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>>> THANK YOU, MISTER -- WHAT
DO WE CALL YOU?
CLERK.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN CALL ME MR. G.
>> THANK YOU, MR. G.
THIS IS THE CALL TO ORDER FOR
THE PUBLIC A SETS AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITEE.
MY NAME IS DEBORA JUAREZ.
I AM THE CHAIR, AND IT'S
DECEMBER 7 AND THE TIME IS
2:04.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> FIVE PRESENT.
>>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART
OF OUR AGENDA, THE APPROVAL OF
OUR AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION OBJECTION,
IT IS ADOPTED.
TODAY IS THE LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING FOR 2021, AND THERE ARE
THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO RENEW THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE WOODLAND PARK
SWROOVMENT THE CURRENT
AGREEMENT IS ACTIVE UNTIL
FEBRUARY 2022.
THERE YEAR, BOTH PARTIES THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO AND THE CITY
HAVE NEGOTIATED AN AGREEMENT TO
UPDATE THE POLICY RELATED TO
THE ZOO POLICY AND OPERATIONS
TO THE CARE OF THE ZOO ANIMALS
AND SETTING UP MEETINGS BETWEEN
ELECTED LAWYERS, CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOVE THE
CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT AND
WOODLAND PARK ZOO TO ESTABLISH
PRIORITIES.
MAY 2021, MY OFFICE RECEIVED A
PRELIMINARY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING
ON THE GOALS AND THE BENEFITS
AND THE DRAFT TERM SHEET BY THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO, AND WE HAVE
BEEN SHARING THESE WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES AND CONSTITUENTS.
WE TRANSMITTED THE AGREED-UPON
PROPOSAL IN THE FORM OF COUNCIL
BILL 120164 ON AUGUST 3.
AS SOON AS IT WAS TRANSMITTED,
OUR OFFICE BEGAN REVIEWING THE
PROVISIONS AS IT'S OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO COME THROUGH
AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON
THE ZOO ANIMALS, OPERATION,
WHAT THIS ZOO MEANS TO THE
CONSTITUENTS, TO THE COMMITEE
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL OF
OUR CITY PARTNERS.
THE LEGISLATION WAS SCHEDULED
FOR A COMMITTEE MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 10.
WE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND
BRIEFING AND HEARD CONCERNS AND
SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT AND PRESENTERS.
IT WAS CLEAR AFTER THE
SEPTEMBER DISCUSSION THAT WE
NEEDED MORE TIME TO CONSIDER
LEGAL PROVISIONS, CONSTITUENT
CONCERNS AND POTENTIAL
AMENDMENT.
SO WE SCHEDULED THE COMMITTEE
VOTE AFTER THE FALL BUDGET
PROCESS.
SINCE THEN WE HAD THREE MONTHS
OR OVER 80 DAYS TO ENGAGE WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND
COUNCILMEMBERS INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
REPRESENTING ZONE SIX.
AND I ESTABLISHED A NOVEMBER
30th DEADLINE FOR PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS BECAUSE I KNEW IT
WOULD BE COMPLICATED AND UNDER
BUDGET I KNEW THAT CERTAIN
COUNCILMEMBERS HAD TO MAKE TIME
FOR CONSTITUENTS IN THE ZOO AND
LEADERSHIP.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE
STICKING TO THE SCHEDULE.
THE CITY AND THE ZOO HAD A
CHANCE TO REVIEW AND OFFER
FEEDBACK ON THE AMENDMENTS TO
THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.
WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS
A DRAFT PROPOSAL AND 15
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BY
COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS
COMMITTEE.
IN ADDITION TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WHO SERVES AS AN
ALTERNATE AND REPRESENTS AS I
SHARED DISTRICT SIX, WE HAVE A
SCORE UP.
QUORUM.
TODAY WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
CENTRAL STAFF TO PROVIDE AN
INTRODUCTION AND I WILL INVITE
THE WOODLAND ZOO'S CEO AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS TO
PROVIDE OPENING REMARKS IF THEY
SO CHOOSE.
FOLLOWING THIS, BRIANGOODNIGHT
WILL PROVIDE AN OVER NEW, AND
IF WE ARE READY TO VOTE, I WILL
ADMINISTER THE PROCESS AND DO
THIS EACH ONE BY ONE IN THE
ORDER LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE CONFLICTING AMENDMENTS WILL
BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER.
THE LAST THREE -- ACTUALLY THE
LAST FIVE ARE.
BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A
MOMENT.
WE WILL HAVE THREE AMENDMENTS
WITH REVISIONS THAT WE SHOULD
HEAR TODAY.
BRIAN SHOULD CONCLUDE THOSE IN
HIS REPORT.
I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE 70-PAGE PROPOSED
CONTRACT, FOUR EXHIBITS AND OF
THE FOUR EXHIBITS, EXHIBIT
NUMBER THREE IS THE JULY 2021
MLU AND EXHIBIT NUMBER FOUR
WITH TWO APPENDICES, A AND B,
ONE OF THEM IS KEY TO THE
STEPPED-UP SECTIONS EVEN MORE,
THANK YOU WOODLAND PARK ZOO,
AND, OF COURSE, THE INSURANCE
PROVISION.
WE WILL SPEAK MORE TO THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE LEGISLATION
WHEN WE ARRIVE AT THAT AGENDA
ITEM FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT.
OKAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE
ZOO PARK.
AGENDA ITEM TWO, THE SECOND
ITEM IS A RESOLUTION REGARDING
THE CREATION AND CONSERVATION
GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
WE DO THIS I THINK EVERY YEAR.
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON
THAT WHEN WE GET TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO, AND LASTLY WHICH I
AM HAPPY TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS A
BILL THAT WOULD CREATE THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL OR
I AC.
WE LOOKED AT THE FEDERAL MODEL,
THE STATE MODEL, AND A FEW
CITIES, AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN
THE CITY'S HISTORY IN THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT WE WILL
HAVE AN ACTUAL INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADVISE
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND I AM
VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS EVOLVE
THE WAY IT HAS WITH COMMUNITY
SUPPORT AND TRIBAL SUPPORT AND
SUPPORT FROM THE URBAN
INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
I AM HOPING IT GETS PASSED
TODAY AND WE GET THE MEMBERS
SEATED TO START THE WORK W.
THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC
COMMENT AND OPEN THE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
AND WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
REGULARLY INCLUDED ON THE
MEETING AGENDA BUT WE RESERVE
THE RIGHT TO END OR ELIMINATE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT
ANY POINT IT'S UNSUITABLE FOR
ALLOWING OUR MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND IN A
MANNER TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
I WILL MODERATE THE PERIOD IN
THE FOLLOWING MATTER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP
TO 20 MINUTES.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE
SIGNED UP?
16.
OKAY.
SO WITH 16 PEOPLE SIGNED UP, I
WILL LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT TO
ONE MINUTE.
I BELIEVE EITHER OUR CLERK OR
JODY WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS.
WE HAVE 16 PEOPLE SIGNED UP AND
A FULL AGENDA AND WILL GIVE
EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE, AND WE
WILL HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS AND
THEN BEGIN.
NADINE?
>>> ALL RIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON TWO
SPEAKERS AT A TIME, AND IN THE
ORDER -- ONE MOMENT.
I'M GOING TO PAUSE.
ALL RIGHT.
MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
I WILL CALL ON TWO SPEAKERS AT
A TIME AND IN THE ORDER THAT
WAS REGISTERED ON THE ONLINE
SIGN UP LIST.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP
YOU CAN GO BEFORE THE END OF
THE PERIOD BY GOING TO
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S COMMITEE
AGENDA.
ONCE THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS
UNCALLED, I WILL UNCOMMUTE THE
MICROPHONE AND THE AUTOMATIC
PROMPT OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED
IS IT WILL BE THE SPEAKER'S CUE
TO SPEAK AND THE SPEAKER MUST
TOUCH STAR SIX ON THE PHONE TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU WILL BEGIN SPEAKING TO
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
YOUR ALLOTTED TIME.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENT AT THE END OF THEIR
ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED THE
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
WE ASK THAT YOU DISCONNECT FROM
THE LINE AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO FOLLOW THE MEETING PLEASE DO
SO VIA THE OPTIONS LISTED ON
THE AGENDA.
AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WHEN
YOU ARE READY, WE WILL THEN
HAVE YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS ON THE
LIST.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST
TWO SPEAKERS?
ROBERT AND CHRIS.
ROBERT, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
DON'T FORGET TO PRESS STAR SIX.
OKAY.
I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, ROBERT.
CHRIS, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> I'M HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
I'M SORRY.
>> I AM ROB AND I LIVE AND WORK
IN -- THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE
REGARDING WOODLAND PARK
SWROOVMENT I'M A PHYSICIAN
SPECIALIZING IN DIAGNOSTIC
RADIOLOGY AND A CONSULTANT
VOLUNTEER FOR THE VETERINARY
STAFF AT THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO
FOR 30 YEARS BEGINNING WHEN I
WAS A RADIOLOGY RESIDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
OVER THE YEARS I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF PROVIDING VARIOUS
AND SOMETIMES COMPLEX IMAGINGS
AT THE ZOO.
I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED THE
THOUGHTFUL AND QUALITY CARE
GIVEN TO THE ANIMALS AT THE
ZOO.
THE STAFF OFTEN WORK WITH THE
MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS FROM UW AND
VARIOUS MEDICAL GROUPS AND ARE
CONSISTENTLY IMPRESSED BY THE
PROFESSIONALS AND WE ARE
THEREFORE HAPPY TO SPEND OUR
TIME ANDESTS TO FURTHER THE
CAUSE OF HIGH QUALITY CARE.
I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS AND CHIEF OF
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, ROBERT, AND
CHRIS, ARE YOU STILL ON THE
LINE?
>> I AM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, I CAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GO AHEAD.
>> GREAT.
HI.
I AM CALLING FROM DISTRICT SIX
AND I'M -- I'M SORRY, GIVING
PERSONAL AND PUBLIC COMMENT ON
BEHALF OF THE WOODLAND PARK
ZOO.
I AM THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADVOCATE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE ZOO IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT
IS FULL Y DEDICATED TO
COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE
DIVERSE POPULATION OF SEATTLE
AND BEYOND.
PERSONALLY I HAVE GONE TO THE
ZOO FOR 30 YEARS AND I REMEMBER
THE NOCTURNAL HOUSE AND HOW
MYSTIFYING AND WONDERFUL IT WAS
AS A KID, AND I BROUGHT MY KID
THERE'S, AND THE HABITAT AND
SPECIES CONSERVATION AND
EDUCATION AND LIKE I SAID,
COMMUNITY BUILDING.
I THINK ANYTHING THAT THE
SEATTLE COUNCIL CAN DO TO
SUPPORT THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO
IS TOTALLY WARRANTED.
THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE
ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS ARE MARK
AND IRENE.
MARK, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> I AM, YES.
YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GREAT.
HELLO.
MY NAME IS MARK JORDAN SPEAKING
IN SUPPORT OF THE WOODLAND PARK
ZOO.
I AM AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
BIOLOGY AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
AND A RESIDENT OF BEACON HILL
IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND THE ZOO
COLLABORATE ON THE SEATTLE
URBAN CARNIVORE PROJECT THAT
INVOLVES WILDLIFE CAMERAS
THROUGHOUT THE SEATTLE METRO
AREA AND WE HAVE CO-DEVELOPED
THE CARNIVORE SPOTTER WEBSITE
WHICH ALLOWS ANY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO SUPPORT A CARNIVORE
THEY SEE IN THEIR YARD OR
WALKING THEIR DOG.
AND THIS IS A BENEFIT TO A
VARIETY OF AUDIENCES BUT MY
STUDENTS CAN BUILD VITAL
RESEARCH SKILLS AND ANY
COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN SHARE
THEIR WILDLIFE SPOTTINGS ON
CARNIVORE SPOTTER.
OUR RESEARCH HAS HAD RESEARCH
PAPERS ON URBANIZATION, AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT
WE SHARE WITH VARIOUS AUDIENCES
ABOUT COEXISTING WITH
CARNIVORES.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHILE THE
ZOO --
>> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING.
YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO SHARE THE
REMAINDER OF YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
AND CELINE, ARE YOU ON THE
LINE?
I THINK I HEARD YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
DON'T FORGET TO PRESS STAR SIX
ON YOUR END.
OH, THERE, WE GO.
>> I'M HERE.
I AM A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND CO-
FOUNDER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO ELEPHANTS.
I AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE
LIVED THE EXPERIENCE WHY 12.3
NEEDS TO BE AMENDED SO THERE IS
NO QUESTION OF THE LEGALITY.
THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO
INTERFERE WITH THE ROUTINE
OPERATION OF THE VIDEO.
COUNCILMEMBERS HAD FAVORED
SANCTUARIES AND THEN VOTED NO
TO MOVE THE ORDINANCE THAT
WOULD HAVE DIRECTED THE ZOO TO
SEND THE ELEPHANTS TO THE
SANCTUARIES.
THEY TOLD ME THE REASON FOR
THEIR NO VOTE IS THE CITY
DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
PASS THE ORDINANCE.
IT NEEDS TO BE WELL DEFINED
THAT THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY
TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF AN
ANIMAL'S WELFARE.
WOODLAND
WOODLAND PARK ZOO SHOULD NOT
HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY PUT
THE ANIMALS FIRST.
YOU HAVE THE I REFUTABLE
DECISION TO MAKE POLICY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AND MY APOLOGIES
IF I AM MISPRONOUNCING YOUR
NAME.
ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
>> YES.
YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YES.
>> HI.
I'M A DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT AND
MY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM ONE.
THE COUNCIL MUST HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SET POLICY FOR THE
ANIMALS ON THE ZOO.
12.3 REMOVES THE RIGHT FROM THE
CITY COUNCIL.
IT SHOULD BE REROUTED TO ALLOW
THE CITY COUNCIL TO INTERVENE
ON BEHALF OF ANY ANIMALS IN THE
VIDEO.
FUNDING SHOULD BE LOWERED.
WHY FUND FRIVOLOUS ITEM WHEN IS
PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY DYING ON
THE SIDEWALKS?
ANIMALS CAN BE PUT ON DISPLAY
DOING NOTHING TO DIVERSIFY THE
GENE POOL FOR THE ANIMALS IN
THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES.
THE MAIN THINGS ZOO TEACH IS
IT'S OKAY FOR HUMANS TO
DOMINANT ANIMALS AS WE SEE
FIGHT.
THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE WORKING
TO ABOLISH THE ZOO AND
REPATRIATE ANIMALS TO
SANCTUARIES IN THEIR NATIVE
COUNTRIES.
PLEASE REDUCE NEW FUNDING.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I CAN CONFIRM THEY ARE ABLE TO
FINISH THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> AFFIRMATIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NEXT, WE HAVE MANNY.
ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> I AM.
I AM MANNY, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TESTIFYING ON BEHALF
OF THE INDUSTRY REPRESENTING
NEARLY 18000 CULTURAL
BUSINESSES STATE WIDE AND
NEARLY 80000 EMPLOYEE WHEN IS
WE ARE NOT HOBBLED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
INSPIRE WASHINGTON URGES THE
COUNCIL TO APPROVE A MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THE
WOODLAND ZOO THE MANDATE TO
CARRY ON THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK
FOR THE FURRIEST RESIDENTS AND
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AROUND
WILDLIFE, HABITAT,
SUSTAINABILITY, AND SCIENCE.
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO IS A MAIN
PLAYER WHEN THEY ARE SUPPORTED
AND THE ASSOCIATION STRONG AND
THE TIDE RIPPLES THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM, LARGE AND
SMALL CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
BENEFIT.
THEY ARE A DEPENDABLE PROGRAM
FOR OUR CITIZENS.
THEY ARE PRIMARILY OUTDOOR
EXPERIENCE AND ENSURES NO
MATTER WHAT THEY WILL HAVE SAFE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR --
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO SEND AN
EMAIL WITH THE REMAINDER OF
YOUR COMMENTS TO SEATTLE.GOV.
AND OUR NEXT TWO SPEAKERS,
STASHA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> I AM.
I AM PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, AND SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO
MANAGE NOT.MENT.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE ZOO TO
INCLUDE TRAINING FOR PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL 80s IN EVERY
PART OF THE ZOO EXPERIENCE AND
MAKE SURE THAT THE ZOO IS OPEN
TO ALL INCLUDING TRAINING FOR
STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND
WELCOMING FAMILIES WITH A
FAMILY MEMBER WITH DISABILITIES
WITH FREE TICKETS AND WITH THE
OKAY OF THE INCLUSION ADVISORY
COUNCIL.
THE ZOO HAS BECOME A LEADER IN
THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES AND EXAMPLES TO
OTHERS OF WHAT INCLUSIVE
PROGRAMS SHOULD BE.
AS A PARENT OF A NOW YOUNG
ADULT WITH A DISABILITY I KNOW
WHAT IT HAS MEANT FOR MY
DAUGHTER.
WE CAN GO TO THE ZOO AND I KNOW
MY DAUGHTER WILL BE ACCEPTED
FOR WHO SHE IS.
WE SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF THE
AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
NEXT, WE HAVE SAM.
ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
DON'T FORGET TO PRESS STAR SIX
ON YOUR END.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL COME BACK.
NEXT WE HAVE NATALIE AND NICK.
NATALIE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> YEAH.
HI.
SORRY.
I AM WALKING ON THE STREET.
SORRY FOR THE NOISE.
I AM TRYING TO -- OKAY.
I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT THE
PASSING OF AMENDMENT 12.3.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PRE-
PREPARED SPEECH BUT JUST REALLY
WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY TO
INFLUENCE DECISIONS GOING ON AT
THE ZOO.
AND I SUPPORT FUNDING THROUGH
MY TAX DOLLARS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE
COUNCIL HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER
WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, AND,
YEAH.
JUST WOULD LIKE TO PASS
AMENDMENT 12.3 AND CONGRATS ON
THE COUNCIL MEETING.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
TODAY.
NEXT, WE HAVE NICK.
ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> YES, I'M HERE.
I AM THE CURRENT PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE
PRESCHOOL OVER AT THE INDIAN
CULTURAL CENTER, AND AS MY
ROLE AND CAPACITY AS AN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR I HAVE HAD
THE PLEASURE AND WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH THE ZOO
AND IN PARTICULAR, THE EARLY
CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING WHERE WE
ALL KNOW THAT EARLY EXPERIENCES
ARE CRUCIAL TO HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT AND IN THIS CONTEXT
IS WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT UP
TODAY, CHILDREN HAVING POSITIVE
HANDS ON EARLY EXPERIENCES LAYS
A STRONG FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE
WANT TO IMPART ON THEM, AND
THAT'S STEWARDSHIP AND
CONSERVATION AND ZOOS LIKE
WOODLAND PARK PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THE NATURAL WORLD AND BRING IN
THAT ALL THINGS ARE CONNECTED
AND ARE DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER
FOR A HARMONIOUS BALANCE IN THE
WORLD.
AND WE TELL STORIES AND GAIN
WISDOM AND IMPART LESSONS
INSPIRED FOR OUR PLANT AND
ANIMAL RELATIVES.
I WILL SEND MY OTHER COMMENTS
VIA EMAIL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND SHANA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
OKAY.
THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS MARLA AND
KATIE.
MARLA, ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
>> I AM.
>> GREAT.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS
MEETING.
PLEASE ADOPT AMENDMENT 10.
12.3 WOULD ALLOW THE CITY
COUNCIL TO SET POLICY OVER THE
TREATMENT OF THE ANIMALS AT THE
ZOO.
CITY COUNCIL WITH THE PUBLIC
INPUT MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO
INTERVENE IF THERE IS A SERIOUS
PROBLEM WITH THE ANIMAL
WELFARE, BREEDING, ACQUISITION,
SALE OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS.
WE SUPPLY THE ZOO WITH A THIRD
OF THEIR BUDGET SO THE CITY
COUNCIL MUST HAVE THE ABILITY
TO SET POLICY OVER THE WELFARE
OF THE ANIMAL.
OTHERWISE THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE
OUR PUBLIC FUNDS.
PLEASE ADOPT THE AMENDMENT 2011
THAT EXPLORES HOW COVID HAS
OVER TAKEN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR
LIVES, AND HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN
ANIMALS ALIKE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
NEXT, WE HAVE KATIE.
ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> HI.
YES.
I AM KATIE, AND I WANT
REPRESENTING A 100-YEAR-OLD
CHILD WELFARE NONPROFIT
REGARDING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO.
EACH YEAR THEY PROVIDE TICKETS
TO THE CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE
WITH WHOM WE WORK, AND IT HAS
OFFERED A TEMPORARY SAFE HAVEN
FOR FOSTER KIDS, AND WE HAD
GIVEN THE KIDS A JOYFUL AND
EXCITING RESPITE FROM THE
TRAUMA THEY WERE EXPERIENCING.
