GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THE AUGUST 16, 2021 COUNCIL
MEETING WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
IS CONNECTING.
SO WE WILL GIVE LETTER A MINUTE.
LETS MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE MINUTES
ARE ADOPTED.
PRESIDENTS REPORT I DO HAVE A
FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING
AND REMINDERS AS PART OF THE
DOWN PRESIDENT'S REPORT, FIRST I
WANT TO ISSUE A PUBLIC REMINDER
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ON
RECESS FROM MONDAY AUGUST 23,
THROUGH MONDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH.
THE CITY SKOUN COUNCIL WILL BE
ON ITS RECESS.
IN ADDITION THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING AND CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
7TH HAVE BEEN CANCELLED IN
OBSERVANCE.
THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AFTER TODAY WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 13TH.
I DO WANT TO HAVE THE RECORD
REFLECT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
NEXT I KNOW YOU WILL HEAR MORE
ABOUT THIS FROM BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA WHO WILL SPEAK TO --
DURING HER COMMITTEE REPORT.
I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
COMMUNICATION SHE SENT TO YOU ON
FRIDAY.
NEXT I ALSO WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION I SENT
TO ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT LAST
WEDNESDAY IN WHICH I ANNOUNCED
THE DEPARTMENT IS FOLLOWING THE
LEAD OF THE GOVERNOR, COUNTY,
EXECUTIVE AND MAYOR TO REQUIRE
ALL EMPLOYEES TO BE FULLY
VACCINATED BY OCTOBER 18TH OF
THIS YEAR.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
INCLUDING FOR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IF ANY EMPLOYEES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE
VACCINATION REQUIREMENT PLEASE
REVIEW THE MATERIALS I SENT ON
WEDNESDAY AND OR YOU CAN CONTACT
OUR HR FINANCE DIRECTOR KAREN
JACKSON.
THEN LASTLY COLLEAGUES I WANTED
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE HEAVY NEWS OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN AFGHANISTAN WITH
MANY, MANY INDIVIDUALS NOW
SEEKING REFUGE AND ESCAPE FOR AS
AFGHANISTAN IS BEING
TAKEN OVER.
WE CONTINUE TO SEND OUR THOUGHTS
TO OUR LOCAL FAMILY MEMBERS HERE
WHO MAY HAVE RELATIVES WHO ARE
STILL IN AFGHANISTAN WHO ARE
DEALING WITH THIS MASSIVE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN
AFGHANISTAN.
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH --
EVERYONE WHO IS DEALING WITH THE
TRAUMA OF ONCE AGAIN SEEING
FAMILIES BEING DISPLACED FROM
THIS COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF WAR.
WE ARE ALSO IN MY OFFICE
REACHING OUT TO MEMBERS OF OUR
DELEGATION INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN
AND SENATOR AND CANTWELL TO
MAKING SURE THEY HEAR FROM THEM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MENTION AND LIFT UP THE
TRAUMA AND SUFFERING WE KNOW
FOLKS IN AFGHANISTAN AND THEIR
FAMILIES HERE LOCALLY ARE
EXPERIENCING.
WITH THAT BEING SAID WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND MOVE NOW TO THE
PREVIEW OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS.
WE WILL BEGIN THAT DISCUSSION
WITH THE USUAL ROLE CALL
ROTATION.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
ALL RIGHT.
JUST A REMINDER COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES AND SAWANT ARE BOTH
EXCUSED TODAY.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE AN
ABBREVIATED LIST.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU ARE
UP FIRST.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
TON DAY'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
OUR NEXT FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMIT KWLI BE ON AUGUST 17TH.
THAT IS TOMORROW ON 9:30 A.M.
WE DO HAVE A PACKED AGENDA
AGAIN.
WE WILL BE SURE TO ADJOURN BY
1:00 P.M.
FOR PROCESSING AND THE
NEEDS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
GETTING READY FOR OVER ITEMS ON
TOMORROW'S AGENDA WITH OUR
CLERKS AND OUR IT CREW.
WE WILL HAVE A HARD STOP AT
1:00.
THIS INCLUDES THREE APPOINTMENTS
TO THE COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING
BRIEFING ON THE REVENUE FORECAST
FROM THE CITY BUDGET'S OFFICE, A
POSSIBLE VOTE AND THE
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SUBMITTING YOUR AMENDMENTS BY
LAST WEDNESDAY.
THEY UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE A
FEW ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS IN THE
WORK SO WE WILL SEEK TO PUBLISH
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY
TODAY.
THERE WILL BE A POSSIBLE VOTE ON
THE MIDYEAR ACCEPTANCE
LEGISLATION.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE THREE
BRIEFINGS.
A BRIEFING ON THE MFTE, ANNUAL
REPORT, A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE
VOTE ON THE AUTHORIZATION OF A
NEW LEASE FROM THE PORT OF
SEATTLE LAND TO CONTINUE TO
EXPAND THE USE OF LANDS FOR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES LOCATED IN INNER
BAY.
AS A REMINDER ALL COLLEAGUES ARE
WELCOMED TO ATTEND COMMITTEE
MEETING TO DISCUSS ITEMS RELATED
TO THE BUDGET.
PLEASE LET THEM KNOW -- LET HER
KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND SO WE
CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL OF
THE MATERIALS AND WE CAN
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE IN THE
MEDIA AS WELL.
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER
COUNCIL BRIEFING I WOULD LIKE TO
REMIND EVERYBODY THE NEXT
MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 10TH.
THE FOLLOWING MEETING FOR
SEPTEMBER IS SCHEDULED FOR THE
17TH.
THAT IS BOTH FRIDAY MEETINGS.
BOTH OF THEM START AT 930
A.M.
BEFORE THE WEEKEND I SHARED WITH
YOU A SUMMERY E-MAIL REGARDING
THE BUDGET CALENDAR FOR THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE STARTING
LATER IN SEPTEMBER.
THIS BEGINS OUR BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS ON THE 2022
BUDGET.
AFTER A RECESSLY BE SENDING OUT
ANOTHER COMMUNICATION TO THE
FLOOR TO EXPRESS THE PROCESS FOR
HOW THIS YEAR'S BUDGE LET BE
CONDUCTED.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ADD ALL
OF THE DATES THAT HAVE BEEN
SCHEDULED AND SENT TO YOU ON
THAT E-MAIL TO YOUR CALENDAR AND
MY OFFICE WILL ALSO BE SEEKING
TO SEND UDALL ENDER HOLDS SO ALL
OF THOSE ITEMS ARE ON YOUR
CALENDAR.
JUST AS A REMINDER WE EXPECT TO
RECEIVE THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH.
WE DO HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS
SCHEDULED IN THIS YEAR'S 2022
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS WHICH BEGIN
WITH TWO EVENING PRESENTATIONS.
EXCUSE ME TWO EVENING PUBLIC
HEARINGS ON OCTOBER 12TH AND
NOVEMBER 10TH.
THOSE BOTH START AT 5:30 IN THE
EVENING.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR A
MORNING PUBLIC HEARING ON
NOVEMBER 18TH THAT WILL BE AN
EXTENDED PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT
TO AT LEAST AN HOUR AND A HALF.
ADDITIONALLY EACH OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS YOU SEE TON
CALENDAR THAT WERE SHARED WILL
START WITH 30 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT EVERY MEETING.
WE WILL HAVE A HARD STOP AT 30
MINUTES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
CONTINUE INTO THE DELIBERATIONS
AND WE DO NOT HAVE A EXTENDED
PERIOD DURING THOSE TIMES
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE THREE PUBLIC
HEARINGS THIS YEAR.
WE WILL BE CONSIDERING PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS AND AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU TO ENGAGE WITH THE
COMMUNITY, WITH THE PUBLIC AND
FOR US TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT
PROCESS SO WE CAN BRING FORWARD
A BALANCING PACKAGE BY NOVEMBER
12TH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADD
SFROONS YOUR TIME AND WORK ON
THE 2022 BUDGET.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR
ANYONE ON THE CENTRAL STAFF
TEAM.
THANKS IN ADVANCE EVERYONE.
>>> I ALSO DO HAVE A NOTE FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES IF I MAY
SHARE HER NOTES FROM THIS
MORNING.
GREAT.
COLLEAGUES THIS COMES FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES IS
BRINGING FORWARD A
PRESENTATION -- EXCUSE ME A
PROCLAMATION HONORING BLACK
PHILANTHROPY MONTH WHICH IS
CELEBRATED IN AUGUST.
THIS IS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY
FOR THIS DESIGNATION NATIONALLY.
IT ORIGINALLY STARTED IN 2011 TO
QUOTE ILLUMINATE TRANSFORMATIVE
IMPACT OF BLACK GENEROSITY.
IN WASHINGTON STATE THIS IS THE
FIRST YEAR CELEBRATING BLACK
PHILANTHROPY MONTH AS BLACK --
THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO
ORGANIZE A SERIES OF EVENTS TO
EXPLORE THE THEME OF
DISMYSTIFYING PHILANTHROPY,
MOVING TOWARDS BLACK ABUNDANCE,
END QUOTE.
THEY HAVE A SERIES OF VIRTUAL
EVENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE
DURING THE REST OF AUGUST THAT
ARE FREE AND OPENED TO ANYONE
WHO RSVPS TO DISCUSS HOW WE
INVEST IN A LIBERATED FUTURE BY
FOR AND WITH BLACK
WASHINGTONONS.
