HOCK.
>>> COUNCIL PRESENT.
THE MINUTES WILL BE ADOPTED.
SEEING NO OCTOBER THE MINUTES
WILL BE ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO THE PRESIDENT'S
REPORT ON TODAY'S AGENDA WE
WILL HEAR FROM THE OFFICE OF IN
TER GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS WITH
THE UPDATE ON STATE CAPITOL AND
OPERATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WILL PROPOSE A
PROCLAMATION TO AN MEMBER OF
THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND
PROPOSE A PROCLAMATION TO
PROPOSE MARCH 2nd, SEATTLE
KRAKEN DAY AND RECEIVE REPORTS
FROM EACH COUNCILMEMBER AS WELL
AND THEN WE ARE SCHEDULED TO
HAVE TWO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS,
ONE 30 MINUTES AND ONE 20
MINUTES.
IF OUR MEETING WILL GO LONGER,
I WILL MOVE TO EXTEND OR
SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD ON
ADDITIONAL MINUTES.
TOMORROW WE WILL OPEN WITH
SPECIAL GUESTS FOR THE
PROCLAMATION AND WILL INCLUDE
THE COUNCIL'S 2020 WORK PLAN.
WE WILL GO TO THE THIRD PART OF
THE AGENDA THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HEAD IT
OUT TO GAIL AND HER CREW TO
INTRODUCE HER TEAM.
>> WELCOME.
I'M NOT CERTAIN IF DIRECTOR
CHARLTON HAS JOINED US SO I
THINK ELSA AND I CAN KICK IT
OFF IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO COUNCIL.
JOINING YOU TODAY.
THE 50th OF 60 DAYS IN THE
STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND
TWO WEEKS LEFT WITH SESSIONS
SCHEDULED TO CONCLUDE ON MARCH
10th THAT IS NEXT THURSDAY.
A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE OUR
LAST UPDATE TO YOU GIVEN THE
HOLIDAY OF LAST WEEK.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A --
AS MUCH BREADTH AND DEPTH OF AN
OVERVIEW AND UNDERSTANDING YOU
HAVE OTHER BUSINESS AND WE MAY
NEED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
OFFLINE.
I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO START
WITH THE BUDGETS THAT WERE
RELEASED LAST WEEK AND MOVING
THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS.
THE HOUSE AND SENATE RELEASED
THEIR OPERATING CAPITAL AND
TRANSPORTATION BUDGETS AND
QUITE A LOT TO COVER AND WE
WILL DIVE IN.
I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE
OPERATING BUDGET PROPOSALS AND
ELSA WILL COVER CAPITAL AND I
WILL TACK ON TRANSPORTATION TO
MY UPDATE.
NOT A LOT THERE BUT IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME I'LL SMOOSH
THEM TOGETHER.
>> QUINN, REAL QUICK.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE ELSA AND
I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND WE
WILL GET GOING.
>> OF COURSE AND WITH ME TODAY
IS ELSA BROWN.
>> THANK YOU.
LET LET THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY
TALKED TO ME THIS MORNING AND
HAVE OUR PRESENTERS GET THROUGH
WITH THE CAPITAL OPERATING
BUDGET AND BACKTRACK WITH
QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T MIND.
OKAY?
GO AHEAD QUINN.
>> THANK YOU.
THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE
RELEASED THEIR PROPOSALS AND
ELSA HAS A WONDERFUL SUMMARY
THAT WAS EMAILED WITH THE
COUNCIL BULLETIN.
I WILL GO THROUGH THE TOP LINES
AND WE WON'T GET THROUGH
EVERYTHING BUT WE WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE QUESTIONS
AT THE END.
AND THEN I WILL HAND IT TO ELSA
TO COVER CAPITAL.
ON THE OPERATING BUDGET SIDE,
BIG PICTURE ITEMS TO SET THE
SCENE, BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE PROPOSALS INCLUDE A TWO
BILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER TO THE
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET AND
PROPOSED AS PART OF THE HOUSE
AND SENATE TRANSPORTATION LEADS
AND MOVE AHEAD AND WASHINGTON
TRANSPORTATION PROPOSALS TO THE
HOUSE AND SENATE.
ANY INCONGRUENCIES MIGHT HAVE
BEEN CONSIDERED THE DISPEL AT
THIS POINT.
THAT IS MOVING FORWARD AND GOOD
FOR A TRANSPORTATION
PERSPECTIVE.
BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE
INCLUDE JUST SHY OF 400
MILLION, TO SHORE UP THE
STATE'S PAID MEDICAL LEAVE
ACCOUNT.
THAT PROGRAM HAD A PIT AFTER
SHORTFALL GIVEN HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED USAGE THAT IS GREAT
BUT IT DID NEED EXTRA MONEY.
THAT HAS BEEN SHORED UP IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE.
BOT THE HOUSE AND SENATE MADE
TRANSFERS TO FUND SOME CAPITAL
CONSTRUCTION BUT THEY DO SO IN
DIFFERENT WAYS RELATIVE TO THE
CITY'S INTEREST AND WILL GET
THAT MORE ON CAPITAL.
THE SENATE TRANSFERS 400
MILLION FOR SEISMIC SCHOOL
UPGRADES.
SO K12 FACILITY BUILDINGS
GETTING RETROFITS FOR SEISMIC
PREVENTION.
HOUSE TRANSFERS 737 MILLION TO
THE CAPITAL BUDGET IN A BIT OF
A BROADER MANEUVER THAT IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED BUT THIS
ALLOWS THEM TO MAKE IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS ON THE CAPITAL SIDE
THAT ELSA WILL DETAIL APE
MOMENT BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS
ALLOWS THEM TO DO MORE ON THE
HOUSING SPACE IN PARTICULARLY
AN ACQUISITION THAT WE KNOW YOU
ARE VERY INTERESTED AND WE HAVE
BEEN TRACKING CLOSELY.
IN THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SPACE BOTH BUDGETING HAVE MADE
ADJUSTMENTS BUT THE HOUSE DOES
MORE AND THE HOUSE AND SENATE
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT
ARE LIVING IN THE RIGHTS OF
WAY, THE SENATE INCLUDES 41
MILLION AND THE HOUSE INCLUDES
JUST SHY OF 25 MILLION.
THAT IS LESS THAN THE GOVERNOR
PRO POSED HOWEVER IT IS STILL
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
THAT IS MATCHED BY SOME
ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROPOSED IN
THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET TO
SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON CLEAN-UP
OF THOSE AREAS.
DEALING WITH GRAFFITI AND OTHER
WASTE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE HOUSE INCLUDES 55 MILLION
FOR STATEWIDE ASSIST TINT AND
LANDLORD ASSISTANCE AND
STIPENDS AND NOT INCLUDED IN
THE SENATE.
THE HOUSE INCLUDES 35 MILLION
ON THE OPERATING SIDE AND
ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON THE
CAPITAL SIDE FOR
REPRESENTATIVE, JOBS APPLE
HOUSE AND HOMES.
THE POLICY PROPOSAL TO ALLOW
MEDICAID TO PROVIDE COVERAGE
FOR PERMITS FOR HOUSING SHOULD
THE STATES HEALTH CARE
AUTHORITY.
SO THAT IS FUNDED ON THE HOUSE
SIDE BUT NOT THE SENATE AND
THEN FINALLY IN THE SPACE THE
HOUSE AND SENATE INCLUDE
FUNDING FOR STATEWIDE UTILITY
ARREARAGES AND THE HOUSE
INCLUDES 150 MILLION AND THE
SENATE INCLUDES 100 MILLION.
MOVING ON TO EARLY LEARNING AND
CHILD CARE HIGHLIGHTS.
BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE
INCLUDE CHILD CARE INCREASES
WORKING FOR THE CHILD CARE
PROGRAM AND THE HOUSE WITH 77
MILLION AND THE SENATE AT JUST
SHY OF 50 MILLION.
AND BOTH BUDGETS HOUSE AND
SENATE HAVE E CAP EXPANSION.
IN THE SAFETY NET BOTH BUDGETS
HAVE 75 MILLION IN FOOD
ASSISTANCE FOR THE FARMERS TO
FAMILY FOOD BOX PROGRAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS
STARTED LAST YEAR OUT OF THE
FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR FOOD
ASSISTANCE AND THE HOUSE
INCLUDES SOME ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO
FUND CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS
FOR ASSISTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND
HANDFUL OF OTHER PROGRAMS.
IN HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC
HEALTH, BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE
BUDGETS HAVE BEEN INVESTMENTS
IN FURTHER COVID RESPONSE AND
IN MEDICAID TRANSFORMATION AND
MODERNIZATION IS PART OF
ONGOING FEDERAL PROGRAM
PARTNERSHIP AND THE HOUSE AND
SENATE BUDGETS INCLUDE
PROVISIONS TO EXTEND COVERAGE
TO HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DOCUMENTED
AS PARTICLES MEDICAID AND STATE
MEDICARE PROGRAM.
BOTH BUDGETS MAKE INVESTMENTS
AND LARGELY COMFORTABLE
INVESTMENTS IN BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH.
YOU CAN SEE THEM OUTLINED THERE
AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND
RATE INCREASES AND SCHOOL AND
BEHALFAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND
THEN BOTH BUDGETS CONTINUE TO
SORT OF FUND THE STATES ONGOING
TWEAKS AND OBLIGATIONS WITH
REGARDS TO ADDRESING BLIGHT
DECISIONS AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE
COURTS TO DEAL WITH THE
RESENTENCING NEEDS THERE.
ENVIRONMENT, BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE MAKES SOME SIGNIFICANT
MODIFICATIONS IN ELECTRIC
VEHICLES.
THE SENATE PROVIDES NORTH OF 70
MILLION FOR KIND OF A BROAD
ELECTRIC VEHICLE PREPARATION
AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
THE HOUSE BY CONTRAST PROVIDES
25 MILLION FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLES SPECIFICALLY TARGETED
FOR LOW AND MIDDLE COMMUNITIES
AND WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON
LARGE VEHICLES SUCH AS THE
TRUCKS THAT SERVE THE PORT OF
SEATTLE.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO ELSA TO
TALK ABOUT THE INVESTMENT AND
THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT ARE
LINKS AND I WILL DO A QUICK
SUMMARY ON TRANSPORTATION.
>> LET'S DO THIS THEN.
SO QUINN JUST WENT THROUGH THE
SEPARATING BUDGET FOR THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE.
SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS NOW ON
THE OPERATING BUDGET THAT QUINN
JUST WENT THROUGH, AND QUINN,
YOU SAID THAT THIS ALL THIS
INFORMATION THAT THE BREAKDOWN,
IS THIS THE ONE THAT WE GOT
THIS MORNING OR YOU SENT
YESTERDAY?
>> ELSA PROVIDED THIS WITH THE
COUNCIL BULLETIN YESTERDAY.
>> OKAY.
IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS
REGARDING THE OPERATING WE CAN
COME BACK AND FRESH IN YOUR
MIND, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT
TWICE AND I GOT MY QUESTIONS
ASKED REGARDING HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS AND SAFETY NET AND
OTHER ISSUES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE
HAVE REGARDING THE OPERATING
BUDGET.
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS YET.
OH, WAIT.
WE DO.
DAN.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AS WELL.
WE WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUS AND THEN MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU I WAS RAISING MY
HAND TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> OH.
OKAY.
WHERE IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> TEAMWORK.
RIGHT HERE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
GOOD AFTERNOON DIRECTOR AND
EVERYONE THAT IS PART OF OUR
TEAM.
JUST TEN DAYS LEFT, RIGHT?
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE
FUNDING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN
THE HOUSE FOR COVERAGE FOR
UNDOCUMENTED ADULTS AND
BASICALLY EXTENDING APPLE HELP.
HUGE PRIORITY AND THANKFUL IT
IS IN THE HOUSE BUDGET AND OUR
SUPPORT IN JANUARY WE HAD A
HEARING WITH MEMBERS FROM THE
WASHINGTON AND NETWORK AND
COALITION AND OR HEALTH LAW
ADVOCATES AMONG THE ADVOCATES
THAT THEY WERE DOING.
DID YOU SAY IT WAS IN THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
>> YES.
>> WONDERFUL NEWS.
OKAY.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT
THAT?
HAPPY TO HELP BUT JUST WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR HIGHLYING
THAT AND THANK TO OUR
LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS IN BOTH
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE FOR
INCLUDING THAT.
COULDN'T BE MORE IMPORTANT NOW
THAN EVER.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL SORT OF TAKING OFF ON
THAT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THERE WAS LAST MINUTE ADDITION
OF ABOUT $18 MILLION FOR
SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
AND ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL
BE COMING.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD SHARE
MORE INFORMATION WITH THAT,
ABOUT THAT WITH US.
>> YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY COUNCILMEMBER.
SO THIS WAS A LAST MINUTE
ADDITION, THE INCLUSION OF THAT
FUNDING AND WE ARE WORKING
RIGHT NOW TO TRACK DO YOU KNOW
HOW THAT WILL BE DISBURSED BUT
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE IT IS SO
NEW, I DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW BUT I'M HAPPY
TO FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE THAT
AND THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF
SIGNIFICANT INTEREST.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH I HOPE THREE QUICK
QUESTIONS.
THE -- I SEE YOU HIGHLIGHTED AS
IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
FUNDING IN BOTH THE -- IN THE
SENATE AND DIFFERENT PLACES FOR
THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
THE SENATE WITH ABOUT A $72
MILLION -- IT LOOKS LIKE SORT
OF BROADER LOCATION AND A
SMALLER ONE FOR THE HOUSE
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE
DRAINAGE PILOT PROGRAM.
I'M WONDERING DOES THE LARGER
$72.4 MILLION PROPOSAL INCLUDE
SUPPORT FOR THE DRAIN PILOT
PROGRAM.
THAT IS ONE QUESTION.
THE OTHER AND YOU MAY HAVE
COVERED IT AND I APOLOGIZE IF
YOU DID AND I MISSED IT.
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THE
INCREASES AND WHETHER OR NOT
THAT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR
SEATTLE TO HAVE CONTINUED SORT
OF SEATTLE ONLY CLASSES AS WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE LATER IN THE
SPRING?
IT IS A RARE THING TO HAVE
SEATTLE ONLY CLASS BUT I AM
SUPPORTED OF IT AND HOPE WE
HAVE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE IT.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE
-- HOW WE WILL BRIDGE THE BIG
PRINCES AND PHILOSOPHY BETWEEN
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON
SUPPORTING FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL
EVICTION, RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
>> ON YOUR FIRST QUESTION
AROUND ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SENATE
LANGUAGE DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY
CALL OUT OR IDENTIFY SORT OF
THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL
PRECLUDE IT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TRY
TO ENSURE WOULD BE A
POSSIBILITY UNDER THE SENATE
LANGUAGE.
ON THE EXPANSION, I'M NOT
CERTAIN IF THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR
SEATTLE ASSOCIATE OF SPECIFIC
CLASS BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT
AND FOLLOW UP.
IN TERMS OF THE BROADER
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE, YOU KNOW I
THINK WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR
-- MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION
AND WITH THE BUDGET RIDERS TO
HIGHLY THE NEED FOR THE
ADDITIONAL SESSIONS AS WE HAVE
BEEN THROUGH THE SESSION IN
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND
THE DIFFERENT PORTFOLIOS AND
WORKING TO PUSH AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE THE
SENATE TO MAKE SIMILAR
INVESTMENTS AS THE HOUSE -- WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER.
I THINK YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> I WASN'T TALKING.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE OUT
THAT IT IS PRETTY ALARMING THAT
IT APPEARS THAT THE SENATE IS
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT FOUR
MILLION IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE
GREAT NEEDS IN THE STATE FOR
THE EVICTION PREVENTION
SERVICES SO APPRECIATE YOUR
WORK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ELSA WILL TAKE US THROUGH
THE CAPITAL SIDE, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THANK YOU, QUINN FOR THAT
OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATING
BUDGET.
THERE'S SUCH ARE SOME TRANSFER
TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FROM THE
OPERATING BUDGET.
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE INVEST
IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
STRUCTURE.
290 MILLION IN THE SENATE
BUDGET AND 400 MILLION IN THE
HOUSE BUDGET.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE APPLE
HOME AND HEALTH INVESTMENT
UNDERNEATH THAT SHOULD BE IN
ITALICS, THAT IS A SUB CATEGORY
IN THE BROADER ACQUISITION
FUNDING.
YOU KNOW AND ONE THING THAT WE
HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZING THAT
OFFICE IS GETTING NEW UNITS
ONLINE WITH THE RAPID ACT A SIG
MONEY SENT IN LAST YEAR.
GREAT SORT OF STATEWIDE
COALITION HAS COME TOGETHER TO
SUPPORT THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING INVESTMENT ON THE
PROVIDER SUPPORT SIDE AND THE
ACTUAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT SIDE
AND WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT.
MAKING THE ARGUMENTS TO THE
LEGISLATURE THAT IS NEEDED
FUNDING.
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE INVEST
IN THE TRUST FUND 3,772,000,000
372 MILLION IN THE SENATE.
ONE THING THAT IS INTERESTING
THEY TOOK MANY OF THE LINE
ITEMS THAT DON'T LINE UP
BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE.
SOMETIMES SENATORS WILL KIND OF
PICK THEIR PROJECTS AND HOUSE
MEMBERS WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT
ONE AND IN THE END THEY WILL BE
RECONCILED IN THE SAME BUDGET.
NOT SURPRISING.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THERE'S A NUMBER OF LOCAL
COMMUNITY PROJECTS ACROSS THE
CITY THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN
THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
I WOULD SAY ONE OTHER
SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR THE CITY,
THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SORT OF
INTERESTED AND ENGAGED IN
AROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
ON THE OPERATING SIDE, WE SAW
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RATE
INCREASES FOR WORK FORCE.
BUT THERE IS ALSO INVESTMENT IN
THE CAPITAL SIDE OF BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND CRISIS STABILIZATION
CENTERS AND FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY
CAPACITY GRANTS.
SO YOU KNOW BOTH THE HOUSE AND
THE SENATE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS ON THOSE AREAS.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE CAPITAL
BUDGET.
YOU KNOW THERE IS ALSO SOME
CONTINUED FUNDING INCREASES FOR
BROAD BAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL
FUNDS.
BUT I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE FOCUSED ON IS THE HOUSING
AND THE RAPID ACQUISITION IS A
NEED FOR THE CITY AND A NEED
ACROSS THE STATE.
THEY ARE STATEWIDE FUNDS THAT
WE THINK WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
BENEFIT THE CITY OF SEATTLE BUT
ALSO HOUSE FOR COMMUNITIES IN
THE STATE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU, ELSA.
ELSA WALKED US THROUGH SOME OF
THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR ELSA?
>> OKAY.
YOU GOT OFF EASY TODAY, ELSA.
WE GOT THE -- BOTH THE
OPERATING AND THE CAPITAL.
THANK YOU QUINN AND THANK YOU
ELSA.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD
BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE AGENDA.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
HARD WORK GETTING THE
INFORMATION.
I KNOW YOU PULLED IT TOGETHER
YESTERDAY.
THANK YOU.
>> I WANTED TO ADD THAT YOU
KNOW THESE WILL BE IN THE
PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION
BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE VERSION.
YOU KNOW THIS NEXT WEEK-AND-A-
HALF SO THE FINAL NUMBER, THEY
ARE STILL SUBJECT TO THAT
NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FOR HIGH
LEVELS FOR OUR PRIORITIES AND
NONE OF THESE NUMBERS ARE FINAL
UNTIL THE RECONCILIATION COMES
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU AND WITH THAT
SINCE I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS UP
I WILL SAY GOODBYE TO QUINN AND
ELSA.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT FOLKS.
MOVING TO THE AGENDA, WE HAVE
TWO PROCLAMATIONS AND WE WILL
START FIRST WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD THAT I UNDERSTAND HAS A
PROCLAMATION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE THAT.
A SHIFTING.
>> ON CAMERA PRESENT AND
CALLING UP MY NOTES FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FOR MAKING SOME TIME
TODAY TO HEAR OUR PROCLAMATION
TO HONOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT VIRGINIA
GARCIA HAS MADE IN HER ROLE AS
ASSISTANT AUDITOR AND THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR
COSPONSORING THIS PROCLAMATION.
AGAIN, HAS WORKED A LOT TO
UPHOLD THE VALUES OF DIVERSITY
AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN
THE PROFESSION OF AUDITING.
WORK THAT HAS RESULTED IN HER
BEING SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE
ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AUDITORS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS FOR HER WORK TO MAKE
THAT ORGANIZATION ALG AAND THE
GOVERNMENT AUDITING PROFESSION
MORE DIVERSE AND EQUITABLE AND
INCLUSIVE.
AWARD RECOGNIZING HER FOR THIS
WORK AND THE IMPACT ON LOCAL
LEVELS AND THE NATIONAL LEVEL
AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
SO WITH THAT, DOES ANYONE HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> NOT SEEING ANY WILL CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURES
AFFIX TO THE PROCLAMATION FOR
MS. GARCIA?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUS?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT DEBORA
JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
>> GOOD.
SO MADAM CLERK DO I HAVE TO SAY
PLEASE A FIBBING MY SIGNATURE.
>> YOU SHOULD ASK ME TO A
FIXTURE SIGNATURE.
>> CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
PRESENTED.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A SECOND ITEM THAT IS
MINE.
PROCLAMATION AND MAKE SURE I
GUESS THIS RIGHT.
IT IS TRICKY.