WE BRING KIDS IN FOSTER CARE
AND THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER FOR
A VISIT AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL
TO GET AWAY FROM THE STARK
OFFICES, AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLE LISTENING IN OUR
NEEDS INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY
ACCESS PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES
FOSTER FAMILIES, AND OUR
FAMILIES CAN ACCESS TICKETS AT
SIGNIFICANTLY DISCOUNTED RATES.
WE HEAVILY RELY ON THE
PARTNERSHIP AND GREATLY SUPPORT
THE CONTINUED AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE ZOO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
NEXT WE HAVE CONNOR FOLLOWED BY
IRENE.
CONNOR, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM CONNOR, AND I AM THE
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WITH THE OUTDOORS FOR ALL
FOUNDATION IN NORTHEAST
SEATTLE.
HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT OF
WOODLAND PARK ZOO AND THE
COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAM.
THANKS IN GENEROUS PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE ZOO OUR DAY CAMP
PARTICIPANTS CAN ACCESS THE ZOO
AS AN ACTIVITY.
OUR PROGRAMS SERVE INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES PRIMARILY AN
UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITY,
AND WITHOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP WE
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD
MARKET RATE TICKETS FOR THE
ACTIVITIES.
AND WE HAVE FOUND THE ZOO HAS
HIGHLY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCESS THANKS TO PARTNERSHIP.
THAT IS ALL.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IRENE, ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS IS IRENE WALL, DISTRICT
SIX, NEIGHBOR OF THE ZOO AND
FORMER MEMBER OF THE ZOO BOARD,
ACTUALLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD'S
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, MAKING
CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT IT IS THE
COUNCIL THAT HAS THE FINAL
APPROVAL AUTHORITY OF ANY LONG-
RANGE PLAN AND NUMBER 15 THAT
THE PRICE INCREASE TO THE
BENCHMARK.
AND I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S AMENDMENT TO REDUCE
THE TERM TO 10 YEAR MAKES GOOD
SENSE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
WORKED HARD WITH US TO DEAL
WITH THE AMENDMENT HAS MISSED
THE BOAT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ANY BOARD
REPRESENTATION OF AT LEAST TWO
BUT REALLY FOUR MEMBERS
SELECTED BY THE COMMUNITIES OF
WALLINGFORD,
AND GREEN LAKE AND FREMONT AND
NOT SELECTED BY THE ZOO BOARD.
THOSE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TO
BE RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
NEXT WE HAVE STEFAN FOLLOWED BY
SHANA.
STEFAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
>> YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS IS CITY FAN WITH LOCAL
EIGHT AND THE KING COUNTY LABOR
COUNCIL.
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, THE
LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT
INTO THIS BY COUNCILMEMBERS
JUAREZ AND MOSQUEDA AND I THINK
IT'S A GOOD POLICY YOU ARE
MAKING AND THE LABOR COMMUNITY
IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
AND I'M GOINGS TO OFFER ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR SHANA TO SPEAK.
ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
OKAY.
WE HAVE SHANA AND UC SIGNED UP,
NOT PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WE ARE
DONE WITH THE COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, NADINE.
OKAY.
SO BEFORE I END WITH SOME OF
THE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE, PLEASE SEND THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTSTO OUR OFFICE.
AND I WANT TO NOTE BACK IN
AUGUST, WE HAD A LIST OF PEOPLE
WHO PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT.
I AM GOING TO REALITY SOME OF
-- RATTLE SOME OF THEM OFF FROM
AUGUST 26 AND SOME WE RECENTLY
RECEIVED IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE
NEW PROPOSALS TODAY.
SO THE ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION
WITH THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT OR
THE OUTDOORS FOR ALL, SOLID
GROUND, FAMILY WORKS, BIG
BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, MARY'S
PLACE, THE SEATTLE CLUB, AMARO
100, THE ARK OF KING COUNTY,
GROUP LAUNCH, AND DEFENDING
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I
APOLOGIZE IF I SAID THAT WRONG,
AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
SENT IN INFORMATION THAT WERE
UNABLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY, AND THAT WAS --
WE HAD FROM MIKE BROWN FROM THE
SR. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
MANAGER FOR THE CHILDREN'S
CENTER AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE;
DR. SANDRA MADRID, THE FORMER
WOODLAND PARK ZOO BOARD MEMBER
AND RETIRED ASSISTANT DEAN FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
LAW SCHOOL; DR. ROB LIDDELL,
PHYSICIAN AND CONSULTANT TO THE
ANIMAL -- TO THE WOODLAND PARK
ZOO FOR 30 YEARS; AND VIC, A
LONG TIME FAMILY MEMBER AND
DONOR AND I APOLOGIZE IF I
DIDN'T GET ALL OF YOU.
THIS IS JUST WHAT CAME IN.
IF THERE IS MORE I PROMISE I
WILL GET THAT OUT TO THE FOLKS
TO HEAR WHO THE SUPPORTERS ARE.
IF MORE COMES IN AS I AM
SITTING HERE, I WILL CERTAINLY
SHARE THAT.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED FOR
NOW.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
BEING HERE ON SEPTEMBER 10th
AND TODAY AND WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE STAFF AND MEMBERS TO MAKE A
BETTER AGREEMENT.
AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
YOU CAN READ AGENDA ONE IN THE
RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120164, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION,
AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO
ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY FOR OPERATION AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE WOODLAND PARK
ZOO FOR A DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, JODY.
WE HAVE ITEM ONE READ INTO THE
RECORD AND I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE OUR PRESENTERS TO THE
ZOOM TABLE, AND I WILL DO A
QUICK OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL
START.
WE'LL START WITH I GUESS BRIAN
GOOD NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM BRIAN GOODNIGHT.
>> SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
>> CEO OF THE WOODLAND PARK
ZOO.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
CONFUSION.
I USUALLY SAY THE LINEUP.
I FAILED TO DO THAT.
AND THERE WE GO.
BRIAN WILL WALK US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION, AND CORRECT ME IF
I AM WRONG AND WE WILL GO TO
THE AMENDMENT AND YOU WILL
INTRODUCE THEM AND EXPLAIN THEM
TO US, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH.
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> IT'S ALL YOU, MR. GOODNIGHT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL CLARIFY, COUNCIL BILL
WOULD AUTHORIZE THE
SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION TO ENTER
INTO A NEW AGREEMENT FOR THE
WOODLAND MARK ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY.
THAT AGREEMENT IS SCHEDULE TOAD
EXPIRE NEXT YEAR.
MY REMARKS WILL BE BRIEF
BECAUSE I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
THE ZOO TO HAVE COMMENTS AS
WELL.
BUT THERE WAS A CENTRAL MEMO
THAT OUTLINES THE COMPARISONS
ON THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, AND
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY WILL BE REFERRED TO AS
THE SOCIETY IN MY REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I SHOULD SAY THIS QUICKLY.
I WANT TO THANK PARKS AND REC
FOR THEIR STAFF FOR THEIR
FISCAL NOTE AND NUMEROUS MEMOS
AND BRIEFINGS YOU HAVE GIVEN US
UPDATING US ALONG THIS PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU.
I WILL LET YOU GO AHEAD FROM
THERE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I WAS ADJUST GOING TO START
BY DEFINING WHAT THE AREA AND
FACILITIES ARE THAT ARE
CONTROLED BY THE CURRENT AND
PROPOSED AGREEMENT SINCE IT'S
THE SAME IN BOTH OF THEM.
THE ZOO LAND IS THE 92 ACRES
BETWEEN NORTH 60th AND NORTH
59th STREET BETWEEN CITY AVENUE
NORTH AND AURORA AVENUE NORTH.
THE AREA INCLUDES THE WOODLAND
PARK ROSE GARDEN AND TWO
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS THAT
PRIMARILY USED FOR OPEN SPACE.
AND IT'S AUTHORIZED TO MANAGE
PROPERTY IN ENUMCLAW.
THE ENUMCLAW FACILITIES AND THE
PARK LAND THAT THE ZOO RESIDES
UPON AND THE BUILDINGS CONTINUE
TO BE OWNED BY THE CITY.
PRIOR TO THE AGREEMENT THE ZOO
WAS MANAGED WITH STAFF AND CITY
EMPLOYEES.
THIS WOULD CONTINUE THE CITY'S
AGREEMENT FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE
ZOO FOR 20 YEARS REMAINING IN
EFFECT UNTIL 2041 AND CONTAINS
AN OPTION FOR ONE 10-YEAR
EXTENSION.
BECAUSE I WILL BE COVERING THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IN MORE
DETAIL I WILL STOP HERE AND
TURN OVER TO THE ZOO AND PARKS
DEPARTMENT FOR OPENING REMARKS.
>> OKAY.
ARE WE STARTING WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT?
>> I CAN START.
THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU CHAIR JUAREZ AND
FOR THE DIRECTOR'S COMMITEE AND
LEADING THE PROCESS BETWEEN THE
ZOO PARKS AND COUNCIL.
SINCE THE LAST MEETING IN
SEPTEMBER THE ZOO HAS IN THE
INDIVIDUALLY WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF LIKE
YOURSELF AND STRAUSS, HERBOLD,
PEDERSEN, MORALES, MOSQUEDA,
AND LEWIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.
AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BRIAN
GOODNIGHT AND ALL THE STAFF
MEMBERS THAT HAVE WORKED SO
CLOSELY WITH US TO MAKE THIS
AGREEMENT SOMETHING WE CAN BE
REALLY PROUD OF.
I WANT TO THANK THE
SUPERINTENDENT AND THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR
COLLABORATION IN THE PROCESS OF
STARTING IN NEARLY 2019.
BUT THEN WE HAD TO PAUSE
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS 20-YEAR PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO HAS BEEN
A RESOUNDING SUCCESS AND IT
SHOULD BE A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
DURING OUR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS WE HEARD
CONCERNS OF OVERSIGHT AND LONG
RANGE PRICING AND
COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT THE
THOUGHTS OF THE DURATION OF THE
AGREEMENT, AND WE SPENT MANY
HOURS WITH THE DISTRICT SIX
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
DISCUSSING PUBLIC BENEFITS AND
MEETING WITH NEIGHBORS.
WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
IMPROVING AND REFINING THIS
THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT HERE.
I CREDIT WOODLAND PARK ZOO FOR
BEING INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
EDUCATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES
AND EDUCATE ADULTS AND CHILDREN
WHO LOVE ANIMAL AND INSPIRE
PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION AND SAVE
NATURE.
IN 2021, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF
A PANDEMIC, WE ARE BREAKING
RECORDS WITH OVER 38,000
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHIPS.
THIS THE THE LARGEST MEMBERSHIP
OF ANY ORGANIZATION IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
THE ZOO IS THE MOST VISITED NON-
PROFIT IN THE REGION AT 1.2
MILLION VISITS A YEAR.
IN 2019, WHICH WAS OUR LAST
YEAR OF FULL OPERATIONS BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC, WE WELCOMED OVER
71000 VISITS BY STUDENT AND
TEACHERS, OVER 700,000 GUESTS
ATTEND PUBLIC EDUCATION
PROGRAMS, AND 2500 PARTICIPANTS
ENROLLED IN EDUCATION CLASSES.
IN ADDITION TO OUR EDUCATION
REACH TO THE COMMUNITY, THE ZOO
IS A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC
ENGINE FOR THE CITY.
DURING THE LAST DECADE FROM
2009 TO 2018 THE REVENUE IMPACT
OF ZOO VISITORS WAS CLOSE TO $1
BILLION.
WE EMPLOY NEARLY 400 FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY NINE
LABOR UNIONS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY WE CARE FOR
OVER 1200 ANIMALS THAT RECEIVE
THE BEST DEDICATED CARE AND
MOST SPECIALIZED DIET AND
CONSIDERATION THAT EVERY
SPECIES NEEDS.
WE ARE ROOTED IN SCIENCE, AND
WE MAKE DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS
EVERY DAY.
BUT THE RESULT IS THAT OUR TRUE
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORT IS OUR
COMPASSION.
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE WELCOME
TO MEET ME AT THE ZOO AND I
EXTEND AN INVITATION TO SHOW
YOU HOW WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT
ANIMAL CARE EVERY DAY OF THE
YEAR.
AT THE CORE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF YOU,
THE COUNCILMEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE RECEIVE THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT ARE
DERIVED FROM THE SUPPORT TO THE
ZOO.
WE, TOO, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE ZOO REACHES ALL THE THE
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE, AND WE'RE
VERY PROUD OF THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS ATTACHED TO THIS
AGREEMENT.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
IN PUBLIC BENEFITS FROM OUR
PAST AGREEMENT, AND WE'RE VERY
PROUD OF THESE BENEFITS AND WE
ARE PROUD OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY
THIS ENTAILS.
WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW
THE BENEFITS WITH ALL OF YOU
LATER IN THIS MEETING.
YOU WILL SEE THAT MANY OF THE
AMENDMENTS PUT FORTH BY
COUNCILMEMBERS HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE TO FULFILL THIS
COMMITMENT.
IN SOME CASES WE ARE NOT ABLE
TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT
BECAUSE WE THINK IT WOULD HARM
THE ZOO OR OPERATIONS.
WE FEEL WE MUST STAY AFFORDABLE
TO OUR COMMUNITY.
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT 40% OF
THE VISITORS ARE MIDDLE INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS, AND THE VAST
MAJORITY OF OUR GUESTS ARE
LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS, AND OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT IS IN TO THE IN OUR BUSINESS
INTEREST TO PRICE THE ZOO OUT
OF THE REACH OF SEATTLE
FAMILIES.
IT WILL HARM THE BUSINESS
REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO EARN IN
SUPPORT TO OUR COMMITMENT TO
THE CITY.
ONE FINAL WORD ABOUT HOW THE
ACREDITED ZOOS ARE MANAGED.
ALL ACREDITED ZOOS IN THE U.S.
ARE MANAGED BY PROFESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP EVEN THOSE RUN BY
NON-PROFIT ENTITIES LIKE THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO.
THE REASON IS VERY SIMPLE.
MANAGING A MODERN ACREDITED ZOO
TO GLOBAL STANDARDS IS A
COMPLEX OPERATION WITH MULTIPLE
CRITICAL DECISION POINTS AND
REQUIRES PROFESSIONAL
SPREADSHEETS.
TO REMAIN ACREDITED AND
ACCOUNTABLE THE WOODLAND PARK
ZOO IS MANAGED BY A TEAM OF THE
BEST PROFESSIONALS IN THE WORLD
AND CONTINUES TO BE A GLOBAL
LEADER IN INNOVATION AND ANIMAL
CARE AND CONSERVATION.
WE HAVE WORKED HARD WITH EACH
ONE OF YOU WITH THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THE
EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL
RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS PRESENTED
HERE IN THE NEW OPERATIONS AND
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
WE'RE TRULY LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORK ANOTHER 20 YEARS OF
SUCCESS IN PROVIDING THE PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE WITH THE MOST
COMPASSION AT AND DELIGHTFUL
ZOO IN THE WORLD FOR THE
BENEFIT OF EVERYONE IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
SUPERINTENDENT?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THANK YOU
FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THE
AGREEMENT.
I, TOO, WANT TO EXPRESS
APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF OF
THE ZOO AND PARKS AND
RECREATION STAFF AND BRIAN
GOODNIGHT AND THE COUNCIL STAFF
AND ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE
AGREEMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HIGHLIGHT THE SUPPORT FROM
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
WORKING THROUGH SOME PRETTY
COMPLICATED PROCESS AND
AMENDMENTS AS WE HAVE GONE
THROUGH THIS.
BUT I WANT TO BEGIN WITH
REEMPHASIZING SOMETHING THAT
THE DOCTOR STATED A COUPLE OF
TIMES WHICH IS REALLY THIS IS
TRULY AN INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL
RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN IN
PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
THE CITY HAS A LONG-STANDING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ZOO AND
REALLY BENEFITED IN THEIR
EXPERTISE AND ABILITY TO
OPERATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
ZOO AND, OF COURSE, THE BENEFIT
OF THE PUBLIC.
OUR INTENT HERE IS TO RENEW
THIS AND CONTINUE THEIR SUCCESS
AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO
ENSURE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE
IN OPERATIONS.
I THINK THAT AS WE -- AS THE
DOCTOR STATED WE STARTED THIS
CONVERSATION MANY YEARS AGO BUT
IT WAS PRE-PANDEMIC AND
EVERYTHING WAS PUT ON HOLD BUT
AS WE RE-ENGAGE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE WE
WERE LOOKING TO CREATE AN
AGREEMENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND
PROVIDE THE BASIC AND
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO THE
CITY, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT
THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THIS
IS A BETTER AND MORE FAVORABLE
AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY.
IT'S BEEN NOTED A COUPLE OF
TIMES ABOUT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
COMPONENT OF THIS, AND I WANT
TO CERTAINLY EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION, CHAIR JUAREZ,
AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS A
STRONG PORTFOLIO THAT WILL BE
PROVIDED AS PART OF THIS.
THIS AGREEMENT AS YOU KNOW
INCLUDES A LONG RANGE PLAN THAT
THE ZOO WILL WORK THROUGH, AND
AS LONG AS WE ARE IN THE PLAN
PROCESS, THE ZOO WILL --
INCLUDING SUPPORT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT -- WILL DEVELOP AND
PROVIDE FOR US A PLAN.
THEN WE WILL REVIEW IT, AND
THEN APPROVE IT OR NOT.
IT HAS VARIOUS PROCESSES THAT
WE WILL NEGOTIATE IF THERE ARE
DIFFERENCES IN OPINION HERE AND
ONE KEY DIFFERENCE IS IT ALLOWS
THE ZOO OR THE CITY TO
TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT IF WE
ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO TERMS
ON A LONG-RANGE PLAN.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT DOESN'T
ALLOW THE CITY TO TERMINATE THE
PLAN IF IT'S NOT TO OUR -- OR
IF IT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND
OTHER THINGS PUT IN PLACE, THE
ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
THE OTHER PIECE I WANTED TO SAY
IS WITH THIS NEW AGREEMENT WE
WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WITHHELD THE AUTHORITY
THAT THE CITY HAD IN THE
OWNERSHIP AND, OF COURSE,
MANAGING THIS ZOO.
THE ZOO SOCIETY IS MANAGING ON
BEHALF.
CITY.
WE, AS A DEPARTMENT, WILL BE
ADMINISTERING THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE DELIVERABLES INCLUDING
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS AND THE
LONG RANGE PLAN.
AND, OF COURSE, AS IS TRUE OF
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, THE
-- THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE
DEPARTMENT WILL BRING ANNUALLY
AND AS PART OF THE REGULAR
BUDGET CYCLE TO THE COUNCIL AS
DICTATED THROUGH THE AGREEMENT
SO ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL HAS
FINAL APPROVAL.
AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
LONG-RANGE PLAN.
THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE
SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE CITY,
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND
AS THE DOCTOR MENTIONED, THE
ZOOS ARE COMPLEX, COMPLICATED
SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS THAT IF
EVERY INSTANCE I AM AWARE OF,
ACREDITED AND MANAGED BY
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND
THAT'S THE CASE HERE.
THERE AREN'T ANY THAT I'M AWARE
OF WHERE THE CITY COUPLE DOES
ANY MANAGEMENT OR OVERVIEW OR
APPROVAL PLANS OF THE ZOO
INCLUDING IN TACOMA AND OTHERS.
WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE
CURRENT AGREE.
S BETWEEN THE CITY THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION AND THE ZOO WILL
ACHIEVE EVERYTHING THAT WE
LIKE, AND JUST TO WRAP UP, WE,
TOO, HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
SINCE THE SEPTEMBER 10 HEARING,
AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE ZOO AND OUR
STAFF TO LOOK AT THE TOPICS
THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AND
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE
CREATIVE AGREEMENT THAT, AGAIN,
WILL BE BEST FOR THE CITY AND
ALLOW THE ZOO TO CONTINUE TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AND THRIVE AND ALLOW
US AS A DEPARTMENT TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
SO I -- I WILL STOP THERE AND
SHARE THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE PROCESS TODAY AND AGAIN, I
WANT TO THANK THE TEAM.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MY
TEAM ARE HERE TO HELP ANSWER
QUESTIONS LATER IF NEEDED BUT
THEY ARE REALLY DOING AN
INCREDIBLE JOB INTERFACING WITH
THE ZOO AND THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT.
I APOLOGIZE I WAS REMISS IN NOT
INTRODUCING LARRY PHILLIPS WHO
SITS ON THE BOARD AND WAS A
PHENOMENAL MENTOR TO ME WITH
THE ZOO AND THE DISTRICT, AND
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT
TO SHARE BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO
THIS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO BE
HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
I THINK THAT THE DOCTOR DID A
WONDERFUL JOB AS FAR AS
INTRODUCING THE ASPECTS OF THE
AGREEMENT AND THE SUPPORT FOR
IT, AND THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
IN SUPPORT OF THE AGREEMENT WAS
QUITE REMARKABLE.
