>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 15.
COUNCIL MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
THE TIME IS 2:01.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> RESIDENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> HERE.
SIX PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS NELSON AND
STRAUSS ARE EXCUSED.
MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION WE
WILL ADOPT THE MINUTES OF
AUGUST 8. HEARING NO OBJECTION
THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
MOVING ON OUR AGENDA TO NUMBER
TWO WHICH IS THE PRESIDENTS
REPORT.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WILL
CIRCULATE ONE PROCLAMATION
REGARDING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BLACK PRIDE DAY.
THE PROCLAMATION WAS
DISTRIBUTED TO YOUR OFFICES
LAST WEEK FOR YOUR REVIEW AND
COMMENT.
FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE
PROCLAMATION WE WILL HAVE A
REPORT FROM EACH COUNCIL
MEMBER.
THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS OR
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA THE
CONSENT CALENDAR WILL INCLUDE
THE MINUTES AND THE PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS AS WELL AS 11
APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD
RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THAT WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . WE WILL TAKE A VOTE
ON ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AGAIN UNLESS ANY
COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO REMOVE
ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR WHICH WE WILL ADDRESS
AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR
TOMORROW, WE WILL BE
CONSIDERING SIX ITEMS INCLUDING
TWO ITEMS REFER DIRECTLY TO
COUNCIL.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A RESOLUTION
SPONSORE BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA CONDEMNING HARASSMENT,
THREATS AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE
AGAINST ELECTED OFFICIALS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
CIRCULATED THIS TO ALL COUNCIL
OFFICES AND I BELIEVE SHE WILL
BE PROPOSING A SUBSTITUTE
WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
THE SECOND ITEM IS COUNCIL
BUILT 120356 RELATED TO
FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT
FREEMAN ON CENTRAL STAFF IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
FOLLOWING THESE ITEMS WE WILL
CONSIDER ONE ITEM RECOMMENDED
BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY AND CITY LIKE
COMMITTEE REGARDING SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT'S INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN.
WE WILL THEN CONSIDER TWO ITEMS
RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCE AND
COUNCIL COMMITTEE REGARDING
SEATTLE AQUARIUM. FINALLY ONE
ITEM RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE REGARDING LEASE
RECRUITMENT.
INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE
ITEMS IS AVAILABLE ON THE
ONLINE AGENDA.
SO, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER THREE.
SIGNING OF LETTERS AND
PROCLAMATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAS A
PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2022 TO BE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BLACK PRIDE
DAY FOR SIGNATURE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
LEAD US IN THE DISCUSSION.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WE DID CIRCULATE THE
PROCLAMATION LAST WEEK.
I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING.
BUT JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR, WE ARE
RECOGNIZING BOTH PACIFIC
NORTHWEST THOUGHT AND PRIDE.
ONE RECITAL, WHEREAS THE TEAM
OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AT PEOPLE
OF COLOR AGAINST NETWORK
SPOKANE WHICH IS A
MULTICULTURAL SERVICE AGENCY
THAT HAS WORKED FOR OVER 35
YEARS TO BUILD POSITIVE AND
UPLIFTING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG
ETHNIC ORGANIZATIONS.
FOUNDED IN 2018, PACIFIC
NORTHWEST BLACK PRIDE RECENTLY
RECEIVED ITS 501(C) THREE
STATUS.
AND SEEKS TO DEEPEN ITS WORK
FOR THE GROWING LGBTQ AFRICAN-
AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
SO THEY ARE HAVING THEIR EVENT
THIS SUNDAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF
YOUR SIGNATURES ON THE
PROCLAMATION.
AND I WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT
THE EVENT ON SUNDAY AND
PRESENTING IT TO THEM.
THEY WILL ALSO BE IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS TOMORROW, IF ANYBODY
IS ABLE TO BE THERE.
I WILL BE THERE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED
IN ALSO HAVING THE EXPERIENCE
OF BEING IN CHAMBER AS THEY
RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE UP TO.
ALL OF YOU ARE WILLING TO SIGN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID
YOU SAY THE LOCATION FOR THE
EVENT?
>> IT'S AT JIMI HENDRIX PARK.
I BELIEVE STARTING AT NOON ON
SUNDAY.
YES.
>> OKAY, JIMI HENDRIX PARK.
GOT, THANK YOU.
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES REGARDING
HER PROCLAMATION?
OKAY.
I DON'T SEE ANY.
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH
COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
ADD THEIR NAME TO THE
PROCLAMATION FOR PROCLAIMING
AUGUST 21 PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BLACK PRIDE DAY.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
17 SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
WE WILL HAVE THAT OFFICIAL
PRESENTATION TO ARE ON THE
RECORD AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA TO THE
PEOPLE OF COUNCIL ACTIONS AND
COMMITTEES, TODAY THE LINEUP IS
A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE A
COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE OUT.
WE WILL START WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ON
CAMERA BECAUSE OF MY CONNECTION.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON
TOMORROW'S COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE WILL
BE FRIDAY AT 9:30 AM. WE WILL
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
REGARDING ENDING THE USE OF
GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS IN
SEATTLE.
I AM SURE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
YESTERDAY I JOINED EARLY
LEARNING TEACHERS AT MAGNOLIA
AT A POWERFUL PROTEST IN
SUPPORT OF THE COURAGEOUS
STRUGGLE FOR BASIC WORKER
RIGHTS FOR OUR UNION AND AGAINST
THE ILLEGAL RETALIATION PROCESS
. IT WAS ORGANIZED JOINTLY BY
THE TEACHERS THEMSELVES, MY
COUNCIL OFFICE, 925 AND
SOCIALS ALTERNATIVE.
AT THE DEMONSTRATION WE WERE
JOINED BY SUPPORTIVE PARENTS,
WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND RANK-AND-FILE MEMBERS OF
THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
AND THE RALLY WAS ALSO
SUPPORTED BY UNIONS LIKE UAW
4131, COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF
AMERICA. TEACHERS TOOK THE
COURAGEOUS ACTION ON THEIR OWN.
ORGANIZING A ONE-DAY STRIKE
AGAINST LOW WAGES AND WORKING
CONDITIONS.
AND IN RETALIATION LAST MONDAY
AND TUESDAY THE BOSSES
OUTRAGEOUSLY FIRED 10 TEACHERS
FOR THEIR ORGANIZING.
GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE TOTAL
WORKFORCE IN THE CHILDCARE
CENTER THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF
A MASS FIRING.
THE WORKERS CONTACTED COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS FOR MY OFFICE AND WE
STARTED ORGANIZING TOGETHER
ALONGSIDE MEMBERS FROM THE SEIU
LOCAL 925 ANOTHER MEMBERS WHO
HAVE BEEN IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE TEACHERS ALL ALONG.
THEY HELD A VERY SUCCESSFUL
PRESS CONFERENCE LAST TUESDAY
WHERE THE TEACHERS TOLD THEIR
STORY.
BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE A LONG
WAY TO GO.
HAVE SEEN THE LETTER FOR MY
OFFICE TO EACH OF YOU URGING
YOU JOIN ME IN CONTACTING THE
BOSSES TO DEMAND, PUBLICLY
DEMAND THEY RESPECT THE WORKERS
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE IN A UNION.
AND AND BRUTAL RETALIATION
STARTING WITH REINSTATING THE
10 FIRED WORKERS.
ON WEDNESDAY THE BOSSES
VERBALLY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO
INCREASE WAGES.
THIS SHOWS THE POWER OF
ORGANIZING A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN.
BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND
PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON THE
BOSSES TO EXPOSE THEIR
ANTIWORKER ACTIONS AND PROVES
THAT BOLDLY ORGANIZING CAN
FORCE THE BOSSES TO CONCEDE.
PICKETING AND RALLYING AND
CAMPAIGNING WITH STRONG DEMANDS
WATCHING CHANGES AND WAGES AND
WORKING CONDITIONS CAN WORK.
THE SAME BOSSES THAT FIRED SO
MANY TEACHERS OUTRAGEOUSLY
SAYING THAT THE TEACHERS WERE
ENGAGING IN COMMERCIAL
EXTORTION ARE DEMANDING BETTER
WAGES ARE HAVING TO SAY THEY
ARE INCREASING THE WAGES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOSSES
CLEARLY HAVE NO INTENTION OF
BCKING DOWN YET ON REINSTATING
THE FIRED TEACHERS.
AND CERTAINLY NOT ON THE UNION.
IT IS VERY CLEAR THEIR GOAL IS
TO NOT ALLOW THE UNION TO TAKE
GROUP IN THE WORKPLACE AND
THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO CONCEDE
WHAT THEY FEEL FORCED TO.
NOT ONE BIT MORE.
AND ONLY FOR AS LONG AS THEY
HAVE TO.