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR
SIGNATURE HONORING THE FANS OF
SEATTLE'S NEW NH LFRANCHISE AND
PROCLAIMING WEDNESDAY, MARCH
2nd TO BE SEATTLE KRAKEN DAY.
BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING ELSE DO
ANY COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO
SPEAK TO THIS PROCLAMATION
BEFORE I MAKE -- BEFORE I SAY A
FEW MORE THINGS AND ASK THE
CLERK TO DO THE ROLE?
OKAY.
I GUESS NOBODY IS A KRAKEN FAN
HERE SO THAT WILL BE NOTED.
SEEING THAT THERE IS NO
DISCUSSION WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURES
AFFIX TO THE PROCLAMATION
PROCLAIMING MARCH 2nd IS
WEDNESDAY WHICH I SHOULD REMIND
EVERYBODY WE ARE PLAYING THE
NASHVILLE PREDATORS.
CLERK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT DEBORA
JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU.
SO MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
PROCLAMATION THAT I JUST
PRESENTED TO MY COLLEAGUES AND
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH
PROCLAMATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED
TO THE SPECIAL GUESTS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL
MEETING TOMORROW MARCH 1st?
>> COUNCIL?
YES.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT THE KRAKEN?
>> YES, I AM A KRAKEN FAN.
SO I WILL BE EXCITED TO BE AT
THE GAME AND WATCHING THE
PREDATORS ON KRAKEN DAY.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE AN
OFFICIAL JERSEY LIKE SOME OF
US.
>> JUST THE SWEAT SHIRT.
>> THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
>> I DON'T SEE HANDS UP SO WE
ARE OKAY.
LET'S MOVE TO THE AGENDA FOR
THE PREVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL'S
ACT COUNCIL REPORTING AND
REGIONAL COMMITTEES.
LET ME DEAL WITH THE LINEUP AND
IT STARTS WITH COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND THEN WE WILL GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
MOSQUEDA, NELSON.
PEDERSON.
STRAUS.
HERBOLD.
AND THEN MYSELF.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK
BRIEFING AFTER A ONE WEEK
BREAK.
AND A BREAKDOWN OF A COUPLE OF
THE ACTIVITIES TO THE
DEPARTMENTS AND OVERSEAS
STARTING WITH THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND THE QUEEN CITY
INITIATIVE.
BETWEEN FEBRUARY 14th AND
FEBRUARY 20th QUEEN CITY
INITIATIVE HAS REMOVED 75,000
POUNDS OF TRASH FROM LOCATIONS
AND NO PARK INCLUDED IN THOSE
LAST TWO WEEKS BUT MARCH HAS
BEEN INDICATED BY THE
DEPARTMENT AS A MONTH FOR A
FOCUS PARTICULARLY ON DEEP
CLEANING OF CITY PARK SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO MAKING THOSE UPDATES
AND THE SPECIFIC PARK LOCATIONS
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED COMING UP
IN OUR FUTURE BRIEFINGS
DETAILING THE MARCH REPORTS
REGARDING THE TRASH PICKUP AND
THE QUEEN CITY INITIATIVE.
AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL
HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY MARCH 2nd AND THIS
COMING WEDNESDAY.
IT GIVES US THE SELECTION OF
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO
THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
CHIEF LIBRARIAN AFTER A CLOSED
EXECUTIVE SESSION THERE WILL BE
A PUBLIC VOTE ON THE FINAL
NOMINEE APPRECIATE THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT TUNED
INTO THE PUBLIC FORUM REGARDING
BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS
POSITION AND APPRECIATE WE ARE
GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING A CHIEF
NEW LIBRARIAN FOR US TO WORK
WITH AS A PARTNER.
JUST AS A REMINDER FOR
COLLEAGUES IN THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
THE VOTE OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES IS THE FINAL VOTE TO
DETERMINE THE HEAD LIBRARIAN SO
IT IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE
RELATIVE TO OTHER DEPARTMENT
HEADS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
FAMILY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
THE FINAL RESULT OF THAT AND
BEING ABLE TO ANNOUNCE
HOPEFULLY BY NEXT BRIEFING WHO
THE NEXT HEAD LIBRARIAN WILL BE
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
ANOTHER LIBRARY UPDATE BEFORE
MOVING ON AS THE OMICRON
VARIANT CONTINUES TO WAYNE AND
WE CONTINUE TO REASSESS PUBLIC
HEALTH MANDATES THE LIBRARY IS
WORKING ON A RETURN TO FULL
HOURS OF OPERATION SIMILAR TO
WHAT THE PRECOVID -- PREOMICRON
VARIANT OF THE LIBRARY WERE.
HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT BRIEFING
I WILL HAVE A DETAILED UPDATE
ON WHEN WE CAN EXPECT LIBRARY
SERVICE TO FULLY RESUME GIVEN A
RESUMPTION OF STAFFING AND
GENERAL SCALING DOWN OF OMICRON
ERA PRECAUTIONS THAT THE
LIBRARY WAS TAKING.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT COMING UP HERE
HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT BRIEFING
AND THE LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND
OTHER FOLKS ON HOW TO SNAP BACK
TO THAT PREOMICRON VARIANT
SERVICE.
MOVING ON TO CLIMATE POLYGENE.
GREAT TO GET AN UPDATE FROM
THEN STAKEHOLDERS IN MY
COMMITTEE MEETING.
GOOD TO HEAR HOW THAT ASSET HAS
BEEN GOING AND GROWING OR TWO
WEEK AGO OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS HOMES TO
OUR NOW ARE PROCLAIMED HOCKEY
TEAM THAT KRAKEN NI TO ALL OF
THE VARIOUS OTHER OTHER
PROGRAMMING AND CONCERTS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT CLIMATE
PLEDGE HAS BEEN PLAYING HOST
TO.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UP
UPDATES FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS
WITH MORRISON THE PRIME
CONTRACTOR FOR CLIMATE PLEDGE.
REGARDING THE PROCESS ON A KEY
CORNER STONE TO THE AGREEMENTS
THAT PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION
AND COUNCIL -- UNDER
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S
LEADERSHIP PUT IN PLACE WITH
THE CLIMB PLEDGE ARENA
REGARDING PRIORITY HIRE.
SOME OF THE INTERESTING
INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO
SHARE TODAY REGARDING PRIORITY
HIRE THAT DID NOT COMING UP
DURING THE HEARING AND SOME
REALLY INTERESTING DETAILS $32
MILLION EARNED BY WORKERS
LIVING IN ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED COMMUNITY SO FAR
FROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
14 MILLION MORE THAN THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT
PRIORITY HYGIENES UNDERLINE THE
CRITICAL PERFORMANCE OF
SECURING PRIORITY HIRING AS
PART OF THE PROCESS IN BUILDING
THESE PUBLIC AND SETS.
$179 MILLION EARNED BY WOMEN
AND MINORITIES ON CONTRACTORS
IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
$43 MILLION MORE THAN THE 15%
GOAL OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
SO THIS IS REALLY GREAT
INFORMATION.
29 PERCENT OF ALL CONSTRUCTION
HOURS PERFORMED BY WORKERS
EQUATING TO MORE THAN $41
MILLION IN WAGES AND BENEFITS.
SO IT REALLY GOES TO SHOW THAT
WHEN WE ENGAGED IN THESE KIND
OF AGREEMENTS AS A CITY FOR OUR
PUBLIC ASSETS THAT MASSIVE
BENEFITS THAT WE REALIZE IN THE
ECONOMY AD THE ABILITY THAT WE
HAVE AS A CITY TO LEVERAGE
THOSE INVESTMENTS TO REALLY
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SHARED
ACROSS THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY
AND HELP TO INCLUDE A MORE
EQUITABLE AND EQUAL ECONOMY IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
SO MOVING ON FROM THAT TO OUR
NEXT COMMITTEE, MARCH 2nd, THE
HOMELESSNESS OR SORRY, THE
PUBLIC ASSETS AND HOMELESSNESS
COMMITTEE WILL MEET.
WE WILL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS
AND ONE ON THE CURRENT STATUS
OF THE JUST CARE PROGRAM WHICH
MY PREVIOUS COMMITTEE HAD
ROUGHLY TWO OR THREE UPDATES A
YEAR ON THE STATUS OF JUST CARE
WHICH JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE
IS A COVID PROGRAM DESIGNED TO
MITIGATE PRODUCT HOMELESSNESS
AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE SERVICES
AND REENTRY ASSISTANCE TO
PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED.
IT IS A CONSORTIUM OF PROVIDERS
IN THE COURSE OF THE LIFETIME
AND THE NUCLEUS IS THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION
PROGRAM NOW KNOWN AS LET
EVERYONE ADVANCE WITH DIGNITY
OR LEAD.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
AN UPDATE ON JUST CASE IN TERMS
OF THEIR ACTIVITIES OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN LOTS OF
HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY.
I WILL JUST SHARE A PERSONAL
ANECDOTE THAT I WAS DOWNTOWN ON
3rd AVENUE ON THURSDAY LAST
WEEK AND ENCOUNTERED A NEW TENT
THAT HAD EMERGED ON THAT
STRETCH OF 3rd AVENUE BETWEEN
PIKE AND PINE.
I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY
CONTACT JUST CARE THAT THERE
WAS A TENANT THAT WAS RETURNING
TO THAT STRETCH OF 3rd AVENUE
AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIVERSION TEAM WAS ABLE TO GET
THERE AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE
PERSON IN THE TENT AND NAVIGATE
THE PERSON INTO THE TENT TO
HOTEL BASE SHELTERING
OPPORTUNITY AND THEN IN SO
DOING WAS IN A POSITION TO BE
ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT PERSON
TOREMOVE THE TENT AND TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY
TO GO TO A SHELTER WITH
RESOURCES.
IT IS A PIVOTAL RESOURCE WITH
COVID AND DURING THE
CONVERSATION WE WILL TALK ABOUT
HOW WE CAN PROTECT AND EXPANDS
THE IMPACT JUST CARE IS HAVING
IN THE POST COVID WORLD AND IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE HARRELL
ADMINISTRATION AND PLEASED TO
REPORT IN ADDITION TO
PRESENTERS FROM JUST CARE WE
WILL BE JOINED BY DEPUTY
WASHINGTON AS WELL AS BRIAN
CANNON THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR WITH THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT HAS
BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE
RELATIONSHIP AND HOW WE MIGHT
MOVE FORWARD.
I WILL JUST FLAG THAT THIS
HEARING COMES AS JUST CARE
FACES A CLIFF WHERE IT WILL NO
LONGER BE IN ASSISTANCE UNLESS
THERE IS ADDITIONAL ACTION FROM
THE CITY OR COUNTY TO WORK ON
HOW WE MIGHT MAINTAIN THE CASE
LOAD OF THAT PROGRAM AND
POTENTIALLY EXPAND IT FOR SOME
OF THE CHRONIC CHALLENGES THAT
WE ARE FACING AROUND
HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
WHERE JUST CARE EXISTS AT THE
NEXUS OF THOSE CHALLENGES.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
PRESENTATION AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO HOSTING THOSE
ADDITIONAL GUESTS AS WELL AS
THE JUST CARE TEAM.
