>> OKAY THE OCTOBER 11, 2021
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL HAS COME TO ORDER.
WILBUR CLERK PLEASE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
PRESENTATIONS I AM NOT AWARE OF
PRESENTATIONS FOR THE DAY SO I
MOVED TO APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES.
-- HAVE BEEN REVIEWED --
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION A REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, IT IS
ADOPTED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO AGENDA OBJECTION THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE WILL OPEN FOR A PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE
-- I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR ONGOING PATIENCE AS WE
CONTINUE TO OPERATE -- IT
REMAINS OUR STRONG INTENT TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
AT ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND AS A REMINDER THE CITY
COUNCIL DOES -- I WILL MODERATE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD TODAY IS -- AND
USING THE MEETING PHONE NUMBER
I.D.
AND PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED
TO THEM -- THIS IS DIFFERENT
FROM THE GENERAL MEETING LISTEN
LINE CALL-IN INFORMATION.
-- YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE
END OF PUBLIC COMMENT BY GOING
TO OUR WEBSITE.
PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA ONCE I
CALL YOUR NAME STAFF WILL
UNMUTE YOU, YOU WILL HEAR THE
PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTE IT AND THAT WILL BE YOUR
CUE TO PRESS á6 AND THEN BEGIN
SPEAKING PLEASE BEGIN BY SAYING
YOUR NAME THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING AND YOUR COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA THE INTRODUCTION
A REFERRAL CALENDAR OR -- YOU
ARE GOING TO HEAR A CHIME IN
ABOUT 10 SECONDS -- WRAPPING UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU DO
NOT AND YOUR COMMENTS AT THAT
ALLOTTED TIME THEN YOUR
MICROPHONE IS GOING TO BE MUTED
SO WE CAN CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE CONCLUDED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK THAT YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND --
OR ONE OF THE LISTENING OPTIONS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA, PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN WE
WILL NOW START WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER AFTER YOU HEAR THE
PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTE IT, PLEASE REMEMBER TO
PRESS á6 IN ORDER TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD GAIL
AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM
DANIEL CAVANAUGH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON HOWARD GAIL
DISTRICT 7 SPEAKING ON --
AROUND ONE THIRD OF POLICE
OFFICERS REMAIN UNVACCINATED.
-- THAT IS OVER FIVE TIMES AS
MANY AS WERE KILLED BY GUNFIRE
KNIFE AND ASSAULT COMBINED SO
POLICE CAN KILL A PERSON
BECAUSE OF AN IMAGINARY FEAR
BUT THEY REFUSED TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES AND THE PUBLIC FROM
A VERY REAL AND VERY DEADLY
FEAR.
THIS MAKES CLEAR THAT POLICE
CULTURE IS SO IMBUED WITH
IRRATIONAL FEAR AND BIAS THAT
POLICY AND TRAINING WILL HAVE
VERY LITTLE EFFECT ON IT, THERE
IS ONLY ACCOUNTABILITY --
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL HAVE TO
FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE
BULLYING ANTISOCIAL -- SINCE
THE START OF FEDERAL OVERSIGHT
NEARLY A DECADE AGO, THAT
SEVERELY -- IT ALLOWED SPD
OFFICERS TO ESCAPE
ACCOUNTABILITY GUARANTEEING A
REPEAT, THESE ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILED
ACCOUNTABILITY, NOW
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING ESCAPED
ALL OF THESE CONSEQUENCES MUST
FACE THIS BULLYING ANTISOCIAL
AND TRANSIENTS HEAD ON AND --
AS A CLEAR EXPRESSION OF
UNDERLYING EXTREME RIGHT WING
BELIEFS AND BIAS.
SPD OFFICERS RUINED YOU OF THIS
IN 2020 WHEN THEY MANY OF WHOM
ARE -- THE ONLY UNION -- PLEASE
GIVE US FULL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY
CONTROL OF POLICE, GO TO -- TO
FIND OUT HOW. THAT IS SEATTLE
STOP.ORG.
>> NEXT UP IS DANIEL CAVANAUGH
FOLLOWED BY LOGAN'S ONE
>> -- I AM AN ORGANIZER WITH --
CALLING TO SUPPORT -- I AM
CALLING ON YOU TO STAND WITH
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN SEATTLE
-- BY VOTING IN SUPPORT OF --
CARPENTERS AND OTHER
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE
REQUIRED TO -- BUT OFTEN HAVE
TO PAY $100 OR MORE A WEEK IN
PARKING.