I AM HAPPY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS.
BUT I THINK THEIR COMMENTS WERE
A GREAT INTRODUCTION FOR
TODAY'S PROCEEDING.
THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE
YOU RAY ARE
RETIRED, AND YOU TOOK THE TIME
TO WALK THROUGH THIS WITH ME,
AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.
SO WITH THAT, I THANK
EVERYBODY.
AND BRIAN, YOU WANT TO TALK US
TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THE
RESENTATION AND THEN WE WILL
GO TO THE AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU.
LET ME GO UP AND PULL UP THE
PRESENTATION AND MAKE SURE YOU
ALL CAN SEE THAT BEFORE I
CONTINUE.
CHAIR JUAREZ, ARE YOU ABLE TO
SEE THAT PRESENTATION?
OKAY.
>> SORRY.
YES.
I CAN SEE IT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO AS YOU ALL KNOW AND HAS BEEN
SAID THINGS ARE MOVING QUITE
QUICKLY IN REGARDS TO THE
AMENDMENT OR WITH THIS
AGREEMENT AND POSSIBLE
AMENDMENT.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO SUMMARIZE
IT AND WALK THROUGH.
SO THERE ARE 15 PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE CHOSEN TO
MOVE FORWARD TO TODAY'S
MEETING.
10 OF THOSE AMENDMENTS DO NOT
CONFLICT WITH THE OTHER, AND
THEY CAN CHOOSE ALL, NONE, OR
ANY COMBINATION OF THE
AMENDMENTS.
THESE AMENDMENTS WILL BE WALKED
THROUGH ONE BY ONE.
FIVE DO CONFLICT WITH AT LEAST
ONE OTHER AMENDMENT.
AFTER GOING THROUGH THE NON-
CONFLICTING AMENDMENTS WE WILL
GET TO THE ONES THAT HAVE
CONFLICT.
WE HAVE SHOWN THAT THE
CONFLICTING ARE SHOWN ON ONE
SLIDE AND THE COMMITTEE CAN
CHOOSE PROVE JUST ONE OF THE
AMENDMENTS.
YESTERDAY I SENT OUT A MEMO
POSTED TO THE AGENDA THAT
SUMMARIZES THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS AND HAS A FEW TABLES
YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL, AND
CONTAINS THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT
AS AN ATTACHMENT.
THE ZOO AND PARKS AMENDMENT HAS
BEEN IN CONTACT SINCE THE DRAFT
AMENDMENT AND AS A PRODUCT OF
THAT WORK AND COORDINATION
THREE OF THE AMENDMENTS HAVE
CHANGED.
SO THESE REVISED VERSIONS WERE
DISTRIBUTED O COMMITTEE
MEMBERS YESTERDAY AND THIS
MORNING AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THEY WILL BE POSTED TO THE
AGENDA FOLLOWING THE MEETING
FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.
SO IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION,
THE SLIDES WILL INDICATE THE
THREE ITEMS THAT HAVE REVISED
VERSIONS WITH A RED VERSION
NUMBER SO THAT WILL INDICATE
THAT THE AMENDMENTS HAVE
CHANGED AND THE NEW VERSION IS
THE LIKELY ONE TO BE MOVED FOR
CONSIDERATION.
AND CHAIR WAR -- JUAREZ,
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE
OVERVIEW AND I CAN CONTINUE TO
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
>> YES, LET'S DO IT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, AND
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS
SPONSORED BY CHAIR JUAREZ AND
HAS A NEW VERSION SINCE
YESTERDAY AND I I WILL SHOW
VERSION 2 AND IT WILL INSERT
SECTION 31.9 IN THE AGREEMENT.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THE
SOCIETY CONTAINS A SIMILAR
PROVISION, AND THE AMENDMENT
WOULD CORRECTAR ERROR IN THE
COUNCIL BILL WITH A REFERENCE
TO ATTACHMENT A WHERE IT SHOULD
BE IN REFERENCE TO ATTACHMENT
ONE.
IT'S A TYPO THAT WAS CORRECTED.
>> THANK YOU.
NOT A LOT THERE.
THIS IS BASICALLY TECHNICAL AND
NOT MUCH MORE TO ADD.
THIS IS MY AMENDMENT, AND I
MOVE TO AMENDMENT COUNCIL BILL
120164 BY SUBSTITUTING
AMENDMENT 1, VERSION 2 FOR
VERSION 1. GREAT.
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR
VERSION 2 FOR VERSION ONE AND
GOT THE SECOND, AND THE
SPONSOR,
AND ANY COMMENTS, CONCERNS,
DISCUSSIONS?
NOT SEEING ANY, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> SO THE MOTION CARRIES, AND
SO IS THIS A SUBSTITUTION
VERSION 2 THAT'S ADOPTED?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
>> YES, VERSION 2 HAS BEEN
ADOPTED OF AMENDMENT 1.
AMENDMENT 1, VERSION 2 HAS BEEN
ADOPTED.
>> GREAT.
AND I THINK -- I THINK THAT'S
IT.
CORRECT?
>> YES.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
AMENDMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND THAT MOTION CARRIES.
IT'S MOVED ON, AND WE'LL GO ON
TO AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, AND I
HAVE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE
START TWO BECAUSE,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WHO I
INVITED TO THE COMMITTEE WHO IS
NOT A MEMBER BUT CAN JOIN HAS
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO FIVE
AND I BELIEVE HE WILL HAVE
AMENDMENT 13.
>> YES, I WOULD MOVE THEM EACH
INDIVIDUALLY AND VOTE ON THEM
INDIVIDUALLY, RATHER THAN ALL-
IN-ONE GROUP.
>> OKAY, WITH THAT, DO YOU WANT
TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AMENDMENT 2, AS YOU MENTIONED
IS AUTHORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND RELATES TO THE
COMPOSITION OF THE SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
IT WOULD REQUIRE RECRUITMENT OF
NEIGHBORS FROM TWO OF THE
FOLLOWING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE BOARD WOULD ALSO BE
REQUIRED TO RECRUIT TWO MEMBERS
ARE MEMBERS OF HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OR THAT
RESIDE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS
LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
THOSE ARE MY REMARKS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, DO
I ALLOW --
>> CHAIR JUAREZ, YES, I WOULD
ASK THAT YOU MOVE THAT
AMENDMENT, GET A SECOND, AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COULD SPEAK TO IT.
>> SO I WILL MOVE IT.
>> SECONDED.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THIS IS
YOUR AMENDMENT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO IT TODAY?
>> S, THANK YOU CHAIR AND
EVERYONE I WORKED WITH.
I HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY
THAT MY AMENDMENT MISSES THE
MARK IN THE EYES OF SOME IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I WILL SAY THAT THE DIFFERENCE
IS WHETHER THE COMMUNITY IS
CHOOSING BOARD MEMBERS WHERE
THE ZOO IS CHOOSING THESE
MEMBERS.
MY APOLOGIES TO THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO DON'T FEEL THAT I
MET THE SPIRIT OF THE REQUEST.
WE DID WORK WITH THE ZOO AND
OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO
BRING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD SO
THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM, NOT A
CEILING, A MINIMUM OF BOARD
MEMBERS RECRUITED FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CALLED OUT BY
NAME.
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCING
THAT WITH A MINIMUM, AGAIN, A
FLOOR, NOT A CEILING.
THIS IS A REGIONAL DESTINATION
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE KEEPING IN MIND THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT
KING COUNTY, THROUGHOUT THE
REGION, WHO ALSO VISIT THIS
ZOO.
WHICH IS WHY WE WANT TO HAVE
BOARD MEMBERS FROM PARTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY THAT ARE RESIDING
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
SO THIS IS A GOOD AMENDMENT, IN
MY OPINION.
IT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN
ALL PARTIES AND REQUIRES THE
ZOO BOARD TO RECRUIT TWO
MEMBERS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND TO MEMBERS FROM
HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
REGION.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO DIG?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANKS, JUST A QUESTION.
I SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THIS, BUT I WILL SHOW MY LACK
OF KNOWLEDGE IN ASKING THE
QUESTION.
DO BOARD APPOINTMENTS COME TO
THE COUNCIL FOR CONFIRMATION?
>> YES.
>> THEY DO?
>> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
NO?
I AM SORRY, I MISSPOKE.
I SHOULD LET COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS SPEAK TO THAT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE PARK BOARD.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY BOARD.
>> OKAY, I AM TALKING ABOUT THE
ZOO BOARD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO REFER TO THE
ZOO.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD
MEMBERS COME TO THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
>> THE ZOO BOARD IS A NON-FOR
PROFIT BOARD AND AS SUCH IS
SELECTED BY A VOTE ON THE BOARD
AND THERE ARE BOARD MEMBERS
THAT ARE DESIGNATED TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, PARKS
DEPARTMENT, TO THE COUNCIL, AND
KING COUNTY.
THOSE MEMBERS ARE SELECTED AND
NAMED BY THEMSELVES, SO IN THE
FUTURE, THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD WILL BE DESIGNATED
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE
THEY BELONG TO.
SO THESE WOULD BE PERMANENT
POSITIONS ON THE BOARD THAT ARE
ASSIGNED TO THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, KNOWS
THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT VOTED
ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I
APPRECIATE HAVING THAT
INFORMATION.
>> THINK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT
UP.
I APOLOGIZE FOR SPEAKING TOO
SOON.
I MISHEARD YOUR QUESTION.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE FOR
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 2.
>> HERBOLD.
MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
LET'S GO TO AMENDMENT NUMBER
THREE, BRIAN.
>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY
SECTION 16.1 OF THE PROPOSED
AGREEMENT TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED IN
THE ANNUAL REPORT, SUCH AS THE
SOCIETY'S EFFORTS TO CONSERVE
SPECIES AND NATURAL HABITATS,
CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
ACTIONS.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO MODIFY
THE APPENDIX OF THE PROPOSED
AGREEMENT TO ADD A SECTION
RELATED TO CONSERVATION AND
COMMITTING THE SOCIETY TO USING
NOT LESS THAN 3% OF GROSS
REVENUE ANNUALLY FOR PROJECTS
RELATED TO SPECIES AND HABITAT
CONSERVATION.
LASTLY IT WOULD ADDRESS THE
CITY'S COMMITMENT TO INVESTING
IN UTILITY ANALYSIS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
SYSTEMS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE
GOALS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH THAT AGAIN, I MOVED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 120146 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
THREE ON THE AGENDA.
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, CAN YOU
SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU.
CONFIRMING, BRIAN, WHEN YOU
SAID UTILITY USAGE IMPROVEMENT,
THAT IS TALKING ABOUT THE
CONSERVATION OF ELECTRICITY,
WATER, AND USING ORGANIC
MATERIALS ON THE GROUNDS
MAINTENANCE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT AND IT IS ALSO
PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE SO THE
ZOO CAN MEASURE THEIR
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES.
SO IT IS INFRASTRUCTURE THEY
WOULD NEED TO SEE THEIR
PROGRESS OVER TIME.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
THIS AMENDMENT CAME TO ME FROM
A RESIDENT I MET WITH DURING
OFFICE HOURS AND THANK YOU TO
THE ZOO FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
THIS IS A TWO-PRONGED AMENDMENT.
ONE IS CONSERVATION EXTERNAL TO
THE LAND THAT THE ZOO SITS ON
IN THE SECOND PRONG IS INTERNAL
CONSERVATION TO HOW THE ZOO
OPERATES.
SO, EXTERNALLY AND IF YOU WANT
TO SPEAK TO THIS.
HE DOES AMAZING WORK FOR
CONSERVATION THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD.
HOW CAN THE ZOO PROVIDE A
PUBLIC BENEFIT NOT ONLY DURING
THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SPECIES
EXTENSION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
AS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE
DOING.
THE SECOND IS REDUCING THE
AMOUNT OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY
CONSUMED, ENSURING THAT IT IS
DONE SO IN A WAY THAT IS KEEPING
WITH NATIVE SPECIES AND ORGANIC
MATERIALS.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO BRING THIS
TOWARD BEING A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
I AM NOT SURE THIS IS A CLEAR
PUBLIC BENEFIT.
NONETHELESS, IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT THERE IS A METRIC, A
FEATURE IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT
ENSURES CONSERVATION EXTERNALLY
AND INTERNALLY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD?
IF NOT THAT IS FINE AS WELL.
>> I DON'T NEED TO PROVIDE
ANYTHING.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
SINCE THERE ARE NO DISCUSSIONS
OR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT THREE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT THREE IS ADOPTED, SO
LET'S GO TO AMENDMENT NUMBER
FOUR.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO
ADDRESS THIS AMENDMENT BEFORE
IT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO US?
OR DOES IT NEED TO BE MOVED?
>> I HAVE TO MOVE IT, YOU CAN'T
DO IT.
I DON'T KNOW, I WILL DEFER TO
THE CLERK, BUT WE ARE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOR NOW.
CAN YOU PULL THAT UP?
WE SHOULD HAVE AMENDMENT 4 ON
THE SCREEN.
>> IF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE
YOU MOVE IT, THAT IS FINE, WE
JUST NEED TO REMEMBER TO GO
BACK AND MOVE IT IF IT IS
INDEED COMING FORWARD.
>> OKAY, GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND THEN REMIND ME TO
SAY SOMETHING.
>> I WILL TRY.
>> OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR
DOES NOT REFLECT WHAT I
ORIGINALLY PUT FORWARD.
I THINK MY ORIGINAL AMENDMENT
IS TO REFER TO THE ORIGINAL
AGREEMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THAT
IS WHAT THIS DOES.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PROVIDE MY
SUMMARY?
OKAY, THANKS.
THIS AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT 4,
RELATES TO NAMING RIGHTS.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THE CITY
HAS REQUIRES ANY NAME CHANGES
OF THE FACILITY TO GO THROUGH
THE PARKS BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT REQUIRES
JUST WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT, SO THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD REVERT BACK TO
THE LANGUAGE OF THE CURRENT
AGREEMENT AND WOULD REQUIRE
FORMAL ACTION BY WHAT IS NOW
THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
RECREATION COMMISSIONERS AND
APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS
WELL, FOR PROPOSED NAME
CHANGES.
>> THANK YOU.
MY CONFUSION IS REQUIRE CITY
COUNCIL AND PARKS BOARD
APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU, THAT IS JUST MY
SHORTHAND IN THE TITLE OF THIS
ONE.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> WHEN I BROUGHT THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD, THERE WERE A
LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WE WERE
HAVING.
THIS WAS ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD
BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING A
FAIR AMOUNT OF EDUCATION WITH
ME, EXPLAINING THE CURRENT
PROCESS FOR RENAMING OR NAMING
A PARKS FACILITY.
I HAVE COME TO THE
UNDERSTANDING, IT TOOK SOME
WORK, BUT I HAVE COME TO THIS
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CURRENT
POLICY PROCESS FOR NAMING OR
RENAMING A PARKS FACILITY IS
MORE ROBUST THAN WHAT IS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE ORIGINAL
AGREEMENT.
REQUIRING BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE PARKS BOARD TO APPROVE
OF THE NAME CHANGE IS MORE
CUMBERSOME AND CREATES LESS
GOOD OUTCOMES.
THE REASON I SAY THIS IS WE HAD
THE EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRIC
BIKES ON THE TRAIL.
THIS WAS A FIVE YEAR PLUS
ENDEAVOR TO ALLOW ELECTRIC
BIKES ON THE TRAIL, BECAUSE
AGAIN, IT REQUIRED BOTH CITY
COUNCIL AND PARKS BOARD
APPROVAL.
AT THIS POINT, CHAIR JUAREZ, I
WOULD SAY ON THIS RECORD, I
WOULD NOT PUT THIS AMENDMENT
FORWARD, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE
THAT THE PARKS POLICY OF HAVING
CITY COUNCIL, SOMEBODY FROM
CITY COUNCIL, HAVING SOMEBODY
FROM THE COMMUNITY, TO SIT ON
THE PROACTIVE, NAME CHANGING
COMMITTEE TO THEN COME TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT'S DESK IS NOT
ONLY GOING TO CREATE MORE
ROBUST OUTCOMES, IT PROVIDES
THE OVERSIGHT THAT WE NEED AND
FRANKLY, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW
THAT IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE
WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE
BEST THING TO DO IS TO CALL AND
HAVE A CONVERSATION.
SO I WOULD KINDLY REQUEST THAT
THIS AMENDMENT BE REMOVED.
>> OKAY, I ACTUALLY AGREE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE COMBINED AND WE
NOW HAVE THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
WE DID PASS YOUR AMENDMENT FOR
MORE NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT
IN SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES, I
DO AGREE WITH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
MADAM CLERK, HOW DO WE DO THIS?
>> WE WILL JUST MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
SO, 4 IS GONE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT 5,
WHICH IS ALSO YOURS,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I HAVE AN ACTIVE DISTRICT.
>> I WILL MOVE IT AND THEN LET
YOU SPEAK TO IT.
I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120164 AS PRESENTED BY
AMENDMENT FIVE ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DO YOU
WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR
AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK
SO MUCH ON A COMMITTEE I AM NOT
A MEMBER OF.
THIS IS ALSO A DISTRICT SIX
REQUEST THAT CAME TO ME IN
OFFICE HOURS AND IT IS
REQUIRING THE COMMITTEE
PARTICIPATION IN THE PLAN
PROCESS.
THIS IS A PROACTIVE WAY THAT
BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF OR
COUNCIL CAN ENGAGE IN THE LONG-
RANGE PLANNING, RATHER THAN
SIMPLY HAVING IT COME TO THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.
BY HAVING AN ADVANCED,
PROACTIVE ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN
THE LONG-RANGE PLAN, I BELIEVE
WE WILL CREATE LONGER-LASTING
AND MORE ROBUST OUTCOMES THAN
JUST ASKING FOR OUR STAMP AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ARE
YOU FINISHED?
I KIND OF JUMPED THE GUN.
I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE
TO WRAP UP.
I NEEDED TO HAVE BRIAN WALK US
THROUGH AMENDMENT NUMBER 5, SO
I APOLOGIZE.
YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN TO US AND
THE VIEWING PUBLIC, THIS
AMENDMENT AND WHAT IT DOES?
>> SURE, THANK YOU.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY
EXHIBIT 4 AND THAT IS THE ONE
THAT LAYS OUT GUIDING
PRINCIPLES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE NEW, LONG-RANGE PLAN.
TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPENT OF A
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PLAN.
THEN AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
WAS SAYING, IT WOULD ALLOW THE
CHAIR TO IDENTIFY STAFF AND
RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN
THAT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PLAN PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO
COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS
REGARDING AMENDMENT 5 AND THE
COMMUNITY PARTICIPTION PLAN?
>> ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION AND
THEN I WILL HAVE SAID
EVERYTHING I NEED TO SAY ABOUT
THIS AMENDMENT.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THIS
AMENDMENT ALSO DESCRIBES, BY
NAME, THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN
WHICH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD
BE SELECTED?
GREEN LAKE, LONGFORD AND
FREMONT, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT, AS YOU MENTIONED IT
IS SPECIFICALLY DRAWN FROM
STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF THE FOUR
NEIGHBORHOODS ADJACENT TO THE
ZOO AND NAMES THE NEIGHBORHOODS
YOU MENTIONED.
>> SO IT PROVIDES A PROCESS FOR
NEIGHBORHOOD INTERACTION IN A
PROACTIVE MANNER INCLUDING THE
LONG-RANGE PLAN.
THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
>> GREAT.
SPECIFICALLY THE COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION ACCESSIBILITY AND
EMPOWERMENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, FOR HIGHLIGHTING
FREMONT, GREEN LAKE, TO BE
INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS SET OUT
BY THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PLAN.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
OF AMENDMENT FIVE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS PASSED AND NOW WE
WILL MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT SIX.
I WILL LET BRIAN T THIS UP AND
THEN WE WILL PULL UP
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AMENDMENT SIX, AS YOU
MENTIONED IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND ALSO
RELATES TO THE LONG-RANGE PLAN
AND PROJECTS.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY THE
AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THE
COUNCIL WITH APPROVAL AUTHORITY
OVER THE LONG-RANGE PLAN.
IT WOULD HAVE THE SOCIETY
SUBMIT THE PLAN TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT FOR APPROVAL IN
WHOLE OR IN PART.
THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD
TRANSMIT THE APPROVED PORTIONS
OF THE PLAN TO COUNCIL FOR
APPROVAL, REJECTION, OR
APPROVAL IN PART.
IN ESSENCE THE AMENDMENT WOULD
ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT OR
COUNCIL TO DISAPPROVE OF THE
PLAN, PARTS OF THE PLAN OR THE
WHOLE THING, BUT IT WOULD
REQUIRE BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT
AND THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE OF
THE PLAN.
THE AMENDMENT DOES TO OTHER
THINGS.