THE BOSSES HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT
THEY DON'T INTEND TO TOLERATE A
TEACHERS UNION AND THEY WILL
PENALIZE ANY TEACHER WHO GOES
ON STRIKE.
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO REFUSE
TO REINSTATE THE 10 FIRED
TEACHERS.
AND SO, AND QUITE CONFIDENT
THAT THE TEACHERS WILL CONTINUE
TO GET ORGANIZED.
BUT THEY ALSO NEED INCREASED
SUPPORT.
WE KNOW THEY ARE MAKING
ENORMOUS SACRIFICES IN ORDER TO
BE WAGING THIS FIGHT.
AND I ESPECIALLY THINK SEIU 925
FOR STANDING WITH THE WORKERS.
AND I THINK THE PRESIDENT WHO
IS PERSONALLY THERE TO SPEAK
ALONGSIDE THE RANK-AND-FILE
UNION AND THE UNION MEMBERS OF
OTHER UNIONS INCLUDING THE
SEATTLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
I URGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
SEND IN THEIR OWN PUBLIC
LETTERS TO THE BOSSES URGING
THAT THEY REINSTATE ALL THE
FIRED WORKERS AND THAT THEY
VOLUNTARILY RECOGNIZE THE
MAGNOLIA CHILDCARE UNION.
TO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE I AND THE
REPORT FOR MY OFFICE?
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR
ANYTHING ELSE, I WILL END THE
REPORT FOR MY OFFICE AND I
BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
IS NEXT.
>> YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING
EVERYBODY TODAY.
ITEMS FOR COUNCIL, TOMORROW ON
TUESDAY AUGUST 9 FROM THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE ARE AS
FOLLOWS, WE HAVE NINE
REAPPOINTMENTS AND TWO
APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD.
THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE FULL
COUNCIL CONSENT AGENDA.
WE WILL ALSO BE HEARING A FINAL
VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL 12039.
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
BILL FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE BILL WAS VOTED OUT OF
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
4-1. COUNCILMEMBER -- MADAM
PRESIDENT WAR HAS AGREED TO
MOVE IT FORWARD AT FULL COUNCIL
TOMORROW.
DESPITE THE DIVIDED REPORT.
SO COUNCIL CAN TAKE ACTION
úBEFORE THE SUMMER RECESS.
AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS
ADDED AS A SPONSOR AT THAT
MEETING.
GIVEN THE HIGH INTEREST OF
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND SOME
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUICK ACTION,
COMMITTEE VOTED ON THIS BILL AT
THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING ON
AUGUST 9, RATHER THAN WHAT WE
USUALLY DO WHICH IS FIRST HAVE
A BRIEFING ON THE BILL AT THE
FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING AND
THEN HEAR AMENDMENTS AND VOTE
THE BILL OUT AT SECOND MEETING.
AS I NOTED, IN OUR LAST MEETING,
WE WERE ANTICIPATING WE MIGHT
HAVE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND
SURE ENOUGH WE DO.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS
EXPEDITED ACTION ON THIS BILL
HAS PUT A LOT THAT HAS ASKED A
LOT OF HER CENTRAL STAFF AT
THIS TIME.
AND THEY HAVE RISEN TO THE
OCCASION.
THE SPEED OF DELIBERATION THAT
I THINK IS SUSTAINABLE OR
BENEFICIAL THAT I THINK FOR US
MOVING FORWARD.
CENTRAL STAFF AND MY OFFICE
HAVE BEEN IN GOOD CONTACT WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION, SEATTLE HR AND
LABOR RELATIONS ON A NUMBER OF
ISSUES I'M GOING TO COVER
PRETTY QUICKLY.
MY STAFF SENT AN EMAIL PRIOR TO
THIS MEETING.
THERE ARE THREE AMENDMENTS.
ONE, ONE AMENDMENT CREATES AN
OBLIGATION TO EVALUATE HIRING
BONUS PROGRAM.
IS THE SAME EVALUATION
REQUIREMENTS REPLICATED IN AN
ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED FOR
THE 2019 SPD BONUS PROGRAM.
THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT GET TO
DO THAT FULL EVALUATION.
SO WE ARE AGAIN ASKING THEM TO
BASICALLY DO THE SAME SORT OF
EVALUATION WE ALREADY ASKED.
THAT AMENDMENT ALSO INCLUDES AN
UPDATE END OF YEAR 2024
CONSISTENT WITH THE EXECUTIVE
PLAN TO RUN THE PROGRAM THROUGH
2024.
AMENDMENT TWO IS TO PROVIDE
SOME CLARITY ABOUT THE POLICE
OFFICER CANDIDATES THAT ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR HIRING INCENTIVES
CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
DEFINITION OF CANDIDATES THAT
ARE REHIRES.
AND THUS ELIGIBLE UNDER AN
AGREEMENT FOR A BENEFITS
REINSTATEMENT PACKAGE THAT HAS
VALUE TO THOSE CANDIDATES.
AGAIN, I WANT TO FLAG THAT
CENTRAL STAFF WAS REQUIRED TO
DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE STAGES
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION WHICH
HANDLES THESE APPLICATIONS.
AS WELL AS THE CONTRACT WHICH
CLARIFIED THAT OFFICERS WHO
LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF TWO
YEARS TO RETURN.
IF THEY ARE PREVIOUS RANK,
SALARY AND PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED
BENEFITS, THEY DON'T NEED TO
RETEST.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ANALYTICAL WORK THAT CENTRAL
STAFF HAS DONE WITH THE OTHER
EXECUTIVE PARTNERS.
THE THIRD AMENDMENT WOULD
SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL MAY
REQUIRE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION.
AND IT WOULD CLARIFY THAT ONE
OF THE RETENTION PROGRAMS THAT
WE FLAGGED AS NOT NEEDING TO BE
BARGAINED, THE AMENDMENT ITSELF
CLARIFIES THE REASON WHY DOES
NEED TO BE BARGAINED AND THAT
IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS
ALREADY AN AGREEMENT TO OFFER
TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POLICE
OFFICERS THE VERY DESIRABLE
4/10 SCHEDULE, FOUR DAYS A
WEEK, 10 HOURS A WEEK.
AND, THAT GROUP OF OFFICERS,
THAT RESPONSE GROUP IN EXCHANGE
FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT
MISSION THEY GET THE 4/10'S AND
THAT WAS ALREADY THE RESULT OF
AN AGREEMENT.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS NO
OBJECTION TO THESE AMENDMENTS.
ND MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF
THE OTHER AREAS OF MY COMMITTEE,
I JUST WANT TO MARK ON BEHALF
OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THE FACT THAT
TOMORROW IS THE END OF ANOTHER
VERY SUCCESSFUL SEASON FOR THE
SEATTLE SUMMER INTERNS.
THIS SUMMER PAID INTERNS LASTED
FOR SIX WEEKS.
IT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE IN A WORK SETTING.
BOTH AT CITY OF SEATTLE OFFICES
AND WITH OTHER EMPLOYERS.
MANY OF THESE YOUNG ADULTS
EMERGE AS WRITERS,
PHOTOGRAPHERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS,
RESEARCHERS, AND THEY BRING
THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND A
FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO OUR WORK.
THIS YEAR 211 YOUNG PEOPLE AGES
16-24 DISSIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.
I WANT TO THANK THE 60
DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS THE
PARTICIPATED, OR HOSTED
PARTICIPANTS AS INTERNS
INCLUDING 15 DIFFERENT CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE
211 SUMMER INTERNS.
PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE ON
MONKEYPOX.
AS OF FRIDAY THERE WERE A TOTAL
OF 224 CASES.
THE CURVE SHOWS A RISE IN CASE
REPORTING.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS WATCHING THE
CURVE TO SEE IF IT IS A TREND
OR A RESULT OF MORE AVAILABLE
TESTING.
PUBLIC HEALTH HAS RECEIVED
UPWARDS OF 9000 DOSES OF
VACCINE THAT ARE BEING
ADMINISTERED BY 16 HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS.
THE FDA RECENTLY APPROVED
ADMINISTERING THE VACCINE
INTRADERMAL METHOD, YOU MAY
RECALL WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BIT BRIEFING LAST WEEK.
THIS NEW METHOD ALLOWS THEM TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DOSES IN
EACH VACCINE BY ABOUT THREE.
NOT THE FIVE WE HAD HOPED FOR,
STILL, A THREEFOLD INCREASE.
PROVIDERS ARE BEING TRAINED ON
THIS METHOD AND SOME HAVE BEGUN
USING IT.
THERE WAS A VACCINE CLINIC ON 6
AUGUST.
A BIG SUCCESS.
VACCINATED WERE THAN HIGH RISK
INDIVIDUALS.
LAST WEEK TWO EVENTS WERE HELD.
ONE AT THE LUMBER YARD AT WHITE
CENTER, HOSTED BY PUBLIC HEALTH.
586 PEOPLE WERE VACCINATED AT
THAT EVENT.
