>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SUSPECT 27,
2021 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL COMES TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:01 P.M.
I'M LORENA GONZALEZ.
WILL THE KHREBG PLEASE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> PRESIDENT.
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WILL BE
EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ IS E KAOUZED FROM
TODAY'S MEETING.
, IS EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S
MEETING.
AND WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
ONE IS FOR THE CITY CHARTER AND
THE SECOND WILL BE A
PROCLAMATION FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD AND MY OFFICE
WORKED WITH HER ON THAT
PROCLAMATION SO WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND START WITH THAT
PROCLAMATION.
I WANT TO WELCOME DEPUTY MAYOR
AND HE'S
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE
DEPUTY MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE
ENTIRE COUNCIL.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO THE
DEPUTY MAYOR TO DELIVER HER
REMARK AND TO DELIVER THE
MAYOR'S ADDRESS TO US.
WELCOME.
>> IT'S MY PLEASURE PURSUANT TO
SEATTLE CITY CHARTER TO PRESENT
YOU WITH THE MAYOR'S 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET.
HARD COPIES OF THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ARE BEING DELIVERED TO
THE CITY CLERK AND THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET ADDRESS WILL BE
AVAILABLE LIVE AT 5:00 P.M.
TODAY ON SEATTLE CHANNEL.
WE WILL ALSO DELIVER THE
TRANSCRIPT AT THAT TIME.
AS YOU KNOW IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN DEALING
WITH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC OF
COVID-19 BUT WE HAVE ALSO PART
OF THAT BEING DEALING WITH THE
CRISIS AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HOMELESSNESS WHICH ARE
BASICALLY TWIN CRISIS THAT HAVE
BEEN EXACERBATED BY COVID-19.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET ADDRESSES
THESE VALUES I KNOW SHARE WITH
OUR COMMITMENT TO SHELTER OUR
UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS, RECORD
INVESTMENTS IN UNDOING
GENERATIONAL HARM THAT HAS BEEN
INSTILLED THROUGH GENERATIONAL
RACISM.
WE WORK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET
SEASON.
I WISH YOU WELL THROUGH A VERY
PRODUCTIVE DELIBERATION AS YOU
MOVE GUARD WITH THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH DEPUTY
MAYOR GANASAN FOR BEING WITH US
THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR THOSE
REMARKSREALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WISH YOU ALL WELL AS YOU
PREPARE LIVE FOR THAT ADDRESS.
WE WILL ALL BE WATCHING OF
COURSE THAT'S WHEN WE'RE DONE
HERE.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR AND HOPE
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE DOING
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS IS DECLARING SEPTEMBER 26
AS DIAPER NEED.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD IS GOING
TO DELIVER THE PROCLAMATION.
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO
MAKE COMMENT.
THEN I WILL SUSPEND THE RULES
TOALLOW OUR GUESTS TO ACCEPT
THE PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
TESTIMONY TO THE COUNCIL AND
THE VIEWINGPUBLIC MEMBERS.
>>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS
PROCLAMATION ALONG WITH
COUNCILPRESIDENT GONZALEZ TO
WEST SIDE BABY DECLARING
SEPTEMBER 26th THROUGH
OCTOBER 3rd TO BE DIAPER NEED
AWARENESS WEEK.
THIS MORNING, MY COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES AND I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO AFFIX OUR
SIGNATURES TO THE PROCLAMATION
AND THE MAJOR IS CONCURRENT.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
AND MAYOR FOR THE SUPPORT OF
THIS NATIONAL EFFORT.
GIVEN THAT NOT ONLY DO I
PREPARE THE COMMITTEE WITH
OVERSIGHT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND
WEST SIDE BABY IS HEAD
QUARTERED IN MY DISTRICT.
THIS PROCLAMATION IS PART OF A
NATIONAL EFFORT TO BRING
AWARENESS AND ATTENTION TO A
HEALTH ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ONE
IN THREE FAMILIES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
LOW INCOME FAMILIES PAY UP TO
14% OF THEIR ENTIRE INCOME FOR
DISPOSABLE DIAPERS.
NATURAL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
DIAPER NEED IS LINKED TO HIGHER
RATES OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN
NEW MOMS.
EVEN PRIOR THAN HUNGER.
IT'S LINKED TO MORE FREQUENT
VISITS TO THE PEDIATRICIAN FOR
DIAPER RASH AND URINARY TRACT
INFECTION.
AS I MENTIONED THIS MORNING AT
COUNCIL BRIEFINGS OUR COMMUNITY
IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE WEST SIDE
BABY STEP UP TO PROVIDE 100,000
MORE DIAPERS THAN LAST YEAR.
A DIAPER DRIVE IS A GREAT WAY
TO SHOW YOU YOUR SUPPORT DURING
DIAPER NEED WEEK.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HOST A
DIAPER DRIVE.
>> I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS
PROCLAMATION TOGETHER WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
OUR DISTRICT ONE
REPRESENTATIVE.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS I AM
PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE
DONE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL TO
FUND THE DIAPER DRIVE WITH
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO SUPPORT
FAMILYS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
WITHOUT DIAPERS, MANY PEOPLE
CANNOT USE HEALTH CARE BECAUSE
MANY OF OUR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS REQUIRE YOU TO DROP
OFF DIAPERS WHEN YOU DROP OFF
YOUR CHILD.
THIS ALSO MEAN MISSED WORK FOR
EXACERBATED CHALLENGES THAT
MANY MAY BE EXPERIENCING
ALREADY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR VOTES IN
SUPPORT OF IDENTIFYING
ADDITIONAL REVENUE INCLUDING
SOME DEDICATED REVENUE WITH THE
BEVERAGE TAX AND THE FAMILY'S
EDUCATION LEVEE TO MEET THIS
CRITICAL NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK
ADVOCATES LIKE WEST SIDE BABIES
FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE
SURE OUR FAMILIES INCLUDING
THEIR CHILDREN ARE HEALTHY AND
CARED FOR BY MEETING ALL OF
THEIR NEEDS INCLUDING THEIR
DIAPER NEEDS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TONY FOR
BEING WITH US.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR
TO SEE IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS BEFORE WE
OPEN IT UP TO TONY.
I DON'T HEAR ANY, I ALMOST
MISSED APROCEDURE TO SUSPEND
THE RULES.
I WILL WELCOME TONY SARGE TO
OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
I AM GOING TO HAND IT TO YOU TO
PROVIDE REMARKS TO OUR COUNCIL
AND MEMBERS OF OUR VIEWING
PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD FOR YOUR
REMARKS.
WE SO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT
THIS YEAR AND THE MANY MANY
YEARS YOU'VESUPPORTED THIS
PROCLAMATION.
AGAIN MY NAME IS TONY TONI
SARGE.
BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, YOU
HAVE SAID WHAT WEST SIDE BABY
IS TRYING TO DO.
WEST SIDE BABY IS SO HONORED TO
WORK WITH OVER 100 PROGRAMS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
INCLUDING SEATTLE SCHOOLS AND
MANY COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS
TO PROVIDE DIAPERS.
WE DISTRIBUTED 2.4 MILLION
DIAPERS LAST YEAR.
IN 2020 WE ANTICIPATE
DISTRIBUTING EVERYONE MORE IN
RESPONSE TO THE ECONOMIC
CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC THAT ARE CONTINUING TO
IMPACT FAMILIES WHILE BEING IN
ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES THIS
YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
THIS YEAR, WE REALLY APPRECIATE
IT AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
>> SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
WHEN WE I'M SURE UNDOUBTEDLY
WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE
AND MARK THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THIS AWARENESS WEEK.
THANK YOU TONI FOR BEING WITH
US AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT
YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR BROADER
COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> COLLEAGUES WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE TO OTHER ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
FIRST IS MINUTES APPROVAL.
THERE ARE NO MINUTES TO APPROVE
THIS WEEK SO THAT MEANS DOUBLE
THE FUN NEXT WEEK.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
COLLEAGUES WE DID HEAR THIS
MORNING THAT WE HAVE AN
AMENDMENT COMING TO US ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR BY INTRODUCING 32021
ENTITLED A RESOLUTION.
AND STATING THE COUNCIL'S
SUPPORT FOR FULL
DECRIMINALIZATION OF THESE
ACTIVITIES AND BY REFERRING IT
TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE REFERRAL CALENDAR.
AND REFERRING IT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS I'M GOING
TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU IN ORDER
TO ADDRESS THE AMENDMENTS
BEFORE WE SENT IT TO VOTE.
>> AND I AM NOT SURE WHY IT
WASINTRODUCED ON THE CALENDAR
BUT HERE WE ARE SEEING THERE
WAS A NOTICE FOR INTRODUCTION
ON FRIDAY.
THIS RESOLUTION COMES AS A
RESULT OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF
PROCESS HERE AT THE CITY
COUNCIL.
IN ENGAGING WITH DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE.
AND THE CULTIVATION AND USE OF
THESE SUBSTANCES.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES MAY RECALL
THAT IN JUNE WE SIGNED A LETTER
PUTTING THIS MATTER ON TO THE
WORK PROGRAM OF THE OVER DOSE
INVASION TASK FORCE.
THAT TASK FORCE CAME BACK IN
AUGUST WITH A RECOMMENDATION
FOR THE COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE
POLICY INTO PRACTICE A DE-
EMPHASIZE ON EXISTING LAWS IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND
SUPPORT FOR FURTHER
DECRIMINALIZATION OF THESE
LAWS.
THIS RESOLUTION IS THE FIRST
STEP AS A COUNCIL COMING OUT OF
THAT PROCESS FOLLOWING A
SYMPOSIUM MY OFFICE HELD A FEW
WEEKS AGO NOW TO REALLY CUE UP
THIS RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT BY ANY
MEANS THE END OF A POTENTIAL
COUNCIL PROCESS BUT IS THE
START BY ACKNOWLEDGING AN
EXISTING POLICY FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
RELEASED IN THE DECISION
EMPHASIZING THAT THIS IS NOT A
CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRIORITY OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN KEEPING THE GOALS
OF DECRIMINALIZED NATURE AND
THE GOALS OF THIS COUNCIL.
THE RESOLUTION OF COURSE ALLOWS
FOR THE FACT THAT THOSE POLICY
DECISIONS TO CHANGE IN THE
PAST.
SO COMMITS THE COUNCIL TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND
LOOK FOR WAYS TO FURTHER
SOLIDIFY THIS POLICY.
VIA THROUGH SPD POLICY OR THE
POTENTIAL OF TAKING ON SOME
FUTURE ORDNANCE AT THIS COUNCIL
IN SOME TIME TO COME.
BUT FOR NOW THIS RESOLUTION
ALSO COMMITS THE CITY TO
KEEPING WHAT WE ULTIMATELY ARE
GOING TO NEED TO REALLY RESOLVE
THIS ISSUE WHICH IS A FULL,
FULL LEGISLATION FROM THE
STATE.
IN THE VAIN OF WHAT THE STATE
OOREGON HAS ALREADY PASSED
WHICH DECRIMINALIZING THE
POSSESSION AND CLINICAL USE OF
THESE SUBSTANCES.
NOT SEEKING TO PAS SEEKING TO
PASS IT TODAY BUT LOOKING TO
PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A DRAFT
ORDNANCE BROUGHT ON BY COUNCIL
MEMBERSAWANT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE
BEEN TRYING TO BRING FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
LETTING ME DO KIND OF A LONG
FEED UP THERE.
ALSO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD FOR GIVING US
TIME TO DISCUSS THIS IN THE
COUNCIL MEETING ON FRIDAY.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE INTRODUCTION
OF THE REFERRAL REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, AS THE SPONSOR,
AS NOTED AS THE SPONSOR OF THE
ORDNANCE TO DECRIMINALIZE THE
USE OF PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS.
I REFER ANY SUCH RESOLUTION
HOWEVER I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
WHEN THERE'S AN ORDNANCE IN
PLACE THAT THE COUNCIL IS
TALKING ABOUT A RESOLUTION
BECAUSE A RESOLUTION IS NOT ON
ORDNANCE.
IF THE RESOLUTION ASKS THE
POLICE TO QUOTE UNQUOTE CODIFY
POLICY.
RESOLUTIONS CAN ONLY MAKE
REQUEST THEY DO NOT ACCOMPLISH
THE SAME THING AS A LAW.
I CERTAINLY HAVE, MY OFFICE HAS
BROUGHT FORWARD MANY
RESOLUTIONS IN CASES WHERE WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT IN A CASE WHERE THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS FULL AUTHORITY TO
PASS AN ORDNANCE I WOULD PREFER
TO PASS AN ORDNANCE.
TO DECRIMINALIZE PSYCHEDELICS
IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ORDNANCE
AND IT IS THE CITY COUNCIL THAT
HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PASS SUCH
AN ORDNANCE NOT THE POLICE.
AND YEAH JUST TO, REFRESH THE
MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLICAND THOSE AT HOME WHO DID
NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS.
MY OFFICE SENT FOR INTRODUCTION
A COUNCIL BILL, AN ORDNANCE
THAT WOULD HAVE DONE JUST THAT
JUNE 29th ALMOST THREE MONTHS
AGO.
IT WAS TRANSMITTED TO HERBOLD
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT BILL HAS NOT
COME FORWARD.
I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTION.
I WOULD PREFER THAT COUNCIL
MEMBERS ACTUALLY PASS THE
ORDNANCE THAT WOULD
DECRIMINALIZE THE USE OF
PSYCHEDELICS WE KNOW THERE'S A
HUGE SUPPORT FOR THIS IN THE
COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY AMONG
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND
FROM MEDICAL AND CLINICAL
PROFESSIONALS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT, HERBOLD AND THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT
THAT I APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S RECOMMENDATION
FOR LEGISLATION.
THIS RESOLUTION IS COMING ON
THE HEELS OF THE OEIR TASK
FORCE ORGANIZATION AND IT'S
ALIGNED WITH THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE STATED IN
OUR, STATED COUNCILS INTENT TO
CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION AND
THIS RESOLUTION IS ALIGNED WITH
THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> WE CAN DISCUSS THIS MORE
WHEN THIS RESOLUTION COMES UP
FOR FINAL VOTE.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S COMMENTS
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME
SCOPE TO PURSUE THE
CONVERSATION AND I THINK THIS
WILL PUT TOGETHER A ROAD MAP TO
PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT IS
NOTABLE TO DO.
IT'S TAKING SOME TIME, THERE
ACTUALLY ARE SOME THINGS THAT
ARE IN THE SCOPE OF THE CURRENT
SPD POLICY THAT WAS DONE IN THE
WAKE OF BLADE.
FOR EXAMPLE IT'S FAIRLY SILENT
ON THE CULTIVATION OF SOME OF
THESE SUBSTANCES.
BY NO STRETCH AM I INTRODUCING
THIS RESOLUTION TODAY TO BE THE
COUNCIL'S FINAL WORD IN THIS
SUBJECT AREA.
IT'S JUST THAT WHEN WE'RE
WAITING INTO SOMETHING AS
DELICATE AS COMPLETELY
RECONSTITUTING THE POLICY OF
THE CITY AND THEN HOPEFULLY
EVERYONE KHULLY EVENTUALLY THE
STATE.
YES THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN MORE
COMPLEX AND MUCH MORE NEEDING
PARTS THAN WE EXPECTED IT WOULD
BE.
THIS IS JUST MEANT TO BE THE
FIRST STEP.
CERTAINLY NOT MEANT TO BE THE
FINAL WORD ON THIS.
I WILL RESERVE MOST OF OUR
COMMENTSFOR THE BILL INSTEAD OF
PUTTING IT ON THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
WITH THAT I WILL STOP GIVEN
THAT WE HAVE A CROWDED AGENDA
TODAY.
>> WE DO INDEED.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
I DID JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS YOU
BROUGHT THIS UP SORT OF AS A
QUESTION IN TERMS OF WONDERING
WHY IT WASN'T ON THE
INTERMISSION REFERRAL CALENDAR.
JUST AS A REMINDER THE DEADLINE
TO GET LEGISLATION ON OUR
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
IN THE ORDNANCE COURSE OF
BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY ON
TUESDAY.
WE EXERCISE A LITTLE BIT OF
GRACE AND LET FOLKS GET THINGS
TO US ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ACTUALLY
RECEIVED THE FINAL RESOLUTION
FOR INTRODUCTION AT 5:00 P.M.
ON FRIDAY.
SO UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE IT IN
THE REGULARLY PUBLISHED. GLAD
WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE AMENDMENT
BEFORE US SO WE CAN CONTINUE
HAVING THIS IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID ARE
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE FOR THE
AMENDMENT TO THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA , MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE..
