STARTED JANUARY 31, 2022
COUNCIL MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER THE TIME IS TO: 01, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] EIGHT
PRESENT.
>> WE WILL LOOP BACK,
COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES IS HERE.
CANNOT HEAR YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
>> OKAY LET'S GO TO APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION THE MINUTES OF
JANUARY 24 WILL BE ADOPTED,
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED, PRESIDENTS
REPORT ON TODAY'S AGENDA WE
WILL BE SIGNING A PROVOCATION
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS -- AS A REMINDER WHEN
WE GET TO OUR INDIVIDUAL
REPORTS AS YOU ALL KNOW JUST TO
HAND IT OVER TO OUR COLLEAGUE
BEFORE WE GET STARTED I WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE TO REMINDERS
REGARDING THE 2022 COUNCIL WORK
PLAN CENTRAL STAFF IS WORKING
TO FINALIZE BY FEBRUARY 22 SO A
SOLID DRAFT OF -- IS DUE THIS
FRIDAY THAT IS THE FOURTH, IF
THERE ARE PROJECTS OR POLICIES
YOU WOULD LIKE INCLUDED IN THE
WORK PROGRAM THAT FALL OUTSIDE
OF YOUR COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE
YOU CHAIR YOU NEED TO WORK WITH
THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS THE
CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE WITH
OVERSIGHT OF THAT PARTICULAR
TOPIC.
WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE INTO
SIGNING OF LETTERS AND PROP
LOCATIONS -- COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND LEAD THE --
>> COLLEAGUES WE HAVE A
PROCLAMATION BEFORE US
REGARDING A PERSON WHO HAS
STAFF THE 3rd AND 2nd FLOORS
HERE AT CITY HALL WORKING FOR
MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHIN
THE 2nd AND 3rd FLOORS I AM
BEING A LITTLE BITCOIN BECAUSE
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
SURPRISE ONCE IT IS DELIVERED
SO IF YOU DO SEE IN YOUR EMAILS
AND I AM SURE ON THE OFFICIAL --
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
OF MY COLLEAGUES.
>> I GUESS WITH THAT WE WILL GO,
WILL THERE NOT BE ANY
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
PROCLAMATION BEFORE I CAN
REQUEST SIGNATURES TO BE
AFFIXED?
>> I AM HAPPY TO SAY MORE, I
GUESS I LOOK TO THE CLERKS IF I
AM REQUIRED TO SAY MORE OR IF
YOU WANT ME TO STOP BEING COY
AND COME OUT WITH A SURPRISE --
>> I CANNOT ASK YOU TO AFFIXED
THEIR SIGNATURE UNLESS THEY
KNOW WHAT THE PROCLAMATION IS
ABOUT.
>> I BELIEVE IT WAS CIRCULATED
TO ALL OFFICES AS PER YOUR
RULES.
>> OKAY.
>> SO THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS SERVED
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE
CITY COUNCIL'S OFFICE HAS
WORKED FOR MAYORS, HAS WORKED
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS, HAS MADE AN
IMPROVEMENT UPON EVERYONE'S
LIVES AROUND HERE, I WOULD SAY
IF THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS I
AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR THE
PROCLAMATION SHOULD ALSO BE IN
--
>> I GUESS WHAT I AM GETTING AT
IS THAT IN ORDER TO ASK PEOPLE
TO AFFIXED THEIR SIGNATURE TO
THE PROCLAMATION YOU MIGHT HAVE
TO SAY, IS THERE ANYMORE YOU
WANT TO ADD?
>> IF YOU NEED ME TO BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC I AM
HAPPY TO DO SO I WAS HOPING TO
SURPRISE THIS PERSON SINCE WE
ARE NOT BRINGING THEM TO THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR
THE COUNCIL BRIEFING COLLEAGUES
IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DO THIS IN A LITTLE BIT LESS OF
A FORMAL WAY, WHERE THE
INDIVIDUAL COULD SHOW UP AT THE
END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING AND
BE PRESENTED IT THERE, BUT
BECAUSE WE ARE NOW WORKING IN A
REMOTE FACTION IT IS A LITTLE
BIT MORE AWKWARD COUNCIL
PRESIDENT I AM LOOKING FOR YOU
TO TELL ME THAT I JUST HAVE TO
BE OUT WITH IT, YEAH?
>> THE REASON WHY IS IN ORDER
TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THE
PROCLAMATION AND ASK YOUR
COLLEAGUES TO SIGN, THEY WOULD
NEED TO KNOW WHO IT IS ABOUT,
AND IF THEY WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING, AND WE CAN SIGN IT,
ADD TO IT.
>> SURE, I GUESS COLLEAGUES I
WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT
WITH IT, I GUESS I AM A LITTLE
BIT NERVOUS THAT THIS PERSON IS
WATCHING OUR BRIEFING, -- AND
THE REASON I AM TRYING TO BE
COY IS BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT
ALL OFFICES HAVE RECEIVED THIS
AND SO THEY DO KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE SIGNING, SO THIS IS A
PROCLAMATION TO HONOR THE WORK
OF -- WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE
FRONT DESK FOR THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL FOR -- FOR MYSELF FOR --
AND HAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED A JOB
WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, AND SHE HAS THE
UNIQUE THING ABOUT HER IS SHE
HAS NOT SERVED JUST ONE
COUNCILMEMBER, SHE HAS SERVED
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE FLOOR
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA I
WAS FLIPPING THROUGH SOME
MEMORIES AND WHILE YOU WERE
BEING SWORN IN I HAVE A VIDEO
OF HER AFFIXING YOUR NAMEPLATE
TO THE DOOR ALONGSIDE -- AND SO
THIS IS JUST -- I WAS TRYING TO
BE COY BECAUSE IT IS HARDER
BIRTHDAY NEXT MONTH AND SO I
WAS TRYING TO SURPRISE HER WITH
THIS, SO THE CAT IS OUT OF THE
BAG SO COLLEAGUES I WOULD LOVE
FOR YOUR SIGNATURE.
>> ARE THERE ANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES WHO WANT TO SHARE
ANYTHING WITH OUR COLLEAGUE
LENA WHO HAS SERVED US WELL AT
THE FRONT DESK AND -- AND SHE
IS A DEAR FRIEND AND HAS DONE
GREAT AND WE ARE HAPPY THAT SHE
HAS GONE TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT
ON THE MAYORS SIDE, SO STARTING
WITH ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO --
BEFORE I ASK YOU TO AFFIX YOUR
SIGNATURES?
>> -- YOU WERE SO GOOD ABOUT
THESE PROCLAMATIONS I KNOW YOU
WANTED TO KEEP IT A SURPRISE,
BUT SURPRISE, GREAT SURPRISE
ANYWAY, AND I AM SURE IT IS
WELL RECEIVED, BUT YOU ARE A
GREAT EXAMPLE OF A HIGH ROAD
EMPLOYER AND VERY THANKFUL THAT
YOU ARE DOING THIS AND WE ARE
THRILLED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU
THANK YOU FOR AFFIXING THAT
NAMEPLATE --
>> ARE WE DECLARING A DAY --
>> IT WILL BE -- DAY ON MARCH
4, 2022 WHICH IS HER BIRTHDAY.
>> OKAY, WELL THE FIRST ROUND
IS ON STRAUSS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT AND NOW
THAT WE KNOW THE PROCLAMATION
FOR SIGNATURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
ARE GOING TO SIGN -- WE HAVE
ALREADY GOTTEN OUR FEEDBACK SO
WITH THAT CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL TO DETERMINE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR
SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE
PROCLAMATION?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU, THE PROCLAMATION
PASSES, SO WITH THAT WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 4
ON OUR AGENDA THAT IS THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION UP DATE AND
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED
OUR MEMO FROM OUR FOLKS AT OIR
ON UPDATE FROM WHAT WE
DISCUSSED LAST WEEK SO WITH
THAT I WILL LET GAEL TARLETON
TAKE OVER AND INTRODUCE HER
TEAM AND WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH
THE OVERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I AM DELIGHTED TO
BRING FORTH TODAY TO MEMBERS OF
OUR TEAM WHO I THINK MANY OF
YOU HAVE MET IN THE PAST ARE
FEDERAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR SIERRA
AND OUR FEDERAL CONTRACT OFFICE
LESLIE AND I WILL HAVE THEM
START WITH GIVING YOU AN UPDATE
ON ALL THINGS IN THE OTHER
WASHINGTON MAYBE A SUBSET OF
ALL THINGS IN THE OTHER
WASHINGTON AND THEN ELSA BROWN
WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT
WILL BE A FINAL FAST WEEK OF
SESSION BEFORE POLICY CUT OFF ON
FEBRUARY 3, SO SIERRA, WHY
DON'T YOU KICK IT OFF?
>> THANK YOU.
-- JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK
INTRO AND LESLIE HAS BEEN IN
FRONT OF MOST OF YOU BUT THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF FOLKS SHE HAS
NOT MET SO I WANTED TO GIVE HER
AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND -- BUT BEFORE WE
GET INTO WHAT WILL BE A VERY
BRIEF FEDERAL UPDATE, I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
FROM YOU ALL I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT I KNOW I TOUCHED ON
IT BRIEFLY IN THE PAST BUT WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH A
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FEDERAL
FUNDING FEDERAL GRANTS AND SOME
OF THE ANTICIPATED FUNDING THAT
WE ARE HOPING COMES OUT OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A LOT IS
STILL TO BE DEPENDING ON VOTES
AND APPROPRIATIONS AND A LOT OF
MOVEMENT IN DC BUT WE ARE
HOPING TO HAVE SOME POSITIONS
AND SOME STAFFING THAT WILL
REALLY INFORM THE PROCESS AND
HAVE SOME HIGH-LEVEL THINKING
AROUND HOW THE CITY IS APPLYING
THE FUNDING IN RELATIONSHIPS
THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH BOTH
REGIONALLY AND STATEWIDE AND --
AND JUST MAXIMIZING THE CITIES
OPPORTUNITIES AND ABILITY TO
APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING SO WE
WILL BE UPDATING YOU ALL MORE
ONCE THAT PROCEDURE OR PROCESS
IS IN PLACE AND WE ARE RUNNING
THROUGH THAT AND I DO NOT KNOW
IF -- BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO THE
MAYORS OFFICE FOR SOME GUIDANCE
AROUND SOME OF OIR'S
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE HOPE TO
HAVE MORE UPDATES FOR YOU ALL
ON THAT PROCESS AS WELL VERY
SHORTLY.
SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS
AROUND THAT, I WILL KICK IT
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE AND OUR
FEDERAL LOBBYIST LESLIE WHO
WILL GIVE US A QUICK -- UPDATE
THIS WEEK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH SARAH
THANK YOU GAIL AND THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ SO
NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY AND
HOPEFULLY WE WILL FIND SOME
TIME THIS YEAR -- JUST A
COUPLE OF UPDATES HERE, THIS
WEEK BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE
ARE BACK IN SESSION, THE SENATE
IS GOING TO BE REALLY FOCUSED
ON NOMINATIONS, GETTING THROUGH
BOTH JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS AND
ALSO NOMINATIONS FOR VARIOUS
FEDERAL AGENCIES, I ALSO WANTED
TO NOTE THAT THE SENATE IS
GOING TO BE TAKING UP A
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION THAT IS
BEING SPONSORED BY -- THAT
SEPTEMBER 30 SHOULD BE -- ON
THE HOUSE SIDE, THE HOUSE IS
GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH THE
COMPETES ACT AND AS MANY OF YOU
KNOW LAST SUMMER THE SENATE ON A
BIPARTISAN BASIS PAST THE U.S.
