>>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE THE --
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY.
>> I AM HERE, SORRY I WAS NOT
JOINING QUICK ENOUGH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS
ALSO HERE SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE
HAVE EIGHT PRESENT, SO JUST
DOUBLE CHECKING ONE MORE TIME,
DO WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE ALL PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, NINE PRESENT.
>> PRESENTATIONS I AM NOT AWARE
OF A PRESENTATION TODAY SO WE
WILL -- IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE
SIGNED 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 AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION IT IS
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED, HEARING NO
OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND -- I WANT
TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR
ONGOING BASINS PATIENTS -- TO
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON OUR AGENDAS BUT AS
A REMINDER -- IF WE DEEM THAT
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR
IS NO LONGER BEING -- I WILL
MODERATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER
-- EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 2
MINUTES TO SPEAK SPEAKERS ARE
CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH --
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PRESS á6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN ON MUTED THE
FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD GAIL
FOLLOWED BY JOSH CASTLE AND --
>> HOWARD GAIL DISTRICT 7
SPEAKING CONTINUING ON -- THIS
AFTERNOON THE COUNCIL WILL BE
VOTING ON -- I AM CONFUSED.
ISN'T SEATTLE'S LACK OF
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR POLICE -- IS
THAT NOT ENOUGH INCENTIVE, OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM HAS
JUDGED -- AND THE HIGHEST
PUNISHMENT METED OUT HAS BEEN
SIMPLY A REPRIMAND AND -- WHY
DO WE HAVE TO ADD TO THEIR PAY
TO ENTICE THEM TO DO WHAT SOME
POLICE ALREADY CLEARLY ENJOYED?
THE COUNCIL WILL PASS A BUDGET
THAT PROVIDES WELL OVER $10
MILLION TO COVER UP POLICE
ABUSE WHILE REFUSING TO EVEN
CONSIDER SHIFTING -- YOU PLAN
TO OFFER THEM MORE MONEY TO
WORK HERE WITHOUT HAVING TO
FEAR ACCOUNTABILITY DOES IT
REALLY ONLY TAKE 18 MONTHS TO
ABANDON WHAT YOU -- THEY COULD
REDIRECT THESE TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS TOWARD REAL
COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF POLICE
WE MUCH MUST INVEST THESE
MONIES IN A SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES FULL COMMUNITY CONTROL
OVER POLICING.
-- GO TO SEATTLE STOP.ORG TO
FIND OUT HOW, THAT IS SEATTLE
STOP.ORG.
>> NEXT UP IS JOSH CASTLE
FOLLOWED BY -- AND THEN DAVID
HAYNES.
>> HI GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM -- THANK
YOU AND YOUR AMAZING STAFF FOR
YOUR WORK ON THE BUDGET I WANT
TO ESPECIALLY THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD AT --
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
FOR ADDING ANOTHER $600,000 IN
FUNDING -- AND YOUR
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP ON
JUMPSTART.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
FOR -- AND ON ADVOCATING -- WE
KNOW THESE ARE NOT THE MOST
HIGH-QUALITY HOMES AND -- THANK
YOU AS WELL COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
-- AND THE TWO OF YOU -- WE
APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
FOR -- I STOPPED BY -- AND IT
IS LOOKING GORGEOUS, THANK YOU
TO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
YOUR STAFF FOR YOUR CLOSE
ENGAGEMENT ADVOCACY AND
SUPPORT FOR -- THANK YOU AS WELL
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR YOUR
PIES AND KNITTED HATS AND --
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR -- I AM PROUD OF
YOU, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU
DO, THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN JOSH,
NEXT IS -- AND THEN DAVID AND
THEN MADELEINE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON I AM SPEAKING
ON BEHALF OF --
WE ALSO WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS -- THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT FIRST STEP -- SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK AND THE TIME AND
DEDICATION -- THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY, NEXT UP IS DAVID HAYNES
AND THEN MADELEINE OLSEN AND
THEN --
>> THANK YOU GOOD AFTERNOON
DAVID HAYNES I LIVE IN DISTRICT
7 I HAVE NOT HAD A PROPER
NIGHT'S SLEEP IN THE SEVEN
MONTHS I HAVE LIMITED LIVED OUT
HERE BECAUSE THERE IS AN
UNCIVIL WAR ON THE COMMUNITY
AND NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT THE CRIMES TRYING TO STEP
IN AND TAKE OVER MY BUILDING.
CITY COUNCIL SHOULD REJECT THIS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET ABUSE OF
TAX DOLLARS -- TO BUY OFF
GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTERS
ACCESSING MORE THAN $70 MILLION
WHILE COUNSEL CO-OPS REDIRECT
AND I DARESAY STEEL FEDERAL
EMERGENCY COVID-19 FUNDS MONEY
MEANT TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS
CRISIS FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT
FIND -- NOW INSTEAD REDIRECTED
MONEY TO JUMPSTART TAXES
MANIPULATED WITH A SPENDING
PLAN PROVIDING MIDDLE-CLASS
GIFT TO NON-CITIZENS -- WHILE
INNOCENT POOR CITIZENS ARE
PURPOSELY NOT PROVIDED 21ST-
CENTURY -- TO REDIRECT AS MUCH
MONEY AWAY FROM FUNDING THE
HOMELESS CRISIS AFTER RAISING --
AND NONPROFIT DONORS.
AND THE UNIONS WHO HELP WITH
ELECTIONS IT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO ABUSE AND
USE FEDERAL RELIEF MONEY STOLEN
FROM THE HOMELESS TO FILL IN
THE GENERAL SHORTFALLS -- TO
PAY OFF PROTESTERS HIDING
WITHIN SOLIDARITY BUDGET -- AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
CAPACITY BUILDING NONPROFITS
CREATING FRAUDULENT COMMUNITY
SAFETY THIS BUDGET IS PROOF
THAT DEMOCRATS USE THE
TAXPAYERS AND HOMELESS CRISIS
TO GET MONEY TO -- HIDING
WITHIN ALL NEW -- POCKETING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO NOT
PROTEST.
>> NEXT IS MADELEINE OLSEN
FOLLOWED BY -- AND SEAN BURNS.
MADELEINE, WELCOME.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS MADELEINE I AM
CALLING IN ABOUT THE BUDGET
TRYING TO SAY I AM REALLY --
ALONGSIDE OUR FUNDING FOR --
BUT OVERALL IT IS REALLY
DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT THIS
BUDGET DOES FAIL TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF WORKING PEOPLE -- WE
ARE SEEING THE WORLD'S
BILLIONAIRES MAKE TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN PROFITS WHILE
REGULAR PEOPLE ARE BEING BURIED
UNDER INCREASING AMOUNTS OF
DEBT, MYSELF INCLUDED.
-- RENTS ARE ON TRACK TO
INCREASE -- SOMETHING HAS TO
BREAK, BUT IS IT GOING TO BE
REGULAR WORKING PEOPLE OR ARE
WE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAX
BIZ BUSINESS BIG BUSINESS -- TO
ADDRESS THE ACTUAL ROOT CAUSES
OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM AND THE
VIOLENCE THAT WE SEE IN SEATTLE
THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN
AVOIDED -- $635 MILLION IN 2022
AS WELL AS -- WITH THE MODEST
INCREASE OF THE AMAZON TAX WE
COULD HAVE -- THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR CHAMPIONING -- THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY, NEXT UP WILL BE --
FOLLOWED BY SEAN BURNS AND THEN
--
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY
COLLEAGUES I AM GOING TO
ROUGHLY TRANSLATE WHAT SHE SAID.
SHE IS CALLING IN TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT THE DOMESTIC WORKER
PORTABLE BENEFITS INVESTMENT,
SHE IS A COCHAIR AT THE -- SHE
ALSO WANTS TO THANK ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE
COMMITMENT TO DOMESTIC WORKER
ISSUES BUT ESPECIALLY WANTS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THEIR
CHAMPION COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
-- WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE
TO CONTINUE TO COUNT ON CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR OUR SUPPORT
OF THE EFFORTS IN THAT SPACE
AND WANTS TO THANK US FOR THE
FUTURE WORK THAT SHE KNOWS WE
WILL DO AND APPRECIATES
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO THUS FAR.
THANKS FOLKS.
NEXT IS SEAN BURNS FOLLOWED BY
COLLEEN AND DALE.
>> AT FIRST I WANT TO AGREE
WITH THE PREVIOUS COMMENTOR, I
AM ALSO PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT
THE GAINS THAT HAVE BEEN -- THE
FUNDING FOR A FRESH PRODUCE --
AND A SAFE PARKING LOT FOR --
THOSE ARE ALL REAL GAINS THAT I
HOPE WORKING PEOPLE CAN BE
PROUD OF -- BUT DESPITE ALL
THAT, I STILL FEEL THAT THIS
BUDGET IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF REGULAR
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE AT THIS
MOMENT RENTS ARE STILL
SKYROCKETING -- 60,000 SEATTLE
AREA RENTERS ARE IN DEBT TO
THEIR LANDLORDS AND THIS IS AN
UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION.
AND THIS BUDGET COULD AND
SHOULD HAVE SERVED AS THE
RESPONSE TO INCREASE TAXES ON
THE BILLIONAIRES WHO HAVE
PROFITED OFF OF THE PANDEMIC
AND PUT -- LIKE THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET AND THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET,
THEY CALL FOR THOSE INCREASES IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH COULD
HAVE BEEN DONE -- BASED ON THE
PROFITS THAT WE HAVE SEEN
TAXING BIG BUSINESS FOR --
SOMETHING THAT HAS AN ENORMOUS
SUPPORT IN SEATTLE AND THE
RECORD PROFITS WE HAVE SEEN
THIS YEAR SHOULD NOT EXIST AT
THE SAME TIME AS THE HOUSING
CRISIS THAT IS AT ITS WORST
POINT IN YEARS.
THE STATUS QUO BUDGET THAT HAS
BEEN PUT FORTH IS DISAPPOINTING
GIVEN THE HISTORIC AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE YEARS.
-- IT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING
THAT -- MORE RECEPTIVE TO THE
PRESSURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
PUTTING ON THEM THROUGHOUT THE
LAST -- THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
I ACCIDENTALLY CALLED ON
COLLEEN BUT SHE IS CALLING IN
FOR THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT
MEETING, SO SHE WILL BE ON DECK
FOR COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO
CALL ON FOR COMMENTS.
WE WILL GO TO THE LAST
INDIVIDUAL I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR
THE MEETING AND THAT IS DANIEL
CAVANAUGH.
I HAVE -- SIGNED UP BUT HE IS
REALLY SHOWING UP AS NOT
PRESENT SO DANIEL WELCOME.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3 AND
-- I AM AN ACTIVIST WITH THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET MOVEMENT -- AND
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET MOVEMENT
OVER THE YEARS HAS WON
COUNTLESS VICTORIES, WE FOUND
MILLIONS IN FUNDING FOR -- THIS
IS THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
THAT THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET WAS
FIRST LAUNCHED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT -- WE HAVE ONE THINGS
LIKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICES --
RENTER ORGANIZING FIGHTING FOR
-- AND THIS YEAR IS NO
DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE ONE VICTORIES -- THANK
YOU TO THE TENANTS UNION OF --
THE RIGHT TO EARLIER THIS YEAR
-- INCLUDING SIX-MONTH NOTICE
FOR RENT INCREASE JUST CAUSE
PROTECTION -- RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE A BAN ON SCHOOL YEAR
INFECTIONS AND SO OUR MOVEMENT
SHOULD REALLY FEEL PROUD OF
WHAT WE HAVE ONE, BUT THIS IS A
BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET ON THE
WHOLE THAT DOES NOT MEET
WORKING THE'S NEEDS AND IS
TOTALLY INACCURATE INADEQUATE.
OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN TO HOW
BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOTTEN
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS RICHER IN
THE PAST YEAR, AND YET WORKING-
CLASS PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING
EVEN MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
WE ARE FALLING BEHIND ON RENT,
AND A BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET
IS UNACCEPTABLE -- FOR FIGHTING
FOR THE MAXIMUM PRACTICAL FUNDS
FOR WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE WHILE
ALSO VOTING NO ON --
>> OKAY, THE LAST PERSON I HAVE
SIGNED UP BUT NOT PRESENT IS
WILLIAM SMITH CHECKING IN WITH
OUR I.T.
FIX TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS
WAITING IN --
>> THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
>> WE WILL MOVE TO OTHER ITEMS
OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA,
FIRST UP IS THE PAYMENT OF
BILLS WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE AGENDA?
>> -- AND ORDERING THE PAYMENT
THEREOF.
>> I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120229, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> --
>> --COUNCIL BILL 120210: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES;
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OR THE
DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A REAL
PROPERTY LEASE RENEWAL WITH THE
UNITED STATES ARMY FOR THE CITY
OF SEATTLE'S CONTINUED INTERIM
USE AND OCCUPANCY OF 33.95
ACRES AT THE FORT LAWTON ARMY
RESERVE CENTER; AND RATIFYING
AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR
ACTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH I MOVED TO
PASS COUNCIL BILL 120210, IS
THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
--
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120210 BY
SUBSTITUTING -- SUBSTITUTING
ATTACHMENT ONE SUBSTITUTING
EXHIBITS BC EFF TO ATTACHMENT
ONE, -- EXHIBITS G AND H.
>> -- ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SAY TO ADDRESS THESE
AMENDMENTS?
>> -- ALREADY AUTHORIZES -- TO
EXECUTE A ONE-YEAR LEASE
AGREEMENT WITH FOUR ONE YEAR
EXTENSIONS -- WHILE THE CITY'S
COUNCILS -- CONTINUES TO GO
THROUGH ITS PROCESS FOR
APPROVAL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN FOR -- FORT LAWTON PROJECT
WILL CREATE -- 100 UNITS THAT
WILL INCLUDE ONE, TWO, AND
THREE BEDROOM FLATS -- IT WILL
INCLUDE -- AND TOWNHOMES FOR
INCOMES WITH UP TO 80% AMI THIS
IS ALL INCLUDED AROUND -- WILL
ALLOW THE CITY TO USE THE
PROPERTY IN THE INTERIM WHILE
WE WAIT FOR -- AND CONTINUE
TOWARD OUR LONG-TERM
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THE CITY
DOES NOT PAY A FEE TO THE U.S.
ARMY BUT IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL HOLDING AND CARETAKING
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PROPERTY WHICH ARE COVERED
EQUALLY BY THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
REGISTRATION AND -- WE ARE
EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUT THIS IS
AN INTERIM STEP TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED, ARE
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED, SO WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS THE AS
AMENDED?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE 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?
