>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE
OCTOBER 18, 2021 MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME
TO ORDER.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
EIGHT PRESENT.
>> I DID GET A NOTE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES THAT SHE
DOES PLAN TO JOIN US BUT SHE IS
RUNNING A FEW MINUTES LATE, SO
WHEN SHE ARRIVES I WILL NOTE
THAT FOR THE RECORD.
PRESENTATIONS AS WE HEARD THIS
MORNING COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
DOES HAVE A PROCLAMATION --
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS GOING
TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION
FIRST AND THEN I WILL OPEN IT
UP FOR COMMENTS FROM OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEN AFTER
WE HEAR FROM OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE RULES TO
ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
COMMENTS, SO FIRST WE WILL HEAR
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM ANY
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WANT
TO MAKE COMMENTS AND THEN WE
WILL SUSPEND THE RULES AND I
WILL HAND IT OVER FOR -- SO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH I REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION
DECLARING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
TO BE -- I WANT TO ESPECIALLY
CALL OUT -- IN PARTICULAR
BECAUSE SHE STAFFS THE MULTI-
BRANCH -- COUNSEL AND SHE
ACTUALLY MADE THE SUGGESTION
THAT WE BRING FORWARD THIS
PROCLAMATION WITH THE MAYOR'S
CONCURRENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE REALLY HONORING THE WORK
OF FOLKS WHO ARE DOING SO MUCH
IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW.
THIS MORNING EVERY COUNSEL
COLLEAGUE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE
PROCLAMATION AND DID SO.
MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT OCTOBER
IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS
MONTH, BUT ON THURSDAY THE
SEATTLE -- WILL BE LIT PURPLE
FOR PUGET SOUND PURPLE THURSDAY
IN RECOGNITION NOT JUST OF THE
DOMESTI VIOLENCE AWARENESS
MONTH BUT ALSO AWARENESS AND
RECOGNITION FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
DOING -- IN THIS AREA, SINCE
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN PROVIDERS
HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF
A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE AND THEY HAVE
RESPONDED AS SO MANY HAVE -- IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE INVESTS IN A
COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF
SERVICES AND A SPECIALIZED
LEGAL RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND THIS NETWORK
SUPPORTS MORE THAN 10,000
SURVIVORS EVERY YEAR.
I AM VERY GLAD OF THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE
HEROIC EFFORTS OF THESE FRONT-
LINE WORKERS WHO ARE WORKING
WITH THOSE SURVIVORS DAY IN AND
DAY OUT THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
COALITION ENDING GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE HERE TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION, BUT AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ MENTIONED
NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO
HEAR FROM --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THAT
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE WE
SUSPEND THE RULES?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED, I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR BRINGING FORWAR%
THIS PROCLAMATION DURING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS
MONTH AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO
THANK -- FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY AS WE PRESENT THIS TO
THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR COMMUNITY WHO DOES REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW -- TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
REMARKS HEARING NO OBJECTION
THIS COUNCIL RULES ARE
SUSPENDED AND I WANT TO WELCOME
MERYL TO THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AND I WANT TO HAND IT
OVER TO MERRILL TO PROVIDE
REMARKS AND --
>> HI THANK YOU SO MUCH IS MY
VOLUME OKAY?
GOOD.
I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF
I KNOW MOST OF YOU BUT MY NAME
IS -- AND I AM A DIRECTOR AT
THE COALITION AGAINST GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE.
-- THEY ARE BUSY JUGGLING
MULTIPLE THINGS.
SO I AM HERE TO SAY ON BEHALF
OF OUR OVER 30 MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, WE WANT TO EXTEND
SINCERELY THAT THANK YOU AND
EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR
YOU TAKING THE TIME WITH
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS GOING
ON TO DECLARE OCTOBER 21 2021
TO BE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
PROVIDER RECOGNITION DAY.
RIGHT NOW, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS
MONTH, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR ALL YOUR LONG-TERM
CONTINUED EFFORTS TO INSPIRE
AWARENESS ON THIS ISSUE, A LOT
OF YOU ARE -- THANK YOU ALL TO
COUNCILMEMBERS AND OTHER FOLKS
BEHIND MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL FAR
TOO FAMILIAR WITH -- HOW THEY
ARE CONNECTED TO HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, -- OTHER CRISES
THAT ARE TAKING UP SO MUCH OF
HER TIME AND I KNOW YOU KNOW
THAT SERVICES NEVER HAVE
ADEQUATE CAPACITY -- THERE WILL
BE TIME TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF
THOSE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS AT
FUTURE MEETINGS, I PROMISE YOU.
BUT TODAY WE ARE FOCUSING ON
CELEBRATING THE REALLY TALENTED
PROVIDERS OF -- WHO ARE WORKING
BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF
FORMAL SYSTEMS TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF SURVIVORS, AND I HAVE
BEEN SO IMPRESSED BY SEEING THE
TENACITY RESILIENCE CREATIVITY
AND DEDICATION OF FOLKS ON THE
FRONT LINES OF SUPPORTING
SURVIVORS OF THIS ISSUE AND
ALSO WORKING WITH THEIR
COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND.
ADVOCATES AND PREVENTION LISTS
HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP -- DESPITE
THE ONGOING PANDEMIC AND ALL OF
ITS EFFECTS, HAVING TO GIVE
SERVICES, ADAPT THEM AGAIN,
READOPT THEM AGAIN, TRY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES
SAFE AND ALSO TRYING TO PROVIDE
SAFETY AND SUPPORT FOR FOLKS
WHO -- FACING REALLY DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO
STAY ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITIES,
TO STAY ENGAGED WITH ALL OF THE
REALLY CRITICAL AND NEEDED
CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING IN
OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND RACIAL
JUSTICE, AROUND THE NEED TO RE-
ENVISION AND HOW TO TRANSFORM
OUR COMMUNITY AND A SYSTEMS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND -- ATTENTION
TO RACIAL AND GENDER JUSTICE.
