>>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE TUESDAY, JUNE 14th MEETING
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01, AND I AM DEBORA
JUAREZ.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> HERE.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME I'M NOT AWARE OF
ANY PRESENTATIONS, AND MOVING
DOWN ON OUR AGENDA WE'LL MOVE TO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET'S SEE HERE.
MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME WE WILL
OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
FOR THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, THE REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL
BE HEARD FIRST AND THEN WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY THE IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
MADAME CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS
DO WE HAVE TODAY, BEGINNING WITH
REMOTE, AND THEN IN PERSON.
>> SO FAR WE HAVE FIVE REMOTE
SPEAKERS AND TWO IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS.
>> OKAY, SO LET ME DO THIS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES, AND MADAME CLERK, LET'S
START WITH THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.
AND AT THIS TIME I WILL HAND
OVER THE DIRECTIONS TO THE CLERK
TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE
DIRECTIONS AND START OUR
RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE, WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY.
CITY OF FLOWERS, AND THE CITY OF
GOODWILL.
BUILT ON INDIGENOUS LAND, THE
TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE
COSALISH PEOPLES.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND IS EAGER TO HEAR FROM
RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY REGISTER
TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING
VIA THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
HERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEEDINGS.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN
THEY REGISTERED ONLINE AND USE
THE MEETING ID AND PASSCODE THAT
WAS EMAILED UPON CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS.
A REMINDER, THE SPEAKING MEETING
ID IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL
LISTEN LINE MEETING ID PROVIDED
ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE A SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALMED,
THE SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
UNMUTED AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT
WILL SAY THE HOST WOULD LIKE YOU
TO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE THAT IT'S YOUR
TURN TO █SPEAK.
AT THAT TIME YOU MUST PRESS STAR
SIX.
YOU WILL THEN HEAR A PROMPT OF
YOU ARE UNMUTED.
BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNMUTED ON
YOUR END SO THAT YOU WILL BE
HEARD.
AS A SPEAKER, YOU SHOULD BEGIN
BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE
ITEM THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
A CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN TEN
SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
AS A GENTLE REMINDER TO WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME,
YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED
AND THE NEXT SPEAKER REGISTERED
WILL BE CALLED.
ONCE YOU'VE PROVIDED COMMENT,
POLICE DISCONNECT FROM THE
PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US
BY FOLLOWING THE MEETING VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL BROADCAST OR
THROUGH THE LISTENING LINE ON
THE AGENDA.
-- OR IF THE PROCESS IMPEDES THE
COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT ITS
BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS
OF THIS CITY.
ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE TO THESE PROCEEDINGS
OR THAT IS NOT FOCUSED ON AN
APPROPRIATE TOPIC AS SPECIFIED
IN COUNCIL RULES MAY LEAD TO THE
SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST OUR
ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES
BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> IF YOU'VE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK, YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP
BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
HAS CONCLUDED BY REGISTERING FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE FOR REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT OR FOR IN-PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE SIGN UP
ON THE SIGN-UP SHEET LOCATED
NEAR THE PODIUM IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER.
THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTERS
TODAY WILL BE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND OUR FIRST COMMENTER
IS HOWARD GALE.
HOWARD, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD GALE WITH SEATTLESTOP.ORG
COMMENTING ON OUR FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
YOU WILL VOTE TODAY FOR ANOTHER
POLICE UNION CONTRACT THAT
ALLOWS POLICE TO INVESTIGATE
POLICE AND ALLOWS FOR THE
ACCOUNTABILITY FAILURES TO
CONTINUE.
DURING THE NINE YEARS PRIOR TO
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION IN
2013 THE SPD HAD KILLED PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CRISES WHO WERE NOT WIELDING A
FIREARM.
DURING THE NINE YEARS AFTER
THAT, THAT IS THE LAST NINE
YEARS, THAT NUMBER IS NOW 12.
12.
ONE OF THOSE WAS CHARLEENA
LYLES, THE PREGNANT MOTHER OF
FOUR MURDERED FIVE YEARS AGO
THIS SATURDAY JUST WEEKS AFTER
THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED.
HER MURDER, LIKE THE 11 OTHERS
UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES OVER
THE LAST NINE YEARS, WAS DEEMED
BY THIS ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM TO
BE, QUOTE, LAWFUL AND PROPER,
UNQUOTE.
FIVE YEARS AGO AFTER CHARLEENA
WAS KILLED, COUNCILMEMBERS TO,
QUOTE, FIND A NEW WAY OF DOING
THINGS SO THAT WE ACTUALLY GET
DIFFERENT RESULTS.
YET OUR CITY COUNCIL WENT ON TO
-- YET OUR CITY WENT ON TO KILL
ALBERT FREDERICKS JR. AND A
PERSON STILL UNNAMED ON BEACON
NIL JANUARY.
ALL, QUOTE, LAWFUL AND PROPER,
UNQUOTE.
COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU PROMISED
AFTER CHARLEENA THAT THE RESULTS
WOULD BE DIFFERENT, AND THEY
HAVE BEEN.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORSE.
IF YOU WANT TO PAY JUS -- A
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HER MURDER
BY THE SPD, THEN EMBRACE THE
FUTURE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
THAT DOZENS OF OTHER U.S. CITIES
HAVE POST-GORGE FLOYD BY
CREATING COMMUNITY CONTROL OF
POLICE DISCIPLINE AND OF POLICE
POLICY.
LOOK FORWARD TO A FUTURE OF
JUSTICE AND NOT BACKWARDS TO A
MYTHICAL PAST AND FALSE
PROMISES.
AND FOR GOD'S SAKES, DO NOT
CONGRATULATE YOURSELVES TODAY
FOR LIVING IN THE PAST WHEN YOU
-- THAT ALLOWS POLICE TO
INVESTIGATE POLICE AND DECLARE
EVERY KILLING LAWFUL AND PROPER.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER, REMOTE
SPEAKER, WILL BE SHANNON CHANG.
AND SHANNON CHANG WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HANES.
SHANNON?
SO IT SHOWS SHE'S PRESENT, SO
LET'S GIVE HER ONE MORE MINUTE.
HE OR HER.
SHANNON?
>> YEAH, LET'S CIRCLE BACK TO
SHANNON THEN.