-- I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN FOOD
SERVICE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE,
AND THE ONE TIME BUT I DID WORK
DOWNTOWN I GOT PAID PARKING AS
SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN A SMALL
BAKERY.
IF A SMALL BAKERY CAN AFFORD
IT, THEN THESE CONSTRUCTION
CORPORATIONS WHO ARE MAKING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR
CAN ABSOLUTELY AFFORD IT WHEN
IT IS NOT AN OPTION TO TAKE
PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR THESE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
AND MOST CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
ARE FORCED TO DRIVE IN AND PARK
FROM OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN
THE BUILDING AND -- THAT IS
BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IS
SO HIGH WITH THE -- THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT THE WORKERS ARE
DEMANDING AND I REALLY URGE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT -- I
DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANY EXCUSES
ABOUT -- THE COUNCIL MUST STAND
WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND
NOT WITH THEIR MILLIONAIRE
BOSSES.
>> NEXT IS LOGAN SWAN FOLLOWED
BY SONJA --
LOGAN YOU ARE STILL MUTED SO
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS á6.
THERE YOU GO.
GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS LOGAN SWAN -- I
AM CALLING TO SUPPORT --
SOME OF YOU SAID THAT YOU
SUPPORT THEIR SISTERS AND
BROTHERS IN THE CARPENTRY
COMMUNITY WHILE THEY ARE ON
STRIKE -- THIS IS A PRIMARY
DEMAND FROM THE RANK-AND-FILE --
THE ISSUE OF PARKING SHOULD BE
HANDLED THROUGH LEGISLATION
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO WALK THE
WALK.
-- WE ARE DEMANDING THAT THE
EMPLOYERS -- COVER THAT COST
RATHER THAN BEING -- TO REQUIRE
THE BOSSES PAY THIS COST OF
DOING BUSINESS RATHER THAN MY
SISTERS AND BROTHERS HAVE TO
PAY JUST TO GO TO WORK.
--
>> NEXT IS SONJA AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR FROM JORDAN.
>> I AM A WORKING MOM IN
DISTRICT 3 AND A LANDLORD AND I
AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL PUT FORWARD BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT . --
WORKERS CANNOT EVEN LIVE IN
SEATTLE BECAUSE THE AVERAGE
HOME PRICE IS NOW OVER $800,000
OR $2300 A MONTH IN RENT.
-- THE BUSES DO NOT EVEN
OPERATE -- I NEVER KNEW THAT
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAD TO PAY
FOR PARKING BECAUSE THEY ARE
THE ONES BUILDING OUR CITY I
THOUGHT THEY COULD PARK
ANYWHERE THEY WANTED AND NEEDED
TO, BUT THE STRIKE BY THE BRAVE
CARPENTERS AND WORKERS IS
REALLY HIGHLIGHTING -- I AM
ASKING YOU TO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION WITHOUT LOOPHOLES --
THE U.S. BILLIONAIRES HAVE
GOTTEN $1.8 TRILLION RICHER,
AND GLOBALLY BILLIONAIRES ARE
10.2 TRILLION DOLLARS RICHER
THAN THEY WERE AT THE START OF
THIS PANDEMIC.
THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET IS
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
-- AS AN ACTIVIST WITH -- AND I
REALLY HOPE WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER AND PUSH THE CITY
COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE AMAZON
TAX BY $120 MILLION -- AND
COULD WE PLEASE FUND PUBLIC
SHOWERS AND BATHROOMS --
>> NEXT IS JORDAN FOLLOWED BY
NICHOLAS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
GREAT, MY NAME IS JORDAN QUINN,
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 2. I
AM ALSO AN ACTIVIST WITH THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET MOVEMENT AND I
SUPPORT -- CALLING TO URGE THE
DEMOCRATIC COUNCILMEMBERS TO
JOIN COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO
FIGHT FOR --
I SIGNED A PETITION WITH OVER
1000 UNION AND NONUNION WORKERS
-- THIS SHOULD ALSO FOCUS ON --
BUT PAYING FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES
PARKING SHOULD BE A BASIC --
THEN YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY AFFORD
TO PAY FOR PARKING, THE
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS WHO ARE
ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK EVERY
DAY BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO WORK
HERE.
