>>> RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
>> WE ARE RECORDING.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
WELCOME BACK.
IT IS 2:00 P.M.
I AM LLERENA GONZALEZ,
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
HE MET HER BOLD.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> MORALES?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ WILL BE EXCUSED FROM
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED
FROM TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
>>> PRESENTATIONS IS NEXT
COLLEAGUES AS WE DISCUSSED THIS
MORNING DURING OUR COUNCIL
BRIEFING, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS A PROCLAMATION
HONORING DAVE SCHMITZ, PAST
PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF A
LOCAL UNION.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION AND
THEN I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.
AFTER THAT WE WILL SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO
ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND
PROVIDE COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO MAKE
THIS PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
ABLE TO BRING FORWARD THIS
PROCLAMATION TODAY RECOGNIZING
AND HONOR IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT,
AND HONOR -- I CAN'T IN THE
SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND A
FRIEND AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER, DAVE SCHMITZ.
IT WAS THE FOUNDING MEMBER AND
PAST ON SUNDAY, JUNE 20th.
AFTER A LIFETIME OF FIGHTING
ALONGSIDE WORKERS TO IMPROVE
WORKING CONDITIONS, IMPROVE
COMMUNITY AND THE LIFE AND
HEALTH OF WORKERS ACROSS
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATE, AND
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
THEY PROVIDED CRUCIAL
LEADERSHIP IN THE FIGHT FOR 15
THAT STARTED RIGHT HERE IN
SEATAC AND MOVED ACROSS THE
NATIONAL STAGE.
NOTABLY AND IMPORTANTLY, DAVE
HELPED SET THE STANDARD FOR
RACIAL RECKONING IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT LOCALLY AND AMONG
INTERNATIONAL UNIONS ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY.
DAVE GREW UP RIGHT IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT WITH HIS PEOPLE POWERS
WORKERS SENT.
APPROACH STARTING FROM WHEN HE
WAS A LOCAL GROCERY STORE
WORKER.
HE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A UNION IN
EASTERN WASHINGTON.
IN SEATTLE HE WORKED AS A
INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM OF HIS
UNION.
AND BECAME AN ACTIVE AND STRONG
ADVOCATE FOR WORKERS RIGHTS.
DAVE'S IMPACTS HAVE BEEN FELT
FAR BEYOND SEATTLE AND FAR
BEYOND WASHINGTON STATE AND
HELPING TO PROTECT WORKER
HEALTH, RAISE WAGES, AND SAVE
PENSIONS OF THOUSANDS HERE IN
THE MEAT DEPARTMENT AND FOR
RETIREES AND MANY MORE.
WHEN I HAVE THE CHANCE TO WORK
ITH DAVE WHEN I WAS
WASHINGTON STATE LABOR COUNCIL,
HE WORKED TO CONSTANTLY MAKE
SURE WE WERE FIGHTING FOR
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL.
HE WAS CONSTANTLY BY MY SIDE AS
WE WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, AND THEN
AS WE FOUGHT AGAINST EMPLOYERS
WHO TRIED TO USE THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT AS A RACE TO THE
BOTTOM IN SETTING LOWER
STANDARDS.
HE FOUGHT FOR HEALTHCARE AND
BENEFITS FOR ALL BY SAYING THAT
WE SHOULD NOT BE BARGAINING
HEALTHCARE BECAUSE WHEN WE TAKE
HEALTHCARE OF THE BARGAINING
TABLE WE CAN ACTUALLY BARGAIN
FOR BETTER WAGES AND CONDITIONS
FOR WORKERS.
FIGHTING FOR HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
WAS SOMETHING I WOULD
CONSTANTLY ADMIRE AND DO IN HIS
NAME.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH
DAVE AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE
ABLE TO LEARN FROM HIM AND HIS
ORGANIZATIONAL STYLE.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS LAST
AND HIS BOOMING VOICE THAT
CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE ROOM.
I DO WANT TO HAVE A SECOND TO
READ FROM THE PROCLAMATION IF I
MAY.
WHERE IS DAVE SCHMITZ LED WITH
VISION FROM EARLY ON HIS CAREER
STANDING UP TO FIGHT AGAINST
APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA, TO
HELP AND GUIDE EARLY
ENDORSEMENTS OF THEN SENATOR
OBAMA IN 2008.
TO HIS EARLY LABOR LEADERSHIP
TO HELP PASS MARRIAGE EQUALITY
AND REFERENDUM 74 WHEREAS DAVE
SCHMITZ HELPED TO FOUND MANY
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAVE GONE
ON TO BECOME VITAL SEATTLE
INSTITUTIONS REFLECTING OUR
CITY'S CORE VALUES INCLUDING
PUGET SOUND SAVES, THE SEATTLE
CHAPTER OF JOBS WITH JUSTICE,
AS WELL AS SITTING ON THE BOARD
OF ONE AMERICA.
WHERE DAVE SCHMITZ ALWAYS PUT
WORKERS AT THE FOREFRONT
HELPING TO LIFT UP THE VOICE OF
COUNTLESS WORKERS IN THE
WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY AND IN
THE HALLS OF GOVERNMENT, THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN
MADE BETTER BY HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE HE HAS
FOUGHT FOR MORE SOCIAL JUSTICE,
MORE WORKER CENTRIC ELECTRIC
COME IN FOR POLICIES THAT TRULY
CENTER WORKERS FORCES.
NOW THEREFORE THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM JUNE
28th, 2020, 21 TO BE DAVE
SCHMITZ REMEMBRANCE DAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WE ARE VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE WITH US, AS YOU NOTED
FAMILY MEMBERS FROM DAVE
SCHMITZ'S FAMILY HONORING AND
RECOGNIZING HIS LIFE.
TODAY I WANT TO THANK PAM AND
DIANE FOR BEING HERE TO PRESENT
THIS PROCLAMATION ON HIS BEHALF
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
THOSE REMARKS.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE A COMMENT?
COUNCILMEMBERS WANT, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
I WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL OFFER
MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO
SISTER PAM WHO IS HERE WITH US
TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE AND DAVE'S FAMILY AND
LOVED ONES.
AND UFCW AND OTHER UNION MEMBERS
EVERYWHERE THAT WERE IMPACTED
BY DAVE'S LIFE.
THESE CONDOLENCES ARE FOR
MYSELF, ALL MY STAFF MEMBERS,
AND FROM MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE WHO HAVE
FOUGHT ALONGSIDE SO MANY IN THE
LABOR MOVEMENT JUST LIKE
BROTHER DAVE.
THIS THEY LOST FOR THE WHOLE
LABOR MOVEMENT.
I MENTIONED THIS THIS MORNING
BUT I WANTED TO SAY IT AGAIN,
THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT DAVE
PLAYED IN MILITANT JOB ACTIONS
IN THE 1990s.
FIRST WITH JOBS WITH JUSTICE,
AND THEN DURING THE 1999
PROTESTS AGAINST THE WTO
MEETING IN SEATTLE.
DAVE WAS A PART OF AND INDEED A
LEADER IN THE IMPORTANT WORK OF
BUILDING A MORE MILITANT LABOR
MOVEMENT IN SEATTLE DURING THAT
PERIOD.
HE HAD PARTICIPATED IN
ORGANIZING DIRECT ACTIONS
INCLUDING BUILDING OCCUPATIONS,
SIT DOWNS, AND BOSS'S OFFICES
AND OTHER FORMS OF CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE THAT BUILT WORKER
CONFIDENCE.
AT THE WTA PROTEST, THE FAMOUS
BATTLE IN SEATTLE, AND I'M
SAYING THIS FROM ACCOUNTS I
HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE
RIGHT THERE ALONGSIDE DAVE
INCLUDING JONATHAN ROSENBLUM
WHO WORKS IN MY OFFICE AND WHO
IS A LONGTIME LABOR ORGANIZER.
I WAS MYSELF IN NORTH CAROLINA
AT THAT TIME.
SO I CAN IN THE BATTLE FOR
SEATTLE DAVE LED UFCW AND OTHER
UNION MEMBERS AND TAKING THE
STREETS ALONGSIDE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS.
AT THE END OF THE WEEK OF
PROTESTS AFTER THE BIG LABOR
AND COMMUNITY MARCH OF TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, MANY IN
SEATTLE WILL RECALL THAT THE
BEN MAY ARE TRIED TO SHUT DOWN
TE MASS MOVEMENT BY OUTLINING
ALL PROTESTS DOWNTOWN.
THE MOVEMENT HAD TO DECIDE IN
THE MOMENT WHETHER TO YIELD IN
THE FACE OF MASSIVE POLICE
BRUTALITY AND OPPRESSION, OR TO
CHALLENGE THAT OUTRAGE.
THERE WAS A SHARP DEBATE WITHIN
THE MOVEMENT.
DAVE WAS ONE OF THE ACTIVISTS
WHO ARGUED VOCIFEROUSLY THAT
THE MOVEMENT NEEDED TO TAKE THE
STREETS TO CLAIM OUR RIGHTS AND
TO PROTEST THE ARREST AND
JAILING OF HUNDREDS OF PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS.
IN THE END, THE DECISION WAS
MADE TO STAGE A LARGE MARCH
THROUGH DOWNTOWN DEFYING THE
MAYOR, THE POLICE, THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT, AND
DECLARING THIS IS WHAT
DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.
DID MOBILIZED AND LED A HUGE
UFCW CONTINGENT THAT WAS PART
OF A 6000 PERSON MARCH THROUGH
DOWNTOWN.
WHICH SET THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT AND THE POLICE ON
THEIR HEELS.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
SUCCESSFUL MARCH, HUNDREDS OF
UNION MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY
ACTIVIST STAGED AN OCCUPATION
OUTSIDE THE KING COUNTY JAIL
AND STAYED THERE ILLEGALLY
UNDER THE MAYOR'S ORDER UNTIL
ALL THE PROTESTERS WERE
RELEASED THAT WEEKEND.
I RECALL DAVE'S VITAL EARLY
CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE WE NEED A
REVIVAL OF THAT KIND MILITANT
STRUGGLE INSIDE THE LABOR
MOVEMENT AND I'M GRATEFUL TO
DAVE FOR LEAVING THIS LEGACY.
THANK YOU, AND BEST WISHES TO
YOU, PAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES WITH OUR CONDOLENCES
AND THANKING -- FOR JUST SUCH
AMAZING WORK OVER SO MANY YEARS
PUTTING WORKERS FIRST JUST
WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE IN THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
PUTTING THIS FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
I ALSO, IN ADDITION TO
EXPRESSING MY DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES FOR YOUR LOSS, I
KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GRIEVE
THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.
IT IS NEVER EASY, AND NEVER
MAKES IT EASY, AND IT'S NOT A
LINEAR PROCESS AND THERE ARE
MOMENTS OF GRIEF, AND THERE ARE
MOMENTS OF JOY, AND THERE ARE
MOMENTS OF GRIEF AGAIN, AND
MOMENTS OF LOVE.
I HOPE THAT TODAY'S
PROCLAMATION FOR YOU ALL GIVES
YOU SORT OF A MOMENT TO
CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF DAVE
SCHMITZ WHO WAS A GIANT IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND A GIANT IN THE
LABOR MOVEMENT.
I FIRST MET DAVE AS A BABY
LAWYER WHEN WE BOTH SERVED ON
THE BOARD OF ONE AMERICA.
HIS COMMITMENT AND HIS
UNDERSTANDING OF
INTERSECTIONALITY AND WHAT IT
MEANT TO FIGHT FOR THOSE THAT
THE LABOR MOVEMENT DIDN'T START
OUT SERVING WAS TREMENDOUS AND
REALLY MADE AN IMPRESSION ON
ME.