IT MODIFY SECTION 9.3 OF THE
AGREEMENT TO SPECIFY THE
SUPERINTENDENT MAY ONLY APPROVE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT DO
NOT APPEAR IN THE LONG-RANGE
PLAN IF THEY ARE COMMON REPAIRS
NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF
THE ZOO, BUT DO NOT RISE TO THE
LEVEL OF A PROJECT THAT SHOULD
BE INCLUDED IN THE LONG-RANGE
PLAN.
LASTLY THE AMENDMENT WOULD
MODIFY SECTION 2 TO REQUIRE THE
SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE THE
AGREEMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNICATE
WITH COUNCIL IN A TIMELY
FASHION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO MOVE
YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT 6.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 6 --
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, SO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS THE
SPONSOR.
CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THIS
AMENDMENT?
>> HAPPY TO DO SO, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPONSOR THE AMENDMENT AND
ADDRESS IT.
THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSED PRIOR
TO THIS ONE, AMENDMENT FIVE,
ALSO DEALS WITH THE LONG-RANGE
PLAN.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT I THINK RIGHTFULLY
DEALT WITH IMPORTANT ISSUES
ABOUT PARTICIPATION ASSOCIATED
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
LONG-RANGE PLAN AND IS
REPRESENTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS
IN HIS DISTRICT.
THIS AMENDMENT IS DIFFERENT,
BUT IT IS, I THINK,
COMPLEMENTARY IN THAT WE ARE
FOCUSING ON ISSUES OF COUNCIL
OVERSIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, WHO
REPRESENT NEIGHBORS AND THEIR
EFFORTS TO SPONSOR GOOD
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN RESPONSE
TO ISSUES THAT CONSTITUENTS
HAVE RAISED.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT IS REALLY
MORE FOCUSED ON BROADER, AGAIN,
PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNANCE AND
ENSURING THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY
TO EXERCISE ITS CRITICAL
OVERSIGHT FUNCTION AS IT RELATES
TO THE COMPLEX AGREEMENT THAT
ROUTINELY ATTRACTS SIGNIFICANT
COMMENT AND CONCERN AND INCLUDE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS OF
RESOURCES THAT RELATE TO CITY-
OWNED PROPERTY.
SO UNDER THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT,
THE ZOO WILL SUBMIT ITS
PROPOSED LONG-RANGE PLAN TO THE
CITY WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF
SIGNING THE AGREEMENT.
THE LONG-RANGE PLAN, AS WE KNOW,
HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO
LAND OWNED BY THE CITY BOTH AT
THE SEATTLE LOCATION AND THAT
THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OWNED
BY THE CITY OUTSIDE THE CITY
LIMITS.
THE ZOO IS CONSIDERING OFF-SITE
ANIMAL FEEDING AND CUSTODY AT
THAT LOCATION.
THE PLAN WILL COVER THE INTENT
TO MOVE TO THE USE OF THAT
AREA, THAT LAND.
THE LONG-RANGE PLAN ALSO
INCLUDES CHANGES THAT TOUCH ON
ANIMAL WELFARE, INCLUDING
CHANGES TO THE HABITAT AND
EXHIBITS.
FINALLY, STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO
THE AREAS.
SINCE THE TERM OF THE PROPOSED
AGREEMENT THUS FAR IS 20 YEARS,
WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE LIFE OF
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, THE
STATE OF RESEARCH REGARDING
ZOOS HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IT IS REASONABLE TO THINK THAT
THIS WILL CONTINUE.
A TOUCHPOINT AT FIVE YEARS -- I
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
EFFORT TO CLEAN UP THE
POTENTIAL UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES OF THIS AMENDMENT
AND WORKING TO ADDRESS THEM BY
PERMITTING THE ITEMS TO COME
FORWARD THAT DON'T RISE TO THE
OCCASION OR RISE TO THE NEED
THAT THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED.
SUCH AS THE MINOR CONSTRUCTION
REPAIRS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
I JUST WANT TO SUM UP THAT
REQUIRING COUNCIL APPROVAL OF
THE LONG-RANGE PLAN, WE ARE
BUILDING IT IN WHERE THE PUBLIC
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RAISE CONCERN AND COUNCIL WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE
REASONABLE OVERSIGHT OF
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ZOO
THAT MAY HAVE IMPACT TO ITS
OPERATION, ANIMALS, OR
FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE
AGREEMENT.
WITHOUT THIS, THE ONLY MECHANISM
FOR ONGOING COUNCIL OVERSIGHT
IS THROUGH OUR ANNUAL CYCLE
WHEN WE CONSIDER APPROPRIATION
FOR THE ZOO AND IS NOT THE MOST
EFFECTIVE OR EFFICIENT METHOD
OF DEALING WITH PLANNING
OVERSIGHT.
I HOPE TO GAIN A MAJORITY OF MY
COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ON
THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL ADD I HAD A CHANCE TO
READ THE CHANGES AND I AGREE
WITH YOU ON SOME OF THE CHANGES
WE ALREADY MADE AND BENEFITS WE
ADOPTED ON ONGOING OVERSIGHT
AND LONG-TERM PLANNING AND ALSO
CLARIFICATION OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT'S
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ALSO
REQUIRE THEM TO COMMUNICATE
WITH COUNCIL IN A TIMELY
FASHION, SO I THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS OR ANYTHING WE WANT
TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
OR BRIAN BEFORE WE VOTE?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM CLEAR,
MADAM CHAIR.
THE AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT SIX,
THE VERSION IN FRONT OF US,
MEET SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT
YOU ADDRESSED.
I ALSO WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK
WITH THE ZOO, THAT SOME OF
THOSE CONCERNS HAD POTENTIALLY
BEEN ADDRESSED.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS
HAS BEEN WORKSHOP AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE IT HAS, BUT DO YOU MIND IF
I ASK MEMBERS OF THE ZOO FOR
FEEDBACK ON AMENDMENT SIX?
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE?
>> ABSOLUTELY, GO AHEAD.
>> THAT IS THE EXTENT OF MY
QUESTION.
IS IT WORKABLE WITH THE
PARTNERS FROM THE ZOO AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IF YOU
HAVE OTHER CONTEXT AS WELL
FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU
HAVE HAD --
>> SO, WE HAD DECLINED SUPPORT
FOR THIS AMENDMENT, BECAUSE
LITERALLY THIS CHANGES A NUMBER
OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
ADDRESSED IN THE PREVIOUS
AMENDMENT IN A PROACTIVE WAY,
OF THE COUNCIL BEING ENGAGED IN
THE DISCUSSION OF THE PROACTIVE
ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION PLAN.
THIS AMENDMENT ADDS AN
ADDITIONAL LAYER OF REVISIONS
AND CHANGES THAT CAN
POTENTIALLY COMPLICATE THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN.
THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL
ALREADY HAVE THE FINAL WORD ON
THE APPROVAL BY THE
APPROPRIATION CYCLE THEY HAVE
EVERY YEAR AND ALSO BY
DETERMINATION LANGUAGE THAT
EXISTS IN MANY PARTS OF THE
AGREEMENT.
THE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE LONG-RANGE PLAN DISCUSSION
REALLY IS ADDING CONFLICT IN
TERMS OF DRIVING CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS.
TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, ALSO,
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ZOO
HAVE BEEN MOSTLY, LARGELY PAID
BY THE NONPROFIT SOCIETY THAT
OPERATES THE ZOO ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY.
MOST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE
FROM ITS OWN FUNDRAISING.
SO IN A SENSE, THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN OVER THE PAST 20
YEARS AND LIKELY THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN THAT WILL HAPPEN
OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS IS
CONTRIBUTED BY THE SOCIETY ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY ON THOSE
BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE
OWNED BY THE CITY THEMSELVES.
SO THOSE ARE OUR ARGUMENTS ON
THAT AMENDMENT.
>> DR. GRAJAL, THANK YOU AND I
AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I WAS LOOKING AT MY NOTES ON
WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ZOO
AND PARKS AGREED UPON AND I
WANT TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT
ANOTHER CHANCE TO RESPOND AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I
ALSO AGREE WITH DR. GRAJAL, WE
DON'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
IT REALLY IS A PRETTY ROBUST
PROCESS THE WAY IT IS SET UP
AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH THE ZOO AND WITH THE
ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, I THINK IT PROVIDES A
GOOD PROCESS.
THIS IS AN AGREEMENT DIRECTLY
BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND RECREATION WITH THE ZOO.
I THINK WE HAVE MANY OTHER
CONTRACTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM,
INCLUDING LARGE ONES LIKE ONE
OF THE WITNESSES TALKED ABOUT.
THEY ALSO HAVE A LARGE
OPERATION.
THIS WOULD ALSO CREATE
CHALLENGES FOR US TO BRING ANY
STRATEGIC PLAN TO THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN AND ANY OF OUR
PARTNERS AND CONTRACTORS.
I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
APPROVE.
AS WELL AS IN ITS ROLE FOR THE
GOVERNING BOARD.
>> LET ME POSE A QUESTION TO
BOTH OF YOU, DR. GRAJAL AND
SUPERINTENDENT.
AGAIN I SPOKE A LITTLE TOO
SOON, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT
MY SHEET OF PAPER WHICH I
CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER
AMENDMENT.
NOT THAT I DON'T THINK YOUR
IDEAS ARE GOOD, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE?
IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX PERHAPS IS
REDUNDANT OR NOT NEEDED?
BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE
OTHER MEASURES WITHIN THE
CONTRACT THAT WILL ADDRESS THIS
THAT YOU FEEL IS SUFFICIENT?
IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?
>> I WOULD SAY, WE ALREADY, THE
ZOO FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, WE
HAVE THE REVIEW OF THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN WITH VERY DEFINED
AND STRONG COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION PLAN THAT IS
DEFINED IN AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE APPROVAL BY
THE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS
GOVERNING BOARD AND WE ALSO
HAVE THE ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF
ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
AND REGULATIONS THAT EXIST,
WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THE LONG-RANGE PLAN MAKES
COMMITMENTS TO COMMUNITY
WORKFORCE AGREEMENT WITH THE
UNIONS TO GREEN SUSTAINABILITY,
TO THE CONSERVATION OF WATER
AND ELECTRICITY.
IN A SENSE, THE PLAN HAS, IN
OUR VIEW, ENOUGH POINTS OF
PARTICIPATION AND PROACTIVE
ENGAGEMENT, IN A WAY THAT THE
PROCESS WILL WORK FROM THE
BASE, INTO A PRODUCT THAT
EVERYBODY CAN LIVE WITH AND
EVERYBODY CAN MOVE ON.
WE BELIEVE THAT BETWEEN
AMENDMENT FIVE IN THE EXISTING
LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT, WE
HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH IN THE
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE
PROCESS, FOR A SUCCESSFUL LONG-
RANGE PLAN THAT CAN BE APPROVED
BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
>> WELL SAID.
ANOTHER PIECE IS THAT WE
INCLUDED IN THE EXISTING
PROPOSED AGREEMENT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION WOULD BE VERY MUCH
INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING.
IT'S NOT JUST WAITING FOR A
PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE
REPRESENTATIVES ON THIS GROUP
DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, SO ALL OF
THE EXPERTISE OUR TEAM BRINGS,
WHETHER IT IS ON THE CAPITAL
PROJECT SIDE, THE UNDERSTANDING
OF ZONING AND OTHER POTENTIAL
ISSUES THAT COULD BE IMPACTED
BY A LONG-RANGE PLAN AT THE
ZOO, WE WILL BE VERY MUCH
ENGAGED WITH THAT AND WORK WITH
THE ZOO TO ENSURE THEY ARE
HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
AND WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING THAT
WOULD RUN AFOUL OF EXISTING
LAW.
>> I WANT TO CLEAR SOMETHING
UP.
I KNOW THAT IN 2021, THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT OR
THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT, WE
ARE NOW FUNDING THE ANNUAL
OPERATIONS THAT SUPPORT ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE.
IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE LONG-
TERM PLAN?
>> I THINK IT DEPENDS AND I
WILL DEFER TO DR. GRAJAL.
I THINK IT IS SORT OF THE LONG
TERM VISION FOR THE ZOO THAT
WOULD LIKELY INCLUDE SOME OF
THE GREATEST, SIGNIFICANT
CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.
OUR COMMITMENT IS THE ONGOING
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT.
AND AS MUCH AS THAT IS PART OF
THEIR PLAN.
>> CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT 2019
WHEN WE DID THE FUND SOURCE FOR
CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND CAPITAL
PROJECTS AND MINOR FUNCTIONS AND
LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND POLICY.
I GUESS IF I COULD IN A
SHORTHAND WAY, IT IS FAIR TO
SAY THAT SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WILL BE INVOLVED THROUGH
DIFFERENT MECHANISMS AND
CERTAINLY SEATTLE PARKS AND REC
AND THE BOARD OF PARKS,
INVOLVED IN LONG-RANGE
PLANNING.
THAT IT DOES NOT JUST GET
DROPPED EN MASSE, CORRECT?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> I APPRECIATE, MADAM CHAIR,
THE CLARIFICATION, BUT IT DOES
NOT EVEN COME TO US, RIGHT?
UNDER THE CURRENT SCHEME.
I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE
MAKING A COMMITMENT FOR $250
MILLION ON A 92 ACRE PUBLIC
ASSET THAT IS OWNED BY THE
CITY, I CAN'T FATHOM WHY WE
WOULD NOT WANT TO MAINTAIN
COUNCIL OVERSIGHT OF THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN.
PARTICIPATION IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN ON
BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE
SELECT IS NOT OVERSIGHT.
THAT IS PARTICIPATION.
IT IS USEFUL.
IT IS GREAT THAT WE ARE
CREATING A STRUCTURE THAT WILL
INCLUDE PARTICIPATION OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE IDENTIFY
AND INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING
COUNCIL, BUT THAT IS NOT
OVERSIGHT.
OVERSIGHT IS THE PLAN COMING TO
US AND OUR APPROVAL OF THE
PLAN.
THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD NOT DO
THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS A BUDGET
PROCESS, AGAIN, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO SUBJECT
OUR BUDGET PROCESS TO BEING
DERAILED BY FOLKS WHO HAVE
CONCERNS AROUND THE PROPOSAL
FOR FUNDING THE ZOO, AS WE ARE
COMMITTING TO DO?
BECAUSE ISSUES IN THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN ARE NOT BEING
ADDRESSED.
I FEEL LIKE, IN AN EFFORT TO
STREAMLINE THE DECISION-MAKING,
THE ZOO AND SUPERINTENDENT ARE
NOT CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCES
OF POTENTIALLY NOT HAVING THIS
PLAN COME TO US AND YOU THINK
THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN A
HEADACHE?
BOY, IF WE ARE STUCK IN BUDGET
WITH A BUNCH OF FOLKS WHO FEEL
THAT WE ARE NOT ADEQUATELY
EXERCISING OVERSIGHT OF THE
LONG-RANGE PLAN AND THEY ARE
ASKING US NOT TO PROVIDE
FUNDING, THAT IS NOT A
SITUATION THAT ANY OF US,
SUPPORTERS OF THE ZOO, WANT TO
SEE US IN, CALM BUDGET PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I
WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE FOR ADOPTION ON NUMBER
SIX?
>> 1021.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> 1027.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED.
>> SO THE MOTION PASSES,
CORRECT?
>> YES IT DOES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT SIX IS ADOPTED AND WE
WILL MOVE ON.
TWO AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION,
TOO.
I WAS LOOKING AT MY WRONG
NOTES, SO I APOLOGIZE,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WE HAVE BEFORE US, AMENDMENT
NUMBER SEVEN.
DO YOU WANT TO TS UP?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
RELATES TO PUBLIC BENEFITS.
IT WOULD MODIFY SECTION 11.1
TO PROVIDE THAT THE VALUE OF
PUBLIC BENEFITS SHALL ESCALATE
EACH YEAR ACCORDING TO THE
INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX, CONSISTENT WITH THE
ESCALATION SPECIFIED IN THE
PROPOSED AGREEMENT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR
PROPOSED AGREEMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR ME?
I MOVE AMENDMENT SEVEN TO THE
PROPOSED VOTE.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO
IT?
>> THANK YOU.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE
THE ZOO TO INCREASE PUBLIC
BENEFITS AGREED TO IN THE
CONTRACT WITH INFLATION.
THE CONTRACT AUTOMATICALLY
INCREASES THE CITY FUNDING FOR
THE ZOO WITH INFLATION.
THIS IS THE COMMITMENT MADE IN
THE CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT 20 TO
30 YEARS, SO IT SEEMS TO MAKE
SENSE TO ME THAT THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT, LIKE FREE, LOW INCOME
TICKETS, WHICH THE CITY IS
EFFECTIVELY FUNDING, SHOULD
INCREASE BY THE SAME
PROPORTION.
THIS IS A 20 YEAR CONTRACT THAT
HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS.
30 YEARS OF INFLATION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CUMULATIVE
EFFECT, IT WILL BE DRAMATIC.
úTHE VALUE OF $100 30 YEARS AGO
IS $270 TODAY, NEARLY TRIPLE.
IF THE CITY FUNDING FOR THE ZOO
TRIPLES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS,
SO SHOULD THE SUBSIDY FOR FREE
TICKETS AND OTHER RELATED
PUBLIC BENEFITS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
REGARDING AMNDMENT NUMBER
SEVEN?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER
SEVEN?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> 1033.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED,
ONE ABSTAINED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND IS
ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMEN
NUMBER EIGHT.
BRIAN, I WILL LET YOU SPEAK TO
IT AND THEN I WILL HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA DISCUSS
IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND THIS IS ONE THAT
HAS A NEW VERSION SINCE THE ONE
DISTRIBUTED IN YESTERDAY'S
STAFF MEMO.
AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE, THE
VERSION I WILL BE DESCRIBING IS
VERSION NUMBER FIVE.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD A NEW
SECTION, 11.3.6, TO THE
PROPOSED AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD
REQUIRE THE SOCIETY TO CAUSE
THE ENTITY OPERATING OR MANAGING
THE FOOD OPERATION OF THE ZOO
TO ENTER INTO A LABOR PEACE
AGREEMENT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING WE ARE ON VERSION
NUMBER FIVE.
I WANT TO THANK MY OFFICE,
ALONG WITH THE TEAM AT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S OFFICE.
ALONG WITH UNITE HERE.
MEMBERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK WITH US ABOUT INCLUDING A
LABOR PEACE PROVISION IN THE
AGREEMENT.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FREQUENTLY
INCLUDES VARIOUS FORMS OF LABOR
HARMONY AND PEACE AGREEMENT
LANGUAGE WHEN THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO PROMOTE PEACE,
INCLUDING THE ABILITY FOR
SEVERAL MAJOR CONTRACTS, SUCH
AS THE WATERFRONT AGREEMENT AND
THE LATEST ITERATION OF THE
LEVEE.
THIS VERSION 5 OF AMENDMENT
EIGHT WOULD REQUIRE THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO TO CAUSE ANY
ENTITY OPERATING OR MANAGING
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSIONS
AT THE ZOO TO ENTER INTO A
LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT AT THE
EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.
WE UNDERSTAND THE ZOO WAS
MIDWAY THROUGH ITS CONTRACT
WITH THE CURRENT FOOD AND
BEVERAGE OPERATOR AND WILL HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE
CONTRACT IS UP.
I AM ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
WORKING WITH THE ZOO AND THE
FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATOR,
LEVY RESTAURANTS, TO SEE
WHETHER THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ENTER SUCH A PEACE AGREEMENT
SOONER IN THE CONTRACT RENEWAL
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER
CONVERSATIONS TO SEE IF THAT
CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED OUTSIDE THE
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU AGAIN, CHALLENGED --
THANK YOU FOR HOW TO REFINE THE
LANGUAGE AND TO OUR PARKS
PARTNERS ON THE LINE.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ'S TEAM.
THE ZOO AND PARKS TEAM ON THE
LINE HERE, FOR YOUR WORK TO
CREATE AN AMENDMENT I AM HOPEFUL
WE CAN ALL BE SUPPORTIVE OF.
I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT
COLLABORATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S AMENDMENT DAY
>> I APOLOGIZE, IF
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA MOVED
THAT, I MISSED IT.
CAN WE GET THAT AMENDMENT
EIGHT, VERSION 5, MOVED AND
SECONDED?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, CHAIR.
I MOVED TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT
EIGHT, VERSION 5.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED AND THE
SPONSOR HAS DISCUSSED IT.
AS OF THIS POINT, I DO NOT SEE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS, SO I WILL ASK THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT EIGHT,
VERSION 5.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADDED.
IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD?
SORRY ABOUT THAT, I AM GETTING
MY TIMES MIXED UP.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE MOVING ONTO
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE,
REGARDING RECORDS.