>> THE MOTION PASSES.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATE
BREAKING REQUEST.
BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK
AMELIA TO CHIME IN HERE.
I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK
RMOVAL OF ITEM 14 WHICH WAS AN
APPOINTMENT THAT IS NOT
ACTUALLY AN APPOINTMENT.
MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING A LITTLE
BIT.
>> OKAY.
SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ITEM
14 REMOVED OR HELD?
>> I AM GOING TO CONFIRM THIS
ONE SECOND.
SO ITEM 14 IS AN APPOINTMENT
THAT I THINK WAS MISTAKINGLY
PLACED ON THIS AGENDA.
THIS PERSON, I THINK
THEIRAPPOINTMENT ENDED ALREADY
AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE ON THIS AGENDA.
AMELIA CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS FOR
ME..
>> THAT IS CORRECT COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
DURING THE AGENDA, A MOTION
WILL BE MADE TO REMOVE THAT
ITEM.
>> YOU WANT TO MAKE AN
AMENDMENT.
WE WILL GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET
TO THE AGENDA.
NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS
CONFUSED.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
AND LOOKING AT ITEM 14 ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
BUT I DO HAVE YOU ON. I DON'T
SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
I WILL ASK FOR THE ADOPTION OF
THE CALENDAR.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU, LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> GREAT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AND WE HAVE
A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS HERE THE
FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS AND THEN
WE WILL HEAR FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES ON THE
AFOREMENTIONED ITEM 14.
SO I'M GOING TO FIRST RECOGNIZE
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS TO MAKE
HIS MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, I
MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
PLACE ITEM 19 COUNCIL BILL
120532 ITEM 11 ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE AGENDA BY MOVING ITEM
19 TO APPEAR AFTER ITEM TEN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AGENDA IS AMENDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES I
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT SO I'M GOING TO HAND
IT TO YOU TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> YES, I MOVE THAT WE REMOVE
ITEM 14 LISTED AS APPOINTMENT
1619 FROM THE AGENDA.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE AGENDA BY REMOVING
ITEM 14 FROM TODAY'S AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED ARE THERE
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDED AGENDA?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK, IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION THE
AMENDED AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
COLLEAGUES WE'RE NOW GOING TO
MOVE TO OPEN, WE'RE NOW GOING
TO MOVE TO THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA,
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND THE WORK PROGRAM.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR ONGOING PATIENCE AS WE
CONTINUE TO CONTROL THIS REMOTE
PUBLIC SYSTEM.
AS A REMINDER THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AND OR
ELIMINATE THESE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIODS AT ANY POINT IF WE DEEM
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR
IS NO LONGER SUITABLE TO ALLOW
OUR MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
SUCCESSFULLY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING WAS SCHEDULED TO
BE 20 MINUTES WITH EACH SPEAKER
HAVING TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER WE HAVE OVER 50 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN AN EFFORT TO HEAR FROM ALL
THOSE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT I HAVE EXTENDED
THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.
COLLEAGUES IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION THE PUBLIC PERIOD
WILL BE EXTENDED TO A TOTAL OF
60 MINUTES.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO
60 MINUTES.
I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS IN THE
ORDER THEY HAVE REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS MUST CALL IN FROM THE
PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION AND USING THE
MEETING PASS CODE.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
LISTEN LINE CALL IN
INFORMATION.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME STAFF
WILL UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT OF YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED AFTER YOU
HEAR THAT PROMPT YOU MUST PRESS
STAR SIX BEFORE SPEAKING.
AGAIN YOU MUST PRESS STAR SIX
BEFORE SPEAKING AFTER YOU HEAR
THE AUTOMATIC PROMPT THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
PLEASE START BY REMINDING US OF
YOUR NAME, THE ITEM YOU'RE
ADDRESSING AND AS A REMINDER
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD
RELATE TO AN ITEM ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR OR
COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECOND ARE LEFT OF YOUR
ALLOTTED ONE MINUTE.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, PLEASE
BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF YOU DON'T END YOUR COMMENTS
AT THE END OF THE ONE MINUTE
YOU'VEBEEN ALLOTTED THEN YOUR
MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO E-MAIL
THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS TO US
AT COUNCIL THAT'S COUNCIL @
SEATTLE.GOV.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT YOU CAN
DISCONNECT.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM YOUR LINE AND
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING YOU CAN
DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
IT IS 2:30 P.M.
WE WILL GO UNTIL 3:30 P.M.
AS A REMINDER YOU PRESS STAR
SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT
OF YOU HAVE BEEN UP UNMUTED.
AND PETER CONDIT, DOUBLE CHECK
YOUR INFORMATION.
CALL ACK WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR
ONE MINUTE.
WE WILL GO TO MARK RUBEN FOLLOW
BID ROBERT GAIL.
>> HI MY NAME IS KATE RUBEN.
I'M CALLING TO URGE THE COUNCIL
TO PROTECT REPRESENTERS FROM
DISPLACEMENT BY VOTING YES ON
SIX MONTHS NOTICE FOR RENT
INCREASES AND YES ON ECONOMIC
EVICTIONS.
THIS WILL GIVE RENTERS THE
ABILITY TO FIND HOUSING.
WE RECOGNIZE THE DIRECT
CONNECTION BETWEEN HOUSING
JUSTICE AND RACIAL JUSTICE.
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY
TO BE RENTERS AS WELL AS THE
FIRST TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THEIR
HOMELS.
EAST SEATTLE PROJECT WE
UNDERSTAND HOW WE USE OUR
RESOURCES AND EVERYONE WHO
LIVES THERE.
THE SOLIDARITY PRIORITIZES THE
NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES AND PROTECTS CARE
AND NEGOTIATION.
COUNCIL SHOULD ADJUST THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET TO SLOWLY MEET
OUR COMMUNITY GENERATED DEMAND,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT UP IS HOWARD
GAIL FOLLOWED BY HANNAH
SWOBODA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
SPEAKING ON THE BUDGET AND
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE SEATTLE TIMES COVERED THE
STORY OF HOWARD K A RETIRED
LONGSHOREMAN WHO WAS BRUTALLY
ASSAULTED IN HIS OWN HOME BY
SEATTLE POLICE.
WHEN ANDREW MIREBERG INVESTED
THECASE HE DEEMED IT LAWFUL
WITHOUT IF INTERVIEWING THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED.
OUR CURRENT POLICE ACCOUNTABLE
SYSTEM COSTS OVER $20 MILLION
TO TAXPAYERS PAY TWICE FOR
POLICE ABUSE.
ONCE TO COVER IT UP AND IF THAT
FAILS A SECOND TIME TO
COMPENSATE THE VICTIMS.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET WHICH
NEEDS TO BE THE STARTING POINT
DEMANDS THAT POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY BE REMOVED THE
SPD WE NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT
AND USE ALL $10 MILLION TO
CREATE CONTROL OVER POLICE
POLICY MISCONDUCT.
>> THANK YOU NEXT UP IS SWABODA
FOLLOWED BY BLAKE SERRANO.
>> HI, THIS IS SARAH SWABODA
AND I'M CALLING TO ASK THE
COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON THE RENT
áR. SEATTLE RENTS HAVE RISEN AT
FIVE TIMES THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE.
THE SEATTLE TIMES JUST REPORTED
THAT 60,000 SEATTLE RENTERS ARE
BEHIND THEIR RENT AND THE
MAJORITY OF THOSE THE RENTERS
SAY THAT THEY'RE LIKELY TO LOSE
THEIR HOUSING IN THE NEXT
MONTHS.
THREE EASY PROTECTIONS TO STOP
TH BARBARIC.
>> I RENT AND WORK IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AND I URGE THE
COUNCIL TO VOTE YES FOR ANY
RENT INCREASE AND WILL PROVIDE
ECONOMIC EVICTION ASSISTANCE AS
WELL.
I WANT TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO
VOTE YES IN THE ECONOMIC
EVICTION ASSISTANCE BILL.
RENTS IN SEATTLE HAVE GONE UP
AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 25%.
AND AS THE RENTERS RIGHTS WHO
HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS
I'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS
ON THE STREETS WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE FACING RENT INCREASE FOR
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
úDOLLARS AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO PAY.
WHICH USUALLY INCLUDES FIRST
AND LAST MONTH'S RENT.
RENTING A U-HAUL AND MORE.
THIS IS ALL OCCURRING WHILE
WE'RE GOING AN EVICTION
PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT IS JESSICA
SCOUSSEL.
FOLLOWED BY EVA METS.
>> HI MY NAME IS JESSICA
SCOUSO, I AM A RENTER IN
DISTRICT THREE AND I'M CALLING
TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES
ON BOTH BILLS, ONE TO HAVE SIX
MONTHS NOTICE FOR ANY RENT
INCREASE.
AND TWO TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
PUSHED OUT BECAUSE THEIR RENT
IS BEING RAISED TOO MUCH.
I HAVE BEEN IN A POSITION OF
HAVING TO MOVE BECAUSE OF RENT
INCREASES AND BECAUSE WE HAD
OLD PIPES IN OUR BUILDING, THE
LANDLORD HAD TO PAY US TO MOVE
AND IT HELPED IMMENSELY.
THE SECOND THING IS, FINDING
NEW HOUSING TAKES A LOT OF TIME
AND ENERGY IT'S LIKE A FULL
TIME JOB AND IT DEFINITELY
TAKES A TOLL IF PEOPLE ARE
HAVING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THESE TWO MEASURES ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT
AGAINST THAT AND ALSO TO HELP
WITH IT IF SOMEBODY DOES HAVE
TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BECAUSE RENTS HAVE RISEN 25% IN
THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, THE
BALANCE IS STILL.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING.
UP NEXT IS EVA METS FOLLOWED BY
IVANA THOMPSO WILEY.
>> MY NAME IS EVA AND I'M A
RENTER IN DISTRICT THREE ASKING
THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE
RENTALINCREASE SAWANT MOVEMENT.
IT'S NOT FUN TO MOVE IT'S A TON
OF WORK AND FEELING LIKE YOUR
LIVING SITUATION IS ALWAYS JUST
TENUOUS AND JUST SUBJECT TO TH
WHIMS OF YOUR LANDLORD.
I FEEL LUCKY THAT I'VE FOUND
PLACES THAT I CAN AFFORD TO
LIVE IN.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT SO LUCKY.
THIS IS JUST THE START, WE NEED
RENT CONTROL AND AS WE FIGHT
FOR THAT WE NEED CITY COUNCIL
TO STAND WITH RENTERS, PAST
FIVE SIX NOTICE FOR RENT
INCREASES AND BASIC PROTECTION
FOR RENTERS.
VOTE YES ON ECONOMIC EVICTION
ASSISTANCE.
THIS IS A BASIC PROTECTION FOR
RENTERS.
WHO ARE STRUGGLING AS CORPORATE
LANDLORDS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS TRAVANA FOLLOWED BY
JACOB SHEER.
>> I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
MAYOR'S BUDGET TO MEET OUR
COMMUNITY GENERATED.
THE COMMUNITIES DESERVE TO BE A
PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
NEXT UP IS JACOB SHEER.
>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS JACOB
SHEER AND I'M CALLING ON BEHALF
OFRENTAL CHANGE.
WE URGENTLY NEED LEGISLAION
THAT ACKNOWLEDGES AND CONFRONTS
THE MAGNITUDE AND SCALE OF
SEATTLE RENTERS.
IT SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE
IN THE PRECEDENCE OF UTTER
DISASTER FOR THOUSANDS OF
RENTERS.
AS OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE NOTICED.
60,000 SEATTLE RENTERS ARE
BEHIND ON RENT AS THE
MORATORIUM EXPIRATION.
THIS NUMBER IS LIKELY AN, AS
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT HAS NOTED
WE KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE.
EVERY EVICTION IS AN ACT OF
VIOLENCE THAT LEADS TO
HOMELESSNESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION LEGISLATION LEADS
TO AFFORDABLE RENT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS SEVERE I WORK WITH
THE RESEARCH PROJECT AND
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
TODAY I'M CALLING TO URGE CITY
COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY.
SOLIDARITY BUDGET SHOULD BE
YOUR STARTING POINT FOR BUDGET
NEGOTIATIONS THIS YEAR.
THE KEY TO OLIVER HAD A GREAT
QUOTE AT SATURDAY'S 2022
SOLIDARITY SUMMIT WHERE THIS
COMMUNITY BUDGET WAS
HRAUFRPBLED THEY HRAUFRPBLED
LAUNCHED THEY SAID WHAT DO WE
WANT TO BE.
WE KNOW THAT IS WHAT WILL
GENERATE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PUBLIC SAFETY FOR EVERYONE.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET IS A
BROAD GROUP OF RACIAL
COALITIONENVIRON MENTAL JUSTICE,
LABOR UNIONS, SERVICE
PROVIDERS, ART AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION AND OTHER
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ALICE FOLLOWED BY
ALICIA LEWIS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
ALICE MABARE I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT FOUR AND A PART OF
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
I'M CALLING TO UNDER COUNCIL TO
EMERGE THE MAYOR'S PWUPBL FOR
WHAT COMMUNITIES HAVE
IDENTIFIED AND LAID OUT IN
THEIR VERY DETAILED BUDGET
PROPOSAL.
I'M ESPECIALLY CONCERNED THAT
MAJOR DURKAN'S BUDGET WILL ADD
7 SPD.
WE KNOW THAT 90% OF CALLS ARE
CONSIDERED NONCRIMINAL.
WE NEED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FREED UP FOR TRANSPORTATION,
EDUCATION, CHILD CARE, FOOD
SOVEREIGNTY, INDIGENOUS RACE
AND SO MUCH MORE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ALICIA LEWIS
FOLLOWED BY BRET FRANK LOONIE.
>> HEY MY NAME IS ALICIA LEWIS
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT THREE.
I'M ALSO CALLING TO DEMANDS
THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL STAND
WITH OUR MOVEMENT THAT IS
DEMANDING SIX MONTH NOTICE FOR
RENT INCREASES AND EVICTION
ASSISTANCE AS A YOUNG PERSON
SUPPORTING MYSELF I ALREADY
STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE
SKYROCKETING RENT IN SEATTLE
WHICH CORPORATE DEVELOPERS HAVE
DRIVEN UP BY 25% THIS YEAR AND
JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE OF A
BURDEN THESE OUT OF CONTROL
RENTS ARE ON WORKING FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN TO SUPPORT
ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC
AND ECONOMIC CRISIS.
AND DURING ALL OF THIS, THE
PROFITS OF CORPORATE DEVELOPERS
HAVE BEEN BOOMING.
THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE
A CLEAR STAND ON THE SIDE OF
WORKING CLASS RENTERS, YOUNG
PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
IT'S SHOCKING THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSON WOULD WATER
DOWN THE LEGISLATION OF TESTING
FOR MEANS TESTING ASSISTANCE.
MEANS TESTING HAS PROVEN TO BE
INEFFECTIVE.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT IS BRET FRANK LOONIE
FOLLOWED BY CALABRIA.
>> MY NAME IS BRET FRANK LOONIE
CALLING IN REGARDING SAWANT'S
COUNCIL BILL.
MY FAMILY SPOTTED RED LIGHTING
FOR OUR COMMUNITY SOMETHING
THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO TODAY.
THE LAST TWO MONTHS ME AND MY
FAMILY HAVE STRUGGLED TO MAKE
OUR RENT.
A SIX MONTH RENT INCREASE
NOTICE AND RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE WOULD HELP THOSE OF
US WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THE CITY SHOULD FOCUS ON THE
SUPPORT THEY NEED.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON BOTH
BILLS BEFORE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS LEO N CALABRIA
FOLLOWED BY THISTLE.
AND LIAM I SEE YOU'RE WITH US
BUT YOU WILL NEED TO PRESS STAR
SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME.
MY NAME IS LEON HOUSTON
CALABRIA I'M A QUEER RENTER IN
DISTRICT FOUR.
I WANT TO PUT FORWARD MY
SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S RENTERS PROTECTION.
EACH ONE OF THOSE IS AN
ABSOLUTETRAVESTY OF ITS OWN
BECAUSE IT OFTEN LEADS TO
HOMELESSNESS.
WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE
RAMIFICATION
THAT OUR FAMILIES NEED.
FAMILIES RELY ON EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE RATHER THAN HOUSING.
THIS IS REALLY COSTLY FOR THE
PUBLIC.
IT ALSO PUTS A LOT OF STRAIN ON
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM DURING
A.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS CARLA THISTLE.
>> SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL KNOWS
THAT 60% OF SEATTLE LANDLORDS
MAKE LESS THAN 75,000 A YEAR.
THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE
CITY'S OWN 2018 RENTAL HOUSING
STUDIES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS CLAIM THEY'RE
NOT OUT TO HURT SMALL LANDLORDS
YET THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
PROPOSALS THAT HURT LANDLORDS
THAT OWN PROPERTIES IT ALSO
HURTS TENANTS.
SPECIFICALLYMOST OF US ARE
LEAVING THE BUSINESS BECAUSE OF
THE ANTI LANDLORD LEGISLATION
PASSED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL.
WE NEED TO REVERSE COURSE AND
VOTE FOR CANDIDATES WHO PROTECT
SMALLLANDLORDS AS A VALUABLE
SOURCE OF LOW INCOME HOUSING IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> NEXT UP IS DAVID WILDER.
>> HELLO THERE I'M A RENTER IN
DISTRICT THREE CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBER
SUPPORT RENTERS PROTECTION
BILL.
OVER 25 THIS YEAR AND A FEW
WEEKS OVER 200 PEOPLE GATHERED
TO PAY FOR RENT CONTROL DESPITE
THE WEATHER.
WHEN CORPORATE LANDLORDS ARE
EVICTING THEIR MAKING A CLEAR
CHOICE.
MOST EVICTIONS ARE COMING FROM
BIG LANDLORDS AND THE HOUSING
CRISIS IS AT A HIGH RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT'S THAT WE NEED ALL
OF THIS WITH NO WORRIES AND NO
DELAYS.
>> NEXT UP IS DAVID HAYNES
FOLLOW ED BY DANIEL WAYNE.
>> THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS DAVID HAYNES.
WE NEED TO REDEVELOP PIONEER
SQUARE.
WE DON'T NEED TO PRESERVE A
RACIST ERA OF HASTILY BUILT
SLUM BUILDINGS.
WE NEED WATER ACCESS BY PIONEER
SQUARE.
WE'RE CUT OFF BY A NINE LANE
HIGHWAY.
AND YES WE MUST STOP THE DRIVE-
THRU ROAD RAGE OF COMMERCIAL.
ANY WAY, PIONEER SQUARE IS
BEING RUN BY STREET CRIMINALS.
THE THING IS, $10 MILLION NEEDS
TO GO INTO THE INVESTMENT OF
PIONEER SQUARE AND OTHERS. %
IT'S TIME TO PUT AN END OF THE
ABUSIC LANDLORDS FORCED TO PLAY
OVER FIVE MORTGAGES INCREASED
IN PROPERTY BECAUSE OF
LAWMAKERS
>> THANK YOU NEXT UP IS DANIEL
WAYNE FOLLOWED BY DANIEL
SWANSON.
>> I'M A STUDENT RENTER IN
DISTRICT FOUR.
I WILL START OFF BY SUPPORTING
TH CARPENTER CONTRACTORS.
CARPENTER CONTRACTORS ARE
UNABLE TO AFFORD IN THE CITY
THEY BUILD.
I THINK IT'S DEEPLY SHAMEFUL
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSEN IS
TRYING TO WATER DOWN COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S REFERRAL BY
MEANS TESTING.
THIS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
COMING OUT OF THE POCKETS OF
THE SAME CORPORATE LANDLORDS
THAT HAVE BEEN RAKING IN
MILLIONS OF PROFIT.
MEANS TESTING SERVICE TPHAO ONE
BUT IS WATERING DOWN THESE
RENTERS PROTECTION.
>>> NEXT UP IS DANIEL
SWANSONFOLLOWED BY LOGAN SWAN.
>> MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I'M A
RENTER IN DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO VOTE YES FOR SIX
MONTH NOTICE TPEU FOR.
SOMETIMES NO NOTICE IS GIVEN.
THE CONSTANT MOVING AND
ENORMOUS RELOCATION COST OF
MAKING SEATTLE FOR THE POOR
PEOPLE THAT WILL MAKE SEATTLE
AN ENJOYABLE CITY.
WALK OUTS ARE HAPPENING IN
CONSTRUCTION IN CITIES WHERE
WORKERS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR
INABILITY TO AFFORD RENT AND
FIND HOUSING IN THE CITY THEY
úWORK IN.
WE NEED THESE RENTERS
PROTECTIONS.
IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO SEE
COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT SUPPORT
THESE BILLS, THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS LOGAN SWAN FOLLOWED BY
STEPHANIE ADDIE.
>> I'M CALLING FOR THE SUPPORT
OF COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
RENTERS PROTECTION.
WE NEED STRONGER RENTER
PROTECTIONS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND WE
NEED LEADERSHIP THAT PUTS
WORKERS FIRST.
LIKE CHALMERS OFFICE WHO'S
FIGHTING.
SO I'M ASKING THE REST OF THE
COUNCIL WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON,
RENTERS OR LANDLORDS?
WORKERS OR BOSSES?
>> NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE ADDIE
AND AFTER STEPHANIE WILL BE JOSH
SMITH.
>>> STEPHANIE I SEE THAT YOU
ARE WITH US.
STEPHANIE, I NEED YOU TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX.
>> HI THERE I'M STEPHANIE ADDIE
I'M AN ESSENTIAL WORKER AND
FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT.
I'VE LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR FIVE
YEARS AND HAVE HAD TO MOVE SIX
TIMES.
THAT'S A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND
I THINK THAT CITY COUNCIL
SHOULD VOTE YES FOR THE SIX
MONTH NOTICE REQUIRED BY
LANDLORDS AND ALSO TO REMOVE
TESTING TO RECEIVE ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE.
BECAUSE SEATTLE NEEDS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WORKING
CLASS PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO
LIVE IN BECAUSE IF WE DON'T
LIVE HERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO
COMMUTE ONE HOUR TO THE CITY SO
WE CAN RUN YOUR DUMB COFFEE
SHOPS.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON
119985 AND 1173.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A
GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING.
NEXT UP IS JOSH SMITH FOLLOW
BID LEA SALERNO.
>> I'M CALLING TO URGE THE
COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON COUNCIL
MEMBER'S SAWANT SIX MONTH
NOTICE FOR RENT INCREASES.
YES ON ECONOMIC EVICTION
ASSISTANCE WITHOUT COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSO'SWATERING DOWN.
AND OVER 60,000 SEATTLE RENTERS
AREBEHIND ON RENT.
THESE MARGINALIZE COMMUNITIES
LIKE THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
MY FAMILY FAMILY AND I CANNOT
AFFORD THE OUR RENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PROMISE
TO END HOMELESSNESS BY VOTING
YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING TODAY.
LEAH SOLANO.
>> HELLO I'M A RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE DISTRICT FIVE.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET BY
SAYING SOLIDARITY SHOULD BE THE
HEART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY
BUDGET THE COMMUNITY SHOULD
LEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS MARGO STEWART
FOLLOWED BY BARBARA FINNEY.
>> HI MY NAME IS MARGOT.
I'M A RENTER LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK.
AND I'M FOR RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS
LEGISLATION FOR RENT CONTROL.
COUNCIL ALSO NEEDS TO VOTE YES
FOR THE RENTERS PROTECTION.
I HAD TO RAPIDLY FIND A NEW
PLACE I COULD AFFORD IN AN
EXPENSIVE HOUSING MARKET.
THAT'S NOT TO MENTION THE
HUMILIATION OF HAVING TO ASK
FOR HELP FROM FRIENDS WHO ARE
ALREADY ALSO TROUBLING AS
RENTERS.
I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE FRIEND THAT
COULD HELP OUT.
BUT THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE IS
ECONOMICALLY PUSHED OUT OF
THEIR APARTMENT TO HAVE TO MOVE
THEY'RE POOR IS UNTHINKABLE TO
ME.
WE NEED A STRONG MOVEMENT FOR
UNIVERSAL RENT CONTROL JUST
LIKE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
IS PUTTING FORWARD AND WHAT
THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES.
>> NEXT UP IS BARBARA FINNEY
AND AFTER BARBARA IS GERALD
LIN.
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA FINEY A
HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH
SEATTLE RENT AND SEATTLE
RENTERS AND THE RENTERS
MOVEMENT.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF, I'M
ASKING YOU TO VOTE IN SUPPORT
OF THE SIX MONTH NOTICE FOR A
NEW RENT INCREASE FOR ECONOMIC
EVICTION ASSISTANCE WITHOUT
LOOPHOLES WHAT THAT MEANS
TESTING.
THE MAJORITY OF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS IN SEATTLE ARE
RENTERS AND THE WELL BEING OF
SEATTLE RENTERS IS NECESSARY
FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND CITY.
I SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION INCLUDING
VOTE YES ON THE SAWANT
AMENDMENT TO REMOVE WATERING
DOWN LOOPHOLES FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSON.
THE PROFESSIONAL WORKERS
STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT IN
SEATTLE.
THE MEANS TESTING IS COUNTER
PRODUCTIVE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT IS GOING TO BE MAROLINE
YEN FOLLOWED BY PATRICK GIBSON.
>> HI THERE COUNCIL THIS IS
MAROLINE YEN I'M CALLING TO
COMMENT ON THE BILL BEFORE YOU
WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY.
EACH OF THESE BILLS IS
NECESSARY IN EVERY WAY WHICH.
IT CAPS THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT
AT 2,100 FROM THE PROPERTY
OWNER.
THE CITY PARTICIPATES 50/50 IN
IT AND THE TIME LINES ARE MUCH
MORE REASONABLE.
THIS LEGISLATION APPEARS TO BE
WRITTEN WITH NO REGARD TO THE
LANDLORDS.
I'MTHEY'RE NOT HERE THEY'RE NOT
COMMENTING ON THIS STUFF I'M A
COMMUNITY MEMBER.
THE LEGISLATIE PROCESS HAS NOT
BEEN INCLUSIVE OF SMALL MOM AND
POP LANDLORDS WHO CAN TELL YOU
WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE.
YOU'RE LOSING 5% OF YOUR
PROFIT.
YOU NEED TO TAKE IT BACK, VOTE
NO ON THESE THINGS GET DATA ON
WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING AND
LOOK AT THE WHOLE OF TENANT
LAW.
>> NEXT UP IS PATRICK GIBSON.
>> I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
LOOPHOLES THAT HAVE BEEN
EITHER INTRODUCED OR PROPOSED
TO MAKE KEY PIECES OF
LEGISLATION AS WELL.
I THINK ALL WORKING PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT LOOPHOLES LIKE
THIS THEY ONLY GET BIGGER OVER
TIME THEY NEVER GET SMALLER.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON
UNDERSTANDS THAT AND KNOWS THAT
IT'S RENDERING THIS LEGISLATION
USEFUL.
FORGET HIM I ASK THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
WILL YOU VOTEON THESE TWO
PIECES OF LEGISLATION OR WILL
YOU STAND WITH THE LANDLORDS OF
SEATTLE INSTEAD OF WORKING
PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU NEXT UP IS KEVIN
BINSWAN.
>> I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT THE
COUNCIL MEET THE PANDEMIC WITH
MUCH NEEDED RENTERS PROTECTION.
AND THEY WILL KEEP PEOPLE
HOUSING SECURE THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC.
THIS SHOULD BE PASSED WITHOUT
THE TESTING LOOPHOLE WHICH IS
HUMILIATING OBSTACLE THAT
ONLYBENEFITS CORPORATE
LANDLORDS.
WE ASK THAT YOU REMOVE THOSE
LOOPHOLES AND PASS THIS BILL.
>> NEXT UP IS GRAYSON FOLLOW
BID ADEN NARDONE.
>> HI MY NAME IS GRAYSON AND I
ASK THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
SOME OF US HAVE TO NAVIGATE
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION FOR
HOUSING.
THAT'S THE CASE FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS
CITY WHO ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE
BY HIGH RENTS AND WAGES THAT
ARE NOT KEEPING UP.
FOR EVERY SENIOR CITIZEN ARTIST
OR SINGLE MOTHER WHO'S A
LANDLORD THERE ARE DOZENS MORE
WHO ARE RENTERS.
MOM AND POP LANDLORDS COULD
HELP THE.
>> NEXT UP IS ADEN NARCONE.
>>
>> HELLO THIS IS ADEN NARDONE.
SO WHAT'S NEXT ARE YOU GOING TO
GO AFTER LANDLORDS FOR
DELINQUENT UTILITY CHARGES
INCURRED BY TENANTS.
WHETHER LANDLORDS BE REQUIRED
TO PAY THE RECONNECTION COST
WHEN A TENANT LANDS AT THE NEW
PLACE.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST THROW IN
CELL PHONES, CABLE TV, WIFI
RECONNECTION FEES.
ESTABLISHING A PRECEDENT WITH
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
WITH NO MI QUALIFIER OR AN
INCOME VERIFICATION PROCESS AS
PRESENTED IN TODAY'S
REGISTRATION IS RECKLESS,
DANGEROUS, AND IRRESPONSIBLE.
VOTE NO ON BOTH OF THESE BILLS
AND DO NOT RESCIND PEDERSEN'S
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS CURT COSTAS.
CURT I SEE YOU'RE WITH US YOU
JUST NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX SO
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
OKAY CURT TRY STAR SIX ONE MORE
TIME.
CURT IF YOU CAN HEAR ME GO
AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX ON
YOUR PHONE IN ORDER TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
I'M STILL NOT HEARING CURT.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO TO SONIA AND
THEN WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO
CURT.
OH CURT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT
YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH, HI.
I'M SORRY.
HELLO MY NAME IS CURT OSQUE.
SEATTLE IS NO LONGER A CITY
WHERE WORKERS CAN AFFORD TO
LIVE.
I LEFT A 21 YEAR JOB AT A
NONPROFIT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.
WHERE WE HAD TURN OVER IN
STAFFING WHICH I BELIEVE WAS
EXACERBATED HAVING TO TAKE
SECOND JOBS OR DO LOCAL
OVERTIME TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO DO WHEN
YOU WORK FOR THE PSYCHIATRIC
SETTING.
IF HOSPITAL INCREASED WAS
RELIANT ON TRAVEL STAFF WHICH
IRONICALLY HAD NO HOUSING
ISSUES BECAUSE IT WAS ALL
PROVIDED.
MOST OF THE PATIENTS I WORKED
WITH WERE PATIENTS WITH
FAMILIES THAT COULD NOT HELP
THEM.
>> NEXT UP IS SONIA FOLLOWED BY
MATTHEW OTHENBOCKER.
>> HI, THIS IS SONIA I URGE YOU
ALL TO VOTE YES ON COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S LEGISLATION
TODAY.
I DO SUPPORT THE SIX MONTH'S
NOTICE FOR RENT INCREASE.
AS A LANDLORD I CAN TELL YOU
WHAT MY NEEDS ARE AND I CAN
COMMUNICATE THAT TO RENTERS.
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE EVICTION
ASSISTANCE.
IT'S A NECESSITY.
AND THE SMALL LANDLORDS ARE NOT
GOING TO HIKE YOUR RENT UP
THAT'S REALLY CORPORATE
LANDLORDS.
WE HAVE RENTERS THAT HAVE BEEN
WITH US FOR MANY YEARS IT'S
THEIR HOME.
SO HEY DON'T RAISE YOUR RENT SO
HIGH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY
FOR EVICTION ASSISTANCE.
PLEASE VOTE YES TO REMOVE THE
WATERING DOWN LOOPHOLE AND
ASSISTANCE BILL.
IT REALLY IS MEANING TESTING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS AUSTIN. ALSO SIGNED
UP BUT NOT PRESENT IS ERIC
SAUDER.
AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM
JULIE GUANA.
>>> HI COUNCIL.
THIS IS MATTHEW OT HE IN
HENBOCKER AND LIVE IN DISTRICT
THREE.
IT WAS A DOCUMENT INTRODUCED BY
ACOALITION THAT I HAVE THE MOST
RESPECT FOR AND WHO I LOOK TO
FOR LEADERSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND IN SEATTLE.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET FOOTPRINT
CAN MOVE US INTO THE SEATTLE OF
THE FUTURE THAT I WANT TO LIVE
IN.
YOUR GUIDANCE IS A MORAL
COMPASS AS YOU MOVE INTO
NEGOTIATION SEASON..
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING.
WE HAVE JULIE GUANA.
>> HELLO, I'M A PART OF THE
SEATTLE GROUP OF POLICE FOR
ACCOUNTABLE.
IN LIGHT OF THE BUDGET, I WOULD
LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE 2022
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
A BUDGET PUT TOGETHER BY
HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ANDORGANIZATIONS.