HELPED TO SOLIDIFY MY STRONG
BELIEF IN THE NEED FOR ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER
LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR
MULTICULTURAL, MULTIRACIAL
COALITION BUILDING THAT REALLY,
REALLY SERVES US ALL SO MUCH
BETTER.
SO, WE STAND ON HIS SHOULDERS.
WE HOPE TO MAKE HIS LEGACY
PROUD IN THE FUTURE.
I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE HIS
GREAT LEGACY AND HIS LIFE. IT
WILL BE HARD TO REPLACE DAVE,
HIS MEMORY AND HIS LESSONS LIVE
IN SO MANY OF US WHO HE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH
AND MENTOR.
AND TWO-DOOR IN MANY WAYS.
TO BE BETTER SERVANTS.
AND TO BE BETTER LEADERS IN OUR
OWN COMMUNITY.
THAT IS MY LITTLE PTERODACTYL
IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE ARE LITERALLY HUNKERED DOWN
IN OUR BASEMENT.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS
WORK ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE
RULES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO ACCEPT
THE PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
REMARKS.
IT'S A GOOD THING MY DAUGHTER
DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO
OBJECT.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND
I WANT TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS TO
OUR MEETING TODAY.
WELCOME, AND I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND SEND IT OVER TO YOU
ALL TO MAKE SOME REMARKS TO THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
WILL COME AGAIN.
>> WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THANK YOU.
DAVE WAS ALWAYS A MODEST AND
HUMBLE PERSON.
HE WOULD BE REALLY TOUCHED BY
THIS RECOGNITION. YET, AN
AMAZING PERSON AND I JUST
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO PROUD OF
HIS WORK.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I WISH HIS MOM AND DAD WERE
HERE TO SEE IT TOO.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> DIANE, DAVE'S SISTER.
ALSO REALLY GRATIFIED FOR THIS
RECOGNITION.
ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT GROWING
UP WITH DAVE IN THE KINDS OF
TRAITS THAT HE HAD, EVEN THEN,
PERSISTENCE, PERSUASIVE.
HE COULD TALK MY PARENTS INTO
ANYTHING.
[ LAUGHTER ] THE SPARK IN THE
GRIN, HIS GRIN WAS THERE.
SO, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE HIM
RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY.
IF HE WAS HERE, I KNOW WHAT HE
WOULD SAY.
HE WOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT WE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
HE WAS ALWAYS SUCH A
COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT.
NOT JUST TO SAY THE WORDS, HE
REALLY BELIEVED THAT.
THAT'S A LEGACY THAT HE HAS LEFT
, AND ONE THAT I TRIED TO LIVE
UP TO, IS TO BE BOLD AND
FEARLESS AND ALWAYS READY TO
RISK FOR JUSTICE.
AND TO DO IT WITH OTHERS.
THAT IT ISN'T A JOURNEY THAT WE
TAKE A LONG.
SO, JUST TO HAVE THIS
PROCLAMATION AND HAVE YOU ALL
HERE TODAY TOUCHES OUR HEARTS.
SO, THANKS SO MUCH.
>> WELL SAID, DIANE.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BOTH
BEING HERE.
IF WE WERE IN PERSON WE WOULD
ALL BE CLAPPING, BUT WE ARE IN
THIS VIRTUAL WORLD STILL.
SO, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO BE HERE WITH US
AND TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF
SPOTLIGHT FOR DAVE.
I KNOW HE WAS SHY AND LIKED TO
BE IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT HE
DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION.
HIS LIFE DESERVES THIS
RECOGNITION.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL WORK
TOWARDS HONORING THE LEGACY
THAT HE LEAVES BEHIND FOR SO
MANY OF US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAM AND
DIANE FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TAKE CARE.
>> BE WELL, TAKE CARE.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS OF JUNE 21st, 2021
HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES?
>>> APPROVAL OF THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
COLLEAGUES, I DO KNOW THERE IS
A MOTION ON THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, SO
FIRST I'M GOING TO PUT THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR BEFORE US.
THEN, I WILL ASK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO MAKE A MOTION TO
AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
I MOVED TO ADOPT THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
THE MEXICAN.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
AS A MEMBER MOSQUEDA YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO MAKE YOUR MOTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THIS MORNING I MENTIONED TWO OF
THE ITEMS.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY FOUR ITEMS.
TWO OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE
INCLUDED ARE STILL IN NEED OF
SOME TECHNICAL CHANGES, SO
THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THIS
MOTION.
COLLEGE, I MOVED TO AMEND THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR BY REMOVING ITEMS
THREE AND FOUR, WHICH ARE
COUNCIL BILLS 120111 AND
120112.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE, AND I WILL,
BEFORE I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL
THE ROLL, I WILL RECOGNIZE FOR
THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE NOW
BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WHO WAS ON HER WAY FROM
A DIFFERENT MEETING WHICH IS
WHY SHE IS JUST A LITTLE,
LITTLE LATE TODAY.
SO, THAT BEING SAID,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IF
YOU'RE STILL CATCHING UP WE ARE
VOTING ON AMENDING THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR TO REMOVE ITEMS THREE
AND FOUR, WHICH IS COUNCIL
BILLS 120111, AND 120112.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE AMENDMENTS?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED..
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN BOTH
BILLS ARE REMOVED FROM THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE AMENDED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
AMENDED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
AMENDED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
>>> PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR ONGOING PATIENCE AND
COOPERATION AS WE CONTINUE TO
OPERATE THIS REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT SYSTEM.
REMAINS A STRONG INTENT OF THE
CITY COUNCIL TAB REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED ON
OUR MEETING AGENDAS.
AS A REMINDER WE DO RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO END OR ELIMINATE THESE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY
POINT IF WE DEEM THE SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR IS NO LONGER
SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING OUR
MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR TODAY
IS 20 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED ON IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTER TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON
THE WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION AND USING THE
MEETING PHONE NUMBER I.D.
AND PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED
TO THEM UPON CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
GENERAL MEETING LISTEN LINE
CALL IN INFORMATION.
AGAIN, I'LL CALL ON EACH
SPEAKER BY NAME AND IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO YOU
CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF
PUBLIC COMMENT BY GOING TO THE
WEBSITE.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME
STAFF WILL UNMUTE YOU AND IT
WILL BE YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
THEN, THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS
STAR SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME, THE ITEM
YOU'RE ADDRESSING, AND AS A
REMINDER, YOUR COMMENT SHOULD
RELATE TO AN ITEM ON TODAY'S
AGENDA, INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR, OR THE WORK
PROGRAM.
YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR A CHIME
AT ABOUT 10 SECONDS.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS LEFT TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT END YOUR COMMENT
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED
TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NECK SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND
YOU CAN WATCH THE REST OF THE
MEETING ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
OR ANYONE OF THE LISTING
OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LEFT.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX AFTER THE PROMPT THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN UN-MUTED.
FIRST UP IS HOWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
DISTRICT 7. COMMENTING ON
CONTINUING FAILURE TO HAVE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN
SEATTLE.
TWO WEEKS AGO THE OPA DIRECTOR
STATED ON THE RADIO THAT THE OPA
IS THE QUOTE, MOST ROBUST
TRANSPARENCY SYSTEM IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT IS NOT DEBATABLE.
WE HAVE MORE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT
HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
I HAVE NOT SEEN A MODEL THAT IS
BETTER THAN OURS, UNQUOTE.
HIS STATEMENTS ARE ORWELLIAN
AND PANTRY LUDICROUS WITHOUT
ANY REFERENCE TO OBJECTIVE
DATA, SOME OF WHICH I WILL NOW
MENTION.
POLICE SCORECARD.ORG IS THE
FIRST AND ONLY REGULARLY
UPDATD DATABASE THAT EVALUATES
ALMOST ALL U.S. POLICING
AGENCIES USING A VARIETY OF
METRICS, MEASURING DIFFERENT
OUTCOMES.
THE PERCENT OF MISCONDUCT
COMPLAINTS IN SEATTLE WAS 9%.
POLICE SCORECARD GIVE SEATTLE A
TOTAL ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE OF
20% OUT OF 100.
RANKING SEATTLE 35th OUT OF 51.
FAR WORSE THAN AVERAGE.
FOR 2019, THE SCORECARD SHOWS
THAT SPD'S RACIAL DISPARITY FOR
ARRESTS WAS 6.2 TIMES,
MARGINALLY REDUCED FROM 2013 AT
6.5, WITH ONLY SIX OUT OF 128
POLICING AGENCIES IN THE U.S.
THE SAME OR WORSE.
THE RATE OF FATAL AND NONFATAL
SHOOTINGS PER 10,000 ARRESTS
WAS 4.47% FOR SEATTLE IN 2019.
MAKING IT THE SEVENTH HIGHEST
OUT OF 39 CITIES.
THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY HAVE
INCREASED BETWEEN 2013 AND 2019.
THE SPD KILLED MORE UNARMED
PEOPLE PER ARREST THAN 71% OF
OTHER POLICING AGENCIES WITH
MORE RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE
USE OF DEADLY FORCE THAN 72% OF
OTHER POLICING AGENCIES.
WE ALSO HAVE THE OBJECTIVE
REALITY THAT THE SPD HAS KILLED
MORE PEOPLE DURING THE DECADE
AFTER THE KILLING WHEN COMPARED
TO THE DECADE PRIOR.
THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE TWO POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY IS TO CREATE
100% MILLION THAT INVESTIGATION
AND OVERSIGHT OF POLICE.
PLEASE IT VISIT THE WEBSITE TO
FIND OUT HOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING HIM.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM WITH THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE AND I'M
CALLING REFERRING TO ITEM
NUMBER 12. CB 120081 I AM
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THIS
LEGISLATION FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ON RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATION PROPERTY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT AT
RECOGNIZING VALUABLE LAND OWNED
BY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS,
WHICH HAVE SERVED COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THIS INCREASES CAPACITY FOR
PROVIDING HOUSING WHILE
SUPPORTING CULTURALLY RELEVANT
INSTITUTIONS AND LAND OWNERSHIP
BY PRODUCING INCREASED RACIAL
SPIRIT. RESPONSIVE, SAFE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS IN NEED, ESPECIALLY
THOSE DISPLACED FROM
GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS.
MANY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE
HAD TO FEND OFF DEVELOPERS
HUNGRY FOR THEIR LAND FOR
YEARS, IF NOT DECADES.
THIS LEGISLATION PROVIDES A
MISSION DRIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE HOUSING FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND WILL
LIKELY BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY
MANY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING THIS LEGISLATION
PASSED.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
>> I'M TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF
LEGISLATION TO END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE AS ONE SMALL PIECE OF
THE FUNDING SPD AND SEVERING
TIES WITH THE COLONIAL
APARTHEID STATE OF IS REAL.
MY VALUES AND EXPERIENCES AS A
JEWISH PERSON COMPEL ME TO TAKE
ACTION AND SOLIDARITY WITH
PALESTINIANS AND BLACK
INDIGENOUS AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THE MILITARIZING THE SPD AND
THE MILITARIZING THE ISRAELI
STATE ARE IN LINE WITH
PROGRESSIVE VALUES.
THE MORE WE STEP AWAY FROM THE
RACIST AUTHORITARIAN
INSTITUTIONS OF POLICING IN
BOTH COUNTRIES, THE SAFER ALL
OF OUR COMMUNITIES WILL BE.
IT IS NOT JUST BETWEEN THE U.S.