IN A QUOTE FROM THE ORGANIZATION
AND THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT
THEY STATE QUOTE IT IS NO SECRET
THAT ANTI-BLACK RACISM HAS
PERSISTENTLY UNDERMINED THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO
BUILD WEALTH OVER GENERATIONS.
THE REVENUES ARE 76% LARGER THAN
BLACK LED NON-PROFITS.
THEY ENVEST ONLY 1.8% IN
BLACK COMMUNITIES END QUOTE.
COLLECTIVELY WITH GOVERNMENT
INVESTMENTS WE MUST
INTENTIONALLY AND EQUITABLY
INVEST RESOURCES TO UNDO THE
LEGACY OF INJUSTICE THAT HAS
ENTRENCHED INEQUITIES BEEN BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD THIS
PROCLAMATION TODAY IN HONOR OF
THE MONTH.
MADAM PRESIDENT I HAVE A FEW
MORE UPDATES IF I MAY.
>> BEFORE YOU DO THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO -- SINCE YOU HAVE
ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT
PROCLAMATION I WOULD LIKE TO
GATHER SIGNATURES AT THIS POINT.
AGAIN SIGNATURES WILL BE NEED TO
BE AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
BEFORE IT IS PRESENTED THIS
AFTERNOON.
I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLE TO CONFIRM WHICH COUNCIL
MEMBER SIGNATURES MAY BE AFFIXED
TO THE PROCLAMATION BUT BEFORE I
DO THAT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE TO DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL
MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
PROCLAIMING AUGUST 2021.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> SIX SIGNATURES!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SORRY MADAM PRESIDENT, I
WASN'T ABLE TO COME OFF MUTE
THERE.
I WANT TO BE ADDED AS A
SIGNATURE.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS SEVEN SIGNATURES
CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SEVEN SIGNATURES.
I WILL HAND IT BACK TO COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANTED TO NOTE -- QUICK NOTE
OF APPRECIATION OF THE SEATTLE
RESTAURANTS UNITED, HUNDRED OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SENT
US VARIOUS REQUESTS FOR HOW TO
SUPPORT THEM IN THIS TIME MAKING
SURE THERE IS CLEAR GUIDANCE
FROM ONLY -- NOT ONLY PUBLIC
HEALTH AND OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS
BUT KNOWING THERE IS A HARMONY
IN TERMS OF GUIDANCE FOR MASK
AND VACCINE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL
OF YOU AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN RESPONSE TO
THE REQUEST MANY OF US HAVE
RECEIVED.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SMALL
BUSINESSES THEY REPRESENT IN THE
REQUEST THEY HAVE SENT IN AND
LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
SHORTLY WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA ON THAT
LAST CLIP I WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH
YOU AS YOU KNOW MY FAMILY IS IN
THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS AND
THERE ARE -- THERE ARE VARYING
DEGREES OF OPINIONS ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT WE ARE
SEEING IN CITIES LIKE SAN
FRANCISCO, NEW YORK CITY IN
TERMS OF REQUIRING VACCINATION,
PROOF OF VACCINATION TO BE ABLE
TO COME INDOORS AND I THINK
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO SORT OF BETTER COORDINATE
WITH THE COUNTY.
I THINK THERE IS A VARYING
AMOUNT OF OPINIONS ON THE
EXPECTATION THAT A VACCINE
MANDATE EXPOSES UPON ORDINARY
EMPLOYEES TO BE THE ENFORCERS.
I THINK THAT ISSUE NEEDS TO BE
RESOLVED IF THE COUNTY AND THE
STATE DECIDE TO MOVE IN THIS
DIRECTION.
I WOULD WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DON'T BE ENGAGED DOCTOR
CONTINUE TO
BE ENGAGED ON THAT ISSUE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES?
WE WILL GO DOWN LINE.
NEXT IS UP COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS THREE
CLERK FILES ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
FULL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ALL
RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY.
THESE CLERK FILES ACCEPT
THE UPDATED SKEL ALLS FROM OUR
SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT FOR FINISHING THE
REVIEW OF AREAS, SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES.
THE THEME IS THE NEED TO PROVIDE
MORE TIME DUE TO DELAYS
LINGERING FROM THE COVID
PANDEMIC.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ALREADY MADE
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS DURING THE
LAST YEAR APPROVING TWO BATCHES
OF TECHNOLOGY.
TWO OF TODAY'S CLERK FILES
ADJUST THE TIMELINES FOR GROUP
FOUR WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO
GROUPS 4A AND 4B SO THEY ARE
EASIER TO ANALYZE AND APPROVE.
4A WOULD BE SUBMITTED SOON.
4B IN DECEMBER.
ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAS
AN INTEREST IS THE TRACKING --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SDOT IS EXAMINING THE
POSSIBILITY OF DISCONTINUING IT
BUT WE WILL STILL PLAN TO HAVE
SDOT PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON
THAT TECHNOLOGY AT OUR SEPTEMBER
#159 TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
SEATTLE I.T.
PROVIDE A HEAD
NOVEMBER
PROVIDED A HEADS UP TO US ABOUT
THIS.
WE WILL GIVE THE CITY AUDITOR
MORE TIME GET BACK TO US AGAIN
ON THOSE TECHNOLOGY.
THESE THREE CLERK FILES ARE ALL
PLACED ON THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THIS
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18.
WE PUBLISHED THE AGENDA ONLINE
THIS PAST FRIDAY.
HERE IS A QUICK PREVIEW OF THE
12 ITEMS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HAS
ASKED US TO APPROVE THEIR
UPDATED TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR MAJOR
EVENTS.
I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE IMPORTANT
ITEMS BURIED IN THEIR PLAN WE
SHOULD LIFT UP AND MEMORIALIZE
IN THE ACCOMPANYING AND COUNCIL
RESOLUTION SUCH AS BOOSTING
TRANSIT AND MAKING SURE SPORTING
EVENT TICKET COSTS COVER THE
COST OF HAVING CITY GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES MANAGE TRAFFIC FLOW SO
CENTRAL STAFF HAS PREPARED AN
AMENDMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS
WHICH WE WILL CIRCULATE SOON.
WE HAVE FIVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE
VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION BOARD.
THAT WILL SUPPORT FREIGHT
OPERATIONS AT THE PORT OF
SEATTLE'S TERMINAL 5 FACILITIES.
THESE ARE IN WEST SEATTLE.
THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THE BILL TO
AUTHORIZE OUR CITY DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPT VARIOUS
GRANTS TOTALLING $40.5 MILLION.
THIS INCLUDES FEDERAL, STATE AND
REGIONAL GRANTS.
THE $1.5 MILLION STATE
GRANT FOR AURORA IS VITAL.
THAT STATE HIGHWAY HAS BEEN A
DANGEROUS AREA WE MUST ADDRESS
TO THE CITY TO MEET THE SAFETY
GOALS.
WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON A NEW RENEWAL
ENERGY PROGRAM CALLED RENEWAL
PLUS WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED BY
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
WE WON'T VOTE ON THAT TILL
SEPTEMBER 15.
FOR THE SECOND TIME WE WILL
DISCUSS THE THREE SDU RATE
ORDINANCES.
BRIAN GOODNIGHT ON CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF MADE SOME
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
I WILL MOVE SUBSTITUTE VERSIONS
OF THOSE THREE BILLS.
WE GOT GOOD NEWS COMING IN LOWER
THAN WHAT WAS PROMISED DURING
THE PREVIOUS PLAN IN 2017.
LETS SEE HERE.
UM, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE MEETING TILL AFTER THE
TWO WEEK RECESS OF OUR CITY
COUNCIL.
ITEMS PASSING IN THIS
COMMITTEE -- THIS WEEK'S
COMMITTEE WOULD NOT GET TO THE
FULL COUNCIL TILL MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 13TH CAUSE WE
CANCELLED SEPTEMBER 7TH FULL
COUNCIL MEETING.
I AM STILL EAGER TO PASS ITEMS
OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE OTHERWISE
THEY WOULD BE DELAYED TILL
SEPTEMBER 20TH.
A LOT OF STUFF FOR US TO REVIEW
AND GET THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY.
DISTRICT 4, THIS PAST WEEK MY
STAFF AND I ATTENDED THE
COMMUNITY GATHERING AT MAPLE
LEAF RESERVOIR PARK.
I APPRECIATE THE ON GOING WORK
OF THE MAPLE LEAF COMMUNITY
COUNCIL AND ORGANIZING THIS FUN
ANNUAL EVENT.
LOTS AND LOTS OF ICE CREAM
WAS DEVOURED AT THIS EVENT.
A WEEK AGO I ATTENDED POLICE
ROLE CALLS.
THIS PAST WEEK I ATTENDED POLICE
ROLE CALL FOR THE SECOND WATCH
WHICH IS THE NINE HOUR SHIFT
FROM 11:00 A.M.
TO 8:00 P.M.
OFFICERS CONTINUED TO BE
GENEROUS WITH THEIR FRANK
FEEDBACK.
I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE CITY'S
BEST INTEREST TO LET OUR
OFFICERS KNOW EVERY WAY WE CAN
WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULT WORK
THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES
ACROSS THE CITY FUNNING ON
OFFICER WELLNESS.
IT IS ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THEIR
EXTREMELY LOW MORALE AND SHOW WE
CARE ABOUT OUR FELLOW CITY
EMPLOYEES SERVING SEATTLE.
