>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE ON JENERA 14th,
MONDAY, THE FULL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
I AM BRUCE HARRELL, CHAIRMAN.>>
JOHNSON.
>> HERE.
>> TERESA MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
KSHAMA SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>>> THE INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTED. CALENDAR WILL BE
SEE NO OBJECTION, THE COUNTERS
ADOPTED, AND TODAY'S AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
NO AGENDA -- NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDAS ADOPTED.
THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 10
2018 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THEY
WILL BE SIGNED.
>> THE MINUTES ARE SIGNED.
PRESENTATIONS, I THINK WE HAVE
A GREAT PRESENTATION TODAY BY
COUNCILMEMBER TERESA MOSQUEDA,
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I
AM HONORED TO BE INTRODUCING A
LABOR HISTORY PROCLAMATION,
THANKS TO CENTURIES OF
STRUGGLE, AND LABOR UNIONS,
ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE MY
COLLEAGUES HERE, SEATTLE AND
WASHINGTON STATE HAVE BEEN
RECOGNIZED AS BEING IN THE
FOREFRONT OF LABOR PROTECTIONS.
WE KNOW ABOUT RECENT LABOR
ADVANCES, LIKE THE PAID SICK AND
SAVE LEAVE, AT MINIMUM WAGE,
MORE WORKERS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO
ECONOMIC SECURITY, SECURE
SCHEDULES, SO PEOPLE ARE NOT
THE WHIMS OF CHANGING
SCHEDULES, AND THE WORK WE DID
LAST YEAR, ON THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS, FIRST
CITY IN THE NATION TO POSSESS
-- PAST LABOR STANDARDS, WHO
TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS, ELDERS
IN OUR HOMES.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST
DECADE.
OUR CITY AND STATE HAS HAD
LABOR HISTORY WINS OVER THE
LAST CENTURY.
THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE THE MANY
MILESTONES, INCLUDING THE 100
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEATTLE
GENERAL STRIKE.
THIS YEAR, WE FACE ONGOING
ATTACKS FROM THE NATIONAL
LEVEL, AND HERE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, WE ARE STANDING UP TO
EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT
LABOR'S PAST HISTORY AND
CURRENT STRUGGLES, STANDING UP
TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW
THAT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE ARE
HERE TO LIFT UP UNIONS, WORKERS,
AND FIGHT FOR EQUITABLE
CONDITIONS FOR ALL.
THE PROTECTIONS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THROUGHOUT SEATTLE'S
HISTORY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM THOSE
GOING FORWARD.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE HISTORY,
RECENT COMPLIMENTS, AND THIS
PROCLAMATION CONCRETIZE IS OUR
COMMITMENT TO LEARN FROM OUR
HISTORY.
-- CONCRETIZES.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO READ A
COUPLE OF THE PASSAGES.
WHEREAS, SEATTLE'S ORGANIZED
LABOR UNIONS AND THE BROADER
LABOR MOVEMENT HAVE BEEN VITAL
TO THE PROGRESS OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY, HELPING TO SECURE
NOT ONLY HIGHER STANDARDS OF
LIVING, BUT AXES TO DEMOCRACY,
AND GIVING WORKERS THE ABILITY
TO COUNTER THE POWER OF MONEY,
THE POWER OF MUNI RETIREMENT
BENEFITS, LIMITS ON WORKING
HOURS, JOB TRAINING,
DISCRIMINATION FREE WORKPLACES,
THE BENEFITS EXTEND BEYOND
UNION MEMBERS, UNIONS
NEGOTIATING HEALTH INSURANCE
FOR FAMILIES, PAID VACATIONS
AND HOLIDAYS FOR ALL WORKERS,
ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
UNIONS HAVE HELPED CREATE
HEALTHIER WORKERS, WORKPLACES
AND COMMUNITIES ACCORDING TO
THE U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
MEDICINE, NATIONAL INSTITUTES
OF HEALTH, WHEREAS ON THE
HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE, 2019
PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL IMPORTANT
ANNIVERSARIES IN SEATTLE AND
WASHINGTON STATE, INCLUDING THE
SPOKANE FREE-SPEECH FIGHT OF
1909, THE CENTRALIA TRAGEDY OF
1919, THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE BATTLE IN SEATTLE, DURING
THE WTO DEMONSTRATIONS, THE
SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE OF 1919
WAS A FIVE DAY GENERAL WORK
STOPPAGE BY MORE THAN 65,000
WORKERS, LASTING FROM FEBRUARY 6
-11th, WORKERS STRIKING TO
PROTECT THE RIGHT FOR FAIR
WAGES AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY
AND DIRECTLY WITH THE
EMPLOYERS, WHEREAS, MUSEUMS,
ARCHIVES, LABOR HERITAGE
ORGANIZATIONS, ARE ALL WORKING
TOGETHER TO ORGANIZE A SERIES
OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR,
2019, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC
ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND
LEGACY OF THESE IMPORTANT
EVENTS, THIS PROCLAMATION, ASKS
FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE YEAR
2019 AS THE YEAR COMMEMORATING
THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND THE
HISTORY OF WORKING PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PROCLAMATION, I THINK THE
COUNSEL FOR THEIR SUPPORT, I
WANT TO QUICKLY SAY THANK YOU TO
CONOR CASEY FROM THE ARCHIVES
OF WASHINGTON, PACIFIC NORTHWEST
ASSOCIATION, MARTIN LUTHER KING
LABOR COUNCIL, WASHINGTON STATE
LABOR COUNCIL, AFL-CIO, HISTORY
LINK, LOCAL 23, YOUNG WORKERS
COMMITTEE, TACOMA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, THURSTON LEWIS,
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, AND MANY
OTHERS, PULLING TOGETHER EVENTS
THIS YEAR, IN OUR REGION, TO
CELEBRATE LABOR HISTORY, AND
THANK YOU FINALLY TO MY CHEESE
-- CHIEF OF STAFF, WORKING
DILIGENTLY TO BRING THIS
PROCLAMATION FORWARD.