AND ISRAEL , BUT BETWEEN THE
U.S. AND THE SO-CALLED
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TOO, THAT
POLICE TRAININGS ARE FOSTERING
THE WORST AUTHORITARIAN
TENDENCIES OF POLICING IN ALL
PLACES.
AS PART OF COLONIAL AGREEMENTS,
THE USS TRAIN PALESTINIAN POLICE
TO RESPOND TO POLITICAL DISSENT
WITH DEADLY FORCE.
JUST FOUR DAYS AGO, PALESTINIAN
SECURITY FORCES FUNDED AND
TRAINED BY THE U.S. AND THE EU,
TOOK THE LIFE OF A PALESTINIAN
JOURNALIST HE WAS ARRESTED
EIGHT TIMES AND ULTIMATELY
MURDERED WHILE IN POLICE
CUSTODY FOR POLITICAL DISSENT.
FACT, MOST FUNDING FOR
SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINE COMES
FROM CHRISTIAN DONORS.
ONLY TO CANADA DOES THE SPD
TRAVEL MORE THAN TO IS REAL.
CANADA.
WHERE MILLIONS OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES HAVE BEEN TORTURED,
KILLED, VIOLATED, EXPLOITED, TO
STEAL LANDS AND MINERALS.
THIS IS TRUE OF THE U.S. TOO.
ONLY NOW WE ARE LEARNING OF
THOUSANDS OF INDIGENOUS
CHILDREN BURIED IN UNMARKED
GRAVES AT CATHOLIC BOARDING
SCHOOLS, STRUGGLES FOR
INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY AND WAY
OF LIFE RESISTING PIPELINES,
AND OTHER EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
ARE ONGOING.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POLICE
IS TO MAINTAIN COLONIAL ORDER.
OWNERSHIP BY SETTLERS.
TRAINING WITH CANADA IS NOT
BETTER.
JUSTICE IS ABOLISHING THE
POLICE, ENDING DEADLY EXCHANGES
WITH ALL COUNTRIES, AND
ENGAGING IN A PROCESS OF TRUTH
AND RECONCILIATION TO TAKE --
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO, THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY ON
THE IMPENDING LANDMARK STATUS.
I LIVE NEAR THE HOUSE AND I
AGREE THIS HOUSE IS A LANDMARK.
IT'S A LANDMARK TO SEATTLE'S
EXCLUSIONARY HOUSING POLICY.
IT SHOULD BETWEEN THE 10 BUS
AND VOLUNTEER PARK.
IT'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING I WAS
IN IS BLOCKS AWAY AND EXISTS ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE.
MY AREA IS DEFINITELY DECLINING
IN THE AREA WHERE THE HOUSE IS
IS STILL THE BUYABLE.
IT IS JUST AS ACCEPTABLE TO
TRANSIT, YET IT IS 11,750
SQUARE FOOT LOT CONTAINS SPACE
FOR ONE FAMILY, IN CONTRAST
WITH THE 8000 SQUARE FOOT LOT
THAT CONTAINS MY BUILDING AND
SPACE FOR 21 FAMILIES.
WHEN I WALKED BY IT, I WILL
DEFINITELY THINK OF ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHED
OUT OF CAPITOL HILL DUE TO OUR
CURRENT HOUSING POLICIES AND
THE ENSHRINING OF THIS BUILDING
IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE IS A
LANDMARK TO THAT.
THANKS SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD
DAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
DONALD KING, YOU ARE SHOWING UP
AS NOT PRESENT ON MY END.
IF YOU CALL IN TO THE
APPROPRIATE NUMBER I CAN GIVE
YOU YOUR TWO MINUTES.
NAOMI, WELCOME.
>> I AM FROM THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
SUPPORTING THE CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT AND EXCITING
ORDINANCE TO GIVE RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS DENSITY BONUSES
TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
TO ENSURE THAT THE BILL, THE
ORDINANCE ACHIEVES THE TRUE
INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL BILL,
PLEASE SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT
WHICH REQUIRES THAT UNITS
AVERAGE AT MOST 60% OF AREA
MEDIAN.
THIS IS A CENTRAL AREA THAT
IMPLEMENTATION ACHIEVES ITS
TRUE GOAL.
TO EMPOWER CHURCHES TO PROVIDE
DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS TO
COMBAT DISPLACEMENT AND FULFILL
MISSION-BASED INITIATIVES.
IN THE MAJORITY OF
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY,
MARKET RATE RENTS ARE BELOW
WHAT IS CONSIDERED 80% AMI.
BECAUSE OF THE RAPID GROWTH IN
SEATTLE.
IT IS KEY THAT REUSES AN
IMPORTANT ORDINANCE TO ADVANCE
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
LOWEST INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS PROPOSAL STILL ALLOWS
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO
SUBSIDIZE LOW INCOME UNITS WITH
80% UNITS, WHILE PROVIDING AND
HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE THE
ORGANIZATIONS FOR LOWEST
INCOMES HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS PROPOSAL IS MORE IN LINE
WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE
HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION
POLICY WHICH ALLOWS FOR INCOME
AVERAGING TO ACHIEVE UP TO 60%
AVERAGE AMI PER SUBSIDIZED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AND AGAIN THANK
YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS
INCREDIBLY EXCITING BILL.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
I ALSO HAVE BILL BUNCHED WHO IS
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT.
IF YOU CALL IN I WILL GIVE YOU
YOUR TWO MINUTES.
>> HELLO.
PEOPLE.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HOPE YOU ARE STAYING COOL IN
THIS HEAT WAVE.
I AM HERE TO CALL ON THE CITY
COUNCIL TO STAND UP FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS AND PASS LEGISLATION TO
BAN POLICE EXCHANGES AND
TRAININGS WITH FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS AND MILITARIES AND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING
THOSE OF ISRAEL AS WELL OF
OTHER DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS
MY SADNESS ADHERING FROM FELLOW
CHOOSE IN SEATTLE WHO CONFLATED
THE RIGHTFUL AND RIGHTEOUS
CRITIQUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
IN PALESTINE BY ISRAELI POLICE
AND MILITARY FORCES AS ANTI-
SEMITIC.
THIS IS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC TO
TARGET A COUNTRY WHICH HAS BEEN
IN ROUTINE VIOLATION OF ALL
SORTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
SECONDLY, WE ARE CALLING ON
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD TARGET
ALL COUNTRIES WHICH VIOLATE
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS,
INCLUDING THE FOURTH GENEVA
CONVENTION.
ISRAEL IS IN VIOLATION OF
THAT, AND I BELIEVE, AND I
THINK MANY OF US IN OUR
COMMUNITY BELIEVE THAT OUR
POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD NOT BE
TRAINING WITH ANY COUNTRY THAT
IS VIOLATING THE FOURTH GENEVA
CONVENTION.
THIRDLY, THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
ALSO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE
HARM THAT OUR POLICE HAVE
INFLICTED ON BLACK AND BROWNE
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
INCLUDING ARAB AND MUSLIM
PEOPLE.
BY MITIGATING SOME OF THE
SURVEILLANCE, RACIAL PROFILING,
AND SUPPRESSION OF LETHAL AND
LESS LETHAL FORCE, WHICH HAS
BEEN EXCHANGED IN THESE
EXCHANGES.
AGAIN, LIKE WE HEARD FROM SUSAN
AS WELL, PLEASE COMMIT TO
STANDING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
BOTH HERE IN SEATTLE AND ACROSS
THE WORLD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS DAVID HAYNES.
SPINNING HELLO, THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AND
COMPLAIN THE FACT THAT THE
CENTRAL LIBRARY IS CLOSED.
IT'S LIKE THE LARGEST LIBRARY
IN THE SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THEM TO
CLOSE DOWN FOR 2 DAYS.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
AFTER ONLY OPENING UP FOR FIVE
DAYS AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR
OVER A YEAR.
úTHEY HAVE THE LARGEST FACILITY
WITH THE LARGEST AIR
CONDITIONING UNIT IN THE HOLT
COUNTY.
YET, EVERY LOCAL DOWNTOWN
RESIDENT DOESN'T GET ACCESS ON
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
YET, I SAW A WHOLE BUNCH OF
EMPLOYEES IN THEIR YESTERDAY
GETTING PAID AND STAYING COOL.
IT'S KIND OF A PENCIL THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL WOULD GO AROUND
ACTING LIKE A SO MUCH WITH
THEIR 30 COOLING CENTERS AND
JUST FAILED TO EVEN KEEP TABS
ON THE TAXPAYER FINANCED ASSETS
THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN
OPEN.
IT'S NOT FAIR.
THE OTHER THING IS, I'M WITH --
AND PIONEER SQUARES THOSE
APARTMENT, FIRST IN CHERRY IS
AN UNCIVIL WAR ZONE.
THREE WEEKS AGO, A GUY HAS A
GUN.
HE WAS DEMANDING MONEY.
I GUESS HE FRONT OF THEM DRUGS
THE WEEK BEFORE AND HE CAME TO
COLLECT.
WHEN ONE GUY SAID WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO SHOOT ME IN FRONT
OF EVERYBODY, HE PULLS OUT A
KNIFE.
A NICE BIG, FAT NIGHT, AND JUST
AS HE'S ABOUT TO STAB HIM I
YELL AT HIM.
HE GETS STARTLED AND TURNS
AROUND.
I CALL THE COPS.
THEY DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO
FINDING THE GUY.
I GO BACK OUT TO MY APARTMENT.
I SEE HIM WHERE ALL THE OPEN
DRUG MARKETS ARE THAT HAVE
NEVER BEEN SHUT DOWN AND HE
GETS AWAY.
I CALL THE COPS AGAIN BUT THEY
WANT TO INTERVIEW ME AND GET
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO I AM.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO
ME.
I HAVE LIVED THERE NO MORE THAN
A MONTH AND A HALF.
I HAVE BEEN AWAKE AND STRESSED
OUT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT BECAUSE
THERE IS ALL THIS GODFORSAKEN
THINGS GOING ON.
BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL EXEMPTED
CRIMES.
YOU ALL SHOULD ALL BE KICKED
OUT AND RESIGN AND STOP RUNNING
FOR REELECTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE
BEEN BAD TO OUR SOCIETY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
THAT IS THE LAST PERSON I SEE
ON MY SPREADSHEET.
>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE COLOR
IN.
HANG ON.
JUST GOT IN UNDER THE WIRE.
>> SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANT THAT JUST
CAME IN.
>> AND WAITING FOR THAT PERSON
TO APPEAR ON MY END.
ALL RIGHT.
WE NOW HAVE DONALD KING PRESENT
WITH US TODAY.
DONALD, WELCOME TO THE MEETING.
JUST PRESSED OUR 6F TO THE
PROMPT AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
DONALD, AGAIN IF YOU ARE WITH
US MAKE SURE YOU PRESS STAR SIX.
I.T.
, IS DONALD KING STILL WITH US?
>> YES, THE PUBLIC, AFTER IS
STILL THERE.
>> OKAY DONALD, JUST MAKE SURE
YOU HAVEN'T MUTED YOURSELF
ACCIDENTALLY ON YOUR PHONE.
OR -- AND MAKE SURE YOU PRESS
STAR SIX.
I AM STILL NOT HEARING YOU,
DONALD.
WE NEED YOU TO PRESS STAR SIX.
OKAY, I AM NOT HEARING DONALD
KING. I AM NOT SEEING HIM SHOW
UP ON MY -- TILES HERE IN THE
ZOOM ROOM.
I.T.
, JUST LOOKING FOR YOU ALL TO
SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE
WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE
CALLER TO BE ABLE TO HEAR HIM.
