STRACHAN'S MEMBER ADDRESS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU TO THE CLERK.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
PROPOSED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL COUNTER WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
PROPOSED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL COUNTER IS ADOPTED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA FOR TODAY WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL FOR MAKING TIME FOR THIS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING,
HAVE A COUPLE OF BILLS THAT ARE
OF AN URGENT NEED RELATED TO
THE CITIES EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH
PANDEMIC AND CRISIS THAT IS
TAKING PLACE, NOT JUST IN OUR
CITY, IN OUR REGION AND STATE,
BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
ACROSS THE WORLD.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE DID
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE
CONTEXT OF KNOWING THAT THERE
ARE ADDITIONAL COVID-19
DIAGNOSES THAT ARE BEING MADE
EVERY DAY, AND IN FACT TODAY
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
ANNOUNCED 175 NEW CASES
BRINGING THE STATE TOTAL -- I'M
SORRY, THAT NEW CASE COUNT AS
OF YESTERDAY BRINGING THE STATE
TOTAL AS OF YESTERDAY TO 1187
CASES, INCLUDING 66 DEATHS.
OF COURSE, OUT OF THE 66
DEATHS, THE BULK OF THOSE ARE
HERE IN KING COUNTY, WHERE WE
HAVE SEEN 56 INDIVIDUALS LOSE
THEIR LIVES TO THIS UNFORTUNATE
VIRUS, AND WE HAVE 562 PEOPLE
WHO HAVE FALLEN ILL TO THE
CORONAVIRUS RIGHT HERE IN KING
COUNTY.
SO, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT,
IF YOU WILL JOIN ME FOR JUST A
QUICK MOMENT, TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE FACT THAT WE ARE CONTINUING
TO LOSE LIVES, UNFORTUNATELY
AND SEEING PEOPLE FALL ILL.
AND I WANT TO TAKE TIME AND
HONOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED BY A LOST LOVED
ONES, AND FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TO
TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIVES THAT WE
HAVE LOST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE THAT POINT OF PERSONAL
PRIVILEGE.
I KNOW THAT MANY OF US HAVE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY
THIS, AND WHO WILL BE TOUCHED
BY THIS UNFORTUNATE PANDEMIC
AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO PUBLICLY, VIA
TELEPHONE, ACKNOWLEDGE THE
LIVES THAT WE HAVE LOST ON THE
LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
DIG INTO OUR BUSINESS TODAY AS
I MENTIONED WE ONLY HAVE TWO
ITEMS, I AM GOING TO ASK FOR
THE CLERK TO READ ITEM NUMBER
ONE, WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM
ONE?
>> CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 57,
STOPPING THE 2020 BUDGET, AND
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AT BUDGET
CONTROL LEVELS, AND FOR VARIOUS
BUDGETS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND
RATIFYING SEARCHING.
HE
>> REQUIRING FIVE VOTES IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE, WHAT I WILL DO IS
MOVE TO CUT PAST THE COUNCIL
BILL, THEN I WILL ASK FOR A
SECOND, AND ONCE THAT SECOND
HAS BEEN MADE, WE DO HAVE
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF ON THE
LINE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS TO
BE DIRECTED TO COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF IF ANY COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE IT, OR IF THE SPONSOR
WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER TAMMY
MORALES WANTS TO PROVIDE
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE
BILL AS WELL.
I WILL GO THROUGH THOSE MOTIONS,
I WILL ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES TO ADDRESS THE BILL,
AND THEN TAKE A VOTE ON ANY
AMENDMENTS.
>> I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
11957 POINT
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL.
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE
NOTE THAT YOLANDA , AMY GORD,
AND STEVE.
SHE IS COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
HAVE JOINED THIS MEETING SHOULD
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
I WILL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
AFTER THE PRIME SPONSOR SPEAKS
TO THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS
BILL?
>> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, WELCOME
BACK.
HE
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A
MOMENT, I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE STAFF AT
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN WORKING
TIRELESSLY, AS HAVE ALL OF OUR
FRONTLINE FOLKS, WHO WORK FOR
THIS CITY.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HARD WORK THAT THEY ARE PUTTING
IN TO HELP US.
WE SOMETIMES GET HOURLY NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRISIS.
YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF ARE HEARING
FROM SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES,
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN
BUSINESSES, AND THEY ARE
STEALING THEMSELVES NOW WITH
SOME SECONDARY TRAUMA FROM
HEARING THOSE STORIES OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
SO, I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HELPING US
NAVIGATE THROUGH WHAT IS REALLY
AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME.
AND, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR,
AND DIRECTOR LEE FOR GETTING
THIS BILL TO US QUICKLY.
THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF THE
EXISTING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AT
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS SHIFTING ABOUT $1.4
MILLION IN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND FUND
TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY WORKING
CAPITAL GRANT, TO SMALL
BUSINESSES, REALLY MICRO
BUSINESSES WHO HAVE FIVE OR
FEWER EMPLOYEES.
BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE HUD
FUNDS, THEY REQUIRE THAT THE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF THE
RECIPIENTS BE BELOW 80 PERCENT
OF AREA MEDIA INCOME, SO JUST
SOME CONTEXT FOR WHO WILL BE
RECEIVING THESE GRANTS, AND
THEY ARE ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, UP
TO $10,000, TO PROVIDE SOME
SORT OF RELIEF FOR WORKING
CAPITAL, AND BEING ABLE TO PAY
EMPLOYEES OR PAY RENT.
TO MANAGE AS BEST AS THEY CAN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT
STEP?
>> DIDN'T THINK SO.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER RULES WILL BE
SUSPENDED TO ASK STAFF
QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL.
HEARING NONE, I WANTED TO OPEN
UP THE LINE ELOQUENTLY TO
PROVIDE COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ANYTHING
TO THE REMARKS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN MADE BY COUNSEL
BUILT 119577, I WILL HOLD IT
HANDED OVER TO YOLANDA AMY AND
ALLIE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE
IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO
ADD IN THE EVENT THERE ISN'T
JUST INDICATE SO.
>> HI, THIS IS YOLANDA FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, I WOULD JUST
LIKE TO ADD THAT THE
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT -- THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF SOURCES FROM
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
WHERE JAMIE COULD SPEAK TO IN
MORE DETAIL, AND I CAN ALSO
SPEAK TO THE SESSION WITH HAD
WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING,
PLANNING TO THE FUND BECAUSE AS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES NOTED
THERE IS EXTREME A HIGH DEMAND,
AND SO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTING
THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS AT
THIS POINT, AND IS SCREENING
THEM RIGHT NOW, AND IS CLOSING
THE APPLICATION WINDOW NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
SO, LET EVERYONE KNOW AND THEIR
CONNECTING OUTREACH TO ENSURE
THAT EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO
BUY AND HAVE NOTICED THAT THEIR
INTENTION, THE MICRO
ENTERPRISES AS THEY CALL THEM,
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AT HIGH RISK
OF DISPLACEMENT, AND SO, THERE
WILL BE A PROCESS BY WHICH THEY
WILL SELECT THOSE WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE, AND WEIGHTED TOWARDS
THOSE BENEFITS.
>> THANK YOU YOLANDA.
AMY, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE.
HE
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
ALLIE?
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD
BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF ASKING IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST
TO AVOID THE CASUALTY OF
CONFERENCE CALLS THAT IS THE
CATTLE CALL QUESTION, I'M GOING
TO CALL EACH OF YOUR NAMES, BY
ORDER OF DISTRICTS.
AND, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
PLEASE POSE YOUR QUESTIONS AT
THE TIME YOU CALL YOUR NAME.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION
JUST SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
BUT, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE LIST AND A ROLLCALL FASHION
TO TRY TO KEEP THIS ORDERLY.
SO I WILL START WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF OR THE PRIME
SPONSOR?
>> I WOULD LOVE IT IF COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF OR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC AND THE PRESS HE MIGHT
BE REPORTING ON THIS CANVAS
VERY QUICKLY GO THROUGH, THE
CBD G FUNDS PROGRAM FOR ANOTHER
PURPOSE IF WE COULD JUST GO
QUICKLY THROUGH WHAT THOSE
PURPOSES WERE, AND HOW
DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO
ACCOMMODATE WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS A NEED FOR THOSE
PURPOSES AS ORIGINALLY
ANTICIPATED, OR THERE IS
ANOTHER SOURCE.
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS AMY GORE
OF THE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION
APPROXIMATELY $400,000 OF THE
FUNDS, OF PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION.
