>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THE NOVEMBER 1st, 2021 OUT THE
BRIEFING MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:31 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES OF
OCTOBER 25th, 2021 WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE NOW ADOPTED.
>>> PRESIDENT'S REPORT, REALLY
QUICKLY COLLEAGUES, I AM JUST A
HEADS UP THAT I WILL NOT BE
PRESENT NEXT MONDAY, WHICH I
BELIEVE IS NOVEMBER 8th.
SO, I WILL BE LEAVING THIS
AFTERNOON FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BE EXCUSED AT BOTH OUR COUNCIL
BRIEFING AND OUR FULL
CONSUMMATING.
COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS IS
THE PRO TEM FOR THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL
BE YOUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO
TEM AT BOTH THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING AND CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
MY HUGE THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR STEPPING UP TO
PRESIDE IN MY ABSENCE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
TODAY IS ALL SAINTS DAY WORK
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING IN MEXICO WHERE MY
FAMILY HAILS FROM, TODAY IS THE
DAY THAT WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR
THE PASSING OF OUR LOVED ONES.
TRADITIONALLY WE CELEBRATE BY
SETTING UP AN ALTAR TO OUR PAST
ANCESTORS WHO HAVE LEFT US,
LIGHTING CANDLES, BRINGING
THEIR FAVORITE FOOD AND SHARING
LOVING MEMORIES OF THE LEGACY
OF OUR ANCESTORS IN OUR PRESENT
LIFE.
SO, I HOPE FOR ALL OF YOU THAT
ARE CELEBRATING, THAT YOU HAVE
A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION
ACKNOWLEDGING AND REMEMBERING
THE LIVES AND THE LEGACY OF
YOUR LOVED ONES. AND MIKE
CULTURE IN PARTICULAR, WE DO
THIS AS A WAY TO INVITE THE
SOULS OF OUR ANCESTORS BACK HOME
AND COMMEMORATE THE
CELEBRATIONS BY ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING AND IN
THEIR PRESENCE.
SO, FOR ALL OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED
ONES, WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR LAWS,
OF COURSE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THIS MORNING IT WAS REPORTED
HAS RESULTED IN OVER 5 MILLION
PEOPLE DYING ACROSS OUR PLANET.
THIS PARTICULAR DAY OF THE DEAD
IS UNLIKE NO OTHER GIVEN THE
AMOUNT OF DEEP LOSS ACROSS ALL
OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO, IN RECOGNITION COLLEAGUES
OF THE PROFOUND LOSS AROUND THE
WORLD, THAT TODAY MARKS THE
LOSS OF 5 MILLION SOULS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS ACROSS THE
NATION.
TODAY, DAY OF THAT, I WOULD
LIKE US TO JUST COMMEMORATE A
MOMENT OF SILENCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE LOSS HERE IN OUR OWN
COMMUNITY AND IN OUR GLOBAL
COMMUNITY, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE PRESENCE OF ALL OF THOSE
THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOURN.
AND LOVE.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, I
APPRECIATE YOU PARTICIPTING IN
THAT AND I HOPE WE ARE ABLE TO
SPEND LOTS OF ENERGY TO OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST
PEOPLE EITHER TO COVID OR TWO
OTHER REASONS IN THE LAST YEAR
IN PARTICULAR.
>>> SHIFTING GEARS, FRIDAY
EVENING COLLEAGUES WE ARE
RECEIVED NOTICE LATE IN THE
WORKDAY FROM MAYOR DURKAN WHO
ISSUED A CIVIL EMERGENCY ORDER
ENTITLED IMMEDIATE HIRING
INCENTIVES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THIS IS A CIVIL EMERGENCY ORDER
UNDER THE CURRENT CIVIL
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, WHICH
SHE ISSUED IN MARCH OF 2020.
TO ADDRESS THE COVID-19 PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT,
WHICH WOULD BE TOTALLY
UNDERSTANDABLE SINCE WE
RECEIVED IT FRIDAY LATE IN THE
WORKDAY, THE ORDER AUTHORIZES
HIRING INCENTIVES OF UP TO
$10,000 FOR NEW HIRES AND UP TO
$25,000 FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND COMMUNITY SAFETY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
AS A REMINDER, THE RULES
PROVIDE THAT COUNCIL SHALL
QUOTE, ENDEAVOR TO ACT",
WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE ISSUANCE
OF ANY EMERGENCY ORDER.
BUT THAT HOWEVER IS NOT A
CONSTRAINING TIMELINE, AND THE
COUNCIL MAY ACT OUTSIDE OF
THAT TIMEFRAME TO DO THREE
THINGS.
THE COUNCIL MAY ACCEPT THE
EMERGENCY ORDER, THE COUNCIL
MAY AMEND THE EMERGENCY ORDER,
OR THE COUNCIL MAY REJECT THE
EMERGENCY ORDER.
THE COUNCIL HAS A FOURTH OPTION
WHICH IS TO TAKE NO ACTION,
WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY ACCEPTING
THE EMERGENCY ORDER.
SO, I WANT TO ASK THAT MY
COLLEAGUES SPENT SOME TIME WITH
THE EMERGENCY ORDER.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT COLLEAGUES
DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY
ORDER TO CENTRAL STAFF BY THE
END OF THE DAY.
THERE ARE TWO -- THREE
INDIVIDUALS EXCUSE ME ON
CENTRAL STAFF WHO WILL BE
FIELDING QUESTIONS IF ANY FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS.
SO, PLEASE SEND YOUR QUESTIONS
TO DIRECTOR ESTHER HANDY,
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST FREEMAN
AND GREG DOSS, AS THEY ARE THE
PRIMARY -- PRIMARILY RESPONSIVE
FOR LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS ON
THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT.
CENTRAL STAFF IS GOING TO
COLLATE ALL COUNCILMEMBER
QUESTIONS, AGAIN IF THERE ARE
ANY, AND REFER THEM TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MAYOR'S
OFFICE OR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AS DEEMED NECESSARY
AND APPROPRIATE.
SO AGAIN, MY REQUEST IS THAT
ANY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS SEND THOSE TO ESTHER
HANDY, FREEMAN, GREG DOSS, AND
TO DO SO BY 5:00 TODAY.
IT WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SLIGHTLY
EXPEDITED SCHEDULE, BUT IF IT
APPEARS TO ME BASED ON
CONSULTATION WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF DIRECTOR THAT THE COUNCIL
WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME ACTION,
AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, THEN
THAT DOES REQUIRE US TO ACT
RATHER QUICKLY TO ENGAGE IN ANY
OF THAT PUBLIC DISCOURSE.
SO AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
QUICK TIMELINE, BUT IT IS VERY
NECESSARY FOR US TO TURN THIS
AROUND QUICKLY IF THE COUNCIL
-- IF THE MAJORITY OF THE
COUNCIL APPEAR TO WANT TO TAKE
SPECIFIC ACTIONS.
SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
PLEASE SEND THOSE OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF BY 5:00 P.M.
TODAY.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL
AGREEING TO THIS COURSE OF
ACTION, SO THAT COUNCIL IS IN
THE BEST POSITION TO ANALYZE
THE ORDER AND RESPOND TO
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER
QUESTIONS, IF ANY.
AND THEN, HAVE A MORE INFORMED
JUDICIOUS APPROACH ON WHAT TO DO
NEXT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES?
>>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S A LONGER PRESIDENT'S
REPORT FOR ME.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE.
I WILL KEEP MY ACTUALLY
COMMITTEE REPORT NOTES MUCH
SHORTER.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE
PREVIEW OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
ACTION MY COUNCIL AND REGIONAL
COMMITTEES.
THE ORDER FOR TODAY'S REPORT
OUT WILL BE MORALES FOLLOWED BY
MOSQUEDA, PEDERSEN, SAWANT,
STRAUSS, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
LEWIS, AND THEN I WILL
CONCLUDE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING
TO HEADED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
AFTER THAT WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.
HAPPY [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ], MY DAUGHTER HAS
ALREADY SET UP OUR ALTAR AS SHE
DOES EVERY YEAR.
NOT SURE HOW SHE DECIDED THAT
THAT WAS HER JOB, BUT YOU LOVE
TO DO IT, SO -- YEAH.
WE WILL BE ENJOYING THAT TODAY.
AND REMEMBERING OUR FAMILY
MEMBERS AND CATS, LOTS OF CATS,
WHO HAVE GONE.
I HAVE NO COMMITTEE UPDATES.
WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MEETING IN DECEMBER.
BEFORE RECESS, BUT WE HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT YET
SO AS SOON AS I HAVE A FINAL
DATE I WILL MAKE SURE TO
ANNOUNCE THAT.
MY OFFICE IS WORKING TO REVIEW
OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS WE MIGHT
WANT TO MASSAGE A LITTLE BIT,
AND THEN WE WILL BE WORKING TO
FINALIZE OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE HEARING FROM A LOT OF
CONSTITUENTS ACROSS OUR
DISTRICT AND FROM FOLKS ACROSS
THE CITY, ABOUT THEIR
PRIORITIES AND REALLY, REALLY
WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO
HAVE REACHED OUT TO EXPRESS
THEIR SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY FOR
SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN.
