>> THANK YOU. WELCOME TO SEATTLE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, TODAY IS
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27th. AND THE
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL NOW COME TO ORDER, THE
TIME IS TO:02, AND I AM DEBORAH
WAR IS. ADAM CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNSEL MEEHRA NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES?
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. TODAY WE HAVE
THREE PRESENTATIONS, AND I'M
GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH
THIS. THE FIRST PRESENTATION WE
WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SENIOR
DEPUTY MAYOR WHO WILL BE
TRANSMITTING THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE CITY
COUNCIL, AND FOR INCLUSION IN
ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH IS
S ITEM NUMBER ONE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AND ORDERED TO
ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
>> I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY,
TODAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL,
THE BUDGET SPEECH FROM THE MAYOR
MAYOR EARLIER TODAY. AND I WOULD
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFICIALLY
AND FORMALLY PRESENT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. I DO WANT TO
JUST SAY A THANK YOU AND A FEW
WORDS TO OUR COUNSEL TODAY. YOU
WORKED WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION
ON OUR VERY FIRST BUDGET, AND IN
IN THAT WORK, YOU REALLY
PARTNERED WITH US IN THIS. THIS
WAS SOMETHING WHERE WE SAT DOWN,
DOWN, WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS
WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER, AND WE
TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR VALUES
WERE, HOW WE WERE GOING TO
COLLECTIVELY MOVE THROUGH THE
PROCESS, HOW WE WERE GOING TO
NAVIGATE THE BUDGET SHORTFALL,
AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD
BOTH SUSTAIN ITSELF, MOVE AND LK
TO THE FUTURE, AND ALSO BUILD
FOR THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO BE.
BE. THE WORK YOU'VE ALREADY PUT
INTO THIS BUDGET, I HOPE YOU SEE
SEE IT IN HERE. I HOPE YOU SEE
OUR COLLABORATION, BECAUSE IT
REALLY IS WITH YOUR WORK, AND
YOUR GUIDANCE THROUGH THIS
PROCESS, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
DELIVER THE FINAL DOCUMENT TO
YOU TODAY. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS
THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE
AND WE ARE HONORED TO CONTINUE
DOING THAT WORK WITH YOU. WE
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE D
ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU WILL
WANT TO DELIBERATE, BUT SO FAR
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST
COLLABORATIONS AND PROCESSES
THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, AND
IT' BECAUSE YOU GAVE SO MUCH OFS
TO THIS PROCESS TO GET TO THIS
POINT WITH US. SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE IN
IN THIS TODAY. I WANT TO GIVE A
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO DIRECTOR
TINGLEY FOR LEAVING HER FIRST
BUDGET AS OUR CBO DIRECTOR, AND
REALLY, AGAIN, THIS IS HOW THE
CITY WORKS BETTER TOGETHER, WHEE
WORK TOGETHER, AND I THINK THE
WORK WE HAVE DONE SO FAR IS
SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF
OF AND I HOPE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS PROUD OF THE WORK WE
HAVE COLLECTIVELY DONE TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I
LEAVE WITH YOU THE GRAND BINDER,
BINDER, THIS WILL PLANT A FEW
MORE TREES, BUT THANK YOU ALL SO
SO MUCH AND WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE NEXT MONTHS
TOGETHER.
>> BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I WANTED TO
TO SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAD A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS TO
MAKE, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEMR
TWO. IS THERE ANYTHING FOR MY
COLLEAGUES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
TO SHARE? COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> I DON'T HAVE PREPARED REMARKS
REMARKS BUT I WANT TO THANK THE
DEPUTY MAYOR, AND SPECIFICALLY
THE CITY BUDGETS OFFICE
DIRECTOR, AND WOULD CONCUR WITH
WHAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR HAS NOTED,
IN WHICH GREATER COLLABORATION
AND TRANSPARENCY HAS BEEN SHOWN
BY THE ADMINISTRATION, BETWEEN
THE TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT,
IS VERY MUCH IMPROVED, AND WELL
WE WILL TAKE THIS BUDGET AND
HAVE HER OWN DELIBERATIONS OF
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, I'M VERY
VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THE
WORK BETWEEN OUR OFFICES, OUR
STAFF, TOWARD CREATING A MORE
EQUITABLE SEATTLE. MUCH WORK TO
COME BUT THANKS FOR THE WORK
YOU'VE ALREADY PUT INTO THIS
DRAFT BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. ARE THERE OTHER
COMMENTS? WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM
ITEM NUMBER TWO. I FEEL LIKE I N
EXHALE, THANK YOU, FOR BEING OUR
OUR MIGHTY BUDGET CHAIR, AND
WORKING WITH JULIE DINGLEY AND E
HAROLD ADMINISTRATION TO GET USO
WHERE WE ARE AT. WE HAVE A LOT
OF WORK IN FRONT OF US BUT WE
COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT
THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR HARRELL
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND
I LEARNED TODAY THAT THERE IS NO
NO ONE SEATTLE WITHOUT WEST
SEATTLE. WITH THAT I'M GOING TOE
ON, THANK YOU, SENIOR DEPUTY
MAYOR HARRELL. ALL RIGHT. SO, WE
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR
AGENDA, TO OUR OTHER
PROCLAMATION, PROCLAMATION
NUMBER TWO. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS A PROCLAMATION, FOR
DIAPER NEED AWARENESS WEEK AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION, THEN I
I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR
COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS,
AFTER ANY PARTICULAR
COUNCILMEMBER HAS COMMENTED WE
WILL SUSPEND THE RULES AND ALLOW
ALLOW OUR GUESTS, I UNDERSTAND
THAT IS SARAH CODY ROTH FROM WEE
BABY, TO ADDRESS THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL. WITH THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> LOOK AT THAT, MY MUTE IS
ALREADY OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE HAVE WITH
US SARAH CODY ROTH, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF WESTSIDE BABY, TO
ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION
DECLARING SEPTEMBER 24th THROUGH
THROUGH OCTOBER 2nd, TO BE
DIAPER NEED AWARENESS WEEK. THIS
THIS IS A SERIOUS TOPIC, A FEW
FACTS ABOUT DIAPER WEEK, AND
DIAPER NEED, 23% OF FAMILIES ARE
ARE EXPERIENCING DIAPER NEED.
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND FAMILIES OF
OF COLOR EXPERIENCE DIAPER NEED
AT A RATE 2 TO 3 TIMES THE
AVERAGE. THE AVERAGE COST OF
DIAPERS HAS INCREASED 22% SINCE
2018, DUE TO INFLATION. MORE
THAN HALF OF BLACK AND LATINO
HOUSEHOLD REPORT THE PRICE
INCREASES HAVE CAUSED THEM
SERIOUS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. 60%
OF PARENTS EXPERIENCING DIAPER
INSECURITY IN 2021, MISSED
SCHOOL OR WORK BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DIAPERS. TO
LEAVE AT DAYCARE OR TO GET
THROUGH THE DAY. OUT OF
DESPERATION, CAREGIVERS MAY
REUSE DIRTY DIAPERS. OR RESORT
TO PAPER TOWELS. T-SHIRTS.
PLASTIC BAGS. THESE ACTIONS CAN
HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON HEALTH
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND
STUDIES SHOW THAT STRESS FROM
DIAPER NEED INCREASES THE
LIKELIHOOD OF A MOTHER SUFFERING
SUFFERING FROM MATERNAL
DEPRESSION AND MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS. IN OUR COMMUNITY WE
ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE
WESTSIDE BABY, WHICH EXISTS TO
MAKE THE BASIC NEEDS OF
CHILDREN, TO PROMOTE SAFETY, SE,
AND HELP DEVELOPMENT. THEY
COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE DIAPERS,
CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT
THROUGHOUT ALL OF WESTERN KING
COUNTY, IN COLLABORATION WITH
100 DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIP
AGENCIES. LAST YEAR WESTSIDE
BABY DISTRIBUTED 2.5 MILLION
DIAPERS, WITH FUNDING PROVIDED
BY THIS COUNSEL THEY WERE ABLE O
GROW THEIR PARTNERSHIPS WITH
OTHER AGENCIES BY 75%. I'M CLOUD
CLOUD PROUD THAT THEY DO THEIR
WORK OUT OF DISTRICT ONE, AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WITH
THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES BEFORE
I MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES?
ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS ABSENT FORS
YESTERDAY AND SO I THINK I
MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN
OFF AND I WONDER IF I MIGHT BE
ABLE TO DO THAT NOW.
>> I THINK WE CAN. CLERK?
>> CORRECT, JUST NOTING THAT THE
THE COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TOE
ADDED AT THIS POINT WOULD BE
SUFFICIENT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I'M NOT
NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED. SO, IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL RULES
WILL BE SUSPENDED. HEARING AND
SEEING NO OBJECTION THEY ARE
SUSPENDED, AND SARAH CODY ROTH,
OUR GUEST, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME HERE TODAY, AND SUSPENDING TE
RULES SO THAT I CAN SHOW WHAT AN
AN HONOR IT IS TO HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF THIS COUNSEL. IN
ADDRESSING DIAPER NEED IN
SEATTLE. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THE
PROCLAMATION, AND THE ENTIRE
COUNSEL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD JUST
SHARED, DIAPER NEED IN OUR
SOCIAL SAFETY, AND I'M PROUD TO
LIVE IN A CITY AND STATE THAT IS
IS LEADING IN THE NATION IN THE
úPROVISION OF BASIC NEEDS. IN
ADDITION TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD SHARED, I WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT HOW EACH OF US IN
SEATTLE CAN BE PART OF ERADICATG
DIAPER NEED, THAT IS OUR GOAL AD
OUR VISION. CELEBRATE NATIONAL
DIAPER NEED AWARENESS WEEK,
WESTSIDE BABY IS ALSO WRAPPING
UP OUR COMMUNITY'S LARGEST
DIAPER DRIVE. WE CALL IT FROM
THE BOTTOM UP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS
AS STUFF THE BUS, FOR THOSE WHO
ARE FAMILIAR. I URGE EVERYONE TO
TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES, THAT'S
ALL IT TAKES, TO VISIT OUR
WEBSITE, WESTSIDE BABY.ORG, TO
HELP US IN MEETING OUR GOAL OF
COLLECTING 300,000 DIAPERS AS
PART OF FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
FOLKS CAN DONATE DIAPERS VIA OUR
OUR AMAZON WISH LIST, AND THEY
SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO WESTSIDE BA,
OR YOU CAN DONATE DOLLARS FOR
DIAPERS, FOR EVERY ONE DOLLAR
THAT OUR COMMUNITY DONATES, WE
ARE ABLE TO BUY TWICE THE
DIAPERS THEN YOU CAN PURCHASE AT
PURCHASE AT RETAIL COST. SO THAT
THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO HAVE
DOUBLE THE IMPACT. FINALLY, IT'S
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO HOST A
VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON COLLECTION
DRIVE TO COLLECT DIAPERS WITH
NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, COWORKERS,
FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS, WESTSIDE
BABY HAS ALL THE TOOLS NEEDED TO
TO GET SET UP QUICKLY TO DO
THAT. AGAIN, IT'S WESTSIDE
BABY.ORG, AND THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY, FOR
YOUR AMAZING SUPPORT, I FEEL SO
LUCKY TO LIVE IN SEATTLE IN THIS
THIS COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, SARAH. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. LET'S
MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD
PROCLAMATION. COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS A PROCLAMATION
HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
AND IMPACT IN PROCLAIMING
OCTOBER 8th DAY, THAT IS A
SPECIAL DAY FOR ME, THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN MY MOTHER'S 85th
BIRTHDAY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
HERE. SO, WHAT WE WILL DO FIRST,
FIRST, IS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
MOSQUEDA WILL PRESENT THE
PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE WILL
OPEN THE FLOOR AND MOVED TO
SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW OUR
GUEST, MISS ESTELLA ORTEGA TO
SPEAK. WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, I AM VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION IN FRONT
OF US AND THE ABILITY OF THIS
CITY TO HONOR THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND IMPACT, WE,
THROUGH THIS PROCLAMATION ARE PY
PROGRAMMING OCTOBER 8th 2022 TO
BE [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] DAY, ON
SATURDAY OCTOBER 8th, WE WILL BE
BE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS THROUGH
THEIR ANNIVERSARY, AND HAVING A
GALA CALLED BUILDING THE
COMMUNITY GALA, WE ARE SO
EXCITED OUR CITY, OUR REGION,
OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION GET
THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY HAVE
MADE POSSIBLE AND TO BE ABLE TO
GATHER IN PERSON IN VIRTUALLY.
WE ARE EXCITED TODAY THAT WE DO
HAVE THE LEADER WITH US, AND WE
DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE
THE WORK THAT HER TEAM IS MADE
POSSIBLE, THE TEAM IN THE PAST,
AND THE WORK AND LEADERSHIP AND
VISION. MADAM PRESIDENT I WOULDE
TO READ A FEW OF THE PASSAGES
FROM THE PROCLAMATION IF I MAY.
>> PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. WHEREAS FOUNDED IN
IN 1972 BY THE LEGENDARY CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADER, HAS ESTABLISHED A
A LEGACY OF STEWARDING SOCIAL
JUSTICE WORK WITH AND FOR
COMMUNITY BY ADDRESSING THEIR
NEEDS AND ADVOCATING FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS, LITERACY, HEALTHCARE,
EDUCATION, AND HOUSING JUSTICE
AMONG MANY OTHER ISSUES. WHEREAS
WHEREAS THE EXAMPLE IF I WHAT IT
IT MEANS TO THE LATINX IMMUNITY,
IMMUNITY, IMMIGRANT AND LOW INCE
COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES TO
REAFFIRM THEIR AGENCY AND
SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY CAN
THRIVE IN OUR SOCIETY. WHEREAS
THROUGHOUT THE LAST 50 YEARS,
THEY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED
NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY
FOR ITS WORK IN COMMUNITY IN
ORGANIZING IN PROVIDING ACCESS
TO GREATER CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN ,
BUILDING A MULTIRACIAL COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY AND UNITY, AND EARLY
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. IT'S
EXCITING THAT WE HAVE WITH US
TODAY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
I'M VERY PLEASED TO CALL ESTELLA
ESTELLA A FRIEND, BUT A MENTOR
AND INSPIRATION TO ME
PERSONALLY, AND IN THE
PROCLAMATION IT NOTES THAT
WHEREAS THEY HAVE CONTINUED THE
MISSION, THE ORIGINAL VISION AND
AND HAS BUILT UPON THIS VISION
WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF ORTEGA
WHO HAS GROWN SERVICES IN
RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE
CHILDCARE COPPERHEADS EVENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND
COMMUNITY GATHERING AND CULTURAL
CULTURAL SPACE FOR ALL. I'M
EXCITED THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS, AND
ANOTHER 50 OR 150 MORE TO COME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP,
YOUR ADVOCACY, AND THE
RESILIENCE YOU'VE BROUGHT NOT TO
TO JUST THE LATINX COMMUNITY BUT
BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND REGION
AND STATE AS A WHOLE. WE ARE
HONORED TO HAVE WITH US ORTEGA
TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION ANI
WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR
CONCURRING WITH THE PROCLAMATION
PROCLAMATION AS WELL.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, ARE
THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THAT PROCLAMATION? COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST TO BE ADDED TO THIS
PROCLAMATION, SINCE I MISSED
YESTERDAY, AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU, ESTELLA, FOR BEING HERE,
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. I WANT
TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR
THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO LIFT UP
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT THE PRINCIPLES
THAT GUIDE YOUR WORK ARE
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WE
WE ARE ALL WORKING TO SERVE OUR
BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORS IN
SOUTH SEATTLE, WHETHER IT'S
DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO
RESOURCES AND POWER, OR PLANNING
PLANNING FOR THE HELP OF OUR
ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR FUTURE
GENERATIONS. WERE WORKING TO
REPAIR THE HARM IS BEEN DONE TO
OUR NEIGHBORS, ALL OF THE THINGS
THINGS DONE BETWEEN SOCIAL
SERVICES, CHILD CARE, ALL OF THT
THAT YOU LEND AND ACTIVELY
PURSUE, TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND
TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE AND
RESOURCES THE PEOPLE NEED TO
THRIVE HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT, SO
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, AND
MIGUEL ALSO FOR WORKING WITH MY
OFFICE ON OUR SEATTLE WITHIN
REACH WORK, IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND REALLY JUST THANK YOU FOR
BEING SUCH A SMART STRONG
ADVOCATE FOR OUR BELOVED
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I'VE GOT
YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WOULD
WOULD LIKE HER SIGNATURE AFFIXED
AFFIXED TO THE SECOND
PROCLAMATION, THE DIAPER NEED
AWARENESS WEEK, AND I'M
UNDERSTANDING SHE WOULD ALSO
LIKE HER SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO
THE EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA
PROCLAMATION. LET'S MAKE SURE E
RECORD REFLECTS THAT, AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THE FLOOR
IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ, THAT'S ALL I WAS GOING
TO BE SAY , I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE I MOVED TO
SUSPEND, ESTELLA, I'VE KNOWN YOU
YOU WAY TOO LONG, [ LAUGHTER ]
WAY BACK IN THE DAY WITH
ROBERTO, AND WAY BACK IN THE DAY
DAY BEFORE WE WENT TO LAW
SCHOOL, SO, AGAIN, 50 YEARS. WO.
WE BOTH STILL LOOK GOOD, THAT'S
IMPORTANT [ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO LET ME DO THIS. I'M GOING
TO MOVE, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, I WILL MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE RULES, NOT SEEING AN
AN OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO HAND
THE FLOOR OVER TO ESTELLA ORTEGA
ORTEGA AS OUR GUEST TO SPEAK TO
THE PROCLAMATION. GO AHEAD,
ESTELLA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL THE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A
HEARTFELT SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
DEVELOPING THE PROCLAMATION AND
HONORING EL CENTRO IN THIS WAY.
IT TRULY IS AN HONOR TO HAVE
YOU ALL ACKNOWLEDGE OUR WORK OF
50 YEARS, WHEN I REFLECT BACK OT
50 YEARS HAS MEANT, THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF
ALL OF THAT. AND, OUR PEOPLE,
OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR STAFF, OUR
DONORS, EVERYONE HAS WORKED SO
HARD FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS TO
DEVELOP A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, IN
IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND HAVG
OUR VOICES HEARD ON ISSUES THAT
ARE IMPORTANT TO THE LATINO
COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND ALL WORKING PEOPLE IN
GENERAL. WEED CONFRONTED RACISM,
RACISM, WE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE,
AND THE RIGHT FOR OUR PEOPLE TO
BELONG, AT THIS TIME IN OUR
COUNTRY THE SENSE OF BELONGING
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, WE'VE
DEVELOPED PROGRAMS FOR THE BETTT
OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE
CONTINUE TO WORK FOR JUSTICE.
OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS WITH
FUNDING FROM CITY GOVERNMENT,
AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND
DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS AND BANKS
BANKS AND SO FORTH, WE HAVE
REACHED AND SUPPORTED OVER
500,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH OUR
LIFE-CHANGING PROGRAMS, OUR
CULTURAL WORK, OUR EDUCATION.
AND OUR ADVOCACY WORK. IN
REFLECTING ON 50 YEARS, THERE
ARE A FEW IMPORTANT LESSONS THAT
THAT WE HAVE LEARNED, AND THAT
ARE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF
BUILDING UNITY. IT'S WORKING IN
MULTIRACIAL COALITIONS, WE HAVE
UTILIZED DIFFERENT METHODS OF
ORGANIZING THROUGH LEGAL
METHODS, PROTESTS, POLICIES,
GOING TO JAIL, SOCIAL PROGRAMS
AND OBVIOUSLY SO MUCH MORE. MOST
MOST IMPORTANTLY IN TERMS OF
BUILDING UNITY, IS KNOWING WHEN
TO LEAD AND WHEN TO SUPPORT AND
FOLLOW OTHERS. EVERYTHING THAT
WE SET OUT TO DO, WHEN WE SENT
OUT THAT FIRST PRESS RELEASE TO
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO
CITY GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE
ACHIEVED. AND SO MUCH MORE. IT
WAS PROGRAMS OF BILINGUAL EDUCAN
THAT TODAY WE CALL DUAL
LANGUAGE, ENGLISH LEARNERS
PROGRAMS, WE STILL TODAY HAVE AN
AN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
PROGRAM, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO
TO TAKE A MINUTE TO MENTION THAT
THAT IT WAS ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO
WERE LEARNING ENGLISH WHO WERE
THE IMPETUS FOR THE OCCUPATION
OF EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA. SO
WHEN PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED, WHEN
PEOPLE DEVELOP COURAGE, WHEN
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES,
THEY WILL TAKE ACTION, AND IN
TAKING ACTION YOU DEVELOP HOPE.
YOU CANNOT HAVE HOPE WITHOUT
ACTION. SO TO REITERATE AGAIN,
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, THERE'S
NO WAY THAT WE AS STAFF AND
VOLUNTEERS CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR
THE 50 YEARS, JUST SO MANY
PEOPLE OUT THERE, PEOPLE WHO,
AGAIN, WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME,
TIME, WHO GAVE UP THEIR MONEY,
WHO GAVE US SOLIDARITY, AND WERE
WERE COMMITTED TO THE
ORGANIZATION. KNOW THAT WE COULD
COULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOU 15
15 YEARS LATER. SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR HONORING US IN THIS
WAY, AND IT'S TRULY HEARTFELT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ESTELLA. I WANT TO
TO ADD, YOU AND ROBERTO HAVE A
LONG HISTORY OF MENTOR IN, THERE
THERE WAS A DAY WHEN I WAS A
YOUNG LAWYER, AND WHEN ROBERTO,
IT WAS WHEN WE CREATED YOU WILL
BE VERY FIRST KEYNOTE. THAT WAS,
WAS, 30 YEARS AGO? A LITTLE BIT
LONGER? SO WE COULD SPEND ALL
DAY, AND THIS IS WHY IT'S NICE
TO HAVE YOU AT CITY COUNCIL, SO
WE CAN CATCH UP AND VISIT FOR
THOSE OF YOU IN PUBLIC TO SEE
THIS IS A LONG HISTORY OF LOVE
FOR THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. THANK
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
BRINGING THIS TO US. ALL RIGHT,
RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR
AGENDA, TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AT
THIS TIME WE WILL GO INTO OUR
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
MADAM CLERK I UNDERSTAND THAT WE
THAT WE HAVE 16 REMOTE SPEAKERS
AND 10 PEOPLE IN CHAMBERS?
>> WE HAVE SEVEN REMOTE SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS AND 11 IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS.
>> OKAY. SO, WE HAVE SEVEN
REMOTE, AND WE HAVE 10 FOLKS IN
CHAMBERS.
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY. SO, LET'S DO THE REMOTE
REMOTE FOLKS FIRST. EACH
SPEAKER, I WAS LOOKING DOWN,
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE
MINUTE, AND THOSE REQUESTING
LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION WILL
HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME. MADAM
CLERK I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU
YOU TO RESENT INSTRUCTIONS AND
PUBLIC COMMENT RECORDING, THOSE
OF YOU THAT HAVE CALLED IN, BE
MINDFUL OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
IN PUBLIC THAT YOU HAVE ONE MIN,
TO HONOR THAT, I HAD TO CUT
PEOPLE OFF, WHEN YOU HEAR THE
CHIME YOU KNOW YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS TO WRAP THINGS UP, WE
DON'T LIKE TO CUT PEOPLE OFF, WE
WE WILL START WITH THE REMOTE
SPEAKERS FIRST. THANK YOU, MADA.
MADAM CLERK.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE. WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY, THE CITY OF
FLOWERS AND THE CITY OF
GOODWILL. BUILT ON INDIGENOUS
LAND, THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY
OF THE PEOPLE'S. THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND IS EAGER TO
HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
CITY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY REGISTER
REGISTER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MEETING VIA THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WEBSITE. HERE'S SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PROCEEDINGS. SPEAKERS
ARE CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY REGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. EACH SPEAKER
MUST CALL IN FROM THE PHONE
NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN THEY
REGISTERED ONLINE AND USE THE
MEETING ID AND PASSCODE THAT WAS
WAS EMAILED UPON CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS. A
REMINDER, A SPEAKER MEETING ID
IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL
LISTEN LINE MEETING ID PROVIDED
ON THE AGENDA. ONCE A SPEAKER'S
NAME IS CALLED, THE SPEAKERS
MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED AND
AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SAY THE
THE HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO
UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. THAT IS
YOUR QUEUE, THAT IT'S YOUR TURN
TO SPEAK. AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST
MUST PRESS á6. YOU WILL THEN
HEAR A PROMPT OF, YOU ARE
UNMUTED. BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS
UNMUTED ON YOUR END, SO THAT YOL
BE HEARD. AS A SPEAKER, YOU
SHOULD BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE
ADDRESSING. A CHIME WILL SOUND
WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
YOUR ALLOTTED TIME. AS A GENTLER
TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COMMENTS. AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE
WILL BE MUTED. AND THE NEXT
SPEAKER REGISTERED WILL BE
CALLED. ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE
COMPLETED PROVIDING PUBLIC
úCOMMENT, PLEASE DISCONNECT FRO
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND JOIN
JOIN US BY FOLLOWING THE MEETING
MEETING VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL
BROADCAST OR THROUGH THE
LISTENING LINE OPTION LISTED ON
THE AGENDA. THE COUNCIL RESERVES
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE
PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE SYSTEM IS
BEING A BLUE ABUSED, OR IF THE
PROCESS IMPEDES THE COUNCIL'S
ABILITY TO CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS
ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY. ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THESE
PROCEEDINGS OR THAT IS NOT
FOCUSED ON AN APPROPRIATE TOPICS
SPECIFIED IN COUNCIL RULES MAY
LEAD TO THE SPEAKER BEING MUTED
BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER. OUR
HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST OUR
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER, TO PRESS á6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF YOU
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. THANK
YOU, SEATTLE.
>> SPEAKERS WILL NOW BE CALLED N
THE ORDER REGISTERED. IF YOU
HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO SPEAK,
YOU CAN SIGN IT BEFORE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
COMPLETED BY REGISTERING FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE FOR REMOTE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT, OR FOR IN
IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE
PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE SIGN-UP
SHEET LOCATED NEAR THE PODIUM
AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FIRST
PUBLIC COMMENT OR FOR THE REMOTE
THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT IS
ALICIA RUIZ.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS AA
REESE, I'M THE SEATTLE
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR
THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
AND ITS NEARLY 3000 LOCAL
MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT COUNSEL
COUNSEL BILL 120394, ALSO KNOWN
AS THE TOWNHOME LEGISLATION, AS
DATA HAS SHOWN US, TOWNHOME
PERMIT APPLICATIONS HAVE
PLUMMETED IN SEATTLE. TOWNHOMES
ARE SEEN AS A LARGE PART OF
MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, SO WE
NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
INCREASE PRODUCTION. THE MOST
IMPORTANT CHANGE IN THIS
LEGISLATION IS TO THE DENSITY
PROVISION THAT WILL AGAIN ALLOW
FOR BUILDERS TO BUILD FOUR UNITS
FOUR UNITS ON A LOT, AND UNDER
TODAY'S CODE IN ORDER TO MAKE
THE MOST OUT OF AVAILABLE LAND,
BUILDERS ARE FORCED TO JUMP TO
EXCESSIVE AND EXPENSIVE HOOPS.
THIS ADDS ABOUT $3000 IN EXTRA
COSTS PER PROJECT, AND BUILDERS
MUST SUBDIVIDE INTO TWO SEPARATE
SEPARATE PIECES OF LAND TO GET
FOUR UNITS. THIS IS UNNECESSARY
AND CAUSES MORE WORK FOR BOTH
THE BUILDERS AND CITY EMPLOYEES.
EMPLOYEES. THE AMENDMENTS, THE
CHANGES IN HIS BILL.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN CR.
MEGAN CRUZ.
>> HELLO, THIS IS MEGAN CRUZ,
I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON CB 120401,
120401, SPECIFICALLY THE
AMENDMENT THAT BANS LIGHT AND
GLAR APPEAL, A PRODUCT THAT
PARTICIPATES IN DESIGN REVIEW.
SEATTLE DOES NOT HAVE LIGHTING
STANDARDS FOR LIGHT AND GLARE.
THE CITY BROUGHT THIS AMENDMENT
TO THE STATE, IT WAS ADDED TO AG
BILL IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THIS
AMENDMENT THAT DENIES DUE
PROCESS CAME TO THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE AS A DONE DEAL, IT
COMPLETELY CIRCUMVENTED SEATTLE
PUBLIC INTRODUCTION AND DEBATE
GOVERNING PROCESS. THE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT THAT BANS HAS NEVER
HAD A REVIEW, THIS IS THE
GOVERNMENT KEEPING ITS CITIZENSN
THE DARK WHILE ERODING
SAFEGUARDS INTENDED TO AVOID
ABUSES. NO MATTER WHERE YOU
STAND ON THIS ISSUE, IT SHOULD
ALARM YOU THAT SOME OFFICIAL
THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD
GOVERNANCE. THE CITIES ONLY
HEARING EXAMINER HAS TOLD THE
CITY GOVERNMENT THEY NEED TO NOT
NOT LITIGATE BUT ADDRESS THE
LIGHT IMPACTS. PLEASE WORK WITH
ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH
LIGHT STANDARDS, THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIA SH.
JULIA SHETTLER.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JULIA SHETTLER
SHETTLER AND I'M COMMENTING ON
BILL 120394. I'M ASKING YOU TO
VOTE AGAINST THE BILL IN ITS
CURRENT FORM SO IT CAN BE SENT
BACK TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE
FOR AMENDMENT'S TO PRESERVE
TOWNHOUSE NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M A
RENTER LIVING IN A TOWNHOUSE
BUILT IN THE 1970S, BECAUSE MY
BUILDING IS OLDER, THERE IS SOMN
SPACE IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF
THE BUILDING, SO WE HAVE TREES
WHICH ARE LANDLORD MAINTAINS.
THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR NEW
TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT BEING BUILT
BUILT AROUND ME. THEY MUST HAVE
NO TREES OR SPACE TO PLANT THEM.
THEM. PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS ARE
IN DANGER WHEN HE WAS PUT
SEATTLE WITH TEMPERATURES INSIDE
INSIDE BUILDINGS HIGHER THAN
THAT. THE AMENDMENTS MENTIONED
IN TODAY'S SEATTLE TIMES OP-ED
WOULD HELP, VERTICAL STACKING OF
OF HOMES WOULD FREE UP GROUND TO
TO SAVE OR PLANT TREES, WE
SHOULD ALSO REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE
ONE SIGNIFICANT TREE PER
DEVELOPMENT. A LARGE TREE CAN
COOL THE INSIDE OF THE HOME BY
UP TO 20 DEGREES IN A HEAT WAVE.
WAVE. PLANTING TREES IS THE MOST
THING WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE
RESIDENTS OF TOWNHOUSES THE SAME
SAME BENEFIT OF TREES THAT OTHER
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ENJOY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAYNES.
>> THANK YOU, LET'S REVIEW THE D
AVENUE CORRIDOR, THE CITY
COUNCIL [ INDISCERNIBLE. ] WITH
THE STAFF SPENDING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO BREAK UP ONE STOP IN
BETWEEN PINE AND PIKES STREET,
THE ONLY THING NEEDED TO IMPROVE
IMPROVE SAFETY IN HOTSPOT IS
CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN
THE STRUCTURE. THE SAME AREAS
GET WORSE WITH PROLIFIC CRIME,
DEATH, AND ONGOING WELL SHUTTING
SHUTTING DOWN BUS STOPS [
INDISCERNIBLE. ] CONTINUING TO
ENDANGER POLITE SOCIETY. HERE WE
WE ARE AGAIN REPEATING FAILED
POLICIES THE CITY COUNCIL IS
VOTING ON MILLIONS ON THIRD
AVENUE WITH 70 BUILDING OWNERS
WILLING TO TRICK PEOPLE TO COME
TO AN UNSAFE AREA, UNDERMINING
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOPE [
INDISCERNIBLE. ] WILL WORK OUT
FOR INNOCENT FOLKS, PROVING COUL
HAS FOOLISH IDEAS TO KEEP FROM
HAVING TO JAIL A BUNCH OF EVIL,
CUSTOMS VIOLATING CRIMINALS,
CITY HALL CLAIMS THE ANSWER TO
PUBLIC SAFETY ON THIRD AVENUE IS
IS ENVIRONMENT WILL DESIGN, WHY
IN GOD'S NAME HAS COUNSEL TURN
OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID MO.
DAVID MOEHRING.
>> GO AHEAD, DAVID.
>> HELLO, THIS IS DAVID MURRAY,
I PROMOTE THE CITY COUNCIL BILL
120394 FOR ITS DENSITY, BUT IT
DOES NEED WORK TO GET ITS TREES.
TREES. PLEASE RETURN THIS TO THE
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE SO THAT
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO LOVE
TREES WILL INCLUDE PROVISIONS
FOR BOTH THE ADDED DENSITY IN
THE TREES, TWO SIMPLE AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS WERE NOTED IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES YESTERDAY, MAKE
TREEPLANTING AND PART RETENTION
REQUIREMENTS AS MENTIONED
EARLIER, IN TOWNHOUSE
DEVELOPMENT, THE GREEN FACTOR
MAKES TREEPLANTING ONLY AN
OPTION AND IT CAN BE REPLACED BY
BY GROUNDCOVER OR PAVERS. ALSO,
KNOW THAT THE SUBDIVISION 2342,
WHICH IS NO LONGER REQUIRED,
USED TO REQUIRE THE MAXIMUM
RETENTION OF TREES, THIS IS NO
LONGER BEING ENFORCED. NUMBER
TWO, THE VERTICAL STACKING OF
TOWNHOUSES OVER OTHER DWELLINGS
IS ALLOWED IN OTHER CITIES,
ADDING THESE DWELLINGS STACKED
ALLOWS MORE GROUND SPACE FOR
PARKING, TRASH, AND DWELLING
ACCESS. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LESLIE B.
LESLIE BEWKES.
>> HIGH, MY NAME IS LESLIE
BEWKES, ADDRESSING CB 120401,
SPECIFICALLY THE AMENDMENT TO
BAN APPEALS BASED ON LIGHT AND
GLARE. THIS AMENDMENT IS
DESCRIBED AS MAKING MINOR AMEND,
IN FACT IT MAKES BROAD POLICY
CHANGES, INCLUDING THE BAND TO
BAN [ INDISCERNIBLE. ] GLARE.
THIS ORDINANCE WAS PROPOSED BY
THE CITY, HOWEVER INSTEAD OF BEG
INTRODUCED AND DEBATED IN THE LD
USE COMMITTEE, THE CITY WORKED
WITH THE DEVELOPER LOBBY TO PASS
PASS IT AS AN AMENDMENT IN THE
FINAL DAYS OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE SESSION. THE ONLY
PEOPLE TO TESTIFY WERE
DEVELOPERS WHO WERE IN FAVOR OF
IT, AND WOULD BENEFIT
FINANCIALLY FROM THIS
LEGISLATION. ARE ELECTED
OFFICIALS NEED TO BE WORKING
WITH CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN
SEATTLE AND MAKE THIS A VIBRANT
COMMUNITY. NOT JUST SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS INCLUDING
DEVELOPERS WHO WILL BENEFIT
FINANCIALLY. FAILING TO ENGAGE
WITH CITIZENS AND ONLY HEARING
THE VOICES OF DEVELOPERS IS WRO.
IS WRONG. THIS LEGISLATION TAKES
TAKES THAT SAFEGUARD AWAY. THIS
AMENDMENT SKIRT OF THE CIVIL
PROCESS AND THAT SHOULD CONCERN
YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AIDEN
CAROL.
>> AIDEN, GO AHEAD. á6?
>> DID IT WORK? YES. SO, I'M
SPEAKING ABOUT THE PARK RANGERS,
RANGERS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY
ONLY THING THIS RELATES TO. I
REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
CITY HASN'T MADE ANY EFFORT TO
CREATE ANY KIND OF SANCTION
ENCAMPMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, A
COUPLE YEARS AGO WE WERE TALKING
TALKING ABOUT PUTTING HOUSING ON
ON THE GOLF COURSES CONNECTED TO
TO MANY OF OUR PARKS THAT ARE
CLEARLY HAVE A HISTORY IN
WEALTHY PEOPLE HAVING A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SPACE AND WASTING LAND
LAND THAT WAY. WHY DON'T WE
CREATE WITHIN THOSE, FOR
EXAMPLE? PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
CAMP SO WE DON'T HAVE ENDLESS
ADDICTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN
SO MANY SLEEPS IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS AND INCREASINGLY INPATIENT
INPATIENT CITY WORKERS AREN'T
ALLOWING US TO SAVE PEOPLE'S
BELONGINGS, JUST, NOT BE WILLING
WILLING TO WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS
WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE
RATHER THAN MAKE IT WORSE.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW
MITNICK.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS MATTHEW,
I'M JUST COMMENTING ON THE ITEM
THAT THE MAYOR ADDRESSED, THE
2023 BUDGET, I JUST WANTED TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF 350 SEATTLE
CAMPAIGNS, THIS IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE INVEST IN CLIMATE
RESILIENT HUBS IN THE FUTURE,
I'M A RUNNER, I RUN ALL AROUND
THE CITY, THERE'S NO ACCESSIBLE
RESTROOMS IN ANY PARKS, AND SOMG
OF EXPERIENCED, PEOPLE I KNOW
HAVE EXPERIENCED, AND
NOTWITHSTANDING OUR MOST
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS ARE BEING
FORCED OUTSIDE IN THE WAKE OF A
CATASTROPHE, AND THIS CRITICAL
THAT WE INVEST FOR LONG-TERM,
LONG-TERM CARE IN THAT AREA, AND
AND EVERYTHING 350 SEATTLE IS
ADVOCATING FOR, I URGE YOU TO
CONSIDER IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
PROCESS. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIO
BELMONTE.
>> MARIO? á6? LET'S GIVE MARIO A
A MINUTE. A SECOND. MARIO? á6.
THERE YOU GO.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU, MY NAME
MY NAME IS MARIO, I AM HERE TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 350 SEATTLE,
A PROPOSAL FOR A KEEPING HEALTHY
HEALTHY THROUGH HEAT AND SMOKE,
I LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR 20 YEARS,
YEARS, MY WHOLE LIFE, WHICH
REALLY ISN'T THAT LONG, BUT EVEN
EVEN DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE
SEEN THE HEAT, THE SMOKE
CONDITIONS GET SO MUCH WORK, AND
AND I IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
THAT WE MAKE SURE TO PROTECT OUR
OUR NEIGHBORS THROUGH THAT
PROCESS. AND MOST IMPORTANT LJ,E
SURE IT'S EQUITABLE. WE NEED TOE
SURE THAT THE PEOPLE IN AURORA,
THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH SEATTLE, IN
LAKE CITY HAVE THE SAME
PROTECTIONS FROM SMOKE AS OUR
NEIGHBORS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT EVERYONE GETS THAT, GETS TO
TO HELP THAT THEY NEED AND
DESERVE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARIO, GO NATHAN
HALE.
>> LET'S GO RAIDERS.
>> WE WILL MOUNT NOW MOVE INTO
THE IN PERSON COMMENTERS, ONCE
HER NAME IS CALLED PLEASE APPROH
THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM TO WHICH YOU
ARE ADDRESSING. THE FIRST PUBLIC
PUBLIC COMMENT EVER IN PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALEX ZIMMERMA.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
>> WHERE IS MY FACE? WHAT IS
GOING ON? WHERE IS MY FACE? WHY
IS THIS AUTOMATIC
>> OKAY, WE ARE DONE. MADAM
CLERK? STOP THE RECORDING NOW.
WE ARE NOT DOING THAT TODAY.
PLEASE. COULD YOU PLEASE HAVE
MISTER ZIMMERMAN ESCORTED OUT.
WE HAVE RULES OF DECORUM AND
DECENCY, WE HAVE BEEN OVER THESE
THESE RULES MANY TIMES. NOT
ASKING A LOT, TO JUST COME AND
SPEAK TO THE AGENDA OR ANY ITEM
IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. NOT COMT
ON PEOPLE'S RACE, GENDER, ALL OF
OF THOSE THINGS. JUST BE KIND.
SO LET'S TAKE A TWO MINUTE BREAK
BREAK TWO MINUTES, WE WILL
RECONVENE IN TWO MINUTES. MADAM
CLERK, THANK YOU. TWO MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM ,
ARE WE BACK ON? SEATTLE CHANNEL,
CHANNEL, ARE WE BACK ON?
>> WE ARE ON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT.
>> THINK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT
TO APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO
WHO CALLED IN AND THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOW UP IN
CHAMBERS, WHO WANT TO GIVE US
PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT OUR AGENDA,
AGENDA, OUR WORK PLANS, THE
ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF
US. I APOLOGIZE WHEN WE HAVE
BEHAVIOR LIKE THAT, THERE IS NO
ROOM FOR THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE
OR HATE ANYWHERE, PARTICULARLY
IF WE HAVE THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE,
WHICH IS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL,
CHAMBERS, AND SO EVERYBODY CAN
FEEL SAFE, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES
AND PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE. WITH
THAT, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE
FINISH, DOING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUR
OUR GUEST TODAY AND READY TO
SPEAK?
>> THANK YOU. ARE NEXT IN PERSOC
COMMENT OR IS NICOLE GRANT.
>> HEY, NICOLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. CLIMATE CHANGE IS HEE
IN SEATTLE. THE HEAT WAVES, THE
WILDFIRE SMOKE, RIGHT NOW OUR
AIR QUALITY IS NOT GOOD.
LITERALLY. AND WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THIS WITH EVERY MOVE WE
MAKE. I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON PARKS VOTE. THERE ARE3
UPGRADES TO OUR COMMUNITY
CENTERS, CONVERTING THEM TO
CLIMATE RESILIENT HUBS WITH
FOSSIL FREE COOLING, AIR
FILTRATION, ROOFTOP SOLAR. THESE
THESE SOLUTIONS ADD UP, AND THEY
THEY PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, AND
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE
LEADERSHIP THAT MADE THIS HAPPE.
THIS HAPPEN. LONG LIST OF THANK
YOUSE, A LOT OF PEOPLE I'LL BE
THINKING ABOUT TONIGHT AS I
CELEBRATE. AND ESPECIALY THE
HEALTHY THROUGH HEAT AND SMOKE
COALITION. THAT REPRESENTS EVERE
FROM CLIMATE ACTIVISTS, LABOR,
ABOLITIONISTS, CHURCH AND MANY
MORE. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO
WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
CAMPAIGN, AND A SPECIAL THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW
LEWIS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE
GARO.
>> HELLO, KATIE.
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBER, GOOD AFTE,
GOOD AFTERNOON, IN PERSON AND O,
MY NAME IS KATIE GARO, I'M THE
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TREASURER,
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL
THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'M EXCITED
EXCITED TO PROVIDE THE LABOR
COUNCILS FULL AND ENTHUSIASTIC
SUPPORT FOR THE PARKS PACKAGE
THIS AFTERNOON THAT YOU ALL WILL
WILL CONTINUE CONSIDER.
ESPECIALLY THE ADDITIONS BROUGHT
BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBES
AND THE GREAT BASE PRESENTED BY
MAYOR HARRELL. WE PASSED A LATEN
AT THE LABOR COUNCIL BACK IN MAY
MAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS UPGRADE,
IT WAS A RESOLUTION BROUGHT
FORTH BY THE SEATTLE BUILDING
TRADES. AND IT WAS ALL
RESOLUTION WHEN THEY CALLED ON
THE LABOR MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT
THE PARKS BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT
THAT IT WAS GOING TO MEAN
HUNDREDS OF JOBS AND WORKERS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHO WL
WORK TO RENOVATE AND RETROFIT
OUR COMMITTEE CENTERS AND LOCAL
PARKS, BUT WE ARE ALSO EXCITED
ABOUT THE MORE THAN 100 FTES AND
AND 17 TEAMSTERS 117 AND LABOR
LOCAL 40 TWO, WHO WILL SEE MORE
THAN HUNDREDS OF NEW MEMBERS IN
THEIR FIELDS. THANKS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX.
>> SEATTLE, WANTED TO COMMEND
YOU ON YOUR CLIMATE LEADERSHIP
AND FUNDING THESE RESILIENCE
HUBS, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I HAVE
SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
SEATTLE HEAT WAVES, MY FAMILY
RECENTLY REPLACED A 50-YEAR-OLD
OIL FURNACE WITH A HEAT PUMP AND
AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE SET IN
2021. AND QUICKLY REALIZED WE
WERE IN ERROR WHEN THE POWER
WENT OUT. WE WERE LEFT WITH NO
COOLING WHATSOEVER. WHAT THAT
SHOWS ME IS THAT INVESTING IN
THESE COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS
FOR EVERYONE IS THE ONLY WAY
FORWARD. AND SHOWS THE
IMPORTANCE OF MICRO-GRID SOLAR
IN THE PACKAGE WHICH I BELIEVE
IS LEGISLATIVE INTENT. WE NEED
TO PROTECT AGAINST POWER OUTAGED
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A SAFE E
TO GO. I'M CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE
YOU'RE INCLUDING FUNDING FOR
PARK RANGERS IN THE PARKS LEVY,
THIS PROPOSAL IS A HUGE WHEN
ARDS TO THE IS DIFFERENT FOR
SERVICES, I HOPE YOU WILL
RECONSIDER THAT PORTION OF THE .
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCUS W.
MARCUS WHITE.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE, HOPE
EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. I'M
MARCUS, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF
OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. AS A
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION, OUR
PURPOSE IS TO ADVISE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL ON STRATEGIES,
PLANS, AND POLICIES TO HELP
ADVANCE ENGAGEMENT AND
PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY, TO
THAT END WE WANT TO SHOW HER
FACE AT MEETINGS ON THE LAST
TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WHICH IS
TODAY. AND WE HAD COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES COME TO OUR MEETING LASY
AND IT WENT WELL, AND WE WANT TO
TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU GUYS WITH
WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE.
HAVE. IN TERMS OF ENGAGING
RENTERS, IMMIGRANTS, MINORITIES
AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH
THE CITY AND MAKE IT BETTER. WE
WOULD LIKE TO INVITE AND INVOLVE
INVOLVE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AS
WELL TO COME, TO GET THEIR
INSIGHTS INTO THINGS, AND HOW WE
WE CAN PROGRESS THE CITY, AND
LASTLY, TO SECOND WHAT ESTELLA
ORTEGA SAYS, THERE IS HOPE IN
THE FUTURE AND POWER IN THE
PRESENT, THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
MARGUERITE WISHART.
>> YES, MY NAME IS MARGUERITE R,
I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT, COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT. BASICALLY, THAT'S
WHY I'M HERE. I HAD THREE
MINUTES IN BELLEVUE THE OTHER
DAY, I COME HERE AND I GET
CHOPPED TO ONE MINUTE, WHAT KIND
KIND OF STUFF IS THIS? THIS IS
THE 21st CENTURY. WE SHOULD BE
SO FAR AHEAD OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING HERE, GETTING
THROWN OUT FOR BASICALLY
NOTHING? IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR
FREE SPEECH, WE DON'T HAVE
NOTHING AT ALL. AND MY SPEECH IS
IS ORDAINED BY GOD, SO I'M NOT
AFRAID OF NONE OF YOU. I AM NOT,
NOT, EVEN THOUGH HONORABLE
MICHAEL B FULLER MYSELF FOR
RACIALLY PROFILED, BUT A HIGHER
CONTRACT OF SECURITY THAT YOU
HAVE, AND FOR WHAT? DEBORA
JUAREZ, YOU'VE GOT AN
EXPLANATION AS LONG AS YOU ARE
SITTING IN THAT SEAT, ABOUT NOT
ERADICATING THIS RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION HERE IN SEATTLE
KING COUNTY, DO YOU UNDERSTAND
ME?
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEITH WA.
KEITH WARE.
>> MADAM CLERK, WE CAN'T HEAR
HIM.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YEAH, START THE CLOCK OVER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS KEITH
KEITH WEIR, WITH IBEW LOCAL 46 E
TODAY TO SPEAK IN FULL SUPPORT
OF THE PARKS LEVY, MOVING
FORWARD. AS I STAND HERE NOW
LOOKING AT AIR QUALITY INDEX OF
145, DOWN WHERE MY OFFICES ARE
LOCATED IN KENT VALLEY,
UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS.
WE ARE LIVING THROUGH THIS EVERY
EVERY DAY. I'M A SEATTLE NATIVE,
NATIVE, AND IT'S JUST GETTING
WORSE AND WORSE. WE NEED TO DO
BETTER BY OUR COMMUNITIES BY
UPGRADING AND MAKING RESILIENCY
HUBS, WE CAN OFFER THROUGH
COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
WITH OUR BUILDING CREATES
OPPORTUNITIES AT DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, GETTING
PEOPLE INTO CAREERS, NOT JOBS,
LIVING WAGE, CAREERS, WITH
BENEFITS AND FAMILIES SUSTAINING
SUSTAINING WAGES AND BENEFITS.
AND A FULL CAREER. GREENING OUR
CITY AND MAKING IT BETTER FOR
FUTURE CITIZENS. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEE ROCH.
DEE ROCHE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ON, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANA
OR NELLIS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ONDREA OR
OR NELLIS, 7000+ MEMBERS. I'M GD
TO BE HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
350 SEATTLE'S SMOKE CAMPAIGN,
AND THE BENEFITS IT WILL CREATE.
CREATE. EXPLAINING THE SEATTLE
PARKS LEVY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CREATE SAFE SPACES FOR COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS THINGS
ARE OPENING FROM THE PANDEMIC,
BY EXPANDING THE HOURS OF
SEVERAL COMMUNITY CENTERS. TO
BUILD PATHWAYS AND CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SEATTLE
PRIORITY HIRE PROGRAM, AND
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK
ON PROJECTS COVERED ON THIS
LEVY. ALSO EXPANDING THE SEATTLE
SEATTLE PARKS LEVY IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A HEALTHIR
COMMUNITY, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMEND
A GREENER SEATTLE. THANK YOU TO
ALL THAT HAVE HAD THEIR HAND AND
AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
THANKS.
>> THE LAST SPEAKER IS STEPHEN .
STEPHEN ESTELLA.
>> 60 SECONDS IS NOT REALLY A
WHOLE LOT, BUT, LET'S GO WITH
THE LAND-USE FIRST, THAT'S THE
CHANGING OF THE LAW, WHEN
SOMEONE FINDS A LOOPHOLE THAT
HAS TO PAY MONEY TO BE THE LAW,
WHAT DO WE DO? WE DON'T ASK WHY
THE LAW WAS THERE, WE HELP THEM,
THEM, WE ELIMINATE THE COST, WE
SHORTEN THE TIME, BECAUSE WE
DON'T CARE ABOUT YARDS FOR KIDS,
KIDS, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT ACCESS
ACCESS FOR FIRETRUCKS, WE DON'T
CARE ABOUT DELIVERIES, WHAT WE
CARE ABOUT IS WHAT WE ARE TOLD
TO DO BY THE LAND-USE
DEVELOPERS, THE LARGE ONES SPEAK
SPEAK WELL IT VERY WELL OF YOU.
SOME SMALLER CONTRACTORS, NOT SO
SO MUCH. ON THE ISSUE OF CITY
LIGHT, I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE A
LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT THE
AVERAGE CITIZEN DOESN'T GET BEAT
BEAT OVER THE HEAD YET AGAIN,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
LOBBYISTS, OR WHAT YOU CALL
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS FOLKS,
BECAUSE EVERY TIME AROUND I SEE
THE FOLKS THAT ARE THE BIG USERS
USERS SEEM TO GET THE BIG DEAL.
THE OWNERS OF CITY LIGHT ARE THE
THE CITIZEN.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS, PUBLIC
>> THANK YOU, FOLKS, FOR THE
FOLKS THAT CALLED IN AND FOR
THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME TO CHAMBS
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
CITY COUNCIL.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU'RE
MISSING ONE PERSON.
>> OKAY. WAS THIS THE GENTLEMAN
WE CALLED EARLIER?
>> SORRY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THT
WAS FOR THE PARKS MEETING COMIN.
>> OKAY, ARE WE GOOD?
>> WE ARE GOOD.
>> OKAY. SO I CAN MOVE ONTO THE
AGENDA AND WE CAN CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT?
>> YES, YOU CAN.
>> GREAT. WE'VE REACHED THE TIME
TIME OF ENDING A PUBLIC COMMENT,
PUBLIC COMMENT, THANK YOU FOR
THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME TO CITY
HALL AND THOSE OF YOU THAT TOOK
THE TIME TO CALL IN. TO TALK OR
SPEAK TO TODAY'S AGENDA. MOVING
ON ON TODAY'S AGENDA, LET'S GO
ON TO ADOPTION OF THE IRC, THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR. IF THERE'S NO
NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED. NOT SEEING OR HEARING
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION OF L
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. MOVING ON
TO ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE OF
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED, AND
HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, THE PROPOSED
CONSENT CALENDAR, ARE THERE ANY
ITEMS IN A COUNCILMEMBER WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR? NOT SEEING
ANY, BEFORE I DO THAT LET ME
SHARE WITH YOU BRIEFLY, FOR THE
PUBLIC, WHAT IS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF
OF SEPTEMBER 20th, WE HAVE
PAYROLL BUILD COUNSEL BILL
120425, WE HAVE CLERK FILE
314503, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, AND 24
APPOINTMENTS. FOR THE LAND-USE,
LAND-USE, WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAS TWO APPOINTMENTS,
FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD BE
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON, WE HAVE
SEVEN APPOINTMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD,
EIGHT APPOINTMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE FREIGHT ADVISORY BOARD,
AND SEVEN APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
SEATTLE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD.
THAT WILL BE, WE WILL HEAR ABOUT
HEAR ABOUT THOSE ITEMS IN OUR AA
AS WE MOVE ALONG. WITH THAT, I
DO NOT HEAR OR SEE ANYONE
WANTING TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR, HEARING
NONE, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. WITH THE CLERK
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
IS ADOPTED, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. THE ADOPTION
OF IT. ON OUR AGENDA, MOVING TO
EACH COMMITTEE REPORT, WE HAVE
EIGHT ITEMS, I'M GOING TO RATTLE
RATTLE THIS OFF QUICKLY, WE WILL
WILL GO BACK TO IT,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS ITEM
1, I HAVE ITEM 2, COUNCILMEMBES
HAS ITEM 3, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX,
SIX, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS IM
7, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HAS
ITEM 8. WE WILL START WITH ITEM
ITEM NUMBER ONE, MADAM CLERK,
PLEASE ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD.
RECORD.
>> ITEM 1, COUNSEL BILL 123
RELATING TO THE CITY'S TRAFFIC
CODE CONFORMING TO THE CL
MUNICIPAL CODE WITH CHANGES IN
STATE LAW AND MAKING TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS, OMITTING SECTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO PASS
COUNSEL BILL 120423. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. MOVED AND SECONDEO
PASS THE COUNSEL BILL,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THE FLOOS
YOURS.
>> THANK YOU, AS I EXPLAINED
YESTERDAY IN COUNSEL BRIEFINGS,
BRIEFINGS, COUNSEL BILL 120423 S
THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CODE TO BRING
BRING THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
CODE IN LINE WITH CHANGES TO
STATE LAW MADE DURING THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION EARLIER THIS
THIS YEAR. COUNCIL SPECIAL STAFF
STAFF SENT COUNCILMEMBERS AN
EMAIL SUMMARY OF THE BILL FRIDAY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THIS BILL IS
GOING TO FULL COUNCIL GIVEN THAT
THAT IT INCLUDES UPDATES FROM
STATE LAW, A COMPANION BILL TO
UPDATE THE CODE TO REFLECT
CHANGES FROM THE STATE LEGISLAT,
STATE LEGISLATURE, REQUIRED TO
BE UNIFORM STATEWIDE, AND LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS CANNOT HAVE
ORDINANCES CONFLICTING WITH
STATE TRAFFIC LAWS. CENTRAL
STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BILL
BILL GO TO FULL COUNCIL, AND
RECOMMENDED THAT THE CRIMINAL
CODE GO TO COMMITTEE, AND I
CONCURRED WITH THAT
RECOMMENDATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERB,
ARE THERE COMMENTS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES? COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU
WANT TO ADD BEFORE WE GO TO
VOTE?
>> NOTHING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. LECLERC
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> Translator: COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE. NINE IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES,
THE BILL PASSES, AND, THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT AND MADAM CLERK
WILL YOU PLEASE FIX MY SIGNATURE
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD? LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER TWO. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO
INTO THE RECORD?
>> CLERK FILE 315405, THE BUDGET
BUDGET ADDRESS ON THE 2023
BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO ACCEPT
AND FILE, CLERK FILE 314505, ISE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT AND FILE
THE CLERK FILE, AS SPONSOR I
WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST AND THEN N
THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES. I'D LIKE TO THANK
MAYOR HAROLD FOR HIS PUBLIC
ADDRESS TODAY AT NOON, AND
SENIOR DEPUTY MERYL HAROLD FOR R
DELIVERY OF THE BUDGET TO
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. TODAY
OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF COUNSEL'S
REVIEW OF THE 2023 BUDGET,
BETWEEN TODAY, NOVEMBER 21st,
ALL STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
ARE SUSPENDED AND THE COUNSEL
EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSES ON THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, AND OF COURSE
OUR OWN BUDGET PROCESS WHICH IS
BEING LED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. TODAY'S ACTION PUTS
MAYOR HAROLD BUDGET ADDRESS
OFFICIALLY ON THE RECORD. ARE TE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. NOT
SEEING OTHER COMMENTS, MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>>
>> AYE. NINE IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES
AND THE CLERK VIRAL IS PLACED ON
ON THE RECORD. MOVING TO ITEM
NUMBER THREE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> REPORT OF THE LAND-USE COMMIE
AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNSEL BILL ONE
2394. RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING, OMITTING SECTIONS 23.40
5.508, 23.40 5.518, 23.40 5.536,
5.536, 23.50 3.015, 23.50 3.020,
3.020, 43.50 3.025, 23.50 4.015,
23.84 8.024, 23.80 6.007, 23.80
23.80 6.014, AND 23.80 6.015 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 23.5 3.002
TO THE CL MUNICIPAL CODE TO
IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO SUPPORT THE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOWNHOUSES
AND ROWHOUSES. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL PASS
PASS THE BILL AS AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU. COUNSELOR STRAUSS,
STRAUSS, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THE
THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE, PLEASE
PROVIDE US WITH YOUR COMMITTEE
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENT, THIS BILL, COUNSEL
BILL 120394 KNOWN AS THE
TOWNHOUSE AND ROWHOUSE BILL DOES
DOES NOT CHANGE HOW MANY
TOWNHOUSES OR ROWHOUSES CAN BE
BUILT. THE DENSITY LEVEL THAT IS
IS BEING DISCUSSED IN THE BILL
IS ALREADY ABLE TO BE ACHIEVED
AND IS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE. THIS IS DONE
DONE THROUGH SUBDIVISIONS AT
THIS TIME. THE BILL BEFORE US
DOES REMOVE PROCEDURAL BARRIERS,
BARRIERS, PAPERWORK, AND REDTAPE
REDTAPE TO CREATE TIME DELAYS
AND COST INCREASES TO
CONSTRUCTING HOUSING IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. ALL THE WHILE, WE ARE
IN A HOUSING DEFICIT. I'VE HEARD
HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY WE ARE NOT
NOT BUILDING TO THE CURRENT
DENSITY CAPACITY AS A REASON TO
NOT CHANGE THE ZONING IN OUR
CITY. THIS BILL EXAMPLE FIND THE
THE ISSUES AND BARRIERS IN PLACE
PLACE TO PREVENT US FROM UTILIZG
OUR CURRENT ZONING CAPACITY. THE
THE BILL DOES NOT CHANGE HOW
MANY TOWNHOUSES OR WHERE
ROWHOUSES CAN BE BUILT, IT CAN
BE VIEWED AS A TECHNICAL
CORRECTION BECAUSE IT REMOVES
PAPERWORK FROM THE PROCESS. THE
TOWNHOUSE BILL WILL REMOVE
BARRIERS FOR TOWNHOUSE
CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THREE KEY ,
MODIFY THE DENSITY LIMIT FOR
LOWRISE ZONES, BY AN AMENDMENT I
I PASSED THE WILL TO THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING, SPEAK
TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE, AND IT
IT WILL MAKE EASEMENT
REQUIREMENTS CONSISTENT WITH
FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDARDS, WHEN
THE ORIGINAL BILL WAS CREATED
FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDARDS WERE
DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
IN LAYPERSON'S TERMS, THIS BILL
WILL MAKE AN ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGE TO MAKE DESIGN REVIEW
PROCESS FOR TOWNHOMES FASTER.
EXCUSE ME, NOT DESIGN A REVIEW
PROCESS, JUST THE ENTIRE
PROCESS. AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE,
I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR
PROTECTING OUR TREE COMMUNITY,
NOTHING NEW HERE, I ADDED AN
AMENDMENT REMOVING THE
REQUIREMENT FOR EXTERIOR BIKE
PARKING AS THIS INCREASES THE
PERMEABLE SPACE THAT A TREE CAN
BE PLANTED OR WATER CAN SEEP
INTO THE SOIL. AS WELL, THE
ISSUES RAISED ABOUT TREES DO
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND
ADDRESSED COPPERHEADS OF LEE IN
THE TREE ORDINANCE THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER PETERSON AND I ARE
WORKING ON. THIS BILL, AT DOES
NOT CHANGE HOW MANY TOWNHOMES OR
OR ROWHOUSES CAN BE BUILT UNDER
TODAY'S STANDARDS, AND CAN BE
VIEWED AS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION
CORRECTION BECAUSE IT SIMPLY
REMOVES PAPERWORK. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS THE
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL COME BACK TO
YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THANK CHAIR STRAUSS FOR ENABLINS
TO HEAR THIS IMPORTANT BILL
TWICE IN THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE A THOUGHTFUL OP-ED
PUBLISHED IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
TODAY REGARDING THIS LEGISLATION
LEGISLATION AND I APPRECIATE
SIMILAR CONCERNS RAISED BY
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT CHANGING THE
LAND USE CODE AS REQUESTED BY
THE MASTER BUILDER ASSOCIATION
AND OTHERS EAGER TO BUILD
BRAND-NEW TOWNHOUSES.
COLLEAGUES, MY AMENDMENT WAS NOT
WAS NOT APPROVED AT THE LAND-USE
LAND-USE COMMITTEE, THAT
AMENDMENT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO
TO TEST THESE CHANGES AS A PILOT
PILOT PROGRAM. AND TO REQUIRE
DATA ON DISPLACEMENT OF EXISTING
EXISTING RESIDENCE, THE PRICE OF
OF THE NEW TOWNHOMES, AND
POTENTIAL LOSS OF TREES, WAS THE
OF PLAN AND THE TREE PROTECTION
ORDINANCES ARE ADOPTED, WE MAY
NEED TO REVISIT THIS NEW
TOWNHOUSE LAW TO RECONCILE
COMPETING POLICIES AND
CONSISTENT WITH MY VOTE LAST
THURSDAY AT THE LAND-USE
COMMITTEE I WILL BE VOTING NO ON
ON THIS COUNSEL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, WHO WE HAVE IN THE
QUEUE, IT'S COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, , COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, AND APOLOGIES
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT , I WANTED TO
WEIGH IN AND EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION TO CHAIR STRAUSS
FOR HIS STEWARDSHIP OF THIS
LEGISLATION AND COMMITTEE ALSO
APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION
WORKING WITH COMMITTEES,
STAKEHOLDERS BROADLY, AND I WANT
WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY
INVOLVED IN THIS LEGISLATION AND
AND THINK ALSO AARON HOUSE WHO
HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE
DISCUSSIONS, WE'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIN
GETS CODIFIED, VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF THE EFFORT HERE TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL
MISSING OUTING OPTIONS LIKE
TOWNHOUSES AND ROW HOMES,
COLLEAGUES, ETC. THAT THIS
LEGISLATION IS ONE COMPONENT
THAT GETS LAYERED ONTO THE OTHE,
OTHER EFFORTS, IN THE FUTURE AND
AND HAVE ADVANCED IN THE PAST TO
TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MORE
HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
CITY. ADDITIONAL CHANGES WE WILL
WILL CONTINUE TO NEED TO MAKE
OUR CHANGES TO THE ZONING COACHO
ALLOW MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT
AROUND OUR CITY, INVESTMENTS IN
AFFORDABLE AND HOW HOMEOWNERSHIP
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTIONS AND RENTAL
RENTAL OPTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR
CITIES, WORKING FAMILIES AND TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE THE JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE INVESTMENTS
THAT WE PUT TOWARDS HOUSING.
AGAIN, 62% OF THE FUNDING FROM
JUMPSTART GOES TOWARDS BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDING
FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPTIONS. ALL OF THESE PIECES
COME TOGETHER, I KNOW THAT WE'VD
ABOUT THIS IN COMMITTEE AND THAT
THAT THIS IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY
ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR LOW
INCOME HOUSING, BUT I WANTED TO,
EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE
TO CREATE MORE HOMES HELPS
INCREASE AFFORDABILITY. WHEN WE
CREATE FOUR TOWNHOUSES ON ONE
LOT THAT GO FROM 600,000, THAT'S
THAT'S WAY MORE AFFORDABE THAN
THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THAT
MIGHT'VE GONE FOR OVER 1 MILLION
MILLION ON THE SAME LOT. VERY
EXCITED THAT WE ARE ADVANCING
THIS, THE SEATTLE TIMES
CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT THOSE
MOVING TO OUR REGION HAVING MORE
MORE RESOURCES TO SPEND ON
HOUSING THAN THE POPULATION THAT
THAT IS CURRENTLY HERE. WE WANT
TO WELCOME PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE
THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
COMING HERE TO START A BUSINESS,
BUSINESS, TO SEEK GOOD LIVING
WAGE JOBS, TO FIND A MORE
TEMPERATE CLIMATE GIVEN CLIMATE
CHANGE THAT THEY HAVE AN
AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN THE
CITY THAT WE PREVENT SPRAWL AND
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CREATE
GREATER DENSITY. EXCITED ABOUT
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT
THIS LEGISLATION AND AN
IMPORTANT PIECE IN THE MAKING
AND EXCITED TO SEE ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE TODAY, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU. SORRY. I AM OFF .
SORRY. [ LAUGHTER ] I'M JUST
LEAVING MYSELF OFF MUTE ALL DAY
TODAY. YOU GUYS HAVE TO HEAR ME
TYPING, MY APOLOGIES. SO I WANT
TO FLAG THE FACT THAT I KNOW
THAT THIS WAS A DIVIDED REPORT
COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE, I
RECENTLY LEARNED IT WAS A
DIVIDED REPORT, I WAS UNAWARE OF
OF THAT UNTIL TODAY. AND I
REALLY JUST WISH WE HAD HAD A
LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THE
LEGISLATION, IT BEING A DIVIDED
REPORT. I PREFER THAT WE SKIP A
WEEK, FOR THOSE OF US WHO AREN'T
AREN'T ON THE COMMITTEE, TO
CATCH UP, WITH THE DIFFERING
OPINIONS, I DON'T THINK THERE
WAS A WRITTEN DIVIDED REPORT
EITHER, THAT'S ANOTHER TOOL THAT
THAT IS REALLY USEFUL TO FOLKS
WHO AREN'T ON THE COMMITTEE. TO
SUSS OUT WHAT THE DIFFERING
ISSUES ARE, ABOUT THE TOPIC. WE
HAVE RECEIVED CONSTITUENT EMAILS
EMAILS OVER THE LAST COUPLE
DAYS, ALL ADVOCATING FOR MORE
TIME, AND THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC
CHANGES SOME PEOPLE, SOME
LEARNED PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF
LAND-USE ARE RECOMMENDING, AND
I'M WANTING TO EXPRESS
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THOSE ISSUES. I'M TORN ON MY
VOTE, BUT, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT
GIVEN COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THE
ADVANCE NOTICE THAT I WOULD HOPE
HOPE FOR FROM HIM, IF I WAS
GOING TO BE VOTING ON SOMETHING
COMING, WHEN I'M VOTING
SOMETHING OUT OF HIS COMMITTEE.
I'M GOING TO VOTE YES, BUT I DID
DID WANT TO USE THIS TIME TO
EXPRESS MY HOPES IN THE FUTURE,
THAT WE OBSERVE, UNLESS THERE IS
IS A REASON FOR, FOR URGENCY, I
WOULD HOPE THAT WE OBSERVE THE
PRACTICE OF SKIPPING A WEEK WHEN
WHEN THERE'S A DIVIDED REPORT,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, BEFORE I GO TO THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, MY UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COUNCILMER
STRAUSS, MOSQUEDA, MIRELES, AND
AND NELSON ALL VOTED YES IN
COMMITTEE AND ONLY COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN VOTED NO.
NO. WITH THAT, AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I WILL
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES BUT
BUT I WANT TO GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WHO IS IN
THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. SIMILAR TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THIS IS MY
IS MY FIRST TIME WEIGHING IN ON
THIS LEGISLATION. GIVEN THAT I
DO NOT CURRENTLY SIT ON THE
LAND-USE COMMITTEE. I APPRECIATE
APPRECIATE A LOT OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
RAISED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES EDITORIAL THAT I
WAS ABLE TO REVIEW IN ADVANCE OF
OF THIS IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING
REVIEWING THE LEGISLATION. A LOT
LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE
IN THAT EDITORIAL ARE GOOD
SUGGESTIONS. THAT MOVING FORWARD
FORWARD WE CAN CONSIDER. I'M
GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE TODAY, I WANT TO, I'M
WORRIED I MIGHT HAVE BEEN GIVEN
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS A HEART
ATTACK IN THE INITIAL LEAD IN. I
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S EFFORTS TO MAKE
PRACTICAL STEPS IN THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE THE
LEGISLATION TO PRIORITIZE TREESR
OTHER POTENTIAL ON-SITE USES.
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SPOKE
TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS TODAY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE WE CAN
GO FURTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD
PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE A STRONG
MANDATE AND PRIORITIZATION OF
TREES OVER INCORPORATING ON-SITE
ON-SITE PARKING IN TOWNHOUSE
DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE CAN HAVE
HAVE DENSITY ENTRIES AND
INCREASINGLY MORE TRANSIT FOCUSD
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALSO
PRIORITIZING THE BALANCE OF
DENSITY ALONG WITH A GREENER EN.
GREENER ENVIRONMENT. I
APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATION IN
IN THE EDITORIAL IN PARTICULAR
ON RECOMMENDING STACKED HOUSING
AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
THE AUTHORS OF THE EDITORIAL
BUT, IT SOUNDED LIKE AN
ADVOCATING FOR FOUR PLEX KIND OF
OF HOUSING, ARRANGEMENTS. TWO ON
ON THE BOTTOM, TWO ON THE TOP
WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO
INTEGRATE ADDITIONAL DENSITY,
THERE'S SEVERAL HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE
ARE OLDER PRIOR TO THE DOWN
ZONING OF SOME OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY DISTRICT.
THAT YOU CAN FIND IT INTEGRATE
EXCELLENTLY INTO QUEEN AND
NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR, ANDA
LOT OF THOSE I CAN SEND PICTURES
PICTURES OF ANYONE IS SKEPTICAL
SKEPTICAL, BUT A LOT OF THOSE
FOUR PLEX'S, TWO ON TOP, TWO ON
BOTTOM HAVE QUITE A FEW TREES
THAT ARE ALSO ON-SITE, AND
TYPICALLY PREDATE ON-SITE
PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THERE ARES
OF HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF
GROWTH STRATEGY. I DON'T THINK
THIS BILL SAYS THAT WE CAN'T
CONSIDER THOSE THINGS, THIS IS A
A CONSTANTLY ITERATIVE PROCESS
AND HOW WE ARE ASSESSING AND
DEVELOPING THE ACCOMMODATION OF
GROWTH AND THE EXPANSION OF, I'M
I'M GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THIS
TODAY, BUT IT DOESN'T END THE
DISCUSSION, AND I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
LEADERSHIP AND ACCOMMODATING
SOME IMPROVEMENTS OF THE BILL OF
OF THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, THAT
WERE CONDUCIVE TO INCENTIVIZING
AND MAINTAINING ON-SITE TREES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LO,
I HAVE THINGS TO SAY AND I WILL
HAVE IT BACK TO YOU TO BRING US
HOME. I DO NOT SIT ON THIS
COMMITTEE. HOWEVER, I DID REVIEW
REVIEW THE MATERIAL, I DID TALK
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I
REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS SAID
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN ON THE
COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH AND HAVE
DONE THIS WORK. I TRUST THE
JUDGMENT AND THE DISCRETION OF
THE COMMITTEE PARTICULARLY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND
MIRELES, NELSON, AND STRAUSS. I
SHOULD ADD THAT I AM SUPPORTING
THIS BECAUSE AS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA POINTED OUT AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS INFORMED
ME, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO
BUILD THIS KIND OF HOUSING
EVERYWHERE. THIS IS BEEN GOING
ON FOR A WHILE AND IT IS IN THE
END, AND AS FAR AS, I WOULD JUST
JUST CAUTION I DON'T LOOK TO THE
THE MEDIA OR EDITORIALS FROM
ANYBODY, I DO MY OWN WORK
HOMEWORK AND TALK TO THE CHEERS
OF THE COMMITTEE, AND JUST GO
WITH THAT. SO, I WANT TO MAKE TT
COMMENT BEFORE I HEADED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO GO
AHEAD AND RESPOND, AND THEN OF
COURSE DO YOUR CONCLUSION SO WE
CAN MOVE TO VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENT, I DID NOT REALIZE WEE
GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH CONVERSATN
ABOUT THIS NEARLY TECHNICAL
CORRECTION. A COUPLE THINGS,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA DID BRING
BRING UP TOWNHOMES BEING LESS
EXPENSIVE THAN THE LARGER
McMANSIONS, SMALL MANSIONS, AND
I WILL ADD ONTO THIS THE
TOWNHOMES MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY WHICH PAYS INTO
CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHEN I LIVED ON NORTHWEST 64th
STREET AND THERE WERE FOUR YEARS
YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION OF
TOWNHOMES, COMPLETELY CHANGING
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S A
HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET, THREE
BEDROOM THAT RENTED FOR $1300 A
MONTH. THAT WAS TURNED INTO
THREE TOWNHOMES, EACH BETWEEN
FIVE AND $700,000 PER PURCHASE.
IT DID STRIKE ME THAT THERE WAS
SOME ISSUES. WHAT I DID NOT SEE
WAS THE TRANSFER OF PAYMENT TO
OFFICE OF HOUSING, BECAUSE THOSE
THOSE DOLLARS COLLECTED OFF OF
THAT STREET WERE TRANSFERRED A
QUARTER MILE DOWN TO 57th
STREET, FROM 64th, WHERE WE ARE
BUILDING FAMILY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FUNDED BY OFFICE OF
HOUSING, FUNDED BY JUMPSTART AND
AND MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY. I KNOW THAT THESE
THAT THESE CONNECTIONS CAN'T
ALWAYS BE SEEN IN PHYSICAL LIFE,
LIFE, UNLESS THE CONNECTIONS ARE
ARE DEMONSTRATED. AS I'M DOING
NOW. AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
MY APOLOGIES IF THERE WAS
MISCOMMUNICATION, I DID CHECK IN
CHECK IN WITH YOU YESTERDAY,
THIS WASN'T BROUGHT UP. THERE
WAS NO DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THIS SHOD
BE HELD A WEEK, AND AS A NEW
STAFF MEMBER ON MY TEAM IS
COMING UP TO SPEAK, I DID NOT
INTEND TO CREATE THIS
INFORMATION OR LACK OF
CLARIFICATION IN THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING. WE HAVE SEEN EACH
OTHER COUPLE TIMES, I DIDN'T
HEAR ABOUT THIS, SO, WE DID HEAR
HEAR THE BILL TWICE IN COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE THIS MONTH. WE HELD A
SPECIAL MEETING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAD TIME TO DIGEST THE
WORK. WITH THAT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
A DIVIDED VOTE, WITH FOUR IN
FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, IS THAT AN OLD HAND OR A
NEW HAND?
>> IT'S AN OLD HAND.
>> OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE. WITH THAT, THANK YOU,
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL-ON PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES. .
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ ?
>>
>> AYE.. THE BILL PASSES, THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE BILL, THANK YOU. >
>> MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
FOUR, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, RELATING TO
LAND USE AND ZONING, AMENDING SN
AMENDING SECTION 23.4 1.010 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO AE
THE CROWNE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
DESIGN GUIDELINES, 2022. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE CITY
COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU A,
THIS IS YOUR COMMITTEE, COULD
YOU PLEASE SHARE YOUR REPORT?
>>
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL BILL
120405, THE CROWNE HILL DESIGN
GUIDELINES, I'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR THIS BILL FOR SO LONG. THE
DIRECTOR AND I MADE A SONG ABOUT
ABOUT IT. I'M NOT GOING TO SING
IT HERE, AND I WILL TELL YOU, IF
IF YOU WANT TO ROLL BACK THE
TAPE TO MARCH 2020, WHEN WE ALL
CAME IN AND SAT AROUND THE TABLE
TABLE AND LOOKED UP TO THE SCREN
WHERE JEFF TOLD US TO START
WEARING MASKS AND GO HOME, IT
WAS THAT MONTH THAT THE CROWNE
HILL COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE PASSED. LET ME
TAKE ONE STEP FURTHER, THE BILL
BEFORE US TODAY IS ONE OF THREE
STEPS, ONE IS COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT, THE SECOND IS AN
ACTION PLAN AND THE THIRD IS OUR
OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES. IN MARCH
2020 THE DESIGN GUIDELINES WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE PASSED CLEARLY,
THAT WORK WENT ON PAUSE, AND IT
DID GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
BECAUSE OF THE CASCADING
EMERGENCIES WE WERE ATTENDING
TO. I NEVER LOST FOCUS ON THIS,
I NEVER LOST MY ATTENTION ON
MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S
COMMUNITY'S VISION WAS PASSED,
BECAUSE CROWNE HILL WELCOMES
DENSITY THROUGH MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, TO BE
BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY. WITH
THAT DENSITY WE HAVE A VISION
FOR THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT IS
IS BISECTED BY NORTHWEST 85th
STREET, ON ARTERIAL AND ROAD
WHICH IS ALSO AN ARTERIAL. SO, E
ARE CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT,
THERE ARE TWO ARTERIALS THAT CUT
CUT THE COMMUNITY IN PIECES, AND
AND THESE GUIDELINES AND THE
COMMUNITY VISION REALLY WANTS TD
DEVELOPENT TO SUPPORT A
WALKABLE COMMUNITY. THEY'VE
IDENTIFIED MARY AVENUE AS THE
WALKING STREET, SUPPORT PUBLIC
LIFE BY CREATING COMMUNITY
GARDENS, AND COMMUNITY GATHERING
GATHERING SPACES. AND
ENCOURAGING THE BUSINESS
DISTRICT IF IT USED TO BE THE
DANE, IT'S NOW CALLED DECISIONS
ON 85th AND 15th, THAT IS SO
CLOSE TO MARY AVENUE WHICH
CONNECTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY, THEY ALSO HAVE THE
DESIRE TO END TREES THE TREE
CANOPY AND INCREASE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US
TODAY IS THE RESULT OF A MULTI-R
EFFORT TO HELP CROWNE HILL HAVE
A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY
ENVISION. I WANT TO THANK CROWNE
CROWNE HILL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FOR THEIR COLLABORATION ON THESE
THESE GUIDELINES, AGAIN THANK
THE DIRECTOR, FOR YOUR WORK AT
THE PLANNING COMMUNITY, AND A
HUGE THANK YOU AND APPRECIATION
TO KAREN LaBELLE AND EVERYONE AT
AT CROWN HOME VILLAGE
ASSOCIATION NOT ONLY FOR SAYING
WE WANT A DENSER NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND ALSO FOR SAYING WE WANT TO
HAVE A WORLD THAT IS LIVABLE,
WALKABLE, A PLACE YOU CAN LIVE,
WORK, PLAY, GET AN EDUCATION ANE
A NICE DAY AT THE PARK ALL IN TE
SAME TIME. COLLEAGUES, IF YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN FRED MILLER'S
COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT, IT'S
THERE AT THE FORMER CROWNE HILL
COMMUNITY CENTER. YOU MUST KNOW
IT SEE IT FOR YOURSELF, I'LL
TELL YOU THAT RIGHT HERE, IT'S A
A FRONT FOR CONNECTING PEOPLE IN
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
TEACHING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
ABOUT FOOD SECURITY, GARDENING,
AND HEALTHY EATING. THIS WAS A
UNANIMOUS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AT
THE COMMITTEE AND WE RECOMMEND A
A YES VOTE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS, ANY ISSUES THAT ANYONE
THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO
PRESENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE?
OKAY. NOT SEEING ANY,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS DO YOU
WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE
GO TO VOTE?
>> THERE ARE TOWNHOMES BEING
BUILT IN CROWNE HILL.
>> THINK YOU VERY MUCH. CLERK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL-ON PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE..
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>>
>> AYE. . THANK YOU, THE BILL
PASSES, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. MOVING
MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER FIVE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE OF
ITEM NUMBER FIVE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNSEL BILL 120400 RELATING
TO LAND USE AND ZONING, UPDATING
UPDATING REGULATIONS TO ALLOW
VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR THE DESIGN
REVIEW PROGRAM AND OTHER
LAND-USE PERMIT PROCESSES FOLLOG
THE TERMINATION OF THE CIVIL
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION BY THE
MAYOR ON MARCH 3rd, 2020. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE CITY
COUNCIL PASS THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. COUNCIL 120400 FOR
LAND-USE MEETINGS AGAIN TO
PROVIDE BACKGROUND WE WILL TAKE
THE TIME MACHINE WHEN THE
EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN 2020,
WE HAD TO PUT INTO, TEMPORARY
CHANGES IN THE PUBLIC PROCESSES
TO ALLOW FOR MEETINGS TO
CONTINUE WHILE HAVING TO MEET
VIRTUALLY. BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC. THESE TEMPORARY CODE
CHANGES ARE SET TO EXPIRE TWO
MONTHS AFTER THE CIVIL EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY ENDS, AND CANDIDLY
THERE HAVE BEEN BENEFITS TO
HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR
THESE LAND-USE MEETINGS. THIS
BILL WILL ALLOW HYBRID MEETINGS
TO BECOME PERMANENT FOR PUBLIC S
RELATED TO LAND USE AND
PLANNING, AND WILL REFLECT
CHANGES TO WHAT THE STATE HAS
MADE TO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS
MEETINGS ACT, SPECIFICALLY A FEW
FEW OF THE BENEFITS, WE HAVE
SEEN INCREASED PARTICIPATION
FROM RESIDENTS, AS COMPARED TO N
PERSON MEETINGS, AND MEANINGS
CAN BE MORE EASILY RECORDED AND
TRANSCRIBED SO THAT THEY CAN BE
REVIEWED, WE DON'T NECESSARILY
HAVE TO BE THERE WHILE THE
MEETING IS HAPPENING, IS
REQUIRING A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO
COME IN PERSON TO PARTICIPATE OR
OR VIEW THE MEETINGS IF THEY
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE
TECHNOLOGY OR FOR OTHER REASONS.
REASONS. COMMITTEE URGES A YES
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE COMMENT
BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE? THE ONLY
THING I WILL SHARE TWO THINGS, R
STRAUSS, WE'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
THIS BEFORE. TWO THINGS, I
BELIEVE THE GOVERNOR IS SUPPOSED
SUPPOSED TO LIFT THE STATEWIDE
MORATORIUM IN OCTOBER 31st. BUT,
BUT, I WANT TO SHARE ONE OTHER
COMMENT THAT YOU SAID. WE'VE
SEEN THIS THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC, THE PANDEMIC HAS
FORCED US TO DO THE PEOPLE'S
BUSINESS IN A DIFFERENT MANNER,D
IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT WE
DIDN'T DO BEFORE. BUT, FOR THE
PANDEMIC FORCED US, ONE OF THEM
IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO
WHO NORMALLY CAN'T GET DOWNTOWN,
DOWNTOWN, TO CALL IN, MORE
DIVERSE VOICES, PEOPLE THAT
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
DRIVING, PARKING, CHILDCARE,
MORE VOICES FROM ELDERS THAT
CANNOT GET DOWNTOWN, AND HAVING
MORE ACCESS, AND I COULD SHARE A
A FEW ODDS AND ENDS ABOUT THAT,
SOME PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY THAT
COUNSEL ISN'T OUT THERE AND I
WILL SAY THIS FOR MY OWN BEHALFE
OF US ARE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS
COMPROMISED AND WE HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL. I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANYTHING WRONG, AND I DO THINK
ANYONE SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR
TAKING THE POSITION THAT THEY
WANT THE HYBRID MODEL. I IT
PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY,
FRANKLY, AND PROVIDES MORE
ACCESS TO CITY HALL AND TO
GOVERNMENT, AND TO THE LISTENINC
TO HEAR MORE VOICES. INSTEAD OF
SOMETIMES THE USUAL PEOPLE THAT
SHOW UP. I APPRECIATE THAT, I
APPRECIATE IT WHEN WE GET $30.
WE DO THIS IN COMMITTEE, WE WILL
WILL DO THIS DURING BUDGET, I
THINK IT'S AN EQUALIZER, IS
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD. I COMMD
YOU FOR DOING THIS. IS THERE ANY
ANY OTHER COMMENT BEFORE WE GO
TO VOTE?
>> AFTER YOUR COMMENTS, I REST
MY CASE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> Translator: COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES..
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ?
>>
>> AYE.. NINE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED. THE BILL PASSES, THE
CHAIR WILL CLIENT SIGN IT,
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
MOVING ON TO THE CALENDAR, WE
ARE DOWN TO COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS LAST MATTER, ITEM NUMBER
NUMBER SIX, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER SIX AND THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM 6, COUNSEL BILL ONE 2401
2401 RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING, CORRECTING TYPOGRAPHICA,
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, CLARIFYING
CLARIFYING REGULATIONS AND
MAKING MINOR AMENDMENTS, ADDING
A NEW SECTION 23.4 5.600 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, AMENDING
AMENDING SECTIONS.
>> I SHOULD'VE ADDED, I'M GLAD
YOU DIDN'T READ THE WHOLE TITLE,
TITLE, I WAS GOING TO STOP YOU
IF YOU STARTED, SO THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU. EVERY TWO YEARS
SDI PROPOSES AN OMNIBUS BILL,
OMNIBUS LAND-USE CODE AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE SHORT
TERM IS OMNIBUS BILL, THAT MAKES
MAKES MINOR TWEAKS TO THE
LAND-USE CODE TO MAKE IT EASIER
TO UNDERSTAND AND USE. IF I
BROUGHT OUT A BINDER OF THE
LAND-USE CODE, IT WOULD BE THREE
BE THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE
BUDGET THAT THE MAYOR JUST
DELIVERED. MAKING THESE SMALL
CHANGES ALLOWS FOR BUILDERS,
HOMEOWNERS, FOR EVERYONE IN THE
PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO MORE EASILY
MORE EASILY DIGEST WHAT IS
REQUIRED, TO BUILD A BUILDING IN
IN SEATTLE. THESE MINOR AMENDMES
INCLUDE CORRECTING ERRORS AND
OMISSIONS, UPDATING UPDATES IN
RESPONSE TO STATE LAW, AND
CLARIFYING CONFUSING PROVISIONSN
OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE. ONE OF,
ALL OF THIS IS MINOR, WORK, I
WILL SAY SOMETHING THAT HAS
GARNERED A FAIR AMOUNT OF
ATTENTION IN THIS BILL
SPECIFICALLY IS AN ADDITION TO
EXEMPT CERTAIN ELEMENTS FROM THE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL TO
EXEMPT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS, [ INDE
-- AUDIO CUTTING IN AND OUT ] WE
WE HEARD TODAY THAT THE STATE
PASSED A LAW EXEMPTING
AESTHETICS LIGHT AND GLARE FROM
AN APPEAL. SO, IN THIS BILL, THE
THE CITY HAS ALSO ADOPTED THIS
LANGUAGE SO THAT WE ARE IN LINE
WITH STATE LAW. WE DON'T HAVE
FLEXIBILITY ON WHETHER OR NOT TO
TO ADOPT THIS, I WANT TO MAKE
THAT CLEAR FOR COLLEAGUES. THATS
ALL WE'VE GOT. WE RECOMMEND A
YES VOTE.
>> ANY COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. I SIMILARLY MET WITH
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF
CONSTITUENTS LAST WEEK,
CONCERNED WITH DIFFERENT
PORTIONS OF THE OMNIBUS BILL.
AND SIMILAR TO THE INFORMATION
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS PROVIDED,
PROVIDED, I TOLD THE
CONSTITUENTS I WOULD PROVIDE AN
ON THE RECORD, THIS OMNIBUS BILL
BILL TRULY IS BASED ON RECENT
CHANGES TO THE RCW THAT WE HAVE
TO ADOPT TO REFLECT THE CHANGESN
STATE LAW, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE ARE AREAS OF OUR
BUILDING CODE THAT WE MIGHT WANT
WANT TO LOOK INTO IN
COLLABORATION WITH STATE LEADERS
STATE LEADERS FOR TWEAKS THAT
MIGHT HAVE IMPACT ON LIVABILITY,
LIVABILITY, UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY
TODAY WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO MAKE THOSE TWEAKS, WE ARE
MERELY ALTERING CODE TO REFLECT
WHAT THE CHANGE IN THE LAW IS.
AS WE ARE MANDATED TO DO, IN
AREAS WHERE WE ARE PREEMPTED
FROM MAKING OUR OWN CHANGES. FOR
FOR THOSE REASONS I'M GOING TO
VOTE FOR THE OMNIBUS TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LOUIS. ARE THERE OTHER COMMENT
BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE? ALL RIGHTT
SEEING ANY, MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>>
>> AYE.. THANK YOU, THE BILL
PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT,
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
THE LEGISLATION. MOVING ON TO IM
NUMBER SEVEN, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
INTO THE RECORD?
>> THE PUBLIC ASSET AND
HOMELESSNESS, THE ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN, RESOLUTION 32067.
ENDORSING THE GOALS OF DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION THIRD AVENUE
AVENUE VISION AND STATING THE
INTENT OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION, KING COUNTY METRO,D
SOUND TRANSIT TO PURSUE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE THIRD AVENUE
AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT CITY
COUNCIL ADOPT AS AMENDED THE
RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, YOU ARE THE CHAIR SO
YOU'LL BE PROVIDING US WITH THE
COMMITTEE REPORT, THE FLOOR IS
YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATED THE
HEARINGS WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE ON
ON THIS RESOLUTION AND COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE AND HAVE APPRECIATED
THAT THERE HAS BEEN A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COVERAGE
ON THIS RESOLUTION THAT [
INDISCERNIBLE -- AUDIO CUTTING
IN AND OUT ] PROPOSAL FROM THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION TO
MAKE SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL AND
USE CHANGES ON THIRD AVENUE. TO
REALLY PUT MORE FUNCTIONALITY
AND USED TO THE TRANSIT USES IN
THAT CORRIDOR AS WELL AS
INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLACE
PLACE MAKING AND ACTIVATION IN A
A CORRIDOR THAT'S OTHERWISE BEEN
BEEN ABANDONED FOR THOSE
PURPOSES. WE DID HAVE TWO ROBUST
ROBUST COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS IN
COMMITTEE, AROUND THAT, BUT I
THINK REVEALED A LOT OF CORE
URBANIST VALUES BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS
AREA. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN
AMENDMENT, FOR US TO WALK
THROUGH THAT IS GOING TO BE
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES THAT'S A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT, AND THE RESOLUTION
DID PASS THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY LAST WEEK. BEFORE
BEING REFERRED TO FULL COUNSEL.
I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT BACK OVER
TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TO GO
TO GO THROUGH THE AMENDMENT
PROCESS, AND THEN GIVE FINAL
REMARKS ONCE WE HAVE IT AMENDED
AND IN FRONT OF US FOR FINAL
PASSAGE.
>> OKAY, I WOULD HAVE
APPRECIATED KNOWING THAT THERE
WAS GOING TO BE AN AMENDMENT, I
DID NOT KNOW THAT. I WILL DO
THIS ON THE FLY. I UNDERSTAND
THIS IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT,
THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT, BUT
THAT'S OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. IS
THERE EMOTION YOU WANT TO MAKE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. I MOVED TO AMEND AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT A, OF WHH
I APOLOGIZE, I THOUGHT IT HAD
BEEN DISTRIBUTED, EARLIER IN THE
THE WEEK, MY APOLOGIES. IT IS ON
ON THE [ INDISCERNIBLE. ] BUT,
I'M HAPPY TO RESEND.
>> OKAY. SO, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES JUST MOVED TO ADD HER
AMENDMENT, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO, I'M
SORRY, I LET YOU ADDRESS IT AND
TELL US WHAT IT IS FIRST, RIGHT?
RIGHT?
>> SURE.
>> I APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD.
>> SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
DIRECT THE WORKING GROUP THAT
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW E
VISION AND THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS
OPTIONS WOULD DIRECT THE WORKING
WORKING GROUP TO ENGAGE WITH
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AS PART
PART OF THE EVALUATION OF
CONCEPTS, AS WE TALK ABOUT IN
COMMITTEE THESE ARE IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS, ABOUT HOW
DOWNTOWN WILL ADAPT TO WHAT WILL
WILL LIKELY BE A DIFFERENT
FUTURE OF WORK, SO WE ARE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW ARE
DOWNTOWN CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE,
AND SAFER, AND HOW IT CAN
PROMOTE PROSPERITY FOR EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. THERE ARE SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE PEOPLE
ON THIRD AVENUE, REACH AND LEAD
TO EFC, AND OTHERS WHO ARE IN
THE DOWNTOWN QUARTERS WHO CAN PE
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE. ON HOW TO
MAKE, HOW TO MAKE OUR PUBLIC
REALM SAFE AND INCLUSIVE, SO
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DIRECT THE
WORKING GROUP, WHICH HAS
IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS AHEAD TO
BRING TOGETHER NOT JUST PROPERTY
NOT JUST PROPERTY OWNERS ON
THIRD AVENUE, BUT THOSE WHO RIDE
RIDE TRANSIT, WHO USE THE
SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED AND
WHO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE
OFFERED. IN THE THIRD AVENUE
CORRIDOR.
>> THANK YOU. SO ANYONE ELSE
HAVE COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT
THIS IS, MAYBE WE CAN ASK FOR A
A POINT OF ORDER, WE NEED TO
WAIVE THE RULES SINCE THIS
WASN'T DISTRIBUTED TO MY
KNOWLEDGE, AND I'M WONDERING
ALSO, IF THIS CAN BE MAYBE PUT
UP ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN READ
IT. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
>> OKAY, GIVE ME ONE MINUTE.
MADAM CLERK, DO I NEED TO WAIVE
THE RULES TO ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES TO SUBMIT
HER AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION
32067?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AMENDMENT
A IS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
AGENDA. AND IT HAS BEEN
PUBLISHED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR
THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND
COUNCILMEMBERS AND BECAUSE IT
WAS ON THE AGENDA THE COUNCIL
MET RULES DO NOT NEED TO BE
SUSPENDED. WE CAN STILL PROVIDE
FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS VERSION
OF IT ON THE SCREEN IF THEY
WOULD LIKE.
>> OKAY. WHEN WE DO THAT IF WE
CAN PROVIDE COUNCILMEMBER
MIRELES AMENDMENT TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION SO WE CAN SEE IT. WE
WE WILL SEE IF THERE IS MORE
DISCUSSION AND THEN GO TO VOTE
ON THE AMENDMENT. DO YOU NEED A
MOMENT? CLERK, STAFF?
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I
SEE YOUR HAND IS UP, IS THAT THE
HAND?
>> THIS WOULD BE TO SPEAK TO THE
THE AMENDMENT, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'M FINE WITH WAITING UNTIL THAT
THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
>> GREAT. LET'S GET THE
AMENDMENT UP ON THE SCREEN,
GREAT, THERE IT IS, AND, SO,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DO YOU
WANT TO READ THAT TO US? WOULD
YOU MIND DOING THAT?
>> THAT IS FINE, SO, THE
AMENDMENT READS, THIS AMENDS
SECTION 2D, WHICH DISCUSSES THE
TECHNICAL DATA DEVELOPED FOR THE
FOR THE WORK PLAN FOR CONCEPTUAL
FOR CONCEPTUAL LEVEL STUDY, OF
THE URBAN DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS TO
TO THIRD AVENUE THAT WILL HELP
INFORM THE PREFERRED DESIGN
CONCEPTS THAT FURTHERS THE THIRD
THIRD AVENUE VISION AND
MAINTAINS TRANSIT BUS AND RAIL
CAPACITY DOWNTOWN TO MEET
RIDERSHIP AND TRAVEL TIME
DEMANDS, INCLUDES THE WORK PLAN
PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES
AND ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY THAT
THAT TRAVELS TO AND THROUGH THE
THIRD AVENUE CORRIDOR. THE
AMENDMENT ADDS AT THE END OF
THAT SENTENCE, AND SOCIAL
SERVIC PROVIDERS LOCATED ON THE
THE THIRD AVENUE CORRIDOR.
>> GREAT, THAT'S A GOOD AMENDME.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO YOU
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
AGREE WITH THIS AMENDMENT SO
I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO IT AND
THEN SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE WE GO TO A
A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BRINGING
THIS FORWARD, IT IS PART OF THE
THE INTENTION TO INCLUDE ALL LOT
LOT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS ACTIVE ON THIRD AVENUE
INFORMAL EFFORTS THAT THE DOWNTN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND MY
OFFICE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN
SINCE SPRING OF LAST YEAR AROUND
AROUND THE SITUATION ON THIRD
AVENUE HAVE INTIMATELY INVOLVED
LEHI, BELLWETHER, REACH, LEAD,
THE JUST CARE INTERVENTION ON TD
AVENUE THAT HAD SOME OF THE MOST
MOST DRAMATIC PRO-PUBLIC SAFETY
IMPACT ON THAT CORRIDOR, IN
YEARS OCCURRED IN THE SPRING OF
2021. WITH VERY CLOSE
COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION,
THE MID AND CO-LEAD AND REACH,
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO MAKE
THAT OFFICIAL AND INCORPORATE
THAT IN HERE, IT LIFTS UP THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE ON THIRD AVENUE IN THE
LEHIGH BUILDING, AND THE
BELLWETHER BUILDING, THAT ARE IN
IN THAT, THE RETAIL CORE DO HAVE
HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT STAKE IN
THIS AND NEED TO BE PART OF THEY
CONSULTED. SO, I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT, AND MAKE
MAKE THE REP MORE BRANCH OF.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LOUIS. I SHOULD ADD THAT I SAW
YOUR PRESENTATION IN THE
POWERPOINT IN THE COMMITTEE, AND
AND I UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T MAKE
IT TO THE COMMITTEE WHERE YOU
ALL VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT. SO I
THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD
GOOD AMENDMENT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAS PUT
FORWARD, AND I TRUST YOUR
JUDGMENT AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES ENDING IN
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS LOCATED
LOCATED ON THIRD AVENUE
CORRIDOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO
TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT?
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> ARE ALL RESIDENTS PART OF
THESE CONVERSATIONS, TOO? YOU
MENTIONED RESIDENCE IN THOSE BU.
THOSE BUILDINGS. ARE DOWNTOWN
RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THESE DISS
AS WELL?
>> THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION. YES. AND, THROUGH
MY OFFICE HIS OWN OUTREACH TO
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. OVER THE LT
TWO YEARS. THROUGH COVID, THIS
HAS BEEN THE EPICENTER OF SOME
OF THE WORST URBAN CHALLENGES WE
WE FACED AS A CITY, AND EVERYONE
EVERYONE HAS BEEN INVOLVED,
INCLUDING THESE GROUPS THAT ARE
CATERING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF
THOSE HURDLES. SO, EVERYONE IS
GOING TO BE CALLED PRINCIPALLY
CONSULTED, THIS IS SEATTLE, THIS
THIS CONSULTATION WOULD HAPPEN N
IF WE DIDN'T PASS THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT. AND THIS LIST SHOULD
BE SEEN, I BELIEVE AS A FLOOR
AND NOT A CEILING FOR THAT
EFFORT AS WE WORK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO REPORT BACK ON
PROGRESS. THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD
MOMENT TO NOTE THAT IN THE
BUDGET RELEASED TODAY, THERE IS
$350,000 PROPOSED, FOR DOWNTOWN
PLANNING OUTREACH, THAT, IT'S
NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR 3rd AVENUE
BUT INCLUDES IT, AND IT INCLUDES
INCLUDES PLANNING AROUND SOUND
TRANSIT ALIGNMENT AND A COUPLE
OF OTHER DOWNTOWN PRIORITIES.
SO, WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT
THERE, THAT IT WILL BE RESOURCED
RESOURCED OUTREACH ACCORDING TO
THE PROPOSAL FORWARD.
>> SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON
THE AMENDMENT AND I WILL LET YOU
YOU ALL HOLD YOUR BROADER
COMMENTS WHEN WE VOTE ON THE
AMENDED, IF THIS PASSES ON THE
ACTUAL LEGISLATION. WITH THAT,
I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE GO
AHEAD AND HAVE THE CLERK CALL
THE ROLL, ON COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES'S AMENDMENT TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S
RESOLUTION. MADAM CLERK?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>>
>> AYE..
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THE AMENDMENT PASSES, AND NOW
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE BASE
LEGISLATION OF THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION. SO, BEFORE WE DO
THAT ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FINISH. GO
AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR BRINGING
BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION
FORWARD. GOING ON THE WAY BACK
TIME MACHINE AGAIN FOR THE THIRD
THIRD TIME IN THIS COUNCIL
MEETING. I WILL RETURN THIS BACK
BACK TO JANUARY, THE BRAY 2020,
THIS WAS AFTER I HAD WORKED FOR
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHAW AND ON
HIS WORK ABOUT THIRD AVENUE,
THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
CHANGES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
OWNERSHIP, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE NEEDED TO
TAKE PLACE, AND I GOT TO WORK
WITH COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHAW
BEFORE I WORKED FOR HER, ON CITY
CITY HALL PARK WHERE WE HAD ONE
OF THE BEST ACTIVATION PLANS
THAT DIDN'T PUSH PEOPLE OUT, IT
INCLUDED MORE PEOPLE INTO THE
CITY HALL PARK SPACE THAT
EVERYONE FROM JUDGES TO FOLKS IN
IN THE CITY WERE SAYING WAS SOME
SOME OF THE BEST VIBRANCY THAT
THE PARK HAD SEEN, AND IN A
MATTER OF WEEKS, IT TOOK MONTHS
TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING IN A
MATTER OF WEEKS WITH THE
PANDEMIC, THIS WORK WAS BRUSHED
ASIDE AND WE LOST GROUND. SO,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS SEEING THIS
COME FORWARD TODAY, IT, I AM
HEARTENED BY IT, I THINK THIS IN
THAT WE ARE TURNING THE CORNER
OUT OF BEING IN REACTION MODE
AND GETTING BACK INTO ACTION. WE
WE HAVE THE BONES THE DOWNTOWN
NEEDS TO BE THE BEST IT CAN BE,
AND THIS IS PART OF THAT. THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO EXPRESS
MY APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK
THAT'S GONE INTO THE LEGISLATION
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US, AS
WE TALKED ABOUT IN COMMITTEE AND
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT PART
OF COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS'S
COMMITTEE, THERE'S A LOT OF EXC,
THERE IS BROAD EXCITEMENT ACROSS
ACROSS THE COMMUNITY FOR HOW WE
CAN USE THE PUBLIC SPACE ALONG
THIRD AVENUE TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE
PROMOTE TRANSIT, BUT ALSO CREATE
CREATE ACTIVE SPACE FOR
COMMUNITY CULTURAL EVENTS, HOW
DO WE ACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACES SOT
THERE IS MORE ART AND CULTURE
AND ALSO SOME OF THESE SMALL
STOREFRONTS, SECOND IN THE
NATION IN TERMS OF EMPLOYERS AND
AND WORKERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY
DECIDING TO STAY HOME AND
CONTINUE TO HAVE A HYBRID MODEL
OF WORK FROM HOME, WE WANT TO
SUPPORT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT
OUR STOREFRONTS HAVE CREATED
WAYS TO UTILIZE THE SPACE, AND E
GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS
WHO ARE TRANSIT RIDERS, SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS, SO THAT WE ARE
CREATING A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN
FORUM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
E ARE REJECTING THE NOTION
OUTRIGHT REJECTING THE NOTION,
THAT SOMEHOW THIRD AVENUE NEEDS
BECAUSE OF TRANSIT OR TRANSIT
RIDERS. TRANSIT RIDERS AND
TRANSIT ITSELF, IS A BOON TO THE
THE LOCAL ECONOMY GIVING IT
POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO
ORK AND BRING THEIR
DAYCARE AND MAKE SURE THAT SMALL
SMALL BUSINESSES CAN HAVE MORE
PATRONS, WE WANT TO PROMOTE THE
USE OF TRANSIT AND WE WANT TO
REWARD PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING THE
THE BUS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BOTH ENCOURAGE TRANSIT AND
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, AS WELL AS
PROMOTE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT ALONG
ARE TRANSIT CORRIDORS SO THAT WE
WE ARE SUPPORTING THE ACTIVATION
THE ACTIVATION OF THOSE
STOREFRONTS, AND UTILIZING
PUBLIC SPACE TO THE PUBLIC GOOD.
GOOD. WE CLARIFY IN COMMITTEE
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUES FOR RAISING THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT THE
USE OF PUBLIC SIDEWALKS, AND HOW
HOW THE LANGUAGE IN THE INITIAL
REPORT WAS TALKING ABOUT A
HYBRID BETWEEN PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIPS, WE CLARIFIED IN
COMMITTEE THAT THESE SIDEWALKS
WILL REMAIN PUBLIC. THAT WE WILL
WILL RETAIN THE CITY'S
RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND WE AS THE CITY
CITY AND COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE
PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE WHO
ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN
WRITING BUSES AS WELL AS PROMOTE
PROMOTE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE
TO EAT OUTSIDE OR HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SHOP AT POP UP
MARKETS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT
WILL BE PUBLIC SPACE RETAINED IE
PUBLIC HANDS AND THERE IS NO
SELLING ON THE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
SIDEWALKS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DOWNTOWN WHO
WHO ARE UN-HOUSED ARE TREATED
HOLISTICALLY THAT WE ARE
CREATING OPTIONS AND MORE
SERVICES, MORE AMENITIES TO MAKE
THAT PEOPLE CAN BE TREATED
HUMANELY, AND PROTECTING AGAINST
AGAINST ANY SORT OF EFFORT THAT
HAS US VERSUS THEM MENTALITY AS
WE LOOK TO SOLVE SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP ALONG
THIRD AVENUE BUT RECOGNIZE THAT
WE NEED MORE RESOURCES, MORE
ACTIVATION, OR TRANSIT AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE IN OUR
DOWNTOWN CORE. I LOOK FORWARD TO
TO SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, AND I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
LIFTING UP THE VALUE AND
POSITIVE INPUT THAT TRANSIT
RIDERS AND TRANSIT HAVE ALONG TE
DOWNTOWN FORUM. THANKS AND I
WANT TO THANK ALEX AS WELL FROM
TCC WHO LIFTED THIS UP IN HER
PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS QUITE THE AMENDMENT,
OKAY. I'M SORRY, WITH THE
AMENDMENT, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU, TO THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION, AND, AN AMENDMENT
THAT WAS MADE IN COMMITTEE, I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FOR SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT
THAT I THINK MAKES IN PART THE
POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA JUST MADE, THIS IS ONE
ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMING
TRANSIT CORRIDORS IN THE NATION,
NATION, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO
SACRIFICE THAT AS WE WORK TO
ADDRESS THE OTHER CHALLENGES IN
THE CORRIDOR. REALLY APPRECIATED
APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT, NOT
JUST THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BUT
ALSO, THE DSA IN DEVELOPING
LANGUAGE THAT EXPRESSES AN
INTENTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO MEET THE CAPACITY,
TRANSIT CAPACITY IN THE
CORRIDOR, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THAT WAS OUR COMMENT ON
ON THE OVERALL AMENDED
RESOLUTION. NOW WE ARE BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, TO HAVE
CONCLUDING REMARKS BEFORE WE GO
TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE HAVE A
LOT MORE ITEMS IN THE PARK DISTT
SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO
LONG ON THIS, BUT WE HAVE SEEN
NATIONALLY EXAMPLES OF CITIES
THAT HAVE DYNAMIC, WELL
ACTIVATED TRANSIT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CITY, THAT EMPHASIZE THE
PLACE OF TRANSIT, AND ALSO
ENHANCE THE REST OF THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE STREET TO
HAVE VIBRANT STOREFRONTS,
CTIVATIONS, TO HAVE IT BE A
VIBRANT PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT
TO LIVE BECAUSE IT'S FUN AND
CONVENIENT. WHAT WE HAVE
HISTORICALLY SEEN, AT LEAST IN
RECENT YEARS, IS NEGLECTING SOME
SOME OF THE OTHER NEEDS OF THIRD
THIRD AVENUE, AND BASICALLY ONLY
ONLY HAVING IT BE A TRANSIT
CORRIDOR, WHICH, IN THE LONG
RUN, ERODES ITS USEFULNESS AND
UTILITY IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL
SAFE, IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL
WELCOME. IF IT'S NOT A PLACE
PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND WHERE THET
TO CONGREGATE. I WANT TO THANK
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIATION FOR GIVING US A GOOD
GOOD PRODUCT AS A LAUNCHING PAD,
PAD, WITH INITIAL WORK, AND
COALITION BUILDING THAT WE CAN K
WITH AS A CITY TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS, SHORT-TERM THINGSD
LONG-TERM THINGS. AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THE
WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS
HAS QUEUED UP, WITH SOME OF THE
PROPOSALS IN THE CURRENT BUDGETO
THAT WE CAN REALLY START MAKING
SURE WE HAVE A THIRD AVENUE THAT
THAT TAKES A BACKSEAT TO NOBODY,
NOBODY, NATIONALLY IN PROVIDING
A GREAT TRANSIT EXPERIENCE AND
BEING A VERY LIVABLE CORRIDOR
AND AN ACTIVATED ONE.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ARE
WE DONE THERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
RESOLUTION? OF THE AMENDED
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>>
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED, THE CHAIR
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION? BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I HAVE A
HOUSEKEEPING MATTER. IF THERE IS
IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT , IS EXCUSED FROM THE
REST OF TODAY'S CALENDAR, FOR
THE REST OF THE AGENDA, ITEMS
SEVEN AND EIGHT. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
IS EXCUSED FOR THE REST OF
TODAY'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. THAT
BEING SAID, LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. WHICH TAKES
US TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU
YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER
IGHT INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 8, COUNSEL BILL
124 19. RELATING TO THE STATE
ROUTE 520 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND
AND HIGH OCCUPANCY PROGRAM,
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN
AMENDMENT TO GENERAL MAINTENANCE
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT GMB 1094
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, TO ADD
THE PORTAGE BAY BRIDGE AND
E OAKLAND PROJECT. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE CITY
COUNCIL PASS THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, YOU WERE CHAIR OF THIS
THIS COMMITTEE, DO YOU WANT TO
SHARE YOUR REPORT WITH US?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENT, OUR TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED THIS COUNSEL BILL
120419 WHICH PERTAINS TO THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE
ROUTE 520 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE PROJECT.
THE BILL A PROPERLY UPDATE THE
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER
UNDER THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON. FOR THAT PORTAGE
BAY PORTION OF THAT BRIDGE THAT
WE SOMETIMES CALL THE REST OF
THE WEST WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE
E OAKLAND. THIS PRODUCT HAS
HAS UNDERGONE AN EXTENSIVE
DESIGN REVIEW AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS DURING THE
PAST DECADE, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO
THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR PROVIG
THE FUNDS TO COMPLETE HIS
LONG-AWAITED BRIDGE SAFETY
PROJECT, AND THE COMMUNITY BENES
OF ADDING OPEN SPACE. WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES, THANK
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE COMMENTS
COMMENTS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON? NOT SEEING ANY,
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, BEFORE
WE MOVED TO THE VOTE?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
COUNCILMEMBER CARNELL 12
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> THAT IS SEVEN IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES L
ON , I STILL SEE HER TILE, ARE
YOU THERE? WE WILL JUST MOVE ON,
ON, THEN. THE BILL PASSES, AND E
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, MADAM CLERKE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THIS
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. THANK.
THANK YOU. MOVING ON INTO OUR
AGENDA, ITEMS REMOVED FROM
CONSENT CALENDAR, THERE WERE NO
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. MOVING ON TO ADOPTION
OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS. I AM NOT
AWARE OF ANY OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
OTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE ANY
OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL? BEFORE I MOVE? BECAUSE
I HAVE ANOTHER SECTION TO SHARE
ON THE ADJOURNMENT PIECE, IS
THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY, LET ME MAKE A
QUICK STATEMENT BECAUSE I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IS GETTING
PREPARED, THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE
THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S
TODAY'S AGENDA, OUR NEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL MEETING IS ON TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 4th, AT 2:00. AS A
REMINDER, THERE IS A SCHEDULED
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD
MEETING TO BEGIN AFTER THIS
MEETING. THERE IS A SEPARATE
ZOOM MEETING INVITE FOR THIS
MEETING AND STAFF WILL NEED AT
LEAST COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS , IS
10 MINUTES GOOD? 15? WHAT ARE
YOU LOOKING AT?
>> 10 MINUTES IS JUST FINE,
MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> GREAT.
>> I SHOULD SAY, SORRY, AS LONG
AS THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CLERKS.
>> MADAM CLERK, IS 10 MINUTES
GOOD?
>> 10 MINUTES WILL WORK.
>> IT IS FOR:01, WE WILL BE BACK
BACK HERE AT 4:11. AND WITH
THAT,, I WILL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN
IN 10 MINUTES. WE