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION OF THE
FUNDS BEING TRANSFERRED BY THE
COUNCIL BILL ARE THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENTS COMMUNITY
FACILITIES PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE INTENTION OF THAT
FUNDING WAS FOR COMMUNITY CARE
FACILITIES FOR SENIORS AS PART
OF THE NORTH LOT PROJECT.
AT THE PACK MET CENTER IN
BEACON HILL.
AND, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IS THAT
THE PROJECT IS NOT QUITE READY
TO USE THOSE FUNDS IN 2020, AND
IS OKAY WITH US USING THOSE
FUNDS FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
SO, WE BELIEVE THAT IN 2020 ONE
OR 2022, WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS
THAT WE CAN DEVOTE TO THAT TIME
WE CAN DEVOTE TO THE PROJECT
MORE USEFUL FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU, AMY, FOR THAT
EXPLANATION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DID THAT
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> IT ABSOLUTELY DID, THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF?
>> I DO NOT.
>> GREAT.
I WILL MOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I KNOW YOU ARE NOT THE PRIME
SPONSOR BUT IN THE EVENT THAT
YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF TO RUN THROUGH, I
WOULD OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO THAT NOW AND IF YOU DON'T
JUST LET ME KNOW.
>> I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION,
YOLANDA WAS LOOKING AT, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
INTENT IS TO USE KIND OF A
LOTTERY SYSTEM FOR AWARDING,
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY SMALL
BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE
APPLIED, I WONDER IF THERE IS
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS WILL
WORK.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE
LOTTERY IS GOING TO BE A
WEIGHTED LOTTERY SYSTEM, SO THAT
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT HAS STATED THAT,
THEIR GOAL IS THAT 80 PERCENT
OF THESE AWARDS GO THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AT HIGHEST RISK
OF BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT ARE AT HIGHEST RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS TO
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF OR THE PRIME
SPONSOR?
>> I DON'T, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF, OR THE PRIME
SPONSOR OR JUST COMMENTS IN
GENERAL?
>> NO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LAWRENCE, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF, OR THE
PRIME SPONSOR?
>> NOPE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
SAME, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FOR COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF OR
PRIME SPONSOR?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, ANY
QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF OR THE PRIME SPONSOR?
>> NOT CURRENTLY, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF OR THE PRIME SPONSOR?
>> I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF FOR THAT
DESCRIPTION OF THE BILL AND
FOLLOW-UP, THE ANSWERS TO SOME
OF THESE QUESTIONS, AND THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
FOR QUESTIONS AND DETAIL.
I KNOW PARTICULARLY PROTECTIONS
OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE VERY
IMPORTANT, AND THAT YOU HAVE
CONTINUED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE
ISSUES AND THIS IS CERTAINLY AN
IMPORTANT MOMENT TO CONTINUE
DOING THAT WORK.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE
AN AMENDMENT, TO THE BILL, SO
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER
YOUR AMENDMENT FIRST.
AND THEN, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
VOTE ON THE UNDERLYING BILL, IF
AND ONCE IT IS AMENDED.
SO, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, TO
MAKE YOUR MOTION TO AMEND THE
BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, AS YOLANDA SAID, WE DO HAVE
LOTS OF BUSINESSES WHO ARE VERY
WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY WILL
SURVIVE THE CRISIS.
AND, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN
IMPORTANT FUND TO HELP FOR A
COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUSINESSES,
SO I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO MOVE
QUICKLY.
AND, I WORRY, BUT IN OUR CASE,
WE REACT TO THE CRISIS THAT WE
MIGHT SET IN MOTION SOME
SYSTEMS THAT WILL PERPETUATE
INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY.
SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE AN EQUITABLE PROCESS FOR
AWARDING THESE FUNDS, AND ANY
OTHER FUNDING THAT WE MAKE
AVAILABLE TO SEATTLEITES IN
RESPONSE TO THIS CRISIS.
SO, WE HAVE I THINK ABOUT
36,000 SMALL BUSINESSES IN
SEATTLE, THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE
OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK
ENGLISH.
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS FUND WERE
AVAILABLE ONLINE, BUT ONLY IN
ENGLISH, IF YOU SPEAK ENGLISH
YOU CAN FILL OUT THE
APPLICATION ONLINE, AND HIT
SEND, BUT IT WAS A COUPLE OF
DAYS BEFORE THEY WERE MADE
AVAILABLE, IN OTHER LANGUAGES
ON THE ONLINE APPLICATION HAD
TO BE PRINTED OUT AND MAILED IN
ARE HANDED IN, TO AN OUTREACH.
