALKED ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES.
IN DISTRICT THREE IT WILL HAVE
A LOT OF IMPACT FOR CAPITOL
HILL THAT IS A HUB FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES AND ALWAYS IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
I AM SURE THIS APPLIES TO MORE
SOUTH OF SEATTLE AS WELL WITH
MANY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES.
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT MANY
IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES FOR
SURE AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE
CALLED OUR OFFICE ABOUT
CONCRETE STEPS THAT THEY WONDER
WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.
AS WE SHARED THE UPDATES TO MR.
FONG ABOUT THE POINTS MADE
ABOUT EXPEDITING LOANS AND SO
ON.
I FEEL THAT WHAT SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR IS
IMMEDIATE RELIEF BECAUSE
DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THIS
CRISIS, NONE OF US CAN PREDICT
HOW LONG THIS WILL GO ON IN
TERMS OF THE KIND OF LENGTH OF
TIME THAT SMALL BUSINESSES WILL
BE HIT BY THIS CRISIS AND SO
ONE QUESTION VERY CONCRETE
QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ASK
ABOUT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS
UNDER THE EMERGENCY POWERS THAT
YOU KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
AGREED TO WITH THE VOTE LAST
WEEK IS THE MAYO PLANNING TO
TAKE SOME MORE URGENT ACT TO
HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AND ONE
THING THAT COMES TO LIGHT IS
EVICTIONS AND MORATORIUM ON
SOME SORT OF URGING OWNERS OF
THE PROPERTY WHERE THE
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND
COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ARE
LOCATED FOR THEM TO BE
OBLIGATED TO WORK OUT SOME SORT
OF RENT PLAN WITH STRUGGLING
SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE
DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THIS GOES
ON, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PAY
THE RENT BECAUSE MANY OF THE
BUSINESSES ARE ALSO JUST
GETTING BY LIKE MANY OF THE
WORKERS AND SO YOU KNOW AS WE
KNOW WORKING WASHINGTON AND A
WHOLE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS AND I HAVE SIGNED
ON TO THIS MYSELF, MAYOR DURKAN
AND CONSTANTINE AND TO THE
GOVERNOR THAT THERE SHOULD BE A
MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS WORKING
FAMILIES THAT ARE RENTING AND I
THINK THE QUESTION APPLIES TO
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BECAUSE
MANUFACTURE THE COMMERCIAL
PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY VERY
BIG OWNERS, CORPORATIONS THAT
COULD WEATHER THE STORM MUCH
BETTER THAN COULD SMALL
BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S ONE.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS
ABOUT DINING SPACE BUT I AM NOT
SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
PART OF IT SHOULD BE JUST A
RESPONSE TO THE FUNDING THAT
THE DEPUTY COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE
AS PART OF THE BUDGET VOTE LAST
FALL.
I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN ANY WAY, NOT IN RESPONSE
TO THE GOVERNOR.
MY QUESTION IS THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE UNDER THE EMERGENCY
GUIDELINES GOING TO DO BEYOND
WAS ACQUIRED THROUGH THAT
BUDGET VOTE BECAUSE WE ARE IN
AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
THEN MORE SPECIFICALLY IS THE
MAYOR PROPOSING SOMETHING AT
THE END OF THE MONTH OR WHERE
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE LET THEM
STAY?
THAT SHOULD BE THE CASE AND I
THINK IT IS CALLED FOR IN THIS
EMERGENCY.
THANK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ON YOUR COMMENT RELATED TO
URGENT ACTION AND SMALL
BUSINESSES.
I ASSURE YOU THE MAYOR AGREES
TO ACT QUICKLY AND APPRECIATE
YOUR POINT THAT A LOT THE SMALL
BUSINESSES, WHAT THEY NEED
RIGHT NOW IS WORKING CAPITOL
AND RENT RELIEF FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES IS TOP OF MIND.
WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS
WITHIN EXISTING AUTHORITY
WITHIN POTENTIAL RANGE OF
POWERS AND CERTAINLY THIS IS A
SPACE THAT WE WANT TO GET
CREATIVE AND WELCOME YOUR
THOUGHTS AND PERSPECTIVE AS
WELL.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT
PIECE AND CAN HAVE MORE TO SAY
AND BRING BACK TO YOU ALL
SHORTLY.