-- CONSISTS OF 33 ITEMS OF
BUSINESS THIS AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
COMMENTS ON EACH ITEM BEFORE I
REQUEST THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL AS IS OUR USUAL PRACTICE
BEFORE WE BEGIN I AM GOING TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO PROVIDE A BRIEF
REPORT ON THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, AND AGAIN
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
OUR SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
CHAIR TO DO SOME TABLE SETTING
AND SOME OVERVIEW OF THE
FOLLOWING 33 ITEMS AND
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED
TO SPEAK AS TO EACH INDIVIDUAL
ITEM PER USUAL AND OF COURSE
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE MORE
GENERALIZED COMMENTS, SO I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO GIVE US
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BEFORE WE
GO DOWN THE PATH OF CONSIDERING
EACH OF THE 33 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAME
PRESIDENT AS COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ NOTED THIS MORNING, WE
DID DO A NUMBER OF THANK YOUSE
SO I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SAID THANK
YOU TO -- WHO HAVE HELPED TO GET
US TO THIS DAY -- TO SET THE
TONE AS WE CONSIDER THESE
AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF US I DO
HAVE A NUMBER OF COMPLIMENTS
AND I WANT TO OFFER THESE TO
YOU AS -- TALKING POINTS SO
THAT I WILL NOT BE SPEAKING TO
EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS THAT IS
BELOW IN THE AGENDA.
BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE
LAST EIGHT WEEKS TO GET US TO
THIS PROCESS YOU HAVE PUT IN
FRONT OF US A PROPOSED BUDGET
THAT -- INVESTMENTS IN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THRIVING
AND -- -- WE HAVE CHANGED SOME
OF THE FUNDING SOURCES TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE TRULY KEPT
TRUE TO OUR -- WE UNANIMOUSLY
PASSED THE SPEND PLAN AND
TODAY'S BUDGET IN FRONT OF US
INVESTS THOSE DOLLARS FROM
JUMPSTART INTO -- AND ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE CATEGORIES I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AS WE
HAVE WORKED THROUGHOUT THE LAST
TWO YEARS TO RESPOND TO THE
CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN RESENTED
AND MADE WORSE BY COVID-19 AS
WE CONSIDER PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
THAT IS ALLOWING US TO HAVE A
SHORTFALL OF ONLY $15 MILLION
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE
DRASTIC HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
RELY ON -- DESPITE THE ECONOMIC
VOLATILITY THAT WE SEE IN OUR
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND WORKING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPENING
UP OUR CITY, THAT WE ARE CARING
FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE THAT WE
ARE INVESTING IN WHAT MAKES OUR
CITY RESILIENT DIVERSE AND
THRIVING AND I APPRECIATE ALL
OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
INVESTMENTS IN FRONT OF US
REFLECT THAT WE HAVE MADE
INVESTMENTS INTO CORE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES SUPPORTING
OUR MOST VULNERABE WHILE BEING
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING OUR
FISCAL RESERVES I WILL JUST
HIGHLIGHT FIVE CATEGORIES THAT
THIS BUDGET INVESTING THE FIRST
STARTS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THIS BUDGET MAKES A HISTORIC
INVESTMENT IN HISTORIC --
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE TUNE
OF -- MADE POSSIBLE BY AN
INFUSION FROM -- SERVING THE
LOWEST INCOME -- THESE
INVESTMENTS ALLOW THE CITY TO
HELP -- HOUSING COUPLED WITH
SERVICES LED BY -- HISTORICALLY
PRICE OUT AND KEPT OUT OF THE
HOUSING MARKET AND WHO TODAY
ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE
IMPACTS OF COVID-19.
THESE ARE AFFORDABLE IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND -- RENTAL HOUSING
UNITS AND ABOUT TWICE THE
AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS GOING
INTO THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR
SHOVEL READY PROJECTS -- $15.7
MILLION IS GOING INTO
ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT LIST AT RISK
OF DISPLACEMENT. -- WE HAVE
INCLUDED LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE BUILT UPON THE
NOTICE OF INTENT LEGISLATION
YOU HEARD -- TALK ABOUT THE
WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN -- TO BE
ABLE TO PURCHASE ONE DAY THERE
IS A SLIDING CLUED IN THIS
BUDGET -- PAVING THE WAY FOR
THE CITY TO CONSIDER THE
IMPOSITION OF A RIGHT OF FIRST
REFUSAL AND -- THAT WAS
COMMISSIONED IN 2019 RELATED TO
-- I AM EXCITED FOR THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT -- MORE
AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS AS WE
CONSIDER THE CONVERSATION
AROUND -- TO WORK WITH THE
COUNCIL OVER THE FIRST PART OF
THE NEXT YEAR TO CONSIDER
POLICY -- FIRST FIRST RIGHT OF
REFUSAL FOR OUR -- THAT ALL
HELPS MOVE TOWARD THE DIRECTION
OF CREATING GREATER HOME
OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO BUILD
TOWARD THE GOAL OF EVERY PERSON
IN THIS CITY HAVING ACCESS TO
HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
IN PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
THIS COUNSEL HAS -- WITH OVER
$2 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS GOING
INTO CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN
ADDITION TO -- THAT ARE MADE
POSSIBLE FROM JUMPSTART IN
INVESTS IN PLANNING FOR --
HOUSING AND GREEN SPACES AND
FUTURE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
TO THE TUNE OF -- FOCUSED ON
MAINTAINING OR ENHANCING
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
SAFER STREETS FOR PEOPLE
WALKING AND BIKING AND -- AND
EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE --
AND CREATING CONNECTED CITIES.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES THE NEEDED
PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
BUILD THE BRIDGES TO CONNECT
OUR CITY THAT WE PUT FUNDING
FORWARD FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO BRING MORE
PROJECTS TO 30% DESIGN AND MORE
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SHOVEL
READY FOR THOSE DOLLARS SO THAT
WE CAN COUPLE THOSE DOLLARS
WITH -- WE HAVE AUTHORIZED THE
CITY TO BOND -- A BRIDGE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MEETS OUR
CITY'S NEEDS AND KEEPS THOSE
BRIGID'S BRIDGES OPEN. -- TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING
IN COMMUNITY STRATEGIES TO
CREATE TRUSTED COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN REDUCE
GUN VIOLENCE AND YOUTH VIOLENCE
AND TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN OUR
CITY TO MAKE SURE MORE MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE
OUT THERE AND MORE COMMUNITY
SAFETY OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE.
-- AND CREATE NECESSARY
INVESTMENTS AS DEEMED NECESSARY
BY THE -- TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY.
WE ARE INCLUDING 26 POSITIONS
TO ADDRESS THE EXISTING -- WE
ARE INVESTING $2.5 MILLION TO
EXPAND -- THE COUNCIL IS
INVESTING $3.9 MILLION INTO
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
INTERVENING INTO THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND LOOKING AT
-- THAT ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO
REDIRECTED AWAY FROM JAIL AND
HAVE HEALTHIER OUTCOMES WE ARE
INVESTIN $10.4 MILLION IN
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE
WORKED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ON TOWARD GETTING DOLLARS OUT
AND THIS WILL -- THROUGH THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY GRANTS THAT
WENT OUT JUST EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IN
ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE FULLY HUNDRED FUNDED --
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG
WITH THE MAYOR AS OPPOSED
PROPOSED BUDGET -- THIS BUDGET
INCLUDES THAT.
THIS BUDGET INCLUDES NO CUTS TO
CURRENT SPD STAFFING, NO CUTS
TO SPD OFFICERS, NO CUTS TO
SALARIES IN -- IT DOES USE
UNDER SPENT AND -- WE ARE NOW
INVESTING IN THE EXPANDED --
CREATING SIX NEW ADDITIONAL
STAFF MEMBERS IN ADDITION TO
THE 18 THAT WE ALREADY
AUTHORIZE AND FUND.
WE ARE -- SO THAT WE HAVE THE
SYSTEMS NEEDED TO CONNECT
SYSTEMS BEHIND THE SCENE AND
CREATE -- NOW TOTALING $26.4
MILLION FOR OVERTIME FOR NEXT
YEAR.
WE HAVE INVESTED $4.1 MILLION
IN THIS BUDGET AND MAINTAIN
DISCRETIONARY PURPOSES FOR THE
CURRENT BUDGET AND ALSO NEAR $1
MILLION FOR TRAVEL AND TRAINING
ABOVE THE CURRENT BUDGET.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, AS WE
HEAD INTO EARLY 2022 WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK TO ADDRESS
ISSUES THAT MAY PRESENT
THEMSELVES AND WORKING WITH THE
NEXT ADMINISTRATION AND THE
DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF
THERE ARE NEEDS THAT CONTINUE
TO MATERIALIZE THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE UNDER SPENT
THAT MAY PRESENT ITSELF IN
2021.
THERE IS A COMMITMENT THAT I
HAVE DONE -- TO MAKE SURE THAT
IN THIS MOMENT WHEN WE HAVE SO
MANY CRISES THAT ARE FACING THE
CITY IF THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT
ARE MADE AVAILABLE WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THOSE ARE GETTING OUT
THE DOOR TO MEET THOSE NEEDS
NOW I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
IN EARLY 2022 TO ADDRESS ANY
ADDITIONAL UNMET NEEDS AND IF
THERE IS UNDER SPENT THAT WE
WORK TOGETHER IN A
COLLABORATIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING TOWARD
CREATING HEALTHY SAFE
COMMUNITIES FOR ALL, THAT IS
WHY THE INVESTMENTS IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY ORIENTED
SOLUTIONS ALONG WITH MAKING
SURE THAT WE INVESTED IN MANY
OF THE AREAS IDENTIFIED BY THE
MAYOR AND HER PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR NEW INVESTMENTS HAVE ALSO
BEEN INCLUDED.
AND I WILL CONCLUDE WITH THIS
MADAME PRESIDENT -- WE ARE
INVESTING IN BUSINESSES IN ARTS
AND CULTURE.
IT REFLECTS AN ONGOING NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR SMALLEST
BUSINESES THAT ARE -- AND A
THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMIC HUB.
$24 MILLION IS GOING INTO
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND
RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS THAT
WILL CONTINUE -- AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
WE ARE INVESTING $650,000 IN
TECHNOLOGY EQUITY PROGRAMS,
$300,000 -- INVESTMENTS IN
NORTHGATE TO SUPPORT --
INVESTMENTS IN -- ALL OF THIS
AS WE CREATE THE RENAISSANCE
THAT -- WE HAVE EXPANDED UPON
THAT WITH $6 MILLION FOR ARTS
YOUTH AND INVESTIGATION --
MAKING SURE THAT OUR -- CREATE
THEIR OWN SMALL BUSINESS AND
THAT WE HAVE INVESTMENT IN THE
INVESTED IN THE CARE NEEDED FOR
-- I AM PROUD OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT YOU AS COUNSEL
HAVE MADE AND -- AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND HEALTHY RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES IN THE WAKE OF
COVID-19.
I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK AND THAT WILL SUMMARIZE
ALL OF MY COMMENTS FOR THE NEXT
ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED ON THE 33 ITEMS
RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
FOR 2022.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.COUNCIL
BILL 120220: AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING, IN 2021,
ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FROM NON-
CITY SOURCES; AUTHORIZING THE
HEADS OF THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING,
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, FIRE
DEPARTMENT, CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, SEATTLE CENTER, SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION, AND
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT
SPECIFIED GRANTS, PRIVATE
FUNDING, AND SUBSIDIZED LOANS
AND TO EXECUTE, DELIVER, AND
PERFORM CORRESPONDING
AGREEMENTS; AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CITY
COUNCIL PASSED THE COUNCIL BILL
WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] NINE
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
TITLE COUNCIL BILL 120221: AN
OF ITEM NUMBER 3 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126237, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2021
BUDGET, INCLUDING THE 2021-2026
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ,
CIP, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> JUST FINDING MY PLACE HERE.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET,
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THIS VOTE
IS COINCIDING WITH THE VOTES ON
THE TOTAL CITY BUDGET FOR NEXT
YEAR AND DOES NOT RECEIVE THE
ATTENTION IT NEEDS AS IN
PREVIOUS YEARS THERE ARE MANY
ELEMENTS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET THAT I HAVE NO OBJECTION
TO, BUT THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS
THAT ARE VERY OBJECTIONABLE AND
FOR THAT REASON I WILL BE
VOTING NO.
IT INCREASES THE POLICE BUDGET
BY A TOTAL OF $6 MILLION -- HOW
CAN THE POLICE COMPLAIN OF
HUNDREDS OF VACANCIES AND TO
REDUCE PAYROLL ON ONE HAND AND
DEMAND -- ON THE OTHER.
SOME OF THAT INCREASED FUNDING
COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND
WOULD BE BETTER SPENT ON --
OTHER FUNDING COMES FROM
FEDERAL GRANTS AND -- IT
INCLUDES GRANTS FROM THE FBI
AND FROM HOMELAND SECURITY FOR
THE SO-CALLED JOINT OPERATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST
TO CRIMINALIZE DISSENT LIKE THE
WAY PEACEFUL BLACK LIVES MATTER
PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED AND --
FOR THOSE REASONS I WILL BE
VOTING NO ON THIS SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET, THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WELL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF
QUESTION MARK WILL COUNCIL BILL
120040: AN THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE THE TITLE OF 126000,
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2020 ITEM
NUMBER 4 INTO THE RECORD?
>>BUDGET, INCLUDING THE 2020-
2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM (CIP); CHANGING
APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS, AND FROM VARIOUS FUNDS
IN THE BUDGET; AND RATIFYING
AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR
ACTS; ALL BY A 3/4 VOTE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE COUNCIL
BILL WITH -- AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
LAST TIME, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE 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
TITLE OF ITEM NUMBER 5 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>RESOLUTION 32026: A
RESOLUTION REQUESTING KING
COUNTY AND THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON TO INCREASE SERVICES
TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AS
AMENDED THE RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> IT IS MORE A POINT OF ORDER
AS WE ARE VOTING, IF YOU
REQUEST THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL, COULD YOU READ THE ITEM
NUMBER, I AM FOLLOWING ALONG,
THERE IS JUST SO MUCH WE ARE
VOTING ON TODAY.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> WE ALL KNOW THAT THE IMPACT
OF THE PANDEMIC ON OUR MENTAL
HEALTH HAS BEEN UNDENIABLE OVER
THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF --
HAVE LED TO NEGATIVE MENTAL
HEALTH IMPACT AND OCCASIONALLY
-- AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE.
-- WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS LACK
OF ADEQUATE MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES -- IN FUNDING OUR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS --
I AM PLEASED THAT -- ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF AND ALIGNED PATH
THAT LEADS TO BETTER SUPPORT OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS THAT ARE
STRUGGLING WITH BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CHALLENGES, THE CITY IS
WANTING TO DO OUR PART AND WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO --
LEADING THE WAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON A
RESOLUTION -- AGENDA ITEM 5?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32026,
AGENDA ITEM 5?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK,
RESOLUTION 32026 AGENDA ITEM 5
IS ADOPTED AND THE CLERK THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX RESOLUTION
32027: A RESOLUTION MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
MODIFYING THE MAYORAL CIVIL ON
MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE EMERGENCY ORDER OF
OCTOBER 29, OF ITEM 6 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>2021, RELATED TO HIRING
INCENTIVES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AS AMENDED
THE RESOLUTION WITH -- IN FAVOR
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT OPPOSED
AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
RESOLUTION 32027, AGENDA ITEM
6? COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
PLEASE.
>> AS NOTED, THIS WAS APPROVED
IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE BY A 4-2
VOTE WITH THREE ABSTENTIONS.
THE CBA ON THE RESOLUTION ARE
INTENDED TO AMEND THE EMERGENCY
ORDER ON HIRING INCENTIVES TO
FIRST LIMIT THE DURATION OF THE
EMERGENCY ORDER THROUGH THE END
OF 2021 AND SECONDLY TO LIMIT
EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO THE
ORDER -- TO THE AMOUNT --
OFFICE INVESTIGATES NEEDED IN
2021.
THE RESOLUTION WORKS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH A BUDGET
ACTION IN THE CHAIRS BALANCING
PACKAGE, WHICH REQUESTS A
REPORT FROM THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE TO THE COUNCIL ON A
POTENTIAL CITYWIDE HIRING
INCENTIVE FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS
BEYOND THOSE COVERED IN THE
MAYOR'S CURRENT EMERGENCY ORDER
EXTENDING THOSE INCENTIVES TO
RECRUITS, TO DEPARTMENTS BEYOND
SPD, AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR.
THE ITEM LEAVES IN PLACE THE
MAYOR'S CURRENT EXECUTIVE ORDER
REQUIRING -- THROUGH THE END OF
2021.
SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT
THERE IS ANOTHER PROPOSAL NOT
ON THE AGENDA TODAY TO LIMIT
THE HIRING INCENTIVES TO ONLY
SEE S.E.C.
RECRUITS AND NOT PERMIT THE
INCENTIVES FOR SPD RECRUITS.
IF THE VOTE IN FAVOR OF -- DOES
NOT PREVAIL WE WILL VERY LIKELY
SEE THE OTHER PROPOSAL BEFORE
US AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
-- PROMULGATED BY MAYOR DURKAN,
I BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER --
REGARDLESS WHICH ACTION AMENDING
MAYOR DURKAN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
FAILS, INCOMING MAYOR ELECT
HAROLD COULD ISSUE A NEW
EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 2022.
-- ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS
AND I RECOGNIZE -- FILLING
VACANCIES IN THIS LABOR MARKET
AND THE IMPACT ON THE DELIVERY
OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE
IMPACT ON MORALE IN EACH OF
THESE DEPARTMENTS.
AND FOR THAT REASON I FOR ONE
WOULD STRONGLY PREFER HAVING --
RATHER THAN HAVING --
CONVERSATIONS BOTH THIS YEAR
AND AGAIN IN NEXT YEAR ABOUT
EXCLUDING SPD OFFICER RECRUITS.
FINALLY AS A REMINDER, THE
BALANCING PACKAGE BEFORE US
THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR BONUSES
IN 2022, CONSEQUENTLY GIVEN
THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT IN THE 2022
BUDGET IT IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER THAT IF WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE -- BEFORE AUTHORIZING
IT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR THAT, I SUPPORT
MAYOR DURKAN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
FOR -- I BELIEVE THESE HIRING
INCENTIVES ARE NEEDED AFTER THE
ALARMING SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF
POLICE OFFICERS AND 911
DISPATCHERS LEAVING THEIR
POSITIONS AT THE SAME TIME I
AGREE THAT TODAY'S SUGGESTED
MODIFICATIONS ARE REASONABLE
AND FISCALLY PREVENT PRUDENT --
AND WHILE THE COUNCIL
UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT APPROVE
HIRING INCENTIVES AS PART OF --
TODAY'S ACTIONS STILL LEAVE THE
DOOR OPEN FOR THE INCOMING
ADMINISTRATION TO REISSUE AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER IF NEEDED.
AS SEATTLE COMPETES WITH OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE NATION
FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PERSONNEL I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE
INCOMING ADMINISTRATION TO DO
WHAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY TO HIRE
-- BUT ALSO TO RETAIN THESE
VALUABLE EMPLOYEES WE ALREADY
HAVE SO THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE
SEATTLE SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR
THESE MODIFICATIONS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ON OCTOBER 29
MAYOR DURKIN ISSUED AN
INVECTIVE ORDER EXECUTIVE ORDER
-- IRONICALLY HER EXCUSE FOR
THIS EMERGENCY ORDER WAS TO
GIVE POLICE EVEN MORE MONEY
BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY.
IN OTHER WORDS EVEN THOUGH SO
MANY POLICE OFFICERS ARE
ACTUALLY ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC
BY REFUSING TO BE VACCINATED OR
TO WEAR MASKS, THEY STILL
APPARENTLY NEED TO BE GIVEN
MORE MONEY.
MAYOR DURKAN HAS SHOWN A
SHOCKING DOUBLE STANDARD WHEN
SHE ADVOCATED FOR HIRING
BONUSES IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID
-- THE MAYOR HAS CLAIMED IN THE
PAST THAT SHE COULD NOT OPEN
HOMELESS SHELTERS AND TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES BECAUSE THERE
ARE NOT ENOUGH HOMELESS SERVICE
WORKERS TO STAFF THESE SPACES,
WHERE ARE THE HIRING BONUSES OR
JUST DECENT LIVING STANDARDS
FOR -- WHO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE
TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND?
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE SIZE OF
THE POLICE DEPOSIT POLICE
BUDGET WILL NOT HAVE -- AND
THAT INCLUDES POLICE OFFICER
SALARIES NOT HAVING A
STATISTICAL IMPACT ON PUBLIC
SAFETY, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY DOG,
IT IS REDUCING INEQUALITY AND
PROVIDING -- AND AFFORDABLE
SERVICES INCLUDING CHILDCARE
THAT HAS THE GREATEST
STATISTICAL IMPACT.
I ABSOLUTELY SHARE THE CONCERNS
THAT WORKING PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT
THE RISE IN GUN VIOLENCE, THERE
IS NO QUESTION THAT WE DO NEED
TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT IF YOU
LOOK AT THE DATA YOU WILL SEE
THAT THIS IS HAPPENING EVEN
THOUGH THE POLICE BUDGET HAS
BEEN BLOATED FOR MANY YEARS
WHILE THE SOCIAL SERVICES AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WORKING
PEOPLE AND THE POOR NEED,
CONTINUE TO BE GREATLY
UNDERFUNDED AND AT THE SAME
TIME -- ARE SKYROCKETING.
STUDIES SHOW OVERWHELMINGLY
THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION TO
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IS TO FUND
THE NEEDS OF OUR SOCIETY TO
ADDRESS CRIME AND TO STOP THEM
BEFORE THEY HAPPEN WE NEED TO
FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOCIAL
HOUSING THAT IS PUBLICLY HONED
PUBLICLY OWNED HIGH-QUALITY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE NEED TO
RAISE WAGES AND AND
EXPLOITATION -- WITH FULL
POWERS OVER THE POLICE.
-- VOTED IN SEPTEMBER AGAINST
IMPLEMENTING TWICE, MY
LEGISLATION LEFT IN PLACE THE
HIRING BONUSES FOR 911
OPERATORS HOWEVER RATHER THAN
BRINGING IT TO VOTE IT WAS
DELAYED BY TWO WEEKS -- THAT IS
ESSENTIALLY APPROVES THE
MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH
IS -- I AM CONFUSED HOW THIS
BILL WHICH DOES NOT AMEND ONE
WORD OR NUMBER IN -- BUT
REGARDLESS IT IS THE BILL IN
FRONT OF US TODAY.
THIS BILL APPROVES -- FOR THE
DURATION OF HER TERM, IN MY
VIEW THOSE HIRING BONUSES ARE A
TERRIBLE MISUSE OF CITY
RESOURCES THAT SHOULD BE USED
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
SOCIAL SERVICES AND FOR THE
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES SO I
WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
RESOLUTION.
IF THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNSEL
AGREES WITH ME I HOPE THAT THE
COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER TWO
AGREED TO SCHEDULE THE -- NEXT
MONDAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON ITEM 6
WHICH IS RESOLUTION 32027?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU HAVE
THE LAST WORD.
>> A COUPLE POINTS, FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC I JUST WANT TO
ADVISE THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
HAS CONFIRMED THAT FUNDING IS
AVAILABLE DURING 2021 TO
IMPLEMENT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER I
HAVE REQUESTED AN UPDATE FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE
LIMITATION OF THE VACCINE
MANDATE AS IT PERTAINS TO -- I
AM CONFUSED AS TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S REFERENCE OF THE
VACCINE MANDATE AND THE FACT
THAT OFFICERS HAVE NOT COMPLIED
AS A REASON FOR WHY A HIRING
INCENTIVE FOR DEPARTMENTS THAT,
FOR WHOM THEIR MANAGEMENT IS
ENFORCING THE VACCINE MANDATE,
I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS
PARTIALLY CREATING THE NEED FOR
HIRING INCENTIVES, IS TO SUPPORT
THE OFFICERS IN ONE CASE AND THE
911 DISPATCHERS IN THE OTHER
CASE YOU HAVE COMPLIED AND ARE
STILL WITH THE CITY, STILL
PERFORMING PUBLIC SERVICE AND
ARE WORKING IN DEPARTMENTS THAT
HAVE LARGE VACANCIES.
SO I REALLY SEE THE ALLOWANCE OF
HIRING INCENTIVES THROUGH THE
END OF THIS YEAR AS REALLY
BEING PART AND PARCEL OF SUPPORT
OF THE VACCINE MANDATE, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WITH THAT , DEBATE IS NOW
CLOSED ON THIS PARTICULAR
AGENDA ITEM, SO WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32027,
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
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
TITLE RESOLUTION 32028: A
RESOLUTION OF ITEM 7 INTO THE
RECORD?
CONCERNING THE HEALTH,
>>WELL-BEING, AND SAFETY OF
DOMESTIC WORKERS; EXPRESSING
COUNCIL'S INTENT TO ESTABLISH A
RIGHT TO PORTABLE PAID TIME OFF
(PTO) FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS IN
SEATTLE; AND REQUESTING THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS TO
WORK WITH COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT
LEGISLATION CREATING A PORTABLE
PTO POLICY FOR DOMESTIC
WORKERS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANKS SO MUCH MADAME CLERK,
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
RESOLUTION 32028, AGENDA ITEM 7?
>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS
RESOLUTION AS A CORRESPONDING
PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO PASS
ALONG WITH THE BUDGET.
-- THIS INEQUITY THAT WE ARE
SEEING ACROSS MANY INDUSTRIES
EXPONENTIALLY IMPACTS
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WORKERS
OF COLOR, AND THERE HAS BEEN A
CLEAR IMPACT ON DOMESTIC
WORKERS AS WELL.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US --
ROOTED IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE
FRONT-LINE WORKERS THEMSELVES
IN THIS CASE DOMESTIC FRONT-
LINE WORKERS.
THIS BUILDS ON THE $500,000
THAT THE MAYOR PUT IN HER
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THE
COUNCIL IS CONTINUING TO
INCLUDE IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET
AND WE WORK ON POLICY
DEVELOPMENT IN COLLABORATION
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS
-- TO DEVELOP POLICY TO EXPAND
UPON THE BENEFITS OF THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS
CODIFIED TWO YEARS AGO.
WE BELIEVE THAT WORKERS DESERVE
RESPECT AND THAT ALL WORK
SHOULD HAVE DIGNITY AND THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
CORRESPONDS WITH ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT NEXT
YEAR WILL ALLOW FOR US AS A
CITY FAMILY TO DEVELOP IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY A
POLICY THAT OUTLINES HOW TO
ENSURE THERE IS PAID TIME OFF
-- SO THAT THEY CAN CARE FOR
THEIR KIDS AND THEIR ELDERS AS
WELL.
NO WORKER SHOULD BE FORCED TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN WORKING WHILE
SICK OR -- THAT CAN CORRESPOND
TO DOMESTIC WORK WHICH HAS MANY
DIFFERENT HIRING ENTITIES -- I
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
AND HEARING MORE FROM CITIES
LIKE PHILADELPHIA AND SAN
FRANCISCO -- THOSE CITIES ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON
LEGISLATION AND LIMITATION TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMITMENT
IS A REALITY.
I REALLY LOVE THAT WE ARE ON
THE NATIONAL STAGE FOR ALL OF
THE WORK THAT YOU ALL
SUPPORTED, THAT NATIONAL
CONVERSATION CONTINUES TO
CENTER AROUND -- THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS
RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US TODAY
WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT THE
ONGOING WORK THAT WE WILL
COMMIT TO IN 2022 WITH
COMMUNITY AND THIS CORRELATES
TO THE $500,000 INCLUDED IN THE
2022 BUDGET PROCESS FOR OTHER
ASPECTS WHICH INCLUDES OUTREACH
ENGAGEMENT -- AND NECESSARY
WORK FOR EDUCATION AND
ENFORCEMENT I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE IN 2022 AS WE
DEVELOP THIS POLICY TOGETHER?.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON --
>> ONE MORE TIME, GO AHEAD.
>> I WANTED TO THANK --
LEGISLATIVE INTERN WHO HAS
REALLY BEEN LEADING THE EFFORT
ON THIS, SO -- FOR THEIR DEEP
ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS INCLUDING THE PORTABLE
BENEFITS COALITION AND -- SO
THANK YOU ALL.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION, AGENDA ITEM 7?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, RESOLUTION 32028
AGENDA ITEM 7 IS ADOPTED, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM 8
INTO THE BUDGET?
>>CLERK FILE 314487: 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON CLERK FILE 314487
AGENDA ITEM 8?
>> MADAM CHAIR JUST WONDERING
WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS, I
APPRECIATE THAT BUDGET CHAIR --
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE ADOPTING
THE BUDGET JUST WONDERING WHAT
YOUR PREFERENCE IS.
>> IT IS UP TO YOU, EVERYONE
GETS ONE BITE AT THE APPLE,
HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO BITE
THE APPLE NOW YOU CAN DO IT
NOW, OR YOU CAN HOLD ON UNTIL
THERE IS THE BIG OMNIBUS BILL
TOWARD THE END, THEN YOU CAN DO
THAT AS WELL.
>> WHAT IS THE BIG OMNIBUS BILL
AT THE END, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT?
>> IT IS ITEM 32 I BELIEVE.
>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING,
I WAS QUICKLY TRYING TO SCROLL
DOWN, IT IS A VERY LONG SCRIPT.
>> IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING
THROUGH THIS I WILL HOLD MINE.
>> IT IS ITEM 32.
THAT ADOPTS THE ENTIRETY OF THE
BUDGET, THIS OF COURSE IS JUST
A CLERK FILE.
YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD.
OKAY.
I HAVE TO SCROLL BACK UP, GIVE
ME A MINUTE.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS AGENDA ITEM 8, AGAIN
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON CLERK
FILE 314487 AGENDA ITEM 8?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON PLACING
THE CLERK FILE 314487 AGENDA
ITEM 8 ON FILE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] NINE
IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
CLERK FILE IS PLACED ON FILE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
TITLE OF ITEM 9 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>CLERK FILE 314486: 2022-2027
PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY FILED THE CLERK FILE WITH
-- IN FAVOR AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
CLERK FILE 314486 AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 9? OKAY ANY COMMENTS ON
AGENDA ITEM 9? HEARING NONE
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON PLACING CLERK FILE
314486 AGENDA ITEM 9 ON FILE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
CLERK FILE IS APPROVED AND
PLACED ON FILE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM 10 ON THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120189: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2022
BUDGET; AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS TO ACCEPT ANTICIPATED
FUTURE GRANTS AND ENTER INTO
REVENUE-BACKED SERVICE
CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE 2022
BUDGET.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CITY
COUNCIL PASSED THE COUNCIL BILL
ITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120189 AGENDA ITEM
10?
ROOM FOR COMMENTS ON AGENDA
ITEM 10 IF THERE ARE ANY?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED SO
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120189 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
10?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ RESOLUTION
32024: A RESOLUTION THE TITLE
OF ITEM 11 INTO THE RECORD?
>>ADOPTING REVISED FINANCIAL
POLICIES FOR THE EMERGENCY
FUND.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CITY
COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION
WITH -- IN FAVOR, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ABSTAINING.
>> THANKS SO MUCH ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON RESOLUTION 32024
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11?
AGENDA ITEM 11 ANY COMMENTS ON
AGENDA ITEM 11?
OKAY HEARING NONE WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32024
AGENDA ITEM 11?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU RESOLUTION 32024
AGENDA ITEM 11 IS ADOPTED AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
COUNCIL BILL 120190: AN WILL
THE CLERK ORDINANCE RELATING TO
FEES AND PLEASE READ THE
CHARGES FOR PERMITS AND TITLE
OF AGENDA ITEM ACTIVITIES OF
THE SEATTLE 12 INTO THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
RECORD?
>>INSPECTIONS, RELATED FEES BY
OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS -- AND
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON EXTENDING
ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120190 AGENDA ITEM
12?
AGENDA ITEM 12 ANY COMMENTS ON
THAT COUNCIL BILL?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED SO
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120190 AGENDA ITEM 12?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120190 WHICH IS
AGENDA ITEM 12 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
TITLE OF ITEM 13 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120191: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO STREET
AND SIDEWALK USE; AMENDING THE
STREET USE FEE SCHEDULE
AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 15.04.074
OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE;
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120191 AGENDA ITEM
13?
ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 13
WHICH IS COUNCIL BILL 120191?
HEARING NONE, WELL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120191
AGENDA ITEM 13?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
BILL 120191 AGENDA ITEM 13
PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE COUNCIL
BILL 120192: AN READ THE TITLE
OF ITEM 14 INTO THE RECORD?
>>ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION; ESTABLISHING THE
2022 FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE USE
OF PARK PROPERTIES AND OTHER
PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES
AND SERVICES; AND SUPERSEDING
PREVIOUS PARK AND RECREATION
FEE SCHEDULES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE COUNCIL
BILL WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120192 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14?
AGENDA ITEM 14 LOOKING FOR ANY
COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 14.
I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120192, AGENDA
ITEM 14?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCIL BILL
120192, AGENDA ITEM 14 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
TITLE OF ITEM 15 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120193: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION (SPR);
AUTHORIZING AN ADMINISTRATIVE
AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 115859,
WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BEACH
MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND (70200)
AS A SUBSIDIARY FUND OF THE
SHORELINE PARK IMPROVEMENT FUND
(SPIF) (33110), WHICH FUND WAS
ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE 115496
AS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY
OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE
("METRO") FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE WEST POINT AND ALKI
SECONDARY SEWAGE PROJECTS, AND
WHICH EXPIRED IN JANUARY 2011.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CITY
COUNCIL PASSED THE BILL.
-- IN FAVOR AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120193 AGENDA ITEM 15?
HEARING NO COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120193 AGENDA ITEM 15?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120193 AGENDA
ITEM 15 PASSES AND THE CLERK
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
COUNCIL BILL 120194: AN THE
TITLE OF AGENDA ORDINANCE
RELATING TO KING ITEM 16 INTO
THE RECORD?
COUNTY CONSERVATION FUTURES
>>LEVY PROCEEDS; AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A NEW
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY TO
ALLOW FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF
CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY
FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE DEPOSIT
OF 2020 AND 2021 ALLOCATIONS
FROM KING COUNTY CONSERVATION
FUTURES LEVY PROCEEDS INTO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S PARKS FUND.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE BILL.
-- IN FAVOR AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120194 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16?
WE ARE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 16,
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120194?
HEARING NO COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120194 AGENDA ITEM 16?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCIL BILL
120194 AGENDA ITEM 16 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
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM 17 INTO
THE RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120195: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
FINANCING OF THE FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FUND;
AUTHORIZING INTERFUND LOANS UP
TO A TOTAL OF $8,000,000 FROM
THE FLEET CAPITAL FUND AND
$2,000,000 FROM THE WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE FUND TO THE FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
FUND FOR FINANCING OF FEMA-
ELIGIBLE COVID-19 RESPONSE
EXPENSES.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK, I
MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120195, IS THERE A SECOND?
THANK YOU SO MUCH IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED, ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120195?
AGENDA ITEM 17.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AGENDA ITEM 17?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120195
AGENDA ITEM 17?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120195 AGENDA
ITEM 17 PASSES AND THE COUNCIL
BILL 120198: AN CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT, WILL ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO CONTRACTING
INDEBTEDNESS; THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF?
WILL AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING
FOR THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE THE ISSUANCE AND
SALE OF OF ITEM 18 INTO THE
RECORD?
LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION
>>BONDS TO PAY ALL OR PART OF
THE COSTS OF VARIOUS ELEMENTS
OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. -- IN
FAVOR AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120198, AGENDA ITEM 18?
WE ARE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 18,
ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUST VERY EXCITED TO VOTE FOR
THIS MY ABSTENTION IN THE
COMMITTEE WAS A TECHNICAL ISSUE
MUCH LIKE I AM REQUESTING YOU
READ OUT THE NUMBERS I WAS
UNSURE WHERE WE WERE IN THAT
AGENDA, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, I KNOW WE HAVE A
LOT ON THE AGENDA, APPRECIATE
YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO A
LITTLE BIT SLOWER SO THAT ALL
OF US INCLUDING THE VIEWING
PUBLIC CAN STAY ON TRACK.
SO ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120198 AGENDA ITEM
18?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120198
AGENDA ITEM 18?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] NINE
IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
BILL 120198 AGENDA ITEM 18
PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF?
WILL THE COUNCIL BILL 120224:
AN CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE ORDINANCE RELATING TO OF
AGENDA ITEM 19 INTO THE RECORD?
>>CONTRACTING INDEBTEDNESS;
AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF
LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS TO PAY ALL OR PART OF THE
COSTS OF CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION
ELEMENTS OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120224 AGENDA ITEM 19?
WE ARE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 19
WHICH IS COUNCIL BILL 120224,
ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120224, AGENDA ITEM 19?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCIL BILL
120224 AGENDA ITEM 19 PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF QUESTION MARK WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM 20 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120196: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
ELECTRIC SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE; ADOPTING A SYSTEM OR
PLAN OF ADDITIONS AND
BETTERMENTS TO AND EXTENSIONS
OF THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL LIGHT
AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION,
TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM OF THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK, I
MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120196, AGENDA ITEM 20, IS
THERE A SECOND?
THANK YOU SO MUCH IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS THE
BILL, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120196, AGENDA
ITEM 20?
ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 20?
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120196 AGNDA ITEM 20?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
BILL 120196 AGENDA ITEM 20
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 AGENDA ITEM 21
INTO THE RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120197: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDS -- THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSED WITH --
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120197 AGENDA ITEM
21?
ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 21?
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120197 AGENDA ITEM 21?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL BILL 120197 AGENDA ITEM
21 PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
-- DID SEND ME A MESSAGE SAYING
SHE MIGHT NEED TO MISS A VOTE
OR TWO DUE TO SOMETHING ON HER
END, SO I WILL JUST ASK THE
CLERK TO KEEP CALLING HER NAME,
BUT IF SHE DOES NOT RESPOND,
THAT IS WHY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 22 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120199: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120199 AGENDA ITEM 22?
LOOKING FOR COMMENTS IF ANY ON
AGENDA ITEM 22.
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120199, AGENDA ITEM 22?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
BILL 120199 AGENDA ITEM 22
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
TITLE OF ITEM 23 INTO THE
RECORD?
COUNCIL BILL 120200: AN
>>ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING; CREATING A
NEW FUND IN THE CITY TREASURY.
THE COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WAS
APPROVED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE
WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120200 AGENDA ITEM 23?
ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 23?
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120200 AGENDA ITEM 23?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
BILL 120200 AGENDA ITEM 23
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
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM 24 INTO
THE RECORD?
>>RESOLUTION 32022: A
RESOLUTION APPROVING INTEREST
RATES SET BY THE SEATTLE CITY
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(SCERS) BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
FOR 2022.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CITY
COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION
WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> TANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON RESOLUTION 32022
AGENDA ITEM 24?
LOOKING FOR ANY COMMENTS ON
AGENDA ITEM 24 IF ANY.
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
32022 AGENDA ITEM 24?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH RESOLUTION
32022 ITEM 24 IS ADOPTED 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
TITLE OF ITEM RESOLUTION 32023:
A RESOLUTION 25 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 25, --RESOLUTION
32023: A RESOLUTION AMENDING
RESOLUTION 31334; ESTABLISHING
THE CITY COUNCIL'S INTENT TO
FUND THE SEATTLE CITY
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(SCERS) AS INFORMED BY THE
JANUARY 1, 2021, ACTUARIAL
STUDY.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS -- IN FAVOR
AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS ON RESOLUTION
32023 AGENDA ITEM 25?
WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM 25 ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT
RESOLUTION?
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
32023 AGENDA ITEM 25?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS
-- AGENDA ITEM 26 ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS?
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
AGENDA ITEM 26?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120201
AGENDA ITEM 26?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120 201 PASSES
-- WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 27 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120202: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
TRAFFIC CODE; MODIFYING FEES
ASSOCIATED WITH CAR SHARING;
CLARIFYING CERTAIN DEFINITIONS;
ESTABLISHING SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR
MANAGING FREE-FLOATING ZONE
SERVICE AREAS.
EXCUSE ME THERE IS MORE TO THAT.
>> THAT IS OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
COUNCIL PASSED THE COUNCIL BILL
WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, APPRECIATE
IT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120202 AGENDA ITEM
27?
ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 27?
AND JUST BEFORE I CALL THE ROLL
I DO WANT TO LET COLLEAGUES AND
MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC
KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS HAVING SOME
TECHNOLOGY DIFFICULTIES SHE IS
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING BACK ON
SO IF YOU DO NOT HEAR HER
CASTING A VOTE THAT IS WHY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120202 AGENDA ITEM 27?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCIL BILL
120202 AGENDA ITEM 27 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
TITLE OF ITEM 28 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120223: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
FINANCING OF THE TRANSPORTATION
FUND; AUTHORIZING INTERFUND
LOANS UP TO A TOTAL AMOUNT OF
$15,000,000 FROM MULTIPLE CITY
FUNDS AS BRIDGE FINANCING TO BE
REPAID BY THE PROCEEDS OF A
FUTURE SURPLUS PROPERTY SALE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS WITH -- AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120223 AGENDA ITEM
28?
WE ARE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 28
AND LOOKING FOR COMMENTS IF ANY.
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120223 AGENDA ITEM 28?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
BILL 120223 AGENDA ITEM 28
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
TITLE OF ITEM 29 TO THE RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120228: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO TAXATION;
INCREASING THE COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX AND AMENDING
SUBSECTION 5.35.030.B OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120228, AGENDA
ITEM 29?
WE ARE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 29
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120228 AGENDA ITEM 29?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
BILL 120228 ITEM 29 PASSES AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL THE
CLERK LAYS AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
WELL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF ITEM 30 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120222: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
FINANCING OF THE GENERAL FUND;
AMENDING ORDINANCE 126407 TO
INCREASE THE AUTHORIZATION OF
INTERFUND LOANS UP TO A TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $275,000,000 FROM
MULTIPLE CITY FUNDS TO THE
GENERAL FUND AS BRIDGE
FINANCING TO BE REPAID FROM
FUTURE TAX PROCEEDS AND OTHER
ANTICIPATED REVENUES; THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS WITH -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL
120222 AGENDA ITEM 30?
WE ARE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 30,
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120222
AGENDA ITEM 30?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCIL BILL
120222 AGENDA ITEM 30 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
TITLE OF ITEM 31 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>CLERK FILE 314488: CITY
COUNCIL CHANGES TO THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE 2022-
2027 PROPOSED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL, EXCUSE ME THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL APPROVE
AND FILE THE CLERK FILE.
>> I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
IS AN AMENDMENT TO THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM BEING BROUGHT
FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, BUT MY SCRIPT DOES NOT
INDICATE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
THAT, SO I AM CALLING ON EITHER
OF THEM, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S HAND RAISED, SO I
WILL RECOGNIZE HER TO MAKE HER
MOTION AND --
>> SORRY THAT YOU DID NOT
RECEIVE AN UPDATE, THAT
AMENDMENT IS NOT BEING BROUGHT
FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
EASY PC WE WILL KEEP ON GOING.
THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON CLERK FILE 314488,
AGENDA ITEM 31?
ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 31?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
FILING OF CLERK FILE 314488
AGENDA ITEM 31?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE
MOTION CARRIES, AND CLERK FILE
314488, AGENDA ITEM 31 IS
PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE AT
AGENDA ITEM 32, AS PREVIOUSLY
INDICATED THIS IS THE LARGE
BILL THAT ADOPTS THE MAJORITY
OF OUR CITY BUDGET IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO GET INTO THE QUEUE, NOW
IS THE TIME TO -- AND WE WILL
GO FROM THERE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF ITEM 32 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 32,COUNCIL BILL
120211: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A
BUDGET, INCLUDING A CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND
POSITION MODIFICATIONS, FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE FOR 2022; AND
CREATING POSITIONS EXEMPT FROM
CIVIL SERVICE; ALL BY A 2/3
VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSES THE AMENDMENT WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS -- IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK,
CALLING FOR COMMENTS ON COUNCIL
BILL 120211 AGENDA ITEM 32.
