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>> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION FOR THE
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2022.
NO OBJECTION THEY ARE ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO
COUNCILMAN HORACE'S REPORT, WE
WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW TODAY
IN THE BRIEFINGS MEETING WE
WILL HAVE FEDERAL AFFAIRS
BRIEFING FOLLOWED BY OUR
INDIVIDUAL REPORTS AND WE DON'T
HAVE ANY PROCLAMATION TODAY.
ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA WE WANT TO
SHARE THAT THE CONSENT CALENDAR
WILL INCLUDE THE MINUTES AND
THE PAYMENT OF THE BILLS AS
WELL AS THE FIVE APPOINTMENTS
RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY-LIKE
COMMITTEE ONE BY NATIVE
FAMILIES AND AN APPOINTMENT FOR
THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CULTURE
COMMITTEE.
ONE VOTE FOR ALL OF THESE
UNLESS A COUNCILMEMBER REQUEST
THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR
CONSIDERATION SEPARATELY.
IN THOSE CASES THE ITEM WILL BE
TAKEN OFF AT THE END OF THE
AGENDA AND FOLLOWING THE
CONSENT AGENDA WE HAVE NINE
ITEMS ON THE FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA.
THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE
INITIATIVE 135, THE HOUSING
INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
PRESENTATION BY AMY GORE ON
INITIATIVE 135 AT THE BRIEFING
LAST WEEK AND WE EXPECT TO TAKE
ACTION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR
AGENDA TOMORROW.
QUESTIONS?
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT AMY GORE.
NUMBER THREE THE APPOINTMENT OF
THE KEYNOTE AND I WILL SPEAK TO
THIS LATER TODAY.
ITEM FOUR IS THE APPOINTMENT OF
DR. KOHN AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
ITEM FIVE IS THE APPOINTMENT OF
LOVING AS DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC HUMAN RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT COMMUNITIES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX WILL BE
GUARDING CITY LIGHT RATES AND A
FILM COMMISSION REPORT. ITEM
EIGHT IS REGARDING THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDED
BY THE LAND USE COMMITTEE AND
ITEM NINE ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA.
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE. A
QUICK OVERVIEW FOR TOMORROW'S
FULL COUNCIL MEETING AND ITEM
THREE ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THERE
ARE NO LETTERS OF A
PROCLAMATION TODAY AND WE MOVE
RIGHT ALONG TO COMMUNICATION FOR
GOVERNMENTAL RELIGION.
WE HAVE DIRECTOR CARLSON AND
LESLIE PALMER FROM HOLIDAY
NIGHT AND WELCOME, EVERYBODY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAND IT OFF TO
YOU AND WE COULD START OFF WITH
INTRODUCTIONS PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A
PRESENTATION FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR FEDERAL AFFAIRS TEAM HAS
BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE
SPRING, SUMMER AND NOW INTERPOL
STARTING THIS WEEK TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR CITY'S DEPARTMENTS AND
OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OUR
PARTNERS ARE AROUND THE REGION
AND ARE WORKING TO SECURE AS
MUCH FEDERAL FUNDING AS WE CAN
TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND
THE CITY.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK
EVERYBODY IN THE CITY FOR THE
COOPERATION AND THE PARTNERING
YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WITH OUR
FEDERAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR,
MICHELLE NANCE, DAVID KIM AND
LESLIE PALMER BRINGING FORWARD
WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE
FIRST IN THE STATE COORDINATED
EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO
TRACK AND IDENTIFY AND PURSUE
CRITICAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
WITH OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION SEEMS TO
BE LONG BUT LESLIE PALMER IS AN
EXPERT AT REDUCING A LOT OF
THINGS GOING ON IN CONGRESS TO
THE MINIMUM ESSENTIAL
DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO LESLIE AND MICHELLE AND
DAVID WILL EACH HAVE A PART IN
THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE
TO LEAD THE TEAM THROUGH OUR
PRESENTATION TODAY AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND
ANY KIND OF INFORMATION WE CAN
PROVIDE TO YOU TODAY.
IF WE NEED TO GET BACK TO PEOPLE
AND FOLLOW-UP WE ARE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO DO THAT, OF COURSE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE
NANCE, OUR FEDERAL AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST REAL QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE FOR
QUESTIONS.
DO YOU PREFER WE HOLD THEM UNTIL
THE END?
>> THAT WAS OUR PLAN.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
HIGH, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE NANCE AND I
JOINED AS THE FEDERAL AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR THIS PAST SPRING AND
IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU ALL
FOR TODAY YOU WILL HEAR FROM OUR
FEDERAL LOBBYIST AND DAVID KIM
OUR PROGRAM MANAGER BASED HERE
IN SEATTLE.
DAVID IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THE
SCREEN I CAN QUICKLY RUN
THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA.
LESLIE WE WILL SHARE THE
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS
YEAR.
IT'S BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR
IN CONGRESS.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE SECOND
SLIDE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FIRST WE WILL SHARE LEGISLATIVE
HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN THE OUTLOOK
AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR AND WHAT
WE EXPECT TO SEE IN TERMS OF
THE 2023 APPROPRIATIONS CYCLE
AND DIVE DEEPER INTO THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
AND I KNOW YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN HEARING ABOUT THAT AND
YOU'LL HEAR FROM DAVID KIM
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN
SEATTLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS
LEGISLATION.
LESLIE WILL TOUCH ON THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IN THE
MIDTERM ELECTION OUTLET AND I
WILL CLOSE BY GETTING A QUICK
UPDATE ON OUR FEDERAL
ENGAGEMENT HERE IN SEATTLE AND
OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ONE QUICK POINT BEFORE I TURN
IT OVER TO LESLIE.
SHE WILL BE VISITING WITH US
HERE IN SEATTLE LATER THIS
WEEK.
WE ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THESE
CONVERSATIONS IN PERSON AS
WELL.
WITH ALL THAT SAID, I WILL PASS
IT OFF TO LESLIE.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU AND IT IS SO NICE TO
SEE SO MANY OF YOU AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
EVERYONE IN PERSON FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN ALMOST THREE
YEARS, WHICH IS REALLY
SHOCKING.
AS MICHELLE ALLUDED TO THE LAST
12 MONTHS HAS BEEN A REMARKABLY
PRODUCTIVE TIME IN WASHINGTON
D.C., KICKING OFF BUT THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
LATE LAST YEAR AND THEN TURNING
TO THE FY22 OMNIBUS WHICH WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW INTO MARCH.
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IT
BROUGHT BACK PROJECT FUNDING,
FORMALLY KNOWN AS EARMARKS.
SEATTLE WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
GET $400,000 FOR OUR RENEWABLE
HEATING.
$7,500,000 FROM CONGRESSMAN
SMITH. AND THEN THE SUMMER WAS
A REMARKABLE PICK OF
LEGISLATING FOR THE SAFER
COMMUNITIES ACT.
FIREARMS PROCUREMENT AND MAKING
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
TIPS AND SCIENCE ACT WHICH
PROVIDES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR RING
AND AUTHORIZES A NEW WAGE OF
PROGRAMS FROM THE NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WHICH IS
THIS LANDMARK RECONCILIATION
PACKAGE AND LOCATING BILLIONS
TOWARD CLEAN ENERGY MAKING
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE TAX
CODE AND NEGOTIATION OF PRICING
OF DESCRIPTION DRUGS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
DAVID, JUST ONE BACK.
THANK YOU.
WE ARE IN THE END OF THE
SEPTEMBER WORK.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST WORK.
BEFORE THENOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
TOP OF THE LIST IS GETTING
GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND A
CONTINUING RESOLUTION PASSED
SINCE CONGRESS WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO NEGOTIATE A FINAL FY 23 ON
THIS PACKAGE.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MADE
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING
TO BE INCLUDED, INCLUDING
FUNDING FOR THE UKRAINE,
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR COVID
AND MONKEYPOX AND THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS ARE HAPPENING.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THINKS WE
WILL HAVE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
BUT I DO THINK WE WILL COME DOWN
TO THE WIRE IN TERMS OF
NEGOTIATING THE FINAL TERMS OF
WHAT THIS CONTINUING RESOLUTION
LOOKS LIKE.
OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ON THE AGENDA AND WILL
GET WORKED OUT AFTER THE
ELECTION AND INTO DECEMBER, THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT, THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE
ACT AND AS A NOTE ON THAT THE
SENATE CAME CLOSE TO ADDRESSING
DURING THIS WORK.
AND THEY ARE SAYING THEY WILL
PUSH THAT TO AFTER THE
ELECTION, ENSHRINING
PROTECTIONS FOR SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE, VOTING REFORMS, AND
OF COURSE, THE ANNUAL TAX
EXTENDERS WHICH SENATOR CANTWELL
BELIEVES COULD BE A POTENTIAL
VEHICLE FOR THE EXPANSION OF
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX
CREDIT AND THEN THERE IS SOME
DISCUSSION OF PERHAPS
BIPARTISAN MENTAL HEALTH BILL
GOING UNDER THE RADAR NOW AND
OUR OWN SENATOR HAS BEEN
WORKING VIGILANTLY ON AND IT
COULD BE SOMETHING THAT GOES
FORWARD IN DECEMBER AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
A NOTE ONFY 23 APPROPRIATIONS.
AS I MENTIONED LAWMAKERS ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK TO GET TO A
FINAL PACKAGE THAT WILL PASS IN
DECEMBER.
ONCE AGAIN THESE APPROPRIATIONS
BILLS, THE SECOND TIME INCLUDES
FUNDING FOR EARMARKS. THAT IS
SEEN AS POTENTIALLY GREASING
THE WHEELS TO GET TO A FINAL
DEAL.
THE OTHER PIECES YOU HAVE ON THE
SENATE SIDE THE CHAIR AND THE
RANKING MEMBER OF RETIRING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THERE VERY
LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR A PLAY ON
APPROPRIATIONS.
AT THIS POINT THERE IS
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING INCREASES
FOR HUD AND D.O.T.
ONE PIECES WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON COALITION WITH OTHER CITIES
IS INCREASING THE CBD PUBLIC
SERVICES, IT PROVIDES THE FOUR
EXTRA SERVICES.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS WHO SUBMITTED
FANTASTIC PROJECTS FOR
FANTASTIC EARMARKS.
WE COULD SECURE ONE FOR THE
SEATTLE FACILITY SUSTAINABLE
EMERGENCY POWER PROJECT AND $1
MILLION FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT BUILDING
RENOVATIONS FROM SENATOR MURRAY
AND SENATOR CANTWELL. THOSE
WILL NOT BE FINALIZED UNTIL
DECEMBER.
KUDOS TO THE LOWER DEPARTMENTS
WHO PUT FORWARD AMAZING
OPPORTUNITIES OR PROJECTS.
ON INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPLEMENTATION.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET
MONEY OUT THE DOOR AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.
AS YOU KNOW THIS IS A $1.2
TRILLION BILL THAT PROVIDES
FORMULA FUNDING AND FORMULA
THAT GOES BY ALLOCATION OUT TO
THE STATES AND IN MANY INSTANCES
AND POS AND A SERIES OF
COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS AS
WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
ON THE FORMULA SIDE, THAT IS
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S EASIER FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION TO GET OUT THE
DOOR.
THOSE FORMULAS ALREADY EXIST.
THERE'S BEEN A SLEW OF PROGRAM
IN THE TRANSPORTATION AREA THAT
HAVE GONE OUT AND ALLOCATED TO
THE STATES.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN ON THE COMPETITIVE
GRANT SIDE.
D.O.T.
HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING TO GET
NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
OUT THE DOOR AND MAKE TOWARDS
REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
AND ABLE TO DO THIS IN PART
BECAUSE THE IATA IS FUNDING FOR
EXISTING PROGRAMS, AT THE
BOSTON POST FACILITIES PROGRAM,
AS WELL AS SOME NEW PROGRAMS.
THE NEWER PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
SLOWER TO COME OUT.
D.O.T.
IS PUSHING THEM OUT REALLY
QUICKLY.
NEXT SLIDE.
FUNDING VISION ZERO PROGRAMS,
THE COMPETITIVE BRIDGE
INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
THOSE HAVE COME OUT AND HAVE
ACTUALLY CLOSED.
COMING UP NEXT IS RECONNECT
AS WELL AS THE RAILROAD CTOBER,
CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT
PROGRAM.
WHAT I THINK YOU ARE SEEING IS
THE D.O.T.
HAS BEEN WELL-EQUIPPED TO WORK
WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO GET
THIS MONEY OUT THE DOOR AND THE
E.P.A.
IS QUICK TO GET THE MONEY OUT
THE DOOR.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THIS
IS NEW FOR THEM HAVING TO WORK
WITH LOCAL PROGRAMS AND STATA
NEW PROGRAMS.
NEXT SLIDE.
AGAIN, FAMILIAR PROGRAMS THOSE
PROGRAMS HAVE GONE OUT THE DOOR
AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
AS I MENTIONED A NUMBER OF NEW
PROGRAMS COMING OUT VERY, VERY
QUICKLY AND I'M GOING TO TURN
IT TO DAVID IN A MOMENT TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS
POSITIONING ITSELF TO BE AS
COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE REALLY
WITHOUT LANDMARK COORDINATION
EFFORT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU, LESLIE.
ON THIS SLIDE I WANTED TO SHOW
WE ARE LOOKING AT A TWO-YEAR
TIME FOR FUNDING AGENCIES TO
PUT OUT NOTICE.
THEY ARE SLOWLY ROLLING IN AND
DEPARTMENTS HAVE APPLIED TO A
HANDFUL OF THEM.
THE CURRENT DEADLINE COMING UP,
THE PROCESS MAY TAKE SOME TIME.
WE ARE WORKING IN COORDINATION
WITH THEIR LOCAL AND FEDERAL
PARTNERS TO STAY ON TOP OF
THESE NOTICE OF FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK THE MAIN TAKE AWAY FROM
MY PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION
IS THE CITY'S EFFORTS AROUND
THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE
LAW HAVE SO FAR BEEN ENTIRELY
LED AND DRIVEN BY CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
DEPARTMENTS HAVE CONDUCTED
THEIR OWN ASSESSMENTS AND
PRIORITIES AND WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS TO APPLY
FOR.