I WOULD LOVE, MR. PRESIDENT, IF
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS
TO MR. CASEY ON THE CITY'S
BEHALF.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
WE WILL SUSPEND THE RULES.
NO OBJECTIONS, THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED, WE WILL LOW YOU TO
PROCEED, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF
THE FULL COUNSEL.
-- COUNCIL.
>>> ON BEHALF OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST LABOR ASSOCIATION,
ARCHIVES OF WASHINGTON, AND THE
CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, I WANT TO
THINK THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
AND COUNCILMEMBER TERESA
MOSQUEDA AND HER CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE
TODAY, A DAY OF LABOR HISTORY
AND EDUCATION, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNCILMEMBER
WHO HAS SUPPORTED LABOR
ARCHIVES, COLLABORATING IN THE
PAST, I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTERS OF LABOR CULTURE AND
HISTORY IN THEIR OWN RIGHTS.>>>
I WANT YOU TO PICTURE IT, HIGH
RENT, UNCERTAIN LIVING WAGES,
TRANSIT SYSTEM STRAINING AT THE
INFLUX OF NEW WORKERS,
ATTRACTED TO JOBS AND INDUSTRY,
AND RAMPANT INCOME INEQUALITY,
IS THIS 2019? IT WAS 1919, A
SHIPYARD STRIKE GREW TO A LABOR
SHUTDOWN, UNIONISTS,
UNSANCTIONED BY THEIR PARENT
UNIONS, THE NATIONAL FEDERATION,
FEBRUARY 6 TWO 11th, 65,000
WORKERS, REPRESENTED BY HUNDRED
AND 10 UNIONS AFFILIATED WITH
THE SEATTLE LABOR COUNCIL, 20%
OF THE SEATTLE POPULATION WENT
ON STRIKE, NONUNION MEMBERS,
NON-WAGE WORKERS AS WELL,
RELATIVES OF FAMILIES WITH
UNION FAMILIES -- UNION MEMBERS.
JAPANESE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS,
EXCLUDED, CHOSE TO HONOR AND
PARTICIPATE ALONGSIDE THEIR
FELLOW UNIONISTS.
THE SHIPYARDS, WAGE FREEZES,
AND WAR INDUSTRIES, AND THEY
DEMANDED A RAISE, RESUMING THE
COLLECTIVE EMPLOYERS.
COP LOCATED BY FEDERAL BOARD
WHICH DISCOURAGED SEATTLE
EMPLOYERS, WHEN THE WORKERS
STRUCK, THE EMPLOYERS
CONTINUALLY REFUSE TO MAKE
ADDITIONS.
>>> A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF
SOLIDARITY, AND DIRECT ACTION
BY WORKING PEOPLE.
THE SCALE OF THE STRIKE
PANICKED LOCAL AND STATE
OFFICIALS, AND THE SEATTLE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LYSING
POLICE -- MOBILIZING POLICE.
IT WAS ADMINISTERED PEACEFULLY
BY THE WORKERS THEMSELVES.
A CENTRAL STRIKE COMMITTEE,
MAKING SURE HOSPITALS HAD
SHEETS, BABYSAT MILK, AND THEY
WERE FED.
DIVERSE GROUPS UNITED ACROSS
OCCUPATIONS, RACIAL, ETHNIC AND
GENDER DIVISIONS, POLITICAL
AFFILIATIONS TO ASSURE --
ASSERT THEMSELVES IN COLLECTIVE
ACTION.
ADMINISTERED COMPETENTLY BY THE
WORKERS THEMSELVES, A POWERFUL
MODEL AND SOURCE OF INSPIRATION
FOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN
SEATTLE, THE UNITED STATES AND
BEYOND.
LATER GENERAL STRIKES IN SAN
FRANCISCO, MINNEAPOLIS, ST.
PAUL, 1934, LOOKING TO THE
GENERAL STRIKE IN SEATTLE AS
THE HISTORICAL EXAMPLE, DRAWING
FROM THE LESSONS LEARNED IN THE
EXAMPLE PROVIDED.
I AM PART OF A STATEWIDE SERIES
OF EVENTS PLANNING COMMITTEE,
SOLIDARITY CENTENNIAL, WHICH IS,
A COALITION OF LABOR, CULTURAL
HERITAGE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
GROUPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST,
MEANING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR TO
PLAN A WHOLE STATEWIDE SERIES
OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT 2019, TO
COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF
THE GENERAL STRIKE, AND THE
CENTRALIA TRAGEDY.
AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS.
WE ARE HAVING EVENTS,
COMMEMORATIONS, OPEN TO ALL,
SOLIDARITY CENTENNIAL.COM.
>>> THREE EVENTS, IN FEBRUARY,
FABER SECOND, SIXTH AND 7th, --
FEBRUARY.
A DOCUMENTARY ON RADICAL
FEMINIST JOURNALIST, AND A THE
ATTIC -- THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL
EVENT.
PERFORMING THE SEATTLE LABOR
COURSE, AN EXHIBIT, LABOR
ARCHIVES, LAUNCHING FEBRUARY 4,
LABOR ARCHIVES ANNUAL EVENT,
AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABOR
ASSOCIATION HISTORY BUS TOUR,
FEBRUARY 9, A WALKING TOUR OF
RADICAL ASIAN AMERICAN LABEL
PUT ON BY THE MUSEUM AND OTHER
RELATED EVENTS.
BOOK READINGS BY PROFESSOR OF
HISTORY OF UW, JIM GREGORY,
REPUBLISHING THE CENTRAL
ACADEMIC HISTORY, A NEW BOOK IS
COMING OUT THIS YEAR.'S INTER
ALIA, IN NOVEMBER,
COMMEMORATIONS OF THE TRAGEDY
IN 1919, AND THE FAIR WORKS
CENTER ABOUT A EVENT.
-- THIS YEAR'S EVENTS.
>>> THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
AND ACKNOWLEDGING OUR EFFORTS,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>>> AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA, OUR
INTRODUCTION, REFERRAL CALENDAR,
THE WORK PROGRAM, BY WAY OF
CONTEXT, THIS IS THE GENERAL
SIGN-UP, AND THEN LATER ON THE
AGENDA, WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON THE
BALLOT THAT WILL COME UP, AND A
SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT,
AND I WILL CALL THAT OUT WHEN
WE GET TO THAT.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE GENERAL
AGENDA.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN, FOLLOWED BY
RUTH DANNER.
>>> MY NAME IS ALEX BERMAN, I
WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT NUMBER 1,
IN THE AGENDA, ABOUT ZONING.
I LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR MORE
THN 30 YEARS, BUT WHAT IS
HAPPENED FOR THE LAST FIVE
YEARS, IT'S DESTROYING THE
CITY, I DON'T SEE THIS SENSE,
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW, IT LOOKS TO ME THAT YOU
DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING,
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW, MAKES THE SITUATION WORSE
AND WORSE.
FIVE YEARS AGO, NOBODY FROM YOU
STOPPED AMAZON, TODAY NOBODY IS
STOPPING AMAZON.
TWO YEARS AGO, NOW, NOBODY IS
STOPPING AMAZON, IF WE WANT TO
FIX A ZONING PROBLEM, WE CAN'T
FIX IT, A COMFORTABLE LIFE,
LIVING HERE FOR MORE THAN 30
YEARS, I KNOW ABOUT THIS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW,
MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE AND
WORSE.
WE CAN FIX THIS VERY EASILY.
RIGHT NOW, AMAZON, IN NEW YORK,
SHOWS HOW PEOPLE IN NEW YORK
DON'T LIKE AMAZON.
BUT YOU ARE NEVER TALKING ABOUT
MOVING AMAZON OUT FROM
DOWNTOWN, OR BY 10,000 PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU TALK TO AMAZON, AND
CUT IT A LITTLE BIT, EVERY
PROBLEM, NORMAL LIFE, MAYBE NOT
LIKE BEFORE, BUT MUCH BETTER.
YOU ARE NEVER TALKING ABOUT
THIS, WHY?
BECAUSE SEATTLE, NUMBER 1 IN
AMERICA, GOVERNMENT, COUNCIL,
WITH CORPORATIONS, LIKE AMAZON,
ANOTHER CORPORATION, ASK LIFE
MISERABLE FOR THE PEOPLE,
THERE'S NO SENSE, TALKING ABOUT
LABOR, UNIONS, FORGIVE MY
EXPRESSION, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN, A REAL UNION FIGHTING FOR
THE PEOPLE, A REAL COUNCIL
FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE, STAND
UP AMERICA.
>> THE NEXT
>> WILL BE RUTH DANNER.
>> MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
ABOUT 1193 98, WHICH I
UNDERSTAND YOU'LL BE VOTING ON
OR DISCUSSING TODAY.
MY PRIMARY CONCERN, THE REMOVAL
OF THE DIRECTORS RULE FIVE 2009,
THAT RULE, REQUIRES NEW
CONSTRUCTION TO CONSIDER LEVELS
OF SERVICE, INTERSECTIONS,
DOWNTOWN, AND WE NEED IT
REMOVED, AND REPLACED WITH AN
EFFORT TO REDUCE SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLES, DOWNTOWN IS
EXEMPTED BECAUSE IT IS TOO CLOSE
, WITHIN THE HALF MILE LIMIT
FOR THE LINK, DOWNTOWN, WE WILL
HAVE NO MORE MITIGATION, WE
WILL BE ADDING MORE PARKING
SPACES TO THE PARKING GARAGES,
BUT NOT COUNTING THE CARS THAT
WERE FILLED UP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I WILL
CEDE THE TIME TO MY FELLOW.
>> MEGAN CRUZ, FOLLOWED BY --
>> THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL,
PLEASE RECONSIDER VOTING YES ON
THE LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD
BILL BEFORE YOU, IT WAS WRITTEN
WITH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
IN MIND, AND THE CITY CENTER,
IT WILL COMPOUND GRIDLOCK.
IT CHANGES HOW TRAFFIC IS
ACCOUNTED FOR DOWNTOWN IN TWO
DAYS, ELIMINATING DIRECTORS
RULE 2009 -- FIVE, REQUIRING
NEW TOWERS SHOW THE TRAFFIC
THEY GENERATE WON'T OVERWHELM
CAPACITY AND SURROUNDING
STREETS.
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE NEW TOWERS
EXCEED THE CAPACITY.
>>> SECONDLY, THE TOWERS CAN'T
BE APPROVED WITHOUT REDUCING
IMPACTS.
THAT LEVERAGE AND CAN --
PROTECTION DISAPPEARS WITH THE
BILL.
SECONDLY, THE BIGGEST THREAT TO
DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC CUT NARROWLY
DEFINING LEVEL OF SERVICE AS
THE PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLES ON THE ROAD.
DOWNTOWN, SINGLE OCCUPANCY
VEHICLES ON THE ACCOUNT FOR 23%
OF THE TRAFFIC.
THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE IN THE
CITY.
BY LOOKING AT JUST ONE SOURCE
OF TRAFFIC, IT OMITS DOWNTOWNS
BIGGEST PROBLEM, THE RAPID
GROWTH OF CONGESTION, FROM
RIGHT HANDLING SERVICES.
THESE ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL
SERVICES.
-- RIDE-HANDLING SERVICES.
10,000 DAILY VEHICLE TRIPS, AND
BECAUSE OF THIS BILL, NO
GROUNDS TO REQUIRE THE
TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS BE
MITIGATED, IN SHORT, IT WON'T
ACCURATELY OR ADEQUATELY
MITIGATE.
IF THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT A
LEVEL OF SERVICE BILL IS NOT
THE PLACE TO ADDRESS DOWNTOWN
TRANSPORTATION THAT IS IN
CRISIS, AS WELL.
>> A MIX UP ON THE SENATE SHE,
GEORGE DANNER?
-- SPEAKING SHEET.
>> GEORGE DANNER, I AM AT
SECOND AND PIKE, SPEAKING TODAY
ON COUNCIL BILL ENDING WITH
398, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO VOTE
NO, AND HERE'S MY REASONING, I
AM A RETIRED MARINE CHIEF
ENGINEER WITH 35 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, AND A SHIP IS JUST
LIKE A CITY, BUT IT FLOATS.
IN MY CAREER, IN OUR FLEET, IN
THE OFFICE, THAT WOULD DECIDE
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO OUR
SHIP, IT TOOK A FEW YEARS, BUT
I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A
REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION WHEN
THEY CAME TO YOU WITH THESE
PROPOSALS, AND IT WAS, DOES IT
MAKE SENSE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR
DOWNTOWN.
IS INCOMPLETE, I'M AFRAID IT
WILL GRANT DEVELOPERS IN
SEATTLE ANOTHER LOOPHOLE, FUTURE
VISITORS, DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS,
FIRE, EMERGENCY, POLICE,
TRANSPORTATION, AND LAND-USE
PLANNERS WILL STRUGGLE WITH IT,
AND PAY FOR ITS UNANTICIPATED
NEGATIVE EFFECTS, IF -- OF THE
CITY TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF IT GETS
PAST IT DOESN'T WORK?
WHAT IS PLAN B? I WAS WONDERING
IF THERE IS A PLAN B, HOPEFULLY
THERE IS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.>> THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST
>>, THE HONORABLE MICHAEL
FULLER.
-- THE LAST SPEAKER.
>>> I THINK MY GOD FOR BEING
HERE TODAY, I'M HERE BECAUSE OF
THE VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 42.30,
I AM MOVING TO AMEND CASE
NUMBER 8, 18 -- TWO -- 14, 942
-- EIGHT.
-- 942-8. THE NEXT COURT DATE
IS THE 10th, SHE IS STATING
THAT SHE IS BEING VIOLATED, THE
NEW YEAR 2019, BLACK LIVES
MATTER, OCTOBER 3, 1965, SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON.
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, THE
VOTERS RIGHTS ACT, 1965, 1967.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
NEANDERTHALS, IT IS THE MOST
RACIST, AGENT IN THE NINE
STATES HISTORY, AGAINST GEORGE
W. BUSH JUNE 6, 1944.
GEORGE W. BUSH, THE 41st
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT,
AND THE REHABILITATION ACT,
1973, COMMUNIST CONTROL, AUGUST
24, SIGNED BY DWIGHT EISENHOWER.
AND ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL
ACT, OCTOBER 15, 1970, SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PRESIDENT -- YOU NEED TO LET
RICHARDS BACK IN HERE,
VIOLATING HER FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS, AND THE EQUAL
PROTECTION OF HER 14th
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
>> YOU'RE THROWING TOO MUCH AT
ME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I AM SERIOUS.
>> I AM SERIOUS, I UNDERSTAND,
I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU SIR.
STRIKE THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT IN THIS SECTION,
AND WE WILL MOVE TO THE BILLS.
>> 119 FOR 40, THE PAYMENT
THEREOF.
-- 119.440.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED, IT
PASSES, ANY COMMENTS?
CALL THE ROLE IN THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.>> LISA HERBOLD.
>> YES.>> DEBORA JUAREZ.
>> YES.>> PRESIDENT BRUCE
HARRELL?
>> AYE.
>>> READ THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, RELATING TO
LAND USE, CHAPTER 28, THE CODE,
23.52, 23.52.002, 23.52.004,
23.52.008, THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AT THE ADOPTED LEVEL OF
SERVICE STANDARD, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSES AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON?
>> IN 2016, WE ADOPTED AN
UPDATE TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
STANDARD, THAT RELIES ON WHAT
THE INDUSTRY WOULD CALL A
MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE.
TARGETS FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF FOLKS DRIVING ALONE, IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY, SITTING GOALS,
IMPLEMENTING THOSE LEVEL OF
SERVICE STANDARDS, RESIDENTIAL
USES, WITH MORE THAN 30
DWELLING UNITS, NONRESIDENTIAL
USES WITH GREATER THAN 4000
SQUARE FEET OF GROSS FLOOR AREA,
MORE THAN 30,000, TO START TO
PROPOSE IDEAS FOR FOLKS TO BE
ABLE TO GET TO AND AROUND THOSE
USES WITHOUT NEEDING TO HAVE A
CAR.
THOSE KINDS OF IDEAS WILL TAKE
EFFECT IN AN ASSOCIATED JOINT
DIRECTORS RULE, COULD INCLUDE
THINGS LIKE SUBSIDIZING TRANSIT
PASSES, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS,
LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF PARKING
PROVIDED ON-SITE.
IT ALSO SPECIFIES THRESHOLDS
THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GO
THROUGH, IMPACT STUDIES,
RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION, THAT
MORE PROJECTS WILL BE GOING
THROUGH THIS, THEN CURRENTLY
ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO UNDER THE
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT.
A COMPLICATED, TECHNICAL PIECE
OF LEGISLATION, BUT ONE WITH
THE UNDER RUSHING OBJECTIVE TO
TRY TO ASKED DEVELOPERS TO PAY
MORE TO THE CITY TO ALLOW FOR
FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING OR
WORKING IN THEIR UNITS, TO BE
ABLE TO GET AROUND WITHOUT
NEEDING TO HAVE A CAR.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE
CONCERNS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT,
SIMILAR CONCERNS DURING THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS,
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON'S CLOSED
COMMITTEE, WHAT WE LEARNED
THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS,
MITIGATION OF TRANSPORTATION
IMPACTS FOR DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT, AS A MATTER OF
POLICY, IS LIMITED CURRENTLY TO
PROGRAMMATIC MEASURES.
SO THERE IS A REVIEW FOR
DOWNTOWN PROJECTS, THE ONE THAT
IS THE MITIGATION MOST OFTEN
USED, OUR TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT PLANS, IN ADDITION
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN
THEMSELVES CREATE DISINCENTIVES
FOR SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE
USE DOWNTOWN, PARKING MAXIMUMS.
FOR ABOVE GRADE PARKING.
AND A DEVELOPING STANDARD WHERE
THERE IS A LIMIT.
AND THERE IS A IN A LIMIT ON
REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER,
LISA HERBOLD, ANY COMMENTS?
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO CAME TO
TESTIFY, EXPRESSING YOUR
CONCERNS, THE RECORD CLEAR,
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL STILL WORK
TO YOUR BENEFIT, EVEN THOUGH IT
MAY NOT BE EXACTLY THE KIND OF
LEGISLATION THAT YOU WANT TO,
THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> LISA HERBOLD?
>> AYE.
>> JOHNSON?
>> AYE.
>> MIKE O'BRIEN?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>>> THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE,
ITEMS TWO AND 3.
>> AGENDA ITEMS TWO AND 3, 1230
AND 1231, REAPPOINTMENTS, AS
MORMON -- AS THE MEMBERS
>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> LISA HERBOLD?
>> THE FIRST APPOINTMENT, 1230,
PRIYA FRANK, A COUNSELOR
REAPPOINTMENT, ACTING AS THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR.
SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT LUCID
LOUNGE.
MR. MORRIS IS AN
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
VIOLINIST.
HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF CHAMBER AND
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AT SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS AN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
PERFORMING ARTS AND ARTS
LEADERSHIP.
HE HAS AN ASSOCIATE APPOINTENT
TO THE GLOBAL AFRICAN STUDIES.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENTS PLEASE SAY I.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO, THE
MOTION CARRIES.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
FOUR.
>> APPOINTMENT 1232, ERIC
GRAY'S COMMISSION FOR TERM TO
JANUARY 22 2020.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> ERIC IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT
HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO US
BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
ITSELF.
ERIC IS A SURVIVOR AND A
COMMUNITY ADVOCATE FOR VICTIMS
OF SEX TRADE.
AND TRAFFICKING.
THEY PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A
CASE MANAGER FOR HOMELESS
YOUTH.
FURTHER THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING
UNAPPOINTED, BUT SERVING
DUTIFULLY TO AS A COMMISSIONER
FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE VOTE I.
THOSE THAT VOTE NO THE MOTION
CARRIES.
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
>> APPOINTMENT 1233 APPOINTMENT
OF JJ McKAY'S NURSE PIKE PLACE
MARKET, RETURNED TO JUNE 30 20
22.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MANY OF YOU KNOW JJ McKAY.
HE HAS BEEN A FIXTURE IN THE
CITY AND A NUMBER OF BOARDS
INCLUDING BERRIES PLACE, U.S.
BANK, SEATTLE OPERA, AND I
FIRST GOT TO KNOW HIM ABOUT 10
YEARS AGO.
HE IS CURRENTLY BEING NOMINATED
FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET PDA GOVERNING
COUNCIL.
HE HAS A TRACK RECORD AS AN
EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE.
A LEADER IN BOTH FOR AND
NONPROFIT SECTORS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE CEO OF
PIKE PLACE MARKET WAS HERE WITH
US AND WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT GETTING HIS EXPERTISE ON
THE BOARD.
WE RECOMMEND HIS APPOINTMENT.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE I.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
SIX.
>> APPOINTMENT OF A ROYAL HALL
MUSIC CENTER BOARD.
EXCUSE ME, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT BE
CONFIRMED.
>> THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT OF
GLENN LEAP.
HE IS KNOWN TO MOST OF US AS
OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
WITHIN THE CITY.
HE IS NOW BEING POINTED TO, I
JUST LOST THIS.
THE MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WAS A
MAJOR MUSIC ENTHUSIAST AND HE
SAID OF COURSE.
HE IS BEING BROUGHT IN BECAUSE
OF HIS STEWARDSHIP FOR THE CITY
FINANCES.
WE RECOGNIZE AND WELCOME HIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE MUSIC CENTER
BOARD.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE I.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
>>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS REAPPOINTMENT OF MARY
BRINGS HER AFTER SHE HAS SERVED
18 YEARS ON HISTORIC SEATTLE
COUNCIL.
INCLUDING FOUR YEARS AS THE
CHAIR.
THIS WILL BE HER SIXTH TERM.
MANY OF US KNOW MARY FOR HER
WORK ON FUTURE -WISE, AND SHE
WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF
AUBURN'S DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE DELIGHTED SHE IS WILLING
TO CONTINUE ON THIS BOARD.
WE RECOMMEND THAT HER
CONFIRMATION BE APPROVED TODAY.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE VOTE I.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS
PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 8 RESOLUTION
THREE, SUPPORTING SEATTLE CITY
SCHOOLS.
URGING SEATTLE VOTERS TO VOTE
YES ON PROPOSITION ONE AND TWO.
ON THE FEBRUARY 12, 2019
SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT.
>> AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER RCW
42.17 A .555 THE CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERS THE ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 31860 THAT WAS READ
INTO THE RECORD.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF COUNCIL
MEMBER COMMONS THE COUNCIL WILL
HEAR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON
THE RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION ENDURES SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROPOSITIONS
ONE AND TWO.
WHICH RELATE TO OPERATION AND
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
ON THE FEBRUARY 12, 2019
SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT.
APPROXIMATELY EQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK WILL BE
GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THANKS FOR READING THE ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
I WILL RELINQUISH THE FLOOR TO
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
>> I BRING THIS FORWARD ON
BEHALF OF NOT ONLY MY CALLING
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ BUT
THOSE OF US WHO ARE PARENTS OF
KIDS IN SCHOOLS.
THE TWO LEVIES IN FRONT OF
VOTERS THIS FEBRUARY PRESENT A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
CONTINUE OUR DECADES LONG
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ON
COMPLEMENTARY INVESTMENTS.
THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE IN
FRONT OF VOTERS THIS FEBRUARY
ARE CRITICAL ONES.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A VERY LONG
LIST OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
THAT WOULD TRANSFORM AND
RECONSTRUCT SEVERAL SCHOOLS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT ALSO
MAKE INVESTMENTS IN EVERY
SINGLE SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, BUT IN ADDITION THE
OPERATING LEVY REFERRED TO AS
THE BTA LEVY, ALSO HAS A SET OF
CRITICAL OPERATIONAL
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY
FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO EXCEL
IN ALL OF OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
THIS ONGOING PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS A CRITICAL ONE.
I AM SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THIS
AMBITIOUS PLAN ON THE BALLOT.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING
YES MYSELF.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW ?
>> THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD HOLD
UP THE MAP ON THE BACKSIDE OF
IT.
WHAT I APPRECIATED ABOUT THIS
MAP, I AM NOT SURE IF WE CAN
EVEN BEGIN TO HAVE IT FOCUSED
FROM THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, BUT
THIS IS A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
THAT WILL BE AIDED BY THIS
PARTICULAR LEVY.
THE BACKSIDE OF IT, IDENTIFIES
ALMOST TO THE DOLLAR WHAT KINDS
OF THINGS WILL BE DONE AT EACH
ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN
CONTROVERSY AROUND THIS.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING HOW COME THE
McCLEARY DECISION DIDN'T TAKE
CARE OF IT?
McCLEARY DECISION DIDN'T TAKE
CARE OF IT, FOR US TO CONTINUE
TO HAVE THE GRADE A QUALITY
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WE
WANT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS
LEVY.
I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I WANTED TO SPEAK TO SOME OF
THE CONTROVERSY THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW ALLUDED TO.
THERE WAS A SEATTLE TIMES
EDITORIAL LAST WEEK THAT I MADE
SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT.
THEY HAD TWO CONTENTIONS.
ONE RELATED TO THE SIZE OF THE
OPERATIONS LEVY, AND THE SECOND
RELATED TO CONCERN THAT IT
WOULD BE THE LEVY WOULD BE
UNDERMINING SORT OF THE BASIC
TENET OF McCLEARY.
WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS IS AN UNEQUAL FUNDING
IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
STATE, WHERE CITIES WITH SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND TAXPAYERS WHO ARE
WILLING AND ABLE TO FUND BASIC
EDUCATION ARE ABLE TO DO SO
MORE PLENTIFULLY THAN OTHER
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY INQUIRY
IS THAT IT IS TRUE THAT THE
SIZE OF THE OPERATIONS LEVY AND
THE REQUEST IN THE LEVY ITSELF
IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN WHAT
THEY CURRENTLY CAN BE LEGALLY
COLLECTED.
IT IS AN EXCESS OF THE LEGALLY
AUTHORIZED COLLECTION AMOUNT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO COLLECT ALL OF THAT
MONEY.
THE PLAN IS, THIS IS VERY
CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF
McCLEARY.
THE PLAN IS TO GO BACK TO THE
STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT CAN
LEGALLY BE COLLECTED UNDER
STATE LAW, THUS MAINTAINING
THAT STRONG COMMITMENT THAT WE
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE DIFFERENT
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
STATE ARE NOT PUT IN DIFFERENT
POSITIONS, DEPENDING ON WHETHER
OR NOT THIS PARTICULAR
DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO PASS
LEVIES.
IN ESSENCE, INCREASING THE
COLLECTION AMOUNT GIVES THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SOME
FLEXIBILITY.
BY ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO
GO BACK IF THE STATE LAW IS
ITSELF CHANGED.
THE OTHER POINT I THINK IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THERE WAS
A QUESTION ABOUT THE USE OF THE
DOLLARS.
AND AGAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE
USE OF THE DOLLARS IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
DECISIONS MADE IN THE
LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE
NOTE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT
APPROVED THE SEATTLE
SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS PLAN FOR
THE OPERATIONS LEVY.
AND TOOK THE POSITION THAT IT
IS IN FACT CONSISTENT WITH
STATE LAW.
>> THANKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
IF NOT WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC
HEARING.
AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE HAVE TWO
SIGN-UP SHEETS FOR PROPOSITION
ONE AND TWO.
I WILL CALL YOU OUT IN THE
ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP.
WE WILL START OFF IN JUST ONE
MOMENT HERE.
WE WILL START OFF WITH MR. ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
IT WILL BE MELISSA APPEL FOR.
CAN YOU START HIS TIME BACK
PLEASE?
I HAVE TWO SIGN-UP SHEETS.
THE SAME PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR
BOTH.
WHY DON'T WE SPEAK ON BOTH OF
THEM.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO
EXPLAIN TO YOU.
MY EXPERIENCE WE CAN GIVE THESE
PEOPLE A CHANCE TO OPERATE WITH
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WE NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS A
DIFFERENT OPINION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BILLION
DOLLARS.
I AM SURE LIKE PROFESSIONAL
BUSINESS COUNCILMAN.
WE HAVE A MORE THAN ENOUGH
MONEY IN THE SYSTEM.
WE CAN FIX IT FOR 10 TIMES
CHEAPER.
FIVE TIMES CHEAPER, MAYBE THREE
TIMES.
BUT MUCH CHEAPER.
THIS HAPPEN AND HAPPEN AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO RIGHT
NOW ABOUT THIS.
OPERATION WITH MINING AND
BUSINESS PRINCIPLE.
700,000 IDIOTS WHO LIVE IN THE
CITY. IF THEY WANT TO PAY A
BILLION DOLLARS AM HAPPY WITH
THIS.
OF BILLION AND BILLION DOLLARS
FOR TRANSPORTATION, SCHOOL AND
EVERYTHING.
I AM VERY HAPPY. IF YOU LOOK
RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNMENT AND
OPERATIONS SUCK BLOOD AND MONEY
FROM US.
STANDUP AMERICA.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
MELISSA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JAKE EWART.
>> AM THE PRESIDENT OF SCHOOLS
FIRST.
HERE'S A VOLUNTEER AND APPARENT
IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING
THIS RESOLUTION.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW
POINTED OUT THE CAPITAL LEVY
HAS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING AND
IMROVEMENTS FOR THE BUILDINGS
ACROSS THE CITY WHICH IS
CRITICAL.
WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON
IMPROVING THOSE FOR OUR KIDS.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON
POINTED OUT WE DO HAVE A
FUNDING GAP BETWEEN THE
McCLEARY SOLUTION AND WHAT WE
ARE ABLE TO RAISE LOCALLY.
ARE EP AND OH LEVEL IS CRITICAL.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
POINTED OUT WE ARE ASKING FOR
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.
KNOWING WE WOULD HAVE TO IN
FACT HAVE LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO
COLLECT ON THAT.
SEATTLE IS NOT UNIQUE IN THIS.
SEVERAL DISTRICTS ARE TAKING
THIS TACT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO VOTERS
AND ASK AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU
ARE DOING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMARK
THIS GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE
LEVY WE NEED.
TO MAKE THIS WORK IN OUR CITY.
THANK YO FOR THAT AS WELL.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF
OF GREG WANT WON THE.
>>> JAKE EWART?
>> MY NAME IS JAKE EWART.,
VOLUNTEER WITH SCHOOLS FIRST.
I'M ALSO A PARENT OF KIDS IN
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I HAVE A SECOND-GRADER A
KINDERGARTNER AND A GUY THAT
WILL BE IN KINDERGARTEN SOON.
THESE LEVIES ARE IMPORTANT TO
ME AND THE CITY THE CAPITAL
LEVY IS IN IS OBVIOUSLY
IMPORTANT.
TO IMPROVE AND REPLACE SCHOOLS.
THE OPERATIONS LEVY IMPORTANT
TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ALL
THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE STATE
HAS MADE.
A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN MOVING
TO THIS TOWN AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE HERE.
INTERESTED IN PUTTING THEIR
KIDS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN THEM.
EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WILL BE
USED TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS.
IT IS A GREAT INVESTMENT.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES.
>> GREG WAS NOT HERE BUT WE DID
HAVE GREG ON THE SIGN-UP SHEET.
SINGH NO FURTHER SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP TO SPEAK EITHER IN
FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE
RESOLUTION, THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS TIME WILL BE
CLOSED.
THE COUNCIL NOW PROCEEDS WITH A
BOW ON THE RESOLUTION 31860.
OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ADOPTING A RESOLUTION 31860
PLEASE VOTE I. THOSE OPPOSED
VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
COMING FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> WE COMMENTS AT THREE CLOCK.
THERE'S ABOUT 12 MINUTES
>> WE WILL BACK ON THE DAIS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO BE
EXCUSED NEXT TUESDAY.
I WILL BE TRAVELING TO
WASHINGTON D.C. TO SERVE ON THE
NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING WITH THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE OF CITIES IN ORDER TO BE
THERE ON BEHALF OF 18 OTHER
CITIES.
IF I MAY BE EXCUSED I PROMISE
TO BRING EVERYTHING BACK THAT I
LEARNED.
>> OKAY.
YOU SAID TUESDAY, JANUARY 22?
GOT IT.
IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO BE
EXCUSED FROM ON JANUARY 22.
ANY COMMENTS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SHE IS EXCUSED FROM 122.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
WE STAND ADJOURNED.
SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.