AS IT RELATES TO THE STANDING
UP OF ADDITIONAL FACILITIES
RELATED TO OUR UNSHELTERED AND
HOMELESS POPULATION, WE ARE
DEFINITELY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT
CRISIS TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
STAND UP AS MUCH HOMELESS
SHELTER SUPPORT OR HOUSING AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK
ASSOCIATED WITH SITES THAT
DEPUTY MAYOR STILL EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS AND JOHNSON TALKED
ABOUT HAVE BEEN EXPEDITED WITH
THE SUPPORT TO MOVE QUICKLY
FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT AND
AT THE SAME TIME THE ABILITY
TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO BRING
THAT CAPACITY ONLINE.
GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE
POPULATION WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, THE POTENTIAL OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT PRESENT
THEMSELVES WITH A BROADER
SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND THE
POTENTIAL USE OF THESE
FACILITIES, WE ARE CERTAINLY
LOOKING FOR FURTHER EXPANSION
OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING TO
ALSO BEYOND OUR OWN RESOURCES
AND TO THE COUNTY AND TO THE
STATE AND TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST US FOR
MORE OPTIONS.
WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE FRONT
AND HAPPY TO TALK MORE AND
BRING FOLKS IN THAT ARE WORKING
DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN THIS
SPACE.
THANK YOU.
WE WILL HAVE FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ON HOW QUICKLY WE CAN
STAND UP TINY HOUSES AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS TALKED
ABOUT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THERE YOU ARE.
>> I PUT MYSELF OFF OF MUTE.
SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE
THE FACT THAT MUCH OF WHAT WE
HAVE HEARD BOTH WITH ADVOCATES
OF WORKERS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES, THERE IS A LOT OF
COMMON GROUND THERE AND I
APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE
EXECUTIVE TO WORK ON THOSE
AREAS PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON
THE AREAS OF COMMON GROUND.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO
GET INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
SMALL BUSINESS CALL THAT IS
BEING ORGANIZED.
I HOPE THAT IS MAKING OR
PROVIDED TO MY OFFICE.
I KNOW THERE IS A TENSION
BETWEEN THE CALLS BUT I THINK
THE ABILITY TO GET AS MUCH
INFORMATION TO BUSINESSES IS
CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S MESSAGE
AROUND SEEKING RENT CONTROLS
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THERE WAS A LETTER THAT WE
RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM THE
FOUNDER OF MOLLY MOON AS WELL
AS 12 OTHER BUSINESSES SEEKING
REPRESENT CONTROL FOR APRIL AND
MAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON
TRYING TO FACILITATE THAT.
MOVING ONTO THE QUESTION OF
HELPING OUR OWN ESSENTIAL
WORKERS AND ENSURING WE HAVE
EQUITY IN ALLOWING THOSE
WORKERS TO WORK FROM HOME, I
THINK IT WOULD HELP US AS THE
COUNCIL TO HELP PROBLEM SOLVE
AROUND THIS AREA TO HAVE A
BETTER SENSE FROM THE EXECUTIVE
WHO ARE BEYOND THE FIRST
RESPONDERS.
ONE AREA IS THE SPU AND SEATTLE
LIGHT CALL CENTER WORKERS.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
FINITE NUMBERS OF WORKERS FOR
THE CITY THAT ARE ABLE TO WORK
FROM HOME.
FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE
WE CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE SO MANY
PEOPLE TO WORK AT HOME AND SO
IT IS NOT ONLY THE NONESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT
PEOPLE AT THE CALL CENTER WHO
ARE PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED TO WORK
FROM HOME ARE NO LONGER BEING
ABLE TO WORK FROM HOME.
I WORRY THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE
WE ARE EXPANDING THE ABILITY
FOR NONESSENTIAL WORKERS TO
WORK AT HOME.
I WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON HOW WE
CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A
MORE EQUITABLE APPROACH THAT WE
ARE USING.
OUR CALL CENTER FOLK CAN USE
THE ABILITY THAT THEY HAVE USED
IN THE PAST WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO ADDRESS CALL TIMES.