THE CITY SET UP AN INTERNAL
STRUCTURE TO COORDINATE ISSUES
AMONG DEPARTMENTS ARISING FROM
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
AND KEEP THE MAYORS TEAMS
APPRISED OF EFFORTS AND
PRIORITIES.
SELECT MEMBERS OF THE CORE TEAM
REPORT MONTHLY TO THE STEERING
COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF THE
MEMBERS ON THIS SLIDE AND RELATE
WHICH GRANTS ARE BEING APPLIED
FOR.
WE DECIDED LAST WEEK TO
ESTABLISH A CENTRAL STAFF
LIAISON FOR THE CORE TEAM'S
EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP TO
RELAY COUNCILS PRIORITIES,
QUESTIONS, AND REQUEST AROUND
THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE
LAW.
TO EXPEDITE YOUR QUESTIONS AND
CONCERNS WE WOULD HIGHLY
ENCOURAGE EACH OZZFEST TO REACH
OUT AND COORDINATE WITH OUR
CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON. THE GOAL
OF THIS WORKING GROUP WILL BE
TO TRACK EACH OF YOUR QUESTIONS,
CONCERNS AND ARISING FROM YOUR
OFFICES.
IN THIS IS TO SHOW THE BOTTOM-
UP EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN LED BY
DEPARTMENTS AND EACH BRANCH
THAT YOU SEE HERE RISING UP
THROUGH ON THE LEFT, THE TOP
LEFT CORE TEAM COMPRISED OF
THESE MEMBERS.
UP TOP THE EXECUTIVE STEERING
COMMITTEE.
AND HERE AND WANTED TO SHOW THAT
FUNDING GOES THROUGH FOUR
MECHANISMS.
THE STATE, DIRECTLY THROUGH
FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND POS,
PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS AND
REGIONAL COUNCILS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITIES SUCH
AS TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.
SO FAR WE'VE HAD ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR,
RICH LANDRIEU, HE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND KEY FEDERAL
AGENCIES.
AT THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL
WE DO REGULAR CHECK INS ON
BILLING IMPLEMENTATION WITH
STATE DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
TRANSPORTATION, OR REGIONAL
PARTNERS SUCH AS KING COUNTY
AND PUGET SOUND REGIONAL
COUNCIL.
ALSO OTHER KEY PLAYERS AND
CURRENTLY OUR WASHINGTON STATE
COORDINATOR IS DAVE SHOEMAKER,
WE HAVE THE LIAISON FROM THAT
OFFICE AS WELL.
THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES HAVE SET
APPLICATIONS IN FOR AND ARE
WORKING TO APPLY FOR.
MOST OF THE CURRENT GRANTS HAVE
NO FLOW DEADLINES THAT HAVE BEEN
ANNOUNCED.
ALL GRANTS DEPARTMENTS ARE
INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR ARE
LISTED IN WHAT WE CALL THE
CITY'S MASTER TRACKER THAT IS
UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE WILL ENSURE OUR CENTRAL
STAFF LIAISONS HAVE ACCESS TO
THIS TRACKER AND UNDERSTAND HOW
IT WORKS AND CONVEY THAT
MESSAGE TO CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES ARE
THE APPLICATIONS WE ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS WILL
BE AVAILABLE TO YOU AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, TERESA
MOSQUEDA.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE
HAVE CENTRAL STAFF ON THE LINE
WITH US AND I WAS WONDERING
WHETHER OR NOT ALLIE COULD
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO HOW THE
COUNCILS PRIORITIES ARE BEING
INTEGRATED INTO SOME OF THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
OKAY?
>> THANK YOU.
YOU ARE HERE?
OKAY.
GOOD.
GOOD MEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WHAT
DAVID WAS EXPLAINING.
WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEANING
WITH THE TEAM ON HOW TO
COORDINATE THIS WORK.
CENTRAL STAFF IS MEETING
MONTHLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM, AND AS DAVID SAID, WE
WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE
TRACKER.
WE ARE STILL WORKING OUT OUR
INTERNAL SYSTEM SO WE CAN
RECEIVE INPUT FROM ALL NINE
COUNCILMEMBERS ON PRIORITIES
AND QUESTIONS AND REPORTING
BACK TO YOU BUT THE GOAL IS AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO MEET
WITH YOU EACH TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND
BRING THAT INFORMATION TO THE
WORKING GROUP TO INFORM WHERE
THERE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO MAKE
CHOICES AND IT IS PRETTY STYLED
IN.
AND ALSO REPORTING BACK ON WHEN
THEY ARE SUBMITTING
APPLICATIONS AND MAKING SURE
YOU ARE STAYING UP TO SEED ON
WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE COUNSELOR TO WEIGH IN
ON SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE IT FIGURED OUT YET
BUT WE ARE IN THE ROOM
DEVELOPING SOME SYSTEMS AND YOU
WILL HEAR MORE FROM ME ON HOW
TO SHARE PRIORITIES AND SHARE
BACK WITH THE GROUP.
>> THANK YOU.
IT DOES REMIND ME THAT WE HAVE
HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE,
WHEN I SEE THE LIST WE ARE GOING
TO QUICKLY WITHOUT GETTING INTO
THE NITTY-GRITTY HERE, WE CAN
SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF GRANTS
APPLY FOR ALREADY.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, DAVID,
THAT IS VERY DEPARTMENTAL AND
DRIVEN AND I THINK TO THE
EXTENT THAT OA ARE IN THE
FEDERAL TEAM CAN FACILITATE
COUNSEL KNOWING MORE ON THE
FRONT AND SO THAT WE ARE IN A
POSITION OF HELPING TO DRIVE
PRIORITIES. I THINK THAT IS
WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN HOPING
FOR, RATHER THAN WE'VE ALREADY
APPLIED FOR MOST OF THESE
DOLLARS AFTER THE FACT.
JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE FUNDS
THAT WE HAVE NOT ALREADY
SUBMITTED GRANTS FOR. I
THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME
HISTORY WITH THIS REQUEST THAT
I WOULD HOPE WOULD PUT US IN A
BETTER POSITION MOVING FORWARD
TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE.
WITH THAT I WANT TO TURN IT
OVER.
I SAW COUNCILMEMBER TERESA
MOSQUEDA'S HAND.
HAVE WE HEARD FROM YOU?
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
PRO TEM.
AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU
EXCITED ABOUT THE MOVEMENT AND
THE OPPORTUNITY THE FEDERAL
DELEGATION IS MAKING POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF
SEATTLE IN D.C. AND WE CONTINUE
TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT WAYS
WE ARE FUNDING AND RELEASED IN
THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE
MONTHLY REPORTS AND QUARTERLY
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE
DOLLARS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY
CONCEIVED WHEN CITIES RECEIVE
FUNDING.
THANKS FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE
DURING THE COVID CRISIS.
MY COMMENT IS SIMILAR TO THE
PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND MAY BE
MORE FOR OUR TEAM INTERNALLY.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE LIAISON
ROLL FUNCTIONS VERSUS HAVING
SOMEONE IN THE ROOM ON BEHALF
OF COUNSEL TO UNDERSTAND THE
DELIBERATIONS AND BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHEN FUNDING IS
AVAILABLE PROACTIVELY RATHER
THAN REPORTED BACK TO COUNSEL.
SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS BEING NOTED
EARLY HEADS UP BEFORE FUNDING IS
APPLIED FOR AND THE BIPARTISAN
BILL AND WANT TO ACCESS THOSE.
I THINK THAT IS HOW IT WAS
DESCRIBED REPORTING OUT TO US.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR TEAM I
WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A
REAL TIME FEEDBACK LOOP ON
AVAILABLE DOLLARS ESPECIALLY AS
WE HEAD INTO BUDGET NEXT WEEK.
>> WHEN WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING
INTEREST IN THIS, COUNCILMEMBER
AND I AND COUNCILMEMBER WERE
ALICE ARE BACK FROM A LOCAL
PROGRESS CONFERENCE, WHERE WE
HAD A LOT OF FOCUS WITH
JURISDICTIONS FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY ON SORT OF, BEST
PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING THESE
PRIORITIZATION DECISIONS THERE
ARE SOME GREAT TEMPLATES
SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
PILOTED IN THE COUNCIL MESSAGE
PROVIDING MESSAGE ON
PRIORITIES.
I KNOW WE WOULD ALL BE HAPPY TO
SHARE WITH YOU THE TOOLKIT THAT
WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLKS
WHO ARE ON A FEDERAL LEVEL
ORGANIZING WITH LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE
THESE DOLLARS ARE GETTING TO
THE PLACE OF OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITIES.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE
THOSE TOOLKITS WITH YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THIS MORNING, I ANNOUNCED, AND
THIS AFTERNOON, WE WILL
ANNOUNCE IN MORE DETAIL, HOW WE
HAVE BEEN DOING.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL
COMPONENTS TO OUR PARK DISTRICT
PLANT THAT I BELIEVE INCLUDE
PRIORITIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY
RESPONSIVE TO A NUMBER OF
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.
AND I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO ASK
IS HOW WE MIGHT HAVE A
STRATEGY, AS A CITY, HERE,
THROUGH OUR FEDERAL ADVOCATES
AT EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TO PURSUE
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR CLIMATE CONVERSION
WORK FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS TO
DECRIMINALIZE, TO ALLOW
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOLING
IMPROVEMENTS, HVAC
IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'RE GOING
TO PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT --
PROPOSE A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT -- IN THOSE KINDS OF
COMPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS, AND FIGURING OUT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME FEDERAL
SUPPORT AND FEDERAL MATCH.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY
INTERESTED IN.
WE WILL, HOPEFULLY, BE IN A
POSITION -- IF WE, AS A COUNCIL
-- ADOPT THIS INVESTMENT PLAN,
TO HAVE A REAL STAKE IN THE
GAME TO PURSUE MATCHES.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT
OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT
OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR
THOSE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS,
AND HOW I CAN BE HELPFUL IN
THAT PROCESS OF TRYING TO SEEK
FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
TO BUILD ON THE INVESTMENTS WE
ARE MAKING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF
THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
DESCRIBED WHAT COULD BE
HAPPENING, AS WE PROCEED WITH
THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL
OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THE
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, AS WELL AS
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT,
AND I THINK LESLIE'S NEXT
DISCUSSION OF THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT WILL TOUCH VERY
DIRECTLY ON SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS JUST
RAISED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WE
HAVE NOT SET IT EXPLICITLY, BUT
THE FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE UNDER
REALLY IMPORTANT GUIDANCE TO
MAKE SURE THAT EQUITY AND
INCLUSION ARE CRUCIAL
INGREDIENTS IN ANY COMPETITIVE
FUNDING THAT IS BEING PURSUED
BY ANYBODY UNDER THE FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AND THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.AND SO,
IT WOULD BE TERRIFIC TO LOOK AT
SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE
BEING EXPLORED AROUND THE
COUNTRY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
LESLIE, DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED
WITH, PERHAPS, ADDRESSING THE
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
OPPORTUNITIES WE SEE IN THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW.
SO, THERE IS TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY IN THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT.
$79 MILLION RECONCILIATION
PACKAGE, ALMOST HALF GOING TO A
NEW CLIMATE AND ENERGY TAX
INCENTIVES, AS NOTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, NEXT
SLIDE.
I'M NOT GONNA TOUCH ON ALL THE
PROGRAMS, BUT I WANT TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE OF THE SCALE AND
SCOPE AND A COUPLE OF KEY
TAKEAWAYS HERE.
ONE IS THAT, FOR IRAS, AS
OPPOSED TO THE STRUCTURE LAW,
IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH LESS
RESTRICTIVE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS
AND BAD NEWS.
I HAA WAS CLEAR WITH WHEN
DEPARTMENTS ETIQUETTE MONEY OUT
úBY GIVING TIME LIMITS, IN TERM
OF HOW FAST THEY HAD TO GIVE
THEM SOME LENDING
OPPORTUNITIES, AND EVEN TO --
AND SOME PROGRAMS -- HOW FAST
THEY HAD TO MAKE REPORTS.
THE IRA IS MUCH MORE -- BECAUSE
IT WAS A RECONCILIATION PACKAGE
-- IT'S JUST MUCH BROADER, MUCH
MORE VAGUE, WHICH IS BOTH GOOD
AND BAD.
THE DEPARTMENTS NOW, WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE MORE TIME TO ROLL
THE PROGRAM OUT, AND I WILL
ALSO JUST NOTE THAT THEY ARE
ALSO VERY STRETCHED, BECAUSE
THEY ARE TRYING -- IT'S A GOOD
PROBLEM TO HAVE -- BUT THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET THE PRODUCT OUT
FOR IIHA.
IN MANY CASES, IT'S THE SAME
STAFF HAVING TO WORK ON BOTH OF
THESE.
SO, IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS,
ACTUALLY, THE NUMBER OF
AGENCIES -- I THINK THIS IS
GOING TO BE A MUCH SLOWER
PROCESS THAN YOU HAVE SEEN WITH
IIHA.
AND, IN MANY CASES, TO YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER, IN
MANY CASES, THEY ARE GOING TO
BE ISSUING REQUESTS FOR
INFORMATION AS THEY TRY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO SHAPE THESE
PROGRAMS.
AND SO, THIS IS WHERE I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO
PROVIDE WRITTEN FEEDBACK AND
COMMENT ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS
TO GIVE THEM IDEAS ON HOW
THINGS CAN BE SHAPED, AND ALSO
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
ACTUALLY SHAPED TO BENEFIT US.
AND SO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS ON, WITH THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENTS ON, TO HELP
ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING A
RESPONSE.
OBVIOUSLY, MORE FEEDBACK TO
GAIL'S EARLIER POINT ON ALL
THESE PROGRAMS BEEN REALLY
EQUITY IN CLIMATE FOCUSED, WE
EXPECT THAT TO BE A VERY MUCH
CONTINUED THEME HERE, WITH THE
IRA, AS WELL.
THE OTHER INTERESTING THING TO
NOTE THAT I THINK WILL CONTINUE
WITH THIS, CLEARLY WITH THESE
PARKS AND ENSURE STRUCTURE LAW,
AND USING THIS FEDERAL FUNDING
AS A WAY FOR THE WORKFORCE.