>> I THINK WE'VE DONE
EVERYTHING WE CAN.
>> OKAY, DONALD, TRY ONE MORE
TIME.
STAR SIX AND JUST MAKE SURE
YOUR OWN PHONE ISN'T MUTED.
ONE MORE TIME HERE.
I'M STILL NOT HEARING ANYTHING.
OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE
OUT THE PERIOD OF PUBLIC
COMMENT DUE TO TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
I'M SORRY WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU,
DONALD.
YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS
DIRECTLY TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
MY APOLOGIES FOR ANY TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV
THAT MAY BE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
>>> FIRST UP IS PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE.
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS, COUNCIL
BILL 120110, AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING MONEY TO PAY
CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS FOR THE
WEEK OF JUNE 14th, 2021 THROUGH
JUNE 18, 2021, AND ORDERING THE
PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120110 , IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> AND HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
THE BILL PASSED, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS?
ACTUALLY, I -- LET'S SEE.
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFECT MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
>>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD
QUESTION MARK
>> COUNCIL BILL 120107.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AND THE
SEATTLE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION
, IAFF LOCAL 2898 TO BE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1st, 2019 TO
DECEMBER 31st, 2021
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH I MOVED TO
PASS COUNCIL BILL 120107.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
AS SPONSOR OF THE BILL I WILL
ADDRESS IT FIRST HAPPY TO HEAR
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
YOU ALL COLLEAGUES.
AS I MENTIONED THIS MORNING,
COUNCIL BILL 120107 WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
WITH THE SEATTLE FIRE CHIEFS
ASSOCIATION IAFF LOCAL 2898.
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT IS A THREE-YEAR
AGREEMENT FOR JANUARY 1st, 2019
THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 2021
THIS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT AFFECTS APPROXIMATELY
34 REGULARLY APPOINTED CITY
EMPLOYEES AND THE TERMS OF THIS
CONTRACT INCLUDE WAGE
ADJUSTMENTS OF 6.6% FOR 2019,
2.7% FOR 2020, AND 3.7% FOR 2021
THE TERMS DO MEET THE
NEGOTIATION PARAMETERS SET BY
MEMBERS OF THE LABOR RELATIONS
POLICY COMMITTEE AND I
RECOMMEND MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT
THE PASSAGE OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES IN THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFECT MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, COUNCIL BILL
120098.
AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
CHANGING THE NAME TO THE BOARD
OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS.
REQUESTING THAT THE COURT
REVISE OR REVISE THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT ACCORDINGLY,
AMENDING THE BOARD'S
COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES,
AUTHORIZNG AN AMENDMENT TO THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT, AND
AMENDING SECTIONS 3.2 6.0 10
AND 3.2 6.030 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120098.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO IN COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S
ABSENCE ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
PRESIDENT. NK YOU COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, YOU RECOGNIZE THIS
ITEM BECAUSE IT'S A COMPANION
BILL TO GO THE METROPOLITAN
PARKS DISTRICT RESOLUTION 43
THAT WE APPROVED LAST WEEK.
COUNCIL BILL 120098 MERGES THE
TWO OFFICIAL VOLUNTEER RUN
ORGANIZATIONS THAT OVERSEE THE
ACTIVITY OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT
IN THE METROPOLITAN PARKS
DISTRICT.
THAT IS THE BOARD OF PARK
COMMISSIONERS, THE PARK BOARD,
AND THE PARK DISTRICT OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
PDOC.
IN ORDER TO MORE EFFICIENTLY
UNIFY TIME, KNOWLEDGE, AND
EXPERTISE OF VOLUNTEERS, AND
ADDRESS AMBIGUITY AND OVERLAP
BETWEEN THE PARK BOARD AND
PDOC, THE COCHAIRS OF BOTH
ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTED THAT
THE TWO ENTITIES BE COMBINED.
DOING SO WILL ALLOW ALL MEMBERS
TO CONSIDER RESOURCES IN THE
FULL CONTEXT OF OVERALL FUNDING
, POLICIES AND NEEDS FOR
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
THE NEWLY COMBINED BOARD WILL
RETAIN THE REPRESENTATIVES.
THIS BODY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE TRADITIONAL DUTIES OF
THE PARK BOARD AND OVERSIGHT OF
PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND
REPORTING SPECIFIC TO THE
SEATTLE PARKS DISTRICT.
THE COMBINED BOARD WILL ALSO BE
RENAMED TO THE BOARD OF PARKS
AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS THE COMPANION BILL TO
RESOLUTION 43 THAT WE REVIEWED
AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IN
LAST MONDAY'S METROPOLITAN
PARKS DISTRICT GOVERNING
MEETING.
THE CITY COUNCIL, BEING THE
PARTNER IN THIS AGREEMENT ALSO
NEEDS TO TAKE PARALLEL ACTION.
CURRENT TERM APPOINTMENTS WILL
NOT BE INTERRUPTED BY THIS
ACTION.
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, DEBORAH
WAR IS AND I RECOMMEND THE
COUNCIL ADOPTS THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES IN THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 3 INTO THE RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT 1951 APPOINTMENT
OF JEFFERY L. WINMILL, AS
MEMBER SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION FOR A
TERM OF DECEMBER 31st, 2023.
>> I MOVED TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENT 1951
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
I AM THE SPONSOR OF THIS
APPOINTMENT SO I'LL ADDRESS IT
FIRST AND THEN HAPPY TO OPEN
THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS.
JEFFERY L. WINMILL BRINGS A
GRANULAR UNDERSTANDING OF
ELECTION POLICY.
OVER 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE
WORKING ON LOCAL CAMPAIGNS.
HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT ENSURING
SEATTLE'S ELECTIONS ARE OPEN TO
ALL AND PARTICULARLY TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OTHER
HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED
GROUPS.
HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE
DIRECTOR BORDER PROTECTION FOR
THE WASHINGTON STREET
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 2018 AND FOR A
BORDER PROTECTION ATTORNEY IN
COLORADO IN 2016.
HE HAS MANAGED BORDER
PROTECTION EFFORTS IN 41
JURISDICTIONS.
THROUGH THIS WORK HE HAS WORKED
DIRECTLY WITH STATE AND COUNTY
ELECTION OFFICIALS ON PRESSING
ELECTION LAW ISSUES INCLUDING
AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION,
VOTE BY MAIL, SIGNATURE
VERIFICATION STANDARDS, BALLOT
CARRYING AND HARVESTING, VOTER
ROLE MANAGEMENT, PREPAID
POSTAGE, DROPBOX PLACEMENT,
BALLOT DESIGN AND FOUR RIGHTS
FRUSTRATION.
HE HAS SERVED ON MULTIPLE
CAMPAIGNS AT MANY LEVELS AND
BRINGS A STRONG COMMITMENT AND
BELIEF IN VOTING AND THE
INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.
I DO BELIEVE HE WILL MAKE A
STRONG ADDITION TO THE SEATTLE
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION
AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
VOTE IN FAVOR OF HIS
APPOINTMENT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
HAS HIS HAND RAISED.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I DID JUST WANT TO SPEAK
BRIEFLY THAT I HAD THE GOOD
FORTUNE TO KNOW JEFFERY L.
WINMILL PROFESSIONALLY AS AN
ATTORNEY.
JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY STATE
THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE
IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY
IN THESE TIMES WERE IN A LOT OF
PLACES IN THIS COUNTRY, VOTING
ITSELF IS UNDER ATTACK.
FROM CERTAIN POLITICAL FORCES.
TO HAVE AN ELECTION INTEGRITY
EXPERT OF THE CALIBER OF
JEFFERY L. WINMILL IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT
JEFF HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO
SERVE IN THIS POSITION.
HE WILL BE AN EXCEPTIONAL
COMMISSION OF.
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD,
JEFF.
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONFIRMING
YOU TODAY.
>> THANK YOU MUCH FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
QUESTION MARK HEARING NONE,
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED..
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
>>> FOR THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 4 INTO THE RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENT 1871
REAPPOINTMENT OF KIMBERLY
WALKER AS MEMBER, FAMILIES
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND
PROMISE, LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31st, 2023.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO
CONFIRM APPOINTMENT 1871 IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS SPONSOR OF THIS APPOINTMENT
I WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST.
COLLEAGUES, I'M EXCITED TO
REAPPOINT KIMBERLY WALKER TO
THE FAMILIES, EDUCATION,
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE . SHE IS
SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND HAS A LONG
COMMITMENT TO THE EMPOWERMENT
OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND
FAMILIES.
SHE HAS SERVED ON A NUMBER OF
BOARDS, WORKED WITH MANY
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO IMPROVE HER COMMUNITY.
SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR'S
DEGREE AT MY ALMA MATER,
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY,
AND EARNED HER MSW AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
ADDITIONALLY SHE ALSO SERVE
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN A
PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AS POLICY
AND PROGRAM MANAGER FOR KING
COUNTY'S BEST STARTS FOR KIDS.
I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING HER REAPPOINTMENT TO
THE FAMILY SEND EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE REAPPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS FIVE THROUGH NINE TO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS FIVE THROUGH
NINE.
APPOINTMENTS 1952 THROUGH 1956.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF TABER JOSSI
CATON , IAN MacLEOD, LORA-
ELLEN McKINNEY, LAWRENCE
NORMAN, AND HARRIET M.
WASSERMAN AS MEMBERS, LANDMARKS
PRESERVATION BOARD.
FOR TERMS TO AUGUST 14, 2024.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVED TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS
1952 THROUGH 1956.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU'RE
THE SPONSOR.
OVER TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH
THESE ITEMS.
>> THESE FIVE APARTMENTS ARE THE
LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD.
WHICH IS MAKING RESPONSIBLE FOR
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
CITY COUNCIL WHEN DESIGNATING
AND PRESERVING HISTORIC
STRUCTURES.
SO, TABER JOSSI CATON IS A
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH MORE
THAN 20 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION
AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
EXPERIENCE BOTH IN WASHINGTON
STATE AND RHODE ISLAND.
IAN MacLEOD IS A
PHOTOJOURNALIST WHO PREVIOUSLY
SERVED ON THE BOARD FROM 2019
TO 2020 IN THE GET ENGAGED
POSITION.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING THEM
OUT OF THE GET ENGAGED POSITION
TO A FULL-TIME POSITION.
DOCTOR LORA-ELLEN McKINNEY IS
A FORMER PSYCHOLOGY
PRACTITIONER AND PROFESSOR WHO
ALSO HAS A BACKGROUND IN
STRATEGIC POLICY AND PLANNING.
LAWRENCE NORMAN IS A SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT OR IN PROPERTY ON A.
LASTLY, AND NOT LEAST, HARRIET
M. WASSERMAN HAS 40 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND CONSULTING WITH
THE FINAL 10 YEARS OF HER
CAREER AT SEATTLE CENTRAL
COLLEGE WHERE SHE SERVED ON THE
SITE PLANNING AND CAPITAL
PROJECTS COMMITTEE.
HARRIET IS BEING REAPPOINTED TO
THE BOARD.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE'S A
SUPPORTING VOTE FROM COLLEAGUES
TODAY ON THESE APPOINTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
1952 THROUGH 1956?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
10 INTO THE RECORD?
>>> REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE,
AGENDA ITEM 10.
APPOINTMENT 1950.
THE APPOINTMENT OF MEGHANN
McCANN AS COURT ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU ARE
THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE'S
OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, MEGHANN WAS SELECTED AFTER
A COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT
PROCESS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE
COURT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
THE PROCESS INCLUDED FOCUS
GROUPS WITH COURT LEADERSHIP,
ALL STAFF, AND THEIR TEAMS.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT REFLECTING THE
GROUP FOCUSED FEEDBACK AND OUR
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES
WE SERVE.