AS WELL AS THE KIND OF --
VISION FOR A DIFFERENT WAY TO
DO HOUSING.
OR, ANOTHER ADDITIONAL WAY FOR
US TO DO HOUSING HERE.
COLLEAGUES, I DO WANT TO
ADDRESS THAT YESTERDAY THERE
WERE TWO SHOOTINGS IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
THERE WAS ALSO TWO SHOOTINGS
LAST WEEK IN THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
MY OFFICE MET WITH CONSTITUENTS
LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES
THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THAT
INTERSECTION.
WE WILL BE GOING OUT ON
NOVEMBER 9th TO MEET WITH
BUSINESS OWNERS AND NEIGHBORS,
AND WITH STREET OUTREACH
WORKERS, TO TALK ABOUT
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN
THE SURROUNDING AREA.
MY OFFICE WILL ALSO BE REACHING
OUT TO SDOT AND CITY LIGHT
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE
KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL
STREETLIGHTS THAT ARE OUT, AND
HAVE BEEN OUT ALONG SOUTH
JACKSON AS WELL.
ON FRIDAY, I ATTENDED AN
ORGANIZING MEETING WITH TENANTS
FROM THE RANIER COURT
APARTMENTS HERE IN THE
DISTRICT.
ALSO ATTENDING WERE
COUNCILMEMBERS SAWANT, AND
ORGANIZERS FROM TWO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRACT WITH
SDC I TO HELP TENANTS ORGANIZE
WHEN THEY ARE FACING ISSUES.
MY OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY
ORGANIZERS TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT
ONGOING REPAIR ISSUES, PEST
ISSUES, RESTRICTIONS ON
INTERNET.
EXCUSE ME.
INTERNET ACCESS.
RESTRICTIONS TO COMMON AREAS.
AND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLAR RENT
INCREASES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ALSO
TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LAST
WEEK'S BRIEFING.
I WANT TO THANK HER OFFICE FOR
WORKING WITH TENANTS TO SUBMIT
THEIR ISSUES TO SDCI AND TO
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
AFTER BEING CONTACTED, MY
OFFICE OFFERED TO COORDINATE A
MEETING FOR THESE ORGANIZED
TENANTS TO DIRECTLY PRESENT
THEIR DEMANDS FOR THESE ISSUES
SO THAT THEY COULD BE
ADDRESSED.
WE'VE ALSO CONTACTED THE OWNER
OF THE BUILDING AND WILL BE
SENDING A LETTER TO THEM THIS
WEEK TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT
FOR THESE TENETS AND TO ASK FOR
THESE ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED
IMMEDIATELY.
THIS WEEK MY OFFICE WILL BE
WORKING TO SET THE MEETING WITH
THE TENANTS AND S.E.E.D.
DIRECTLY.
I DO WANT TO USE THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY SUPPORT
FOR THE TENANTS IN THIS
STRUGGLE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY ASSERT
THEIR RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE, AND
TO HOLD BOTH THE PROPERTY OWNER
AND THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY
ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I DO WANT TO AFFIRM AS WELL
THAT AS SOON AS THE TENANTS
HAVE DRAFTED AND WRITTEN THEIR
OWN LETTER, MAKING DEMANDS,
I'LL BE HAPPY TO SIGN ON TO
THAT LETTER AS WELL.
TWO WEEKS AGO MY OFFICE ALSO
REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR AND TO
THE DEPUTY MAYOR ASKING FOR AN
UPDATE ON THE COMMITMENTS THAT
THE MAYOR MADE TO THE MT. BAKER
COMMUNITY TO SEVERAL ISSUES
THAT THEY BROUGHT TO HER
ATTENTION AT A COMMUNITY
MEETING EARLIER THIS FALL.
MY OFFICE, AND THESE
CONSTITUENTS, ARE STILL WAITING
FOR THAT UPDATE, AND I FEEL --
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOR A LONG TIME IN THESE
BRIEFINGS.
THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY
PATIENT WITH THE CITY SINCE MY
OFFICE STARTED ORGANIZING WITH
THEM LATE LAST YEAR.
BUT, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE
SO PATIENT.
SO, I AM ASKING THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO PLEASE RESPOND TO
THESE CONSTITUENTS WITH AN
UPDATE ON HOW THE EXECUTIVE IS
WORKING TO ADDRESS THEIR
ISSUES.
FOLKS ARE VERY FRUSTRATED.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE
LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY TO ACT
AND TO IMPLEMENT THE THINGS
THAT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR.
SO, I'M CALLING AGAIN FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ACT TO
SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE
THINGS THAT WERE COMMITTED AT
THAT MEETING.
LASTLY, I WILL BE HOLDING
OFFICE HOURS THIS THURSDAY FROM
10:00 TO NOON.
CONSTITUENTS CAN SIGN UP ON THE
COUNCIL WEBSITE TO SCHEDULE A
ONE-ON-ONE MEETING.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
>>> NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
THANKS AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR THAT IMPORTANT
REPORT.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME LAST WEEK WHERE YOU
PARTICIPATED IN THREE DAYS OF
DISCUSSION IN THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL
THE SUBMITTED WALK ON
AMENDMENTS AND THE AMENDMENTS
THAT YOU WORKED ON WITH CENTRAL
STAFF THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY
THE DEADLINE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'M
EXCITED TO HAVE HAD THAT
DISCUSSION AND I'LL BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH YOU ON WHAT IS
POSSIBLE IN THIS UPCOMING
BUDGET.
YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR
QUESTIONS WERE VERY HELPFUL FOR
THE NEXT STAGE OF THE BUDGET
PROCESS, WHICH REALLY FRANKLY
BEGAN OVER THE WEEKEND.
I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF
FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK, THEY
HAVE BEEN TAKING THE DISCUSSION
THAT WE ENDED ON FRIDAY AT
ABOUT 4:30, AND HAVE CONTINUED
TO WORK THROUGH OUT THE WEEKEND
TO TRY TO PREPARE THE UPCOMING
BALANCE PACKAGE FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK.
OUR BUDGET MANAGER FROM CENTRAL
STAFF WILL BE WORKING WITH MY
TEAM AND CENTRAL STAFF TEAM TO
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MEET WITH
YOU THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
DISCUSSING THE BUDGET PROPOSALS
THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED AND TO
HELP IDENTIFY WITH YOU THE WAYS
TO POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD ON THE
ONES THAT CAN MAKE IT INTO THE
BALANCING PACKAGE.
THIS BALANCING PACKAGE WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC ON NOVEMBER 12th HIM AND
WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC
REVIEW ON NOVEMBER 10th.
IF YOU'RE MASSAGING AMENDMENTS
AS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES JUST
NOTED, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE
DONE TODAY.
TODAY, OR TOMORROW AT THE VERY
LATEST AS WE ARE MEETING WITH
CENTRAL STAFF TODAY AND
TOMORROW TO FINALIZE OUR
AMENDMENTS.
SO, JUST WANT TO FIGHT THE FOE,
UNLESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
AMENDMENT TO THE BALANCING
PACKAGE, THOSE AMENDMENTS NEED
TO HAVE BEEN COMPLETED LAST
WEEK.
IF THERE ARE ANY LAST-MINUTE
CHANGES THAT YOU ARE WORKING
ON, OR HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT OVER
THE WEEKEND AND CHANGES THE ASK
FOR THE POLICY, PLEASE DO GET
IN TOUCH WITH THAT CENTRAL
STAFF LEAD ASAP AS THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY OFFICE
AND CENTRAL STAFF REALLY ARE
HAPPENING TODAY AND TOMORROW.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU PROVIDED
ON YOUR AMENDMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS SO MUCH NEED
IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF COVID.
I DO WISH THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE FOLDED
INTO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT
WAS SENT TO CITY COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, THIS IS OUR
OPPORTUNITY TO NOW IDENTIFY
AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE, AND HOW IT BALANCES
WITH THE INITIAL INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE TO
DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ALIGNING OUR REVENUE WITH THE
ACTUAL REVENUE FORECAST.
THAT WILL BE PRESENTED MIDWEEK
THIS WEEK.
I BELIEVE THE REVENUE FORECAST
IS SHARED ON WEDNESDAY, AND
THIS WILL BE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO
RECOGNIZE AND REALIGN WHATEVER
FORECAST PROJECTIONS ARE SHARED
ON WEDNESDAY WITH WHAT THE
ASSUMPTIONS WERE IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
A MONTH AGO WE HAD A DISCUSSION
WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND WITH THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE ABOUT THOSE
REVENUE FORECAST PROJECTIONS.
SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS
WERE THE FIRST OF THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HELD IN
OUR SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING TO REALLY SET THE STAGE
FOR HOW WE WOULD BE BUILDING A
BUDGET BASED ON THOSE
ANTICIPATED REVENUES.