FINALLY WE WILL HAVE A SECOND
AGENDA ITEM LATER ON IN THE
AFTERNOON AND RECEIVING A
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARIES OPERATION FOR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
PARTICULARLY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
LIKE MYSELF NEW TO BEING ON A
COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE
GREAT COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION
RESOURCE THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY IS AND THE IMPORTANT
FUNCTIONS THAT IT SERVES.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD
TO DIGGING INTO THOSE ISSUES.
I WANT TO FINALLY CLOSE BY
ADDRESSING THE SITUATION OVER
THE WEEKEND ON THIRD AVENUE IN
THE MIDDLE OF DISTRICT SEVEN
AND THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN
WHERE WE SAW YET ANOTHER TRAGIC
SHOOTING.
THE SITUATION BEHIND WHICH
INVESTIGATORS HAVE CURRENTLY
RELEASED NOT ANY ADDITIONAL
PUBLIC INFORMATION BUT WE KNOW
ENOUGH TO CONCLUDE THAT IT IS A
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS
EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE
HARDSHIP AND TRAGEDY OVER THE
PANDEMIC BEFORE.
I WANT TO PARTICULARLY THANK
DEPUTY MAYOR HARRELL AND PUBLIC
SAFETY DIRECTOR MEYERBURG FOR
EXTENSIVE BRIEF OG THAT SIG AND
UNRELATED ISSUES THIS MORNING
AS WELL AS A RELATED MEETING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF A
PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN
AND THAT ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH MY OFFICE AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WITH --
SINCE THE BEFORE THE TIME THE
ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE
GOING BACK TO TRANSITION IN
DECEMBER I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED
BY THE PROGRESS WE MADE IN
TALKING ABOUT THE UNIQUE PUBLIC
SAFETY CHALLENGES THE THIRD
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS I STATED I WAS ON THE GROUND
MYSELF ON THURSDAY AS I AM ON
MULTIPLE DAYS DURING THE WEEK
GETTING MY OWN PERSONAL ON THE
GROUND ASSESSMENT OF THE
EVOLVING SITUATION ON THAT
PARTICULAR STREET.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WEST
PRECINCT AS WELL AS JUST CARE
HAS DONE TO BETTER COORDINATE
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
HARRELL ADMINISTRATION TO START
TO REALLY WORK ON PUTTING INTO
PLACE A MORE SUSTAINED AND
PROACTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY
THAT IS FOCUSED OF THE HARRELL
ADMINISTRATION AND MORE TO
ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY ON THAT I
BELIEVE IN THE NEAR TERM BASED
ON SOME OF THOSE PLANS THAT THE
HARRELL ADMINISTRATION AND MY
OFFICE HAS BEEN DISCUSSING AND
THE HARRELL ADMINISTRATION IS
CURRENTLY SCOPING FOR HOW
QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY THOSE
INTERVENTIONS CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED.
I WILL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW
BUT APPRECIATE THE
PROFESSIONALISM FOR EVERYBODY
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT HAS
BEEN POURING THEIR HEART OUT IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS AND BEYOND
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THAT CRITICAL WORK
ON FUTURE SAFETY PLANS THAT ARE
COMING DOWN IN THE COMING WEEKS
TO MAKE A SUSTAINED DIFFERENCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
>> I WANT TO HAND IT OFF TO --
>> WELL, FIRST I WILL ASK IF
THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS ON MY
PRESENTATION AND SEEING NO
QUESTIONS I WILL TURN TO IT
COUNCILMAN STRAUS.
SORRY.
I THINK I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THE WAIT BUT YES.
THANK YOU.
I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION
ABOUT THE FOLLOW-UP FROM THE
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS AT
THE MEETING AND I DON'T BELIEVE
I HAVE SEEN THE FOLLOW-UP ON
THAT AND THAT'S REGARDING THE
BIG PUBLIC HEALTH FAIR THAT
THEY ARE LOOKING TO FIND
ANOTHER DATE FOR.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY FOLLOW-UP
ON THAT?
>> NO.
THAT IS A GOOD REMINDER.
I REMEMBER THAT IS ONE OF THE
LAST THINGS THAT I PERSONALLY
DID WHEN WE WERE MEETING IN
PERSON AND TEMPORARILY BECAUSE
CLIMATE PLEDGE WAS HELD UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AND HELD AT McCALL
HALL AND I TOOK THAT TOUR WITH
SOME MEMBERS OF MY STAFF AND
MAYORAL CABINET MEMBERS OF THAT
REALLY IMPORTANT EVENT.
I HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN
GETTING AN ANSWER ON THAT.
WE WILL PAY THEM AGAIN TO TRY
TO GET A SENSE OF HOW THAT IS
GOING TO COME DOWN AND THAT
ESSENTIAL SERVICE IS GOING TO
BE DELIVERED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AND NO OTHER
QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE I
WILL PASS IT TO COUPLE MEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
LET'S SEE.
WE DID NOT HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD
EDUCATION ARTS AND RIGHTS
COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK
THAT WAS CANCELED AND THE NEXT
MEETING MARCH 11th AT 9:30.
FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
ABOUT THE 2022 WORK PROGRAM AND
WE WILL HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS
FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT
WE WILL CONSIDER.
TOMORROW'S COUNCIL AGENDA I
HAVE ONE ITEM.
COUNCIL BILL 120270 WOULD DELAY
THE HEATING OIL TAX.
WE HAVE DONE THIS TWICE IN THE
LAST YEAR AND THE IDEA HERE
THAT IS IT WOULD ALLOW THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
THAT WAS ONLY VERY RECENTLY
SEATED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CONTEMPLATE USING DIFFERENT
REVENUES TO HELP PAY FOR THE
HEATING OIL CON VERG FROM
SEATTLE'S LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
THE MEMO.
YOLANDO SENT ONE OUT YESTERDAY
POINTS OUT THAT WE DID SET
ASIDE 1.7 MILLION LAST YEAR TO
SURE THAT CONVERSION CAN TAKE
PLACE THIS YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE JUMP START
FUNDS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY
FOR GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS
AND SPECIFICALLY FOR INVESTMENT
CONVERSIONS.
SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
THAT MORE TOMORROW AND PLEASE
DO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT
ADDRESSED IN THE MEMO.
TODAY JUST BEFORE BRIEFING AS A
MATTER OF FACT I MET WITH A
CONSTITUENT IN GEORGETOWN
RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER
THAT WANTED TO TAKE ABOUT THE
MARITIME LANDS BIS.
HE WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT IT
SEEMS NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY
KNEW THAT THIS DIS IS UNDER WAY
AND SAID THAT THERE WAS REALLY
NO CITY OUTREACH OR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND NO TRANSLATED
MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE FOR
FOLKS IN SOUTH PARK AND I KNOW
-- I HAVE BEEN ASKING THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR
THIS IN PARTICULAR SINCE AT
LEAST LAST SUMMER AND
DISCONCERT THAT RESIDENTS IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WERE NOT AWARE
THAT THIS PROCESS WAS UNDER
WAY.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE
EXTENSION ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT BUT I AM INTERESTED IN
LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT
PROCESS WAS.
THE FEELING IS THAT RIGHT NOW
THE PROCESS IS VERY FOCUSED ON
INDUSTRIAL AND PORT INTEREST
AND LEFT RESIDENTS OUT OF THE
DISCUSSION ALL TOGETHER.
SO THERE IS A REQUEST TO TRY TO
SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN.
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE
TO ENGAGE IN AN AUTHENTIC WAY
AND REALLY PUT THIS PARTICULAR
CONVERSATION IN THE BROADER
CONTEXT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN THAT WE WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS.
SO I WANT TO FLAG FOR MY
COLLEAGUES FOLKS IN SOUTH PARK
ARE CONCERNED AND FOLKS IN
BALLARD HAVE NOT EXPRESSED
CONCERNED.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR
FROM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUS AND
HERBOLD AND FOLLOW UP TO SEE
WHAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM
CONSTITUENTS AND I WOULD LIKE
TO FOLLOW UP WITH OPC D AND DO
NTO SEE WHAT THEIR PROCESS WAS
LIKE AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES OF
THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAN
TEACH US ABOUT WHAT RESIDENTS
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
WE HAD LOTS OF COMMUNITY
MEETINGS LAST WEEK.
YOU ALL KNOW I AM MEETING TWICE
A MONTH WITH FOLKS IN MOUNT
BAKER AND MET WITH GEORGETOWN
BUSINESS OWNERS LAST WEEK THAT
ARE ALSO FRUSTRATED WITH THE
TRASH AND SOME OF THE ILLICIT
ACTIVITY THAT IS HAPPENING IN
COMMUNITY.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS I AM
EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE
ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND
GET RESOURCES FROM JUMP START.
I WOULD LIKE TO URGE US TO KEEP
IN MIND THAT AS PEOPLE GET
PUSHED OUT OF DOWNTOWN THE REST
OF THE CITY ALSO NEEDS
RESOURCES FOR STREET OUTREACH
AND CONNECTION TO SHELTER
SERVICE AND OTHER HOUSING
PROVISION SO THAT OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS CAN ALSO BENEFIT
FROM THESE SERVICES THAT WE'RE
WANTING PEOPLE TO BENEFIT FROM.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT FOR
THE RECORD I THINK YOU SAID
JUST START WHEN YOU MEANT JUST
CARE.
RESOURCES FOR JUST CARES.
>> IN NEIGHBORHOODS, YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY EAR JUMPED WHEN I HEARD
THAT.
>> WE MET WITH FOLKS FROM THE
PHILLIPINESO COMMUNITY CENTER
THAT ARE INTERESTED IN A PLAZA
BETWEEN THE NEW SENIOR HOUSING
CENTER AND THE EXISTING
COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT IS AN ALLEY WAY AND THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR SOME HELP FIGURING
OUT HOW TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC
BECAUSE THEY GOT KIDS AND
SENIORS RUNNING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS AND
TRAFFIC GOING A LITTLE BIT TOO
FAST THROUGH THERE.
AND ALSO ATTENDED A PANEL ON
IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL
MODELS OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE
U.S. THERE WAS A PANEL HOSTED
BY UCLA LAST WEEK AND HAD FOLKS
FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
WORLD TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY DO
THAT AND HOW THEY CAN IMPLEMENT
THAT AND EXCITED TO LEARN WHAT
WE CAN DO HERE.
LET'S SEE.
JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS.
THIS WEEK I'LL BE PARTICIPATING
IN THE BALTIMORE HEALING
SUMMIT.