SO PLEASE PASS THIS LEGISLATION
-- THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT IS NICHOLAS
FOLLOWED BY KEVIN.
>> MY NAME IS NICHOLAS AND I AM
ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL
PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT TO MAKE CONSTRUCTION
BOSSES PAY 100% OF PARKING
COSTS FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS ON JOB SITES.
-- CARPENTERS AND OTHER
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE
REQUIRED TO DRIVE TO JOB SITES
WITH VEHICLES LOADED WITH TOOLS
HARNESSES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT
BUT OFTEN HAVE TO PAY $100 OR
MORE PER WEEK -- THAT WORKS OUT
TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR
THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE
TO PAY JUST TO WORK HERE.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE TO
DRIVE THERE.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AS
I ALREADY MENTIONED -- BEFORE
PUBLIC TRANSIT IS EVEN
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
MOST CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE
FORCED TO DRIVE IN FROM OUTSIDE
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN
THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY
THEMSELVES ARE BUILDING BECAUSE
THE -- AVERAGEHOME PRICES ARE
OVER $800,000 IN SEATTLE AND
OVER $2300 IN RENT FOR A SINGLE
BEDROOM APARTMENT.
-- IT SHOULD BE PASSED TO
PROTECT WORKERS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
PLEASE PASS THIS LEGISLATION.
-- THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS KEVIN FOLLOWED BY
NINA.
>> MY NAME IS KEVIN AND I AM A
SEATTLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
MEMBER.
-- I AM CALLING FOR YOU TO
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN SEATTLE
AND VOTE IN SUPPORT OF --
CARPENTERS AND OTHER
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE PAID
A LOT EACH WEEK AND THAT
AMOUNTS TO A TAX OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS A YEAR JUST TO GO TO
WORK.
MOST CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, --
THE COST OF LIVING IS SO HIGH
IN SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
LOW AMOUNTS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT WE HAVE AND THE
SKY HIGH RENTS THEY KEEP GOING
UP DURING THE PANDEMIC.
-- I AM URGING YOU AS CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS TO IMMEDIATELY
PASS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION -- THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT IS NINA,
FOLLOWED BY PETER DONAHUE.
>> MY NAME IS NINA, I AM A
CARPENTER OUT OF LOCAL 30 I AM
A RENTER I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2.
AND I AM HERE TO PUSH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO PAY FOR THE
CONTRACTORS TO 100% FULLY PAY
OUR, PARKING.
A LOT OF MY BROTHERS AND
SISTERS ON THE JOB ARE PAYING
UPWARDS OF $500 A MONTH WHICH
IS MONEY THAT SHOULD BE GOING
TO SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR
FAMILIES, AND AS THEY SPEND
EVEN LESS TIME WITH THEIR
FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY SPEND SO
MUCH TIME ON THE ROAD AS IT IS
BECAUSE THEY ARE FORCED TO
DRIVE IN OUR HORRIFIC TRAFFIC,
SO AT LEAST YOU DEMOCRATS WHO
SAY THAT YOU ARE PROLABOR CAN
DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO
NOT HAVE TO PAY AN EXTRA $500
PER MONTH OUT OF THEIR OWN
POCKET JUST TO GO TO WORK.
THIS WILL HELP THE CARPENTERS
WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
STRIKE, THIS WILL HELP NONUNION
WORKERS WHO ARE STUCK PAYING
THESE COSTS WITH THEIR LOWER
WAGES -- WE NEED TO HELP
NONUNION PEOPLE IF WE ARE
PROLABOR, WHICH I HEARD FROM
DEMOCRATS THAT THEY SAY THAT
THEY ARE PROLABOR BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
THIS WILL HELP ALL OF THE
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY
BUILT.
THIS WILL TAKE IT OFF OF OUR
BARGAINING COMMITTEE'S PLATE,
WE ARE STRUGGLING AS IT IS TO
ASK FOR THE WAGES THAT WE
DESERVE, AND WE CANNOT EVEN PAY
FOR PARKING, SO THIS WILL FREE
UP THE COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY
HOPEFULLY ASK FOR THE WAGES
THAT WE RIGHTFULLY ARE OWED.