WHEN THOSE WHO DON'T SPEAK
ENGLISH HAVE EXTRA BARRIERS PUT
IN PLACE IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A
BIT, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE GOT
SOME ISSUES.
AND, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS NOT
ANY MAIL INTENT HERE, WHAT WE
HAVE INSTEAD IS A SMALL EXAMPLE
OF HOW, YOU KNOW, VERY OFTEN ARE
CITY GOVERNMENT OPERATES WITH
BLINDERS ON TO ANYONE WHO IS
NOT A PART OF THE DOMINANT
CULTURE AND WE REALLY HAVE TO
CHANGE THE WAY OUR CITY
FUNCTIONS, SO THAT EVERYONE HAS
ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES IS A
RATHER THAN SLOW DOWN THE
DISBURSEMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR
FUND I AM ASKING THAT WE HEAR
BACK FROM OED THIS SUMMER ABOUT
HOW THE FUNDS WERE DISTRIBUTED,
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY APPLICANTS
DID WE GET FROM PEOPLE WHO
DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
HOW MANY WERE AWARDED TO FOLKS
WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, AND
JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW,
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS ALSO GET
ACCESS TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF WE ARE GOING TO LIVE UP
TO OUR SOCIAL JUSTICE GOALS, WE
HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
IMPROVING EVERY ASPECT OF OUR
WORK AND ESPECIALLY AS WE CREATE
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSES TO THE
CRISIS, I THINK IT IS REALLY
INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE NOT PERPETUATING
SYSTEMS OF INEQUITY.
EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT WE SLOW
DOWN OUR RESPONSE A LITTLE BIT,
WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR, LOW
INCOME FOLKS, LIMITED ENGLISH
SPEAKERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED, SO THAT
THEY CAN RECEIVE EMERGENCY
RELIEF, AND SO, THAT IS THE
SPIRIT IN WHICH THIS AMENDMENT
IS OFFERED, IT IS NOT A
REQUIREMENT THAT OED PROVIDES
THE REPORT IT IS MERELY A
REQUEST THAT WE HEAR BACK FROM
THEM ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY WAS
DISTRIBUTED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDMENT,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I STILL
NEED YOU TO MOVE THE AMENDMENTS.
>> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT
AMENDMENT ONE.
>> GREAT.
SO, THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION
MADE AND IT HAS BEEN SECONDED.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS
ALREADY, AS A SPONSOR OF THIS
AMENDMENT HAS ALREADY SPOKEN TO
IT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON
THE AMENDMENT, WILL THE CLERK
CALL ROLE ON THE AMENDMENT
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
>> I POINT
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ NINE
IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
BILL IS AMENDED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED.
ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED,
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IT WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER TWO?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, COUNSEL BILL
119758, RELATING TO THE CITY
LIGHT AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES DEPARTMENT,
TEMPORARILY REMOVING THE CHARGE
OF INTEREST ON THE LINK WITH
UTILITY CONSUMPTION AND
UTILIZATION ACCOUNTS.
SUPERSEDING SEVERAL SECTIONS
UNDER TITLE 21 THAT AUTHORIZED
AND REQUIRE THE COLLECTION OF
INTEREST ON DELINQUENT UTILITY
CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION
ACCOUNTS, DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND ESTABLISHING AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE BY THE
CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU TO THE CLERK FOR
THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH THE
SAME PROCESS WE DID WITH ITEM
NUMBER ONE, SO, I WILL MOVE TO
PASS IT, I WILL NEED A SECOND,
AND THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
INVITE THE PRIME SPONSOR,
COUNCIL MEMBER PEARSON, TO
SPEAK TO THE BILL, WE WILL THEN
SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
úDISSENT CENTRAL STAFF TO
ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON, AND I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAVE SOME
SUBSTITUTIONS AND AN AMENDMENT,
AND THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
CONSIDER THOSE AND THEN VOTE ON
THE FULL BILL, SO THAT IS THE
RUN OF SHOW AS THEY SAY FOR
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO PASS
COUNSEL BILL 119758.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS
THE BILL.