I WAS VITED BY BOMB SENIOR
MEMBER ZEEK COHEN AND THE OPEN
SOCIETY FOUNDATION THAT ARE
PARTNERING TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON
HEALING ON CITY ACT THAT CAN BE
TAKEN ON TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE
AND RACIAL INEQUITY AND THIS
WAS THAT PARTNERSHIP RESULTED
IN COUNCILMEMBER COHEN PASSING
THE ELIJAH CUMMINGS ACT THAT
PROVIDES YEARS LONG TRAINING
FOR ALL CITY AGENCIES TO LEARN
ABOUT TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND
ALSO DIRECTS ALL BALTIMORE CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW THE
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR WAYS
THAT MAY BE CAUSING TRAUMA TO
THE PEOPLE OF BALTIMORE.
I WAS INVITED TO THE PANEL TO
SPEAK ABOUT PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET AND SHARING POWER WITH
OUR NEIGHBORS CAN HELP REDUCE
TRAUMA.
SO I'M EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE
IN THAT AND LATER THIS WEEK AND
WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WHAT I'M
LEARNING FROM OTHER CITIES IN
THE COUNTRY.
THE INTRODUCTION WAS MADE BY
LOCAL PROGRESS WHICH IS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT I KNOW
SEVERAL OF US ARE MEMBERS OF
AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
THIS WEEK MY STAFF WILL BE
MEETING WITH NEIGHBORS FROM
NICKELSVILLE TO DISCUSS THE
PLANS TO OPEN A NEW TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE IN DISTRICT TWO AND
MEET WITH A GROUP OF GRADUATE
STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON WHO ARE WORKING
TOGETHER TO CREATE A STUDENT
HOUSING LAND TRUST AND TO KEEP
PART IN OUR REGULAR MEETING
WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS
ONERS IN LITTLE SAIGON.
AND THEN FINALLY MY STAFF AND I
WILL JOIN COUNCILMEMBER WADDIS
AT THE KRAKEN COMMUNITY ICE
COMPLEX AND EXCITED TO CHECK
OUT THAT ASSET AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT VISIT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I'M
HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.
I DON'T SEE ANY.
SO I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
CALLS THE NEXT FIE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE ON MARCH 13th
2nd, 9:30.
WE WILL HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION
AGAIN AS I NOTED IN THE LAST
MEETING INVITING OTHER
JURISDICTIONS TO TALK ABOUT
THAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE
ON CANNABIS EQUITY INITIATIVE.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A
MEETING DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD
LAST MONTH THAT I THINK WILL
CONTINUE TO THE UPCOMING MONTHS
AS WELL.
AS WE LOOK AT THE WAYS IN WHICH
VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THE
REVENUE IN THE INDUSTRY TO
INVEST MORE IN CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS AND
WORKERS FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND
PROTOCOLS IN THE INDUSTRY.
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR FROM BOSTON CITY MEMBERS
AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM
OAKLAND AND REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY
AND COUNTY IN DENVER.
ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE COLOR OF CANNABIS
INITIATIVE THAT WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR
AN UPDATE ON THEIR CANNABIS
WORK THAT WAS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED
IN THEIR RSJI OR INITIATIVE
PRESENTATION TO MY COMMITTEE IN
DECEMBER.
WE WILL HAVE THE SUBSEQUENT TO
CONVERSATIONS ON THE TOPIC AS
WELL THAT WILL BE INVOLVING
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN
THE UPCOMING MONTHS.
IF YOU CAN GET A CHANCE TO TUNE
INTO THAT MEETING OR DIDN'T GET
A CHANCE TO LET US KNOW IF YOU
ARE INTERESTED AND I THINK IT
WILL BE A GOOD CONVERSATION
WITH THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS
AND IN THE UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THIS FULL
WEEK'S COUNCIL AGENDA AND
NOTHING FROM US ON THE
INTRODUCTION AS WELL.
I WILL JOINTLY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ IN DISTRICT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT TOUR.
I THINK THE ORIGINAL ACT WAS TO
ACTUALLY GO TO A KRAKEN GAME
BUT I WILL KEEP PROBING TO MAKE
SURE THAT HAPPENS.
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO
THAT WITH COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND JOINING A PANEL TO TALK
ABOUT THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS
AND ONE OF MANY CONVERSATIONS
WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS THANKS TO MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE ETHICS AND ELECTION
COMMITTEE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE TO ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF
THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS AND
JOINING MONEY TALKS.
A PROGRAM HOSTED BY THE BAY
AREA POLITICAL EQUITY
COLLABORATIVE CALL BAY PACK.
THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE WAYS CHIN PUBLICLY FINANCED
ELECTION CAMPAIGNS HAVE
PROMOTED ACCESS TO DEMOCRACY
ACROSS OUR CITY AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO SHARING OUR EXAMPLES
WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS AGAIN.
I WILL HAVE SPECTACULAR
CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS FROM
THE MEXICAN ADMINISTRATIVE FROM
THE TACOMA CAMPUS AND ATTENDING
THE BREAK FAST ON THURSDAY.
THIS FRIDAY I AM GOING TO BE
ATTENDING OUR FIRST EVER
REVENUE AND ECONOMIC FORECAST
COUNCIL.
I AM EXCITE BAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO THIS WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ AND WE ARE
MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC REVENUE
FORECAST COUNCIL.
AS YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS IS A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES
REPORTED AND WE HAVE THE
FORECAST COUNCIL BEING
ESTABLISHED AT THE HELM IS THE
NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR,
DIRECTOR BEN NOBEL AGAIN
SELECTED BY LEGISLATIVE AND
EXECUTIVE BRANCH MEMBERS PRIOR
TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
DIRECTOR BEN NOBEL HAS LEFT HIS
POSITION AT THE CITY'S BUDGET
OFFICE AS YOU KNOW LAST WEEK WE
CONFIRMED JULIE DIN LING AS THE
NEW DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW
ROLE AND AS REMINDER A
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OFFICE.
FREE FROM POLITICAL INFLUENCE
OR POLICY INFLUENCE FROM THE
EXECUTIVE OR THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH AND WE HAVE BUILT A
SYSTEM TO ENSURE REPORTINGS OF
BOTH BODIES AT THE SAME TIME
VIA THE ECONOMIC FORECAST
COUNCIL THAT IS MADE OF
COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND
MYSELF AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH AS WELL.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT ALL OF THE
INFORMATION AND I KNOW THAT NEW
OFFICE IS EXCITED FOR YOU TO
SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER AT
THE NEW WEBSITE.
SEATTLE DOT GO V/ECONOMIC AND
REVENUE FORECAST.
AND A HYPHEN BETWEEN THAT
ECONOMIC HYPHEN AND HYPHEN
FORECAST.
CHECK IT OUT AND THEY HAVE A
LOT OF INFORMATION THAT IS
AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE
THERE AND THEY WILL HAVE A
CHANCE TO HAVE THE MATERIALS
AVAILABLE FOR THIS FRIDAY'S
MEETING.
THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS FRIDAY
BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS
TO MAKE SURE THAT IS AVAILABLE
FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
THEY ARE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND
EXCITED ABOUT THAT FIRST
QUARTERLY MEETING.
IN OTHER UPDATES FOLKS MAY
REMEMBER WILL I WAS CHAIR OF
THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT IN MY FIRST FEW
YEARS ON COUNCIL IN 2018 I
REQUESTED AN AUDIT OF SEATTLE
CITY LIGHTS AFTER HEARING
NUMEROUS CONSTITUENTS THAT HAD
RECEIVED OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH
BILLS AND SOME IN THE HUNDREDS
OF DOLLARS MORE EXPECTED AND
SOME WITH MORE THAN THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS EXPECTED.
I HAD NEIGHBORS AT THE TIME AS
WELL THAT WERE CALLING AND
SAYING THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED
REQUESTS FOR PAYMENTS
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ORDER
WHEN THEY HAD USED NORMAL
ELECTRICITY AMOUNTS AND WHEN I
CONTACTED SEATTLE CITY LIGHT ON
THESE NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WE
WERE GIVEN LENGTHY EXPLANATION
ABOUT HOW THIS CATCH UP
BUILDING.
CATCH BUILDING.
MEANING THAT I GUESS IN LAYMAN
TERMS WHEN ININSPECTOR WAS
GOING AROUND LOOKING AT THE
METER OUTSIDE WHEN THE METER
INSPECTORS WERE GOING OUT, IF
THEY COULDN'T GET INTO A
BUILDING THEY WOULD DO AN
ESTIMATE AND THAT CATCH-UP
BUILDING HAPPENED WHEN THEY TRY
TO TRUE UP SOME OF THE STIMES
VERSUS THE ACTUAL COSTS.
IT DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE
AT THE TIME THAT THERE WAS
INDIVIDUALS GETTING THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS OR HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS MORE THAN THEY
ANTICIPATED SO I ORDERED AN
AUDIT OF THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
CUSTOMERS THAT DEMANDED
CORRECTIVE ACTION TO AMEND THE
PRACTICES.
I WANT TO THANK THE NEW CEOS
THAT CAME IN.
IN 2019 WHO DID TAKE TO
UPDATING SOME OF THE PRACTICES
VERY QUICKLY.
BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUED TO I
THINK AFFECT SOME OF THE
CUSTOMERS THAT HAD BILLS THAT
THEY COULD NOT AFFORD.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT TOOK
ACCOUNTABILITY AND I WANT TO
THANK THEM AND THEY HAVE $3.5
MILLION IN SETTLEMENTS TO SOME
OF THE CUSTOMERS THAT
EXPERIENCED THIS CATCH UP
BUILDING.
IT ADMITS NO LIABILITY BUT
HOPEFUL THAT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN LITED
TO REVIEWING THE PRACTICES THAT
LED TO THIS AND I KNOW THAT
THEY ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING TO
WAYS THAT THEY CAN UPDATE AND
MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE REASON I AM FLAGGING IT FOR
FOLKS TODAY AND WE WERE GOING
TO PUT IN THE NEWS LETTER
TOMORROW BUT THERE IS A
DEADLINE OF TODAY.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN ISSUED A BILL TO PAY AN
AMOUNT THAT YOU DID NOT
ACTUALLY END COUPLE BER, YOU
HAVE UNTIL THE END OF TODAY TO
SUBMIT YOUR CLAIMS FORM AND YOU
CAN SUBMIT A CLAIMS FORM ONLINE
AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WEBSITE
THAT IS SC LOR SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT, SCL BILLING SETTLE MANY
DOT COM.
SC LBUILDING SETTLEMENT DOWN
ARE DOT COME AND YOU CAN SUBMIT
FROM THE WEBSITE AND SUBMIT IT
TODAY.
WE ARE PUTTING IT ON SOCIAL
MEDIA SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT FOLKS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CAPTURE BACK SOME OF THOSE
COSTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE
SUBMITTED TO CITY LIGHT FOR
BILLS THAT WERE OVER OVER.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING IN OUR
LABOR COMMUNITY IN LINE WITH
THE NATIONAL UNITIZATION AND
PREVIOUSLY HARD TO ORGANIZE
AREAS.