TO WORK FROM HOME.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE HAVE
EXPANDED THE ABILITY OF THIS
WORK FORCE TO WORK FROM HOMES
IN THE PAST.
AND I THINK THAT NOW IS THE
TIME TO LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO
DO IT FOR THE CURRENT SITUATION
AS WELL.
YOU HAD MENTIONED AS WELL THAT
YOU ARE LOOKING AT AMNESTY OR
FLEXIBILITY FOR UTILITY BILLS
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
DOING THAT FOR RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMERS AS WELL.
AND I ALSO WANT TO FLAG MY
ONGOING CONCERN AROUND THE
COUNCIL'S HYGIENE, INVESTMENTS
AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE USING
THE FLEXIBILITY GRANTED IN THE
MOST RECENT EMERGENCY ORDER BUT
THAT I ALSO BELIEVE WAS GRANTED
IN THE 2015 HOMELESSNESS
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ADDRESS THE
URGENT HYGIENE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE LIVING AT SHELTERS
PARTICULARLY TO HAND WASHING
STATIONS AND THE FUNDING
PROVIDED FOR MOBILE PIT STOPS.
LASTLY I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT TESTING CAPABILITIES.
I HAVE ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES
WHETHER OR NOT CITY CONTRACTED
AND COUNTY CONTRACTED MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD WHO
ARE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE
LIVING IN SHELTERS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO TEST INDIVIDUALS.
INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT HAVE
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND ARE
UNLIKELY TO GO TO PUBLIC HEALTH
CLINICS.
WE KNOW THE CDC HAS SAID THAT
PEOPLE CAN -- THAT THEY HAVE
EXPANDED THEIR CRITERIA FOR WHO
CAN BE TESTED BUT IT IS STILL
BOUNDED BY A -- THE ADVICE OF A
PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
WHEN I ASKED THIS QUESTION ON
THURSDAY, IT WAS UNKNOWN
WHETHER OR NOT PUBLIC HEALTH
PROVIDERS WHO ARE IN THE FIELD
ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNSHELTERED HAVE THE ABILITY TO
GET TESTS FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY
DEEM TO NEED TESTS AND WHEN I
RECEIVED THE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL
FROM EXECUTIVE STAFF ABOUT THIS
QUESTION, IT SEEMS THAT IT IS
-- THIS IS STILL AN UNKNOWN
QUESTION AND THE DEFERRAL TO ME
WAS MADE TO THE CDC AND TO
HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS
AND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO THE EXECUTIVE'S
HELP TO GET THE ANSWER TO.
THEN LASTLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE POWER INVESTED IN THE MAYOR
THAT IS NOT EXERCISED AND I
HOPE THAT WON'T TO CLOSE
BUSINESSES IN PUBLIC PLACES.
I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW IN
CONSIDERING THESE DECISIONS IN
THE FUTURE HOW THE EXECUTIVE
WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED
ON PUBLIC HEALTH BEST
PRACTICES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
MAYOR FONG ANY COMMENTS ON
THOSE LAST ITEMS?
>> CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION?
>> GO AHEAD DEPUTY MAYOR FONG.
>> GREAT THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I HAVE
TAKEN AND MY TEAM VERY DETAILED
NOTES ON YOUR LIST OF
QUESTIONS.
I WILL NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU
ON SEVERAL OF THOSE AND WE'LL
GO AHEAD AND MOVE THEM THROUGH
THE FOLKS THAT HAVE MORE
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOME OF THE
ELEMENTS THAN I DO.
A FEW THINGS THAT I WILL
RESPOND TO, OUR DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE DEFERRAL IN THE
CONTEXT OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
YOUR POINT WITH REGARD TO
RESIDENTS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE
BEGUN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALSO
MAKING THOSE REFERRALS
AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMERS.
I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THAT
AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE PART
OF THE PACKAGE OF ACTIONS.
AS FAR AS TESTING IS CONCERNED.
THE TESTING CAPACITY HAS BEEN
EVOLVING IN TERMS OF THE
ABILITY TO BRING ON MORE
CAPACITY TO DO TESTING FROM
BOTH UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
AS WELL AS OTHER PRIVATE LABS.