BY DIVESTING FROM POLICING THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET REIMAGES
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY BY
INVESTING IN THINGS LIKE
EQUITABLE HOUSING, ACCESSIBLE
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MUCH MORE.
COUNCIL SHOULD ADJUST THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET TO FULLY MEET
OUR COMMUNITY GENERATED
DEMANDS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP WILL BE HEATHER STEINER
AND ADDIE SMITH IS REGISTERED
BUT NOT PRESENT.
SO THEN AFTER HEATHER WE WILL
HEAR FROM TAMARA WILSON.
>> HI THIS IS HEATHER STEINERT.
AM I ON NOW.
>> YES YOU ARE.
>> OKAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF FEED BACK.
I'M AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
I WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES.
I'M SORRY I'M OUT OF BREATH I
WAS RUNNING DOWN THE STAIRS.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
I'VE MOVED EIGHT TIMES IN TEN
YEARS.
AND THIS IS BECAUSE LANDLORDS
KEEP RAISING MY RENT LIKE CRAZY
EXHOR
EXHORBITANT AMOUNTS.
MY RENT IS NOW DOUBLE.
I PAY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF
RENTTHAT I DID FOR AN 800 SQUARE
FOOT APARTMENT.
ANY WAY, I ASK THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL PLEASE SUPPORT RENTERS
AND UNDERSTANDING HOW HARD THIS
IS FOR US.
>> NEXT UP IS TAMARA WILSON.
I'M SHOWING THAT OLIVER MISKA
IS REGISTERED BUT NOT LISTED.
AND AFTER TAMARA WILL BE OSCAR
LOPEZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS
MY NAME IS TAMAR I'M A DISTRICT
TWO RESIDENT IN BEACON HILL.
A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER OF THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
WE URGE COUNCIL ACTION TO STAND
THE COMMON TIDE OF EVICTIONS TO
FIGHT ANY CORPORATE LOOPHOLES
WHO ARE ALSO INCLUDING TO VOTE
YES ON ANY SIX MONTH NOTICE FOR
THE RENT INCREASE TO END
ECONOMIC EVICTION ASSISTANCE.
BUILDING UP TO THE RENT CONTROL
RALLY I SPOKE TO HUNDREDS OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE
HOUSING STATUS AND TALKING TO
SOME, SHOW HAD THE MANY LET IT
IS RICH RAISE 26% IN ONE YEAR
WITH NO SUFFICIENT NOTICE OF
FUNDS TO MOVE FORCE INTO AN
EVICTION.
ONE YOUNG WOMAN I SPOKE TO SAW
HER RENT INCREASE BY $450.
>> NEXT UP IS JOEY LOPEZ
FOLLOWED BY JESS WALLOP.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ MY NAME
ISJOEY LOPEZ.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK
IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL BILL ONE
120127UNAMENDED.
THE AMENDED POLICY DOES HAVE
ANEGATIVE IMPACT THAT CLOTHES
DISPLACEMENT.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO LISTEN
TO SEATTLE BLACK BASED LEADERS
WHO SAY THAT 80% OF AMI WILL
CURVE THE IMPACT THEY WILL HAVE
TO PROVIDE SPACE OF RENTERS IN
A SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT DOES NOT
CONTRIBUTE THAT DOES CONTRIBUTE
THAT DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO
UNAMENDED, THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS JESS WALLOP
FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH BRAVEBOY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JESS AND I'M AN
ORGANIZER WITH 250 SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT KING
COUNTY AND IN SUPPORT OF A
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
DESPITE DECADES OF CLIMATE
POLLUTION.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
MONEY TO FULLY FUND.
POLICE GOBBLES UP 1/4 OF
SEATTLE'S TOLAL
TOTAL BUDGET.
WE COULD TRANSITION ALL OF OUR
SEATTLE HOUSING PROGRAMS.
OR WILL WE CHANGE COURSE AND
PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS.
WE ASK YOU TO MAKE SEATTLE
COMMUNITIES YOUR PRIORITY FOR
THIS YEAR.
>> NEXT UP IS JOSEPH BRAVEBOY.
>> THIS IS JOSEPH BRAVEBOY.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
RENTERS BILL.
NOT ONLY ARE THE LOW INCOME
RENTERS BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE
CITY BUT WE'RE LOSING THE
MIDDLE INCOMERENTERS.
PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO A
FEDERAL JOB AND LIVE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT'S UNREALISTIC.
SO, ULTIMATELY WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH ON THE RENTAL MARKET, AND
JOBS THEY DO, TAKING THE MONEY
OUT OF SEATTLE AND MOVING IT
OUT TO THE SUBURBS AND SUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING.
NEXT UP IS COCO WEBER.
>> HELLO COUNCIL THANK YOU.
I'M CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
AND USE IT AS YOUR SMALL
COMPASS AND STARTING PLACE FOR
THE BUDGET.
I'M A FORMER REENTRY CASE
MANAGEMENT.
WE PICK UP PEOPLE FROM THEIR
RELEASE FROM JAIL ON FIFTH
AVENUE.
OVER AND OVER I SAW THAT JAIL
DID NOT WORK.
THE PEOPLE I SAW WERE
SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER RESOURCED.
AND THEIR PROBLEMS WERE
EXACERBATED BY JAIL
EXACERBATED.
I ASK YOU ALSO TO DISREGARD
PEDERSEN ON AMENDMENT AS HE IS
A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF CBRE AND
HAS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY NEXT UP IS ASHLEY CIRCO
FOLLOWED BY DONALD KING.
>> HI THANKS I'M ASHLEY CIRCO
AND I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE NO
ON THE ECONOMIC RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO GET TO KNOW
WHO YOUR ASSISTANT PARTNERS
ARE.
WE ARE RAISING A CHILD WITH
DISABILITY WHO IS FORCING US TO
BE PUSHED OUT OF THE MARKET.
MANY SMALL LANDLORDS ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY
DO THIS.
WE ONLY RAISE RENTS WHEN WE
NEED TO IN ORDER TO CATCH UP
WITH THE MARKET, OR WHEN
INFLATION AND COSTS ARE ON THE
RISE OR PROPERTY AND BUSINESS
TAXES ARE SKYROCKETING.
WE ARE RENTING OUT A PART OF
OUR HOME BECAUSE WE'RE CLOSE TO
THE EDGE NOT BECAUSE WE'RE
GREEDY CORPORATIONS OUT TO
PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER
PEOPLE.
ME AND OTHER SMALL TIME
LANDLORDS DON'T HAVE THE
ABILITY OF THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
OFRELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
>> NEXT UP IS DONALD KING
FOLLOWED BY JASON WALSH.
>> THIS IS DONALD KING.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON
I AM PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
MIA MIE INITIATIVE SEATTLE.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON UNDER
UNITE UNITE UTILIZED CHURCHES
IN SEATTLE.
THE CORRECT THE PREVIOUS
AMENDMENT THAT PASSED INTO
ORDNANCE.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER H
HERBOLD'S ATTEMPT TO OFFER 5%.
BUT THE AMENDMENT IS STILL TOO
COMPLEX AND RESTRICTIVE.
>> AND SHOWING THAT WILLIAM IS
NOT PRESENT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO JASON
WALSH AND AFTER JASON WILL BE
SHERYL DRAKEMAN.
>> JASON YOU'RE IN THE ROOM
WITH US YOU JUST HAVE TO PRESS
STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> PRESS STAR SIX.
>> NOW IT SAYS I'M UNMUTED.
I'M A RESIDENT OF COUNCIL
DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL BY 120123.
I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
AND FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
THETOTAL THAT INSPECTORS CAN
TAKE.
PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR MY
EDUCATION AND WORKING PART TIME
I DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
PUSH BACK OR WALK AWAY FROM THE
HOUSING I HAD.
I BASICALLY HAD NO CHOICE.
I HAD TO AGREE TO THE INCREASE.
COLLEGE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE
FOOD INSECURITY AND HOUSING
INSECURITY OR HOMELESSNESS
WITHIN A YEAR OF THEIR STUDY.
PROVIDE STUDENTS AND ALL
RENTERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS SHERRY DRECKMAN.
>> I REPRESENT THE LANDLORDS
FOR 500 APARTMENTS IN SEATTLE.
I URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THE 90 DAY
NOTE FOR ANY RENT INCREASE AS
WELL AS THE RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE.
NINETY-CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR OF
RENT PAYS THE OPERATING COST OF
RENT INCREASES.
INSURANCE COSTS HAVE INCREASED
DUE TO THE REPLACEMENT VALUE.
FOR THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
THIS IS AN IMPERMISSIBLE TAX OF
RENTAL PROVIDERS IN OUR
INDUSTRY.
RELOCATION ASSISTANT IS RENT
CONTROL.
RENTAL RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IS
NOT IMMUNE TO POLICY TO ASSIST
THOSE TENANTS WHO NEED IT MOST.
FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WORKS
TOADVANTAGE RENTAL PROPERTY.
GREG, I SEE THAT YOU ARE IN THE
ZOOM ROOM WITH US YOU JUST HAVE
TO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
TRY ONE MORE TIME, STAR SIX.
AGAIN MAKE SURE YOU'RE PRESSING
THE STAR NOT THE POUND,
SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS.
WE HAD YOU FOR A SECOND.
TRY ONE MORE TIME.
THERE YOU GO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MA'AM CHAIR,
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS GREG SABANA AND I'M
TESTIFYING IN OPPOSITION OF
OF HOUSING TO HELP WITH RENTAL
HOUSING.
THE BILL ALONG WITH A MYRIAD OF
OTHER ANTI LANDLORD MEASURES
WILL CHASE OUT THE LANDLORDS
THAT ARE BEING IMPOSED ON THEM.
THEY'RE SELLING THEIR NATURALLY
OCCURRING LOW INCOME HOUSING.
BUT IGNORES THE VERY REAL
CONVICTIONS OF LARGELY
UNCONTESTED.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY GREG.
NEXT UP IS WILLIAM SHADBOLT AND
AFTER WILLIAM WILL BE CELINE
RUSSO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBERS WILLIAM IS SHADBOLT, I
LIVE IN SEATTLE WITH THREE
RENTAL BUILDINGS.
I DID NOT GET 180 DAYS IN
ADVANCE WHAT MY PROPERTY TAX IS
GOING TO BE FROM THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.
INCREASE RENTS MORE TO BE ABLE
TO COVER THOSE INCREASES THAT I
HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PERCENTAGE IS
GOING TO BE.
THIS YEAR LISTING TWO OUT OF MY
THREE RENTAL PROPERTIES.
TO LISTEN LISTING, I LIVED ON
THE NORTHWEST.
IN THE YEARS 3,720 THIS YEAR
170.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS CELINE RUSSO.
AFTER CELINE RUSSO WILL BE
ADDIE SMITH.
>> HI MY NAME IS CELINE RUSSO
I'M FROM DISTRICT ONE IN
SEATTLE.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET WHICH SHOULD
BE THE STARTING POINT FOR
BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS FOR 2022.
COUNCIL SHOULD ADJUST THE
MAYORS BUDGET TO FULLY MEET OUR
COMMUNITY GENERATED.
WE NEED A BUDGET THAT
PRIORITIZES PEOPLE.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET WAS
CREATED BY THOSE IN OUR
COMMUNITY ON THE GROUND.
I'M ALSO CALLING FOR LANDLORDS
TO PAY FOR EVICTION ASSISTANCE.
IF YOU'RE A RENTER TRUST ME
YOUQUALIFY.
NO MEANS TESTING IS NEEDED.
HOUSING IN SEATTLE HAS BECOME
EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
THOUSANDS OF US STRUGGLING TO
CONTAIN OR LIVE IN SEATTLE
BECAUSE YOU'RE WORRIED TO
CREATE.
>> NEXT UP IS ADDIE SMITH AND
THEN AFTER ADDIE SMITH WILL BE
STAR WILEY.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN, GO AHEAD ADDIE.
>> I'M CALLING TO DEMAND THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE YES ON
THE SIX MONTH NOTICE.
VOTE YES ON ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
IF THE TENANT HAS TO MOVE AT A
10% RATE INCREASE.
AND VOTE YES TO REMOVE THE
WATER DOWN LOOPHOLE ASSISTANCE
DEAL.
I ALSO WANT TO ASK THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS
GOVERNOR INSLEE AND
REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN DELBEAN.
REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPALD,
REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SMITH,
REPRESENTATIVE PATTY CUDURO AND
GOVERNOR INSLEE I WANT TO
REPEAT THAT THE LAW HAS TO
CHANGE.
THE JUDGES, OPINION AND SYSTEM
ARE ALL RIGGED BASED ON THE
LAWS BEING PASSED AND WE NEED
THEM TO INTERVENE.
ONE OF THOSE LAWS SPECIFICALLY
IS A LAW THAT PROTECTING
RACISTS.
SO THE LAW THAT I'M SPEAKING OF
INPARTICULAR IS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS STAR WILEY.
I'M SHOWING THAT KAREN TAYLOR
AND JANE WALL ARE REGISTERED
BUT NOT PRESENT.
SO STAR RILEY WILL GO NEXT AND
THEN AFTER STAR WILL BE
JENNIFER LAKISH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS MY NAME IS STAR WILEY
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
I'M CALLING TODAY TO ECHO THE
MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
CALLED TO URGE YOU TO VOTE YES
ON THE RENTER PROTECTION BILL.
PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO MOVE WITH
SIX MONTHS NOTICE YOU WILL HAVE
A BETTER CHANCE TO SAVE UP FOR
MOVING AND THAT IS VITAL.
WE NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE IF
OUR RENT GOES UP OVER 10% AS
IT'S ALREADY VERY HARD TO MOVE.
AS RENT GOES UP IT'S HARDER AND
HARDER TO MOVE.
PLEASE HELP US STAY IN SEATTLE
BY VOTING YES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
OKAY, I AM NOW SEEING THAT THE
NEXT SPEAKER I CALLED ON IS
SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT.
I'M SHOWING THAT JENNIFER
LAQISH IS NOT PRESENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
KEVIN.
>> I'M KATHERINE.
I'M CALLING TO ADD MY VOICE TO
RENTER PROTECTION AND I WOULD
LIKE TO SIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
PASSING COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
TO ADD RENTERS ASSISTANCE.
AS RENT WENT UP OVER 25%
RENTERS CANNOT CONTINUE TO STAY
IN THEIR HOMES.
ROPT
>> KATHERINE, YOU CUT OUT ON
US.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
ARE YOU THERE?
OKAY.
KATHERINE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO
HEAR YOU.
IT MIGHT BE YOUR RECEPTION.
>> OH I APOLOGIZE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW.
>> YEAH, YES WE CAN.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 26 SECONDS LEFT
WE STOPPED THE CLOCK SO GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU I WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT MEANS TESTING DOESN'T
WORK.
IT ADDS A BARRIER.
YOUR LEGISLATING THAT PEOPLE IN
THE BRINK OF EVICTION WHO COULD
NOT HAVE HURT THEIR HOUSING AND
MAY END UP UNHOUSED ANOTHER
TASK IN ORDER TO ACCESS AID.
AND SOMEONE WHO HAS RELIED ON
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON COUNCIL
MEMBERSAWANT'S AMENDMENT AND
RENTEER PROTECTION, THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT AND LAST SPEAKER IS
GABRIEL.
>> HI MY NAME IS GABRIEL I'M A
TECH WORKER AND RENTER IN
DISTRICT SIX.
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT RENTER
PROTECTION.
MY APARTMENT BUILDING IS FILMED
WITH FOLKS IN EVERY
DAYPROFESSIONAL JOBS LIKE
TEACHERS AND OFFICE ASSISTANTS.
AND ONCE OUR OFFICE BUILDING
GOT BOUGHT OUT, AND TWO MONTHS
IS NOT ENOUGH FOR US TO FIND A
NEW PLACE TO RENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT COSTS RISE
BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
REASON THAT OUR CORPORATE
úLANDLORD CAN'T GIVE US A
REASONABLE HEADS UP.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALL PLAYING A
CRUEL WAITING GAME FOR THE DAY
THEY TELL US THAT WE NEED TO
PACK UP.
URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE
YES.
MY NEIGHBORS DESERVE NOTHING
LESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
JUST CHECKING IN WITH OUR IT
DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF WE HAVE
ANYONE ELSE IN OUR WAITING ROOM
THAT I HAVE PERHAPS
INADVERTENTLY MISSED.
>> THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
>> WE'RE ENDING JUST ABOUT ON
TIME IT'S 3:32 P.M.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
OTHER ITEMS.
FIRST UP IS PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS.
>> CLAIMS THROUGH THE WEEK OF
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 AND ORDERING
PAYMENT THERE OF.