I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS HER HAND RAISED
THANK YOU FOR USING THAT
FUNCTION YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM GOING TO FOCUS MY REMARKS
ON -- THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU TO LEAD AND
WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE
HAVE FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF BEEN WORKING TO BROADEN OUR
CITY'S DEFINITION OF PUBLIC
SAFETY TO WITH INTENTION
INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY
INVESTMENTS WHILE INCREASING
FUNDING FOR CRITICAL UPSTREAM
INVESTMENTS AND CREW COMMUNITY
SAFETY FOR ALL.
THIS BUDGET MAKES STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY SO
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN
RESPOND TO CALLS THAT ONLY THEY
ARE QUALIFIED TO HANDLE -- TO
HIRE 125 ADDITIONAL POLICE
OFFICERS MORE, -- AND
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE RESPONSE
AND CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE.
IT INCLUDES FUNDING AND FTES --
IN 2022.
-- LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR
NONLAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO
CRISIS INCLUDING NEARLY $4
MILLION -- FOR THEIR MODEST
EXPANSION NEXT YEAR $4 MILLION
TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
HUBS IN WEST SEATTLE SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE AND -- OPERATED BY THE
-- COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE.
-- RECOMMEND ALTERNATIVES TO
INCARCERATION THAT ADDRESS --
AND FUNDING TO SUPPORT
EXPANSION OF -- OF THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO THAT WE DO
NOT LIMIT THE DIVERSION
OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE UNDER 25
YEARS OF AGE.
-- BECAUSE ALL DATA POINTS
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, ALL DATA
POINTS TO THE PANDEMIC HAVING A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND -- AND
OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE, THIS
BUDGET INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT NEW
INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER --
AND COMMUNITY CLINICS FOR --
>> I DO NOT KNOW, ARE YOU
FOLLOWING THE BUDGET?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, IF
YOU COULD MUTE.
$5 MILLION -- FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
NEED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS, AND ALSO INVESTMENTS
IN HUMAN SERVICES AS THE
PANDEMIC IS THROUGH ITS SECOND
YEAR WE KNOW THAT WE MUST
MAINTAIN A BASELINE OF
INCREASED SUPPORT FOR
HOUSEHOLDS WHO CONTINUE TO
STRUGGLE AND THE WORKERS WE
RELY ON TO HELP, THAT INCLUDES
$600,000 FOR -- AND COMPENSATE
FRONT-LINE WORKERS BEING THE
WORK THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED
TO DO, AND AN ADDITIONAL -- FOR
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT --
OUR RECOMMENDATION OF AN
OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANT FIRM HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH -- ON A PLAN
TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FINANCIAL
CONTROLS.
THE CITY'S FIRST INVESTMENT IN
-- BY WRAPAROUND SERVICES
ASSISTING -- $200,000 FOR --
SMALL INVESTMENT WILL HELP UP
TO 65 RESIDENTS KEEP THEIR
HOMES WHEN THEY LOSE --
BENEFITS.
$5.1 MILLION TO SUSTAIN CURRENT
-- MOST OF 2022 TO HELP
FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH THE
ONGOING PANDEMIC STAY HEALTHY
AND NOURISHED.
IN CLOSING I JUST WANT TO --
ABOUT THE PAYROLL TAX IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS
BUDGET DEPENDS ON THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL TAX WHICH -- HAS SO FAR
DEFENDED AGAINST A LEGAL
CHALLENGE FROM THE GREATER
SEATTLE CITY OF COMMERCE.
-- THE NEXT CITY ATTORNEY WILL
TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS
CASE, AND ORAL ARGUMENTS WILL
PROCEED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE INCOMING CITY ATTORNEY NEXT
YEAR.
IF THE DEFENSE IS UNSUCCESSFUL
THE INCOMING MAYOR WILL BE
FACED WITH $200 MILLION OR MORE
IN 2022.
IT COULD CREATE A DEFICIT FOR
THE 2021 BUDGET WHICH -- THIS
WOULD MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO AVOID ACROSS-THE-BOARD CUTS,
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO PLACE THE ACTION THAT THIS
COUNCIL IS ABOUT TO TAKE WITHIN
THE CONTEXT OF THIS CASE MOVING
FORWARD, JUST WANT TO CLOSE
WITH AGAIN THANKING THE BUDGET
CHAIR FOR ALL OF HER WORK
PULLING THIS TOGETHER, MOVING
IN THE DIRECTION THAT IS THE
BEST FOR OUR CITY IN THIS TIME,
I WANT TO THANK THE REST OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, I
APPRECIATE THE SENSE OF COMMON
PURPOSE AND COMMON GOOD AS WELL
AS ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT
BEHIND-THE-SCENES COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF HAS DONE DAY IN
AND DAY OUT FOR THE PAST SIX
WEEKS IS WELL AS EACH OF OUR
OFFICES PERSONAL STAFF AND WANT
TO MOST OF ALL THANK THE
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WHO,
WITHOUT THEM, I BELIEVE WE
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO AS GOOD
OF A JOB ENSURING THAT THIS
BUDGET DOCUMENT IS AN
APPRECIATE IT.
NEXT WE WILL HEAR -- THEN,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
YOU ARE ON MUTE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
APOLOGIES.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY
úACKNOWLEDGING THE HUNDREDS OF
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, WORKERS,
NEIGHBORS, AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS REALLY ENGAGE
WITH US IN THIS PROCESS.
THEIR VOICE HAS BEEN VERY
IMPORTANT AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD STATED.
THIS WAS A HARD BUDGET YEAR.
IN MY OPINION, MADE HARDER BY A
RELUCTANCE TO REJECT SOME VERY
TROUBLING BUDGETING PRACTICES
BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES
THAT AS A COUNCIL WE CAN FIND
THE RESOURCES IN OUR GENERAL
FUND FOR IMPORTANT CITY
PRIORITIES.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY POINT OF
VIEW IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
REDUCING THE POLICE BUDGET.
AS I SAID LAST WEEK, WITH THE
$19 MILLION WE COULD FIND 57
UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
100 HOME ZONES.
190 NEW STREET OUTREACH WORKERS.
FORGIVEN BACK RENT FOR 3400 OR
SO FAMILIES.
AND PROVIDED NEARLY FIVE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SITES LIKE
THE ONE I HAD PROPOSED FOR
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SEATTLE
CLUB.
AND STILL FUNDED SIX ADDITIONAL
PUBLIC TOILETS.
SO, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE WHY WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND MORE
OF THE VERY SERVICES THAT WOULD
ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS,
AND HELP MOVE PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS AND INTO MORE STABLE
HOUSING.
THAT SAID, I AM VERY EXCITED
WITH THE BUDGET THAT THIS
COUNCIL HAS -- IS ABOUT TO
PASS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE ARE INVESTING 1,000,000
1/2 DOLLARS IN PUBLIC ARTS AND
CREATIVE INDUSTRY PROGRAMMING.
$375,000 FOR BLACK GIRLS AND
YOUNG WOMEN AND FOR BLACK, AND
TRANSGENDER YOUTH.
WE ARE INVESTING A TOTAL OF
$750,000 IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
PROGRAMMING SO THAT OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE, OUR EDUCATORS, AND OUR
COMMUNITIES, CAN REALLY GAIN A
GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
IT MEANS TO MOVE AWAY FROM
PUNITIVE DISCIPLINE AND TOWARDS
HEALING.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING MY
AMENDMENT TO CREATE JUNETEENTH
AS A CITY HOLIDAY.
FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY
EMPLOYEES ARE TO ENJOY THIS
HOLIDAY SO I'M EXCITED THAT OUR
CITY WORKERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE
TO MARK THIS IMPORTANT DAY.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE
STARTING DOWN THE PATH TO
REGULAR BASELINE INCLUSION OF
PUBLIC TOILET INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A
CRITICAL NEED AND I'M EXCITED
THAT WE ARE STARTING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
NEIGHBORS FROM DISTRICT 2 FOR
THEIR ADVOCACY.
THANKS TO THAT ADVOCACY WE WILL
SEE RESTORED FUNDING FOR
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS.
$800,000 FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS
THAT IS BEGINNING IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL STREET
CLEANING AND TRASH PICKUP
SUPPORT IN THE CID.
WE WILL SEE $2 MILLION MORE
INVESTED IN SIDEWALK
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE $2
MILLION FOR DISTRICT TO
SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE FROM
LAST YEAR.
AND WE ARE GETTING FUNDING TO
COMPLETE THE BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN TRAIL AT THE GREEN
SPACE.
WE ARE ALSO FUNDING A PARK,
LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
EXPANSION.
DESCRIPTION FOOD PILOT PROGRAM
FOR THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD, AS WELL AS EXPENDED
MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR THE DUWAMISH
PEOPLE AND TO ADVANCE SOME
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
THINGS FOR THE DUWAMISH
LONGHOUSE.
AS A COUNCIL OUR ROLE IS TO
DELIVER THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO
KEEP OUR CITY HEALTHY, AND
SAFE, AND TO PROTECT THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT AS A
CITY THAT MANY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY LOOK TO FOR INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO OUR MUNICIPAL
CHALLENGES, MY HOPE IS THAT
NEXT YEAR WE CAN KIND OF WITH
OUR HEADS ABOVE THE FOG OF COVID
AND REALLY START THINKING
CREATIVELY ABOUT THE KINDS OF
FORWARD THINKING POLICIES THAT
WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO STOP
DISPLACEMENTS.
TO HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND TO CREATE BUSTLING WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OUR
COMMUNITY IS REALLY EAGER TO
SEE AND TO EXPAND.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAVE
THE COURAGE TO TAKE KIND OF A
SIDESTEP TOWARDS INNOVATION, WE
CAN PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY,
FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR
ECONOMIC JUSTICE AT THE SAME
TIME.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN WORK
COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR NEW
MAYOR TO MOVE THESE RESOURCES
INTO COMMUNITY, AND DELIVER ON
THE INVESTMENTS THAT CAN CHANGE
THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND REALLY HELP
OUR NEIGHBORS THRIVE.
SO, I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL
STAFF, THE CITY CLERK'S, OUR
I.T.
DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMS TEAM.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THINK
ALLIE AND YOLANDA WHO HAVE BEEN
EXTRAORDINARILY HELPFUL,
COLLABORATIVE, AND HAVE OFFERED
INNOVATIVE ASSISTANCE THROUGH
OUR BUDGET PROCESS TO OUR
OFFICE AS WE THINK THROUGH HOW
TO MOVE FORWARD.
I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
FACILITIES TEAM.
I HAVE BEEN COMING IN A COUPLE
TIMES A WEEK FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
I'VE SEEN HOW MUCH WORK THOSE
DO TO KEEP CITY HALL SAFE,
ESPECIALLY IN COVID.
SO, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
CHECKING IN ON ME ONCE IN A
WHILE AS I'M HERE.
IT'S KIND OF QUIET AT CITY HALL,
BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT OUR FACILITIES TEAM IS
DOING TO KEEP CITY HALL SAFE.
FINALLY, I DO WANT TO THANK MY
STAFF, ALEXIS, DEVON, AND THE
MONEY, FOR BRINGING YOUR
PASSION, YOUR SMARTS, AND YOUR
DEEP ORGANIZING SKILLS TO THE
WORK THAT WE DO FOR THE PEOPLE
OF DISTRICT 2. I'M VERY PROUD
TO HAVE ALL OF YOU ON BOARD AND
LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS
BUDGET FORWARD, AND MOVING
FORWARD NEXT YEAR WITH SOME
INNOVATIVE POLICIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THE
BUDGET.
THIS VOTE IS A VOTE ON THE
BUDGET AS A WHOLE JUST TO
EXPLAIN TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, NOT ON THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE BUDGET.
TO ONLY LOOK AT THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE BUDGET, THERE HAVE BEEN
MANY PROGRESSIVE CHANGES WON BY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.
PARTICULARLY FROM THE ACTIVISTS
, AND I VOTED YES ON THOSE
AMENDMENTS.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE
RENTERS' RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAS
ORGANIZED TO FIGHT BACK
SKYROCKETING RENTS AND OTHER
ABUSES.
ORGANIZING ALONGSIDE OUR
COUNCIL OFFICE HAS WON MANY
IMPORTANT VICTORIES.
WE WON THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL NOT
AN EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM.
SIX MONTHS NOTICE FOR RENT
INCREASES WHICH JUST WENT INTO
EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 8th.
JUST CAUSE PROJECTIONS FOR
EFFICIENT.
THE BAN ON SCHOOL YEAR
EVICTIONS OF CHILDREN IN ALL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND ECONOMIC RELOCATION WORTH
THREE MONTHS OF RENT OR RENTERS
ECONOMICALLY DISPLACED BY
RISING RENTS.
THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE FORCED TO
MOVE BECAUSE THEIR LANDLORDS
HAVE RAISED THE RENT BY 10% OR
MORE.
IT'S A LAW THAT -- A
LEGISLATION THAT WILL TAKE INTO
EFFECT IN JULY OF NEXT YEAR.
IN THIS BUDGET, MANY OF THE
RENTERS WHO FOUGHT TO WIN THOSE
VICTORIES ALSO ORGANIZED THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET TO WIN THE
FUNDING NECESSARY TO ENFORCE
THESE NEW RENTER RIGHTS.
TO FULLY FUND THE RIGHT TO
COUNCIL IF YOU'RE A RENTAL AND
YOU ARE FACING EVICTION.
WHILE ABORTING THE FUNDING FOR
THE RENTAL ORGANIZING AND
EDUCATION DONE BY THE TENANTS
UNION AND THE SEATTLE.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS IN THE
CENTRAL AREA WANT CLEAN GREEN
FRESH PRODUCE PROGRAM.
FUNDING FOR THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK.
AND THE TECHNICAL CHANGES TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING'S FUNDING
TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO
FIND THE NEW HOPE FAMILY
HOUSING PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT, AND THE PURCHASE
OF SQUIRE PARK PLAZA -- ARE
SERIOUS PROGRESS THAT HAVE BEEN
WON BY THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
ADVOCATES THIS YEAR.
AND ARE REAL PRIORITIES FOR
PREVENTING AND REVERSING THE
DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK WORKING
CLASS AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES
FROM THE CENTRAL AREA.
MY OFFICE URGES THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO SUPPORT THESE
CRUCIAL PROJECTS WITHOUT DELAYS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] HOMELESS
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS WANT
ANOTHER EXPANSION OF FUNDING FOR
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
A PROVISO PROTECTING THE FUNDING
SO THEY CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY
OTHER PURPOSE.