THAT HAS BECOME SOMETHING THAT
WAS REALLY, REALLY CLEAR.
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DEDICATED
FUNDING PROVIDED FOR THE FIRST
INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS END
IS TRYING TO BE INCREDIBLY
STRATEGIC ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
BEING MADE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
ARE CATALYTIC, IN THAT SENSE.
SO, THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR
ROBUST OR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF GRANT
APPLICATIONS.
SO, I JUST WANT TO APPLY THAT,
AS WELL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, TO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER
ON, ON PARK, THERE IS $1.5
MILLION FOR URBAN FORESTRY.
ALSO, A BRAND-NEW PROGRAM FOR
TRANSITIONING CLEAN, HEAVY-DUTY
VEHICLES LIKE MENTATION TRUCKS
TO BECOME ZERO-EMISSION
VEHICLES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THERE IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE
AREA THAT WE ALL KNOW WHICH WAS
UNFORTUNATELY -- THAT DID NOT
GET FUNDING THROUGH THE IIHA,
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WHILE THIS IS NOT DIRECT
FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
IT'S AT LEAST FUNDING FOR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECTS TO THE TUNE OF
$1.2 BILLION.
ALSO, A PROGRAM VERY CLOSELY
CONNECTED -- OR RECONNECTING
COMMUNITY PROGRAM -- THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AXES AND EQUITY
GRANT PROGRAM.
I WILL MENTION ALSO, ONE ISSUE
THAT A NUMBER OF AGENCIES, YOU
KNOW, AND MY ADMINISTRATION
AGENCIES ARE WORKING ON RIGHT
NOW -- FOR SOME OF THESE
PROGRAMS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
IF THEY COMBINED THEM WITH THE
PARKS AND A STRUCTURE LAW
EXISTING PROGRAMS, TRYING TO DO
IT AS ONE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY,
OR DO THEY DO THAT AS SEPARATE?
THERE'S A NUMBER OF MINISTRY OF
ISSUES THEY ARE REALLY
GRAPPLING WITH.
SO, THIS IS GONNA BE ON A
SLIGHTLY SLOWER APPLICATION
TIMEFRAME.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO, JUST AGAIN, YOU ARE
SEEING FUNDING FOR BUILDING AND
ENERGY CODE ADOPTION.
YOU KNOW, PREDICTION REDUCTION
GRANTS, REALLY, A WHOLE HOST OF
ITEMS FUNDED THROUGH THIS.
NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL JUST TOUCH THE FLEE.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE WATCHING
THE ELECTION REALLY CAREFULLY
YOU KNOW, I THINK, AS WE KNOW,
THERE'S A FINE SEAT MARGIN IN
THE HOUSE.
THE SENATE IS D/50.
IT'S EXTREMELY CLOSE RIGHT NOW.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ON THE HOUSE SIDE -- NEXT SLIDE
-- ON THE HOUSE SIDE, YOU KNOW,
I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME
SURPRISE THAT THE FACT THAT
DEMOCRATS ARE DOING BETTER THAN
THEY WOULD HAVE HISTORICALLY
BEEN EXPECTED, THAT SAID, AS
WE'RE HEADING TO NOVEMBER,
RACES ARE DEFINITELY TIME
TEAMING UP.
GIVEN REDISTRICT ME, GIVEN
GERRYMANDERING, YOU KNOW, I
THINK THAT THE GENERAL
SPECULATION AT LEAST HERE, FOR
DC, IS THAT THE HOUSE WILL
PROBABLY FLIP, AS REPUBLICAN
CONTROL DOES.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT MAY
NOT BE THE SAME KIND OF
LANDSLIDE THAT I THINK PEOPLE
THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED SIX
MONTHS AGO, IT'S GOING TO BE A
MUCH MORE NARROWLY REPUBLICAN
HOUSE.
NEXT SLIDE.
ON THE SENATE SIDE OF COURSE,
WE'RE AT 50/50.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE FEELING --
DEMOCRATS, IN PARTICULAR --
FEELING MUCH MORE CONFIDENT
ABOUT THE SENATE AT THIS POINT.
NEXT SLIDE.YOU KNOW, TO USE
MITCH McCONNELL'S PHRASING,
CANDIDATE QUALITY MATTERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THE
REPUBLICANS, THEY HAVE REALLY
PICKED UP SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE
TO RUN IN A COUPLE OF KEY
RACES.
AND SO, AT THIS POINT, I THINK
THEY HAVE REAL HOPE ON ARIZONA.
IT'S LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKE
ARIZONA WILL STAY WITH THE
DEMOCRATS.
I THINK GEORGIA IS A LITTLE
HARD TO PREDICT AT THIS POINT,
BUT I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE
FEELING MORE CONFIDENT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK
HAVING DIVIDED GOVERNMENT MEANS
THAT -- I THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE HARDER TO GET THINGS DONE
NEXT YEAR IF WE HAVE A DIVIDED
CONGRESS, BUT GIVEN THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO GET SOME
BIPARTISAN THINGS OVER THE
FINISH LINE THIS YEAR, THERE IS
HOPE.
SO, NEXT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LESLIE.
BEFORE WE END, CONTINUE WITH
QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO
QUICKLY UPDATE YOU ALL ON SOME
WAYS WE ARE ENGAGING WITH OUR
FEDERAL DELEGATIONS HERE, IN
SEATTLE.
AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, WE HAVE
AN AMAZING DELEGATION
REPRESENTING US, IN DC, AND THE
STAFF HAVE BEEN SO INCREDIBLE
TO WORK WITH.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING RECURRING
MEETINGS WITH OUR FEDERAL
DELEGATIONS TO SOME OF THEM
HAVE BEEN WEEKLY.
OTHERS HAVE BEEN MONTHLY.
BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME CHANCES
TO CHECK IN, HEAR WHAT THE
PRIMARIES ARE AND HOW WE CAN
HELP THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
ALSO SHARE WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON, AS WELL.
HERE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF
THE TOURS WE HAVE BEEN DOING
FOR OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION
STAFF.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
HIGHLIGHT, A HIGH-LEVEL PICTURE
OF SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES
WE'RE SHOWING -- WANTED TO
SHOWCASE.
THE WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING
AND OUR PRIORITIES.
SO, THESE ARE SOME OF THE TOURS
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING FROM A
FEDERAL DELEGATION STAFF ON, TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF
THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE,
IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR
DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING SO HARD
ON THIS, SPENDING TIME FOR THE
STORES.
ALSO, THEY COULD TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR GOING
ON SOME OF THESE, FOR
CONTINUING TO PLAN MORE FOR THE
OCTOBER RECESS AND THE REST OF
THE YEAR.
SO, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN THESE
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2023, WE'RE
NOW KICKING OFF THE PROCESS OF
REVISING OUR 2022 FEDERAL
GOALS.
SO, I'M LOOKING AT THEM, HOPING
TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU,
INDIVIDUALLY, HOPING TO MEET
WITH YOU TO HEAR WHAT INPUT YOU
HAVE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO
INCLUDE IN THAT IN THE 2023
FEDERAL GOALS.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR
PRESENTATION.
SO, WE'LL OPEN IT UP NOW FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY.
MY BAD.
EARLIER, THERE WERE -- I
THOUGHT WE WERE AT THE END.
I APOLOGIZE.
LEWIS, IS THAT AN OLD OR NEW
HAND?
>> IT IS A FOLLOW-UP.I
APOLOGIZE, TOO, FOR HAVING A
LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT
APPARENTLY WAS PREMATURE, BUT
THAT'S OKAY.
CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE 24,
PLEASE?
OKAY.
SO, PARTICULARLY, I'M
INTERESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AND CLIMATE JUSTICE PLOT
GRANTS, AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE
OF SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THE WORK
THAT WE ARE DOING AROUND
COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO HAVE THEM
BE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF COOLING
TO DECOLONIZE THEM FOR THE
SUMMER SMOKE RESPONSE STRATEGY.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY
CENTERS LOCATED IN COMMUNITIES
WHERE THERE IS A VERY STRONG,
EQUITABLE COMPONENT TO THAT
WORK, MAKING SURE THERE'S
ACCESS TO THOSE KINDS OF
FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE AMPLE
MONEY TO MATCH.
AND SO, I GUESS IT'S A VERY
PRACTICAL QUESTION.
IF YOU WANT TO DRILL INTO THESE
BLOCK GRANTS HERE AND ASK IF WE
HAVE ANY INDICATION ON WHEN
THERE MIGHT BE NOVAS, TO WHAT
EXTENT ARE WE WORKING WITH THE
PARKS, MEANT TO BE COMPETITIVE,
TO USE RESOURCES IN THE MPD, TO
SEEK MATCHES AND INCREASED
IMPACT BY USING THESE FUNDS.
THEN, SIMILARLY, I WOULD ASK
ABOUT THE LOW-OMISSION TO
ELECTRICITY PROGRAM, MAYBE SOME
MORE DETAILS ON EXACTLY WHAT
THE ZERO-BUILDING ENERGY CODE
ADOPTION -- WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THE ASSISTANCE AND ANNOTATION
OF THE BUILDING CODES, AT LEAST
TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITIONS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE
VISION ON THAT LINE TO PAY FOR?
AND, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT BEING
IN A POSITION AGAIN FOR ANY OF
THESE?
FOR THE CITY TO APPLY TO SEEK
THIS FUNDING.
>> SO, WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
AND SEND YOU MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION ON EACH OF THE
PROGRAMS YOU MENTIONED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
FLAGGING THOSE AS PRIORITIES.
IN TERMS OF TIMING, YOU KNOW, I
THINK IT'S HONESTLY GOING TO BE
AGENCY BY AGENCY, BUT IT
DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE IT'S MUCH
MORE OF A CUTE SHOE, AT THE
EARLIEST, 2023.
MAYBE LATE Q-1. BUT AGAIN, PART
OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO
DO IS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO
A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION,
WHERE THEY'RE BASICALLY ASKING
KEY STAKEHOLDERS, HERE'S A LIST
OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR
YOU, ABOUT HOW WE WERE THINKING
ABOUT STRUCTURING THIS.
CAN YOU PROVIDE US FEEDBACK?
SO, THAT IS AN AREA WE'RE
DEFINITELY GOING TO WANT TO
ENGAGE, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY
A 2023 PLAN AT THIS POINT, NOT
A 2022.
AGAIN, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU SEND
ADDITIONAL INFO ON EACH OF
THOSE PROGRAMS.
>> YES.
PLEASE DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY OTHER -- LOOKING FOR RAISED
HANDS.
I AM NOT IMMEDIATELY SEEING
ANY.
I'M GOING THROUGH.
I DO HAVE -- HOPEFULLY -- ON A
-- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN
ANY OF THESE NEW POTS OF MONEY.
I THINK IT'S JUST GENERALLY --
ALTHOUGH, I GUESS THE 500
MILLION EXPANDING SERVICE FOR
COORDINATOR'S ACT, WITH
REPRESENTING OF ADAM SMITH, I
RAN PRESENT -- UNDERSTAND THAT
MIGHT BE A FUTURE SOURCE OF
FUNDING.
I KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED
OF PROVIDERS WHO ARE NOT
PERTINENT FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING PROVIDERS, BUT ARE-
INCOME HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND
THERE IS NO SOURCE OF FUNDING
FOR RESIDENT SERVICES IN THAT
SETTING COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED
ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR --
DOLLARS.
SO, I GUESS, THE MOTION FOR
THAT IS -- AM I RIGHT?
THAT THE 500 MILLION EXPANDING
SERVICES COORDINATOR'S ACT
WOULD BE A GOOD FIT IN THE
STATUS OF THAT LEGISLATION?
AND THEN, SECONDLY, THE MAIN
PROSPECTS FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION COMMUNITY ACT,
SPONSORED BY SENATOR
>> IN TERMS OF THE
CONGRESSMAN'S SPENT
LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK
HE'S LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR
THESE.
AND SO, I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE
-- I THINK IT'LL BE A LITTLE
BIT HARD TO GET DONE THIS YEAR,
BUT I THINK HE'S LAYING THE
FOUNDATION AND BUILDING
SUPPORT.
THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
THAT WE CAN ALSO HELP WITH, IN
TERMS OF GETTING OTHER STATES
TO BE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM,
GETTING THEIR MEMBERS TO SIGN
ON.
SO, HAPPY TO WORK ON THAT.
I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T CATCH THE OTHER --
>> SURE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION OPPORTUNITY
ACT, COSPONSORED BY SENATOR
MURRAY TO APPROVE SAFETY FOR
CANNABIS BUSINESS AND MODERNIZE
FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, SO THIS HAS BEEN, YOU
KNOW, RANGING FROM THIS TO THE
SAVE ACT, OF COURSE, THIS IS AN
AREA THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT, WITHOUT DEMOCRATS
HAVING A MAJORITY.
THERE IS SOME REPUBLICAN
SUPPORT FOR IT, BUT IT IS A
TOUGH PATH RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE
HAVE BEEN VARIOUS EFFORTS TO
TRY TO EVEN PULL OUT SOME
PIECES OF THE LEGISLATION TO
SEE IF THERE'S WAYS OF PUTTING
IT IN AS PART OF A REPARATIONS
BILL.
DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO, I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO
BE STRATEGIC THIS IS REALLY
TOUGH TO GET A LOAN FOR A
STANDALONE VEHICLE ON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN WE -- I'M SORRY.
SEEING WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE
HANDS.
>> GO DOWN THE SLIDES.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
NOT SEEING ANY.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOLKS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE MAKING
YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO HELP ONE-
ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS WHILE YOU ARE IN
TOWN, AND APPRECIATE YOU
PUTTING TOGETHER THE WORK AND
OUR ONGOING COLLABORATION, AND
HOPING THAT WE HAVE THE
LEGISLATIVE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL
THE GROUNDWORK PLAYED FOR A
SUCCESSFUL NEXT ROUND OF
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME.