INNOVATION AND COMPETITION ACT
WHICH IS A BROAD FAR-REACHING
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT AIMS
TO ADDRESS THE U.S.
COMPETITIVENESS WITH CHINA
ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF
METRICS AND IT INVESTS IN -- IT
ALSO PUTS SOME PARAMETERS
AROUND U.S. RELATIONS WITH
CHINA, IT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING FOR -- AS WELL, THE
HOUSE HAS FINALLY UNVEILED
THEIR OWN LEGISLATION IT IS NOT
BIPARTISAN IT IS EQUALLY FAR-
REACHING AND IN ADDITION TO --
AND SO CREATES A NEW TELECOM
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAM
ALSO INCLUDES THE NATIONAL
APPRENTICESHIP ACT WHICH
INCLUDES FUNDING FOR
APPRENTICESHIPS ALSO CREATES
FUNDING FOR THE TACT PROGRAM
WHICH HAD BEEN CREATED THROUGH
-- SO A NUMBER OF REALLY FAR-
REACHING AND EXPANSIVE BILLS.
THE RULES COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED
TO TAKE THIS BILL UP TOMORROW,
IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT
THIS IS GOING TO PASS THE HOUSE
AT THIS TIME, THERE IS AT LEAST
TWO DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE COME OUT
AGAINST THE BILL AND AS YOU ALL
KNOW, THERE IS REALLY NO MARGIN
TO SPARE IN THE HOUSE, BUT THEY
ARE GOING TO TRY VERY HARD TO
GET THIS THROUGH, SENATOR
SCHUMER SAID THAT THIS IS
REALLY ONE OF HIS HIGHEST
PRIORITIES IS TO THEN
CONFERENCE THIS LEGISLATION AND
BRING IT BACK FOR A VOTE AND
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BY
MEMORIAL DAY, AT THE SAME TIME
THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS,
THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO GET
THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS FUNDING,
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THE FEDERAL
FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
AND THEY ARE NOW WORKING ON
FISCAL YEAR 2022, WE ARE NOW IN
A CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
THROUGH FEBRUARY 18.
AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE
OF FOR A FEW REASONS ONE THE
CITY HAS EARMARKS THAT ARE IN
THE HOUSE BILL THAT WOULD BE
VERY BENEFICIAL IN ADDITION AS
SIERRA ALLUDED TO, THERE IS SOME
FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT
THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL SO IT HAS
MADE IT VERY CHALLENGING FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION TO FULLY
IMPLEMENT THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, BECAUSE
THEY DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE
FUNDING TO HIRE THE ENORMOUS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY NEED TO
ACTUALLY DO THE WORK TO GET
GRANTS ON THE GROUND, THAT SAID
, AND I WILL TOUCH ON THIS IN
GREATER DETAIL IN A MOMENT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING
FORWARD ANYWAY AS SIERRA MAY
HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ALREADY
THE WHITE HOUSE PUT OUT A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ALL OF
THE PROGRAMS IN THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, AND D.O.T.
HAS BEGUN ROLLING OUT SOME OF
THEIR NOTICE OF FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES, DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE HAS ALSO RELEASED
NOTICES FOR COMMENT AS HAS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND I WILL
NOTE AS SIERRA MENTIONED IT IS
A VERY COLLABORATIVE GROUP
WITHIN THE CITY WORKING ON
THAT, AND SO FOR EXAMPLE
RECENTLY IF D.O.T.
AND -- TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON
THE -- SO THE CITY BY PROVIDING
-- FROM THE AGENCY.
IN TERMS OF BILLBACK BETTER
WHICH IS THE LAST PIECE AND
THAT IS THE HUMAN CAPITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE -- IT FELL APART
IN DECEMBER WHEN SENATOR
MANCHIN SAID HE COULD NOT --
THERE ARE QUIET CONVERSATIONS
THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH SENATOR
MANCHIN, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE
WILL HEAR SOMETHING THIS WEEK
ABOUT WHAT A NEW DEAL WILL LOOK
LIKE IT HAS BECOME VERY CLEAR
THAT THE HOUSE PASSED BILLBACK
BETTER ACT IS NOT WHAT WILL BE
SIGNED INTO LAW BUT THERE IS
HOPE THAT SOME PORTIONS OF THAT
LAW WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO A
MORE STREAMLINED SLIMMED DOWN
VERSION -- SOME OF THE CLIMATE
MEASURES THERE IS SOME HOPE
THAT PERHAPS -- COULD BE SOME
FORM OF THE CHILD TAX CREDIT
THAT COULD BE INCLUDED SO THOSE
CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING WE
ARE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY
AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE FINALLY IN THE
BACK HALF OF ALL OF THIS IS
SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS,
BIDEN SAID HE WILL ANNOUNCE HIS
NOMINATION BY THE END OF %
FEBRUARY, I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE
ALL PRAYING WITH BAITED BREATH
THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO ANY
SENATOR AT THIS TIME, THEY ARE
LIVING IN PROTECTIVE BUBBLES
FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT
THAT OF COURSE IS GOING TO
START TO HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON
RELATIONSHIPS IN CONGRESS AS IF
THEY ARE NOT ALREADY FRAYED
ENOUGH COUPLED WITH AN ELECTION
YEAR SO WE HAVE A NARROW WINDOW
RIGHT NOW IN THESE NEXT FEW
MONTHS OF SPRING TO GET THINGS
DONE, AND THEN THINGS WILL
START TO FALL APART POSSIBLY
EVEN WORSE THAN THEY HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
I WILL STOP ON THAT NOTE AND
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS
THAT WE CAN ANSWER.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION LESLIE.
SO ON THE BUILD BACK BETTER,
AND -- SO I AM GUESSING YOU ARE
NOT ANY CLOSER TO KNOWING HOW
THAT IS GOING TO WORK OR HOW
THAT IS GOING TO ROLL OUT WE
WILL JUST SIT FOR A WHILE OR --
>> I DO NOT THINK THEY HAVE A
LOT OF TIME AND WITH THE
BACKDROP OF THE SUPREME COURT
NOMINATION THERE, AND WITH THE
2022 BEING AN ELECTION YEAR I
THINK THERE IS A REAL
REALIZATION THAT IF THEY ARE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING IT NEEDS
TO BE SOON ONE PIECE TO REFLECT
ON IN TERMS OF BREAKING IT OUT
IN DIFFERENT COMPONENT PARTS IS
REALLY IN ORDER TO DO ANYTHING
THEY HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH
RECONCILIATION AND THEY DO NOT
GET MANY LIGHTS UP THAT APPLE
IN FACT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE FOR
THIS YEAR THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO
DO A SECOND ONE ON FY 23, BUT
THEY HAVE REALLY GOT ONE CHANCE
AT THIS SO I KNOW THERE WERE
LOTS OF REPORTS ABOUT TRYING TO
BREAK IT UP BUT IN TERMS OF THE
THINGS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT
TO PASS THEY HAVE GOT ONE SHOT
AT IT SO THAT IS GOING TO BE
THE HARD PART IN THIS.
>> THINK YOU DOES ANYONE HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE?
OKAY I AM NOT SEEING ANY SO DO
YOU WANT TO CONTINUE LESLIE?
>> I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT
SIERRA HAD SAID THERE IS THE
NAME OF THE GAME RIGHT NOW IS
GOING TO BE THINGS AROUND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION
BILL SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
REALLY CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENTS
WITH THE PROCESS THAT GAIL AND
SIERRA SET UP TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE COMMENTING ON EVERY
OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THEM SO THAT
THEY CAN HELP SHAPE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE BEEN
MEETING WITH DEPARTMENTS WE
THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE
WELL POSITIONED GIVEN THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES
WHICH REALLY ACROSS ALL
DEPARTMENTS -- FOCUSED ON
EQUITY THEY HAVE GOT THE --
INITIATIVE AS YOU KNOW CLIMATE
CHANGE AND THEN REALLY PROGRAMS
THAT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF LABOR
AS WELL IS GOING TO BE A
PRIORITY PARTICULARLY IN D.O.T.
LOOKING AT PRIORITY HIGHER
PRIORITY HIRE ARRANGEMENTS AND
-- FOR WHAT SHOULD BE
SUCCESSFUL HERE.
>> OKAY.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT WE WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF
YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT
THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS
ZOOMING RIGHT AHEAD BOTH
ACTUALLY ON ZOOM AND LITERALLY
IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND
THIS COMING WEEK IS THE CUT OFF
OF POLICY BILLS OUT OF THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND SO WE
ARE GOING TO SEE OUR NARROWING
DOWN OF WHICH BILLS ARE STILL
IN PLAY AND SO ELSA IS GOING TO
GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION YOU HAVE
BEEN TRACKING AS AN AUDIENCE AND
AS WELL AS VISUALLY AND I WANT
TO PREFACE IT BY SAYING THANK
YOU TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO HAVE MADE
YOURSELVES SO AVAILABLE FOR
LAST-MINUTE TESTIMONY FOR
MAKING PHONE CALLS FOR ENSURING
THAT THE OIR TEAM IS ABLE TO
WEIGH IN WHEN IT MATTERS THE
MOST AND TIMING IS EVERYTHING I
JUST WANT TO ALSO ADD THAT THIS
ISSUE OF WHERE FEDERAL FUNDING
COMES FROM AND WHEN IT COMES IS
SO CLOSELY TIED TO THE STATE
BUDGET PROCESS WE WILL HAVE
STATE BUDGETS IDENTIFIED BY
MARCH 10 WITH THE END OF THE
REGULAR SESSION I DO BELIEVE IT
WILL BE ON TIME SO THIS
INTEGRATING OF HOW WE ARE
LOOKING AT FEDERAL FUNDING AND
STATE FUNDING AND LOCAL FUNDING
IS REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW
SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE
OIR TEAM TO BE HELPING ALL OF
YOU ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL OF OUR
BUDGET PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE
EXPECT TO SEE FROM FUNDING AND
SO ELSA WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE
ON WHAT WE THINK ARE SOME OF
THE MAIN THEMES COMING THROUGH
AS POLICY CUT OFF ARRIVES.
>> THANK YOU ALL APPRECIATE THE
CHANCE -- SO AS GAIL MENTIONED
WE ARE APPROACHING POLICY CUT
OFF SO IF BILLS DO NOT MAKE IT
OUT OF THEIR ORIGINAL POLICY BY
THE THIRD THEY ARE TYPICALLY
DEAD FOR THE YEAR THAT IS NEVER
100% TRUE THERE IS A PROCESS
CALLED -- ONE OF THE KEY
PRIORITIES FOR MANY LEGISLATORS
THIS YEAR -- THE GOVERNOR SIGNED
HB 1732 AND HB 1733 HALTING A
PAYROLL TAX COLLECTION -- AND
CREATING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS FOR CERTAIN
PEOPLE SO THAT WAS A BIG
PRIORITY FOR LEGISLATORS FROM
THE BEGINNING OF SESSION AND
THEY GOT IT THROUGH QUITE
QUICKLY TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK
AND SO THAT WAS ENCOURAGING FOR
THEM TO SEE AND FOR THEM TO GET
DONE.