I WANT TO SAY A HUGE
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BARISTA
AT STORYVILLE COFFEE.
THEY FILE ELECTION TO UNIONIZE
THE OCW TWO WEEKENDS AGO AND
THEY SUCCEEDED.
I WANT TO SEND SOLIDARITY TO
THE WORKERS AT CROSS ROADS THAT
BEGAN AND ELECTIONS THERE AND
FINAL NOTE OF SOLIDARITY TO THE
FOLKS AT GARDEN CYCLE THAT
VOTED LAST YEAR TO JOIN LUANI.
232 AND WANT TO THANK THE
MEMBERS OF LUANI232 FOR THEIR
SUPPORT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE NEW MEMBERS FROM GARDEN
CYCLE WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
FOR BETTER WAGES AND BENEFITS
AND PROPER CLASSIFICATION AND
IN ADDITION TO FIGHTING FOR
GREATER SAFETY STANDARDS.
I UNDERSTAND THEIR FIRST
NEGOTIATION DATE HAS BEEN SET
AND I WISH THEM THE BEST OF
LUCK IN THEIR BARGAINING AND
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND
ENSURING A FAIR AND EQUITABLE
CONTRACT.
MADAM PRESIDENT I THING THAT
WILL INCLUDE MY COMMENTS FOR
TODAY AND I WILL SAVE SOME OF
MY UPDATES FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO
SHARE WITH FOLKS NEXT WEEK IN
LIGHT OF TIME.
>> GREAT.
11 MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
>> ONE MINUTE OF.
>> IF I HADN'T TEASED YOU ABOUT
THE KRAKEN.
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OVER.
>> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HANDING IT OVER.
>> HELLO AND HAPPY MONDAY.
I AM -- THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT
HAVE LEGISLATION THAT CAME OUT
OF COMMITTEE ON FULL COUNCIL
TOMORROW BUT THERE IS A
RESOLUTION THAT WE WILL BE
VOTING ON.
THAT BASICALLY STARTS THE
PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THE SEATTLE
TOURISM IMPROVEMENT AREA.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR
THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
IS.
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL
IN 2011 TO HELP PROMOTE LEISURE
TOURISM IN WASHINGTON STATE AND
I MEAN WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES
THAT IS LARGELY DOWNTOWN.
AND THERE WAS A TWO DOLLARS
CHARGE FOR OCCUPIED NIGHTS IN
ABOUT 60 HOTELS AROUND
DOWNTOWN.
AND THERE WAS A VOTE BY THE
ADVISORY BOARD THAT WANTED TO
INCREASE THAT RATE TO FOUR
DOLLARS.
SO THIS CHANGE IN THE RATE DOES
REQUIRE A PUBLIC PROCESS AND SO
WE ARE VOTING ON A RESOLUTION
THAT BASICALLY ANNOUNCES THAT
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING
IN OUR COMMITTEE AND IT
PROVIDES THE TIME AND ALL OF
THE DETAILS FOR THAT.
THIS IS BASICALLY A PROCEDURAL
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE
WILL BE VOTING ON IN FULL
COUNCIL TOMORROW AND I WILL
PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE REST OF THE PROCESS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT YOU WILL BE VOTING ON
TOMORROW FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT
TO ME.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS
ON MARCH 9th AND THERE WILL BE
A BRIEFING ABOUT THE SUBSEQUENT
TO ORDINANCE THAT WILL RAISE
THE ASSESSMENT TO FOUR DOLLARS
AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
REQUIREMENTS IN RC W THAT SET
FORTH THIS PROCESS.
THIS IS GOING ON TOMORROW AND
THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN MY
COMMITTEE.
SO THIS PAST WEEK I ATTENDED
THE LET'S SEE SEATTLE FASHION
GROUP INTERNATIONAL BLACK
FASHION HISTORY MONTH THAT
FEATURED THE CLOTHING AND
QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD WITH
SOME LOCAL FASHION DESIGNERS
ROSARIO GEORGE AND ONE OF THE
PERKS IS THAT ARE YOU ARE
INVITED TO THESE WONDERFUL
THINGS.
IF ANYBODY CAN ATTEND NEXT YEAR
I FULLY ENCOURAGE IT.
LAST WEEK I ALSO HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE
RIBBON CUTTING OF TWO NEW
CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLES.
THIS WAS BY A COMPANY CALLED EV
GO THAT HAS CHARGING STATIONS
IN PARTS OF SEATTLE ALREADY AND
IN SEVERAL OTHER CITIES.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE
VERY IMPORTANT EVENT TO ATTEND
AND SIGNAL A WELCOME AND A NOTE
OF GRATITUDE TO THIS COMPANY
BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY
DELIBERATE INCITING THE
CHARGING STATIONS IN WHICH
THERE ARE TWO IN THE SOUTH END
AND IN FACT AT FELLOW PLAZA FOR
LACK OF A BETTER WORD BASICALLY
A STRIP MALL OF LOCAL
INDEPENDENT STORES THAT SERVED
THE COMMUNITY.
THIS HELPS FULFILL NOT JUST OUR
CLIMATE PROTECTION GOALS BY
EXTENDING OUR EV CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE MORE BROADLY BY
PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE
COMPANIES THAT DOING THIS AND
IT ADVANCES THE ECONOMIC EQUITY
GOALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
BECAUSE AS THESE CARS BECOME
MORE AFFORDABLE IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OR
LIVE IN A BUILDING WHERE THERE
IS A CHARGING STATION IT IS
VERY DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO
CHARGE YOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
SO THESE ARE HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED
CHARGES AND I THANK THEM FOR
HELPING TO BUILD OUT THE
NETWORK IN SEATTLE IT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE CLIMATE AND
EQUITY GOALS AND I MUST NOTE
THAT EV GO HAD A CHOICE WHERE
TO INSTALL THE CHARGES
STATIONS.
THEY COULD HAVE DONE IN THE
SAFE WAY PARKING LOT A FEW
DOORS DOWN BUT THEY CHOOSE TO
PUT THEM IN THIS PARKING LOT
THAT SERVED ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS BECAUSE
WHEN YOU PLUG YOUR CAR IN, THEN
HAVE YOU 30 MINUTES AND PEOPLE
THEN PATRONIZE THE BUSINESSES .
THAT WAS FUN TO ATTEND AND THE
OUR COUNTERPART ZALI THAT
VOICED SUPPORT FOR THIS
INITIATIVE.
A FUN EVENT.
YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE CD
PANTHERS WINTER WORK OUT EVENT
AND THIS WAS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
I HAD GONE TO THE CD PANTHERS
HOMECOMING EVENT IN THE SUMMER
THAT WAS COMING TOGETHER.
A COMMUNITY THAT SHOWED THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS LOCAL AND
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE OF FOOTBALL
TEAMS AND AT ALL AGES AND THAT
WAS FOLLOWING THE GUNSHOTS THAT
RANG OUT THE PREVIOUS WEEK.
THAT WAS A COMMUNITY THAT COMES
TOGETHER TO PUT ON GAMES AND
TEACH KIDS HOW TO PLAY AND HOW
TO REALLY BRIDGE SOME OF THE
NEEDS FOR GREATER COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT IN SPORTS AND ALSO
AS MANY OF THE FOLKS SAID THIS
IS TRUE CRIME PREVENTION BY
GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN SPORTS
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY'S
ATTENTION AND SUPPORT OF THE CD
PANTHERS IS IMPORTANT.
THIS WAS A SPECIAL EVENT
BECAUSE THE HEAD COACH TOREREL
ELMOR WAS ABLE TO WORK A DEAL
WITH THE SEAHAWKS FOR A
DONATION OF 20 PAIRS OF TENNIS
SHOES FOR THE PLAYERS.
I GOT TO MEET THE SEAHAWKS
MASCOT BLITZ AND AS HE HELPED
TO DISTRIBUTE THESE SHOES TO
THE PLAYERS.
AND I ALSO NOTED THE REALLY
DETERIORATED STATE OF THE FIELD
THAT THE PLAYERS ARE PLAYING ON
AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A
NEED FOR THE TURF TO THAT FIELD
AFTER I SPEAK WITH THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE MORE -- KNOW MORE OF
THOSE THINGS AND SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR INVITING ME TO
ATTEND THE MEET THAT HAPPENED
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SHE HAS BEEN HOSTING MEETINGS
WITH MEMBERS OF HER DISTRICT
AND SMALL COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS SMALL
BUSINESSES AND I REALLY DO
APPRECIATE HEARING THE
PERSPECTIVE OF FOLKS IN
GEORGETOWN ABOUT SOME OF THE
STRUGGLES THAT THEY ARE FACING
BECAUSE I CAN'T GET TO THESE
MEETINGS AND IT WAS GENEROUS OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO LET ME
ATTEND.
I AM CHECKING MY NOTES TO MAKE
SURE I AM NOT MISSING ANYTHING.
FROM THE EVENTS I AM ATTENDING
I WILL ATTEND SEA-TAC INTERIM
ARRIVAL RECEPTION AND FUN TO BE
INVITED TO THESE THINGS AND GET
A PEEK BECAUSE I DON'T TRAVEL
INTERNATIONALLY AND I WOULD NOT
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF
CHECKING OUT THE NEW TERMINAL.
THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR
A LONG TIME.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WILL
PARTICIPATE IN THE WALLINGFORD
COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS
QUEEN ANN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING ON THERE.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT ATTENDING
OED'S LAUNCH, IT IS A PRESS
CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY.
WHERE OED WILL LAUNCH A NEW
PROGRAM CALLED THE CAPITAL
EXCESS PROGRAM.
THAT WILL LEVERAGE ABOUT $8
MILLION OF CITY MONIES FOR
GRANTS DIRECTLY TO SMALL
BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE THEIR --
TO MAKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
FOLLOWING WHAT IS GOING ON OVER
COVID.
THEY ARE IN A BETTER POSITION
TO ACCESS LOANS FROM LOCAL
TDFIS.
BASICALLY THESE ARE GRANTS UP
TO ABOUT $115,000 THAT WILL
BRING -- WILL ENABLE THE
BUSINESSES TO GET INTO SHAPE
FOR THE ABILITY TO OFFER LARGE
GRANTS TO EXPAND OR PERHAPS IN
SOME CASES START NEW LOCATIONS.
SO THAT IS UPCOMING AND I
WASN'T CHECKING THE TIME.
>> I WAS CHECKING THE TIME.
GOOD JOB.
YOU ARE GOOD.
TEN MINUTES.
>> OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I PASS IT ON NOW TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON COLLEAGUES.
ON TOMORROW AFTERNOON'S FULL
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA THERE ARE
NO ITEMS RELATED TO OUR
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
EXCEPT FOR THE 2022 WORK
PROGRAM FOR ALL COMMITTEES.
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES
ON PAGE 51 OF 57 PAGE WORK
PROGRAM.