AT THE TIME, MANY OF US RAISED
CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE USE OF BASELINE FORECASTING
WHEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAD
USED THE PESSIMISTIC FORECAST.
GIVING THEY ARE KNOWNS OF THE
ECONOMIC INDICATORS AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL, WHICH WE
DISCUSSED, AND THE CONTINUOUS
WAVES OF COVID, HAD RAISED
CONCERNS AT THE TIME ABOUT HOW
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY PENCIL
OUT FOR THE 2022 BUDGET, AND SO
ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL GET THE
CHANCE TO SEE IF THERE IS -- IF
THERE IS NEW INFORMATION ON HOW
ACCURATE THOSE REVENUE
PROJECTIONS WERE, AND WE NEED
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TIME TO
CONSIDER HOW THOSE ACTUAL
PROJECTIONS FACTOR INTO THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IN FRONT OF US.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A
PACKAGE FOR THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK.
AGAIN, OUR DEADLINE FOR SHARING
THAT WITH COUNCIL AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC IS NOVEMBER 10th.
ON NOVEMBER 10th AT 5:30 P.M.,
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR A
FULL COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO ENGAGE IN PROVIDING
FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS, WHAT
THEY SEE, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE
TO SEE IN THE COUNCIL'S FINAL
BUDGET.
WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT
HAD THE CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY GO AHEAD AND DO SO
AND STARTING AT 3:30 P.M., TWO
HOURS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING
ON NOVEMBER 10th, YOU CAN SIGN
UP THE SIGN-UP SHEET WILL BE
AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO HEAR FROM
EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO
COLLEAGUES AGAIN, ANOTHER LONG
NIGHT ON NOVEMBER 10th STARTING
AT 5:30 P.M.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF
YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU NEED
LANGUAGE ACCOMMODATIONS, PLEASE
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONTACT MY
OFFICE BY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5th.
THAT IS THIS WEEK.
TO SHARE WITH US YOUR REQUEST.
BECAUSE I ONLY KNOW A LITTLE
BIT OF PORTUGUESE, BUT I KNOW
SOME SPANISH, I WILL ONLY BE
ABLE TO TRANSLATE THIS INTO ONE
OTHER LANGUAGE.!!
[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
AND WE WILL PUT INFORMATION OUT
ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL, AND
SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT HOW TO
CONTACT US IF YOU NEED TO
REQUEST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
TRANSLATION BEFORE FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 5th.
WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION
TRANSLATED AND PROVIDED TO YOU
ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
I'M ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO SHARE
THAT.
AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO BOTH
DURING THE REVENUE FORECAST ON
NOVEMBER 3rd, I BELIEVE, HAVING
OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
INTERNALLY WORKED UP SO THAT WE
CAN SHARE A DRAFT COUNCIL
BUDGET WITH ALL OF YOU ON
NOVEMBER 10th.
WE WILL THEN HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC NOVEMBER 10th AT
5:30 P.M.
THEN, AGAIN ON FRIDAY, EXCUSE
ME, ON -- ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
12th WE WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES TO WALK THROUGH
VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE BUDGET.
THAT MEANS THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE COUNCIL'S DELIBERATION
ON THE DRAFT BUDGET PACKAGE
WILL BE NOVEMBER 18th AND
NOVEMBER 19th WHERE WE WILL
HAVE THE CHANCE TO HEAR
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS AND WE WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON
NOVEMBER 18th AT 9:30 A.M.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE ARE I BELIEVE IN WEEK SIX OF
EIGHT.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO,
COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>>> I WAS GOING TO JOKE AROUND
AND HAVE COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
TRANSLATE A SENTENCE INTO
PORTUGUESE SINCE SHE STATED SHE
KNOWS A LITTLE BIT OF
PORTUGUESE.
>> [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ]
>> [ LAUGHTER ] NO THANK YOU.
GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WE WILL
KEEP GOING DOWN THE LINE.
>>> NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COLLEGE.
ARE CITIES TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS NO
ITEMS ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
AGENDA.
OUR COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE
FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS OF
EACH MONTH AT 9:30 IN THE
MORNING.
EXCEPT DURING FALL BUDGET
SEASON.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1st.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A MEETING ON
DECEMBER 15th.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> SHORT AND SWEET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>>> NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
AFTER COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL
BE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED
FOR NOVEMBER 30th AT 2:00 P.M.
WHERE MY OFFICE WILL PRESENT
WITH THE ASSISTANCEOF CENTRAL
STAFF, PRESENT THE LEGISLATION
THAT MY OFFICE HAS DRAFTED FOR
RENT CONTROL CITYWIDE AND
POSSIBLY WE WILL ALSO HAVE A
LEGISLATION RELATED TO
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES.
WE ARE WORKING CURRENTLY, AS
I'VE INFORMED THE COUNCIL, WITH
THE CENTRAL STAFF, ON PREPARING
THAT.
AS I REPORTED LAST WEEK, MY
OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY SEVERAL
TENANTS AT RANIER COURT, WHICH
HAS JUST UNDER 600 TENANTS.
IT'S A BIG COMPLEX.
FOUR BUILDINGS NEAR THE MT.
BAKER NEIGHBORHOOD OWNED BY
S.E.E.D..
IT IS A NONPROFIT.
THE PROPERTY MANAGER IS A FOR
PROFIT COMPANY.
THE RENTERS HAVE STRUGGLED IN
VAIN FOR YEARS TO GET THE
OWNERS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS OF
THEIR BUILDINGS TO ADDRESS
THEIR CONCERNS.
THE RENTERS ARE WORKING PEOPLE
WHO MAKE OUR CITY RUN.
THEY ARE SENIORS, THEY ARE
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF THEM
BELONG TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
TENANTS ARE LOW INCOME.
THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
ASSISTANCE UNDER SECTION 8
HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM.
HAVE ATTEMPTED FOR YEARS TO
ADDRESS PERVASIVE PROBLEMS IN
THE APARTMENTS SUCH AS LACK OF
HEATING, MOLD, BEDBUG AND
COCKROACH INFESTATION, ALWAYS
WITH ACCUMULATING GARBAGE.
THE ABSENCE OF INTERNET ACCESS
FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.
BROKEN STOVES AND REFRIGERATORS.
NONFUNCTIONING TOILETS AND
LEAKING CEILINGS.
FOR MANY OF THE RENTERS, THE
DAILY REALITY OF LIVING IN
THESE BUILDINGS HAS BECOME A
NIGHTMARE.
NOT ONLY HAVE THOSE PEOPLE
FAILED TO ADDRESS THE NUMEROUS
PROBLEMS IN HOUSING CODE
VIOLATIONS, MANY OF THEM
EXTREME, THEY HAVE ALSO SENT
RENT INCREASE NOTICES TO MANY
OF THE TENANTS.
IN FACT, MOST OF THE TENANTS,
THE RENT INCREASES ARE AT LEAST
$100.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM TENANTS THAT
THEY ARE FACING MORE THAN 100
DOLLAR RENT INCREASES.
THE TENANTS ARE DEMANDING THE
RENT INCREASES AND DEMANDING
ALL THE HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS
BE FIXED.
THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT THE
PROPERTY MANAGER AND THE
LANDLORD END DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON RACE, NATIONALITY,
LANGUAGE OR OTHERWISE.
AND THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT
THERE IS SUFFICIENT MAINTENANCE
STAFF TO ADDRESS THE REPAIR
CONCERNS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
MY OFFICE'S COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS HAVE TALKED TO MORE
THAN 150 TENANTS.
WE HAVE ZONED OFF THE
BUILDINGS, AND WE HAVE ALSO
URGED COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.
THAT HAS RESULTED IN AT LEAST
144 EMAILS TO S.E.E.D.
FROM RENTERS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE
OUTRAGED ABOUT THE SITUATION.
AND ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20th,
MY OFFICE JOINED THE TENANTS AT
A VERY IMPORTANT RALLY THEY HAD
ORGANIZED WHERE THEY DEMANDED A
REDRESS TO THE INJUSTICE THAT
THEY ARE FACING.
THAT RALLY WAS COVERED BY KOMO
TV AND IT WAS ALSO REPORTED IN
THE STRANGER, IN THE CAPITOL
HILL SEATTLE BLOG AND IN THE
EMERALD.
FOLLOWING THAT, MY OFFICE
ORGANIZED A PRESS CONFERENCE ON
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27th, WHERE
WE HAD ABSOLUTELY RIVETING AND
MOVING TESTIMONY FROM THE
RENTERS THEMSELVES, THE TENANTS
THEMSELVES ON THE CONDITIONS
THEY ARE FACING.
I MEAN, THESE STORIES ARE JUST
STUNNING, BUT THERE ARE TOO
MANY TO SHARE DURING THE
BRIEFING.