SO AFTER A POLICY CUT OFF WE
WILL SHORTLY THEREAFTER HAVE
PHYSICAL FISCAL CUTOFFS -- AND
THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT OUT OF --
COMMITTEES BY FEBRUARY 7 SO
THAT HIS WAYS AND MEANS IN THE
SENATE AND APPROPRIATIONS AND
TRANSPORTATION IN THE HOUSE SO
YOU KNOW THEY WILL BE
CONTINUING TO BE WEEDED OUT NOT
JUST ON THE THIRD BUT IN THE
COMING WEEK.
SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAREZ
ASKED US TO FOCUS OUR -- AND WE
CONTINUE TO BE COMPLETELY OPEN
TO LEARNING TO ABOUT NEW
PRIORITIES SO IF THERE IS
SOMETHING -- HAPPY TO DO THAT
BUT WE WILL BE FOCUSING A BIT
OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY ON
THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSING
PROPOSALS.
IN DECEMBER THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED A LARGE SUITE OF
FUNDING IN THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET FOR HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS THESE PRIORITIES
INCLUDED MONEY FOR THE RAPID
ACQUISITION OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND FOR SHELTER AND
UTILITY ARREARAGES SO WE ARE --
ON THOSE BUDGET ITEMS THAT THE
GOVERNOR IDENTIFIED AND BELIEVE
ME IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR
THE CITY -- WE THINK IT WOULD
BE QUITE COMPETITIVE TO GET
SOME OF THAT IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IN ADDITION TO BUDGET
ITEMS THE GOVERNOR ALSO
ANNOUNCED POLICY ITEMS
INCLUDING -- LEGISLATION THAT
MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTACTED OUR
OFFICE ABOUT AND ARE AWARE OF,
SO THE GOVERNOR REQUEST BILLS
ARE -- SPONSORED BY -- THERE
ARE SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONAL
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT
TOUCH ON STATEWIDE ZONING
INTRODUCED BY -- THE CHAIR OF
THE -- WE DO ANTICIPATE --
SO LAST WEEK THE SENATE PASSED
56 SCENTED -- THE BILL MADE
SEVERAL CHANGES IN THAT
COMMITTEE BUT ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT AS FAR AS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS CONCERNED WAS THE
BILL WAS AMENDED TO PROVIDE --
AS SEATTLE DOES THROUGH MHA AND
-- BUT IT DOES PROVIDE THE
CITY'S CLEAR AUTHORITY TO DO SO
IF THEY CHOOSE.
THE HOUSE IS SCHEDULED TO EXACT
1782 TOMORROW IN THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE WE DO NOT
HAVE A FINAL VERSION OF THAT
LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE
CONSIDERED FOR EXECUTIVE
SESSION ALTHOUGH WE DO
ANTICIPATE THAT THE HOUSE
VERSION WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES FROM WHAT THE GOVERNOR
INTRODUCED SO THAT IS THE
CURRENT STATUS OF THE BILLS AND
WE DO EXPECT THAT BOTH OF THOSE
MAY BE MOVING OUT OF COMMITTEE
AND CONSIDERED IN FISCAL
COMMITTEES AFTER THE THIRD.
>> SO THAT WAS JUST 1782 AND
HOUSE BILL 1981 CORRECT THOSE
TWO?
>> 1782 IS THE HOUSE VERSION OF
THE -- THE SENATE VERSION IS
5670.
1981 IS REPRESENTATIVE -- BITE
AT THIS CONVERSATION AND WE
EXPECT THAT SOME OF THE
CONCEPTS THAT HE CONSIDERED IN
THAT -- WE HAVE NOT SEEN A
FINAL VERSION OF THE SUBSTITUTE
--
>> SO WE WILL GET AN UPDATE
FROM YOU BEFORE FRIDAY SO WE
CAN DISCUSS AGAIN ON MONDAY?
>> --
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THAT WAS IT, THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES IS THERE ANYONE
WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR
LESLIE ELSA OR SIERRA?
THERE WE GO.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I CANNOT LET YOU DOWN.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
TO BOTH THE TEAMS AND THIS
WASHINGTON AND THE OTHER
WASHINGTON, I THINK THE REPORTS
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
BOTH HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND
THE BRICK-AND-MORTAR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND I KNOW THAT
IS -- VERY NICELY OUTLINED AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THESE TEAMS AS WE GET
LEGISLATION OVER THE FINISH LINE
TO ADDRESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE
NEEDS FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND
OUR CITY, AND REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN
DOING AND EXCITED AS WELL AS I
WAS MENTIONING TO LESLIE AND --
WE WERE ABLE TO REFERENCE A
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
REPORT THAT -- TO LIFT THE
FLOOR ON IMPORTANT POLICIES
LIKE HOUSING AND ZONING SO THAT
CITIES CAN STILL RESPOND
LOCALLY BY HAVING A GREAT
PARTNER IN -- TO HELP BUILD
UPON THAT FLOOR QUITE LITERALLY
BUILD UPON THE FLOORS THAT THEY
ARE -- SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU TO GET SO
MUCH MORE DONE THIS YEAR AND
APPRECIATE OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION AND -- RESPOND TO
THIS MOMENT AND I KNOW THAT WE
ARE ALL EAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE DOLLARS WE HAVE RECEIVED
ARE IMPLEMENTED APPROPRIATELY
AND --
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU
POSTED AS A POLICY CUT OFF WILL
GIVE US A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> GREAT SO GOOD SEEING YOU
LESLIE I WILL TALK TO YOU
OFFLINE.
>> THERE IS A HAND FROM --
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I THINK -- AS WELL AS I
WOULD LIKE TO BE, I WAS, I
THOUGHT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ YOU WERE SEEKING COMMENT
ON THE HOUSING BILLS THAT AND
BUT NOT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE
WRAPPING UP THE ENTIRE -- I DID
NOT HAVE ANY -- APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAVE BEEN
HAVING WITH OIR AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ON THOSE
TWO BILLS BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
WE ARE TRYING TO WRAP UP THE
ENTIRE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA OR --
>> IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS
WE ARE DONE ON THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION UNLESS YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS --
>> I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO
BE GOING THROUGH ADDITIONAL
BILLS.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT OTHER BILLS WITH --
>> WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM
OFFLINE ANYTIME IF YOU WOULD
LIKE US TO GIVE YOU A CALL
LATER ON TODAY.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ'S
UNDERSTANDING I WOULD LOVE TO
JUST TAKE THE TIME NOW , ARE WE
CHANGING SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE
GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA I THOUGHT WE LOOKED AT
-- AS SORT OF A BLUE SKY
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ALL
THE BILLS WE ARE INTERESTED IN.
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT,
WHEN WE HAD TALKED OFFLINE OR
BEGUN BEFORE -- WE HAD TALKED
ABOUT SOME OF THE BILLS MY
UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT GAIL AND
THE TEAM WOULD GO OVER THAT BUT
REMIND US THAT A LOT IS GOING
TO CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND --
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET TO
UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING IT
SOUNDS LIKE, -- SOME OF THEM
ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT PAST
SO YOU KNOW -- SO IF THERE IS
MORE THERE THAT -- ARE YOU
REFERRING TO THOSE SPECIFIC TO
HOUSE BILL 1782 AND THE SENATE
OR THE SENATE HOUSE BILL 1880
ARE THOSE ONES IN PARTICULAR
BECAUSE WE STARTED OFF THINKING
THAT WE WOULD DO A COMPARE AND
CONTRAST -- MY UNDERSTANDING
FROM THE OIR TEAM IS A LOT OF
WHAT WE KNOW HAS CHANGED A LOT
AND IS GOING TO CHANGE EVEN
MORE SO I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE
UP A LOT OF TIME KNOWING THAT
-- AND THEY ARE GOING TO BRING
IT ALL BACK TO US NEXT MONDAY.
>> NO, I HEARD YOU SOLICIT
CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE TWO
BILLS, THOSE ARE NOT THE BILLS,
--
>> GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , I APOLOGIZE.
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
TWO DIFFERENT CATALYTIC
CONVERTER THEFT BILLS THERE IS
A HOUSE BILL IN THE -- THERE IS
NOT IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THERE
TO BE TWO BILLS BUT I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TWO
BILLS THAT ACCOMPLISHED
DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND I AM WONDERING IF YOU HAD
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND
WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY I KNOW
THAT WE HAVE SIGNED ON IN
SUPPORT OF A BILL FOCUSED ON
REQUIRING MARKETING OR NOT
REQUIRING MAKING MARKING OF
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS POSSIBLE
AND THEN ACQUIRING A TASK FORCE
BUT THEN THERE IS A SECOND BILL
THAT RELATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR
SCRAP METAL AND RECYCLING
ENTITIES TO PROVIDE
DOCUMENTATION SIMILAR TO WHAT
WE DO FOR WIRE THEFT SO ONE I
AM JUST VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW
WHAT THE -- WHETHER OR NOT WE
ARE SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL AND
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT YOU
HAVE ANY UPDATES ON MY REQUEST
FROM LAST WEEK RELATED TO
LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT WE
NEED TO DEAL WITH THE
REDEMPTION ISSUE?
>> -- WHO IS SPONSORING THE
HOUSE VERSION ON -- IN THE
CONTEXT OF HER LEGISLATION.
WE ALSO ARE TRACKING THE SENATE
VERSION WHICH AS YOU MENTIONED
IS NOT -- AND CONTAINS
DIFFERENT PROVISIONS I THINK
THE INSPIRATION IS JUST -- AND
SEEING THE NEED FOR ADDRESSING
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES SO WE ARE
CONTINUING TO TRACK BOTH PIECES
OF LEGISLATION -- BOTH THE
HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS WITH THE
HOPE THAT ONE OF THEM WILL BE
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND
ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS
THAT WE HAVE, THEY BOTH ARE THE
INSPIRATION I THINK IS SIMILAR
FOR THE TWO OF THEM JUST
DIFFERENT ANGLES TAKING A BITE
AT THAT APPLE.
>> DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP?
>> A FOLLOW-UP ABOUT A SEPARATE
BILL, ONE MORE BILL?