BRIAN, WHEN YOU'RE DONE
TALKING, I HAVE A FEW THINGS I
WANT TO SAY BEFORE I PASS IT
TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
GO AHEAD.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE
RELATES TO THE DEFINITION OF
ZOO ANIMAL RECORDS.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY THE
DEFINITION FOR ALL RECORDS
RELATED TO ZOO ANIMALS, INSTEAD
OF JUST THOSE RECORDS RELATED
TO THE VETERINARY TREATMENT OF
THE ANIMALS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, BEFORE
I RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR
PROPOSED AMENDMENT, I WANT TO
SHARE WHERE I AM HEADED.
I AM NOT INCLINED TO SUPPORT
THIS WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE,
BUT I DO WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU
HAVE TO SAY IN REGARDS TO YOUR
AMENDMENT AND THEN I WILL
PROBABLY FOLLOW UP.
WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN
ORDER TO MOVE YOUR PROPOSED
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVE AMENDMENT
NUMBER NINE TO THE BILL DAY
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR THE
SECOND.
THIS AMENDMENT ADJUSTS THE
DEFINITION OF WHAT LOGS ARE
CONSIDERED PUBLIC RECORDS.
MANY CONSTITUENTS CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO
AND HAVE, IN THE PAST, BEEN
VERY FRUSTRATED BY THE
DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE HAD IN
GETTING RECORDS FROM THE ZOO.
THERE WERE EVEN LAWSUITS OVER
WHAT COUNTED AS A PUBLIC
RECORD.
I CANNOT THINK OF ANY GOOD
REASON FOR THE ZOO TO REFUSE TO
RELEASE RECORDS ABOUT THE
ANIMALS AND RESTRICTING ANIMAL
RECORDS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE.
IN MY MIND, SERVES NO PURPOSE,
AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE
THOUGHT ABOUT AND TALKED TO
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT AND IT SEEMS
LIKE THE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD
THING TO DO.
THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION BEING TO
MAKE ANY RECORDS RELATED TO THE
ZOO ANIMALS PUBLIC.
I HAVE A CONCERN THAT
INCREASING THE RECORDS
CONSIDERED PUBLIC RECORDS COULD
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RECORDS
THAT THERE COULD BE FUTURE
LAWSUITS OVER THE RELEASE OF,
BUT AGAIN, IT'S SORT OF POINTS
TO THE SAME POINT OF, IF THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO RELEASED THE
RECORDS REQUEST, THEN I DON'T
SEE HOW LEGAL LIABILITY COULD
BECOME A PROBLEM.
IF THE INSTITUTION COMPLIED
WITH THE REQUEST I DON'T SEE
WHY IT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I WITHHOLD MY COMMENTS NOW.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT FILLS IN BLANKS THAT I HAD.
IS THERE ANYTHING FOR MY
COLLEAGUES BEFORE I MAKE ANY
STATEMENTS?
ALL RIGHT, NOT SING ANYTHING
FROM MY COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THANK
YOU FOR THE AMENDMENT.
I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE LAWSUIT
THAT SOME FOLKS BROUGHT AGAINST
THE ZOO REGARDING PUBLIC
RECORDS AND I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY TODAY I CANNOT
SUPPORT YOUR AMENDMENT ON
RECORDS THAT IS EXPANDING THE
DEFINITION OF ZOO ANIMAL
RECORDS TO INCLUDE ALL RECORDS
PERTAINING TO ALL ZOO ANIMALS.
FOR ME ON A PRACTICAL PURPOSE,
THE ZOO DOES NOT HAVE THE STAFF
OR A PBR OFFICE THE WAY THE
CITY COUNCIL HAS OR THE
EXECUTIVE LEGISLATIVE
GOVERNMENT HAS OR RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE REQUEST
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
REQUESTS.
THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
NUMBER TWO, BESIDES NOT HAVING
THE STAFF AND TIME, I BELIEVE
IT IS STILL A TRANSPARENT
SYSTEM IF THE RECORDS ARE
REASONABLE IN RELATIONSHIP TO
THE ZOO ANIMALS AND NOT
ANYTHING ELSE.
SOME OF THE ISSUES, AND I
ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOME OF THE
CONSTITUENTS AND SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS AND ZOO FOLKS AND WHAT
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IS
THIS INVITES WIDE
INTERPRETATION THAT COULD HARM
THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION OF THE
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF
RUNNING A ZOO.
BOARD MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC, AS ARE THE AGENDA AND
NOTES.
ALSO, ZOO STAFF ARE ACCESSIBLE
AND NOW WE PASSED MORE
AMENDMENTS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION, SO THERE IS EVEN
MORE TRANSPARENCY.
ALSO, VET RECORDS ARE ALREADY
AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND ALSO I LEARNED TODAY
THAT FINANCES ARE PUBLICLY
PRESENTED IN ANNUAL FILINGS.
SO FOR ME I THINK THERE IS
ENOUGH TRANSPARENCY FOR ANY
COMMUNITY MEMBER, IF INDEED
THEY HAVE A REASONABLE REQUEST
TO THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO,
REGARDING ANY ANIMAL ISSUE OR
ZOO RECORDS.
SO FOR THAT PRACTICAL REASON I
WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS.
WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE
CALL THE ROLE?
>> HERBOLD.
>> NO.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> ONE IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED.
>> SO THE AMENDMENT FAILS, IS
NOT ADOPTED, AND WE MOVE ONTO
AMENDMENT NUMBER 10.
WHICH IS ANIMAL CORRECTION
CORRECT?
>> SO, AMENDMENT 10 IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND RELATES TO THE
ANIMAL COLLECTION.
THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT AS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN IN 12.3
REQUIRES THE SOCIETY TO COMPLY
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL
STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND
POLICIES.
IT ALSO REQUIRES THE SOCIETY TO
COMPLY BY THE GUIDELINES OF THE
ACA.
THIS WOULD MODIFY THAT SECTION
TO REQUIRE THE SOCIETY TO
COMPLY WITH ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS
OR OTHER POLICIES ESTABLISHED
BY THE CITY AFFECTING THE
BREEDING, SALE, OR DISPOSITION
OF ZOO ANIMALS.
IT WOULD ALSO CLARIFY IF THERE
IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN
GUIDELINES AND POLICIES OF THE
ACA AND GOVERNMENTAL LAWS AND
POLICIES, THE GOVERNMENTAL LAWS
AND POLICIES SHALL TAKE
PRECEDENCE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 10.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVE AMENDMENT
NUMBER 10 RELATED TO THE
DISPOSITION OF ZOO ANIMALS.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DO YOU
WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR
AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU.
IN 2018, HUNDREDS OR EVEN
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN SEATTLE
REACHED OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
BECAUSE THEY ARE EXTREMELY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF
THE THREE ELEPHANTS AT THE TIME
OF THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO.
THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD
ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THEIR
CONCERNS WITH THE ZOO
ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT SUCCESS
AND THEN APPEALED TO THE
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED BODY OF
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HELP.
THESE CONSTITUENTS WERE
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT ABOUT THE
HEALTH OF THE ELEPHANT
CONFIRMED THROUGH PUBLIC
REPORTS, BECAUSE THE ZOOS ARE
JUST TOO SMALL FOR ELEPHANTS.
MY OFFICE PREPARED LEGISLATION
AT THE TIME TO REQUIRE THE ZOO
TO TRANSFER THE ELEPHANTS TO A
SANCTUARY THAT AGREED TO ACCEPT
THEM, IN SUPPORT OF THE
CONSTITUENTS.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL
AT THAT TIME DID NOT AGREE TO
SUPPORT IT.
ULTIMATELY THERE WAS SUFFICIENT
PUBLIC PRESSURE TO COMPEL THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO TO TRANSFER
THE ELEPHANTS, BUT RATHER THAN
TO THE SANCTUARY, THEY WERE
TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER ZOO IN
OKLAHOMA CITY AND ALL OF THAT
WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.
ONE OF THE ELEPHANTS DIED
SHORTLY AFTER.
I BELIEVE I AM THE ONLY
COUNCILMEMBER FROM THAT TIME
STILL IN OFFICE.
HOWEVER, THAT EXPERIENCE WAS
CONVINCING TO ME THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS SHOULD HAVE AN
AVENUE FOR SOME FORM OF
DEMOCRATIC INFLUENCE OVER THE
ZOO ON THIS QUESTION OF
DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS, IF
NEEDED.
I WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT THE
COUNCIL OR PARKS DEPARTMENT
WOULD GET INVOLVED IN DAY-TO-
DAY OPERATIONS AT THE ZOO.
IN FACT THAT INCIDENT IS THE
ONLY TIME IN THE YEARS I HAVE
BEEN IN OFFICE WHERE
CONSTITUENTS HAVE DEMANDED
ACTION ON ANIMAL WELFARE AT THE
ZOO.
IT WAS EXTREME, AND UNUSUAL
THING, BUT WHEN THAT DOES
HAPPEN, IT WAS GRAVELY
IMPORTANT, AS WE SAW FROM THE
OUTCOME.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, CONSTITUENTS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO
AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH THE
POWER TO ACT, WHICH IS WHAT
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF CONCERN AMONG ADVOCATES THAT
IN THE PAST, COUNCILMEMBERS
WERE UNAWARE THAT THEY HAD THE
AUTHORITY TO PASS LEGISLATION
REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF
ANIMALS AND WE HEARD FROM
PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THAT,
TODAY.
BUT THAT IS SIMPLY, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, NOT ACCURATE OF
WHAT THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY
WAS IN THAT INSTANCE.
SINCE THAT TIME, AS MENTIONED,
THERE HAS BEEN -- THE ONLY
COUNCILMEMBER HERE FROM THAT
TIME.
BUT MY RESEARCH INTO WHAT DID
HAPPEN IN 2015 HAS HELPED ME
GET A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF
THIS ISSUE.
THE ADVOCATES HAVE RAISED THE
ISSUE.
THE AGREEMENT WOULD REQUIRE
THAT THE ZOO COMPLY WITH ALL
LOCAL LAWS REGARDING ANIMAL
DISPOSITION.
THIS MEANS COUNCIL COULD, IN
THE FUTURE, CONSIDER PASSING
DIFFERENT ANIMAL DISPOSITION
POLICIES THAT WOULD APPLY TO,
FOR INSTANCE, ZOO ANIMALS AND
OTHER OPERATORS OF ANIMAL
ATTRACTIONS.
FURTHER, THE APPROVAL OF THE
LONG-RANGE PLAN AMENDMENT IS
ANOTHER APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY
TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON PLANS
FOR ANIMAL HABITAT AND WELFARE.
WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IS
INCLUDED, I AM COMFORTABLE THAT
THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT TO
PRESERVE SUFFICIENT OVERSIGHT,
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S ROLE
AS ZOO OWNER, NOT ZOO OPERATOR.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
HARD WORK THAT THE ADVOCATES
HAVE DONE TO RAISE THIS ISSUE
OF OUR AUTHORITY.
RELATED TO LAWS AND REGULATION
REGARDING ANIMAL DISPOSITION
AND TREATMENT.
SO, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS
AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY TO MEET
THE PROPONENTS GOALS, GIVEN MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXISTING
LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS THE
LANGUAGE THAT HAS RECENTLY, IN
COMMITTEE, BEN AGREED TO FOR
THE LONG-RANGE PLAN AGREEMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE
CONCERNS WITH THE LANGUAGE.
WHERE I AM AT IS NOT SO MUCH
THAT I HAVE CONCERN, IT IS MORE
THAT I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE
INCLUDED IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET
THE GOALS AND IF THERE ARE
CONCERNS THAT I DON'T
UNDERSTAND, I AM MORE
COMFORTABLE STICKING WITH THE
LANGUAGE THAT I HAVE BEFORE US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE BEFORE I STATE MY
POSITION?
ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, I APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE AND I KNOW YOU
WERE HERE IN 2015, BUT I LIKE
TO SAY THAT A LOT HAS CHANGED
SINCE 2015.
I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT
ON ANIMAL COLLECTION, MAINLY ON
THE SAME GROUNDS AS A SHARED
EARLIER.
NOT JUST PRACTICALITY, BUT I
DON'T THINK CITY POLICY CAN
PREEMPT FEDERAL, STATE,
REGIONAL, OR ZOO ACCREDITATION
AUTHORITY, THAT WE COULD
SUPPLANT OUR OWN OPINIONS,
BECAUSE WE LACK THE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTISE.
WE DON'T RUN ZOOS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ZOOS THAT DO
THAT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN I SAT
DOWN AND MET WITH THE ZOO
LEADERSHIP AND SOME FOLKS FROM
THE PARKS, MY UNDERSTANDING
FROM THE ZOO, AND I WOULD LIKE
DR. GRAJAL TO WAY AND IF HE
CAN, THAT THIS WOULD DIRECTLY
RISK ACCREDITATION, WHICH IS A
CORE REQUIREMENT OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
I WILL LET DR. GRAJAL SPEAK TO
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO, THE
ACCREDITATION, THE
VETERINARIANS, AND THE WORK AND
PEOPLE THEY HAVE HIRED TO MAKE
THIS A BETTER ZOO AND THAT THE
ZOO ALREADY COMPLIES WITH
GOVERNMENT LAWS AND
REGULATIONS, WHICH IS EXTENSIVE
AND PROTECTS NOT ONLY THE
ANIMALS, THE OPERATIONS AND THE
ZOO ANIMALS.
SO ONE OF US, I THINK ALL OF
YOU RECEIVED A ONE-PAGE MEMO
FROM THE ZOO THAT WAS CIRCULATED
TO OUTLINE SOME OF THE ISSUES
AND CONCERNS.
FOR ME THIS IS REALLY A
DEALBREAKER.
IT IS NOT PRACTICAL AND THIS
GOES TO THE CORE.
I DON'T WANT TO RISK THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO LOSING
ACCREDITATION AND THEIR STATUS
AS ONE OF THE BEST ZOOS IN THE
COUNTRY.
I KNOW THAT IS OPEN TO
DISCUSSION OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT
FROM WHERE I STAND IN CHAIRING
THIS COMMITTEE AND THE WORK
I'VE DONE, I WILL BE VOTING NO.
BUT WILL YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO
ANYTHING I SAID, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, OR COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT?
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD SUMMARIZED IT WELL.
WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
AND REGULATIONS.
THERE IS ENOUGH OVERSIGHT AND
CONTROL OVER THE CONTROL OF THE
COLLECTION, INCLUDING THE LONG-
RANGE PLAN.
THE MAIN THING THAT WE HAVE
AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT IS THE
IDEA THAT REGULATIONS WILL TAKE
PRECEDENCE OVER ACCREDITATION.
JUST REMIND YOU, ACCREDITATION
IS ONE OF THE CORE ELEMENTS OF
THIS AGREEMENT.
SO IF FUTURE REGULATIONS
CONTRADICT AND JEOPARDIZE
ACCREDITATION, THE ZOO WOULD
NEED TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT
AS SPECIFIED.
SO IN A SENSE I THINK IT WOULD
BE UP TO THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE
ANY RULES, REGULATIONS, OR
DECREES THAT THEY FEEL THAT
THEY NEED TO, BUT IF THOSE
REGULATIONS CONTRADICT OUR
POLICIES, THEN THE AGREEMENT
WILL PROBABLY MISS ONE OF THE
CORE ELEMENTS, WHICH IS
ACCREDITATION FOR THE ZOO.
SO THAT IS OUR POSITION.
>> THANK YOU, DR. GRAJAL.
ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE GO TO A
VOTE?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> JUST BRIEFLY, THIS WHOLE
THING OF THE RISK OF LOSING
ACCREDITATION.
I DON'T AGREE THAT THE ZOO
WOULD BE AT THE RISK OF LOSING
ACCREDITATION.
IN FACT, THE ZOO USED TO BE RUN
BY THE CITY ITSELF, SO I AM NOT
SURE THAT APPLIES.
OBVIOUSLY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT
ANY KIND OF MOVE THAT WOULD
HAVE THAT RISK, BUT IN MY
UNDERSTANDING THIS AMENDMENT
DOES NOT HAVE THAT RISK.
AND JUST ON THE QUESTION
BROUGHT UP ON DOES THE COUNCIL
HAVE THAT AUTHORITY ANYWAY, I
FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THAT IS A
LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY AREA.
CONSTITUENTS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO
WHO ARE LONG-STANDING ANIMAL
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE
CITY AND PAID ATTENTION TO THE
ZOO FOR YEARS.
THEY FELT THIS AMENDMENT WAS
NECESSARY, SO THEY BROUGHT IT
FORWARD.
THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU LISTEN TO
THE ANIMAL ADVOCATES.
WITH THAT I WILL MOVE FORWARD
FOR THE VOTE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
10?
>> HERBOLD.
>> NO.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> ABSTAINED.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> ONE IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED,
ONE ABSTAINED.
>> SO THE MOTION FAILS AND,
BRIAN, LET'S CONTINUE ON TO
AMENDMENT 11.
11 AND 12, BECAUSE THESE ARE A
LITTLE BIT CONFLICTING.
SO I WILL LET YOU SPEAK TO BOTH
OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME,
CORRECT?
THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO AND
THEN WE WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE COME
TO THE FIRST SET OF AMENDMENTS
THAT ARE COMPETING WITH EACH
OTHER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, BOTH AMENDMENTS
11 AND 12 RELATE TO THE
AGREEMENT TERM AND THE
COMMITTEE CANNOT MOST APPROVE
ONLY ONE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
I WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE BOTH OF
THEM.
AMENDMENT 11, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, WHICH
SHORTEN THE TERM OF THE
AGREEMENT
>> WOULD MODIFY THE EXTENSION
OPTION FROM ALLOWING ONE 10
YEAR EXTENSION TO ALLOWING FULL
EXTENSIONS AS LONG AS THOSE DO
NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL OF 10
YEARS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT WOULD
POSSIBLE HAVE A TERM OF 30
YEARS IN TOTAL.
AND AMENDMENT 12 WOULD ALSO
NEED THE SUPER ATTENDANCE
APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
>> SINCE WE HAVE ON MINUTES 11
AND 12 THAT ARE CONFLICTING,
BUT I'M GOING TO DO IS HAVE
EACH SPONSOR SPEAK TO THEIR
AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL GO
BACK AND THEY CAN MOVE AND
VOTE.
DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT MADAM
CLERK?
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST
ACTION TO TAKE RIGHT NOW.
>> WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON YOU CAN SPEAK TO YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR JUAREZ.
I SUPPORT MANY OF THE BENEFITS
AND THINK THE ZOO AND THEIR
TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
MY FAMILY HAS ENJOYED THE ZOO
OVER THE YEARS AND I APPRECIATE
ALL THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS
PROPOSAL.
MY AMENDMENT IS BEING BROUGHT
FORWARD IN THE INTEREST OF SOME
BELIEVE WE COULD SPEND EVEN
MORE TIME ANALYZING THE
PROPOSED AGREEMENT.
WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT THE
FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AS SOCIETY
OPENLY DEBATE THE RELATIVE
BENEFITS AND GOALS OF URBAN
ZOOS OVER TIME AND LOCKING
OURSELVES INTO A 30 YEAR
AGREEMENT WHICH IS 20 YEARS
PLUS A 10 YEAR EXTENSION NOT BE
PRUDENT.
A LOT CAN CHANGE IN A DECADE
WITH TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION,
CONSERVATION, OUR MEASUREMENT
OF PUBLIC BENEFITS AND OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MY
AMENDMENT STILL RETAINS THE 10
YEAR EXTENSION AND IT IS A
RELATIVELY EASY EXTENSION
BECAUSE IT IS APPROVED JUST BY
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ZOO.
IN OTHER WORDS IS ADJUSTING THE
TOTAL FROM 30 YEARS TO 20
YEARS.
GIVEN THE NUMEROUS CHANGES WE
ARE MAKING TODAY TO THE ZOO'S
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL I BELIEVE
SHORTENING THE LENGTH OF THE
AGREEMENT COULD BE CONSIDERED A
WIN-WIN AND ENABLES EVERYONE TO
REVISIT IT IN 10-20 YEARS
INSTEAD OF 20-30 YEARS.
I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> MADAM CLERK TO WE ENTERTAIN
QUESTIONS NOW OR DO I LET THE
SPONSORS SPEAK TO THEIR
MENDMENT AND THEN GO BACK TO
THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE?
>> IT IS UP TO YOU.
I WOULD SUGGEST HAVING BOTH
SPONSORS PRESENT THEIR
AMENDMENTS AND THEN OPEN IT UP
AND POSSIBLY MAKE THE MOTION TO
MOVE AND VOTE.
NOW I THINK IT IS BEST TO HAVE
BOTH SPONSORS SPEAK TO THEIR
ARMAMENTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT CAN YOU
PLEASE SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT
NUMBER 12?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR JUAREZ.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY LONG
CONTRACT, 20 OR 30 YEARS FROM
NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE WILL WANT TO HAPPEN
WITH THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO.
