WE ARE RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GLAD WE ARE
ALL BACK ONLINE. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. TODAY IS
NOVEMBER 15TH. THIS IS THE
MEETING OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
AND OUR SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 2:05. MADAM CLERK
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT! THANK YOU. COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. FOLLOWING OUR
DANGER WE WILL MOVE TON
PRESENTATIONS. THERE ARE NO
PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY. AFTER
THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE WILL BE DOING A
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM
CLERK, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE
EIGHT REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> WE HAVE EIGHT REMOTE AND I
BELIEVE TWO IN PERSON. LET ME
GRAB THE SHEET.
>> OKAY! SO WE ARE GOING TO DO
THE REMOTE FALLINGS FIRST AND I
UNDERSTAND HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO ITEM
NUMBER TWO. TODAY EVERY BRIDE
HAVE TWO MINUTES SO LET'S START
WITH OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS FIRST.
>> OKAY. GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL JUST LET
YOU CALL OUT THE NAMES.
>>
>> I HAVE LOST THE TIMER. GIVE
ME ONE SECOND.
>> TAKE YOUR TIME. WE ARE ALL
HERE.
>> I GOT IT. WE ARE GOOD. WE
ARE GOOD.
>> WE ARE GOOD?
>> YES.
>> WE ARE GOOD.
>> AWESOME. IS SOMEBODY
UNMUTED? CAUSE I CAN HEAR A
CONVERSATION GOING ON.
>> IT IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
VIDEO. WE ARE HAVING A HARD
TIME HAVING IT COME THROUGH SO
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> HELLO SEATTLE. WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY, THE CITY OF
FLOWERS AND THE CITY OF GOOD
WILL 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. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE BE A SPEAKER AND
PROVIDE A VERBAL PUBLIC
COMMENT, YOU MAY REGISTER TO
TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING
VIA THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WEBSITE. HERE IS 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 USED THE
MEETING ID AND PASS CODE THAT
WAS E-MAILED UPON CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN
E-MAIL CONFIRMATION, PLEASE
CHECK YOUR SPAM OR JUNK MAIL
FOLDERS. A REMINDER THE SPEAKER
MEETING ID IS DIFFERENT FROM
THE GENERAL LISTEN LINE MEETING
ID PROVIDED TON DANGER. AT ONCE
SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED, THE
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
UNMUTED AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT
WILL SAY, THE HOST WOULD LIKE
YOU TO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE THAT IT IS
YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. AT THAT
TIME YOU MUST PRESS STAR 6. YOU
WILL HEAR A PROMPT OF YOU ARE
UNMUTED. BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS
UNMUTED ON YOUR END SO YOU WILL
BE HEARD. AS A SPEAKER YOU
SHOULD BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING. A CHIME WILL SOUND
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT IN
YOUR A LOTTED TIME. AS A GENTLE
REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT. AT THE END OF THE A
LOTTED TIME YOUR MICROPHONE
WILL BE MUTED AND THE NEXT
SPEAKER REGISTERED WILL BE
CALLED. ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE
COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT,
PLEASE JOIN US BY FOLLOWING THE
MEETING VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL
BROADCAST OR THROUGH THE
LISTENING LINE OPTION. THE
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED. OR IF
THE PROCESS IMPEDES THE
COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT
IT'S 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 TOPIC AS SPECIFIED
IN COULD BE IS ALL 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 ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPENED. AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
>> GO AHEAD, MADAM CLERK. GO
AHEAD, CALL THE NAMES.
>> OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER
TODAY WILL BE HOWARD GAYLE.