I BELIEVE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO
LOSE MORE HIGHLY TRAINED
OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES BEYOND
RECORD BREAK -- THE DEPARTMENT
HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED.
THE -- THE NEED FOR OUR POLICE
OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES WAS
EMPHASIZED JUST THIS MORNING,
EARLY IN MORNING.
POLICE RESPONDED TO SHOTS FIRED.
A DEAD BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE
ENTRANCE OF THE PARK WITH
GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING.
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES HAVE TAKEN
OVER THE CASE AND WILL WORK WITH
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO CONFIRM
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
I WANT TO THANK CHIEF ADRIAN
DIAZ, POLICE OFFICERS FOR
RESPONDING.
THE DETECTIVES NOW INVESTIGATING
AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
OVERALL RESPONSE IN THIS WITH
THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT.
THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
THERE IS ONE ITEM FROM THE
COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA.
IT PROVIDES TEMPORARY FLEX FOBLT
DOWNTOWN STORE FRONTS TO ADDRESS
VACANCIES.
THIS IS OUT OF LINE WITH MY
PERSONAL STANDARDS FOR MY OWN
AMENDMENTS COMING FORWARD BEFORE
COMMITTEE AND MOVING FORWARD I
WILL ENSURE ALL OF MY OWN
AMENDMENTS ARE PUBLISHED ON THE
AGENDA FOR MY OWN COMMITTEE
ACCEPTING EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES.
I CAN'T CONTROL EACH OF YOU FOR
WALKING ON YOUR AMENDMENTS, THIS
WAS OUT OF LINE WITH MY PERSONAL
STANDARDS.
APOLOGIES.
ALSO TO THIS POINT I HAD
COMMITMENTS THAT SOME OF THE
ISSUES SURROUNDING THESE
AMENDMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN
WORKED OUT BETWEEN COMMITTEE AND
TODAY WHICH IS WHY I ALLOWED THE
BILL TO BE PASSED OUT OF
COMMITTEE.
THESE ISSUES HAVE NOT BEEN
RESOLVED AT THAT TIME.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN CONSENSUS AND
SO -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT BETWEEN
NOW AND FULL COUNCIL IF WE CAN'T
BRING RESOLUTION TO THESE
ISSUES, I WILL ASK THAT WE HOLD
THIS BILL UNTIL SEPTEMBER 13TH
BECAUSE MOVING DOCTOR AGAIN, IT
IS OUT OF LINE WITH MY PERSONAL
STANDARDS TO BRING HALF BAKED
ORDINANCES FROM COMMITTEE TO
COUNCIL.
I DON'T WANT TO OCCUPY FULL
COUNCIL WITH WORK THAT SHOULD BE
DONE IN THE COMMITTEE.
THESE WERE NOT
RESOLVED IN COMMITTEE.
I WILL LET COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
SPEAK TO THESE.
THEN COLLEAGUES ALSO JUST
FLAGGING AT 9:09 A.M.
THERE WAS
A LETTER FROM DEPARTMENT DAY
DAY -- DIRECTORS REGARDING THEIR
CONCERNS.
DEPARTMENTS HAVE ONLY JUST NOW
WEIGHED IN WHICH IS WHY UNLESS
WE CAN RESOLVE THESE ISSUES
BEFORE FULL COUNCIL I WILL ASK
TO HOLD THE BILL.
>> SO I MEAN AS YOUR COMMENTS
JUST INDICATED IT HAS BEEN KIND
OF A PROCESS ON WORKING THROUGH
THESE AMENDMENTS DUE TO WHEN WE
DO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THE
PROPOSALS.
SOME CONCERNS THAT ARE
OLD, SOME CONCERNS THAT ARE NEW.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THESE
AMENDMENTS FOR COUNCIL BILL
120121.
I THINK I WOULD PREFACE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION
ON THE AMENDMENTS OR DISCUSSION
OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT I DO NOT
THINK MR. CHAIR IT IS NECESSARY
TO HOLD THE BILL.
I THINK SOME OF THESE ISSUES ARE
JUST -- GOING TO DON'T COME
DOING TO PHILOSOPHICAL
DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN SOME
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE
DEPARTMENT AND WOULD EXPECT A
VOTE ON THOSE AMENDMENTS AND
TAKING IT WHERE IT LIES.
I DON'T THINK MORE TIME IS GOING
TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS WITH ONE
EXCEPTION WHICH I WILL SPEAK TO
WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THE
E-MAILS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS
WHERE I DO THINK THERE IS AT
LEAST A RESOLUTION THAT WILL SAT
SATISFY THE COMMUNITY STAKE
HOLDERS.
I WILL SAY I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH
HAVING A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS
REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME.
GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
UNDERLYING BILL I WOULD SUB
SUPPORT VOTING ON THE AMENDMENTS
AND THE BILL THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEN CALLING IT GOOD AND MOVING
ON GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
LEGISLATION.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, BEFORE
YOU JUMP IN I WANT TO SAY THIS
WORK NEEDED TO BE DONE IN
COMMITTEE AND THAT IS -- THERE
ARE STILL FURTHER CONVERSATIONS
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITH YOU.
JUMP IN AND THEN WE CAN HAVE
THAT DISCUSSION.
>> IF I COULD JUST INTERCEDE
REALLY QUICKLY.
IT -- BY DESIGN IT WOULD -- BE
MY PREFERENCE IF THERE ARE
OUTSTANDING POLICY ISSUES THAT
THOSE ISSUES BE HASHED OUT IN
WORKING SESSIONS DURING
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND IT SEEMS
TO ME THERE ARE ENOUGH
AMENDMENTS HERE THAT PERHAPS
THAT IS AN INDICATION OF THERE
STILL NEEDS TO BE SOME
ADDITIONAL WORK ON THIS BILL
BEFORE IT IS HASHED NOW FULL
COUNCIL.
THAT BEING SAID I HAVEN'T HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH
CHAIR STRAUSS OR COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS TO SORT OF ASSESS WHETHER
THERE ARE TRULY SOME ADDITIONAL
POLICY WORK SESSIONS THAT NEED
TO OCCUR OR IF THIS IS
FUNDAMENTALLY A DISAGREEMENT ON
DIRECTION.
SO IF THAT IS THE CASE WE CAN
CALL INTO QUESTION AND PUT THIS
TO REST.
I THINK IF THERE IS OPPORTUNITY
FOR SOME ADDITIONAL POLICY WORK,
THEN THAT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO
ME FOR US TO GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THOSE THINGS
OUT IN COMMITTEE.
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE
WELCOMED TO CHIME IN ON THAT IF
YOU SEE FIT.
FOR NOW LETS HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS TALK THROUGH YOUR
AMENDMENTS IN THE EVENT THAT WE
DO END UP IN A PLACE WHERE WE
VOTE ON THE BILL AND RELATED
AMENDMENTS SO THAT THE FULL
COUNCIL HAS THE BENEFIT OF
UNDERSTANDING YOUR MOTIVATION
AND WILL LEAVE THE PROCEDURAL
ASPECTS RELATED TO WHETHER OR
NOT WE SHOULD PURSUE THE BILL
AND THE AMENDMENTS IN TODAY'S
COUNCIL MEETING OR A FULL
COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER
13TH TO BE DECIDED AFTER THE
FACT.
IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU
CHAIR STRAUSS AND COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS, THAT IS HOW I PROPOSE WE
MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY, I GOT A THUMBS UP FROM
CHAIR STRAUSS AND HEAD NODS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SO I THINK THAT PROCESS
DEFINITELY MAKES SENSE.
I ALSO WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO --
DISCUSS MY POSITION ON WHETHER
FURTHER DELIBERATION ON THESE
AMENDMENTS WOULD WARRANT A MORE
PRODUCTIVE PROCESS IF IT WERE
SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE.
SO BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE
HAD, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT WITH
ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT MY
OFFICE WAS PROPOSING THAT WOULD
EXPAND THE LEVEL OF ALLOWABLE
DOWNTOWN STREET LEVEL USES TO
INCLUDE STREET LEVEL OFFICE
SPACE AS WELL AS LIGHT
MANUFACTURING.
THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS ON THE
LIGHT MANUFACTURING USE AND
INDEED DEPARTMENT -- THE
RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS DID ENDORSE
THAT USE IN THE E-MAIL THEY SENT
TO US EARLIER TODAY.
THERE CONTINUES TO BE
DISAGREEMENT OVER THE OFFICE
USE.
I DIVIDED THAT AMENDMENT IN TWO
SO WE COULD HAVE A PRETTY BRIEF
NON-CONTROVERSIAL VOTE ON THE
LIGHT MANUFACTURING WHERE THERE
IS A CONSENSUS.
COULD THAT HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE
ON THE OFFICE SPACE SO THOSE
ISSUES COULD BE DIVIDED OUT AND
ALLOW FOR A DISCUSSION WHERE
THERE IS STILL DISCUSSION TO BE
WARRANTED.
THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE
AMENDMENTS NOW.
THE OFFICE SPACE ISSUE CONTINUES
TO BE ONE WHERE THERE IS
DIVISION WITH POLICY MAKERS AT
THE CITY.
I WOULD NOTE I DON'T THINK THERE
IS SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION FROM
ANY DOWNTOWN STAKE HOLDERS.
IT WOULD ALLOW UP TO 30-FEET OF
FRONTAGE OF OFFICE SPACE IN THE
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT AS A
STREET LEVEL USE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
REQUESTED BY A NUMBER OF STAKE
HOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT.