THERE WERE SIX ROUNDS OF
INTERVIEWS WITH INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.
COURT LEADERSHIP, FOCUS GROUP
MEMBERS AGAIN, AND THE TEAM.
PRESIDING JUDGE WILLIE GREGORY
PRESENTED MEGHANN TO THE
COMMITTEE.
LAST WEEK.
THAT IS THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
HE SPOKE TO HER EXPERIENCE
DESIGNING AND DELIVERING
TRAINING ON IMPLICIT BIAS, AND
REMOVING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO
EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
MEGHANN RETURNED THE COUNCIL'S
PACKET OF QUESTIONS PROMPTLY
WITH VERY THOROUGH ANSWERS.
MEGHANN HAS A LONG HISTORY, 15
YEARS, PUBLIC SERVICE AND MOST
RECENTLY WORKED AS A DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
WHERE SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE AGENCY'S $430 MILLION
BUDGET AND CREATED THE AGENCY'S
FIRST OUTREACH PROGRAM.
THE STRATEGIC REALIZATION
OFFICE, AND IN EQUITY AND
INCLUSION OFFICE FOCUSED ON
BARRIERS AND ELIMINATING THEM
FOR CUSTOMERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THOSE
REMARKS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, WHERE THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
MEGHANN , WELCOME TO THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
APPOINTMENT AS COURT
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT.
AT THIS TIME, I AM GOING TO
INVITE OUR CITY CLERK TO
ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO
MISS McCANN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK
YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
MEGHANN, IT IS MY HONOR TO
ADMINISTER YOUR OFFICIAL OATH
OF OFFICE.
YOU HAVE YOUR TWO ORIGINAL --
IN FRONT OF YOU.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD ASK YOU TO
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, MEGHANN McCANN --
>> I, MEGHANN McCANN
>> SWEAR OR AFFIRM
>> THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS
>> THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARTER
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARTER
>> AND THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
>> IN THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
>> FOR THE POSITION OF THE
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
>> FOR THE POSITION OF THE
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
>> OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
DATES.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
>> IN THE CHARTER AND
ORDINANCES
>> IN THE CHARTER AND
ORDINANCES
>> OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
CONDUCT MYSELF
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
CONDUCT MYSELF
>> AS THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR
>> OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MEGHANN.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE YOU TO
SIGN THE 20'S OF OFFICE IN
FRONT OF YOU AND SHOW THOSE ON
THE SCREEN WITH ME.
I WILL RETURN ONE FOR YOUR
RECORD.
THANK YOU, THE TIME IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
CONFIRMING MY APPOINTMENT.
I WANTED TO THANK MY HUSBAND
WHO IS JOINING YOU TODAY, AS
WELL AS MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND MENTORS FOR VIEWING THIS
ONLINE.
I'M HONORED THAT JUDGE GREGORY,
THE MUNICIPAL COURT BENCH IN
THE COURT STAFF HAS PUT MY
CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN ME TO
SERVE AS THEIR NEXT COURT
ADMINISTER THE.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
I BELIEVE IN THE ROLE AND
MISSION OF THE COURT, IT'S
FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY
AND OUR WELL-BEING.
BUT, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT WORK
AHEAD OF US TO REFORM THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM SO THAT
IT IS TRANSPARENT, ANTIRACIST,
COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND TRUSTED BY
THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
I'M READY TO HELP THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT CREATE A TRULY
COMMUNITY CENTERED COURT THAT
SUPPORTS PEOPLE TO GET A BETTER
PLACE IN THEIR LIVES.
MY PASSION LIES IN DELIVERING
PUBLIC SERVICES.
I'LL KNOW THAT I'M SUCCESSFUL
IN THAT ROLE WHEN OUR JUDGES AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND
STAKEHOLDERS DEMONSTRATE IN
THEIR ACTIONS THE VALUES
INCLUDED ACCOUNTABLE AND
EMPOWERED TO CREATE BARRIER
FREE ACCESS TO JUSTICE WITH
FAIR AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
I KNOW THAT THE COURTS
OPERATIONS ARE SUCCESSFUL WHEN
OUR PERFORMANCE DATA INDICATES
THAT WE ARE EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE WITH OUR RESOURCES
AND THAT THE COURT'S USER
EXPENSES ARE POSITIVE,
MEANINGFUL AND SUPPORTIVE AND
THAT WE HAVE EARNED THEIR TRUST
AND THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY
AT LARGE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND FOR THIS ON A. I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, MISS McCANN.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
WITH US AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SERVE IN THIS ROLE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>>> ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE TO OTHER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
11 INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE LAND USE
AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.
AGENDA ITEM 11.
COUNCIL BILL 120106.
AND ORDINANCE RELATING TO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION IMPOSING
CONTROLS UPON THE BORDEAUX HOUSE
, A LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD
UNDER CHAPTER 25.12 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND
ADDING IT TO THE TABLE OF
HISTORICAL LANDMARKS CONTAINED
IN CHAPTER 25.32 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I'M
GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO
WALK US THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A LANDMARK
DESIGNATING ORDINANCE FOR THE
BORDEAUX HOUSE LOCATED ON 14th
AVENUE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1903.
ALTERED IN 1913.
THE LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD
WAS AMENDED DESIGNATION BASED
ON TWO CRITERIA.
ONE THE STRUCTURE EMBODIES A
DISTINCT CHARACTERISTIC OF AN
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, AND THAT
THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING WORK OF
A DESIGNER OR BUILDER.
CONTROLS WOULD APPLY TO THE
SITE.
THE BUILDING EXTERIOR IN THE
ENTRY AND STAIRWELL ON THE
INTERIOR -- ON THE MAIN
ENTRANCE.
WE HAVE THE BUILDING OWNERS
PRESENT WITH US AND COMMITTEE
WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE DESIRE TO
STEWARD THIS IN A HISTORIC WAY
AS THEY ARE GUESTS WITHIN THE
HOME EVEN THOUGH THEY OWN IT.
THEY HAVE DONE IMMENSE
HISTORICAL RESEARCH ON ALL OF
THE PAST RESIDENTS OF THE HOME,
AND ARE EVEN IN CONTACT AND
COMMUNICATION WITH THE
DESCENDENTS OF THE BORDEAUX
FAMILY.
SO, I RECOMMEND A AYE BOAT ON
THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION
TODAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND COLLEAGUES.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>>> WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 12 INTO THE RECORD, AND
YOU CAN READ THE SHORT TITLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 12, COUNCIL BILL
120081 AND ORDINANCE RELATING
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
PROPERTIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED
BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS,
MODIFYING EXISTING DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS TO FACILITATE
CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS AS AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS COMES OUT OF
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'
COMMITTEE, SO BACK OVER TO HIM
TO WALK US THROUGH THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, THIS WOULD GRANT
ZONING FLEXIBILITY TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
ON LAND OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS IS A LONG-AWAITED BILL.
IT FIRST WAS PASSED BY A STATE
LEGISLATURE, AND WE ARE NOW
TAKING IT UP HERE WITHIN THE
CITY TO MAKE IT THE LAW WITHIN
OUR CITY.
SO, THERE ARE MANY PROJECTS
THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY,
ASSUMING THAT THE LANGUAGE
CONTAINED IN THE STATE BILL
WOULD BE PASSED AT A CITY
LEVEL.
THESE ARE LONG-AWAITED CHANGES
THAT STEM FROM WHAT WAS ALREADY
ADOPTED AT THE LEGISLATURE.
IN MOST CASES, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, ON ELIGIBLE SITES
WOULD BE GIVEN ONE ADDITIONAL
STORY OF HEIGHT.
THEN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES.
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WOULD BE
GRANTED WITHOUT RAISING MAXIMUM
HEIGHTS AND IN SOME OF THE
DENSER MULTIFAMILY AND MIDRISE
ZONES, ADDITIONAL FLOORS BEYOND
THE ONE FLOOR WOULD BE GRANTED.
IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS
FLEXIBILITY, SITES WOULD NEED
TO BE OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY A
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, AND THE
HOUSING WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE
AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS MAKING
UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN
INCOME.
WE DO EXPECT THAT FOR THE
MAJORITY, MOST OF THESE
PROJECTS USING THIS FLEXIBILITY,
WILL BE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE
HOMES TO INCOMES BELOW 60% AREA
MEDIAN INCOME DUE TO THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING'S REQUIREMENTS FOR
FUNDING.
IF THEY CITE DOLLARS, THEY
ALREADY HAVE TO MEET THE 60%
AREA MEDIAN INCOME THRESHOLD
PROVIDING HOUSING TO PEOPLE AT
60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 60%
AND 80% ITS FLEXIBILITY THAT
THE LEGISLATURE WANTED TO
PROVIDE FOR INSTITUTIONS TO USE
PRIVATE DOLLARS RATHER THAN
CITY FUNDED -- CITY FUNDS TO
CREATE THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS FLEXIBILITY I HAVE
HEARD IS DESIRED.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE GREATER
-- THE CHURCH COUNCIL OF
GREATER SEATTLE THAT THEY WOULD
APPRECIATE THIS FLEXIBILITY, AT
LEAST INITIALLY SO WE CAN SEE
IF THIS FLEXIBILITY IS GOING TO
BE USED AS INTENDED, OR IF NOT.
THAT'S PART OF WHY I REALLY
APPRECIATED COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN'S AMENDMENT TO THE
BILL.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE
LAND-USE COMMITTEE CHOSE TO
LEAVE THE REQUIREMENT AT 80%
AREA MEDIAN INCOME BECAUSE WE
HAD HEARD, AS I SAID, THERE IS
INTEREST FROM CHURCHES TO SEE
IF THIS MIDDLE INCOME
COULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT CITY
SUBSIDY.
ADDITIONALLY WE'VE HEARD FROM
THE CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER
SEATTLE WHO WERE AGAIN OPPOSED
TO THE LOWERING OF THE 80%
THRESHOLD OUT OF CONCERN IT
WOULD EXCLUDE CHURCHES FROM
NAVIGATING AN ALREADY DIFFICULT
PROCESS OF FINANCING AND
PERMITTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I AM EXCITED, I AM EXCITED TO
SEE THIS LEGISLATION PASSED
TODAY TO OPEN UP MORE
POSSIBILITIES FOR MUCH-NEEDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE
CITY.
I EXPECT TO SEE AN IMMEDIATE
IMPACT AS THERE ARE PROJECTS
AWAITING THIS BILL TO PASS.
TODAY BEFORE WE CAN BEGIN
DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES.
AS WE CONFRONT A HOMELESS AND
HOUSING CRISIS, OR CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS LIKE THIS ARE
NECESSARY TO ENSURE WE ARE
DOING ALL WE CAN TO MEET THESE
CHALLENGES AT THE SCALE OF THE
CRISIS.
COLLEAGUES, AND HAPPY TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THAT IS THE COMMITTEE REPORT AT
THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
AMENDMENTS AS DISCUSSED THIS
MORNING.
DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CONSIDER THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENT ONE AND
AMENDMENT TWO BOTH COME FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WE WILL HAVE DEBATE ON EACH OF
THOSE AMENDMENTS.
THEN, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON
THE RESPECTIVE AMENDMENTS.
THEN, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR
FOR DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATION
ON THE BILL.
AS AMENDED, OR NOT AMENDED.