UNO'S WILL BE RUNNING THE ZOO
WHO WILL BE RUNNING THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT. GIVEN THAT SO MANY
PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT THE
DETAILS OF THIS CONTRACT I
THINK THIS AMENDMENT TO SHORTEN
THE INITIAL CONTRACT TO BE 10-
20 YEARS IS ENOUGH LONG ENOUGH
PERIOD THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
AS MENTIONED, AMENDMENT 12
ADDRESSES THE SAME ISSUE A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
IT WOULD REQUIRE COUNSEL
APPROVAL FOR AN EXTENSION
BEYOND 20 YEARS THAT I SUPPORT
EITHER APPROACH.
I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THAN
MEN MEANT FROM COUNCILMEMBER --
THE AMENDMENT FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSON.
IF IT DOES NOT PASS THEN I
WILL VOTE AMENDMENT 12 FOR A
VOTE.
>> WHAT WE WILL DO IS GO BACK
TO AND MEN MEANT NUMBER 11 AND
I WILL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON FORMALLY MOVE HIS
AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE
SOME COMMENTS ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON?
>> I HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION?
JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE THESE
ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
AMENDMENTS IT IS POSSIBLE WE
WILL NOT GET TO AMENDMENT 12.
IS THAT CORRECT?
IF AMENDMENT 11 PASSES THEN
AMENDMENT 12 JUST GOES AWAY OR
IS TABLED.
>> CORRECT.
IF AMENDMENT 11 FAILS, IF BOTH
OF THEM FAIL THEN WE JUST GO
WITH THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT AND
THE 20 YEAR TERM WHICH IS IN
THE CONTRACT WHICH YOU HAVE ALL
SEEN IT WILL GO BACK TO THAT
DISCUSSION.
>> BECAUSE OF THE SETUP HERE
WITH THESE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
AMENDMENTS IT CREATES A
SITUATION WHERE WE COULD NOT BE
ABLE TO GO BACK.
THAT IS WHAT I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT.
I DID WANT TO UNDERSTAND A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
INTENT OF AMENDMENT 12 IF I
COULD MADAM CHAIR?
>> LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING
REAL QUICK.
I WANT TO LOOP BACK QUICKLY.
THERE IS A REASON WHY BRIAN PUT
11 AND 12 TOGETHER IN THE ORDER
HE DID THEM.
THERE IS SOME LOGIC HERE AND
WHY HE PUT 13-15 TOGETHER.
BECAUSE THE SAME ISSUE WILL
COME UP AGAIN AND THERE'S A
REASON WHY HE DID IT BECAUSE I
HAD THE SAME CONFUSION THAT YOU
DID.
IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE
FAIR SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU
ARE GETTING OUT THERE.
BUT GO AHEAD.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE POLICY
INTENT OF 11 IS TO TAKE A 20
YEAR TERM AND MAKE IT A 10 YEAR
TERM SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CHECK IN.
IS THAT MORE OR LESS CORRECT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> WITH 12 I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE POLICY OBJECTIVE IS
THAT IS BEING SERVED TO STILL
HAVE A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT BUT
AFTER THE 20 YEARS IS UP AS I
UNDERSTAND IT IF THERE ARE
EXTENSIONS THEY WOULD HAVE TO
COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF
THE EXTENSIONS?
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE
POLICY OBJECTIVE BEING CLEARED
BY 12.
I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE I VOTE FOR 11
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS BETTER
WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING
WHAT 12 IS TRYING TO GET OUT.
>> BRIAN CAN YOU RESPOND AS
WELL BECAUSE YOU HAD GIVEN US
SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES.
CAN WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT RESPOND AND THEN BRIAN
PLEASE RESPOND TO COUNCILMEMBER
BOWLES QUESTION?
>> BRYANT WHEN YOU GO AHEAD AND
SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AND I
WILL GO AFTER.
>> I THINK I SHOULD PROBABLY
LET COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
ADDRESS IT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER WHAT IT
DOES.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SUMMARIZED IT QUICKLY.
THE FULL 20 YEAR TERM WOULD
HAPPEN AND MY ASSUMPTION IS
THAT IF THERE IS SOME DESIRE TO
HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AT
THE END OF IT BUT NOT JUST
TRIGGERING A 10 YEAR EXTENSION,
THAT IS THE INTENT.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANY
SPECIFICS BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS
WANT SHOULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO
HER INTENT.
>> THANK YOU BRIAN.
I GUESS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN 11 AND 12 IS 11 JUST
LIMITS THE DURATION FOR WHICH
THE CONTRACT APPLIES AND BOTH
SIDES GET A CHANCE TO RENEW IT
SO TO SPEAK.
BUT IN THE CASE OF NUMBER 12 IT
IS SPECIFICALLY BRINGING UP THE
QUESTION OF DEMOCRATIC
OVERSIGHT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE QUESTION OF GOING OVER
20 YEARS.
IT IS NOT MEANT TO JUST BE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE RUBBERSTAMP.
HOPEFULLY THAT CLARIFIES WHAT
THE INTENT OF NUMBER 12 WAS.
IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVELY OF WHAT
THE OUTCOME WILL BE THERE'S A
REAL OVERLAP BETWEEN 11 AND 12.
THAT IS WHY I SAID THAT MY
OFFICE IS FINE WITH EITHER
APPROACH.
AND UP 11 PASSES, I INTEND TO
SUPPORT 11 AND IF IT PASSES I
WILL WITHDRAW NUMBER 12.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
IF THERE IS ANYMORE, I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE MY OPINION.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING EITHER
11 OR 12.
MAINLY 11 AND I WILL TELL YOU
WHY.
IN MY TERM OF BEING THE CHAIR
OF THE ZOO, WATERFRONT SEATTLE
CENTER AND EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN IN PARKS, I WAS LOOKING
AT OTHER CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE
WITH THE CITY AND NOT THE TYPE
OF ONES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE
ZOO.
THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM CONTRACT
IS 20 YEARS AND WE HAD MANY
AMENDMENTS AND ADDENDUM'S.
THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM IS 55
YEARS.
MOE HIGH IS 30.
THE LAST TWO ARE NOT IN THE
CARE OF ANIMALS BUT THE
AQUARIUM CERTAINLY IS.
THESE ARE OTHER LOCAL
AGREEMENTS.
THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS WHAT
I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE ZOO AND
FROM SEATTLE PARKS IS THAT 20
YEARS ALLOWS FOR THE
APPROPRIATE PLANNING FOR LONG-
TERM PROJECTS ACQUISITION OF
ANIMALS, HIRING EMPLOYEES,
PUTTING UP THE DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS THEY PUT TOGETHER.
THEY NEED THAT 20 YEAR SPAN.
SPEAKING AS A FORMER LAWYER
THAT USED TO DRAFT THESE
THINGS, WAIT LET ME GO BACK TO
SOMETHING ELSE.
I LOOKED AT OTHER ZOOS AND WHAT
WAS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.
THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS 20-40
YEARS.
OURS RELATIVELY SPEAKING 20
YEARS I THINK IS FAIR.
WE HAVE DONE IT THAT WAY BEFORE
FOR CARING FOR ANIMALS.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS
RETAINED THE POWER AND
AUTHORITY TO AMEND THIS
CONTRACT OR ADD ADDENDUM'S TO
THIS CONTRACT.
IN FACT WE DID THAT IN 2004,
2013.
WHEN WE PASSED THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT IN 2014 WE
ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO 2019 AND
SWITCHED OUT MONEY FROM MPD AND
IN 2021 METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT FUNDED OPERATIONS OF
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
I SHARE SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES
OF INSTANCES WHERE WE WERE ABLE
IN A TIMELY MANNER TO ADDRESS
CRITICAL MATTERS OR NEW ISSUES
THAT CAME UP THAT WE COULD NOT
HAVE ANTICIPATED.
THE POINT OF A CONTRACT, THERE
WILL BE MEETING OF THE MINDS
AND HAVING TERMS OF AGREEMENTS
BUT TO ALSO BUILD IN THE
FLEXIBILITY THAT THINGS WILL
CHANGE.
I LIKE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD SAID.
I WILL TAKE EXCEPTION BECAUSE I
AM A LAWYER.
WHEN YOU HAVE TENURE AND
ANOTHER TENURE, IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY A CHECK IN AND THAT
IS THE DANGER THERE FOR ME
ANYWAY.
WHAT I WAS HEARING FROM THE ZOO
AND PARKS IN REGARDS TO
PLANNING.
IT IS MORE OF A PRACTICAL
APPROACH TO AMEND AND HAVE
ADDENDUM'S AND HEAR MORE
COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND STILL
RETAIN CONTROL OF THOSE 92
ACRES AND BE INVOLVED WITH THE
LABOR OF OVER 400 EMPLOYEES AT
THE ZOO AND ALL THE THINGS THAT
COME WITH IT.
IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE ANIMALS
AT THE PARKING, THE TOURIST,
THE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT COME
HERE.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM HOW THEY
PUT TOGETHER AND WHAT
PROGRAMMING COMES UP.
FOR US I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON
MANAGING THE ZOO SO I WILL VOTE
NO ON 11 AND 12.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE
WE MOVE FORWARD?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT I AM GOING
TO MOVE TO THE VOTE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT NUMBER 11?
>> DID WE GET A MOTION TO MOVE
THE AMENDMENT 11?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON DID
YOU MOVE IT?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR WAREZ.
COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
AMENDMENT 11 FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> SECOND.
>> WITH THAT I APOLOGIZE.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS OR CONCERNS,
LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> HERBOLD?
NO.
MOSQUEDA?
NO.
SO WANT?
NO.
PEDERSON ? YES.
JUAREZ?
NO.
>> TWO IN FAVOR THREE OPPOSED.
>> WITH THAT THE MOTION FAILS
AND WE MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT
NUMBER 12.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO MOVE
YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 12.
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT CAN YOU
FILL US IN ON WHAT YOU ARE
DOING HERE?
>> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE DESCRIBED
NUMBER 12 ALREADY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO
ADD.
>> I'M SORRY, DIDN'T MEAN TO
PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
IS THERE SOMETHING I SAID THAT
YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO.
WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
ARE YOU OKAY WITH US MOVING
FORWARD?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS HER
HAND UP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YOU
DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING
THE CONCERN WITH THE 10 YEAR
TERM INSTEAD OF THE 20 YEAR
TERM.
IT MADE ME PREFERRED THIS
VERSION WHICH GIVES CERTAINTY
TO THE ZOO FOR THE FULL 10
IN THAT IS MORE THAN A CHECK IN
AS YOU SAY MIDWAY.
SO, IT ALLOWS THE ZOO TO HAVE
THE FULL 20 YEAR AGREEMENT.
BUT REQUIRES THAT EXTENSION
WHETHER THEY ARE TENURE
EXTENSIONS OR MULTIPLE
EXTENSIONS THAT TOTAL 10 YEARS
THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO
COUNSEL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPERIENCE
WITH HOW MANY TIMES THIS
COMMITTEE HAS AMENDED THE
AQUARIUM CONTRACT AND THEN
SOME.
I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
I SEE NONE SO WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER
12?
>> OLD?
YES.
MOSQUEDA?
NO.
SO WANT?
YES.
PEDERSON?
YES.
CHAIR JUAREZ?
NO.
THREE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED.
>> SO IT PASSES.
THREE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED.
>> OKAY, THE AMENDMENT PASSES
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT
NUMBER 13.
WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE HERE
THAT WE HAD WITH THE OTHER
ONES.
WE HAVE ON MOMENTS 13, 14, AND
15 THAT BRIAN IS GOING TO TS UP
FOR AND EACH COUNCILMEMBER CAN
DISCUSS THEIR AMENDMENT AND
THEN WE WILL GO BACK AND HAVE
THEM MOVED ON TO THE CALENDAR
TO VOTE.
>> THIS IS THE FINAL SLIDE OF
AMENDMENT AND IT IS THE SECOND
SET OF AMENDMENTS THAT CONFLICT
WITH EACH OTHER OR ARE MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE.
AMENDMENTS 13, 14 AND 15 ALL
RELATE TO ADMISSIONS PRICING
AND PUBLIC BENEFITS.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR
AMENDMENT 13 I WILL DESCRIBE
VERSION 5 SO THAT IS INDICATED
ON THE SLIDE IN RED AND THAT
HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE
VERSION THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN
THE MEMO YESTERDAY.
ALSO EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE
CONFLICTING AMENDMENTS THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT PORTION OF THE
AMENDMENTS IS IDENTICAL SO I
WILL COVER THAT PART FIRST.
ALL THREE OF THE AMENDMENTS AT
THREE NEW COMPONENTS TO THE
PUBLIC ACCESS CATEGORY OF THE
ANNUAL PUBLIC BENEFITS TABLE
CONTAINED IN APPENDIX A. THEY
WOULD AT FAMILY DISCOUNT DAYS
WHICH ARE 50% OFF ADMISSION
PRICES ON SELECT DAYS.
PARTICIPATION IN THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARIES MUSEUM PASS
PROGRAM AND THE COMMITMENT TO
THE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FREE
AND DISCOUNT PUNISHMENTS.
THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THESE
ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN 2022 IS
$745,000.
THAT PART OF THE AMENDMENT IS
IDENTICAL.
ALL THREE OF THE AMENDMENTS
ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTROL
OVER THE SOCIETY'S ABILITY TO
SET ADMISSIONS PRICES THAT THEY
DO THIS IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
WAYS SO I WILL WALK THROUGH
THEM ONE BY ONE.
AMENDMENT 13 VERSION 5 WHICH IS
AUTHORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WOULD REQUIRE THE
SUPERINTENDENTS ANNUAL APPROVAL
FOR ANY INCREASES IN THE
SOCIETIES GENERAL ADMISSIONS
PRICING STRUCTURAL.
AMENDMENT 14 WHICH IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT STATES
THAT ADMISSION PRICES SHOULD
NOT INCREASE BY MORE THAN THE
INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX WHICH I WILL REFER TO AS
THE CPI AND INCREASES ABOVE THE
CPI INCREASE WOULD REQUIRE
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AMENDMENT 15 WHICH IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
CONTAINS THE SAME LANGUAGE AS
AMENDMENT 14 REFERENCING THE
CPI BUT RATHER THAN REQUIRING
CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL IT WOULD
REQUIRE SUPERINTENDENT
APPROVAL.
AMENDMENT 13 IS SUPERINTENDENT
APPROVAL FOR ALL INCREASES,
AMENDMENT 14 REQUIRES CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR INCREASES
ABOVE THE CPI AND AMENDMENT 15
REQUIRES SUPERINTENDENTS
IMPROVABLE ABOVE THE CPI.
>> THANK YOU.
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS AN
INVITED GUEST AND A NONVOTING
MEMBER I WILL MOVE THIS FOR
HIM.
I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120164 BY SUBSTITUTING
AMENDMENT 13 VERSION 5.
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS DO
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR JUAREZ.
I WILL JUST CHECK WITH MR.
GOODNIGHT.
YOU ALREADY PRESENTED ABOUT ALL
OF THEM.
I WILL MOVE AHEAD.
LOTS GOING ON HERE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
HERBOLD FOR THEIR AMENDMENTS
INCLUDING LANGUAGE THAT I
WORKED OUT WITH THE ZOO AND THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT FAMILY
DISCOUNT DAYS, ABOUT THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.
AND THANK YOU TO THE ZOO FOR
BEING WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH
THE KING COUNTY LIBRARY FOR
YOUR PAST AS WELL.
AND THEN REQUIRING THE
PROMOTION OF THE FREE AND
DISCOUNT ADMISSION PROGRAMS.
THOSE ARE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT
WILL HAVE A REALLY GREAT
BENEFIT FOR MANY IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
MY AMENDMENT AS COMPARED TO OUR
COLLEAGUES REQUIRES AN ANNUAL
APPROVAL BY THE SUPERINTENDENT
FOR ANY INCREASES IN DAILY
GENERAL ADMISSION PRICING
STRUCTURES.
IT ALSO SETS THE TIMETABLE FOR
THE ZOO TO BE ABLE TO CREATE
THEIR PRICING AT THE BEGINNING
OF DECEMBER AND FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT TO IMPROVE THAT
IN LATE DECEMBER SO THERE IS A
FULL YEAR WHERE THAT PLAN IS
PUT IN PLACE AND THE ZOO IS
ABLE TO CREATE ADMISSION
PRICING THAT WORKS FOR BOTH
CLIENTS AND THE ZOO AND HAS THE
OVERSIGHT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
IT IS SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD
AND CREATES ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ENSURES THAT THE ZOO IS ABLE TO
OPERATE IN THAT FASHION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
WE HAVE AMENDMENT 14 AND THAT
IS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
PLEASE SHARE SOME BACKGROUND ON
YOUR AMENDMENT 14.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS AMENDMENT REQUIRES CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE ZOO TO
GET PRICES INCREASED BEYOND
REGULAR INFLATION.
THE CITY IS COMMITTING TO
PROVIDE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
SUPPORT FOR THE ZOO EACH YEAR
FOR THE NEXT DECADE OR TWO AND
THOSE PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD BE
USED TO MAKE TICKETS
AFFORDABLE.
IF THE ZOO INTENDS TO INCREASE
PRICES FASTER THAN THE
INFLATION RATE, AND THAT
EFFECTIVELY MEANS PRICING
ORDINARY PEOPLE OUT.
AND THAT IS FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN THAT WOULD BE WANTING
TO ACCESS THE ZOO FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND AT THE VERY LEAST
THAT SHOULD REQUIRE THE
APPROVAL OF DEMOCRATICALLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD YOU ARE
THE PROPONENT OF AMENDMENT 15.
DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND
SHARE THE BACKGROUND ON THAT?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
CURRENT VERSIONS OF THESE
AMENDMENTS, I JUST WANT TO FLAG
THAT MY AMENDMENT, IF TAKEN AT
FACE VALUE IT PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WITH THE
ZOO BECAUSE MY AMENDMENT WOULD
ONLY REQUIRE SUPERINTENDENT
IMPROVABLE OVER 100% CPI.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
AMENDMENT WHEREAS VERY HELPFUL
CONSTRAINS THE ZOO TO A GREATER
SENSE IN THAT ANY INCREASES
MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
SO, MY QUESTION IS I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE ZOO IS HAVING A
PREFERENCE FOR COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS VERSION OF THE
AMENDMENT AND MY AMENDMENT
GIVES THE ZOO THE FLEXIBILITY
TO INCREASE PRICES ANNUALLY
WITHOUT ANY NECESSARY
SUPERINTENDENT APPROVAL UP TO
100% CPI.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THE ZOO
SO I COULD UNDERSTAND A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHY THE ZOO WAS
NOT INTERESTED IN THAT
FLEXIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP
BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT
THE ZOO'S POSITION WAS.
BUT I WANTED TO KNOW WHY THEY
WERE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENTS 14
AND 15.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO
ADDRESS THIS.
THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS THE
ABILITY OF THE ZOO TO MANAGE
TS CURRENTS REVENUE TO COVER
THE ADDITIONAL COST OF RUNNING
THE ZOO.
JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE
THE CITIES SUPPORT PROVIDES
ABOUT 18% FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF
OPERATIONS THAT THE ZOO
PROVIDES.
IN THAT REGARD IT IS IMPERATIVE
FOR US THAT WE HAVE AN EARNED
BUSINESS REVENUE THAT SUPPORTS
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY IN A
WAY THAT WE RUN OUR BUSINESS.
IN THAT REGARD WE TRADITIONALLY
SEND OUR PRICES TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT FOR APPROVAL.
IT HAS BEEN THE SAME THING FOR
THE LAST 20 YEARS AND WE
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT AS OUR
ANNUAL PLAN TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
ONE OF THE REASONS TO COVER THE
CONCERNS OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND STRAUSS ON
AFFORDABILITY FOR MIDDLE INCOME
FAMILIES, WE PROVIDED
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT
ARE ADDED IN ALL THREE
AMENDMENTS.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ADDING
THAT.
IN A SENSE ALL WE ARE ASKING
HERE IS FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO
MAINTAIN A PRICING STRUCTURE
THAT ALLOWS US TO RUN THE
BUSINESS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT
OPERATION BUT ALSO MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE DON'T RUIN OUR
BUSINESS.
JUST AS I SAID IN MY OPENING
REMARKS, 40% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE
FROM MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
IT WOULD BE BUSINESS SUICIDE
FOR US TO ACTUALLY RAISE OUR
PRICES TO A WAY THAT PEOPLE
CANNOT AFFORD COMING TO THE ZOO
AND IT WILL MAKE A VERY
SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN OUR
EARNED REVENUE.
SO IN THAT REGARD, AMENDMENT 13
DIFFERENT AND PERHAPS AMENDMENT
15 IS THAT IT DOESN'T PUT A CPI
CEILING ABOVE THE APPROVAL.
IT JUST BASICALLY SAYS WE ARE
GOING TO MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY.