IT IS SOMETHING THE DEPARTMENTS,
THE RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS
HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT
SUPPORT AND I TOTALLY RESPECT
THEIR DECISION TO DO THAT.
I REPRESENT CONSTITUENTS, NOT
CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THAT IS WHY I'M BRINGING THIS
AMENDMENT TO BE DISCUSSED.
THE GENERAL CONCERN IS I CAN
GATHER IS THAT OFFICE SPACE IS
NOT A DYNAMIC STREET LEVEL USE.
I FULLY AND TOTALLY CONCEDE
THAT.
I HAVE NO DISAGREEMENT.
WHERE I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
PUBLIC POLICY IS THAT THERE ARE
SOME PLACES DOWNTOWN THAT MIGHT
NOT BE ACTIVATED IN ANYWAY
EXCEPT WITH A USE LIKE STREET
LEVEL OFFICE USE.
STREET LEVEL OFFICE USE IS STILL
MORE DESIRABLE THAN VACANT STORE
FRONTS OR VACANT BUILDINGS.
GIVING THIS OPTION TO STAKE
HOLDERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN
THE DOWNTOWN CORE TO ACTIVATE
SPACES WITH INACTIVE USE THAT IS
PROVIDING SOME KIND OF ACTIVITY
IS ONE THAT I WOULD SUPPORT IN
CASES WHERE NO OTHER USE CAN BE
ATTRACTED WHICH -- LIKE ALL OF
US WOULD LIKE TO SEE STREET
FRONTS BECOME CAFES.
THAT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT
THAT AMENDMENT.
I WOULD SAY COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS I DON'T THINK ANY AMOUNT
OF ADDITIONAL POLICY DISCUSSION
IS GOING TO GET CONSENSUS
BETWEEN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
THE STAKE HOLDERS IN MY OFFICE
ON THIS ISSUE.
I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A VOTE,
RESPECT THE COUNCIL'S DECISION
ON WHAT POLICY CHOICE WE MAKE
BUT I DON'T THINK MORE PROCESS
IS GOING TO CREATE SOME KIND OF
MEETING OF THE MINDS.
IT IS LIKE WE EARTH SUPPORT
OFFICE SPACE AS A STREET LEVEL
USE OR DON'T.
AND I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT
THERE AS KIND OF MY VIEW HAVING
DISCUSSED THIS FAIRLY
EXTENSIVELY WITH THE RELEVANT
DEPARTMENTS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
AND WILL RESPECT THE DECISION
MADE.
THE FINAL AMENDMENTS WOULD ALLOW
AN OFFICE SPACE AMONG OTHER USES
FOR STREET LEVEL USES IN THE
PIONEER SQUARE HISTORIC
DISTRICT.
IT WOULD ALLOW APPROVAL BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
DIRECTOR.
THE ISSUE THAT WAS CRYPTICALLY
ELUDED TO -- THE ONLY NAMED
STAKE HOLDER IN THE E-MAIL THAT
HAD THINK ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE
AMENDMENTS -- I WAS ABLE TO CALL
AT LEAST HOWARD TO ASK HER ABOUT
THE ISSUES.
SHE SAID AS LONG AS THE
AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT
THE OFFICE SPACE FRONTAGE RULE
IS THE SAME FOR DOWNTOWN AND
PIONEER SQUARE, SHE DOES NOT
HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT
COMPONENT OF THE AMENDMENT.
MY OFFICE HAS TALKED TO LISH WHO
IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTING A
CHANGE TO THAT AMENDMENT TO
REFLECT IT WHICH IS A FAIRLY
SMALL TECHNICAL CHANGE.
THAT SATISFIES THAT ISSUE.
THERE IS ALSO SOME ISSUES WITH
HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT ADMINISTER
THE PROGRAM THAT GOES TO THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE MEASURE
RATHER THAN A LEGISLATIVE
COMPONENT OF IT.
SO AGAIN I DON'T THINK ANYMORE
PROCESS IS GOING TO CHANGE THOSE
ISSUES ASIDE FROM THE TECHNICAL
CHANGE TO THE FRONTAGE WHICH IS
AN EASY COSMETIC CHANGE TO MAKE
TO THE LEGISLATION.
SO THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS.
I CERTAINLY RESPECT THE DECISION
OF THE CHAIR IF THE CHAIR WANTS
TO PULL THE BILL FOR ADDITIONAL
DELIBERATION AND CONSULTATION ON
THIS.
IT IS MY OPINION THAT MORE
PROCESS ISN'T REALLY GOING TO
CHANGE ANYTHING HERE BUT I
CERTAINLY RESPECT SINCE THIS IS
CHAIR STRAUSS' POLICY AREA IF HE
WANTS TO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE
ANOTHER COMMITTEE HEARING ON
THIS.
ALSO HAPPY TO JUST RESOLVE THESE
THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH THAT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT IS SORT OF AN A TRADITION OF
THE COUNCIL TO RESPECT THE
CHAIR'S REQUEST FOR HOLD IF THE
CHAIR SO DEEMS THAT REQUEST IS
APPROPRIATE.
I WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT
LONG TIME TRADITION ON THE
COUNCIL.
AGAIN I THINK THERE WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALL
CONNECT OFFLINE HERE TO SEE IF
THAT IS TRULY THE CHAIR'S
DESIRE.
IF IT IS, AGAIN CON BASIS TWENTY
PAST PRACTICE WOULD CERTAINLY
WANT TO HONOR THE CHAIR'S
REQUEST.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS SINCE
THIS IS BEING HAD IN -- AMIDST
YOUR REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I THINK YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE
POLICY DIFFERENCE I WAS TRYING
TO IRON THE WRINKLE OF.
AMENDMENT 3 HAS OFFICE SPACE
THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
AMENDMENT 2.
IN A SIMILAR WAY YOU
RESOLVE --
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THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE
AFTERNOON.
IF WE CAN RESOLVE THAT BEFORE
FULL COUNCIL I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
BRING IT FORWARD.
IF THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THOUSAND MOVE THAT AMENDMENT
FORWARD, N A WAY THAT CREATES
SOUND POLICY, WE WILL NEED TO
HOLD THE BILL.
THAT IS WHERE I WILL SIT FROM
THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN MY
APOLOGIES FOR HAVING THIS
COMMITTEE WORK BEING DONE DURING
COUNCIL BRIEFING AND AT FULL
COUNCIL.
MOVING FORWARD UNLESS THERE ARE
SERIOUS EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES, I WILL ONLY BRING
FULLY BIG ORDINANCES FOR MY
COMMITTEE TO FULL COUNCIL.
AGAIN APOLOGIES TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ FOR NOT HAVING THE
AMENDMENTS PUBLISHED ON THE
AGENDA LAST WEEK.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE THESE
AMENDMENTS IN TIME TO PUBLISH.
THAT IS STILL NO EXCUSE FOR MY
AMENDMENT NOT BEING PUBLISHED.
FURTHER IT EPPS FROM THE LAND
USE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR.
COUNCIL BILL 120157 WHICH
AMENDED LEGISLATION THAT THE
COUNCIL ADOPTED EARLIER THIS
YEAR RELATED TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ON RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
PROPERTIES.
SINCE ADOPTING THAT LEGISLATION
COUNCIL HAS HEARD FROM MANY
STAKE HOLDERS.
THE AMENDMENT ADOPTED BY COUNCIL
LOWERING THE AMI REQUIREMENTS
FROM 80 TO 60% MADE THE
LEGISLATION UNWORKABLE FOR THEM
AND
MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE LAND USE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE IS ALREADY CONSIDERED
THESE ISSUES AND VOTED
DIFFERENTLY THAN THE FULL
COUNCIL MY INTENTION IS TO BRING
THIS LEGISLATION DIRECTLY TO
FULL COUNCIL FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING AND VOTE IN SEPTEMBER
BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THE
COMMITTEE WORK.
WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THE FULL
COUNCIL WORK.
WE WILL BE RESCHEDULING ALSO.
IN OTHER NEWS AND LAND USE
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE WE WILL
BE RESCHEDULING OUR COMMITTEE.
I WILL BE REQUESTING A SPECIAL
COMMITTEE MEETING DURING
SEPTEMBER AS WE DO HAVE A FULL
DOCKET OF WORK TO COMPLETE.
WE WILL BE RESCHEDULING OUR
SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING.
IN OTHER NEWS THE SUPPLEMENTAL
WHILEAL -- I'M PROPOSING TWO
AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENT 9B WOULD PROVIDE
FUNDING TO THE GARFIELD SUPER
BLOCK PROJECT USING EXCESS
REVENUE THAT UNALLOCATED.
THIS IS NOT IN COMPETITION WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT OR THIS AMENDMENT
RECOGNIZES THAT REVENUE IS
TYPICALLY HOW CITY FUNDS CAPITAL
PROJECTS.
MY ENTENSION BRINGING THIS
AMENDMENT IS TO GIVE COMMITTEE
MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO FUND THE
GARFIELD SUPER BLOCK BECAUSE IT
IS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM AND
PROJECT GIVEN THE LARGE
CONVERSATION THAT IS ALSO
OCCURRING TO SPD OVER SPEND.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER
AVENUE OF MAKING SURE THAT
GARFIELD SUPER BLOCK IS ABLE TO
BE SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.