>> NEXT IS PETER DONAHUE
FOLLOWED BY SHIRLEY HENDERSON.
>> -- THE PARKING IS TOO HIGH,
THE COMMUTES ARE RIDICULOUS.
-- I HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG
TIME AND -- I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
WALKING UP THE LINE WITH THE
CARPENTERS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND I ASKED THE REST OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO STEP UP AND
SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
THE UNION LEADERSHIP IS
STRUGGLING.
WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP AND
SOLIDARITY --
>> NEXT UP IS SHIRLEY HENDERSON
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES.
>> -- MY NAME IS SHIRLEY AND I
AM A SMALL BUSINESS PLANNER AND
I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH --
WHICH IS WHY I AM CALLING IN
WITH MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL PUT FORWARD
BY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO MAKE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR BOXES
FULLY PAID 100% OF ALL -- ON
SEATTLE JOB SITES.
I AM CALLING ON YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS TO STAND WITH
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN
SEATTLE, NOT JUST WITH THE
BOSSES BY VOTING IN SUPPORT OF
THE BASIC NEEDS OF THOUSANDS OF
WORKERS TO BUILD OUR CITY.
-- MOST CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
ARE FORCED AS OTHERS HAVE SAID
TO COMMUTE LONG DISTANCES
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THE BUILDINGS THEY ARE
HOLDING IN THIS CITY.
AS OTHERS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IT
IS BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING
IS SO HIGH IN THIS CITY
ESPECIALLY WITH THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
SKYROCKETING RENT.
RENTS HAVE RISEN MORE THAN 25%
SINCE THE START OF THIS YEAR
ALONE AND -- THIS IS YET
ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED TO
EXPAND THE AMAZON TAX -- IT IS A
NO-BRAINER AND HAS HUGE SUPPORT
FROM CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I WANT
TO ECHO WHAT SONJA SAID
EARLIER, I HAD NO IDEA THAT
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAD TO PAY
FOR PARKING, IT IS ABSURD AND --
HUNDREDS OF THESE SIGNATURES
HAVE COME FROM -- TO TALK WITH
OTHER WORKERS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS.
I URGE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY PASS
THE LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE ALL
--
>> NEXT IS DAVID FOLLOWED BY
GABRIEL.
>> THANK YOU.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 AT FIRST
AND CHERRY STREET.
THERE IS A CRACK WAR METH WAR
AND HEROIN SEX CRIME WAR BEING
CONDUCTED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THE POLICE CHIEF REFUSES TO
HELP.
HE IS GOING AROUND BLAMING THE
HOMELESS FOR ALL THE CRIME FOR
AN EASIER PAYDAY WHILE ONLY
SWEEPING THE TENTS, NEVER THE
CRIMINALS INTO A PROPER
JAILHOUSE.
HE IS GOING AROUND BLAMING THE
CITY HALL IT IS OBVIOUS --
HIRING AN UNQUALIFIED RACIST
COWARDICE POLICE CHIEF --
ENDANGERING SOCIETY WHILE
COUNSEL IS REFUSING TO
INVESTIGATE THE SIX-FIGURE
SALARY SERVICE PROVIDERS -- WHO
DONATE TAX MONEY MEANT TO SOLVE
THE HOMELESS CRISIS TO COUNSEL
AND THE ACTIVIST AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS PAID TO SATURATE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT INTIMIDATING
COUNSEL TO KEEP GIVING CORRUPT
RACES NONPROFITS MONEY OR ELSE
GET PROTESTED IN A -- WITH A
PRIORITY FOR CRIMINALS IN
MOTELS WITH NO COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER -- WITH ACTUAL
QUALIFIED NONPROFIT SOFFIT
NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS.
-- THEY ARE NOT BOTHERING
PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THEY MIGHT BE THE WRONG SKIN
COLOR.
WE NEED A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR
ENSURING AN OPPRESSIVE RACES
BACKSTABBED ON -- IS GIVEN TO
200 PEOPLE OR SO FOR DELIVERY
SERVICES WHILE SO-CALLED
COMMUNITY SAFETY IS ANOTHER BY
OFF OF PROTESTERS USING MONEY
FOR CRIMINALS --
>> NEXT IS GABRIEL FOLLOWED BY
ARTHUR.