>> OKAY, DAVID HANES IS LISTED
AS NOT PRESENT, AND WILLIAM AMES
IS LISTED AS NOT PRESENT, SO OUR
NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS PATIENCE.
PATIENCE GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> PATIENCE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, I AM MAY SHENS,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM
OF SEATTLE/KING COUNTY.
IT IS WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM THAT
I JOIN YOU TODAY FROM THE EAST
COAST TO EXPRESS OUR UNEQUIVOCAL
SUPPORT FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF
DIRECTOR WINKER-CHIN AS DIRECTOR
OF SEATTLE'S HOUSING.
HE HAS WORKED IN THE FIELD OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
MANAGEMENT FOR THE MAJORITY OF
HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
IN FACT, SHE HAS SERVED ON OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR MANY
YEARS AND JUST LED US THROUGH A
CRITICAL POINT OF TRANSITION.
AND SHE ALSO WORKED AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF ONE OF OUR MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND DURING SUCH A TIME WHERE WE
HAVE UNPRECEDENTED AND GREAT
NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN SEATTLE, MAIKO IS THE RIGHT
AND QUALIFIED PERSON TO LEAD THE
WAY TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE AND
EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE
SEATTLE.
SHE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND WILL BE A GREAT
PARTNER WITH MANY OF OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMMUNITY, WE ARE THRILLED TO
SEE THIS APPOINTMENT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP
TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY
AND REGION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PATIENCE.
>> OUR NEXT THREE REGISTERED
REMOTE SPEAKERS ARE LISTED AS
NOT PRESENT.
AND THAT WOULD BE SHANNON CHANG
IS STILL LISTED AS PRESENT.
SHANNON, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO
SPEAK?
>> I DON'T SEE HER TILE UP HERE
EITHER.
>> SHANNON?
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
OKAY, I HAD TROUBLE UNMUTING
EARLIER.
SHOULD I START?
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SHANNON CHANG.
I AM A DISTRICT SEVEN
CONSTITUENT AND CHAIR OF PEOPLE
POWER WASHINGTON POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
I AM TESTIFYING TODAY ABOUT THE
TENTATIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OR
SPMA.
PEOPLE POWER WASHINGTON
APPRECIATES THAT THE VOTE ON
THIS IMPORTANT MATTER WAS
DELAYED BY A WEEK TO ALLOW MORE
TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW
AND UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS
OF THIS AGREEMENT.
SINCE OUR ATTENDANCE AT THE
SEPTEMBER 2019 PUBLIC HEARING
AHEAD OF THE START OF THESE
NEGOTIATIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN
VERY LITTLE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
INSIGHT INTO THE BARGAINING
PROCESS AND WHETHER THE PROMISE
OF THE 2017 POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE WOULD
FINALLY BE REALIZED.
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE IMPROVEMENT
FROM THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF
THE CONTRACT, ESPECIALLY IN THE
AREA OF DISCIPLINE REVIEW WITH
EFFORTS TO FIX THE BROKEN
ARBITRATION SYSTEM.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR HER DETAILED
RESPONSE TO OUR CONCERNS.
WE ARE PLEASED TO HEAR SINCE THE
CONTRACT STAYS SILENT AND SINCE
COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO
ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR ITS USE
THAT SUBPOENA POWER IS INDEED IN
EFFECT FOR MEMBERS OF SPMA.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE
EXPECT TO SEE THE SAME OR BETTER
ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS
REFLECTED IN THE EVENTUAL
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD
CONTRACT WHEN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS
ARE COMPLETE.
FINALLY, WE CALL ON
COUNCILMEMBERS TO HELP ADVOCATE
FOR LASTING CHANGE ON THESE
MATTERS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WHILE WE RESPECT THE HARD WORK
BEING DONE AT THE MUNICIPAL
LEVEL, IT TROUBLES US THAT
MATTERS SUCH AS SUBPOENA
AUTHORITY ARE NOT TRULY COTFIED
AND ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
POLICE GUILD OR ASSOCIATION
AGREEING NOT TO INCLUDE IT IN
THEIR CBA.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN
COALITION WITH OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS OVER THE LAST TWO
STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS TO
PASS POLICY THAT RESPECTS THE
RIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS TO BARGAIN FOR FAIR
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PREVENTS
POLICE CONTRACTS FROM BEING USED
AS A SHIELD FOR SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONVINCE
STATE LEGISLATORS TO PAVE THE
WAY FOR PROGRESS SO THAT WE --
>> OUR LAST PRESENT REMOTE
SPEAKER IS AGNES McGOVERN,
AGNES?
>> AGNES, ARE YOU WITH US?
OKAY.
SO WE DON'T -- IS SHE ON THE
LINE?
>> IS AGNES ON THE LINE?
>> SHE IS -- HE OR SHE IS SHOWN
ON THE LINE, BUT NOT RESPONDING.
SO WE WOULD NORMALLY TELL AGNES
TO PRESS STAR SIX, CORRECT, TO
UNMUTE?
>> JUST TO BE SURE, YES.
>> AGNES, CAN YOU PRESS STAR SIX
AND UNMUTE?
>> OH, THERE WE GO.
AGNES?
I SEE YOUR TILE'S UP.
SEE THE NUMBER NEXT TO IT.
CAN YOU UNMUTE?
>> SHE MAY NEED TO CLICK IT ONE
MORE TIME.
BECAUSE NOW SHE'S SHOWING AS
MUTED AGAIN.
>> AGNES, PUSH STAR SIX ONE MORE
TIME.
THERE YOU GO.
HELLO?
AGNES, WE CAN SEE THE LINE --
YOU'RE ON THE LINE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW,
AGNES.
GOOD JOB.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAME CHAIR,
AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
TODAY.
MY NAME IS AGNES GOVERN, AND I'M
A MEMBER OF PEOPLE FOR PROGRESS,
A LOCAL GROUP WORKING TO
STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY AND
ADVOCATE FOR PROGRESSIVE VALUES.
IN THE SHORT DISCUSSION AT LAST
WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING, I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPROVEMENTS
MADE IN THIS CONTRACT AND THANK
THOSE OF YOU WHO MADE THAT
HAPPEN.
WE WROTE A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL
CHAIR WITH COPIES TO ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS AND RAISED
SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES.
I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT SEVERAL
COUNCILMEMBERS SEEMED TO
DISCOUNT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT,
SAYING THAT IT ONLY REFERS TO 80
OR 81 OFFICERS.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WE
ARE INTERESTED IN THIS CONTRACT
IS THAT IT IS LIKELY TO SET THE
PARAMETERS FOR THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICERS GUILD, WHICH
WILL AFFECT MANY MORE OFFICERS
AND PARTICULARLY OFFICERS THAT
DIRECTLY SERVE THE PUBLIC.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON SECTION 16.6,
WHICH IS A GREAT CONCERN, AND
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE,
WHERE THE LANGUAGE OF THE
CONTRACT OF THE PAST PROCESSES
OF THE DEPARTMENT GRANT THE
OFFICER GREATER RIGHTS, THE
GREATER RIGHTS SHALL PERTAIN.
OUR FEAR IS THIS WILL BE USED TO
CIRCUMVENT THE CHANGES MADE.
WE WANT INFORMATION THAT THIS
LANGUAGE WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE
NEW DISCIPLINARY REVIEW AND
THEREFORE RESTRICT DISCIPLINARY
ACTION THAT THE CHIEF MAY
IMPOSE.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ANY
CLARIFICATION ON, THAT AND I ASK
THAT COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THAT
SEEK THAT CLASSIFICATION.
I ALSO FINALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
WERE INVOLVED IN 2019.
SO FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS, PLEASE
UPDATE THE CONCERNS OF THOSE --
>> THANK YOU, AGNES.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR TIME HAS
EXPIRED, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR CONCERNS,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT THEM
TO SEATTLE CITY HALL.
SO WITH THAT -- GO AHEAD, MADAME
CLERK.
>> WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO
IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> SO WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE
IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS, AND
ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE
APPROACH EITHER MICROPHONE AND
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM TO
WHICH YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
AND THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTER
FOR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS
SUE.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
I'M SUE, I'M A MEMBER OF THE
GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR THE
PACIFIC HOSPITAL PDA, AND I'M
ALSO HERE JUST AS MYSELF IN
SUPPORT OF MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN'S
APPOINTMENT.
MAIKO IS A TRUE PRACTITIONER OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, AND I'VE OFTEN
THOUGHT THAT THE PERSON IN THIS
POSITION WHO UNDERSTANDS THE
OPERATIONS AND HOW THIS REALLY
WORKS WOULD BE A GREAT HELP TO
THE CITY.
I THINK I WORKED FOR MAIKO
PROBABLY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS
OFF AND ON IN A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.
SHE'S CURRENTLY -- WELL, BEFORE
SHE LEFT, SHE'D BEEN WORKING
WITH THE PHPDA ON THE NORTH LOCK
PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES
AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING, AND A
PACE PROJECT, WHICH IS -- IT'S
HARD TO EXPLAIN.
IT'S A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR
SENIOR ASIANS.
THE OUT CENTRAL CHILD CARE
CENTER, AND IT WILL INCLUDE
MIDDLE-INCOME HOUSING.
SO IT'S A GREAT AND IMPORTANT
PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MAIKO IS
SHE'S A GREAT LEADER AND A GREAT
COLLABORATOR.
AND I'VE SEEN HER BUILD BRIDGES
IN AREAS THAT LOOKED ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD.
I THINK SHE WOULD BE A GREAT
BOON TO THE CITY STAFF.
AND I GUESS MY ONE REGRET IS
THAT THE COMMUNITY LOSES HER.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS
MARGUERITE RASHARD.
>> YES, MY NAME IS MARGUERITE
RASHARD.
I WANTED TO IDENTIFY WITH THIS
TODAY, THE CONSCIOUS DECISION
SOMEONE MAKES TO DELIBERATELY
ENGAGE IN AN UNLAWFUL OR
NEGLIGENT ACT OR TO HARM SOMEONE
ELSE.
EXAMPLE, GENERAL, SPECIFIC, AND
CONSTRUCTIVE.
AND THAT MEANS THE DEFINITION OF
CRIMINAL INTENT.
SO HERE WE HAVE TODAY A
SITUATION WITH JUNETEETH WHERE
THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVE A
FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
I'M NOT WITH THAT.
WE SAY WHY NOT.
BECAUSE SOMEBODY LYING.
IF I CAN GO PLACES AND I DON'T
FEEL LIKE I'M FREE, I COULD BE
MALICIOUSLY HARASSED FOR
SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T DO, WHAT
YOU POSSIBLY DID, MISS JUAREZ,
YOU AND YOUR GANG, UH-HUH.
AND I DON'T LIKE IT.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE
PARTICIPATING IN ANYTHING THAT
YOU SAY THAT I GAVE THE
DEFINITION OF.
AND I'M TIRED OF COMING DOWN
HERE SAYING THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY EVIL TO SAY THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE SOMEBODY A
HOLIDAY AND TELL THEM TO
CELEBRATE SOMETHING AND FOLK IS
STILL BEING PERSECUTED BECAUSE
OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN AND
BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
SO UNTIL YOU MAKE A CONSCIOUS
EFFORT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING, YOU DON'T HAVE
NO BUSINESS IN OUR BUSINESS,
HUH?
AND WE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK NOW OR
FOREVER HOLD OUR PEACE, HUH?
AND SO HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT ANY
OF YOU COUNCIL PEOPLE ARE
PEACEFUL INDIVIDUALS AND YOU
SITTING UP THERE PUTTING THAT
POISON IN US THAT BIDEN WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
AND HE MIGHT NOT BE EXEMPT
EITHER, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL
HIS HISTORY.
BUT I KNOW WHAT THE COLOR OF HIS
SKIN IS AND WHAT IT SIGNIFIES TO
US.
AND THEN YOU WANT US TO HAVE A
HOLIDAY.
IT'S NOT MY HOLIDAY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID
HANES.
>> THANK YOU.
EXTREMIST POLICIES JUDGE SKIN
COLOR AND EXEMPT EVIL FROM JAIL,
REFUSING TO JUDGE THE CHARACTER
OF A CRIMINAL.
BY THE ADMISSION OF THE NOMINEE,
IT'S OBVIOUS THE NOMINEE FOR
OFFICE OF HOUSING IS NOT
QUALIFIED TO BUILD 21st CENTURY,
FIRST WORLD QUALITY, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
FURTHER CHEATING AND OPPRESSING
THE BIPOC COMMUNITY, TOLD THEY
ARE GETTING A PRIORITY AS IF
DENYING WHITE PEOPLE WILL
JUSTIFY LIVING IN HOUSING LOW TO
THE STREET LEVEL NEXT TO THE
LOUD MENTAL CRISIS CAUSING BUS
AND TRAIN STOP HONK HONKING
THROUGHOUT YOUR APARTMENT.
BY THE ADMISSION OF THE NOMINEE
FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, IT'S
NOT -- SHE'S NOT QUALIFIED TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HAS
NO QUALMS ABOUT BEING THE MOST
RACIST NOMINEE IN MODERN TIME
WHERE SHE'S GOING TO JUDGE OUR
SKIN COLOR AND PRIORITIZE, YET
IT'S POLITICALLY CONNECTED TO
ALL OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
RE-ELECTION APPARATUS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE THAT
FINANCE AND USE GOVERNMENT MONEY
TO LINE THE POCKETS OF
UNQUALIFIED NONPROFITS WHO HAVE
TO SKIM OFF A WAREHOUSE ECHO
HOUSING PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE
TO SUBCONTRACT IT TO ANOTHER
SHORTCHANGE, LOW QUALITY
BUILDER.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE LAW SO A
FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER CAN
PARTICIPATE IN THE HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS AVAILABLE FOR ROBUST
BUILD OUT OF AFFORDSABLE
HOUSING, INSTEAD OF CONDUCTING A
RACE WAR WITHIN THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND THE POLICE CHIEF'S
LIKE RACIAL, LIKE, MOTIVATIONS
TO APPEASE THE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN WRONGED IN THE PAST.
SO NOW HE'S NOT EVEN GOING TO
THROW BIPOC DRUG PUSHERS,
DESTROYING PEOPLE'S LIVES IN
JAIL -- OR DESTROYING PEOPLE'S
LIVES AND BEING LISTED LOW LEVEL
CRIME.
YOUR ALL'S POLICIES ARE
IMPLODING OUR SOCIETY.
JUSTIFYING YOUR SERVICES TO BE
DISSERVICED AND KICKED OUT OF
OFFICE.
PLEASE RESIGN YOUR OVERSIGHT ON
PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE HOMELESS
CRISIS AND REJECT THE NOMINEE.
>> AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS
MICHAEL FULLER.
>> IT'S HONORABLE MICHAEL
FULLER.
>> EXCUSE ME, HONORABLE MICHAEL
FULLER.
>> THAT'S FOR THE RECORD AND LET
THE RECORD DISPLAY.
YES, I'M HONORABLE MICHAEL
FULLER.
AND I MUST STAY IN PRAYER WITH
THIS ORGANIZED CRIME WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL.
OPENLY VIOLATING THE OATH TO
OFFICE, REFUSE TO ENFORCE
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT
AND THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF
1958.
THAT WAS IN 1988.
30-YEAR L, PERIOD, A PERIOD, L
PERIOD, REV, PERIOD.
977.
1996 AND '97.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY
ACT AND THE REHABILITATION ACT.
NOT EVEN FEDERAL, STATE, OR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ALL THESE CITY COUNCILMEN, THEY
NEED TO BE PROSECUTED AND PUT IN
THE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY FOR NOT
ENFORCING THE AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITY ACT.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE THEIR FACE,
AND I DON'T LIKE THESE CHAIRS
EMPTY WHEN I SPEAK.
WITH THIS ORGANIZED CRIME THAT'S
OCCURRING HERE WITH BLACK LIVES
MATTERS.
THIS IS NOT THE CHANGE OR THE
DREAM BLACK LIVES MATTER CAN
BELIEVE IN.
WHO YOU THINK YOU IS IN BLACK
LIVES MATTER TO ME AT A TIME OF
WAR.
338.3 BILLION SPENT ON UNARMED
--
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR
REGISTERED PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> THANK YOU, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
>> THEY DON'T GIVE YOU THREE
MINUTES, OKAY?
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR LIST OF
SPEAKERS, OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
>> ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
BOTH WITH OUR REMOTE AND OUR
IN-PERSON FOLKS THAT HAVE COME
DOWN TO BE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOVING ON TO THE AGENERAL DA, WE
WILL GO TO THE ADOPTION OF THE
IRC, THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
THE IRC IS NOW ADOPTED.
MOVING ON OUR AGENDA TO THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ANY
COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO
REVOKE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR?
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, IT LOOKS
LIKE YOU HAVE 26 APPOINTMENTS
LINED UP.
GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY FOR YOU.
SEVEN FOR THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ADVISORY
BOARD AND 19 FOR THE DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD.
WELL DONE.
THANK YOU.
THAT WENT THROUGH YOUR
COMMITTEE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING,
I JUST WAS THANKING YOU.
>> OH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING A
CONSENT AGENDA.
>> OKAY.
SO SINCE THERE'S NO ITEM THAT IS
ARE GOING TO BE REMOTE FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, AND I'M
HEARING THAT NO ONE HAS ANYTHING
TO MOVE, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS, NOT
HEARING OR SEEING AN OBJECTION,
THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS NOW
ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO OUR CALENDAR TO THE
AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
NOT HEARING OR SEEING AN
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
SO WE MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE
REPORTS, AND THE FIRST ITEM IS
ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH I WILL
SPEAK TO.
BUT MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE
REPORT?
>> THE REPORT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM ONE.
COUNCIL BILL 120332, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT,
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
THE SEATTLE POLICE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION TO BE EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020 THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 2023, AND
.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120332, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PASS THE BILL.
I SPONSORED THIS ITEM.
I WILL ADDRESS IT, AND THEN I
WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS.
LAST WEEK AT THE REQUEST OF OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WE
DELAYED A VOTE ON THE SEATTLE
POLICE COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BY ONE
WEEK.
TODAY THE SPMA, THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT WILL BE
CONSIDERED FOR A VOTE.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE SPMA
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
WAS REFERRED TO FULL COUNCIL.
IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED AT THE
COMMITTEE LEVEL.
THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A ONE-HOUR
INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING --
PRESENTATION, I'M SORRY, ON
COUNCIL BILL 120332 BY OUR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND LEAD
NEGOTIATORS IN OPEN PUBLIC
SESSION ON MONDAY, JUNE 6th AT
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
THIS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT CAME TO THE COUNCIL AT
THE CONCLUSION OF LENGTHY
FOCUSED NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE
SEATTLE POLICE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I
SPONSORED IT TO ENSURE ITS
TIMELY CONSIDERATION IN FULL
COUNCIL AND DUE RESPECT FOR THIS
LENGTHY NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
THE COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO
ACCEPT OR REJECT BUT NOT TO
AMEND A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT, WHICH IS WHY, PER
PROTOCOL, THEY ARE SENT -- THEY
ARE SENT STRAIGHT TO FULL
COUNCIL AND NOT SENT TO
COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW.
SO BASICALLY DID NOT GO THROUGH
FULL COUNCIL -- OR I'M SORRY,
COMMITTEE, CAME TO FULL COUNCIL.
COUNCIL BILL 120332 WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT
A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE
SPMA.
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT IS IS A FOUR-YEAR
AGREEMENT ON WAGES, BENEFITS,
HOURS, AND OTHER WORKING
CONDITIONS COVERING THE PERIOD
JANUARY 1, 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER
31,2023, AND AFFECTING
APPROXIMATELY 80 REGULARLY
APPOINTED CITY EMPLOYEES.
GREG DOSS, THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, OUTLINED IN A MEMO AND
WAS POSTED ONLINE AND OBVIOUSLY
MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON
FRIDAY, JUNE 3rd.
IN SUMMARY, ANALYSIS OF SPMA
CONTRACT HAS BEEN PRESENT IN
WRITING AND IN A PRESENTATION
PUBLICLY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE ANSWERS.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WHAT I'LL DO
IS I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO
THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, IF SHE'D LIKE TO
PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE THE DELAY LAST WEEK.
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL ABOUT THAT PROCESS, THERE
ARE TWO LABOR UNIONS THAT
REPRESENT SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS.
ONE BEING THE SEATTLE POLICE
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, AND THE
OTHER BEING THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS GUILD.
SPOG REPRESENTS OFFICERS AND
SERGEANTS, AND SPMA REPRESENTS
CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANTS.
CONTRACT, IN ADDITION TO SALARY
INCREASES, INCLUDES SEVERAL
ADVANCES IN ACCOUNTABILITY
DERIVING FROM EACH 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION,
ISSUES THAT IN 2019 WERE
OVERSEEING THE CONSENT DECREE
HIGHLIGHTED AS A BUSINESS FOR
NONCOMPLIANCE REGARDING
DISCIPLINE AND APPEALS, ISSUES
IDENTIFIED BY THE CPC, THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION, IN
THEIR NOVEMBER 2019 LETTER
INCLUDING INCLUSION, THE
STANDARD FOR ED IN DISCIPLINE
REVIEW, ADDRESSED THE 18046 DAY
TIMELINE PROBLEMS, REMOVED THE
REQUIREMENT, THE INTENTIONALITY
MUST BE PROVEN IN DISHONESTY
CHARGES.
ALLOWING OPA TO PLAY A ROLE IN
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS,
RETAINING PERSONNEL FILES SIX
YEARS AFTER AN OFFICER IS NO
LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE CITY, AND
NEW ISSUES RAISED BY
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS OPA, OIG
AT THE BEGINNING OF
NEGOTIATIONS.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE
COVERED IN THIS PARTICULAR
AGREEMENT IS IN DISCIPLINE
REVIEW.
SEATTLE'S CURRENT ARBITRATION
SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS A
FEDERAL JUDGE FOUND THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT OF
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE IN 2019.
THE RULING, AN ARBITRATOR
REGARDING REINSTANT OF AN
OFFICER FIRED BY A FORMER CHIEF
FOR STRIKING A WOMAN WHO WAS
HANDCUFFED.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 93 OPEN
APPEALS ACCORDING TO OPA, SOME
OF THEM INVOLVE COMPLAINTS FILED
AS FAR BACK AS 2016.
THIS NEW AGREEMENT CREATES A NEW
DISCIPLINE REVIEW SYSTEM THAT
MARKS A CHANGE IN HOW DISCIPLINE
WILL OPERATE.
IT WILL HELP SLOW THAT BACKLOG
FROM GROWING EVEN MORE BY
ENSURING CASES AREN'T BEING
ENTIRELY RELITIGATED DURING
ARBITRATION AS THEY CURRENTLY
ARE.
IT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT
ARBITRATORS WHO ARE GENERALLY
NOT EXPERTS ON POLICING DON'T
SUBSTITUTE THEIR JUDGEMENT FOR
THE POLICE CHIEF'S, UNDERMINING
ACCOUNTABILITY AS HAPPENED IN
THE ADLEY SHEPHERD CASE.
AND RECENTLY WITH A PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO MADE A
COMMENT ABOUT LYNCHING AND WAS
REINSTATED BY AN ARBITRATOR.
NEW SYSTEM AS RECOMMENDED BY THE
CPC AND THE 2017 ACCOUNTABILITY
LEGISLATION ESTABLISHES A
PREPONDERANT STANDARD FOR
EVIDENCE RATHER THAN HIGHER
STANDARD OF CLEAR AND
CONVINCING, PREVIOUSLY USED.
THE NEW SYSTEM WILL ALSO
PROHIBIT HEARING OF NEW FACTS,
RELATED TO THE OFFICE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY INVESTIGATION
UNLESS THE FACTS WERE NOT
DISCOVERABLE AT THE TIME OF THE
CHIEF'S DECISION.
AND REASONABLY WOULD HAVE
EXPECTED IT TO CHANGE THAT
DECISION.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT IS
THAT THE SPMA CONTRACT REMOVES
RESTRICTIONS ON THE ABILITY OF
OPA, ASSIGN INVESTIGATORS TO
CERTAIN TASKS, ALLOWING THE OPA
TO MAKE ASSIGNMENTS BASED ON THE
SKILLS AND ABILITY OF THE
INVESTIGATOR WHETHER OR NOT
THEY'RE A CIVILIAN OR A
UNIFORMED SERGEANT.
LANGUAGE IN THE SPOG CONTRACT
LIMITS THE NUMBER OF CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATOR THAT IS CAN WORK AT
OPMA.
THIS CHANGE TO SPMA AGREEMENT
NOW MIGHT HELP ADDRESS THAT
LIMITATION IN THE SPOG CONTRACT.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE, AS
WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT,
SUBPOENAS, THE NEW 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION
ESTABLISHED AUTHORITY, THE
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY,
AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, SPMA
AND SPOG OBJECTED BECAUSE THERE
WAS NO PROCESS IDENTIFIED.
I PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND THE
COUNCIL ADOPTED A PROCESS LAST
YEAR.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE SPMA CONTRACT
IS NOW SILENT ON THE TOP MEANS,
THAT'S A POINT OF POWER AS
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2021.
IT IS UNIMPEDED BY THE CONTRACT
AND GOES INTO EFFECT SPMA
MEMBERS.
CONTRACT ALSO REMOVES THE
PROHIBITION ON OPA FROM
COORDINATING AN INVESTIGATION.
OPA MAY COMMUNICATE WITH
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS AND
PROSECUTORS ABOUT THE PROGRESS
OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
AND IT RELATES TO THE 180-DAY
CLOCK.
THE CONTRACT PLACE AS PAUSE ON
THE 180-DAY CLOCK WHENEVER A
CRIMINAL -- REGARDLESS OF WHERE
IT OCCURRED OR WHAT AGENCY
CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION.
AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, THE
CONTRACT ALSO MENDS THE
DEFINITION OF DISHONESTY.
THE INTENT OF THE DEFINITION IS
MADE CLEAR BY REMOVING,
INTENTIONALLY, AND CHANGING THE
FACTS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE
ALLEGATIONS TO MATERIAL FACTS.
AND THEN LASTLY I JUST WANT TO
NOE IN RESPONSE TO AGNES
GOVERN'S QUESTION IN PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO
NOTE THAT WERE OTTO KLEIN
RESPONDED, AND HE'S CONFIDENT
THE SENTENCE IN THE BILL OF
RIGHTS SECTION OF THE AGREEMENT
REFERENCE WILL NOT LIMIT NEW
DISCIPLINE REVIEW PROCESS OR
RESTRICT DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
TAKEN BY THE CHIEF UNDER THE NEW
PROCESS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT BILL -- THAT
SENTENCE IS ONLY TIED TO THE
BILL OF RIGHTS AND NOT TIED TO
THE NEW DISCIPLINE REVIEW
PROCESS.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY
ATTEMPTED OVERVIEW AT THE
IMPORTANT REFORMS IN THIS
CONTRACT, AND I DO HOPE THAT --
SUPPORTING THIS CONTRACT WITH
YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WRAPPING UP
MONTHS OF, IF NOT MAYBE OVER A
YEAR, OF NEGOTIATIONS.
I STAND CORRECTED IF I'M WRONG
ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBERS, DOES ANYONE HAVE
-- COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE RELATIVELY BRIEF.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY
THAT THIS NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT
MAKES SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES
REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF
POLICE MISCONDUCT PROCEEDINGS.
THIS AGREEMENT DOESN'T ELIMINATE
ARBITRATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING
THE CITY, I THINK, HAS BEEN
WORKING ON FAR WHILE.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE US GET THERE.
BUT IT DOES PLACE GREATER
RESTRICTIONS ON THE ARBITRATION
PROCESS.
IT ELIMINATES THE ABILITY OF
OFFICERS TO BRING NEW EVIDENCE
OR WITNESSES TO PROCEEDINGS, AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID.
IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ARBITRATOR
TO UPHOLD A CHIEF'S DECISION
RAPTER THAN OVERTURNING IT.
AND IT LOWERS THE BAR FOR
EVIDENCE OF MISCONDUCT, WHICH IS
A KEY CHANGE FOR REACHING A
DISCIPLINE DECISION.
I THINK THERE ARE IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS IN THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN
IF IT DOESN'T GET US ALL THE WAY
TO WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO BE.
AND I THINK, PERHAPS MOST
IMPORTANTLY, IT SETS A PRECEDENT
FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT
DISCIPLINE REVIEW, OFFICER
RELIABILITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR OFFICER MISCONDUCT, ALL
THINGS I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE
TO TALK ABOUT AS WE GO INTO THE
SPOG CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.
SO FOR THAT -- THOSE REASONS, I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT, NOT SEEING ANY,
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> THAT IS EIGHT PRESENT, NONE
OPPOSED.
EXCUSE ME, EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AND MADAME CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE BILL.
THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR TODAY.
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM
TWO, 0221, THE APPOINTMENT OF
MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN AS DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CITY COUNCIL CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE
BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM,
AND THANK YOU, I BELIEVE WE DO
NOT NEED TO MAKE A PARLIAMENTARY
MOTION TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE
MEETING HAPPENED ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON, SO WE ARE FREE TO
PROCEED.
IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> EXCELLENT.
WELL, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
DIRECTOR MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN TO
BE THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
IN OUR MEETING LAST THURSDAY, WE
DID HAVE THE CHANCE TO
UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRM WE WOULD
LOVE TO SEE MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN
SERVE AS THE PERMANENT DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
AS YOU HEARD IN PUBLIC TESTIMONY
TODAY, WE HEARD THE SAME THING
IN PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THURSDAY,
LAST WEEK, REPEATED CALLS FROM
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE
WORKING WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
DIRECTLY SERVING THOSE WHO ARE
MOST IMPACTED BY THE EFFECTS OF
DISPLACEMENT, WHO ARE WORKING TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
VISION AND WITH THE VALUES OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A
DISPLACEMENT.
THEY ARE SO EXCITED, AS ARE WE,
TO SUPPORT DIRECTOR
WINKLER-CHIN.
AS YOU WEIGHED IN ON THE
QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WE CREATED
FOR YOU ALL TO ADD TO BEFORE WE
SENT IT TO DIRECTOR WINKLER
-CHIN, WE HAD SO MUCH
PARTICIPATION FROM COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS COUNCILMEMBERS IN
DEVELOPING THE QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT JUST
UNDERSCORES THE INTEREST IN
ENSURING THAT WE GOT A HIGH
QUALITY, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXPERT TO
SERVE IN THIS POSITION.
AND THERE COULD NOT BE SOMEONE
WHO I THINK MORE APPROPRIATELY
FITS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
PERMANENT DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN HAS SERVED
OVER A DECADE IN COMMUNITY-BASED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK, SERVING
IN THE SEATTLE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY WHERE SHE SERVED
MULTIPLE ROLES.
SHE SPENT TIME PRESERVING,
PROMOTING, AND FORESEEING THE
RESILIENCE OF SEATTLE'S
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
CHINATOWN BY MAKING SURE THAT
HUNDREDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS WERE DEVELOPED AND
ADVANCED NEW REAL ESTATE
PRIORITIES AND PROJECTS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
PREVIOUS TO DIRECTOR
WINKLER-CHIN'S ROLE AT SCIPDA,
SHE SERVED IN ROLES AT SOUTHEAST
EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING
AS THE ASSET MANAGER AND OVERSAW
THE COMMERCIAL AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND MIXED USE PROJECTS
AND ALSO SERVED AS THE MAIN
STREET AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATOR WORKING TO PROMOTE
AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND
LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
DR. WINKLER-CHIN HAS SERVED IN
MANY OF SEATTLE'S TASK FORCE
ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND OTHER
ROUNDTABLES RELATED TO COMING UP
WITH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND
PLANNING POLICIES.
SHE'S ALSO SERVED ON NATIONAL
AND LOCAL BOARDS SUCH AS THE
NATIONAL COALITION FOR ASIAN
PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND SEATTLE-BASED
CRESCENT COLLABORATIVE
ORGANIZATIONS.
I KNOW THAT SHE IS GOING TO
BRING HER PASSION, EXPERTISE,
AND VISION TO REALLY STEWARD THE
SHIP AT OFFICE OF HOUSING IN
THIS MOST PRESSING TIME.
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ASSETS
OF DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN IS HER
ANSWERS TO IT HAS TO BE HOUSING
AND.
SHE BRINGS A HOUSING AND LENS TO
EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.
NOT ONLY HOW ARE WE GOING TO
CREATE NEW HOUSING UNITS, BUT
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THESE UNITS AND THE
BUILDINGS HAVE THE FULL SPECTRUM
OF SERVICES.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND SMALL
BUSINESSES ON THE FIRST AND
SECOND FLOOR, COMMUNITY SPACE
ALONG WITH CHILD CARE AND OTHER
AMENITIES THAT MAKE A HOME
COMPLETE.
AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, YOU HEARD
TODAY THE SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY
CALLING IN THROUGH PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE
NUMEROUS EMAILS WE'VE RECEIVED
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
MONTH AND A HALF SUPPORTING HER
NOMINATION HERE TODAY, AND I
HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
JOIN THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE'S UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN IN THE
CONFIRMATION TODAY.
AGAIN, WE ARE JUST THRILLED THAT
SHE IS INTERESTED IN THIS
POSITION AND HAS COMMITTED
HERSELF TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS
OF SEATTLE AS DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY, SO NOT SEEING ANYONE,
MADAME CLERK --
>> SENATOR MORALES HAS A
QUESTION?
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, GO AHEAD.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I SHARE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN.
WHEN I METER IN 2000, SHE WAS
STILL AN ASSET MANAGER.
SHE ALSO STILL HAD BLACK HAIR.
WHEN SHE TOOK OVER AT SCIPDA, WE
KNEW SHE WOULD MANGE A PROFOUND
IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WHICH SHE HAS.
MAIKO AND I HAVE HAD MANY
DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT
HOW TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOUSING.
I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN HER
ABILITY TO DO THIS JOB WELL.
I KNOW FOLKS IN THE CID ARE SAD
TO SEE HER GO.
LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AT LEAST
IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.
SHE'S THERE REGULARLY.
BUT I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HER NEAR
THE CITY FAMILY, AND I KNOW
SHE'LL BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET --
CONTINUE TO BE A TREMENDOUS
ASSET TO THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO GREATER
SEATTLE.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT HER TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
OKAY, NOT SEEING ANY --
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE
I MOVE TO A VOTE AND THEN ALLOW
MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN TO SPEAK, OR
DID YOU ALREADY SAY ENOUGH?
>> ONE MORE THING, MADAME
PRESIDENT.
WANT TO THANK ERIN HOUSE FOR HER
WORK TO COLLECT THE QUESTIONS
FROM COMMUNITY AND FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS AND REALLY
APPRECIATE HER STEWARDSHIP OVER
THE PROCESS OF GETTING DIRECTOR
WINKLER-CHIN INTO THIS POSITION
FOR US TO VOTE ON HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF MISS
WINKLER-CHIN?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>>?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ, CAN
WE CONFIRM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
IS IN THE CHAMBERS?
>> YES, HE IS.
>> OH, OKAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS IN
THE CHAMBERS.
OKAY.
>> OH -- HI, JODY.
>> WE'RE HERE, WE CAN HEAR YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> APPRECIATE THAT CONFIRMATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> SORRY, JODY.
>> GREAT, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME
TEAM.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE MOTION
CARRIES, AND THE OPPONENT IS
CONFIRMED.
AND CONGRATULATIONS DIRECTOR
MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN, YOU ARE NOW
RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE SOME BRIEF
REMARKS FOR THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL.
AND I -- THERE YOU ARE.
HI.
>> HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
I WANT TO THANK COMMITTEE CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR HER
KIND WORDS OR, AS I KNOW HER,
TAMMY, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM HONESTLY SHOCKED, HONORED,
AND HUMBLED TO BE HERE TODAY IN
THIS CONVERSATION.
I COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED
BEING ASKED TO BE IN THIS
POSITION.
I THINK MAYOR HARRELL, AND AS I
SAID THE OTHER DAY, I HOPE HE
DOESN'T REGRET IT NOW THAT I'VE
BEEN IN THE JOB FOR A COUPLE
MONTHS.
HE MIGHT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
AND THE CONFIDENCE, THOUGH, THAT
CITY COUNCIL HAS SHOWN ME AT
THIS MOMENT I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU AS WE WORK
TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF THE
CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND THE HOUSING AND THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA MENTIONED
WAS THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY
CENTER LAST WEEK.
IT WAS THE PLYMOUTH BERTHA PITS
CAMPBELL SITE THIS WEEK.
EVERY WEEK WE -- WE HAVE A LOT
OF HOUSING OPENING UP, AND
THEY'RE ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO DO
GREAT IN THE CITY.
AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
AND PROVIDING SOME COMMENTS FOR
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND THOSE
WATCHING.
SO THANK YOU.
OKAY, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON
TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS ON THE
DIAS.
READ ITEM THREE INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM THREE,
COUNCIL BILL 120339 RELATING TO
GRANT FUNDS FROM
NON-CITY SOURCES, AUTHORIZING
THE DIRECTORS OF THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS TO ACCEPT A GRANT
AND EXECUTE RELATED AGREEMENTS,
THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND HAPPY TO SWITCH YOU BACK
SEATS IF YOU WANT.
COUNCIL BILL 120339, AS THE
CLERK NOTED, ACCEPTS GRANT
FUNDING.
IT'S OVER $250,000 ACCEPTED FOR
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON -- FROM
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR
PLANNING AROUND TRANSIT-ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT AROUND 130th AND
140th STATIONS.
NICE WORK ON GETTING THAT 130th
STATION IN THERE, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS PART OF A $2.5 MILLION
ALLOCATION IN 2021 TO HELP
CITIES FACILITATE TOD.
$50,70, $THIS FUNDING WILL BE
SPECIFICALLY ALLOWING STCI TO
COMPLETE FINAL MODELLING FOR THE
HABITAT PROCEDURES PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
THAT'S HOW WE ROLL UP IN THE D5.
TWO LIGHT RAILS.
WE DON'T MESS AROUND.
OKAY, WITH THAT, DOES ANYONE
HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
OKAY, SO BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT,
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE
WE GO TO A VOTE?
>> NO, JUST HOPING TO HAVE LIGHT
RAIL IN BALLARD ONE DAY.
>> YEAH, WELL, RUB A LAMP.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, AND
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, IT'S YOU
AGAIN.
CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE SHORT
TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR, 120287.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING, UPDATING
REGULATIONS FOR ROOFTOP
--
>> AS SHE STATED, THIS IS
COUNCIL BILL 10287, REGULATING
ROOFTOP FEATURES.
LAST YEAR WE ADOPTED THE
STRONGEST ENERGY CODE IN THE
NATION FOR NEW BUILDINGS, AND TO
COMPLY WITH THESE NEW
REGULATIONS, WE DO REQUIRE NEW
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND THESE
REGULATIONS MAKE IT EASIER TO
ACCOMPLISH.
SO THE NEW ENERGY CODE MORE
ASPECTS AND FEATURES ON THE
ROOF.
THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US TODAY
MAKES IT EASIER TO ACCOMMODATE
THE NEEDED EQUIPMENT ON
ROOFTOPS.
THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US TODAY
ALSO UPDATES REGULATIONS
SPECIFIC TO PIONEER SQUARE AND
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT TO PROVIDE MORE
FLEXIBILITY FOR ROOFTOP
AMENITIES, INCLUDING ROOFTOP
BARS, RESTAURANTS, AND CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES IN PIONEER SQUARE,
AND TO ALLOW FOR FASTER
ELEVATORS BECAUSE WE'RE ALLOWING
FOLKS TO BUILD HIGHER.
WE ADOPTED TWO AMENDMENTS.
S TO A COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, THAT IS
THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES FOR COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A
VOTE?
NOT SEEING ANY, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, I'M GUESSING YOU HAVE
SAID EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SAY
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> YEP, GOOD TO GO.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
AND MADAME CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON TO THE TRANSPORTATION
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, BUT MADAME CLERK, WILL
YOU READ THE SHORT TITLE OF THE
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER/CEO OF SPU
TO ACCEPT A NONEXCLUSIVE
EASEMENT WITHIN THE SOCIAL BAY
WATERWAY.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YES, COUNCIL BILL 120322 ACCEPTS
AN EASEMENT TO INSTALL A
REPLACEMENT SANITARY SHORELINE
WITHIN THE WATERWAY.
THE LEGISLATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED BY OUR COMMITTEE.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR OR
CONCERNS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
NOT SEEING ANY, MADAME CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES, AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX,
THIS IS ALSO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM SIX INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM SIX, COUNCIL BILL
120323, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SPU ACCEPTING TWO DEEDS FOR REAL
PROPERTY ACQUIRED FOR THE
PURPOSES OF INSTALLING AND
OPERATING GROUND WATER WELLS OR
WATER WORKS TO PROVIDE WATER IN
CONNECTION THE HIGHLINE WELL
FIELD PROJECT, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL BILL 120323 IMPLEMENTS
WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A TECHNICAL
CORRECTION BY ACCEPTING TWO
PROPERTY DEEDS THAT PERFECT
SPU'S PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR THOSE
TWO
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS.
WE WILL GO TO A VOTE. MADAM
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> ONE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT . PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION.
ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL MOVE TO
ITEMS REGARDING THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOVING TO ADOPTION OF OTHER
RESOLUTIONS.
THERE ARE NO OTHER RESOLUTIONS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YES?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HERE
TO MAKE A MOTION TO RESCIND MY
EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR TODAY.
I HAD MOVED ON MAY 10 TO BE
EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S FULL
COUNCIL MEETING.
I MOVED TO RESCIND THIS
EXCUSABLE.
I WOULD ALSO REQUEST TO BE
EXCUSED FOR JULY 5.
>> IF THE COUNCILMEMBER MOVES
TO RESEND -- DO I NEED A SECOND?
>> IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN CALL
FOR A SECOND OR CALL FOR A VOTE
OR IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
HIS EXCUSE WILL CAN JUST BE
RESCINDED.
>> WE WILL JUST DO THAT.
WE WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE
FORWARD AND ACCEPT HIS MOTION
TO MOVE FORWARD THAT HE IS NOT
RESCINDED ANYMORE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
SOMETHING TO SAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU
MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THE
CAMERA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WOULD
LIKE TO BE EXCUSED ON JULY 10.
IS THAT THE DATE?
WHAT DATE DID YOU SAY?
>> JULY 5.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WOULD
LIKE TO BE EXCUSED ON JULY 5.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THAT?
NOT SEEING ANY, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, YOU ARE INDEED EXCUSED
ON JULY 5. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO BE EXCUSED
ON JULY 5.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO BE EXCUSED ON
JULY 5. ANY OPPOSITION?
NO. YOU ARE INDEED EXCUSED ON
JULY 5. LET'S SEE.
THERE ARE NO OTHER MATTERS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS BACK.
HE WAS RESCINDED.
NOW HE IS BACK.
COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES CONCLUDE
-- I'M SORRY, THE ITEMS OF
TODAY'S BUSINESS AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21.
BEFORE I ADJOURN, I WANT TO SAY
HAPPY EARLY JUNETEENTH, WHICH I
BELIEVE IS THIS SUNDAY.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.