>> MR. GAYLE
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. YEAH. GOOD
AFTERNOON. HOWARD GAYLE. TWO
AND A HALF YEARS AFTER GEORGE
FLOYD THE BUDGET TO COUNCIL IS
CONSIDERING STILL PROPOSES MORE
MONEY FOR THE POLICE IN AND
WASTES OVER (1) 100-0000 ON A
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
THAT STILL HAS POLICE
INVESTIGATING POLICE. THIS IS
$11 MILLION SPENT DENYING
VICTIMS ANY APPEALS. DESPITE
THIS THERE ARE HOPEFUL SIGNS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MOSQUEDA,
MORALES AND HERBOLD MET WITH
ADVOCATES FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED
BY POLICE VIOLENCE RECENTLY
RESULTING IN COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA TAKING A HUGE AND
IMPORTANT STEP BY INTRODUCING A
BUDGET AMENDMENT TO START A
PROCESS FOR SUPPORTING FAMILIES
IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE AND
INVESTIGATING AN APPEALS
PROCESS FOR ADVERSE DECISIONS
MADE BY THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS IS A SMALL
BUT VERY IMPORTANT STEP THAT
SEATTLE'S POLICE CHAINING AND
POLICY CREATE. IT IS MORAL AND
PRACTICAL STATEMENT THAT OFFERS
A GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT AFTER A
DECADE OF HELP PROMISES WE CAN
SEE SOME LIGHT ASK HOPE THAT
IMPACTED FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE
THE AID THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE
AN UNJUST SYSTEM. THANK YOU.
FOR OFFERING YOUR STRONG PUBLIC
SUPPORT FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT SB
101A IN THE COMING WEEKS.
PLEASE MAKE SURE WE DO NOT
SPEND $11 MILLION ON FAILED
TECHNOLOGY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY
WILLIAMS. LARRY WILLIAMS. OKAY.
MOVING ON. NEXT SPEAKER IS NATE
MILES.
>> MR. MILES. NATE? STAR 6 SIR.
>> NATE, I SEE YOU PRESSED STAR
6. CHECK YOUR PHONE MAKE SURE
IT IS NOT ON MUTE. MR. MILES
YOUR PHONE MIGHT BE MUTED AT
THIS POINT. OKAY. OKAY, MR.
MILES? PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR
PHONE IS NOT ON MUTE, MR.
MILES. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT SPEAKER AND WE WILL
CIRCLE BACK TO MR. WILLIAMS AND
MILES AND THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL
BE HANNAH SWANSON.
>> HANNAH?
>> HI. UM, MY NAME IS HANNAH
SWANSON. I LIVE AND WORK IN
DISTRICT FOUR. I HAVE GROWN UP
IN SEATTLE AND I LOVE SEATTLE.
I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE
AND TAKE OVER MY FAMILY'S
BUSINESS AS LONG AS I CAN
AFFORD TO DO SO. WHICH I THINK
IS THE REALITY FOR MANY YOUNG
WORKERS HERE AND VULNERABLE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO
INVEST IN AND LOVE A CITY THAT
IS UNAFFORDABLE AND IMPOSSIBLE
TO EXIST IN. YOUNG WORKERS ARE
DIRECT -- WE REJECT THE BELIEFS
THAT THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS
AND THAT THERE IS NO OBVIOUS
WAY OUT OF THE BUDGET CRISIS.
STRUGGLING WORKERS CANNOT PAY
FOR SEATTLE'S BUDGET HOLD. WE
REJECT TAXES, A $10 TAB FEE
INCREASE OR CRUEL CONSIDERATION
FOR FOLKS LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK DURING AN ECONOMIC
CRISIS. ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE
OF THE PANDEMIC. YOUNG PEOPLE
IN THE MOST VULNERABLE
UNDERSTAND WHO SUFFERS MOST
DURING CRISIS. WE STRUGGLE TO
PAY RENT WHILE CORPORATIONS AND
WEALTHY PROFIT IN A CITY WITH
THE SECOND LARGEST BILLIONAIRE
WEALTH IN THE COUNTRY.
CORPORATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR BUDGET HOLDS, NOT US. IT IS
TIME FOR THE WEALTH DWROI
INVEST THEIR PROFITS BACK INTO
OUR CITY AND COMMUNITIES. -- TO
ADDRESS OR REDUCE PUBLIC
REVENUES PROJECTED FOR NEXT
YEAR. UM, I ALSO URGE DISH
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE CALLED
BUT COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES'
THREE AMENDMENTS TO SUPPORT THE
I-135 BILL AND URGE COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH
YOUNG COMMUNITY MEMBERS
INVESTING IN THE CITY AND VOTE
YES PROVE POSAL. THANK YOU.
>> WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO MR.
LARRY WILLIAMS. LARRY WILLIAMS?
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> I SEE HIS TILE UP THERE.
THERE YOU GO.
>> ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?
>> WE SURE CAN.
>> ALL RIGHT. GREAT. GREAT.