IN TERMS OF HOW WORKERS APPLY
THINGS IT IS A GOOD QUESTION IN
PARTICULAR TO UNSHELTERED
úPOPULATION.
AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND I
WILL PUT THIS INTO THE PROCESS
TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE
CLARITY AROUND WEATHER AND HOW
THAT CAN BE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT FUTURE
POTENTIAL COMMUNITY MITIGATION
ACTIONS THAT SORT OF CONTINUED
MOVING UP OR DOWN AND DEPENDING
ON HOW WE LOOK AT THE
NONPHARMACEUTICAL AND OTHER
CRITERIA, WE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE
LOOKING TO PUBLIC HEALTH FOR
GUIDANCE AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE
IS KEY AS FAR AS HOW AND IF WE
COME TO THAT POINT, ANY OF
THOSE ACTS ARE IMPLEMENTED.
HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS FURTHER AND ALSO
BRIEF YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE
WITH REGARD TO THAT AS WE ARE
ALL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THESE
PROCEDURES A LITTLE BIT BETTER
OURSELVES.
SO I THINK WE HAVE PINNED MOST
OF YOUR ISSUES AND WE WILL DO
SOME FOLLOW-UP ON THE PIECE
RELATED TO ESSENTIAL AND
NONESSENTIAL WORKERS ABILITY TO
TELE COMMUTE.
WE CERTAINLY SHARE YOUR CONCERN
ABOUT ENSURE THAT WE ARE BOTH
APPROACH THAT WITH AN EQUITY
LENS AND TECHNOLOGY
PERSPECTIVE.
MEMBER DASHEER HAS BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH YOU ALREADY AND WE
WILL PROVIDE PROTOCOL IN
REGARDS TO TELE COMMUTING.
I AM NOT AWARE OF THE CHANGES
TO TELE COMMUTING ARRANGEMENTS
FOR CALL CENTER EMPLOYEES OR
NOT BUT I AM HAPPY TO LOOK INTO
THAT WITH BOTH DIRECTOR VARA
AND DEBORAH SMITH.
>> CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE HIKING
PURCHASES?
>> I'M SORRY.
COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION
IN THAT SPACE AGAIN?
IS IT RELATED TO THE EXPANSION
OF THE HYGIENE FACILITIES OR
WAS THERE --
>> SURE.
THE COUNCIL IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET FUNDING WE ADDED FUNDING
FOR THE EXPANSION OF ON NUMBER
OF OTHER HYGIENE RELATED
ACTIONS, THE PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM.
ALLOWING OUTREACH WORKERS TO
DISTRIBUTE THE PURPLE BAG
PROGRAMS.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS PUBLIC HEALTH
FACILITY WORKERS DOING SO.
THERE IS SOME OTHER HYGIENE
RELATED BUDGET ACTIONS RELATED
TO THE SYSTEMS OF RDS.
THERE IS A SLATE OF HYGIENE
RELATED ITEMS AND NOT JUST
BUDGET RELATED ITEMS BUT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
MOSQUEDA HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ON
SEEKING ADDITIONAL HAND WASHING
STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
AND WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
THE MAYOR'S EMERGENCY POWERS
ARE BEING USED TO FACILITATE
THOSE NEEDS.
>> YES.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THOSE OBVIOUSLY ITEMS
SUBSEQUENT TO TO THE COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION HAS BEEN IN PLACE
IN THE PLANNING PROCESS FROM
OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT
EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WE
CERTAINLY NEED TO PROBABLY
PIVOT AND LOOK AT THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE RESOURCES
PERHAPS ON A MORE EXPEDITED
TIME LINE IN SOME FASHION IN
THE HYGIENE SPACE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUR TEAM
TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE RANGE OF
OPTIONS AND COME YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL WITH
SOME THINKING IN THAT SPACE
SHORTLY.
SO IF YOU WILL GIVE ME A LITTLE
BIT OF TIME.
SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT
WERE HAPPENING I KNOW INCLUDED
PUBLIC HEALTH.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AS THEY HAVE
MOVED AND SHIFTED INTO CRISIS
RESPONSE, SOME OF THAT PLANNING
IS ACTUALLY NEEDS TO PIVOT AS
WELL.