>> --
>> -- AND THAT IS THE BILL
RELATED TO FINANCIAL
OBLIGATIONS SOMETIMES -- THERE
WAS A STUDY DONE BY -- A COUPLE
YEARS AGO THE FINDINGS AS YOU
MIGHT EXPECT FOUND THAT THERE
ARE NEGATIVE IMPACTS RESULTING
FROM -- POLICE AND TRAFFIC
OFFICIALS -- AND LIKELIHOOD OF
TRIGGERING EFFECT SO STAY WITH
LF OWES SUCH AS THE LOSS OF
DRIVERS LICENSES GARNISHMENT OF
-- AND THE ISSUING OF WARRANTS
AND FURTHER INCARCERATION, THE
ONLY THING THAT THE STUDY FOUND
IS THAT SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT
IN HIS WISDOM IS WAIVING ALMOST
ALL OF THE LF OWES THAT THEY
CAN WAIVE BUT THERE REMAINS TO
BE SOME STATE REQUIRED LF OWES
THAT SOME OF THEM IF THEY COULD
WAIVE THEM THEY WOULD OTHERS
YOU MAY NOT WANT TO DO SO, MY
QUESTION IS IN ADDITION TO THE
CITY'S SUPPORT OF THIS BILL AND
SIGNING ON I AM WONDERING IF WE
HAVE ENGAGED WITH SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT ON THIS BECAUSE
THIS IS AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR
THEM AND TRYING TO REDUCE THE
DISPARITIES THERE AND IT JUST
SEEMS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY OF
OUR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES TO
WEIGH IN ON THIS MIGHT BE
HELPFUL THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER,
THAT BILL HAS MOVED QUITE WELL
THROUGH THE PROCESS IT HAS
PASSED OUT OF ITS POLICY
COMMITTEE ALREADY AND IT HAS
BEEN HEARD ALREADY IN THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE SO
TYPICALLY WITH THIS TYPE OF
LEGISLATION FUNDING AND
DETERMINATION OF -- WILL BE
PART OF WHAT DETERMINES WHETHER
OR NOT HE GETS TO THE END OF
THE PROCESS AS WITH MANY PIECES
OF LEGISLATION WE SEND THIS
PIECE OUT TO OUR DEPARTMENT
COUNTERPARTS SO WE HAVE SHARED
IT WITH SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT
AND I AM HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU MORE ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION
THAT I WILL GO TO -- WHO DO YOU
WORK WITH IN MUNICIPAL COURT
FOR ALL OF THAT?
>> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH
YOU OFFLINE ON THAT, I WOULD
NEED TO --
>> BED IS A GOOD POINT THANK
YOU FOR RAISING THAT LET'S GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I AM FOLLOWING UP ON
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
COMMENTS ON THE CATALYTIC
CONVERTER -- AND BECAUSE THEY
DO BOTH ADDRESS DIFFERENT
THINGS AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
THE SENATE BILL WOULD HAVE SOME
IMMEDIATE IMPACT SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER I AM JUST AND WE CAN
TAKE THIS OFFLINE BECAUSE I
THINK WE HAVE A MEETING AFTER
THIS BUT I WOULD LIKE BOTH TO
PROCEED SO PERHAPS WE CAN TALK
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT NEEDS
ANY SUPPORT FROM OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS SO YOU CAN
ANSWER THAT IN OUR MEETING AND
ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW
THE HOUSE BILL 1015 ON CREATING
THE WASHINGTON EQUITABLE ACCESS
TO CREDIT IS DOING BECAUSE IF
THERE IS A NEED TO WEIGH IN
DURING ANY HEARING THIS WEEK I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF MY HELP
WOULD BE HELPFUL AND LET ME
KNOW WHEN, THANKS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
BECAUSE THAT BILL HAS ALREADY
PASSED OUT OF ITS HOUSE IN
OREGON -- BECAUSE IT HAS MADE
IT PAST SO MANY DIFFERENT
DEADLINES AND OTHER PIECES OF
LEGISLATION IN COMMITTEE ARE
THERE YET BUT IT HAS BEEN
REFERRED TO THE SENATE BUSINESS
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND TRADE
COMMITTEE AND WE WILL BE IN
CONTACT WITH YOUR OFFICE AND
LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS
SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ARE YOU
PLANNING ON PROVIDING PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THAT ONE?
>> I DO NOT KNOW.
I AM HAPPY TO, BECAUSE I DO
THINK THIS WOULD BE AN
IMPORTANT TOOL FOR OUR %
NONPROFITS TO GIVE OUT
IMPORTANT GRANTS AND IT IS
FEDERAL FUNDED $60 MILLION SO I
AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY,
BUT ON THE SENATE VERSION, SO
THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING THIS
QUESTION, BUT I AM PREPARED TO
SUPPORT IF NECESSARY AND IF I
AM NOT IN ANOTHER IMPORTANT
MEETING.
>> I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT
OUT, THIS IS SOMETHING OUR
OFFICE WAS MONITORING ON
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CREDIT AND
-- WHEN THEY DO CREDIT CHECKS
AND BACKGROUNDS AND WHETHER OR
NOT PEOPLE USE BANKS AND CREDIT
SCORES SO -- TO KEEP US IN LINE
ON THIS ONE.
>> I AM HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BILL AND BE
IN DIALOGUE WITH ANYBODY WHO IS
INTERESTED.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
FOR OUR TEAM OR OIR TEAM? OKAY,
SO I THINK WE ARE, -- I THINK
WE ARE DONE NOW.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT,
HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING US BACK TO SOME OF
THOSE OTHER I APOLOGIZE --
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US BACK
TO THE ONES THAT YOU WANTED AND
THE ONES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON WANTED AND IN THE FUTURE
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT
ME OR -- BECAUSE I CANNOT KEEP
TRACK OF EVERYTHING.
I CAN, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO
SHOW OFF. SO WITH THAT, LET'S
MOVE TO THIS PART OF OUR AGENDA
THE PREVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS COUNSEL AND -- THE
ROLLCALL ORDERED THIS WEEK --
SO WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN YOU WANT TO KICK US
OFF?
>> --
>> -- KEVIN WARNER HAS BEEN A
VALUED MEMBER OF OUR OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AND -- AND SO WE ARE
EAGER -- OUR FIRST MEETING OF
2022 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON --
WILL ALSO BE TOMORROW MORNING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 930 A.M.
THIS COMMITTEE WILL INCLUDE AN
AFTER ACTION REPORT FROM BOTH
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO ASSESS THE
EXECUTIVES RESPONSE TO WINTER
STORMS THAT HIT OUR AREA
BETWEEN -- THIS WILL INCLUDE
INFORMATION ON -- PLAGUE OF
POTHOLES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
THIS PAST FRIDAY IN DISTRICT 4,
I WELCOMED SEVERAL OTHER
OFFICIALS TO HEAR FIRSTHAND THE
GUT WRENCHING STORIES OF
VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM AGAINST
SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES
OWNED BY WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND THEIR CUSTOMERS, THIS
CRIME PREVENTION WALKING TOUR
WAS ORGANIZED BY -- VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE BEING JOINED BY -- I
WAS ALSO IMPRESSED THAT THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION -- THIS
DISTURBING SPIKE IN CRIME BY
BRINGING TOGETHER PUBLIC SAFETY
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS
TO EXPEDITE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-
TERM SOLUTIONS.
>> -- I BELIEVE SOLUTIONS MUST
LSO INCLUDE -- BEFORE THEY
BECOME A HARMFUL CRISIS AND --
THE DISTRICT HAS SO MANY ASSETS
THAT REQUIRE COMMUNITY SAFETY
TO THRIVE INCLUDING OUR WORLD-
CLASS UNIVERSITY LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS A -- AND RESIDENTS WHO
ALL DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE, I
WANT TO THANK THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS --
LAST WEEK IN THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT AS WELL AS JUST
YESTERDAY ARRESTING A SUSPECT
INVOLVED IN -- WE RELY ON THE
HARD WORK OF THESE OFFICERS AND
DETECTIVES TO SOLVE THESE
VIOLENT CRIMES.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TURN IT
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON
TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
-- THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE -- AT
THIS WEEK'S MEETING WE WILL
HEAR A BRIEFING FROM -- ON THE
LEGISLATION FROM MY OFFICE
SUPPORTING THE DEMANDS FROM THE
CLIMATE MOVEMENT URGING
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO -- MY
OFFICE IS SPONSORING THE
LEGISLATION THAT THE CLIMATE
MOVEMENT HAS REQUESTED TO GIVE
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD -- BASED ON THOSE
INSTITUTIONS TIES TO THE -- IS
INSTRUCTED TO GIVE THOSE -- ONE
WEEK AGO AND IT WAS SENT TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALONG WITH --
THIS MORNING, MY INTENTION IS --
OF COURSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD
AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS ISSUE
THROUGH A PRESENTATION THAT WAS
MADE BY -- ON THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
ON TOMORROW'S INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS -- WHO ARE
STRUGGLING TO FORM A UNION AND
WE KNOW NOW THAT OVER 55
WORKERS AND 55 STORES AROUND
THE NATION HAVE DECLARED THEIR
INTENTION TO BE PART OF THIS
UNION MOVEMENT -- THAT HAVE
DECLARED THEIR INTENTION TO
UNIONIZE.
-- THE RESOLUTION CALLS ON
STARBUCKS CORPORATION TO ACCEPT
-- AND COMMITTING TO ALLOW
EMPLOYEES TO DISCUSS
UNIONIZATION FREE FROM THREATS
INTIMIDATION AND ANTIUNION
PROPAGANDA ANTIUNION MEETINGS
AND LAWSUITS.
THE STARBUCKS WORKERS IN SEATTLE
-- TO BARGAIN A FAIR CONTRACT
SUCH THAT THE WORKERS CAN HAVE
FAIR STANDARDS OF LIVING AND --
LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDS ALL
WORKERS IN SEATTLE ORGANIZE
INTO UNIONS TO COLLECTIVELY
FIGHT FOR BETTER WAGES BENEFITS
AND WORKING CONDITIONS I JOINED
STARBUCKS WORKERS NOT ONLY FOR
THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY
MORNING LAST WEEK WHERE WE
UNVEILED THE RESOLUTION BUT
ALSO FOR A FANTASTIC RALLY
TUESDAY EVENING WHICH WAS
ATTENDED BY NEARLY 200 PEOPLE
MANY OF THEM UNION MEMBERS MANY
OF THEM NONUNIONIZED WORKERS,
DESPITE THE COLD WEATHER AND
THIS RALLY WAS HOSTED BY MY
OFFICE -- WORKERS TALKED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NO
DEMOCRACY IN THE WORKPLACE, NO
VOICE TO PUSH FOR DECENT WAGES
OR COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES --
ONE OF THE STORES IN BUFFALO
THAT WHEN THE UNION -- ALSO
FOLLOWED UP THAT ACTION BY
CARRYING OUT -- THAT WON THEM
AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY WHICH IS
THE PAID COVID-19 QUARANTINE IF
YOU ARE EXPOSED TO COVID-19 AND
THIS IS -- WHEN WE HAVE WORKERS
WHO ARE WILLING TO MOVE INTO
COLLECTION OF COLLECTIVE
ACTION.
-- THE LONG HISTORY THAT THE
COMPANY HAS OF -- WE HAVE HEARD
HOW STARBUCKS SENT LITERALLY --
TO TRY TO INTIMIDATE -- AND ALSO
USING OTHER KINDS OF ACTIONS
LIKE TRYING TO WINE AND DINE
THE WORKERS TO -- TO GET THEM
TO BACK DOWN, IMMEDIATE
MANAGERS TELLING STORE MANAGERS
-- SO THEY ARE USING ALL KINDS
OF TACTICS TO GET THE WORKERS
TO BACK DOWN, WORKERS ARE
SHOWING INCREDIBLE COURAGE, IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
PROGRESSIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND ALSO LABOR COUNCILS AND
LABOR UNIONS STAND WITH THE
WORKERS AND PASS SUCH
RESOLUTIONS.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING
NATIONWIDE UNIONIZATION DRIVE,
STARBUCKS WORKERS ARE INSPIRED
BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR AND
WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO WIN BUT
THEY ARE ALSO AWARE OF HOW
FIERCELY OPPOSED -- WINNING THE
FIRST CONTRACT WILL BE EVEN
MORE DIFFICULT WE KNOW THAT
HUNDREDS OF STARBUCKS LOCATIONS
WILL HAVE TO UNIONIZE TO --
ALSO WE HAVE -- WHO IS GOING TO
BE UNVEILING A SIMILAR
RESOLUTION FOR THE CHICAGO CITY
COUNCIL I WILL BE JOINING HIM
FOR -- BUT THEY WILL BE
STANDING OUTSIDE OF A STARBUCKS
STORE THERE AND ANNOUNCING --
PLEASE LET MY OFFICE KNOW IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS --
CORRECTING THE DATE OF AN
ARTICLE THAT IS QUOTED IN THE
RESOLUTION WE WILL MAKE SURE WE
INCORPORATE THAT IN MY STAFF
WILL BE SURE TO MEET WITH ANY
OF THE OFFICES TO PROVIDE ANY
NEEDED ANSWERS.