AND AGAIN HOLDING THE
COMPLEXITY OF ALL OF WHAT
SOMETIMES SEEMS LIKE
PARADOXICAL SITUATIONS.
I THINK WE HAVE SAID BEFORE
THAT WE KNOW THAT FROM CRITICAL
LEGAL SYSTEMS ARE NOT GOING TO
END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
ALSO TO HAVE THE SUPPORTIVE AND
JUST COMMUNITIES THAT WE WANT
SOME SURVIVORS WILL END UP
HAVING TO TURN TO THAT SYSTEM OR
REMAIN ENGAGED IN IT IN SOME
KIND OF WAY.
SO AT LEAST FOR SOME TEMPORARY
SAFETY AND HARM REDUCTION.
SO ONE THING THAT THIS PAST
YEAR AND A HALF HAS TAUGHT ME
IS JUST THE WORKINGS OF TAKING
TIME TO FOCUS ON GRATITUDE AND
-- REALLY JUST TO REMEMBER TO
RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE
RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITIES
AND OF THE FOLKS WORKING TO
SUPPORT THOSE HAVING A HARD
TIME, AND I ALSO HAVE SUCH
GRATITUDE FOR LIVING SOMEWHERE
WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY ENGAGED
AND -- SUCH AS YOURSELVES, WHO
REALLY SUPPORT AND ARE WORKING
TO TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITIES TO
PLACES WHERE SAFE AND JUST
RELATIONSHIPS CAN THRIVE.
YOU ALL HAVE SIGNIFICANT
INFLUENCE IN YOUR OFFICES, AND
WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR USING
THAT POWER TO RECOGNIZE GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE PROVIDERS AND
INSPIRE ACTION TODAY ON -- I
REALLY BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE
CAN CREATE COMMUNITIES, SAFE AND
JUST COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERYONE
CAN THRIVE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MERRILL.
VERY WELL SAID, AND I KNOW YOU
HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO US FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANT WORK
THAT PROVIDERS DO IN THIS SPACE
EVERY DAY AND CERTAINLY COVID-
19 HAS BEEN A VERY SIGNIFICANT
EVENT THAT HAS REALLY STRESSED
THE SYSTEM EVEN IN THE CONTEXT
OF -- AND WE WANT TO EXPRESS
OUR IMMENSE GRATITUDE TO THE
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS IN THIS
AREA WHO HAVE SHOWN UP EVERY
DAY, PUTTING THEMSELVES SECOND
AND PUTTING MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY FIRST IN ORDER TO --
WE HOPE YOU WILL SEND OUR BEST
TO EVERYONE INCLUDING YOURSELF,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE AND FOR ALL OF -- THAT YOU
DO, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL SEE
YOU VERY SOON AS WE CONTINUE TO
TALK ABOUT HOW TO CENTER THE
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE
SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR
BUDGET THANK YOU MERRILL.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> TAKE CARE.
BY.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR
NEXT ITEM WHICH IS APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES THE MINUTES OF THE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER
11, 2021 HAVE BEEN -- HEARING
NO OBJECTION THE MINUTES ARE
BEING SIGNED WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE MINUTES OKAY WE ARE GOING
TO MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR I MOVED TO ADOPT THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR COLLEAGUES AS
WE HAVE HEARD THIS MORNING --
HAS AN AMENDMENT THAT SHE WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR, SO I
AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
TO MAKE HER MOTION.
>> THANK YOU I MOVED TO AMEND
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR -- AMENDING SECTIONS
3.02 THROUGH -- AND ADDING A NEW
CHAPTER -- TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND REFERRING IT
TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER
1.
>> THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> COULD I GET A COURTESY
SECOND SO THAT I COULD AT LEAST
DESCRIBE WHAT THIS LEGISLATION
DOES AND KEEP IN MIND THIS IS
ABOUT WHETHER TO --
>> I CANNOT LET YOU SPEAK TO
THE SUBSTANCE --
>> I AM EXPLAINING WHAT THE
VOTE IS ABOUT.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW
WHAT THE MOTION IS AND THE
EFFECT OF THE MOTION IS.
THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND
BEFORE WE CAN SPEAK TO THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE MOTION.
>> I AM NOT SPEAKING TO THE
SUBSTANCE --
>> THAT IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE
MOTION.
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE MOTION IS
TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WHICH IS A
PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE, SO YOU
NEED A SECOND BEFORE YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT THE MOTION.
I AM CALLING FOR A SECOND FOR
THE THIRD TIME.
I AM NOT HEARING A SECOND.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT YOU ARE
OUT OF ORDER.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT YOU ARE
OUT OF ORDER.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT I AM GOING
TO ASK I.T.
TO MUTE YOU IF -- THIS IS OUT
OF ORDER.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I AM NOT THREATENING YOU WITH
ANYTHING.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I ASKED YOU TO PLEASE COMPLY
WITH THE RULES OF WHICH YOU ARE
VERY FAMILIAR BECAUSE YOU ARE
THE MOST SENIOR MEMBER ON THIS
COUNSEL.
>> DO NOT GO SHAMING ME --
>> THERE IS NO SECOND,
THEREFORE THE MOTION FAILS FOR
A LACK OF SECOND.