I WOULD URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO
LOOK AT THE BLOG FROM MY OFFICE
WILL BE POSTING THE VIDEO
TESTIMONY OF ALL THESE TENANTS.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE
SPECIFIC STORY FROM A WOMAN I
SPOKE TO.
A TENANT, A BLACK SENIOR.
A LIFELONG SEATTLE COMMUNITY
MEMBER.
SHE FACES A CHRONIC MEDICAL
CONDITION.
SHE IS ON SECTION 8. SHE IS A
LOW INCOME PERSON AND SHE HAS
RECEIVED A $240 RENT INCREASE.
THIS IS JUST UNSPEAKABLE THE
WAY THESE TENANTS ARE BEING
TREATED.
WE HAVE REALLY STARTED A MAJOR
ORGANIZING EFFORTS WITH THE
TENANTS WHO ARE REALLY DESIRING
TO FIGHT AND WIN SOMETHING
SUBSTANTIAL HERE.
I SENT AN EMAIL TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, ALSO TO
OTHER COUNTY COUNCILMEMBERS.
ESTATE REPRESENTATIVE, A STATE
SENATOR.
URGING ALL OF THEM TO SEND THE
LETTER THAT I SENT TO S.E.E.D.
AND C.O.A.S.T., OR AT THE VERY
LEAST SEND THEIR OWN LETTERS.
MY OFFICE ALSO SUBMITTED
HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON
BEHALF OF THE TENANTS TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION.
AND MY STAFF HAVE ALSO SENT --
HAVE CONTACTED THE SEATTLE I.T.
DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN ADDRESSING
ONE OF THE MAJOR HOUSING CODE
VIOLATIONS, AND ALSO VIOLATIONS
OF THE RIGHTS OF SECTION 8
VOUCHER HOLDERS, IS THE LACK OF
LOW-COST INTERNET.
WHICH HAS BEEN ABSENT, THE
ACCESS TO LOW-COST INTERNET HAS
BEEN ABSENT SINCE 2017.
OBVIOUSLY ACCESS TO INTERNET,
AFFORDABLE INTERNET, ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE BROADBAND IS A BASIC
NEED NOW IN OUR SOCIETY.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC
HERE FOR THESE LOW INCOME
SENIORS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
TO NOT HAVE ACCESS IS JUST
COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS.
MY OFFICE, AS I SAID HAS
WRITTEN TO S.E.E.D.
AND C.O.A.S.T..
WE HAVE HEARD BACK FROM THE
DIRECTOR OF S.E.E.D., WHO AS
MANY MIGHT KNOW, MANY IN THE
CITY HALL ENVIRONMENT MIGHT
KNOW TOOK OVER AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF S.E.E.D.
IN JANUARY.
SO COME HE HAS BEEN IN CHARGE
FOR ALMOST A YEAR, BUT THE
CONDITIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED AT
ALL.
THEY HAVE NOT IMPROVED AT ALL.
SO, WE HEARD BACK FROM HIM
ASKING IF I COULD MEET WITH HIM.
MY OFFICE HAS RESPONDED TO HIM
SAYING THAT OF COURSE I WILL,
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MEET WITH
HIM PRIVATELY, BUT ALONGSIDE
TENANTS FROM THE RANIER COURT
BUILDINGS WHO AFTER YEARS OF
BEING THOROUGHLY IGNORED SHOULD
SURELY BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO
VOICE THEIR GRIEVANCES TO
S.E.E.D.
DIRECTLY.
WE HAVE OFFERED HIM TWO
DIFFERENT TIMES WHERE HE CAN
GIVE A RESPONSE.
I'M HOPING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
MEET WITH HIM AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE WITH THE TENANTS.
FRIDAY NIGHT MY OFFICE
ORGANIZED AND ABSOLUTELY, WHAT
TURNED OUT TO BE ABSOLUTELY AN
ELECTRIC MEETING WITH THE
TENANTS OF RANIER COURT.
WITH AT LEAST 75 TENANTS, ANY
FAMILY MEMBERS, CHILDREN,
PARTICIPATING.
ALONG WITH THE TENANTS' UNION
AND SEATTLE.
AS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
MENTIONED, SHE ATTENDED FOR
PART OF THE MEETING AND I
APPRECIATE HER JOINING US.
I REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND
SOCIALISTS IN MY OFFICE WHO
HAVE SPENT HOURS ON MANY DAYS
IN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF
ORGANIZING WITH THE TENANTS.
THESE COURAGEOUS RENTERS ARE
READY TO FIGHT, AND THEY SEE
THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ONLY
JOINING TOGETHER TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THEIR
LANDLORD AND THEIR PROPERTY
MANAGER, BUT TO FOLLOW THAT UP
TO ALSO BUILD A MOVEMENT FOR
RENT CONTROL.
NOW, THIS KIND OF ORGANIZING
DOES PUT PRESSURE ON PEOPLE IN
POWER, AND SO THE TENANTS ARE
INFORMING US THAT THEY HAVE
HEARD INITIAL MURMURS FROM
C.O.A.S.T., THE PROPERTY
MANAGER, ABOUT FIXING THE CODE
VIOLATIONS, WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE TENANTS
GETTING ORGANIZED AND NOT BEING
ISOLATED.
AS INDIVIDUAL TENANTS, BUT
COMING TOGETHER, HUNDREDS OF
TENANTS.
BUT, THE TENANTS ALSO MADE IT
VERY CLEAR AT THE FRIDAY NIGHT
MEETING THAT WHILE THEY WANT
THE HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS TO
BE FIXED, OF COURSE, BUT THEY
ARE CORRECTLY OUTRAGED AT THE
RENT INCREASES AND THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO ACCEPT ANYTHING SHORT
OF THEIR RENT INCREASES BEING
RESCINDED.
AT THE FRIDAY NIGHT MEETING,
THEY HAVE SIGNED THE -- SIGNED
A LETTER TO -- THAT IS ADDRESSED
TO S.E.E.D.
AND C.O.A.S.T., AND TO LOCAL
AFFECTED OFFICIALS WHERE THEY
ARE LISTING THEIR DEMAND AND
URGING SUPPORT FROM PROGRESSIVE
ELECTED OFFICIALS BOTH ON THE
CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO IN THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE
STATE LEGISLATURE.
WE WILL BE CIRCULATING THAT
LETTER ONCE WE GET MORE
SIGNATURES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE EACH -- MANY OF THE TENANTS
WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND
FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT THEY HAVE
SIGNED THE PETITION FOR THE
DEMANDS AS A WHOLE.
MOVING ON, ON TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS THE LEGISLATION
FROM MY OFFICE REQUIRING
CONSTRUCTION BOSSES TO
REIMBURSE WORKERS FOR THE COST
OF PARKING THAT ARE CURRENTLY
PAID BY WORKERS.
WHICH IS NOTHING SHORT OF
REQUIRING WORKERS TO PAY TO GO
TO WORK.
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL HAVE
RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF EMAILS
FROM CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND
OTHER WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN
SOLIDARITY WITH CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS, EXPRESSING OUTRAGE
THAT NO COUNCILMEMBER WAS
WILLING TO SECOND MY MOTION TWO
WEEKS AGO TO INTRODUCE THE BILL.
ITS INTRODUCTION TODAY SHOWS
THE IMPACT OF THAT GRASSROOTS
ACTIVISM.
ON TODAY'S INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR THE BILL HAS
BEEN REFERRED TO THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
MY OFFICE HAS INQUIRED WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE
ABOUT WHICH MEETING IT WILL BE
DISCUSSED IN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT A DATE HAS
NOT BEEN CHOSEN YET.
AS I HAVE OFFERED IN THE PAST,
IF COUNCILMEMBERS ARE UNWILLING
TO VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION AS
A FULL CITY COUNCIL, DURING
BUDGET, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE SPACE
FOR IT AT THE NOVEMBER 30th
MEETING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND RENTERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE,
WHICH I CHAIR.
BEFORE MOVING TO THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE IS ALSO
OKAY AS LONG AS IT WILL BE
SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA BEFORE
THE END OF 2021 AT THE END OF
THE YEAR ALL NEW COUNCIL
COMMITTEES ARE FORMED, AND I DO
NOT THINK THAT THE SUPPORT
WORKERS RIGHTS LEGISLATION
SHOULD BE REFERRED TO A
COMMITTEE THAT WILL CEASE TO
EXIST BEFORE HAVING A CHANCE TO
VOTE.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I DO NOT
AGREE WITH MOVES BY ELECTED
OFFICIALS WHICH ARE AIMED TO
DULL THE MOMENTUM OF THE
STRUGGLE.
WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE STRUGGLE
HAS MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW,
ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE
COURAGEOUS STRIKE ACTION BY THE
CARPENTERS AND BY CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS SPEAKING OUT TWO WEEKS
AGO IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, I AM ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED
TO MAKING SURE THAT THE
MOMENTUM THAT HAS BEEN
GENERATED BY WORKERS FIGHTING
BACK AND GETTING ORGANIZED IS
NOT LOST.