SO I COMMIT TO YOU THAT WE WILL
BE BACK WITH A DISCUSSION ON
THOSE HYGIENE RESOURCES
SHORTLY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBERS I WILL HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT DO ONE
QUESTION AND WE WILL MOVE ONTO
THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, ANOTHER
QUESTION.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
NORTH LAKE VILLAGE.
I DON'T THAT WAS RESPONDED TO
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU
COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT I WILL
HAVE TO TALK TO JASON JOHNSON
AND DEPUTY MAYOR FITS MILLER.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT
ISSUE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE TO
UPDATE YOU AT THIS TIME.
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IT HAS
BEEN CLEAR AND I WILL TAKE THAT
BACK TO THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEPUTY
MAYOR.
MANY PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED
IN THAT SO THANK YOU IN
FOLLOWING UP WITH THE WHOLE
COUNCIL.
I DO WANT TO ALSO NOTE WE HAVE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT FOR THE PAST
TWO YEARS AND REALLY APPRECIATE
MAYOR PEDERSON'S LEADERSHIP
GIVEN THE NEXUS OF THE POLICY
ISSUES THAT THESE TWO ENTITIES
DEAL WITH AND NOW AS
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESIDENTS
AND BUSINESSES ASKING QUESTIONS
ABOUT PUBLIC UTILITIES TO BE
ADDRESSED.
FROM OUR PAST WORK AT SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT WE HAD THE CHANCE TO
WORK WITH THE DIRECTOR AND HER
TEAM IN MAKING SURE THAT
PRACTICE OF NOT JUST CONNECTING
CUSTOMERS WAS NOT CHANGED AND
THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT
EVERYONE KEPT THEIR LIGHTS ON
AS OF KIND OF A PROMPTNESS AND
COMMITMENT AND PUBLIC UTILITY.
I KNOW THAT CHAIR PEDERSON'S
OFFICE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN SOME
INITIAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE
HAD STARTED THIS MORNING WITH
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT TO VERY MUCH
SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH
THE COUNCIL THE STATUS OF THAT
POLICY BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
FOLKS KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM
AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AS CHAIR
PEDERSON KNOWS.
THEIR PRACTICE OF NOT
DISCONNECTING CUSTOMERS WILL
CONTINUE ESPECIALLY AS THEY
ADDRESS THE LARGE AND
POTENTIALLY ERRONEOUS BILLS
THAT PEOPLE HAD CALLED US
ABOUT.
THERE IS AN AUDIT CONTINUING
AND WE STILL HAVE THAT POLICY
IN PLACE OF NOT DISCONNECTING
ANY CUSTOMERS.
NOBODY SHOULD RECEIVING SHUT
OFF NOTICES AND THE CUSTOMERS
AT THE TEAM IS HELPING
CUSTOMERS THAT MAY HAVE LATE
BILLS FROM PREVIOUS QUESTIONS
FROM LARGER THAN EXPECTED BILLS
BEING SENT.
THERE'S A CUSTOMER TEAM THAT IS
SET UP AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO
HEAR MORE FROM SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT AND CHAIR PEDERSON.
YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT
INFORMATION GETS OUT AND
SOMETHING THAT IS A GOOD PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT
AND THANKS TO OUR FRIEND AT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND THANK
YOU TO CHAIR PEDERSON.
AND COUNCIL HER BOL HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THAT AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON WILL
WORK ON THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY.
WE WILL PLAN ON TRYING TO HAVE
A PORTION OF OUR AGENDA FOR
UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> BEFORE I MOVE ON WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES I
BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION
ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT THAT
PRETTY MUCH OUR CLERKS CAN HELP
ADDRESS?
>> I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT IN LIGHT OF
NOT KNOWING HOW LONG WE MIGHT
HAVE TO USE -- FORMAT AND IF OUR
STAFF WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO
HOW WE COULD PROVIDE -- PERHAPS
IT COULD BE DONE WITH NOT TOO
MUCH EFFORT AND I WANTED TO
THANK ALL THE STAFF FOR MAKING
TODAY'S MEETING WORK BUT JUST
THE QUESTION OUT THERE AND
MAYBE YOU CAN FOLLOW UP ON IT.