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBERS PLEASE
NOTE THAT ERIC McCONAUGHEY AND
OF CENTRAL STAFF HAVE JOINED US
MEETING SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE RULES IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CENTRAL SPAT
CENTRAL STAFF AFTER THE PRIME
SPONSOR SPEAKS TO THE BILL.
HAS NEVER PETERSON WOULD YOU
LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS BILL?
>> YES, WELCOME BACK COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, AND THANK
YOU FOR LEADING WITH THE MOMENT
OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF THOSE
SUFFERING FROM THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY.
WITH THIS OF COURSE.
WITH THIS PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY BECOMING AN ECONOMIC
CRISIS, TOO, ALL LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT NEED TO PROVIDE
IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL RELIEF.
AND, THAT INCLUDES RELIEF FROM
UTILITY BILLS THAT ALL
HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
AND NONPROFITS FACE EACH MONTH.
WITH NECESSARY PUBLIC HEALTH
PROTOCOLS RESULTING IN
RESTAURANTS, CAFCS AND OTHER
SOCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSING,
MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE
SEEING REDUCED PAYCHECKS OR
LAYOFF AND THE LAST THING THEY
NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OUR BILLS
FOR ESSENTIALS LIKE ELECTRICITY
, WATER, AND GARBAGE REMOVAL.
THIS LEGISLATION I'M
SPONSORING, COUNSEL BILL 119758
WILL WAIVE ALL LATE FEES FOR
UTILITY BILLS, TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL RELIEF FOR HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS THROUGHOUT SEATTLE
DURING THIS CRISIS.
IN ADDITION, I WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO COMMEND DEBORAH SMITH OF
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND THE HEAD
OF SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
THIS EFFORT BUILDS UPON A
SEPARATE POLICY OF NO SHUTOFF
SWITCH IS A HUMANE POLICY THAT
OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT PUT IN
PLACE IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE
LEADERSHIP OF COUNSEL AND
MOSQUEDA.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW LEWIS FOR
REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT THAT WE
WILL CONSIDER SHORTLY.
THAT'LL MAKE IT CLICK PISTOL
CLEAR THAT NONPROFIT 501(C)(3)
ORGANIZATIONS WOULD ALSO
BENEFIT FROM THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS ORIGIN ORDINANCE WOULD
WAIVE LATE FEES AND INTEREST
CHARGES FROM BOTH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, UNTIL THE MAYOR'S
EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS
TERMINATED, ON AUGUST 1,
WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
IF THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY LAST
BEYOND AUGUST 1 THE COUNCIL CAN
TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION TO
EXTEND THIS WAIVER.
SO, I AM PREPARED TO MOVE THE
SUBSTITUTE AND I CAN EXPLAIN
THAT.
BUT, LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS THE
APPROPRIATE TIME?
>> I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO FIRST IS, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF TO
ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, IF THEY
NEED TO, AND THEN WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THROUGH THE
SUBSTITUTION.
IN THE LAST COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON YOU BELIEVE THAT
SPEAKING TO THE SUBSTITUTION
FIRST, WOULD BE, WOULD ALLOW
FOR A SMOOTHER CONVERSATION
WITH COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> YES.
THE SUBSTITUTE IS FAIRLY
SIMPLE, IN THAT IT MAKES IT --
>> WHAT YOU GO AHEAD AND GO
THROUGH THE SUBSTITUTION, FIRST
IS DESCRIBING IT, WE WILL HOLD
OFF ON THE MOVING OF THE
SUBSTITUTION UNTIL AFTER WE
HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
FROM COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
SO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THE
SUBSTITUTION
>> SURE.
THE VERSION 2, THE SUBSTITUTE,
TAKES IT EASIER FOR TO
ADMINISTER THIS ADMINISTER --
ORDINANCE BY CLARIFYING THAT
INCOME FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
BASED ON THE ANNUAL RECEIPT
FROM 2019, IT ALSO ADDS SOME
WHEREAS CLAUSES TO UNDERLINE
THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WE
ARE IN.
>> GREAT, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE
CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE
SUBSTITUTION, I APPRECIATE THAT
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
SUSPEND THE RULES NOW, SO IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, COUNSEL
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO HAVE
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF ADDRESSED
THE COUNCIL.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE RULES
ARE NOW SUSPENDED, AND I WOULD
INVITE ERIC AND BRIAN, TO
PROVIDE US WITH ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR COUNSEL BILL FOR
CONSIDERATION BY COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> HELLO, THIS IS ERIC, HE FROM
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING THAT I THINK IS MORE
CLEAR THAN HAS BEEN OFFERED.