SO, I REALLY URGE THE COUNCIL
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VOTE ON
THIS THIS YEAR.
AS I SAID, IT'S FINE TO REFER
THE BILL TO THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE, AS LONG AS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL
FIND TIME FOR IT IN HER
DECEMBER MEETING AGENDAS.
IF IN THE FUTURE IT TURNS OUT
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE SPACE
FOR IT, ON HER FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE AGENDA, I
AGAIN AM HAPPY TO AT THAT TIME
REFER INTO THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND RENTERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
I -- LATE LAST FRIDAY, AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
SHARED A FEW MINUTES AGO,
MAYOR DURKAN ISSUED AN
EMERGENCY ORDER TO REINSTATE
HIRING BONUSES OF UP TO $25 FOR
NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
IRONICALLY, HER EXCUSE FOR THIS
EMERGENCY ORDER TO GET POLICE
EVEN MORE MONEY IS THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY.
HER ARGUMENT IS THAT BECAUSE SO
MANY POLICE OFFICERS ARE
ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC BY
REFUSING TO BE VACCINATED OR
WEAR MASKS, THEY NEED TO GIVE
THE POLICE EVEN MORE MONEY.
FIRST, LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
DOUBLE STANDARD WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT WHEN THE MAYOR ADVOCATES
FOR HIRING BONUSES IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE POLICE ARE SOME OF THE MOST
HIGHEST-PAID WORKERS AMONG THE
CITY OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEES.
MAKING MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT IS
PAID TO SOCIAL WORKERS LIKE
HOMELESS SERVICE WORKERS.
THE MAYOR HAS CLAIMED THAT SHE
COULD NOT USE THE FUNDING FOR
SHELTER AND TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE, BY
PUSHING BACK AND BEING PART OF
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET, AND ALSO
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH HOMELESS
SERVICE WORKERS TO STAFF NEW
SPACES WHERE THE HIRING BONUSES
ARE JUST A WAY FOR THE
IMPOVERISHED HOMELESS SERVICE
WORKERS TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE
TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.
WE SEE THE MAYOR LAMENTING THE
RATE OF ATTRITION AMONG POLICE
OFFICERS AS SHE LOOKED AT THE
TURNOVERS AMONG TURNOVERS.
HELLO THEIR PAY IS IN RELATION
TO THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
MOST OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS --
SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS TO LAST
A YEAR.
IT SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE
THAT THERE IS LOW MORALE AMONG
POLICE OFFICERS.
OVER THE LAST YEAR WE SAW THE
MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, WE SAW
THE SEATTLE POLICE FILLING OUR
COMMUNITIES WITH TEAR GAS, AND
SPRAYING WITH CHILDREN IN THE
FACE.
RUNNING OVER PROTESTERS' HEADS
WITH BICYCLES.
ALL OF THAT IN ADDITION TO THE
USUAL LEVELS OF VIOLENCE DONE
TO PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME PEOPLE
AND OUR NEIGHBORS BY REPRESSIVE
POLICING.
OF COURSE THERE IS LOW MORALE
AMONG POLICE OFFICERS WHEN SO
MANY ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE
CORRECTLY OUTRAGED BY THE HARM
THE POLICE TO.
THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO PRETEND
THAT THOSE PROBLEMS DO NOT
EXIST, BUT AND THAT THE
JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE DOES NOT
EXIST, THE SOLUTION IS FOR
OFFICER TO BE A HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR
WRONGDOING.
WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT --
CONTINUING TO USE THE POLICE
CONTRACT AS AN EXCUSE FOR
FAILING TO HOLD -- WE HAVE THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
CONTINUING TO USE THE POLICE
CONTRACT AS AN EXCUSE FOR
FAILING TO HOLD OFFICERS
ACCOUNTABLE.
YET, HERE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THE SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS
GUILD, AND THE MAYOR IS
OFFERING THE POLICE EXTRA
MONEY, WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT ON
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE NEW
CONTRACT, WITHOUT EVEN AN
AGREEMENT TO BE VACCINATED LIKE
EVERY OTHER CITY OF SEATTLE
WORKER.
THESE ARE NOT THE ACTIONS OF
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT TO
INCREASE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY ARE THE ACTIONS OF A
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT THAT
HAS SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS ATTEMPTING TO MANUFACTURE
A CULTURAL FEAR TO DISTRACT
FROM THEIR ABJECT REFUSAL TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
MY OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THE
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF THIS
MORNING TO PREPARE THE
LEGISLATION TO REJECT THIS
EMERGENCY ORDER TO GIVE LARGE
HIRING BONUSES FOR POLICE
OFFICERS.
OBVIOUSLY IF OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS BRING SIMILAR
LEGISLATION I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
VOTE ON THAT INSTEAD, BUT IN MY
VIEW THIS EMERGENCY ORDER IS A
TERRIBLE MISUSE OF CITY
RESOURCES THAT SHOULD BE USED
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOCIAL
SERVICES, AND INVESTING IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>>> HEARING NONE, WE ARE GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND HEAR NOW FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND
AFTER THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, COLLEGE.
HERE IN DISTRICT 6, I MET WITH
18 RESIDENTS.
SIX FROM BALLARD AND THREE FROM
FREMONT, THREE FROM GREEN LAKE,
THREE FROM GREENWOOD, ONE FROM
FINNEY, ONE FROM EAST VALLEY.
WE DISCUSSED MANY THINGS
INCLUDING TINY HOME VILLAGES,
HOMELESSNESS, SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL, GPS ROUTINGS.
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME,
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'
US BUDGET.
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO AGREEMENT
AND ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING.
LAST WEEK MY STAFF AMENDED THE
FREMONT COMMITTEE COUNCIL AND I
JOINED THE NO SEATTLE
INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS MEETING
ON TUESDAY.
I ALSO MET WITH THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER FOLLOWING UP ON A
PRESIDENT REQUEST.
LAST WEEK A PERSON DIED IN THE
BALLARD COMMENTS PARK.
THIS REPORT IS DEEPLY TRAGIC.
I'M WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
LEADERS TO BRING ADJUSTER MODEL
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE
ENCAMPMENT.
MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE PARKING
INTO SHELTER AND HOUSING.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO LET
PEOPLE SUFFER AND DIE IN OUR
PARKS.
I WANT TO SEE EVERYONE
CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE PARK
BROUGHT INSIDE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO THAT
END.
THIS COMING WEEK IN DISTRICT 6
I HAVE OFFICE HOURS THIS
THURSDAY FROM 2:00 TO 6:00 P.M..
ON TUESDAY MY STAFF WILL ATTEND
THE SPINNEY RIDGE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL.
ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER COUNCIL.
MY TEAM WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING
THE NORTH PRECINCT ADVISORY
COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY TO HEAR
FROM OUR NEW NORTH PRECINCT
CAPTAIN, KEVIN GROSSMAN.
HE WAS FORMERLY WITH THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST PRECINCTS AND
WILL BE TAKING STAFF SAMPLES AS
OF TODAY NOVEMBER 1st.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR LETTING US HAVE THE CAPTAIN.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
ATTENDING LIVE FIRE TRAINING
FOR OUR RECRUIT FIREFIGHTERS IN
EAST BALLARD TOMORROW.
IF YOU SEAPLANES UP ON 57th
2010:00 A.M.
AND 12:00 NOON PLEASE KNOW THIS
IS A TURNING FIVE.
I CONTINUE TO HOLD OPERATIONAL
MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS
, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND
NONGOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO MAKE
MEANINGFUL INTERVENTIONS AND
IMPACTS TO ADJUST HOMELESSNESS
IN SPECIFIC PLACES.
THESE MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE
MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK UNTIL THE
TRANSFER TO THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY IS
COMPLETE.
MY OTHER WORK LAST WEEK, ALONG
WITH MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS,
WE HAD THREE INTENSE DAYS OF
PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT
BRIEFINGS WITH 24 HOURS OF
COMMITTEE.
A BIG THANK YOU AND IMMENSE
APPRECIATION TO OUR LEGISLATIVE
CENTRAL STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR
HARD WORK LAST WEEK OVER THE
WEEKEND AND GOING FORWARD
THROUGH THIS ENTIRE BUDGET
PROCESS.
LAST WEDNESDAY I HAVE MY
REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING WITH
CHIEF DIAZ REGARDING THE RASH
OF LOCAL BUSINESS BREAK-INS IN
BALLARD, FREMONT, AND PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES AND CROWN HELP.
THIS COMING WEEK I WILL BE
FOCUSED ON THE NEXT STEPS OF
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'LL ATTEND THE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
MEET WITH THE SDOT DIRECTOR AND
PARKS SUPERINTENDENT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WILL
HAVE OFFICE HOURS ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FROM 2:00 P.M.
TO 6:00 P.M.
IN THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE THERE
ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE LAND USE
A NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE ON
TODAY'S FULL AGENDA.
