>>> WE ARE RECORDING.
>> FANTASTIC, THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
THE MAY 17th, 2021 COUNCIL
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
I AM LISA HERBOLD.
THE TIME IS 9:31 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO
TEM HERBOLD.
>> I'M HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> VERY HAPPY TO JOIN YOU ALL
HERE TODAY.
THERE ARE NO MINUTES FOR
APPROVAL TODAY.
GOING TO START OFF WITH A SHORT
PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA INCLUDE
A REPORT FROM OUR TEAM AT THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS.
A PREVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS, AND AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
I WANT TO START TODAY'S MEETING
WITH RECOGNITION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND ENTIRE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT'S DEEP SORROW FOR
THE DEVASTATING TRAGEDY
EXPERIENCED BY OUR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND FRIEND, LORENA
GONZALEZ AND HER FAMILY.
I CANNOT COMPREHEND THE GRIEF
THEY'RE FEELING LOSING MARY LOU
WILLIAMS AS MOTHER-IN-LAW AND
GRANDMA.
I WANT TO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO
THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE
HARBORVIEW STAFF FOR ALL THAT
THEY DID IN THIS TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY AND OUR GRATITUDE FOR
ALL WHO ARE OFFERING SUPPORT TO
THIS FAMILY THAT I KNOW SO MANY
IN OUR CITY, AND ELSEWHERE CARE
FOR.
WE ASK THAT EVERYONE JOIN US IN
HOLDING THIS FAMILY IN YOUR
THOUGHTS, IN YOUR HEARTS, AND
FOR THOSE OF YOU OF FAITH IN
YOUR PRAYERS.
ONE OTHER ITEM OF GENERAL
INTEREST I'D LIKE TO MENTION
BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO OUR
OAR TEAM, IS IN CASE 2020-0334
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PINK
UMBRELLA CASE.
SINCE 2007, THE MUNICIPAL COLD
HAS REQUIRED THAT IF [
INAUDIBLE ] DECIDES NOT TO
FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION ON
THE DISPOSITION OF A COMPLAINT.
THESE ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO
AS REVERSAL LETTERS.
IN THE REVERSAL LETTER,
RESPONDING TO THE FAILURE ORDER
HE WROTE A REVERSAL LET THEY'RE
DECISIONS WERE MADE AT LEVELS
OF COMMAND ABOVE THAT BOARD
DIRECTLY ON THE NAMED
EMPLOYEE'S ACTION.
AND THAT THE NAME EMPLOYEED WAS
CARRYING OUT DECISIONS MADE AT
A HIGHER RANK.
IN RESPONSE, I SENT THREE
QUESTIONS TO CHIEF DIAZ ASKING
WHY THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT
REFLECTED IN THE INVESTIGATION
AND IF THIS WAS KNOWN THAT
SOMEONE ELSE WAS GIVING ORDERS,
WHY DID NOT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO KNEW THAT OTHERS WERE GIVEN
ORDERS,INFORM THE INVESTIGATORS
OF THAT INFORMATION?
I ASK WHAT WERE THOSE DECISIONS
BEING MADE AT A HIGHER RANK OR
COMMAND LEVEL ABOVE, AND SAID
THAT I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT
THE OPA INVESTIGATION TO REVEAL
THIS.
I MENTIONED THAT IF THE CHIEF
AND OTHER OFFICERS HAVE THIS
INFORMATION, IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN MADE PUBLIC, JUST AS IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC, IF
OFFICERS BEING REVIEWED OF THE
OPA INVESTIGATION HAD DISCLOSED
THIS INFORMATION.
FINALLY, I ASKED HOW THESE
OTHER INDIVIDUALS HIGHER IN THE
CHAIN OF COMMAND, WHO'S ACTIONS
IN THIS MANNER WOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISUSE OF
FORCE, AND UNWANTED DISPERSAL
ORDER.
THE CHIEF REPLIED TO THESE
QUESTIONS, AND HE'S ALSO SENT
OUT A STATEMENT ABOUT HIS PLANS
MOVING FORWARD.
HE STATES THERE WILL BE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE TOTALITY
OF THE INCIDENT AND FOR THIS
SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION AND THE
RESULTING DISCIPLINE PROCESS AS
WELL AS ONGOING ASSESSMENTS OF
WHAT OCCURRED THAT DAY, THAT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS
SURFACED, WHICH WAS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE OPA
INVESTIGATION, AND THAT HE
ANTICIPATES BEING ABLE TO
QUICKLY AND FULLY REACH A
CONCLUSION ON WHO WAS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIONS ON
THAT DAY.
I MENTIONED THIS, BECAUSE I
KNOW THIS IS IN A TOPIC OF
GENERAL INTEREST ON THECOUNCIL
AND IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
I THINK THERE ARE STILL
QUESTION BASIS THE HOLDING OF
THE NAMED EMPLOYEE FOR THOSE
DECISIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO
HOLD MY SORT OF JUDGMENT ON
THAT DECISION BASED ON WHAT WE
FIND OUT ABOUT THE DIRECTION
AND THE ORDERS BEING GIVEN BY
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HIGHER UP
IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL JUST
MOVE ON INTO THE NEXT ITEM ON
THE AGENDA.
A STATE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
THE FOLKS JOINING US TODAY ARE
LILY WOLFEN CADEGA, AND HANNA
SMITH.
THEY WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW
OF THE EFFORTS AND [ INAUDIBLE
] OF THE OIR TEAM IN ADVOCATING
FOR THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THE
STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS
YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO LILY, WHO I BELIEVE
WILL DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HERBOLD.
I DID NOTICE ANDREW LEWIS MAY
HAVE HAD HIS HAND UP WITH A
QUESTION ABOUT YOUR PRESIDENT'S
REPORT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL
THERE.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
>> I DID NOT SEE A RAISED HAND.
>> IT WASN'T URGENT,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I JUST WANT TODAY ASK A
CLARIFICATION ON YOUR REPORT
THE CHIEF AND THE DISCIPLINE OF
THE INCIDENT COMMANDER DURING
THE PINK UMBRELLA RIOT, OR
RATHER POLICE USE OF FORCE ON
THE CROWD THERE AND THEIR
DECLARATION OF A RIOT.
I WONDER, GIVEN WITH THE NEW
EVIDENCE, DID THE CHIEF CLARIFY
YOUR QUESTION REGARDING WHETHER
THE CHIEF IS TAKING IT UPON
HIMSELF TO CONDUCT THIS FURTHER
INVESTIGATION?
OR HAS THE CHIEF SHARED THE
INFORMATION KNOWN TO THEM, BUT
THAT WASN'T KNOWN TO OPA WITH
OPA, SO OPA CAN CONDUCT THE
INVESTIGATION?
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THE
CHIEF CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION, WHICH SEEMS IT
WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE
CONFINES OF THE SYSTEM WE'VE
SET UP, WHERE WE DON'T EXPECT
THE POLICE TO INVESTIGATE
THEMSELVES.
WE EXPECT OPA TO DO IT.
I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHERE
THAT STANDS, AND IF THAT WAS IN
THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY,
I THINK IN THE CHIEF'S
STATEMENT, BOTH IN HIS RESPONSE
TO ME AND THE PUBLIC STATEMENT
THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED.
IT REFERS TO BEING ABLE TO
QUICKLY AND FULLY REACH A
CONCLUDE ON WHO WAS ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE ACTIONS ON THIS DAY.
REFERENCES, ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THAT HAS SURFACED
WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION, BUT IS
NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THE
QUESTION OF THE SCOPE OF THIS
NEW INFORMATION WHO IS
CONDUCTING IT.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THOSE ARE
REALLY CRITICAL QUESTIONS.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S
EXTREMELY CONCERNING IF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS IN
POSSESSION OF INFORMATION THAT
WAS OF THIS SURVEYTY AND
DECIDED TO WITHHOLD IT FROM THE
OPA AND THAT HAS TO BE
SOMETHING THAT THERE NEEDS TO
BE ANSWERS TO.
AND IF THEY'RE STILL
MAINTAINING THAT INFORMATION
WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SPD, AND
NOT GIVING IT TO OPA, THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE
ADDRESSED.
I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT
THERE.
IT MAY BE THE CASE THAT'S ALL
BEEN DISCLOSED.
I WOULD LIKE THAT CLARIFICATION
FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THAT OUR BRIEFINGS HERE
ARE WATCHED BY FOLKS ON THE
EXECUTIVE SIDE.
SO I ANTICIPATE THAT THESE
COMMENTS ARE ENOUGH TO PUT THEM
ON NOTICE THAT I WOULD EXPECT
THAT KIND OF CLARIFICATION.
AND I THINK, I SPEAK FOR MOST
OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE THAT IT
SEEMS LIKE SOME NORMS ARE NOT
BEING FOLLOWED, AND I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THAT
INFORMATION WAS DISCOVERED, AND
HOW LONG THEY HELD IT BEFORE
THEY GAVE IT TO OPA.
BUT IN ANY EVENT.
THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I THINK YOU'RE PLAYING A FINER
POINT ON WHAT WAS INHERENT IN
MY ORIGINAL QUESTIONS OF
CONCERN, AND POTENTIALLY ALARM
THAT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE DECISION
TO MAKE AN ORDER TO DISPURSE
AND THE DECISION TO USE TEAR
GAS AND GLASS BALLS THAT
APPARENTLY, THAT WAS
INFORMATION THAT WAS KNOWN AND
IT WAS NOT DIVULGED TO THE OPA,
BUT I DO WANT TO LEARN MORE
BEFORE I RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
BUT THAT POTENTIALLY IS
CONCURRING.
ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S TURN IT OVER TO OUR
FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSMENT
I BELIEVE WE WERE GOING TO HEAR
FROM CADEGA FROM AN OPENING
STATEMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH
OUR FINAL REPORT WHERE WE WILL
REVIEW THE COUNCIL'S 2021
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
WHAT BILLS ADVANCED AND WHAT IS
HELD PRIMARILY ONLINE, WHICH
THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT,
BUT TURNED OUT TO BE A
PRODUCTIVE ONE.
THE GOALS WERE TO MAINTAIN FOUR
AREAS OF POLICYMAKING.
I THINK WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT
INITIALLY WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST
ROUND OF BRIEFINGS TO YOU ALL.
THOSE AREAS WERE COVID RESPONSE
AND RECOVERY.
BUDGET AND REVENUE.
POLICE REFORM AND CLIMATE.
THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
IN ALL OF THESE AREAS,
PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF
A PRIMARILY VIRTUAL SESSION,
HAVING ADVANCED MANY LONG
STANDING DEMOCRATIC, AND
PROGRESSIVE PRIORITIES,
INCLUDING INVESTING $1 BILLION
TO ADDRESS THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC THROUGH THINGS LIKE
VACCINE ACCESS, CONTACT
TRACING, AND PUBLIC HEALTH
TESTING.
OVER $1 BILLION IN HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS WITH $658 MILLION
SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
PASSING A 7% TAX ON CAPITAL
GAINS IN EXCESS OF 250K ON A
RAZOR THIN, 25-24 VOTE IN THE
SENATE.
A LONG STANDING DEMOCRATIC
PRIORITY, AND NOTABLY ONE OF
SPEAKER JENKINS AS WELL.
ADVANCING SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND POLICE
REFORM BILLS.
ROBIN WILL REVIEW MORE
EXTENSIVELY IN HER PORTFOLIO
TODAY, AS WELL AS A HOST OF
INVESTMENTS AND SUPPORT FOR
WORKING FAMILIES, UNDOCUMENT
WORKERS, AND MANY IN THE
IMMIGRANT, AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITY WITH A 343 IMMIGRANT
RELIEF FUND, EXCLUDED FROM THE
LAST ROUNDS OF FEDERAL AIDE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I THINK
WORKED ON THIS IN HER TIME AS
AN ADVOCATE IN THE LEGISLATURE,
BUT THEY ALSO FINALLY FUNDED
THE WORKING FAMILY'S TAX
CREDIT, WHICH HANNA SMITH WILL
REVIEW MORE IN-DEPTH.
LASTLY, HISTORIC GAINS WERE
ALSO MADE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FUEL.
THE CLEAN FUEL LEGISLATION
FINALLY ADVANCING IN AN EFFORT
TO REDUCE OUR STATE'S CARBON
FOOTPRINT, AND REDIRECT THOSE
RESOURCES TO A CLEANER ENERGY
ECONOMY, THAT WILL ALSO DIVE
INTO MORE EXTENSIVELY.
IN TERMS OF FORMAT FOR TODAY,
THIS WILL LOOK JUST SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT THAN OUR REGULAR
BRIEFINGS THROUGH THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WE'RE GOING TO START FOCUSING
ON BUDGET, WITH A BUDGET
OVERVIEW, STARTING WITH A
REVENUE UPDATE.
ROBIN WILL SPEAK TO INVESTMENT,
SPECIFICALLY IN THE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE.
HANNA WILL GO OVER HEALTHCARE
AND CHILDCARE.
LASTLY, QUINN WILL REVIEW
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET ITEMS.
IF YOU ALL WOULDN'T MIND
HOLDING QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END
OF THIS FIRST PART OF OUR
REPORT, SO WE CAN BUMP ALL
THOSE BUDGET QUESTIONS TO THE
END, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT,
JUST AS MANY OF THESE AREAS
INTERSECT.
AFTER WE RESPOND TO ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AFTER WE
REVIEW THE BUDGET, FOR PART
TWO, WE WILL FINISH WITH A
POLICY UPDATE, AND WE'LL GO
THROUGH AS WE HAVE DONE THROUGH
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH
EVERYONE REPORTING ON OUR
INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIOS.
IF THAT PART SOUNDS GOOD, I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR STATE
DIRECTOR TO START US OFF ON
BUDGET AND REVENUE.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LILY, AND
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING.
TO KICK THINGS OFF, WE'RE GOING
TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE THREE
BUDGETS.
THE CAPITAL OPERATING, AND
TRANSPORTATION BUDGETS.
AND AS LILY OUTLINED, WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME
OF THE MAJOR INVESTMENTS THERE.
WE DO HAVE A MORE DETAILED
SUMMARY THROUGH EMAIL.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS, BUT
WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN
THERE, WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE AT
THE END OF OUR BUDGET SESSION.
THE LEGISLATOR TOOK HISTORIC
ACTION THIS SESSION IN PASSING
ONE OF THE MOST LONG STANDING
PROPOSALS FOR WRITING SOME OF
THE UPSIDE DOWN NATURE OF OUR
STATE'S TAX STRUCTURE,
BYPASSING THE CAPITAL GAINS
TAX.
THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY PASSED
IS IN MANY WAYS SIMILAR TO THE
ONES THAT WE HAVE REPORTED ON
PREVIOUSLY DURING OUR UPDATES.
IT ESTABLISHES A 7% TAX ON
CAPITAL GAINS OVER $250,000 PER
YEAR, FOR A SINGLE, AND JOINT
FILELERS.
THAT COLLECTION WILL START NEXT
YEAR.
IT PROVIDES A NUMBER OF
EXEMPTIONS FOR RETIREMENT
SAVINGS FOR ALL REAL ESTATE AND
FOR THE SALE OF QUALIFYING
SMALL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES.
SMALL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES
HAVE TO BE UNDER 10 MILLION IN
GROSS RECEIPTS ANNUALLY.
THEY HAVE TO BE OWNED BY A
FAMILY MEMBER FOR AT LEAST FIVE
YEARS PRIOR TO THE SALE, AND
THE FAMILY MEMBER HAS TO BE
INVOLVED IN OPERATIONS FOR AT
LEAST THE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO A
SALE.
THE FINAL VERSION THAT
ULTIMATELY PASSED COMING OUT OF
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, WHERE
THE HOUSE AND SENATE GET
TOGETHER, AND AGREE ON THE
FINAL VERSION OF THE BILL, DID
ADD ONE NOT EXEMPTION, BUT ONE
ADDITIONAL DEDUCTION.
SO UP TO $100,000 IN CHARITABLE
DONATIONS MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM
TAXES OWED FOR A GIVEN YEAR.
SO IF YOU DONATE UP TO $100,000
UP TO A QUALIFYING CHARITY,
THEN THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE
DEDUCTED FROM THE AMOUNT THAT
YOU OWE, OVER $250,000.
SOME CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE
FINAL VERSION FOR WHERE THE
PROCEEDS ARE DIRECTED.
THE FIRST $500 MILLION IN
ANNUALREVENUES ARE DEPOSITED
INTO THE TRUST FUND.
THE FAIR START PROGRAM, WHICH
IS THE OMNIBUS CHILD FUND THAT
HANNA WILL SPEAK TO IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY NAMED HERE, BUT IT
IS THE INTENT TO FUND PROGRAMS
LIKE THAT, WITH THESE PROCEEDS,
SO INVESTING IN EARLY LEARNING
AND CHILDCARE.
THEN ANY AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF
$500 MILLION PER YEAR ARE
DEPOSITED INTO THE COMMON
SCHOOL'S CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
WHICH IS A, IT DOES WHAT IT SAY
IT IS DOES.
IT'S AN ACCOUNT THAT IS USED TO
FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND
CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN THE
K12 SYSTEM.
THAT'S, THAT WAS THE MAJOR
ACTION ON PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
THISSESSION.
OTHER PROPOSALS LIKE THE WEALTH
TAX, AND ESTATE TAX REFORM DID
NOT PASS, BUT WILL CERTAINLY BE
ON THE DOCKET FOR NEXT SESSION.
THIS IS A HISTORIC, AND
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO OUR
TAX STRUCTURE.
I KNOW THERE IS SOME INTEREST
ALSO IN SORT OF THE AFTER
EFFECTS HERE, AND THE EMERGENCY
CLAUSE AND SORT OF WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT.
WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE
BIT.
THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE, WHICH
WOULD STIPULATE THE LEGISLATION
GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY,
AND ALSO TYPICALLY HAS THE
EFFECT OF PREVENTING A
REFERENDUM FROM BEING FILED,
THAT WAS ULTIMATELY NOT
INCLUDED ON THE CAPITAL GAINS
TAX LEGISLATION THAT WAS
PASSED.
HOWEVER, THEY DID INCLUDE A
CLAUSE, A PROVISION THAT HAS
FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR, BUT WAS
USED MORE COMMONLY IN THE '80s,
AND '90s.
WHAT'S CALLED A NECESSITY
CLAUSE, WHICH STIPULATES THAT
THE PROGRESSIONS OF THE
LEGISLATION ARE NECESSARY FOR
THE OPERATION OF GENERAL
GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS BELIEVED ACCORDING TO
CASE LAW FROM, YOU KNOW, THE
'80s, AND '90s.
THIS WILL HAVE A SIMILAR
EFFECT, AND IN PROHIBITING A
REFERENDUM FROM BEING FILED
THERE.
THERE IS ALREADY ONE LAWSUIT,
AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE OTHERS
RELATED TO THE CAPITAL GAINS
TAX.
SO THERE WILL STILL BE LEGAL
CHALLENGES.
AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING
WOULD PREVENT AN INITIATIVE IN
FUTURE YEARS.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION, IT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE FORWARD, PENDING LEGAL
CHALLENGES THIS YEAR.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO ROBIN TO SPEAK TO HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
SO IN BOTH THE CAPITAL AND THE
OPERATING BUDGET, THERE WERE
SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING IN
HOMELESSNESS.
THOUGH WE DIDN'T QUITE GET TO
THE LEVEL THAT HAS BEEN
PROPOSED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM IN
CALIFORNIA, WE DID GET SOME
VERY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ON
THE CAPITAL SIDES OF THINGS.
1.75MILLION FOR THE HOUSING
TRUST FUND, AND THEN $120
MILLION FOR RAPID ACQUISITION
OF SHELTER AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PLACE OF
INVESTMENT WAS $42 MILLION FOR
UTILITY CONNECTION FEES.
YOU KNOW, THAT ARE EXPERIENCED
WHILE CONSTRUCTING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THEN $10 MILLION FOR THE
WEATHERIZATION PLUS HEALTH
PROGRAM, WHICH THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ACCESSES TO WEATHERIZE
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS' HOMES
ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE WERE SOME SET ASIDES IN
THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
$4MILLION FOR THE BELL WEATHER
PROJECT.
$5MILLION OF THE RAPID
ACQUISITION PARTNER FOR THE
CLAYA FUNDS, THAT IN OPERATION
WITH LEHIGH HELPED TO ACQUIRE
THAT $80 MILLION BUILDING THAT
IMMEDIATELY WAS PURCHASED, AND
IMMEDIATELY WAS TURNED INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO ACCESS
MORE OF THESE FUNDING TO BE
ABLE TO DO MORE OF THAT IN THE
COMING MONTHS.
FINALLY, $4 MILLION FOR THE
NURSING HOME WAS ANOTHER SET
ASIDE THAT WE RECEIVED IN
SEATTLE.
LILY MENTIONED THERE'S $658
MILLION FOR RENT ASSISTANCE.
OBVIOUSLY, A PRETTY BIG AMOUNT.
I SPOKE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE LATE LAST WEEK, AND
THEY INFORMED ME THEY DO EXPECT
TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT IN THE
SAME WAY THAT THEY HAVE WITH
THE PREVIOUS DOLLARS, SO THAT I
PREDICT, AND DON'T QUOTE ME ON
THIS, THINGS MAY CHANGE
SLIGHTLY, BUT I BELIEVE WE
ACCESSED AROUND 30% OF THE
FUNDS IN KING COUNTY, SO I
THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT THAT'S
WHAT WE'LL SEE FROM THIS
INVESTMENT AS WELL.
THERE WAS $187 MILLION INCLUDED
FOR FORECLOSURE PREVENTION.
AND $26.5 MILLION INCREASE IN
THE HOUSING ESSENTIAL NEEDS
PROGRAM.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO SERVE THE WAIT LIST
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROGRAM DUE
TO BUDGET LIMITATIONS.
SO THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS, AND
I DO BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THOSE
PEOPLE ARE IN KING COUNTY.
WE'LL ALSO BE SEEING $58.4
MILLION FOR OPERATIONS,
MAINTENANCE, AND SERVICES FOR
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
FROM HOUSE BILL 1277, THAT I'LL
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
IN THE POLICY DISCUSSION.
THAT IS UP AND ABOVE OF THE $37
MILLION THAT'S ALREADY IN THE
BUDGET, SO THAT IS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FROM THE
LEGISLATURE IN PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WE
REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN WE MAKE A CAPITAL
INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO OPERATE THE
BUILDING FOR THE LOW INCOME
TENANTS THAT LIVE THERE.
THEN $22.1 MILLION ALSO FROM
THE DOCUMENT RECORDING FEES
BILL, WILL GO TO FUND
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
IT INCLUDES PROJECT-BASED
VOUCHERS, EMERGENCY HOUSING,
ADDICTION PREVENTION, RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS THE
POSSIBILITY TO USE SOME OF
THOSE DOLLARS FOR ACQUISITION.
FINALLY, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT OF $19.7 MILLION FOR
LONG TERM VOUCHERS FOR PEOPLE
WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS.
THOSE FUNDS ARE VERY
SIGNIFICANT AS WELL AS THEY
INTEND TO BE US INCUR THE, AND
BE AN ONGOING APPROPRIATION,
AND NOT JUST A ONE TIME FUND.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE,
AND NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT OTHER
EXCITING BUDGET INVESTMENTS.
>> YES.
IN THE CHILDCARE AND EARLY
LEARNING SPACE, WE HAD VERY
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS, GIVEN
THAT THE PANDEMIC SHED LIGHT ON
THE EXISTING CHILDCARE BUDGET
CRISIS.
I'LL SPEAK TO THE POLICIES IN
THAT LATER.
ALSO INVESTED OVER $757 MILLION
IN A VARIETY OF CHILD CARE
PROGRAMS.
THAT INCLUDES $400 MILLION FOR
CHILDCARE STABILIZATION GRANDS.
THAT INCLUDES PAYROLL
REIMBURSEMENT, AND OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE PROVIDERS
IN SEATTLE WILL BE WELL
POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SOME OF
THOSE FUNDS.
THE OTHERS FOCUS ON EARLY
LEARNING CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THAT'S $146.6 MILLION.
OVER $100 MILLION FOR
ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION.
NEARLY $25 MILLION TO EXPAND
THE ECEAP SLOTS BY OVER 1200
INNED NEXT YEW YEARS, AND AN
ADDITIONAL $84.5 MILLION FOR
FAIR STARTS FOR KIDS AND OTHER
CHILDCARE PROGRAMS.
SO REALLY GREAT INVESTMENTS
THERE IN THE EARLY LEARNING
SPACE.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GREAT
NEWS IN HEALTHCARE.
ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
INCREASED FUNDING FOR
PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
FOREYEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER
FUNDED EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
AND THIS YEAR, INVESTED 149-
POINT $5 MILLION IN THAT SPACE.
THERE'S ALSO $35 MILLION IN
GRANTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDER
INSURED, AN AN ADDITIONAL $15
MILLION FOR CASCADE CARE.
THAT HELPS WITH PREMIUM
ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS,
EARNING UP TO 55% OF THE
POVERTY LEVEL.
SOME OTHER SIGNIFICANT FUNDS
WITH FEDERAL FUNDING.
THE $340 MILLION FOR IMMIGRANT
RELIEF.
THERE'S OVER $1 BILLION FOR
COVID RESPONSE AND VACCINE
DEPLOYMENT.
AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
BENEFITS, AND SMALL BUSINESS
ASSISTANCE.
I WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE
OTHER SIGNIFICANT SAFETY NET
INVESTMENTS RELATED TO POLICY
BILLS LIKE THE KENNETH, AND
WORKING FAMILY'S TAX CREDIT
SECTION. ET THERE IN THE POLICY
I THINK WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN
IT OVER TO QUINN FOR
TRANSPORTATION.
>> THANKS, HANNA.
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SPACE,
THE LEGISLATURE ULTIMATELY DID
NOT TAKE ACTION ON A
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PACKAGE
THIS SESSION.
AT THE TOWARDS THE END OF THE
SESSION, THERE WAS SORT OF A
LATE PUSH, BUT THE HOUSE AND
SENATE REMAINED TOO FAR APART
ON THE OVERALL SIZE OF WHAT A
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PACKAGE
SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE FINAL HOUSE PROPOSAL WAS
AROUND $22 BILLION.
THE FINAL SENATE PROPOSAL WAS
AROUND $18 BILLION.
THEY REMAINED FAR APART ON THE
SPLIT BETWEEN ROADS AND HIGHWAY
INVESTMENTS AND MULTI-MOTAL
INVESTMENTS.
THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN THE
REVENUES PROPOSED BETWEEN GAS
TAX, CARBON, OR CAP AND INVEST
REVENUES, AS WELL AS A
SMATTERING OF OTHERS.
THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN THE
SUMMARY THAT WE SENT PREVIOUSLY
ON THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ON
TRANSPORTATION.
NONE OF THAT'S CHANGED SINCE WE
SENT THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND
I'M HAPPY TO REUP THAT.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THE HOUSE AND
SENATE REMAINED TOO FAR APART
TO REACH AN AGREEMENT PRIOR TO
THE CONCLUSION OF SESSION.
THERE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT
INTEREST IN TAKING ACTION ON
TRANSPORTATION.
BOTH BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR
INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE, AS WE'LL GET
TO IN THE POLICY SECTION, TWO
OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT
WERE ADOPTED THIS SESSION, THE
CAP AND INVEST PROGRAM AS WELL
AS THE CLEAN FUEL STANDARD
PROGRAM HAVE BOTH BEEN MADE
CONTINGENT THROUGH THEIR
IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN MADE
THROUGH A SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE
PACKAGE.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
CONTINUED, AND RENEWED INTEREST
ON REACHING AGREEMENT.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT
DRESSING THAT IN A POTENTIAL
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE AN
UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD WITH
REGARDS TO THAT.
A TRANSPORTATION REVENUE
PACKAGE IS PERHAPS AMONG THE
MORE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY
SECRETIVE, BUT NEGOTIATIONS ARE
OFTEN PRIVATE BETWEEN HOUSE AND
CHAIR.
THIS INFORMATION CAN CHANGE
QUICKLY.
BUT AS BEST AS WE'VE HEARD FROM
OUR SOURCES IN TALKING TO
LEGISLATOR, IT SEEMS UNLIKELY
THEY WILL DO A SPECIAL SESSION
ONLY FOR A STATE TRANSPORTATION
REVENUE PACKAGE.
WHAT IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IS THEY
WOULD TACKLE LEGISLATION IN A
SPECIAL SESSION IF THEY NEEDED
TO FOR ANOTHER REASON.
THE MOST LIKELY REASON IS IF
THERE WAS A FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE THAT WAS
PASSED, THE LEGISLATURE MADE IT
CLEAR, THEY WANT TO HAVE A SAY
IN HOW FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE
ALLOCATED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO FUTURE STIMULUS
PACKAGE, AND FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE.
THEY DON'T JUST WANT TO LEAVE
THAT UP TO THE STATE EXECUTIVE.
SO IF A FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE WAS ADOPTED, IT WOULD
BE A POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO COME
BACK FOR A SPECIAL SESSION, AND
THEY COULD TACKLE STATEMENT
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS AT
THE SAME TIME.
THE OTHER POTENTIAL, HOPEFULLY
LESS LIKELY, BUT POTENTIAL
REASON THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE
A SPECIAL SESSION WOULD BE IF
ANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT
THEY PROPOSE APPROPRIATED ON
HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE SPEND.
THERE'S NO SENSE NECESSARILY
THAT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN,
BUT IT DOES HAVE POTENTIAL AS
WE CONTINUE TO GET ONGOING
GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
SO THEY COULD POTENTIALLY NEED
TO COME BACK FOR THAT REASON.
SO GIVEN THOSE POTENTIAL
FACTORS IT IS LIKELY IF THERE
IS A SPECIAL SESSION, IT WOULD
OCCUR SOMETIME IN THE FALL,
BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING
AROUND THE TIMELINE FOR A 45-
YEAR-OLD PACKAGE.
GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS
ALSO POSSIBLE IF IT'S LATE
ENOUGH INVOLVED THAT THEY WOULD
SIMPLY ROLL IT INTO THE 2022
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND NOT
HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION.
SO THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF
THE TRANSPORTATION REVENUE
PACKAGE, AND THE NEGOTIATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE INTERIM BETWEEN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE CHAIRS AND
RANKING MEMBERS AND VICE
CHAIRS.
I DO WANT TO SPEAK QUICKLY TOO,
JUST BECAUSE THE LEGISLAURE
DIDN'T ADOPT A REVENUE PACKAGE
DOESN'T MEAN THEY DIDN'T PASS
THE BASELINE CURRENT LAW.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT IN
THERE.
THE LEGISLATURE WAS FORCED TO
USE $1 BILLION TO MEET ITS
ONGOING COMMITMENTS AND
OBLIGATIONS IN THE
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET.
$600MILLION TO SHORE UP
DECLINING REVENUES.
$400MILLION TO MEET THE ONGOING
OBLIGATION FOR CULVERTS AND
REMOVING FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS
THAT THE SUPREME COURT'S
DECISION REQUIRES.
THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF
INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY MIGHT
BENEFIT FROM.
$5MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.
$5MILLION FOR THE PEDESTRIAN
AND BICYCLE SAFETY GRANT
PROGRAM.
$5MILLION FOR GREEN CAPITAL
TRANSPORTATION GRANTS AND $4
MILLION FOR APPRENTICESHIP AND
SUPPORT SERVICES.
THOSE ARE ALL GRANT PROGRAMS
THAT WE NEED TO APPLY FOR.
SO NOTHING DIRECTLY TO THE
CITY, BUT SOME ADDITIONAL
FUNDING THAT ULTIMATELY MIGHT
COME TO BENEFIT US.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGETS.
SO I THINK WE'LL PAUSE THERE
FOR QUESTIONS.
>> I DO SEE SOME QUESTIONS IN
THE QUEUE HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PRO TEM
HERBOLD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK
THIS SESSION AND FOR SUMMING UP
THE BUDGET AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED
GATHERING OF INFORMATION, AND
INTEL ON TRANSPORTATION IN
PARTICULAR.
I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
STATE LEGISLATURE COULDN'T COME
TOGETHER TO PRODUCE A
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE, AND
THEN IT'S DISCONCERTING, WHILE
IT MAKES SENSE, IT'S
DISCONCERTING THAT THEY WOULD
WAIT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO ACT, SINCE AN INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL WILL BE TIED UP BY JUST A
COUPLE OF U.S. SENATORS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY
INTEREST IN MAKING SURE WE
TACKLE TRANSPORTATION BUDGETARY
ISSUES THIS FALL.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO, OUR NEEDS
ARE SO GREAT WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE IN SEATTLE, WE
SHOULD MAKE A VERY STRONG DOWN
PAYMENT, I'M HOPING IN THIS
FALL BUDGET PROCESS WITH THIS
CITY.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ACTUALLY.
I WAS REALLY HEARTENED TO SEE
ALL THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND
THE NEED, THE GREAT NEED,
ESPECIALLY TO ADDRESS THE GREAT
NEED, HAS EMERGED FROM THE
COVID PANDEMIC.
I THINK THIS QUESTION MIGHT BE
FOR ROBIN.
WERE THERE ANY SET ASIDES FOR
STUDENTS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, OR CHILDREN
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS?
I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME
REGULATORY CHANGES HERE AT THE
CITY LEVEL.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF
THERE WERE DOLLARS COMING FROM
THE STATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN
SCHOOL.
>> YES, THERE WERE,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED,
BECAUSE IT'S IN SEVERAL PLACES
IN THE BUDGET, BUT THERE IS
$4.6 MILLION FOR HOMELESS
STUDENT STABILITY, THAT WOULD
SERVE K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS AS
I UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME
FUNDS THROUGH VARIOUS DIFFERENT
PLACES THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET,
INCLUDING THE STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL, AND THE
UNIVERSITIES TO SERVE STUDENTS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BELOW
ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS: I CAN
CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT I GO
THROUGH AND PROVIDE YOU WITH
ALL OF THE DETAILS OF EACH, YOU
KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE
BIT PEPPERED THROUGH ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT UNIVERSITY BUDGETS
AND I CAN GO THROUGH, AND
CAREFULLY LOOK AND GET THAT TO
YOU.
WITH THAT MUCH RENTAL
ASSISTANCE GETTING OUT ON THE
STREET, $658 MILLION WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES AS WELL.
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY MULTIPLE
WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS
RENTAL ASSISTANCE THIS YEAR
THROUGH THE BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT I
SEE ANY VIRTUAL RAISED HANDS OR
REAL RAISED HANDS, AND I SEE
NONE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE POLICY
BILL UPDATES.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PAUSE
AFTER EACH POLICY AREA UPDATE,
OR WOULD YOU PREFER THAT WE
WAIT UNTIL THE END?
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT,
PRESIDENT PRO TEM, IF WE COULD
PAUSE AFTER EACH PORTFOLIO.
I THINK WE'LL START WITH
EDUCATION.
HANNA SMITH'S PORTFOLIO TO
START.
>> THANKS, LILY.
THE BIG NEWS IN THE EDUCATION
SPACE IS THE FRANCHISE FOR KIDS
ACT.
SENATE BILL 257, IT EXPANDS
ELIGIBILITY, AND DECREASES
COPAYMENT FOR THE WORKING
CONNECTIONS CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
EARLY LEARNING.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IT PROVIDES RATE INCREASES,
TRAINING GRANTS, SUPPORT, AND
SERVICES FOR CHILDCARE AND
EARLY LEARNING PROVIDERS.