THE NEXT MEETING SEATTLE
UTILITIES IS TOMORROW.
AND IT INCLUDES THE INITIAL
PRESENT TAKING ON THE EASEMENT
AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH THE
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND SOUND
TRANSIT AND NORTH SEATTLE
COLLEGE REGARDING ACCESS AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE JOHN LEWIS
BRIDGE TO BE MEMORIZED IN
COUNCIL BILL 120271 AND WE HAVE
A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY
AUDITOR'S OFFICE ABOUT THEIR
RECENT PERFORMANCE ON
SEATTLE'SESTS TO MAINTAIN AND
REPAIR SIDEWALKS AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THAT AUDIT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTION BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER TO NEXT COUNCILMEMBER?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
WELL DONE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
THANK.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUS.
HI.
>> HI.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES.
GOOD AFTERNOON I AM IN A GREAT
MOVE AND I BUILT TYPY HOMES
WITH FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SALLY
AND THERE WAS AN ASSEMBLY LINE
BUILDING TINY HOMES.
IF YOUR WATCHING AND VOLUNTEER
YOU CAN GO TO SOUND FOUNDATION
NY ARE W DOT OR GAND SIGN UP.
ALL YOU NEED IS VACCINE CARD
AND GOOD SPIRIT AND THEY GOT
THE REST.
GLOVES AND MATERIALS AND
EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED IN THE
ASSEMBLY LINE TO BUILD TINY
HOMES FASTER.
IN THESE LAST TWO WEEKS IN
DISTRICT SIX I CONTINUE EVERY
WEEK TO HOL OPERATIONAL
COORDINATION MEETING WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND
NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WITH
INTERVENTIONAL IMPACTS WITH
SPECIFIC PLACES IN DISTRICT SIX
INCLUDING WOODLAND PARK AND THE
BALLARD AND FREMONT DISTRICT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED WITH MORE
INFORMATION OR UPDATES FEEL
FREE TO SIGN UP.
I MET WITH S DOT TO DISCUSS THE
GREEN LAKE OUT TER LOOP PROJECT
AND MY STAFF ATTENDED THE OPEN
ACCOUNTS AND I MET WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS TO SKATE AT THE
BALLARD COMMONS PARK THAT I AM
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT.
I GET TO MEET WITH S DOT WEEK
LEE AND STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE
IMPLA MEN TAKING TIME LINE FOR
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS FOR WAL
LARD STREET AND I WAS ABLE TO
ATTEND THE INDUSTRIAL
ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT WE
HEARD ABOUT THE EXPANSION TO
BALLARD AND GOT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET WITH AND TAKE A TOUR OF
THE NORDIC ARTS DIRECTOR ALLEY
BARNS AND FANTASTIC TOUR AND
HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOST RECENT
EXHIBITION I URGE YOU TO DO SO
AND I NOW UNDERSTAND THE POWER
INFRASTRUCTURE AND I JOINED THE
FREMONT CHAMBER FOR A COPY HOUR
THAT I PROVIDED UPDATES AND ONE
OF THE TOPICS WAS THE SOLSTICE
PARADE AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT
SPRUNG INTO ACT.
SHE AND I MET WITH FRY MON ARTS
COUNCIL REGARDING SOME ISSUES
AROUND THE FREMONT SOLSTICE
PARADE THAT WE ARE HOPING TO
IRON OUT IMMEDIATELY.
AND WHILE TECHNICALLY OUT OF MY
DISTRICT I MET WITH A GROUP
FROM UNIVERSITY HOUSE IN
WALLINGFORD AND ANSWERED THEIR
QUESTIONS AND PROVIDED UPDATES
ABOUT OUR CITY.
IT WAS GREAT.
I HOPE TO GO BACK WITH THEM.
DURING MY HOURS THESE PAST WEEK
I MET WITH NEIGHBORS FROM UPPER
FREMONT AND SUNSET HILLS AND
WOODLAND, WESTWOOD LAND AND SIX
FOLKS FROM BALLARD AND WE
DISCUSSED MANY TOPICS INCLUDING
HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
AND BALLARD AREA AND 65th AND
8th NORTHWEST AND SMALL
LANDLORD ISSUES AND POLICE AND
PROPERTY CRIME AND RESIDENTIAL
AND NOISE COMPLAINTS AND TREE
PROTECTION VIOLATIONS AND A
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE DOWNTOWN
BALLARD.
THIS COMING WEEK I WILL JOIN
THE FREMONT COUNCIL MEETING AND
THE AW C LEGISLATIVE STEERING
COMMITTEE AND PSRC GROWTH
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND MY
STAFF WILL ATTEND NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL ON TUESDAY AND NORTH
PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL ON
WEDNESDAY AND I WILL HOST THE
WEEKLY HOURS ON THURSDAY FROM
2:00 P.M.
TO 6:00 P.M.
OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT I WAS ABLE
TO MEET WITH HOUSING TO DISCUSS
RENTING ASSISTANCE AND WHAT
IMPROVEMENT AND RESOURCES WOULD
BE MADE.
I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THE CHIEF DIAZ AND I TESTIFIED
IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 5528
AND OLYMPIA TO EXTEND MASS
TRANSIT REVENUE OPTIONS AT THE
WASHINGTON STATE HOUSE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND I
WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR CHARLTON
BROWN AND NACHETSKY FOR YOUR
GREAT WORK AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE
COLLEAGUES.
LAND USE COMMITTEE DID MEET
LAST WEEK AND WE WERE ABLE TO
HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND
BRIEFING ON 12066 THAT HAS
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PROGRAM ON
FIRST HILL AND WE VOTED IT OUT.
CLERK FILE 34411 AND COUNCIL
BILL 21726 THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH CONTRACT REZONED IN NORTH
GATE AND THIS CONTRACT REZONE
WILL BE COMING TO FULL COUNCIL
ONLY WHEN THE NOTED CHANGES
ESPECIALLY TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AREA ARE SIGNED AND
RECORDED.
SO TO ANY PARTIES OF THIS
CONTRACT REZONE AGAIN THIS
CONTRACT REZONE WILL NOT COME
TO FULL COUNCIL UNTIL THAT
FINAL DOCUMENT IS SIGNED AND
REPORTED.
IN COMMITTEE I ALSO SHARED THE
NEWS THAT SCDI HAS PUBLISHED A
DECISION AND DRAFT OF THE TREE
PROTECTION ORDINANCE CLEARING A
REALLY BIG HURDLE AND MULTI
YEAR PROCESS TO STRENGTHEN TREE
PROTECTIONS IN SEATTLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING UP
THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON TREE
SERVICE PROVIDER REGISTRY
LEGISLATION AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
HIS BILL WILL BE BACK BEFORE US
NOT TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE BUT
THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE AND
WILL COME TO FULL COUNCIL AND I
AM EXCITED TO BE A COSPONSOR.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE FULL
COUNCIL AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
IT IS THIS CLERK FILE AND
COUNCIL BILL WHICH IN THAT
CONTRACT REZONE OF 10735
ROOSEVELT WING NORTHEAST AND
THAT WILL BE PUT ON BUT NOT
CONFIRMATION AND THE FINAL
SIGNATURES AND RECORDING HAVE
OCCURRED REGARDING THIS
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA
AND PROTECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE
PUT IN PLACE.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LAND
USE IS COMMITTEE IS ON MARCH
9th.
THANK YOU.
THAT IS MY REPORT AND I WILL
TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SEE IF
THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS AND TO
GET A TIME CHECK FROM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> YOU ARE GOOD.
>> SEEING AS I HAVE NO
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD GREAT TO SEE YOUR FACE
AND GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
>> I AM SITTING UPRIGHT.
SO FIRST ITEM TO COVER IS
PERSONAL COUNCIL AGENDA DOES
INCLUDE A BILL THAT I'M
SPONSORING 1202.
LEGISLATION WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT WOULD PROVIDE RETROACTIVE
APPROVAL FOR POLICE OFFICERS
AND 911 DISPATCHERS HIRED
DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
THIS BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE
$220,000 IN FUNDING FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
AND HIRING BONUSES FOR FIVE
POLICE OFFICERS AND 14
COMMUNICATION CENTERS 911
DISPATCHERS.
I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS LAST
OCTOBER FORMER MAYOR ISSUED AN
ORDER FOR BONUSES FOR OFFICERS
AND DISPATCHERS.
THE COUNCIL SUPPORTED THIS
HIRING BONUS THROUGH THE END OF
2021 AND IT WOULD GO THROUGH
THE EFFECT THROUGH THE END OF
THE YEAR AND NO FUNDING FOR THE
THERE WERE PROPOSALS FOR
EXTENDING A PROGRAM FOR 2022.
COUNCIL ADOPT ADD REQUEST FOR A
REQUEST FOR A COURT AND
CITYWIDE BONUS PROGRAM AND
VOTED TO END AGAIN THE ORDER AT
THE END OF 2021.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE BONUS WAS
OFFERED AFTER A DIRECTIVE FROM
FORM MAYOR DURKAN ON DECEMBER
30th AT 6:00 P.M.
IN THIS LETTER SHE CLAIMS THAT
COUNCIL'S ACTS TO LIMIT THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS NOT
EFFECTIVE.
WE KNOW THIS IS INACCURATE AND
ALTHOUGH SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE
LEGAL ADVICE THAT, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THEY
PROVIDED NO SUCH ADVICE TO THE
MAYOR.
IN EARLY FEBRUARY THE HARRELL
ADMINISTRATION CEASED THE
BONUSES AND WE COMMITTED TO
WORKING TOGETHER TO BE SURE THE
OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS
OFFERED A BONUS.
OR PROVIDED WITH THAT BONUS AND
THIS LEGISLATION IS THE RULE.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE HARRELL
ADMINISTRATION BOOKED THAT ACT
WHEN FINDING OUT ABOUT THE
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S
DIRECTION AND THE COUNCIL'S
ACTION AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
SUPPORT THIS COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH TO GOVERNING IN
RECOGNIZING THE COUNCIL'S
AUTHORITY AS WE CONSIDER THE
NEED TO RESOLVE THING TOGETHER
AND I KNOW ALLI PANEWCHI IS
WITH US TODAY IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
LEGISLATION AFTER I GIVE MY
REPORT.
IN ADDITION, JUST SOME HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT UPDATES THE
HUMAN SERVICES UPDATE IS
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR VICTIM
SUPPORT.
VICTIM SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS
PROVIDE SHORT-TERM ADVOCACY AND
SAFETY PLANNING AND RELEVANT
REFERRALS TO VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER
CRIMES.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE SEATTLE
TIMES SPEAKING ABOUT THE
DISTURBING INCREASE IN PARTNER
VIOLENCE.
VOLUNTEERS MUST BE AT LEAST 21
AND PASS AN SPD BACKGROUND
CHECK AND APPLICATIONS ARE DUE
MARCH 17th.