THIS IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE YEAR
AFTER YEAR, CORPORATE MAYORS
HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR
POWER TO STAND IN THE WAY OF
ESTABLISHING TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
SO, YEAR AFTER YEAR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE FUNDING HAS GONE
UNUSED.
THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY BEEN TO
UNDER MAYOR DURKAN.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THE REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY WILL BE NO
DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS STILL
PART OF THE SAME POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT, JUST ANOTHER
STEP REMOVED FROM DEMOCRATIC
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ALREADY KNOW OF THE OMINOUS
POTENTIAL OF THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION. TO REALLY -- TO
REALLY -- SORT OF CRACKDOWN ON
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
RATHER THAN ACTUALLY PROVIDING
HUMANE SERVICES.
WE NEED TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR
THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE THEMSELVES
SUPPORT TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN
A WAY THAT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER
HOMELESS SERVICE IN SEATTLE.
YEAR AFTER YEAR, DOZENS OF TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE RESIDENTS AND
FORMER RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOW IN
PERMANENT HOUSING, GO INTO THE
CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC HEARING
TO PLAN HOW TINY HOUSES HAVE
TRANSFORMED THEIR LIVES.
I CANNOT SAY THE SAME ABOUT ANY
OF THE SERVICE.
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT OTHER
SERVICES ARE NOT IMPORTANT,
THEY ARE.
BUT TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
OF COURSE THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES LIKE
EVERYWHERE.
SOMETIMES SERIOUS, SOMETIMES
TRAGIC, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL
HAPPENING AS PART OF A DEEPLY
DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM OF
CAPITALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF
INCREASING INEQUALITY.
THROUGH IT ALL, TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES HAVE PROVIDED HOMELESS
RESIDENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY,
SAFETY, AND DIGNITY, NEEDED TO
BEGIN TO REPAIR LIVES WHEN WE
FACE THE DEVASTATING EXPERIENCE
OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND OVERCOME THE CRUSHING
ISOLATION AND ALIENATION THAT
COMES WITH HOMELESSNESS.
I URGE THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY TO
RAPIDLY EXPAND SEATTLE'S TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, BUT I AM
EXTREMELY ANXIOUS THAT IT IS
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT'S
WHY I URGE ALL THE ACTIVISTS
FROM THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET WHERE
LISTENING RIGHT NOW TO KEEP IN
MIND THAT WE WILL NEED TO
CONTINUE FIGHTING.
MY OFFICE STOOD WITH -- WHEN
THEY ESTABLISHED DENSITY
COMMUNITIES AND TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, BEFORE THEY HAVE THE
LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
MOVEMENT YEAR AFTER YEAR WE
WANT SEATTLE FUNDING FOR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
WE WANT THE LEGISLATION
PERMITTING TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF
PERMITTING IN SEATTLE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND ASIDE
FROM THAT, ALSO FIGHTING TO WIN
THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR
AFFORDABLE SOCIAL HOUSING THAT
SEATTLE NEEDS TO TRULY END
HOMELESSNESS.
SIMILAR TO A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, REAL CHANGE
ORGANIZERS WORKING ALONGSIDE
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET CAMPAIGN
THIS YEAR WON FUNDING FOR A NEW
SAFE PARKING LOT FOR PEOPLE
LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES.
TO BE CLEAR, PEOPLE FORCED TO
BE LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES
BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING CRISIS SKYROCKETING
RENT.
AND ALSO WON THE EXPANSION OF
THE GARBAGE PICKUP AND SEPTIC
SYSTEM POPOUT SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE LIVING IN RVs ON CITY
STREETS.
MOST OF THE NEWS COVERAGE ABOUT
THE CITY BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
HAS BEEN ABOUT THE POLICE
BUDGET.
IF WE WERE TO ONLY CONSIDER THE
OBJECTIVE MATERIAL REALITY A
POLICE FUNDING, THE REALITY IS,
IT HAS CHANGED VERY, VERY LITTLE
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN
SUPERFICIAL ACCOUNTING
MECHANISMS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE
IN THE POLICE BUDGET HAS BEEN
THE COST OF THE 911 CALL CENTER
AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT HAVE
BEEN MOVED TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
THERE IS NO MATERIAL CHANGE.
ONLY A CHANGE ON HOW IT IS
ACCOUNTED FOR.
THE MATERIAL CHANGES HAVE ALL
BEEN EXTREMELY MARGINAL.
HOWEVER, IF WE CONSIDER THOSE
MATERIAL CHANGES, THERE ARE
DEEP LESSONS ABOUT HOW
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAN BE WON,
AND HOW BIG BUSINESS MAINTAINS
ITS POWER.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, IT HAS BEEN
MOVEMENTS, NOT THE MACHINATIONS
OF THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT.
NOT ELECTING SMARTER
TECHNOCRATS, NOT THE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
NONE OF THIS ACTUALLY HELPS
AGGRESSIVE CHANGE, AND VERY
OFTEN -- MORE OFTEN THAN NOT
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE. O
REAL CHANGE IS DRIVEN BY THE
BALANCE OF POWER IN SOCIETY AS
A WHOLE, AND PARTICULARLY THE
ORGANIZED FORCES OF THE WORKING
CLASS PREPARED TO FIGHT, AND
THOSE ORGANIZED FORCES MEAN
REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL STAND
WITH THEM AND FIGHT ALONGSIDE
THEM.
THE BUDGET VARIATIONS THIS YEAR
AND LAST YEAR COULD NOT BE MORE
DIFFERENT.
THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE MIRRORED
IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ONE YEAR AGO, WE WERE IN THE
WANING DAYS OF THE JUSTICE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD MOVEMENT.
IN THAT CONTEXT, COUNCILMEMBERS
IN SEATTLE AND ELECTED
OFFICIALS AROUND THE COUNTRY
CLAIMED TO SUPPORT DEFUNDING
THE POLICE AND FUNDING
COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY
ALTERNATIVES.
HOWEVER, ANY SOCIOLOGIST WILL
TELL YOU THE ONE THING THAT HAS
BY FAR THE GREATEST STATISTICAL
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
CRIME IS THE INEQUALITY IN A
SOCIETY.
AND WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THE IMPACT OF THE MOVEMENT,
AND WINNING EXCITING -- AND
INCREASED INVESTMENT IN
COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT DO
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WORK, THERE
WAS NO STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT
IN THE OVERALL INEQUALITY IN
SOCIETY.
IN FACT, WE HAVE TO BE SOBER,
OVER THE LAST YEAR INEQUALITY
HAS EXPLODED WITH BILLIONAIRES
GETTING EVEN RICHER, WITH THE
MAJORITY OF WORKING-CLASS
PEOPLE HAVING SUFFERED ALL OF
THE BURDENS OF THE COVID
RECESSION.
SEATTLE RENTS ARE NOW ON TRACK
TO INCREASE AN UNCONSCIONABLE
40% THIS YEAR.
THAT IS JUST INHUMANE.
THAT ECONOMIC FACTOR ALONE
FULLY EXPLAINS ANY INCREASE IN
BOTH HOMELESSNESS AND CRIME.
THE RULING CLASS DOES NOT WANT
WORKING PEOPLE TO FIGHT FOR
RENT CONTROL.
OR REAL EXPANSION IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AD AGAINST INEQUALITY.
SO, OVER THE LAST YEAR, THERE
HAS BEEN A BRUTAL PROPAGANDA
OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE BLM
MOVEMENT.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS AND ALL THE
BIG BUSINESS OWNED, MASS MEDIA
AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND IT HAS
GONE HAND IN HAND WITH THE
CRIMINALIZATION OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
ALSO ON DISPLAY LAST WEEK, WITH
THE OUTRAGEOUS ACQUITTAL OF
KYLE RITTENHOUSE.
I WATCHED A MAYORAL DEBATE,
SEATTLE MAYORAL DEBATE JUST
BEFORE THE ELECTIONS.
EVERY SINGLE QUESTION FOR THE
WHOLE HOUR AND A HALF POST TO
CANDIDATES WAS ABOUT CRIME AND
FEAR.
ALL ABOUT FEAR MONGERING.
THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
THIS IS HOW THE RULING CLASS
USES THEIR POWER TO CONTROL THE
POLITICAL NARRATIVE.
SO, WHILE THE POLICE BUDGET IS
ROUGHLY THE SAME THIS YEAR AS
IT WAS LAST YEAR, ONCE YOU PARSE
THROUGH THE ACCOUNTING TRICKS,
IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY
ELECTED OFFICIALS VERY
DIFFERENTLY THAN IT WAS LAST
YEAR.
THIS YEAR, COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SAY
THAT THE POLICE BUDGET IS
ACTUALLY GROWING SLIGHTLY,
WHICH IN REAL TERMS IS TRUE,
BUT WHAT IS STRIKING ABOUT THIS
IS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
GOING OVER THOSE TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE
POLICE BUDGET IS ACTUALLY
GROWING.
THAT IS A REAL CONTRAST FROM
LAST YEAR.
THE SAME POLICE BUDGET WERE
DESCRIBED BY THE SAME
COUNCILMEMBERS AS BEING ON
TRACK TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
WHICH WAS NOT TRUE.
IT IS ACTUALLY BUSINESS AS
USUAL.
BOTH LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR,
WHAT IS MISSING IS THE SORT OF
INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE SOCIAL
HOUSING THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO
ACTUALLY PUSH BACK THE WAVES OF
INEQUALITIES SWEEPING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING, WHICH
IS A TSUNAMI OF EVICTIONS.
THAT IS WHY I PROPOSED
INCREASING THE AMAZON TAX TO
FULLY FUND THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND GREEN NEW DEAL
BUILDING DECARBONIZATION WORK
ADVOCATED FOR BY THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET AND THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
UNFORTUNATELY, SEVEN OF THE
NINE COUNCILMEMBERS VOTED
AGAINST ADDING THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA THIS
MORNING WITH ONLY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND MYSELF VOTING YES.
FOR THE PAST YEAR,
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
CONGRATULATED THEMSELVES ON THE
PROGRESS OF REVENUE GENERATED
BY WHAT THEY CALL JUMPSTART.
BUT WE NEED TO BE CRYSTAL
CLEAR, EVERY TIME PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE IS PUT TO A VOTE, EVERY
TIME COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PUT TO
A TEST, THEY VOTE NO, EXCEPT
FOR ONE EXCEPTION.
THAT WAS IN 2020, AND THAT WAS
BECAUSE OF THE GRASSROOTS TAX
AMAZON MOVEMENT.
THIS MOVEMENT, WHICH MY OFFICE
LAUNCHED ALONGSIDE A NUMBER OF
PROGRESSIVE LABOR UNIONS, AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ORGANIZATIONS, HAD ACTION
CONFERENCE AFTER ACTION
CONFERENCE, BRINGING HUNDREDS
AND ALL TOGETHER THOUSANDS OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE.
WORKING PEOPLE INCLUDING
STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS, BLACK LIVES MATTER
ACTIVISTS, AND HOUSING JUSTICE
ACTIVISTS, WHO ALL CAME
TOGETHER, DISCUSSED AND DEBATED
OPENLY THE POINTS THAT WE HAD
TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE TO MAKE
THIS THE MOVEMENT THAT IT
BECAME, WHICH IS A REALLY
STRONG MOVEMENT.
AND IN THE MIDST OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER PROTESTS, THIS TAX
AMAZON MOVEMENT CONNECTED
30,000 SIGNATURES ON A VIABLE
BALLOT INITIATIVE TO CREATE A
VIABLE, CREDIBLE THREAT OF AN
EVEN LARGER BIG BUSINESS TAX
WERE THE COUNCIL TO FAIL TO ACT.
OUT OF THOSE 30,000 SIGNATURES,
20,000 SIGNATURES WERE
COLLECTED AT THE PROTESTS
THEMSELVES IN 20 DAYS.
SUDDENLY, AFTER THAT HAPPENED,
SUDDENLY COUNCILMEMBERS RENAMED
IT JUMPSTART AND PRETENDED THAT
THEY SUPPORTED IT ALL ALONG.
WE NEED TO BE CLEAR IT WAS THE
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT THAT WON
THE FUNDING FOR THE HOUSING AND
THE GREEN NEW DEAL THAT EXISTS
IN THIS BUDGET.
THIS MOVEMENT WAS ABLE TO DO SO
DESPITE REPEATED ATTEMPTS BY
MANY COUNCILMEMBERS TO
UNDERMINE THAT MOVEMENT LAST
YEAR.
IT IS THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT WHO HAVE
PREVENTED THAT BIG BUSINESS TAX
FROM BEING LARGE ENOUGH TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF WORKING PEOPLE.
AND THIS YEAR, AGAIN AS WE
SAID, AS I SAID BEFORE, EVEN
THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPT
FROM MY OFFICE, FROM THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET MOVEMENT TO
INCREASE THAT AMAZON TAX, THAT
HAS BEEN MET WITH OPPOSITION.
WHEN WE CONSIDER THE BUDGET AS
A WHOLE, IT DOES NOT DO WHAT IT
IS NECESSARY TO DO TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF REGULAR WORKING-CLASS
PEOPLE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE
CITY, AND THAT IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
FOR THAT REASON, I WILL VOTE NO.
AS EVERY YEAR, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE HELP OF THE CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF PREPARING
BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR MY OFFICE,
AND FOR THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET.
SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS RESULTED
IN BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT
PASSED, AND BECAME PART OF THE
BUDGET.
OTHERS RESULTED IN BUDGET
AMENDMENTS THAT DID NOT PASS,
BUT WERE STILL EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT FOR SETTING THE STAGE
FOR FUTURE VICTORIES.
ALL HELPED MY OFFICE RESEARCH
AND PREPARE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
ALL COORDINATED BY ALLIE, AND I
GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR
EFFORTS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF
MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS AND SOCIALISTS IN MY
OFFICE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WAS
PART OF THIS YEAR'S -- HAS BEEN
PART OF THIS YEAR'S PEOPLE'S
BUDGET CAMPAIGN.
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE LOW
INCOME SENIORS AT THE RAINER
COURT APARTMENT COMPLEX WHO ARE
SO VALIANTLY FIGHTING THEIR
EXPLOITIVE LANDLORD FOR RENT
CONTROL AND TO ALSO TESTIFIED
IN SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU'RE
NEXT IN THE QUEUE AND I DO NOT
SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO EXTEND A COUPLE
BRIEF REMARKS TO FIRST INDICATE
MY VERY DEEP APPRECIATION TO
CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND HER
LEADERSHIP AND BEING INCREDIBLY
ACCESSIBLE AND ACCOMMODATING
THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS.
HEARING THE VARIOUS REQUESTS
FROM MY OFFICE, AND FROM PEOPLE
IN MY DISTRICT, AND RECONCILING
A LOT OF THOSE REQUESTS INTO
THIS FINAL BUDGET.