INCREASES PRE-NATAL TO 3
SUPPORTS, AND WAIVES THE
WORKING REQUIREMENT FOR PARENTS
WHO ARE STUDENTS IN THE WORKING
CONNECTIONS CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
THESE ARE ALL JUST THE POLICY
ACCOMPANIMENTSES.
I'VE MENTIONED A DIVERSITY OF
SEPARATE BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF
THESE FUNDS, AS A SEPARATE
ATTACHMENT.
THE LEGISLATURE EXPANDED
COLLEGE BOUND ACCESS, AND
PASSED A BILL TO INCLUDE ANTI-
RACISM, AND DIVERSITY TRAINING
IN HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS
IN THE EDUCATION SPACE.
SO I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBERS
ON THE EDUCATION UPDATES?
ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO QUESTIONS,
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT
SECTION.
>> SOME RATHER SIGNIFICANT
PIECES OF LEGISLATION WERE
ADOPTED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
SPACE, AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO
COVER THEM AS QUICKLY, AND
COMPREHENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
PERHAPS THE MOST CHICAGO IS
SENATE BILL 5126.
THIS IS THE CLIMATE COMMITMENT
ACT.
ALSO KNOWN MORE COMMONLY AS CAP
AND INVESTOR, CAP AND TRADE.
THIS WAS SPONSORED BY SENATOR
CARLYLE, AND IT ESTABLISHES A
CAP AND TRADE SYSTEM IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
THE LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARY
WAS 22 PAGES.
I DID MY BEST TO CONDENSE THAT
DOWN, AND I'LL COVER THAT AS
COMPREHENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE IN
THE REPORT.
IT'S A BIG BILL.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE CAN
CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THOSE
PIECES.
SO UNDER THE LEGISLATION, THE
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IS
DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH RULES
THAT REQUIRE EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS FOR COVERED
ENTITIES.
COVERED ENTITIES ARE STATIONARY
CARBON EMITTERS THAT GENERATE
MORE THAN 25,000 METRIC TONS OF
CARBON ANNUALLY.
IT STARTS JANUARY 1, 2023, AND
RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 26th,
2026 ARRANGE UNDERSTAND THERE
IS A DETAILED SUB CONSEQUENT
FOR YOUR COMPLIANCE PERIODS
THAT FOLLOW, ALONG WITH A
PARALLELLED REVIEW, AND JUSTICE
PROCESS OF THAT PROGRAM.
NOTABLY IN THAT REVIEW AND
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, ECOLOGY
MUST CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE REVIEW EVERY TWO YEARS
TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS
ACHIEVING EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
TARGETS IN OVERBURDENED
COMMUNITIES HIGHLY IMPACTED BY
AIR POLLUTION AND SORT OF
TINKER WITH THE KNOBS AND DIALS
ON THE PROGRAM.
IF THOSE GOALS ARE NOT BEING
MET, ECOLOGY HAS TO ESTABLISH A
SYSTEM OF MANAGING AND
AUCTIONING ALLOWANCES.
THIS IS THE TRADE PORTION OF
CAP AND TRADE.
THOSE AUCTIONS HAVE TO OCCUR AT
LEAST FOUR TIMES ANNUALLY.
THERE'S REGULATIONS OVER HOW
MUCH AN ENTY CAN PURCHASE OF
ALLOWANCES AT A GIVEN AUCTION,
AND ECOLOGY MUST ADOPT
ADDITIONAL RULES TO PROHIBIT
COLLUSION, RAISE THE POTENTIAL
FOR MARKET MANIPULATION, AND
ENSURE THERE'S SUFFICIENT
INNOCENT INCENTIVATION.
CALIFORNIA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA
WHETHER FEASIBLE TO BROADEN THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUKDZ
OPPORTUNITIES, AND ACHIEVE A
VARIETY OF OTHER GOALS.
PRIOR TO ENTERING THESE LINKAGE
AGREEMENTS, ECOLOGY MUST
CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT, TO ASSURE THOSE
LINKAGES WOULD BENEFIT NOT JUST
THE PROGRAM, BUT REDUCE
EMISSIONS IN OVER-BURDENED
COMMUNITIES.
THE LEGISLATION ALSO
ESTABLISHES THAT OFF CREDIT
EMISSIONS FOR COVERED ENTITIES
TO REACH THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
OFFSET CREDITS BY A CREDIT
COMMITTEE INVESTING IN A
CAPITAL PROJECT, ESSENTIALLY,
AND THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS MUST
DEMONSTRATE, SORRY, ARE NOT
LOCATED ON THE FACILITY, BUT
THEY ARE LOCATED IN OTHER
AREAS.
PROJECTS HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS OR
REMOVALS THAT ARE REAL,
PERMANENT, QUANTITY FIABLE,
VERIFIABLE, AND ENFORCEABLE.
55% OF THOSE CREDITS HAVE TO BE
LOCATED IN WASHINGTON STATE
DURING THE FIRST PERIOD.
AND 75% FOLLOWING PERIODS.
THOSE VARY BY COMPLIANCE
PERIOD, AND ALSO WHETHER OR NOT
THE COVERED ENTITY IS ON
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBAL
LAND.
THE REVENUES FROM THE PROGRAM,
THE CAP AND INVEST PROGRAM IS
EXPECTED TO GENERATE SOME
SIGNIFICANT REVENUES.
THOSE REVENUES ARE DIRECTED TO
BE ALLOCATED IN SORT OF A
VARIETY OF WAYS.
BUT NOTABLY ACROSS ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT ALLOCATIONS A MINIMUM
OF 35% OF INVESTMENTS MUST
PROVIDE A DIRECT AND MEANINGFUL
BENEFIT TO POPULATIONS
OVERBURDENED BY CARBON
POLLUTION AND EMISSIONS.
SO THE PROGRAM CREATES A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS
THAT ARE THE RECIPIENT FUNDS
AND DOLL OUT THE REVENUES THAT
ARE GENERATED.
THE FIRST ACCOUNT IS THE CARBON
REDUCTION ACCOUNT.
IT RECEIVES THE FIRST $5.2
BILLION OVER THE FIRST 16 YEARS
OF THE PROGRAM.
IT RECEIVES A SPECIFIC AMOUNT
úEACH YEAR SO IT'S NOT JUST THE
FIRST 5.2 BILLION, BUT IT'S THE
FIRST SPECIFIC AMOUNT EACH YEAR
OVER USING THAT SORT OF
SPECIFIC AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACCOUNT,
THIS IS THE ACCOUNT THAT IS
CONNECTED TO THE POTENTIAL
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PACKAGE,
AND WOULD FUND TRANSPORTATION
CARBON REDUCTION PURPOSES.
IT IS SPECIFICALLY USED FOR
18th AMENDMENT PURPOSES, 18th
AMENDMENT IS HIGHWAYS.
AFTER FUNDS ARE RECEIVED BY THE
CARBON EMISSION REDUCTION
ACCOUNT, THEY ARE RECEIVED BY
THE CLIMATE INVEST ACCOUNT, AND
THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE IMMEDIATELY
SUB ROUTED TO DIFFERENT
ACCOUNTS.
75% OF THOSE FUNDS ARE
ALLOCATED TO THE CLIMATE
COMMITMENT ACCOUNT.
THE CLIMATE COMMITMENT ACCOUNT
FUNDS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS
THAT ARE DESIGNED TO TRANSITION
TO A MORE CLEAN AND JUST
ECONOMY.
IT'S INTENDED TO FUND AN
ONWORKING FUND FOR THE TAX
CREDIT, WHICH HAN WILL SPEAK TO
MORE IN A BIT.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FUNDS.
THEN SUPPORT A WHOLE ARRAY OF
PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE
ELECTRIFICATION AND CLEAN
ENERGY.
THE APPROPRIATIONS HERE ARE
ANYTHING IN, ANY APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE CLIMATE COMMITMENT CAN
ARE SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE
INFORMATION.
RULE MAKING IS GOING TO TAKE
SOME TIME.
I'M SPEAK TO THAT IN JUST A
MINUTE.
BUT THESE WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THAT MEANS
THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS SORT OF
GOING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS IN
IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC PROJECTS
OR IF LIKE OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAMS IT WILL BE LARGELY
DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
ECOLOGY AND THEN RATIFIED BY
THE LEGISLATURE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING
TO LOOK INTO.
THE NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
ACT IS REQUIRED TO FUND PROJECT
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT
INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF OUR
STATE'S WATERS FORCE AND OTHER
VIABLE ECOSYSTEMS AS WELL AS
FUND CLEAN WATER INVESTMENTS.
I KNOW AT THE FINAL BRIEFING
THAT WE GAVE PRIOR TO THIS
BRIEFING BEFORE THE CONCLUSION
OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION I
HAD FLAGGED THAT THERE WERE
SOME LATE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION POTENTIALLY
PREEMPTING OUR ABILITY TO
REGULATE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS IN ANY WAY.
THAT DID NOT COME TO PASS.
VERY GOOD.
BUT THE LEGISLATION DOES MAKE
SOME CHANGES TO HOW LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND STATE AGENCIES,
WHAT THEY CAN DO IN TERMS OF
THE CLIMATE SPACE.
SO NO STATE AGENCY CAN ADOPT,
OR ENFORCE RULES OR REGULATIONS
OR PROGRAMS THAT REGULATE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
CONSTITUTIONARY SOURCES, EXCEPT
STATIONARY SOURCES.
NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN
IMPLEMENT A CHARGE OR TAX BASED
EXCLUSIVELY ON THE GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS.
SO IT DOES PREEMPT CITIES AND
COUNTIES FROM ADOPTING
ESSENTIALLY LOCAL CARBON TAXES.
THEN THE CLIMATE, OR THE
CABINET INVEST PROGRAM ALSO
SUPERSEDES THE STATE'S CLEAN
AIR RULE.
IT DOES SUPERSEDE ANY EXISTING
REGULATIONS THERE.
THEN FINALLY, IN THIS SECTION,
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTH.
IT'S A VERY LONG BILL.
AS I MENTIONED IN
TRANSPORTATION, THIS BILL AND
THE CLEAN FUELS PROGRAM, WHICH
I'LL SPEAK TO IN ADJUSTMENT A
MOMENT, ARE BOTH CONTINGENT.
THE COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS ARE
CONTINGENT ON AN ADDED
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING MEASURE,
THAT IS DEFINED AS A GAS TAX
INCREASE OF AT LEAST 5 CENTS A
GAL.
THAT PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO
TAKE AT LEAST A YEAR,
POTENTIALLY UPWARDS OF TWO
YEARS.
SO THE PROGRAM CAN GET OFF AND
RUNNING, BUT THE LEGISLATURE
DOES NEED TO ADOPT A
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE BEFORE
IT CAN BEGIN, IT IS SUBJECT TO
BEGIN IN 2023.
THAT IS THE CLIMATE COMMITMENT
ACT.
THERE ARE COUPLE OF OTHER BILLS
I ALSO WANT TO REVIEW QUICKLY.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO
SIGNIFICANT.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO APPROVED
AFTER I BELIEVE FIVE YEARS OF
REALLY SIGNIFICANT WORK BY THE
PRIME SPONSOR REPRESENTATIVE
FITS GIVEN, THE CLEAN FUEL
STANDARD.
THIS IS HOUSE BILL 10-91.
THIS IS IN MANY WAYS, ALMOST
SIMILAR TO CAP INVESTMENT FOR
TRANSPORTATION FUELS.
SO IT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT
OF ECOLOGY TO PROMULGATE RULES,
THAT WOULD REQUIRE A 20%
REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS BY 2038.
THERE ARE ALSO REQUIREMENTS IN
THERE THAT WOULD STIPULATE THAT
THEY CANNOT REQUIRE CARBON
REDUCTIONS MORE THAN 10% UNTIL
CERTAIN FACTORS ARE MET.
15% IN LIQUID BIOFUEL
PRODUCTION.
AT LEAST ONE NEW EXTENDED
LIQUID BIOFUEL FACILITY.
AND A REVIEWGY JLAR ON THE
FIRST FIVE YEARS WAS PROGRAM,
AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2033
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO SOME STIPULATIONS AFTER THE
FIRST 10%, BUT THAT FIRST 10%
IS PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED,
THEN THE LEGISLATION ALSO
ESTABLISHES THAT ECOLOGY HAS TO
CREATE A SYSTEM OF BANKABLE,
AND USEABLE CREDITS FOR CLEAN
FUEL SUPPLIERS, WHICH INCLUDES
ELECTRIC UTILITIES, ELECTRIC
UTILITIES SUPPLY CLEAN FUEL FOR
CARS, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHICH
INCLUDES OUR OWN SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
AND HOW THE REVENUES THAT ARE
GENERATED FROM THESE CLEAN FUEL
CREDITS CAN BE SPEND.
SO 50% HAVE TO BE USED FOR
TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION.
AND THE OTHER 50% HAVE TO BE
SPENT ON PROJECTS ON A LIST
THAT WILL BE REQUIREDTY THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND
EDUCATION, THAT WILL ALSO
SUPPORT DECARBONIZATION.
SIMILAR TO THE CAP INVEST, THE
RULE MAKING CAN BEGIN
IMMEDIATELY, BUT THE COMPLIANCE
CANNOT START UNTIL A
SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE PACKAGE IS
ADOPTED.
TWO OTHER BILLS QUICKLY.
THE HEAL ACT, WHICH PROVIDES
FOR SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL
úJUSTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE
AGENCIES WAS ALSO ADOPTED AND
APPROVED.
SO A NUMBER OF STATE AGENCIES
HAVE TO INCORPORATE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTO
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND AGENCY
BUDGETING.
CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ASSESSMENTS ON ACTION, WHICH IS
SIGNIFICANT RULES, AND GRANTS.
AND CONDUCT SPECIFIED COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
PLANNING FOR OVER-BURDENED
COMMUNITIES.
THE ONE OTHER PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, THAT DIDN'T GET
QUITE AS MUCH ATTENTION, IS
SENATE BILL 252.
THIS WOULD ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE
FOR MINIMUM POST-CONSUMER
RECYCLED CONTENT STANDARDS FOR
SOME OF THE MOST PROBLEMATIC
PLASTIC ITEMS.
HOUSEHOLD CLEANING AND PERSONAL
CARE PRODUCTS.
WOULD ALSO BAN THE SALE OF
EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE, MORE
COMMONLY KNOWN AS STYROFOAM IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
WHICH IS A PROBLEMATIC PLASTIC
PRODUCT.
IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THAT
SINGLE USE UTENSIL, STRAWS,
BEVERAGE LIDS, THOSE SORTS OF
THINGS CAN ONLY BE OFFERED BY
RESTAURANTS UPON REQUEST OF THE
CUSTOMER.
AND THEN, ESTABLISHES
STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, BECAUSE
THE LEGISLATOR STAKEHOLDER
COMMITTEES TO RECOMMEND FURTHER
POST CONSUMER RECYCLING
STANDARDS FOR THE 2022
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN, THOSE ARE
THE BIG HIGH PROFILE BILLS.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT.
I WILL PAUSE THERE, AND ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE BEST OF MY
ABILITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT IS QUITE A PORTFOLIO
THERE, QUINN, AND A LOT OF
REALLY IMPRESSIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THERE, AS
IT RELATES TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
AGENDA.
LOOKING AGAIN TO SEE IF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M LOOKING IN THE PRESENT
PANEL.
I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT PEOPLE
RAISE THEIR HAND IN THE
PARTICIPANTS PANEL.
BECAUSE I CANNOT SEE EVERYBODY
IN REALTIME.
THEIR PICTURES, AND THEIR REAL
LIFE HANDS.
SO NOT SEEING ANY RAISED HANDS
IN THE PARTICIPANTS PANEL, SO
NOW LET'S MOVE ONTO THE
HEALTHCARE BILL LED BY HANNA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
I THINK WE WERE OUT OF ORDER.
QUINN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
HIGHLIGHT?
>> I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DID
PASS, WHICH I KNOW IS OF
INTEREST TO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL.
SO THAT IS EXCITING, AS DID
JUNETEENTH, WHICH IS THE
ESTABLISHING JUNETEENTH AS A
LEGISLATIVE HOLIDAY.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONLY
ITEMS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
THEM PRETTY EXTENSIVELY, BUT I
WOULD HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS ONES
THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED, AND ARE
WORTH NOTING.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
I WILL NOW SCROLL US DOWN TO
HEALTHCARE.
ONE OF THE BIG BILLS TO
HIGHLIGHT IS 1477, THAT'S THE
NATIONAL 988 NUMBER.
THE LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED THE
BILL OR THE NUMBER, AND CALL
CENTERS TO RESPOND TO BOTH
SUICIDE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CALLS.
THE BILL IMPOSES A TAX ON RADIO
LINES TO PAY FOR THE
TECHNOLOGY, AND CREATES A
CRISIS RESPONSE IMPROVEMENT
STRATEGY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP
THE INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH RESPONSE AND SUICIDE
PREVENTION SYSTEM.
THE COMMITTEE WILL WORK TO
CREATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
IMPLEMENT THE RESPONSE.
THAT INCLUDES MOBILE RAPID
RESPONSE CRISIS TEAMS, CRISIS
STABLIZATION SERVICES, AND
INTEGRATED, AND VOLUNTARY
TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS TO REALLY FOCUS
ON EQUITY SERVICES FOR
INDIVIDUALS.
REGARDLESS OF RACE ETHNICITY,
AND ALSO FOR TRIBAL MEMBERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES TO THIS
BILL THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, AND
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE HOW THE
IMPLEMENTATION GOES BASED ON
THAT TASK FORCE.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO PASSED
AGAIN, THE POSTPARTUM MEDICAID
BILL.
YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS PASSED
LAST YEAR, BUT WAS DUE TO THE
CRISIS, AND THEY NEEDED COVID
RESPONSE.
THE BILL PASSED, WHICH IS GREAT
NEWS.
IT PROVIDES ONE YEAR OF
POSTPARTUM COVERAGE THROUGH
APPLE HEALTH, THROUGH TWO
PHASES.
IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE
INCOME AT OR BELOW 193% OF THE
FEDERAL POST LINE.
SOME OF THE OTHER BILLS,
INCLUDING ESTABLISHES A
UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE
COMMISSION.
REQUIRING HEALTHCARES, AND
HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE OPIOID
OVERDOSE REVERSE MEDICATION
PASSED AS WELL.
THOSE WERE THE BIG HEALTHCARE
HIGHLIGHTS.
>> THANK YOU, HANNA.
TAKING A PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF
THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS, BEFORE
MOVING ONTO THE NEXT SECTION,
WHICH I BELIEVE IS HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
NOT SEEING ANY RAISED HANDS.
ROBIN, LET'S MOVE ONTO HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS.
>> YOU'RE ON MUTA, ROBIN.
>> SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT FOR
FINAL REPORT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HERBOLD
POINTED OUT THAT I MIGHT HAVE
MISSPOKEN.
THERE'S $175 MILLION IN THE
BUDGET FOR THE HOUSING TRUST
FUND, AS WELL AS $120 MILLION
FOR ACQUISITION OF HOUSING AND
SHELTER SPACES.
AND THEN UNDER THE OPERATING
BUDGET, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER DOWN, THERE IS A, THERE
ARE I THINK I MAY HAVE SAID 22
MILLION, BUT THERE'S 209
MILLION.
JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW,
CLARIFYING THOSE NUMBERS TO BE
ACCURATE, AND YOU CAN GO BACK
TO THE OTHER PART OF THE
BULLETIN AT THIS POINT.
SORRY TO MAKE YOU SWITCH IT
AROUND SO MUCH.
SO GIVEN THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
OF COVID-19 THE LEGISLATURE WAS
VERY FOCUSED THIS YEAR AND
PASSED SEVERAL IMPORTANT POLICY
BILLS TO WORK TOGETHER TO
PROVIDE TENANT PROJECTIONS AND
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN TANDEM
WITH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING
DEPLOYED FROM THE FEDERAL
DOLLARS THAT THE STATE
RECEIVED.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANT
TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PATH THATS
PROVIDED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO
END THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
THAT WAS ENACTED BY THE
GOVERNOR THROUGH EXECUTIVE
ACTION IN LAST MARCH, 20 OF 20.
THAT BILL IS SENATE BILL 5160.
IT DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS TO
BACK US OUT, AND PROVIDE AN OFF
RAM.
THE FIRST IS THAT IT PROVIDES
LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
THIS IS QUITE HISTORIC.
WE'RE THE FIRST STATE IN THE
COUNTRY TO PASS SUCH A LAW.
THEN IT ALSO CREATES THE
RESOLUTION PILOT PROGRAM,
BEFORE EVICTION CAN BE FILED IN
COURT, HOPING TO AVOID SOME OF
THE ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD TO
AN ACTUAL COURT ACTION, AND
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T
END UP WITH EVICTIONS ON THEIR
REPORT.
IT ESTABLISHES REASONABLE
PAYMENT PLAN PARAMETERS THAT
ARE NOT TO EXCEED 1/3rd OF
MONTHLY RENT.
IT CREATES A PROGRAM, WHERE
TENANT WHO IS VACATE OR DEFAULT
ON PAYMENT PLANS, LANDLORDS CAN
MAKE THEMSELVES HOLD THERE, AND
IT ALSO CREATES A DIRECT
ASSISTANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
FINALLY, IT PROHIBITS LATE FEE
REPORTING OF NONPAYMENT, AND
TAKING ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST
TENANTS BASED ON NONPAYMENT OF
RENT FROM MARCH 2020, THROUGH 6
MONTHS FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION
OF THE EVICTION MORE TIER YUM.
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM DOES
END ON JUNE 30th, THE BILL WAS
WAS AMENDED IN THE HOUSE.
THERE IS SOME CONCERN OVER
WHETHER THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL
PROVISIONS, AS WHETHER SOME OF
THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE WILL
FULLY BE ABLE TO GET OUT IN THE
STREET BY THE TIME THE JUNE
30th MORATORIUM EXPIRES.
SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT
WILL HAPPEN, SO WE'RE
CONTINUING ADVOCACY ON THIS
ISSUE.
AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHERE
WE STAND ON THAT.
BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO BE
AWARE OF RIGHT NOW.
THEN THE BILL THAT I MENTIONED
BILL 27, WHICH ADDS AN
ADDITIONAL $100 TO THE DOCUMENT
RECORDING FEES, THAT WILL RAISE
$288 MILLION OVER THE BIENNIA,
AND IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE HOME
SECURITY FUND THAT I MENTIONED
AT $221 MILLION.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FUNDS FOR
LANDLORD MITIGATION.
$11.6MILLION OVER THE BUY
ENYUM.
AS I MENTIONED, THAT
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTING HOUSING
MAINTENANCE, AND SERVICES.
I KNOW ANOTHER BILL THAT YOU
WERE ALL QUITE INTERESTED IN
WAS THE JUST CAUSE EMERGENCY
BILL, WHICH REQUIRES PROPERTY
OWNERS TO PROVIDE A REASON TO
TERMINATE.
THIS BILL IS A LITTLE BIT
COMPLICATED.
AS FAR AS SPECIFIED TIME LEASES
GO WITH AN INITIAL TERM OF 12
MONTHS AROUND ANY SUBSEQUENT
TERM OF 6 MONTHS, THOSE LEASES
MAY BE TERMINATED.
THE BILL DOES PROHIBIT MONTH TO
MONTH LEASES FOR A FIXED TERM,
EXCEPT FOR 90 DAYS, FOLLOWING
THE EXPIRATION OF THE
MORATORIUM OF THE THERE'S A
GRACE PERIOD TO ALLOW TENANTS
AND LANDLORDS TO CONVERT LEASES
IN THAT IMMEDIATE PERIOD
FOLLOWING THE EVICTION FOLLOWING
THE MORATORIUM.
AN EXCEPTION FOR INITIAL LEASES
THAT HAVE A TERM OF 6 TO 12
MONTHS.
AND SAME THING, THE LANDLORD
HAS TO PROVIDE 60 DAYS NOTICE.
I THINK IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE
FOR ME TO JUST PROVIDE AN ANIN-
WRITING SUMMARY OF THIS BILL.
I THINK THE WASHINGTON HOUSING
ALLIANCE IS ALSO WORKING ON
SOME SUMMARIES.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL
HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PARAMETERS OF THE BILL.
THEN FINALLY, THE LAST BILL
THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS
HOUSE BILL 1220.
THIS COUNCIL WROTE A LETTER IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
IT REQUIRES PLANNING FOR
AFORWARDABLE HOUSING, AND
ADDRESSES, AND TO ADDRESS
RACIALLY DISPARATE REPLACEMENT,
AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING IN THEIR ZONING.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
IF THERE ARE SOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROBIN.
LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS HERE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ONTO ALSO I
BELIEVE IN YOUR PORTFOLIO
ROBIN, POLICE REFORM, AND
PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> INDEED.
SO IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD, AND THE PROTESTS
THAT FOLLOWED IN THE SUMMER OF
2020, THE LEGISLATURE WAS VERY
FOCUSED ON POLICY TO MAKE
STATEWIDE REFORMS TO POLICING,
AND PASSED OVER 10 BILLS.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THESE
INCLUDED THE OVERSIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY OF PEACE
OFFICERS AND CORRECTIONS
OFFICERS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
DECERTIFICATION.
OFFERED BY A MEMBER OF OUR
DELEGATION, THAT'S SENATE BILL
5051.
INCLUDING THE USE OF FORCE
VIOLATIONS, FAILURE TO
INTERVENE, AND DISHONESTY.
IT CREATE AS REQUIREMENT, THAT
OFFICER MISCONDUCT SELECT B
MISTREATMENT INVESTIGATIONS BE
COMPLETED. ALSO THE GOVERNOR
HAD PROPOSED LEGISLATION, HOUSE
BILL 1267, OFFERED BY
REPRESENTATIVE ENTEMAN.
WITHIN THE OFFICE TO
INVESTIGATE DEADLY USE OF FORCE
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE OPERATING BUDGET ALSO
PROVIDED $22 MILLION FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF
THE OFFICE.
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT BILL
REQUIREMENTS FOR TACTICS AND
EQUIPMENT USED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT HOUSE BILL 1054.
THIS BILL DOES MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS AROUND TACTICS.
IT LIMITS THE USE OF CHOKEHOLDS
AND NECK RESTRAINTS.
PROHIBITS USE OF MOST MILITARY
EQUIPMENT.
PROVIDESPROVISIONS AROUND WHEN
TEAR GAS MAY BE USED.
FIRING ON MOVING VEHICLES, AND
NO-KNOCK WARRANTS.
IT ALSO REQUIRES THE ADOPTION
OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO
ENSURE UNIFORM POLICE OFFICERS
ARE IDENTIFIABLE, AND REQUIRES
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING
COMMISSION, TO ADOPT A MODEL
USE OF TRAINING ON CANINES.
ALSO, THERE WAS A STATEWIDE
REASONABLE CARE STANDARD FOR
USE OF FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS ESTABLISHED BY HOUSE
BILL 1310.
THAT WAS ALSO OFFERED BY
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON.
FINALLY ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT
VIEW WAS THE ABILITY TO
INTERVENE BILL, WHICH REQUIRES
ON DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
INTERVENE WHEN EXCESSIVE USE OF
FORCE BY ANOTHER LAW OFFICER IS
WITNESSED, AND ALSO REQUIRES
REPORTING OF SUCH WRONGDOING
REPORTED BY ANOTHER OFFICER.
I WILL PAUSE THERE BEFORE I
MOVE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE
STATE VERSUS BLAKE DECISION,
WHICH IS ANOTHER MOUTHFUL.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY RAISED
HANDS.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THERE WAS A BILL THAT I KNOW
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT,
BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR WHETHER
OR NOT IT WOULD PREEMPT OUR OWN
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BASED
OVERSITE SYSTEM AND JUST
WONDERING, WAS THAT CONTAINED
IN ANY OF THE BILLS THAT
PASSED?
>> NO.
THAT WAS NOT.
THAT BILL DID NOT MAKE IT THIS
YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS A
COMMITMENT AMONG THE
LEGISLATORS THAT THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING TO BE WORKED ON IN
THE INTERIM, AND I THINK WE
WANT TO REMAIN IN THAT
CONVERSATION IN SEATTLE, THAT
WHAT IS DONE IS ADDITIVE, AND
NOT IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE
ALREADY HAVE HERE IN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU, ROBIN.
ONE OTHER QUESTION.
HAS THERE ALREADY SORT OF
THROUGH YOUR WORK IN IN
STAFFING THESE VARIOUS BILLS
HAS THERE BEEN AN ANALYSIS AS
TO WHAT CHANGES OF SEATTLE CITY
LAW, OR SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT POLICY WILL BE
NECESSARY NOW THAT THESE BILLS
PASSED?
>> I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN IN
THE NOW SYSTEM.
I WILL SAY MANY OF THE BILLS, I
THINK, ARE KIND OF ESTABLISHING
A STATEWIDE STANDARD FOR THINGS
THAT OUR SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ALREADY DOES.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THERE
WILL BE VERY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE POLICE
DECERTIFICATION BILL WILL
REQUIRE TOMORROW CHANGES, AND
WE CERTAINLY SHOULD LOOK AT ALL
THE OTHER BILLS, BUT I DO THINK
THAT MANY OF OUR POLICIES THAT
OUR SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOLLOWS ARE KIND OF THE
STANDARD THAT THE REST OF THE
STATE IS CATCHING UP TO.
>> SO FOR NEW REQUIREMENTS,
SUCH AS AN EXAMPLE, OFFICER
DUTY TO INTERVENE, IS THAT SORT
OF JUST FOR THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON CONSIDERED A NEW
POLICY FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS
THAT WORK WITHIN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON, OR WITHIN
EXPECTATION THAT IF THAT POLICY
IS VIOLATED THAT LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS TAKE
ACTION?
WHAT IS SORT OF THE ENFORCEMENT
SIDE OF A STATEWIDE POLICY LIKE
THAT?
>> I THINK IT DIFFERS FROM BILL
TO BILL, BUT AS FAR AS THE DUTY
INTERVENE BILL IS, I BELIEVE
THE EXPECTATION OF THE SPONSORS
OF THAT BILL AND THE
LEGISLATURE IS THAT EVERY
OFFICER, EVERY POLICE
DEPARTMENT AROUND THE STATE
WILL ADOPT THAT STANDARD AS
PART OF WHAT THEY MUST DO.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A BILL
THAT PASSED AROUND A AUDITS.
THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT PUT INTO
HOW ALL OF THIS WOULD WORK
TOGETHER, AND IF THERE WAS A
POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT FOLLOWING
WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THIS IS A MECHANISM TO FOLLOW
THERE.
CERTAINLY, I THINK IT'S GOING
TO BE INTERESTING JUST TO WATCH
HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT, BECAUSE
THIS IS KIND OF NEW TERRITORY.
THE LEGISLATURE TAKING UP A
SPACE THEY HAVEN'T DONE SO IN
THE PAST, I THINK WE'LL ALL
JUST HAVE TO SIT BACK AND WAIT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE MAY SEE SOME
AREAS THAT MAY NEED SOME
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION NEXT
YEAR, WHEN IT, THE POLICIES
PLAY OUT BECAUSE OF COURSE
SOMETIMES IN THE RUSH OF THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THINGS GET
DONE VERY QUICKLY AND ALL OF
THE CONSEQUENCES MAY NOT HAVE
BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT AS A RESULT
OF THE IMPLICATION OF THE LAWS.
>> THANK YOU.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
LET'S MOVE ONTO PUBLIC SAFETY
SECTION.
>> WELL, I BELIEVE IN OUR LAST
BRIEFING I TALKED ABOUT THIS
STATE VERSUS BLAKE DECISION
THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO IN THE
WAKE OF THE STATE VERSUS BLAKE
DECISION THAT STRUCK DOWN THE
WASHINGTON FELONY POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES EVEN IF A
PERSON WAS POSSESSING
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
UNKNOWINGLY.
AND THEY DID MANAGE TO COME TO
AN AGREEMENT BY THE END OF THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE THING
THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
LEGISLATION WAS GOING WITH
THIS, IS THEY REALLY ENVISION
PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDER.
IN LIEU OF LEGAL SYSTEM
INVOLVEMENT AT LEAST TWICE WHEN
THEY ENCOUNTER SOMEONE AND THEY
MAY, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
MAKE ADDITIONAL FURLOUGHS.
THE BILL ADDRESSES A RECOVERY
SERVICES PLAN THAT IS DRAFTED
BY A SUBSTANTIAL USE RECOVERY
COMMITTEE THAT IS ALSO USED IN
THE BILL, AND THE WHOLE IDEA
BEHIND THIS IS TO ENSURE A
STATEWIDE TREATMENT BASED
APPROACH FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER WHO
COME INTO CONTACT WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT, OR BECOME ENGAGED
WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
THE BILL DOES MAKE KNOWINGLY
POSSESSING A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE A MISDEMEANOR WITH A
SUNSET DATE OF JULY 21st, 2023.
BY THAT TIME THE COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE DRAMATICKED THEIR PLAN,
AND I THINK THE ASSUMPTION IS
SOMETHING ELSE WILL BE DONE AT
THE STATEWIDE LEVEL TO
MEMORIALIZE WHATEVER THE
SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY
COMMITTEE COMES UP WITH OVER
THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S A
LITTLE INTERESTING IS THAT,
GIVEN THE LATE TIMING OF THE
NEGOTIATING COMPROMISE, THE
BILL ALSO MAKES $88.4 MILLION
IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR RECOVERY
NAVIGATED PROGRAM, HOMELESS
OUTREACH STABILIZATION, AND
OTHER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
THAT AREN'T ACTUALLY INCLUDED
IN THE OPERATING BILL, BECAUSE
HE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET
THEM IN THERE, GIVEN THE LATE
STAGE OF NEGOTIATIONS.
IN ADDITION, THE OPERATING BILL
DOES PROVIDE ABOUT $85 MILLION
TO THE COURTS, THE OFFICE OF
PUBLIC DEFENSE, THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL LEGAL AID, AND TO ADDRESS
VACATING AND REDUCING STETSES,
AND TO PAY BACK OBLIGATIONS.
THE FULL DETAILS OF THIS ARE
AVAILABLE ON PAGE 4 OF THE
OPERATING BUDGET CEREMONY THAT
WE ATTACHED IN OUR EMAIL TO YOU
YESTERDAY.
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE
DETAILS OF WHERE ALL THE MONEY
GOES AND THE ALLOCATIONS FROM
THE SENATE BILL, WHICH GO TO A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THE OPEN CARRY OF WEAPONS BILL.
A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF
GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION THAT
PASSED, WHICH PROHIBITS OPEN
CARRY OF WEAPONS AT PERMITTED
DEMONSTRATIONS AND ON THE STATE
CAPITOL CAMPUS.
FINALLY, I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE
INTERESTED DRIVING WHILE A
LICENSE IS SUSPENDED.
IT ELIMINATES THE SUSPENSION OF
A LICENSE AS A PENALTY FOR
TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.
FULL STOP.
THEN IT ALLOWS FOR A PERSON TO
ADMIT RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN
INFRACTION IN COURT, THEN IT
TESTS THE INABILITY TO PAY, AND
REQUIRES THE INFORMATION ON HOW
TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE UNABLE TO
PAY, AND HOW TO OBTAIN A
PAYMENT PLAN TO MEET THE
TRAFFIC INFRACTION.