NO EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL WORK OR
COUNSELING IS REQUIRED.
FREE TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP IS
PART OF THE PROGRAM.
THESE VOLUNTEERS OPERATE IN
PERSON ON WEEKDAYS AS A MOBILE
CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AND
OFFERING REMOTE PHONE ADVOCACY.
THE NEXT SESSION IS ON MONDAY
FEBRUARY -- THAT IS TODAY.
WE WILL SKIP THAT.
THE NEXT ONE IS MARCH 8th.
YOU CAN CONTACT THIS SUPPORT
TEAM SEATTLE.GOV.
THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE
STATEWIDE MANDATE WILL END ON
MARCH 11th INSTEAD OF THE
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MARCH
21st.
AND PUBLIC HEALTH OF SEATTLE
COUNTY FOLLOWED SUIT TO SUPPORT
THAT CHANGE AND IDENTIFIED
THEIR INTEN TO NOT EXTEND A
LOCAL ORDER BEYOND THE STATE'S
ORDER.
AFTER MARCH 12th, MASK WILL BE
REQUIRED STILL IN ALL
FACILITIES AND LONG TERM CARE
HOMES AND RIDE SHARES AND
FACILITIES AND ANYWHERE THAT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHOOSES TO
CONTINUE REQUIRING MASKS.
ON PUBLIC SAFETY FRONT HERE,
JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T MET FOR
A WEEK WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW
AS WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS
WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
THE POLICE CHIEF I MET THE WEEK
BEFORE LAST AND I WILL MEET
WITH HIM AGAIN THIS WEEK.
WE DISCUSSED IN THAT MEETING,
RETAIL THEFT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS OF NEIGHBORHOOD
DISTRICTS COMING OUT OF
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S
COMMITTEE MEETING A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO AND HOW THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS INTERSECT OR
DON'T INTERSECT WITH EXISTING
PROGRAMS.
AND WE DISCUSSED THE STATE
LEGISLATION ON GUN SAFETY AND
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT.
I MET WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
LAST WEEK AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY.
DISCUSSED PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
SPECIFICALLY SAFETY DOWNTOWN,
12th AND THE EFFORTS THERE AND
IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO OP
ACOMPLAINTS.
SOME COMPLAINTS FROM THE GEORGE
FLOYD PROTESTS.
STATUS OF SP D COMPLIANCE WITH
LETHAL ORDINANCE AND THIS
WEEK'S GUN VIOLENCE.
WE SPOKE ABOUT HIRING GOALS FOR
SP D AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND
I KNOW MANY OF US ARE WAITING
FOR REPORTS RELATED TO A
CITYWIDE ORDER AND I LEARNED
THAT A COUPLE MORE WEEKS TO
FINALIZE THE MEETING ON MARCH
15th AND THE GOVERNOR MOVING
FORWARD FOR THE TIMELINE FOR
SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES AND THE
SUPPORT THAT HAVE, THIS REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS HOW IMPORTANT THESE
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY
SAFETY MEETS DOWNTOWN AND IN
OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS
DISTRICTS IN THE CITY AND SO
IMPORTANT AS ADDITIONAL
BUSINESSES CHOOSE HOW TO BRING
MORE EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT MY
OFFICE HAS RECENTLY HELD OUR
MEETINGS WHERE THE COMMISSION
AND THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL TO DISCUSS THE MONITORS
AN ONGOING PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE
CONSENT DECREE TO LEAD TO THE
FUTURE ON THE DECREE AND
MONITOR AND SPECIFICALLY WITH
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTORS WITH
THEIR WORK ON THE FENTANYL
REVIEW.
AND FINALLY YOU MIGHT RECALL
THAT IN THE NEW YEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL WE FUNDED A SYSTEM
FOR CFCC THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
SYSTEM FOR A MORE CONSISTENT
PROCESS FOR OBTAINING KEY
INFORMATION FROM 911 CALLERS
AND TO BETTER SUPPORT ANALYSIS
AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
INCLUDING ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICE RESPONSE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED AN UPDATE THIS
MORNING AT THE RFP FOR THE
PROTOCOL SYSTEM IN ITS FINAL
REVIEW AND AIMING FOR RELIEF OF
THE RFP.
THANKS TO DIRECTOR LOMBARD.
OFFICE HOURS I HELD OFFICE
HOURS LAST FRIDAY AND SPOKE
WITH CONSTITUENTS A SAFETY OF
THE SEATTLE PARK DEPARTMENT AND
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
THE WEST SEATTLE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
HIGH COST AND AVU AND THE
EFFORTS OF THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND FINALLY THE
BACKGROUND.
IN CLOSING I WANT TO EXPRESS
SOLIDARITY WITH OUR LOCAL
UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY WHICH AS
THE SEATTLE TIMES HAS NOTED
INCREASED BY 69% SINCE 2000 IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE THE
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF
LOVED ONES DURING THIS
UNWARRANTED AND HORRIFIC
INVASION OF THE COUNTRY AND
DESTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY
AND LOSS OF LIFE.
THANK YOU.
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
SO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, ARE
YOU DONE?
IS IT MY TURN?
>> I'M DONE.
SORRY.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO INVITE
QUESTIONS.
I'M IN ONE MINUTE UNDER THE
WATER.
I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
NOBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR
ALLEY BEFORE INVITING GENERAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT MY REPORT.
NOT SEEING ANY, GREAT.
NO RAISED HANDS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT MY REPORT
AND THUS I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUPLE MEMBER
HERBOLD.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I FORGOT THAT YOU BROUGHT ALLEY
IN ON THAT.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD WITH MY
REPORT HERE.
I WILL BE BRIEF BECAUSE WE HAVE
EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO ITEMS
FROM THE GOVERNANCE NATIVE
COMMUNITY ON TOMORROW'S COUNCIL
AGENDA.
HOWEVER THE NEXT MEETING IS
MARCH 17th AT 9:30.
I AM EXCITED TO WELCOME
COUNCILMEMBERS MOSQUEDA AND
MORALES TO THE KRAKEN COMMUNITY
ICE PLEX WEDNESDAY AT 9:30 AND
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE JOINED
BY OUR FRIENDS FROM REFUGEE
WOMEN'S ALLIANCE AND ALL THE
KIDS WILL BE THERE.
AS YOU KNOW SINCE DECEMBER OR
WAS IT JANUARY?
I CAN'T REMEMBER, NH LHAS BEEN
PROVIDING A BUS AND PICKING UP
THE KIDS ONCE A WEEK AND I HAVE
BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES
AND WE HELP TO LACE UP THE
SKATES AND LET THEM GET OUT ON
THE ICE.
I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO SHOW
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
MORALES WHAT A GOOD TIME YOU
CAN HAVE IN D 5 AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND I WILL CHALLENGE
THEM TO ICE-SKATING, WE WILL
SEE HOW THAT GOES.
YOU WILL HAVE TO LEARN MOSQUEDA
BETWEEN NOW AND WEDNESDAY.
OKAY.
NEXT.
SOUND TRANSIT.
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING THE BOARD
APPOINTED BROOK BELLMAN FOR THE
ACTING CEO AND WILL START HER
NEW ROLE AFTER MR. ROGOF THAT
IS THE CURRENT CEO WILL BE
LEAVING.
MS. BELL MAN BRINGS 17 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR SOUND
TRANSIT AND DURING HER TENURE
HAS EXECUTED COMMUNITY DRIVEN
AND SOCIAL IMPACT STRATEGY AND
INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO
FACILITATE AND THE PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF
MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND
SINCE JOINING IN 2004 HER
LEADERSHIP ROLES HAVE DEPUTY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND LAND USE
AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTS
AND CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE
DESIGN ENGINEERING AND
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
MS. BELLMAN.
AS YOU ALL KNOW I AM CURRENTLY
RECEIVING ON THE SEARCH
COMMITTEE FOR A PERMANENT
REPLACEMENT FOR THE SOUND
TRANSIT CEO.
I WANTED TO JUST PREVIOUSLY
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
FOR THE CLIMATE PLEDGE AND THE
NUMBERS THAT CAME UP.
I WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM
THAT OBG AND NH LAND MORNINGMEN
MET AND EXCEEDED THE
EXPECTATIONS ON THE PRIORITY
HIRE AS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
SHARED WITH US.
ADDITIONAL $14 MILLION MORE
THAN WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING AND
AN ADDITIONAL $43 MILLION MORE
UNDER THE WHIDBEY CONTRACTS.
PROJECTING 136 MILLION AND HIT
179 AND PROUD THAT HAVE NUMBER
AND PROUD OF THAT AS ALMOST 30%
OF CONSTRUCTION HOURS WERE
PERFORMED BY WORKERS OF COLOR
AND I WANT TO THANK THE WICKY
AND THEIR TEAM AND TODD
HUMPHREY AT THE KRAKEN ICE PLEX
AND SO GOOD ABOUT SHARING
INFORMATION AND I WILL FOLLOW
UP ON THE MEDICAL SERVICES
BEFORE THE SEATTLE CENTER OR
THE ARENA USED TO PROVIDE AND I
WAS GOING TO FOLLOW WITH THAT
TOMORROW.
AND GETTING AN ANSWER IF
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS DOES NOT
GET ONE BEFORE I DID.
IN ADDITION I HAD A MEETING
WITH MATTHEW RICKTER THE SPACE
AGENCY, A PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
AND ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WAS
CLARK FOUNDER OF NURTURING
ROOTS MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING
BOARD.
WE DISCUSSED WORKING TOGETHER
TO INCORPORATING ART SPACES IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
NORTHGATE COMMONS.
1400 UNITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND SOME MARKET RATE HOUSING.
ON ABOUT TEN ACRES AND LOOKING
AT PROVIDING INDIGENOUS SPACE
AND SOME INNOVATIVE SPACES
INCLUDING CHILD CARE ON THOSE
TEN ACRES WITH THESE 1400 UNITS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
OTHER THAN THAT IF THERE IS ANY
QUESTIONS I WILL CLOSE OUT MY
COMMENTS AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
ANY QUESTIONS INNOT SEEING
MADAM CLERK.
OKAY.
IT IS NOW 3:29.
I WILL CALL US TO EXECUTIVE
SESSION AS PRESIDING OFFICER I
AM NOPESSING ANNOUNCING THAT
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
CONVENE AND DISCUSS ACTUAL
LEGISLATION AND IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
AND THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE
TO ENSURE THAT QUESTIONS ARE OF
POLICY AND FOR OPEN SESSIONS.
I EXPECT THE TIME OF THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY
MADAM CLERK, 3:50 OR 50 MINUTES
IS PUTS US AT WHAT?
4:10?
I WILL SAY 4:10.
THAT IS 50 MINUTES.
AND IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXTEND BEYOND THAT TIME I WILL
ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND THE
EXPECTED DURATION.
AT THIS TIME MADAM CLERK, CAN
WE ALL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION?
(RECORDING STOPPED)