THINGS - YOU'RE RIGHT.TURNING
OUT MUCH MATTER THAN WE ARE
EXPECTING FOR THE LAST SESSION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
CARRYING ON THE CONVERSATIONS.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, NEXT PART, MOVING INTO
THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, COUNSEL
AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES.
GET A PREVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS, AND THE ORDER OF
DISCUSSION, AS WE ALL KNOW, AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE RULE FOR
COUNSELING IS, DESIGNATED
ALPHABETICALLY, BY LAST NAME,
AND THE PRESIDENT, CALLED LAST.
SUITES ROLLCALL ROTATION BEGINS
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
FOLLOWED BY OCTAVIA NELSON,
PEDERSEN, STRAUSS, LEWIS, THAN
MYSELF.
I UNDERSTAND, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, DELIVERING THIS
REPORT.
THANK YOU.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES,
PLEASE BEGIN.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THANKS, AGAIN, TO THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS FOR
ALL THAT EXCITING INFORMATION.
LET'S SEE.
THE NEXT COMMITTEE -- MY NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOODS EDUCATION, SCHOOL
RIGHTS AND ARTS COMMITTEE IS
THIS COMING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
23rd, 9:30.
WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA,
WHICH WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL
APPOINTMENTS TO DIFFERENT
COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS,
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
ONE FROM KING COUNTY.
THEY WILL PRESENT BRIEFLY ON A
LAUNCH OF THEIR PROJECT, WHICH
I HAD MENTIONED LAST WEEK, AND
WE WILL ALSO GET AN UPDATE FROM
OUR OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
THEY ARE PREPARING TO LAUNCH
OUR CITY PB EFFORTS.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM THOSE TWO GROUPS.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM RSJI, FROM
ARTS AND -- MAYBE JUST ONE.
SORRY.
I THOUGHT THERE WERE GOING TO
BE TWO DEPARTMENTS RESENTING
THE WORK, BUT IT LOOKS JUST
ARTS.
THEN, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING US
ON THE GENERATIONAL WEALTH WORK
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING, AND
IT IS VERY EXCITING.
SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING THEM SHARE WITH THE
COMMITTEE SOME OF THE WORK THEY
HAVE BEEN DOING.
WE HAD OUR UPDATE THIS MORNING.
LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING
THERE.
SO, FULL AGENDA FOR FRIDAY
MORNING.
LAST WEEK, I MET WITH OCR TO
GET A STATUS UPDATE ON B&B.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY WILL BE AT
COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY.
MY STAFF ATTENDED THE FEDERAL
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAST WEEK
TO DISCUSS PROPOSALS ON USING
THE LEVY UNDER SPENT, AND WE
ALSO ATTENDED, LAST WEEK, GOT A
TOUR OF SUMMER BRIDGE, WHICH IS
A SEATTLE COLLEGE ORIENTATION
PROGRAM DESIGNED TO OFFER NEW
STUDENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO
COLLEGE LIFE, AND THE LOGISTICS
OF MANAGING YOUR WAY THROUGH
YOUR FIRST QUARTER ON CAMPUS.
LATER TODAY, I'LL BE SPEAKING
WITH THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMISSION ABOUT THEIR WORK TO
INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THEN, I'M EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE YOU MAY RECALL,
COLLEAGUES, THAT WOULD BEEN
WORKING WITH OUR MERCY COURT
AND THE PEOPLE'S ECONOMY LAB TO
STUDY HOW A COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT TRUST COULD WORK
HERE, IN SEATTLE.
SO, I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE
THAT THE FIRST COHORT OF THE
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TRUSTS
SEATTLE KING COUNTY FEASIBILITY
STUDY HAS BEEN SELECTED, AND
THE POINT OF THE TRUST IS
REALLY TO CREATE A LOW-DOLLAR
LOSS-PROTECTED INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
SO, THROUGH THE CIT, INVESTORS
CAN BUILD EQUITY IN DIVERSE
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AND
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
THESE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING
TOGETHER TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO CREATE THAT KIND OF A
MODEL HERE. THE AIM IS REALLY
TO HELP RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND TO
BUILD COMMUNITY CONNECTION
THROUGH FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN
OUR DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL ENTITY
PROCESSES.
SO, I WANT TO THANK GREENSTEIN,
THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROJECT
MANAGER, AND ASHTON ALLISON,
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
RECOVERY DIRECTOR, FROM KING
COUNTY'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE, AS
WELL AS THE PEOPLE'S ECONOMY
LAB AT MERCY CORPS, FOR ALL OF
THEIR SUPPORT IN HELPING US GET
THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND, SO
THAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT SOME
INTERESTING MODELS, AND HOW WE
CAN INVEST IN COMMUNITY MOTION
MODELS.
DISTRICT UPDATE.
LAST WEEK, MY STAFF ATTENDED
THE BEACON HILL COUNCIL
MEETING, WHERE WE HAD UPDATES
ON THE AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION
COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.
WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THEIR
TREE RESERVATION AND, AND NOW
ARE GETTING PARTICIPATED FROM
SDOT ON THE NORTH BEACON HEALTH
BIKE TRAIL.
WE ALSO TOOK A TOUR OF OUR
UNDERCOVER NATIONAL --
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AREAS WITH
THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
OFFICE AND THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
THEY HAVE GOT ABOUT 2500 UNITS
BUILT, AND AS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA MENTIONED LAST WEEK
WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING A
RESOLUTION ON TRACK TO HAVING
ABOUT 5000 UNITS IN THE NEXT
FEW YEARS.
WE ALSO MET WITH THE GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
-- DEVELOPED ASSOCIATION -- TO
HEAR SOME UPDATES ON THEIR
GOALS FOR DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL SPACE AT
THE 4th AND LOU SEAL AREA.
>> LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH
ARIES PLACE TO HAVE 150 UNITS
OF HOUSING BETWEEN 30% AND
SAFETY PERCENT AMI, AS WELL AS
SOME GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.
WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO WORK WITH
THEM TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT GET A
CO-OP OR GROCERY STORE IN
GEORGETOWN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
FEW AREAS WHERE THERE IS DEEP
FOOD INSECURITY.
GEORGETOWN, SOUTH PARK, BOTH
LIKING GROCERY STORES.
SO, THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN
FIGURING OUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE
ABLE TO GET SOMETHING THERE.
LONG-STANDING ISSUES, IN SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE CITY, FOR
SURE.
CURRENTLY, IT TAKES ALMOST HALF
A DAY ON TRANSIT TO GET TO A
GROCERY STORE FROM GEORGETOWN.
WANT TO GO UP TO BEACON HILL OR
OVER TO WHITE CENTER, YOU HAVE
TO PLAN FOR SEVERAL HOURS, A
BUS TRIP.
SO, WE ARE EAGER TO HELP THEM
FIGURE THAT OUT.
THIS WEEK, IN HONOR OF WEEK
WITHOUT DRIVING, I'LL BE DOING
MY ERRANDS AND COMING TO THE
OFFICE, GOING ABOUT THE
DISTRICT, ON TRANSIT AND WITH
MY BIKE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET A BIKE RIDE
SCHEDULED WITH DIRECTOR OF
SPONSORSHIP THIS WEEK, BUT HE
IS SICK BUT HE IS ALSO POPULAR,
AS YOU ALL KNOW.
SO, WE WILL BE TAKING A TOUR
WITH HIM NEXT WEEK, AND IN THE
SPIRIT OF WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING,
KNOWING THAT, FOR THOSE WHO
CANNOT DRIVE, HAVE
DISABILITIES, EVERY WEEK IS A
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING.
WE'LL BE RIDING IN AND TOURING
D-2 WITH THE DISABILITY MORE
MOBILITY INITIATIVE AND THE
GREEN WAYS FOR EVERYBODY WITH
DISABILITIES IN DISTRICT 2. OUR
OFFICE WILL BE ATTENDING THE
CID PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTING
MEETING TOMORROW WITH LITTLE
SAIGON'S PUBLIC GROUP WHERE WE
HAVE A MEETING EVERY WEEK.WE
HAVE BEEN HOUSING AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LITTLE
SAIGON FOR THE LAST YEAR.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN US MOVING
THESE CONVERSATIONS TO THE
BROADER CID PUBLIC SAFETY
BOARDROOMS.
SO, WE'LL BE MOVING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
THERE'S INCREASING COMMUNITY
CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO BRING ALL OF THOSE
STAKEHOLDERS AND DEPARTMENTS TO
THE TABLE, SO THAT THERE CAN BE
MUCH GREATER TRANSPARENCY.
ALSO, SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT
NEIGHBORS IN ENGAGING IN
DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, WE'LL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE
TEACH IN THAT'S BEING HOSTED BY
ACRS, THE CID CULLISON, AND
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY WILL HAVE FOLLOW-UP
MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY
COLLEAGUES TO TOUR THE EXISTING
SERVICES HUB THAT WE HAVE ALL
BEEN HEARING ABOUT HER THEN,
FINALLY, WE HAVE TWO RIBBON
CUTTINGS THIS WEEKEND.
COLUMBIA CITY THEATER.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE A GRAND OPENING FOR THE
DETECTIVE PARK.
WANT TO THANK COLLEAGUES.
YOU WILL RECALL, WE WORK SOME
FUNDING IN FOR THESE TWO
ENTITIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF BUDGET CYCLES, AND VERY
EXCITED TO FINALLY SEE PROJECTS
COMING TO FRUITION.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBERS?
>> YEAH.
THAT IS EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE
FACILITY.
BUT I HAD A QUESTION THAT YOU
MENTIONED, THE UNDER SPENT.
DO YOU HAVE, OFFHAND, HOW MUCH
THAT WAS?
>> SO, THERE'S PROPOSALS TO
SPEND -- I'M LOOKING TO DO
QUITE RIGHT -- BUT I THINK
ABOUT $4 MILLION FOR THE BLACK
GIRLS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH
IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR FOR THE LAST FEW
YEARS.
AND ANOTHER $5.7 MILLION FOR
THE SEATTLE PROMISE.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT
IN COMMITTEE.
WE'LL ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, HAVING
THOSE DISCUSSIONS THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE
STARTING FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE
NOW, THOUGH.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
AS I MENTIONED IN LAST WEEK'S
BRIEFING, THERE WILL NOT BE A
MEETING OF THE -- EXCUSE ME --
THERE WILL NOT BE A FINANCE OF
HOUSING MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
SEPTEMBER 21st AT 930, AS
PREVIOUSLY NOTED.
THIS MEETING WAS CANCELED,
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE
SUFFICIENT ITEMS FOR AN AGENDA.
WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, TAKING ONE OF THE
ITEMS THAT OVERLAPPED WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY IN HER COMMITTEE
-- THE LAST COMMITTEE OF THE
MONTH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
WITH THAT, THE NEXT MEETING YOU
WILL HAVE WILL BE OUR SELECTED
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING.
AS A REMINDER, FOLKS, FOR
MYSELF AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
INITIAL BUDGET, PROPOSED FOR
COUNSEL'S UP ON TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 20th.
FIRST BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 20th AT
9:30 A.M.
I AM EXCITED THAT WE HAVE GREAT
GRAPHICS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE WILL BE SHARING THOSE
AROUND, SO YOU CAN PUT THOSE
ONTO YOUR NEWSLETTERS OR SOCIAL
MEDIA.
IT WILL HAVE CLEAR INDICATION
OF WHEN THE MEETINGS WILL MEET
OVER THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS.
SO, FOLKS WILL KNOW EXACTLY
WHEN OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
WILL TAKE PLACE, AND WHERE WE
ARE AT IN THE PROCESS.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE UPDATED
GRAPHICS FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT
WHICH MEETINGS WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ORAL AND
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT EVERY
MEETING.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE, EVERY
MEETING, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO
ACCEPT ANY WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE ONGOING
COVID PANDEMIC, WE ARE
CONDENSING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
EACH OF THE WEEKS OF THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ONE MEETING
THAT STARTS THE INITIAL WEEK.
SO, YOU'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT,
BOTH IN AN ORAL AND WRITTEN
FORMAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
WEEK, AND THEN, WE'LL HAVE
WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
SO, THERE IS STILL A SAME
AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE TESTIMONY, IF YOU
RECALL.
LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE
HAD A FOUR-DAY PUBLIC
COMMITTEE'S SCHEDULE, I WOULD
TAKE 20 MINUTES OF THE
BEGINNING OF EACH PUBLIC
MEETING TO ALLOW PUBLIC
COMMENT.
SO, INSTEAD, WE'RE CONDENSING
IT TO AT LEAST AN HOUR AND A
HALF OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE
BEGINNING PORTION OF THAT WEEK.
THAT WAY, WE ARE TRYING TO
LIMIT HOW MANY TIMES STAFF
MEMBERS ARE COMING INTO THE
OFFICE.
SO, AGAIN, WE WILL SHARE THAT
INFORMATION WITH YOU BUT IT IS
INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS YOU
HAVE ALREADY READ, BUT IN CASE
YOU DIDN'T SEE IT, THERE'S A
LITTLE ICON THAT HAS A VOICE
BOX FOR THE TIME THAT THERE IS
ORAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THEN, THE OTHER DAYS HAVE THEM
ACCOUNTED FOR WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT.
DON'T WORRY, SUPER SIMPLE TO
SEE WHEN YOU SEE THE GRAPHIC
THEN, ALSO, JUST WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THAT THERE'S THREE
-- IN ADDITION TO OUR COMMITTEE
MEETINGS, THERE ARE THREE OF
THE KEYRINGS, SOLD AND
DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I MENTIONED THIS AT LAST WEEK'S
MEETING, BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE, OCTOBER 11th,
THERE'S AN EVENING OF PUBLIC
HEARING.
NOVEMBER 8th, AS WE DISCUSSED
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS LAST WEEK,
THEN PUBLIC HEARING WILL NOW BE
ON NOVEMBER 8th AT 9:30 A.M.
SO, OCTOBER 11th, 5:00 P.M.
NOVEMBER 8th AT 9:30 A.M.
MORNING PUBLIC HEARING WILL
GOING TO 1:00 P.M.
THEN, AGAIN, AN EVENING
HEARING, NOVEMBER 15th AT 5:00
P.M.