OF COURSE WITH THE IDEA OF, YOU
KNOW, ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THE
DESPERATE IMPACTS OF HAVING
PEOPLE'S LICENSES SUSPEND, AND
HAVING TO DRIVE, GET TO WORK,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
IT DOES CONTAIN A PROVISION
THAT SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF
LICENSING MUST SUSPEND THE
LICENSE FOR 60 DAYS WITH A ONE
YEAR PROBATIONAL PERIOD.
IF A PERSON COMMITMENTS THREE
OR MORE INFRACTIONS IN A YEAR,
OR FOUR OR MORE IN A TWO YEAR
PERIOD, IN THAT CASE, THE
LICENSE MUST BE RETRACTED FOR
60 DAYS.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS SECTION AS
WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT
OF THANKING CHIEF ADRIAN DIAZ
FOR HIS ADVOCACY ON SENATE BILL
50-38 ON THE OPEN CARRY OF
WEAPONS.
THEN ALSO JUST A QUESTION
AROUND THE LICENSE SUSPENSION
BILL.
FOR THE ALLOWANCE FOR A
LICENSED TO BE SUSPENDED IF
THERE ARE THREE MORE MORE
TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, IS THERE,
ARE ALL TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS
TREATED EQUALLY UNDER THAT
SCENARIO?
I THINK FROM A BUSTED TAIL
LIGHT TO A DUI?
ARE THEY ALL TREATED EQUALLY?
>> I BELIEVE THEY ARE.
BUT I WILL RE-READ THE
LEGISLATION, AND GET BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M JUST LOCKING FOR ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS.
NOT SEEING ANY, SO WE'LL MOVE
ONTO THE FINAL SECTION WHICH IS
THE SAFETY NET IN CIVIL RIGHTS,
AGAIN GOING BACK.
HANNA.
>> THANK YOU.
A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS HERE THAT
ALL GO ALONG WITH SOME GREAT
BUDGET NEWS IN THE SAFETY NET
AREA.
THE TANITH BILL.
IF PEOPLE RECEIVED A BENEFIT
AFTER MARCH1st OF 2020, AND
THEN WASHINGTON'S UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE IS AT OR ABOVE 7%, ALL
FAMILIES WHO RECEIVED A TANITH
GRANT SINCE MARCH OF 2020 ARE
ELIGIBLE.
THE FINAL BUDGET INCLUDES $52
MILLION FOR A 15% INCREASE IN
THE CASH ASSIST GRANT.
AND $27.2 MILLION FOR THAT TIME
LIMIT EXTENSION.
THIS MEANS THAT THE CURRENT
MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR A FAMILY OF
THREE WILL INCREASE FROM $568,
TO $654.
PAID FAMILY LEAVE.
REPRESENTATIVE VARYIES HOUSE
BILL 10-73, EXPANDS THE LOOK
BACK PROGRAM FOR WORKERS
AFFECTED BY COVID-19.
IT PROVIDES PANDEMIC LEAVE
ASSISTANCE, AND EMPLOYEE GRANTS
FOR LEAVE CLAIMS AND PROVIDES
GRANT ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYEES
THAT DO NOT IMMEDIATE THE
THRESHOLD FOR HOURS WORKED IN
2020, AND THROUGH THE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2021.
THE FINAL OPERATING BUDGET,
ICLUDED $168.7 MILLION FOR
THIS IMPLEMENTATION.
THE TAX CREDIT WAS FULLY FUNDED
THIS YEAR.
THE MINIMUM PAYMENT FOR WORKERS
WITHOUT CHILDREN IS $300.
WHILE THE MAXIMUM PAYMENT FOR
WORKERS WITH THREE OR MORE
CHILDREN WILL BE $1,200.
THE BILL ALSO ISSUES THAT
INDIVIDUALS WITH TAXPAYER
NUMBERS QUALIFY TO RECEIVE THE
BENEFIT, AND THAT INCLUDES
$260.9 MILLION IN THE FINAL
OPERATING BUDGET.
SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS IN
THE SAFETY NET PROGRAM AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, HANNA.
>> YEP.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM COUNCIL COLLEAGUES?
NOT SEEING ANY.
BEFORE I HAND IT OVER, BACK
OVER TO LILY, FOR CLOSING
REMARKS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE
TEAM AT OIR.
THIS IS JUST REALLY
ANINCREDIBLE AGENDA THIS YEAR.
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF COUNCIL
PRIORITIES.
CITY PRIORITIES, I SHOULD SAY
INCLUDED HERE SUCCESSFULLY.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR NOT JUST
YOUR WORK WITH LEGISLATORS, BUT
ALSO YOUR WORK WITH US.
IN HELPING US FIND THE RIGHT
TIME AND THE RIGHT PLACE TO
INCLUDE OUR VOICES AT HEARINGS
AND LIFT THE INTEREST OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS HERE IN SEATTLE.
SO JUST REALLY FANTASTIC JOB,
AND VERY APPRECIATIVE.
LILY, LET'S HEAR YOUR CLOSING
REMARKS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IN CLOSING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
THANK THE COUNCIL, AND COUNCIL
STAFF FOR WORKING SO CLOSELY
WITH OUR TEAM TO BOTH DEVELOP
THE AGENDA THIS YEAR, AND GOING
ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THE FRUITS
OF YOUR LABOR.
CONGRATULATIONS ON SO MANY CITY
PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD.
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
AROUND POLICE REFORM THIS YEAR.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.
I THINK IT OPENED THE DOOR TO
HAVING, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING
THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS THINGS
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE DOWN THE
ROAD.
MANY THANKS TO OUR CITY
DEPARTMENTS FOR HARD WORK ON
BILL REVIEWS.
THAT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT
A CRITICAL REVIEW FOR OAR.
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR
REMARKABLE OIR TEAM, STATE
RELATIONS DIRECTOR, QUINN
MAJESKI, AND HANNA SMITH FOR
THEIR HARD WORK THROUGH A
CHALLENGING SESSION, AND
HASHTAG, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
FINALLY, THE ENFIRE LEGISLATIVE
DELEGATION WHO HAVE BEEN GREAT
PARTNERS TO THE CITY.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
OUR CHAMPION ON POLICY FUNDING
AND OF ALL THINGS HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
REPRESENTATIVE FITSGIVEN TO
ADVANCE UNCLEAN FUEL STANDARD.
SENATOR CARLYLE.
SENATOR DANYA, A TIRELESS
ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY'S
TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY, AND
FINALLY REPRESENTATIVE FRAN.
WITH THAT, THAT INCLUDES OUR
REPORT TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
US.
>> I DID SEE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S HAND POP UP.
SO YES, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ENTIRE
OIR TEAM.
YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING.
YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING ME THE
UPDATES I NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE
DIRECTION YOU ARE ABLE TO
PROVIDE ME, WHETHER IT'S
INTERACTING WITH LEGISLATORS OR
IN BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
YOU EACH HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL
JOB THIS YEAR WITH TIGHT
TIMELINES, AND TIGHT SPACES,
YOU HAVE DONE THE JOB TO MAKE
SURE OUR CITY HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL.
EACH OF YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT
JOB.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE
PARTNERSHIP COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU PRO TEM PRESIDENT
HERBOLD.
I ALSO WANTED TO ADD MY THEIR
TO THE OFFICE OF INTERGARMENT
REGULATIONS, AND FOR FILING UP
FOR ALL OF THE INQUIRIES FROM
OUR OFFICE.
THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT
ADVANCE, AND I KNOW QUINN HAS
GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AS A
GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR
TEAM AND REALLY COMBING THROUGH
THOSE DETAILS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS THERE.
>> THANK YOU, AND LIKEWISE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL AGAIN, MANY THANKS, AND
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.
THAT WILL BE THE PREVIEW ON
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS.
I WILL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBERS
AS ESTABLISHED BY THE ROTATED
ROLE CALL FOR CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS WHICH IS DESIGNATED
ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME.
THIS WEEK'S ROLE CALL BEGINS
WITH COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
FOLLOWED BY SAWANT, STRAUSS,
LEWIS, AND I WILL CONCLUDE THE
AGENDA DISCUSSION.
WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE RIGHT
INTO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PRO TEM
HERBOLD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
OPENING REMARKS IN YOUR
PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
MY THOUGHTS AND HEARTFELT
CONDOLENCES ARE WITH LORENA
GONZALEZ AND HER FAMILY FOR
THEIR HORRIBLE LOSS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
I ALSO WANT TO REINFORCEMENT
COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MADE REGARDING CHIEF DIAZ'S
ACTION.
MANY OF US WERE ALARMED BY THE
DETERMINATION TO OVERTURN THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ONE
OF LAST SUMMER'S MOST SERIOUS
INCIDENTS AGAINST PROTESTERS.
WHILE I BELIEVE WE SHOULD
SUPPORT THE GOOD WORK OF OUR
POLICE OFFICERS AND WORK HARDER
TO RETAIN OUR GOOD OFFICERS
HERE IN SEATTLE, WHEREVER
POLICE MISCONDUCT IS CONFIRMED,
I BELIEVE SPD OFFICIALS SHOULD
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
IN FACT, BY HOLDING OFFICERS
ACCOUNTABLE, I BELIEVEWE BUILD
TRUST, AND ENCOURAGE GOOD
OFFICERS TO STAY.
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE HAVE A
RIGHT TO MARCH, AND I JOIN
SEVERAL OF THOSE, AND TO
PROTEST THE INJUSTICE TO GEORGE
FLOYD, AND THE GENERATIONS OF
BLACK AND BROWN AMERICANS.
MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND I
CONDEMNED LAST SUMMER, THE
MISGUIDED USE BY SPD OF TEAR
GAS AGAINST CONSTITUTIONALLY
PROTECTED PROTESTS.
AFTER LOOKING FURTHER INTO THIS
INCIDENT, I AGREE WITH OUR
COMMUNITY BLISS COMMISSION,
WHICH SAID LAST WEEK ON MAY 12,
WE ARE CONCERNED BY CHIEF
DIAZ'S DECISION TO OVERTURN THE
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
FINDINGS IN THIS CASE.
THE JUSTICE DENIED PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS AND THE HARM THIS
WILL DO TO TRUST IN THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SEATTLE'S
ENTIRE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM.
I DID CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH
CHIEF DIAZ TO EXPRESS MY
CONCERNS, AND AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD INDICATED, HE IS
APPARENTLY PURSUING OTHERS TO
HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY.
HE DID NOT AGREE WITH BLAMING
THAT LOWER RANKING OFFICER.
I ENCOURAGE THE CHIEF TO
COMPLETE THIS EXPPEE DISHESLY.
AFTER THIS INCIDENT IS
RESOLVED, AND WE FINALLY HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY, I BELIEVE CITY
HALL SHOULD CONTINUE TO DOUBLE
DOWN ON THE HARD WORK OF
REVAMPING THE EXPIRED POLICE
CONTRACT.
REVAMPING THAT CONTRACT, WHICH
I BELIEVE IS UNJUST, AND
FLEXIBLE, AND EXPENSIVE.
REVAMPING IT SHOULD ALLOW US TO
ADDRESS POLICE MISCONDUCT, AND
TO REVIEW ALL SAFETY.
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS ONE
ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOON'S FULL
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
THE STORMWATER CODE.
AT OUR TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 5, WE
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS
UPDATE TO THE CITY'S STORMWATER
CODE, WHICH IS COUNCIL BILL
NUMBER 010-0244.
IT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH
STRONGER ENVIRONMENTAL.
WE DELAYED AN ADDITIONAL WEEK
TO PROVIDE TIME FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS NOT SERVING ON
THE COMMITTEE.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT
UPDATED CODE IN PLACE BY JULY
1. THE ORDINANCE NEEDS 30 DAYS
TO TAKE EFFECT, WHICH MAKES
TODAY'S MAY 17 VOTE TIME
SENSITIVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY LAST MINUTE
UPDATES ABOUT THIS TO OUR
STORMWATER CODE, PLEASE REACH
OUT TO BRIAN GOODKNIGHT.
OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MEETS ON THE TUESDAYS AND
THURSDAYS OF EACH MONTH AT 9:30
A.M.
SO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING
I THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 19th.
FOUR ITEMS ARE SIMPLY RENEWING
LIMITED TERM PERMITS.
OUR COMMITTEE THIS WEEK WILL
ALSO HEAR OUR AMENDMENTS FOR
THE THREE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORTS THAT OUR COMMITTEE
LEARNED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE PLAN TO MOST THOSE AMENDS ON
OUR COMMITTEE AGENDA SHORTLY.
COLLEAGUES AS YOU MAY RECALL,
WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH
SEVERAL OF THESE SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORTS AS REQUIRED BY
OUR CITY'S THOROUGH
SURVEILLANCE COORDINANTS.
WE ALREADY ADOPTED THE GROUP 2,
AND NOW WE'RE ON GROUP 3. I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR HER WORK ON
AMENDMENTS WHICH WILL POSTED
EVENTUALLY.
AND I, LET'S SEE, IN DISTRICT
4, THIS PAST TUESDAY, MY TEAM
AND I HOSTED A VIRTUAL TOWN
HALL FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS OF
DISTRICT 4. OVER 200 PEOPLE RSV
P'SED, AND WE WERE ADDRESSED ON
HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS IN 2021, INCLUDING
A REGIONAL SHIFT.
I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR
HELPS US, AND OF COURSE, MALIK
DAVIS ON MY STAFF WHO HELPED TO
COORDINATE AND LEAD THE TOWN
HALL WITH ME.
YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE
TOWN HALL.
JUST VISIT MY CITY COUNCIL
BLOG.
AND ONE LAST THING.
COLLEAGUES, AS WE KNOW THE
COVID-19 CRISIS MAGNIFIED
DISPARITIES IN OUR CITY ALONG
MANY LINES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO
RELIABLE INTERPRETER, LAST
YEAR, WE CHARTERED A COURT FOR
INTERNET ACCESS IN SEATTLE.
I'M PLEASED TO SHARE NEWS ABOUT
A NEW SUBSIDIES PLAN FROM THE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION.
IT'S CALLED THE EMERGENCY
BROADBAND BENEFIT OR EBB.
IT'S NAMED TO HELP FAMILIES WHO
ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD
INTERNET SERVICE DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
IT PRODUCES DISCOUNTS OF UP TO
$50 FOR ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.
IN SOME CASES A ONE TIME
DISCOUNT TO PURCHASE A LAPTOP
DESKTOP COMPUTER OR TABLET FROM
PARTNERSHIPPING PROVIDERS.
PLEASE HELP TO SHARE THE NEWS
OF THIS NEW FCC PROGRAM, EBB.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION,
YOU CAN LOOK ON MY BLOG, ON MY
CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE, OR GO TO
OF FCC.COM FOR BROADBAND
BENEFIT.
>> WE'LL TAKE A PAUSE HERE,
ILESS AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
DELIVERING COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ'S REPORT.
I JUST WANT TO SEE IF ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR REPORT.
NOT SEEING ANY, I JUST WANTED
TO MAKE NOTE, YOU DID ANNOUNCE
THE AMENDMENTS I WILL BE
PROPOSING TO THE THREE
TECHNOLOGIES COVERED BY THE
THREE BILLS IN THE SURVEILLANCE
PORTFOLIO.
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
SHARING THOSE AMENDMENTS SO
THAT YOU CAN POST THEM.
I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SOME
CONCERNS THAT I'M WAITING TO
REVIEW THEIR FEEDBACK, I'VE NOT
YET RECEIVED IT BUT I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO HEAR THEIR
INPUT.
WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S REPORT
BEFORE I MOVE ONTO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS OF THE
PUBLIC ASSETS AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE ON THIS
OUNCILMEMBER AGENDA.
ON MAY 4, THEY WILL HEAR THE
FINAL TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION
REGARDING THE WATERFRONT LID
PROJECT.
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE INVITED
TO THIS COMMITTEE MEETING TO
LEARN MORE BEFORE A FINAL VOTE
THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, JUNE 7.
THE TWO PLEASES INCLUDE A BOND
RDINANCE, AND A FINAL
ASSESSMENT ROLE ORDINANCE,
WHICH YOU WILL FINAL UNDER
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S NAME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
PLEASE CONTACT ERIC McCONGY
FROM OUR CENTRAL STAFF.
REGARDING PARKS, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ WANTED TO REPORT ON THE
CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE, MAY 2,
THROUGH MAY 9, THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT PICKED UP 50,860
POUNDS OF TRASH FROM 27
ENCAMPMENT LOCATIONS.
CITY CREWS ALSO CLEANED UP 748
NEEDLES AND DEEP CLEANED TWO
LOCATIONS DURING THAT REPORTED
PERIOD MAY 2nd THROUGH MAY 9.
THE PARK'S SHOWER PROGRAM
SERVED 290 USERS THROUGH THE
REPORTING PERIOD OF MAY 5
THROUGH MAY 11.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ALSO
SERVED 297 CHILDREN AT 17 SITES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS GEARING
UP FOR SUMMER AND ARE HIRING
SEASONAL STAFF.
THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR
MOTIVATED AND ENTHUSIASTIC
WORKERS FOR A VARIETY OF
POSITIONS.
PLEASE HELP GET THE WORD OUT.
JOB POSTINGS CAN BE FOUND ON
THE PARK'S WEBSITE, SEATTLE
SEATTLEGOVERNMENT.GOV/PARKS.
>> WE WILL HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PRO TEM
HERBOLD.
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO EVERYONE
IN MY OFFICE TO COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR THE FIRE THAT
RAVAGED HER HOME ON FRIDAY, AND
ON THE TRAGIC PASSING AWAY OF
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW MARY LOU
WILLIAMS.
THEIR LOSS IS UNIMAGINABLE, AND
WE SEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, AND TO
EVERYONE WHO LIVED IN THE
BUILDING.