THE SECOND WAS IN KENT AND WAS
HOSTED BY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
WHO IDENTIFIED THEIR OWN HIGH
RISK PATIENT AND WORKED WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO WORK THINGS OUT.
WE ARE NOT WIDELY PUBLICIZING
THESE EVENTS.
AGAIN, THERE ARE SPECIFIC
POPULATION STRATEGIES TO REACH
THOSE POPULATIONS.
AND, IN DOING SO WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DRIVING
THOSE AT HIGHER RISK TO THE
EVENT.
RATHER THAN DOING AND ALL CALL.
PUBLIC HEALTH SEXUAL HEALTH
CLINIC ALSO ADMINISTERED 500
VACCINES EACH DAY LAST WEEK.
AND THE LINES ARE STILL LONG.
THEY ARE BECOMING MORE
MANAGEABLE FOR STAFF AS WE
RECEIVE MORE VACCINE.
FINALLY, I WANT TO UP LIFT THE
PUBLIC HEALTH CONTINUES TO
EXPAND THE NETWORK OF PROVIDERS
THAT CAN PRESCRIBE THE TREATMENT
FOR MONKEYPOX.
NOW THERE ARE 89 SEPARATE
ENROLLED PROVIDERS WHO CAN
ADMINISTER THE VACCINE.
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS THAT
HARBORVIEW ALSO FILLED 48
COURSES OF TRAINING IN
ADMINISTERING IN THE FIRST WEEK
OF AUGUST ALONE.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY FRONT, I JUST
WANT TO UP LIFT THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS FORMALLY NOT
LAUNCHED THE BEFORE THE BAD
TRAINING PROGRAM. I'M SURE
FOLKS REMEMBER THAT THE COUNCIL
CHAMPIONED FUNDING BEFORE THE
BADGE PROGRAM AS AN INNOVATIVE
PROGRAM FOCUSED ON NEW RECRUITS.
DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME,
AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS RECRUITS BUT NOT YET IN THE
TRAINING.
AGAIN, AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAM
THAT WORKS TO IMMERSE ALL OF
OUR RECRUITS IN "INTROSPECTIVE
EXPERIENCES THAT WILL PROVIDE
THEM A COMMUNITY-BASED
FOUNDATION UPON WHICH TO BUILD
THEIR CAREERS AS POLICE
OFFICERS.
THERE IS A CURRICULUM FOR
RECRUITS TO LEARN ABOUT
DIFFERENT COMMITTEES IN SEATTLE,
MEET WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS.
AND REALLY GET THAT GROUNDING
WORK GOING BEFORE GOING TO THE
ACADEMY. ALSO I WANT TO OBSERVE
THE WERE A NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS
THIS WEEK LEADING TO MORE THAN
ONE DEATH.
THIS SHOWS THE URGENT NEED TO
CONTINUE OUR WORK ON REDUCING
GUN VIOLENCE.
ONE EXAMPLE WE HEARD ABOUT IN
MY COMMITTEE A COUPLE WEEKS
BACK IS THE HARBORVIEW VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION PROGRAM THAT THE
CITY FUNDS.
IT PROVIDES MATCHING FUNDING AS
WELL AS THE COUNTY.
THE FOCUS OF THAT PROGRAM
CURRENTLY IS 412-25-YEAR-OLDS.
BUT IN AN ANALYSIS OF THE
POPULATION OF PEOPLE
PERPETUATING VIOLENCE RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE
IN THE UPPER AGES. IN ONE WAY
THAT SUGGESTS THAT THE
INTERVENTION 412-24-YEAR-OLDS
IS SHOWING SOME EARLY RESULTS.
BUT IT IS ALSO POINTING TO THE
NEED TO EXPAND THE COHORT TO
OLDER FOLKS IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE REGIONAL PEACEKEEPERS
COLLECTIVE.
SO, THE HARBORVIEW PRESENTATION
TO MY COMMITTEE NOTED A NEED TO
EXPAND AND ENHANCE PROGRAM TO
OLDER AGE GROUPS.
HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS FROM
OTHER COUNTIES.
AND OTHER AREAS.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG MY INTEREST
IN HELPING TO FACILITATE USING
A STRATEGY THAT IS SHOWING
PROMISING RESULTS FOR ANOTHER
COHORT WHERE WE DEFINITELY NEED
TO FOCUS SOME EFFORT IN GUN
VIOLENCE REDUCTION.
AS FAR AS UPDATES, I TALKED
LAST WEEK ABOUT MY ATTENDANCE AT
THE MEETING, I DON'T NEED TO
REHASH THAT.
I DID MENTION I WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO ATTEND LAST WEEK'S
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION
COUNCIL WHICH I REPRESENT THE
CITY COUNCIL IN.
BUT MY STAFF ATTENDED, I JUST
WANTED TO REPORT OUT THAT THEY
VIEWED DATA AND RESEARCH
HIGHLIGHTING THE SIGNIFICANCE
IN OVERLAP BETWEEN DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND OTHER VIOLENT
CRIMES.
AN ANALYSIS OF PROSECUTOR DATA
WITH COURT CONVICTION DATA
FOUND THAT THESE OFFENDERS ARE
OVER REPRESENTED IN NON-DV
HOMICIDES.
NON-DV TENTED HOMICIDES.
AND IN ALL VIOLENT CRIMES.
THAT IS I THINK A REALLY
IMPORTANT DATA POINT TO REPORT
OUT.
I APPRECIATE MY OFFICE BEING
THERE.
I WANT TO FLAG AS WELL THAT THE
PRESENTATION WE HEARD OR THAT
THEY HEARD FOR FUNDING
TREATMENT FOR INDIGENT DV
OFFENDERS AND KIDS WHO
WITNESSED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS
WELL.
COMING UP THIS WEEK, I WILL BE
ATTENDING COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS'S COMMUNITY TOWNHALL.
TONIGHT IN RAINIER BEACH.
AND, ON FRIDAY I WILL BE
PARTICIPATING ALL DAY IN THE
CHIEF SEARCH COMMITTEE.
LAST WEEK I ATTENDED TWO,
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
TWO POLICE CHIEF SEARCH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS.
ONE IN THE SOUTH AND, ONE IT'S
HEALTH PARK.
ON FRIDAY JOINED ALONG WITH
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THE
CELLS ARE APARTMENTS ACTUATION
CEREMONY.
28 MISSIONARY FIREFIGHTERS
GRADUATED TO FULL-FLEDGED
FIREFIGHTERS.
INTO THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING
ALONG, I WANT TO FLAG, I HAD A
MEETING LAST WEEK WITH KING
COUNTY DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND
HUMAN SERVICES, TO DISCUSS THE
COUNTY'S PROGRESS ON INCREASING
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
ELIGIBILITY, SPECIFICALLY THE
CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED A MATCH IN
$5 MILLION IN FUNDING WITH
LEADERSHIP FROM HIS COUNCIL , A
MATCH TO KING COUNTY'S
CONTRIBUTION AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF KING
COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT THIS
FUNDING THIS YEAR.
AND LASTLY, BEFORE YOU IT UP TO
QUESTIONS, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE
THAT BECAUSE OF THE ALL-DAY
POLICE SEARCH COMMITTEE MEETING
THAT I WILL BE ATTENDING ON
FRIDAY, I WILL NOT BE HAVING MY
REGULAR FRIDAY OFFICE HOURS.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE GOT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS?
>> ALL RIGHT, NOT SEEING ANY.
I WILL PASS IT ON TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . THANK YOU FOR
FORESHADOWING THIS EVENING'S
TOWN HALL AT THE RANIER BEACH
COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING
JOINED BY YOU AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
SO LET'S JUST JUMP INTO SOME OF
THE BROADER UPDATES.
FOR THIS COMING WEDNESDAYS
MEETING OF THE PUBLIC ASSETS
AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, THE
FINAL MEETING FOR OUR AUGUST
RECESS, WE WILL BE HEARING A
PRESENTATION FROM THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY TO GET AN UPDATE ON
SOME OF THEIR INITIATIVES AND
PROJECTS INCLUDING A NUMBER
WITH INVESTMENTS FROM OUR LAST
CITY OF SEATTLE BUDGET.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A
PRESENTATION FROM SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION ON COMFORT
STATIONS AND BATHROOMS IN
SEATTLE PARKS.
THIS IS BEEN A BIG AREA OF
DISCUSSION BOTH WITHIN THE CITY
COUNCIL AND EXTERNALLY IN THE
MEDIA AROUND PRIORITIES FOR THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
I DO WANT TO EXTEND AN
INVITATION, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A
COMMITTEE HEARING, IF THERE ARE
COLLEAGUES WHO DO NOT SIT ON
THE COMMITTEE WHO WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF
THIS DISCUSSION AROUND THE
HOURS OF OPERATION, CLEANLINESS
AND GENERAL STATE OF PUBLIC
STATIONS AND CITY PARKS,
OPENING UP FOR FULL INVITATION
TO ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO
PARTICIPATE AND BE ABLE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND ENGAGE IN THAT
PRESENTATION SINCE I KNOW IT
WILL BE AN ONGOING AREA OF
INTEREST FOR OUR METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT DISCUSSIONS.
I DO WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER
UPDATE THAT IS RELATED TO PARKS,
CAMILLA BROWN ON MY STAFF AND I
HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THIS
PAST SATURDAY TO DO A RIDE
ALONG WITH GRANGER SANDA ON THE
DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE UP
CLOSE AND PERSONAL WHAT PARK
RANGERS DO AS PART OF THEIR
ASSIGNMENT WE DO UNFORTUNATELY
ONLY HAVE TWO SEATTLE RANGERS.
THE LOWEST NUMBER WE HAVE HAD
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE
PROGRAM.
JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, OUR
PARK RANGERS ARE UNARMED, BUT
ARE GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO
ENFORCE PARK RULES IN A CIVIL
NATURE BY POTENTIALLY ISSUING
CITATIONS, SO THAT IS SOMETHING
THEY RARELY DO.
AND MOSTLY JUST FOR BUILDING A
RAPPORT AND GENERAL CONNECTION
WITH PEOPLE USING PARK SPACES
TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS
OF PARK RULES AS THEY ARISE AND
ALSO A RESOURCE FOR PARK
PATRONS AND SEATTLE PARK AND
REC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DOING
THEIR JOBS ON PARK AND REC
SITES.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK RANGER SANDRA QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT
MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE PROTECTED
AND EXPANDED AS A PRIORITY IN
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
NEW YORK AND IF THE RANGERS
COULD PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN
PROGRAMMING AND PROVIDING
PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES IN
SEATTLE PARK AND RECREATION
SPACES.
WE DID GET TO SEE SANDRA
PATIENTLY AND COMPASSIONATELY
RESOLVE A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS
AND RESPOND TO SEVERAL WELLNESS
CHECKS AND PERSON DOWN CHECKS
IN THE PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT
NEIGHBORS IN SOME KIND OF
POTENTIAL DISTRESS WERE ABLE TO
GET ACCESS TO SOME KIND OF
RESOURCE IF NEEDED FOR THEIR
SITUATION.
SO, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I
APPRECIATE PARKS AND REC MAKING
THAT RIGHT ALONG AVAILABLE AND I
CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES IF YOU WANT TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE RANGER PROGRAM
DEFINITELY CONTACT PARKS AND
REC TO SEE IF A RIGHT ALONG CAN
BE ARRANGED GIVEN THAT THIS
WILL BE AN AREA THAT MY OFFICE
WILL WANT TO LOOK INTO AND
PURSUE AS WE PUT TOGETHER OUR
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
INVESTMENT PRIORITY.
THAT IS A GOOD PIVOT TO MUCH
POLLEN PARK DISTRICT TOWN
HALLS.
LAST WEEK I WRAPPED UP THE LAST
TWO OF THREE TOWN HALLS
CONDUCTED JUST BY MY OFFICE IN
DISTRICT 7 TWO HEAR FROM
DISTRICT 7 CONSTITUENCIES ABOUT
THEIR POTENTIAL PRIORITIES FOR
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT
DISTRICT 7. ABOUT THREE WEEKS
AGO WE HELD OUR FIRST OF THESE
TOWN HALLS IN THE QUEEN ANNE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WAS WELL
ATTENDED, PROBABLY 35 OR SO
ATTENDEES.
THIS PAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO
MEET WITH A DELEGATION OF FOLKS
FROM THE BELLTOWN COMMUNITY
LAST MONDAY AT BLOCK 41.
AND LAST THURSDAY WE MET WITH
PROBABLY ABOUT 40 OR SO PEOPLE
AT THE MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY CENTER
TO HEAR PEOPLE'S ONGOING
PRIORITIES FOR PARKS AND
RECREATION.
AS WILL PROBABLY BE OF NO
SURPRISE TO MY COLLEAGUES, LOTS
OF INTEREST IN LEANING IN TO
THE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANLINESS
OF PARK BATHROOMS.
LOTS OF INTEREST IN PEOPLE
WANTING TO FEEL SAFE IN PARKS
AND HAVING PARKS BA PROGRAM
SPACE WHERE THERE ARE PARK
PERSONNEL WHO CAN BE OF
ASSISTANCE IN A POTENTIAL
PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION.
OR JUST PROGRAMMING SPACE TO
ENHANCE THE RECREATIONAL
PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABLE IN SEATTLE PARKS.
WE WILL BE HAVING TWO ADDITIONAL
JOINT TOWN HALLS OUTSIDE OF
DISTRICT 7. ONE TONIGHT IN THE
RANIER BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER
AT 6 PM.
LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IN HER
DISTRICT AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THAT
JOINT TOWN HALL.
AND SEPTEMBER 7 WILL BE HOLDING
ANOTHER JOINT TOWN HALL AT THE
NORTHGATE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM
6:00 TO 8:00 IN NORTH SEATTLE.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ SHOWING THAT TOWN HALL
IN HER RECENT UPDATE TO THE
DISTRICT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
THE BROADER SEATTLE COMMUNITY
IN BOTH OF THOSE SETTINGS.
I CAN SAY THE THREE TOWN HALLS
THAT I HAD IN DISTRICT 7 IF
THEY ARE AN INDICATION, PEOPLE
ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT AND
VERY EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE BUILD
UP AND INVEST TO PROTECT OUR
PARKS POST COVID AS PART OF OUR
RECOVERY STRATEGY.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT
EXPERIENCES.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED
AND RESULTS ORIENTED.
AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT
MOMENTUM WITH THESE NEXT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK.
MOVING ON TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY UPDATES.
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL
BE PARTNERING WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, THE
MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT IN
IDAHO AND THE CHARLES COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY IN MARYLAND AS
WELL AS THE AMERICAN LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION TO DEVELOP THE
CAPACITY OF LIBRARIES IN
ADDRESSING TEEN MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS IN THE U.S. THIS PROJECT
IS GOING TO EXPAND THE LIBRARY
STAFF'S ABILITY TO DESIGN
VIRTUAL SPACES WITH TEENAGERS
AND REINFORCE TEEN MENTAL
HEALTH AND WILL DEVELOP A
WEBSITE TO DISSEMINATE THE TEAM
AT THE HEALTH FRAMEWORK
NATIONALLY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
INITIATIVE, GETTING MORE
FLESHED OUT AND OF COURSE AS
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS COME TO
HELP US WITH THIS CRITICAL
WORK, THAT HAS LONG BEEN A
COUNCIL PRIORITY.
AND WE THINK OUR PARTNERS AT
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR
SHOWING AGAIN, WHAT A GREAT
HUB THEY ARE FOR COMMUNITY
PROGRAMMING IN PARTNERSHIP.
IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
THE LIBRARY IS ALSO EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT HOMEWORK HELP
RETURNS THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER
12.
JUST IN TIME FOR SCHOOL REALLY
GETTING STARTED.
SIX LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY, VIRTUAL TUTORING REMAINS
AVAILABLE AS WELL.
FOR FOLKS WHO CAN'T GET TO ONE
OF THE BRANCHES.
THE RELAUNCH OF THIS PROGRAM
COINCIDES WITH THE SECOND WEEK
OF SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND
HOMEWORK HELP IS A FREE DROP-IN
PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES IN PERSON
ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR K-12
STUDENTS.
WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS AND
EVENINGS.
VOLUNTEER TUTORS WORK WITH
STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE OR IN SMALL
GROUPS TO HELP WITH
ASSIGNMENTS, READING AND SKILL
BUILDING.
THE LIBRARIES VIRTUAL TUTORING
PROGRAM IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
TUTOR.COM AND SAW OFFERS IN
SPANISH, ENGLISH AND BE ENEMIES.
ALSO HELP WITH COVER LETTERS,
RESUMES AND JOB APPLICATIONS.
I WILL READ OUT THOSE BRANCHES
AND THEIR HOURS FOR THOSE WHO
ARE WATCHING AT HOME.
OR LATER ON SEATTLE CHANNEL.
THE COLUMBIA LIBRARY BRANCH,
TUESDAYS FROM 4:30 PM TO 6 PM.
DOUGLAS TRUTH BRANCH ON
TUESDAYS FROM 4:00 TO 5:30 PM.
AND ON THURSDAYS FROM 4:00 TO
5:30 PM.
THE HIGH POINT BRANCH TUESDAYS
FROM 4:00 TO 7:30 PM.
AND WEDNESDAY FROM 4:00 TO 1:00
PM.
THE LAKE CITY BRANCH TUESDAYS
FROM 4:30 PM TO 7:30 PM AND
WEDNESDAYS FROM 4:30 PM TO 7:30
PM.
THE NEWHOLLY BRANCH, TUESDAYS
FROM 5:30 PM TO 7:30 PM.
AND THE RAINIER BEACH BRANCH
MONDAYS FROM 4:00 TO 4:45 PM.
IN THE COMING WEEKS THE
NEWHOLLY BRANCH WILL BE
EXPANDING THESE HOURS AND
OPENING UP SUNDAYS FROM 12:00
TO 5:00.
AND THE LIBRARY IS PLEASED TO
ADD THESE OFFICIAL HOURS FOR
PATRONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, THE CITY INITIATIVE
DATA FOR AUGUST 1 THROUGH
AUGUST 5, THE QUEEN CITY
INITIATIVE RECOVERED 860
NEEDLES AND REMOVED 72,320
POUNDS OF GARBAGE FROM 39 PICK
UP LOCATIONS.
THERE WERE NO FOCUSED CLEANS
FOR PARKS DURING THIS PERIOD.
AND WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I AM
DONE WITH MY REPORT FOR TODAY.
OTHER ANY QUESTIONS ON MY
REPORT?
SEEING DONE, I WILL PASS IT ON
TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
THAT AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
BEFORE I BEGIN I TOO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE TWO TRAGEDIES
THAT OCCURRED OVER THE WEEKEND.
WE HAD ANOTHER LIGHT RAIL
FATALITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS TIME AT THE MOUNT BAKER
STATION.
AND A PERSON WAS KILLED IN CAL
ANDERSON PARK AND MANY FOLKS
WERE INJURED ACROSS THE CITY
DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE.
SO I WANT TO FIRST OFFER MY
CONDOLENCES TO THE FRIENDS AND
FAMILY OF ALL THE VICTIMS AND
SAY THAT I KNOW WE ARE ALL ON
THIS COUNCIL AND IN CITY
LEADERSHIP COMMITTED TO
INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR
CITY . AS MAYOR HARRELL SAID AT
A NEWS COMFORTS THIS MORNING,
WITH ITS TRANSIT SAFETY OR
SAFETY FROM VIOLENT CRIME, WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
CHANGE THE COMMUNITY CONDITIONS
HERE THAT PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE
COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
AND I DO WANT TO AGAIN EXTEND
MY CONDOLENCES TO THOSE
FAMILIES.
ON FRIDAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD
EDUCATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMITTEE PASSED SEVERAL
APPOINTMENTS TO THE LEVEE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
TO THE LGBTQ COMMISSION AND
DISABILITY COMMISSION.
ON THE FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 6, WE WILL BE HEARING
COUNCIL 120399 WHICH PASSED
OUT OF COMMITTEE AS WELL
RELATED TO LIMITED SERVICE
PREGNANCY CENTERS.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATION AND
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL BE
SEPTEMBER 9 WHERE WE WILL VOTE
ON SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WERE
PRESENTED BY COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK.
THERE AREN'T ANY BILLS FOR MY
COMMITTEE ON THE FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA TOMORROW.
THERE IS ONE BILL FROM THE LAND-
USE COMMITTEE, SO IF IT IS OKAY
I WILL GIVE A QUICK REPORT FROM
THAT COMMITTEE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
WE WILL HEAR 20356 RELATING TO
FLOODPLAINS. THIS IS THE THIRD
EXTENSION OF REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHED, I COVERED THIS IN
BRIEFING LAST WEEK A LITTLE
BIT, WE WILL BE HEARING THAT
TOMORROW AT FULL COUNCIL.
AND THE NEXT LAND-USE COMMITTEE
MEETING IS THE 14th.
THE AGENDA INCLUDES PUBLIC
HEARINGS ON DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
-- SORRY, ON THE BUS TOWNHOUSE
DENSITY LIMIT LEGISLATION
COMPREHENSIVE, OPC DIRECTOR,
CROWN HILL DESIGN GUIDELINES,
VIRTUAL DESIGN REVIEW AND CLERK
FILE ON CONTRACT RESALE.
THAT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 14.
BACK TO MY DEPARTMENT, I MET
WITH THE CITY AUDITOR LAST WEEK
TO GET UPDATED ON A REQUEST I
MADE LAST YEAR FOR A WORKPLACE
EQUITY AUDIT FOR THE CITY.
IN THE CITIES 2021 WORKFORCE
EQUITY REPORT IT DID SHOW WOMEN
OF COLOR ARE UNDERREPRESENTED
IN THE TOP 25% LEVELS OF PAY
AND SUPERVISION IN THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
BUT THERE IS NO ANALYSIS OR
DATA ON THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
OF COLOR WHO WERE RECLASSIFIED
UPWARD AND RIGHT NOW IT'S
UNCLEAR IF THE CITIES
IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES TO
ACHIEVE OUR WORKFORCE GOALS.
I AM WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR
WHO WILL BE UNDERTAKING
RESEARCH TO CREATE DATA AND
REVIEW OUR WORK FOR EQUITY AND
RETENTION PRACTICES.
AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS
IT WERE CONTINUES.
THIS WEEK I WILL BE MEETING
WITH OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT FOR MY
MONTHLY MEETING ABOUT
PROGRAMMING IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL ALSO BE MEETING WITH
STATION SPACE WHICH IS A
PROJECT OF THE CULTURAL SPACE
AGENCY THAT SUPPORTS CREATIVE
YOUTH DEVELOPMENTS. VERY
EXCITED THAT THEY HAVE RAISED
$2.5 MILLION SO FAR AND BEGIN
CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER.
THIS IS A SPACE IN KING STREET
STATION.
THEY WILL BE BUILDING OUT A
RECORDING STUDIO, FLEXIBLE
THEATER, GATHERING SPACE AND
LOUNGE AND FLEXIBLE CLASSROOMS
FOR OUR CITIES YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS IS FOR ASPIRING CREATIVE'S
WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
STATION SPACE FOR FREE.
THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT IS
HOSTED BY SIX YOUTH SERVING
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTNER
WITH THE PDA INCLUDING TOTEM
STAR, AND THE CITY PROJECT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
FROM THEM AND I WILL SHARE WITH
YOU WHEN WE HAVE AN OPENING
DATE.
TONIGHT AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS SAID , WE WILL BE
ATTENDING THE MEETING IN
PERSON.
LOOKING FOR TO HAVING THEM JOIN
ME IN THE SOUTH END AND HEARING
FROM SOUTH END RESIDENTS ABOUT
THEIR PRIORITIES ABOUT HOW WE
SPEND LEVEE DOLLARS.
LET'S SEE, LAST WEEK I JOINED
THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE
AND WASHINGTON MARITIME
FEDERATION ALONG WITH ELECTED
FROM ALL OVER THE REGION TO
TAKE A TOUR OF THE PORT AND
HARBOR AND GET AN UP CLOSE LOOK
AT OUR WATERFRONT AND HOW
THINGS WORK THERE.
I WAS EXCITED TO TALK TO FOLKS
PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE
INVESTMENT WE MADE EARLIER THIS
YEAR AT MARITIME ACADEMY AND
HOW WE CAN GET YOUNG PEOPLE
INTO MARITIME TRADES. THEY
OFFER HIGH-PAYING GOOD UNION
JOBS AND WE KNOW THEY ARE SOON
TO EXPERIENCE THE SILVER
TSUNAMI.
SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE
MARITIME SECTOR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT EFFORT.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS THERE
ALONG WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
MY STAFF ALSO JOINED THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, APARTMENTS
NEIGHBORHOODS AND MORE FOR THE
WALKING TOUR OF THE SHOPPING
CENTER ON MLK WHERE WE HEARD
FROM BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT
THEIR DESIRE FOR LANGUAGE
ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
I SHOULD SAY IF I HAVEN'T SAID
ALREADY, I AM WORKING WITH THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
AFFAIRS ON LANGUAGE ACCESS
LEGISLATION. IT IS PROBABLY FOR
EARLY NEXT YEAR, BUT WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS -- THAT OUR
DEPARTMENTS ARE MOVING IN THE
SAME DIRECTION, TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO
SERVICES THE CITY IS PROVIDING.
JUST YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND
PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION TO
MONA LEE WHO IS A TIRELESS
NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZER.
BETWEEN SHE AND HER HUSBAND, I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CAUSES THEY
PROMOTE AND SPONSOR AND
ADVOCATE FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE SOUTH AND AND OUR
COMMUNITIES DOWN THERE GET THE
ATTENTION THEY DESERVE.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR LONG
TIME WITH THE ALLIANCE SO IT
WAS GREAT TO SEE HER AND TO
SHOW THE PROCLAMATION WITH HER
WHILE CELEBRATING. THIS WEEK I
HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS COMING UP.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE OPENING
OF THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD CLINIC IN PIONEER SQUARE.
ON THURSDAY I WILL BE JOINING
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AT THE
SUMMER EVENT, I WILL BE JUDGING
A BARBECUE CONTEST AT THE
RANIER EACH GRIMACED EVENT.
I FINALLY GET TO PUT MY TEXAS
SKILLS TO USE.
THIS WEEKEND I WILL BE JOINING
THE SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS FOR THEIR FEAST IN
THE STREET EVENT.
AND ON SUNDAY AS MENTIONED
EARLIER I'LL BE PRESENTING A
PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BLACK PRIDE.
WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO HEAR
FROM THEM AS WELL.
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
OTHER ANY QUESTIONS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
SO I WILL PASS IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
HELLO, COLLEAGUES.
I'M EXCITED, WE HAVE ONE MORE
WEEKEND UNTIL RECESS, I KNOW
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BEFORE
OUR RECESS.
I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST TO
KEEP IT WITHIN 10 MINUTES.
THE NEXT FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING IS GOING TO
BE AUGUST 17 AT 9:30 AM.
WE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A
FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION ON THE
THREE PIECES OF CANNABIS THE
LEGISLATION.
HOW TO CRANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
SPECIFICALLY DAN PETER AND
RIHANNA AND THE TEAM AT THE
ECONOMIC ELEMENT AS WELL FOR
THE WORK THEY DID ON THE
LEGISLATION THAT THEY SUBMITTED
TO US.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH
A ROBUST SET OF CENTRAL STAFF
MEMOS AND HERE INITIAL CONCEPTS
AROUND AMENDMENTS.
AS WE NOTED AMENDMENTS WERE DUE
FRIDAY LAST WEEK SO CENTRAL
STAFF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK ON THOSE AMENDMENTS.
I KNOW THEY ARE FINALIZING
THOSE AMENDMENTS WHICH SHOULD
BE PUBLISHED BY MIDDAY TOMORROW
AS WELL.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO HEAR ALL
OF THE AMENDMENTS AND VOTE ON
THE AMENDMENT AND FINAL BILL
TOMORROW.
WITH THE GOAL TO GET THAT OUT
BEFORE RECESS SO WE CAN
CONSIDER IT WHEN WE COME BACK
SEPTEMBER 6. THE SECOND HALF OF
OUR FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE ON
REVENUE FORECAST PROJECTION.
WE WILL HAVE THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC REVENUE FORECAST
PROVIDE THEIR REVENUE FORECAST
PRESENTATION FROM LAST WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE CITY BUDGETS
OFFICE DIRECTOR PROVIDING AN
UPDATE ON THE FORECAST
PRESENTATION FROM THE CVO
PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF DO AN OVERVIEW OF
FINANCIAL PLANNING.
WE PROMISED WE WOULD FOLLOW UP
WITH THE MAY 4 MEETING WITH AN
OUTLOOK OF OVER WHAT THE NEXT
SIX YEARS LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE
ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE
SHORTFALL IN TERMS OF CURRENT
REVENUES AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP
THAT CONVERSATION ON WEDNESDAY
WITH THE LAST ITEM ON OUR
AGENDA.
IF WE HAVE TIME WE WILL MAKE
SURE TO INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
EXPENSES.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR TURNING THESE
QUARTERLY REPORTS INTO
SOMETHING MORE REAL-TIME IN
PUBLIC WITH THE PORTAL THEY PUT
UP EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IT SHOWS INVESTMENTS AND
SPENDING AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WALK
THROUGH THAT TIME PERMITTING.
REGARDING FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
TOMORROW, AT SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL FULL COUNCIL MEETING WE
HAVE RESOLUTION 32065.
IT IS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING
HARASSMENT, THREATS, POLITICAL
VIOLENCE AGAINST ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND THOSE SEEKING
OFFICE INCLUDING PUBLIC
SERVANTS.
AND ELECTION WORKERS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR YOUR WORK TO
INCLUDE AMENDMENTS INTO THE
RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US.
WE AMENDED THAT TITLE AND WE
ALSO AMENDED THE BODY OF THE
RESOLUTION ITSELF TO NOTE THE
IMPORTANCE OF CONDEMNING WHAT
WE SEE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AS
WELL WHICH IS CONCERNS AND
THREATS AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANTS
AND THOSE SEEKING OFFICE,
ELECTION WORKERS AND OFFICIALS
THEMSELVES.
I WANT TO THANK KING COUNTY
COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS SIMILARLY
BRINGING FORWARD THE RESOLUTION
ON THE SAME DAY.
WE ARE DOING THIS IN
CONJUNCTION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PASTOR
ANDERSON IS GOING TO BE DIALING
INTO KING COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING STARTING AT 1:00.
THE EXPERIENCE PASTOR ANDERSON
HAD, HE WAS TARGETED FROM
BULLETS FROM A BB GUN WILL
CANVASSING.
HE ELECTED TO INTO KING COUNTY
COUNCIL AT 1:00.
HOPEFULLY ABLE TO DIAL INTO
OURS AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK AS WELL THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR DOLING
OUT MY PINKIES, FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY AND YOUR OFFICES
FLEXIBILITY LAST WEEK IN OUR
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
úWE DID HAVE TWO BILLS RELATED
TO THE AQUARIUM EXPANSION
PROJECT.
120396 AND 20397, OUR INTENT
WAS TO BRING THESE FORWARD
TOMORROW AT FULL COUNCIL.
THESE DID PASS WITH A VOTE OF 4-
1. WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FLEXIBILITY TO
INCLUDE THIS ON THE AGENDA.
GIVING THE UPCOMING RECESS.
HOWEVER OUT OF RESPECT FOR
OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND
CONCERNS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
WE DO WANT TO ALLOW SOME OF
THOSE TO BE ADDRESSED BY
CENTRAL STAFF OR THE AQUARIUM
FOLKS AND SO WE WILL BE GOING
WITH THE REGULAR TIMELINE TO
HAVE 123 120397 CONSIDERED
SEPTEMBER 6. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I WILL BE WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM
AND THE CLERKS TO MAKE SURE
THAT IS OFFICIAL ON OUR AGENDA
SO WE WILL HAVE CONSIDERED
THOSE ON SEPTEMBER 6. I ALSO
WANTED CANCEL PRESIDENT AGAIN
FOR THE WORK YOU DID WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND OUR OFFICE IN
PREPARATION FOR NEXT MONTH.
IT BEGINS THE SELECTED BUDGET
COMMITTEE LIBERATIONS.
WE START MEETING AT THE END OF
SEPTEMBER.
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SENT OUT
A MEMO ON FRIDAY AND WE SENT
OUT A MEMO AS WELL AS A FOLLOW-
UP TO THAT WITH A LIST OF
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT OFFICE AND I WANT TO
THANK THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
CENTRAL STAFF FOR THE FOLLOW-UP
SHEET SENT OUTLINING OUR
PROPOSED PROCESS FOR THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS WHEN WE
COME BACK FOR RECESS IN
SEPTEMBER.
YOU SHOULD'VE RECEIVED THE FULL
CALENDAR.
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND I
BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO BE
LINKING TO IT IN OUR TUESDAY
ALERT THE GOES OUT NEXT
TUESDAY.
IT WILL BE ONLINE AT THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE AS
WELL.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE MADE THREE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
WE HAVE GONE FROM TWO TO THREE
AND WE WILL HAVE THREE SPECIFIC
SESSIONS OF OUR COMMITTEE TIME
DEDICATED TO JUST THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WILL
HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AT THE BEGINNING OF
EACH MEETING THAT SETS OFF A
SERIES OF MEETINGS FOR OUR WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY, ANYONE
CAN WRITE IN, WE CAN RECEIVE
WRITTEN TESTIMONY AT ANY POINT.
IN TERMS OF VERBAL TESTIMONY,
ORAL TESTIMONY WE WILL START
THE MEETING ON THE CVO
PRESENTATION SEPTEMBER 28 WITH
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH VERBAL
AND WRITTEN TESTIMONY.
WE WILL START THE MEETING ON
OCTOBER 11 AT 9:30 AM WITH A
1.5 HOUR DEDICATED TO PUBLIC
HEARING.
WE ARE DOING THIS INSTEAD OF 20
MINUTE PUBLIC HEARINGS EACH WEEK
SO THAT WE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF
TIME THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING
TO BE IN ACTUAL CITY HALL.
WE ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING
ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE
FIRST TWO MEETINGS. 1.5 HOUR
TESTIMONY OPPORTUNITY OCTOBER
11, OCTOBER 25.
AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME
OPPORTUNITY AT OUR CVO
PRESENTATION SEPTEMBER 28.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE
OCTOBER 11 AT 5:00 NOVEMBER 7
AT 11:00 AND AGAIN NOVEMBER 15
AT 5:00.
AGAIN, YOU SHOULD'VE RECEIVED
THE INFORMATION AND WE ARE
DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE
SURE IT'S A COLLABORATIVE,
THOUGHTFUL PROCESS THAT INVITES
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SHARE
THEIR OPINION WHILE DOING OUR
BEST TO LIMIT IN PERSON
PRESENTATIONS.
THERE WILL NOT BE PRESENTATIONS
AT THE DAIS, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM
THE DEPARTMENTS OR GUESTS
COMING TO PRESENT ON CITY
BUDGET, TO TRY TO REALLY BE IN
LINE WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ITEM.
WELL, LAST WEEK I MENTIONED I
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT
WITH CONGRESSWOMAN AND
CONGRESSWOMAN GWEN MOORE FROM
WISCONSIN TO TALK ABOUT THE
CITY INVESTMENTS IN LABOR AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AT THE
HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
ECONOMIC DISPARITY, FAIRNESS
AND GROWTH.
THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HOST THE COMMITTEE HERE.
WE HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT
JUMPSTART INVESTMENTS,
INVESTMENTS IN LABOR STANDARDS
AND WAYS WE ARE REALLY CREATING
A ROBUST ECONOMY BY INVESTING
IN WORKERS.
YOU WILL BE HAPPY TO NOTE THAT
THE COMMITTEE REALLY
APPRECIATED ALL WE ARE DOING AND
THE WAYS WE ARE SUPPORTING
SMALL BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO
GET LIFTED UP AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL.
ON THURSDAY I WILL ATTEND THE
GRAND OPENING OF THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT NOTED THE
SOLITARY RALLY WITH THE CHILD
CARE WORKERS AT MIGHTY KIDS IN
MAGNOLIA.
I TOO SENT A MESSAGE OF
SOLIDARITY TO THOSE FOLKS WHO
HAD USED THEIR LABOR AND PUT
EVERYTHING ON THE LINE I
WITHHOLDING THEIR LABOR AND
DEMANDING BETTER CONDITIONS AND
PAY.
I THINK PRESIDENT FOR READING
MY STATEMENT AS WELL.
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THOSE WORKERS AND CONTINUING,
WILL HAVE SENT A LETTER AND
WILL CONTINUE TO SEND
SOLIDARITY.
MADAM PRESIDENT I KNOW I SAID I
WOULD BE BRIEF BUT THERE IS ONE
ITEM I WANT TO GET TO THAT IS
AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING HAS PARTNERED
WITH KING COUNTY BESTER FOR
KIDS TO RELEASE THE $7.4
MILLION IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT
CHILD CARE WORKFORCE IN SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM
COVID.
THIS IS DIRECTLY THE RESULT OF
THE COUNCIL'S INVESTMENT IN
FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE WORKERS
THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND RECEIVING $2.4 MILLION FROM
THE JUMP START TO EXPAND
CHILDCARE STABILIZATION GRANTS.
IT BEGAN IN 2020 FOR CHILD CARE
LICENSES IN SEATTLE.
KING COUNTY ALSO HAD $5 MILLION
FROM THE BEST START PROGRAM
FROM SEATTLE COULD LEVY AND
DEDICATED A ONE TIME INVESTMENT
TOWARD WORKFORCE COMPENSATION.
I THINK I MISSPOKE AND SAID IN
PARTNER, IT'S JUST JUMPSTART
AND KING COUNTY BRING US TO A
TOTAL OF $7.4 MILLION.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW
EXCITED WE ARE THAT THESE
DOLLARS ARE GETTING OUT THE
DOOR AND THINK THEM FOR THEIR
IMPORTANCE.
FOR THE WORK WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO GET THESE DOLLARS
OUT.
ONE MORE UPDATE.
VERY BRIEF.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, THIS IS
EXCITING AS WELL.
THEY ARE ANNOUNCING THEY ARE
ACCEPTING FULL PROPOSALS FOR
THE 2022 FUNDING FOR
PRESERVATION AND CONSTRUCTION
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RENTAL
HOUSING.
THIS IS THE 2022 NOTICE OF
FUNDING AVAILABILITY, THE GOALS
FOR THE SEATTLE INVESTMENTS
INCLUDE AND ARE LISTED ON THE
WEBSITE AND THE POLICIES ABOUT
HOW TO APPLY FOR THESE DOLLARS
ARE ON OFFICE OF HOUSING
WEBSITE.
THE PRESERVATION AND PRODUCTION
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, AS WE
KNOW, THE FOUNDATION TO TRULY
EQUABLE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE
FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHIER
COMMUNITY'S.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
ADDRESSING DISPLACEMENT.
PROJECTS THAT CREATE ACCESS TO
HOUSING WITH PEOPLE EXPRESSING
HOMELESSNESS AND CREATING
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
IS CURRENTLY AT $44 MILLION AND
WILL BE AWARDED TO PRESERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF TOTALS THIS
YEAR AS WE KNOW MORE FOR TRYING
TO RESPOND TO WHAT THEY SEE IN
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.
FRIENDS, PLEASE GET YOUR
APPLICATIONS IN BY THE 15th.
INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE@SEATTLE.GOV. THANK
YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
TWO MINUTES OVER.
HANDING IT OFF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE A QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> NOT A QUESTION BUT RELATED
TO YOUR REPORT. I WANT TO SHARE
WITH EVERYBODY THAT FOR
TOMORROW'S FULL COUNCIL MEETING
RELATED TO COUNCIL BILL 120396
REGARDING THE AQUARIUM
EXPANSION, I DO HAVE AN
AMENDMENT THAT IS DESIGNED TO
TAKE A BELT AND SUSPENDERS
APPROACH TO ENSURING THE
NEGOTIATION TERMS IN THE BILL
ARE ACCOMPLISHED AND
IMPLEMENTED.
YOU WILL RECALL THE BILL
AUTHORIZES NEGOTIATION OF THE
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT
DOES NOT REQUIRE THE AQUARIUM
TO AGREE TO THE NEGOTIATION
TERMS THAT IN THE BILL.
THERE IS SOME SORT OF SQUISHY
LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT IS
SORT OF PRESENTING THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY OUR
INTENT AND ENSURE THAT THE
AUTHORITY OF THE BILL NOT BE
USED WITHOUT ACTUALLY EXECUTING
THE SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS AND THE
AMENDMENT ITSELF WAS CIRCULATED
10:20 THIS MORNING MY CENTRAL
STAFF MEMBER ERIC FOR REVIEW.
>> WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT BILL I
WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
APPROACH.
THE LANGUAGE THERE RIGHT NOW IS
WHAT WE HAD REQUESTED TO TRY TO
PUT SIDEBOARDS ON THAT AND I
APPRECIATE YOU DRYING THAT OUT.
YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
MY FAVORITE TALKERS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
IT'S ALL YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.
ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA THERE ARE
NO ITEMS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
OUR NEXT MEETING ON
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIE IS SCHEDULED
FOR TOMORROW, TUESDAY AT 9:30
AM.
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON TOMORROW
MORNING'S COMMITTEE AGENDA.
FIRST, WE WILL HEAR
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS FROM
GREGORY SPOTS WHO IS THE
MAYOR'S NOMINEE TO BECOME THE
NEXT DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
I AM GRATEFUL TO THE MAYOR AND
HIS TEAM FOR DELIVERING SUCH A
STRONG CANDIDATE FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION.
OUR COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER
THAT NOMINATION WHICH IS
APPOINTMENT 02333 AT BOTH OUR
AUGUST 16 MEETING IN SEPTEMBER
6 MEETING.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INVITED
TO ATTEND BOTH COMMITTEE
MEETINGS FOR THAT PARTICULAR
ITEM.
WE ARE FOLLOWING THE VETTING
PROCESS FOR ALL EXECUTIVE
NOMINEES AS OUTLINED IN
RESOLUTION. SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE
THE SEPTEMBER 6 MEETING WE WILL
CIRCULATE HIS ANSWERS TO THE
WRITTEN QUESTIONS WE RECENTLY
PROVIDED TO HIM.
HE IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO SPEAK
WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER
INDIVIDUALLY AT ANY TIME.
SO WE WILL USE THE FIRST
MEETING TOMORROW JUST FOR
OPENING REMARKS FROM THE NOMINEE
AND WE WILL RESERVE THE
SEPTEMBER 6 COMMITTEE FOR
EXHAUSTIVE Q&A SESSION BEFORE
WE VOTE ON THE NOMINEE.
OTHER ITEMS FOR AUGUST 16.
OUR COMMITTEE WILL RECEIVE AN
EARLY PREVIEW OF THE PETITION
FROM DOWNTOWN DEVELOPERS VIA
CLERK 314497 ASKING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO VACATE AN ALLEY TWO
BLOCKS EAST OF THE SPACE
NEEDLE.
SPECIFICALLY THE ALLEY CURRENTLY
BOUNDED BY THOMAS STREET AND
JOHN STREET AND SIXTH AVENUE
NORTH AND TAYLOR.
WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THAT YET.
BUT WE WILL WELCOME COMMENTS
FROM MEMBERS, SEEKING ANY
COMMENTS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE
ALLOCATION SUCH AS PUBLIC
BENEFITS THAT MIGHT BE DESIRED.
HAVE ALSO INVITED DISTRICT
COUNSELOR TO THAT MEETING. WE
WILL ALSO HEAR FROM SDOT ON
COUNCIL BILL 120384 WHICH WOULD
ACCEPT THE KING COUNTY -- IT
WOULD ACCEPT FROM KING COUNTY
TWO PARCELS OF PROPERTY RELATED
TO THE SOUTH PARK BRIDGE
PROJECT.
I HOPE TO VOTE ON THAT ITEM
TOMORROW BECAUSE IT IS JUST
ACCEPTING PROPERTY IS ALREADY
ENVISIONED BY THAT PROJECT.
SDOT WILL ALSO PRESENT THEIR
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT MEASURE.
ALSO KNOWN AS SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
THAT IS THE .15% SALES TAX THAT
80% OF VOTERS APPROVED IN 2020.
FOR EXTRA BUS SERVICE AND
RELATED PROJECTS. WHILE THIS
PRESENTATION IS JUST A LOOK
BACK ON 2021, THE COUNCIL WILL
EVENTUALLY NEED TO APPROVE A
SPENDING PLAN FOR 2023.
THAT WILL HAPPEN LATER.
FOR EXAMPLE ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE
NEEDED SINCE THE STATE
GOVERNMENT IS NOW FUNDING FREE
PASSES FOR YOUTH 18 AND UNDER.
ALSO WE HAVE SEVERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WE NEED
TO CONSIDER.
FINALLY WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING AND HOPEFULLY A VOTE TO
ENABLE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
TO GRANT MINOR EASEMENTS TO THE
CITY OF RENTON TO ENABLE PUBLIC
ROADWAY WORK FOCUSED ON
UTILITIES AND INSTALLATION OF
TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT.
THE CEDAR RIVER PIPELINE OWNED
BY SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
FLOWS UNDER RAINIER AVENUE
SOUTH IN THE CITY OF RENTON.
DUE TO THE MINOR NATURE OF THIS
PROPOSAL AND THE FACT IT IS
IMPACTING RENTON RATHER THAN
SEATTLE, WE ARE LIKELY TO VOTE
ON THIS COUNCIL BILL 120395
THE SAME WAY WE HAVE AS PUBLIC
HEARING.
I THINK WE ALREADY ANNOUNCED
THAT SDOT PLANS TO REOPEN WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE ON SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 18.
SO I KNOW WE ARE ALL LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT.
REGARDING THE LEAF BLOWER
RESOLUTION, WHICH I KNOW THIS
IS THE PINNACLE OF MY REMARKS,
THIS FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 19
9:30 AM, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
RENTERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL
HEAR, AND HOPEFULLY VOTE ON
THIS RESOLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOLUTION 32064, CALLING FOR
THE CITY TO PHASE OUT THE USE
OF HARMFUL GASOLINE FUELED LEAF
BLOWERS IN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND HER STAFF FOR
SETTING ASIDE AMPLE TIME TO
DISCUSS HIS OR HER COMMITTEE.
AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK A
WHOPPING 82% OF THE NORTHEAST
SEATTLE CONSTITUENTS RESPONDING
TO MY SURVEY SAID THEY WOULD
FAVOR AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON THE
HARMFUL GAS POWERED LEAF
BLOWERS.
THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR A
GRADUAL PHASING OUT OF THESE
HARMFUL FOSSIL FUEL MACHINES
OVER TIME.
IT IS ENDORSED BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION 350
SEATTLE.
AS A SIGN THAT THIS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE IS REVVING UP, I BELIEVE
OUR OFFICES HAVE A COLORFUL
PILE OF EMAILS IN SUPPORT OF
THIS RESOLUTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
RESOLUTION 32064, PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO CONTACT MY OFFICE OR
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST YOLANDA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION ON THE
COUNCIL WEBSITE.
INCLUDING THE SCIENCE BACKING
IT UP AND EXAMPLES FROM SOME OF
THE OTHER 100 CITIES THAT HAVE
ALREADY SURPASSED SEATTLE ON
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.
I TURN IT BACK TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
THOSE OF US WHO PLAY D4 BINGO
WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE YOU
MENTIONED THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE AND LEAF BLOWERS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OKAY.
THAT WAS MY ATTEMPT AT HUMOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PUBLIC, I
WILL BE BRIEF.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS MIDI ON
TOMORROW'S AGENDA.
LAST WEEK HER OFFICE
PARTICIPATED IN THE ECONOMIC
REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL
MEETING.
YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE RECEIVED
THAT REPORT AS WELL.
WE ALSO MET WITH THE NEW
DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REGARDING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES CITYWIDE.
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
WITH DISTRICT 5 THE FOCUS AT
NORTHGATE, THE NORTHGATE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH WE
EFFECTUALLY CALL SEATTLE NORTH.
OUR OFFICE ATTENDED THE
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION HOSTED
BY THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
THE NEW ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
GINO BETTS.
WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE
CHIEF OF POLICE SEARCH ALONG
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
ON FRIDAY.
MY STAFF JOINED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FOR A TOUR OF POTENTIAL
LOCATIONS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL
STATION WHICH IS PART OF THE
WEST SEATTLE BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION.
THE SUPPORT OF DIRECTORS WILL
BE CONSIDERING POSSIBLE STATION
LOCATIONS IN THE AREA IN
SEPTEMBER.
I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES ON THIS.
THIS MAY TAKE A BIT.
THE HEALTH BOARD AS YOU KNOW
WILL BE OPENING ITS NEW PIONEER
SQUARE MEDICAL CLINIC
OFFICIALLY ON THURSDAY.
THEY BEEN WORKING IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB.
I WILL BE SPEAKING.
I ALSO INVITED FORMER CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER BAKESHOP.
THIS IS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR
MANY YEARS.
MANY MAYORS.
AND MANY BUDGET CYCLES.
WORKING WITH TRIBAL LEADERSHIP
AND INDIGENOUS LED
ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR
ALL OF US, THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB AND THE TRIBES AND
INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND OF
COURSE.
I WILL ALSO BE MEETING WITH
FRANCESCA AND LEADERSHIP FROM
OUR NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO DISCUSS
PLANS FOR OUR PARTICIPATION IN
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR'S OUTREACH TO BOARDING
SCHOOL SURVIVORS IN THE ROAD TO
HEALING TOUR.
AS YOU KNOW IT STARTED JULY 9
AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN IN
THE SOUTHWEST AND THEY FINISHED
UP IN MICHIGAN.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 WHILE THEY
WERE IN MICHIGAN BEING HOSTED
BY MANY TRIBES, SEVERAL HUNDRED
FOLKS SHOWED UP AS WELL AS U.S.
SECRETARY DEB HOLLAND TO HEAR
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES IN BOARDING SCHOOLS
, NOT ONLY THE RELATIVES BUT
ALSO THOSE CHILDREN WHOSE
PARENTS WERE IN BOARDING
SCHOOLS AND THE EFFECTS OF
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA.
AS A REMINDER, OUR LAST COUNCIL
MEETING BEFORE RECESS WILL BE
TOMORROW.
THERE WILL BE NO COUNCIL
BRIEFING AUGUST 22 OF AUGUST 29
OR SEPTEMBER 5. FIRST COUNCIL
MEETING AFTER RECESS IS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. SO, LET'S
SEE, WE'VE GOT THE COUNCIL
BOARD, BOARDING SCHOOL,
INTERIOR COMMITTEES, I THINK
WE'RE GOOD THERE.
FINALLY, LAST FRIDAY STORM
PLAYED THE LINKS WHICH SETS UP
THE WNBA PLAYOFF SCHEDULE.
THERE WILL BE THREE GAMES
COMING THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
AT 7:00.
THEY WILL PLAY THE WASHINGTON
MYSTICS.
SUNDAY AUGUST 21 AT 1:00.
THESE ARE HOME GAMES AND
HOPEFULLY, MAYBE NOT THEIR LAST
GAME WILL BE TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH THAT,
LET'S SEE, I THINK THAT IS ALL
I HAVE GOT.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL
BRIEFING MEETING WILL BE HELD
AFTER THE RECESS WHICH BEGINS
NEXT WEEK.
AND THE WEEK AFTER LABOR DAY
HOLIDAY WHICH WILL BE SEPTEMBER
12, 2:00 WILL BE OUR NEXT
ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING COMING
UP BRIEFING.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WILL MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOUR OFFICE ABOUT THE BILL
TOMORROW.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THOSE
QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
HAD WERE ADDRESSED.
IF THAT IS THE CASE I WILL NOT
BE MAKING A CHANGE TO
TOMORROW'S AGENDA BUT WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WELL BEFORE
THE MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.