>> I WILL TAKE A STAB AT THAT
AND IF THERE IS ANYBODY FROM
THE CLERK'S OFFICE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO CHIME IN YOU ARE MORE
THAN WELCOME TO WE ALSO
INQUIRED THIS MORNING ABOUT A
POTENTIAL CALL LINE OR MESSAGE
LINE WHERE INDIVIDUALS COULD
LEAVE A MESSAGE OR CALL AND
TALK TO SOMEONE I THINK THE BIG
QUESTION FOR US IS AROUND
STAFFING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE CAN IMPLEMENT OUR
TELECOMMUTING POLICY AND NOT
COME INTO OUR OFFICE THERE WAS
A QUESTION AROUND WHO WOULD BE
ABLE TO STAFF SUCH A LINE AND
BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND THOSE
QUESTIONS SO I THINK YOUR
QUESTION IS A REALLY GOOD ONE
AND KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK IS
BEING DONE MAKING SURE THAT THE
STAFFING AT HOME COMPONENTS OF
THAT CONCEPT CLERKS IF YOU ARE
ABLE TO CHIME IN AND YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE PLEASE DO LET US
KNOW OR IF IT IS JUST A WORK IN
PROGRESS YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME
TO LET US KNOW THAT AND WE CAN
ALSO FOLLOW-UP WITH THE
CUSTOMERS ON THE PROGRESS OF
THE TELE-TESTIMONY LINE
AFTERWARD.
>> THIS IS IAN SMITH THE
TECHNOLOGY MANAGER.
WE DID LOOK AT THAT AND WE ARE
LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT
ALLOWING THE SKYPE LAW CALL
PUBLICLY ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT
IT COULD BRING DOWN THE SYSTEM
THAT IS BEING USED FOR OTHER
CRITICAL SERVICES RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE
WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON IT.
>> MORE TO COME ON THAT AND
COUNCILMEMBERS AGAIN WE ARE
GOING TO EVALUATE THE POLICY
EVERY WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND
IF THERE IS ANY MORE
INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM --
THAT INFORMS OUR POLICY FOR THE
NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS WE WILL MAKE
SURE TO UPDATE OUR PRACTICES
BUT I THINK -- WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS
EASY AND ACCESSIBLE EVEN DURING
THESE TIMES WHERE WE ARE
IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC HEALTH
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
I AM GOING TO MOVE ON TO A NEED
TO IMPROVE THE MINUTES APPROVE
THE MINUTES.
THERE ARE NO MINUTES FOR
TODAY'S APPROVAL SO I WILL MOVE
TO THE ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR I MOVE TO ADOPT THE
PROPOSED -- I ALSO HAVE AN
AMENDMENT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR BY INTRODUCING BILL
NUMBER -- THIS IS AN ORDINANCE
RELATED TO --
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED BEFORE WE VOTE I WANT
TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO
COMMENT ON THIS COLLEAGUES THIS
IS AN ORDINANCE I MENTIONED A
FEW TIMES LAST WEEK THAT I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BRINGING
FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
AGAIN IT IS NOT FOR VOTE TODAY
THIS WOULD JUST BE TO AMEND THE
INTRODUCTION OF REFERRAL
CALENDAR AS WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS
THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF
CHILDCARE FACILITIES DAYCARE
AND SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
CLOSED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION TO PROVIDE EXTRA
CLEANING OR IN ANY CASE THEY
HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED WE GREATLY APPRECIATE
THESE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CLOSING
THEIR DOORS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION THOSE CLOSURES HAVE
NOT BEEN MANDATED BY A PUBLIC
OFFICIAL AND IN THE SITUATION
RIGHT NOW UNDER EXISTING
ORDINANCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO
BE ABLE TO ACCESS SICK LEAVE
WHEN THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL
CLOSES THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE
IT CLOSED BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL
SO THE INTENT HERE IS TO STRIKE
THE LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY TO
ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AND PLACE
OF CARE LIKE A CHILDCARE
FACILITY SO THAT IF THAT LACE
OF CARE CLOSES THE CHILDCARE OR
A SCHOOL CLOSES THEN A PARENT
AS A WORKER COULD UNDER
EXISTING CITY LOST TAKE A SICK
AND SAFE DAY ACCORDING TO THE