I'M THANKING ALL THE STAFF AT
THE HARBORVIEW CENTER.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY
COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE
TUESDAY MAY 25th AT 2:00 P.M.
AT THAT MEETING WE INTEND TO
VOTE ON LEGISLATION, CLOSING
THE FIXED LOOP HOLE IN SEATTLE
AND THE LEGISLATION TO BAN THE
EVICTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE
SCHOOL YEAR.
I WOULD URGE YOU TO SEND
AMENDMENTS TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR
THE JUST CAUSED BILL, AND TO
JEFF SIMS FOR THE SCHOOL
CHILDREN EVICTION BILL.
AS I SAID BEFORE AND IF YOU
ALSO HAVE QUESTION ABOUT THOSE
BILLS, I URGE YOU TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND REACH OUT TO MY
OFFICE, MY STAFF MEMBERS RATHER
THAN WAITING FOR THE 25th,
BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP GIVE
RENTERS RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND
MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE.
ALSO ON JUNE 7th IS UPCOMING
THE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION FROM
MY OFFICE TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM TO THE END
OF THIS YEAR AS COUNCILMEMBERS
REMEMBER, WE HELD A VOTE AT
THAT TIME, BECAUSE AT THAT
TIME, THEY WERE EXTENDED FOR A
FEW MONTHS, BUT NOW WE KNOW
THAT THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IS
NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR
RENTER'S RIGHTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WASHINGTON
COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK, WHO
HAD RECENTLY CIRCULATED A MASS
EMAIL, URGING GOVERNOR INSLEE
TO EXTEND A STATEWIDE
MORATORIUM TO THE END OF THIS
YEAR, AND TO ENSURE RENTERS ARE
ABLE TO CATCH UP ON RENT.
WE'RE CALLING ON THE GOVERNOR
TO EXTEND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM TO THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
A REPORT FROM POLICE
SCORECARD.ORG WHICH EVALUATES
OVER 13,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAS
RANGED THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT NUMBER 477th OUT OF
THE TOP 500 CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
THEY ASSIGN A SCORE TO EACH
POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A SCALE OF
1 TO 100.
DEPARTMENTSWITH HIGHER SCORES
USE LESS FORCE, MAKE FEWER
ARRESTS, SOLVE MURDER CASES
OFTEN, HOLD POLICE OFFICERS
MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SCORED 34th, MEANING IT HAD ONE
OF THE WORST SCORES OF THE 500
CITIES.
THIS DEMONSTRATES AGAIN, THAT
IT IS TOTALLY INSUFFICIENT TO
TRUST IN THE STATUS QUO OF
SEATTLE'S ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEMS TO HOLD OFFICERS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR ABUSING
PROTESTERS AND PEACEFUL
MOVEMENT, AND ESPECIALLY THE
TARGETING OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, POOR PEOPLE AND OUR
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
WE NEED AN OVERSITE BOARD WITH
FULL POWERS OVER THE POLICE.
YESTERDAY I SPOKE AT A
DEMONSTRATION IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE OF MORE THAN 2,000
PEOPLE AGAINST THE HORRIFIC
ATTACKS ON THE PEOPLE OF GAZA.
YESTERDAY'S RALLY WAS A
POWERFUL SHOW OF COMMUNITY
RESOLVE TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
AGAINST THESE BRUTAL RACIST
ATTACKS THAT BEGAN WITH
ATTEMPTS TO EVICT PALESTINIANS
FROM THEIR HOMES IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD OF JERUSALEM AND
THE ATTACKS ON MUSLIMS LEADING
PRAYERS AT THE MOSQUE IN THE
HOLY CITY.
THE RALLY IN SEATTLE INCLUDED
MUSLIMS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS.
LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, ELDERS,
SOCIALISTS, UNION MEMBERS,
FAITH LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS.
PEOPLE FROM ALL WORKS OF LIFE
WHO ARE CORRECTLY APPALLED AT
THE BRUTALITY OF THE ISRAELI
COMMUNITY.
THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
CAME TOGETHER TO JOIN UP WITH
WORLDWIDE, AND NATIONWIDE
PROTESTS INCLUDING IN LOS
ANGELES, AND SAN FRANCISCO,
SHOWS THE NEAR UNIVERSAL
CONDEMNATION BY ORDINARY PEOPLE
BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S
BRUTALITY.
AT LEAST 122 PALESTINIANS HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN THESE ATTACKS BY
THE ISRAELI RULING CLASS,
INCLUDING AT LEAST 58 CHILDREN.
THAT IS JUST STUNNING.
58 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED.
HUNDREDS MORE HAVE BEEN INJURED
AND/OR LOST THEIR HOMES.
THIS COMES AMID THE PALESTINIAN
STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE UNDER THE
MASS UNEMPLOYMENT AND EXTENSIVE
DEMOLITION OF HOUSES, MILITARY
AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
ARREST WITHOUT TRIAL, TORTURE
AND SETTLERS VIOLENTLY
PROVENTING PALESTINIANS ACCESS
TO THEIR FARMLAND.
INITIATIVES THAT ARE THE DIRECT
RESULT OF THE BRUTAL BLOCKADE.
CONDITIONS WITH THE UNITED
NATIONS HAVE DESCRIBED AS QUOTE
UNQUOTE UNLIVABLE.
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE HAS ERUPTED,
THE WORST SINCE 2000.
THE ELEMENTS AGAINST ARAB
PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE EXTREMIST RACIST FORCES
HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SOME
BACKING FROM THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT WITH NET YAHOO
NETANYAHU HIMSELF.
POLICE SMASHING STOOR FRONTS
AND EVENTUALLY PULLING AN ARAB
DRIVER FORCIBLY OUT OF HIS CAR
AND ATTEMPTING TO LYNCH HIM.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE YET.
NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT
SIGNIFICANTLY PROTRAYS ITS
ACTIONS IN DEFENSE OF
CITIZENS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ENGAGED IN
THE DECADE'S LONG IMPERIALISM.
BIDEN HAS AGAIN JUSTIFIED THE
VIOLENCE BY ASSERTING THAT
ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND
ITSELF, BOMBING CHILDREN, AND
BULLDOZING HOMES IS NOT SELF-
DEFENSE.
LET'S BE CLEAR.
PALESTINIANS SHOULD HAVE A
RIGHT TO PROTEST AND TO
ORGANIZE AND DEFEND THEMSELVES.
YES, WE SHOULD OPPOSE, AND I DO
OPPOSE INDISCRIMINATE FIRING OF
ROCKETS AGAINST CIVILIANS IN
ISRAEL, AS TLAIB SAID QUOTE NO
CHILD, PALESTINIAN, OR ISRAELI
SHOULD EVER HAVE TO WORRY THAT
DEATH WILL RAIN FROM THE SKY.
END QUOTE.
PALESTINIAN AND JEWISH PEOPLE
AND IMMIGRANTS WERE KILLED BY
ROCKETS INCLUDING CHILDREN.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO CONDEMN THE
OUTRAGEOUS ATTEMPT BY THE
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO USE THESE
AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE
IMMEASURABLY MORE DEVASTATING
BOMBINGS AND MILITARY ATTACKS
THAT THEY HAVE ROT ON COUNTLESS
DEFENSELESS CIVILIANS.
THE CONTINUED OCCUPATION AND
REPRESSION OF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE HAS BEEN FACILITATED BY
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN A
LONG POLICY OF U.S.
IMPERIALISM.
SUCCESS OF U.S. ADMINISTRATIONS
HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PORTRAY
THEMSELVES AS HONEST BROKERS OF
PEACE, BUT HAVE IN FACT BLOCKED
PEACE BOTH DIPLOMATICALLY, AND
BY PROVIDING AID TO THE ISRAELI
RULING CLASS.
I APPLAUD OCASIO-CORTEZ,
SPEAKING OUT ON THE ATTACKS AT
GAZA, AND CRITICIZING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
SHE SAID QUOTE THE PRESIDENT
HAS SAID THAT ISRAEL HAS A
RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, BUT DO
PALESTINIANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO
SURVIVE?
THE U.S. MUST ACKNOWLEDGE ITS
ROLE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS AGAINST
PALESTINIANS.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT BOTH SITES,
IT'S ABOUT AN IMBALANCE OF
POWER.
THE SQUAD NEEDS TO USE THEIR
POWER IN THE HOUSE TO PUT
PRESSURE ON BIDEN TO END THE
DECADE'S LONG SUPPORT FOR
APARTHEID.
I SENT A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND TO THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS DEMANDING THEY CONDEMN
THE BRUTAL ATTACKS ON GAZA AND
END ALL MILITARY AND WEAPONS
AID TO ISRAEL.
I'LL ALSO INFORM THE COUNCIL
THAT THIS STATEMENT HAS
RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND IN
FACT THAT IS WHY THE STATEMENT
HAS REACHED TO THIS MORNING
RATHER THAN EARLIER I APOLOGIZE
FOR THE DELAYS, BUT IT WAS
BECAUSE WE WERE SEEKING
FEEDBACK FROM MANY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND WE
HAVEINCORPORATED THAT FEEDBACK,
SO I SEE THAT AS COLLABORATION
AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING
OUT ABOUT THESE ATROCITIES.
WE KNOW PROTESTS ARE GROWING IN
THE U.S. AND GLOBALLY AND WE
ALSO KNOW LABOR UNIONS,
INCLUDING THE UNITED ELECTRICAL
WORKERS AND OUR OWN UAW4121
HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON HAVE PUBLICLY
CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS,
STANDING WITH THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IS
CRUCIAL.
BUT IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS
A UNITED MOVEMENT OF WORKING
CLASS PEOPLE IN ISRAEL, AND
GAZA AGAINST THE RULING CLASS
POLICIES.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEFEAT
THIS ONGOING BRUTALITY, WITHOUT
A UNITED MOVEMENT OF PAL STILL
PALESTINIANS.
PROHIBITING SEATTLE FROM
ENGAGING WITH THE POLICE FORCES
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SECURITY
SERVICES OR ANY ARMED SERVICES
OF ANY COUNTRY WITH A
CONSISTENT CRACKDOWN ON GROSS
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
ISRAEL.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
UNFORTUNATELY HAS A TRACK
RECORD GOING BACK NEARLY 20
YEARS OF HAVING ITS OFFICERS
ATTEND TRAININGS EITHER BY THE
ISRAELI MILITARY OR POLICE OR
ITS PROXIES.
A JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE AND
ALLIED ACTIVISTS HAVE A
RESOLUTION BANNING THESE DEADLY
EXCHANGES AND CONSULTATIONS TO
END THE DEADLY EXCHANGE
MOVEMENT.
I WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD
LEGISLATION TO DO THE SAME
HERE.
GIVEN THE ONGOING BRUTAL
ATTACKS, THIS IS THE VERY LEAST
OUR CITY SHOULD DO, AND I
WELCOME OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR
OFFICE ON THIS.
PLEASE CONTACT MY STAFF MEMBER
JONATHAN ROSENBLOOM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
I'M GOING TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE
LETTER, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
DISTRIBUTED THE LETTER AMONG
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THAT
CONSIDERING THIS IS A LETTER
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M
CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING
TO HAVE VERY MUCH TIME TO
REVIEW IT AND PROVIDE INPUT.
IT'S 11:13, WE'RE AT THE TOP OF
OUR COUNCILMEMBER PRESENTATIONS
AND HAVE NOT YET BEGUN THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH I
UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO BE A
RATHER LENGTHY EXECUTIVE
SESSION, AND I, OF COURSE,
UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND DESIRE
TO GET A STATEMENT OUT QUICKLY,
ARE THERE ANY OTHER
ALTERNATIVES TO ALLOW YOUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL TO
PROVIDE YOU SOME INPUT.
PEOPLE WHO I THINK, A NUMBER OF
US WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
SIGNING THE LETTER, BUT
SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I WANT THE
LETTER TO BE FROM ME AND
INCLUDE MY INPUT IN ADDITION TO
THE INPUT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY
COLLECTED.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I DEFINITELY WELCOME INPUT FROM
YOU ALL.
I WOULD, AND I TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SHORT
NOTICE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT
WE EXPECT TO BE A RELATIVELY
LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WOULD MAYBEURGE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO YOUR BEST
TO REVIEW TODAY.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT
MAYBE AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE.
MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AND
THEN COME BACK TO IT AT THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
MOVING ONTO THE NEXT PERSON IN
THE ROLL CALL ORDER, WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
PROTELL HERBOLD, AND MY DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES TO COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR THEIR LOSS THIS
WEEK.
IT'S HARD NEWS.
AND SHIFTING GEARS, YOU MAY BE
WONDERING WHY I'M WEARING THIS
SWEATER.
IT IS NORWEGIAN CONSTITUTION
DAY.
IN BALLARD.
IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
CELEBRATIONS THE YEAR.
THIS IS BALLARD'S SEAFAIR
PARADE.
WE HAVE BEEN HOME TO THE
LARGEST PARADE IN THE WORLD
OUTSIDE OF NORWAY FOR THE
PROBABLY SINCE WE WERE OUR OWN
CITY.
SO USUALLY IT IS A DAY OF
CELEBRATION.
I JUST MAKE THAT NOTE WITH THE
NEWS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS LAST
WEEKEND HEAVY IN OUR HEARTS.
TRANSITION TO A CELEBRATORY
TOPIC IS DIFFICULT AT BEST.
FROM MY COMMITTEE, THE LAND USE
NEIGHBORHOOD'S COMMITTEE, THERE
ARE FIVE ITEMS ON TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR.
FIVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE DESIGN
COMMISSION.
WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED
INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO
PRESERVE MOBILE HOME PARKS
TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AN
ADDITIONAL WEEK TO CONTINUE
DISCUSSION WITH STAKEHOLDERS
AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS FROM THE
LAND USE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA.
120067, WHICH ACCEPTS THE GRANT
FOR DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD'S
CONSENSUS OUTREACH.
AND COUNCIL BILL 120068, WHICH
EXTENDS THE FREE CAFE STREET
PERMITS FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.
THIS LEGISLATION IS COSPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, AND
USING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS TO
BUSINESS.
I'LL SPEAK MORE TO THIS AT FULL
COUNCIL.
TO THE OTHER REPORTS FROM MY
COMMITTEE ARE THAT THE NEXT
MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY
26th, STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.
LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO MEET
WITH THE PHINNEY RIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I ALSO MET WITH CAPTAIN BRIAN
STANFILL ON TUESDAY.
MY STAFF ATTENDED BOTH THE
BALLARD DISTRICT COUNSEL AND
THE GREENLAKE COMMUNITY
MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY.
I MEAT WITH THE BALLARD
ALLIANCE OBJECT THURSDAY, AND
ATTENDED THE STATEMENT OF
POLICY COMMITTEE AS WELL.
I HAD ON FRIDAY, THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IN PERSON
WITH A RESIDENT IN LOWER, IN
THE FREEWARD INDUSTRIAL AREA.
I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE
OWNERS OF KEN'S MARKET ON
PHINNEY RIDGE TO DISCUSS SOME
ISSUES THAT THEY'RE
EXPERIENCING, AND I WENT FOR A
DISTRICT WALK WITH THE AURORA
REIMAGINE COALITION.
AURORA, AND 63rd AVENUE ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WEEK I'LL BE CELEBRATING
BY VISITING BALLARD AVENUE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
WALKING EXCURSIONS AND A CAR
PARADE.
I'LL BE ATTENDING THE REGIONAL
TRANSIT COMMITTEE THIS WEEK AND
TOURING THE YESLER TERRACE WITH
THE SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
ON FRIDAY TO LOOK AT SOME
TREES.
AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, I'LL BE
CHATTING WITH MY BALLARD FOR MY
MONTHLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
HERE IN DISTRICT 6, LAST WEEK,
I MET WITH NEIGHBORS FROM LOWER
PHINNEY, GILMAN, TWO PEOPLE ON
PHINNEY RIDGE.
FREEWARD, AND UPPER FREMONT.
WE DISCUSSED REACTIONS TO
SUMMER PROTESTS LAST YEAR.
PERSPECTIVE ON SPD BUDGET CUTS.
HOW TO HAVE DUMPING OR TRASH
PICK UP.
ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED TO
KNOW MORE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
EMAIL MY OFFICE.
I ALSO HEARD ABOUT FROM
RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT LIFE IS
LIKE LIVING IN THE FREEWARD
INDUSTRIAL AREA AS WELL AS
LIVING ACROSS FROM GILMAN
PLAYGROUND.
I DISCUSS GREENLAKE WAY
CLOSURE, AND REACTIVATING THE
AGUA THEATER, WHICH HAD BEEN
USED FOR SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING,
CONCERTS AND SO MUCH MORE.
I CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE LEARY
TRIANGLE, AND EIGHTH AVENUE
ACTIVATION.
JUST BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT GREENLAKE WAY, I WANT TO
PUT MY COMMENTS ON THE RECORD,
WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY CLOSED,
THERE WERE REASONS TO CLOSE
GREENLAKE WAY, AND EXPAND THE
AMOUNT OF SPACE IN GREENLAKE,
BECAUSE WHEELS ROLLING, BIKING,
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THE
INSIDE PATH ANYMORE.
SO TO FIND A SAFE PLACE FOR
THEM TO ROLL ON THE OUTSIDE
PATH REALLY DID REQUIRE CLOSING
GREENLAKE WAY IN ADDITION TO
THERE WAS ALREADY CONSTRUCTION
GOING ON.
OVER THE COURSE OF THAT PERIOD
OF TIME, I ADVOCATED TO REOPEN
PART OF THE STREET, SO THERE
WAS STILL SELECT VEHICULAR
ACCESS BETWEEN PHINNEY RIDGE
AND STONE WAY.