DO COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE I END THE
REPORT FROM MY OFFICE?
>> I DO.
THANK YOU, I WANT TO LET SOME
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN OFFLINE
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND SOME
OF THE RULES THAT THE NEW RULES
THAT WE HAVE CAST ON CITY
COUNCIL VOTING WHETHER OR NOT
YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM A
RESOLUTION, AND THE RULES THAT
WE DID PASS ARE THAT
ABSTENTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON
ACTIONS OTHER THAN RESOLUTIONS
THAT IN THE SOLE DISCRETION OF
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ARE NOT
MATERIALLY RELATED TO CITY
GOVERNMENT. SO BASICALLY --
WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SUBJECTIVE
RULING THAT SOMETHING IS NOT
MATERIALLY RELATED TO ALLOW OUR
COLLEAGUES TO ABSTAIN ON
RESOLUTIONS.
BEFORE I ACTUALLY GET TO THAT,
LET ME JUST SHARE THIS, THANK
YOU FOR PULLING THIS RESOLUTION
TOGETHER.
OUR INTERN WENT THROUGH TO LOOK
AT THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAD
PUT INTO YOUR RESOLUTION TO
MAKE SURE, THAT IS HOW WE KNEW
THAT ONE OF THE DATES WERE OFF
SO THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND
LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATEMENTS
YOU ARE MAKING IN THE
RESOLUTION, THAT THEY WERE
COMING FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF
LABOR OR FROM THE BLOOMBERG
ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT ON
DECEMBER 6, STARBUCKS BY
NATURAL REPORT -- I GUESS MY
POINT IS THIS, WHETHER WE AGREE
OR NOT, WHAT YOU DID PUT IN
THERE, ARE FACTS, FACTS THAT
YOU BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT THAT
SHOULD BE IN A RESOLUTION AND I
KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
DISCUSSIONS AMONG SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT EXERCISING OUR
RULE ABOUT WHAT IS MATERIAL AND
WHAT IS NOT AND I JUST WANTED
TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES
THAT HISTORICALLY AND
TRADITIONALLY THIS COUNSEL HAS
BEEN MORE LIBERAL IN ALLOWING
PARTICULAR RESOLUTIONS TO GO
FORWARD THAT ARE NOT QUITE
MATERIALLY RELATED BECAUSE
AGAIN THAT WOULD TAKE SOME
SUBJECTIVE NOTION I BELIEVE FOR
ME IT UNILATERALLY TO DECIDE
WHAT COMES IN AND OUT AND I DO
NOT BELIEVE MY JOB IS AS
GATEKEEPER AND I AM MORE
INCLINED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF
ALLOWING MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE
DONE THAT, WE DID THAT WITH THE
REGIMENT RON ASSOCIATION --
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION -- WE
HAVE DONE THAT WITH THE DAKOTA
ACCESS PIPELINE WHERE THIS CITY
COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION
OPPOSING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN
NORTH DAKOTA, SO WE HAVE A
HISTORY OF TAKING A POSITION
THAT SOME COULD ARGUABLY SAY IS
NOT MATERIAL BUT WE BELIEVE
THAT IT WAS, SO I WANT TO
DISABUSE PEOPLE OF THE NOTION
THAT THAT RULE IS PASSED JUST
TO FERRET OUT EVERYTHING THAT
WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THEM PUT
ON BUT THAT IS WHY WE GET TO
VOTE BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
IS I WOULD NOT INTERPRET ANYONE
WHO VOTES YES OR NO ON THIS AS
EITHER BEING ANTIBUSINESS OR
PRO-BUSINESS OR ANTIUNION OR
PRO UNION AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE
ALL OF YOU -- THAT WE HAVE
SUBMITTED A FEW TO HER AND SOME
CORRECTIONS THAT YOU BE
PREPARED -- I DO NOT WANT TO
COLOR RESOLUTIONS WITH PEOPLE'S
PERSONALITIES, I APPRECIATE THAT
THE COUNCILMEMBER AND HER STAFF
PUT TOGETHER WHAT THEY BELIEVE
IS FACTUALLY RESOLUTION -- I
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT EVERYONE
OF US HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
STATE WHY WE ARE VOTING YES OR
NO I AM NOT INCLINED TO DECLARE
THIS NOT MATERIALLY RELEVANT
AND THEN ALLOW PEOPLE TO
ABSTAIN I KNOW WE HAVE DONE
SOME OF THAT IN THE PAST AND I
THINK WE SHOULD BE OPEN TO THAT
AND I AM OPEN TO HAVING MORE
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS SO I KNOW
THAT THIS WILL COME UP AND I
WANT TO NIP THIS IN THE BUD --
HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON
RESOLUTIONS AND WHAT THEY MEAN
AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND I
THINK THAT IS OKAY I DO NOT
MEAN THAT WE ARE BASICALLY A
LABOR TOWN WE SUPPORT LABOR AND
WE ALSO SUPPORT BUSINESS AND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US AND
SO WITH THAT I WANTED TO SHARE
THAT NOTE IN REGARD TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS
BROUGHT FORWARD IN THIS
RESOLUTION AND WE HAVE GOTTEN
THE FISCAL NOTE AND SUMMARY
THIS MORNING I BELIEVE FROM --
THAT IS THE MEMO YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT?
>> NO, FROM ERIC THAT WAS ABOUT
THE CLIMATE BILL.
>> SO WE DO NOT HAVE --
>> WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THAT
ONE I JUST MENTIONED THAT AS A
POINT OF INFORMATION THAT --
PUTTING FORWARD FOR HIS CITY
COUNCIL SO THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING WE WOULD BE WORKING
ON.
>> I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT WE HAD A COPY OF THAT --
>> I WILL BE HAPPY TO --
>> -- GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK FOR
ANY COMMENT AND I JUST WANTED
TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT I
SAID EARLIER.
I WILL WAIT FOR ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE WANTING
TO SPEAK SO I WILL JUST CLOSE
OUT BY SAYING I REALLY AGREE
THAT IT IS BETTER -- THAT WE BE
OPEN AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES WHY WE
VOTE YES OR NO ON A CERTAIN
QUESTION, I THINK THAT WE OWE
THAT TO CONSTITUENTS AND I
BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS
MATERIAL, BECAUSE -- AND ALSO
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION --
INSPIRED BY THE STARBUCKS UNION
MOVEMENT THAT HAS BEGUN COFFEE
SHOPS AND WORKERS IN OTHER
COFFEE SHOPS ARE ALSO MOVING
INTO ACTION SO IT HAS A RIPPLE
EFFECT AS WELL, AND JUST TO
CLARIFY ON THE DATE OF THE
BLOOMBEG ARTICLE, MY OFFICE IS
JUST INFORMING ME THAT WE WERE
NOT WRONG WITH THE DATE BECAUSE
ARTICLES ARE SOMETIMES UPDATED
AND THEY GET A NEW DATE WHEN
THEY ARE UPDATED AND THIS
REFLECTS THAT DATE, BUT WE CAN
LOOK AT THAT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE
IT IS CORRECT.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT AND I WAS
WRONG?
>> IT IS JUST A QUESTION OF
DATE I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
THE DATE WAS ACCURATE.
-- I DO SEE COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON'S HAND UP SO I WILL WAIT
FOR THAT.
>> OVER THE WEEKEND I DID TRY
TO FIND THAT ARTICLE AND THERE
ARE A LOT OF ARTICLES WITH THOSE
KEYWORDS IN THE QUOTE THAT YOU
USED, SO COULD YOU PLEASE SEND
A LINK TO THAT ARTICLE THAT
WOULD HELP THINGS.
>> WE WILL MAKE SURE TO SEND
THE ARTICLE OUT AS WELL, THAT
IS NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING, SO IF
THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, THAT ENDS THE REPORT
FROM MY OFFICE AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS NEXT
IN THE ROTATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA YOU
HAD A COMMENT?
>> I ALSO WANTED TO LET OUR
COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION HAPPY
TO SUPPORT THAT AND -- AT THE
REQUEST OF -- I AM GOING TO BE
SENDING SOME AMENDMENT LANGUAGE
OVER TO ADD ANOTHER RESOLVED TO
A ACKNOWLEDGE -- WE WILL MAKE
úSURE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE
SPONSOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
WORK DIRECTLY WITH -- AS WELL.
>> I AM DEFINITELY WILLING TO
ADD THAT FOR SURE, AND -- I
FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE
RESOLUTION THAT MY OFFICE HAS
PUT FORWARD IS A PRODUCT OF THE
EFFORT THAT WE HAVE MADE
ALONGSIDE STARBUCKS WORKERS
THEMSELVES TO UNDERSTAND THE --
THEY ARE FACING AND IT IS VERY
MUCH GONE TO THE INPUT OF
BUFFALO WORKERS WHO WERE
INVOLVED IN THE UNIONIZING
STRUGGLE THERE, BUT THEY KNOW
FIRSTHAND WHAT HAS HAPPENED,
AND ALSO THE INPUT OF STARBUCKS
UNITED WHICH IS THE UNION THAT
STARBUCKS WORKERS ARE WORKING
WITH, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE -- SOMETHING THAT HAS GONE
TO A LOT OF REVIEW AND I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO ADD THE LANGUAGE
THAT INCLUDES THE STARBUCKS
WORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY
UNIONIZED IN -- AND OTHER
LOCATIONS, AND ALSO I JUST
WANTED TO SHARE THAT I SENT A
LETTER TO THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I AM
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I DID GET
A RESPONSE FROM THE SECRETARY-
TREASURER -- AND HOPEFULLY THEY
WILL ALSO BE SENDING A LETTER
OF SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION
AND I HAVE ALREADY APPEALED TO
THEM THAT THE LABOR COUNCIL
SHOULD PASS ITS OWN RESOLUTION
AND -- THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES GOOD AFTERNOON HERE
IN DISTRICT 6 LAST WEEK I
CONTINUE TO HOLD OPERATIONAL
COORDINATION MEETINGS --
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS VERY CLEARLY AND HIGH
ON MY RADAR -- AND SOME OF THE
ADJACENT AREAS -- BEFORE THESE
MEETINGS SO THIS IS AN AREA
THAT I AM VERY AWARE OF AND IT
IS ONE OF THE MANY AREAS --
RELATED BUT NOT RELATED I ALSO
MET WITH -- REGARDING THE
GOODWILL SITE ON -- IT WAS A
REALLY REDUCTIVE MEETING WITH --
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA MAY HAVE
ALSO EXPERIENCED -- TO OTHER
DROP-OFF STATIONS IN THE VERY
CLOSE ADJACENT AREA ARE NO
LONGER AVAILABLE, SO THIS IS
PICKING UP THE LOAD FOR THREE
DROP-OFF AREAS ALSO IN D6 -- IT
WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND IT
WAS GREAT TO BE THERE, I ALSO
FACILITATED -- TO DISCUSS
SOLUTIONS AND PRACTICES AS IT
COMES TO ORGANIZED CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISES -- ALONG WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND BUSINESS
OWNERS AND RESTAURANT OWNERS
THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME
TOGETHER AND DISCUSS WHAT EACH
OF US AS SEPARATE ENTITIES CAN
DO COLLECTIVELY -- AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE
AWARE OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY HEIGHTENING HIDING
BEHIND HOMELESSNESS -- THERE IS
MORE WORK TO BE DONE IN THIS
AREA AND -- I WAS ALSO ABLE TO
ATTEND A WALK OF NORTH AURORA
AND -- IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR
FROM THESE PARTNERS ABOUT -- TO
ADDRESS SAFETY AND VIBRANCY
ISSUES ALONG THE AURORA CORA
DOOR.
