>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TODAY
IS NOVEMBER 21st, 2020. I AM
THE CHAIR OF THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE. IT WILL COME BACK TO
ORDER . IT IS 1:30 2 PM. PLEASE
CALL ROLL.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE ON VOTING
GROUP BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PARTICIPATION. WE ALREADY GOT
THROUGH GROUP A. THANKS TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR
TESTIMONY THIS MORNING. WE GOT
THROUGH EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS
PRESENT AND DID SO IN THE 90
MINUTES ALLOTTED. THANK YOU FOR
THE PURCHASE OF ASIAN. GROUP B
CONSISTS OF COUNCIL BUDGET
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED I
THE INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE
AND RECEIVED SUPPORT WITHOUT
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. THE PLAN I
TO VOTE ON ALL 158 ITEMS AS A
CONSENT PACKAGE. BEFORE REMOVIN
ITEMS, COLLEAGUES, CONSIDER IN
THE DELIVERY TODAY, YOU DO NOT
HALF TO REMOVE AN ITEM TO SPEAK
TO IT, EITHER FOUR JUST BY FOR
IT OR AGAINST IT. WE WILL MOVE
THE CONSENT PACKAGE BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE. STAFF WILL PROVIDE A
OVERVIEW. AFTER, COLLEAGUES
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK T
ITEMS. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE AN
IF YOU SUGGEST TO REMOVE AN
ITEM, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO NOTE INTEREST IN REMOVING TH
ITEM. THIS WILL BE A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE PACKAGE. WE
SPENT NEAR THREE HOURS LAST
MONDAY GOING THROUGH THE
MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS STILL
INCLUDED. IT IS A COMPILATION
OF AMENDMENTS THAT MAKE UP THE
PACKAGE I RELEASED LAST MONDAY.
STAFF WILL HIGHLIGHT ITEMS THAT
HAD UPDATES OR CORRECTIONS.
THEY WILL NOT DESCRIBE EACH
ITEM. THAT IS WHAT WE DID LAST
MONDAY. THERE WERE THREE
SUBSTITUTES. WE TALKED ABOUT
ANOTHER ONE THIS MORNING. AS W
HEAR FROM STAFF, I UNDERSTAND
THERE WILL BE A HANDFUL OF
AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE ASKED
TO BE REMOVED, GIVEN THE
SUBSTITUTE NATURE AND WE WILL G
OVER TO OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.
WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR
THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH HERE.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
GROUP B DESCRIBES ITEMS THAT
WERE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN
COMMITTEE . FOR ITEMS WERE YOU
HAVE A SUBSTITUTE OPTION, YOU
WANT TO REMOVE THOSE ITEMS FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. RIGH
NOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO BRIEFL
HIGHLIGHT CHANGES INCLUDED IN
ITEMS IN GROUP B. I WILL NOT
WALK THROUGH ALL 158 . NOR WIL
I DESCRIBE EVERY TECHNICAL
CORRECTION WE MADE OVER THE LAS
WEEK. IF YOU SEE A BUDGET
AMENDMENT IS NUMBER DIFFERENTLY
THE LAST NUMBER IN A SERIES, ,
THAT IS HOW YOU WOULD UNDERSTAN
IT WAS A NEW VERSION. VERSIONS
ARE WHERE WE MAKE TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS.
WE PUT IT IN THE WRONG BUDGET
SUMMARY LEVEL, THERE WAS A TYPO
THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. IF YOU
SEE THERE IS A NEW OPTION
LETTER, THAT WOULD INDICATE A
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE BUT NOT
SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO MOVE TO
GROUP C. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THOSE
CHANGES. I HAVE THE ENTIRE
STAFF ON THE LINE. THEY HAVE
THE ABILITY TO ANSWER DETAILED
QUESTIONS IF YOU ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ITEMS IN THE GROUP.
ITEMS 38 , 55 AND 88 ON THE
AGENDA HAVE TECHNICAL CHANGES T
CORRECT THINGS IN THE
TRANSACTION DETAIL THAT MATTER
FOR THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES
BALANCING. IT IS NOT REALLY
CHANGING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE
AMENDMENT. 12 AND 13 ARE THE
BUDGET AMENDMENTS RELATED TO
PASSING THE YEAR AND
SUPPLEMENTAL ACCEPTANCE AND
APPROPRIATIONS BILL. WE FOUND
OUT EARLY LAST WEEK THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING WAS GIVEN MORE OF A
ALLOCATION FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE , ALLOCATED UNDER TH
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT SO
THAT ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED FO
THIS PUBLICATION TO INCLUDE
ACCEPTANCE AND AUTHORIZE
SPENDING OF THE ADDITIONAL
AWARD. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN
ITEM 21. THAT IS RELATED TO TH
MEMORIAL STADIUM. AFTER FURTHER
DISCUSSION WITH BUDGET OFFICE
AND THE PROJECT TEAM, IT WAS
DETERMINED IT MADE MORE SENSE T
PROVIDE CASH FINANCING IN 2023
THERE IS $700,000 OF CASH. AND
THEN MOVING THE DEBT, ISSUING
THE DEBT AND PROVIDING FUNDING
FOR THE DEBT SERVICE INTO 2024.
OVERALL, IT IS THE SAME AMOUNT
OF FUNDING , $20 MILLION OF DEB
TO SUPPORT THE MEMORIAL STADIUM
WORK, AS WELL AS OVERALL IN THI
PACKET $1 MILLION OF CASH TO
SUPPORT EARLY PLANNING WORK.
ONE LAST EXAMPLE , THIS IS AN
ITEM PROVIDING FUNDING RELATE
FROM THE JUMPSTART FUND FOR
GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS.
BASED ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL
BOARD, AFTER THE PACKAGE WAS
RELEASED, THE ALLOCATION OF $3.
MILLION TO IMPLEMENT THE
RESILIENCE HEALTH PLAN WAS
MODIFIED TO ALLOCATE 1 MILLION
TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ONE MILLIO
TO PARKS AND 1.5 MILLION TO LSD
TO IMPLEMENT THE RESILIENCE PLA
AND IMPLEMENTS A PROVISO ON THE
PARK'S FUNDS TO ENSURE
FACILITIES THAT SERVE,
ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE PRIORITY
COMMUNITIES FIRST. THOSE OF THE
CHANGES YOU WILL SEE. THAT IS
THE MAIN INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL
AMENDMENT WITHIN THE PACKAGE.
THAT IS ALL I PLAN TO HIGHLIGHT
AT THIS TIME. WE WILL ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS A
THIS POINT. I WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THE CONSENT PACKAGE IN
FRONT OF US FOR FUTURE ACTION.
GROUP B, I MOVED TO APPROVE
GROUP B CONSENT PACKAGE. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. TO APPROVE GROUP
CONSENT PACKAGE, STAB PRESENTE
A OVERVIEW BECAUSE OF THE ITEMS
WITH SOME COUNCIL AMENDMENTS
ARE POTENTIAL SUBSTITUTE OPTION
FOR CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS. WE
WILL CONSIDER SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENTS AFTER STAFF
DESCRIBES THEM IN THE
APPROPRIATE PLACE ON GROUP B.
THEY WILL ALL BE MOVED TO GROUP
B IF A COUNCILMEMBER DECIDES TO
REMOVE AN OPTION. COUNCILMEMBER
SPONSORING THE SUBSTITUTE ITEMS
NEED TO PULL THOSE ITEMS, IF
THEY WANT SUBSTITUTES CONSIDER
TODAY. AS A REMINDER,
COUNCILMEMBERS DO NOT NEED TO
HAVE A SECOND OR PROVIDE A
REASONING FOR REMOVING ITEMS
FROM THIS PACKAGE. HOWEVER, IF
YOU DO NOT HAVE A FUNDING SOURC
AND YOU ARE LOOKING TO REMOVE A
REDUCTION IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE, IT WILL BE HIGHLY
DISCOURAGED AS THIS DOES CREATE
A PROBLEM WITH THE BALANCE
PACKAGE. IT WILL NO LONGER BE
BALANCED. THE TIME FOR PROPOSIN
ADDITIONS WAS LAST WEEK . WE AR
MOVING ON AN AMENDMENT THAT WIL
COST THE CITY ADDITIONAL
FUNDING. THAT MEANS THE BUDGET
WILL NO LONGER BE BALANCED AND
THAT IS WHY THAT WAS DUE LAST
WEEK. WE ONLY HAVE TODAY WITH
THESE FINAL VOTES TO GET A
BALANCE PACKAGE AT THE END THE
DAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
REMIND FOLKS THAT FIRST, YOU DO
NOT HAVE TO REMOVE AN ITEM TO
SPEAK TO IT, EITHER FOR OR
AGAINST IT FROM THE BALANCING
PACKAGE. SECOND, THERE IS GOIN
TO BE PLENTY OF TIME TO SPEAK T
THE ITEMS YOU GOT INCLUDED IN
THE BALANCING PACKAGE BEFORE WE
TAKE A VOTE ON THIS GROUP B.
COLLEAGUES, I WILL GET IT
STARTED. THE EMERGENCY FUND
CONTRIBUTION PREVAILED, I WILL
BE, FOR PROCEDURAL PURPOSES
HERE, ASKING TO REMOVE THE
FOLLOWING THREE ODDMENTS FROM
GROUP B THAT WERE RELATED TO
THAT AMENDMENT THAT PASSED THIS
ONE. THESE ARE NOT RELATED TO
OTHER POLICY ITEMS ON THE AGEND
HERE BUT ONLY RELATE TO THAT
BILL CONSIDERED IN GROUP A, ITE
NUMBER THREE, THIS MORNING. I
WILL BE ASKING TO REMOVE 90 ON
001, GENERAL ITEM NUMBER 23. SP
903 A , 002. THAT IS AGENDA ITE
40. SPD 907-8002 . THAT IS
AGENDA ITEM 43. WE ARE REMOVIN
THOSE THREE ITEMS. THEY WILL NO
LONGER BE ON THE AGENDA FOR
CONSIDERATION ENTIRELY GIVEN TH
THREE ITEMS WERE ADDRESSED IN
THE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED THIS
MORNING. EXCUSE ME. LET ME
PAUSE FOR PROCEDURAL UPDATES .
LET ME SEE IF I DID THAT
CORRECTLY.
>> YOU DID THAT CORRECTLY. I
WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT IT WAS ITEM
140 AND 143 . SPD 903 AND SPD
907 . IT WAS HIGHLIGHTING ITEM
IN REAL-TIME AND REMOVING
BUDGET ITEM 140 AND 143, SPD 90
AND 907. THESE THREE ITEMS ARE
NO LONGER NECESSARY TO BALANCE
THE FUNDING FOR THOSE ITEMS. I
IS A REJECTION OF THESE
AMENDMENTS TO SEE THAT THE
COMMITTEE APPROVES .
>> APOLOGIES IF I MISSPOKE.
AGENDA ITEMS 23 140 AND 143 THA
WERE REMOVED. OKAY. I SEE A
HAND AND ALSO A HAND IN PERSON
FIRST. I WILL TURN IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD A SMACK I
MOVE THAT 02 A 00 TO BE REMOVE
FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE. THAN I
MOVE THAT HST 904-8001 BE
REMOVED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
REMOVED 002, AGENDA ITEM 51.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ALSO
REMOVED HST 904 A 001 , AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 71. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. FOR
REFERENCE, THOSE TWO ITEMS
RELATE TO THE WAHKON AMENDMENT
THAT WE ADDED TO THE AGENDA THI
MORNING. THAT SEEKS TO ADDRESS
BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES IN ONE
REVISED AMENDMENT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
REQUEST THAT ITEM 31 FAS 003
DASH A 002 BE REMOVED. THAT IS
THE SUBJECT OF A SUBSTITUTE . I
ALSO REQUEST THAT ITEM 60 , HST
035C001 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM
BE REMOVED. I REALIZE THAT WOUL
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. I
REQUEST THAT ITEM 121 , WHICH
IS SDOT 502B001 BE REMOVED,
THAT IS SUBJECT TO A
SUBSTITUTE. THEN I REQUEST THAT
ITEM 133 , SPD 102-8002 BE
REMOVED, THAT IS ABOUT THE
ABROGATION. I APPRECIATE THE
CHAIR MENTIONING WE CAN SPEAK T
ITEMS LATER WITHOUT REMOVING
THEM. THERE ARE ITEMS I WANT TO
SPEAK TO LATER.
>> THAT WOULD BE LATER. THANK
YOU.
>> ONE SECOND, PLEASE,
COUNCILMEMBER. OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
REQUESTED FAS 003 A 002 ITEM
NUMBER 31 BE REMOVED . THAT
RELATES TO THE JAIL CONTRACT.
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT,
WHICH IS FAS 003B. WE WILL
CONSIDER THAT LATER.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
REQUESTED HST HST 005 BE
REMOVED . THAT RELATES TO THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM. THIS WOULD
RESULT IN AN INCREASED COST TO
THE BUDGET . FLAGGING THAT.
HIGHLY DISCOURAGED REMOVAL OF
ITEMS THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPAC
THAT IS NEGATIVE TO THE BUDGET.
THIS DOES NOT NEED A SECOND.
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 60,
HSD 005C NUMBER 60.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN REQUESTE
SDOT 502B001 BE REMOVED . THER
IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT HE HA
ALREADY CIRCULATED. THAT IS
SUBSTITUTE SDOT FIVE OTC,
AGENDA NUMBER 121. LASTLY,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
REQUESTED SDOT 102 WAY 002 BE
REMOVED , AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
133. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
REQUEST THE STATEMENTS BE
REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
>> I MAY ASK YOU, IF THERE ARE
MORE THAN ONE OR TWO, TO PAUSE
AFTER EACH ONE SO I CAN REPEAT
IT.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ITEM 17, CBO 900-8001. I A
PAUSING.
>> THANK YOU. YOU CAN CONTINUE
>> ITEM 24 CSC 002B001.
>> AGENDA ITEM .
>> 24.
>> THANK YOU. 00 A 002.
>> OKAY.
>> AGENDA ITEM 35, FAS
903-8002.
>> ARTHUR MOORE?
>> YES, TWO MORE. AGENDA ITEM
134 SPD 200 ON A 001. ITEM
162, WHICH IS SPU 900 A 001
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS. AGAIN, IF YOU D
WANT TO REMOVE AN ITEM THAT DOE
NOT HAVE A BALANCED APPROACH TO
IT, IT WILL BE HIGHLY
DISCOURAGED BY THE CHAIR WE GET
TO THAT ITEM IF THERE IS NOT A
PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE TO FUND AN
ITEM IN THE BUDGET AT THIS WILL
CREATE AN OUT OF BALANCE BUDGET
LET ME CONFIRM THAT I HAVE THE
FULLEST COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
SIX ITEMS ARE ON MY LIST. THANK
TO PATTY FOR TRACKING THIS IN
REAL-TIME. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1
, CBL 908. AGENDA ITEM 24, CF
CC 002 BE. AGENDA ITEM 27 DL
301. AGENDA ITEM 35 . FAS
903. AGENDA ITEM 134 . SPD
201. AGENDA ITEM 162 . SPU
900. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS
THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER WOULD
LIKE TO REMOVE AT THIS JUNCTURE
OKAY. COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THE ITEMS WE HAVE
LISTED HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO
THE END OF GROUP B. HEARING NO
FURTHER REQUESTS TO PULL ITEMS
THE FULL LIST OF ITEMS REMOVE
FROM THE CONSENT PACKAGE WILL B
CONSIDERED AT THE END OF GROUP
. I WILL ASK CENTRAL STAFF, IF
YOU DON'T MIND READING, FOR THE
RECORD, AGAIN, THE FULLEST FROM
THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO REMOVED
ITEMS.
>> OKAY. I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT
ITEM 17, CBO 900 A ONE. AGENDA
ITEM 23, 901 A-1. AGENDA ITEM
24, CSC TO BE ONE. ITEM 27 DL
30182 . ITEM 31 FAS 382. ITEM
35, FAS 903 A TO . ITEM 51, HST
-- HSD 28 TWO. HSP 35 . ITEM
71. HSP 904 31. ITEM 121. SDO
50 TO BE ONE. I DON'T WANT 33
SPD ONE A . ITEM 134. SPD 201
A-1. ITEM 140. SPD 903. ITEM
143. SPD 90 782. ITEM 162. SPU
900 A-1 .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU FOR READING THAT IN FOR THE
RECORD. I SEE A THUMBS-UP FROM
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YO
SO MUCH. I DON'T HEAR ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT THIS TIM
OR REQUESTS FOR THE CONSENT
PACKAGE TO BE REMOVED. I AM
GOING TO PAUSE. WE HAVE PROMISE
ALONG WINDOW FOR FOLKS TO
HIGHLIGHT VARIOUS ASPECTS THE
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE INCLUDE
IN THIS CONSENT PACKAGE AS
PRESENTED AS THE INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE LAST MONDAY.
LOTS OF REALLY HARD WORK WENT
INTO CREATING THE AMENDMENTS YO
PUT FORWARD. I REALLY APPRECIAT
THE TIME YOU TOOK TO WORK WITH
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
CENTRAL STAFF AND OUR OFFICE TO
FINESSE THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS
SO WE COULD ADDRESS MANY OF THE
PRESSING NEEDS THROUGHOUT OUR
CITY. THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL,
TO YOUR OFFICES AND TO CENTRAL
STAFF, MY OFFICE , STAFF MEMBER
, FOR BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH
YOU OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO
ADDRESS MANY OF THEM MSU BROUGH
FRWARD FOR THE UNDERLYING
BALANCING PACKAGE. THAT IS THE
TIME TO LIFT UP WHAT IS IN THE
MAG GIVEN HOW WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THE CHALLENGING NATURE OF
INDIVIDUAL BUDGET AMENDMENT
ITEMS. IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW
THE FULL PICTURE SOMETIMES WHEN
WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET IN
FRONT OF US. LET'S SHARE WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHAT WAS
INCLUDED AND WHAT YOU WORKED T
CHAMPION. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL GET IT
STARTED. I WILL ONLY SPEAK TO
ITEMS THAT REMAIN IN VOTING
GROUP B , THE BALANCING PACKAGE
I WILL HOLE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS
PREVIOUSLY IN THAT BUT HAVE BEE
PULLED. I WANT TO LIFT UP MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE FACT THAT
FUNDING TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FOR SERVICE PROVIDER
CONTRACT INFLATION HAS BEEN
INCLUDED IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE. AMENDMENT 23 THREE,
MY AMENDMENT FOR 2024, AS WE
DISCUSSED, BY LAW, THE BUDGET
MUST INCLUDE AN ANNUAL INCREASE
EQUAL TO THE RATE OF INFLATION.
THAT IS 7.6%. THIS BUDGET ONL
INCLUDED 4%. THEY HAD ALREADY
TESTIFIED THEY PASSED BUDGETS
AND FOLLOWED THE LAW. REALLY,
THE COUNCIL IS COLLECTING
FAITHFULLY SO IT IS OKAY.
ANOTHER ITEM OF THE PACKAGE I
AM APPRECIATIVE OF IS 23 AND 2
FOR HSD TO CONTRACT WITH THE
ASSOCIATION FOR THE LET EVERYON
LEAD IN LEAD PROGRAM , FLAGGIN
FUNDING THE 4 MILLION OVER THE
BY ANY AND IS NOT AN INCREASE,
IT IS A PARTIAL RESTORATION
TOWARDS THE REDUCTION OF FUNDIN
OVER THE 2022 BASE OF 24
MILLION. THIRDLY, I WANT TO LIF
UP FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT
THE WORKER MINIMUM ORDINANCE
AND PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT
FOR ALL LABOR STANDARDS. THE
COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO
PASS. VISITING WORKER
PROTECTIONS BECOME SO MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT AS WE EXITED THE
STATE OF EMERGENCY , PROTECTION
THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OFFERED
FOR PREMIUM PAY AND FUNDING TO
ENSURE THE OFFICE OF LABOR AND
STANDARD IS SET UP FOR
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
PAYOUTS WHILE STRENGTHENING TH
ABILITY TO ENFORCE OTHER LABOR
ITEMS. LASTLY BUT CERTAINLY NOT
LEAST, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPACITY I
WEST SEATTLE, SOUTH PARK AND TH
OTHER SELF AND NEIGHBORHOODS O
SEATTLE AND THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE RIVER. HISTORICALLY THESE
UNDERSERVED HAVE RECEIVED NEW
LIFESAVING ASSISTANCE FOR FIRS
RESPONDERS FROM FIRE STATION 4
AND FIRE STATION 26 WHEN THE
BRIDGE WAS CLOSED. CHIEF
SCOGGINS, THANK YOU FOR MAKING
SURE THAT HAPPENED. MOVING
FORWARD, IF THE LADDER LEAVES
IN 2023, THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE
TO SERVE ALL OF SEATTLE, MEDIC
28 IN RAINIER VALLEY AND MEDIC
32 ARE VERY, VERY FAR AWAY FRO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOUTH PARK
AND ALSO EXTENDING RESPONSE
TIMES IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, A
WELL. REALLY, THANK YOU FOR TH
INCLUSION OF THESE ITEMS IN
VOTING GROUP B.
>> THANK YOU . ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOLKS WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE? COUNCILMEMBER
MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL , GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO
COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THE ITEM
HERE. I REALLY WANT TO THANK
THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION FOR
THEIR STRONG ADVOCACY. ITEM 5 I
AROUND THE SPACE I WANT TO
SPEAK TO PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I
HAS CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE
ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR $1
MILLION. THE HISTORIC
SECOND-FLOOR RENOVATION THAT
HAPPENED AT KING STREET STATION
IS REALLY INTENDED TO CREATE A
CREATIVE ECONOMY THROUGH
MULTIPLEX FOR PARTNERING WITH
YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. A
I SAID, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WA
FOR $1 MILLION TO SUPPORT TENAN
IMPROVEMENTS. I KNOW THAT THEY
WILL APPRECIATE HAVING THE
250,000 THAT IS HERE,
>> AND WITH CAREER CONNECTIONS
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THAT. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
ARTS COMMISSION FOR THE
CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THE
CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY. THE
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION IS
WORKING REALLY HARD TO PROTECT
THE VITALITY OF THE ARTS SECTOR
IN SEATTLE. THAT INCLUDES
SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE
CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY PDA. IF
YOU RECALL WE CHARTED THIS IN
2020. IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL
FOR CREATING AFFORDABLE
PRODUCTION SPACE, AFFORDABLE
REHEARSAL SPACE AND OTHER
CULTURAL SPACE FOR CREATIVE'S.
I WANT TO THANK HOLLY JACOBSON,
THE ARTS MANAGER, JAMES MILES
FROM THE SEATTLE BUMBERSHOOT.
I WAS GOING TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS ABOUT DEAL BUT I WILL
SAY THAT SINCE ONE OF THOSE GOT
PULLED. I WANTED TO MAKE ONE
MORE COMMENT ABOUT ITEM 65,
WHICH IS ADDING FUNDING FOR
ANTI-ASIAN HATE. I THINK THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT GIVEN WE KNO
FOLKS HAVE EXPERIENCED
INCREASED HATE CRIMES. I
APPRECIATE THIS FUNDING BEING
ADDED. HOWEVER IT DOES TAKE
FUNDING FROM A WELL-ESTABLISHED
SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY SAFETY
PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES CRIME
PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTA
DESIGN ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS
SO I DO HAVE A PROPOSAL TO
RESTORE THIS FUNDING TO SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, WHICH I
HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT
WHEN WE GET TO GROUP C. THAT'S
ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT AMENDMENT . ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT FOLKS
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. THIS IS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT
WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR INITIAL
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED
AND ADOPTED IN THE INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
OF ITEM 66 WHICH IS HSD 600
600A002. PROVIDING A REPORT ON
CONTRACT WITH HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS WHICH I COMPLETELY
SUPPORT. I WAS SEARCHING FOR
THE REPORT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
A REPORT WAS REQUIRED IN THE
LEGISLATION PASSED IN 2019,
THAT WOULD TIE CONTRACT
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CPI W. THA
REPORT WAS DO I BELIEVE THIS
PAST MARCH OR MAY. IN ANY CASE
THIS BUDGET ITEM WHICH ADDS TO
THAT BODY OF WORK AND EXTENDS
THE DEADLINE ANOTHER YEAR, I'M
JUST WONDERING IF THERE WOULD B
ANY OPENNESS TO MOVING THAT UP
A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THAT WILL
HAPPEN RIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER
ROUND OF BUDGETING AND I DO
THINK , I AM WONDERING IF THER
IS ANY OPENNESS TO CHANGING
THAT DEADLINE. THIS CHANGE DOE
NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAPPEN
RIGHT NOW I DID NOT PULL THAT
LEGISLATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK YOU
ARE SIGNALING MAY BE A FUTURE
CONVERSATION. I WILL OF COURSE
DEFER TO THE VICE CHAIR BUT
SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN PULLED,
THIS MAY NOT BE THE APPROPRIATE
TIME TO AMEND IT BUT IF THE
VICE CHAIR HAS ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ABOUT THE REPORT
GENERALLY THAT WOULD BE
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS NOT
SPEAKING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
IT'S WITHIN OUR COUNCIL RULES
FOR ONE, TO DIRECT QUESTIONS T
ANOTHER WITHOUT THE ALLOWANCE
OF THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT , I ACTUALLY
WORKED WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA ON DEVELOPING. SO
PERHAPS AFTER TODAY, AND
GETTING THROUGH TODAY'S VOTES W
CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THERE NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTMENTS T
THE REPORT BACK DAYS. IT IS
TRUE THAT THE BULK OF THE
REPORTING BACK RELATES TO A
REQUIREMENT IN THE LEGISLATION
THAT COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
CHAMPIONED. THAT REPORT NEVER
CAME. BUT WE ARE NOW ADDING
SOME NEW REPORTING ITEMS THAT I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED . IF WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE THE DATE I
WOULD NOT WANT TO DO SO WITHOUT
TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT WITH
MDM. CHAIR BECAUSE SOME OF THOS
REPORTING ITEMS ARE NOT
REPORTING ITEMS THAT OUR OWN
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS
CONTROL OVER. THEY ARE EXTERNA
PARTNERS THAT WILL BE DELIVERIN
THAT PRODUCT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR FIELDING THAT .
FEEL FREE TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
DIRECTED AT ME AND I WILL MAKE
SURE THAT WE EITHER FIELD THEM
HERE OR WE TAKE IT OFF-LINE.
BUT I THANK YOU IN YOUR INTERES
IN ONGOING CONVERSATION ON THIS
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> CAN I ASK YOU A PROCESS
QUESTION FIRST? MY COMMENTS AR
ON SORT OF THE OVERALL VOTE O
THE GROUP B AMENDMENTS. WOULD
YOU LIKE ME TO HOLD THEM FOR
LATER MAKE THEM NOW?
>> THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO
DO SO. AFTER THESE COMMENTS WE
WILL VOTE ON THE GROUP B. ITEM
IN GROUP B THAT ARE STILL PART
OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE, THEN W
WILL GO ON TO VOTE ON THE
INDIVIDUAL ITEMS PULLED OUT.
>> THANK YOU, SO FOR THE GROUP
B AMENDMENTS, MY COMMENTS APPL
HERE. EVERY YEAR I HAVE VOTED
YES FOR THE BALANCING PACKAGE
BECAUSE EVERY OTHER BUDGET YEA
THE BALANCING PACKAGE HAS
OVERWHELMINGLY BEEN A PACKAGE
THAT ADDS A BUNCH TO GOOD
PROGRESSIVE MUCH-NEEDED
PROGRAMS. OF COURSE THIS YEAR
ALSO FUNDS THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT
IT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR
BECAUSE THE BALANCING PACKAGE
THIS YEAR IS REALLY THE
AUSTERITY BUDGET BECAUSE IT ALS
IMPROVES A LONG LINE OF CUTS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WORKING
PEOPLE ALSO UNDERSTAND, JUST
THE OVERALL OF THIS. WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE METER FUNDING
BUT THAT IS ON TOP OF JUST THE
CHRONIC AND ENDEMIC
UNDERFUNDING FOR A LOT OF THE
NEEDS OF SEATTLE'S WORKING
PEOPLE. ALL THE WAY FROM
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE
QUESTION OF ADDRESSING CLIMATE
CHANGE. THIS BALANCING PACKAGE
INCLUDES THE LIBRARIES,
COMMUNITY CENTER REPAIRS, PLAY
AREAS AND PARKS ADA
INFRASTRUCTURE, FORESTRY,
BRIDGES AND SIDEWALK REPAIR AN
MANY OTHER THINGS. NOT TO
MENTION THE $1 MILLION FOR THE
AMAZON MOVEMENT IN 2020. RATHE
THAN WHERE IT WAS INTENDED TO G
WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL. THE REASON FOR
ALL OF THESE CUTS ARE FOR THE
MANUFACTURED CRISIS THAT ONLY
BECAME A REALITY BECAUSE THE
DEMOCRATS IN THE CITY COUNCIL
HAVE BEEN TOTALLY UNWILLIN TO
INCREASE THE POULTRY TAXES TO
BUSINESSES LIKE AMAZON AND
STARBUCKS. I WILL BE SPEAKING
THROUGH THIS POINT AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE
CHANCE TO VOTE ON AN AMENDMENT
FROM MY OFFICE TO REVERSE ALL O
THOSE. I WILL SPEAK MORE ON
THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM.
BELIEVE IT'S ITEM 185. THE
BALANCING PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES
MANY I DO SUPPORT STRONGLY SUCH
AS, RESTORING INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS FOR HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS. ALSO RESTORING CU
FUNDING TO MANY CRUCIAL
SERVICES. AND AMENDMENTS THAT
WERE PROPOSED BY THE CAMPAIGN
AND MY OFFICE REGARDING DEFENS
ATTORNEYS, THE CLEAN GREEN
VEGETABLE PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOM
NEIGHBORHOODS , EXPANDING THE
PUBLICLY OWNED CLEAN ELECTRIC
GENERATION RESOURCES FOR FUTUR
YEARS. AND DISCUSSION WITH
CITY COUNCIL, MY OFFICE
WONDERED IF WE SHOULD PULL A
SEPARATE VOTE FOR ALL OF THE
BUDGET AMENDMENTS , IN OTHER
WORDS IMPOSE CUTS, AND THEN
COUNT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS TO THE
BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM MY OFFICE
INCREASING THE AMAZON TAX. BUT
THAT WOULD BE UNNECESSARILY
COMPLICATED. THE CLERKS ALREAD
HAD TO REPAIR 1000 PAGE AGENDA
PACKET FOR TODAY'S MEETING. SO
INSTEAD I WILL BE VOTING ABSTAI
FOR THE BALANCING PACKAGE
BECAUSE IT INCLUDES ITEMS THAT
DO SUPPORT STRONGLY AND OTHER
ITEMS THAT I OPPOSE. LATER IN
THE AGENDA I WOULD MOVE TO
INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX AND VOT
YES. IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY
REVERSE ALL OF THE BUDGET CUTS
OPPOSE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT. COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSO
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD
WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DON
OF THE BUDGET. I KNOW PUTTING
THE OTHER BUDGETS TOGETHER IS
LIKE SOLVING A 10 CITED RUBIK'S
CUBE IN A WINDSTORM AND I'M GLA
TO SEE EQUITY AT THE FUNDING FO
THE URBAN FORRESTER POSITION,
LOTS OF CREATIVITY AND TRYING T
SAVE VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS. I DID WANT TO TAKE
THE CHAIR UP ON HER OFFER TO
SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF ITEMS.
WITHOUT CALLING THEM OUT FOR A
SEPARATE VOTE. SO ITEM 1-7,
THIS IS THE BEST. ITEM TO CUT
BACK ON STRUCTURAL PAINTING OF
BRIDGES. WE WANTED TO NOTE IT'
NOT A COSMETIC ITEM. IS VITAL
TO KEEPING OUT PHYSICALLY
DAMAGING RAIN AND RUSS RUST.
OUR OWN CITY AUDITOR AND THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION CONSIDER
PROTECTING BRIDGES A VITAL PART
OF MAINTENANCE. BECAUSE THIS
AMENDMENT AS IS, WAS ALREADY
AN UNDERFUNDED ASPECT OF BRIDG
MAINTENANCE, I DO INTEND TO
BACKFILL THIS INCLUDING ITEM
165 ON THE AGENDA. SO I WILL B
SPEAKING TO THAT LATER.
REGARDING ITEM 141 WHICH IS TH
GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM, WHILE
THERE ARE CURRENT LIMITATIONS T
CERTAIN TYPES OF GUNSHOTS , I
SUPPORTED THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL
TO PILOT THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM IN
SEATTLE ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT
WE'VE HEARD WITH STRONG SUPPORT
FROM ORGANIZATIONS . IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COUNCIL. BUT THEY SAI
WE WOULD NEED TO FIND
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING AND IT'S
UNCLEAR WHERE I CAN FIND THAT A
THIS LATE HOUR BUT I DID WANT T
NOTE MY SUPPORT FOR THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL. FINALLY ITEM 146 JUS
TO BE CONSISTENT WITH MY NO VOT
AGAINST THE INCREASE IN
PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE PARKS
DISTRICT ON SEPTEMBER 27. I
WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT
DON'T SUPPORT ITEM 146 WHICH
AFFECTS THE WAY THE PARKS
DISTRICT INCREASE THAT'S, SPR
001 A, 002. I DIDN'T WANT TO
HAVE TO PULL THAT ITEM AND HAVE
A SEPARATE VOTE ON IT, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON FOR ADHERING TO THAT
SUGGESTION. OKAY, ARE THERE
ANY OTHER ITEMS THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
FEATURE, HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THA
YOU DID ON YOUR INITIAL
AMENDMENTS? I'M NOT HEARING
ANY. ALL RIGHT COUNCILMEMBERS.
I THINK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
IS WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING BUT
I'M GOING TO JUMP IN. I WANT T
THANK YOU. I WILL SAY MY ROBUS
LIST OF THANK YOUSE AS YOU ALL
KNOW FOR THE VERY END. I WANT
TO THANK THE CENTRAL STAFF, MY
TEAM, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'V
DONE WITH CENTRAL STAFF LED BY
ESTHER HANDY. ALL OF YOU, WE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT TOUGH CHOICES
IN THIS BUDGET AND WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH
SOME OF THOSE CHOICES WERE
ADDRESSED IN THE INITIAL
APPROACH. I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU
SAW FOR ME WAS A THOUGHTFUL AND
DELIBERATIVE PROCESS TO CREATIN
A BALANCED BUDGET. I HOPE THAT
WHAT THE COMMUNITY SEES IS AN
ONGOING EFFORT TO STRIVE TO
IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT MAY
HAVE HAD A CLIFF OR A REDUCTION
THIS IS NOT AN AUSTERITY BUDGET
IT DOES NOT LAY ANYONE OFF AND
IT DOES NOT PREVENT PROGRAMS TO
AND. IT PRIORITIZES EXISTING
SERVICES AND INVESTMENTS BEFORE
NEW PILOTS, RAN NEW PROGRAMS O
INITIATIVES THAT DO NOT PROVIDE
AN IMMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE AN
DELIVERY OF CARE TO OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND
SMALLEST BUSINESSES. REGARDING
ADDRESSING THE REACH SHORTFALL,
WE LOOKED ACROSS ALL SPENDING
CATEGORIES. IN EVERY WAY
POSSIBLE WE TRIED TO DIRECT THE
OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING TO
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT ALREADY
INITIATED OR FULLY PLANNED. I'
VERY PROUD OF SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS WE HAVE PUT IN HERE
AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT SIX OF
THOSE. AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THI
BUDGET INCLUDES A COMBINED TOTA
OF OVER HALF $1 BILLION FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. A 400%
INCREASE SINCE 2016. FOR FIRST
TIME HOME OWNERSHIP OPTIONS,
THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES
THAT GO ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL
UNITS BOTH RENTAL AND FIRST-TIM
OWNERSHIP OPTIONS. IT INCLUDES
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES, INVESTING MILLIONS I
SOLVING AND CARING FOR THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KING COUNT
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
IT KEEPS OUR PROMISE TO THE
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE
ON THE FRONTLINE OF DELIVERING
CARE AND TO AT LEAST DESERVE A
COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE AS
CODIFIED IN STATUTE. ANYTHING
ELSE WOULD'VE BEEN A CUT. IT
INVESTS IN EQUITABLE DEVELOPMEN
FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNITY DRIVE
PROJECT IN COMMUNITIES AT
HIGHEST RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
THROUGH THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
INVESTMENTS. AND ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
SMALL BUSINESS TO ADVANCE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL,
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND MEET
COMMUNITY NEEDS WITH DEVELOPMEN
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE SPAC
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, CULTURAL
AND COMMUNITY SPACE, IN ADDITIO
TO THE ARTS THANKS TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
NOTING THOSE. AND GREEN NEW
DEAL, SHORING UP COMMUNITIES AN
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND SUPPORTING
TRANSITION THROUGH GREEN
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FENCE
LINE COMMUNITY DRIVEN
STRATEGIES TO TACKLE CLIMATE
CHANGE LED BY THE OVERSIGHT
BOARD OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL. I
TRANSPORTATION AND SAFE STREETS
DESPITE THE SHORTFALL THIS
BUDGET INVESTED MILLIONS IN
TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE,
SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGE REPAIR
PROJECTS WHILE STILL CALLING FO
ADDITIONAL REVENUE THROUGH THE
UPCOMING TRANSPORTATION LEVY.
WE KNOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE MASSIVE INVESTMENTS AND
CAN'T RELY ON THE VOLATILITY OF
REIT.
>> I AIM TO STAY TRUE TO OUR
VALUES IN PUBLIC SAFETY WITH A
RACIAL EQUITY LENS AND A SOCIAL
JUSTICE LENS INVESTING IN
UPSTREAM SAFETY INVESTMENTS
WHILE FULLY FUNDING THE HIRING
AND RECRUITMENT PLAN AS
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND
CODIFIED BY STATUTE EARLIER THI
YEAR. IN HEALTH, EDUCATION,
ARTS AND CULTURE, ON THE HEELS
OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC WHAT WE
HAVE INVESTED HERE HELPS BRING
OUR COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY, TO
HAVE SOCIAL COHESION, ENGAGEMEN
AND TO BRING OUR COMMUNITIES
BACK TOGETHER. THIS IS ONE WAY
WE CAN ADDRESS THE ONGOING
HARDSHIP, TRAUMA AND STRESS OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BALANCING
PACKAGE IMPROVES HEALTH, SOCIAL
COHESION AND WELL-BEING OF ALL.
I APPRECIATE WE WILL HAVE MORE
CONVERSATIONS HERE TO COME ON
SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE
SEEN PULLED OUT OF THE BALANCIN
PACKAGE BUT AGAIN, I TRIED TO
MOVE US AWAY FROM MAJOR POLICY
DECISIONS EMBEDDED IN THE
PROCESS AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE
THAT THIS BUDGET CYCLE IN THE
MIDST OF THIS ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY REQUIRED US TO STA
FOCUSED ON WHERE OUR INVESTMENT
WOULD HEED THE MOST RESULTS AND
ENSURE THAT WE WOULD STAY
FOCUSED ON FINANCIAL SOLVENCY
AND STABILITY OF OUR CITY. MY
GOAL WAS TO TRY TO TAKE THE
TEMPERATURE DOWN, AND GIVEN TH
SHORTFALL LOOK AT THE SIX YEAR
FINANCIAL PLAN AND CREATE A WAY
FOR US TO CREATE STABILITY IN
THE OUT YEARS. I WANT TO THANK
THE FOLKS WHO MADE THIS PACKAGE
COME TOGETHER. THANK THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO
COME TOGETHER AS WE WORK THROUG
A CHALLENGING YEAR AND I WANT
TO THANK AGAIN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WHO WE NOTED MULTIPLE
TIMES LAST WEEK, WE DISCUSSED
TOUGH APPROACHES AND NEEDS
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IN ADDITIO
TO THE REVENUE SHORTFALL WE AL
FACED AND WITH THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
WE COLLECTIVELY LOOKED FOR WAYS
TO SHORE UP NEEDED INVESTMENTS
AND INVEST NEEDED REVENUE. I
APPRECIATE WE HAVE MORE
CONVERSATION TO COME AS WE
CONSIDER THE REST OF GROUP B IN
ADDITIONS TO GROUPS C AND D TO
COME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
TO MAKE THE BALANCING PACKAGE,
AT LEAST THE FOUNDATION TO BUIL
UPON AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
VOTE ON GROUP B AS A REVISED
CONSENT PACKAGE. THEN WE WILL
TAKE THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED
OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE. MDM.
CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE OF APPROVING GROUP B THE
CONSENT PACKAGE EXCLUDING ITEM
NOTED EARLIER IN THIS AMENDED
AND REVISED CONSENT PACKAGE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> 8 IN FAVOR.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
REVISED MOTION PACKAGE IS
APPROVED. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON T
ITEMS PULLED FROM GROUP B FOR
DISCUSSION AN INDIVIDUAL VOTES.
WE ARE IN FINAL VOTE TERRITORY
HERE. SO WE WILL CONSIDER EACH
OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED
FROM GROUP B FOR DISCUSSION AS
INDIVIDUAL VOTES. PLEASE DO NO
SECOND A MOTION AS A COURTESY.
I KNOW SOMETIMES WE DO THAT
ACROSS THIS COUNSEL AND THIS IS
MORE THAN A FORMALITY. AT THIS
POINT IT'S A FINAL VOTE SO
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU
CONSIDER SECONDING A MOTION.
I'M GOING TO REMOVE THE ORIGINA
AMENDMENT THAT WAS IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE TO BE
CONSIDERED AND THEN THE SPONSOR
OF THE SUBSTITUTE, BUBBLY THE
PERSON WHO HAS EITHER PULLED TH
ITEM OUT OR IS ASKING FOR THIS
NOT TO BE CONSIDERED WOULD MAKE
THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE IT.
AGAIN THESE ARE FINAL VOTES SO
WANT TO MAKE SURE CENTRAL STAFF
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU NEED
TO, TO REMIND US, WHEN I MOVE
THE UNDERLYING AMENDMENT THAT
WAS INCLUDED IN GROUP B AND IS
NOW BEING CONSIDERED AS A
LIMITED DESK -- AND AMENDMENT
. IF THE COUNSEL MOVES TO
SUBSTITUTE IT, IT WOULD BE
REPLACING THE EXISTING LANGUAGE
IN THE BALANCING PACKAGE.
CENTRAL STAFF DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER FOR FURTHER GUIDANCE
BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS?
>> YES. I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT
FEW THINGS. NOT ALL OF THE
ITEMS REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL
VOTE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE. IN SOM
CASES COUNCILMEMBERS JUST REMOV
THEM FROM THE GROUP TO REQUEST
THAT THE ITEM IS VOTED ON
INDIVIDUALLY. SO FOR EXAMPLE,
THE FIRST ITEM, CBO 900 A I A
NOT AWARE OF THERE BEING A
SUBSTITUTE OPTION SO IT'S PULLE
FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE AND THAT'S
AN EXAMPLE OF ONE IF VOTED DOWN
THAT THE BALANCING ISSUE .
ANOTHER OPTION IS FAS 003,
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE OPTION ON
THE AGENDA FOR THAT ONE, SO THA
IS WHERE YOU MAY NOT WANT TO
PROVIDE THE COURTESY SECOND ON
THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE. THAT'
REALLY WHERE THE DISTINCTION
IS. WE ARE PREPARED TO DESCRIB
THE ITEM AND WHERE THERE ARE
SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS TO DESCRIBE
BOTH OPTIONS BEFORE COUNSEL
ACTS ON THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE.
>> OKAY ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS? I'M
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, GENERAL CAVEAT. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY, I WILL
BE SAYING THE SAME THING
REPEATEDLY WHEN IT COMES TO A
VOTE OR SUGGESTED REMOVAL OF A
ITEM THAT MAY NOT HAVE A FUNDUS
SOURCE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL
COST THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED. I
WILL BE DISCOURAGING A VOTE TO
AMEND IF THERE IS NO FUND
SOURCE. WHILE YOU MAY BE
SYMPATHETIC TO THE DESIRE FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN A CERTAIN
CATEGORY, IF AN ITEM WAS NOT
FLAGGED LAST WEEK FOR AN
AMENDMENT TO FUND , THAT WOULD
THROW THE BALANCED-BUDGET OUT O
ALIGNMENT. I'M GOING TO
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE TO
KEEP THE AMENDMENT IF THERE IS
NON-ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE
THAT WILL BE A CONSISTENT
MESSAGE FOR ME ACROSS THE BOARD
WITH THAT I THINK WE CAN MOVE
INTO OUR CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS
FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE. I AM GOIN
TO MOVE ALL OF THESE AS THE
CHAIR THAT HAD INCLUDED THEM IN
THE BALANCED PACKAGE. I MOVED
TO APPROVE COUNSEL BILL, CBO
900 A 001 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
17.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. THE AMENDMENT I
IN FRONT OF US. I DON'T BELIEV
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AS SPEAKING TO THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> IT'S ALREADY BEEN MOVED SO
MY SCRIPT SAYS I REQUEST THAT
COUNSEL TAKE ACTION ON A 001 B
TO BE REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL
VOTE. THE TITLE OF THIS
COUNSEL BUDGET ACTION IS REDUCE
PROPOSED FUNDING AND POSITION
AUTHORITY FOR 2 FTE FOR
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX EVALUATION
BY $509,000 FROM THE GENERAL
FUND IN 2023 AND $509,000 IN
2024 IN CBO. IT APPEARS TO ME
THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD DELAY
THE EVALUATION THAT'S REQUIRED
BY LAW FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO
YEARS, OR UNTIL THE NEXT
BIENNIUM. I THINK THAT'S JUST
IRRESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX OR
JUMPSTART TAX IS THE SINGLE
LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE
OUTSIDE OF OUR TRADITIONAL
REVENUE SOURCES NAMELY, SALES,
PROPERTY, AND UTILITY TAXES.
YOU HEARD FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
FORECASTING OFFICE, VOICING
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TAXES
PERFORMANCE GOING FORWARD
BECAUSE IT IS SO NEW AND BECAUS
OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING HAPPENING
IN THE TECH SECTOR WHICH IS
WHERE MOST OF THIS REVENUE IS
COMING FROM. I ALSO THINK IT
SENDS THE WRONG SIGNAL NOT TO
OUT EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF A
COUNSEL IMPOSED TAX ON JOBS AND
THE COMPETITIVENESS OF
SEATTLE'S ECONOMY. IT ALSO
SENDS A MESSAGE TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ARE NOT
SERIOUS ABOUT OVERSIGHT. WE
HAVE ALREADY EMBARKED ON THE
SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE,
AND WE OWE IT TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS TO SHOW WE CARE
ABOUT HOW THIS ONE IS WORKING
OUT. THIS REQUIRED EVALUATION I
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT . SO
THE ARGUMENT FOR CUTTING
POSITIONS, UNTIL THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED IT'S
PREMATURE TO MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE EVALUATION
SUPPORT TO THE COMMITTEE. I
JUST THINK WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE
IN PADDLING THE COMMITTEE AND
HIRING STAFF TO SUPPORT THEIR
WORK BECAUSE I SIMPLY DON'T WAN
TO SEND THE SIGNAL THAT WE DON'
VALUE THEIR SERVICE. SO WE
SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND GET TO
WORK. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAS
BEEN DELAYED BUT I THINK THAT I
THE RIGHT MOVE. IF THIS CBA IS
DEFEATED I WOULD SUGGEST WE TA
INTO THE $15 MILLION OF
JUMPSTART ADMINISTRATION FUNDS
TO BALANCE THE PACKAGE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. I WILL SPEAK IN FAVOR
OF KEEPING AGENDA NUMBER 17 CB
900. THESE PROJECTIONS ARE FOR
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC REVENUE
FORECAST. WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING
FOR EVALUATION AND WE ALSO NEE
INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT. THE
JUMPSTART SEATTLE PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX INCLUDED WITH
FUNDING, THIS FUNDING IS
CURRENTLY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK THAT WE
ALL AGREE WE SHOULD BE
PRIORITIZING OVERSIGHT AND
ENSURING WE ARE FOLLOWING
THROUGH WITH THOSE COMMITMENTS
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS WANTING
TO ENSURE WE ARE ADHERING TO
THE PLAN CODIFIED. I WILL BE
DISCOURAGING A VOTE TO AMEND
HERE. THERE IS NO FUNDING
SOURCE AND THIS WILL THROW THE
BUDGET OUT OF BALANCE. WHILE
YOU MAY BE SYMPATHETIC TO THE
DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING,
THIS WAS NOT FLAGGED FOR
AMENDMENTS. THERE IS NO FUNDIN
SOURCE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED I
THIS FUNDING ACTION AND I'M
ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO KEEP
THIS AMENDMENT IN THE BUDGET.
THINK WE CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENC
AND THE WORK OF JUMPSTART
SEATTLE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO D
SO GIVEN THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
AND WE HAVE LEFT POSITIONS AND
ADDED CBO EVALUATION POSITIONS
OVERALL FOR GENERAL RESOURCES.
I DO HOPE FOLKS WILL STAY WITH
US ON THIS AMENDMENT.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF, I JUST
WANTED TO ADD, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THE
INFORMATION ON THE PAYROLL TAX
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WE WERE
WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE
OR THE BUDGET CHAIR AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE
ALSO INCLUDED THE CFO FROM THE
HEALTH BOARD AND OTHER
INDIGENOUS LED ORGANIZATIONS FO
THE PAYROLLTAX OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT ALSO THAT IT IS HOUSE
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THAT WE KEEP IT AS
IS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF CBO 900
A 001 AGENDA ITEM 17.
>> POINT OF ORDER.
>> EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> LET ME TRY TO...
>> COUNSEL, CENTRAL STAFF, IF
A COUNCILMEMBER WANTS TO
PRESERVE THE AMENDMENT AS
INITIALLY RESENTED IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE WITH A BE
VOTING YES RIGHT NOW OR NO?
>> THEY WOULD VOTE YES.
>> THEY WOULD VOTE YES ON THE
AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEIN
AMENDED, IS JUST BEING PULLED
OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL
CONSIDERATION.
>> YES TO PRESERVE.
>> I'M ASKING FOLKS TO VOTE YE
TO PRESERVE THIS ITEM IN OUR
BUDGET AND TO CONTINUE TO STAY
WITH ME ON THIS AMENDMENT AS
SUGGESTED. SORRY FOR THE
CONFUSION. MDM. CLERK WHAT YOU
CALL ROLE ON ADOPTION OF AGENDA
ITEM 17 CBO 900.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> NAY .
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, 2 OPPOSED.
>> THE AMENDMENT CARRIES AND
COUNSEL BUDGET ACTION CBO 900
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17 IS
ADOPTED. NEXT ON OUR LIST IS
ITEM NUMBER 23. COLLEAGUES, A
I NOTED THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSL
ADDRESSED IN THE AMENDMENT THI
MORNING. SO THIS ITEM HAS BEEN
REMOVED FOR THE AGENDA ENTIRELY
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
24. THIS IS SEE SCC 002. I
MOVED TO APPROVE . IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED .
>> COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF I WILL
TURN TO YOU TO ASK ANYTIME THER
IS A SUBSTITUTE OR THIS IS JUST
BEING PULLED OUT FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA THIS ONE IS
PULLED OUT FOR PRIVATE
DISCUSSION AND INDIVIDUAL VOTE
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WHO IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO
THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, AS WE HAVE
DISCUSSED, THIS PROPOSAL IS A
PROPOSAL AUGMENTS THE $1.89
MILLION RESERVED BY THE
EXECUTIVE FOR THE 911
ALTERNATIVES WORK THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, CENTRAL STAFF,
SPD AND CSCC ARE ALL
COLLABORATING ON. THIS HAS LED
TO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A DUAL TECH
GRANT. PRESENTED BY SENIOR
DEPUTY MAYOR CAROL IN MY
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER. AS
CURRENTLY ENVISIONED, THE
PROGRAM WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, HOUSING FIVE
LIKELY IN EITHER CSCC 002 OR
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND WOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE ON TH
SCENE FIRST WHILE SPD RATES YOU
OR MAINTAINS SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS. IF THE CALL CAN BE
RESOLVED WITHOUT INVOLVEMENT IT
WILL BE. THIS IS NOT EXISTING
SERVICE RESPONSE TEAMS. THESE
TEAMS INCLUDE OFFICERS AND
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
GOING TO A SITE TOGETHER. SO
AGAIN THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING
AND $717,000 ON TOP OF THE 1.9
MILLION ALREADY IN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET IS VERY IMPORTANT IN
MOVING FORWARD THAT CRITICAL
COLLABORATION WITH THE
EXECUTIVE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND
THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS AS WELL. GO AHEAD
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> GIVEN THAT WE ARE STILL
FAIRLY EARLY IN OUR AGENDA I'M
GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK ON
THIS. THIS IS A REALLY
ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT FOR THE
FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE THIS DUAL
DISPATCH PROGRAM WILL BE THE
ACORN THAT PLANTS THE TREE THAT
GIVES US THE ROBUST ALTERNATIV
RESPONSE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP
THE CITY SAFE AND KEEP RESPONSE
TIMES LOW. I REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO MAKING SURE WE CAN
GET THIS CRITICAL INVESTMENT TO
MATCH THE WORK PLAN THAT I'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH CHAIR HERBOL
ON PER THE TERMS OF OUR TERM
SHEET. WE HAVE MADE MORE
PROGRESS ON THIS ISSUE IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THEN IN
THE PROCEEDINGTWO YEARS AND
THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO BE ABLE T
FINALLY DO THIS WORK AND TO MOV
FORWARD ON FIRST RESPONSE THAT
EXPANDS WELLNESS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. FIRST RESPONSE THAT
IS BASED IN THE BEST PRACTICES
OTHER CITIES ARE PURSUING. THIS
INVESTMENT WILL HELP GET US
THERE. IT'S SMALL STEPS BUT WE
ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AND THIS IS ONE OF TH
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FRANKLY
THAT I THINK WE ARE DOING IN
THIS BUDGET CYCLE SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO VOTING IN FAVOR.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONA
HANDS. COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, I
WILL BE ASKING FOLKS TO MAINTAI
THIS ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
24, CSCC 002, I WILL BE ASKING
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I ALSO WAN
TO THANK THE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS
WHO JUST SPOKEN YOUR TEAMS .
ALONG WITH MELANIE CRAY WHO HAS
SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON
THIS WITH THE COUNCILMEMBERS
OFFICES AS WELL. IF THERE'S NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, AGAIN I'M
ASKING FOR FOLKS TO BE A YES
VOTE TO SUPPORT THE INCLUSION
OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
DUAL DISPATCH PROGRAM AND
OPPOSING THE PROVISO. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AGENDA ITEM 24 CSCC 002 IS
ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
DID YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER?
>> I'M SORRY I THOUGHT I WOULD
SPEAK TO IT. MAY I SPEAK TO
THIS?
>> I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON ARE YOU SPEAKING TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24?
>> YES.
>> I'M SORRY WE ARE ALREADY
PAST THAT AGENDA ITEM.
>> OKAY.
>> APOLOGIES FOR THAT I WILL
KEEP LOOKING FOR YOUR HAND AND
NOTE ITS FINAL COMMENT TIME.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 27 THAT'S DEAL 301. I
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT. I
MOVED TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 27
DEAL 301 IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. IS THER
A SUBSTITUTE HERE OR IS THIS FO
THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION?
>> PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION AND
INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
>> THANK YOU CENTRAL STAFF, I
AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS, EXCUSE
ME, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON PLEAS
GO AHEAD.
>> THE TITLE OF THIS BUDGET
ACTION IS REQUESTED THE DEAL
PROVIDE A DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TO
PRIORITIZE ENROLLMENT IN THE
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM. I'M
STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT THIS
BECAUSE THE CHANCELLOR OF
SEATTLE COLLEGE HAS RELEASED A
LETTER ON NOVEMBER 9 I BELIEVE
INDICATING THAT NEITHER SHE NO
SEATTLE COLLEGE HAS BEEN
COLLABORATED WITH ON THIS AND
MANY OTHER DEAL AMENDMENTS.
SEATTLE COLLEGES HAVE ALREADY
BEEN WORKING ON MANY
ENHANCEMENTS THAT SUPPORT
EQUITY RECOMMENDATIONS
BENEFITING LOW INCOME AND
STUDENTS OF COLOR AND ARE IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE FEP LEVY
GOALS OF IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL
EQUITY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S EQUITY AN
SOCIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT TEAMS.
AMONG THE IMPACTS TO THE
STUDENTS, IF SOME OF THOSE
EQUITY ENHANCEMENTS GO AWAY,
SHE MENTIONED THE 184 STUDENTS
WOULD IMMEDIATELY LUCZAK WAS -
WOULD IMMEDIATELY LOSE ACCESS
TO THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 274
WOULD LOSE $500 WORTH OF
SCHOLARSHIPS. 459 STUDENTS
WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED
OR LOSE FUNDS SUPPORTING THEIR
EDUCATION . PROGRAMS WOULD GO
AWAY AND SUPPORT FOR LOW INCOM
STUDENTS WOULD GO AWAY. AT
MINIMUM I THINK WE SHOULD
DEFINITELY BE WORKING WITH
SEATTLE COLLEGES WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT DRAFTING
LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD IMPACT
THE EQUITY MEASURES THAT WE
SUPPORT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ ,
GO AHEAD.
>> I SUPPORT WHAT COUNCILMEMBE
NELSON IS SAYING. I UNDERSTAND
WITH THIS IS COMING FROM, BUT I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE, THE DATA
ISN'T ALL IN ON THE PROMISE
PROGRAM AND WE HAVEN'T HAD DATA
THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A
CLAIM THAT THERE HAS BEEN
UNIVERSAL, SOMEHOW INEQUITABLE
WITH CHILDREN OF COLOR. WE
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT DATA YET AND
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE
CHANCELLOR OF SEATTLE COLLEGE,
THE REASON THEY PUSHED BACK
AGAINST THIS NOTION THAT THERE
IS INEQUITY IN THE PROGRAM,
IT'S ALSO OUT OF SYNC WITH THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT GUIDANCE. SO I
HAVE THE CHANCELLOR, THE LEVY,
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE
DIRECTOR OF DEAL MR. CHAPELLE,
AS WELL AS A FEW PRESIDENTS FRO
COLLEGES IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE
ACTIVELY MAKING DECISIONS AND
PLANS BASED ON THE PROMISE
PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAS PUT
FORWARD BUT I DON'T KNOW THE
WISDOM IN REQUIRING DEAL TO
PROVIDE DRAFT LEGISLATION. I'M
PASSING JUDGMENT ON ANYONE BUT
WHEN WE HAVE PARTICULAR CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS IN OUR
COMMITTEE, AS THE CHAIR OF THA
COMMITTEE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO
DIRECT POLICY. BUT AS AN
EXAMPLE WHEN I USED TO CHAIR
PARKS, I LISTENED TO WHAT THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE GROUPS TOLD
ME. I ALSO LISTEN TO AT THE
TIME, THE SUPERINTENDENT AS
WELL AS THE ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT. OF COURSE I
CAME TO MY OWN CONCLUSIONS. AN
THEN DRAFT LEGISLATION THAT
GOES TO THE INTENT OF THE
PROMISE PROGRAM. SO I'M NOT
SURE WHAT ADDING A CITY
DEPARTMENT FOR DRAFT LEGISLATIO
FOR A PROGRAM IN WHICH THEY ARE
ALREADY DOING THAT, THEY
ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS OR
PROCESSES IN PLACE. TO MEASURE
SUCCESS. OF COURSE COVID SET
US BACK. WE KNOW THE KIDS WHO
GOT HURT MOST IN COVID WHICH IS
WHAT I JUST READ. CHILDREN IN
4-8 GRADE. BUT ALSO TALKING TO
PRINCIPALS AND COLLEGE FOLKS,
DURING THOSE TWO YEARS THEY HAD
A LITTLE BIT OF A JUMP BECAUSE
KIDS, YOUNG FOLKS COULD THEN
ATTEND COLLEGE VIA ONLINE LIKE
WE DO WITH OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS
SO THERE HOPING WHEN THINGS
SETTLE DOWN WE WILL HAVE BETTER
NUMBERS BUT, AS FAR AS THE GOAL
OF DIRECTING THE PROMISE
PROGRAM TO CHILDREN THAT ARE
NOT WEALTHY, THAT ARE
IMMIGRANTS, THAT HAVE NEVER HA
FAMILIES WHO HAVE GONE TO
COLLEGE WE ARE REALLY DOING
WELL IN THOSE NUMBERS AND I
THINK WE NEED ANOTHER YEAR TO
SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO
FOR ME I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING
THIS
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
WANT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN FRO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND I'D
LIKE TO SAY THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE
AND ASSURE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT THAT I UNDERSTAND THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THE ITEM
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOES
NOT IN FACT REDUCE FUNDING AT
ALL. I THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBE
NELSON IS REFERRING TO IS THE
CBA THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THI
PACKAGE WHICH WOULD'VE REDUCED
FUNDING TO THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM. THE REASON I WAS
TRYING TO PROTECT THOSE UNDER
SPENT DOLLARS IS BECAUSE WE
NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN
K-12. THAT AMENDMENT WAS NOT
INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE AND
BECAUSE OF THAT WE ARE NOW
CONTEMPLATING ADDING ADDITIONAL
MONEY FROM JUMPSTART FOR MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORTS. ESPECIALLY DU
TO THE SHOOTING WE EXPERIENCED
COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THAT ASIDE,
WILL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN
THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS
ACTUALLY A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT WHICH HAS NO
DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THIS WOULD REQUEST DEAL PROVIDE
DRAFT LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH
PRIORITIES FOR HOW LEVY UNDER
SPENDS, I'M SORRY, FOR HOW THE
SEATTLE PROMISE DOLLARS WOULD
BE SPENT IF THERE IS, IF
DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY FOR THE
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. THAT I
ALREADY HAPPENING AND IT'S
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE HAPPENING.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE
THE PROGRAM IS CHANGED FROM
SERVING SIX HIGH SCHOOLS THAT
WERE , THAT HAD STUDENTS WHO
WERE FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE, TO NOW INCREASING
ELIGIBILITY FOR ALL STUDENTS.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS N
PRIORITIZATION FOR HOW
DECISIONS GET MADE IF WE ARE
AWARDING THOSE SCARCE PUBLIC
DOLLARS. I WOULD SAY THIS
REQUEST IS NOT NEW, THIS IS NO
MY IDEA AND COUNSEL HAS BEEN
ASKING DEAL FOR AN ANALYSIS AN
PRIORITIZATION SINCE 2018. THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FROM 2019,
REQUESTING VERY EXPLICITLY THAT
IN COLLABORATION WITH SEATTLE
COLLEGES DEAL WILL COLLECT AND
ANALYZE, PROMISED STUDENT
ENROLLMENT AND COMPLETION TREND
. THIS IS WORK THAT IS ONGOING
IT ALSO SAYS THAT DEAL IN
SEATTLE COLLEGES WILL USE THE
INFORMATION TO FURTHER REFINE
STUDENT PRIORITIZATION
MECHANISMS THAT RESPOND TO
SEATTLE STUDENT AND FAMILY NEED
AND PROMOTES EQUITABLE ACCESS.
THE REASON WE ARE ASKING FOR
THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SCARCE
DOLLARS AND WE DO HAVE A LOT
MORE STUDENTS WHO ARE SEEKING
TO USE THESE FUNDS. THE
ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO REDUCE
BARRIERS TO TUITION. THIS IS
NOT A NEW REQUEST. IN THE FACT
THAT WE FOUR YEARS LATER ARE
STILL WAITING FOR, IT WAS THE
CATALYST FOR REQUESTING THAT W
GET THIS ANALYSIS AND
PRIORITIZATION FROM THE
DEPARTMENT AND FROM SEATTLE
COLLEGES. SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE THAT A
WE ALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS WE AR
DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS AS
EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WEREN'T TRYING
TO TAKE THE UNDER SPEND AND
SHIFTED OVER. IF I MAY JUST
POSE A QUESTION TO CENTRAL
STAFF. BASED ON THE INFORMATIO
THAT THEY GIVE US. IF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS WANTS T
SHARE MORE INFORMATION AND
THANK YOU. I KEEP HEARING THE
TERM, FURTHER FROM EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE. WHEN WE FIRST DID THE
PROMISE PROGRAM, THE FIRST HIGH
SCHOOLS, THERE WERE NONE
SELECTED IN THE NORTH END. THE
WERE ALL BASED ON LOW INCOME,
REDUCED LUNCH OR FREE LUNCH.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING BACK
THEN. SO WE STARTED FROM A
POSITION OF, WHO ARE THE
CHILDREN THAT DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES BASED ON THEIR SOCIA
ECONOMIC STATUS. SO IF THAT HA
CHANGED THAT'S ON ME TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THAT. MAYBE MY
QUESTION THEN GOES TO CENTRAL
STAFF WHEN YOU SAY YOU WOULD
WANT LEGISLATION TO COME FROM
DEAL YOU WOULD BE DIRECTING TH
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SEND
LEGISLATION TO YOUR COMMITTEE
REQUESTING THIS INFORMATION. I
THAT WHAT I'M HEARING?
>> YES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT CURRENTLY THE PROMISE
PROGRAM IS A UNIVERSAL ACCESS
PROGRAM. SO TO AMEND THAT WOUL
CREATE A PRIORITIZATION THAT I
SOMEWHAT GUIDED BY THE LEVY ,
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN BUT WE WOULD NEED
LEGISLATION. I'M NOT SURE IF TH
QUESTION IS WHY DO WE NEED
LEGISLATION OR WHY DOES IT NEED
TO GO TO COUNSEL, BUT WE WOULD
NEED LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE
PLAN TO CREATE A PRIORITIZATION
.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY AGAIN , THE
PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN
2019 WAS PRETTY EXPLICIT THAT
TUITION FUNDS BE PRIORITIZED.
THINK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
I ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS. THE
TUITION SUPPORTS PRIORITIZED
LOW INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION
AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK,
HISPANIC, PACIFIC ISLANDER,
UNDERSERVED HAITIAN POPULATION
AND OTHER STUDENTS. SO THERE I
A CATEGORY THAT SHOULD BE
PRIORITIZED. THE PROBLEM IS
THAT IT'S A BROAD LIST OF FOLK
,, IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH
RESOURCES, IF THE DECISION IS
BASED ON NEED, IF IT'S BASED O
STUDENTS FROM CERTAIN SCHOOLS,
MORE STUDENTS OF COLOR, SCHOOL
WITH THE FEWEST STUDENTS WHO
ATTEND COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, HOW
THAT LIST GETS USED IS STILL A
QUESTION. AND IT IS A CHALLENG
TO UNDERSTAND NOW BECAUSE WE AR
HEARING THAT IT'S NOT STUDENTS
OF COLOR WHO ARE PREDOMINANTLY
GETTING ACCESS RIGHT NOW. IT'S
JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK THE
DEPARTMENT TO TAKE THE TIME TO
REALLY DO THE ANALYSIS OF HOW
THIS BEST CAN BE USED. THAT
WOULD REQUIRE SOME TIME AND IT
WOULD REQUIRE US TO AMEND THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND
POLICIES TO CAPTURE WHAT THE
ANALYSIS TELLS US IN TERMS OF
HOW THOSE DOLLARS GET SPENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
ANY FOLLOW-UP?
>> NO.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD GO AHEAD
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
DISCUSSION FOLKS. I AM GOING T
CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO
SUPPORT THIS UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT. I THINK THIS
LEGISLATION REQUESTS ALIGNMENT
WITH A POLICY THAT HAS BEEN
PASSED IN THE LEVY AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO FUTURE DISCUSSION
WITH THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MME. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AGENDA ITEM 27 DEAL 301.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAR IS .
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> NAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED
>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THE
MOTION CARRIES AND COUNSEL BIL
DEL IS ADOPTED.
>> AGENDA ITEM 31, THAT'S FAS
003. I MOVED TO APPROVE FAS 00
, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31 IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I
BELIEVE THIS ITEM IS FOR
SUBSTITUTE BUT CAN I CONFIRM
WITH CENTRAL STAFF? HAS THIS
BEEN PULLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SUBSTITUTE?
>> THAT IS CORRECT THERE IS A
SUBSTITUTE OPTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON I WILL
KEEP YOU IN THE ROLE HERE UNLES
YOU HAVE A QUESTION OTHERWISE
I'M GOING TO PUT THE SUBSTITUT
IN FRONT OF US. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
YOUR SUBSTITUTE .
>> AYE. SORRY, POINT OF
CLARIFICATION. IT IS NOT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO HAS
THE SUBSTITUTE OPTION HERE . I
THINK WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO
IS , YOU COULD HAVE THE ORIGINA
SPONSOR COMMENT ON IT, IN THIS
CASE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON,
HIS HAND IS UP BECAUSE HE HAS A
SUBSTITUTE. HE WOULD MOVE TO
SUBSTITUTE HIS OPTION, FOR
OPTION B. THIS IS WHERE I WOUL
REMIND THE COMMITTEE, YOU WANT
TO SAY YES ON THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE, GENERALLY, BEFORE
CALLING FOR A VOTE ON THAT
MOTION YOU WOULD ASK CENTRAL
STAFF TO DESCRIBE THE TWO
AMENDMENTS AND WHAT THE
DIFFERENCES ARE. SO BEFORE
DECIDING COUNCILMEMBER'S HAVE
THAT LAID OUT FOR THEM.
>> APOLOGIES COLLEAGUES THAT
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I WILL
RECOGNIZE YOU TO SPEAK TO THE
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON I
UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE A
SUBSTITUTE ON THIS .
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT ? AGAIN WE ARE ON
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31 FAS 003.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO DO MY BEST
TO CHANNEL COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF. WE ALL RECEIVED SOME
INFORMATION FROM COUNSEL CENTRA
STAFF BEFORE EXPLAINING USE O
THE PROVIDER AS THE MECHANISM
HERE. JUST A REMINDER THIS
PROVISO HOLDS THE MONEY IN
PLACE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT
THE COUNCIL IS CLOSELY
MONITORING. IT'S NOT GOING TO
FALL OFF THE COUNCILS RADAR AND
WITH TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE
EXECUTIVE WE COMPLETE CLOSE
TABS. IF THE EXECUTIVE
DETERMINES AGREEMENT ISN'T
FORTHCOMING OR NOT RESOLVED IN
THE PRODUCTION OF AN INCREASE,
WE WILL SUBMIT A STATEMENT TO
THE COUNCIL IN WHICH CASE THE
COUNCIL WILL BE OBLIGATED . ON
THE CONTRACT WITH REGULAR AND
ONGOING COMMUNICATION, COUNSEL
AND THE EXECUTIVE CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO ENSURE THE PROVISO
OCCURS IN A TIMELY MANNER. I
HAVE HEARD FROM STAFF IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT THERE ARE,
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS
WITH THIS APPROACH. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
SPONSOR ON THE UNDERLYING BILL
OR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF ON THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT. I'M HEARING NONE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE SUBSTITUTE AGENDA ITEM 31
FAS 003, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
TO SUBSTITUTE AGENDA ITEM 31
WHICH IS FAS 003 A WITH MY
AGENDA, ITEM 163 WHICH IS FAS
003 B
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. AGENDA ITEM 31 FAS
003, SUBSTITUTING FAS 003 B.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED , EXCUSE ME HOLD ON
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON I
APOLOGIZE. I'M GOING TO TURN T
CENTRAL STAFF TO DESCRIBE THE
SUBSTITUTE AND THEN I WILL TURN
IT TO THE SPONSOR.
>> I WILL SET A LITTLE CONTEXT
HERE. IT INCLUDES ABOUT $21.4
BILLION FOR JAIL SERVICES
PROVIDED BY KING COUNTY, THAT'
ABOUT 18 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS AN
THE BASE BUDGET OF $2.9 MILLIO
FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COST OF
JAIL SERVICES. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD DESCRIBED 003 A, FAS
003 B IS SIMILAR IN INTENT , I
REQUESTS A REPORT , A WORK
PROGRAM FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH KING COUNT
REGARDING INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CONTRACT.
DIFFERENT REPORTING DATE. IT
REQUESTS A WORK PROGRAM BY
JANUARY 31, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON REQUESTS A WORK PROGRA
BY MARCH 31 COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON REQUESTS A WORK PROGRA
BY MARCH 31, 2023.
>> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON AS
SPONSOR OF THE SUBSTITUTE . I
SUPPORT OUR MAYORS ORIGINAL
BUDGET TO PROVIDE THE PAYMENT
FOR OUR DOWNTOWN JAIL
OPERATIONS. RATHER THAN A
RELATIVELY RESTRICTIVE PROVIDER
, WHICH IS SUGGESTED BY THE
BOUNCING PACKAGE. I BELIEVE A
STATEMENT OF INTENT WOULD
PROVIDE THE EXECUTIVE AN
APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FLEXIBILIT
TO REPORT BACK TO US. IT'S
ALREADY SUBJECT TO A CONTRACT S
I OFFERED THIS SUBSTITUTE.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT A
PROVISO COULD LEAVE THE
IMPRESSION THAT THE CITY DOES
NOT HAVE A USE FOR JAIL BEDS.
WHILE I SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING
CONCEPT OF THE PROPOSED PROVISO
TO CONSERVE ADDITIONAL OF STEAM
UPSTREAM PROGRAMS WITH THOSE
DOLLARS, ALTERNATIVES WE ARE
WAITING FOR AND PROGRAMS WE
ALREADY FUND WE COULD ACCOMPLIS
THAT AFTER COMPLETING THIS.
I'VE HEARD FROM MANY WHO
CONSIDER THE CURRENT BOOKING
POLICY AT THE DOWNTOWN JAIL IS
OVERLY LIMITED. IN ADDITION WE
MAY DECIDE FUNDS COULD BE USED
TO SUPPORT WORKERS AT THE JAIL
WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
SO CONVERTING THIS GIVES US TH
FLEXIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH
CONTRACT AND I WOULD ENTRUST
THEM TO DO THAT. RATHER THAN TH
WAY THE PROVISO IS WRITTEN WIT
A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT SEEMS
TO PREJUDGE AN OUTCOME. I JUST
THINK IT WOULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE BECAUS
IT'S ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
HANDS BUT I WILL ASK, I DO SEE
AN ADDITIONAL HAND. THAT I WILL
TURN TO THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR OF
THE AMENDMENT. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON GO AHEAD.
>> I ORIGINALLY SIGNALED MY
SUPPORT FOR A PROVISO JUST
BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
THERE WOULD BE SAVINGS FROM AN
UNDERUSED OF OUR CONTRACTED BED
SO WHY LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE
BUT SINCE IT'S BEEN REVISED
AND WE ARE OBLIGATED TO PAY THI
ADJUSTMENT JUST LIKE OTHER
CONTRACTS. AND IF IT'S
CIRCULATED OR SENT TO ME THE
ACTUAL CONTRACT IT APPEARS WE
PAY MONTHLY. I'M JUST WONDERING
HOW WE WOULD HOW WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED INCREAS
THAT IS IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
HOW WE WOULD PAY THAT IF WE NEE
TO WAIT FOR AN EVENTUAL
AGREEMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS. CENTRAL STAFF, DID
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOUL
LIKE TO OFFER AS CONTEXT FOR
PAYMENTS?
>> THERE IS 18 1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS IN THE BASE BUDGET THAT
WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE PROVIS
SO THAT IS MONEY THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO PAY THE CITY'S
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. THE
CONTRACT CONTEMPLATES MONTHLY
PAYMENTS. SO THAT WOULD ALLOW
FOR MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR THE
BULK OF THE YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO
ADD, BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED
SUCCESSFULLY WITH KING COUNTY I
THE PAST, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
FORGO COST ASSOCIATED WITH THI
CONTRACT THAT WE ARE LEGALLY
LIABLE TO PAY. BUT BECAUSE WE
HAVE ALL BEEN AT THE TABLE
TOGETHER, WE HAVE AGREED THAT
WE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE
JAIL SERVICES BUT IT COULD BE
DIVERTED TO ANOTHER PURPOSE
THAT WE AGREED ON. THIS IS
SIMPLY REPLICATING WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST AND USING A
PROVISO AS THE BEST MECHANISM W
HAVE TO DRIVE THAT
COLLABORATION AND NEGOTIATION.
WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO
UNILATERALLY REOPEN THE CONTRAC
BUT AGAIN WE HAVE WORKED WELL
WITH KING COUNTY IN THE PAST,
BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
COUNCIL AS PART OF THE JAIL
ADVISORY GROUP AND WORKED TO
CAPTURE SAVINGS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS CONTRACT TO USE FOR
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PURPOSES
AND I'M SIMPLY SUGGESTING THAT
WE USE THE PROVISO AS A
MECHANISM TO REPLICATE OUR
SUCCESS IN THE PAST.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS. THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON
SUBSTITUTE, HERBOLD B,
SUBSTITUTING FOR COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT. WE ARE
AT THE POINT OF CONSIDERING THE
SUBSTITUTE. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
>> SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST
SUBSTITUTE I THINK IN THIS
GROUP. I JUST WANT TO REMIND
PEOPLE YOU ARE VOTING ON A
MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE. NOT ON
THE SUBSTANCE, YOU WOULD VOTE
YES ON THIS MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE IF YOU PREFER THE S
WHY TO THE PROVISO.
>> LET ME REPHRASE THAT. I'M
GOING TO ASK FOR FOLKS TO VOTE
NO ON THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE
IN FAVOR OF THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN
THE BALANCING PACKAGE. MY
REQUEST IS TO VOTE NO ON THE
MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE. BECAUSE
FAVOR THE UNDERLYING AMENDMENT
IN THE BOUNCING PACKAGE. SO I
WILL BE VOTING NO, I ALSO WANT
TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
LOOKING OUT FOR THE FINANCIAL
SOLVENCY OF OUR CITY AND MAKIN
SURE WE ARE MAINTAINING GOOD
FAITH RELATIONSHIP WITH KING
COUNTY. I BELIEVE THAT THE VIC
CHAIRS APPROACH HERE IS
APPROPRIATE AND STRENGTHENS OUR
PARTNERSHIP AND ALLOWS FOR US T
USE THIS TOOL AND CONTINUE TO
WORK IN GOOD FAITH WITH KING
COUNTY BUT ALSO TO ENSURE WE
HAVE SOME INSURANCES. SO I
APPRECIATE THE UNDERLYING FAS
003, BUT I'M ASKING FOLKS TO
VOTE NO ON THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE. MDM. CLERK WILL YO
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> 2 IN FAVOR, SEVEN OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION FAILS AND THE
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT IS IN FRONT
OF US. FAS 003 A.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD YOU ARE
THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
OR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBERS
REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AGAIN WE ARE ON THE ORIGINAL
ADJOURNMENT INCLUDED IN THE
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31, FAS 003
A. I WILL BE ASKING FOR A YES
VOTE TODAY TO RETAIN THE
PROVISO INCLUDED IN THE
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT. I LOOK
FORWARD TO OUR ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS IN GOOD FAITH WIT
KING COUNTY AS WE SEEK TO
UTILIZE THESE FUNDS IN UPSTREAM
WAYS. AGAIN I WILL BE VOTING
AYE. MDM. CLERK WILL YOU PLEAS
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION O
FAS 003 A.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE .
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND AGEND
ITEM FAS 003 A IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ON THE ITEM NUMBER 35,
THIS IS FAS-903-A. I BELIEVE
THIS ITEM WAS PULLED FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION. THERE
IS NO SUBSTITUTE HERE IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> I WILL PUT THE ITEM IN FRON
OF US. I MOVED TO APPROVE TO -
I MOVED TO APPROVE COUNSEL
BILL FAS-903-A , AGENDA ITEM 35
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO APPROVE THE ORIGINA
AMENDMENT, FAS-903-A. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION ON THIS
STANDALONE AMENDMENT AT THIS
POINT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YO
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THE TITLE OF THIS
LEGISLATION IS REDUCE PROPOSED
FUNDING IN FAS, FOR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE BY 300,000 JUMPSTAR
FUNDS IN 2023 AND IN 2024,
WOMEN IN MINORITY ENTERPRISES.
THIS CBA WOULD BASICALLY
COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED INCREASE IN
FUNDING TO FAS FOR TECHNICAL
SERVICES FOR THESE BUSINESS
OWNERS. WHEN I FIRST WAS
READING ABOUT THIS I CALLED THE
PRESIDENT OF TABER 100, THAT'
AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS
DEDICATED TO ADVANCING
PROSPERITY OF BLACK-OWNED SMAL
BUSINESSES. I ASKED HER WHAT
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND SHE
SAID, SHE WOULD OPPOSE THIS
BECAUSE, HER MEMBERS BENEFIT
GREATLY FROM THESE TECHNICAL
SERVICES. SHE WENT ON TO SAY
THAT EVERY TIME THERE IS A
DISPARITY STUDY ON THE STATUS
OF WOMEN IN BLACK-OWNED
BUSINESSES, IT SAYS THE SAME
THING. ONE RECENTLY CAME OUT B
THE STATE, I THINK IT WAS IN
AUGUST AND THE CITY IS NOW
CONDUCTING A DISPARITY STUDY
RIGHT NOW. THEY ALWAYS SAY THE
SAME THING WHICH IS MORE NEEDS
TO BE DONE BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN BLACK-OWNED
BUSINESSES. SO THAT IS WHAT
THIS FUNDING WOULD DO. THAT
PROVIDES SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITY
AND ALSO, JUST BUSINESSES THAT
NEED MORE HELP IN THEIR
OPERATIONS. SO I OPPOSED THIS
BECAUSE, IT FLIES IN THE FACE
OF OUR GOALS OF INCREASING
OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD
GENERATIONAL WEALTH. I WOULD
ASK US TO RECONSIDER THE
REDUCTION OF THIS MONEY BECAUSE
IT IS HAVING A VERY POSITIVE
IMPACT. THE BASE FUNDING IS
$600,000 AND THIS WOULD BE A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND IT
WOULD BE ELIMINATED BY THIS
BUDGET ACTION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. I WILL SPEAK TO THIS.
COLLEAGUES I WOULD ASK FOR YOU
TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT AND VOTE YE
TO RETAIN AGENDA ITEM 35
FAS-903-A . THE BASE AMOUNT IN
THE BUDGET HAS NOT CHANGED AND
THERE IS NOT A REDUCTION THIS
YEAR OVER LAST YEAR. I SIMPLY
CHOSE TO HELP INVEST IN
MAINTAINING EXISTING PROGRAMS
INSTEAD OF PROJECT EXPANSION,
CHOSE TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR
MAINTENANCE IN PARTICULAR FOR
ITEMS THAT WE KNEW WOULD NEED
ADDITIONAL SERVICES BUT
EXPANSION, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
WHERE WE SAW THE USE OF
JUMPSTART SEATTLE FUNDING
SOURCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE
SCOPE OF THE INTENDED SPEND
PLAN, WE KNEW THIS WAS IN
VIOLATION OF THE SPEND PLAN AND
IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF WHETHE
WE VALUE THIS PROGRAM. WE HAVE
NOT REDUCED THE UNDERLYING
FUNDING HERE BUT JUST SIMPLY
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SPEND PLAN AND WE RETAIN AND
MAINTAIN SOME DIFFERENCE TO THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
SUSTAINABILITY . THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT THE
ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPIN
AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MIDYEAR
NEXT YEAR, THAT WILL UTILIZE
ALL OF ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
FUNDING COMING FROM JUMPSTART.
SO WE ARE BEING DIFFERENTIAL T
THAT PROCESS THAT'S COMING AND
WE DID NOT WANT TO INCREASE
FUNDING IN THIS CATEGORY OF THE
AND CREATE A CLIFF IN FUTURE
YEARS. WE ARE MAINTAINING
FUNDING IN THE BASE BUDGET AND
HAVE TO SAY I WILL BE
DISCOURAGING THIS AMENDMENT
BECAUSE THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL
FUNDING SOURCE. REJECTING THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD THROW OUT OF
BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND WHILE W
MIGHT BE SYMPATHETIC TO THE
DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING
THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FLAGGED. THERE IS NO ADDITIONA
FUNDING SOURCE IN THE DISCUSSIO
IN FRONT OF US SO I'M
ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO VOTE YE
ON THE UNDERLYING AMENDMENT.
>> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
OED'S PROGRAMS, WE DON'T NEED
TO DEFER TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS
BODY OF MONEY AND WORK THAT
EXISTS IN FAS. TO HELP THESE
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT FACE A LO
OF BARRIERS TO CONTRACT WITH
THE CITY. SO I THINK IT'S A
MISCHARACTERIZATION TO SAY THA
THIS IS NOT , THAT THIS IS NOT
IN LINE WITH WHAT , LET ME
REPHRASE THIS... I THINK WE
SHOULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
TO THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED ADDITIO
OF IMPORTANT FUNDS TO HELP THES
SMALL BUSINESSES. DRAGGING OED
AND WHAT OED IS DOING IS BESID
THE POINT BECAUSE THIS IS A
SEPARATE OFFICE AND A SEPARATE
BODY OF WORK. ALSO ONE FINAL
THING, WE HAD FUNDING, THIS I
SIMPLY ADDING FUNDING AND WE
DO A LOT OF THAT IN THIS BUDGET
RIGHT NOW. ADDING FUNDING TO
EXISTING PROGRAMS AND THAT'S
PRECISELY WHAT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED INCREASE INTENDED TO
DO.
>> THERE IS NO FUNDING SOURCE
IDENTIFIED HERE, SO I ASK YOU
TO VOTE AYE TO MAINTAIN FAS
903A, MDM. CLERK WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AGENDA
ITEM FAS-903-A.
>> I'M SORRY, THIS IS MY FIRS
BUDGET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WE HAVE
RECOGNIZED YOU TWICE ON THIS AN
I THINK WE WILL KEEP MOVING
FORWARD.
>> CLERK PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> NAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR 2 OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AGENDA ITEM 35, FAS-903-A IS
ADOPTED. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO HSD 020, AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 51. I WILL QUICKLY ASK
FOR CENTRAL STAFF SUPPORT TO
EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENTS IN PLACE
>> THANK YOU. I WILL DO MY BES
AND PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE
176,000 IN BOTH 23 AND 24 FOR
POSITION IN HSD FOR A CASE
CONFERENCING PILOT. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE
FUNDING FOR THE ONE CALL PILOT.
THIS CONTEXTUAL MATTER . THE
PACKAGE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 1
INCLUDED TWO ACTIONS. ONE
WOULD'VE REDUCED THE PROPOSED
FUNDING FOR THE CASE
CONFERENCING PILOT. SO IT WOUL
REDUCE $176,000 PER YEAR AND
THAT IS JUST THE PROPOSED
REDUCTION USED TO SUPPORT ALL
OF THE ADS IN THE INITIAL
PACKAGE. INITIALLY IT INCLUDED
HSD 20 A HSD 20 A1 TO ADD
$238,000 IN 2023 AND 2024 FOR
THE ONE CALL PROGRAM. NOTING
THAT NOTHING IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE HAD BEEN ADOPTED YET,
THE PACKAGE WAS BALANCED
ASSUMING THERE WAS THAT
$238,000 PER YEAR FOR ONE CALL
AND ZERO DOLLARS FOR THE
PROPOSED CASE CONFERENCING
PILOT. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YO
WAS THE ORIGINAL ACTIONS
INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL PACKAGE
AND THEN YOU HAVE 2 ALTERNATIV
APPROACHES. HSD 20 B HSD 20 B1
, LISTED AS A POTENTIAL
SUBSTITUTE AND SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, INSTEAD
OF ADDING FUNDING FOR ONE CALL
IT REPURPOSED THAT FUNDING TO
FUND THE SEAPLANE PUBLIC SAFET
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AT $61,000
, AND TO ASSUME REJECTION OF
THE PROPOSED REDUCTION , IT
ASSUMED REJECTING THE ITEM IN
THE PACKAGE THAT WOULD REDUCE
THE PROPOSED PILOT PROGRAM FOR
CASE CONFERENCING. SO, HSD 20
WOULD NOT FUND THE ONE CALL
PROGRAM. HSD 20 C IS A THIRD
ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD MAINTAIN
ORIGINAL PROPOSALS OF 238,000.
IT WOULD RETAIN THE FUNDING IN
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET OF
176,000 PER YEAR FOR CASE
CONFERENCING, IT WOULD ADD THE
$61,000 FOR THE SEAPLANE PUBLI
SAFETY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND
WOULD OFFSET THE REDUCTION THAT
WOULD COME OUT OF THE PACKAGE B
REDUCING, PROPOSED FUNDING FOR
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AT A $240,000 PER YEAR BASED
UPON UPDATED ANALYSIS BY
CENTRAL STAFF THAT IDENTIFIED
SOME ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL SALAR
SAVINGS THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED
IN 2023 AND 24. ALSO NOTE THE
SALARY SAVINGS CALCULATION IS
ALSO ASSUMED TO SUPPORT OTHER
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN GROUP C
OR D IN THE PACKAGE, THEY ARE
NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE THOUGH.
THERE WAS ENOUGH ASSUMED SALARY
SAVINGS TO SUPPORT HSD 20 C1 AN
THE OTHER ITEMS IN THE PACKAGE.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE THE INITIAL HSD 020 TO
GET IT IN FRONT OF US. IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE
TO NAVIGATE GETTING THESE ITEMS
IN FRONT OF US. I MOVED TO
CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 51,
HSD 020 A, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU TO
SPEAK TO YOUR INTENT WITH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT YOU HAD
SUGGESTED AND THEN PERHAPS WE
COULD TEE UP THE POSSIBILITY OF
THE THIRD AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR. I GUESS THESE
QUESTIONS ARE DIRECTED TO YOU
JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT I ALREADY
UNDERSTAND TO BE TRUE. THE
OPTION THAT HAS BEEN WALKED ON
TODAY, OPTION C USES 2022 SP
SALARY SAVINGS NOT 23 IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I MAY
ASK FOR AN ASSIST FROM MY
COLLEAGUE GREG DOS. IT IS
PROJECTED SALARY SAVINGS FROM 2
AND 24 BUT I BELIEVE IT'S BASED
ON A DELAY IN THE NUMBER OF
LATERAL HIRES THAT WERE ASSUMED
IN THE LAST PART OF 2022 SO TH
ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THOSE
POSITIONS WERE FILLED. AND THE
WOULD START BEING PAID IN 23
INTO 24. GREG IF YOU ARE ON THE
LINE.
>> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SORRY GREG. LET ME JUMP IN
HERE. I THINK MY FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION, HAS THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING THE
USE OF THESE FUNDS. I WILL PAS
THAT BACK TO YOU.
>> SO THE SIMPLEST WAY TO PUT
THIS IS, IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS
YEAR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WA
GOING TO HIRE FIVE LATERALS,
THAT WAS ON THEIR STAFFING PLAN
IF THEY HAD DONE SO, THOSE
FIVE LATERALS WOULD HAVE BEEN
DRAWING SALARY IN 2023 AND
2024. THEY FAILED TO HIRE THOS
FIVE LATERALS. SO THE MONEY
THAT WOULD HAVE PAID THOSE FIVE
LATERALS IN 2023 AND 2024 WAS
ALREADY PROGRAMMED IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THEY SET
DOWN. IT'S SITTING THERE
EXPECTING THAT THOSE LATERALS
HAD BEEN HIRED, THEY WEREN'T
AND SO NOW THE COUNCIL IS GOING
TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND REDIREC
IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT IS MORE
OF A TECHNICAL MOVE THAT IT IS
ANYTHING ELSE. IN TERMS OF
RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
SPD, I WOULD MERELY SAY THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE HIRES HAD
NOT BEEN MADE AND THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS TECHNICALLY
ACCURATE THAT THOSE HIRES WILL
NOT BE DRAWING SALARY IN 23 OR
24 NOW, WOULD THEY PREFER THAT
THE MONEY STAY IN SPD SO THEY
COULD USE IT FOR OVERTIME? TO
COVER OTHER THINGS? THAT IS A
POTENTIAL WOULD THEY PREFER
THAT THE MONEY STAY IN SPD SO
THEY CAN POTENTIALLY USE IT
FOR, IF SPD SOMEHOW HIRES MORE
THAN 120 NEXT YEAR? THAT IS ALS
A POTENTIAL. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR
THEM BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS
TECHNICALLY ACCURATE. THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S TECHNICALLY
ACCURATE . THOSE FIVE OFFICERS
DIDN'T GET HIRED, THEY WILL
NEED SALARY NEXT YEAR'S PLAN I
FULLY FUNDED, AS LONG AS SBD
HIRES TO THEIR TARGETS THEY WIL
HAVE ALL THE MONEY THEY NEED TO
HIRE 120 OFFICERS NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU GREG. ALLIE, DO
YOU HAVE ANY UPDATED INFORMATIO
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE?
>> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE OR SPD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS . IN
THE LAST FEW WEEKS HERE AS
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT
TOGETHER A BALANCED PACKAGE WE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
TRIED TO TAKE THE TEMPERATUE
DOWN AND DEPOLITICIZE THESE
DISCUSSIONS ESPECIALLY GIVEN TH
LACK OF AVAILABLE REVENUE. AS
CENTRAL STAFF NOTED THIS WAS A
POCKET OF FUNDING THAT WAS NOT
GOING TO BE UTILIZED AS
ORIGINALLY PROGRAMMED IN THE
BUDGET THAT WAS TRANSMITTED. I
THINK WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO ENSURE ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS INCLUDING AREAS THA
OVERLAP WITH EXECUTIVE. I
BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE
THIS WOULD NOT REDUCE OR IMPACT
ANY ADDITIONAL SPOTS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO HIRE OR
HAS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AND
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
MAKE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS,
MANY OF WHICH OVERLAP WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> I ALSO HAVE HEARD NO
CONCERNS HERE WITH THE DIRECT
QUESTION. SO MAYBE MY
RHETORICAL QUESTION SHOULD HAVE
BEEN A STATEMENT UPFRONT. I
APPRECIATE BOTH YOU AND GREG.
FINAL QUESTIONS, DOES THIS
SUBSTITUTE C PRESERVE CASE
CONFERENCING PRESERVE THE MIND
THE ZONE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR
SEAPLANE LANDING AND PRESERVE
OUR ONE CALL.
>> YES THAT IS ACCURATE. IT
WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ALL
THREE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE
BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET OR PROPOSED BUDGET
AMENDMENTS.
>> THAT ANSWER WAS DIRECTED AT
THE LOFT ON AMENDMENT. HSD 002C
>> FINAL COMMENT, THANK YOU FO
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I HAVE N
CONCERNS ALYSSA HERE FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE NEXT
HOWEVER MANY MINUTES BEFORE WE
VOTE.
>> I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND THE
APPRECIATION . TO THE VICE
CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY WATCHES
THE REPORTS IN REAL TIME, HAS
BEEN THE AUTHOR OF REQUESTING
REPORTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
CLEAR INFORMATION AND A
PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB O
IDENTIFYING , IF THERE ARE ANY
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE
NOT IN CONFLICT WITH SOMETHING.
ALLOWING FOR US TO MOVE FORWAR
WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN THIS BUDGET IN A
WAY TO FUND SOME OF THESE
PRIORITIES. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU
TO SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL.
>> THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT
TIME TO SPEAK BUT, I REALLY
WANTED TO SPEAK TO WHY
CONTINUING TO PURSUE AN
APPROACH IN THIS BALANCE THE
CONTINUES FUNDING FOR ONE CALL
IS SO IMPORTANT. BUT MAYBE I
SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE OPTIONS
ARE IN FRONT OF US?
>> SURE. WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD
AND DO THAT. WE ARE DOING THIS
JOINTLY AND ON THE SPOT.
RECOGNIZING THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ORIGINAL
AMENDMENT, AND THE DESIRE TO
FUND THESE OTHER TWO ITEMS, ON
CALL, CASE CONFERENCING AND
SEAPLANES COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED
WITH THE SOURCES IDENTIFIED . I
HAVE PROVIDED THIS AMENDMENT SO
I MOVED TO SUPPLEMENT WITH HS
020C. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO THE
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED
TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF AN APPROACH THAT FUND
NOT ONLY THE PRIORITIES OF
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS HE'S
LIFTING UP HERE TODAY BUT ALSO
CONTINUES FUNDING AS HE
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR ONE
CALL. ONE CALL WAS SET UP IN
2020 WITH COUNSEL FUNDS PROPOSE
2019. THIS PROGRAM IS USED TO
HELP POLICE OFFICERS, EMS AND
FIREFIGHTERS GET SUPPORT FOR
THOSE HAVING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
ISSUES. ONE CALL HELPS FIRST
RESPONDERS FIND A SAFE
ALTERNATIVE THAT ALLOWS
INDIVIDUALS TO GET RECONNECTED
WITH RESOURCES THAT HELP
RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. SO THI
IS A NUMBER THAT FIRST
RESPONDERS CALL. SELECT EMS
OFFICERS AND SEATTLE
FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINED TO US
ONE CALL AND THEN ONE CALL
TRAINED PROFESSIONALS HAVE
ACCESS TO A PATIENT'S HEALTH
RECORD. THE PRIVACY OF THE
INFORMATION IS THERE BUT THEY
USE IT TO HELP THAT FIRST
RESPONDER HELP THE PERSON. A
MEDIA PROFILE ON THE PROGRAM
INTERVIEWED THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, THEY FOUND THEY AR
ABLE TO USE ONE CALL AND
CONNECT A SUICIDAL MAN TO A
RESOURCE HE HAD USED IN THE
PAST. THEY SAID AFTER THE CALL
THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT OUTREACH
TO PROVIDERS AND PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN WAYS
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO
BEFORE. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPL
OF HOW ONE CALL HAS HELPED BOTH
FIRST RESPONDERS AND PEOPLE IN
NEED. THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO
SEE GREG'S HAND. THAT I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS TO CLOSE US OUT.
>> THANK YOU, I WANTED TO
CLARIFY ONE THING. I TALKED
ABOUT THE FIVE LATERALS BECAUSE
THAT IS THE NUMBER IN THE
HIRING PLAN THAT SBD WAS TRYIN
TO HIT. AS IT TURNS OUT THE
THREE COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS
THAT WOULD BE FUNDED WITH SALAR
SAVINGS, THEY DIDN'T REQUIRE TH
MONEY FROM FIVE FULL LATERALS.
THEY ONLY REQUIRED THE MONEY
FROM 4. JUST SO THE DEPARTMENT
IS CLEAR ON THE SALARY SAVINGS
IT WOULD BE 4 FTE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON I'M GOING TO PAUSE REA
QUICK AND ASK IF COUNCILMEMBER
STROSS HAS ANYTHING THEY WOULD
LIKE TO ASK BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE
YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEA
TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER PIECES.
>> I WILL SPEAK AT THE END.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES HERE
SO THE FIRST THING WE ARE
VOTING ON IS, WHETHER WE SUPPOR
WALK ON ITEM C , WHICH SAYS
IN THE TITLE REDUCED FUNDING.
FOR SWORN OFFICER SALARIES IN
SPD.
>> THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
FOR US TO LOOK BEYOND THESE
SHORT TITLE TO THE CONTEXT THAT
CENTRAL STAFF JUST NOTED ABOUT
WHY THE LATERALS THAT WERE NOT
HIRED FROM THIS YEAR , AND THE
ASSUMED SALARY NEED IN 23 AND
24 HOW THAT IS BEING
MATERIALIZED. I DO UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH TH
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE
EXECUTIVE TO ENSURE THIS HAD NO
IMPACT ON THE EXISTING HIRING
AND RECRUITMENT PLAN . THIS IS
SIMPLY SAVINGS FROM 2022 THAT
IS REFLECTED IN FUTURE COST OF
23 AND 24. I'M SURE STAFF WILL
ARTICULATE THAT BETTER THAN I
WILL BUT I WANT FOLKS TO LOOK
BEYOND THESE SHORT TITLES AS YO
THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE
LEGISLATION.
>> THAT WAS EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT?
>> ALL THREE OF THESE PROGRAMS
ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. WE
WISH WE COULD'VE FUNDED
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. IT
PROVIDES SERVICES TO OUR CITY
AND GOOD OUTCOMES. ONE CALL I
ALREADY SPOKE TO CASE
CONFERENCING I SPOKE ABOUT
PREVIOUSLY. IS VERY SIMILAR IN
A LOT OF WAYS TO ONE CALL WHER
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL
SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE CITY,
BOTH CO-LEAD AND EVERGREEN
TREATMENT SERVICES, THE TRUE
BLOODS PROGRAM WITH POLICE AND
PROSECUTORS , CASE CONFERENCIN
INDIVIDUALS WHO OFTEN TIMES
SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. WE
NEED SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO
STAFF THIS WORK AND THAT'S WHAT
THIS FTE IS. AND I KNOW I HAVE
SPOKEN ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY,
WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF INCREASE
CUTENESS -- USAGE ON LAKE
UNION. NEW USERS HAVE KAYAKS,
PADDLE BOARDS , BOATS HOT TUB
BOATS AND OTHERS ARE IN THE LAK
WHICH IS ALSO AN AIRPORT. WHIL
WE HAVE THE BUOYS SET UP TO
DESIGNATE WHERE THE LANDING
STRIP IS, PEOPLE DON'T
NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT OR WHY
IT'S THERE. USING THESE PUBLIC
SAFETY DOLLARS WE ARE INCREASIN
PUBLIC SAFETY IN ALTERNATIVE
WAYS. NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANKS FOR BRINGING FORTH THESE
AMENDMENTS PLURAL. THIS
AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE OFFERED I
JUST ONE WAY TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T HAVE TO PICK AMONGST THES
THREE ITEMS. THANKS AGAIN VICE
CHAIR HERBOLD FOR YOUR SUPPORT
OF THESE EFFORTS IN THE PAST AN
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AROUND
ADDITIONAL WAYS WE CAN UTILIZE
THE PUBLIC SAFETY FRAMEWORK.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF HSD 20 SEE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> 8 IN FAVOR, 1 OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND HSD
IS ADOPTED. WE ARE MOVING TO
AGENDA ITEM 60, HSD-035-C.
>> THE AMENDMENT IS IN FRONT O
US AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE I
A SUBSTITUTE OPTION CENTRAL
STAFF IS THAT CORRECT. THIS HAS
BEEN PULLED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
DISCUSSION.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> I AM GOING TO RECOGNIZE
HANDS FIRST AND I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON. .
>> THIS IS THE UNIFIED CARE TEA
PROPOSAL? OKAY. I BELIEVE THIS
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MAYORS
HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN AND TH
BEST STRATEGY TO ADDRESS
SEATTLE'S MANY HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS. DEPLOYING SMALLER
TEAMS TO DIFFERENT AREAS WILL
MAINTAIN STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THE INDIVIDUAL
NEEDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS SO THAT WE CAN GET
MORE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING AND
SERVICES. AS STATED IN THE
MAYORS PRESS RELEASE THIS WILL
ALLOW TEAMS TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY.
HOUSED AND ON HOUSED NEIGHBORS
AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE
REGION. LET'S HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE AS THEY REQUESTED.
I BELIEVE WE CAN FIND SOURCES T
REBALANCE THIS IN THE
UNRESERVED BUDGETARY BALANCE OR
THE PLANNING RESERVES OR THE
GENERAL SUB FUND. OR IF WE
APPROVE ANY OTHER MONEY-SAVING
AMENDMENTS I WOULD ENCOURAGE US
TO USE THEM TOWARDS THIS
PRIORITY, PRODUCING
HOMELESSNESS, CHAIR OF
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON I APPRECIATE YOU
RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE
SYSTEM BY WHICH WE ARE GOING T
BE ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY AND
QUICKLY RESPOND TO THE CRISIS
OF UNSANCTIONED HOMELESSNESS .
I DO THINK THIS PROPOSAL WHICH
IS SUPPORTED BY THE MAYORS
OFFICE AND BY THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, IS THE
RIGHT WAY FORWARD TO ENCOURAGE
MORE. TO AVOID ACCIDENTALLY
CREATING WHAT IS CALLED
REDUNDANT BUREAUCRACIES. THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT I CONFERRED
WITH THE MAYORS OFFICE. THIS
AMENDMENT IS THEIR PREFERRED
APPROACH FORWARD TO . THIS IS
ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE CIVIC
GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO
HAVE BEEN PROMOTING FOR THE
PROTECTION AND EXPANSION OF
REGIONAL SOLUTION HOMELESSNESS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF AN
AGREEMENT CAN'T BE REACHED THAT
IS AMENABLE , BETWEEN THE CITY
OF THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY OF
THIS RESOURCE, WE WILL BEGIN A
OPPORTUNITY TO REASSESS IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE EXECUTIV
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT A GAP
IN THE SERVICE THAT WE ARE
PROVIDING. I DO THINK THIS IS
THE REGIONAL APPROACH THAT WE
HAVE CONSOLIDATED AROUND AND
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT TODAY.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS
MEASURE BECAUSE, I RECOGNIZE
THAT THE KC RHA IS SUPPOSED TO
BE THE AGENCY THAT IS ADDRESSIN
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS HOWEVER,
I DID SUPPORT THE EMPHASIS IN
THE MAYORS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL
FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIFIE
CARE TEAM BECAUSE IT FOCUSED ON
BETTER COORDINATION AMONGST TH
PROVIDERS AND THE COUNTY AND
THE CITY. AND ALSO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF BINDING LISTS O
A GEOGRAPHIC BASIS. WHEN WE HA
A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS
MEASURE I HEARD A LOT OF
QUESTIONS. I DO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND HIS
FORTHCOMING ATTITUDE ON
PERFORMANCE METRICS BUT IF THI
WORK IS NOT WITHIN THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL HOW WILL THIS WORK BE
CARRIED OUT. CONCERNS ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS IN THE
FOCUSED AREA OF THE RHA BECAUSE
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN
WORK. I ALSO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING TO, HOW WILL
MOVING THE STAFFING AND
REMOVING THE STAFFING AND
MOVING THE RESOURCES OUT OF THE
CITY, HOW WILL THAT CHANGE THE
NATURE OF THIS WORK? SO I AM
GOING TO BE OPPOSING SIMPLY
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE MAYOR HA
A SOLID PLAN FOR ADVANCING OUR
PROGRESS IN OUR HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE.
>> I WILL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS
MYSELF.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE MAYORS
OFFICE, FOR THEIR WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OFFICE AND
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY. WE HAVE COME
TOGETHER OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST FEW WEEKS TO IDENTIFY WAY
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
ADVANCING ALL OF THE INVESTMENT
IN THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT
LONELINESS AND HYGIENE SERVICES
GARBAGE PICKUP, PAST
ABATEMENT, MAKING SURE OUR
CITY IS CLEAN FOR ALL OF THOSE
WHO LIVE HERE BY CHANNELING THE
CITIES FOCUS ON REALLY MAKING
SURE THERE IS CLEANING SERVICES
YEAR AROUND. WE'VE REALLY BEEN
FOCUSING WITH THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO RESPON
TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. TO
ENSURE THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNES
AUTHORITY WAS CHARGED WITH
PUSHING FORWARD BEST PRACTICES
FOR OUTREACH AND ENSURING THAT
OUTREACH WORKERS ARE CONNECTED
TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT MORE
FOLKS GET CONNECTED TO SHELTER
AND APPROPRIATE HOUSING NEEDS,
HEALTHCARE AND OTHER SERVICES
ON-SITE. AND CREATING
RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT WHEN
FOLKS CAN GET STABILIZED AND
INSIDE BOTH THE MAYORS OFFICE
AND KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY HAVE
WORKED WITH US ON THIS
AMENDMENT. THERE WAS A GOOD FAC
FAITH EFFORT HERE. AND IN TH
WAYS THAT I HAVE DESCRIBED TO
ENSURE THE FOLKS WHO CURRENTLY
HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY , DO THE AUTHORITY
AND ITS A SUCCESSFUL MODEL THA
CAN ENHANCE THE CONNECTION TO
FOLKS BEING ABLE TO GET TO
THEIR SERVICES THROUGH THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT ALREADY EXIST
IT IS NOT ACCURATE TO SAY THIS
IS A REDUCTION, IN FACT THIS I
AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
PARTNERING WITH BOTH THE MAYORS
OFFICE, OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
AND THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY IN ADDITION TO THE
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND
PARTNERS WHO HELPED TO PROVIDE
INPUT TO ENSURE WE ARE MOVING
FORWARD. AS THE MAYORS OFFICE
SAID THEMSELVES THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN SOLUTIONS BEYOND
REMOVALS AND THIS JOINT EFFORT
HERE TODAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYORS
OFFICE HAVE COME TOGETHER AND
NEGOTIATED THIS EFFORT FOR THE
NEXT ITERATION OF HOW WE CARE
FOR FOLKS YEAR-ROUND. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AN
PARTNERSHIP OF COLLEAGUES AND I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES
TO MAINTAIN HSD 035 035C .
ITEM NUMBER 60 IN OUR AGENDA.
MDM. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON HSD-035-C.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON .
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES PARIKH
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, 2 OPPOSED.
>> HSD-035-C IS ADOPTED. I
WILL ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE REAL
QUICKLY. ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM,
51, WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSIO
ABOUT THE COMBINED AMENDMENTS
WITH COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
MYSELF. THERE'S A LOT OF
SUPPORT FOR SUBSTITUTING THE
BILL. HOWEVER I FAILED TO ASK
FOR A FINAL ROLL CALL ON THE
FINAL MOTION TO AMEND THE
AMENDMENT. SO WITH THE MOTION
CARRIED, SYSTEM INSTITUTE , -
WE WILL ASK YOU TO READ ORIEN
YOURSELF TO HSD 020C. I WILL
ASK FOR A YES VOTE AND ASK THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON
APPROVAL OF HSD 020C. ANY
QUESTIONS? WILL YOU PLEASE CAL
THE ROLL ON THE APPROVAL OF HSD
020 SEE YOUR
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL CHAIR MOSQUEDA .
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES .
APOLOGIES FOR THAT. THAT MEANS
WE ARE ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBE
71 . WE ALREADY CONSIDERED THI
AS PART OF THE SUBSTITUTE TO
HSD 020A, I WILL CONFIRM WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ARE YOU
COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AMENDMENT
>> YES.
>> HSD-904-A IS PULLED AND WE
ARE GOING TO REMOVE THIS ITEM
FROM THE AGENDA IN ITS ENTIRETY
BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN
SUBSUMED IN HSD 020C. THAT
MOVES US ONTO AGENDA ITEM 121
WHICH IS SDOT-502-B. I WILL
REMOVE THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT S
YOU CAN CONSIDER A SUBSTITUTE.
I MOVED TO APPROVE SDOT-502-B
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. I UNDERSTAND THERE I
A SUBSTITUTE OPTION ON THE
AGENDA HERE AND I BELIEVE IT'S
FROM COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON .
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO EXCUSE
ME, LET'S DO THIS FIRST. LET'
HAVE YOU MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE
BEFORE US.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
ONE MOMENT. COLLEAGUES , I
MOVED TO SUBSTITUTE ITEM 121
WITH ITEM 165, 502C.
>> SECOND.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA IF YOU
WOULDN'T MIND FIRST MOVING
SDOT-502-B AND THEN WE CAN MOVE
TO SUBSTITUTE .
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
>> WE DID IT.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
>> WE ARE ALL GETTING A LITTLE
TIRED HERE. THERE IS A BREAK O
THE HORIZON ONCE WE GET THROUGH
GROUP B INDIVIDUAL VOTES WE
WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A
RECESS. THEN WE WILL GO ON WIT
C AND D. SO WE CAN ALL HAVE
SOME FRESH AIR FOR A SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON , YOU
HAVE A SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF U
THAT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDE
AND YOU ARE WRECKING NICE TO
SPEAK TO YOUR SUBSTITUTE.
>> BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ARE
POSITIVE AND I APPRECIATE THE
CHAIR . IF THIS ONE DOESN'T
PASS THE OTHER ONE SHOULD. ITS
INCREASING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
USING THE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT TO DO THAT.
THE REASON I HAVE THIS
SUBSTITUTE IS BECAUSE THIS DEAL
WITH BRIDGES. I KNOW A LOT OF
YOU HAVE SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE BARE
MINIMUM OF WHAT THE AUDITOR
RECOMMENDED FOR ANNUAL BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE FOR MULTIMODAL
BRIDGES. AS WE KNOW FROM THE
AUDIT WE OBTAINED IN 2020, OUR
CITY AUDITOR RECOMMENDS
INVESTING 34 MILLION+ FOR
MAINTENANCE OF SEATTLE'S AGING
BRIDGES. THIS SUBSTITUTE WOULD
MAKE AVAILABLE $12 MILLION TO
LIFT UP OUR INVESTMENTS UP TO
THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT OF 34
MILLION. IN THE WAKE OF THE
HARD LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE
CLOSURE TO THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE AUDIT I JUS
MENTIONED AND THE PERIODIC
MALFUNCTION OF OTHER BRIDGES
COUPLED WITH S.DECISION TO
DECLINE THE $100 MILLION WE
AUTHORIZED IN 2021, IT'S
DISAPPOINTING THAT THE ORIGINAL
BUDGET UNDERFUNDED BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE AGAIN. SO IT'S UP
TO US TO DO BETTER. THIS
AMENDMENT CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH
EXPECTED BY OUR RESIDENTS TO
KEEP BRIDGES OPEN AND SAFE. W
CAN ALSO HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
EXPLAINED THIS AS WELL.
>> I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON, I MISSED THAT STEP AN
WENT RIGHT TO YOU. SO SINCE YO
TEED THAT UP I MIGHT COME BACK
TO YOU. CALVIN, THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US. APOLOGIES FOR
SKIPPING THE FORMALITY OF HAVIN
YOU DESCRIBE IT FIRST BEFORE TH
SPONSOR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT OPTIONS?
>> SURE. ITEM SDOT-502-B WAS
PROPOSED BY THE BALANCING
PACKAGE. IT A MAN'S LEGISLATIO
TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL SPENDIN
CAP ON TRANSIT CAPITAL SPENDING
FROM 6 MILLION A YEAR AS
PROPOSED BY THE EXECUTIVE TO
9.5 MILLION PER YEAR AND THIS
ITEM WOULD FURTHER REDUCE 3.5
MILLION PER YEAR FOR TRANSIT
ASSET PROGRAMS REFLECTING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUTH FAIRS .
REDIRECTING FUNDS TO ADDITIONA
TRANSIT CAPITAL SPENDING. THE
SUBSTITUTE ITEM, AMENDS THE
SAME LEGISLATION TO INCREASE
THE SPENDING CAP ON CAPITAL
SPENDING FROM 6 MILLION A YEAR
TO 15 MILLION PER YEAR, IT
WOULD REDUCE 3.5 MILLION PER
YEAR FOR TRANSIT ACCESS PROGRAM
AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL 5.5
MILLION IN 2023 AND AGAIN IN
2024 FROM FUND BALANCE. THIS
WOULD BE A TOTAL INCREASE IN
TRANSIT CAPITAL SPENDING OF 9
MILLION IN 2023 AND 9 MILLION I
2024. IT WOULD THEN ADD A
PROVISO ON 12 MILLION IN THE 2
BUDGET FROM BRIDGE RELATED OR
STRUCTURE RELATED TRANSIT
PROJECTS ONLY. S-DOT WOULD NEE
TO ADJUST FUTURE SPENDING
THROUGH THE END OF THE MEASURE
IN APRIL 2027.
>> THANK YOU. I'M JUST
SITTING IN FOR MME. CHAIR WHO
STEPPED AWAY. THE THING I WAS
LISTENING FOR WAS THE REFERENCE
TO THE SUFFICIENT FUND BALANC
FOR THIS ADDITION BUT ALSO A
RECOGNITION THAT , LIKE THE
SCOPE CHANGE THAT IS REQUIRED I
THE VERSION IN THE CHAIRS
PACKAGE, THIS ALSO WOULD
REQUIRE A SCOPE CHANGE THAT
WOULD BE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
AMENDMENT TO REFLECT THE
ALLOWANCE OF THESE FUNDS FOR
THIS PURPOSE.
>> THE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE
WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TH
MATERIAL CHANGE BY AN
ADDITIONAL , 5 1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS EACH YEAR. THE
FINANCIAL PLAN WOULD BE
BALANCED THROUGH 2024 THERE
WOULD NOT, IT WOULD , BUT
FUTURE SPENDING WOULD HAVE TO B
ADJUSTED TO MAINTAIN A RESERVE
THROUGH THE END OF THE 2027
MEASURE.
>> THANK YOU. JUST
FILIBUSTERING WITH SOME
QUESTIONS.
>> WE JUST RECEIVED THE
EXPLANATION.
>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK T
THE SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON I BELIEVE YOU HAD
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS .
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
EXPLANATION . SO COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET
UP TO THE MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT
THE AUDITOR ADVISED US TO DO.
I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THIS FOR THREE YEARS AND
WE HAVE TRIED MULTIPLE WAYS TO
GET S-DOT TO DO THIS. HERE WE
ARE AGAIN, WE FOUND A WAY TO D
IT, WE ARE TAPPING THE RESERVES
TEMPORARILY FROM THE CL
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
AND INCREASING THE CAPITAL
ALLOWANCE EVEN MORE FOR THE NEX
COUPLE OF YEARS. OTHERWISE THE
MONEY IS JUST SITTING THERE IN
RESERVES THAT ALLEGEDLY ARE
NEEDED FOR 2026 OR 2027 . THE
PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO
DEPLOY THOSE DOLLARS NOW TO FIX
THE BRIDGES THAT NEED OUR
ATTENTION SOONER.
>> I JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THIS SUBSTITUTE. WE
APPRECIATE THERE ARE SUFFICIENT
RESERVES. AVAILABLE FOR THIS
PURPOSE. WE APPRECIATE THE
TRANSPORTATION AND CHAIR WE
ALSO APPRECIATE THAT THE FOCUS
IS ON MULTIMODAL BRIDGES FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE STRONG ADVOCATES
OF OTHER MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN
SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BUSES,
BICYCLING OR WALKING. FOR THOS
WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING
SURE THAT FREIGHT IS ABLE TO
MOVE IN AND OUT OF OUR CITY. I
REALLY THINK THAT THE FOCUS O
THESE BRIDGES IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO FOLKS USING ALL
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
IS SEATTLE FUNDING. IT CAN ONLY
BE USED FOR CAPITAL SUPPORT ..
THE PROVISO WOULD REQUIRE S.TO
FIND BRIDGE OR STRUCTURE
RELATED PROJECTS ONLY AND THAT'
ALL THAT COULD BE FUNDED WITH
THIS FUNDING.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FIRST.
>> GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION
ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST THE FIRST
QUESTION, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS
THAT, THIS FUNDING COULD BE
USED FOR STAFFING MORE , FOR
MORE TRANSIT ROUTES TO INCREASE
FREQUENCY AND LIABILITY
ASSUMING WE COULD FIND THE
STAFFING. I WANT TO CLARIFY
THAT IS ALSO A POSSIBLE USE. I
BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAVE AN
INCREASE IN THESE VEHICLE
LICENSE FEES ALSO GOING TO
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE. I'D LIKE TO
CLARIFY THOSE TWO THINGS. I
FULLY SUPPORT THE NEED FOR US T
MAKE SURE THAT OUR BRIDGE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS SAFE AND
UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL USE THE
BRIDGES REGARDLESS OF HOW WE GE
AROUND ASSUMING YOU CAN ACTUALL
CROSS ON FOOT. OR IN A BUS OR
ON A BIKE. I THINK WE ALREADY
HAVE SUPPORTED SOME SUBSTANTIAL
INCREASES IN BRIDGE FUNDING AND
I BELIEVE THIS MONEY COULD BE
USED TO INCREASE TRANSIT
RELIABILITY SO I WOULD LIKE TO
CLARIFY THOSE TWO THINGS.
>> THANK YOU. THIS SOURCE OF
FUNDING WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS
AND IT AUTHORIZES FOUR DIFFEREN
CATEGORIES OF SPENDING. IT CAN
BE SPENT ON TRANSIT SERVICE AS
YOU MENTIONED, IT CAN BE SPENT
ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT
IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF TRANSIT
. IT CAN BE SPENT ON EMERGING
NEEDS, WE USED IT IN PARTS TO
SUBSIDIZE TRANSIT SERVICE WIT
THE CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
>> I'M SORRY I FORGOT THE OTHER
PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
>> THE VEHICLELICENSE FEE
INCREASE?
>> THE LICENSE FEE IS A SEPARAT
FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS ALSO
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
BUT WAS NOT APPROVED BY VOTERS
AND THERE IS A SEPARATE COUNSE
BUDGET ACTION TO INCREASE THAT
BY $10 PER YEAR WHICH DOES
REDUCE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FO
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE BRIDGES
>> PEDERSON DID YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO ADD.
>> I APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTION
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. THE
SUPPORT FOR OTHER BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. THE REASON THIS
WAS NECESSARY IS THAT, PART OF
THE BALANCING PACKAGE CUT 3.2
MILLION FROM BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. SO, THIS IS ONE
OF THE REASONS WE NEED TO BOOST
THE FUNDING FOR BRIDGES IN THE
NEXUS TO THE TRANSIT. IT WOUL
BE BRIDGES THAT BUSES RELY UPON
SO THAT AS WE LEARN FROM THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE, IF THE
BRIDGE IS NOT WORKING AND
CLOSES AND THIS BREED -- DEED
AND RELIABILITY DROPS TO ZERO,
THAT'S A BUST. THE PURPOSE IS
TO AUTHORIZE UP TO THAT AMOUNT
SO THAT WE CAN FINALLY DO THE
BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT THEY
AUDITOR REQUIRES CONSIDERING TH
CUTS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE
BUDGET. THIS WOULD GET US BACK
UP TO THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT EVEN
WITH THE MONEY FROM THE OTHER
SOURCES THAT WE APPROVED.
>> I'M GOING TO ASK CENTRAL
STAFF TO COMMENT , AND THE
INFORMATION NOTED THAT THE
BALANCING PACKAGE REDUCED
FUNDING, IS THERE A CUT IN THE
BASELINE BUDGET FOR BRIDGES?
>> THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN TH
BRIDGE PAINTING PROGRAM RELATED
TO THE SHORTFALL.
>> I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS $64
MILLION IN REDUCTIONS WE
RECEIVED JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE
WE WERE TO REALLY SEE -- RELEAS
OUR BALANCING PACKAGE. WE HAD
TO LOOK BACK AND SEE IF WE WERE
NOT JUST OPERATING BUDGET ITEMS
BUT ALSO MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
NEEDED IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
AND INVESTMENT. WE DID
EVERYTHING WE COULD TO CONTINUE
TO MAINTAIN INVESTMENTS AND
VERTICAL SERVICES INCLUDING IN
BRIDGE SUPPORT AND KEY
INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS OUR CITY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FO
ME TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER OR NOT
THE EXISTING, WHAT DID YOU CALL
IT? CALVIN? THE TRANSPORTATION
MEASURE FUNDING POLICY? TO
THOSE NEED TO BE AMENDED IF WE
DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT TRANSIT
RELATED BRIDGE PROJECTS IN THE
PIPELINE?
>> IF THERE WERE, IF THE
EXECUTIVE WERE NOT ABLE TO
IDENTIFY BRIDGE RELATED
PROJECTS, THE PROVISO WOULD
SIMPLY MEAN THAT MONEY WOULD NO
BE SPENT AND IT WOULD STAY IN
THE PROJECT. I SHOULD ALSO NOT
THAT THE PROPOSAL TO MOVE THE
ENFORCEMENT UNIT TO SPD ALSO
ADDED 1.5 MILLION FOR
STRUCTURES.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS? OKAY FOLKS,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON , ALLIE
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE HE
WANTED TO NOTE?
>> I WAS JUST GETTING READY IF
THERE WAS CLARIFICATION ON WHIC
MOTION YOU ARE VOTING ON NEXT.
>> OKAY GREAT. SO THAT'S
HELPFUL. ALLIE WHY DON'T YOU
ORIENT US TO THE MOTION IN FRON
OF US.
>> THE MOTION CURRENTLY IN FRON
OF YOU IS THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE , COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON'S OPTION C , SO YOU
WOULD VOTE YES ON THAT MOTION I
YOU SUPPORT THE SUBSTITUTE
OPTION C .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGAIN, I
AM GOING TO ASK FOR FOLKS TO
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE
LANGUAGE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON ORIGINALLY PUT FORWARD
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU PUT
FORWARD THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT
SDOT-502-B, IT WAS LESS SPECIFI
ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDS WOULD
ULTIMATELY END UP AND WAS
REALLY SEEKING TO MAKE SURE WE
HAD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ACROSS
OUR CITY. I AM WANTING TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED
SUBSTITUTE WOULD MEAN FOR
EQUITY ISSUES IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENT AROUND OUR CITY AND
ALSO WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE
TRADE-OFFS THAT ARE BEING
CONTEMPLATED IN THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US INSTEA
OF DOING X, Y, AND Z INSTEAD AN
INVESTING IN THE BRIDGES. SINC
WE HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO
SEEK THAT FEEDBACK I'M GOING TO
BE ASKING FOLKS TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON'S
UNDERLYING INITIAL AMENDMENT
THAT I INCLUDED IN OUR BALANCIN
PACKAGE AND THAT WOULD MEAN
REJECTING THE SUBSTITUTE. LET'
SEE HOW THIS GOES.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? WE ARE VOTIN
YES OR NO TO SUBSTITUTE
SDOT-502-B. MDM. CLERK WILL YO
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE
SUBSTITUTION. THE DESIRE TO
SUBSTITUTE SDOT-502-B.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> I SAID YES SORRY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>>
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, FOR OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
SUBSTITUTE IS IN FRONT OF US.
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK TO THE SUBSTITUTE BEFORE
VOTING.
>> NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
>> OKAY. AGAIN THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING FORWARD THE ORIGINAL
AMENDMENT WHICH WE INCLUDED IN
OUR BALANCING PACKAGE. I WILL
ABSTAIN ON THIS BOAT ONLY
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE FULL
IMPACTS ON OTHER AREAS OF THE
CITY AND WANT TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN A PARTNER
WITH YOU AND OTHERS WHO HAVE
BEEN SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL
BRIDGE INVESTMENTS. I KNOW THE
WORD DISAPPOINTMENT HAS BEEN
USED A FEW TIMES IN REFERENCE T
THE BRIDGE INVESTMENTS AND I
THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IT WAS
DISAPPOINTING TO GET THE
REINVESTMENT NEWS THAT WE
DECREASED FUNDING AND IT HAD AN
IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET. I DO LOO
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT HOW THIS PROPOSAL
WILL IMPACT FUTURE INVESTMENTS
AND ALSO SUPPORT WHAT WE CAN DO
TO ENSURE BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
>> I HELD MY COMMENTS EARLIER
BECAUSE, IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON
YOU KNOW MY STRONG INTEREST AN
DESIRE TO ENSURE OUR BRIDGES
HAVE THE FUNDING THEY NEED, YO
ALSO KNOW THAT I HAVE
EXPERIENCED THE LACK OF ACTION
FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IN CREATING
PLANS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE T
FUND OUR BRIDGES DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE, ENSURING THEY ARE
READY TO RECEIVE FEDERAL
FUNDING. I WILL BE SPEAKING
ABOUT THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT. SO JUST
HEARING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE
PLANS READY TO IMPLEMENT THIS
MONEY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND
ALSO, I'M VOTING NO RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I PUT FORWARD AN
AMENDMENT EARLIER TODAY TO
INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR BRIDGE
IN OUR CITY WHICH I BELIEVE IS
MORE APPROPRIATE SOURCE OF
FUNDING .
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. HEARING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, CLERK WILL YOU PLEAS
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION O
SUBSTITUTE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ú>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> ABSTAIN .
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, 2 OPPOSED,
2 ABSTENTIONS.
>> THANK YOU MME. CLERK THE
MOTION CARRIES AND S. 502 502C
WAS ADOPTED. I BELIEVE I HAVE
TO TAKE ONE FINAL ROLL CALL VOT
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA I THINK YOU
HAVE COMPLETED THE SERIES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO
SDOT-502-C IS ADOPTED . LET'S
GO TO AGENDA ITEM 133
SPD-102-A.
>> THE LAST THREE WERE REMOVED
FOR CONSIDERATION.
>> TO GET THE AMENDMENT IN
FRONT OF US I MOVED TO APPROVE
SPD-102-A . IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. I UNDERSTAND THIS HA
BEEN PULLED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
DISCUSSION ONLY AND THERE IS NO
SUBSTITUTE. I WILL RECOGNIZE
FOLKS AS THEY PUT THEIR HAND UP
IN THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>> I WILL HOLD MY COMMENT UNTIL
AFTER OTHERS SPEAK.
>> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSO
.
>> I PULLED THIS ITEM FOR A
SEPARATE DISCUSSION FROM THE
CHAIRS PACKAGE. I OPPOSE
ABROGATING POSITIONS FROM OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR MAYOR'S
BUDGET TRANSMITTED TO US DID
NOT DELETE THESE 80 POSITIONS ,
IF WE TRUST IN WHAT THE MAYOR
ASKS FOR REGARDING PUBLIC SAFET
AND THE BUDGETING KNOWLEDGE AN
SKILLS AND BEST PRACTICES OF TH
CITY BUDGET OFFICE, I DON'T
THINK WE SHOULD DO ANYTHING
DIFFERENT HERE BY ABROGATING OR
DELETING THESE 80 POSITIONS
POCKETS. NOVEMBER 14, JUST A
WEEK AGO, THE MAYOR'S
SPOKESPERSON SAID THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OPPOSES THE PERMANENT
CHANGE OF ABROGATION NOTING THA
FUNDING THE UNFILLED POSITIONS
WOULD OFFER THE DEPARTMENT
FLEXIBILITY. WHEN A SIMILAR
BUDGET MANEUVER WAS ATTEMPTED
LAST YEAR TO ELIMINATE OFFICER
POSITION SLOTS, OUR CHIEF OF
POLICE ADRIAN DIAZ SAID
ABROGATION WOULD HAVE LONG-TERM
NEGATIVE IMPACTS. COUNSELORS
WHO VOTED AGAINST MONTHS AGO
SEEMED TO AGREE THAT ABROGATING
UNFILLED DECISIONS COULD SEND
THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC
THAT THE COUNCIL DIDN'T WANT
SPD HIRING MORE OFFICERS.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT PUBLIC
SURVEY THE PUBLIC IS CONCERNED
ABOUT CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY I
INCREASING FROM 28% TO NEARLY
HALF CITING IT AS A TOP ISSUE.
IF YOU ARE A PROSPECTIVE
OFFICER OR DETECTIVE AND YOUR
RESEARCHING DEPARTMENTS TO JOIN
WHY WOULD YOU JOIN A DEPARTMEN
WHERE ITS OWN LEGISLATIVE BODY
IS DELETING POSITIONS FROM THE
BOOKS. OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS
ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING, SO I'M
CONCERNED THIS WOULD HOBBLE
THAT EFFORT WITH A NEGATIVE
SIGNAL THAT DOES NOT EVEN SAVE
MONEY. ABROGATING POSITIONS
SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE AND I
BELIEVE IT WOULD SEND THE WRONG
MESSAGE. IT SENT THE WRONG
MESSAGE 12 MONTHS AGO AND IT
WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE
TODAY. ABROGATION'S OF POSITION
. EARLIER TODAY THE SEATTLE
TIMES URGED THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL STAY STRONG ON BUILDING
BACK ON PUBLIC SAFETY. I AGREE.
I'M IMPLORING ARE PLEASED TO
VOTE DOWN THIS EFFORT. SO WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE. WE HAVE
TO HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT,
SPD WILL BE ABLE TO FILL THESE
POSITIONS. IT'S TRUE THAT THE
MONEY HAS BEEN REPURPOSED FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS FOR OTHER
THINGS, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
THAT BUT PERMANENTLY REMOVING
THESE POSITIONS WILL MAKE IT
VERY DIFFICULT TO BRING ON, TO
BRING THOSE POSITIONS BACK. IT
TAKES FIVE VOTES TO ELIMINATE A
POSITION BUT SIX VOTES TO
REINSTATE DISPOSITION AND
FUNDING. I DON'T SEE WHY WE
WOULD DO THIS GIVEN OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY CRISIS THAT WE ARE
UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT
APPEARED TO BE A MAJORITY
WILLINGNESS TO INCREASE THE
NUMBERS ON OUR FORCE THROUGH TH
INSTITUTION OF ANOTHER STAFFIN
INCENTIVE PROGRAM. SO THIS
BUDGET ACTION WOULD BE CONTRARY
TO THE POLICY DIRECTION I
THINK THAT WAS CLEARLY STATED
OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PAST
YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE.
IT WOULD ALSO SEND THE WRONG
SIGNAL TO PROSPECTIVE RECRUITS
BUT ALSO, TO OUR OFFICERS RIGHT
NOW. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH
THE TURMOIL SINCE 2020 AND I
BELIEVE WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE
ACTUALLY DO WANT TO BRING OUR
STAFFING LEVELS BACK TO ADEQUAT
AND THAT WILL REQUIRE KEEPING
THESE POSITIONS ON THE BOOKS.
>> I WANT TO OFFER SOME ,
PLEASE GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> IS THIS AN OKAY TIME?
>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY .
>> AS HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR OVER
AND OVER AGAIN, SPD'S HIRING
PLAN IS FULLY FUNDED WITH A NE
GAIN OF 15 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.
IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN
THE 120 UNFILLED , UNFUNDED
POSITIONS , A PROPOSED BUDGET
IDENTIFIED 200 UNFUNDED ,
UNFILLED POSITIONS IN THE
DEPARTMENT. CENTRAL STAFF HAS
DONE SOME ANALYSIS AND
RECOGNIZES , AND LET US KNOW
THAT SPD HAS AN ADDITIONAL 40
UNFILLED UNFUNDED OFFICER
POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDE
IN THE BASELINE POSITION NUMBER
OF 200. THIS IS NEW INFORMATION
THERE ARE 240 UNFILLED AND
UNFUNDED POSITIONS. FROM THE
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS IN THE
BUDGET ACTION, IF THIS COUNCIL
ADOPTS THE CBA THE DEPARTMENT
WILL RETAIN THE ABOVE NOTED
120 POLICE OFFICER VACANT
POSITIONS IN THE 2025 , TO HAVE
A COMBINED 130 VACANT OFFICER
POSITIONS AVAILABLE TO ACCEPT
ACADEMY GRADUATES OR LATERAL
TRANSFERS. IN THE 2023 BUDGET
WE SAW REPURPOSED $28 MILLION
FROM SALARY SAVINGS AND PROVIDE
A TRANSPARENT WHERE FUNDS FRO
THOSE UNFUNDED POSITIONS WENT.
IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
IN THE 2021 BUDGET THE FORMER
MAYOR PROPOSED THE BUDGET TO B
REDIRECTED NEARLY $16 MILLION.
THIS WAS 97 POSITIONS WORTH OF
REDIRECTED FUNDING. IT WAS VER
HARD AND LACKED TRANSPARENCY
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHER
THOSE DOLLARS WERE GOING. WHEN
WE SEE THIS TYPE OF BUDGETING
APPROACH, RESULTING IN
MAINTAINING THE SPD BUDGET. IT
SO HAPPENS THAT THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET IDENTIFIES 28 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS AND PROPOSES TO
DEDICATE THOSE FUNDS IN OTHER
USES BUT THAT IS DISCRETIONARY
OF THE MAYOR. THE POINT IS,
THIS IS A GOOD BUDGET PRACTICE.
LAST YEAR I VOTED AGAINST A
SIMILAR LAST-MINUTE AMENDMENT
BUT IT WASN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T
AGREE WITH IT. IT WAS BECAUSE
TOO FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT
IT HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT ON
THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT SPD
COULD HIRE. THIS NARRATIVE THA
WE ARE HEARING TODAY THAT THIS
WOULD SEND THE WRONG SIGNAL, I
WOULD ONLY SEND THE WRONG SIGNA
IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS
ABROGATION AS SOMETHING OTHER
THAN A GOOD BUDGET PRACTICE. I
IS IN NO WAY A MESSAGE TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERING
APPLYING TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. FOR THOSE PEOPLE I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
COLLECTIVELY SIGNAL THE
DEPARTMENTS PLAN IS TO HIRE 12
OFFICERS IN THIS COUNCIL IS
FULLY FUNDED . IS DISAPPOINTED
, -- IT SEEMS THAT SOME ARE
UNWILLING TO SAY THAT THE HIRIN
BUDGET IS FULLY FUNDED. THAT
WOULD SEND A POSITIVE FACTUAL
MESSAGE RATHER THAN DWELLING O
THIS SIGNAL , THAT THIS
NARRATIVE IS SUGGESTING WOULD
DEPRESS HIRING. LET'S FOCUS ON
WHAT THE BUDGET DOES DO .
RATHER THAN DISTORT WHAT AND
ABROGATION OF POSITIONS WOULD
DO FOR THE BUDGET , IN EFFECT,
WHAT IT WILL DO IS CREATE MORE
TRANSPARENCY AND BUDGET FOR TH
COUNCIL TO ACT ON.
>> COLLEAGUES I WILL SPEAK TO
THIS AMENDMENT. THIS AMENDMENT
RETAINS THE APPROACH AND THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET THAT A
DETERMINATION WAS MADE BY THE
MAYOR, THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
DEPARTMENT THAT DETERMINED
WITHIN SPD THE ALLOCATED FUNDIN
FOR 80 OFFICERS WAS NO LONGER
NEEDED AND THEY THANKFULLY PUT
THAT FUNDING TOWARD THE GENERAL
FUND. OUR BUDGET SITUATION IS
ONE THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO CHANG
BY 2025 , SO THIS AMENDMENT
NEITHER QUESTIONS OR INTERFERE
WITH OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE FORWAR
ON THE RETENTION TIRING PLAN.
IT RETAINS 120 OFFICERS AND THE
ASSOCIATED FUNDING THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ASKED TO BE
ALLOCATED. THIS ACTION IS ABOU
BUDGETARY TRANSPARENCY, IT'S
NOT DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER
DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO REITERAT
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE CIT
COUNCIL CAN ALWAYS COME BACK
AND ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN
FUTURE YEARS FOR FUTURE
POSITIONS AND FUTURE SALARY. I
NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES US FROM
DOING SO IN THE FUTURE IF THE
NEED IS THERE. THAT'S WHAT WE
DO EVERY YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO
THE BUDGET AND IT'S HOW WE MAKE
THESE DECISIONS. I WOULD
ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO
MAINTAIN THIS AS A SOLID
BUDGETARY PRACTICE AND WOULD
ASK FOR YOUR YES VOTE TO KEEP
THIS ITEM IN.
>> MDM. CHAIR? MAY I MAKE A
FEW COMMENTS.
>> ALWAYS.
>> FIRST I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, THAT'S
ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT YOU, WE
CAN HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THESE KIND OF ISSUES AND
BE OKAY. WE CAN AGREE TO
DISAGREE AND I THINK WE BOTH
KIND OF AGREED TO DISAGREE. I
NEEDED TO DRILL DOWN ON
SOMETHING THE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD SAID. SO THAT I
UNDERSTOOD IT. I DON'T REALLY
CARE WHAT THE MEDIA THINKS IT
LOOKS LIKE. I WANT TO KNOW WHA
THE FACTS ARE. MY UNDERSTANDIN
OF THE FACTS ARE THAT THERE ARE
200 POSITIONS OPEN AND WE CAN
HIGHER 120 OFFICERS AND THE 80
OTHER OFFICERS , WE ARE USING
THE WORD ABROGATE LIKE IT'S
PERMANENTLY DELETED FOREVER, M
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S NOT.
I MAY NEED CLARIFICATION ON
WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY SIX VOTES
TO BRING THAT BACK BUT, WE
HONESTLY, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR,
OR OUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, IF W
HIRE 120 OFFICERS THERE'S
NOTHING STOPPING ANY OF US, AN
I SPOKE TO THE BUDGET SHARE
ABOUT THIS AS WELL, COMING
FORWARD IN A BUDGET ACTION ON
BEHALF OF SPD. TO HIRE MORE
OFFICERS. IF INDEED WE HIRE TH
120. I GUESS WHAT I'M WORRIED
ABOUT IS, SOME MEDIA FOLKS ARE
NOT PUTTING THIS IN CONTEXT AND
ARE MAKING IT SOUND LIKE THERE
IS 200 JOBS OUT THERE AND WE AR
QUOTE UNQUOTE DEFUNDING , AND I
KNOW THAT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE
ROOM HERE. I UNDERSTAND THE
NUANCE OF IT AND WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON ARE
GETTING TO ABOUT THE MESSAGING
I THINK IT'S POWERFUL AND I
THINK IT'S TRUE BUT OUR JOB HER
TODAY IS TO CLARIFY THAT
BECAUSE, SO WE DON'T HAVE A
NARRATIVE OR A MIXED MESSAGE OR
SOME POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING
GOING ON. ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY DOING. SO THIS IS A
GOOD BUDGET PRACTICE AND AGAIN,
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE IT MORE. TH
SEMANTICS HERE AND THE MESSAGE
HERE HAS TO BE CLEAR BASED ON
THE FACTS. WE HAVE 200
POSITIONS UP THERE AND WE CAN
HIGHER 120. WE WANT THEM TO
HIRE 120 AND MAYBE BY THIS TIM
NEXT YEAR SPD IS BACK SAYING, W
HIRED 120, OUR MEDIA PLAN
WORKED, AND ALL OF THE OTHER
PROCESSES WE PUT IN PLACE TO
ATTRACT OFFICERS. ESPECIALLY
SINCE WE HELPED SUGGEST THE NE
CHIEF OF POLICE I FEEL LIKE WE
ARE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
I WAS ONE OF THE FOLKS LAST
DECEMBER BUT THAT WAS A
DIFFERENT KIND OF VOTE THAT I
THINK WE ARE SEEING TODAY. WHAT
WE DID IN DECEMBER 2021, I KNO
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFF-LINE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON . I JUST
WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT. FOR
TODAY I WILL BE SUPPORTING WHER
WE ARE AT WITH THE ORIGINAL PLA
IN PLACE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON
WITH THE VOTE. MDM. CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE VOTE ON
AMENDMENT SPD-102-A .
COLLEAGUES I WOULD APPRECIATE A
YES VOTE TO MAINTAIN THE
EXISTING AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE
MOTION CARRIES AND THE AMENDMEN
IS ADOPTED . I WANT TO THANK
YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS WELL
FOR HER GROUNDING REMARK CENTER
LEADERSHIP. AS WE MOVE FORWARD
WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE TO COME
BACK TO ISSUES OF WHETHER THERE
IS ADDITIONAL NEED FOR SALARY I
ANY DEPARTMENT. WE ARE GOING T
STAY WITH THIS SPD ITEM AND MOV
ON TO AGENDA ITEM 134 .
SPD-201-A.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO APPROVE SPD-201-A.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A
SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS AS CENTRAL
STAFF NOTED IN THIS RELATES TO
THE PROVISO SALARY SAVINGS . I
WILL ASK CENTRAL STAFF TO
PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
>> SO THE MONEY THAT WOULD'VE
BEEN IN THE BUDGET THAT WOULD
HAVE PAID THE OFFICERS THAT
LEFT, THIS PROVISO WOULD SAY
THAT WE LOCK THAT MONEY UP AND
THEY CAN'T SPEND IT ON ANYTHING
ELSE UNTIL THEY COME TO THE
COUNSEL AND ASK PERMISSION. THE
SAME THING WOULD WORK ON THE
HIRING SIDE OF THE QUESTION. I
SPD WAS UNABLE TO HIRE UP TO
120. LET'S SAY THEY ONLY HIRE
120, THE MONEY THAT WOULD PAY
THE ADDITIONAL RECRUITS WOULD B
LOCKED UP AND THEY WON'T BE ABL
TO SPEND THAT MONEY WITHOUT
COMING TO THE COUNSEL AND ASKIN
FOR PERMISSION. SO THAT'S MY
BASIC EXPLANATION I WILL ASK IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I KNOW
YOU PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE
COMMENTS. I JUST WANT TO
CONFIRM DOES ANYONE HAVE A
QUESTION FOR CENTRAL STAFF?
OKAY GREG THANKS FOR THE
OVERVIEW. I'M GOING TO TURN
INTO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WHO
HAD HER HAND UP FIRST. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.
>> SO COUNSEL DID THIS LAST
YEAR AND WE WENT THROUGH A WHOL
LONG PROCESS TO LIFT THAT
PROVISO IN ORDER TO CREATE A
PLAN TO RECRUIT MORE OFFICERS
TO A BADLY TO PLUG THE HOLES I
SUPER SHORT STAFFING IT TOOK A
LOT OF STAFF TIME AND OUR
EFFORTS. DURING THE PROCESS,
LEGISLATION WAS SPONSORED
POINTING OUT THAT THERE ARE
STAFFING SHORTAGES, AND
VACANCIES ACROSS THE CITY IN
OTHER DEPARTMENTS. TO MY
UNDERSTANDING WE DON'T PROVISO
SALARY SAVINGS AND OTHER
DEPARTMENTS. SO HERE'S THE
DEAL. THERE WILL VERY LIKELY B
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS COMING UP
FOR EXAMPLE WE KNOW THERE ARE
TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. LIKE THE
UPGRADE TO THE DISPATCH SYSTEM
THAT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE
DUAL DISPATCH THAT REQUIRES A
MULTI USER INTERFACE. IT IS
THE DESIRE OF THE CITY TO HAVE
MORE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
SO WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THOSE
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS COULD VER
WELL REQUIRE SOME EXPENSES THA
THESE SALARY SAVINGS COULD BE
USED FOR. THE SAME GOES FOR OU
FINAL COMPLIANCE WITH CONSENT
DECREE. COMPLYING WITH THAT
MIGHT VERY WELL REQUIRE
PURCHASES THAT WILL IMPROVE OU
ABILITY TO MEET THE TERMS OF
THAT CONSENT DECREE . THE POIN
I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS I BELIEVE
WE SHOULD STOP MICROMANAGING TH
USE OF SALARY SAVINGS AND
EXERCISE SOME HUMILITY GOING
FORWARD BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DON'T
KNOW WHAT NEEDS WILL NEED TO B
MET OVERTIME FOR EXAMPLE. IF
THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE OR A MASS
SHOOTING OR SOMETHING AND I KNO
THAT SOUNDS OVERLY DRAMATIC BUT
IT'S TRUE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT I
COMING. SO LOCKING UP THESE
SALARY SAVINGS FOR A FUTURE
ORDINANCE TO LIFT THE
RESTRICTION I THINK IS NOT IN
OUR BEST INTEREST. I WILL NOTE
THAT IN THIS BUDGET THERE ARE
THREE ITEMS ALREADY THAT ARE
SEEKING TO CREATE , THAT WILL
COST A TOTAL OF , LET'S SEE .
$1,280,000 IF THEY ARE ALL
IMPLEMENTED. I'M TALKING ABOUT
ITEMS 183, 174, 173, ALL OF
WHICH ARE LOOKING AT SALARY
SAVINGS TO CREATE , I THINK ,
MOSTLY ONGOING EXPENSES. SO I
WOULD ASK THAT WE NOT GO
FORWARD WITH THIS PROVISO AND
ALLOW FOR THE FLEXIBILITY OF TH
DEPARTMENT TO USE THAT MONEY FO
EMERGENT NEEDS.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL TURN INTO
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> I AGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SAID.
THERE ARE UNKNOWNS. THIS BUDGE
ACTION RESERVES OFFICER SALARY
FUNDING TO BE USED FOR OFFICER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES RELATED T
SALARIES. IT ASSUMES THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WILL SUCCEED IN
MEETING THEIR HIRING GOALS AND
THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE NEEDED
FOR THAT PURPOSE. BUT THE
PROVISO IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL T
COLLABORATE WITH EXECUTIVE. HO
TO USE FUNDS NOT NEEDED FOR SPD
SALARIES. IT'S TRUE, IN THE
CASE THAT THERE ARE FUNDS THAT
ARE UNSPENT FOR SPD SALARIES ,
THERE MAY BE OTHER NEEDS BUT W
ARE TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
AND WE DON'T TYPICALLY LET ONE
BRANCH DECIDE HOW TO SPEND
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLAR
WITHOUT COLLABORATING WITH THE
COUNSEL. SO WE USE THIS
MECHANISM FOR THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS IN 2021. THE SALARY
SAVINGS PROVISO ALLOWED US TO
NEGOTIATE WITH EXECUTIVE TO
FUND COMMUNITY SAFETY
PRIORITIES THAT WE SHARE WITH
EXECUTIVE SO THAT WAS
INCREASING POSITIONS FOR CSO'S
FUNDING FOR STAFF TO REDUCE TH
SPD PDR BACKLOG. THE OFFICE O
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
RECOMMENDATION FOR EVIDENCE
STORAGE, COMMUNITY POLICE
COORDINATORS IN THE NORTH
PRECINCT AND THAT'S JUST A FEW
OF THE COUNCILMEMBER PRIORITIES
THAT USING A PROVISO LIKE THIS
HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO FUND IN
2021. THIS YEAR BY LIFTING TH
PROVISO WE WERE ABLE TO
AUTHORIZE VENDING AGAIN FOR
SHARED OBJECTIVES, SHARED
PRIORITIES WITH EXECUTIVE, FOR
MOVING EXPENSES FOR NEW
OFFICERS, HIRING INCENTIVES FO
NEW OFFICERS AND OTHER ELEMENTS
OF THE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN
INCLUDING REDIRECTING FUNDS,
HELD BY PROVISO IN SPD FOR FOU
POSITIONS. AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES T
ASSIST WITH HIRING AND
RECRUITMENT. THESE FUNDS CAN B
USED FOR OVERTIME WITH COUNSEL
ACTION. WE HAVE LIFTED THE
PROVISO IN THE PAST. WE HAVE
DONE IT WITH PROPER OVERSIGHT
THE PROVISO ALLOWS. THIS IS I
THINK A GOOD PRACTICE ,
RECOGNIZING THAT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT AS LARGE AS SPD.
WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE FULLY
FUNDING THE SALARY , I'M SORRY
THAT STAFFING PLAN , THAT THER
ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT GO
UNUSED AND WE NEED TO BE AT THE
TABLE AND HELPING TO DECIDE
WHAT OUR SHARED SAFETY
PRIORITIES FOR THE USE OF THOSE
DOLLARS. I HOPE FOLKS CAN VOTE
IN FAVOR OF THIS PROVISO.
>> THANKS TO YOU BOTH FOR
SHARING THOSE COMMENTS. I
BELIEVE WE ARE READY TO MOVE
FORWARD AND I WOULD JUST NOTE,
THIS HAS BEEN A HELPFUL TOOL
ALREADY AND GIVEN THE GROWING
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S
ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITMENT
TO CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT
RELATIONSHIP DARE I SAY, ONE
SEATTLE. I THINK THIS TOOL IS
JUST THAT, A HELPFUL TOOL TO
ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AMONGST ALL
PARTIES AND WE HAVE USED IT I
THINK EFFECTIVELY OVER THE LAST
YEAR AND A HALF AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER
WITH THE EXECUTIVE ON HOW WE
ENSURE GREATER TRANSPARENCY
THROUGH OUR BUDGETING PRACTICE
AND THIS IS A GOOD TOOL TO DO
SO. MDM. CLERK. COLLEAGUES
AGAIN I AM ENCOURAGING A YES
VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM 134 THAT'S
SPD-201-A . CLERK COULD YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SPD-201-A .
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, 2 OPPOSED.
>> SPD-201-A CARRIES AND IS
ADOPTED. COLLEAGUES AGAIN,
ITEMS 140, AND 143 HAVE BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA FOR
CONSIDERATION ENTIRELY. WE ARE
ON TO OUR LAST ITEM FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTE IN GROUP B THAT
IS, AGENDA ITEM 162, I MOVE
THAT WE VOTE ON SPU-900-A IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> AGAIN THIS IS NOT AN ITEM
THAT HAS A SUGGESTED AMENDMENT
TO DEAL WITH ANY PROPOSED
INFLATION , OR ADDITIONAL COST
TO THE BUDGET. I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF,
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE IS
CONTEXT. I THINK IT'S PRETTY
SIMPLE. IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THAT
WAS ADDITIONAL NEW FUNDING AND
WE HAD TO MAKE SOME IMPORTANT
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE COULD
MAINTAIN INVESTMENTS GOING
FORWARD AND OTHER AREAS. THIS
IS AN ADDED ITEM. THERE'S $2
MILLION FOR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT.
I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR
THAT WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR
GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. WHEN I LOO
AROUND TOWN IT DOES SEEM AS
THOUGH IT'S A CLEAR NEED.
JUST LAST MONTH THE MAYOR HELD
PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THIS NEW
EFFORT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
CLEANING GRAFFITI BUT IT'S ALS
ABOUT A WAY TO CELEBRATE USE
ART. THROUGH THE MANY HANDS AR
INITIATIVE. HAS THE MAYOR SAID
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ENVISION A MORE BEAUTIFUL
SEATTLE. NOT ONLY DOES TAGGING
AND GRAFFITI DETRACT FROM THE
VIBRANCY OF OUR CITY BUT THERE
ARE TANGIBLE IMPACTS ON
COMMUNITIES TARGETED BY HATE
SPEECH, AND SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS WHOSE SHOPS ARE DEFACED
AND RESIDENTS WHO RELY ON CITY
SIGNAGE FOR INFORMATION AND
GUIDANCE. I WOULD JUST SAY THA
AS A CITYWIDE COUNCILMEMBER I
GET A LOT OF EMAILS FROM ACROS
THE CITY OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING
ABOUT GRAFFITI AS THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE. I DO KNOW THAT SMAL
BUSINESSES NEED THIS EXTRA
FUNDING BECAUSE PART OF THIS
WILL ACTUALLY HELP THEM REMOVE
GRAFFITI ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS I
URGE THAT WE MAINTAIN THIS
FUNDING FOR INCREASED GRAFFITI
ABATEMENT AND, IF IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE 1.2 I'M
ASKING TO NOT GO FORWARD WITH
THIS DECREASE.
>> I'M SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
HANDS AT THIS POINT. AGAIN, I
WOULD NOTE THERE IS STILL $2
MILLION IN THE BASE BUDGET FOR
GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. IN
ADDITION, WITH SUPPORT FOR
SMALL BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE WE CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT MAKING SURE OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES CAN REACH OUT WITH
FLEXIBLE DOLLARS TO ADDRESS
NUMEROUS ISSUES BUT I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO STAY WITH TH
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT IN FRONT O
US. THERE IS NO SUGGESTED
REVENUE SOURCE AT THIS POINT TO
COMPENSATE FOR THIS LARGE
TICKET ITEM OF $1.2 MILLION SO
AM GOING TO DISCOURAGE A VOTE
TO AMEND THIS ITEM. THIS WOULD
PUT OUR BUDGET OUT OF BALANCE
AND WHILE COUNCILMEMBERS MAY BE
SYMPATHETIC TO THE DESIRE FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING THIS WAS NOT
FLAGGED LAST WEEK FOR AN
AMENDMENT. GIVEN THERE WAS NO
AMENDMENT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAG
EVERYONE TO KEEP THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT IN THE PROPOSAL AND
TO PLEASE VOTE YES ON AGENDA
ITEM 162, THAT'S SPU-900-A .
CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
SPU-900-A.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> YES -- NAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE .
>> SPU-900-A IS ADOPTED. OKAY
IT IS 440 AND WE HAVE TWO MORE
SECTIONS LEFT ON THE AGENDA. NO
ALL OF THEM ARE THIS LONG. WE
WERE ALL TAKING ESTIMATES ON
WHEN WE WOULD ADJOURN TODAY AND
I SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING T
BE CLOSER TO, 8:00 OR MIDNIGHT.
I KNOW YOU ALL WILL PROVE ME
WRONG AND WE WILL BE OUT OF YOU
WAY BEFORE THEN BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT DOES NOT LOOK
LIKE WE WILL BE DONE BY 5:00.
WANT TO THANK MY OFFICE WHO HAS
ORDERED PIZZA AND SALAD FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE HERE AT CITY HALL
THERE WILL BE LOTS OF OPTIONS
INCLUDING HEALTHY SALAD. WE
WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
WHEN THAT IS HERE. IT WILL NOT
BE HERE UNTIL PROBABLY ABOUT
5:20. I WANT TO TAKE THE PULSE
OF FOLKS IN THE ROOM. WOULD YO
LIKE TO HAVE A 10 MINUTE BREAK
OR KEEP POWERING THROUGH. WHAT
IS BEST AND ALSO FOR THE CLERKS
AND THE I.T. TEAM. 10 MINUTE
BREAK? OKAY. LET'S TAKE A 10
MINUTE BREAK AND COME BACK AT
4:50.
>> I DO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD THAT I DID PUT IN MY FOO
REQUESTS TO YOUR OFFICE.
>> I SAW THAT, YOU HAVE GOOD
TASTE. WE WILL BE IN RECESS
COLLEAGUES UNTIL 4:51.
>> IT IS NOW 4:52 P.M. IT IS
NOW 4:52 P.M. I AM THE CHAIR O
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE AT
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. MDM.
CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YEAR.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> NINE ARE PRESENT. THANKS TO
EVERYONE.
>> WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONTINUE
WITH CONSIDERATION OF
AMENDMENTS INCLUDED ON THE
AGENDA LISTED UNDER GROUP C,
CONSENT PACKAGE. GROUP C
CONSISTS OF VARIOUS AMENDMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED HERE
AND SOME LEVEL OF DETAIL. I
WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR
THESE ITEMS BY PACKAGING THEM
TOGETHER AS A CONSENT PACKAGE.
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN THE
ABOVE AGENDA ITEM FOR AGENDA
ITEM, WELL FOR GROUP B,
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS CAN O
COURSE PULL AN AGENDA, PULL A
AGENDA ITEM OUT OF THE CONSENT
PACKAGE. GROUP C CONSISTS OF
COUNSEL BUDGET ACTIONS AS A
SELECTION OF SELF BALANCE
AMENDMENTS. THESE SELF
BALANCING ITEMS ARE THINGS THAT
I REVIEWED AND IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH A SPARK -- SPONSOR AND
CENTRAL STAFF WORKED TO PACKAGE
TOGETHER HERE AS A POSSIBLE
CONSENT PACKAGE FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TO EXPEDITE OUR
VOTING PROCESS. I'M GOING TO
MAKE THE MOTION TO CONSIDER
GROUP C AND AFTER IT IS SECONDE
I WILL TURN TO SECOND --
CENTRAL STAFF FOR A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT.
AFTER CENTRAL STAFF SPEAKS I
WILL GIVE THE SPONSOR A BRIEF
MOMENT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT GIVEN THEY ARE NEW
AMENDMENTS AND MAY ASK THE
SPONSORS TO BE BRIEF IN THEIR
COMMENTS AS WE WANT TO GET
THROUGH THIS PACKAGE AND ALSO A
THE END WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PULL OUT ANY
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE AN
INDIVIDUAL VOTE ON. AS A
REMINDER I WILL MOVE GROUP C ,
WILL ASK CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK
THROUGH EACH ONE. AFTER EACH
COMMENT I WILL TURN TO THE
SPONSORS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A
FEW SENTENCES TO SHARE WITH US
ABOUT THE AMENDMENT THEY HAVE
PUT FORWARD THAT I HAVE INCLUDE
IN GROUP C. WE WILL GO THROUGH
THE ENTIRE LIST AND AT THE END
OF THE PRESENTATION WE WILL HAV
THE PRESENT TATIAN -- WE WILL
HAVE THE TIME TO PULL ITEMS OUT
AS A REMINDER, BEFORE WE VOTE,
YOU WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE T
SPEAK TO ITEMS. AGAIN, THE SAM
RULE APPLIES AS BEFORE, PLEASE
DO NOT PULL ITEMS OUT SIMPLY FO
THE PURPOSE OF SPEAKING AGAINST
SOMETHING. WE WILL HAVE TIME
TO VOTE ON THE PACKAGE AS A
WHOLE. BEFORE WE VOTE WE WILL
ALLOW FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO
SPEAK TO ANY ASPECT OF GROUP C.
IF ANY ITEM IS REMOVED WE WILL
OF COURSE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
VOTE ON THAT. WE HAVE MOVED TO
APPROVE GROUP C. I WILL RETURN
IT TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH TH
LIST OF ITEMS YOU HAVE PRESENTE
ON THE SCREEN. COLLEAGUES IF YO
ARE THE SPONSOR YOU WILL GET A
FEW SECONDS, TO EXPLAIN YOUR
AMENDMENT. THIS IS NOT FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DEBATE JUST TO
ORIENT US AS TO WHAT WAS
INCLUDED IN GROUP C AND WE WIL
HAVE A CHANCE TO PULL INDIVIDUA
ITEMS LATER. COUNCILMEMBERS
WILL OF COURSE HAVE A CHANCE TO
SPEAK TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS LATER
IF THEY REMAIN IN GROUP C AS
WELL. I'M TURNING IT OVER THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
AND STAFF. CBO 600 A1 WOULD
REQUEST THAT THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE REPORT ON THE USE OF 911
EXCISE TAX REVENUE. THERE ARE
GROW ACCOUNTS HELD AT KING
COUNTY FOR BOTH THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION CENTER
AND SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS REPORT WOULD REQUEST DETAI
AROUND THE PLANNING FOR THOSE
FUNDS AND HOW THE CITY INTENDS
TO USE THEM IN ANY GOVERNING
POLICIES.
>> THIS IS A WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT TO AN
EXISTING REINVIGORATION OF TH
NEW OPERATORS TO PROVIDE A
YEAR-ROUND ACTIVATION THAT WILL
INCLUDE A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
COMPONENT, PARTICULARLY FOR THE
YOUTH TO LEARN THE SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCES, SOUND ENGINEERING
, MARKETING AND THINGS
ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE MUSIC
FESTIVALS AND MUSIC PROMOTION.
IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATED OUT
OF A STOREFRONT IN THE DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROVIDE A
INVIGORATING NEW PRESENCE IN
ADDITION TO ITS EDUCATIONAL AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
EQUITY IMPLICATIONS. IT HAS
STRONG SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
>> THANK YOU LET'S MOVE ONTO TH
NEXT ITEM. 177.
>> HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS
IS A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT. IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. FOR THE
MEMORIAL STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCILMEMBE
MAY HAVE SOME LIMITS TO MAKE TO
THIS AS WE GO ALONG.
>> I SAID THE WRONG AGENDA ITEM
WE ARE ON 168. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU. AS CENTRAL STAF
JUST ALLUDED THERE ARE GOING T
BE SOME CHANGES THAT I WILL
REQUEST. THIS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT INVOLVES
ESTABLISHING THE COUNCIL
INTENTIONS AROUND THE MEMORIAL
STADIUM PROJECT AND WHAT THE
CITY'S ROLE AND ANTICIPATION AN
FUNDING COMMITMENT TO THAT
PROJECT WILL BE. AS
COUNCILMEMBERS MAY BE AWARE FRO
OUR DELIBERATIONS OVER LAST WEE
THE MAYOR'S ORIGINAL ALLOCATIO
OF 40 MILLION DUE TO THE REVISE
REVENUE FORECAST HAS BEEN
REVISED DOWN TO 20 MILLION.
THIS IS A BIG ONCE IN A
GENERATION PROJECT, IN FACT
EVERY GENERATION HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING TO
MEMORIAL STADIUM AND IT FALLS
THROUGH SORT OF AT THE LAST
MINUTE. OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS
WILL NOT HAPPEN THIS TIME AND
OUR STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT WILL BE THE COUNCILS WAY
TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
OVER THE COURSE OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEMORIAL
STADIUM PROJECT, COME UP WITH
THE ENTIRE THE THE ENTIRE
VISION. I DO HAVE SOME CHANGES
THAT I WILL FLAG IN THIS
AMENDMENT SO WE CAN GET INTO
PROPOSING SOME SLIGHT CHANGES T
THE WORDING IN COLLABORATION
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THIS. I WILL
FLAG THAT EARLIER THAT WE WILL
BE MAKING A MOTION. PRESUMABLY
WE WILL TALK MORE AT THAT TIME.
>> I WILL COME BACK TO YOU TO
MAKE THE OFFICIAL MOTION TO PUL
IT. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN
OUR ACTIONS WE HAVE ADDED 1
MILLION ADDITIONAL ACTUAL CASH
TO MEMORIAL STADIUM HERE .
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> THIS IS SEE SCC 601. THIS
WOULD ADD 2 FTE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCHER 2
POSITIONS FUNDED ON AN ONGOING
BASIS BY THE EXCISE TAX REVENU
WE JUST REFERENCED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO
THAT. COUNCILMEMBER TRIM FOR
YOU ARE LIKE -- YOU ARE WELCOM
TO COMMENT ON THAT.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF FOR IDENTIFYING
THE FUNDING FOR THIS ONE. I HA
EARLIER PROPOSED IN THE FIRST
ROUND, A 4 FTE ADD BUT REALLY
WE APPRECIATE THAT BETWEEN
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE CHAIRS
WORK WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND
FUNDING AT 2 FTE. THIS IS
REALLY IN RECOGNITION OF THE
NEEDS FOR SCC TO ADEQUATELY
STAFF 911 CALLS FOR EACH WEEK
WE GET THESE REPORTS ON A
REGULAR BASIS FOR EACH WEEK IN
OCTOBER. THE STAFF WERE 58.85
HOURS UNDER THEIR WEEKLY MINIMU
STAFFING. THIS IS EVEN
INCLUDING ALL OF THE MANDATORY
OVERTIME THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
THIS IS VERY NEEDED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I WILL
ALSO SAY, I WILL JUST KEEP MY
COMMENTS SHORT. THANK YOU FOR
ADDING TO THAT. LOOKING FORWAR
TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR
EMERGENCY CENTER STAFFING AND
IMPROVING THE RESPONSE TIMES
THROUGH THIS INVESTMENT.
>> AGENDA ITEM 170.
>> THIS IS DEEL-601-A-001
>> TO EXPAND MENTAL
THE CITY CURRENTLY FUNDS MENTA
HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH THE
FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AN
PROMISE LEVY.
INVESTMENTS IN HEALTH BASE
CENTERS AND THEY ALSO ADDED AN
ADDITIONAL $500,000 OF GENERAL
FUND IN THE 2022 BUDGET CARRIED
FORWARD IN 2023 AND 2024.
WHAT THIS PROVIDER WOULD DO IS
ENSURE THAT AT LEAST $250,000
OF FUNDING COULD ONLY BE SPENT
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR
DIRECTED TOWARDS WE WILL NEED
AT INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL.
AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE STATE AND
OTHER AGENCIES.
TWO WORK AND DEAL WITH
COUNSELING.
I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT GUNS.
BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH FOR
STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS AND OUR
DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF THE
POOL BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO DO
HAND IN HAND WITH THEM.
I JUST WANT TO MEET WITH ALL OF
THE STUDENTS AND TALK TO THE
STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS AND
COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS AND
NOT COME AWAY WITH SAYING AT
LEAST LET ME TRY TO DO
SOMETHING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL
TO EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH FOR
THOSE STUDENTS AT INGRAM.
MANY OF THE STUDENTS WERE ALSO
AT NORTHFIELD COLLEGE FOR THE
PROMISE PROGRAM IN RUNNING
START.
TALKING TO DR. CRAWFORD, ALSO
PROVIDING SERVICES IN A SAFE
SPACE.
I THINK IT IS TIME WE START
ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AND
ACTUALLY FUNDING IT.
IT'S SAD. WE ARE DOING THIS AND
NOW WE HAVE LOST A LIFE, WE HAD
A CHILD KILL ANOTHER CHILD IN
OUR SCHOOL.
I'M HOPING YOU WILL SUPPORT ME
ON THIS.
I PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME
COMMENTS FROM 171 AS WELL,
WHICH IS NEXT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM
171.
IT'S A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT DEAL, 60281.
THIS WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
DEAL AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION OF LEARNING PROVIDED
REPORTS ON ALL CURRENT AND
POTENTIAL SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR
STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS
AT SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT THEY
PROVIDE REPORTS TO THE CIVIL
RIGHTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE AS
WELL AS THE GOVERNING STATE
COMMITTEE BY JANUARY 27th.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNSEL
PRESENT.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.
>> I'M ACTUALLY OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT YOU
BROUGHT FORWARD THESE TWO
AMENDMENTS.
BRINGING ALL OF THE POTENTIAL
REVENUE SOURCES TO IMPROVE
MENTAL HEALTH IS CRITICAL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON
SOME OF THE TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS
AND INITIAL DOWNPAYMENTS WE ARE
PUTTING FORWARD HERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU
ARE KEEPING IN MIND THE WAYS TO
FUND AS A TOP PRIORITY AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO ITEM 172.
>> ITEM 172 IS DEAL 603 A1.
THIS WOULD ADD $500,000
SUBCOMMITTEE FUNDS IN 2023 AND
IN 2024 TO EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.
THE FUNDING FOR THIS TO COME
FROM A MILLION-DOLLAR REDUCTION
FOR THE USE OF UNDER SPENT
ALLOCATION FOR POST SECONDARY
PROGRAMS IN 2024 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING IS LIKELY EXPECTS
AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION IN THE
CURRENT YEAR, 2022, WHICH WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE IN 2023.
THE CBA DOES INCLUDE A
STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE COUNCIL
INTENDS AT THE MILLION DOLLARS
WILL BE USED TO RESTORE THE
FUNDING THAT IS GRANTED IN THE
CBA.
LASTLY, DOES INCLUDE A
PROVISION THAT NONE OF THE
MILLION DOLLARS IN THE
ALLOCATION CAN BE SPENT FOR
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES UNTIL
SUCH TIME THAT THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REVIEWS IT
AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION AND
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE SUB
LEVY UNDER SPENT FUNDS.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S THERE.
AS A REMINDER, YOU DO HAVE A
POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE.
>> THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT.
I WILL BE MOVING TO REMOVE THIS
FROM THE PACKAGE AS WELL GIVEN
THE SUBSTITUTE THAT STAFF JUST
NOTED.
AND THE SUBSTITUTE I WILL SPEAK
TO AND I GET TO THE ITEM.
IT IS REFLECTING ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE BEEN
HAVING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
I WANT TO THANK THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM FOR THEIR WORK TO CONTINUE
TO IDENTIFY ANY POSSIBLE
SOURCES OF REVENUE TO ADD TO
THE MENTAL HEALTH INVESTMENTS
IN THE BUDGET.
AGAIN, I WILL BE MOVING TO
REMOVE THIS WHEN WE GET TO IT
AND CAN SPEAK MORE TO THIS
AGENDA ITEM AND INDIVIDUAL
VOTES AFTER WE CONSIDER GROUP C.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> AN EXCELLENT, INTENT TO
CENTRAL STAFF, THE NEXT ITEM IS
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
DEAL AND 600 A1.
THIS USES SOME OF THE SALARY
SAVINGS DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY
FROM THE UNFILLED POSITIONS.
TWO ADD $20,000 IN 2023 AND
$36,000 IN 2024 TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS
BUDGET TO ALLOW FOR
INFLATIONARY INCREASES FOR THE
SAFE SPACE FOR YOUTH PROGRAM
DATES FUNDED, A SAFE PLACE FOR
YOUTH, COMMUNITY CENTER AND
PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM AND THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES A 4%
INFLATIONARY INCREASE AND THIS
ITEM WOULD BRING THEM IN LINE
WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES
PROVIDERS INFLATIONARY
INCREASES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD TO
THAT LIST IS THAT IN THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET THEY WERE
CONTRACTED AND IT WAS
TRANSFERRED TO DON.
DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE
CONTRACT, THEY DID NOT BENEFIT
FROM THE INFLATIONARY PARITY OF
OTHER CONTRACTS.
WHICH IS WHY WE PUT THIS
AMENDMENT IN TWO ADD THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN LINE WITH
THE 7.6% THAT THE CONTRACTS ARE
GETTING.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS
COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND VIOLENCE
PREVENTION TO REDUCE YOUTH
VICTIMIZATION AND TO IMPROVE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN YOUTH,
POLICE, AND THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH THIS EVIDENCE-BASED NON-
ARREST PROGRAMMING.
I'M HOPING FOR SUPPORT FROM MY
COLLEAGUES SO THAT THEY GET
PAID FOR THEIR WORK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER.
THAT'S GONE TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM, 177.
>> 60181 WILL ADD 292,000 FUND
IN BOTH 2023 AND 2024 AND HST
TO FUND THE SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE COMMITTEE
PROGRAM TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET
REDUCING THE 2022 LEVEL OF
FUNDING AND THAT LEVEL WAS
REDUCED AGAIN IN THE INITIAL
BOUNCING PACKAGE.
THIS ITEM WOULD RESTORE IT TO
THE 2022 LEVEL, LIKE THE
PREVIOUS ITEM, FUNDING IS MADE
AVAILABLE HERE FROM THE FORGONE
COSTS HIRING FOR NEW POSITIONS
AT SPD.
>> APOLOGIES, I SAID THE WRONG
AGENDA ITEM.
THAT WAS 175. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> I THINK I'M THE NEXT ONE.
WE ARE ON 174.
WE ARE STILL ON MORALES.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
SORRY COUNCILMEMBER ALICE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> AS SHE MENTIONED, THIS
PROGRAM IS PART OF THE SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. THIS IS
WHAT I REFERENCED EARLIER AS WE
WERE CONTEMPLATING THE GROUP B
AMENDMENTS.
THIS PROGRAM PERFORMS CRIME
PREVENTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. WORKSHOPS
AND ACTIVITIES, THEY PLAN CRIME
PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
WORK AND CONDUCT SAFE RENTAL
PROPERTY WORKSHOPS IN THE SOUTH
AND AND THE CBA WOULD RESTORE
FUNDING, THE FUNDING CUT IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE
BOUNCING PACKAGE TO FUND THE
2022 AMOUNT THAT THE
ORGANIZATION RECEIVED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM 175,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> WE GOT IT.
>> COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF ITEM
175 IS LOGGED, 601, THIS IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT WOULD REQUEST THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE
QUARTERLY REPORTS ON SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASES AND THE CRIMINAL
DIVISION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.
THIS INCLUDES FUNDING AND
POSITION AUTHORITY TO ADD TWO
POSITIONS TO THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE UNIT OR AN ASSISTANT
CITY PROSECUTOR AND SENIOR
ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR
POSITION TO ADD CAPACITY FOR AN
INCREASED WORKLOAD OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CASES.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH
REGULAR UPDATES ON THE HIRING
PROCESS FOR THAT STAFFING AND
ALSO THE HANDLING OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASES.
THE INFORMATION WOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE QUARTERLY
REPORTS THAT ARE ALREADY
REQUIRED UNDER THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND WOULD BE
SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
BEGINNING ON MAY 1st AND
FOLLOWING AUGUST 1st AND
NOVEMBER 1st.
THE CHAIR IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBERT WHO I BELIEVE HAS AN
AMENDMENT TO PULL OUT LATER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
NOT MUCH MORE TO ADD HERE
EXCEPT TO CHARACTERIZE THE
VERBAL AMENDMENT TO BE SOME
UPDATES TO THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO REFLECT
FEEDBACK RECEIVED BY THE CITY'S
ATTORNEY OFFICE AND I CAN TALK
TO THAT MORE AFTER WE PULL
ITEMS OUT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 176.
HE WAS ITEM 176 602 A1, IT'S
ANOTHER STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST THAT THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE A
REPORT ON THE IMPACTS OF
BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND HIGH DISPLACEMENT RISK
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
$800,000 FROM THE JUMPSTART
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION FUNDS
TO EXPAND THE PROVISION OF
BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
FOR FALL BUSINESSES WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON CULTURALLY RELEVANT
AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES
FOR BY POCKET IMMIGRANT OWNED
BUSINESSES.
OED WOULD PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
CONTRACTS AND COMMUNITY-BASED
PARTNERS.
THIS FUNDING WOULD BUILD ON
PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALREADY
LAUNCHED THIS YEAR WITH ONE-
TIME FUNDING, THE FUNDING IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
SUSTAIN THOSE PROGRAMS. THIS
WOULD PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH
INFORMATION ON THE IMPACTS OF
THESE PROGRAMS AND HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RICKS NEIGHBORHOOD
BY ASKING FOR A VARIETY OF
OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS.
THE REPORT WOULD BE DUE TO THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY
IN CITY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATION
CULTURE COMMITTEE BY APRIL 1st
OF 2023.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER ALICE, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANKS KARINA.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD
TO THAT THOROUGH EXPLANATION
EXCEPT AS I'M GOING THROUGH
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SOUTH AND
AND TALKING PARTICULARLY WITH
SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR AREAS
OF HIGH DISPLACEMENT RISKS,
THERE IS PARTICULARLY IF THEY
ARE IMMIGRANT OWNED, THERE IS
SOME CHALLENGE PARTICULARLY
WITH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AND
SOME ABILITY OF OED TO HELP
FOLKS UNDERSTAND THE KINDS OF
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND SO, PART OF WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER
HERE IS WHAT RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE AND WHAT ARE THE
STEPS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER
TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS WHO
MAYBE DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AS A
FIRST LANGUAGE CAN GET ACCESS
TO THOSE.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
MAY BE EXPERIENCING RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT OR EXPENSING OTHER
CHALLENGES WITH ACCESSING THE
CITY RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
OKAY WE WILL KEEP GOING.
>> COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF ITEM
177 08 600 A-6601.
THIS WOULD ADD $200,000 OF
GENERAL FUNDS IN 2023 TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR THE HOME
FOR GOOD PROGRAM AND PROVIDE
THOSE RATE IN ADDITION IT WOULD
REQUEST OH TO ALLOCATE 125
THOUSAND DOLLARS OF FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDS IN
2023.
THIS IS FUNDED FROM A REDUCTION
OF $5000 IN THE 2022 YEAR AND
SUBLIMINAL THAT WAS PART OF
VOTING GROUP NUMBER BE.
THAT FUNDING WAS APPROPRIATED
FOR THE PROGRAM IN 2022.
BUT WAS NOT NEEDED DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC WHICH DELAYED THE FULL
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
THEY WOULD REQUEST THAT THEY
ALLOCATE $125,000 OF RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN
THE YEAR AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL,
THE APPROPRIATION WAS ALSO
INCLUDED IN THE GRANT.
IT WOULD STATE THE REQUEST TO
HAVE THEM ALLOCATE $125,000 OF
THAT FUNDING TO PROVIDE THE
HOME FOR GOOD PROGRAM FOR THE
ENTIRE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY
NEED IN 2022 FOR THIS PROGRAM
WHICH IS $325,000.
THIS CBA IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> ERIN IS IN MY OFFICE, HER
DUE DILIGENCE HAS REALLY LIFTED
THIS NEED FOR THIS AMENDMENT UP
IN CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING, THE SEATTLE KING
COUNTY COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS AND CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES WHO ALL CAME
TOGETHER TO BRING THIS TO OUR
ATTENTION AND THE NEED TO FILL
THE GAP FOR IN THE HOME FOR
GOOD PROGRAM FOR THIS PROGRAM
PROVIDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS DUE TO
TRANSITIONING FROM THE STATE
HOUSING AND ESSENTIAL NEEDS OR
THE SUPPORT PROGRAM TO SOCIAL
SECURITY INSURANCE OR SOCIAL
SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE.
WHICH PROVIDE A LOWER LEVEL OF
INCOME SUPPORT AND THUS HAS THE
UNINTENTIONAL IMPACT OF
REDUCING HOUSEHOLD'S ABILITY TO
COVER THEIR HOUSING COSTS.
FOR GOOD MAKES THE GAP MAKES UP
THE GAP SO THAT THESE
INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO STAY IN
THE HOME AND THE AMENDMENT
WOULD DO THE THINGS THAT TRACY
NOTED AND I WOULD JUST
UNDERSCORE THOSE AGAIN IT WOULD
CARRY FORWARD THE $200,000 IN
GENERAL FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATED FOR HOME FOR GOOD
IN 2022 TO ENABLE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO USE THOSE FUNDS IN
2023 FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
AND ENABLE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
SPEND RENT ASSISTANCE SELLERS
THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED TO
FILL IN ADDITIONAL $125,000 GAP
IN THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM 178.
>> THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, 601-
ONE A. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
THE SIDE WE REQUEST AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTIONS, PROVIDE A WORK
PROGRAM TO THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AS A COUNSEL
WILL RECALL THE LAST BUDGET
SEASON THEY ADOPTED A SLIDE AND
THAT THEY CONVENE A STAKEHOLDER
CREW TO ADVISE THE CITY ON
ROGATORY RENTAL MARKET
CHALLENGES FOR SMALL LANDLORDS
AND THEIR TENANTS.
THE 2022 SLIDE REQUEST INCLUDES
A REPORT OF THE HOUSING
COMMITTEE THAT SHOULD BE
FORTHCOMING AT THE END OF THIS
YEAR OR EARLY IN 2023.
THEY CONVENE THE STAKEHOLDER
GROUP AND THEY MET FROM AUGUST
TO NOVEMBER. THIS SLIDE REQUEST
THAT THEY DEVELOP WORK PROGRAMS
BASED ON THAT REPORT THAT
IDENTIFIES ACTIONS FOR
IMPLEMENTING ANY REGULATORY OR
PROCEDURAL CHANGES FOR SMALL
LANDLORDS AND THEIR TENANTS.
THE WORK PROGRAM SHOULD
DISTINGUISH ACTIONS BY WHETHER
THEY CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN
MINISTRY TO FLEE, LEGISLATIVE
THE, AND COST INCLUDING
PERSONNEL COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING
EACH ACTION AND REPORT GIVEN TO
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE BY JULY
10th.
OF 2023.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO
THIS MOVEMENT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY ANY
BETTER THAN HE DID.
TO SUMMARIZE HIS WORDS, THE
SLIDE CONTINUES WORK COMPLETED
THIS YEAR WITH A SLIDE FOR NEXT
YEAR TO CONTINUE THE SMALL
LANDLORD AND STENNETT TENANTS
FOR THE GROUP.
THE INTENT OF THE SLIDE WAS TO
DELIVER RECOMMENDATIONS
ADVISING THE CITY ON ROGATORY
REGULAR MARKET CHALLENGES FOR
TENANTS WITH THE REPORT
FORTHCOMING BEFORE THE END OF
THIS YEAR, THE SLIDE BEFORE US
TODAY ASKS THAT THE STAKEHOLDER
GROUP REMAIN INTACT AND ANSWER
HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
MOVING ON, AGENDA ITEM 179.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE FOR
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS.
STI 602 81, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS READ THE
SLIDE WOULD REQUEST THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTIONS COMPLETE THE WORK
THAT'S BEEN ONGOING RELATED TO
PROPAGATING A DIRECTORS RULE
AND COUNSEL BILL TO CODIFY NEW
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALLEYS, AND
STORAGE FACILITIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR A WHILE.
INTENDING TO ADDRESS VEHICLE
CONFLICTS AMONG USERS FOR
SERVICE ACCESS TO NEW
DEVELOPMENTS, PARTICULARLY
DOWNTOWN.
THE NEW RULE WOULD CONTAIN NEW
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND SOLID
WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES.
THESE REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN
GOING ON SINCE ABOUT 2019.
THE CITED REQUEST THAT BY JUNE
30th IN 2023, THE PROPAGATED
RULE RELATED TO SERVICE ACCESS
AND NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REPORT
TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE ON
IMPLEMENTATION. IF THEY
DETERMINE THEY DON'T HAVE THE
PROPER DELEGATION FOR
PROPAGATING THAT RULE, THEY
WOULD PROPOSE REGULATORY CHANGES
THAT MUST COME TO ORDINANCE AND
TRANSMIT THAT BILL TO THE
COUNCIL.
THE REPORT DATE IS JUNE 30th,
2023.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO THIS
MOVEMENT.
>> THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF
WORK THAT WAS A BIG FOCUS OF MY
PREDECESSOR, BRADSHAW.
JUST TRYING TO STAY ON THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTIONS TO REPORT BACK ON
SOME DEVELOPMENTS OUT OF THE
WORK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR
THE PAST THREE YEARS.
IN THIS REGARD, WE STILL HAVE A
LOT OF CONSTITUENTS DOWNTOWN
WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
IMPACTS ON ALLEYS, LOADING
DOCKS, AND SOME OF THE RELATED
PRESSURES THAT THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING.
JUST LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT
WORK AND HOPEFULLY TRY TO GET A
PRODUCT OVER THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT YEAR FROM FTC I TO GET A
LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF TO THE
FOLKS IN A CHANGE TO COME IN
REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
>> ITEM 180, 605-A1.
THIS WOULD AMEND THE PROJECT
FOR US.AURORA AVENUE PROJECT TO
REFERENCE STATE FUNDING AND
SUPPORTING THE PROJECT OFFERED
BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND CALVIN
FOR THE BRIEF SUMMARY.
THE CURRENT $2.5 MILLION AURORA
SAFETY PLANNING STUDY IS FUNDED
FROM THREE SOURCES.
THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, KING COUNTY
METRO.
THINGS TO SENATORS CARLISLE THE
STATE AWARDED S.SDOT FROM THE
2020 TO MOVE AHEAD WASHINGTON
HESITATION PACKAGE FOR THE
LIMITATION OF AURORA SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS SIMPLY ADDS THE STATES
LANGUAGE TO THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SCOPE
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
ENSURE WE ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR
STATE PARTNERS INTENT AS WE
TURN ONE OF SEATTLE'S DEADLIEST
ROAD CORE DOORS INTO AN URBAN
ENVIRONMENT THAT PUTS PEOPLE
FIRST BY DESIGNING THE STREET
FOR ALL USERS AND IMPORTANTLY,
CONNECTING THE JOHN LEWIS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS ACROSS AURORA TO THE
WEST.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> I BELIEVE WE ARE ON 181.
>> ITEM 181 IS SDOT 607 A1.
THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT PROVIDING A REPORT ON
MENTATION OF THE REGIONAL
TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THE SLIDE HAS FOUR ELEMENTS AND
ASKS FOR INVENTORY OF COMPLETED
SDOT INVESTMENTS IN THE
CORRIDOR . IT ASKS FOR
INVENTORY OF PLANNED SDOT IN
THE CORRIDOR.
AN ASSESSMENT AND WORK PLAN
FOR SDOT TO SEEK FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR PROJECTS IN THIS
CORRIDOR, AND ASKS FOR AN
ASSESSMENT AND WORK PLAN FOR
SDOT TO UTILIZE STATE FUNDING
IN THIS CORRIDOR.
THE SLIDE REQUEST THAT THE
REPORT BE PROVIDED TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES
COMMITTEE BY JULY 1st, 2023,
OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM WAS A TECHNICAL
TRANSPORTATION STUDY THAT WAS A
PRODUCT OF BRINGING ALL
PARTNERS THAT TOUCHED THE
INTERBAY REGIONAL CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
PARTNERS AND THE CORRIDOR IS
THE THIRD MOST USED SOUTH
CORRIDOR BEHIND INTERSTATE 5
AND STATE ROUTE 99 IN AURORA.
THE CORRIDOR IS PHYSICALLY
CONSTRUCTED AND IS GROWING IN
DENSITY AND USE FOR THE STUDY
ADDRESSED MULTI-TRANSPORTATION
CONSIDERING THE MOVEMENT OF
GOODS, PEOPLE, FREIGHT,
TRANSIT, ET CETERA.
THE FINAL REPORT WAS SUBMITTED
IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.
WE HAVEN'T TWO DIFFERENT
OCCASIONS RECEIVED STATE MONEY
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF THE
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR THE
STUDY AND SECONDLY, $25 MILLION
FROM THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT
CHANGES. TO DATE, I CONTINUE TO
HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TRACTION
FROM OUR DEPARTMENT
TRANSPORTATION AND ANSWERING
THESE FEW AND IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS.
HAVING AN INVENTORY OF
COMPLETED SDOT INVESTMENTS IN
THE CORRIDOR , AN INVENTORY OF
PLAN INVESTMENTS IN THE CORRIDOR
AND AS CALVIN MENTIONED,
IDENTIFYING EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED
FOR THE BRIDGE TO BE ABLE TO
RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE
I KNOW THERE ARE FEDERAL
PARTNERS TRYING TO DO THAT AND
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO AT THIS TIME
BECAUSE THE STUDIES HAVE NOT
BEEN COMPLETED.
FINALLY, AN ASSESSMENT AND WORK
PLAN TO UTILIZE THE STATE
FUNDING THAT THE CITY HAS
RECEIVED BEFORE IT EXPIRES.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND CALVIN.
>> A THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS RITA BELIEVE THAT
CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS AND
CONSENT PACKAGE GROUP C.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE.
>> I'M SO SORRY, THERE IS ONE
MORE.
>> I WILL JUMP RIGHT IN.
THIS IS ITEM 182 AGENDA, IT'S
NUMBERED IN THE AGENDA AS AS
NOT 610 A1 AND AS NOTED, IT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
THIS SLIDE WOULD ASK SDOT TO
REPORT BACK ON ALTERNATIVES TO
TYPICAL CONCRETE SIDEWALKS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR IMPLEMENT
IT IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE DUE
TO THE REPORT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE JUNE 6, 2023.
>> THANK YOU.
MY APOLOGIES, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT SUMMARY THERE.
WE KNOW THAT OUR CITY NEEDS
MORE SIDEWALK.
THIS IS WHAT CREATES A SAFE
PLACE FOR WALKING AND BEING A
PEDESTRIAN ON OUR STREETS. WE
KNOW THE GREATEST COST OF THEM
LAMENTING SIDEWALKS WHERE THERE
ARE NONE IS DRAINAGE AND
CONCRETE COSTS.
UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO TRIM $4
MILLION FROM SDOT SIDEWALK
SAFETY REPAIR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF DOLLARS FROM THE
REVENUE DOWNTURN.
WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT THERE
ARE MANY WAYS WE CAN MANAGE
BECAUSE THE TWO HIGHEST COST
ARE DRAINAGE AND CONCRETE, WE
KNOW WE CAN MANAGE WATER ON
SITE AND USE ASPHALT THAT CAN
BE STAMPED WITH DESIGNS TO MAKE
IT LOOK LIKE CONCRETE.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE ALL
ALTERNATIVES WITH RAISED
ASPHALT OR PARKING CURB, THAT
CREATE LOW-COST ALTERNATIVES TO
SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE
SEARCHING FOR AS AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
ASSESS AND PROVIDE THE WORK
PLAN ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE
SIDEWALKS MANAGING WATER ON
SITE AND USING ASPHALT AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO CONCRETE.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK NOW WE HAVE GONE
THROUGH ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS
FOR THE CONSENT PACKAGE GROUP
C. BEFORE WE START TO PULL OUT
ITEMS, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD THESE
AMENDMENTS AND WORKING HARD TO
COME UP WITH SELF BALANCING
PROPOSALS AND PRIORITIES TO
MEET THESE NEEDS.
RAISED BY THE CONSTITUENTS,
NEIGHBORS, AND FRIENDS AND ARE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ACROSS THE
CITY.
I THINK ALL OF THESE AMENDMENTS
ARE BROUGHT IN AN ATTEMPT TO
RESPOND TO THE GROWING NEED
THAT WE SEE IN OUR DISTRICTS
AND ACROSS THE CITY AND IN
ORDER TO MAKE THEM IN THE
BUDGET IN FRONT OF US, MANY OF
YOU HAVE HAD TO SCALE THESE AND
THINK OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING
WITH US.
CENTRAL STAFF AND MY OFFICE AND
WITHIN YOUR OWN TEAMS TO DEFY
WAYS WE CAN MOVE THESE
AMENDMENTS FORWARD.
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND STOP
HERE SO WE CAN START TO PULL
OUT SOME AGENDA ITEMS, AND
GROUP C AND IS THAT WHAT YOUR
HAND IS RAISED FOR?
I MIGHT JUST GET US STARTED
WHILE I HAVE THE MIC.
NOTE THAT I WILL BE SPEAKING TO
REMOVE DEAL 603, AGENDA ITEM 172
ON OUR AGENDA.
AS YOU SAW, WE SENT AN
AMENDMENT ON FRIDAY TO ADD A
SUBSTITUTE INSTEAD OF THE
LANGUAGE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN
THE AGENDA.
WE WILL BE REMOVING THIS ITEM
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBSTITUTING
IT LATER.
AGENDA ITEM 172 63 A. PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> I REQUEST THAT THE STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT LAW 601
001 BE REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL
VOTE.
THAT IS AGENDA ITEM 175, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE
COUNSELOR HAS MOVED THAT AGENDA
ITEM 175, LAW 601 A BE REMOVED
FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN ORAL
AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I MOVE THAT WE REMOVE CEN-602-
108-2028.
>> LEWIS HAS MOVED AGENDA ITEM
168 BE REMOVED.
CN 602 EIGHT FOR PURPOSES OF AN
INDIVIDUAL VOTE AND AN ORAL
AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE THAT AGENDA ITEM 158 BE
REMOVED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTING
AGENDA ITEM 178 601 A BE
REMOVED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS? OKAY I
WILL REPEAT THIS FOR THE
PURPOSES OF CENTRAL STAFF
CONFIRMATION.
WE HAVE NOW REMOVED THE
FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS FROM
GROUPS C CONSENT PACKAGE.
168, CN 602A, REGARDING THE
SCOPE AND FUNDING FOR MEMORIAL
STADIUM.
ITEM 172 6038, REGARDING
FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES, WHICH I AM THE
SPONSOR OF.
ITEM 175 LAW 601 A REQUEST
QUARTERLY REPORTS ON SEXUAL
ASSAULTS CASES DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE UNIT.
AND 178 601 A REGARDING THE
REQUEST FOR REPORTS ON UPDATES
FOR THE SMALL LANDLORDS
REGULATORY CHANGES.
ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT
FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE TO
CONSENT PACKAGE IN GROUP C?
HEARING NO FURTHER ITEMS TO
REMOVE FROM CONSENT PACKAGE
GROUP C, COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOW
IS THE TIME TO ADD ADDITIONAL
CONTACTS, INFO THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE OUTSIDE OF THE
TECHNICAL BRIEFING THAT YOU
JUST PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY
OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE
INCLUDED HERE AND CONSENT
PACKAGE GROUP C? PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE ITEMS
IN GROUP C, THIS CONSENT,
ALREADY THANKED CENTRAL STAFF.
I WANT TO VERY QUICKLY THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR BEING
FLEXIBLE ON HER SOURCES FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP RESTORATION
AND ADD THE LEAD COMMUNITY
SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS, THEY DO
INCREDIBLE WORK FOR DECADES IN
NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS RAYNOR
BEACH, WEST SEATTLE YOU HAVE
BEEN HELPFUL ON THE REVENUE
OURCES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO
IDENTIFY THESE AMENDMENTS.
I THINK IF THERE WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INCLUDED
THEM FROM THE GET-GO, WOULD
HAVE LOVED TO HAVE DONE THAT.
BUT YOU ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED
ADDITIONAL NEEDS BASED ON
CONVERSATIONS OF COMMUNITY, TO
DIVIDE POSSIBLE REVENUE
STRATEGIES, HELPED GET US
THERE, AND I THINK THE BALANCE
PACKAGE IS MORE WELL ROUNDED
WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF THESE
AMENDMENTS HERE TODAY.
THANK FOR THE ONGOING WORK OVER
THE PAST WEEK.
TO HELP IDENTIFY THESE
AMENDMENTS AND THE STAFF'S HARD
WORK TO MAKE THE FINAL TOUCHES
ON THE SO WE CAN INCLUDE THEM
TODAY.
PROUD TO INCLUDE THESE AS PART
OF A CONSENT PACKAGE AND I
WOULD ENCOURAGE US ON THE
UNDERLYING CONSENT PACKAGE AS
AMENDED IN FRONT OF US.
HEARING NO REQUESTS TO PULL
ITEMS, THE FULL LIST OF ITEMS
THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT PACKAGE INCLUDE AGENDA
ITEMS 168, 172, 175, AND 178.
OTHERWISE, THE CONSENT PACKAGE
AND LISTED IN GROUP C IS NOW IN
FRONT OF US.
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE AS
REVISED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE AS REVISED
QUESTION MEMBER?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
HE WITH CARIES IN GROUP C
PACKAGE IS APPROVED AS REVISED.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS
PULLED FROM GROUP C FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTE AND
CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST ONE UP HIS AGENDA
ITEM 168.
CEN 602 A. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THOSE
ITEMS AS THEY WERE PART OF THE
CONSENT PACKAGE AND
COUNCILMEMBERS INTERESTED IN
SECONDING IT, IT WILL BE IN
FRONT OF US.
HE MOVED TO APPROVE COUNCIL
BUDGET AMENDMENT CEN 602A, IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK SO MUCH.
HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND
WE DID ALREADY HAVE THE CENTRAL
STAFF PRESENTATION.
I WILL TURN IT DIRECTLY OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THE POSSIBLE AMENDMENT HE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
CHAIR.
ASKED THAT THE COMMITTEE BEAR
WITH ME AND WE WILL TRY TO GET
THROUGH THIS AS CLEARLY AS
POSSIBLE.
I WILL ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE
SUBSTITUTING THE SECOND
PARAGRAPH OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
WITH THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE.
THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT EXPRESSES THE CITY
COUNCIL'S INTENT TO CONTINUE
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING
ABOVE THE $21 MILLION OF CASH
AND DEBT IN THE 2023, 2024 BY
ANNUAL BUDGET WITH THE GOAL OF
REACHING NO LATER THAN 2026, A
COMBINED TOTAL CONTRIBUTION OF
$40 MILLION FROM THE CITY FOR
THIS PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THE
REVISED AMENDMENT, THE ORAL
AMENDMENT IS ALSO PROJECTED ON
THE SCREEN FOR MEMBERS OF THE
VIEWING PUBLIC AND YOU CAN SEE
THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS JUST NOTED IN RED
LINES AND THE ADDED LANGUAGE
UNDERLINED. COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK
MORE TO YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNSEL.
I'M VERY EXCITED BY THE
PROSPECT OF FINALLY TAKING CARE
OF MEMORIAL STADIUM ON THE
CAMPUS.
AS MANY MEMBERS KNOW I WENT TO
HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SEATTLE
CENTER CAMPUS AND I'M VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THAT PLACE AND IS
A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
NOT JUST FOR ME BUT OUR
COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS WE HAVE
SEEN PROFOUND CHANGE ON THE
CAMPUS.
MOST RECENTLY, AND DRAMATICALLY
THROUGH THE PLEDGE ARENA,
REPLACING THE DECAYING AND
OUTDATED COLISEUM OR KEY ARENA
FOR THE SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL
PROJECT, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE
CRUMBLING FUND FOR US AND THE
CARNIVAL RIDES THAT WERE THERE
TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW OPEN-SPACE
AND A MODERN PLAY STRUCTURE NOW
ON THAT SITE.
THE ONLY SORE THUMB LEFT ON
THIS CAMPUS IS THE CRUMBLING
MEMORIAL STADIUM, WERE PIECES
LITERALLY FALL OFF OF IT ON A
REGULAR BASIS. IT IS A WALL
THAT SEPARATES THE CAMPUS FROM
THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, IT
IS SURROUNDED BY A CONCRETE
BARBED WIRE FENCE.
IT DOES NOT STICK IN WITH THE
AESTHETIC OF THE REST OF THE
CAMPUS AS WE HAVE REINVIGORATED
THAT CAMPUS TO BE A PREMIER
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE, A
FESTIVAL SPACE, AND A SPACE
THAT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND THE CITY CAN PROGRAM IN
MEMORIAL STADIUM TO MEET A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECREATION
COMMUNITY, SPORTING, AND
CULTURAL NEEDS.
IN TERMS OF GOING FORWARD,
THERE IS A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND THE CITY ON HOW THE STADIUM
CAN BE REINVIGORATED TO BE A
FULL PART OF THE CAMPUS AND
REALIZE ITS FULL POTENTIAL. IT
IS A PROJECT THAT EVERY
GENERATION GETS A CRACK AT AND
FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
REASONS COME A DECADE OVER
DECADE IT'S BEEN PUNTED AND
FINALLY THE DECISION POINT IS
UPON US TO GRAB THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND REALLY HAVE THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REINVIGORATED
AND REQUIRES THE CONTRIBUTION
OF $40 MILLION TOTAL FROM THE
CITY. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE
STRONG LANGUAGE IN THIS
AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW US TO
CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD IN THE
PARTNERSHIP AND WE DO KNOW THE
CITY OVER THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT HALF DECADE WILL HAVE THE
ASSETS NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS
COMMITMENT.
WE CAN BE CONFIDENT AS A
DYNAMIC CITY WITH THE RESOURCES
AND ASSETS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE
CAN FULFILL THIS COMMITMENT AND
WITH THAT, I URGE PASSAGE OF
THIS AMENDMENT
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THE AMENDMENT IS GOING TO BE IN
FRONT OF US AND A SECOND RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE AT THE PLACE
CONSIDERING THE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE IT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SECOND AND
SUBSTITUTED AND NOW YOU HAVE
THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE
AMENDMENT WOULD TO IS ON THE
SCREEN HERE. IF I AM CORRECT IN
THE PROCEDURAL MOTIONS, WE ARE
AT THE POINT OF NEEDING TO VOTE
ON SUBSTITUTING AND HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED.
AT THIS POINT I WILL PAUSE FOR
A SECOND AND WE WILL COME BACK
TO THE DISCUSSION.
I APOLOGIZE FOR SKIPPING A STEP
. I WOULD ASK THAT FOLKS. DO
YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY?
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THE
MOTION TO ORALLY AMEND THE
AMENDMENT.
IT'S SOMEWHAT -- ANYWAYS, IT'S
NOT THAT DIFFERENT, BUT THE
MOTION IS TO ORALLY AMEND AS
SHOWN ON THE SCREEN THE ACTION
YOU ARE VOTING ON NOW.
THEY SHOULD VOTE ON NOW BEFORE
THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED.
>> ONE SECOND.
>> THE SPONSOR HAS MADE THE
MOTION TO ORALLY AMEND THE
AMENDMENT.
I SECOND IT.
THE SPONSOR NOTED WHAT IT WAS
AND DESCRIBED IT.
THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO
ORALLY AMEND THE AMENDMENT.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF ORALLY
AMENDING THE AMENDMENT.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ] NINE IN
FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> EMOTION CARRIES AND THE
COUNCIL DOES APPROVE TO ORALLY
AMEND THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, YOU HAVE
DESCRIBED UNDERLYING AMENDMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING
ELSE?
>> I WILL STAND BY MY EARLIER
COMMENTS.
>> AM LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT AND
THE ORAL AMENDMENT AS WELL.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH THE SPONSOR AND CENTRAL
STAFF TO ADD THE PARAGRAPH THAT
IS BEING AMENDED HERE WITH THE
INTENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
VERY CLEAR AS A COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NOTED IN HER PREVIOUS
COMMENTS TO COMMITTEE, THERE
SHOULD BE A STRONG INDICATION
TO OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY
AND ACROSS OUR REGION THAT THE
CITY REMAINS COMMITTED TO
MAINTAINING OUR GOAL AND
COMMITMENT OF REACHING THE $40
MILLION COMMITMENT WE HAD
INITIALLY COMMITTED TO COME
APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS ORAL AMENDMENT INCLUDES
THE DATE THAT WE COMMITTED TO
NO LATER THAN 2026.
I'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT, JONES, ALSO
DIRECTOR AND ALUMS AT THE
SEATTLE CENTER ABOUT THE CITY'S
ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MAKING
SURE THAT THE MEMORIAL STADIUM
IS FULLY FUNDED AND APPRECIATE
THE RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS
STRETCHING THE LIMITS OF WHAT
WE CAN CURRENTLY DO WITH IN OUR
FUNDING CAPACITY.
$1 MILLION IN CASH NEXT YEAR.
THE MEMORIAL STADIUM
COORDINATORS WILL BE ABLE TO
USE TO INITIATE PLANS TO GO OUT
AND HAVE DIALOGUE WITH OTHER
FUNDERS TO POINT TO THE $20
MILLION IN DEBT FINANCING.
AND NOW, THIS COMMITMENT ALSO
CODIFIED THROUGH THE STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT
THERE IS NO WALKING BACK ON OUR
COMMITMENT TO THE MEMORIAL
STADIUM, WE STAND FIRM IN THIS
INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
COME THROUGH AND I THINK
ESPECIALLY NOW, AS WE TALK
ABOUT OPPORTUNITY FOR GATHERING
AND COMMUNITY COHESION'S, THIS
IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE
FUTURE INTERACTIONS CAN HAPPEN
AT THIS.
HAS BEEN A STRONG CHAMPION ON
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING.
THUMBS UP.
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND COUNSEL PRESIDENT
BORIS JUAREZ.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, CAN
YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE ORAL AMENDMENT.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] NINE
IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
IT WAS THE MOTION CARRIES AND
THE ORAL AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND CLERKS, DO WE
ALSO NEED TO DO ANOTHER VOTE ON
THE AMENDED AMENDMENTS?
>> I THINK THE ACTION IS, MOVE
THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENTS AND
MOVED TO ORALLY AMEND AND VOTED
ON THAT MOTION. I'M JUST
THINKING OUT LOUD.
AND THEN YOU VOTED ON THE
AMENDMENT. YOU HAVE TAKEN TWO
VOTES ON THIS AMENDMENT NOW.
I THINK YOU ARE DONE AND
IMPROVES AS AMENDED THE TASK.
>> WE ARE DONE WITH THIS ITEM.
THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED IS
PASSED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM
IN OUR INDIVIDUAL VOTES.
THIS IS THE 172 DEAL 603 A. THE
SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS.
I MOVED TO APPROVE COUNSEL BILL
BUDGET ACTION DEAL 603A, 001.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT BEFORE
5:00 P.M.
ON FRIDAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT
SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF US FOR
THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION.
I MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE DEAL 603
EIGHT 001 WITH THE AMENDMENT
THAT WAS CIRCULATED BEFORE 5:00
P.M.
ON FRIDAY.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO TAKE A
SECOND TO ALLOW CENTRAL STAFF
TO COMMENT ON THIS AND I WILL
SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL AND I
WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR
THEIR WORK TO HELP FINALIZE
THIS AMENDMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD, THE ORIGINAL
VERSION IN THE PACKAGE WHICH IS
603 A BUT ADD $5000 OF
SUBCOMMITTEE FUNDING 2023 AND
2024 BACKED BY A $1 MILLION
REDUCTION IN THE USE OF
UNDERSTAND ALLOCATIONS FOR POST
SECONDARY ALLOCATIONS IN 2024.
THE POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE DEAL
603B 1 WOULD ADD THE SAME
AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR EXTENDED
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BUT
CHANGE THE SOURCES FUNDING
BACKING UP THE ADDITION AND
WOULD BROADEN THE DESCRIPTION
FROM JUST PROVIDING MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES TO
PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES MORE BROADLY FOR K-12
STUDENTS.
RATHER THAN MAKING REDUCTION TO
THE USE OF THE UNDER SPENT FOR
THE POST SECONDARY PROGRAMS,
SUBSTITUTE WOULD REDUCE
PROPOSED FUNDING IN 2023 FROM
THE EARLY LEARNING CATEGORY.
ACCORDING TO THE EXECUTIVE, THE
SHIFT WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT
ON PROGRAMMING AND THE CB EIGHT
INCLUDES THE SAME TYPE OF
LANGUAGE INSIDE IN THE
DESCRIPTION, THE EXPECTATION
THAT AS ADDITIONAL
UNDERSTANDING BECOMES AVAILABLE
IN 2023, THE $1 MILLION WOULD BE
DEDICATED TO RESTORING THE
REDUCTION TICKET THROUGH THE
CBA.
THE LAST DIFFERENCE IS THE
SUBSTITUTE VERSION DOES NOT
INCLUDE A PROVISO RELATED TO
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THAT
IS NOT NECESSARY ANYMORE IN
THIS VERSION BECAUSE IT DOES
NOT TAP INTO THE LEVY UNDER
SPENT FUNDING IN 2024.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EVERYONE WHO
IS AT CITY HALL.
DENIER -- DINNER IS SERVED
OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS IN THE
HALLWAY.
IF YOUR TEAM OR STAFF WOULD
LIKE TO GRAB SOME FOOD AND
COUNSEL MEMBERS OF COURSE FEEL
FREE TO AS WELL.
KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR THE VOTES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS
REMAIN FED.
THANKS FOR ORDERING THAT.
BACK TO THE SCHEDULED BUSINESS
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR DESCRIBING DEAL
603 B. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF
GOOD MINDS COMING TOGETHER AT
THE LAST MINUTE POSSIBLE TO TRY
TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE REVENUE
SOURCES THAT COULD GO INTO
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN
SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION
FOR THE STUDENTS HOW NOT ONLY
TURNING OUT IN THE HUNDREDS ON
THE HALL CITY STEPS BUT ALSO
DEMANDED THAT WE CONTINUE TO
BUILD ON WHAT I CALL THE DOWN
PAYMENT IN THE INITIAL BOUNCING
PACKAGE FROM LAST WEEK.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
HERE IS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHEN IT
COMES TO THE EXPECTED UNDER
SPENT FROM EARLY LEARNING IN K-
12 AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
RETAINING OUR COMMITMENTS TO
REPLENISHING THIS INVESTMENT
INTO EARLY LEARNING.
THIS IS A TEMPORARY MOVE OF
FUNDING CAN WRECK MISSION OF
THE FACT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO FULLY REPLENISH AND REPLACE
THIS INVESTMENT OF $1 MILLION
WITH UNDER SPENT IN THE LEVY.
AGAIN I THINK COLLEAGUES HAVE
NOTICED THE IMPORTANCE OF
MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS AT
THIS TIME AS WE CONTINUE TO
HEAR FROM STUDENTS, THE DIRECT
NEED FOR EXPANDING ACCESS TO
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND THAT
IS INCLUDING MAKING SURE THAT
THERE'S MORE MENTAL HEALTH
PRACTITIONERS AND THAT WE ARE
ALSO INVESTING IN THE WAYS IN
WHICH SERVICES AND CARE
PROVIDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO
OFTEN ARE LED BY UNITS, AND
STUDENTS SAID THEY WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE EXPANDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE
PROVIDERS AND CARE PROGRAMMING
TO SERVE STUDENTS ACROSS
SEATTLE AND ALSO HAVE THOSE
PROVIDERS AND LEADERS WITHIN
THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL, TO
REFLECT THE STUDENTS IN TERMS
OF RACE AND ETHNICITY.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP, THEY
HAVE THEY HAVE REQUESTED THE
LANGUAGE CHANGE.
FEEL FREE TO PUT THE AMENDMENT
ON THE SCREEN.
I KNOW IT WAS CIRCULATED BUT I
WOULD STILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE
THAT ON THE SCREEN AS DESIRED.
I WANT TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REPLENISH
THESE FUNDS AS ANTICIPATED AND
THAT WE ALSO WORK TOWARDS
EXPANDING THE INVESTMENTS IN
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE
FUTURE.
I'M SURE THERE MAY BE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCING
MODEL AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE
CENTRAL STAFF CHIME IN.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WOULD
BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
REPLENISH THESE FUNDS AND A WAY
FOR US TO FREE UP ANOTHER
MILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT
TOTALING $4 MILLION ACROSS THE
BIENNIUM AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
I THINK THESE COMPLEMENT NICELY
THOSE BROUGHT BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
THAT WAS FAST.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MADAM CLERK,
THE AMENDMENT WAS CIRCULATED.
DEAL 603B.
IT'S ALSO ON THE SCREEN HERE IN
FRONT OF US.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT DEL 603B.
EXCUSE ME, I'M SEEING SOME
HANDS.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> I JUST WANT TO PAUSE FOR A
MINUTE.
I THINK YOU ARE CALLING FOR A
VOTE TO SUBSTITUTE OPTION
CAPITAL BE B FOR OPTION A.
>> HERE WE GO COLLEAGUES, I
WILL MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE HERE.
I MOVED TO SUBSTITUTE 603 A WITH
603B.
IS THERE A SECOND?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE
MOTION TO SELL THE TWO CARRIES
AND NOW THE SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT IS IN FRONT OF US.
COLLEAGUES, I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF
SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT DEL 603B?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, AND THE
SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED.
ITEM NUMBER 175, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THIS ITEM TO
HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US.
THANK YOU!
FOR THE SAKE OF CONTINUITY, I
APOLOGIZE.
I MOVED TO APPROVE COUNSEL
BUDGET 008.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD, I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A
VERBAL MOVEMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER THE VERBAL AMENDMENT?
>> I WOULD LIKE THEM TO
CONSIDER 68001, THE AMENDMENT,
BY SUBSTITUTING THE FIRST
BULLET AND DELETING THE SECOND
BULLET WITH THE FOLLOWING
SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE.
A STATUS UPDATE ON THE HIRING
PROCESS FOR THE NEW ACP
PHYSICIANS.
A CLIENT-CENTERED TRAINING FOR
SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IN FRONT OF US, COLLEAGUES, IS
THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ORAL
AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE ORAL
AMENDMENT, THEN WE WILL MAKE
THE VOTE ON ADOPTING THE ORAL
AMENDMENT.
IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS A
MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ABILITY TO
ORALLY AMEND THIS ITEM.
I AM GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS APPROVAL TO
ORALLY AMEND THE AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I VOTE AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> EYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR?
NINE FOUR, ZERO AGAINST.
>> STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS ORAL AMENDMENT AND THE
IMPACT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS DESCRIBED IT
ADEQUATELY.
THERE IS FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT THEIR
OFFICE DOES NOT TRACK THE
NUMBER OF ASSAULT CASES
ASSIGNED TO EACH PROSECUTOR, SO
THAT WOULD BE INFORMATION THAT
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE.
JUST REQUESTING A BROADLY-
DESCRIBED TRAINING, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS MORE
FLEXIBILITY IN THE KIND OF
TRAINING THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE
THEIR EMPLOYEES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, ANY
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT?
>> NOT ON THE AMENDMENT ITSELF.
I MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE WORDS ON
THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.
I MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE SHORT
COMMENTS ON THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY.
I AM GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
DO THAT NOW, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE
ONE-VOTE, THAT BY THE TIME WE
DO THE SECOND VOTE, THAT IS THE
FINAL.
THANK YOU.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
ORIGINS OF THIS AMENDMENT.
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS FOR THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ADDRESS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROSECUTIONS.
WHEN SOME ADVOCATES WERE
CONSIDERING THIS PARTICULAR
ADDITION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN
WHETHER OR NOT ONE OF THOSE TWO
POSITIONS MAY HAVE VOTED FOR
THE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE.
WHILE WE WERE EXPLORING THE
POSSIBILITY OF DOING SO, IT
BECAME APPARENT THAT WE DID NOT
KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE CAPACITY
OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
TO DEVOTE A POSITION OR A
PARTIAL POSITION TO SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASES, SO THIS SLIDE
WOULD REQUEST REPORTING ON THE
NUMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES
THAT ARE ADVOCATED AND
REQUESTED THEY INCORPORATE THAT
INFORMATION INTO THE QUARTERLY
REPORTS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY
ALREADY PROVIDES.
OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT
THERE IS A VERY JUSTIFIED AND
HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN THE
CITY'S HANDLING OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASES.
SO THE ITEM DOES NOT DO
ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO THE
TWO NEW POSITIONS FOR THE UNIT,
BUT IT DOES GIVE US MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ABILITY
TO PROSECUTE SEXUAL ASSAULT
CASES THAT WE MIGHT FIND USEFUL
AT A LATER DATE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
SO THE FINAL ACTION IN FRONT OF
US IS TO CONSIDER THE MOTION TO
APPROVE THE AMENDMENT AS ORALLY
AMENDED.
THIS IS THE FINAL VOTE?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF
THE AMENDMENT AS ORALLY
AMENDED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> I VOTE AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
CHAIR.
NINE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED IS
ADOPTED.
MOVIG ON TO OUR LAST ITEM
HERE, THIS IS FOR INDIVIDUAL
VOTE AGENDA ITEM 178, 601 A. I
WILL MOVE THIS ITEM TO GET IT
IN FRONT OF US.
I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM
008, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO APPROVE 601A.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS
A SUBSTITUTE HERE.
I THINK THAT THIS IS REMOVED
FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT , WHO I THINK MOVED THIS
FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MASCARA.
THE STATEMENT OF INTENT, AS I
SAID, IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THIS
COUNSEL WILL DO OTHER THAN
OPPOSE ANYTHING.
THIS SLIDE WILL REFINE THE
POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE
OTHER LANDLORDS WHO HAVE
TOTALLY DISPROPORTIONATE POWER
AND INFLUENCE.
IN THE PAST YEAR, LANDLORDS
HAVE USED INFLUENCE TO OPPOSE
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND
EVERY OTHER RENTER STRIKE.
WHO ARE RENTERS REPRESENTING
WHEN THEY INCREASE THE POWER OF
LANDLORDS TO MAKE THOSE
DEMANDS?
NO LANDLORD HAS THE RIGHT TO
EXPLOIT WORKING-CLASS, LOW
INCOME RENTERS ANY MORE THAN A
CORPORATION HAS THE RIGHT TO
EXPLOIT WORKERS.
THERE ARE SOME LANDLORDS WHO
WILL NOT BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS
STAKEHOLDER GROUP?
LANDLORDS DO NOT NEED EVEN MORE
INFLUENCE AND POWER.
RENTERS DO.
RENTERS HAVE TO GET ORGANIZED
TO GET ANY FORM OF JUSTICE.
MY STATEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE
FOR THIS STATEMENT OF INTENT AS
WELL.
THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP WAS
CREATED. THIS SLIDE ASKS ME TO
MAKE A WORK PROGRAM OUT OF
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT
MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
IN THE SLIDE ASKS FOR MORE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE SENT HERE
AT THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE
RATHER THAN THE RENTER
COMMITTEE, CLEARLY IN AN
ATTEMPT TO COERCE THE RIGHTS
THAT RENTERS HAVE.
ALSO, FOR THE RECORD, WE WERE
AWARE OF THE SLIDE COMING UP.
IT IS ONLY WHEN THE AGENDA WAS
PUBLISHED THAT I FOUND OUT THAT
THIS WAS HAPPENING.
I WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS RIGHT
NOW, AND I A PROS THIS SLIDE.
THE PURPOSE IS TO SORT OF GIVE,
YOU KNOW, SET UP THE NARRATIVE
THAT SOMEHOW LANDLORDS NEED A
SEAT AT THE TABLE.
LANDLORDS CONTROL THE RENTAL
HOUSING MARKET, AND RENTERS ARE
BEING SQUEEZED TO AN UNTENABLE
DEGREE.
WE SEE THE STATISTICS OUT
THERE.
CITYWIDE AND NATIONWIDE,
RENTERS ARE IN CRISIS.
WE DO NOT, AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS, NEED TO BE
SUPPORTING LANDLORDS.
I AM VOTING NO ON THIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I AM
WAITING FOR ONE MOMENT, THEN I
WILL GET YOU IN THE QUEUE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, GO
AHEAD.
>> THAT WAS A SIMPLE OVERSIGHT
ON OUR BEHALF.
IF YOU WOULD PREFER US TO SEND
IT TO YOUR COMMITTEE, HAPPY TO
DO SO.
I THINK THAT WHAT IS IMPORTANT
IS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, AND IF
WE WANT TO CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT
THEM.
IF WE CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT THEM,
IT IS NOT A DECISION THAT WE
HAVE MADE YET TODAY.
IN MY TIME RENTING HERE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, I HAVE RENTED
FROM LARGE COMPANIES, MIDSIZE
LOCAL COMPANIES AND MOM-AND-POP
LANDLORDS WHO LIVE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ONES
WHO GAVE ME THE MOST
FLEXIBILITY, THE BEST SERVICE,
EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT
HAVE, YOU KNOW, MADE THE 48
HOUR NOTICE RULE, THEY WERE THE
ONES THAT LIVED UP THE STREET.
THOSE WERE THE FOLKS THAT DON'T
HAVE LAWYERS ON STAFF, DON'T
HAVE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO
UNDERSTAND, NECESSARILY, ALL
THE MULTITUDE OF LAYERS IN THE
LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE PUTTING
FORWARD.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO PASS FOR THE
LARGER CORPORATE LANDLORDS OF
OUR CITY.
WHAT I AM ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE
IS TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR US
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND
DIALOGUE WITH THE MOM AND POP.
I DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME
CONVERSATION WITH THE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS.
THAT IS THE NUANCE HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS
WORK.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS A
WAY TO DO A VOICE VOTE, TO HAVE
THE REPORT FROM, OR THE WORK
PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE S.E.C.
I GO TO THE STATE AVAILABILITY
AND RENTERS RATES COMMITTEE.
I HAVE A SNEAKING SUSPICION
THAT THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE
MIGHT STILL OPPOSE THIS ITEM,
BUT I THINK THAT IT IS A
FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT THERE
IS A REPORT, THERE ARE GOING TO
BE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM
THAT REPORT, AND I WOULD
SUPPORT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
GOING TO THE COMMITTEE WITH
OVERSIGHT ON RENTER'S ISSUES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU REMIND ME -- THIS IS
REPORTING TO THE RENTERS
COMMITTEE, RIGHT?
>> NO.
THIS WILL GO TO THE HOUSING AND
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
>> TO WHICH ONE?
>> FINANCE AND HOUSING.
>> OKAY.
>> I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT HAS HER HAND UP .
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
YES.
THE LAST SLIDE, I REMEMBER THAT
REALLY WELL.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN OVERSIGHT,
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
PROPOSING THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD
DO A VOICE AMENDMENT TO HAVE
THE RECOMMENDATION SENT TO THE
RENTERS COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I ALSO OPPOSE THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT, BUT IF THE REST OF
THE COUNCILMEMBERS SUPPORTED,
THEN I WOULD APPRECIATE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT HAVING THESE
CONVERSATIONS WILL AT LEAST
GIVE RENTERS A DECENT CHANCE TO
RESPOND TO THE RECOMMENDATION
FROM THE COMMITTEE.
I FULLY INTEND -- I DON'T MAKE
ANY SECRET OF IT.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT RENTERS
HAVE A RIGHT TO RESPOND.
THIS IS MY ATTEMPT TO SPEAK
CLEARLY IN CLOSING.
MY RESPONSE IS NOT THAT MOM-AND-
POP LANDLORDS WHO ARE ACTUALLY
DOING THE RIGHT THING AND OUR
PROFESSIONAL TOWARDS THE NEEDS
OF RENTERS -- I BELIEVE THEY
SHOULD.
BUT MY INTUITION, BASED ON JUST
POLITICAL OUTCOMES OVERALL, I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I BELIEVE THAT THE MOTIVATION
IS FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION.
EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THEY
SUPPORT MOM-AND-POP LANDLORDS,
THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORT BIG
LANDLORDS.
SO YES.
TO THE EXTENT THAT MOM-AND-POP
LANDLORDS HAVE A VOICE, I DO
STRONGLY ALSO AGREE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT IT GO
BEFORE THE RENTERS COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT DOES SEEM THAT THERE IS
INTEREST FROM THE SPONSOR --
EXCUSE ME.
AT THIS POINT, IN ORDER TO
CONSIDER AN ORAL AMENDMENT, I
WILL NEED TO TEA THIS UP FOR
US.
THE AMENDMENT THAT IS IN FRONT
OF US, I MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL
CONSIDER THE ORAL AMENDMENT
THAT WILL BE SHARED ON THE
SCREEN IN A SECOND.
I MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL
CONSIDER AN ORAL WOMAN INTO THE
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND?
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> I VOTE AYE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR MAKING THE
SUGGESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE THIS AMENDMENT
TO YOUR AMENDMENT?
MOVE THIS ORAL AMENDMENT TO
YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> SEEING AS IT IS 6:16 P.M., I
AM NOT AS CONCERNED AS TO WHERE
THIS IS GOING.
SO I WILL MOVE TO MOVE THIS
AMENDMENT TO SEND THE REPORT TO
THE RENTERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS MOVES TO
MOVE THIS AMENDMENT TO STRIKE
THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE AND
INSERT THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
RENTER'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT AS
PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN IN
FRONT OF US?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
THIS IS THE FINAL ADOPTION,
FOLKS.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A
PROSPEROUS SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE UNDERLYING BILL
OR THE ORAL AMENDMENT?
>> OKAY.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, I APOLOGIZE.
THIS WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO
THE CURRENT FLY, AND IF THIS IS
ADOPTED, THEN YOU WILL PICK
ANOTHER VOTE TO ADOPT THE FLY
AS AMENDED.
>> OKAY.
>> SORRY, FOR CLARIFICATION, I
THINK THAT THE MOTIONS WERE
SLIGHTLY MAYBE NOT CLEAR, BUT I
BELIEVE THAT THEY JUST VOTED ON
THE MOTION TO ORALLY AMEND THE
FLY, NOW THEY WILL BE VOTING ON
THE AMENDMENT.
>> IT WAS NOT CLEAR ON THE
FIRST MOTION, THE VOTE WAS TO
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A
MOTION TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION
OF AN AMENDMENT.
IT DOES NOT SPECIFY THE ACTION
LANGUAGE.
SO THEREFORE THE RECOMMENDATION
WOULD BE TO VOTE ON THE
PROPOSED AMENDED LANGUAGE
FIRST.
IF THAT IS ADOPTED, THEN VOTE
ON THE SLIDE AS AMENDED.
>> OKAY.
>> 20 TO GO THROUGH THE
PROCEDURAL MOTION OF ALLOWING
AN ORAL AMENDMENT, OR HAVE WE
COVERED THAT?
>> YOU HAVE COVERED THAT,
CHAIR.
YOU WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE AMENDED LANGUAGE BEFORE
YOU.
>> OKAY, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED
LANGUAGE BEFORE US?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
NINE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUST A TECHNICAL CLEANUP.
I BELIEVE IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE
INTENT WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE
LAND-USE COMMITTEE IS BEING
SWAPPED OUT FOR THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE FIRST
PARAGRAPH OF THIS AMENDMENT AS
WELL.
I'M SURE THAT THAT IS JUST
TECHNICAL IN NATURE, IS THAT
CORRECT, CENTRAL STUFF?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA , I WOULD
ARGUE THAT YOU HAVE
SUFFICIENTLY MADE THE CASE THAT
THE INTENT WAS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS GOES TOWARD THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
>> WONDERFUL.
NO NO, THAT'S OKAY.
>> OKAY, WONDERFUL.
SO IT IS AMENDED IN FRONT OF
US.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED
TO ADD EARLIER?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL HANDS, MADAM CLERK,
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT AS AMENDED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDED, AND AS ORALLY AMENDED,
IT IS ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT!
THAT GETS US THROUGH ALL OF
GROUP C, AND NOW WE ARE ONTO
GROUP D. A FEW NOTES BEFORE WE
GO INTO GROUP D HERE.
WE WANTED TO NOTE THAT IT
SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS AN
INDICATION OF MY POSITION ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER, AS THE CHAIR,
THAT THESE ITEMS DID NOT MAKE
IT INTO THE CONSENT PACKAGE.
SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE ITEMS
THAT I MAY BE SUPPORTING, AND I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
KNEW THAT THE REASON THAT THEY
ARE PULLED OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL
VOTE IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT
THEY WANTED ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF ASSUMING
THAT THERE MAY BE CONSENT ON
THE AGENDA ITEM IF THEY WERE
PACKAGED TOGETHER.
SO MY INTEREST HERE IS IN
MAKING SURE THE COUNCILMEMBERS
GET A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN THEIR
AMENDMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
CENTRAL STAFF.
AS I HAVE NOTED BEFORE, GIVEN
HER SPECIFIC CONCERNS AROUND
THE BUDGET RESTRAINTS, WE HAVE
A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT
UNFORTUNATELY HAS MEANT THAT
NOT EVERYTHING WILL BE ABLE TO
BE INCLUDED HERE.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES A NO VOTE
WILL BE GIVEN NOT BECAUSE IT IS
MAYBE NOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT
BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBERS MAY FEEL
THAT UNDER THIS CURRENT
SITUATION, THEY ARE JUST NOT
ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR
THIS AT THIS JUNCTURE GIVEN ALL
THE OTHER PRESSING NEEDS.
SO THERE ARE MANY REASONS THAT
THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION ON THIS COUNSEL, BUT I
DO APPRECIATE THAT AGAIN, EACH
COUNSEL HAS WORKED WITHIN THEIR
CONSTITUENCY AND THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY
REPRESENT, AND EITHER THEIR
DISTRICTS OR CITYWIDE TO TRY TO
BRING FORWARD AMENDMENTS THAT
THEY THINK CAN MAKE
ENHANCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE BUDGET.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE TO PUT FOR THESE
AMENDMENTS, AND WE WILL GO
THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
BEFORE WE DO, IS THERE ANY
PROCEDURAL MOTION THAT WE NEED
TO DO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, OR
ARE WE JUST TAKING EACH
AMENDMENT ONE BY ONE?
>> EACH AMENDMENT ONE BY ONE.
THERE ARE SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS --
THE ACTION WOULD BE TO, AFTER
THE ORIGINAL ITEM THAT WAS ON
THE AGENDA IS MOVED, THEN THERE
WOULD BE A MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE.
>> OKAY, WONDERFUL.
AT THIS JUNCTURE WE HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS THAT
WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT
PACKAGE FOR BNC.
I MOVED EACH OF THOSE ITEMS TO
PUT IT IN FRONT OF US, BECAUSE
IT WAS PART OF MY ORIGINAL
CONSENT PACKAGE.
AT THIS POINT, IT IS UP TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN MOVING THEIR
AMENDMENT TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
I THINK WE ARE READY TO START,
AND LESS CENTRAL STAFF HAS ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD
NOTE, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE
AMENDMENT WILL BE THE FINAL
ITEM IN THE AGENDA, BUT IT WAS
ADDED --
>> ALLIE, YOU JUST TRAILED OFF
A LITTLE BIT.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?
>> I WAS JUST SAYING THAT THERE
IS ONE WALK ON AMENDMENT THAT
STANDS ALONE THAT WILL BE THE
FINAL ITEM IN THIS GROUP.
IT WAS ADDED AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE MEETING.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE NEAR THE FINISH LINE.
GROUP D. INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS
FOR CONSIDERATION.
EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WANTS
TO PUT THIS FORWARD WILL MOVE
IT, AND --
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
CENTRAL STAFF.
THE FIRST ITEM IN GROUP THE IS
RECOMMENDATION 183.
THIS WOULD MAKE A ONE-TIME
ADDITION OF $0.5 MILLION
TOWARDS ARTS AND CULTURE FOR
ORGANIZATIONS SHOWCASING
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART, HISTORY
AND CULTURE.
THE CDA WOULD FUND THE
INITIATIVE, WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKING
PURCHASES.
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> I HAVE TO MOVE IT, CORRECT,
FIRST?
>> CORRECT.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE CDA 601
A1.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A NEW BUDGET AMENDMENT
AND THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED
DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF
DELIBERATIONS THIS YEAR BECAUSE
MY OFFICE LEARNED --
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I SHOULD HAVE
PAUSED.
I AM GOING TO TURN TO CENTRAL
STAFF FIRST AND THEN TO THE
SPONSOR AS WE GO THROUGH.
SORRY TO NOT NOTE THAT EARLIER.
LISA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD?
>> I DID NOT.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS A NEW BUDGET
AMENDMENT THAT WAS NOT
DISCUSSED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, BECAUSE
MY OFFICE LEARNED ABOUT THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AFTER
THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST
AMENDMENT, SPECIFICALLY FROM
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NORTHWEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MUSEUM, WHICH, AS
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL KNOW, IS
LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF
SEATTLE.
IT IS AN ESSENTIAL CULTURAL
EDUCATIONAL ARTISTIC COMMUNITY
CENTER.
IT IS A REAL RESOURCE FOR
SEATTLE AND OF COURSE
MEANINGFUL FOR PEOPLE
REGIONALLY.
THE NATION'S FIRST EXHIBIT WAS
CALLED THE ASSEMBLY.
THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MEET
AND CHANGE LIFE THROUGH
CULTURAL LITERACY PROGRAMS.
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM IS
A MUSEUM AND IT IS ALSO AN
IMPORTANT GATHERING PLACE FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
THE MUSEUM IS PREPARING TO
REOPEN ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC
AFTER CLOSING, AND ENGAGE IN
MUCH EXTENSIVE REPAIR OF THE
GROUND.
THEY HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE
TOTAL COST OF REOPENING THE
MUSEUM WILL BE $3 MILLION.
THEY ARE ASKING THE AREA TO
FUND ABOUT $500,000 OF THOSE
COSTS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL DO.
$500,000 TOWARDS ESTIMATED
COSTS.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL
PROVIDE THE $500,000 NEEDED BY
THE MUSEUM BY USING THE SEATTLE
POLICE ADVERTISING BUDGET BY
THE SAME AMOUNT.
THE BUDGET THAT WE SHOULD BE
RAISING, IS WHAT OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENT HAS THAT KIND OF
BUDGET ON ADVERTISEMENTS?
THIS ADVERTISING BUDGET WILL
HELP WITH THE RECRUITING
INITIATIVE.
AS I HAVE SAID IN THE PAST,
THIS WILL HAVE A SPECIFIC
IMPACT ON SAFETY AND CRIME IN
THE COMMUNITIES.
SERVICE WORKERS ARE SOMETIMES
PAID POVERTY WAGES.
EVEN AT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
PASSES, THE POLICE WILL STILL
HAVE OVER $200,000 IN THEIR
BUDGET TO BUY ADVERTISING.
I REALLY APPEAL TO
COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE YES ON
PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY RATHER
THAN MORE ADVERTISING FOR THE
POLICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO CORRECT SOMETHING.
THE ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FOR THIS
HAD ASSUMED THAT THE EARLIER
CDA WOULD HAVE MADE REDUCTIONS
TO THE PURCHASES.
SO ACTUALLY IF THIS PASSES
THERE WILL STILL BE $1 MILLION
IN THE 2023 MEDIA PURCHASE
BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> JUST A SECOND.
SO WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT
THIS THIS MORNING IN PUBLIC
COMMENT, I CALLED THE DIRECTOR
OF NIM TO DISCUSS THAT I WAS
RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT, BECAUSE
IT WOULD PULL MONEY FROM SPD'S
INITIATIVE TO RECRUIT MORE
OFFICERS.
SHE TOLD ME THAT WHEN SHE WAS
CALLED THIS MORNING AND AT THE
LAST MINUTE TO OFFER COMMENT ON
THIS ITEM, SHE WAS NOT TOLD
THAT IT PULLS MONEY FROM SPD ,
AND THAT SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED
THAT IT DOES, BECAUSE THE
MUSEUM RELIES ON SPD
PARTNERSHIPS FOR A LOT OF
THINGS AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY
NEED MORE OFFICERS.
SO I THINK THAT THIS LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY IS REGRETTABLE,
AND THAT THIS TRADE-OFF IS
UNFORTUNATE FOR LET'S SAY.
THIS BUDGET ITEM THAT IT PULLS
FROM REMOVES ABOUT TWO THIRDS
OF THE FUNDING FOR RECRUITMENT
FOR THAT ITEM.
IT IS PART OF THE DEAL THAT WE
MADE TO KEEP THE PEO'S IN SPD.
THIS ADVERTISING IS ACTUALLY
AN EFFORT TO REACH INTO OTHER
COMMUNITIES TO DRAW A MORE
DIVERSE CANDIDATE POOL.
WE WANT GOOD, ACCOUNTABLE,
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING THAT
RESPECTS THE DIGNITY OF
EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO TYING THE HANDS OF SPD SO
THAT IT HAS A HARDER TIME TO
REACH OUT TO GOOD RECRUITS IS
ONLY GOING TO MAKE THAT MORE
DIFFICULT.
SO I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM
THIS VOTE.
BEFORE SIGNING OFF, I WILL SAY
THAT I DO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
NORTH AFRICAN MUSEUM, AND I DO
UNDERSTAND THAT IT DESPERATELY
NEEDS FUNDING, BECAUSE IT MAY
HAVE MAINTAINED PROGRAMMING
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC DESPITE
LACK OF REVENUE.
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT , DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED
TO SAY IN CLOSING?
>> I WANT TO SPEAK ON
CORRECTING THE NUMBERS.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT MY REACTION
TO HEARING THAT, THIS
AMENDMENT, THE SO-CALLED MEDIA
PURCHASE BUDGET LINE WILL STILL
HAVE $1 MILLION -- IN RESPONSE
TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON , IF
THE POLICE STILL HAVE TROUBLE
RETRACTING RECRUITS WITH $1
MILLION LEFT IN THE BUDGET,
THEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO
ADVERTISE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU ARE NOT
DOING THE PUBLIC SERVICE THAT
PEOPLE WANT AND EXPECT FROM THE
POLICE.
THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE
DEFINED THE POLICE MOVEMENT.
I DO NOT MEAN TO BE FLIPPANT, I
AM JUST NOT SURPRISED BUT STILL
STUNNED BY THE COMMENT.
THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY BLACK
MUSEUMS IN OUR CITY.
IN GENERAL, YOU DON'T FIND MANY
AT ALL.
HERE IS A MUSEUM THAT IS IN A
BEAUTIFUL LOCATION, AND THE
COMMUNITY THAT IS PART OF THAT
MUSEUM, THEY ARE NOT THERE TO
MAKE MONEY.
THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE IT IS A
LABOR OF LOVE FOR THEM.
THEY ARE DOING THIS WORK AND
ASKING FOR MEAGER FUNDS.
SO I HOPE THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
WILL KEEP THIS IN MIND AND
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THOSE ARE CLOSING COMMENTS.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE AMENDMENT IN GROUP D,
AGENDA ITEM 183 R 601A?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THE MOTION FAILS AND IS NOT
ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM
184.
THIS IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
McCONNAUGHHAY.
THIS WOULD ADD $250,000 IN
GENERAL FUNDS TO THE MY PLACE
MARKET PARKING GARAGE TO
TRANSFER TO THE EMERGENCY FUND.
THIS ACTION WOULD ADD THE MONEY
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL
SERVICES, WHO WOULD THEN CONVEY
THE MONEY TO THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY TO SPEND ON THIS
PROJECT FOR A NEW ELEVATOR IN
THE SAME LOCATION AS AN
EXISTING ELEVATOR TO REPLACE
THE EXISTING FIRE ESCAPE
STAIRS.
THIS GARAGE IS PART OF THE
MARKET FRONT PROJECT.
THE CITY SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT
HISTORICALLY.
IN 2016 THE CITY COMPLETED A
COMMITMENT OF $134 MILLION TO
THE PROJECT.
OF THAT, $5.5 MILLION WAS SET
ASIDE BY THE AUTHORITY TO WORK
ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEY ARE
ALSO LOOKING FOR FUNDING FROM
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU FOR QUEUING UP THE
CONTENTS OF THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS ELEVATOR IN --
>> I'M SORRY.
THIS IS TO MAKE THE MOTION TO
--
>> OH YES.
IT IS GETTING LATE.
I MOVED FG 501800123.
NO, SORRY.
I MOVE FAS 00500 ONE 2023.
>> YES.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
NOW ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO THE
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THIS ELEVATOR IN THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET IS DECADES-OLD,
UNDEPENDABLE AND SLOW.
IT IS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE A
VOLUME OF 600 RIDERS PER HOUR
WHEN A LOT OF OUR WORK ON THE
WATERFRONT FINALLY COMES TO
FRUITION.
WITHOUT THIS ELEVATOR, THE ONLY
ANTICIPATED ACCESS, A.D.A.-
COMPLIANT ACCESS BETWEEN THE
WATERFRONT AND PIKE PLACE
MARKET WOULD COME FROM THE
AQUARIUM CONCOURSE ELEVATOR
THAT WILL BE ON THE NEW
WATERFRONT PAVILION THAT IS
PROPOSED FOR THAT COMPLEX.
SO IT DOES SERVE A CRITICAL
ROLE IN FUTURE PLANS FOR THE
WATERFRONT.
THE PDA HAS INVESTED $745,000
IN THIS PROJECT ALREADY IN THE
CITY SO FAR, AND THE CITY HAS
NOT SO FAR PROVIDED FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
DURING COVID, THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET SPENT HEAVILY TO
SUBSIDIZE AND SUPPORT VENDORS
TO GET THEM THROUGH A VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD.
THEY ARE NOW IN A PLACE WHERE
INFLATION AND DELAYS IN
BUILDING THIS PROJECT, LIKE SO
MANY PROJECTS, HAVE LED TO
UNANTICIPATED INCREASE IN COST.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT
FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES,
INCLUDING THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
ANY CONTRIBUTION THAT WE COULD
MAKE TO THIS PROJECT WOULD BE
HELPFUL IN THEIR EFFORTS TO
ATTRACT ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK
OVER TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
OH, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT, AND I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WHAT
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, SO I'M
HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU IN FUTURE
ENDEAVORS.
UNFORTUNATELY I WILL BE A NOTE
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> I, TOO, AM IN THE POSITION
THE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS JUST
ARTICULATED.
I VERY MUCH WANT TO SEE THIS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT INVESTED
IN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY GIVEN THE
FUNDS SOURCED FROM THE
EMERGENCY FUND TRANSFER I WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT
TODAY, BUT THAT DOES NOT SPEAK
TO THE UNDERLYING INTEREST IN
WANTING TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD
WITH DIFFERENT FUNDS IN THE
FUTURE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I
APOLOGIZE.
I DID NOT SEE YOUR HAND
EARLIER.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
I WILL HAVE TO SECOND OR THIRD.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO MAINTAIN OUR RESERVES,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL THE WORK
THAT WE JUST DID OVER THE LAST
FEW DAYS.
SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO
THE EMERGENCY RESERVES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO HAVE THE FINAL WORD
HERE?
>> NO.
I AM WILLING TO JUST GO FORWARD
AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, I DID NOT SEE YOUR HAND
ON MY SCREEN . IT IS BLENDING
IN WITH YOUR CURTAIN.
SO I AM SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WILL
BE VOTING YES.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE
EMERGENCY FUND BUT I HAVE AN
AMENDMENT COMING UP THAT WILL
ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE FUNDS FOR
THE EMERGENCY FUND AND FOR MANY
OTHER THINGS.
FOR THAT REASON, I WILL BE
VOTING YES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL HANDS --
I SPEAK TOO FAST AT THIS POINT.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> I'M SORRY.
I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
FUNDS SOURCED, I WAS PREPARED
TO OPPOSE, THEN I MOVED TO
ABSTAIN, BUT NOW THAT I HEAR
THAT IT IS THE ONLY FUNDING
THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED
TO THIS PROJECT, I KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO RAISE FUNDS
FROM THE CITY TO -- FOR --
PHILANTHROPIC FUNDRAISING AS
WELL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL HANDS,
CENTRAL STAFF, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> MAYBE JUST A MILD AND
FRIENDLY CORRECTION.
THE CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE
MARKET FRONT PROJECT TO THE
TUNE OF $34 MILLION.
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET AUTHORITY
HAS SET ASIDE $1.5 MILLION OF
THAT FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE CITY PROVIDED THOSE
DOLLARS, THE $34 MILLION
THROUGH BOND FUNDING AND PAYS
ON THAT EACH YEAR.
THAT IS JUST MEANT TO BE
CENTRAL STAFF CONTEXT.
THAT'S ALL.
>> THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I'M SORRY.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP,
BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALSO POINT
OUT THAT THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
IS ALSO A PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, WHICH CAN ASSUME
DEBT AND ISSUE DEBT, AND HAS
BEEN DOING THAT SINCE THE '70s.
SO I WILL JUST LEAVE IT AT
THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
HANDS, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
ADOPTION OF AGENDA ITEM 184 FAS
005B?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
THREE IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED,
ONE ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 185 FG
501 A BY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
TURNING IT ONTO CENTRAL STAFF.
>> GOOD EVENING,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND I
WILL BE COVERING THIS ITEM,
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
WOULD AMEND AND RECOMMEND
PASSING AS AMENDED COUNSEL BILL
11950, WHICH INCREASES THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
RATES.
THE AMENDED BILL WOULD INCREASE
THE EXISTING RATES TO GENERATE
AN ADDITIONAL $140.5 MILLION IN
TAX REVENUES ANNUALLY, WHICH
WOULD BE USED TO OFFSET THE
GENERAL FUND FOR VARIOUS
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AS
ITEMIZED IN AGENDA ITEM LETTER
A.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, FOR THE
PURPOSES OF MOVING THE
AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE FG 501
A1.
>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, PLEASE HOLD.
CENTRAL STAFF, DO YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE?
HEARING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
INCREASE THE TAX RATE OF THE
BIG BUSINESS TO $340 MILLION TO
PREVENT AUSTERITY AND TO FUND
VITAL NEEDS LIKE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THERE WILL BE PAINFUL CUTS TO
BIG BUSINESS. EACH BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL ADD
FUNDING FOR ONE GOOD THING
INVOLVING CUTTING IT FOR
ANOTHER GOOD THING.
TO BE CLEAR, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
FUND THOSE OTHER NEEDS AS WELL.
IT IS -- IT IS EXPOSING A FALSE
SCARCITY SCENARIO BY TELLING
WORKING PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO NEED FUNDING FOR THESE
OTHER THINGS.
THIS WAS OF COURSE THE THING
THAT WAS USED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET
DECISIONS.
THE SAME THING THE YEAR BEFORE
THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE LOOKING
AT DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, IN
EVERY BUDGET YEAR.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXCEPTION.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW, ALSO
COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW AND WORKING
PEOPLE KNOW TO SUPPORT THESE
ITEMS, BECAUSE THIS BUDGET
CRISIS IS A MANUFACTURED CRISIS
BY A POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
UNWILLING TO EVEN CONSIDER
GREATER TAXES ON BIG BUSINESS.
WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE RICHEST
CITIES WITH CORPORATIONS IN THE
WORLD.
IN FACT, IT WAS JUST IN THE
NEWS THAT SEATTLE IS A
HIGHLIGHT CITY GIVEN THE
BILLIONAIRE WEALTH THAT EXISTS
IN THIS CITY.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL FACT ABOUT
HOW RICH THIS CITY IS, BUT
SOMEHOW THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH
MONEY TO FUND EVEN THE BASIC
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN THIS
CITY.
IT IS NOT A MATHEMATICAL FACT
OR AN OBJECTIVE.
APPROVING THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
WOULD INCREASE THE TAXES OF
SEATTLE'S LARGEST CORPORATIONS.
THE TAX RATES FOR DIFFERENT
SIZES OF THE LARGEST BUSINESSES
DIFFER SLIGHTLY, BUT IT APPLIES
TO BUSINESSES OVER $7 MILLION
PER YEAR, AND THE INCREASE IS
TINY.
FOR BUSINESSES WITH PAYROLL OF
$700 MILLION, THIS INCREASE
WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, .33 OF 1%.
THAT IS NOT 33%, THAT IS 33w100
OF 1%.
THIS TINY INCREASE IN BIG
BUSINESS TAXES WOULD RAISE $140
MILLION PER YEAR.
IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO REVERSE
AUSTERITY AND PAY FOR VITAL
NEEDS.
IF THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
PASSES, IT WOULD RESTORE THE
$100 MILLION AMAZON TAX FUNDS
THAT WERE MEANT FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT
MONEY IS DIVERTED FROM INTENDED
PURPOSES TO PREVENT BUDGET CUTS
ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET.
IT WOULD RESTORE HIS NOSE TAXES
TO ALLOW THAT MONEY TO GO
ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET WITHOUT
TAKING AWAY FROM HOUSING AND
CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ARE
THE MOST URGENT NEEDS THAT
WORKING PEOPLE FACE IN SEATTLE.
NEXT, THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
REVERSES A SERIES OF BUDGET
CUTS FROM THE PACKAGE VOTED ON
TODAY.
THIS WILL BE COMING FROM THE
EMERGENCY FUND, LIBRARY
BUILDING UPGRADES, THE HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT, EQUITY
ACTION PLAN, CITY HALL PARK
IMPROVEMENTS, EMERGENCY
RESPONSE AND SIDEWALK SAFETY
REPAIR.
COMMUNITY CENTER REHABILITATION
AND DEVELOPMENT, URBAN
FORESTRY, CITY BUILDING,
MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, NONE OF THESE COSTS
WOULD BE NEEDED IF THE COUNCIL
HAD THE POLITICAL WILL TO VOTE
YES ON THIS AMENDMENT.
YOU SAW HOW MINUSCULE IT WAS.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE OFTEN GONE
OVER THESE TAX RATES MANY
TIMES, I HAVE TO PAUSE TO MAKE
SURE THAT I AM READING IT
CORRECTLY.
WORKING PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, WE
DON'T DEAL WITH THESE KINDS OF
ISSUES.
THE TAXES WE PAY ARE FAR
GREATER.
FINALLY, THIS WOULD ADD $5
MILLION FOR TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS, AND IT WOULD ALSO
ALLOW SHELTER VILLAGES TO BE
BUILT ACROSS SEATTLE.
I HOPE THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WILL
VOTE YES ON THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT.
THERE ARE A SHOCKING 194 OTHER
BUDGET AMENDMENTS, BUT THIS ONE
AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE A GREATER
IMPACT THAN ALL OF THESE OTHER
AMENDMENTS COMBINED.
HOWEVER, I ALSO EXPECT THAT FOR
THIS KIND OF VOTE, IT WOULD
REQUIRE A MOVEMENT OF WORKING
PEOPLE PUSHING AGAINST THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT TO VOTE
YES, LIKE WE HAD IN 2020.
IN 2020 THAT MOVEMENT WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
NOMINAL SUPPORT THAT IT GOT
FROM ACTIVISTS, UNION MEMBERS,
RANK-AND-FILE WORKERS WHO ARE
NOT UNIONIZED, AND YOUNG PEOPLE
AT LARGE.
WE HAD ORGANIZING MEETINGS AND
RALLIES OF HUNDREDS OF
VOLUNTEERS.
WE LAUNCHED A BALLOT INITIATIVE
AND GATHERED 100,000 SIGNATURES
TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND
MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT AND BIG BUSINESS
THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.
WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,
FORCE THEIR HAND.
IN THAT CONTEXT, IT CAME TO BE
KNOWN AS JUMPSTART.
WORKER PEOPLE AND MY OFFICE ARE
NOT NAOVE.
WE KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN
MOVEMENTS NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY
PASS THIS KIND OF BUDGET
AMENDMENT.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS FORCED
UPON WORKING PEOPLE BY A
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT.
IN THE ABSENCE OF A MOVEMENT,
WE SEE THE ESTABLISHMENT
DOESN'T SEE THE PRESSURE AND
THEN GOES AHEAD WITH BUSINESS
AS USUAL.
I URGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU
KNOW, NOTHING IS STOPPING YOU
FROM GETTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF HISTORY AND OFFERING YOUR
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE FEW OPTIONS IN SEATTLE
FOR ADDRESSING THIS.
WE HAVE OVERLAPPING CRISES THAT
WE DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
FULLY ADDRESS WITHOUT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
I WILL SAY THAT WHILE I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION COMMITTEE
PROPOSES, WE ARTY HAVE
PROPOSALS FROM THE PREVIOUS
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE TASK FORCE
IN 2017.
WE HOPE THAT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE ALSO STARTS TO WORK
ON WAYS TO MAKE OUR TAX
STRUCTURE MORE PROGRESSIVE AS
WELL.
NEVERTHELESS, UNTIL WE HAVE
COUNCIL ACTION ON A NEW
RESOURCE, I AGREE THAT WE
SHOULD BUMP THE TAX RATE ON
WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED
AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN OUR
CITY.
AS A GROWING CITY, WITH GROWING
NEEDS AND GROWING
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AS WELL
AND OVERLAPPING CRISES, WE
REALLY NEED TO APPROVE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO THAT WE
CAN MAKE SURE WE ARE SERVING
THE MOST VULNERABLE
SEATTLEITES.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
SAY NONE, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF EACH -- EXCUSE ME,
SG 5018001 AGENDA ITEM 185?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> NIE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED,
AND ONE ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION FAILS AND THE
AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM
186.
THIS IS HSD 600-8001.
FROM COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS WILL BE FOR YOUTH
CRIMINAL SYSTEM DIVERSION.
IT WOULD INCREASE FUNDING FOR
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE.
JUST SOME CONTEXT HERE.
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE IS THE CONTAINER FOR
A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-LED
INITIATIVES THAT FOCUS ON GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND ON
PROVISION OF COURT RESOURCES TO
THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
IT IS FUNDED AT $4.4 MILLION IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT THAT IS
SUGGESTED HERE WOULD ALSO HAVE
A NEXUS TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION,
BUT VIOLENCE PREVENTION MORE
BROADLY.
IT WOULD ENCOMPASS GANG,
PREVENTION OF JOINING GANGS,
TRAFFICKING, AND IT WOULD ALSO
-- THE PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD
BE FUNDED BY THIS INVESTMENT
WOULD HAVE AN ARTS FOCUS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM GOING TO TURN IT TO THE
SPONSOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF
MOVING THE AMENDMENT TO GET IT
IN FRONT OF US.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> I WILL PUT THIS FORWARD.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED SO THAT THE COUNCIL
CAN ENGENDER ITEM 60018.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I WILL
MOVE IT TO YOU FIRST TO BE
RECOGNIZED.
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
FROM CENTRAL STAFF ,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED, THEN COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THE CURRENT BUDGET FUNDS THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE AT $4.3 MILLION, AND
THE -- THIS BUDGET ITEM WOULD
TAKE A SMALL FRACTION OF THAT
AND ADD ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR
TOOLKIT TO PREVENT YOUTH
VIOLENCE.
AT A TIME WHEN GUN VIOLENCE IS
SEARCHING DESPITE EXISTING
INVESTMENTS, IT USES FUNDS
ALLOCATED TO WHAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE A ONE TIME ONLY CONTRACT,
BUT IT IS BEING CONVERTED INTO
AN ONGOING FUNDING WITH THIS
BUDGET WHICH I SUPPORT.
THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT LISTS
OUT $72,000 FOR ONE-TIME
EXPENSES FOR COMPUTERS, PHONES,
ET CETERA.
IT IS UNLIKELY THOSE EXPENSES
WILL NEED TO BE CONFERRED AGAIN
IN COMING YEARS, ALTHOUGH HE
COULD NOT SPECIFY THAT.
THE MONEY COULD BE REALLOCATED
WITHIN THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
IT IS EXPECTED NOT TO REDUCE
THE ACTUAL SERVICES PROVIDED.
IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE WORK
THAT A PARTNER'S.
THAT IS WHY I BOOKED THE
FUNDING SOURCE.
UNIFIED OUTREACH HAS A LONG
HISTORY OF WORKING IN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION, AND THEY HELD A
CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THROUGH THE USE -- THE
SEATTLE YOUTH VIOLENCE
PREVENTION INITIATIVE FROM 2013
TO 2018, AND THEY HAVE ALSO
CONTRACTED WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS PROVIDING AFTERSCHOOL
ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AT
STANISLAUS, DEARBORN PARK, AND
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> WHEN THEY REACHED OUT TO ME
ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE TO
PROMOTE POSITIVE SELF-ESTEEM
AND REDUCE VIOLENCE, I
IMMEDIATELY CHECKED THE STATUS
OF FUNDING THAT THE COUNCIL
ADDED LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL PROVIDED
$350,000 TO CONTRACT WITH
PROVIDERS FOR AN EXTENDED
DIVISION PROGRAM.
FUNDS ALLOCATED ARE FOR A
SERIES OF CHANGE.
EXPANSION CAN OCCUR ONCE THE
THEORY OF CHANGE IS DEVELOPED.
H SD IS EXPANDING THE PROGRAM
WITH PROVIDERS, AND THEY PUT IN
WRITING THAT SPECIFICALLY SPOKE
TO THEIR INTERESTS IN FUNDING
UNIFIED OUTREACH IN THE SECOND
HALF OF 2023, WITH CONTINUED
FUNDING FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE
BUDGET.
IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT
THESE FUNDS ARE NEEDED.
HSD IS CONSIDERING FUNDING
UNIFIED OUTREACH, AND I JUST
WANT TO GIVE VOICE TO THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE AND OUR RECIPIENTS
OF THE $4.3 MILLION IN FUNDS IN
THE BUDGET.
IT IS COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS,
URBAN FAMILY, THE BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB OF KING COUNTY AND
THE YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE.
THEY PARTNER WITH POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO AND DE-
ESCALATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS AND
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS
AND FAMILIES DIRECTLY IMPACTED
BY THEM.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE SPONSOR
IS SAYING THAT SHE IS READY FOR
THE FUNDS THAT SHE PROPOSES TO
BE TAKEN FROM THE SEATTLE
SAFETY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE,
AND THAT THEY ARE NOT NEEDED.
MAYBE CENTRAL STAFF HAS SOME
INFORMATION THAT CONFIRMS THAT
THESE ADDITIONAL FUND WON'T BE
NEEDED AND WILL NOT RESULT IN
REDUCING FUNDING FOR THE FOUR
ORGANIZATIONS.
>> I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY
SUBSTANTIATED THAT INFORMATION
WITH HSD.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE YOUR --
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
INFORMATION AND I WOULD LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THAT
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
NONPROFIT THAT HSD FUNDING WILL
BE DONE.
BUT YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ISSUES THAT I
LISTED, DO AMAZING WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING
TO THE COMMUNITY SAVED
INITIATIVES.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE
SUBCONTRACTORS TO COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS THAT HOLDS THE
CONSIDERED.
THAT IS HOW I SAW THAT THERE
SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ONE-TIME
EX PENS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
LAST YEAR, WELL N YEAR, WAS THE
2022 CONTRACT.
PRESUMABLY, THEY HAVE BEEN MADE
AND THE MONEY CAN BE FREED UP.
SO THAT IS WHY I SUGGESTED
THAT.
I'LL PROVIDE A LINK LATER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS
AN TEST TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS BUT THE WORK THAT
CSI GROUPS -- I'M NOT SURE THAT
MY SENTENCE IS CORRECT THERE,
BUT THE WORK THAT THESE PEOPLE
DO IS IMPORTANT AND PART OF OUR
EFFORT TO BUILD UP, AS WE KEEP
TALKING ABOUT NEEDING BUILDING
CAPACITIES AND ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT
WORKS MEANS, WHAT IT COULD DO
AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PUT
SOME ENERGY INTO BUILDING THE
CAPACITY OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS.
EVEN IF IT'S SUPPORTING THEIR
OPERATIONS AND THEIR ABILITY TO
SET UP AN OFFICE WITH THE
COMPUTER AND PRINTER SO THAT
THEIR STAFF CAN DO THEIR WORK.
THAT IS ALSO PART OF WHAT IT
MEANS TO BUILD UP THEIR
CAPACITIES.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT, WHEN
ORGANIZATIONS, WE CAN'T JUST
FUND THEM ONCE OR, YOU KNOW,
ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS.
IF WE ARE REALLY GOING TO ASK
THEM TO START MAKING MEANINGFUL
CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE SUPPORTED, THEN
WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO INVEST
IN THEM LONG TERM.
ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RAMP UP, TO HIRE MORE STAFF,
GET MORE OFFICES GOING AND TO
REALLY BE AIL TO DELIVER ON
WHAT WE
KNOW THEY CAN DELIVER.
I THINK WE ASK A LOT.
WE ASK A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC
METRICS, YOU KNOW, DATA FROM
PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND WE
EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO
DELIVER AND PRODUCE RESULTS
WITHOUT MAKING THE INVESTMENTS
THAT ALLOW THEM TO GET FARE AND
WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXPECTATION
FROM A LOT OF OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
GET THIS GROUP OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE ONLY
BEEN DOING THIS CSI WORK AS A
COHORT TOGETHER FOR A YEAR OR
TWO, CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM THE
SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER
TO HAVE THE IMPACT THAT WE KNOW
THEY CAN HAVE ON THE YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE SERVING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAWS SUBBING
IN FOR BUDGET CHAIR AS SHE
TAKES A QUICK BREAK.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON WOULD YOU
LIKE HAVE THE LAST WORD?
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING
THIS.
I JUST STAND BY THE FACT THAT,
YES, THESE ARE -- THESE ARE THE
THREE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WE
JUST MENTIONED ARE DOING
EXCELLENT WORK AND THIS IS NOT
PROPOSED TO TAKE OUT OF THEIR
HALF OF THIS CONTRACT.
THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BUDGET CHAIR MOSKEDA
ARRIVING BACK IN CHAMBERS FROM
A MOMENTARY BREAK.
DISCUSSION IS WRAPPED.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
FOR THE TEAM WORK HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAWS, I
APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN.
I HEARD YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL
COMMENTS THERE.
345 DAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON HSD 600 A?
>> CONGRESS MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNSEL SIT MEMBER LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SALANT.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAWS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR.
>> IT'S OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU DEVELOPMENT THE
MOST DOES NOT CARRY AND THE
AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
THAT MOVES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM
186, SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.
>> HSD 602 A 1 IS A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT OR SLIDE.
IT REQUIRES HSD TO REPORT ON
THE USE OF SUBCONTRACTORS AND
USE OF COUNCIL PUBLIC FUNDING.
BUT-- THEY LET EVERYONE ADVANCE
WITH DIGNITY, LEAD AND COLEAD
PROGRAMS AND HSD 38 C 1 WOULD
ADD $2 MILLION TO THE PDA TO
HSD FOR ADDITIONAL WORK WITH
THE PDA IN 2023.
THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT
HSD CURRENTLY REQUIRES PDA TO
REPORT ON DOES NOT MAKE ANY
EARNS TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH
THE PDA USES SUBCONTRACTORS OR
THE SUBCONTRACTORS' ALIGNMENT
WITH THE PDA ARREST DIVERSION
MISSION.
THIS WOULD ASK THAT HSD PROVIDE
THIS INFORMATION AND ALSO
DESCRIBE HOW THE PDA IS USING
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN 2023
TO EXPAND THE LEAD PROGRAM AND
TO SEEK ADDITIONAL ONGOING
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FROM NON-
CITY SOURCES.
MOST OF THESE ARE CONSISTENT
WITH RESOLUTION 31916 WHICH
COUNCIL PASSED AT THE END OF
2019.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANN.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, NELSON, YOU
ARE THE SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT SO I TURN OVER TO YOU
FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MOVING IT.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT, HSD 602
A 1. THANK YOU.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECOND.
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF?
SEEING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THE STATE AUDITOR RELOSED
THE PERFORMANCE OUGHT YESTERDAY
ON CONTACTING HOMELESS SERVICES
AND OF NOTE, IT SAYS THAT
CONTRACTORS SHOULD HAVE SHORT
AND LONG-TERM GOALS THEY CAN
MEET AND WHEN GOALS ARE NOT
MET, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON OWE
ELECTRICITIED OFFICIALS AND
GOVERNMENT TOLL HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION.
AND I APPLAUD COUNCILMEMBER
LOSE FOR PUTTING FORWARD ITEM
67 THAT WE VOTED ON IN THE
CONSENT GROUP D AND THAT WAS
HSD 301-A-1 THAT CALLED FOR
QUARTER REPORTS THAT WOULD
ENABLE TO US ASSESS THE
OUTCOMES AND EFFICACY OF
SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
THESE REPORTS WOULD INCLUDE
METRICS SUCH AS NUMBER OF
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE GAUGED AND
CONNECTED TO SERVICES AND SAFER
SPACES.
NUMBER OF PEOPLE DECLINING
REFERRALS TO SHELTER AND
HOUSING, LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS
WHO ARE DISPLACED.
SO THAT IS THE KIND OF -- I
APPLAUD SKIM ASKING FOR THAT
INFORMATION BECAUSE WE NEED TO
TRACK OUTCOMES, NOT ONLY TO
INFORM OUR HOMELESS NECESSARY
RESPONSE BUT ALSO TO BUILD
PUBLIC TRUST THAT WE ARE
SPENDING MONEY AND GETTING THE
RESULTS.
ANYWAY, THESE REPORTS FOCUS ON
THE PDA BECAUSE ONE THAT'S NOT
THE LARGEST CONTRACT THAT HSD
HOLDS AND THE CITY SHOULD FUNDP
UNDERSTAND MORE FULLY HOW THOSE
RESOURCES ARE BEING ALLOCATED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SORRY.
I SHOULD HAVE -- RIGHT NOW, THE
IN 2022, THE PDA RECEIVED 19.4
IN CITY FUNDS.
IN 2023, USING CITY AND KRRHA
IN STATE RIGHT OF WAY FUND ARE
ANTICIPATED TO BE 25 MILLION.
FOUND OUT IN CONVERSATION WITH
DIRECTOR DUGALD THAT VAST
MAJORITY OF THIS MONEY IS
SUBCONTRACTED TO REACH AND THE
69 STE AND LEADS -- I DIDN'T
KNOW THIS INFORMATION AND I DID
PROVIDE ERRONEOUS INFORMATION
THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE OF THIS.
THAT'S STUFF THAT WE SHOULD
KNOW JUST BY THE FACT THAT
IT'S' NOT LISTED IN THE
CONTRACT BECAUSE HS DDOS NOT
HOLD THE SUBCONTRACT WITH
SUBCONTRACTORS, INTO WILL JUST
ADD CLARITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO STRUCTURE METRICS AS A
COUNCIL, NOT JUST AS A
DEPARTMENT BUT THE PROVIDERS
THAT THOSE DEPARTMENTS CONTRACT
SERVICES OUT TO.
>> IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION GIVEN
THAT, OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS,
YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE
PROGRAM FROM ITS INFANCY TO
WHERE IT IS NOW HAS BEEN AROUND
THAT THE BIGGEST TENET OF
SUCCESS IS HOW THEY WILL THEY
WORK WITH CITY INSTITUTIONS AND
HOW WELL THEY HAVE SHARED
INFORMATION, NOT ONLY WITH US
HERE AT THE COUNCIL BUT THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE PROGRAM HAS COORDINATING
MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL
REPRESENTED ON THE QUARTER
COORDINATED MEETINGS.
WE HAVE REPORT BACKS THAT ARE
PRETTY DETAILED TO OUR
COMMITTEE, SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR
DURING COVID, VERY WENTLY,
GIVEN THEIR SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTION, NNBE BEING THE
CENTRAL INITIATIVE.
WE GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ACTIVITIES OF LEADS AS IT
PERTAINS TO HOMELESSNESS POLICY
BUT LEAD IS NOT IN AND OF
ITSELF IS NOT A CRIMINAL
PROGRAM BUT A CRIMINAL
DIVERSION PROGRAM.
I GUESS WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS,
I WOULD RATHER SIT DOWN TO WORK
WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SO
FEE IF THERE ARE CURRENT GAPS
IN THE SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN
DEVELOPED BY THE COUNCIL AND
THE DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH
A WAY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A
BUDGET VEHICLE THAT SINGLES OUT
A SINGLE PROVIDER BUT RATHER
FOCUSES A LITTLE BIT MORE
BROADLY ON LOOKING AT GAPS, IF
THERE ARE GAPS AROUND
SUBCONTRACTING.
WE ALL KNOW HERE AT THE CITY
COUNCIL THAT A LOT OF THE WORK
THAT LEAD DOES IS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH REACH AND
THOSE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE A
SUBCONTRACTING ARRANGEMENT.
BUT WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY, I
MEAN, THE SESSION, I DON'T
THINK THERE IS AN UNCLEAR
PROCESS OR THAT THIS IS A
PROVIDER THAT HAS NOT BEEN
COMMUNICATIVE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS
THE RIGHT VEHICLE, IF THERE ARE
INFORMATION GAPS OR IF THERE
ARE WAYS ON OBTAINING REPORTING
AND -- BY GIVEN THAT I WAS NOT
REALLY AWARE OF THIS AMENDMENT
UNTIL TODAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT
THIS IS NARROWLY TAILORED TO
GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE
WANT AND I DO WANT TO HOLD OUT
MY INTEREST IN WORKING WITH THE
SPONSOR IF THERE ARE GAPS AND
THERE IS INFORMATION THAT WE
FEEL THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT
RECEIVING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I KNOW
THAT I AM KNOWN FOR RHETORICAL
QUESTIONS THAT I ALREADY KNOW
THE ANSWER FOR AND I ASK JUST
TO HAVE ON THE RECORD.
THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
I ASK REALLY TO GET -- AND
MAYBE IT'S PARTNERING,
SECONDING ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS SAYS.
I'M TRYING TO KNOW WHAT OUTCOME
YOU ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WITH THIS AND THE NEXT REPORT
REQUEST.
THE REASON I ASK THIS IS
BECAUSE, WHEN CITY HALL PARK
HAD THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION
AND THE PERGOLA IN PIONEER
SQUARE, THESE TWO APPROACHES
ARE WHAT INFORM HOW WE ADDRESS
VALID COMMENTS.
EVER GREEN TREATMENT SERVICES
AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY IN A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT PLACES THAT THEY
CONTINUE TO WORKS, WHETHER IT'S
ALONG I-5 AND FOR BOTH OF GREEN
TREATMENT SERVICES AND FOR THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION,
THEY ARE CORNER STONES IN THE
CASE CONFERENCING WORK THAT IS
BEING PILOTED IN BALLARD, IN
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND IN
SOTO.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IT'S NOT
RHETORICAL, ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE, HONOR TO WORK
WITH THESE GROUPS.
I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE
AN ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN
OR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, THERE
ARE ONLY TWO OUTREACH
ORGANIZATIONS THAT I KNOW I CAN
CALL ON AND HAVE A MEANINGFUL
RESOLUTION AND THAT'S THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION
AND EVER GREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES.
I'M ASKING, WHAT IS THE OUTCOME
YOU ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE OR
THE ANSWER YOU ARE TRYING TO
GET, NOT RETOREALLY.
IF IT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION
THAN 7:18 PM ON A MONDAY NIGHT
BEFORE THANKSGIVING, I AM HAPPY
TO TAKE THAT CONVERSATION OFF
LINE.
>> SINCE THE SPONSOR ASKED THE
DIRECT QUESTION EARLIER, I'M
GOING TO LET THE SPONSOR
RECEIVE THE DIRECT QUESTION NOW
IF THAT SOUNDS OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I SAW
YOUR HAND WAS UP EARLIER.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME
OF THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO.
IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL TIME OFF
LINE AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
SUGGESTED, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS
A LONGER CONVERSATION AS WELL.
>> I'M FINE ANSWERING FROM A
HIGH LITTLE AND I APOLOGIZE
IT'S LATE.
I DID USE SLIDES BEFORE AND I
REYET THIS THEY COME IN AT THE
END OF A LONG DAY.
BUT-- FOR THEIR VERY SUCCESSFUL
REMOVAL AND, SO, I AM NOT
SINGLING THEM OUT FOR
CRITICISM -- (AUDIO LOSS).
>> OF LEAD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
IS THE LARGEST PART OF PDA'S
BUDGET.
AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, THAT
EXPENDITURE IS FOR THAT, NOT
COLEAD WHICH IS THE PROGRAM
WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO WHEN
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WOODLAND
PARK.
THAT IS THE LARGEST PART OF
PDA'S BUDGET.
I'M SIMPLY ASKING FOR CLARITY
ON WHICH CONTRACTOR DOES WHAT
FOR WHICH PROGRAM AND SIMPLY
BECAUSE THEY DO RECEIVE SO MUCH
FUNDING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DID YOU
HAVE FOLLOWUP?
>> NO, OTHER THAN -- NO, NO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS
AND THEN I THINK WE SHOULD TRY
TO WRAP THIS UP FOR THE SAKE OF
TIME HERE.
I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT
THERE IS A SHARED INTEREST
ACROSS THE COUNCIL.
ALL NINE MEMBERS HAVE TALKED
ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE
ACCESS TO DATA.
THIS IS A VERY DATA-INFORMED
COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE BETTER
WAYS FOR US TO GET ACCESS TO
THE TYPE OF DATA THAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH OUR PROVIDERS.
I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS NOTED THE PROVIDERS AND
WE CAN GET INFORMATION FROM
THEM.
AGREE WITH THAT.
THE COUNTY DISCUSSION, I THINK
WE CAN I AM PROVE ON THAT.
I AM INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE
THAT WE CREATE CLARITY IN THE
TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT WATER
ASKING FOR FROM OUR PROVIDERS
AND ALSO MAYBE CLEAR THE AIR ON
COME UNCRICKET ASSUMS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
LEAD IS GOVERNED BY MULTI-
JURISDICTIONAL BODIES INCLUDING
THE POLICY COORDINATING GROUP
AND THIS IS -- IT INCLUDES AN
ESTABLISHED MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CITY
OFFICIALS, COUNTY OFFICIALS AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE CHOSEN BY
THE POLICY COORDINATING GROUP
AND THE PDA IF A SILL STATES
COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESSES
WHICH HAS CHOSEN CONTRACTORS.
PDA DOES NOT VOTE ON THAT
PROCESS.
WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
ON THAT PROCESS BY THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER
HERBOLD.
AS CHAIR OF SAFETY, I HAVE
LOOKED TO HER ON HOW TO HELP
ENGAGE AND BUILD ON OUR
PARTNERSHIP AND ENSURE THAT WE
ARE CONTINUING TO GET, YES,
DATA BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH
PROVIDERS AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS NOTED TO GET THE SET OF
DATA POINTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING
FOR SO WE CAN GET A HOLISTIC
VIEW ON.
THIS I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON
THIS.
AND LOOK TO ANY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> I WILL JUST CONFIRM THAT I
HAVE THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
ON THE LEAD COORDINATING BOARD.
AND THE POLICY COORDINATING
GROUP, SORRY.
I'M GOING WITH REPRESENTATION
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, FROM SPD.
I'M ALSO JOINED WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE COUNTY
COUNCIL, JOINED BY
REPRESENTATION OF THE KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, JOINED BY
REPRESENTATION FROM THE KING
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND
LEAD HAS A UNIQUE STRUCTURE IN
THAT THE POLICY COORDINATING
GROUP
RECEIVES MUCH OF THE
INFORMATION THAT IS SOUGHT BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND
DIRECTS MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY OF
LEAD AND I KNOW THEY ARE VERY
HAPPY TO HAVE OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS ATTEND AS GUESTS OR I'M
HAPPY AS THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO
SITS ON THE COORDINATING GROUP
TO FACILITATE ANY INFORMATION
REQUEST THAT ANY COUNCILMEMBER
HAS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, IS THAT
AN OLD HAND OR A NEW HAND?
>> I JUST LOWERED IT.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK WE DOT NO HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN THE
PIPELINE HERE FROM
COUNCILMEMERS STILL IN FRONT
OF US.
IS AGENDA ITEM 187.
THAT'S H 16789 D 602-A-001.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF HSD 602-A?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NO.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SALANT.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> TWO IN FAVOR, SEVEN OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION FAILS AND THE
AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 188,
THAT'S H 16789 D 603-A-001.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND WE
WILL TURN TO STAFF FOR AN
OVERVIEW.
>> HSD 603-A-1 IS ANOTHER
STATEMENT.
IT PROVIDE THAT HSD PROVIDES A
QUARTERLY REPORT IN 2023 ON HOW
LARGE THE LEAD AND COLEAD
CLIENT BASES ARE.
THIS IS A STATISTIC NOT
CURRENTLY REQUIRED IN THE
REPORTS TO HSD AND IT WOULD
ALSO REQUEST SPECIFICALLY THAT
THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION REPORT ON OUTCOMES
RELATED TO SHELTER AND HOUSING.
SPECIFICALLY, HOW MANY CLIENTS
PER QUARTER ARE BEING OFFERED
SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE
ACCEPTING THOSE OFFERS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
I BELIEVE THAT CENTRAL STAFF IS
DONE.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE STATEMENT
OF INTENT HSD-603-A-1.
>> SECOND.
>> HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, NOT
SEEING ANY COMMENTS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE, GO AHEAD
AND PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO
YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> BASICALLY, THE MORE
INFORMATION IS BETTER THAN LESS
INFORMATION.
AND A LOT OF WHAT I SAID BEFORE
STILL STANDS.
FIRST, I DID NOT KNOW THAT LEAD
IS GOFERRED BY A MULTI-
JURISDICTIONAL BODY.
AND I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH
DIRECTOR DUGARD AND HER TEAM.
THIS MAKES THE POINT THAT THAT
AND THE PROVIDERS USED TO
SUPPORT LEAD SHOULD BE
CLARIFIED IN SOME WAY, BUT THIS
GETS AT WHAT ARE OUR RESOURCES
DOING TO ADVANCE OUR POLICY
GOALS OF REDUCING HOMELESSNESS
AND ALSO TO SUPPORT THE POLICY
DIRECTION OF THE DIVERSION
PROGRAM WHICH IS WHAT LEAD
STARTED OUT AS.
SO THE QUESTION THAT IT ASKS
ARE PRETTY CLEAR THERE AND THE
SORT OF UNDERLYING QUESTIONS
THAT I HAVE IS, WHAT ARE THE
INTENDED OUTCOMES OF THE LEAD
PROGRAM?
HOW ARE THEY TRACKED?
WHAT ARE THE MEASUREMENTS OF
SUCCESS, COST PER CLIENT AND
DRIVE OF THAT COST?
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
MENTIONED IN COUNCIL MEETING
LAST TIME.
WHAT SERVICES ARE CLIENTS
RECEIVING TO EVENTUALLY
GRADUATE FROM THE LEAD PROGRAM
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE -- THE
CLIENT BASE GOES EVERY YEAR AND
WE ARE TOLD THAT IT'S' -- THAT
IS THE CASE BECAUSE IT TAKES A
LONG TIME TO GET PLACED IN THE
PERMIT.
AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT I WAS
HEARING FROM THE CONVERSATION
WITH MRS. DUGARD.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT IS ALSO
ONE OF THE MISSIONS OF COLEAD.
SO, BASICALLY, IT GETS TO THE
QUESTIONS THAT CENTRAL STAFF
ANN GORMAN GOT TO.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS?
I HAVE A COMMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I'M GOING
TO BE VOTING NO ON.
THIS.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS SLIDE
SINGLES OUT ONE PROVIDER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PDA HAS
PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL THEIR
2022 OUTCOMES AND HAS BEEN A
GOOD PARTNER IN PROVIDING DATA
AS REQUESTED.
WITH THE PDA'S UPCOMING
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION WHICH WE
HAVE REFERENCED IN ADDITION TO
THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE ADDING
TO THIS BUDGET AND THE ONE-TIME
NATURE, THERE WILL BE AN
ONGOING CONTRACT NEGOTIATION
WITH THE CITY.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE
UPDATES TO REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS AND I BELIEVE
THAT'S THE MORE APPROPRIATE
VENUE FOR THIS DISCUSSION SO I
WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
YES, COUNCILMEMBER, I DON'T SEE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
I THINK YOU'LL WRAP ME UP.
>> DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I THINK THAT WE'LL COLLECT THE
INFORMATION FROM THE PROVIDERS
OF OUR LARGE CONTRACT.
SO I'M NOT MEANING TO SINGLE
OUT THIS BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT -- THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION
THAT CAME TO US ASKING FOR 7.8
MORE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE
-- THAT WERE NOT IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE ADDED
FIVE MORE JUST TODAY.
THAT IS WHY I AM TALKING ABOUT
LEAD.
BUT HAVE AT IT.
WE SHOULD KNOW AND WE SHOULD
KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SERVED
BY OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS IN EACH
PROGRAM BECAUSE LEAD AND COLEAD
ARE SOMETIMES SPOKEN OF AS
INTERCHANGEABLE BUT I DO KNOW
THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
MISSIONS AND I THINK THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
AND THE -- AND WE SHOULD HAVE
AN ONGOING UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
WELL THESE PROGRAMS ARE DOING.
SO, ANYWAYS, THAT'S -- I'LL
REST MY CASE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THIS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
>> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL
THE ROLL ON ITEM 189?
>> I'M SORRY.
I SAID COUNCILMEMBER.
I SAID I HAD THE WRONG AGENDA
ITEM.
ONE LINE OFF ON MY CHART HERE.
FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE ON
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S, 188,
HSD-603-A, REQUEST HSD TO
PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATE ON
LEAD AND COLEAD CLIENT BASE.
OKAY, WE ARE READY 0 PROCEED
WITH THE VOTE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> THE MOTION FAILS AND COUNSEL
BUDGET AM.
603-A IS NOT ADOPTED.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ITEM 89.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THIS WOULD REDUCE FUNDING
FOR THE COMMERCIAL REPORT.
>> PROGRAM AND OED BY $1.5
MILLION TO START FUNDING.
IN 2023, AND ADD $1.5 MILLION
OF FUNDING TO FINANCE GENERAL
FOR MUSIC EDUCATION CENTER
RESERVES TO SUPPORT A PROGRAM
OR FACILITY LIKE THAT PROPOSED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 0 ED-
601-A-1. CAN I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER OED 601-A HAS
BEEN MOVED.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, MOSQUEDA.
100 YEARS AGO AT OUR PUBLIC
MORNING COMMENT PERIOD, WE
HEARD SOME CONCERN ABOUT
GETTING RID OF THE SEATTLE
RESTORE PROGRAM.
THIS AMENDMENT, I WANT TO MAKE
CLEAR, DOES NOT GET RID OF THE
SEATTLE RESTORE PROGRAM.
THIS IS A ONE-TIME INVESTMENT
AND IT LEAVES 5 1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE FOUR DIFFERENT
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABLE
APPROACHES THAT WE HAVE AT OED.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
CONTEXT AS FORMER CHAIR OF THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY A MINOR
REDUCTION.
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE APPROVED
AT $7.9 MILLION TO FUND THE
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY.
AT THE TIME, WE WERE INTERESTED
IN MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO
SUPPORT AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL
SPACE AND WE WERE ALSO
CONCERNED ABOUT THE VAGUENESS
OF THE PROPOSAL.
THERE WAS -- SEEMED SO BE SOME
DUPLICATION OF EFFORT.
AND SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE
DID ASK OED TO WORK WITH OPCD
AND WITH OFFICE OF HOUSING ON
HOW TO COLLABORATE ON OUR
DIFFERENT ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.
TO DATE, OED HAS NOT REALLY
DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM OR EX
TENDED THE $7.5 MILLION NOR HAS
COUNCIL BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE
SLIDE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
PROVIDED IN JUNE OF THIS PAST
SUMMER.
THE DEPARTMENT DID ASK FOR AN
EXTENSION TO PROVIDE THAT SLIDE
AT THE END OF OCTOBER BUT WE
HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT EITHER.
SO, GIVEN THAT THE PROGRAM
ISN'T REALLY UP AND RUNNING
YET, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR THIS
AMENDMENT.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I
ADVOCATE FOR THE HARD WORK AND
INVOLVEMENT OF THE ART INDUSTRY
IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY, REPORT
WHICH CAME OUT, I'M GOING TO
SAY, 2019.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR THE THIRD LARGEST
TRI IN THE CITY.
ART IS NOT JUST MURAL BUT IT'S
JOBS, IT'S INNOVATION AND
BEFORE THE TECH SECTOR WAS
HERE, IT WAS WHAT PUT SEATTLE
ON THE MAP.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE 90 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES
AND ARTISTS BUT ALSO ADD SIX
LARGE REHEARSAL ROOMS, SEVEN
PRACTICE STUDIOS, PERFORMANCE
SPACE THAT SEATS 250 PEOPLE.
AND THESE ARE COMMERCIAL SPACES
THAT REALLY ALLOW FOR CREATION
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT
GENERATION OF ARTISTS AND
TALENTED PROFESSIONALS IN THE
CITY.
SO, AS FAR AS USING THE
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION FUNDS
GO, THE INTENT OF THESE FUND IS
TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND
ENTREPRENEURS IMPACTED BY
COVID.
AND ARTISTS ARE THE ONES WHO
WERE THE HARDEST HIT.
WE ARE LOOKING A THE A SMALL
FRACTION OF FUND THAT IS
SITTING THERE AND SUPPORT THE
COMMERCIAL SPACE SHOWS WE CAN
SUPPORT THE NEXT JIMI HENDRICKS
OR SIR MIX-A-LOT, OR QUINCEY
JONES OR ANY OTHER ARTIST THAT
CAME OUT OF THE CITY AND MAKE
SURE THAT NEXT GENERATION HAS
THE ABILITY TO REHEARSE AND
PRODUCE THEIR ARTS AS WELL.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THUD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO TURN TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, I THINK.
ALTHOUGH CHAIR MOSQUEDA CAN
PROBABLY FILL IN IF WE DON'T
HAVE THE RIGHT COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF GIVEN ALL OF THE CHAIR'S
WORK ON THIS.
WE'VE ALL COLLECTIVELY DONE SO
MUCH WORK ON REALIGNING THE
ITEMS IN THE MAYOR'S PACKAGE
THAT USED JUMP START SO THAT
THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE
PURPOSES OF JUMP START.
AND I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR
NOT -- AND I WANT TO CONTINUE
TO STAY TRUE TO ALL OF THAT
REALIGNMENT WORK THAT WE'VE
ALREADY DONE AND DON'T WANT TO,
AT THE LAST MINUTE, UNDO IT.
OR MAKE EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE
THEN, AS WE KNOW, EXCEPTIONS
CAN THEN BECOME THE RULE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS
PROJECT.
AND I WANT TO SUPPORT IT BUT I
DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER
OR NOT THE PROPOSAL IS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE JUMP START.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND DID CENTRAL STAFF WANT TO
TAKE THAT FIRST?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, I WOULD SAY
WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
I THINK SOME OF THESE
CATEGORIES, IT IS SUBJECTIVE
AND I WOULD DEFER TO THE
DECISION MAKERS IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE ON WHETHER OR
NOT IT IS ALIGNED.
>> I WOULD ADD THAT THERE IS A
INCUBATOR COMPONENT TO THIS
PROJECT BUT THAT COULD BE
ALIGNED WITH THE JUMP START
POLICIES BUT THAT, YOU KNOW,
EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN HAS
TYPICALLY NOT BEEN CONSIDERED
PART OF THE CURRENT
REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I MAY
COME BACK TO YOUR COMMENT OR
DIRECT QUESTION AND PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THAT.
MY COMMENTS BEFORE WE WRAP HERE
IN A MINUTE.
I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING
DIRECTLY AND APPRECIATE ALL THE
HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO
REALIGN THE PROPOSED PACKAGE
HERE.
I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN MY
COMMENT IN JUST A MOMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, DO YOU
HAVE A COMMENT?
>> LET'S NOT PLEASE DO THIS.
LET ME READ THIS FROM CENTRAL
STAFF PRESENTATION FROM JASMINE
THAT WAS PROVIDED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS BUDGET
PROCESS.
THE COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
AND WEALTH CREATION PROGRAM WAS
ORIGINAL FUNDED BY, I THINK
THIS IS THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE
REFERRING TO.
ONE, SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN
ONE-TIME CLIFFER FUND TO
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES AND EXPAND
OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.
NEW FUNDING WILL HELP CONTINUE
THREE SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS.
SEATTLE RESTORED, THE TENET
IMPROVEMENT FUND AND THE SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FUND.
THESE APPROPRIATIONS -- I WON'T
READ THE REST OF THIS.
YOU MENTIONED SEATTLE RESTORED,
VERY POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM FOR MANY REASONS.
THE TENANT IMPROVEMENT FUND WAS
LAUNCHED THIS YEAR AND HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO HELPING
SMALL BUSINESSES AND
COMMUNITIES AT HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT FIX THEIR SPACES,
EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS AND IN
THE UNLAUNCHED BUT SOON TO BE
UNLATCHED SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERSHIP FUND WILL ACTUALLY
MATCH DOLLARS -- CITY DOLLARS
WITH OTHER SOURCES TO ALLOW
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO
ACTUALLY OWN THEIR COMMERCIAL
SPACES AND THAT WOULD
PERMANENTLY PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT AND ALSO SECURE
THE JOBS THAT
ARE SUPPORTED BY THAT BUSINESS.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, CATFISH CORNER,
FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, IT IS INCONSISTENT TO SAY
THAT WE SUPPORT GENERATIONAL
WEALTH AND THEN TRY TO REDUCE
PROGRAMS AND I DO THINK THIS IS
A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, REDUCE
PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY HELP
PEOPLE IN OUR BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITY BUILD GENERATIONAL
WEALTH.
I WOULD ASK THAT THIS NOT BE
SUPPORTED ALTHOUGH I DID
APPRECIATE WHAT IS TRYING TO BE
FUNDED HERE.
I ASK THAT THIS PROGRAM IN OED
NOT BE REDUCED.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I'LL
MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND I'LL
TURN IT BACK TO YOU TO CLOSE
OUT THE DISCUSSION.
THERE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS, COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY AND INVESTMENTS
IN THE MUSIC EDUCATION CENTER
RESERVE.
HOWEVER, I THINK THE DIRECT
QUESTION IS, WHERE DO I BELIEVE
THERE IS MORE IN LINE THE
CODIFIED JUMP START PLAN?
I THINK THAT EXISTING
INVESTMENT GOING INTO
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY MORE
DIRECTLY ALIGN WITH THE
LANGUAGE IN THE JUMP START.
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE.
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SPIN PLAN
DEFINITION IS THAT WE'RE GOING
TO PUT MONEY FORWARD TO SUPPORT
LOCAL TOURIST AND BUSINESSES
AND TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC FACT
FOR CITY WORKFORCE.
IN VESTMENTS WILL PRIORITIZE
INVESTMENT AND SERVICES THAT
DIVERSIFY.
THIS SHOULD INCLUDE LABOR
MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS
AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH
ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE WORK
FOCUSES ON INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE
STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT AND
CREATE JOBS THAT PAY WELL AND
PROVIDE BENEFITS AND PROVIDE
WORKFORCE TRAINING THAT ALIGN
WELL WITH GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT GOES ON.
I THINK THAT, IN EVERY ASPECT
OF TRYING TO REALIGN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET COMING DOWN, WE
WERE FACED WITH THESE TOUGH
DISCUSSIONS AND CHALLENGES.
WHILE AN INVESTMENT MIGHT FOUND
LIKE A GOOD IDEA, REALLY MAKING
SURE THAT JUMP START FUNDING
GOES TO ALIGNMENTS SPECIFICALLY
WITHIN THE SPENDING CATEGORY
WAS A PRIORITY.
I THINK THAT PROJECT FUNDED BY
THE COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
ARE CORE PROJECTS THAT ALIGN
WELL WITH JUMP START.
THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE NOT TO
ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT, TO
CONTINUE THE FUNDING GOING INTO
COMMERCIAL AFFORD -RB89 AND TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THE
TENANT IMPROVEMENT AND SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT THAT THIS
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
FUNDING SUPPORTS.
ALSO, THE TI FUND LAUNCHED AS A
PROGRAM PILOT IN 2019,
SUPPORTED 10 BY PROP OWNED
BUSINESSES ANCHORED AND LAST
YEAR WAS ABLE TO EXPAND CITY
WIDE IN 2022.
THE OED AWARDED PROBABLE MAXLY
2 MILLION IN TEN NAT
IMPROVEMENT FUND AND THE DEMAND
WAS OVER 500 BUSINESSES AND ALL
OF THE 24 AWARDEES WERE ALL
100% BY POC OWNED.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
INVESTMENT I DO THINK IT IS A
BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE JUMP
START FUND GOING INTO THE
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE CATEGORY
AND SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY INVESTMENTS THAT
WE SUGGESTED.
FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL WILL
BE VOTING NO ON THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE,
GO AHEAD.
YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> TOUCH.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE
TO ADD.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
ACQUISITION IS ONE OF THE WORST
STRATEGIES THAT OED HAS CONNELL
PLATED AS AOPIATE FOR THIS USE
OF FUND.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE
IS BUILD THE PIPELINE OF THE
NEXT GENERATION OF CREATIVE
SECTOR WORKERS BUT I WILL LEAVE
I HAD AT -- IT AT THAT.
>> THE AMENDMET IS IN FRONT OF
THE US.
THIS IS ITEM OED-601-A-1.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR.
SIX OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE MOTION FAILS AND THE
AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
>> MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM
190, THIS IS OFFICE OF HOUSING
002 D FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
GO AHEAD, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THE CDA WOULD REDUCE POST
FUNDING FOR THE DAY BY $250,000
IN GENERAL FUND IN 2023 AND.
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR
CLEAN SEATTLE AND SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BY
$207,000 IN GENERAL FUND IN 23
AND 303,000 IN 2024 AND REDUCE
PROPOSED SPENDING FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE FELLOW PROGRAM
BY $28,000 GENERAL FUND, 2024
AND WOULD ADD A TOTAL OF
$457,000 IN 2023 AND $581,000
OF JEN FUNDING IN 2024 AND FOR
FTEs TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
TO CREATE A MUNICIPAL HOUSING
AND ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, FOR PURPOSES
OF MOVING THE AMENDMENT, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZE.
>> TOUCH.
I MOVE ITEM OH-002 B-1?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DESCRIBING YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HANG IN THERE, COLLEAGUES.
AND WE WILL HAVE SIX MORE AFTER
THIS.
I WANT TO FIRST THING
COUNCILMEMBERS LEWIS, PETERSON
FOR FOR COSPONSORING.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOUR
SINCERITY AND WAYS TO FIND MORE
AFFORDABLE LOSING SHOULD NOT GO
UNNOTICED.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN TO HAVE
SOMEONE SOMEBODY WITH HUD.
AND COUNCILMEMBER -- HAS BEEN A
BENEFIT TO PM IN OUR CITY.
I AM BRINGING BACK THE CDA
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXISTING --
SEVERAL EXISTING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT DO
PROVIDE IMPORTANT PRODUCTION IN
THE CITY AND WE NEED TO USE
EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO EXPAND
OUR ABILITY TO CREATE HOUSING
AT AN ACCELERATED PACE.
SO THIS CDA WOULD ESTABLISH A
PROGRAM RUN BY PEOPLE WITH
KNOWLEDGE IN TRADITIONAL
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IN
INTERNATIONAL MODELS OF
MUNICIPAL HOUSING THAT WOULD
ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND
MUNICIPAL HOUSING, JUST FOR
CLARITY IS HOUSING BUILT ON
PUBLIC LAND THAT HAS AN
INTENTIONAL SPLIT IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN ALL INCOME LEVELS IN
EACH BUILDING THAT'S CREATED.
SO A THIRD OF THE UNITS WOULD
GO FOR FOLKS AT 30% AMI OR LESS
A THIRD WOULD GO FOR 30 TO 60
AND THE FINAL THIRD WOULD BE
FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BETWEEN
60 AND 120 AND THE IDEA HERE IS
TO ALLOW FOR CROSS-UTILIZATION
OF THE DIFFERENT UNIT.
THE MIX PROVIDE BOTH A
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR
DEVELOPERS AND INTENTIONAL
SOCIAL BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE
LIVING IN THESE DIVERSE MIXED
INCOME COMMUNITIES.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY, I
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
MODEL OF HOUSING WON'T BE THE
SOLUTION TO OUR HOUSING CRISIS
IN THE CITY.
BUT IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE
SOLUTIONS AND I KNOW THAT IT
CAN WORK BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN IT
IN ACTION MYSELF.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY I HAVE
NOT JUST BEEN STUDYING PUBLIC
HOUSING AND WRITTEN MY MASTERS
THESIS ON MIXED INCOME HOUSING
WHICH YOU CAN FIND AT THE UT
AUSTIN WEBSITE IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED.
I HAVE NOT JUST WORKED ON
AFFORDABLE LENDING AS A LEND ON
AND INTERMEDIARY.
I ALSO TRAVELED TO FRANCE WITH
MY TEAM TO RESEARCH HOW THAT
WORKS AND SAID IN ACTION SO I
COULD REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW IT
FUNCTIONS.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT, WHEN IT
IS OPERATING AS PART OF A
SYSTEM ALONGSIDE TRADITIONAL
SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, LAND
TRUSTS, AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP, THE PRIVATE
MARKET AND OTHER OPTIONS,
MUNICIPAL HOUSING NEEDS A NICHE
IN THE CITY THAT WE ARE NOT
CURRENTLY ADDRESSING IN
SEATTLE.
IT OFFERS BOTH UNIVERSAL
AFFORDABILITY FOR NO INCOME TO
UPPER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND AN
INTENTIONAL OPTION FOR
COMMUNITY CONNECTION ACROSS THE
SOCIO ECONOMIC SPECTRUM.
I DO KNOW THAT CITIES ACROSS
THE GLOBE HAVE USED MUNICIPAL
HOUSING AS A TOOL TO COMBAT
DISPLACEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS
AND COMBAT ECONOMIC OR RACIAL
EX CLUES AND PROMOTE UNIVERSAL
AFFORDABILITY.
LOCAL PROGRESS MEMBER, DC CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS GEORGE
PASSED MUNICIPAL HOUSING
PROPOSALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE
COUNSEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER IN NEW YORK CITY
ALSO DOING THE SAME.
>> AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM HERE
WITH A TEAM OF EX ABOUT TORT
WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND POTENTIAL
PUBLIC DEVELOPERS TO OFFER THIS
HOUSING.
I DO WANT TO CLEAR UP SOME
CONFUSION, COLLEAGUES HAVE
ASKED IF THIS IS THE SAME AS
THE INC.ATIVE THAT'S ON THE
BALLOT IN FEBRUARY AND I WILL
SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM, THIS CPS
WOULD SET UP A PROGRAM AT THE
CITY TO WORK WITH PUBLIC
DEVELOPERS AND CBOS TO DEVELOP
MUNICIPAL HOUSING BUT IT IS NOT
ITSELF CREATING A PUBLIC
DEVELOPER WHICH IS WHAT THE
INITIATIVE DOES.
SO THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
THINGS.
BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN BEGIN
THE RULE MAKING AND
IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING NOW FOR
MUNICIPAL HOUSING, WHETHER OR
NOT THAT INITIATIVE PASSES.
COLLEAGUES, I KNOW YOU HAVE
SEEN HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS OF
SUPPORT COME IN FROM
CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE HAVE SEEN DOZEN, RECEIVED
LETTERS FROM COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
WHO SUPPORT.
THIS THEY SEE THE VALUE OF A
PROGRAM THAT COULD REALLY START
TO -- OR CONTINUE TO ADDRESS
OUR HOUSING CRISIS WITH A VERY
SMALL INVESTMENT, A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS PRICE TAG.
FINALLY, REGARDING OUR FUNDING
SOURCE, I WISH WE COULD HAVE
FOUND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO
BRING OUR CITY FAMILY TOGETHER
FOR A DAY OF SERVICE, BUT WE
COULD FUND ONE DAY FOR
VOLUNTEERISM OR WE COULD FUND
AN ONGOING PROGRAM TO HELP
HOUSE THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS IN
OUR CITY WHO WE KNOW NEED A
RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO, I'M ASKING YOU TO CHOOSE TO
ADD A NEW TOOL TO AID OUR
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ACROSS
OUR SIDE.
OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING US
FOR ACTION.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE RULE ON ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 190, OH-002-B?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> ABSTAINED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED
AND ONE ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
THE AMENDMENT FAILS.
THE MOTION FAILS.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 101,
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF AND THERE IS A WALK ON
FOR CONSIDERATION.
>> I'LL FIRST EXPLAIN THE
PROPOSED 601 A THAT'S IN FRONT
OF YOU.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE $650,000 OF
JUMP START FUNDS IN 2008 TO
REHABILITATE THE BELL TOWN
COTTAGE USED AS LOW INCOME
HOUSING.
THE WALK ON PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE
WOULD IMPOSE A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTEND THAT WOULD
REREQUEST THE OFFICE OF HOUSE
ON AND SEATTLE PARKS AND RECS
ON PLAN TO REHABILITATION THE
PROPERTY KNOWN -- AND TO
EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL TRANSFER
OF THAT PROPERTY FROM SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECS.
THIS REPORT WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL'S PUBLIC ASSET AND
HOMELETSNESS COMMUNITY BY JULY
21, 2023.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
MOVING YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR.
I MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE -- SORRY?
>> LET'S MOVE THE INITIAL.
>> THE UNDER LYING AMENDMENT.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE ITEM 191 ON THE AGENDA.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
ITEM 191, OH-601-A HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZE THE.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THE
SUBSTITUTE, YOU CAN DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY FOR SKIPPING THE BEAT A
LITTLE BIT.
I MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE THE ITEM
BEFORE US WITH THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT HAS
BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
THIS IS SPR-WALK-ON-1. THAT
MEASURE IS -- PROCEDURALLY, DO
I JUST SAY THAT AND WE PUT IT
IN FRONT OF US.
>> SECOND.
>> SORRY.
IT GATING LATE.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
>> SO I MOVE THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTEND, SPR-WALK-ON
1.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I'M GOING
TO TURN IT RIGHT BACK OVER YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.
úTHIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTEND BETTER ENCAPSULATES THE
INTENSE FROM MY OFFICE OF WHAT
I WANTED THIS BUDGET ITEM TO
BE.
THERE IS A MISCOMMUNICATION
WHICH I TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT
RESULTED IN THIS BEING A
PROVISO.
THE COTTAGE FOR THOSE
UNFAMILIARS WHICH A GROUP OF
HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED
BUILDINGS IN THE BELL TOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT THERE ON
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
LAND.
FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, THERE
HAS BEEN A TENTATIVE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE
PROPERTIES WILL EVENTUALLY OR
THESE BUILDINGS WILL EVENTUALLY
TRANSFER TO HISTORIC SEATTLE
AND BE PUT 20 TO SOME OTHER
USE.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY ABANDONED,
ESSENTIALLY, OR NOT REALLY
ACTIVATED.
IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THERE
COULD BE A POSSIBILITIES THAT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND PARKS
AND RECREATION COULD WORK WITH
HISTORIC SEATTLE TO FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO ACQUIRE THESE
BUILDINGS AND USE THEM AS
HOUSING AT A COST OF ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, A QUARTER MILLION PER
BUILDING.
IT COULD BE A GOOD UNIT PER
COST RATIO.
THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO SEE IF
THE DEPARTMENT CAN COME
TOGETHER AND MAKE SOMETHING
WORK TO THAT EFFECT WHICH IS A
LITTLE MORE OPEN AND GIVES A
LITTLE MORE DISCRETION THAN THE
PROVISO WHICH THIS IS
REPLACING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CENTRAL STAFF, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD TO THE SUMMARY OF THE
SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF US?
CENTRAL STAFF?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR DESCRIBING THAT
AMENDMENT.
THE SUBSTITUTE IS SPR-WALK-ON-
1, JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF
ORIENTING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WHERE WE ARE AT.
ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE SCREEN
AND WE AMENDED OUR AGENDA AND
INCLUDED THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
AND THANK YOU FOR ERIN HOUSE
FROM MY OFFICE TO WORK WITH
YOU.
I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE
SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE HERE TODAY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH OF THE
BELL TOWN COTTAGES.
I APPRECIATE THAT APPROACH HERE
HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO A SLY AND
WE HAVE WORKED TO HELP GUIDE
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE SCALING UP ALL THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTION IN AN
HE CAN QUIDABLE WAY TO BEST
SERVE THE PEOPLE MOST IN NEED
OF HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE OFFICE HAS BEEN A GREAT
PARTNER AND GOOD STEWARD OF
PUBLIC DOLLARS AND MANAGING THE
FUNDS FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING LEVEE, FOR EXAMPLE,
REALLY WELL ALREADY EXCEEDING
EXPECTATIONS AND HELPING TO
BUILD THE PIPELINE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO THE
FUTURE BY FUNDING PROJECTS THAT
ARE READY TO GO.
FOR THESE REASONS, I ALWAYS
CAUTION ABOUT PROVISOING.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS
APPROACH IN THE SLY WILL UNABLE
THE NECESSARY CONVERSATION AND
PLANNING TO TAKE PLACE AND MAKE
SURE THAT THE CONCEPT THAT YOU
ARTICULATED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT THE BELL TOWN
COTTAGE WITH MOVE FORWARD WHILE
NOT BYPASSING THE EQUITY POLICY
AND TYING UP FUNDING THAT MAY
NOT BE READY TO G I LOOK
FORWARD 0 TO SUPPORT THIS.
THANKS AGAIN, ERIN HOUSE FOR
SUPPORTING THIS WORK ALONG WITH
TRACY RADCLIFF.
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
WHERE ARE WE AT?
WE HAVE MOVED THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE MOVED TO SUBSTITUTE THE
UNDERLYING AMENDMENT WITH SPR-
WALK-ON 1. IF I POINT, I WOULD
BE ASKING FOR A VOTE TO AGREE
TO THE OPPORTUNITY LANGUAGE FOR
THE AMENDMENT, CORRECT?
>> YOU ARE CALLING FOR THE VOTE
ON THE MOTION TO OPPORTUNITY
THE WALK-ON FOR THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY.
>> MADAM CLERK, UNLESS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ASK?
>> NO, NO MORE REMARKS FROM ME.
>> COLLEAGUES, SPR WALK-ON 1,
AS POSTED ON THE SCREEN IS IN
FRONT OF US FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
AGAIN, INCLUDING A YES ON THIS
AMENDMENT TO SUBSTITUTE FOR OH
601-A. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
SUBSTITUTING SPR WALK-ON 1.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEDGE HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> GENTLEMEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NO OPPOSE.
>> IT IS UNANIMOUS, THE ONLY
UNANIMOUS AMENDMENT SO FAR.
THE VOTE TO SUBSTITUTE THE --
THE MOTION AIR HIS AND THE VOTE
TO SUBSTITUTE IS PASSED AT THIS
POINT.
AGAIN, I'LL LOOK TO CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE CLERK.
WE WILL BE TAKING A FINAL VOTE
ON THE SUBSTITUTED IS
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US.
THAT IS SPR WALK-ON 1 FOR FINAL
INCLUSION IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> IT WILL BE IN THE FINAL
LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE TO BE
COULDN'T WITH THE WAY THAT WE
NUMBER OPTIONS AND VERSIONS.
THIS WILL ULTIMATELY SHOW UP IN
THE CLERK FILE THAT SHOWS ALL
OF THE CHANGES ADOPTED BY THE
COMMITTEE AS OH-601-B-1. I WANT
TO SAY THAT ORALLY IN COMMITTEE
TODAY.
>> YOU WANT IT TELL ME THAT
NUMBER AGAIN?
>> IT WILL BE A NEW OPTION OF
OH-601-A.
IT WILL BE OH-601-B-1. THAT'S
REEL INTELLECTED IN THE CLERK
FILE THAT COUNCIL WILL ACT ON.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
>> WE ARE AT THE POINT OF
VOTING FOR FINAL ADOPTION OF
THE AMENDED VERSION THAT IS
ARTICULATED WHICH WILL BE
REFLECTED AS OH-601-B-1. MADAM
CLERK, YOU CAN PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE SUBSTITUTE
LANGUAGE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> NINE YES, NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOVING TON A 102.
IHLE SEND IT TO STAFF.
>> I WILL BE COVERING ITEM 192.
SR 108-B-1. SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD IMPOSE
A PROVISO ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION THAT REDISTRICTS
ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF
TRANSPORTATION FUND IN THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN, PROTECTING BIKE
LINE CIP PROJECT SO IT MAY ONLY
BE USED TO REPLACE PLASTIC WITH
CONCRETE BEARSIER ON CURRENTLY
PROTECTED BIKE LINES.
AGAIN, BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
FOR PURPOSE OF MOVING THE
AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVE S DOT-108-B 1.
SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO CONTINUE SPEAKING
ON THE AMENDMENT UNLESS CENTRAL
STAFF HAS SOMETHING ELSE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS CDA WITH PROVISO -- NOT
ADD, PROVISO TO ALLOW THE
UPGRADE OF 4.6 MILES OF
BUFFERED BIKE LANES IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
AND THE IDEA IS TO MOVE FROM
THE CURRENT PAINT BUFFER AND
PLASTIC POSTS TO CONCRETE
BARRIERS THAT ARE COLLOQUIALLY
KNOWN AS TORONTO BARRIERS WHICH
OFFER ACTUAL PROTECTION AND NOT
JUST PLASTIC.
THIS MORNING, THE CASCADE
BICYCLE CLUB HELD A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE EVENT FOR THE 109
PEOPLE WHO DIED ON SEATTLE
STREETS SINCE VISION ZERO AS
ADOPTED.
IF WE HAD HAD A CHANCE TO GO
OUTSIDE TODAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE
SEEN PAIRS OF SHOES OUT ON THE
PLAZA REPRESENTING EACH OF THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, INCLUDING
VERY SMALL BABY PINK CROCS.
IN 2021, D 2 ACCOUNTED FOR 56%
OF THE TOTAL -- (AUDIO LOSS) --
SEATTLE HAS ALMOST 4000 MILES
OF ROADWAY AND I'M ASKING FOR
LESS THAN FIVE MILLS OF
PROTECTED BIKE LINE TO HELP
PEOPLE STOP DYING.
THIS IS NOT A NICE-TO-HAVE.
THIS IS ABOUT SAVING LIVES.
SO I AM URGING MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
AS TRANSPORTATION CHAIR, I
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
AMENDMENT FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL KNOWS
BEST.
THAT'S A SAFETY PROJECT, NOW
TAILORED AS PROVISO.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A HE REQUEST.
I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THIS
PROVISO, BUT I'M WONDERING IF
SOMEBODY COULD SPEAK TO THE
SELECTION PROCESS THAT S DOT
USES THAT RESULTS IN US HAVING
TO PRIORITIZE THIS PARTICULAR
NECESSARY IMPROVEMENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE FUNDING
PIRATIZATION POLICIES AS
DESCRIBED TO ME GOING WHERE THE
NEED IS GREATEST WITH INEQUITY
AND RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
BLEND WOULD LEAD S DOT TO
SELECTING THIS PROJECT BUT IT
APPEARS THAT THAT IS NOT THE
CASE.
OTHERWISE, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WOULD NOT HAVE THIS
PROVISO PROPOSED.
I WOULD JUST REALLY APPRECIATE
-- BECAUSE WE ARE OFTEN ASKED
TO -- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES
TO THESE LARGE POTS OF MONEY
THAT DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO
USE A NONPOLITICAL PROCESS FOR
IDENTIFYING.
WE ARE OFTEN ASKED TO NOT PUT
OUR FINGER ON THE SCALE IN THIS
WAY AND I TRY TO RESPECT THAT,
BUT IT SEEMS REALLY APPARENT TO
ME THAT SOMETHING IS NOT
WORKING AS IT SHOULD.
AND JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN
SHED SOME LIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT
ARE -- THE COUNSEL SILL HAS
ESTABLISHED A SORT OF
PROGRAMMATIC CIP THAT FUND A
LOT OF SMALL PROJECTS IN A
CATEGORY IN THE CIP, A LOT OF
TIMES, THE EXECUTIVE LOOKS TO
ADVISORY GROUPS FOR THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN ADVISORY GROUP OR
THE MOVE SEATTLE GROUP FOR
INPUT IN HOW TO PIRATIZE ITS
WORK PLAN AND IT PROGRAM.
I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO
HOW THIS HAS GONE THROUGH THOSE
PROCESSES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION.
THE S-DOT ALSO HAS A
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK
GROUP THAT IS ALSO WORKING TO
INFORM THOSE PROCESSES.
BUT THIS PROVISO WOULD HOLD
THAT MONEY FOR THE SPECIFIC
PURPOSE
REGARDLESS OF THOSE PROCESSES.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> CLARIFICATION?
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
CUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> WELL, I WILL JUST SAY SORT
OF TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
POINT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE SHOULD HAVE USED OUR RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LENS, USED
THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT
HELPS, SHOULD HAVE PROJECTS IN
THE SOUTH END PRIORITIZED,
GIVEN THAT MOST OF THE DEATHS
THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY
HAPPENED THERE.
YET, NORTH SEATTLE PROJECTS
ADDED, BUILT AND COMPLETED
WITHIN A YEAR WHILE THE BEACON
HILL PROTECTED BIKE LANE GETS
DELAYED FOR A THIRD STUDY.
THE MLK PBL GETS DELAYED.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR
QUESTION BUT THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE TO KEEP ASKING THE
QUESTION AND DON'T GET THE
RESULTS THAT WILL SAVE SOME
LIVES IS WHAT'S DRIVING ME TO
REQUEST SUPPORT FOR THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT AND, AS I HAVE
CHATTED WITH THE SPONSOR ABOUT
THERE WAS TO AMENDMENTS
ORIGINALLY PUT FORWARD.
GIVEN THE SITUATION, WE DID NOT
HAVE THE FUNDING NEEDED BUT
WOULD HAVE FULLY SUPPORTED THE
REQUEST TO HAVE PROVISO SOME OF
THE FUNDING IN THIS BEFORE THE
PACKAGE WAS PUT FORWARD.
AGAIN, AN EXTRA WEEK GIVES US A
CHANCE TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE
CAN BE CREATIVE TO MEET THESE
PRESSING NEEDS AND ENSURE THERE
IS FUNDING GOING INTO
ESPECIALLY AREAS WHERE YOU SEE
DISPROPORTIONATE AREAS OF
DEATHS WITH REGARD TO CARS
HITTING BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS.
WE ARE PUTTING IN THE COP TEXT
OF WHAT IS IN THE BASE AND
BALANCING A BUDGET AGAIN.
GROUP B MUHAMMADMENTS INCLUDING
THIS MORNING INCLUDE 8 MILLION-
DOLLAR IN VISION SEER SO
PROJECT AND SPECIFICALLY IN
DISTRICT 2 IN THE SOUTH END
WHERE WE KNOW THERE IS A DISPRO
PORTION NAT RATE OF INJURY AND
DEATH, THIS INRAINIER AVENUE
SOUTH, INCLUDING TRAFFIC
CALMING EFFORT ON STEWARD PARK
SOUTH AND ADDITIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUM COLUMBIA
AND HILLMAN CITY, SOUTH WHO
WILL GATE STREET SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT, SOUTH.
SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR CITY BUT
ALSO SPECIFICALLY FOR
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH
HOLGA TEMPT.
FUNDING FOR MOUNT BAKER
IMPLEMENT -- THAT'S THE WALKING
IMPROVEMENT TO GET PEOPLE GET
TO THE CENTER AND STATION.
IT INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE
RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH ROUTE 7
RAPID RISE BUS PROJECT.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE ALREADY
IN THE BASE PROJECT.
THIS ADDITIONAL PRO VICE YOUR
OF AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS.
COUNCILMEMBER NOTED IT WILL BE
MUCH MOURN THAN BUT AT LEAST
ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO THE
SOUTH END IS ADDED AT THIS
POINT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
MAKING ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT
WHERE WE SEE THE DATA CALL FOR
THAT AND THAT IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR.
WHEN ADDITIONAL READ IS NOT
AVAILABLE, MAKING SURE THAT
QUEER ADDING TO IT IN REAL TIME
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
ACTION IS POSSIBLE AND, AGAIN,
CONTINUING TO INCREASE THAT
DEPARTMENTATION LEVEE WHICH I
SPOKE ABOUT THIS MORNING WHEN I
JOINED THE CAST DADE BICYCLE
CLUB GATHERING TO CALL FOR
ACTION IN THE WAKE OF 24
INDIVIDUALS LOSING THEIR LIVES
ALREADY THIS YEAR ALONE TO
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS WITH CARS
HITTING PEDESTRIANS AND
CYCLISTS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
WITH THE BILL ON THESE EFFORTS
AND LETTING FOLKS KNOW THIS WAS
ADDITIVE TO WHAT LAST ALREADY
IN THE BUDGET.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS A BIG
FIGHT.
I THINK THERE WILL BE SUPPORT
FOR THIS ACROSS THE BOARD.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
THAT VOTE QUITE NOW.
MADAM CLERK, YOU CAN PLEASE
CALL THE VOTE ON ADOPTION OF
ITEM 182.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NINE IN PFEIFFER, NONE
OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 193.
>> S DOT 301 B, 001.
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHICH TWO
REQUIRE S DOT TO REPORT ON
RESPONSE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK
YOU, ERIC.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER --
THERE IS MORE.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL -- LET
ME GET TO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR
HERE.
I MEET WITH RESIDENTS ALL THE
TIME AND ONE OF THE MAIN
REQUESTS THAT I GUESS IS FOR
VISION 0 OR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT
ON PEOPLE'S STREETS.
WHAT I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER
FOR IS, A, WHERE DO THEY DO
THEIR OWN ADVOCACY AND, B, HOW
DO I MEANINGFULLY SHARE THESE
REQUESTS WITH S-DOT.
RIGHT NOW, I DO IT THROUGH THE
COUNCIL LIAISON BUT IF THERE IS
OTHER WORK GOING ON, IT CAN GET
BOTTLENECKED.
OUR COUNCIL LAY YEAH SON IS A
ABOVE AMAZING, BUT, YET,
BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF THESE
REQUESTS, THIS CAN GET
BOTTLENECKED.
THIS SLIDE REQUESTS SDOT TO --
WHEN RESIDENTS HAVE A REQUEST
TO IMPROVE THEIR STREETS FOR
SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT FOUR-
WAY SCHOOL, OR VISION 0, WHERE
AND HOW DO THEY ACCEPTED THE
REQUEST?
WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE
RECEIVES A RESIDENT REQUEST TO
IMPROVE THEIR STREETS, SAME
CRITERIA.
WHERE YOU A HOW SHOULD THE
REQUEST BE COMMUNICATED TO S
DOT AND HOW WILL S DOT RESPOND
TO RESIDENTS DIRECTLY OR
BROTHER SLIDE COUNSEL SIM
MEMBER THE INFORMATION
NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE
COMMUNICATION.
THOSE THREE QUESTIONS ARE IN MY
SLY.
I DON'T SEE HAND.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND
CALLING THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF
AGENDA ITEM 193?
S DOT 301 G.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNSEL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THREE MORE TO GO, FOLKS.
AGENDA ITEM 194, SD DOT --
PLEASE GO AHEAD, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THIS ITEM WOULD PROVISO
500,000 OF SPD MONEY FOR
TRANSIT RELATED PROJECT.
ROOST SETTLE NORTH NIECE 41st
STREET SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS.
S THAT PROJECT THIS IS IN
CONSIDERATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
STREET FUND, FUNDING THE MOVE
SEATTLE FUND DOES NOT HAVE
SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO COMPLETE
ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WITH HUNDRED PROJECT WOULD
SUPPORT THE RAPID RIDE J
TRANSIT INVESTMENT.
OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
CALVIN, INTO OVERVIEW.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A PROVISO,
NOT A BUDGET ADD.
THIS PROVISO WOULD BRING TO
LIGHT A REASONABLY PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOOD FREED FUND PROJECT
THAT WAS APPROVED BUT STILL
SEEKING FUNDS.
WE KNOW THAT NEIGHBOR STREET
FUND ANIBLES COMMUNITIES TO
PROPOSE SAFETY PROJECTS THEN
IMPLEMENTED BY OUR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE MOVE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE HAD AUTHORIZED -- I
SUBMIT ADD AMENDMENT PREVIOUSLY
S-DOT 105 A TO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET REQUESTING $6.5 MILLION
TO FUND ALL THE REMAINING
PROJECTS BUT AFTER THE ECONOMIC
REVENUE FORECAST UPDATE, WE
WERE DRAMATICALLY SCALING THIS
REQUEST BACK INTO A PROVISO FOR
THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT WHICH SUPPORTS PROJECT
WITH A NEXUS TO TRANSIT.
THIS PROJECT FOR TWO DANGEROUS
INTERSECTIONS IN THE DIVERSE
URBAN CENTER WAS THE ONLY ONE
WITH CLEAR NEXUS.
THIS PROVISO WOULD MAKE SURE IT
GETS FUNDED.
STATED OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF
THIS STREET SAFETY TRANSIT
ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT WILL
CONNECT DIRECTLY TO PLAN
NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND RAPID
RIDE J RIDE STATIONS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE PROJECT
SUPPORTS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY NEAR
TWO TREACHEROUS INTERSECTIONS
WHICH WOULD SUPPORT OUR ZERO
MISSION GOAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I'M
GOING TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS
THEN.
>> I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS YOU
HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
SPECIFIC PROVISO.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUING
TO PROVISO DOLLARS WITHOUT
HAVING AN ANALYSIS ON THE
IMPACT TO OTHER PROJECTS AROUND
THE CITY.
WE MADE A GOOD CASE FOR THE
DISPRO PERSIANAL IMPACT OF DEAD
ANDRY AND THE PROVISO THERE WAS
RELATIVELY LIMITED IN SCOPE.
WE HOPE THERE WILL BE MORE
INVESTMENTS BUT HERE, SPECIFIC
TO THIS SPECIFICAL PROJECT FOR
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, I'LL BE
VOTING KNOW GIVEN THE PROVISO
EFFECT OR THE UP MONEY AFFECT
THAT PROVISOS CAN HAVE ON OTHER
AREAS OF CITY INVESTMENT.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT S-DOT 604 A.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED,
THREE ABSTENTION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
MOVING FORWARD, SECOND TO LAST
ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 195-S DO.
606 FROM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
GO AHEAD, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> 606 A IS WOULD PROVISO
650,000-DOLLAR MASTER WAY GREEN
WAY PROJECT TO WEEKEND IT THE
6th AVENUE GREENWAY TO
NORTHWEST 50th STREET TO
NORTHWEST 58th STREET.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT MATERIAL
INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET
REQUIRES A CORRECTION THAT
NEEDS TO BE A VERBAL AMENDMENT
IF THIS PROPOSAL MOVES FORWARD
OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM
NUMBER 105.
>> SECOND.
>> HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED SPEAKING TO THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU AND BEFORE I
CONTINUE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
TO ORALLY AMEND THE AMENDMENT
SD 606-A-1 TO INSERT 500,000.
>> ORALLY AMEND S DOT 606 A.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THE
AMENDMENT, I THINK IT WOULD BE
IN ORDER TO TAKE A VOTE TO
FIRST MOVE TO AMEND THE
AMENDMENT WITH AN ORAL
AMENDMENT.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO
ORALLY AMEND THE AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTAINED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES TO ORALLY
AMEND THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO MAKE THE AMEND
MANY.
IF CENTRAL STAFF DO HAVE AN
ITERATION OF WHAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE F WE CAN HAVE THAT
PROVIDED ON THE SCREEN AS WELL,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUD PLEASE GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN
YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR THE
AST FIVE TO TEN MINUTES ABOUT
HOW WE DO NOT LIKE TO PROVISO
FUNDS TO JUMP TO CUSHING I
BRING YOU A PROVISO FOR THIS
GREENWAY IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE
I HAVE EXHAUSTED EVERY OTHER
OPTION POSSIBLE.
IN 2019, BALLARD FINNEY RIDGE,
WEST WOODLAND A FREMONT
COMMUNITIES PROPOSED HAVING A
GREENWAY ON SIXTH AVENUE
NORTHWEST.
IT WAS GOING TO -- IT IS
ENVISIONED TO CONNECT THE
BERKMAN TRAIL TO WEST WOODLAND
ELEMENTARY.
IT EVEN RECEIVED YOUR VOICE,
YOUR CHOICE FUNDING AND THEN
WAS PULLED BACK DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
I HAVE ALSO ASKED S-DOT IF WE
HAVE OTHER BIKE PROGRAMS IN THE
VICINITY THAT HAVE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO
BE SPENT THIS YEAR AND I ASKED
TO NEWS OWES DOLLARS ON THIS
PROJECT AND WE ARE TOLD THAT
WAS A THIRD RAIL.
THIS IS WHAT I MEAN ABOUT I
WHEN I SAFE EXHAUSTED THIS
EVERY MOTION TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD.
I COME TO YOU, COLLEAGUES,
LAST.
MY DESIRE IS TO HAVE THIS
GREENWAY EXTEND FROM 43rd TO
CAR CREEK PARK SO THAT IS FROM
43rd TO 95th.
CURRENTLY, IT IS DESIGNED FROM
43rd TO 58th AND WHAT I AM
ASKING FOR IS SIMPLY TO
COMPLETE FROM 50th UP TO 58th
AND FINISH THE WORK THAT WAS
COMPLETED ON 43rd TO 50th . SO
IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK IN
THE OVERALL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE LOOKED FOR FUNDING IN
OTHER PLACES MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
TIMES AND THIS IS WHY I ASK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT PROVISOING
$375,000.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THIS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF S-DOT 606 -- EXCUSE ME.
LET ME REPHRASE THAT.
IN FRONT OF US IS THE ORDER
AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED ON THE
SCREEN THAT REDUCES THE
INVESTMENT OR BEING PROVISOD
FROM 500,000 TO $375,000 AS
NOTED ON THE SCREEN HERE.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS POINT, WE
ARE MAKING A VOTE TO ACCEPT THE
ORAL AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT
AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT AS AMENDED.
MADAM CLERK, YOU CAN PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED
ON THE SCREEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
THE ORDER AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
NOW, WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT AS
AMENDED, S DOT 606 AS AMENDED
WITH THE ORAL AMENDMENT
PRESENTED BY THE SPONSOR,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I THINK I WAS NOT QUITE
CLEAR.
THE GREENWAY HAS BEEN STARTED.
I LAX $75,000 IN SIGNAGE.
THE HOPE IS TO GET IT FROM 50th
TO 58th WHERE THERE IS AN
ELEMENT TRI SCHOOL THAT CROSSES
MARKET STREET AND SO THESE
$375,000 CROSSES A MAJOR
ARTERIAL AND COMPLETES THE WORK
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
INITIATED.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> COLLEAGUES, WE ARE VOTING ON
THE AMENDED VERSION OF S DOT
606.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE AMENDED VERSE OF S DOT
606.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND S DO.
606 AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED.
>> I WAS THINKING THIS IS THE
LAST ONE BUT I WAS REMINDED BY
THE CENTRAL STAFF SHOWING THAT
WE HAVE ONE MORE WALK-ON AFTER
THIS.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM 196, SPR 004
AS THE SECOND TO LAST ITEM
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL STAFF.
>> YES.
THIS PRO WOULD PROHIBIT THE
PUNCHES OF GAS POWERED LEAF
BLOWING.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND COLLEAGUES.
I MOVE TO ADOPT ITEM 196 SPR
004 B, 001.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ENTHUSIASTIC.
YOUR AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED.
>> WHOOO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR IT
PRESIDENT
FOR THAT ENTHUSIASTIC SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBERS, THE RESOLUTION
THAT WE PASSED TO RID THE CITY
GOVERNMENT IS A TO ADOPT THIS
NO-COST PROVISO.
AFTER SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH, WE
HAVE CONFIRMED THAT GAS-POWERED
LEAF BLOWERS ARE HARMFUL TO THE
WORKERS, THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> IT WAS SO WELL RECEIVED BY
THE PUBLIC, I CONFIRMED THAT
EXECUTIVE IS OPEN TO MEET OUR
ACCELERATED GOAL.
MORE THAN 100 CITIES ARE
ALREADY AHEAD OF SEATTLE ON
THIS.
THIS PROVISO IS A NO-COST
COLLUSION TO MAKE SURE THAT
TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC LEAF
BLOWERS ACTUALLY HAPPENS ON
PACE WITH THE NEED.
I SPOKE RECENTLY TO THE NEW
SUPERINTENDENT, APDF WHO IS
SUPPORTIVE WHO CONFIRMED THAT
HE IS DEFINITELY ON BOARDS.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OWNS THE
MOST GAS LEAF BLOWERS AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, BETWEEN 2014 AND
2022, THEY PURCHASED 145 GAS
POWERED LEAF BLOWERS AND NOW
THAT DEPARTMENT OWNS 270 OF
THOSE HARMFUL MACHINES.
THE LEAF BLOWERS LAST
APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS.
THIS PROVISO ANIBLES US TO
ADVANCE THE GOAL OF RESOLUTION
BY REQUIRING THE LEAF BLOWERS
REPLACEMENTS TO BE ELECTRIC.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT.
I DO SUPPORT PHASING OUT OF GAS
POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.
I ALSO THINK THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE PARKS DIRECTOR TO SEE
WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE
TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM ON THE
PLAN TO PHASE OUT THESE LEAF
BLOWERS AND APPRECIATE THAT
THIS WORK HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR
AT PARKS AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO
PUSHING FORWARD TO GET RID OF
GAS-POWERED LEAF BLOWERS AND
SEEK GREATER COLLABORATION WITH
PARKS ON THIS.
>> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF SPR 004
DID.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I WAS GOING TO CHANGE BUT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND HIS
PLEA MADE ME CHANGE MY VOTE TO
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> LEAF BLOWERS, YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> SURE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT IS UNANIMOUS.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO OUR REAL LAST ITEM
ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS HSD WALK-
ON 1. SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF FIRST FOR DESCRIBING THE
WALK-ON AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I AM
JUST LOOKING FOR MY COLLEAGUE
AND --
>> I'M HERE.
>> GO FOR IT.
>> THIS WALK-ON AMENDMENT WOULD
REQUEST THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO DEVELOP A
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS,
PROCESS AN HSD THAT WOULD
RESULT IN THE AWARD OF FUNDING
TO ONE OR MORE FACILITIES FOR
ADDICTION TREATMENT.
ADDICTION TREATMENT IS
UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN THAT TERM AS
DEFINED BY THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE AND THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION
MEDICINE.
IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON RECEIVED ITS PART
OF A SETTLEMENT WITH OPIOID
MANUFACTURERS THAT WAS A TOTAL
OF $518 MILLION.
THAT AMOUNT WAS DIVIDED UP BY
JURISDICTION AND THE CITY'S
SHARE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY
$14.1 MILLION.
THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT ASKS FOR PART OF THAT TO
BE SET TOWARDS MAKING ADDICTION
TREATMENT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE
IN SEATTLE.
IT WOULD BE A REPORT DUE TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE IN MAY OF
NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTEND HSD WALK-
ON 1.
>> OKAY,.
>> MOVE.
>> HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR
AMENDMENT, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>> YEP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, IN MAY, THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON REACHED A
SETTLEMENT WITH THREE OPIOID
DISTRIBUTORS AND THE AMOUNTS
WERE SET LAST MONTH AT $518
MILLION.
OFF THAT, KING COUNTY WILL
RECEIVE 56 MILLION AND 14.2
MILLION OF THAT WILL GO TO
SEATTLE.
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT
RECEIVE A SHARE OF FUNDS MUST
USE IT IN
APPROVED WAY INCLUDING
TREATMENT.
THIS REQUIRES HSD AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO USE PORTION
OF THAT FUNDING ON TREATMENT
SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY OFFER
BECAUSE THERE IS NO PUBLIC
FUNDING FROM SEATTLE OR KING
COUNTY FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL
REHAB FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
QUIT USING AND ALSO GO INTO
LONG-TERM RECOVERY FROM
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
THE CITY HAS ALREADY APPLIED
FOR A GRAND FROM THE STATE
OPIOID SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOES SUPPORT
THE SLIDE BECAUSE IT IS
CONSISTENT
WITH THAT GRANT APPLICATION.
SO, AS I WAS WRITING THIS, KING
COUNTY SENT A MEMO TO BOARD
MINUTES AND IT'S SHOCKING.
I'LL JUST HIT THE TOP LINES.
BETWEEN 2012 AND 2019, OVERDOSE
FATALITIES INCREASED BY ABOUT
6% EACH YEAR.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
SURGED, EXPO TENSIONALLY IN
2020 AND 2021 WITH A 20% AND A
39% INCREASE IN THOSE YEARS
RESPECTIVELY.
MORE OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2022
THAN IN ALL OF 2021.
AND SO, WITH 118 IN THE FIRST
NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR
COMPARED TO 709 IN ALL OF 2021.
AND THE MOST DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ARE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
LIVING IN TEMPORARY OR
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ALSO
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN
NATIVE AND BLACK RESIDENTS.
SO, COLLEAGUES, WE CAN AND MUST
DO BETTER AND, YOU KNOW, I'M
NOT ASHAMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS IS A PERSONAL ISSUE FOR
ME.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE STOPPED
DRIPPING MYSELF IF I HADN'T
CHECKED MYSELF INTO REHAB
DURING COVID AND I RELY ON THE
PEOPLE I MET THERE AND THE
TOOLS THAT I LEARNED THERE
EVERY DAY TO MAINTAIN MY
RECOVERY.
AND I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED
TO EXTEND THAT TO OUR MOST
VULNERABLE AS WELL AND, SO,
AISLE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
OF THIS SLIDE WHICH IS
CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT EFFORT
IN SEATTLE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANK
YOU FORWARD FOR BRINGING
FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE THE
CREATIVE THINKING THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO PUT FORWARD IN THIS
AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PRIORITY WAS INVESTED IN AND
BEE TAKE NEXT STEP.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON OF BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
I ALWAYS WAS SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS.
THERE ARE A FEW MORE STATS THAT
I WANT TO SHARE.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE
INNING-OF-INDIGENOUS AND
ALASKAN.
WE HAVE THE RECORD NUMBER OF
FENTANYL OVERDOSES PROMPTED THE
COUNCIL TO DECLARE A PUBLIC
CRISIS.
AT LEAST 101 PEOPLE IN KING
COUNTY DIED.
THIS ALREADY EXCEED THE 925
OVERDOSE DEATHS THAT WE HAD IN
2021.
ALL OF 2021.
ACCORDING TO THE CALEB,
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHING'S ADDITION, DRUG AND
ALCOHOL INSTITUTE, THE COUNTY
HAS SEVERAL PROMISING PROGRAMS
THAT WORK AND CAN BE SCALED UP.
ACCORDING TO BACK TO GREEN, 80%
OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BENEFIT
FROM THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT AND
I TO ACCESS THEM AND THAT'S THE
PROBLEM THAT WE HAD AS WELL,
ACCESS.
ACCESS IS CRUCIAL AND PEOPLE
ARE READY TO GET INTO
TREATMENT.
WE SHOULD HAVE A BED READY.
THERE IS NO MORE DAMAGE CALL
USES OF THESE OPIOID SETTLE
MANY FUND THAN TO TREAT THE
VICTIMS.
WHAT I'M HAPPY TO STATE THAT IS
THIS SLIDE COMPLEMENTS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD,
WITH INDIGENOUS-LED
ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIAN
COUNTRY AND INTEREST GOVERNMENT
AND NORTHWEST HOSPITAL HAVING
TREATMENT, HAVING BEDS READY
AND FENTANYL.
THE FENTANYL EPIDEMIC HAS BEEN
AN EPIDEMIC IN INDIAN COUNTRY
FOR ALMOST A DECADES, IN RURAL
AREAS, RESERVATION, METH AND
FENTANYL HAS BEEN DEVASTATING
OUR RELATIVES FOR ALMOST A
DECADE.
I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS AND SAT IN ON ADDICTION
AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
LAWSUIT THIS THE TRIBES ARE
BRINGING.
THIS IS HEARTBREAKING.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THIS
WORKS WELL WITH THE AURORA
COMMENT.
WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET AND
WE HAVE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES,
WE CAN OFFER TREATMENT
IMMEDIATELY.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE READY
TO HAVE TREATMENT, IT DOES NOT
HELP IF WE CAN'T GET THEM INTO
TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE
A BED WAITING FOR THEM.
I HAVE SEEN THIS MY WHOLE LIFE
AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BEING SO CANDID AND SO HONEST
AND SO VULNERABLE ABOUT SHARING
YOUR OWN PERSONAL STORY BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK THAT WE OFTEN DO
THAT HERE.
I THINK WE DO A LOT OF
REFORMATIVE POLITICS.
WHEN I HEAR A HEART FELT
EMOTIONAL, ORGANIC, SELFLESS
THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO DO THIS
AND I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED
ABOUT THIS BEFORE, AND I WAS AN
EARLY SUPPORTER, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
WELL SAID AND GREATLY
APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS THAT
HAVE COME FROM THE PRESIDENT
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE
REFLECTIVE OF ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER, ANYTHING ELSE IN
CLOSING ON THIS ITEM?
>> NO.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>> COLLEAGUES N FRONT OF US IS
WALK-ON AMENDMENT HSD WALK-ON
1, I BELIEVE.
AND IT IS PRESENTED ON THE
SCREEN HERE AS WELL.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTING HSD
WALK-ON 1?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNSEL SILL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES.
THE AMENDMENT CARRIES AND THE
-- THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
>>> OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS AT THIS POINT.
IT IS 8:45 PM.
WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH ALL OF
THE GROUPS AND ALL OF THE
AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S BEEN GOOD DISCUSSION,
ROBUST CONVERSATION AND
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION HAS
CIRCLED AROUND HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO DO MORE AND DO
BETTER FOR THE FOLKS IN
SEATTLE.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION TODAY
THAT ALSO CORRESPONDED WITH
ACTION.
SO THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK, COUNCIL AND
CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE, OF
COURSE, TAKING THEIR HOLIDAY
BREAK AS THEY SHOULD AND DOING
THE FINAL QUALITY ASSURANCE
ADJUSTMENT TO THE BUDGET TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE
AMENDMENTS ALIGN.
HOWEVER, THAT WAS OUR LAST
ACTION.
THAT WAS OUR LAST ACTION ON THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ON MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 28.
IT WILL BE A TECHNICAL VOTE
THAT SUMMARIZES ALL THE ACTIONS
THAT WE HAVE TAKEN TODAY THAT
WILL THEN ALLOW FOR THE FINAL
BUDGET ACTION, THE FINAL
BALANCED BUDGET, BIENNIEA
ALMOST FOR THE BUDGET FOR 2023
AND 2024 TO BE TRANSMITTED TO
THE FULL COUNCIL.
WITH THE PIECES THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS ADDED TO THIS
BUDGET AND ALL WOULD YOUR YORK
TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR THE
UPCOMING BIENNIEAL YEAR WITH
THE BUDGET ACTION THAT WE HAVE
TAKEN TODAY.
YOU WILLEY HAVE A CHANCE TO
COMMENT ON MONDAY AND AGAIN ON
TUESDAY IN FULL COUNCIL.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY,
MONDAY DOES NOT HAVE ANY ORAL
PUBLIC COMMENT.
OF COURSE, WE ARE ACCEPTING
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ORAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL ON
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29th AT 2:00
PM IN OUR FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE
DONE HERE.
I WILL BRIEFLY SAY THAT I THINK
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS MEETING
THE MOMENT, MEETING THE CRISIS
THROUGH MANY SO OF THE BUDGET
AND INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE
MADE, INVESTING IN CREATING
GREATER STABILITY IN THE FACE
OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY,
ADDRESSING HUMAN SUFFERING IN
OUR COMMUNITY, SERVING WORKING
FAMILIES AND THE SMALL
BUSINESSES TO HELP WEATHER
THESE COMPOUNDING STORMS THAT
COMMUNITY FACES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH YOU IN THE UPCOMING
WEEK TO FINALIZE THIS PROCESS.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY, THAT
REALLY DOES CONCLUDE OUR
AMENDMENT DISCUSSION AND MONDAY
WILL JUST BE TECHNICAL IN
NATURE.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE THE DAY
BUT I SUPPORT WANT TO THANK OUR
TEAMS, OUR CLERK.
LINDA, YOU HAVE BEEN HERE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THANK YOU TO LINDA BARON AND
CLERK ELIZABETH ATKINSON, I SEE
YOU BACK HERE, THREE OF US OUT
HERE RIGHT NOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING AND
STEWARD US THROUGH THE DAY THIS
ENTIRE TIME.
THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, IT
TEAMS, SEATTLE CHANNEL AND, OF
COURSE, OUR CENTRAL STAFF WHO
HAVE BEEN WITH US ALL DAY LONG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BUDGET LEAD, ALI, DIRECTOR
ESTER AND ALL THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMBERS THAT YOU SAW POP ON TO
THE SCREENS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT
YOUR BRILLIANT WORK TO MAKE
THIS NOT JUST THE BUDGET
BALANCE BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE A BALANCED APPROACH
INCLUDING ALL COUNCIL MEMBER
PRIORITIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
AND THE AMENDMENT VERSION THAT
IS NOW IN FRONT OF US.
I REALLY APPRECIATE AGAIN THE
COLLABORATION WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON SOME OF THESE FINAL
AMENDMENTS, SPECIFICALLY ON THE
MEN TALL HEALTH ADD TO RESPOND
úTO THE USE, DEMAND FOR
MENTALITY HEALTH TREATMENT
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR
YOUTH AND HIGH SCHOOL AND
MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF WHO
SPEND ENDLESS HOURS MAKING SURE
THAT WE CAN BRING THIS TO YOU.
AND DAVE ORDERED FOOD FOR
TONIGHT F YOU WANT EXTRA, THERE
IS SOME OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINAL
COMMENTS COMING ON MONDAY.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
MEETING, I'M LOOKING AT CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE'VE COME TO THE END.
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE TWEAKS, I
PROMISE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE OPEN, HONEST AND
TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION AND
LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN SERVE
OUR CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUDGET
BEFORE THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE,
WE'LL --
>> DON'T FORGET THE KIDDO.
>> DOG HOME AND TUCK IN THE
KIDDO.
>> HOPEFULLY MY HUSBAND IS.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. %
>> SEE YOU IN A WEEK, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BYE-BYE.