ON THE LINE IT WOULD ALL BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I WILL ADD SEPARATE FROM THE
BILL AS HAS ALREADY BEEN
MENTIONED THAT THIS BILL IS A
PART OF A PACKAGE OF UTILITY
RELIEF, THAT THE CITY IS
OFFERING UNDER THE EMERGENCY,
UTILITIES WILL NOT BE SHUT OFF,
FOLKS CAN APPLY FOR FLEXIBLE
PAYMENT PLANS AND UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM, HAS BEEN
OPENED UP MORE BROADLY FOR
FOLKS TO SELF CERTIFY AND MAKE
IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET
INTO THAT PROGRAM SO I DECIDED
TO TAKE A MOMENT, TO MENTION
THOSE ASPECTS OF UTILITY RELIEF
WE ARE OFFERING IN TANDEM WITH
THE EFFECTS OF THIS BILL.
>> GREAT.
BRIAN, ANYTHING TO ADD
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT
THIS TIME, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ERIC AND BRIAN FOR
BEING ON THE LINE, AND FOR
BEING AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND IN THE SAME
FASHION AS I DID ON ITEM 1, I
WILL ROLL CALL EACH OF YOU TO
SEE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
QUESTIONS JUST SAY SO AND WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON, TO
CONSIDERING THE SUBSTITUTED
VERSION OF THE BILL.
SO, WE WILL START WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, ANY
QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF OR THE PRIME SPONSOR?
>> YES.
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF AS IT
RELATES TO THE IMPACT OF THE
BILL, BUS, TO UTILITIES, IN THE
REVENUE AND INTEREST PAYMENTS
AS WELL AS THE REDUCTION TO THE
GENERAL FUND, THE ESTIMATE TO
THE PRODUCTION TO THE GENERAL
FUND, CAN YOU LET US KNOW
WHETHER OR NOT THESE IMPACTS
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL
REIMBURSEMENT?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTION, THIS IS BRIAN, I
BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE TO CHECK
WITH THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT,
THAT IS NOT INFORMATION THAT WE
HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL,
FOR ALL OF THESE BILLS COMING
FORWARD, THAT HAVE FINANCIAL
IMPACTS, IF I WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT TO ASK I WOULD HAVE
ASKED AS IT RELATED TO
ADDITIONAL FUND ALLOCATIONS IN
THE FUTURE TO REIMBURSEMENTS.
UNDER THE COVID-19 CRISIS, IT
MIGHT JUST BE A GOOD STANDARD
PRACTICE, FOR ALL OF THESE
REVENUE IMPACTS, TO ASK CBO,
WHETHER OR NOT THE ACTIONS THAT
WE ARE TAKING, THAT HAVE
FINANCIAL IMPACTS ARE ACTIONS
THAT WE CAN RECEIVE
REIMBURSEMENT FOR UNDER COVID-
19.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER WE
WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> COUNT QUESTIONS COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> NONE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ON THE
BILL FOR COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF
>> I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS BUT I
SECOND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
REQUEST THAT WE KEEP IN MIND
ANYTHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY
GET REIMBURSED FOR LATER.
I'M SURE CBO IS DOING THAT.
BUT, THE RECOVERY PLAN IS ALSO
ON MY MIND, THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SANDRA
CENTRAL STAFF OR COMMENTS ABOUT
THE BILL?
>> NONE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON I KNOW
YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE
BILL THAT ANY ADDITIONAL
UESTIONS FOR COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF, OR CREDIT COMMENTS THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE?
>> NO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, SAME
QUESTIONS?
>> I'M GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE
BILL?
>> GREAT BILL, NO COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE
BILL?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT
THE BILL?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
FIRST I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON FOR ALL
OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON LIMITED
INCOMES ALREADY AND ESPECIALLY
THINKING ABOUT THEM IN A POST
CODED WORLD AS IT RELATES TO
FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES, GIVEN
THE FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS COULD HAVE.