AND HEARING NO SECOND WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OTHER
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS NOW ADOPTED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC
COMMENT COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME
WE WILL OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
INTRODUCTION A REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND -- I THANK
EVERYONE FOR THEIR ONGOING
PATIENCE AND COOPERATION AS WE
CONTINUE TO OPERATE THIS REMOTE
COMMENT SYSTEM IT REMAINS OUR
STRONG INTENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ALL
OF OUR MEETINGS BUT THERE IS A
REMINDER THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END THESE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY
TIME IF WE DEEM THAT THE SYSTEM
IS BEING ABUSED -- TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
I WILL MODERATE IT IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER THE PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR THIS PERIOD IS 20
MINUTES AND FOR EACH SPEAKER
HAVING UP TO 2 MINUTES -- WE
HAVE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, SO I
WILL EXTEND THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD AND SHORTEN THE AMOUNT
OF TIME FOR EACH PRESENTER FROM
2 MINUTES TO JUST ONE MINUTE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
EXTENDED TO LAST ABOUT 30
MINUTES.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO
30 MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE CITY
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
-- THAT WAS EMAILED TO THEM UPON
CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM -- IF
YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT
LINK IS ALSO LISTED ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME STAFF
WILL UNMUTE YOU YOU WILL HEAR
THE PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTE IT, AND THAT WILL BE
YOUR CUE TO PRESS á6 BEFORE YOU
CONTINUE TO SPEAK.
PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING.
TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD
RELATE TO AN ITEM ON TODAY'S
AGENDA, AND ITEM THAT IS ON THE
INTRODUCTION OR REFERRAL
CALENDAR OR THE -- SPEAKERS ARE
GOING TO HEAR A TIME WHEN YOU
HAVE 10 MIN SECONDS LEFT OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME -- IF YOU DO NOT
WRAPUP YOUR COMMENTS WITHIN THE
ONE MINUTE WE WILL HAVE TO MUTE
YOUR MICROPHONE IN ORDER TO
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND
YOU CAN CONTINUE WATCHING THIS
MEETING ON SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
ONE OF THE OPTIONS LISTED ON
THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN AND
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKERS ON THE LAST AND I AM
GOING TO CALL FOLKS OUT AT
THREE AT A TIME SO THAT WAY YOU
ALL CAN BE READY AGAIN FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO SIGNED UP FOR
THE COMMENT TODAY YOU WILL HAVE
ONE MINUTE INSTEAD OF 2
MINUTES, SO PLEASE START
WHITTLING DOWN YOUR COMMENTS IF
YOU PLANNED ON GIVING A TWO-
MINUTE TESTIMONIAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRST UP IS
MARGOT STEWART, AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR FROM HOWARD GAIL, AND
THEN -- MARGOT, WELCOME.
>> --
>> NEXT IS HOWARD GAIL FOLLOWED
BY -- AND THEN LOGAN'S ONE
>> -- THE PLANNED 2222 BUDGET
INCLUDES $10.8 MILLION FOR
FAILED POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR -- THE SPD HAS BUDGETED
ANOTHER 10+ MILLION DOLLARS FOR
FAUX ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH --
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SPENDS ANOTHER $17 MILLION ON
THE CIVIL DIVISION A PORTION OF
WHICH IS TO DEFEND POLICE ABUSE
AND DENY PEOPLE JUSTICE.
THIS ENTIRE COUNSEL HAS NOT
QUESTIONED ONE PENNY OF THESE
APPROXIMATELY -- YOU ARE
CHARGING SEATTLE TAXPAYERS --
GO TO SEATTLE STOP.ORG TO FIND
OUT HOW --
>> NEXT WAS BLITHE SERRANO, BUT
SHE IS NOW SHOWING UP AS NOT
PRESENT.
IF YOU CALL BACK I WILL GIVE
YOU YOUR ONE MINUTE.
NEXT IS LOGAN SWAN FOLLOWED BY
--
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN, GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS LOGAN SWAN, I AM
A UNION WORKER OUT OF LOCAL 86
-- LOCAL 19 AND I AM CALLING IN
FAVOR OF THE PAID PARKING FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, I WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING FORWARD THIS
LEGISLATION BECAUSE -- $100 AT
LEAST OUT OF THEIR POCKET AND I
HAVE GOT TO SAY, I THINK IT IS
ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS AND PEOPLE FOR
RUNNING FOR OFFICE WOULD WALK
THE PICKET LINES WITH
CARPENTERS AND SAY THEY SUPPORT
THEIR DEMANDS AND THEN NOT EVEN
SECOND A VOTE, NOT VOTE IN
FAVOR OF THIS VERY COMMONSENSE
LEGISLATION THAT WAS -- SAVE
WORKERS LIKE MYSELF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR, I AM
DISGUSTED AND YOU ALL SHOULD BE
ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> NEXT IS NINA WIRTZ FOLLOWED
BY COLIN MILLAN AND BARBARA
FINNEY.
NINO WELCOME.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 2
-- I NEED THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT -- WITHOUT DELAY, MANY
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SUPPORT
THIS, BUT THEY WORK DURING THE
DAY DURING THIS INCONVENIENTLY
SCHEDULED MEETING, YOU FOLKS
WHO OPPOSE THIS ARE OUT OF
TOUCH WITH THE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND RANK-AND-FILE MEMBERS
WHO WASTE UPWARDS OF $500 A
MONTH ON PARKING.
IT SEEMS THAT -- MYSELF AND
MANY OTHER VOTERS ARE INTENSELY
DISAPPOINTED IN SUPPOSEDLY
THOSE WHO CANNOT PUT UPSIDE
PARTY POLITICS TO SUPPORT
WORKERS, THE LEAST YOU CAN DO
IS MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT TAXED
JUST TO GO TO WORK.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT IS COLIN
MILLAN FOLLOWED BY BARBARA
FINNEY AND THEN REVEREND ROBERT
JEFFREY.
COLIN I SEE THAT YOU ARE ON THE
SCREEN BUT YOU ARE STILL MUTED
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PRESS
á6.
SOMETIMES THE ZOOM FEATURE CAN
BE A LITTLE STICKY SO TRY
AGAIN, MAKE SURE IT IS á6.
STILL CANNOT HEAR YOU COLIN, IT
LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE STILL MUTED
SO TRY ONE MORE TIME, á6.
OKAY I AM NOT SEEING COLIN, SO
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
BARBARA FINNEY AND THEN
REVEREND JEFFREY AND WE CAN
CIRCLE BACK TO COLIN AGAIN.
BARBARA WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA FINNEY,
DISTRICT 5 -- SPEAKING IN
PERSONAL CAPACITY.
I THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT
NONE OF YOU WOULD GIVE A SECOND
TO LEGISLATION SUPPORTING
WORKERS IN SEATTLE, VERY
DISRESPECTFUL TO YOUR FELLOW
COUNCILMEMBER. IT DOES NOT LOOK
GOOD.
YOU COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE STOOD
IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER GROUPS
OF SEATTLE WORKERS TO IMPROVE --
THE PLIGHT OF CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO YOU
IN ALL DIFFERENT FORMS, THE
HARDSHIP FOR PAYING FOR THEIR
PARKING, THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR
LEGISLATING THE WORK CONDITIONS
-- STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND BRING
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION --
>> NEXT UP IS REVEREND ROBERT
JEFFREY AND THEN WE WILL TRY
COLIN MILLAN AGAIN.
REVEREND JEFFREY, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS ROBERT JEFFREY,
SENIOR PASTOR AT NEWHOPE
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
I CALLED IN FOR ONE THING BUT I
AM VERY SAD THAT THERE WAS NOT
A SECOND GIVEN TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION.
-- WHILE I THINK COUNSEL FOR A
VOTING UNANIMOUSLY -- I WOULD
HOPE THAT THAT MONEY COULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
THAT WOULD BE SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AS WELL AS
WE MET WITH THE MAYOR, AND HE
TOTALLY REJECTED OUR NEEDS TO
GET OUR LAND RESTORED.
-- WE NEED REPARATIONS ON THAT
LAND, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
LET'S TRY COLIN ONE MORE TIME
AND THEN AFTER COLIN WILL BE
ADDIE SMITH AND THEN MONTY
ANDERSON.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU ON
MUTED HERE.
á6.
YOU ARE STILL MUTED, WE WILL
TRY ONE MORE TIME, á6.
I AM SORRY COLIN, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO HEAR YOU.
SO I AM GOING TO LET YOU TRY
ONE MORE TIME á6.
OKAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
ADDIE SMITH AND THEN MONTY
ANDERSON AND THEN MATT SWANSON.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN GO AHEAD ADDIE.
>> I AM CALLING ON THE CITY TO
ADD -- MUST STOP SUPPORTING AND
PROTECTING CORPORATE LANDLORDS,
WASHINGTON STATE -- IS ONE OF
THEM.
-- IT TARGETS PREDOMINANTLY
BLACK PEOPLE LIKE THE SAME LAW
THAT TARGETS BLACK PEOPLE IN
THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUT WE DO
NOT HEAR ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
ON THE NEWS.
-- RESULTING IN A RISK.
-- BLACK WOMEN AT WASHINGTON
STATE ARE BEING ATTACKED BY
WHITE PEOPLE, AND POLICE --
>> NEXT UP IS MONTY ANDERSON
THEN MATT SWANSON AND TAYLOR.
MONTE, WELCOME.
IT LOOKS LIKE -- BEFORE WE
UNMUTE MONTY, IT LOOKS LIKE
COLIN MIGHT BE ON MUTED, IF YOU
CAN HEAR ME GO AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, SUCCESS, GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS COLIN MULLEN, IM
AN ELECTRICIAN.
I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL --
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
FOR FIGHTING TO LET US KNOW
THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY
COUNCIL SHAMEFULLY REFUSED TO
SECOND YOUR MOTION, I AM
DISGUSTED THAT NOT A SINGLE SO-
CALLED PROGRESSIVE MEMBER OF --
WHICH SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER
FOR ANYONE IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT -- IT
SHOULD BE PASSED IMMEDIATELY,
EVERY WEEK THAT PASSES WITHOUT
THIS LEGISLATION IS A WEEK IN
WHICH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE
HAVING TO PAY THE COST OF DOING
BUSINESS FOR BIG CONTRACTORS,
WE ARE PUSHING THIS COST ONTO
THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES.
-- I HAVE PERSONALLY SPOKEN TO
DOZENS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
IN THE PAST FEW DAYS -- THESE
MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE WORKDAY MAKING THEM
INACCESSIBLE TO THE MAJORITY OF
WORKERS --
>> OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS MONTY ANDERSON
FOLLOWED BY MATT SWANSON AND
TAYLOR WARNER.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL MY
NAME IS MONTY ANDERSON I
REPRESENT ABOUT 15,000
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HERE IN
THE UNION IN SEATTLE.
I APPLAUD EVERYONE WHO STOOD UP
FOR US -- THE CONTRACTS THAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR VERY
UNIQUE AND NUANCED BETWEEN OUR
EMPLOYERS AND OURSELVES AND
LISTEN WE DO NOT NEED
GRANDSTANDING HOW ON EARTH CAN
YOU PUT A PARKING PLAN TOGETHER
IF YOU DO NOT TALK TO ANYBODY
THAT ADJUDICATES THOSE SO
THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR NOT
GETTING DRAWN INTO THIS
GRANDSTANDING OF WHAT THIS IS
REALLY ABOUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT
SOMEBODY JUST TRYING TO GET
PRESS TIME SO THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS WE SUPPORT YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
ORGANIZED LABOR THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
NEXT UP IS MATT SWANSON
FOLLOWED BY TAYLOR WARNER AND
THEN ROBIN THOMPSON.
MATT WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU MY NAME IS MATT
SWANSON WITH THE LOCAL
CARPENTERS UNION AND WE ARE
VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE
ENTIRE COUNSEL HAS BEEN TAKING
THIS ISSUE OF PARKING BECAUSE
MORE AND MORE OF OUR MEMBERS
ARE STRUGGLING TO WORK AND
COMMUTE INTO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
WHAT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO US
IS THAT THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT
RESPECTFULLY TO THE REGULAR
ORDER SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE --
I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT IT
DESERVES THE COMMITTEE PROCESS
THAT CAN PROTECT ANY
LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT IT
IS ENFORCEABLE, WORKS IN OUR
INDUSTRY AND HAS A STRONG
COMMITMENT -- SO WE BELIEVE
THAT THAT SORT OF COORDINATED
POLICY APPROACH IS THE THING
THAT WORKS IN OUR INDUSTRY, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- AND
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE WORKABLE
AND ENFORCEABLE BECAUSE THERE
IS SOME SENSE TO THE REGULAR
ORDER, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS TAYLOR WARNER
FOLLOWED BY ROBIN THOMPSON AND
THEN MANDY RICHARDSON.
>> DO YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN GO AHEAD.
>> I AM TAYLOR WARNER, I AM A
MEMBER OF -- LOCAL 46 AND I
RESPECT AND FULLY DISAGREE WITH
MONTY'S POINT.
FOR ME THIS LEGISLATION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT PUT
FORWARD WOULD HAVE BEEN GAME
CHANGING.
I AM A SINGLE MOM AND WHEN WE
FIRST JOINED THE UNION I WORK
AS A LIMITED ENERGY INSTALLER
FOR $15 AN HOUR AND THERE WERE
TIMES I PAID THREE TIMES THAT
MUCH TO PARK.
I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I
HAD THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY
AND I LIVED RENT FREE DURING
THOSE MONTHS BUT THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE FOR WHOM THE COST OF
PARKING IS PROHIBITIVE, THE
PEOPLE WHO WOULD MOST BENEFIT
FROM THE HEALTHCARE BENEFITS
AND THE RELATIVELY GOOD WAGES
OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
LIKE SINGLE PARENTS RENTAL
FAMILIES DISPROPORTIONATELY
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THOSE COSTS ARE PROHIBITIVE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY I WORK AT
THE CONVENTION CENTER I AM
SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATIN EVERYBODY --
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY TAYLOR NEXT UP IS ROBIN
THOMPSON FOLLOWED BY MANDY
RICHARDSON AND THEN BRIAND
SCOTT.
ROBIN WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU COUNSEL, I AM A
PART OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
MOVEMENT AND I STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THAT MOVEMENT
CALLING ON BEHALF OF -- I ALSO
FIND IT INTERESTING THAT SO
MUCH OF THE COUNSEL IS AGAINST
HELPING THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
WHO MOST LIKELY CANNOT AFFORD
TO LIVE HERE.
BUT THEY ARE SUPPORTING THE
BUILDERS WHO ARE CHARGING THEIR
EMPLOYEES FOR PARKING, AND ALSO
HOUSING FUNDING HERE AND WE ARE
TRYING TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO
-- FOR SOME OF THE DISPLACEMENT
GOING ON, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE WHAT COUNSEL SUPPORTS THOSE
GROUPS THAT ARE CREATING
SOLUTIONS.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WAS MY
CUT OFF TIME BUT I REALLY WANT
THEM TO FUND CLEAN GREEN AND
NEW HOPE AND HAVE CONSTRUCTION
--
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH NEXT UP IS
MANDY RICHARDSON FOLLOWED BY
BRIAND SCOTT, AND THEN DAVID
HAYNES IS REGISTERED BUT
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT, SO
THEN WE WILL GO TO KEVIN.
>> THIS IS MANDY RICHARDSON OUT
OF LOCAL 30, I AM CALLING TO SAY
I AM A MOTHER TO A SICK CHILD
AND I CURRENTLY PAY $31 A DAY
FOR PARKING, AND -- I KNOW THAT
THIS IS NOT THE END, AND I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I
KNOW -- THAT THIS IS NOT THE
END OF THE FIGHT AND I HOPE
THAT YOU TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION ALL THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO ARE
FIGHTING THIS BATTLE AND -- WE
CAN FIGHT THIS FIGHT TOGETHER,
BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NEED HELP
WITH THIS BATTLE, BECAUSE IT IS
JUST LIKE -- THANK YOU.
>> HELLO?
HELLO?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I CANNOT HEAR YOU GUYS.
>> SORRY, IS THAT BRIAND?
GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE
AND THEN AFTER BRIAND WILL BE
KEVIN AND ARTHUR.
>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO GIVE
MUCH RESPECT TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WHO IS CONTINUOUSLY
FIGHTING FOR OUR PEOPLE, SHE
DOES NOT TALK ABOUT IT, SHE IS
ABOUT THAT ACTION, AND I WANT
TO GIVE THANKS AND GIVE MUCH
RESPECT.
LAND AND FOOD HAVE BEEN WEAPON
ICED FOR YEARS TO OPPRESS BLACK
PEOPLE AND I STAND WITH THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET AND CLEAN
GREENS AND NEW HOPE, -- WE ARE
COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO
HELP OUR PEOPLE, AND SEATTLE IS
, WE SAY, ONE OF THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE CITIES, BUT I AM
NOT SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW.
-- JUST TO BE ABLE TO GO TO
WORK AND NOT HAVE TO PUT OUT
EXTRA MONEY TO PAY FOR PARKING,
I AM IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES, AND I
SUPPORT THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET.
I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL SEES
THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS KEVIN FOLLOWED BY
ARTHUR, AND THEN JULIANNE SCOTT.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES WE CAN, GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS KEVIN, I AM A
RANK-AND-FILE MEMBER OF -- I AM
CALLING IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY
UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS --
WHO ARE DEMANDING THAT THE
COUNSEL PASS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION -- IT IS
SHAMEFUL THAT -- IT IS A
REGRESSIVE TAX JUST TO WORK AND
IT FALLS HARDEST ON -- THE
COUNCILS REFUSING TO HEAR THE
MOTION JUST SHOWS HOW BIG THIS
INTEREST IS -- THAT THEY ARE
HAPPY TO SHOW SHUT THE DOOR IN
WORKERS FACES.
-- I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT
OUT TO THE RANK-AND-FILE
MEMBERS -- RATHER THAN
SIPHONING OFF --
>> NEXT UP IS ARTHUR FOLLOWED
BY JULIAN SCOTT AND MACK
McGREGOR.
>> I AM ARTHUR, I AM THE CHAIR
OF -- WE ARE THE LARGEST RANK-
AND-FILE CARPENTERS UNION
ORGANIZATION IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. I WANT TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF HAVING OUR CONTRACTORS
PROVIDE PAID PARKING LIKE IN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL, I
AM ASHAMED THAT CITY COUNCIL
DID NOT GIVE A SECOND EARLIER
AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO MONTY
ANDERSON HE SHOULD BE ASHAMED
IN HIMSELF FOR SABOTAGING OUR
STRIKE, I SAY THAT AS
REPRESENTING HUNDREDS OF
MEMBERS OF A 2800 PEOPLE IN THE
LARGEST FACEBOOK GROUP FOR
CARPENTERS IN THE NORTHWEST, I
ALSO SAY THAT AS THE LEADERS OF
A CONTRACT OPPOSITION WHICH
SHUT DOWN FOR TENTATIVE
AGREEMENTS AND LED US INTO A
STRIKE, THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS JULIAN SCOTT
FOLLOWED BY MACK McGREGOR AND
THEN -- IS SIGNED UP BUT
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT SO WE
WILL HEAR FROM MARY FALLS.
JULIANNE JUST REMEMBER TO PRESS
á6 SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> MY NAME IS JULIAN SCOTT, I
AM A MEMBER OF -- I AM ALSO --
I WORKED AS A ROOFER FOR A A
WHILE, NOW I AM A CITY
EMPLOYEE, AND SO I STAND WITH
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET, AND I AM
ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU
GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND ACTUALLY ACCEPT THE
PROPOSAL THAT -- ESPECIALLY FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF
THEIR CITY TO COME INTO SEATTLE
TO ACTUALLY BUILD AND --
CHARGING THEM FOR PARKING AND --
THAT IS ILLEGAL, I FEEL LIKE
THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL, AND YOU
WANT BETTER, YOU SAY BLACK
LIVES MATTER ALL LIVES MATTER
AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF AND
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, IT IS
ALL ABOUT YOUR AGENDA AND
NOBODY ELSE'S.
--
>> THANK YOU NEXT UP IS MACK
McGREGOR FOLLOWED BY MARY COLE,
AND THEN SARAH.
>> HI, THIS IS MACK McGREGOR, I
AM THE COCHAIR OF SEATTLE'S
RENTERS COMMISSION AND I AM
HERE TO THANK THE COUNSEL FOR
ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO
HELP WITH RENTERS RIGHTS AND TO
SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
TROUBLE SOMETIMES WITH QUORUM
AS A COMMISSION LATELY AND WE
WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF
HAVING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW
COMMISSIONER SPOTS BECAUSE MANY
OF OUR COMMISSIONERS EITHER
STEPPED OFF OF THEIR TWO-YEAR
TERM WAS UP, AND WE DID HOURS
AND HOURS OF INTERVIEWS, AND WE
PUT FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL AND
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE NAMES TO
BE APPROVED FOR THE COMMISSION
SEATS AND THEY HAVE BEEN
BOTTLENECKED FOR MONTHS, SO I
GOT IN CONTACT WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S OFFICE
AND I WANT TO THANK THEIR
OFFICE AND THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR HELPING MOVE THEM
FORWARD AND I AM ASKING THAT
THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE NEW
APPOINTMENTS TODAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU NEXT IS MARY COLE
FOLLOWED BY SARAH, AND THEN
SONJA.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> WE CAN GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS MARY COLE, AND I
WANT TO CHALLENGE THE KING
COUNTY --
>> MARY, CAN YOU -- MARY,
UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT HEAR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY ABOUT KING
COUNTY, IT NEEDS TO BE RELEVANT
TO SEATTLE, SO IF YOU CAN
MODIFY YOUR COMMENTS TO MAKE IT
RELEVANT TO SEATTLE I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT, GO AHEAD.
>> START ME OVER PLEASE.
>> YOUR CLOCK WAS STOPPED. GO
AHEAD.
>> CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PAY
OVER $200 IN PARKING A WEEK
WHILE THE BOSSES RAKE IN MAJOR
PROFITS.
ADDITIONALLY THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM -- HAS BEEN EXTENDED
THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH.
-- THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE STILL
WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE IS STILL
STAGGERING.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO IMPLEMENT
THE BRIDGE PROGRAM WHILE THE
BEVERAGE BRIDGE IS STILL UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
-- THE BRIDGE IS FAULTY, EXTEND
THE ORIGINAL EVICTION
MORATORIUM NOW.
--
>> THANK YOU, NEXT UP IS SARAH,
FOLLOWED BY SONJA, AND THEN
MARISSA.
>> HI, I AM A TECH WORKER HERE
IN SEATTLE BUT MANY OF MY
FAMILY ARE IRONWORKERS AND --
ALL OF THEM HAVE BROUGHT UP
PARKING COSTS AND TALKED ABOUT
THAT FOR YEARS.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO
SAY THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IS
UNIQUE -- I HOPE WE CAN SET AN
EXAMPLE IN SEATTLE PASSING
LEGISLATION, SOMETHING TO
ADDRESS IT'S ESPECIALLY SINCE
THAT KIND OF LEGISLATION WAS
SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED BY RANK-
AND-FILE CARPENTERS DURING
THEIR RECENT STRIKE.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS -- I
DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WHOLE
EXCHANGE WAS AT THE BEGINNING
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY
RUDE TO SHUT DOWN COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT LIKE THAT AND ALSO
SPEAKING SO CONDESCENDINGLY TO
A GROWN HUMAN WHO DESERVES TO
INFORM THE PUBLIC OF WHAT IS
GOING ON GIVE HER POSITION AND
BE TREATED AS AN EQUAL SO I AM
SHOCKED HER PROPOSAL DID NOT
GET A SECOND.
I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO WORK
ON THIS AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU
ARE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET AND
WORKING ON THE BUDGET, AND THAT
--
>> CAN I GO AHEAD THIS IS SONJA
I AM A WORKING MOM IN DISTRICT
3 AND I APPRECIATE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TRIED TO
BRING ON BOARD THIS LEGISLATION
AND SHOW THE MAJORITY OF THE
COUNSEL SHAMEFULLY REFUSED TO
SECOND IT.
-- THIS LEGISLATION IS A NO-
BRAINER AND SATISFIES AN
IMMEDIATE NEED IT IS SIMPLE AND
YET IT IS A VERY IMPACTFUL WAY
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
THE THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WHO BUILD OUR CITY, BUT
THIS SHOWS YOU DO NOT.
WOULD YOU RATHER SATISFY -- I
THINK THAT MONTY ANDERSON
SHOULD PROBABLY TALK TO HIS OWN
RANK-AND-FILE WHO STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE BILL AND HE SHOULD
TAKE IT AS A WIN.
AND TO --
>> -- NEXT IS MARISSA FOLLOWED
BY DANIEL CAVANAUGH.
>> IM A RANK-AND-FILE MEMBER OF
-- CURRENTLY APPRENTICE, I AM
CALLING ABOUT THE -- IT IS
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT
NOBODY GAVE THE SAME SUPPORT TO
-- WHEN I STARTED OUT AND I
MOVED HERE -- IT COST ME
GROCERY MONEY IT COST ME RENT
MONEY -- I JUST WANT TO STRESS
MY DISPLEASURE ESPECIALLY SINCE
-- WE AS WORKERS ARE COMING TO
YOU RIGHT NOW AND -- THANK YOU,
BYE.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST PERSON I HAVE SIGNED
UP AT PRESENT IS DANIEL
CAVANAUGH.
I WILL NEED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO
READ THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO ARE
REGISTERED BUT NOT PRESENT AND
THAT INCLUDES -- ALL OF WHOM
ARE SHOWN AS REGISTERED BUT NOT
PRESENT, SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
DANIEL CAVANAUGH.
>> MY NAME IS DAN, I AM A
RENTER AT -- I AM FULLY
SUPPORTING THE DEMAND OF
CARPENTERS AND OTHER STATES
WORKERS FOR FULLY PAID PARKING,
IT IS JUST A NO-BRAINER THAT
THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE CAN PAY FOR
THIS AND I AM SHOCKED THAT
MONTY ANDERSON SEEMS TO BE WAY
OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT WORKERS
ARE CALLING FOR AND I AM JUST
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED THAT THE
FACT THAT MY COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, IS BEING
SILENCED FROM DISCUSSING THE
BILL THAT THE WORKERS
DESPERATELY NEED.
YOU ARE NOT JUST SILENCING HER,
YOU ARE SILENCING ME AND MY
NEIGHBORS WHO ELECTED HER.
YOU ARE SILENCING THE
CARPENTERS AND -- YOU CLAIM TO
SUPPORT, SO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION IMMEDIATELY.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SHOWING UP
AS REGISTERED AND PRESENT, SO I
AM LOOKING TO OUR I.T.
FOLKS TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS
NOT SOMEBODY IN THE WAITING
ROOM.
>> THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT PUBLIC
COMMENT AND MOVE TO OTHER ITEMS
OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT MY COMPUTER
SEEMS TO HAVE BROKEN SO I AM
JUGGLING BETWEEN PHONES HERE,
BUT WE WILL MAKE DO.
THE NEXT ITEM IS -- PLEASE READ
THE TITLE.
>> --
>> I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120125 -- ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS?
IF YOU DO HAVE COMMENTS YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO USE THE RAISE
THE HAND FEATURE BECAUSE I
CANNOT SEE ANYBODY I AM ON MY
PHONE.
HEARING NO COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] NINE
IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>APPOINTMENTS 02060 AND 02061:
APPOINTMENT OF HALEY FREEDLUND
AND ARIANNA LAUREANO AS
MEMBERS, SEATTLE RENTERS'
COMMISSION, FOR A TERM TO
FEBRUARY 28, 2022.
APPOINTMENT 02062: APPOINTMENT
OF RACHEL SANCHEZ AS MEMBER,
SEATTLE RENTERS' COMMISSION,
FOR A TERM TO FEBRUARY 28,
2023.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF THESE THREE
ITEMS SO --
>> I MOVE TO --
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED AND TO CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT SO I AM GOING TO
HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHO IS THE
SPONSOR OF THESE APPOINTMENTS
TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS.
>> THESE THREE APPOINTMENTS ARE
THE CONFIRMATIONS OF THREE
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE SEATTLE
RENTERS COMMISSION WHO OPERATE
HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
RENTERS COMMISSION.
TYPICALLY THEY WOULD FIRST BE
CONSIDERED BY -- BECAUSE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE ON HOLD
BECAUSE -- DIRECTLY TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AS I EARLIER HOPED --
SO THAT THE NEW MEMBERS OF --
CAN BE IN PLACE IN TIME TO
ATTEND TO THE MEMBERS FIRST
MEETING OF -- WE HEARD FROM MAC
McGREGOR -- AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT WORK, AND MY OFFICE AS
CHAIR OF -- AND ALSO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO ARE IMPACTED
BY THE RENTERS COMMISSION
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED
SEVERAL VACANCIES AND THEY ARE
HAVING DIFFICULTY REACHING A
QUORUM.
-- THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE
POSITIONS THAT THE MAYOR IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR -- THERE IS A
COUNSEL APPOINTED COMMISSION
THAT WAS RECENTLY VACATED OVER
THE SUMMER IN ADDITION TO
RECENTLY VACATED -- AND MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FILLING ALL
EIGHT VACANT POSITIONS.
AS CHAIR OF -- I'M THE
APPOINTMENTS OF -- AND THOSE
ARE THE THREE THAT ARE ON
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA FOR A VOTE.
-- WHO FIGHTS FOR RENTERS
RIGHTS AND RACHEL SANCHEZ WORKS
FOR A NONPROFIT SUPPORTING
LOWER INCOME FAMILIES.
EVEN THOUGH THE COMMISSION ALSO
RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES FOR THE
MAYOR APPOINTED DECISION, WE
CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR MAYOR
DURKAN -- AS I MENTIONED
DURING THE COUNSEL BRIEFING --
WE HAVE SEEN THE RENTERS
COMMISSION PLAY A TREMENDOUS
ROLE IN FIGHTING FOR RENTERS
RIGHTS OVER THE LAST SEVEN
YEARS.
THEY BROUGHT THE RECOMMENDATION
TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHICH THEN
PASSED THE BILL FROM --
ABSOLUTELY LANDMARK LEGISLATION
AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE WORK OF
THE RENTERS COMMISSION AND
SIMILARLY THEIR WORK HAS BEEN
INDISPENSABLE IN WRITING MANY
OTHER RENTERS RIGHTS BILLS.
-- LEAVES VERY SMALL MARGINS FOR
QUORUM ON A 15% COMMISSION, IT
IS A VOLUNTEER BOARD AND --
THERE ARE SO MANY VACANT
POSITIONS.
THE MAYOR MAKES HER APPOINTMENT
IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, I WILL
DO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SUPPORT
PLACING THOSE APPOINTMENTS ON
THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
NOVEMBER 1 SO THAT -- BUT WE
NEED ACTION FROM MAYOR DURKAN
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT.
BUT TODAY WE HAVE THE POSITIONS
UP FOR A VOTE -- AND I HOPE
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL SUPPORT
THESE APPOINTMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THE APPOINTMENTS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
2060 THROUGH 2062?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE APPOINTMENTS
ARE CONFIRMED, IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL?
I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED,
SO -- AS A REMINDER THE CITY
COUNCIL IS DELIBERATING THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET
AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE
SUSPENDED UNTIL THE ADOPTION OF
THE BUDGET UNLESS -- AGREE
OTHERWISE WHICH IS ONLY DONE IN
VERY NARROW CIRCUMSTANCES AS I
MENTIONED DURING THIS MORNING'S
COUNSEL BRIEFING -- IT APPEARS
THAT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING
WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER
25 WILL NOT HAVE ANY REPORTS
SCHEDULED FOR OUR CONSIDERATION
AND THERE DO NOT SEEM TO BE ANY
OTHER PRESSING LEGISLATIVE
MATTERS SO AS A RESULT IT MAY
BE THE CASE THAT I DECIDE TO
CANCEL THAT OCTOBER 25 MEETING
TO ALLOW THE CANCEL COUNSEL --
THROUGHOUT THAT WEEK, AGAIN
PLEASE LET MY OFFICE KNOW BY
EMAILING ME AND MY DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF NO LATER THAN 5 P.M.
TODAY IF THERE ARE ANY COMING
ITEMS THAT DO REQUIRE ATTENTION
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER
25.
IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE AN
OBJECTION BY 5 P.M.
TODAY, THEN I WILL CANCEL THE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER
25 AND OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD
OCCUR ON NOVEMBER 1, 2021 AT 12
P.M.
KEEP IN MIND THAT COUNSEL
CANCELLATION WOULD ONLY APPLY
TO -- WE WOULD STILL CONVENE AT
9:30 A.M.
AS A FULL COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 25
FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
COUNSEL BRIEFING MEETING.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I HOPE
THAT YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR WORK, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY
5:30 -- DISTRICT PARK MEETING.
>> I DID NOT HAVE THAT IN MY
SCRIPT I APOLOGIZE.
WE ARE SET TO CONVENE AGAIN AT
5:30 -- SEE YOU THEN.