GABRIEL YOU ARE STILL MUTED SO
PRESS á6 AND WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WE HAD YOU AND THEN YOU WENT
AWAY TRY ONE MORE TIME á6.
THERE YOU GO.
>> MY NAME IS GABRIEL I AM A
RENTER IN DISTRICT 3 AND I AM
CALLING TO URGE THE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S PEOPLE'S
BUDGET AS WELL AS -- I WAS
TOTALLY SURPRISED AT THE FACT
THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DO
NOT ALREADY RECEIVE FREE
PARKING.
THEY ARE LITERALLY BUILDING THE
CITY AND THEY DO NOT GET PAID
ENOUGH TO LIVE HERE AND TO ADD
INSULT TO INJURY WE MAKE THEM
PAY FOR THEIR PARKING ON TOP OF
-- AS A TECH WORKER I CAN GET
ON MY COMPUTER AND WORK FROM
HOME BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE
MAKING -- IS JUST A CLEAR
EXAMPLE OF OPPRESSIVE COST THAT
WORKING PEOPLE HAVE TO PLAY TO
PAY.
-- WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO EXPAND
THE AMAZON TAX -- THANK YOU.
>> --
>> MY NAME IS ARTHUR, I AM THE
CHAIR OF -- WE ARE THE LARGEST
-- OF CARPENTERS IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WE ARE ALSO THE --
LOCAL 30 CARPENTERS, I WANTED TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL TO
GET ALL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
PAID PARKING.
I CURRENTLY DO NOT LIVE IN
SEATTLE, I CANNOT AFFORD TO
LIVE IN SEATTLE, I LIVE IN
EVERETT, AND MANY HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS LIKE MYSELF CANNOT
AFFORD TO LIVE IN SEATTLE AND
WE COMMUTE DAILY TO GO TO
SEATTLE TO BUILD THE CITY THAT
MANY OF YOU ALL TAKE FOR
GRANTED.
QUITE OFTEN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
LEAVE WAY BEFORE DAWN, LIKE
ABOUT 3 TO 4 A.M., IT IS QUITE
COMMON, WHEN YOU ARE ALL STILL
ASLEEP, AND WHEN WE GET TO TOWN
AND WE HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING
ALL DAY, THE PARKING RATES HAVE
GONE UP ASTRONOMICALLY IN THE
LAST DECADE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ALSO GONE UP IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE PRICE OF REAL ESTATE.
AND THE PARKING LOTS ARE GOING
AWAY IN SEATTLE BECAUSE OF ALL
THE HIGH-RISES AND DIFFERENT
BUILDINGS THAT WE BUILD, THE
PARKING JUST CONTINUES TO RISE.
IT IS REALLY NOT A BURDEN THAT
SHOULD FALL ON THE SHOULDERS OF
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, IT IS
ONLY RIGHT THAT OUR BOSSES AND
CONTRACTORS PAY, PLEASE SUPPORT
THIS BILL, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM SHOWING THE LAST TWO
SPEAKERS ARE REGISTERED BUT NOT
PRESENT, THAT IS WILLIAM AND
AIDEN, AND I AM LOOKING TO OUR
I.T.
POST TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS IN
THE WAITING ROOM WHO IS
PREREGISTERED AND READY TO GO.
>> THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID WE ARE
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT
THE PERIOD OF PUBLIC COMMENT
AND MOVE TO OTHER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA WE DO
HAVE A SHORT AGENDA THIS
AFTERNOON SO WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND GET GOING, THE FIRST ITEM
IS THE PAYMENT OF THE BILLS
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE?
>> --
>> I MOVED TO CASS PAST COUNCIL
BILL 120187 -- 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 ITEM
NUMBER 1 INTO THE RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120186: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT; AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND CERTAIN
CITY UNIONS; AUTHORIZING
COMPNSATION FOR CERTAIN CITY
EMPLOYEES NOT COVERED BY A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT; AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120186, IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL, I AM THE
SPONSOR OF THIS BILL SO I WILL
ADDRESS IT FIRST, AND THEN OPEN
THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS, BUT
BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DEBATE THE
UNDERLYING BILL, I DID WANT TO
MOVE THE ADOPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT, I DID HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT THIS MORNING AND IT
WAS PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA IT
IS AMENDMENT A. WE WILL DO THAT
FIRST SO WE HAVE THE
CONVERSATION OF A POTENTIALLY
AMENDED BILL BEFORE US.
-- IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT A. AS I DESCRIBED
DURING THIS COUNSEL BRIEFING --
THIS AGREEMENT IS READY NOW TO
BE ATTACHED TO THIS LEGISLATION
NOW THAT THOSE NEGOTIATIONS
HAVE OCCURRED AND BEEN
COMPLETED.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT AMENDMENT A. OF
COURSE I DO RECOMMEND THAT MY
COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THE OPTION
OF AMENDMENT A. ANY QUESTIONS?
OR COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A? C
NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT A?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AN
AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED.
AND I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MAKE COMMENTS ON THE AMENDED
BILL BEFORE OPENING IT UP TO
ANY FURTHER DEBATE.
COUNCIL BILL 120186 AS AMENDED
INCLUDES TERMS FOR FRONT-LINE
WORKER PAY THAT ARE AUTHORIZED
BY THIS COUNCIL BILL -- SO THE
TERMS IN THIS BILL WERE
NEGOTIATED WITH VARIOUS UNIONS
REPRESENTING VARIOUS -- AND THE
BENEFITS THEREIN WILL APPLY TO
BOTH REPRESENTATIVE AND
NONREPRESENTATIVE FRONT-LINE
WORKERS EMPLOYED BY ALL THREE
BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT
INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH.
FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT A WHICH WE JUST DID
THIS -- ALL THE BARGAINING
UNITS WHO HAVE AGREED TO THESE
TERMS THIS FRONT-LINE WORKER
PAY WILL GO TO ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEES IN THE FORM OF A LUMP
SUM PAYMENT OF UP TO A MAXIMUM
OF $1750.
THIS IS COMPARABLE TO THE TOTAL
VALUE OF THE TELEWORK STIPENDS
THAT HAVE BEEN -- GENERALLY
SPEAKING CITY WORKERS ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR EITHER THE
TELEWORK STIPEND OR THE FRONT-
LINE WORKER PAY AND CANNOT EARN
BOTH BENEFITS.
THE ESTIMATED COST FOR
ADDITIONAL PAY TO
REPRESENTATIVE AND NON-
REPRESENTATIVE FRONT-LINE
WORKERS IS APPROXIMATELY $6.5
MILLION AND THERE ARE -- TO
SUPPORT THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENSE
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC
AND COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT FUTURE
LEGISLATION WILL HAVE TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL LATER THIS
YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR TO MAKE
APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS CITY
DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER FOR THEM
TO EXECUTE THE LUMP SUM
PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES
ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF
THE FULL UNIVERSE OF THOSE WHO
ARE CLAIMING.
FINALLY AS I NOTED DURING THE
COUNCIL BREATHING BRIEFING --
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD.
THE SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS
GUILD WAS OFFERED THE SAME
TERMS AND BENEFITS BUT HAS SO
FAR REJECTED THE PROPOSED TERMS.
WE ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THAT
REJECTION, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE THROUGH OUR PROCESS IS
HERE TO ENSURE THAT THE FRONT-
LINE WORKERS WHO ARE COMPLYING
WITH VACCINE REQUIREMENTS AND
WHO ARE ALSO FRONT-LINE WORKERS
IN AGREEING TO ACCEPT THESE
TERMS ARE COMPENSATED
ACCORDINGLY.
OKAY, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO SAY ON THIS PARTICULAR
ISSUE SO I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND WRAP UP MY COMMENTS AND
OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON COUNCIL
BILL 120186.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE
ADDITIONAL POINT THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ FOR
COVERING THIS SO THOROUGHLY.
ONE ADDITIONAL POINT I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO ADD IS MY
UNDERSTANDING AS IT RELATES TO
-- THAT THE CITY DID NOT -- TO
OFFERS ON VACCINE MANDATES SO I
THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
CLARIFICATION FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
FOLLOWING ALONG ON BOTH OF
THESE RELATED ISSUES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON COUNCIL BILL 120186 AS
AMENDED?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE AMENDED BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES THE BILL
PASSES AS AMENDED AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED SO
THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THE
NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY
COUNCIL MEETING IS ON OCTOBER
18 2021 AT 2:00 P.M.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON WE ARE ADJOURNED
THANKS EVERYONE.