MY AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE
$50,000 TO SDOT TO CONDUCT THE
10% OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS
NEEDED TO BALLARD AVENUE
NORTHWEST WHICH IS OUR PILOT FOR
HOW WE CAN FURTHER ENGAGE,
ENCOURAGE PERMANENT STREET CAFES
ACROSS SEATTLE.
WHILE THIS IS BALLARD SPECIFIC,
IT IS THE PROTOTYPE THAT WILL BE
ROLLED OUT AND INFORMED CITY
WIDE POLICIES WHICH IS WHY I
BRING THIS.
THIS AMENDMENT HAS CHANGED SINCE
THE SUMMERY WAS DISTRIBUTED TO
COUNCIL MEN -- MEMBERS LAST
WEEK.
WE HELD THE DESIGN JUST TWO
WEEKS AGO AND THERE IS FAST
MOVING WORK THAT NEEDS BE
COMPLETED.
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I BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE
TO SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR THIS
PROJECT DURING THE FALL BUDGET
PROCESS.
NEAR OUR OFFICE AS I JUST
MENTION WEDNESDAY ARE ABLE TO
HOST BALLARD AVENUE DESIGN.
AFTER THE DESIGN ON TUESDAY --
AND SO AFTER THE DESIGN WE WERE
ABLE TO SUMMARIZE A LOT OF THE
GOOD WORK WE ARE EXCITED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP
THESE REALLY -- THIS REALLY
AMAZING CAFE CULTURE HERE IN OUR
CITY.
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CAFE CULTURE
WAS NOT PART OF SEATTLE AND I'M
EXCITED IT IS NOW.
I ALSO WAS ABLE TO JOIN DISTRICT
6 RESIDENTS.
I'M ALSO MEETING WITH
ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON CITY
MEMBERS TO ENSURE WE HAVE A GOOD
WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND GOOD
POLICIES AHEAD OF NEXT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH STARTS
IN JANUARY.
MY STAFF ALSO MET WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LAST
WEEK AND HERE IN DISTRICT 6
THERE IS GOOD NEWS.
THE BALLARD POOL WILL BE
REOPENED.
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
WILL BE RAMPING UP PUBLIC
SERVICE AND PROGRAMMING AT
RECREATION FACILITIES ACROSS
SEATTLE FOR FALL.
THANK YOU TO THE SEATTLE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS TODAY
THE --
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THE VIEWING GALLERY HAS BEEN
UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR NEARLY
FIVE YEARS.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE --
ANTICIPATING A BEAUTIFUL KISS
PLAY OF HOW SALMON MIGRATE
THROUGH OUR WATER WAYS.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE DONE
CHANGE HOW SALMON GET FROM TOWNS
LIKE LAKE WASHINGTON TO BETTER
ENCOURAGE THEIR HEALTH.
UNFORTUNATELY ALSO IN SALMON BAY
THIS LAST WEEK THERE WAS A
DROWNING.
A WOMAN FELL OFF OF A
PADDLEBOARD.
SHE WAS NOT WEARING A LIFE
JACKET.
AND SHE DID NOT RESURFACE.
WHEN THESE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN THEY
CAN HAPPEN IN JUST BRIEF
SECONDS.
THIS IS A KIND REMINDER TO
ALWAYS WEAR A LIFE JACKET IF YOU
ARE ON A KAYAK OR PADDLEBOARD.
ALWAYS WEAR A LIFE JACKET.
MAKE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN YOUR
ABILITY LEVEL.
HERE IN DISTRICT 6 I'VE BEEN
ABLE TO SPEAK TO NEIGHBORS AND
WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT WEST GREEN
LAKE WAY NORTH, BALLARD AVENUE,
STREET CAFES, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
SPEEDING ON C VIEW AVENUE.
THE MAYOR HAS ACCEPTED MY
PROPOSAL TO HAVE A TWO WAY
WALKING BIKING PATH ON THE LAKE
SIDE OF WEST GREEN LAKE WAY
NORTH AND REOPEN THE STREET TO
TRAFFIC WHILE ALSO INCREASING
THE AMOUNT OF SPEED REDUCTION
MARGINALS IN THE STREET SO CARS
ARE ONLY GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR.
SHE'S COMMITTED TO REOPEN THIS
FALL AND I AM CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH SDOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THAT TIMELINE IS AND ASKING MORE
QUESTIONS.
HERE IN DISTRICT 6 WE WILL BE
PAUSING OUR DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT
MEETINGS, OUR OFFICE HOURS
DURING THIS COUNCIL RECESS THAT
IS STARTING NEXT WEEK AND WE
WILL RESUME OFFICE HOURS ON
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH.
IF YOU STILL NEED ASSISTANCE
FROM MY OFFICE PLEASE E-MAIL US
AS WE WILL BE STANDING READY TO
ASSIST YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THAT IS MY
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON THAT REPORT?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING THEN WE WILL CONTINUE
DOWN THE LINE HERE.
NEXT IS UP COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND THEN WE WILL HEAR
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FIRST OF ALL BEFORE I GET
STARTED I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN FOR HIS UPDATE
ABOUT THE SHOOTING IN GAS WORKS
PARK AT 4:30 A.M.
THIS MORNING.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DETECTIVES
ARE INVESTIGATING THIS SHOOTING
AS UNFORTUNATELY ANOTHER
HOMICIDE.
I KNOW -- I'M SORRY --
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I DO HAVE MY NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING IN SEPTEMBER AFTER THE
BREAK.
THAT IS SEPTEMBER 14TH.
AS FAR AS ITEMS FROM THE
COMMITTEE, THERE ARE TWO IT UP
EMS.
--
ITEMS.
JUST A QUICK REVIEW ON THE
LEGISLATION LIMITING THE USE OF
LESS LETHAL WEAPONS.
BACKGROUND, THERE ARE CURRENTLY
NO RESTRICTIONS IN THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE ON THE USE OF
LESS LETHAL WEAPONS.
YOU MAW RECALL LAST SUMMER THE
COUNCIL DID PASS LEGISLATION BUT
THE COURTS HAVE BASICALLY ISSUED
AN ORDER ON THAT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND IT IS NOT IN
PLACE BECAUSE OF THE RESTRAINING
ORDER ON THE COUNCIL'S BILL.
SO THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
WORKING A ALTERNATIVE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THROUGH COMMITTEE
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS
YEAR.
MOST RECENTLY THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
VOTED 4-1 TO PASS OUT THE
VERSION OF THE BILL THAT WILL
HAVE BEFORE US.
WE VOTED IN COMMITTEE ON JULY
13TH.
AT THAT TIME I MOVE TO HOLD THE
BILL SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE IT IN
FULL COUNCIL TILL AFTER THE
CONSENT DECREE STATUS
CONFERENCE.
THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEK.
MANY CASE THE COURT WANTED TO
WEIGH IN ON THE LEGISLATION, WE
KNOW THAT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE WERE INTERESTED TO
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE -- THE
CONFERENCE WAS GOING TO GIVE ANY
INSIGHT ON THAT REVIEW.
NO COMMENT ON THE LEGISLATION AT
ITS CONFERENCE.
SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH
THE FULL COUNCIL VOTE TODAY.
THE LEGISLATION INCLUDES A FULL
BAN ON ACOUSTIC WEAPONS, ENERGY
DIRECTED WEAPONS, BLAST BALLS,
ULTRA SONIC CANNONS AND WATER
CANNONS.
USE OF NOISE FLASH DEVICES
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FLASH BANGS
ARE BANNED IN DEMONSTRATIONS BUT
UNDER THE LEGISLATION THERE ARE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE FLASH BANGS
CAN BE USED.
THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED IN
DEMONSTRATIONS.
SO FOR INSTANCE CERTAIN TYPES OF
ACTIVITIES.
THE BILL CONDITIONS THE USE OF
PEPPER SPRAY AND PEPPER BALL
LAUNCHERS ON THOSE INSTANCES
WHEN THE RISK OF SERIOUS BODILY
INJURY FOR VIOLENT ACTIONS OUT
WEIGHS THE RISK OF HARM TO
BYSTANDERS AND FINALLY IT IS
PERMITTED IN VERY NARROW
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE BILL DOES NOT REGULATE IN
ANYWAY THE USE OF NON-CHEMICAL
LAUNCHERS.
FOR INSTANCE BEAN BAGS, RUBBER
BULLETS, BLUE -- PROJECTILES AND
SO THE -- AGAIN LEGISLATION IS
SILENT ON THE USE OF THOSE LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS.
OUT OF MY RESPECT FOR THE
PROCESS, WE HAVE MET WITH THE
MONITOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ HAS
ALSO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE COMMITTEE FIRST
ACTED FEBRUARY TO RECOMMEND A
DRAFT BILL AND THAT BILL IS WHAT
WAS USED FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE MONITOR AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DRAFT
BILL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL THAT RESTRICT
STRICTING THE USE OF CERTAIN
LESS LETHAL --
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DOJ WAS INQUIRED AS THE
WHETHER OR NOT THE DRAFT BILL
WOULD PROVIDE TIME FOR RELEVANT
SPD OFFICERS TO BE TRAINED IN
THE POLICY.
SO, IT IS ALSO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SO THE AMENDMENT -- OR THE
LEGISLATION WAS AMENDED OR NOT
AMENDED CAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN
INTRODUCED YET.
THE -- LEGISLATION ADDED A NEW
DEFINITION OF CROWD CONTROL,
PROVIDED TRAINING AFTER THE
COURT APPROVED LEGISLATION.