THERE IS ONE ITEM FROM THE LAND
USE A NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
FROM TODAY'S INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
COUNCIL BILL 120213 WHICH
EXTENDS THE EXISTING MORATORIUM
ON REDEVELOPMENT OF
MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.
WE NOW HAVE A PLAN TO CONSIDER
PERMANENT REGULATIONS FOR
MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS IN
DECEMBER.
I CAN'T SURE ENOUGH MY GRATITUDE
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK TO
GET US TO THIS FINAL POINT.
HOWEVER, EVEN UNDER THE FASTEST
POSSIBLE TIMELINE FOR PASSING
PERMANENT REGULATION, THERE
WOULD BE A LAPSE BETWEEN THE
EXPIRATION OF THE MORATORIUM
AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
PERMANENT REGULATIONS.
SO, EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM
ONE FINAL TIME WILL ENSURE THAT
NO MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS FILE
FOR REDEVELOPMENT BEFORE THE
REGULATION IS TAKE EFFECT.
I PLAN TO HAVE THE MANUFACTURED
HOME PARK REGULATION AT THE
COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC UNION VOTE
ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 6th.
THEN, ALSO SEPARATELY, THERE IS
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAND
USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
TODAY AFTER FULL COUNCIL.
OR COME AFTER COUNCIL BRIEFING
EXCUSE ME.
AT 10:30 A.M., WHICHEVER IS
LATER.
WE PLAN TO VOTE ON CLERK FILE
314367, WHICH IS A CONTRACT
REASON OF 143023.
I EXPECT THIS MEETING TO TAKE
LESS THAN ONE HOUR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
>>> I'M NOT HEARING ANY.
THANKS AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I THINK
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND WORKING
WITH CAPTAIN GROSSMAN TO BE A
REAL PLEASURE.
HE IS VERY RESPONSIVE AND VERY,
VERY HELPFUL AND SERVED THIS
OFFICE PRECINCT VERY WELL.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT SHOUT
OUT.
I JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH
THE REQUISITE NO FULL COUNCIL
ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THIS WEEK.
AND NO COMMITTEE MEETING THIS
WEEK.
AS FAR AS UPDATES FROM
DEPARTMENTS UNDER MY COMMITTEE
PURVIEW, FIRST WITH HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW
THAT THE SEATTLE RELIEF FUND
APPLICATION PROCESS STARTED ON
OCTOBER 25th.
IT CLOSES ON NOVEMBER 15th.
AT 11:59 P.M.
THERE IS $16 MILLION IN DIRECT
PAYOUTS AVAILABLE FOR LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY
THE PANDEMIC.
JUST AS A REMINDER, COUNCIL
APPROVED THIS FUNDING THROUGH
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
ON ITS FIRST DAY, ALMOST 10,000
APPLICATIONS WERE STARTED, AND
OVER 3400 WERE SUBMITTED.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS, ARE
CONTRACTING WITH 46 COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS ON OUTREACH
AND APPLICATION EFFORTS.
ONE-TIME PAYMENTS BETWEEN $1000
AND $3000 ARE AVAILABLE PER
HOUSEHOLD.
AND THE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE
IS AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE
LANGUAGES, AND WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, YOU CAN FIND THE
LIST ONLINE.
IF YOUR HOUSEHOLD IS LOW INCOME
AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON EITHER
LIVES IN SEATTLE OR ATTENDS
SCHOOL IN SEATTLE, OR HAS AN
ART STUDIO OR REHEARSAL SPACE
IN SEATTLE, YOU MIGHT BE
ELIGIBLE.
YOU CAN FIND MORE AND APPLY AT
SEATTLE RELIEF.COM.
ON THE PUBLIC-HEALTH SIDE OF
THINGS, THE CITY OPENED UP A
NEW VACCINATION HUB IN WEST
SEATTLE'S HIGH POINT
NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT FRIDAY.
THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN
THE CITY, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE,
AND THE PLIABLE MOBILE HOME --
I'M SORRY MOBILE NURSING TEAMS.
AND THEY ARE AN EXCITING NEW
BUSINESS THAT IS OWNED AND
OPERATED BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS
FROM WEST SEATTLE WHO SAW A NEED
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AT
PLIABLE, AND AND ALWAYS THE
ASSISTANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD
HEALTH AND SERVING.
THE HIGH POINT COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
THE WEST SEATTLE SITE IS OPEN
ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
SOUTH LAKE UNION DOWNTOWN,
WHICH IS OPEN ON WEEKENDS.
AND THE SOUTH SEATTLE SITE IS
EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED VERY
SOON.
THE CITY RUN SITES OFFER FIRST,
SECOND SHOT, OR BOOSTERS.
ONCE CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE
ELIGIBLE, THEY WILL ALSO BE
ABLE TO GET VACCINATED THERE AS
WELL.
VACCINATION IS ALWAYS FREE,
REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP
STATUS.
AND REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE,
BUT IT IS NOT REQUIRED AT
SEATTLE.GOV/VACCINE.
FREE RIDES TO AND FROM
VACCINATION, FREE CHILDCARE,
ARE OFFERED SEPARATELY WITH
PREREGISTRATION.
YOU CAN FIND DETAILS FOR THOSE
SERVICES AS WELL AT
SEATTLE.GOV/VACCINES.
JUST A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT THE
MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM
FRIDAY EVENING.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
LAYING OUT SOME OF THE PROCESS
ISSUES INHERENT IN THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNCIL NEXT
STEPS.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THE
MAYOR PROPOSED HIRING BONUSES
FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE
BUDGET, SHE DID NOT INCLUDE
HIRING BONUSES FOR 911 CALL
DISPATCHERS, AS IS PROPOSED IN
THIS PARTICULAR EMERGENCY ORDER.
THE SHORTAGE OF 911 DISPATCHERS
AT THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER IS AN
ISSUE THAT I IDENTIFY IN MY
BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, AS PART OF AN
EFFORT TO STUDY WHETHER OR NOT
HIRING BONUSES MAKE SENSE FOR
OTHER POSITIONS IN THE CITY.
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I
SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THE
NEED, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, FOR
911 DISPATCHERS.
THOSE INTERESTED SHOULD CHECK
THE MUNICIPAL CODE GOVERNS THE
PROCLAMATION OF A CIVIL
EMERGENCY.
NOTING THAT AS A POINT OF
REFERENCE TO THE LISTENING
PUBLIC.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT DOLLAR
FIGURES.
THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO FUND
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, ARE
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR BONUSES FOR
POLICE OFFICERS. OVER A BUDGET
WE JUST RECEIVED A MONTH AGO.
THE PROPOSAL RELEASED IN LATE
SEPTEMBER, BUDGET PROPOSAL, PUT
IT UP TO $7500 FOR NEW HIRES,
AND 1500 FOR LATERAL HIRES.
THIS NEW PROPOSED EMERGENCY
ORDER PROVIDES UP TO [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND UP TO
$20,000 FOR NEW HIRES.
WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE 2022
BUDGET IS $1.09 MILLION.
MEANING THE INCLUSION OF THE
INCREASE OF THE COST OF THE
BONUS FOR BOTH LATERAL HIRES
AND NEW HIRES, AND ADDING THE
FUNDING FOR BONUSES FOR 911
CALL TAKERS, MEANS THAT THE
MAYOR'S OWN PROPOSED BUDGET
FALLS FAR SHORT OF THE LIKELY
COST OF HER PROPOSED 2022
BUDGET PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER OR NOT
FUNDING IN THE 2021 BUDGET IS
SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE PROGRAM
TO BEGIN OPERATING AS
ENVISIONED.
ALTHOUGH I DO RECOGNIZE AT
COUNCIL LAST -- $1 MILLION IN
THE SPD BUDGET. WE JUST
RECENTLY MADE THE MIDYEAR
BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.
I GUESS THAT WILL TEACH US TO
DO THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ] WHEN ASKED TO
ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY IN
THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE
DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AS PART
OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I STATED AS MUCH A COUPLE
MONTHS AGO.
AND HOPE THAT THAT'S HOW WE
MOVE FORWARD.
SO, IN ESSENCE, THIS EMERGENCY
ORDER WOULDN'T ACTUALLY AMEND
THE 2021 BUDGET, BUT WITHOUT
SUFFICIENT FUNDS SOURCE
IDENTIFIED BY THE MAYOR FOR HER
OWN PROGRAM.
SO, WANT TO LAY OUT THAT IN
CONSIDERING 2021 FUNDS IN SPD
FOR THE SALARY BUDGET, THERE
WERE SOME THAT WERE NOT NEEDED.
THE COUNCIL LEFT ABOUT $1
MILLION, AND THEN AS IT RELATES
TO THE CSC SEE, WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS SUFFICIENT FUNDING IN
THE 2021 BUDGET NOW.
THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK WE
NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A
MORE CAREFUL LOOK AT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR
NOT WE INTEND TO AMEND, REJECT
OR ACCEPT THIS EMERGENCY ORDER.