LAW I BELIEVE THERE IS A NUMBER
OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT
HAVE BEEN WILLING AND HAPPILY
WILLING TO GIVE EMPLOYEES A
PAID SICK AND SAFE DAY IF THEIR
CHILD'S SCHOOL CLOSES BUT WE
ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
PROTECTED UNDER ORDINANCE IT IS
A FAIRLY SMALL CHANGE WE DID
SEND AROUND VERSION 1 SEE THAT
LIMITS THE CHANGE TO ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CLOSURE THERE IS A
NUMBER OF THINGS WE WOULD ALL
LIKE TO DO AND GIVEN THE MANY
STORIES WE HAVE HEARD THE SMALL
SCOPE ISSUED SPECIFICALLY TO
DEAL WITH CHILDCARE FACILITIES
CLOSING OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION AND NOT UNDER A PUBLIC
OFFICIAL DIRECTIVE THAT WOULD
ALLOW MORE PARENTS TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE THAT SICK AND SAFE
LEAVE HAPPY TO HAVE MORE
CONVERSATION ABOUT IT
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BUT THAT IS
THE BACKGROUND ON THE BILL AND
HOPING WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT
WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS?
HEARING ON ALL OF THOSE IN
FAVOR OF AMENDING THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR TO INCLUDE -- PLEASE
VOTE I.
>> MADAM CLERK DO YOU WANT TO
CALL THE ROLE?
>> --
>> IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU I
THINK FOR THE LISTENING
AUDIENCE WE WILL CALL THE ROLE
IF THAT IS OKAY WITH FOLKS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES THE
INTRODUCTION OF REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS AMENDED ARE THERE
ANY OTHER -- SEEING NONE. MADAM
CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE INTRODUCTION OF
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND AMENDED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNSEL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED HEARING
NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
MOVING ONTO PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> FOR FUTURE READING IN OF THE
AGENDA ITEMS I AM GOING TO ASK
YOU TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
TO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU CAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO PAST
COUNSEL BILL 119753.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
1 INTO THE RECORD.
>> --
>> IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF YOU
COULD FIND ME IN ON THE BILL ON
MAY MY BEHALF. THAT WOULD MAKE
IT OFFICIAL IF YOU DO NOT MIND.
>> THIS IS A BILL THAT WE
INTRODUCED FROM MY OFFICE ABOUT
TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD AN INITIAL
ORDINANCE THAT ASKED FOR THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TO DO AN
EVALUATION -- AND IT ALSO
INCLUDED A ONE YEAR PROHIBITION
ON THE USE OF THESE PLATFORMS.
THE PROHIBITION WAS TO PROVIDE
OUR OFFICE WITH AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER OR NOT
THESE PLATFORMS WERE IN
VIOLATION OF OUR FAIR VIOLATION
-- OUR FAIR HOUSING LAW.
-- THE OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS
COMPLETED ITS REPORT IT WAS
SENT TO -- LAST YEAR.
IT FOUND THAT THE CITY NEEDED
ADDITIONAL DATA TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY
IMPACT FROM -- ON OUR SEATTLE
FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE AND IT
RECOMMENDED FOR SPECIFIC
ACTIONS.
THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF YOU UPDATES ARE
STATUTE SO THAT WE ARE
REPEALING THE PROHIBITION AND --
THIS INCLUDES A REQUEST THAT
HOUSING COLLECT DATA --
>> I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR
SUPPORT ON THIS IT CAME OUT OF
OUR FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE
AND WE APPRECIATE -- ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF
AS -- MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU
PLEASE READ ITEMS 2 THROUGH 5
TOGETHER INTO THE RECORD?
>> --
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
FIRST WE HAVE -- WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH -- ALTHOUGH NOT
CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD -- HAS
BEEN --
>> APPRECIATE ALL THESE
INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON THIS
BOARD AND EXCITED TO BRING THEM
FORWARD ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THESE
APPOINTMENTS?