>> I MOVE TO PASS, COUNCIL BILL
120123 IS THERE A SECOND?
IT IS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS.
HEARING NO COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> 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.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
ONE.
>> BUDGET ADDRESS ON A 2022
BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AS PRESENTED
AND DELIVERED EARLIER BY DEPUTY
MAYOR LAFON, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
ADDRESS HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED
AND IS NOW INCLUDEED IN THIS
CLERK FILE.
SO THE COUNCIL WILL NOW MOVE TO
ACCEPT AND FILE IT.
AGAIN THIS IS JUST THE
ACCEPTANCE AND THE FILING OF
THE BUDGET ADDRESS NOT THE
ACTUAL BUDGET WHICH WE ARE
SLATED TO RECEIVE LATER TODAY.
SO I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT AND
FILE CLERK FILE 314485 IS THERE
A SECOND?
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ACCEPT AND FILE THE CLERK FILE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON ACCEPTING AND
FILING THE FILE.
STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>>. I'M SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
CLERK FILE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED
AND FILED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
TWO INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, COUNCIL
BILL 120157 PROPERTIES OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS MODIFYING
AFFORDABLE REQUIREMENTS
ADOPTING AN ORDNANCE 136, TEXT
TEN OF ORDNANCE 126384.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120157 IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PASS THE BILL.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS WHO IS
THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL IN
ORDER TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE
BILL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AS THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON
COUNCIL BRIEFING TO PASS THE
ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.
IMPLEMENTED A NEW STATE LAW
THAT ALLOWS FOR LARGER
BUILDINGS AND ZONING WOULD HAVE
OTHER WISE ALLOWED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
ON-SITES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
THE STATE LAW TO FUND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS
TRANSMITTED TO COUNCIL AND
VOTED OUT OF THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.
WE DID IN COMMITTEE REQUIRE 60%
AMI BUT MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT
THAT REQUIREMENT.
THE FULL COUNCIL AS WE ALL KNOW
ULTIMATELY PASSED A SIMILAR
AMENDMENT LOWERING THE
AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT
FOLLOWING THESE VOTES MY OFFICE
AND OTHERS WERE CONTACTED BY
CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESSING DEEP
CONCERN WITH THE AMENDMENT
INCLUDING FROM THE INITIATIVE
WHICH WORKS WITH HISTORICALLY
BLACK CHURCHES IN SEATTLE TO
SAVE MANY BLACK CHURCHES ON THE
CENTRAL AREA INTO COMBAT
DISPLACEMENT THESE STAKE
HOLDERS THREATEN THE VIABILITY
OF HOUSING PROJECTS.
I HEARD THAT CHURCHES HAD
PLANNED TO USE THIS ORDNANCE IN
WAYS THAT ARE MORE BROADENED
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
REFLECTED.
SOME OF THESE MEMBERS MAY NOT
QUALIFY FOR 60% AMI AND STILL
HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT
CHURCHES CAN STILL HAVE A RANGE
OF AFFORDABILITY OF THE UNITS
NOT ALL UNITS MUST BE PLACED UP
TO 80% AMI.
AT THIS POINT I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT CITY NEEDS TO MICROMANAGE
HOW THIS RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS BEST SERVE THEIR
CONGREGATIONS.
BECOME PRETTY MUCH DOWN, I WANT
TO SAY THIS LEGISLATION WILL
AMEND THE COUNCIL BILL TO SERVE
THE CONGREGATION.
BUILD NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SO THEY CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING
SERVICES TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS FOR GIVING US
SOME INITIAL COMMENTS ON THE
BILL AS INTRODUCED AS COUNCIL
BIG 120127.
I DO KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE
COMMENTS TO MAKE ON THE UNDER
LINED BILL.
WE HAVE ONE MORE AMENDMENT TO
CONSIDER WE WILL GO THROUGH THE
AMENDMENT.
HAVE A DELIBERATION AROUND THE
AMENDMENT.
WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT AND THEN ONCE WE KNOW
WHETHER THE BILL IS AMENDED OR
NOT.
WE WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO
COMMENTS ON THE GENERAL BILL.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU I WILL GO
AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD TO MAKE
HER MOTION ON AMENDMENT ONE.
AND THEN I WILL ASK IF THERE'S
A SECOND.
>>
>> I MOVE TO AMEND BILL
AMENDMENT ONE WHICH WAS
RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND BILL 120127 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT ONE.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD TO WALK US
THROUGH AMENDMENT ONE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DISCUSS THIS AMENDMMENT.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THE
HIGHER 80% AMI RENTER
AFFORDABILITY THRESHOLD IN
THOSE URBAN CENTERS AND
VILLAGES AS HAVING A HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RISK.
BUT SHOULD THE AMENDMENT PASS,
IT WOULD MAINTAIN A 60% AMI
RENTER AFFORDABILITY THRESHOLD
IN OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE
CITY.
FOR SOME CONTEXT OF WHAT THAT
ALL MEANS.
60% AMI, A QUALIFYING ONE
PERSON HOUSEHOLD WOULD PAY AN
AFFORDABLE RENT OF $1,452.
A QUALIFYING TWO PERSON
HOUSEHOLD WOULD PAY $1,726 A
MONTH FOR A THREE BEDROOM.
RENTED UNITS THAT ARE DEVELOPED
ON PROPERTY OWNED IN URBAN
AREAS AND VILLAGES WITH HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RISK THAT RECEIVE
THIS DENSITY BONUSES WHICH
ALLOWS THEM TWICE AVAILABLE
UNITS WOULD HAVE MORE
PERMISSIBLE AFFORDABILITY
THRESHOLD.
THEIR UNITS COULD BE RENTED AT
A RATE OF A STUDIO, BEING
RENTED AT $1,545 A MONTH AND A
THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT RENTING
AT $2,295 A MONTH.
THAT'S THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT JUST AS WHY I THINK
IT'S SO IMPORTANT I KNOW WE
TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT STATE
LAW PERMIT THE MAXIMUM 80% AMI
AFFORDABLE THRESHOLD.
WE DISCUSSED WITH THE OTHER
VERSION OF THE ORDNANCE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING THE
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSSS OFFICE
THAT THE SPONSOR FOR THE
LEGISLATION IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE REPRESENTATIVE
WAYLAN WHO REPRESENTS THE 46
DISTRICT OF BELLEVUE REDMOND
KIRKMAN, MEDINA AND HUNTS POINT
THAT HER LEGISLATIVE INTENT WAS
THAT IT BE AT THE 80%
THRESHOLD.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NO WAY
PROHIBITED FROM CONSIDERING THE
NEEDS OF RENTERS IN OUR CITIES
BY LOWERING THE AFFORDABLE
REQUIREMENTS JUST LIKE WE DO
WITH OTHER LOCAL HOUSING
PROGRAMS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED
THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE
FOR INSTANCE ENOUGH TO EAT,
THERE'S A HIGHER AFFORDABLE
THRESHOLD THAT WE COULD OFFER
BUT WE DON'T.
WE REDUCED THE AFFORDABILITY
THRESHOLD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
RENTERS IN OUR CITY NEED.
BY KNOWLEDGE NO ONE HAS
DEMONSTRATED AND I KNOW COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE ASKED HOW A 60%
AMI THRESHOLD AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENT WOULD THWART THE
GOAL OF DEVELOPING, OF
INCENTIVIZING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY
INSTITUTION PARTNERS.
AGAIN THE DENSITY BONUS CAN
INCREASE THESE PARCELS BY UP TO
DOUBLE.
FORMER THE DEVELOPMENT
PERFORMERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN
WHEN REQUESTED.
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE VALUE OF
ITSELF.
IF YOU DON'T ACCOUNT TO THE
VALUE OF LAND THAT WILL LEAD TO
A RETURN ON INVESTMENT
CALCULATION THAT LOOKS LIKE A
LOSS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHETHER
DEVELOPERS ARE INSTITUTIONS WE
DO NOT NEEDINCENTIVIZED WHICH
ARE MARKET RATE WHICH WE ALLOW
ALL RELIGIOUSLY OWNED PROPERTY
THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DEVELOP
AT 80% AMI.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING A
DISINCENTIVE FOR RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS TO PARTNER WITH
NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS RESULTING
IN FEWER RENTALS OUT AT AFF
ORDABILITY RATES.
THE 80% AMI THRESHOLD WITHIN
URBAN CENTERS AND VILLAGES AS
HAVING HIGHER DISBURSEMENT
RISK.
THIS INCLUDES THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, COLUMBIA CITY, BEACON
HILL, RAINIER VALLEY AND OTHER
AREAS WHERE HISTORIC PROPERTIES
CAN CONTINUE TO BE PLACED THANK
YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT AMENDMMENT.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
HAS HIS HAND UP.
>> I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THE
SPIRIT THIS AMENDMENT IS
BROUGHT IN.
BECAUSE YOU ARE CORRECT IN
UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE TO SERVE
FOR THE POOREST AMONG US AND
80% AMI DOES NOT NECESSARILY DO
THAT.
THIS IS THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT AVENUES WITH FUND
HOUSING AND AMI THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT S IF APPROPRIATE
TO LIMIT HIGHER AFFORDABILITY
LEVELS ONLY TO SOME URBAN
VILLAGES AND CENTERS.
THESE ARE, LINES DRAWN ON
STREETS AND THE PROBLEMS THAT
OUR CITY FACES AND THOSE ARE
FOR ZONING SPECIFICALLY.
SO I HAVE HEARD OF PROJECTS AND
OTHER CITIES THAT WILL BE
PREVENTED FROM USING THIS
FLEXIBILITY THEY'RE EXPECTING
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LOCATED IN
URBAN VILLAGES AND CENTERS.
I ALSO HAVE NOT SIMILARLY HEARD
WHEN I'VE REACHED OUT TO DO MY
STAKE HOLDING.
I ONLY HEARD OPPOSITION.
NOTHING PERSONAL.
I AM APPRECIATING THE SPIRIT OF
BRINGING THIS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
PROPOSED AMENDMENT ONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
WHO MIGHT NOT BE AS FAMILIAR
WITH THIS LEGISLATION, THIS IS
WE HAD ADOPTED THE COUNCIL HAD
ADOPTED LEGISLATION AND THEN
SOME GROUPS APPROACHED THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WANTED TO
SEE THE LEGISLATION CHANGED SO
THE MAYOR RESUBMITTED IT TO US
AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
BUDGET CITY IT'S GOING STRAIGHT
TO THE BUDGET COUNCIL FOR
DISCUSSION TODAY.
AND I THINK THERE WERE SOME, I
APPRECIATE THE POINTS MADE BY
BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE
SPOKEN.
IT SORT OF MAKES SENSE THAT
THERE WOULD BE THESE SORT OF
GOOD IDEAS FLOATED FROM THE
VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT IS A
COMPROMISE.
IT'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT
OKAY, EVEN THOUGH THE ORIGINAL
LEGISLATION ALLOWED ADDITIONAL
TIME UNDER THE HIGHER INCOME
80% AMI THAT PERHAPS THAT
WASN'T ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME
CHURCHES SO, WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT IS DOING IS
GEOGRAPHICALLY IT'S SAYING
THOSE CHURCHES THAT DID
APPROACH THEMAJOR'S OFFICE AND
WERE VERY VOCAL ABOUT IT THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY AT 80%
AMI AND SO I THINK THAT THIS
COMPROMISE THAT YOU KNOW WE
DON'T WANT TO MAKE A CITY WIDE
POLICY WHEN WE DON'T
NECESSARILY WE DON'T NEED TO
APPLY IT CITY WIDE.
IT MAKES SENSE TO APPLY IT
GEOGRAPHICALLY AS COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD HAS DONE.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S HAND IS UP.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR SHOWING THEIR
SUPPORT.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
I DO APPRECIATE TALKING ABOUT
THIS MORE.
THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT
IT IT WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST
DAYS ON RECORD FOR SEATTLE AND
MANY OF US WERE HUDDLED AROUND
A FAN TRYING TO STAY COOL ON A
VERY HOT AFTERNOON.
HAVING A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED
WITH THE LEGISLATION LAST TIME.
I WAS A NO ON THE AMENDMENT THE
FIRST TIME AROUND BUT HAVING RA
CHANCE TO REACH THE AMENDMENT
AND RECOGNIZING IT'S SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT.
APPRECIATE THE NUANCE THAT IS
BEING WOVEN HERE.
I DO WANT TO UNDER SCORE WHY I
AM VOTING NO ON THIS EVEN
THOUGH IT IS A TWEAKED
AMENDMENT OUT FROM THE
ORIGINAL.
I THINK THE BILL AS TRANSMITTED
CONTAINS SEVERAL LARGE PUBLIC
BENEFITS BY CONTAINING THE
CONTINUITY OF THE AMI LEVELS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE FIRST IS THAT MAINTAINING
THE AMI THRESHOLD THAT 80%
MEANS THAT ORGANIZATIONS WILL
HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE
HOUSING DOLLARS TO BE STRETCHED
TO GO FORWARD.
I DO THINK IT THWARTS THE GOAL
TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC HOUSING IF
THE THRESHOLD WERE TO BE
LOWERED TO 60% AMI.
THAT MEANS THERE'S FEWER
FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD BE
BRAIDED TOGETHER TO BRING MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I KNOW IT'S OUR GOAL AS WELL AS
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
BY KEEPING THE 80% AMI
THRESHOLD AT THE CURRENT LEVEL
OF WHERE IT'S AT WE ARE OPENING
UP THE AVAILABILITY FROM MORE
OF THESE RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO
ACCESS COMPLEMENTARY FUNDING
SOURCES THAT ARE NOT PUBLIC
SOURCING ONLY.
AND WE CAN HELP ORGANIZATIONS
BUILD THIS HOUSING THAT IS OUR
OVER ALL GOAL.
THE INITIATIVE ALSO E-MAILED US
EARLIER TODAY SHOWING HOW IF
THE THRESHOLD WAS LOWERED TO
60% AMI THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY
THWART THE EXISTING PROJECTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A
POSITION WHERE WE ARE IN ANY
WAY EVEN UNINTENTIONALLY
REDUCING THE ABILITY FOR US TO
BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS ACROSS OUR CITY AND THEY
SHOWED HOW THE NUMBERS ARE NOT
PENCILED IN AND LEAVE THESE
PROJECTS IN THE RISK.
NUMBER TWO, THE AVAILABILITY TO
BUILD AMI TO BUILD AT 80% AMI
UNITS WILL FUNCTION AS AN ANTI
DISPLACEMENT POLICY.
THIS BOLSTERS RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS TO NOT ONLY
PROVIDE HOUSING AND IT HELPS US
REDUCE FUTURE DISPLACEMENT IN
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES
ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HIGHER
DISPLACEMENT.
WORKING WITH THEM, KEEPING THE
80% AMI I BELIEVE IS A WIN,
WIN.
SO I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT AND YES ON THE
UNDERLYING BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
THOSE COMMENTS I SEE THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES HAS HER
HAND RAISED SO I'M GOING TO
HAND IT OVER TO HER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO ESTABLISH.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WILL BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT.
THE AMENDMENTS THAT.
MOSTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD
FROM A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR
COMMUNITY WHO SPECIFICALLY
REQUESTED WE WERE THE
UNDERLYING LEGISLATION WAS
BEINGCONSIDERED.
WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE BILL
BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A PROJECT
THEY'RE WAITING TO CONCEDE WITH
AND ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT WILL
REALLY LIMITING TO URBAN
VILLAGES DOESN'T PROVIDE
AVAILABILITY TO THESE
INSTITUTIONS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
PROCEED WITH THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION AND WITH THE
FRANKLY WITH THE ORIGINAL
INTENT OF THE STATE SPONSOR WHO
HAD PASSED THE 80% AMI WHICH IS
WHAT ADVOCATES HAD BEEN PUSHING
FORWARD AT THAT LEVEL.
SO I'M AWARE OF THE UNDERLYING
VOTE BUT WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING
THE AMENDMENT ITSELF.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'LL
HAVE THE LAST WORD.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER
HANDS RAISED ON AMENDMENT ONE.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER. THE
BILL BEFORE US TODAY DOES
INCLUDE REPORTING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR FROM STAKE HOLDERS
REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF
BLACK CHURCHES IN SEATTLE ABOUT
THE NEED FOR FLEXIBLE WITHOUT
LOSING SIGHT OF OUR GOAL AROUND
HOUSING.
MY STAFF HAVE WORKED THROUGH
SOME OF THE SCENARIOS WITH THE
HOUSING AND MAYORAL STAFF.