WE ARE ALREADY GETTING A LOT OF
PEOPLE REACHING OUT WHO ARE
VERY PLEASED THAT THEIR EFFORTS
-- AND OTHER PROJECTS HAVE
RESULTED IN SOME OF THOSE
PRIORITIES GETTING INTO THE
BUDGET.
AND ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO SEE
THAT WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES
TOGETHER WITH A PROJECT IN
MIND, AND PUTS THEIR SHOULDER
TO THE WHEEL ON IT, SOMETHING
CAN ULTIMATELY, THAT EFFORT.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PROCESS IN ALLOWING THAT TO
HAPPEN.
I DO WANT TO STATE THAT I AM
CERTAINLY VOTING IN FAVOR OF
THIS BUDGET TODAY AND
APPRECIATE THE PROCESS THAT HAS
GONE INTO IT.
I DO WANT TO SIGNAL THAT FOR
ALL OF US HERE ON THE COUNCIL,
I DON'T THINK I'M SPEAKING JUST
FOR MYSELF, TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
THIS BUDGET IS NOT NECESSARILY
SIGNIFY AGREEMENT WITH EVERY
COMPONENT.
THAT DOES SIGNIFY A RESPECT FOR
THE PROCESS.
SIGNIFY A WILLINGNESS TO GO
FORWARD AND HAVE A BUDGET THAT
CAN KEEP THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
OF THE CITY RUNNING.
AND THE CONTINUATION OF OUR
LOCAL DEMOCRACY HAVING GONE
THROUGH THIS VERY THOROUGH
PROCESS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING FOR
IT.
THERE CERTAINLY ARE SOME
COMPONENTS I WOULD HAVE LIKED
TO SEE CHANGED.
I FEEL THAT I WAS HEARD IN
HAVING THE COMPLETELY
TRANSPARENT ABILITY TO BRING
FORWARD AMENDMENTS TO HAVE MY
SAY ON THEM, AND IN SOME CASES
BE SUCCESSFUL.
IN SOME CASES, NOT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING FINAL
PASSAGE ON THIS, TO MOVE
FORWARD AND GET TO THE WORK OF
IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE
THINGS WITHIN THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THIS BUDGET IN 2022.
I WANT TO CLOSE BY ALSO
EXTENDING MY THANKS TO SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE, INCREDIBLY
HARD-WORKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN OUR CENTRAL
STAFF SLEEPS.
THEY SEEM TO ALWAYS BE THERE
AND READY WHENEVER I HAVE
QUESTIONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
ACCESSIBILITY, PROFESSIONALISM,
AND THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE
WORK PRODUCT THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCESS, AND OTHER ENDEAVORS.
I WANT TO PARTICULARLY THANK
ALLIE AS THE BUDGET MELLINGER
FOR PUTTING ALL THE DIFFERENT
PARTS INTO PLACE THROUGHOUT
THIS PROCESS TO KEEP US ON
TRACK.
AND CONGRATULATE OUR NEW
CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR ESTHER
ON JUMPING IN RIGHT AS THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS AND
BEING ABLE TO KEEP EVERYTHING
RUNNING ON TIME, AND MEETING
ALL OF OUR DEADLINES.
I DO FINALLY WANT TO -- I WANT
TO THANK MY TEAM IN MY OFFICE
THROUGHOUT THIS EFFORT FOR
SHEPHERDING PROPOSALS THROUGH,
AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM
HAS MULTIPLE PROJECTS WITHIN
THIS BUDGET THAT ARE A RESULT
OF THEIR COALITION BUILDING AND
DILIGENT WORK IN SHEPHERDING
THESE PROJECTS.
I WANT TO THANK JACOB THORPE
FOR HIS WORK.
GETTING A LOT OF OUR
HOMELESSNESS ADDITIONS,
HOMELESSNESS SERVICE ADDITIONS
INTO THIS BUDGET, INCLUDING
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, HIGH
ACUITY SHELTER, PRIVIES OWES
RELATED TO PEER NAVIGATION.
I WANT TO THANK CAMILO BROWN
FOR HER WORK ON ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICING AND BUILDING UP AND
DEVELOPING THE 911 CALL
CRITERIA'S TO SET THE STAGE FOR
FUTURE NONPOLICE ALTERNATIVE
DISPATCH FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
I WANT TO THANK PARKER DAWSON
FOR BEING THE POINT PERSON ON
SOME OF THE DISTRICT PROJECTS I
MENTIONED EARLIER.
FOR THE BATTERY STREET PORTAL
AND MARKET TO MOW HIGH.
AND I WANT TO THANK -- FOR
JUMPING IN AND REALLY TAKING ON
A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
DUTIES IN THE OFFICE AS A
REPLACEMENT BEGINNING OF THE
BUDGET CYCLE TO REALLY FREE UP
MY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS TO TAKE
ON A BIGGER ROLE IN THIS BUDGET
PROCESS.
SO, THANK YOU.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING YOU
ON BOARD AND YOU WORK IN
HELPING WITH OUR OFFICE'S
COMMUNICATION STRATEGY.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, I
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD
AND APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
MAKE SOME REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
IN THE QUEUE NEXT.
AGAIN, FOR ANYONE ELSE, WHO
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REVIEWS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, AS WE KNOW THAT
CRAFTING OF SEATTLE'S BUDGET
OCCURS DURING MOST OF THE
CALENDAR YEAR, STARTING WITH
PROPOSAL FROM EACH CITY
DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO THANK OUR MAYOR AND
HER DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEIR
TEAMS, AND OUR CITY BUDGET
OFFICE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE NOBLE.
AND OF COURSE HERE IN THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH MANY THANKS
ALSO TO OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TEAM.
THE CITY CLERK, THE L.A.
TEAM IN MY OFFICE FOR THEIR
STRONG WORK.
AND MANY OTHERS FOR THEIR WORK
UNDER THE DEADLINES OF OUR
RIGOROUS FALL BUDGET REVIEW
PROCESS.
ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO OUR
BUDGET CHAIR'S LEADERSHIP AND
HER GRACE IN GETTING US THE
SPACE TO OFFER AMENDMENTS AND
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
AS WITH ALL BUDGETS THAT ARE
CRAFTED AND AMENDED BY MULTIPLE
TEAMS, WITH VARIOUS
PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES,
THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE AND OUR
CONSTITUENTS LIKE, ESPECIALLY
PROGRAMS FOR THOSE MOST IN NEED
IN OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE
MIGHT NOT LIKE, ESPECIALLY AS
WE DEBATE HOW BEST TO FUND
PUBLIC SAFETY, INCREASE
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DEPLOY SOME
EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR OUR
TRADITIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SYSTEMS.
REGARDLESS, I BELIEVE WE NEED A
CITY BUDGET APPROVED AND IN
PLACE TO KEEP OUR CITY
GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD.
AND IN KEEPING OUR CITY MOVING
FORWARD, I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL
FOR THE ADOPTION TODAY OF
COUNCIL BILL 120224, WHICH WAS
THE COMPANION LEGISLATION FOR
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION SDOT 500
5A, 002, TO BUILD BACK BETTER
WITH A BOOST OF BRIDGE BONDS.
BONDS WILL ENABLE US TO FINALLY
ADDRESS THE GROWING BACKLOG OF
VITAL BRIDGE SAFETY PROJECTS IN
THE WAKE OF THE CLOSURE OF THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE, AND THE
SUBSEQUENT AUTO OF SEATTLE
BRIDGES THAT CONFIRMED MANY KEY
BRIDGES ARE IN POOR CONDITION.
WE WERE REMINDED OF THIS
VULNERABILITY WITH OUR -- THE
RECENT MALFUNCTIONING AND
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE
UNIVERSITY BRIDGE.
A MULTIMODAL BRIDGE THAT MAY
SOMEDAY BE THE KEY TO
INSTALLING A NEW BUS ROUTE
RAPID RIDE LANE.
BONDS WILL ENABLE US TO FEEL
MORE PROMISES BY RESTORING SOME
OF THAT SEISMIC UPGRADE
PROJECTS FOLLOWED BY SDOT.
BONDS CAN ALSO INCREASE SAFETY
ON MULTIPLE BRIDGES ON THE
PROJECT LIST.
WE RECEIVED FROM SDOT.
BONDS CAN ALSO BOOST THE
CAPITAL HEAVY LINE ITEMS
IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY AUDITOR
AS BEING HISTORICALLY
UNDERFUNDED.
AUTHORIZING THESE BONDS WILL
ENABLE THE INCOMING
ADMINISTRATION TO SEIZE THE
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WHEN
INTEREST RATES ARE AT HISTORIC
LOWS.
TODAY, THE CITY COUNCIL
DELIVERS THE AUTHORITY FOR
BRIDGE BONDS, AND EARLY NEXT
YEAR WE EXPECT NEW
ADMINISTRATION TO USE THAT
AUTHORITY TO KEEP OUR
OUR ECONOMY MOVING, AND TO KEEP
OUR COMMUNITIES CONNECTED.
I WILL BE VOTING YES ON TODAY'S
AMENDED CITY BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
ON THE BUDGET?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, BECAUSE
YOU ARE THE BUDGET CHAIR, I'M
GOING TO LET YOU GO LAST.
I'M LOOKING FOR NON--- BUDGET
CHAIR.
[ LAUGHTER ] COMMITTEE
COMMENTS.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THANK YOU CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS I SET
OUT WITH THREE BROAD PRIORITIES
FOR DISTRICT 6. INVESTING IN
VIBRANT PUBLIC SPACES.
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN MY
TOP PRIORITY OF PROVIDING
CITYWIDE 24/7 RESPONSE TO
MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES.
FOR THIS TOUGH PARTY,
COLLEAGUES WITH YOUR HELP, WE
SECURED $2.5 MILLION TO
INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE MOBILE
CRISIS TEAM.
IF THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE
FIRST RESPONDER FOR PEOPLE IN
CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS FUNDING FOLLOWS OUR WORK,
AND MY AMENDMENT LAST YEAR, TO
PROVIDE THE FIRST OVERFUNDED
MOBILE CRISIS TEAM.
BRINGS THE TOTAL INVESTMENT
FROM $0.02 YEARS AGO TO $3.5
MILLION TODAY.
THIS BUDGET ALSO FULLY FUNDS
SPD'S STAFFING AND HIRING FUNDS.
EXPANDS COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICES.
HEALTHONE SETS UP TRIAGE ONE
AND INVESTS IN A STUDY OF THE
LEVEL OF STAFFING REQUIRED TO
ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY ON OUR
WATERWAYS.
AND DISTRICT 6 THIS BUDGET
MAKES KEY INVESTMENTS,
INCLUDING $1 MILLION TO INSTALL
THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT
BALLARD COMMONS PARK THAT WAS
PUT ON PAUSE IN 2019 BY THE
PANDEMIC.
FUNDING TO CREATE THE REDESIGN
OF BALLARD AVENUE FOR CAFE
STREET THAT OTHER DISTRICTS CAN
USE THAT REDESIGN FOR THEIR
DISTRICTS TOO.
$3 MILLION TO CLEAN UP AND
REMEDIATE OUR PARKS.
FUNDING TO EXPAND BOTH THE
PHINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION'S HOT MEAL PROGRAM
AND THE VEHICLE RESIDENCY
OUTREACH PROGRAM, AND SO MUCH
MORE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR
CITY.
THIS WAS A DIFFICULT BUDGET
YEAR, AND I DID NOT GET
EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE MET
BUDGET AS OTHERS HAVE SAID AS
WELL.
I'M PROUD TO PASS THIS BUDGET.
IT MOVES OUR CITY FORWARD OUT
OF THIS PANDEMIC, AND STARTS
2022 BY WORKING TOGETHER TO
BUILD THE SEATTLE WE KNOW WE
CAN BE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO
WORKED WITH ME, OR SUPPORTED MY
PRIORITIES, OR EVEN DISAGREED
WITH MY PRIORITIES.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER AND BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
FOR LEADING A SMOOTH PROCESS
THAT RESULTED IN A BALANCED,
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET.
SETTING SEATTLE UP FOR SUCCESS
EMERGING OUT OF AN ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN, IN A PERIOD OF
POLITICAL TURMOIL.
I CAN'T UNDERSTATE THAT ENOUGH.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF POLITICAL
TURMOIL.
WE HAVE SEEN -- WE EXPERIENCED
AN ECONOMIC RECESSION AND WE
CAME OUT SET UP FOR SUCCESS
WITH THE BUDGET FOR US.
I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF
FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKED WITH ME
ON MY AMENDMENTS.
BEN NOBLE, JULIE AND YOUR
ENTIRE TEAM.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU, AND
ESPECIALLY TO MY OWN TEAM,
AMANDA, NOAH, KATE, AND LENA.
THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON
BEHALF OF DISTRICT 6 AND THE
WHOLE CITY.
THANK YOU BUDGET CHAIR, AND
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON
THIS BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
AND THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
INTERESTED IN MAKING COMMENTS
ON THE BUDGET?
>> NO.
>> ALL RIGHT, I DO HAVE SOME
COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
BEFORE I HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO MAKE
CLOSING REMARKS.
ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
TO COLLEAGUES, TODAY THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL PASS
AN IMPORTANT 2022 BUDGET AMIDST
A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THIS
CENTURY.
AS I WRAP UP MY SECOND, AND
LAST TERM ON THE CITY COUNCIL,
THIS IS MY FINAL BUDGET.
I'M GRATEFUL TO BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, AND EACH OF YOU WHO
AGREED TO COSPONSOR MY BUDGET
ITEMS THIS YEAR, AND OVER THE
PAST SIX YEARS.
I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO CURRENT
AND FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
HAVE EXTENDED TO ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH YOU
ON YOUR BUDGET PRIORITIES, AS
ONE OF YOUR CO-SPONSORS.
FOR ME, I'M HUMBLED AS THE
BUDGET CHAIR, MOSQUEDA,
INCLUDED ALL BUT ONE OF MY
BUDGET PRIORITIES IN HER
PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE.
I WANT TO THANK BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, WHO I'M LUCKY ENOUGH
TO CALL A COLLIE, BUT EVEN
LUCKIER TO CALL A FRIEND.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR
DILIGENT WORK.
TO IDENTIFY AND CLOSE A $15
MILLION DEFICIT THAT MAYOR
DURKAN TRANSMITTED IN HER
PROPOSED BUDGET.
WHICH WAS EXACERBATED BY A
REVENUE FORECAST UPDATE, THAT
MEANS WE HAVE LESS RESOURCES TO
MEET THE MANY NEEDS FOR A
LIVABLE, EQUITABLE AND SAFE
CITY FOR US ALL.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY TEAM.
MOST OF WHOM HAVE BEEN WITH ME
SINCE MY FIRST TERM ON THIS
COUNCIL.
FOR ALL THEIR TREMENDOUS WORK
ON THIS BUDGET.