I WANT TO ALSO COMMAND THE
FOLKS AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WHO
WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH SENSE
LAST YEAR, THANK YOU FOR THE
SHOUT OUT LAST YEAR
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON AND A
HUGE SHADOW TO THE FOLKS AT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT FOR THEIR
CREATIVE THINKING, NOT ONLY
STOPPING THE MENTION OF SHUT
OFF NOTICES BUT TO BE REALLY
OPEN AND RECEPTIVE TO COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK ON HOW TO IMPROVE A
NUMBER OF THEIR NOTICES.
I THINK OUR COUNSEL COLLEAGUES
WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR A NUMBER
OF PROVISIONS THEY PUT INTO
PLACE, WAVING LATE FEES IS A
REALLY GREAT FIRST STEP, AND
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE ARE
LOOKING AT THAT REALLY
APPRECIATES AND WILL FIND THE
LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE
ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THESE
TO ENSURE WE ARE USING LANGUAGE
THAT IS INVITING TO UNDERSTAND
THE WAYS THAT PAYMENTS CAN BE
DONE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS, ABOUT BASICALLY
DEBT FORGIVEESS AT SOME POINT,
GIVEN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES.
AS I SAY THAT I ALSO RECOGNIZE
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE
REVENUE IMPACTS, AND IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUDGET
DIRECTOR, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE SUGGESTIONS FROM
OUR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE
THAT IS PRESENTED AS WE LOOK AT
THE VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS, I
WILL ECHO THAT CALL AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE NOT
ONLY ADDRESS THE CRISIS, NOW,
BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
BUDGETING FOR THE FUTURE
RECOVERY OF THAT.
THE FUNDING IS GOING ESPECIALLY
TO THE CRISIS, I THINK THIS IS
AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE THAT I
HAVE DRAWN ON THOSE PRIORITIES
AND VALUES, SO THANK YOU AGAIN
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD
WORK ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, THAT CONCLUDES THE
ROLL CALL, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THE BILL, CENTRAL
STAFF BRIAN AND ERIC I WANT TO
THANK FOR BEING AVAILABLE FOR
ANY QUESTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
AVAILABLE.
SO, I WILL GO AHEAD AND HANDED
BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON
COMPANIES TO SAY THE MAGIC
WORDS, TO MOVE THE SUBSTITUTION
FORMALLY.
>> YES.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON,
I MOVED TO AN END COUNSEL BILL
IN 19758 BY SUBSTITUTING THE
VERSION TWO, VERSION 2 AS I
HAVE DESCRIBED EARLIER,
>> WE NEED A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY, MOVED AND SECONDED TO
SUBSTITUTE THE BILL,
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON HAS
ALREADY ADDRESSED THE
SUBSTITUTION, AS THE PRIME
SOUGHT SPONSOR OF THAT
SUBSTITUTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE SUBSTITUTE?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
CALL ROLAND THE SUBSTITUTE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
PRESIDENT GONZALES?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE BILL
AS AMENDED. ARE THERE ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED?
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON?
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO
DISCUSS AMENDMENTS NUMBER ONE,
WHICH WAS PUBLISHED ALONG WITH
THE AGENDA.
>> RIGHT, EXCELLENT I WILL
HANDED OVER TO YOU TO DISCUSS,
AND ULTIMATELY MOVE AMENDMENTS
NUMBER ONE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AMENDMENTS NUMBER ONE WHICH WAS
PUBLISHED ALONG WITH HIS
AGENDA, WOULD AMEND SECTION 2 OF
THE SUBSTITUTE, AND WHAT IT
DOES IS, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR RAISING
THIS AND WORKING WITH ME AND
CENTRAL STAFF ON THIS, TO GET
THIS DONE.
IT WILL MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR
THAT NONPROFITS ARE ALSO
GETTING THE WAIVER OF THE LATE
FEES.
SO, IN SECTION 2, WHAT IT DOES
IS ADD A SUBCLAUSE SAYING THAT
CUSTOMERS WHO ARE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS AS DEFINED UNDER
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION
5.3 0.040 POINT SEE AND
BASICALLY SAYING IT'S A
501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.
A DRIVEN NONPROFIT WITH CRYSTAL
CLEAR THAT THEY ARE EXEMPT.
WE ARE WAITING THE FEES FOR
THEM, TOO.