SEEING NONE MADAM CLERK WOULD
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE AND
THE CONFIRMATION ON THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK THE APPOINTMENTS ARE
CONFIRMED.
MOVING ONTO ITEM NUMBER 6
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WOULD YOU
LIKE TO --
>> THIS BILL ALLOWS US TO
ACCEPT FUNDS FOR THE A.I.D.S.
MEMORIAL PATHWAY WHICH IS AN
ART PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO
INCLUDE MULTIPLE -- AND THE
INSTALLATIONS THEMSELVES WILL
INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
A.I.D.S.
EPIDEMIC AND ALSO BE KIND OF A
CALL TO ACTION TO FOLKS TO
REMAIN ENGAGED AND REMEMBER THAT
IT IS SORT OF TIMELY THAT
EPIDEMICS REQUIRE CONSTANT
VIGILANCE AND CARE FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS.
IN COMMITTEE WE DID HAVE AN
ISSUE WITH THE ORIGINAL BUDGET,
WHICH HAD NOT YET INCLUDED
INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE, SORRY, THE
MAINTENANCE COST AND HOW THOSE
WOULD BE COVERED.
I AM GOING TO LET OUR
COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT IN THE
MEANTIME I HAVE RECEIVED A
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
-- THAT OUTLINES THAT IN THE
4th QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WHEN
THE INSTALLATIONS WILL BE
COMPLETED THERE WILL BE A FINAL
ALLOCATION OF $400,000 TO THE
ARTS DEPARTMENT FOR OPERATIONS
TO COVER THE LIFETIME
MAINTENANCE FOR THESE
INSTALLATIONS SO THE CONCERN
THAT HAD BEEN RAISED IN
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COUNSEL
PASSING THIS BILL.
>> OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
ON MY BEHALF?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS
APPOINTMENT?
>> SHE IS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER
AND SPECIALIZES IN DIGITAL
IDENTITY AND SECURITY AND IS
ALSO ACTIVE IN THE 43rd
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS AS A CHAIR
OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
THERE.
SHE IS EAGER TO LEVERAGE HER
PRIVILEGE TO ADVOCATE FOR
EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS TO HARD
PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDE AND
SUPPORT LGBTQ PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND
ALL OTHERS, AND COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS ADOPTION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK OF
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS
APPOINTMENT?
>> THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT OF
KELLY McCAFFREY TO CONTINUE
SERVING ON THE PARK DISTRICT
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE UNTIL 2022.
KELLY IS A DISTRICT ONE
CONSTITUENT AND A STRONG PARKS
ACCURATE ADVOCATE.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE
PLACEMENT IS CONFIRMED.
MOVING ONTO THE TRANSPORTATION
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
REPORT FROM ITEMS 9 THROUGH 12?
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THESE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> I WILL BE BRIEF ALL FOUR
WERE QUALIFIED AND THEY PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY BY COMMITTEE AND I
RECOMMEND THEIR APPROVAL TODAY.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR BREVITY
AND APPRECIATE THESE
INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE -- THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED WILL
YOU PLEASE READ ITEMS 13
THROUGH 15 INTO THE RECORD?
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THESE
APPOINTEES?
>> THESE THREE APPLICANTS ARE
ALL QUALIFIED TO SERVE ON THE
SEATTLE BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD
AND --
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOSQUEDA.
EIGHT IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> EXCELLENT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH THE APPOINTMENTS ARE
CONFIRMED.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA FOR
THE DAY ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS OR BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
HEARING NONE, IF YOU WILL
INDULGE ME IN A QUICK THANK YOU
TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF FOR MAKING
THIS TELECONFERENCE POSSIBLE
AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST
WEEK TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS AN
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MEETING
AND SO THAT WE HAD A PROTOCOL
FOR ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT AND
FOR ALLOWING ALL OF OUR COUNSEL
COLLEAGUES TO PARTICIPATE.
WE ARE SENDING YOU A HUGE ROUND
OF APPLAUSE SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY,
MARCH 16.
TAKE CARE.