AND I BELIEVE WILL ALLOW FOR A
FUTURE COLLATERAL COLLECTION.
TODAY I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON
THE UNDERLYING BILL BUT
UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT SUPPORT
THE PROPOSED AMOUNTMENT.
IN DOING STO THIS DOES NOT
ALLOW THE NEED FOR ONGOING NEED
IF THE CITY AND EVERY SINGLE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
INDEED WE KNOW THAT THE
GREATEST HOUSING HOUSING NEEDS.
AND WOULD BE WOULD BE $1
BILLION AND PENCILS OUT TO BE
NEEDING AN ADDITIONAL. I HAVE
ALSO HEARD LOUDLY AND CLEARLY
IN THE WEEKS AFTER OUR INITIAL
VOTE ON THIS COUNCIL BILL THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD FORGO
THE TEMPTATION TO PLACE THE
BURDEN OF MEETING THIS DEEP
NEED ON THE FEW RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE IN A
POSITION TO REALIZE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING COMMUNITYS IN OUR CITY.
SO IN THE LETTER FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY FROM
MICHAEL RAMOS THE CHURCH
COUNCIL GREATER SEATTLE HE
WRITES QUOTE GENERATIONS HAVE
LOST WEALTH AND ASSETS TO RED
LINING AND COLONIAL HOUSING.
THE MAJORITY OF BLACK LAND
BASED ACCESS IN SEATTLE ARE
OWNED BYHISTORICALLY SEATTLE
BLACK CHURCHES.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
RECOGNIZE AND CONSIDER THE WAYS
WE MAY SUPPORT THEM TO LEVERAGE
THEIR ASSETS TOWARD COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT IN THE FACE OF
ONGOING WHITE SUPREMACIST
VIOLENCE.
WE MUST ALSO BE MINDFUL OF THE
LONG TERM IMPACT PROVIDING
SPACE FOR THE RETURN OF
DISPLACED BLACK RENTERS IN A
SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT DOES NOT
CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER RACIAL
AND ECONOMIC SEGREGATION, CLOSE
QUOTE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
NOT INSTITUTE OUR JUDGMENT.
THE REALITY IS THAT BEFORE
STATEWIDE ADVOCACY WE WOULD NOT
BE CONSIDERING THIS HOUSING
BILL AT ALL.
SO BLACK CHURCH LEADERS HAVE
UNEQUIVOCALLY ALSO TOLD US
SINCE THE PASSAGE OF A SIMILAR
AMENDMENT THAT THIS AMENDMENT
BEFORE US NOW WILL SIMILARLY
TIE THEIR HANDS.
IN THIS INSTANCE THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT HAS THE EFFECT OF
REDUCING THE STAKE HOLD AND NOW
HAS A PLAYER THAT COULD IN THE
WORDS OF DONALD KING FROM
INITIATIVE WHICH WAS RECENTLY
SHARED WITH ME.
HE WROTE, QUOTE I AGREE THAT
THE LIMIT OF 60% MAY BE MORE
ALIGNED WITH MOST BLACK
HOUSEHOLDS.
BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT 80%
AMI PROVIDES FOR MORE CHOICE
AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE
REALITY AND ASPIRATIONS OF
BLACK RENTERS TO BE CONSIDERED
MORE PHROS POUS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAKE
HOLDERS WHO REACHED OUT ON WHY
THIS BILL WAS NEEDED WITHOUT
PROPOSED BILL ONE.
I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
ALSO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT.
AGAIN SINCE MY INITIAL VOTE I
HAVE HAD DEEPER CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT TOPERATIONAL IMPACT.
I THINK THIS BILL IS SIMPLY THE
WRONG VEHICLE TO THE DESIRED
OUTCOME.
I BELIEVE THAT VOTING FOR THE
BILL BEFORE US WILL HELP BLACK
CHURCHES IN OUR CITY COMBAT
ANTI WHEEL WITH THAT BEING
SAID I'M GOING TO HOLD IT TO
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD FOR
PURPOSES OF CLOSING OUT DEBATE.
>> I THINK WE'RE CREATING
ADISINCENTIVE FOR COMMUNITIES
CITY WIDE.
SOMETHING THAT FEELS REALLY
LOST IN THIS CONVERSATION.
ISTHERE ARE 692 PARCELS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OWNED BY
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF
COURSE NOT ALL OF THEM ARE
LARGE ENOUGH OR HAVE ENOUGH
SPACE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
ADDED HOUSING. TO MORE
INDEPENDENT AND HOUSING
PRODUCTION MY AMENDMENT WAS
INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS
DIRECTLY BY ALLOWING MORE
EXPENSIVE RENTAL HOUSING TO BE
BUILT IN THOSE AREAS WHERE
BLACK CHURCHES ARE FACED WITH
DISPLACEMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA YOU
REFERENCED BEING ABLE TO REVIEW
THEASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE
CONCLUSION AND THE ANALYSIS
THAT 60% AMI HOUSING WOULD NOT
PENCIL OUT I WOULD GREATLY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THOSE ASSUMPTIONS WHEN I
HAVE DONE SO.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
I SAW THAT THE VALUE OF THE
LAND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE
ASUFRPBGSS ASSUMPTIONS MAKING
IT LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A RATE
OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT
WOULD SUPPORT THE ARGUMENT THAT
THEY'RE NOT PENCILING OUT.
ONCE YOU INCLUDE THE VALUE OF
THE LAND THAT THESE BONUSES
WOULD DOUBLES THAT NOT THE
CASE.
I DO WANT TO ALSO UNDER SCORE
THE POINT I MADE THIS MORNING
THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA OF
THE 2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY
SURVEY.
80% SORRY 80% AMI HOUSING.
[CAPTIONER TRANSITION]
>> -- I SUPPORT INCREASING
DENSITY, SO IN MY VIEW THE --
THIS POLICY IS BEING DESCRIBED
AS CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
-- I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IT
WILL NOT ACCOMPLISH THAT
BECAUSE IF TODAY'S BILL PASSES
AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING --
BUT JUST TO REITERATE SOME OF
THOSE POINTS AND ALSO TO ADD
SOME OTHER STATISTICS -- TALKED
ABOUT HOW IF YOU BRING IT UP TO
80% AMI IT ESSENTIALLY BECOMES
LIKE MARKET HOUSING.
-- $1851 PER MONTH WHICH IS
$550 PER WARMTH PER MONTH MORE
THAN -- AND IT IS ACTUALLY MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN THE AVERAGE
MARKET RATE -- WE ARE NOT
TALKING ABOUT A MINUSCULE
DIFFERENCE, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT A BIG DIFFERENCE AND I
BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
JUST REFERENCED SOME OF THE
CONCLUSIONS THAT CAN BE REACHED
FROM -- CORRECT ME IF I AM
WRONG, BUT YOU SAID THAT 80% OF
AMI BENCHMARK WOULD ESSENTIALLY
MEAN THAT 69% OF HOUSEHOLDS
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT,
ACTUALLY BEFORE I GO ON --
>> 80% AMI HOUSING IS OUT OF
REACH FOR 69% OF BLACK RENTER
HOUSEHOLDS IN SEATTLE.
>> AND SO IT IS JUST TOO
EXPENSIVE TO HAVE -- WHICH IS
THE GOAL OF THIS, IT IS THE
STATED GOAL OF THIS WHOLE
EFFORT, BECAUSE THE WHOLE
PROCESS IS DEPENDENT ON THE FOR-
PROFIT HOUSING MARKET TO MAKE
HOUSING AFFORDABLE WHICH THEY
HAVE RESOUNDINGLY FAILED TO DO
FOR DECADES AND THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROBLEMS ARE WORSE NOW
THAN THEY WERE A DECADE AGO.
-- WE JUST HEARD FROM RENTERS
WHO ARE HAVING AN ABSOLUTELY
HARD TIME AND THAT PROBLEM IS
DISPROPORTIONATE AND COMPOUNDED
FOR OUR HOUSEHOLDS -- BLACK
HOUSEHOLDS AS YOU KNOW.
-- BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE THE
PROBLEM LIES, THAT IS EXACTLY
WHY SO MANY ACTIVISTS INCLUDING
BLACK LIVES MATTER ACTIVISTS --
THAT IS NOT ENOUGH AND IN FACT
WE WILL NEED A MASSIVE FIGHT
USING THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
MOVEMENT -- THE ACTUAL FUNDS
ARE ALLOCATED TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE WAY THAT IT IS
INTENDED -- BUT WE WILL SEE
WHEN WE LOOK AT -- EVEN LAST
YEAR FUNDS FROM -- I THINK WE
HAVE TO TAX BIG BUSINESSES
MORE, THEY ARE MAKING MONEY
HAND OVER FIST AND WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THAT -- AND IT IS
JUST FOOLHARDY TO DEPEND ON THE
FOR-PROFIT REAL ESTATE MARKET
AND I DO NOT SEE HOW THIS IS
VIABLE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO
SUPPORTING THIS AND TO BE VERY
HONEST, I REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT -- SO MANY OF THE FAITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO I BELIEVE
GENUINELY WANT TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND MY
STAFF AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
LOOKING INTO THE NUMBERS TO SEE
IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING JUSTIFIABLE BUT AGAIN
IF WE WANT TO BE DATA-DRIVEN --
I UNDERSTAND THAT FAITH LEADERS
WANT TO TRY THIS LEGISLATION TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I
ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF
THEM ALSO SUPPORTED -- SO I
WOULD URGE THEM -- TO PAY
UNMANAGEABLE RENTS AND THEN
CALL IT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE
ACTUALLY NEED TO -- TO BRING
ENOUGH PRESSURE TO BEAR TO
FORCE THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
-- WE ALSO NEED RENT WITHOUT
CORPORATE LOOPHOLES NOT JUST IN
SEATTLE BUT ALSO STATEWIDE SO
THAT WE CAN MAKE THE MARKET
RATE HOUSING ALSO AFFORDABLE SO
I THINK GIVEN ALL THESE POINTS
ARE VERY DIFFICULT AND -- TO
MAKE SURE TO ASK A LOT, WE HAVE
NOT HEARD FROM ANY BLACK RENTER
MUCH LESS ADVOCATING FOR THIS
CHANGE, THANK YOU.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK -- FOR THEIR
WORK AND ADVOCACY AND DEEP
EDUCATION THEY DID ON THIS
LEGISLATION THE LAST FEW MONTHS
AND IN THIS FIRST YEAR I AM
HAPPY TO SEE IT BACK BEFORE
COUNSEL BEFORE -- AND TRY TO
MAKE SOME DECISIONS IN THE
MOMENT I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS
BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
REALLY HAVE ENGAGEMENT BOTH WITH
COMMUNITY AND AMONG COUNSEL AND
RESTORE HERE TODAY A KEY FACET
OF THE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE
THAT THIS IS WORKABLE FOR
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ON OUR
LIST IN OUR COMMUNITY -- NO ONE
IS SAYING THAT THIS LEGISLATION
ALONE IS GOING TO BUILD THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE ALL
KNOW WE NEED ACROSS THE CITY WE
ARE ALL COMMITTED TO BUILDING
THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
THAT IS WHY A MAJORITY OF --
AND THAT IS WHY WE HAD A
UNANIMOUS COUNCIL VOTE FOR THE
SPEND PLAN WHICH PUTS TWO
THIRDS OF THAT FUNDING INTO
BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED THIS
AND I THINK THAT BY PASSING
THIS LEGISLATION TODAY WE
CONTINUE TO UNDERSCORE THAT
BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
NOT ON THE BACKS OF OUR
COMMUNITY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS
OUR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS NOR
CAN IT ALL BE DONE ON RELIGIOUS
PROPERTY SO THIS IS ONE SMALL
BUT IMPORTANT -- I ALSO WANT TO
SAY I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE
CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD AROUND
THE AMI LEVELS I THINK THAT
RESTORING IT TO 80% IS GOING TO
BE A WIN-WIN IN BOTH ACHIEVING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKING
TOWARD OUR SHARE GOAL AS
COUNSEL TO -- REALLY DOES
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT
HAVE TO BUILD UP TO THE 80% AMI
THRESHOLD THEY CAN CHOOSE A
DIFFERENT AMI AFFORDABILITY
LEVEL IF THEY WANT TO, BUT BY
NOT REQUIRING THEM TO HAVE A
LOWER AMOUNT THEY CAN
POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH
ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PARTNERS WHICH WE HAVE TURN
HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN --
THAT IS LANGUAGE COMING
DIRECTLY FROM THEM IN OUR
CONVERSATION SO I APPRECIATE
THAT WE ARE TAKING AN IMPORTANT
STEP TODAY AND THAT WE HAVE
ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AND IN
THE SAME BREATH ARE RECOGNIZING
THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE
OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS
AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON BUILDING
MORE DEEPLY -- AND LIKE WE DID
LAST YEAR THROUGH JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE IN SEATTLE
WHICH FOCUSED ON 30% AMI THAT
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND --
WITH MORE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
SOURCES AT OUR FINGERTIPS SOON
WHICH AS A STAND ALONE ARE NOT
ENOUGH TO SOLVE OUR -- ACROSS
THIS REGION SO A LOT MORE TO DO
BUT VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE
WE HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO CLOSE
IT OUT?
>> -- ECHOING COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE
JUMPSTART ORDINANCE -- SO MUCH
OF OUR HOUSING NEEDS -- SO I
ABSOLUTELY SEE EACH OF YOUR
DEDICATION TO THIS I WILL
BRIEFLY STATE THAT THIS DOES
NOT REQUIRE RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS -- IT ALLOWS THEM
TO GO UP TO 80% AMI TO MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL
BE A MIX OF THOSE HOUSING UNITS
AND THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
INSTITUTIONS WHERE THOSE
DOLLARS WILL BE FUNNELED BACK
INTO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO
SUPPORT THEIR CONGREGATIONS
THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES --
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S INTENT
ON THIS BILL AND -- THANK YOU
FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MY
POSITION HERE TODAY.
>> THAT DOES CLOSE OUT DEBATE
ON THIS COUNCIL BILL SO I WILL
ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
FIVE IN FAVOR, EXCUSE ME, SIX
IN FAVOR, FIVE IN FAVOR, THREE
OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
>> I WAS KEEPING TALLY, TOO.
SO THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON BELLA MY
BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS 3 THROUGH 10 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> --
>> I MOVED TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENTS 2039 THROUGH 2046,
IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I WILL --
>> I WILL BE BRIEF -- EVALUATES
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THE
PIONEER SQUARE -- --
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THESE APPOINTMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE PLEASE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE --
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 19
INTO THE RECORD?
>> --
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU
WERE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
AND -- ONCE AGAIN THERE IS ONE
KNOWN AMENDMENT TO -- WE WILL
ADDRESS THE BASE BILL FIRST AND
THEN MOVE TO THE AMENDMENT.
>> THIS LEGISLATION MODIFIES --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH I AM GOING
TO HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS TO MAKE HIS
MOTION TO PUT AMENDMENT ONE
BEFORE US AND THEN AFTER HE
MAKES HIS MOTION I WILL ASK FOR
A SECOND.
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT ONE TO
COUNCIL BILL 120153.
>> IT HAS BEEN SECONDED --
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS I KNOW YOU
ALREADY SPOKE TO THIS DURING
COUNSEL BRIEFING BUT WHY NOT GO
AHEAD AND WALK US THROUGH
AMENDMENT ONE AGAIN?
>> NO NEED TO GO TOO DEEPLY
INTO THIS GIVEN MY COMMENTS
THIS MORNING ALTHOUGH I WILL
JUST THANK AGAIN THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD AND HAD IT
FURTHER REFINED BY OUR PARTNERS
OVER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
PLANNING AS WELL AS THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF SEATTLE
INSPECTIONS AND -- WHO WAS
HELPFUL IN ASSISTING -- IN MY
OFFICE AND COBBLING THIS
AMENDMENT TOGETHER OVER THE
LAST FEW DAYS.
THIS AMENDMENT AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER IS DESIGNED TO PUT IN
SOME ACCOMMODATION AND
RECOMMENDATION -- IN THE
BELLTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WOULD
REVISE THE CURRENT BILL TO
LIMIT BUILDING WITH TO 95 FEET
RATHER THAN 100 FEET, IT WOULD
ALSO REQUIRE SETBACKS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE IS SUITABLE
SPACE FOR LIGHT AND PEDESTRIAN
TRAFFIC IN BETWEEN SOME OF
THOSE STRUCTURES THAT WOULD BE
BUILT UNDER THIS INCENTIVE
LEGISLATION.