AMENDMENT 15 IS BASICALLY
PUTTING THE CPI REQUIREMENT IN
THAT WHICH IS THE CEILING FOR
ADDITIONAL APPROVAL.
IN THAT REGARD, OUR PREFERRED
AMENDMENT IS AMENDMENT 13
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE ZOO TO
MAINTAIN RUNNING FRUITFUL
BUSINESS OPERATION WITH OUR
REVENUE AND PROVIDE US WITH THE
FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE DYNAMIC
CONDITIONS OF WINTER VERSUS
SUMMER, WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS.
GUEST ADMISSIONS AND PARK
CAPACITY AND ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT HAPPEN IN A VERY
SEASONALLY HEAVILY ATTENDED
OPERATION.
THAT IS WHY WE SUPPORT THE
LIBRARY PASSES AND FAMILY DAYS
AND THE ACCESSIBILITY FREE
TICKETS ADMISSION TICKETS AND
REDUCE COST BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
IN AFFORDABILITY TO THE ZOO IS
ESSENTIAL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHAT I AM
ASKING IS ALLOWING THE ZOO TO
RUN AN EFFICIENT BUSINESS THAT
ALLOWS US TO COVER $.80 OUT OF
EVERY DOLLAR OF OPERATIONS THAT
THE ZOO PROVIDES.
THANK YOU.
>> IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS?
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE
WILL GO BACK TO AMENDMENT 13
>> GO-AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLOSE UP BY
SAYING I AM GOING TO WITHDRAW
AMENDMENT 15.
I DO WANT TO STATE FOR THE
RECORD I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE
ANSWER FOR WHY THE ZOO WOULD
WANT TO HAVE TO GET APPROVAL
FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR A
DIME INCREASE IN ITS ADMISSIONS
FOR INSTANCE, FOR EXAMPLE
AMENDMENT THREE YOU HAVE TO GET
THE APPROVAL ANNUALLY FOR ANY
SIZE INCREASE.
MINE ONLY ADDRESSES LARGE
INCREASES.
SO, IT HAS NOT BEEN EXPLAINED
TO ME IN A WAY THAT I CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT
THAT MORE ONEROUS REQUIREMENT
BUT I DO WANT TO JUST STATE FOR
THE RECORD I WITHDRAW THE
AMENDMENT AND I AM CONCERNED IS
THAT WHAT I AM HEARING IS YOU
DON'T WANT ANY REFERENCE TO CPI
IN THE AGREEMENT IT ALL AND
THAT REALLY MAKES ME VERY
NERVOUS.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS INTEREST
IN INCREASING TICKET PRICES TO
BE AT THE LEVEL OF OTHER
COMPARABLE FACILITIES SO THE
CONCERN I HAVE IS THE INCLUSION
OF THE 100% CPI WOULD GIVE YOU
MORE FLEXIBILITY.
MY CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT YOU
DON'T WANT IT MENTIONED IN
THERE AT ALL MIGHT BE
FORESHADOWING OF WHERE WE MAY
SEE THESE TICKET PRICES GO IN
THE FUTURE.
ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
ABILITY OF MIDDLE-CLASS
FAMILIES TO AFFORD TICKETS IS
YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER.
I AM HEARING THAT LOUD AND
CLEAR BUT I AM ANTICIPATING
THAT WE WILL SEE SOME INCREASES
THAT MIGHT MAKE THE RANGE OF
AFFORDABILITY MORE LIKE THE
AQUARIUM AT 71-$99 FOR A FAMILY
OF FOUR WHERE AS THE ZOO IS AN
AFFORDABLE $57 FOR A FAMILY OF
FOUR.
THANK YOU.
>> DR. GRAJAL, DO YOU WANT TO
RESPOND TO THAT?
I THINK I HEARD YOUR ANSWER
DIFFERENTLY THEN DOCTOR HERBOLD
HEARD.
THE CPI WOULD HAMPER SOME OF
THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED AND HE
RATTLED OFF A BUNCH OF REASONS
WHY.
IT IS JUST MORE NUANCED THAN
THAT.
YOU ARE NOT JUST TYING IT TO
MARKET CONDITIONS WHICH IS CPI.
IT IS A BIT MORE NUANCED.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
RESPOND TO THAT SO WE CAN SHARE
THAT WITH THE REST OF OUR
COLLEAGUES AND MOVE ON FROM
THIS?
>> UNLIKE THE AQUARIUM OR
PERHAPS OTHER DOWNTOWN
FACILITIES AS I SAID, IT COMES
FROM NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS OF
THE CITY.
WE CANNOT HAVE TOURIST PRICES
HERE BECAUSE THESE ARE PRICES
THAT ARE PAID BY NEIGHBORS AND
FAMILIES HERE IN SEATTLE.
SO, THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND IT WOULD BE BUSINESS
SUICIDE FOR US TO OUT PRICE
OURSELVES FROM OUR MAIN CLIENT
WHICH IS THE MIDDLE INCOME
FAMILIES IN THE REGION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO
ARE OFFERING AN UNUSUAL ROSTER
OF PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT ARE
INCOMPARABLE TO MANY OTHER
AGREEMENTS.
WE ARE PROVIDING MIDDLE INCOME
FAMILY DISCOUNTS, 50%
DISCOUNTS, WE ARE PROVIDING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, OVER $1
MILLION IN FREE TICKETS AND
REDUCED TICKETS FOR FAMILIES IN
ECONOMIC NEED.
WE ARE PROVIDING LIBRARY
PASSES, WE ARE PROVIDING
FLEXIBILITY AND WE BELIEVE THAT
ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO
REALLY CONTROL THE WAY WE
MANAGE OUR PRICES SO WE PROVIDE
ON ONE AND THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
THAT LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND
MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES REQUIRE
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE
TRYING TO BALANCE THE OPERATING
OF A VERY SOPHISTICATED
BUSINESS OPERATION THAT
PROVIDES $.80 FOR EVERY $.20
THAT THE CITY INVEST IN RUNNING
THE ZOO.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD BUSINESS
STILL DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE AND WE ARE PROVIDING
THOSE FREE, REDUCED AND
DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR LOWER
AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES IN
SEATTLE.
WE ARE TRYING TO RUN A BUSINESS
THAT SUPPORTS OUR COMMITMENT TO
BE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO
EVERYBODY IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE WE GO TO
A VOTE?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, NOTHING TO
ADD AT THIS TIME.
>> THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS
ON THE SUBSTITUTION SO WILL
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE SUBSTITUTION THAT IS
AMENDMENT 13?
HERBOLD?
MOSQUE?
YES.
WANT?
ABSTAIN.
PEDERSON?
YES.
CHAIR JUAREZ?
YES.
FOR IN FAVOR, ONE ABSTAIN.
>> SO IT PASSES.
CORRECT?
>> YES IT DOES.
IT IS AMENDMENT 13 VERSION 5.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS ADOPTED AND WE WILL
MOVE ON TO THIS IS WHERE YOU
WILL HAVE TO HELP ME OUT CLERK.
NOW 13 HAS PASSED.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU ARE ABLE TO
VOTE ON 14.
THAT WAS A CONFLICTING
AMENDMENT WITH 13.
AND 15 WAS WITHDRAWN.
SO THEN WE WOULD NOT VOTE ON
14.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORRIS, A
POINT OF ORDER?
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE,
WITH ALL OF MY AMENDMENTS
BROUGHT FORWARD ALREADY, I WILL
BE EXCUSING MYSELF AND THANK
YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THIS
MOMENT TO THANK DR. GRAJAL,
AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I'M JUST GOING TO THINK
EVERYONE HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER PHILLIPS, MR.
GOODNIGHT AND ALL THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
FOR THE INVITATION TO COME
TODAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I
DON'T THINK YOU GET TO GO AFTER
SIX AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
SO WE GOT THAT DONE.
THIS IS THE FINAL BILL.
SO, IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE
ELSE WANTS TO SAY BEFORE I MOVE
AND WE GO TO A VOTE?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUE?
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
QUESTIONS.
WHILE SHE WITHDREW AMENDMENT 15
I THINK THE CONCERNS THAT SHE
BRINGS HER A GOOD ONE,
ESPECIALLY AS WE WANT TO BE
GOOD STEWARDS OF MAKING SURE
THAT THE PUBLIC ASSET OF THE
ZOO IS ACCESSIBLE AND THE CPI
ISSUE DOES RAISE SOME QUESTIONS
AND I UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER
THAT WAS GIVEN TWICE ABOUT
WANTING TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND
AFFORDABLE AS WELL BUT PERHAPS
WE CAN DO ADDITIONAL WORK WITH
YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO KEEP AN
EYE ON WHAT CONSIDERATIONS ARE
GOING INTO THAT PRICE INCREASE
THAT HAS BEEN AFFORDED FOR THE
ZOO AND AMENDMENT 13 VERSION 5.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER NODDING HER
HEAD.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO
DAYLIGHT THOSE FUTURE DECISIONS
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
RAISING THOSE CONCERNS.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE
COUNCILMEMBER MORRIS, I WANTED
TO SAY I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT
MY CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE WORK
SHE DID ON AMENDMENT EIGHT AS
WELL ALONG WITH AARON HOUSE ON
THE WORK THAT WE DID TO INCLUDE
THAT LABOR PEACE LANGUAGE AND
SOME GREAT RESEARCH DONE ON
OTHER EXAMPLES THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ LED THE
EFFORT ON ON THE WATERFRONT.
HAPPY TO HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR
TEAM AND I WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK.
IT IS A LONG DAY, GREAT MEETING
AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US.
>> ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO
TO OUR LAST ITEM AND THEN WE
WILL GO TO THE OTHER TWO ITEMS.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
COUNSEL BILL 120164 AS AMENDED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS?
SEEING THEM, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL PASSED
120164 AS AMENDED?
>> HERBOLD?
YES.
MOSQUE?
YES.
SAWANT?
YES.
PEDERSON?
YES.
CHAIR RS?
YES.
FIVE IN FAVOR, IN UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND TO
FULL CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY
PASS COUNSEL BILL 120164 AS
AMENDED.
AND THIS ITEM WILL BE BEFORE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY,
DECEMBER 13.
THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT, CLERK WE CAN GO
TO ITEM NUMBER 2. CAN YOU READ
THAT INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2. RESOLUTION
32034 RELATING TO SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION AUTHORIZING THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION TO ACT AS AUTHORIZED
AGENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND TO LEGALLY BIND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE WITH RESPECT TO
CERTAIN PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE
CITY SEEKS GRANT FUNDING
ASSISTANCE MANAGED THROUGH THE
STATE RECREATION AND
CONSERVATION OFFICE.
FOR BREATHING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DID YOU WANT
TO SPEAK NOW?
>> MY APOLOGIES, I'M HAVING TO
LEAVE THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO
GIVE MY APOLOGIES BEFORE I
LEFT.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S FINE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS,
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> WITH THAT, WE HAVE NUMBER 2
READ INTO THE RECORD.
CAN OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE
REINTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEN
WE WILL DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION.
>> I WILL START.
>> I'M ROBERT WARNER, THE
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
COORDINATOR WITH SEATTLE PARKS.
>> TRACY RADCLIFFE, COUNSEL
CENTER STAFF.
>> WHO IS KICKING US OFF?
>> I WILL KICK US OFF WITH
TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE TO TRACI
FOR THE SLIDESHOW.
AND THEN ROBERT.
WE APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO
COME IN AND TALK ABOUT OUR
STATE RECREATION CONSERVATION
OFFICE APPLICATIONS.
AS YOU MENTIONED COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
OVERALL SESSION, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR BUT
WE SEEK AUTHORITY FROM YOU ALL
TO COMPLETE OUR APPLICATION.
I WILL GO THROUGH THIS VERY
QUICKLY.
>> OUR CEO IS THE RECREATION
CONSERVATION OFFICE IS A
WASHINGTON STATE GROUP AND IT
IS AN AGENCY THAT AMENDMENT
SEVERAL GRANTS AND THEY PROVIDE
THESE GRANTS TO SUPPORT
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
INCLUDING TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE
HABITAT, FARMLAND AND
RESTORATION.
THE RCL RUNS A PROCESS EVERY
OTHER YEAR AND ALL THIS IS
DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH FUNDING
IS ALLOCATED.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
COMPONENT CALLED THE LEGACY
GRANT PROGRAM WHICH IS
IMPLEMENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
AS PART OF THIS GRANT WE ARE
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY IN THESE FUND
CAPITAL PROJECTS IN LOW INCOME
URBAN AREAS WITH LIMITED ACCESS
TO PARKS AND RECREATION
RESOURCES.
THESE ARE GRANTS THAT COMPETE
AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL
LEVEL.
THE KEY HERE IS THAT IT
REQUIRES A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH
FROM THE LOCAL GRANTEE AND THUS
I NEED TO COME TO YOU ALL FOR
THAT AUTHORITY.
THE OTHER PIECE HERE WHICH IS
ALSO IMPORTANT IS THESE GRANTS
CREATE A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT
IF WE RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING
FROM THIS SOURCE, THAN THOSE
PROPERTIES THAT ARE SUPPORTED
Y THIS FUNDING SOURCE HAVE TO
BE MAINTAINED AND OPERATED FOR
THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE
FUNDING WAS RECEIVED IN
PERPETUITY.
AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE USE THIS
MONEY TO BUILD A NEW
PLAYGROUND, WE COULDN'T TURN
AROUND AND TURN THAT INTO A
PARKING LOT.
THAT IS AN EXTREME EXAMPLE, BUT
IT DOES CREATE RESTRICTIONS
THAT ARE PERMANENT HERE AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR
ABOUT THAT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THIS YEAR WE SUBMITTED TO
GRANT REQUEST FOR THIS CYCLE
AND THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO
BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING IN
MARCH 2012 2022.
THE CITY HAS TO PROVIDE
MATCHING FUNDS AND HAS TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE
THOSE PROJECTS IN LINE WITH THE
GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED.
SO, PART OF OUR WORK IN
SELECTING THESE PROJECTS, WE
LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PROJECT MENU
AND THEN REALLY LOOK AT THE
CRITERIA THAT IS LAID OUT BY
THE LEGACY PLAN WHICH REALLY
LOOKS AT SPECIFICS THAT THEY
ARE SERVING AREAS THAT HAVE
LIMITED ACCESS TO PARKS AND
RECREATION SERVICES.
FOR US, WE LOOK AT SPECIFIC
ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> HERE IS HOW THE PROCESS
WORKS.
EXCUSE ME.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS AND
IT ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE
EXISTING DOLLARS THAT ARE
ALLOCATED TO GRANTS AND SIMPLY
DOUBLE THE AVAILABILITY OF
FUNDING.
THESE ARE COMPETITIVE PUBLIC
AND STATE AND NATIONAL
APPLICANTS ENGAGED IN THIS
PROCESS.
AND AS WE APPLY, AS YOU SEE ON
THE SLIDE THE GRANT
APPLICATIONS WERE DUE IN JULY
2021.
THEY WILL NOT BE REVIEWED OR
RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING UNTIL
OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.
SINCE THE APPLICATIONS WERE DUE
IN JULY WE DO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FROM THE RCL OFFICE
TO SUBMIT TO THEM A RESOLUTION
THAT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY
GIVEN THE SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
AS WELL AS I SAID THESE ARE
REALLY POWERFUL OPPORTUNITIES
TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS.
THIS YEAR WE SELECTED TWO
PROJECTS.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY
ALREADY KNOW WHERE THESE ARE
BUT WE HAVE A MAP IN YOUR
PACKET.
WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE PHASE 2
RESTORATION WHICH IS AIMED AT
ENHANCING A HALF-ACRE
WATERFRONT PARK.
LOOKING AT FITNESS ZONES, A
WALKING LOOP, PATHWAY NEXT TO
THE EQUIPMENT.
SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICING AND
LANDSCAPING AND OTHER AMENITIES
SUCH AS PICNIC TABLES, QUEUES
AND SOME BIKE RACKS.
THIS GRANT IN PARTICULAR ALSO
INCLUDES IN WATER RESTORATION
ELEMENTS SUCH AS PARK
VEGETATION AND LOGS TO CONTROL
SEDIMENT FOR THE HABITAT. THE
SECOND PROJECT IS THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK GRANT WHICH IS THE
BLOCK SURROUNDING THE GARFIELD
COMMUNITY CENTER JUST NORTH OF
THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE.
THIS IS A FULL RENOVATION
PROJECT THAT INCLUDES ALL SORTS
OF NEW FURNISHINGS, IMPROVING
THE ACCESS PLAY EQUIPMENT,
NATURE PLAY, SOME MODIFICATIONS
TO A RESTROOM FACILITY AND
COVERED PICNIC AREAS.
A PRETTY ROBUST PROJECT.
BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE
PRETTY ROBUST COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY SUPPORT
AND A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE
BY OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SUBMIT THESE
AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION.
THE NEXT LIGHT GIVES YOU A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL JUST FOR THE
SCALE AND SCOPE OF THESE
PROJECTS.
THIS IS IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE
FROM RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ARE SEEKING A MATCH OF AN
ALLOCATION BRINGING THAT TO
JUST UNDER 1 MILLION AND THEN
THE GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK GRANT
REQUEST THERE IS TO LEVERAGE
THE ROUGHLY $2 MILLION THAT WE
HAVE ALLOCATED AND BRING IN AN
ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION WHICH
WOULD GIVE US A TOTAL OF 4.17
MILLION DOLLARS.
THE TOTAL GRANT REQUEST IS FIVE
POINT $1 MILLION.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE UNLESS YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OR ROBERT, IF THERE IS ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
I SHOULD SAY THAT TRULY THE
PERSON BEHIND ALL OF THIS HAS
BEEN ROBERT WARNER WHO WAS ON
THE PHONE ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW
AND HAS BEEN STEWARDING THIS
GRANT PROCESS VERY
SUCCESSFULLY.
SO, THANK YOU ROBERT.
>> ROBERT, DID YOU WANT TO
SHARE ANYTHING BEFORE WE CLOSE
THIS OUT?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
TO SHARE.
I THINK THAT JESUS WAS VERY
THOROUGH AND REALLY SUMMARIZES
THESE TWO PARTICULAR GRANTS.
>> NICE PICTURE.
>> THAT IS LOOKING OUT FROM
SEWARD PARK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORRIS, I WILL
TELL YOU I JUST NOTICED THIS
BUT MY BACKGROUND ON MY ZOOM
SCREEN IS BE'ER SHEVA PARK.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
>> THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
THEIR GREAT WORK.
>> WITH THAT, I DO NOT SEE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS SO
I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND COUNSEL PASS
RESOLUTION 32034.
IS THERE A SECOND?
SECOND.
MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
>> SINGH NUNN, CLERK CAN YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> HERBOLD?
YES.
MOSQUEDA?
YES.
PEDERSON?
YES.
CHAIR JUAREZ?
YES.
FOR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND TO THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL TO PASS
RESOLUTION 32034.
AGAIN, THIS ITEM WILL BE BEFORE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY,
DECEMBER 13.
THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S GO TO OUR LAST ITEM
WHICH I HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL
NIGHT FOR, ITEM NUMBER 3. CAN
YOU READ THAT INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3 COUNCIL HILL
12088 CREATING AN INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRIBAL AND
URBAN INDIAN ENGAGEMENT ADDING
A NEW CHAPTER 3.75 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COLD CODE AND
AMENDING SECTION 3.3 5.050 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
BREATHING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
CAN WE HAVE OUR PRESENTERS
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, LISH
WHITSON, COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> FRANCESCA MURMAN DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
LISH WHITSON, AND FRANCESCA
WELCOME.
SHE IS THE PERSON WE HIRED FROM
THE DEPARTMENT.
SHE IS OUR VERY FIRST NATIVE
AMERICAN WHO WILL STAFF THIS
PHENOMENAL COUNSEL AND
FRANCESCA DID PHENOMENAL WORK
ON THE BOARD.
I THINK I SAW HER A COUPLE OF
TIMES IN DC LOBBYING.
THANK YOU FRANCESCA.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
YOU GUYS AND THEN WE CAN SAY OF
WORDS.
ARE YOU GOING TO START US OFF
LIST?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU HAD PROPOSED THIS IDEA A
FEW YEARS AGO AND PROPOSED THIS
AS THE FIRST MOVE FOR THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO
INCREASE ACCESS, INCREASE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND INCREASE
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR
TRIBES, OUR URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL SEATTLE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
AND THE FIRST EFFORT THAT WAS
SPONSORED BY YOU AND SUPPORTED
BY THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL WAS
TO CREATE A POSITION UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT WOULD STAFF THE WORK OF
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL.