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT, AGAIN,
ALWAYS ACCEPTED AT ANY OF THE
MEETINGS, BUT THE ORAL PUBLIC
COMMENT, ON CERTAIN DAYS, WE
WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT.
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
CONTINUE TO DIAL IN AND PROVIDE
VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET
EVERYONE WHO SIGNS UP, BUT WE
WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO DO VIRTUAL PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF ANYBODY IS COMING TO
CHAMBERS, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO WEAR AN N95 MASK,
AND TO ENGAGE IN SOCIAL
DISTANCING WHEN IN CHAMBERS.
SO, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS
GONNA BE UP ON OUR WEBSITE HERE
VERY SOON.
EXCITED TO JUMP INTO THE
BUDGET, AND TO RECEIVE THE
INITIAL PROPOSAL FROM THE MAYOR
NEXT TUESDAY, AND TO BEGIN
GOING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
PRESENTATIONS, STARTING NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
IN TERMS OF DEPARTMENT UPDATES,
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
FOLKS WHO CALLED IN -- EXCUSE
ME -- WHO WERE PART OF THE
INITIAL PROCESS, WORKING WITH
FAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER
INFORMATION WAS ACCURATE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, WHO SPONSORED THE
LEGISLATION, FAS, WHICH HAS
NOTED THAT, REGARDING THE
CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS, FAS
CONSUMER ACTION, ALONG WITH THE
MAYOR'S APPROVAL, PROVIDING
GUIDANCE FOR THE COUNCIL'S
RECENTLY PASSED TEXAS CENTER,
LEGISLATION, SHOWING
ADVERTISING WITH ISIS FOR
PREGNANCY CENTERS.
FAS HAS BEEN WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE PROCESS, AND THE TOOLS
NEEDED TO ENFORCE THESE
LEGISLATIONS.
SO, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
THEIR WORK WITH THE COUNCIL ON
THAT IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
FAS ALSO WANTED TO LET THE
COUNCIL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
DEPARTMENTS WITH AGENCIES,
WHICH KANE COUNTY HAS ALL OF
THESE EXECUTED BELIEFS FOR THE
PROPERTY ON 128th STREET, WHICH
KANE COUNTY WILL BE USING THE
LAND TO OPERATE MICRO MODULE
ENHANCED SHELTERS OPERATIONS IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE JUST
THE.
THIS WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
BY THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE
LAST WEEK, WHICH I'M ALWAYS
SUPPORTIVE OF, AND I WANT TO
THANK FAS FOR WORKING WITH KANE
COUNTY, AND WE THANK KING
úCOUNTY AND THE EXECUTIVE FOR
THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WERE TAKING ABOUT EVERY
POSSIBLE WAY TO KEEP FOLKS
HOUSED, PROVIDE CRITICAL
SERVICES, AND THAT WE DO SO IN
CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ORIGINAL
PARTNERS EVERY SINGLE CHANCE WE
GET.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE
TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP WE NEED IN
THESE MOMENTS, TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE REACHING OUT AND
CARING AND HOUSING ARE MOST
VULNERABLE.
LASTLY, COUNSELOR MEMBERS, I
GOT A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THE
STARBUCKS WORKERS UNITED RALLY.
I MENTIONED THAT LAST WEEK, BUT
AGAIN, WANTED TO THANK THE
ORGANIZERS FROM THE LARGEST
PUBLIC DISPLAY OF CROSS-UNION
EXECUTIVE SUPPORT FOR WORKERS
ORGANIZING IN DIFFERENT
SECTORS.
I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY CALL
OUT THE VARIOUS UNIONS I SAW
THERE.
SO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD
THE CHANCE TO REALLY THANK
THEM, I ASKED FOR A LIST OF ALL
OF THE REPRESENTED UNIONS,
BECAUSE IT WAS A REALLY GREAT
EXAMPLE OF HOW THE LABOR
MOVEMENT IS BRINGING TOGETHER
ORGANIZED LABOR WITH THOSE WHO
ARE ORGANIZING AND REPRESENTING
LABOR.
THANKS TO SDIU 6, 9, 242, OPI
8, UNITE HERE, SHE WATES 7800,
IAV, W 46, STATE LABOR COUNCIL,
PUGET SOUND SAGE, WORKING
WASHINGTON, AND MORE.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
BRICKLAYERS.
SO MANY MORE FOLKS WERE THERE.
SO, EXCITED ABOUT THE ONGOING
SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR FOLKS
ORGANIZING IN THESE SECTORS
CURRENTLY.
ON FRIDAY, I ATTENDED THE
OPENING OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
WAS EXCITED TO BE IN D-1 WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB SPEAKING
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
DATE.
SO, I WILL TALK TO HER ON
THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, SAY,
THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT SDOT.
I KNOW THAT WE GOT A NUMBER OF
SHUTOUTS, BUT HE REALLY
SPEARHEADED THE MAJORITY OF THE
910 DAYS THAT THE BRIDGE WAS
CLOSED, AND REALLY INITIATED
THE WORK THAT HAS COME TO
FRUITION NOW, WITH MAKING SURE
THAT THE BRIDGE WAS REOPENED IN
A SAFEWAY, AND IN A WAY THAT
ENSURED THE SAFETY FOR YEARS TO
COME.
MONTY ANDERSON AND KATIE DE
NIRO, OF COURSE, SPOKE ON
BEHALF OF OF IT THERE, BUT
MONTY NOTED, ON BEHALF OF THE
SEATTLE BUILDING AND THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE, CREATING 67,000
WORK HOURS WITH COMMITTEE
HIRING FOR THE LOCAL REGION.
GREAT EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY
HIRING BEING DEPLOYED ON THE
LEVELS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
THANKS, COUNCIL NUMBER HERBOLD
FOR INCREDIBLE REPRESENTATION
AND INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM
YOUR NEWS ALERTS ON A REGULAR
BASIS.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ THEM
THROUGHOUT THIS TIME.
AGAIN, GREAT INFORMATION TO THE
COMMITTEE.
COLLEAGUES, I WILL BE GOING TO
THE CANNABIS BUILD SIGNING.
THE CANNABIS EQUITY BUILD
SIGNING IS HAPPENING TODAY WITH
MAYOR HAROLD AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING WORKERS
FROM UFCW-12,000, INCLUDING
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS SEATTLE,
COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE
THIS HISTORIC MOMENT.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE MEMBER
COLLEAGUES, FOR THE UNANIMOUS
PASSAGE.
VERY EXCITED.
THIS IS A FIRST STEP THAT WE
WILL BE COMMEMORATING TODAY,
THE SIGNING OF THE BILLS.
THIS FRIDAY, I WILL BE
ATTENDING THE AWC BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING, AND A NUMBER
OF PLACES AND OUR PARKS
MEETINGS COMING UP IN QUEUE,
COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I DON'T
SEE ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS.
SO, I WILL SEND IT OVER TO'S
MEMBER ROJAS.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU LEHMUS, NUMBER
MOSQUEDA.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
THERE ARE SEVEN ITEMS ON
TOMORROW'S AGENDA THAT PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY.
WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGIES AND THE CIVIC
COMMITTEE LAST WEDNESDAY.
COUNCIL BILL 120412 , 120411,
IN RESOLUTION WITH 32061,.CITY
WAS INTEGRATED FOR THE PLAN --
STRATEGIC PLAN AND RATE PACK.
THERE WERE -- THERE WILL ALSO
BE THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL
AND TWO REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS
FOR COMMITTEE THAT DIDN'T HAVE
LEGISLATION ASSOCIATED WITH
THEM AND ONE WAS THE
PRESENTATION FOR THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC ELEMENT ON
NEIGHBORHOOD RECOVERY
INVESTMENTS MADE POSSIBLE BY
FEDERAL COVID RELIEF DOLLARS,
AND ANOTHER WAS A BRIEFING ON
SEATTLE CITY LIGHTS' ANNUAL AND
FINANCE AUDIT, AND I'M HAPPY TO
COLORS. Y PASSED WITH FLYING
SO, THAT WAS COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK.
WE ARE REALLY DEEP IN THE
WEEDS, BUT WE MANAGED TO DO
OTHER THINGS, SO SOME
HIGHLIGHTS FOR LAST WEEK,
INCLUDING, ON SEPTEMBER 12,
STAFF, I MET WITH DANIEL PAULK,
REPRESENTING THE START, WHICH,
FOR THE LAST TWO AND HALF
YEARS, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
STATION PLACE, WHICH IS A
CREATIVE WITH FIVE YOUTHS
SURVEYING CULTURAL YOUTH
ORGANIZATIONS, ARTS AND
CULTURAL HUB, ON THE SECOND
FLOOR OF THE KING STREET
STATION.
THE GOAL OF STATION PLACE IS TO
EMPOWER CREATIVE YOUTH TO
DEVELOP SKILLS AND ACCESS
GREATER ARTISTIC EXPRESSION,
VIABLE CAREER, AND OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE
PASSION OF INTERNSHIP.
SO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THEM ALREADY, THAT WAS THE
FIRST TIME I HAD HEARD ABOUT
THEM.
ON SEPTEMBER 12, I MET WITH THE
UW MEMBER, CITY HACKER, TO
DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF THE
NORTHWEST HOSPITAL CAMPUS, AND
GET AN UPDATE ON THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH
IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT
NOW.
I THINK IT'S SCHEDULED TO OPEN
IN 2024.
ON SEPTEMBER 15th, MY STAFF
ATTENDED YOUTH CARES 36th'S
ANNUAL LUNCHEON AT THE HOTEL,
AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
FROM THE NEW CEO, DANIEL
COOPER.
SO, I WANT TO EXTEND
CONGRATULATIONS TO SEATTLE
KRAKEN, AND THE ONE ROOF
FOUNDATION, AND THOSE WHO
CONTRIBUTED.
WE WERE HONORED WITH COMMUNITY
IMPACT REWARDS FOR THEIR
EFFORTS IN YOUTH HOMELESSNESS,
AND CONNECTING YOUNG PEOPLE
WITH EMPLOYMENT AND SCHOOL
OPPORTUNITIES.
THEN, ON THE SEPTEMBER 15th,
HAD MY QUARTERLY MEETING WITH
SEATTLE MIXABLE COURT AT THIS
TIME, IT WAS WITH NEW PRESIDING
JUDGE, WEISENBURGER, AND HE DID
MENTION THAT, AS SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT BEGINS THE
PROCESS OF RESUMING THE
COLLECTIONS, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DIRECT OUTREACH
THEY'RE DOING FOR THE
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING AN EVENT
THIS MORNING, IN GREENER BEACH,
TO BRING TOGETHER IMPORTANT
SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES
FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP
THEIR SMC WARRANTS AND HELP
SETTING UP PAYMENT PLANS FOR
UNPAID TICKETS AND ACCESS TO A
RANGE OF OTHER SUPPORTS AND
SERVICES.
SO, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW
THAT WENT, EVEN THOUGH I
HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT
THAT YET.
I THINK IT WAS A SUCCESS, AND
APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT.
THEN, SATURDAY, I'M SURE OTHER
COUNCIL NUMBERS ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THIS, SO I WILL BE
QUICK.
I ATTENDED THE 2022 SALMON
HOMECOMING.
THAT WAS A CELEBRATION WITH THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HORAS,
COUNCIL MEMBERS LUIS AND
STRAUSS.
GOT A CHANCE TO MEET WITH
LEADERSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME
FROM MOBILE SHOOT LENDING
TRIBES.
JUST TO SEE THE NEWS COME IN --
COME ASHORE IN THE ANNUAL
CEREMONY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON
FOR OVER 35 YEARS THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN IN THE NEW
YEAR, 62, AND ONE OF THE
COMPONENTS OF THESE EVENTS WAS
A BLESSING ON THE YEAR.
SO, THIS WEEK, BEHIND SITES
HOPEFULLY PASSING THE
LEGISLATION TOMORROW, ON
THURSDAY, OUR OFFICE WILL BE
ATTENDING THE SEATTLE
METROPOLITAN CHAMBERS 140th
LUNCHEON, ALONGSIDE OUR
PARTNERS FROM CITY LIGHT.
WE'LL ALSO BE AT THE EIA'S
LUNCH EVENT, AS WELL.
SO, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
NOT SEEING ANY, I WILL PASS IT
TO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.
ON TOMORROW AFTERNOON'S COUNSEL
AGENDA ITEMS, FROM THE
COMMITTEE OF ASPORTATION PUBLIC
UTILITIES,'S COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPIRATION AND THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES IS TOMORROW,
TUESDAY MORNING, 9:30 A.M.,
SEPTEMBER 20th.
AS PUBLISHED LAST FRIDAY, AND
CERTAINLY EARLY THIS MORNING,
OUR AGENDA HAS 28 ITEMS -- BUT
22 OF THE ITEMS ARE
APPOINTMENTS THE COMMITTEE
TOMORROW, WE EXPECT TO VOTE ON
THE 2022, IN RELATING TO THE
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARDS,
BUT ALSO PLAN TO VOTE ON COUNSEL
120419, RELATING TO THE 520
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND THE
PROJECT.THE BILL, ESSENTIALLY,
AN AMENDMENT THAT UPDATES THE
GENERAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND STATE
BEFORE THE PORTAGE BAY PORTION
OF THE BRIDGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON
THAT, PLEASE ASK COUNSEL.
OUR COMMITTEE WILL ALSO VOTE ON
THE SOLID WASTE RATES THAT WE
ARE DISCUSSING DURING THE
SEPTEMBER 6th MEETING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT, COUNSEL, 120410, PLEASE
ASK MR. GOODMAN ON A COUNCIL
STAFF.
WHEN THE SPUS OTHER LINES OF
BUSINESS WORK, WE EXPECT TO
SEE OVERALL RATES FOR CUSTOMERS
INCREASE AT A LOWER PERCENTAGE
THAN WHAT WE MOST RECENTLY
PROMISED, BUT THE RATE AVERAGE
FOR UTILITIES, I REALLY
APPRECIATE SPU DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE COST TO
KEEP THOSE RATE INCREASES TO A
MINIMUM.
WE ALSO HOPE TO VOTE ON
LEGISLATION FROM SEATTLE
ENTITIES THAT WILL ENABLE US TO
STREAMLINE HOW THE CITY ACCEPTS
AND PASSES THE RATES.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THEM
FOR KING COUNTY, RELATED TO
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER
SERVICES.
THOSE CHARGES APPEAR ON HIS
CUSTOMER'S BILL, PAST THROUGH
RATES THAT ARE UNABLE TO CHANGE
WITH THE SOLID WASTE RATES,
DRINKING WATER RATES, AND THE
COUNCIL FOR DRAINAGE CAN VOTE
ON THE COMMITTEE, DUE TO A
TECHNICAL DRAFTING CHANGE
NEEDED FOR THE BILL TITLE FOR
THE WASTEWATER, AND CAP AND
RELATED WASTEWATER BILLS,
PRESENTED AS A DRAFT WE CAN
DISCUSS FOR THE COUNCIL LATER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE CONTACT THE
COUNCIL'S STAFF.
WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER MICHIGAN
LEADING, ATTACHED TO THE
AGENDA.
I WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM
THE PERMANENT RECOMMENDED
PROGRAM FOR A SHARED TRANSIT
STOP FROM 120410, BUILDING OFF
OF PREVIOUS GOALS HERE, WHICH
ARE TO MAKE TRANSIT OPTIONS
AVAILABLE TO AS MANY IN THE
PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.
ALSO, DISCUSS DRAFT LEGISLATION
ON A MORE PERMANENT PROGRAM FOR
POLLNER SIX, HOW WE ALLOW
RESTAURANTS TO USE SIDEWALKS
AND STREETS.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT
LEGISLATION DURING OUR FIRST
REMEDY, IN DECEMBER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT LEGISLATION, YOU CAN ASK
COUNCILMEMBER CHOW.
REGARDING OTHER TRANSPORTATION
ITEMS, I KNOW MANY OF US ARE
THRILLED WITH THE SUCCESSFUL
REOPENING OF WEST SEATTLE HIGH
BRIDGE THIS PAST WEEKEND I
DROVE OVER THE BRIDGE LAST
EVENING.
I KNOW IT'S A RELIEF FOR MORE
THAN 100,000 SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
ALSO, IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY
OF FREIGHT FROM THE REGION.
REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE ENGINEERS,
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND SDOT
STAFF, ESPECIALLY HEATHER MARX,
THE DIRECTOR OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE SAFETY PROGRAM
GOT THE JOB DONE TO RESTORE AND
REOPEN THE BRIDGE.
APPRECIATE IT.
AS ALWAYS, CLOSE WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH SEATTLE
COUNCILMEMBER , LISA BOWLES.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT DURING
YOUR PRESENTATION.
SDOT DID COMPLETE THIS PROJECT
UNDER BUDGET, AND I KNOW WE'LL
DISCUSS THAT MORE AS WE TAKE A
HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE ENTIRE
BUDGET DURING OUR REVIEW OF THE
ENTIRE CITY BUDGET ON THE 12th
OF NOVEMBER.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE POLLNER SIX
RETURNED TO THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER TO
RECONCILE FINAL NUMBERS, AND
CLOSE OUT THAT PRODUCT WITH
THE COMMITTEE.
LAST WEEK, I JOINED IN
SEATTLE'S CHIEF LIBRARIAN, TOM
FAY, DISTRICT 4, FOR AN EVENT
AT THE NORTHEAST BRANCH OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, WHERE
THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF RYAN AND
LICH WOULD MEET.
I FIELDED SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS
FROM NEIGHBORS CONCERNED ABOUT
PROPERTY TAX INCREASES, THE
NEED FOR GREATER PUBLIC SAFETY,
AND THE NEED TO CLOSE THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE.
THEY WERE HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT
CITY COUNCIL'S EFFORTS TO PUSH
FOR INTERNET FOR ALL, AND
RELEASE THE FUNDS THAT COUNSEL
NEEDED LAST NOVEMBER, SO WE CAN
FINALLY MAKE THAT CITY AHEAD OF
THE SOUTHWEST BRANCH IN THE
SOUTHWEST BRANCH, MORE
RESILIENT IN THE COOLING MIDST
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL
NUMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
EVERYBODY, LAST WEEK IN
DISTRICT 6, STAFF AND I
CONTINUE TO HOST REGULAR PUBLIC
SAFETY AND PUBLIC SPACE
MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY
LEADERS, SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCIES, MAYORS OFFICE, CITY
DEPARTMENTS, CITY ATTORNEYS
OFFICES, AS WELL AS KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, SPD, MOVE
ACTION PLANS FORWARD, AT THE
TRIANGLE, ADDRESSING PRIORITY
DISTRICT AREAS, AND IMPLEMENTED
THE 2016 PLANNED DOWNTOWN, AS
WELL AS THE T-60S CONFERENCE
CASE MEETING.
THAT'S A LOT.
EACH OF THESE TEAMS IS
OPERATIONAL BY DESIGN, AND WAS
TAXED, EACH WEEKS, DELIVERING
PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC SAFETY,
AND IN DISTRICT 6, IF YOU HAVE
ISSUES YOU WANT TO ADDRESS,
PLEASE LET ME OR MY D, 6 NO.
WE CAN BE NO FROM OUR WEBSITES,
OR ALL OF MY NEWSLETTERS, WHICH
ALSO HAVE HER INFORMATION IN
THERE.
THIS WEEKEND, WE HELPED PLAN A
PET ADOPTION AND VOLUNTEERED
FOSTER EVENT ON 22nd AVENUE.
IT WAS HOSTED BY THE SEATTLE
ANIMAL SHELTER, CALLED THE BEST
PET CARE FIRST MADE FUR
FIGHTERS, WITH LOCAL MARKETS
PART OF THE COMMUNITY EVENT,
THE FIRST SUCH EVENT HELD AT
THE FRONT PORCH OF THE LIBRARY
ON 22nd AVENUE.
MORE, COMING THROUGHOUT THIS
FALL AND WINTER.
AS PART OF THE 22nd AVENUE
WORKERS, WORKING WITH THE
AIRLINES TO KNOW THAT WE WILL
BRING THESE ACTIVITIES TO THE
FRONT FORCE OF THE LIBRARY.
THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO
HELP REESTABLISH THE HABIT OF
HAVING EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN
VALERIE.
AS SOON AS THE COMMONS PARK IS
REOPENED, THESE EVENTS WILL BE
SHIFTED DIRECTLY TO THE PARK.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HOSTING
A COMMUNITY EVENT ON 22nd
AVENUE, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MY
D-6 DISTRICT DIRECTOR, AND
WOULD LOVE TO GET YOU BUT IS
ABATING IN UPCOMING EVENTS,
INCLUDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
24th, WHEN WE HAVE A WORKOUT
FROM STRIVE AND UPLIFT,
FOCUSING ON MOBILITY WORK.
LEARN HOW TO DECREASE PAIN AND
INCREASED MOBILITY.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER NIGHT, WE HAVE
ILLUMINATION LEARNING STORY
WITH FREE KIDS ACTIVITIES.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15th, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE STRIVE BACK OUT
THERE WITH A WORKOUT TO HELP
CREATE BETTER STABILITY.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9th FROM 12:00
TO 2:00 P.M., BLUE NATION
LEARNING STUDIOS WILL BE BACK
WITH PERFORMANCES BY PUGET
SOUND, PAPER PUPPET OPERA,
WHICH IS A GOOD LOCAL FAVORITE.
IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT OR WOULD
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THESE
TWO, REACH OUT TO AMY IN THE
DISTRICT OFFICE.
MY STAFF ATTENDED THE MARINE
LAKE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING
LAST WEEK, AND LAST THURSDAY, I
HOPE MY DISTRICT SIX OFFICE
HOURS.
DUE TO THE SEATTLE DISTRICT
PARK MEETING, WE HAD TO
RESOURCE THE MEETINGS FOR
DIFFERENT TIMES.
I WAS HAPPY TO MEET WITH B-60S
RESIDENCE, ONE FROM FREMONT,
EIGHT FROM GREEN LAKE, ONE FROM
FINI.
WE DISCUSSED HOMELESSNESS, STAY
HEALTHY STREETS, THE GREEN
LIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER, AND
BOARDS AND COMMISSION
OPPORTUNITIES AND DISTRICT 6.
IN ADDITION TO THAT MEETING, I
ALSO MET WITH ABOUT 40 D-60S
RESIDENCE WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS
SAFETY UPDATES AND PRINCIPLES
TO THE SEAVIEW AVENUE,
ORGANIZED THROUGH THREE
DIFFERENT CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS
ON THE CITYVIEW, WITH THE
NUMBER OF TRAFFIC AND CITY
ISSUES.
CERTAINLY, NORTHWEST.
THIS YEAR, WE HAD A FATALITY.
SOMEBODY ON A BIKE.
WE HAD A CAR WITH NEARLY 15
INCHES FROM HITTING A BUILDING.
THAT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
A NUMBER OF THE REQUESTS THIS
GROUP HAS FOR SDOT ARE IN
PROCESS.
SO, I SHARED THE STATUS AND
DATE OF THOSE REQUESTS.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER
TRACKING IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN
BE MADE TO HIT EMISSION ZERO.
LAST FRIDAY, MY OFFICE HOSTED
OUR SECOND AVENUE DESIGN TRIP
IN CORONATION WITH SDOT AND THE
BALLAD OF ALLIANCE.
IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
WE GATHERED STAKEHOLDERS,
RESIDENCE, TO HEAR THEIR
FEEDBACK ON HOW RECENT INTERIM
CHANGES TO BALLARD AVENUE ARE
WORKING, HOW THEY CAN BE
IMPROVED, AND HOW MORE NEEDS TO
BE DONE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE
CHANGED.
THIS WILL LEAD US TO CLARIFY
AND FINALIZE THE FINAL AND
INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH
WILL LAST UNTIL MORE CHANGES
ARE AGREED UPON.
THIS PROCESS WILL RUN THROUGH
ONE TO TWO MORE DESIGN PROGRAMS
TO HELP IMPROVE THE VISION.
WE ARE USING BALLARD AVENUE AS
THE CITYWIDE POLICY, AS IT'S
NOT A THROUGH STREET.
BALLARD AVENUE AND MARKET
STREET, NORTHWEST AND THE
BALLARD RIDGE.
SO, REALLY MAKES IT A PERFECT
INCUBATOR FOR CITYWIDE POLICY.
WE'RE ALSO USING INTERIM
DESIGNS TO FORM AND CREATE
STRUCTURES IN THE INFLUENCE TO
CONFORM WITH THE HISTORIC
DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
MORE ON THAT SOON.
JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT CAME OUT OF THIS IN
THE UPCOMING CHANGES TO BALLARD
AVENUE.
TOMORROW, ON THE TRANSPORTATION
TO UTILITIES COMMITTEE, AS
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
MENTIONED, WE WILL BE BRIEFED
ON THE LEGISLATION TO MAKE
OUTDOOR DINING A PERMANENT
FEATURE OF OUR CITY'S FABRIC
SDOT LOST A TEMPORARY SAFE
STARTS PROGRAM IN DECEMBER OF
2020 SAFE STARTS PERMITS WERE
FREE AND STREAMLINED, ALLOWING
BUSINESSES TO USE THE SPACE
OUTSIDE HISTORIC AREAS DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
TO DATE, SDOT HAS ISSUED OVER
300 SAFE START PERMITS ACROSS
SEATTLE.
DURING THEIR EVALUATION OF THE
PROGRAM, A SURVEY WENT OUT WITH
OVER 10,000 RESPONSES COMING
INTO THE 2020 SURVEY -- 2021
SURVEY.
ALL, WITH HIGH LEVELS OF
SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM.
EVERY NEIGHBOR IN THE CITY HAS
SHOWN THAT THE HIGH LEVELS OF
SUPPORT CAME FROM BOTH
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS,
BUSINESS OWNERS, AND EVEN
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DIDN'T
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
EXPRESSED A HIGH LEVEL OF
SUPPORT.
AND SO, AS PART OF MY PATHWAY
TO PERMANENCE FOR OUTDOOR
DINING, WE HAVE PROVIDED
TEMPORARY PRE-PERMANENCE WITH
MORE EXTENSIONS, SO THAT SDOT
CAN TAKE TIME TO GET PERMANENT
REGULATIONS RIGHT-SIZED FOR THE
CITY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE FOCUSING
OUR TIME ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS
PROGRAM ON GETTING PERMITS OUT
THE DOOR, RATHER THAN FOCUSING
ON THE REGULATIONS ON THE
OUTSIDE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
MORE BUSINESS OWNERS ABLE TO
USE THESE PERMITS THAT THEY
JUST PUT THEIR NOSE DOWN ON THE
POLICY FOUR.
THIS PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED FOR
2023, AS SDOT RETURNS TO THE
EXISTING PERMIT OPTIONS, WHICH
ARE CONTAINED IN THIS BILL.
REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN BEING ABLE TO
GIVE HIS TIME TO THIS
COMMITTEE, AND THEN IN
DECEMBER, SO WE HAVE TIME TO
REALLY CHEW ON WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED.
SDOT IS FOCUSED ON SETTING NEW
RULES TO MAINTAIN MANY OF THE
POPULAR ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM
. AS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR MORE
STREET CLOSURES, MORE
MERCHANDISE DISPLAYS AND CORE
BENDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO
DO THAT, SDOT IS CENTERING IN
ON A FEW KEY ASPECTS.
EQUITY, BECAUSE WE WANT THESE
CHANGES TO WORK ACROSS THE
CITY.
NOT JUST IN A FEW
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SAFETY, AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM
THE INITIAL PHASE OF PANDEMIC
RELIEF, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT
THESE STRUCTURES ARE SAFE FROM
PEOPLE WHEN DINING, WALKING,
ROLLING AND DRIVING.
ACCESS, AS SDOT WANTS TO
ENSURE WORK TO MAINTAIN PROPER
AXIS, MAKING SURE THERE'S
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR DELIVERIES,
FOR PICKUP, OR WALKING DOWN THE
SIDEWALK WITH RIDE SHARE.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST DISCUSSIONS LAST WEEK
FOR BALLARD AVENUE.
AND SUSTAINABILITY.
PROGRAMMING, CITY, FINANCIALLY,
SUSTAINABLE FOR SDOT.