-- IT DOES HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS HE
JUST INDICATED SO I APPRECIATE
THIS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE
VALUE OF PEOPLE CALLING IN FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT -- THANK YOU SO
MUCH AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
JUST MOVE ON THIS AMENDMENT AND
PROCEED TO THE UNDERLYING BILL.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT ONE?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, ARE THERE
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE
BILL AS AMENDED?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
ALREADY BEEN LETTING ME KNOW
THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY
CLOSING REMARKS, SO WITH THAT
BEING SAID DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE AMENDED BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] EIGHT
IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
11 INTO THE RECORD?
>> --
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT BEFORE
WE GO THROUGH THE STEPS OF
DISCUSSING THE BILL WILL YOU
ALSO LIKE TO HAVE AGENDA ITEM
12 READ INTO THE RECORD FOR
PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION OR ARE
YOU FIGHTING HANDLING FINE
HANDLING EACH BILL SEPARATELY?
WE WILL TAKE A VOTE SEPARATELY
ON BOTH OF THEM BUT FOR
PURPOSES OF THE CONVERSATION.
>> EITHER WAY IS FINE WITH ME,
I THINK SEPARATELY WILL ALSO
WORK.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO IT
SEPARATELY, AND THEN IF IT
STARTS LOOKING LIKE PEOPLE WANT
TO COMMENT ON ITEM 12 AS WELL
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A
PAUSE AND HAVE THAT READ INTO
THE RECORD AT THAT TIME.
OKAY I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHO IS
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS BEFORE MOVING THE
AMENDMENT IF THAT IS OKAY.
THIS LEGISLATION, I AM SPEAKING
ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 12.
THIS LEGISLATION IS THE 1st OF
2 BILLS FROM MY OFFICE
ADDRESSING THE CRISIS RENTERS
FACE FROM RISING RENTS, AS I
NOTED IN -- MONDAY MORNING
BRIEFINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
BRIEFING THE DATA FROM -- SHOWS
THAT RENTS IN SEATTLE HAVE
INCREASED OVER 25% IN 2020
ALONE AND THIS IS A STAGGERING
RATE OF INCREASE.
IF THIS TREND WERE TO CONTINUE
-- 40% BY THE END OF THIS YEAR,
IMAGINE GETTING A 40% INCREASE
IN YOUR WAGES, THAT IS UNHEARD
OF, IT IS AN UNIMAGINABLE
SITUATION FOR RENTERS -- IN THE
MEANTIME WE DO NEED LEGISLATION
TO MITIGATE THE HARM THAT IS
GOING TO BE EXPERIENCED BY
RENTERS BECAUSE OF THE
SKYROCKETING RENTS, AND THAT IS
WHAT MOST OF THE BILLS TODAY
ARE INTENDED TO DO.
THIS BILL REQUIRES THE LANDLORD
TO PROVIDE SIX MONTHS NOTICE
FOR RENT INCREASES, CURRENTLY
ONLY TWO MONTHS NOTICE IS
REQUIRED -- GIVEN HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS GOING TO BE TO FIND
ANOTHER RENTAL HOME GIVEN HOW
AFFORDABLE MOST HOUSING HAS
BECOME -- THIS IS ALSO A
NATIONAL PHENOMENON.
ALSO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THIS
BILL AS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED BY
-- INCREASING THE NOTICE
LANDLORDS ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE
RENTERS -- IT DOES GIVE RENTERS
THE TIME THEY WILL NEED TO FIND
NEW HOUSING AND REARRANGE THEIR
LIVES WHEN A RENT INCREASE
FORCES THEM TO MOVE.
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND --
RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL
PASS THIS BILL, I JUST WANTED
TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM A
LETTER -- WHO ALSO SPOKE IN
PUBLIC COMMENT A LITTLE WHILE
AGO WHO WORKS IN THE WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF --
I REALLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL
TO VOTE YES IN FAVOR OF THIS
BILL BECAUSE IT IS CLEAR THAT
IT WILL MAKE A REAL TANGIBLE
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
RENTERS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
ON THIS BILL DURING THE
COMMITTEE MEETING I PROPOSED AN
AMENDMENT TO EXEMPT SMALL
LANDLORDS AS DEFINED AS OWNING
FOUR OR FEWER UNIONS UNITS IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND IT
FAILED BY A NARROW VOTE.
I DO APPRECIATE THE INTENT OF
THIS BILL IN SUPPORT OF HELPING
STRUGGLING RENTERS -- WE HAVE
ALSO ADOPTED SEVERAL RENTERS
RIGHTS BILLS OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS INCLUDING THE WINTER BAN
ON EVICTIONS, I HAVE HEARD FROM
MANY SMALL LANDLORDS THAT THE
INFLUX OF MULTIPLE CHANGES TO
-- HAS CREATED CONFUSION AND
DISCOURAGES THEM FROM
CONTINUING TO PROVIDE RENTAL
HOUSING IN SEATTLE.
CURRENTLY WE PROVIDE 60 DAYS
NOTICE SO THAT WOULD TRIPLE THE
TIME PERIOD, ONE APPROACH WOULD
HAVE BEEN TO PERHAPS DOUBLE
THAT TO 120 DAYS AND THEN SEE
HOW WELL THAT WORKED, BUT WE
ARE TRIPLING IT.
REGARDLESS I SUPPORT EXPANDING
THE NOTICE PERIOD FOR -- SINCE
THAT COMMITTEE MEETINGS NOTHING
SUBSTANTIVE HAVE CHANGED IN THE
BILL AND I HAVE HEARD FROM --
WITH CONCERNS SO I WILL BE
VOTING NO ON THIS BILL BECAUSE
IT DOES NOT EXEMPT THE SMALL
LANDLORDS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, I AM SUPPORTING
THIS BILL AS I DID IN COMMITTEE,
IN MY OPINION THIS BILL MERELY
ASKS A LANDLORD TO GIVE A FEW
MORE MONTHS NOTICE OF RENT
INCREASES.
IT DOES NOT, BECAUSE STATE LAW
CURRENTLY BANS RENT
STABILIZATION THIS DOES NOT
PREVENT A LANDLORD FROM
INCREASING RENT NOR DOES IT
RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF AN
INCREASE BUT THIS DOES MEAN THAT
LANDLORDS HAVE TO WAIT A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE
IMPLEMENTING AN INCREASE, THE
MORE IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS
BILL FOR ME IS THAT IT MEANS
TENANTS HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO
FIND A NEW JOB, NEW HOUSING, TO
DEAL WITH CHILDCARE ISSUES THAT
MAY BE PRESENT AS A RESULT OF
THIS CHANGE OR TO MAKE ANY
OTHER NUMBER OF ADJUSTMENTS
THAT MAY BE NECESSARY SO THAT
THEY CAN PAY FOR A RENT
INCREASE OR MAKE THE PLANS TO
MOVE OUT AND TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT IS MORE AFFORDABLE, SO I
THINK THIS IS A RELATIVELY
SMALL ASK FROM THE LANDLORDS
BUT COULD HAVE A REALLY ACUTE
IMPACT AND MEANINGFUL IMPACT
FOR TENANTS, SO I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY IN CLOSING?
>> THERE ARE ADVOCATES -- BOTH
THE BILLS WERE ADVOCATED FOR
TOGETHER, AND -- SMALL
LANDLORDS ARE NOT THE ONES
INCREASING RENTS BY HIGH RATES
-- AS FAR AS BOTH THE BILLS
TODAY -- THEY SIMPLY DO NOT
AFFECT THE SMALL LANDLORDS WHO
ARE NOT LOOKING TO GOUGE THEIR
TENANTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE DEBATE ON
THIS BILL, SO WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 12 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS THE
SECOND BILL FROM MY OFFICE IN
HELPING TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS
RENTERS FACE WITH -- IT WILL
REQUIRE A LANDLORD TO PROVIDE
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY
-- WE KNOW THAT OVER THE PAST
DECADE THERE HAS BEEN MASSIVE
DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
PARTICULARLY -- AND WE ALSO
KNOW THAT -- WITH EVERY $100
INCREASE IN AVERAGE RENTS
PROVING TO LEAD TO AN INCREASE
OF 15% OF HOMELESSNESS -- WE
HAVE SEEN THE STATISTICS OF THE
RENT INCREASE IN SEATTLE
ALREADY BEING 25% AND WE ARE
SEEING THE EFFECTS, THE SEATTLE
TIMES REPORTED -- BEHIND ON
THEIR RENT, AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY
SHOWING THE COMBINED FACT OF
THE RENTS HAVING INCREASED SO
DRAMATICALLY OVER SO MANY YEARS
AND ON TOP OF THAT HAVING THE
PRICES OF THE PANDEMIC AND
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE ALL OF THAT
LANDING ON RENTERS, AND IT
SHOWS THAT -- ARE BEHIND ON
THEIR RENT, MOST OF WHOM OH
MORE THAN ONE MONTH BACK RENT,
AND THIS IS A SERIOUS CRISIS IN
THE MAKING, IMAGINE 60,000 MORE
PEOPLE FACING THE PROSPECT OF
HOUSING INSTABILITY INCLUDING
HOMELESSNESS WHEN THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM ENDS, AND IN THE
MEANTIME RENTS ARE STILL GOING
TO GO UP UNLESS RENT CONTROL IS
ESTABLISHED CITYWIDE AND
STATEWIDE.
AND ALSO WE SHOULD NOTE THAT
THIS KIND OF OUT OF CONTROL
RENT AND HOUSING COST IS NOT
SOME ACT OF GOD, IT IS NOT
INEVITABLE, IT HAPPENS BECAUSE
OF THE WAY THAT FOR-PROFIT
MARKET FUNCTIONS AND IT IS
DRIVEN BY MACRO ECONOMIC
FACTORS, IT IS PRIMARILY WING
DRIVEN BY BALLOONING REAL
ESTATE SPECULATION, THE COST OF
REAL ESTATE HOUSING GOES HIGHER
AND HIGHER BECAUSE INVESTORS --
WHO BELIEVE THEY WILL GET TO
SELL IT FOR EVEN MORE IN THE
FUTURE AND THEN -- TO CHARGE THE
ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED INFLATED
MARKETS -- OVERALL IT LEADS
LEAVES FEWER AND FEWER
AFFORDABLE CHOICES IN TERMS OF
HOUSING.
IN SEATTLE -- ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE -- BUT
RENTERS WHO ARE FORCED TO MOVE
BY OUTRAGEOUS RENT INCREASES
WHERE THERE IS POSSIBLY NO
REDEVELOPMENT OR -- THEY ALSO
FACE THE EXACT SAME BURDENS OF
DISPLACEMENT AND THE EXACT SAME
COSTS OF MOVING BUT THEY GET NO
COMPENSATION, SO THIS BILL IF
PASSED WOULD MAKE.RENTERS
ELIGIBLE FOR -- AND IT IS
SIMILAR TO RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT
ALREADY EXIST IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY -- SIMILAR TO THE
BILL HERE.
JUST VERY QUICKLY I WANTED TO
NOTE THAT -- FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE
CHANCE TO FOLLOW THE
DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMITTEE
ITSELF.
UNDER THIS BILL IF YOU ARE A
RENTER AND YOUR LANDLORD RAISES
THE BILL BY 10% OR ANYTHING
HIGHER THAN THAT AND YOU ARE
FORCED TO MOVE THEN YOU ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE UP TO
THREE MONTHS OF RENT.
THE PAYMENT GOES TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS WHO -- ANY RENTER
WHO HAS TRIED TO GET BACK THEIR
SECURITY DEPOSIT FROM THEIR
LANDLORD KNOWS HOW IMPOSSIBLE
TO DEAL WITH THAT POWER
IMBALANCE CAN BE.
IF THE LANDLORD DOES NOT GOUGE
THEIR RENTER AND DOES NOT RAISE
THE RENT ASTRONOMICALLY WHICH
IS TRUE FOR MOST SMALL
LANDLORDS THEY DO NOT HAVE TO
PAY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, SO
-- AND IS NOT FORCED TO MOVE
THEN THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT
-- REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF
THE RENT INCREASE, BUT WHEN
BOTH HAPPEN, THAT IS WHEN THE
LANDLORD INCREASES THE RENT BY
10% OR MORE AND THOUGH TENANT
IS FORCED TO MOVE AS A RESULT
THAT IS WHEN THE LANDLORD NEEDS
TO PAY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE --
IF THERE IS A LARGE RENT
INCREASE THAT CAUSES ONE
ROOMMATE TO MOVE AND THE OTHER
CAN AFFORD TO STAY -- I REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK OF --
AS WELL AS THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS THE
STAFF OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE ALL OF WHOM DID HARD
WORK OVER MONTHS TO MAKE SURE
THAT -- TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
PROGRAM WAS UP AND FUNCTIONING
IF THIS ORDINANCE WERE TO PASS
BY THE COUNCIL.
AND AS I MENTIONED I HAVE TWO
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO
THIS AGENDA AND -- I CAN MOVE
THOSE.
>> I DO THINK WE SHOULD GO
THROUGH THE AMENDMENT PROCESS
FIRST NOW THAT WE HAVE A SORT
OF REPORT ON THE BASE BILL.
AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD
CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT FIRST,
AND THEN WE CAN HEAR COMMENTS,
I GUESS THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS
, SO I THINK WE SHOULD GO
THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS AND THEN
WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ON
THE BILL AS AMENDED IF NEED BE.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
--
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED AS -- TO WALK US
THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF THE
AMENDMENT.
>> I EXPECT THAT THIS WILL NOT
BE A CONTROVERSIAL AMENDMENT IT
PUSHES BACK THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THE LEGISLATION TO JULY 1,
2022 IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE --
TO SET UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THEY NEED TO -- PLAYS A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN AND WELL BE
PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN
-- TO AVOID THE POWER IMBALANCE
BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND RENTERS.
-- THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ROLE
THE DEPARTMENT PLAYS UNDER THE
-- ALTHOUGH THE ACTUAL
APPLICATION PROCESS IS
DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS A
DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
-- SO THAT THEY CAN EFFICIENTLY
PROCESS APPLICATIONS -- I WOULD
PREFER RENTERS TO BE PROTECTED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, SO I
RECOMMEND THAT --
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT ONE?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND
HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND I AM
GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO MAKE
HER MOTION ON AMENDMENT TO.
>> I MOVED TO AMEND -- AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENTTO ON
THE AGENDA.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
I WILL SECOND IT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT TO.
>> THIS AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY
REVERSES AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS
PASSED IN -- LAST TUESDAY THAT
WAS AN AMENDMENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON TO
REQUIRE MEANS TESTING FOR
RENTERS TO GET RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS BILL.
IT WOULD REQUIRE RENTERS TO
ATTEST THAT THEY ARE LOW INCOME
MAKING NO MORE THAN 80% OF AREA
MEDIAN INCOME -- ANY MEANS
TESTING AS WE KNOW FROM MANY
ESTABLISHED STATISTICAL STUDIES
CREATES A BARRIER FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR
THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED AND
THAT IS PRIMARILY THE TARGET, A
COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS THIS
ASSISTANCE AND ADDITIONALLY
THERE IS ALSO NO BENEFIT TO
LIMITING THIS LEGISLATION BY
INCOME BECAUSE -- THERE IS A
MEANS TEST BUILT INTO -- WHO
ARE GOING TO BE FACING THE
DISPLACEMENT PROBLEM, THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE REMOVE
THE MEANS TEST -- AND IT ALSO
ADDS CLAUSES EXPLAINING THAT
MEANS TESTS CREATE A BARRIER
FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
-- IT SHOULD MAKE ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS -- THERE IS NO
LEGAL CONCERNING PASSING THIS
AMENDMENT.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY --
PEOPLE FIND IT HUMILIATING OR
ARE OVERWHELMED BY THE
BUREAUCRACY INVOLVED OR ASSUMED
THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY WHEN
THEY ACTUALLY DO OR FIND IT
DAUNTING BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE -- SO ALL OF THIS CAN
HAPPEN AND -- THIS IS WHAT
SOCIAL SURVEYS HAVE FOUND OVER
DECADES.
AND FROM FOOD STAMPS TO -- SO
IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO
ELIMINATE BARRIERS NOT TO
INCREASE THE BARRIERS.
THE FACT THAT SOMEONE HAS BEEN
FORCED TO MOVE BY -- I WOULD
RGE COUNCI LMEMBE RS TO
ON THIS AMENDMENT -- TO REMOVE
UNNECESSARY MEANS TESTING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
AMENDMENT TWO?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> I WOULD SAY I DO NOT
ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THE
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MEMO
DISTRIBUTED THAT IT DOES NOT
POSE ANY LEGAL ISSUE, I AM NOT
IN THE HABIT OF DISCUSSING OUR
ADVICE FROM LAW IN PUBLIC IF
THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN HAVING
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS
IT IN DETAIL I WOULD SUPPORT
THAT.