SO, IF YOU ARE HOPING TO
COMMENT ON THE BILL AS A WHOLE,
BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE, YOU WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO IS FOCUS OUR ENERGY ON THE
TWO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD DISCUSSED
DURING THIS MORNING'S COUNCIL
BRIEFING WITH A SLIGHT
MODIFICATION TO AMENDMENT ONE
AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO
MAKE A MOTION ON AMENDMENTS ONE
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120081 AS PRESENTED ON THE
RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED AMENDMENT
ONE B.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT ONE I'M
GOING TO HEAD OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO WALK
US, AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC
THROUGH AMENDMENT ONE AS
PROPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT ONE B WOULD LOWER
THE AVERAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INCOME ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD TO
60% OF AMI, AVERAGE MEDIAN
INCOME, FOR RENTERS WHOSE
HOUSEHOLD, AFTER AN INITIAL
PERIOD AT 80%.
AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME.
STATE LAW REQUIRES A MINIMUM
80% AMI AFFORDABILITY AND ALLOWS
CITIES LOWER AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENTS.
JUST LIKE WE DO WITH MSTE, THE
MULTI FAMILY TAX EXEMPTION
PROGRAM.
THAT TOO SETS A MINIMUM
AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT AND
WE HAVE AS THE POLITY BODY HAVE
DEEPENED THOSE AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MFTE
PROGRAM.
MOST RECENTLY UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CONCERNS
THAT I HEARD FROM COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS THIS MORNING, I'VE
OFFERED THE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
AVERAGE 60% AMI UNTIL NOT BE
EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1st, 2022.
SO THAT ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE THAT
HAD BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE
STATE'S LAW WILL HAVE THE
CERTAINTY THAT THEY NEED.
80% AMI RENT FOR A STUDIO IS
$1620.
FOR A ONE-BEDROOM, IT IS $1851.
WE DO NOT NEED TO INCENTIVIZE
PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD
UNITS AT THESE RENTS.
IT IS PRACTICALLY MARKET RATE
RENT ALREADY.
IF WE DO THAT, IF WE CREATE AN
INCENTIVE FOR CHURCHES TO WORK
WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO
BUILD THESE BASICALLY RATHER
EXPENSIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS, THERE WILL BE FEWER
MISSION BASED NONPROFIT
DEVELOPERS PARTNERING WITH
THESE SAME RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS UNLESS RENTALS AT
A LOWER AFFORDABILITY RATE.
I REALLY HOPE THIS COMPROMISED
VERSION OF THIS AMENDMENT CAN
BE SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
AS DISCUSSED THIS MORNING, I
WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT TODAY.
I HEAR YOUR -- AND I THANK YOU
FOR MAKING THAT CHANGE.
I DID GIVE YOU A CALL.
WE WANT ABLE TO CONNECT BY
PHONE SO I THINK SOME OF THIS
COULD HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT ON
THE PHONE.
AT THIS TIME IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR ME TO SEE IF THIS PROGRAM
ACTUALLY EXISTS.
AND THAT THIS FLEXIBILITY IS
ACTUALLY USED.
AS WE KNOW AND AS I STATED A
MOMENT AGO THE MAJORITY, IF NOT
ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE
USING THIS FLEXIBILITY WILL
RECEIVE CITY FUNDS THAT REQUIRE
MEETING THE NEEDS THAT YOU JUST
RESPOND.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE
PROVIDE -- THE CHURCH COUNCIL
OF GREATER SEATTLE WHO ARE THE
MAJORITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO WOULD
BE UTILIZING THIS FLEXIBILITY
HAD CALLED IN AND TESTIFIED
THAT THEY WOULD NOT SUPPORT
THIS AMENDMENT.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE
RESPECT THAT REQUEST.
THAT'S WHY IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THIS
UP IN A YEAR WHEN WE HAVE THE
DATA THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS REQUESTED IN OUR
HANDS TO REVIEW THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PLAN.
I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS OF
WANTING TO HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT LOWER RATES AND
THAT'S WHY I WOULD STILL BE
OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE I KNOW OF THE NUMBER OF
PROJECTS THAT ARE WAITING FOR
THIS TO PASS.
I DO NOT WANT TO DELAY THIS
TODAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR BRINGING THESE
AMENDMENTS FORWARD TODAY.
THE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO WHEN THIS BILL WAS PUT
FORWARD, SORT OF LAID OUT ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
IT MENTIONED THIS AS ONE OF THE
ISSUES TO POTENTIALLY LOWER THE
AFFORDABILITY THRESHOLD.
WHICH THE STATE, THE BIPARTISAN
STATE BILL REPRESENTING THE
ENTIRE STATE, PUT IT AT 80%.
I THINK THAT I SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S REMARKS
HERE WE ARE TRYING
MAKE IT FOR VERY LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS.
I APPRECIATE THAT IT HAS THE
AVERAGING SO THAT YOU CAN BRING
IN FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AT 30% AMI OR
LOWER AND TRY TO AVERAGE IT OUT
WITH HIGHER AMI, BUT STILL THE
AVERAGE BEING AT 60%.
APPRECIATE THAT YOU PUT IN THAT
ONE YEAR GRACE PERIOD.
SO, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL ADMIT I'M A LITTLE
CONFLICTED HERE.
I TOTALLY AGREE THAT WE DO NEED
TO BE PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS
FOR HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE
AT LOWER RATES AT 60%.
I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD HINDER
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
COULD BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WITHOUT PUBLIC FINANCE.
AS THERE HAS BEEN INDICATION
SOME COULD, AND SOME ARE
INTERESTED IN.
SO AT THIS TIME, I DON'T THINK
I CAN SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT THAT
WOULD IMPEDE THE SYNAGOGUES AND
CHURCHES IN MY DISTRICT FROM
DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR THEIR SENIORS.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
PROJECTS THAT ARE HOPING TO GET
STARTED JUST THAT WAY.
SO AT THIS TIME I WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IT'S
CLEAR IN THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS
TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
I THINK WE ARE ALL ALIGNED IN
THAT DESIRE AND THE INTENT.
I THINK THAT AMENDMENT 1B IS
DESIGNED TO HOPEFULLY CREATE
THAT INCENTIVE.
WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD BE
IMPACTED BY THIS LEGISLATION
THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT IN
PRACTICE, THE INTENT, OR SORT
OF THE THEORY THAT WE ARE
PRESENTING IN AMENDMENT 1B MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO EXECUTED IN
PRACTICE.
I GUESS I'M WONDERING WHETHER
YOU COME AND YOUR OFFICE, HAVE
DONE ANY ANALYSIS ON THAT
PARTICULAR CONCERN THAT HAS
BEEN EXPRESSED BY RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS WHO HAVE AN
INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN
THE PROGRAM AS STRUCTURED?
>> THIS AMENDMENT IS INTENDED
TO DISS INCENTIVIZE RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS PARTNERING WITH
ANYBODY OTHER THAN MISSION
BASED NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS.
IF IT'S AT 60%, THEY ARE GOING
TO PARTNER.
IF IT'S AT 80%, THERE IS NO
REASON FOR THERE IS NO REASON
FOR A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION TO
PARTNER WITH THE NONPROFIT
BECAUSE THE NONPROFIT IS
ALREADY GOING TO BE DOING THE
60%.
THEY ARE THEN GOING TO LOOK AT
A PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL RESULT
IN A HIGHER YIELD, A HIGHER
RETURN TO THE RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTION.
I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE POSITION OF
THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AS
THAT IS THE THING THAT WE
SHOULD BE DRIVING OUR
POLICYMAKING.
OUR POLICYMAKING IS REALLY
ABOUT CREATING -- IDENTIFYING
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE
NEED TO BUILD IN OUR CITY.
LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD
OPERATE UNDER THOSE REGULATIONS.
AND DELIVERING POLICY THAT
REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY.
I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT AN
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT IS
REPRESENTING, IN THIS CASE, AS
FINE AS I AM AS THE ADVOCACY OF
THE CHURCH COUNCIL, THEY ARE
ADVOCATING FOR THE INTERESTS OF
THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS
CASE.
JUST LIKE WE HEAR FROM PRIVATE
PROPERTY OWNERS WHEN WE ARE
DEBATING MHA OR MFTE, PROPERTY
OWNERS HAVE AN INCLINATION TO
PREFER MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATER
FINANCIAL RETURN.
I BELIEVE OUR DECISIONS TODAY
SHOULD BE BASED ON THE TYPE OF
HOUSING THAT WE WANT TO SEE
DEVELOPED USING THESE
INCENTIVES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH
YOUR ANALYSIS.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE KIND
OF HOUSING STOCK WE WANT TO
CREATE AND WHETHER WE ARE --
WHETHER YOUR AMENDMENT ADVANCES
, IN PRACTICE, NOT IN THEORY,
BUT IF IT WILL -- IF IT WILL
ACTUALLY BE ACHIEVED.
I'LL JUST SORT OF LAY IT OUT
THERE, I DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT
AN AMENDMENT THAT IS IN THEORY,
VALUES THE LINE IN SENDING THE
RIGHT SIGNALS, BUT THEN IN
PRACTICE MAY NOT ACTUALLY COME
TO FRUITION.
THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS
ABOUT IS ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY
THAT THERE IS -- THESE
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE
PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE
PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THAT THEY WILL FIND
SOMEONE WHO WILL CONSTRUCT AT
60% AMI. I GUESS MY QUESTION
IS, IS, HOW -- HOW DO YOU KNOW
THAT?
HAS THERE BEEN AN ANALYSIS ON
THAT COMPONENT?
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE
UNITS THAT ARE AT 60% AMI, THEY
ARE DEVELOPED UNDER THIS
REGULATION, THE WOULD, IN
EFFECT HAVE CITY DOLLARS MM
BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE BUILT BY
NONPROFITS.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF
OUR NONPROFIT DEVELOPER
COMMUNITY, SHARON LEE HAS
CONTACTED I THINK MANY OF US IN
SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS SIGNING
THE LETTER THAT WE ALL RECEIVED
FROM THE CENTER AREA LAND-USE
COMMITTEE IN HER CAPACITY AS A
NEIGHBOR, OR HER CAPACITY AS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE HOUSING.
BUT DONNA MOODY SIGNED THE
LETTER FROM THE CENTRAL AREA
LAND-USE COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT
OF A SIMILAR AMENDMENT TO THE
ONE THAT IS BEFORE US RIGHT NOW.
>> SO, BASED ON THAT LETTER YOU
BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE
NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS
WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND READY
TO PARTICIPATE WITH RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS TO EFFECTUALLY
THE INTENT OF AMENDMENT 1B?
>> I DO.
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I SEE
YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I THINK WHAT I HEARD
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAY IS
THERE IS NO INCENTIVE FOR
PROPERTY OWNERS TO USE TO GET
TO 60% AMI.
I JUST NEED TO CALL OFF THE
FACT THAT IN THE PREVIOUS
STATEMENTS, AND I'VE SET A
COUPLE TIMES TODAY, THE
MAJORITY, IF NOT ALMOST ALL
THESE PROJECTS WILL MOST LIKELY
BE USING CITY FUNDS REQUIRING
60% AMI.
THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT IS TO SEE IF, AND TO
YOUR POINT JUST NOW, TO ALL OF
THE NONPROFIT HOUSING
DEVELOPERS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
TAKE ON ALL OF THE PROJECTS
THAT HAVE NOW OPENED UNDER THIS
NEW LEGISLATION?
THAT'S THE QUESTION WE JUST
DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE ANSWER
TO.
WE ALSO DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF
THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO DO THAT PRIVATE
FUNDRAISING TO UTILIZE THAT 20%
FLEXIBILITY OF THE AMI.