IT MADE A NUMBER OF OTHER TYPES
OF CHANGES SUCH AS ALLOWING FOR
THE USE OF -- OF PEPPER BALL
LAUNCHES IN A DEMONSTRATION OF
RALLY BUT NOT FOR CROWD CONTROL
PURPOSES AND ONLY WHEN THE RISK
OF BODILY SERIOUS INJURY FROM
VIOLENT ACTIONS OUT WEIGHS THE
RISK OF HARM TO BYSTANDERS.
AGAIN THIS CHANGES IN RESPONSE
TO THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE RECEIVED
AND INITIAL DECISION.
YOU MAY RECALL A DISTRICT COURT
RULING ALLOWED USE OF PEPPER
BALL LAUNCHERS IN RESTRICTED
CIRCUMSTANCES --
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SO, UM, AGAIN IN AUGUST THE
CPCTOIG AND THE OPA
RECOMMENDATIONS AUGUST OF LAST
YEAR -- WERE SENT TO COUNCIL AND
THE JUDGE -- BECAUSE HE
REQUESTED THEM AS WELL.
THESE WERE RECOMMENDATION IN
LIGHT OF OUR JUNE 2020
LEGISLATION.
HAS BEEN SORT OF THE FOUNDATION
FOR THIS BILL IS BASED ON WE
FIRST -- PRODUCED LEGISLATION ON
THE THINGS THAT THEY AGREED ON.
THEN AGAIN AS I HAVE DESCRIBED
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR WORTH OF DELIBERATIONS.
CPC HAS WRITTEN AS IN RESPONSE
TO THIS MOST CURRENT VERSION OF
THE BILL TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT
OF THE BILL.
THEY WROTE SAYING THEY BELIEVE
THE BILL'S INCLUSION OF --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AND THE LIMITATIONS ON WHO
CAN USE THEM IS A SIGNIFICANT
FIRST STEP IN ENSURING THE
SAFETY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHEN
THEY GET ENGAGED IN FIRST
AMENDED PROTECTED PROTESTS.
THEY NOTE THEY APPRECIATE THE
IMPROVEMENTS BUT THEY ALSO WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE
DONE AND THAT THE LEGISLATION
WORK TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
BUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION
IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL CHANGES
NECESSARY TO BEST PROTECT
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CIVIL
LIBERTIES.
THEY ASK WE CONTINUE TO START
WORKING TOWARDS ADDRESSING THOSE
ADDITIONAL CHANGES.
SO, EVERYBODY IS CLEAR ON THE
PROCESS IF THIS BILL BECOMES LAW
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS SPD WOULD
DRAFT POLICY REVISIONS WITHIN 30
DAYS.
I'M SORRY, 60 DAYS.
THE DOJ AND THE MONITOR WOULD
REVIEW THE POLICY REVISION AND
THAT IS WHEN THEIR FORMAL REVIEW
ON THE CONSENT DECREE TAKES
PLACE.
THE COURT THEN REVIEWS THE
POLICY REVISION AND IF THE COURT
APPROVES THEN REVISED POLICIES
OF THE BILL TAKE EFFECT.
UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO -- THE
CULMINATION OF MANY, MANY MONTHS
OF WORK BEGUN WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S LEGISLATION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE
COUNCIL LAST JUNE AND CONTINUED
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IN
MY COMMITTEE AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION
FROM THE OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS
ON THIS BILL.
SECOND ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA AS
MENTIONED IS THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRANSFER OUT
OF SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN LATE MAY THIS YEAR --
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AT THAT TIME
DUE TO A DIVIDE WORK FORCE AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTING
ADDITIONAL TIME TO DELIBERATE ON
THE -- WHAT IS THE PROPER HOME
OF THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS, WE REMOVED THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER UNIT FROM
THE BILL AND TRANSFERRED JUST
THE 911 DISPATCH TO THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER WHILE ALSO
PASSING AN EXTENSION TO THE
PRO -- DARN ALLOW THEM
PRO -- CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM TO
GET PAID.
GIVN THAT ALTHOUGH THE PARK
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER UNIT AND
THE -- THE FOLKS OVER AT PRO
TECH 17 WHO REPRESENTS THE
SUPERVISORS AT THE -- PARK
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAVE BEGUN
TO MEET TO DISCUSS THEIR
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
PREFERENCES OF THE SUPER VISORS
REPRESENTED BY PRO TECH AND THE
PREFERENCES OF THE PEO OFFICERS
REPRESENTED.
THERE IS STILL A DIVIDED WORK
FORCE BUT I HAVE HEARD CLEARLY A
COMMITTEE THAT MORE COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN
TRANSFERRING THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SO FOR THAT
REASON THE BILL AS PASSED OUT OF
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY DOES
TRANSFER THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER UNIT TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THAT IS THE BILL THAT WE WILL
HAVE BEFORE US.
QUICK UPDATE FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON THEIR
HEAT RESPONSE.
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
CASE MANAGERS AND CONTRACTORS
ARE COMPLETING WELLNESS CHECKS
TO 1600 CLIENTS WHO LIVE ALONE.
THEN A QUICK COVID UPDATE AND I
WILL CLOSE OUT WITH WE KNOW THAT
LAST WEEK HEALTH OFFICERS FROM
ALL 35 LOCAL HEALTH JURISDICTION
ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE
INCLUDING HERE IN KING COUNTY
JOINED TOGETHER TO SEND THE
MESSAGE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
WEAR MASKS.
IT IS COMING AS CASE COUNTS IN
THE REGION ARE RISING AGAIN
DRIVEN HEAVILY BY THE SPREAD OF
THE VERY CONTAGIOUS DELTA
VARIANT OF COVID-19.
I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
STAKE HOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY
INCLUDING THOSE IN THE
HOSPITALITY HAVE BEEN REACHING
OUT TO DISCUSS THIS TROUBLING
RISE THIS COMMUNITY SPREAD OF
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN SEATTLE AND
THE POSSIBILITY OUR HOSPITALS
AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS MAY
BECOME OVERWHELMED IF TOO MANY
PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO
COVID.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE
HEALTH ARE CREATING A VACCINE
DATA VERIFICATION TOOL THAT WILL
HELP MUST CONSIDERING OUR
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA OF
VACCINE VERIFICATION.
AS RAISED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAS LIMITED
ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS.
MASK MANDATE THE CITY AND COUNTY
DID USE JOINT ENFORCEMENT TEAM
FOR --
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WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE
WHETHER OR NOT -- THE FUNCTION
WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
OF USE FOR VACCINE VERIFICATION
PURPOSES.
AGAIN IT IS TIME TO TAKE EVERY
PRECAUTION POSSIBLE TO AVOID
OVERWHELMING THE HOSPITALS,
EMERGENCY ROOM AND HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
THIS INCLUDES MASKING UP THIS
PUBLIC SPACES AND OF COURSE
GETTING VACCINATED.
OF THE 1.4 MILLION RESIDENTS
FULLY VACCINATED IN KING COUNTY,
0.004% HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED
FOR COVID-19 IN JUST 0.001% HAVE
DIED DUE TO COVID-19.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
DEATHS ARE AMONG THE
UNVACCINATED.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE UNVACCINATED
PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET
VACCINATED.
THIS IS OUR BEST DEFENSE AGAINST
DELTA VARIANT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
WE WILL KEEP GOING DOWN THE LINE
HERE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
OKAY, I WILL BE BRIEF FOR THIS
MORNING'S BRIEFING.
LETS SEE.
THERE IS ONE ITEM OF THE PUBLIC
ASSETS AND NAMED COMMITTEE --
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THIS RESOLUTION SUPPORTS
SECRETARY OF THE ANTERIOR TRUTH
AND HEALING COMMISSION.
THIS COMMISSION WILL STUDY AND
ADDRESS THE ON GOING IMPACTS OF
THE 1819 CIVILIZATION FUND ACT
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T
KNOW WHAT THAT IS THAT IS WHEN
CONGRESS PASSED THE ACT TO
CIVILIZE US.
APPARENTLY IT DIDN'T WORK CHLT.
THE COMMISSION WOULD LEAD
INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS OF PAST
AND PRESENT U.S. BOARDING SCHOOL
AND I DENT GUY SERVICES TO
RESPOND TO THE INTERGENERATIONAL
RAUMA THAT CONTINUES TOT
INDIGENOUS FAMILIES TODAY.
JUST A QUICK NOTE, ONE OF THE
THINGS IS SENATOR -- OR SENATOR
WARREN INTRODUCED THIS A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO.
IT DIDN'T PASS THE SENATE.
NOW THAT DE B IS HEAD THEY HAVE
A
BETTER MODEL.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GO FORWARD
AND IT WILL PASS.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION PASSED
RESOLUTION 801 WHICH IS A
PHENOMENAL RESOLUTION.
AGAIN THE HISTORICAL TRAUMA
THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE CAUSED
TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HERE
AND IN CANADA.
NEXT -- THE NEXT PUBLIC
COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED FOR
FRIDAY --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS FINALLY DONE.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A PUBLIC
HEARING.
IT IS ON THE IRC FOR THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE SECOND AND THIRD IT EVENT
ARE REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE INDIAN SERVICE
COMMISSION.
FINALLY WE WILL CONSIDER
LEGISLATION DESIGNATING A PARK
BOULEVARD ALONG THE WATER --
ALONG THE DOWNTOWN WATER FRONT.