WAS A VACANCY RATE ASSUMED IN
THE CSCC 2021 BUDGET?
AND THAT VACANCY RATE WAS ABOUT
15%.
THAT IS LESS, I'M SORRY THAT --
YES, THAT VACANCY RATE IS LESS
THAN WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE CSCC
IS EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW, BUT
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE MAY
BE FUNDS THERE.
AGAIN, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE
EXISTING FUNDS IN THE 2021
BUDGET, IS ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT I THINK WE NEED TO
CONSIDER.
WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE
SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE 2022
BUDGET TO FUND THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SOMETHING
THAT I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE
DISCUSSING WITHIN THE CONTEXT
OF THE 2022 BUDGET.
RATHER THAN AS IT RELATES TO
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER.
SO, THAT IS SORT OF WHERE I'M
AT AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS MIGHT HAVE.
AND GIFT WRAPPING UP HERE, WANT
TO JUST MAKE NOTE THAT AN ITEM
COMING UP THIS WEEK, I DO HAVE
A VERY -- CRIMINAL EAG MEETING
ON THURSDAY EVENING.
I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WHO LIVE
IN THE VERY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE
A LOT OF CONCERNS AND INTEREST
IN THE PROPOSED CHANGES, AND
WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
ATTENDING THAT MEETING AND
HEARING MORE BOTH FROM THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FROM THE
WASHINGTON STATE FAIRIES AND
THEIR PROPOSAL.
AND THEN, JUST CLOSING OUT, I
DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT
WILL BE SHARED. IT'S A
PROCLAMATION FOR FAMILY
CAREGIVERS SUPPORT MONTH.
NOVEMBER IS FAMILY CAREGIVER
SUPPORT MONTH, AND IN
RECOGNITION WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT'S DIVISION TO BRING
FORWARD A PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING IT AS FAMILY
CAREGIVER SUPPORT MONTH.
THE MAYOR IS CONCURRING, AND
JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND, WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES ESTIMATES THAT THERE
AE 200,000 UNPAID CAREGIVERS
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HELP .
SOMEONE AGE 18 OR OLDER WHO
NEEDS REGULAR CARE TO REMAIN AT
HOME RATHER THAN MOVING TO A
CARE FACILITY.
THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING
FAMILY CAREGIVERS AS
CONTRIBUTORS, TO THE STRENGTH
OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL TO
PROVIDE REGULAR RESPITE FOR
FAMILY CAREGIVERS IF THEY ARE
ABLE AND TO LEARN ABOUT SERVICES
THAT CAN SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL,
MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELL-
BEING.
MY OFFICE CIRCULATED ON FRIDAY.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I
THINK I SHOULD JUST HANDED OVER
TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO
WALK US THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS
OF SECURING SIGNATURES ON THE
PROCLAMATION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WE WOULD DO THAT NOW.
FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA OF
COURSE I HAD TO LEAVE AT ABOUT
10:20 FOR A COUNCIL BUDGET
RELATED MEETING.
SO, SHE WILL BE ASKED IF SHE
WOULD LIKE TO AFFIX HER
SIGNATURE TO THE PROCLAMATION
DURING THIS AFTERNOON'S FULL
COUNCIL MEETING.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROCLAMATION?
HEARING NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROCLAMATION, WILL THE CLERK
úPLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 2020 AS
FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT MONTH
IN SEATTLE?
>> MORALES?
MORALES?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD CRISMARK
>> YEAH.
>> JUAREZ QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
MIKE LEWIS QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
EIGHT SIGNATURES.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I WOULD BE REMISS IN MY
OPENING REMARKS WHEN I NOTED
HOW MUCH I BELIEVE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND HIS
CONSTITUENTS WILL ENJOY WORKING
WITH CAPTAIN GROSSMAN.
I DID WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC
RECOGNITION AND WELCOME OF THE
NEW SOUTHWEST PRECINCT CAPTAIN,
MARK RIVERA.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HIM AND I KNOW MY
CONSTITUENTS WILL AS WELL,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
FOR COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>>> HEARING NONE, WE WILL
CONTINUE DOWN THE LINE HERE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
COMMAND AFTER THAT WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M STILL HAVING SOME COMPUTER
ISSUES BUT I THINK WE ARE OKAY.
LET'S SEE.
I APOLOGIZE.
I HAVE FOUR ISSUES TO SPEAK ON
THIS MORNING.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
THE PUBLIC ASSETS AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE, THERE
ARE FIVE AGENDAS -- FIVE
AGENDAS -- FIVE ITEMS ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THEM.
ALL FIVE ITEMS ARE APPOINTMENTS
TO THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
RECREATION COMMISSION.
IN JUNE, OUR 2021 MPD,
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
MEETING WE APPROVED LEGISLATION
COMBINING THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS AND PARK DISTRICT
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
INTO WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE
BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION.
THE INTENT WAS TO STREAMLINE
EFFORTS ORIGINALLY DUPLICATED
IN THESE ADVISORY ENTITIES.
THIS AFTERNOON'S APPOINTMENTS
ARE A TECHNICAL SHIFT TO UPDATE
THE APPOINTMENT PACKAGE TO SHOW
THE NEW ADVISORY COMMISSION.
BOARD MEMBERS ARE FROM THE
COMMUNITY WHO ADVISE AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT, THE MAYOR, AND
THE CITY COUNCIL, ON PARKS AND
RECREATION MATTERS.
THIS INCLUDES CHANGES TO PARK
POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES.
PLEASE KNOW THEY ARE CURRENTLY
VACANCIES IN CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICTS ONE, FOUR, SIX,
SEVEN, AND ONE CITYWIDE
POSITION.
THAT IS VACANCIES IN DISTRICTS
ONE, FOUR, SIX AND SEVEN.
AND ONE CITYWIDE POSITION.
APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE
FOUND ON THE SEATTLE BOARD AND
COMMISSIONS WEBSITE.
PARKS, LET'S SEE.
BETWEEN OCTOBER 20th AND
OCTOBER 26th, THE PARKS' SHOWER
PROGRAM SERVED 177 PEOPLE AT
SIX COMMUNITY CENTERS.
PARKS IS PARTNERING WITH THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR
THE ARTS IN THE PARKS PROGRAM.
THIS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS
FESTIVALS OR EVENTS THAT
PROMOTE ARTS, CELEBRATE
DIVERSITY, BUILD COMMUNITY
CONNECTIONS AND ACTIVATE PARKS.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS
DECEMBER 1st.
SEE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BLOG
OR OUR OFFICE FOR MORE DETAILS
AND INFORMATION.
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS
PROMOTING THE LIBRARY LEVY
SURVEY TO THE COMMUNITY.
SURVEY RESULTS WILL HELP THE
LIBRARY PRIORITIZE FUNDS IN THE
SHORT TERM AND FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE LEVY WHICH
EXPIRES IN 2026.
THE SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE
LIBRARY'S WEBSITE.
NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU
SHOULD THIS MORNING, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL
INDIGENOUS HERITAGE MONTH.
THIS MONTH IS A TIME TO REVISIT
THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS
OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA
NATIVES IN EDUCATION, ART,
LITERATURE, GOVERNMENT, SPORTS,
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY PAST AND
PRESENT.
WITH THAT, I'M EXCITED TO
WELCOME TO THE CITY AS THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISERCOUNCIL
LIAISON.
FRANCESCA IS SHANI AN ENROLLED
MEMBER OF THE SHAWNEE NATION.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WORKED FOR THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH FOR
DRIVING THE POLICY AND
>>> WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE
FRAN CHEFKA IN THIS NEW JOB.
SHE STARTED WITH LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET.
THE COUNCIL WILL ADVISE ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND CITY LEADERS
REGARDING POLICIES RELEVANT TO
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING FRAN
CHES CUTO THE CITY.
THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE,
BILL 120188 WHICH WILL CREATE
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
ON DECEMBER 7th.
THAT'S OUR NEXT MEETING.
AN UPDATE FOR THOSE OF YOU
REGARDING THE CONTRACT, THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE WOODLAND MARK ZOO SOCIETY.
THAT IS THE OPERATIONS AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE WOODLAND PARK
ZOO.
ASYOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR LAST
MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10th.
SAID I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT
THE DEADLINE.
AMENDMENTS ARE DUE, TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 30th.
SO IF YOU ARE -- WE ARE LOOKING
AT THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO
SOCIETY.
SO LEZE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TIME
TO REVIEW WITH LEGAL.
SO WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING THIS
CONTRACT AND DISCUSSING THIS
SINCE LAST SUMMER.
OUR LAST MEETING WAS SEPTEMBER
10th.
I HAVE GIVEN EVERYONE A LONG
RUNWAY TO CLEAR ANY LEGAL ISSUES
THEY MAY HAVE OUR QUESTIONS,
THROUGH LEGAL, NOT ME.
OUR MEETING IS DECEMBER 7th.
YOU HAVE HAD ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
I BELIEVE DEADLINES MEAN
SOMETHING.