THESE ARE QUESTIONS NOT YET
KNOWN.
I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO
PROVIDE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS
POSSIBLE.
AND ALSO NOT -- I THINK WE JUST
NEED TO ALLOW AS MUCH
FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE
NEXT YEAR.
I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK THIS IN
A YEAR FROM NOW AND ANALYZE THE
DATA AND MAKE CHANGES.
OR, COME BACK SOONER THAN THAT.
I DO THINK THAT AT THIS TIME WE
MAKE SURE IN MY COMMITTEE TO
HAVE THIS, TO HAVE THIS BILL
BEFORE US TWICE.
SO WE MET MY DESIRE TO HAVE THE
COMMITTEE REVIEW AND ORDINANCE
TWICE BEFORE PASSING IT.
WE ARE DOING SO AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE
ARE CHURCHES WAITING TO UTILIZE
THIS POLICY AS WRITTENFROM THE
STATE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU
WOULD GET THE LAST WORD, SO I
JUST WANT TO SCAN THE ROOM AND
MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT 1B.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST A POINT OF VERIFICATION
FOR THE PEOPLE VIEWING THIS.
THE 80% AMI IS STILL FOR THE
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS.
THIS AMENDMENT APPLIES JUST TO
THE RENTAL RESIDENTIAL.
SO, THERE IS FLEXIBILITY
ALREADY BUILT IN FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS WHERE
YOU TEND TO LOOK FOR A HIGHER
AMI TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE
MORTGAGES.
THAT IS THERE.
SO THOSE RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO
PURSUE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS
WILL STILL HAVE THE 80%.
THEN, THIS AMENDMENT APPLIES
JUST TO THE RENTAL HOUSING.
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I ASK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO CLOSE
OUT DEBATE?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I'VE
SEEN YOU COME OFF-CAMERA COUPLE
TIMES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING?
I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO
SETTLE IN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M SEEKING A COOLER ROOM.
APOLOGIES FOR THE CHANGE IN
LOCATION.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
AGAIN WEIGH IN ON THIS.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE I
CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, THERE
IS NOT CURRENTLY A POLICY THAT
I THINK WE COULD PUT INTO PLACE
TO QUOTE DETER NONPROFIT
DEVELOPERS FROM DEVELOPING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MORE THAN
1600 FOR EXAMPLE.
THE FACT THAT RENTAL UNITS ARE
SO HIGH IS IN PART BECAUSE WE
DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH RENTAL UNITS.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER OR
NOT THERE IS DEVELOPERS WHO ARE
SHAKING CERTAIN PRICE POINTS.
IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE COST
OF THOSE RENTAL UNITS, I THINK
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN
DO THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION IS
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RENTAL
UNITS IN SEATTLE.
ACROSS THE MARKET.
ESPECIALLY UP TO 80% AMI.
ALL OF THE LACK OF HOUSING AS
POINTED OUT BY THE STUDY THAT
CAME OUT NOW TWICE IN THE LAST
FEW YEARS, HAS CONSTANTLY SHOWN
THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
HOUSING, INCLUDING AT 80% AMI
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
ALL OF THAT PUTS DOWNWARD
PRESSURE ON AFFORDABLE UNITS
ACROSS THE MARKET.
I AGAIN WILL BE NOT SUPPORTING
THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE I DO
THINK THAT IT IS COUNTER TO THE
SHARED GOALS WHICH IS MAKING
SURE THERE IS MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS OUT THERE
OVERALL.
THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN WORKING WITH THESE CURRENT
-- PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE PART
OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WHO
HAVE SAID HELP US DEVELOP THIS
PARKING LOT, OR THIS EMPTY
SPACE INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK WE CAN WORK AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE TO BUILD THOSE
AFFORDABLE UNITS UP TO 80% AMI,
IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THOSE WHO
ARE AT SIX PERCENT OR BELOW.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THAT
TYPED OUT TO BE ABLE TO MORE
ELOQUENTLY MAKE THE POINT AS
I'VE BEEN SHUFFLING THROUGH
VERY WARM ROOMS.
HOPE THAT THE POINT GETS ACROSS
THAT IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE AS
MANY HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE UNITS, INCLUDING AT
80% AMI AND BELOW IT DOES
ABSOLUTELY, THE DATA SHOWS THAT
IT DOES SUPPORT AFFORDABLE
UNITS.
OPENING UP FOR OUR FOLKS THAT
ARE BELOW THOSE LEVELS AS WELL.
APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ON THE
BILL AS IT CAME OUT OF
COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THAT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I NOW HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
IN THE QUEUE SO I'M GOING TO
GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE
OUT DEBATE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THE
POINTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD MADE IN EXPLAINING WHY
THIS AMENDMENT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK ALL THE POINTS YOU MADE
ARE ABSOLUTELY BASED IN FACT.
FOR THE CHURCH COUNCIL. RESPECT
MY OFFICE HAS WORKED WITH THE
CHURCH COUNCIL AND WITH MANY
OTHER FAITH LEADERS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO
INCLUDING THE PROJECT I
MENTIONED THIS MORNING IN
BRIEFING THAT MY OFFICE IS
GOING TO BE ADVOCATING FOR.
I'M HOPING THAT THE REST OF THE
COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, BUT ALSO
IN OTHER AREAS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT UNITED
WORK.
I THINK IN THIS CASE IT IS A
LITTLE BIT AKIN TO THE DEBATE
THAT THE THEN COUNCIL HAD ON
THE QUESTION OF MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
IT IS A SIMILAR SITUATION HERE
WHERE WITH OR WITHOUT THIS
AMENDMENT, WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT ARE CHANGES ON THE MARGIN
REALLY.
AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, THE MAIN
OBJECTIVE THAT THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IN THE CORPORATE
LANDLORD LOBBY HAD WITH THE MHA
WAS NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY WERE
GETTING A WHOLE LOT, WHAT THEY
DID GAIN THOUGH WAS COMPLETELY
DROWNING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEBATE AT THAT TIME INTO THIS
QUESTION OF VERY ESOTERIC
AFFORDABLE, QUESTIONS OF THE
MHA RELATED LEGISLATION WITH
THEY DIDN'T REALLY ULTIMATELY
TALK ABOUT ACTUAL AFFORDABILITY.
I THINK I AM SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT.
I AM GOING TO SAY A FEW THINGS
IN ADDITION TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID.
I WANTED TO SAY, AND THIS IS MY
MESSAGE TO YOU ALSO MY FRIENDS
AT THE CHURCH COUNCIL AND
OTHERS, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT
AGREE ON THIS PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT, I THINK WE HAVE TO
GOING FORWARD REALLY CONTINUE
TO WORK TOGETHER TO MASSIVELY
EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BECAUSE THE PRICES IS SO ACUTE,
THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IS
ACUTE.
I DO THINK IT IS UNFORTUNATE
THAT POLITICIANS CONTINUE
REPEATING THE SUPPLY SIDE
ARGUMENTS ABOUT HOW IT IS
MAINLY THE LACK OF -- NUMBER OF
RENTAL UNITS THAT IS CAUSING
THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
THIS IS NOT BORNE OUT BY THE
DATA.
ULTIMATELY, YES, OF COURSE WE
NEED -- DO WE NEED MORE
DENSITY?
ABSOLUTELY.
DO WE NEED MUCH MORE OF A
ZONING CHANGE IN THE CITY TO
ALLOW MULTIPLE HOUSING UNITS,
LIKE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, TO BE
BUILT?
ABSOLUTELY.
DO WE NEED MORE HOUSING TO BE
BUILT?
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL OF THAT IS TRUE AND YET
NONE OF IT MAKES IT TRUE THAT
THE LACK OF THE NUMBER OF
RENTAL UNITS IS THE PROBLEM.
THIS IS A SUPPLIED SIDE
ARGUMENT.
THIS IS AN ARGUMENT THAT THE
REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY MAKES.
THIS IS WHAT PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT CORPORATION SAY AND
YOU WILL SUDDENLY NOT CATCH ME
MAKING THOSE ARGUMENTS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S A
QUESTION OF AFFORDABILITY.
SIMPLY BUILDING MORE DOES NOT
ENSURE AFFORDABILITY.
AS AN ECONOMIST, I'M SPEAKING
IN TERMS OF JUST HAVING LOOKED
AT THE DATA.
THERE IS NO ECONOMIST IN THIS
WORLD THAT CAN TELL YOU THAT
OKAY, YOU BUILD UP TO THIS
CRITICAL THRESHOLD AND THEN
HOUSING WILL START BECOMING
AFFORDABLE BECAUSE RENTS WILL
START COMING DOWN.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW
THAT HAPPENS.
THERE IS SIMPLY NO EMPIRICAL
EVIDENCE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN THE PRE-
PANDEMIC.
MATT, SEATTLE WAS A
CONSTRUCTION CRANE CAPITAL OF
THE WORLD PRE-YEARS RUNNING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, AND YOU
PLAN TO BE DATA-DRIVEN, NONE OF
THESE ARGUMENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY
THE ARGUMENT THAT THAT IS THE
MAIN REASON FOR THE LACK OF
AFFORDABILITY IS NOT SUPPORTED.
DO WE NEED MORE EXPANSION?
ABSOLUTELY.
I ALSO THINK THERE ARE
IMPORTANT ARGUMENTS THAT ARE
BEING MADE BY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS.
ONE IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF WHAT THE RENT ACTUALLY
IS, IT HAPPENS TO BE MARKET
RATE IN SOME CASES.
IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE
THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO
BUILD HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLY
THAN THAT.
WE KNOW THERE ARE HOUSING
PROVIDERS THAT CAN BUILD TO
GREATER AFFORDABILITY IF THERE
ARE AVENUES FOR THEM TO GET
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE ARE PUBLIC FUNDING
OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR EVEN 80%
AREA MEDIUM INCOME HOUSING LIKE
4% FEDERAL TAX CREDITS.
SO, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT BECAUSE FROM
EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, THE
HOUSING CAN BE MADE MORE
AFFORDABLE THAN 80% AMI.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE, JUST IF
YOU LOOK AT THE RENTS THAT
QUALIFIED 80% AMI, THEY ARE
LIKE MARKET RATE UNITS.
IT'S QUITE STUNNING WHEN YOU
SEE THE NUMBERS.
AS I SAID, I SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT.
MY OFFICE CONTINUE TO LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
FAITH COMMUNITY ON REALLY
PUSHING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN CONTINUING TO MAKE THE CITY
MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE THAN IT IS
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, BEFORE I
GO BACK TO YOU TO CLOSE OUT
DEBATE, AND HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION, THERE HAS BEEN A
FEW COMMENTS ABOUT HOW LOWERING
THE AMI FROM 80% TO 60% AMI
WOULD REQUIRE SUBSIDY FROM THE
CITY.
WHAT IS CONFUSING TO ME ABOUT
THAT STATEMENT IS WHETHER THAT
MEANS THAT IF THIS AMENDMENT
DIDN'T PASS, THERE WOULDN'T BE
A SUBSIDY REQUIRED, AND I'M NOT
SURE THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
SECONDLY, IF IT IS THE CASE
THAT A SUBSIDY WOULD BE
REQUIRED, DO YOU THINK THAT
YOUR AMENDMENT HAS THE IMPACT
OF REQUIRING A DEEPER SUBSIDY
FROM CITY RESOURCES IN ORDER TO
EFFECTUATE THE INTENT, OF MORE
DEEPLY AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOUSING UNITS?
>> THE AMENDMENT ITSELF HAS NO
IMPACT ON WHETHER A SUBSIDY IS
REQUIRED.