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU ALL AND
HAPPY TUESDAY TO ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE AND
EVERYONE ON THE LINE. MY NAME
IS LARRY WILLIAMS. I'M SECOND
GENERATION BLACK OWNED
COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OWNER. I
HAVE BEEN IN SEATTLE SINCE
1970. I'VE BEEN HERE QUITE A
WHILE MOVING HERE FROM GEORGIA.
ONE OF THE FIRST FIELDS I HAD
WAS BEING RECRUITED TO THE
BOARD BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
BOARD. AT THAT TIME DIDN'T HAVE
AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. A GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE -- RECRUITED ME
TO THIS BOARD. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE DID AS ONE OF
OUR -- HIRE DIRECTOR. WE HAD
SEVERAL -- I SHOULD SAY MANY
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES BUT ONE
THAT STOOD OUT MOST OF ALL WAS
WILLIAM BILL BURTON. AND,
HAVING WORKED WITH BILL OVER
THESE YEARS AS BOARD OF ADVISOR
AND KING COUNTY BOARD MEMBER, I
FOUND HIM TO BE ONE OF THE
UPSTANDING COMMUNITIES A ASSET
WHEN HE IS IN SEATTLE. BILL
BECAME LIKE A PIPER. AND STILL
IS. HE RECRUITED AN OUTSTANDING
BOARD FOR MANY YEARS AND RETIRE
ADDED A FEW YEARS AGO. HIS
VISION WAS REALIZED YEARS AGO
WHEN THE NEW BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB WAS OPENED. IT WAS A TWO
STORY (2) 400-0000 FACILITY
THAT BILL CAMPAIGNED FOR
GENERATING THOSE FUNDS FOR THE
COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE BILL
AND HIS FAMILY WITH THE FLOWERS
THEY DESERVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS IT THAT I HAVE TO SAY.
I HOPE MR. MILES CAN COME ON.
HE WAS ONE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
WE RECRUITED TO THE BOARD AFTER
BILL GOT STARTED AND WHEN WAS
THE DIRECTOR OF NOT ONLY THE --
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NATE
MILES.
>> AND MADAM CLERK COULD WE
GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE
TIME?
>> THEY ARE SPEAKING TO THE
RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN WILL DISCUSS LATER.
THEY ARE SPEAKING TO IT NOW SO
-- IF WE GO AHEAD WITH NITE
MILES? IS THAT WHO IS NEXT?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY. MR. MILES , GO AHEAD.
OKAY. I SEE NATE'S TILE UP.
THERE MR. MILES? ?
>> HIS PHONE MIGHT BE ON MUTE.
I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN BUT
THAT SEEMS LIKE NEXT
TROUBLESHOOTING.
>> OKAY. DO YOU THINK THAT
MAYBE IF WE DON'T GET MR. MILES
IN THE CUE HERE WE CAN SOMEHOW
REACH OUT TO HIM WHEN COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN -- IF I SUSPECT
THE RULES AND ALLOW HIM TO
SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION FOR
BILL BURTON?
>> THAT IS AN OPTION, COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> OKAY. CAN WE -- LET'S FINISH
PUBLIC COMMENT AND LET'S KEEP
MR. MILES ON OUR LIST AND LET'S
HELP HIM OUT WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
>> I NEED CONFIRM WITH I.T. TO
ENSURE THEY CAN REACH OUT TO
HIM. IF SOMEONE FROM I.T. THE
CONFIRM IF THEY ARE ABLE TO TO
THAT.
>> I DO HAVE A PHONE NUMBER
I'VE BEEN CORRESPONDING WITH
HIM. I LIVE GYM GIVE HIM A CALL
SFLOU GREAT. NOW.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
>> SO YOU WANT TO -- ARE WE
THROUGH OUR LIST?
>> MY APOLOGIES. YES THOUGH. WE
ARE MOVING ON TO OUR IN PERSON
COMMENTATORS. EXCUSE US.
>> THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
>> WE ARE MOVING TO THE IN
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE SIGN UP YOU CAN
STILL REGISTER TO SPEAK. THE
FIRST PERSON IS AL EXPECT ONLY
PERSON AT THAT POINT IS ALEX.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MR. ALEX!
>> HI. MY NAME IS ALEX. I'M
PRESIDENT OF -- I TRY TO
UNDERSTAND AND I WANT TO SPEAK
ABOUT AGENDA. ABOUT MARTIN
LUTHER KING. IT IS VERY
INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE
PEOPLE SPEAK BEFORE ME NEVER
SPEAK ABOUT THE AGENDA. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND. WHEN I START SPEAK
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT, YOU ALWAYS GOT -- MY
QUESTION RIGHT NOW, HOW MUCH --
WHAT IS HIS OPINION ABOUT THIS?
IT IS VERY INTERESTING. I TRY
TO FIND HIS OPINION FROM MANY
AND COMPLAIN TO EVERYBODY WHY
YOU DON'T SHOW FACES? THEY TOLD
ME VERY SIMPLE ANSWER. BECAUSE
IT IS COUNCIL DECISION. IT IS
PURE CONSPIRACY AND PURE CRIME.
THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.
AND THIS GO FOR SEARCH E SEVEN
MONTHS. IT IS VERY INTERESTING
FOR ME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
WANT -- I WENT TO CLASS ACTION
BEFORE AGAINST DIRTY
GOVERNMENT. I CAN DO THIS
AGAIN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
WHO YOU MAY FOR THIS. PEOPLE
WHO HAVE PROBLEM WITH HOUSING,
WHO HAVE PROBLEM WITH MONEY,
WHO RIGHT NOW TOTALLY CONTROL
BID AMAZON, YOU NEVER CONTROL
CITY WITH INCOME FROM 60,000 OF
US COME -- SO WHO IS BOSS RIGHT
NOW? YOU? NO. PEOPLE? NO.
AMAZON WHO MOVE RIGHT NOW TO
BELL VIEW. AGAIN, FOR ELECTIONS
THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
-- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHO
ELSE WE GOT LEFT, MADAM CLERK?
>> THAT WAS THE LAST REGISTERED
PUBLIC COMMENTER.
>> OKAY. SO WE WILL HOLD THE
LINES OPENED SO WE CAN LOOP
BACK TO MR. NATE MILES. SO JUST
REMIND ME OF THAT CAUSE I KNOW
IF I DON'T WRITE IT DOWNLY
FORGET. WE WILL MOVE ON WITH
OUR AGENDA. CAN WE DO THAT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY. WE REACHED THE END OF
PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVING TON
OUR DANGER TO THE ADOPTION OF
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR. THE IRC
IS INDEED ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO
THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
DANGER WILL BE ADOPTED. THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO
ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT NO COUNCIL MEMBER HAS
ASKED THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED
ON TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR. WE
HAVE THE MINTS OF NOVEMBER 1,
2022, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE
PAYROLL BILLS, COUNCIL BILL
120458 AND COUNCIL BILL 120460.
OKAY. NOT HEARING ANYONE
WANTING TO REMOVE ANYTHING, I
MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND! SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
>> MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THAT WAS A VERY ROBUST YES
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD SO
THANK YOU. OKAY. SO LET'S SEE.
I ALREADY FORGOT WE TOOK THE
ROLL. OKAY, CONSENT CALENDAR.
IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTE AND
LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF.
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OKAY.
MOVING TON COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM AND THAT IS MY
ITEM SO MADAM CLERK WILL YOU
PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE
ITEM.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER 120455
RELATING TO SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 1204 A # 5. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO PASS THIS BILL.
AS A SPONSOR I WILL ADDRESS
THIS ITEM FIRST AND THEN DONE
FLOOR TO COMMENTS. COUNCIL BILL
120455 AUTHORIZES THE DIRECTOR
OS-DOT TO AMEND THE TRANSITION
WAY AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE
ADDITION OF AN INFILL STATION
AT NORTHEAST 130TH STREET
LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT
OF WAY. IT IS LARGELY
MINISTERIAL. WE ARE ADDING A
SECOND LIGHT RAIL STATION TO
COMPLIMENT THE NORTH GATE LIGHT
RAIL STATION AND IT WILL BE
INFILL STATION AT 130TH. THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S TRANSIT WAY
AGREEMENT WITH SOUND TRANSIT
PROVIDES BASIC TERMS FOR SOUND
TRANSIT'S MAINTENANCE,
OPERATION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE
LINK LIGHT RAIL'S TRANSIT
SYSTEM IN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF
WAY. THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES
MAPS OF APPROVED ALIGNMENT AND
AUTHORIZED SOUND TRANSIT
ACTIVITY IN THE SPECIFIED CITY
RIGHT OF WAY. IN THIS
LEGISLATION IT AUTHORIZES
CONSTRUCTION WORKER PARKING ON
A SEGMENT OF 5TH AVENUE
NORTHEAST THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED
OFF TO TRAFFIC SINCE THE LYNN
WOOD LINK CONSTRUCTION STARTED.
TODAY'S ACTUAL NOT
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT ANY OF THE
UNDERLYING TERMS OF THE SAID
TRANSIT WAY AGREEMENT OTHER
THAN ADDING THE INFILL STATION
AT 130TH. AS YOU KNOW THIS HAS
BEEN GOING ON SINCE AS LONG AS
I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. THIS
LEGISLATION IS BEING BROUGHT TO
FULL COUNCIL DURING BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS BECAUSE IN
INTEREST OF EXPEDITING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE 130TH
STREET STATION. SOUND TRANSIT
IS PREPARING TO COMMENCE
FURTHER CONSTRUCTION THIS
MONTH. SOMEBODY WROTE IN MY
NOTES, YAY. I WILL SAY YAY.
ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION WORKER
PARKING WITHIN THE CLOSED OFF
D--CLOSED OFF RIGHT OF WAY WILL
ALSO HELP FACILITATE THE
ACCELERATED SCHEDULE. AS YOU
ALL KNOW I'M A MEMBER OF THE
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD 19 MEMBER
BOARD THAT INCLUDES KING
COUNTY, AND PIERCE COUNTY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS INFILL STATION SINCE 2015.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY. MADAM CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOUN POSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND
MADAM CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
ON MY BEHALF. MOVING ON ITEMS
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. WE HAVE NONE. MOVING
ON TO ITEM TWO, ADOPTION OF
OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BEFORE I
READ THE ITEM, JUST TO NOTE
THAT MR. WILLIAMS IS BACK SO WE
CAN MOVE BEFORE THIS ITEM IS
ADDRESS ORD AFTER IT IS
ADOPTED. DANGER ITEM TWO,
RESOLUTION 32074 PROVIDING AN
HONORARY DECEMBER IG NATION OF
SOUTH OREGON STREET BETWEEN
MORTON LUTHER KING JR. WAY AND
31ST AVENUE SOUTH AS BILL
BURTON WAY.
>> DO YOU MEAN MR. MR MILES?
>> YES.
>> YOU MEANT MR. MILES, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY. YOU SAID WILLIAMS SO
THAT IS WHY I LOOKED CONFUSED.
UM, OKAY. SO YOU READ IT INTO
THE RECORD. LET'S DO THIS.
FIRST LET'S GET IT TEED UP. I
MOVE TO ADOPT 32073. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. UM, SO, I AM
GOING TO -- IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION. UM, I WILL LET
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN -- I
WILL HAND IT OVER TO HIM AS
SPORN SPONSOR. AT THAT POINT I
DO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
HIM TO SPEAK?
>> YOU MAY OR IT CAN OCCUR
AFTER COUNCIL ADOPTS THE
RESOLUTION.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN,
WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER?
>> IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR
FROM MR. MILES NOW.
>> OKAY. LET'S DO THAT. MADAM
CLERK I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ALLOW MR. MILES TO
SPEAK TO THE TO THE THIS
RESOLUTION. IS THERE A --
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GOOD. THE RULES HAVE BEEN --
OKAY. THERE IS A SECOND. I HAVE
TO DO A VOTE OR WE JUST MOVE
FORWARD?
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
FROM ANYONE GO AHEAD AND MOVE
FORWARD. MR. MILES MAY NEED
PRESS STAR 6 FOR US TO HEAR
HIM. LOOKS LIKE HE IS STAGED UP
AND READY TO GO.
>> OKAY. I DO NOT SEE ANY
OBJECTIONS. GO AHEAD, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN. WERE YOU GOING
TO SAY SOMETHING IN.
>> NO. I WAS GOING TO ASK CAN
YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, WE CAN. YES.
>> HALLELUJAH MR. MILES.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU
E-JANUARY AND THANK YOU LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL
HONORABLE MEMBERS. I CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ARE
DOING. COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
WHOSE DISTRICT THIS IS IN. THIS
HAS BEEN A LABOR OF GETTING
THIS DONE. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
-- BILL BURTON IS JUST AN
AMAZING HUMAN BEING FOR THOSE
OF YOU WHO HAVE MET BILL. UM,
HE HAS BECOME A FATHER TO THE
FATHERLESS AND A MOTHER TO THE
MOTHERLESS DOWN THERE AT THAT
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. IT IS MORE
THAN JUST A CLUB. BILL BURTON
HAS MADE THAT PLACE A SAFE
HAVEN. UM, YOU SEE IT TODAY
WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THERE AND
THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD
ALL OF THIS MONEY PUT IN THERE
WHEN THE TRANSIT CAME THROUGH
AND THEY HAD THAT TRANSIT MONEY
THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX IT UP.
BUT BILL STARTED THIS THING
WHEN IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN
FEDERAL HOUSING PROJECT. IT MAY
HAVE BEEN A FEDERAL HOUSING
PROJECT BUT BILL BURTON WOULD
NOT LET THOSE KIDS FEEL LIKE
THEY WERE PROJECT KIDS. BILL
BURTON TAUGHT ALL OF THOSE KIDS
THEY COULD BE WHATEVER THEY
WANTED TO BE. BILL BURTON
STAYED THERE AT NIGHT SOMETIME
TILL 11:00, 12:00 IN THE
MORNING. GUYS LIKE NATE
ROBINSON AND BRANDON ROY, THAT
YOU SEE IN THE NBA TODAY ARE
THERE BECAUSE OF BILL BURTON.
WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE
TO GO HOME BUT WANTED TO
PRACTICE THEIR GAME A LITTLE
BIT LONGER, BILL KEPT THE GYM
OPENED. I CAN TELL YOU FROM
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE
WHEN I WAS A SINGLE DAD AND I
HAD NO PLACE TO TAKE MY
DAUGHTER, BILL AND HIS TEAMMATE
AND I CALL HER TEAMMATE BECAUSE
RUTHIE BURTON, HIS WIFE, OF SO
MANY YEARS WAS RIGHT THERE WITH
BILL COOKING GUMBO AND MAKING
SURE THE KIDS WHO DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO EAT AND SOMEHOW
THEY KNEW WHO DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO EAT, MADE SURE THAT
THEY HAD SOMETHING TO EAT. WHEN
I CAME TO PICK UP MY CHILD I
KNEW THAT SHE HAD BEEN FED. I
KNEW MORE IMPORTANTLY SHE HAD
BEEN LOVED BECAUSE BILL AND
RUTHIE BURTON WERE THERE TO
MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE KIDS, IT
WASN'T JUST BECAUSE IT WAS ME
AND SOME FAMOUS GUY OR SOME
PROMINENT GUY IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY DID THAT FOR EVERYBODY'S
KIDS. THEY WOULD SEND THEM HOME
WHICH IS WHY THOSE KIDS WERE
THERE WHEN THAT COMPUTER CENTER
WAS PUT IN BEFORE THE CENTER
EVEN OPENED. THEY WOULD STAY
THERE LATE AFTER THE CENTER WAS
CLOSED AND SO WHAT YOU ARE
DOING TODAY IS SOMETHING SO
THAT YEARS FROM NOW
COUNCILWOMAN MORALES WHEN
SOMEONE DRIVES DOWN THE STREET
AND SAYS, WHO IS BILL BURTON?
KIDS WILL SAY THAT IS UNCLE
BILL, THE GUY THAT MADE SURE WE
HAD THIS BUILDING. THAT IS THE
GUY THAT GOT THAT -- THAT DID
THE COAT DRIVE TO MAKE SURE WE
WEREN'T COLD. THAT IS BILL
BURTON THE GUY THAT MADE SURE
WE LEARNED ABOUT COMPUTERS BY
THE TIME WE WERE IN 3RD GRADE
SO WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO EAT
JOB THAT WENT AND TALKED TO
MICROSOFT BEFORE ANYBODY KNEW
WHERE MICROSOFT WAS. THAT WAS
BILL BURTON WHO DID THAT, WHO
WENT THERE AND MADE SURE WE HAD
MILK AND CHEESE, THAT WASN'T
GOVERNMENT CHEESE. WE HAD REAL
FRESH CHEESE. BILL BURTON DID
THAT. AND SO EWANT YOU TO KNOW
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE GUY
IS, COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN,
THAT WAS BILL BURTON. THAT IS
THE NAME YOU WILL SEE GOING UP.
THAT IS WHY PEOPLE HAVE JUST
COME OUT OVERWHELMINGLY IN
SUPPORTING HIM. THIS IS A GUY
WHO HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE JUST
LIVED A LIFE. SO THROUGH HIM TO
GET AS SICK AS HE IS RIGHT NOW,
THAT IS WHY WE ARE TRYING TO
GET THIS THING DONE RIGHT NOW.
HE IS JUST SOMEBODY THAT WE
WILL REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME.
HE MAY NEVER HAVE HIS NAME ON
THE BUILDING AND THAT SORT OF
STUFF BUT IN THAT LITTLE PIECE
OF REAL ESTATE, WHEN PEOPLE
DRIVE DOWN THAT PART OF THE
DEAL, WE WERE NOT GOING TO LET
BILL BURTON CLOSE HIS EYES
WITHOUT SEEING A SIGN THAT LET
US KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WAY
THAT BILL WENT. THIS IS AN
AVENUE THAT BILL BURTON DROVE
DOWN EVERYDAY TO GET -- TO TAKE
CARE OF SOMEBODY'S KIDS. I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU ALL, ALL NINE
OF YOU ON THAT COMMITTEE WHO
ARE DWHIENG YOU ARE DOING TODAY
BECAUSE WHETHER YOU KNOW HIM OR
NOT, YOU ARE DOING -- YOU ARE
BECOMING PART OF HISTORY AND I
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART AND I KNOW THEY DO, TOO.
SO, WHATEVER YOU NEED DO TO
MOVE IT, I THIRD THE MOTION,
WHATEVER YOU NEED, I APPRECIATE
YOU. YOU GUYS ARE JUST AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MILES. I'M SO
GLAD WE GOT YOU BACK. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN AND THEN WE WILL DONE
FLOOR FOR OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU NATE
MILES AND LARRY WILLIAMS AND
OTHERS WHO ARE TUNING IN TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, THIS RESOLUTION FOR
AN HONORARY STREET NAME COMES
AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR HERALD
ON BEHALL OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES SUPPORT FOR THIS AND
ENGAGEMENT. AS THE TITLE OF THE
RESOLUTION STATES, THIS
PROVIDES AN HONORARY
DESIGNATION OF SOUTH OREGON
STREET BETWEEN MARTIN LUTHER
KING WAY AND 31ST SOUTH AS BILL
BURTON WAY. THIS RESOLUTION
32073 CIRCUMSTANCE LATD
YESTERDAY BY SDOT DIRECTORS
OFFICE AND. APPRECIATE THE
FLEXIBILITY FROM THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TO GET THIS THROUGH
AS NATE MILES MENTIONED. THIS
IS TIME SENSITIVE. BILL BURTON
HAS BEEN WORK AGZ LEADER FOR
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND A
PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR TEENS
AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE REGION
BILL WAS ASSIGNED TO RUN THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. HE
IMMEDIATELY SAW THE NEED FOR A
NEW FACILITY. THAT WAS NEVER
THE LESS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS
WITH LOCAL KIDS WAITING AND
WANTING TO BE PART THE CLUB'S
PROGRAMS WHICH OFTEN INCLUDED
ACTIVE MENTORING FROM BILL
HIMSELF WITH THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY'S
REDEVELOPMENT. HE SAW AN
OPPORTUNITY BY RAISING MORE
THAN $18 MILLION IN CASH AND IN
KIND CONTRIBUTIONS ALONG WITH
THE LAND FROM HSA TO BUILD THE
NEW CLUBHOUSE WHICH OPENED IN
2010. THE NEW CLUBHOUSE
EXPANDED THE CAPACITY BY MORE
THAN THREE TIMES. BILL ALSO
ENSURED THE CLUB WOULD HAVE
FREE TIMES IN THE OPERATING
BUDGET ENSURING THAT REGARDLESS
OF ABILITY TO PAY, MORE THAN
100 LOCAL KIDS COULD BE PART OF
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
PROGRAMMING. IT HAS BEEN
VISITED BY CELEBRITIES ASK
ASTRONAUTS HAVE VISITED.
POLITICAL LEADERS AND OTHERS
HAVE DROPPED IN TO HELP MENTOR
AND INSPIRE YOUNG MEMBERS. THE
COST OF THE HONORARY STREET
SIGN AND IT'S TAPELATION WILL
BE COVERED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE. I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE
TO JOIN THE MAYOR IN ASKING FOR
YOUR SUPPORT TODAY FOR THIS
HONORARY STREET NAME RESOLUTION
IN HORN OF BILL BURTON. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN. ARE ARE R THERE ANY
OTHER -- COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES? GOOD. THERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU. WELL I FIRST WANT
TO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR BRING THIS AND DO
WANT TO THANK MR. WILLIAM AND
MR. MILES FOR SHARING SO MANY
IMPORTANT STORIES ABOUT WHO
BILL WAS AND WHAT HE
CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS
THEY HAVE BOTH SAID HE REALLY
MADE SURE THAT GENERATIONS OF
KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A
SAFE PLACE TO PLAY AND THAT
PROVIDED COMFORT AND SECURITY
FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES
AS FAMILIES WORKED AND DID KEPT
THEIR -- THEIR FAMILIES SAFE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. REALLY WANT
TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING
STORIES TODAY AND FOR DOING
THIS. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER
WAY TO HONOR THE WORK THAT BILL
DID, THE LEGACY THAT HE WILL
LEAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN
TO PROVIDE THIS STREET NAMING
WHICH ALSO ALLOW US TO KEEP
TELLING HIS STORY AND KEEP
REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT ALL HE
HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SO THANK YOU ALL
VERY MUCH.
>> NEW OTHER COMMENTS? BEFORE
WE GO FORWARD, I ALSO WANT TO
THANK -- FIRST OF ALL COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN AND COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES BUT ALSO THE
FOLKS THAT CALLED IN MAINLY MR.
WILLIAMS AND MR. MILES. WISH WE
HAD MORE TIME. WE RECEIVED A
REALLY NICE E-MAIL FROM SDOT.
THE WHOLE COUNCIL RECEIVED IT
YESTERDAY SHARING MR. BURTON'S
HISTORY AND WHY HE IS BEING
HONORED HERE TODAY AND I WANT
TO THANK SDOT FOR PROVIDING
THAT TO ALL OF US SO WE HAVE AN
IDEA. I HAD KNOWN WHO HE WAS
BUT DIDN'T KNOW AS MUCH AS I
LEARNED TODAY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH COUNCIL PEDERSEN, COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES AND ALSO BILL AT
SDOT THAT SHARE ALL THAT
INFORMATION WITH US. OKAY. NOT
SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS. LET'S
GO AHEAD AND -- DOES THE
SPONSOR HAVE ANY CLOSING
REMARKS BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE?
OKAY. WITH THAT MADAM CLERK
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES. SORRY. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA I.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA. THAT IS EIGHT IN
FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. AND THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT. MADAM CLERK WILL YOU
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE RESOLUTION ON MY BEHALF?
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON IN OUR
AGENDA TO OTHER BUSINESS. IS
THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE
THE COUNCIL? THIS IS USUALLY
THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE ASK TO BE
EXCUSED. I GUESS WE ARE OKAY ON
THAT END. BEFORE WE ADJOURN,
THIS DOES CONCLUDE OUR IMENTS
OF BUSINESS. OUR NEXT REGULARLY
SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SHOULD BE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22ND
BUT THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE
IT MAY BE CANCELLED. IF IT IS
CANCELLED OUR NEXT MEETING WILL
BE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29TH AT
2:00 AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK
ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
THE EXTENSION AND A BIG THANK
YOU TO THE BUDGET CHAIR COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA WITH FOR
WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE. AND OF
COURSE THE CLERKS. TRY TO
COMPLIMENT AND SUPPORT THE
BUDGET CHAIR AND THE WORK AND
WHAT CENTRAL STAFF HAS TO DO OR
WHAT THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF
THEM. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT
FOLKS, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD
AFTERNOON. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.