AND ON PRIOR BUDGETS.
MY CHIEF OF STAFF, MY DEPUTY
CHIEF OF STAFF, SENIOR POLICY
ADVISER, AND MY SCHEDULER.
AND MY STAFF. ALONG WITH SO
MANY WORK-STUDY INTERNS.
WITHOUT EACH OF THEIR ABILITY
TO BRING TENACITY AND
DEDICATION TO THIS REALLY
CHALLENGING WORK -- [ LAUGHTER ]
NONE OF THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF INVESTMENTS ACHIEVED IN THIS
2022 BUDGET, AND PAST BUDGETS,
WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
SO, MY DEEPEST THANKS AND
GRATITUDE TO EACH OF THEM.
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING NEW AND ENHANCED
INVESTMENTS THAT WE CHAMPIONED
TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT,
COLLEAGUES.
THE EXPANDED CHILDCARE AND
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS.
IS AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION TO
SUPPORT CHILDCARE PROVIDERS,
CENTERS, AND IN HOMES, THAT
WILL SUPPORT PROVIDERS, TO
LICENSE AND EXPAND THEIR
ABILITY TO EXPAND CHILDCARE
SLOTS TO SERVE OUR CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
HAVE $200,000 IN THIS BUDGET TO
STOKE, AND EVENTUALLY LAUNCH, A
CITYWIDE GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME
PILOT PROJECT.
THERE IS $661,000 TO EXPAND THE
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.
TO INCREASE LEGAL SERVICES TO
AN ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN
ASYLUM CASES IN SEATTLE.
THERE IS $500,000 TOWARDS THE
TUBMAN HEALTH CLINIC, A BLACK
LEAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC,
THAT WILL PROVIDE CULTURALLY
RESPONSIBLE HEALTHCARE TO
SEATTLE'S BLACK COMMUNITY.
I WAS PROUD TO GET TO COSPONSOR
AN ADDITIONAL $649,000
INVESTMENT TO STRENGTHEN
DIGITAL EQUITY AND INTERNET
ACCESS ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS BUDGET ALSO HAS MORE
TRANSIT AND GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ADVANCED $545,000 TO
PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STUDIES IN THE CITY'S
NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
THAT WILL GUIDE CITYWIDE GROWTH
POLICIES FOR THE NEXT DECADE AT
LEAST.
WE HAVE $100,000 TO STRENGTHEN
CLIMATE RESILIENCE STRATEGIES
BY ENSURING THAT SMOKE SHELTERS
OR COOLING CENTERS ARE WITHIN
15 MINUTES OF EVERY RESIDENT
AND WORKER IN SEATTLE.
THERE IS A $2.5 MILLION PROVISO
TO REQUIRE THAT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DETAIL IN THE CITYWIDE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN HOW
MULTIMODAL PLANS LIKE BICYCLE
MASTER PLANS, LIKE THE
PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, WILL BE
PRIORITIZED TO PEDESTRIAN EYES
AND TRANSFORM MORE OF OUR RIGHT
OF WAYS INTO VIBRANT, PUBLIC,
CARBON FREE SPACES.
WE'VE ALSO ADDRESSED
SIGNIFICANTLY ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS AND
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
$600,000 IN ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES FOR THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
I WAS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO
COSPONSOR THAT WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND OTHERS.
THERE IS A NEW $5 MILLION
INVESTMENT TO ESTABLISH A NEW
HIGH ACUITY SHELTER IN
COORDINATION WITH KING COUNTY
TO PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
AN ADDITIONAL $100,000 TO
EXPAND OUR REACH TO OUR
NEIGHBORS LIVING IN VEHICLES.
$600,000 TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE
SERVICES IN TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
$100,000 TO EXPAND HYGIENE
SERVICES FOR CAMP SECOND CHANCE.
$600,000 FOR A STUDY OF WAGES
AND OUR LOCAL HUMAN SERVICES
WORKFORCE, AND A BOOST FOR
WORKERS -- WORKER PAY FOR THOSE
ON THE FRONT LINES ADDRESSING
OUR CITY'S MOST PRESSING
COMMUNITARIAN CRISIS.
WE'VE ALSO INVESTED IN PUBLIC
SAFETY INTEGRATIONS AND A
TRAUMA INFORMED CRISIS RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
IN THE SEATTLE POLICE A PROVISO
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TO
PRESERVE, UNDERSTAND FROM
SALARY SAVINGS THAT CAN BE
REINVESTED.
WE ALSO HAVE $1.8 MILLION
PROVISO IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT A
DIVERSION PROGRAM AND PRETRIAL
DIVERSION PROGRAMS, AND THE LET
EVERYONE ADVANCE WITH DIGNITY
PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO BE
PART OF THE WORK WE DO AS A
CITY.
REGARDLESS OF WHO IS THE CITY
ATTORNEY.
I'M PROUD OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS,
EVEN THOUGH, BY ADMISSION, WE
DID NOT ACHIEVE ACROSS-THE-
BOARD SUCCESS.
INCLUDING THE CLOSE DEFEAT OF
MY ABROGATION AMENDMENT THAT
WOULD HAVE ADVANCED
TRANSPARENCY AND BUDGET
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ALAS THE FUTURE COUNCIL WILL
CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH
HOLDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ACCOUNTABLE TO SPENDING WITHIN
ITS LIMITS IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE THE FAILURE OF MY
ABROGATION AMENDMENT MEANS THE
FUTURE MAYOR AND PERMANENT
CHIEF WILL HAVE THE BUDGET BY
WHICH TOWARD NEARLY $20 MILLION
WORTH OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
DURING A HISTORIC ONCE-IN-A-
LIFETIME MOBILE PANDEMIC. THAT
CONTINUES TO RAVAGE OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BUT THIS IS A BATTLE THAT WILL
MOST ASSUREDLY BE FOR EACH OF
YOU TO CONSIDER AND DEBATE AND
DECIDE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO,IN CLOSING, I'M GRATEFUL TO
HAVE HAD SUCH A MEANINGFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EACH
OF YOU, YOUR STAFF, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF, INCLUDING OUR
NEW DIRECTOR.
AND OUR FEARLESS BUDGET
MANAGER, ALLIE.
ALSO PATTY, CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE, I.T., COMMUNICATION
STAFF AND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
THIS THANKSGIVING I HAVE MUCH
TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
AMONGST THOSE ITEMS FOR WHICH I
AM GRATEFUL, I GIVE THANKS FOR
ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR
PUBLIC SERVICE.
THANKS TO EACH OF YOU, FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
OF THIS CITY TOGETHER AS A
STRONG CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU, NOT
JUST ON THIS BUDGET, BUT WITH
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP
ON THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN.
AND COLLEAGUES, THANKS AGAIN TO
ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU PUT INTO THIS BUDGET.
I WILL BE BECAUSE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ELOQUENTLY SUMMARIZED
THE ASPECTS.
I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR
ONGOING PARTICIPATION TO HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THIS POINT
TODAY.
TO HAVE THAT EXTENSIVE SUMMARY
THAT YOU JUST HEARD REFLECTED
IN OUR FINAL BUDGET AS WE PASS
THIS.
THE COUNCIL 2022 BUDGET
RESPONSE TO THESE MOST PRESSING
CRISES FACING OUR CITY IN THE
WAKE OF COVID AND IN THE WAKE
OF RISING INEQUALITY BY
INVESTING A HISTORIC AMOUNT OF
FUNDING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IN SHELTERING MORE OF THOSE WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND IN ENSURING EQUITABLE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, INVESTING IN
PUBLIC SAFETY, AND AS
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ NOTED,
GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS OF
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN LIBRARIES AND
PARKS.
THIS COUNCIL BUDGET RIGHTLY
INVESTS IN MORE EMERGENCY
RESERVES, BOTH PRIORITIZING
SPENDING, LIMITED PUBLIC
DOLLARS TO SERVE, CARE FOR AND
SUPPORT THE WORKING FAMILIES IN
OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
VERY MUCH TO THE FORESIGHT OF
THIS COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FROM THE JUMPSTART PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE.
WE ARE ABLE TO LEAD WITH
PROGRESSIVE VALUES IN THIS
BUDGET, ACT WITH URGENCY TOWARD
ANY DEEP CUTS, AND PROTECT OUR
MOST VULNERABLE IN THIS TIME OF
COMPOUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISES.
I AM PROUD, I'M PROUD OF THE
WAYS THAT WE HAVE COME TOGETHER
AS A COUNCIL, AND PART OF THE
WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE COMING
TOGETHER AS A CITY.
WE ARE MAKING IMPORTANT
DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY IN THE
FACE OF VERY BAD ECONOMIC
FORECASTS RECEIVED JUST WEEKS
AGO, AND AS CHAIR, I HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO A
TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE
BUDGETING PROCESS.
AFTER REVIEWING THE NEARLY 200
AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, COLLEAGUES, TOGETHER WE
HAVE CRAFTED A BUDGET THAT
INVESTS IN THE AREAS OF MOST
NEED.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO THANK MY
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AND
SINCERELY EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DIFFICULT
WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO MAKING
SURE THAT OUR MOST URGENT NEEDS
ARE MET IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO
ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS THAT WILL
POTENTIALLY MANIFEST IN 2022.
WE WILL BE MORE PREPARED TO DO
SO BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE TO PROTECT THE RESERVES,
AND TO PREPARE FOR THOSE
SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE ON THE
HORIZON.
WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS ANY
EMERGING NEEDS, AND WORK
SWIFTLY TO AND TO BE RESPONSIVE
TO THE TREMENDOUS NEEDS ACROSS
OUR GREAT CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER
THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE'VE ALSO WORKED TIRELESSLY
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC,
TO TRULY IDENTIFY EVERY DOLLAR
THAT COULD BE USED IN 2022.
GET IT OUT THE DOOR AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, AND IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE STATE PARTNERS AND OUR
FEDERAL CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS,
TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY
THAT COVID HAS NOT CREATED, BUT
HAS MADE WORSE IN TERMS OF
ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AND
HOUSING INSTABILITY.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE HERE, COLLEAGUES.
AND PART OF THE INVESTMENTS
INSTABILITY, SAFETY AND CARE
FOR SEATTLEITES.
WE ARE ADJUSTING FOR SOME OF
THE MOST UNPRECEDENTED TIMES
OUR CITY, OUR COUNTRY, HAS EVER
FACED.
AND WE ARE DOING THIS BY
INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, RESPONDING TO THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, DATING
EQUITABLE AND SAFE COMMUNITIES
AND CREATING A FUTURE THAT OUR
CITY CAN BE PROUD OF BY
INVESTING IN ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU, TO IMPLEMENT THESE
IMPORTANT COMPONENTS, AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK.
I DID MY THANK YOU'S THIS
MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT.
BUT I WANT TO AGAIN THANK
CENTRAL STAFF AND MY TEAM WHO
HAVE BEEN JUST TREMENDOUS.
SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION, AND I DO LOOK
FORWARD TO PASSING THIS WITH
YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WITH THAT.
WE ARE READY TO TAKE A VOTE.
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120211, AGENDA
ITEM 32?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>>> OKAY, WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 33.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE OF ITEM 33 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 33.
COUNCIL BILL 120203.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
LEVY OF PROPERTY TAXES, FIXING
THE WEIGHTS AND/OR AMOUNTS OF
TAXIS TO BE LEVIED, AND LEVYING
THE SAME UPON ALL TAXABLE
PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND
PERSONAL IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
TO FINANCE THE DEPARTMENTS AND
ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR
THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND
INTEREST AND REDEMPTION
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR
BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF
JANUARY, 2022.
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ASK.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSED.
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
HERBOLD, GONZALEZ, JUAREZ,
LEWIS, MORALES AND STRAUSS IN
FAVOR.
AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120203, ITEM 43?
ANY COMMENTS ON ADDENDUM ITEM
33?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120203,
AGENDA ITEM 33.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCIL BILL
120203, AGENDA ITEM 33 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
TITLE OF ITEM 34 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 34.
COUNCIL BILL 120204.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
LEVY OF REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES
BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR
COLLECTION IN 2022.
REPRESENTING AN INCREASE ABOVE
THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES
LEVIED FOR COLLECTION IN 2021
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ASK.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, HERBOLD, GONZALEZ,
JUAREZ, LEWIS, MORALES AND
STRAUSS IN FAVOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
ABSTAINING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120204, AGENDA
ITEM 34?
ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 34?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120204,
AGENDA ITEM 34.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
BILL 120204, AGENDA ITEM 34
PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
OKAY, COLLEGE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
>> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE THE MPD
MEETING.
SO, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST AS
FAR AS A BREAK BETWEEN NOW AND
WHEN WE -- I DON'T SUSPECT IT
WILL GO LONG, BUT --
>> I WAS GOING TO MAKE COMMENTS
ABOUT THAT RIGHT BEFORE WE
ADJOURNED.
>> OKAY, SORRY.
>> NO, IT'S OKAY.
LET ME MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS THAT COMES
BEFORE THE COUNCIL THAT
REQUIRES A MOTION BEFORE WE GET
TO THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ] COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOUR HAND IS RAISED.
>> IS THIS THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER PART OF THE AGENDA?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO BE
EXCUSED FROM FULL COUNCIL ON
DECEMBER 6th, AND FROM ALL
COMMITTEE MEETINGS EXCEPT FOR
MY OWN, DURING THAT WEEK AS
WELL.
THAT'S WHEN I WILL BE IN --
>> OKAY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WILL BE
EXCUSED FROM CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS ON MONDAY DECEMBER 6th.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WILL BE
EXCUSED ON DECEMBER 6th.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
OKAY, COLLEAGUES THIS DOES
INCLUDE THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA AS MENTIONED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
WE DO HAVE A MEETING AS THE
SEATTLE PARKS DISTRICT BOARD
THAT IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR AT
THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS ASKED TO
HAVE 15 MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO
TRANSITION.
I THINK ARE GOOD FOLKS WITH TECH
COULD USE A BREAK AS WELL.
SOME OF YOU PROBABLY COULD TOO.
SO, WITH YOUR AGREEMENT, I'D
LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE ALLOW
FOR THAT 15 MINUTE BREAK AND
RECONVENE AT 5:00 P.M.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT?
OKAY, WE WILL RECONVENE AT 5:00
P.M.
AGAIN, JUST AS WE DID THIS
MORNING, YOU DO NOT NEED TO
LEAVE THE ZOOM ROOM.
THE CREDENTIALS ARE THE SAME
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS.
SO, YOU CAN STEP AWAY FOR 15
MINUTES.
JUST MUTE AND STOP YOUR VIDEO
AND WHEN YOU ARE READY YOU CAN
COME BACK.
SO, WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ON
MONDAY AT 2:00 P.M.
I WILL SEE YOU ALL IN ABOUT 15
MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE ADJOURNED.