SO, WHAT COVERS SDOT, COMING
BACK ARE NOT USING GENERAL
FUNDS TO SUPPLY THIS WORK.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE
NEW FEE CYCLE WILL BE ABOUT
$100 A MONTH FOR A RESTAURANT
OWNER, WHICH IS GREATLY REDUCED
FROM PRE-PANDEMIC RATES THAT
WERE SET.
LOOKING AT NEXT-BEST USE, IF
YOU WANTED TO USE A PARKING
SPACE, YOU WOULD PAY FOR THE
WHOLE PARKING REVENUE FOR ALL
THAT WORKING FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
IT JUST DIDN'T WORK REALLY
EXCITED WITH THE NEW PAYMENT
SCHEDULE.
SDOT IS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT
THEY HAVE A NEW SET OF RULES ,
ADEQUATE TRANSITION TIME FOR
BUSINESSES, AND OPTIONS FOR
VIBRANCY WITH THE USE OF OUR
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SO, AS THE SCHEDULE ALLOWS,
BRIEFING TOMORROW, LEGISLATION
OPEN FOR DECEMBER AND
IMPLEMENTION IN JANUARY.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS COMING WEEK, IN WHAT MAY
BREAK THE 10-MINUTE BARRIER,
SORRY, COLLEAGUES, THE D-6 FOR
THE INTERESTING CONNECTION.
FIGURING OUT HOW WE GET TO THE
LAST KAYAK RACE OF THE SEASON
ON A BIKE.
I'LL BE HOSTING MY WEEKLY
OFFICE HOURS THIS WEDNESDAY,
RATHER THAN THURSDAY, BECAUSE
OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
MEETING ON THURSDAY.
THURSDAY, D-6 DISTRICT DIRECTOR
WILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY
CENTER.
ON FRIDAY, I'LL BE JOINING FROM
THE D-6 RESIDENCE TO PICK UP
TRASH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM A D-6
RESIDENT I MET WHILE OUT AND
ABOUT, LOOKING AROUND, BECAUSE
I PICK UP TRASH EVERY WEEK AND
IN BALLARD.
I WILL BE EXCITED TO JOIN
OTHERS THIS TIME AROUND.
SATURDAY, I'LL BE ATTENDING AND
SPEAKING AT THE GREEN LAKE
BOATHOUSE.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.
ATHLETES HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT
IN THIS STRUCTURE WITH THE
STAIRS OF THE AQUA THEATER FOR
FAR TOO MANY YEARS.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY -- THIS
COMMUNITY BOATHOUSE ALLOWS OR
TYPES OF CRAFT AND MORE CRAFTS,
SO THAT THE PROGRAMMING EXTENDS
TO MORE PEOPLE, WHO TYPICALLY
CAN'T JOIN, EITHER DUE TO
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS OR
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THESE
CHANGES.
THIS COMING SATURDAY, THE
FREMONT ARTS COUNCIL CELEBRATES
THE INTERNAL EQUINOX WITH THE
SWEET, ELIMINATING GREG McCRAE.
THE OPENING CEREMONY, 7:30 P.M.
AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY.
FOLLOW THE BAND AROUND GREEN
LAKE AND ENJOY IT THE PARADE.
THERE WILL BE SOME INTEGRATIVE
ONES TO JOIN.
LAST WEEK, ROUND CITY PALM AND
THE CITY, THANKFUL FOR BEING
GUESTS FOR THE HOMECOMING FOR
PEER 62 WITH THE MONTHLY
WELCOMING AND BLESSING
CEREMONY.
THIS WILL BE THE 36th
PROTECTING OF THE SALMON AND
OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH 30 YEARS
OF TELLING OUR STORY.
PROTECTING SALMON HAS BEEN A
LONGTIME PROPERTY OF MINE, AS
WELL AS AM ALWAYS IMPRESSED
WITH HOW BEST THESE COMMUNITIES
TRAVEL.
I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT FROM
BALLARD TO THERE IN 60 MINUTES
WITH A SINGLE KAYAK, WHICH IS
FASTER THAN A CAR.
I'M VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW
FAST A 6 TO 10 PERSON COMMUTE
CAN MAKE IT THERE.
OTHER BUSINESS AROUND THE CITY,
I HAVE A SEQUENCE OF MEETINGS
FOR THE PARKS DISTRICT, WHICH
WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK.
I ATTENDED THE AWC'S HOUSING
SOLUTIONS WORK GROUP.
I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN FIND A NEED
FOR CERTAIN CITIES TO
UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE OF
THIS WORK.
MY TEAM ATTENDED THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE TO HEAR ABOUT THE
STATE OF THE REGIONAL
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND
HOCKING COUNTY IS WORKING TO
ADDRESS GROWING NEEDS FOR
SERVICES, WHILE LOSING
FACILITIES.
THIS IS WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS
IS THE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM
FOR THE CRISIS TEAM HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO HANDLE OVER 40%
INCREASE IN CLIENTS SERVED IN
THE LAST DECADE.
WE HAVE LOST ABOUT 1/3 OF THE
RESIDENTIAL ONES WE WOULD NEED.
I ALSO HAVE HELD SEVERAL
MEETINGS REGARDING A PERTINENT
PROCESS.
MORE ON THAT, SOON.
THIS WEEK, IN CITY HALL, I WILL
BE JOINING SENIOR DEPUTY RON
HARRELL AND BUDGET DIRECTOR
JOHN TINGLEY AHEAD OF THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET TRANSMISSION
NEXT WEEK.
ALSO, HOLDING THE LAND-USE
DIRECTORS MEETING WITH CINDY
MORALES.
THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENT WITH
DIRECTOR CARLSON.
WEDNESDAY, I TEND THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB CEREMONY, IN
RECOGNITION OF THE HOUSE OF THE
CHIEF SEATTLE'S FIRST-EVER
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEPARTMENT,
WHICH I GOT TO VOTE ON.
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPEN.
I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE WAY
OUR DIRECTOR PETER TOMLIN TO
DISCUSS THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION, AND I PLANNED TO
ADDRESS THE CBR BOARD MEETING
TO BE BRIEFED ON TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAMS THROUGH THE PUGET
SOUND DATA TRENDS, AS WELL AS
FRIDAY, ATTENDING THE
ASSOCIATION REFUGE MEETING.
THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE THE
MEETING, IT IS A SPECIAL
MEETING.
THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd.
THERE ARE SEVEN ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
COUNSEL BILL 1 200-4000, FOR
THE PROCESS, COUNCILMEMBER
12001 BILL, COUNSEL BILL
120405, THE TOWNHOUSE
DEPARTMENT STANDARDS , POTENT
FILE 314447, WITH ASSOCIATED
COUNSEL BILL, CONTRACTED ZONE,
TO DESIGN THE BOARD AGREEMENTS.
ALL OF WHICH, EXCEPT FOR THE
APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN BRIEFED
TO THE COMMITTEE BEFORE, AND
LOOKING TO VOTE ON THESE BEFORE
THE BUDGET.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LAND-USE
COMMITTEE BUDGET, AND OUR NEXT
LAND-USE COMMITTEE WILL BE IN
DECEMBER.
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I
READ COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
SCRIPT?
NOT SEEING ANY, SORRY.
I DID GO OVER 10 MINUTES TODAY,
20!
>> I WILL DO BETTER NEXT TIME!
SO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT DID ASK
ME TO READ HER REMARKS, BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S UNABLE TO
JOIN OUR MEETING TODAY.
FROM THE GOVERNANCE, NATIVE
COMMUNITY CENTER TRIBAL
GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY, LAST
WEEK, GOVERNANCE AND NATIVE
COMMITTEES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED THE
DIRECTOR KIMBERLY LEVIN TO
BECOME THE DIRECTOR OF SALES
DEPARTMENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
THE COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON
HER CONFIRMATION ON TOMORROW'S
AGENDA.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED DEPARTMENT OF
SUMMER HAVE LEARNED TO BECOME
THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE JOINT
APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING
COMMITTEE.
FINALLY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ OLS TEAM'S STANDARDS
AWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING
SO HARD ON THIS YEAR'S SJRI .
IN THE NATIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
OVER SEVEN GENERATIONS,
KINGPIN, LED BY THE NATIONAL
NATIVE AMERICAN COALITION, NOW
CALLING ON CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS TO PASS THE TRUTH AND
REVEALING COMMISSION ON INDIAN
BOARDING SCHOOLS LOSS AND ACT.
ALL OF THIS WORK IN THE HEALING
COALITION ON TWITTER OR
FACEBOOK, FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON HOW TO HELP THE CAMPAIGN.
ON SATURDAY, THE ANNUAL
HOMECOMING ON THE WATERFRONT
WELCOMED NUMEROUS COMMUTERS
WITH A GREAT TURNOUT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HONORED TO
SPEAK AS PART OF A BLESSING OF
PEER 62.
THIS WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY, SHE
WILL BE ATTENDING THE
AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST
INDIANS AT TOLEDO AT AT&I.
AT&I RIVERS AND STRIPES IN THE
NORTHWEST AND WILL BE HONORED
TO MEET WITH TRIBAL LEADERSHIP.
ON OTHER EVENTS, WE WILL ATTEND
THE WORK GROUP MEETING ON
FUNDING FOR MISSING AND
INDIGENOUS PERSONS PROGRAMS.
LATER THIS WEEK, THEY WILL BE
JOINING THE CELEBRATION OF THE
OPENING OF THE SEATTLE INDIAN
HELP WORK SCREEN AND LOCAL
CLINIC IN LAKE CITY.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME.FRIDAY AT
2:00 A.M., LAKE CITY, PLEASE
REACH OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN
THE OFFICE OF JUAREZ FOR MORE
DETAILS.
LAST WEEK, THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT MEANT WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SANTOS REGARDING
TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL OR PUZZLE.
SPECIFICALLY, POTENTIAL IMPACTS
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
SHE ALSO MET WITH FORMER
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, WITH
HOUSING NEEDS IN SEATTLE, AS
WELL AS INCOMING SDOT DIRECTOR,
GREG SCOTT, COMING OUT
WEDNESDAY TO WATCH THE NORTHERN
SECTION OF WORK WITH TRANSIT
PEDESTRIAN ADVOCATES AND D-5
STAFF TO SEE THE SAFETY IMPACTS
ND CHALLENGES CAUSED BY THE
LACK OF SIDEWALKS.
ON THURSDAY, THE THREE
REMAINING CHIEF OF POLICE
CANDIDATES ANSWERED QUESTIONS
IN A PUBLIC FORUM, WHICH IS
AVAILABLE TO BE VIEWED ONLINE.
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SEATTLE
WEBSITE TO WATCH.
FRIDAY, WE RECEIVED A QUARTERLY
UPDATE FROM THE NEW PRESIDING
JUDGE OUT OF EISENBERG FROM
SEATTLE UNION SUPPORT,
INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF THE
JUDICIAL BRANCH'S PLANS FOR THE
UPCOMING YEAR.
UPCOMING THIS WEEK, THURSDAY,
THE SOUND TRANSIT DIRECTORS
WILL BE MEETING TO HEAR
PRESENTATIONS ON THE STATION
PREFERRED TERMS OF, WHICH IS
PART OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BALLARD LINKING STATION.
THE TRANSIT WILL ALSO CONSIDER
A MOTION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH
CURRENT AND VIRTUAL MEETING
OPTIONS, EXCEPT IN RARE
CIRCUMSTANCES, AS WELL ON
FRIDAY WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
IN T-5, VISITING WITH THE
REFUGEE ARTISAN INITIATIVE, AS
A GUEST WITH SPECIAL SEWING
PROJECTS IN THEIR LOCATION.
THAT IS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ'S FULL REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
SEEING ON, I WILL NOW PASS IT
OFF TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
JUST FOR THE COLLEAGUES, WE'VE
HAD THE BENEFIT OF HAVING CITY
OPEN FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
TODAY, WE ARE NOW SERVING LUNCH
AND BREAKFAST.
IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, CITY GUIDE
HAS YOU COVERED COUNCIL MEMBER
LOUIS, ALL YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL FOR
STRAUSS.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE FOR OUR
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
HAPPY TO BEGIN WITH JUST SOME
UPDATES FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THERE IS GOING TO BE -- ON THIS
WEDNESDAY -- FOR THE MEETING ON
PUBLIC ASSETS AND HOMELESSNESS
COMMITTEE -- A PLAN VOTE ON THE
THIRD AVENUE RESOLUTION
INTRODUCED TWO WEEKS AGO.
THAT IS GOING TO BE UPDATED ON
THE AGENDA.
THERE WILL BE A NEW DRAFT FOR
THE RESOLUTION FOR
CONSIDERATION OF COUNSEL
COLLEAGUES.
THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE AFTER
CONSULTATION WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO PIROUETTE AND MAKE
MORE SPECIFIC CERTAIN
DELIVERABLES ANTICIPATED TO BE
PROVIDED UNDER THE RESOLUTION
TO BE SPECIFIC WITH SOME
CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO
REQUEST -- FROM THE EXECUTIVE
-- AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSIT
VOLUME FOR DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, AN
ASSESSMENT OF GOING FORWARD IN
THE THIRD AVENUE VISION
DOCUMENT PROPAGATED BY THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION.
IN TERMS OF ITS IMPACT ON
TRANSIT VOLUME AND THE LARGER
TRANSIT PROJECTS CURRENTLY
ANTICIPATED MORE ON THE WAY, TO
CONDUCT A RETURN TO OFFICE
STUDY FOR DOWNTOWN AND TO USE
THE TECHNICAL DATA TO INFORM
THE DATA FOR THE WORKPLAN OF A
STUDY OF REFERRED DESIGNED
CONCEPTS.
FINALLY, TO EVALUATE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PREFERRED
DESIGN CONCEPT.
I KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAD INDICATED A POTENTIAL
CHANGE WITHIN THE SCOPE .I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONSULTING TO SEE IF
THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SOME OF THE
ISSUES RAISED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
LOOK TOWARD TO DISCUSSING WITH
OTHER COLLEAGUES, AS WELL, AS
WE GET CLOSER TO THAT HEARING,
AND THROUGHOUT THAT HEARING,
THIS WEDNESDAY.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS MORNING, I
ANNOUNCED, ALONG WITH A GROUP
OF COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS, MY
PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE FOR
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
WE WILL BE TALKING IN MORE
DETAIL ABOUT THAT WHEN WE
CONVENE AFTER BRIEFING AS A
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
BOARD.
SO, I WILL NOT GO INTO MUCH
DETAIL, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO BE
JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COUNTY
LABOR COUNCIL, LABORERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION, THE
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION,
FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT WITH
A DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION
OF ALLIANCE WITH PIONEER
SQUARE, AS WELL AS 350 SEATTLE,
IN SUPPORT OF THIS PACKAGE THAT
HAS COME TOGETHER FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS.
THE WORK DONE HERE WITH YOU,
BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION WITH MAYOR
HAROLD AND THESE COMMUNITIES
STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED
EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK ON
PRIORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, IN
OUR PARKS.SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THIS
BROAD COALITION OF NONPROFITS
OF LABOR AND BUSINESS LEADERS
TO PROMOTE THIS METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT PACKAGE, OF
COURSE, THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS,
JUST AS A REMINDER, AN EMAIL I
SENT LAST FRIDAY CONFIRMED AN
EXTENSION FROM TALKING TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ'S
OFFICE, AS WELL AS MAYOR
HARRELL , ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THE
INVESTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO
THE FINAL CONSIDERATION OF THAT
PACKAGE TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
27th.
JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT AN
OPEN SESSION, THAT WILL BE A
NEW DAY FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION
OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT COMMITMENTS THAT WILL
BE DUE BY NOON ON THURSDAY,
22nd, AND WE WILL KEEP THAT
FRIDAY THE 23rd MEETING AS A
POTENTIAL WORK SESSION ON
AMENDMENTS.
IF THERE IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT
VOLUME OF AMENDMENT, WE MAY
CANCEL THAT MEETING ON THAT
AFTERNOON, AND JUST HAVE OUR
SESSION AFTER COUNCIL ON
TUESDAY, THE 27th, TO FINALIZE
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
PLAN.
SO, JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT
TIMELINE HERE, DURING BRIEFING,
AND WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
DETAILS OF THAT PROPOSAL WHEN
WE CONVENE AFTER THIS BRIEFING
SESSION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I DO
JUST WANT TO INDICATE THAT WE
WERE JOINED BY JUPITER AND
HOUSTON, TWO DOGS LIVING IN
WEST SEATTLE THIS MORNING, WHO
ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE INCLUSION
OF AN OFF LEASH AREA FOR WEST
SEATTLE IN THE FINAL
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
PACKAGE.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
THEIR OWNERS, PAUL AND ALEC,
ORGANIZING WITH WEST SEATTLE
OFF-LEASH AREA COALITION FOR
THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS MORNING.
IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THEM.
I'M EXCITED TO PARTNER ON THAT
INITIATIVE.
WITH THAT, I WILL JUST GIVE A
FINAL QUEEN CITY UPDATE FOR THE
PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 5th TO
SEPTEMBER 9th.
DURING THAT PERIOD, CLEAN
CITIES RECOVERED 1231 NEEDLES
AND 630 POUNDS OF GARBAGE FROM
LOCATIONS.
THERE WERE NO FOCUS PARTS FOR
THIS AREA OF THE QUEEN CITY
INITIATIVE.
AS ALWAYS, LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING THOSE UPDATES AND THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE
DEPARTMENT ON THAT WORK.
FINALLY, I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE NOT HAVING A GREAT
DAY OF THE WEEK WITHOUT
DRIVING.
UNFORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO
STRUCTURE MY DAILY COMMUTE TO
MY ARTICLE AND DRIVING ON A
FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THAT THROUGHOUT THIS
WEEK.SIMILARLY, TOO MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES, MAKE SOME TIME TO
GET TOGETHER WITH OUR NEW
TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, CHRIS
SMALLS, AND LOOK AT A COUPLE OF
PRIORITIES AROUND DISTRICT 7
FOR POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO
FACILITATE MORE PEOPLE BEING
ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT CHOICE,
AND TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO USE ALTERNATIVES TO
DRIVING.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER -- I
BELIEVE -- TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT
TO CLOSE US OUT UNLESS THERE
ARE QUESTIONS ON MY BRIEFING.
SEE NONE, I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NORMALLY, I WOULD JUST JUMP
RIGHT IN AND SAY, WHAT'S ON
TOMORROW'S AGENDA, WHAT'S UP
FOR COMMITTEE, BUT I DO WANT TO
DIVERGE FROM MY NORMAL
STRUCTURE TO JUST SAY, HOORAY.
FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS, THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE IS OPEN,
AND GLAD TO HEAR MY COUNSEL
COLLEAGUES ARE USING THE
BRIDGE, BOTH WITH SEATTLE
RESIDENTS AND OTHERWISE.
I, MYSELF, WAS ABLE TO DRIVE
ACROSS ON A SUNDAY EVENING.
I WAS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND,
BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC THAT THEY
WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE BRIDGE ON
SATURDAY EVENING, SHORTLY AFTER
9:00 P.M.
OFFICIALLY MAKES IT IN THE WEEK
OF SEPTEMBER 12, AS THEY
ORIGINALLY PROMISED.
SO, GOOD ON SDOT FOR THE
COMMITMENT TO OPEN UP AS SOON
AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD.
ON FRIDAY, I REALLY WAS SO
HONORED TO MEET AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE AND TO COMMEMORATE
THE OPENING OF THE BRIDGE,
JOINED BY GOVERNOR HARRELL,
SENATOR CARNELL, AND SEVERAL
OTHERS, AS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
MENTIONED.
SO, THOSE REPRESENTING LABOR,
THREE-THE TASK FORCE, AND A
NUMBER OF OTHER DISTRICT-ONE
STAKEHOLDERS.
I WANT TO REDIRECT A POINT I
MADE FRIDAY TO YOU.
MY COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, BOTH
CURRENT AND PAST, ASKING FOR
YOUR STEADFAST SUPPORT AND
FUNDING FOR THE PARENT PROJECT
AND MITIGATING THE IMPACT TO
THE COMMUNITIES WITH FUNDING
FOR RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE
PROJECT.
400 DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO
MITIGATE THE DETOUR ROUTE
IMPACTS.
THANKS, AS WELL, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR THE COMMITTEE AND
LEADERSHIP OVER THIS VERY
CHALLENGING TIME.
ALSO, WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE
NINE BUS ROUTES USED FOR THE
LOW BRIDGE, THE SHIFTING OF IT
BACK TO THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
FOR THE 21 EXPRESS.
15 TO THE 55.
THE 56, THE 57, WONDERS 20,
125, AND NOW, OF COURSE, THE
RAPID RIDE SEA RIDE AND WITH
THE LOW BRIDGE, ALSO, THEN,
REMOVED.
MOVING ONTO ITEMS THAT ARE ON
TOMORROW'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA,
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD TO THE
APPOINTMENT OF GINA BETZ, THE
DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS APPOINTMENT IS TO FILL THE
VACANCY IN THE BUSINESS SHIP
CREATED WITH THE FORMER ONE WHO
RESIGNED.
THE APPOINTMENT WILL GO THROUGH
THE END OF 2022.
AND THE MAYOR IS EXPECTED TO BE
REDUCING EVERY DEPARTMENT FOR
THE SUBSEQUENT FOUR-YEAR TERM.
NO ADDITIONAL PROCESS IS
PLANNED FOR THAT APPOINTMENT
THAT IS IN DIRECTION OF THE
COUNCIL.
AND JUST WANT TO APPLY THE
COMMITTEE.
FOR THE SECOND MUST WEEK, WE
ANSWERED A LOT OF COUNSEL'S
QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
MIGHT WANT TO EITHER CHECK OUT
THE PERMISSIBLE, OR CHECK OUT
THE CHANNEL THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE, ON THE DESK, THE
APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC HEALTH.
DR. KOHN WAS NOMINATED BY
HEATHER, BY MAYOR HARRELL, AND
KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE
CONSTANTINE, AND THE
CONFIRMATION MUST BE APPROVED
BY BOTH THE SEATTLE COUNCIL AND
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
DR. KOHN STARTED HIS WORK LAST
WEEK, AND HE JOINED MY PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PURPOSE COMMITTEE ON
THURSDAY.
HIS NOMINATION IS GOING
DIRECTLY TO COUNSEL FOR A VOTE,
BUT BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL
ISSUE AT COMMITTEE, WE WERE
UNABLE TO VOTE, BUT WE HAVE HAD
SORT OF A NON-OFFICIAL VOICE OF
SUPPORT FOR HIS CONFIRMATION,
AND ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS'
VOICES OF SUPPORT IN
CONFIRMATION.
JUST A FEW DEPARTMENT UPDATES
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SIDE OF THINGS, EARLIER TODAY,
I MET WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
SO, OVER THE LONG-AWAITED
RESEARCH AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT
STUDY RESULTS, WE CONVENE WITH
A BRIEFING ON THOSE RESULTS.
NEXT TUESDAY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THE INFERENCE COMMITTEE, AND AS
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS UPDATE
NOTED, THE THREE FINALISTS FOR
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE
PERTINENT CHIEF, PLACING LAST
THURSDAY.
WATCH IT ON THE SEATTLE NEWS
CHANNEL TOMORROW.
I HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE
SEATTLE NEWS APARTMENT.
UP UNTIL 6:00 TONIGHT,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN HELP AT
THE RENEWED BEACH COMMUNITY
CENTER, RESULTING MUNICIPAL
COURT WARRANTS, SETTING UP
PAYMENT PLANS, COMMUNITY
SERVICE PLANS, TO ADDRESS
SEATTLE TICKETS.
VISITORS CAN ALSO BEGIN EFFORTS
WITH OTHER VEHICLES,
REGISTRATION TIMES, AND MAY
EVEN HELP WITH OTHER TICKETS.
GETS A WHOLE LOT OF HELP THERE,
ALSO UNRELATED TO WARRANTS AND
TICKETS.
BUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT
ARE AVAILABLE FOR NAVIGATION AT
THESE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
EVENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ARE
TOO LONG TO LIST, BUT I REALLY
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GET THE WORD
OUT ABOUT THIS.
AGAIN, IT'S ON AT 6:00 TONIGHT.
AND THE APPLICATION IS ON SITE.
IN SOMALI, SPANISH, VIETNAMESE,
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THINGS, I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT SOME OF YOU MAY
BE GETTING EMAILS FROM DISTRICT
APPOINTMENT CONSTITUENTS
CONCERNED ABOUT CHANGES TO THE
SERVICES WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING
ALL THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN DOWN.
WE'RE GETTING LETTERS ASKING
THAT WE PRESERVE THE LETTER
AT&I AND UNIT 26.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
APPLICATION OF THE DISTRICT
WONDERS DECISIONS WHEN THE
BRIDGE WAS CLOSED, AND PLACING
ON A LADDER FOR THE FINANCIAL
ACT, AND THE FIRE STATION 36,
IN SOUTHPARK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
THAT, WITH THE BRIDGE OPENING,
THOSE ARE GOING AWAY.
I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT THOSE
FORCES WEREN'T IN PENDANT TO
ONLY STAY IN PLACE THROUGH THE
BRIDGE OPENING.
WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING, SO
THAT THE LADDER AND THE AREA
COULD STAY IN PLACE THROUGH THE
END OF 2022.
WE KNOW, THOUGH, THAT THAT'S
NOT A SUFFICIENT COMMITMENT FOR
THE DISTRICT 1 WILL BE LOOKING
THIS UP THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
AND THE MEDIC UNITS ARE MEDIC
28 IN RANIER VALLEY, AND FOR
THE JUNCTION.
THAT'S REALLY FAR AWAY FROM THE
LOWER-RICH NEIGHBORHOOD IN
SOUTHPARK.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER
LADDER STATION.
SO, IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY
YOU'RE GETTING THAT EMAIL,
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BIT
ABOUT THAT.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE HEARING
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, REMINDING US THAT
THIS IS A NATIONAL FALLS.
SHIP NIGHT THAT STARTS EVERY
YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 22nd,
HIGHLIGHTING THE LEADING CAUSE
OF FATAL AND NON-FATAL
INJURIES.
ONE OUT OF FIVE FATAL FALLS
RESULT IN A SERIOUS INJURY.
AS FAR AS REGIONAL COMMITTEES,
LAST WEEK, THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COMMITTEE MET.
WE APPROVED THREE NOMINATIONS.
WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM THE
RH A BIT OF WORK ON THE
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT MODEL,
OTHER KNOWN AS THE HOUSING
COMMAND CENTER.
WHAT A HIGHLIGHT OF IMPORTANCE
OF HOW THIS APPROACH IS FOR OUR
OWN CITY AUDITOR, THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BACK IN
2019, THAT WAS NEVER
IMPLEMENTED, AND I JUST THINK
THE RHA SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR
MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS
APPROACH, DOING THE WORK, AND
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THEY'RE
RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM HUD
TO SET UP THIS APPROACH.
ALSO, THERE WAS A BOARD AND
HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING LAST
THURSDAY.
AND, LOOKING FORWARD THIS WEEK,
REGIONAL COMMITTEES, I HAVE
LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEES ON
TUESDAY.
THERE'S A STEERING COMMITTEE ON
THURSDAY.
I'M EXCITED TO ATTEND THE
REGIONAL CAFE'S STANDING IN THE
GAP BED ON THURSDAY THAT'S
DURING THE DAY.
THEN, DURING THE EVENING, I
WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN
EVENING EVENTS, BENEFITING THE
AMISH RIVER COMMUNITY
COALITION, AND TRANSITIONAL
RESOURCES' ANNUAL EVENT.
FINALLY, ON SATURDAY, I'LL BE
JOINING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S
GRAND REOPENING OF THE BEACH.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
MORE COMMENTS ON THE REPORT?
ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANY, IT IS NOW 3:50
P.M.
THIS CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT IS A SCHEDULED
BRIEFING MEETING FOR DECEMBER
26, 2020, 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, DISTRICT OR MEMBERS.
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