THIS WEEKEND ALSO NEXT -- I DID
SEE -- THIS WEEK IN DISTRICT 6
OFFICE HOURS ARE -- AND AS
ALWAYS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
MEET WITH ME -- SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS TO BRING SHORT-
TERM CHANGES AND -- AS YOU ALL
HAVE HEARD ME SAY TIME AND TIME
AGAIN WHEN USING -- FORTHCOMING
PERMANENT REGULATIONS FOR
STREET DINING ACROSS THE CITY
OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT 6 I WAS
HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH --
AS I REVIEW WITH THEM THIS
MORNING SO PLEASE DO LET ME
KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE
HAVE MISSED AN -- I WOULD LOVE
YOUR FEEDBACK IF THERE ARE --
ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE I WILL PASS IT OFF
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
SO THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE
FULL COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE --
AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE IS NOT
MEETING THIS WEEK.
-- FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THAT
ARE IN MY COMMITTEE IN PUBLIC
HEALTH I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP
THE FACT THAT THE WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS
OPENING -- YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT
THAT WAS HAPPENING A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO AND RESIDENTS HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ORDER UP TO FIVE
FREE TESTS, THOSE WERE SENT OUT
AND EXHAUSTED THEIR CAPACITY
VERY QUICKLY SO THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH ANTICIPATES ANOTHER
120 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE SERVED
WITH THIS NEXT BATCH.
RECIPIENTS WILL GET THOSE TESTS
DELIVERED AT NO COST BUT ONLY
WHILE -- AND I WILL BE SURE TO
LET YOU KNOW YOU CAN ALSO ORDER
A FREE TESTING KIT FROM -- ON
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SIDE I WANT TO APPRECIATE --
REGARDING THE ORGANIZED RETAIL
THEFT IN ADDITION TO
RECOGNIZING LAST WEEK THAT SPD
MADE ARRESTS IN A RECENT
CARJACKING IN UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT THAT IS SUSPECTED TO
BE LINKED TO OTHER UNLAWFUL
ACTIVITY AND ALSO ARRESTING A
PERSON WHO WAS FOUND AT THE
SCENE OR NEAR THE SCENE OF A
HOMICIDE IN THE BRYANT
NEIGHBORHOOD I ALSO WANTED TO
REPORT THAT I TO CONTINUE TO
DISCUSS WITH -- AND THE
VIOLENCE THAT OFTEN ACCOMPANIES
-- AS SOME OF YOU HAVE SAID
THIS AFTERNOON IT IS OCCURRING
THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORHOODS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY -- ABOUT
SECOND AVENUE SOUTH AND SOUTH
JACKSON STREET IN -- AND THEN
THIRD AVENUE -- I RECOGNIZE
THOSE ARE ONLY TWO NEIGHBORHOODS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
-- THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PUBLIC
EYE, -- BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS
-- IN TOUCH WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS IN THESE AREAS AND -- AS
WELL AS HOW TO MAKE CHANGES
THAT ALLOW FOR SPD -- IN A MORE
EFFICIENT WAY AS I RECENTLY
SHARED IN MY WEEKLY -- AND AN
86% INCREASE COMPARED TO 2019.
IN 2021, 31 OF THESE INCIDENTS
RESULTED IN A FATALITY, 143
RESULTED IN A NON-FATALITY
INJURY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE --'S
RECOGNITION THAT THERE IS NO
SINGLE CAUSE FOR THE INCREASE
IN GUN VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE, AND
A RECOGNITION THAT THESE
INCREASES ARE HAPPENING
THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
WE KNOW NATIONALLY THE RATE OF
GUN PURCHASES OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS SHOWS THAT AMERICANS
BOUGHT MORE GUNS IN 2020 AND
2021 THAN THEY DID IN PREVIOUS
YEARS, THE GUNS PURCHASED IN
2020 OH SEEM TO BE USED -- AND
AMERICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO
CARRY GUNS ILLEGALLY IN 2020.
EACH OF THESE FINDINGS THAT I
JUST MENTIONED ARE SUPPORTED BY
STATISTIC STUDIES AND IN SHORT
AMERICANS HAD MORE GUNS AND
WERE POSSIBLY MORE LIKELY TO
USE AND CARRY THEM.
RESEARCHER RESEARCH NOT ONLY
SHOWS THAT WHERE THERE ARE MORE
GUNS THERE IS MORE VIOLENCE.
-- I JUST WANT TO ALSO
RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT
WORK IS GETTING THESE GUNS OFF
THE STREET BUT ALSO I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF -- TO PULL
TOGETHER -- REALLY APPRECIATE
THEIR WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE TAKING A PUBLIC HEALTH
APPROACH -- ON THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FRONT I
WANT TO LIFT UP THAT -- WILL BE
HOLDING ITS FIRST -- OF 2022 ON
FEBRUARY 3, AND THIS INAUGURAL
COFFEE FOR THE YEAR IS FEATURING
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SEATTLE'S --
WE HAVE A PANEL PRESENTATION
LED BY -- OF THE INTERNATIONAL
-- AND ALSO -- A COMMUNITY
OUTREACH SPECIALIST WITH THE --
A MONTHLY EVENT BY THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHERE --
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
ASK QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE
FEEDBACK YOU CAN FIND MORE
INFORMATION AT SEATTLE.GOV/--
>> ONE LAST UPDATE FROM HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT -- IS
PREPARING TO LAUNCH ITS SCHOOL
YEAR LUNCH AND LEARN SORRY IT
IS NOT -- IT IS LEARN AND EARN
PROGRAM -- INCLUDING INTERACTIVE
READINESS --
I WILL BE ATTENDING A DISTRICT
ONE COMMUNITY NETWORK MEETING
IT IS DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY
NETWORK IS A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS A
NUMBER OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT
DISTRICT 1 AND THERE WILL BE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY
AND WE WILL BE HAVING SOME
GUESTS WHO REPRESENT THE CITY'S
INVESTMENTS ON COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE, DO ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
--
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR YOUR REPORT SO
JUMPING INTO IT , NOT THAT MUCH
TO REPORT ON THIS WEEK BUT I DO
WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE UPDATES ON
UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETINGS --
TO CHANGE USE PERMIT POLICIES --
SO WE WILL HEAR THAT
INFORMATION ON A DISCUSSION ON
COUNCIL BILL 1206 OR I HAVE
HOLD TOLD THE DEPARTMENT -- SO
THIS SEEMED TO BE A BILL THAT
YOU WOULD BENEFIT FROM
DISCUSSING -- IF THERE ARE NO
ISSUES -- VOTING OUT AND
REFERRING TO COUNSEL FOR FULL
CONSIDERATION AT THIS EARLY
PART OF THE CALENDAR FOR THE
FEBRUARY 16 MEETING AS THIS IS
CURRENTLY COMING TOGETHER WE
ARE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE FROM
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA ON HOW
THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING SINCE
THE COMPLETION AND OPENING OF
LIMA PLEDGE ARENA SINCE LAST
FALL THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS
AS EVERYONE HERE CAN APPRECIATE
WE ARE VERY PROUD ABOUT LANDING
THAT PROJECT WHICH I KNOW --
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A
REPORT BACK TO KIND OF DISCUSS
THE AFTER ACTION REPORT OF
BUILDING IT AND HOW THAT
PARTICULAR VENUE HAS BEEN
OPERATING IN THE APPROXIMATELY
FOUR MONTHS THAT HE HAS BEEN
OPEN, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT ON FEBRUARY 16 WE ARE ALSO
GOING TO HEAR FOR APPOINTMENTS
TO THE BOARD OF -- THESE ARE
GOING TO BE FOR COUNSEL
APPOINTMENTS DRAWN FROM SEVERAL
DISTRICTS IN ADDITION TO THOSE
TWO AGENDA ITEMS THERE MAY BE
AN ADDITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE ITEM
ADDED SO DO NOT LOCK ME INTO
THAT BEING THE FULL AGENDA FOR
FEBRUARY 16 BUT I WILL DULY LET
THE COUNCIL KNOW IF THERE WILL
BE -- ON SOME HOMELESSNESS
UPDATES I AM PLEASED TO REPORT
TO THE COUNCIL THAT OVER THE
WEEKEND ALL OF THE FOLKS STILL
CURRENTLY STAYING AT THE -- ONE
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S RAPID
REHOUSING HOMELESSNESS
INITIATIVES DURING COVID-19
JUST TO GET EVERYONE UP TO
SPEED THIS WAS THE GENERAL IDEA
OF HAVING A HOTEL BASED SHELTER
FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME
HOOKED UP TO A RAPID REHOUSING
PROVIDER IN THIS CASE A
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES
RAPID REHOUSING PROVIDER AND
LOW INCOME HOUSING -- THAT HOTEL
SHELTER HAD TO WIND DOWN BY THE
END OF JANUARY MY UNDERSTANDING
IS OVER THIS WEEKEND -- WAS
ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL WITHOUT
DISPLACING ANY OF THE STILL
LIVING RESIDENCE IN THE HOTEL
AND FINDING THEM PLACES EITHER
IN -- OR SOME OTHER FORM OF
ENHANCED SHELTER THAT WAS A
DESIRABLE PLACE WITH I BELIEVE
ONLY A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS OF
PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO LEAVE THE
HOTEL RATHER THAN TAKE ANOTHER
OFFER OF A PLACE TO GO.
MY HOPE IS I HAVE SAID BEFORE
IS TO HAVE A PRETTY DETAILED
AFTER ACTION REPORT ON -- AND
THE RAPID REHOUSING FUNCTION TO
DETERMINE WHAT LESSONS WE CAN
LEARN AND TRANSMIT OVER TO THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL -- AS PART
OF OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO LEAN
INTO SHELTERING AND -- HOOKING
UP OUR SHELTERS TO RAPID
REHOUSING MODELS AND MOVING
FORWARD I JUST REALLY WANT TO
THANK THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY FOR
THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND
ADAPTABILITY IN WORKING WITH
LEHIGH TO SUPPORT THIS GOAL AND
OF COURSE -- HOUSING INSTITUTE
ITSELF FOR THEIR ABILITY TO
NIMBLY PROVIDE FOR AND
DETERMINE PLANS OF ACTION FOR
FOLKS WHO WERE STILL IN THE
EXECUTIVE HOTEL WITHOUT A NEW
PLACEMENT AS OF JANUARY.