>> GREAT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD COUNCIL
MEMBER PETERSON AND ASK YOU TO
SAY THE MAGIC WORDS TO MOVE
THIS FOR CONSIDERATION, AND
THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN
IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO AMEND COUNSEL BILL
119758 SECTION 2 AS PRESENTED
AS ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE
AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED, TO AMEND
THE BILL, COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON HAS ALREADY SPOKEN AS
TO THAT AMENDMENT IS THE PRIME
SPONSOR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR
COUNCILMEMBER CONSIDERATION, BY
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT THIS IS
ERIC McCONAUGHEY, I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD.
>> GREAT.
AND BRIAN?
NOTHING TO ADD?
>> NOTHING, THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT?
>> THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS.
MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IF THIS IS
THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS FOR QUESTIONS.
>> OH, SORRY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A COMMENT.
>> GREAT.
I JUST CALLED FOR QUESTIONS,
SOUNDS LIKE NOBODY HAD ANY
QUESTIONS, I'M NOT GOING TO
HANDED OVER TO YOU, TO PROVIDE
SOME COMMENTS ON THE BILL,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, I JUST WANT TO FIRST THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON, FOR
WORKING WITH ME ON THIS.
AND PUTTING SOME AMENDMENT --
IS AMENDMENT FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY DISTRICT 7, HAS A
MASSIVE CONCENTRATION OF ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY.
THE ARTS ARE REALLY REELING FROM
THE RESPONSE TO COVID-19, GIVEN
THAT SO MANY OF OUR ARTISTIC
EVENTS INVOLVE GATHERINGS OF
LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, THEY
HAVE JUST BEEN ABSOLUTELY
SLAMMED, IT'S AN INDUSTRY WITH
A LOT OF WORKERS WHO AS WE KNOW
UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT RECEIVE
RENUMERATION THAT THEY SHOULD
FOR THE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS
THEY MAKE.
SO, THE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
POPULATION.
ONE THING THAT HAS COME UP AND
TALKING TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
IN MY DISTRICT AS THE UTILITIES
ARE AN ONGOING CONCERN FOR
THEM, MOST OF THEM ARE ORGANIZED
AS MISSION DRIVEN NONPROFITS.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE
LOOKING TO CREATE CAN PROVIDE
RELIEF THROUGH THE ORDINANCE.
BE SET UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT
THOSE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS COULD
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AS
WELL.
SO, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER PETERSON FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP.
IT'S BEEN GOOD TO WORK WITH HIM
ON THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS.
AND, I DO HOPE THAT MY
COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE AMENDMENT?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND I
HOPE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ASK
NOW, A CENTRAL STAFF I CAN HOLD
IT FOR THE OVERALL BILL IS IT'S
MORE APPROPRIATE.
>> IS THE QUESTION FOR THE
OVERALL BILL I WOULD ASK YOU TO
HOLD THAT QUESTION FOR WHEN I
SOLICIT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE BILL AS A WHOLE.
>> WONDERFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> GREAT.
SO, WE ARE JUST WORKING ON THE
AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
COUNCILMEMBER MISTRETTA --
ESCADA? COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
PRESIDENT GONZALES?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE
MOTION CARRIES AND THE BILL IS
AMENDED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THE BILL IS
AMENDED?
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
YOU INDICATED YOU HAD QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR
EITHER THE SPONSOR OR CENTRAL
STAFF.
ARE YOU TO OUR UTILITY FEES
WAIVED FOR NONPROFIT PARTNERS
IN CONTRACT WITH THE HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND
OTHER CITY PROVIDERS.
>> YES, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE
UNDER THIS DEFINITION OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE,
501(C)(3) THANK YOU FOR
CLARIFYING THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP?
>> NO, I JUST THINK THAT'S A
IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR FOLKS, A
LOT OF OUR HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE REALLY TRYING TO
STRETCH DOLLARS RIGHT NOW, WITH
THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS CRISIS
OF THIS WILL BE WELCOME FOR
THEM FOLKS AT PLYMOUTH AND ESE
FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW THAT
PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU FOR
THE CLARIFICATION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE QUESTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
CALL ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL IS AMENDED?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRESS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER LAWRENCE?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED,
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX THE
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>>> ALL RIGHT FOLKS THAT WAS
OUR LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON
THE AGENDA, AND, WE HAVE NO
OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS FOR
TODAY.
SO, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEM OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, OUR
NEXT MEETING WILL BE MONDAY,
MARCH 23 AT 2:00 P.M.
COUNSEL IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL, AND BE SAFE AND
HEALTHY.