THE FACT THAT NONPROFIT
DEVELOPERS WORKING WITH
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO
DEVELOP LAND ON THE PROPERTY
OWNED BY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
IT'S JUST A STATEMENT OF FACT
THAT THOSE NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS
ARE LIKELY TO BE GETTING FUNDS
FROM THE CITY.
AS A REQUIREMENT OF THOSE FUNDS,
THEY WILL VERY LIKELY BE
MAINTAINING UNITS AT 60%.
SO, THIS ISSUE IS BEING BROUGHT
UP TO SAY THAT THIS AMENDMENT,
MY AMENDMENT, IS UNNEEDED
BECAUSE, AS COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAS SAID, THE MAJORITY
OF DEVELOPERS THAT WOULD BE
WORKING WITH RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS WILL BE RECEIVING
A SUBSIDY FROM THE CITY AND
MAINTAINING THEIR RENT AT SIX
PERCENT AMI.
SO, THAT IS A STATEMENT THAT IS
USED TO SAY THAT MY NAME IS
UNNEEDED.
I BELIEVE MY AMENDMENT IS
NEEDED BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO
GET CONDITIONS WHERE FOR PROFIT
DEVELOPERS ARE IN A POSITION TO
BASICALLY PUMP OUT OUR NONPROFIT
HOUSING DEVELOPERS IN A
SITUATION WHERE A RELIGIOUS
FACILITY, A RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTION IS CHOOSING,
BETWEEN WHICH DEVELOPER TO WORK
WITH.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO WORK WITH THE
DEVELOPER WHO DOES NOT INTEND
TO TAKE CITY DOLLARS.
DOES NOT INTEND TO DO MISSION-
BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT, THE RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTION COULD THEN CHOOSE
TO WORK WITH THE FOR PROFIT
DEVELOPER AT A GREATER
FINANCIAL RETURNED TO THE
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, WHICH I
UNDERSTAND THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS DESIRABLE.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THESE MY
CLOSING COMMENTS IF THAT'S
OKAY.
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION I THINK
IS MY CLOSING COMMENTS.
>> SURE, OKAY.
>> REPORTEDLY THE DENSITY BONUS
ABOUT DOUBLES THE LAND VALUE.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS NEED TO
BE, I THINK IN EXCHANGE GIVEN A
PUBLIC BENEFIT IN EXCHANGE.
AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, 80%
AMI RENTS ARE BASICALLY MARKET
RATE RENTS.
JUST TO SAY THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN,
IN CASE PEOPLE DIDN'T CATCH
THEM WHEN I SAID THEM THE FIRST
TIME.
THAT'S $1620 FOR A STUDIO.
AND THAT IS $1851 FOR A ONE-
BEDROOM APARTMENT.
THAT IS 80% AMI.
THAT IS BASICALLY MARKET.
IF YOU DO ACCEPT THE ARGUMENT
AS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT DOES
NOT AGREE WITH THE ARGUMENT,
BUT IF YOU DO ACCEPT THE
ARGUMENT THAT BUILDING MORE
SUPPLY OF HOUSING WILL DRIVE
THE MARKET DOWN, THEN YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE A SUBSIDY -- AND
INSENSATE PROGRAM WHERE THE
RANCH IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN
MARKET.
AGAIN, THERE IS NO PUBLIC VALUE
IN THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
FOR THOSE ANSWERING MY
QUESTIONS, AND WRAPPING UP
DEBATE ON THIS ONE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK WE HAVE EXHAUSTED OUR
CONVERSATION AND DEBATE ON
AMENDMENT 1B.
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL
THIS ONE UP FOR A VOTE NOW.
SO, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 1B?
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
I AM A NO ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THAT
WAS A YES?
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> NO, IT WAS A NO.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, JUST WANTED
TO DOUBLE CHECK.
FIVE IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES
IN THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
THE AMENDED BILL IS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT,
AND THAT IS AMENDMENT TWO.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO WALK
US THROUGH AMENDMENT TWO.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN.
LET ME GET OVER TO MY NOTES
HERE.
I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120081 AS PRESENTED ON THE
RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED AMENDMENT
TWO.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT TWO.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO
ADDRESS HER AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, SO THIS IS PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD SIMPLY
INCREASE THE TERM OF
AFFORDABILITY TO 75 YEARS FROM
50 YEARS.
REALLY WANT TO COME IN OFFERING
THIS AMENDMENT, UPLIFT THE
LEADERSHIP OF FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER ROB JOHNSON.
I THINK HE REALLY WITH THE MHA
PROGRAM DID THE CITY A GREAT
SERVICE IN MOVING OUR
AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS, THE
TERM OF AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENTS, TO A LONGER-TERM.
I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING
WE SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO REPLICATE
AT ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE
SO THAT AGAIN, THE VALUE OF THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT IS MORE
SUSTAINING.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT TWO?
OKAY, NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
OH, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE.
>> MUCH LIKE THE LAST AMENDMENT
I'M ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES
TO VOTE NO ON THIS AMENDMENT.
IT CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
AND DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH
SUPPORT TO PASS ON.
THIS IS ALL, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS.
THESE WERE BOTH AMENDMENTS WE
HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IN
COMMITTEE.
IT IS STILL MY DESIRE TO SEE
THIS PROGRAM WORK AT IT HAS
BEEN WRITTEN OUT FOR A PERIOD
OF A YEAR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS YOUR
DESIRE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING FORWARD A BETTER
AMENDMENT FOR THAT LAST ONE
THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT
FORWARD.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
AGAIN, THERE IS CONFUSION
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
LENGTH OF TIME THIS AMENDMENT
ADDS MORE CONFUSION THAN CLARITY
WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR WAY
TO BEING BUILT.
SO AGAIN, I'M NOT SEEING A ONE-
YEAR DELAY IN THIS AMENDMENT.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT AT THIS
TIME?
THIS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT
TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT WITH
THE PASSAGE AND SIGNING AND
NORMAL 30 DAY PERIOD, YES.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE IS NO
PHASED IMPLEMENTATION.
>> EVEN MORE SO, I THINK THAT
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THESE
AMENDMENTS OVER THE LAST 10
DAYS, WE HAVE NOT HAD A
CHESIVE STAKEHOLDER IN PROCESS
WITH THE AMENDMENT SPONSORS.
AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO, THE BUILDERS AND THE OWNERS,
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT
WITHOUT THE YEAR DELAY POSES
RISKS TO PROJECTS CURRENTLY
DESIRING TO USE THE LEGISLATION
AS WRITTEN BY THE STATE.
SO, STRONG, STRONGLY ENCOURAGING
COLLEAGUES TO PUT DOWN THIS
AMENDMENT.
HAPPY TO BRING ALL OF THIS
BACKUP IN A YEAR OR IN SIX
MONTHS WHEN WE HAVE MORE DATA
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS
PROGRAM IS BEING UTILIZED.
IS BEING UTILIZED AS INTENDED
AND IF IT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
NOT OPPOSED TO THE INTENT, AND
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE INTENT,
I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME.
I REMAIN OPEN TO FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT TWO?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE TOWARDS CALLING THE ROLE
HERE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT TWO?
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
THE MOTION FAILS FOR A LACK OF
A MAJORITY VOTE.
SO, IT IS NOT ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL, SO I
DO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
THE LAST WORD IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE ONE
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
BILL PASSING SO THE RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTION TO HAVE BEEN
COUNTING ON THIS BILL TO BE
PASSED CAN MOVE THEIR PROJECTS
FORWARDS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
AMENDED BILL.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
THE MIKE LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED..
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED
IN THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
>>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS 13 THROUGH 19 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> THE REPORT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEMS
13 THROUGH 19.
APPOINTMENTS 1957 THROUGH 1963.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF KATIE
GARROW, STEVE GELB, AND KEITH
WEIR AS MEMBERS, GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR TERMS TO
APRIL 30th, 2022.
IN THE APPOINTMENTS OF MARIA
BATAYOLA, DENNIS COMER, TOMAS
ALBERTO MADRIGAL, AND TYLER
VALENTINE AS MEMBERS GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR TERMS
TO APRIL 30th, 2023.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
CLERK.
COUNCILWOMAN SAWANT.
OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
THESE SEVEN ITEMS ARE MAYORAL
APPOINTMENT TO THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
KATIE GARROW AND KEITH WEIR
ARE BEING APPOINTED TO
POSITIONS RESERVED FOR
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LABOR
MOVEMENT.
KATIE GARROW IS THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE MARTIN LUTHER
COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL AND KEITH
WEIR IS A BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVE AND POLITICAL
DIRECTOR OF LOCAL 46.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE
AGREED TO SERVE ON THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
BECAUSE ENDING THE CLIMATE
CRISIS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONLY
WITH WORKERS IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT INTERNATIONALLY,
ESPECIALLY WORKERS IN UNIONS IN
THE FOSSIL FUEL SECTOR IN THE
CONSTRUCTION AND TRADE SECTORS
MOVING INTO SERIOUS STRUGGLE,
BUILDING BROAD SOLIDARITY IN
PUTTING FORWARD CLEAR DEMANDS
FOR A JUST TRANSITION AND
RETAINING FOR ALL WORKERS IN
FOSSIL FUELS.
STEVE GELB IS BEING APPOINTED
TO A POSITION RESERVED FOR A
WORKFORCE TRAINING
REPRESENTATIVE.
HE IS A NORTHWEST REGIONAL
MANAGER OF THE COLLABORATIVE
WHERE HE HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY
OF ADVOCATING FOR A JUST
TRANSITION FOR WORKERS INTO
GREEN JOBS.
MARIA BATAYOLA, TOMAS ALBERTO
MADRIGAL, AND TYLER VALENTINE
ARE BEING APPOINTED TO THE
POSITION RESERVED FOR
REPRESENTATIVES OF IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES.
MARIA BATAYOLA IS A COFOUNDER
OF THE COMMUNITY COALITION FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
TOMAS ALBERTO MADRIGAL IS A
BOARD MEMBER OF THE DUWAMISH
RIVER COMMUNITY COALITION.
AND TYLER VALENTINE IS THE
INNOVATION AND REAL ESTATE
MANAGEMENT.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DENNIS
COMER IS BEING APPOINTED TO A
POSITION RESERVED FOR A
REPRESENTATIVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS.
HE IS A PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE
CENTRAL AREA COLLABORATIVE.
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRM THESE
APARTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I KNOW I SAID THIS AT COMMITTEE
BUT I WANTED TO COMMAND CHAIR
SAWANT FOR THIS REALLY STRONG
GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME
FORWARD, AND ALSO TO CITY STAFF
IT'S REALLY AN AMAZING, EACH
PERSON HAS SUCH A DEEP RESUME
AND IS GOING TO BRING A LOT TO
THIS PANEL.
SO, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
INVOLVED, INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS 1957 THROUGH 1963?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
>>> OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED ON
JULY 6th.
FOR COUNCIL BRIEFING IN FULL
COUNCIL.
>>> COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WILL BE EXCUSED FROM
THE JULY 6th, 2021 COUNCIL
MEETINGS.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL BE
EXCUSED FROM JULY 6th, 2021
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
>>> ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY
MORE HANDS.
THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING IS ON TODAY, JULY 6th,
2021 AT 2:00 P.M.
AGAINST MY WANT TO ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO STAY COOL.
YOU CAN VISIT SEATTLE.GOP TO
LOOK FOR COOLING CENTERS.
IF YOU NEED THOSE.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE BEARS THIS
VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY HOT
WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A
WONDERFUL AND SAFE AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
TAKE CARE EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU.