>> THANK YOU.
LET'S DO A, TODAY IS MARCH 1,
2022 THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS TO: 01.
THESE CALL THE ROLE.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS
EXCUSED.
WE HAVE 17 MATTERS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
ITEMS TWO AND SIX AND SEVEN,
ITEM NUMBER TWO BEING PRESENTED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
AND SIX AND SEVEN RESOLUTIONS
PROPOSED BY ME, AT SOME POINT
WE WILL SEEK TO SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ALLOW THE ACTING
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF TO
ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL OR IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE
COUNCIL BILL THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
PUTTING FORWARD AND THE TWO
RESOLUTIONS I AM PUTTING
FORWARD.
I'M GIVING EVERYONE A HEADS UP
NOW.
THANK YOU.
TODAY WE HAVE TWO
PRESENTATIONS.
ONE PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . I'M
SORRY, PROCLAMATION, I
APOLOGIZE.
HONORING THE SERVICES OF
VIRGINIA GARCIA.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL
FIRST PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION
AND THEN I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR
FOR COMMENTS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES.
AFTER COUNCIL COMMENTS WE WILL
SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW MS.
GARCIA TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TODAY I AM PRESENTING THIS
PROCLAMATION FOR VIRGINIA
GARCIA IN RECOGNITION OF HER
RECEIVING THE LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE
ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENT OF
AUDITORS.
THIS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
RECOGNIZES VIRGINIA'S WORK TO
UPHOLD THE VALUES OF DIVERSITY,
EQUITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE
PROFESSION OF AUDITING WITH
IMPACTS ON EACH OF THE LOCAL,
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS.
ONE EXAMPLE WITHIN THE OFFICE
OF CITY AUDITOR, VIRGINIA
GARCIA LED EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A
PROCESS AND FORM THAT BLURS --
OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES
-- THIS PROCESS.
ALSO OF NOTE, VIRGINIA SERVED
AS THE INAUGURAL ASSOCIATION OF
LOCAL DEPARTMENT AUDITORS,
DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION
COMMITTEE.
ONE OF HER MOST SIGNIFICANT
ROLES AND FAR-REACHING WAS
PLAYING A LEADING EFFORT
PERSUADING -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
IN THE 2021 AUDITING STANDARDS.
THIS IS AFTER IT HAD BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE PREVIOUS
EDITION OF THE STANDARD.
THE STANDARDS ARE FOLLOWED BY
GOVERNMENT AUDITING AND
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WITH
THE MAYOR PRESENT THIS
PROCLAMATION TO SHOW OUR
GRATITUDE FOR BEING OF SERVICE
AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY.
AS WELL AS FAR BEYOND THE CITY
BEYOND OUR BORDERS TO OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> OTHER ANY COMMENTS THAT ANY
OF OUR COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
COUNCIL WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW VIRGINIA GARCIA TO ACCEPT
THE AWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR THIS
PROCLAMATION.
I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD BE
RECOGNIZED THIS WAY.
IS AUDITORS I BELIEVE IT IS OUR
OBLIGATION, A RESPONSIBILITY TO
CALL OUT RACIAL INEQUITIES AND
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS
THEM.
HISTORICALLY IN OUR PROFESSION
THIS IS NOT BEEN PART OF OUR
JOB.
BUT WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND CITY COUNCIL WE BEGUN TO
CHANGE THAT.
AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF
THAT EFFORT.
ONE DOES NOT DO THESE THINGS
ALONE.
I WANT TO THANK THE INAUGURAL
MEMBERS OF THE DIVERSITY,
EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
AT THE ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AUDITORS, ESPECIALLY
MEGAN OF KING COUNTY, JAMIE OF
ATLANTA, MADISON OF TEXAS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION
COUNCILMEMBER SAM SMITH WHO
UNDERSTOOD BACK IN 1987 THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING DIFFERENT
VOICES, EXPERIENCES AND
REPRESENTATION ON CENTRAL STAFF.
LATINA VOICE, AND THAT WAS MINE.
HE CONTINUED TO REST IN PEACE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OCA
COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WHO I WORKED WITH FOR
MANY YEARS, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
, FOR BEING ROLE MODELS AND
FORCES OF EQUITY.
YOU INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY.
FINALLY I WANT TO THINK MY
FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY MY DAD
WHO TURNED 100 THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , DO YOU
WANT TO HAVE ANY CLOSING
REMARKS BEFORE I MAKE A FEW
CLOSING COMMENTS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHAT A
PLEASURE IT'S BEEN TO WORK WITH
YOU, VIRGINIA.
YOU ALWAYS, AS WE HAVE SAID,
YOU ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND
THOSE TOUGH QUESTIONS ARE REALLY
INTEGRAL TO MAKING SURE THAT
ALL VOICES ARE REPRESENTED AT
THE TABLE.
THOSE ARE THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS MAKING
OUR CITY A MORE JUST PLACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SHARE, I ACTUALLY
KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT I DON'T
THINK I YOU IN REAL LIFE.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING AND HONORING SAM
SMITH, FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE
BEEN IN SEATTLE POLITICS FOR
YEARS AND KNOW HIS DEDICATION
TO THIS GREAT CITY AND HIS LOVE
FOR THIS GREAT CITY AND
RECOGNIZING YOUR TALENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU , I JUST WANTED TO
TAKE THIS MOMENT TO UPLIFT NOT
ONLY YOUR WORK, BUT ALSO THE
DIFFICULTY IN WHICH AUDITS CAN
BE PERFORMED.
FINDING THAT GRANULAR LEVEL
DETAIL, NUANCE, AND PROVIDING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE ABLE TO
CHANGE HOW THINGS ARE CURRENTLY
BEING DONE, IT IS NOT AN EASY
TASK OFTEN TIMES.
YOU DEMONSTRATE, JEAN
DEMONSTRATED EARLIER TODAY WHEN
PRESENTING ONE OF HER AUDITS,
IT IS AMAZING TO GET TO WORK
WITH SUCH DEDICATED TEAM.
SUCH INCREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE
AND YOUR SPECIFIC ABILITY,
VIRGINIA, TO MAKE SYSTEMIC
CHANGE.
NOT ONLY HERE IN SEATTLE BUT
THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
I'M JUST SO HONORED TO GET TO
RAISE YOU UP TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
AND THEN I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO NOTE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> THAT MAKES IT EASY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
IT IS ALL YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
VIRGINIA, IT IS GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE
MESSAGES SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS
IS A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION.
AND A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
, HOW WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO
CELEBRATE WITH YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAD AS
WELL.
I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE YOU
IN THIS CITY AND WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY
TO CONTINUE TO LIFT UP ALL YOU
HAVE DONE.
MORE IMPORTANTLY WE GET TO
CELEBRATE YOU AT A NATIONAL
LEVEL.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
HAS HIS HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
VIRGINIA, FOR YOUR SERVICE THAT
HAS LED TO THIS GREAT
RECOGNITION.
IT IS ANOTHER COMPLEMENT, AND
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S ANOTHER
COMPLEMENT TO THE CRITICAL WORK
THIS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICE
DOES AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN
INSTRUMENTAL PART OF.
AND IT REALLY CENTERS HOW MUCH
CHANGE IT MAKES AND HOW HELPFUL
IT IS FOR US ON THE COUNCIL TO
GET BACK THE INFORMATION WHEN
WE DO THESE PERFORMANCE AUDITS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , WHEN I
FIRST SAW THE EMAIL ABOUT
VIRGINIA GETTING THIS AWARD I
WAS LIKE, WE HAVE TO GET
TOGETHER AND DO A PROCLAMATION.
THIS IS AMAZING.
AND OF COURSE AS ALWAYS,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BEAT ME
TO THE PUNCH ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AND THANK YOU, VIRGINIA
FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ALL
GET TO BENEFIT HERE FROM YOUR
DILIGENCE IN THE EFFICACY OF
THE AUDITS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO
TURN AROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF
ALL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE THIS
OUT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, VIRGINIA
GARCIA, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
>> OUR SECOND PRESENTATION IS
MY PROCLAMATION.
LET ME READ THE FORMALS THE
FIRST BEFORE I LAUNCH INTO THE
MORE PERSONAL STUFF.
I WANT TO PRESENT A
PROCLAMATION HONORING THE FANS
OF SEATTLE'S NEW FRANCHISE THE
SEATTLE CRACKEN RECLAIMING MARCH
SECOND TO BE THE DAY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
>> HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULE.
GO AHEAD.
WHO HAD THEIR HAND UP?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, IS THAT A
NEW HAND?
>> YOU WANT GENERAL COMMENTS ON
THE PLUG RATION -- PROCLAMATION
NOW OR WAIT UNTIL AFTER?
>> I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER
THE PRESENTATION.
SO THAT I CAN SAY WHAT I HAVE
TO SAY AND OPEN IT UP TO YOU
ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAY WE KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WAS
FIRST.
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS THE
SECOND AND WE WILL SEE WHERE WE
GO FROM THERE.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
BEFORE I TUNE IT OVER TO YOU, I
WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING, WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IN THIS
ACCLAMATION.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE
HISTORY HERE, BUT I HAVE A
SHORT COMMENT, A SHORT STATEMENT
THAT WE HAVE PREPARED AND WE
HAVE WORKED TOGETHER SINCE 2018
NOW I THINK, OR 2017.
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
LET ME GET OUT THIS VERSE TO
SAY WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE
PUT ON THE RECORD FOR THE
FUTURE AND FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
WHEN THE NHL GRANTED SEATTLE
THE EXPANSION FOUR YEARS AGO,
IT SOLIDIFIED OUR SPOT AS A
TRUE SPORT CITY.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS WELCOMED
THE SEATTLE KRAKEN WITH OPEN
ARMS EVIDENT IN THE 32,000 FANS
WHO PLACED SEASON-TICKET
DEPOSITS IN A SINGLE 24-HOUR
PERIOD.
MUCH MORE THAN A SPORTS TEAM,
SEATTLE KRAKEN HAS BECOME A
COMMUNITY PARTNER, GIVING BACK
OVER TO MEGAN DOLLARS TURTLE
DONATIONS AND EMPHASIZING YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT THOUSANDS LEARNING
TO SKATE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT
THE SEATTLE KRAKEN COMMUNITY
ICE LOCATED IN DISTRICT 5. ON A
PERSONAL NOTE, I GOT A PHONE
CALL LAST WEEK FROM THE CEO
ELIZABETH ALL, SAYING, WE JUST
GOT A CALL FROM THE SEATTLE
KRAKEN AND THEIR ASKING HOW TO
REWIRE YOU SOME MONEY?
THEY DON'T GET CALLS LIKE THAT
VERY OFTEN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
AND SOME OF THE OTHER CALLS I
GOT FROM NONPROFITS SAYING --
AND YOU AND YOUR BROTHER TIM
YOU DO A LOT OF THIS AND YOU
DON'T SAY A LOT.
YOU DON'T GRANDSTAND A LOT, YOU
JUST GET STUFF DONE.
WITHOUT I'M GOING TO HAND IT
OVER TO YOU AND, YOU ARE NOW
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO THIS
PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WILL KEEP IT
UNCHARACTERISTICALLY SHORT.
, DREAMS TO COME TRUE.
TODAY, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE AT
THE COMPANY HOLIDAY.
IN HONOR OF OUR FANS.
32,000 FANS STEPPED UP AND
SAID, WE BELIEVE.
THAT WAS WELL BEFORE WE HAD THE
ARENA DEAL DONE.
IT WAS WELL BEFORE WE GOT THE
EXPANSION FRANCHISE DONE.
AND THE REASON WE NAMED IT
HOLIDAY AS WE NEVER WANT TO
FORGET, WE NEVER WANT TO FORGET
IT WAS THE FANS, THE FANS
SUPPORTED THIS TEAM, AND OUT OF
THAT SUPPORT CAME A BRAND-NEW
ARENA.
AND OUR COMMUNITY HAD WRESTLED
WITH THIS ISSUE FOR LITERALLY
DECADES.
AN NBA TEAM LEFT, EVENTS NEVER
CAME THAT SHOULD'VE COME.
AND WE WENT FROM NOT HAVING AN
ARENA TO WHAT I THINK IS THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL ARENA IN THE
LAND.
AND, AND ARENA IT IS SO PROUD
TO ITSELF THE CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA, ZERO CARBON FACILITIES
STUDIED BY VENUES ACROSS THE
WORLD.
ON HOW THEY TOO CAN BECOME A
ZERO CARBON BUILDING.
THAT ARENA THEN DID GIVE LIFE
TO A TEAM.
AND THAT TEAM IS NOW PLAYING
AND THAT TEAM IS ONLY GOING TO
GET BETTER.
YOU KEEP THE FACE BECAUSE WE
HAVE A PLAN, WE ARE GOING TO DO
IT THE RIGHT WAY, THE
METHODICAL WAY.
WE ARE BUILDING THROUGH THE
DRAFT, BUT WE ARE SO PROUD OF
THAT TEAM AND OUR BRAND HAS
BECOME ONE OF THE BEST
SUPPORTED IN ALL OF SPORTS.
BUT OTHER THINGS HAPPENED.
NOW THE STORM HAVE A HOME.
AND THE STORM HAVE INCREDIBLE
ECONOMIC VIABILITY GOING
FORWARD AND THE STORMS
VIABILITY AND FORWARD WILL
AFFECT ALL THE OTHER TEAMS IN
THE WNBA.
SHOWS COME TO THE BUILDING.
TONIGHT WE HAVE BAD MONEY, THE
MOST RECORDED STREAMED ARTIST
IN THE WORLD IS HERE IN
SEATTLE.
HE IS PLAYING MOSTLY STADIUMS
BUT HE WANTED TO COME TO
SEATTLE AND HE IS PLAYING OUR
ARENA TONIGHT.
AND MANY PEOPLE WILL COME INTO
THE ARENA HAVING NEVER BEEN
THERE REALIZING THERE IS THIS
BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC GROUP AND A
BRAND-NEW ARENA.
IT GAVE US A CHANCE TO DO
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS WHY I CAME BACK
HOME TO SEATTLE, WAS REALLY TO
GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND
PLEASURE OF DOING THAT EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
NOT JUST IN THE ARENA COME UP
HERE AT OUR TRAINING CENTER.
ARE BEAUTIFUL TRAINING CENTER.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT
EVERY DAY PEOPLE COME TO THIS
TRAINING CENTER AND HAVE
AMAZING EXPERIENCES.
WE WILL HAVE 1 MILLION PEOPLE
COME THROUGH THE DOORS OF THIS
TRAINING CENTER AT THE END OF
HER FIRST YEAR.
AND THE MOST EXCITING PART,
THERE IS MORE TO COME.
WE HAVEN'T HIT OUR HIGH NOTE.
IT WAS LARGELY THROUGH THE
SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL
WHERE YOU TOOK MULTIPLE LEAPS
OF FAITH.
YOU BELIEVED IN US, THAT THE
DREAM CAME TRUE.
WE ARE HONORED BY THIS
PROCLAMATION.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET, THIS WILL
BE A STANDING COMPANY HOLIDAY.
WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR
ALL THE SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TODD.
BEFORE HAND OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUES I WANT TO MAKE ONE
COMMENT.
I STILL HAVE IN MY OFFICE, THE
SHOVEL DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2020
WHEN WE BROKE GROUND FOR THE
KRAKEN COMMUNITY ICE PLEX.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS SHARE THE
STATISTICS YESTERDAY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SO WITH THAT, IC WE STARTED
WITH COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS SINCE IT'S HIS DISTRICT
AND I WILL GO AFTER.
>> ACTUALLY THE KRAKEN IS INDY
5.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
LETTING ME GO FIRST.
I WILL BE SUPER BRIEF GIVEN
OUR AGENDA, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO.
THIS COUNCIL COULD NOT BE MORE
PROUD OF CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF
THE SEATTLE KRAKEN.
IT'S A MONUMENTAL STEP FORWARD
IN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY
TO HAVE AN NHL TEAM HERE AGAIN
AFTER A CENTURY HIATUS OF THE
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN'S NOT
BEING AROUND.
AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO GO TO THOSE
KRAKEN GAMES.
I HAVE BEEN DOWN TO CLIMATE
PLEDGE THREE TIMES TO SEE THEM
PLAY AND I INTEND TO CONTINUE
TO DO THAT.
AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE
ONGOING CIVIC ROLE THAT CLIMATE
PLEDGE WILL HAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE, I'M VERY PROUD AND
EXCITED THAT IT WILL BE PART OF
THE ONGOING TRADITION WITH THE
TEAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
AND NOW COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I HAVE SOME PREPARED REMARKS
AND YOU NAILED HALF OF THEM.
FIRST I WILL START BY SAYING IT
LOOKS LIKE YOU BEEN SHOPPING AT
EIGHTH GENERATION.
A SMART GENERATION DECISION.
THAT'S RIGHT.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I WAS A
STAFF FUMBLE -- MEMBER WHEN
THIS WAS COMING TO FRUITION, TO
REVITALIZE A PUBLIC SPACE WITH
NO PUBLIC FUNDING.
SEATTLE CENTER HAS REALLY
BENEFITED FROM THE INVESTMENT
MAY.
WHILE THE PROCLAMATION IS ABOUT
OUR KRAKEN FANS, IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT HOCKEY.
IT'S ALL AGES AND ABILITIES AND
ACCESSIBILITY CRATED IN THE
STADIUM.
IS ABOUT REVITALIZING THE
MONORAIL AND PROVIDING KEY XP
ADDITIONAL SPACE TO HAVE THEIR
MESSAGE HEARD.
AND THAT VIBRANCY IS
REVERBERATED THROUGHOUT SEATTLE
CENTER.
ALSO AS YOU SAID ABOUT OUR MOST
WINNING TEAM, THE STORM AND
WHAT FUTURE POTENTIAL COULD BE
WITHIN THE STADIUM.
IS ALSO ABOUT REVITALIZING
NORTHGATE, WHEN I WAS A KID IT
WAS THE FIRST INDOOR MALL IN
THE NATION AND OUT THE FIRST
MALL THAT HAS AN ICE PLEX THIS
IS AMAZING.
WE HAVE CREATED A WORLD-CLASS
FACILITY WILL GIVING
SEATTLEITES A PLACE TO GATHER
AND CELEBRATE AND CREATE
COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT
TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR SELLING
TICKETS IN RECORD TIME.
I WILL PUT IN A PLUG AND SAY
THE NEWEST SEMIPRO SOCCER TEAM
IN THE CITY WAS THAT CLOSE
BEHIND YOU FOR MAKING THAT
RECORD, I THINK THEY HAD 48
HOURS WERE SELLING OUT THE
TICKETS.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU AND
CONGRATULATIONS, TODD.
I WILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME
TOMORROW.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL ACTUALLY
SEE YOU BUT I WILL BE AT THE
GAME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
DO I SEE ANYTHING FROM ANYONE
ELSE?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DO YOU
WANT TO END OUR COMMENTS
TODAY?
>> SUPER APPRECIATIVE, MORE TO
COME.
I WILL LEAVE THAT TO PEOPLE'S
IMAGINATION.
WE HAVEN'T HIT OUR HIGH NOTE.
THAT HIGH NOTE IS COMING BUT WE
DREAM ALL SORTS OF DREAMS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S
SUPPORT AND I WILL LET YOU GET
ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU WILL SEE US TOMORROW
MORNING AT 9:30 AM, I CHALLENGE
MY COLLEAGUES TO ICE-SKATING.
>> OH MY.
I MIGHT COME UP WITH MY OWN
PROCLAMATION AFTER THAT.
>> TAKE YOUR BETS NOW, FOLKS.
THANK YOU.
>> BYE-BYE.
>> WITH THAT I BELIEVE WE ARE
DONE WITH PRESENTATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING AND
PROVIDING GREAT COMMENTS TO THE
KRAKEN FOR THE CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA AND FOR THE COMMUNITY OR
KRAKEN UNITY ICE PLEX.
NEXT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE A
AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED TOO.
>> HEARING HER SING NO
OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO PUBLIC
COMMENT AND I WILL READ MY
STANDARD STATEMENT AND THEN
HANDED TO THE CITY CLERK WHO
WILL MODERATE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
>> EXCUSE ME, YOU FORGOT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
>> DID I?
>> APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> I APOLOGIZE, OR IS IT?
THERE IT IS.
I AM SORRY, THANK YOU.
THAT IS WHY YOU'RE THE EXPERT
AND I AM NOT.
I HAVE TWO CALENDARS IN FRONT
OF ME.
THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW GO TO APPROVAL OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
LET'S SEE, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE AND MOVED TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE HAD A MOTION AND A
SECOND TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR WITH THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> YES.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERKS PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATURE ON
MY BEHALF.
WE HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
I WILL SLIDE RIGHT INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IS THAT OKAY MADAME CLERK?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE
WILL OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA,
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR, AND THE COUNCIL'S
WORK PROGRAM.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER, AS A REMINDER, THE
CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO END OR ELIMINATE THESE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY
POINT IF WE DEEM THAT THIS
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IS NO
LONGER SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING
OUR MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
AND KINDLY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE
SIGNED UP?
>> WE HAVE FOUR SIGNED UP.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE
FOUR SPEAKERS.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING IS 20 MINUTES AND
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION AND USING THE
MEETING PHONE NUMBER, ID, AND
PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED TO
THEM UPON CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
GENERAL MEETING LISTEN LINE
CALL IN INFORMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM.
ONCE A SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND A
PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED WILL BE THE Q AND THE
SPEAKER MUST PRESS START SIX TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
>> SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
COMMENT PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM
THE LINE AND IF YOU PLAN TO
CONTINUE FOLLOWING THIS
MEETING, PLEASE DO SO VIA THE
LISTING OPTIONS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS START
SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD
GAIL FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES.
>> A GOOD AFTERNOON.
SEATTLE STOP.ORG, COMMENTING ON
THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS AFTERNOON YOU WERE
FORMALLY ADOPTING A COUNCIL
2022 WORK PROGRAM.
PAGE 44 OF THIS PROGRAM STATES
THE COUNCIL SHOULD "CONSIDER
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY
AUDITORS 2017 REPORT ON
EVALUATING SEATTLE'S NEW POLICE
OVERSIGHT SYSTEM.".
THAT REPORT STATES THAT "ANY
EVALUATION OF SEATTLE'S NEW
POLICE OVERSIGHT SYSTEM SHOULD
BE RIGOROUS, REFLECTIVE OF THE
COMMUNITY AND ADEQUATELY
RESOURCED AND EVALUATE WHETHER
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PROVIDING
APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT.
" WHAT IS SHOCKING HERE IS A
RECOGNITION THAT AFTER FIVE
YEARS NOTHING REMOTELY LIKE
THIS HAS BEEN DONE LET ALONE
PLANNED AND WE HAVE ALLOWED
SEATTLE'S POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS TO BECOME CUT OFF FROM
THE COMMUNITY, SELF PROTECTIVE
AND SELF-SERVING.
AS IS REVEALED BY THE RECENT
STANDARDS THE OIG UPPER
RUBBERSTAMPING OF THE SHODDY
INVESTIGATION OF POLICE
INVESTIGATING POLICE, OIG
PUSHING OUT INVESTIGATORS AND
QUESTIONING INVESTIGATIVE
FAILURES WHILE THEY RETAIN
INVESTIGATORS WHO FAILED TO
INVESTIGATE.
THE OIG, AND FRANTICALLY
CLIPPING DOWN A TRANSPARENCY
END OF -- IGNORING THE DEMANDS
OF THE COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.
HERE'S A SIMPLE METRIC.
THE SP HAS KILLED MORE PEOPLE
IN THE DECADE AFTER THEY KILLED
WILLIAMS THAN A DECADE PRIOR.
WILL WE HOLD OF THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAMS AS A POINT OF A MORAL
COMPASS, THE HOMELESS MAN
KILLED IN CRISIS IS FORGOTTEN
AND REMAINS UNNAMED.
WHAT A DISRESPECT TO THE PERSON
WHO WAS MURDERED BY SPD WHO
STARTED US ON THIS 12 YEAR
JOURNEY, WE FIND OURSELVES LOST
ON THE PATH OF CONSTANT
JUSTIFICATION LEADING US EVER
FURTHER TO THE PATH OF JUSTICE.
WE NEED TO BUILD THROUGH
SEATTLE INITIATIVE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY PROVIDING
COMMUNITY CONTROL SO SEATTLE
STOP.ORG, FIND OUT HOW.
>> ANNEXED SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAYNES FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER
STEIN WHO IS SHOWING IS NOT
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
DISTRICT 7. THE ONLY THING
KRAKEN THEY VIOLATED THE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND
SHOULD'VE TORE DOWN THE THING
TO BUILD A FIRST WORK PLUS
ARENA.
HUSTLED THE CITY MAYOR COUNCIL
OUT OF 100 ALERT --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
EXCUSE ME FOR $1 BILLION RIGHT
OFF.
ANYWAY, IT IS TOTALLY UNSAFE TO
GO ANYWHERE NEAR THIRD AVENUE
WHERE THE BUS STOPS.
THE POLICE ARE REFUSING TO
FIGHT CRIME.
PROBABLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
WORST POLICE CHIEF PAYING
POLITICS WITH LAW-ABIDING UNITY
ALWAYS GIVING EXCUSE WHY THEY
REFUSE TO HELP.
MEMBER WAY BACK HOW COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES BRAGGED THEY COULD
QUELL CRIME HOTSPOTS BY
THROWING AWAY ENVIRONMENTAL
INFRASTRUCTURE?
AND SPENDING $1 MILLION PICKING
UP ONE BUS STOP INTO THREE BUS
STOPS ONLY TO SEE 100 CRIMINALS
20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SUNDAY
SHOOTOUT?
REMEMBER WHEN CITY COUNCIL
CALLED THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE
PROVIDER TO GET THE TENT OUT OF
SIGHT THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE OPEN MARKET BETWEEN PINE
AND PIKE STREET LAST THURSDAY?
WHY DIDN'T CITY COUNCIL ALSO
CALL THE POLICE TO ARREST ALL
THE EVIL CUSTOMS VIOLATING
REPEAT OFFENDERS AND FIND WHERE
THE CRACK METHOD HAIR WHEN
SUPPLY IS AND HAVE IT SHUT
DOWN?
INSTEAD THREE DAYS LATER MORE
CRIMINALS ACCUMULATED OVER 100.
RESULTING IN A DEATH -- CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY LISTED TWO
MISDEMEANOR BASED ON DOLLAR
AMOUNT.
HAPS CITY COUNCIL SHOULD RESIGN
FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY
OVERSIGHT.
ALSO, I DARESAY, VIRGINIA
GARCIA IS PROOF THAT RACIST
SKIN COLOR ALTERCATIONS RESULT
AT INEPT EMPLOYEES CITY AUDITOR
GIVING IT DOESN'T DOLLARS TO
THE WRONG ACCOUNT THE PROVES WE
HAD CORRUPTION WITHIN THE
GOVERNMENT THAT NEVER GOT
FIRED.
THEY JUST GOT MORE MONEY FROM
CITY COUNCIL'S OVERSIGHT
[INDISCERNIBLE]
REELECTION APPARATUS THAT STILL
NEEDS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
SIX-FIGURE SALARIES IN THE
HALLWAYS THAT STOP PRIORITIZING
CRIMINALS.
--
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
ALEXANDER STEIN FOLLOWED BY
BILL JOHNSON WHO IS SHOWING IS
NOT PRESENT.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX STEIN AND I
REALLY HAVE A SAD STORY.
THE SAME STORY HE SAID.
ON PIKE STREET, THEY WERE OUT
OF THE LAUNDRY DETERGENT ON CVS.
I AM DESPERATE, SO I GO ON PIKE
STREET, I SEE A BUNCH OF GUYS
DOING FENTANYL AND CRACK BUT
THEY ARE ALSO SELLING TIDE
LAUNDRY DETERGENT.
IT'S A 64 OUNCE THING.
I GIVE THE GUY $20.
IT'S USUALLY LIKE $40.
END UP GETTING STABBED BY SOME
GUY, HE CALLED ME THE WHITE
DRAGON.
I END UP HAVING TO GET TESTED
FOR HEPATITIS AND HIV.
IT MAKES SENSE THE TEAM IS
CALLED THE SEATTLE TENANTS.
ALL SHOULD BE CALLED THE
SEATTLE FENTANYL AND CRACK
ADDICTS.
EVERYONE IN DOWNTOWN IS
LITERALLY HIGH ON IT.
NOW THAT I HAVE HEPATITIS
POSSIBLY AND AM SCARED TO DEATH
BECAUSE I WENT TO GET LAUNDRY
DETERGENT, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
LIVING IN YOU CAN'T BUY LAUNDRY
DETERGENT, YOU HAVE TO BUY IT
FROM A CRACK AT.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, GO TO
INSTAGRAM, HE HAS VIDEOS.
HE SHOWS HOW IT'S AN OPEN-AIR
DRUG MARKET WHERE YOU CAN BITE
LAUNDRY DETERGENT, DEODORANT,
CRACK, FENTANYL, GHB, EVERY
SINGLE DRUG.
ACID AND MARIJUANA.
YOU CAN BUY IT ALL AND IT'S
LACED WITH ALL KINDS OF
NARCOTICS.
IF YOU WANT TO DO DRUGS,
SEATTLE WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE.
IF YOU WANT TO WORK AND BE A
NORMAL CITIZEN AND NOT GET
STABBED BY SOME GUY THAT LOOKS
LIKE IS SHOOTING UP A SPOON A
NEEDLE THAN COME TO SEATTLE.
THIS IS ONE BEAUTIFUL TOWN AND
ITS EVOLVED INTO AN ABSOLUTE
NIGHTMARE AND SOMETHING OUT OF
AN APOCALYPTIC MOVIE WHERE YOU
SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE ZOMBIES
STRUNG OUT ON FENTANYL BARELY
ALIVE AND CAUSING OTHER
PEOPLE'S LIVES, TO BRING OTHER
PEOPLE'S LIVES DOWN TO THEIR
MISERY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO
CRACKED OUT ON FENTANYL.
AND ON THE METH AMPHETAMINE'S.
PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD GO
LOOK AT MY INSTAGRAM AND LOOK
AT MY HOSPITAL BILL AND YOU CAN
SEE THIS FOR YOURSELF.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL
JOHNSON WHO IS SHOWING IS NOT
PRESENT.
THAT IS THE END OF THE LIST,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR
LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
I'M NOT GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS IN FRONT OF
US.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
FIRST ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 122 70
RELATING TOTAXATION; DELAYING
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
HEATING OIL TAX ON HEATING OIL
SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER CHAPTER
5.47 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE; AND DELAYING THE DATE OF
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT'S FIRST ANNUAL
HEATING OIL TAX PROGRAM STATUS
REPORT.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, I
THOUGHT THE CAMERAS ON.
THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO CAST PASS COUNCIL
BILL 120270.
IS OUR SECOND?
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IT'S ALL
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, WE RECEIVED A VERY
HELPFUL MEMO FROM OUR CENTRAL
STAFF MEMBER, YOLANDA, BUT IN
SUMMARY, WE HAVE TWICE NOW
DELAYED THE HEATING OIL TAX.
WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE NEW
COLLEAGUE SO I WANT TO GIVE A
LITTLE BACKGROUND.
WE DID HAVE A HEATING OIL TAX
PROPOSED.
WE DELAYED IT TWICE.
THE IDEA IS THAT REVENUE FROM
THIS HEATING OIL TAX WOULD BE
USED TO SUPPORT TRANSITION TO
HEAT PUMPS AWAY FROM OIL,
PARTICULARLY SUPPORTING LOW-
INCOME FAMILIES AND MAKING THE
TRANSITION.
REVENUE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A
JOB TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WORKERS
WHO WOULD BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED
BY A SHIFT AWAY FROM FOSSIL
FUELS.
AND ALSO PROVIDE PUBLIC
EDUCATION ON REDUCING RELIANCE
ON FOSSIL FUELS.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AT
THE OFFICE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT, THEY BEEN
DOING A LOT OF HARD WORK ON
THESE PROGRAMS AND ON TRYING TO
HELP UNDERSTAND THE BEST WAY
FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T WANT -- I WANT TO MAKE
SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND I AM
SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAMS
THEMSELVES, BUT, I HAVE HEARD
FROM FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT AT
LEAST, WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE EXPENSE OF A HEATING
OIL CONVERSION, WORRIED IT
WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE EVEN
WITH THE SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE
OFFERED BY THIS PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FOLKS SEE THIS AS A TAX OIL
DEALERS AND THE NOTION OF DIRTY
OIL, BUT, THE REALITY IS THIS
WOULD VERY LIKELY GET PASSED ON
TO FAMILIES.
AND SO, THE PROPOSED DELAY WILL
PUT A POSITIVE SOME OF THE
ACTIVITIES MENTIONED, BUT WE DO
HAVE JUMPSTART FUND, FUNDS, THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN
ALLOCATES 9% OF TAX PROCEEDS W
THAT THE BOARD, THIS COULD BE
SOMETHING THAT THEY INCLUDE IN
THEIR DISCUSSION AND THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2023
BUDGET PROCESS.
SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR,
I AM NOT OBJECTING TO THE
PROGRAM ITSELF.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE MOVE
SEATTLEITES AWAY FROM RELIANCE
ON FOSSIL FUEL.
TO MORE EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE
HEATING AND COOLING.
BUT I AM ASKING FOR A PAUSE ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS TAX
BECAUSE IT IS A REGRESSIVE TAX
AND WE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO
FIND A DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCE.
SO, I AM HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS
, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE STATE AND
LOCAL SYSTEMS SET UP TO HELP
THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THIS
CONVERSION AND CAN'T AFFORD TO
PAY THE TAX.
WE AREN'T QUITE THERE YET.
IT WOULD BE FOR BASICALLY
MAINTAINING STATUS QUO WILL BE
GIVE THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO STUDY THIS AND BRING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO US.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANY.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> YES.
EIGHT IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
TWO, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120272 RELATING
TO STAFFING SHORTAGES IN THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT; RETROACTIVELY
AUTHORIZING A ONE-MONTH HIRING
BONUS INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR
HIRING 911 DISPATCHERS AND
POLICE OFFICERS; AND RATIFYING
AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR
ACTS.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120272.
32nd?
>> SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , THIS
IS YOURS.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120272
PROVIDES RETROACTIVE APPROVAL
FOR $220,000 IN BONUSES FOR
FIVE POLICE OFFICERS AND 14 91
DISPATCHERS HIRED DURING THE
MONTH OF JANUARY 2022.
LAST OCTOBER THE FORMER MAYOR
ISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER TO
PROVIDE FOR HIRING BONUSES FOR
OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS.
COUNCIL ALLOWED THE EMERGENCY
ORDER TO FORWARD.
BUT, VOTED TO MODIFY THE
EMERGENCY ORDER TO LIMIT THE
BONUS PROGRAM TO THE END OF
2021.
NO FUNDING WAS INCLUDED IN THE
2022 BUDGET.
THERE WERE PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING
A BUN BONUS PROGRAM, INCLUDING
WHEN I COSPONSORED.
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A REQUEST
FOR A REPORT WOULD BE DUE MARCH
1 A POTENTIAL CITYWIDE BONUS
PROGRAM.
AND VOTED TO END THE EMERGENCY
ORDER THE END OF 2021.
I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND THEY
ARE CAREFULLY EXAMINING THIS
ISSUE AND HAVE LET US KNOW WE
CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE A REPORT
ON A CITYWIDE PROGRAM IN MID-
MARCH.
BACK TO THE SAGA OF THE JANUARY
EXTENSION, CONTRARY TO THE
COUNCILS ACTION, I JUST WANT TO
NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT
THE DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO
BONUSES AFTER RECEIVING A
DIRECTIVE FROM THE FORMER MAYOR
ON DECEMBER 30 AT 6:00 PM
CLAIMING THAT COUNCILS ACTION
TO LIMIT EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS
NOT EFFECTIVE.
THIS IS [INDISCERNIBLE]
AND THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS
NOTED THEY PROVIDED NO SUCH
ADVICE. AND WE TO THIS THEY DO
NOT KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR MEANT
WHEN HE WROTE ON CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNCIL IT HAS BEEN
CONCLUDED CITY COUNCIL'S
ACTIONS LIMIT THE EMERGENCY
ORDER WERE NOT EFFECTIVE.
I DISCOVERED IN LATE JANUARY
THAT THE INCENTIVES WERE STILL
BEING OFFERED.
I REALLY, SINCERELY APPRECIATE
THAT SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WITH THE CHIEF DIRECTION INVITED
THE DECEMBER DIRECTIVE --
EXACTLY SOON AS I INQUIRED
ABOUT BONUSES.
AND I THANK THE HERALD
ADMINISTRATION IMMEDIATELY
TEXTED BOTH DEPARTMENTS
[INDISCERNIBLE]
AS SOON AS THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT
THIS.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING
TOGETHER TO ENSURE THE OFFICERS
AND DISPATCHERS OFFERED BONUS
ARE PROVIDED WITH IT.
AND THIS LEGISLATION IS THE
RESULT.
AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING A
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO
GOVERNING.
IT IS A RELIEF TO HAVE A MAYOR
AND ADMINISTRATION THAT
RECOGNIZES COUNCILS AUTHORITY
AS WE WORK TO RESOLVE THIS
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
CONCERNS, IF I DO NEED TO
SUSPEND THE RULES WHICH I DON'T
SEE THAT HAPPENING AT, OTHER
úANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ? I SEE NONE.
WITH THAT, I DON'T NEED TO
SUSPEND THE RULES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
-- IS THERE STILL A DEBATE
HAPPENING?
>> YOU CAME IN A LITTLE LATE.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
>> I JUST WASN'T QUITE SURE IF
WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS OF
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO
DO IT BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE
RAISE THEIR HAND.
OKAY NOW WE HAVE TWO.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD OR FOR
ALEC?
>> QUESTIONS FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
>> LET ME MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES.
SO WE CAN ALLOW RESPONSE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW ACTING DIRECTOR FOR
CENTRAL STAFF TO ADDRESS ANY
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ANY
COUNCIL MEMBER MAY HAVE.
SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, THE RULES
ARE SUSPENDED.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DID SEE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES UP BEFORE ME.
I'M HAPPY TO WAIT MY TURN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , FOR THE SUMMARY OF
THIS LEGISLATION.
THE IMPORTANT THING HERE I
THINK TO UNDERSCORE IS THAT THE
LEGISLATION IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT WAS COUNCIL DRIVEN.
IT WAS US TRYING TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO A SITUATION THAT
HAS BEEN FORCED UPON THIS
COUNCIL YET AGAIN BY THE
PREVIOUS MAYOR.
THE FORMER MAYOR WHO ADOPTED
EMERGENCY ORDER OCTOBER 29
OFFERED THE BONUSES AS
COUNCILMEMBER HER BALD NOTED, I
THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
IS THAT COUNCIL HAD EXPRESSED
WE WOULD BE VOTING TO MODIFY
THAT ORDINANCE ON NOVEMBER 22.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANT TO
JUST ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC PROVISO THAT WAS
PLACED NOT ON THE COMMITTEE
SAFETY COMMUNICATION CENTER BUT
ON THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
CAN YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COULD
YOU PLEASE REMIND ME ABOUT HOW
THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT ON
DECEMBER 31 BY THE MAYOR
VIOLATES WHAT THE COUNCIL HAD
PUT IN PLACE REGARDING PROVISOS
ON SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SPENDING?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I DON'T HAVE THE LETTER IN
FRONT OF ME.
IN GENERAL, WHEN THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED THE 2022 BUDGET THEY
ALSO ADOPTED A RESOLUTION
MODIFYING THE EMERGENCY ORDER
THAT THE FORMER MAYOR HAD ISSUED
ON THE HIRING INCENTIVES.
THE MODIFICATIONS OF THAT
EMERGENCY ORDER ONLY PROVIDED
AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE HIRING
INCENTIVES TO SPD OFFICERS AS
WELL AS SEE SEC DISPATCHERS
THROUGH THE END OF 2021.
AND THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT
THEY WOULD USE 2021 SALARY
SAVINGS TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
IT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY
AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER HIRING
INCENTIVES BEYOND THAT DATE.
IN ADDITION, THE BUDGET
ADOPTION ORDINANCE BEING
PROPOSED PROVISO SPD 2022 BUDGET
LIMITING THE USE OR THE
SPENDING OF ANY SALARY SAVINGS
THAT THEY MIGHT ACHIEVE IN 2022
FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COUNCIL.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WAS A
BUDGET PROVIDED FOR THE
STAFFING PLAN FOR SPD FOR 2022.
ANY SORT OF DELAY IN HIRING OR
NOT FILLING POSITIONS RESULTS
IN SOME SALARY SAVINGS.
SPD DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORIZATION
TO SPEND ANY OF THOSE SALARY
SAVINGS UNLESS SPECIFIC
AUTHORITY IS PROVIDED BY THE
COUNCIL.
THAT MEANS WHEN THE FORMER
MAYOR ISSUED A LETTER TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AN
INDICATION CENTER DIRECTING
THEM TO CONTINUE THE HIRING
INCENTIVES IT WAS IN VIOLATION
OF EMERGENCY ORDER THAT THE
COUNCIL HAD MODIFIED AS WELL AS
THE PROVISO BECAUSE THERE IS NO
BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR SPD TO
PROVIDE THOSE SO IN THIS BILL
IS WHAT IT SAYS IS IT PROVIDES
RETROACTIVE AUTHORITY ONLY FOR
THOSE OFFERS MADE IN JANUARY
2022 AND ALLOWS THE AUTHORITY
TO SPEND $50,000 OF SPD SALARY
SAVINGS TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS.
THE CS CC DOES NOT NEED THE
SAME AUTHORITY BECAUSE THE
COUNCIL DID NOT RESTRICT THE
USE OF SALARY SAVINGS AS LONG
AS THEY ARE GENERALLY USING THE
FUNDS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT
OF THE BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL THE
FUNDS WERE PRORATED TOO.
THE CSCC CAN MAKE THE PAYMENTS
WHEREAS THE SPD NEEDS AUTHORITY
FROM THE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, DO YOU
HAVE FOLLOW-UP FOR A GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I DID HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP IF
I MIGHT, MADAM PRESIDENT.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS
LEGISLATION, AND AGAIN, I WANT
TO NOTE THE UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION WE ARE IN.
I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR TO THE
EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN OFFERED
EMPLOYMENT OR A HIRING BONUS
AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THIS
COUNCIL WHO IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT
OUR INTENT BOTH RELATED TO
POLICY AND THE SPECIFIC
PROVISIONS PLACED ON THE
PROVISOS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I AM THANKFUL TO THOSE
WHO'VE ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT
OFFERS TO SERVICE PUBLIC
SERVANTS TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE
HAD PROVISIONS IN PLACE TO
EXPRESSLY TRYING TO HAVE A
POLICY CONVERSATION AROUND
HIRING BONUSES FOR THIS YEAR
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAD NOTED.
AND ALSO BUDGETARY HAD
INTENTIONALLY A PROVISO THAT
WAS IN SCOPE INTENDING TO
REALLY KEEP AN EYE ON SPD'S
FUNDING.
AS WE LOOK AT SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY IN
RECOGNIZING IT'S ONLY ABOUT
$50,000 OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT
HERE, I DID ASK CENTRAL STAFF
IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO AMEND THE
LEGISLATION TO RECOUP THE
SPECIFIC AMOUNT THAT IS BEING
OFFERED FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SPD
FROM THE OFFER OF THAT LETTER
BEING THE FORMER MAYOR.
THE EXISTING TITLE DOES NOT
ALLOW FOR ME TO MAKE THAT TYPE
OF AMENDMENT IN THIS ORDINANCE
TODAY.
>> DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
OR ARE THOSE ARE GENERAL
COMMENTS.
>> THAT LAST SENTENCE WAS A
QUESTION, IS THAT CORRECT THAT
I CANNOT AMEND TODAY'S
LEGISLATION GIVEN THE CURRENT
TITLE?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THE TITLE DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR
THAT SCENARIO AND YOU WOULD
NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK AND
I UNDERSTAND THAT IS
LEGISLATIVELY IMPOSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS MY QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S POINT COVERED WHAT I
WANTED TO ASK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE MAYOR WHO UNDERSTANDS AND
RESPECTS THESE POWERS AND
BRINGS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE TO
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, NOW THAT WE HAVE
SUSPENDED THE RULES, ALLOWED
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK
QUESTIONS OF THE ACTING
DIRECTOR, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
GENERAL COMMENTS BEFORE I CALL,
ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE
OF THE VOTE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE
CHAIR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE
WORK SHE'S DOING HERE IN THE
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR ALONG WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CALLING
ATTENTION AND STOP TO THIS
PRACTICE.
I ECHO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
SENTIMENT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF EQUALLY IMPORTANT BUT
SEPARATE WRENCHES OF GOVERNMENT
WORKING TOGETHER ON THESE
ISSUES MOVING FORWARD.
I WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT WE
CAN DO TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO
RECOUP THE EXPENSES BUT IN THIS
LEGISLATION IT DOESN'T SOUND
POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
I DO THINK THE FACTORS THAT LED
US TO THIS DECISION TODAY ARE
UNACCEPTABLE AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO ADDRESSING THOSE WITH THE
COLLEAGUES AND A DIFFERENT
MAYOR IN A DIFFERENT VENUE THAT
IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF HOW WE GOT
HERE BUT DUE TO THE POSITION WE
ARE IN I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS IN THIS MOMENT.
I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING GREATER RECONCILIATION
ON BOTH THE FINANCES AND POLICY
THAT LED US HERE AFTER TODAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD
BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE?
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> YES.
EIGHT IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, THE BILL
PASSES, AND THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE BILL.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
THREE, PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER
THREE INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 32043
>> A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE
INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING
RELATING TO CHANGING THE
ASSESSMENT RATE FOR THE SEATTLE
TOURISM IMPROVEMENT AREA.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32043.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE SEATTLE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT
AREA WAS ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL
IN 2011 TO HELP PROMOTE
LEISURE TOURISM WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES WHICH IS THE
DOWNTOWN CORE AND WATERFRONT.
STI RATE PAYERS ARE HOTELS WITH
MORE THAN 60 ROOMS IN THE
CURRENT RATE IS TWO DOLLARS PER
OCCUPIED ROOM NIGHT.
STI A ADVISORY BOARD VOTED TO
IMPROVE IT TO FOUR DOLLARS PER
OCCUPIED ROOM NIGHT.
TO CHANGE ASSESSMENT RATES, RCW
35.87 A REQUIRES THE COUNCIL
FIRST ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT
STATES THE CITY'S INTENTION TO
CHANGE THE RATE, DESCRIBE THE
PROPOSED CHANGE AND SET THE
DATE AND LOCATION FOR PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE PROPOSAL AT
LEAST 15 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE
HEARING.
SO THAT IS WHAT RESOLUTION
32043 IS.
THE RCW REQUIRES A PUBLIC
HEARING RESOLUTION BE PUBLISHED
IN THE DAILY JOURNAL OF
COMMERCE AND MAILED TO ALL
POTENTIAL RATEPAYERS 10 DAYS
PRIOR TO THE HEARING.
THE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
EFFECTUATE POST-ASSESSMENT RATE
CHANGE, CB 12073 WILL BE
DISCUSSED IN THE MARCH 9
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
TECHNOLOGY AND CITY LIKE
COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED
FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING MARCH
23, FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE
DATE.
THAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
WE HAVE BEFORE US.
THAT IS WHAT RESOLUTION 32043
DOES.
AS TO THE MERITS OF THE
INCREASE IN THE RATE FROM TWO
DOLLARS TO FOUR DOLLARS PER
OCCUPIED ROOM NIGHT, THIS HAS
THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE
COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE
MEMBERSHIP AND HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY THAT GETS BUSINESS FOR
HOTEL GUESTS.
SEATTLE HOTELS HAVE FALLEN
BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES
IN THEIR ABILITY TO MARKET
THEMSELVES VISITORS.
WHEREAS, STIA HAS HAD THE SAME
FLAT RATE SINCE 2011, OVER 10
YEARS.
PORTLAND'S RATE IS 2% OF THE
ROOM RATE.
SO AS ROOM PRICES INCREASED SO
DOES THE MARKETING REVENUE.
THIS RATE INCREASE IS ONE MEANS
TO HELP ARE HOTELS RECOVER FROM
THE PANDEMIC AND SUPPORT
REVITALIZATION OF OUR DOWNTOWN
CORE.
AND ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION
IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT
PROCESS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
THANK YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
I KNOW I AM THE VICE CHAIR ON
YOUR COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
NO ONE IS RAISING THEIR HAND.
WITH THAT, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT AND MADAME CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER FOUR INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
314441.
APPLICATION OF WALLACE
PROPERTIES - PARK AT NORTHGATE,
LLC FOR A CONTRACT REZONE OF A
SITE LOCATED AT 10735 ROOSEVELT
WAY NE FROM THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL
GRANT AS CONDITIONED .
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS I HANDED
OVER, I DON'T MOVE IT.
>> I BELIEVE SO.
AMELIA, CAN YOU CONFIRM ?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL
PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
CLERK FILE 314441 AS YOU
MENTIONED APPLICATION FOR THIS
IS AN APPLICATION FOR A REASON
OF TWO PARCELS LOCATED AT 10735
ROOSEVELT WAY NORTHEAST. IN THE
NORTHGATE URBAN CENTER WITH
MANDATORY HOUSING PORTABILITY,
MIDRISE WITH A HIGHER.
THE TWO PARCELS ARE ADJACENT TO
THE AREA ON FORTIN CREEK WHICH
INCLUDES AN ENVIRONMENTALLY --
MULTIPLY ENVIRONMENTAL HE
CRITICAL AREAS.
THE SITES ARE ABOUT 5.25 ACRES
TOTAL.
UNLIKE MOST APPLICATIONS WE SEE
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A
CONCURRENT MASTER USE PERMIT
APPLICATION.
WE DID SEE THIS ONCE BEFORE IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS WITH
ANOTHER LOCATION ON 45th IF I
RECALL CORRECTLY.
THIS MEANS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SITE WILL STILL REQUIRE
A MASTER USE PERMIT APPLICATION
AND ALL THE ASSOCIATED REVIEWS.
THERE WAS ONE APPEAL FILED TO
THE DECISION FOR THIS
APPLICATION WHICH WAS DISMISSED
BY THE HEARING EXAMINER.
THE HEARING EXAMINER COMMITTED
APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION
WITH SEVERAL CONDITIONS WHICH
ARE CONTAINED IN THE FILE.
ONE CONDITION WAS THAT THE
DEVELOPER SIGN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREA
COVENANT RESTRICTING THE FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT WITH THE RIPARIAN
MANAGEMENT AREA ON-SITE.
AS YOU HEARD ME MENTION
YESTERDAY, I WOULD ONLY BRING
THIS CONTRACT REZONE FORWARD IF
THAT AGREEMENT HAD BEEN
FINALIZED.
AND COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF HAS
CONFIRMED WE RECEIVED THE
SIGNED AND FINALIZED AGREEMENT
WHICH IS REFLECTED IN LEDGER
STAR AND SENT TO ALL
LEGISLATIVE, TO ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS EARLIER TODAY.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
RECOMMENDED BY THE EXAMINER
INCLUDE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
WILL COMPLY WITH MHA BY
BUILDING AFFORDABLE UNITS ON
SITE AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
ON THE SITE WILL PROVIDE
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, A PUBLIC
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BETWEEN
ROOSEVELT WAY AND EIGHTH AVENUE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THAT IS THE REPORT ON THE CLERK
FILE.
UP NEXT IS ACCOUNTABLE
ASSOCIATED AND THAT IS THE ITEM
.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
BEFORE WE GET TO NUMBER FIVE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
NOT SEEING ANY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE AS CONDITIONED, OR AS
EXPLAINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> YES.
EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> FILE IS GRANTED AS
CONDITIONED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE FINDINGS AND
DECISIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
ON MY BEHALF.
THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
IT'S COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
AGAIN.
PLEASE READ ITEM 5 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120275.
RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING; AMENDING CHAPTER 23.32
OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
AT PAGE 16 OF THE OFFICIAL LAND
USE MAP TO REZONE TWO PARCELS .
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL BILL 120275 IS
ACCOUNTABLE WITH THE CLERK FILE
WE JUST DISCUSSED.
THIS IS A CORRESPONDING COUNCIL
BILL FOR THE CONTRACT ZONE, IT
EFFECTUATES THE REZONE OF THESE
TWO PARCELS.
AS USUALLY OCCURS WHEN WE
APPROVE CONTRACT REZONE'S WE
HAVE TO AMEND THE COUNCIL BILL
TO ADD THE EXECUTED PROPER USE
OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
INPART TO ENSURE THAT THE
RECORD DOES REFLECT THE
PROTECTIONS, THE COVENANTS FOR
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL
AREAS.
WITH THAT, I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120275 EXHIBIT B
BY SUBSTITUTING THE AN EXECUTED
PROPERTY AGREEMENT WITH THE
EXECUTED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT.
>> SECOND.
>> CAN I DO THAT?
>> OKAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS MOVED
IT , COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
SECONDED.
ANY COMMENTS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
SUBSTITUTE TO EXHIBIT B?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> YES.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND THEN
OPPOSED.
>> THE SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED IN
THE AMENDED BILL IS NOW BEFORE
COUNCIL.
OTHER ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON
THE AMENDED BILL?
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE AMENDED BILL.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL
THE CLERK CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
THE SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
>> WE HAVE ADOPTION OF OTHER
RESOLUTIONS ON OUR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS MINE.
MADAME CLERK, PLEASE RENUMBER
SIX INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 32045.
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT FOR THE 2022 ADOPTED
BUDGET AND 2022-2027 ADOPTED
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32045.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
AS SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION, I
WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM AND OPEN
THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS.
THIS RESOLUTION FORMALLY ADOPTS
THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT WHICH WE CALL THE CITY
COUNCIL APPROVED DURING ITS
REVIEW DURING THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET AND THE 2022 THROUGH
2027 PROPOSED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ALSO KNOWS THE CAP.
IT REFLECTS THE POLICY INTENT
AS IT APPLIES TO THE ADOPTED
BUDGET AND THE 2022-2027 KAPLAN
PROGRAM.
YES.
OKAY.
ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES ARE
REVIEWED BY CENTRAL STAFF AT
THE BEGINNING OF EACH CALENDAR
YEAR.
ANY CHANGES ARE REFLECTED IN
ATTACHMENT ONE TO THE RESOLUTION
WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WILL HAVE.
AFTER THAT, IS THERE ANY COMMENT
THAT ANY OF MY COMMENTS WOULD
LIKE TO BRING TO THIS
RESOLUTION?
>> I SHOULD ALSO ADD WE HAVE
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE IF
ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS I
WILL NOT NEED TO TO SPEND
SUSPENDED I WILL CONTINUE WITH
THE AGENDA.
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WE JUST
PASSED.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,
THIS IS ALSO MINE.
PLEASE READ ITEM 7 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7, RESOLUTION
32046.
ADOPTING THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL 20 WANTS TO WORK
PROGRAM.
>> I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32046.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
AS SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION I
WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM AND THEN
OPEN THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTS THE
COUNCIL 2022 WORK PROGRAM FOR
STANDING AND FLEX 80s.
THE WORK PROGRAM IS UPDATED
PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR AS CIRCUMSTANCES AND
PRIORITIES CHANGE.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
WORK PLAN I BELIEVE SINCE
JANUARY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION IN.
A BIG THANK YOU TO CENTRAL
STAFF, TO MR. AND EVERYBODY
INVOLVED, I KNOW YOU HAD A TON
OF SPREADSHEETS AND DRAFTS AND
DRAFTS AND DRAFTS AND YOU GOT
IT DONE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OTHER ANY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU ARE BACK ON
CAMERA.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS,
ANYTHING WE WANT TO SHARE FROM
OUR COLLEAGUES TO THIS
RESOLUTION OR, AGAIN, THANK
CENTRAL STAFF?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
OKAY.
THERE ARE NONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
DID YOU WANT TO TALK,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
NO NO?
OKAY.
GO AHEAD, CLERK, CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE RESOLUTION.
BEFORE WE GO ON TO OTHER
BUSINESS, I LIKE TO CALL ON
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA BECAUSE
SHE IS SO KIND AND THINKING
EVERYBODY.
I LIKE TO HEAR HER THINK
EVERYBODY.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I AM GOING TO BE AT THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE CITY
MEETING IN MID-MARCH.
THAT GOES FROM MARCH 12 THROUGH
MARCH 15.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE EXCUSED ON
MARCH 14 AND FULL COUNCIL ON
MARCH 15 WITH YOUR BLESSING.
>> LET'S DO COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FIRST.
HOLDUP COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA BEING
EXCUSED FROM THE DAYS SHE
SHARED WITH US?
SEEING NO OBJECTION, HEARING NO
OBJECTION COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS INDEED EXCUSED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I WANT TO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU TOO.
THANK ALL OF YOU.
WITH THAT, BEFORE WE ADJOURN,
COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES CONCLUDE
OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS TODAY ON
OUR AGENDA.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON MARCH 8
AT 2:00.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
GOODBYE.