PARKS JUST VERY BRIEFLY, SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECK RESAGS GEARING UP
FOR THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER
RECREATION EVENT.
THE BIG DAY OF PLAY ENGAGES
NEIGHBORS, COMMUNITIES AND
FAMILIES TO HAVE FUN, BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS AND BE ACTIVE
TOGETHER.
BIG DAY OF PLAY WILL BE HELD ON
SATURDAY AUGUST 21ST AT THE PLAY
FIELD
AND ONLINE.
THE EVENT IS COMPLETELY FREE.
PARKS IS REQUESTING VOLUNTEERS
TO HELP SET UP, PASS OUT WATER
AND MONITOR ACTIVITIES DURING
THE EVENT.
IF INTERESTED PLEASE VISIT BIG
DAY OF PLAY ORGANIZATION
VOLUNTEER.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AND I AM
GLAD RCL CITY COUNCIL DID IT
FIRST.
HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB FERGUSON
ANNOUNCED THE MEMBERS OF A
SUPPORT TEAM THAT WILL
FACILITATE THE WORKING OF THE
MISSING MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN.
THE TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
SUPPORTING THE 201 MEMBER TASK
FORCE.
IT WILL INCLUDE TRIBES AND
TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS
STATE AND LOCAL POLICY MAKERS.
OUR FRIENDS AND TRIBAL LEADERS T
FAST ILLATION TEAM IS MADE UP OF
ADAMS FROM THE NATION, AND ELLEN
AUSTIN HALL.
ANNIE IS A LEADER IN THE FIELD
OF WORK AND HAS BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE RESOURCE FOR OUR
OFFICE WHEN CRAFTING LEGISLATION
IN THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW WHO ON COUNCIL -- I
THINK IT IS COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS INVOLVED.
I HOPE WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS
ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS AS WELL.
>> OKAY.
WHOEVER IS ON IT NEEDS TO TALK
TO ME.
HOW IS THAT?
>> YOU HAVE TWO GOOD FOLKS TO
TALK TO.
>> CALL ME.
CALL ME.
THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO CALL DAN.
THANKS, DAN.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT BRIEFING?
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
AND THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND
WRAP UP THIS SECTION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M GOING TO START BECAUSE THE
UPDATES ARE VERY LONG.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES HAS BEEN
ACCUSED FROM THE MEETING TODAY
BUT WE DO HAVE 30 ITEMS ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA FROM THE
COMMITTEE THAT I WILL BE
REPORTING OUT ON THIS AFTERNOON
AND GIVING A PREVIEW OF NOW.
I WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES'S REPORT WHICH IS MOSTLY
A REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO AS I JUST SAID WE HAD A
MARATHON MEETING MOSTLY SOME
GREAT APPOINTMENTS THAT WE ARE
GEARING UP TO PUT ON A NUMBER OF
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
A TOTAL OF 30 ITEMS.
NINE APPOINTMENTS.
EIGHT APPOINTMENTS TO THE MUSIC
COMMISSION.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A
PROCLAMATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA WILL BRING ON BEHALF OF
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WHICH
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA I
BELIEVE ELUDED TO IN HER REPORT
EARLIER TODAY.
SO STARTING OFF HERE THE
CULTURAL SPACE PUBLIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS A
CRITICAL STEP IN REALIZING OUR
GOAL AS A CITY OF BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
TODAY WE ARE VOTING TO SEAT
THE FIRST GOVERNING COUNCIL OF
THE CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY.
THE COUNCIL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ENSURING THAT THE CULTURAL
SPACE AGENCY IS MEETING ITS
MISSION WITH IMPACT AND
INTEGRITY WHILE THE COUNCIL IS
NOT INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY
PLAN ANGLEMENT OF THIS AGENCY.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
AGECY'S FINANCES, PROPERTY
INVESTMENTS, COMPLIANCE AND
EXECUTIVE STAFFING.
SO, MOVING ON TO THESE
APPOINTMENTS.
THE INAUGURAL APPOINTMENTS TO
THIS BODY, GENEVA WHO HAS SERVED
ON MULTIPLE COUNCIL CAN BOARDS
INCLUDING THE AFRICAN YOUTH
UNITED HIP HOP CONGRESS, THE
MAYOR'S COUNCIL --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SHE CREATED THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
REUNION IN 2017 AS AN ANNUAL --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONFIRMING
THEIR APPOINTMENT THIS
AFTERNOON.
SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVE MARYLAND
COMMUNITY --
INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING.
CLARK IS A FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR
OF NURTURING ROOTS FARM LOCATED
ON BEACON HILL.
A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO
ADDRESSING FOOD JUSTICE ISSUES
IN THE COMMUNITY.
SHE CURRENTLY HOSTS WORKSHOPS
RANGING FROM TERMINATION TO
SYSTEMIC FOOD OPPRESSION
PARTICIPATING ON PANELS AND
LECTURES AND SHARING HER JOURNEY
AS A BLACK FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR.
SHE SPENT THE LAST 50 YEARS
BUILDING A MINISTRY OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND NATIVE
AFRICAN FOLKLORE CULTURE.
IN 1986 SHE FOUNDED THE AFRICAN
MUSIC AND DANCE COMPANY THAT
PROVIDES CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT
TO YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
SERGIO IS A PRACTICING ARCHITECT
AND GRADUATE OF BUILDING ART
SPACE EQUITABLY PROGRAM.
HE'S CO-FOUNDER OF THE UNION
STUDIO THAT WE HAVE CULTURAL
NARRATIVES INTO THE SPACE THEY
DESIGN.
MELINA HAS DEDICATED THE LAST
DECADE TO COMMUNITY AND
ENVIRONMENT HEALTH
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
CM RUIZ IS A GRAPHIC ARTIST,
CURATOR AND CULTURAL SPACE
ORGANIZER AND PRODUCER.
SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE MUCH
CELEBRATED ART SPACE AND HAS
PARTNERED WITH THE LOW-INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
JULIA IS A HIP HOP HARTIST.
MIGHTAL HAS OVER TWO DECADES
WORKING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF SEED
SOUTHEAST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO
BE APPROVING THAT SLATE OF BOARD
MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON.
AGAIN THE INAUGURAL BOARD
MEMBERS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING THOSE EFFORTS OFF THE
GROUND.
FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION WE WILL
BE CONSTITUTION --
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HE TAUGHT AT COLLEGE
OF THE ARTS IN SEATTLE FOR 26
YEARS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT CONFIRMATION.
JESSICA TUNE HAS DEDICATED HER
CAREER TO DEVELOPING AND
SUPPORTING CREATIVE COMMUNITIES
THROUGH MISSION DRIVEN ARTS AND
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.
JESSICA JOINED THE RECORDING
ACADEMY GRAMMIES IN 2019 AS AN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SERVING THE
MUSIC COMMUNITIES OF WASHINGTON,
OREGON, IDAHO, ALASKA, MONTANA,
WYOMING AND WESTERN CANADA.
NICK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CONTENT PROGRAMMING OF ALL
CONCERTS, FAMILY SHOWS AND
SPECIAL EVENTS AS WELL AS
FACILITATING THE NHL, HOCKEY AND
WNBA BASKETBALL SCHEDULES.
SHANNON IS THE FOUNDER OF
FRIENDS OF THE SHOW BOX, A
COMMUNITY COALITION OF LANDMARK
AND ICONIC MUSIC VENUES.
SHE HOLDS A MANAGEMENT POSITION
WITH THE SHOW BOX.
SHE HAS DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF AND IS
AN AEG ONE EARTH AMBASSADOR
DEDICATED TO REDUCING VENUES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
ANDREW RUNS HIS OWN PRODUCTION
ATTITUDE -- STUDIO IN SEATTLE.
AND BERRY HAS BEEN EXECUTING
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS FOR 20
YEARS.
SHE IS A NATIVE HAWAIIAN FROM
THE ISLAND OF MAUI WHOSE
EDUCATION AND MUSIC CAREER HAS
TAKEN HIM FROM SEATTLE TO LOS
ANGELES AND BACK.
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MOVING ON TO SOME OF
OUR FINAL APPOINTMENTS HERE.
WE WILL BE CONSIDERING SOPHIE
LEE.
SHE'S A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER AT
MICROSOFT AND THE BOARD CHAIR OF
A TRANSGENDER RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION.
RACHEL IS A FIRST GENERATION WHO
DRIVES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF
LGBTQ ISSUES IN HER LAW FIRM.
SHE WANTS TO DO SO IN A WAY
THAT ACKNOWLEDGES AND ADDRESSES
THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF WOMEN
IN SEATTLE.
THE HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION
APPOINTMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERING
NATASHA BENNETT.
SHE SERVES AS AN ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBER.
ALLEN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR
ASK HAS FUNCTIONED IN VARIOUS
CAPACITIES.
HE IS CURRENTLY A GRADUATE
STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
WORK AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TACOMA
AND HOLDS A BACHELORS DEGREE.
JULIA IS THE FOUNDING HEAD
ARCHITECT OF ASPIRATIONS OF THE
EQUITY CONTORTION.
SHE IS ALSO A
TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE
PRACTITIONER.
SHE IS A FIRST GENERATION
INTERSECTIONAL WOMAN AND A CHILD
OF A FORMERLY INCARCERATED
PARENT WHO IS A PASSIONATE
LEADER.