SDOT AND PARKS DEPARTMENT
WORKED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN,
HOWEVER, OUR NEIGHBORS WERE NOT
OBEYING THE RULES AND WERE
DRIVING THE WRONG WAY ON THE
STREET, WHICH IS WHY GREENLAKE
WAY HAS BEEN CLOSED AGAIN UNTIL
A BETTER DESIGN IS ABLE TO BE
CREATED, AND TO ENSURE THAT
NEIGHBORS ARE NOT MISUSING THE
STREET.
LONG TERM, LOOKING AT THE
STREET, I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT
THERE THERE IS ROOM TO HAVE A
TWO WAY BIKE PATH AND TWO WAY
TRAFFIC ALONG THAT STREET IF
YOU LOOK AT REUTILIZING THE
SHOULDER ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE STREET.
SO ALL THAT SAID, THE STREET IS
TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
I'M WORKING WITH SDOT AND PARKS
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY
WE CAN REOPEN VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC, AND ENSURE THERE IS A
SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE
AND ROLL ALONG THE LAKE.
I ALSO SENT A LETTER IN SUPPORT
OF THE GREENLAKE BOAT HOUSE
WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO
SENATOR MURRAY.
AS ALWAYS, I AM BE HOSTING
DISTRICT OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK
ON THURSDAY, FROM 1:00 P.M.
TO 7:00 P.M.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MEETING
WITH ME DIRECTLY, PLEASE DO
SIGN UP ON MY WEBSITE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT PRO TEM, THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES.
THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S REPORT?
SEEING, HEARING NONE, WE WILL
MOVE ONTO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
PRO TEM.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY JOINING MY
COLLEAGUES IN EXPRESSING MY
DEEP AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES
TO OUR LEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ ON THE UNIMAGINABLY
TRAGIC LOSS OF HER MOTHER-IN-
LAW, MARY LOU WILLIAMS OVER
THIS PAST WEEKEND.
I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR ALL OF THE
PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 7, IN
EXPRESSING HOW UNBEARABLE THIS
TRAGEDY IS.
AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU,
AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS
OF MOURNING, AND REMEMBERING
HER MEMORY.
I JUST, I CAN'T.
THE NEWS OF LOSING SUCH A
VALUABLE COMMUNITY MEMBER IN
MARY LOU WILLIAMS, WHO WAS SO
DEDICATED IN CONTRIBUTING BACK
TO HER COMMUNITY IN WEST
SEATTLE REALLY HIT ME THIS
WEEKEND PERSONALLY, AND IT WAS
A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR ME
IN MY HOUSEHOLD, SO I CANNOT
IMAGINE, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT
LORENA AND HER FAMILY ARE
FEELING.
SHE IS IN OUR THOUGHTS, EVEN
THOUGH SHE IS NOT PHYSICALLY
WITH US THIS MORNING.
MOVING TO MY UPDATES ON THIS
WEEK.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS, NOR DO I HAVE ANY
LEGISLATION ON INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE
MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL
TOMORROW, ON MAY 18th, FOR A
QUARTERLY CHECK-IN TO GIVE AN
UPDATE AS I DO WITH ALL OF THE
COMMUNITY COUNCILS IN DISTRICT
7. I AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO
MEETING WITH REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY DIRECTOR
MARK DOANS FOR THE FIRST TIME
ONE-ON-ONE THIS WEEK TO GET
UPDATES ON MARK'S IMMINENT
PLANS FOR AUTHORITY, AND HOW
MARK'S SETTLING IN TO THEIR
DUTIES AFTER THEIR FIRST MONTH
ON THE JOB, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
REPORTING BACK ON THAT
CONVERSATION.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY ON MAY 20th TO REVIEW
AND REVISE ON THE STAFFING PLAN
THAT MARK IS PUTTING FORWARD
BEYOND THE INITIAL POSITIONS
THAT WERE BUDGETED AND PROVIDED
FOR UNDER THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
DUALLY CONSIDERING THAT
PROPOSAL, AND HOW IT WILL
IMPACT THE TIMELINE OF STANDING
UP THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT THE
INTERIM, OR RATHER, SORRY, THAT
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY WILL HAVE, AS WE GO
FORWARD TO ADDRESS OUR ONGOING
STATE OF EMERGENCY ON
HOMELESSNESS.
I WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE
BOARD OF HEALTH ON THURSDAY,
MAY 20th, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING CONTINUED UPDATES ON
THE STATE OF THE COVID-19
RESPONSE AS WELL AS THE STATE
OF OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH
INITIATIVES RELATING,
PARTICULARLY TO HEPATITIS A
OUTBREAKS AS WELL AS OTHER
AREAS OF CONCERN THAT WE ARE
TYPICALLY BRIEFED ON AT THESE
MONTHLY MEETINGS AT THE BOARD
OF HEALTH.
FINALLY, I DO WANT TO SHARE
THAT WE WILL BE HAVING ON
WEDNESDAY THE 26th OF MAY, THE
NEXT MEETING OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS.
THIS COMMITTEE MEETING, AS I
MENTIONED LAST WEEK WILL
INVOLVE FOLLOW UP FROM A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT THEMES THAT WERE
TOUCHED ON AT OUR MEETING
EARLIER THIS MONTH OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TAKING
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM
THE WORK THAT THE CONSORTIUM OF
CARE PROVIDERS KNOWN AS JUST
CARE, HAS BEEN UP TO IN THE
PIONEER SQUARE IN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
THEY WILL BE PRESENTING ON
THEIR PROGRESS AND PRESENTING
ON SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SCALABILITY, AND THE INCREASE
IN EMPHASIS TO THE APPROACH
THAT THEY'VE BEEN USING IN
ENGAGEMENT SHELTER WRAP AROUND
SERVICES AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN
IN COOPERATING WITH THE COUNTY
ON THAT MODEL IN MORE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS
DISTRICTS AROUND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AMONG OTHER TOPICS,
THAT AGENDA IS STILL BEING
FLUSHED OUT.
WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL UPDATES THIS
MORNING, AND I WILL TURN IT
BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS ON COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS'S REPORT?
SEEING NONE, WE'LL HAND IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF.
I AM A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER
TODAY.
I DO WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES
IN EXTENDING MY CONDOLENCES TO
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND HER
FAMILY.
MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM AS
THEY BEGIN TO COPE WITH THIS
TRAGEDY AND REALLY WITH THE
GRIEF OF LOSING THEIR MOTHER
AND GRANDMOTHER, MARY LOU
WILLIAMS.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA FROM THE
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS ON
THE EDUCATION REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
COUNCILMEMBER 127001 RELATING
TO COMMERCIAL TENDENCIES.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
BILL, THAT I WILL LEAVE TO HER
TO DESCRIBE LATER.
ALSO COUNCIL BILL 120007, IN
PROVIDING A DEFENSE TO EVICTION
FOR RENT DUE DURING THE COVID
EMERGENCY.
I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS FOR
JUST A MINUTE.
WE KNOW THAT ACCORD WILLING TO
THE NATIONAL EQUITY ATLAS COVID
RENT DEBT STUDY, KING COUNTY
RENTERS OWE AN ESTIMATED $47
BILLION ON THE BACK DUE RENT ON
AVERAGE.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
44,000 HOUSEHOLDS FACING
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO THE COVID
CRISIS.
THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE ANY
OTHER COUNTY IN THE STATE.
WHILE 55% OF PEOPLE ARE FACING
FINANCIAL OWNERSHIP, 62% ARE
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND OVER 70% HAVE LOST INCOME
BECAUSE OF LOST EMPLOYMENT
DURING THE CRISIS.
SO WE KNOW THAT BLACK AND
LATINO, AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN MOST AFFECTED BY
THIS.
WE KNOW THAT BLACK RENTERS ARE
FACING THE GREATEST CHALLENGE
WITH 41% FACING FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP AND RENT DEBT.
[ INAUDIBLE ] BY THE PANDEMIC.
AND WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE HAD
HOOVERVILLES DURING THE GREAT
DEPRESSION.
WE HAD LOTS OF THEM IN MY
DISTRICT.
IF WE DON'T HELP [ INAUDIBLE ]
NOW, WE WILL SEE A LARGE SCALE
INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS ACROSS
THE CITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS.
EVEN IF HALF OF THAT 44,000
HOUSEHOLDS BECOMES HOMELESS
OVER NIGHT, THAT WOULD REALLY
DWARF THE CRISIS THAT WE'RE
FACING NOW.
SO RENTERS DESERVE TO STAY
SECURELY IN THEIR HOMESWITHOUT.
WITHOUT THE THREAT OF LOSING
EVERYTHING.
I'VE INTRODUCED COUNCIL BILL
120777, WHICH WOULD PROTECT
RENTERS WHO ARE FACING
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
THIS TODAY, AND LOTS OF OTHER
ATTEMPTS THAT WE ARE MAKING AS
A COUNCIL TO PROTECT RENTERS.
I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A
LITTLE BIT OF A HEADS UP ABOUT
THAT PARTICULAR BILL.
THE LAST ITEM I WANTED TO
DISCUSS IS THE PROVISO LIFT.
IT IS STILL BEING REVIEWED BY
LAW.
WE WILL RELEASE THE DRAFT, AND
DISCUSS IT AS AN INFORMATION
ITEM IN TOMORROW'S COMMITTEE
MEETING AT 2:00.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT
OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT BILL,
LIFT 1.07 MILLION AND GIVE THAT
BUDGET AUTHORITY TO OCR TO HIRE
THREE STAFF MEMBERS.
STAB WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEVELOPING AND ISSUING AN RFP
TO HIRE A THIRD PARTY LEAD THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
AND STAFF WOULD ALSO PROVIDE
DATA ANALYSIS, AND LOGISTICAL
SUPPORT TO THE PROCESS.
A THIRD PARTY VENDOR WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING, AND
MANAGING THE STEERING
COMMITTEE, AND THEIR STAFF AND
VOLUNTEERS WOULD PROVIDE THE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND EXPERTISE
TO THE ACTUAL PROCESS ITSELF.
AND WOULD ALSO MANAGE THE FUNDS
TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO
PARTICIPATION.
SO I'VE SAID BEFORE, I HAD
HOPED THAT WE WOULD ALREADY BE
IN THE IDEA GATHERING STAGE IN
THIS PROCESS.
NEVERTHELESS, IT HAS BEEN
DELAYED.
SO PART OF THE LANGUAGE ALSO
INCLUDES THE INTENT THAT FUNDS
WOULD CARRY OVER FOR 2022 AND
'23, SO THAT ONCE WE GET TO
IDEA GATHERING AND VOTING AND
THE CONTRACTING PROCESS,
THERE'S STILL FUNDING FOR STAFF
TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
DURING THIS PORTION OF THE
AGENDA TOMORROW, WE WILL HEAR
FROM NEW YORK CITY CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAM
WORKS FOR THEM IN NEW YORK.
I THINK HE IS ESPECIALLY GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THEIR VOTING
PROCESS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTION
BASIS VOTING SO HE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND WE'LL
ALSO HEAR FROM SEAN GOOD OF
CHOOSE 180, ABOUT THE KIND OF
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT COULD
BE SUPPORTED, PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
WE HOPE TO OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE
THE LEGISLATION ON MAY 24th AND
MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN VOTE IN
OUR SPECIAL COMMITTE, WHICH WE
HAVE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 3rd AT
2:00 P.M., SO WE CAN GET IT
THROUGH COUNCIL.
MY HOPE IS BY AT LEAST
PROVIDING THE DRAFT LEGISLATION
TODAY AS AN INFORMATION ITEM,
MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE ENOUGH
TIME TO REVIEW, AND ASK
QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
THIS DISCUSSION FORWARD.
OUR COMMUNITY IS WAITING, AND
I'M EAGER TO GET THIS DONE.
FINALLY, TOMORROW'S AGENDA WILL
INCLUDE FOSSIL FUEL TRANSITION
STUDY, THAT WAS INCLUDED.
STAFF AND RESEARCH MEMBERS WILL
BE PRESENT.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY
PANEL, INCLUDING LABOR AND SOME
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES
DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB
CREATION, AS WE LOOK TO JUST
TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL
FUELS.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> SORRY YOU'RE NOT FEELING
WELL COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
JUST A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT THE
BILL THAT I'M SPONSORING COMING
INTO YOUR COMMITTE.
THIS IS ORDINANCE, SORRY, A
COUNCIL BILL TO AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE 126066.
THAT ORDINANCE WAS THE
COMMERCIAL RENT CONTROL AND
RENT PROTECTIONS LEGISLATION
THAT I SPONSORED LAST YEAR WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
THIS LEGISLATION UPDATES THAT
BILL TO ENSURE THAT RENTAL
INSTALLMENTS TO A PAYMENT PLAN
NEGOTIATED UNDER 1266 CANNOT BE
CONSIDERED LATE.
THIS CLARIFICATION COMES AT THE
REQUEST OF A COMMERCIAL TENANT
WHOSE LANDLORD IS ATTEMPTING TO
EXERCISE A NON- RENEWAL CLAUSE,
EVEN THOUGH THAT RENT IS BEING
PAID ACCORDING TO A MUTUALLY
AGREED UPON PAYMENT PLAN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
ALLOWING THIS INTO TUESDAY'S
COMMITTEE, SO IF APPROVED IT
COULD BE POTENTIALLY IN EFFECT
BEFORE THE END OF THE
COMMERCIAL EVICTION MORE TORE
YUM MORATORIUM ON JUNE 30th.
JUST OPENING IT UP HERE BEFORE
MOVING ONTO COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
SEEING NONE.
PASSING IT TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD PRO TEM.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
START AS WELL, AS MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES DID WITH SENDING MY
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND HER
HUSBAND ON THE HEARTBREAKING
LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER-IN-LAW AND
THE TRAGIC INCIDENT OF THE FIRE
IN THE HOME AND THE CONDOS THEY
SHARED IN THE BUILDING.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEND OUR NOT
ONLY CONDOLENCES BUT TO STAND
THERE WITH YOU IN ANY MOMENT
THAT YOU NEED US.
WE ARE READY TO PROVIDE THE
CARE FOR HER FAMILY, OR LEND AN
EAR TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENED.
BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE THINKING OF
YOU, AND THANK CAMERON AND
LORENA FOR BEING THERE FOR US
AS WELL.
THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS, THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAD ASKED ME
TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF RELATED
TO ITEM NUMBER 1, WHICH IS
COUNCIL BILL 120066.
THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER
EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
THIS IS ROUTINE LEGISLATION
THAT MAKES TECHNICAL CHANGES
RELATED TO PERSONAL MATTERS FOR
POSITIONS IN VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
IT WOULD RETAIN SIX POSITIONS
TO THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
THE SECOND IS ADJUST THE PAY
PONDS FOR THREE JOB TITLES.
AND NUMBER 3, AMEND THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THERE WOULD BE NO DIRECT COST
SOUTHERNED WITH THE ACTIONS,
AND THE GOVERNANCE AND
EDUCATION ECONOMY CONSIDERED
THIS ON MAY 11th AND
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THE
CITY COUNCIL PASS THIS BILL
TODAY.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM ME, OR
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA OR ON
THEREFERRAL CALENDAR.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL
BE TOMORROW AT 9:30 A.M.
THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION
FROM THE COCHAIRS OF THE
DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARDS BOARD
ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
COUNCIL AND WE WILL HAVE WITH
US AS WE WILL MEMBERS WHO WILL
BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
AND BE PART OF THE DIALOGUE AS
WELL.
WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION
FROM ALI PANUCHI ON THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DIRECT
AIDE CONVERSATION.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH
THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT
GUIDANCE WE RECEIVED AS OF
LATE, AS OF LAST MONDAY.
SO THAT'S BREAKING NEWS THAT WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE TO SHARE WITH
EVERYONE.
AND WE'LL HAVE A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON THE TRANSPARENCY
REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACT
WORKERS OF THAT THAT BILL LED
BY VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, WHO I
WILL LET SPEAK AS WELL DURING
HER PRESENTATION.
WE DO EXPECT THIS MEETING WILL
WRAP UP BEFORE 1:00 P.M.
I WANT TO NOTE FOR FOLKS WHO
WILL BE ATTENDING, WE WILL BE
PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUSLY
TRANSLATION REPRESENTED TO THE
BOARDS PER THE REQUEST THAT WE
HAVE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION,
AND NOT CONSECUTIVE
TRANSLATION.
I'M WORKING WITH COUNSEL ABOUT
HOW SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION
CAN BE OFFERED IN MORE OF OUR
COUNCIL SETTINGS.
I KNOW THIS IS A CORONAVIRUS
CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE
ONGOING.
WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO LOG ON 15
MINUTES EARLY SO YOU CAN GO
AHEAD AND SET UP YOUR DEVICE TO
SHOW THE INTERPRETATION TOOLS,
AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
LISTEN IN LINE FOR THE
PRESENTATION TO BE TRANSLATED
SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SPEAK
ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE,
AND FOR ANY OF THE VIEWING
PUBLIC WHO ALSO WANTS TO BE
ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO
TRANSLATION SERVICES
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WE WILL BE STREAMING THIS
THROUGH SEATTLE CHANNEL.
MY TEAM WILL BE SENDING YOUR
OFFICES INSTRUCTIONS IN WRITING
AS WELL, BUT VERY BRIEFLY WANT
TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW IT'S
GOING TO WORK.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
MEETING, ONCE WE END PUBLIC
COMMENT, I WILL ASK THE
PRESENTERS AND ATTENDEES IN
ZOOM TO FIND THE INTERPRETATION
TOOL ON THE CONTROL PANEL AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, WHICH
LOOKS LIKE A SMALL GLOBE.
YOU THEN CHOOSE THE LANGUAGE OF
YOUR PREFERENCE, IN WHICH YOU'D
LIKE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE TWO CHOICES THAT WILL
BE LISTED.
ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND YOU
NEED TO CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE TO
BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THAT
LANGUAGE, OTHERWISE YOU WON'T
HEAR ANYTHING.
BUT THE LINE KIND OF GOES TO A
SOFT MUTE, AND THAT WAY THE
TRANSLATION CAN OCCUR OVER THE
PERSON SPEAKING SO THAT IT'S
AUDIBLE, THE LANGUAGE THAT
YOU'RE CHOOSING.
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS DURING THE
PRESENTATION, WHICH WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO WRITE THOSE
DOWN, BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO HOLD THOSE UNTIL THE END OF
THE PRESENTATION, AND SAVE
THEM.
MAKE SURE TO SPEAK SLOWLY, SO
THAT THE INTERPRETER CAN CATCH
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND STAY
AWAY FROM USING ACRONYMS AND
JARGON.
THIS IS APPRECIATED AS WELL,
BUT ALSO VERY DIFFICULT IN
TRANSLATION PURPOSES.
THE MODE WILL BE TURNED ON BY
I.T., AND ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL
BE BACK ON THE SAME CHANNEL TO
RESUME OTHER AGENDA ITEMS.
I DO THANK WORKING WITH MEMBERS
FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND
I.T.
AGAIN I KNOW THERE'S MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO WANT US TO UPGRADE
AND ENHANCE OUR TRANSLATION
SERVICES, WHICH WE'RE ALL
COMMITTED TO DOING.
IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO ATTEND,
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO.
MAKE SURE TO LET FREDDY
DEQUEVAS KNOW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FOCUS
HERE, IF YOU'RE COMINGFOR THE
ARPA DISCUSSION, THAT WILL BE
IN THE LATTER OF HALF OF
TOMORROW'S MEETING TO
ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSLATION
SERVICES.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE
ARPA MEETING AND WOULD LIKE TO
TUNE IN FOR THAT, PLEASE LET MY
OFFICE KNOW AS WELL.
TWO DEPARTMENT UPDATES FROM
TODAY.
THE FIRST COMES FROM THE OFFICE
OF LABOR SERVICES.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
CONTINUE TO HONOR AT BASE
WORKER CELEBRATION, WHICH IS
THE MONTH OF MAY.
APPRECIATE THEIR CONTINUED
RECOGNITION OF THE APP BASED
WORKERS.
OLS ALSO HAS LAUNCHED A YOUTUBE
CHANNEL THAT PROVIDES VIDEOS
AND REPUBLIC NARES ABOUT
ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE PASSED
AT CITY COUNCIL TO LIFT UP
WORKER PROTECTIONS, AND MAKE
SURE THAT BUSINESSES KNOW THE
RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR RIGHTS
UNDER THE LAW, AND YOU CAN
VISIT THAT YOUTUBE CHANNEL BY
GOING TO MY TWITTER.
I JUST DECIDED TO POST IT THIS
MORNING SO THAT IT WAS EASIER
TO READ THAT AND TO GO TO OUR
TWITTER INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE
URL, PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.
ALSO, THE TMC DRIVER ORDINANCE
ON RULES IS NOW CLOSED AS OF
MAY 7th.
OLS IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING
THE COMMENTS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED.
THIS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE
THROUGH OLS'S NEWSLETTER AND
ALSO THE WEB SITE.
FINALLY FROM FAS.
FASTS TO SUPPORT THE DAILY
OPERATIONS AT THE COMMUNITY
VACCINATION SITE AT LUMEN
FIELD, WHICH HAS NOW
ADMINISTRATED NEARLY 85,000
VACCINES JUST ON SATURDAY.
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY TWITTER
AGAIN FOR A RECENT VIDEO
COMPLEMENT LAGS OF THE WORK
THEY'VE DONE AND THE IMPACT
THAT'S VACCINATIONS HAVE HAD IN
SEATTLE.
FAS CONTINUES TO DELIVER AND
STORE VACCINES TO THE SEATTLE
FLED VACCINATION SITES AND IS
SUPPORT PUBLIC CLINIC AT ST.
CHARLES.
THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE HERE
ON BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO
CANNABIS.
CANNABIS REGULATION INCLUDING
STRATEGIC PLANNING,
INTERJURISDICTION RELATION AND
INTERDIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
THANKS TO THE FOLKS OF LOS
ANGELES, AND NEW JERSEY,
CHAPTER OF AMERICAN CIVIL
LIBERTIES UNION TO SEEK BEST
PRACTICES FROM THE CITY OF
SATURDAY.
FINALLY FAS HAS RECEIVED
DEPARTMENTAL CORRECTIONAL PLANS
IN NEED OF PROVIDING REVIEWED
POLICIES RELATED TO AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES POLICIES.
FAS PLANS TO, AND IS
ANTICIPATING RECEIVING THE
DRAFTS FROM THE OTHER TWO
DEPARTMENTS BY QUARTER 2 OF
2021.
SO AGAIN, VERY BUSY WORKING ON
A NUMBER OF THINGS.
IN CLOSING, I DID WANT TO
REITERATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS
THAT WERE MADE IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE.
I WANT TO ECHO WORDS FROM
THOSEOF OCASIO-CORTEZ, AND SO
MANY OTHERS.
THESE ALSO INCLUDE LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL.
I LIKE TO REITERATE SOME
SEGMENTS OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY
MY COLLEAGUE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA TO
ELIMINATE THE CALL FROM EAST
COAST TO WEST COAST.
COUNCILMEMBER MO SEFALDINE
WROTE INDEED.
THE LOSS OF LIFE AND INJURIES
ARE HEARTBREAKING.
HOWEVER THERE IS NOTHING
COMPLEX ABOUT THE CONTINUED
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL
LAW VIOLATIONS BY THE NETANYAHU
GOVERNMENT.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
RECOGNIZES THESE VIOLATIONS,
INCLUDING SETTLEMENTS, DEFACTO
ANNEXATION, AND EXCESSIVE USE
OF FORCE.
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
JUSTICES OPINE THAT ISRAEL'S
ACTIONS IN THE OCCUPIED
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY VIOLATE
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON
POLITICAL RIGHT.
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON
THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.
SIMILARLY, THE UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL HAS SAID ON AT
LEAST SIX OCCASIONS THAT
ISRAELI SENTIMENTS ARE A FLAY
GRANT VIOLATION UNDER
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HAVE
QUOTE NO LEGAL VALIDITY.
ADDITIONALLY, BOTH HUMAN RIGHTS
AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO
DETERMINED THAT ISRAELI ACTIONS
MET THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF
APARTHEID.
THIS YEAR, THE INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL COURT LAUNCHED AN
INVESTIGATION INTO ISRAELI'S
REPEATED VIOLATIONS IN THE GAZA
STRIP, INCLUDING THE WAR OF
2014, AND EXPANSION AND
OCCUPIED WEST BANK.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FORCES
OF THIS LETTER TO REITERATE THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S
CONDEMNATION OF WHAT'S
OCCURRING RIGHT NOW, AND URGE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES NOT TO BLOCK DIPLOMATIC
EFFORTS THROUGH THE UNITED
NATIONS, AND CALL ON OUR U.S.
CONGRESS TO LOOK INTO THESE
VIOLATIONS OF U.S. LAWS BY
ACTORS WHO RECEIVE U.S. AID.
HE CONCLUDES THIS LETTER BY
SAYING THE WORLD IS WATCHING,
AND HISTORY IS JUDGING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LIFT
UP, NOT JUST THE STORIES, BUT
THE CITATIONS INTERNATIONALLY,
WHICH HAVE CONDEMNED THE
ACTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER
THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
CHECKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
THERE ARE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOUR REPORT.
AS IT RELATES TO YOUR REPORT I
WANT TO MENTION AN ITEM THATS
AWE MENTIONED IS COMING UP IN
YOUR COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE.
WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THE
LEGISLATION ITSELF.
JUST AN UPDATE ON A POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL.
AND WITH THAT.
I WILL MOVE INTO MY REPORT.
I'LL JUST GET MYSELF IN THE
NOTE ON MY ITEMS HERE.
NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THERE WERE TWO BILLS THAT MOVED
OUT OF COMMITTEE AND WERE SENT
TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON THE
21st.
THE FIRST BILL WOULD TRANSFER
911 CALL CENTER POSITIONS AND
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
POSITIONS FROM THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, AS WAS
LAID OUT IN ORDINANCE 126233.
THAT COUNCIL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I AM CONSIDERING BRINGING
FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO THAT
LATTER BILL, THAT WOULD ALLOW
US TO PASS THE TRANSFER OF THE
911 CALL CENTER POSITIONS ON
THE 24th AND HOLD THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS
UNTIL A LATER DATE.
AND THERE IS SOME TIME
SENSITIVITY AROUND THIS WITHOUT
TAKING SOME ACTION BY JUNE
1st.
WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION BY JUNE
1st IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE FOLKS
HOLDING THESE POSITIONS TO BE
PAID.
SO CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS A
CHANGE OF HEART ON THE BEHALF
OF SOME COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE
TRANSFER OF THE PEO POSITIONS I
THINK IT MIGHT BE WISE TO HAVE
AN ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT
THAT AS WAS SUGGESTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AND MAKE A
CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO
SO WITHOUT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING
THE PAYMENT OF THE FOLKS IN
THOSE POSITIONS.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE THIS
WEEK.
I WANT TO MAKE A POINT EVER
ADJUSTING SOME ISSUES RELATED
TO AN ONGOING ISSUE IN DISTRICT
1. SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTH
DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD.
REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS RELATED TO AN
OUTDOOR ENCAMPMENT ON DELRIDGE
WAY, SOUTHWEST JUST NORTH OF
ROXBURY, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS, BEGINNING IN MID- TO
LATE FEBRUARY I'VE BEEN HEARING
FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS,
BUSINESS OWNERS, AND WORKERS IN
THE AREA AND I'VE BEEN WORKING
TO ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES AND ACTIONS TO
ADDRESS THE SAFETY CLEAN UP,
AND OBSTRUCTION CONCERNS OF
NEIGHBORS THERE, AS WELL AS THE
SURVIVAL, AND SHELTER NEEDS OF
RESIDENTS.
IN RESPONSE TO QUERIES, THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES BEGAN
WEEKLY TRASH COLLECTION CONFERS
TO THE ENCAMPMENT IN EARLY
MARCH AND WORKED TO HAVE
OUTREACH WORKERS WITH REACH TO
VISIT RESIDENTS THERE TO ASSESS
THE IMPACTS AND UNDERSTAND THE
NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS BETTER
AND PROVIDE SERVICES.
BEFORE I TALK A LITTLE ABOUT
THE REACH ENGAGEMENT, WANT TO
REALLY THANK THE BUSINESS
OWNERS IN THE AREA.
MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING MEALS ON AN ONGOING
BASIS TO FOLKS IN THE
ENCAMPMENT.
THE OWNER OF THE TRIANGLE
TAVERN HAS BEEN BOTH PROVIDING
SHARPS COLLECTION CONTAINERS AT
HIS OWN EXPENSE AS WELL AS
CONTRACTING WITH WASTE
MANAGEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL
GARBAGE PICK UP, BECAUSE THE
WEEKLY TRASH COLLECTION
SERVICES PROVIDED BY SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES WAS NOT
SUFFICIENT.
I HEARD FROM REACH OUTREACH
WORKERS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, OR
MAYBE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, YEAH,
I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO, IN HEARING THE DIFFICULTY
THAT THEY WERE HAVING ACCESSING
SAFE SHELTER AND HOUSING
REFERRALS.
AND IN TERMS TO ANY SUCCESSFUL
CAMERA LOCATION AS WE KNOW IS
THE ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVES.
AND REACH OUT REACH WORKERS
THAT ARE PART OF THE HOPE TEAM
DEPLOYMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE
úPROBLEM THAT THEY WERE
CONTINUING TO RUN IN AT THIS
LOCATION IS A LACK OF SERVICES
SHELTER AND OPTIONS ACROSS THE
BOARD AS WELL AS A LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO
OPTIONS ALLOWED BY THE CITY.
THEY HAVE MADE MANY REFERRALS
FOR VULNERABLE FOLKS AT THIS
PARTICULAR LOCATION.
HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT HEAR BACK
FROM THE CITY AND THEY DID NOT
SEE THE REFERRALS GOING TOWARDS
OTHER PRIORITY AREAS REGARDLESS
OF THE NEEDS OR VULNERABILITIES
OF THOSE LIVING IN THAT SITE.
SO THE EFFORTS OF CODE LEAD
BEGAN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO NOW.
AND IT'S BOTH FORTUITOUS THAT
THE SITE MANAGER, I'M SORRY,
THE PROLEAD LIVES IN THE AREA,
AND I ALSO REACHED OUT TO HIM
WITH MY CONCERN FROM THE CITY
CONTRACTED OUTREACH SERVICES,
THEIR DIFFICULTY IN ACCESSING
THE HOUSING ALTERNATIVE.
AND COLEAD STARTED VISITING THE
SITE.
THEY PARTNERED WITH A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND BETWEEN THE WORK
THAT THEY WERE DOING, IT LOOKS
LIKE IN THAT PARTICULAR
LOCATION 100% OF THE ENCAMPMENT
RESIDENTS HAVE ACCEPTED
REFERRAL.
THAT'S BECAUSE HOUSING ACCESS
THAT IS SIMPLY JUST MORE
FLEXIBLE THAN THE RESOURCES
THAT THE CITY CONTRACTED
OUTREACH PROVIDERS HAVE
AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS EXAMPLE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THOSE SAFE
SHELTER REFERRALS.
IN THIS CASE, CITY DEPARTMENTS
AND OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE BEEN
AWARE OF AND ENGAGING FOR
MONTHS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR
EFFORTS TO PROBLEM SOLVE WITH
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT THE
EXPERIENCE OF BRINGING IN
COLEAD WITH ITS SAFE SHELTER
RESOURCES REALLY SHOWS HOW
ESSENTIAL THEIR ENGAGEMENT IS
IN LOCATIONS LIKE THIS.
ON MY TELEHEALTH UPDATE.
I WANT TO UPLIFT THAT FAS AND
ITS PARTNERS PROVIDED NEARLY
8,500 VACCINATIONS AT LUMEN
FIELD ON SATURDAY.
THIS IS LIKELY THE LARGEST
VACCINATION SITE IN THE U.S.
THIS PAST WEEK.
TODAY, NEARLY 95,000 TOTAL
VACCINATIONS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED
AT THE CITY RUN VACCINATION
SITE AT LUMEN.
JUST REALLY INCREDIBLE.
A CAUSE FOR HOPE.
AND JUST THANK THE TEAM AT FAS
AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT
FAS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TO
PULL OFF THIS REALLY HUGE AND
SUCCESSFUL TASK.
THIS WEEK, THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED A POSSIBLE STATEWIDE
REOPENING DATE OF JUNE 30th.
THIS HOPEFUL STEP IS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF OUR PROGRESS ON
VACCINATION.
WASHINGTON STATE HAS
ADMINISTERED OVER 6 MILLION
DOSES OF VACCINE AND 56% OF
WASHINGTONIANS HAVE STARTED
VACCINATION.
THE FULL REOPENING COULD HAPPEN
EARLIER THAN JUNE 30th, IF 70%
OR MORE OF WASHINGTONIANS OVER
THE AGE OF 16 INITIATE
VACCINATION.
IF THE STATEWIDE ICU REACHES
90% AT ANY POINT, ACTIVITIES
WILL BE ROLLED BACK AGAIN.
JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW OUT
THERE WHO HAVE KIDS WHO ARE AGE
12 AND OLDER, THEY'RE ALL
ELIGIBLE TO GET VACCINATED NOW.
IT'S EASIER THAN EVER TO GET
VACCINATED.
MANY PROVIDERS ARE PROVIDING
VACCINATION ON A WALK UP BASIS.
YOU CAN GET YOUR SECOND SHOT
CLOSE TO HOME.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE CITY'S
VACCINATION WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/VACCINE OR CALL
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
JUST A QUICK UPDATE FROM THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS OF
MAY 7th, THE HOSPITALITY WORKER
RELIEF FUND AS HAS DISTRIBUTED
1,315 CHECKS TOTALING NEARLY
$1.8 MILLION IN CASH
ASSISTANCE.
IN DECEMBER, THE COUNCIL AND
MAYOR CREATED THE HOSPITALITY
RELIEF FUND TO PROVIDE ONE TIME
FINANCIAL RELIEF TO LOW INCOME
HOSPITALITY WORKERS WHO LOST
THEIR JOBS OR EXPERIENCED A PAY
REDUCTION DUE TO BUSINESS
CLOSURES DURING THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
THE CITY PARTNERED WITH
WELLSPRING SERVICES TO MEET THE
BASIC NEEDS OF WORKERS.
LET'S SEE, AS FAR AS UPCOMING
ITEMS THIS WEEK, I WILL BE
ATTENDING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AFRICAN AMERICAN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS WEEK IN
THE EVENING ON THURSDAY, AND ON
FRIDAY I WILL BE ATTENDING THE
CLEAN WATER PLAN ELECTED
OFFENSES WORK GROUP.
THIS IS THEIR SECOND AROUND THE
CLEAN WATER PLANT.
AND WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE A
PAUSE TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS
QUESTIONS ABOUT MY REPORT.
OR COMMENTS.
SEEINGNONE, WE WILL MOVE INTO
THE FINAL AGENDA TODAY.
THE PURPOSE OF EXECUTIVE
SESSION IS TO DISCUSS PENDING
POTENTIAL, OR ACTUAL
LITIGATIONMENT AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR COUNSEL TO DISCUSS
CONFIDENCE LEGAL MATTERS WITH
CITY ATTORNEYS PROVIDED BY LAW.
TO ENSURE THEY RECEIVE
QUESTIONS ON POLICY FOR OPEN
SESSION.
I EXPECT THE TIME OF THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY
12:45.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO
BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT TIME, I
WILL ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION,
AND THE EXPECTED DURATION.