BUT I THINK I WILL JUST LEAVE
IT AT THAT, I DO NOT WANT TO
GIVE ANY POTENTIAL GUIDANCE TO
POTENTIAL PLAINTIFFS WHO WANT
TO SUPPORT THIS POLICY --
DESTROY THIS POLICY.
-- THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS
PROPOSED AT THAT TIME, I
BELIEVE BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A SELF ATTESTATION AND
A MEANS TEST.
-- IT WOULD MERELY REQUIRE A
TENANT TO ATTEST THAT THEIR
MEANS ARE WITHIN THE AMI
REQUIREMENT THAT IS SET WHICH
IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT
ATTESTATION BEING TESTED BY
SOME LARGE BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM
OR SOME KIND OF OVERBURDEN SOME
PAPERWORK REQUIREMENT, SO FOR
THOSE REASONS I AM GOING TO
MAINTAIN THE POSITION THAT I
HAD IN COMMITTEE ON THIS AND
VOTE AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT TWO?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, I SUPPORTED THIS
BILL AT COMMITTEE WHEN IT WAS
AMENDED TO HAVE IT TAILORED TO
THOSE EARNING 80% OF AMI OR
LESS, I THINK THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT POLICY TO HAVE IN
PLACE FOR BILLS LIKE THIS, I
THINK THAT THE WAY THE BILL
STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT HAS THAT
EDGE, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT
ON THE RECORD SOME RATIONAL
BASIS FOR WHY WE WOULD BE
EXTENDING IT FOR HIGHER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS AT THIS POINT I
THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE
KEPT IT THE WAY IT IS AND
ANALYZED IT AFTER WE PUT IT IN
PLACE, IT IS A BIG CHANGE FROM
WHAT THE EXISTING LAW IS, AND I
THINK HAVING IT TAILORED TO
LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WOULD
BE HELPFUL FOR IT TO BE
SUSTAINABLE, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, I DO NOT HAVE
MUCH TO ADD -- LEAST ABLE TO
AFFORD HOUSING AND THE FEES
THAT COME WITH THIS PLACEMENT
AND IT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO
VACANCIES IN AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOUSING AND THAT THERE ARE NOT
VERY MANY AND OF COURSE HIGHER
INCOME RENTERS WOULD NOT BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THAT HOUSING AND
SO IF WE WANTED TO EXTEND THIS
TO HIGHER INCOME RENTERS I
THINK WE WOULD NEED TO
ARTICULATE THE REASONS FOR
DOING SO, THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT TWO?
I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED, SO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD BEFORE WE
CALL THE ROLE?
>> NO.
>> THAT DOES CLOSE OUT DEBATE ON
AMENDMENT TWO, SO WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TWO?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION FAILS, AND THE
AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL HAVE
THE LAST WORD.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
FOR THIS BILL, TENANT
ADVOCATES HAVE LONG SOUGHT
AFTER -- AS DRAFTED AND AS
PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW THE
TENANT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
ORDINANCE GIVES RIGHTS AND
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE -- TO
CIRCUMVENT THE -- OR JUST
PURELY FOR THE REASON OF GIVING
A LARGE RENT INCREASE BACK IN
2014 -- TRIED TO ADDRESS THIS
VERY ISSUE WITH LEGISLATION
THAT PERMITTED RENT INCREASES --
THE LAW REQUIRED THAT LANDLORDS
WHO INCREASED THE RENT BY 20%
OR MORE WHEN THAT RESULTS IN A
TENANT VACATING THE UNIT WITHIN
90 DAYS IF THAT LANDLORD THEN
APPLIES FOR A PERMIT TO
SUBSTANTIALLY REHABILITATE THE
UNIT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR
BUILDING PERMIT DENIED UNTIL
THE OWNER WENT BACK AND PAID
THE PENALTIES.
THIS WAS A VERY ROUNDABOUT WAY
OF ADDRESSING THIS VERY
TROUBLING ISSUE, THIS APPROACH
IS MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD
AND AS MENTIONED IT ALSO
ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF LARGE
RENT INCREASES THAT ARE NOT
NECESSARILY INTENDED TO
CIRCUMVENT -- BUT HAVE THE
UNFORTUNATE RESULT OF
DISPLACING RENTERS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND HER OFFICE AS WELL
AS MANY YEARS OF ADVOCACY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED, SO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
PLEASE CLOSE US OUT AND THEN WE
WILL TAKE ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,
AND I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT --
WERE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR THESE
IDEAS, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR
WORK, I JUST WANT TO SHARE ONE
THING, WHEN WE HEAR FROM
CORPORATE LANDLORDS, AND I AM
NOT SAYING THAT -- IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO COMPARE
THEIR CLAIMS TO WHAT WORKING-
CLASS AMERICANS EXPERIENCE.
I THINK THAT WE ALL AS
COUNCILMEMBERS RECEIVED AN
EMAIL FROM A CORPORATE PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT COMPANY CALLED
THRIVE COMMUNITIES IN
OPPOSITION TO -- AND I BELIEVE
THEY ARE AMONG THE -- IN THE
CITY AND THEY ARE A CORPORATION
WHO -- AND COINCIDENTALLY --
WHO IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
WORKING IN MY OFFICE USE TO
RENT FROM HER AND SHE WROTE UP
HER EXPERIENCE AND I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE USEFUL TO READ IT,
THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF OUR
RENTING COMMUNITIES FACE.
-- THE BUILDING WAS IN COMPLETE
DISREPAIR AND GETTING A HOLD OF
ANYONE FROM THRIVE TO MANAGE
THE BUILDING WAS CONSISTENTLY
DIFFICULT.
THERE WAS GARBAGE INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THE
WASHERS AND DRYERS WERE
REGULARLY OUT OF ORDER AND --
THERE WERE CONSTANT ISSUES WITH
THE ENTIRE BUILDINGS HOT WATER
AND WATER PRESSURE, IT WAS
NEVER REPAIRED DESPITE MANY
RESIDENTS SUBMITTING
MAINTENANCE REQUESTS OVER THE
COURSE OF MONTHS, THEY WOULD
OFTEN GO COMPLETELY IGNORED,
THIS IS A BUILDING WHERE THE
SMALLEST STUDIO APARTMENT OF
285 SQUARE FEET WAS RENTING FOR
$1300 A MONTH.
-- IF I HAD NOT NOTICED IT THEY
WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO
OVERCHARGE ME SAM I AM SURE
THEY DID WITH MANY OTHER
TENANTS.
-- THEY HAD MOVED OFFICE AND NOT
ANNOUNCED IT TO ANY OF THE
RESIDENTS -- THE NEW OFFICE WAS
NOT LISTED ONLINE AND I HAD TO
DRIVE AROUND TO VARIOUS
LOCATIONS TO FINALLY LOCATE
SOMEONE WHO MANAGED MY
BUILDING, I WAS OVERCHARGED BY
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR MY FINAL
MONTH'S RENT AND HAVE NOT
RECEIVED MY SECURITY DEPOSIT
BACK EVEN THOUGH I MOVED OUT
MONTHS AGO.
-- THEY CONTINUE TO HOUND ME
WITH EMAILS SAYING I HAVE A
BALANCE DUE.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A POWERFUL
AND -- IT HAS THE DETAILS OF
WHAT RENTERS FACE, THIS IS THE
POWER IMBALANCE BETWEEN RENTERS
úAND BIG BUSINESSES WHO CONTROL
THE RENTAL MARKET, IT IS NOT
ABOUT SMALL LANDLORDS, I THINK
THAT THIS BILL IS JUST AS
IMPORTANT AS THE ONE THAT CITY
COUNCIL JUST PASSED, AND I
THINK ALL THE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE WHO SIGNED VARIOUS
PETITIONS FOR RENTERS RIGHTS
INCLUDING A RENT CONTROL
PETITION, THE OVER 3200 PEOPLE
INCLUDING UNION MEMBERS FROM
UNIONS AS DIVERSE AS -- AND ALSO
MANY OTHER UNIONS INCLUDING
LEADERS -- MANY OF WHOM
ATTENDED AND SPOKE AT THE --
FOR BOTH THESE ORDINANCES
BECAUSE THEY REVIEWED AND -- I
REALLY APPRECIATE -- AND
EVERYBODY WHO HAS SPOKEN IN
PUBLIC COME IN TODAY AND
BEFORE.
FINALLY AS I HAVE SAID
THROUGHOUT THIS DISCUSSION --
DATA FROM THE PUGET SOUND --
SHOWS THAT IN MANY SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS MORE THAN 35% OF
ALL -- THIS IS A POLICY THAT
WOULD HAVE FAR-REACHING
BENEFITS.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
PUSHED THIS, AND I ENCOURAGE
YOU TO KEEP ADVOCATING FOR RENT
CONTROL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE
ROLE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] 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?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 13 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> I AM GOING TO HAND THIS OVER
TO -- TO PROVIDE THE REPORT.
>> -- WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS IN
THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON -- WE
HEARD FROM OPPONENTS AND ALSO
HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
EIGHTH.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE WAY THIS
WORKS LOCAL BUSINESSES VOTE TO
ASSESS THEMSELVES TO PROVIDE
CLEANUP SERVICES AND GRAFFITI
REMOVAL TO BE ABLE TO HOST --
TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, WE DID
HAVE SOME CONCERN WE HEARD FROM
SOME COMMERCIAL TENANTS ABOUT
THEIR CONCERN AS YOU KNOW IT IS
THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO GET TO
VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO
ASSESS THEMSELVES THE SMALL
BUSINESSES WHO MAY RENT FROM
THESE OWNERS DO NOT GET TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT VOTE, SO WE
HEAR FROM SOME OF THEM THAT
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
IMPACT ON THAT THAT IT MAY PASS
DOWN IN THE FORM OF HIGHER
RENTS, SO I DID AMEND THE
LEGISLATION IN COMMITTEE TO
MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST TWO
COMMERCIAL TENANTS ARE ON THE
BOARD AND THAT WE INCLUDE THE
OPTION OF USING SOME OF THE
ASSESSMENT REVENUE TO PAY FOR --
I DO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND HIS
STAFF WHO HAVE PROPOSED
SIMILAR LEGISLATION WHEN THE NEW
DISTRICT -- WAS PASSED SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO.
SO THANKS FOR WORKING WITH US
TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE.
AND AS AMELIA SAID WE DID PASS
THIS UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF
COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 21 SO I
AM ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THE BILL.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED,
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THE BILL PASSES, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS 15 THROUGH 18.
>> REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR
TERM JULY 1, 2022.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> I'M GOING TO HANDED OVER TO
MEMBER MORALES ABOUT THESE
APPOINTMENTS.
>> NAKAMURA IS MANAGER TINY
TREES HAS EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND
SUPPORTING WOMEN AND GIRLS AND
CONTINUE HER INVOLVEMENT HERE
AND THOUGH WOMEN'S POSITION.
MIN PEASE ECHOING GREEN 30-YEAR-
OLD NONPROFIT POSITIVE SOCIAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND
JAMILAH WILLIAMS, PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, SERVED ON THE
OUTREACH COMMITTEE AT YOU GO
GIRL AND IS ON THE ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE OF RADICAL RAVENS.
AS WELL AS WOMEN OF COLOR
ADVISORY GROUP.
YWCA OF SEATTLE, KING COUNTY.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ALL OF
THESE CANDIDATES BE REAPPOINTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
APPOINTMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
2035 THROUGH 2038.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES A LIMITS ARE
CONFIRMED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
20 IN THE RECORD.
>> FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
120178.
AMENDING ORDINANCE 126237.
ADOPTED 2021 BUDGET, CHANGING
APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS AND FROM VARIOUS FUNDS
IN THE BUDGET AND LIFTING A
PROVISO ALL BY THREE FOURTHS
VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> I'M GOING TO HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO
PROVIDE THE REPORT .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS IS
A LEGISLATION I MENTIONED THIS
MORNING, I'M EXCITED ABOUT
COUNCIL BILL 120178, ITEM
NUMBER 20.
FOLLOWS UP ON PRIORITIES MANY
IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED ON
FOR YEARS.
PRIORITY THAT YOU, COUNSEL HAVE
WORKED TO PRIORITIZE IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET AND THE BUDGET
CYCLE IN 2019 AS WELL.
THIS LEGISLATION LISTS THE
PROVISO, $30 MILLION WE HAD SET
ASIDE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND
FOLLOWING ON THE YEARS LONG
PROCESS AND EFFICACY WORK TO
ENSURE THE CITY MAKES GOOD ON
ITS PROMISE, WHEN WE SOLD THE
MERCER MAKEUP LOCK WE MAINTAIN
THE COMMITMENT IT WILL GO TO
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES
LACKING ACCESS TO HIGH
OPPORTUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN
ADDITION TO ALLOCATING, THE
CITY COUNCIL ALSO PASSED THE
BUDGET PROVISO STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION FUNDS.
THIS INCLUDED ADVISORY BOARD TO
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
SPEND THE MONEY IN COMMUNITIES
WITH LOW ACCESS OPPORTUNITY AS
DEFINED BY THE COMMUNITIES
THEMSELVES.
LAST YEAR WE AS A COUNCIL WORK
TO REINSTATE $30 MILLION FUND
WHEN THIS FUNDING WAS CUT BY
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2021
BUDGET.
THE 2021 FINAL BUDGET WE MADE
SURE THE SPENDING WAS
PRIORITIZED AND THE COMMUNITY
CELEBRATED.
AS A COOK SIDING TO CELEBRATE
TODAY AND SEE THIS LIFTED AND
LEGISLATION MOVE FORWARD, WE
WILL NOW BE ABLE TO SEE THE $30
MILLION THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED
GET OUT THE DOOR TO COMMUNITY
DRIVEN, ANTI-DIS-PLACEMENT
ACQUISITION SUPPORTING
INVESTMENTS FOR THE CREATION OF
HOUSING, CHILD BUSINESS AND
COMMUNITY SPACE.
VERY IMPORTANT IF NOT ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO
COMBAT DISPLACEMENT IS TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE TAKING LAND OFF THE
OPEN MARKET AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE CITY DOES EVERYTHING
IT CAN WHEN WE HAVE
UNDERUTILIZED PUBLIC PROPERTY
TO HOLD IT IN OUR HAND.
SINCE THE SALE OF THE MERCER
MAKEUP LOCK WE HAVE CHANGED OUR
POLICIES IN THE CITY TO
MAINTAIN PUBLIC LAND AND USE IT
FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC GOOD BUT
THE SALE HAD ALREADY BEEN IN
THE WORKS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL
ON COUNSEL AND THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT KNEW THAT
THIS TRANSACTION WAS ALREADY IN
PLACE DEMAND OF THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS BE ABLE TO AT
LEAST GET $30 MILLION IN
ADDITION TO THE INVESTMENTS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BUILD
ASSETS THAT PROMOTE RESILIENCY
AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY VISION.
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND
THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH A LONG PROCESS.
WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER
POSITION PUBLIC POLICY WISE,
LIKE THE PARCEL REMAIN IN
PUBLIC HANDS AND THEN TODAY WE
ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT
COMMITMENT AND THE VISION OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD.
THE HARD WORK, WHO PRESENTED TO
OUR COMMITTEE MEETING THEIR
INTENSIVE WORK THAT THEY DID IN
THEIR BRAVE ACTIONS THAT THEY
TOOK TO STAND UP AND MAKE SURE
THE PROJECT APPLICATIONS AND
SELECTION PROCESS WAS A LINE
WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAD
BEEN CALLING FOR.
WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY WORTHY
PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
SELECTED, WE ARE VERY MUCH
INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH THE PUBLIC TO
CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS COMING THROUGH THE DOOR
SUCH AS THE JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE LEGISLATION
WE PASSED LAST YEAR TO SEE WHAT
ADDITIONAL PROJECT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE
FULFILL THE VISION OF THOSE WHO
HAD APPLIED FOR THESE DOLLARS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION, I KNOW MANY OF
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR MANY YEARS AND TO THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND I WANT TO THANK AARON FOR
THIS LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
TODAY AND I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
>> HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
CALLED ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>>
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> IT PASSES IN THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
WILL THE CHURCH PLEASE AFFIX THE
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
THE BEHALF.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
>> HEARING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES
THE ITEM.
NEXT COUNSEL MEETING OCTOBER 4,
2021 AT 2:00 P.M.
WE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A
WONDERFUL EVENING.
WE ARE AT TURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'LL