SHE HOLDS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN
SOCIOLOGY IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
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IS CLAIRE IS A DATA
DRIVEN MANAGEMENT AND
EVALUATION -- CLAIRE IS
INSPIRED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE ON A CITY BOARD OR
COMMISSION AND EAGER TO MEET NEW
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE
REAPPOINTMENTS FOR TYRONE,
AARON, JESSICA, BRIAN AND ERIKA
WHEN.
SO WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL UPDATES
FOR THE REPORT THIS AFTERNOON
THAT WILL BE FROM THAT
COMMITTEE.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A
APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HEAR ALL
THE OF THE STORIES OF ALL THE
COMMISSIONERS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THEIR APPOINTMENTS THIS
AFTERNOON.
I WILL NOTE ALL APPOINTMENTS
WERE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THE
COMMITTEE.
MOVING TON MY REPORT WE TALKED
EARLIER ABOUT THE SITUATION OF
COUNCIL BILL 120121.
I WILL FOLLOW ONE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN
BRIEFING AND FULL COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS THOSE AMENDMENTS MORE
AND THE POTENTIAL PROCESS FOR
RESOLVING THE AMENDMENTS AT THIS
AFTERNOON'S COMMITTEE.
MOVING ON TO A REPORT FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS, STRIKE THAT
SCOMBRIS INVESTMENT WE DID HAVE
A COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK.
THANK YOU THAT ALL COUNCIL
MEETINGS TO ATTENDED THAT
COMMITTEE MEETING ON PROVIDER
CAPACITY.
I NOTICED THREE BIG THEMES
COMING OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE WE
SHOULD CUE UP FOR A DISCUSSION
IN THE COUNCIL'S FALL BUDGET
SESSION IN TERMS OF HOW WE FUND
SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND
OUR PROVIDER COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT IS NOTABLE THAT LIKE
A LOT OF POSITIONS THAT
INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC IN
THIS CHALLENGING TIME NOT WHERE
THERE IS GREAT COMMUNITY NEED
FOR SUPPORT THAT THERE IS HIGH
ATTRITION, TROUBLE WITH
RETENSION AND HIGH RATES OF
VACANCIES BEING EXPERIENCED BY
LOTS OF OUR PROVIDER PARTNERS.
THIS HAS BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AND TO BE CARED FOR.
A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I
NOTICED THAT ARE RELATED -- WERE
MORE OF AN EVERY FOR -- EFFORT
FAIR
AND EQUITABLE PAY.
BY ALMOST EVERY PROVIDER THE
CRISIS IN ACCESSING BEHAVIORAL
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR
THEIR CLIENTS AND MAKING SURE
THAT THAT WORK IS BEING DONE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY
DIGGING INTO THOSE ISSUES AS WE
GO INTO THE FALL BUDGET SESSION
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN RESPOND TO
THE CRISIS WE SEE ON OUR STREETS
EVERYDAY.
CITY HALL PARK AS MANY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE PROBABLY AWARE THERE
WAS EXTENSIVE OUTREACH LAST WEEK
FROM OUR PARTNERS OVER AT JUST
CARE.
I WOULD NOTE MY GRATITUDE HERE
AT THE FRONT FOR THE EFFORTS OF
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO DEPLOY
THE INVESTMENT IN THE JUST CARE
PROGRAM AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL
RECALL THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED LEGISLATION TO FRONT
LOAD UP TO $12 MILLION TO INVEST
IN EMERGENCY HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE LIKE JUST CARE LAST
APRIL.
IT WILL ADDRESS THE
CRITICAL -- DEMAND TO OUR
NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS TO BE ABLE TO GET
INSIDE THE RESOURCE SHELTERS,
MOSTLY HOTEL BASED SHELTERS FOR
THE JUST CARE PROGRAM.
WE SAW THIS ON DISPLAY AT CITY
HALL PARK LAST WEEK.
A PREOUTREACH ESTIMATE FROM JUST
CARE WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY THE
DEFENDER ASSOCIATION ESTIMATED
THERE WERE ABOUT 77 PEOPLE
LIVING IN CITY HALL PARK.
JUST CARE IN THEIR POST OUTREACH
REPORT HAS PLACED 68 PEOPLE WHO
WERE LIVING IN CITY HALL PARK
INTO SOME FORM OF ENHANCED
SHELTER SO IN SOME CASES THERE
ARE HOTEL BASED SHELTERS.
MANY OTHER CASES CITY SHELTER
LIKE TEENY-LIKE VILLAGES.
68 PEOPLE PLACED.
SEVEN PEOPLE ARE PENDING TO BE
PLACED BASED ON ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH WORK THAT HAD TO BE
DONE WITH SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAD TO FIND MORE UNIQUE AND
BETTER RESOURCE PLACEMENTS FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH BARRIERS LIKE
BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH AND --
OR OTHER ISSUES THAT -- THERE
NEEDED TO BE A LITTLE MORE WORK
TO FIND APPROPRIATE PLACEMNT.
IN TOTAL THERE SHOULD BE
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 75 AND 78
TOTAL PLACEMENTS.
THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON
THE PENDING PLACEMENT LIST.
WOULD NOTE THAT IN TOTAL THE
AMOUNT OF FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO
BE GIVE AN PLACE TO LIVE BY FAR
EITHER MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
PARK.
THERE WERE SOE FOLKS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PARK BUT NOT LIVING
THERE WHO ARE ALSO GIVEN OFFERS
OF SHELTER AND ASSISTANCE.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN
WITH JUST CARES MODEL OF
OUTREACH THE INCREDIBLY HIGH
RATE OF ACT SEMIDANCE AND THE
INCREDIBLY LOW RATE OF
DISPLACEMENT AS WE GO FORWARD IN
HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
WE ARE CONDUCTING OUTREACH TO
OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THESE 75 OR SO PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING TO BE THESE PLACEMENTS A
WEEK AGO WERE LIVING IN AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY WERE
EXPOSED TO EXTREME HEAT.
THEY WERE EXPOSED TO WILDFIRE
SMOKE AND ARE NOW IN A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN LIVE WITH DIGNITY
AND SAFETY.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO
FOCUS THOSE PRIORITIES AS A
COUNCIL AS THIS COUNCIL HAS
CONTINUED TO REFLECT NEW OUR
BUDGET PRIORITIES THE ABILITY TO
DO MORE OUTREACH ON THE JUST
CARE MODEL HINGES ON THE
AVAILABILITY OF ENHANCED SHELTER
ASSETS THAT ARE STOOD UP.
THIS COUNCIL HAS FUNDED FOR 2021
THE 250 ENHANCED SHELTER SPACES.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE WORK TOWARDS
PARTNERING WITH THE EXECUTIVE
AND CONTINUE TO STAND UP THESE
SHELTER RESOURCES SO WE CAN
MODEL MORE OF OUR OUTREACH TO
TEAM SIZE GETTING PEOPLE INSIDE,
MINIMIZING DISPLACEMENT AND
ADDRESSING THE CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WE HAVE IN
SEATTLE.
SO WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT I
DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES AND I AM HAPPY TO HAND
IT BACK OVER THE YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
THAT WAS BIG LIFT.
BOTH YOURS AND COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES' REPORT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE
THIS SECTION WITH MY REPORT JUST
AS A REMINDER WE DO HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING SO HANG TIGHT
HERE.
I WILL TRY TO MAKE MINE AS QUICK
AS POSSIBLE.
I HAVE ONE ITEM ON TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR.
IT IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE
TRAINING COMMITTEE WHICH IS ALSO
ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
FINAL ACTION.
THE WORK OF COMMITTEE SUPPORTS
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND I
WILL SPEAK TO THIS ITEM IN MORE
DETAIL THIS AFTERNOON CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
IN ADDITIONAL I'M SPONSORING ONE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGAIN THAT.
HAT IS ITEM FOUR WHICH S
COUNCIL BILL 1201244.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE, JUST
A QUICK NOTE WE WILL HAVE OUR
REGULAR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER
14TH.
ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS
ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION OF EARLY LEARNING THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.
SO IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU HAVE A
3-YEAR-OLD OR A 4-YEAR-OLD AND
ARE INTERESTED IN ENROLLING THEM
IN THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
NOW IS THE TIME TO HEAD OVER TO
DEALS WEBSITE AND FIND
INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY.
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN APPLYING CAN GO TO THE
WEBSITE.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS ON OUR NEWS LETTER
AND POSTED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS.
LATER THIS WEEK I WILL BE
JOINING A PANEL DISCUSSION ON
GUN VIOLENCE.
THEY ARE HOLDING A TWO DAY EVENT
ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AS PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUE.
I WILL BE JOINING PANELISTS.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT IN
ADDITION TO THIS T ITEMS I
DISCUSSED IN MY PRESIDENT'S
REPORT AT THE TOP OF TODAY'S
AGENDA.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE
I MOVE US INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION?
>> ALL RIGHT.
I WILL MOVE US INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
THE PURPOSE IS TO DISCUSS
POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL
MATTERS.
I EXPECT THE TIME TO END BY
11:30 P.M.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO
BE EXTENDED BEYOND 11 -- I'M
SORRY A.M., 11:30 A.M.
F THE
EXECUTIVE JOERN IS TO BE
EXTENDED BEYOND 11:30 A.M.
I
WILL ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND
EXPECTED DURATION IN OPENED
SESSION.