SO IF YOUR AMENDMENTS ARE NOT IN
AFTER NOVEMBER 30th, THEY ARE
NOT IN AND WE WILL NOT ENTERTAIN
THEM.
I'M GOING TO END ON A PERSONAL
NOTE TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FOR TEEING US UP FOR
WHAT THIS MONTH MEANS.
THIS NATIONAL INDIGENOUS
HERITAGE MONTH, I THINK ONE OF
THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE
BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE NATIVE
ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, ALL THE
TIME, THE IRONY AND THE
HYPOCRISY OF WHAT I'M WATCHING
IN THIS BASEBALL GAME OF THIS
CAMP THING WHICH IS PARTICULARLY
SICKENING AND SADDENING.
AS WE KNOW, IN 1830, PRESIDENT
ANDREW JACKSON DROVE OUT AND
KILLED ALL OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
LAST TIME WE CHEGED, THE
POPULATION FOR NATIVE PEOPLE WAS
0.4%.
SO WHEN THEY QUESTIONED THE TEAM
LEADER ABOUT THE RACIST NATURE
OF THE CHANT, I FOUND IT
AMUSING, INSULTING, AND RACIST
THAT THE RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY
HAD CHECKED WITH THE NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
WELL, SIR, THEY ARE NOT THERE.
YOU PRETTY MUCH KILLED THEM ALL
IN 1830.
THAT CULMINATING IN THE TRAIL OF
TEARS WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE
FOLKS DRIVEN OUT ON FOOT AND
KILLED IN ONE OF THE SADDEST
CHAPTERS IN OUR COUNTRY'S
HISTORY.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN AND SHARE
SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT I
FORMALLY DON'T SHARE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK
DANA AND JOSEPH FOR THREE WEEKS
AGO PUTTING IN HER CLIPS, THE
DEATH OF CHIEF EARL PERSON FROM
THE BLACK FEET NATION.
WE LOST HIM ON OCTOBER 13th, HE
WAS 92.
ORIGINAL SPEAKER OF THE BLACK
FEET LANGUAGE.
HE SERVED FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS
ON OUR COUNCIL.
HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY.
WE BURIED HIM ON AUTH 23rd.
EVERYONE WAS THERE.
I COULDN'T MAKE IT AS YOU KNOW.
BUT WE ALSO HAD FORMER SENATORS
AND GOVERNORS AND CURRENT
SENATORS AND GOVERNORS.
AND WHEN THEY TOOK EARL OUT, HIS
GRANDSON, USING HIS GRANDFATHER
EARL'S DRUM, SANG A TRADITIONAL
GOING HOME SONG, BLACK FEET
GOING HOME SONG, WHEN WE SAY
GOODBYE.
IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.
IF SOME OF YOU WANT TO WATCH IT,
IT'S ON YOUTUBE.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO COULDN'T
MAKE IT, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL
FOR ME.
SO I DO MISS THAT DRUM IN THAT
SONG.
SO THE JUXTAPOSITION IS THIS.
WHEN I TURN ON THE TV LAST NIGHT
AND I COMPARE WHAT I KNOW TO BE
TRUE AS A SONG, TO HEAR THAT
RACIST IDIOTIC RACIST CHANT, TO
TELL THE COUNTRY HAS NOT COME
THAT FAR TO TREAT US AS HUMAN
BEINGS AND I'M TIRED OF IT.
SO WHEN I HEAR THE RACIST CHANT,
I'M NOT JUST ANGRY.
I'M SICKENED.
I DON'T NEED AN INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE'S DAY OR A NATIVE
AMERICAN DAY.
ALL I NEED IS FOR THIS COUNTRY
TO SEE THE HUMANITY IN US AND
THAT WE ARE STILL HERE.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT AFTER ALL
THIS THAT THINGS WOULD CHANGE
AND SOME THINGS JUST DON'T
CHANGE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT I COULD SHARE
THAT WITH YOU COLLEAGUES BECAUSE
I THINK YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL
ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.
I OFTEN DON'T SAY A LOT
POLITICALLY ABOUT SOME THINGS
BECAUSE SOMETIMES I DON'T
BELIEVE IT IS MY PLACE.
BUT THIS MORNIN, I'M FEELING
THAT AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT
WITH YOU, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JUAREZ,
WE APPRECIATE IT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE
POWERFUL WORDS AND REMINDER OF
HOW FAR WE HAVE COME IN SOME
WAYS BUT HOW MUCH FURTHER WE
HAVE TO TRAVEL IN THIS JOURNEY
FOR TRUE JUSTICE, RESPECT, KW
EQUITY IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN ISSUES LIKE
THE ONE THAT YOU DESCRIBE
HAPPEN, EVEN OUTSIDE OF OUR
CITY, IT STILL HAS A HUGE IMPACT
ON NATIVE PEOPLES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AS ONE COLLECTIVE
COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US AS
ALLIES TO THE NATIVE COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LIFTING
THAT UP.
AND PUTTING DOWN AN IMPORTANT
CHALLENGE FOR US TO DO PETTER
AND DO BETTER.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.
I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT HARD TO
ASK PEOPLE NOT TO DRESS UP AS
INDIANS ON HALLOWEEN AND NOT DO
THIS RACIST CHOP CHANT.
IT ISN'T ABOUT BEING A SNOW
FLAKE, OH, IT HURTS.
WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH
THESETROPES MY WHOLE LIFE.
THE RED SKINS, THE BRAVES.
IT IS JUST BULL [ BLEEP ] I'M
SORRY.
SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.
I'M DONE.
I WILL GO DRIPG MY TEA NOW.
>> I HEAR YOU.
OUR CULTURE IS NOT A COSTUME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO SAY
IT.
>> PRAISE BE, THANK YOU, LORD.
>> OKAY.
WE WILL KEEP GOING DOWN THE
LINE.
AND NEXT UP IS EULESS AND I WILL
END THIS PORTION OF THIS
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'LL BE PREEF SO WE CAN GET TO
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE LATER
THIS MORNING.
SO LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THERE IS
NOT REALLY MUCH LEGISLATING
GOING ON FOR THE COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS.
EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR THE
BALANCING PACKAGE THAT WILL BE
ASSEMBLED THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK I WILL BE DOING A TOUR
OF THE 911 CALL CENTER WHICH IS
CURRENTLY HOUSED IN THE WEST
PRECINCT AND PART OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT CREATED IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET.
I WILL ALSO ATTEND THE PUGET
SOUND REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT
MEETING THIS COMING THURSDAY.
ON TUESDAY, I'M VERY MUCH
LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET, PDA'S CREATION AT
THE BALLOT WHICH SHOULD BE A
REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
GATHER WITH MEMBERS OF THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET COMMUNITY TO
COMMEMORATE THE AUSPICIOUS
DECISION THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF CIVIC PLACE MAKING IN
OUR CITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE, MADAM PRESIDENT,
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO REPORT THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I WILL GO THROUGH
MY REPORT HERE.
NOTHING ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
INTRODUCTION OR ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ORDINANCE FOR
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING ANNOUNCED
$945,000 OF AWARDS FOR THE
FAMILIES EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL
AND PROMISE LEV IES TO SUPPORT
FIVE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
FACILITIES.
THESE INVESTMENTS WILL SUPPORT
OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES, SUPPORT
DINE WORK AND PERMITTING FEES
AND FUND CRITICAL PLUMBING
UPDATES.
THE CLASSROOMS ARE IN WEST
SEATTLE, SOUTH SEATTLE, OTHELLO,
AND THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND
DOWNTOWN.
OUR SUPPORT IS UNIQUE IN THIS
AREA AS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EARLY LEARNING CLASSROOM
FACILITIES IS VERY SKWARS AT XAE
LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.
SO WE HAVE NEARLY A MILLION TO
ADDRESS THE ONGOING CHILD CARE
NEEDS IN OUR CITY.
LAST WEEK THE FAMILY EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVIES
OVER SOIKT COMMITTEE HAD A
MEETING AND RECEIVED AN UPDATE
ON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE,
SPECIFIC, AND RESPONSIVE
INVESTMENTS.
ONE EXAMPLE WAS THE KEY MAKERS
PROGRAM WHERE WE PARTNER WITH
THE OFFICE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MALE ACHIEVEMENT TO SUPPORT AND
INVEST IN BLACK BOYS IN MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL.
SINCE 2017, 362 STUDENTS
PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM
HAVE RECEIVED CITY SUPPORT TO
IMPROVE EDUCATION OUTCOME,
DEVELOP AS LEADERS AND PAUSE
TIVLY AFIRM THEIR IDENTITIES.
MY THANKS TO THE SCHOOLS AND
DEAL STAFF FOR THE IMPORTANT
WORK IN THIS AREA AND FOR MAKING
THESE INVESTMENTS IN THESE YOUNG
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
REPORT ON BEHALF OF MY OFFICE OR
THE GOVERNANCE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN?