APRIL 12th, 2022 OF THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO
ORDER.
2:02 P.M.
I'M ALEX PEDERSON PRESIDENT PRO
TEM.
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ARE NOT
PRESENT TODAY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ IS
EXCUSED.
PRESENTATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL
ASSAULT MONTH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL OPEN
THE PRESENTATION AND I WILL
OPEN IT UP AND AFTER COMMENTS
WE WILL SUSPEND THE RULES TO
ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD DO YOU
RECOGNIZE AN ORDER TO PRESENT
THE PROCLAMATION?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION
DECLARING APRIL TO BE SEXUAL
ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH AND
THANK ADVOCATES FROM THE
COALITION AND THE GENDER BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE RESOURCE
CENTER BY PROCLAIMING THE
PROCLAMATION AND THE WORK THAT
YOU DO EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT
SURVIVERS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
YESTERDAY MY COLLEAGUES AFFIXED
THEIR SITUATIONS TO THIS
PROCLAMATION AND THE MAYOR IS
CONCURRING.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS THANK YOU
FOR COLLECTING SIGNATURES IN MY
ABSENCE YESTERDAY.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS A CONTINUUM
OF BEHAVIOR AND RACIST AND
HOMOPHOBIC AND ABLEIST OR OTHER
HATE SPEECH.
ACTING COMMENTS ONLINE AND DO
TRAUMATIZED VICTIMS AND THEIR
IMPACT SHOULD NOT MINIMIZE IT.
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT
SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON ASSAULT USED
IN CHILDREN INCLUDE FEAR,
CONCERN FOR SAFETY, MISSED WORK
OR SCHOOL, INJURY, AND PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
INCLUDING SYMPTOMS OF POST
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
THIS PROCLAMATION WORKING
TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WE
ENSURE SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE ALL SURVIVERS WHILE
STANDING UP TO AND ACTIVELY
DISRUPTING HARMFUL ATTITUDES
AND BEHAVIORS.
AND CONTRIBUTE TO SEXUAL
VIOLENCE.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT IN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS ON APRIL 27th.
IT IS DENIM DAY AND WE'LL BE
HAVING THIS SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION JOINING US AND THEY
WILL BE INVITING CITY EMPLOYEES
TO MAKE SOCIAL STATEMENT WITH
FASHION BY USING JEANS AND WE
ENCOURAGE FOLKS AND OTHERS
ABOUT THIS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THIS DAY AND ITS ORIGINS AT
THAT TIME.
BUT HERE TODAY ACCEPT SEXUAL
ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
PROCLAMATION AND WE HAVE MS.
TORRES FROM THE COALITION
ENDING END BASED PROJECT.
WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE IT HERE
FROM OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AFTER
THAT.
I AM HONORED TO DECLARE APRIL
TO BE SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS
MONTH AND THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO EVERY
DAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY PRELIMINARY
COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS,
OTHERWISE WE CAN SUSPEND THE
RULES AND HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS.
OKAY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPEDED
TO ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO ACCEPT
THE PROCLAMATION AND HEAR
REMARKS.
NO REMARKS THE COUNCIL RULES
ARE SUSPENDED.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE COALITION AND GENDER BASE
VIOLENCE AND THE SEXUAL
VIOLENCE LAW CENTER TO RECEIVE
THE PROCLAMATION AND WELCOME
AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO PROVIDE
YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I AM THE POLICY ADVOCATE FOR
THE A COALITION.
IT HAS END BASED AGENCIES IN
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY THAT
IMPACT THE LIVES OF DIVERSE
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN
OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS RITA POPITI.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER
AND WE ARE A NONPROFIT LAW FIRM
THAT PROVIDES FREE LEGAL
ASSISTANCE AND SURVIVERS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND END BASED
VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT
WASHINGTON STATE.
WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 700
SURVIVERS LAST YEAR AND WE ARE
A MEMBER OF THE COALITION AND
WORK WITH ITS MEMBERSHIP TO
ADDRESS THE MANY NEEDS
SURVIVORS FACE.
>> WE ARE BOTH HONORED TO
PARTICIPATE TODAY TO DECLARE
APRIL SEXUAL ASSAULT MONTH FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AWARENESS EVENTS AND THROUGH
THE YEAR CAN AN IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE VISIBLE THE
PERSISTENT AND PERVASIVE NATURE
OF THE ABUSES OF POWER THAT
CONTINUE TO THRIVING IN OUR SO %
LONG AS FROM HARASSMENT IN
PERSON OR ONLINE TO PHYSICAL
ASSAULT AND RAPE ALL FORMS OF
SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE ROOTED AND
COMPOUNDED BY RACISM AND SEXISM
AND OTHER FORMS OF OPPRESSION.
GENDER BASE VIOLENCE PROGRAMS
BEAR WITNESS TO THIS BY
SUPPORTING SURVIVERS TO HEAR
MORE I WILL HAND TO IT RITE.
>> THANK YOU THE PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZES THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
IS NOT THE VICTIM'S FAULT BUT
WE HAVE A WAY TO PREVENT SEXUAL
VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE REPRESENT ALL AGES AND
JEOPARDIES.
ONE-THIRD OF OUR CLIENTS ARE
YELLOW AND 60% OF BLACK
INDIGENOUS OR A SURVIVER OF
COLOR.
THROUGH OUR WORK WE WITNESS THE
SEXUAL ABUSE THROUGH PRISON
PIPE LINES WHERE GIRLS ARE
ABUSED AND ASSAULTED AND
HARASSED AND THEN DISMISSED OR
DISCARDED FOR SAYING ANYTHING
AND THEN BLAMED AND PUNISHED
FOR ACTING OUT OF FEAR OR
FRUSTRATION AND TRAUMA.
WE REPRESENT AND STAND WITH
SURVIVERS EVERY DAY IN
COURTROOMS AND TITLE 9 HEARINGS
AND HR INVESTIGATIONS AND
IMMIGRATION INTERVIEWS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS AND SEE
THE TERRIBLE IMPACT AND
DEVASTATION FROM THEIR SEXUAL
ASSAULTS BUT ALSO FROM SYSTEMS
AND INSTITUTIONS THAT
PRIORITIZE THEIR ABUSERS
REPUTATION AND FUTURE OVER THE
SURVIVERS' TRAUMA AND SAFETY.
REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE
AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THE
NUMBER OF CALLS AND REFERRALS
WE HAVE RECEIVED HAVE TRIPLED
BUT INVESTIGATIONS AND
PETITIONS ARE AT THE LOWEST IN
YEARS.
THIS IS ALL WHILE PER PA
TRACTION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CONTINUES TO EVOLVE THAT
REQUIRES ADVOCACY TO EVOLVE AS
WELL.
THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE LAW CENTER
HAS TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL THE
INITIATIVES.
FIRST STARTED BY ADVOCATES FROM
THE COMMUNITY WE WORKED WITH
AND TECHY HAS EVOLVED INTO A
TRAUMA INFORMED LEGAL RESPONSE
TO ABUSERS USING DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES AND PLATFORMS TO
CONTROL, HARASS AND HUMILIATE A
SURVIVER.
IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO TELL A
SURVIVER TO CLOSE AN ACCOUNT
BUY A NEW DEVICE OR IGNORE IT
TECHNOLOGY ENABLED DEVICE IS
NOT THE FUTURE BUT IT IS HERE.
WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE
NUMBER OF CASES REFERRED BUT WE
ARE TRYING.
FOR TOO LONG ABUSERS AND
PERPETRATORS HAVE BEEN
PROTECTED BY INSTITUTIONS AND
SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITIES AND
THEIR TACTICS IGNORED AND THEIR
BEHAVIORS EXCUSED AND OFTEN
BLAMED ON THEIR VICTIM WHO IS
THEN SHAMED AND OUSTED AND
ISOLATED.
IT IS FOR THIS REASON IT IS SO
CRUCIAL THAT ALONG WITH THIS
PROCLAMATION SEATTLE CONTINUES
TO SUPPORT AND PRIORITIZE
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR
SURVIVORS.
WE ASK SURVIVORS TO STEP UP AND
SHARE THEIR ME TOO MOMENT.
YET IF WE DO NOT MAKE AVAILABLE
COUNSELING AND HOUSING AND
RESOURCES AND SOCIAL SERVICES
AND CIVIL LEGAL AID TO
SURVIVERS WHO SEEK OUT SUPPORT,
WE BECOME ANOTHER SOURCE OF
PERPETUATING THE TRAUMA WE SEEK
TO ADDRESS.
THIS PROCLAMATION GIVES ME
HOPE.
IT IS WITH RECOGNIZING AND
NAMING THE PROBLEM WITH
PRIORITIZING FUNDING AND
INCREASING SUPPORT FOR SURVIVER
SERVICES LIKE HARBOR VIEW ABUSE
AND TRAUMA CENTER.
MOTHER NATION, KING COUNTY
SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE CENTER.
API CHILD AND THE SEXUAL
VIOLENCE LAW CENTER, WE CAN BE
THE COMMUNITY SURVIVORS
DESERVE.
A COMMUNITY WHERE SURVIVERS
VOICES ARE AMPLIFIED AND
SURVIVERS ARE TREATED WITH
DIGNITY AND SURVIVERS ACCESS
ACCOUNTABILITY AS JUSTICE AND
HEALING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH RITE.
AS WAS EXPLAINED PROGRAMS
ACROSS THE CITY HAVE
EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR
SERVICES IN PART DUE TO THE
PROFOUND EFFECTS OF THE
PANDEMIC AND ALSO I BELIEVE DUE
TO THE INCREASED AWARENESS OF
WHAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS AND
HELP IS AVAILABLE.
WE MUST HONOR THE DIGNITY OF
SURVIVERS BY ENSURING THAT
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE
AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
SURVIVERS IN OUR CITY.
WE ARE PROUD TO STAND WITH
MEMBER AGENCIE AND THEIR
COMMITMENT AND THEIR COLLECTIVE
EFFORT TOWARDS BUILDING A WORLD
FREE FROM SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
THANK TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR MAKING THIS ISSUE A
PRIORITY BY DECLARING PREP AS
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
AMIDST THE BUSINESS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
YOU ARE INSPIRING ACTION AND
THANK YOU FOR LEADING ON BEHALF
OF SURVIVERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BOTH FOR PRESENTING THAT AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY FINAL REMARKS.
OKAY.
COLLEAGUES WE WILL CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
OUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR?
HEARING NOW I CONSENT THE
CALENDAR, THERE'S A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
JUST A QUICK NOTE.
TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR
INCLUDES 19 APPOINTMENTS AND SO
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
APPOINTEES FOR THE WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE AND THE COMMITTEE
CHAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT STAFF
FOR THEIR WORK ON THOSE
APPOINTMENTS, WE HEARD THOSE IN
COMMITTEE AND FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC AND ALL OF THE
APPLICATION AND MATERIALS ARE
PUBLISHED ONLINE.
SO WITH THAT WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT PRO
TEM PEDERSON.
>> YES.
SICK SIX IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE
ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND
LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED WE WILL OPEN THE
AGENDA AND REFERRAL CALENDAR
AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE COMMENT
INCLUDED ON AGENDAS.
HOWEVER THE CITY COUNCIL
PRESERVES THE RIGHT TO END OR
ELIMINATED THESE COMMENT PERIOD
AT ANY POINT AND IF WE THINK
THE SYSTEM IS ABUSED OR NOT
SUITABLE FOR THE MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
LET ME PULL UP THE LIST OF
SPEAKERS.
ONE MOMENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO OR
THREE SPEAKERS RIGHT NOW.
SO EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN
TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
OUR CITY CLERK WILL MODERATE
THIS GENERAL COMMENT PERIOD AND
I WILL NOW HAND IT OFF TO HER
TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
OPINION THANK YOU.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP
TO 20 MINUTES AND EACH SPEAKER
WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO
SPEAK.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER THAT THEY ARE REGISTERED
FOR THE COUNCIL'S WEB SITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER WHEN PROVIDED
AND USE ID AND PASS CODE THAT
WAS EMAILED UPON CONFIRMATION.
DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL
AGENDA.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CHECK YOUR SPAM.
ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALL AND IF
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED WILL BE
THE SPEAKER'S CUE IT IS THEIR
TURN TO SPEAK AND THEY MUST
SPEAK STAR 6 TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT.
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT WE ASK YOU
TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE SPEAKERS DO NOT END AT THE
TIME ALLOTTED THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF
YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE MEETING PLEASE DO SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR THE LISTENING
OPTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN AND
WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD
GAIL.
FOLLOW BY DAVID HANES.
MR. GAIL YOU WANT TO PRESS STAR
6.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GAIL
COMMENTING ON THE FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
IT IS 8 MONTHS SINCE KYLE AND
VIC PUBLISHED HER EXPOSE' OF
THE FAILURES [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I'M SORRY.
CORRUPTION AT SEATTLE'S POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE AGENCY.
THE OPA.
YET, WE KNOW OF NO ACTIONS
TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS
THESE DISTURBING REPORTS AND NO
FINDINGS OF ANY INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS IF THERE ARE
ANY.
THE COUNCIL IS INNERRED TO A
SYSTEM THAT TOO OFTEN RESPONDS
WITH UNJUSTIFIABLE ACCOUNTABLE
AND NOT HELDACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE GONE OVER THREE MONTH
WITHOUT KNOWING THE NAME OF THE
MAN EXPERIENCING A SEVERE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS
HEARDED BY THE SP D ON JANUARY
5th.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS
DISPLAYED GROSS INDIFFERENCE
AND HAS GONE THROUGH GREAT
LENGTHS TO DEFEND THE FAILINGS.
I CONGRATULATE THE CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMISSION TO BREAKING THROUGH
AND VOTING OVERWHELMINGLY TO
SEEK STATUS IN A DISSENT DECREE
TO REPRESENT WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SEATTLE AND THE CONTINUING
FAILURES OF OUR ACCOUNTABLE
SYSTEM.
IN RESPONSE TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
ANNOUNCEMENT AND FAILED ATTEMPT
TO HIGHLIGHT THE POLICE
COMMISSION COUNCILMEMBER AND
PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR LISA
HERBOLD CITED A LETTER FOR THE
POLICE COMMISSION WROTE
CONCERNING EMISSIONS IN THE
CRISIS INTERVENTION DATA.
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FAILS TO NOTE THAT THIS LETTER
NOTES ONLY ONE MINOR CONCERN
AND LEAVES OUT THE LIST OF
SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT I HAD
DETAILED TO COUNCIL HERBOLD
OVER EMAIL.
AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
CONTENT THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION AND SUPPORT
THEM IN THIS PURSUIT TO UNCOVER
THE FAILING OF OUR ACCOUNTABLE
SYSTEM AND THE STORIES OF THOSE
HARMED BY BOTH POLICE AND BY
THESE FAILED SYSTEMS.
>> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS DAVID HAYNES AND LISA
WILLIAMS THAT IS SHOWING AS NOT
PRESENT.
AND I AM NOT SEEING MR. HAYNES.
THERE WE GO.
>> THANK YOU.
DAVID HAINES DISTRICT 7.
PERHAPS WE NEED A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION OF THE HOUSING
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND
CITY HALL'S CONFLICT OF
INTEREST CONSPIRING TO USE
TAXES TO FINANCE UNQUALIFIED,
NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS AND
POLITICALLY CONNECTED TO
ORGANIZERS AND ACTIVISTS AND
THE DEMOCRAT OPERATIVES HIDING
WITH NONPROFIT DONORS AND
GOVERNMENT HOUSING AND HOMELESS
PROJECTS THAT HELP WITH THE
DEMOCRAT'S RE-ELECTION
APPARATUS AND NEVER KEEPING
THEM HONEST AND A BETTER
OVERSITE ABOUT CREATING LOW
QUALITY, MODERN THIRD WORLD
SLUM HOUSING ACTING LIKE THEY
ARE DOING PEOPLE OF COLOR A
FAVOR AND WITH SUB PAR HOMES.
THERE IS A SERIES OF HOUSING
LEVY DOLLARS THAT ARE NEEDED
FOR 21st CENTURY, FIRST WORLD
QUALITY HOUSING BUILT BY
CARPENTERS' UNION QUALIFIED
WORKERS AND NOBEL CONTRACTORS.
NOT PLYMOUTH HOUSING, SEATTLE
HOUSING OR ALWAYS SQUANDERING
TAX DOLLARS AND SHORTCHANGING
THE QUALITY FIXING REAL ESTATE
WITHIN 20 YEARS.
WASTING TAX DOLLARS TWICE.
WE NEED PRIVATE SECTOR TO STEP
UP WITH INCENTIVES TO ROBUSTLY
REDEVELOP AMERICA.
NOT CORRUPT HOMELESS
CONTRACTORS AND NEVER HELD
ABOUT LOW EQUAL ABUSE AND DATA
MANIPULATION AND WE NEED TO
BEGIN TO BUILD PROPER HOMES AND
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND NOT
GOVERNMENT HOUSING LIKE MONEY
CAN BE USED BY NONPROFITS
SQUEEZING OUT EQUAL AND HONEST
TAXPAYERS.
WE NEED LEGISLATION TO
INCENTIVIZE ON ALL LEVELS THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK AND ALL OF
THE CAPITAL MARKETS AND BANKS
TO FREE UP THE CAPITAL TO
INCENTIVIZE A HUGE BUILD OUT OF
21st CENTURY HOMES AND WITH THE
NONPROFIT UNQUALIFIED DEVELOPER
FAVORS THAT HELP REELECT
DEMOCRATS THAT ARE --
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH
WILLIAMS AND SHE IS SHOWING AS
NOT PRESENT AND THAT IS THE END
OF THE LIST COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE REACHED THE END OF THE LIST
OF PRESENT SPEAKERS SO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED.
WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON THE
ITEMS, THE REGULAR AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
1 INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM ONE, RESOLUTION 32047.
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A
WATCH LIST OF LARGE COMPLEX
DISCRETE PROJECTS TO REQUIRE
REPORTS FOR THE 2022 CALENDAR
YEAR AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS IT BE ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE YOU MAY
PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE
REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
I'M ALSO FORTUNATE TO BE A
MEMBER OF CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S
COMMITTEE AND CAN SPEAK BRIEFLY
TO THE WATCH LIST IF
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS NOT
AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
WELL COLLEAGUES YOU ARE ALL
FAMILIAR WITH THE WATCH LIST.
IT WAS A GREAT IDEA THAT CAME
FROM THIS CITY COUNCIL YEARS
AGO TO CREATE THIS WATCH LIST
FOR THOSE LARGER COMPLEX
CAPITAL PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN
KEEP AN EYE ON THEM FOR THE
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
ACCOUNTABLITY MEASURES.
IT WAS DISCUSSED THOROUGHLY AND
THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED ADOPTION OF IT.
SO ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
THIS LEGISLATION?
THIS IS RESOLUTION 32047.
ALL RIGHT.
LET US GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT
THEN IF THERE IS NO COMMENTS ON
THE WATCH LIST RESOLUTION FOR
THE YEAR 2022.
WILL YOU THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
AYE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND NON
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU WILL THE CLERK
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM TWO
INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE INTO
ITEM 2 COUNCIL BILL 120281 AN
ORDINANCE GRANTING LP1LL C
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AND
MAINTAIN A PRIVATE PARKING AREA
AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU AS CHAIR OF THAT
COMMITTEE, THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE I WILL PROVIDE A
REPORT.
THIS PROJECT IS AT A SECOND AND
FINAL STAGE FOR APPROVING A 15
TERM PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC PLAZA
AND IMPROVED WALKWAY AND
RELATED PARKING IMPROVEMENTS IN
DISTRICT 4. THE PROPOSAL
ENHANCES THE USE OF THE SPACE
FOR THE PUBLIC AND HELPS --
EVEN HELPS TO PROTECT A LARGE
CONIFER TREE.
THIS COMMITTEE TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES ADOPTED
PREVIOUSLY RESOLUTION 31988
GRANTING CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL
FOR THE PROJECT AND TODAY'S
COUNCIL BILL 120281 IS
ESSENTIALLY RECOGNIZING THAT S
DOT AND CENTRAL STAFF HAVE
CONFIRMED THE APPLICANT HAS MET
AND WILL MEET THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT AND OTHER CONDITIONS
THAT WE ADOPTED A YEAR AGO AND
WE RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE
PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE TO RECOGNIZE THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR MOVING
FORWARD AND MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS.
OUR COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED
APPROVAL OF THE BILL AND WE ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
GREAT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEMP
PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX THE
SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
3 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, 120228 AN
ORDINANCE FOR THE BLOCK 6
AADENNY SECOND EDITION AND
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
AS CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE I
WILL PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE
REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
AS WITH THE PREVIOUS ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA THIS PROJECT IS AT
THE SECOND AND FINAL STAGE FOR
APPROVAL AND THIS ITEM IS AN
ALLEY VACATION.
CONCEPTUALLY APPROVED BACK IN
2016 WITH COUNCIL 2A2 WE ARE
RECOGNIZING THAT S DOT AND OUR
CENTRAL STAFF HAVE CONFIRMED
WILL MEET THE CONDITIONS
PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
OUR COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE
BILL.
COLLEAGUES ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS?
>> OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEMP
PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK LOOSE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE ITEM FOUR
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR COUNCIL
BILL 120291 AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO RATES AND CHARGES
FOR WATER SERVICES OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REVISING
WATER RATES AND CHARGES FOR
CERTAIN CUSS MRS..
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I
WILL PROVIDE COMMITTEE REPORT
ON THIS ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBERS AS CONFIRMED BY
OUR OWN CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF DURING OUR COMMITTEE
MEETING THIS IS A MINOR
TECHNICAL CORRECTION REQUESTED
BY SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND
WOULD IMPACT NO CURRENT SPU
CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF
BURIEN.
OUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL OF THIS BILL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
OKAY WILL CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEMP
PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> SICK IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
NEXT ITEM THERE IS NO
RESOLUTIONS TO INTRODUCE FOR
ADOPTION AND ON OUR AGENDA H SO
WE CAN GO TO OTHER BUSINESS.
COUNCILMEMBERS IS THERE ANY
OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I'M SORRY.
MR. CHAIR.
I THINK -- DID I MISS
OPPORTUNITIES ON THE HOUSING
AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ITEMS I
THROUGH 18?
AM I LOOKING AT THE WRONG
MATERIALS HERE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA THEY
WERE PART OF THE CONSENT
AGENDA.
>> I HAD SO MANY GREAT THINGS
TO SAY ABOUT THOSE APPOINTEES
BUT THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME
OF THE NEW PROCESS GOING
FORWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR
APPOINTEES AND THE
REAPPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SO MUCH
WORK INVOLVED IN IDENTIFYING
VOLUNTEERS AND FOLKS TO SERVE
ON THESE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
AND THAT YOU AS CHAIR DO SO
MUCH WORK FOR THOSE.
THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE
CHAIRS AND THE OTHER COMMITTEES
AND APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT
STAFF HELPING US WITH THAT
PROCESS AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THERE'S ANY OTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
COUNCILEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT PRO
TEMP.
APOLOGIES AS I WAS SHUFFLING
THROUGH MY NOTES TO SEE WHERE I
WAS AT SINCE THE APPOINTEES
WERE PART OF MINE NOTES I
WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO
EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON MY
WATCH LIST AND SAY ON AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER ONE THE RESOLUTION
THAT WE VOTED ON A HUGE AMOUNT
OF APPRECIATION FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND OUR
PREVIOUS COLLEAGUES THE WORK OF
CENTRAL STAFF INCLUDING BRIAN
GOOD NEITHER AND THE TEAM FOR
THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE ON
THIS WATCH LIST AND ADAM
SCHAFER AND DANIEL AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WITH AARON
HOUSE IN MY OFFICE THAT WORKED
ON THIS AND, OF COURSE, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH ALL OF THE COMMITTEES WHO
HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THOSE
SPECIFIC PROJECTS ON THE WATCH
LIST THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAS REMIND US.
THE INTEN IS TO MAKE SURE THEY
HAVE OVERSIGHT AND I APPRECIATE
THE COLLABORATIVE WORK TO ADD
TO THAT CAPITAL WATCH LIST FROM
OUR FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE AND APOLOGIES FOR
MISSING THE CHANCE TO SAY THANK
YOUS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
MEETING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND THANK YOU FOR
SAYING THOSE THANK YOUS.
THE WATCH ISIS SO IMPORTANT OF
WHAT WE DO AS A COUNCIL SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SHEPHERDING THAT FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
OKAY.
WELL COLLEAGUES THIS CONCLUDES
THE ITEM OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ON
APRIL 19TH, 2022 AT 2:00 P.M.
AND HOPE YOU WILL HAVE A
WONDERFUL AFTERNOON AND WE ALL
ARE ADJOURNED.