SO HOPEFULLY SOMETIME IN
FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH WE WILL
BE ABLE TO HEAR A FAIRLY
DETAILED AFTER ACTION OF THE --
AND THE LESSONS THAT CAN BE
LEARNED FROM THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE I DO NOT
CURRENTLY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES THE RFP THAT WE HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSING -- I BELIEVE HE
IS CLOSING THIS WEEK FOR THREE
NEW ENHANCED SHELTERING ASSETS
FUNDED BY THIS COUNSEL AND OUR
BUDGET LAST FALL SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO REPORT
BACK ON THE DECISIONS THAT THE
AUTHORITIES ARE ABLE TO MAKE
FROM THAT RFP SO WITH THAT I DO
NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
BRIEFING UPDATES TO GIVE THIS
AFTERNOON SO I AM HAPPY TO --
SEEING NO QUESTIONS I WILL HAND
IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE
THANK YOU -- LAST WEEK I HAD MY
FIRST COMMITTEE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATION ARTS
RIGHTS REFUGEE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
SOONER OR LATER I WILL COME UP
WITH A SHORT WAY TO SAY THAT WE
MEANT TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM
THREE DEPARTMENTS WE HEARD THE
-- AND THEN WE HEARD A REVIEW
OF 2021 -- OUR NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11
AT 9:30 I ALSO DID HAVE MY
FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING --
INCLUDING SOME POSSIBLE
LEGISLATION THAT I BELIEVE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ HAD
BEEN WORKING ON AND THEN THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL BE --
SO I WILL KEEP FOLKS POSTED AS
WE START TO APPROACH -- NOT A
LOT FROM MY OTHER DEPARTMENTS I
MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY AND WE
DID NOT MEET IN THE LAST FEW
WEEKS -- IN TERMS OF DISTRICTS
LAST WEEK -- HAD THEIR GRAND
OPENING FOR HOBSON PLACE -- IT
IS A NEW FACILITY IN DISTRICT
2, IT IS NOW OPEN TO 85 PEOPLE
WHO ARE ESCAPING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS THE FACILITY
INCLUDES A TOTAL OF 177 NEW
HOMES OR WILL WHEN IT IS
COMPLETELY DONE, IT ALSO HAS A
CLINIC THAT WILL SERVE ON-SITE
TENANT, IT WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE GOAL
IS TO SERVE UP TO 10,000
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR, THE CLINIC AT -- THE
VERY COMPLEX NEEDS OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE LIVING WITH
DISABILITIES WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED THE LONGEST PERIODS
OF HOMELESSNESS, SO THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT NEW SPACE FOR
THIS POPULATION WHO WE KNOW ARE
STRUGGLING AND HAVE A LOT OF
HIGH NEEDS, AND THIS FACILITY
IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THEM
AND SO -- LAST WEEK I ALSO MET
WITH NEIGHBORS FROM MOUNT BAKER
AS I DO EVERY TWO WEEKS.
-- THE FOLKS HAVE ORGANIZED
AROUND AND CREATED WE HAVE
SCHEDULED A TOUR OF -- TO
INVESTIGATE WHAT REHAB MIGHT BE
NEEDED SO THAT WE MIGHT TURN
THAT INTO TEMPORARY USE SPACE
PERHAPS AS A SMALL BUSINESS
INCUBATOR OF THE CULTURAL SECTOR
-- AND SO THERE IS A REAL
INTEREST IN PERHAPS PROVIDING
AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCUBATE A
SMALL BUSINESS WHILE WE ARE
WAITING FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT TO
PROCEED AND I DO WANT TO THANK
-- AND HE WAS A HUGE ASSET
PARTICULARLY DURING COVID-19 AS
WE WERE TRYING TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES TO STAY AFLOAT HE
WAS TRULY A FRONT-LINE WORKER
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO
I WAS HAPPY TO SEE HIM THERE AS
WE WERE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORTING
ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY I WAS
ALSO INVITED BY THE -- SO I WAS
REALLY HAPPY TO BE AT -- NEIGHB
WITH RESIDENTS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES ABOUT ADDRESSING
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE
BEEN GOING ON.
WE ARE ORGANIZING THE FIRST FEW
ROUNDS WITH KING COUNTY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
WHO HAS BEEN DISTRICT DID OUT
OF LITTLE SAIGON.
WE WILL ALSO BE MEETING WITH
KING COUNCILMEMBER JOE
McDERMITT USED JURISDICTION
INCLUDES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
BOTH OF THEM AND EVENTUALLY
TAKING UP THAT WORK WITH
COUNCILMEMBER McDERMITT. THAT
IS REALLY ALL I HAVE. WE DO
HAVE OFFICE HOURS THIS THURSDAY
MORNING.
NEIGHBORS CAN SIGN UP FOR A
CONSTITUENT MEETING AT MY
WEBSITE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW
COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE
SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YES MA'AM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.
ARE YOU STILL WORKING WITH KING
COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE
SOUND TRANSIT STUFF?
OR ARE YOU WORKING WITH MR.
McDERMOTT ON THAT?
>> THE THING RELATED TO MOUNT
BAKER ARE WITHIN COUNCIL
MEMBERS JURISDICTION.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM
ON THOSE ISSUES AND IF IT IS IN
CID OR IN LITTLE SAIGON IT WILL
BE COUNCILMEMBER McDERMITT.
I HAVE ALL KINDS OF COLLEAGUES
TO BE WORKING WITH.
>> I AM REALLY GLAD YOU ARE
DOING THIS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THEM AT SOUND TRANSIT ON
SAFETY ISSUES AND FATALITIES
AND THE RANKING OF WHAT LIGHT
RAIL STATIONS HAVE HAD THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF CRIME.
IT IS NOT MOUNT BAKER.
IT IS ALL DOWN SOUTH.
ANYWAY.
I AM GLAD -- IF THEY CAN GIVE
YOU ANY MORE INFORMATION OR SEND
INFORMATION OVER TO YOU, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I AM STILL ON THE RIDER
EXPERIENCE OR WHAT IT IS CALLED
ARE EO OPERATIONS.
RIDERSHIP EXPERIENCE OPERATIONS.
BASICALLY, THAT IS STILL AN
ISSUE.
FOR ME IT IS ON OUR TOP FIVE,
TOP THREE.
I HOPE TO GIVE EVERYONE AN
UPDATE ON THAT STUFF NEXT WEEK.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
I WILL HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE HAD LAST WEEK OFF TO BE
WITH FAMILY.
THE UPDATES I HAVE FOR YOU ARE
THAT THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL HAVE ITS
NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 16.
THAT IS BECAUSE THIS WEEK'S
FINANCE AND HOUSING MEETING IS
CANCELED.
FEBRUARY 16 MEETING WE WILL
CONSIDER THE CONFIRMATION OF
FOR THE DIRECTION OF DIRECTOR
OF THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
THIS IS A FULL TWO WEEKS NOTICE
THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
PER THE REQUEST AND GUIDANCE
FROM BOTH COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ AND
IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
LEGISLATION THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED.
I THINK GOING ON TWO OR THREE
YEARS AGO AS WE CONSIDER NEW
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ SENDING OUT A REMINDER
TO OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE HAVE
A TIMELINE AND A PROCESS THAT
HAS BEEN CODIFIED INTO STATUTE
AND ARE APPRECIATE THE
REQUIREMENT FOR TWO WEEKS
NOTICE.
FEBRUARY 16 IS WHERE WE WILL
CONSIDER THE CONFIRMATION AS
POSSIBLE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY
BUDGET'S OFFICE AND AS PER USUAL
OUR OFFICE HAS OR WILL BE
SENDING OUT POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ADD
TO IN ADVANCE OF THE
CONFIRMATION MEETING.
IN TERMS OF FULL COUNCIL, THERE
ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE ON
TOMORROW'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
IN TERMS OF UPDATES, I DID WANT
TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON BEHALF
OF THE FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, FAS IS FLOGGING A
BILL FOR US WITH POTENTIAL
INTEREST.
THE CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL IS
HOUSE BILL 2067.
THIS IS IDENTIFIED'S DATE
LEGISLATION AFFECTING
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES AND THEIR AFFILIATED
DRIVERS. IT PROPOSES TO CREATE
A MINIMUM COMPENSATION STANDARD
FOR DRIVERS.
STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED QUESTIONS
THEY ARE ASKING ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL AND ARE WORKING WITH
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS,
LOT APARTMENT, INTO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS TO STRATEGIZE AND
RESPOND.
AND I GUESS THEY SHOULD BE
WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL AS WELL
TO HELP US UNDERSTAND MORE OF
THE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THAT
AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF FRONT-LINE WORKER
PAY.
FAS HAS IDENTIFIED THE SYSTEMS
AND CITYWIDE PAYROLL ROLLED OUT
FRONT-LINE WORKER PAY AT THE
STATION PORTAL AND FORMS TO
ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WITH THE
HELP OF CITY DEPARTMENTS HUMAN
RESOURCE TEAM.
FAS IS MONITORING SOME MISSIONS
AND FIELDING QUESTIONS AND
WORKING WITH INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS TO
FINALIZE THE PAYROLL
ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF THE
PORTAL.
EMPLOYEES HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY
11 TO SUBMIT THEIR FORMS.
PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES THAT
IS MY REPORT FROM THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING.
I APPRECIATE IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, OKAY.
I WILL HANDED OFF TO MY NEW
COLLIE, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> MY FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING
OF THE ECONOMIC THE MOMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE,
WHICH FOR SURE I CALL ED TCL.
WE PASSED THREE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION AND UNANIMOUSLY OUT
OF COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE ON
TOMORROW'S AGENDA.
THEY ARE ALL FROM CITY LIGHT
AND THE FIRST IS COUNCIL BUILT
120259, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE
RENEWAL OF AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE TRIBE IN WHICH
THE CITY AGREES TO CONTINUE
SUPPORT FOR THE CAREER TRAINING
CENTER.
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SKILLED WORKFORCE FOR THE
MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE AND THE
COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE DAM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT, FEEL FREE TO ASK BEFORE
TOMORROW.
COUNCIL BUILT 120260,
AUTHORIZES CITY LIGHT TO ACCEPT
EXCLUSIVE USE OF A FIBER CABLE,
9.9 MILES LONG.
THAT WE SHARE WITH UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON.
ND THEY NO LONGER NEED THE
CAPACITY.
AND FINALLY WE HAVE A RESOLUTION
32040, WHICH WOULD AFFIRM CITY
LIGHTS FIRST CLEAN ENERGY
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH IS
REQUIRED UNDER WASHINGTON'S
CLEAN ENERGY TRANSFORMATION ACT
WHICH WAS ADOPTED INTO LAW IN
2019.
THAT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR
TOMORROW.
I WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE
MEETINGS THAT I PARTICIPATED IN
THIS PAST WEEK.
WE LOVE MY STAFF AND I LOVE
FIELD TRAPS.