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHAT WE
HAVE DONE OUR TWO PARALLEL
EFFORTS WHICH IS ONE TO CREATE
THE STAFFING POSITION WHICH
FROM THE HELP OF THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL, THAT WAS FUNDED
LAST YEAR.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
YOUR OFFICE AND LISH WHITSON
AND STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER TO CREATE THAT THIS
STAFFING POSITION WOULD BE
ADEQUATELY RESOURCED AND
EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT A FUTURE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND
THAT WAS RECENTLY FILLED WHICH
IS NOW FRANCESCA, THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
THAT IS ONE SIDE OF IT.
THE SECOND SIDE IS THIS BILL
THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US WHICH IS
FINALLY HERE TO ACTUALLY
ESTABLISH THIS IN SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND JUST TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT
THE PROCESS THAT YOUR OFFICE
HAS DONE FOR THE REST OF YOUR
COLLEAGUES, I WILL MENTION THAT
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO TRIBES
IN THE AREA AND WE HAVE WORKED
WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND DURING THIS
GLOBAL PANDEMIC, IT HAS BEEN
HARD I THINK FOR FOLKS TO
CREATE 100% TIME AND ATTENTION
ON ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, IT
IS AN ONGOING WORK PRODUCT AND
IT HAS EVOLVED I THINK TO
CREATE A GREAT FOUNDATION TO
POTENTIALLY EXPAND OR ADJUST AS
WE MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO
BUILD PARTNERSHIPS.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE NOT EVERY
ENTITY THAT WE REACHED OUT TO
WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE TIME TO
RESPOND.
SO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I
HIGHLIGHT THAT PARTNERSHIPS ARE
ONGOING AND TRUST BUILDING
TAKES TIME.
AND WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT
AUTHENTICITY.
WHAT I WILL DO IS GO AHEAD AND
GIVE IT TO LISH WHITSON TO GO
THROUGH HIS MEMO AND I AM HERE
TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
LISH?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A
LOT OF THE WORK FOR THIS
LEGISLATION WAS DONE BY NEGHEEN
KAMKAR AND COUNCILMEMBER
LARA'S OFFICE AND I JUST HELPED
TO FINALIZE IT.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF GREAT
WORK THINKING THROUGH A LOT OF
ISSUES RELATED TO INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND HOW THAT
IS A UNIQUE BODY ADVISING THE
CITY.
SO, THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
YOU WOULD SET UP AN INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBES
BETWEEN URBAN INDIANS AND OTHER
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INCLUDING
NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND ALASKA
NATIVES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE ARE DEVELOPING CONSULTATION
WITH NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND IT
HIGHLIGHTS BOTH THE UNIQUE
CHALLENGES THAT FACE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE AND THEIR RESILIENCE IN
THE FACE OF HISTORIC AND
CURRENT CHALLENGES.
THE GOAL OF THE COUNCIL IS TO
INCREASE AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE NEEDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AND IMPROVE HOW THE CITY
DELIVERS SERVICES TO INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SIX SECTIONS
ESTABLISHING THE COUNCIL
DESCRIBING ITS MEMBERSHIP,
OUTLINING TERMS OF SERVICE,
PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION OF
MEMBERS, OUTLINING THE DUTIES
OF THE COUNCIL AND RECOGNIZING
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES RIGHTS
TO THEIR CULTURAL PROPERTY.
SOME OF THE UNIQUE DUTIES OF
THE COUNCIL WILL BE TO ADVISE
ON A TRIBAL CONSULTATION POLICY
TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, TO DEVELOP
POLICIES ON COMMUNICATING WITH
URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND
ADVISE ON WAYS TO IMPROVE
SERVICES FOR INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES AND PARTICULARLY
SEATTLE'S URBAN INDIAN
POPULATION.
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE NINE
MEMBERS, THREE RECOMMENDED BY
TRIBES AND GRANTED BY THE
COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
FOUR RECOMMENDED BY URBAN
INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND
APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AND
MAYOR.
ONE OTHER APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR, ONE YOUTH MEMBER
APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AND
ALL OF THE MEMBERS WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL BY
THE COUNCIL.
EACH MEMBER WOULD HAVE A TWO-
YEAR TERM EXCEPT FOR DURING THE
FIRST YEAR WHEN WE ARE TRYING
TO CREATE STAGGERED TERMS FOR
MEMBERSHIP AND THEY WOULD BE
APPOINTED FOR UP TO FOUR
CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
AND THEY WILL PROVIDE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMPENSATE
MEMBERS FOR THEIR TIME AND
EXPENSES.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
UNIQUE ASPECTS OF THIS COUNSEL
WHICH IS A RECOGNITION OF
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES CULTURAL
PROPERTY.
THEIR UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE,
HISTORY, SYMBOLS AND STORIES
THAT BELONG TO INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES AND WE ANTICIPATE
DRAWING ON THIS THROUGH THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THE BILL PROVIDES FOR THE
COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A RULE
RESPECTING HOW MEMBERS CAN
SHARE THAT CULTURAL PROPERTY
WITH THE CITY WHILE STILL
HOLDING THE PROPERTY IN THEIR
COMMUNITY.
AND THIS MENTIONED A PERMANENT
POSITION TO STAFF THE COUNCIL
AND CONTINUES TO BE ONGOING.
AND FRANCESCA WHO WAS HIRED FOR
THAT POSITION, I THINK IS GOING
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW
SHE ENVISIONS RECRUITING FOR
THE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
FRANCESCA?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS FRANCESCA MURMAN.
I'M OF THE CHEROKEE NATION AND
I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF
SEATTLE'S NATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
OVER A DECADE.
I AM EXCITED TO SUPPORT OUR
THRIVING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
IN SEATTLE AND I THINK THIS IS
AN HISTORIC EFFORT TO OFFER
TRUST TO NATIVE COMMITTEES.
AND ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY FOR
ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
WITH THE UPCOMING PASSAGE OF
THE ORDINANCE WE WILL BE DOING
OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT FOR
THE INAUGURAL NINE MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL TO BE SELECTED IN
EARLY 2022.
IT WILL INCLUDE LOCAL TRIBAL
NATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, URBAN
INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIVE
ISLANDER AND ALASKA NATIVES.
INTERESTED APPLICANTS WILL BE
ABLE TO SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL
UPDATES USING THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL WEBPAGE WHICH WILL SOON
BE LOCATED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS WEBSITE AND THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO FIND
APPLICATION MATERIALS,
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AS
WELL AS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE
OPTION TO SUBMIT THEIR
APPLICATIONS EITHER ONLINE OR
BY MAIL AND THOSE WILL BE
CONSIDERED FOR ALL NINE OPEN
POSITIONS THROUGH THE SELECTION
COMMITTEES.
THE RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS
WILL BE CONFIRMED BY CITY
COUNCIL IN EARLY 2022.
GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS HERE TO
ADVANCE THESE OBLIGATIONS AND
TO OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
ALONGSIDE THE WORK OF THE
TRIBAL RELATIONS DIVISION AND I
THINK THIS WILL BE A REALLY
POWERFUL MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT
OUR NATIVE COMMUNITIES HERE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FRANCESCA.
GOING TO HOPEFULLY ENDS ON A
VERY GOOD NOTE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO ADD ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE BEFORE I DO
MY CLOSING STATEMENT SO TO
SPEAK?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY
SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORRIS AND MADAME
CHAIR FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS
LEGISLATION AND FOR ALL THE
HARD WORK NEGHEEN KAMKAR THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING WORKING TO
SOLICIT THE INPUT OF
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HERE
LOCALLY AS WELL AS NATIONALLY.
AND I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS HISTORIC,
GROUNDBREAKING WORK TO
RECOGNIZE WHAT HAS BEEN REALLY
AN UNMET NEED WITH THIS
OFFICIAL CAPACITY WITHIN
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.
I DO WANT TO CONFIRM, AS YOU
MIGHT IMAGINE I HAVE BEEN
QUESTIONED FOR THE PAST COUPLE
MONTHS NOW AS INTEREST IN
CREATING THIS BODY INCREASES,
THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY
OFFICE TO ASK ABOUT THE COUNCIL
AND ASK WHEN THE LEGISLATION
WILL BE COMING FORWARD AND ASK
HOW THEY CAN APPLY TO SERVE OR
NOMINATE MEMBERS TO SERVE.
I HAVE SHARED THE LEGISLATION
ONCE IT WAS REFERRED.
ON THE AGENDA AND I JUST WANT
TO CONFIRM THAT A NON-FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBE WOULD STILL BE
ABLE TO NOMINATE THEIR OWN
MEMBERS AS DELEGATES FOR
POSITIONS 1-3? I JUST WANT TO
ENSURE THAT THE TERMS TRIBES
AND TRIBAL COUNCILS ARE NOT
DEFINED OR ATTRIBUTED IN ANY
WAY TO EXCLUDE THE
PARTICIPATION OF NON-FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
THANKS.
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT
HAS ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SHARE?
>> I WAS LOOKING FOR
CONFIRMATION OF THE ACCURACY OF
MY STATEMENT.
>> THE CONFIRMATION I CAN GIVE
YOU IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL
NOT BE EXCLUDING AND THAT IS
WHY WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AN
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL TO
GET IT UP AND RUNNING AND LET
THIS GROUP WITH SELF-
DETERMINATION MAKE THOSE
DECISIONS.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHO IS A
RECOGNIZED TRIBE AND WHO IS
NOT.
WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUES
GOING ON FOR FIVE OF THE NON-
RECOGNIZED, THERE WERE THREE
THAT BECAME RECOGNIZED.
UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE BUT I
ALSO DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT.
THAT IS WHY WE CREATED THIS SO
WE WOULD HAVE AN INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT IS
INCLUSIVE THAT WILL LOOK AT
THESE ISSUES IN AN ORGANIC
MATTER, KINSHIP MANOR AND
RELATIVE MATTER AND ADVISE US
WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING.
I DON'T WANT TO CONFIRM OR
DENY.
I WANT TO SAY IT IS A BIG TENT
AND THAT IS WHY WE HARD
FRANCESCA BECAUSE SHE
UNDERSTANDS INDIAN COUNTRY.
I WANT THOSE PEOPLE MAKING
DECISIONS AND HANDLING THAT.
>> THE AUTHORITY TO SELECT
PEOPLE IS VESTED IN NATIVE
ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M ONLY ASKING ABOUT THE
POSITIONS THAT ARE NOMINATED BY
THE TRIBES.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THIS
TRIBE IS ONE OF THE TRIBES THAT
CAN PUT FORWARD NOMINATIONS.
THAT IS ALL I'M ASKING.
>> AND I THINK I ANSWERED.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND
TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE HERE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF
SELF-DETERMINATION, DIRECTION
AND CONTROL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE INCREASED
COMMUNICATION AND THE DOORWAYS
THAT I THINK THIS WILL OPEN.
AND HOPEFULLY MODEL AS WELL FOR
OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WE SEEK
TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
AND, CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL
FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GOT IN
THE BUDGET.
I THINK THE BUDGET THAT THIS
COUNCIL PASSED INCLUDED THIS
POSITION TO STAFF THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL AND I AM REALLY GLAD WE
WERE ABLE TO SECURE THAT
FUNDING AND ENSURE THAT THE
POSITION IN THE BUDGET GOT US
TO THIS POINT.
AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR
FROM FRANCESCA.
AND TO BE ABLE TO GET AN UPDATE
ON THE BOARD AND THE
LEGISLATION.
I THINK IT IS A PRODUCT OF THAT
GOOD WORK THAT YOU LATE.
SO THANKS FOR ALL OF THAT WORK
AND AGAIN, I DO HOPE THIS
CONTINUES TO BE A MODEL FOR
OTHER JURISDICTIONS FOR
IMPROVED GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA .
>> NORMALLY DON'T LIKE TO TALK
A LOT BUT THERE ARE A FEW
THINGS I JUST WANT TO SHARE.
FIRST OF ALL THIS IS A POSITIVE
MOMENT.
IT IS NOT A MOMENT WHERE I WANT
TO DISCUSS INCLUSION,
EXCLUSION.
WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THAT
FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS CITY
HAS AN INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF
PORTLAND.
ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO KNOW
HOW IT ON THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH.
THE STATE DOES THAT.
I THINK SENATOR JOHN McCOY
STARTED IT WHEN I WAS STILL IN
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR TWO YEARS.
THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR AND
MADAME VICE CHAIR FOR FUNDING
THIS POSITION.
FOR UNDERSTANDING THE NEED FOR
IT IN THE CITY THAT IS NAMED
AFTER THE CHIEF AND BRINGING UP
WHY WE NEEDED THIS.
EVEN THOUGH I AM NATIVE AND I
WORK HERE, A LOT OF THE TRIBES
STILL THINK I AM THEIR LEGAL
COUNSEL OR OR THE GO TO PERSON
AND I'M NOT.
I WANTED TO BE THE COMMUNITY
AND THE PEOPLE WHO GET
NOMINATED TO BE ON THIS COUNSEL
TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND LET
US KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO BE
DOING.
I'M NOT THE ARBITRATOR OF ANY
OF THAT.
TALKING ABOUT TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT, AND SUPPORTING
URBAN INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS
AND PARTICULARLY TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP.
THESE TRIBES ARE LOOKING AT
WHAT WE ARE DOING AND TALKING
TO THEIR CITY GOVERNMENTS LIKE
BELLINGHAM, THE CITY OF FORKS
AND OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THIS
IS IMPORTANT.
AND WE TALK ABOUT INDIAN
COUNTRY BUT THERE REALLY ARE NO
BORDERS BECAUSE THIS IS
INDIGENOUS LAND.
THIS IS NOT PERFORMATIVE
LEGISLATION.
WE ARE HIRING NATIVE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE
WERE FAMILIAR AND WELL-VERSED
IN INDIAN COUNTRY SOVEREIGTY,
SELF-DETERMINATION, ALL OF
THOSE ISSUES.
I AM GLAD THAT I CAN PUSH THIS
OFF TO A GROUP THAT WILL
ACTUALLY BE STAFFED AND COME
BACK TO US AND TELL US ABOUT
ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
BOARDING SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE,
MISSING WOMEN, AND ALSO TALKING
ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKS
RECLAIMING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE
AND PLACES.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THE
ARBITRATOR THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO DECIDE WHO GETS
TO DECIDE WHAT WE NAME THE
CREEK OR RIVER OR ANY AREA.
I WANT THIS GROUP, TO HAVE THAT
BE THEIR JOB.
HAVING A STAFFER LIKE FRANCESCA
WHO IS GETTING PAID AND THEIR
JOB IS TO SIT DOWN WITH THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND
IT MAY GROW, BUT TO TELL US
WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED
AND HOW HAPPY I AM THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE THAT STAFF.
I WANT TO END ON THIS.
I HAD SOME WONDERFUL
DISCUSSIONS WITH TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP ABOUT NOW COMING TO
THE TABLE ON THE LEGISLATIVE
SIDE AND HAVING A VOICE IN
ECONOMIC DEBONED.
NOT A GIFT SHOP ON THE
WATERFRONT, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING
A VOICE IN ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT
AND REVENUE STREAMS, ECONOMIC
ENGINES AT EVERY DISTRICT IN
THE CITY AND THAT IS A HUGE
PROJECT AND SOMETHING THAT I'M
READY TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND
GET BUSY ON.
WE USED TO HAVE IT JOKE AS
TRIBAL LAWYERS WHERE WE WOULD
SAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY IS YOURS
SOVEREIGNTY.
A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND A LOT
OF JOBS TO CREATE AN A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HAVING
THIS ADVISORY COUNSEL IS GOING
TO ACTUALLY GO BEYOND THE LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL DO
THAT BUT THE REAL PIECE OF THAT
IS ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE IT
BACK?
PROBABLY NOT.
HOWEVER, WE CAN STEP IN TO WORK
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
INDIGENOUS URBAN ORGANIZATIONS
AND ANY OTHER GROUP THAT WANTS
TO BE PART OF THIS BIG PLAN TO
RECLAIM, TO INDIGENT EYES AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP, INDIGENOUS FOLKS
ARE AT THE TABLE MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
SO FOR THAT, I'M VERY PROUD.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ALSO
WANT TO WORK WITH AND WE HAVE
DONE THIS IN THE PAST, WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
OUR COLLEGES AND THE BURKE
MUSEUM.
I HAVE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH
THEM ABOUT CULTURAL GOODS AND
SERVICES AND THINGS WE WANT TO
SEE FROM THE MUSEUM AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
WORKING WITH THE STATE
COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL
COMMITTEE AND NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
FRANCESCA IS FAMILIAR WITH
THESE.
SHE KNOWS THE NATIONAL CAUCUS
OF AMERICAN INDIANS.
AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE
NORTHWEST, MANAGING 50 TRIBES
IN THE NORTHWEST ALL DOING
POLICY DECISIONS IN THEIR
CITIES AS WELL.
THIS ISN'T JUST ON THE
RESERVATION.
IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT TREATIES
AND THAT IS WHY FEDERAL INDIAN
LAW AND POLICY IS WAY MORE THAN
JUST A TREATY.
WE ARE SO FAR BEYOND THAT.
THAT IS ALMOST THE TALK FROM
THE 70s.
WE ARE WAY BEYOND THAT AND I
THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT.
THE TRIBES HAVE BECOME ECONOMIC
ENGINES AND THE FIRST OR SECOND
EMPLOYER IN PARTICULAR COUNTIES
ALL UP AND DOWN THE SNOHOMIS,
KING AND PIERCE.
I WANT TO LEAVE ON ONE OTHER
NOTE.
KIND OF A SAD NOTE.
NEGHEEN KAMKAR IS LEAVING US.
I DON'T WANT TO GET EMOTIONAL,
BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE WORK
SO HARD TO DELVE INTO SOME OF
THE MORE SOPHISTICATED ISSUES
OF INDIAN COUNTRY, GOVERNMENT
TO GOVERNMENT, SELF-
DETERMINATION, THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
THE WORK THAT SHE DID IN THE
SENATOR'S OFFICE, I HAVE A SIDE
STORY OF HOW SHE STARED --
SCARED SENATOR HARRIS.
THE POLICY WITH THE TRIBES, HER
DIFFERENCE TO ELECTED TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP AND GETTING THAT
WORK TO US AND THE LANGUAGE,
ALSO ON THE BOARDING SCHOOL
ISSUES.
SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND
WORKING WITH A NATIONAL GROUP
AND LOCAL GROUP ABOUT THE
RESOLUTIONS THAT WE PASSED.
I JUST WANT TO SAY OUR HANDS
ARE UP TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST YOU
BEING A STAFFER.
YOU REALLY GOT IN THERE AND YOU
FELT OUR PEOPLE AND WHAT OUR
PAIN WAS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU LIFTED US.
AND WE WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS
APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH.
AND THEN I WANT TO END ON THE
NOTE THAT FRANCESCA I RAN INTO
HER AND SHE WAS MAD THAT I TOOK
YOU FROM HER.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME FOLKS
ON CENTRAL STAFF WHERE THEIR
JOB IS TO UNDERSTAND THESE
ISSUES BECAUSE THEY ARE BEYOND
NUANCED.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHY FEDERAL
NDIAN LAW IS NOW ON THE
WASHINGTON STATE BAR EXAM
BECAUSE IT IS PART AND PARCEL
OF WHO WE ARE.
IT SHOULD BE IN GOVERNMENT AND
HIS COUNCIL MEMBER PULLED
SHOULD SAY IT SHOULD BE PART OF
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND IT
WILL BE.
GOES WELL BEYOND PEOPLE NOT
HAPPY ABOUT THE DAMS FOR PEOPLE
NOT HAPPY ABOUT NATURAL
RESOURCES.
GOES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
HEALTH CORE, YOU NAME IT.
MADAME CHAIR BUDGET, THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING TO ME AND FUNDING
THOSE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO
TAKE CARE OF OUR RELATIVES,
ENROLLED, NOT RECOGNIZED OR
RECOGNIZED.
IT IS NOT MY JOB TO DO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I DON'T WANT TO
GET TOO EMOTIONAL.
I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS.
IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE
THEY WANT TO ADD.
>> WE LOVE YOU NEGHEEN.
>> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT BEING
SAID I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND COUNSEL PAST COUNSEL
BILL 120188.
>> SECOND.
>> CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE
ROLE?
>> HERBOLD?
YES.
>> MOSQUEDA ? YES.
PEDERSON?
YES.
WHERE IS?
YES.
FOR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION PASSES.
THE COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND
THIS TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL
ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, AGAIN
NEGHEEN, WE LOVE YOU, WE MISS
YOU.
YOU WILL NOT BE A STRANGER I
WILL STILL BUG YOU FOR STUFF.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
ALL ITEMS PASSED OUT OF THIS
COMMITTEE WILL BE FORWARDED TO
THE DECEMBER 13 MEETING AS I
HAVE SAID FOUR TIMES.
THIS WAS OUR LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING OF 2021.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING LATE AND
WORKING SO HARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING ALL
OF YOUR AMENDMENTS AND BY
NOVEMBER 30.
WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.