ON WEDNESDAY THE 26 WE WENT ON
A FIELD TRIP TO COLUMBIA CITY
AND WAS COMBINED MEETINGS WITH
MICHAEL WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF
SOUTHEAST AFFECTED DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE TOURED SOME OF HIS
FACILITIES.
A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
CALLED LILAC HOTEL.
AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT HIS
DECADES-OLD NONPROFIT.
FUN FACT, OCCUPIES A
DECOMMISSIONED CITY LIGHTS
SUBSTATION.
THAT IS A NICE HISTORICAL
FEATURE.
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE.
ALSO ON THAT SAME DAY, WE WERE
JOINED BY ROB WITH THE COLUMBIA
CITY BIA AND HE GAVE A BRIEF
TOUR OF DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA CITY
AND INTRODUCED US TO THE OWNER
OF THE JEKYLL LOPE TEX-MEX AND
CANTINA WHICH HAS BEEN OPEN FOR
ABOUT SIX WEEKS AND HE IS LOVING
THE ENERGY AND THE WELCOME OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND OVERALL, THE COMMUNITY IS
DOING WELL.
BUT THEY DO ASK FOR CITY HELP
ON BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH
PEOPLE IN CRISIS.
AND ALSO CRIME.
AND ON THAT NOTE, WE STOPPED BY
A SMALL SHOP CALLED THE SMOKE
AND BEYOND SHOP.
IT IS OWNED BY AN EAST AFRICAN
IMMIGRANT FAMILY WHO HAS HAD
THREE BREAK-INS OVER THE PAST
SIX MONTHS AND THE MOST RECENT
ONE WAS A TRUCK BREAKING DOWN
YOUR FRONT WALL.
TO ENTER AND STEAL THE ATM.
THAT WAS DAYS BEFORE WE GOT
THERE AND THEY WERE JUST TRYING
TO REBUILD THE FRONT WALL AND
KEEP IT SECURE, UNTIL THEY
COULD GET THE GLASS AND THE
DOORS ET CETERA.
THAT WAS SAD TO HEAR.
IT IS CASES LIKE THIS THAT LED
ME TO MAKE SOME REMARKS IN MY
FIRST MEETING LAST WEEK ABOUT
THE IMPACTS OF ESCALATING CRIME
ON SMALL BUSINESSES.
ACROSS THE CITY IN EVERY
DISTRICT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE MEETING
VIDEO, WHICH IS ON THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL AND VIEW TO THE 10
MINUTE MARK TO SEE THE
COMMENTS.
OR CHECK OUT MY TWITTER AND
FACEBOOK FEEDS.
TO SEE REMARKS.
REALLY, IT WAS VALIDATION THAT
THIS IS NOT JUST HAPPENING TO
SMALL BUSINESSES.
BECAUSE I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE
INVITED TO THE TOUR THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
MENTIONED . WE ALSO MET WITH
STAFF AND THE UNIVERSITY
BOOKSTORE AND A BANK TELLER AT
THE CREDIT UNION IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND HEARD A LOT OF STORIES
ABOUT CRIME.
WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS,
EVERY SINGLE PERSON TALKED ABOUT
ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO THEIR
EMPLOYEES OR TWO CUSTOMERS.
YOU COULD HEAR THE TRAUMA AS
THEY WERE RELATING THESE
STORIES.
IT STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME
BECAUSE IT REFRAMED WHAT I HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, CRIMES
AGAINST SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS
IS NOT JUST ABOUT PROPERTY
CRIME.
IT IS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME TO
PEOPLE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
FRONT-LINE WORKERS.
BARISTAS AND JANITORIAL STAFF,
FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE
FOLKS, THAT ARE IN THE BRICK-
AND-MORTAR ESTABLISHMENTS THAT
ARE ALSO VERY MUCH IMPACTED.
THAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT IT A
DIFFERENT WAY THAT I SHOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT PROPERTY
IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE.
TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION
IN MY NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY
9, WE WILL HAVE A PANEL
DISCUSSION THAT INCLUDES
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOME OF
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
DISTRICTS AS WELL AS A COUPLE
OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND KENNY STEWART OF OUR
FIREFIGHTERS UNION, LOCAL 27
WILL BE THERE BECAUSE HE'S GOT
DOCUMENTATION ON THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT THEY ARE RESPONDING
TO.
WE WILL HEAR THEIR EXPENSES.
BUT THIS IS NOT A AIRING OF
GRIEVANCES.
BECAUSE I HAVE ASKED FOR IDEAS
FOR THINGS THE CITY COULD DO
RIGHT NOW TO HELP.
SOME OF THE SURFACE AT THE END
OF OUR MEETING, THAT WAS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ASKED.
WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT ARE
POSITIVE STEPS WE CAN TAKE ? I
WILL BE PUTTING OUT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IN THE
COMING DAYS.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED, FEBRUARY 9 AT 9:30
IN THE MORNING.
OTHER MEETINGS THAT I HAVE THIS
PAST WEEK, ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING ONES WAS WITH
JAMES, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC.
BECAUSE I AM REALLY EXCITED TO
BEGIN THE WORK TO STRENGTHEN
SEATTLE'S FILM AND MUSIC
ECONOMIES.
I AM LIKELY TO INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION SOON FOR THE
FORMATION OF A FILM COMMISSION.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
IS FAMILIAR TO YOU AND YOU
ALWAYS WEIGHED IN POSITIVELY, I
BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR OR THE
YEAR BEFORE.
I WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT TO
BRING FORWARD AND, EXCUSE ME,
MELISSA, THAT WAS A GIFT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] REACHED OUT
TO ME FOR A MEETING BECAUSE SHE
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CHRIS ON
A LOT OF THESE IDEAS AND OTHER
WAYS OF LOOKING AT WAYS THE
CITY CAN HELP THE SECTOR THAT
IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER. BECAUSE
IT CREATES JOBS AND IN ALL
STAGES OF FILM PRODUCTION AND
ALSO THE MUSIC COMMUNITY IS ARE
A BIG PART OF THIS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WORK
WITH THE LOSS OF FILM AND
MUSIC.
ANOTHER MEETING WAS WITH JEAN
WASSERMAN OF THE NORTH SEATTLE
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION.
THINGS HE MENTIONED THAT THEY
ARE FOCUSED ON IS THE STATION
LOCATION, BALLARD STATION
LOCATION.
SOUND TRANSIT TO BALLARD.
THEY ARE NOT REALLY DOWN WITH
THE 140 FOOT BRIDGE AND THEY
WOULD PREFER A TUNNEL.
JUST VOICING THAT.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ALSO ON THE
HARBOR PATROL BECAUSE THEY ARE
DOWN TO ONE VOTE WITH -- IT IS
PART-TIME.
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS
GOING ON ON THE WATERFRONT THAT
NEED MORE SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY
IN THE SUMMER.
UNDER THE THING HE TALKED
ABOUT, I AM LOOKING AT MY
NOTES, LET'S SEE -- WELL.
I WILL GET BACK TO THAT LATER.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
AND MET WITH A BIG SUPPORTER OF
MY CAMPAIGN AND LEARNING ABOUT
THE STRIKES GOING ON AND SOME
OF THE CRIME ISSUES HE IS
HEARING HIS MEMBERS ARE DEALING
WITH.
AND FINALLY, FOR MY EXTERNAL
COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP I
WILL BE ATTENDING THE FEBRUARY
2 MEETING OF THE PRC ECONOMIC
MOMENT SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE WILL
GO OVER THE SCOPING OF THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
PROECT AS WELL AS DISCUSSING
THEIR INDUSTRIAL LAND STUDY.
THAT IS ON MY PLATE FOR THIS
COMING WEEK.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET
ME KNOW.
THANKS.
AND I WILL PASS IT TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> UNLESS YOU ADD, HARD TIME.
>> I WAS IN YOUR COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK, WELL DONE.
THE JOB.
I ENJOYED WHAT WE GOT DONE.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO SHARE.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
IF THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
GOVERNANCE NATIVE COMMUNITIES
AND TRIBAL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
ON TOMORROW'S COUNCIL AGENDA.
THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL
BE ON MARCH 17 AT 9:30 AND WE
ARE PUTTING THE AGENDA TOGETHER
NOW.
IN REGARDS TO NATIVE
COMMUNITIES THIS MORNING WE
ATTENDED AN ENGAGEMENT SESSION
OF THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON
NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS
CONVENED BY THE INTERIOR
SECRETARY.
HHS WAS THERE, D.O.T., DOJ.
WE HEARD PRESENTATIONS.
THE FIRST WAS RELATED TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
AND THE SECOND WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
IMPROVING SAFETY, CRIMINAL
JUSTICE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
AND ADDRESSING THE CRISIS OF
MISSING AND MURDERED AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
TRIBAL LEADERS SHARE THEIR
GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THE FUTURE OF THESE
IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS.
I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IN 2019 WITH OUR LAW
AND OUR FUNDED POSITION.
IT IS NICE TO SEE THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY CATCHING UP.
REMINDERS THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS FOR THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND NONMEMBER COMMISSION OF
INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATIVES. THE
COUNCIL WILL ADVISE THE MAYOR,
CITY COUNCIL AND CITY
DEPARTMENTS ON EVERYTHING
DIRECTLY AFFECTING INDIGENOUS
POPULATIONS.
THE DEADLINE IS MONDAY THE
DEADLINE IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28
AT 5:00. FOR MORE INFORMATION
VISIT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS WEBSITE.
SOUND TRANSIT.
LAST FRIDAY, SOUND TRANSIT
RELEASED ITS DRAFT -- OKAY. I'M
SORRY.
WHEN YOU START AGAIN.
LAST FRIDAY THE 28th SOUND
TRANSIT RELEASED ITS DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
YOU GOT THAT.
THAT HUGE CO-LOCATED EIS.
THE NEXT MAJOR EXPANSION OF
LIGHT RAIL.
IT HIGHLIGHTS THE POSSIBLE
ALTERNATIVE ROUTES AND STATION
LOCATIONS AND THE BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS OF EACH ALTERNATIVE.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
I'M SORRY, HE IS NOT DONE WITH
A FEW THINGS BUT I THINK WE CAN
WORK THROUGH SOME OF THAT.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK TO SOUND TRANSIT AND
YOU CAN DO THAT BY EMAIL OR
PHONE.
HOWEVER YOU CAN PROVIDE
FEEDBACK BY ATTENDING ONE OF
THE FOUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY
GROUP MEETINGS.
INTERBAY BALLARD IS WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 2, 5:00 UNTIL 7:00.
DOWNTOWN IS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
3, 5:00 UNTIL 7:00.
WAS SEATTLE IS TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 8 FROM 5:00 UNTIL
7:00.
AND THE CID AND SOTO IS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 FROM 5:00
UNTIL 7:00.
YOU CAN GO TO THE SOUND TRANSIT
WEBSITE FOR THE DIAL IN
INFORMATION AND ALL THE OTHER
INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UPCOMING THIS WEEK, LET'S SEE.
I THINK I AM GOOD FOR THIS WEEK
EXCEPT FOR YOUR FAVORITE
HOLIDAY IS ON WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 2 HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY.
ANYWAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND I
WILL CELEBRATE GRANDMA DAY.
IT IS A BIG HOLIDAY FOR US.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE
AGENDA.
EITHER ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT I HAVE
PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY?
OKAY.
WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON
EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.